Back in the X-Naut Fortress, Grodus was talking to Tipral, who failed to stop Chopper and got carried out of the base by the Smorgs, along with Mysterious and Purple. As for the Shadow Sirens and Doopliss, they hadn't heard anything from them. There were a couple of other X-Nauts in the room too.
"What is the matter with you idiots? Falling right into a trap at that base? That's asinine!" Grodus roared.
"Sorry, dude. I mean, sir!" one X-Naut apologized.
"So let me guess… Chopper managed to get through that base with no problem and defeat the leader and got the Crystal Star, correct?"
"Well I suppose so. I tried to stop him out in the desert, but I failed…" Tipral trailed. "I'll try to find some better information as soon as I can."
That's when it hit him. He remembered seeing TEC get a hold of a data disk and also a memory one. If Grodus were to make him pay, this would be the chance to make it up for him.
"Urrgh… This little antennae fool is getting those Crystal Stars so easily!" Grodus growled. "He could get them all in no time! I will NOT let this happen. Those gems were mine! Sigh… I think I'd better alter my plan a little bit..."
"Well… What about the Thousand-Year Door?" Tipral spoke up. "Maybe if you can SOMEHOW control that demon, you would be able to take over the world…and maybe you can get just what you wanted. Such as that new world?"
"Hmmm? That sounds interesting… But that demon left me as a head five months ago. I'm not going to fall for another trick like that ever again."
"Now, before you say anything else… I have something important you might want to know. That means you X-Nauts must go." Tipral turned his head to the X-Nauts, who didn't appear to leave and were left confused.
"I said go!"
After throwing a Star Spear at their direction, the X-Nauts jumped up and scurried out of the room.
"What is it, Tipral? Speak up now!" demanded Grodus as Tipral walked over to him and began to give him all the info.
"WHAAAAAAAAT?! Are you sure? Speak!"
"All of it is true."
"Hrrrrgh... I thought I wiped his memory long ago! ...Very well, I will make him pay the price."
Sublevel 4-
"TEC sure hasn't called me in for a while…" Peach trailed, who was sitting on her bed and waiting patiently. "Maybe it's time to do that now? …Or perhaps he's a little busy at this point?"
The door to TEC's room opened up, which made her gasp. "Well I just said that right on time… Here we go…" With that, she got off the bed and walked into TEC's room and greeted him with a nice smile.
"Hello, Princess Peach. I have… I have reached the conclusion." TEC deduced. "I can remember everything now… And I have missed you so much. But now is not the time to have a conversation. I have found something in that data. It is very important."
"It's important data? Can you tell me now?"
"Yes… I suppose I shall. But this information…is shocking. The only way to avoid this…is by letting you escape. You MUST get off of this fortress. Off the moon. There's more to this than you think."
"More to it? What do you mean, TEC?"
"I will explain everything. Just listen to the whole thing. It's not only that, but I…discovered where one of the Crystal Stars are."
TEC began to give all the details to why Peach was here and where one of the Crystal Stars were. Peach was looking shocked the entire time.
"No… This… This is terrible!" Peach gasped. "I…don't believe it! Why would Grodus ever want to do that?!"
"This is why you must escape. I don't know why, but Grodus is planning on doing this again. I need you to follow my instructions exactly if you are to get off the moon."
"But… Wouldn't they know that you helped me?"
"Sir Grodus knows that my memory was once erased. He will never know. But that is inconsequential. I would like you to be safe. That's all that matters."
"TEC..." Peach trailed.
"I am the base's computer. No one will know of your escape if I keep silent. Please do not worry about me. Escape. Escape as quickly as possible."
"...OK, TEC. But I need to inform Chopper about this before I go... He doesn't know where I am. This is no longer just my problem..." Peach walked over to TEC's keyboard and began to type up an e-mail for Chopper. Little did she know that two people were opening the door to TEC's room.
"Hold it right there, Princess Peach!"
The princess turned and saw Grodus and Tipral come in through the door.
"Eeeeeeeeeek! You again!" Peach gasped.
"TEC... You miserable machine..." Grodus hissed as he walked over to TEC. "We all know what you're up to, traitor!"
"Wait… You said you wouldn't tell Grodus that!" Peach gaped as she looked at Tipral.
"I don't always keep my promises," Tipral said as he crossed his arms. "Besides, Grodus wanted something good, so I told him TEC was helping you."
"So, TEC, what do you have to say to yourself? Trying to take something valuable from me and trying to help Peach! That is unacceptable! But, I suppose it doesn't matter in the end... Especially with what I have planned for you!"
"You… You monster! What are you planning to do with him?" Peach asked.
"Gaaack ack ack ack! Well, that one is obvious! There is one thing to do with a malfunctioning computer! Cut the circuit and delete all the programs and data that caused the malfunction! And this time, I plan on replacing you! Obviously, all data relating to Princess Peach must go, as well... Yes, we must be absolutely sure nothing like this happens again..."
"No... I am... I am normal... There is no malfunction..."
"We know you're lying, TEC," Tipral retorted. "If you were normal, you would be on our side. I saw you helping Peach."
"Yes, he is correct. Now, Tipral: at the same time, we shall press the red buttons on TEC's sides." Grodus walked over to the red button to the left of TEC while Tipral went to the right. They pressed them at the same time, which caused TEC's screen to go blurry.
"TEC! NO!" Peach shrieked.
"Mail...sent... ... Princess Peach... Remember that...I...l...o...v...e...y...o...u..."
Deletion Complete.
"TEC!"
"Gaaack ack ack ack! Too bad, Princess Peach. TEC is no longer with us." Grodus cackled.
"No! You inhuman beasts! How could you?!" Peach cried.
"Just stop it…" Tipral scoffed. "You, worrying over a computer. How pathetic."
"Besides... We have some important plans just for you. Oh, yes… VERY important indeed…" Grodus said with a grin.
"No!" the princess gasped.
"Gaaack ack ack ack!"
Rogueport Harbor-
Bowser came stomping over to the harbor of Rogueport, causing people to scream in horror, but he didn't care. He walked over by the dock and looked at the ocean, which caused him to get angry.
"You gotta be kidding me! I can't swim through the sea! I'll end up drowning and sinking to the bottom, where the Bloopers will laugh at me and even take my shell!" Bowser roared.
"Your Grouchiness! Simmer down!" Kammy suggested. "I can make things a little easier for you. Just watch and learn!"
"Pffffffft! I'll watch, but I'm not gonna learn! …Ooh!" Bowser saw a bridge form together and rise above the water with the help of Kammy's magic. He grinned as he walked over to the bridge. What was even better was the fact that his weight didn't make the bridge sink.
"Haggy! Where the heck do you come up with this stuff? This is awesome! You're a genius!" Bowser began to hurry on, with Kammy following her.
"A genius, am I? Neat!" Kammy grinned as she followed. Luigi walked over to the bridge and looked confused.
"Eh? Is that Bowser? What's he doing here? Is he causing any ruckus?" Luigi gawked. "…Well he's leaving this place, so I shouldn't even bother. I wonder how Princess…I mean Queen Éclair is doing with her king now. Who was it? I think he WAS the Chestnut King…"
He looked around the harbor, hoping that he would see Mario. "Man, I can't believe I haven't found my bro here. He wasn't at home…so I thought he would be here. No sight of him whatsoever…"
Luigi walked away from the harbor with a worried face. He had people with him, such as a crisped Blooper named Blooey, a red cherry Bob-omb named Jerry, a Buzzy Beetle with a wrench on his shell named Torque, a green Dayzee named Hayzee, and a strange white species that looked a bit like a mashed potato name Screamy.
Over the water-
"Ready to roll!" Bowser declared as he stomped his way through the bridge, jumping over some gaps that would make him fall in the water. Cheep Cheeps can be seen jumping up from the water like in the original Super Mario Bros.
The X-Nauts charged at Bowser, but he squished them and continued to move on. He hit a yellow block to get some meat and he burnt a Goomba to crisp.
"Gra ha ha ha ha ha ha! This is so good! I feel like I can do anything like this! Nothing can get in my way! Gwa ha ha ha ha!" Bowser laughed…but then an X-Naut ahead attacked him and he went back to his normal size.
"Careful now… You need to pay attention to your surroundings…" Kammy warned. Bowser didn't pay attention to her and ended up hitting her with his tail, which made her fall in the water. When she swam up to the surface, she was left soaking wet.
"Sometimes I wonder why I go with him…" Kammy began to think for a moment before she saw Bowser already grew huge and he stomp through everything, and then he made it to the flagpole ahead, crushing the small castle in his path to Pudgy Island. She got out of the water and followed Bowser over to the island ahead.
"What is this place? It's like some sort of island! Kammy! Tell me what's here!" demanded Bowser.
"Well this place is called Pudgy Island. It's a big island home to…some people." Kammy pondered as she saw two people up ahead. "Like that Koopa and Bob-omb!"
"Excellent! We'll ask them about the Crystal Stars!" Bowser stomped his way over to Bambo and Kooplang. The Bob-omb Buddy was scared and screamed, while Kooplang was left confused.
"WOWZUH! Who the heck are you?" Bambo asked.
"Um... Gulp! Bambo… That's Bowser, King of Koopas!" Kooplang frowned. He bit his lip when he looked at those sharp teeth.
"He is? Oh... AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"Calm yourself, Bambo! Let's just hope he doesn't harm us!"
"Hey, you weirdos!" barked Bowser. "You know anything about the Crystal Star that's on this island?"
"The Crystal Star?" Kooplang thought for a second until he remembered something about it. "Sorry, buddy…but I'm afraid you're not gonna be getting that."
"And why's that?"
"'Cause I've got a homemade explosive device right here!" he picked up Bambo, whose eyes widened.
"What are you doing?" Bambo asked.
"Something that needs to be done!" Kooplang answered as he threw the Bob-omb Buddy toward Bowser, whose eyes widened.
"INCOMING!" Bowser cried as he got hit in the face by Bambo. Sadly, nothing happened. "Huh? That was it? That was your weapon? Pfffffft! My fire breath can do better than that!"
"Lord Bowser... That's not a good idea..." Kammy gulped.
"Why not? I can show these two why they shouldn't mess with the great Bowser!"
"No, seriously! You don't wanna blow up the whole island!" Bambo exclaimed. "The Crystal Star was already taken by our buddy Chopper!"
"Whuh-WHAAAAAAT?! I got beaten by Chopper again? Why am I always so SLOW?!" Bowser began to stomp the ground angrily, but then he turned back to Kammy.
"So what do we do now?" wondered Kammy.
"We're getting out of here pronto! We need to find those Crystal Stars before Chopper does!"
"Of course, Your Angriness! We'll get going right now!" At that moment, Bowser and Kammy left the island, making Bambo and Kooplang sigh in relief.
"You know... I always knew his breath stunk." Bambo said.
"And I always knew he was that ugly," Kooplang added.
Dream Land-
It was nighttime right now, and King Dedede and Escargon were riding their tank back on the road. It was dirty, and they were covered in mud as well thanks to a certain masked warrior. Even King Dedede was in a bad mood thanks to him!
"Lousy servant," King Dedede grumbled. "I swear I'm going to punish him for getting my robe AND my tank dirty!"
"Your Majesty… Maybe we should just go home." Escargon moaned. "I really want to wash this off… If this mud dries up, then we'd have to scrape it off! THAT would be bad!"
King Dedede turned his head to Escargon while gritting his teeth. He grabbed a hold of his hammer and bashed the snail's head.
"Oh, FINE! We'll clean this off first! I'm getting tired of your yapping for once! Have it your way! …But you gotta drive the car."
"You want me to drive?" Escargon looked at the steering wheel, which had mud on it. "Oh, fine. I guess I will."
King Dedede stopped the car and got on the passenger's seat, but because Escargon was still sitting, he ended up sitting on him. It took him a while, but he was able to squeeze out of King Dedede's weight and get on the driver's seat.
"Err… Maybe you should lose a little bit of weight, Your Majesty." Escargon suggested before he felt himself getting hit in the head by King Dedede's hammer once again. They quickly headed back to the castle, where they washed off all the mud and got back in the throne room, where the king sat on his throne to get back to business.
"All right, now let's see if I can find another company..." King Dedede trailed as he searched through the universe. "There's GOTTA be one somewhere!"
"You're at it again, Your Majesty?" Escargon sighed. "You've been searching for days and we haven't found even one… There's no way you can possibly…"
"Oh! I found one at long last!" King Dedede clicked on the area of the corporation as he took a sip of his juice. He saw that it was called T.C.
"There's this one place called T.C. It says it stands for Tartara Corporations..."
At that moment, King Dedede spit his juice out. "Really? Maybe we oughta check these guys out!"
He pressed a button on the arm of his throne and sent a message to them. "Hey... What gives? How come they didn't respond to us?"
"That's because they don't instantly reply one second later," Escargon informed. "It looks like it'll take twenty four hours for them to receive the message."
"Great... Well, all we can do is wait."
"I wouldn't go to them if I were you…"
King Dedede turned his head and saw Meta Knight behind a pole walking over to them.
"Were you eavesdropping on us, Meta Knight?" Escargon asked.
"You could say that…" Meta Knight trailed. "You're making a big mistake by going to them. They're far worse than Nightmare's company. I don't wish to tell you much, but it would be best if you stayed away from them."
"Why would I listen to you now?!" King Dedede exclaimed. "You kicked my car and we were sent back down into the mud!"
"You know, I AM your servant, but sometimes I need to do things for the better of you, such as preventing you from getting those Crystal Stars. However, if you want, I WILL tell you where Chopper goes to find the next location."
"Really? Interesting… Go ahead and tell us right now."
"Tell us the WHOLE thing! We won't get mad at you!" Escargon assured.
"Fine. I will." Meta Knight sighed. "Chopper collects those Crystal Stars and heads back here in order to go to the Fountain of Dreams. If I'm correct, he should be going there soon… I can feel something… Hmmmm? This feeling is much different…"
"What are you feeling in your head?" King Dedede asked.
"It feels like…an evil queen's spirits. I'm sensing something bad that could possibly happen... I should get to Chopper right away."
"And why would you want to help Chopper? You have any reason?"
"…That is none of your business. I'm going to the Fountain of Dreams. If he gets that seventh star, he could be falling right into a trap…" Meta Knight hurried out of the castle, which left King Dedede and Escargon to look at each other.
"Well we're certainly not going to sit here and do nothing! I think it's time I got my revenge on Chopper! And you're going to help me!" King Dedede declared as he grabbed Escargon.
"Wait! Your Majesty! I can't fight!" Escargon cried. "All I can do is throw spiked balls at people! That's not powerful!"
"Well I don't care! You got something, so you're going to use it! Maybe I'll give you a spear or something too... Anyway, we're going to clobber Chopper once and for all!"
And with that, the two of them headed out of the castle and went back to their fully cleaned car and took off.
Desert Sands-
"Well that worked out better than I thought," Chopper smiled as he got out of the base with the Garnet Star. "We sure trounced Gemerl and stole his Crystal Star!"
"But he got away..." Vivian trailed.
"Well that be no problem!" Bombette assured. "Now let's go back to town! I'm sure we can relax there!"
"Go back to town? But we can just go back to Dream Land!" Chopper said.
"I'm with Contadre on this one," Scrub declared.
"Well... We COULD go to Dream Land, but there's a small problem..." Berry trailed.
"Poyo? (What's that?)" Kirby wondered.
"You see... With school and everything... If I just leave without giving them a notice, things might not go well for me. I may be forced to kind of, well... Drop out. Or some might think I'm dead, but if that's what some might think, I probably won't care. Not giving my teacher a notice might not help me in the future..."
Chopper let out a sigh. "Fine... We'll go back to Sand Town. It's probably for the better anyway."
"Of course it is! Because when we leave, I can be much closer to you!"
"I'm screwed..."
Sand Town-
When they returned to Sand Town, they happened to hear the bell ringing over by the school, with a couple of kids coming out of the school. Some of them they remembered, especially the Shy Guy bully, and even the female Bandit.
"Heh heh! Well well well! Looks like the Berry girl decided to skip school!" the Shy Guy smirked. "Such a shame, 'cause it's not gonna help you out!"
"You don't have to be so mean, you know..." the Toad boy trailed.
"Berry, do us all a favor and take a hike," the female Bandit suggested. "You're nothing special..."
"Hey, you guys should leave her be," Chopper suggested.
"Hey, it's this kid again!" the Shy Guy laughed. "Why are you standing up for her? What're you, her boyfriend?"
"Yes, I am indeed her boyfri- No! She isn't my girlfriend!"
"Well I think we're boyfriend and girlfriend," Berry smiled.
"Ha! I guess she needs her little boyfriend to protect her!" the female Bandit laughed. "And I guess these two make such a nice couple considering how similar they look!"
"But Contadre's round, and Berry's pink," Scrub noted.
"You know what, that's it!" Berry declared, walking up to the two. "I'm getting tired of having to hear you two ramble on! I don't usually get incredibly angry, but you're starting to!"
"What're you going to do about it?" the Bandit scoffed. "Obviously you don't..."
Berry took out her hammer and walked toward them. "Do I have to use this against you guys? Because I'm hoping I don't."
"Oh... Well..." the Shy Guy sweat dropped. "I was actually thinking of using the pale green kid as a basketball."
"Hey!"
"But, now that I think about it... OK, I'm going to go." the Shy Guy took off, as well as the Bandit, who didn't want to have to deal with Berry's hammer.
With them gone, Berry sighed in relief.
"Hey, you did a good job standing up to them," Chopper commented. "I don't know if I could've done that."
"Actually, you kind of helped me with that. I should be thanking you." Berry smiled.
Mayor Must T. happened to spot them and walked over to them. "Ah! You guys are back here, I presume? Have you gotten what you needed?"
"Yeah, we did," Vivian nodded.
"And Chopper's apparently taking a nap..." Shadower trailed.
Kirby had an idea and got some water from the fountain. He dumped some of it on Chopper's face, causing him to quickly get up and shake himself, causing some of the water droplets to get on a couple of people.
"Listen, mayor..." Berry started. "I'm going to be leaving this place with my friends to go collect a couple of more gems shaped like stars. So..."
"Ho ho ho! It's fine. You don't have to worry about what happens here." Must T. assured. "If you want to go on your little adventure with your friends, then I'll try to do something about it."
"So you're willing to help me! Great!" Berry cheered, grabbing Chopper in a hug. "Don't you think this is going to be exciting, Choppy? We'll be traveling around the world together! I think this should be nice..."
"I think it would be nice if you let go of me..." Chopper trailed, which made Berry let him go.
"I wish you all luck on your trip!" Must T. said. "And please, don't let anything get in your way either."
"Yar! With me around? Nothin' will get in our way!" Bombette declared.
With that, Chopper and Kirby summoned their Warp Stars and got on them. Scrub and Shadower joined Kirby on his Warp Star, while Vivian and Bombette got on Chopper's. Berry instantly got on Chopper's and made sure she was close to him, which made Chopper's face turn white.
"Well I want to be with you on the Warp Star," Berry declared. "I think you'd like it anyway!"
"I think I'd like it if you weren't so close to me..." Chopper trailed.
Despite the issue of Berry being too close, both Chopper and Kirby's Warp Stars had taken off to Pop Star.
Hatty Town-
When they landed in Hatty Town, they found the Mayor at the front of his house, and he also happened to approach them.
"You're back, Chopper! And let me guess: you got the Crystal Star?" the Mayor asked.
"You bet!" Chopper replied as he held the Garnet Star up. The Mayor gazed at it and watched it sparkle. It sure was a piece of beauty.
"This is beautiful! You've gotten six stars already! Now there are only fourteen left to find! Keep up the good work!" the Mayor smiled before he looked at Berry. "…And who is this girl right here close to you?"
"Oh, me? I'm Berry! Believe it or not, I'm actually the same species as Chopper." Berry greeted.
"Really?"
"Not only that, but we met back on our birth planet! He's actually the first boy I liked and now we're boyfriend and..."
"No we're not..." Chopper cut off before he could get kissed by her.
"Well, you know what I mean," Berry said.
Chopper let out a sigh, but he paused when he heard something going off on his Mailbox SP.
"Chopper… What is that?" the Mayor asked.
"My Mailbox SP. I think it's another e-mail. Let me check." Chopper pulled out his Mailbox SP and began to read the message. All of his friends surrounded him just to read the message.
"Read the message already. It's probably from Princess Peach." Shadower suggested.
Chopper,
I must tell you where I'm being held. I'm on the moon. Yes. The moon that floats out in space. And I learned something even horrifying. Grodus is trying to find and easier way to collect the twenty Crystal Stars to open a new world, but in order to bring this monster's body back to life, they need my…
"…It's cut off," Chopper noted.
"Wait, so Princess Peach is up on the moon?" Scrub gaped. "That's insane! …But cool at the same time!"
"You're trying to save a princess as well?" Berry gawked. "Hold on a second... Who's the princess you're trying to save?"
"Princess Peach."
"You know, I've heard of that name before... Yeah, I guess it's pretty obvious."
"Well we have no time to waste. We need to go to the Fountain of Dreams and find the next Crystal Star!" Vivian suggested.
"Yeah, let's go!" Chopper agreed as they took off.
Fountain of Dreams-
"So this is the Fountain of Dreams?" Berry smiled. "This is pretty! And it's also kind of romantic..."
"Pretty? Yes. Romantic? Well..."
"Yeah, how about we talk about something else?" Shadower suggested. "No offense, Chopper, but I'm kind of tired of hearing that stuff..."
They noticed Fumu was also around, which she happened to spot them and walk over to the group.
"Hey, guys!" Fumu smiled. "So you're finally back?"
"Yeah, and we beat the snot out of a robot leader!" Scrub said. "You should've been there! It was awesome!"
"I could've been there, but I'm not one to get into something like that..."
"Choppy, who is she?" Berry whispered.
"Her name's Fumu. I don't know too much about her, but she is nice."
"Hey, it looks like you brought a new friend! ...Or rather, two!" Fumu noticed, looking at Bombette and Berry.
"Yar! Me name be Bombette!" Bombette introduced.
"And my name's Berry," Berry introduced.
"Berry?" Fumu took a look at the pink girl with a raised eyebrow. "So... What are you supposed to be?"
"I'm...not so sure what I am, but I am the same species as Chopper!"
"Hold on... I think I was told there was possibly another one of Chopper's kind. I...never thought I'd see one in person."
"Yeah, I know. But I don't want to get into details like that... That can get annoying. ...What's that you got in your hand?"
"This?" Fumu looked down at her book. "This is my journal I usually write in. I usually keep it with me to write about some things. You wanna see?"
"Sure thing!" Berry took the book from Fumu and began to read through a couple of pages. "I like this stuff. It gives me an idea of what there is around here. I'd actually be interested in exploring this place."
"Really? Not many people have actually read this stuff because they're too busy with other stuff. You really like it?"
"Of course!"
Fumu gave her a smile, but her smile stopped when Chopper told Berry that they had to get going.
"Oh... Well I can't stay here forever. I have to help Choppy, y'know?"
"OK... Well good luck." Fumu waved goodbye as the group headed over to the pedestal. "I think I just found a new friend."
However, when Chopper approached the pedestal, things weren't going to get any better.
"We've been waiting for you, Chopper!"
Chopper stopped when King Dedede jumped down in front of him with his giant hammer. Escargon revealed himself too, being behind the king.
"King Dedede? Escargon? I haven't seen you in a LONG time…" Chopper gasped. "Hold on, didn't Escargon get sent somewhere far?"
"Yeah, and that was YOUR fault," Escargon growled, gripping his spear. "It's time for our revenge, Chopper! His Majesty will have the honor of taking you down!"
"Exactly! After you humiliated me in Hatty Town, I didn't go out for DAYS!" King Dedede recalled angrily. "I couldn't bear to see those Cappies laugh at me. But now I'm over that, and now I'm ready to take you down! I even found a new corporation that'll probably gimme some monsters to destroy you! But maybe I'll use 'em for something else when I squish you!"
"So… You know this penguin from somewhere?" Vivian whispered.
"Let's just say I gave him a beating before I met you all…" Chopper replied.
"You're going to regret facing us!" Escargon declared. "And don't think we forgot about you either, Kirby!"
"Poyo! (I'm not afraid of you!)" Kirby scoffed.
Tattle: That's King Dedede. He's the king of Dream Land, and boy, is he angry. Well probably because you beat him down before. Max HP is 50, Attack is 6, and Defense is 0. That hammer is DEADLY! It can deal about 7 damage to you! His Inhale allows him to spit you out at your partner. He is definitely a powerhouse…and he has probably been training for a while to defeat you.
Tattle: That's Escargon. He's King Dedede's assistant. He looks kinda weird… Max HP is 30, Attack is 4, and Defense is 0. He'll throw spiked balls at you, jab at you with his spear, and he'll even give King Dedede…food? I think that lets him recover his HP. If I were you, I'd take him out first. But… Food? ...Huh, it says here that despite taking a lot of beatings from his king, he still cares for him. You just can't help but feel sorry for the poor guy...
Chopper went ahead and stomped on Escargon first, him being the bigger target. Vivian thought attacking both would be a good idea, so with her finger sparkling, flames hit both King Dedede and Escargon and left them with a burn.
"Oof! Your Majesty... I don't think this is such a good idea..." Escargon moaned.
"Quit your whining and help me fight him!" King Dedede walked over to Chopper and purposely tripped over, making him fall over on him to deal 6 damage. Escargon pulled out a black Gordo and threw it at Vivian, but she guarded the attack to only take 3 instead. They both got hurt by the burn effect as well.
"Since Escargon's at the back, we need to use attacks that don't require you to attack at the front," Chopper decided to become Stone Chopper and dropped on the snail as a stone, while Berry used her Hammerang to throw her hammer and hit both of them.
"Your hammer may be big, but I doubt yours could be thrown like me!" Berry scoffed.
"Well at least I don't have a girly hammer!" King Dedede laughed.
"Yeah! That's the stupidest hammer I've ever seen!" Escargon agreed as he laugh, which angered Berry.
"Here I thought I'd be finished with this stupid stuff..."
"Anyway, you've got some skills, Chopper. But let's see how you deal with THIS!" King Dedede brought his hammer up and brought it down on him, knocking his ability away. Escargon took out a Poison Gordo and threw it at Scrub, who was able to Superguard the attack and take no damage.
When they were both harmed by the burn from Vivian, it quickly wore off. However, Chopper was able to finish Escargon off with one more stomp, making him collapse on the ground.
"Forgive me, Your Majesty… I can't go on…" Escargon moaned.
Scrub fluttered over to King Dedede and used his Ground Pound on him, leaving him with 30 HP.
"Grrrr! You may have taken down my secretary, but I'm still gonna take you out!" King Dedede began to inhale Chopper like a vacuum, and he spat him out at Berry. Despite getting hurt, she noticed Chopper was now holding onto her, which made her smile.
"I like how much care you're showing to me," Berry noted. "It's really sweet of you!"
Chopper's eyes widened as he let go of her and stepped away from her. Not only that, but he noticed red hearts over her head too.
"Ahem! This should be easy now!" Chopper ran over to King Dedede and stomped on him, and then Kirby used his Cartwheel attack to get him down to 18 HP.
King Dedede's face looked red as he jumped up and came down on Kirby. He guarded this attack, however, and it left him open for Chopper to stomp on him. Following that was a Bomb attack from Bombette.
"Urrghh… This isn't good." King Dedede groaned as he brought his huge hammer out and brought it down on Chopper. It was a powerful attack, so he did take more damage from that.
"He's only got 6 HP left. I can do this…" Chopper walked back and then rushed toward the king. As he jumped up, he made his Spin Jump attack on him, stomping once, and performing a ground pound afterward on the second jump, making King Dedede collapse on the ground.
"Nooo! So…close!" King Dedede moaned before he became unconscious. Chopper got 34 Star Points and also a level up. He decided to go with BP, so now he had 21 BP.
"Well, now that that's over, we should go find the next Crystal Star. Go ahead and bring the star to the pedestal." Vivian suggested.
Chopper nodded as he jumped onto the pedestal and held up the Garnet Star. "All right now… Let's see what's next."
He saw the star disappear and reappear around the fountain. Meta Knight was on the branch of one of the trees, getting a glimpse of this scene.
"Hmmmm… If he gets that seventh star…he could endanger Rogueport for eternity… But I can't do anything about it…" Meta Knight thought.
Once the Magical Map began to glow, Chopper saw a fortress up on the moon and a multicolored Crystal Star.
"Guys… This Crystal Star…" Chopper trailed. "No… I don't think it's likely… Didn't Princess Peach say that she's on this place?"
"Yar?" Bombette gawked.
"No way! That IS it!" Scrub gaped.
"You know… I think we ought to see Professor Frankly about this one." Shadower suggested.
Frankly's house-
"Hrmm… If what this map indicates is true, the location of the seventh Crystal Star is... The moon." Frankly deduced.
"Yar! So it is up there!" Bombette gaped. "Princess Peach is up there too! …But how do we all get to such a place? 'Tis high up in the sky…"
"Yes, it is… But I do remember how to get there. According to some research, you must go to Fahr Outpost. They have a cannon that can be used to blast you there."
"We need to get to the moon using a cannon? Way past cool!" Scrub smirked.
"I know how it sounds, really. Though I'm not entirely sure of all the details... Accounts from Fahr Outpost speak of a device that can launch anything, anywhere. Even to the moon!"
"But... Wouldn't the gravity hold us back?" Chopper wondered.
"Their cannon is fast and strong enough to blast you all the way to the moon. So no, it won't hold you back. Once in outer space, there is no gravity."
"Won't we, I don't know... Suffocate?" Shadower wondered.
"Weren't we just traveling through space before?" Berry recalled. "I'm sure we weren't suffocating..."
"I remember there being a little secret entrance to the pipe that takes you there," Frankly recalled. "However, in order to reach that pipe, an Ultra Hammer is required. I don't know where you could fine one, but if you get one, you might be able to get to that pipe."
"An Ultra Hammer? Well... Don't upgrades come in big chests?" Chopper wondered.
"Wait… Chopper! I remember seeing a chest in the middle of Rogueport!" Vivian remembered. "It's under a wooden platform, actually. I'll show you!"
Vivian floated out of the house, with Chopper and the rest following her quickly. When they got to the center of town, they saw a big chest on top of the high platform.
"That's the chest? Y'know, I was wondering the same thing. I think I can get it down." Chopper walked under the platform and used his Spring Jump. However, once his head hit it, he began to float down like a piece of paper. The chest, though, landed on the ground. Everyone saw it land, but no one got hurt.
"All right, let's check this thing out," Chopper opened the chest and found a hammer that was a red and yellow color. He held it up in joy, remembering this hammer that he had before.
You got the Ultra Hammer!
As expected, Chopper was transported to a similar background from before. Toadette approached him with an eager look.
"Hi! It's me again, Toadette! It's nice to see you again!" Toadette greeted cheerfully. "Way to find the Ultra Hammer! Now your hammer will be even more powerful! And you can also use a new hammer technique! Let's practice it right away! It's just like with the Super Hammer, so no prob! Hold down B and rotate the Control Stick until your body gets twisty. Then release B to release your Ultra Hammer! Make sure you twist a lot before releasing B!"
"OK... I'll give it a try." Chopper began to twist himself much like the Super Hammer, and when he was done, he spun around. "There! Is that it?"
"Yeah! You mastered the Ultra Hammer!" Toadette took a few steps back, allowing a small Metal Block to land in front of him. "Using your Ultra Hammer, you can even break blocks made out of stuff like this! Plus, you can use it in battle, too!"
"So it'll do more damage? I'm fine with that!"
"Well, see you later! I'll be waiting for you when you get your next upgrade!"
Once she was gone, Chopper was back in Rogueport, holding the new Ultra Hammer in his hands.
"That looks like a cooler hammer than your other," Berry commented. "Too gray."
"Yeah, I get what you mean. I like this more, honestly." Chopper said as he examined it. "Reminds me of when I first had this..."
"Poyo! (Let's get going then!)" Kirby declared.
They headed down to the sewers to the area with the green door that led to Twilight Town. This time, however, Chopper smashed the Metal Block to the left and found a blue pipe in the shadows ahead.
"That must be it, Choppy! Now we can go find the next Crystal Star!" Berry cheered.
"It better be worth it," Shadower said.
"Let's just go into the pipe…" Chopper jumped up and went in the pipe while his friends followed. If Peach was up on the moon, then chances were they would be meeting another enemy...
Putting a King Dedede fight with Escargon was a pretty cool idea, I must admit. I made it so the Ultra Hammer in this story can smash Metal Blocks so it shows it hasn't gotten weaker than the one from before. Also, I always thought Berry and Fumu would make good friends. It kind of reminds me of the friendship between Chopper and Flyer.
Oh yeah, and Chapter 7 IS actually one of my favorite chapters. Actually, Chapter 7 from each Paper Mario game is my favorite, with Super Paper Mario's Chapter 7 being my favorite one overall. Yeah, I know it sounds insane, but it's true.