Back in the major league locker room, after their fight against the Fuzzies and those Phis, Chopper got 13 coins from the fight, and his rank rose to 6. They were not too far from being the champs now. Once Jolene left the room, they saw something on a small, tall table near the benches. Cake. Sweet, delicious, yummy cake. It had a strawberry on it too, and it looked delicious. Chopper and Scrub were drooling over the cake.
"Hey. You. Contadre. Jolene brought you a piece of cake. From a fan, I guess." the Koopinator informed. "I saw her bring it in here. She told me to tell you that it's for you. So help yourself."
"Oh, man! I've been DYING to eat something sweet and delicious ever since I was in that egg! Man, this is going to be DEEEEEELICIOUS!" Scrub used his long tongue to grab the cake, but Chopper inhaled it, recovering all of his HP, FP, and SP. "Aw, man! Why'd you have to eat that cake? I wanted a piece of it too!"
"Well, I don't think you need it..." Chopper trailed.
"Well I'm hungry!"
Chopper noticed Scrub's stomach growling. "Hmmmmm... OK, I guess I'll get you something. Do you want something, Vivian?"
"I'm not hungry, so I don't need anything," Vivian assured.
"OK, I'll be back."
Chopper took off, and after five seconds, he returned with a hot dog with ketchup and mustard on it.
"Here you go, Scrub. If you're hungry, have this instead. I wish I could find some candy, but sadly, I couldn't. Maybe we'll be able to find some…like at Dream Land. Yeah… That could work."
"Thanks, man! I knew you'd do something for me!" Scrub chomped down on the hot dog and felt a lot better.
"I think we should go reserve a match right now," Vivian suggested. "There's nothing else we can do anyway."
Chopper nodded and walked over to the terminal to reserve a match for them. "I bet we'll all want a break after we're done with the Glitz Pit..."
"Yeah, I agree."
"What're ya talking about? I could do this all day!" Scrub declared.
"Heh heh... I don't know why, but sometimes you remind me of myself." Chopper smiled.
"Well, I kinda like your personality."
"Oh."
"Well, boy howdy, Contadre! Fixin' for a fight, huh? Well, all righty, then! Lemme just see here... Yer next opponent will be... Ranked 5 in the Glitz Pit... The Magikoopa Masters! Now listen, son: in this battle, I want you to avoid switchin' partners out! Gotta go with who brung you! A fight to the end, side by side! Now THAT'S drama. Now get in there an' stand by yer pard!"
"OK… So I guess you can help me, Scrub. This won't really be hard anyway." Chopper assured. Scrub smirked and did a pelvic thrust. A Security Guard came to escort the two to the ring, while Vivian did the usual: watch the fight.
There were three Magikoopas at the ring. There was a Red one, a White one, and a Green one on a broomstick. They all had 7 HP, which didn't look too bad for them.
"Fer our next battle, we got the Red Headbanded Fighter, the GREAT CONTADRE and... The Underworld Servants… Yep, a fight to the finish with The Magikoopa Masters!"
"You think you can take me and Contadre? HA!" Scrub scoffed.
"You, fool, would do well to fear our dark magic..." the Red Magikoopa trailed.
"Get yerselves ready to… BAAAAAATTLE!"
The fight began, with Chopper attacking the Red Magikoopa with a Vulcan Jab. This one could boost enemies' attack by 2 by making them bigger.
"All right, time to finish this one off!" Scrub fluttered over to the Red Magikoopa and used his Ground Pound to take him down. The White Magikoopa just healed himself, which did nothing, while the Green Magikoopa fired magic at Chopper, hitting him dead on.
"OK, let's take out the White one now," Chopper took out his hammer and brought it down on the White Magikoopa, and then Scrub finished him off with his Ground Pound. The Green Magikoopa scowled and fired magic at Scrub, only to Superguard it.
"I'd rather attack this Magikoopa on the ground, so you attack it first, Scrub," Chopper stepped aside and let Scrub flutter over to the Green Magikoopa to bring him down, and then Chopper punched him multiple times to defeat it, giving them 13 Star Points.
"We've got ourselves a winner! THE GRRRRRREAT CONTADRE!" Grubba announced.
"Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! How'd that floor taste?" Scrub scoffed.
"Well at least we managed to win that!" Chopper smiled.
"YOOOOOOOOOOOU!"
"Oh, great... ANOTHER person after me..."
Chopper gasped when he saw Bowser stomp his way through the crowd and jump into the ring. However, unlike the other two fights, he seemed more surprised by this. Vivian got into the ring to join him.
"Whoa! Another fighter's stormin' in, screamin' his fool head off about somethin'!" Grubba gaped. "Contadre has lots of foes, folks! Some who don't even know his name! Will he live?"
"Word on the street was that some little antennae doofus was in Glitzville...and lookee here!" Bowser explained. "I swore that I would get back at you one day after you humiliated me back in Star Haven, and I didn't forget it!"
"What? You STILL remember me?" Chopper gaped as he tightened his headband. "I was hoping that you would forget about me! You didn't give up, didn't you?"
"Oh, the great Koopa King NEVER gives up! Now's my chance to take you down while I can! And talk about perfect timing! Now all these folks get to watch me murdalize you!"
"Great, we got another fight ahead of us!" Scrub groaned.
"Gwaaaaaa ha ha ha ha ha! I am gonna DESTROY you! And I have witnesses." Bowser looked down at the crowd, who were booing at him. "Oh, SHUT UP! I'll roast you if you continue that!"
Tattle: That's Bowser, the so-called "King of Koopas." Hold on, what the heck is he doing here? Max HP is 30. Attack is 3. Defense is 1. He'll ground pound you and he might disable one of your abilities for a couple of turns, and his fiery breath can hit you and your partner. There's a chance you could get burnt! Don't try jumping on him, because he's got a defense point. Just attack him with anything else you got and you might be able to win this. But what's he doing here? This makes no sense at all!
"He's got defense? Aw, man! My Ground Pound's not going to do a thing!" Scrub whined. Chopper decided to attack Bowser with a Vulcan Jab, and then he let Vivian use her Shade Fist to burn him.
"I've got some brand new moves to show you, Chopper! Like THIS!" Bowser got in his shell and was surrounded by flames. He tossed himself toward Chopper, but he was lucky to guard the attack. At least the burn status did something when Bowser took damage from it.
Chopper decided that kicking his face would be a good idea, so he used his Air Kick on Bowser, leaving a couple of bruises and angering him. Everyone began to cheer for Chopper until Bowser used his fire breath on some of the audience watching.
"QUIET! ALL OF YOU!" Bowser roared. He was too distracted and got punched by Vivian's Shade Fist, making him bring his attention back to Chopper.
"Oh, you want some too? All right!" Bowser unleashed his fiery breath upon Chopper and Vivian, which did 3 damage to them. Luckily, it didn't burn them.
"Wow... I think he's stronger than your sisters..." Chopper groaned.
"Well, I don't know about that..." Vivian trailed.
"I'm gonna take you down!" Scrub declared as used his Gulp to inhale Bowser and spat him out. The Koopa King quickly shook himself.
"Ooog… I didn't like it in there." Bowser moaned. He didn't see Chopper punch him in the belly, unfortunately..
Bowser knocked Chopper away with a flaming punch. Unfortunately, that was enough to burn him and make BOTH of them take damage from the burn status on them. Vivian helped Chopper up, who rubbed his head from the attack.
"All right… We can still finish this up. He's only got 8 HP left." Chopper charged up a ball of energy and hurled it at Bowser.
"After this punch and another attack, we'll have him defeated!" Vivian informed as she sunk into the shadows and appeared right in front of Bowser to punch him with her fiery fist, burning him once again.
"Owf! Well, I'd expect nothing less from you, Chopper! Figures you'd get some licks in!" Bowser cringed as he walked over to Chopper and used his ground pound on him, preventing him from using his hammer.
"Great… I can't use my hammer. Oh well, I'll finish this!" Chopper ran toward Bowser and used a Rising Break attack, which did about 5 damage.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!" the defeated Bowser fell to the ground, giving Chopper 20 Star Points for the victory.
"Oh, yeah! We did it!" Chopper smiled.
"He wasn't as tough as I thought!" Scrub scoffed.
"You only attacked him once, though..." Vivian noted.
"Well... It was still awesome..."
"Gruuuuuuuuuuurgh..." Bowser moaned as stars circled around his head.
"Hoo! That's our Contadre! He don't even bat an eye when some nut ambushes him!" Grubba smirked. "Tough! Yer too tough, son! And yer only gonna get tougher! Stayed tuned, folks! Until next time, everyone... See ya!"
Major league locker room-
Back at the locker room, Chopper received 13 coins from Jolene, and his rank rose up to 5. Once she left, the three heroes were left confused after their battle.
"I don't understand why Bowser was there," Vivian wondered. "Have you had any conflict with him? He did mention something about Star Haven..."
"I fought him two years ago and ended up winning," Chopper explained. "Being the guy who usually forgot things, I was hoping he would forget about me. I guess I was wrong."
"But ya do like fighting him, right?" Scrub asked.
"Oh, yeah. I kind of enjoyed that fight, honestly. I'm going to take a quick nap before reserving another match. I wanna get myself healed up first."
After taking a quick nap, Chopper went over to the terminal to reserve a match.
"Well, boy howdy, Contadre! Fixin' for a fight, huh? Well, all righty, then! Lemme just see here... Yer next opponent will be... Ranked 4 in the Glitz Pit... Craw-Daddy! Now listen, son: in this battle, I want you to avoid usin' yer hammer! Not even once, son! I wanna see how you do when you ain't got somethin' to beat a fella with. Now get in there an' let's see some acrobatifyin'!"
They waited for a Security Guard to come, and then they were taken to the arena, where they found only one enemy standing in front of them. It was a Dark Craw, which are people that tend to guard places with spears in their hands. The dark blue skin showed that it was a Dark Craw.
"Fer our next battle, we got the Red Headbanded Fighter, the GREAT CONTADRE and... The Dark Gatekeeper… Yep, a fight to the finish with Craw-Daddy!"
"Whoa, look at this guy! He looks REALLY tough…" Scrub gaped. "But what am I complaining about? I think we can take him!"
"Foolish mortals… I will drag you through the gate to the netherworld!" Craw-Daddy hissed.
"Well he sounds pretty…creepy." Chopper gulped.
"Get yerselves ready to… BAAAAAATTLE!"
Chopper noticed that he had 20 HP and an Attack of…6!
"HOLY…! Look at this guy's attack! SIX? That is WAY too much!" Chopper gaped. He wasn't even going to jump on this guy's head because of his spear pointing up. He couldn't use his hammer, but he could use his Fighter ability.
Chopper decided to start off with a Rising Break so he could deal 6 damage, while Scrub used his Gulp on Craw-Daddy. This left him with…9 HP.
"Whoa! This isn't good! Er, I mean… You're going to wish you've never done that." Craw-Daddy brought his spear toward Chopper and rammed right into him, leaving chopper with 19 HP.
"Oh, man! That's not good! Wait… He's got 9 HP left. We're…going to take him down this turn? Wow." Chopper used a Spin Kick on Craw-Daddy, and Scrub finished it up with his Gulp, giving them 15 Star Points.
"We've got ourselves a winner! THE GRRRRRREAT CONTADRE!" Grubba announced.
"Is that the best you got?" Scrub taunted.
They returned to the locker room, where Jolene gave Chopper 14 coins, and also his rank rose to 4. After realizing this, Chopper ended up smiling.
"Rank 4... We're getting close to the end, guys!" Chopper smiled until he let out a yelp when his Mailbox SP went off.
"Chopper! It must be that X person!" Vivian gasped. "…Or maybe it could even be that person who threatened us."
"Let's see. I WISH I could change the music on this thing. It's creeping me out!" Chopper pulled out his Mailbox SP to read the message.
gO tO tHe TeLePhOnE bOoTh OuT oN tHe PaViLiOn
FrOm X
"Oh, it's that X person. Thank goodness! I wonder who gave the threatening letter…" Chopper sighed. "Anyway, we better go back outside. I think there's something at the telephone booth we saw."
They left the locker room, but they noticed Rawk Hawk was near the locker room with his belt on, who noticed them come out. It looked like he was actually waiting for Chopper, unlike before.
"Contadre! Good timing, you skinny little punk." Rawk Hawk grinned. "Uncle Rawk Hawk's got some advice for ya."
"Advice? What kind of advice? Oh, forget it. Just tell me already." Chopper suggested.
"If you keep stealing the spotlight from me, you're gonna enter a world of hurt! Quit making such a splash, if you value your puny life! Harharharharharharhar!" Rawk Hawk quickly went back into the champion's room, chortling.
"Hey! Who does that guy think he is, threatening us?" Scrub growled. "Hold on a sec… Threatening us… Maybe that threatening e-mail really did come from that chicken! Contadre! We better be careful next time we see him!"
They headed outside and saw at the telephone booth, a Storage Key.
"What's this doing here? Who left it here?" Chopper wondered as he grabbed it, but he was interrupted by another e-mail. So he took out his Mailbox SP again and read the message.
gO tO tHe StOrAgE rOoM nExT tO gRuBbA's OfFiCe
FrOm X
"Umm… Now we need to go to some storage room? This is getting very confusing…" Vivian trailed.
"Tell me about it," Scrub agreed as they walked back into the main lobby and they noticed a poster with Chopper on it.
"Well it's about TIME I get some love around here!" Chopper smirked. After that, they walked into the hallway to see Jolene and a Security Guard by a locked door. That must be the storage room.
"So you're telling me that you have no idea who got inside?" Jolene concluded. "What do we pay you for?"
"I'm awfully sorry, Ms. Jolene," the Security Guard apologized. "I heard a noise in there, but I couldn't find nothing... Maybe it was a little mouse, but I don't know."
"Hmph. Fine, leave the rest of this matter to me. Go back to your post. And listen to me carefully: do not EVER tell anyone of this or I'll have your job. I swear that I will."
The Security Guard walked away and left the hallway while looking nervous. Jolene saw Chopper, Vivian, and Scrub, so she walked over to them, trying her best not to look unprofessional.
"You! Mr. Contadre, this is highly inappropriate! What business do you have here? Please, I must ask you to stay out of places where you have no business being."
"Uhhhh... OK?"
Jolene quickly left before another comment could be made, leaving the three confused.
"What's her problem? We were just walking by and she just tells us to stay out of places where we don't belong!" Scrub gawked. "Oh, forget her, Contadre! Let's just go into that storage room just like X said!"
Chopper took out the storage key and unlocked the door. They were hoping to find something of importance inside.
Craw-Daddy... A strange name for a fighter... But I'll roll with it.
Oh, and there's an important thing I have to say. I won't be uploading any chapters tomorrow and Saturday. Maybe I can update Sunday, but I'm not keeping any promises. I'm going somewhere, so I won't have a computer to work on this. Thank you.