Chapter 60: The Ocean's Uncontrolled State
"Here we are. Twinsy Tropics." Peach said as we arrived at Twinsy Tropics.
The view here was pretty nice as there were a couple of seashells, flowers, and palm trees. The waves were calm, the sand… Well, I wouldn't say much about the sand since it's obviously normal. There were also a couple of bridges here that looked short and there were toad buildings here as well. On a beach. It's surprising to me.
This is pretty nice. It feels so calm and relaxing. I'm pretty sure my mother would say the same thing.
"I have to say, I really love this spot." Candace said. "I could've gathered the time to do some sightseeing. And get a spot where I can sit and relax in the sun."
"Wait, you like getting a tan, Candace?" Blue asked.
"Yes, Blue. Why wouldn't I be beautiful if I get some sunscreen first and be in the sun?"
…
"I guess that's reasonable now that you mention it." Blue gained a sweatdrop.
"But I don't find this area to be as hot as Doop Doop Dunes was." Alexis said.
"It still looks like a fun place to be with all the pretty things that they have." Gemma said.
She does have a point.
"So all we need to do is get to the area where the boats are at. Is that right, Peach?" Kris asked.
"Yes. I don't need to ask the civilization where it is. I know the path to it."
"Wait a minute, so you know where the boats are at, but don't know how to find the Twinsy Tropics through Doop Doop Dunes?" Darius asked.
"I'm sorry, Darius. It was but a memory loss. I've never been to such a deserted environment often. I only stay in the Mushroom Kingdom to watch my home."
"Don't sweat it, Peach. You lead us to the destination." I said.
"Very well. Follow me." Peach said.
As we were moving, there were a couple of toads moving in their own direction. A couple of them pleaded for Peach's help, mainly because of the bright light incident. She told them not to panic as we were gonna take care of the incident right away. There were a couple of toads that greeted us while we did the same. They were all kind toads too.
Wow… I can't believe we're getting all the support from the toads. They really like us. I wonder if this is gonna happen to the other dimensions that we are gonna be traveling in.
"We're really getting a lot of love from these toads! Is our fame on the rise?" Gemma asked with a bright smile.
"Well… we're getting there." I said. "We just need to prove that we are capable of defending Peach's home. But you're right at the same time. These toads are very friendly."
"You can thank Peach for that!" Daisy said while wrapping her arm around Peach's neck. "She's the reason these toads are awesome! Ain't that right, Peach?"
"I-I wouldn't say that I'm the reason." Peach said with a sweatdrop. "It's the toads that are very kind to me."
"So… if they're kind to you… because you made them act awesome… then technically it means…
…
…
…
You're their mother, right?" Darius asked.
All of us gained a sweatdrop, except for Gemma. Alexis and Candace even facepalmed after that quote.
"No, I'm not their mother, Darius. It's just made-up." Peach said.
"It just never ends. Same old story." Alexis whispered.
"What's wrong with that joke? You can't take a joke?" Darius asked.
"I-It was honestly a little weak. It was a good try though." Gemma said.
"So… I assume the toads respect you because they find you to be no harm." Kinsley asked Peach.
"Yes. That's… really what happened when I first appeared here." Peach said, looking a little worried.
"When you first appeared here?" Zack asked.
"Yes. This world was always my home. I don't come from anywhere else."
"Sounds weird. I thought you came from a mother's womb or something."
"No, Mimi. It didn't happen." Peach said with a sweatdrop. "I was finding my way around this world when I first appeared here according to what I remember. That's when the toads saw my face and aided me. Since then, I was able to gain connections with lots of them and that was how our world strongly developed."
"I was the same as Peach, but my origin was a little different. I can tell you a lot about it, but it would be a waste of time since it's a long story." Daisy said.
"Wait, you two have similarities?" Candace asked.
"Just in where we come from." Peach said. "We are best friends in our respective nations, but our origins are completely different. It's complicated. That's why I always allow Daisy to come visit the Mushroom Kingdom whenever she likes. But unfortunately, I got her into this mission by accident."
"Don't sweat it too much, Peach!" Daisy said, putting a hand on her shoulder. "It looked like an urgent situation, so I'm glad you came to the right person. That Cackletta creep may be taking her vengeance seriously, but we'll make sure it won't do her any good by beating the flames out of her."
"Daisy…"
"She is right, you know?" Candace asked. "Just one foot up her ass will do her just good enough."
"Ok, Ok. We'll make sure she gets it." I said, trying to not make things too severe.
"Us, including Mimi as well. Since she hates her." Daisy said.
"Thanks for noting that. You need me to pulverize her lickety-split." Mimi said.
"Wait a minute, you can fight, Mimi?" Scarlett asked.
"I can, but the thing is… I don't have "that" anymore."
"You don't have… "that" anymore? What do you mean?" Blue asked.
"The part where… I… have the ability to become a creepy spider and attack people."
"Huh?" Gemma asked.
"The ability to… become a creepy spider and attack peo–"
"Is she scared to say it? Maybe it's me?" Darius asked.
"I can't hear anything either." Scarlett said with a sweatdrop.
"We can't hear you, Mimi." Alexis said.
"The ability… to… become a creepy spider and attack people." Mimi said actually.
"She's scared to say it, man." Darius said, while giggling and laughing.
"Wait a minute… a creepy spider and attack people?" I asked.
"I didn't want you guys to know, but since you decided to help a cutie out along the way, I had to do it for you."
"It's… very creepy and scary. But, luckily, I taught her a lesson one time." Peach said.
"You two fought before?" Darius asked.
"We did. She was cruel for a long period of time. At one point, she started poking the bear, only for her to humiliate herself and get defeated by a princess."
"Wait a minute, they don't need to know that!" Mimi shouted.
"They don't need to know that? You were crossing the line about my speaking rate with and without Mario and Luigi, adding nonchalantly that they were "my little boyfriends" to protect me."
"What? Mimi! That was wrong of you! With a capital W!" Daisy shouted at Mimi.
"Listen, I meant it when I said I liked getting what I want. And for proof, I still was able to bring this back."
Then in a blink of an eye, she transformed into someone that surprised AND stunned the heck out of us. Including me.
"Copying someone's looks. What do you guys think? Cute, riiiiiiiiight?" Mimi said, who appears to be absolutely… me. But she said it in an American accent. Which left me at a loss for words.
S-She's… me?! And that's not how I really sound! That's an American accent!
"Wait, You can literally shapeshift into anybody?!" Zack asked.
"Of course, stupid. What else should I have as an ability to fight?"
"You also attack with your rubees, right?" Peach asked.
"No, I can't. That was the whole point of me coming here. To collect any rubees I can so that I can become rich and famous for a cute girl like myself… especially in this cute and kissable body."
"H-Hey, please don't be weird! This is my body you're talking about here!" I shouted, looking disgusted while blushing.
As soon as I said that, Mimi then reverted back to her default body.
"Ugh! Fine! I'm done impersonating you! Happy?!" She then said while pouting. "But you should know I'm not a joke when it comes to my rubees. Anyone who steals or talks bad about them, gets mopped on the floor like wet soap."
"Ok, I'll think about having your rubees, Mimi." Peach said. "More importantly, I can see the boats up ahead."
Finally we can put it to rest. I have so many questions about Mimi's history, but it's gonna slow down the progress of our mission.
After a long conversation about a bunch of things, we reached the shore area where the boats were lying in the water, and four toads were standing in this area.
It was a possibility that they're supposed to be guarding this area.
"Excuse me, toads." Peach said as she was the first to speak to them.
"Oh, Princess Peach. What can we do for you?" A red toad asked.
"Do you need to hitch a ride in the boats?" A purple toad asked.
"Not really. Actually I need to request something." Peach asked.
"Request something? Oh… Ok. Whatever you need." The red toad asked.
"We need you to postpone the boat rides until further notice. I think it was a purple toad that mentioned something about the waves being nasty."
"Ahh, yes. That purple toad mentioned the waves being dangerous as of late. We haven't looked ourselves at the ocean being this dangerous. We were only making sure everyone gets a fun ride at the ocean."
"We recently had discussions about putting something on the ocean or either the boats to indicate that others should go as far away as they can. This was after the purple toad said that he was gonna go far away to figure out the source of a bright light that happened hours ago." A green toad explained.
"And it was my mistake that I didn't do anything about limiting the distance of where people can actually go." Peach said. "That's why I'm going to figure out the source of the brutal waves, along with going to ruins since I know now what's causing the bright light."
"But, Princess, I don't know if going to figure out what's causing it would be the best option. You might run into some serious life problems." A purple toad explained.
"I will be fine. These people can help me get through the waves. They know a way."
"Yes, we definitely know a way we can help her. Just trust us." I said.
The toads were then looking at each other, figuring out whether or not they wanted to believe in us going to the ocean. That was when the red toad said this…
"We'll allow you to go there… but there's a lot of you guys that might not fit in two of these boats, so is there an alternative way you can go there?"
"We have this that can help."
As soon as Scarlett said that, she then went into a bright light to transform into her 5000-Gen form. It, of course, left the toads in shock.
"We'll just carry the princess over to the ruins. We can also fly over there." She said.
"No way! You can transform… into that?!" The green toad shouted, looking shell-shocked.
"That's really some sort of… metamorphosis!" A yellow toad said, expressing the same way.
"Yeah, you can put it like that. We can battle through it like this. We'll make sure to not drop her."
"It's gonna take a few of us to make sure she's safe. Along with Princess Daisy and our friend, Mimi." I said.
"O-Ok. Please be safe. We'll be sure to postpone the rides until the situation is solved. Are you sure it's just you though?" The red toad asked.
"Oh, not at all."
Transform!
As soon as I said that, I then went into a bright light transformed into my 5000-Gen form.
"Oh yeah, we all have to transform." Darius said.
"Right." Blue said.
Everyone else excluding Daisy and Mimi went into a bright light to transform into their 5000-Gen forms.
"Alright. We're prepared. I don't know how far the ruins are, but hopefully we have enough energy to reach there." Blue said.
"You guys are all… futuristic." The purple toad said, looking shocked.
"I couldn't believe it either! I was in awe!" Daisy said.
"Well, we came here to help after all. We're going to make sure everyone's safe." I said.
"Well then, Princess. Please stay safe." The red toad said.
"I promise, I will. Alright, everyone. Let's head out." Peach said.
"Right! But… wait, who do you want to pick you up?" I asked.
"Oh, anyone could be fine."
"Meanwhile, we have to pick up Daisy and Mimi. I wonder who's going to handle that." Scarlett said.
As soon as we handled our situation we were moving deeper into the ocean. The waves were getting a little stronger while the weather didn't look pretty.
"Oh my god! What is this environment?!" Darius shouted.
"I think it's another Bermuda Triangle!" Kris said.
"It could be! We'll just have to see when we get here!" Zack said.
"We're going to be fine! We're HGUs! It's not like we're going underwater!" Scarlett said.
"Are you ok, Peach?!" I asked.
By the way, me and Blue were lifting Peach over the ocean. The waves were fine when we were moving but as we progressed, it was getting stronger. We were still hoping to solve the issue right away.
"Yes I'm fine! It's just that the waves are pretty strong!" Peach said.
"Hey, Zack! Is your DSS ok?!" Blue asked Zack.
"Yeah! No signs of a strong enemy though! We could likely have one here in this ocean!" Zack said.
"Nyaaah! These waves are nearly touching a little girl like myself! I don't want anything to soak my cute wardrobe!" Mimi yelled, angered by the waves nearly touching.
"Mimi, just stay still! You keep moving around that I won't be able to lift you higher!" Alexis shouted as was lifting Mimi all by herself since she was not that… heavy. Don't tell her I said that.
"Then pull me higher! I want my clothes to be spotless!"
"Have you ever checked what's underwater before, Peach?!" Daisy asked. She was being lifted by both Candace and Gemma.
"No, I haven't!" Peach said. "Although I have gone to places like Mount Brrr and such, I've never gone this far into the ocean! Nor have I gone underwater before! Something tells me that a really strange phenomenon is happening down there!"
"Your world is really something else, Peach!" Mimi said with a sweatdrop.
"It's not something else!" Peach said, looking offended. "It's a wonderful environment! I think you're just not accustomed to it yet! Or rather, you're not really experienced here since you somehow got here!"
"That, I can buy!"
"Alright, now I'm getting something on my DSS!" Zack said. "It's possibly a strong enemy!"
"A strong enemy underwater?! So it's a sea monster?!" Gemma asked.
"Probably!" Kinsley said. "But why should we waste our time worrying about what's down there?!"
"Because one of the toads was having problems getting to the ruins! And he could've likely gotten hurt so we have to solve this issue right away!" Blue said.
"Whatever we're about to encounter, we just need to be careful!" Scarlett said.
This is like experiencing a natural disaster, but in a video game world. I hope we can get through all of this.
…
Maybe it is another Bermuda Triangle, like Kris said. I'm glad he brought that up actually.
As we continued on our trip to the ruins, it was starting to rain along with thunderstorms brewing, and the waves… holy hell, you can never imagine how outrageous they are. And I was starting to get a little antsy about it.
"Rrrgh! These waves! I guess Mimi had every right to be agitated by this! I really want to know what's going on already!" I shouted.
"A-And it's raining! No toad has ever told me about this! Oh boy, I'm gonna catch a cold!" Peach said, looking worried.
"You're gonna be fine, princess! Just hang on a little longer!" Blue said.
"The enemy is near! My DSS is getting wet! I don't know if it's going to go unresponsive!" Zack said.
"Can it tell how big the enemy is?!" Darius asked.
"Yes! It all depends on the radius of where we are towards the enemy! I looked up all the dangerous species in the entire universe and added them inside the radius and the radius will tell if it's a big or small species!"
*BIG SPLASH*
"Nyaaaah!"
"I don't know what the hell is down there, but I just want to kill it already!" Mimi and Candace were already getting irritated by the waves being uncontrollable. It was getting clear something is causing these waves to become like this. As well as the environment.
"I got a feeling this source is coming from underwater! But that could be a waste of time if we search for it now!" Blue said.
"My point exactly! We already have our lead to the yellow stone so we shouldn't spend time on that!" Kinsley said.
"So what should we do?!" Daisy asked. "The waves are already splashing really hard and we can't let it stay like this forever!"
"Then I'll figure out the source after we get through all of this! I might need to bring some backup with me!" Peach said.
"Guys, the enemy is near! Brace yourselves!" Zack shouted.
"Wait, But… goodness, how are we gonna handle this…" I whispered as I realized that it was gonna be complicated holding Peach and fighting off the enemy.
"We have to do it, Kaze!" Blue said. "There's no other option!"
"But we're holding Peach together! It's gonna be a little complicated how we're gonna do this!"
"Then have someone else aid me! You can fight that monster together!" Peach said. "Don't worry about me! I'm not opposed to anyone carrying me over, as long as we stick together and take each other seriously!"
"Peach…"
*BIGGER SPLASH*
The waves were still growing stronger that they were starting to reach the soles of our shoes. They were not letting up.
I decided to go with what Peach said as I said… well ASKED this…
"Hey, Darius! Kris! Can you help carry Peach for us, please?!"
"Alright, we got you, Kaze! Come on, Kris! Let's go help her!" Darius said.
"Ok!" Kris said as he was following Darius.
As soon as they agreed to help, we carried Peach over to Darius and Kris. They both went on one side of her arms, the ones that both of us are currently holding onto. They both latched onto both of her arms as tight they could.
"Alright! Let go!" Darius said.
We both let go of Peach's arms as they both were able to get control of her. It looked to me as if they were to get control of her just fine.
"Is this ok, Peach?! We not gonna do anything rash!" Darius asked.
"I'm fine as long as you both are able to get control of me!" Peach said.
"You are a princess after all!" Kris said. "So we have to make sure you stay safe!"
"But where is the enemy though?! Are you sure it's not…"
*ENORMOUS SPLASH*
"OH SHI…"
"WOOOOO!"
"OH!"
"WOAH!"
"WHAT THE HELL?!"
"OOOH! HELLO!"
"*shriek*"
"EEK!"
This was all simultaneously coming from, Scarlett, Darius, Blue, Gemma, Candace, Kris, Mimi and Alexis, all in that order as a very huge squid of some sorts came jumping out the water, causing a massive splash in our area, leaving most of us wet.
"What was that?! That thing was like a human shooting himself out of a cannon!" Alexis yelled.
"That has to be a gigantic blooper! They live underwater, but I've never seen one THAT big!" Daisy shouted, looking shocked.
*ENORMOUS SPLASH*
"Get out of the way!" Scarlett yelled as we all were dodging the splashes from the water that this blooper caused, as Daisy quoted.
"As Daisy said! That's a blooper! But I don't remember it being that big! Maybe something happened!" Peach said.
*SPLASH*
The big blooper then popped out of the water to reveal itself formally. I was still surprised by how large that thing was. It was bigger than a whale actually. It might even set records had it been in the United Kingdom.
"I don't know if this is the best option, but should we kill it?!" I asked.
"No! Help it actually! Because its eyes are different!" Peach said.
Looking at the eyes of the blooper, its eyes are purple.
I didn't know if what she meant was a good thing or a bad thing until Peach said this…
"Their eyes were always black, but something else is making it like this!"
"So we can't just kill it?! That thing looks like a threat!" Darius asked.
"It may be a threat, but I need to calm it down to see if it helps stop these brutal waves!"
*BIGGER SPLASH*
The blooper then started splashing the water with me not knowing what it wanted.
"We'll just have to go with Peach's plan for now!" Kinsley said. "I don't know what's the deal here, but we need to make this snappy so that we can continue our objective!"
"What she said!" Mimi yelled.
She's really irritated. Well just be sure to not get her soaked.
"Alright! Looks like the people that are holding on to somebody are gonna have to sit this one out!" I said.
"Here it comes! Watch out!" Zack yelled.
The moment I turned to the blooper, it's tentacle was coming towards us. We all were dodging out of the way to avoid the attack.
"Go for its tentacles!" Scarlett shouted.
"But we can't go underwater! That'll change our forms!"
"Then… we'll just have to wait for it to attack then!" Scarlett said as she readied her magic.
*SQUIRT*
"It's shooting ink!" Blue yelled as we were all trying to dodge the ink the blooper spraying everywhere.
"Ugh! Nooo! My clothes! Yuuck!" Candace whined as her outfit got ink on the left side.
"You got inked, Candace?!" Gemma asked.
"Yes! I really want to tear this thing into jewelry pieces, but I can't because I'm holding Daisy!"
"Don't worry, Candace! Just bear with it a little longer! I'm sure this will be all over!" Daisy said.
"Everyone, surround it!" I said.
They all listened to my command as we were able to surround the blooper altogether.
The blooper kept splashing the water as it was looking very irritated that we were standing in its way. It started to raise its tentacle and with fast pace, I was able to grab it's tentacle…
"Woah Woah Woah!" …But was struggling to hold on to it and it was trying to wiggle off of me.
"Hang on!" Kinsley was there to help me grab the rest of the space.
But then…
*SLAP*
"Gah!" Another tentacle that the blooper had, quickly slapped both of us, recoiling us a few feet.
Then it was Blue who took the initiative and grabbed the tentacle that attacked us.
"Percipience Strike!" Scarlett shouted as she quickly fired some of her magic at the blooper's tentacle that we were, hurting the tentacle.
"Zack, help me!" Zack was rushing towards Scarlett to grab the blooper's tentacle that broke free from us.
*SQUIRT*
"GAAAAHH!" The blooper was inking Blue's face as she was defenseless from having to grab the blooper's tentacle. She eventually let go of it. "Oh my goodness! My face!"
"Blue!" Scarlett shouted.
*SLAP*
"GAH!" The blooper quickly slapped Scarlett and Zack away from its damaged tentacle.
It then went underwater for whatever reason. And a few seconds later…
*ENORMOUS SPLASH*
*SQUIRT*
"Watch out!" I yelled as we were all trying to avoid the ink as it was spinning while shooting ink at the same time. Its accuracy was solid as I was doing my best to dodge out of the way.
"Hang tight, Blue! I'll be right there!" Scarlett said.
"Split into two! Split into two!" Zack shouted.
Me and Kinsley stayed on one side while Zack and Scarlett went on the other.
"It's about to target us!" Scarlett said as the blooper was looking at both Zack and Scarlett.
*SQUIRT*
"Look out!" Zack shouted as it was shooting ink at them.
"Now's our chance!" I shouted.
We both took the initiative and reached the blooper's tentacle. Then we both grabbed the blooper's tentacle.
This caused the Blooper to stop shooting ink and get its injured tentacle to attack us again. But at that moment…
*BANG*
*PIERCE*
Kinsley brought in her weapon and fired at the tentacle with immense speed. And it was much to our surprise.
"Kinsley! What are you doing?! Peach told us not to kill it!" I shouted at Kinsley.
"I know, but I want to hurry it up and get it over with! We should hurry up and help the thing already!" Kinsley said.
"It worked anyway! We're going in!" Scarlett said as she Zack we're gonna grab the other tentacle.
And successfully they were able to get the other tentacle wrapped up. The blooper was struggling to move as, with all our strength, we were able to lock the blooper in its current position.
"Alright, Peach! If you can manage it, now's your opportunity!" I said to Peach.
"Ok! Darius! Kris! Help me get to the blooper!" Peach said.
"Roger that!" Darius and Kris both said.
As soon as Peach said that, The duo carried Peach over to the blooper. The blooper was still trying to break free, but we were still able to get a hold of it.
"You know what you're doing, Peach?!" Darius asked.
"Yes! We have to be careful, though! It shoots ink!" Peach said.
*SQUIRT*
"OH! Nope! I'm not getting inked!" Darius shouted as the blooper was squirting ink in his direction and he, while holding Peach, quickly got out of the way.
"My fault, Peach! I didn't mean to do that!" All while nudging her out the way.
"It's ok! Just keep going!"
They all finally reached the blooper with it being stuck.
"Alright! Kris, grab her legs with me!" Darius said.
He and Kris both carried her legs so that she would have more control of her arms.
"You both are carrying her like that?!" Scarlett asked, looking dumbfounded.
"She needs to calm down this blooper! How else is she gonna do it?!" Darius asked.
"I'm not too comfortable in this position, but it's the only way we could calm it down!" Peach said.
Peach was preparing her magic to calm down the blooper.
Oh geez, it's gonna break free!
"Ok! Ok! Just hang on!" Peach said to the blooper as she was still preparing her move.
That sounded like she was going to take its medicine.
"Alright! It's ready!" She then said.
"Go now!" Darius said as the duo moved Peach a little closer
*SLAP*
She then grabbed the blooper's face and started using her magic to calm it down. As the magic was transferring to the blooper, the magic was starting to calm it down as the color of its eyes were starting to change.
"It's working! It's coming back to its senses!" Peach shouted.
Once most of the magic was coming through the blooper, it was coming back to its original state with its eyes becoming black. But the rain was still there.
We all let go of the blooper, but as soon as we did just that, it immediately went back underwater. It was a little worrying to me.
"D-Did it work?!" I asked.
We waited a few more seconds to see what its next move was. I was still optimistic on what its next move was because the way it reacted almost made me think that it was going to go on a rampage again.
Why is it taking so long? Wait a minute.
"Hey, I think the rain is weakening!" Gemma shouted.
"And the blooper is taking a long time to come back!" Zack said.
"I have so many questions about this situation but I can ask another time!" Candace said.
"Blue!" Scarlett said as she rushed over to aid Blue who still had ink on her face.
"Why does it burn so much?!" Blue whined as she had her eyes closed as there was possibly ink in her eyes.
"Hold on, stay still. I can get it off quickly. All-Around Cure!" Scarlett said as she used her magic to erase all the ink that was in Blue's clothes.
"*pant* *pant* Thank you, Scarlett! I don't know what just happened! But it was painful!" Blue said in guilt as she can see clearly and is free from ink that was covered in her body.
"Don't worry about it! Just be careful next time!" Scarlett said.
"Hey! Can I get some over here?! My clothes are inked!" Candace said. Scarlett then moved to Candace and was about to do the same thing.
"All-Around Cure!"
"You have my thanks!" Candace said as her clothes were now clean after Scarlett used her cure.
"No problem! Just be sure to get out of the way next time!" Scarlett said.
"So no sign of the blooper!" Peach said. "Again, I have to figure out what really happened after we find that stone! Maybe there was another mysterious object that came to this world!"
"But at least the rain is worsening! I'm thankful for that!" Mimi shouted in annoyance.
"You're not wrong though, Mimi! I did want out of this too!" Alexis shouted.
"But it's not coming back to its berserk state, right? So what's there to look down for? All we need to look for is that yellow stone." Kinsley said.
"That's true, Kinsley, but sometimes there's other things that we have to do even though we don't wanna do them. It's urgent." Scarlett said.
"She does have a point, Kinsley." Blue said.
…
"*sigh* Ok. Maybe I'm just that impatient to get to Th… "him"." Kinsley said as I heard her almost say Thanos.
"I know you want to get to him. We just gotta hang tight for a little longer." I said.
"Who's him? Infinite?" Daisy asked.
"No, Daisy. It's… someone you don't wanna know. At least, not just yet." Kinsley said.
"Oh."
"It looks like my DSS is not detecting the blooper! I guess it was its berserk state that made it become a monster." Zack said.
"But for once, Cackletta wasn't behind this. Because she doesn't know that we were heading to the ruins so that's odd." Gemma said.
"Yeah, you might be right, Gemma." I said. "When we first went to Gloomy Woods, Cackletta beat us there so there's no way she would beat us heading to the ruins. This should be an easy find for us."
"Yup. Anyway, we should keep going. There's nothing left here so we should continue our trek." Scarlett said.
"Right."
And so, with the rain dying down a little, and the waves calming down as well, we continued our trip to the ruins with the yellow stone near. With Cackletta behind us, it's a possibility that we will complete our mission with ease.
We may be one step closer after all that. I can feel it.
Author's Note: Kaze and Co. are nearing the end of their journey to finding the Stone of Healing as they are getting closer to the ruins. That means the Mushroom Kingdom arc might be over in a jiffy. Or is it over? I don't know. You don't know. Next chapter, is it the finale? I don't know. You don't know.
So I originally wanted to make an underwater chapter where I'd have Kaze and the rest of her friends fight underwater, but since Kaze and the others are on a time limit, it wouldn't make sense to make two or three chapters underwater. It's just, that's how I feel. Don't get me wrong. So I just decided to make a battle where it's a few HGUs fighting a big blooper. That's all.
That's all I got for now. If you guys are enjoying this story, make sure to follow/favorite/review this story, and I'll see you guys in the next chapter.