Chopper jumped off of the pedestal and landed on green grass. He was now back in the forest area of the island, but this time there was a brown temple standing before him after walking through the doorway outside. There was a round, flat area around the temple, and surrounding it were many trees. Obviously this was the island's center, if he had to deduce.
He noticed something glowing in his pocket and took it out. The Island Star appeared to be nearby! His friends caught glimpse of it when they took notice of it.
"Chopper, your map is glowing!" Vivian noticed. "We must be near the Crystal Star!"
"Really? Great! I guess we finally found our destination! ...Though my guess is that there's going to be a boss coming up soon." Chopper said, running over to the front of the temple. There was a Save Block and Heart nearby, and past that was staircase leading up to an altar. "My guess is that there's a big monster guarding the Crystal Star!"
"Most likely," Sonic agreed. "But I'm ready to take it on if it gets to us!"
"Though, these stairs might be a bit of a pain," Bombette remarked.
"Well, we've climbed countless things! This should be easy a cake!" Chopper exclaimed, hitting both blocks and making his way up the staircase. The rest followed and noticed as they got closer, they could see a green glow.
"Hey, I wonder what that light is. It's kind of like that glowing light of the Crystal Stars." Berry noticed.
When they had reached the altar, they noticed a large, green Crystal Star sitting atop of a small, silver pedestal. It was much brighter than a Crystal Star. They could also feel a large amount of power swelling in the green star as well.
"Whoa... That thing looks awesome... I bet that's the Star Diamond!" Chopper gaped, gazing at the star's beauty. When he saw a brown Crystal Star beside it, he quickly got out of his little trance. "There it is, guys! The Crystal Star!"
"And there's no one to stop us!" Scrub cheered. "This should be ea-"
"Oh no you don't! Not when I'm here!"
Everyone stopped in their tracks as they heard the sound of someone climbing the temple. Tamber had climbed up to the top using the spikes on his gloves and was slightly panting in exhaustion upon landing in front of them.
"You jerks ain't getting this star!" Tamber exclaimed.
"Tamber? You're still at it?" Chopper gawked. "Look, we need the Crystal Star. It's important to both us and the universe!"
"I can't believe none of my plans worked against you!" Tamber raged. "Each and every time I try to do something, you just come back unharmed!"
"Well, they have helped us get the Crystal Stars," Shadower mentioned.
"I see what this all is now! You people knew how to get past my traps! You studied this place before you even came here!"
"No we didn't," Flyer replied. "We knew nothing about this place other than the Crystal Star. Your traps were just not very...effective."
"But... I... Well the Star Diamond's mine!" Tamber shouted harshly, clinging onto the Star Diamond. "No gumball in the world will get their hands on this thing!"
"This guy's impossible to negotiate with," Berry groaned.
"I don't care about that Star Diamond thingy!" Chopper shouted back. "That brown Crystal Star is what I came for! Just stop trying to bother us!"
"Pbbbbbbbbthh! Like I'm going to listen to a gumball! You know your race is the reason why there's global warming and suffering in the world!"
"Stop calling me a gumball! That's not what I am!"
"What's that? You want me to call you it again? OK, then! You are an abominable gumball! You gumballs can't do anything right! Plus, gumballs can't-"
"Shut up, please! Why do you keep doing this to me?"
"Because, you're one of the few people to make it up here, and the only option is to do something so horrible to you!" Tamber grinned. "So... Let me get back to ripping on you again!"
Thus, his insults continued on, which started to get on everyone's nerves. Chopper, in particular, was having enough of it, and he ended up pushing Tamber into the Star Diamond. He and the star itself fell off the pedestal, and he gasped when he quickly stood up to take a look at it.
"The Star Diamond!" Tamber cried, inspecting every part of it. "Oh, thank goodness! It's all fine!"
"What's wrong with that?" Sonic asked.
"Well, I think this island goes away if this thing breaks and all, but I just like this thing and keep it for myself and- Hey, wait a minute!" the furball put the star back in place and gave Chopper a glare. "You were trying to destroy this island, huh? You thought the only choice you had in stopping me was breaking this thing, right?"
"No, I never planned on doing that," Chopper replied with uncertainty.
"OK, OK, that's cool. But you know how I feel about something like that? It makes me very, very, VERY ANGRY!" Tamber hissed, clenching his fists in anger. "That's the last straw now! Since you people never get thrown out of here with my traps, it looks like my fists have to do the talking!"
"Fine," the antennae hero got in a fighting stance. "As much as I hate doing something like this, you kinda are asking for it."
"Especially since he insulted you and even us," Berry mentioned.
"Well, we better be ready," Sonic declared. "I guess this is our little boss fight."
"What? No giant monsters? Weak..." Scrub whined.
"Well, if you guys end up getting your butt kicked, I can always send you crying home to your parents," Tamber grinned. "I'm not one to take lightly! I am stronger than you think!"
"That's funny, because we've taken on enemies that look more threatening than someone shaped like a tulip," Chopper recalled.
"SHUT UP! I'm going to CRUSH you all!"
Tattle: That's Tamber. He's the nutjob who "guards" Clearno Island and the Star Diamond. Max HP is 200, Attack is 13, and Defense is 3. Most of his attacks have to do with punching you. He'll even raise his attack up with the help of the Star Diamond, so you might want to use Vivian's Veil to get out of that. Even if he's only twelve, he is not someone to take lightly. Those arms might look skinny, but he is strong and powerful. But that hinders his speed a little, so he's not necessarily a fast person. But still, this guy is a complete jerk! I think it's payback time for what he's done to you! So, give him everything you got, Chopper!
"A Defense of 3? Eek... That does not sound good..." Chopper gulped. "But still, we've gotta take this guy down!"
He made his attack first and threw an electric ball at Tamber. He cringed, but at the time, he was shocked.
"What the… What kind of powers DO you have?" Tamber gawked. "How did you pull that… No, don't tell me that those gloves I hid were able to let you use electricity! Dang it! I let a gumball get them!"
"Oh, that was you who hid them? Thank you!"
"You're not welcome!"
Sonic attacked Tamber next with a Spin Dash to take 6 HP out of him. When he returned, he performed a little stylish move. For Tamber, however, the fun was about to begin.
"Now it's MY turn to attack!" Tamber walked over to Chopper and attacked with a single punch attack that took 13 HP out of him. "Ha ha ha! Now that felt good to punch the gumball!"
"Ow... That actually kinda hurt..." Chopper winced.
"Now you're going to get your butt kicked big time! You probably regret fighting me already!"
"Actually, not in the least! We still have some strategies of our own!"
With him giving Shadower the cue, Tamber felt himself get struck by a shadow fist, causing his defense to be reduced to 0. This also left him very vulnerable to some powerful attacks. Then came Chopper, who leaped in the air and jumped on Tamber's head, taking 8 out of him.
"Let's see how you like this!" Tamber used his fist to pound the ground, causing the ground to violently shake. Everyone had taken 13 damage as a result. "Heh heh! I always love doing that!"
"Yeesh, that was a bit unexpected," Chopper sighed, a bit dazed from the tremor. He quickly shook his head and bashed Tamber with his hammer, while Bombette blew up in front of him to take another 8 HP out of him. Now he was down to 160 HP.
Tamber decided to dig underground, causing everyone to gawk. They didn't know where he was, and he could come up anywhere. Unfortunately, he seemed to target Flyer and managed to send him flying upward with a powerful punch. The Wingel landed on the ground, taking 13 damage.
"Ready to give up, Gumball?" Tamber asked.
"Not a chance!" Chopper retorted, creating another electric ball and hurling it at Tamber, only taking 5 out of him. He couldn't help but laugh.
"That's all you've got? You'll have to do better than that!"
"If you want more, then I'll give you more!" Flyer declared, flying up to Tamber and knocking him back with a Flying Attack, taking 9 out of him in the process. The furball stood up and grit his teeth in anger.
"Hey, Gumball! If you want to see something powerful, then I'll give you my good ol' Power Punch!"
Tamber clenched one of his fists, and it began to briefly glow green. "Using a little power from that Star Diamond, I can give you a little something! I like to call it my 'Gumball Fist'!"
"What? Why?" Chopper gawked.
"Because it's used for gumballs like you!" With one swift movement from his arm, Tamber delivered a powerful punch to Chopper's face, causing him to get sent flying back down the staircase. Everyone gaped, realizing that he had just lost 15 HP from that attack. "Ha ha! He's even so light too!"
"Whoa! He just sent Contadre tumbling!" Scrub gaped.
Looking back down at Chopper, Berry turned to Tamber with a glare. Her fists clenched up in anger and she approached him.
"What's your problem, huh?!" Berry asked, fire starting to build up in her eyes.
"Oh, here we go again! You defending that stupid gumball!" Tamber groaned. "Why don't you go make out somewhere else, OK? Chicks only seem to care about someone guarding them! They just cry when they get hi-"
A hammer had made impact on his head and left him in a daze. Berry kept her glare at him as she stepped away from the furball.
"You know, maybe if you stop trying to be stereotypical, then maybe that hammer wouldn't have caused some serious harm to you," Berry noted.
"I wanna get at him next time," Bombette suggested. "This guy is a real jerk, thinking about that sort of stuff!"
Chopper had returned and had his hammer raised in the air, ready to strike Tamber. Like Berry's hammer, his Diamond Hammer made contact with Tamber's head and left him in another daze. He shook off the attack and growled in anger.
"That's it! I'm going to crush you under a rock!" Tamber lifted a rock from the ground and threw it at Chopper and his friends. Thankfully, they Superguarded it, to Tamber's dismay. "What?! No way! That's stupid!"
"Have some of this, too!" Chopper cried, spinning his hammer around and hitting Tamber with his Diamond Hammer attack. Bombette was about to get him next, but Scrub beat her to the punch and attacked Tamber using his Gulp, taking another 8 out of him.
"So, how does it feel to get your butt kicked, fur ball?" Scrub asked after spitting him out. Tamber angrily grabbed the small Yoshi and knocked him away with a punch, sending him back away towards everyone else.
When Chopper caught a glimpse of Scrub's nose, he noticed a big bruise just like Tipral had left when he punched the Yoshi's nose. Like before, Chopper was far from pleased.
"You're going to pay for doing that to Scrub! Shadower! Go lower his defense!" Chopper demanded.
"Absolutely," Shadower nodded, lowering Tamber's defense with a Shadow Punch.
"What the heck are you doing, Gumball?" Tamber asked. Chopper ran up to the furball and took 12 out of him using a Spin Jump. "Oh... I see now! You're playing rough! Well, I can do that too!"
He charged at Chopper and prepared to punch him, but Chopper managed to put his guard up and take less damage than usual. In response, Chopper hit him with his hammer, and then Mario landed a jump on Tamber as well.
"I only got 87 HP left? No fair!" Tamber complained.
"That's what happens when you try to fight us," Bombette replied sharply. "Just give up, or you're going to experience greater pain than before!"
"What? I'm supposed to be afraid of those words? I'm guessing you're just all talk! I, on the other hand, am awesomely ripped and cool!"
"Yeah... You sure look like it." Berry said sarcastically.
"Oh, yeah? Well let's see how you deal with my Star Diamond Fist! It's so much powerful than that one punch attack! I just need a bit of time to prepare this..." With that, green energy from the Star Diamond had got into Tamber's fists, and now they were starting to glow.
"Poyo... (That looks dangerous...)" Kirby trailed.
"Well, don't we usually hide in the shadows to dodge these attacks?" Vivian recalled.
"Yeah! I think that'll work just fine!" Chopper nodded. After he hit Tamber with an electric ball, Vivian used her Veil move to hide him and the others in the shadows.
"Here it comes, Gumball! Say hello to my Star Diamond Fist!" Tamber thrust his fist forward, and a green wave that was in the shape of a fist had fired out. Unfortunately, it had missed, leaving him shocked when the group emerged from the shadows. "No way… I MISSED?! You're one annoying gumball, you know that?"
"Well, I had to prevent myself from getting hurt!" Chopper retorted. In response, Tamber angrily rushed over to Chopper and took 13 out of him with his punch. The retaliated by hitting him with his hammer, and then Vivian scorched him with a Fiery Jinx, bringing him to 74 HP.
"Take this!" Tamber shouted, punching the ground and creating another quake to damage everyone. Well, except for Vivian and Shadower, who appeared to be immune to the attack as usual.
"You know… This might be the time to test out that Sweet Sky move. Let's hope it works, though." Chopper brought the Sky Star out and found a bunch of pictures of Chopper and his friends floating down. There were bigger versions and ones that were silver color, which could recover 10 HP at a time. It was the same thing as the flowers as well, and there were the Poison Mushrooms too.
Luckily, Chopper got three silver ones, four big ones, and six small ones and he recovered 56 HP. He also got 43 FP back as well. Everyone else recovered their entire HP as well from Tamber's attacks.
"Wow! That was actually a pretty neat ability, Chopper!" Bombette remarked, turning to Tamber with a glare. "Now, I remember saying that I was going to get him next... So, if you'll excuse me..."
She charged at Tamber and covered him in soot from her Bomb attack. Tamber shook off the soot and punched Vivian, leaving a small bruise on her.
"That's for helping the gumball dodge that one attack!" Tamber shouted.
Chopper glared at Tamber and gripped the handle of his hammer. He spun again and hit Tamber with his Diamond Hammer attack. With Flyer's Flying Attack, Tamber was down to 50 HP. That didn't stop the furball from punching Flyer, though.
With electric energy in his hand, Chopper hurled an electric ball at Tamber and took 5 more out of him. Afterward, Kirby went up and fell on top of the furball with his Stone.
"He only has 37 HP left. This is going too bad..." Chopper sighed.
"Poyo! (Maybe now he'll finally give up that star!)" Kirby added.
"He's right! I've only got 37 HP!" Tamber thought with anger. "What am I supposed to do? I'm not gonna let myself lose to this gumball! I'm TAMBER, dang it! I can finish him off with one fist behind my back!"
Tamber dug underground again and managed to hit Kirby with his dig attack. After returning, Shadower decided to put his Shadow Slam attack to use and managed to create a giant shadow in the shape of a hand to grab Tamber and slam him onto the ground, dealing 8 damage. Chopper followed up by hitting him with an Electric Stomp. Of course, Tamber threw in a punch to knock him back.
"Stop it! Those electric attacks are starting to annoy me!" Tamber yelled.
"Then give up!" Chopper exclaimed.
"No way, you thieves!"
Having not much of a choice, Chopper brought his hammer down on him, and soon Mario followed up by hitting him with a Super Jump. Now he was down to 12 HP.
Tamber began to pant, realizing that he was getting weaker by the moment. He clenched his fist and threw a Power Punch at Chopper. Unlike before, he managed to guard the attack and not get sent flying back. With him off guard, Berry struck him with a Ruby Throw, leaving him with 4 HP.
"He's all yours, Choppy!" Berry shouted.
"Thanks, Berry!" Chopper created a ball of electricity in his hand and gave the furball a glare. "Look, if you give up now, then I won't have to do this to you!"
"Urrghhh... Not in a million years, Gumball..." Tamber grunted. "I hate you!"
"But what did I ever do to you?" Chopper gawked.
"E-Everything..."
"Everything? No way!"
"You're just a filthy gumball, that's all!"
Sighing, Chopper hurled the electric ball at Tamber, giving him one nasty shock.
"Hurgh!" Tamber collapsed, dropping 55 Star Points for Chopper. Due to leveling up, he was able to upgrade his FP to 80.
"Whew! That felt SO good." Scrub remarked. "I mean, this guy was a huge jerk!"
With their victory, they turned their attention back to Tamber, who slowly got up on his knees.
"Guh… How did I lose to a stinkin' gumball?" Tamber muttered. "This is so dumb! Gumballs are supposed to be weaklings!"
"Weak? But we took on things that were more intimidating than you." Chopper remarked. "I think you were just too overconfident."
"Or your ego is too inflated," Flyer added.
"Hey! My ego's not...whatever the heck you just said!" Tamber shouted back. "I'm probably cooler than the rest of you all! I was just... I wasn't going all out!"
"We just want the Crystal Star, that's all," Shadower explained. "You know, that brown star."
"What? This?" Tamber picked up the Island Star and held it in front of him. "Well, I think this thing was here the whole time. It looks cool, but not as cool as the Star Diamond. What, you wanted this thing the whole time?"
"Yes..." Chopper trailed. "And we've been trying to tell you..."
"Well why didn't you say that in the first place?! I was told a long time ago that some hero or whatever would come here carrying a map wanting this thing!"
"But... We do have it."
Tamber paused. "...Say what?"
"Here, just take a look!" Chopper took out the Magical Map and showed it to Tamber. Taking a look at it, he realized this was the exact map he remembered hearing about.
"No way… How could a gumball like you be this hero going after those stars?!" Tamber gaped. "Er… Never mind that. But fine, fine. I'll give you the stupid star. I'll even be nice and let you get healed."
With that, Tamber grumpily touched the Star Diamond, which create a large pulse that recovered everyone from their wounds. He then held the Island Star in front of Chopper.
"Here. Take it, Gumball." he muttered. "And... Maybe not everyone is after my Star Diamond..."
Shrugging, Chopper claimed the star and held it high above him after the usual procedure.
You got a Crystal Star! Your Star Power is now 15! And Chopper learned the special move Earthquake!
END OF CHAPTER!
After defeating Tamber and knocking some sense into him, Chopper acquired the fourteenth Crystal Star on Clearno Island! Now only six more remained, and with all twenty Chopper could finally accomplish his quest! But what about the owner of the Star Diamond himself? Was he truly done with his goal?
"All right, now that that's over with... Will you kindly get off my island?" Tamber asked, only to pause for a moment. "Wait a sec... Why do I suddenly remember something that I don't like the sound of?"
"What do you remember?" Chopper asked.
"That along with giving the star, I need to...help...you."
"Wait, you suddenly want to help me? But... You've been kind of a jerk to us. Plus, you've always been insulting me all the time..."
"What if I was to say that you were so awesomely cool?" Tamber asked. "You're probably the awesomest, coolest, cooliest, awesomiest gumball out there."
"Those aren't really words, though," Flyer interjected.
"We might as well talk about this," Chopper suggested, going over to his friends to discuss.
"Hmmmm... I'm not sure whether or not to let him join us." Sonic said. "Though, I do think he can be a bit helpful."
"He's a bit rude, though," Berry mentioned. "I mean, remember what he did to us?"
"Perhaps I have a little idea..." Flyer declared, flying over to Tamber. "Maybe you can join us, but you have to apologize to Chopper and his friends."
Tamber was left appalled. "Apologize?! What for?!"
"You should know very well what you did..."
"All right! Fine!" Tamber walked over to the group and muttered, "I'm sorry..."
"Ummmm... I don't think I heard that." Chopper replied.
"I said I'm sorry!"
"Oh, OK! That's good! All right, I guess you can join us." Chopper extended his hand to Tamber. "Are you up for it?"
Tamber looked down at his hand with uncertainty. Despite not wanting to shake the gumball's hand, he extended his arm. With one handshake came one new party member.
Tamber has joined your party! Press X to have Tamber smash through anything that you can't normally destroy with his fists! Press Y to allow Tamber to dig underground for anything valuable, or to have Tamber lift anything up, such as a boulder or a door and allow you to get through if you're close to one. While in battle, Tamber's attacks do much more damage, and he can fight using his powerful Combo Punch… Or he can attack an enemy with his Dig ability!
Mario: Are we all good?
"Yeah, sure," Tamber muttered, letting go of Chopper's hand. "Since we're 'allies', I think I might as well give you a hand in getting off this island. There's a little secret here that leads to this one place. I had it blocked a long time ago to prevent people from getting here. But first..."
He turned to the Star Diamond and pried it off the pedestal. "I'm takin' this with me! No one else but myself can be trusted with it!"
Everyone followed Tamber down to the teleporter at the bottom of the staircase and headed back into the Palace of Secrets. They found Tamber standing in front of the statue they remember seeing before.
"All right, you remember seeing this statue of one of my ancestors while walking in this room?" Tamber asked, pointing to the statue.
"I tried breaking it, but it didn't work," Bombette informed.
"That's 'cause you're too weak to do it!" the furball noted, which didn't exactly please Bombette. "Watch and learn."
With one punch, the statue smashed into smithereens, making everyone gape.
"How…"
"…Did…"
"…He…"
"…Do…"
"…That?"
"Heh heh heh! You see, my kind have such amazing strength that allow us to lift and smash things. Now we can move on." Tamber walked through the secret hallway with the others into a room with flowers and another teleporter in the center.
"Whoa, this place looks magical!" Chopper commented.
"Yeah yeah... It's nothing special. Just get on here, and you'll be out of here."
With that, the group stood on the pedestal and were beamed off of Clearno Island. However, before Tamber stepped on, he looked behind with a bitter look.
"I hope you're happy with what I'm doing, dad and others," Tamber pouted before stepping on the pedestal and teleporting off the island.
Well, there you go, people! The final party member of Paper Chopper: The Crystal Stars! Some of you might have seen this coming... And unlike the other partners, he may not be the nicest one around.
Overall, whether this chapter is better than Chapter 13 is a bit debatable. However, I do think Chapter 15 is a heck of a lot better! :P