Upon entering Elbi's Shrine, they were surprised to notice that Elbi was not in their sights.
"Wait… Where is Elbi? Shouldn't he be in here? Something's not right here…" Meta Knight pondered as he looked around in the room…until they noticed someone trapped in a dark orb.
"Heroes! Thou hast come hither! …But I think thou art too late." Elbi called out from inside the orb.
"Elbi? What happened?" Luvbi asked, flying over to the trapped Nimbi. "Who trapped you hither?"
"That would be me, of course!" Everyone looked over at the throne and saw a familiar face sitting on it. "Surprised to see me, heroes?"
"Well, not really…" Chopper trailed. "When we saw the Necromancer, we knew you would be here as well…"
"Why hast thou come back?!" Luvbi growled. "Thou shouldst realize that these heroes can kicketh thy butt just like before!"
"Oh, silly little brat!" Shade grinned as he brought his hood down, revealing the sun on his crescent blade glowing again. "You know, I couldn't have done all of this without the help of someone. I'm sure you would know about him, Luvbi…"
"Didst thou kidnap my parents?!"
"No, thy parents were not kidnapped," Another dark wizard appeared from behind the throne and fluttered right beside Shade. He looked down at Chopper and gave him a glare. "Chopper… I hath been waiting for thee as well!"
"Wait wait wait wait!" Chopper began. "So, we first find Shade here, and now we see another wizard? WHAT'S GOING ON?!"
"This must be some sort of trick…" Meta Knight trailed. "Tell us who you are. Now."
"Very well," the dark wizard brought his hood down and revealed himself to be a Nimbi. But this one looked much paler and his eyes were glowing purple. He was also wearing a necklace with a silver heart in it. "Dost thou remember me from The Overthere, Chopper?!"
"Wait… You're that Nimbi I saw, aren't you?" Chopper gawked.
"W-Wenbi?!" Elbi gaped. "S-Son?!"
"So this is THE Wenbi Luvbi was talking about…" Luigi trailed.
"W-Wenbi? But… Why didst thou turn evil? Thou art not verily bad, thou knowest…" Luvbi frowned.
"I loved thee, Luvbi… But then yon hero came in the way and ruined mine chances of becoming thy one and only!" Wenbi sneered.
"But I'm not in love," Chopper frowned.
"Oh, verily? Then why didst I see thee with her at the temple?"
"Hey, I didn't want to go up there, and... Wait, did you say temple? Hold on… You were watching us the whole time?"
"Yea, I saw thee up on the balcony, and it madeth me angry!" Wenbi growled.
"So YOU'RE the one who created that flash?"
"Flash? What art thou saying? I was not in any flash!"
"So… Then who was it?"
"I think you two had enough chit-chat for now," Shade interrupted. "Wenbi, my new apprentice, destroy these heroes, and I will reward you with anything you want, even being able to marry Luvbi!"
"What? I dost not want to marry thee!" Luvbi spat. "Thou art on the side of evil now! Joining the monsters would maketh me hate thee more than love thee!"
"What? So thou will not marry me like this?"
"Nay! I hath had no interest in thee ever! Thou wouldeth made a good friend, but thou would maketh a terrible boyfriend!"
"Oh, trust me… We'll have ways into 'making' you become his girlfriend and even wife." Shade cackled. "Now then… Go ahead and rid the heroes, Wenbi!"
"No! Don't do this, Wenbi!" Elbi cried. "Thou art not on the side of evil! Thou knowest that!"
"Shuttest thy trap, old man! Stay out of this!" Wenbi snapped as he fired a dark bolt of magic at Chopper. Meta Knight was able to grab him and pull him out of the way before he could get hurt.
"Chopper, we have no choice but to fight," Meta Knight informed.
"But… I don't wish to hurt him…" Chopper trailed.
"I don't want to hurt him either, but we have to defend ourselves," Blade said as he drew his katana and got in a fighting stance. "Dragon Beam!"
Blade fired a Dragon Beam that struck Wenbi. However, he was able to send it straight back at Blade and send him flying to the wall.
"What the…" Blade got himself up, but he felt severely wounded. "Did that just backfire against me?"
"Try everything thou wantest, but thou art not going to taketh me down!" Wenbi grinned as he fired a dark bolt of energy that struck Blade and sent him to the ground.
"Blade!" Sonic cried.
"I taught my apprentice everything I knew! That, and he's surrounded in a shield that helps him protect himself from others!" Shade cackled.
"Well, that's not stopping us! Let's go!" Sonic clenched his fist and unleashed his Sonic Wind on Wenbi. The Nimbi yawned as he stood still. "Wait… Oh, you've gotta be kidding me…"
He decided to run toward Wenbi and attack with a Spin Jump. Bad move.
Wenbi fired a dark beam of energy at Sonic that left him severely wounded, like Blade.
Mario: Oh, man! This is bad!
"We should work together then!" Luigi suggested.
Mario and Luigi tried attacking Wenbi together, but because of the shield, they couldn't do a thing. Wenbi fired a dark pulse attack that left the two nearly unconscious as they hit the ground.
"Poyo… (This isn't looking good…)" Kirby trailed while holding his blade. He decided to swing it at Wenbi, but it did no good when Kirby got struck by dark lightning. All that remained were Chopper and Meta Knight.
"This… This isn't good…" Chopper gulped.
"Well, we have to try to keep him off guard. That could help us beat him." Meta Knight informed.
"But… He's not really a villain. I don't want to cause harm to a simple Nimbi!"
"I am not a simple Nimbi!" Wenbi growled as he fired his dark magic down at the two. They jumped out of the way, with Chopper running on the wall to get behind Wenbi.
"Wenbi! Behind you!" Shade warned.
Chopper tried to jump on top of Wenbi, but the Nimbi got him first and fired a dark magic bolt at him, knocking him down and leaving him lying on the ground.
"Chopper!" Luvbi cried.
"No!" Meta Knight ran over to him and tried helping him up, but Wenbi blasted him with his dark magic and knocked him to the ground. "Ugh… No… This can't be happening…"
"Excellent! It looks like you've won, Wenbi! Congratulations!" Shade commented. "Now finish them off, starting with the masked one!"
Wenbi nodded and prepared to hit Meta Knight with one last attack. However, Chopper still had some energy in him to get to Meta Knight and pushed him out of the way, making him take the attack instead.
"Chopper… Why… Why did you do that?" Meta Knight wheezed.
"To…help you…"
"Chopper… Everyone... Please don't die…" Luvbi whimpered.
"Fine. You can finish off Chopper first then." Shade decided. "Besides, you want him gone first, so go for it."
"Thank thee, Master," Wenbi looked over to Chopper and prepared to finish him off with one last magic attack. "Finally… I will rid thee forever, and nothing will be in my way in marrying Luvbi!"
"Please, Wenbi! Don't do it!" Luvbi cried. "What ever happened to the Wenbi everyone used to knoweth? One that was verily peaceful, and somewhat funny? Wouldst thou want to make all of thy friends unhappy?"
"Son… I beg of thee! Don't do any of this!" Elbi begged. "There doth be a chance to turn back now when thou hast the chance!"
"You really think that he's going to listen to you people now? HA! Wenbi, finish them off and we'll be on our way!" Shade suggested.
Wenbi looked back over at the two, and then back down at Chopper and the heroes, who were severely wounded at this point.
"I didn't want it all to end like this…" Chopper coughed. "Please, Wenbi… Don't do this… Don't you remember when we saved you and your people from those Skellobits?"
"Please, Wenbi… We dost know that thou dost have good in thee…" Luvbi trailed, now crying at this moment.
"…"
"Well, are you going to finish them?" Shade asked, now becoming impatient. "This is your chance! So do it!"
"If… If you end our games… Then the whole universe would be destroyed…" Chopper wheezed. "If you stay with Shade, you'll probably never see the universe again, nor will you see your friends…"
"I would be gone if thou didst what Shade is telling thee…" Luvbi trailed.
Thinking about all of this, Wenbi did remember the good times he had with his father, and even his friends. His purple eyes turned to his normal colored eyes and he stopped charging the magic attack.
"Oh, I can't dost it… I can't end someone's game…" Wenbi trailed. "Heroes, I'm sorry for all the trouble I caused to thee…"
He fired another magic attack, but this one healed the heroes instead of hurting them. He also broke Elbi out of the dark orb. "Look, we can do this together."
"Son! Thank thee…" Elbi cried as he gave his son a hug. "I'm glad thou didst the right thing…"
"Thank thee too," Luvbi smiled. "I'm glad for what thou didst."
While everyone celebrated, Shade was filled with anger. "You worthless Nimbi! I trusted you, and this is what you repay me with?! Fine! If you won't end their games, then I'll do it myself!"
Shade pulled his wand out and fired an intense bolt of dark magic straight at Chopper. However, Wenbi noticed this and pushed Chopper out of the way, taking the hit instead.
"Wenbi!" Chopper cried as the Nimbi collapsed, now severely wounded. "Why… Why did you do that?"
"To saveth thee…" Wenbi coughed.
"Nay… This… This doth be horrible!" Elbi gasped.
"Your son refused to listen to me, and now he deserves to have his game end! But, I think I'll start with you heroes first!" Shade snarled. "This is what happens when you try to mess with the almighty Shade Doom!"
"Luvbi, get Elbi and Wenbi out of here immediately!" Timpani suggested. "We'll take it from here!"
"OK…" Luvbi flew out of the shrine with Elbi, who carried the wounded Wenbi out of the shrine.
"This is it for you, heroes! Your games are finally going to end here!" Shade shouted as he summoned five blue crystals. "I'll soften you up a bit with these crystals! Surely they'll be enough to keep you company…"
"Oh, geez… They each have 50 HP…" Chopper trailed. "Come on, guys… Let's beat this guy…for Wenbi."
"Yes, we shall," Meta Knight nodded as he readied his sword and charged at Shade. However, he managed to knock the masked warrior back with a blue crystal that hit the ground.
"Hit it while it's stuck to the ground!" Blade shouted as he slashed at one of the crystals. With Kirby's help, they were able to destroy the first one.
"Hmmmm… Not bad… But let's see how you handle this!" Shade brought the crystals up again, but he made them move horizontally at the heroes. They tried jumping over them, but they got knocked down by two of them. Thankfully, Luigi's Cyclone attack was able to hurt two of them at once.
Mario: I got one of 'em!
Mario gripped his hammer and continuously bashed at one of the weakened crystals until it was destroyed, leaving only three more left. But even still, Kirby destroyed the other weakened one with his Final Cutter.
"Poyo… (Only two more left…)" Kirby trailed.
"Only two remain? No surprise here…" Shade trailed, making the two crystals fall down on the seven. They were able to jump out of the way, but the crystals got up fast enough to avoid getting pounded.
"Hold on, I know what to do," Chopper gripped his hammer and spun it around vertically to hit one of them. Sonic destroyed it with a Homing Attack, leaving only one more left.
"And this should do it," Blade smirked as he landed a combo on the last blue crystal and kicked it straight at Shade, knocking him back on the throne.
"GAH! Fine! It looks like I have to take you down without those…" Shade removed his cloak and gently floated to the ground while surrounding himself in a blue shield. "This should help me for a while."
"Oh, great… He's using the same strategy as before…" Sonic face palmed. "OK, this isn't going to take a while."
Mario: What is this?
"He's protecting himself with a shield?" Luigi pondered.
"You see, when his shield is blue, you need to use Pixls against it. When he has a red shield, you have to use your own moves against it." Chopper explained. "But, he uses ranged attacks with a blue shield and close ranged attacks with the red shield."
Mario: This should be no problem then!
Mario started off by attacking Shade with Kickbrin. Shade didn't seem to cringe from the attack, but the blue shield blinked a yellow color, indicating that it actually got damaged from the attack.
"We just need to keep using our Pixls at this point and we should be all good," Blade said as he hurled Hommissile at Shade's shield. This only got Shade angry as he fired a blot of dark magic from his wand at Blade.
"Hee hee hee! Go ahead and suffer like that!" Shade cackled as he did a flip in the air and landed in front of Chopper, striking him with dark magic. Despite that, the antennae hero was able to use Starbow to send stars flying down on Shade's shield.
"Geez… I don't know why, but I get this 'crazy' vibe from him…" Chopper trailed. Shade tried firing more dark magic blots, but he simply jumped over them and let Luigi throw Bonjourang at his shield.
Shade fired blots of dark magic from his wand at Luigi, but he was able to jump out of the way and stomp on Shade's shield. The only problem with that was that it healed the shield.
"Wait… Did I do something wrong?" Luigi asked.
"You're supposed to use a Pixl against him when his shield is blue," Blumiere informed.
"Oh… Whoops!"
"Have some of this, Luigi!" Shade grinned as he waved his wand and fired a charged blot of dark magic straight at him. Luigi yelped as he jumped out of the way, but Kirby managed to keep him off guard by throwing Crystaline at his shield.
"Don't worry, Kirby! I've got ya covered!" Sonic grinned as he attacked Shade's shield with a corkscrew. At this point, Shade changed his shield to a red color, preventing the Pixls from attacking.
"You're not going to get any luck from those Pixls now!" Shade spat as he knocked Sonic back with a wave of dark magic. But what he didn't see coming was Blade's Dragon Beam.
"Heh! Since you've got a red shield, I can use this move on ya!" Blade grinned as he threw a couple of shurikens at Shade's shield. They bounced off, but they did deal some damage to it.
"Remind me to finish you first," Shade reminded as he tried attacking Blade with his dark wave of magic. But, since his attacks are close range at this point, he wasn't able to get a hold of Blade.
"What's wrong? Can't attack us at a far range?" Chopper smirked as he struck Shade's shield with a charged rainbow ball. "We can just do this and we'll be all set for this fight!"
Sonic jumped behind Shade while he was making another wave of dark magic and attacked him with a Homing Attack. Since this got his attention, he turned to him and struck him with his dark magic.
"Ouch… OK, that was a bad idea…" Sonic grunted as he slowly got up. "But, at least we're not weakened from Wenbi."
"Poyo… (But Wenbi is severely injured because of him…)" Kirby gave Shade a glare as he pulled his Final Cutter out and slashed at Shade's shield. This gave the dark wizard an opportunity to hit him with a wave of dark magic.
Shade turned to Kirby and tried firing a wave of magic at him, but the pink puffball managed to jump out of the way and hit Shade's shield with a Cartwheel attack, leaving him off guard.
"All right, I think we can do a little bit more on this red shield, but I don't know how long he'll have it up…" Meta Knight trailed as he attacked Shade's shield with a Galaxia Drill. He was able to fly out of the way from Shade's magic wave, which ended up getting Chopper instead.
"Ow… OK, that kinda hurt…" Chopper grunted as he got up and kicked Shade's shield. The dark wizard tried attacking him again, but Blade slashed at his shield with his katana and taunted him, bringing his attention over to him.
"Oh, so you wish to die first, don't you? That can be arranged…" Shade grinned as he swung his wand forward and fired a wave of dark magic in Blade's direction. He tried to deflect it, but he didn't have any luck with that. It wasn't something that he could protect himself from.
Mario: We need some more firepower here!
"Yeah, I can try something," Luigi attacked Shade's shield while he was behind him with his Cyclone, and when Shade turned to attack, he jumped out of the way and flutter jumped on his red shield.
"Urgh… This isn't going too well for me…" Shade groaned.
"What're you going to do about it? Change back to your other shield?" Sonic taunted. "You know what the outcome will be!"
"Oh, we'll see about that!" Shade raised his wand and surrounded himself in a light red shield. "Go right ahead! I dare you to attack me!"
"All right!" Chopper ran over to Shade's shield and stomped on it. The only problem? It ended up healing Shade's shield instead. "Wait, what?! I thought that it would do something?!"
"Too bad for you! Looks like I win!"
"Hmmmmmm… All right, time to see what Tippi has to say about him." Chopper said as he pulled Timpani's wand out and began to investigate him.
"That's Shade Doom. This is his second phase, which consists of his shields. Max HP is 270. Attack is 14. Defense is 5. Just like before, his shields will change from blue to red. Blue means that you need to attack with Pixls, and red means you need to use your own attacks. However, there's a little twist to this fight too. He can change his shield to a light blue or light red color. When this happens, use the opposite of what that shield can do as its normal color. Also, watch out for the spikes he'll protect himself with in the shield or some of his magic attacks. They can be dangerous." Timpani informed.
"Ah! So that's what it is…" Blade nodded as he threw Hommissile at Shade's shield, making the dark wizard cringe as his shield flashed a yellow color. "Surprised that we figured out your strategy?"
"B-But… How on earth did you…?"
"Simple. Tippi!" Chopper smirked as he ran up to Shade and attacked his shield with a powerful upward thrust with his hammer. Since his hammer is from Cudge, it was able to hit the shield.
"Away with you, Chopper! I don't need you in my face!" Shade growled as he knocked Chopper back with a wave of dark magic. "I suppose I should change my strategy as well!"
Shade raised his wand and made dark droplets of magic come down from the ceiling. Meta Knight looked up and immediately used his cape to protect himself from the droplets.
"Oh, geez!" Blade used Barry to protect himself from the attacks. Kirby used his Defend ability to keep himself from getting hurt, and Sonic used Reflecto to stop the magic droplets from hurting him.
"Wait… What about the rest of us?" Luigi sweat dropped.
Mario: Well, we're gonna get hurt…
"Basically, we're in trouble," Blade announced as the droplets hit Chopper, Blade, Mario, and Luigi. As Shade cackled, Kirby threw Crystaline at Shade's shield to keep him off guard. That's when Shade turned to him and fired blots of dark magic at him.
"I should start using ranged attacks when they're far," Shade muttered to himself as he hit Kirby with a small blot of magic.
At this point, he changed his shield to a light blue color, but just as soon as Mario was about to jump on his shield, he grinned and surrounded the shield with spikes, making the red plumber cry out as he held his foot in pain.
Mario: Ow! Ow! Ow!
"Spikes… Well, I think I might have an idea what to do here…" Meta Knight slashed at Shade's shield, which seemed to work, considering that Shade has a light blue shield up. When Shade tried to attack him with his wave of magic, he used his cape to get behind and slash him.
"What on earth was that?!" Shade sneered as he saw his shield flash yellow.
"This is usually helpful when I have a hard time attacking my enemies. I tend to get behind them when I have the chance. You may think it's stupid of me to tell you this, but I change things up a bit."
"Grrr! Then take this!" the dark wizard fired a dark beam of magic from his wand that sent Meta Knight, Kirby, Sonic, and Luigi crashing into the throne. It also did quite a lot of damage to it too.
Blade, who wasn't caught in the dark beam, unleashed his Dragon Beam on Shade to bring his attention back to him. And indeed it worked. The dark wizard moved faster over to Blade and knocked him to the ground with a wave of dark magic.
"Well, I guess that'll help the others…" Blade grunted as his head hit the ground. He was still able to get up, but he didn't attack when Chopper was attacking Shade's light blue shield with a rainbow sweeping kick.
"Hey, Shade! I don't think that shield's going to be lasting any longer!" Chopper smirked as he punched his shield with rainbow energy. "I think you might wanna give up now while you can!"
"Me? Give up to the likes of you? NEVER!" Shade fired a dark wave of magic that sent Chopper flying to the ceiling and crashing down to the ground. Shade was about to attacking him again, but Sonic managed to strike his shield with a Spin Dash, and Kirby was able to hit him with his Final Cutter.
"Oh… I forgot about you guys." the dark wizard whirled around to fired a dark blot of magic at them. However, Meta Knight was able to strike his shield with his sword easily. From the looks of it, Shade's shield was starting to crack.
"HA!" he knocked Meta Knight away with his dark wave of magic and proceeded to get closer to Kirby and Sonic…at a faster pace. But, right when Mario got up, he stomped on Shade's shield and shattered it.
Mario: Now you're vulnerable!
"Great… I guess my shield doesn't last forever… But it's not over just yet!" Shade fired magic blots rapidly like a machine gun at Mario and hit Kirby and Sonic with a wave of dark magic. "I'm going to speed this up a bit!"
"So… Is this technically his third phase?" Chopper gawked. He decided to investigate him with Timpani's wand.
"That's Shade Doom. With his shield gone, he's now vulnerable to attacks, making this the third phase of the fight. Max HP is 270. Attack is 14. Defense is 4. Just because he's now vulnerable to being hit doesn't mean he's going to be a lot easier. His magic attacks are a lot faster than before, and he can even fire dark beams at you if necessary. Your best option is to stay far from him or protect yourself when necessary. From what I can see, he's not going to be easy to hit…" Timpani informed.
"Well, we have to try," Chopper pulled his hammer out and attacked Shade with an upward thrust with rainbow energy. "This sure does remind me of my Master Hammer attack!"
Shade was about to fire a magic attack at Chopper, but Meta Knight jumped in and slashed him with his sword, making him cringe in pain. But despite this, Shade ended up grinning as he summoned a dark hand with his magic to flick Meta Knight straight at Kirby. However, he inhaled him and spat him back at Shade while he had his sword aimed at him.
"Poyo! (Well that was nice!)" Kirby cheered as Meta Knight struck him with his Galaxia Drill attack.
"Gah! Why didn't I see that coming?!" Shade growled as he jumped and used his wings to fly for a little while firing dark magic down upon the group. Kirby immediately used his Defend to keep himself from taking massive damaged, while Luigi knocked him out of the air with his Super Jump.
Mario: There you go, Luigi!
"Well, at least that did something…" Luigi sighed.
"Watch out, Luigi!" Sonic shouted as Shade fired a bolt of lightning from his wand at Luigi, causing him to be paralyzed. Everyone gaped as Shade tried to fire more lightning bolts at the heroes. Meta Knight flew above him and brought his sword down on him to stop him.
"Now! Attack!" Meta Knight cried.
Sonic clenched his fist and summoned a blue gust of wind to hit Shade while he was dazed, sending him flying up to the ceiling and allowing Kirby to run up to him and attack with his Cartwheel, followed by his Final Cutter.
"If we keep doing this, then we should be done in no time with this guy," Blade said as he made a dash toward Shade and slashed him with his katana with some speed before Shade could get back and fire blots of dark magic from his wand at them.
"Oh… I think I have a perfect idea!" Shade grinned as he fired dark ice chunks from his wand at Blade, freezing him at point. "See? Now your friend's frozen solid! I told you I wouldn't make this easy for you!"
"Ugh… Well, we're not letting you harm this place!" Luigi growled as he shook himself and gave Shade a kick in the back, knocking him over. He proceeded to use his Cyclone attack afterward and send him flying across the room, over to the throne.
"Thanks Luigi," Sonic thanked as he proceeded to attack the dark wizard with his Homing Attack. Unfortunately, it didn't last long when Shade fired a dark blast from his wand and sent Sonic flying back.
"Ouch… That didn't look too good." Chopper cringed as Shade began cackling. He clenched his fist and fired a charged rainbow ball at Shade, making him cringe in pain while rainbow steam floated above him.
"What was that? Rainbow energy? Ugh… I hate that kind of bright energy!" Shade growled as he fired blots of dark magic at Chopper, who jumped out of the way and gave Shade a rainbow slamming kick,
"So you hate rainbow energy, huh? So I bet that it'll work well against you, won't it?"
"Back off, hero, or else I'm going to use full force to beat you."
"I thought you were using full force on us anyway?" That is, until Shade unleashed a dark flamethrower on Chopper, leaving him with the burn ailment. "Oh, man… Now this isn't good…"
Meta Knight sprang into action and attacked Shade head on with his sword. He was actually going to attack him with his Mach Tornado, but Shade interrupted him and used his dark magic to stop him.
"Guh… I guess I'll just have to use my smaller version of the Mach Tornado…" Meta Knight grunted as he spun himself in a tornado and attacked Shade. Afterward, he spun his sword and struck Shade in both arms, leaving two more scars.
"Attack me all you want, but I'm one of those 'special' Dark Creatures!" Shade grinned as the injuries left from Meta Knight's sword slowly healed off and let him fire a dark blast at Meta Knight. His cape helped him a bit, but not by much.
"My cape doesn't seem to do much against some of these close range attacks…"
"Well, then that works in my favor!" Shade fired a small beam of dark energy from his wand at Meta Knight, but Sonic jumped in and used Reflecto to deflect the attack back at Shade, knocking him over.
"Take care of Shade while I unfreeze Blade," Chopper suggested as he ran over to Blade and used his fire hand to melt him out of his icy prison.
"Oh, man… I don't know what just happened…" Blade moaned. "Am I in The Overthere?"
"Uhhhh… No, you're not."
"Oh, then let's defeat Shade!" Blade grinned as he unleashed his Dragon Beam on Shade to send him flying back to Luigi, who attacked him with his flutter jump. Mario helped out by using his Super Ground Pound to hit him while he was dazed.
Mario: You're not too threatening now!
"Until you see THIS!" Shade flew over the heroes and made a giant chunk of dark ice come down on them. Chopper gulped and flipped everyone into 3-D to avoid the attack. They just barely made the attack.
"Hee hee hee! Finally! I destroyed the heroes once and for all!" That is, until the heroes flipped into 2-D and gave Shade an attack of their lives. Well, more like Chopper bashing him with a rainbow smash.
"Wh-What?! You survived?!"
"Well, I do have the ability to flip into 3-D…" Chopper trailed as he inhaled Shade's dark blot of magic and spat it back at him. Unfortunately, he was able to jump out of the way of the attack.
"D'oh! I missed!"
"You missed indeed!" Shade grinned as he fired a dark wave of magic at Chopper and Kirby, sending them flying up. However, Shade was interrupted when Sonic attacked him with a Spin Dash.
"You almost have him," Timpani announced. "Just a little more and you should be victorious against him."
"Yeah!" Blade agreed
Meanwhile, Meta Knight stored some power in his sword and spun his sword as Shade tried to attack him from a close range. It didn't seem to work too well for him, but it didn't stop Shade from attacking from behind.
"Poyo! (Meta Knight! Watch out!)" Kirby cried as Shade attacked Meta Knight with a wave of dark magic. Even though he was too late, Kirby was able to attack him with his Final Cutter to leave him dazed thanks to his badge.
"Poyo. (Thankfully, this badge lets me keep my enemies dazed.)"
Shade slowly got out of his trance and tried to make another move. But, of course, Chopper was able to attack with a charged rainbow ball, keeping him occupied for a little while and allowing Meta Knight to strike him with his Mach Tornado.
"NOW I got it," Meta Knight said as Shade crashed to the floor from Meta Knight's ultimate attack. "Hmph… It looks like he's still alive… No surprise there."
Shade instantly got up and charged some dark energy in his wand and fired a dark beam at the group. Sonic pulled Reflecto out and reflected the attack back at Shade, who flew out of the way as soon as it came back.
"Dang… I thought we would get 'em that time…" Sonic trailed.
Mario: Well we can still attack him right now.
"Yeah, that's true!" Luigi nodded as he threw Bonjourang at Shade, leaving him dazed for a couple of seconds. Mario ran up to him and used his Triple Jump to attack Shade on his head. At least the blade on his head doesn't make him take damage instead.
"Ugh… Take this!" Shade fired blots of dark magic rapidly at the group, hitting both Mario and Luigi in the process. Sonic managed to deliver a Homing Attack while airborne, knocking him over. Kirby attacked him with a Final Cutter afterward, leaving his HP dangerously low.
"Well, it looks like you're about to lose. Ready to give up now?" Meta Knight asked as he aimed his sword toward the dark wizard.
"Not a chance!" Shade spat as he fired more dark blots of magic at Meta Knight. He instantly brought his cape up and disappeared in a flash. "Gah! Now where'd that guy go?!"
Before he could turn around, he was instantly struck by Meta Knight's blade, knocking him over. But, instead of actually giving up right now, he spread his wings out and took off in the air.
"Wait… What? Oh, this is dumb!" Blade groaned. "You were flying around like this BEFORE! You expect the same thing will work again?!"
"This guy is more annoying than Bonechill!" Luigi frowned as Shade began to drop small blots of dark magic to the ground that split into two. He ended up getting hit by one, unfortunately.
"Well, we kind of met this guy back in The Overthere…" Chopper trailed, jumping for Shade and hurling a rainbow ball at him. But, not even that stopped him from coming down. "Say… What would Tippi say about him?"
With Timpani's wand out, Chopper began to investigate the evil alien.
"That's Shade Doom. Now, it appears he's taking off into the air again, making this his fourth phase. Max HP is 250. Attack is 13. He'll drop these dark blots to the ground, which will split into two. The best way to avoid those is to simply jump. Personally, I think Luigi's Super Jump would be your best option to beat him at this point. He's not really threatening as much as before…" Timpani informed.
"Have some of these!" Shade cackled, firing dark blots of magic down at the heroes from an angle. Chopper managed to inhale one of them and spit it back at Shade, making him cringe in pain from the attack.
"Well, since he's at this phase, he's probably not going to last long," Blade said as he threw a couple of shurikens at Shade while he was flying. One of them got caught in his wing, while another hit him in the arm, making him screech.
"Oh, I'm sorry… Did that hurt you?"
Shade grinned as he pulled the shurikens out and healed off his wounds easily. "Thought you'd be able to beat me with those, did you? Well think again!"
"Oh, geez… That's not good…" Sonic gulped. "But, we're not letting some weird…alien thing take us down!"
He clenched his fist and unleashed his Sonic Wind on Shade, keeping him occupied while Kirby attacked him with his Final Cutter. It wasn't that much, but it was able to stop him for a little while.
"Poyo! (We just need to use a little more and we'll be victorious!)" Kirby announced, kicking Shade. Luigi attacked him with his Super Jump afterward and even managed to stomp on him a couple of times.
"Oh, man… My HP is this low already? Well… I guess that's what happens when I have no defense…" Shade growled, knocking Luigi away with a magic attack. "No matter. You people are still pretty wounded too!"
"Well, we do have something that can help us heal," Chopper said as he held an Ultimate Shroom Shake in his hand. "So, if you think you're gonna win this fight, then you might as well think again!"
Chopper ducked like a pancake as Shade tried firing a dark blot of magic down at him. Since it missed, it allowed Meta Knight to fly up to him with his own wings and slash at his back.
"One more attack should do it!" Meta Knight announced.
"Poyo! (Leave it to me!)" Kirby smiled as he readied his blade and struck Shade with his Final Cutter. He didn't even have a chance to scream or anything. He instantly fell to the ground, motionless.
"Poyo? (So did we win?)"
"Well, it looks like he's finished," Chopper replied as he sighed in relief. "Thank goodness, though. We don't have to worry about anything else!"
"We should go tell Elbi and Luvbi that they can come in," Meta Knight suggested.
"I'm not so sure about that…" Timpani trailed as she looked over at Shade, who was surrounded by a dark aura at this point. "There's something…strange about that dark aura."
"What do you…? What the…" Chopper turned around and noticed that darkness covered Shade completely. It started to form into something much bigger than Shade. From what they saw, it had bat-like wings.
"Poyo? (What's going on?)" Kirby gawked.
"Is Shade…transforming?"
"Yeah, he probably is, Captain Obvious," Blade replied.
"Oh, I'm not finished with you yet, heroes!" Shade bellowed as the darkness disappeared and revealed himself as a large, gray bat. His wings were a black color and were a lot bigger than what his wings were previously.
"So… He transformed into a spider the first time, and now he transformed into a bat?" Chopper gaped. "I feel that he's more monstrous than I thought!"
"And now… I'm going to destroy you once and for all!" he cackled as he revealed his fangs. "Are you scared yet?"
"I am!" Luigi shrieked as he cowered behind Mario. "I don't want to fight this guy now!"
Mario: Well we have to!
"All right, let's settle this!" Chopper announced as he jumped up to Shade and kicked him in the face with rainbow energy, followed by his hammer, which he delivered to his face as well.
However, he was soon knocked away when Shade whacked him with his wing. Meta Knight soon tried attacking, but the dark wizard…er…bat spat dark poison as him.
"Ungh… I don't feel so good…" Meta Knight wheezed as he turned a bit purplish. "What did he just do?"
"Hee hee hee! Now you're poisoned! That's what happens when you try to stop the great Shade Doom!" Shade cackled.
"Poyo, (Here, use Piccolo,)" Kirby said as he used Piccolo's powers to cure Meta Knight's poison ailment. "Poyo? (Feel better?)"
"Yes, thank you, Kirby…" Meta Knight coughed as he gripped his sword and lunged toward Shade. He tried spitting more dark poison at him, but he was able to charge up an attack and spin his sword while in the air.
"Perhaps I can use one of you as a projectile," Shade pondered as he began to inhale Chopper right into him. He tried to get away, but he was too close to him and got caught in his mouth. The bat immediately spat him toward Kirby, knocking them both down.
"Augh… That was disgusting." Chopper gagged as he got up. "You don't wanna know what it's like in there!"
"You guys don't really have the strength to fight him at this point," Timpani warned. "Your HP is way too low."
Mario: Then we need to heal…
Mario was the first to pull an Ultimate Shroom Shake out and drink some of it to recover 100 HP. He passed it over to Luigi, and so on until everyone recovered 100 HP. Kirby received the can last and threw it at Shade while he was about to inhale them, making him choke.
"Gcccccccccck!" he choked as he stopped moving for a moment, allowing Kirby to get his Final Cutter ready and attack him with the powerful blade. While Sonic attacked with his Sonic Wind, Chopper investigated him with Timpani's wand.
"That's Shade Doom. Apparently even after taking him down in his previous phase, he still has the energy in him to fight…especially in a bat form. Max HP is 280. Attack is 14. Defense is 6. As a bat, he'll tend to fly around the room and spit dark poison at you that can bring your HP down faster than normal poison. He also can inhale you and spit you out if he ever wanted to. Perhaps an explosion would work while he does this? Also, be careful when he unleashed his dark beam on you. Even as a bat, he's capable of using magic…" Timpani informed.
"Crud… Well, honestly I don't think that's TOO bad…" Chopper trailed as he felt himself get struck by a dark beam. It sent him flying across the room and to the left wall. "Wow… What a cheap move…"
When Shade tried to attack him again, he jumped out of the way this time and used Starbow to make shooting stars rain on Shade. It left him distracted while Sonic could jump from behind and attack with a Homing Attack.
"All right! Since he's big, he's easier to hit!" Sonic smirked while giving a thumbs up. "This shouldn't take too long!"
"Don't jinx it, Sonic…" Blade warned as he hurled Hommissile at Shade while he was inhaling (he managed to get that can out of his mouth), causing an explosion from internally.
"What… What did I just inhale?!" Shade coughed as smoke came out of his mouth. "Was that a bomb?!"
"You're dang right it was, Shade!" Blade was about to make another attack, but Shade fired a dark beam at him, knocking him back. But this didn't stop Luigi from attacking the bat with a Super Jump.
Mario: Yeesh… Now he's tougher…
"That would make sense, Mario," Chopper agreed as he grabbed a hold of Shade's wing and began bashing at Shade's head with fire energy. "Man… He can even handle fire! I don't think this would be easy even with Vivian here…"
"Well, would this be any easy with your girlfriends?" Blade asked, making Chopper give him a glare. "…and your other friends too?"
"I think we're getting a little bit off track here," Meta Knight said as he flew up and struck Shade, who was about to inhale them. He also added a Sword Beam to deal a little more damage to the bat.
"Take this!" Shade swooped down and rammed into Chopper and Mario while they were still a little preoccupied, knocking them over. However, Luigi was able to hit him with a Super Jump afterward, making him cringe in pain.
"Poyo, (At least he's not in a shield, or else that would be pretty bad,)" Kirby said as he threw Crystaline at Shade. He wanted her to freeze him, but unfortunately, it didn't seem to freeze him. That said, it did do some damage.
"I don't think burning him will do anything…or will it?" Chopper decided to attack Shade with a charged fireball. To his surprise, it actually left a burn on him. But, Shade was able to spit dark balls of fire at them too.
"Watch out!" Meta Knight warned as he flew out of the way of the fireballs and slashed at Shade, who was about to whack him with his wing, but failed to get him due to him being faster.
"Stop moving, you annoying little masked warrior!" Shade growled as he tried spitting poison at him. Meta Knight was able to escape that and allow Mario to jump up to the side of him and kick him, leaving him off guard.
Mario: That should work for now!
"Poyo! (All right! I'll go next!)" Kirby took in some air and began to float up to Shade. The bat tried to swat him, but he was able to let a puff of air out at Shade's eyes to stop him and attack with a Cartwheel afterward. Shade growled, but Kirby hit him again with his Final Cutter.
"Come here, pink puffball! I'm not done with you yet!" Shade called out before Blade jumped up to him and slashed his backside with his katana. Despite the damage, it didn't stop Shade from inhaling Blade and spitting him at Luigi, knocking them both over.
"Ugh… Chopper was right. It's awful in there." Blade frowned as he got up and threw a couple of shurikens at Shade. Despite doing damage, it didn't stop the bat from spitting poison.
"Well, at least he won't poop on us, unlike other flying creatures…" Chopper trailed, tossing an ice ball at Shade. Everyone looked a bit confused at him, but continued to fight with him.
"OK, I didn't get that, but oh well," Sonic commented as he hit Shade with a Spin Jump. It hit him straight in the face, leaving him a bit wounded, but it also helped Luigi hit the bat with a Super Jump.
Mario: If we can keep this up, we might win…
"That is…if he doesn't have another phase," Luigi added.
"Well, he had six phases last time…and this is his fifth…so I don't think this should last long," Chopper smiled as he charged a rainbow ball and hurled it at Shade, making him cringe in pain. However, it didn't stop him from poisoning Chopper with dark poison.
"Ugh… OK, I think I need to use Piccolo now." he coughed as he used Piccolo's ability to cure himself. Afterward, he jumped up to Shade, but he was knocked back by his bat wing.
"Hold on, I'll handle this," Meta Knight announced as he gripped his sword and lunged forward, attacking Shade with his Galaxia Drill. Everyone gave him a thumbs up before Shade roared and fired a dark beam toward the heroes.
"Oh… Well this isn't good." Blade gulped as he prepared to defend himself. Everyone gaped as they got struck by the all-powerful attack, but they were able to stand up and attack Shade with their attacks.
"When will you heroes ever learn and give up?" Shade grinned as he knocked Kirby away with his wing. "Better to give up now and not die!"
"Oh, really? Then how come we're not begging for you to spare us?" Sonic grinned as he balance Screwdy on his finger. "You know, you look like your HP's over halfway depleted, if you couldn't tell."
"Poyo! (So we're not giving up the fight!)" Kirby shouted.
"Very well, then this shrine will be your grave!" the bat swooped down to attack Sonic, but he Spin Dashed out of the way and used his Whirlwind to keep him off guard, since he couldn't send him flying instead.
"Dang… Well, I guess that's better than nothing." Sonic made another attack, striking Shade with a simple Spin Jump, while Meta Knight fired a Sword Beam at him to keep him occupied.
Chopper decided to try something different and run over to the wall and jump off of it to land right on Shade's head. It seemed to work very well, but this left him an easy target for Shade to inhale.
"Hee hee hee! Now I've got you, Chopper!" Shade began to inhale Chopper like a vacuum, but he began to hang from the side of his mouth and throw a charged rainbow ball instead. It made him cough a little, but it wasn't enough.
"OK, we need more than just that…" Chopper frowned. "Blade! A little help here?!"
"Sure thing, Chop!" Blade nodded as he threw Hommissile in Shade's mouth. An explosion was heard from inside Shade as he stopped inhaling, allowing Chopper to jump down and bash him with his hammer.
Mario: That gives me an idea!
"What is it?" Luigi asked before Mario began to whisper something to him. "…Oh! I think that's a nice idea!"
Luigi spread his arms out while Mario jumped on his head and pulled his hammer out. They both began to spin around rapidly, with Mario's hammer spinning fast. They headed toward Shade and gave him a combination of a Cyclone and a spinning hammer attack.
"Poyo! (Yeah!)" Kirby cheered.
"GRAGH! You annoying…!" Shade turned around and fired a smaller dark beam toward the two brothers. Mario ended up getting hurt, but Luigi was able to avoid it easily and throw Bonjourang at the bat's face.
"That's what happens when you hit my bro!" Luigi growled as he helped Mario up. Meta Knight took this time to swing his sword and fire a Sword Beam at Shade. But, this turned out to be a bad idea when he was going to store up some power to unleash a Mach Tornado.
He ended up getting swat by Shade's wing instead.
"Really, Meta Knight? I thought you were better than this!" Chopper said in disappointment. "That has possibly got to be the dumbest thing you've ever pulled off…"
"Ugh… I thought my idea would work, but turns out it didn't." Meta Knight grunted.
"Well, then why didn't you use it when he was distracted?"
"Chopper… Shade's right behind you…" Blumiere warned.
"Wait… What?" Chopper turned around, but got struck by Shade's dark beam. It knocked him back, but he was able to get back up and toss a couple of rainbow balls at him afterward.
"This is all too easy for me!" Shade cackled as he began to swoop down to attack Chopper. "You don't have much of an arsenal in your hands besides energy balls, while I have attacks that are more capable of finishing you all!"
"Don't get your hopes too high," Luigi warned as he attacked Shade with his Cyclone attack. Sonic struck him afterward in the face with a Homing Attack, making the bat cover his face with his wings.
"What's the matter, Shade? Can't handle a Homing Attack?" Sonic grinned as he waggled his finger.
"Don't get too cocky, Sonic," Chopper warned. "Cockiness usually leads to something bad…"
"…Yeah, that's true."
Shade growled as he swooped down and attacked Sonic by ramming into him. Kirby responded to this by pulling his Final Cutter blade out and slashing Shade with it, leaving a scar on one of his wings. While this occurred, Meta Knight raised his sword and prepared to charge up his Mach Tornado.
"Hopefully this one will be successful…" Meta Knight thought as he watched Mario fend off Shade with his hammer. He was able to bash him at least twice, but he got poisoned by Shade's dark poison.
Mario: Ack! I'm poisoned!
"Hold on, Mario…" Blade muttered as the plumber used Piccolo's powers to heal himself of any damage. In the meantime, Blade threw a couple of shurikens at Shade, but they didn't seem to have too much of an effect.
"Great... Those shurikens aren't going to do much to him! I'll just use a Dragon Beam instead!" Blade thought to himself as his sword began to glow orange. When he swung it, his Dragon Beam struck Shade with full power and left him off guard. "There we go! THAT'S what I wanted to see!"
At this point, Meta Knight's Mach Tornado was fully charged and ready to be unleashed. He stabbed the ground with it and let the huge attack strike Shade. Unfortunately, some of the heroes got sucked in, making them get hurt in the process.
"Forgive me for that, heroes," Meta Knight apologized as they fell to the ground. "I didn't intend on getting you guys too."
"Don't worry about it, Meta Knight," Chopper assured as he got up. "However, I still think we need to finish this guy off!"
He began to charge up a stronger rainbow ball as Shade got himself up and began to fly back to the heroes, charging up a beam himself. This one seemed to be deadlier than the previous one, from looking at it.
"Poyo! (You better do something now with that, Chopper!)" Kirby cried.
"Hang on, Kirby! Just relax!" With the fully charged rainbow ball, Chopper hurled it straight at Shade. The bat's eyes widened in pain as it let out a terrible scream, now being surrounded by a light aura.
"GRAAAAAAAAAAGH! YOU… YOU…!" His bat form began to shrink, but he ended up transforming back to himself. "Wh… Why…? My bat form didn't beat you?!"
"Well, you're done now!" Chopper smirked.
"No… Not yet!" Shade opened his wings and began to take off to the air again, dropping more blots of dark magic to the ground. "This fight is FAR from over, heroes!"
"Are you SERIOUS?!" Blade gaped. "After all of that, we STILL need to fight this guy?! Dude…! He seriously won't give up!"
"I'm not going to even bother investigating him again," Chopper groaned. "We all know this is his sixth phase, and he's surely going to use the same moves as before. Except… He's going faster now."
"Geez… Does this guy ever learn?" Luigi gawked.
"Apparently not," Blade said as he jumped and attacked Shade with his katana, followed by throwing Hommissile at him afterward. At this point, everyone was getting tired of fighting this guy.
"Well, if we just stop here, then we might fail our mission and not find the Pure Heart," Chopper said as he spun his hammer vertically at Shade while in the air. It made him cringe, but that was just about it.
"OK, if we do what we did before against him, then I think we should be fine against him," Sonic said while curling into a ball and attacking Shade with a Homing Attack. It knocked the alien back, but it didn't stop him from firing dark magic at him.
"Whoa! Careful, Sonic!" Blade warned as he pulled Sonic away from the blot of dark magic that was fired from his wand. Luigi decided to keep Shade off guard by attacking him with his Super Jump…again.
"Well, since this is basically the same thing, I think I should just use my Super Jump to take him down," Luigi said as he flutter jumped on Shade's head to keep him off guard. With Mario's stomp, it left Shade nearly low on HP.
"Ugh… What has happened to me?" Shade grunted as he began to spin around and knock Mario and Luigi away. But just as he was going to attack again, Kirby grabbed his Final Cutter blade and attacked Shade.
"Poyo! (He doesn't have that much HP now!)" Kirby smirked. "Poyo! (Just a little more and he's finished!)"
Shade fired another dark blot of magic down, but Meta Knight instantly flew up and slashed at Shade. With his HP nearly down to 1, Luigi gave him a Super Jump, finishing him off once and for all.
…Or not.
Shade fell to the ground, but darkness surrounded him once again and transformed him into…a small dark ghost-like thing with glowing purple eyes. Everyone looked at it confusingly.
"What the heck? Did he just transform again?" Blade gawked.
"I'm checking this," Chopper said as he used Timpani's wand to investigate him.
"That's…Shade Doom? What happened to him? He transformed into this…? Max HP is ?. Apparently he can't attack you in this phase… But, I believe he's able to jump right on you and leave you off guard. I just don't get this…" Timpani informed while gawking.
"Well… Let's see how this is." Chopper walked up to Shade, but the…whatever he turned into simply jumped on Chopper's face and left him blind for a couple of seconds.
"ACCK! I can't see! Get it off!"
Sonic ran over to Chopper and pulled Shade off of him, but that meant he was going to go after Sonic this time. He simply kicked it, knocking it away.
"All right, let's just attack this…thing," Sonic suggested as he curled into a ball and attacked Shade with a Spin Dash. It sent him flying to the wall and, surprisingly, it actually defeated him.
"That was…disappointing for a last phase," Blade commented. "I mean, two hits? I mean, come on! That's stupid!"
However, darkness surrounded Shade yet again, and it ended up transforming him back to himself with a couple of wounds all over him.
"You think it's all over, don't you?" Shade growled as he looked up at the heroes. "Well, I saved my best for last, heroes!"
The whole room began to shake as Shade reached out for his flaming sword that was making its way over to him. Upon grabbing it, a red beam surrounded him and left a huge hole in the shrine. After disappearing, Shade stood up and readied his sword.
"This is where your game ends!"
"Oh, man… He's got his sword now. I think this is his last phase." Chopper nodded. "So, let's go kick his butt!"
"Chopper, you might want something to help you fight him," Meta Knight pulled out a spare sword he was carrying. "Take this sword, Chopper. I'm sure you'll need it against him."
"OK… Thanks!" Chopper inhaled the sword and gained his own sword with the Sword ability. "All right, Shade! Now it's on!"
Shade growled as he swung his sword, firing a flaming sword beam straight at the heroes, knocking them to the throne and leaving them with a burn. Nevertheless, they were able to get back up and get back to fighting.
"Well, I don't think anything has changed with him," Blade said as he tried attacking Shade with his katana. Unfortunately, he was simply slashed at by the dark wizard's flaming sword. "…Or not."
"Don't underestimate my sword skills just because I'm a dark wizard," Shade spat. "Some wizards tend to use swords."
"If you're evil…wouldn't you be considered a warlock?" Chopper asked.
"Oh, shut up already. We're here to end this, not to talk about what I am!" Shade flew in the air and made fireballs rain down from the ground. Everyone gaped as they tried to avoid the attacks.
"Yeesh… All right, back to action!" Chopper jumped and slashed Shade with his sword while he was still in the air. The dark wizard tried to knock him back, but he kicked him and fired a Sword Beam at Shade.
"OK, that's kind of a good start, now let's try to improve," suggested Sonic as he rolled into a ball and threw himself at Shade. He was able to get him, but the dark wizard began to do a cartwheel with his sword, attacking everyone in his sight such as Mario, Luigi, and Kirby.
"Ow… His sword can even burn us!" Luigi screeched as he got up and held his arm in pain from the burn. "Man, I don't know if we're gonna ever heal these wounds off, even with a Shroom Shake!"
Mario: Let's just focus on fighting this guy…
Mario gripped his hammer and readied himself for Shade's sword swing. He was able to block the attack with his hammer, but he did suffer from the flames of Shade's sword. Nevertheless, he was able to bash him.
"You all right, Mario?" Chopper asked.
Mario: I've had better days.
What they didn't notice, however, was Shade spinning his sword and flying directly toward Chopper. Kirby called out for him to turn around, and he acted quickly and blocked Shade's attack.
"Well, someone looks as if they're starting to become exhausted," Shade cackled.
"You don't look too good yourself," Chopper retorted as he slashed at Shade and spun his sword at him like a drill. Shade cringed in pain, but managed to wipe off the wound easily and burn Chopper with a flaming Sword Beam.
"Since you have a sword, this should be more of a fair fight," Meta Knight stated as he flew in front of Shade and slashed at him before he could make another move. The alien child growled and tried slashing at him, but Meta Knight blocked his attack and caught him in a tornado.
"Your putrid moves aren't going to save you and your friends, warrior!" Shade spat as he managed to grab Meta Knight and throw him to the ground. "I'm not like those other warrior's you've faced… I'm someone from a whole different dimension!"
"You mean our world," Sonic corrected.
"Apparently you don't know much about my background…" Shade stayed off the ground, but he raised his sword and summoned fireballs to rain upon the group. "Now stay as you all burn to a glorious crisp so I can eat you later!"
"Wa-Wait… Did he say e-eat?!" Luigi gaped, his face turning white as he got harmed by a fireball.
"Wait… Why would you try to eat us? You're nothing but…a weird thing!" Blade gawked as he slowly got up, his ninja clothing now ruined.
"Like I said, you don't know more about my background. And as an alien, we do love to feast upon the energy of others! I think yours would be perfect!" Shade flew toward Blade, readying his sword while hissing, but Blade managed to bring his katana up and slash him, sending him flying back.
"Well sorry! I don't taste good!"
"Yeah! None of us taste good!" Luigi agreed while cowering over by the corner. Mario groaned as he grabbed Luigi and dragged him back into the fight. "No! Please! I don't want to!"
Mario: Well you were fine before! Just try your best!
Luigi slowly nodded and ran over to Shade. He threw Bonjourang at him to bring his attention over to him, but it almost made him want to run away. However, he tried his best NOT to and attacked Shade with his Cyclone.
"Remember, Luigi… Don't run!" he thought to himself as his fist hit Shade in the face.
"Oh, now you're gonna pay for that, plumber," Shade hissed as he tried to grab a hold of him, but Mario managed to bash him with his hammer. With him being dazed, Chopper stomped on him and spun his sword vertically to hit Shade.
"You think you're the only one who's capable of that? Well, I'll show you the same thing!" Shade began to perform a cartwheel while spinning his sword. The flames on it were enough to burn Chopper and Sonic, who got caught in the attack.
"Man, this guy's sword is annoying," Sonic coughed as he tried to wipe any soot that was left on him. He clenched his fist and used his Sonic Wind to not only hit Shade, but to blow away any fire in the room.
"Poyo, (Well that works,)" Kirby smiled as he threw Crystaline at Shade, freezing him at point. But, before they could even attack him, Shade broke out on his own and fired a flaming Sword Beam at Kirby.
"I can't wait to see you all burnt to a crisp!" Shade cackled as he flew toward Meta Knight and attempted to slash at him. The only thing he got on Meta Knight was his cape, which got set on fire.
"Gah!" Meta Knight shook his cape in an attempt to get rid of the flames, but they began to grow. Luckily, Chopper was there to help by stepping on the flames on his cape, which ended up working.
"Whew… That was a close one!" Chopper sighed.
"Be careful next time, Chopper," Meta Knight informed as he flew back into battle. Chopper took this time to investigate Shade, now that they're at his possible final form. That is, if Timpani says that.
"That's Shade Doom. From what he said, this is probably his final phase, but it's also his strongest. Max HP is 300. Attack is 15. Defense is 8. Just like before, he'll rely on using attacks from his sword, such as making fireballs rain down in the shrine. Your best option is to simply run and not stop. There's a big chance that if you stop, you're probably going to get yourself burned… Just like before, he's capable of healing himself of 60 HP, so you want to be careful when he does this. Just remember, Chopper… Don't let this boy scare you. You've faced many things bigger, so this battle shouldn't be any different from the previous ones." Timpani informed.
"Oh, crud! I completely forgot about his ability to heal himself!" Chopper face palmed as he noticed Shade pull his wand out and heal himself of 60 HP.
"Wait… Did he just heal himself?!" Meta Knight gaped.
"Yeah, he did this before…" Blade trailed. "But, don't let that stop you from fighting. He'll probably do that often, so watch out…"
When Shade was about to charge up a Sword Beam, Blade instantly attacked him by hurling Hommissile at him, making him cough from all the smoke. It also left his body a little burnt too.
"YEAH!"
"Blade… Don't get cocky…" Meta Knight warned.
Shade hissed as he tackled Blade and attempted to stab him with his sword. But, Luigi was able to use his Cyclone to make a cyclone pull him away and also get him hit by the plumber's fists.
"Wow, I never knew I could do that!" Luigi gaped before Shade got up and attempted to strangle Luigi.
"Heads up, Luigi! I got your back!" Chopper shouted as he kicked Shade to the wall with rainbow energy. "No one's going to strangle anyone today."
"All right, so you want to duke it out, huh? Well, then let's duke it out!" Shade roared as he fired a Sword Beam at Chopper. The pale green gumball countered it by firing an ice Sword Beam at him, making both Sword Beams explode upon impact.
Shade slowly got back up, but this time he tackled Chopper and struck him on one of his cheeks with his sword, leaving a burnt wound. He cringed in pain as he put his hand to his cheek, while Shade managed to kick him in his burnt area to make it worse for him.
"Aw, what's the matter? You got a little burnt on your cheek? Why don't you go cry to your mommy?" Shade taunted, angering Chopper. He charged up a rainbow ball and fired it at Shade, knocking him over.
"NEVER say anything about my mother. EVER." Chopper growled as he attempted to bring his sword down on him. Shade, however, brought his sword up and blocked the attack and struck him with a dark blot of magic from his wand.
"Poyo, (Well, now we know you're being cheap,)" Kirby said as he attacked Shade with his Cartwheel attack to keep him off guard. It also left him dazed, allowing Kirby to follow up with a Final Cutter.
"So, how much HP is he left with now?" Sonic asked as he struck Shade with a Homing Attack. "I'm just a little curious."
"In all honesty… I don't know." Chopper shrugged. "You really expect me to know everything?"
"No…"
"Then let's get back to beating this guy!"
Sonic agreed and clenched his fist to summon a blue gust of wind to attack Shade. The only problem with that? Others got stuck in the attack, making them get hurt in the process as well.
"Whoops! Didn't mean to do that…" Sonic laughed sheepishly.
"If we weren't fighting, then I'd forgive you," Blade informed as he attacked Shade with his Dragon Beam. It sent him flying back, but he was caught in his flaming Sword Beam that he fired.
"Take this!" Shade flew up once again and made fireballs come down from the ceiling to attack the heroes. Kirby used his Defend ability to prevent himself from taking any damage, but for everyone else, they couldn't defend themselves. Not even Meta Knight's cape helped him!
"Great… I guess my cape is useless against him." Meta Knight sighed as he disappeared and slashed Shade from behind as he reappeared. Shade tried to attack him with a slash, but Meta Knight brought his sword up and blocked his attack. At this point, the two were trying to push each other back in an attempt to attack them with their weapons.
"Usually when something like this happens, it usually goes for a while," Blumiere explained as Meta Knight and Shade glared at each other. They were both trying their best to defend themselves from each other.
But, Shade pulled off a move by pulling out his sun necklace and blinding Meta Knight for a second and slashed him with his sword. Chopper growled as he attacked Shade with his own flaming Sword Beam.
"Well! So you can use a flaming Sword Beam too?" Shade hissed as he tried to shake off some of the fire on him. "Now you're asking for it!"
"You pulled off a cheap move there," Chopper said as he jumped over him and slashed him in his arm, leaving an injury. Shade gave him a grin and let the injury heal off. But what he didn't see was Mario attacking him with his Super Ground Pound.
"Argh! What the…!"
Mario: You didn't see that coming!
"That may be, but you're quite wounded, while I can do this!" Shade raised his wand and ended up healing himself of 60 HP. "Ahhhhh… Now I feel much better! I think destroying you all should be easier!"
"Well that's not gonna happen!" Luigi retorted as he left Shade dazed when he threw Bonjourang at him. With that, he used his flutter jump to stomp on him and perform a stylish move.
Shade growled as he began to fly around the room while performing a cartwheel, hitting the ceiling and the floor and striking all seven that were in his path. He cackled as they fell to the ground as he landed.
"Well, it looks like this fight is going in my favor!" Shade grinned as he quickly made his way over to the group. That is, until Meta Knight got up and disappeared. "Dang it! Why does he always have to do this?!"
Mario pulled out another Ultimate Shroom Shake and took a sip from it. He passed it over to everyone else and allowed them to take a sip, with Meta Knight clearly having the last one as he slashed Shade from behind.
"Should I really do what you guys usually do?"Meta Knight asked as he blocked Shade's sword.
"Go for it," Chopper nodded. Meta Knight sighed as he threw the crushed can in Shade's face, leaving him stunned. Despite this being dishonorable to him, he knew it was the only way he was going to even hurt Shade easily.
"Poyo! (Yay! Now let's beat him down!)" Kirby cheered as he pulled his Final Cutter out and slashed him with it. Shade cringed in pain as he was dazed once again, but when Mario bashed him with his hammer, he had enough.
"All right, that's it! I think it's time to change things up a bit!" Shade growled as he fired a flaming Sword Beam at Mario that caused him to stay paralyzed.
Mario: Ack! I… I can't…move!
"Bro!" Luigi turned to Shade and clenched his fists. With Bonjourang, he left the alien dazed. After stomping on him, that's when Shade used the same thing against him, leaving him paralyzed too.
"Oh, man… I can barely move now!"
"Oh, don't tell me you're going to be doing this now…" Blade groaned as he dodged Shade's Sword Beam. "What a cheap move for an ungrateful little alien…"
"Oh, you want to see ungrateful? Then I'll give you ungrateful!" Shade smirked as he tackled Blade and paralyzed him easily. Sonic tried to attack him from behind, but he managed to catch him easily.
"Wait… How'd you know I was attacking from behind?" Sonic grunted.
"Because I could hear the sound of your Spin Dash."
"That stinks…"
This only left Chopper, Kirby and Meta Knight to fight against Shade. They used their agility in an attempt to avoid his attacks, but when Kirby tried freezing him with Crystaline, it didn't end up working too well.
"Take this!" Shade fired a Sword Beam at Kirby, paralyzing him instantly. He cackled as he saw Kirby suffer, but stopped when Meta Knight got behind him and slashed him with his sword.
"I won't make this easy for you," Meta Knight said as he avoided Shade Sword Beam attack. Shade grew angry as he flew up and made fireballs rain down from the ceiling. One hit Meta Knight, but Chopper was able to avoid them in 3-D.
"This should do something," Chopper ran up to Shade and attacked him with an ice slash, leaving him to shiver from the intense cold. But, with his flaming sword, Shade was able to get over it and attack Chopper with a single slash.
"Argh! Those burns are so bad on me!"
"Well that's good to hear, because that's how you'll be like forever!" Shade cackled as he saw the burn marks all over his face and all the bruises as well. "And look at me! I'm not as bruised as you are!"
"Well you look pretty bad yourself," Meta Knight said as he slashed Shade again, this time leaving a scar on his cheek. Shade hissed as he tried to fly toward Meta Knight, but instead did a cartwheel to attack him instead.
Meta Knight was sent flying to the wall, but he still had some energy in him to fight. But, once Shade used a flaming Sword Beam on him, he was paralyzed.
"Unngh! I… I can't move!" Meta Knight grunted.
"Oh, great… Don't tell me I have to do this…" Chopper groaned as he readied his sword. "Fine. Let's just finish this up, Shade!"
"With pleasure!" Shade grinned as he flew in the air and made fireballs rain down. Chopper tried his best to outrun them, but because of the size of the room, he ended up falling to the ground from the fireballs.
He immediately got up, only to get slashed by Shade once again. But it didn't mean that he was going to give up the fight so easily. He kicked Shade when he was about to attack and attacked him with a rainbow slash.
"Yeah! I don't think you like rainbow energy, don't ya?" Chopper smirked.
"Chopper, he's almost down!" Timpani informed. "Now's your chance to finish him off once and for all!"
"Think again!" Shade pulled his wand out to recover some HP, but Meta Knight, who was stunned, used up the last of his strength while paralyzed and fired a Sword Beam at him to leave him dazed. "What the…! How the heck did you…?"
"I'm not going to let myself lose to a fight when I'm paralyzed," Meta Knight muttered as he breathed heavily. "Now, Chopper… Finish the fight…"
"All right," Chopper raised his sword, while began to surround itself in a rainbow aura. When Shade slowly got himself up, he noticed this and readied his sword and charged forth.
"I'll finish you before you do that!" Shade hissed.
"Rainbow Sword Beam!" Chopper cried as he swung his sword and fired a rainbow Sword Beam directly at Shade. Upon impact, Shade cringed and his eyes widened in pain. Everyone who was paralyzed was able to move again and walk over to Chopper.
"Wha…? No… This can't be!" Shade dropped his sword and let out a terrible, painful scream, causing the whole room to shake and even destroy the throne in the room and all the pictures on the wall. One thing for sure was that it knocked everyone to the wall and got rid of Chopper's Sword ability.
After the loud scream, they all saw Shade breathing heavily on the ground. They slowly walked over to him just to see if he was going to attack.
"You… You… You horrid heroes…" Shade spat before flying out of the room while taking his sword with him. With that, the heroes all let out a sigh of relief and began to relax.
"I can't believe it… We beat him…" Sonic wheezed.
"Too bad my Sword ability was destroyed in the process…" Chopper trailed.
However, when they thought things would get better, Luvbi and Elbi, who was still carrying Wenbi, entered the shrine.
"Thank thee, heroes… Thou hast done a fine job." Elbi thanked. "I wish I could've done something to help thee."
"You don't need to thank us," Meta Knight responded. "We were just doing our job."
"Thou dost look terrible though," Luvbi commented.
"Yeah, we don't look good at all," Chopper replied while shaking his head. "Elbi, how is Wenbi doing? He is fine?"
From the look on Elbi's face, things were not going well at all. But before he could respond, they heard the door open once again, but the voices were much familiar to everyone.
"Oh, there you are, Luvbi!" Queen Jaydes and Grambi came into the shrine and gave their daughter a hug. "We were so worried about you ever since we heard that Shade's troops were at The Peaceness!"
"We hath saw him leave hither too," Grambi added. "Art thou all right?"
"Yea, I dost be… But..." Luvbi began, but her face turned sad. "Not everything's all right hither."
"My son… He is not well." Elbi said in a sad tone. "I wish there was something I could do to help him…"
"Thy…son? Dost thou mean…?" Grambi gawked.
"Wenbi…?" Queen Jaydes gaped. "Did… Did Shade do something to him?"
"Wenbi saved our lives…" Chopper coughed. "But…for a price, he was left severely wounded."
"Will he…live?" Meta Knight asked. Elbi stayed silent for a moment, unsure of what to say. At this point, everyone knew the answer.
"But… No! He can't… He can't die!" Chopper gasped. "That's… That's horrid! Why would Shade do such a thing?!"
"Unggh… Heroes… Luvbi…" Wenbi moaned. A small tear came down his face and landed right on his necklace. Everyone gaped as they saw something emit from it.
It was a silver heart.
"The Pure Heart! But… How?" Timpani gasped.
"This necklace was given to him by my wife after her death," Elbi slowly explained. "She wanted it passed down to our son, so he would soon hath protection. But, I accidentally abandoned him many years ago in a storm. Grambi was nice enough to help, but he could never findeth who he belonged to."
"But why would the Pure Heart lead us here?" Sonic asked.
"Perhaps it was to lead his son back to his father…" Queen Jaydes trailed.
"But now my son is dying! After all these years of looking for him, I am already going to lose him…but this time for good." Elbi's tears began to roll down his face and land on Wenbi's necklace.
"Father… Couldst thou put me down? I want… I want to speaketh to the heroes…" Wenbi wheezed. Elbi slowly put his son down and allowed him to lie on the ground. Chopper and Co. walked over to Wenbi and knelt down, with Chopper holding him in his arms.
"I am sorry for causing so much trouble to thee… I should hath realized what I was doing wrong…"
"Wenbi, thou art not usually like this… Why wouldst thou do such a thing?" Luvbi asked, her eyes starting to water up a bit. "To causeth so much trouble for simply love? It may be hard to forgive thee, especially for hurting the heroes…"
"Luvbi… If thou dost not forgive me, then that is fine." Wenbi coughed. "But… I realized how selfish I was being back there… I liked thee a lot, but I took it a bit too far… So, please don't feel bad if I die…"
"Wenbi, despite being verily immature at times, I didn't hate thee. Many times, thou were so happy-go-lucky. If thou didn't act so obsessive over me, I would hath considered thee as a friend."
"A…friend?"
"Yea, a friend. One that helpest someone in need. It's like my prince and his friends. They always look out for each other." Luvbi looked over at the group. "Is that true?"
"Yeah… That kind of is true…" Luigi nodded. "Is there…anything we can do to help him? I mean, wouldn't he just return to The Overthere when he dies?"
"Unfortunately… When thou dies as a Nimbi… Thou never returnest…" Grambi trailed sadly. "Not even mine powers are able to heal him."
"And, heroes…" Wenbi began as his coughs got even worse. "Forgivest me for what I did to thee all… I was so full of anger when I saw thee, Chopper, with the girl I loved. It made me want thee to be gone. But now I feel that I was being verily selfish... And I apologize for hurting thou all."
"…I forgive you," Chopper smiled as a tear slowly came down his face and landed on Wenbi's necklace. The Pure Heart emitted from it once again.
"Poyo, (I also forgive you,)" Kirby added. Sonic, Blade, Mario, Luigi, and Meta Knight gave a nod to him as well.
"Thank thee… Fare thee well…friends. And fare thee well too, Father…"
With these last words, Wenbi slowly closed his eyes and let out his final breath as he remained motionless. Chopper slowly put the Nimbi down as he began to disappear.
Wenbi was gone.
"Heroes… Thank thee." Elbi said, looking sad. "I thank thee for forgiving him. Now he can rest in peace with his mother..."
"I don't understand what you mean…" Chopper trailed.
"Wenbi no longer has to suffer from not being forgiven," Meta Knight explained.
"Yea, verily," Elbi made his way over to the necklace, which began to emit the silver Pure Heart out. It stood sternly on the ground, right in front of Chopper. "Please, heroes… Taketh the Pure Heart. Taketh it and savest the world."
"Yes, I believe we have to do that…" Sonic trailed. "Poor Wenbi… He's been through a lot and this is what has to happen to him in the end…"
"Yes, we'll take it," Chopper nodded. "Wenbi would want us to do this…"
"Thank thee…" Elbi trailed sadly. "Keep it safe with thee…"
"This doth be a terrible fate…" Luvbi trailed. "It doth be worse than mine…"
Chopper walked over to the Pure Heart and let all of the Pixls around him dance. With their final pose, he held the Pure Heart above him.
But acquiring this one wasn't as satisfying as the previous.
YOU GOT A PURE HEART
END OF CHAPTER
"I thank thee verily much, heroes. I bet my son and my wife are verily proud of thee for accepting this. And please… Don't let this sadness trouble thee throughout thy adventure…" Elbi spoke sadly as the monsters fled from The Peaceness, leaving all of the Nimbis at peace. Even with Dabootman and Strott gone, everything felt much better. Luvbi and her parents even decided to head back home. However, the little Nimbi girl had said that perhaps they would meet again soon. With the sixteenth Pure Heart in their hands from Wenbi's sacrifice, our heroes started to head back to Flopside.