Sarasaland was a large empire comprised of no less than four kingdoms: the mostly desert Birabuto Kingdom, the mostly oceanic Muda Kingdom, the large island of Easton Kingdom, and the mostly mountainous Chai Kingdom.
Chai Kingdom was the bigger of the four kingdoms, and the kingdom that originally conquered the others. Why they then decided to call the empire Sarasaland instead of the Chai Empire was anybody's guess.
And so, the capital of Sarasaland, Chújú, was somewhere among the mountains of Chai Kingdom, and it was the Mario Brothers' current destination.
They were flying in the sky above the kingdom just as the sun here was starting its descent, Mario piloting the Sky Pop. The absence of dark clouds indicated that the Cankens hadn't arrived yet. Probably they were searching else for now and hadn't started to search Sarasaland. But the brothers knew that it was a matter of time before they showed themselves, they couldn't stop the empire from being invaded sooner or later, and they hoped to at least get the star before so they could prepare themselves to fight off the invaders.
They could see Chújú on a plateau among the mountains, a town about the size of Toad Town surrounded by a wall with the palace on top of another plateau behind it with a single path linking the two, but there was no space to land. They had no choice but to go to an airport on the flank of a neighboring mountain.
The landing happened without trouble, and the brothers were welcomed by the employees of the airport. There were some Toads among them, but the most common creature encountered was a species of Koopa called Bombshell Koopa, the ruling species of Sarasaland (without counting the royal family which was actually composed of humans). Where the Mushroom Kingdom had the Toads, Sarasaland had the Bombshell Koopas. The Bombshell Koopas, along with the local species of Goombas called Goombos (that were just big enough to reach Mario and Luigi's legs above the ankle), were endemic from Chai Kingdom, but had since spread to the other kingdoms after they had been conquered. There were also a few creatures from the other kingdoms, and even from all over the world like a human from Metro Kingdom, but the Bombshell Koopas really outnumbered them, seconded by the Goombos.
The brothers, followed by the Yoshi, didn't lose time however and quickly exited the airport. The path from it to Chújú was a tortuous one going down the airport's mountain before going up to the capital. Thankfully, they didn't have to go down and climb back up THAT much, the valley between the two mountains being rather high itself. They still had to contend with some of the more hostile local fauna and flora such as piranha plants (big carnivorous plants with a long stem and a big red head with white dots and a large mouth that also were present in the Mushroom Kingdom) and fire-breathing snakes.
On the way, they decided to separate. Luigi climbed on Yoshi who then ran ahead toward Chújú to warn the locals, especially the royal family (Luigi really insisted to do it), about the imminent arrival of the Cankens and why the brothers were here so Mario, once he arrived, would be able to directly go to the museum with a permission to get the Elemenstar so they wouldn't lose time discussing with the owner and everything.
So Luigi was the first to reach the doors of the capital and immediately went toward the palace at the other side of the town. He just had to follow the main street for this, paying no mind to the inhabitants and the special architecture of the buildings that was often seen in this part of the world which had for main characteristic these large gabled and tiled roofs that curved upward and outward at the corners, often supported by red pillars.
The palace itself, which could easily be seen from the town as it looked like a pyramidal tower, had this architecture. It was mostly made of wood, painted red, and each floor (smaller and smaller as you climbed) was surrounded by one of these roofs, green-colored and supported by red pillars. The roofs also had balconies on top of them, excepted the top-roof which formed a curved pyramid.
To note that daisies, real ones or drawings, were present everywhere.
It didn't take long for Luigi and Yoshi to cross the town and reach the slightly tortuous path linking it to the palace. They thankfully didn't have to worry about falling as there were more walls acting as barriers, with guards on them. They eyed Luigi and his mount, but didn't do anything. Civilians were allowed to come to the palace, and they recognized who he was anyway.
Once he reached the palace, Luigi descended from Yoshi and the guards led them to the person he wanted to see: Princess Daisy.
She was easily recognizable by being a human, a bit taller than Luigi and wearing a yellow dress with orange accents and a flower-shaped brooch reminiscent of what she was named after. She had similar earrings, not hidden by her shoulder-lengthened brown hair, and she obviously had a golden crown to show her status.
She was standing just beside her father who was on his throne, a middle-aged man with a brown moustache and short brown hair starting to turn grey wearing the typical king regalia of similar colors do his daughter including an orange cape.
Before Luigi knew it, Daisy was giving him a bone-crushing hug after she saw him enter the room.
"Oh my gosh, Luigi! You're here! I'm so happy to see you!"
"D-Daisy... Air..."
Her father sighed. "Daisy. The poor man needs to breathe. Release him."
Daisy did so, allowing Luigi to take some big breaths before she looked at him questioningly and asked, "Why are you here? You didn't even warn you would come. Unless this is a surprise visit?"
Luigi took one last breath before he looked at Daisy gave a brief summary of what was going on, about the Cankens and the Elemenstars, and that the Earth Star was in the museum and he and Mario quickly needed to get it before the Cankens come, which could be anytime.
"Anytime?" Daisy's father asked with some worry.
Luigi nodded. "They could come in the next few seconds. Or not."
"Then what are we still doing here?" Daisy shouted before she grabbed Luigi by the arm. "Let's go to the museum to get that star! The last thing I want is some Dark God ravaging everything!" she then said as she dragged the plumber out of the room.
"Wai-wait, Daisy! I can walk!"
Yoshi eyed amused the two as Daisy dragged Luigi out of the room, then followed them, leaving Daisy's father and the guards who had guided Luigi and Yoshi into the room.
...
"Guards."
"Yes, Your Majesty?"
"Spread the words of what Luigi just said and ready the guards. If these Cankens invade us, then we will welcome them as we should. An alien already got us good, we won't let a bunch of mad cultists do the same."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
When Mario finally reached and entered Chújú, he asked someone the directions to the museum before he went toward it. The museum revealed to be near the center of the town, not far away of the main street. It was hard to miss it, the building was easily three times bigger than the houses and shops around and had two floors, the second floor slightly smaller than the first floor and surrounded by a curved roof.
When he entered the museum, Mario found Luigi, Yoshi, as well as Princess Daisy talking to a female Bombshell Koopa with a Goombo perched on her head.
"If I had known this star was THAT important, I would have raised the price of the tickets," the Koopa said before she raised her eyes. "What do you think, Goomy?"
"One hundred more coins, at the very least," Goomy agreed with a small bounce.
"Ahem," Daisy mimed, getting back their attention.
"Oh, yes, if it's to save the world, you can have the star. But, please, could you bring it back once it's over? Along with the other Elemenstars? The whole set would be the master piece of this museum. People would come from all over the world to see it."
"We will think about this," Daisy said. "Let's retrieve it before the Pyramid Heads show their ugly faces."
The two (or three, counting Goomy) then went further into the museum to get the star, leaving Luigi and Yoshi. At this moment, Mario approached them, and Yoshi was the first to remark him before he tapped Luigi on the shoulder to gain his attention.
"Hey, bro! Things seem to go well," Mario said when Luigi turned to face him.
"Yeah!" Luigi replied with a raised thumb. "But I don't know why, I have the feeling that something will go wrong."
At this, Stuffwell jumped out of Mario's pocket and grew to his normal size before he said, "Maybe that's because with you guys, things tend to go from well to wrong very rapidly."
Luigi raised a finger, mouth open ready to rebuke, but then lowered his arms and looked down depressingly. "I cant say anything against that..."
And suddenly, the light from the windows and the entrance door disappeared, and confused shouts could be heard.
"Speaking of the Dark Star..." Stuffwell muttered before Mario went toward the door to see what was going on, although he already had an idea.
Then came the screams, and Mario saw the dark clouds covering the sky which had been pretty clear just one minute earlier as well as the legions of ghostly beings descending toward the town or spreading everywhere in the empire.
From where he was, Mario couldn't see much, but when the Cankens went close enough, he saw dozens of arrows coming from the walls surrounding the town eliminating a big number of the invaders.
Mario quickly returned beside Luigi and Yoshi and said, "We must join Daisy!"
The other two nodded, and the team went after the princess further into the museum, traversing rooms full of collections of antiquities and other objects. Just as they reached the stairs to the second floor at the other side of the building, Cankens destroyed the windows and entered, some already in possession of inhabitants of Chújú.
Bombshell Koopas were very dangerous foes to fight. They weren't named "Bombshell" for nothing. Their shells were literally bombs, able to unleash explosions if they were hit too strongly. Already, explosions could constantly be heard outside. At least, the explosions weren't that big so the chances of being caught in one were low and propriety damage should be limited.
The Goombos weren't that problematic. The only difficulty with them was how hard it could be to hit them because of their small size. But they were perfect for Yoshi to eat and trap into eggs that he then threw at the Koopas to make their shells explode from a safe distance.
Many possessed Bombshell Koopas and Goombos were encountered in the second floor, transported here by the Cankens who didn't have a body yet, among some Toads and even a Pianta from Delfino Island (large humanoid beings of various colors with a big round nose and a small palm tree growing from their heads) possessed by a Sentiken (which the Mario Team encountered for the first time).
This took some work to defeat the possessed Pianta who had been armed of a spear and could teleport and send electricity. They had to wait for him to attack so they could counter him and attack him before he could teleport away. Because of this, they had to watch each others' back and constantly be ready to attack. When they managed to knock him out and force the Sentiken to come out, Yoshi then caught him with his tongue by the head before he could react and slammed him head first on the ground where the brother pummeled him with their hammers until he poofed out of existence.
They found Daisy not far after, alongside the Bombshell Koopa owner of the museum and Goomy who were both panicking, in possession of the Earth Star, and surrounded by a dozen of Kennies, some Warp Kennies, a couple of Telekens, and four possessed Bombshell Koopas.
Surprisingly (or not), Daisy was holding her own against all of them, using the Elemenstar itself as a blunt weapon to attack any who dared to come too close.
"Back off!" she yelled before she smashed the star on the head of a Kenny who then went poof!
Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi joined her and began to attack the Cankens. As they eliminated them, more came from the windows or from the first floor. It promised to be a long fight.
"Not the Ja-" The Bombshell Koopa began to shout only to wince and close her eyes as one of the Telekens used a jar made of jade as a projectile that Mario then destroyed with his hammer.
"Booma! We can't just stand here and watch as these monsters destroy our collection!" Goomy shouted. "We must do something!"
"Grrr! You are right!" Booma replied before she entered her shell, Goomy jumping from her head. She then took it off and and grabbed it. "Goomy, ready the bomb!"
Goomy headbutted the shell. Booma then waited a second before she kicked it toward a group of Cankens (which she made sure wasn't nearby any piece of collection), the shell unleashing an explosion in the middle of it. The shell was still intact, so Booma quickly ran to it and grabbed it again before she ran back to the heroes to restart the process.
A little earlier, in the sky somewhere above Sarasaland, Funky's plane was flying toward Chújú.
"We're approaching Chújú guys!" the pilot informed as he looked above his shoulder. "I will have to land in the airport here to fill this girl up! I have no choice, unless you want to say "hi!" to the fishes on the way to the Mushroom Kingdom!"
Diddy groaned. "If there is no other choice..."
"Uuh... We may have a problem," Tiny Kong, the co-pilot, said as she pointed at dark clouds suddenly appearing in before them.
Before they knew it, the plane was surrounded by them.
"Ohh... Rotten banana..." Funky groaned before the plane suddenly shook, attacked from all sides by the Cankens. The primates could only watch in panic through the windows as the engines were destroyed one by one, making the plane start to drop. "Quick! Everyone takes a parachute!" Funky shouted before he opened the side of the plane. While this allowed the Cankens to enter the plane, Diddy took care of them as he flew out with his jetpack.
Tiny shrunk and jumped on Dixie's head as she grabbed the parachutes and gave one to Cranky and Funky. One by one, the three then jumped out of the plane which crashed not long after.
As he slowly descended with his parachute, Funky stared at what remained of his plane. "Now they've done it!" He then saw a Kenny charge toward him and he punched him. "That plane was my life, you monsters!"
Cranky also had to bonk a Kenny on the head to defend himself before Diddy came and fired at any approaching Canken with his guns.
Before long, they all landed and quickly got themselves rid of the parachutes.
"We will have to walk to Chújú and find a plane here, if there's still an intact plane to use," Cranky said.
"How far are we?" Dixie asked.
"Not that far thankfully. We're just a few mountains away," Funky answered.
At this moment, a group of Kennies along with a Teleken and some possessed fire-breathing snakes came to face them.
"Seems like these things won't leave us alone," Tiny said from her place still on Dixie's head.
"So we will have to traverse mountains while fighting our way," Diddy said before he stared at Cranky. "You think you can do it, gramp?" He was bonked on the head by a cane for this. "Ow!"
"You seem to have forgotten that it wasn't long ago that I traversed six islands alongside you to get back our home from a bunch of invaders with popsicles for brains! I can perfectly traverse these mountains while fighting these guys!"
Done with his rant, Cranky looked back at the Cankens only to see that they all had alredy been eliminated by Dixie, Tiny, and Funky.
Funker gave him a grin. "You won't fight anything if you continue to lose time chattering."
Cranky glared at him, but as he saw more Cankens come, he decided not to say anything. Instead, he took the lead as the group advanced toward their destination: Chújú.
The battle inside the museum continued as Cankens kept coming to get the star.
That was until a figure entered the room: Waluigi, still possessed and looking very relaxed as he had his hands behind his back. The Cankens immediately stopped their assault as he approached, and the heroes faced him.
Waluigi stared at them for a time before he eventually said, "Yo. I was wondering why the guys were taking so long to grab the star. I wasn't expecting it to be so well defended. I guess that I should have thought again after the heavy resistance we're meeting in this town."
"Ah! Sarasaland is not to be taken lightly! When we're prepared, invaders return to their homes crying their mommies!" Daisy said, finger pointed at Waluigi with a proud smirk.
Waluigi sighed. "Oh, bother... Guess I have to fight then. I really didn't want to do this."
At this, he raised a hand, and a black trident appeared in it, the trident possessing pyramids at the tips with the usual eye.
"Name's Zutr by the way, if you wanted to know. And if you didn't, then... My bad, I guess. Now, be prepared to die. Or to join us. It will depend on if you manage to survive my attacks or not. Oh, and..." He looked at the Cankens still in the room. "You guys should get out to fight the guards of this town instead of remaining here getting in the way. Unless you want to die uselessly in the crossfire, then that's okay. That's your choice."
All the Cankens exited the museum.
Zutr then pointed his trident at the heroes who readied themselves.
And he began to use it like a freaking gattling gun, continuously firing small dark energy balls from its tips very rapidly.
"Mama mia!" the brothers shouted in panic before the group quickly took cover behind whatever they found.
"You must be kidding me!" Daisy yelled. "We can't hope to approach him with that!"
Stuffwell jumped out of Mario's pocket. "Then we must find a way to attack him from a distance."
"Lucky I came prepared," Mario said to this as he got an idea. Then, he took a watermelon from Stuffwell and yelled, "Yoshi!"
"Mh?" Yoshi looked at Mario questioningly and, seeing the watermelon, understood. Mario then threw the watermelon at him, and Yoshi ate it before he came out of his cover and fired the watermelon's seeds at Zutr.
"What the-? Owowowowowow!"
The seeds hit Zutr repeatedly, forcing him to stop firing and to cover his (Waluigi's) face with his arms. The group immediately took the occasion to attack (excepted Booma, Goomy, and Stuffwell who decided to go hide out of the room), but as soon as the seeds stopped coming, Zutr used his trident - which he revealed to be a master of its manipulation - to try to fight them off and return to firing at them. While he had no real problem against Yoshi and Daisy, no matter what he did, however, he just couldn't force the Mario Brothers away.
That was when he began to levitate some of the many weapons that were exposed in the museum and used them to attack. This did force everyone to jump back, however, they were now at different directions. This meant that if Zutr attempted to fire at one with his trident, the others could take the occasion to attack him from behind despite the levitated weapons because he wasn't skilled enough to use all of them at the same time and he had a hard time keeping his attention on everyone at once.
So Zutr tried a last trick where he planted his trident in the ground from which he spread electricity in all directions. This only got everyone to jump before he was hit on the head by Mario's hammer, then Luigi's hammer, then the Earth Star still possessed by Daisy, then Yoshi's butt.
Zutr fell on a knee, using the trident as support. "Oh, bother... You really know how to fight..."
At this moment, he saw a shell land beside him. He barely had the time to understand the situation before he was propelled into a wall by an explosion.
"And I know when to take the occasion to hit hard!" Booma shouted from her hiding place.
Despite this, Zutr still got back up.
And Wario suddenly teleported beside him. "Seems like you need help, Zutr."
"Took your sweet time, BossEye."
"Jupacc got the Wind Star, but he failed to destroy Starven. Three equines creatures were able to force him and Maztur and Kirima to retreat and are now approaching this place, eliminating any of our guys getting in their way. Let's hurry to get the Elemenstar before they come."
At this, he faced the group and, without warning, materialized chains that he sent at them. Despite the initial surprise, Mario and Luigi were able to deflect the first chains with their hammers before they avoided the following ones with pirouettes and acrobatics while protecting Daisy and Yoshi (who still had to jump out of the way of two chains).
After a few seconds of this, Wario stopped sending the chains, visibly impressed but also annoyed.
"Seems like we will have to do it the hard way," he said before he materialized a big black scepter with a cyclopean skull that still had its eye. Wario then pointed the eye at Zutr and fired some beam of energy from it at him.
The energy enveloped Zutr who then began to grow, and grow, and grow! His head went through the ceiling which began to crumble, and the floor eventually lose the fight against his weight, making Zutr fall to the first floor. But he continued to grow without stopping, destroying more and more of the building.
Luigi gently grabbed Daisy before he jumped out of a window along with Mario and Yoshi.
"My museum!" Booma yelled before Stuffwell and Goomy convinced her to do the same.
Rubbles only remained of the museum, and Zutr was still continuing to grow. By the time he stopped, he was towering over the whole town and even the palace.
Wario then appeared beside his head, floating, and yelled, "CRUSH THIS TOWN!"
"Yes, BossEye, whatever."
As Zutr raised a foot toward the Mario Brothers, general panic spread.
But then, Luigi looked at a very scared Daisy and got a determined look before he took out of his pocket a small box.
Gadd Science, Inc. Mega Mushroom Pills Ingest to turn giant for ten minutes. Secondary effects: fatigue and hunger after return to normal size.
He took a pill and swallowed it.
The effects were immediate as Luigi began to grow, much to the surprise of the others who quickly got away from him. It was at this moment that Zutr brought his foot down to crush them, but it was stopped by the growing Luigi who was eventually strong enough to push it, making Zutr lose balance. Luigi then took out his hammer and did an upward swing, hitting Zutr on the chin and sending him flying above the wall of the town and into a valley below.
Luigi then looked at Mario and Daisy and gave them a nod before he carefully walked toward the wall and jumped above it to join Zutr in the valley.
Luigi landed right on Zutr's head before he bounced and landed some distance in front of him, hammer ready.
Zutr rubbed his head and shook it before he sighed and looked at Luigi. "Oh, bother... You even have a way to turn giant too. And I thought that it would finally be over." He pointed his trident at his enemy. "But now, you are alone, pal. I think that I can win this fight."
Luigi frowned. "Not even in your dreams, pal." I must get him away from Chújú.
He charged toward Zutr who began to fire with his trident. To the Canken's surprise, Luigi tanked the shots, using his hammer to protect himself from most of them as he continued to run. Luigi then did another upward swing that sent Zutr flying further.
As he got up, he barely avoided another swing of the hammer before he attempted to pierce Luigi with his weapon. Luigi jumped to avoid it and landed on Zutr's head, bounced from it, landed on it again, and bounced one last time before he took his hammer and smashed his head with it as he dropped back to the ground. As Zutr was stunned as a result, Luigi immediately did another upward swing with his hammer, sending Zutr flying again even further away, right beside a cliff.
Luigi went to attack again, and the hammer clashed with the trident for a few seconds before Zutr managed to push Luigi back. The Canken then quickly kicked Luigi on the belly while he was destabilised, making him step back before he pointed his trident toward him and fired, this time sending electricity from its tips. Luigi barely avoided the electricity by moving to the side before he quickly approached and swung, this time hitting Zutr from the side and sending him crashing on the cliff. This caused a landslide where several boulders, included some giant ones, fell on Zutr, hurting him even move.
Zutr recovered and levitated the boulders before he sent them toward Luigi. Tanking the smaller ones, Luigi did his best to avoid the bigger ones while he hit the biggest boulder and sent it back at Zutr. The impact made him crash again against the cliff, but less violently. Another hit with the hammer then sent him flying again, Luigi wanting to put even more distance between them and Chújú.
"Woah! Why are there so many earthquakes suddenly?" Diddy Kong asked as he pained to remain standing.
"I don't know, but I have the feeling that this is not natural," Cranky said.
At this moment, they saw a giant Waluigi flying from behind a mountain before crashing on his back.
"We have our answer, guys and gals," Funky said.
"Him!" Diddy yelled, pointing at Waluigi. "One of the two who captured DK! What is he doing here?!"
Waluigi got up just in time as giant Luigi suddenly ran from behind the mountain and attempted to crush him with his hammer. The two clashed, then did a brief exchange before Waluigi pointed his trident at Luigi who quickly hit it with his hammer, making it fire electricity into a mountain. Luigi then headbutted Waluigi before he did the Mario Bros. trademark Super Jump Punch, uppercutting Waluigi on the chin while leaping upward, sending him flying high into the sky before he crashed hard onto a mountain.
"Woohoo! Go Luigi!" Diddy shouted.
"Come on! Come on! Finish him!" Dixie yelled.
"Mmh... If Luigi is here, Mario must not be far," Cranky remarked. "He must be at Chújú, or somewhere around. Let's go. Luigi doesn't seem to need help, and I'm not sure how we would be able to help him anyway."
He was proved wrong however. As Luigi approached Waluigi, the purple guy whistled toward the sky. The next instant, dozens of his minions flew down from the clouds and attacked Luigi, creating a diversion as Luigi had to take care of them. Waluigi used this to point his trident at Luigi and fired electricity from it. This time, the electricity hit, and Waluigi didn't stop.
"Oh no! Gotta help him, guys!" Diddy shouted before he flew toward Waluigi with his jetpack. The giant didn't see him, so he was able to take him by surprise by firing peanuts at his eyes. Despite the difference in size, this still stung enough to force Waluigi to stop to rub his eyes before he saw the monkey and, annoyed, attempted to slap him like a fly.
Saved, and seeing that he didn't have much time before Diddy would eventually be hit or be forced to fly away, Luigi placed a leg behind him and put as much force in them as possible as he began to charge... something. After a couple of seconds, he suddenly launched himself sideways like a rocket and Waluigi barely had time to see him coming and panic before he was hit. Again, this made him crash into the mountain where, this time, he lost consciousness.
Energy escaped Waluigi then, and he shrunk to his normal size.
A very fat guy with a pyramid head with a single eye and with a huge mouth in the belly as well as two smaller ones instead of nipples came out of his body and flew away before anybody could attempt anything.
"Sorry BossEye, but I'm out of here."
"Hey! Come back here!" Luigi yelled before he began to run after him. But after a few steps, he stopped and fell on his butt, taking big breaths as the fight took its toll from his body.
Diddy flew in front of his face. "Hey! You okay?!"
"Diddy. Thanks for the help. Why are you here?" Luigi asked between breaths.
Diddy knew that it was no use to try to explain what happened and why he was here without a way to communicate, so he didn't answer and tried to think of something. Meanwhile, the other Kongs approached and Luigi spotted them.
Before he could ask anything, his body suddenly began to shrunk, the effect of the pill dissipating.
Luigi then dropped out cold.
"Darn," Diddy said.
"The guy deserves the rest. Let's transport him to Chújú," Funky said before he put Luigi on his back.
Earlier.
Wario eyed the two giants as they began to fight, then looked at Mario and Daisy with a snarl before he teleported in front them.
"Good job, you are forcing me to take action. I didn't think I would have to fight."
Mario took out his hammer. "Because you're took good to dirty your hands?"
"Exactly. I'm the apostle of Crakkthulx after all. Fighting is below me. That's why I have the Branches of the Pentacle and an army of devotees," Wario, or Cankentriops, explained. "But I must get this star no matter the cost. So, give it to me!"
Mario, Yoshi, and Daisy shook their heads, Daisy even sticking out her tongue.
Cankentriops then materialised his scepter again and charged energy in the eye of the skull before he hit the ground with the opposite end, sending a chockwave above which the three jumped. Cankentriops sent several more shockwaves that were all similarly avoided before. Annoyed, very rapidly hit the ground with the scepter a dozen times, sending more shockwaves in very rapid succession. Daisy quickly climbed on Yoshi's back before the dinosaur jumped and rapidly moved his feet to remain in the air as long as possible, letting the shockwaves pass below him while Mario still had no problem avoiding them. Finally, Cankentriops smashed the scepter on the ground, unleashing all its energy into a powerful big shockwave. But again, it was avoided.
Mario and Yoshi saw the occasion to attack, and the dinosaur encased himself in an egg before Mario hit him with his hammer, sending him toward Cankentriops. The egg hit and bounced from him back toward Mario who hit it again with his hammer, sending it back toward the leader of the Cankens. However, this time, Cankentriops used his scepter to hit the egg and send it back at Mario, and the two began to hit the egg back and forth.
Daisy took the occasion to run toward Cankentriops and smashed the Earth Star on his head, which then caused him to be hit by the egg before Yoshi came out of it and headbutted him. Cankentriops however caught him by the neck, holding him in a strong grasp that strangled him before he smashed him on the ground at his feet. Cankentriops then used his scepter as a club to hit Yoshi and send him flying toward Mario who could only duck to avoid him before the reptile crashed into a house.
Energy was charged into the scepter's eye again, but this time, it unleashed a continuous laser toward Mario who avoided it by jumping to the side. But the laser followed him, so Mario had to run. Daisy attempted to make him stop by attacking again with the star, but this time, she failed as she had to avoid a punch from Cankentriops while he was still holding the scepter with his other hand.
While running from the laser, Mario approached Cankentriops. Seeing this, the cultist waited for him to come close enough before he attempted to smash him with the scepter. Mario avoided it with a roll to the side, and was able to hit Cankentriops with his hammer before he had to jump away to avoid a swing of the scepter. Cankentriops then raised his scepter and, with a flash, materialized a shield around himself. Then, with another flash, five copies came out of his body, each with their own shield.
Mario wasn't sure if they were just fake copies make to do diversion or actual clones that were as dangerous as the original, so he remained careful as the six Cankentriops then sent purple fireballs from the eyes of their scepters. Purple fireballs that homed in. And from the heat they emitted, they were all real. Thankfully, they were rather slow.
Mario ran to avoid the fireballs and approached one of the shields before he hit it. He was then forced to run away, not knowing if the hit did anything, to avoid more lasers fired by the scepters.
Yoshi finally returned from the house where he crashed, and Mario jumped on his back before he gave him a pepper that gave the reptile a huge speed boost. Yoshi then ran back toward the six Cankentriops and Mario stoop up on his back, readying his hammer. One by one, as they passed beside the shields, Mario hit them. The force of the hits was enough to destroy them, and Mario immediately took the occasion to jump from Yoshi's back as the effects of the pepper disappeared before he attacked the nearest Cankentriops, only for him to disappear in a poof of smoke.
So the clones could be defeated in just one hit.
But before he could do more, the Cankentriops recreated their shields and replaced the destroyed clone before they attacked again, this time using different attacks. One hit the ground with the scepter to send shockwaves, another sent homing fireballs, another sent a laser, another charged a huge energy ball, another sent electricity, and the last one directly charged at Mario to ram him with the shield.
Despite Mario's best, he just couldn't avoid all of these attacks at once, even with Yoshi's help.
Seeing this, Daisy bit her lip anxiously, not knowing what to do.
That was when it came back to her mind: anybody in possession of one of the Elemenstars could control the corresponding element! And she could feel a strong power coming from the star.
"I have no idea how it works, but now is not the time to hesitate!"
She stared at the Cankentriops who was charging again and again at Mario and had an idea of what she wanted to do. Not sure of how to do it, she decided to simply smash the Earth Star to the ground while willing it to do what she wanted.
And a huge spike of stone came out of the ground right under the Cankentriops, destroying him as he revealed to be a clone.
"Yeah! Take that!" Daisy shouted victoriously.
But this had for effect to remind Cankentriops of her presence, and one of them teleported beside her. Since Mario was too busy with the four remaining Cankentriops, he could do nothing to stop him from going after the princess. Yoshi did attempt to stop him by kicking the shield surrounding him, but Cankentriops blasted him with a beam from his scepter. He still gained enough time for Daisy to smash the star on the ground again, causing a spike of stone to come out from under the Cankentriops beside her.
Who revealed to be the original. And as he was sent flying by the spike, the clones disappeared as well as the shield.
Mario then took from his pocket a flower that he absorbed, turning his overalls red and his shirt and cap white. He then sent fireballs at Cankentriops before he could even recover from where he crashed.
Despite them, Cankentriops got up and recreated the clones and shields, and this time, he sent all of them after Daisy who found herself surrounded. The princess created another spike of stone, but it only destroyed one of the clones. Mario and Yoshi attacked another, managing to destroy the shield, but it revealed to be another clone.
The four remaining Cankentriops fired lasers from their scepters at Daisy.
Only for a shield to appear around her.
"What?"
Beams then rained on the four Cankentriops, destroying the shields, then the clones while hurting the real one.
The origins of these beams then landed between him and Daisy: Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, and Apple Bloom (ghost form).
"Seems like we arrive just in time," Scootaloo said.
"Let's behead this stupid cult!" Sweetie Belle shouted, ready to fight Cankentriops.
The leader got up, eyed angrily the fillies, and recreated his clones and shields again.
The fillies face them, joined by Mario and Yoshi.
Only for Daisy to scream and a familiar voice to say "Yoink!" Everyone looked back just in time to see Jupacc grab the Earth Star from Daisy's arm while slapping her before he teleported away.
"Not again!" Apple Bloom yelled.
Cankentriops laughed and said, "Good job, Jupacc!" before he teleported away. His voice could still be heard as he said, "If we meet again, I will kill you."
Then, silence returned as all the Cankens were now gone from the town.
Until Scootaloo kicked the ground. "Damn it! I hate these guys!"
The giant battles are my favorite part of playing Dream Team (although I can never slide quickly enough to counter the Pajamaja Volcano's rush attack). Thanks a lot for including the battle!
Luigi placed a leg behind him and put as much force in them as possible as he began to charge... something. After a couple of seconds, he suddenly launched himself sideways like a rocket and Waluigi barely had time to see him coming and panic before he was hit.
I wonder exactly how they traveled? I imagine Sweetie could just teleport everyone in a second after all.
Also, she should invest in tracking spells, it seems to happen too much to her that when she is going to win, the villain teleport somewhere she can't reach or find.
11025978 Teleportation had more been an annoyance than anything until now. It is the first time that she confronts bad guys using teleportation this way. After that, you can be sure that she will have something. 11026038 They flew all the way from the Mushroom Kingdom to here. While they could have teleported, it is rather hard to teleport somewhere you never went to before. Yes, they could have teleported into the sky, but Sweetie Belle already knew by now that, in this world, teleporting in the sky was still risky because of stuff like lands made of clouds, and she doesn't quite grasp the distances yet. And then, she didn't exactly have an idea of where Mario and the others were. Starlow knew where Chai Kingdom was, but they forgot to precise that they were talking about the capital, not some random town, so they had to do some searching, all the while fighting the Cankens.
And yes, she will totally ask Twilight for a tracking spell after that, once she sees her again.
Yeah, I definitely called it that Cankentriops is going to succeed at summoning his dark god only for the Trio to win anyway. The non-Elder Princess Shroob theme is pretty blatantly telegraphing that he won't be the final boss.
11026399 After, you must remember that Cackletta and the Dark Star, who are final bosses (and Fawful in a way), were already fought once with different themes before the final battle. And I guess that you can count Bowser in Dream Team.
11026401 More like the Grand Doomer had swallowed the key item and the heroes had to beat it up to force it to spit it out. And at least, the Grand Doomer didn't try to escape.
11026271 I prefer the remake because it's much easier to perform the Excellent flame attack. And yes, it was very satisfying to see Bowser throw that train into the ravine. That's revenge for causing me so much trouble in the original, where the game doesn't specify how long and hard you have to blow to pull off the necessary Excellent flame attacks!
It's surprising how much of a beating Peach's Castle can take. It can survive Banzai Bill blasts in Super Smash Bros Melee, lots of explosive words in Superstar Saga, and even getting punched out of the world's atmosphere and returning to the ground with the force of a meteor in the Bowser's Inside Story remake!
11026433 I admit. This castle must secretly have iron walls or whatever under all that stone. After all these assaults from Bowser, it wouldn't be surprising that the Toads took these precautions.
Well,Kudos to Jupacc there,the madlad just pulled the same trick twice and it Worked. Truly the MVP of his team and right now,my favorite of the Villains of this Arc.JOINK!
11033906 So much for having a ghostly chapter posted on Halloween. Oh well. You'll get it done when you'll get it done. Though if you need any help, just message me so I can try to help.
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The giant battles are my favorite part of playing Dream Team (although I can never slide quickly enough to counter the Pajamaja Volcano's rush attack). Thanks a lot for including the battle!
And thanks again for including the Green Missile.
You would think Sweetie would have an anti teleport spell by now considering how many Kirby bosses teleport spam.
I wonder exactly how they traveled? I imagine Sweetie could just teleport everyone in a second after all.
Also, she should invest in tracking spells, it seems to happen too much to her that when she is going to win, the villain teleport somewhere she can't reach or find.
11025978
But that’s unsportsmanlike
Also she teleports too
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You're welcome! The Giant Battles also are my favorite parts. And speaking of, in the remake of Bowser's Inside Story, seeing Bowser throw that stupid train down the ravine was just...
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And Bowser sending the robot castle flying all around the world was hilarious!
11025978
Teleportation had more been an annoyance than anything until now. It is the first time that she confronts bad guys using teleportation this way. After that, you can be sure that she will have something.
11026038
They flew all the way from the Mushroom Kingdom to here. While they could have teleported, it is rather hard to teleport somewhere you never went to before. Yes, they could have teleported into the sky, but Sweetie Belle already knew by now that, in this world, teleporting in the sky was still risky because of stuff like lands made of clouds, and she doesn't quite grasp the distances yet. And then, she didn't exactly have an idea of where Mario and the others were. Starlow knew where Chai Kingdom was, but they forgot to precise that they were talking about the capital, not some random town, so they had to do some searching, all the while fighting the Cankens.
And yes, she will totally ask Twilight for a tracking spell after that, once she sees her again.
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Using teleportation to snatch a key item under your nose is very unsportsmanlike too, so like she will care.
Yeah, I definitely called it that Cankentriops is going to succeed at summoning his dark god only for the Trio to win anyway. The non-Elder Princess Shroob theme is pretty blatantly telegraphing that he won't be the final boss.
11026297
What about the boss being the key item
*cough*grand doomer*cough*
11026399
After, you must remember that Cackletta and the Dark Star, who are final bosses (and Fawful in a way), were already fought once with different themes before the final battle. And I guess that you can count Bowser in Dream Team.
11026401
More like the Grand Doomer had swallowed the key item and the heroes had to beat it up to force it to spit it out. And at least, the Grand Doomer didn't try to escape.
11026271
I prefer the remake because it's much easier to perform the Excellent flame attack. And yes, it was very satisfying to see Bowser throw that train into the ravine. That's revenge for causing me so much trouble in the original, where the game doesn't specify how long and hard you have to blow to pull off the necessary Excellent flame attacks!
It's surprising how much of a beating Peach's Castle can take. It can survive Banzai Bill blasts in Super Smash Bros Melee, lots of explosive words in Superstar Saga, and even getting punched out of the world's atmosphere and returning to the ground with the force of a meteor in the Bowser's Inside Story remake!
11026433
I admit. This castle must secretly have iron walls or whatever under all that stone. After all these assaults from Bowser, it wouldn't be surprising that the Toads took these precautions.
Well,Kudos to Jupacc there,the madlad just pulled the same trick twice and it Worked.
Truly the MVP of his team and right now,my favorite of the Villains of this Arc.JOINK!
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They certainly didn't expect him to reappear like that. The guy is smart, he is not the right hand man just for his powers.
I feel you there Scootaloo. I also am very sad I ran outta chapters.
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The next chapter should be out very soon.
I wonder if Sweetie Belle is aware yet that Lucar fully intends for her and her friends to take on Crakkthulx.
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Will it be out before tomorrow night?
11033197
I don't know.
11033906
So much for having a ghostly chapter posted on Halloween. Oh well. You'll get it done when you'll get it done. Though if you need any help, just message me so I can try to help.
11033906
Are you having trouble with the next chapter? If yes, is there anything I can do to help?
11038223
The last fight of the chapter, a bit, but I'm almost finished. It should take just a few more hours.