CHAPTER 10-2
-Doctor Who?-
"Chopper… I just hope that thou art going to be OK… I doth not wanteth thee to die…" Luvbi said with a worried look as she looked at her sweet prince in the eyes. A small tear slowly went down her face at Chopper's terrible condition. "If thou art dead, I won't findeth another prince! Thou art the only boy I have ever fallen in love with, if thou wanted to know…"
"OK, we heard you already," At this point, Blade was getting a bit tired of what Luvbi was saying. He felt like he could cover his ears at this moment, but he thought it would be a bit rude. "We all worry about Chopper. Try not to worry so much, we'll get him to a doctor."
"Thou dost not understand what kind of pain I'm in! Wouldn't thou feel the same if thou hath a loved one that was sick?"
"Errrr… Yeah, I probably would. But, still…"
"OK, OK, let's settle down, guys…" Sonic suggested, stepping in the way of the argument that could've been started. "If we're going to start arguing, then we're not going to get anywhere, all right? I think Luvbi should still watch Chopper, since there's not much she can do against the enemies."
"I will do that," Luvbi looked over to Chopper and hugged him. "I think the only way to keepth you warmer is for me to stay close to thee. Father once told me heat can helpeth thee with a cold."
"O-OK..." Chopper coughed. "…Wait, how the heck am I coughing when I'm incredibly cold? …This is such a weird cold I'm having."
"Don't you usually cough and sneeze when you do have a cold?" Blade pondered as he looked down at the sick Chopper. "Ehhh… This is kind of weird for me. But, I think we can find someone out here with medical experience."
"Poyo, (Yes, I hope we find some sort of doctor around here,)" Kirby hoped as he looked around the area. There really wasn't that much around except for a little slope going down up ahead and a couple of Snowmen and Snowmos holding icy clubs. There were even these Crystal Bits roaming around. They can't do much, but they can definitely hit you faster than any other enemy around here.
"I always…get the feeling of Christmas around here," Chopper said as he slowly walked on the snowy ground. "You guys can go on ahead and clear the enemies. I wish I could help, but it doesn't look like I can do much."
"You can actually do something, you know," Sonic pointed out. "Even if you're a bit weak, a fireball would be good enough to take out some of these enemies. Like that Shy Guy with an ice aura around him! …Wait what is that one called?"
Mario: An Ice Guy.
"Ice Guy? Weird name, but I kind of get it. Anyway, I think we should get going. Just try to relax and not think about this cold, Chopper."
"Yeah… All right." Chopper followed the group through the snowy area. Cudge also stayed by him, in case if he needed to use him for anything. Luvbi also stayed close to her prince, but stopped when a Snowman rose up in front of the antennae boy.
"You're not going anywhere, kid!" the Snowman grinned, but was stabbed by Blade's flaming sword, causing it to melt. The ninja looked pretty satisfied as he put away his katana.
"Heh heh heh… Now that should take care of that guy." Blade whirled around and raced on ahead, despite not being faster than the other heroes.
Kirby simple inhaled one of the Crystal Bits that were coming his way and spat it out at an Ice Guy up ahead. The good thing about the Crystal Bits was that, despite being fast, they have low HP and have a low Attack power, stated a couple of paragraphs above.
While the Ice Guy was dizzy, Mario stepped into action and stomped on it a couple of times to defeat it. Sonic used a Homing Attack on a Snowman that was in Chopper's way in order to make sure it doesn't go after him.
"Thank you guys… But you don't really have to do this." Chopper wheezed as he tried to charge up a Speed Dash.
"Whoa! Don't try doing that, Chopper…" Sonic warned. "I think you're only going to make yourself worse if you use up a lot of energy. Just relax, all right? Just take a break…if you need one."
Chopper looked up at his antennae. He noticed that there were a couple of small icicles hanging from them. "Wait a second… Why the heck do I have icicles on my antennae? That makes no sense…"
"Let me helpest thee," Luvbi volunteered, attempting to get the icicles off him. Unfortunately, things didn't seem to be going Chopper's way, as he ended up tumbling down the slope ahead, knocking away a couple of Ice Guys and Snowmen on the slope.
"Oh… I didn't see those guys at all…" Chopper slowly got himself up and kept the blue blanket around him. Luvbi immediately fluttered over to Chopper to see if he was all right.
"My sweet prince! Didst thou get hurt?"
"Luvbi… Don't worry about me…" Chopper suggested. "I don't like it when people overreact to me being in bad shape…"
He walked over to the red door and slowly opened it. Everyone else went over to him and walked through the door into the next area, which had an icy platform high above to the left where an Ice Guy was tossing some large snowballs onto the ground.
"Uh oh… We better watch out for that Ice Guy up there…" Sonic warned, pointing up at the Ice Guy pushing a large snowball down.
"Poyo? (Is it actually possible for us to jump on it and use it?)" Kirby asked, looking up at the big snowball in curiosity.
"I don't know… Maybe it might be possible…" Chopper coughed, slowly walking up the small hill up ahead. When the Ice Guy pushed the large snowball off the platform, it began to roll toward the group.
"Heads, up guys! It's coming our way!" Sonic warned. But, it was too late for them. They all got stuck in the snowball and began to tumble around in it until it hit another large snowball coming toward them.
"Wait… We didn't take any damage?" Blade gawked.
Mario: It doesn't look like it.
"Poyo, (I guess these snowballs won't hurt us at all…but it seems to push us back a little bit,)" Kirby pointed out, looking over at Chopper. "Poyo. (I think Chopper's all right. Are you?)"
"Yeah, Kirby… I'm just fine…" Chopper panted, keeping the blanket around him. "…This blanket is wet now because of that large snowball."
"What? How could it be wet?" Blade questioned. "I don't think a large snowball would even make a blanket wet."
"Blade… Do you even realize that snow is actually water?"
"…Oh, yeah. Sorry about that. I almost forgot." Blade put his hand behind his head and blushed. "I always seem to forget a lot of things… That's not really me, y'know. Anyway, let's move on."
They saw the next large snowball coming toward them, but to avoid it, Chopper slowly tossed a fireball at it in order for it to slowly melt. It allowed them to jump over the snowball while it was small…although Chopper had a hard time jumping over the snowball. Luvbi was nice enough to help him, though, despite his objections.
When they reached the snowy hill, Chopper used all of his strength to run up it. Because it was going up, he was slowing down a bit, a disadvantage he had for his speed.
"Whoa, Chopper… Don't move too fast. You're probably going to get yourself in a worse condition." Sonic suggested. "Why don't you keep the blanket with you? You'll probably need it."
"Don't you remember when I said that the blanket's wet?" Chopper reminded.
"Oh, yeah… Well, I think we'll find a way to dry it off."
"It's not going to be easy drying something off in a place that's cold like this," Chopper was shivering, despite the snowfall being rather calm. "I just wanna find a doctor and be cured of this horrible cold…"
"That's what I intendeth to do," Luvbi said as she fluttered over to him with a smile.
"That's what we all plan to do," Blade said.
After Chopper received some help, they all went through the door. Kirby was happy enough to inhale a blue Waddle Dee and spit it out of this area before entering through the door up ahead with everyone else. When they walked into the next area, they saw some large, frozen ponds and a couple of Snowmos ice skating. They seemed to be a bit happy around here, but when they noticed the heroes walking out of the door to the left on the snowy ground, they stopped and pulled out some snowballs.
"Hey! Who are those guys?!" the Snowmos were about to throw their snowballs, but a Crystal Bit flew over to the heroes and looked at them. When it got a glimpse of Chopper and Mario, its face looked alerted.
"Hold on… Why do I get a feeling that someone told me about some mustachioed guy and some kid a long time ago…" the Crystal Bit pondered for a couple seconds, with the others gawking at it.
"Art thou referring to Chopper and the hairy one?" Luvbi questioned, looking at Mario and then Chopper.
"Yeah, I'm referring to them! And I don't like 'em either! Tell me… Are you trying to reach the Pure Heart? If you are, then too bad! We're not going to let you do that at all!"
"Please… Just leave us be." Chopper begged. "I'm in a really bad condition at this moment, and we're trying to find a doctor. Could you just let us go for once? Next time you see us, you can attack."
"Heck no!" the Snowmo retorted. "We do what we want! And if we're planning on ending your game, then we do it! Right here!"
The Snowmos readied their snowballs and began to throw them. Kirby jumped in and inhaled one of the snowballs and spat it at one of the Snowmos, making it dizzy. Mario simply finished that one off with a jump and then a Ground Pound.
Blade gripped his katana and made a dash at the next Snowmo. Using a fire slash, he was able to deal some massive damage to it and leave it with a harsh burn before disintegrating. Sonic simply bashed the last Snowmo with a couple of Homing Attacks, leaving only the Crystal Bit.
"Game over for you," Chopper flicked the Crystal Bit away while he had fire energy on his finger, sending the Crystal Bit far away. Unfortunately, he ended up sliding on the ice rink, making Luvbi shocked.
"My sweet prince!" Luvbi cried out.
"Someone help me!" Chopper cried while sliding on the ice. Although he ended up tripping back, he continued to slide through the ice, knocking a couple of Ice Guys in his way unintentionally.
"Poyo! (Try to slow down, Chopper!)" Kirby shouted, ice skating on the ring to go after him.
Unfortunately, it was too late. Chopper fell off the ice and crashed into a blue ice spirit person who was shoveling the snow to make an open path for a couple of people to make their way through.
"Ow! What the heck?!" the ice spirit whirled around and turned to the sick Chopper. When the pale green gumball looked up, he saw the ice spirit. It looked like he was about fifteen years old.
"Oh, great… First my dad forces me to shovel the snow, now some lunatic thinks he can come in here an' crash into me! What the heck do you want?! I'm really busy, so it's best if you get out of my way."
"I'm really sorry…" Chopper coughed as he stood up. "I'm just…cough… I'm just not feeling well. I have some sort of cold or something…"
"A cold? Well, cool story, bro. I've got some shovelin' to do, so just leave me alone, all right?" the ice spirit turned away and continued to shovel the snow. But he stopped when he heard a girl's voice.
"Chopper, my sweet prince!" Luvbi came fluttering over to Chopper and began to see how he was doing right now.
"Oh, geez, what now?!" the ice spirit grumbled and turned around. "Why do you have to distract me like this?! All I wanna do is just shovel this snow already! Don't you understand?! And who the heck are you anyway?"
"This boy happens to be my sweet prince," Luvbi explained, glaring at the ice spirit. "If thou dost anything bad to him, I will maketh sure that thou doth regret it!"
"What are you, playing princess? Grow up, girly!"
"Ahem… Thou shouldst understand that I am verily a princess! My mother rules The Underwhere and my father rules The Overthere. So, I would suggest that thou keepest thy mouth shut!"
"Yeah, sure ya are…" the ice spirit let out a sigh.
"Bran! Why aren't you shoveling the road?" another ice spirit came floating out of the door with a scarf and a hat, but has glasses and a long, brown mustache. To Chopper, it reminded him of Eggman, but this mustache was HUGE.
"Well, dad… I WAS shoveling the snow here…" Bran trailed as he looked over at Chopper and Luvbi. "But these two happened to interrupt me, so don't go blaming me for this, all right?"
"Now, now, Bran… You don't need to be blaming two small children for this." the taller ice spirit said as he adjusted his glasses. "Anyway, the reason why I came here was because your mother wanted to talk to you about something. You can take a break from shoveling for now."
"Really?" Bran smirked and ran past his father. "Well, time to stop with this stupid shoveling and get back into that warm, cozy house!"
As soon as he left the area, the ice spirit man floated over to Chopper and Luvbi. "And who might you children be?"
"Mine given name is Luvbi," Luvbi introduced, then looked over at Chopper. "This sweet prince of mine doth be Chopper. He is just so cuuuuuuuute!"
"Stop calling me that!" Chopper cried, only to cough a couple of times. "Stupid cold…or whatever it is! Even when I shout, it just makes me feel worse. And… I'm starting to feel worse by the minute."
"My, you look rather…bad," the ice spirit man said as he noticed Chopper let out a huge sneeze. "Well, it just so happens that I'm a doctor. So, if you came this whole way to find one, then you're in luck."
As he adjusted his glasses again, Kirby, Sonic, Blade, and Mario finally made it to Chopper, Luvbi and the doctor.
"Whew! So we finally managed to get to you guys!" Sonic said as he panted. "You OK, Chopper?"
"And who's this weirdo?" Blade asked, looking up at the doctor.
"I am Doctor Hymer!" Doctor Hymer introduced, not taking any offense to what Blade just said to him.
"Doctor who?" everyone looked at him in confusion.
"Oh ho ho ho… No need to worry, friends. Many people have that same response." Doctor Hymer. "But, before you start asking me any questions, I think we should get you into medical care right away. Seeing that grayness on you doesn't look too good."
"Finally… I might be able to get cured." Chopper sighed in relief as he and the others followed Doctor Hymer through the door up ahead.
Snow Town-
"Whoa… Now this is one heck of a town here." Sonic said in surprise as he saw a bunch of blue houses around the area. There was even a ? Block right next to the door and a Save Block right next to a building with a red plus sign above the door.
"What is this place?" Chopper asked.
"This place is called Snow Town," Doctor Hymer introduced. "There's a restaurant right next to the medical center, if you guys ever want to go get something to eat. Some hot soup should really get you going through here."
"What about curing my sweet prince?" Luvbi reminded.
"Of course, we need to look at your, uh…friend first. Come along with me, everyone. I'll have a look at this boy."
Everyone followed Doctor Hymer over to the medical building and entered it to find a waiting room right near them. There were a couple of seats and a door that would lead them into a medical room.
"All right, while I get my equipment ready, I want you to stay here and wait for a little bit. I can assure you that I won't take long."
As the doctor left, everyone sat down in their seats and began to wait patiently. Luvbi sat right next to Chopper and placed her heart-shaped wing on his hand. He immediately pulled his hand away from her before she could try anything else.
"S-Stop that, Luvbi!" Chopper stammered.
"Yeah, just leave him be," Blade said, grabbing one of the magazines. "You might catch
Mario: That's a girl's magazine!
Blade looked at the magazine and immediately dropped it. "Oh, you're right. ...And the others are for chicks as well! What about the manly ones?!"
"I think Chopper's safety is more important than magazines," Sonic mentioned.
"Poyo, (Hopefully he gets better, because we don't want to have him being like this,)" Kirby nodded.
"All right, I'm back," Doctor Hymer peeked his head out of the door. He was wearing a doctor's jacket this time with all of the doctor's equipment with him. "Now, I can only bring in one other person with him, so who plans on coming?"
Sonic raised his hand. "Maybe I should…"
"I will go with him," Luvbi stood from her chair and fluttered over to Chopper. "If anyone needest to go with my sweet prince, it shouldst be me."
"Luvbi, we know him longer than you have," Sonic pointed out. "I think he would trust one of us to stay with him instead of you..."
"Nay! Thou art lying!" Luvbi turned around and stuck her nose up in the air. "Hmph! Like I needeth to listen to thee, Knave! I love Chopper more than anyone else hither! Of course he'll want me to be with him!"
Blade face palmed as Luvbi followed Chopper and Doctor Hymer into the medical room. "Sometimes that girl just doesn't learn… Is she actually stupid, or is she just too stubborn?"
Mario: Probably the latter
"Poyo, (Well, hopefully we don't have to wait for too long,)" Kirby hoped as he began to think of something. "Poyo! (I don't want to be here forever!)"
Medical Room-
Chopper sat down on a comfy little bench that Doctor Hymer could easily check on him. It wasn't low down to the ground, but it was certainly a little high for him to prevent himself from bending down.
"So, what art thou going to do?" Luvbi asked out of curiosity.
"Well, first things first," Doctor Hymer pulled his stethoscope out. "I'm going to need to use my stethoscope to check on his heartbeat. Don't worry, it's not going to hurt. I'll be able to tell how your heart is."
The doctor placed his stethoscope right below Chopper's mouth, but what was strange was that he didn't hear a single heartbeat. "Why, that's strange… How come I'm not hearing a heartbeat?"
Chopper coughed a couple of times before answering in a weak voice. "It's because my species are a bit different then most. …Well, many species are different when it comes to that, I believe."
"That's true. We ice spirits don't even have hearts… But, I don't want to go off on a tangent. Let's check your temperature." Doctor Hymer pulled his thermometer out and put it in Chopper's mouth. "Now, all you have to do is let this go under your tongue. It's fairly simple!"
"Ummmmm… All right." Chopper let the thermometer go under his tongue. "So… What do I do now?"
"You just have to wait," the doctor waited for a couple of seconds before taking the thermometer out of his mouth. He looked rather…surprised. "What's this? It says you're…thirteen degrees?"
"THIRTEEN DEGREES?!" Chopper's eyes widened in complete shock. "Wait... Is that bad?"
"Yes..."
"Oh... THIRTEEN DEGREES?!"
"…Wait, that's not it. It's about 89 degrees. That's not really what your body temperature's supposed to be."
"So, what dost my sweet prince have?" Luvbi asked.
"Well, it's not much of a disease. It's just a bad cold. However, I do believe there's a way to cure this cold. You just need to go to the restaurant next door and get a nice bowl of Flare Soup from Crestero. That stuff's a bit spicy, but it should be just enough to get you back into your usual shape."
"That's good… Then let's go." Chopper was about to get off the bench, but the doctor stopped him.
"Hold it up, boy. I don't suggest you go to get it." Doctor Hymer suggested. "Let someone else get the soup for you. Besides, I don't think you'll have the strength to even move at this moment. Just relax for right now."
"I'll go get the soup," Luvbi volunteered. "I want to helpeth my sweet prince in any way possible. I'll go ask them to maketh him some Flare Soup. So, please be patient with me, doctor."
"Very well, while you go get some of that soup, I'll keep an eye out on my patient. But don't take too long, little girl! I don't know how long he can fight this cold…"
Luvbi nodded and fluttered out of the room. Chopper really couldn't tell what she was doing at this point. It almost felt like he was going to fall asleep…or rather, fall unconscious because of the low energy in him.
Waiting Room-
As Luvbi fluttered quickly out into the waiting room, Kirby, Sonic, Blade and Mario immediately stood up and walked over to the Nimbi girl, despite her being angry with them for some strange reason.
"Get out of my way, yon servants!" she barked. "I must findeth some Flare Soup for my sweet prince!"
"Poyo? (What's going on with Chopper?)" Kirby asked.
"Is it all right if we go see him?" Sonic asked.
"We would REALLY like to know what's going on," Blade said. "And, seeing that you were the only one that actually went in there with him, can you tell us what the heck is going on in there?"
Mario: It won't be long.
"I hath to findeth Flare Soup for my love, so stay out of mine way," Luvbi retorted in a stuck-up way. "So, pink gumball, Knave, smelly cat and hairy old man… Thou shalt stay hither!"
"You can't make us," Blade said while shaking his head, only for Luvbi to give him a death glare.
"If thou dost not stay hither, then I will maketh sure that thou fallest into some cold water next time we ever see one! …Now, I must movest on."
She fluttered out of the medical care, leaving everyone else with confused looks.
"Wow… I think her brat percent just increased by now." Blade gawked as the door shut right in front of him.
Crestero's Restaurant-
"So, would you-a like sauce with that?" the ice spirit chef known as Crstero asked with a bottle of sauce. The ice spirit sitting at the table nodded and took the bottle of sauce from the chef.
"Ah, my restaurant… It's-a going so nicely here. I don't-a have to worry about going out of business!"
The front entrance opened and Luvbi came fluttering into the restaurant. Everyone paused and turned their heads to the little Nimbi girl with surprised looks. But, they sure had some things to say.
"Hey, that girl looks like one of those cute angels from The Overthere!"
"She looks so ADORABLE! No one can resist her cuteness!"
"A girl such as her looks like she's pure of heart. No wonder why she's an angel!"
"I could just go up to you and give you a nice, bit hug!"
"That, I am aware of! But I do thank thee, nonetheless!" Luvbi giggled. "But, I didst not come hither for compliments. Where is Crestero?"
"Oi?" the chef tilted his head at the Nimbi girl, resulting in his hat falling off. "What do you-a need, little girl?"
"Doctor Hymer hath sent me hither," the Nimbi explained. "Pray, dost thou have any Flare Soup? I need it to cure my poor, cute prince who doth have a horrible cold… He's too weak to even speaketh."
"Oi… That's-a not good! Don't-a worry! I'll-a get to-a makin' it right away!" Crestero immediately zipped into the kitchen, getting a bowl ready and putting his ingredients into the pot.
"Crestero! No need to rush zee food." his assistant, Jacque, stated. "It'll make zis soup with a taste that's so…rushed. You're supposed to take zee time to make it in order to make it perfecto."
"Oh, fine, I'll-a take it easy," Crestero started to put all of the ingredients into the pot and began to stir it all up. "It's-a funny that we don't-a melt, even though we're-a ice spirits, don't you-a find that funny?"
"Yes, that does sound a bit…strange."
After five minutes, Crestero finished the soup and brought it out of the kitchen to Luvbi. From the look on her face, it looked like she was getting VERY patient…and somewhat worried about Chopper.
"Here you go, little girl!" Crestero handed a bowl of Flare Soup to Luvbi. "Now take it out-a here and to the-a medical care before it-a gets cold!"
"I will dost that right away," Luvbi said as she took the bowl and fluttered out of the restaurant carefully.
Medical Care-
"How long until I'll…be better?" Chopper wheezed as he had his eyes closed. Doctor Hymer sweat dropped a little and took out a notebook to write in. "Doctor? Are you even listening to me?"
"Of course, Chopper! I'm listening to you!" Doctor Hymer replied while writing a little letter. "Do go on!"
However, when he heard the door open up, he saw Luvbi fluttering into the room with the bowl of Flare Soup. "Oh, thank goodness! I thought for a second I was going to have to… …Maybe it's best not to tell you that."
"Hurry! We must helpeth my sweet prince!" Luvbi cried as he saw Chopper was laying down on the bench with his eyes closed. "Is he…"
"No, no, he's not gone, Luvbi," Doctor Hymer assured. "He's just a bit weak, that's all. But, put it in quickly! I don't know how much time he's going to have anyway…"
Luvbi opened Chopper's mouth with her wing and poured the soup down into his mouth. The grayness on his face slowly started to disappear after gulping in down. His pale green skin was back to the way it was as well, but he was still not conscious yet.
"…Were we too late?" the doctor gawked.
"Nay…" Luvbi looked down at Chopper and placed her hands on his cheek. "His game cannot endeth now. Oh... I guess there is one thing I can givest before he rests."
Luvbi leaned toward Chopper's mouth and started to pucker up. Coincidentally, it happened to be the moment his eyes slowly opened, and when he saw those lips going for him, the pale green hero's eyes widened in an instant.
"EEK!" Chopper cried as he jumped off the bench while wiping his mouth. "I get up already, and this is what I get?!"
"Oh, my prince! Thou art OK!"
"Yeah... I know. But why does my head feel a bit cold?" Chopper wondered, until he looked down at his gloves to see an icy aura. "What the… Why do I have an ice aura around my hands? In fact, how on earth did I get them? …Wait, and I taste something delicious in my tongue too."
"It was some soup you had," the doctor mentioned.
"Oh, cool!" Chopper went back to looking at his hands. "Weird… I wonder what would happen if I did something like I was tossing a fireball…"
When he threw his arm forward, an ice ball came out of his hand and hit the wall. "Whoa… I don't know how I got this ability, but it does remind me of the Ice Hand ability that I had before!"
"Hold on a minute…" Doctor Hymer pondered. "Perhaps the cold you were suffering from might have gone away…but it could have had another effect on you. The coldness must have went into your hands and gave you the ability to throw ice balls. Let's call it the Ice Hand, all right? …Wait, you already said that."
"That sounds a bit weird, considering that that's what some people watching this right now might think… But, I guess it's better than something stupid, right? Anyway… Thanks for curing me, doc!"
"Oh, it wasn't me who cured you, you know… It happened to be her."
"You mean Luvbi?" Chopper gawked as he turned to the love-struck girl. "Wait… YOU? YOU cured me?"
"Yea, verily! Art thou surprised?" Luvbi giggled.
"Well, gee… I don't really know." Chopper rubbed the back of his head. "Errrr… How about we get going, considering that we need to go look for the Pure Heart…"
Waiting Room-
As soon as Chopper and Luvbi walked into the waiting room, Kirby, Sonic, Blade, and Mario immediately stood up in surprise.
"Poyo! (Chopper! You're alive!)" Kirby said cheerfully.
"What a relief! For a second there I thought you were actually going to die!" Sonic said, sighing in relief.
"And we can finally stop sitting in this stupid waiting room for the rest of the chapter!" Blade said happily. "No, seriously… I HATE waiting in waiting rooms."
Mario: Well, it IS a waiting room…
"Well, maybe it's best that we got going, all right?" Chopper suggested, opening the door outside. "And you'll never guess what happened."
"What?"
"I cured him of the cold!" Luvbi blurted out.
"...Yeah, that was one thing, but I also learned this," Chopper pointed to the well in the center of the town and threw an ice ball straight at it. "See? Now I can use the ice element for my hand!"
"Poyo? (But how is that going to help us, considering that this IS an ice environment?)" Kirby asked.
Chopper paused for a minute and then face palmed. "I honestly have no idea…"
Nevertheless, the group walked out of town via the gate and found themselves in a small area with some Ice Guys and Snowmos walking around. Chopper tested his ability out by tossing an ice ball at an Ice Guy, freezing it instantly.
"I think I can kick enemies while they're frozen," Chopper remarked, thinking about other adventures where he had the ice ability. By kicking the frozen Ice Guy, it got knocked into a Snowmo.
"Hey, that actually does work!" Sonic said in surprise. "But, we gotta have some fun too, like this!"
Sonic curled up in a ball and knocked a couple of Snowmos away easily. Mario also joined in the fun by bashing a couple of Snowmen in his way with his hammer. It was really satisfying to him.
"I think I see a pipe up ahead," Blade stated, seeing a pipe at the end of the pathway. "Does this mean we have to go in some sort of cavern to get to the Pure Heart?"
"Nay, I dost remember that my friend wouldeth be the one that is most likely holding it…" Luvbi trailed.
"…And where is your friend?" Sonic asked.
"Pray, wherefore wouldst I know?! I dost not remember everything, thou knowest, Knave!"
"Sheesh! No need to get snappy…" Sonic trailed.
"Well, I think it's best just to go down this pipe anyway," Blade jumped on top of the white pipe and went down it. Everyone else shrugged and followed the ninja cat down the pipe.
Ice Cavern-
As they all came out of the pipe, they noticed that they were all standing in a cavern. The sky couldn't be seen, nor could any light. It wasn't completely dark, but it was definitely an uncomfortable cave.
"Ugh… I doth not like the way this cave is…" Luvbi trailed, holding onto Chopper.
"Let go of me!" Chopper cried, getting out of Luvbi's grasps, only to bump into a familiar face from before.
"Surprised to see me, meanie-heads?"
"Mimi…"
"Who?"
"A girl that can transform into a spider."
It was indeed Mimi. They all noticed she was wearing a pink snow jacket that was like a dress. She wasn't even wearing boots in this cave, nor was her hood up, which was surprising to them.
"Boy, you guys sure don't seem to give up, even after one of your friends is in danger!" Mimi cackled.
"Poyo, (That's enough from you, Mimi,)" Kirby retorted, getting into his fighting stance. "Poyo? (Now what do you want?)"
"What do I want? You stupid little gumball! It's obvious what I'm here for! I'm here to stop you dummies from getting the Pure Heart!"
"And thou really thinkest that thou can stop us?" Luvbi asked with an annoyed look.
"And who is this brat?"
"The 'brat' that thou art referring to is the daughter of the rulers of the aftergame!" Luvbi glared hatefully at the green girl. "And obviously I am MUCH cuter than what thou art like!"
"OK, Luvbi… I don't want you getting into a fight…" Chopper trailed.
"As if!" Mimi retorted. "I'm much better-looking than you! Why? Because you won't have those looks for long when you and those meanie-heads have their game end!"
"Poyo! (We're not afraid to take you on, Mimi! It's five against one, so there's no point in trying to fight us!)" Kirby shouted.
"Oh… I think I know something that'll get on your nerves! Mimimimimimi!" From the sound of her creepy voice, Chopper and Kirby both cringed in fear as Mimi snapped her own neck.
"What in the… What is she DOING?!" Blade gawked.
"That looks so…horrifying!" Sonic guffawed.
"Trust me… We've seen this before…" Chopper covered his eyes in fear of the girl. When he opened them, he saw Mimi transformed into a spider.
"Are you afraid yet, dummies? Well, we'll see how things turn out when I'm done playing with you!" Mimi crept her way toward the heroes, with Luvbi stepping away from her.
"I doth not like the look of her now…" Luvbi shivered. "Please, my prince… Get rid of her please…"
"Well, although she is rather disturbing… She's not really that hard to defeat in her spider form." Chopper pointed out.
"What do you mean?" Blade questioned.
"Well, all you gotta do is continue to attack her and her spider legs will come off. What? Kirby and I did just that and we managed to defeat her! Surely that'll work the same way for her."
"Then let's try it!" Sonic jumped toward Mimi, but when she tossed an Ice Rubee at him, he was frozen.
"Uh oh…" Chopper walked over to Sonic and melted the ice that froze him with a simple fireball. "I guess fire works out well against her here…unless I manage to freeze her with ice!"
"You're better off not trying!" Mimi cackled as she crept toward him. Chopper shrugged and tossed an ice ball at her, freezing her for a couple of seconds and allowing him to jump on him twice to make a spider leg come off.
"EEEEEEK! My spider leg!"
"Poyo, (Well, that was an easy attack,)" Kirby stated as he inhaled a Flaming Rubee Mimi tossed and spat it at her, stunning her and leaving a burn on her. Although, she did manage to get away before he could strike her.
"Well, she's up there now… Just watch out for those Rubees she drops. I think Thoreau would be best to use if she's up there." Chopper informed.
Mario: I got it!
When Mimi dropped a normal red Rubee from the ceiling, Mario grabbed it with Thoreau and threw it straight at Mimi, which sent her straight to the icy ground for him to stomp on her, leaving her stunned.
With one last stomp, Mario was able to get another spider leg off the psychotic girl, leaving her with only four legs left.
"Wow… I don't know about you guys, but I think Mimi is probably one of the easiest enemies we've ever faced so far…" Sonic commented. "By that, I'm talking about bosses."
"Yeah, that's true," Chopper tossed another ice ball at Mimi, but it didn't do too much because she managed to break out of her frozen prison and make a bunch of Flaming Rubees rise from the ground to strike them all.
"Poyo! (Ouch! These things are hot!)" Kirby screeched.
"Well, these Rubees are flaming, after all…" Chopper trailed as he held his arm in pain from the burnt mark. "We need to somehow make an attack on Mimi without us getting hurt…"
"Oh, that sounds easy!" Blade smirked as he drew his katana. "…Nah, I think my Pixl needs a chance to shine here."
"Glad you're letting me help, BA-BOOM!" Hommissile chirped.
"Yup! Now let's make an attack on Mimi!" Blade jumped toward the stunned Mimi and struck her with his katana, snapping off another spider leg and leaving her with only three more left.
"You're going to pay for that!" Mimi roared as she connected her spider legs to the icy floor and the ceiling with Rubees on her head. At this point, she was beginning to spin rapidly.
"What is she doing?" Chopper asked.
"Poyo… (This isn't good… She's using that attack now…)" Kirby groaned. "Poyo… (All I can do is defend myself…)"
Everyone stood over by the corner and let Mimi go all over the place. As soon as she stopped, that's when Sonic struck her with a Homing Attack, leaving her stunned. But, it didn't work out, since she managed to climb up onto the wall and drop a couple of Ice and Flaming Rubees.
"I don't think we can actually pick those up," Chopper said as he pointed to the Flaming and Ice Rubees. "But, I think Kirby and I can inhale those things."
"Poyo! (Yeah, I can inhale one of them!)" Kirby inhaled the Flaming Rubee and managed to spit it out on Mimi while she was up on the ceiling, knocking her to the ground easily.
"How long until that hideous thing is defeated?" Luvbi asked, looking away from Mimi.
"Hideous thing?! You should know that I'm probably much cuter than you are, butterfly!" Mimi scowled before freezing from Chopper's ice ball. This allowed Sonic to attack her and snap off another spider leg, leaving her with only two more.
Mario: Only two more to go!
"I'll show you what else I can do!" Mimi tried to swipe at the group with her spider legs, but it didn't really work against them. She did manage to avoid one of Chopper's ice balls, though.
"Fighting Mimi as a spider kind of reminds me of fighting Shade's freaky spider form," Blade remarked, deflecting a Flaming Rubee back at Mimi with his katana. "Don't you guys agree with me?"
"Yeah, I certainly do," Chopper nodded as he threw a fireball toward the psychotic girl, only for her to avoid it easily like before. But Kirby managed to stun her while on Carrie and with one more jump, he managed to snap off a spider leg, leaving her with only one more.
"So, Mimi… How does it feel to have only one spider leg?" Sonic asked.
"This fight isn't finished yet, dummies!" Mimi barked, creeping her way toward the group. She managed to hit Chopper with at least one Ice Rubee, but he managed to get out of the frozen prison within five seconds, just like what Kirby did when she froze him.
"How much longer until she is defeated?" Luvbi asked out of curiosity.
"Don't worry, Luvbi. She should be finished soon." Chopper assured, turning back to Mimi with an ice ball in his hand. "So… Are you actually going to give up already or something, or do we need to get rid of one last spider leg?"
"Poyo, (I say we just finish her off,)" Kirby suggested.
"…But I'd rather not hurt her. But, if it's really NECESSARY to do something like that, then, well… I guess we have no other choice."
"Mimimimimimimi! Oh, you stupid little boys! You ALWAYS think you're so much better than me because I'm a girl, don't you?!" Mimi spat, making Chopper and Kirby gawk at her.
"We never said anything like that…" Chopper face palmed. "Oh, forget it."
He tossed an ice ball at Mimi and froze her. With one last jump, he managed to snap off her last spider leg and make her fall to the ground.
"Ack! You… You… Why did you have to do that?!"
"Look… You were asking for it, so don't complain about it." Blade said as he put his katana away.
Before Mimi could speak, an explosion surrounded the girl, turning her back into her normal form. But, just like before, she was slouching a bit…but not before teleporting out of the ice cavern.
"…Well, she's gone," Chopper stopped clenching his fist and sighed. "So… On a scale from one to ten… How easy was she?"
"Poyo, (About an eight,)" Kirby said.
"Uhhhhh… Most likely a nine." Sonic answered.
"Ten. Flat." Blade stated.
Mario: Probably around an eight.
"Yeah, exactly. That was probably the easiest fight we've ever had in a while." Chopper nodded.
Mario: Bonechill was easier.
"Is it all right to see now?" Luvbi asked, turning around with her eyes being covered by her wings. "I dost not want to see that horrible spider."
"It's all right, Luvbi, you can look now," Chopper assured.
When she uncovered her face, she noticed she was gone. "Oh, what a relief!"
"Poyo, (Let's just go,)" Kirby suggested as he opened the door. Everyone else followed him into a small room with a Star Block up ahead.
"Just hit the block already," Blade suggested.
"Yeah, I know," Chopper walked up to the Star Block and smashed it with one punch.
END OF CHAPTER
With that cold out of Chopper's way, the whole group began to explore the ice cavern. Some of them looked a bit confused at this place, while some others thought this place felt a bit safe due to the fact that they weren't outside where it was most likely twice as cold as here. "Poyo, (I don't know why, but I feel like I'm seeing something up ahead,)" said Kirby as he noticed a couple of things up ahead. It was a little tunnel that acted like some sort of slide.
I know you're probably going to say I referenced a show, but I didn't intend to. In fact, I don't even watch Doctor Who. But, anyway, what's up ahead? Well... You'll see when we get there. Sorry, but that's how it is. :P