Super Paper Chopper

by Mechanical Oven

After being lured into a trap by a party invitation, Chopper must save all worlds from a new group of foes from different dimensions and an old enemy. Can he and his friends save all worlds? Or will they be destined to be destroyed in a matter of time...

133. Guardians in the Dark

CHAPTER 19-2

-Guardians in the Dark-

"So, it looks like we've made our way deeper in the Comet of Darkness…" Tipral trailed as he crossed his arms. "I don't think there's much else that needs to be said."

"What? This area feels pretty dark!" Chopper mentioned. "It's not that easy to see what's around here, you know…"

"Well, according to this sign here, we're on Shadow Road," Tipral explained. "Thankfully, I don't see any toxic alien slime around here, so we should be in the clear for this area."

"Mayhap this will be just like Underwhere Road?" Luvbi wondered. "When we madeth our way there before, it was just us. However, Tippi was with us, but now she dost not seemeth to be hither."

"Yeah, I'm getting that feeling too," Chopper agreed as he looked over at the pink energy poles that were around. However, he still didn't feel too comfortable about this place. "Unnngh… I'll be fair, I don't like how this place is. Especially those large tentacle things in the background."

"Yea, those doth look creepy…" Luvbi agreed.

"You really think THIS is scary? You gotta be kidding me…" Tipral face palmed.

"We can be scared of whatever we want, hideous creature! Now backeth off before I am forced to smacketh thee with my wing!"

"Do that and you die," Tipral threatened as he noticed there was more writing on the sign. "Hold on… There's more on this sign."

Those who wish to make their way through Shadow Road must get past the three guardians. You never know what they might ask you. It might involve answering questions, or fighting against something. You better be prepared if you wish to go to his castle.

Up ahead, there was a door that a Dark Wizard was standing by. It noticed the three and whipped its wand out and fired dark magic at him. Chopper simply jumped over the projectiles and stomped on its head while performing stylish moves.

"Woo hoo! Stylish moves!" Chopper cheered as Tipral snapped his finger and defeated the Dark Wizard with Star Magic. With that, the coast was clear, with them allowing entry through the door.

But Chopper quickly closed it when he found it to be pitch black in there.

"Oh, no… It's too dark in there!" Chopper frowned. "There's no way I'm going through there… Not after what happened in Underwhere Road…"

"What are you talking about?" Tipral asked. "I don't remember anything bad happening back in Underwhere Road in those dark places."

"Well, I sure remember something back there. When it's dark, then I'm not going to know who's around me. You know, like those Underhands and that stuff…"

"I had almost forgotten those..." Luvbi realized. "Thankfully, I doth be used to those monstrous hands."

"Lucky..."

"Anyway, let's not waste our time," Tipral suggested. "We already defeated a Dark Wizard, so I'm betting that there are possibly more through the door ahead. I say stay behind me, because I can see in the dark."

"I might use this to help me," Chopper declared as he created a light ball that he put near him. Luvbi stayed close again so she knew where Chopper was. "Uhhhh... Can you not stay too close to me?"

"But thou dost need to see," Luvbi mentioned.

"Fine… But I don't want you flying all over the place! I'm sure your parents would want you to be back with them in one piece. They entrusted me to watch you over before, so you need to listen to me, just like Nolrem said."

After their little conversation, they headed through the door and proceeded onward. The only thing they didn't notice was the Necromancer watching from above. As the door closed, he flew off, heading back to Shade.

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Shade's Throne-

"Thou dost know that thou can't keepest us hither forever!" Grambi wheezed. "As a god, I have the power to endeth thee!"

"Too bad I managed to find out what can stop the king and queen of the aftergame!" Shade grinned under his hood. "So tell me… How does it feel like to be missing in your own world? I bet everyone must be worried sick!"

"Enough of this, Shade," Queen Jaydes snapped. "You can't keep us trapped in this barrier forever. It's going to eventually get weak, which will allow us to break through and put an end to your plan!"

"And poor Luvbi is out all alone…" Grambi trailed. "Thou art going to pay!"

"Oh, don't worry… I already sent out a little notice for her. As a matter of fact, I ran into her earlier before, along with his 'boyfriend' Chopper! Yeah, they're going to be coming here to try to stop me! Sadly, he doesn't have anyone to help him, so this will make my victory become easier!"

"I'm sure they'll come here eventually and defeat you," Queen Jaydes assured. "Most plans have their drawbacks anyway."

"Oh, well, if they somehow make it here, I have something that'll get in their way! That said, I'll be interested to fight against Chopper once again, but I want to test his skills with something else first…"

"Master! I've returned!" the Necromancer cried as he flew over to the throne and landed on the purple rocky ground.

"Necromancer, so you've returned? What did you find?"

"Well, I found Chopper making his way to Shadow Road," the Necromancer explained. "…Oh, and there's someone else with him too."

"What? Is it someone like Kirby or Mario?! Answer me now!"

"Actually, it's someone you probably wouldn't have expected. It's Tipral."

"Tipral? You mean Tipral from the palace who summoned The Void to destroy all worlds as we know it? Why would he be siding with Chopper? Sure, they did it before, but I thought those two HATED each other?"

"Chopper teaming up with Tipral? That doth sound strange…" Grambi trailed.

"Well, as much horrible things Tipral has done, if he's coming here to help, then we might as well accept it," Queen Jaydes noted.

"Yea, I dost agree."

"Yes, I thought the same thing, master," the Necromancer agreed. "Perhaps they formed a temporary alliance? Well, it doesn't really matter anyway. Our objective is to still stop them, right?"

"Yeah, I do want that," Shade nodded. "But don't destroy them. I want to be the one who does the honors of finishing them."

"Well, don't worry, master. Thankfully, I was able to get things prepared if those two even make it here. The army is all set up and ready to take them on! They won't even see it coming…"

"Excellent! That's what I like to hear! I can always count on you, Necromancer! Perhaps… Hmmmmm… I'm not so sure… Well, perhaps I could tell you a little secret no one else knows about."

"A secret? What dost thou mean?" Grambi gawked.

"Silence, fool! I wasn't finished yet!" Shade snapped. "Anyway… I think it would be best to reveal this to you. Not even Chopper, Tipral, or even my brother knows about this! Only I know about this."

"A secret, huh? Well… I suppose I could listen in…" the Necromancer trailed. "You ARE allowing me to listen, after all. I swear, by my undead magic that I won't tell a soul nor a dead being about this. You have my word."

"Good… Now, I'm only going to say this once. I will not repeat it again. And in truth, this might actually shock you a bit. There's a bigger reason why I have become this other than being useless as Dark's engineer."

"Another reason?"

"Yes…" Shade nodded as he began to explain everything to him. Due to his explanation being too long, it ended up getting fast forwarded to save up time. The Necromancer was at total shock in the end.

"And that's my story."

"I… I don't believe it…" the Necromancer gaped. "I've never known about this from you before! I am at utter shock!"

"Yes, I had a feeling you would be. I've never told a soul about this anyway."

"But did those two listen in?"

"No. I made the barrier soundproof just so they couldn't hear in to our conversation. Trust me, I think it was for the better."

"All right, I understand," the Necromancer nodded. "I will head out and check on Chopper and report any news if necessary."

"Please do that. Oh, and Necromancer…" Shade trailed as his minion turned back to him. "Could you tell those Skellobits by the front entrance that they're being replaced and are getting new jobs? I want to put those Dark Wizards there, considering they're the strongest of our minions."

"Why replace them?"

"They're not much use. We can just throw them out. I never planned on using them anyway."

"Very well, I'll do that," the Necromancer nodded as he flew off, leaving Shade, Queen Jaydes and Grambi. The barrier was no longer soundproof afterward.

"What do you think that alien boy was explaining to that Necromancer?" Queen Jaydes asked.

"I dost not know…" Grambi trailed. "But by the look on his face, it doth sound shocking…"

"Mmmmmm… I can agree."

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Dark area-

"Yeesh… Why doth it have to be darker than Underwhere Road?" Luvbi wondered as the three closed the door shut. Chopper lit up a light ball so he could see his surroundings a little, while Tipral could see just fine.

"If my eyes were like flashlights, I'm sure you would be able to see," Tipral noted. "But, I can see the dark through my perspective only."

"Great… I don't even think this light ball will be enough." Chopper sweat dropped as he found the slope moving at a downward angle. He decided to go down it, where he ended up running through a loop and went down another slope until they reached flat ground, where Tipral noticed some dark gray ghostly beings with purple eyes and sharp teeth.

"I can see some ghosts around here…" Tipral trailed.

"Oh, great. Well that's just nice…"

"Eeeeek! Chopper! Helpest me!"

"Luvbi? What are you doing?!" Chopper gasped as he looked around for Luvbi. Sadly, his light ball wasn't enough to make him see the Nimbi girl. He eventually ended up running into her, who was being chased by some Dark Ghosts.

"Chopper! Get these ghosts away from me!"

"Ummmmm… OK, I'll try something." Chopper tossed the light ball at one of the Dark Ghosts, destroying it instantly by enveloping it in light. Meanwhile, the other Dark Ghosts began to open their mouths and shout loudly.

"They don't seem to be able to harm you," Tipral noticed. "We can ignore them."

"Oh, really? Well that's a relief. I suppose we should continue on."

"Oh, I wouldn't recommend that, Chopper…"

"Why not?"

"I can see some more of that toxic alien slime substance ahead. It's best that you don't touch it…"

"Well that's great. I was hoping we'd be through that stuff already… Oh well." Chopper sighed as he noticed a small purple crystal nearby, so he tossed a light ball at it to make a little bit of light around him to help him see what was around.

"I can see thee, Chopper!" Luvbi hollered as she fluttered closer to Chopper as Tipral skated over the slime and teleported Chopper across. There, they found some Ninja Creatures throwing their blades like boomerangs toward them, but Tipral snapped his finger and knocked the blades away.

"I don't think I see any flying saucers around this area…" Chopper trailed.

"Then it looks like you'll have to rely on me," Tipral stated as he elbowed the Ninja Creatures and sent it flying back toward others. Chopper joined in and used Starbow to finish off the Ninja Creatures.

"Well that takes care of them!"

"How much darkness dost thou think will be hither?" Luvbi asked.

"Beats me," Chopper shrugged, who followed Tipral over to some platforms moving up and down. They sank into the slime, which meant that it wasn't safe to stay on them for a while.

"This should be a problem for me," Tipral declared as he crossed his arms.

"What's there?" Chopper asked.

"Moving platforms. They go into the alien slime, so I suggest you be careful."

"Oh… That's bad." Chopper gulped as he watched Tipral jump onto them and cross over the slime. Because he didn't have much light as him, getting through felt a little difficult, especially when he couldn't see the platform.

"Art thou all right, Chopper?" Luvbi asked.

"No, because I can't see the platform!"

"This is going to be harder than I thought…" Tipral sighed as he fired a Star Spear at one of the platforms to light it up. He did it with the other platforms as well so Chopper could see them.

"I can see something stuck on those platforms," Chopper noticed. "I think they might show me where the platforms are!"

Two Dark Wizards noticed them walking along the pathway, so they readied their wands and charged at them, firing dark magic projectiles at them. Tipral simply jumped and stomped on one of them, while Chopper dodged and jumped.

"Don't let these people move through here!" one Dark Wizard shouted as it fired a large dark blast from its wand at Tipral, which sent him flying back after failing to avoid the attack.

"Don't forget the kid! Shade wants him, you know!" the second Dark Wizard mentioned.

"Oh, yes! We certainly can't forget about him!"

"Hey, where are those Dark Wizards?" Chopper asked, keeping a light ball near him while Luvbi looked around worriedly.

"Chopper… I see purple eyes ahead!" Luvbi mentioned.

"What? Oh… I see them!" Chopper noticed before he got struck by a magic projectile. Luvbi gaped, but Chopper managed to hurl a light ball at one of them and defeat it, while Tipral got up and finished off the other.

"I think I can see more slime up ahead," Tipral noted as he went up a small slope and found a small ledge he jumped on, where he found more toxic slime ahead, as well as a light ! Switch ahead.

"I see something glowing ahead!" Luvbi noticed.

"It looks like a block, but it's glowing," Chopper noticed. "I think it might be some kind of light block."

"I doth wish we were back in the light. It would be so much more romantic than right now!"

"Well, at least we give off a bit of light," Starbow mentioned.

"Yes! Perhaps zee dark one can do something about that!" Bonjourang mentioned. "Oh, I just wish zee green plumber was here… I do miss him!"

"I'll see what I can do," Tipral declared as he skated over the slime and struck the light ! Switch with a shadow ball, which created a floating platform moving sideways. Chopper saw the platform and jumped on it, making sure he didn't let go of Luvbi.

Of course, some Dark Ghosts tried to get in their way, but they avoided them as they walked over to a bridge of small yellow blocks. When Chopper stepped on them, he noticed they were getting destroyed by some shots being fired by some of the Dark Soldiers.

"Run!" Chopper cried as he began to Speed Dash through the bridge until he found a small ledge leading to some small climbable mountains where they found a door up ahead.

After reaching the top, two Dark Soldiers were trying to stop them, but Tipral kicked them away and opened the door into another dark area, where they found alien slime shooting upward between some platforms. Two Dark Skello Bombers were flying around and throwing their spears down at them, with one hitting Chopper.

"Ack! What the heck?! They can throw spears?!" Chopper winced.

"I'll handle them," Tipral declared as he snapped his finger and took out the two monsters before crossing the gap before alien slime could shoot upward again. Of course, Chopper waited until it stopped, then he jumped across.

However, everything changed for them when Tipral saw a ledge up ahead, where a Dark Wizard happened to be using a turret. When it saw them, it grinned and fired large globs of alien slime that began to bounce on the pathway.

"Heh heh heh! Let's see you avoid THIS!" the Dark Wizard cackled as he fired a couple of more toward them.

"This… This isn't good!" Luvbi gulped.

"Well, maybe going into 3-D might work?" Chopper suggested as he went into 3-D. Even then, the pathway was kind of skinny, so the balls of alien slime would still be in the way, so he went back into 2-D.

"That's not a good idea…"

"Well, then we have to avoideth them?"

"I'm going to do this my way," Tipral decided. "I'm not helping you through this."

"Wait! What the heck do you…" Chopper was cut off when Tipral teleported out of their sight, leaving Chopper to have a hard time seeing in the darkness. "Well that's just great! He ditched us!"

"Hmph! He definitely dost not have manners!" Luvbi scoffed. "But, I expect that from an evil being like him!"

"Well, I'll just try to get through this. Don't let go of me, OK?"

"I wouldst never let go of thee, my prince…" the princess sighed dreamily as she looked at him with her softened eyes and dreamy look. Chopper held a light ball near him as he began to run through the pathway, trying his best to avoid the balls of toxic alien slime bouncing his way.

"At least they bounce rather high. I'd be in some serious trouble then."

"Come on! Get hit by this stuff!" the Dark Wizard growled. "I wanna see what happens when heroes get struck by this!"

While Chopper kept dodging the slime, Tipral tapped the Dark Wizard on the shoulder, causing it to turn around and hiss when it saw him.

"Where'd YOU come from?!"

"Don't you realize that I can teleport?" Tipral questioned. "Or are you just as stupid as the other minions?"

"Gah! Take this!" the Dark Wizard aimed its wand at Tipral, but he managed to grab its arm and throw it to the ground. This made things easier for Chopper to get over to the turret and destroy it with a light ball.

"Whew! That took care of that!" Chopper sighed. "Wait… Why are you over here?"

"I decided to get rid of the Dark Wizard, but not for you. I found that enemy to be getting in my way."

"Hey! I'm not defeated yet!" the Dark Wizard hissed, grabbing Tipral's foot. He responded by stepping on its back to defeat it. They found a door ahead, to Chopper's relief.

"I still hate that you abandoned us," Chopper noted.

"Yea, I agree! If thou art working with Chopper to get through hither, thou shouldst at least stayeth by his side, hideous monster!" Luvbi scoffed. "My prince here was so brave… He even cares about me!"

"Stop calling me that!"

"Yeah, it's getting annoying," Tipral said. "Honestly, we'd probably be better off throwing you into that alien goo."

"I suggest thou shuttest thy trap! I technically am a goddess!"

"Guys… Please stop!" Chopper intervened. "We're right by the door! We should just get going!"

"Yea, verily! Listen to Chopper."

"Fine, we'll go," Tipral mumbled as they walked over to the door. They were about to open the door until a statue of an armor knight beside the door became animate and made them froze.

"Stop right there!" the Dark Statue looked down at the three. Chopper and Tipral got in their fighting stances, but the Dark Statue didn't seem to react with its sword.

"Worry not, people. I'm not one to fight. I am simply a guardian of Shadow Road. Seeing as who you people are, I believe you guys are the intruders that people have been talking about, yes?"

"We just want the Pure Heart, that's all," Chopper explained. "We don't REALLY want to fight these guys."

"I want to destroy them all," Tipral declared.

"Hmmmmmm… Well, I guess since you do want to go through here, I guess I have no other choice. My name is Guardoor Number One. And if you wish to pass through the door, you must answer my five quest—I mean, three questions. Get one wrong, and you can't go through."

"What happens if we can't get through?" Chopper asked.

"Nothing, really. You can simply try again if you want. Anyway, are you all ready?"

"Yea, just getest on with it," Luvbi sighed, looking in irritation.

"All right! You kids better make sure you have some good brains, 'cause this is AP material! A Dark Wizard comes to a parking lot and sees two Skellobits shouting at it. The Dark Wizard simply flips them off and leaves."

"Uhhhhhh… Interesting story." Chopper sweat dropped. "What do you mean by flipping them off?"

"These are all the facts," the Dark Statue finished. "NOW… Why did the Squiglet cross the road?"

"Uhhhh… To get to the other side?"

"DING! Correct! That's the first question! Whoever you are, you must be a genius!"

"I highly doubt it," Tipral replied.

"All right, next question. A Nimbi girl meets a Skellobit boy, and they become friends. Eventually, they both fall in love, but their parents don't approve of it, because Nimbis and Skellobits hate each other. Unfortunately, for them, both the Skellobit and Nimbi ended their own games. They did it because… Well… Too hard to explain."

"That doth remindeth me of a story I once read," Luvbi recalled.

"Those are the facts," the Dark Statue mentioned. "NOW… Who's gray, handsome, and cool?"

"Oh, geez… THESE kinds of questions… Well… Ummmm…"

"How about the girl answers this?"

"Would it be thee?" Luvbi asked, looking uncertain.

"DING! Correct! I am definitely handsome, even if you can't see my face under this helmet."

"Sure thou art…"

"All right, next question," Guardoor Number One began. "You go to a hotel and to the manager. You wish to get a room for the hotel. The hotel manager says there are no rooms left. What would you do?"

"Crush him, of course," Tipral answered.

"Hmm… I could see that. The hotel manager gets beaten by you, and you take over the hotel. The hotel then belongs to you at this point. So, those are the facts. NOW… How many times did I say 'hotel'?"

"What the heck?!" Chopper gawked. "That's not fair!"

"Well you gotta answer the question…"

"You said it seven times," Tipral answered. "That last hotel counts too."

"DING! Correct! Man, you guys are smart! You should be able to head into AP classes when you go to high school!"

"What's AP?" Chopper asked.

"Who cares? You are allowed to go in! …Oh, and please don't tell Master Shade Doom about this. He really wouldn't like it if I was helping his enemies out. He'd fire me for sure!"

"Well, I'm sure they won't tell," Luvbi assured.

"He's going to be dead before we even get the chance to tell him," Tipral declared as he walked through the door into a small area with light and two doors. There was thankfully a Save Block, so Chopper hit it to save their game, but they also saw the furthest door to the right where three Dark Wizards were holding it shut, while the closest door to them was locked.

"Errgh… I don't know how much… I can hold it…" one Dark Wizard moaned.

"Pray, what dost thou think is going on there?" Luvbi wondered.

"I have no idea…" Chopper trailed. "It looks like someone must be in there… Kind of like in Underwhere Road where… Wait, could BLADE be in there?!"

"Do we have to approachest them, though?" Luvbi asked. "We could be in danger…"

"Yeah, you've got a point… Plus, those guys REALLY creep me out."

"How can they creep you out when they have their hoods up?" Tipral asked.

"I saw them without their hoods up. They're not as 'cute' as some people might think when looking at them."

"Well, then do you have an idea on how we can get through that door? It's not like we have anything to make them think that we're like them."

"…Or DO we?" Chopper realized as he remembered having the two Dark Wizard cloaks. "I think I still have those two Dark Wizard cloaks that I managed to snatch before!"

"Cloak? Can I see them?" Luvbi asked.

"Right here," he pulled out the two cloaks and put one of them on. "You can have the other, Luvbi. Tipral doesn't need one because he can shape-shift into anything he wants."

"I haven't really used that ability in a while, but whatever," Tipral's eyes became red as he looked over at the Dark Wizard ahead. Purple smoke surrounded him until he had the shape of a Dark Wizard.

"Well, that doth match the Dark Wizards over there…" Luvbi trailed as she put the cloak on. "But I dost not like how this looks! A Nimbi such as myself dost not deserve this kind of filthy cloak!"

"Quit whining and grow up already. You can't expect everything to be the way you want it to be."

"Oh, and surely thou hast never had thy way, right?"

"I've BARELY had my way as long as I lived!"

"You had your way when you heartlessly destroyed my home world, as well as my friends," Chopper mentioned as he wore his cloak. "Of course, I'm sure you could care less about others, like Timpani…"

However, Tipral knocked him back by punching him in the face upon hearing those words.

"NEVER MENTION HER!"

"Timpani? Pray, who might that be?" Luvbi asked.

"…A name of no importance," Tipral answered. "Let's stop talking about this for now. We want to see what's through the door, right? Well, we should just go over to them now and ask them to let us in."

"Fine…" Chopper trailed as the three walked over to the three Dark Wizards, who were struggling to hold the door.

"Unnghh… So…much work…"

"How long do we have to hold this?"

"Until that monster stops…"

"What monster?" Chopper wondered until they heard stomping coming from inside. "Oh… That…"

"Huh? Is there someone here?" one Dark Wizard looked behind and saw the three. "Oh, man! I guess our leader finally brought in some reinforcements! So, you guys here to subdue the monster, right?"

"Wait, what on earth dost thou…" Luvbi was cut off when Chopper gestured her not to speak, so she listened.

"Well… What she's REALLY trying to say is that what you guys are talking about…" Chopper finished.

"Wait a second… Do we even have female wizards?" the second Dark Wizard wondered. "Though, technically… We're genderless beings. We even have a same voice! Unless…"

"Uh oh…" Chopper thought.

"You must be Dark Wizards that have some mental problems!"

"Errr... Yeah! I don't know what that means, but I guess so!" Chopper nodded.

"We don't know either!" the third Dark Wizard stated. "But listen, you should get out of here immediately. We're in the middle of trying to keep this monster trapped in here! …Oh, and some guy in green was thrown in here as well. We thought he'd be something that the monster could play with."

"Wait… What?! Uh… I mean, is there any chance we could go in there?"

"Go in there? Why would you want to do that?"

"Uhhhh… Master Shade Doom sent us to come down here and subdue the monster! That's our job, anyway!"

"You serious?! Did you even SEE that thing?! It could tear down an entire skyscraper!"

Tipral grabbed the Dark Wizard's cloak and pulled it closer to him. "Let us in, or we're going to make you regret your choice."

"You don't scare me!"

Tipral threw the Dark Wizard to the wall, leaving it dazed. "OK! OK! We'll let you in… But you better be quick, because we can't leave the door open forever! That monster might come out quickly!"

"OK, we'll go in there and take care of your problems! On one condition…"

"Tell us," the first Dark Wizard demanded.

"You help us get to where Shade Doom is. You see, we got lost and ended up losing our map."

"OK, we'll promise you that. Now go in there quickly and do the job!"

The Dark Wizards quickly opened the door, demanding that they move quickly. The three gave them nods and headed through the door before the wizards immediately closed it.

"Let's hope they can do it…"

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Dark room-

The first thing they noticed in the dark room were glowing, organic lungs around the walls, which grossed them out a bit. Seriously, where would you find lungs hanging on a wall?

"This place doth smell…" Luvbi gagged. "I don't like it hither…"

"Well we better be on the lookout. If we help those guys, then we can get the Pure Heart with ease!" Chopper assured.

"IF they even help us," Tipral mentioned.

"GWAAAARGH!"

"Huh? Who roared?!" Chopper gulped. "I don't like the sound of it…"

"Eeeeeek! Please! I beg you, Bowser! Don't scare me, again!"

"Hold on… Now THAT voice sounds familiar…"

The room lit up, and they saw Bowser stomping the ground angrily, while Luigi was over by the corner, cowering in fear.

"Man, why the heck did those wizard freaks put me in here with you?!" Bowser grumbled. "First I'm at the Ormani Highlands, and then a strange voice ends up teleporting me here! Not only that, but I haven't eaten in days!"

"Hey, don't think you're the only one in a bad situation too!" Luigi cried. "The Mushroom Kingdom's destroyed thanks to Tipral, and now the Pure Heart is nothing but rock!"

When Chopper, Luvbi and Tipral walked over to the two, Bowser was the first to take notice of them and give them a glare.

"What do you freaks want?" Bowser growled. "You came here to torture me again?! Well I'm not going to let you do that!"

"I'm getting tired of torture…" Luigi groaned. "When will this all end?"

"Luigi! It's me, Chopper!" Chopper cried as he removed his wizard cloak and revealed himself. Luvbi removed her cloak as well.

"Chopper?! Is that really you?!" Luigi gaped. "What are you doing here?!"

"It's kind of a long story…"

"Wait… Chopper?! You're here now? And you even brought that fluffy thing here too?"

"I doth have a name, thou knowest!" Luvbi huffed.

"Wait, Luvbi? How come you're here?" Luigi asked.

"Mine parents were kidnapped by yon evil alien child. Chopper came hither to help me and find the Pure Heart hither as well."

"The Pure Heart's here? What about the other one?"

"We got it restored," Chopper smiled. "Yeah, it's a relief, isn't it?"

"Wait a second… Before we go any further… We know who Chopper and the white fluffy girl is, but who the heck is that other one? Is he actually real?" Bowser asked, pointing at Tipral.

"I'm not real, actually," Tipral stated as he turned back into himself, making Luigi and Bowser gasp. "You're surprised to see me here, aren't you?"

"Tipral!" Luigi shouted, clenching his fists. "Why are you here?!"

"Listen, I'm in a hefty situation like you. We both don't like Shade, so Chopper and I decided to work together to get rid of him."

"And the Chaos Heart?"

"I don't have it with me anymore. I suppose it has gone to The Void to become the True Chaos Heart. At that rate, it could go out of control and destroy all existence. The only way to stop it is to get the last Pure Heart and go into The Void."

"And why should I believe you?"

"Because if I didn't help Chopper, he wouldn't be here by now. So, technically, you should thank me."

"Well…"

"Oh no!" Bowser growled. "You've messed with me before, you know! I've actually heard that you kidnapped the Koopalings and put them elsewhere! Not only that, but they're all gone!"

"And who told you this?" Tipral asked.

"Luigi did."

"…I'll deal with you later, Luigi."

"But that doesn't matter right now. I'm going to make you pay for what you've done to me! Oh, and that goes for you too, Chopper!"

"What?! What do I have to do with this?!" Chopper gaped.

"For being a pain on my side for two years! You know, ever since the whole Star Rod incident! I'm tired of getting pushed around by you, especially when you humiliated me in the Glitz Pit! I think this calls for something special…"

Dark lightning came down on Bowser, transforming him into a bigger size. His shell became spiked and scaled, he became much more muscular, and his horns had more of a curve to them and were bigger. He was definitely more like a monster at this point.

"Giga Bowser…" Chopper trailed.

"Giga what?" Tipral gawked.

"Bowser's strongest transformation… He's definitely not a pushover like this…"

"Gwaa ha ha ha! I don't need that hag to become this now!" Giga Bowser cackled. "Now then… Allow me to put an end to your life! I'm going to enjoy watching you burn from my dark flames!"

"That is, if you can," Tipral scoffed, clenching his fists.

"Well… I'm sitting this one out!" Luigi gulped, cowering over by the corner.

"Luigi! …Ugh… Luvbi, go over to Luigi where it's safe…" Chopper sweat dropped as Luvbi fluttered over to the plumber. That meant it was only him and Tipral fighting Giga Bowser. Sure, he beat him twice, but he had ten friends with him then! Now he only has one, who technically isn't his friend!

Though… He still has the Pixls…

"All right! Enough chit-chat! Let's settle this the way it should've been this whole time!" declared Giga Bowser.

Giga Bowser opened his mouth, which made dark flames shoot out. Chopper gulped and jumped over it and hurled a light ball his way. Giga Bowser cringed as the light ball hit his stomach. He had a Max HP of 460, an Attack of 19 and a Defense of 8. It surely wasn't a great thing for them, that's for sure.

"Whew… Well, I managed to hit him, that's for sure!" Chopper smiled as he tried to stomp on Giga Bowser's head. The only thing he witnessed was pain from his foot from the horns.

"Gra ha ha ha! Just try and jump on me!" Giga Bowser cackled. "In the end, it's not going to work for you, Chopper!"

"Then let's not jump on this ugly Koopa," Tipral suggested as he snapped his finger and struck Giga Bowser with Star Magic. It didn't send him flying upward, but he ended up holding his stomach in pain.

"Well… I guess he's too heavy to send flying."

"Grrrrrr! Take this!" Giga Bowser got in his shell and began to spin around, surrounding himself in a small blizzard that ended up freezing both Chopper and Tipral. It didn't take them long to shake out, however.

"This doth not look good…" Luvbi trailed.

"Since when can he freeze with his shell?" Tipral questioned.

"Since always," Chopper answered as he jumped over Giga Bowser's tail, which he tried to use in order to knock him back. Tipral teleported behind Giga Bowser and used his Star power to step on his tail, making the monster screech in pain.

"You stupid dark being! You just hurt my tail!"Giga Bowser whirled around and tried to chomp at Tipral, but he jumped back and hurled a shadow ball into Giga Bowser's mouth, making him moan in pain from inside.

"You know, I could simply do that again if you want," Tipral offered.

"Like that'll happen!" Giga Bowser scoffed as he spat dark fireballs toward Tipral, while Chopper readied his hammer and bashed Giga Bowser's head with a light smash. He even got in front of Bowser by spinning his hammer around and hitting the transformed Koopa's body.

"Strange… We're not doing too bad!" Chopper realized before he got struck with a dark flaming punch from Giga Bowser, which sent him flying toward the corner. Luigi gasped and got out of the way to avoid getting hurt.

"Be careful where you land, Chopper!" Luigi yelped.

"Well, then why don't you help us? Three people is better than two, you know."

"B-But… Look at him! He's huge!"

"Well, remember Dimentio Doom? He was much bigger than this guy! I know we can take him on!"

"Are you done talking? I'm trying to win here!" Giga Bowser shouted as he jumped and slammed the ground with his shell, creating a dark shockwave that Chopper was able to jump over, but Luigi ended up getting hit by it and hit his head on the wall.

"Ow! Just… I'm a little exhausted after getting sent here, OK?" Luigi groaned as Chopper sighed and turned back to Giga Bowser, whose arms were moving like crazy as he charged toward him.

"Ugh… Well, I better get back to fighting." Chopper declared as he slid under Giga Bowser while making the ground slippery with ice, which caused Giga Bowser to slip and fall on his belly.

"Now, let's see if I can try this again…" Chopper grabbed a hold of Giga Bowser's tail and attempted to swing him around. Sadly, because of how big he was and how weak his strength was compared to his, he wasn't even able to move his tail.

"Is this all you're going to do? 'Cause I have no problem with them when I can burn you!" Giga Bowser said as he put his hand on his chin.

"Geez… Did you gain weight or something?!"

"HEY! Don't go mocking my weight!"

Giga Bowser grabbed Chopper and threw him at Tipral, who simply kicked Chopper away straight at Giga Bowser's nose, knocking him back. This gave Tipral the opportunity to kick Giga Bowser in the stomach. Of course, he kicked Chopper out of the way first before doing so.

"HEY! You hit the wrong person, you know!" Chopper cried.

"Just shut up and help me fight this ugly monster," Tipral grumbled as he teleported before Giga Bowser could claw at him. Tipral slammed his fists onto Giga Bowser's nose, making him hold his nose in pain.

"Gah! Stop hitting my nose!"

"You wanted to fight us, so this is what you get."

Giga Bowser jumped in the air and landed on Chopper, flattening him instantly. When he got off him, he rushed at Tipral and sent him flying back with a dark flaming punch, which he didn't see coming.

"Well, I think he deserved that for hitting me at Bowser," Chopper shrugged as he used Starbow to make shooting stars hit Giga Bowser, making him turn his attention back at the antennae hero.

"Please be careful,!" Luvbi cried.

"Errr... Please live!" Luigi cried.

"Hmmmmm… Oh! Seeing you have your game end in front of your friends would be pretty interesting, if you know what I mean!" Giga Bowser grinned.

"What? That's not cool!" Chopper growled, jumping and performing a light spinning kick on Giga Bowser's face. The mutated Koopa retaliated by clawing at Chopper with dark energy, which made him scream in pain.

"Well! You sure do appreciate that feeling of pain, don't you?!" Giga Bowser cackled. "No worries, my pale green friend… That should definitely affect you greatly! Plus, you're even poisoned!"

"Dang it…" Chopper coughed as he looked a little paler than before. "I need…Piccolo…"

"Right away!" Piccolo chirped as she began to sing a lovely song that began to cure Chopper of his status ailment. Meanwhile, Giga Bowser was about to freeze Chopper, but Tipral swung both arms and fired a Star Spear at Giga Bowser, making him skid back.

Giga Bowser tried to claw at Tipral, but his speed didn't help that much. Sure, he was a big, threatening monster Koopa, but he was still a bit on the slow side, which was hard when Tipral began to strike him with a couple of kicks and punches while moving fast.

"Garrgh! Quit it!"

"This is what happens when you think you can take on someone such as myself," Tipral declared.

"Sure, you may be a dark being, but you probably don't have what it takes to endure THIS!" Giga Bowser rammed his head into Tipral's, which emitted an explosion from Giga Bowser's head that sent Tipral flying across the room, hitting the wall. Luigi was left slack jawed.

"What was THAT?!" Luigi gaped.

"You see, in this form, my power is much greater than before. For example, my punches have dark flames, and even a head bash can emit an explosion! And that shell attack… You'll definitely be a frozen popsicle then!"

"Ugh… I don't like that…"

"So, thou art as much of a coward as thou art hairy?" Luvbi wondered.

"Hey! Stop calling me 'hairy'! I may have a mustache, but that doesn't qualify me on the 'hairy' category!"

"Hmph… Whatever." the Nimbi girl replied as Chopper sped out of harm's way when Giga Bowser was about to belly flop him. Chopper ended up kicking Giga Bowser's nose with an ice kick, making him shiver.

"You little…! That was cold!"

"Hey! It really was, if you know what I mean!" Chopper smiled.

"Chopper… Save the stupid jokes for later." Tipral growled. "Or else I might end up kicking you at this ugly thing again…"

"And quit calling me ugly!" roared Giga Bowser.

"Well, you do look a lot more…hideous like that…" Chopper trailed.

Giga Bowser snarled at Chopper as he attempted to claw at him, only for him to roll out of the way and kick him in the crotch area. Though, in all honesty, it didn't seem to hurt him that much.

"Wait… I thought those areas usually hurt the most?"

"Gwa ha ha ha!" Giga Bowser opened his mouth and scorched Chopper with his dark flames, leaving him with a severe burn that did more damage every five seconds. Chopper was not pleased.

"Great... Now I have a severe burn…"

Tipral pushed Chopper out of the way and fired a Star Spear at Giga Bowser, but he simply got in his shell in order to defend himself.

"What? My Star Spear doesn't go through his shell?!" Tipral gaped.

"Works for me! Now, let's freeze things up a bit!" Giga Bowser suggested as he began to move all around the room, leaving off some ice energy along the way. Chopper tried to toss a fireball at it, but it didn't seem to work, leaving him frozen, just like Tipral.

"Wha?! How did he freeze them so quickly?!"

"Well, they did shaketh out before," Luvbi mentioned. "I doth believe they can dost it again."

Chopper and Tipral managed to shake out of their icy prisons and see Giga Bowser charging at them, attempting to head bash them. Tipral teleported out of the way, while Chopper was sent flying back from the explosion created from Giga Bowser.

"Grrrgh! …Well, at least I managed to get someone." Giga Bowser grumbled as Chopper quickly got up and hurled a rainbow ball at the monster, followed by a light kick that left Giga Bowser cringing in pain.

"At least that light power is actually doing something," Chopper realized.

"Light power? What's that?" Luigi asked as he stopped cowering.

"It hast the power to countereth darkness," Luvbi explained while giving him an irritated look. "And thou art still being as cowardly as a wimp?"

"H-Hey! I thought you were done with those insults?!"

Luvbi ignored him as she watched Chopper jump out of harm's ways of Giga Bowser's claws, which attempted to poison him. Chopper ended up throwing another light ball at Giga Bowser, causing him to scream loudly.

"GWWAAAAARGH! STOP THAT!" cried Giga Bowser.

"Well, then maybe you should stop now and give up!" Chopper declared. "I'm not going to stop until you do!"

"Well, we'll see about that, then," Giga Bowser jumped in the air and attempted to ground pound Chopper. He jumped out of the way, which allowed Tipral to teleport in front of Giga Bowser and attack him with a Star Burst, which, believe it or not, sent him flying upward.

"So, it looks like that attack can send him flying…" Tipral trailed.

When Giga Bowser landed on the ground, a dark shockwave came from him, which forced the two to jump over it. What they didn't see coming was Giga Bowser's dark fireballs, which managed to hit both Chopper and Tipral and leave a severe burn on them.

"Yeesh… He's got a high attack power compared to other guys we've fought before…" Chopper coughed.

"Gah! We're running low on HP…" Tipral grumbled as he took a Star Shroom Shake Chopper had and took a sip from it, recovering 150 HP. Chopper drank some as well to recover the HP. He then crushed the can and threw it at Giga Bowser's nose.

"What the…?! Did you seriously throw a crushed can at me?!" Giga Bowser growled as he stepped on the can, crushing it completely. He then ran toward them at full speed, attempting to ram into them again.

"I'm not letting that happen again," Chopper declared, flipping into 3-D and going behind Giga Bowser before going back into 2-D. Tipral simply teleported before Giga Bowser could crash into the wall.

"Thou didst it, Chopper!" Luvbi squealed.

"Don't think it's over yet," Tipral warned as Giga Bowser got himself up, getting his horns out of the wall and turned around, clenching his fists in anger.

"I'm going to crush you guys until your games are over!" Giga Bowser roared as he began to spin around the room, emitting dark flames from his fists.

"Uh oh… We better move!" Chopper cried, trying to jump out of harm's way. Unfortunately, he ended up getting hit by the hideous Bowser's fists and got sent flying away.

Giga Bowser grinned as he prepared to scorch Chopper with his dark flames. But, things didn't work out the way he intended when Tipral managed to slam his foot on his tail with some Star power.

"MY TAIL! Not again!"Giga Bowser cried as he whirled around, preparing to burn Tipral, who simply kicked him in the nose with a Star Kick. He held his nose in pain, as if his nose was bleeding.

"So, how does it feel for you to get kicked around by me now?" Tipral asked as he hit Giga Bowser in the stomach with a Star Spear.

"Urgh… I'm still not letting you win…" he grunted as he clawed at Tipral, poisoning him. But, with Piccolo, he was able to cure himself and smash at his stomach by whacking at it with Star energy.

"I may not have my Dark Star Scepter in my hands, but I can still put up a fight!"

"Tipral… Let's not boast, because that's not going to help…" Chopper advised as he jumped over Giga Bowser, attempting to avoid the horns on his head. Giga Bowser managed to grab him and attempted to head bash him.

"Uh oh... That's not good." Luigi gulped.

"Hold on a second…" Chopper trailed, making Giga Bowser pause for a minute with a confused look.

"Wait… What? I'm trying to crush you here!" Giga Bowser gawked.

"Yeah yeah, I know that, but I need to do something," Chopper ended up sticking his tongue at Giga Bowser, but it didn't do much.

"Huh? That's it? That's all you've got? That was stupid!" Giga Bowser was about to throw Chopper across the room, but Tipral managed to attack with his Star Burst, sending Giga Bowser upward. Chopper got caught in it and got sent flying upward as well – only this time, he wasn't being held onto by Giga Bowser.

"Tipral! Don't hit me!" Chopper cried as he landed on the ground, while Tipral looked down at him with no remorse whatsoever.

"Pathetic…" he scoffed as he shoved Chopper away with his foot before Giga Bowser fell on the ground, creating a dark shockwave that hit Chopper, but Tipral simply jumped and snapped his finger, hitting Giga Bowser with Star Magic.

"Seriously, Tipral… You should really watch out for others…" Chopper moaned as he quickly got up and turned to Giga Bowser, who was apparently charging toward him. "You know what? No more getting pushed around!"

"Gwa ha ha ha! Well, I'd like to see you try!" Giga Bowser grinned as he attempted to claw at Chopper, who dodged his claw and kicked his stomach with light energy on his feet, followed by whacking at his head with his hammer by twirling it around.

"Well, you are pretty low on HP, which is pretty nice…"

Giga Bowser noticed this and growled to himself before slamming the ground with his fists in an attempt to make an earthquake. Chopper charged up another light ball, which he hurled at Giga Bowser, which meant that one more hit would do it.

"All right, only one more hit to go until you're done for…" Chopper trailed as he charged up another light ball. "I'll make sure this one will revert you back to your normal form! That'll do it!"

"Grrgh… Even if you take me down, I'm simply going to attack you anyway!" Giga Bowser grunted.

"Well, you'll be a little exhausted, so your chances of winning are pretty slim. You didn't have anything to heal you either."

"Maybe… Well, maybe I have something in store for you!" Giga Bowser opened his mouth and began to charge a dark fire attack. Chopper blinked as he watched the flames in his mouth grow bigger every second.

"Whoa… That's not good!"

"Finish him off, sweet Chopper!" Luvbi cried. "Thou hast to do it!"

"What?! …OK!" Chopper nodded as he continued to charge the light ball.

However, it was Tipral who took Giga Bowser down by freezing time and striking the hideous Bowser multiple times while everyone was frozen in time. He finished him off by firing two Star Spears before reverting time to normal, where Giga Bowser fell over on the ground in defeat.

"And that takes care of him," Tipral declared, crossing his arms.

"You gotta be kidding me!" Chopper gaped. "I was planning on dealing the final blow!"

"Deal with it. You're not going to get the final blow on everything."

"Geez… Even if we're working together, you still act like the same as before. Maybe it's time you changed your attitude."

"That is if you want to spend the rest of eternity in pain, you can try that."

"Oh, Chopper! Thou art all right!" Luvbi cried as she fluttered over to Chopper,

"Y-Yeah... I'm fine." Chopper nodded.

"Chopper! I'm so relieved that's over with!" Luigi sighed as he walked over to the three. "Here I thought that the fight would never end… I guess I was wrong, wasn't I?"

"Well… Let's not get into that. Anyway, now that you're here, that means we need to find our five other missing friends!"

Luigi has rejoined your group!

"I wonder where they could be… I'm kinda worried about my big bro, now that I think about it…"

"Mayhap they art doing fine…" Luvbi pondered. "Well, I dost not knoweth…"

"Grrrghh… We're… We're not done yet!" Giga Bowser grumbled as he slowly got up and gave the four a threatening look.

"WAH! You're still up after that beating you got?!" Luigi gaped.

"I'm Bowser! …I mean, Giga Bowser! I never, EVER give up easily!"

"Look, if you want us to finish you, then so be it," Tipral declared, clenching his fists. "You're just wasting our time anyway."

"Well… I don't think ending his game is exactly the greatest idea…" Luigi trailed.

"Why not?"

"Sure, Bowser may be evil, but he doesn't deserve to die… In fact, there really aren't many villains that deserve to die, no matter what they've done. They could've had a terrible life before then, you know…"

Tipral blinked for a second before he stopped clenching his fists. For some reasons, those words seemed to have affected him a bit.

"Are you all right, Tipral?" Chopper asked.

"I… I'm fine…" Tipral trailed.

"Enough of this! I wanted a good fight, and that's what I plan on doing now!" Giga Bowser declared, charging up his dark flame breath. Luigi, on the other hand, noticed something above him.

It was a blue ! Switch.

"Hmmmmm… What would happen if I hit this?" Luigi wondered as he punched the block from underneath. This caused the area Giga Bowser was standing on to open up and reveal a hole where toxic alien slime was down below.

"Uh oh… This isn't good…"

Giga Bowser let out a gulp before he began to plummet to his doom into the toxic alien slime. When Luigi looked down, he cringed as Giga Bowser began to sink into the slime, his right arm sinking in last.

"Ohhh… That doesn't look too good…"

"Yeah, and we haven't really seen many people fall into that stuff either," Chopper noted. "That must be pretty gruesome…"

"Uh huh," Luigi nodded as the Pixl, Bonjourang, fluttered over to him.

"Oh, hero! You have returned!" Bonjourang cried. "You should've realized how much I missed you! You are definitely zee one that can use my powers wisely!"

"Oh! Bonjourang! I'm glad you're here! I haven't seen you in a while!"

"Maybe we should get out of here," Tipral suggested. "We can't stay in this room forever."

"Yeah, that's a good idea," Chopper agreed. "Let's go!"

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Previous area-

When the four left the room, they noticed the three Dark Wizards were still there, but when they took notice of them, their eyes widened.

"Wh-What in the world?!" the first Dark Wizard gawked. "Who the heck are you people?! …Hold on, don't tell me you guys were in disguise or something…"

"Uhhhh… No?" Chopper answered. "We were…in there the whole time!"

"Really? Tha—Wait a second, no. I think we know who you guys are anyway! Master Shade Doom knows all about you!"

"Uh huh! He's got that girl's parents too!" the second Dark Wizard added. "He's also been waiting to challenge you too, pale green kid! …What was your name again? Chorty? Choppin? Chopper? …Oh, Chopper!"

"Uhhhh… Luigi, now might be the time." Chopper sweat dropped.

"Got it!" Luigi nodded as he threw Bonjourang at the three Dark Wizards, knocking them over. One disintegrated and dropped its cloak. "Huh? What's this? A cloak?"

"You can probably use that for a disguise!"

"Really?"

"Well, we'll make sure we tell the others that you're in a disguise!" the two Dark Wizards remaining growled as they got up. "Of course… Taking you guys out isn't a bad idea either!"

Before the two Dark Wizards could attack, the area began to shake violently. The shaking was a little stronger by the door where they fought Giga Bowser, which surprisingly opened on its own.

"What the heck?!" Chopper gawked.

"Something's not right here…" Tipral trailed.

The only thing they could see through the open door was a large, green snout.

"What the…" Chopper slack jawed.

"Oh my…" Luigi trailed as his eyes widened. "Is… Is that…?"

"What in the name of Shade Doom is THAT?!" the first Dark Wizard gaped. "I don't think I've seen something like THAT before!"

"Maybe… Maybe it's that monster!" the second Dark Wizard exclaimed.

"GWWWAAAARGH!" Giga Bowser roared as he opened his mouth and scorched the two Dark Wizards, instantly disintegrating them into smoke. The four simply backed away, with Luigi trembling in fear.

"Wh-Why did we have to end up in something like this?!" cried Luigi.

"We're leaving now!" Chopper cried, running over to the door, until he realized it was locked. "Uh oh… We don't have a key!"

"A key? You mean this?" the green plumber checked his overalls and found a Comet Key in his hands.

"A key? How did you…"

"One of the wizards ended up dropping it…"

"So that doth be why they were holding the door shut…" Luvbi trailed.

"Put the key in now," Tipral suggested. "We can't waste our time standing here when that ugly monster is still alive."

"I don't get it… What happened to him?" Chopper wondered as they headed through the door into a dark area. "Oh, great… Not another dark area… This is just what we needed…"

"It's dark in here!" Luigi shuddered.

"Yes, I just mentioned that…"

"There's not much around here, so we should move on," Tipral suggested as he found a pathway ahead leading to a couple of platforms over some toxic alien slime. There were even some Dark Skello Bombers flying around and tossing their spears onto the platforms, which barely missed them.

"I'll handle them," Luigi declared, striking the Dark Skello Bombers with his Super Jump, which was able to knock them down. Chopper managed to grab a hold of his hand before he could fall off the platform.

"Don't worry, Luigi! I got ya!" Chopper cried.

"Thanks… I appreciate that…" the green plumber sighed as Chopper pulled him up. Tipral fired a Star Spear on another platform slightly above them so they could see it. But upon jumping on it, they felt more shaking occurring as they jumped onto a larger platform with a bridge ahead.

"Thou shouldst goest to the bridge!" Luvbi cried as they crossed the bridge. However, the shaking got much bigger when they realized that there was actually an earthquake occurring under the toxic alien slime.

"Oh, man… This doesn't look good…" Chopper gulped.

The bridge broke off as they saw Giga Bowser stand before them. Except this time, he was much bigger than before. He let out a ferocious war, which was able to push them back due to the intense sound waves.

"Unnnghh… Bowser's so big now…" Luigi quivered.

"I'm going to make you BURN!" Giga Bowser roared as he began to spit dark fireballs toward them. Chopper squeaked as he grabbed Luvbi and ran away from the giant monster, while Tipral skated away, knowing that there wasn't much he could do to stop him.

Luigi, on the other hand…wasn't having an easier time.

"Guys! Don't leave me here!" Luigi cried. "I don't want to be crushed!"

Tipral stopped and turned around, giving him an annoyed look as he snapped his finger and teleported him away from Giga Bowser, who was about to smash him with his own fists.

"Dang it! I almost had you!"

"Whoa… I never thought you'd help me out, Tipral." Luigi gawked.

"Don't even thank me," Tipral mumbled as he turned around and found two ways to go, with one being rather difficult to reach, while the other had a big light ! Switch standing in their way.

"We can't just stay hither and think! We have to movest on!" Luvbi cried as she turned around and noticed the sounds of Giga Bowser getting louder, meaning he was getting closer.

"It's so hard to see, though!" Chopper cried.

"He's getting closer, that's for sure," Tipral confirmed.

"Well, I'm not going to waste my time now!" Luigi cried as he performed a Super Jump to reach the ledge above them. He ended up bumping into a wall, which he noticed he couldn't get through. "This isn't good…"

"We must shaketh a leg!" Luvbi suggested, seeing Giga Bowser get closer.

Tipral simply hurled a shadow ball at the light ! Switch, destroying the switch and revealing a wall just like the wall in Luigi's way. He let out a grumble as he turned around and saw Giga Bowser spit a dark fireball toward them.

He grabbed Chopper and jumped out of the way, allowing the dark fireball to break through the wall and reveal a path to take. He let go of Chopper and skated ahead.

"Tipral! I don't find it a good idea to drop me when I'm holding onto someone!" Chopper shouted.

"Just follow me if you want to live," Tipral suggested.

Chopper gave him an irritated look as he began to run on ahead. Unfortunately, Luigi was still stuck by the wall, which he was trying to break down. However, he realized he had Hommissile with him, so he tossed him at the wall and made a hole.

"Hey! That actually worked!" Luigi gasped. "All right, I gotta be quick now…"

"You're not getting away from me!" Giga Bowser roared as he clawed his way through both pathways, which was rather weak, considering that he was able to smash them with ease. However, he didn't seem to be catching up to them so easily.

And that was when an idea struck him.

"I'm going to have to get them from the front," the hideous giant Bowser sank into the toxic alien slime and began to follow the group from underneath.

Upon reaching a ledge up ahead where the two pathways met, they jumped on it and found a platform up ahead. However, they had to stop because Giga Bowser came out of the toxic substance and towered over them.

"How the HECK did you get this big?!" Chopper gawked.

"I guess that toxic substance I'm in had some kind of effect on this form," Giga Bowser grinned.

"So, I guess that the alien substance can have different effects on people," Tipral said as he crossed his arms. "Interesting… However, I suggest you get out of the way, or else I'll MAKE you."

"Bwa ha ha ha! I'd like to see you try!"

Tipral teleported in front of Giga Bowser's nose and delivered a Star Punch, making him yelp in pain as Chopper hurled a light ball at his stomach. While he was in pain, he was open for another attack.

"Go ahead, Luigi. Get 'em!" Chopper cried.

"Are you sure?" Luigi asked.

"Well, he's in our way! Hitting him with a Super Jump might work!"

"Oh! I think I should!" the green hero folded himself up as he crouched and launched himself upward to hit Giga Bowser's nose, which knocked him on his back and forced him to sink into the slime.

"Yes! We can move on!" Chopper fist pumped.

Tipral fired a Star Spear on the platform ahead so the two could jump on it. It began to carry them to the right, but they noticed Giga Bowser getting back up and following them.

"You're not going to get away from me!" roared Giga Bowser as he attempted to claw at them with his massive claws. Of course, since they were a bit small compared to him, his claws didn't even get them.

They jumped onto a platform moving upward to find another pathway, so they got on it and began to run for their lives as Giga Bowser smashed the platforms and spat dark fireballs their way.

"Yack! I don't feel safe!" Luigi yelped.

"Well, we have to move faster then!" Chopper declared.

"Then someone help me! I'm not as fast as you guys!"

Tipral groaned and teleported Luigi over to him, where he decided to drag him by the legs. Unfortunately, that wasn't good for Luigi either, because his nose was sliding along the pathway.

"Ow! My nose!"

"Deal with it, plumber," Tipral scoffed, which gave Chopper a look of disapproval as they found a platform up ahead, which was a bit of a long drop. What was worse was that there was a tight space up ahead on a large wall ahead.

"Uhhhhh… How do we get through here?" Chopper sweat dropped.

"I'll help ya, pard!" Slim declared, making everyone turn sideways as they went through the wall and found a platform moving upward ahead. When they turned back to normal and jumped on the platform, Chopper turned around and saw Bowser smash through the wall with his fist.

"Gee… That's not good…" Carrie trailed.

"Well, he sure has a lot of power in him!" Cudge stated.

"There must be something that can stop him…" Thoreau trailed.

The three jumped from platform to platform until they found another pathway with a slope going upward. Two Dark Skellos noticed them and attempted to throw their spears at them, but when they got a glimpse of the giant Giga Bowser, they were frozen in fear.

"Wh-What is THAT?!" the first Dark Skello shrieked.

"I don't know, but I can't move my legs!"

The three heroes jumped over the Dark Skellos that attempted to jab at them with their spears, but when Giga Bowser smashed his way through the pathway, the Dark Skellos were sent flying away by his immense power.

"Grrrghh… I need to find another way to get to them…" Giga Bowser grumbled as he sank into the alien slime.

When the heroes reached the top of the pathway, they noticed a lever on the ground with a sign next to it.

"Hey, what's that?" Chopper asked.

"It says, 'To flush toxic alien slime, pull on the lever,'" Tipral answered. "Maybe this can get rid of that ugly giant monster."

"I'M NOT UGLY!" Giga Bowser roared as he rose from the ground and appeared behind the ground with his fists raised up. "Now that I've got you where I want you, it's time to end this!"

"Oh, really?" Chopper wondered as he jumped out of the way when Giga Bowser tried to smash him. Tipral struck Giga Bowser's nose with a Star Spear, which left him off guard while Luigi hit his jaw with a Super Jump.

"How much HP does he even have at this point?" Luigi asked.

"I have no idea…"

"It's not even easy to see him too! I can only see those eyes of his!"

"And besides, he's holding onto the ledge," Tipral informed. "We need to get him to let go so we can use this lever to flush him out."

"Flush him out? Weird…" Chopper trailed as he jumped out of the way when Giga Bowser tried to scorch him with his flames. "

"So, how do you want this to end for you guys?" Giga Bowser wondered as he readied another fireball. "I can simply scorch you to ashes if you want!"

"That's unlikely," Tipral scoffed as he struck Giga Bowser's arms with Star Spears. Because of the pain Giga Bowser endured, he was forced to let go of the large platform and land in the slime.

"Do it now, Luigi!" Chopper cried.

"Got it!" Luigi nodded as he pulled the lever, which began to flush out the toxic alien substance. When Giga Bowser got up, he noticed a large whirlpool that was pulling him in.

"Wait… What's this?! What did you guys do?!" Giga Bowser roared.

"Technically, we flushed a toilet," Chopper answered with a silly look.

"WHAT?!" Giga Bowser noticed he was getting pulled deeper in the whirlpool down a large pit. "GWWWAAARRGHH! I'M GOING TO GET YOU GUYS NEXT TIME!"

They heard a loud thud as he sank into the whirlpool. Even all the toxic alien substance around was drained away, which made them all sigh in relief, especially Chopper, who was getting tired of seeing it.

"Phew… Finally! No more of that stuff for once!"

"What does that stuff do anyway?" Luigi asked.

"In all honesty, I have no idea… I never touched it, so how am I to know about it?" Chopper shrugged. "But you managed to flush him down! I guess that makes sense, right?"

"Uhhh... Yeah! You're right!" the plumber nodded. "I was doing my job!"

"Well, we should go back to finding that Pure Heart..."

"Do you know where it is?" Luigi asked.

"In all honesty, no. I'm guessing it's over where Shade is, considering that this is his home base."

"Well that makes sense…"

They walked past the lever and noticed a crack on the wall ahead. Tipral decided to throw Hommissile at it, which broke through the wall and let them reach two platforms and a pathway leading to a door ahead. There didn't happen to be a statue there.

"Well, there's no statue here, so this isn't the door," Chopper stated.

"Statue? What do you mean?" Luigi asked.

"A statue by the door means that there's something we have to do if we're going to get through the door," Tipral explained as he entered the door ahead. They noticed that instead of the toxic alien slime, there were bottomless pits, which, while it didn't seem as bad, was a bit more dangerous. There also appeared to be twirling platforms ahead.

"Well… This is something new." Chopper remarked. "And what's this?"

He noticed a purple crystal nearby, so he tossed a light ball at it to make the area light up.

"Hey! Look at this! Everything's lit up now!"

"Yeah! We can see everything now!" Luigi smiled.

"I don't think it's going to last forever though," Tipral mentioned. "I'm sure you've got limited time of that anyway."

"Oh… Then we better be quick." Chopper jumped on the platform once it stopped twirling and got onto the next one ahead to grab a hold of a ledge, where he found a higher ledge ahead.

"So many ledges… And now there's one that's too high for me to reach!"

"Well, I think I can reach it," Luigi assured as he used his Super Jump to reach the ledge. Tipral simply teleported himself up there, while Chopper was almost left to sulk at them.

"I can helpest thee up there, my prince!" Luvbi smiled.

"Well, uh… OK, fine." Chopper let out a sigh as Luvbi helped him fly up to the ledge. When he got up there, they found a slope moving downward ahead with a loop, which lead to a pathway with a slope moving upward to a ledge. Chopper simply charged up a Speed Dash and took off, while Tipral skated his way.

"H-Hey! What about me?!" Luigi gaped.

"Just jumpeth over the loop, hairy one," Luvbi suggested as she fluttered over the loop and followed Chopper to the ledge that he landed on, which had two Dark Wizards and a Dark Skello waiting for them.

Luigi's Super Jump was all he needed to go over the loop and even reach the ledge Chopper and Tipral got to. There, he threw Bonjourang at the two Dark Wizards, while he jumped out of harm's way of the spear the Dark Skello threw.

"Dang it! I missed!" the Dark Skello grumbled as Tipral snapped his finger and defeated it with ease. That left the two Dark Wizards to fire dark magic at them. Luigi got struck by one, but he was able to get back up and jump on the first one while performing a stylish move. He ended up finishing it off with Screwdy's corkscrew.

"Phew… That's a relief." Luigi sighed.

"There's still another," Chopper noted as he kicked it with a light kick and finished it off, allowing him to move on through the pathway. He noticed a couple of pillars around, which looked pretty nice.

"I can see a door up ahead," Tipral noted.

"Good. That means we're getting out of here fast."

When they reached the door, they noticed another knight statue beside the door. Luigi was about to reach for the doorknob…until the statue began to move.

"Hold it!"

"Wah! What the heck?!" Luigi gaped. "Is this what you guys were talking about?"

"Yea, verily," Luvbi nodded.

"I am Guardoor Number Two. I am the guardian of the second door of Shadow Road." Guardoor Number Two introduced. "I see you people are the intruders that are invading this place, no?"

"So, does this mean you're going to end our games?" Luigi shuddered.

"As a Guardoor, it is my job to simply tell you what you must do in order to get through the door. However, instead of making you answer questions, I'm going to make you complete a puzzle."

"A puzzle? You mean we have to put something together with puzzle pieces?" Chopper gawked. "I don't usually like those…"

A portrait of Shade appeared beside the door, and a couple of pieces landed on the ground. "Complete this in two minutes, and I'll let you pass. Some pieces might need to be switched around, just so you know…"

"Great… This is going to be fun."

Tipral looked down at the pieces and picked one of them up. At this point, the timer began, and all four began to try to solve the puzzle. Most of them were spending a while with one piece.

"Guys! We can't spend time with one piece!" Luigi cried. "It's getting us nowhere!"

"I think I got some pieces together," Luvbi informed, putting at least two pieces together. There were about eight, if you wanted to know.

"Hmmmmm… You know, I think I might know this!" Chopper realized as he snapped a finger. He got two more pieces and managed to fit them with the pieces Luvbi got, while Tipral got the other two and let them join in.

"That means we only need to get the other two," Tipral declared.

"Got them!" Luigi shouted as he got the two pieces together and joined them with the other six, making a picture of Shade in front of them. They had about twenty seconds left, to their relief.

"Well, it looks like you managed to solve the puzzle," Guardoor Number Two nodded. "Congratulations. You may enter through the door."

Everyone (except for Tipral) sighed in relief as they entered through the door and into a light area, which was small with a Save Block nearby and a door up ahead. There also happened to be a door to their left.

"Pray, dost thou think there's something important thither?" Luvbi asked.

"I hope it's not another one of those old ladies…" Chopper shuddered, thinking about those hags back on Underwhere Road. "They were a bit creepy… Plus, they made us go all the way back here!"

"I don't know if going back is possible thanks to Bowser…" Luigi trailed.

"While I think we should go to that door ahead, we should check the other door just in case," Tipral suggested as he walked over to the left door and kicked it open. There, he saw a Skellobit wearing nerdy glasses and a white shirt with a Mushroom on it. He was sitting by his computer, where he was around some pictures with people like the X-Nauts and even Tamber.

"What the heck is this?"

"Errrr… What do you want?" the Skellobit asked. "You can't come into Skeeter's room!"

"And I suppose you're Skeeter?"

"Yeah, I'm Skeeter. Who the heck are you?"

"Someone that's not of your concern."

"Tipral, he doesn't have any weapons, so don't try to attack," Chopper suggested.

"He's technically on Shade's side, and anyone on that person's side will be crushed by my own fists!"

"Whoa, what?!" Skeeter gaped. "Who on earth are you talking about?"

"Your leader?" Luigi answered with a confused look. "Do you even know anything about him?"

"Uhhhh… No idea. I'm just looking up a forum called digibutter. nerr. It's such an awesome forum!"

"Oh crud… Not THAT site…" Chopper sweat dropped. "I ALWAYS hear about that from some chameleon named Francis."

"Francis?! You mean the one who got that glorious picture of that rainbow butterfly?! YOU KNOW HIM?!"

"Kind of…but there's not much I can say about him. I have no idea where that geek went anyway, so you can't get much from me."

"It would be such an honor to meet such a great geek such as him! Please! Let me see him!"

"We're in the middle of trying to get something," Tipral noted. "We don't have time to do anything stupid for you."

"Can you take me to his place?"

"No! Even if I had the ability to teleport to different dimensions, I wouldn't. Besides, I can only teleport to a specific distance. Just leave us be, or else I'll probably be forced to bash your face on the wall!"

"Tipral, that's not what we should do…" Chopper trailed.

"Chopper, just because we're working together at the moment doesn't mean I have to do everything you and your annoying friends do. Either you just keep out of this, or maybe the same thing might happen to you!"

"Hold on… I can help you get out of here, though."

"…What?"

"You see, there's a Dark Wizard out there that's a captain of the wizards around here. His name's Giyron. He also rides a Dark Creature resembling a dragon called Galdron. One thing for sure is that he's immensely dangerous. Much stronger than the other Dark Wizards. You see… If you're their enemies, then you might wanna know a little something about him, right?"

"Well, if it will helpeth us, thou shouldst tell us," Luvbi nodded.

"Only if you can get one of those wizards' wands, I'll let you in on the secret," Skeeter stated. "With my technology, I can probably work it to make myself get teleported to the great Francis's house!"

"Ummmm… Wouldn't that bother him?" Luigi asked with a confused look.

"No way! We're geeks! Geeks always like to talk to each other!"

"Oh... OK..." Chopper trailed.

"Just get me a Dark Wizard's wand and come back with it. I'll tell you a little secret then. Trust me, you'll probably wanna know about it."

"All right, then that means we might have to disguise ourselves if we don't want to be caught," Chopper declared before he looked at the posters of Tamber, Geno, Berry, and even Scrub.

"Seriously, this guy has posters of all my friends!"

"Wow..." Luigi gaped. "So, are we going to go look for a wand?"

"Yeah, let's do that," Chopper agreed as they left the room and headed to the door. However, the first thing they did was put on the cloaks, while Tipral shape-shifted into a Dark Wizard.

"This doesn't feel comfy… Plus, it kinda smells."

"That's what I was talking about before," Luvbi recalled. "But, I believest we have no other choice…"

When they headed through the door ahead, they were in another dark room. However, this felt more like a palace area, because there was a staircase up ahead, and to the left was a high ledge that only Luigi could reach.

"I… I see a wizard up there." Luigi realized as he used his Super Jump. The Dark Wizard whirled around and took notice of the plumber with its purple glowing eyes.

"You almost startled me for a second," the Dark Wizard sighed. "Please… Don't do something like that again!"

"Whoa… Sorry about that… I didn't mean to scare you."

"Good. Anyway, I'm trying to make a little picture. Since you're here, do you mind holding onto my wand? I might have a bit of trouble with my painting if I have my hands full…"

"Wand? Ummmmmm…"

"Say yes!" Chopper shouted.

"Oh! Sure!" Luigi nodded.

"Great. Just be careful with it, OK?" the Dark Wizard handed Luigi the wand and then began to get to work with the painting. Luigi, unsure of what to do, simply jumped off the ledge and walked over to the others.

"That was easier than I thought…"

"Great! Now we can take this back to that geeky Skellobit person!" Chopper smiled. "Let's just get out of this area quickly…"

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Skeeter's room-

"Hey, geek person! We've brought you something!" Chopper declared as Luigi held up the wand.

"You got it! …Wait, why are you in Dark Wizard cloaks?" Skeeter asked as Luigi walked over to him. "It looks weird…"

"Apparently those wizards don't recognize us as the enemy," Tipral stated. "Now tell us that little secret. You made us a promise, right?"

"Well… In all honesty, that was all just an excuse to simply make you get something for me! And now that you've done it, I can finally get out of here and go meet the great Francis!"

"So thou were only tricking us?" Luvbi asked with a glare.

"This feels so overdone," Chopper face palmed. "Most bad guys tend to do this kind of stuff…"

"Well, so long!" Skeeter grinned after putting a gray coating around it and zapping himself with it.

However, like a lot of plans, they tend to backfire. The magic blast that zapped Skeeter only electrocuted him and made him fall over on his chair with steam flying around him.

"Ugh… I don't feel so good…"

"Well that's what you get for trying to fool us," Tipral scoffed as he turned back into himself and grabbed Skeeter and held him up. "Now… How about you tell us about that secret? It might prevent you from getting badly injured…"

"Uhhh… Y'see… You gotta collect as many Yeti bags as you can and give them to the Leather Maker so he can make something good. And once you're level 60, you can do those quests easily!"

"But there art no yetis hither…" Luvbi trailed.

"Idiot… We want REAL answers! Do you WANT me to end your game?!" Tipral roared.

"N-No… All right! I'll tell you!" Skeeter wheezed. "That monster Giyron has can be put to sleep to prevent you from getting hurt by it. If you have anything that lets you put enemies to sleep, then use it."

"Hey, that looks like something I can do!" Piccolo chirped.

"Then if we have to fight him, we'll make sure to use you," Chopper assured.

"So, is this all you have to tell us?" Tipral asked.

"Y-Yeah! Just let me go now!" Skeeter cried as Tipral dropped him and walked over to the door.

"Let's get out of here. We don't have time to deal with this nerd."

"Well… I guess we have no other choice…" Chopper trailed as he, Luvbi and Luigi followed Tipral out and back into the dark area where the staircase to their right was. They decided not to put on the disguises, since they could simply fight with ease.

"Let's just watch out for Giyron…" Luvbi trailed. "It probably wouldst be better to not see him, right, my sweet prince?"

"Yeah, sure…" Chopper trailed, getting annoyed with the term 'my sweet prince' as usual. Of course, everyone else was getting tired of that too.

"Do you always have to call Chopper your 'sweet prince'?" Luigi asked.

"And dost thou always hath to have that nasty hair upon thy lip?" Luvbi asked with a glare.

"I don't have time for these pathetic fights," Tipral scoffed as he made his way up the staircase. Two Dark Skellos noticed him and began to throw spears his way. He simply teleported to avoid them, and then he took them out by bashing their heads against each other.

"Well, I guess that's something," Chopper shrugged as he followed Tipral up the staircase. Luigi slowly followed up, trying to make sure there was nothing behind him. Unfortunately, it was hard for him to see, especially when it was dark.

"This place feels like a cave to me…" Luigi quivered.

"Thou shouldst be happy that there is none of that toxic alien slime around hither…" Luvbi groaned.

At the top of the staircase, they noticed a platform above them that Chopper and Tipral couldn't reach. However, the pathway was curving upward and leading upside down to the platform that had a spring.

"Ah! This should be nice!" Chopper smiled as he charged up a Speed Dash and went up the pathway. Since he was moving too fast, he ended up missing the platform and falling face flat on the ground near the staircase.

"My prince! Art thou all right?!" Luvbi gasped as she fluttered over to Chopper.

"Unnghh… Yeah, I'm fine…"

"Well, I think I can reach this platform just fine," Luigi said as he used a Super Jump to reach the platform, while Tipral teleported up there. Chopper went back on the pathway and jumped onto the platform when the time was right. He ended up landing on the spring, which sent him flying upward.

"Woo hoo!"

He landed on the pathway above them and found a slope moving downward ahead leading to a loop. Chopper stopped for a minute when he flipped into 3-D and found a secret path to the left, which revealed a chest with a shake called a Max Shroom Shake.

"Whoa! A Max Shroom Shake! And here I thought I'd never live to see this!"

"A Max Shroom Shake? What's that?" Luigi asked as Chopper went back into 2-D.

"It can heal ALL of our HP. It's pretty useful, if you ask me!"

"I guess that's useful…" Tipral trailed.

"No time to be speaking about a drink," Luvbi cut in. "We hath to movest on! Mine parents art probably still worried sick about cute me…"

"They're not even your parents, remember?"

"Well they treateth me like they art mine parents! How darest thou sayest something like that to me!"

"You know what? Let's just go…" Chopper face palmed as he ran through the loop, as well as Tipral, who teleported Luigi past the loop. They found at the top of the pathway a Dark Wizard and a Ninja Creature.

"What's that?" Luigi asked.

"A Ninja Creature. Just watch out, because it moves fast."

The Ninja Creature jumping in the air and prepared to attack, but Luigi's Super Jump helped take it out with ease, while Chopper tossed a couple of light balls at the Dark Wizard to take it out.

"I don't think we're too far," Tipral noted. "I'm sure this is the smallest dark area we'll be in."

"You can see a door?" Chopper asked.

"Yes."

They followed Tipral up ahead to a door, which they entered into the next area, where they saw a fan with the air moving upward. They jumped on top of it to be carried up to another fan to the left.

"Let's just hope we don't fall…" Luigi trailed.

They found one more fan that carried them upward and landed on another staircase. To their dismay, there was a turret at the top of the staircase that a Dark Wizard was using. It began to fire dark blasts down instead of large balls of toxic alien slime.

"Chopper, we shouldst flip into 3-D!" Luvbi suggested.

"Yeah, I know that," Chopper nodded as he went into 3-D with everyone else. They simply dodged the shots and reached the top. Tipral grabbed the Dark Wizard and sent it flying upward with a Star Punch.

"That should take care of it," Tipral declared as they went back into 2-D. They turned around and saw a door up ahead.

The only problem? Guardoor Number Three was broken in pieces.

"Oh, no… We're too late…" Chopper trailed.

"Well well well… It looks like you decided to show up!" Everyone looked up and saw a Dark Wizard with a black cloak and a jagged stripe on his hood. Unlike the other Dark Wizards, he had red eyes. He was riding on top of a Dark Creature resembling a bit of a dragon, except it didn't have a mouth.

"So, you're Giyron, is that correct?" Tipral asked.

"That's right. I'm the Dark Wizard Captain!" Giyron confirmed. "And I suppose you guys are the intruders I've been hearing about, right?"

"Uhhhh… We're not intruders…" Chopper trailed. "We're Shade's delivery men! …And girl."

"Only an idiot would refer to Master Shade Doom as just 'Shade'. You're not delivery men! You're Chopper and that enemy of his Tipral! It's strange to see two enemies working together…"

"We have a common enemy, you know… It would make sense to take out that enemy first."

"Hmmmmm… Well, I suppose that's true… Now, if you were thinking about going through that door, well I'm afraid that won't happen. Originally, Guardoor Number Three would make you fight something, but it wasn't that threatening. So, I decided to take matters to my own hands and get rid of that statue!"

"Uh oh… That means you're fighting us?!" Luigi gulped.

"Yes… Now let's stop with this blabbering and get to the fight already! I've been waiting a long time for this! Come Galdron! We'll show these people what we can do!"

"Thou shouldst be careful, Chopper…" Luvbi trailed.

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Enter RPG Battle-

Giyron and Galdron attacks!

Chopper has no idea what's going on!

Luigi starts to gulp!

Tipral could care less about this fight!

Chopper uses Piccolo!

Piccolo plays a strange song!

Galdron falls into a deep sleep!

Galdron is taking a nice nap!

Luigi uses his Super Jump on Giyron!

Impressive jump! Luigi does 20 damage to Giyron!

Tipral uses Star Spear on Giyron!

What a show! Tipral does 20 damage to Giyron!

Giyron fires dark magic at Luigi!

Youch! Luigi takes 18 damage!

Giyron uses electricity on Chopper!

What a shocking attack! Chopper takes 18 damage!

Chopper shoots light energy at Giyron!

Who ever thought light could be so great? Chopper does 20 damage to Giyron!

Luigi uses Hommissile on Giyron!

Ka-BOOM! Luigi does 20 damage to Giyron!

Tipral uses Star Burst on Giyron!

The distorted space did 20 damage to Giyron!

Giyron builds up power for his next attack.

Galdron wakes up!

Galdron clawed at Chopper!

What pain! Chopper takes 18 damage!

Chopper shoots an ice ball at Giyron!

Giyron took 20 damage, and he became frozen!

Luigi uses his flutter jump on Giyron!

The stomp did 20 damage to Giyron!

Giyron broke out of the ice!

Tipral uses Crystaline on Giyron!

Giyron froze while taking 20 damage!

Giyron is still frozen!

Chopper uses his hammer on Giyron!

The whacking attack does 20 damage to Giyron!

Luigi uses his Super Jump on Giyron!

Impressive jump! Luigi does 20 damage to Giyron!

Tipral uses Star Burst on Guyron!

The distorted space did 20 damage to Giyron!

Giyron broke out of the ice!

Giyron fires dark energy at Tipral!

Oof! Tipral takes 18 damage from the dark attack!

Galdron claws at Luigi!

What pain! Luigi takes 18 damage!

"Hmmmmm… So you are tough foes…" Giyron trailed. "I guess Master Shade Doom was right when he said you could put up a fight…"

Chopper shoots light energy at Giyron!

Who ever thought light could be so great? Chopper does 20 damage to Giyron!

Luigi uses Piccolo!

Piccolo plays a strange song!

Galdron falls into a deep sleep!

Galdron is taking a nice nap!

Tipral uses Star Spear on Giyron!

What a show! Tipral does 20 damage to Giyron!

Giyron uses electricity on Tipral!

Tipral dodges like a pro!

Chopper uses Kickbrin on Giyron!

Now that's a kicker! Chopper does 20 damage to Giyron!

Luigi uses Screwdy on Giyron!

Giyron got corkscrewed and takes 20 damage!

Tipral uses Star Punch on Giyron!

That sure packed a punch! Tipral does 20 damage to Giyron!

Giyron had Galdron wake up and expel stinky breath!

Oh no! It's putrid! Luigi takes 18 damage!

Chopper shoots light energy at Giyron!

Who ever thought light could be so great? Chopper does 20 damage to Giyron!

Luigi uses his Super Jump on Giyron!

Impressive jump! Luigi does 20 damage to Giyron!

Tipral fires dark Star energy at Giyron!

How dark! Tipral does 20 damage to Giyron!

Giyron began to build up power!

Chopper uses his hammer on Giyron!

The whacking attack does 20 damage to Giyron!

Luigi uses his Super Jump on Giyron!

What a jump! Luigi does 20 damage to Giyron!

Tipral fires dark Star energy at Giyron!

His attack was unfortunate to miss!

Giyron fired dark energy at Chopper!

Chopper dodges like a pro!

Chopper attacks Giyron!

Chopper does 10 damage to Giyron!

Luigi uses his Super Jump!

Impressive jump! Luigi does 20 damage to Giyron!

Chopper, Luigi and Tipral defeated Giyron!

They received 16,400 experience points!

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Exit RPG battle-

"Gah! How could I lose to a punch of people like you?!" Giyron gaped as he felt explosions within him. Before anyone could say anything, there was a flash, and he was gone, along with Galdron.

"That… That's not what I expected to see from him…" Luigi trailed.

"Well that's what he gets for trying to get in our way," Tipral scoffed as he crossed his arms. "Let's go already. We don't have much time to deal with more Dark Wizard captains like him."

Chopper let out a sigh as they entered through the door. They were led into a small area, but up ahead was the Star Block, leaving a smile on his face.

"Thank you! We're done with this!" Chopper cheered as he ran up to the Star Block and gave it a punch.

"Let's hope we find my bro and the others…" Luigi trailed.

END OF CHAPTER

Relieved to be out of the dark and eerie path, our heroes began to see more light around the comet. Thankfully, they didn't have to deal with any more toxic alien slime along the way, considering that they were at a higher point in the Comet of Darkness. "Geez… Now I'm starting to like this place a lot more!" commented Chopper as they jumped up a couple of platforms to be in a more outside area of the comet. While the view was nice, the places was still as dangerous as ever. Why? Because a large battleship was seen off at the distance.

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I think the highlight of this chapter was the whole Giga Bowser moment. Yes, I did add in something that's a reference to the final fight in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. I thought it would work, especially with Giga Bowser here.

If you people don't find Chapter 19 all that exciting, then maybe the next part is where it'll pick up. No more dark rooms, that's for sure (and I got annoyed with them too). Perhaps things will be taken up into the air next time (hint hint)? Well, we'll see...