Disclaimer I do not own the rights to any Mario characters or One Piece Characters
Chapter 12: Confrontation with the Former King
Back in the room where Nami was lying down Mario, Sanji and Kureha were sitting down have some tea. Then Chopper burst through the door with Luffy chasing in after him.
"Come on! It'll be fun!" Luffy said.
"No way! I don't want to!" Chopper said in retort.
"You can't say no!"
"Yes I can, I just did! No!" Chopper yelled while he ran out of the room with Luffy in hot pursuit.
"Not sure if that's the best way to convince him to join us." Mario said with Sanji nodding in agreement.
"Still, have to admit he's pretty persistent." Kureha said with a snicker.
The chase kept going on for a while until Chopper suddenly came to a stop. Luffy then caught him and lifted him in the air.
"Alright! So did you change your mind reindeer?" Luffy asked. However Chopper just stayed silent. "Hey, are you okay? Are you hungry?"
"What's wrong Chopper?" Kureha asked as she got up from her seat.
"This scent, no it can't be." Chopper said in a hushed tone. He then freed himself from Luffy's grasp and rushed towards the window. "No, it's Wapol." Chopper stated as he looked out the window. Luffy pressed his face against the window to see what Chopper was talking about.
"Hey, it's that weird face guy."
"You mean the metal man I beat up?" Mario asked getting an affirmative nod from Luffy.
"Well he came back. How about that, I thought he would be lost at sea forever." Kureha said with a laugh as she began to walk downstairs. Chopper followed her and Luffy tried to follow, but was held back by Mario.
"Not so fast Luffy, here." Mario said as he held out a jacket for Luffy. "This is one of my spares, we're about the same height so it should fit you."
"Thanks Mario." Luffy said while he put on the jacket. Sanji put on his and proceeded to follow Mario and Luffy outside.
At the front of the castle Wapol along with Chess and Kuramarimo finally made it. They just stared at it with disappointment.
"My castle, those damn villagers, they let it get to this state." Wapol said with anger.
"Don't worry sir, once we reclaim it we'll gather all the villagers and make them clean it up for you." Chess stated.
"Good idea, they should be punished for the crime of not taking care of their kings castle." Wapol stated with a grin.
"Who said it's your castle still?" Kureha said while she walked out with Chopper.
"What the, who the hell are you? And what are you doing ruining my castle?" Wapol asked with anger.
"You abandoned this castle and this kingdom when you ran from those pirates without putting up a fight. All I did was take a perfectly good castle that some moron left behind." Kureha rebutted.
"Why you... How dare you speak to me like that! I am this country's king!" Wapol shouted, but Kureha just laughed.
"Nice joke, did the rest of the country laugh at that one." Kureha shot back at Wapol, causing him to growl in anger.
"Wait a minute. Sir, that's the witch that was going around curing people when we banished all the other doctors from the country." Chess clarified.
"Yeah your right." Kuramarimo affirmed.
"And she's taken over my castle! What are you waiting for!? Get rid of her!" Wapol ordered.
"Yes sir!" Chess and Kuramarimo said in unison. Kuramarimo then launched hair balls from his fists towards Kureha. That is when Sanji appeared and blocked them with his leg.
"I can't forgive anyone who would harm a beautiful lady." Sanji stated.
"Why thank you." Kureha said in appreciation. However, Kuramarimo was snickering.
"Hey moron, you may want to look at your leg." Sanji followed his advice and saw that the hair balls were sticking to him.
"What the?" Sanji was shocked and tried to shake off the hair balls, but they would not come off no matter what he tried. Kuramarimo was laughing until he got a good look at Sanji.
"Hey, wasn't he one of the pirates we encountered earlier?"
"Hmm, your right. He was." Chess confirmed Kuramarimo's suspicions. "Then that means..."
"Sanji!" Mario and Luffy shouted as they caught up to him.
"It's you! Mustache Man!" Wapol shouted when he saw Mario.
"The name's Mario." Mario said as he stared Wapol down.
"I don't care what your name is, you are to be executed for the crime of harming this kingdom's king. Me!" Wapol declared. Mario just shook his head.
"Well, do it, if you can." He retorted while getting into a fighting pose.
"Why you, Chess! Kuramarimo! Commence the execution!" Wapol ordered. Chess and Kuramarimo started to fight Mario with Kuramarimo firing dozens of hair balls at Mario. Mario blocked them but found out that they would stick to wherever they landed.
"Mario be careful, I think he uses static electricity to get these things to stick to people." Sanji said.
"Exacto mundo." Kuramarimo stated, confirming Sanji's suspicions.
"And they're extremely flammable." Chess added as he fired fire arrows at Mario igniting the hair balls. Mario was suddenly engulfed by flames.
"Mario!" Luffy and Sanji shouted as Chopper and Kureha stood in shock. Wapol just started laughing.
"Good work you two!" He said as he continued laughing. But soon he stopped and just watched as the flames began to change shape. Soon, they took the form of a ball and launched towards Chess and Kuramarimo. It exploded in front of them, knocking them to the ground.
"Going to have to do better than that." Mario stated, completely unharmed by the flames. "Fire is kind of my thing." He stated with a smile while bouncing fireballs in his hands. He then noticed Sanji was still trying to shake off the ones on his leg. "Sanji, hold still." Mario said as he brought fire balls to the hair balls.
"Careful Mario!" Sanji shouted in concern. However, Mario was able to burn the hair balls but nothing else. "Wow, that's some damn fine control you got there."
"Of course, as I said, fire is-a my thing."
"Damnit!" Wapol shouted in anger as the straw hats were making light of him and his men. "That's it, Chess!"
"Yes sir!" Chess answered getting up from the attack.
"List off what I ate today and in exactly what order." Wapol demanded.
"Of course sir! Chess said quickly as he pulled out a notebook. "Well, you started with two canons on the ship, one sautéed in butter and the other raw. Then it was gun powder and canon ball salad, followed by the main course of a toasted cottage. And finally a dessert made from that special item incase we ran into the mustache man again." Chess finished as he bowed.
"Mamamia, I bet he could give Kirby a run for his money." Mario thought to himself.
"And you thought I ate a lot" Luffy humored.
"Man, this guy is even more of a bottomless pit than you." Sanji spoke in agreement.
"You see mustache man, whatever I eat becomes part of my body." Wapol stated, then he began to transform. His arms became canons, his body took on the shape of a cottage with windows in his chest and a door on his stomach, and finally a chimney on top of his head. "Munch-Munch shop, the Wapol House!" Wapol shouted as he finished transforming. Luffy stood in awe as Sanji stood in horror.
"Well done sir, now what?" Chess asked as he and Kuramarimo stood in front of him.
"Well, I eat! Behold the Munch-Munch factory!" Wapol shouted as he grabbed Chess and Kuramarimo in his mouth and proceeded to eat them.
"Mamamia..." Mario said in disgust.
"He, he just ate his own friends." Sanji uttered in horror. Everyone just stood in shock as Wapol swallowed, then he began to do a dance as gears and other factory sounds came from him. Finally he stopped and steam came out of from his chimney and cannons.
"Now, step forth you beautiful amalgamation!" Wapol shouted. The doorknob on his door began to turn and the door swung open and someone began to walk out.
"Allow me to introduce myself, I am the most powerful warrior in all of drum." The voice spoke out as the figure finally stepped out into the light. "Chessarimo!" They called out as it was just Chess with Kuramarimo riding piggy back covered by lots of hair colored like Chess's clothing.
"Beautiful amalgamation, more like ridiculous amalgamation." Sanji said with disappointment. Luffy on the other hand was amazed.
"Sweet."
"It's ridiculous, even Mario thinks so." Sanji said as he pointed to Mario who had a confused look on his face.
"Just be careful." Kureha said. "They may look silly, but they're tough. So tough that the citizens couldn't stand up to them, that's how these thugs were able to banish all the doctors."
Flap, flap, flap
"Hmm... What's that sound?" Wapol asked as he began to look for the source of the sound. Then he looked up and saw it, a jolly roger pirate flag that Doctor Hiriluk used to carry on top of one of the castles towers. "What!? You dare fly that quacks flag on my castle!" Wapol shouted as images of Hiriluk flashed through his mind, he then took aim at it.
"Stop it!" Chopper yelled as he took on his muscle form. "That flag was the doctor's challenge to all diseases and his belief that nothing is impossible. It was also his desire to save this country by raising that flag. I won't let you destroy it or enter this castle." Chopper stated as he got ready to fight.
"Hey, aren't you? Yeah, now I remember. You're that quacks monster, the one Dalton stopped back then." Chessarimo said.
"What, that thing was also in my castle? That just makes flying that quacks flag even worse!" Wapol said in anger.
"Well, to tell you the truth I wasn't interested in taking this castle in the first place, what with all the terrible things you fools did. But the reindeer thought we could do some good with it and insisted on flying the doctor's flag." Kureha said. Wapol was getting even angrier until Chessarimo stepped out in front of him.
"Don't worry sir, I'll take care of them."
"Sanji." Mario called out getting Sanji's attention. "Don't fight, you may be feeling better, but your injuries were quite severe, so I want you to sit this one out."
"Are you serious? No way am I just sitting this out." Sanji retorted. Mario just shook his head and pulled out Stuffwell. "Ah, got some medicine for me?" Sanji asked as Mario pulled out a small sheep the size of his hand. "What the, what is that?" Sanji asked before Mario smacked him in the face with the sheep. "What the hell was... that... for..." Sanji said as he fell asleep and Mario caught him.
"What was that?" Kureha asked.
"Sleepy Sheep, just looking at one can make you fall asleep if you stare at it long enough, but getting hit by one is an instant KO." Mario explained as he handed over Sanji to Kureha. "Can you watch over him?"
"Sure, just make sure you win." Kureha replied as she grabbed Sanji.
"Still think you can win? This would be so much easier on you if you just gave up. But fine, we do this the hard way." Wapol said with a grin as he and Chessarimo got ready for battle. "But first, I'm going to get rid of that eye sore!" He yelled as he fired at Hiriluk's jolly roger. The canon ball exploded and Chopper and Kureha just stood in shock. But when the smoke cleared they saw Luffy had taken the brunt of the blast and was keeping the flag from falling.
"Hey big guy!" Luffy called out to Wapol.
"Straw hat!" Wapol shouted in anger.
"Listen, I don't know who this pirate flag belonged to, but it doesn't matter. I won't let you knock it down because of it's meaning."
"Meaning? Don't make me laugh! Flags have no meaning."
"If you think that then you're dumber than you look." Luffy said causing Wapol to gasp in anger. "You heard the reindeer, this flag was that man's challenge to all diseases and his desire to save this country. When someone flies a pirate flag they don't do it as a joke!
"The only joke is that I let you and your friends live for as long as I did, and since you kept that flag up it's time I delivered the punch-line." Wapol said as he took aim at Luffy and fired.
"Hey you! Move!" Chopper yelled.
"Go ahead and do your worst, you can't break this flag." Luffy stated as the canon ball hit him.
"Was he hit?" Kureha said in concern as she watched the explosion.
"He was blown to bits!" Wapol shouted with glee as he started laughing. However, as the smoke cleared Luffy was fine.
"I told you, you can't break this flag." Luffy stated, causing Wapol to grit his teeth in anger. "A pirate flag is someone's pledge to risk their life, it's not something to laugh at. It stands for something you jackasses could never understand in a million years!" Luffy shouted causing shock to Wapol and Chessarimo. Chopper stood in awe and began to smile.
"What are you smiling at monster?" Chessarimo said getting Choppers attention. "I mean, what are you? You're not a reindeer, you're not a human, you're a freak is what you are. That's right, you're that yeti all the villagers were talking about. I bet you went your whole life without any friends, people don't like you, they want to kill you, and yet here you are risking your life to protect a worthless pirate flag and save this country, it's the stupidest thing I've ever seen." Chessarimo said mocking Chopper.
"I don't care if I don't have any friends, I won't let you take this country or knock down that flag!" Chopper yelled back.
"What do you mean? You do have a friend!" Luffy shouted as he began to stretch himself to launch at Wapol. "Me reindeer ME!" Luffy shouted as he launched at Wapol.
"Damn you straw hat, take this munch-munch trampoline!" Wapol shouted as a trampoline formed over one of his canon arms. He then put it in front of him to catch Luffy, when he hit the trampoline it pulled him into the canon. Wapol then pointed it to opposite side. "Now fly away!" He shouted as he fired Luffy out of the canon and into the other mountain.
"Luffy!" Mario shouted.
"Was saving that for you mustache man. I wanted you to know what it felt like to be sent flying into the ocean with no hope of return." Wapol said with a grin. Mario just shook his head as he pulled on the cuff of his gloves, but nothing was happening.
"Mamamia, I over used the double cherry power up." Mario said as he pulled his glove again, in a poof Mario had wings on his cap and flew off in the direction Luffy was shot into.
"What the? I thought he had a fire devil fruit." Wapol said in shock.
"Just goes to show how dumb you are." Kureha said while laughing. "Mario doesn't have a devil fruit, it's all in his gloves."
"His gloves? Excellent, hey Chessarimo remind me to take those off his corpse once we're done with him."
"Yes sir!" Chessarimo said in obedience.
"Ha! It's funny that you think you can beat him. Didn't he beat the snot out of you the first time, both from the inside and out?" Kureha asked in a mocking tone.
"Why you... That's it! Your execution starts now!" Wapol shouted as he took aim at Kureha.
"NO!" Chopper screamed as he charged towards Wapol and through a haymaker at him. However, Chessarimo had jumped in front of Wapol and blocked Chopper's attack.
"Nope, not gonna happen freak." Chessarimo stated as he pushed Chopper back. Chopper shrunk back down to his small form and took out a small yellow ball. "What's that?"
"This? It's something I made myself, the rumble ball. It'll give me a boost in power, it only lasts three minutes but that's all I need to beat you." Chopper explained.
"Three minutes? Yeah right. It'll only take thirty seconds for Chessarimo to wipe the floor with you." Wapol smugly stated.
"Yeah, in case you don't know, I've seen all your tricks. You're a zoan type ,like Dalton, that means you have three forms. That muscle form, the reindeer one and this small one, I've seen all your tricks, you can't beat me now." Chessarimo stated as he prepared two bows with flame arrows and aimed them at Chopper. Chopper chomped down on the rumble ball and charged towards Chessarimo.
"Walking point, leg boost." He said as he transformed into his reindeer form.
"Go snow melting arrow!" Chessarimo shouted as he fired the flaming arrows at Chopper, but Chopper was easily able to evade the attack.
"Now, heavy point, weight boost." Chopper stated as he transformed into his muscle form.
"Really? Using your animal form to close the distance and then into your muscle form. I was expecting better, your nothing but a power fight like Dalton. Which means this is the best way to beat you!" Chessarimo declared as he pulled out four hammers. "Chessarimo quadruple hammer surprise! And speaking of surprises, since you have none now, there's no way you can get the jump on me!" Chessarimo shouted as he swung down his hammers, but Chopper had evaded them by jumping high into the air and taking on a new slimmer and athletic form. "What the? What form is that?"
"Jumping boost, jump point." Chopper proudly declared. Chessarimo chased down to where Chopper would land and swung one of his hammers at him. "Now, fur boost, guard point." Chopper said as he turn into a ball of fur, as Chessarimo's hammer hit him he just bounced away and off the walls of the castle completely unharmed.
"What the, no way, I hit you dead on." Chessarimo said as he just gawked at Chopper's new form. "This doesn't make any sense, don't you zoan types have only three forms?"
"The rumble ball is a pill that enhances the power of the zoan devil fruit. Five long years of research and I have discovered four additional transformations, now do the math yourself you jerk!"
"No-no way! A seven form transformation! I don't believe you! This has to be some kind of sham!" Chessarimo shouted back in disbelief. Chopper and Chessarimo charged at each other. As they got closer, Chessarimo brought down his hammers and Chopper shed most of his fur.
"Arm point, arm boost." Chopper said as he took a new form that mimicked his leg boost, but with muscular arms tipped with his hooves. He then struck the hammers, shattering them all. "Did you think that was a sham? If you thought that was impressive you should see what my iron hooves do to rocks."
"No, my mallets. Why you little." Chessarimo spoke in anger, until he began to grin. "Fine, try these!" He shouted as he pulled out four axes. "My quadruple surprise axes! Now, snow splitter!" He yelled as he sliced through the air. Chopper moved to the side, avoiding a fatal blow but was still hit on his arm. "Damn, you dodged it. Well, try this! My omni-directional snow splitter!" Chessarimo then charged at Chopper and began to swing wildly at him. Chopper evaded all the attacks by transforming into his various forms. "Hey, weren't you going to beat me? All your doing is dodging, there's no way you can take me down." Chessarimo declared as he brought down all four axes, Chopper dodged with his jump point by doing a back flip.
Chopper then took on his small form. "Brain boost, brain point. I wasn't just dodging, I was looking for your weak point. Now scope!" Chopper shouted, he then brought his hooves together and took aim at Chessarimo. "And I just found it."
"What? You found my weakness, yeah right. You're all talk, it's about time I ended this." Chessarimo then charged at Chopper and brought down all his axes again. When he looked down he saw nothing. He started looking all around for Chopper. "Where did he go!?" Suddenly the snow under him began to shift.
"Hoof print Roseto!" Chopper shouted as he burst through the snow in his arm point and landed a devastating uppercut to Chessarimo, knocking him out. "Three minutes." Chopper said while reverting back into his small form and dusting off his hat.
"Good work Chopper!" Kureha said. "Now that your henchmen are taken care of, what will you do?" Kureha asked Wapol, only to realize he had taken off. "What the? Did he go into the castle?" Kureha asked in concern, suddenly something flew by her.
Meanwhile Wapol was walking through the snow in his castle, trying to find the armory. "Damn it, useless pawns and annoyingly strong pests. This day couldn't possibly get any worse." He said to himself, until he ran into Nami. She was trying to sneak out while everyone was fighting so she and her crew could set sail after the fight was over. "More pests in my castle, I'll swallow you whole!" Wapol shouted while chasing Nami up the grand staircase. He continued chasing her until she ran down a small staircase. Wapol tried to chase her, but was to big to fit down the hole. "What the?! I can't fit! Well then, munch-munch reconstruction!" Wapol shouted as he proceeded to eat himself until he looked like a bucket.
"What the?" Nami said while she watched this small bucket jump down the stairs while making crunching sounds. Then Wapol burst out in a lean and thin body.
"There, now I'm mean and lean." He said before he turned to Nami. "And hungry." Wapol then jumped on top of Nami, pinning her to the ground. He began to laugh as he was about to swallow her whole, but then something slammed into him launching him into a large iron door.
"Get off her!" Mario shouted as he and Luffy landed.
"Mustache man and straw hat!" Wapol shouted as he got up. He then looked up at the iron door and began to laugh confusing everyone. "Oh, you're in for it now. This is my armory, stocked with the deadliest weapons I could find. Once I eat them all, I'll become a one man army, I'll be unstoppable!" Wapol then reached down at his belt, but whatever he was looking for was gone. He proceeded to look all over himself for whatever it was that was on his belt, before he looked up. "It's gone, the key to the armory is gone!" He shouted, Mario, Luffy and Wapol just stared at each other, until Wapol made a break for the roof.
"Hey! Get back here weird face!" Luffy shouted as he and Mario chased after Wapol. Meanwhile Nami pulled out a weird looking key.
"Really? This key is for the armory. I was really hoping it opened the treasure vault around here." Nami sighed in disappointment before looking up the staircase Mario and Luffy chased Wapol up. "Still, if he can't get to his weapons, then Mario and Luffy should have no problem finishing this. Now, to get out of here before that crazy lady finds me again." Nami stated as she began to walk out the door.