Chapter 2: The Journey Begins, but you already knew that, so let's just get going!
Bobobo and the gang made their way out of what use to be Ponyville, now nothing more than a ghost town. Twilight looked back at the town one last time, stopping to do so. She felt guilt, she felt as though this was her fault, that innocent ponies were taken away, that her friends were captured, that Ponyville was destroyed. She sniffed, before tuning back to join the others.
"Bobobo, can we not go in there?" Jelly Jiggler asked. Twilight looked up to see what 'there' was. Turned out it was the Everfree forest that Jelly didn't want to go in. He was currently tugging on Bobobo's shirt, his eyes big and watery. "There's monsters in there, and I'm allergic."
"Is he really allergic to monsters?" Twilight questioned, walking next to Beauty. She looked up to her before answering.
"I'm not really sure, he says he's allergic to a lot of things." Beauty answered, shrugging her shoulders and raising her hands. Twilight walked up to Bobobo and Jelly Jiggler.
"You know, there is a path that we can follow, so we don't get lost. I can show you it," Just as Twilight finished, Jelly clung onto her, tears streaming down his face.
"But do we have to go into the evil forest of nightmares?" Jelly asked. Twilight felt bad, she wanted to say no, but there really wasn't any other option. The Soul Hunters most likely had something in the forest, that's where some ponies said they came from.
"I'm sorry Jelly Jiggler, but it's our best bet to find the Soul Hunters."
"Man up Jelly, we'll just beat up anything that messes with us." Bobobo said, pulling Jelly Jiggler off of Twilight.
"But I can't man up, I'm jelly." Jelly responded, tears still falling from his face, but it fell upon deaf ears.
"Show us this path Twilight."
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"Here it is." Twilight said, pointing to the dirt road that led into the Everfree, just past Fluttershy's cottage.
"Alright then, let's get going!" Bobobo yelled out, about to make a dash towards the entrance, until a voice stopped them.
"Not yet," The voice said. Emerging from the shadows was another pony, a unicorn to be exact, his coat was blue and his hair was emerald green. His cutie mark was a iron and gold ingot, and his eyes were ruby red. "I'm guessing you are Bobobo," The pony said.
"Yeah, and who are you?" Bobobo asked. The pony smirked before answering.
"My name is Cobalt, a member of the Soul Hunters. We heard of you Bobobo, how you destroyed the scouting squad and how you humiliated Keen Eye. Then again, he wasn't even the beginning of us. I also hear you have a special power."
"As a matter of fact I do." Bobobo said, releasing his nose hair. Cobalt's face showed that of disgust at the sight.
"That's still very weird," Twilight commented. Cobalt regained his composer as he spoke again.
"That's... interesting to say the least. No matter, it's my job to put an end to you, and that's what I plan on doing. I hope your ready to face defeat."
"Well guess what, I don't know the definition of defeat!" Bobobo announced, almost proudly.
'Is he being serious?' Twilight and Cobalt thought at the same time.
"But I do know one thing, and that is that I'm going to destroy everyone in the Soul Hunters!" Bobobo proclaimed.
"Oh yeah? Then prove it," Cobalt taunted, which was, easily, the biggest mistake in his life.
"Alright then we will!" Bobobo, Don Patch and Jelly Jiggler yelled out as they all charged at Cobalt, who's eyes bulged out of his head. The three moved as one, all reaching the stallion at the same time, and also at the same time, all punched him in the chest. Cobalt was sent back from the force of the attack landing on his side. He quickly got up into a sitting position.
"Alright, so that's how you want to play, then I'll play like that!" He said, pushing himself up to his hind legs, balancing on them. What he said next, was a shock to everyone.
"Super Fist of Ore!" Bobobo's, Don's, Jelly's, Beauty's and Twilight's eyes widened. Cobalt then pointed his hooves at the three in front of him. "Ruby Storm!" He announced, ruby shooting out from his hooves. Bobobo, Don Patch and Jelly Jiggler all screamed out in pain as the rubies pelted them. Once the attack was over, Cobalt fell back to all fours, and the three were on their knees, shocked at what happened.
"What? How does he know a Super Fist?!" Bobobo questioned.
"I thought we were the only one's that had Super Fist's here!" Jelly said. Cobalt simply gave off a smirk.
"What's wrong? I thought you were going to prove that you could defeat the Soul Hunters." He taunted, juggling a some silver ore he summoned in his magic. The three slowly got to their feet, staring down Cobalt.
"Of course we can defeat the Soul Hunters! Do you know why?" Bobobo yelled out, causing Cobalt to stop his juggling act and get rid of the ore pieces as he looked at him with shock. "Because we are fueled by the power of friendship!" Twilight's eyes widened at this statement.
'Has Bobobo also discovered the magic of friendship? Maybe that's why he was so successful in his world,' She thought. Cobalt just looked at him before glaring at him.
"Oh really? Well, can friendship save you from this?! Super Fist of Ore: Mythril Bazooka!" He announced, a green beam consisting of mythril ore shooting out of his horn towards the three.
"Well of course it can!" Bobobo said confidently.
"What?!" Cobalt yelled out. The beam hit them, causing smoke to rise out. After a few seconds of waiting, the smoke started to clear, revealing the silhouette of Bobobo. Cobalt's eyes widen at the sight. As the smoke finally cleared, Bobobo was seen, holding up Don Patch and Jelly Jiggler in from of him, who had taken the attack for Bobobo. They both looked beat up with burn mark all over their bodies and pupiless eyes.
"What do you think about that?" Bobobo asked with a smirk, as if he had done nothing to Don and Jelly.
"I think you need a better definition on the term friendship!" Cobalt yelled out, shocked beyond comprehension. But not as shocked as Twilight. Her jaw was hanging open with wide eyes and pinprick eyes at what she just witnessed. Beauty looked up at her, seeing her genuinely shocked for the first time since they met each other.
"Yeah, I would say you get use to it, but you really don't," She said, since this happened on a daily basis back in her world.
"Di-bu-why-I-uh," Twilight tried to say something, but was far too shocked to say anything.
"Look at what you did to my dear friends," Bobobo said, removing his meat shields from the front of him, revealing tears streaming down his face. "I'll make you pay!" He yelled out into the sky, now the true chaos began.
"Wha?! Me?!" Cobalt asked, pointing a hoof to himself. Bobobo threw Don Patch to the ground and set Jelly Jiggler I front of him. He then brought back his fist to his side.
"Jelly Jiggler Magnum!" He yelled out, punching Jelly in the back of the head, sending his face flying towards Cobalt. It was moving too quickly for Cobalt to dodge, hitting him in the head. His head was whipped back from the force, his eyes widening in surprise and pain.
"He... just punched a hole through the guys face!" Cobalt said to himself. As he regained his stance, he glared at the human, but his glare changed into shock as he saw Bobobo holding up Don Patch by the spikes.
"Now it's your turn!" Bobobo yelled, throwing Don Patch at Cobalt, the orange sun thing had tears streaming from his wide eyes as he flew through the air. However, Cobalt was able to react to this one in time.
"Super Fist of Ore: Diamond Encrusted Hoof!" He announced, his front leg receiving a coat of diamonds. He swung his hoof forward, nailing Don in the jaw and sending him back at Bobobo. The human jumped over Don Patch and headed for the unicorn before him, seeing this, Cobalt called forth another attack. "The Super Fist of Ore: Emerald Hammer!" A giant hammer made out of emerald appeared in his magic. Quickly, he brought it down into Bobobo, crushing him underneath.
"Bobobo!" Beauty and Twilight cried out. Cobalt smirked evilly as he lifted the hammer, expecting to see the remains of Bobobo. However, there was no trace of him.
"Huh?! Where'd he go?!" He asked, looking around for him.
"I'm right here!" Bobobo said, Cobalt's eyes widened as he turned back to the impression in the ground from the hammer. In the impression was a worm sticking out of a hole, except it had Bobobo's glasses and afro.
"Wha?!" Cobalt's jaw dropped and his eyes lost their pupils.
"How did he do that?!" Twilight questioned, her own eyes bulging out of her head in shock. Bobobo, now back to normal (yeah right), delivered a solid punch to Cobalt's jaw, sending him to the ground.
"Why me?!" He cried out as he roughly landed.
"Now it's time to finish you off!" Bobobo proclaimed, jumping into the air. Cobalt began to panic, not knowing what was to come next. But it never did come, in fact, something entirely unexpected happen next.
"Bobobo, how dare you use me as a weapon!" Don Patch yelled out, punching Bobobo in the bottom of his jaw.
"You'll be used as a weapon and you'll like it!" Bobobo yelled, grabbing him by the thorns, trying to pull them out of his head. Soon enough, the two were in a full out brawl with each other, a cloud of dust and smoke obstructing the view of the fight.
"Bobobo!" Cobalt turned his head to see Jelly Jiggler, back in one piece, running towards the two fighting. "You used the magnum thing on me again!" He yelled, dolphin diving into the cloud of dust, making it bigger with a third body in the fight. Cobalt just stood there, at a lost for words, he didn't exactly want to get involved in the fight. Meanwhile, from the side lines, Beauty and Twilight watched the events as they unfolded.
"This... is normal for them?" Twilight asked, unsure of what else to say.
"Like I said before, it's more normal than you think." Beauty stated.
"I think the robot got the wrong creature that defeated Keen Eye," Cobalt said. These couldn't be the same ones that defeated him, they were just too... too... he didn't even know how to properly describe them.
"You!" Bobobo yelled out, grabbing Cobalt's hoof. "Don't think I forgot about you!"
"What the-wah!" Cobalt cried out, being pulled into the fight as well, the cloud growing in size again. Meanwhile, Twilight was trying to pass time.
"So... how often do they tend to do this?" She asked Beauty.
"About... every other second of the day," Beauty responded, trying to be as accurate as possible.
"And you put up with it?"
"I try to, like I said before, you never really get use to it." Suddenly, an explosion occurred, causing the two to cover their faces from the debris that followed. The two looked back at the four, finding them all burnt and smoking, sprawled out on the ground. "Wait, what the heck happened?!" Beauty questioned.
"That was fun, let's do it again!" Don Patch shot up, with a smile on his face.
"How was that fun?!" Twilight questioned. Soon, Bobobo and Jelly Jiggler joined Don at his sides.
"You two really need to lighten up," Bobobo said.
"Yeah, learn to have some fun," Jelly chimed in.
"Whaaa?!" The two girls yelled out in unison. Cobalt, meanwhile, was barely getting back up to his hooves, he looked over at the group, carefully planning on what to do next.
'Those three, they're insane! I won't be able to beat them, but... I can do something to the one close to them,' He thought as he prepared his next attack. "Super Fist of Ore: Topaz Cocoon," He said silently. Suddenly, topaz exploded from the ground beneath Beauty, trapping her in.
"Beauty!" Bobobo cried out. Running to the cocoon.
"I'd be carful, Bobobo," Cobalt said, an evil grin on his face. "That cocoon is littered with spikes on the inside, one wrong move, and she's gone!" Bobobo grinded his teeth at the evil pony.
"You fiend!" He yelled, but Cobalt's grin only grew.
"Looks like this is check mate Bobobo!" He said.
"No, this is!" Bobobo announced, throwing a giant pawn at Cobalt, scoring a direct hit. He yelled out in pain as his concentration was broken, the topaz cocoon breaking away, revealing Beauty. "Beauty! Are you alright?" Bobobo questioned franticly.
"Yeah, I'm fine," She said. With that said, Bobobo slowly turned back to Cobalt, who was rubbing the side of his head.
"Ow, was that a giant pawn?" He questioned, unsure of what had hit him.
"Cobalt!" Bobobo hollered. Cobalt snapped his head to him, fear taking place of confusion. "How dare you try to hurt Beauty!" Cobalt's eyes shrank, he knew he screwed up now. "Super Fist of the Nose Hair!" He yelled out, hundreds of nose hair strands shooting out of his nose and towards Cobalt, who tried to back up from the attack in a vain attempt. "Nose hair whirlwind!" He announced, the nose hairs whacking Cobalt around in all directions, before being flung away.
'He's just... too powerful...' Cobalt thought as he hit the ground, head first then rolling onto his back, passed out.
"Yay! We defeated another Soul Hunter!" Beauty cheered.
"Way to go guys!" Twilight cheered as well. Bobobo looked down at the passed out form of Cobalt, thoughts running through his head.
'Who are the Soul Hunters? And how do they know Super Fist's?' He wondered, wanting to know the answers.