After a good hour of sleep, Chopper got out of bed and was ready to kick some butt in the fight against the champ.
"I suppose the Great Contadre played fair against me in our battle," the Koopinator thought. "Now let's see how he does against the champ. Despite flipping me over, I think he didn't do too bad against me. I'll probably root for him, I suppose..."
He watched Chopper stretch and get a drink of water from the water fountain in the locker room. Vivian and Scrub also woke up, recovering their strength. But now that Chopper was rank 1, it was time to fight against the champ.
"OK, you two! This is it! It's time we go against the CHAMP!" Chopper declared. "The time has come at long last. I can't believe it, after all of these big fights we had to go up against. But let's not worry about anything else for right now. It's time to reserve our match!"
"Yeah! Let's do it!" Scrub cheered.
"And maybe we'll get a clue on the Crystal Star too," Vivian added.
"Oh yeah, that too..."
"Let's get started!" Chopper smiled as he went over to the terminal to reserve a match.
"The Great Contadre!" Grubba greeted. "Howdy! Fixin' for a fight, huh? Hyuk hyuk hyuk hyuk hyuk! Well, guess what? Your next match is... THE TITLE MATCH! Hoooo-WEEEEE! Darn tootin'! You're up against the champ, Rawk Hawk! Now, I wanna see a fair an' excitin' match, so don't you let me down, now, you hear? Now listen here, son: in this battle, I want you to use at least one special move, OK? The crowd needs somethin' flashy, you catch my drift? Give 'em a good show. Now get in there an' blow the roof off, son!"
"Chopper, maybe I should also come with you to this match," Vivian suggested. "You know, since Rawk Hawk's the champion, maybe you might want my help in case if Scrub can't fight or there's a bit of an issue."
"Well I've got nothing against that. You can if you want." Chopper nodded as a Security Guard came in to escort them to the ring.
"Mr. Contadre, it's time for your match. Come with me." the Security Guard called out.
Chopper looked at Vivian and Scrub, who exchanged nods. With that, they walked over to the security guard and followed him into the hallway. But there was something odd. The Security Guard was leading them a different way instead of to the ring, which was supposed to be to the right.
"Hey, wait... The way's over there." Chopper noted.
"Yeah, uh, you go this way this time 'cause it's a special match," the Security Guard explained. "So don't ask any questions right now and follow me."
Chopper frowned as he, Vivian and Scrub continued to follow the Security Guard to the wrong direction. Needless to say, none of them were pleased with this.
"Hey, hold it, meathead! This doesn't seem right…" Scrub trailed as the Security Guard led them into a room that looked a little blue, and it also seemed to resemble the minor league locker room, to their dismay.
"You three wait here," the Security Guard ordered as he quickly left the room before they could say anything else, while the three heroes were confused. The condition in this locker room was much worse than the minor league.
"Hey! This ain't the ring! It's a minor-league locker room! And it's empty!" Scrub gaped. "That guy said to wait... But we're missing our title bout!"
"This room is disgusting too!" Vivian added. "I don't know what's going on at the ring, but I'm feeling very worried that we're going to miss the whole fight! We might even end up forfeiting!"
The ring-
"Now fer today's main event!" Grubba announced. "The top dog of the major-league... The Great Contadre... Is finally gonna throw down with the champ! The one...the only... RAWK HAWK! First to enter the ring... The Feral Nuclear Reactor! RAAAAAWWWK HAAAAWWWK!"
Rawk Hawk entered the pit as all of his fans began to cheer for him.
"YOU GO, CHAMP!"
"RAAAAWK HIM!"
"EEEEEEEEE!"
Rawk Hawk came up to the ring with his champ's belt on with a cocky look.
"Hooooo, DOGGIES!" Grubba shouted. "Champ! How're you feelin', son? Yer challenger's a handful!"
"He don't want a handful of THIS! Unh-unh!" Rawk Hawk grinned as he began to flex his muscles. "There's only one champ...and it's ME! Even if this Contadre wuss ever shows up, what's he gonna do, huh? NOTHING!"
"But the Great Contadre made it to the top of the majors faster than anyone, ever! He's on par with the Great Gonzales on this! He even reached this far faster than YOU did, Champ! What you got to say about that?"
"What do I have to say? PBBBBBBBTTHHHHBBTH! THAT'S what! Who cares what this guy did to a lot of chumps? 'Cause now he gets RAWKED!"
Empty locker room-
"OK, that is IT! Nobody's coming for us, man! Hear me? Let's go kick some tail!" Scrub walked over to the door to open it, but he found it to be locked, to their dismay. "Awwwwwwwwwwwww... WEAK! Some punk's locked us in! We're trapped in here!"
Chopper and Vivian jumped up a little in shock while Scrub kicked the door, but that didn't do anything.
"What? We're locked in here? Who would do something like that?" Vivian gaped.
The ring-
"And now for our challenger... The Red Headbanded Fighter... THE GRRREAT COOONTADRE!" Grubba turned over to the left, but he didn't see Chopper come out of the ring.
"...Hold the phone, folks! What the hey's going on? What happened to the Great Contadre?"
"Harharharharharharhar! I'll tell you what happened! He fears the RAWWWWWWWK!" Rawk Hawk answered.
"Hoo-WEE! What a stupefyin' development, folks! Did the Great Contadre really turn yella an' head fer the hills like a dog? I tell you what, folks... If he don't show soon, he's a-gonna forfeit the match!"
Empty locker room-
Back in the empty locker room (once again), Vivian was trying to open the door this time. She even tried to use her fire to burn it down, but for some reason, it didn't seem to work, which surprised her and Chopper. Meanwhile, Scrub kicked the wall in the room and slammed his fist on the wall.
"I can't BELIEVE it! We're gonna forfeit our match if we don't show!" Scrub cried. "I don't know who did this, but I'm gonna get the one who's responsible for it. If only there was a way outta here…"
"The only thing interesting here is this Peach poster," Chopper mentioned as he walked over to the Peach poster and poked it. "...Wait, there's something strange about this."
"What is it, Chopper?" Vivian asked.
"Don't you usually feel the wall underneath posters?"
"No... What's the problem?"
"I'm not feeling anything under here."
"Whoa, really?" Scrub gawked. "Then there must be something under there!"
"All right, let's see," Chopper grabbed the poster and tore it off, which revealed a small room with a TV and a table for playing poker. "Holy... What's a small room like this doing here?"
"It looks a little more comfy than the locker room, I suppose," Vivian shrugged.
"But it's too small!" Scrub whined. "I'd prefer something better and comfy for someone like me..."
They walked over to the door, and it turned out to lead them to a locker room that looked like the major-league one, but the red tiles were blue instead.
"All right… Let's see…" Chopper began to look around in the room, but he didn't find anything interesting, so he checked the bathroom. The toilet was actually pretty big. "What? Is this toilet for big people like the one I saw in Star Castle?"
"This toilet is probably the size for someone like Rawk Hawk," Scrub scoffed while letting out a snicker. Chopper gave him a confused look before looking back at the toilet.
"Actually, we might be able to go through this…as gross as that sounds," Vivian noted.
"What do you mean? Something like...flushing ourselves down?"
"Mmmm-hmmm..."
"Awww man! That sounds kinda gross!" Scrub gagged.
"I wonder if this is what Mario had to do..." Chopper pondered as he jumped into the toilet and used it like a pipe. After Scrub saw Chopper flush himself, he was a bit interested in it and flushed himself down as well. Vivian followed through last, though she knew she wouldn't enjoy it.
The Security Guards in the hallway could hear the sounds of the water in the pipes, which left them gawking.
"What in the world?" one Security Guard gawked. "You don't hear something like that everyday..."
Chopper and his friends came out of another toilet, which was the one in the major league locker room. When they got off the toilet, they were all wet, especially Vivian, whose hair was wet.
"Well this is great… My hair's all wet now." Vivian frowned as she noticed water dripping down from her hair. "But I'm not going to make too much of a big deal over it. The ride wasn't that bad..."
"Dude, I got SO much respect for plumbers now!" Scrub commented. "I guess they can do this kind of stuff! But anyway, let's get Rawk Hawk!"
"Yeah! It's time to rawk!" Chopper cried, making his partners give him weird looks. "...Sorry."
They left the locker room and headed on over to the ring. Grubba heard the door open to the left and saw Chopper, Vivian, and Scrub come out. He was excited, while Rawk Hawk was disappointed.
"What?! He managed to get out?!" Rawk Hawk thought in anger.
"The moment you been waitin' for, folks! The Great Contadre just entered the arena!" Grubba announced as the crowd began to cheer.
"CONTADRE! CONTADRE!"
"Looks like we made it, dude! And the crowd is LOVING US! We are STARS, baby!" Scrub grinned. "Come on, let's go lay the smack down on that big chicken."
"Yeah, let's do it!" Chopper declared as the three made their way to the ring while the crowd continued to cheer.
"You rock, man!"
"YEAH! YOU THE LITTLE MAN!"
"CONTADRE!"
"YOU'RE LATE!"
"YOU'RE LATE!"
"Wow, look at everyone cheering for us. It must be tough to be famous, though…" Vivian trailed as she looked up at the crowd once they got onto the ring.
"Just listen to this crowd hoot 'n' holler fer the challenger, Great Contadre!" Grubba shouted. "Will his punches an' kicks of hurt 'n' harm be enough to rock the Rawk Hawk's socks? Now, at long last, the battle to end all battles is here! Let's keep it clean, boys!"
As soon as the gong rang, the fight instantly began with Rawk Hawk removing his champ's belt and crossing his arms.
"All right, Contadre! We're fighting the champ! I'M...SO...FIRED...UP!" Scrub cheered.
"Harharharharharharhar! You wimps should've stayed locked up, safe and sound!" Rawk Hawk scoffed. "I don't know how you got outta there, but you shouldn't have left that locker room!"
"Wait… What are you saying? Wait… Did you get that security guard to lock us in that locker room?!" Chopper gaped.
"You're darn right I did! I also sent you that poisoned cake, suckers! That's what happens when you mess with me, baby! You meet the pain train!"
"I can't believe it… So he's been trying to sabotage us this entire time…" Vivian trailed. "If that's true, then you probably sent Chopper those nasty e-mails about the Crystal Stars."
"Huh? Crystal Star? What the heck are you babbling about?" Rawk Hawk gawked. "No, wait... I DON'T CARE! I may not play exactly fair, but I got skills, punk! And now, you're about to meet 'em all, baby! Prepare to be RAAAAAAAAWKED!"
"Or rather, let's RAWK!" Chopper declared.
"Hey! Only I can say 'Rawk', you little punk!"
Tattle: That's Rawk Hawk! He flips, flaps, and slaps! ...That's what the book says. Max HP is 40. Attack is 4. Defense is 0. He's really good at aerial maneuvers, but other than that, he's kind of a pushover. One thing you should know is that Rawk Hawk NEVER fights above the board. Carelessness leads to lifelessness, y'know!
Chopper decided to start off with his Earth Tremor attack, and after making it grow five times and making it come down on Rawk Hawk, he made him take 6 damage from the heavy attack.
"All right, let's go!" Scrub fluttered over to Rawk Hawk and used his Ground Pound on him, leaving him with 30 HP left already.
Rawk Hawk began to strike both Chopper and Scrub by flipping. He did 4 damage to them and laughed at them after they took damage.
"He's not too shabby… But 4 damage isn't a big deal. The Koopinator can do at least 10!" Chopper assured as he used his Vulcan Jab on Rawk Hawk, knocking him back, making everyone cheer. Vivian attacked with her Shade Fist on him to leave a burn on him. Chopper was about to say something about fried chicken, but he thought it would be too stupid.
"Pbbbth! Not too shabby! You're better than I thought. This may actually be fun! Don't get your head swelled, though, 'cause got a ways to go! Check this out!" Rawk Hawk grinned as raised a finger.
"What's he planning?" Vivian asked.
"I have no idea..." Chopper trailed.
"TIME TO RAAAAAAAWK!" Rawk Hawk shouted as he jumped onto the wall and came charging at Chopper. Luckily, the attack was Superguarded, and the yellow chicken took 1 damage and also damage from the burn.
"Heh… That was cool. All right, I'm going to Power Bounce him now." Chopper stomped on Rawk Hawk about six times, and then Scrub used his Ground Pound on him, which began to frustrate Rawk Hawk.
"Man, you're kinda annoying! How DARE you turn the Rawk back on the Hawk? I should've just taken care of you before the battle. I'm getting lazy, I guess. Well, since it's come down to this, I guess I got no choice but to..."
Rawk Hawk stomped the ground and a railing came up on the ceiling. He grabbed onto it and began to shake it to make a bunch of stuff from the upper part of the pit come down on Chopper, Vivian, and Scrub.
"Uh oh… Not good!" Chopper began to guard some of the attacks, though he took 6 damage and Vivian and Scrub took 4.
"Use the Quake Hammer attack…" the Koopinator thought while he watched the fight. He saw Chopper bring out his hammer and smash the ground with it.
"Uh oh…" Rawk Hawk fell off the railing and he came down, allowing Scrub to use his Ground Pound on him again.
"GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! Bah! I've only just begun to RAAAAAWWWWWWK!" Rawk Hawk performed his flip attack on Chopper and Vivian this time, with Chopper Superguarding the attack.
"OK, Chopper! Finish off the fight!" Vivian suggested.
Chopper nodded and ran toward Rawk Hawk and performed a Rising Break on him, sending him flying upward and making him fall over on his back in defeat.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Rawk cried weakly. "I... Rawk Hawk... The champ... The undefeated master... I've lost to...such losers..."
Chopper leveled up after getting 20 Star Points and upgraded his BP to 12. However, he couldn't help but find that fight a little on the easy side. But hey, that didn't bother him too much.
"Yuuuuuurg..."
"Dude... We actually did it..." Chopper gaped.
"I'm so pleased!" Scrubs grinned.
"Folks, I feel like my eyes just popped outta my head! We got ourselves a miracle!" Grubba gaped. "Technique versus technique! Raw power vs raw power! A clash of superhumans! Folks, this was truly, honestly, without any question, no doubt, absolutely... The most legendary, amazin', improbable, history-makin' bout of all TIME! And the victor in this match fer ages was... THE GRRRREAT CONTAAADRE! Congratulations, Contadre! Yer the champion, son! Give him a hand, folks! The new Glitz Pit champ! THE GRRRRREAT CONTADRE!"
The crowd began to cheer for Chopper and his friends as they made victory poses.
"CONTADRE! CONTADRE!"
"CONTADRE! CONTADRE!"
"CONTADRE! CONTADRE!"
"CONTADRE! CONTADRE!"
"CONTADRE! CONTADRE!"
Major league locker room-
"Well, you finally did it, son! Today's yer first day as the new champ! Here's yer belt!" Grubba grinned as he gave Chopper the champion's belt. "Tell you what: I'm gonna go ahead an' get you set up in the champ's room right away. Ms. Jolene, be a peach an' show Contadre here the champion's room, OK?"
"Absolutely, sir. Well then, Mr. Champion... Would you follow me, please?" Jolene suggested as she escorted Chopper and his friends to the champion's room. They already saw the room before, but they knew that this was much more comfy than the major league locker room.
"Congratulations again, Mr. Champion. From now on, this is where you'll stay. It's your room now, so make yourself at home. You will use the terminal as you always have, of course. Will there be anything else?"
"Nah, I'm good," Chopper replied.
"Well then, have a nice day, Mr. Champion," Jolene adjusted her glasses as she left the room, and Chopper got on the bed to relax.
"YEAH! YEAH! YEAH! YEAH! We finally made it, Contadre!" Scrub cheered. "But... Y'know, Rawk Hawk sounded really clueless about the Crystal Star... We still don't have any leads on that thing. I mean, where the heck could it be?"
"That's something I'm wondering right now…" Vivian pondered, but the silence broke when they heard a voice coming from the air duct that was in the upper corner of the room.
"Hold on… What's that voice? It sounds kind of like a ghost…" Chopper tried to listen to the voice, but he was stopped when his Mailbox SP went off. Everyone in the room was nearly startled by it.
"ACK! Chopper… That just scared me right now!" Vivian cried. "You should really turn that thing down to be honest."
"Yeah, that's something I mentioned before," Scrub said.
"You're right, I really should," Chopper agreed as he pulled out his Mailbox SP and began to read the message.
fInD tHe GhOsT iN tHe ChAmP's RoOm
FrOm X
"This X person is still e-mailing me when I already became the champ? Huh… I guess even after I became the champ, it's not over yet. I think there's definitely something fishy going on here, and we're going to have a look at what it is through that duct!"
After getting on the presents, Chopper used Scrub to flutter on the top of the door and then to the duct. He then smashed the door with his Super Hammer ability and they proceeded on in the duct. Whatever that voice was, chances were it could lead them to the Crystal Star.