Super Paper Chopper Chapter 106: Darkness in The Peaceness, a mario fanfic

CHAPTER 15-5

-Darkness in The Peaceness-

"So… This is The Peaceness… It's a very pretty world…" Timpani commented as they took the time to look around this new place. They were all relieved to be at the top of the world, especially Blade, who was exhausted from the huge climb here. Instead of making their way to the Nimbis, they decided to stretch and relax. And besides… Don't heroes NEED to have some relaxation before going on a little adventure to the Pure Heart?

"Well, with our new abilities, we should be just fine," Chopper assured, looking at his rainbow aura hands. "Although… I'm a little disappointed with my new ability… Seriously, rainbow energy? I don't see how it's much of a use against enemies compared to fire and ice… Electric would've helped me paralyze enemies, that's for sure…"

"Poyo! (Well I don't think it's going to be too bad! Plus, we've got new moves, including me!)" Kirby smiled, feeling more cheerful than ever. "Poyo! (Now I don't have to rely on using my Pixls or inhaling things all the time when I have no ability!)"

"Yeah, that's pretty nice," Chopper agreed. "At least my Flip Gauge is bigger, so exploring in 3-D should be a lot easier now."

"How long art thou able to stayeth in 3-D?" Luvbi asked, out of curiosity.

"Let's see," the antennae hero flipped into 3-D and waited for about thirty seconds before taking damage. He returned to 2-D afterward. "Only about thirty seconds. Not too bad."

"I guess that's not too bad of an ability you got," Meta Knight commented. "And remember, Chopper… It's not wise to put yourself down when you believe that a new power you possess seems too weak."

Mario: Well… Rainbow doesn't really help too much…

Before they could even continue their conversation, Luvbi fluttered ahead and looked back at the group with a smile.

"So hither we art! Welcome to The Peaceness! Pray, it hast been verily a long time since I've been hither with mine parents." Luvbi said as she pondered. "Not much hast verily changed, though…"

"Well, is there anyone here that you know?" Timpani asked.

"Yea, I doth remember someone who lived hither, but I'm not sure if he still dost live hither. His given name is Elbi. He is verily old, just like my father, but even if he dost have a shrine, he is verily not a king. What doth bother me about him is that his son, Wenbi, hast a huge crush on me!"

"Wenbi? You mean that Nimbi we saw when I was taking you back to your parents?" Chopper gawked. "Gee, I felt kind of sorry for him after what I saw from him. He must have a hard time…"

"Well... He is not verily in mine interest. I doth feel that he tries to stalk me at times. And besides… I doth have a choice on who I love. He hast to understand."

"Yeah, that's all up to you, I can agree with that," agreed Timpani.

"So… How about we check this place out?" Sonic suggested after stretching his legs. "I'm all ready to go. How about you guys?"

Everyone else: Yeah, I'm fine.

They walked over to the sign that was right beside them. It seemed to say something that they knew already.

Welcome to The Peaceness!

"Well I guess that helps anyone who's trying to invade this place…" Blade trailed while sheathing his katana. "But, now that we're up here, I think we don't have to worry about fighting any monsters."

"Yeah, I suppose we don't have to worry," Luigi agreed while he stopped clenching his fists. "We should be able to relax around this place, wouldn't you agree?"

"Well there's the first door," Chopper announced, walking over to the door. "However, I don't think we're permanently safe here. I mean, wouldn't those monsters try to find a way up here?"

"Oh, stop worrying, Chopper," Blade suggested. "All it is with you is 'worry worry worry'. You should seriously chill for a while, all right?"

"Uhhhh… You REALLY believe that I worry all the time? All I was saying is that we should try to be careful. There could be some monsters that are here at this exact moment!"

"Poyo, (That's worrying,)" Kirby confirmed.

"…Dang it. Meh, let's just go already."

They hurried through the door and came out of one on one of those Overthere buildings. They were shocked to see a Spiky Bomber Skell floating right near the building.

"Wow… So there ARE monsters here…" Meta Knight readied his sword and flew up to the Spiky Bomber Skell with a slash attack, sending it flying down. Mario finished it off by using a Super Ground Pound to damage it with his shockwave.

Mario: I like this new Ground Pound!

"Yeah, it does look like it's helpful," Luigi agreed as he saw a cloud moving down. He noticed that there was a cloud just across the gap, but it didn't look like he was capable of jumping over.

"I'll check and see what's there," Meta Knight said as he flew over to the cloud to find a chest. He opened it to find a Door Key. With it, he returned to the six heroes and showed it to them.

"A key? Why would the Nimbis hither have a key around this place?" Luvbi questioned.

"I have no idea… Could it be because they're trying to keep themselves safe from harm?" Blumiere pondered.

"No… That couldn't be the answer…" Timpani disagreed, receiving a strange look from her husband. "They expected us to come here, right? They wouldn't just leave us to find a locked door here…"

"Well, we'll find out when we have the chance," Chopper assured as they jumped on the cloud moving down and landed on an Overthere-like platform that was standing on top of the cloud.

"What's the point of this platform?" Sonic asked.

"In all honesty, I have no idea…" Blade trailed as he jumped off the platform and landed on the cloud just up ahead. They saw a short pillar blocking a red door with a lock on it, but they noticed that there was a cloud above them with another door.

"I'll check and see what's up there," Luigi announced as he performed a Super Jump. When he reached the cloud, he noticed that the red door was in a Peaceness building, which has a pointy roof.

"Guys! We should check and see what's here first!"

"Yea, verily. Mayhap Elbi has the Pure Heart with him." Luvbi agreed, flying up to the door where Luigi was standing in front of. Meta Knight groaned as he was forced to bring everyone up to the cloud. But, even with that, they managed to head into the next area, which had a pathway leading up to a door ahead, but also a spring left on the ground with two dull orbs next to it.

"Orbs? I wonder what these could be for…" Chopper pondered.

"You might want to fling some rainbow energy at them," Meta Knight suggested.

"Why not?" Chopper hurled two rainbow balls at the orbs, making them light up as a glowing rainbow color. Not only that, but it also made the spring active. Sonic tested it out for himself, and he was launched up to a cloud above them.

"Yeah, this is working all right!" Sonic confirmed.

"What about that door over there?" Blade pointed over to the door at the end of the path on the clouds. "Do you think we should check over there first to see if there are any Nimbis there?"

"It won't maketh a difference," Luvbi assured, fluttering up to the door above. "Come now! We hast to goest to Elbi right away!"

"Well, hopefully, we'll be able to find any Nimbis roaming around here," Timpani hoped. "Perhaps they'll be able to tell us what's going around here. It's strange to find none of them around…"

They jumped on the spring and brought themselves up to the door. They entered into an area with a long, Peaceness building just up ahead with pillars holding the roof up and a bridge made of stars leading over to the door.

"None art hither too? This doth be strange…" Luvbi trailed. There was a door right next to them, but they decided to go over to the bridge made of stars. Nobody seemed to be around; not even a unique Nimbi like Whibbi was here.

"I have a bad feeling about this…" Timpani trailed.

"Well, let's just see if we'll find anything here," Chopper crossed the bridge and reached the door sitting on the cloud with two small pillars. Everyone shrugged and followed him through the door into an area that looked somewhat similar.

"Wait… Why does this look a lot like the path to Grambi's Shrine?" Sonic gawked. "It's almost like an exact replica of Grambi's Shrine! Aren't you a little mad that this place is copying your home world?"

"Nay, for the Nimbis hath made this place as well," Luvbi explained. "They wanted to maketh this place look similar to The Overthere to maketh sure that it verily felt like home. At least, that's what Father toldest me…"

"There's no use in explaining this stuff when the Pure Heart is just up ahead. Let's go." Meta Knight suggested as he flew onward. Everyone shrugged and followed him up the stairs to a Save Block and a ? Block.

"Our HP is full, so there's no point in hitting that block," Chopper said, but he did hit the Save Block to save their game. "All right, let's see what we've got in here."

Inside the shrine-

When they walked in the shrine, they noticed that it was partially empty. All they could see was a throne at the other side of the room and a Nimbi with a brown beard, white wings, and white skin, unlike Grambi, who was yellow.

"Hey, it's Grambi, but recolored!" Luigi gaped.

"I beg thy pardon?" Elbi gawked. "Pray… Let me looketh at thee for a minute…"

The old Nimbi inched his way over to Luigi and took at a look at him. "Pray, art thou verily the hero Luigi that I hath heard for such a long time?"

"Yeah…" Luigi nodded.

"Thou art verily famous around here ever since thou destroyeth the monster named Bonechill in The Overthere!" These words made Luigi gape even bigger. "Thou art most likely the most famous one hither!"

"R-Really?! Oh my gosh! This is… I never… This is simply amazing!" Everyone took a glance over Luigi, who was magically floating in the air while his eyes sparkled. "This is the best day ever!"

Mario: Congratulations!

"Elbi… We hath come hither for something verily important!" Luvbi said as she fluttered over to the old Nimbi. "We need the Pure Heart right away!"

Elbi's eyebrows drooped, as well as his head. "I am sorry, Luvbi… But I dost not have the Pure Heart with me. I hath never had it with me ever. I doth apologize if thou hast come hither for nothing."

"Wait… We came here for nothing?!" Chopper gaped.

"But that's strange… I can feel the Pure Heart's presence somewhere in The Peaceness… But it doesn't appear to be around here… But… Where would it be instead of this place?"

"Luvbi… Who art these people anyway? Art they the heroes of the prophecy?" Elbi asked. "For some reason, I doth see a resemblance between them and the heroes…"

"Yea, verily. These doth be the heroes." Luvbi confirmed, looking at Chopper with a smile. "This is Chopper! If thou must know, he is the prince whom I've been seeking!"

"I still don't get what a prince is..." Chopper trailed. "And I don't think I'm that..."

"I am Meta Knight, at your service," Meta Knight bowed honorably.

"I welcome thee, Meta Knight," Elbi nodded before looking back at Luvbi. "Pray, Luvbi… What about Wenbi? He doth be a fair Nimbi for thee! He is everything thou doth want in a man!"

"What? Why wouldst I want to date someone who spendest most of his time trying to stalketh me and sendeth me love letters nonstop?" Luvbi asked with an angry look. "Nay! I dost not want that! At least Chopper dost not bother me nonstop like him!"

"Well, he gets obnoxious when you share your affection for him," Blade mentioned.

"But… Luvbi! Thou can't just abandon the one who hast fallen in love with thee! Thou dost understand how he will feel!" Elbi exclaimed.

"Well, I dost not verily like him that much!" Luvbi retorted.

"AHEM…"

The two Nimbis stopped arguing and looked over at Meta Knight, who was looking at both of them coldly.

"Enough with the arguing already. Not only am I getting a headache, but it's also not why we've come here." Meta Knight walked up to Elbi. "We want to know where we can find the Pure Heart."

"Yea, verily, I dost want to stop arguing," Luvbi huffed as she fluttered back to the group, while Elbi slowly rose his head and wiped his eyebrow with his wing.

"Very well. If thou wantest to findeth information on where the Pure Heart couldeth be, then thou should goest to the area where some Nimbis hath recently moved in. Mayhap someone thither hast a hold of it."

"Yes, I believe that's a good idea," Timpani agreed. "Wait… Where are the other Nimbis? Weren't they supposed to expect our arrival?"

Mario: Yeah! What gives?

"If I recallest, I doth remember receiving a call from Queen Jaydes, thy mother, Luvbi…" Elbi trailed, turning away from the heroes while pondering. "But those Nimbis were supposed to get a call as well… Mayhap they didn't hear her response?"

"Weird… There could be something going on there…" Timpani trailed. "I'm starting to get worried if they don't know about any monsters coming…"

"Well, if thou canst, then thou should takest this key," Elbi handed Meta Knight a Peaceness Key. "With this, thou art capable of unlocking the door that will leadeth thee into their town."

"So they have their own town… Interesting…" Meta Knight trailed.

"I suggest we go look over back over by that locked door," Sonic suggested. "We didn't take a look at what was through there anyway. So… I think we should see what's going on back there."

"Good plan," Chopper agreed.

"Then let us away!" Luvbi declared, flying out of the shrine.

"Yeah! Let's... Let's just get out of here."

Peaceness Area 2-

"All right, so this is where the locked door is…" Blade trailed. "Through this door, there must be something of importance. Maybe some cool-looking buildings that are cooler than The Overthere, or a better town!"

Mario: Uhhh… OK…

"Ugh… I'll just unlock the door already." Meta Knight groaned as he broke the lock off the door with the Door Key and walked out of a door on a cloud with a roof above them and pillars holding it. There was no ground, however.

"Oh… There's a roof? What's the point of that?" Chopper asked.

"Poyo? (Maybe it's to prevent rain from falling down?)" Kirby shrugged. "Poyo…? (Wait… Can it even rain in The Peaceness…?)"

"Well, this roof may…" Luvbi's words were stopped when Meta Knight gestured her to stay quiet for a minute. He pointed over to a Nimbi with an orange body and a bag on his head for some reason. He seemed to be getting tortured by two Spiky Skells. The Necromancer was also helping with interrogation.

"Ugh… I don't know how much I could take…"

From hearing that voice, it sounded like Ugly Joe.

"Aw, what's da matter, ugly? Can't take any more torture?" one Spiky Skell sneered as it poked Ugly Joe in the behind, making him shriek in pain. The other Spiky Skell hit him in the head with the bottom part of its spear.

"All right, Nimbi! Tell me now! Where can we find the Pure Heart?!" the Necromancer growled, removing Ugly Joe's bag. "And don't think your ugliness is going to stop me. I've seen uglier things in the past…"

"I… I don't know anything called a Pure Heart, guy…" Ugly Joe coughed. "Come on… Can't we just be fwiends?"

The Necromancer kicked him in the face with his black boot, leaving a huge bruise on Ugly Joe's face. "NO. We didn't come here to make friends! The only reason why we came here in the first place was so we could find the Pure Heart and take over the world!"

"Typical..." Chopper thought.

"And listen here, Nimbi… Don't even call me your friend, guy, or 'buddeh'! We're here to burn you and your entire Nimbi group to the ground when we acquire the Pure Heart! We'll do worse than what we did with the Nimbis back in The Overthere!"

"Like…what?" Ugly Joe asked before the Necromancer pulled out two pickle slices and started squeezing them together. The squeaking sounds of the pickles got on his nerves. "Please, guy! Stop that!"

"Heh heh heh! So, are you going to tell me where the Pure Heart is?"

"But I DON'T know! In fact, I don't know what a Pure Heart is!" Of course, Ugly Joe received a backhand from the Necromancer's sword handle. It left a bigger bruise on his face this time.

"Can ya put the bag back on him?" one Spiky Skell asked.

"Fine…" the Necromancer put the bag back on his head, but not before punching him in the face. "I'm going to make this clear. I'm not going to stop until I get answers from you! You got that? I won't stop to destroy you either!"

"But I know nothing aboot it!"

"…That's it. Your game's going to end." the Necromancer was about to bring his sword down on him, but Meta Knight fired a Sword Beam and knocked his sword away before he could do such a harsh act.

"I don't think you'll be doing that," Meta Knight informed as he held his sword up. "Leave the Nimbi be and nobody gets hurt."

"What's this? The heroes of the prophecy? …Hold on a moment, I see seven here…" the evil necromancer realized. "But, it's so nice to see you heroes! I was just about to end this guy's game until you showed up!"

"Thou wilt NOT hurt anyone hither!" Luvbi growled.

"What? You're still here, you brat? Gah! I was hoping to get AWAY from you…" the Necromancer growled as he noticed Luvbi. "But, I suppose you're here because of the Pure Heart, isn't it?"

"How dost thou knoweth about the Pure Hearts presence hither?"

"We didn't know it was here… But thank you for telling me!"

Everyone immediately glared at the Nimbi girl, who sweat dropped while the Spiky Skells cackled.

"I think we better thank ya fer tellin' us that!" the first Spiky Skell cackled. "However, we should start with the heroes instead, 'cause they're the bigger threats around here! Permission to attack, Necromancer?"

"Yes, I would love that," the Necromancer grinned as he summoned white lightning from the sky to strike the ground. Seven Shaydes rose from the ground with spears. "You remember these guys, right?"

"They doth be Shaydes…" Luvbi trailed.

"They were able to revolt against the queen in The Underwhere thanks to someone… But despite him trying to take my spot for the master, I will still try to destroy you myself…when the time is necessary."

"All right, let's see these guys take us on!" Sonic smirked as he got in a fighting stance. "We just so happened to learn some new moves, so taking these guys on should be a snap!"

"We'll, we'd like to see ya try!" the two Spiky Skells stepped back and allowed the Shaydes to step into battle. Since there were only seven of them, they all decided that they would each take on one.

"DESTROY THEM!" ordered the Necromancer as he flew away from the area. "And don't come back if you fail your duties!"

"Yeah, so listen to him!" the two Spiky Skells scurried away as the heroes got themselves ready for battle. "An' make sure ya don't leave any part of their body!"

The Spiky Skells stayed back from the fight, leaving the Shaydes to charge. Chopper and the first Shayde decided to duke it out, with him firing rainbow balls of energy straight at the undead. Since it was slow, it couldn't avoid one of Chopper's rainbow balls. It actually covered it in rainbow energy, making it scream.

"AAAAAGGHHHH! What kind of energy is this?!" the first Shayde screamed.

"Wait… What the heck? Does this rainbow energy work well against the undead? Or is it because these enemies are so dull? Hmmmmmmmm…" Chopper began to ponder before getting tackled by the Shayde.

"You're not going to stop me, though!" the Shayde growled before Chopper kicked the monster off and attacked it by spinning his fists with rainbow energy. It kind of reminded him of the Rainbow Spin Attack he had five months ago.

"Huh… Now that was pretty cool." Chopper, unfortunately, got hurt by the Shayde's spear it threw at him, but he was able to run up to it and use a rainbow sweeping kick to knock it over. With a charged rainbow ball, he disintegrated the Shayde.

"One down! Six more to go…"

However, he wasn't helping the others with their fight, since they seemed just fine. Like with Kirby. He was able to inhale the Shayde's spear and spit it back at it to leave the undead creature weaponless.

"Poyo! (See! Now you're weaponless!)" Kirby smirked.

The Shayde grinned as he spat out a spear. Kirby was somewhat disgusted by this, but he pulled his Final Cutter out and tried to slash the Shayde with it. It tried countering it, but its spear was simply cut in half.

"Poyo! (Now THIS is something!)" Kirby performed his Final Cutter attack on the Shayde to leave it weakened. While it was at this state, he attacked it with his Cartwheel, finishing it off.

"Necromancer! Forgive me!" it screamed as it disintegrated.

"Poyo, (Score one for Kirby,)" he smiled as he did a little dance to celebrate his victory.

With two Shaydes down, only five remained. Sonic and the third Shayde were battling it out like everyone else, but Sonic seemed to have the upper advantage, since he was able to move at the speed of sound. All he did was strike the Shayde with a couple of Spin Dashes to leave it off guard.

"This is a lot easier than I thought!" Sonic said before getting rammed by the Shayde's head, knocking him back. "Whoa… That's one mighty head ya got there!"

"How about I stab you with this spear instead?" sneered the Shayde as it tried to jab at Sonic. He dodged its attacks and kicked the Shayde, leaving it stunned.

"Sonic Wind!" Sonic clenched his fists and summoned swirling blue wind that struck the Shayde. It sent it flying, allowing him to strike it in mid-air with a Homing Attack. He finished it off with a Bounce Attack.

"All right! Now that was awesome!"

"Well you're lucky, Sonic!" Blade shouted, dodging the Shayde's spear. He tried countering it with his katana, but he seemed to be too close to the Shayde. It hit him in the head with its own head, but he managed to knock it back with a kick.

"I will not fail my leader!" the Shayde denied, trying to attack Blade, but the ninja cat was able to throw a shuriken at it, making it pierce right through the undead's body. But… It didn't seem to have much of an effect on it.

"Wait, what the heck? That should've worked!" Blade gaped.

"We're dead, you know! You can't hurt us with those sharp objects!" the Shayde cackled before Blade slashed it with his katana. "…Ow."

"Oh, I'm not done yet!" Blade grinned. He began to store power in his katana and unleashed his Dragon Beam upon the Shayde. A large, orange dragon made of fire fired out and engulfed the Shayde, burning it to a crisp.

"And that's why you don't mess with me."

With him finished with his fight, Mario clenched his fists at the Shayde he was facing. He jumped over it, but the Shayde managed to poke him in the butt with his spear, sending Mario rocketing up while screaming.

"He might want to be careful with that…" Timpani trailed.

Mario came flying down to the ground, but he prepared to attack with his Super Ground Pound. Upon impact, the Shayde was sent flying back, allowing Mario to jump to the Shayde and bash it with his hammer.

"Ow! Man, that's one powerful butt you've got there!" the Shayde grunted. "But that's not going to save you here!"

Mario: Maybe it will!

Mario stomped on the Shayde's head and finished it off once and for all with his Super Ground Pound. Now all that remained were two more Shaydes. And believe me, Luigi was actually having a hard time.

"C'mon, ya big wimp ya! Why don't you try fighting back!" the Shayde taunted while Luigi cowered away from it. "Man, you're such a baby! What's the matter? You're afraid of the undead?"

It cackled as it poked Luigi from behind with its spear. He screamed like a girl as he flew in the air and landed on his butt. The Shayde was about to attack, but Luigi suddenly spun his arms around and used his Cyclone, summoning a tornado to knock the Shayde back.

"I may be cowardly… But at least the Nimbis here know me as a hero!" Luigi growled as he flutter jumped to the Shayde and stomped on its head. The Shayde tried getting up, but a received a shoe to the face afterward.

"Ouch… Who knew a coward would have it in him to do this?" With one last kick, Luigi finished off the Shayde, leaving only one more left.

Meta Knight seemed to have the least problems with his enemy. All it had was a spear, while he carried a sword that was ten times more powerful than a sword that Chopper would gain from the Sword ability.

"All right, masked dude! Take this!" the Shayde charged at Meta Knight with its spear, but all Meta Knight did was cut it in half with his sword, leaving the Shayde, just like the one that faced Kirby, weaponless.

"When you want to face someone, you want to learn their moves first before trying to attack," Meta Knight suggested, striking the Shayde and sending it flying and defeating it very easily. The two Spiky Skells gaped as they saw that the Shaydes were gone.

"Whoa… They creamed 'em!" the first Spiky Skell realized.

"Yer tellin' me! How did they manage to pull of moves like that?" the second Spiky Skell asked as Meta Knight began to make his way toward the two Skells. "Aw, crud… We're in trouble…"

"Are you ready to surrender?" Meta Knight asked, bringing his sword in front of him. "Because we will gladly let you live if you decide to surrender."

"Not in a million years!" the first Spiky Skell growled, aiming its spear at the warrior. "Come an' get this!"

It charged straight at Meta Knight, but he was able to disarm it very easily and finish it off with one single slash. The other Spiky Skell tried to attack, but it too suffered the same fate as the first Spiky Skell.

"YEAH! We sure showed 'em who's boss!" Blade fist pumped, hi-fiving his friends while at it. "See? They're no match for us when we have these awesome new abilities in our possession!"

"Thou hast done it!" Luvbi thanked, fluttering over to the group with a cute smile. "Thou hast defeated yon horrible monsters! Thank thee…"

"Thanks, Luv…" Sonic began.

"…my sweet prince!"

Everyone, including Chopper, fell over on the cloud.

"Luvbi… You do know that I wasn't the only one who fought those guys…" Chopper trailed as he got up and shook his head. "If there's anyone you should be thanking, it's these guys!"

"Poyo, (What he said,)" Kirby agreed, with the others being unhappy with Luvbi's remark.

"Well, it dost not matter right now," Luvbi said, turning away from the heroes. "We hast to helpeth this poor Nimbi up! Didst thou see what that horrible Necromancer hath done to his face?"

"…Oh, yeah. We need to help him up!" Sonic smacked his forehead. "Aw, man! WHY did I forget about that?! Stupid me…"

They walked over to the injured Nimbi and helped him up. "Pray, fellow Nimbi… Art thou all right?"

"Huh? Why does that voice sound like a Nimbi from The Overthere?" Ugly Joe moaned as he slowly got up and rubbed his face…er…bag on his head. "Wait… Did I have this bag on my head this whole time?"

"What happened here? In fact, where is everyone?" Chopper asked. "We looked everywhere around The Peaceness, and we only saw Elbi at his shrine! Were the rest taken away or something?"

"What? Of course not, guy! Somebody's making a speech at city hall right now, and I suppose everyone went over there to listen. But, the question is… Who are you people?" Ugly Joe asked out of curiosity.

"We're the heroes!" Sonic grinned before his expression changed. "Wait… Did anyone even get a call about us coming here to stay safe from the monsters that were coming to stop us?"

"I don't know… The one who would get that call would be our new leader that simply elected himself into office, but I don't think he even said anything about people coming up here."

"That's strange… Why would this leader simply ignore a message?" Timpani asked.

"Who is this leader anyway? Is there a chance that we could speak to him?" Blumiere asked.

"Well, it might be hard, but I'll try to get you guys in!" Ugly Joe nodded. "Just follow me and we'll get you to the Peacevator!"

"Peacevator?" Luvbi questioned with a confused look.

"Yeah! It's an elevator that can bring us up into town! Boy, I can't WAIT to show my new fwiends to the guys!" Ugly Joe cheered as he fluttered over to the next cloud and flew up to a couple of clouds above.

"Something tells me there's something bad going on at the town…" Timpani trailed.

"Well, only one way to find out," Chopper jumped over to the cloud and began to follow Ugly Joe up a couple of clouds. The rest of the group shrugged and followed him up to the door, which led into an area with the Peacevator.

"What're those four arrow blocks floating in the Peacevator?" Blade asked.

"That helps you find which way you want to go, buddeh," Ugly Joe explained. "Depending on which way you want to go, you simply hit that block! The red ! Switch turns it on or off, so if you want to stop it, you just hit it, or vice versa."

"Oh… So where do we need to go anyway?" Chopper asked.

"Just follow the arrows, buddeh!"

"Poyo? (Arrows?)" Kirby gawked as he looked at the arrows. "Poyo… (Gee… That's a little strange…)"

Chopper shrugged and punched the right arrow block. The Peacevator was surrounded by a rainbow aura that carried it to the right. When they saw an arrow pointing up, Meta Knight hit the up arrow block to make the Peacevator go up. They happened to notice that the door leading to town was actually high above the cloud they were on previously.

"Wait… It's just above the door we just walked out of?!" Blade gaped. "You've gotta be kidding me!"

"Using those arrows was such a waste of time…" Luvbi groaned as they stoped the Peacevator and got off. With the red door in front of them, they immediately headed to town.

Peaceness Town-

Upon entering town, they noticed that there were a couple of yellow, blue, and purple houses around the area. Up ahead, they could see a city hall that somewhat resembled the one from The Overthere. From what they could see, all of the Nimbis were listening to someone there.

"Wait… What's going on here?" Chopper asked.

"Poyo, (It looks like there's something going on there,)" Kirby pondered. "Poyo? (But what's it about?)"

"Hey! Who are you people?!" the group paused when they saw a Nimbi with a lemon-shaped head fluttering over to them. "Joe! There's a rule about not allowing outsiders in this place!"

"Wait, The Peaceness hates people like us?" Chopper gawked.

"The Peaceness wouldn't be like this…" Luvbi trailed. "Why art thou speaking to us like that? My mother madeth a call to tell thy group about the monsters coming hither!"

"Monsters? This place is perfectly safe! With I, Strott here, nothing can go wrong!" Strott said firmly. "So get out of this town and beat it before I call the cops on you!"

"Get away from them, Strott!" a Nimbi with a goatee came fluttering over to them. "Who do you think you are, being a hick to these people?!"

"But these people are from the outside world! We can't allow them to invade! Don't you remember what happened to The Overthere?! That place was attacked by monsters!"

"Actually, you've got it all wrong," Ugly Joe said. "These people are actually heroes! They actually said that they were supposed to come here and get some protection from us Nimbis."

"But we don't even know how to fight! We're defenseless! Get them out of here, Ugly Joe!" demanded Strott.

"Quit being a hick already, Strott!" a Nimbi shouted. "Leave them be for now! You're not wanted around here!"

"Grrrrrrr! Fine! You win this round, outsiders!" Strott growled as he fluttered away, but not before giving one last glare to the heroes. "But I will be back!"

"Sorry 'bout that, folks," the Nimbi with the goatee apologized. "Strott just doesn't like any outsiders 'round here. You know him, he's a hick!

"What's a hick?" Chopper asked with a confused look.

"Doesn't sound like anything special," Blade said.

"Well, I guess this is a friendly group compared to that one Nimbi…" Meta Knight trailed, walking up to the Nimbis to greet him. "My name is Meta Knight. I'm here with these six heroes. Queen Jaydes made a call to The Peaceness, saying that we would be coming here."

"Which took a LONG time," Luigi added.

"Oh… Yeah… Well, there was an easier way to get here." the Nimbi with the goatee pointed over to the cloud that had an elevator button on it. "That leads down to the grassy ground."

Everyone's mouths were agape at this point.

"Wait a minute… You're telling us we could've gotten here easily with that elevator?" Chopper gaped, everyone turning to him.

"Of course, fwiend! It makes things easier for us!"

"But... But... We've spent such a long time getting here, and we find out we could've taken an easier way?"

"You're right, buddeh!"

"I can't believe it!" Blade growled. "How the heck were we supposed to know about a cloud that could help us get here?!"

"Yea, verily… But if we didn't climbeth those clouds, thou wouldeth not have thine abilities." Luvbi informed.

"I am a little ashamed that we could've taken a little shortcut…" Timpani trailed.

"Well, I guess Luvbi has a point about getting those abilities," Sonic mentioned. "I mean, it really did help us fight!"

"What exactly is going on here anyway?" Timpani asked.

"Well, our new leader is going to be making a speech pretty soon," one Nimbi informed. "If you want, you can go over to city hall and listen to his speech. I heard he was going to talk aboot something important!"

"I suppose we can go over there," Meta Knight shrugged. "Maybe he can help us find the Pure Heart."

"Poyo, (Yeah, I agree,)" Kirby nodded. "Poyo! (So let's go already!)"

With one last nod, they made their way over to city hall, but they did hear the voice of the Nimbi from behind.

"And watch out for Strott! He's a hick!"

City hall-

"But Pherrance! I didn't want to come here!" Tillip said, carrying a bowl of cereal. "I just wanted to stay home and eat my cereal! And maybe later I could've eaten some beans to keep my gas levels just fine!"

"Like this?" Pherrance farted in Tillip's face, causing them both to laugh hysterically.

"Oh, you're so funneh, Pherrance!" Both Nimbis gave each other a happy look as they farted once again. A couple of other Nimbis laughed with them due to their love of fart humor.

"Oh, you guys crack me up!" one Nimbi laughed.

"So… This is where city hall is?" Meta Knight questioned before stopping when he saw a bunch of Nimbis crowded together. "What the…! What are all of these Nimbis crowding around for?"

"It's because the bureau is going to be making a speech!" Pherrance announced, turning to the group. "He's going to say something aboot… Wait a minute… It's you guys! You know, the ones that saved The Overthere?"

"It's good to see you, buddehs!" Tillip smiled as he farted.

"Ugh… Thou still hast that humor…" Luvbi groaned.

"We sure do! It's something that we enjoy!" Pherrance smiled. "But wait… I have no clue on why you guys are even here. Did… Did one of those heart things lead you here?"

"Yeah, it did," Chopper nodded, smiling. "Do you happen to know where we could find one?"

"Uhhhhh… I don't think so."

Mario: Well that was a nice answer…

"Well, talk about a waste of time…" Sonic face palmed. "We sensed the Pure Heart in this place, but no one seems to know… Although, I don't think we asked the Nimbi bureau yet."

"Oh, he's coming out right now!" Tillip announced.

"Really?" Blade gawked before he was silenced. They saw, to their shock, Strott coming onto the stand and to the microphone. He was testing it for a couple of seconds to check if it was working.

"Uh… Testing." Strott said through the microphone. "Uhhhh… OK. May I have your attention please?"

All of the Nimbis stopped talking and listened. "As you can, uh, see… The bureau is just getting himself ready for his speech. So, you just have to give him a little bit of time and you will be…"

The entrance to city hall opened up, revealing a Nimbi with brown hair, a mustache, and a black suit. He walked out with one with a brown suit and one with a blue one. When Sonic looked at him, something seemed strangely familiar about him.

"Am I the only one who thinks that guy reminds me of someone?" Sonic asked.

"I don't even know who this guy is…" Luigi trailed.

"Why hello, my fellow Nimbis!" the Nimbi introduced. "I am your new leader of the World Nimbi Association, Dridge Gadootman! I am here to help you all! And with the help I give you, you can help us…make The Peaceness a better place!"

"Dridge Gadootman? He sounds an awful lot like that one guy we met before..." Chopper trailed.

"That's because it IS him," Blade pointed out.

"You know this guy?" Meta Knight asked.

"Yeah. He used to be called Gridge Dabootman, but he got sent adrift on a cloud. How he got here, I have no clue. But he's really doing a bad job at hiding his true self. And he's even with Strott! That hick!"

"I see…" Meta Knight trailed as they all continued to listen to Gadootman's speech.

"Now, if you don't agree with my plan to gain control of more worlds and get more moneh, then you do not deserve to live!" Gadootman shouted while slamming his wing on the stand. "…Well, forget that last part, but we might as well throw you out of here, 'cause we don't believe in people who disagree!"

"But Mr. Gadootman," a Nimbi spoke up. "We do believe in the rights of freedom. We're more like peaceful creatures than bloodthirsty."

"Don't you see? That's the problem with us! All we do is just stand around and let our enemies take advantage of us! I do NOT approve of this! Ridding of our freedoms would only make us stronger!"

"Is this guy stupid?" Chopper chirped.

"I doth agree," Luvbi nodded.

"Getting rid of our freedoms is a terrible idea! Wouldn't you say, Pherrance?" Tillip asked.

"Indeed, Tillip! It makes me want to let out a horrific fart!" Speak of the devil. Pherrance let out a fart and both began to laugh hysterically.

"I don't know why, but he looks strangely familiar to me…" Ugly Joe trailed as he looked at Gadootman. "But, I still disagree with his ideas. Who on earth would listen to him?"

"Ugly Joe? Is that you?" Pherrance gawked upon seeing Joe. "My goodness, you're looking hideously ugly today, Ugly Joe!"

"How can you guys say stuff like that?" Ugly Joe asked

"It's because you're so ugly, Joe!"

"But I'm not that ugly..."

"As you can see, Mr. Gadootman does have some brilliant ideas," Strott informed. "This plan could help us fend off great evil, and it could even keep outsiders out of The Peaceness!"

"Hey, look! It's Strott the Hick!" Tillip announced, which got Strott's attention. He flew over the crowd and landed right in front of the two Nimbis.

"Oh, no! Not you two idiots! And I'm not a hick, for your information! Stop trying to call me that, because it's not funneh!"

"You know what else is funneh? Tillip's farts!" Pherrance laughed as Tillip farted once again.

"Augh! Your farts disgust me! Don't you know that farts are the lowest form of comedeh from a poll made last year? Why does a little sound get you to laugh stupidly?" Strott growled.

"Because that's what they think," Sonic answered.

"And you, outsiders… When this new bill is passed, you'll be leaving this place for good! And you wanna know why it will get passed?"

"Because you're hick?" Tillip answered.

"NO! Because I hate you, Pherrance and Tillip! And I also hate you, outsiders! Your kind sicken me! You always have to come to our place and get everyone's attention when you're just here to sabotage our plans and destroy us all! Trust in this: you're not going to get away with this! I'll make sure you die like the rest of them all!"

"Wow, you sure are a jerk," Chopper said.

"Yea, verily," Luvbi agreed.

"YO! STROTT! GET BACK HERE! I NEED YOU!" Gadootman called out.

"I'm coming back, sir!" Strott gave them one last glare before flying back to his boss.

"I bet he's working with someone who's against us," Luigi pondered. "Who else would hate outsiders like that?"

Mario: I'm not fully sure…

"And on another note… Outsiders will not be welcome in our town!" Gadootman announced, making everyone give him a confused look. "Hey, believe me, guys! This is going to help us!"

"Oh, you've gotta be kidding me…" Chopper face palmed. "I bet he got this from Strott, didn't he?"

"I think so," Meta Knight agreed.

When Gadootman looked at the audience, they seemed silent. All that could be heard was the sound of a chirping cricket. "Uhhhhhh… Well, how about I throw a parteh in our ancestors' temple? There will be free food, including an all-you-can-eat table!"

"D-Did he say an 'all-you-can-eat'?" Chopper gaped while drooling. Kirby, too, was drooling.

"Surely we're not going to that party…" Luigi trailed. "I bet no one would even agree on…"

All of the Nimbis began to cheer and scream. Gadootman, looking satisfied, gestured everyone to stay silent and continued.

"Thank you! Thank you, my fellow Nimbians! With this parteh, you will agree to pass this bill and enjoy our lovely food at stake! However, if you're caught coming in here and not agreeing with our law, then you, sir, are a RAT!"

"Well, I am still not convinced that I want to goest to this party…" Luvbi trailed with an annoyed look.

"Did I mention that there will be dancing and a wonderful balcony for any romantic moments too?" Gadootman added.

"Chopper! We must goest to this party!"

"But I thought you said you didn't want to go!" Chopper frowned. "Now I don't want to go to this party…"

"But he doth say that there will be dancing and a balcony for romantic moments," Luvbi said, her voice becoming sweet and calm. "This couldeth be our romantic moment! One I hath been waiting for this entire time…"

"Uhhh… I don't think we're even going to go to this party." Sonic disagreed. "Parties are for people who are easily convinced about stupid bills."

"You know, maybe we should go to this party," Timpani suggested.

"Tippi? Why would we want to go?" Chopper asked. "I'd rather NOT!"

"Poyo! (We're not going to let some stupid bill like this get passed!)" Kirby retorted.

"Here's the thing, guys…" Blumiere began. "You see, you think that this Gadootman person is suspicious, right? Well, if you go to this party, then you could probably try to spy on him. Surely he'll be in a private area for you to get your information from."

"Well, I hath been waiting for this very moment to spendeth some romantic time with my prince," Luvbi smiled dreamily, looking at Chopper.

Chopper had instantly gulped.

"I think he'd rather help us spy on him," Blade noted.

"What's more important? Saving this world, or dating someone?" Meta Knight asked, giving Luvbi a glare. "You're smart enough to make the right decision. Everyone here knows that."

"But… My prince…" Luvbi frowned. "Well, fine. I'll let him helpeth thee, but I am at least going to spendeth some time with him!"

"Fine, you can do that, but just for a little."

"Wait, what?! I get no say in this?!" Chopper cried.

"Apparently not," Sonic sweat dropped.

"CRUD!" Chopper turned away and looked back up at Pherrance and Tillip. "Wait… Are you guys coming too?"

"What? Us? Heck no!" Pherrance replied. "Why would we want to go to a stupid parteh anyway? We're not that stupid!"

"We're just going to go home right now," Tillip said as they headed to their house.

"Wait… They live in the same house?" Luigi gawked.

Mario: Wow… I don't know what to say right now.

"I bet they're gay," Blade said before getting smacked by Sonic. "OK, OK! I'm joking! Come on, don't you guys have a sense of humor?"

"Can you at least tell us where this temple is?" Meta Knight asked. The two Nimbis stopped and flew back over to them.

"If you want to know where the temple is, it is in Peaceness Area 5. It's past the spring in Peaceness Area 4, if you want to know." Pherrance informed. "But watch out… I heard there are some dangerous things there…"

"Like what?" Chopper asked, titling his head.

"Monsters," Tillip said before flying away.

"Monsters? Is that all they really had to say to us?" Sonic gawked. "I was thinking that there would be a little more than just that… Well, it really doesn't matter at this point. I think it's best that we go check that temple out."

Peaceness Area 4-

Upon entering area four, they noticed past the spring, a Skelloknight was guarding the door. Everyone groaned as they got in their fighting stances. Meta Knight started off by summoning his Mach Tornado and destroying its armor.

"Ah! So yer all here! Excellent!" the Skelloknight got its sword ready and prepared to fight back. Since they had some experience with this guy, they knew that far range attacks work best.

"Take this!" Chopper cried, tossing a charged rainbow ball at the Skelloknight. This appeared to work well against it, since it did more damage than what his normal attacks would do.

"So it appears that rainbow energy works well on Skelloknights too…" Meta Knight trailed, flying toward the Skelloknight and slashing at its chest before flying back to avoid its next attack.

"All right, so we just need to attack it from a far range, huh? Well… Let's see how THIS works!" Blade unleashed his Dragon Beam on the Skelloknight. Not only did it send it flying back, but it also sent it falling off the clouds.

"Oh, wow… We beat it that easily? That's weak…"

"Never mind that for now. Let's get moving." Chopper said as he opened the door into Area 5. There appeared to be clouds moving up and down in this area, but it didn't stop them from trying to jump across.

Mario: These are tough to jump when they're moving at a fast pace…

"I can agree with you on that one, Mario!" Luigi nodded.

"Poyo! (Good thing I can fly across!)" Kirby smiled as he took in some air and began to float over the clouds. Meta Knight followed him while taking down some Dark Bomber Skells in their way.

"It looks like the monsters are here too," Meta Knight informed as he landed right by the door. A Nimbi seemed to be floating around, apparently he already beat them to the door first.

"Well, it looks like I beat you!" the Nimbi chuckled. "Oh, it's OK, fwiend! You don't have to worry about a thing!"

"Poyo? (Well why are you going to this party in the first place?)" Kirby asked. "Poyo? (Don't you know that you're being tricked by this person?)"

"I'm sorry, buddeh, but I don't know what you're even saying… Do you know how to speak like us? I think I would be able to give you a reasonable answer if you did just that…"

"Why art thou going to the party when thou art only agreeing to pass something to maketh thee a dictatorship?" Luvbi asked as the rest of the group got to the door. "Thou shouldst be ashamed!"

"Well it's not my fault I want to have food! And… Wait, hold on a second… You guys ARE outsiders! Oh, man… Now I'm gonna have to get the bureau over here so he could…"

Chopper instantly knocked him out with his hammer.

"Why did you do that, Chopper?!" Timpani gaped. "It's not like you to do something like that!"

"Hey! If he called Mr. Gadootman, then it would've been ALL of us that would be in trouble. If someone's going to get in trouble right now, though, it might be me for doing this…"

"Poyo… (Although, I don't think that was necessary…)" Kirby trailed.

"Wait! I have an idea!" Chopper pulled a marker he conveniently had and drew eyes over the Nimbi's eyelids. "There! Now they'll think he's still conscious! Problem solved!"

"You realize that those usually don't work?" Sonic informed.

"Oh, forget it… I just want to find out what Gadootman's doing."

"But we art having a little time together first," Luvbi squealed before Chopper began to cry like a baby again.

Entrance to temple-

"Well, this is the temple all right… But it doesn't look too much like one…" Timpani trailed as they entered the next area through the door. They saw two security guards with suits and sunglasses guarding the door. A couple of other Nimbis apparently beat them too, and they were being let in.

"Surely they would let us in…" Luvbi trailed.

"I hope so, 'cause I don't want to just stand out here," Sonic said as he walked up to the security guard. "Hi there! We're Nimbis that have evolved way beyond you guys! We want this bill to be passed!"

"Really? You're evolved beyond us?" one security guard gaped. "Whoa! I can't believe it! Man, wait until we tell the guys about this! They're going to flip out when they hear this! Come on in, guys!"

Everyone gawked as they walked into the party. "Wow… Are they this stupid? I guess that comes to show when they elected this Gadootman persons…" Luigi trailed.

"We already established that this guy was Gridge Dabootman, remember?" Chopper informed as they walked through the long, narrow hallway with the red rug on the floor. "I could imagine monsters being in here and all…"

Out of surprise, two Dark Spiky Skells crashed through the ceiling and landed right in front of them. Everyone got in their fighting stances and used all of their new moves to finish them off without them even making a move.

Mario: Whew… Didn't expect that!

"I suppose some Skells noticed us coming here, so they wanted to make a surprise attack on us," Meta Knight deduced. "So, we better have our weapons out and ready, because they could come out at any time…"

"This should be fun…" Blade trailed as he kept his katana close. "I just hope they don't think we're people who are going to attack…"

"Hey, relax! We're the good guys!" Chopper assured. "Justice will probably prevail and all that stuff…right, Meta Knight?"

"Poyo (Something tells me you were just quoting someone…)" Kirby trailed as they made their way to the door. He opened it to find a large room with a dancing floor, a DJ, a couple of tables, and even a wide table with tons of food.

"Poyo! (This is heaven!)"

"Yeah, you're telling me!" Chopper smiled until he saw the dance floor. "Oh, no… I don't want to be forced to dance… It's not fun, I can't do it, and it's dumb. Luvbi, DON'T make me dance, please!"

"But dancing doth be romantic!" Luvbi squealed.

"Can we just cut this chat out and focus for a moment?" Meta Knight asked. "We know what we're here for, so we need to try to find this Gadootman guy and see what he's planning."

They scanned the room for Gadootman, but they didn't come up with any results.

"Nope. I don't see him anywhere… Don't suppose he could be in the bathroom or something?" Blade pondered.

"Beats me," Sonic shrugged. "Maybe he's somewhere else, planning anything 'special' for this party. And we should check it out!"

Mario: Good idea. ;)

They decided to go over to one of the other doors to see if they could find Gadootman. Sadly, he didn't appear to be anywhere. All they saw in the hallway was an elevator and…a Dark Spiky Skell jumping in through a window?

Mario: Another Dark Skell!

"We'll be ready!" Luigi said as he threw Bonjourang at the Dark Spiky Skell. It got hit in the face, but it threw its own head at the heroes. Chopper bashed it with his hammer and Sonic finished it with his Sonic Wind.

"Yeah, they can't take the heat of my Sonic Wind!" Sonic grinned while giving a cocky pose.

"Yea, thou verily hast to giveth us a cocky pose?" Luvbi asked with an irritated look.

"Aw, come on! It's stylish for me!"

"Should we see what's up this elevator?" Timpani asked. Everyone else looked at each other and nodded. They simply walked into the elevator and saw three buttons. One was to the second floor, and the other was to the third floor. They shrugged and went up to the second floor.

When they walked out, they saw another hallway. There was a door to their left, but they saw a keyhole through the wall.

"There's something through this keyhole," Meta Knight said as he took a peek through it. "Huh… I don't see anything through here… Perhaps there really isn't a secret hiding place here?"

"Nah, there has to be," Chopper said as he took a peek through the keyhole. Unfortunately, he saw nothing too. "Oh… Well, you're right, Mety. There isn't anything here."

"'Mety'?"

"Yeah, it's just a little nickname. I think I called him that at first. Kind of like being called Chop or something…"

"Poyo, (Or Choppy,)" Kirby snickered.

"Yeah... But I don't like that name."

"Well, since we hast not foundeth this Nimbi… We should goest to the dance floor, my sweet prince!" Luvbi squealed as she grabbed Chopper's hand and began to drag him over to the door ahead. He tried to fight his way out of it, but alas, there was no way he could get out.

"Someone help me!" Chopper cried.

"Uhhhhh… Should we help him?" Blade asked. Meta Knight wrapped his cape around him and slowly shook his head while closing his eyes.

"I told her she could spend some time with him. I always keep my promise." Meta Knight explained. "It's an…honorable thing for me to do."

"So you're just going to let him suffer? I don't think that's the best idea out there…" Luigi trailed.

Mario: You can't do a thing about it?

"Sadly, no. A true warrior always keeps his or her promise to someone, even if they don't like the person they lost to."

"Oh... Well that stinks." Luigi frowned. "We should go back down. Maybe Gadootman's around there."

Everyone agreed and headed back down. Of course, when they got to the big room, they saw a couple of male and female Nimbis dancing with each other. Chopper was actually trying to get away from the dance floor, which he was actually doing quite a good job with, but Luvbi kept pulling him.

"Come on, my prince! Our date is not complete without a dance!" Luvbi said, trying her best to pull him.

"Eep! No!" Chopper cried.

"Well, they sure look like they're having a fun time," Sonic said with a confused look as he noticed Chopper's feet moving in a figure-8 pattern. "Although… I wonder how Luvbi's able to pull him when he can run incredible fast…"

"The world may never know," Blade pondered. "Now I wonder where that guy can be…"

"May have your attention, please?" Everyone stopped talking and looked over to the stage. There, they saw Gadootman by the stand and Strott the Hick next to him. "I thank you all for attending this party! Because of this, you have agreed to pass this wonderful bill I have in my hands!"

Gadootman held up a piece of paper with "This Bill" labeled on it. "This bill requires the majority of the people to pass! And, since mostly everyone has come to this party, then we have passed it!"

"Wait… What?!" Chopper gaped.

"Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go…somewhere. You people, on the other hand, can enjoy dancing as much as you want! Now, c'mon, fwiends, let's dance!"

He began to do a weird dance as he began to leave. Everyone blinked, but continued to dance. The heroes looked at each other and gave a nod, indicating that they probably have to go back to that keyhole.

"All right, let's go!" Chopper announced before getting grabbed by Luvbi. "Luvbi! Stop this! This is more important!"

"But I was promised a date with thee!" she retorted. "Mayhap we can goest up to the balcony!"

"Poyo, (And while you do that, I'm going to enjoy some food here,)" Kirby smiled as he ran off toward the food. Sonic and Mario decided that they would go watch him to make sure he would be just fine. As for the rest… They headed back to the elevator, with Chopper and Luvbi going to the third floor.

Second floor-

The three remaining, Blade, Luigi, and Meta Knight walked out of the elevator and looked around in the hallway. They wanted to make sure that they would find something.

"Hmmmmm… Well, nothing here…" Luigi trailed.

"No. There is something here. I can feel it…" Meta Knight said as his eyes turned green. He happened to hear voices coming through the keyhole. He checked through to find Gadootman and Strott speaking.

"What is it, Mety? Ya found something?" Blade asked.

"Stay quiet, Blade, or else they'll hear us!" Everyone stayed quiet and began to listen through the keyhole.

"All right, Strott. So, it looks like everything went as planned!" Gadootman grinned. "So, you know what the next part of the plan is, right?"

"Uhhhh… Yeah, of course I do." Strott nodded. "Now that we've got this bill here, we just need to get those outsiders out of the way! Those annoyin' pests aren't gonna be leaving here! They keep talking aboot this Pure Heart thing…"

"If I could recall, the one who got me to this place knows something about a Pure Heart… But luckily, these heroes don't know a thing! But, enough about that. I want you to KO the heroes with a little something in the food and bring 'em to our secret headquarters! That way, no one will notice their disappearance!"

"But why do I have to be the one to do it? Why can't you get someone else to do it?"

"You better do it, guy, or else you'll be 'Hick of the Year' around The Peaceness!" ordered Gadootman.

"Fine… But I'm gonna have to disguise myself. If they see me offering them some food, then they're not going to take it!"

"Fine, get the disguise, hickwad. Just remember the plan, all right?"

"Yeah, I got it. And when they're out, we'll be able to rule this place with an iron fist, am I right?"

"Yeah, just get out of here."

"They're going to KO them and take them to their secret hideout…" Meta Knight thought as his eyes turned red with anger. "These two people are such savages! I will make them pay dearly for their actions!"

"Yo, Mety! They're going to drug our friends! We gotta get down there and warn 'em!" Blade shouted, getting Meta Knight's attention.

"Aw, man! If my bro is drugged… I don't know what'll happen!" Luigi cried. "I'm going back down!"

"We gotta get Chopper too! He should be up at the balcony!" Blade suggested.

"Very well… We gotta get up there as fast as we can." Meta Knight said as they hurried over to the elevator.

Balcony-

"Huh… Well, I'll admit, this is a nice view of the sky from here." Chopper gaped as he looked up at the beautiful sky. He could see many different stars, such as a yellow, blue, and red one. He even noticed a star that reminded him of something he knew.

"Chopper, art thou all right?" Luvbi asked, noticing Chopper's eyes water a little from looking at the star.

"Y-Yeah… I'm fine." Chopper responded while wiping the water out of his eyes. "I just noticed something that I remembered from a long time."

"Oh… I see…" Luvbi looked back up at the sky and noticed a star shaped like a heart. "Pray, Chopper… Look at the heart up in the sky. Dost thou think that it's romantic?"

"Well... The sky looks pretty cool. Thank goodness it's nice and quiet up here, unlike in the room we were in before. I just like to relax sometimes, y'know?"

"Yea, I doth agree…" Luvbi smiled while blushing at Chopper. "Pray, how didst thy game end in the first place?"

"A clown named Dimentio 'ended' my game by trapping me in a box and making it explode from inside. That's how I got here. But… I didn't actually die, which was weird, just like everyone else. And I'll tell you, things were freaky."

"But thou didst find me," Luvbi smiled, flying closer over to Chopper, who began to shake nervously. "Thou art not shy, art thou?"

"I'm just hoping that you don't try kissing me, that's what."

"Thou just hast to relax. Just close thy eyes, and thou wilt be all better." Chopper was a little confused at first, but he decided to close his eyes. For some reason, he felt rather relaxed.

"OK, why did you make me close my eyes in the first place?"

"Because I want to show thee how much I love thee."

Chopper: ?

He suddenly felt Luvbi's lips touching his. His eyes opened wide in fear as he tried to get himself out. However, this didn't seem to be working out for him.

What shocked him even more was a white flash that appeared out of nowhere. Nobody appeared, but it must've been too fast for him to see someone. Unfortunately, Luvbi didn't see because she was busy kissing Chopper.

Chopper: !

When she released Chopper, she noticed that he was shaking in fear. "Pray, my sweet prince, what is wrong?"

"BLEH! OK, that was the worst kiss I've ever had!" Chopper gagged. "Not only that, but I saw this white flash that appeared out of nowhere. I don't know who made it, but it just happened so suddenly."

"A flash? Why wouldst a flash appear hither?"

"I don't know…" Chopper trailed while wiping his mouth. "It could've been from…"

"Chopper! Chopper!" the two noticed Blade, Luigi, and Meta Knight walking to them. "Chopper! You gotta get down to the big room quick!"

"What is it, Luigi?"

"We overheard the two talking about their plan! They plan on knocking us out with some food and bringing us to their secret hideout! We gotta get down and warn the other three fast before they get knocked out!" Luigi explained.

"Wait… WHAT?! Then we gotta get down there immediately!"

"And we better not waste any time either," Meta Knight added.

"Oh, dear… This is bad news…" Timpani trailed.

"So… What happened up here anyway?" Blade asked.

"Don't even ask," Chopper grumbled as they headed into the elevator and down to the first floor.

First floor-

Mario and Sonic watched as Kirby began shoving food into his mouth like never before. They tried to get something, but the pink puffball was too fast and got all of the food that was left on the plate.

Mario: Well so much for that…

"Yeah, I was hoping to get something out of this, but Kirby's just eating everything on the table! Talk about greedy! Yo! Kirby! Why not let us have some food for once! Can't you learn to share?"

"Poyo? (Wait… You wanted some?)" Kirby gawked as he swallowed his food. "Poyo… (Oh… I'm sorry about that… I wasn't trying to get on your nerves…)"

Mario: Well, I guess we'll have to starve…

"Or get something from the other table," Sonic said as he pointed to the other table. "Let's try getting food there."

"Hey you!" the three heroes paused and looked at a Nimbi wearing a chef's hat, a French mustache, and carried three plates. "Did you say you were hungreh? Because I have three things here you can have!"

Mario: Well… What is it?

"What is it? It's my all-time greatest dish ever!" the Nimbi chef revealed pasta, a chili dog, and a Max Tomato underneath the potholders. "See? I had these with me, but no one wanted them!"

"Is… Is that a chili dog?" Sonic gaped.

"I guess you can say that. You can have it, guy!" the chef handed Sonic the chili dog, while Kirby got the Max Tomato, and Mario the pasta. "Enjoy it while you can! It's so good, you're tongue will cry out for more!"

"Poyo! (Thanks!)" Kirby smiled as he ate his tomato whole. Mario chomped down on his pasta, and Sonic took a big bite out of the chili dog. They all seemed to enjoy it, until they felt a little relaxed.

"Gee… Don't you guys feel calm at the moment?" Sonic asked.

Mario: Yeah… It was good…

"Poyo… (I feel as if I could…)" Kirby let out a yawn as he fell over. Both Mario and Sonic fell over as well and began to snooze, knocking them out in the process.

"It worked! It worked!" the chef took off his hat and mustache and called in Gadootman. "They're passed out! Now we can take 'em to our hideout, right?"

"Shhhhhh! Don't say it out loud!" Gadootman shushed as he came fluttering from the curtains. "Come on! Let's get them out of here quick before someone notices us!"

Right when they left the temple, Chopper, Blade, Luigi, Meta Knight, and Luvbi came running into the large room. Unfortunately, they saw no sign of any of them.

"I think we're too late…" Timpani trailed.

"Great… I thought this would happen…" Chopper frowned. "Say… Did any of you guys see some kind of white flash?"

"No, I didn't see a flash anywhere," Luigi shrugged.

"Me neither," Blade added.

"Well, never mind that then. Let's go find where those two went and get a hold of them. When these people see their plans, I bet they'll be gone for good!" Chopper smirked as he walked over to the door.

"But the problem doth be that we dost not know where they art," Luvbi said. "Surely thou hast a plan, dost thou not?"

"Well, we might not know where the hideout is, but I bet there are two certain people that might have a little idea. C'mon! I think I saw a phone booth right outside! We'll try getting a hold of them! ...I just hope I remember how to use one."

"I'll give you a hand with that, I guess," Blade decided.

"Who are you calling?" Meta Knight asked.

"Well..."

Pherrance and Tillip's house-

In a room with red walls and a light blue floor, Pherrance was watching TV in his light blue couch while eating some Kraft Dinner. Tillip was sitting right next to him in his red couch and had the TV remote in his hand…er…wing.

"My goodness, Tillip! This is some good Kraft Dinneh!" Pherrance commented.

"I'm glad you like it, Pherrance! I thought you were aboot to say that later, but thanks anyway!" Tillip smiled.

Just as they continued to watch TV and eat Kraft Dinner, they heard the phone ring. This caused them to laugh hysterically for some reason.

"That fart sounded like a ringing phone, Pherrance!"

"It sure did, Tillip!"

After their laugh, they heard the phone ring again.

"Oh, wait… That is the phone." Pherrance fluttered over to the phone and picked it up. "Hello? Who is this?"

"It's me, Chopper! Look, we need your help. We discovered that Gadootman has some sort of plan, and we need your help! Do you know where his secret hideout is, by any chance?"

"Tillip! He's asking if we know about a secret hideout!" Pherrance whispered.

"Yeah! We know where it is!"

"Thanks," Pherrance went back to the phone. "Yeah! We know where the secret hideout is! Just meet us right in Peaceness Area 4 and we'll show you the way! …And don't bring anyone else with you either!"

"Got it!"

"And… Hold on, I got something!" Pherrance let out a fart, causing the two to laugh hysterically. "All right! We'll see ya!"

Peaceness Area 4-

"All right, so where do we go from here?" Chopper asked.

"Well, remember Peaceness Area 5?" Pherrance asked. The five started to ponder for a moment. "Well, if you head over there, there's a little secret. If you go to the left from the door you walk out of, there's a hidden cloud that can take you to a secret door that's hidden pretty well."

"You might need my powers to find that cloud, Chopper," Timpani informed.

"Right! Let's…go up that spring!" Chopper suggested, giving a thumbs up.

They followed him to the spring that launched them up to the cloud above them. They went into area 5 and looked over to the left. With Timpani's wand out, Chopper noticed a hidden cloud.

"Just as I expected. Well, let me make it visible for you."

With her powers, she managed to make the cloud visible. "That was pretty nice! Let's go up to that door and find that hideout!" Blade suggested as he started to perform a couple of ninja jumps to a large cloud above.

"Wait… I see nothing!"

"That's because the door's hidden," Tillip explained as he farted and laughed hysterically with Pherrance. "And it's pretty gassy too!"

"This doth be a serious moment, thou knowest…" Luvbi informed, giving the two a glare. "It doth be important that we rescue Chopper's friends in order to findeth the Pure Heart."

"Speaking of the Pure Heart…" Timpani started. "I suddenly feel its presence elsewhere in this place. I… I don't know what just happened, but someone must be holding onto it… But who would be?"

"If that Necromancer's got it, then that's not good…" Blade trailed as they got to the cloud he was on. "Now, can you guys help me find the secret around here?"

They noticed the sound of a Dimensional Rift around the area. When they looked up, they saw it. Chopper, knowing what he had to do, used Flippay's power to reveal a rainbow ! Switch.

"What the… What kind of block is this?" Chopper asked.

"That's a rainbow ! Switch, Chopper. Only rainbow energy can hit that."

"Oh… Well, here goes nothing!" Chopper flung a rainbow ball directly at the block and made a door appear. "Well, come on, guys! We gotta get going!"

They entered the door into a small area, where they saw a building up ahead. It wasn't too big, but the door was sealed shut. The only thing they could see was a window.

"Let's see what's going on through the window," Meta Knight suggested as he ran toward the building. The rest followed him and stopped by the window. They began to see what was going on from inside.

Inside-

"Unnnnghhh… Wha… What just happened?" Sonic moaned as he slowly opened his eyes. He noticed that he was sitting in a chair and was tied up. "Huh? What the heck?! Why am I tied up?!"

"Poyo?! (What the heck?! How did we get here?!)" Kirby gaped as he tried to break out. Sadly, the rope was too strong for him to do so. "Poyo! (I can't believe this! I'm stuck!)"

Mario: Same here! I can't break free!

"Heh heh heh heh… Well, this turned out to be perfect for us!" a voice cackled through the dark room.

"Poyo? (Who's there?)" Kirby asked, struggling to break free still.

"Uhhh… I have no idea what you just said… But who cares?" Gadootman revealed himself through the darkness and slowly came over to the three. "Surprised to see me?"

"Surprised? Not at all, Dridge…" Sonic trailed.

Mario: Is that mustache fake?

"My mustache? Why… Yes! Yes it is!" Dridge pulled off his mustache, which turned out to be a lot more painful than he thought. "AGGGHHHH! That seriously hurts! I didn't think it would hurt THAT much!"

"Well, you had that taped on for a long time…" Strott trailed.

"Poyo! (Hey! You're really Gridge Dabootman!)" Kirby gasped sarcastically. "Poyo! (What a surprise!)"

"HA! You people look shocked to see that it is really I, Gridge Dabootman, that trapped you and became the bureau…again!" Dabootman grinned. "Now that you're out of the way, I no longer have to worry about getting the people to listen to me!"

"Wait… Weren't there four more of you guys?" Strott gawked. "I could've sworn that there were more…"

"Wait, what? There are more?!" Dabootman gaped. "You hick! Why didn't you get them?!"

"Hey! Not my fault I didn't see 'em! I only saw those three! Cut me some slack, buddeh!"

"Great! Just great! My plan just backfired! Things just couldn't get worse!"

As if on cue, Chopper broke through the window with a rainbow punch. The two Nimbis gaped as they saw Chopper, Blade, Luigi, and Meta Knight jump in the room.

"We found ya, Gridge!" Chopper smirked.

"We knew it was you all along!" Blade said in a serious tone as he grabbed a hold of him and held him up. "Now… What are you doing here and why did you try to brainwash the Nimbis to help you?"

"Listen, fwiend! You got this all wrong! This… This was all Strott's idea! He's the hick!" Dabootman cried.

"What?! REALLY, Dabootman?! This was really YOUR idea!" Strott growled. "Ever since you made a deal with that wizard, you were able to get back here and try to get the heroes to be distracted here while his army could attack The Peaceness."

"What?!" Luvbi gaped, hearing from outside. "Didst… Didst thou let a MONSTER attack?! Dost… Dost that mean he is attacking Elbi's Shrine?!"

"Beats me," Dabootman shrugged. "He just wanted to find a Pure Heart."

"The Pure Heart… I can actually feel its presence near Elbi's Shrine!" Timpani gaped. "We can't spend our time around here! We have to go now before things could get worse there!"

"HA! We'll be able to get away with this!" Dabootman smirked. "You don't have any proof to show the Nimbis that we're planning this!"

"And that's where you're wrong!" announced Pherrance and Tillip as they walked in the hideout, holding a recorder. "We got that all in record! We're gonna spill the beans and get you guys in trouble!"

"Pherrance and Tillip!" spat Strott. "I knew you had something to do with this! You little nitwits! How could you try to ruin our plan?!"

"Because we believe in our right to fart!" Pherrance smiled as he farted.

"GRRRR! That does it!" Strott fluttered over to the two Nimbis and brought his two wings in front of him.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm wishing a curse upon you!"

"A CURSE?!" Pherrance gasped as he got behind Tillip.

"What the… Hey! Don't wish it upon me!" Tillip gaped.

"We'll let these two take care of you for now," Meta Knight stated. "We better move now, or else Elbi could possibly get hurt!"

"Roger that, Mety!" Chopper nodded as they began to head off. All that remained were Pherrance, Tillip, Strott, and Dabootman.

"You… You really aren't going to show that to them, are you?" Dabootman asked while sweating.

"Well, after what you've done to us in the past, it feels right," stated Pherrance. "You don't deserve to be with us! You're… You're more like a monster than a Nimbi!"

"More like a Skellobit!" spat Tillip.

"No! Please! You gotta let me off the hook here! I promise I'll be a good Nimbi! I swear!" Dabootman begged. "I'll do anything!"

"Anything?" Pherrance and Tillip looked at each other and grinned. "Well… We were thinking about two things… One would be to confess to the Nimbis that you were going to brainwash them, or you could just leave this place forever and never return. Same goes to you, Strott!"

"What? And you say I'm the hick! You're being more of a hick now, Pherrance and Tillip!"

"It's either one," Tillip said.

"…Fine. I guess I have no other choice. Strott, I don't want to look bad in front of everyone. It's best that we leave and never return." Dabootman announced.

"What? Where would we go then?" Strott asked.

"I don't know. Somewhere far away from here, that's for sure."

"Ugh… Fine. But one last thing… You'll regret this, Pherrance and Tillip. When we meet again, you better be prepared."

As the two Nimbis fluttered, Pherrance and Tillip looked off at the stars and noticed one star that they found hilarious.

"Say, Pherrance, do you see that?"

"Yeah! It looks like a farting Nimbi!" Pherrance let out a fart and began to laugh hysterically with Tillip. "…But, I think I've learned something today."

"Really? What is that?"

"Never join politics."

Path to Elbi's Shrine-

"Hurry! Elbi's Shrine doth be ahead!" Luvbi cried as they raced their way to the shrine. Unfortunately, they noticed a large army of Skells already beat them to the shrine.

"Oh, no… They already made it!" Chopper frowned. How are we supposed to get to the shrine now when there are all of these Skells blocking the way! I bet they knew we were coming…"

"Well we can still take 'em!" Sonic curled up in a ball and threw himself at the Skells like a bowling ball. However, he was stopped when an undead was thrown at him and sent him flying back to the heroes.

"You stupid disgrace of a hero!" the Necromancer scoffed as he pushed himself through the army of Skells. "There's no way you can get past these Skells! There are too many of them for you to defeat!"

"Urgh… All right, so you're just going to let us sit here and watch as you invade Elbi's Shrine?"

"Nay! We shall not let this happen!" Luvbi retorted. "Leavest now before we have to use full force against thee!"

"And believe me, we've got some new moves in our hands," Chopper warned, showing off his rainbow energy. "So, I suggest you back off now and leave this place before we make you."

"Is that so? Well then…" the Necromancer snapped his finger and all the Skells charged at the heroes. They didn't even have time to fight back. Because of how many there were, they managed to tie their arms to their back.

"We got 'em!" a Spiky Skell announced.

"Heh heh heh! See? You're no match for all of these Skells! They're too skilled compared to the Skellobits!"

"That may be, but they might have a hard time against an army too!"

"What? Who said that?"

The heroes looked behind and saw Fubi flutter into the area with Ninbi. "Hello, heroes. I suppose we hath just made it… We art not going to let this foul Necromancer get the Pure Heart!"

"Well, so it looks like two old geezers have showed up!" the Necromancer smirked under his helmet. "Well you're too late! I've already got the heroes here!"

"Don't underestimate us," Ninbi warned before snapping his wing. An army of Nimbis came fluttering out of the door and flew above them. It looked like the Nimbis from that party!

"Wait… How did you get a hold of them?" Meta Knight gaped.

"As an old Nimbi, we doth have our ways…" Fubi coughed. "Thou see… We doth know some of them. After hearing about the monsters, they wanted to come hither to help."

"Aw, crud… Well this is bad." a Spiky Skell growled. "Well, we're not goin' to let a bunch of angels beat us, right? Let's go get 'em!"

"Fine, go ahead and fight them," the Necromancer sighed as he summoned a bunch of Bomber Skells to come out of the sky and fight. "But don't leave the heroes out of your sight, or else they…"

"Sonic Wind!" Sonic clenched his fist behind his back and summoned a blue swarm of wind to knock the Skells away from them. Meta Knight freed himself by cutting off the rope and took the time to slice the rope off the others.

"Prepare to meet your match, Necromancer," Meta Knight said as he flew toward the Necromancer.

"Hold on, Mety! I got your back!" Chopper said as he ran to him.

"Be careful out there!" Luvbi said, noticing the huge battle between the Nimbis and Bomber Skells. Some Nimbis were falling, and some Skells were falling. It looked like a pretty even match.

When the seven reached the Necromancer, he immediately struck the ground with white lightning. Three Dark Skells were summoned from the ground and began to charge at the heroes with all their might.

"Don't hold back, guys! We're gonna take them down!" Blade said as he sliced at one of the Dark Skells with his katana. Meta Knight was probably having the easiest time with the fight. He was able to land a combo on a Dark Skell with his sword and finish it off.

"Geez… That's pretty impressive…" Luigi gaped. That is, until he got hurt by a Dark Skell's spear. The Necromancer cackled, but stopped when the Dark Skell got knocked away by Luigi's Cyclone.

"What?! What the heck was that?!" the Necromancer gaped.

"It's my Cyclone move!" Luigi smirked as he kicked the Dark Skell and defeated it.

Mario: That's my bro!

"Heads up, Mario!" Chopper cried, hurling a charged rainbow ball at the Dark Skell that was about to attack him. Luckily, the red plumber jumped out of the way and let the rainbow ball hurt the Dark Skell. Kirby finished it off with his Final Cutter.

"Poyo! (Game over for you, Necromancer!)" Kirby smirked.

"That was just the beginning," the Necromancer zapped the ground once again and summoned Dark Spiky Bomber Skells to fly in the air. The only problem with this was that Luigi could attack them from underneath.

"Wahoo!" Luigi cheered as he struck a Dark Spiky Bomber Skell with a Super Jump. Kirby joined in and attacked the same Skell with his Cartwheel, followed by his Final Cutter.

"Poyo, (Now this is really helpful,)" Kirby smiled as he jumped out of the way of the Dark Spiky Bomber Skell's head that it dropped. Chopper, on the other hand, attacked the other monster with a rainbow upper kick attack that left it off guard from the rainbow energy.

"Argh! Annoying rainbow energy!" the monster cried.

"Meta Knight instantly finished them off by spinning around in a tornado and attacking them at once, leaving only the Necromancer left. But this didn't mean he was going to give up just yet.

"I've got one last trick up my sleeve," the Necromancer announced as he zapped the ground and summoned two Skelloknights. "All right! You're the toughest of the group, so destroy them all!"

"This could be a problem…" Timpani gawked.

"Well… I know what I could do! Sonic Wind!" Sonic clenched his fist and summoned a blue gust of wind to knock the Skelloknight's armor off. Chopper followed up by attacking one of them with his rainbow smash. Meta Knight began to attack the first one multiple times to finish it off instantly.

"That takes care of one of them," Meta Knight sighed. "We should all work together to take these guys down."

Mario: Good idea!

Mario rushed to the next Skelloknight and attacked it with his Super Ground Pound. Luigi followed up with his flutter stomp attack, making the Skelloknight stunned. Blade was able to finish it off when he stabbed its chest.

"Ha! Score one for the heroes, and zero for the Necromancer!" Blade grinned.

"Fine! I'll handle you myself!" the Necromancer flew down to the cloud and drew his sword. "Perhaps I will teach you a lesson to never mess with the Necromancer!"

"All right, let's see what new moves this guy's got," Chopper said as he used Timpani's wand to investigate the enemy.

"That's the Necromancer. He's one of Shade Doom's strongest minions, and he doesn't mess around either. Max HP is 280. Attack is 14. Defense is 6. His basic moves are usually attacking you with his sword or bringing back the dead. Using the undead to keep you from moving can get you a little frustrated, especially when he will attack you with his powerful magic attacks. The best thing to do against him is to be fast, and you should also attack him from close range. His sword isn't as strong as his magic attacks. As far as I'm concerned… What does he look like behind that helmet?" Timpani informed.

"All right, let's get this started," Chopper said as he jumped to the Necromancer and kicked him in the face with rainbow energy. "There! I think that should do something!"

"Think again!" the Necromancer hit Chopper in the face with the flat side of his sword and made him fall over. Luvbi was about to fly to him, but the Necromancer rose his sword and allowed lightning to strike it.

"Wait… You said nothing about this, Tippi!"

"I didn't get anything from this attack…" Timpani trailed.

"Heads up!" Meta Knight grabbed Chopper's hand and pulled him back. He fired a Sword Beam straight at the Necromancer to keep him off guard, and to also interrupt his attack. He then flew to him and slashed him with his sword.

"Ugh… Impressive! But that's not good enough!" the Necromancer scoffed as he fired an undead straight at the group. However, Kirby managed to inhale it and spit it back at the Necromancer.

"Poyo! (Well you can't handle your own attacks!)" Kirby cheered as he jumped out of the way of the Necromancer's Sword Beam. Meta Knight destroyed it with his own Sword Beam, but his got destroyed in the process.

"Ugh… If only that didn't get destroyed." Meta Knight grunted as he saw the Necromancer fly up and come down toward him with his sword. He flew out of the way and then flew to him to try to attack.

"Oh no you don't!" Blade said as he kicked the Necromancer and made him crash into the stairs. But that didn't stop the undead being from hurling a skeleton at Blade and knocking him back.

"Sonic Wind!" Sonic clenched his fist and attacked the Necromancer with a blue gust of wind. He got caught in it, but he managed to fly back up and fling purple magic blasts from his hands down at Sonic.

"Whoa! What the heck?!" he gaped as he jumped out of the way.

"Don't underestimate me, heroes! I can use my own magic too!"

"Uhhh… We know you can use undead magic." Chopper said as he hurled a rainbow ball at the Necromancer's face. He quickly shook himself from the attack and knocked Chopper back with an undead. "Ugh… Stop throwing the undead at us!"

"Then I'll try something else," the Necromancer summoned dead hands to grab a hold of their feet and prevent them from jumping.

Mario: What is this?!

"Ack! Dead hands!" Luigi cried. "This is getting creepier by the minute!"

"Luigi! Calm down! You might need to get us out of this!" Chopper snapped. "Since the Necromancer's flying… You're gonna have to hit him. Something tells me he's going to use a powerful attack."

"See how you like my all-powerful Undead Ray!" the Necromancer cackled as they all saw him holding up a ball of purple energy in his hands. "Now that you're stuck, this should be a snap!"

"You really should try to hit him, Luigi," Blade suggested, looking back at Luigi. "You can pretty much deal some serious damage if you try Super Jumping this guy."

"OK… I'll give it a go." Luigi folded himself up, and when the Necromancer was right above him, he broke himself free from the dead hands and launched an uppercut punch with his Super Jump, interrupting his attack.

"Ack! What the…! Oh, I'm gonna get you for that!" the Necromancer threw his sword like a boomerang as Luigi cringed from the attack. Mario attacked him from behind by punching the back of his head and landing a Triple Jump on him afterward. Needless to say, it was a heavy attack.

Even so, the Necromancer managed to elbow Mario in the stomach to knock him back and slash at Blade with his sword when he was coming his way. He even managed to send Meta Knight flying by summoning a dead fist to punch him from underneath.

"Urk! What was that?!" Meta Knight grunted as he got in control of himself with his wings. "Did he just summon a dead fist?"

"Hmmmmmmm… So he's not holding back right now…" Timpani trailed.

"Of course I'm not holding back! You're gonna get skewered!" the Necromancer growled as he threw his sword at Meta Knight. He blocked it, but the Necromancer managed to fly to his sword and attempt to slash at Meta Knight. Luckily, the masked warrior blocked his attack and tried to fight back. But their swords simply clashed.

Having enough, Blade stopped the Necromancer by throwing Hommissile at him. He cringed as he slowly got up, now being covered in soot. Chopper threw a charged rainbow ball afterward to leave him in rainbow steam. But, even so, he managed to knock them away with his undead magic.

"Poyo! (I got this!)" Kirby announced as he pulled his blade out and attacked the Necromancer. He tried countering it with his sword, but because of the size of Kirby's weapon, he couldn't hold on anymore and got hurt by the massive blade.

"How can such a puny person carry such a blade like that?" the Necromancer grunted. "This makes no sense…"

"Barely anything makes sense around here," Sonic said as he hit the Necromancer in the face with a Homing Attack. However, he managed to grab a hold of Sonic and throw him back at Chopper, who got sent flying and landed on a Skell's head.

"Hmmmmm… I have an idea!" Chopper smirked as he grabbed the Skell's head and rand toward the Necromancer again. "Let's see how you like getting hurt by your undead minions, Necromancer!"

He threw the Skell's head at the Necromancer and left him stunned. Kirby took this time to toss Crystaline at him and leave him frozen solid. Blade melted him by attacking him with his fire slash, but they were soon hit by a skeleton the Necromancer hurled at them.

"Guh… Too many skeletons…" Blade grunted as he blocked the next skeleton being hurled at him. He jumped and kicked the Necromancer from an angle, leaving him stunned for a couple of seconds.

"OK! Go for it, Luigi!"

Luigi nodded and threw Bonjourang at the Necromancer to leave him stunned for a couple of seconds. Afterward, he ran up to him and attacked him with a flutter jump, which was a lot stronger than his normal jump (if you couldn't tell already).

"OK, so how long until this guy's down?" Blade asked as he tried to attack him with his katana, but got knocked back when the Necromancer kicked him in a shin and slashed his arm with his sword.

"GAH! That hurts!"

Mario: You all right?

"Yeah, I just got a little cut in my arm… Nothing huge…"

The Necromancer was about to attack again, but Meta Knight stopped him by slashing him from behind and attacking him with his Galaxia Drill afterward. The Necromancer turned around and hurled a skeleton at him, but Meta Knight brought his cape up and blocked the attack.

"What the-"

Meta Knight disappeared and appeared behind Necromancer while attacking him with his sword. Chopper pitched in by using Starbow's power to make stars rain down and hit the Necromancer.

"Ugh… Stars? How did you make them come down?!" the Necromancer gawked.

"Oh, with this Pixl, of course," Chopper said before stomping on his head with ice energy. Unfortunately, he got hit by a skeleton the Necromancer hurled at him while he was performing a stylish move.

"Be careful, Chopper… You might not want to do that while fighting a boss…" Timpani informed.

"It leaves you open for an attack," Blumiere added.

"Yeah, I know that," Chopper nodded before getting hit by a purple energy ball that the Necromancer hurled at him. Afterward, he summoned a dead fist to send Chopper flying in the air.

Since the Necromancer was distracted, Kirby went in and attacked him with his Final Cutter. The Necromancer tried countering it with a skeleton, but Kirby inhaled it and spat it back at him.

"Poyo, (Try using your magic on me and that'll happen,)" Kirby smirked.

"Hmmmmmm… Well, let's see if you can inhale THIS!" With a snap of his finger, the Necromancer summoned dead hands to grab everyone and keep them from escaping. This allowed him to dash past the group while slashing at them with his sword.

"I'm trapped!" Luigi cried. "How do we get out of this?!"

"Try to shake your feet out," Timpani suggested.

"You mean like this?" Meta Knight kept shaking his feet to get the dead hands off him. Unfortunately, they were too late when the Necromancer fired his Undead Ray upon them, dealing massive damage to them.

"GAH… I can't say how painful that was…" Sonic grunted. "But this fight is far from over…"

"Yeah, this is quite an intense battle," Chopper said as he hurled a rainbow ball. The Necromancer easily dodged it, but it wasn't able to dodge Meta Knight's tornado attack, which sent him crashing into the stairs.

"Would Elbi be mad if his stairs were damaged?" Luigi asked.

"I dost not know…" Luvbi trailed, staying back from the fight.

"You're more than halfway finished with him," Timpani informed. "You've got his HP down by more than half, if you wanted to know."

"That's great to hear," Chopper smiled as he bashed the Necromancer with his hammer surrounded in rainbow energy, allowing Blade and Luigi to attack with a Cyclone and a Dragon Beam.

"The Dragon Beam? But that ability hasn't been around for ages!" the Necromancer gaped.

"Well, only a true ninja can learn a move like that," Blade smirked as he attacked him with another Dragon Beam. This time, the Necromancer brought his guard up and defended himself. Even though he got hurt from the attack, it wasn't as bad as before. "If he keeps defending himself like that, then there's no way I'm gonna be able to hit him."

Mario: I'll take care of that!

Mario started off by stomping on the Necromancer's head and using a Super Ground Pound afterward to keep the Necromancer off guard, allowing Sonic to attack him with his Sonic Wind and then his Spin Dash. When the Necromancer hit the ground, Luigi stomped on his stomach before getting slashed by the Necromancer's sword.

"Maybe this should teach you a lesson to never mess with me," the Necromancer sneered as he hurled a skeleton directly at Luigi. The green plumber jumped and used his Cyclone to keep the Necromancer off guard with a small tornado.

While the Necromancer was getting up, Meta Knight flew to him and tried to attack him. However, the Necromancer got his sword ready and blocked the attack. Both warriors kept parrying each others attacks just like before.

"So, it looks like we're evenly matched here…" Meta Knight trailed.

"Looks like it," the Necromancer agreed.

"But it's seven against one!" Chopper smirked as he used a rainbow sweeping kick to hit the Necromancer and make him fall over. He proceeded to attack him multiple times with his spinning kick until the Necromancer summoned dead hands to grab Chopper and allow him to slash at him with his sword.

Kirby, on the other hands, attacked the Necromancer while he was attacking Chopper with his Final Cutter, followed by his Cartwheel attack. This let Chopper get out of the dead hands easily and land a rainbow kick on the Necromancer's stomach.

"Too bad this is all I have with me…" Chopper trailed as he gripped his hammer and bashed the Necromancer's helmet with rainbow energy. Even with that, the Necromancer was able to whack Chopper with the flat side of his sword and knock him back. But this only got Meta Knight to store up some power within his sword.

"Stand back, everyone! I think it's time for me to use my special attack on him!" Meta Knight warned as everyone stepped back.

"Oh no you don't!" the Necromancer came flying toward Meta Knight until Blade used his Dragon Beam to stop him. Chopper also pitched in by using Starbow to make stars rain down on the Necromancer.

"Try all you want, but you're not going to stop me!"

"Oh, yeah? Sonic Wind!" Sonic grinned as he caught the Necromancer in a blue gust of wind. He tried to fight it, but the wind was too strong for him and even left him dazed.

"Thank you, heroes," Meta Knight thanked as he brought his sword down on the ground and summoned his Mach Tornado. All of the Nimbis and Bomber Skells stopped fighting for a minute as they saw the Necromancer get caught in the Mach Tornado.

"What… What kind of attack is that?" Fubi gaped.

"It doth be amazing…" Ninbi trailed.

"Crud… That's pretty big…" a Spiky Skell gulped.

As soon as the Mach Tornado disappeared, they all noticed that the Necromancer was lying on the ground. He didn't seem to move.

"Let me check," Chopper said as he walked over to the Necromancer. He nudged him with his foot a couple of times, but then he decided to get a little closer…

"I'm not done with you, hero!" the Necromancer snarled as he summoned dead hands to trap Chopper. "I'm going to send you into oblivion!"

"Wh-What?! You're still alive?!"

"If you thought an attack like that would defeat me, then think again!" the Necromancer raised his arm and summoned a dark ball of energy. "Now that you're weak, this attack should finish you off!"

Chopper tried hurling rainbow balls at him, but they didn't seem to have much of an effect. So, he tried charging one up instead. Unfortunately, that didn't do a thing to him either.

"See you in The Underwhere, hero!" the Necromancer cackled as he hurled the dark ball of energy straight at him.

"Oh, man! I've gotta think of something!" Chopper thought. "Wait… I think I might have an idea… But I'm not going to like it…"

Chopper began to inhale the dark ball coming his way. He knew it was dangerous, but he had to try. Besides, hasn't he inhaled other things? This wouldn't be any different.

Once he had it in his mouth, he spat it back at the Necromancer, who gaped as he saw it coming back at him.

"Wh-Wha…?" As soon as it hit him, the Necromancer's eyes widened, and he was surrounded by a dark aura. The dead hands trapping Chopper were now gone as well. The rest of the group went over to him and watched as the Necromancer began to slowly ascend in the air.

"M… Master… They're too strong…" the Necromancer screamed as he disappeared after ascending far up into the stars.

"The Necromancer… Is he verily…" Luvbi began.

"I don't think so," Chopper replied while shaking his head. "This happened before. I'm sure he'll be back."

"Well, we better hurry to Elbi's Shrine, and fast," Meta Knight suggested.

"The Pure Heart… I feel its presence coming from inside the shrine!" Timpani gasped. "We better move fast!"

"Right!" Sonic nodded as he ran up the stairs. They started off by hitting the ? Block right near them. An Ultimate Shroom happened to be in there, so they all took a piece and consumed it to recover 100 HP.

Mario: I needed that!

With their games saved, they headed into the shrine, hoping they weren't too late.

Once again, I really do enjoy writing about these Nimbis. And it's pretty obvious that Gadootman was actually Gridge Dabootman in disguise. :P