Koopa Lair Got ourselves a situation, stuck in a new location--

K. Koopa's teleportation startles Koopenstein out of his strange... whatever he was doing.

O-oh! My reptillian colleague! What brings you here t-this f-fine time of daylight!?

As King Koopa tackles Ludwig, Shake King tries to break the hold!

DON'T DO IT, KING KOOP! THIS ISN'T WORTH IT!
So you're behind this too, aren't you, Shake King!
Who?
Y-you!
(Oh, to heck with this, I'll leave the smooth-talking to the Doctor.)

Ludwig creates a Double Cherry clone of himself, the duplicate tossing his Power Pendant to K. Koopa. He receives a telepathic message.

(Take it, use the Warp Topaz and leave. It's a prototype, so don't expect it to be perfect.)

The Chain Chomp however, remains a Chain Chomp, grabbing Kurtis by the teeth and spitting him back down to the ground.

Oh, no, no, no, no, no. You have made your bed. Lie in it.
You see, I only went out here to partake in a little test of sorts. As a preface, I would also like to mention this fire form is not modified.

Somari, Wario, and Shadwari all try attacking Ludwig, but the Flame Shield keeps them at bay.
Waluigi puts it out with water, but that only electrocutes him as Ludwig switches to an Thunder Shield.

I've been meaning to experiment a little with a silly little invention of mine, and this is the greatest opportunity.

Ludwig switches in color for a split second at casts an Iceball at him from behind, freezing him in place.

What if I could access any power-up I desired without hassling to get them in the first place? Why, we would be unstoppable!

Viewtiful Joe goes for a Red Hot Kick, but is bounced back by a Bubble Shield

And if a little prototype gadgetry will work the exact way I want it... that will soon become a reality.

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Flame Shield (Flame/Shield)- A force-field around the user that acts as a defense and allows the user to perform flame-esque attacks and not take damage from fire-based attacks and hazards.
Thunder Barrier (Electric/Shield)- A force-field around the user that acts as a defense and allows the user to perform electrical attacks and not take damage from electric-based attacks and hazards.
Bubble Shield (Water/Shield- An elastic force-field around the user that acts as a defense and not take damage from water-based attacks, and grants the user the Bound Jump.

Ludwig merely allows him to snatch the Toad, but not before turning it into a vicious Chain Chomp which furiously tries to chomp Kurtis down!

Fools. You have made it painfully obvious you know nothing about hostage situation. I will merely let you live with the misery of knowing that you have ruined this citizen's life. I wish you extreme magnitudes of fortune on turning him back to normal, by the way... The magical spell that binds him is permanent.
How about you save yourself the trouble and leave town before we kick you to the curb?

Wario tries to Dash Attack Ludwig, who merely sidesteps the attempt.

You all simply couldn't; No matter how hard you tried.

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Power Plant The very trio that has looted Wario flies inside.

Alright, this'll have to do for a pit stop. 'least until we find a secure place of our own to stash loot in.
D'uh, J--
Boss.
Boss? Those guys on the statues... I think they looked familiar.
Oh, those good-for-nothing dorks? Don't sweat it! They'll never-- *Ouch!*

The seeming leader of the group is hit in the head by a familiar object that falls to the floor in front of him.

Ah crud, is that them?
No, but look.

The smallest of the bunch picks up the obj-- huh. Well, what do you know. It's another Chaos Emerald.

A Chaos Emerald!? Wow! I can barely remember the time I had all seven of them!
Who's to say that Emerald isn't fake? Perhaps it was dropped here to trick us.
I'll take my chances, thank you very much! Even if it's fake, a buyer will be none the wiser!
What're you gonna do with the Emerald, boss?
For now? I'm just gonna tuck this away. I don't feel like becoming some kinda Mammoth Mogul*.

Our leader secures the Emerald, keeping it out of sight.

We'll stay here for now. Until then, we sit here... and wait until the time is right.

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*Mammoth Mogul is a villain from the Archie Sonic continuity. After having a Chaos Emerald embedded into his chest, he was imbued with immense power, intellect, and immortality, and sought control over Mobius.

Koopa Lair It seems the meeting has ended while ago. Koopenstein sits in his chair comfortably, holding the Emerald in his hand and watching events unfold through a crystal ball given by Namek. A strange looking Warp Pipe is next to him.

Bowser comes in.

Koopenstein!
Ah, my marvelous monarchist counterpart! To what do I owe the pleasure?
More of those idiot interlopers are coming to the Mushroom Kingdom! At this rate, Ludwig might lose in no time! We need to send more--
My friend, we need to capitalize off of this moment. The Mushroom Kingdom is merely a distraction!
A distraction!? I'll have you kn--
Know what, Bowser? Think of it this way: Once they all realize what's happening with the Chaos Emeralds and go off to restore their precious balance... then that will create yet another opening for you to strike. Understood?
...Alright, I suppose you have a point there.

Bowser turns to leave, but a Koop Robo enters the room.

GREETINGS SUBJECTS "BOWSER" AND "LORD KOOPENSTEIN". SUBJECT "DUPLICATE EMERALD" IS COMPLETE.
What the--!? "Lord Koopenstein" !?
Wonderful... And I know just what to do with this little thing.

Toad Town Somari, Yoshles, Shadwari, Mac, G&W and Waluigi take a moment to catch their breath.

Wario meets them.

Oh yeah! Wario number one!
That's-a-good and all, but I-a-have a feeling we're-a-forgetting someone.

Suddenly, all of our heroes hear a peculiar voice.

Oh, no. Pardon me, I forgot to congratulate you on your victory.
I'd recognize that voice from anywhere... Ludwig von Koopa!
Ah. I remember you. You were one of the two toads there to aid the Mario Brothers ten years ago*.
But I have a question for you..

Ludwig steps out of the shadows, encased in a Flame Barrier while holding a hostage Toad!

Just how do you meddling menaces plan on escaping this scenario?

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*New Super Mario Bros. Wii was the debut of Blue Toad and Yellow Toad, two other characters which where playable alongside the Bros. Of course, the Koopalings were prevalent in this game as bosses as well.

Toad Town ...
aaaaaaaaaaa--
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Now, -a-you guys! Hit-a-him with everything we've-a-got!

As Viewtiful Joe, Pac-Man, Waluigi and Tailigee pelt the crashing Boom Boom with huge blasts, G&W, Somari, Yoshles and Shadwari all strike Boom Boom from below, the three of them with Spin Attacks and G&W with a Judgement 9!

Rrrrrrrgh!
Why isn't anything working?
(Just.. A... little more...!)
DON'T YOU IDIOTS SEE!? YOU CAN'T WIN NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY! I'LL DESTROY TOAD TOWN, BECOME BOWSER'S MAIN MAN, AND SQUASH ALL YOU DO-GOODERS ONE BY...... huh?

A figure soars in the air, right above Boom Boom.

!!!!!
What the... Huh!? NO! DON'T--
!

The individual hits Boom Boom square in the forehead with a Rising Smash and, combined with the last push from our heroes, blasts Boom Boom and sends him skyrocketing into the unknown.

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Rising Smash (Impact/Electric)- An electric uppercut that does astronomically high damage. much more powerful version of the K.O. Uppercut, though much slower with more time required to recover.

Central Martial Arts Stadium
(USA) Let's see how you get past this! Shoryureppa!

Axel tries to swing at Ken, who ducks, and attacks with a series of multi-hitting Shoryukens, all of which are Parried by Axel.

Dragon Smash!

Axel pulls off a quick barrage of punches followed by a flaming uppercut, but they are Parried immediately by Ken.

HAAAAAARGGHH!!

They both begin to trade blows, but neither can gain solid ground over one another as the each attack is Parried by the opposing party.

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Toad Town A feint twinkle can be seen in the sky...

What? A star at this time of day?
That's no star. That's Boom Boom, and he's coming right at us.

The Somari gang, Pac-Man, Viewtiful Joe, and G&W (and anyone else that I'm missing) all begin to prepare an attack...

No need. I'll just bring my troop with me.

Shake king snaps his fingers. Immediately, an excessive amount of minions enter the area.



I presume we will be using your submarine?

@FallMaker : Perhaps this will enlighten you.

I am aware of your concern. I am only saying that we cannot risk losing it to the very same ravenous dogs you mentioned. But in the mean time... I believe I have a suitable replacement.

Koopenstein tosses King Koopa a round, strange gem.

I've already supplied a power source inside of it. This will allow you to teleport and get the pieces freely. Be very careful.
Hmph! Who needs careful! This'll be a cinch!

Shake King prepares to leave, waiting on King Koopa to follow.

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Warp Topaz (Level/Space)- An orange gemstone with a red spiral pattern. It allows it's user to manipulate space around them, creating wormholes almost anywhere. It appears to require a power source to function properly.

Calm yourself, my DIC Entertainment counterpart! Don't you see that this is a breakthrough in the making?
Breakthrough? What's so inportant about some stupid gemstone?
Soon, my green-pigmented friends, we'll have so many of these we'll be unstoppable!
Nonsense. I am not of the belief that produce duplicates of a mere trinket will be of use to me.
Well, I, Black Shadow, am of the belief that you are in for a surprise.

Koopenstein throws the emerald to Boshi, who catches it.

Hmph! (You know, I don't feel all that diff--)

Boshi begins to glow, and run hundreds of laps around the room in seconds.

...

Boshi throws it back to Koopenstein.

Wow! (Woah. That was... Wow.)

Koopenstein grins.

Do you see? Ladies, Gentlemen... The tables are turned to our favor.

Well, he may grow more powerful. He may be even able to bring out a hint of that power... But he will not transform.
Of course, that would change if he found something such as this...

Koopenstein pulls out... a Chaos Emerald!?

During an encounter from a while ago, I had used one of these... Chaos Emeralds... of which hold similar power to our world's own artifacts. But a true genius is never without plan. For you see, Sometal never had the real Chaos Emerald. Only a fake, whereas the real one was empowering him from afar.
I'll bet they still believe they won and retrieved the Emerald! What fools they are! Not to worry though... because I have masked this Emerald's energy with a cloaking device that will prevent it from being sensed or showing up on any paltry devices. Or, moreover, at all.

Toad Town ...This isn't-a-good. We have to-a-stop him before he takes-a-the entire town down with him!
(What are we supposed to do? If you haven't noticed, he's practically gone.)
But he'll be back. In the meantime, we'd better prepare to stop him before he does any more harm.

Shadwari once again removes his ring inhibitors.

When this "Boom Boom" decides it's time to drop down... He will be stopped by the ultimate lifeform.
Yeah!
That-a-creep won't know what-a-hit him!
Everyone, get-a-ready!

As everyone else prepares an attack to fend off Boom Boom, Waluigi, who apparently has had a fire flower, turns around.

Uh... Wa--

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Koopa Lair - Meeting Room --rio. File name "Alter-ego". Wario is the greedy, portly rival and antithesis to Mario "Jumpman" Mario. He boasts above average physical strength, though not to the same caliber as, say, Donkey Kong, and subpar speed. Of course, his primary weakness is his immense ego and lust for greed. To compensate, he has a variety of different variants and powerups to give himself the edge, some of them purely based on reacting.
Though this would prove of very little difference in a fight, he has one transformation that dwarfs all others:
As such, I've enacted a contingency that will, at least for the time being, prevent him from transforming. During their last encounter, I had Somatic tag Wario with a nanotech device that has sent and embedded a mental signal to the neuron, leaving a posthypnotic suggestion that he really can't transform, and as such, his body is to react accordingly. Of course, even if the device is discarded now, the effect will remain the same.
This is merely an example of one of the more complex contingencies. Most only require at least one step if not more.

Boom Boom actually never tried to land (yet). He's still going...

Boom Boom throws Parallel Block Man, hitting him instead. He is then kneed in the face by the Six Majin.

ARGH!
You know what!? I'm done! Done with all of your stupid antics! You may have me outnumbered...

Boom Boom soars into the air.

But that won't compare to the casualties suffered from a Mass Ground Pound!

Boom Boom begins to rise higher and higher, exceeding the clouds.

Boom Boom dodges it, attempting to tackle Parallel Block Man!

Boom Boom yells in pain right before being hit square across the face by a Red Hot Kick!

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Central Martial Arts Stadium
(USA)
I was going to edit this into the e previous post due to a lack of response but lo and behold the plot continues

Two individuals share a space in a ring, one unknown fighter who was knocked out and another one who is given a red championship belt of sort.

Here is your winner, and still your United States Martial Arts Champion, Ken Masters!

(Aw, man... these fights are still way too easy! At this rate, I'm gonna get sloppy from fighting so many two-bit rookies.)

Ken Masters
Master of the Rising Dragon Fist

Ken begins to speak out.

Man, what a breeze that was! I bet everyone in here's thinking twice about challenging me now, huh?
Actually, if you wouldn't mind, I'd like to have a crack at that title myself.

Another person steps in the arena.

?
I've been watching your fights for a little while now. I've gotta say, not bad. though a little to flashy for my tastes. That "Shoryuken" though... I'd like to try that move out. So how about it? Or are you too busy counting your racks of cash from your little company?...
...Ken Masters?

Axel Stone
Protector of Woad Oak City

Hmm... (Well, this guy does look like the real deal...)
You're on! But first, mind giving the pleasantries?
Of course. Name's Axel, from Wood Oak City. Used to be a corrupt place, but everything's so boring nowadays.
Oh man, you're preaching to the choir on that one. So...

Ken goes into his fighting stance.

...Just how confident will you be after I finish mopping the floor with you?

Axel does the same.

...I don't plan on losing, you know. When we're through, I'll show you just how good a real fighter is.

Boom Boom throws a punch at Six Majin (Joe's Mecha), which ducks and throws Boom Boom's face right into Parallel Block Man's fist!