Before I continue, the character, Dark Doom, is actually my friend's character (so he's owned by Maniacal Toaster, which he goes by on Deviant Art).
It wasn't a long way to the town that the Mirror Shard was located. Just like last time, it had taken them fifteen minutes to get there. It was mostly white with a little bit of blue. The ocean could also be seen from the distance as well.
"Boy, that underground cave place sure felt like a death trap," Sonic remarked while juggling a blue Chaos Emerald. "Why would someone make it so that if you stepped somewhere, the walls would cave in and crush you? It's not like there was anything there…"
"Well, it wasn't a death trap for us," Berry replied. "All we got was perfume..."
"Well, I suppose that's better than caved in walls..." Mario trailed. "Now, let's-a see where the Mirror Shard could be found here."
Chopper went over to Vivian, and she showed him the map. "All right… So the Mirror Shard could be ANYWHERE in this town. It doesn't give a specific location, unfortunately. But we're not splitting up again, that's for sure."
"Might I suggest asking the people around?" Flyer mentioned.
"Yeah! That's not a bad idea! Let's go talk to some people!" Scrub agreed, starting off by asking a random Toad narby. Unfortunately, he knew nothing about the Mirror Shard.
"Well, that was a waste of time…" Shadower groaned.
"Did you guys say something about a Mirror Shard?" came a voice from behind them.
Turning around, they saw a fat Goomba with a brown mustache, a green hat with a pink feather on it and an orange body. One thing for certain was that he had the certain shopkeeper appearance.
"Who the heck are you?" Tamber asked rudely.
"My name is Goomshu, a shopkeeper here at Viti Town," Goomshu answered, ignoring Tamber's rudeness. "Need some Ultra Shrooms? I'm the Goomba to give you them! As long as you have enough coins, you'll be able to purchase them!"
"Well… OK, that's-a very nice of you." Mario replied.
"Hold on a moment… Are you THE Mario? Holy… You're a LEGEND around here!"
"Well, a lot of people tend to say that."
"Indeed! Anyway, you people said you needed to find a Mirror Shard, right?" Goomshu asked, receving nods from everyone. "Well, I have a treat for you!" he walked over to a case he kept with him and opened it. A piece of a mirror was inside of it.
"No way..." Bombette gaped.
"Surprised? I thought so!" Goomshu chuckled. "This is something I've been holding onto for quite some time. I'm willing to hand this to you...if you do me a favor."
"Oh, no... You're going to make us pay for it, right?" Chopper frowned.
"Actually, no," Goomshu replied, closing the case and putting it away.
"Then... What do you want?" Berry asked.
"You see, I lost some red rings around the town while I was walking, and no matter how many times I searched, I couldn't find them anywhere. Since you seem to have a keen eye in searching for stuff, would you mind finding them for me? There are ten overall."
"Oh... Well, I guess it wouldn't hurt to do that." Chopper shrugged. "We'll be back with them, we promise."
"Let's-a go, then!" Mario shouted.
With that, they took off and began to search the town for the red rings, allowing Goomshu to relax for now.
"Hmmmm… I think I ought to use this scanning device to find out if there are any red rings around here." Flyer decided, pulling out his light blue scanning device and started to scan the town.
"You're so lucky that you have such a cool device, Flyer," Scrub frowned. "If I had those devices and Contadre's fighting skills, I'd be the most unstoppable fighter in the Glitz Pit."
"Sorry, Scrub, but I couldn't trust you with these devices one bit. I don't know if I could even trust Chopper with-" Flyer paused when he was starting to pick up something in a blue jar near a restaurant. "I'm picking something up from this jar!"
"Well, time to do what most heroes do to get things out of jars!" Chopper grabbed the jar and threw it at the wall, breaking it and making a red ring fall out.
"HEY! DON'T BREAK MY JARS, YOU YOUNG WHIPPERSNAPPER!" an elderly dark blue Yoshi with a long, white beard yelled through a window. "THOSE COST A LOT OF MONEY!"
"Whoa, talk about an angry attitude… Let's ignore that old man and get moving." Sonic suggested as Chopper took the red ring and made a run for it with his friends. When they were safe, they continued to check all over town for more red rings. Flyer had scanned the red ring in order to see if there were more similar around.
"I'll go smash whatever those red rings are trapped in to get 'em out!" Tamber declared, rushing at every crate they had passed by in the town. He smashed them and had gotten four red rings out of it. "Sweet! I found some rings! Score one for Tamber and zero for the gumball! Or…whatever the heck you're supposed to be… Ha ha ha ha!
"You realize that zero for 'whatever the heck you're supposed to be' kind of counts as me as well, you know that?" Berry reminded, glaring at him.
"Pbbbtthh! If that's true, then I'm more than happy to insult you!" Tamber laughed.
"You're a jerk, you know that?"
"Yeah, I know," he replied, smashing more crates and jars they had passed by. Thankfully, the rest of them were hidden in jars, and they had gotten all ten as a result. It had also made many of the townspeople angry.
"You know, I thought people wouldn't be this upset over us breaking those jars and crates..." Chopper trailed. "Usually people don't make a big deal out of that."
"Where'd you get that idea from?" Shadower asked.
"Uhhhhh... From a game? Er... Anyway, let's go back to that Goomba."
They had eventually returned to see Goomshu again, who had been lying back on his chair. When he caught sight of them, he quickly sat up with an eager look.
"Welcome, customers! We have-" Goomshu paused, recognizing the group. "Oh, it's just you guys. So, have you brought me the red rings?"
Chopper took out his one red ring and Tamber dropped the other nine on his desk, leaving Goomshu to gape.
"Check mate, fatso. Give us the Mirror Shard." demanded Tamber.
Goomshu shrugged, took the red rings, and brought the case out. He handed Tamber the Mirror Shard, and he rudely swiped it from his hands. However, it was then taken from him by Vivian.
"Hey! That was mine!" Tamber complained.
"Great! We got another Mirror Shard! That's two out of the seven! All right, Vivian… Where's the next Mirror Shard at?" Chopper asked.
Vivian took out her map and found the next location. "We have to go northeast from this island. There's some huge cliff over there, if this map is correct. I guess we should go there at once."
Everyone nodded in agreement and set off toward the northeast, leaving the people of the town to go get some new jars and crates.
Near a large, gray field, there was a base that was mostly made of black with a purple trim on portions such as the doors and the roof. Guarding the entrance to the base were two, alien-like creatures with purple eyes, no mouths and a grayish black body with a bit of purple to them called Dark Creatures. These creatures also had three, pointy fingers and black and purple armor. They appeared to be around Sonic's height.
Inside the base was a bit different. It was a combination between a royal palace and an alien-like home, having a royal throne and even some organic veins attached to some parts of the walls. The rug leading to the throne had a symbol of purple eyes and a black moon crescent.
"Are you sure you want some Toad in your stew, Your Majesty?" a Dark Creature asked an alien-like being sporting two protrusions on the back of his head. On his chest was a a moon crescent with the point of the crescent pointing up, and his body sported some black stripes on his wrists, pointy tail, and legs. In his hands was a gem resembling a Chaos Emerald, though its appearance was more of a black color.
"Of course I want I do," the Dark Creature king named Dark Doom hissed, giving his minion a glare. "It's probably the only decent thing for me to devour here."
"Ah, yes… My apologies, sir." the Dark Creature left, but quickly returned with a bowl of stew. "Here you go."
Dark took the bowl and tasted the stew with a black spoon.
"Ahhh… This is nice." Dark grinned. "Things are definitely looking good today. Maybe I should set up an attack on this island one day. Mobius was beginning to feel a little dull, so why not come here? That Gizoid came here and made himself an ARMY, so, why not do the same thing?"
"Why not attack the island today?" a Dark Soldier carrying an alien-like gun suggested.
Dark pondered for the moment. "Hmmmm… Perhaps, but not now. Shade is busy working on those weapons, and those are needed to complete our attack. Speaking of him… Where is that kid? I need to see him now."
"Of course, sir! I'll be back with him soon." the Dark Soldier nodded, leaving the room to go find Shade.
After three minutes, a small boy the size of Chopper and also the shape of him walked into the room. Like Dark, he was also a gray color, with black eyes, black gloves, and black feet. But unlike Dark, he had wings that could appear upon flying. A big, black moon crescent-like blade rested on his head, and in the center was a glowing sun. His gloves even had a shining sun on them too.
"What do you want, Dark?" Shade asked.
"What was that?"
Shade let out an annoyed groan as he clenched his fists. "What do you want, Dark Doom?"
"So, Shadow, or rather, Shade… I have a little something for you." Dark pulled out some blueprints and tossed them to Shade. "These are the blueprints to our new weapon, the 'Dark Cannon'. It will be a weapon that is fully capable of blowing up an entire island. I need you to make the weapon for us. You ARE the engineer…"
"THIS is what you called me in for? A weapon that will destroy an island?"
"Correct. It is important for conquering the world... Make it at once!"
"…Fine, I'll make your stupid little weapon…"
Shade gripped the blueprints and walked out of the room. Once he was out, he clenched his fists. "That fool… Treating me like I'm a slave…" Hissing, he crumpled the blueprints and tossed them in the trash to his side.
When there were no sign of Dark Creatures, a demented grin had appeared on his face. "Hee hee hee… Oh… I'll make sure when I get out of this place, I'll leave you with a little present! It'll be a way of telling you not to underestimate me..."
The half Dark Creature and half…whatever he was walked back into his room with a psychotic look on his face, waiting for his plan to finally take place.
Northeast of Viti-
"Well, here we are. This must be the huge cliff that the map was showing us. Boy, it sure is a big one…" Chopper stopped right by the edge of the cliff. Thankfully, it wasn't too steep, but nothing was down there. No grass, no trees, no bushes. No nothing. It was all barren.
"Wowza… That's a pretty steep cliff. I wouldn't wanna fall down there." Sonic said in surprise. "OK, let's get back to business. So we need to find the third Mirror Shard here… You guys have any ideas?"
Chopper looked carefully around. He noticed that there was something floating over the cliff. Something rather familiar. Getting a better look at it, it was revealed to be the Mirror Shard, but grabbing it was the main issue. Jumping would certainly not help.
"Great... That Mirror Shard's going to be difficult to catch..." Chopper groaned.
"I'll go get it," Flyer decided, flying over to the shard to grab it, only to receive a nasty shock. "Yeow! What was that? ...Wait, I see a sign here."
Flyer approached the sign and began to read it.
To those who seeketh the Mirror Shard,
Thy hands shalt not grab the shard, but a pulling object may do the trick.
"Strange... We need an object than can pull things? I wonder what we could use..." Flyer pondered. Chopper had tried thinking as well, but then he noticed a yo-yo to the side of him.
"Hmmmmmm... I think that yo-yo can help me." Chopper pondered, inhaling the yo-yo. Upon swallowing it, he gained a gray backwards baseball cap on his head and a red yo-yo. "Great! Now I got the Yo-yo ability! Now THIS should come in handy!"
Chopper walked over to the Mirror Shard floating over the cliff and grabbed with the help of his yo-yo. The shock had no effect when it had finally gotten in his hands, most likely because the shard was no longer over the cliff.
"That was it? That had to be the easiest shard we've gotten!" Tamber complained. "Where's the challenge?!"
"Poyo... (Well, then I guess we can leave...)" Kirby decided. "Poyo? (I mean, what ELSE can we do here?)"
"Leaving so soon? What a shame..."
Everyone stopped in place when they saw a tree with boxing gloves landed behind him. Considering that Kirby was the closest to him, he whacked him and sent him flying near Chopper. They had all turned to face the tree boxer, Treenoon.
"What the heck? What is that thing?" Chopper gawked.
"Heh heh heh hoo hah! So you're the antennae boy that His Majesty wanted me to take care of." Treenoon laughed, though he stopped when he saw a group in front of him. "...Wait, there's a whole group of you! Which one of you is the one named Chopper?"
"He's...gone that way," Berry answered, pointing to the cliff.
"Hmmmmmm... You know, now that I think about it, I was told this Chopper was described as being pale green with white gloves, two antennae, and green feet..." Treenoon trailed, his eyes slowly shifting to face Chopper. "And it appears there's someone who matches that description..."
"Errrr... You've got the wrong guy." Chopper objected, but that didn't seem to be working. "...OK, fine. What do you want?"
"I was given orders by King Dedede to eliminate you. And that's a job I plan on finishing!" Treenoon declared, charging toward Chopper and he knocked him back with a punch. He was sent flying toward the cliff, but Kirby used his inhale to get him back on the ground.
"Thanks, Kirby…" Chopper panted, jumping back over to the group and Treenoon. "OK, you tree! If you wanna fight, then I guess we don't have much of a choice..."
Tattle: That's Treenoon. He must be a minion of King Dedede's. Strange… It says that he's a Demon Beast, just like those two guys you encountered on Clearno Island. Max HP is 220, Attack is 13, and Defense is 0. He'll do like what all boxers do: punch you and make sure you're beaten to a pulp. He's got a mega punch attack that can make you dizzy if you're not careful, and not to mention he likes to use some cheap tactics to win. Yeesh! I thought you're supposed to play fair in boxing?!
"All right, it's time I tested out my yo-yo!" Chopper attacked Treenoon with his yo-yo, wrapping him up and then making him spin around upon release. He ended up becoming dizzy after Chopper's Yo-yo Spin attack, not to mention he took 8 damage as well.
"Well that looks like it's useful. Anyway, let's see how well this tree can handle my hammer!" Taking her hammer out, Berry approached Treenoon and slammed it on its head for 8 damage.
"Ungh... Take this!" Treenoon rushed at Chopper, and with one quick punch, he was knocked back from getting punched in the face.
After rubbing his cheek, Chopper flung his yo-yo at Treenoon. The attack sent him near the cliff's edge. Sonic smirked and knocked him off the cliff with a Spin Dash.
"GAH! NOOOOO!" yelled Treenoon as he fell to his doom. Sonic made a cocky pose and also waggled his finger in victory.
"Hah! Too easy!" Sonic grinned. That was, until Treenoon jumped back up and knocked Sonic back with a powerful punch that sent him flying back to his friends.
"Sorry, but I'm not leaving so soon. I'm much tougher than you think!" Treenoon taunted. Chopper sighed and threw a fireball straight towards him, causing him to severely burn. "Argh! Not fire! I can't stand it!"
Tamber made the next move, punching him with his fists and then performing an uppercut punch to bring him down to 168 HP. Treenoon clenched one of his fists and attempted to punch Chopper, but Shadower was the one to get hit instead by his punch, losing 13 HP in the process.
"Allow me to return the favor!" Shadower declared, bringing his arm back and letting a shadowy fist punch Treenoon and lower his defense by 4, despite not mattering too much. Chopper had flung his yo-yo at Treenoon afterward, bringing him down to 151 HP.
Treenoon shook himself and threw in a fast punch that knocked Kirby back. Though, it didn't stop Kirby from using his Inhale, because a yellow star was left behind from the punch.
"Ungh! Not bad, pink puffball..." Treenoon groaned, only to get scorched by Chopper's fireball. "You people are pretty tough... Never before have I run into a group of people that could challenge me like this."
"Well, we've always been a strong-" Chopper got cut off as soon as a punch struck him, knocking his Yo-yo ability away in the process. "Hey! No fair! I was in the middle of talking!"
"When we battle, there is never time for anything..."
Chopper groaned and delivered another fireball at Trenoon, while Vivian's Shade Fist made the burn last longer. She was lucky enough to guard the punch that had been hurled by Treenoon, while he ended up taking a bit of extra damage from being burned. Chopper's hammer was surrounded in fire energy as he brought it down on the tree boxer, which brought him down to 108 HP, but when Bombette exploded, he was down to 100.
"Wow, this guy can hardly fight! I mean, this fight is a piece of cake!" Scrub scoffed. Since Treenoon had heard that, he threw in a punch at Scrub, but he guarded it in time and gave him a smug look. "Pbbbbbth! You think a simple punch is going to take me down? Well, let's see if you like THIS!"
The small Yoshi fluttered over to Treenoon, and with eight Ground Pounds, he took 8 out of him.
"Nice work, Scrub! Now it's my turn!" Chopper went ahead and stomped on Treenoon, bringing him down to 83 HP. After he Superguarded Treenoon's punch, Chopper landed a Wall Jump and took 18 HP out of him.
"Argh... Very clever..." Treenoon grunted. "But how did you manage to stop that attack?"
"Well, he's fast and he can avoid some attacks with that speed! Do you know what you can't avoid? THIS!" Mario rushed toward Treenoon, and with one Super Jump, he took 10 HP out of him. Treenoon grumbled as he punched Mario with a fast punch, suffering from the burn as well. After Chopper's fireball and Flyer's Flying Attack, he began to pant.
"Guh… How is this possible?" Treenoon panted. "I'm much stronger than you people!"
"Or you just believed that," Bombette scoffed.
"Ungh... I need a better plan…" Treenoon rushed at Chopper and attempted to punch him. Though it was guarded, he did manage to take 12 out of him.
Chopper took out his hammer and brought it down on Treenoon with a Fire Smash. Tamber's Combo Punch also left him severely weakened, now at 15 HP.
Treenoon grunted and knocked Chopper back into Berry. She eventually helped him up so he could charge at Treenoon and land a jump on his head. Once he moved out of the way, Kirby gave Treenoon a smirk.
"Poyo! (Here it comes!)" Kirby began to perform his Cartwheel and rammed into Treenoon, knocking him to the ground and defeating him.
"Urrghh… NO!" Treenoon grunted, dropping 34 Star Points. Not only that, but Chopper also leveled up, which he used to upgrade his BP to 51. However, the celebration had not lasted very long, as Treenoon was enveloped by a dark mist.
"Hey, what is that?" Shadower asked, pointing at the demon beast. Everyone took notice too and saw the dark mist slowly fade away. Treenoon was nowhere in sight.
"Whoa, did he just…disappear through that darkness? Wow… That's strange." Chopper gawked. "But, he had said that he was with King Dedede... Where the heck did he manage to get something like that from?"
"Well, that will remain a mystery for now. All that matters is that we got the Mirror Shard, and now we need to find the next one." Flyer declared, turning to Vivian. "Vivian, would you do the honors of showing us the next one?"
"Of course," Vivian replied, taking out the map. She noticed that they didn't have to go too far this time. "This one's not too far. We just need to go a little north from here and we'll be at some mansion. It does look a little creepy, though…"
"Creepy mansions aren't going to stop us, though!" Sonic grinned. "We went through King Boo's Mansion, so I think we can get through this one!"
"Yeah... We can..." Flyer trailed with uncertainty.
"What's wrong, Flyer? Are you scared?" Chopper asked.
"No no... I'm fine. Let's just hope there's company there..."
"Oh... All right. Well, let's head out!" Chopper declared, heading north from where they were. Everyone else soon followed.
Eight minutes later-
As they continued their travels toward the mansion, they noticed the sky get a lot darker than usual. It seemed to resemble the nighttime sky.
"So, what do you think could be in that mansion?" Sonic asked. "More ghosts?"
"Well... I really hope there isn't, because I think I've had enough of..." Chopper stopped for a moment upon realizing something. "Wait... Bow told me that she was going to Viti to see her dad... I wonder if this could be it..."
"Bow?" Berry gawked, only realizing that she had seen her on the boat. "Oh, yeah! Her! Did she have anything interesting to say?"
From the sound of her voice, Chopper couldn't tell if she was suspicious or not. "Well... She wanted me to help her with something..."
Unfortunately, he hadn't had the time to explain when a ball of red energy had fired near them, creating a small explosion that knocked them back. Not only that, but they heard the sound of a high-pitched cackle as well. A all too familiar one at that.
"Oh, no… Don't tell me who I think it is…" Chopper groaned.
"What do you mean 'Don't tell me who I think it is'?" Flyer asked.
"I have fuuuuuuuury…" the voice sang.
Everyone looked up and saw Fawful floating down with the help of his Vacuum Helmet. As usual, he had shown off his creepy grin and started cackling.
"So, we have the meeting again, Green Antennae!" Fawful cackled. "Fawful has been craving on his plan for more than three days! Unfortunately, you fink-rats will not have the seeing of my honey-gorging plan when you have KOing!"
"What the… Who's this nut job?" Tamber asked.
"Nuts? No, Fawful has no hunger for nuts. Just to conquer the world. However, it has the requiring of destroying you and the mustache that whom I hate hate HAAAAAATE!"
"So, you're asking for a fight? Well, that isn't much of a big deal!" Mario smirked, stepping up and getting in his fighting stance.
"Whoa, Mario! Slow down there!" Chopper cut in, getting in Mario's way. "We just had a fight with Treenoon! You really expect us to defeat HIM? We don't have the time for a fight anyway, so I think we should just walk away from this battle."
"I have chortles! So you want to run away like the little piggy on the carriage? Fawful says NO! It's time for the sandwich to rain down on you! …With KETCHUP!"
"I like ketchup, but I'd rather not deal with someone as fawful as you!"
"...That was stupid," Tamber mumbled.
Tattle: That's Fawful. He's the crazy little bean that…makes no sense at all. Max HP is 240, Attack is 13, and Defense is 1. He'll normally attack you with his blaster or some dark energy that he somehow got. I don't know WHERE he got it, but it says in my Tattle Log that he's got that ability. I'm still a little confused on why he calls you "Green Antennae". What a weirdo...
Chopper saw Fawful was close to the ground, so ground attacks wouldn't be such a bad idea. He threw an electric ball at Fawful and electrocuted him. It only did 7 damage due to his obvious defense. Flyer flew over to Fawful and struck him with a Flying Attack. The beanish being gagged, but it didn't stop him from aiming his blaster at Flyer and shooting at him.
"Wow, where did he even get that gun?" Flyer asked. Mario shrugged before approaching Fawful and bringing his Ultra Hammer upon his head..
"Wow, I can't believe that this hammer can do more damage than it usually does!" Mario gawked as he looked at his hammer. Chopper brought his hammer down on Fawful as well, bringing him to 210 HP.
"Fink-rat! Take THIS!" Fawful shouted, his Vacuum Helmet changing green. It fired a green orb of energy at Chopper, which exploded on impact and knocked him back a little. He got up and brushed himself before changing to his Needle ability. Chopper became a spiked ball and rammed into Fawful and taking 7 out of him.
"Ha! How do you like THAT?" Chopper scoffed, getting out of his needle ball and waggling his finger at Fawful.
"All right, lemme give you a hand, Chopper,," Shadower decided, throwing in a Shadow Punch at Fawful, lowering his defense by 4.
"Nyeah heh heh heh heh!" Fawful cackled as his Vacuum Helmet turn red and fire a red orb of energy at Mario. He brought his arms up and defended himself from the attack.
"Whew… That was a close one!" Mario huffed.
"Pffffft! So what if he's got those moves? It'll end the same way as before! Watch this!" Sonic got in a ball and shot himself at Fawful with a Spin Dash. Chopper attacked with a Spin Jump afterward.
"I have fury! Let's see if you can take the mustard of doom!" Fawful exclaimed, firing a shot from his blaster at Sonic, which knocked him back and did 13 damage as well.
"Wow, this guy sure is a beanhead. I mean, what's with that creepy grin?!" Sonic exclaimed.
"I don't know…" Chopper shrugged, throwing an ice ball at Fawful afterward. He shivered at first, but then Vivian struck him with a Shade Fist and left him with a burn.
"I HAVE HOTNESS!" Fawful rushed toward Chopper and tackled him, dealing 13 damage. Chopper retaliated by striking him with his hammer.
"OK, this fight is going a little slow, but I think we should throw in some stronger moves," Chopper decided.
"Then I'll hit him with a Power Punch!" Tamber declared, walking over to Fawful, and with energy in his fist, he punched the little bean and knocked him far back with a Power Punch, bringing him to 140 HP.
Fawful got himself back up and used his Vacuum Helmet to suck Tamber in. He struggled to get himself out, but Fawful let his Vacuum Helmet spit him out and hit Chopper, dealing 13 damage to the both of them. Angered, Tamber charged at Fawful and struck him with a Combo Punch.
"Yeah! Enjoy the dirt ALL you want!" Tamber chuckled. Fawful spit the dirt the got in his mouth and he brushed his teeth. Everyone gawked at him in confusion.
"Hmmmmm…" Chopper pondered for the moment, and then an idea struck him. "Guys, maybe we should test out that new Crystal Star ability that we can use. It says it's called Rapid Spin."
"Well, we never tried it out... So go right ahead." Flyer replied.
"All right, then," Chopper summoned the Moon Star, and he and his friends jumped on it. The Great Being Watching Us just had to mash the A or B button five times before the Moon Star would spin around and hit Fawful, taking 24 HP out of him.
"Huff… I have pain… But Fawful's pain will soon be passed to you!" Fawful got back up and drew his blaster. He fired a shot at Chopper, but he guarded it with ease.
"Whew… That was too close." Chopper quickly shook himself and then threw a fireball at Fawful to leave another burn on him.
"He's pretty much halfway done, I believe, so we should get him down pretty soon," Bombette noted, leaving Fawful with 90 HP after her Bomb attack. Fawful continued to cackle and fired a red orb of energy from his Vacuum Helmet at Berry. Her hammer let her guard the attack, but it still did a large amount my damage.
"I might as well make my move, then," Berry decided, bringing her hammer down on Fawful's head. Chopper went back to using his Needle ability and struck his opponent in his needle ball attack. Fawful quickly shook himself and changed his blaster to a laser sword, which he used to knock Chopper's ability away.
"What the… So he can use a laser sword too?" Flyer gawked. "How strange...
"Yeah, this is confusing," Chopper agreed after shaking himself. He switched to his Wheel ability and ran over Fawful with ease.
"Fawful is having the beating of his lifetime! …But the battle does not have finishing!" Fawful stated before Scrub used his Gulp ability on him and dealt 8 damage to him, bringing him to 59 HP.
"Come on, Fawful… You KNOW that this is over." Chopper noted. "You only got 59 HP left, for Pete's sake! You're going to lose."
"I have chortles!" Fawful retorted. "Fawful is laughing at you for your bragging! Try all you want, but your fury will NEVER match Fawful's!"
Fawful took out a helmet with pilot goggles on it and threw them directly at Chopper. However, rather than hit him, it ended up going into his mouth.
"Wait... I didn't plan on that!" Chopper thought.
"Ummm… What was that all about?" Vivian asked.
"If Fawful cannot make you gorge from the outside, then Fawful shall make you gorge from the inside!" Fawful cackled. Unfortunately, his plan didn't work when Chopper gained a large silver jet plane helmet with a large jet engine on the back.
"Interesting… I got the Jet ability. I might as well test it out!" Chopper charged at Fawful and knocked him back. Flyer attacked him next, and he only had 42 HP left. Fawful changed his laser sword back to his blaster, and he shot Tamber with a laser, only to have him guard the attack.
"Pffffff! That's not enough to take me down, y'know! Time I used another Power Punch!" Tamber grinned, knocking Fawful back with another huge punch before chuckling and taunting him.
"OK, Tamber… I think that's enough." Chopper stared, but Tamber kept chuckling. "WE GET IT!"
"Oh, fine, be a parry pooper." Tamber scoffed, not seeing the shot from Fawful's blaster hit him. He turned to him and clenched his fists in anger. "All right, that's it! See how you like THIS!"
Tamber picked up a large rock and he threw it at Fawful, leaving him crushed. When it got off him, Chopper approached him with his hammer and brought it down on him. In return, Fawful's Vacuum Helmet struck him with a green blast from its mouth area.
Chopper created an electric ball and hurled it at Fawful, bringing him to 6 HP. Fawful volunteered to finish the job, so with one Flying attack, Fawful was knocked unconscious and dropped 36 Star Points for Chopper to receive.
"Whew… We did it, at long last…" Chopper sighed. "That fight was pretty annoying. But, now that we got that taken care of… Let's get back to going to the mansion."
"We're not too far from it," Flyer informed, noticing a mansion off in the distance.
"Then let us go!" Chopper declared, heading off to the mansion ahead. "If Bow is in there... Oh, man... I don't know whether this is going to be a good favor or not..."
Inside the mansion-
"Bow, I am very disappointed in you. You said you would come back here with a suitor, but you haven't!" a purple Boo with a wand, a top hat and a monocle looked at her daughter in disappointment inside the mansion. It was mainly decorated with a purple carpet, a couple of windows, and gray walls. Bow and her father, Boom, were in the main lobby, which consisted of a couch, a TV, and a staircase leading up to the next floor.
"I told you he would be here, Daddy. Just wait…" Bow assured.
"Very well, but he has ten minutes to come here," Boom informed. "After that, I'm done. I'll have to find you someone else instead, and he will check upon your mansion."
Bow groaned and looked away at the window. To her luck, she spotted Chopper and his friends coming their way.
"Hold on a second, I can see him coming!" Bow exclaimed.
"Is that so?"
"Yes. Let me go talk to him first." the female Boo phased through the wall and headed outside to meet with the group.
"Hey! It's-a Bow!" Mario exclaimed.
"Hello there, Mario. It's been... Wait, since when were you this loud?" Bow gawked. "Well, that's not what's important. You know why you're here, right, Chopper?"
"Actually... We were led here by some map leading to a Mirror Shard..." Chopper trailed.
"Really? Well... Maybe you can check out the mansion while you're in there."
"Before you go..." Flyer began, putting a mustache on Chopper's face. "I think you should wear that for now."
"...OK," Chopper became Ghost Chopper and quickly phase into the wall. She followed through, leaving the others to gape.
"Wait... Where's he going?!" Tamber asked.
"Don't worry, Tamber... I think he's going after the Mirror Shard." Flyer assured.
When the two came back into the mansion, Boom had taken notice of Chopper and approached him.
"Hmmmm? So, you must be the one that Bow was talking about, right?" Boom asked.
"Yeah, that's me. I'm Chopper." Chopper answered in a poorly-sounded deep voice, his eyes scanning the room. The thing that caught his attention the most was the Mirror Shard on the wall.
"I'm so glad you could make it," Bow smiled, approaching him from the side.
"Hmmmmmm..." Boom began to inspect Chopper for a moment. "Bow... I'm surprised you didn't pick someone that had much more...style."
"What do you mean?" Bow asked.
"It's just that... Those antennae... And he doesn't even look like a Boo! Normally I'd object to this being your suitor, but we do live in a time where Boos can make their own choices in life, so I am just going to have to respect it."
"Say…" Chopper started, pointing at the Mirror Shard on the wall. "That mirror item there… What is that?"
"That? Oh, that's just a shard I had found so many years ago. I consider it to be a family trophy. Why do you ask?"
"Well… You see, I kinda sorta need that thing..."
"Errmmm... My apologies, but I cannot just give out things like that to people I have first met, let alone someone my daughter is dating..."
Chopper tried to hold off on the last part of his sentence. "You see, I'm looking for something called a Crystal Star. If I don't get that shard, then I think this island could be in some serious trouble in the future."
"What now! Are you saying you're on some sort of quest?" Boom gawked.
"Yeah. I'm saving the world! ...Or universe."
"Well now! That is something interesting! Bow, why didn't you tell me he was a hero?"
"You never asked..." Bow trailed.
"Why, forget your stupid appearance and your fake mustache!" Boom exclaimed, leaving Chopper a bit angered. "I like the idea of a hero! My daughter is always in need of someone who can protect her-"
"Really? You know I can handle myself." Bow groaned.
"And if you're going to save the world, then you must have a purpose for coming here too. However... I wanna see you in action."
"Wait... What? You mean like this?" Chopper had created a ball of ghostly energy and fired it at the wall. It phased through, but there was the sound of a scream, making Chopper's eyes widen. "Oops..."
"Ahhhh... Now that was spectacular. All right, I think that's enough proof. Here. Take this shard." Boom flew over to the Mirror Shard and gave it to Chopper. "And please... Keep it safe."
"Oh... Thanks! ...Though, I kinda have to go now. You know, I'm saving the world and all..."
"Yes, yes, I understand. You are allowed to go. As for you, Bow..." Boom slowly turned his attention to Bow. "I don't think I need to send someone to your mansion. I think you're good enough on your own."
"Really? Well thank you very much, Daddy." Bow smiled. "I really appreciate your help, Chopper. ...Chopper?"
Turning around, she noticed Chopper was already gone.
"It's OK, Bow," Boom assured. "He has a job to do... While we're here, perhaps I can entertain you with a little story of mine!"
"Oh, no..." Bow groaned.
Outside, Chopper had removed his Ghost ability and mustache, and he held the Mirror Shard up.
"Well that was easier than I thought," Chopper smiled. "I can't believe that Boo was so convinced. I thought he'd be more strict than that!"
"I guess some people are different," Shadower shrugged as Chopper gave the Mirror Shard to Vivian. "So... Where's the next Mirror Shard?"
Vivian had opened up the map and noticed the next one was located in a building by the beach. "The next shard is located near the dock..."
"Well, then this should be a little fun run," Sonic smirked. "Let's go!"
With that, they headed off toward Viti's coastline.