Inside the shrine, the only thing they had spotted were some stained glass windows in the background and a light yellow marble floor that matched the same color as most Nimbi buildings. Also, there was a throne at the end of the room, but that's not what caught them off guard.
They saw a yellow Nimbi with a large, white beard, a couple of rainbow heart-shaped wings, and two large, white eyebrows limping on a part of his side. Luvbi gasped at the sight of her father.
"Oh…no!" Luvbi and the heroes rushed over to her father's side. "Father! Father! Art thou all right?!"
"Luvbi… Thou should not…have come. Flee…from here…" Grambi moaned.
"Wow… This isn't good…" Chopper frowned.
"What's this? Visitors? How exciting..." a fourth voice interrupted the moment. The voice sounded childish…yet, it sounded a bit dark for everyone's taste.
Chopper and Co. noticed across the room, a small wizard that was about Chopper's size wearing a dark gray cloak that was mainly a hood with sleeves. The hood, meanwhile, had a purple stripe around the opening, while the sleeves had a purple trim to them. The figure also had black hands, black feet, a wand, and creepy glowing, purple eyes.
"So… YOU'RE the one behind all of this, aren't you?!" Chopper growled, getting into a fighting stance.
"I have to admit… I was expecting the main villain of this chapter to be a bit…more monstrous and threatening…" Blade trailed.
"Is this some kind of joke? HE'S the one who set all of those monsters free?!" Sonic gawked. "Not even I have run into villains so small..."
"Poyo! (This is just… So weird!)" Kirby gaped.
"This is just pathetic… These Nimbis feared THIS thing?!" Tipral grumbled.
"Explain to me who you people are now," the wizard declared. "I wasn't expecting five people to show up around this time! Even if you're here to save this precious world, you're too late!"
"We're never too late!" Chopper retorted. "It just so happens that your Necromancer was already defeated by us! …And if you wanna know who I am, then fine. I'm Chopper of Clara. We're here for the Pure Heart that we rightfully deserve to get!"
"Chopper… That name… That sounds like something I've heard of before…" the evil wizard pondered. "Oh! That's right! You're that kid who's been trying to collect the Crystal Stars! I've heard of you from Dark...
"Dark?" Sonic raised an eyebrow.
"Tell us who thou art, NOW!" Luvbi shouted.
"Hee hee hee! So I finally get to meet THE Chopper! I've always thought you were one to get attention from many people! Allow me to introduce myself!"
The dark wizard removed his cloak, revealing his true self. He was actually a gray, spherical shaped creature like Chopper with a large, black crescent blade on his head with a glowing sun on it, black, evil eyes, skinny arms like Chopper, black gloves with a glowing sun on them, and black feet.
"My name is Shade Doom!"
"Wait… Shade Doom?" Chopper gawked, looking at him. "I thought Dark was the only one with the name "doom" in his name?"
"Yes... Yes he was... But I liked the name so much, that I decided to take it as my own!" Shade smirked. "I only had one purpose back then... And it was to build weapons for Dark... But I couldn't stand the job, so I went off on my own to show Dark that I could be better than him! Thankfully, after freeing those monsters, they swore their loyalty to ME! Hee hee hee! Now I'm searching for the Pure Heart to become stronger!"
"The Pure Heart…is not hither…" wheezed Grambi.
"Did I tell you to shut up?! Stay quiet, or else I'll finish you! You've already told me that before!"
"Wait… The Pure Heart isn't here?!" Blade's eyes widened.
"Of course not! I searched EVERYWHERE in this stupid room! Not even this sun on the large crescent on my head was able to detect its presence! Good for nothing… So, instead I decided to torture the old man!"
"Thou shalt NOT layest thy hands on him!" Luvbi growled. "The Pure Heart is not hither! And even if it was, my father wouldst never give you the Pure Heart! So givest up!"
"Grrrrr! You stupid little…" Shade was about to strike her with dark magic, but he paused when he saw the sun on his crescent glowing brightly. "Huh? What the… It's detecting something!"
He scanned the area with the large crescent on his head with its purple ray of light. Shade grinned, but his expression suddenly changed when the sun crescent began to flash as the ray of purple light shone…on Luvbi.
"What the… Is this sun seriously messed up? …No. It doesn't appear to be." Shade looked up at Luvbi. "So, that old man honestly thought he could keep the Pure Heart hidden from the likes of me?!"
"Wh-What dost thou mean?" Luvbi stammered.
"It's you... YOU are the Pure Heart!" Shade exclaimed, pointing at the Nimbi.
Luvbi gasped. "What…sayest thou?!"
"Poyo?! (Evil Luvbi was a Pure Heart this whole time?!)"
"We came all this way just to find out Luvbi was a Pure Heart? "
"Why couldn't we just get her when we were down in The Underwhere?!"
"I'm not so surprised by this… Frankly, I don't care."
"Wait... She was a Pure Heart this whole time?!" Chopper gasped. "This… How… I just don't get this at all... Why? Just why?"
"I guess the old man was forced to change the Pure Heart into a Nimbi that he called his own daughter in order to keep it hidden from the likes of me! …But the sun here never lies. You're the Pure Heart!"
"Ha ha… Th-That is just silly… My mother and father…" Luvbi stammered.
"Oh, you really think they did all of that out of LOVE?!" Shade scoffed. "HA! I honestly think that they only made you a Pure Heart just so that they could keep it safe from harm's way! Well I'm no fool."
"I don't believe it…" Chopper trailed with his head hung low. "I know I didn't like her kissing me and all, but she doesn't deserve to be some sort of object…"
"Th-That's… No… Thou liest! That can't be!" Luvbi denied. "I was brought back as a Nimbi three months ago! It can't happen again! Father… Is he speaking the truth? Please answer me!"
"L-Luv…b…i… Unnghhh…" Grambi moaned.
"Being the ruler of ended games, he can certainly weigh the sins of others, but he can certainly NOT weigh his own! He never seems to tell the truth! Especially to his own daughter! Oh, wait! You're not his daughter! Hee hee hee hee!"
"It…cannot be…" Luvbi sniffled.
"I had enough of you!" Chopper growled, glaring at Shade. "Leave her alone!"
"You want me to leave her alone?" Shade laughed before smirking at Chopper. "Make me."
Meanwhile, Tippi fluttered over to Luvbi. "Luvbi, we can talk later… Right now, just take Grambi to safety… QUICKLY!"
"O-OK…" as Luvbi took Grambi out of the shrine, all five of them turned their attention to Shade.
"I thank you for bringing me the Pure Heart!" Shade grinned. "I really appreciate that! With you guys out of the way, I will be invincible with the Pure Heart's power! None shall stop me!"
"Well, not when we're here!" Sonic growled.
"Well then, allow me to end your games," Shade flew up onto the throne using his black wings. "I've always wanted to fight against you, Chopper! Now my chance of battling you will come to be! HA HA HA HA!"
Using his wand, he summoned five red crystals. They began to spin around vertically and land on the marble ground. Once they hit the ground, it knocked all five of them back.
"What do these things do?" Chopper used Tippi's powers to investigate the Crystals.
"That's a Crystal. This thing was created by the dark wizard Shade Doom… Max HP is 10, Attack is 5, Defense is 2. All they really do is strike you down. However, you can inhale these things and spit them out at Shade Doom, who has only 50 HP in this fight… This doesn't look like a hard fight at all…" Tippi informed.
"Oh, this is probably going to be EASY!" Chopper smirked, inhaling one of the crystals and spitting it out at Shade.
"Oof! What the… Why are you doing that?!" he exclaimed.
"We're trying to stop you, so we might as well use these against you," Sonic grinned as he struck one of the red crystals with a Spin Dash, sending it back to Shade.
"You little…!" Shade used his wand to lift the remaining crystals off the ground and allow them to spin vertically.
"Watch out!" Blade warned as he jumped out of the way of the crystal. He managed to throw Hommissile at the crystal and send it back toward Shade.
"ACK! This whole thing is backfiring against me!" Shade shrieked as he was struck by another crystal. There was only two more crystals left. "How is this possible? You've already destroyed three of them?!"
"Poyo! (Not for long!)" Kirby inhaled a crystal and spat it out at Shade. Sonic struck the final crystal at Shade, severely weakening him.
"That's it? This was the whole battle? That's…weak." Chopper frowned. "This isn't a satisfying way to defeat someone who spat out something that would make a girl feel terrible."
"Why would you feel bad for that girl, after all she's done to us?!" Tipral asked.
"Still, even if she's been a brat to you guys, it just feels horrible to have someone who doesn't know what she truly is… It's just a bad thing…"
"Ugh…" Shade quickly shook himself. "The battle's not over yet, Chopper! This was only just the beginning…"
He hovered to the ground and raised his arms to create a blue shield. "Luckily, my training in dark magic has allowed me to use such devastating attacks with my wand! You won't be able to cause harm to me with this thing on!"
"Great… So he's not giving up yet." Chopper groaned. He tossed a fireball at the blue shield, but it simply healed Shade instead of hurting him. "What the heck?! My fireball did nothing!"
"Oh, that's because you can't do a thing to my shield!" Shade cackled. "It looks like you're all doomed to lose this fight!"
"Hmmmmm… Hold on a minute…" Chopper used Tippi's abilities to investigate him. "Maybe you'll get something out of him, Tippi!"
"That's Shade Doom. He's now surrounded himself in some sort of shield… Max HP is 70, Attack is 6, Defense is 3. When he has a blue shield up, he'll fire dark magic projectiles at you… That's when you need to attack him with the Pixls' abilities. If you don't use them, you'll end up healing him instead… With the red shield, he'll fire a large amount of dark magic, but it's more of a close-ranged attack… Make sure you strike him with your own moves instead of the Pixls'. If you do, the same thing will happen… Try to remember these, all right?" Tippi informed.
"Interesting… So we have to use our Pixl's ability to take Shade down when his blue shield is up… That doesn't seem so hard." Chopper dodged the dark magical particles fired from Shade's wand and struck him with his hammer (which is Cudge's ability, if you still didn't know).
"What the… How are you…?!" Shade gaped.
"Poyo! (That's because your shield HAS to have some flaws!)" Kirby smirked as he got on Carrie and jumped on top of Shade's blue shield a couple of times, performing stylish moves.
"Grrrr! Take this!" Shade struck Kirby with one of his dark magic particles. It didn't knock him back, but it certainly made the pink puffball cringe in pain.
"Poyo! (That hurts!)" he yelped as dark smoke appeared around him.
"Hee hee hee hee! Oh, how nice!" Shade was about to strike Chopper with dark magic, but Sonic immediately came down on the little alien with Screwdy's corkscrew attack, interrupting him from his attack.
"What the… Get out of here you little…!" Shade fired a dark magical projectile at Sonic to send him flying to the wall.
"Now then…" Shade flew over to Chopper and struck him with another dark projectile. Chopper attempted to defend it with his hammer but it didn't do anything. Luckily, he managed to deliver a fatal blow on his blue shield with his hammer.
"You realize that your hammer isn't going to cause any harm to me, you understand that?" Shade grinned. "It makes things easier for me!"
He fired dark projectiles at him like he was firing a machine gun. Each projectile hit him, and they certainly did hurt.
"All three of those can deal the same amount of damage!" Chopper wheezed. "Those are pretty deadly…"
"Don't worry, Chopper! I got your back!" Blade threw Hommissile straight at Shade's blue shield while he was still trying to attack Chopper, dealing some intense damage to the shield.
"Bah! I'm not going to just sit here and be struck by your Pixls!" Shade used his wand to transform his shield into a red one. "That's better!"
"Oh, yeah? Take THIS!" Blade tossed Hommissile at Shade's red shield. Not only did it deflect back over to Blade, but it also healed Shade's shield as well. "This…could be a problem."
"Remember, Chopper… Strike him with your own abilities with that shield up…" Tippi reminded.
"You've got a point, Tippi," Chopper nodded as he struck Shade with a fireball. This time, it didn't heal the dark wizard. "Hey! It actually worked! Awesome!"
"Don't think you'll succeed!" Shade growled, firing a close-ranged magic attack that sent Chopper flying toward the wall. "Get close to me and you're going to get hurt!"
"All right, then I won't get close to you," Tipral swung his arm and fired a Star Spear straight at Shade, striking his shield easily. He also hurled a shadow ball at the dark wizard as well.
"What the… Grrrr!" Shade attempted to get closer to Tipral, but another Star Spear was able to hold him back, preventing him from striking him again. He also got struck by Blade's katana and Sonic's Homing Attack.
"Stop with that already!" he barked.
"What's wrong? Ya can't take those hits?" Sonic grinned, but was soon struck by Shade's dark magic blast.
"So… How long have you been doing all of this evil ever since you left your bro?" Blade asked, attempting to strike Shade again.
"Oh, I've been doing this evil for five whole months!" Shade grinned as he struck Blade with his magic. "My training in dark magic was very successful when I found a dark, magic book in Ash Field!"
"Ash Field? You mean back on Viti? Holy…" Chopper didn't have time to speak. He struck Shade with a flaming sweeping kick that distracted him for a little bit. "Kirby! Catch!"
Chopper threw a fireball over to Kirby, who inhaled it and spat it out at Shade, weakening his red shield. Tipral also laid a Star Spear on Shade's red shield as well.
"So I see your power is formidable. All right. Then I guess I have to change shields!" Shade used his wand to change his shield back to a blue one. "Now it's back to causing havoc with this thing!"
As Shade cackled from firing dark projectiles, Chopper managed to strike him from behind with his hammer, causing him to turn around and strike him with a dark projectile.
"These things seriously HURT!" Chopper wheezed, drinking a Super Shroom shake to recover 20 HP. "This guy's a major pain in the butt!"
"Poyo… (I'd prefer to fight that Bonechill person instead of him…)" Kirby trailed.
"We're getting our butt kicked by a little kid!" Blade frowned, tossing Hommissile straight at Shade's shield.
"Little kid?! Then explain how Chopper managed to destroy an evil demon!" Shade barked, striking Blade with a dark projectile from his wand. "I'm sure I could beat that little twerp!"
Shade changed his shield back to a red one and struck Tipral with dark magic, since he was the one closest to him. However, this left him open for both Sonic and Blade to strike with a Spin Dash and a katana.
"What really sucks is that we're not actually hitting him…" Blade trailed.
"Which makes it even better for me!" Shade grinned, striking Blade with his dark magic.
"Pick on someone your own size!" Chopper barked, striking Shade with a sweeping kick. "Fight me instead!"
"All right, I'll do that!" Shade struck Chopper with dark magic, but was soon struck by another Star Spear. "Quit doing that!"
"I don't think so!" Tipral fired another Star Spear at Shade, but instead, he managed o put up a dark barrier to block the Star Spear and send it straight back at Tipral. However, Kirby inhaled the Star Spear and spat it at Shade.
"Poyo! (And that should do something!)" Kirby smiled.
"Oh, I'm going to…" Shade paused when his shield broke. "Oh, come on! My shield's gone?! GAH! It's always something like that!"
His wings began to spread as he hovered over the heroes. "If you guys are able to strike me on the ground, then I'm certain you don't have many abilities that are capable of attacking me from up here!"
"Oh, come on! This guy NEVER gives up!" Blade whined.
Just like before, Chopper used Tippi's powers to investigate him.
"That's Shade Doom. This time, he's taking off into the air… Max HP is 60, Attack is 5. He'll constantly try to strike you by firing dark, magic particles down at you… Don't use any ground attacks, because they won't hit him… However, if you can strike him while he's in the air, then that would be a good idea…" Tippi informed.
"Well, he probably won't be hard for me to strike, that's for sure…" Chopper trailed as he jumped toward Shade and struck him with a flaming slamming kick. It didn't send him to the ground, but it definitely did leave a burn effect on him.
"You stupid little…!" Shade fired a larger dark particle to the ground. It exploded and turned into smaller particles that struck everyone who was standing on the ground.
Tipral managed to teleport above him and slam his two fists on his head. However, when he grabbed a hold on him, Shade managed to elbow him and strike him with a dark blast, sending him flying toward the wall.
"I always wondered how it would be like to fight someone like you, Tipral…" Shade trailed as he struck Chopper with more magic.
"Why can't you just give up already, Shade?" Chopper asked. "You've already caused enough emotional harm to someone! I don't think you'd want to cause even MORE harm to that person either!"
"You mean your girlfriend? I nearly forgot… I don't know how I'm going to get her out of that Nimbi form! But, maybe I'll find a way."
"We're gonna make sure that you DON'T!" Chopper tossed a fireball straight at Shade, scorching him once again. A fireball was thrown over to Kirby so he could spit it out at Shade himself.
"While I didn't like that girl, I don't think you should be causing any harm either," Blade agreed, jumping toward Shade and landing a few combos on his with his katana.
"I think he's almost done," Sonic smirked as he managed to land a Homing Attack on Shade. "Good thing I can attack him while I'm up in the air, or else I would've been screwed by now."
Shade knocked Sonic back over to the corner with his magic, but once Blade struck him with one last katana attack, it was all over for him.
"NOOOOOO!" Shade cried as he fell to the ground. "No… I just… I can't lose now! After all I've done… I've lost to these people?!"
"That's it? That wasn't much of a fight, honestly…" Chopper trailed. "The only part that was a bit hard was when he had that shield around him…"
"And that was one crappy way of declaring yourself defeated," Blade added.
"So, you going to promise that you'll never invade this world again?" Sonic asked, tapping his foot.
"Urgh… I… I…" as a shadow appeared over Shade, he looked up and screamed. "Oh…NOOOOOOO!"
Out of nowhere, a large chest fell on top of him, squishing him…and possibly finishing the dark wizard.
"What the… Where did that chest come from?" Tipral asked.
"Poyo, (That thing just came out of nowhere,)" Kirby said out of surprise.
"Maybe there's a Pixl in there? Maybe the one that can actually help us save this place?" Blade predicted.
"Well… Let's find out." Chopper walked over to the chest and opened it. Unfortunately, there was no Pixl to shout something out or any item to come out of the chest. But the only thing they could ever…
"Hee hee hee hee hee hee…"
"Huh?"
Oh, yes, I was just getting to that. As the room got dark, a large, spider-like monster popped out of the chest. There was a large, black crescent blade on its…or should I say HIS head, and a purple stripe went down its face. Instead of his regular, black eyes, purple, glowing ones took its place.
"Is that… Is that really Shade?!" Chopper squawked.
"You honestly believe that I would give up THIS easily?! Think again, fools!" Shade roared as he struck the heroes with his big, spider leg.
"Whoa… That's one creepy thing!" Sonic frowned as he got up and struck Shade in the fast with a Spin Dash. "But I think you're still a bit too slow to take us on!"
The enraged spider demon alien thing crept its way over to Sonic and struck him with its spider leg, knocking him to the ground. However, it was interrupted when Kirby spat a fireball Chopper threw to him at him.
"FIRE?! You realize that spiders HATE fire?!" exclaimed Shade as his eyes flashed and struck Kirby with a dark strike.
"Hmph! I guess Shade really DOES put up more a fight than I thought." Tipral folded his arms. "He's actually proving to be more of a nuisance now."
He teleported over to Shade and struck him with a couple of Star Punches and Kicks. It was mostly to his head, but he did the most damage when he fired a Star Spear directly at his face.
"Hold on… I wanna get some information on this guy…" Chopper used Tippi's powers to investigate Shade.
"That's Shade Doom. This time, it looks like he's transformed himself into a disgusting spider… Max HP is 80, Attack is 6, Defense is 3. This time, in his fourth phase, he'll try to swipe at you with those dangerous-looking spider legs... He can only do that if he gets close to you, so as long as you stay far from him, you shouldn't have to worry about getting hurt… However, he can still attack you with magic if possible… But still, he refuses to give up…" Tippi informed.
"All right then," Chopper dodged Shade's spider leg and jumped up to his head to shoot a fireball at him. He followed up by striking him with a flaming spinning kick, since fire IS good to use against spiders.
"Foolish boy! That will not stop me!" roared Shade as he struck Chopper with his dark magic without even touching him. However, it left him open when Blade slashed at him with his katana, leaving a scar on one of his spider legs.
Shade screamed as he swiped at Blade with his spider leg, but that only got him struck by Tipral's Star Spear. He even tried to attack him, but his teleportation skills were too quick for him.
"Your spider form doesn't scare me, Shade!" Tipral shouted as he threw a shadow ball straight at Shade, followed up by snapping his finger, striking the evil dark wizard spider with Star Magic.
"No matter what you do, you'll NEVER stop me!" Shade boomed as he knocked Kirby back with one of his spider legs. He even fired a bolt of dark magic toward him.
"Poyo! (What a stupid move you're pulling!)" Kirby inhaled the bolt of dark magic and spat it back at him, making him cringe in pain.
"WHAT?! You… You just threw my attack back at me!"
"Poyo! (Exactly!)"
"Take…THIS!" Sonic slid under Shade and then struck the evil spider with a Spin Jump. Shade attempted to strike him, but he was too fast. Sonic managed to jump off the wall and strike him with a Spin Dash.
Shade made his way over to Chopper in order to strike him again. He IS his main target, after all.
"Oh no you don't!" Chopper jumped onto Shade's head and landed a flaming stomp on him, leading another burn. "Yup! Fire pretty much decimates you! Just watch what I do here!"
Chopper struck Shade with a flaming slamming kick, scorching the evil spider once again.
"I'm surprised you don't seem…angry," mentioned Shade.
"Oh, I'm angry all right," Chopper said, giving him a cold glare. "This is actually a very serious situation. You pretty much came here and almost DESTROYED all of The Overthere, and now it's time for you to pay to the price!"
"You'll never stop me! Don't you remember?!"
"You said that already!" Blade tossed Hommissile straight at Shade to leave a huge explosion. But not even that destroyed the evil Shade Doom! "Dang… This guy can seriously take some hits…"
"Hee hee hee hee hee!" Shade made his way over to Blade and struck him with one of his spider legs. "What's the matter? You can't handle a big, ferocious spider?!"
"Kirby and I have, so this shouldn't be a problem!" Chopper smirked, although he was a bit disgusted with how this…thing looked.
Tipral made the next move, using his air shoes to speed over to Shade. He delivered a Star Kick, followed by a Star Spear when he jumped away from him. He even managed to dodge Shade's spider leg!
"This is just laughable… He can't even hit me!" Tipral scoffed.
"Be careful, guys… He still may have low HP at this minute, but that doesn't mean you're guaranteed victory…" warned Tippi.
"You better listen to your butterfly friend, Chopper! You're still not going to win the battle!" Shade crept over to Chopper and attempted to strike him with his spider leg. Chopper jumped out of the way and managed to do a cartwheel while spinning his hammer around vertically at him.
"Well, at least this hammer comes to good use," he smiled as he struck Shade with a flaming spinning hammer while in the air, doing even more intense damage to the evil spider.
"All right, time to move into action!" Blade rushed toward Shade and, using his ninja skills, he made a couple of clones of himself. All four of them attacked Shade with their katanas, leaving him severely wounded.
"Unnngghhh… No… It…cannot be…" wheezed Shade, knocking the real Blade off of his spider leg, and then sending him flying to the wall with one of his spider legs.
"Sheesh! It's so dark around here!" Sonic mentioned. "Why does the room have to be so dark? All I can see are two glowing purple eyes coming my…way?"
Sonic immediately jumped out of Shade's way and struck him with a Homing Attack that left the spider off guard. He immediately used a Spin Dash to strike him afterward when Shade couldn't find him.
"Stupid speed… How am I supposed to catch you when you're going too fast?!"
"Well, you don't!" Sonic smirked as he struck Shade one last time with a Homing Attack before getting thrown to the wall with one of Shade's legs.
"Hey, Kirby! Catch!" Blade tossed Kirby a shuriken. The pink puffball inhaled the shuriken and spat it out at Shade, making him bring his attention to Kirby.
"So, you're trying to distract me, huh?" Shade crept over to Kirby, but he got on Carrie and jumped on top of him to deal some extra damage.
"And now it's time to finish this," Tipral snapped his finger and struck Shade with Star Magic. Afterward, he swung his arm and fired a Star Spear directly at his face.
"He's not finished yet…" Chopper trailed as he saw Shade's spider body was filled with scars, burn marks, and even bruises. "…But he's certainly close to being finished."
"All right, then why don't YOU do it?!" Tipral growled.
"Gladly," he smirked as he jumped toward Shade. With flames on his hammer, he spun his hammer vertically at Shade and finished him off with his flaming spinning hammer.
"YAAAAAAAAAARGGHHHH!" the intense scream from Shade caused a light to emit from him. Not only that, but the darkness in the room disappeared, but also caused some intense damage in the room as well.
"Finally! We managed to…" Chopper paused once he saw Shade transform back into himself. He was now soaring in the air just like before. "Are you SERIOUS?! He's STILL not done?!"
"I told you! The battle won't be over until you're all DEAD!" Shade growled, grinning at the heroes.
"Great… Well, looks like we still have to kick someone's butt." Blade groaned, jumping up to Shade and striking him with his katana. "We better make this quick."
"Yeah, and just flying around doesn't make you any better," Sonic stated. "It just makes you a coward…"
"Oh, really?" Shade began to fire dark magic particles from his wand at Sonic, knocking him to the wall. "So, who wants more?!"
"OK… Now you're starting to become crazy." Chopper jumped toward Shade and swung his hammer at him. He also fired a fireball straight at him to leave a nice burn on him.
"A fireball won't really help you here, Chopper!" Shade cackled.
"Oh? Well maybe THIS will!" Tipral slammed his fists down on Shade as soon as he teleported over to him. He successfully managed to send him to the ground and defeat him.
"Wow… That was easy." Sonic said with a blank look.
"Unnnnghhh… This is NOT over yet!" Shade roared as the whole ground began to shake. "I still have one last weapon saved up just for you all!"
Shade raised his right arm up as a flaming sword began to come toward him. He grabbed a hold of it and a large, red flaming beam surrounded him. When it was gone, Shade was ready for the last fight.
"You won't be getting out of this mess!"
"Oh, yeah?" Chopper hurled a fireball straight at Shade. With his sword, he blocked the attack and absorbed the fireball into his sword. "What the heck?! I can't do a thing to him with fire!"
"That's right! This time, you have no chance against me!" Shade swung his sword toward the ground and a large, beam of fire spread across the room, dealing heavy damage to the five.
"Urk! What the heck? How are we supposed to beat THAT?!" Chopper forced himself to gather information on Shade with Tippi.
"That's Shade Doom. It appears that he has one last thing up his sleeves before he's finished… Max HP is 100, Attack is 7, Defense is 4. Shade is no pushover this time… He'll begin to use everything he's got against you with that sword… He can shoot fireballs while in the air, do a cartwheel, or fire a large beam of fire… He also moves faster in this phase, so you might want to have someone fast to fight him… Just make sure you don't get caught in any of his attacks, because they can be devastating… If he's ever low on health, he could also heal himself of 25 HP if necessary, so watch out for that… This could possibly be the last fight this time… Don't give up, Chopper!" Tippi informed.
"This might be a difficult fight…" Chopper trailed, but he noticed a sword on the ground too. He inhaled it and gained the Sword ability. "Well… I guess this makes things a bit better!"
"But we better heal up. We've taken some serious damage from that other fight…" suggested Tipral pulling an Ultra Shroom Shake out. "We're going to have to use this to win."
They all shared the shake, with Chopper sipping the last bit. Since he still had the can, he threw it in Shade's face to deal at least some damage. Although… It didn't do a lot than what it usually does.
"You little…!" Shade swung at the five, but Chopper managed to defend himself against the sword with his own. He pushed Shade back and delivered a sword slash, knocking him back a little.
"Take this, you fools!" he flew up into the air and rose his flaming sword up. A bunch of fireballs began to come down from the top of the room and strike the heroes on the ground. Although, not all of them got hit.
"Those fireballs move fast… It would be best not to get caught in the raining fireballs…" informed Tippi.
"Poyo? (Maybe I could inhale one of those?)" Kirby pondered before noticing Shade fire a dark ball of magic energy from his hand toward Kirby.
"All right, Kirby, get it!" Chopper shouted.
"Poyo! (Got it!)" Kirby inhaled the projectile and spat it toward Shade, knocking him back a tiny bit. Although, it only got him a bit angrier.
"Argh! Take THIS!" Shade came toward Chopper while spinning around vertically with his sword like he was doing a cartwheel. He knocked Chopper to the wall, but it didn't stop the pale green gumball from fighting back.
"Hi-YA!" Chopper swung his sword straight at Shade, knocking him across the room to the throne. He made a dash toward him and struck him with a Sword Beam afterward, making the throne split in half.
"Whoa, Chopper! Are you trying to destroy this place?!" Blade exclaimed.
"It's not like I was doing it on purpose! I was trying to hit Shade!" Chopper raised his sword and defended against Shade's beam of flames.
"I'll try something," Blade jumped over Shade and struck him from behind with his katana, but Shade managed to fight back by kicking him to the split throne.
"You're gonna have to pay for all of the damage you caused," Sonic stated, hitting Shade in the face with a Spin Dash. "I mean, I think it'll cost a lot to fix this up."
"Nimbis don't have money, remember?" Chopper reminded.
"Then how did those Nimbis lose money? That's something I wanna know about…"
"Enough already!" Shade summoned more fireballs from the sky to rain down. Tipral teleported and struck Shade with a Star Spear after the raining fireballs were gone. He followed up by striking him with Star Magic.
"I gotta be honest… Out of all the Chapter 7 bosses I've faced, you're probably the most annoying." Chopper stated as he struck Shade with his sword twice and hacked at him multiple times.
"Then I'm glad I'm the hardest!" Shade grinned, striking Chopper's face with his flaming sword.
"ACK! That really burns!" Chopper screeched, holding his right cheek in pain. There was a pretty bad burn mark. "Urgh… Honestly, THIS is how you play against us?! Talk about cheap!"
"Cheap? You wanna see something cheap? THIS is cheap!" Shade pulled his wand out and used it to heal himself of 25 HP. "Now THAT'S cheap!"
"Yeah… You're pretty cheap. Not even Tipral recovered THAT much HP!" Chopper swung his sword at Shade a couple of times and did a couple of multiple hacks as well, leaving a couple of wounds on him.
Shade clenched his teeth as he flew up in the air and began to summon more fireballs to rain down on the heroes. Although people like Tipral managed to avoid the attack, everyone else pretty much got beaten down by them.
"Ugh… This fight is getting tedious…" Blade wheezed, brushing himself and using Hommissile to strike Shade while he was in the air. The explosion caused him to fall to the ground and get pummeled when Kirby inhaled him and spat him out to the wall.
"Oof! Oh, you're going to pay for that…" Shade fired another beam of fire energy, but this time he directed it at Kirby. It pretty much left him completely stunned. "Luckily, I can make this fight easier for me if I stun you all!"
"Poyo! (Ack! I can't move!)" Kirby squawked.
"Hee hee hee hee! Excellent!" Shade walked over to Chopper and made fireballs rain down toward him. Chopper attempted to block them, but they didn't work and left a bunch of burn marks all over him.
"What's the matter, Chopper? Can't take the heat?!"
"Ugh… I HATE those kind of questions!" Chopper rushed toward Shade and swung his sword, but most of his attacks were blocked…until he decided to step on his foot, leaving his enemy open.
"Hi-YA!" Chopper swung at Shade and knocked him to the ground. Before he had a chance to stab him, Shade kicked him and struck his other cheek with his fire sword, causing him to hold that area in pain. "AGGH!"
"That's MY job to destroy him!" Tipral growled, grabbing Shade and throwing him over to the throne. Sonic followed up by striking him with a Spin Dash, but was soon stunned by Shade's attack.
"Ack! What the heck?!" Sonic attempted to move, but he ultimate failed. "What's going on?! I can't even move!"
"Dang it! He stunned Sonic!" Chopper turned to Shade, who was sent flying toward him by Tipral. Too bad he ended up getting him when Shade ended up ramming into him.
"Man… This fight is starting to get intense!" Blade frowned. "Well, I'm certainly not going to let myself down so easily."
He charged straight at Shade, striking him with his katana a couple of times until he got knocked away by a couple of raining fireballs the dark wizard fired down upon the remaining trio.
"Augh! Stupid fireballs! Come up with something more original, you alien scum!" Blade hissed as he kicked Shade away from him as soon as he landed on the ground. They knew for a fact he was almost finished.
"You think I'm done yet?! Think again!" Shade raised his wand and recovered 25 more HP with his dark magic. "I'm not going down so easily, you know…"
"But we still have you finished…" Tippi trailed.
"Shut up, butterfly! I'll destroy you once I'm done with them!" Shade fired another beam of flaming energy, but this time he aimed it at Blade instead, stunning him.
"Oh, god… This sucks!" Blade attempted to get himself free. "I'm stuck in this…stupid flaming stun thing! I'm paralyzed!"
"Whoa… This isn't good." Chopper gulped.
"It's just you and me now," Tipral stated, grabbing a hold on Shade's arm and throwing him over to the split thrown. "Luckily I still have enough energy for me to defeat this guy!"
"Careful, Tipral… I don't think it's a good idea to use brute force against him. You gotta think first!"
"I don't need your help! I'm better off on my own!" Tipral punched Shade in the face with a Star Punch and then stomped on his head with Star energy on his feet.
"Oh, yes! I forgot about this!" Shade used his wand to throw Tipral off of him and send him back to Chopper. "With this, I can destroy you all for sure!"
"I don't think so!" Chopper growled, firing a Sword Beam at Shade, only to have it blocked by him. "Crud… That didn't work…"
Shade grinned as he flew up into the air and summoned more fireballs to rain down upon the two. They were knocked to the ground with even more burn marks on them!
"Chopper… Don't give up…" Tippi trailed solemnly.
"I…won't…" Chopper slowly got himself up. "I don't want to make a girl feel bad… She's already sad now, but I'm certainly NOT going to let you stop me, Shade! I have a whole UNIVERSE to save!"
"And I have a whole universe to destroy!" Tipral growled.
"So… You want to destroy the universe, while you want to save it? Interesting… But how come you two are working together?" Shade asked.
"That's none of your business," Tipral swung his arm and struck Shade with a Star Spear. Unfortunately, the attack was sent back at Tipral instead. This allowed the dark wizard to stun him with his fire sword.
"Urk! What the… I can't move!" Tipral glared at Shade coldly. "You wretched alien… I swear I'll have your head when we're finished with this! For now… Finish him off, Chopper."
"Oh, please! This fight is mine!" Shade tackled Chopper to the ground and punched him in the face. "You're already bruised up! This fight will be easy for me to finish!"
"Well look at you!" Chopper kicked Shade off of him and slashed at him with his sword a couple of times. "You're already a bit wounded yourself! We're both pretty much even at this point!"
"That may be…but I'll still have the advantage!" Shade summoned more fireballs to come down, but Chopper used his speed to avoid them this time. However, he wasn't moving fast like he usually was.
"Ugh… How much until he's finished, Tipps?" Chopper asked.
"Not much further… You should still be able to finish it…"
"I'll try something…" he brought his sword down on Shade as soon as he landed on the ground, but Shade himself managed to knock him back to the throne with dark magic.
"Ugh… Man, this is tough! I know I said it before, but it IS tough!" Chopper wheezed as he got himself up, only to get struck in the face a couple of times by Shade's fire sword. "Stop that already!"
"Why should I? I'm trying to destroy you!" Shade barked, leaving a couple of burn marks on his face. "Hmmmmm… That should do it. I just need to finish you off with one more hit and you'll be done for!"
Shade was about to finish him off with one last swing, but Chopper brought his sword up and blocked the attack.
"Oh, so you've still got some fight in you, huh? Very well!" Shade started to push Chopper back with all of his might to finish him off.
"Ugh… He's too strong!" Chopper was being pushed back, but an idea suddenly struck him. "Wait… I think I know what to do!"
Chopper stepped on Shade's foot, getting him off guard and kicking him in the face, knocking him away.
"All right… This is it, Shade!" Chopper raised his sword up, and with one last attack, he fired a Sword Beam directly at Shade. There was a price to pay for this, however. He ended up losing his Sword ability.
"AAAAACK!" Shade's eyes widened in pain as he dropped his fire sword. It ended up disintegrating. "No… NOO! This… How is this possible?! You… You managed to best me?!"
"Game over, Shade… Game over…"
Shade let out an intense scream that practically destroyed everything in the shrine. It even freed Kirby, Sonic, Blade and Tipral from the paralysis that they were in. Before they knew it, Shade Doom was lying on the ground.
"Whoa… We… We did it?" Blade gawked.
"Yeah… Too bad I lost my Sword ability…" wheezed Chopper, no longer donning the green, floppy hat.
What was surprising to them was that Shade managed to get himself up. "What the… You're still alive?!" Sonic gaped.
"Poyo! (That's impossible!)" Kirby gaped.
"Ughh… I… I… This isn't the last of me!" Shade stammered. "I'll make a comeback and I WILL destroy you!"
Shade made a run for the door, and in no time at all, the alien child was gone.
"Well, I feel satisfied now that he's gone…" Blade said, sighing in relief.
"Well I don't…" Chopper trailed, giving a sad look.
"Why?"
Before Chopper could answer, Grambi and Luvbi – who, too, had a sad look on her face, came back into the shrine. Blade immediately understood what Chopper meant when he didn't feel satisfied.
"Thou…hast done a fine job, heroes…" Grambi coughed, feeling a bit better. "Thou hast saved our realm from that evil alien child… How can I repay thee?"
"By giving us the Pure Heart, of course," Tipral growled.
"Tipral… Stop with this. Now." Chopper demanded, giving him a serious look despite not looking happy.
"Father… The words of that evil wizard…were lies, yea? Hast thou verily lied to me about what I truly am?" Luvbi asked.
Grambi turned to her supposed daughter. "Well… Luvbi…"
"LUVBI!"
To the five's surprise, Queen Jaydes came into the shrine.
"What the heck?! How did she get here so easily?!" Blade squawked.
"Mother!" Luvbi gasped.
"I have not received word of your safe arrival, so I came looking… Are you well?" the queen asked.
"Pray, speakest to me, Mother… I must know this from Father and thee… Hast thou lied to me about the Pure Heart still being hidden in me?"
Queen Jaydes nearly jumped. "Wait a minute, what gave you that assumption?!
Luvbi gave her a serious look. "Prithee, Mother. Speakest the truth to me. Thou cannot hide it anymore."
The queen turned away from Luvbi with a sad look. "…Luvbi… You… We're sorry…for lying to you. The Pure Heart still rests in you."
Luvbi nearly gasped. "No… So…that alien was speaking the truth? But… How is this possible?"
"The Pure Heart was always in danger of falling into the hands of evil darling. Once we discovered the Pure Heart still remained inside you, we had to conceal its power to make people believe you and the heart were separate beings. Though, it appears we didn't do a good job on that..."
Luvbi stared at the ground sadly. "And thou…did not tellest me this?"
"I feel really bad…" Chopper frowned. "Having your life be a big lie... Not even my life was like that..."
"Poyo… (Chopper, you don't need to feel bad…)" Kirby trailed, admittedly feeling the same way.
Before anything else could occur, there was a large, white flash that emitted from Luvbi.
"WAAAAAAH!"
Everyone gasped as they saw a white Pure Heart emitting from the Nimbi girl.
"What the heck was THAT supposed to be?" Sonic asked.
"So that's the Pure Heart..." Tipral trailed.
"The Pure Heart doth struggle against the Luvbi identity…" Grambi trailed. "It seeketh its true form. It doth sense someone nearby worthy of possessing it. It must be that boy and his friends over there..."
Luvbi turned to Chopper, but not with a happy look. "So, uh… Art thou saying I am verily meant to be with Chopper? All of this time… Chopper was verily the prince I hath been pining for? I can't believe thou hast been verily my prince the whole time…but at the cost of mine Nimbi form..."
Chopper was unsure how to respond to her, so she turned back to her parents, but with a serious look. "Fine, I shall return to my Pure Heart form…and I shall go with Chopper and his friends…"
Grambi gasped. "Art thou verily certain, my daughter? If thou turnest back into the Pure Heart, the Nimbi known as Luvbi…will cease to exist."
"Nay, perhaps I already have…" Luvbi trailed, turning away from her parents. "I remember sensing the Pure Heart's power, in truth. And the world would end if I did not do it, is this not so? So I should just…" Luvbi paused and changed her tone. "Wait, why am I talking to thee? Thou art frauds!"
"Wh-What?!" Grambi gasped.
Luvbi turned back to her parents with a glare. "To think of all the times thou hast been so kind and loving to me! Thou didst KNOW I was not long for this world! Why didst thou not let me have fun? Nay! Instead, I suffered two fake parents who toldeth me I was a real Nimbi! How dost thou plan to make that up to me?!"
"Luvbi!" Queen Jaydes gasped, while Grambi's tone of voice got angry.
"Sayest thou what thou wilt to me, but talketh not to thy mother that way!" Grambi scolded. "Perhaps thy sass shall end hither! What dost thou wait for?"
"Mother?! Oh, giveth me a break!" Luvbi spat. "Thou and my so-called 'mother' art not verily mine parents! And besides, I have to transform whether I want to or not! It shall helpest me get away from yon liars!"
"Thou art an ungrateful brat! Dost thou not recall when nursed thee back to good health?!"
"You really wanna know why you've become a Pure Heart?"
The two stopped arguing and turned their attention to the person who spoke. Even the heroes were surprised when Tipral retained his angry look as he aimed a finger at Luvbi.
"I don't know how exactly you turned back into a Pure Heart, but I know that I caused you to become that once I broke the Purity Heart into twenty pieces," Tipral explained. "With some exceptions, they tend to go back to the same place they were sent to before."
"So that explains it..." Grambi mumbled.
"Mother... Father... Is this true?" Luvbi asked.
"...I'm afraid so," Queen Jaydes answered hesitantly, which caused Luvbi's heart to shatter. "We did find out that you became a Pure Heart, but Grams and I were just happy to see you've returned after the other incident. We loved you very much, like a real daughter, and we just wanted to be with you happily. If we only caused pain, then we are deeply sorry."
"Oh, Mother… Thou needst not apologize… My dear mother… Thank thee."
Another flash appeared and the Pure Heart emerged from her again. "The Pure Heart doth wish to assume its original form…"
"Luvbi…" Grambi sniffled.
Luvbi turned to the group with a small smile, mostly to Chopper. "Chopper, Tippi… Takest good care of the real me. And…savest the universe, yea? Such is my final wish, so if thou dost not do it, thou art most unkind!"
"I understand…" Tippi stated. Chopper slowly gave her a nod while looking at the ground in sadness.
"And… Chopper…" Luvbi fluttered over to Chopper. The sad look alone was enough to make her smile sadly. "Please don't be upset. I will always be with thee as a Pure Heart Promise me thou will savest all worlds?"
"Y-Yeah..." Chopper slowly nodded. "I just wish there was a way to save you..."
"Sometimes sacrifices must be made...and I guess it is mine time. Chopper..." Luvbi gave Chopper a kiss on the cheek and slowly flew back. "I love thee."
While Chopper wiped the kiss off sadly without Luvbi noticing, the Nimbi brought her attention to her parents.
"Father… Mother… Fare thee well…"
"Luvbi…" Grambi cried.
"Oh, my darling…" Queen Jaydes sniffled.
"I am sorry…for lying earlier. Because in truth… I… I love thee…both…" Luvbi smiled, trying to hold off more tears.
She closed her eyes as the Pure Heart was struggling to break free. Everyone could see the Nimbi form of Luvbi fading. She shed one last tear as she gave a smile before the Nimbi form of Luvbi ceased to exist.
"Fare thee well, Mother and Father..."
Chopper could only watch as any sign of Luvbi had slowly risen from the floor and looked down at her parents and him before slowly fading from existence, leaving only the Pure Heart behind. No words could describe how saddened he was.
"Wow… Poor girl." Sonic frowned. "Not even she deserved a fate like this..."
"And she did something so selfless..." Blade mentioned, nearly speechless over Luvbi's nonexistence.
"Luvbi…" Jaydes trailed.
"Now, ye prophesied ones… Destined heroes… Takest our dear daughter… Takest the Pure Heart." Grambi requested.
"O-OK… We'll do that…" Chopper slowly nodded.
"And sweareth this to me… Thou must prevail! Let no one else in the universe fell this sadness!"
"We… We will make sure…"
"Very well, then I am satisfied… Now, Luvbi, thou must go…"
"Oh, Grams…" Queen Jaydes sniffled, shedding one last tear.
Chopper walked over to the white Pure Heart and picked it up. All of the Pixls began to dance around him, but their dance was not as cheerful as usual.
In the end, Chopper held up the Pure Heart with one last tear down his face as his eyes closed. "Don't worry, Luvbi… We will definitely save the universe… I promise that."
END OF CHAPTER
"Heroes… My daughter wanted thee to save all worlds. 'Twas her final wish." Grambi spoke slowly through his tears as the brave Nimbis cleaned up The Overthere. Draped in sadness, Queen Jaydes walked slowly to her palace in The Underwhere. Chopper, his friends, and the eighth Pure Heart were all that remained… This Pure Heart had come at a high price. Let us hope it was all worthwhile.
I know some people might complain that Shade came out of nowhere, but I suppose I should mention that he DID appear in Paper Chopper: The Crystal Stars. Of course, that was not for a big portion, and he had a very small role there...
This was definitely one of the more intense boss fights in the story. Don't expect to see the last of Shade, though. He's definitely a major villain we'll see later... I'd also say he stands out among the others for being...a bit creepy as well. Definitely a step up compared to what he was in a small portion of the previous story...
With Chapter 7 finally at a close, that means that we have the interlude, and then Chapter 8 coming up next.