Beyond the door, Chopper was amazed at what he saw. The center of The Void was much larger than what he thought it would be. It was much larger than the large room in Castle Tipral and Tipral's Palace. The only exception was that there were no platforms in sight. The center of this area also contained a large core. In the core was darkness, but a few worlds could be seen through. The ground itself was black with a few purple glows inside. The sky itself was dark purple and rather misty from the darkness emitted from The Void's core.
"This place is massive…" Chopper gaped, taking a look at the core. The center was shaped like a black heart, while the outer regions were mostly purple and gray. It didn't look like it was attached to anything either.
When he walked underneath the core, he noticed something rippling through the core. A large, black heart appeared to float down in front of Chopper. The air was rippling around it, and black mist surrounded it too. He also couldn't help but shiver because of the cold air it was giving out.
"So this is the True Chaos Heart…" Chopper trailed as he stared at the heart. "I was expecting it to be a bit different. This is kind of a disappointment…"
He lowered his head for a moment to charge up light power in his hands, and when he looked up, he gave it a glare.
"All right, Chaos Heart! I've come this whole way to do away with you, and now I can finally do that! It's time to finally fix the mistake my friends and I have caused!"
He prepared to deliver a punch to the True Chaos Heart, but he also sensed something else. The sound of magic could be heard, and it was getting louder any second.
A magic projectile landed in between him and the True Chaos Heart, slightly knocking him back.
"Oh, you silly little boy…" another voice cackled. "Did you really think you would be able to get rid of the True Chaos Heart this easily? Oh, you are so foolish!"
Dimentio arrived and floated above the True Chaos Heart. "You've really done a great job making it this whole way, Chopper. I must commend you for your efforts!"
"Wait, Dimentio?!" Chopper gaped. "I thought you were…"
"Ah ha ha ha. Yes yes, I'm very much alive, Chopper. Unfortunately for Tipral, he does not have true experience with that sort of move he tried to pull off… But enough about him. This is my moment!"
"Your moment? I wouldn't let you try to take that heart, you know…"
"Oh, so naïve… You hardly understand the True Chaos Heart's power." Dimentio sighed. "Using light power isn't going to destroy the True Chaos Heart. It's already absorbed so much power, which is exactly what I wanted!"
"Yeah yeah, you want power. I don't care about that." Chopper groaned. "Don't you villains ever think of something original?"
"Letting myself lose to you before is counted as original? Tsk tsk tsk… If I hadn't let myself lose when acquiring the Chaos Heart, my plans wouldn't have succeeded! And I have you to thank for that!"
"Wait… Why?"
"Well, for a couple of reasons. One, defeating me while I was fused with Tipral allowed me to at least gain his minions' trust when they believed I forgot all about that incident. Second, defeating me again led me to become a shadowy mist, which helped me gain the powers of Tipral's minions. And third, you helped clear the way of the enemies that were in the way. I never knew you had such power with that Spectrum Sword of yours. The way you sliced your way through enemies... It was like a ninja cutting his bread up for a delicious breakfast."
Chopper gave him a glare as he decided to continue. "There was no way I wanted you to die, so when I saw you plunge against that phantom, I decided to help you out!"
"You… You helped me?"
"Of course! I wanted to repay you for what you and your friends have done for me! Helping me acquire the Chaos Heart twice and letting me become more powerful was great for me! Of course, leaving you all to die was not a good idea when The Void was destroying your world, so I used some of my power to help out! Wasn't that just nice?"
"It would have been…if you weren't doing it for evil purposes," Chopper retorted. "Wait, hold on a minute! If you're still here, then where did Tipral go?"
"Ah yes, Tipral…" Dimentio trailed. "He was unfortunate enough to not make it here. We won't be seeing him anytime soon! How funny! Ah ha ha ha ha!"
"Look, if you're going to just make jokes, then you're wasting my time. I have a job to finish!"
"But why finish something when you can start something greater?"
Chopper blinked for a moment while looking confused. "…What are you saying?"
"You see, ever since I watched you fight against the many obstacles in your way, I've grown to appreciate your skill! You and your friends! But sadly, it seems your dear friends are all gone… Such a shame... It would've been great if they were here for you. But at the same time, it seems better for me."
"Better?! Don't try talking about my friends in a bad way!" Chopper growled, ready to strike Dimentio at any moment.
Dimentio ignored Chopper and continued on. "Considering that you're the only one standing at this point, I'd like to offer you a little something!"
The jester disappeared and teleported behind Chopper. He placed his hand on his arm and smirked. "You see, as a magician, I am capable of performing glorious magic tricks to please my audience. I can also grant a person such as you every wish you desire. With just a wave of my hand, I can make it appear!"
He waved his hand, and in front of Chopper was a large buffet.
"A… A buffet!" Chopper gasped.
Dimentio smirked and waved his hand at the buffet to make it disappear. "I can reward you with many great opportunities! You want a world that you desire the most? I can grant you it! Power? I'll give you it like a child begging for a video game!"
"Hold on, what are you getting at?"
Dimentio teleported back to the True Chaos Heart, giving him a demented smile. "I can offer you as much as you want! …But in return, you must join me and fight by my side! Besides, everything you love and care about will be all gone, so joining me is the only logical choice! We can rebuild those worlds in our order, and with both of us working together, we'll be unstoppable! I can also help bring your friends back too if you wish…"
The ten-year-old started to ponder over these thoughts while Dimentio continued to give him that demented look. Eventually he decided, but the look on his face wasn't what Dimentio expected.
"Absolutely not!" Chopper exclaimed. "Why would I join someone as evil as you?! You've been manipulating us from the very start, and all you've done is cause even more harm to us! And even if I did join you, I'm pretty sure you're just going to betray me just like you betrayed Tipral! And I'm not even sure you would give me those kinds of wishes!"
Dimentio gave him a look of disappointment. "Very well then… I don't necessarily need you to rule all worlds. I was just giving you a little offering… It looks like your usefulness has been…used up, so it appears I must finally put an end to you by ending your game."
Chopper got in a fighting stance and fired a light ball at Dimentio, but he only swatted it aside, making him gape.
"Now now, Chopper… I haven't even got started yet! I never told you how I'd end your game!" Dimentio smirked and pulled out the Dark Prognosticus and Dark Star Scepter, which was entirely surrounded in a dark mist unlike before. "With the Dark Star Scepter, the Dark Prognosticus and the True Chaos Heart's power combined, I'll be even more powerful than Dimentral and Dimentio Doom combined! As for the host… I can easily use myself for this kind of concoction I'll be creating!"
"Not on my watch!" Chopper cried, attempting to jump on him, but Dimentio created a barrier that he bumped into.
"Don't be so hasty, Chopper! This is my part!" Dimentio lifted the True Chaos Heart above him and grinned. "Ladies and gentlemen… It's time that you all witnessed the greatest magic show your eyes will catch upon like a curious monkey in a parade! Watch as you witness… The Ultimate Show! AH HA HA HA HA!"
Dimentio threw the True Chaos Heart into the air, which was sucked into a dark void, along with the Dark Prognosticus and the Dark Star Scepter. He eventually flew into the darkness himself, and what Chopper could feel was an intense, violent tremor that nearly made him fell over.
"Wh-What… What's he doing?!" Chopper cried, losing his balance completely.
After a dark flash, square-shaped platforms were created that had purple eyes and a mouth resembling Dimentio. The platforms were black with a purple trim, and a few of them had faces ranging from happy, angry and sad. But what also disturbed Chopper was the eyes and mouth that were now in the sky. He could hear a booming cackling from the sky that sounded like a giant's voice echoing through a room.
"This… This is just like that dream I had!" Chopper realized, gaping at the situation. "No, not a dream… A nightmare! A nightmare that's come true!"
Dimentio himself was a bit different from before. His lavender side of his mask was now gray, and the yellow eye on the black side of the mask was purple. Dimentio's jester hat was now a mixture of dark purple and black, with the square-shaped tips on his hat being black as well. His poncho had the same design as his hat, except this time, he wore a black cape. When he began to float down, a dark mist was left behind.
"Now the True Chaos Heart is mine! With these new powers in my disposal, every single world will now be in my control! I will finally become the king of all worlds, while everyone else shall bow down to me like obsessed worshippers! I have also become unlike anything before! You may call me Chaos Dimentio!"
"You didn't really change that much with the exception of the cape…" Chopper trailed, reaching out for something. "But I've got some bad news for you, Dimentio! There's one little problem to your plan!"
Chopper took out the Star Rod and fired a star at Chaos Dimentio. …Except it didn't appear to make him flinch.
"Ah ha ha ha… What was that problem now?" Chaos Dimentio smirked.
"Wait… Huh?!" Chopper fired more stars at Chaos Dimentio, but they continued to do nothing to him. The jester decided to let out a yawn while Chopper continued shooting stars at him. "This isn't right! My attacks aren't working!"
"Now it's time to show you what I can pull off," Chaos Dimentio raised his finger and then threw it down at Chopper's direction. His magic was now a mixture of black and purple, and it let off an explosion about contact with the floor. The radius of the explosion even knocked Chopper away a little.
Chopper even jumped on one of the platforms and landed on Chaos Dimentio's head, but just like before, it didn't even leave a mark. That's when Chaos Dimentio swatted him away and snapped his finger, which summoned a barrage of Rubees to fire down at him. Chopper tried blocking them with the Star Rod, but he couldn't block them all and ended up getting pelted by many of them.
Bruises were left all over his face from the outcome, but it didn't stop him from shooting more stars from his Star Rod at Chaos Dimentio. All he heard from the jester was his psychotic cackling as they bounced off him.
"Ah ha ha ha. And here I thought the hero of the prophecy would be a match for me!" Chaos Dimentio grinned dementedly.
To make matters worse, one of the platform's expressions changed to an angry one as it shot out a black square-shaped fireball from its mouth, which hit Chopper upon contact. Chaos Dimentio even threw his fist in Chopper's direction, which created a dark wave shaped like his fist to punch Chopper and knock him off the platform. It seemed kind of similar to what Shade was able to pull off.
Chopper was left dazed, but he still tried to hit Chaos Dimentio when he teleported in front of him. Chaos Dimentio easily grabbed his fist and threw him backward, now having the strength of O'Chunks on his side.
"I don't understand…" Chopper moaned. "The Star Rod is supposed to stand up to this kind of power when restored! Why isn't it doing anything?!"
"Looks like a certain prophecy was wrong," Chaos Dimentio grinned. "I'm too powerful for the Star Rod and you! Your attacks are like little pebbles being pelted at an armored fighter! Because of the True Chaos Heart, I am invincible! There is nothing that you can do to stop me!"
"Ungh… I'm not going to let that stop me, thought." Chopper growled, kicking Chaos Dimentio with his light power. Of course, it hardly did anything, so Chaos Dimentio pushed Chopper aside and flew over to The Void's core.
"For now, it is time for every world to come into my hands… I shall create something that suits me best, and I will make sure everyone will bow down to me! Those who refuse will fall like a bee that had died from stinging a bird!"
With a wave of his hand, Chaos Dimentio began to transform every single world into what he imagined. Chopper even lowered his guard to see what he was doing to all worlds.
The first thing he could see through the core was Merlon, Nolrem and Olnerm in Rainbowside. They were looking up at the sky worriedly, but the sky and them flashed brightly, and they were soon wearing a mask and outfit resembling Dimentio. This continued in many other worlds, such as Lineland, the Bitlands, Sweet Kingdom, The Peaceness and Cradian City.
"No… You're…jesterizing the whole universe?!"
"Isn't it just spectacular?" Chaos Dimentio cheered. "Just think about it! A universe where everyone resembles me, while I am their king! It's just what I've been dreaming before I finally achieved the True Chaos Heart! And you can only stand there like a stunned sloth!"
The jester smirked as every single world began to turn to his image. "My plan is almost complete! The only thing that now stands in my way is you, Chopper…"
Chaos Dimentio flew down to Chopper and raised his arms. "I'm sorry, my green friend, but since you refused my offer, I have no choice but to put an end to your misery. It is for the better anyway. You can finally go back to your friends!"
Chopper felt himself getting trapped in an invisible box, making him lower his head. "I guess it's all over, then… I've come all this way to stop the True Chaos Heart, but Dimentio ends up stealing it again and winning… I don't know how I can win this…"
"Wait! Chopper! Don't give up yet! There is still hope!"
"Huh?" Chopper lifted his head and looked around him. Chaos Dimentio paused for a moment and looked around the area too. "Whose voice was that?"
"Chopper, it is Blumiere," the voice answered. "I can finally feel your presence in The Void. I can also feel another's."
"Why, count! I would have never expected to hear your voice!" Chaos Dimentio grinned. "But, I have to cut this short. I have a game to end here!"
"You're not going to be ending anyone's game, Dimentio," Blumiere stated. "There's one flaw to your plan."
"Hmmmm? What could you possibly…" Chaos Dimentio looked down at Chopper and noticed a bright flash emitted near the boy. He was now shimmering with light, which forced Chaos Dimentio to snap his finger and let the box explode from the inside, taking Chopper in the process.
However, he looked just fine after the explosion.
"Wh-What?! What is this?!" the jester gaped, continuing to snap his finger. The twenty Pure Hearts made their appearance and surrounded the box Chopper was in and shattered it completely. Not only that, but it helped heal the wounds left on Chopper and granted greater power to the Star Rod.
"I… I feel like I've recovered my strength!" Chopper gaped, looking at the glowing Star Rod. "But how did I…"
"You can thank me later, Chopper," Blumiere said. "But now, you must put an end to this! Defeat Dimentio once and for all!"
Chopper nodded and turned to Chaos Dimentio with a smirk. "You're going down, Dimentio!"
Instead of being shocked, Chaos Dimentio grinned. "Ah ha ha ha. Then we shall fight then. Our final battle will be like two samurais dueling for sushi!"
Chopper leapt onto the platform above him and watched Chaos Dimentio hurl magic in his direction. With the Star Rod, he was able to deflect the attack with ease and send it flying at Chaos Dimentio, who flew out of the way just in time, but failed to see a glowing yellow star flying his way.
"Urgh-gah?!" Chaos Dimentio gaped, feeling immense pain from the attack. "So… I'm not invincible to your attacks anymore…"
"Looks like it," Chopper smirked, jumping on Chaos Dimentio's head and hitting him with a light ball. "Now we're even!"
"Ah ha ha ha… Yes… Even." Chaos Dimentio teleported out of Chopper's reach and reappeared above The Void's core. While Chopper jumped a few platforms up to him, he could hear Blumiere's voice informing him something.
"That is Chaos Dimentio, a blend of Dimentio, the Dark Prognosticus, the Dark Star Scepter and the True Chaos Heart. With all of that dark power, Dimentio has finally gained the power he needs to rule all worlds. Max HP is 1,000. Attack is 30. Defense is 18. Chaos Dimentio is capable of using attacks ranging from O'Chunks, Mimi, Fawful, Nastasia, Mr. L, and Dark with his own little twist. He is capable of using the dark powers of the True Chaos Heart and the Dark Star Scepter as well. Make sure to be fast when he tries to make his move. The platforms will help you reach Chaos Dimentio, but at the same time, they will hurt you. This is truly the final battle, Chopper… Every single world is depending on you now."
Chopper slowly nodded with a determined look as he began to fire stars at Chaos Dimentio. He dodged two, but three ended up striking him and making him wince, but not enough to make him stand down. This was just the beginning of the fight anyway!
When Chopper jumped toward Chaos Dimentio, a blot of dark magic was fired from the dark jester, knocking Chopper onto a lower platform. Now that he was far from his reach, Chaos Dimentio summoned a Rubee barrier to circle him. They were black Rubees with a different kind of effect.
"I wouldn't try to get close if I were you," Chaos Dimentio warned as Chopper jumped up to him again. "Touch me, and you're probably going to get hurt by these Rubees!"
"Then I have a simple solution," Chopper fired a small, light beam from the Star Rod and destroyed the black Rubees and also hurt Chaos Dimentio in the process. He then hit his face with the rod and left a bit of a mark. "There's one thing that's bugging me about you… Is that a mask or really your face?"
"Do you really want to know?"
"Well… Ummm…"
"Very well, I guess I have no other choice…" Chaos Dimentio placed his hand on his face…or mask…or whatever it was, but he was hiding a smirk, which Chopper didn't notice. He suddenly felt himself get hit by a spark of magic from behind, and it also made him fall off the platform and onto the ground.
"Ah ha ha ha! So easy to distract! Heroes don't usually leave themselves distracted, Chopper!"
Chopper grunted quietly while he quickly got up. Hearing Chaos Dimentio scoff at him like that was certainly not making him happy, so he jumped up to him and delivered a light kick to his face while he cackled.
"Oof! Hmmm… Well, I guess I shouldn't have been so distracted." Chaos Dimentio said while teleporting away from Chopper. When he reappeared, he raised a finger and conjured up a magic projectile – except when he threw it, it split into five sparks. And to make sure Chopper would get hit by at least one, he teleported behind him and grabbed a hold of his feet.
"What the…"
Chaos Dimentio grinned as he began to swing Chopper around while flying around the area. He watched where the sparks flew and threw Chopper at each of them. After that, he grabbed his foot and hung him over the ground.
"Oh, Chopper, you're just as light as a starving baby who hadn't eaten in weeks!" Chaos Dimentio said in a demented manner. "You know there's a problem with heroes being light, right?"
Chopper responded by hitting him with the Star Rod, forcing him to release him and cause him to fly away. "Ugh… Choosing to reply with force… That's something I'd expect more from Tipral."
"You making fun of me made me do that," Chopper retorted, quickly getting up. He swung at Chaos Dimentio again, but the attack was blocked by the jester's own disembodied hands. "Huh?!"
Chaos Dimentio gave him a smirk before using his free hand to hit him with a spark of magic. This sent Chopper tumbling back, which the jester couldn't help but laugh at. He decided to fly over to Chopper and trap him in another box, but Chopper got up already and swung the Star Rod at him.
After teleporting away, Chaos Dimentio clapped his hands together and made the ground around Chopper shake violently. This helped keep Chopper off balance and allowed the platforms to shoot fireballs at him. He only managed to deflect one at Chaos Dimentio, but the rest were able to hit him when he fell over.
Chopper slowly got up, but he felt his face being grabbed and soon lifted off the ground. Chaos Dimentio smirked and began to throw him over to The Void's core, where he crashed straight into.
"You may be strong enough to hurt me, but I still have the power to defeat you!" Chaos Dimentio cackled, throwing three sparks of magic at Chopper while he was still stuck to the core.
When Chopper finally got his face off the core, he noticed the sparks of magic flying in his way and jumped on top of the core to dodge them. The sparks hit The Void's core, barely leaving a scratch. In the meantime, Chopper couldn't help but watch more worlds become jesterized by Dimentio's power. Seeing something like this was incredibly daunting to him.
Just imagine what would've happened to his world if it were still around...
Chaos Dimentio raised his hands and tried to surround Chopper in a box, but to his dismay, he jumped and landed on the box before making a leap onto Chaos Dimentio's head. He flipped in the air after bouncing off him and landed on a platform below him. Unfortunately, it wasn't for long because its face changed to a sad expression, causing it to slowly disappear.
Chopper nearly lost his balance on the disappearing platform and plummeted to the ground. To his relief, he landed on his feet and destroyed the magic spark thrown in his direction with a light ball.
"Surprised about the platforms, aren't you?" Chaos Dimentio asked, appearing on a platform above Chopper. "It's all right, my little friend! Surprises are like a turtle coming out of its shell!"
"I wouldn't consider you a friend after all you've done," Chopper replied, firing a star that Chaos Dimentio that he easily dodged. "I mean, simply trying to steal something at the very last moment? I'd consider you a bit of a coward..."
"A coward, you say? Ah ha ha ha ha. With this kind of power, I wouldn't be considered very cowardly."
"That's not what I'm saying! ...Well, I am kind of saying that..." Chopper trailed as he struck Chaos Dimentio with a fired star. "Most of the time you fought my friends and I, it was when you gained the Chaos Heart's power. You only fought us in your normal form, and you were a bit of a pushover... I mean, Tipral actually put effort in his fighting against us and he was a bit of a threat, but you? Hardly! I'd consider you a weak villain on the strength side."
"Hmmmmm... I do understand what you mean." Chaos Dimentio replied, using his hand to block Chopper's Star Rod being swung at him.
"Wait... You do?" the antennae boy gaped, his antennae now sprung up.
"I was not exactly the strongest minion of Tipral's. However, if there was one thing I had greater than any of them, it was my brains. And there is a saying that brains triumph brawn, which sounds very suitable for me compared to the others! O'Chunks most likely had the brain of a pea, Mimi was too busy obsessing over Rubees, dresses, her diary, and even Tipral. Fawful had a bit of a brain, but his choice of words were like a person talking while chewing their food. Nastasia was always trying to be too tidy like a woman overdoing her work. Mr. L was too obsessed with making a new Brobot, and Dark... Well, he was a bit more sane compared to the others. I, however, had a stupendous plan that ended up succeeding for me! And all it required were you and your friends to do all the dirty business for me!"
"You're still not a good fighter," Chopper pointed out. "And that's where we are in this situation."
"That's where you're wrong," Chaos Dimentio smirked, pushing Chopper back and nearly hitting his foot with a Rubee. "Taking the powers Tipral's minions possess gave me the skills needed to triumph over people such as Tipral and you and your friends! I don't just have my manipulating skills, I also carry O'Chunks's strength, Mimi's ability to control Rubees, Fawful's weapons, Nastasia's hypnotic powers, Mr. L's thunder powers, and Dark's martial arts...and possibly the ability to deflect projectiles with a cape! And also I-"
Chopper, having enough of hearing Chaos Dimentio, fired an ice ball at him, which he blocked with his cape.
"Yes, that's something I can do. You want me to show you more of their powers? Observe!" Chaos Dimentio looked at one of the platforms and put a finger near his eyes that caused a sparking flash, causing the platform to shoot multiple fireballs in Chopper's direction.
To stop them, Chopper took out his Spectrum Sword and sliced them in half, allowing them to go past them and hit the ground behind him. Chaos Dimentio seemed a bit impressed, but not too much. Nevertheless, he snapped his finger and disappeared from Chopper's sight.
Looking for the jester, Chopper jumped up a few platforms so he was on a platform above The Void's core. He could see at least five Chaos Dimentios appear, and unlike before, they were all split up, making it difficult for Chopper to find out which one was the real one.
Twenty five sparks were being fired straight at him, so he raised the Star Road and created a weak barrier that blocked the magic attacks. The last one ended up shattering the shield, but he didn't care. That was all he needed to protect himself for a bit.
Seeing this, Chaos Dimentio snapped his finger again, and the clones he created all disintegrated. He simply let the platform Chopper was standing on do the job for him by disappearing, thus making him fall onto a lower platform. But Chopper was able to land with ease and shoot a star at Chaos Dimentio.
"Let's see how you cope with this, my little friend," Chaos Dimentio smirked, conjuring up a dark ball of energy. He fired it down at Chopper, who brought his Star Rod in front of him to block it. Chaos Dimentio continued to fire more, and Chopper continued blocking while being forced back.
But eventually he had a chance to make his move and fired a light ball at Chaos Dimentio while he was continuously firing. It left the jester surprised, but he stopped for a minute and smirked.
"Ah, I seem to be doing something wrong here..." Chaos Dimentio thought. "To get to your enemy and defeat him easily, you must be more subtle with your attacks."
Chaos Dimentio took out an explosive – something that Mr. L would most likely use with Brobot, and he tossed it down at Chopper. He watched as Chopper prepared to step back, but he ended up stopping for a moment.
"Wait... That bomb's not even on!" Chopper noticed. "What gives?"
Chaos Dimentio ignored him and fired two Rubees down at him, which he easily threw back by using his Star Rod as a bat. He even began to fire stars at the jester, who yawned and put up a barrier to block the attacks. But under that boring look was a scheming face ready to pull off a trick.
With a snap of his finger, the bomb exploded in front of Chopper, leaving his face covered in black soot once the smoke cleared away.
"Ah ha ha ha," Chaos Dimentio cackled. "You obviously are not good with paying attention. Your attention span is like a student in class daydreaming over a school lesson!"
Getting annoyed with Chaos Dimentio's mocking, Chopper shook himself to get the soot off him and jumped up to the platform where Chaos Dimentio was floating by. He was about to make a move, but Chaos Dimentio summoned a dark spectrum Headgear resembling Fawful's that shot a dark ball of energy down at Chopper. Thankfully, his Star Rod helped him block the attack.
"You know, it would be interesting to see what you and your friend's worlds would look like now if they weren't destroyed," Chaos Dimentio pondered after getting hit by Chopper's Star Rod. "It would sound pretty magical!"
"Don't even bring that up PLEASE!" Chopper retorted, attempting to stomp on Chaos Dimentio, who stepped out of his way and let him fall to a lower platform.
"Ah ha ha ha. What's wrong, Chopper? Are my jokes irritating you?" the jester asked with a smirk. "I certainly have plenty more of those!"
Chopper was getting a bit more annoyed with Chaos Dimentio and prepared to swing his Star Rod again, but Chaos Dimentio appeared in front of him and grabbed a hold of the Star Rod and lowered it so it wouldn't hit him. Chopper struggled to raise it up, and Chaos Dimentio could tell.
"Chopper! Don't let his mocking get to you so easily!" Blumiere's voice echoed. "That will not help you win this fight!"
"Oh, no worries, my dear count," Chaos Dimentio assured. "Our little friend here is certainly being entertained my my jokes. See how irritated he is?"
"Chopper, what was the one thing that helped you win in the previous fights?"
Chopper thought for a moment while he struggled to raise his weapon. After a moment, he tried to stay calm and put a little more effort without trying to get frustrated. Chaos Dimentio could tell by his face, which grew a little more confident as he kicked the jester and then fired a light beam from the Star Rod once Chaos Dimentio's hands were no longer grabbing the rod.
"Well, looks like someone is changing their ways a bit," Chaos Dimentio smirked, feeling a little challenge. "And to think that The Void was brought back thanks to you!"
Chopper ignored the jester and raised his Star Rod. It flashed for a moment before it began to summon shooting stars from the sky, which rained down specifically on Chaos Dimentio. Even when he flipped into 3-D could he not escape the powers of the Star Rod!
"Ah, now that's what I remember from you most of the time. You never tried to let yourself get too frustrated!" Blumiere exclaimed. "I shall leave the rest to you, Chopper!"
"Thank you," Chopper smiled. "And maybe it's time I put a little more effort in fighting with the Star Rod!"
Chaos Dimentio let out a grumble after going back into 2-D, but he wasn't going to go down just yet. He hadn't used much of the powers of the Dark Star Scepter yet.
"Hmmmm... So you think you can perform such an attack like a wizard with ridiculous magic?" Chaos Dimentio asked as he raised his disembodied hands. "Well, let's make it a little more even, shall we?"
Dark stars began to fall from the sky and rained down upon Chopper. He winced in pain as a couple of them hit his head, but he tried using his Star Rod as a bit of a shield. It slightly worked, but it still made some dark stars hit him. To counter this, Chopper fired multiple stars at Chaos Dimentio, but with his hypnotic powers, he was able to send them flying back.
"What the..." Chopper jumped onto a platform above him just in time, but he had to jump on another when the platform he was on faded away. While he tried reaching the jester, Chaos Dimentio took out two dark laser swords and flung them in Chopper's direction, which he swatted away with his Star Rod.
"Hmmmm... Not bad, Chopper! You do have some skill..." Chaos Dimentio commended. "Such a shame you chose not to join me. I see some potential in you..."
"Don't even ask me about joining you," Chopper retorted. "I'm never joining you because of what you did. I just want to fix my mistake!"
"Then so be it... The Dark Prognosticus never stated that you need someone from the hero side to join them. It was simply created to ruin one's life."
"And there's also that whole Dark Prognosticus thing... It almost seems like you're obsessed with that!" Chopper said as he struck Chaos Dimentio with a fire and ice ball. "And how do you know so much about it?"
"Ah, yes... My memory of the Dark Prognosticus." Chaos Dimentio smirked, throwing a spark of magic at a rainbow ball Chopper threw. "While it may be obvious to those who watch us, to you it may not be! It's just as obvious as a yellow person standing in the middle of red pigs!"
Chopper blinked for a moment, which left him off guard and even left him thrown off the platform by Chaos Dimentio's punch. He wasn't sure what he meant by that, but after thinking for a bit, his antennae perked up.
"No way... Don't tell me..."
"Mmmm-hmmmmm!"
"Seriously?"
"Yes. I am always deadly serious."
"But that can't be possible!" Chopper exclaimed. "That thing was written probably around 1,500 years ago! You couldn't have been alive back then! You don't look THAT old! ...Come to think of it, how old ARE you?!"
"Does age really matter in the end, Chopper? What matters is what I get out of the Dark Prognosticus when others end up using it! And it's all thanks to discovering Tipral that inspired me to make such a wonderful gift to the universe. It even made the Tribe of Ancients create the Light Prognosticus to try to counter the book! Not only that, but I've created a cycle with the Dark Prognosticus!"
"A cycle?"
"The Dark Prognosticus states that for one to succeed in their plans of destroying all worlds, you need a bearded, burly warrior, a spoiled brat with an obsession for Rubees, a Dark Creature ruler and a jester from the aftergame. So even if my plans fail, I would make my return in the future! ...Maybe perhaps when you have children! Or it could be even sooner..."
"You? Come back? There's no way that's going to happen." Chopper growled, hitting Chaos Dimentio with a Star Beam. "If there's no Dark Prognosticus, then there's no you!"
"Ah, but destroying that is not so easy," Chaos Dimentio mentioned, crashing into The Void's core, but safely getting himself off. "Not even you can destroy the book. ...Oh, don't get me wrong, something can destroy it, but it's nothing you'll never know in the future! That's one of the reasons why I like myself! I've managed to plan ahead of time!"
"Well, if I can't stop you in the future, then I can certainly stop you now!" the pale green hero declared, leaping off the disappearing platform, dodging the fireballs being shot at him, and delivering a light kick to Chaos Dimentio.
"Hmmmm... Very well then. Just remember I won't be holding anything back on you, Chopper. I will show you everything I'm capable of!"
Chaos Dimentio aimed his finger at Chopper, and suddenly smaller sparks of dark magic began to fire out his finger like a machine gun. Chopper jumped and ran on the platforms to dodge the magic before throwing the Star Rod into Chaos Dimentio's face, knocking him back slightly and making him teleport over to the upper right.
Chopper spotted Chaos Dimentio and fired a star, while he conjured a blaster that materialized in his hand and shot a laser that destroyed the star before letting it disintegrate in his hand.
"Hmmmm... You know, Chopper, about that face up in the sky..." Chaos Dimentio began, getting Chopper's attention. "There's much more to it than you think."
"...What do you mean?" Chopper asked with a suspicious look.
Chaos Dimentio smiled dementedly as he snapped his finger, causing the sky to let out a booming cackle from before. Chopper looked up at the face, but he also noticed something else coming down from above.
He let out a cry before jumping to one of the platforms next to him. A giant fist resembling Chaos Dimentio's fell from the sky and hit the ground. Chopper noticed that Chaos Dimentio was actually controlling the hand, and that was a problem.
Chaos Dimentio moved the hand back up and tried to smash Chopper once again, but each time it missed because of how slow it was. There was even a bit of disappointment in Chaos Dimentio's eyes, but he didn't consider it too much of a big deal. He had plenty of more attacks anyway.
In fact, he wanted to use one that was much more powerful.
"Let's see how you deal with this!" Chaos Dimentio created a large dark ball of energy and aimed it at Chopper. But rather than throwing it, it only shot a dark beam that caught Chopper in it and left him bruises and hurt afterward. "Ah, and my attack was successful, like two, hairy wizards having a magic scuffle while learning new magic."
The darkness in his hand faded away, and Chopper was left lying on the ground from the attack. He slowly got up, but he noticed something else falling down on him. It was a giant fist, and it managed to strike him with ease, leaving Chopper dazed when he finally got up.
Chaos Dimentio smirked and snapped his finger, making lightning come down from the sky on Chopper. He managed to get out of the way just in time and hit Chaos Dimentio with a Star Beam, causing the giant fist to disappear and also making the jester teleport near the ground.
"Oh, Chopper... I have a little something to show you!" Chaos Dimentio cackled, firing magic to the ground that caused the floor to become icy and slippery. Chopper almost slipped, but he got on the moving platforms and dodged the fireball coming from the right.
"You're going to have to try better than that, Dimentio," Chopper scoffed, charging up an attack in the Star Rod. "I mean, I expected something a little more dangerous..."
"Dangerous? Ah, now that I can pull off!"
He raised his hands, and suddenly, from the sky, dark beams of energy began to fire downward on Chopper. Thankfully, he was able to spot them just in time to run, but they were easily catching up to him until he reached the other side of the floor with nowhere else to go.
But he also realized another thing. He could easily avoid them! So he flipped into 3-D and got around the dark beams and went back into 2-D when they were gone. Chaos Dimentio noticed he was perfectly fine and stopped cackling, so he wrapped the right side of his body with his cape, and once he opened it, three dark balls of energy were revealed. They were slow, but they began to follow Chopper when he noticed them and tried avoiding them.
"Ah ha ha ha. Running away is futile." Chaos Dimentio grinned. "They're homing!"
Chopper noticed them following him, making him frown and run. They were going to follow him anyway, but he had no other ideas. Avoiding them was the only option, and it didn't help when the platform he stood on had a sad expression and began to disappear, while one above him to his right had an angry expression and was shooting a fireball in his direction.
He eventually stopped avoiding the homing shots and fired a Star Beam that obliterated them instantly. Chaos Dimentio was caught in the blast and ended up crashing into The Void's core. He took a moment to brush himself before flinging some fire and ice magic at Chopper, burning and freezing him for a moment.
"This is so easy, like a clown performing a level one task," Chaos Dimentio smirked. "...Ah, I see I am a little tarnished from that last hit. I can simply fix that up!"
He raised his disembodied hands and recovered 180 HP. Chopper was left gaping while the jester gave him a face that almost resembled a troll face.
"Wow..." Chopper trailed. "Just... Wow."
Chaos Dimentio raised his finger and let his magic do the trick, while he snapped his other finger to summon a couple of dark beams from the sky. Chopper was a bit annoyed, but dodging the beams felt too easy for him anyway. He was even led to Chaos Dimentio, allowing him to bash his head with the Star Rod after leaping up a few platforms.
"So, you've handled five of me so far..." Chaos Dimentio trailed, snapping his finger and disappearing. When he reappeared, there were much more than Chopper expected. "But can you handle eight?"
Chopper's eyes widened when he saw all eight Chaos Dimentios raise their fingers and fire forty sparks all over the large area. It was a bit too much for him, but he didn't hold back and blocked the magic while firing stars at the Chaos Dimentios.
"Hmmmm... Well, let's see how this works!" Chopper raised the Star Rod and let it flash for a moment. Every enemy that was around were instantly struck with a spark of star energy. Since there were clones, only one happened to hit a real target, and that was the real Chaos Dimentio.
When the jester tried to fire a blast of dark energy at Chopper, he was only delivered with a small, light beam coming from the Star Rod. He winced in pain, but after the beam faded away, he began to wheeze.
"Ugh... That Star Rod's power is strong. Very strong..." Chaos Dimentio grunted. "I think I may have underestimated you in this battle... But then again, it was all because of luck thanks to that Star Rod!"
Chopper would have tried to speak back, but he had to admit he was right on that. "What's wrong, Chopper? You realize the truth, don't you? Most of the time you were lucky because you had people to help you. Even that Star Rod is helping you at this point."
The ten-year-old was unsure of what to say again as Chaos Dimentio smirked and fired a dark wave shaped like a fist at Chopper to knock him off the platform and onto a lower platform. Chopper was able to get up quickly and hold the Star Rod in front of him as an act of defense against Chaos Dimentio's next punch. Surprisingly, the Star Rod's power was pushing back the dark power in Chaos Dimentio's hand, which he happened to notice.
"Hmmmm... Well, the Star Rod is certainly doing its job well... But your chances of winning are very slim, I'm afraid! To stop pure chaos, six heroes are needed! I only see one! Ah ha ha ha! ...But then again, the Dark Prognosticus never mentions that I can use the True Chaos Heart's power!"
"Wait... So what does this all mean?" Chopper gawked, suddenly realizing this. After all, Merlee did say six heroes were needed to stop pure chaos.
"Well, perhaps not all prophecies come to be! This is a perfect example! In fact, I only wrote the Dark Prognosticus so I could see how torn up people would come to be when they discover what's inside the book. Count Bleck and Tipral already fell into my hands before, and it helped with my plan as well! They were the puppets, while I was the puppeteer!"
"That's...unbelievable. Why would you do something to ruin a person's life like that?"
"Because it's very entertaining, and it helps me acquire the Chaos Heart easily!" Chaos Dimentio smirked, struggling a bit against Chopper's Star Rod. "But, I'm sure a child wouldn't understand, so let's finish this."
He tried to strike Chopper with his other hand, but he felt his arm get knocked back by the force of the Star Rod against the dark wave shaped like a fist. With him off guard, Chopper reached the platform Chaos Dimentio was near and delivered a stomp to his head, and while in the air, he pointed the Star Rod down at him and fired multiple stars. Chaos Dimentio tried blocking them with his hands, but the light was too painful for even him to touch.
This eventually led to him begin stomped on again, but this time Chopper's feet were surrounded in a light glow.
But when Chaos Dimentio looked up at The Void's core, he noticed that every single world was now in his own image. It had taken some time, but each world was finally wearing hats, masks and ponchos resembling him. But what made his grin widen was the chants he heard from them.
"HAIL LORD DIMENTIO!"
Chopper stopped to look up at the core too, and he was left utterly shocked.
"Wh-What was that?!"
"Ah ha ha ha. Every single world is now in my hands!" Chaos Dimentio cackled. "Everyone shall soon bow down to me – as soon as I'm finished with you, of course."
Chopper blinked for a moment before he noticed a spark of dark magic being fired down in his direction. He finally got back to his senses and dodged the magic spark. Seeing every world now jesterized like this was very disturbing, but at the same time, he knew how he could stop it.
Chaos Dimentio whirled around to try to attack Chopper, but what he received was a blow to the face from the Star Rod. Letting out a grunt, he fired magic, but Chopper only deflected it back at him.
"Such rotten luck you're getting from that Star Rod," Chaos Dimentio mocked. "It's like a game entirely based on luck."
"When I think about it now, it's not all about luck," Chopper said, blocking a dark star Chaos Dimentio fired at him. "It's about how you use the weapon. It's the person that makes the weapon good, not the weapon itself. ...At least, that's what I was taught by an old friend that's deceased..."
"Hmmmm... I would applaud him, but I'm too busy trying to end your game." the jester replied, teleporting behind Chopper and knocking him off the platform with a punch. He then used his magic to recover 180 more HP, which made Chopper sigh, but it didn't stop him from firing a Star Beam at the jester.
"I could constantly heal myself the whole time, and you wouldn't be able to beat me!" Chaos Dimentio smiled dementedly. "Your best bet is to surrender and let yourself die. It's already too late to join me."
"That's not going to stop me. If I have to die, then fine! At least I will remember doing something good before I die!" Chopper declared. "You can't change that!"
Chaos Dimentio slightly shrugged and began firing his magic at Chopper once he was above him. It was countered by a few light balls, and he ended up receiving a blow to the head and soon a glowing bright beam of light that struck The Void's core and Chaos Dimentio.
But Chaos Dimentio didn't care too much. He would just heal himself again later. Right now he focused on crushing Chopper by raising a fist and summoning a giant fist from the sky. He brought it down and tried to crush Chopper, but to his surprise, the Star Rod was stopping him from smashing the hero.
"Well, looks like someone's picking themselves up lately..." Chaos Dimentio trailed. "Ah ha ha ha. Very funny, Chopper."
Chopper gave Chaos Dimentio a smirk before a beam fired from the Star Rod and destroyed the giant fist in the process. Chaos Dimentio let out a small shriek, considering that the pain from the giant fist was connected to his own hand. He rubbed his hand to ooze the pain and let his eyes flash so Chopper could be struck by dark lightning.
For Chopper, he was left paralyzed for a moment, allowing Chaos Dimentio to go in for the attack and grabbed one of the moving platforms. Using the strength from O'Chunks, he threw it in Chopper's direction and even summoned some Rubees to fall above him as well.
But Chopper was prepared and fired a large Star Beam that went through the platform and sent Chaos Dimentio flying back. Only Rubee managed to scratch Chopper, but he tried to hold off the pain left on his cheek and focused on Chaos Dimentio. He could easily wear him down at this point if he didn't heal.
Chaos Dimentio brushed himself off and gave Chopper a smirk. "Bravo, Chopper! Bravo! But let's see how you deal with this!"
He raised his hands and began to conjure up a large dark ball of energy. Unfortunately, that stopped when he felt a little pain. "Urrrgh... Hmmmmm... Something didn't seem right there for a moment..."
Chopper: ?
"I felt something painful for a moment... That's not something the True Chaos Heart is supposed to cause..." Chaos Dimentio thought. "Is the Star Rod's power doing this to me?! It doesn't seem like it..."
While he was distracted, he felt himself get struck in the chest by a yellow star, followed by the Star Rod hitting him in the face. Chopper landed on the platform the jester was near and started chucking a few light balls. He was not holding anything back at this point, even if he was a little wounded from this fight so far.
"You're making a foolish mistake..." Chaos Dimentio hissed.
He threw the dark ball he finished conjuring up and managed to send Chopper flying to the ground. With a smirk, Chaos Dimentio flew to the ground and looked down at the injured Chopper.
"So, ready to give up yet?"
"No..." Chopper wheezed, slowly raising his head. "I'm certainly not finished yet."
"Hmph... Very well." Chaos Dimentio raised a finger, but the pain returned, and it was much bigger than before. "Urk! What is this pain?!"
"Pain?"
"Is the True Chaos Heart dealing this pain to me?! I did everything I planned! What is going on?!"
"Maybe... Maybe it's because the True Chaos Heart did not choose you... Perhaps you can't handle its power." Chopper deduced.
"What? What would you know about that?"
"The Sacred Heart," the ten-year-old started. "It chooses its host, and I was apparently its host. Perhaps there is much more to the True Chaos Heart than you think..."
Chaos Dimentio also remembered something Tipral told him that was starting to haunt his mind.
"The Dark Prognosticus states that only a dark being's power can handle the power of the True Chaos Heart. You cannot handle it. It'll only destroy you and your soul."
"Was the prophecy truly correct?" Chaos Dimentio thought. "None of it was completely true!"
Seeing this as an open opportunity, Chopper stood up and used his Multi-Star ability to fire a couple of stars at Chaos Dimentio. He tried to fight it back, but the pain was causing him to wince and weaken him every moment.
Chaos Dimentio managed to throw in at least two magic particles at Chopper, but they seemed much weaker than they were before. It still left a few marks on him, but it didn't stagger him further. Chopper's powers were not getting weaker, and they were in fact causing much more pain to Chaos Dimentio.
Even the platforms were slowly starting to lose their faces, and the sky was started to become shaky. This gave Chopper a sign of victory coming close, and he was slowly gaining more confidence and was even smiling.
After throwing a light ball at Chaos Dimentio, it looked like he was very close to defeat, according to the screams the jester was letting out.
"Aaaargh! You... You little..." Chaos Dimentio wheezed. "I swear I will make you suffer, like a father abusing his son by strangling him!"
"I don't see that happened anytime soon," Chopper declared, charging up an attack within the Star Rod. "But before we end this, I have one thing to say."
"And what would you have to say to me that's important?"
Chopper smirked and pointed the Star Rod at Chaos Dimentio. "FEEL THE POWER OF MY LEVEL 10 ANTENNAE! YAAAAAAAAAH!"
He fired a large, yellow beam that struck Chaos Dimentio, causing a few flashes to come out of him while his eyes widened in pain.
"Grrrrgh-Aaggh?!"
The platforms slowly began to disappear, and both Chopper and Chaos Dimentio landed on the floor, except the jester was lying on the ground.
"I... I can't believe it..." Chaos Dimentio wheezed. "You managed to best me with this power... The power I've been wanting all this time to rule all worlds."
"Well maybe you were overestimating yourself," Chopper commented.
"But I don't understand... Why did the True Chaos Heart not choose me? I've gathered all this power just to be accepted by the heart, but yet it still refused to accept me..."
"Well... Maybe...there is someone with greater power... Or maybe you don't know how to use it correctly... But at this point, it doesn't matter for you anymore."
Chaos Dimentio slowly got up, but he felt a sharp pain within his body. He noticed a bright light that was starting to envelop his body. "Urrrk... Unnnghh... Even if I've failed now, I will surely come back in the future. As long as the Dark Prognosticus still exists, the cycle will simply continue with the next person! Ah ha ha ha ha!"
As he continued to cackle, the light completely enveloped his entire body. "C-Ciao!"
Chopper watched as Chaos Dimentio slowly disintegrated from his sight, leaving behind the Dark Star Scepter, which landed on the floor past Chopper, the Dark Prognosticus and the True Chaos Heart, which continued to emit its dark glow.
"It's... It's over..." Chopper sighed, holding his right arm while he lowered himself. He had taken quite a few hits from the battle, but now it was finally over. Dimentio was finally gone, and he surely hoped it was for good.
He looked up at The Void's core and noticed everything was turning back to normal - with the exception of The Void, which continued to linger over every world. Now there was only one thing left to finish up.
However, Chopper couldn't help but look down at the Dark Prognosticus. He had seen the Light Prognosticus before, but he never truly got a glimpse of the Dark Prognosticus. It was certainly different from the other book, especially the reddish pink and the black.
"Should... Should I really open this book?" Chopper wondered, picking up the book. "I mean, this contains secrets that could possibly destroy one's life. Is taking one little look too dangerous?"
While he pondered over this, the dark mist surrounding the Dark Star Scepter slowly began to move away from said weapon and started to form a figure. It was even noisy, which made Chopper turn his body to the scepter.
But what made him shocked was the figure that now stood before him.
"Tipral..."
I always imagined Dimentio ruling every world with people dressed similarly to him. I'd say it's something that would fit him well if he were king of every world.