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Chapter 35: Beat Down the Bros.

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Chapter 35: Beat Down the Bros.
Light Fawful

     Fawful wasn't quite sure what he had been expecting when they walked in. When he had visited this castle at the beginning of the world's creation, it had been completely empty, with Dimentio in the throne room addressing his council about the threat the Bean posed to their world. How correct the king had been. Fawful had thought that they would immediately encounter resistance now that Dimentio's world had enough time to become accustomed to the two of them and that so much was now hanging in the balance.
     However, the castle was as empty as it had been before. No one had come to head them off. None of the dark magician's emotionless people ran out to fight them. The only people in there were the nine of them.
     'Yeesh...' O'Chunks murmured. 'I was expectin' some more people teh fight...'
     'I guess it'll be a lot easier,' Timpani said confidently. Fawful imagined that the blaster he had given to her contributed greatly to that confidence. He looked at Timpani and at Rose, checking the guns they carried over with his eyes just in case he could see any glaring problems. He'd only completed those two recently, and he was hoping they wouldn't backfire somehow.
     It was difficult to speak. The silence had fallen over them like a heavy tarp, and the darkness that laid outside the castle windows only further emphasized their solitude. The torches on the walls casted eerie, flickering light onto them, rolling shadows onto surfaces that they were sure were enemies come to fight them. Fawful had been gripped by an invisible figure; a hand clutched around his throat and a voice whispered in his ear, telling him Don't talk, or monsters will come. Every step was deliberate, every spoken word hushed.
     It was irrational to be afraid as they were. They were up against the Destroyer of All Worlds, and fairly confident that the light of the Purity Heart could secure their victory. Why not stroll in through the doors with confidence and might, a swagger in their gait? The darkness, the quiet, the calm, however, snaked around inside of them, restricting them. Something was waiting for them. Even if Dark Dimentio's people were outside battling Light Dimentio's people and the Koopa Corps, something was here.
     'I'm scared...' Rose's voice was a barely-audible whisper next to him.
     'We have power,' the Bean responded in the same tone. 'Do not have fear.' The girl held onto her blaster more tightly all the same.
     They opened another set of doors and stopped dead. Standing at the other end of the hall were two familiar plumbers, staring at them with that hardened gaze. Their eyes filled Fawful with fear, and the beating he had recently received at the end of their boots and hammers came back to him. He clenched his fists, however; he had his Headgear now, and allies to defend him.
     'Well well well~' Dimentio exclaimed with ironic humour. 'Who would have thought I would have to do battle against you two again?'
     'Fate has cruelness,' Fawful replied.
     'Mario!' Peach cried. 'Luigi!' They blinked, but otherwise gave no response. 'It's me, Peach! Don't you remember?'
     'C'mon guys!' Mimi yelled to them. 'We're trying to beat up Dimentio, remember?'
     'Care to be more specific, Mimikins?' Light Dimentio quipped.
     'Mario, Luigi!' Blumiere urged. 'You are Heroes of the Light Prognosticus! Shake off your bonds!'
     'HAHAHAHAHA!' Everyone snapped their attention towards the high-pitched laugh. A green flying saucer, adorned with a gigantic, toothy grin and swirled eyes, flew in the door behind them and took its place above the Mario Bros. A speaker in the shape of Fawful's mouth descended from the bottom, and the Bean's voice screamed at their faces.
     'Oh no,' Mimi groaned.
     'Oh yes!' Dark Fawful's saucer gleefully shot back at them. 'Now is the battle which has finality! You had the obtaining of the Heart of Purity. To you I say: congratulations! Your deeds have greatness, greatness for all the worlds! And, even more so, greatness for Fawful, for it is I who will have the reaping of the rewards which you have earned!'
     'I think you're wrong, Dark Fawful,' Timpani said firmly, then shot the saucer. It exploded into a shower of metal, silencing it.
     Everyone looked at the woman. O'Chunks whistled. 'Yikes! The lass's got spunk!'
     'I scoff at your spunk, for Fawful is having resources which you are only dreaming of!' Another saucer flew into the room, the volume at least double the first one's.
     'Does he never stop talking...?' Blumiere sighed.
     'Now, to have continuance.' There was a noise that sounded like the Bean clearing his throat. 'The Heart of Purity will be the cherry on top of the cake of Fawful's plans! So to you I say, thank you~!'
     'Fawful, please!' Peach pleaded. 'You don't need Mario and Luigi anymore, let them go!'
     'Oh, such wrongness you have! I am needing them very much! For you see, Fawful is only requiring one of you to use the Heart of Purity on Dimentio! The rest of you can rest under the ground like sleepy, bloody babies that once had the crying, but cry no more!' Light Fawful tensed and his Headgear growled. 'So, Fawful wishes to have some fun. You will have battle with the red and green mustaches, and whoever has life after all the rest have deadness will be Fawful's winner!'
     'How do you know we'll even fight?' Rose demanded.
     'Then you will all have deadness. It is the call of yours. Nowing...' There was a deep inhalation from the speaker. 'MUSTACHES! HAVE BATTLE!'

*Chaos*

     Mario and Luigi immediately leapt into combat. The red Mario Brother jumped into the air, spinning and delivering a kick right in Fawful's direction. The Bean blocked the kick with his Headgear's steel mouth, but the force still sent him sprawling along the floor. The vacuum helmets rockets flared to life, attempting to turn the Bean in the right direction, but the hectic rolling made Fawful instead rocket around randomly on the floor.
     'WAAAAAAAAAUGH!' he screamed.
     'Bean of stupid!' the flying saucer spat. 'You are having the scorching of the floor!'
     Mario jumped in the air again, prepared to come down on the Bean's small body; O'Chunks blasted himself off of his feet and crashed into the plumber, wrapping his meaty palms around him and bringing him to the ground. Fawful got to his feet, cursing his helmet and its rockets. 'Thanking you!' he said quickly.
     'T'was nothin'!' the Scotsman replied. Mario struggled against his grip. 'Yeh're not escapin' me grip, Mario!'
     The brother freed a hand and smacked a palm against the man's face. A burst of fire blasted from it and O'Chunks cried out in pain, grabbing at his smoking face. Mario drew his golden Ultra Hammer and gave the burly warrior a hard blow against the metal breastplate of his armour, a clang! filling the air. The man choked, staggering back. Mario struck blow after blow, the sound of metal on metal punctuating every strike. The former general tried to retaliate with a punch, but the plumber dodged it and wordlessly gave him an uppercut to the chin, followed by a hammer strike to the torso that was strong enough to knock him over.
     'O'Chunks!' Timpani exclaimed, running to him with her blaster drawn. Mario jumped high above the man's head and rolled in the air, preparing for a Ground Pound. The human woman blasted Mario, knocking him away from O'Chunks and bouncing off the stone floor. She grabbed his hand. 'Are you all right?'
     'Ngh...yep! I'll be all right,' he answered with a smile.
     Mimi and Blumiere both took on Luigi. The shapeshifter sent a hail of Rubees in his direction, which he dodged effortlessly. He jumped into the air and grabbed one in his palm, throwing it back at her. She shrieked and Blumiere shot it into shards. 'Careful!' he exclaimed.
     The green brother sprinted at her and punched at her face; she summoned more of the gems to protect her, which the man's fist sailed right through. She jumped back and extended her fingers; the Rubee shards lifted into the air and shot at the enemy like a jewelled machine gun. He hopped to the side, evading most but suffering a gash in his arm. He grunted and put his other hand over the wound, smearing his white glove with blood. He glared at her, then took out his own Ultra Hammer. He jumped and swung at her; Blumiere met the Brother's hammer with his sceptre and dark sparks flew where they met.
     'Luigi, control yourself!' the dark man pleaded. 'You are greater than Dimentio's control!'
     Luigi brought a palm against Blumiere's chest, crackling with electricity. The man yelled and spasmed as he fell back, blue jolts of lightning dancing across his body. He lifted his hammer, then immediately brought it back down to protect himself as Mimi threw more Rubees at him.
     'Leave him alone!' she growled, then summoned a circle of Rubees around herself and spun them like a saw; the man's hammer was enough to block them all. The denizen of the Tribe of Darkness lifted himself to his feet, shaking, and flew at Luigi. Mimi floated quickly to the side, gripping two sharp, red stones in her hands. They both pounced at him, weapons drawn; the plumber swung his Ultra Hammer and knocked away Blumiere's sceptre, then ducked under Mimi's gems and jumped up into the air, bringing his electricity-covered fist down on the girl. A rumble of thunder shook the room and a flash of lightning briefly blinded everyone. Mimi yelled in pain and shook on the ground.
     Blumiere leapt to her defense, dark magic pooling in his left palm. He blocked Luigi's hammer with his sceptre, then shot his hand out and gripped Luigi's; their hands shook under the power of darkness and lightning. Both of them gritted their teeth, neither yielding, sweat moving down their faces. 'Luigi, you are a Hero!' the blue-skinned man spat with effort. 'Fight against this!'
     The taller brother shoved the man away. Blumiere jumped into the air, swirling his sceptre. Luigi looked up and jumped, but was hit in the side by an energy blast and rolled along the ground. The former prince looked to the side to see Rose holding one of Fawful's blasters. 'I'm in this fight too...!' she said, her voice shaking.
     The Bros. ran to each other, then jumped in the air. Mario grabbed Luigi's hand and spun him around, then let him fly right at Rose, who screamed and fired a wild blast that missed and hit the wall. Before Luigi could smash into the white girl, a dimensional barrier appeared before her and took the brunt of the blow. The plumber hopped off of it and threw a lightning-covered fist at his new foe: Light Dimentio landed in front of him and blocked the attack with another barrier.
     'Oh my, that is a new power!' he exclaimed, his eyes widening. He clapped his hands and the barrier shattered, then waved his hand and brought the excess energy forward at full force, striking the human in the chest with the power of one of O'Chunks' punches. Luigi fell back, but Mario jumped over him and landed a kick on Dimentio, making him sail backwards. He dodged a blast from Rose, then a blast from Timpani, and wound back his hammer with the intent to pound the magician's brains in.
     Nastasia landed in between them. 'I don't think so,' she said coldly, lowering her cat-eye glasses. 'Let's get you back on our side.' Her eyes glowed red, and polygonal energy spirals twisted around Mario. 'I think you can be released from Dimentio's control now, K?'
     The energy spirals suddenly turned black and then shattered; Nastasia's eyes widened and she stepped backwards. 'HAHAHA! You idiot of foolishness! Dark Dimentio's control is the gigantic sandwich to your mind control's tiny toast!'
     Dimentio teleported in front of Nastasia and blocked the strike from Mario. 'Ah ah ah, can't have you messing up any pretty visages, now can I~?' He was visibly struggling under the force.
     'Always the charmer, aren't you?' the blue woman said sarcastically.
     'Oh, none so much as yourself, dear Nastasia!'
     The jester released the barrier and dodged the blow, then hopped up into the air. 'Nastasia, Dimentio!' Timpani yelled. 'I'm coming!' She shot a blast at Mario, which was easily deflected with a hammer strike.
     'Ah!' Dimentio suddenly exclaimed, snapping his fingers. 'Timpani, if you could do that one more time.'
     'If you insist,' the woman replied, then carefully aimed the blaster and pulled the trigger.
     Dimentio teleported at her side and lightly jabbed the energy blast; it slowed down and compressed as the dimensions around it warped, then blasted off towards Mario at the speed of a bullet. It hit the man in the chest, making him crash into a wall.
     'Ick!' Dark Fawful's saucer groaned. 'You are angering Fawful like deadly, hissing poison! Your victories are the antidote in the food that I have made for you!'
     Blumiere parried Luigi's hammer blow, then Rose shot at the man, who dodged it; Mimi summoned Rubees and reflected the blast back at man, and the shot hit him. 'There are too many of us, Fawful!' Blumiere bellowed. 'Call off your slaves!'
     A snort came from the speakers. 'I HAVE CHORTLES! Your statements are stupid like failing children from the school of oligophrenia! I will have the turning of the tables!'
     The flying saucer opened its mouth and two shifting orbs of blackness came out; one dropped black-and-white creatures of Dark Dimentio's creation, hissing and snarling. The other summoned metallic minions, robots created by Dark Fawful and bearing his face. They moved their limbs with a deliberateness that only machines could.
     'Oh crap,' Mimi said, her mouth dropping.
     'Now have the chewing on the jerky of defeat! And have the choking on it as well!'
     Everyone dispersed, dodging sharp claws or metal fists. Light Fawful found himself staring into his own face, blocking a fist with his Headgear's teeth and ripping it out of his socket. 'No robots will match Fawful in combat!' he declared, having his Headgear swallow the metal scraps and spit it back out like a cannonball right through the stomach of the robot. Mario and Luigi were back up; Luigi drove his hammer down on Mario's head, compressing him, then lifted it and smashed Mario's side. The plumber was a human catapult, and struck a blow to Fawful that felt like being hit by a boulder. He flailed around, shaking his head to clear the stars out of his eyes before Mario decompressed himself. The Mario Brothers jumped as one, Mario throwing Luigi by his feet at him. He flew above Luigi and then descended upon Mario.
     'Mustache!' he yelled, grabbing onto his collar and lifting him up into the air. 'Have the listening to me!' Luigi slammed into his back and he let go of Mario, who hopped off the ground and dealt a rising hammer strike to him.
     Luigi hopped after the flying Bean. Mario crouched, ready to jump, but was interrupted by the force of a body crashing into him. He was knocked over, his head hitting the ground and making him roll. He got to his feet and was face-to-face with Princess Peach.
     'Mario...' she said, her fists clenched. 'It's me.'
     The Brother had no response; he just gritted his teeth and jumped into the air, bringing his feet down upon the woman. She unveiled her pink parasol, and the item weathered the entire impact, knocking her back. He swung his Ultra Hammer, but Peach deflected each attack with the umbrella. 'Please!' she begged. 'Listen, you have to snap out of it!' The man wouldn't answer, and only attacked all the more furiously. 'Well...then I suppose I have to.'
     Peach jabbed away a hammer blow with her parasol, then put her entire body into an attack of her own. She rammed against Mario, knocking him back, then jumped into the air and brought her own feet down upon his head. Her shoes made a painful clack! against the man's head and he cried out in agony, clutching his head. He shook himself, then took off at a running start and leapt at her, putting the force of his motion into an uppercut; Peach yelled, the painful fist knocking her into the air. She hung there, floating by a glittering magic, spinning, disoriented and in pain. She dropped to the ground and fell to her knees.
     'Mario...' she breathed. 'Please, don't do this...' The man advanced on her with his hammer, rage in his eyes. She sighed. 'I really can't believe this. I thought you were STRONGER!' She jumped to her feet, taking out the frying pan she'd pilfered from a kitchen in Light Dimentio's castle and clocking him across the face with it. The distinct sound rang out and Mario spun around where he stood. 'I'll get you back, Mario!' she shouted determinedly. 'Even if I have to beat the mind control out of you!'
     'Peach, look out!' Mimi called.
     She turned around; a giant robot had rounded on her and was bringing its fists down. She didn't have time to react; the metal gauntlets were upon her. Before they could meet their target, however, a pair of equally-large hands closed around its shoulders and lifted it up into the air. A large monster, all muscle and split black and white down the middle, roared in bloodthirsty anger. Around it were red spirals of energy, and on its back, gripping its head with one hand and lowering her cat-eye glasses with the other, was Nastasia. Her glowing, red eyes were fixed on Peach.
     'Nastasia...' Peach said, sighing in relief.
     'Go beat up your boyfriend,' the woman commanded.
     Peach's face reddened. 'He's not—'
     Nastasia smirked, an action unlike her. 'Don't try to lie. Now is the time to embrace the truth, Hero of the Light Prognostius.' The robot was flailing its limbs wildly in the monster's grip. 'You might not have another chance later.'
     The princess started, then smiled and nodded. 'I...I guess you're right.'
     'Of course I'm right. Now go, or I'll have to make you.' She put her glasses back up, then snapped her fingers; the creature roared and ripped the robot in half, showering the two of them in a hail of mechanical parts and wires.
     Peach turned back around and ran at the red-clad man, jumping over a smaller robot and kicking him at an angle. The man backpedalled, then threw his hammer at her; she ducked under it and it sailed past her. Then she ran up to him and brought her knuckles across his face. His face jerked back and he stumbled. She grabbed onto his shoulders.
     'Mario. Mario!' she yelled, shaking him. 'Listen to me!'
     He snarled and smashed his head against her own. Her head spun and she fell backwards. He jumped up and tried to stomp on her, but she just barely protected herself with her parasol. Peach got up and stepped forward, preparing for another attack, but Mario ducked under it and spun, kicking her hard. She cried out and her parasol was flung from her hands.
     She was panting, and getting close to her limits. 'Mario...please...!' she begged. 'It's me! It's Peach!' She stared directly into his eyes. 'Remember me? You save me all the time, remember? We have cake together? We have discussions? You're so important to me!'
     The man stepped forward, but somewhere in the middle of that step, he wavered and his eyes flickered. For a moment, he seemed to look straight into her. 'Yes...that's right!' she pressed on. 'We fought together! We battled Dimentio together! And I...I died, and you couldn't save me, but now I'm here! I'm here with you now!'
     Mario had stopped walking; he looked physically in pain, as if his brain and his heart were battling against each other. 'N...ngh...' he grunted, and clutched his head with one hand and his chest with the other. His eyes were fixated on her, and in them was the very definition of torment.
     She walked towards him slowly, carefully. 'Mario...remember...break free.' He stepped back. 'No, don't! Come to me.' He staggered, grunting, his teeth grinding. She opened her arms. 'Please.' She smiled.
     His eyes suddenly looked behind her and widened in shock. She spun around just in time to see a creature leaping at her, fangs and claws hungry. She had to protect herself, but...her parasol was gone.
     She had no way out.
     A mortified, enraged scream came from behind her, followed by fast footsteps. 'PEAAAACH!' Mario roared, and jumped in the air. Fire danced around his palm and between the cracks between his curled fingers, and he brought his fist into the beast's torso with enough force to go right through it, shattering the bones, black guck spraying out from the wound. Both the man and the monster crashed into the ground; the monster dissolved into goo, and Mario was left alone, panting, his knuckles on the stone floor, which was split and scorched by the power of his punch.
     'What? This has impossibility!' Dark Fawful spat. 'Green mustache! Have the subduing of your brother!'
     'Wh...Luigi?' Mario muttered, confused. 'What's going o—'
     Luigi jumped in the air and hit Mario in the side of the head with both of his feet; Mario skidding the length of the room and landed in a slump against the wall. 'Mario!' Peach gasped, then turned to the younger brother. 'Luigi, I...'
     The green Mario Brother was a terrifying sight. Dark, smoky energy wisped from his pours, casting an evil shadow over his face, and his eyes glowed a menacing red. In his hands he held both his and his brother's Ultra Hammers, dragging them along the ground; they grinded against the stone, digging up pebbles. Large sparks of blue electricity leaped around his right hand, arcing up the hammer's handle and around the metal head, crackling and sparking loudly. His face was set in a bloodthirsty scowl, his teeth clenched under his mustache.
     'Peach, fight him!' Rose and Timpani both screamed, blasting at the Brother. He twirled, deflecting the blasts back and them and knocking them over. Bluimiere flew at him, stabbing with his sceptre, but Luigi swung his hammer upwards and knocked the man off his mid-air balance, smashing him with the electrified hammer and making him jerk around as he went to the ground. Mimi yelled and summoned a torrent of Rubees, but Luigi jumped high above them, knocking away the gems she threw at him in response and stomping on her head, hard. O'Chunks blasted at him with gas, grabbing both his arms in his huge hands. The green man hit the ground and then rocketed up to the ceiling, cracking the stone with the force and eliciting a croak of pain from the Scotsman as the wind rushed from his body. He loosened his grip and Luigi spun him around in the air, throwing him down to the ground. Nastasia directed her mind-controlled monster at him, growling, drool spraying from its mouth. Luigi hit the ground and ran right at them both, jumping in the air and bringing both hammers down on it as it swung its fists; its wrists broke, and the man used the leverage to jump up and kick Nastasia off of it. She fell to the ground with a thud!, and then Luigi finished off the monster with a ground pound to the head.
     Both Light Dimentio and Light Fawful landed in front of the green Mario Brother. They looked at each other briefly, then nodded and fought. Fawful rocketed up and blasted Luigi with energy projectiles, which were deflected, while Dimentio threw blocks of dimensional magic at him. Luigi smacked one into Fawful, who spun around upon impact. He shook off the injury, then shot directly at the man, Headgear's jaws gaping. Luigi rammed the right hammer right into the mouth and sent jolts of electricity arcing through it; Fawful screamed, grabbing his head and spasming. The Headgear seemed to moan in audible pain. The man smashed the Bean on the ground, then spun around and threw him at Dimentio. The magician flew out of the way, then waved his arms and trapped him in an orange box.
     'I'll have to apologize about this, my old foe,' he said, grinning. 'But I can bring you back after I kill you.' Luigi slammed the hammers against the side of the box; it cracked. Dimentio's eyes widened, then his face turned shocked when the man shattered it. 'No...impossible!' he croaked. The human jumped the distance between them and hit the jester in the stomach with a powerful headbutt, throwing him onto the ground.
     Peach smacked him in the back of the head with her frying pan. He lurched forward, then swung his hammer behind him; the princess ducked behind her newly-recovered parasol, but even with that protection the force threw her back. 'Luigi, you can break free too!' she called. 'You're strong!' Luigi raised both hammers, the right one surrounded by lightning, and brought them down.
     Mario jumped between them and grabbed the hammer heads, wincing under the force of the blows to his palms. Electricity jumped across his left arm and arced along his body, and darkness curled and nipped at his skin. His arms shook, his legs were buckling, but he held strong. 'Luigi!' he yelled desperately at his younger brother. 'Luigi, come on, you're better than this! You can fight this!' Luigi's eyes stared into his sibling's with utter, seething hatred. 'LUIGI, DAMN IT!' Mario screamed. 'YOU'RE STRONGER THAN DIMENTIO! YOU'RE STRONGER THAN ME, AND I BROKE FREE!'
     The green man swung his hammers back up and smashed Mario with them. The hero brought his arms up to block the attack, but even then the blow was too great and he sunk to his knees. Luigi was gasping for breath, inhaling in laboured, angry breaths of air. He clenched his fists around the hammer handles, glaring at his brother.
     Mario looked up helplessly at Luigi. 'Luigi...bro...' he pleaded. 'It's me. Mario.'
     For a moment, it looked like Luigi was going to kill him. A wave of horror passed through all present, and they couldn't take their eyes away from the scene.
     Then, Luigi lurched and dropped the hammers, shaking and holding his face in his hands. The dark cloud around him began to dissipate, and the lightning disappeared. Behind his hands, he was sobbing. He dropped to his knees and cried.
     A collective sigh went through the group, and everyone rested their heads. 'What...no!' Dark Fawful screamed through the speaker. 'This has ridiculousness! I will not have the standing of this!'
     Rose and Timpani both blasted the saucer apart. 'Shut up!' they both snapped. They glanced at each other, surprised, then laughed.
     Mario ran over to his brother and knelt down. 'Luigi!' he exclaimed. 'You're...you're back?' The man nodded, quavering. The elder brother put a hand on the younger's shoulder. 'It's okay. Everything's going to be okay now.'
     They hugged. 'I...I was g-gonna...' Luigi hiccupped.
     'It's okay,' Mario whispered consolingly. 'We both did some bad things. But it's okay now. We're back.' He backed up and extended a fist. 'The Mario Bros. are back!'
     Luigi slowly uncovered his face and stared at the gloved fist with his bloodshot eyes. Then, he smiled. 'Yeah...yeah, the Bros. are back.' He bumped his knuckles against his brother's.
     'I'm glad to see you both back,' Peach said happily. 'I was worried for a moment.'
     Mario leapt up and spun around. 'Peach!' he suddenly shouted, then ran to her and wrapped his arms around her.
     'Oh! H...hello Mario, hee hee.' She returned the hug.
     'You died...' the red-clad man sighed, shaking his head. 'You died and I couldn't save you.'
     'Don't hold it against yourself,' the princess cooed. 'You did what you could.' There was a hesitant pause. 'Um...Mario?' she asked.
     'Yeah?'
     'There's something I've always wanted to say to you.'
     'What's that?'
     Peach broke the hug and looked into his eyes. 'I love you. So much.' Then she kissed him, and Mario kissed her back.
     The group looked on in stunned silence. Nastasia smiled softly, her hands on her hips. 'Good job,' she whispered only loudly enough for her to hear.
     O'Chunks hooted. 'Aye! Three cheers fer teh princess n' her man!'
     'Go bro!' Luigi laughed. Everyone cheered and applauded, and Mimi brought her fingers to her mouth and whistled. Even Fawful, as normally removed from these people's dealings, found himself clapping and smiling with the rest. The two of them broke the kiss and grinned sheepishly.
     'Ah, love,' Light Dimentio sighed contently. 'It shines like a streetlight in the middle of a darkened road.'
     Mario and Luigi immediately jumped to a fighting stance; Luigi swept up both of the Ultra Hammers and tossed Mario's to him. They spun and faced the magician. 'Dimentio!' they both yelled, then took off at a run.
     'NO!' the entire rest of the group roared in protest. The Mario Bros. were thrown off mid-run and flung themselves to the ground, as if the deafening combination of voices were a physical punch.
     'Woah!' Luigi yelled. 'What was that about?!' The magician chuckled.
     'He is on our side,' Blumiere explained. 'We are battling his dark half.'
     The two men stared at each other, confused. 'Uh...wha?' the younger one said. 'And...who's she?' He pointed at Rose.
     Timpani smiled apologetically. 'It's a really long story.'
     Mario picked himself up, then helped Luigi to his feet. The red man surveyed them all, then adjusted his hat. 'Well...we can listen.'

Light Fawful

     The team, now with their numbers boosted to eleven, continued their trek through the castle. Robots and creatures now prowled the halls, no doubt sent by Dark Fawful, but after their previous battle their adrenaline was pumping and their spirits were enflamed. None of the common foes stood a chance against any of them, least of all any biological enemies, which could be easily brainwashed into self-destruction by Nastasia. Light Fawful's heart felt light, and pumped energy through him. His skin tingled; he was ready for anything.
     Mario came up alongside him. 'Hey. Fawful.'
     The Bean looked sideways at him while they walked. 'Helloing, Mario.'
     'Glad to hear you didn't die back then. After I fell.' He smiled.
     Fawful's eyes shifted and he stared at his feet. The boy himself had been forced to retell the events that occurred after Mario had fallen into the Void before the new world had been created, about how victory had been in sight, yet had slipped through his fingers because of his hatred and also because he had failed to actually kill Valex. O'Chunks and Rose had assisted him in everything else after that. 'It has fortunateness,' he said.
     'You've grown a lot, you know,' the man told him. 'You're nothing like the kid Luigi and I fought before. Even if you're half of that kid.'
     'I give thanks, I am supposing.'
     'Do you know what you're going to do once we beat Dark Dimentio?'
     The question pricked at him. 'Fawful has been asked that times that are numerous, and he is not having an answer.'
     The Brother nodded. 'I understand. You'll figure it out at some point.' He patted Fawful's shoulder. 'I hope we can keep working together in the future. You could use your genius to help people.'
     Fawful sighed. 'Yes, I could become Fawful, the Hero of Goody-Two-Shoes-ness. It has a ring which has pleasantness.'
     The plumber grimaced. 'It's a lot better than you make it sound. Are you saying you want to go back to being a villain again?'
     The Bean gritted his teeth. 'Let us have pressing on,' he hissed. 'Fawful will make decisions when they must be made.' They reached a door and pushed it open.
     On the other side was Dark Fawful.
     'Helloing!' he said cheerfully. 'I am giving you my greetings, like birthday candies which have sweetness!'
     Everyone drew their weapons. 'We're gonna make you pay for mind controlling us!' Luigi shot.
     'You're going down this time, Fawful,' Mimi growled.
     The dark boy put out his hands. 'Whoaing! Lord Fawful is not having the beef with you! In fact, he wishes to give congratulations!' Nobody spoke, they just glared. He cleared his throat. 'You had the freeing of the Brothers of Stupid, and the defeating of my minions! It was a battle which had much entertainment for Fawful!' He nodded earnestly. 'Howingever, this is where Fawful must have the stepping-in.'
     Light Fawful stepped to the front of the crowd. 'Fawful of darkness!' he shouted. 'I am having a bone to pick with the one who is you!'
     'Ohing?'
     'You had the defeating of me before, and I am demanding a rematch! The Fawful who is being the true Fawful will be decided now!' His body was pulsing with power, and he felt invigorated; he was going to win. He was going to beat his dark side.
     His evil half grinned and raised an eyebrow. 'Fawful is liking this idea! Very well, I shall have battle with you!' He jerked his thumb behind him. 'Your allies can go.'
     They all looked at him. 'Should we go, Fawful?' Mimi asked him.
     Light Fawful nodded. 'Yesing. Fawful will have victory.'
     His ten allies hesitantly passed the two identical Beans. The shapeshifter took one last look into the room, at the two boys trying to tear each other down with their eyes, then shut the door.
And here we are at the last milestone (read: multiple of five) chapter that The Chaos Trilogy will ever have, and at the first chapter of the mega-intense finale of the story. It's pretty much nothing but fighting from here on out, folks! I hope you're ready for a wild ride to the end.

This chapter took longer than the ones preceding it, and certainly took longer than Chapter 34, especially if you take the number of pages into account. This first finale chapter deals with two certain protagonists. I'm sure you've been dying to see them. I really liked this fight, it's really intense and awesome in my opinion. I worked hard on it.

Fun fact: this is the first chapter, that I am aware of, that I scrapped the first version of. I'd written up to about four pages of writing, mostly having to do with a battle against Dimentio's generic enemies, before I decided that it was awful, so I got rid of it all and cut to the chase. I think this turned out way better.

Read, favourite, comment, and enjoy. :)
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It paid to have videogame boss music on loop when reading this. Man, that was intense. Awesome job!