CHAPTER 15
-A Milky Way to the X-Nauts-
Upon returning to Dream Land, the group had decided to go meet at Hatty Town to see the Mayor. Chopper's Warp Star had already gone on ahead, while Kirby's Warp Star was a little behind. As for the people on the Warp Star, two people in particular were not getting along too well.
"Ow! Could you put your boot off of my butt, you little dinosaur thing?" Tamber asked angrily.
"Hey! It's not my fault it's touching your butt!" Scrub retorted. "There's not enough space around here! I think I should've gone over to Contadre's Warp Star. At least he won't be such a jerk!"
"Poyo! (It's not easy to pilot this thing when you're arguing!)" shouted Kirby as he was driving the Warp Star. They flew over King Dedede's Castle and was going toward another town nearby called Cappy Town.
"Kirby, we're going the wrong way. We're supposed to be going to Hatty Town, not this place!" Shadower reminded. "Why are you stopping here?"
Mario: Just let him concentrate.
Just as soon as they paid attention to where they were going, everyone but Kirby gawked at the restaurant they had stopped by.
"Wait... Where did you take us, Kirby?" Shadower asked.
"Poyo... (I'm hungry... So, I wanted to go eat some food...)" Kirby trailed, getting off his Warp Star and running into the restaurant.
"But... There's no time for food!"
"Well who cares? I'm kinda hungry!" Scrub declared, following the pink puffball into the restaurant. Eventually the rest followed into the green interior and saw an orange chef making food.
"Well! If it isn't Kirby! How are you doing today?" the orange oval-shaped figure in an apron and chef's hat known as Chef Kawasaki asked. Kirby jumped onto the table with a cheerful look.
"Poyo! (I'm ready for anything on the menu!)" Kirby declared.
"Errr... I suppose I could get some food. I mean, you brought me some customers!" Kawasaki cheered. "I never get many customers!"
Mario: Do you know something about a purple moon with X-Nauts?
"What's that? You're wondering if I know about some purple moon? Err… I'm sorry, sir. I don't know too much about other areas other than Pop Star. Sorry, Mr. Mustache."
Mario: Oh, don't worry about it.
"So, what do you all want on the menu?" Kawasaki asked.
"Hmmmmm..." Scrub pondered, looking at the menu. "I think I'll have-"
"Wait! I think I have a better idea! I'll whoop ya up my Spicy Special!" Kawasaki headed into the kitchen and started up his Spicy Special. Scrub frowned in disappointment.
"Well, I bet it's going to be something that'll make my guns even...er...gunnier?" Tamber pondered.
"OK, Kirby... I know you're hungry and all, but we have something a little more important to be doing..." Shadower noted.
"Poyo! (We'll go out after we eat!)" Kirby decided, and his decision was final.
"My special is finished!" Chef Kawasaki came back into the room and had five bowls of his Spicy Special sitting on the table. "Get it while it's hot!"
Everyone else took their seat and started to have a nice meal. Tamber, however, did not look pleased.
"What the heck is this?!" Tamber asked angrily. "This isn't anything I'd eat! Where's the meat?! The good stuff? Forget this! I'm leaving!" he got off of his stool and began to walk out.
"But there IS meat in it!" Kawasaki cried, making Tamber stop and turn back to his stew.
"Then why didn't you say so!" Faster than the others, he began to stuff the food into his mouth. When the rest got to taste the Spicy Special, they noticed Tamber's face turning red.
"Hey, what's with Tamber's face?" Scrub asked. "He doesn't look too good."
Tamber let out a scream as fire had burst from his mouth and nearly catch Mario's cap on fire. The rest gawked, only for their faces to become as red as Tamber's. Before they knew it, they were breathing fire. All but Kirby seemed to be affected by the stew.
"IT BUUUUUURNS!" Scrub yelled.
"Poyo! (Yummy! This is so good!)" Kirby cheered, happily eating his stew while the others ran around screaming.
Over Dream Land's forest-
"I don't know what happened to the others. Shouldn't they be following us to Hatty Town?" Chopper asked, focusing on piloting the Warp Star.
"Perhaps they made a pit stop?" Flyer suggested. "...No, wait. That's not possible."
"Have you ever been to that forest, Chopper?" Vivian asked as she took a look at the forest below.
"I don't think so... But I know Kirby has! ...And I bet Fumu did too!" Chopper smiled.
"I should try asking her..." Flyer trailed. "...If I even have what it takes to talk to her without being embarrassed."
"I think I see Hatty Town up ahead!" Berry announced, pointing at the town past the forest. "I hope the Mayor might have an idea on how to get to that moon!"
"Yeah, let's hope..." Chopper trailed, his Warp Star going past the forest. A figure had walked out of the forest and looked up at the Warp Star with a glare.
"So, YOU'RE the famous Chopper…" the mysterious figured hissed. "You're going to pay for what you've done to me... When the time comes, I'm going to serve justice on you!"
The figure slowly faded away into the forest.
Hatty Town-
When they had reached the Mayor's house, Chopper and his friends on the Warp Star had leaped off and landed in front of the house. Luckily, the Mayor had just walked out of his house and caught sight of them.
"Chopper? You've come back already? Have you already gotten the fifteenth Crystal Star?" the Mayor asked.
"Well… No, we didn't. Unfortunately, we don't know what to do at the moment." Chopper explained. "Professor Frankly told us to come over here and ask if you knew a way to get to a purple moon."
"Purple moon?"
"Here, take a look," Chopper showed the purple moon on the map to the Mayor, whose eyebrows raised in surprise.
"Oh, my..."
"Do you have any idea on how we can find that moon?" Vivian asked.
"Hmmmmm… I don't think so." the Mayor sighed. "I'm sorry, Chopper. I wish I had an idea of what that moon was or how to get there, but I'm afraid I don't. If that's where the Crystal Star is… Then… I don't know what to do..."
"Oh… Well thanks for the help…" Chopper let out a sigh and began to slowly walk out of town. "Great... We have no idea of how to get to that moon!"
Sonic had caught up to him and looked down at the antennae hero with an assuring smile. "C'mon, Chopper! Cheer up! I'm sure we can find SOME way to get that Moon Star! There must be a way!"
"But we don't have any ideas! Nobody knows of this moon, and using a Warp Star wouldn't help us in finding it! I wish there was a way, but it doesn't look like it..."
"Choppy! This is just not like you!" Berry remarked. "You're usually not one to give up so quickly! I mean, even when we couldn't find an idea of what to do, you'd still try! Don't lose hope just yet!"
Chopper sighed. "And most of the time, it led to getting punched and crushed. That hurts, you know!"
"Chopper! We've all experienced that pain!" Flyer exclaimed. "Heck, back when we first met, I'd say I've taken more hits than you."
"You're probably right about that. Sorry if I sounded a bit selfish there."
Vivian put his hand on his shoulder. "It's all right, Chopper. We probably have had issues of our own... Though, maybe there still is a way of getting to that moon."
"I hope so..." As Chopper looked up, he saw another Warp Star make a landing near them. The others had gotten off, their entire bodies on fire, with the exception of Kirby.
"What the... What happened to them?!" Bombette gasped.
Mario: Hot hot hot!
Scrub, Shadower, Mario, and Tamber found themselves rolling on the floor to get rid of the flames. However, it was thanks to Flyer's wind powers that their flames had been blown off, allowing them to stand up. Strangely, they didn't look like they were too harmed.
"That…was…SPICY!" Scrub yelled, sticking his tongue out.
"Augh! It was awful too!" Tamber complained. "I just want to get to that stupid moon thingy!"
"We don't have much of an idea of what to do, though," Chopper informed. "We don't know how to reach it."
"Hey, hey, hey, people! Maybe I can give you a hand!"
A lavender being wearing two hats with pompoms, with the left being blue with white circle polka-dots and the other hat being red with white triangles on it had appeared behind the group. He also had brown shoes, big googly eyes and a red bow-tie. He appeared to be balancing on a beach ball. They all turned around and gawked at the character.
"Whoa... I don't think I've seen him before." Chopper remarked. "So... Who are you?"
"My name is Marx! I used to be a living thing just like you, but...well, I think you get the rest."
"Well, I guess it's quite obvious," Flyer shrugged.
"Anyway, I heard you say something about collecting a Crystal Star on a purple moon, correct?" Marx asked.
"Yeah... But we have no clue on what to do."
"Perhaps I have a little idea!"
"Poyo… (You know, there's something oddly familiar about him…)" Kirby trailed, giving Marx a suspicious look. "Poyo... (He looks pretty similar to this one guy...)"
"Well... I can assure you that I'm not like that guy then, for I am a friend!" Marx assured. "You see, I happen to know a way to get to this moon and get that Crystal Star!"
"So this little creamy thingy knows where the Crystal Star is?" Tamber gawked, not feeling certain. "Well, that's just super! While we're there, maybe I should go buy something in space and have the words 'I heart gumballs' on it!"
"Let him speak!" Berry shushed.
"If you wanna get to that purple moon, you should ask the giant comet Nova for help," Marx explained. "If you can find him, he will grant you one wish. However, finding him is not an easy task. He only appears if you have four wish stars from other planets. Not really a big task, unless there are some dangerous enemies… But I think you can do it! You're Chopper!"
"Yeah! You're right!" Chopper nodded, giving a more determined look. "There's no reason to give up! We've got this in the- Wait, how do you know my name?"
"Why, everyone knows the great Chopper around here, even the deceased!"
"Right..." Bombette trailed sarcastically.
"Now, if you want to collect all four wish stars around Pop Star, you need to go to the Moon, Grasslin, Aqualiss and then Crystalmeth. They hold what you seek!"
"Well… I guess we should go ahead and head there. Though, it's weird how you even know about this..." Chopper trailed. "But it doesn't matter. If this is our only option, then we will do that!"
Chopper and Kirby summoned their Warp Stars, and once everyone got on, they took off into space once again. With them gone, Marx grinned.
"Finally... My return will come soon!"
Space-
"So… We need to go to four places. I think we should start by going to the moon." Chopper suggested. "It's one of the closest places anyway. That is where the old X-Naut Fortress and TEC was, right?"
"Yeah, he was," Berry nodded. "He risked his life to save us."
"TEC? Who is he?" Flyer asked. With that, Mario decided to give him the details on him, in which Flyer nodded back. "Oh, I see… So he's a computer! Hmmm… You know I can always try to fix him if he's still destroyed. Or if I need to hack, I'll gladly hack into the system."
However, when they flew closer to the moon, they noticed something unexpected.
"The X-Naut Fortress looks the same as we saw before!" Vivian noticed, seeing the exterior completely harmless.
"Wow! You're right! ...Though, maybe it could've been the inside that's damaged. Let's take a look." Chopper landed in front of the fortress and headed inside. To their surprise, the fortress was the way it normally was. The only exception, however, was that there were no X-Nauts. Some Z-Yuxes had remained on the moon, though.
"Wow, this place reminds me of one of Eggman's bases," Sonic recalled. "Though, I like it bases when they're not filled with enemies."
They had taken the time to explore the fortress, and everyone was glad to not see any enemies lurking around. When they had finally gone down to Sublevel 4, the door leading to TEC's room was locked, indicated by the red glow from the terminal.
"It's locked... That stinks..." Chopper frowned.
"Allow me," Flyer stepped in, taking out a screwdriver and putting it at the side of the terminal. After working on it for a brief moment, he had gotten the code and put it into the terminal, opening the door. Nothing had changed in TEC's room either, which was nice.
Upon walking in, the lights had turned on, specifically the computer standing before them.
"Chopper… I am pleased that I could see you again." TEC said. "You too, Mario. How are you both?"
"It talks!" yelled Tamber.
"Of course TEC talks," Chopper replied.
Mario: What happened here?
"I detonated explosives after you left to ensure the base would never be used for evil," TEC explained. "Of course, I was destroyed in the resulting explosion. …But…one day I regained consciousness, and all was as before. Yes. Everything. I do not comprehend why. But… As I regained consciousness, I saw a light, and I thought I heard Peach's voice… At that point, I knew peace had returned, and the X-Nauts were no longer here."
"But the X-Nauts built a new fortress!" Chopper mentioned. "And the only way we can get there is if we find a wish star that's said to be on the moon. TEC, do you happen to know of any wish star?"
"Is this what you're talking about?" A mechanical arm appeared from the computer and it held a yellow star. "Something had crashed into this room a long time ago, and when I inspected it, my scanners picked it off as a 'wish star'."
"Well then give it to us!" Tamber demanded.
"If it is what you need, then I will give it to you," TEC held the shiny wish star over Chopper's hands and dropped it in them.
"Thanks, TEC," Chopper smiled, which then turned to a frown. "Though, we've gotta get going at this point."
"I understand. You still must continue your adventure. For now, farewell. ...Also, Mario, tell Princess Peach that I said hi."
Mario gave the computer a nod before the others said their goodbyes. With that, they left the fortress and got back on their Warp Stars to take off.
"So… How on earth can we survive in space and not suffocate?" Scrub asked.
"Well, that's very simple," Flyer started. "You see, th-"
"So, which place should we head next?" Chopper asked. "Maybe Grasslin?"
"All right..." the Wingel groaned, though he was somewhat relieved to not have to explain the whole space scenario. The two Warp Stars had then flew toward the small, green planet.
Grasslin-
When the group had landed, they found green grass, a few hills, and a blue sky. Needless to say, it looked somewhat like Dream Land, except there was no castle. The clouds were also low, unlike Dream Land's. However, there were some enemies from Pop Star, such as the Bronto Burts that were flying around when they went down a small hill.
"You know, Choppy, this could make a great honeymoon," Berry said, pinching Chopper's cheek.
"Ow! Stop that!" Chopper cried, slapping Berry's hand away from him. "I've already experienced enough of that already!"
"Hmmmm... You know, maybe when my birthday comes, we can go out of a cruise."
"A cruise? I don't know if I could do that..."
"Well, then we can just get some cardboard and pretend it's a cruise."
"Pbbbtth… BAH HA HA HA HA HA HA" Tamber laughed, overhearing their conversation. "This is golden!"
"Shut up, Tamber!"
"But... It's just so lame!"
"You have a better idea?" Berry asked, giving him a glare. Before an argument could commence, Sonic noticed something glowing up in the clouds.
"Hey, guys… Take a look up. I think I can see something." Sonic suggested, pointing at the glowing cloud.
They looked up and saw a glittering light coming from one of the clouds. There was also an enemy with a blue cape nearby called a Starman. Chopper inhaled it, and he got a red cape and a golden winged circlet on him.
"What kind of ability is that?" Scrub asked.
"It's the Hi-Jump ability. Watch what I can do with this!" Chopper made a big jump onto the cloud and grabbed the wish star on there. When he started to descend, he spread his cape out and used it as a parachute. Mario smirked, remembering something similar he had done.
"Poyo? (I wonder why I never thought of doing that before?)" Kirby wondered.
"I figured it out when I was falling this one time," Chopper recalled.
"I guess we should get out of here," Bombette suggested. "There's no point in us being here anyway."
Agreeing, Chopper and Kirby summoned their Warp Stars, and everyone got on to return to space. Now they had to go to the next planet nearby. Unlike Grasslin, Aqualiss looked mostly blue from far away, to Sonic's dismay.
"Wait, if it's all blue there, then... Oh, no..." Sonic gulped.
"Well, it is called Aqualiss, and the term 'aqua' refers to wate-"
"NERD!" Tamber shouted, cutting Flyer off. He gave him a glare before both Warp Stars flew down to the planet.
Aqualiss-
When they had reached the planet's atmosphere, the noticed the sky was similar to that of Grasslin. However, there was hardly any land with the exception of an open island made up of mostly sand and a few rocks. A couple of palm trees were around too. They decided to land on the small island and get a nice view of the ocean.
"Well, as much as I don't like water, this IS a nice beach. Plus, with these rocks..." Sonic grabbed a flat rock and threw it. The rock skipped across the water and out of their sights.
"Lemme try to skip a rock!" Chopper grabbed a rock and threw it. The rock skipped over the water too, but it ended up hitting something that had appeared above the water and stopping it. Everyone took a look at who was on the hovering vehicle and were far from pleased.
"Har har har har! I'm back, idiots! Cooler than ever!" Moe Hawk smirked.
"Hey! Only I can say something like that!" Tamber yelled.
"I don't know who you are, but I ain't here for you. I came here to race Contadre!"
"No... We're too busy." Chopper groaned. "We need to find a wish star to get to the next Crystal Star."
"Oh, really? Maybe this might interest you!" Moe Hawk pulled out a shining, yellow star. When Chopper looked at his wish star, he noticed it looked very familiar. "See? I thought so!"
"Where did you even get that?" Flyer asked.
"Eh… I found it…wherever the heck I found it. But that ain't the point! Yer racin' me right now, Contadre! First one to make it back here wins. If ya win, you can take this stupid thing. An' just like before, there ain't any rules."
"Fine... I guess I don't have much of a choice." Chopper got on his Warp Star and flew beside Moe Hawk. Since no one had decided to step in to say go, Flyer decided to take that role.
"Ready… Get set… GO!"
Chopper instantly took off, leaving Moe Hawk in the dust again.
"Get back here, you little marshmallow! I didn't start squishin' ya yet!" Moe Hawk took off after Chopper, and he didn't have as much of an issue catching up. Even better (at least for him), he took out his flamethrower. "Hey, Contadre! How's about I turn up the heat?"
"Oh, now things are going to be extreme. This should be awesome…" Tamber snickered as he sat on a lawn chair and began to eat popcorn. Not too pleased with his action, Vivian tried taking the popcorn away from him.
"Tamber! Don't be like this, please!" Vivian pleaded.
"No way! This is entertainment!" Tamber retorted, successfully getting his popcorn back.
"But you know Chopper could get hurt!"
"Not like I really care, but maybe you do!" the tulip snickered. "It was hilarious how you decided to hug the gumball! I bet you really like him!"
"What?!" Vivian covered her mouth and blushed. "I mean... He's just...nice to me and all... I was just doing that to...um...thank him..."
There was a sudden explosion coming from behind the island. When Flyer flew up to get a look, he noticed Moe Hawk had just recently threw a bomb, but he was unfortunate to miss.
"Arrghhh! Why don't you stand still for once, Contadre?!" Moe Hawk growled.
"You know, you gotta try harder than that, Moe Hawk! I'm still up ahead and I'm winning! Oh, and another thing…" Chopper removed his Hi-Jump ability and dropped an electric ball into the water, which electrocuted Moe Hawk due to being close to the water.
"Why you little…" Moe Hawk clenched his flamethrower and unleashed it upon Chopper. He succeeded, but the pale green hero dove underwater to put out the flames. Still desperate to cause harm to him, Moe Hawk followed him underwater. "Even underwater you cannot escape me!"
"You're seriously following me underwater? Come on, Moe Hawk…" Chopper groaned, noticing him behind. "Can't you learn to play a little fair?"
"Contadre, do I have to remind you about the rules again?"
"No, but I don't like you trying to attack me constantly!"
Chopper had finally flew up to the surface and caught sight of his friends waving. He smiled as he was prepared to reach the finish line, but Moe Hawk had suddenly gained the lead and flew past him. His Warp Star began to spin around and leave him in a daze.
"Har har har har! Now I'LL be the one who's winnin'! So long, sucker!" Moe Hawk cackled, reaching the finish line. Well, he could've, but his Hovercycle had suddenly run out of gas. "Wait... Why is my Hovercycle not moving? Oh, don't tell me... It's out of gas..."
With that, he and the Hovercycle had plummeted into the water, while Chopper had reached the finish line. Kirby had gotten his Warp Star as well and they all flew back over to the soaking Moe Hawk.
"CRUD! Ya managed to beat me AGAIN!" Moe Hawk raged.
"Well, I beat you the last few times..." Chopper trailed. "Can I have the wish star now?"
"ARGH! Fine! Take it!" Moe Hawk pulled out the wish star and threw it in Chopper's face. "I don't want it anyway! All I wanna do now is get off this planet! I HATE it here!"
"Well, good luck with that," Chopper said, just before the group made their exit. Now only one more planet remained: Crystalmeth.
"Uh… The name Crystalmeth reminds me of this one thing..." Shadower trailed.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Bombette asked.
"It's... Well, oh, forget it. It's nothing special."
"I wanna know what it is," Chopper said, curiosity getting to him, though that had hardly did much to get Shadower to tell him. But, not wasting any time, they headed down to the next planet in search of the final wish star.
Crystalmeth-
When they landed on the planet, they didn't find anything too special. The floor was purple, and there were many different colored crystals splattered all over the place. Smashing them revealed things such as coins, flowers, and even hearts. However, the one thing they they all managed to see ahead was a Save Block.
"Poyo… (I have a bad feeling about this...)" Kirby trailed. "Poyo. (Seeing a Save Block here means that we're going to encounter something big.)"
After hitting the Save Block, Chopper replied, "I'm sure there is, but it's always nice to fight something to get a wish star rather than race."
Once everyone was prepared, they headed through the pathway ahead. Strangely, the entire area had changed as well. The floor was a bluish gray, some sections of the left and right wall were covered in old writing, and in between those walls was a black background. Needless to say, the group was entirely confused.
"Whoa... Talk about a sudden change." Sonic gawked.
"Yeah, this looks a lot different than the rest of this area..." Shadower remarked.
When they approached the center of the area, however, they realized they were not alone. A brown, rock fist had appeared above them and prepared to crush them. Thankfully, they had barely escaped getting hit.
Upon looking up, the group saw a stone-like being that looked flat and angular with two rectangular eyes in the background. He also had another stone hand and diamond-shaped earrings. The face he had definitely showed he was not happy to see them.
"Who dares disturb my rest?" the stone creature asked, while in truth, it didn't have much of a face or body. "Hold on a minute… Why do I recognize that pink color? And there's even pale green here too? GRAH! I HATE those two colors!"
"He hates pink and pale green? I don't see anything wrong wit-" Chopper stopped when he looked at himself and Kirby. "Oh... Well, this isn't good. Now we're stuck here with this... Wait, who are you?"
"My name is Wham Bam Rock. I live on this planet and I usually spend my whole time sleeping." Wham Bam Rock explained. "But a star came in here and I thought perhaps I could keep it as a souvenir…"
When he opened his right hand, the heroes noticed a yellow star.
"Hey! We need that thing, so could you do us a favor and give it to us?" Chopper asked.
"NO! Why would I give it to the likes of you? You disturb my rest and you invade my planet without me knowing? UNACCEPTABLE! You must be punished for your crime!"
Mario: So he wants to fight us?
"I guess so," Chopper shrugged, getting in a battle stance. "OK... You asked for it!"
Tattle: That's Wham Bam Rock, the one who likes to crush enemies in his way. Max HP is 200, Attack is 12, and Defense is 1. This guy loves to smash things, so he'll always bring his fists down on you. Heck, he might even snap his fingers and make a bunch of rocks fall from the sky! His hands are what you want to attack, since you cannot attack his head. Unfortunately, since his hands are made of rock, he won't lose HP from getting burned. I don't know if he has a full body when I get a look at him... In fact, I wonder how he's able to float up in the air like that… Meh, I'll never find out.
"Those hands look a bit high up. Maybe I should lower its defense!" Chopper made a big jump and lowered Wham Bam Rock's defense with his Soft Stomp, which helped bring his Defense to 0. Kirby helped out by throwing in his Cartwheel and dealing 8 damage to Wham Bam Rock.
Wham Bam Rock showed no mercy and brought his fist down on Chopper and took 12 HP away from him. However, with his fist on the ground, that left him vulnerable to ground attacks.
"I guess we can hit him with some ground attacks then," Chopper took out his hammer and brought it down on the hand, causing Wham Bam Rock to cringe.
"Urrnnghh! You little pest!" Wham Bam Rock tried to grab Chopper with his right hand, but Tamber smashed the fist with his powerful Combo Punch, making him hold his stone hand in pain.
"Ha! Take that, stoney!" Tamber scoffed.
In anger, Wham Bam Rock raised his fist and brought it down on Tamber. He tried to keep him in place in an attempt to put an end to the furball.
"HEY! Get off of me!" Tamber cried. Chopper helped free Tamber by giving the stone hand an Ice Stomp, making the hand release Tamber so Sonic could attack with a Spin Dash and knock it away, leaving him at 150 HP. He also performed a Stylish when he returned to the group.
"Sweet!" Sonic said, looking as if he was break dancing. Wham Bam Rock retaliated by grabbing Sonic and tossing him down onto the ground to make him take 12 damage. Thankfully, he was able to get back up and exclaimed, "Like I'm going to give up so easily!"
Once Chopper threw an ice ball and then Flyer used a Flying Attack, Wham Bam Rock's defenses had finally returned, to the dismay of the heroes.
"Well, at least we managed to deal some serious damage to him," Flyer remarked.
"Perhaps I should try a little something else…" Wham Bam Rock snapped his finger, causing rocks to fall upon the group. They were all able to guard his attacks, so the damage was not too severe.
"This is a good opportunity to try out my Hi-Jump ability!" Chopper put the Hi-Jump ability on and leaped upward to Wham Bam Rock's hand and dealt 7 damage with a single fist. "I have to admit, that was pretty cool to do!"
Afterward, he called out for Shadower to punch him. He listened and lowered Wham Bam Rock's defense. When the guardian tried crushing him with his fist, he Superguarded it, allowing Wham Bam Rock to take 1 damage instead.
"Whew... That was close." Shadower sighed, relieved to have avoided the attack. Chopper smiled and jumped off one of the walls and hit Wham Bam Rock with a Wall Jump, bringing him down to 100 HP. Scrub fluttered up to Wham Bam Rock's hand next and brought him down to 92 HP instead.
"I'm impressed how you managed to bring me down this far... Perhaps now is the time to show you a little interesting move!" Wham Back Rock brought his hand over everyone and let the parts of it drop on them. After guarding the rocks, they saw his hand change more to a round stone.
"Well that was interesting... But it's not going to take us down!" Chopper declared, readying his hammer as soon as Wham Bam Rock's fist landed on the ground. He dished 7 out of him, and then Vivian left a fiery punch on his fist as well. Goombella's tattle turned out to be true when Wham Bam was not left with a burn.
"My Shade Fist cannot even burn him..." Vivian trailed.
"Heh heh! That's because I'm made of rock" Wham Bam Rock laughed, bringing his fist down on her. Not too happy to see her get crushed like that, Chopper held his hammer over himself.
"Take this, freak!" Chopper cried as he threw his Diamond Hammer at Wham Bam Rock's fist and brought him down to 70 HP. Bombette exploded in front of the fist and she dealt 7 damage.
Wham Bam Rock decided to bring one of his fists back and knocked Chopper all the way back with one heavy punch. Unlike his normal attacks, this one had did a bit more. It didn't stop him from returning and hitting Wham Bam Rock with a Hi-Jump.
"Here, let me help you," Berry suggested, pulling her hammer out and smashing Wham Bam Rock's fist, leaving it cracked.
"GRAAHH! My fist! That's IT! No more Mr. Nice Guy now!" Wham Bam Rock grabbed Berry and threw her down on Chopper, leaving them both dizzy.
"Ouch... That was painful..." Chopper moaned. He quickly shook out of his daze and flew into the air to hit Wham Bam Rock again. Once Flyer made his attack, they left him with 33 HP, which the group was happy to notice.
Wham Bam Rock tried to punch Chopper again, but he was able to Superguard and avoided the punch. This allowed him to use his Hammer Throw, and then it also helped Tamber land a Combo Punch on his fist, bringing him down to 14 HP.
"We almost got this! Very nice!" Chopper gave a thumbs up, but then he was crushed by Wham Bam Rock's fist, knocking his ability away. "Oh... That wasn't very nice..."
Regardless of whether he lost his ability or not, Chopper used his Hammer Throw to bring Wham Bam Rock down to 6 HP. Kirby's Cartwheel delivered the final blow and finished the battle.
"What? NO! GRRAAGGHHH!" Many explosions came from Wham Bam Rock, and with one last explosion, he was gone. Chopper received 39 Star Points, and he also leveled up. He upgraded his BP to 48.
With Wham Bam Rock gone, a yellow glittering star floated down to Chopper, and once he held it up, all four wish stars began to circle around above Chopper.
"Huh? What is going on?" Bombette asked.
Mario: I have no idea…
"Well, whatever it is, it looks like it's going up to space. I think we ought to follow it!" Chopper summoned his Warp Star and quickly got on it. Kirby summoned his and they all flew off of Crystalmeth to follow the four wish stars.
After all, it was their only chance of finding the Crystal Star.
There's a reason why I like this chapter, and we'll be seeing that in the next five parts of this chapter. :P