"Wow, this is a cool view!" Sonic smirked as they stepped outside. They were right at the bottom of the strange tower. Right next to them was a Save Block, a ? Block and also a ladder. When Chopper hit the ? Block, a silver Mushroom popped out.
"Well that's a new Mushroom…" Timpani commented.
"Hey, it's an Ultimate Shroom!" Chopper picked it up and allowed Blade to slice it into six pieces. When they all ate their piece, they ended up recovering 100 HP. "See? This is a nice treat!"
"Mmmmm! This is good!" Luigi smiled after finishing his piece. "I think I've got enough energy in me!"
"Then let's head to the top," Blade suggested as he started to make his way up with the ladder. There was another floor on the tower that had a ladder, but there wasn't anything else interesting, so they climbed the next ladder.
"That moon looks so beautiful out in the horizon," Blumiere said as he smiled. "We don't usually see moons around where we are."
"Yes... It's very uncommon here." Timpani agreed.
"Oh, no! Not this again!" Chopper immediately climbed up to the top of the tower, but they didn't seem to find anything around the tower. It was just flat and bland. However, they could see the moon up at the distance. It appeared as a yellow color and was a crescent moon.
"Poyo… (Well… I don't see any boss here…)" Kirby trailed.
"Didn't King Moonnight say that there would be someone with the Pure Heart here?" Sonic wondered while rubbing the back of his head.
"Obviously you haven't looked close enough!"
"Huh?" Chopper whirled around, but found no one around. "Hey! Who's there?! Show yourself!"
The moon itself came down from the sky and landed on the ground. The sky suddenly changed to daytime, which was kind of…weird. They all saw that the moon had skinny, white arms and gloves and white feet. He wasn't exactly huge like what the moon WOULD be, but he was definitely bigger than everyone else.
"Looking for this?" the moon held up a pale blue Pure Heart, making everyone gasp at the sight of it.
"He's got the Pure Heart!" Luigi gaped.
Mario: This is weird…
"The name's Mr. Shine! I'm the moon of this place! I take what I get and keep it! So if you think you're going to take this from me, then you can think again!"
"Now now, no need to be like this," Blade said, folding his arms. "We can settle this in an easy manner… You give us the Pure Heart and we'll be set."
"Me? Give YOU the Pure Heart? HA! Why would I give it to someone like you?!"
"Poyo! (Because we'll most likely defeat you!)" Kirby smirked. "Poyo. (I've beaten you on my own before, so I believe I could beat you again.)"
"Just because Mr. Shine's by himself doesn't mean he'll be fighting on his own!" This time, Mr. Shine went back up into the sky, turning it to night. An orange sun surrounded in flames came floating down onto the tower. All he really had were yellow cheeks, white gloves and no legs.
"Well I expected there to be a sun…" Timpani trailed.
"My name's Mr. Bright! If you couldn't tell, I'm the sun of Day Land! What? You thought the sun would be pretty? Well, when you meet me, then your opinion's PROBABLY going to change!"
"So there's a sun and a moon… Nice." Chopper sighed. "Seriously, you're no different than any other enemy we've faced! We fought against a dark wizard, a prototype of the ultimate life form and even some kind of clown! You two aren't any different!"
"Haven't we basically said that to all of the other bosses we've faced before?" Blade asked.
"Well… As much as I don't want to do this… We've gotta beat them." Luigi gulped as he got in his fighting stance.
"Aw! The plumber wants to fight us!" Mr. Shine snickered as he came down from the sky. It was still nighttime here, apparently. "Well, if that's how you want to be, then we'll be happy to take you down! You can be the nerds, while we can be the bullies!"
"Or maybe we're just gonna kick your butts!" Blade declared, pointing at them.
"Oh, we'll see who'll get their butts kicked!" Mr. Bright smirked as he flew up into the sky, making it daytime.
"Who's ready to go first?" Mr. Shine grinned, getting ready to ram straight into them by rolling.
"Poyo, (He's going to roll into us,)" Kirby warned, floating above the ground to prevent himself from getting hurt. Chopper tried chucking a few fireballs, but while Mr. Shine was rolling toward them, there was no way of hurting him.
"Try all you want, but you can't hurt me while I'm rolling toward you all!" Mr. Shine rolled over everyone but Kirby. But, this didn't stop Luigi from attacking him with his Cyclone attack. It didn't send him flying, but he was able to uppercut him with a Super Jump while being close.
"Gah! What the heck was that?!"
"Well, that was interesting!" Luigi commented as he landed on the ground. "I didn't expect to hit him!"
"And look at that! A yellow star!" Chopper noticed the yellow star that appeared when Mr. Shine jumped up and stomped on the ground. He grabbed a hold of it with his Suplex ability and slammed it straight on Mr. Shine's head, leaving him dazed.
"Wow… We're beating him for sure!" Blade commented, striking him with his katana. Chopper used this time to use Timpani's wand to gather information on Mr. Shine for now.
"That's Mr. Shine. Apparently he's the one who stole the Pure Heart… Max HP is 220. Attack is 12. Mr. Shine doesn't have many special abilities except for rolling and jumping. However, sometimes he'll increase his speed or even fire something called a Moon Beam at you, which is very dangerous. And be careful with Mr. Bright up in the sky! He'll use his Solar Beam to hurt you if you're not careful! Though… It's not too surprising that he's the moon of Night Land…" informed Timpani.
"All right, no problem!" Sonic grinned as he used a Spin Dash and struck Mr. Shine dead on. "If either one ever fires a beam, I guess I could use Reflecto to reflect the beam back at one of them if possible."
"Hey, Mr. Bright! Think you can give me some help here?!" called Mr. Shine as he looked up at Mr. Bright, who looked like the sun with no face.
"Hang on a moment!" Mr. Bright fired his Solar Beam down to the ground. Two yellow stars appeared, which Kirby inhaled to grab a hold of the Fire ability. Chopper grabbed the other with his Suplex ability and decided to throw it at Mr. Shine instead of slam it, since he CAN throw things with this ability.
"Hold on, let me try something out!" Sonic grabbed a hold of Reflecto and used him to reflect the Solar Beam straight at Mr. Shine, causing him to be burned. That, and Kirby's Fire Breath made the burn effect occur faster.
"Ugh… Now this is getting annoying…" Mr. Shine grumbled.
He clasped his hands together and a light blue glow emitted from his hands. "All right! I suppose I should use my Moon Beam on you guys! Trust me, this is going to hurt you more than it's going to hurt me! …And I doubt it'll even hurt me!"
Mr. Shine unleashed his Moon Beam on the heroes and managed to do even more damage to them than his roll attack. When they got up, Mario jumped toward him and used Kickbrin to stun him for a couple of seconds. Afterward, he bashed him with his hammer.
"Poyo! (See? This isn't so bad!)" Kirby said as he rammed straight into Mr. Shine as a fireball. When he turned back into himself, Mr. Bright used his Solar Beam again and made the ground shake a bit.
"Great! Thanks, Mr. Bright!" Chopper smiled as he grabbed one of the stars and slammed it on Mr. Shine's head. He took this time to use his Pinpoint Kick to deal a tiny bit more damage to Mr. Shine.
"Now you're toast!" Mr. Shine grumbled as he rolled over Chopper. Unfortunately, he didn't seem to get Kirby and Luigi. The green plumber landed right on top of Mr. Shine when he stopped by the edge of the tower and stomped on him a couple of times while flipping around for stylish points.
"Whoa! I didn't expect to do that!" Luigi gaped.
"Come back here you!" Mr. Shine tried to grab a hold of Luigi, but he used his Super Jump again and struck him with an uppercut attack, knocking him over and leaving him dazed.
"Ugh… I'm not fairing well…"
"Mr. Shine! Perhaps I could take over for you!" Mr. Bright suggested.
"Not yet! I still want to crush them!" Mr. Shine rolled over Luigi successfully, but was stopped when Blade threw Hommissile at him, knocking him off the tower.
"Yeah! We did it!" Blade grinned.
Unfortunately, Mr. Shine came flying back up and even sent a shockwave toward everyone as he stomped on the ground. Everyone almost fell off the tower from it! But, even still, Mr. Shine was exhausted.
"Ugh… I think I need a break…" he moaned.
"Then allow me to take your place," Mr. Bright suggested as he flew to the tower and stood in front of the heroes. "While you recover, I'll take it from here! It shouldn't be a problem for me anyway!"
"Yes… I'll head back up." Mr. Shine flew up to the sky and made the sky dark, changing it back to night. Now it was the heroes against Mr. Bright now.
"Come on, you nerds! Let's fight!"
Chopper sprang into action, pulling Timpani's wand out and investigating Mr. Bright.
"That's Mr. Bright. He's one of the people that's got a hold of the Pure Heart. Max HP is 220. Attack is 12. Unlike Mr. Shine, Mr. Bright cannot be hurt by any of your physical attacks. You'll simply hurt yourself if you do that. He can also fly right into you like a fireball, which can burn you, or even unleash his Solar Beam, which is VERY dangerous. Watch out for small fireballs he spits out. Those are tough to see… I'm not really surprised that he's the sun of Day Land…" Timpani informed.
"Easy then!" Sonic curled up in a ball and attempted to strike Mr. Bright with a Spin Dash. Unfortunately, he only recoiled when he got burnt by him by simply touching him.
"YOUCH! It burns!"
"Heh heh heh! That's right, nerd! Wail around like that!" Mr. Bright took a step back and charged at the group like a fireball. Kirby turned into a fireball as well and managed to knock Me. Bright back with ease.
"What the… How'd he do that?!"
"Poyo! (Now that was fun!)" Kirby was about to breath fire on Mr. Bright, but he soon realized that Mr. Bright is made of fire, and if he did that, he'd only heal him. So, instead, he threw Crystaline toward him and left him frozen.
"Hmmmmmmm… Maybe I can do something!" Chopper charged straight toward Mr. Bright and grabbed a hold of him for some strange reason. He slammed him to the ground and broke him out of his icy prison.
"Argh! Now you're becoming annoying!"
Mr. Bright spat a small fireball that left Chopper with a nasty burn. Kirby also got hit by this attack, but he didn't end up getting burned because he still had the Fire ability on him.
"Wow… I don't know how I'm going to be able to hurt him…" Luigi gulped as Mr. Bright began to slowly make his way toward him.
"What about me? I have zee ability to hit him, you know!" Bonjourang spoke up.
"Yeah… I guess so!" Luigi grabbed a hold of the boomerang Pixl and threw him straight at Mr. Bright, hitting him in the face a couple of times. Chopper followed up by using Starbow to make stars rain down on him.
"Ouch! What the heck?! Now you can hurt me even if I'm untouchable?!" Mr. Bright gaped.
"Well that looked like you were touchable," Blade pointed out as he jumped toward Mr. Bright and slashed him with a hurricane slash. He finished off his attack with a jab and jumped back to throw Hommissile at him.
"Oh, I know just what to do…" Mr. Bright stepped back and charged directly at Blade. However, the ninja cat had plans too. He brought Barry up and countered Mr. Bright's attack with a spiky barrier, causing him to get knocked back a bit.
"Mr. Shine! I require your assistance!"
"Very well!" Mr. Shine unleashed his Moon Beam from the sky. They were small little beams compared to Mr. Bright's Solar Beam, so they didn't do as much damage. But they were pretty fast.
Luckily, Chopper managed to grab a hold of one and throw it straight at Mr. Bright, since he didn't want to burn himself from slamming it on Mr. Bright, so throwing it was a much better idea.
Mario: Maybe I can strike him…
When Mr. Bright began to rest for a bit, Mario walked up to him and bashed him with his hammer, since he knew that he wouldn't take damage. And besides… He's hit fire enemies with his hammer before, so this isn't any different!
After Mr. Bright was left dazed, Mario used Kickbrin on him afterward to deal a little bit more damage. Unfortunately, for him, he got burnt when Mr. Bright spat a small fireball at him.
"Are you all right, Big Bro?" Luigi asked.
Mario: Don't worry… I'll be fine.
"Yeah! That's right! Go back to your friends, fatty!" Mr. Bright scoffed as he was about to charge at them. Luckily, Kirby got ready and rammed into him while he was a fireball and knocked him back, leaving him dazed.
"Poyo! (Take this!)" Kirby threw Crystaline directly at Mr. Bright, freezing him in place. Chopper, meanwhile, grabbed a hold of him and slammed him to the ground to break him out.
"It looks like I might need to help you," Mr. Shine said as he fired his Moon Beam down. Chopper was lucky to grab one and throw it at Mr. Bright, while Sonic used Reflecto to reflect one of them back at him.
"Wait… So I'm actually GRABBING a beam…?" Chopper questioned with a confused look. "That doesn't seem right…"
"Hey! We're not questioning logic here! Just fight!" Blade shouted as he spun his katana around when Mr. Bright spat a fireball at him. The fireball was deflected back at him, but instead of hurting him, it healed him of 12 HP.
"Uh oh... That didn't work?!"
"See? That's what happens when you deflect fire back at me!" Mr. Bright cackled as he knocked Blade away with a simple whack to the face. He cackled once again until Luigi threw Bonjourang straight at him, leaving him bruised.
"Ow! What the…"
When Bonjourang came back, he was hit yet again. Luigi simply smirked as he grabbed a hold of the Pixl. "Well! That was pretty interesting! If I just stay at a certain distance, I'll be fine!"
"That, and we have Starbow here to help us," Chopper held Starbow up, making stars rain down from the starry sky. Mr. Bright was pelted by all of the shooting stars and even Mr. Shine got hit by some of them too, due to still being vulnerable up in the sky.
"Ack! This isn't good!" Mr. Shine cried.
"Yeah, I know! Why isn't things going our way here?!" Mr. Bright grumbled as he pounded his fists to the ground. "You people should be dead by now! The Pure Heart's power lets us crush you!"
"I never knew they were using the Pure Heart's power…" Timpani gawked.
"That's right!" Mr. Shine came down from the sky and pulled a white boomerang out. "I guess we're going to have to do this our way! …And that includes BOTH of us taking you down at the same time!"
"Oh, really? Well, then bring it on!" Sonic brought out Reflecto when Mr. Bright unleashed his Solar Beam at him. It went straight back at him and Mr. Shine and did some immense damage. Mr. Shine was even caught on fire from the attack as well!
"HELP! I'M ON FIRE!"
"Serves you right!" Chopper laughed as he held Starbow up again. When he finished with the shooting stars, he grabbed a hold of Mr. Shine's boomerang – that he threw, and he threw it at him and Mr. Bright, leaving them stunned.
"Hey, that reminds me of what I do with Bonjourang!" Luigi recalled, bringing his arm back and throwing Bonjourang at Mr. Shine and Mr. Bright, leaving them stunned. Afterward, he used his Super Jump to strike Mr. Shine with an uppercut attack. And that's when it hit him.
"Wait… My badge prevents me from getting burned!"
With this, he used a Super Jump on Mr. Bright. Because of the badge, he was capable of doing some actual damage to him instead of getting hurt. When he began to fall, he stomped on Mr. Bright's head and followed up with his Cyclone attack.
"I'm screwed," Mr. Bright gulped.
Mario: Well now we have an upper advantage!
"Well, only Luigi does," Blade added as he managed to throw a couple of shurikens at Mr. Bright. He followed up by running toward Mr. Shine and slashed him with a fire slash, setting him on fire. He used his hurricane slash on Mr. Bright to send him flying off the tower.
"YEAH! Now that was awesome!"
"Dude… You don't need to shout…" Sonic sighed.
"Well I had to, 'cause I felt like it."
"Grrrrr! This is an outrage! Now there's someone who can hurt me just fine!" Mr. Bright said angrily as he got back on the tower and began to steam. He stepped back and nearly rammed into everyone. Heck, even Kirby couldn't handle his attack!
"I'm going to DESTROY you!"
"Settle down, Mr. Bright! We can't just murder them angrily!" Mr. Shine said as he pulled his boomerang out. "We need to do it…with style!"
"You've gotta be kidding me…" Chopper groaned while face palming. "That's even worse than any other joke I've heard! And that's saying something!"
"Poyo… (I don't see how that's 'saying' something…)" Kirby trailed.
"Never mind. Let's just focus on defeating these guys." Chopper grabbed a hold of the boomerang Mr. Shine threw and threw it back at him and Mr. Bright. Luigi followed up by throwing Bonjourang at them and then struck them both with his Cyclone. Mario stepped up next and delivered a whack from his hammer to both of them.
"Ugh… I can't believe a bunch of mortal beings are creaming us…" Mr. Bright grumbled.
"I know, right? We've gotta work together here…" agreed Mr. Shine.
"Good idea! How about our beams combined? Will that do something?"
"…You're a genius!"
"Careful, guys… They're planning something big…" warned Blumiere.
"Whatever! We'll be ready for whatever they throw at us!" Sonic assured.
"Ummmmm… It doesn't look like it!" Luigi gulped. "Look!"
It was too late. Both Mr. Shine and Mr. Bright fired their Moon Beam and Solar Beam at the heroes at the same time, causing them to take more damage than they've possibly suffered thus far…
"POYO! (IT'S PAINFUL!)" Kirby cried.
"Heh heh heh! How nice!" the two bosses grinned evilly as everyone moaned in pain.
"Quick! Ultimate Shroom Shake!" Chopper pulled out an Ultimate Shroom Shake and took a sip from it to recover 100 HP. He passed it over to the others so they could recover 100 HP as well. Mr. Shine and Mr. Bright were both left dumbstruck.
"What the…"
"Sonic BOOM!" Sonic shouted as he rammed straight into Mr. Shine while curled in a ball, who got knocked right into Mr. Bright, which knocked them off the tower. However, it left Sonic hanging from the edge.
"Uh oh… I don't think that was a good idea…"
Mario: I've got you!
Mario walked over to the edge and pulled Sonic back onto the tower.
"Whew! Thanks, Mario… I thought it was over for me…"
Mario: No problem!
"Now we're going to give it to you!" Mr. Bright growled as he and Mr. Shine got back onto the tower. Mr. Shine threw his boomerang, which knocked Chopper's Suplex ability away and even Kirby's Fire ability, leaving them both abilitiless.
"Poyo! (No fair! You can't do that!)" Kirby whined.
"This should be easy!" the sun stepped back and nearly fried both Chopper and Kirby by ramming into them. Blade barely escaped the attack, while Luigi used a Super Jump to escape.
"That's it! Time for more stars!" Chopper held Starbow up and stars began to rain from the sky and hit both Mr. Shine and Mr. Bright. From what they could see, their HP was very low.
"Ugh… This is not fairing too well for us…" Mr. Shine wheezed.
"I suggest we use that one attack…" Mr. Bright suggested.
"You mean the…"
"Yes, that one!"
"…Yes."
Mr. Shine and Mr. Bright flew above the heroes and raised their arms up to charge up their next move. "This should finish you heroes for good! This is what happens when you try to mess with us!"
"Not if Luigi can stop you!" Luigi said boldly as he folded himself up, readying himself for a Super Jump. "There's no way you're going to hurt this place!"
With one Super Jump, he was able to hit both Mr. Shine and Mr. Bright. The two's eyes widened in pain as their arms began to flail around.
"Wha…? We…lost?!" Mr. Shine wheezed.
"How could you guys defeat us with the power of the Pure Heart?!" Mr. Bright gaped.
"AAAAGGGHHHH!"
They both screamed in horror as they began to shake and become cracked. They soon broke into small pieces and thus…they were no more.
"We did it…" Chopper said, giving a small thumbs up as the Pure Heart slowly floated to the ground. "Good job, Luigi… You did it…"
"I… I can't believe I managed to pull that off…" Luigi gawked.
"There you guys are! I've been looking for you this whole time!" Everyone saw Arcaine climbing up to the top of the tower and walked over to the heroes. "I saved you… I finally saved you from SunMoonFlower!"
"YOU!" Chopper exclaimed, glaring at Arcaine. "What's your problem?!"
"What? What's wrong?" Arcaine looked a bit shocked. "You've gotten so…angry!"
"You should know what's wrong..." Sonic trailed, not looking too pleased.
"We were nice enough to let you come with us, and we even helped you out despite your complaints since it didn't seem like you had friends!" Chopper explained.
"Some of us felt sorry for you too," Sonic added.
"But I think I understand why you don't have friends..." Chopper trailed. "You're just someone who wants nothing but attention and will do whatever it takes to get people to look at you, even if you have to lie."
"And you've nearly gave us game overs from what you did to us!" Blade hissed. "What's more important? A stupid myth or shoving people into the sewers and leaving them to suffer?! I bet so many people left you because of these ideas you had!"
"I bet your wife left you because of your whole SunMoonFlower beliefs! I bet she got so tired, that she left you with her kids! I'm PRETTY sure she made the right decision for that! You're just a big idiot! That's what!"
Arcaine's eyes began to water as he sat down. "You're right... A lot of people left me for that. My wife... My kids... And even some of my closest friends..."
"…What?" Chopper gasped, appearing more sympathetic. "They really did that?"
"Yes… My wife was probably the greatest woman I've ever met…" Arcaine wiped a tear off his face and pulled a picture out. "I met her when I was out in the garden between Day and Moon Land. She was a lot like me. We both fell in love and got married and had two children. When I discovered this SunMoonFlower, I tried warning everyone, especially my wife. After a year of nobody believing me, she decided to take the kids and leave, leaving me all alone. And… I really do miss her. Even my best friends abandoned me..."
"What? How come you never told us this?" Sonic asked.
"Because I thought you all wouldn't care… You're right. I'm nobody."
"Hey… Don't be like that. There's still a way to change." Chopper assured as he walked over to Arcaine. "Look, I sorry for getting mad at you… That was mean of me… You know… I lost a lot of stuff during my life, and it's something I can't get back..."
"What? You're serious?"
"He's not kidding," Luigi responded with a shake of the head.
"Wow… That's very shocking… Although you're lucky you have friends. I nearly have none." Arcaine frowned as his head hung low.
Mario: We can be your friends if you want.
"Really?"
"Yeah! All you need to do is forget about SunMoonFlower." Blade assured. "Even if it somehow existed, it would probably be gone by now."
"Yeah, you're right… Forget SunMoonFlower! I need to start things over!" Arcaine stood up and smiled. "I really thank you for what you heroes did."
"Why, that was surprising!"
Everyone saw King Moonnight climb up the ladder, along with King Sunday. Everyone was surprised to see both of them actually not fighting, especially Arcaine.
"Wait… Are you two actually not fighting?" Arcaine gaped.
"Well, when I heard what King Moonnight said through my device, I felt somewhat guilty for what I did…" King Sunday explained. However, we both realized that we both had devices and were trying to listen in to each other through it. So… I decided to come here and finally make up."
"We both agreed, which was very nice for both of us and became friends! It turns out we both wanted peace, so it works out just fine!" King Moonnight smiled. "As for you, Arcaine… We'll gladly make sure that things turn out all right for you. In fact, we could tell your wife about the news and let you see her again! …If that's what you'd like."
"Really?!" Arcaine gasped. "You could actually do that?!"
"Of course! We are kings, after all! I think you could helps us with the celebration too!" King Sunday chuckled.
"This… This makes me so happy…"
King Sunday looked over at the heroes. "I'd also like to thank you heroes for helping us out. We both came to realize that heroes can sometimes bring people together!"
"Wow! I never felt so flattered!" Luigi blushed.
"We must reward you greatly for what you've done!" King Moonnight picked up the Pure Heart and held it above him. "Now, brave heroes… Will you kindly accept this Pure Heart, in which you shall use to save all worlds?"
"We will do so!"
"Thank you… Please take good care of it."
King Moonnight tossed the Pure Heart over to Chopper. It began to float above his head while all of the Pixls began to perform their little dance once again. With the finishing part, Chopper held the Pure Heart up high.
"We really made someone feel happy," Luigi smiled.
"I agree," Chopper said as he smiled at the Pure Heart and then at Arcaine.
YOU GOT A PURE HEART
END OF CHAPTER
"Thank you kindly for what you've done, heroes. Now our kingdom has returned to peace once again! Hopefully you come back and visit us some time!" The two kings and Arcaine waved goodbye to the heroes as they began to make their exit out of this world. They all felt so much better for making someone who felt miserable feel so much better. "Well that was quite the experience, wouldn't you guys agree?" asked Sonic. As Chopper carried the fourteenth Pure Heart, he soon realized that their quest was coming closer to an end. Only six more Pure Hearts remained out there…
Probably the most out of nowhere boss in this story... For those of you who don't know who they are, they are bosses from the Kirby series.
Anyway... The interlude is coming up next! ...And I know it took me over a week to put this up.