When they set foot in the throne room, they noticed that the ground was pink – a sweet pink, that is. The walls were made of yellow sponge cake, which got the heroes drooling a little. At the end of the room was a golden throne. It wasn't even made out of any food, to their surprise. There were even some large ice cream cones and a pile of chocolate to keep them all company. But the first thing they saw was a certain bean.

It was Fawful, but he was holding some sort of Nintendo DS device.

"Fawfully-doo! Where are you?" the beanish child said in a singing voice. "Pure Heart, needing you! Pure heart destruction, yoo-hoo! WHERE TO FIND YOU…"

"End of the road, Fawful," Chopper declared as he got in a fighting stance. "Give up already. We have you surrounded."

"I have shock at you all! You have making it here so easily? Fawful hates you! I have thought you were making it here slowly?!"

"Who's there?" from behind the throne, the king, who looked exactly like Candanian, peeked his head from behind the throne. He noticed Fawful, but his eyes widened in surprise at the heroes.

"You five… Are you really…"

"Ah, so you are having the hiding," Fawful stated as he pulled his blaster out and aimed it at King Candania. "Fawful requests the Pure Heart! Give it to me so I can have destruction of it!"

"The Pure Heart is not for fiends such as yourself," Sonic stated, clenching his fists at the psychotic bean. "Leave the king alone, or fight us!"

"Now that I think about it, you fink-rats are also getting in the way of Fawful, when I think about it," Fawful turned around and glared at the heroes. "Tipral has the requesting that I lay the destruction on you fink-rats."

"So you're saying that you're going to take us out first?" Chopper questioned.

"I have chortles! Of course Fawful will lay the destruction on you all! That is my main goal, after all! And as soon as I lay the fury upon you all, I will have the taking of the Pure Heart and I will have the destroying!"

Fawful raised his blaster up at the five. "Now, fink-rats… Taste Fawful's fury!"

Fawful shot a blast directly at the heroes, but they all managed to jump out of the way before tasting Fawful's laser blast. When Chopper landed on the ground, he got a good eye on Fawful's stats.

"Whoa… So Fawful has about 120 HP? Yikes… It's a bit more than Gemerl when we fought him in Sunset Hill… And he's also got an Attack of 9 and a Defense of 4? Wow… Well, I don't think this should be as hard as fighting Dimentio and Tipral fused together, that's for sure."

Mario: That's not so bad.

Mario made the first move, performing a Triple Jump over another one of Fawful's lasers. He landed on top of Fawful's head and struck him with a powerful stomp attack.

"Say, Fawful… What ever happened to that Vacuum Helmet you always had with you before?" Chopper asked, noticing that he no longer had it with him. "I mean, I bet you could fight a lot easily with it!"

"I do not require the Vacuum Helmet to lay the destruction!" Fawful cackled as he shot Chopper with a blast. "Fawful's weapon has had the upgrading, thanks to Tipral, so I can destroy you easily!"

"Oh… All right." Chopper inhaled the next blast Fawful fired at him and spat it out directly at his face, sending him flying across the room. Kirby inhaled one of the chocolates afterward and spat it at Fawful to deal some more damage. Blade had taken out a shuriken and quickly threw it at the bean.

"Nyeah! Fawful won't give up yet!" Fawful changed his blaster to his laser sword and he immediately rushed toward Blade, striking him once with his sword. Luckily, Blade managed to draw his katana and block a couple of Fawful's attacks with it. It ended up with Blade kicking Fawful in the shin and striking him with his katana afterward before he was knocked back.

"Man… This fight is starting to get rather intense…" the king trailed, watching the battle from behind the throne. "I just hope those heroes succeed in defeating this bean. Beans are not welcome here after that horrible incident!"

Chopper immediately jumped toward Fawful and managed to stomp on top of his head twice while performing a stylish move. After jumping off, he gave a thumbs up to the people reading this.

"I'm surprised that Fawful isn't putting up much of a fight yet," Sonic spun around Fawful with his Whirlwind and sent him flying up to the ceiling. When Fawful began to fall, the blue hedgehog jumped toward him and landed a couple of Homing Attacks on the bean.

"Fink-rats! Take this!" Fawful changed his laser sword to his blaster and fired an ice beam at Sonic, freezing him in place. "Nyeah heh heh heh! Now taste Fawful's cold fury dipped with chips!"

"Dipped with… What?" Chopper gawked as he tossed a couple of fireballs at Fawful. While Fawful fired an ice beam, it didn't do much to affect it. The ice melted, while the fireball was extinguished.

"What? That's it? Aw, come on!"

"Poyo, (Well I'll try something,)" Kirby got on Carrie and jumped on top of Fawful so he could get his attention. The bean aimed at Kirby and fired an ice beam, but Kirby ended up inhaling the ice and spitting it back at Fawful for some tough, cold damage. Unfortunately, it didn't freeze him, to Kirby's dismay.

"Don't think you'll be having the freezing of me," Fawful grumbled, freezing Kirby for a couple of seconds with an ice beam. But, Sonic ended up breaking out of his frozen prison and striking him with a Spin Dash.

"Next time, don't try to freeze me," Sonic growled.

Fawful was about to attack Sonic, but Mario delivered a Ground Pound on his head, then stuck him into the ground by bashing his head with his hammer. The plumber couldn't help but laugh at Fawful as he tried to wiggle his way onto the ground.

"My body has the stuckness!" Fawful shouted as he pushed himself out of the ground.

"Your body has the 'stuckness'?" Chopper gawked. "Is it me, or is this guy making less sense every second?"

"Poyo, (It's probably not you,)" Kirby replied as he managed to break out of his icy prison. He inhaled one of the chocolates and used them as a weapon once again, spitting one at Fawful.

The psychotic bean wiped the chocolate off his glasses and fired multiple ice blasts at the five. Mario managed to jump over a few and land on Fawful's head with another Triple Jump, while Chopper inhaled one of the ice beams.

"Hmmmmmmm… Perhaps that boy could use some help." King Candanian reached for a boxing glove from his pocketed and tossed it toward Chopper after he spat the projectile back at Fawful.

"Hero! Take this!"

"Huh?" Chopper saw a boxing glove coming his way. Instead of grabbing it, he inhaled it and took its ability. A red headband was now tied around his head after swallowing it. He also felt like he could fight well with his fists and feet.

"Ooh! I've got the Fighter ability!" Chopper smiled, punching the air. "I think this should be a bit helpful!"

When Fawful changed to his laser sword, he immediately charged at Chopper. However, the pale green gumball already had plans. He jumped behind Fawful and struck him with a slamming kick to the head. He then struck Fawful with an uppercut punch – in which he calls the Rising Break.

"Poyo?! (You seriously got the Fighter ability?!)" Kirby gaped.

"Yeah, the king was nice enough to give this to me. I think it should help us out." Chopper nodded.

Unfortunately, he wasn't paying much attention to Fawful at this point. The psychotic bean changed to his blaster and fired an ice beam at Chopper, leaving him as a frozen popsicle.

"Oh, boy… He's frozen." Blade face palmed. "He'll probably get out of that soon, so let's just focus on taking care of Fawful."

"I have chortles!" Fawful cackled as he spun his blaster. "Oh, the ice beam, how it has the ability to popsiclize you fink-rats!"

"Popsiclize isn't even a word!" the ninja cat tossed a couple of shurikens at Fawful, but he managed to freeze them with ease. Blade face palmed and jumped toward Fawful, striking him a couple of times with his katana.

"As long as I'm close to you, you can't do much against me, Beanie!" Blade kicked Fawful back and tossed Hommissile directly at him to send him flying across the room. But that didn't do much when Fawful managed to jump off the wall and knock the ninja back with his laser sword.

"What the frick?! Since when can he do that?!"

"Do you have the understanding that Tipral has given Fawful some powers?" Fawful questioned. "It just gives me fury!"

"Ugh… I'm getting a bit annoyed with your speech pattern." Sonic groaned, curling up into a ball and striking Fawful with a Spin Dash. Unfortunately, he ended up getting hit by Fawful's laser sword afterward, knocking him over by Mario's feet.

"Whoa… So Fawful does seem to put up more of a fight, now that I think about it…" Sonic moaned.

Mario: Yeah, he certainly does.

Mario gripped his hammer and charged at Fawful. He knew that his hammer couldn't be sliced in half by Fawful's laser sword, so that was fine. With one bash, he managed to stun Fawful for a couple of seconds.

"Red Mustache! What are you…" Fawful was knocked to the wall by Kickbrin, knocking him out for a couple of seconds. Fawful was able to pull himself up and fire an ice beam at the plumber, but he only let his hammer get frozen.

Mario: So long, Fawful!

He jumped toward Fawful and prepared to use his Ground Pound on him. Unfortunately, Fawful managed to fire an ice beam directly at Mario's butt, making him rub his butt from the intense cold.

"Hmmmmm… Fawful feels like giving the heat!" Fawful changed his ice beam to his fire beam and aimed at the frozen Chopper. With one fire beam, he managed to melt off the ice around him and also leave a burn on the hero.

"Agh! I'm on fire!" Chopper cried as he ran around the room. "Someone help me get these flames off me!"

"Poyo! (You need some water to help cool you off!)" Kirby shouted, searching the room for anything. He noticed a can of fruit punch on the table. "Poyo… (Well… I guess that's the only option…)"

Kirby grabbed the can of fruit punch and went over to the screaming Chopper. By pouring it down on him, he managed to extinguish the flames on him. Although, it's a bit…odd to use fruit punch for that.

"Whew… Thanks, Kirby." Chopper sighed in relief and turned to Fawful. "All right, now let's settle this!"

He jumped toward Fawful and used a Vulcan Jab to damage him a couple of times, leaving a couple of bruises on Fawful's face. Kirby also joined in by inhaling some chocolate and spitting it at Fawful's back, leaving some of his cloak with some chocolate on it.

"I have fury!" Fawful shouted as he looked at his own cloak. "You fink-rats will have the paying for this!"

"Pipe down, will ya?" Sonic asked as he sent Fawful flying in the air with his Whirlwind. He came falling to the ground afterward, hitting his head on the ground first and allowing Mario to stomp on him.

"When are you going to give up? You're getting your butt handed to us!"

"Nyeah heh heh heh! Take this, fink-rats!" Fawful changed his blaster to his laser sword and began to spin around rapidly, hitting everyone in the face with his incredible attack. It even knocked them all back.

"Poyo! (Ouch! That was painful!)" Kirby chirped.

"But we can't give up yet," Chopper slowly got himself up and charged up a ball of energy. By tossing it at Fawful, he managed to stun him for a couple of seconds. Then he grabbed a hold of him and threw him across the room, thanks to his Fighter ability.

"I'm so glad I have this ability," he smiled, until Fawful struck him with a normal laser blast, knocking his Fighter ability out.

"What?! Aw, come on! That's not fair at all!"

"Well now this makes the fighting easier for Fawful!" the psychotic bean cackled once again, firing a couple of blasts at the group. Kirby inhaled one of them and spat it back at Fawful, knocking him to the wall.

"I call making the next move!" Blade declared as he brought his katana down on Fawful…but, like before, his laser sword managed to block Blade's katana, forcing them to have a small sword duel.

"You're kidding me… This isn't how I wanted to fight."

Fawful grinned before striking Blade with his laser sword, knocking him back over by the throne. However, Blade DID manage to strike Fawful when he tossed Hommissile straight at him.

"Ouch! The explosiveness!" Fawful cried out as he managed to slowly get himself up after that attack. He was all battered up, with his cloak dirty and splattered with some chocolate Kirby spat out.

Sonic rushed at Fawful one last time and struck him with one last Homing Attack before he was left dazed.

"All right, Mario! Finish the job!" Sonic gave Mario the cue to make the finishing touch.

Mario: Buh bye, Fawful!

Mario performed a Triple Jump on Fawful and, for his last move, he struck Fawful with a Ground Pound, making the psychotic bean give in.

"Gcccccccck! Fawful gives! Fawful gives!" he cried out as Mario got off of him. One of his glasses was cracked and even his face was covered in some bruises. Despite all of this, he was still grinning.

"Fawful must have the exiting. I have bruises all over myself and having the injuries will not guarantee victory for Fawful. So…" Fawful summoned his hovering platform and jumped on it. "See you later, fink-rats!"

As soon as Fawful left, King Candanian peeked from behind the throne. "Is it… Is it all right to come out now?"

Mario: Yes it is.

"Oh, good…" Candanian showed himself and walked over to the heroes with his scepter in his hand. "I thank you for defeating that horrible psychotic bean. Hopefully my people can finally remain here in peace."

"What about those brainwashed people?" Sonic questioned.

"Hopefully they should be wearing off once he leaves," the king took a deep breath. "I'm sorry if I don't sound so king-like. I don't usually feel safe when outsiders come here. Ever since the Great Bean War, I've feared that outsiders that would show up here would be spies of the beans. …But seeing your actions, I can probably confirm that you aren't a spy. To me, you seem to be the heroes…"

"That's why we came here," Chopper confirmed.

"Allow me to introduce myself first," Candanian cleared his throat. "My name is King Candanian II. I've been ruling this place for approximately 483 years."

"483 years?! How are you still alive?!" Blade gaped.

"Us candy people aren't like you live people. We don't have internal organs, and therefore cannot die from old age. In fact, there have been some people here that have been living in here for over a thousand years."

"A thousand… Whoa." Chopper's face looked entirely surprised.

"The prophecy has told me that you were supposed to arrive to claim the Pure Heart 1,500 years ago. What happened? Did you all forget?"

Mario shook his head and explained to him that they were not around for 1,500 years. He even said that they were only assigned this job a couple of weeks ago…

"I see… I guess that's how it is, then. …If only my ancestors were able to see this in person." Candanian placed his scepter on the ground and used his powers to summon the pink Pure Heart out of it.

"I wish I didn't have to give this thing up… It was something that I've always liked to look at. But, seeing as the worlds are needed to be safe from danger… It looks like I have no other choice. …So, brave heroes. Are you ready to claim the Pure Heart?"

Everyone gave him a nod. "Excellent! That is just what I wanted to see from you! …Sort of. But, anyway… Heroes, I give you...the Pure Heart!"

As the pink Pure Heart flew over Chopper's head, the Pixls began to perform their wonderful dance again. When they were finally finished, the he held up their prize.

"It's about time!"

YOU GOT A PURE HEART

END OF CHAPTER

"I thank you for what you've done, heroes. With that bean out of my kingdom, all of my people will finally be able to live peacefully. I… I don't feel afraid of outsiders, now that I think about it now." the candy king seemed satisfied with the heroes. Although they were the only outsiders that he no longer feared, he ended up learning something in the end. With the Pure Heart in their hands, and Tipral's minion, Fawful, defeated, our heroes began to make their way back to Flipside. "I hope Tippi's pleased with us…wherever she may be." wondered Chopper as he looked up at the sky as they made their way back.

And that ends the sweetness of this entire chapter. It's not my favorite, but I definitely do not hate it. Especially since Fawful is in this story. :P

Expect something surprising in the interlude coming up...