A few Toad Guardsmen held up their spears, but Bowser swept his wrist gently and knocked them away like it was a gust of wind.
“Kakakakakaka!”
Bowser, under the guise of this mysterious new Bowsette, had done little more than waltz wherever she went and still found great victory. Everywhere she went, she had terrorized the populace, decimated any combat forces that attempted to defeat her. Uh, him. He was starting to lose track of that thing, to be honest.
It had gotten to the point where, everyone was so terrified of him that he was able to stay at a luxury hotel at the Huckit Beach Resort for free, complete with a complimentary breakfast and room service. He didn’t even get this kind of treatment as Bowser! It was awesome!
Needless to say, he ordered more than a few Able Juices that night... Man it felt good to drink genuinely good alcohol again.
From the Sunset Wilds to Ribbon Road, from the Pecan Sands to the Wonky Circus, everywhere he went he destroyed and destroyed and blew up and raged. It was friggin’ GREAT. He had realized by the time he reached the Mushroom Kingdom that he was not yet ready to end all of this, in fact, and had decided to travel a few more places. That was probably smart thinking, too; he was going to be in for the fight of a lifetime with the probable opponents he would be facing momentarily, and he needed every advantage he could get, especially in what he uncovered when he ventured up Star Hill just a few hours ago.
It wasn’t the Star Rod or its remains, like he had hoped, but it was a Star Shard itself, and with Bowsette’s magic, uh, Bowser’s magic, he could infuse the power of the star inside his Chomp Shell, creating a weapon that was now supercharged with eternal energies. Nobody who did not directly harness magic for themselves could stand a chance against it.
To this point, Bowsette had not yet been forced to use any of the items she had obtained before or during her journey. She was very glad for this, as it let forces continue to underestimate her, and she would be able to take the advantage once the ultimate fight began. But even here, if she could, she would keep to using simply her claws, her fire breath, and hiding in her shell to block attacks. Any weapon or item was her last resort.
But she had gained some rather hefty goods in her divergent excursions over the last week. Besides the Bone Dragon hidden away in Yoshi’s Island, she-- WAIT, HE. Crap. Bowser was starting to really get confused here. HE also obtained several interesting orbs from Neon Heights, including some Spark Orbs and Tweester Orbs that would come in handy if things got too rough. He could shock and stun enemies as well as send them flying in random directions, so they were good for defense. The caveat was that they needed to be thrown and they rested in a static position once deployed, and Bowsette analyzed that the fight may move too quickly for them to be as effective as he wanted.
In the Woody Woods he beat up some trees until they gave him a free Barter Box. This was an extremely rare item, not to be used lightly. Though its power to swap items with another nearby was typically reserved for party antics, it could also be extremely useful in a combat situation.
Finally, in Nimbus Land he uncovered an ancient treasure, the Sonic Cymbals. Bowsette was very much appreciative of the fact that he had been classically schooled in Itemology; otherwise, he would never have been able to find all these weapons and utilize them so well. Along with his Reverse Mushrooms and Mecha Fly Guys obtained back at Vibe Island, he possessed a wide arsenal and would be able to take over the Mushroom Kingdom with ease, as long as he acted accordingly.
Bowsette had very, very much wanted to find some greater power at Star Hill. It seems that after his little attack on the Star Sanctuary all those years ago, their defenses were stronger, and he was unable to sneak out any extra power for himself.
With any luck, though, he wouldn’t need it-- his current state would simply be enough.
Now, it was time to advance through Toad Town and make his way towards his final destination: Peach’s Castle.
He could have used an army. The Koopas that had revolted at Sunset Beach had offered to join him. The Whomps had sent an emissary to meet him after he burnt down the Fuzzy Hideout. His old contacts at the Snifit Bureau were eager to see his new quest through, as well. Even Game Guy wanted to donate funds to a new insurrection war effort against the Mushroom Kingdom. But he made it very clear to any and all groups that this would be a solo effort. He was going to be defeating everyone, and that included them themselves. He needed to do this, and without anyone else’s help.
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The streets were clear. Only two Doogans hawking badges for sale over in the corner, seemingly unaware of what was about to go down. Actually... Now that Bowsette thought about it...
“Hey!” Bowsette shouted, his voice shriek and pitchy. “Give me some of them, will ya?” He gazed at the selection more closely. The Dodge Master badge allowed him to use action commands more frequently, but the Double Dip badge let for using two items at the same time. And Multibounce... That was a powerful one. All of them were so irresistible. But if he had to choose... “Give me Dodge Master.” Avoiding being hit was going to be tantamount to success here, he imagined; going the long haul rather than trying to a quick victory was the best option.
“300 coins, man, pay up!” the larger Doogan shouted. “Gimme some cash!”
Normally, Bowsette would simply shoot a fireball and fry the guy. But he was feeling mighty generous this moment, and the sheer gusto of ordering him around amused him. So he took out his change purse and dumped its entire contents on the ground, which was hundreds upon hundreds of coins as well as those brown sacks filled with more coins inside of them.
“Hahaha!” the Doogan laughed. “Take’em all! Take’em all! Thanks, lady!”
And Bowsette did. But he did not appreciate being called a lady, not as much as he thought he would. He was a man, a strong hulking monster with the masculinity of a thousand suns. This body of his was merely an impediment to success, the training weights that intentionally limited his abilities to keep his focus strong.
In essence, his weakness made him powerful. His weak, fleshy body was low in defense, low in power, even if it was high in beauty. But he would win despite that. He would win BECAUSE of that.
With perfect timing, a mushroom-shaped spaceship set down right in front of him, blocking his path to Peach’s Castle. He would get to test out his new abilities on some weaker opponents before reaching the main stage.
Out of the spaceship ran six Toads, each of them with a different cap color. He did not recognize them whatsoever.
“Hey, you!” the red one, clearly the leader, yelled. “Get outta here!”
Bowsette shrugged. “Or what?”
The red toad took out a pickaxe. “Bro, leave!”
“No?”
...
These Toads were clearly unprepared for an actual fight. The blue one scurried back into the spaceship, while the other ones stood still and shook in fear.
Bowsette took a few steps forward, especially towards the pink-capped female. She looked like she was about to perish here and there, she was so scared. He looked at her and licked his lips.
The female Toad fainted.
the red one, though, charged forward. “Not cool bro!!!” He swung his pickaxe and attacked, missing by wide margins. “Toad Brigade, let’s go!!!!”
Bowsette hardly had to move an inch to get past all of this. The spaceship took off and began hovering in the air, but it appeared to have no weapons because it was not firing. Sigh. This may have been TOO easy of a fight.
“Let’s mix this up,” he said to himself.
He leapt onto the spaceship, activating his multibounce and repeatedly stomping on the roof of the ship until the metal dented in. The bouncing was actually somewhat tough to pull off; the Super Crown’s power gave Bowsette the ability to float in the air, just like Princess Peach, and at first that had severely inhibited his ability to do quickly-timed jumps like he wanted. With more practice came more control, but he would never be able to perfect it.
Still, he got what he wanted. He burst into the spaceship and punched the blue Toad, whose glasses flew off and cracked against the window. He leapt out and floated back towards the ground, just as the spaceship crashed into an item shop and exploded.
The red Toad was now red in the face. “You won’t get away with this!” he shouted.
“Kakakaka!” Bowsette laughed, still floating a few inches in the air. “Of course I will! I’m Bowsette, Lordess of the Koopa Spirit!”
“Lordess... of the... What?” The red Toad was very confused.
the pink Toad got up from her fainting, but was instantly petrified upon seeing Bowsette again.
“Whatever. I’m going to beat you all up now, is what I mean,” he said.
The pink Toad suddenly stopped freaking out and stared at Bowsette intensely. “Wait a minute... That crown on your head... isn’t that...?”
Suddenly Bowsette was the one petrified, surrounded by an aura of blue magic on all sides.
A deep voice bellowed, “Trespasser! You will go no further!”
He was unable to turn around, but his captor soon rotated him around for him. It was that nasty old wizard, Merlon. Probably the strongest being in the Mushroom Kingdom by sheer force, and the one that he was most worried of when he had entered Toad Town.
“Let go of me you clod!” Bowsette shouted.
“You are under my control now,” said Merlon. “You belong to me.”