Wiping the blood from his muzzle, Bowser roared.
"Do you want to stop me? Don't laugh at me! Do you know who I am? I am Bowser, the future king of this world! You, you are just a clown of a group of losers! You don't even worth my interest. "
"I'm not a clown! I'm Tatsumi, member of Night Raid! And for information, there are a lot of Jaegers members that I don't like! Nevertheless, they have a lot more honor than you! But for you tell the truth, it's not to kill you that I'm here first! I'm here to save Peach away from you. "
"Tsss! So you really don't care about the psycho girl? You are a hypocrite! If you ask me to kill her, then you are no better than me! You are not the hero you claim to be. ".
"It's normal!" Tatsumi assured. "I'm not a hero! A guy who kills people, even for a good cause, he's not a hero! He's a murderer! I am and I admit it."
At first surprised, Bowser ended up growling. He then looks at Tatsumi angrily.
"Enough talk! Do you think I'm concerned about your way of thinking? Whether you're a hero or a murderer doesn't make any difference! Against me, you don't stand a chance of winning! Because I am the most powerful! And besides, it's time for you to get some of that. "
Suddenly, Bowser jumped into the air, before attempting to crush Tatsumi under his weight. Much faster than him, Tatsumi jumps to the side to avoid him. Seeing this, Bowser turned and took a deep breath, then blew a jet of fire at Tatsumi. Getting hit by the flames, Tatsumi felt the heat spread through his armor, as he began to sweat, as if he was inside an oven.
"It's over." Bowser assured.
However, he suddenly saw Tatsumi running straight towards him, through the flames. Even though Tatsumi's body was boiling, he rushed towards the king of the koopa, before hitted hom with his fist.
"You won't get me twice. " Bowser retorted.
Immediately, he tucked his whole body into his shell, which Tatsumi punched hard from above. The impact of his punch was so powerful that a crater appeared around Bowser's shell. King Koopa even thought he heard his shell crack.
Grumbling, meanwhile, Tatsumi jumped back.
" Damn it! His shell is a solid garment. "
Getting to his feet, Bowser immediately laughed.
"GYAHAHAHAHA! What do you say ? It's not your punches that will hurt me.
However, he found it hard to hide his anxiety, and he was sure Tatsumi had managed to crack his shell.
" Damn it! This guy's punches are powerful! I must destroy his armor! Without it, this guy is just a normal warrior. "
Knowing the resistance of the armor, Bowser charged with all his might, before directing his claws at it.
"KOOPA CLAW!"
The king's powerful claws clawed at Tatsumi's breastplate, creating scratch marks as well as sparks. However, feeling his claws snap, Bowser found that Tatsumi's armor had hardly taken any damage.
"IMPOSSIBLE !"
Lifting his foot, Tatsumi hit him in the face with the back of his heel. Then, he vanished next, using the power of his armor. Constantly this, Bowser roared.
"You already gave me that attack."
Not surprisingly, like last time, he used his sense of smell. Then, turning around, he positioned his hands in time in front of his face, to ward off Tatsumi's punches.
"What…?" Tatsumi wondered, noting that the king had managed to grab both of his wrists.
Using overpowering force to keep Tatsumi from breaking free, Bowser then tilted his head back, before slamming his skull hard against Tatsumi's helmet. Wincing in pain, the king felt an old wound on his forehead. Nonetheless, feeling the shock of the impact, Tatsumi found himself somewhat stunned.
Seeing stars, he falls to his knees when Bowser let go of his wrists. Taking advantage, the monster jumps again, before attempting to crush Tatsumi under his weight.
"BOMB BOWSER!" Bowser rushed down and landed on Tatsumi with great force.
"GUA AAA AAA AAA HHH!"
This time around, a few cracks appeared on Tatsumi's armor, while Bowser's heavyweight was warping the metal of his armor.
"Gwa ha ha ha ha ! A last word before I kill you?"
Suddenly raising his arm, Tatsumi's fist hitted into the front of her face, destroying her muzzle. Roaring in pain, Bowser stepped back a little. Feeling the pressure release, Tatsumi then kicked him to throw him back, in order to get up.
Falling onto his stomach, Bowser felt blood run from his nose again.
"Game over! This time I'm really going to kill you."
Fully retracting his body into his shell, he then spun the shell. Surprised, Tatsumi saw the shell turn faster and faster, before rushing at him. Reacting in time, Tatsumi placed his hands against the shell and tried to stop it.
Feeling his feet slip back, he winced in pain, while the shell seemed unstoppable. However, eventually managing to grab two long spines on Bowser's shell, Tatsumi stopped his rotation.
"What?" The king wondered.
Screaming then, Tatsumi managed to lift Bowser's body before turning around. Then he threw Bowser at a wall which was destroyed. Seeing Bowser disappear into another room, Tatsumi tried to catch his breath. Bowser's stamina began to turn the fight in favor of the turtle, as Tatsumi began to tire.
Then, seconds later, he saw the wall being destroyed further as Bowser exited through the huge hole next, driving his Koopa clown car.
"Take this !" Bowser screamed, throwing a bob-omb at Tatsumi.
Seeing the projectile, Tatsumi ran towards it and gave it a powerful punch, which made it fly towards Bowser.
Bowser flew to the right in order to dodge it. He then pressed a red button on his control panel which fired two cannons on either side of the vehicle.
"Try to stop that." Bowser screamed before pressing another button which prompted the cannons to fire bombs at Tatsumi.
Seeing dozens of bombs being shot at him, Tatsumi jumped up to avoid the explosions. However, seeing him in the air, Bowser aimed at him again and fired. Unable to react in his position, Tatsumi was hit by the projectiles and disappeared in an explosion.
" AHHHHHHHHHH ! "
Grinning nastily, Bowser saw the boy's body crash to the ground.
"So? Who is stronger?"
In response, Tatsumi weakly stood up after the explosion and saw Bowser fly straight at him.
"DIE!" He shouted, attempting to crush Tatsumi under his vehicle.
Not having finished fighting, Tatsumi jumps to the side and sees the vehicle crash into the ground. Then, clenching his fist, he punched the vehicle powerfully and managed to stab it. Screaming in fear, Bowser saw sparks forming around his vehicle as it began to catch fire.
" What did you do ? "
Unaware of the condition of his vehicle, Tatsumi appeared in front of him, his leg raised. Then he brought it down with all his might on Bowser's head. The impact managed to smash the vehicle against the ground, provoking its explosion. Screaming in pain, Bowser was thrown out by the explosion and crashed to the ground, while his Koopa clown car was completely destroyed by the crash. Bowser stood up, with his scalp now starting to bleed.
"My vehicle ... my castle ... my pride ... you dared to dishonor me! It's time for me to be serious."
"Bowser, whether or not you are a king will never stop me from kicking your ass! So come let us settle our fight for good."
During this time...
Mario dodged the drops of paint thrown at him by Bowser Jr.
"Come on, Mario! You can't avoid me forever!" Bowser Jr. said before using his brush to throw a drop of paint on Mario.
Mario dodged it again and when he landed he ran straight towards his enemy. After, Mario threw a punch at Bowser Jr., only so Bowser Jr. could counter with a vertical movement of his brush. Then he used his improvised weapon to hit the plumber but Mario did a backflip to avoid it.
Mario then threw a fireball at Bowser Jr., who missed it from a distance.
"Were you really aiming at me, Mario?" "Bowser Jr. asked before Mario launched another fireball that wasn't even close to Bowser Jr.," Grrr ... I don't if you're blind or just stupid! I'm going to end this now! "He exclaimed as he was about to charge Mario, until a firewall came out in front of him.
" What ? "Bowser Jr. said as he was surrounded by a wall of fire.
"How is that… WAIT! I understand now. "
Mario didn't want to shoot him, but the paint that was strewn on the floor.
" I have been neglected too much. " Bowser Jr then said he was now trapped in the Ring of Fire. "But that won't stop me, I'm just going to do this." Bowser Jr. said before covering his mouth with the bandana that was around his neck. It then turned blue and transformed into something else of your choice, or in this case, someone else.
He became none other than Mario, only he was aqua blue and his eyes were pure red. Bowser Jr. then jumped high enough to get through the firewall.
" Eh eh ! Now where are you, Mario? " Bowser Jr. asked in midair.
He then looked down to see Mario jump on him.
" SUPER JUMP PUNCH !" Mario gave Bowser Jr. a flying uppercut.
And when the fist touched Bowser Jr.'s chin, many coins were coming out of Bowser Jr.'s head at a rapid rate.
As soon as Mario finished giving Bowser Jr. the uppercut, he landed on the ground, while Bowser Jr. landed hard on his back. Bowser Jr. then stood up and rushed over to Mario before swinging his brush at Mario. Mario dodged it and countered by giving Bowser Jr. a right fist. Before Bowser Jr. fell to the ground, Mario jumped into the air and began to spin at a rapid pace. Once he passed Bowser Jr., he hit him like a missile.
Bowser Jr. was able to retaliate by landing on his hands and doing a back flip to avoid Mario's spinning assault. Mario made a huge crunch on the ground as he landed. He then faced Bowser Jr., who grabbed a turtle shell out of nowhere and threw it at Mario. Mario pulled out a yellow cape and swung it towards the Koopa shell, causing it to come back to Bowser Jr.. Bowser Jr. pushed the Koopa shell away, but he didn't realize that Mario was right in front of him.
Mario punched Bowser Jr. right, which made Bowser Jr. go back. But before Bowser Jr. could turn back, Mario grabbed Bowser Jr.'s feet and started spinning non-stop. He then let go of Bowser Jr., causing him to fly straight to a wall, but Bowser Jr. retaliated by landing against the wall with his feet and a jump straight at Mario.
"TRY TO STOP ME! PAINT CANNON! " Bowser Jr. swings his brush in the air in front of him.
The brush rotated so fast that the paint from the brush completely covered Bowser Jr. as he continued to fly straight at Mario and crashed into him.
"Ooh!" Mario cried when he was hit by the blow.
He then landed on the ground and started to stand up weakly.
"Now feel my strongest stroke yet! RAINBOW HURRICANE! " Bowser Jr. started to spin with outstretched arms.
The paint from the brush started spilling so much paint that it turned into a hurricane.
Seeing this Mario got into position, to create his own tornado.
"MARIO TORNADO!"
However, before they could do anything, an icy wind blew through the room and covered the floor with ice.
"That ?"
Then, a figure rushed towards Bowser Jr's tornado and stepped inside. A moment later, the attack stopped, as Mario caught sight of his opponent screaming in pain, while a large wound was visible on his abdomen. The turtle then collapsed to the ground.
Behind his body, was Esdeath, with her sword covered in blood. Showing a disappointed look, she said.
"It's disappointing! I expected more resistance from him."
"Esdeath? " Mario wondered. "Weren't you responsible for taking care of the soldiers who were outside?"
"It's already done." Esdeath assured, still so annoyed. "They're all trapped in blocks of ice! They were so pathetic I didn't feel like killing them."
Seeing only sadism in her eyes, Mario just stared at her, while not really knowing what to think of her. If he had to compare her character, Esdeath was the complete opposite of Tatsumi. Which made their association strange. However, thinking that this was not the time to deal with this, the plumber ended up rushing in the direction Tatsumi had gone.
"We have to join Tatsumi."
However, immediately, he saw a wall of ice create in front of him, preventing him from leaving the room.
"That ... ? "
"Mario-san, I think it's time for us to get to know each other," Esdeath asserted, while pointing her sword at him. "It seems you are the most powerful person in this world! I can't wait to see this."
"Hey! What's the matter with you? Remind you that Tatsumi is fighting Bowser! Do you really think this is the time to fight? We're on the same team."
"Don't worry about Tatsumi! A stupid turtle won't be able to defeat him! If I were you, I'd rather focus on trying to impress myself ! GRAUDHORN !"
" WARIO PUNCH !"
Leaping back, Wave dodged Wario's fist, which hit the ground. Standing still for a few seconds, the obese man tried to catch his breath, as he began to tire. He had already used much of his power against Kurome, and he was now unable to equalize Wave's strength, along with his injuries.
Seeing him do it, Wave asserted.
"I admire your courage and tenacity! Nonetheless, I think we both know this fight is going to end with my victory."
"Shut up!" Wario roared. "I never back down when it comes to making money! A sword that turns into armor? I want it!"
Staring at him, Wave finally sighed. Then, shining his armor, he made it disappear, before holding his sword in his hand.
"Um?" Wario wondered.
Positioning his sword towards him, Wave asserted.
"I don't need the power of my teigu to defeat you! Without my armor, I feel like I'm back on an equal footing."
Hearing it, Wario roared.
"How dare you underestimate me? Your pity on me is the worst insult."
Suddenly rushing towards Wave, Wario began to perform a series of rolls, which accelerated in a few moments. Seeing him rush towards him, Wave ran too, before aiming his sword at Wario. Getting ready to collide, the two men uttered war cries.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Then Wave appeared behind Wario and stood still. Yet an instant later he fell to one knee, as Wario managed to hit him in the abdomen. But behind him, trying to stay still, Wario ended up coughing up blood, as Wave's sword had disemboweled him. Having a new wound in his abdomen, the fat man fell to his knees, before collapsing onto his back. Wave had won.
Feeling like Wario had managed to break a large chunk of his bones in one attack, Wave couldn't even imagine the damage Wario would have done to him, if Kurome hadn't weakened him.
"You are strong. "
Still conscious, Wario tried to get up. Nonetheless, just wincing in pain, he began to growl.
"Damn it!"
Approaching him, Wave ends up picking up his sword, before asserting.
"Sorry! I didn't want it to end like this! I just wanted to make sure Kurome can continue fighting alongside us! I'm afraid Esdeath will decide to leave her behind, if Kurome finds herself unable to defeat our next opponents." "
"It's not over." Wario retorted. "When I will be able to stand up, I would take my revenge! And next time, I would take back my saber, as well as your sword."
"Whenever you want." Wave assured, walking towards Kurome.
Seeing him do it, Wario finally asserts.
"The story of the drogue in her cookies was the truth! This girl is going to die if she keeps taking them."
"What ? "
Back to Tatsumi ...
Bowser threw a right punch at Tatsumi. Taking the attack, Tatsumi felt his feet slip on the ground. Seeing him still standing, Bowser began to breathe with difficulty, as his hands bled from hitting Tatsumi's armor several times. For his part, the boy had heard new cracks forming, as Bowser used his brute force in an attempt to destroy his armor.
"No matter how hard you try to resist, in the end, I'll win." Bowser assured.
"Keep talking! I bet you my armor will withstand any of your attacks."
"That's what we'll see!" Bowser roared, settling back into his shell, before spinning it like a top.
Thinking back to all the energy he had used to block Bowser, the last time he had used this attack, Tatsumi preferred to jump, rather than try to stop him. Then, when Bowser found himself next to him, Tatsumi slammed her foot violently onto his back. Halting Bowser's rotation, Tatsumi slammed Bowser against the ground, which cracked.
Feeling the impact of the blow, Bowser screamed, as he poked his head out of its shell.
"YOU LITTLE…" he roared, trying to get up.
Nonetheless, running towards him, Tatsumi pushed both palms directly towards Bowser, slapping him in the stomach. Bowser went flying through a wall, which he then landed on a large balcony.
Vomiting blood, Bowser struggled to get to his feet, the instant Tatsumi rushed towards him, while directing his punch to his face. Attempting to punch him, Tatsumi was estonished, seeing Bowser open his jaws and clench his fist between his teeth.
"What ? "
Then, gathering a sphere of fire deep in his throat, Bowser created a torrent of flame, which crashed into Tatsumi's armor. Feeling the heat rush through the metal of his armor, the boy clenched his teeth, as he felt like he was in the middle of a volcano. Seeing him in trouble, Bowser then smacked the abdomen with his armor and managed to crack it again. Hit with force, Tatsumi's body returned to the throne room. Then, creating flames again, Bowser tried to end this fight.
Starting to burn the whole room, he made sure to turn Tatsumi into ashes. Nonetheless, running towards him, Tatsumi had ducked down to come under his attack. Then, finding himself below Bowser's body, he surprised the king, punching his chin, throwing him into the air.
Then, seeing him in the air, Tatsumi jumped up to him and grabbed Bowser by the horns. Then he threw his body to the ground, damaging it again.
"ASSHOLE!" Bowser roared, starting to stand up.
"BOOOWWWWSSSSSEEEEEERRRRR!" Tatsumi shouted, dropping down, while directing his foot to his face.
Clenching his fist, Bowser punched Tatsumi's foot and managed to equalize his power. Eventually being thrown back a little, Tatsumi performed a pirouette, before landing on his feet. Then he ran to Bowser, who imitated him. Their fists collided with each other as it made a bright light that quickly engulfed the room.
During this time...
Leaving the room where he had fought, Run now made his way to the entrance that led into the basement.
"That idiot ... he made me wasted too much time! I hope Bols was able to free Seryu and Peach-san."
Getting ready to go down to the underground level, he then saw Bols coming towards him, while carrying, Peach in his arms, like a princess. Unaccustomed to someone saving her in this position, the young woman was blushing slightly.
"Run! I'm lucky to find you! Take care of Peach-san! I must go back and save Seryu-kun."
"Is she still in jail?"
"No, but she is fighting a mighty opponent."
Hearing several sounds of explosions, coming from underground, Run finally retorts.
"No! Let's find the others and get out of here! We have nothing more to do here."
"What? But Seryu...?"
"In a place as confined as an underground room, Seryu's attacks and Koro's transformations will pulverize everyone around them ! Even if she doesn't do it on purpose, Seryu is sure to end up by we hurt with her explosions. "
Feeling the ground shake again, Run declared.
"Let's trust Seryu! To tell the truth, it's obvious she's stronger than us."
