Beldam brought Flyer into a strange, dark area with a black and bluish sky, along with a couple of colors like pink, light blue and purple swirling around in the background. He was left in shock. He had never seen a place like this.
"What kind of place is this?" Flyer asked in shock, which Beldam could easily sense.
"Mmmmmwee hee hee hee! Well, Flyer… Are you amazed at our wonderful new home?" Beldam cackled. "This is the place where we shall help you become stronger.
"What do you mean by 'we'?" Flyer asked. He suddenly noticed four other shadows rise from the ground, as well as Doopliss and Tipral appearing. "Wait... They're here, too?"
"So, is this who we're going to help train to use our magic? Why him?" Mysterious asked.
"Don't you understand? This is Chopper's best friend we're talking about!" Beldam spat.
"Oh, really?" the Shadow Brother grinned and laughed evilly. "Well, this is interesting! Very, VERY interesting!"
"Interesting? How?" Flyer wondered.
"Yuk yuk yuk! That slick's gonna get it now with you on our side!" Doopliss chuckled.
"Shut up, freak-in-a-sheet!" Beldam silenced. "Nobody wants to listen to you right now and you know it!"
Sighing, Doopliss decided to walk over to the corner. However, it wasn't before Tipral had grabbed his sheet and pulled him back.
"Hey, what're you doing?" Doopliss asked.
"I suggest you listen to me, or else I won't let you go so easily," Tipral warned, his eyes being enough to threaten Doopliss. "How do you know that we can trust this Wingel? It's easy to assume that he might easily betray us."
"Relax… He's not going to turn against us because he has some hatred of Chopper and his friends after being used by him." Beldam assured.
"Oh, really? So what's your plan, then?" the dark being asked, letting go of Doopliss and turning away. "He's only going to hold us back. You're being fools."
"Calm down, shadow-freak," Mysterious suggested. "With him on our side, we will finally defeat Chopper and his pathetic friends for good! Surely they will never go up against Flyer of all people!"
Tipral turned to Mysterious with narrowed eyes. "You are making a very big mistake..." the dark being approached Flyer with the same look. "Don't assume you're welcome here so easily. You aren't fully trusted by us, especially me."
"Think what you want, but that's not going to get me out of here," Flyer remarked, his glowing light blue eyes glaring at Tipral. "You know, without me in their group, they can't do much with mechanics. Plus, I'm probably one of the smartest ones of their group. Maybe I'm smarter than you."
"That's a bold statement, wing-head," Tipral hissed, clenching a fist. "Unfortunately, you don't have a large amount of power to back that up. I could easily beat you here if I wanted. I could probably even beat Chopper myself if he didn't have the help of his friends!"
"I may not have your power, but my mechanical skills far surpass yours."
"I don't care about mechanics, then fine, you can stay here. But don't ask for my help. I'm not as easy-going as these other freaks..."
"Freaks?!" Beldam hissed, giving Tipral a glare. When he walked away, she regained her calmness and turned back to Flyer. "So, Flyer… Are you ready to begin your training?"
"Yes, I'm ready to begin. Give me my first assignment and I'll be ready." Flyer replied, giving them all a glare.
"Excellent," Mysterious grinned. "When we're done with your training, you will be as strong as that shadow-freak!"
Over the ocean-
Unfortunately, their flight over the sandy continent wasn't exactly thrilling. The quake Stoneard created had also hurt them a bit, and falling below would not be nice. However, they noticed that they were starting to leaving the desert area, and now they were flying over the ocean. Chopper had looked back and noticed the darkness following them had covered the desert.
"That darkness... It got to the desert..." Chopper frowned.
"I don't believe it…" Vivian trailed. "The deserts covered in darkness."
"Errr... What is this darkness, exactly?" Blade asked.
"It's something that's supposed to approach the universe and eventually destroy it," Chopper answered.
"So it's just called the darkness? Nothing else?"
"Well... It is darkness."
"But that's so...generic!"
"Well, regardless of that, at least we're going to be landing in water," Sonic assured, noticing that they were all descending. However, when he realized what he just said, his eyes widened. "Wait... Water?! Uh oh..."
Sonic tried to turn and comically run while in midair, but it didn't appear to do any good. Plus, with the way he was moving in the air, he couldn't do it.
"Wait... We're landing in water?" Blade gawked, giving a pouty expression. "Oh, great... I don't even like water!"
It wasn't long before they all landed in the water. Everyone but Sonic swam up to the surface and spat the salty water out of their mouths. The salt water was definitely not nice...
"Ugh! Stupid salt water..." Tamber grumbled.
"For once, I actually agree with you," Berry pointed out, shaking the water out of her hair. She noticed a certain hedgehog missing. "...Wait, where's Sonic?"
"I'll go get him, so I'll be right back!" Blade took in some hair and dove underwaterwater, where he saw Sonic sinking to the bottom of the ocean. Blade began to swim down as fast as he could to get Sonic like a speedy squid. Sonic struggled to move up, and it only got worse when he saw the timer appear above him.
Thankfully, Blade managed to get him on time and back to the surface. The blue hedgehog took in a large amount of air and sighed in relief.
"Oh, THANK YOU… I thought I was going to drown for a second… I'm RELIEVED!" Sonic sighed. When he looked up, he noticed some more Dark Ships flying by. "Wow… There are more Dark Creatures? Where are they heading?"
Chopper looked up and noticed more Dark Ships flying over them. He turned around and noticed a few ships get caught in the darkness slowly creeping behind them.
"Geez... I don't like this one bit..." Chopper shuddered.
"Uhhh... Perhaps we should just get a move on?" Shadower suggested. "We don't want to be caught in that..."
Everyone eventually agreed and started to make a move on, swimming further away from the darkness. Unfortunately, at this rate, it wouldn't do them much good.
"I think it would be easier to go underwater," Chopper decided, diving underwater and increasing his speed. Night shrugged and dove underwater too.
Chopper studied the water carefully, noticing a few fish swimming by. Nothing special. However, what did catch his attention were a couple of X-Nauts in scuba gear swimming underwater. Unlike the X-Nauts from before, they resembled Master X-Nauts. These guys were Master Scubas, the toughest Scuba X-Nauts out there.
"Whoa, dude! Look over there! Chopper's coming towards us!" the Master Scuba gaped, spotting Chopper nearby.
"Well we better do as Sir Grodus says and take him down!" the other suggested.
The first Master Scuba aimed his blaster at Chopper and began to fire. Chopper noticed the X-Naut firing and he avoided the attacks. He created an ice ball and fired it at the Master Scuba, instantly freezing him and making him float to the surface. Night smacked the other Master Scuba with the hammer side of his axe hammer.
"And that handles that," Night said proudly.
Eventually the others had decided to dive underwater and join the two to view the underwater beauty. A lot of jelly fish and coral reefs appeared around them, along with a few blue fish with sunglasses and green fins called Cool Fish.
When Bang had swam up to a Cool Fish, it had smacked him across the face with its back fin and swam off. The dog pouted as he followed, while Sonic had to keep coming back up for air with the help of Blade.
"Look at THAT, Chopper!" Vivian pointed to the beautiful view of many glowing jellyfish swimming. There was a large group of them moving in one specific area.
"Wow… I've never seen that many jellyfish in my entire life!" Chopper gaped, approaching the jelly fish. "How are there so many of these?!"
"This is boring..." Tamber grumbled. "I want to see something like a shark!"
Suddenly, the jelly fish began to swim off as a couple of robot sharks came in. They were mostly silver, having goggles resembling that of Grodus. They also had X's on the sides of their bodies. These were revealed to be X-Sharks, and when Tamber looked at them, he grinned.
"Oh, finally! Sharks!"
Mario: Those aren't sharks!
"Poyo! (They're robots!)" Kirby added.
Everyone got out of the way when the X-Shark tried to ram into them. Thankfully, it turning back took up a lot of time, allowing the heroes to easily get away from it.
"All right, so who has an idea on how to take that thing down?" Bombette asked.
Sonic gestured everyone to throw him toward the X-Shark. Blade shrugged and held onto him while he got in his ball form. Once the X-Shark came back toward them, Blade threw Sonic at it. He managed to pierce through the machine and destroy it. Chopper quickly swam after him and let him get some air at the surface.
"Ack! This isn't good!" the Master Scuba gulped, trying to think of a plan. He quickly pulled his blaster out and began to fire at Chopper. "Take this, Chopper! You're not leaving these waters alive!"
Mario sighed and swam over to the Master Scuba with his hammer out. With one whack from his hammer, he brought the X-Naut toward one of the jellyfish, giving him a nasty shock and defeating it.
"Good work, Mario!" Chopper applauded. Mario simply rubbed his neck and smiled until he saw a blue laser coming from behind them. Thankfully, it missed them.
"Whoa!" Blade gaped, another laser firing their way. This one missed as well, and it was revealed to be an X-Shark firing a laser from its mouth. "I've got this one."
Blade pulled his katana out and sliced the X-Shark in half with swing. The Master Scuba attempted to fight back, but lost when Chopper used a Rainbow Spin on him.
"Ha HA! Take that you…X-Naut guy! You are BEAT!" Chopper laughed. Unfortunately, his taunt was interrupted when he heard a timer. He turned around and noticed it was coming from Sonic, Blade, and Bang.
"Hold on a minute!" Chopper changed to Water Chopper and blew a couple of bubbles for them to inhale so they could get more air. "All right, let's try to move faster. I think you go faster underwater..."
The others gave him nods of agreement and began to follow him through the ocean.
Ten minutes later-
Sadly, throughout the time they swam, they had not found anything interesting. Eventually they had to come to a halt when Sonic, Blade, and Bang had the timer appear above them, while Chopper had to provide more air for them. Despite these troubles, they made some pretty good progress. However, there was one thing they managed to spot.
Sitting on a large pedestal at the ocean floor was a temple.
"A temple? I don't know if I've seen this..." Chopper trailed. "Let's check it out."
Mario: OK.
"And you know what's also weird? There's not any Mermaids or Mermen around. Usually they'd be swimming around here, but there aren't any here. The place even feels empty!"
"Yeah, I noticed that too," Shadower agreed. "Hardly a thing in sight."
"Hey, Choppy... What would you think if I was a Mermaid?" Berry asked sweetly, swimming to Chopper's side.
"Uhhh... I don't know. I don't know much about Mermaids..." Chopper trailed, making Berry sweat drop. "Anyway, you guys might need to hold your breath this time..."
Though those that couldn't breathe did not like this, they tried their best not to drown. When they reached closer to the temple, they headed inside.
In the temple-
"Whew! Finally! I can breath again!" Sonic began to take in a lot of air upon getting out of the water. Though the entrance to get inside was underwater, the rest was filled with air. The inside of the temple was a bit sandy with dark blue walls. It appeared to be very old, having a couple of broken pillars.
"This place doesn't look that interesting," Scrub remarked. "It's so old."
"So can we just leave here or what?" Tamber asked.
"I guess or what," Chopper answered, approaching the center of the room. There appeared to be a pedestal and a small, red button on it. Chopper decided to tap the button, revealing a being with an oval-shaped body, a round head, and gray armor. His helmet appeared to shield his face, with the only thing being revealed were his eyes.
"Poyo? (What's that?)" Kirby asked.
"Hello there. If you are reading this, then the battle against Nightmare has probably ended," the person, who appeared to be a Galaxy Soldier said. "My name is Sir Lancelon, a Galaxy Soldier to Sir Arthur. I am one of the few people who have survived in the war against Nightmare, unlike many others... Unfortunately, I ended up coming across a greater threat."
"This is interesting..." Shadower trailed. "And who is this Sir Arthur he spoke of?"
"Shhhh! I wanna listen!" Chopper shushed.
"You see, while traveling through the cosmos, I came across something unusual. It appeared to resemble some sort of darkness, but I noticed it slowly grow bigger. Though it wasn't much, I fear that at a much bigger size, it will become dangerous to us all."
"He's talking about that darkness that's coming our way..." Vivian gasped.
"I've warned many others of this darkness, but alas, Galaxy Soldiers around did not believe me. Only Sir Arthur had wanted me to show him it, and even then, he did not appear to be too bothered by it. I thought this issue would get worse, but then I discovered something interesting. Something began to shoot out through space, and it resembled that of a crystallized star. I managed to find one and study it on a planet called Clara, and I discovered that it was no ordinary star. Such unlimited power was within it. It might have been powerful enough to eliminate Nightmare once and for all... Unfortunately, I didn't know how its power could finally be unleashed..."
"He must be talking about the Crystal Stars," Bombette muttered.
"This is boring..." Bang mumbled, receiving a smack from Blade to shut him up.
"If you are still listening to me, please try to stop this darkness! If there are more of them out there, collect them at all costs! And please... If you find something that could unleashed its full power, bring them there at all costs! You could very well save the universe..."
The hologram of Sir Lancelon had turned off, and everyone had remained silent.
"Wow... So this darkness was created a long time ago..." Chopper trailed. "And it's already near us..."
"But hey! At least we know how to unleash the Crystal Star's powers!" Scrub mentioned.
"Yeah. Well, we might as well leave this place. ...I kinda wish Flyer were here to see this."
"Maybe we should stop worrying about him," Tamber suggested with a grin. "Maybe you can find a new best friend! Y'know, someone strong and cool!"
"I don't know... I don't think anyone can replace Flyer." Chopper said, making Tamber frown. He made his way to the exit of the temple, but he noticed a carving on the wall that he didn't see before. Getting a closer look, he saw what appeared to be himself. There was another carving facing the other, and it resembled Berry.
Both carvings appeared to be kissing each other on the lips, but Chopper was confused.
"Was this here before?" Chopper asked.
"I put it there," Berry answered, wrapping her arms around his one arm. "It's just a little something for people to remember."
"Eep! I don't like it!" Chopper instantly got out of her grip and ran over to the exit, leaving Berry annoyed again.
Everyone else began to walk out, with Bang being the last one to leave. But before he could leave, he was pelted in the head by a rock. He turned around to see who it was, but he didn't find anyone. Turning back, he got hit by another rock.
"OK, who the heck is throwing rocks at me?!" Bang roared, whirling around with his weapon ready. The only response he got was the silence of the room. Frowning, he made his exit back outside.
"I have chortles!" the green bean walked out from behind a pillar looked at the hologram. "I am having the excitement! The Green Antennae is closer than Fawful thought. Fawful's vengeance shall finally be craved!"
In no time flat, he made a dash out of the temple through another exit.
On an island-
"Whew! We're finally away from the deep, dreaded ocean…" Sonic sighed as Chopper helped him to the surface. No longer needing his Water ability, he removed it. The island he stepped on was easily recognizable.
"This is the same island where Yosho was with those girls," Chopper recalled.
"Did you say…girls?" Bang asked, his ears perking up. "Are you telling me there are hot babes on this island?"
"Ummmm..."
"All, right! Now we're getting somewhere!" Bang spun around like a tornado, and he was suddenly donning a bathing suit.
"Oh, no..." Blade groaned, face palming. "For the love of rings, don't do it, Bang..."
"No way! I wanna see what he does!" Tamber snickered, along with Night.
"This way, ladies!" Bang proclaimed, heading into the island.
"Ladies? But... I'm not a lady..." Chopper trailed.
"YEOW!"
Bang had began to run in the opposite direction, only this time, he was being chased by two Master X-Nauts. One had managed to shoot at his behind, making Bang yelp and jump in the air.
"Why are these guys here?!" Bang yelled, pulling out his weapon. That is, if he was still wearing his battle gear. "Oh, crud... I don't have my weapons on me."
"And this is why you shouldn't do stupid things," Blade pointed out.
Chopper had run up to the first Master X-Naut and delivered a stomp to its head. Sonic threw in his Sonic Wind and managed to deal harm to both X-Nauts and defeat them.
"Yeesh... Now we're seeing these guys here on the beach?" Chopper gawked. "This is insane!"
"Can we stay here on the beach, though?" Scrub asked.
"I'd like to...if there wasn't some darkness heading our way," Berry noted, pointing to the darkness behind them. "Besides, Sunset Hill is much better, personally. No offense, Choppy."
"Ummmm... That's all right."
"Then let's move!" Blade shouted, running as fast as he could on the beach section. "And Bang... Go put your gear back on."
"But... The chicks!" Bang stammered.
"Now!"
Groaning, the yellow Chihuahua spun again, but this time he was back in his leather armor. Thankfully, it was at the right time when two Master X-Nauts wearing jetpacks spotted them.
"Halt! You are not authorized to set foot in here!" warned the Master X-Naut.
"What? This is my home planet!" Chopper replied. "You're not welcome here!"
"Then I'm afraid you'll have to be blasted. Say your prayers, Chopper!"
"Not a chance!" Chopper tossed an electric ball at the Master X-Naut, making his jetpack stop working. He finished him off with his hammer. He threw another electric ball at the other Master X-Naut, defeating him as well.
"Well, that took care of that. So… Where to next?" Shadower asked. Chopper pointed to the dock up ahead, where there were a couple of surfboards.
"We can use those if you don't want to swim," Chopper explained. "I think we can use it to reach Steelfoot's hideout. He might have a ship to help us get to our next destination."
"Surfing? All right! Now THIS is what I'm talking about!" Sonic grabbed a blue surfboard with a smirk. "I'd definitely take this over swimming!"
Sonic tossed the surfboard into the water, and with style, he leaped off the dock and landed perfectly on the surfboard. The blue hedgehog grinned as he took off.
"Why does he always like to show off?" Bombette asked.
"Beats me. Let's just get these surfboards." Chopper got on a surfboard and took off. For some, they didn't even need a surfboard due to their abilities. However, Bombette had a harder time using a surfboard due to the lack of arms.
"You guys make this way too easy!" the pink Bob-omb yelled, struggling to keep balance.
"Just relax and stay balanced," Chopper suggested. "This is just like with Bruce..."
"Well, it's not my fault that I'm a cute Bob-omb! I can't balance with no arms! If I fall off, I swear I'm going to EXPLODE! YOU'LL BE…" Bombette paused and noticed she was doing just fine. "Wait... Never mind. This isn't that difficult."
"At least you're doing better than Bang," Night said, looking over at Bang, who was constantly falling off his board and getting back on.
For the rest of the group, surfing wasn't so difficult. Scrub was having a blast on his surfboard, and Sonic was showing off by doing a couple of tricks in the air. Berry tried to surf up to Chopper to kiss him, but she wasn't paying much attention to what was ahead, and she ended up crashing into a rock. Tamber laughed, while Vivian helped her up.
After everything was back in order, they spotted a hideout just up ahead.
"Hey, Chopper… Is that where we're supposed to go?" Blade asked.
"Yeah, that's it," Chopper confirmed. "Let's head over there, OK?"
And with that, they headed over to the hideout.
Inside of the hideout-
Everyone managed to make it into the hideout. There was a big entrance big enough for a ship to go into. It was a large docking bay that could fit about three ships inside. They decided to ditch the surfboards and get on land, where they shook off any water still on them.
"Now THAT was fun!" Sonic remarked. "So... This is supposed to be the base for the next baddy you faced before?"
"Well, something like that," Chopper answered, walked out of the room and into a hallway with bluish green walls. The hallway eventually led them to two pairs of stairs. One going up and one going down. He went up, just like the others. This led them into a room with a door just up ahead and a pool of water below.
"There's water even in this place?" Bombette asked.
"Well, this base is on the water..." Berry pointed out, following the group to the door ahead into a long hallway. There wasn't any security around, so they simply progressed up to the large door. This had led them into a much larger room with a table in the corner. There was another door nearby, which Chopper had entered. Unfortunately, he soon realized what it was when he noticed the hole just up ahead leading outside.
"Uh oh..." Chopper gulped.
"What do you mean 'uh oh'?" Blade asked.
"This is that room..."
"What room?" Shadower asked.
Chopper did not have long to speak, as the ground began to shake. They turned and saw a burst of water firing toward them. The water was strong enough to push them forward and into the hole in the floor ahead.
Outside-
"Yar har har! So, mateys… Are ye ready to sail the seas again like before?" a skeleton with glowing blue eyes wearing a dark gray jacket, a purple shirt, and pirate hat asked his fellow pirates. Another thing to note about this pirate was his steel peg leg on his right foot.
"Yeah, cap'n! We're all ready!" one pirate replied.
"Arr! Good! It be a long time since we sailed the seven seas! Without that boy, we're free to do what we want!" Captain Steelfoot grinned, holding his scimitar up. However, when he heard something fall on the ship, he took notice of the water pouring onto the ship. "Mateys! There be something wrong with that faucet room..."
"What is it, cap'n?" another pirate asked.
"We don't have any crates we need here! Unless..." Steelfoot noticed a couple of figures lying on the ship. One, in particular, he recognized. "Chopper?! What… What are ye doin' here?!"
"Ugh... Wait... You're here?" Chopper gawked. "That's convenient..."
"I thought ye'd be outta this planet! What do ye want?"
"Well, maybe you should turn around and look at what's coming," Chopper suggested, pointing to the huge darkness behind them. Steelfoot took notice, and his jaw dropped.
"Are ye kiddin' me?! Mateys… We… We need to get away from that darkness!" demanded Steelfoot. All of the pirates obeyed and got themselves ready to take off.
"Actually, we'd like to go to the poison forest."
"Who said I'd be helpin' ye?" Steelfoot said, aiming his weapon at him. "Yer on my ship, boy! Plus, ye an' I have a bit of bad history! Like I'd help me enemy!"
"But we need to look for something important!" Bombette pointed out.
"An' I don't care! I'll make ye walk the plank, an' then you'll be caught in that darkness!"
"I guess we have no choice..." Chopper trailed, changing to his Pirate ability. "Let's settle this!"
"Heh heh... That's just what I wanted to see!" Steelfoot grinned.
Tattle: That's Captain Steelfoot. He's a captain that sails the sea. Y'know, the usual stuff. ...Except he has a peg leg made of steel. Yikes... Max HP is 320, Attack is 15, and Defense is 1. He'll mostly attack you with his sword or his gun. He'll even try breathing ghostly flames on you if he ends up resorting to that. It says here that he lost his leg to a monster called the Undertoe. I don't know whether to find that name weird or hilarious.
"Blade! Bang! Night! You guys take care of the other pirates. We'll handle Steelfoot!" Chopper pulled his scimitar out and swung at Steelfoot.
"We're on it! And then we can prove that ninjas are better than pirates!" Blade pulled his katana out and began to fight the pirates. Bang pulled his sniper rifle out and defeated the navigator, while Night switched to the axe part of his axe hammer and hit the other pirates.
"Ye think ye can win with just a scimitar? I'M pirate material here!" Steelfoot scoffed, only to be blown up by Bombette.
"Yer goin' down, matey!" Bombette exclaimed in a pirate accent. "...Was that how I once spoke?"
"That's nothin' like a REAL pirate! Yer a poor excuse fer a pirate!" Steelfoot growled, swinging his scimitar at Bombette and knocking her back. Unfortunately, this did not make her happy, and she exploded in front of Steelfoot again. Chopper, meanwhile, made a cannon come out of his mouth to fire a cannonball at Steelfoot.
"That thing looks so funny and stupid at the same time," Tamber snickered.
"Argh... You annoying little...!" Steelfoot groaned, fixing his hat. He aimed his pistol at Chopper and fired, doing 15 damage to the antennae hero. "So, how did that feel?"
"Just like most attacks..." Chopper trailed. "But I'm not letting that stop me."
Chopper jumped toward Steelfoot with his scimitar and took 9 out of him with one swing. Shadower followed up with a Shadow Punch, lowering his defense to 0.
Steelfoot shot Shadower with his gun, which he managed to guard against. "Ack! So ye bring yer fists up an' ye guard it? What is the meaning of this?!"
"Well, it's called 'Guarding'. Ever thought of that, Steelfoot?" Chopper asked. Steelfoot looked confused, giving the pale green boy an opportunity to strike him with a Gravity Jump. "Honestly, I wasn't expecting him to be off guard like that..."
Steelfoot cringed from the powerful attack, not seeing Bombette walk to him and strike him with another Bomb attack. This had ended up bringing him down to 226 HP.
"Hey! Why can't we have a turn?!" Tamber yelled.
"Maybe if you stopped complaining, you'd probably get a chance," Bombette said.
Tamber pouted, only before he ended up getting knocked back by Steelfoot's steel foot. "What? I was plannin' on hittin' Chopper, but this fool ends up gettin' in me way!"
"Ow! Hey!" Tamber rubbed the side of his head and started to steam with anger. "That's it! Now I'm mad! Taste my POWER PUNCH!"
Tamber began to store some energy in his fist, and when he rushed straight at Steelfoot, he delivered Power Punch. He managed to knock the captain by the mast of the ship with his head upside down. After Chopper struck him with his scimitar, he was now getting angry. Steelfoot grabbed his head and adjusted it so it was no longer upside down,
"Have some of THIS!" Steelfoot turned one of the cannons toward Tamber and fired a cannonball at him. It had hit him, making him take 15 damage. Chopper retaliated against Steelfoot and shot a cannonball at him, while Mario attacked him with his hammer.
Steelfoot aimed at Mario and fired, but unfortunately his attack was guarded. Not only that, but his minions were not having the best of luck either. They were losing pretty badly to Blade, Bang, and Night. When he took a look at them, he was hit by Chopper's scimitar and Kirby's Final Cutter, bringing him to 165 HP.
"Poyo! (This attack feels so satisfying when I use it!)" Kirby remarked.
"Urgh... I shouldn't let myself be so distracted so easily... Yer in fer it now, pinky!" Captain Steelfoot fired at Kirby and blew the smoke off it afterwards. "Too bad this weapon doesn't work as well in real life."
"What do you mean?" Chopper asked.
"This weapon would eliminate you if we were more realistic. Too bad that ain't the case."
"Oh… Well, I'm getting bored of this ability." Chopper decided to change to his Ninja-Pirate ability and pulled out a kunai knife. When he threw it at Steelfoot, it exploded upon impact. "You go next, Vivian!"
Vivian nodded and sank into the shadows and rose up in front of Captain Steelfoot. Her Shade Fist managed to leave a burn on him.
"Argh! Shiver me timbers! I've… I've been scorched!" Steelfoot gaped. He ran up to the cannon fired a cannonball straight at Vivian. She managed to Superguard it, leaving Steelfoot surprised. "Gah! They didn't work? Blasphemy!"
Steelfoot decided to go over to Chopper and swing at him, but Chopper easily dodged it and took out a scimitar to swing at him. Berry swung her hammer at him afterward to deal another 9 damage. Unfortunately, this led to her getting scorched by Steelfoot breathing ghostly flames on her. Chopper threw an explosive kunai at him, and when Scrub used his Gulp, he was down to 96 HP.
"Yarr! This isn't right! How are ye takin' me down like this?! ARGH!" Steelfoot kicked Chopper with his steel foot, which managed to deal 17 damage due to its power.
After realizing he did heavy damage to Chopper, Steelfoot decided to laugh, but when he got hurt from the burn effect, he stopped laughing. Thankfully, his burn had worn off, but it didn't stop Chopper and Sonic from attacking him, doing 19 damage altogether.
"You're going down!" Sonic smirked, pointing at Steelfoot.
"So... Ye can go into a ball, huh?" Steelfoot pondered with a grin. "Well, this gives me a little idea..."
He rushed at Sonic and used his steel foot to kick him, knocking him back to Chopper. Before he could attack them again, Bombette used her Bomb to take 9 out of him, and then Chopper got up and swung his scimitar at him, bringing him to 57 HP.
"Ha HA!" Blade threw the driver overboard and grabbed the wheel. "Chopper! I got the driver! Where do we need to go?"
"Ummmm... Northeast?" Chopper shrugged. "I think that's where that poison forest place is..."
Night climbed up to the mast of the ship and got out binoculars. Taking a look through them, he spotted the next continent. "Yeah! That's where it is, Blade!"
"OK, I'll head there now!"
"What have ye done to me crew?!" Steelfoot gaped, noticing his crew was all gone. "That's it! Yer all goin' to be sleepin' with the fishes!"
Opening his mouth, blue pupils formed in Steelfoot's eyes as he breathed a large amount of ghostly flames on the group, dealing 17 to them all. Not only that, but they were left with a nasty burn as well. Regardless, Chopper swung his scimitar at him, and Mario leaped in the air and hit him with his Super Jump.
Mario: Give up!"
"No way!" the captain roared swinging at Chopper with his weapon, but he ended up missing.
"You missed!" Chopper bragged as he slashed him with his scimitar, looking a little silly in the process.
"You little…!" Steelfoot attempted to swing at him, but since he was distracted, Bombette exploded in front of him, leaving the captain with 17 HP. Steelfoot took his anger out on Bombette and kicked her. This ended up leaving a dent on her, and she was not too pleased.
"You... What have you done to me?!" Bombette hissed.
"Yo ho ho! While I wish it could've done more, I'm not too disappointed!" Steelfoot laughed.
"You know, it's not easy for a Bob-omb to recover from a dent... And do you know what happens when a Bob-omb such as myself is left with a dent?"
"No, but I frankly do not care."
"Oh, you will care..." Bombette trailed, a mix between calmness and anger in her voice. "Chopper..."
"Yeah?"
"I suggest you attack him right now..."
"Wait... But-"
"Just do it before I explode!"
Not wanting to get her anger, Chopper zipped his lip and threw an explosive kunai at Steelfoot. With that, Bombette charged toward Steelfoot.
"You're going down, along with your ship!" Bombette roared.
"Wait! Don't bring the ship down, Bombette! We need it!" Vivian warned.
Realizing that, Bombette suddenly froze in place and turned to Vivian.
"Wait... Really?"
"Duh!" Blade shouted from the background. "Why do you think I'm trying to drive this ship?"
"Oh... Well, good thing I didn't explode at that moment." Bombette sighed, turning back to Steelfoot. "Now... Let's do this without blowing the ship up."
With one Bomb attack, Steelfoot had been defeated, and Chopper leveled up and upgraded his FP to 140. As they celebrated their victory, Steelfoot's body parts began to rain from the sky and into the water.
"ARGH!" Steelfoot yelled, his head landing on the ship. "Curse you, Chopper and you, pink Bob-omb! Look what you've done to me!"
"Oh shut up," Bombette said, kicking his head off the ship. "I was getting sick of him and his annoying accent."
"Whew! That takes care of that!" Chopper stretched as he removed his Ninja-Pirate ability. "Good job, guys! Especially you, Bombette. You could say that you ended the fight...with a bang!"
"...You know, I think I'm considering blowing up this ship."
"No, please don't!"
"Hey! We did something too! We took care of his crew!" Bang exclaimed. "We did a good job too!"
"Yeah, well, you really weren't fighting that much," Blade pointed out. "I wonder... Can this thing go any faster?"
"Yeah, we could probably do that with Flyer's hel-" Chopper paused, his expression changing back to a frown. "Right... Never mind."
Everyone decided to relax and get a nice view of the water as they traveled toward the forest up ahead. Unfortunately, little did they know that a crazy bean was latched onto the back of the ship.
"I have following!" Fawful cackled quietly, trying not to get the other's attention.
Hey, look! It's Fawful! He's here as well!
Originally, the hologram scene in the temple was supposed to be something else, but I thought it would be a more interesting idea to have Sir Lancelon speak about the Crystal Stars and the darkness. Also, if you couldn't tell, Lancelon's name is pretty much based off Lancelot, since there's a Sir Arthur (who he follows, ironically).