Everyone was starting to get exhausted. They didn't have enough energy to row the boat anymore. They just couldn't take it. But there was something different about the water once they got closer to the island. It looked more of a light blue and it seemed a little murky. It could be because Unagi required his home to be murky in order to stay alive.
"Look at this… This just looks…bad." Chopper commented, too exhausted to even row the canoe. They could see a big Blooper jumping up from the water, but then they saw the purple eel jump out as well and eat it with one gulp.
"Yar? The water's… They're murky…and also the giant eel just ate a big Blooper!" Bombette gasped. "This could be a problem here… Chopper! We must be careful in these waters! It could be dangerous…"
"Wait! I think it's OK! Unagi's just going back into his cave for a little nap!" Shadower noticed as the eel returned to his cave, which happened to have a gate in the way. "I think we're safe for now… At least, until the eel wakes up. So we need to row this boat fast!"
"Really?!" Scrub gaped as he began to row faster. Everyone else did the same thing because they wanted to get over to the island ahead.
"Hold on a minute!" they stopped and saw Four-Eyes coming over to them while rowing his canoe. "Listen to me! …Have you gotten that Crystal Star yet?"
"Why… Four-Eyes! It's so great to see you again!" Flavio grinned. "How have you been doing lately, my fellow crew member? I'm just here with uh… Captain 'Tenna here. Yes, he's just rowing my boat for me!"
"We're getting near the Crystal Star," Chopper informed. "I mean, we're right near the cave. We just need to find a way inside first. I think this island could help us... Well, I HOPE so. ...Wait a minute, why would you want the Crystal Stars?"
"Er… I just heard of 'em! That's all! No, don't ask why, but I just need to hear so I can get one for Gro—I mean I'm just interested in seeing 'em!" Everyone looked confused, but they decided to move on. Four-Eyes, on the other hand, gave the screen a glare. "Hey! You there! In front of the computer monitor! Yeah, I'm talking to you! It may be obvious to who I am, but no telling Chopper! You got that? I can't blow my cover right now!"
With that, Four-Eyes began to row away from them while Scrub looked around the area.
"'You there in front on the computer monitor?' What on earth was that guy talking about? I don't see anyone in front of the computer monitor!" Scrub gawked. "You guys see it?"
"No, but that's not important," Vivian noted.
"Oh... Well, I guess it isn't."
They made it to the dock on the island, and when Scrub began to lay down and relax, Shadower gestured him to get up.
"Aw, come on! I wanna relax for once!" Scrub groaned.
"We can't relax yet," Bombette noted. "We've got treasure to find!"
"Well, I suppose I'll just stay here," Flavio declared. "You can get to the island no problem, I suppose! Just watch out for anything evil that could be around, Captain 'Tenna!"
Chopper sighed again and walked around on the grassy island with his friends. There weren't many trees like before. It looked more barren…and not to mention there were a few bushes around.
"Fury… I crave for…FURY!"
They all heard a voice coming from a bush. Chopper's left hand was surrounded in fire energy as he walked over to the bush. What he found there was a small green bean man with a red cloak and hood, which made his face look dark and unable to be seen, while his hands were in his cloak.
"What the… Who's that?" Chopper poked him before he turned around, where light blue spiral glasses and a freaky smile could be seen. He was eating…an apple? Well some of the trees here must have fruit.
"Who is that? Is he someone insane?" Vivian asked. The small bean person got up, and he seemed to be a little taller than Chopper.
"Hold on a second... This guy looks familiar..." Chopper pondered.
"What is Fawful seeing right now?" Fawful poked Chopper between his eyes and grinned evilly.
"Hey! Don't poke me!"
"I have remembering! The Green Antennae has-"
"Look, we gotta go now, sorry to bother you," Chopper cut him off as he began to quickly get away because of how creepy Fawful looked. Everyone else followed him, while Kirby looked at him with a confused look and then followed.
After they left, Fawful began to laugh. "I have chortles! Now that they have walked away like a stuck-up girl that's not interested in someone! Now it is time…for Fawful to have fury!"
Fawful brought his hood down and his head could be seen, which was green like his arms. He took out his Vacuum Helmet and flew away with it, wanting to go take over the world or something.
Area ahead-
The funny thing was that they found some Green Fuzzies in the next area, as well as Flower Fuzzies too. Chopper, Vivian and Scrub remembered seeing them back in Glitzville, but that didn't stop them from fighting them. They quickly took care of them and found a blue ! Switch up ahead by the outer part of the island where the beach was.
"Poyo! (That's it? This is the whole island? It's…really small though!)" Kirby remarked. He was about to hit the switch. but Bombette kicked it instead, and at the cave, the entranced blocked by a gate tore off, so now they could go into the cave.
"Awesome! The cave's open for us!" Chopper cheered…until a cannon fired at the cave and made some rocks fall down at the entrance, blocking it. "What the heck?! Now it's blocked?!"
"Who fired that?!" Bombette exclaimed.
"I'm not so sure..." Vivian trailed.
At that moment, they saw cannonballs splashing into the water, making everyone wet. They saw right by the cave, a dark gray pirate ship with an X-Naut symbol on the sail.
"Pardon me, guys... Buh huh! No, I mean... Buh! Buh! Buh huh huh! BUH HUH HUH HUH HUH!" Four-Eyes climbed up onto the cannon, laughing at all six of them, which made them raise an eyebrow.
"Uhhhh... What's going on here?" Shadower wondered.
"Poyo... (Oh, great...)" Kirby groaned.
"So sorry to surprise you…" Four-Eyes apologized. "No, wait… Since when do I need to be polite? Good job revealing Unagi's Cave, where the Crystal Star is! Oh, yeah! Seriously! Good job revealing it for ME!"
"HEY! AREN'T YOU FOUR-EYES?!" Chopper yelled. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING AWAY FROM YOUR FRIENDS?! YOU KNOW IT'S DANGEROUS UP THERE, FATTY!"
"Pffffft! What's with this lukewarm reception, huh? What is this, a funeral? I'm making a dramatic entrance, here! Yeah, yeah! I'll just spell it out for you idiots! You may have known me as Four-Eyes... But I'm actually..."
Four-Eyes spun around and got back in his normal attire "Buh! Buh! Buh huh huh! The great LORD CRUMP! Oh, MAN, did I fool you!"
"What? Look, I think your disguise was too obvious." Scrub scoffed. "You should've gone for one that wouldn't make you look obvious!"
"Yeah, none of us are surprised..." Chopper trailed.
"What?!" Lord Crump gaped, but he decided to ignore them. "Like I need to listen to you… I'm on a schedule here! It's time I got that Crystal Star once and for all!"
"But you just sealed the entrance!" Chopper shouted. Lord Crump realized this and face palmed.
"Gah! Next time, I better THINK before doing those kinds of moves! Oh, whatever. I'll just wipe you all out! Say your prayers, Chopper! 'Cause it'll be your last!" Lord Crump was about to fire another cannon until another cannonball hit his ship.
"WHAT THE…"
Lord Crump turned around and saw a different ship. This one was a gray color with a Phi symbol on the sail. A bunch of Phis were on the ship, and they kept firing at the X-Naut ship.
"Don't let the X-Nauts get the Crystal Star!" an Elite Phi shouted, making the Phis fire their guns at the ship.
"Lord Crump! We must fight back." Johnson declared. "We can only leave Chopper alone for right now."
"Rrrrrrrrrgh! Fine!" Lord Crump fumed. "Fire at the ship full with robots! We'll get Chopper later!"
The X-Naut ship fired at the Phi ship, which allowed Chopper and his friends to make a run for it. Once both ships collided, there was a big battle going on.
"We need to go back to Pudgy Island," Chopper suggested. "I know it's going to be a long way, but we have no choice!"
"I suppose you're right. There are too many of them there." Vivian agreed, but luckily, when they made it back to the dock, they saw Cortez's ship coming over, which made them all sigh in relief.
"We made it, Chopper, my boy!" Bobbery assured. "We were able to fix the ship and now it's ready to sail!"
"Good!" Chopper sighed. "But we have a BIG problem! The cave is sealed and there are two ships that are after me! We need to fight back!"
"Oh, no problem! We can do that!" Bambo and Kooplang were on the ship as well, and also some Toads. Chopper and his friends got on the ship, and Embers appeared on the sail, which made Chopper get in his fighting stance.
"Relax, muchacho. These Embers are on our side." Cortez assured. "They're going to help us against those ships."
Chopper nodded to him and then they headed over to the cave, where the ships were battling. The Phis and X-Nauts noticed the ship and jumped up in fright. The Embers attacked both ships, and the other two attacked theirs.
"Now! Chopper! Go ahead and settle it! I would suggest taking care of Lord Crump first…" Bobbery advised.
"Good idea!" Chopper jumped onto the X-Naut Ship and stomped on Lord Crump. This made him summon a couple of X-Nauts to give him some help. Chopper's friends joined him as well.
"Buh! Buh! Buh huh huh! I'm gonna turn you guys into wee seeds..." Lord Crump chortled. "...Wait, scratch that. I'll turn you into SEAWEED! Buh huh! Enjoy, losers!"
"Hey! I'm the one who makes the bad puns! You take that back!"
"Then how about we fight?"
"Fine!"
Tattle: That's Lord Crump. This guy again? MAN, he never learns to give up! Max HP is 30, Attack is 4, and Defense is 0. Watch out for those X-Nauts! If you use an explosion, you can blow some of them away. I wouldn't worry about Lord Crump, because all he does is use body slams.
"All right, I guess I'll start with a Power Bounce," Chopper Power Bounced Lord Crump on the head and stopped after about seven stomps. Vivian attacked Lord Crump and his X-Nauts with her Fiery Jinx afterward.
"Go, X-Nauts! Attack!" Lord Crump ordered. The X-Nauts tackled Chopper to take 5 away from him and then Lord Crump body slammed Vivian.
"That's for betraying Grodus!" Lord Crump scoffed. Vivian didn't look happy, but she was not going to make another attack, as much as she wanted to.
"A stomp wouldn't hurt, I suppose," Chopper had to stomp on Lord Crump because his hammer would require him to attack the X-Nauts, so he jumped over his X-Nauts and stomped on Lord Crump's head, making him cringe in pain.
"Argh! Stupid kid!" Lord Crump growled.
"Want me to throw you at Lord Crump?" Chopper asked.
"Go fer it!" Bombette nodded as Chopper picked her up and threw her at Lord Crump, exploding upon impact.
Lord Crump made a sharp whistle and the X-Nauts retreated. "Buh huh huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh! You're not gonna get off that easily, losers! Let's see how you like THIS! X-NAUTS!"
A bunch of X-Nauts appeared hanging onto a railing above them. They only had 6 HP though, so they decided to simply take care of Lord Crump before they make their attack. He only had 6 HP left, so it wasn't going to be too bad.
"I think we got this! I'll attack Crump and then you use your Stone attack, Kirby!" Chopper decided.
"Poyo! (I like that!)" Kirby nodded as Chopper tossed a fireball at Lord Crump, and then the pink puffball attacked with his Stone attack, which knocked the leader down.
"Oof! …Argh! I'm not going down so soon! It's time I cheated in a fight!" Lord Crump got up and retreated…only to eat some food to recover his HP. When he came back, a bunch of X-Nauts were surrounding him.
"Oh, come on! He can't do that!" Scrub complained.
"Whew! Now THAT was a close one!" Lord Crump sighed. "I thought I was aced for a second there! But I'm not finished yet! Watch this! C'mon, X-Nauts!"
The X-Nauts all became a ball and Lord Crump got on the top. The ball rolled over Chopper and his friends to take away 5 HP from them, which was certainly more than they've taken from a single attack of the commander. Lord Crump body slammed Chopper, but he was able to Superguard the attack, which made him take 1 damage.
"All right, we're taking him down this time!" Chopper declared as he used his Power Bounce on Lord Crump again and stomped on him seven times. Scrub gave him a good Ground Pound afterward. Now he was left with 17 HP.
This time, Chopper was able to guard the X-Naut ball. His friends did too, but Scrub got hurt by Lord Crump's body slam afterward.
"I think if I just Superguard one more attack, I think we got this!" Chopper said as he performed a stylish as he jumped on Lord Crump. Since Shadower didn't make an attack, he punched him with his Shadow Punch.
"Oh, crud… I'm not dying so soon, Chopper!" Lord Crump grabbed an X-Naut and threw him at Chopper, but the attack was guarded as usual. He seemed angrier than before and he performed a body slam on Shadower afterward.
"Yeesh... His weight makes it more painful." Shadower cringed.
"OK, let's finish this!" Chopper stomped on Lord Crump, and once he stepped away from the X-Nauts, he picked up Bombette and threw her right at Lord Crump, making an explosion on the ship.
"Whoa… That's something." a Phi gaped as Lord Crump dropped 20 Star Points and was lying on the ground in defeat.
"Unnghh... That kid beat me...again..."
A battle with the X-Nauts and Phis AND Fawful making an appearance? Wow, this must be intense... But we're going to the cave next chapter, so we're getting near the boss!