Chaos Tipral stared down at the collapsed Chopper for a moment, uncertainty in his eyes. "Hmmmm... Is his game truly over? I could do something right now, but the possibilities of him living right now are very slim."
Before he could move his scepter, a couple of bright flashes emitted near Chopper, causing Chaos Tipral to back away and cover his eyes. When the flashes were gone, he looked back at Chopper. The Purity Heart was now lingering over him.
"The Purity Heart? But... How?"
A bright flash emitted from Chopper, and soon the wounds left on him were now fading away. His eyes slowly opened, and he was soon standing up.
"Wh-Wha...?" Chopper mumbled, blinking for a moment. "For some reason, I feel so much better right now..."
"The Purity Heart..." Chaos Tipral trailed. "I don't know where it came from, but I'm not going to let it get in my way!"
He fired a dark beam at the Purity Heart, but it only deflected it back at Chaos Tipral and knocked him back. For Chopper, he felt the Purity Heart absorbing into him, causing him to be lifted off the ground.
"I'm... I'm feeling something powerful!" Chopper realized. "A familiar power too!"
A bright, yellow light soon surrounded Chopper, and his pale green skin changed to a pale yellow, while his feet changed to a golden yellow. Chaos Tipral even got a glimpse of the new power Chopper had gained, and it looked all so familiar to him.
"So... You've gained your Super Star form." Chaos Tipral said coldly. "Ever since I saw you fight Maquano in that form, I always wondered what it would be like to take you on like that!"
Super Star Chopper blinked for a moment as he sparkled from the light. His HP had increased all the way to 1,000, and even his Attack power was raised to 40. It was just like when he had faced Maquano...
"I was never expecting this..." Super Star Chopper trailed, looking at his yellow arms. "But, I think it will be enough to take you on, Tipral..."
"Don't get your hopes up!" Chaos Tipral hissed. "Sure, you may be in that form, but you're not truly invincible! The True Chaos Heart is much stronger than the Purity Heart at this point! My power comes from hatred, while yours comes from love, which you don't contain much of!"
Super Star Chopper would have frowned, but he decided to give him a determined look. "There's where you're wrong! I do have love! My friends really care about me, and even though my parents are gone, they sure as heck care about me!"
"No matter... I haven't shown you much of the True Chaos Heart's power before, but now you'll get a full glimpse of it! Chopper, prepare for the end!"
Super Star Chopper clenched his fists and got in a fighting stance. "All right, fine! I don't want to destroy you, but if I have to fight, then I have no choice..."
Chaos Tipral dove down and prepared to deliver a punch to his foe, but it was easily blocked by Super Star Chopper, who delivered a headbutt to his head and knocked him away so he could fire a small beam of light at him.
And it actually hurt him, to his surprise.
"Ugh... So you can hurt me. It's not much of a big deal to me." Chaos Tipral growled. "I'm still not going to hold back!"
Chaos Tipral began to spin the Dark Star Scepter and then hurled it in Super Star Chopper's direction. He tried catching it, but he was only hit in the face a couple of times. Chaos Tipral grabbed the scepter when it came back, charged up a dark beam and fired it at his opponent, who tried to block it with his hands, but ultimately failed.
While Super Star Chopper flew toward Chaos Tipral, he could hear Timpani's voice echo through the area.
"That's Chaos Tipral... This dark being has now absorbed the True Chaos Heart and the Dark Prognosticus to become an all-powerful figure of darkness. He was once my best friend as a child... Max HP is 5,000. Attack is 50. If Defense is raised, Defense is 20. He will use all the powers in his possession, as well as the powers from the True Chaos Heart. But you can probably stand up to him and hopefully defeat him, for that is what you must do... For the sake of all worlds... And to help restore the poor soul that is deep within Tipral's dark, broken heart..."
Hearing the word "broken heart" saddened Super Star Chopper a bit as he delivered a light punch to his counterpart. He tried punching again, but Chaos Tipral grabbed his arm and fired a dark blast of energy that made him crash into the core.
Super Star Chopper let out a grunt as he flew off the core and fired a couple of light blasts at Chaos Tipral. He countered them with dark energy, causing explosions between the attacks until he teleported in front of Super Star Chopper and punched him in the face.
He tried landing a second punch, but Super Star Chopper flew above him and struck his head with a light kick.
"You..."
Chaos Tipral gave him a growl and swung his scepter at Super Star Chopper, he flew back to dodge it and charged straight into Chaos Tipral, sending him crashing into one of the moving platforms.
When Chaos Tipral stood up on the platform, he clenched his free hand and raised it in the air. His Star Rain was much stronger than before, now in a black color rather than a normal purple. Super Star Chopper tried to defend against it, but it barely helped him take less damage. Chaos Tipral grabbed the platform he was near in order to smash his face. Super Star Chopper attempted to push it away when it made contact with him, but his physical strength was hardly enough to stop it.
"Even in your Super Star form, you lack the kind of strength I possess!" Chaos Tipral scoffed. "That doesn't sound so 'super'..."
Chaos Tipral released the platform and flew down toward Super Star Chopper. He swung his arm and fired a Star Spear at him to knock him to the ground, and then he prepared to shoot another dark beam at him. Thankfully, Super Star Chopper got up in time and fired a light beam to counter his attack and create a small explosion that knocked both of them back.
But Chaos Tipral was quick to get up, and when he bashed the floor with the Dark Star Scepter, dark stars began to rise up from the ground in the same manner as the Rubees that would rise from the ground from Mimi's attack. Super Star Chopper got up and flew off the ground to avoid them before hurling light balls at his opponent. A dark barrier was created to protect Chaos Tipral from the oncoming light attacks.
While he protected himself from Super Star Chopper's attacks, Chaos Tipral's eyes flashed, and Super Star Chopper was unexpectedly struck by a Star Spark. Now left stunned, Chaos Tipral charged into him and delivered a punch that sent him crashing by the large door.
Super Star Chopper let out a small grunt before getting himself up, and soon he found himself flying above a couple of dark explosions that were ripped through time and space itself by Chaos Tipral's scepter.
"What... What was that?!" Super Star Chopper gaped.
"The Dark Star Scepter's power has no limits with my transformation," Chaos Tipral hissed. "And I plan to use its full power to end your game!"
He teleported above Super Star Chopper and swung the Dark Star Scepter downward to try to hit him, but his opponent flew back, so he lunged toward him upon landing. That missed as well.
"I'm not too surprised to see you not fighting back as much," Chaos Tipral noted. "It makes you such an easy target!"
"I told you, I don't want to destroy you!" Super Star Chopper cried, blocking a punch coming his way. "This isn't the real you! The fact that I would be ending the game of someone who only wanted to be happy and have a friend makes me feel absolutely terrible! I mean, I could've at least been a friend if you said this before."
"Chopper... You will never be considered a friend to me. And even then, you're the last person I'd ever be friends with."
For some reason, those words hurt Super Star Chopper more than they should.
"After all you've done to me, I would never let you be my friend. You would only make it worse for me." Chaos Tipral said coldly. "In fact, one of the reasons why I stole your name and body in the first place was to try to see if my life would change for the better! It turns out that didn't work out too well for me."
"And you never went for help?"
"No one would be able to help me out, and you especially wouldn't!" Chaos Tipral pushed Super Star Chopper back and grabbed him before slamming his face onto the platform closest to him. Sure, Tipral was violent, but not this violent. Super Star Chopper had a feeling the hatred from the True Chaos Heart changed his behavior – certainly for the worse.
Eventually Super Star Chopper tried to stop his violent urge and pushed himself away from the platform when Chaos Tipral tried slamming his face in again. Noticing this, Chaos Tipral decided to throw him onto another platform. If it weren't for Super Star Chopper flying quickly, he would have certainly taken some mortal damage.
Chaos Tipral sneered at Super Star Chopper before he raised the Dark Star Scepter and summoned dark stars from the sky. Unlike before, Super Star Chopper was able to stand up to them by firing his Multi-Beam, which let him shoot multiple light beams. This helped destroy the dark stars in his way, and it also knocked Chaos Tipral onto one of the platforms.
In anger, Chaos Tipral slammed his fist on the platform he crashed into, leaving a large mark in the process before charging straight into Super Star Chopper and sending him crashing into another platform.
And while that occurred, Chaos Tipral unleashed his Star Rain upon Super Star Chopper to make up for him dodging last time.
"Die!" Chaos Tipral roared, dashing at Super Star Chopper and swinging his scepter, which missed his target. "Dodging isn't going to continuously help you during this fight, Chopper! You have to learn to be more offensive!"
Super Star Chopper had to admit he wasn't fighting back too much. He did have the Purity Heart's power, so it wouldn't hurt to attack Chaos Tipral a bit. Maybe it could help. Right?
Chaos Tipral spun his scepter and fired multiple dark stars toward Super Star Chopper. He also tried blasting him with dark energy with his free hand. But none of that was able to stop Super Star Chopper from charging straight at him and knock him back with a powerful light punch.
While he was sent flying, Super Star Chopper charged up his light beam and lunged his arms forward to fire the beam at Chaos Tipral. It sent him further from Super Star Chopper, but his teleportation helped him get back to his opponent easily.
"So now you're putting up a fight!" Chaos Tipral sneered. "I might as well do a little something myself!"
He waved the scepter near him and raised his Defense to 20 temporarily. "This should help me against you defensively!"
When Super Star Chopper delivered a punch, Chaos Tipral let him deliver the hit. While he felt some pain from the attack, he didn't even flinch. Super Star Chopper was left gaping before Chaos Tipral grabbed him and blasted him with his dark power, sending him flying to The Void's core.
"Tipral, please... You must stop this." Timpani said, her voice echoing through the sky. "This isn't the same person I was friends with as a child..."
Despite hearing the voice, Chaos Tipral ignored Timpani and flew forward, ready to fire a dark beam at his enemy. Super Star Chopper recoiled and got behind Chaos Tipral, but he quickly whirled to him and grabbed his arm.
"Tipral, please... Listen to Timpani!" Super Star Chopper cried. "This isn't leading anywhere!"
"I told you, NO!" Chaos Tipral roared, punching Super Star Chopper in the face. "I've dealt with so much for a thousand years, and I'm sick of having to deal with the rage and pain inside me! Especially since I am an ageless being!"
"...Ageless?"
"Yes, even through the years, my age in appearance does not change! Imagine having to go through the suffering I've been through and to find out you're a creation that lives forever! Do you understand me?!"
"Ummm... Well..."
"Of course you wouldn't," Chaos Tipral hissed. "Sure, your birth planet was blown up, but you don't have the gift...or should I say curse of living forever! You wouldn't understand this kind of pain!"
At that point, Chaos Tipral swung his arm that was grabbing Super Star Chopper and knocked him onto a lower platform. To make matters worse for him, Chaos Tipral delivered a powerful, dark kick that managed to break through the platform and send Super Star Chopper crashing to the floor.
Chaos Tipral raised his arms and conjured up a large, dark ball of energy he would hurl at his opponent, but Super Star Chopper already got up and began to rapidly fire light balls. They all hit Chaos Tipral, but it didn't stop him from throwing the powerful ball of energy at Super Star Chopper.
Super Star Chopper brought his arms in front of the dark ball and tried to stop it with as much strength as he had. He was admittedly struggling with it a bit, but he eventually managed to push it away and deliver a light kick to the ball, sending it flying back toward Chaos Tipral.
He was caught in his own attack and ended up crashing through a couple of platforms, but eventually he threw the attack away from him and snapped his finger, allowing Super Star Chopper to be struck by Star Magic in the process.
Before Super Star Chopper could attack, Chaos Tipral teleported in front of him and struck him with a Star Punch and then a stronger version of his punch called the Star Nightmare. It knocked his opponent back slightly, so he tried to go in for the next attack.
"Let's see how you like this!" Chaos Tipral roared, smashing his fist onto the closest platform to create a small supernova that had a force strong enough to knock Super Star Chopper back when he wasn't even close to it. He then teleported to Super Star Chopper and swung the Dark Star Scepter downward to send him crashing to the floor once again. Thankfully, the injury wasn't too bad.
"Ungh... This is much more painful than some of Maquano's attacks..." Super Star Chopper moaned, slowly getting himself up. "I mean, Tipral's attacks are so much faster, and his Attack power is even stronger..."
"I already told you, Maquano's power can't compare to mine now," Chaos Tipral said. "This isn't just your typical battle, Chopper... Even in your Super Star form, you can't fully overpower the True Chaos Heart!"
Super Star Chopper would've responded, but he was too busy trying to dodge a dark blast of energy being fired down at him.
Chaos Tipral growled and tried to charge at him with a powerful kick, but to his surprise, Super Star Chopper was able to grab his foot and fly upward so he could throw him onto a platform below with the strength he possessed. It wasn't as big of an impact as Chaos Tipral's throw, but it was still rather effective.
Unfortunately, at this point, Chaos Tipral's defense boost wore off, making the pain hurt more.
"Grrrgh!" Chaos Tipral grunted, pushing himself off the platform and casting a glare at Super Star Chopper. "You were lucky that defense boost wore off on me! Don't expect things to get easier for you here!"
Before Super Star Chopper could make an attack, Chaos Tipral used his scepter's magic to create dark thats that circled around him. "Try to approach me, and you will experience pain."
Super Star Chopper frowned, but he quickly realized another thing: he didn't have to approach him. He had ranged attacks, after all.
"All right, then... I'll listen to you." Super Star Chopper decided, firing a light beam at Chaos Tipral. He saw this coming and tried to stop the attack with his own hands. Using two hands was difficult, but having to use one to pull a little trick up his sleeves was a difficult task as well.
With a snap of his finger, the dark stars circling him disappeared and reappeared around Super Star Chopper instead. He didn't take notice until he felt them strike him, forcing him to cancel his attack and swat away the remaining ones. This let Chaos Tipral fire a beam from his scepter and deal some severe damage to Super Star Chopper.
When his attack ended, Chaos Tipral teleported behind Super Star Chopper and grabbed a hold of him by his feet. The ten-year-old struggled and tried shooting light balls, but Chaos Tipral put his hand in front of each attack to easily block them. With all his might, he threw Super Star Chopper at The Void's core, which made it shake for a moment upon impact.
Super Star Chopper couldn't help but take a look at the core. He had to wave his arm a bit to clear out the dark mist, but what he saw were more worlds he had never traveled to or had gone to being swallowed up by The Void. Worlds such as Outer Space, Sweet Kingdom, Sun and Moon Land, and even Cyberspace were slowly fading away into nothingness.
He turned his head and saw Chaos Tipral charging straight at him, so he flew up and landed on the top of the core to see Chaos Tipral crash into it. It didn't take him long enough to get himself off, but he couldn't help but see the worlds slowly getting swallowed up from existence.
"There are many worlds out there," Chaos Tipral stated. "But even then, they don't have much time left!"
"Tipral, please..." Super Star Chopper trailed.
"I told you, I'm not changing my decision!" he roared, teleporting up to Super Star Chopper and punching his face. Super Star Chopper brought his arms up to defend himself, but the force of the punch slightly drove him back. "I'm sick of all the happiness and love I've been witnessing throughout the millennium! Is it fair that others get to have such great lives while others such as myself are miserable?!"
"Well..."
"No. It's not fair at all, and having to be lonely and angry is nothing fun. It's only fair that all joy should never exist if I can never be happy again!"
"But that's just selfish!" Super Star Chopper cried, ducking under Chaos Tipral's scepter swing. "Why should innocent people who never did anything wrong have to suffer just because you did? That doesn't make you good! But you can become better if you at least stop this, please!"
"I don't want you lecturing me, Chopper. I want to change, but it appears this is the only way to go. I'm already miserable enough, so let everyone else be miserable!" Chaos Tipral raised his scepter upward and let it summon a giant, dark vortex. "This will be your end..."
Super Star Chopper felt himself being sucked into the giant portal, so he started to fly away from it. But even then, the force was very strong, and not even his speed was able to outrun it - or in this case, outfly it.
"Tipral! Honestly... This isn't the answer! Find your true self that still lies inside you!"
"Maybe if you start to shut up, I'll go easier on you!" Chaos Tipral sneered, catching Super Star Chopper into the portal and watched as he spun in it. "If not, then I'll fight much harder than before! Starting with THIS!"
He raised his scepter again, but he paused when he heard Timpani's voice echo through his mind.
"Tipral... You don't remember this voice, do you not? It's your friend, Timpani... You would listen to me, right? You must stop this, please... Find your true self!"
Chaos Tipral ignored the voice again, but not as much as before. He turned his attention back to Super Star Chopper and brought his scepter down to let the vortex explode with Super Star Chopper in it so he could take mortal damage. He then landed on the platform the ten-year-old fell on and kicked him off.
"How much of a beating can you take?!" Chaos Tipral growled. "That attack should have destroyed you by now!"
"Ungh... Tipral..." Super Star Chopper moaned. "I'm not going to let myself die so soon... Not until I help you get back to your senses!"
"Then you are foolish," he said simply.
Super Star Chopper quickly got himself up and quickly flew back when he saw Chaos Tipral dropping from the sky to kick him. While he was left open at this point, Super Star Chopper fired a light beam and knocked Chaos Tipral over by the large door. What followed afterward was a dark beam to Super Star Chopper's face.
Chaos Tipral stepped back and swiftly swung his Dark Star Scepter, creating some dark explosions that were heading in Super Star Chopper's direction. He flew up to dodge them and attacked Chaos Tipral with his Multi-Beam. But while he did this, Super Star Chopper felt a little bad at the same time when he saw him get hurt. He felt like he shouldn't, but he couldn't help it.
But Chaos Tipral showed no sympathy whatsoever. All Super Star Chopper could see was hatred in Chaos Tipral as he fired multiple shadow balls straight at him. He avoided them just fine and responded with multiple light balls, each of them hurting Chaos Tipral.
"Don't think I didn't come prepared for this," Chaos Tipral snarled, using the Dark Star Scepter's power to recover 600 HP. "I can literally do anything destructive with the Dark Star Scepter and True Chaos Heart combined!"
Super Star Chopper was unsure of how to react before noticing multiple dark stars being fired from Chaos Tipral's scepter. He didn't have enough time to dodge, so he tried to create a light barrier to protect himself. Sadly, that did not even last long enough, because after the fourth star, it shattered.
"Oh, no..." muttered Super Star Chopper, wincing in pain from every dark star that hit him in the face. Chaos Tipral stopped his attack and teleported in front of him instead to swing the scepter as hard as he could against his face, and then he blasted Super Star Chopper with dark energy to knock him onto one of the lower platforms.
"The fact that you don't have what it takes to actually defeat me is something that makes you much weaker than me," scoffed Chaos Tipral, firing another dark ball of energy at his opponent. "And that makes ending everything much easier!"
Super Star Chopper stood up and saw the dark energy flying in his direction. Instead of dodging, he moved his right arm back and delivered a light punch that stopped the attack in its place. With a forceful push, it was sent flying back at Chaos Tipral, only this time, it held light power.
Chaos Tipral cringed in pain from the attack, failing to block it. "Ugh... I nearly forgot how annoying light power can be to me. Last time I endured something like that, it was when I fought Chopper and his stupid friends in Dark Subspace World!"
He quickly shook off the damage and threw the Dark Star Scepter at Super Star Chopper, who, to his surprise, caught the weapon. But despite catching it, the scepter seemed to cause harm to him because of how dark and powerful the weapon was, so he was forced to drop it.
"Ack! I don't understand!" Super Star Chopper cried. "Why is that so painful when I touch it?!"
"That answer's simple," Chaos Tipral replied, kicking him and retrieving the Dark Star Scepter. "You cannot handle its dark power. You're the complete opposite of what this thing is."
"Even if I could use it, I would never do such a thing!" the super-powered hero cried as he tried kicking Chaos Tipral, only for it to be blocked by his scepter. He felt his foot get grabbed by Chaos Tipral, who threw him over by the large door and proceeded to fire more dark stars.
Unlike last time, Super Star Chopper was fully prepared for this. He opened his mouth and let all the stars go into his mouth, and then he spat them back at Chaos Tipral. Instead of being dark, they were now glowing yellow. Chaos Tipral brought his arms in front of him and defended against the attack, even though it drove him back.
Angered over this, Chaos Tipral flew straight over to The Void's core, passing by Super Star Chopper and leaving him dazed in the process.
"Perhaps now is the time for one of my stronger attacks!" suggested Chaos Tipral, his fists now balled up. A dark glow surrounded him as the whole area around him and Super Star Chopper began to shake.
"Wh-What are you doing?!" Super Star Chopper cried, feeling the shaking despite being off the ground.
"Ending this!" the dark being roared, ready to unleashed his powerful Star Blast upon Super Star Chopper. But as he continued to charge up his attack, Timpani's voice echoed around them.
"Can you hear me? It's Timpani. You can't let this anger control you. You're not truly a monster. You have a heart. A soul. Please, don't let the power of the True Chaos Heart get to you..."
Despite hearing her voice, Chaos Tipral unleashed his Star Blast upon Super Star Chopper, but unlike before, it did not feel as strong. It didn't even feel as strong as what Super Star Chopper would've expected.
He looked up at Chaos Tipral, who had his eyes closed tightly as he was putting his hand on his head, mumbling. To him, something didn't feel right. It felt like something suddenly surged through his body.
"Is... Is it working?" Super Star Chopper gaped, watching Chaos Tipral let out a small moan. He eventually opened his eyes and looked down at Super Star Chopper coldly.
"I don't understand why, but something just weakened my attack all of the sudden," Chaos Tipral growled. "You were lucky, Chopper... But luck won't help you here, I'm afraid!"
He lunged forward and grabbed Super Star Chopper and then proceeded to shake him violently. "And because you were so lucky, I'm not going to be as easygoing as I was before! I'll make sure you suffer the same way I had to!"
When he finished shaking him, he punched him and sent him crashing into The Void's core. Chaos Tipral slowly flew over to Super Star Chopper while being surrounded in another dark glow.
"Chopper, let me ask you this: why do you not choose to fight back in the same manner you would fight Maquano?" Chaos Tipral asked, preparing himself to swing the Dark Star Scepter.
"Because..." Super Star Chopper began, blocking his attack by trying to grab the scepter. "I can at least understand some of your misery..."
"Then convince me," he demanded, noticing Super Star Chopper struggle against his scepter's force.
"When my birth planet was destroyed, I felt pretty miserable back then... I was pretty lonely when I had to try to save Clara from Maquano's destruction. And I even felt a little miserable when I was forced to actually end the game of someone who helped me become who I am now..."
"The only way you are going to destroy the True Chaos Heart at this point is if you destroy me," Chaos Tipral stated, giving him a glare. "That's the only way."
"N-No... I'm sure there's another way..." Super Star Chopper denied, not wanting to consider that option. "Just stop now and let us talk about it!"
"So I have to repeat myself again?!" Chaos Tipral pushed Super Star Chopper back and hit the top of his head with the Dark Star Scepter. "I'm not changing my ways! EVER!"
He raised his scepter, but this time, it transformed into a giant, dark hammer. He tried smashing Super Star Chopper with it, but he was apparently faster and swift enough to dodge the oncoming hammer swings. When Chaos Tipral realized his hammer wasn't doing anything, he decided to strike the core instead, which helped summon giant, dark stars from the sky to plunge down upon Super Star Chopper.
Gaping, Super Star Chopper flew under one of the platforms to take cover. But even then, that hardly did anything. The platform he hid under got struck by the stars, and it was soon smashed and disintegrated, leaving him wide open for an attack.
He took cover under another platform immediately, but that too was destroyed like the other. Chaos Tipral noticed him flying to other platforms and decided to snap his finger to get rid of the stars. His Dark Star Scepter reverted back to normal during the process as well. At this point, nearly half of the platforms were destroyed.
Super Star Chopper was a little confused on why Chaos Tipral stopped, but he realized what the answer was when he felt himself get kicked from above. He crashed onto the floor, and soon he felt himself get caught in a dark beam Chaos Tipral happened to shoot from his hands.
After finishing the attack, Chaos Tipral dove down at him and swung the Dark Star Scepter in the process. While Super Star Chopper had little time to react, he did manage to get away just in time and fly above Chaos Tipral and land a kick to his head. While Chaos Tipral was skidding across the floor, Super Star Chopper charged up a light beam and fired it at Chaos Tipral.
Eventually Chaos Tipral got up and teleported in front of Super Star Chopper to deliver another punch. Super Star Chopper saw the attack coming and landed a punch as well. Their fists soon collided, and a large explosion between them blew them away from each other.
When the air was clear around them, they were both slowly panting. Chaos Tipral had a couple of bruises on his face, but Super Star Chopper looked more injured compared to him, especially the scars and bruises left on his face and arms. Even a small part of his gloves were a bit torn.
"You're not as easy to defeat as I thought," Chaos Tipral commented. "Even at this point, you're still standing... You should've been defeated a while ago by my attacks!"
"I told you, I'm not backing down," Super Star Chopper retorted. "There are so many worlds at stake here..."
"And most of them are getting destroyed too," Chaos Tipral mentioned, looking up at the core. Places such as The Underwhere and Overthere, the Metallic Fortress, and even Tipral's Palace were being wiped out from existence. "I will leave them all in ruin, and I will be the only one left standing. Only then will I be able to regain my happiness..."
"But how can you become happy when there is nothing left? You'll be lonelier than before!"
"But I will at least know that all kindness and joy will have never existed, as well as many terrible experiences I've gone through," the dark being looked back at Super Star Chopper. "With everything gone, hope will finally return, and my anger will most likely go away with no troubles left."
Super Star Chopper gave him a sad look while slowly shaking his head. "I can't believe you refuse to listen to a word I say... I may have not known you as who you truly were, but that doesn't stop me from doing something to help!"
"You can help me," Chaos Tipral stated, getting Super Star Chopper's attention. "You can help me by dying!"
He flew up into the air and raised his free hand. "Star Comet!"
Super Star Chopper looked up and noticed what appeared to be glowing dark comets falling from the sky. It reminded him of Tipral's Star Rain, but this one looked much deadlier by being larger in size, despite being similar in size to the comets Shade used before coming here.
Though he tried to use the remaining platforms as cover, they stood no chance against the dark comets and were easily destroyed. There were no platforms remaining in the aftermath, and now Super Star Chopper was left with a couple of burns all over his face and arms from Chaos Tipral's attack.
But he still refused to give up despite these wounds. When Chaos Tipral tried to punch him, he blocked the attack with his own hand and delivered a powerful headbutt to Chaos Tipral's face, making him skid back and cover his face. When he felt his face, he felt a bruise, making him ball up his fist.
"You're going down..." Chaos Tipral hissed threateningly, now surrounded in a dark glow. Super Star Chopper wasn't sure what he was planning but he tried to prepare himself.
Chaos Tipral let out a battle cry of anger as he disappeared from Super Star Chopper's sights and reappeared above him by falling from the sky. The antennae boy saw him coming down, so he backed away and let him land, but he only teleported upon landing. The same thing was expected, and Super Star Chopper found himself constantly moving thanks to Chaos Tipral falling from the sky to finish him.
And it made things worse with no platforms to help protect him. All that was left in this area were him and Chaos Tipral fighting to the death.
After Chaos Tipral fell from the sky one last time, he lunged at Super Star Chopper instead, and with the Dark Star Scepter's power, he knocked Super Star Chopper back. He snapped his finger afterward and created a couple of dark balls that were around him and pointed at Super Star Chopper before the projectiles came flying at him.
Despite trying to block the attacks, Super Star Chopper only felt the full force of each attack and was nearly left staggering at the moment. Seeing this, Chaos Tipral teleported to a short distance near Super Star Chopper and slowly began to approach him.
What Super Star Chopper noticed was his free hand charging up some dark power.
"You're making this a lot harder for yourself, you know," Chaos Tipral noted. "What? You don't have much strength to fight back?!"
He ran up to Super Star Chopper and kicked him, knocking him onto the floor. He began to slam his foot on him continuously afterward. "What's the matter, Chopper?! Is the True Chaos Heart's power too much for you to take?!"
After he finished stepping on him, he watched Super Star Chopper slowly stand up. He had been standing for quite a while, but he wasn't sure how much punishment he could take any time soon.
Chaos Tipral was finished charging his attack, so he raised his arm in Super Star Chopper's direction and prepared to fire.
"Tipral... You can stop this..." Timpani trailed. "There is a way for you to stop everything right now. Give everyone a chance... Give all worlds a chance... Give yourself a chance... I don't want your poor heart to stay broken."
"Aargh!" Chaos Tipral cried, firing the attack at Super Star Chopper while putting his free hand on his head. "Shut up! Shut up! I don't want to hear any more from you!"
Super Star Chopper prepared for the worse, but the attack didn't seem to harm him as much. He looked up at Chaos Tipral, who felt a slight bit of pain from inside while he was shaking his head.
"You're not going to force me to do anything!" roared Chaos Tipral. "You cannot do anything to stop me at this moment! I did give everything a chance, but they did not help give me what I wanted!"
All Super Star Chopper could do was blink at him confusingly.
"I guess Tippi's words are starting to get into him..." Super Star Chopper thought. "I sure hope I don't have to do the unthinkable..."
Chaos Tipral eventually stopped and gave Super Star Chopper a glare. "Listen here, Chopper. Maybe I might consider making your death painless if you consider trying to stop that voice. It's making me sick!"
"I... No..." Super Star Chopper stammered. "That voice is trying to get you to do the right thing!"
Instead of replying, Chaos Tipral snarled and tried punching Super Star Chopper in the face. Surprisingly, it didn't seem as strong as before from what he felt. Chaos Tipral noticed the same thing and was left surprised.
"Wh-What... S-Something's not right..."
"You're growing weaker..." Super Star Chopper trailed, moving Chaos Tipral's fist away from his face.
Chaos Tipral grew angrier by the moment, and he jumped back and slammed the ground with the Dark Star Scepter.
"If I'm growing weaker, then I will hold absolutely nothing back!" Chaos Tipral shouted, disappearing from Super Star Chopper's sight and letting dark explosions emit through the area. Super Star Chopper took off in the air to avoid said explosions, but they continued to follow him. Chaos Tipral eventually appeared in front of Super Star Chopper and kicked him into the dark explosions.
Super Star Chopper let out a few cries from the pain, but he managed to pull himself together and charge into Chaos Tipral to send him flying back. To make sure he was still not holding back, Chaos Tipral used the scepter's power to raise his Defense to 20 once again.
"And when I say I'm holding nothing back, I mean it!"
Chaos Tipral began to rapidly snap his finger and attempted to catch Super Star Chopper in his Star Magic. When he realized that failed, he decided to combine his Star Rain and Star Comet together to make both attacks rain down from the sky upon Super Star Chopper. When looking up, he almost saw a light show – only this one was darker than usual light shows.
"He's throwing everything against me!" Super Star Chopper thought, wincing when he felt one of the attacks hit his arm. "I can't just dodge these forever!"
He started to fire light up into the air, which created light comets in the shape of Chaos Tipral's Star Comet. They continuously rained down from the sky and even caused explosions upon contact with the Star Comets. These explosions knocked both Super Star Chopper and Chaos Tipral away from each other.
Thankfully, Super Star Chopper managed to pull himself together first and fired a barrage of light attacks at Chaos Tipral, who didn't even have a chance to defend. The light attacks were soon finished off by a light beam, making Chaos Tipral crash into The Void's core before the attack ended.
Chaos Tipral grunted as he got himself off the core. He saw another light attack coming his way, but he was prepared for this attack and delivered a dark punch that instantly destroyed it. Afterward, he used the power of the True Chaos Heart to recover 600 more HP.
But despite healing, he didn't expect to be struck by a foot to his face. Super Star Chopper had already made it to him while he was healing, and with the help of that kick, his defense boost was destroyed in the process.
"How did you manage to attack me so quickly?!" sneered Chaos Tipral.
"I may be pretty fast on my own, but in this form, I'm much, much faster!" Super Star Chopper exclaimed.
He prepared to kick him again, but Chaos Tipral grabbed his foot just in time. "Faster doesn't always mean better, though."
While Super Star Chopper struggled to get his foot free, Chaos Tipral charged up another dark attack and prepared to fire. What he didn't expect was a light blast to hit his face, which forced him to release Super Star Chopper.
"Well, sometimes it is," Super Star Chopper declared, charging up another light attack while Chaos Tipral growled.
While Super Star Chopper charged his attack, Chaos Tipral looked back at The Void's core. He punched it with the back of his fist, and a dark beam shot out of the core and hit Super Star Chopper, stopping his attack in the process and even leaving him dazed. Chaos Tipral took this as an opportunity to punch, but Super Star Chopper managed to shake off the daze just in time to block his punch.
At the same time, though, he was struggling to hold off the punch.
"Even if I may be growing weaker, you too are becoming weak at the same time!" Chaos Tipral exclaimed. "And I think I might just have enough power to eliminate you before all worlds perish!"
While Super Star Chopper was struggling to hold off Chaos Tipral's punch, he had a light beam ready to be fired. He eventually flew back and fired it, but what he didn't expect was Chaos Tipral to fire a dark beam at the same time. Both collided, and both were trying to push their way toward each other.
But in the end, the dark beam was able to win the struggle and push away the light. Super Star Chopper put one arm up in front of him to endure the attack, but it hardly helped, especially when Chaos Tipral teleported above him and swung his scepter downward. Thankfully, he didn't crash onto the floor like usual.
He noticed him drop from the sky again, but unlike before, Super Star Chopper raised his fist and managed to deliver a light punch that stopped Chaos Tipral's attack and sent him flying upward. He eventually stopped in place to raise his arms, which summoned a large dark ball of energy he conjured up.
It was much bigger than what Super Star Chopper had seen before, and he tried hurling light balls to stop it. Not even that was enough.
"Try all you want, but you're not stopping me!" Chaos Tipral roared, hurling the large ball of darkness down at him foe. Super Star Chopper was nearly left agape at the situation, but he brought his arms up and tried to push it away when it made contact with him.
Noticing this, Chaos Tipral decided to finish up the job by snapping his finger. The massive ball of darkness exploded, and Super Star Chopper felt himself being sent flying in the air. It angered Chaos Tipral to see his foe was still moving.
He looked up at Super Star Chopper and noticed him flying down in his direction. He tried stopping him by hurling his scepter, but Super Star Chopper easily avoided it by charging toward Chaos Tipral and kicking his face. Seeing the mark he left on Chaos Tipral actually made Super Star Chopper sadden a bit.
"I can't believe I'm even doing this to you..." Super Star Chopper trailed. "All I'm trying to do is help, but I'm being forced to injure you like that."
"The fact that you can't end my game makes you such an easy target for villains!" Chaos Tipral hissed, reclaiming his scepter when it flew back to him and swinging it at Super Star Chopper, who tried to push the weapon away from him. "A hero who can't put themselves up to destroy someone like me is nothing more than a pathetic, worthless and weak hero! You are fitting that criteria very well!"
"But there's such a difference between someone like you and someone like Maquano or Dimentio! I don't usually have problems fighting those kinds of people because they don't care too much about others and were pretty much evil to begin with! While you have not shown signs of a heart or soul, I know there really is one inside of you! Don't you understand?"
"There is no turning back from here," the dark being stated. "I would have wanted this all to end much earlier, but it appears this is my only chance of accomplishing my main goal. And you will not stop me!"
Chaos Tipral pushed Super Star Chopper back and threw in an uppercut and then a kick that sent him flying. He unleashed his Star Comet and let the comets hit him, and to finish off his attack, he began to charge up a deadly dark beam.
Not even Super Star Chopper had enough time to react when he was caught in the darkness.
Chaos Tipral listened to the cries emitted from Super Star Chopper and stopped the attack. Now his enemy was left staggering on the floor, just like he was before he transformed. He concluded that a couple of more attacks would be enough to finish them off.
Super Star Chopper was left panting, and he barely had the strength to do much in this state. He could easily transform back to normal with so little strength left, but he still refused and slowly tried to move until he was forced to kneel.
"I... I... I can't do it..." Super Star Chopper admitted, now feeling defeat. "He's too strong..."
Looking up at The Void's core, he noticed two worlds only remained thus far. People from the Bitlands and Merlo from Sagein Galaxy were looking nervously at The Void's large size. Their end was bound to come very soon.
Chaos Tipral floated beside the core, glaring down at his opponent. "Look at you, Chopper! You're unable to even stand up at this point! I thought you had what it takes to actually go up against the True Chaos Heart, but at this rate, the Purity Heart is not powerful enough to stop me!"
Even despite being the one victorious at this point, he was also a little exhausted from battle, but not as exhausted as Super Star Chopper. He didn't care anyway. The fight was all over.
"Please... This is not the true Tipral I've come to love as a friend! Do you not remember the wonderful times we had when I was younger? You were caring, gentle, and even willing to help me when I was in trouble! Don't you remember...?"
Chaos Tipral prepared to charge his attack, but he stopped when he saw an image of him and Timpani in a grassy landscape, looking up at the sun. His angry look soon faded at the image.
"We would usually gaze at the sun when it would rise up in the morning, and at times, you would try to predict at what time it would eventually rise that morning. You were usually wrong a lot of times, but neither of us cared. We mostly laughed!"
"I remember you were always there for me when I was having a few problems. Especially the moment when I got hurt once and started to cry. You showed great concern for me... I even remember the exact words we both said..."
"'Timpani? Are you all right? What's wrong?' you asked me while I held my knee in pain."
"'My knee! It hurts!' I cried out. "It really hurts...'"
"'What... What am I supposed to do?'"
"I remember when I was crying, you even started to cry as well. You couldn't even bear to see me cry, so you did all you could to stop the cut on my leg. And from that day forth, you always had a fear of me crying."
"'Tipral, you're the greatest friend I've ever had,' I said."
"'And you too are my best friend, Timpani,' you replied. 'I will make sure nothing bad ever happens to you, and I will remain by your side. I promise...'"
The image slowly faded away from Chaos Tipral's sight as the words "I promise" continued to echo in his mind.
When he looked down at Super Star Chopper, he noticed him trying to fight back the injuries, but at this point, he was not succeeding. He didn't even have the energy to attempt to stand up.
At this rate, it would be over for him.
That was when he remembered what an old friend told him; to save his tears until he felt it was truly over for him in order to relieve himself.
For the first time in a while, Super Star Chopper truly felt like it was the end for him. Not just him, but all worlds. His eyes began to water up as tears started rolling down his face.
Yet, he felt no relief. Only hopelessness.
Chaos Tipral watched Super Star Chopper slowly lower his head and close his eyes shut. Was he giving up already? This boy had finally accepted his and every world's fate? Wasting no time, Chaos Tipral aimed his scepter at Super Star Chopper and prepared to finish him.
Yet... Something was suddenly holding him back. Those tears... Something about seeing him cry made him feel...uneasy?
At the same time, he couldn't bear to see those tears, so Chaos Tipral fired a dark energy gall at his adversary. Super Star Chopper winced, ready to endure the hit. There was an explosive sound, but no feeling of pain. His eyes slowly opened and looked to his left to see a little bit of smoke.
When Super Star Chopper looked up at Chaos Tipral, he noticed that his whole body was trembling.
What was this feeling, Chaos Tipral thought. Something was incredibly off with him. He should be finishing Chopper this instant! He already gave up! Yet... He found himself hesitating...?
But Chaos Tipral was quick to snap out of it and quickly hit Super Star Chopper with another dark star. To the antennaed boy's surprise, this attack felt much weaker than his previous attacks. Still, maybe this wasn't enough to save him.
However, Chaos Tipral's attention was drawn back to Super Star Chopper's tears. He started seeing his image change to resemble himself. Now his arms started to shake as he tried his best to look away from him, yet he couldn't keep his eyes off.
For some reason... He started to feel...terrible?
"Tipral..."
Chaos Tipral slowly turned his head and gazed at The Void's core. There, he could see Timpani's face. Her child-like face.
"Tim...Timpani...?"
"Tipral, please... Don't do this... You're only going to cause harm... Especially to yourself..." Timpani said with tears now rolling down her face. "Please... You still have a chance to change who you are... It doesn't have to end this way..."
Super Star Chopper slowly raised his head and noticed tears dropping onto the floor. He looked up at Chaos Tipral and saw the tears coming from him.
Eventually Chaos Tipral's arms stopped trembling as he lowered them. With his hands loose, the Dark Star Scepter slipped out and dropped onto the ground with a loud thud, the dark mist slowly fading away. Chaos Tipral slowly floated to the ground and looked at the injured Super Star Chopper.
They both stared at each other for a while in silence. Eventually, the silence broke off when Super Star Chopper saw dark power being conjured up in Chaos Tipral's right hand. As he aimed it at Super Star Chopper, he prepared for the worst.
But then Chaos Tipral turned his hand so the energy was aimed directly at himself.
Super Star Chopper gasped, using whatever energy he had left to get up and rush toward his opponent.
But it was already too late.
The attack was fired, and Chaos Tipral was soon engulfed by the giant beam of darkness, knocking Super Star Chopper back.
With the beam finally gone, Super Star Chopper got up and noticed Chaos Tipral was now left limping, and the injuries were greater than his. He watched him stagger over to him, and when the two finally faced, Super Star Chopper could not believe the words that came out of Chaos Tipral's mouth.
"I'm...sorry..." Chaos Tipral said weakly. "But it's too late to change who I am... I've done too many bad things to redeem myself... But... At least I can spare one person's life..."
He closed his eyes, and the True Chaos Heart came flying out of his body, reverting him back to his normal state. Only this time, his white eyes were no longer glowing, but now a dullish gray.
With very little energy left in him, he collapsed onto the floor.
Super Star Chopper was unsure of what to say at this point. He wasn't sure how to feel either, nor was he even sure what to think. All he could do was stare down at Tipral's body.
The True Chaos Heart eventually appeared before him, but it soon disappeared and caused the area around him to shake. He would have done something, but he was soon feeling the Purity Heart's power fading, and soon his power was released just like Tipral's.
Chopper could only look at Tipral's body before he collapsed near him.