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Chapter 5: "Team-Up: Part 2."
At around the same time the other team began to meet, outside of Hal City, Mario was still walking around looking for his friends and brother, "Luigi!" He called, "Where are you, brother?!" He received no response. He sighed and just kept walking until he heard a voice.
"Hello?! Is someone there?!" Mario turned to see a boy in green with elf ears holding a sword and shield. Mario reached into his pocket to pull out a Power Up in case he turned out to be a threat.
"Who are you?" The plumber asked.
The boy sheathed his sword and put his shield behind him, "Don't worry, I'm not the enemy, you can trust me." He said, raising his hands in defense.
Mario saw in the boy's eyes and could tell that he was telling the truth, so he put the Power Up back in his pocket and walked up to the boy, "Hehe, I'm-a sorry, I guess I-a overreacted a little bit." The plumber stated as he extended his hand with a smile, "I don't believe we've-a met, my name is-a Mario, what's-a yours?"
The boy smiled back and accepted the handshake, "It's okay, I'm Link, it's nice to meet you, Mario."
"Likewise-a Link." Said the hero of the Mushroom Kingdom to the hero of Hyrule, "Say, do you-a know where I am or what's-a going on here?"
Link scratched his head as he looked around, "Sorry Mario, but I don't know."
"Oh," said the plumber, "Well you wouldn't-a mind having a travel partner, now would-a you?"
"Hmm," Link pondered, "It's been a while since I've had a travel partner, why not?" And they started walking together, "By the way, are you looking for anyone? Because I heard you call a name, Luigi I think."
"Yes actually," Mario answered, "Luigi's my-a brother, but I'm-a also looking for-a my dinosaur friend-a Yoshi, my brother's girlfriend Princess Daisy, and-a my-a girlfriend Princess Peach." Mario then realized how crazy that sounded, "I-a know it's a bit hard to believe, but-"
"No I believe you," Said Link, "My best friend is also a princess, her name is Zelda."
"Wow, really?" Asked Mario, to which Link responded with a nod and a smile, "Well how about-a that?" He said as they both had a small laugh. They were gonna get along just fine, but they didn't realize what trouble they were about to encounter.
Speaking of Luigi, he was still walking around the city looking for his brother, "Mario!" He called, and kept looking until he heard something.
"Pika Pika!"
Luigi flinched and became scared, "Wh-who's-a there?" He asked frightfully, but his fear was replaced by relief as he saw a small yellow mouse walk to him, "Oh hi-a there little guy, I'm-a Luigi, what's-a your name?"
The Pokémon mouse walked up to the younger plumber, "Pikachu."
"Pikachu? Is-a that your-a name?" Asked Luigi, the mouse Pokémon nodded, confirming the green-clad plumber's question, "Well anyway, do-a you happen to know where-a I am?" Pikachu shook his head no, "Oh you-a don't, well I'm-a also looking for-a my brother, have-a you seen him?" Pikachu shook his head no again, but then explained everything that happened before getting sucked into the portal through body gestures.
"So-a you were separated from your-a friends too." Pikachu nodded at Luigi, confirming his question, "Oh, well if it's-a okay with-a you, can we be travel buddies until we find who we're-a looking for?"
Pikachu thought it over, smiled and nodded at Luigi, "Pikachu (Why not)?"
"Is-a that all you-a say?" The plumber asked and Pikachu nodded, "Oh, well this is going to-a be a unique conversation." And so they started walking around.
On the other side of the city, Captain Falcon was speeding through in the Blue Falcon, but he didn't expect to see a very peculiar sight, especially when it landed two feet behind him. The F-Zero pilot turned around, pulled over and went to inspect.
What he saw astounded him, a cute pink alien laying on a star. He went over to see if he was alive, "Hey there little guy, are you okay?"
Kirby turned around with a happy smile, "Yeah I'm okay, but do you happen to know where I am?"
Captain Falcon looked down, "I'm sorry, but I don't know."
"Oh," Now it was the pink hero's turn to be down, but not for long, "Say would you like to be my travel partner while we're lost?" He asked.
On one hand, the Captain just met this guy, but on the other hand, he could use some company, "Well, alright, c'mon little guy." He said.
"Oh by the way, my name's Kirby." Said the pink hero as he extended his stubby hand.
"Captain Falcon, nice to meet you Kirby." Responded the F-Zero champion as he accepted the handshake with a smile.
"Likewise Cap." Said Kirby as he then walked over to the Warp Star, "Wow, not even a scratch." He hopped on and it started to float.
The Captain was taken aback by this, "Is this your ride?" Kirby nodded, "Well, Kirby I gotta say you have a very unique method of transportation."
"Thanks, I like yours too." Kirby said kindly, and so they flew off in the same direction, until something blocked their path.
"Ugh!" Groaned Falcon as he looked out at what they had run into, "What the heck?!" What they ran into was a Polygon juggernaut.
"FOOLS!" It growled, "YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD ESCAPE, BUT INSTEAD YOU HAVE ARRIVED HERE TO MEET YOUR DOOM!"
"Not if I can help it!" Called a high pitched voice as Kirby tried to inhale the juggernaut, but it was too big and heavy, so he stopped and started breathing heavily, which left him wide open for the juggernaut to slap him off the Warp Star and into the side of a building.
"KIRBY!" Called the Captain, who then glared at the beast in front of him and got out of the Blue Falcon, jumped into the air and gave the creature a knee-strike, which made it flinch.
"Hehe." It laughed, "That tickled." It then tried to step on the F-Zero pilot, until a star flew over and a stubby pink hand caught its foot before it could crush the Captain.
Falcon looked up and was amazed at Kirby's strength, despite his small size and cute and cuddly appearance, but he quickly regained his composure and ran out of the way of the juggernaut's foot and Kirby dropped it. "Wow, Kirby." He said, "You're pretty strong."
"Thanks." The pink hero said, "But we need to take this thing out, and fast!"
"Right." Agreed Falcon as he then thought of a plan, "How about we both strike at its center!"
"Good idea!" Said Kirby as he hopped off the Warp Star and inhaled it and swallowed it and out came his personal weapon of choice, the Star Rod.
"Wow," Said the Captain, "So your ride is also a weapon, this day just keeps getting more interesting!" He then ran up to the beast and dodged its fist, then connecting his own with the juggernaut's stomach, followed by a kick.
Kirby then began charging the Star Rod with energy, "Cap!" He called, "GET CLEAR!" Falcon complied and Kirby fired a powerful blast from the Star Rod which hit the monster with enough force to blow it into a million pieces.
Captain Falcon smirked and gave a thumbs up to the Star Warrior, "Nice shot!"
Kirby giggled, "Thanks," He said, "You were great yourself-" He was then cut off when something grabbed him and squeezed him along with the Captain.
It was another juggernaut, "You FOOLS!" Then the pieces of the other juggernaut moved over to the new one and merged with it, turning it into a Polygon titan with four arms, "YOU CANNOT ESCAPE FROM DEATH!" The two heroes were straining, they were trapped.
Seconds Earlier…
Mario and Link were still walking around and talking, "Wait," said Link, "So your first name is Mario, and your last name is also Mario?"
"…Yes, my-a mother wasn't-a very creative, but she was a sweet-a soul." he stopped talking when he heard an explosion coming from nearby, "Wait, did-a you hear that?"
"Yeah." Answered the Hylian hero, "I think it came from over there." He pointed in the direction of the kaboom.
"Someone's-a probably in-a trouble." The plumber worried as he ran toward the source, but Link grabbed his shoulder.
"Mario," he said, "I know we just met, but if you're thinking of fighting a monster, then let me help you." The red-clad hero then looked at Link and smirked.
"Well in that-a case," he said, "Let's-a go!" Mario and Link then ran in the direction of the blast.
Seconds Earlier…
Luigi and Pikachu continued to walk down the streets of Hal City when they suddenly heard an explosion come from a few blocks from where they were, causing Luigi to jump and hide behind the electric Pokémon, "W-w-what was-a that?!" Asked the green-clad plumber frightfully.
"Pika Pikachu! Pika Pika Chu (I don't know! But I'm not just gonna stand here and let innocent lives be put in jeopardy)!" Said the electric mouse as he started to run toward the source as Luigi then followed, scared yet confidently.
Luigi sighed a little reluctantly, "Okie-dokie, let's-a go." He said as he followed.
Meanwhile, Kirby and Captain Falcon were still being strained by the Polygon titan, "DON'T EVEN BOTHER TRYING TO ESCAPE, IT'LL ONLY MAKE IT EVEN MORE PAINFUL!" It exclaimed, then it felt a bolt of lightning strike at its head, making it drop the pink hero and the F-Zero racer, "OW!" It growled as it turned around to see who struck it, "WHO DARES?!"
Its answer came from a high-pitched voice, "Pikachu!" Said the electric Pokémon as he and Luigi walked out of the bushes.
Kirby and Falcon looked at the two in confusion, "Don't-a worry." Assured the green-clad plumber, "We'll-a take it from-a here!" He then charged his hands with electricity and Pikachu did the same, but with his red cheek marks. They both fired the electric blasts, which completely blew the titan to pieces. The two then looked at each other with smiles, and then saw Kirby and Captain Falcon and ran over to them. "Are-a you alright?" Asked Luigi.
"Yeah, thanks for that-" The Captain was cut off when the four of them were grabbed by the newly reassembled Polygon titan.
The four heroes strained as the titan's grip got even tighter, until they heard a voice, "Hey!" They all looked down to see a boy in green with elf ears holding a bow and arrow, aiming at the titan, "Put them down!" He demanded. The titan smirked as it grew another arm to try and pin Link to the ground, but the Hylian dodged and fired the arrow at the titan's face, landing a direct hit at its eye, causing it to drop its four captives, who all landed on their feet and decided to join in on the fight. Luigi pulled out his Ultra Hammer and struck the beast in its left knee, Captain Falcon used his Falcon Kick on its other knee, Kirby struck the titan's left set of arms with the Star Rod, Pikachu used his Iron Tail move on the right set of arms, and Link jumped into the air to looked like he was about to stab the titan from above with the Master Sword, but instead he pulled out a smoke bomb and threw it at the titan's face, blinding it.
"It's-a go time!" Declared an Italian voice as Mario emerged from the bushes and pulled out his Ultra Hammer, jumped into the air, and in a combined assault, he and Link both struck the titan and smashed it to pieces, only this time, he was truly done for. Luigi, Kirby, Pikachu and Captain Falcon looked as the smoke cleared, revealing Mario and Link looking up with determined smirks, then they all looked at each other, "That was a good-a battle everyone!" Commented Mario, "Also, nice job with the distraction, Link." He gave a thumbs-up and a smile.
"Hey, don't sell yourself short, Mario," Replied the Hylian, "It was your plan after all."
"Mario?" The green-clad plumber said, making the red-clad one turn.
"Luigi!" Said Mario as he ran up to hug his brother, who hugged back, "I'm-a so glad to see you're-a alright!"
"Me too, big-a bro," Said the younger brother as he let go of the hug, "Me too." Everyone else smiled at the reunion of the brothers, but some things needed to be addressed.
"Sorry to interrupt the moment," Said the Captain, "But I believe introductions are in order." Everyone else nodded, "I'll go first, I'm Captain Falcon, and you are?"
"It's-a me Mario."
"I'm-a Luigi."
"Link."
"Kirby."
"Pikachu."
The Captain was about to say something else but the disembodied head of the titan cackled evilly and spoke to them, "You fools!" It said, making the six heroes turn to face it, "This is just the beginning! You cannot hope to save your worlds! Master Hand will win!" It then went out like a light.
What he said left everyone in a state of shock, "Wait." Said Luigi, "Worlds? Plural?" Things just got a whole lot more complicated for our heroes.
Author's Note: There's the other half of the team, still divided at the moment, but they will all come together soon. Next chapter won't be as action-packed, but I hope you'll enjoy it. I hope you enjoyed this chapter, let me know what you think in your reviews, and I'll see you next time.
