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Midoriya Izumi, a young girl with long curly hair, with a personality that wishes to become a Hero. And she lives in a world where having a Superpower allows one to become what they wish, but that gives her an issue with her wish of becoming one. She has no power, no Quirk, and she is treated as both an outcast and nothing more than a bitch for a Hero to take as his wife when she's of age. Nobody tried to see her actions through writing down Quirks as a way for her to become a Hero without a Quirk, they viewed it as her trying to leave her place and usurp those with power.Because of that kind of thought-process, she was ridiculed and beaten relentlessly. Ever since she reached the age of 5 and beyond, she was attacked by her peers within her school and around the neighborhood for even wishing to become something she clearly couldn't. After all, how could one become a Hero if they couldn't defend themselves? Not that they gave her the chance to even defend herself, as each and every time she tried to defend herself, they'd attack with far more strength than she could handle. After each and every scuffle she'd gotten into, against her will, they'd left battle scars in the shape of burn scarring, cuts, bruises, and more all over her skin.Nothing was left unchecked, but because she didn't want to show that she was being abused by her peers. Izumi had used Hero Grade makeup in order to hide any and all damage to her skin, hiding what she really looked like because of the society she lived in. Even her mother wasn't left out of the bullying of their peers, constantly told to give her daughter up so that she could have a different child who had a useful quirk. Though the mother didn't listen to the people around her at first, it eventually reached a point where even she couldn't handle all the psychological bullying and ended her own life. That was one of the worst days of Izumi's life, as she was placed in an orphanage to live out the rest of her day's moving through the system.It was a cruel fate for someone who was Quirkless in a society who prided itself on those who could use Quirks. Due to her own upbringing, Izumi had looked at Heroes with reverence as well as with awe and high expectations. And as her own life got worse over time, her vision of what a Real Hero really was had become worn down to the point that she gave up on the Hero Society she lived within. She went from being an outgoing young woman by the time she was in Elementary School to being a very introverted young woman, who was very clearly abused but hid her true feelings behind a mask.People would attack her on the streets, Villains and Heroes alike since they believed her to be plotting against them. That was when they saw her writing in her notebook, this society didn't treat her as though she were a true citizen... it was proven to be far worse when it took the one person she had left and turned them into something far worse than an indifferent friend. They changed his personality into that of those who treated her with hatred and very clear disgust. And he made it very clear where she stood in his eyes, as a woman who was nothing more than breeding stock to his life... a footnote in history.His name was Bakugo Katsuki, and he treated her with the worst that Society had ever given her. But you could say that she stuck around him because of the fact that he never showed that she didn't exist anymore within their society. He gave her the time and day within his own day in order to give her attention, even if it was just to put down her dreams of becoming a Hero with him. So as she was having quite literally one of her worst days of her life, she is seen walking home towards the orphanage. Passing near an underpass, one she walked under every single week of school for years. But there was something odd about it this time, looking at her notebook she found that it was burnt, waterlogged and completely incapable of being used."He j-just had to b-blow it up and toss it into t-the Koi Pond o-outside." Izumi muttered before noticing something out of the corner of her eye. "Eh? What's that?" She asked, looking to her right.A green pipe was shown sticking out of the wall, it's deep abyss showing nothing but darkness. Looking around the area, she found that it was quite literally the only thing that had been different about all the times she'd passed through this area. Her curiosity getting the better of her, she moved closer to the pipe itself and placed a palm on the outer rim of it. Rubbing the pipe itself, she found that it seemed as though it was beckoning her to enter through it and with some slight hesitation, she thought about her life right now.'There is quite literally nothing that could make my life any better here. Kacchan had even told me to kill myself, I'm sure that nobody would even care if I disappeared.' Izumi thought before reaching into the pipe to grab the inside edge.Climbing through the pipe she felt herself suddenly become sucked into it, causing all her school supplies and belongings to be dropped on the ground. She let out a yelp of fear as she was pulled inside of the pipe, never to be heard from again.[] [] [] 0w0 [] [] []Izumi felt herself falling through the sky, she didn't know what was going on but as she opened her eyes, she found herself looking at a very weird place. It was covered in mushrooms of differing colors as she took in her surroundings. She suddenly felt as though she were in a place she shouldn't be before she heard movement coming from nearby and rushed to hide on some nearby mushrooms. As her entire form trembled behind the mushroom top, she saw a few people who looked similar to the very mushrooms she hid behind, she watched them look at what appeared to be a very large pipe.'That pipe wasn't that large last time I saw it.' Izumi thought to herself."Hm? I thought I heard this Pipe come to life earlier. Was it just my imagination?" The weird creature said, their voice very disturbing."What are you doing here Toad?" Another voice asked, as Izumi took in this weird creature's appearance.They wore a blue vest and brown pants with brown dress shoes. Their head though was different from Toad's color, as Toad's had red colored in spots around his white head, this other one had blue colored in spots on their head as they searched the area."Was this Pipe working earlier?" Toad asked."Not that I know of, why?" They asked."It's probably nothing, we'd never gotten another person in this world since Mario and Luigi came here. Aside from the Princess, they're the only human's living here." Toad said, as the two of them walked away.Following the direction they were heading with her eyes; Izumi saw a gigantic castle nearby. It was white in color mainly, but the roofing tiles on the towers coming on the sides of the main castle were pink in color, they also showed what the Princess vaguely looked like. A woman wearing a pink frilly dress with yellow hair and a crown sitting upon their head. And Izumi followed the Toads as she thought that they could lead her to where this Princess was, at least so that she could see if she could have a place to live for now at least.Although, as she walked on top of the Mushrooms, she came across a sight that was deeply sickening to her. The Toads were torturing some weird people who had only feet and appeared to look similar to the mushrooms she stood on, although they were brown in color with black iris'. Looking down from where she stood, she saw that there were at least a few dozen of them in cages as they glared at the Toads with nothing but disdain. Izumi didn't know what was going on, but it was clear that the Toads were torturing these beings for information and climbed down from where she hid.Moving through the mushrooms using them as cover, she found herself near one of the toads. Moving as fast as she could, she placed her palm over the guard's mouth and held them in a choke hold and moved further out into the mushrooms using them as cover. Once the Toad in her arms had completely fallen unconscious, she dropped them and placed a couple fingers to their neck and once she felt a pulse she let out a sigh of relief. And she continued this until there was only one Toad, who was now looking for his friends, and he decided to enter the forest of Mushrooms to search for them.Izumi used this as a way to reach to the people who were being tortured by the Toads and broke them out of their bindings as well as prison."If y-you can r-run, then get o-out of here!" Izumi said, urgently as one of the small creatures looked at her in shock."What about you?" One of the creatures asked."J-Just go! Be-Before they come back!" Izumi said, as she rushed out into the forest.Not allowing to let the kindness the human girl did for them pass him by, the small creature rushed over to a leaned over green pipe. Rushing into it, him and his allies had disappeared from the area just as the Toad and his allies returned to their camp only to find their prisoner's gone."Damn it! Princess Peach will not like how we lost some Goomba's. They were the easiest to get information from." One of the Toads said, before looking around the area.From her hiding spot, Izumi overheard their conversation.'Those were called Goomba's? Well at least I know their race, but are these Toads racist or something? They said Goomba with a high amount of disdain.' Izumi thought to herself.She watched as the small troop of Toads left the area and felt that now was the perfect time to high tail it out of there. Turning around to leave, she found herself looking at a Toad who had climbed up to the mushroom top who just stopped to stare at her, a very familiar expression on their face. One that went from confusion to disdain, to complete rage... reminding her of a boy who couldn't be calm for a moment in his life for once. She stepped backwards slightly as the Toad in front of her pulled out his spear and pointed it at her as he shouted at her."Hold it right there!? State your name, and why you are near this campsite!" The Toad yelled out alerting his allies.'C-Crap! W-What am I s-supposed to say?!' Izumi thought as she stared at the small Toad."Tell me your name and why you are here, human!?" The Toad yelled, as Izumi heard the rapid footsteps coming towards the mushroom she was hiding on."U-Um... H-hi?" Izumi asked, as the Toad glared at her."Answer the question human!" The Toad growled.Izumi then leaped out of the way as he moved closer to her, causing him to stare at her in confusion. All before he realized what she was planning on doing, and he gave chase after her as he rushed on the mushroom tops. Izumi had leaped from the mushroom tops and to the ground as she made to try and escape from the area, her fear of being caught saving those Goomba's far surpassing any kind of communication with these Toads. She'd seen them interrogating the Goomba, and torturing him when the Goomba wasn't replying to their questions.If they were going to do that to a mere Goomba, what would they do to her? So she ran as fast as she could, she knew that her stamina wasn't that great, but compared to how short these Toads were, she was believing that she'd be far faster than them. What she didn't expect was a few fireballs and ice balls to fly past her blocking her path with flames and ice as she slid to a stop. Looking at the Toads behind herself, she found that some of them had vastly different appearances. But the most concerning thing was how two had flaming hands, and another two had frost coming from their mouths.She stepped back fearfully as a Toad leaped from the mushroom tops as he swung his spear towards her. Acting on instinct, she ducked under the horizontal swipe of the spear as she grabbed the weapon as the Toad overextended and spun around with the toad on the opposite end. All before releasing the weapon launching the toad and the weapon itself towards his allies and leaping over the fire and running into the nearby forest. This forest wasn't like the mushroom forest she was in; however, it had actual trees, and she ran as fast as she could... all before a massive tree branch had entered her view at the last second.It close lined her knocking her to the ground. As she tried to get her bearings back again, she looked to her right and was met with the boot of another Toad that smashed right into her temple knocking her to the ground once more knocking her out.[] [] [] 0w0 [] [] []When Izumi woke up, she was lying in a dungeon as her vision swam. Everything was blurred due to her slowly waking up, but she saw two people sitting in chairs in front of the dungeon bars, but they were more blobs, and she could barely hear what they were talking about. Once her vision had completely finished, she saw that they looked Italian from the mustaches on their faces... but she found it even more weird as they wore what she could only guess were plumber outfits. Both wore differing colors, one who was shorter than the other was wearing red undergarments whilst the blue was an overall that connected to a small golden button. The same was for the taller one, but with green instead of red."What do we'a tell the Princess?" The red hat wearing one asked."I uh don't know, Mario. For all we'a know she could be working for a'Bowser." The green hat wearing one replied."Ugh." Izumi groaned out, catching the two's attention."Do you'a know where you'a are?" The red one asked, his voice very strained."N-No... w-where a-am I?" Izumi asked, looking around the dungeon."You 'a are inside the Princess' Castle Dungeon. You attacked the Toad High Guard near their barracks. That was a very stupid of you." The red overalls one stated."O-Okay, I-I just saw t-them torturing a-a brown short guy... he w-wore brown dress shoes." Izumi said, as the two men stared at her in confusion."That was a Goomba, they aren't very a nice." The green hat wearing man said, very nervously."F-From where I s-stood, the T-Toads aren't kind e-either." Izumi retorted.Before the two men could question her further, an explosion occured from above them all. The two men rushed out of the dungeon area, as Izumi looked around the area as some small pebbles fell above her. Moving out of the way of the small pebbles, she found the door to her dungeon somehow opened and looking around the area, she found that nobody was there. Taking her chance, she rushed in the opposite direction of where the two men ran and found herself in a side hall of the place that the two men mentioned was a Castle Dungeon.Running up some nearby stairs, she used the growing tension and fear in her heart to help her navigate through the halls. That was before the wall she was running by had been blasted apart as something had crashed through the nearby wall and into the one that she had crossed. Looking into the hole, she saw that it was a giant yellow turtle with a green shell with a large amount of spikes leaving it. She stared at the giant turtle as he shook his head as he tried to get his bearings before looking at whoever was giving him a weird expression.Looking at the girl, the turtle just stared at her for all but a moment before a cruel smirk came over his face. Walking over to her, Izumi felt her fear begin to grow again as she stumbled back from how each step the giant turtle made had caused a small quake through the floor. Then she heard him speak to her, in a tone that demanded respect."Are you the one who saved some of my own army?" His voice asked, gruff and very low."I-I-I don't k-know." Izumi replied as she froze in fear."You might have seen a few Goomba's who were captured by some Toads near the Mushroom Kingdom. Is that ringing a bell?" The turtle questioned."Y-You mean those l-little weird m-mushroom people?" Izumi asked, confused."Yes, they are called Goomba's, and they are a part of my army." The giant turtle said."T-T-Then, I-I did buy t-them time to e-escape." Izumi said, as the turtle nodded."Come with me, it is clear that you are unwelcome in this Castle." The giant turtle said, as Izumi watched him walk through the hole that was made by him."U-Um, how do I-I get out of h-here?" Izumi asked, as the turtle looked over his shoulder."Grab onto one of the spikes on my back. My children by now have probably captured the Princess." The giant turtle stated, as Izumi rushed up behind him and grabbed onto a back spike."U-Um, what d-do I c-call you? I-I'd rather not c-call you g-giant turtle in my h-head." Izumi asked, as the turtle looked at her with a chuckle."You clearly weren't thinking that, I heard you muttering." The creature said, watching the girl from over his shoulder blush deeply. "And to answer your question, just call me Bowser." He said, before leaping high in the air."KYAAAAAAAAAA!" Izumi screamed as wind blasted her up as she held onto the spike of Bowser's shell."GAHAHAHAHAHAHA! TRY AND GET ME NOW MARIO BROTHERS!" Bowser called out, as Izumi briefly saw the two men standing on the ground below."S-Sorry to u-um ask this o-of you... b-but where a-are you taking m-me?" Izumi asked, as Bowser allowed her to get off his back."We're heading to my home, the Volcano world." He said, as his ship took off towards what appeared to be a Volcanic world.Izumi was very concerned whether or not she'd be capable of breathing in space but found that she could actually be able to. It greatly confused her but as they passed through multiple worlds, she saw the beauty of the place and looked at it in awe. Bowser looked at her from afar and walked up behind her, the small girl was clearly very young from her appearance... but from what her body type showed him... she was very mature looking. If anything she appeared to be more feminine than the Princess herself was, and he could see said Princess looking at Izumi with concern."Young lady, I thank you for helping my forces to escape from the Mushroom Kingdom's hands. And for that, I must ask you... what is your name?" Bowser questioned."M-M-Midoriya I-I-Izumi." The young girl said, as Bowser looked at the Princess in the corner of his eye.The Princess was glaring at Izumi as though she had slighted her and her entire family. Bowser couldn't help but smirk at that, he hadn't even done anything to the girl, and she was already trusting him far more than she had the Princess of her own kingdom. That was when Bowser nodded at the girl."That is a good name, I shall call you Izumi though. I don't know why you said your Family Name first, but it'll be easier for me to remember." Bowser said, as he watched the green haired girl blush crimson."O-O-Okay... B-Bowser-san." Izumi replied as Bowser smiled again."Welcome to the Koopa Kingdom." Bowser said, placing a palm on her shoulder. "In this world, you will learn what is right and wrong from my perspective. And you will find a place where you belong amongst me and my followers." Bowser said, as the Princess finally spoke."Don't listen to him! He's pure evil!" The Princess called out."W-Why not?" Izumi asked, causing the princess to look at her with both fury and confusion. "H-He's done l-literally nothing wrong... at least t-to me." Izumi said, as the Princess stared at her exasperatedly."A-Are you insane!? He's kidnapping me right now!? I'm the leader of a Kingdom and he's kidnapping me for nefarious deeds!" The Princess said, as Izumi looked very uncomfortable."You will keep quiet Princess; remember I can kill you if I so wish it." Bowser said, as the woman smirked at him."You wouldn't dare! When Mario and Luigi get here, they will put you in your place!" The Princess said, as Izumi froze in place as she looked at the nearby forests of World 6 as they flew overhead."Oh, they'll put me in my place. I would like to see when that happens." Bowser laughed as Izumi looked at the Princess.Her blue eyes and very fiery personality caused Izumi to see an uncanny resemblance to someone who very clearly scared her deeply. The Princesses face constantly switched from her blue eyes and blonde hair to red eyes and ash-blonde hair in the form of an explosion. Izumi's eyes slowly shrunk as Bowser looked at Izumi with confusion before watching her slowly twitching in growing fear, her chest moving up and down very quickly. It wasn't something he'd seen often in his forces, but at the same time he'd seen it from his sons and daughter whenever they'd lost to Mario and his brother in a fight. This young lady was having a panic attack. Rushing over to her, he placed a clawed hand on her shoulder softly.What he didn't expect was for the girl to react violently to him placing a palm on her shoulder softly, as she flinched hard. Bowser looked at the Princess as she looked at the scene before them both as Bowser got right into helping the girl calm down from her panic attack. The Princess could only blurt out a few words that displayed her clear confusion at what just happened."What the fuck just happened?" The Princess questioned quietly.

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Bowser fretted over Izumi as she continued to spiral into her panic attack. He looked over at the Princess with a mock glare before he picked up Izumi and walked over to his room inside of the gigantic ship that was piloted by his men. Softly placing the sobbing girl on the couch inside the room, Bowser knelt down to be just in her eyesight as the girl trembled softly in front of him. He may be a villain, but he has standards when it comes to those who are suffering. He let a clawed hand reach out to Izumi before he watched her left arm tremble slightly."Okay, so do you want to talk about what you saw?" Bowser asked, softly."W-W-What happened? W-Where is K-K-Kacchan?" Izumi asked, looking around the room fearfully."I don't know who a Kacchan is but just know that it's just me and you in here." Bowser said, as Izumi stared at him."H-H-How do I-I know this i-isn't a tr-trick!" Izumi questioned, shrinking her body into the couch."I swear on my life that we are the only one's inside this room. I brought you here because you are currently going through a panic attack." Bowser said, as he moved to sit next to her.As he sat on the couch, Izumi just sat as ramrod straight as possible as the giant turtle had kept himself still. His entire body then glowed a green and yellow color as his form was replaced from a very scary exterior and replaced with a very handsome one as he appeared far more masculine than his turtle form. His jawline was sharp, but his eyes still held their fiery power within, and his hair was in the shape of a long mohawk that was a deep red in color. His body however was just him wearing the giant spiked turtle shell on his torso and he also wore a deep blue pair of jeans."Does this make you feel better than you were before?" Bowser asked, a soft baritone sound coming from his voice."Y-Yes. B-But why do you k-kidnap the P-Princess of another Kingdom?" Izumi asked, as her heart slowly regained it's slower heartbeat."I take her because I am deeply in love with her. I love how she counter's my very being with the skills and magic she can utilize." Bowser said, looking up at the ceiling wistfully."So you like her because she's your exact opposite, aside from appearance?" Izumi asked, softly."Yeah, I only wish to marry her because not only is she my exact opposite in everything I stand for. But if I were to combine both of our Kingdoms, then all of our respective Kingdoms would be far more capable of thriving in peace." Bowser said, as Izumi thought about it."W-Why not g-go for someone e-else?" Izumi asked, as Bowser looked at her."Why would I ever go for someone else? Peach is perfect." Bowser said, as Izumi shook her head."S-She's been a-against this m-marriage you've tried to s-set up right?" Izumi asked, as Bowser nodded. "B-But what if she d-doesn't like you in t-that way?" Izumi asked, as Bowser thought about it."That is a good way to look at it, but we're getting close to my castle. From what I gleamed from your muttering when you were having a panic attack... you wished you could be a Hero correct?" Bowser asked."Y-Yes, more than a-anything. B-But nobody would g-give me a chance t-to actually prove my dream." Izumi said, as Bowser thought about it."Does it matter for who you are the Hero to?" Bowser asked, as Izumi thought about it."S-So long as the i-innocent don't get hurt." Izumi said, as Bowser thought about his next answer.What he says next could very well mark her as either an ally or a very crude enemy that he wouldn't like to end the life of. Not to mention that the whole him kidnapping Peach is just to give his sons and daughter a mother like they've always wanted. Especially since he never had any family aside from Kamek, the wizard Koopa who raised him from being a child. Looking into the girl's eyes, he found that she was a very honest individual... so having her as an enemy was not the right way to go about it. But if she were to be his enemy, he'd like her to be actually capable of bringing his plans to an end should they ever cross paths and they're enemies."Well how about this, after you get adjusted to living in my castle and meet my children... I could train you in everything I know." Bowser suggested."Y-You'd train me in e-everything you k-know?" Izumi asked, looking at him in shock."Of course, from what I can see, so long as you get some muscle and train hard you can become a Hero. Not just for the entire Kingdom that I rule, but for the Mushroom Kingdom as well, proving it to those Mario Brothers that Princess Peach doesn't need them to protect her." Bowser said, as the plan was coming to fruition in his head."W-Well... s-so long as y-your family are nice... I-I wouldn't mind it." Izumi said as Bowser smiled at her.He gave her a pat on the head that she felt very confused about as he rubbed her very soft hair for a moment. It caused her to lean into his touch that much more as she realized that in the last 6 years since her mother had died... she hadn't gotten a singular hug or touch of affection that actually made her feel like this. Tears fell from her eyes once more as she reached up to the hand as it tried to move away from her head, and she kept it there for a few more moments causing Bowser to look at her in confusion."D-Don't pull a-away. C-Can we stay like th-this a little longer?" Izumi asked, looking up at Bowser."I don't see why not." Bowser said, as he sat back down and pulled the girl into his hip.The two remained like this for the rest of the trip as Izumi slowly felt herself falling asleep. Apparently, when Bowser remained in one spot for long enough, his body heat was more than enough to lull anyone into a very deep sleep as Izumi struggled to stay awake. Bowser took note of this as he smirked at Izumi before stating something as her eyes fluttered shut."Have a good sleep, you'll need it for later." Bowser's voice rang out as Izumi fell unconscious.[] [] [] 0w0 [] [] []Izumi woke up inside of a room where her hair was splayed out behind her head. As she slowly sat upright, she soon found herself staring at a sight that caused her to nearly snort in amusement, the Princess who Bowser had captured... was sitting in a birdcage that held her in there. On her face was a very distinct pout as she sat there with a bored expression on her face before noticing that Izumi was waking up and got into a position to try and get the girl to free her. Izumi however, just watched as Peach just sat at the edge of the cage and looked at her pleadingly."Why a-are you looking a-at me like t-that?" Izumi asked, as Peach looked at her with a pleading expression."I need you to help me get out of here! Whatever Bowser told you in that room is nothing more than a lie!" Peach said, as Izumi tilted her head."I had to g-grow up alone. And b-because of that I've h-had to learn how t-to judge someone based o-on how they act. F-From what Bowser told me in that room, h-he didn't even lie to m-my face once." Izumi said, as Peach just let out a furious and exasperated sigh."He is a master manipulator! There is no way that he's as kind as the Koopa's and Goomba tribes even say!" Peach said, as Izumi shook her head."C-Can you please s-stop trying to get m-me to be on y-your side? Your p-people were seen t-torturing Goomba's, and from m-my perspective... you're the one invading him." Izumi said, as Peach just stared at her with an exasperated expression."Did he wipe your memory or something!?" Peach asked in a very angered tone."I-I'd like it if you s-stopped yelling." Izumi said, as she moved to leave the room."Wait! Please don't go! Help me out of here and I will make sure that you get whatever you wish!" Peach said, as Izumi stared at her for a moment.There was no more words between the two as Peach felt that Izumi was about to listen to reason. But Izumi just walked over to some duct tape, that somehow made it into this world and taped the woman's mouth shut, as Izumi let out a soft sigh of relief before opening the bedroom door and leaving. Peach had never been so humiliated since she was first kidnapped by someone who was as stubborn as Bowser, but as she sighed... she felt as though it was a losing effort to get Izumi on her side. She thought that bribing the girl into being on her side would work... but apparently the girl couldn't be bought with anything."Of course, she's a Bowser supporter." Peach grumbled after taking the duct tape off her mouth.With Izumi the young woman was walking through the massive castle that belonged to Bowser. She was in awe of how large the place was, so many towers, so many rooms, and by the time she reached the main hall she found that Bowser was sitting on his throne as he took care of his Kingdom. He was actually taking care of making new laws and keeping an eye on his forces by informing a very high-ranking official in his army how much more people he wanted in his army by the end of the month. The Koopa who had been writing this information down nodded and rushed off towards the entrance to the castle.Bowser then glanced over at Izumi as the girl entered the area near him as he turned his attention to her. The clothing he'd given her was something that she'd never thought she could wear in her life, what she wore was many times better than the black Gakuren dress that she wore to her school. It was a long black dress that showed a little bit of cleavage, but at the same time let her hair flow out behind her as the dress' black color really brought out her emerald eyes. Bowser gave the girl a knowing nod of approval of the dress as Izumi moved over to see a smaller version of Bowser's more scary form."Who are you?" The little Bowser asked with a tilt of his head."Junior, gather your siblings. It's time for you to meet a new ally of sorts." Bowser said, as Junior nodded."Of course, father! I hope she's more like you!" Junior called out rushing out of the room."Sorry for him. He's very excitable when he finds out he's getting a new family member." Bowser said, as Izumi shook her head."I haven't had a f-family for y-years. I-It'll be nice to h-have one a-again." Izumi said, blushing slightly."Well then, just know that once you meet the Koopalings, your training will begin soon after." Bowser said, as Izumi nodded.A few minutes passed by as a large group of children enter the room. Izumi felt as though Bowser entrusting most of his army to being under his children's command was endearing a bit... but at the same time he was placing his children in harms way. That was when she found that each and every one of them appeared to be very similar in appearance to Bowser himself... at least in his scary appearance kind of way. Each one looked vastly different from one another, and it appeared as though there was only one female within the troop of Koopalings. That was when Junior spoke up to his father."I've brought my siblings dad!" Junior said, as Bowser let out a happy smile."I've managed to find a human who wishes to join our Kingdom. So as tradition, I hope to bring her within our family... whatever position she wishes will be hers until she can go on her own journey of becoming a Hero." Bowser said, as Junior tilted his head."Then shouldn't she be our enemy? Why would you want her to join us?" Junior asked, confused."Because it's the right thing to do. Peach and her forces looked at her as though she were an enemy of the Mushroom Kingdom. So I am taking her on as a protege of sorts like I did with each one of you, she will learn everything that I have and her position within the Kingdom will be chosen by then." Bowser said, as Izumi nodded with a shy wave."N-N-Nice to meet y-you all. M-My name is Midoriya I-I-Izumi." Izumi said, bowing to the Koopalings."She's bowing to us; the Mario Brothers never do that to us even though we're royalty." The Koopalings all stated."I-Is it not customary to b-bow here? I-It is where I-I live." Izumi asked, as Junior thought about it."Father, why not make her similar to a mother?" Junior asked, as Izumi blushed madly."I-I-I don't know about that J-Junior-san! I-I couldn't p-possibly do that!" Izumi said, waving her hands around in the air."Junior, I would like to kindly ask you to not mention this again. If she wishes to be in that position that is all her decision, but her wishes right now is to become a Hero. And far be it from me to deny someone their dreams, I've trained each and every Koopa within my Kingdom in the ways that I have been taught. And tomorrow we will begin your training." Bowser said, as Izumi nodded.As Bowser went over the whole schedule for Izumi's training of what she should be preparing for. Izumi noticed that there was a lot of food being placed on this schedule, it was something that she couldn't have an abundance of back in her old world... but at the same time maybe nobody would get mad at her for eating a bit more than usual. She gave Bowser a confused expression at the food part as he explained himself in detail."If you're worried about the food, I was only placing it there so that it could help you build muscle. You can't protect the Kingdom from threats if you don't have the muscle in order to protect yourself." Bowser said, as Izumi nodded along.Unknown to the two of them, as they looked over the schedule that the King had made, Junior and his siblings watched the two talk. They spoke in hushed tones that the Koopalings had been very confused about, especially since they kept talking about training and making sure Izumi was fully prepared for her dreams. Junior then spoke to his siblings, just to get them all to leave the two to their own devices."Leave the lovebirds alone. We should train ourselves so that if father tries to have us go up against her, that we should be prepared for it." Junior said, as the others nodded and followed him happily.Junior watched as the two talk more like a couple would, like his father had stated many times in the past. And he couldn't help but wonder why his father hasn't even thought about taking this young girl as his wife instead of Peach, she was far more receptive to his attention than Peach ever was. Not only that, but the girl was actually listening to his plans as well as making upgrades to them to make them far more adaptable to whatever the Mario Brothers can do against them!With Izumi and Bowser, the two were going over the plan that Bowser had on hand. He stated that if he were to be defeated by Mario and his brother, then he'd have Kamek increase his size through magic and chase the two through his magma filled dungeon. And by the time he reached them, he'd place the two brothers into the magma pit that he would be standing in. And Izumi criticized Bowser's plan by helping him make the way to the Princess far more difficult as she made sure that no matter what the brothers would do they would become far more injured by the time they'd reach Bowser.Not to mention she told Bowser to at least hold onto a couple of the magic plants/fruits/items that could increase his already terrifying strength. The turtle king had nodded along and adjusted his plans to meet those specifications and found that this kind of plan was going to be far easier to implement. He even got rid of all those old machines that his people created and replaced them with weapons that Izumi informed him of. That was when Izumi thought about Bowser's overall plan."A-Are you trying to f-fail?" Izumi asked, as Bowser looked at her."What are you talking about?" He questioned."All these plans rely on Mario and Luigi making it to your world as well as fighting through your forces to get to you. It's almost as though you know the Mario Brothers will be more than capable of reaching you and defeating you." Izumi said, looking at Bowser."They've been a thorn in my side for years, ever since the two first appeared in this world they've been stopping my plans of reclaiming all of my lost land. That damn Princess has them taking my land back from me each and every time I kidnap her, but by the time I get prepared to do something to her the brothers just appear!" Bowser said, as he rubbed his forehead."W-Well... why not m-make a trap f-for them? I-If you know they w-will manage to reach your h-home when you are p-preparing to do something to Peach... why not have a trap s-set up for them?" Izumi asked, as Bowser thought about it."What kind of trap should I have? The two can quite literally jump their way out of any trap I lay out for them. And that is if they don't use those mushrooms that increase the height they can jump." Bowser said, as Izumi thought about it."Can't you m-make a large moat of l-lava to prevent them from g-getting close?" Izumi asked."They can then use the magic cape that allows them to fly. A moat wouldn't work." Bowser said, as he wracked his brain for an answer."W-Why not just... e-eliminate the P-Princess? They wouldn't k-kill you... right?" Izumi asked, as Bowser shook his head."Those two humans cannot kill me. I am impossible to kill, since if they kill my body, my bones will just reanimate as soon as that happens." Bowser said, as Izumi shivered slightly."T-The only way I-I can see you g-getting them to s-stop attacking y-you... is to stop k-kidnapping the P-Princess." Izumi said, as Bowser thought about that as well."I could do that, but I want my children to have a mother figure. She's the only human who I've fallen in love with since I've been born." Bowser said, as he sighed. "I'm 34 years old and I just can't seem to figure out who would want to date me. The Princess is a no-go since I kidnap her all the time, Princess Daisy just is too much for me to handle... and there's no other human who really likes me in the way I want." Bowser said, covering his eyes in tiredness.If there was someone that Izumi had thought he looked similar to... it would've been the tired expression on the Symbol of Peace. At least when he was in his more... mortal appearance, since the man looked like a mere brush of wind could knock him over and he'd keel over and die from it. And looking at the face of Bowser, she immediately sat on the ground next to the throne, and with a very massive blush on her face, she beckoned the turtle king over."C-Could you t-transform into your h-human form?" Izumi asked, causing Bowser to look at her in confusion."How long is this going to take?" He asked, curiously."I-It shouldn't take t-too long... depending on you." Izumi said, as the taller man knelt in front of her."What should I do then?" He asked, humoring her.What he didn't expect, was for her to pull him down and place the back of his head on her lap. She then began to dig her fingers through his mohawk as he felt her hit spots of his head that have itched for years with such ease that he immediately was putty in her hands. His face went from confusion to a massive blushing expression, to complete bliss as he slowly felt himself falling asleep on the girl's lap as she messed with his head of hair as well as scratched his shell slightly. She even managed to scratch his horns atop his head in just the way he liked, it was... soothing for the Koopa King."I'm giving you about 15 minutes to an hour for this. Afterwards I will continue with my plans." Bowser said, as his eyes fluttered shut."O-O-Of course, y-your majesty." Izumi said, as Bowser spoke again in a hushed tone."Just call... me Bowser." He said, before sleep called to him."O-Okay... Bowser-san." Izumi said, with a small smile on her face.As time passed in the throne room of King Koopa, Bowser's underlings had entered and left. Izumi taking charge of the place whilst he slept and taking care of some of his jobs of making laws that helped the populous of the Kingdom as a whole. She even made sure to create a small business that would allow for HealthCare for those who lived in the Koopa Kingdom as a whole. Smiling down at the sleeping King of the Koopa Tribe, she rubbed her hands around the King's mohawk as she scratched him just right every time.When a full two hours had come and gone, Bowser woke up to find Izumi smiling down at him. Sitting upright once more, he glanced around the room to find it completely empty of everything, no guards, no people watching him, and especially no Mario Brothers who could come to attack him. Looking back at Izumi the girl smiled at him a little bit more as he stood up and transformed back into his Kingly form."Thank you for the nap, I never knew a lap was enough to knock me out." Bowser said, stretching his limbs."I-It was nothing B-Bowser-san... t-though I think Junior might be... m-making rumors about us." Izumi said, with a sweat drop."What is he doing this time?" He asked, as Izumi looked at a nearby wall.Walking over to it, Bowser saw something that he wasn't prepared for. It was a painted picture of him sleeping on Izumi's lap... but around it was a heart that inside said these words."Daddy has found his wife!"Never before has Bowser ever felt such humiliation from his own offspring.

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Izumi stood out in the field outside of Bowser's Castle, she had been in this world for more than a couple of days by now. She looked at the surrounding area as she watched Bowser walk towards her with purpose, and for some reason she noticed he was holding a flower that looked very weird. It was small, but it had a red outline with orange in the middle... it was also smiling at her as it bounced in his clawed hand. He stopped in front of her as his towering visage blocked out the sun for her as he spoke to her in a very soft but caring tone."Alright Izumi, this is what is known as a Fire Flower. It grants the person who accepts it into their body the ability to use fire balls and any other tricks you can think of. The only thing we know about them is that you can only throw fire balls, and the same is for their opposite elemental flower the Ice Flower. Now try and accept this flower into your body." Bowser said, as Izumi reached out and touched the flower."O-Okay, so I-I just place it near my c-chest?" Izumi asked, as Bowser nodded.Placing the flower at her chest, she felt the flower's warmth as it flowed throughout her entire body. And her form glowed an ominous red color before she was revealed wearing a new outfit that wasn't the dress that Bowser had given her to wear, Kamek had made it in her specific numbered sizes. And as she looked at what she now looked like, she was wearing a short skirt that was red in color and a tank top that was a deep orange to match the power that she was given. As she looked up at Bowser, the villainous King of the Koopa Clan had smirked at how her eyes had gone from their deep green to a bright yellow.She moved her limbs slightly as she felt the power moving throughout her limbs without any problems. Looking up at Bowser the turtle King had smirked at her before he spoke once more, but this time in a way that showed pride."Alright, now then try and use a Fireball." He said, pointing at a rock wall."I-Is that a T-Thwomp?" Izumi asked, as Bowser shook his head."It's just a bunch of rocks." He said, as Izumi nodded.Placing her hands together, a small flame was beginning to form before it began to spiral around in a circle. Pulling back her right arm, she threw the fireball at the wall of rock that Bowser had created from the dirt, and was amazed when the fireball had completely melted the rock into a crystalline state. Walking over to it, he clicked his claws on the crystal before calling Kamek over to see what kind of crystal was made, only for Kamek to state that it was a Deepslate Crystal. In awe of the new crystal Bowser used his magic to create a necklace out of it and gave it to Izumi who stared at it in shock and awe."This is a gift for you, young one. You're already showing signs that you are quite adaptable with the Fire Flower. Do you have parents who were very close to flames?" Bowser asked, genuinely curious."M-My dad, he-he had a Quirk called Flamethrower. It allowed h-him to breath fire through h-his mouth." Izumi said as Bowser nodded."You have a great affinity for fire as well as Fire Magic. If you wish to learn how to utilize these skills, I'd love for you to help me in my fight against the Mario Brothers." Bowser said, as Izumi thought about it."A-Aren't they t-the Heroes?" Izumi asked, as Bowser shrugged his shoulders."They are the Heroes for the Mushroom Kingdom, for the Koopa Clan I am their Hero since I am the one who protects and trains them. They have been specifically trained to take on the weaknesses of their allies, where one fails in strength, another more than makes up for it through magic. One who is weak with magic, they more than make up for it in speed and strength etcetera." Bowser explained as Izumi thought about it.She then moved away from Bowser, causing the turtle king to think she was not going to be friendly. That was before she took a deep breath as she looked to the sky, and Bowser felt something akin to worry build up inside his heart, one that he kept hidden from everyone, even the Mario Brothers, as the girl's throat began to glow an ominous orange color. Looking confused at what she was doing for a moment, he was baffled when the girl released a massive scream that was followed by a beam of green and red fire that blasted out towards the sky.Bowser had to take a step back as he looked back at Izumi who stumbled a bit before hacking up some saliva. Rushing over to her, he also grabbed a pail of water as he passed it onto her as she immediately placed her entire face into it as he watched her gulp down the water as fast as possible. Once she pulled her face out of the water, Bowser couldn't help but admire the expression she held as her eyes were wide open, her yellow eyes contrasting extremely beautifully against her forest green hair, which had flecks of orange and red in it due to the Fire Flower.'She looks beautiful.' He thought to himself before shaking his gigantic head. "You okay? It's not a good idea to try something like that." Bowser said, rubbing her back."W-What did the f-flames look like?" Izumi asked, coughing slightly."They were a beautiful green and red. And were nearly as powerful as my own fire blasts." Bowser said, with a smile."M-My dad could b-breathe fire... but h-his was always orange." Izumi said, as she took small breaths now."Maybe next time you shouldn't try that for a while. Not until your body get's used to the Fire Flower's powers that are coursing through your veins." Bowser said, rubbing Izumi's hair."Y-Yes Sensei!" Izumi said, stars in her eyes."Alright, do you know how to fight hand to hand?" Bowser questioned as Izumi frowned."E-Each time I-I tried back home... I-I would get b-beaten down for it." Izumi said, rubbing her left arm."Well you don't need to tell me about it if you feel unable to. Just know that if you wish to talk about something about your past, I am always here to lend an ear... or well whatever I have that counts for ears anyway." Bowser said, trying to bring her spirit up."Haha! T-Thank you Bowser-san. S-So what do I need t-to do in order to l-learn how to fight pr-properly?" Izumi asked, as Bowser smiled."You see that dummy over there?" He asked, as Izumi nodded. "I want you to try and punch it as hard as you can." Bowser said, as Izumi walked over to it.He had her give up the power since that would also enhance her physical stats as well. Couldn't gauge her current strength without having the power of the flower increasing her own strength. As she stood next to it, he watched as Izumi moved into a stance that was very odd, before moving closer to her whilst holding a stick, softly he moved her legs into the right positions as he instructed her on how to place her stance. She listened to every word he gave as for the rest of the day; he taught her how to throw a punch, throw a kick as well as mix in martial prowess and combat intelligence with how she fought."The Mario Brother's will not give you the time of day in order to defend yourself. So you need to strike first and strike fast, make sure that they can't think through whatever plan they can come up with. They might be Heroes of another Kingdom, but if you are to become a Hero for my people, you will need to fight and think whilst on the fly. Koopa Troop, fight her but not at full strength, we need her to learn how to fight on the fly without overthinking anything." Bowser said, as Izumi entered the combat stance he showed her.[] [] [] 0w0 [] [] []Hours of learning to fight on the fly that day later, Izumi was panting heavily as she laid on her back on the ground. Bowser moved closer to her as he sat next to her prone form as she looked up at him with a smile on her face, he didn't know why she smiled at him but for some reason it allowed his mind to calm down. He looked at the sky before he decided to transform into his humanoid state as he laid on his back next to her, the two stared at the slowly setting sun as Izumi breathed softly next to him."T-That was... a-amazing! I-I learnt s-so much!" Izumi said, happily giggling a little bit."I would hope you'd learnt something from that. They are one of my foot soldiers, such as the Goomba's, when you become strong enough to be a part of the army would you like to become one of my Generals?" Bowser asked looking at her."I-I don't know, I'm not s-sure whether or not my p-presence will assist you in y-your fight against the M-Mario Brothers." Izumi said, looking at the sky with a sad expression."Don't say that, you are not a burden on my forces. And do not think that all this training that I've been giving you today is something that I'm doing to get something out of you either. I've seen Goomba's, Koopa's, and Koopa Wizards suffering from whatever ailments that you've suffered. I know when someone believes that they are a burden on those around them." Bowser said, looking at Izumi with a soft glare."I-I just... I've lived m-my life thinking that I-I wasn't special. M-My friend, Kacchan... he was the only f-friend I had growing up. I-It wasn't until recently t-that I realized what kind of person h-he truly was. B-But it was him and e-everyone from my home world that m-made me think this way. A-And I don't know h-how to stop it." Izumi said, tears falling from her eyes."Then you try and move on. Come to terms with your previous life and live a new one as you make a fresh new start in this world. I will be here to help you along the way to becoming a Hero that you so desire." Bowser said, with a smile."Y-You should smile m-more often. Y-You really show others y-your true colors that way." Izumi said, as Bowser thought about it.'Smile more often huh? Maybe I should.' Bowser thought to himself as he stood up. "Well, we should get back inside. Don't want you to get a cold whilst staying out here for too long, not to mention dinner is in a few." Bowser said, stretching his limbs."O-Okay, d-do you have any different clothing that I can wear?" Izumi asked, rubbing the dirt and dust from the dress."What would you like?" Bowser questioned as he transformed into his turtle form."C-Could you please make a T-shirt and shorts? At least a co-couple pairs of them?" Izumi asked, softly."I will see what I and Kamek can do about it. Come on, we must continue with your evening now." Bowser said as he walked away, Izumi not far behind.Over the next few months, after the Mario Brothers had saved the Princess whilst he was distracted with Izumi's training. Bowser and his people continued to train Izumi to the best of their abilities, what with Izumi learning different kinds of magic that made her a Jack of all Trades Master of None kind of opponent. She was seen in the training grounds outside as Bowser walked to the area to see how she was doing, apparently, he wasn't told about what her plans for today as she had been holding a GIGANTIC SWORD IN HER HANDS!"WHAT THE HELL?!" Bowser yelled, eyes bulging from their sockets, causing Izumi to immediately drop the weapon in fear."KYAAAAA!" Izumi screamed in fear as she dropped the weapon into the ground."Why are you training with a giant sword!?" Bowser called out, rushing to her."I-I was j-just swinging it a-around for s-strength training!" Izumi said, as Bowser just sighed."I could've helped you with it had you just given me a chance." Bowser said, as Izumi just sheepishly apologized."S-Sorry sir! I-I didn't want to w-wake you up." Izumi said, looking incredibly guilty."Don't apologize, you were just trying to increase your strength training regimen, correct?" Bowser asked, as Izumi nodded. "Then look no further, if you wish to train your strength then you can use me as your weight training." Bowser said, as Izumi thought about it."Um, how much do you weigh anyway?" Izumi asked, as she silently thanked the Gods that she didn't stutter."I weigh just about 2600 pounds. In other words, just a little over 1 ton. If you can manage to lift me by the end of your training even when I'm in my gigantic form, then you will be prepared to fight Mario and his brother Luigi." Bowser said, as Izumi nodded."S-So how do I even l-lift you?" Izumi asked, as she stared at his turtle form."That is something that Kamek will be required to do. Continue your training with that blade, the better you are at swinging one, you might get yourself a blade of your own to use against those pesky plumbers." Bowser said, growling slightly."S-Sure thing B-Bowser-sensei!" Izumi said, smiling at him."Just call me Bowser, you calling me Sensei makes me feel old. I'm only 34." Bowser grumbled as Izumi apologized whilst bowing multiple times.With that the King of the Koopa Clan left the girl to her own devices as she went back into her hardcore training. The funny thing about that interaction was the fact that Bowser Jr. had informed Izumi to try training herself with an incredibly heavy blade since he wanted her to have something else to rely upon aside from magic like him and the other Koopalings. It was something intrinsic to him and his siblings, not to her, and he also wanted her to fulfill the whole saying of Jack of all Trades Master of none kind of metaphors.And as the days passed by without Bowser coming out to help her with her strength training, Izumi was beginning to think that he'd forgotten. But about a week after he'd caught her training with wielding a blade, he walked out with Kamek not too far behind as the right hand to Bowser himself smirked at Izumi. Something that the young woman returned but felt a little worried about the smirk directed at her, as it was far more sadistic than Bowser when he physically trained Izumi in hand-to-hand."Alright young one. This day you are going to see if you can lift me even a millimeter off the ground, it will show if you're strength training with that heavy blade was working." Bowser explained as Izumi nodded."How much did that sword you used weigh?" Kamek questioned as he waved his wand in the air."I think when Bowser Jr. told me about it... he said it was around double of my own weight." Izumi supplied as Kamek nodded."Your body has been regaining some muscle that it'd lost in the years that you grew up in your world. How you didn't realize that you were being starved by your caretaker I have no idea of, but currently your weight at the moment is only around 150 pounds. So that blade is only around 300, which means that you're going to need a lot more strength if you're going to be capable of lifting Bowser. But that's fine, my magic is used to support my allies and the King when things go awry." Kamek said, waving his wand in the air and thrusting his magic at her.As Izumi covered her face due to the bright light of the magic, she felt something occur to her body. She felt herself increase in height but keep the same measurements of her original size as she opened her eyes once more to see that she'd grown a full foot in height. She was originally around 5'4 but now she could see that she was 6'4 in height as she stared at Bowser who smirked at her."Let's begin the training little one." Bowser said, as he still towered over her.For the next few hours, Izumi was shown doing her very best to lift Bowser from the ground. The giant turtle had laid himself on the ground with his back to it as the young woman did her very best in order to lift as much as she could as her muscles that were barely forming began to cramp in pain. Once she'd gotten herself some breaks in between the training sessions, Kamek would change the type of magic in order to try and keep Izumi on her toes when they fought hand to hand. She had gotten to the point that when he'd used his teleportation magic it was either to move away from her or to move behind her, his hits weren't all that hard, but they were no joke either.By the end of the day Izumi was holding her knees as she panted heavily once more. Her hair was all frazzled, and she had scuffs and bruises on her arms and her cheek as sweat fell down the side of her face. Bowser took in her appearance as he nodded before telling Kamek to leave and have the cooks prepare dinner. Walking over to Izumi, the young woman had now gone back to her height of 5'4 and was stumbling towards him as he lifted her from the ground and carried her towards the castle."You did great for a long day of trying to lift my body as well as fight me hand-to-hand with Kamek adjusting my body to the size needed to dodge." Bowser said, as Izumi nodded."I-It was an h-honor to meet K-Kamek-san." Izumi said, as Bowser chuckled."Are you going to call Kamek Sensei as well?" Bowser quipped."D-Don't make me think a-about that. I-I might." Izumi retorted as Bowser stopped for a moment to glance at her. "W-What? Did I d-do something wrong?" Izumi asked, a little scared."That's the first time you've ever retorted to a joke of mine. You'll fit right in with the Koopa Clan, no doubt about it." He said, smiling at her with a very... welcome feeling in Izumi's chest.Near the end of the day, all of the Koopalings were sleeping in their bedroom chambers. Izumi was shown in her room created for her by Kamek and Bowser, and she was holding a large painting wrap as she placed it on the wooden holder as she pulled out the color's she'd wanted to use. Using a paintbrush that was small enough to be used by her, she began to paint the entire Kingdom of the Koopa Clan that she could remember over the last few months of exploring with Bowser when she was in the beginning stages of her training.She was in the middle of painting the Kingdom when the door opened without her noticing as a small shadow watched the girl paint. As the young woman continued to paint, she decided to draw Bowser in the front of his castle with a smile on his face as his forces stood behind him in very intimidating positions. Once she had drawn Bowser and his forces behind him, she had begun to paint the picture of the Koopa King in the most intimidating colors that had made her think of his most powerful form. Something that she liked to call his Fury State, where his body was entirely black in color, his eyes lost their pupils, and his hair was an even deeper hue of crimson.She smiled at the painting as she felt something tug on her shorts as she looked down to see Bowser Jr staring at the painting. Looking at the small Koopa she lifted him onto her lap as she painted further with the small Koopa watching in awe. Eventually the image was completely finished as she set Bowser Junior next to her on the ground as she looked at it before smiling at the painting before giving the young Koopa some attention."Did you need anything Junior?" Izumi asked, softly."H-How did you learn to paint like that?" He asked, in awe."W-Well I guess you c-could say that I-I'm self-taught. I needed a skill to b-become a Hero in my world, s-so I fell to analysis and drawing." Izumi said, with a nervous chuckle."Can you teach me?" Junior asked, looking at Izumi."Um, I-I wouldn't say that I'm all that g-good. It takes a lot of t-time in order to become a m-master at drawing and painting." Izumi said, looking embarrassed."S-So you won't?" Junior asked, small tears forming in his eyes."A-Are you sure t-that you want me as your t-teacher for this?" Izumi asked, worriedly."Your painting is amazing! I wanna learn everything I can from you!" Junior called out happily with stars in his eyes."T-Then I guess I-I can teach some things to you. B-But I think it's time for bed." Izumi said, lifting the small Koopa into her arms.She was not aware of the fact that Junior was feeling an extreme amount of warmth from the hug the girl gave him. Almost a motherly kind of warmth, in the moment as Junior nodded at her as she carried him all the way to his bedroom, that he gave directions to. By the time she placed him in his bed, and covered him up, she gave him a kiss on his forehead before saying goodnight to the small Koopa."Oyasumi... Junior-kun." Izumi said, as Junior scrunched his nose."What does that mean? Oyasumi." Junior asked, as Izumi smiled at him."Oyasumi means good night in Japanese. It's my native tongue." Izumi said, smiling at the small Koopaling."Well... Oyasumi to you too... mother." Junior said, as Izumi's face went from a smile to confusion before settling on acceptance.When she left the bedroom, she let out a sigh of happiness. She'd never felt accepted by anyone, and with Junior calling her mother... it made her heart soar. Now that someone viewed her in a position of a family, she felt a small piece of her own heart... something that had gone missing since her mother died and her father abandoning her. It filled a small portion of what that remaining space in her heart was, and she walked back to her bedroom as she found her painting. Signing her name in the bottom left corner of it she lifted it from the wooden holder and left the room to place it on the wall within the castle.With Bowser, the King was in his throne room as he looked over some more laws that had to be instated for his people. He was so focused on the law paper in his hand that he nearly missed Izumi coming into view from the corner of his vision, and as he looked up from the paper in his hand he watched as she found a ladder. Climbed up it to a nearby wall that was missing a painting, due to one of the fights Bowser and Mario had in the past destroying it and placing a new painting that was framed, right where it used to be.As soon as she left, he walked over to the painting itself. Looking at what the painting foretold, he couldn't help the smile that came to his face as he saw what Izumi envisioned the Koopa Clan in her view. It showed him in his true form, his turtle form that is, and it was a deep black color with his spikes being crimson red on the tips with the same color for his hair. The Koopalings and Junior were shown next to him in intimidating positions that showed how dangerous they really were, the Koopa Clan Army as a whole stood behind them all creating an intimidating presence that represented his entire Clan of Koopa's."Hehe. I never knew she was an artist as well; I hope she teaches Junior how to paint far better than what he'd been taught by me." Bowser said to himself. "Kamek, make sure that this law is instated into the parchment of our Clan's laws. I want the Koopa's to know true freedom." Bowser said, as he smiled at the painting basking in it's glory.'It's only a matter of time, until I try and kidnap the Princess again. I just only hope that Izumi doesn't think less of me for wanting to marry that woman.' Bowser thought to himself sadly feeling conflicted about this thought in general.That was when a new thought occured to him.'What if I don't want to marry Peach anymore?'

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Bowser and his underlings were moving about the palace in a hurry. Their plans of taking the Princess were coming about once more and they were setting up the other worlds that led to his own taking them over and placing those of his family in charge of them. Bowser had no plans of what he'd be having Izumi doing as he oversaw her training leading up until now as she was showing extreme promise with her training. She was capable of lifting him off the ground in his turtle form just a foot before she'd need to drop him due to her back failing to hold her steady.And boy was that another problem, as it turned out after having her train for the last 7 months under his supervision, she had grown into quite the woman. Bowser had been up at certain nights thinking about her now womanly figure before he shrugged it off as his slightly perverted mind getting the better of him. But then his mind came back stating that since she was the consenting party, she'd probably wouldn't mind him looking at her before he went back against that thought. Although, this meant that she could prove her loyalty to him and his cause now that she was strong enough to take on the Mario Brothers with both her magic and pure strength.Had he been her adoptive father and helped her grow, he would've been proud of her quick progress. The last time someone was having him be this prideful in their progress as one of his own, was Junior as he had shown the sheer power as well as might that he could grow into when Bowser dies long after his son takes over the kingdom. Nodding to himself, he wasn't aware of Izumi entering his war room as she was actively searching for him as she rushed over to his very stressed form. He had taken to only showing his humanoid form whenever she was around, and why he did this surprised him as he didn't really understand why."Bowser-san, are you alright? You seem to be really stressed." Izumi asked, and without a stutter."I'm fine Izumi, I've just been planning on kidnapping the Princess again." Bowser said, as Izumi tilted her head."Why would you need to kidnap her?" She asked."Because it's the only way that she'll listen to me. She's tried to fight me many times in the past with her heart magic, the very same magic that turned some of my clan into Toads." Bowser said, growling softly.He felt her rub his arm before feeling a soft sensation taking over his right arm as he looked at her. She was shown hugging his arm as her breasts squeezed tightly against his bicep as a blush came over his face as he shook his head at her."Well, what happens when you kidnap the Princess?" Izumi asked, as Bowser responded to her question."The Mario Brothers come after her to save her. I'm never doing anything that would place her life in jeopardy, so I don't know why those two think that I plan on killing her. All I want is to give my children a mother to look after them all... something that I wasn't gifted with when I grew up." Bowser stated looking at the ground."If she continues to deny your love to her, I'm sure that you'll find the woman who loves you for you." Izumi said, smiling at him."Well the only woman in this world that even likes me is you." Bowser said, looking into her eyes.What he never expected from her was her face to erupt into a massive blush as she looked away whilst using one of her hands to twirl her hair around. She looked incredibly embarrassed about him saying that and Bowser had to kick himself in the ass mentally as he knew that she probably didn't like him in the way that he was feeling was right. She then spoke to him in a tone that was all but a whisper."I-I like you b-because you g-gave me a chance." She said, but in a small whisper. "N-Nobodies ever given me a c-chance." Izumi reinstated as Bowser really began to have second thoughts about his kidnapping of Princess Peach."Should I even go through with this mission I have?" He asked, in a moment of vulnerability."Just do what you think is right." Izumi said, before continuing. "I'll follow you through whatever problems that arise." Izumi stated rubbing his arm before walking away.As Bowser watched her walking away, he couldn't stop his eyes from lowering from her beautiful green curly hair and fall onto her rear. Watching as it bobbed from side to side as she left the room entirely, and he felt his throat dry out before he looked over at Kamek who was watching the whole thing in confusion before a knowing smile erupted on his face. He didn't talk about it and focused on the plan to kidnap Peach again as he added Izumi's presence into his forces as well as a power up for her to utilize against the Mario Brother's should they come across her.As Bowser looked over these plans that Kamek had come up with, he couldn't help but be glad for Izumi's genius assisting Kamek in making a plan like this. Her intelligence was something that he'd never take for granted as she was the one thing that kept him from going off the deep end in terms of his villainous ways. In a way, she was keeping him from becoming worse as a villain and more of an... Anti-Hero character, something that Kamek had taken note of. But he felt it was not a problem since Bowser would still be a villain to the Mario Brothers, but at the same time... he'd be an ally they could rely on when a threat more terrifying than Bowser were to show up."So my liege, what are your thoughts on these plans?" Kamek asked, his knowing smile still on his face."I'm not sure whether or not I should be marrying Peach or Izumi at this point." Bowser said, wholly honest."Well then, if she says no once more. Then you will have your answer about who you should really spend time with." Kamek said, as Bowser glanced at the wizard."You've raised me from childhood, was your plan for me to become a major threat to the Mushroom Kingdom?" Bowser asked, as he stared at the plans.Kamek was about to leave the room when Bowser asked him this. The wizard stayed quiet as he thought about his answer, it was extremely obvious... Bowser was supposed to be the King of the Koopa's, never be a villain that he'd grown up to be. He still supported the Villainous Turtle since he didn't have another family that he could call his own as of right now, so he gave Bowser the full truth."You were never raised to be a villain. You were raised to become the best version of yourself that you could be. I was only there to support you in your dreams of grandeur. Because a true parent would be there to help their child achieve what they themselves dream to become." Kamek said, before leaving.Bowser stayed quiet as he stood in his war room quiet and somber. All before a smirk came over his face as he left the room with the same smile, one that represented that he knew what he wanted to do. Well, he'd need to spend time before making his final decision with the woman... but he had to get his plans over and done with, lose to the Mario Brothers and allow them to keep the Princess forever. He knew that his love for the woman was unnatural, he'd fallen in love with her because she was his natural opposite in terms of everything that he was, not to mention magic wise.Once he stood outside of his castle, he found Izumi standing nearby as he smirked at her. She smiled happily at his own smile as he spoke to his people."Those within my Kingdom, this will be the last time we take Princess Peach from her castle! I have come to the knowledge that she may not like me as much as I have thought she would, I had originally thought that opposites attracted one another. But I was dreadfully wrong in that department, so we will make Mario, and his brother fight to bring her back to her Kingdom safe and sound... and it will all start with us kidnapping the Princess like we usually do." Bowser said, a happy smile on his face.The Koopa's were wondering what made their King so happy, but they were fine with it. The longer he was happy, the more he would protect them from any and all threats that came to their world.[] [] [] 0w0 [] [] []Standing on a ship that Bowser had given her, Izumi wore some clothing that matched what she viewed herself as right now. A Hero who will protect the Koopa Kingdom to their last breath. She had been wearing a green skintight suit that had clung to her figure accentuating her features quite nicely, her wrists held gauntlets that allowed her to channel the fire flower into them to allow her to utilize it's power in her fists and wrists. Her legs were gifted gauntlets as well as they allowed her to land heavy blows that would surely damage both brothers with such damage that they'd be feeling it later on.Over her face was a mask that covered her true identity, and the only thing that could be seen was her eyes as their deep green color stood out the most. Her clothing was green all over, but it had some blue and white tints to the gauntlets on her form. The facemask covering the lower portion of her face had been made to handle the full power of a Power Star blast that Bowser could produce with his flames that were near plasma, the fourth state of matter itself. She was happy that Bowser gave her this kind of treatment, as she felt she could take on anyone now, but wouldn't let that kind of overconfidence devolve into arrogance.'I'm going to be the Number 1 Hero! I'll make even All Might acknowledge me as his better!' A familiar child-like voice rang out in her head.'Why would you turn on me, Kacchan?' Izumi thought as she remembered that day.Her ship had reached the limits of the Mushroom Kingdom as she landed on the last castle of the area that had been created by Bowser himself. For her to sit in and wait for Mario and his brother to arrive, she knew that Bowser's son who had a light blue mohawk on his head would be their first enemy and that they wouldn't believe that she would come right after. She was the backup plan if they managed to defeat Larry first as she knew that they'd be definitely tired after defeating the child, especially after she showed them some new idea's they could utilize in their fights against the Mario Brothers.Looking at Larry, she could see that he was trembling slightly. So she placed a palm on his shoulder causing him to look up at her with a worried expression only to feel much better as he found her smiling at him."Don't worry Larry, even if you lose this fight. You can still learn from this, every loss you have from this point on... learn from it and better yourself to make it that much harder." Izumi said, encouraging him."T-Thank you for the encouragement. Izumi." Larry said, smiling at her."If you put your mind to it, nothing can beat you Larry." Izumi said, rubbing his head.As the two split up, she walked into the castle that was under her control as Larry went to the smaller castle that Bowser made earlier. She looked around the place and found that it was a perfect place to test out her new power set as well as her strength in such a building. She knew she got stronger since she could barely lift Bowser up, and he weighed more than 1 ton! Psyching herself up she began to run around the place to burn off some excess energy before the fight against the brothers would arrive at the castle. She knew that she would have to wait for a while before they would show themselves... so she made herself comfortable.Pulling up her magic wand that was given to her by Kamek, she used it to see a projection of Bowser's children kidnapping Princess Peach and flying away. And she watched as Mario and his brother began their journey through the Mushroom Kingdom that had been taken over by Bowser earlier and fight through the hordes of them. Smiling to herself as she knew that her meeting with the two brothers would be coming up soon, she used her magic to call in Bowser. When he answered, he looked like a worried parent as he bit his nails after hearing her magical signature calling out to him."Is everything going according to plan?! How is Larry?" Bowser asked, worried."Everything is going according to plan Bowser-san. Larry has, from what I know entered the smaller castle to hold them off. When he comes here and fights the brothers, I will buy him enough time to escape if he loses. Once that happens, I will damage the brothers enough that I can escape as well." Izumi said, as Bowser nodded."Make sure that if they nearly defeat you that it's you leaving on your own." Bowser said, as he gave her a worried expression."I'll be fine Bowser-san. Just make sure to prepare yourself for when the two arrive soon." Izumi said, as Bowser nodded and ended their magical call.A few days would pass as Izumi sat in her small castle, and she sat on the throne. Looking over the Koopa's that were a part of Bowser's full army, she made sure that they were accommodated for as well as fed and bathed since they were going to go through some pain in order to beat the Mario Brothers. Once she made sure that everything was accounted for, she sat on the throne as Larry came in with a black eye and a bruised rib, he was sniffling and in clear amounts of pain."Come here Larry! I'll heal you." Izumi said, rushing to the boy."T-They hurt me with th-their stone powers!" Larry said, crying."Don't worry, everything will be fine. Why? Because I am here." Izumi said, smiling at the small turtle boy."T-Thank you for h-healing me. I-I hope that I can fight them at f-full power again." Larry said, looking worried."Even if you don't win Larry, I will hold them off for you to escape." Izumi said patting his head.He became fully confident once more as he nodded at her and rushed off to his boss stage. It was something that he'd learnt was a power that he and his siblings could make if they stayed as Bowser's children long enough, and he couldn't wait to manipulate the castle once more to suit his desires. Izumi waited on her throne as she watched over the boss room with magic, and as she saw Mario and Luigi enter the room, she watched as they became incredibly cocky. They did maneuvers around Larry as though he were just a novice at using magic, when he was really adept at using it.For an entire hour Larry gave the two brothers a run for their money before they finally managed to put the boy on the ground and damage him enough to almost knock him out. And as he lay on the ground in pain, he held his head as he sniffled on the ground itself before Mario used his foot to lift Larry's head and glare into his eyes."Now you're going to=a tell us what happened to the Princess, or-a else." Mario said, as Larry coughed."A-As if I'd tell you I-Italian plumbers a-anything." Larry growled from his position.Mario then pulled out a knife from his pocket as Larry glared at him harder. Mario then began to chuckle as Luigi actually looked concerned as he stared at how cruel Mario was appearing to be in the moment."Now, now. Don't be-a like that. We just asked you where the-a Princess is. Tell me where the-a princess is, or you will lose your prescription on life." Mario said glaring into his eyes and holding the knife to Larry's neck."Y-Your princess... is in... *Cough! * Another castle." Larry said, as Mario sighed."You see, that wasn't-a so hard now, was it?" Mario asked, before preparing to stab the boy in the head."You will take your hands and feet off that boy this instant." A voice rang out in the Boss room.Both Mario Brother's got into a fighting position in the middle of the room as they looked around the place. They searched for where the voice came from but couldn't see anyone as the darkness soon encompassed the room and Larry, recognizing the magic of his mother-type figure took that as his chance to escape. As soon as Mario watched Larry escape into the darkness of the room, he growled in anger before a new form entered glaring at both men."Wow, if that is how the Mario and Luigi take care of their enemies... I am sorely mistaken for believing that you both are allies to the Mushroom Kingdom." Izumi said, as she glared at the two."I-I will have y-you know I-I'm not a-a fan of-a Mario's interrogation." Luigi called out, as Izumi gave him a mere glance."How Bowser fell to you two astounds me, you Mario, I can see why. You are a sociopathic murderer in the making, but you Luigi... I don't see why you would willingly call Mario your brother." Izumi said, taunting the two of them."What makes you-a think that you can talk to-a me like that!" Mario called out, using a Fire Flower and throwing a fireball.Izumi merely raised her left arm taking the fireball to her wrist as Mario grinned at how she had been hit. But that grin faded as soon as Izumi revealed that her arm was now on fire without it burning her at all, confusing both brothers as she smirked from underneath the hero suit Bowser made for her."You know, I never knew this... but my bodies affinity for fire was really high. But ever since I trained hard with Bowser-san, he's been nothing more than a person I can rely on when I need help. And I definitely hope to repay him back for his kindness for making this suit as well as training me himself." Izumi said, disappearing from sight.Both brothers looked around the room in a hurry to try and find her, before Luigi was kicked in the gut blasting him into the castle wall behind himself. Mario looked at Luigi as he called out his name before he was kicked in the head knocking him back into the wall nearby as he struggled to regain his footing before he felt something grab onto his neck. Looking into green eyes, he found himself entranced by them before he growled at them before yelling at her."What makes you-a think that working for-a Bowser is a good idea! He's evil!" Mario called out."He's been the only person in this world to even give a damn about me. Not only that, but he actually spent time with me learning about what I like and dislike... but most of all... he gave me the second chance that I desired." Izumi said, before punching Mario in the gut.As soon as Mario moved backwards, he fused himself with the Fire Flower as Izumi used on of her own as they stood across from one another. Mario glared at her as her, now yellow, eyes glared back at him as he pulled two of his hands together creating a giant fireball. Izumi held a singular hand behind her as she charged the fire in her palm as she made it heat up until it reached the hottest it could reach without being fused with a gas. And the red flames that had once been coalescing in her hand had changed to a red ball of energy that caught Mario off guard as she threw the ball of energy at him forcing him to throw the fireball.When both collided with one another, the fireball was utterly annihilated as she rushed over to Mario and his brother before blasting the two of them out of the castle. As the two brothers got back up again, Izumi stood right next to an anchor as she smiled at the two brothers with nothing more than contempt."Grr." Mario growled."If you think that you can defeat Bowser like you are, you are sorely mistaken. He's learned from his previous mistakes, and your fight against him and his other children will only get harder from here on out." Izumi warned before pulling on the anchor a little as it rose in the air. "See you when you reach World 8!" She said, as Luigi stared at her leave."M-Mario... wh-who was-a that?" Luigi asked."I-a don't know." Mario said, before gaining a very cruel smirk. "But when I-a find out, she will-a suffer." Mario said, very grimly.

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Izumi sat in the seat on the ship as it flew over to World 2. Izumi knew that after taking on the Mario Brothers the first time, that they'd be prepared for her to arrive again soon, but how soon she thought they'd believe that she would show up was on her mind. She knew that she utterly humiliated Mario and his brother in their first meeting, but she had a spell made that she learnt from Bowser in case she had been defeated by the Mario Brothers, and they decided to end her life. Looking at the spell she'd placed on her body from the scroll she held in her hand, she let out a breath of fresh air as she glanced over at the next problem.Larry was laying on the bed next to her as he recovered from his loss against the Mario Brothers. One of them had been prepared to end Larry's life had they gotten their way, but Luigi appeared to be the only one who was very leery of Mario's weird acting towards Larry. Not to mention the fact that Mario appeared to be more villainous than what he showed himself towards the Toads within the Mushroom Kingdom. All that was left from this mission given to her by Bowser was to report back to him about what happened with Larry and Mario's interaction, not to mention her battle with the brothers."The way Mario looked at him, it was really concerning. I should really ask Bowser to question the Princess about his actions towards his kids, mainly because that was not okay." Izumi muttered as she used some magic to heal Larry."T-Thank you... mama." Larry mumbled in his sleep.Izumi stood still, ramrod straight as soon as she heard that before looking at Larry. Watching him sleep silently, she let a small smile come over her face before she replied to him."You did well, Larry. Mama loves you dearly." She said, kissing his forehead.As soon as she left the room, she looked out the window to see Mario and his brother following the ship. Glancing at how fast they were going, she saw that they were both riding members of the Yoshi Dinosaur tribe within the Mushroom Kingdom. Taking a deep breath, she stood at the edge of the flying ship as she glared down at the Mario Brothers as they struggled to catch up with the ship itself, hoping to grab the ship and head to World 8 immediately. She rose her wand in the air catching the two by surprise as she swung it about in the air as it glowed ominously, before a Thwomp horde appeared along their path that caused them to stop immediately."Sorry Mario! But you're going to have to wait for me!" She said, as the two brothers watched her ship fly away.Walking back to the captain's room within the ship, she set up her magic calling system to get Bowser's attention. Once he answered, he looked at her with worry before she began to tell him the events of what happened at Larry's Castle... not to mention how Mario was acting towards Larry. When Bowser heard this, he was almost tempted to head out there right then and there to fight the brothers in his children's name. But Izumi informed him that she had defeated the two brothers immediately as soon as she got Larry out of the room and onto the ship so he could be healed further."So what happened to Mario, Bowser?" Izumi asked, worriedly."I will ask the Princess; this is a new development with the Mario Brothers. But whatever Mario is suffering from is clearly not something that Luigi is suffering from, he was never the type to be so confident that he could get away with killing one of my family." Bowser said, a sweat drop falling down the side of his head."Call back when you have the information from Princess Peach. She's the only one aside from Luigi who knows what could've even happened to Mario." Izumi said, as Bowser gave her a nod.Once she disconnected from Bowser, she looked over at the incoming castle and thought that she should check up on Roy. The brawny young man was certainly powerful with his strength as well as magic, but he prioritized his strength more than his magical power alone. So she wanted to let him know what Mario tried with Larry and for him to be careful, so as she leaped off the ship just docked outside of the castle where Roy was stationed at first before he would retreat to his Castle further back. Walking through the castle itself, she soon arrived at Roy's Boss room chamber as she saw him looking proud of his room for how it was set up."Roy, I just came over from World 1 in order to check up one you." Izumi said, as Roy nodded at her."How is Larry? I heard from father about what happened." Roy questioned, oddly subdued."He's doing fine, just having trouble wanting to sleep at the moment. Mario threatened his life with a knife to his throat, I managed to save him just in time before Mario tried to kill him." Izumi said, as Roy growled to himself."That bastard! He threatened my little brother with such a nefarious ultimatum! I swear if I manage to get him in my hands, I will crush his windpipe!" Roy growled angrily."Roy, remember the plan that Bowser had set up. We are to make them think they're winning against us, and I will come in when they are catching their breath from fighting you guys. I will kick them out of the castle before leaving with you, but make sure that in your second fight with them that you use all your strength." Izumi said, as Roy nodded his head."Go easy on them in the first fight before taking them on at full power in the real castle." Roy said, as Izumi nodded whilst patting his head."Good boy, when you and your siblings arrive at Bowser's Castle once the brother's get past you all, I will make you all something to eat for dessert." Izumi said, with a smile on her face."I wonder what it would be." Roy wondered as Izumi left the castle with a small silent giggle.As she climbed aboard Roy's ship she flew over towards the castle in the background as she looked with the spyglass. She found Mario and Luigi starting to begin their journey through World 2-1 as they traversed through the sandy deserts that were filled with Bowser's army throughout it. Entering the castle from the front entrance, Izumi moved towards the very throne room that she could rest at knowing that it'd take a few more days before the Mario Brothers and Roy would soon arrive. As she paced around the castle, she looked for something to do to pass the time.[] [] [] 0w0 [] [] []As Izumi sat on the throne, a few days had passed since she left Roy at his small castle. He hadn't called her back for a while and she was worried that the Mario Brother's didn't allow him to escape, that was until Roy pushed through the doors of the castle looking worse for wear. Izumi rushed over to him as she looked over the injuries that he had taken from his fight with the brothers, and she felt rage build up inside her as she saw how Roy looked. His body was littered with cuts and bruises, not to mention that around his left eye was a long cut going down."Roy, what happened!" Izumi asked, pulling the boy closer to her."I-I tried. T-They were t-t-too strong!" Roy said, as he struggled to stay awake."Don't worry Roy, I will take things from here. Just head back home, take your ship after I heal you a bit." Izumi said, as the Koopaling nodded.As she used her magic to heal Roy from the damage dealt to him by the Mario Brothers. Her shoulders trembled with rage as she healed the boy up as much as she could before sending him away from the castle before hearing a commotion outside of the castle and moved to see what was happening. Looking through one of the window's she found that the Mario Brothers were on their way over to the castle she stayed within before noticing Roy's ship leaving the area and the two brothers rushed to the castle.Looking at her wand she decided to use some magic on herself to increase her power and strength. Just to show them who they were messing with when touching the children of Bowser in such a way."Where is that-a little bastard! I-a almost had him!" Mario's voice rang out from the castle, as Izumi sat in the throne of the castle itself."M-Mario maybe you're going-a little too far?" Luigi asked, as Mario smacked him upside the head."Luigi, I have-a had it up to-a here with Bowser and his kidnapping incidents! I will not-a allow this to continue-a further any longer!" Mario spoke as Izumi entered the conversation."You won't have to worry about that Mario." Izumi's voice echoed across the castle garnering the two brothers' attention."Where-a are you! I know you are-a here!" Mario yelled out, as Izumi touched down on the ground in front of them.Standing up to her full height, she found herself just slightly shorter than Mario himself as he took her form in. His eyes looked to Luigi who was staring at her with wariness considering how they lost to her at the last large castle and Mario was still clearly pissed about it. Smiling behind her face mask, she paced back and forth in the throne room as she thought about what she should say to them. Luigi was clearly someone who didn't like what Mario was doing, but at the same time he was still a Hero for the Mushroom Kingdom and an enemy to Bowser."The way you treat Bowser's clan. It's as though you are racist towards them, this land was originally his before the Princess came here." Izumi said, holding her hands behind her back."Nice-a try with the lie. The Princess has been here far longer than Bowser has!" Mario quipped as Izumi shook her head."How old is the Princess, Mario?" Izumi asked, allowing him to think about it."What does it-a matter? After we're done with you... you will-a wish you never-a met us!" Mario said, rushing Izumi.He pulled an arm back and threw a right hook at her which she ducked under and delivered a left uppercut to his liver causing him to cough out some spittle. She then jumped and spin kicked him in the head blasting him back towards Luigi who had caught the brother and placed him on the ground again as he pulled out a mallet and rushed her. Swinging the mallet at her, she swung a right hook towards the weapon itself breaking it before taking the handle and snapping it in two before tossing it over the bridge. Just as the two looked behind her, seeing an axe over the bridge they stood on, Luigi rushed towards it.Izumi sat still in her position as she watched him grab the weapon and slice the chains holding the bridge. But as he watched the chains clearly get cut, he looked confused as Izumi walked over to him and tapping his shoulder as he looked at her confused before she grabbed his throat and threw him at his brother. Mario got back into his combat position before finding his brother being launched at him as he dodged out of the way. Looking back at Izumi with a glare, he pulled out the snow flower he collected on his journey through the sandy desert and threw a massive snowball at her.As she merely looked at it unimpressed, she watched as it began to create a cube of ice around her. She only snapped her fingers as the power immediately dispelled as Mario stared at her in shock before throwing multiple snowballs at her in a bid to catch her off guard. She then rushed through his barrage of snowballs before leaping in the air and using her magic to turn the snowballs into a fire flower that she bonded with and activated it's power within her. Landing on the ground she cracked her neck before taking a deep breath as she smirked at Mario who stared at her in shock before her throat glowed orange and fire blasted out of her mouth.As Mario was blasted into the wall, he was singed but not out of the fight just yet. Izumi coughed slightly because of how sore the attack always made her throat, before pulling out some water to get her throat back to it's normal status. Luigi then came out of the smoke with a stone form as he launched a punch at her that blasted her back through the wall of the castle. The brother looked at his fist as though it weren't something he originally used, not to mention... he felt soft flesh under the punch he released and became worried as he rushed towards the hole in the wall.When he reached the wall, he noticed a large beam coming for him as he blocked his vision with his arms as the beam of weird green energy blasted by him. He felt the Stone power slowly ebbing away from him before he felt it's power subside from his body allowing the beam to burn him. Letting out a scream of pain and agony, he was blasted back into the same wall that Mario had been blasted into but was slowly coming to his bearings. Izumi climbed out of the hole in the wall made by Luigi punching her with a smile on her face as she placed a device on the ground before walking towards the hole."Where do you-a think your going!" Mario called out, as Izumi pressed a button on her wrist gauntlet."Just leaving you two here with a little present. Just know this, your Princess is in another castle~" Izumi said, leaping from the castle's balcony.Mario and Luigi got their bearings fully before looking at the device on the ground before noticing something odd about it. It had a ticking timer as it showed a few more seconds left on it, before they noticed the building beginning to heat up before rushing out the same way that Izumi had left the building. Once they got to the ground they watched as the building behind them was sucked up into a black hole before the black hole was slowly destroyed by magic in the air. Looking up they found Izumi sitting on a broomstick with a very happy expression on her face as she floated near them."Color me surprised that you both escaped that! I shouldn't even be surprised that you were able to get out of the building that fast. But know this, Bowser is already pissed at what you did to Larry, imagine how much fury he'll have when he finds out that you nearly killed another one of his children!" Izumi said, with a taunting tone."You-a don't get to say that when he kidnapped the Princess again!" Mario called out as Izumi shook her head."Bowser never lays a hand on her, much less damages her when he kidnaps her. Just leaves her in a room before you guys show up, it's honestly a surprise that he hasn't killed her by now." Izumi said, as Luigi looked at her confused."We've always seen bruises on her!" Luigi called out."Those are from the cuffs on her, his forces don't treat her kindly since you guys treat them as though they're worthless towards the Toads. Do some research on the kingdom you are protecting, then you might actually see who the good guy is here. And just a little kicker, Bowser only fell in love with the Princess because she was his polar opposite in the way he lived." Izumi said, flying away over to World 3."Darn it! We will defeat you!" Mario called out as Izumi just flew farther away."Come on Mario, we should continue on." Luigi said, as Mario nodded.With Izumi she was holding her cheek slightly before taking the mask off her eyes. Looking at her cheek she found a small bruise forming there as she thought back to her fight with Luigi after knocking Mario into the nearby wall."He hits really hard for a skittish young man. Especially with that stone power up he had hidden in his pants." Izumi said, as she flew towards the nearest castle Lemmy's castle.She touched down before hopping off her broomstick as she walked into the smaller castle. Walking through it's halls she found a spot where she could give her report to Bowser once more as his face lit up at seeing her again, but was not amused as her face was sporting a bruise on her cheek."I see that your most recent defense against the brothers had given you a bruise." Bowser said, not happy at all."I just didn't notice Luigi until it was too late. It won't happen again Bowser, the plan however is going as planned. With the minor exception of Mario being far more murderous towards your children." Izumi said, with a sigh."I just feel like we should allow them to get to my castle before we risk more of my children's lives. Much less yours, I know how you fare against the Mario Brothers at this point, so long as you surprise them you can defeat them handedly. Come back home so that we can plan around them coming her faster, I'd rather keep you close by." Bowser said, as Izumi nodded."What about the Koopalings?" Izumi asked, as Bowser rubbed his chin."I'll call them back, let some of my more powerful forces fight them. Junior is already here with Kamek." Bowser said, as Izumi nodded before seeing Lemmy walk up to her."What's up mama!" He said, holding his hands high in the air shaking them about.Izumi blushed crimson as Bowser looked at her with a raised eyebrow. She looked at him with worry in her expression as she watched Bowser's confused expression change to something she hadn't seen since she first arrived here. Was that... lust or arousal? She'd have to ask him that later on, when she got there with Lemmy."L-Lemmy, your dad has called for us to head back to his castle." Izumi said, as Lemmy groaned."Aw, but I wanted to fight Mario and his brother." He whined as Izumi shook her head."Mario is out for blood, and he's actively trying to kill those in his way." Izumi said, as Lemmy trembled slightly."R-Really? I-I thought he was s-supposed to be a Hero." Lemmy asked, although not too loudly."We just need to leave; we don't want you getting killed in your fight against Mario and Luigi." Izumi said, as Lemmy nodded."We can pick up my siblings on our way back home." Lemmy said, as Izumi nodded."We'll see you when we get back Bowser." Izumi said with a bow."Be sure to dodge any interaction with the Mario Brothers until then." Bowser said, before ending the connection between their magic.

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As Izumi rode the ship over towards World 3, she had decided to pick up the other Koopalings along her way back to Bowser's Castle. The adventure to pick those kids up was actually fun since she got to see more of the Koopa Kingdom and interact with those who lived within it. Conversing with some of those who were a part of Bowser's Army had been fun for her, and when she wasn't interacting with those of Bowser's forces, she was focusing on learning new magic to use. And instead of using brainwashing magic, she used transmutation magic that she read about in Bowser's own little library inside his castle that she brought with her on this journey.Walking through the ship, he watched as they passed over World 4 as she traveled across the entirety of the Koopa Kingdom. She smiled at the subjects belonging to Bowser as she collected the Koopalings and moved towards World 8, as time passed, she kept a close eye on the Mario brothers. They were getting through World 3 as they were just about finished with gathering the Koopaling from World 4. As the ship took off, the Mario Brothers had just entered World 4 and were rushing through the world without even stopping for a second something that greatly concerned her."They're moving through the worlds far faster than I predicted. They'd be able to reach Bowser's Castle within the next couple of hours if we don't hurry." Izumi muttered to herself as she looked at a nearby Koopa resident.They looked back up at her with confusion as she rose her wand around in the air as she swung it towards them. With a rainbow glow, the Koopa had increased in size until he was around the same size as Bowser, although without any spikes growing out of his turtle shell. She then telepathically told him to hold off the Mario Brothers as long as he could, prioritize keeping himself alive and keeping the brothers busy. With a salute, he fought the brothers with gusto as he smacked them around with Mario pulling out a special power up that he could use against them, it wasn't much but it was enough.As the floating ship continued to fly towards World 5 Izumi could only watch as the Koopa that she had transformed into a giant version of themselves rushed away. She smiled as she watched him shrink down into his normal height and hide inside of a green pipe retreating into safety before letting out a breath of fresh air in relief. Standing back on the deck, she informed those who were under her command that they were to retreat back to Bowser's Castle before they fight the Mario Brothers once more. They were too dangerous to fight against them as of right now and she wanted to get enough rest in order to fight them again.She sat down on the seat that marked her as the captain of the ship as she looked down upon her subordinates that Bowser gave her. Looking at her wand, she pulled up an image of Bowser as he looked at her with worry on his expression as he waited for her to speak to him and give him an update."Bowser-san, we've managed to reach World 5. The Mario Brothers were able to keep up with the ship, but I had to use a Koopa to buy us enough time to get ahead of them, by the time they reach World 5 they will be far behind us." Izumi said, as Bowser happily sighed."Thank you for bringing the Koopalings with you. I have no idea what would happen if you didn't bring them with you on your way back home." Bowser said, as he placed a clawed hand over his snout and face."I'm just reciprocating the... love and care you gave me. You don't need to thank me sir." Izumi said, as she looked away with a blush."Doesn't matter, when should I expect your arrival?" He asked, getting down to business."We shouldn't be home until around later in the afternoon. But I promise that the kids will be back for dinner." Izumi said as Bowser happily nodded."Good, then it's probably best that I send out the word of retreat to the other Koopalings." Bowser said, as he ended their communications.With Bowser calling back the rest of his forces, Izumi decided to just pick up Iggy and bring him home with her. With Bowser calling back his troops she knew that his children would listen to him immediately and retreat from their castles across World 6 and 7. Bowser Junior though would need some more convincing as he would believe that since he's Bowser's biological child that he'd be strong enough to fight the Mario Brothers alone. So as soon as she moved over to World 7, she leaped off the ship taking Iggy and his brothers back to Bowser's Castle as she traversed the ship to find Junior.Walking through the ship she found the area where Junior loved to stay within, only to find him painting on the wall of his ship. Smiling at him she walked over to him as she sat next to him as she watched him focus on the art entirely without even looking in her direction. Siting in silence, the two just enjoyed the art the boy was making as Izumi watched off in the distance for Mario and his brother to arrive in World 7 before she glanced back at Junior. His painting skills were far better after she taught him everything she knew ever since he asked her to train him how to draw and paint much better than he could originally.She placed a palm on his back and rubbed it as he turned his head to look at her only to find Izumi smiling at him sadly. Standing up, the little Koopaling smiled up at her before hugging her tightly as they watched his creation with the eyes of an inspector looking at a piece of artwork created by an artist."You could do a little less of the black paint, but I'm not going to judge you." Izumi said, as Junior happily nodded."I use my black paint to increase the power of those around me. I use it for father sometimes when Mario beats him physically to add a bit more power to his skills." Junior said, as he stared at his ship."Did you get the sound of retreat from Bowser, Junior?" Izumi asked, as Junior nodded."I want to give dad and my siblings enough time to rest before the brothers get there. I'm sure my dad would appreciate the rest he'd get from not fighting them for at least a few more hours." Junior said, looking decided."Well then, I guess it's up to me to make sure you return home tonight then." Izumi said, patting his head."You'll help me fight the brothers!?" He asked, incredulously."Yup, I can't exactly leave you to the devices of Mario now, can I?" Izumi asked with a smirk."Are you planning to help me in my fight? I'd like to fight them alone first." He said, as Izumi nodded."Don't worry, I will only assist you when I know that the brothers have defeated you." Izumi said, as Junior happily hugged her."Thank you, I just want to show father that I can be as dangerous as he is. Those Mario Brothers won't know what hit them." Junior said, as they entered his ship.[] [] [] 0w0 [] [] []As soon as the two were on the ship, they found that Mario and Luigi were entering it as well from riding the anchor. Looking at the little Koopa boy she smiled at how he was setting up his little clown-copter in preparation for his battle against the Italian brothers who were coming to save the Princess. As she got into a position to where she can save Junior from a demise that would most assuredly piss off Bowser entirely, she watched as the Mario Brothers went through Junior's forces until they reached his boss room. She sat on a throne covered in darkness, something that Junior came up with so that she can enter the fight and interrupt it if she deems it too dangerous for him.And as the Mario Brothers fought Junior, she watched as the Koopa boy had implemented some strategies that she'd made against the brothers. Catching the two so off guard that he'd nearly defeated them from the moment they stepped into the room, he didn't even give them time to question him before he attacked. Izumi had made the strategy that the reason the Mario Brothers won against him and his siblings were because he and they all always talked first before attacking. They needed to attack their enemies to catch them off guard as they were expecting them to go on a monologue before attacking giving the brothers enough time to mentally prepare.The small Koopa had launched multiple bullet bills at the brothers who were dodging and weaving through as many as possible. Within a few minutes however, Junior was shown to have completely run out of devices to use against Mario and Luigi and the two brothers had knocked the Koopa boy to the ground as he bounced across the wooden beams. As he stopped just under Izumi's throne, she looked down at him as she rose her wand in the air dropping some rainbow dust onto his form just to increase his power and size knowing that this would destroy his ship and send the brothers down falling from the sky."Now that you-a are done fighting. How-a about you tell us where the-a Princess is?" Mario questioned glaring at Junior."Hehe! I'd never tell! Not that you'd be able to see her after this!" Junior called out, as his body increased in size.Just from his size increasing, Junior's ship began to rumble and break under his newfound weight as he grabbed Izumi with his giant clawed hand and placed her on his shoulders to look over the fight. And as the Mario brothers fell from the sky, they used new power up items to allow them to land safely on the ground before they found Junior glaring down at them with his new height. They rushed at him using a mixture of power up items before Junior sent attacks their way causing destruction and mayhem along the world they were on.As Junior threw a clawed slice towards the brothers, Luigi had gone to smack the Koopa boy in the face before Izumi leaped in and kicked Luigi down to the ground as he stared at her in shock. Izumi glared at him before he gained a determined expression and rushed up Junior's arm towards her as he pulled out a new mallet to use against her. Izumi using her newfound strength had blocked the hit now that she knew it was coming as she then swiped Luigi's legs out from under him as she then kicked him off of Junior's body following after him towards the ground.As the two landed on the ground near World 8, she stood with a very relaxed expression on her face. Luigi though, was now able to see what her face really appeared to be now. She was the girl that he and his brother tried to talk to in that jail cell back at the Mushroom Kingdom! He gained a concerned expression as he prepared a new powerup as he was then kicked in the face by a flying kick from the girl as she twirled in the air landing on one of her feet. She smiled at him as she held onto the power up item he was going to use against her, smirking as she found it to be a Fire Flower."Did you really think that a Fire Flower would help you in this fight? I've bonded with the flower itself, and I'm sure that you know what happens when I'm capable of using it's power." Izumi quipped as she absorbed it into her body.Her suit that was tailormade to protect her from attacks as well as suit her style of fighting changed. A bright orange tank top was shown over her as light, tan-colored pants covered her legs as her red boots stayed the same color before the tips of her hair changed to a light reddish color. But what really caused Luigi to stare at her in awe was how her eye color went from emerald to a lime yellow as it showed that she wasn't kidding about bonding with the Fire Flower. Behind her, Junior was fighting Mario who was using the Stone fruit in order to make sure he wasn't flattened by Junior's attacks. He was getting sick and tired of being batted around like a ragdoll and pulled out a weapon of his own.Swinging a knife at the Koopa who barely even flinched at the sight of the unsightly weapon on the brother. He swung his claws at Mario as their weapons clashed creating a clanging sound before they swung faster at one another creating black flashes of bright light. As the two continued their fight, Izumi just rushed at Luigi as the man had used the Stone Fruit in order to increase his strength as he rushed to her as well. The two thrusted their attacks at one another, Luigi thrusting his fist towards her face and Izumi thrusting a palm strike into Luigi's gut which connected at the same time as his fist hitting her cheek.As Luigi was pushed back by a powerful force, he watched as Izumi stood back up knocking some dust off her form. She had been sent ragdolling across the dirt away from Luigi as the man was looking at her with a determined frown as he then decided to try and reason with her, since she didn't trust Mario."Why did you-a side with Bowser?! He's-a evil!" Luigi called out."Are you trying to get me to tell you my reasons for joining Bowser's Army?" Izumi asked, incredulous expression on her face."I'm trying to see why you wouldn't see us as the real people who are kind!" Luigi called out, as Izumi shook her head."Your people torture those who were here long before the Princess ever was! Bowser's Kingdom was here long before the Princesses was. But like hell I'd tell you my reasons for joining him!" Izumi yelled rushing at him.Luigi pulled up an arm as Izumi swung her leg around in a spinning arc as it slammed down on his singular arm. The force of her attack created a deep crater as Luigi was actually feeling some damage in his arm from holding her there, the two struggled in pushing the other away or into the ground. Izumi then pulled an arm back and created a fireball that smashed right into Luigi's body causing him to be sent flying into a nearby wall, using up the power in his Stone fruit. When his power left his body, Izumi walked over to him as she picked him up by his collar and then held him close to her as he looked into her yellow eyes."Do it! I'm-a not that important!" Luigi called as Izumi shook her head."You're the only person who doesn't wish to kill Bowser's children. Your worthy of staying alive in this world, you just need to see who the real enemy of the Mushroom Kingdom really is." Izumi said, dropping the man to the ground and walking away.As she walked away, Luigi could only stare on in complete awe as she just let him live. No member of Bowser's army would leave them to live if they were strong enough to beat him or Mario, there had to be a reason she let him live. And he watched as Izumi moved near Mario and Junior's battle as the two were knocked away from one another, Mario landing on the ground and Junior losing his massive height advantage. He fell to a knee as he panted in heavy exhaustion before Izumi stood next to him placing a palm on his shoulder, he looked up at her as Mario noticed her presence."So you-a show yourself. Finally! I can put you-a down!" Mario called out, as Izumi waved her wand around, she used a spell in her native tongue stopping Mario from moving and watching her in wariness."Jigen Idou: Teleportation" Izumi muttered just loud enough for Junior to hear her and for Mario to become concerned.With that spell used, Bowser Junior was teleported back to Bowser's Castle, looking completely confused at his father who picked him up in worry. But as soon as he realized that Izumi wasn't with him, he sent his army out to find her in hopes of bringing her back to the castle safely... he didn't want to lose the one human woman who gave him what he wished. Family.Back with Izumi, however, she stood across from Mario as the wind blew in the high altitude of the mountainous area. Her hair fluttered with the wind as Mario kept his knife in his hand before he tossed it replacing it with a meat cleaver as he smiled manically at her. He was planning on killing her since she was becoming a pain in the ass to deal with, so as he stepped towards her, she watched as his blue eyes changed colors to a deep crimson color as he walked towards her. She entered a combat stance before sensing Luigi standing up and moving behind her, for some reason she felt as though the two coming at her from two different directions was unfair for a fight but that didn't matter.Her only job now, was to buy Bowser enough time to prepare his world for the invasion of the two Brothers."What makes you think that you can end me? I was trained by Bowser himself, and I will not let him down." Izumi said, as she waved her wand around.Luigi immediately pounced towards her as she swung her wand in his direction causing him to be pulled to the ground as a painting paper had appeared and he was trapped inside of it. Looking at Mario, she watched as he stared at her without any kind of emotion within his eyes as he watched his brother get trapped in a painting but kept walking towards her. She then pointing the wand at herself as she stood with a serious expression at Mario who stopped a few meters away from her as he spun his cleaver around in a swift circle. Then as soon as rainbow dust covered her body, he rushed at her swinging his cleaver in her direction before he felt something clang against his weapon.Kicked backwards, he bounced across the dirt before he stood back up swiping some dust and debris from his clothing. Standing in the cloud was now Izumi as she stood a few inches taller, but her body was now looking more like a human version of Bowser if he kept the shell on his back. The spiked turtle shell on her back was large but at the same time didn't hold her back because of it's weight, as she had a black color around her entire body and her hair was a deep crimson color. The pupils of her eyes were there as she stood in her own version of the Fury Form Bowser could utilize against the Mario Brothers.She stared at him as she rose a new weapon against Mario as he stared at it. The weapon itself was more akin to a stick than what he originally thought, but it's coloring was what really threw him for a loop, as the weapon itself was mettalic in color before it looked like a pole or something. She twirled it around as she thrusted it in a wide arc towards the plumber as he used his cleaver to swipe towards it as a loud clang was heard, the two disappeared from their positions on the ground as they reappeared in the sky. Swinging their weapons at the same time, Izumi used everything she learnt from Bowser to her advantage as the two clashed in the sky all over the place.Eventually she found a spot where she could hit Mario without him realizing it. Slamming her weapon in a downwards arc, he went to block it as she feinted it and pulled her weapon away allowing him to overextend his own attack as she swung the staff into his liver. Coughing up a lot of spittle, she then kicked him in the head knocking him across the ground as she landed on the ground as Mario sat upright again glaring at her with an unamused expression. He then spat out a tooth as he rushed at her again, this time with far more rage and impatience than before as he tried to overpower her with his unnatural strength.Izumi dodged and weaved through his attacks before she threw her staff at him that he used his cleaver to block and knock away. All before he felt two pairs of boots hitting his stomach causing him to cough up even more spittle and a few flecks of blood as be smashed through a nearby forest. Izumi however walked back to Luigi and the painting she'd left him in as he could only watch in horror as she grabbed his painting and grabbed him by the neck and pulled him out. All before giving him a very apologetic expression as he watched his brother leap at her from behind."Sorry." She said, as he stared at her in confusion."W-Why are you-a apologizing to-a me?" Luigi asked, before he found himself thrusted in front of her body.Time seemed to slow down as Luigi watched Mario's manic expression slowly devolve into complete and utter confusion as the meat cleaver came dreadfully close to Luigi's face. He closed his eyes preparing for the end to come, before he found himself being pulled out of the way as Mario was punted away from them. Looking at Izumi, he found that the girl just was not looking all that good, her face was pale, and she looked very regretful towards him... as though what she did was something that greatly disgusted her. He then spoke to her. All before Time resumed."Y-You saved me... why?" He asked, confused."It's not what a real Hero would do, a Real Hero would protect everyone. And you guys are helping the wrong guys, the Toads are the ones who are the invasive species on this planet." Izumi said, before dropping Luigi.As Luigi was dropped to the ground, he watched as Izumi walked away. Seemingly finished with her fight with the two brothers, Luigi then noticed Mario priming his meat cleaver to be thrown as he looked between the two. Once again, time slowed down to a crawl as Luigi looked between the two... his brother was becoming more and more crazy the longer he fought Bowser... as evidenced by his brother's once blue eyes now been crimson. So he decided to make a decision for himself, for the first time in his life. And as time continued at a crawl, he rushed to push Izumi down to the ground as she immediately turned around sensing him.She looked prepared to fight before he pushed her out of the way as she watched what he was protecting her from. The meat cleaver was now back in normal time movement speed as it slammed into the back of his head, causing her to stare at Luigi with shock as well as worry as she watched the man cough. Then his hat fell down with a large cut in it before she watched as his head had blood flow down from his head and down his clothing on his back as he fell to his knees and collapse to the ground. Looking up at Mario, she found no emotion on his face as he slowly walked over to her looking at Luigi, she grabbed the weapon from his head and softly removed it as she used gloves to prevent her fingerprints being seen on it.It wasn't long before Mario sat in front of his brother as Izumi took this moment to leave the area. Looking into Mario's eyes, they were now a soft blue color as he pulled his brother into his arms as he began to cry, apologizing to his brother and pleading with him to stay alive. Not only that, but he kept asking the man why he took the cleaver for Izumi as Izumi walked away from the area... it was only a matter of time before Mario would be coming for Bowser. And Izumi was leaving as fast as she could, she didn't want to face a Mario who had lost a brother and hellbent on getting vengeance for his brother's death... even though he was the killer.Izumi got into a forest before hearing the sound of pattering footsteps, and as soon as she turned around. She found Mario quite literally in her face with the emotion of only fury writ on his face as he thrusted a fist into her face with some supernatural strength behind his attack. The attack alone probably shouldn't have hurt her as much as it did as it blasted her through the forest she was running through, but when she stopped whilst creating a divot in the forest floor. She found Mario high above her, eyes as crimson as though they were his true eye color as he held his meat cleaver in hand."You-a won't get away from-a me again! I will end your-a life here and-a now!" Mario said, landing on her chest causing her to cough out spittle in pain.Trigger Warning: Brutal MurderHe then raised his cleaver and slammed it down onto her superpowered form's chest causing the power to dissipate from her body. All before he slammed it into her chest again causing her to scream out in pain, blood flowed from the new wound on her body as she kicked him off of her. As he landed on his back, Izumi slowly got back up into a standing form as she looked at him as she glanced down at her own wound. It was bleeding profusely as she thought about the spell, she used on her body back a few hours ago for an event such as this."This is... going to... hurt so... badly." Izumi muttered to herself as Mario leaped at her again.Looking up at Mario, she watched as Mario gained a sick manic smile on his face as he threw his weapon at her. It slammed right into her gut, slicing it open as she screamed out in pain and agony falling to the ground as blood continued to fall out of her body. As she stared into the sky, she watched as her vision was slowly blackening out as Mario stood above her now with nothing more than incandescent rage in his eyes before he spoke down to her."I will-a find Bowser... I will-a kill each and every one of his-a family in front of his-a eyes. Then I will give him-a the same treatment." Mario said, before raising his fist in the air.All before noticing the life in the girl's eyes disappear as her head fell to the side. He moved away from her body as he then growled to himself, he wanted to make her suffer for causing him to kill his little brother... but now that she's dead he has to go after Bowser and his forces. He will not be forced to kill another of his own people anymore, he is done with... wait what was that smell?Trigger Warning end! ;)Looking behind himself, he found Izumi's body slowly mutating and twitching violently. Her body no longer the dark black color with her hair being crimson, was back to it's original colors before her body began to massively increase in height. Green scales began to replace the skin that was once on her pale body as her form then transformed into that of a giant creature that was never before seen in both the Koopa Kingdom and the Mushroom Kingdom. The beast gained gigantic horns that were as thick as 10 humans combined into one person as they thickly twisted around forming pointed ends, wings sprouted out from her back as her body elongated and created a tail from just above her rear. All before her face and snout became longer and more... beastial as sharp teeth were shown to grow from her original human teeth. Not to mention how her fangs became more pronounced.Her eyes remained closed as she grew to her new full height as she stood at a whopping 30 meters. Her length in this form was now 22 meters long with her tail appearing to be more akin to that of a Legend she had told Bowser that he reminded her of... although the creature she spoke was not a fire-breathing spiked shelled Turtle. Mario took in the new appearance of Izumi as her eyes then opened up, the nictating membrane of her eyes revealing her now slitted and very furious eyes as it glared down at the plumber. She took a deep breath as she lifted her head to the sky as her underbelly shown that she had black scales that went from under her mouth all the way down to the underside of her tail.Her slitted eyes revealed her emerald-colored pupils as she let out a roar out into the heavens. A new foe was created, a more... Draconic origin that is.{[REEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!]}"Mama Mia!? What is-a that!?" Mario called out.

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The gigantic dragon looked down towards Mario as the plumber had just stared at her in both awe and confusion. He didn't think that she had a power that could transform her into a literal legendary creature that had long since been forgotten to time itself! How in the literal hell did she achieve a magical status that allowed her to transform herself into a FUCKING DRAGON! These thoughts were what were on Mario's mind as he moved to immediately get out of the way of what he thought was her coming in to attack him, as her legs had pushed down on the ground. And as though she were reading his mind, she just leaped up into the air and flew away with that 32-meter-long wingspan that propelled her towards World 8, the place where Bowser lived.As Mario watched the Dragon fly off, he couldn't help but wonder what Luigi would think of him at this moment. And without thinking much on that front for much longer, he decided to just head over to Bowser's Castle, Free Peach and demand him to revive his younger brother. Because he needs to right that wrong right away, and make sure that his brother knows that he didn't aim for him... and aimed for the bitch who he had defended. He knew his brother would probably not like him calling the woman a bitch, but did he care? NO! That woman had sided with Bowser, the one creature who had attacked the Mushroom Kingdom without fail hundreds if not thousands of times!Who cares if the Mushroom Kingdom invaded Bowser's homeland and took it over? Who cares what that Koopa thinks about what land is his, the Mushroom Kingdom laid claim to the land, and they will not hand it over!With Izumi, the Dragon girl had been flying across the sky as she looked over her height and length once more. She knew that she had increased in size dramatically, but she didn't think that her growth into a literal Dragon was so large that it would've been practically impossible to fly as smoothly as she currently was. The fact that she was a 30-meter-tall Dragon, and had a wingspan of 32 meters, her flight shouldn't have been as easy as it was right now... and feeling her tail around she found that her initial calculations of her length was off by at least double of her actual height.She may be 15, but that didn't mean that she knew how to calculate without any kind of equipment. So as she closed in on World 8, she slowed her descent towards the castle as she heard the sounds of battle from below as Mario had switched up from his meat cleaver over to his fists and feet in order to fight the Koopa Clan. She landed just outside of Bowser's Castle when the gates opened up as Bowser came running out before seeing her standing out there in a Dragon form, he looked confused at her for a second before using his magic to decrease her height and weight.Bringing the Dragon inside, he moved his forces and spread them out so that it would take Mario some more time to get to him. Staring at the now 10-meter-tall, and 20-meter-long Dragon sitting in his throne room, he couldn't help but wonder what had happened to Izumi in order to transform her into this creature. Sure he was happy to know that she was alive, but if she was in this form, then that meant something happened that forced her hand to transform her body into a creature of legend."Izumi, what in the hell happened out there?!" Bowser called out up to her.The Dragon looked down to him as he stared at her in worry. Her body then began to glow a green and black color before her body was replaced with her regular humanoid form, although she looked far more Draconic. Her arms were covered in black and green scales, her chest was much the same, except she had a sports bra covering her very large breasts, her thighs were covered in a pair of yoga pants that were dark blue in color whilst underneath she had scales building up the sides of her legs. Her stomach and abs were having some scales crawling up the sides of her body building up to her neck and a part of her face having some scales on them as well.When she opened her eyes, they were slitted with a nictating membrane allowing her to keep her eyes open for long periods of time. Not to mention that her once emerald-colored eyes, were now heterochromatic with one being the emerald color Bowser found himself loving, whilst the other was now Yellow. He was about to speak to her before he noticed something off about her hair and head, as a pair of black horns with small flowers budding from them had shown themselves before her voice spoke out loud."S-Sorry Bowser-san, but Mario... he managed to kill me." Izumi said, looking down."I'm sorry, did you say he killed you?" Bowser asked, as Izumi nodded rubbing her left arm. "Then how did you turn into a Dragon?" Bowser asked, confused."Magic, I used a spell before I first fought Mario that would activate upon my... death. If he or anyone were to kill my human body, then the magic would activate using the spell I used to transform my body that would make my new body incapable of being killed much the same way." Izumi said, explaining everything."Okay, so now that you look... like this. Will you be able to transform your... features back to your human counterpart? Or are you stuck in this form now?" Bowser had asked, curious but concerned."My old body was killed; I can't return to it. I'm stuck as this now... although I think I like this form better. It's better than being..." Izumi said, before pausing and looking at Bowser."Are you telling me that you'd rather stay like this, than be a Human for the rest of your life?" Bowser asked, his eyes covered in shadows."N-No! I-I mean... If I had to c-choose between b-being human and using m-magic in order to grow s-stronger... even if that m-means transforming into a-a dragon... I'd do it again to p-protect the innocent and your kids." Izumi said, as Bowser sighed."How did Mario kill your original body Izumi?" Bowser asked, sitting in his throne.Izumi remained quiet as she looked down... guilt showing itself on her expression. Bowser looked at her with an expression that demanded her to tell him as she spoke again, although her tone was laced with a trembling voice."H-He jumped into the a-air and slammed a m-meat cleaver into my chest." Izumi said, as Bowser inhaled silently.'Mario doesn't have a meat cleaver in his arsenal. He'd never go that far, so why and how did he gain that kind of weapon. That's a tool for the kitchen anyway.' Bowser thought to himself.As Bowser thought about the way Izumi died and subsequently revived herself. In a very horrible way mind you, not comparable to his own revival spell in and of itself, but similar in how it's activated, outside of the castle walls Mario stood with sweat falling down the sides of his head. He had been given a lot of time to think about everything that had happened in the last few hours of his day and was incredibly sorry for how his brother died against Izumi. But his only goal now was not to kill Bowser and his children, but to save the Princess like he always does... and bring Balance back to the world that he inhabited."Let's-a go." Mario muttered as he pushed open the gates of Bowser's Castle.[] [] [] 0w0 [] [] []Bowser was pacing around the room as he thought about why Mario acted the way he had with Izumi. Not only had he killed his forces along his way for vengeance, but he had very quickly tried to kill his children twice and he wouldn't even hold back against Mario at this point. He killed Izumi and forced her transformation, but at the time he couldn't think more about it as he heard the sounds of fighting in his castle, and he turned his face to look at the door. He had glanced at Izumi with his eyes as she glared at the door as well with nothing more than determination, as the doors were blasted open as a Koopa had bounced across the ground."I have-a come here for the Princess, Bowser." Mario said, his eyes glowing blue through the dark haze in front of him."So you have. But there is something different this time around, you have tried to kill my children, and that is not alright with me." Bowser growled as he stood upright."I wasn't thinking straight, but I just want to get the Princess out of-a here." Mario retorted as Bowser shook his head."That's where you're wrong, Mario. You won't be leaving this castle with your puny Princess alive." Bowser said, immediately attacking the plumber with his full strength.The two ran at one another with their full strength, and Izumi watched from the side. The two were somewhat evenly matched, with Bowser letting out ferocious slices in the air as Mario deftly dodged to the left and right even dropping his head low enough to which his had floated in the air for a second before falling back on his head. Mario then went to go for a left hook as he bonded with a Stone Fruit in order to make sure that his hit actually damaged Bowser, only for his attack to be held back. Looking over with his eyes, he found Izumi staring at him although she wasn't in her Draconic form anymore and was sporting a new look.Focusing on his task of defeating his opponents, Mario set about the area as he grabbed some of the castle's pillars and throwing them at Bowser and Izumi. One of which had jumped high into the air, whilst the other grabbed the pillar itself before sending it back at Mario. With the plumber being double teamed by Bowser and Izumi the plumber was beginning to think that this might be the end for him, before he found Princess Peach inside of a metal cage above the room. He then used whatever item that Bowser threw at him in order to bounce around the room and leap across it as he reached Princess Peach before finding a comedically large button before pressing it.As Bowser stared at the button in alarm, he looked over at Izumi who had immediately looked down as the ground rumbled. Bowser then felt his feet fall out from under himself as he fell into the lava pit down below, he could vaguely hear Izumi scream out his name and dive for him. But he had a plan, Kamek was disguising himself as Peach and would use his magic on him to make his defenses not fail to the lava, that's not to say that he's had lava baths before. He had been dropped into a Sun, an exploding universe, a Super Large Black Hole, and just for equal measure another Big Bang in his tenure as the Koopa King.So as he felt the magic of Kamek becoming one with his body, he came flying out of the lava in his kaiju form as he roared at Mario. And the plumber had used platforms within his castle in order to traverse the entire castle itself before hearing Princess Peaches voice calling out to him as he rushed over to her. By the time Mario had reached Peach, he found another comically large button and stepped on it just as Bowser had leaped over to him as he seemingly floated in the lava before the castle appeared to be falling apart. Looking everywhere in order to find out what happened, the lava moat beneath him had begun to split apart and disappear into the ground.This caused him to immediately fall downward, and Izumi chased after him allowing Mario and Peach to escape. And as the two escaped, Izumi managed to use her own magic to bring Bowser back to his original height and weight as she holds onto his clawed hands. She felt herself drop a bit more, before she managed to hold his weight under herself as she lifted him just enough to where she could fly him and herself out of the castle. By the time the two arrives outside of the castle itself, Bowser is shown laying on the ground in more or less shame for falling for such a very bad impression of how he was able to protect them and fight Mario.And as he felt as though his children wouldn't think of him as the ideal father, he was then hugged by his kids. They all cried in thankfulness that he survived his battle with Mario, as Izumi stood from the side as she smiled at the interaction between the father and his kids. Before that smile fell as she felt as though her presence in this moment was far too awkward considering that she doesn't feel like she's a part of the family, ignoring the knowledge that two of the Koopalings believe her to be a mother figure."What are you doing standing there! Get in this hug!" Junior called out to Izumi who just blinked at him owlishly."W-What?" She asked, confused."Come on! Join us in the family hug!" Roy called out, as he waved an arm at her."Yeah Mama! Join us!" Lenny said, as he bounced on one leg."I-I-I don't know, a-are you sure I can? I-I wouldn't want to i-intrude on the moment." Izumi said, looking away whilst rubbing her arm."Do you not want to be our new mommy?" Wendy, the only female Koopa asked, with a sad expression.Izumi looked at each of the Koopalings, ranging from Junior all the way to Wendy. Then she glanced up at Bowser as the giant turtle had given her a very blushed expression as he watched his kids actually call Izumi more of a mother figure than Peach herself was. And as she glanced up into his eyes, he nodded at her as he pulled an arm away from Junior whilst pushing him into the middle of the group of Koopa's as Izumi slowly but surely moved into their group hug. And with some slight twitching and flinching from how the Koopalings immediately jumped up to hug her as well, a new set of feelings had brewed up that she hadn't felt in years.Years had passed since she had ever felt any kind of love in this kind of way, same with how Bowser was still blushing as she leaned into his side. And with the kids hugging her from below, one of them looks up at her before they noticed her very... confused expression as then tears brewed up in her eyes. And it was ironically... Roy who had actually noticed the tears slowly falling from her eyes as she sniffled softly, garnering the attention of Bowser. As the giant turtle had looked at Izumi, he found her body trembling as one of her hands pulled up to her mouth as she tried to muffle her own sound as he gave his kids a look to move away from them.With the kids listening to him, he pulls Izumi away from his kids as she slowly sniffles even more. Bowser then softly rubbed her back, and kept his hand from moving past her upper back just under her neck as the girl slowly fell to her knee's as she wrapped her arms around her chest. She bent her body towards the ground as tears came out in droves as she let out a loud wail of sadness as she tried and failed to wipe away the tears from her eyes as Bowser asked her his own question."What's wrong? Did the kids and I do something wrong to trigger something?" Bowser asked, curious."N-N-No! Y-You all d-didn't do anything w-wrong! *Sniff* I-I just... h-haven't had t-this kind of l-love given to m-me in y-years." Izumi said, as she looked at the ground."What do you mean by that? Didn't your mother give you this kind of love?" Bowser asked, concerned."N-Not really. S-She just c-coddled me, a-and didn't want for m-me to become a H-Hero. S-She didn't s-support that d-dream." Izumi said, as Bowser just looked at the ground with a very blank expression."Your mother, didn't believe in your wish of becoming a Hero?" Bowser asked, as Izumi nodded."S-She didn't want m-me to b-become a Hero. S-Said it was too d-dangerous." Izumi said, as she felt more tears falling from her eyes.Bowser then pulled her into a hug as she felt his warmth bask over her entire form. And in a complete change of personality, Bowser softly pats her head as her entire form trembled as tears fell from her eyes even more. All before Bowser heard something that he believed was extremely adorable, as he felt her wings come out from behind her back and wrap around him.PRRRR!"!" Bowser's eyes widen as he hears Izumi begin to purr in seeming happiness.He glances behind Izumi's back before finding a long green and black scaled tail wagging back and forth slowly.

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As the two stayed in the hug for a while longer with the Koopalings watching from afar. Izumi finally stopped crying as she looked up at Bowser before a thought occured to her whilst she stopped herself from crying even more.'Why do I even care what they think of me? For all I know they really just want to use me for other things.' Izumi thought before retracting it. 'I shouldn't think like that, they have done literally nothing to me, I guess that was the more... wary version of my mind talking. I thought I got rid of that a year ago.' Izumi thought again before shaking her head."As much as I would love to keep this hug going, I think we should do something." Bowser said, as everyone walked over to where Luigi's dead corpse laid on the ground.Izumi looked at the body with what appeared to be sadness in her eyes. Just in the knick of time, Luigi had noticed everything she had saw in the Mushroom Kingdom and decided to make a decision without his brothers say in it. Doing something that he truly wanted for the first time instead of staying in Mario's shadow and having a victory over their enemy similar to how it had always been for the two."Are you going to revive him?" Izumi asked as Bowser looked at her."He'll be another threat to my kingdom; I should burn the body." Bowser said, his tone final but his body not doing anything."Revive him, just this once. As a payment for saving my life." Izumi said, as Bowser looked at her."Had you taken that meat cleaver, you would've transformed into that Dragon form you had earlier... correct?" Bowser asked, as Izumi nodded."I was fully prepared for Mario to kill me when I had my back turned, I never expected Luigi to take the cleaver for me though." Izumi said, looking down."For saving your life, I shall grant this. But let it be known; this will serve as a lesson for you Izumi. Never, under any circumstances, let your guard be lowered in front of an enemy more so when they are cornered. When someone is cornered, and they are desperate, they are far more dangerous." Bowser said, pulling his wand out and waving it about.A rainbow color moved from the wand before Bowser leaned over the body of Luigi as the rainbow colors moved along the corpse. Then as the rainbow colors sunk into Luigi's skin, Izumi heard the spell that Bowser was using and felt like she should learn it."Mortem obire, Resurgam ex cineribus." Bowser said softly as Luigi's body softly rose into the air.As the flow of wind moved about the body of Luigi, his hat fluttered from his head before being pushed away from it as the wound on his head closed back up. The blood that had been caked on Izumi's back as well as the ground around them had then traveled back into the green plumber suit wearing man's head before the rainbow colors subsided. Luigi's body twitched slightly before he groaned a bit before sitting upright to look at Izumi and Bowser, especially more so the Koopalings.Standing up and moving away from the group, he breathed in softly whilst preparing himself in a fighting stance. That was when he found Izumi standing not far away from the Koopalings and Bowser as she slowly walked up to him, feeling himself become more wary of the young woman he stayed still. That was when she pulled him into a hug causing him to freeze in place as he glanced over at Bowser who was looking away from him but had his eye on the plumber."I-I'm a-alive?" He asked, before Izumi pulled away from him."T-This is a lesson for me. You took the hit that was meant to kill me, I had a spell on my body that activated upon my death which is why I look more like Bowser." Izumi said, as she revealed her new appendages."T-This has to-a be a d-dream. I-I was-a dead." Luigi said, as Izumi nodded."I asked Bowser to revive you." Izumi said, looking at him softly with a smile."Why? We are-a enemies, I could be coming-a back to have a rematch." Luigi said, looking into Izumi's green slitted eyes."I know, this is a onetime thing. The next time you fight us, and if you die... there is no coming back." Izumi said, as Luigi thought about it."Bowser, when you revived yourself against me and-a Mario back in the-a day... why did you only c-come back as-a Dry Bowser?" Luigi asked, looking at the Koopa King."It was how I set up my body to be revived, I can regenerate any bodily damage dealt to my skin, muscles as well as nervous system over the course of a week. It was only a matter of time before I can use the spell again." Bowser said, as Luigi nodded."Sorry for-a Mario's... brutality on your-a kids." Luigi said, taking his hat from the air and putting it back on his head."You are forgiven, but not Mario. He tried to kill my children and killed Izumi. He will suffer the consequences of taking her life from my people, just know that from here on out... The Mushroom Kingdom no longer needs to fear my presence in the worlds. I will stay within my World but will use the other worlds in order to gain supplies for survival." Bowser said, walking away."Are you-a telling the truth? How can I believe you?" Luigi asked, slightly shocked."Because it appears as though Princess Peach doesn't reciprocate the love, I give her. I can see that now, besides... I have someone else that I can ask to marry me... after all, where we live... it's a place for Outcasts. A Kingdom of Outcasts within a world that places us into that category." Bowser said, as he walked back towards his castle."S-See you later?" Izumi asked, with a very pained expression."Yes, I hope you-a help him. He really-a needs it." Luigi said, leaving World 8."You don't need to tell me twice." Izumi said, with a pout as she walked to catch up with Bowser and the Koopalings.[] [] [] 0w0 [] [] []Over the course of the next week, Izumi and those of the Koopa Kingdom were set to build it back up to their full might. Izumi had taken charge of the position Bowser had as the trainer for those who wish to join his army and help him protect his Kingdom from outside forces who wish to do them harm. Izumi had taken such a shine to the position as his right-hand woman of his army that she had taught each and every single member of his people humility, wisdom as well as kindness towards others.She got it into their heads that it doesn't have to be an enemy that they face on the battlefield they have to show respect. But also, those who have come before them, as well as those in higher positions of power it was a long process of a few weeks, but everyone was happier than what happened during the latest war. Those who were injured by the Mario Brothers had gotten out of the hospital's that Izumi had helped create to make sure that those injured could get the medical help they required.They had also taken on some new recruits from the Mushroom Kingdom who had seen through the lies that Princess Peach had told them about Bowser. Those who saw her as nothing more than a Tyrant who wanted to take control of all the Worlds that had once belonged to Bowser's Kingdom. She was in the middle of training some of the new recruits to teach them to cover one another's weaknesses when Bowser came outside of the castle for the first time in the last week.The King had been so focused on making sure that his people could live their lives in peace and without being attacked so hard that you could see the bags under his eyes from the lack of sleep he got. Many new laws as well as places built by him and Kamek to make sure that his people had everything they needed in order to live their lives without having to fear from the Mario Brothers attacking again. The King looked as though he wanted a break from everything as Izumi told those who were training to go take a break and have the rest of the week off in order to rest.With them leaving as fast as they could to have a break, Izumi walked over to Bowser as she sat down on the grass next to the Koopa King. They had taken their forces into World 6 in order to train them due to the terrain as well as how it was perfect for them to train without being seen. Not only that, but it was within the territories that Peach signed on the treaty between their Kingdoms that allowed Bowser to hold onto certain worlds for him to use as he saw fit."This week has been tiring on my body. I may be in my prime of living, but that doesn't mean that I don't want a break from time to time." Bowser said, as he glanced over at Izumi who smiled at him."That's only something that everyone feels, it's exhaustion Bowser. But I personally think that you should leave the laws in the hands of Kamek for a while, he's raised you long enough to know what to do. How about we do something by ourselves? Just the two of us?" Izumi asked, as Bowser snorted."What, are you asking me out on a date?" Bowser asked, with a very... off attitude."D-Do you not want t-to?" Izumi asked, looking up at him."I would like to have some time off from work. But what about my people, they look to me for guidance and protection. I can't leave them without my presence for too long." Bowser said, worriedly."Just tell them that you're taking a break from being King for a few days and that you'll come back stronger than before. You're experiencing burnout, I'm surprised you hadn't experienced it sooner." Izumi said, rubbing his thigh since she was so short."I guess we can go to World 10, that place has a hot spring that we can use to relax. Thank you for suggesting it, Izumi." Bowser said, patting her head.She leaned into his touch as her tail wagged behind her slowly appreciating the love he gave her. He noticed this before pulling her to sit on his shoulder, something that Izumi had blushed at before softly using her wings to wrap around his head in order to keep her there. He stood up before walking towards the castle to make an announcement to his entire Kingdom from World 6's main castle.As Bowser set up the call towards the entire Koopa Kingdom, Izumi made sure to keep herself out of frame so he could speak to his subjects. Didn't want them to know who he was going to World 10 with now did she? Not that she cared if they knew, but she'd rather not let people know that both of them were heading there together aside from Junior since the boy would be left in the capable hands of Kamek.As Bowser announced to his Kingdom about where he was going, Izumi smiled to herself at how he could make himself so... admirable. She knew that his forces would defend his honor with their lives if he were injured enough to where he couldn't fight, they'd give their lives for him. So watching as all of them looked at him in awe, happiness and some fear for where he was going, made her heart clench, she even saw some children happily looking at him with stars in their eyes."Just know that with my presence being gone from the King's throne, my son Bowser Junior and Kamek will be taking control until I return. I hope you all enjoy your few days without me being here to protect you all. I am proud of each and every one of you for how you have turned out from when I first trained you all." Bowser said, ending the call.Taking a deep breath, Bowser called his ship over to the two as they climbed aboard it and took off towards World 10. Izumi softly looked at the gathering stars that moved across the sky as she glanced over at Bowser who had his clawed paws on the railing of the ship looking off into the known Universe. He then looked at her with a tilt of his head as he smiled at her and softly pulled her into his side as the two stood looking at the multiple planetoids, they had passed by in order to head to World 10."How did you come across World 10, Bowser?" Izumi asked, looking up at him."It was something I found on my journey across the Universe. Long before I found you in the Mushroom Kingdom, back when I and my army had taken over the entire Universe... well not the entire thing, but the most of it. It was our greatest feat of strength and power we've ever done." Bowser said, with a soft expression on his face."Can you turn into your human form, Bowser?" Izumi asked, as Bowser looked at her confused before nodding.As a red and yellow glow took over his form, he was replaced with a man who wore a vest over his chest and a short yellow tail with spiked edges. His shell sat on his back but not on the front of his body as the large spikes still protruded from his back before his eyes kept their fiery glow of red as he looked down at her. The height he had went from 10 feet down to around only 6'2, or in centimeters for you metric system people, 300 centimeters in his true form and 192 centimeters in his humanoid form.He looked at Izumi's eyes as her emerald slitted eyes stared into his crimson red pupils. Her nictating membrane blinked for her as the two slowly closed the distance towards one another for all but a moment before the ship softly docked at a wooden dock forcing the two away from one another. Izumi had an incredibly large blush on her face as she followed an equally blushing Bowser off the ship and made their way towards the hot springs.The two took in the sights as they saw how it looked eerily similar to the home worlds version of it for Izumi. She placed a palm on the bamboo tree that was sitting outside of the building as the two entered the place as they talked with the person in charge of the building. Once they paid for everything, the two of them entered the springs together since they'd rather stick together and with Bowser relaxing in the hot tub area of the baths, Izumi sat down next to him.He wrapped an arm around her as she blushed slightly into his side as the King of the Koopa's smirked down at her. He then rubbed her head softly as she leaned into his affectionate rubbing as she let out a small moan of bliss catching the two of them off guard. As Izumi's face became a blushing mess, she didn't move away from the hand that was getting all the right places on her head that she didn't want to scratch.And the two just enjoyed the quietness of the baths before they got out of the tubs and moved over to where they could wash themselves. Izumi stood on the opposite side of the baths as she looked at Bowser as he cleaned his front and legs, she felt her core begin to heat up as she walked over before using the soapy sponge, she held in her hands to squeeze them onto her chest. She knew that boys and men liked big chests, but she wanted to see Bowser's reaction to her doing this.By the time she got behind him, she found Bowser looking at her from the mirror in front of him as she paused before softly placing the sponge on the shell of his back. He groaned softly as she scrubbed all the dirt and grime from his shell before she got each and every crevice of it cleared of the gunk and dirt. When she used the water to clean it off, she found Bowser shivering slightly from the cold touch of it before she decided to go through with her plan. Removing her towel, she let it hit the ground with a loud smack, Bowser heard this and was about to turn around to see what happened when he felt two large pillowy orbs on his back.He didn't risk looking behind himself to see what Izumi was doing as he sat ramrod straight. He trembled slightly as he felt the orbs move up and down his back before hearing the soft grunts of Izumi moving her chest up and down his back, through the crevices of his shell all the way onto each and every spike. That was when he heard it, a soft but very clear moan coming from her mouth."Ah~" Izumi moaned softly hoping to hide it entirely but couldn't."Izumi, what are you... *Grr* doing?" He asked, as he looked down at his towel covering his legs."W-What does it *Ah~* feel like?" She asked, her face slowly gaining a smile."It feels like, *GRRRR! * You're doing something naughty." Bowser said, turning his head slightly.Smut Begins!Bowser looked over his shoulder to see Izumi's bed of hair on her head. Her horns sticking out like a sore thumb from the hair as if they were trees sticking to her head. He then glanced down her body to see her bat like leathery wings sticking out to the sides but pointed backwards and her tail wagging back and forth in a very... lustful fashion. Then he watched as her rear moved back and forth, side to side as she rubbed her orbs of flesh on her chest around the last spike on his back.He could feel the erection he was beginning to form as he turned around to face Izumi as he found her standing there holding her breasts in her fisted hands. Looking up at him in confusion before he placed his palms on her shoulders and his eyes were covered in shadows as he lifted her into the air and placed her on his lap. Izumi could feel the raging hard on he had through his towel as it rose ever higher behind her rear. Looking up at his eyes, she found that his pupils were dilated enough to which he would only see her.She then decided to do something to entice him even further. She may be a 15-year-old girl, but as a Dragon that meant she was far older... at least in her own eyes... he had shown his true colors to her the day she watched him help her get her out of her own panic attack a year and a half ago. And over the year of training, he gave her, she had fallen so deeply in love with him that she couldn't hold back anymore as she placed her hands on his cheeks and pulled him into a passionate kiss.Reciprocating the kiss, Bowser pulled her into his chest feeling her orbs of flesh on her chest squish against his pectorals. Dry humping her rear, he let his towel fall to the ground as Izumi felt his fleshy tool for reproduction rub against her bare ass as she moved it up and down his phallus as well. Their breathing became labored as they continued to give the other pleasure as they pulled away from the kiss in order to get a breath of air. Bowser then lowered his head to her breasts as he took one into his mouth and began to suck on it softly before using his teeth to pinch the nipples."Ah~" Izumi moaned softly as she held his head in her chest.She leaned herself backwards, her back arching and lifting her already impressive bust even higher so that Bowser could get even more of them. Although what the two were unaware of was how Izumi's back arching backwards had lifted herself up and had placed her dripping pussy right in front of the tip of his phallus. And as soon as she lowered herself a bit, she felt him entering her causing her to wince slightly before accidentally shaking her ass a bit before the entire thing pushed right into her body."GUAAH!" Izumi let out a breathy moan of pleasure and pain as Bowser felt her folds squeeze his phallus for everything that he was worth."This wasn't how... I was hoping to do this... but I guess I can do this." Bowser groaned as he held Izumi tightly by her hips."Guh! T-This h-hurts!" Izumi said, as she moaned slightly."Do you want me to... pull out?" Bowser asked, his breathing slowing but panting heavily."N-No! I-I don't want to stop! I-I can d-do this." Izumi said, as she shook her hips left and right slowly.Feeling his phallus move and twitch inside of her, Izumi let out moans that were filled with love and affection. She then turned her face to look at Bowser as the Koopa King stared into her slitted emerald eyes with nothing more than love and affection. She opened her mouth to let out a moan again when Bowser pulled her into a kiss stopping the moan from being too loud as he pulled out slowly before pushing back in causing her to moan even more into his mouth.She placed her hands on his shoulders, as her nails raked across them softly as she grunted before Bowser slowly increased his pace. The pain she was feeling at the moment soon began to transform into pleasure as she then pulled herself up with her rear and slammed it down. She moaned out really loud this time as her eyes, right where her pupil should've been gained a faint pink color for a second before she shook her head. She then looked into Bowser's eyes again as Bowser saw the hearts forming in her pupils as their speed increased with Izumi bouncing harder on his throbbing member."S-So much... for a first... date!" Bowser called out, as Izumi giggled slightly with a moan."Ah~ I wasn't... expecting... oh gosh~ This either. B-But I hope... it's feeling good." Izumi said, before Bowser stood up holding her on his phallus. "Eh? AAAH~" Izumi called out, as Bowser then railed her quickly.Her breasts flipped and flopped in the air as Bowser began to thrust fast and heavily into her pussy. It dripped with her juices as she climaxed multiple times with each thrust, he had done as her face went from lust driven to completely fucked senseless. Her body twitched as he continued to push in and out of her, sheathing his phallus and unsheathing it many times before he felt as though he was about to reach his limit."I'm... about to... cum! Where do... you want it!?" Bowser called out groaning."I-I don't... know! I-I've never... done this... before~" Izumi called out, her tongue falling out."Fine then... don't blame me... for what happens!" Bowser called out as he pushed his phallus deep inside her.He continued to thrust inside her, this time at a very fast pace as Izumi's face had showed all the bliss she was feeling. All until she felt his phallus immediately push deep into her core and penetrate her womb as he released all of his pent-up frustration deep into her body as she let out a moan of pure bliss and pleasure."AHHHN~" Izumi screamed as Bowser grunted.Izumi stayed on his phallus as she felt each spurt of his semen entering her deepest part. It was so vast and large; she couldn't help but stick her tongue out and hold a peace sign at the mirror her breasts heaving up and down with each breath she took in. Within her body her womb had become so full that it expanded slightly before on the outside of her body it began to bulge outwards, something that she took notice of and placed a hand there once her mind came back."*Hic! * T-That... was... a-amashing!" Izumi slurred out as Bowser slowly pulled out of her.Smut Over!Laying on the ground, the two stared at the ceiling as Izumi slowly but surely crawled over to him and laid on his extended arm. Looking at the ceiling the two just thought about what they had done before Bowser looked at her. Izumi looked at him with a scared look before placing her hand over the bulge in her stomach and glanced around the room with her eyes as Bowser saw her expression."I can use magic to make sure that you don't get pregnant." Bowser said, as Izumi nodded."W-Was I... good?" Izumi asked, as Bowser thought about it."You're the only human woman I've done it with. I did it with a Koopa woman back in the day to get Junior, so... if I had to choose between the two of you... you were the better lay." Bowser said, smirking at her."I-I hope s-so. That was m-my first time." Izumi said, rubbing her arm."Don't worry, I will make sure that we have our date here." Bowser said, as he panted softly."W-Will we do this... more?" Izumi asked, as Bowser looked at her."Do you want to do that more?" He questioned as Izumi looked away with a nod. "I want to hear you say it." Bowser said, his voice going into a powerful tone."I-I want to d-do it again soon." Izumi said, as Bowser nodded."I will do what I can to get some time for us." Bowser said, as he leaned over and grabbed her towel. "Come on, we have some more time here before we have to leave in a couple days." Bowser said, as Izumi nodded.[] [] [] 0w0 [] [] []Off in another Universe, a young man wearing a red cap on his head backwards was shown rushing through the streets of his home. He held a microphone in his left hand and the hand of another person who he had rescued from his universe. Behind them coming ever closer at high speeds was a dark mass that had two people that he knew and loved equally, but the girl had a weird glitchy twitch in her body as she called out to him."C-COme on BoyfrIend! I wAnt to become One WitH you!" The girl called out, as the purple haired friend of the one called Boyfriend called out to him."Come on! We need to jump into another universe! This one is gone!" She said, opening a portal."YoU betteR not LeaVe Me AgaIn!" A boy wearing a green jacket and brown khaki pants called out, just as glitched out as the girl in a red short dress."I'm sorry, Pico... Girlfriend! I need to help the other Universes before it's too late!" He called out to the two before leaping into the portal.Unaware that the dark mass followed him into the universe he was about to enter.

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Izumi and Bowser left the springs baths area as they changed their clothing in the bedroom they had been given by the staff. Once they were prepared to go out and have a nice dinner with one another, they left the springs hotel and walked down the streets in the dark night as they found a small restaurant to eat something. Entering the place, they found a seat for both of them and began to order their meals for the evening as they looked into one another's eyes."I-I'm sure that y-you want to know what h-happened back at the S-Springs." Izumi said, as she stuttered softly."I may want to know about that, but I'd like to talk about that later." He said, waving her worry away before pulling out his wand and using a spell on her."W-What did you j-just do to me?" Izumi asked, concerned."I just made sure that my... semen didn't impregnate you. I'd rather not have another child so soon before we actually get married." Bowser said, with a soft expression."W-Wouldn't that m-make it a s-shotgun wedding?" Izumi asked, as she adopted a thinking pose with her fingers on her chin."And that is why I fell for you." Bowser said, with a soft smile on his face."W-Wait... you f-fell for me?" Izumi asked, confused and curious."Yes, from the moment I first saw you. I knew that you'd either be a friend or foe, but as time went on, I started to notice you more as a woman, rather than a young girl who was the age of my son." Bowser said, looking away with a small blush on his face."O-Oh gosh. I-I don't know w-what my mother w-would say to this." Izumi said, holding her hands on her head."You already shown that you don't really appreciate her words to you. Do you still show care for her, after everything she has down towards you?" Bowser asked, concerned."S-She's my mom. I-I can't just lose my l-love for her, sh-she didn't abandon me l-like most other people." Izumi said, before continuing. "S-She may have treated me as g-glass, but I-I preferred that o-over abandonment." Izumi said, as Bowser nodded."I was abandoned at birth, so I would know what it's like to grow up without any kind of parents being around. If I had a parent other than Kamek around, I might not be as evil as I am right at this moment, although... with your presence I might stop becoming an evil monster." Bowser said, as Izumi looked up at him."You're not a monster Bowser. You are a man who is just looking after your own Kingdom, not only that but you have an entire family that you either adopted or had with one of your subjects. Junior is the one with the subjects that I'm referring to, but even then... you're just doing your best to find the best mother figure for them all. A-And if I'm the o-one to be that m-motherly figure for them... I-I wouldn't mind." Izumi said, smiling at him.Bowser stared at her smile with nothing more than a growing blush from his neck to the top of his face. Her smile was so genuine as well as happy, that he couldn't help but reach over to her lift her into the air and place her on his lap and kiss her passionately causing her to giggle into the kiss. She reciprocated the kiss though, which made his ego grow even further before he set her back down so she could return to her seat."I hope our dinner gets out here soon, I'd like something to eat after what happened earlier." Izumi said, as she giggled softly."I'd like to hear your voice giggling more often. It's something that brightens my day after a hard time at work." Bowser said, with a soft expression."I'd like to say that you two are looking like quite the couple! I have your Katsudon made perfectly like you asked. And as for you Mr. Koopa, I have your Chicken and Steak cooked to just the way you asked as well as a side of salad." The waitress said, as Izumi looked at her."Thank you for bringing us the food, we were starving." Izumi said, with a hand rubbing the back of her head."I can see that, it's so good to see such a loving relationship." The waitress said, before leaving the two.Silence permeated from around the restaurant as the two ate in silence. Izumi appreciated the silent mood of the table as Bowser softly made sure that his manners were perfect for just her as he ate with regality. Izumi just ate like she normally would, soft and slow in order to savor the taste that flowed within her mouth and got her taste buds all happy. By the time their dinner was over, the waitress came out with a piece of cake as she placed it on their table."I have a Red Velvet cake with ice-cream mixed within it, the frosting is cherry flavored and has a tint of cinnamon. I hope you both enjoyed your time at our restaurant!" The waitress said, as Bowser held out a hand causing the waitress to pause."Take this, it's the least I could do for this fine establishment. It answered the call of both myself and my... girlfriend." Bowser said, with a happy smile signing a check of coins.The waitress looked at the check for coins as she saw it was 2,000 coins being gifted to the restaurant as a personal tip. The woman just looked up at him before he gave her a few more coin stacks as he nodded at her."Just to make your living a little bit better. After all, I am making sure that my lovely girlfriend can have the best night of her life on her first date." Bowser said, as Izumi blushed."T-Thank you Sir Bowser. I-I can actually take care of my child with this; I hope you both have the greatest set of luck in your future!" She said, with a bow before leaving."I'm surprised she didn't ask you out on the spot." Izumi said, with a giggle."Which is why I emphasizing the fact that you and I are together. I'd rather stick with you than anyone else." Bowser said, with a smirk as Izumi blushed and looked away."S-Stop being like that." She said with a pout."Like what?" Bowser asked, with a knowing smile."B-Being kind, it's throwing m-me off." Izumi said, taking a bite of her cake.After the two left the restaurant, they walked about World 10 in order to take in the view of the known Galaxy that they were in. Izumi looked through the hundreds of Galaxies that Bowser could project with his wand as Izumi looked for the Milky Way Galaxy that belonged to her. But as they continued to search, Bowser felt something twitch in his mind, as though something was coming towards both him and Izumi but kept it out of mind to make Izumi feel much better.All he knew was that the weird presence had entered his home, but it was oddly familiar to him. So he ignored it believing that it was someone from his past who came to assist him with a project or something as he kept assisting Izumi with finding her home Galaxy. And soon enough they found the Galaxy that she belonged to; it was surprising that it was billions of Light Years away from the Mushroom Galaxia Super-Galaxy."I-I'm so far." Izumi said, with awe in her expression."Yeah, I never thought you'd be a part of that Galaxy. That was a Galaxy that I passed over in my tenure as a villainous monster in the past, back when I was truly evil." Bowser said, as he held his chin with his hand."T-To think that w-we could've met f-far sooner." Izumi muttered as she placed a finger at the Milky Way Galaxy's location on the projection.The two smiled as Bowser placed his clawed hand behind her back and rubbed it softly as they watched multiple stars blast past the sky. Izumi smiled at it as she leaned her head on his shoulder, the time together for the two was great as Bowser mentally thought to bring her back here sometime on another date. She would love to visit this place again in the future when their schedules made time for the two of them."Alright, I think I've had enough with this presence that's been following us." Bowser growled as he turned around and transformed into his more feral and true form."What are you talking about?" Izumi asked, turning around with Bowser.Not too far from the two, a large black mass stood. It didn't have a face, but it clearly had multiple sets of eyes as it glared at the two of them with nothing more than hatred and malicious intent. Bowser, however, was the first one to react as it extended a long tendril at the two with extreme speeds that the two picked up on."Barrier!" He called out, as he projected a magical barrier around himself and Izumi."What the heck!? Why did it attack us!?" Izumi asked, as Bowser glared at the potential threat."I don't know, but I think this won't be the last time we see this thing." Bowser said, taking a deep breath.The dark blob of mass just turned to look at Bowser before he blasted it away with his fire breath, and within seconds the blob of darkness had disappeared from their view. But Bowser had a bad feeling about that thing since he'd never seen it before in the Galaxy, in all his years of exploring the known Universe not once had he come across such a creature. He glanced over at Izumi who definitely never saw it before as he placed her in a bridal carry as he rushed back to his ship."I have a bad feeling about this, let's head back to the Kingdom. I don't like what I just destroyed." Bowser said, as the two disappeared from view.Unaware that the dark mass was now attacking the civilians of the World.[] [] [] 0w0 [] [] []Junior was not having a good time at the moment, for everything that he prepared himself for. He was not prepared for a monstrous blob of darkness to attack his father's kingdom whilst he was gone at World 10 for a small vacation. Not only that, but this darkness had managed to take his siblings and most of the Kingdom with it! Whoever brought this thing here needed to leave so that it wouldn't take over this place before it was too late! But he just had no clue as to who would bring such a being here.As he rushed through the kingdom, he was already feeling like a failure as he tried his best to use his magic to make himself incapable of being infected by whatever that muck had been when they tried to grab him. Thankfully his father taught him that barrier spell that could be used in a 360-degree orb around himself a few years ago, otherwise he would've fallen to this weird muck far sooner than he had. Looking deep into the eyes of the monstrosity in front of himself, he couldn't help but notice a familiar set of eyes deep within it, Kamek.The wizard had defended him from the muck at the start and was absorbed into it completely. Now it had his magical powers at it's disposal and he couldn't do anything to stop it from taking over the entire Kingdom of the Koopa's. As much as he hated it, he needed to get the assistance of the Mushroom Kingdom in order to try and take this threat down without his father's presence. It would help him to become his very own man since it would show his father that he can protect the Kingdom when he wasn't present at all. But that was thrown out the window when the entire Kingdom was taken over in literal seconds. He couldn't even create a spell to save anyone! That was how fast it was!Now though, he was rushing through the forest on his Clown helicopter as he tried his best to get to the Mushroom Kingdom. Racing through the forest, he was about to turn down another way towards World 7 when a large ship appeared right next to his Clown Helicopter and as he looked up, he found Izumi holding a hand out to him. Jumping out of his vehicle, he grabbed her arm as she pulled him up and the ship took off farther away from the Kingdom."JUNIOR!? WHAT HAPPENED!" Bowser's voice rang out behind Izumi."D-Dad! T-This muck t-took everyone! I-I don't know where i-it came from! I-I couldn't save anyone!" Junior said, tears finally falling from his eyes."We came across the same thing Junior. But I need you to tell me what happened." Bowser said, softly this time whilst hugging his son."T-This muck j-just *Sniffle* appeared out o-of nowhere! I-It got K-Kamek, Larry, R-Roy, L-Ludwig, Lemmy, Iggy, Wonton... e-even Wendy." Junior said, as Bowser looked downright distraught."N-Not them! T-They were... no. I will not let this stand!" Bowser growled as he stood to glare down at the muck rushing towards the ship on the ground."Bowser!" Izumi called out rushing to Bowser as he prepared to leap at the dark energy rushing towards the ship."I-I have to get them back! T-They're my k-kids!" Bowser yelled as he struggled to break free from Izumi's grip around him."Bowser! That thing will just ab-absorb you into it! W-We need the Mario Brothers to help us with this!" Izumi called out, reluctantly."I-I won't rely on those damn plumbers to help! T-They tried to kill them!" Bowser growled out as he struggled to jump."Bowser! What about Junior!? What do you think will happen if he sees you get taken by that thing too!? It will break his morale! It will break his heart that even you were absorbed by it!" Izumi yelled as Bowser just let the tears fall from his eyes."I-I leave my k-kingdom for one day... a-and this h-happens." Bowser cried as Izumi held him close to her."We need to make sure that the Mario Brothers weren't absorbed into it. We need their assistance with fighting whatever this threat is." Izumi said, calmly."H-How can you b-be so calm right n-now?" Junior asked, walking over to them tears falling from his eyes."Because we need to be levelheaded. I know that this thing has to have a weakness, if we can just figure it out, I'm sure that we can get everyone back." Izumi said, with a determined expression on her face. "I'm sad for everyone's loss as well, but we need to push on for them in order to get them back." Izumi said, as Bowser nodded with Junior reluctantly agreeing.The ship traveled faster than the muck could keep up as they moved across the sky at Mach speeds. Within no time, the trio had arrived at the Mushroom Kingdom, and they were surprised that the Princesses castle was actually still standing as millions of Toads had fought against the weird black muck. Apparently, the Princess saw the black muck coming and created a counter strategy for it already and she saw the ship coming fast as her people prepared to defend against him as well.When the ship got low enough to the balcony Izumi, Bowser and Junior leaped out of it as the Mario Brothers walked up behind the Princess and stood in front of her. The two blocked the trio from the woman as Mario looked at Izumi with nothing more than a soft glare, the same for Luigi."What was your plan this time Bowser? Throw this muck at us in order to force us into servitude?" Peach questioned with a glare."I have no idea what you're talking about. My kingdom was destroyed by that muck while I was out on a... date." Bowser said, a small blush entering his face before shaking it off."Yeah, like anyone would go out on a date with you." Peach growled."Actually, it was mama that went out on a date with him." Junior said, as Izumi blushed crimson."M-Mama Mia." Luigi said, as he looked at Izumi and Bowser."I'm not even going to ask about your... sexual life. Come on, if it wasn't your fault that this muck is attacking the castle then you can help us with your magic." Peach said, allowing the trio inside her castle."What happened to your-a Kingdom Bowser?" Luigi asked, curious."I returned to find it completely taken over by a weird glitchy mass. It was as though a weird technological mass had transformed my Kingdom from what it was into a heresy. Junior was barely able to escape it before we grabbed him from the forest." Bowser said, as Luigi winced."Darn, I never-a thought that y-your Kingdom would be destroyed like-a that." Luigi said, as Bowser began to tear up again."What's wrong-a Bowser?" Mario asked, a little miffed at his presence."My children were absorbed into it. Why do you think I would be crying!?" Bowser growled at him."Bowser, as much as I want to let you fight him right now. We need their help at the moment." Izumi said, placing her hand on his arm."Sorry, I'm just trying to get over their... absorption. It's hard to know my children were taken over that easily." Bowser said, wiping a tear away."I've been researching this weird black darkness muck for the entirety that it was in both of our Kingdoms. But I just haven't been able to find a way to get through the darkness and bring those who were absorbed by it back. I needed your guys' magic in order to do it." Peach said, as Izumi nodded with Bowser and Junior.With that, the group went off with Peach to try and research the darkness as much as possible. And they would keep at it for hours until one of the Toad high guard entered the room with as much speed as he could, Mario and Luigi walked over to them and asked what was going on. That was when the High Guard had given the information he could before rushing back out to hold the last line of defense as the Mario Brothers rushed back towards the three most powerful magicians in the world.By the time the two entered the room, they found Bowser, Junior, Izumi and Peach holding a small Toad in their arms that had once been infected with the dark muck on their body completely dispelled. Peach had the look of pure ecstasy on her face as she looked at the others and thanked them for their assistance with creating the spell required to take care of their newfound enemy."Princess! We need to leave now!" Mario called out, as Luigi panted heavily."What's wrong Mario?" Peach asked, rushing over."The muck has broken through the lines of defense! We have to evacuate the Castle!" Mario said, before he heard movement behind him.And before anyone could see what was about to happen, Mario and Luigi pushed the Princess out of the way before a glitched Toad had grabbed the two brothers with surprising strength and yanked them out of the room as Izumi immediately slammed the doors shut with her magic."MAAAARIOOOOOO!" Peach screamed as she beat on the door. "LUIIIGIIIII!" Peach screamed."Princess, we have to go! That muck has gotten them infected, if we get infected then we won't be able to save them!" Izumi called out, as Peach just growled at her."None of this would've happened if you all hadn't come here! We were doing just fine without your presence!" Peach screamed irrationally."Peach, we need to leave!" Izumi called out as Peach glared at her."You are the reason why my life is a living hell. I won't allow you three to stay here any longer!" Peach screamed as she held her heart shaped wand at the trio.Her glare became even worse as her eyes became very feral and estranged. A red glow taking over her eyes as Izumi and Bowser pulled Junior away from the woman as they called the ship over to escape from the castle. Peach slowly walked over to them with a mad expression, and the red glow in her eyes before she felt something grab her leg. Looking down and calming down from her apparent rage just long enough to realize something terribly wrong with this situation. Mario had appeared and he didn't have the best expression on his face as he struggled to stand back up, and the hand grabbing her leg was glitching."M-Mario?" Peach asked, hope filling her eyes."P-Princess... r-run!" Mario called out, as he was pulled back into the other room."MAAARIIOOOOO!" Peach screamed as she rushed through the now open door.As the Princess left the trio, Izumi, Bowser and Junior made it onto their ship before they took off for another World. The trio were wondering what in the hell caused Peach to react to the whole situation like that, she'd never done that before from how Bowser was reacting. But as they left the castle, they looked at it as the black dark muck was climbing all around it causing it to glitch out before the entire structure had fallen apart and crumbled to the ground."We need to get to a world where the dark muck hasn't taken control!" Bowser said, flying the ship towards the East.[] [] [] 0w0 [] [] []Boyfriend and his only surviving ally from his Universe and the other Universes that they'd traveled made it through the portal. Looking around the dense Mushroom Forest, they walked around with nothing stopping them as they watched a floating boat fly past them towards the East. And as they looked off in the distance, they found something that broke their hearts... the castle that had once belonged to Princess Peach had fallen and crumbled as the darkness moved towards them.Boyfriend then rose his little microphone into the air waving towards the floating ship. Watching as it continued to fly past them before it stopped in the air, just as Boyfriend was about to think that they were about to be abandoned, a large comical anchor fell from the ship allowing him and his friend to climb up it. Once he and his friend had managed to climb on the anchor it began to lift from the ground as they watched the ground become farther and farther away from their feet.When he reached the railing, both him and his friend were found being pulled up by a young woman with dark brown horns on her head that looked like small trees. A large figure driving the ship and a small boy who appeared similarly to the man at the helm as Boyfriend looked at them all with confusion."Beep Boop?" He asked, as the girl tilted her head at him."Um, what are you talking about?" The girl asked."S-Sorry, was just getting into character. My name is Boyfriend, can you tell me what happened here?" He asked, as the girl looked at him confusedly."Um, didn't you see what was happening to the Princesses Castle?" The girl asked him."We did, but what happened?" Boyfriend's friend asked her."The weird black muck took over the Kingdom, me Bowser, and Junior are all that remain." The girl said, before shaking her head. "Sorry, but my name is Midoriya Izumi, can I have your names?" The girl, Izumi asked after introducing herself."Well my name is Boyfriend. This is my friend, Pibby. We're trying to save all these alternate Universes from this enemy that we've been fighting. We call it... the Darkness." Boyfriend said, looking into Izumi's eyes."Okay, did either of you two get corrupted or infected with the muck?" Izumi asked, concerned."For whatever reason I'm completely immune to it, it only goes after cartoon characters." Boyfriend said, as Izumi looked over at Bowser and Junior."Um, what?" Izumi asked, confused."Anyone who is a cartoon character, meaning those who have Television shows that are well known." Boyfriend supplied as Bowser and Junior gulped."Well... shit." Izumi muttered as that meant every single person on the ship was able to be corrupted.

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The ship sailed through the air as the group made their way towards a spot where they thought the Darkness wouldn't find them as easily. Within hours, the group finally arrived at the edge of the known universe where they found the Spectre of the known Galaxy/Universe. Rosalina stood before them as she floated softly in the air taking in the group's appearance as she then glanced over at Bowser who looked downright miserable."I feel as though I am woefully unaware of what is currently happening." Rosalina said, as Boyfriend looked up at her."Beep Boop!" He called out holding a microphone out to her."You wish to rap battle me? I... um... I've never rap battled before." Rosalina said, glancing at the relatively tall young man."Beep!" Boyfriend called out, as Izumi shook her head at the taller boy."Rosalina, do you think you can assist us in defeating the Darkness that has been consuming the Galaxy?" Izumi asked, looking at the Spectre."I have no idea what this Darkness is, but I should know that it's slowly taking control of the known Galaxy as a whole." Rosalina said, as Bowser growled to himself."If only we had Peach here, all of us together would've been powerful enough to banish that Darkness creature back to the void." Bowser grumbled as Rosalina looked at him confused."What happened to Peach? The same for Mario and Luigi?" Rosalina asked, curious."The darkness consumed them, now they're glitchy enemies that wish to do nothing more than destroy the known Universe." Izumi said, as she stood in front of the group."That is terrible, they were going to be the last line of defense against this threat. If they were grabbed earlier, then that means that all hope is lost." Rosalina said, as it was Boyfriend's turn to look distraught."There's nothing we can do to stop the Darkness?" Junior asked, confused."No, the Darkness will continue to consume the known Galaxy and into the multitude of Universes. And when that happens, it will follow the blue haired boy into whatever Universe he heads to after this." Rosalina said, as Bowser and Junior glared at the blue haired boy."I-I had no idea that it followed me!" Boyfriend said, as Izumi was now sitting down on the deck.She was currently thinking of a way to cast the Darkness out of the known Galaxy without causing any damage to it. The fact that this Darkness followed Boyfriend everywhere he went provided something that they could predict for if he were to leave their Galaxy/Universe. If he were to leave their Universe, then that meant that he would be placing another one in danger of being consumed and assimilated into the Darknesses power. Izumi looked at Bowser and Junior as she thought about what they could do to stop it.And she was drawing up a blank in order to stop the Darkness from even consuming the entire Universe itself. And when it got strong enough, it would be capable of traveling to other universes in order to consume and assimilate them into it's overall power, thereby causing the entire macrocosm of the known Multiverse to be destroyed. Meaning that if they could replicate what could essentially form an entire Universe Macrocosm... they might have a chance of either destroying the Darkness itself... or forcing it into the Void.The main issue for this plan was, how in the world were they going to do this? Of all the people in the known Galaxy/Universe, she Bowser and Junior were the only ones powerful enough to create a spell that was able to send it back into the void where it supposedly came from. And Izumi couldn't help but wonder, how much power was needed in order to even do that? Bowser and Junior's powers with their magic would most definitely be required to make such a spell, but what would the cost of such a thing possibly be?As Izumi was wondering about these questions, Bowser and Junior finally stopped harassing Boyfriend for his inability to plan ahead. Turning to look at Izumi, they found the girl sitting on the deck with an adopted thinking pose as they moved over to her, and as they sat down Boyfriend managed to get that rap battle. The trio had brainstormed together on how to create a spell strong enough to banish the Darkness out of their Universe that would subsequently return those who were once assimilated into the Darkness back."So how should we go about this?" Bowser asked, as Izumi pulled out her notebook."From the notes that we took on the tests we had done in order to pull someone from the power of the Darkness... all we really needed to do was defeat them in battle. Although, we'd need to not touch any of the darkness otherwise we'd just be slowly assimilated into its control. But the power of the spell would have a drawback that would make us hesitant to use it." Izumi said, as she stared down at her notes."What is the drawback of such a spell being used?" Junior asked, as Izumi hesitated before glancing at each of the two Koopa's."W-When I r-researched the d-drawbacks... they were f-far too high." Izumi said, as she took a deep breath. "I-In order to use a s-spell like this, we would n-need to give up something... something that w-we love too much to lose." Izumi said, looking at both Bowser and Junior.The looks on their faces were stoic but at the same time, they were worried. They didn't outright show it on their faces, but on the inside, they were worried about what could possibly happen to the ones they loved the most. Especially the fact that Izumi's place in their lives was something they really didn't want to lose at this point of their lives, especially with how much she had helped out in making their Kingdom safer to live.Her presence being gone from their lives would most probably force them back into their lives of villainy. Attempting to capture Princess Peach again and make her into Bowser's wife in order to help him give his children a motherly figure. And for Bowser, the Koopa King had been very worried because of his growing feelings for her since he had lost his love for Peach and had them replaced for Izumi instead. The fact that the young woman had caused such a change in his heart, in so little time caused his heart to thump very quickly."Is there another spell that we can use in order to send the Darkness away from here?" Junior asked, looking at Izumi."Not that I was able to find. In order to find such a spell, we'd have to search for decades... and given the enemy we have... we don't have the time to check." Izumi said with a wince."I will not lose you shortly after I announced my love towards you! I will not stand for this!" Bowser yelled, blasting fire into the sky."Bowser, it's the only way to save your reality! What do you just want to have other realities suffer because of your love for me!?" Izumi called out to him."It would be far better than losing the love of my life!" Bowser yelled back at her.Silence filled the area, as everyone, including Boyfriend and Rosalina looked over at the King of the Koopa's with confusion. Junior looked at his father with great confusion as well as worry, the King had never gotten this furious nor had he been this protective of someone before. Especially with him and his siblings, sure he protected them like a father should, but at the same time... he showed Junior and his siblings all the love he could give... thinking about them more than himself. But to see him act selfishly like this... was new for him.Especially when it pertained to Izumi, the green haired Draconic girl who had literally sacrificed her human life in order to protect their Kingdom. Izumi, however, was staring at Bowser in complete shock before she stood up tears falling from her eyes."I-Is that how y-you feel for me?" She asked, her mind running at millions of miles an hour trying to see if he was lying."I have literally never lied since I met you Izumi. From the moment you had your first Panic attack, I had slowly been falling for you... and it hit me harder than my love for Peach ever could. Now that I have to lose something I love, someone I love more than anything else... you are the one thing in my life that has been positive, aside from my children and Kingdom." Bowser said, before clarifying for Junior."B-But what about stopping this evil from making anyone else's lives a living hell? We should protect them as well! We can't give up on them!" Izumi said, as Bowser sighed."I don't want to lose you... you are the one thing in my life that I would hate to lose. Your kindness, your compassion, your affection... it's something that I haven't had since before I adopted my children." Bowser said, as Izumi thought about it."I-I... we can try to find a different solution... but I-I can't guarantee that w-we'd find one." Izumi said, as Bowser nodded.[] [] [] 0w0 [] [] []Hours pass by, and the group weren't even that closer to finding a new solution to stopping the Darkness. They were in the middle of researching when a small Luma had flown over to Rosalina with terrifying news to the Spectre of the known Cosmos. The Darkness had been getting closer every day, and it was consuming everything in it's sight... all searching for them all in order to assimilate them into it's powerful grasp. Izumi then stood up with the other's not too long afterwards and prepared the ship for takeoff.As they prepared the ship for takeoff, they were completely unaware of how the Luma who had informed Rosalina about the Darkness, had a small dark spot on it's back as it fluttered with the others. By the time they were preparing to take off into the Galaxy, they were suddenly swarmed by thousands of Luma's as they attacked Rosalina and the others, and with Boyfriend and Pibby immune to the Darkness, they leaped out of the way. All except for one of them.Bowser stood his ground before using his magic to pull the Luma's away from Rosalina's planet as he began to absorb their power into himself. Izumi got up from the ground as the ship flew off into the distance, and she used her magic to make her watch Bowser as he absorbed the millions of Luma's that had become infected with the Darkness. Tears slowly falling down her face she watched as the Koopa King she had fallen in love with... slowly become a glitching mess.And before she could even realize it, Junior was flying towards his father screaming his name. Flying as fast as he could towards Bowser's position, a black tendril from the darkness assimilated Bowser had struck out towards Junior as time slowed down to a crawl. Junior felt as though he was about to be beheaded by this tendril, before something grabbed onto the tendril itself, revealing a glitchy yellow clawed hand as it tightened it's grip over it."F-Father!?" Junior called out, as Bowser's voice glitched out in a strained tone."Get ouT... of HerE JuniOR! SavE tHe... C-CosMoS!" Bowser growled as his face was slowly becoming assimilated with the glitchy mass."But what about you!? How will we save you!" Junior called out."FiND A wAY! I... WiLl HolD... tHe DarKnEsS... off!" Bowser growled out even more."I will! I will find a way to save you!" Junior called out flying back towards the ship.And as Junior flew back towards the floating ship, in the background Bowser used all the magic he could. Pulling the muck away from his face, leaving it a glitching mess, he began to inhale deeply as his throat and eyes began to glow an ominous orange color. As he then summoned a Grand Power Star above his head, the Darkness prepared to absorb it into it's body before Bowser did it before the Darkness could get a handle on the power itself. And he then launched a rainbow beam of energy into the distance creating a gigantic black hole that began to absorb the Darkness into it.With Izumi and Junior, she had her hand extended towards the small Koopa as he did the same. Just as the two were about to reach one another, something attached itself to Junior's leg, and the two just stared at it for a second. All before Junior realized what was about to happen, pulling his clown Copter away from the ship, he flew back to his father to assist him in holding off the Darkness as long as they could. All whilst Izumi screamed out his name as the ship blasted far away into the known cosmos."Sorry mama, sorry dad... I couldn't escape the Darkness." Junior muttered as he lowered himself next to his father."JuNiOr!? WhAt are YoU doiNG here!?" Bowser growled, at his son."Helping you with the time I have left!" Junior said, leaping out of his little machine.Bowser continued to glitch continuously as he looked at his son, the Darkness growing up his child's foot. He couldn't believe that his son had been infected as well, all in the span of a few hours, three of the four strongest magic users in the known cosmos were completely infected with this muck's presence inside them. And Bowser could only let out a furious scream of fury as he glared at the Darkness as it slowly was coming out of the Black hole he'd created before he glanced at his son."WanT To sHoW tHiS MuCk wHo'S in CoNtRoL?" Bowser asked his son."Yeah!" Junior said, as he pulled out his paintbrush.Forming black paint on the edge of the brush, he threw a large painted hole on the ground that Bowser willingly stepped into. His body slowly sunk into the black paint before his entire body came out of it, still glitchy but at the same time far more powerful than he was before. His entire body was a black mass with whited out eyes before his hair became a glitchy crimson color as he launched towards the Darkness as it created a clone of him and Junior. As the two forces clashed in the middle of the vortex of the Black Hole, a massive shockwave was blasted out from their attacks.Back with Izumi the young Dragon girl had watched Bowser and Junior team up against the darkness. Sliding down to her knees she felt even more tears falling from her eyes as she watched the two take on their Dople gangers with as much power as the two could. And she watched as their first clash created a massive shockwave that blasted the ship faster out into the cosmos before Izumi turned her back to the fight as she pulled her legs up to her chest.Just like that, she lost the love of her life... and a child who was like a son to her. Something nobody had shown to her a day in her life was affection and love that she'd give to others, and to see Bowser reciprocate the love she gave him was not expected in her mind. Sure she knew he liked her, but she didn't know on how deep a level he really appreciated her until he screamed it out at her about a few minutes ago. Boyfriend walked over to her as he looked guilty as he sat across from her, Pibby was with him as well as the two just sat across from her.Using her magic to watch the fight between the two forces. She grew increasingly distraught when Junior had been assimilated far before Bowser was, as he was forced to fight three opponents at once with his power slowly waning over time. By the time she had lost connection, the three glitchy enemies that Bowser had faced had knocked him to the ground and completely covered him in the Darkness muck that had taken control of the entire Galaxy at this point."E-Everything... Everything I know... everything I came to care for... is g-gone." Izumi muttered as tears fell from her eyes."I'm sorry." Boyfriend said, as he looked at her full of guilt."I don't care anymore." Izumi said, her face dark."What?" Boyfriend asked, as Izumi stood up with a very furious scowl on her face."I don't care what I want anymore, if I have to save the universe at the cost of my happiness. Then so be it." Izumi growled as she pulled out her notebook with a very determined scowl on her expression.Boyfriend looked far out into the distance to see that the massive wave of Darkness was slowly coming ever closer to them. Izumi continued to use her magic as she pulled her wand and moved herself towards the middle of the ship as it sailed across the Galaxy in silence. And as Boyfriend was about to warn Izumi about the Darkness coming towards them, he watched as the entire ship had become encompassed with a star shaped circle of magic before their position disappeared from the Galaxy.Reappearing deep within the Mushroom Kingdom, Izumi placed the ship high in the sky. All before starting her magic in order to turn back time on the entire planet itself as well as change the fate of the known Galaxy by sending the Darkness back from where it came. Sweat fell down from her brow as she muttered the incantation as much as possible to make sure that the spell itself worked in order to send the Darkness away from this world. Boyfriend stood up as he walked over to Izumi and Pibby was right next to him, both wearing a worried expression on their faces."What's the plan?" Boyfriend asked, as Izumi looked at him from the corner of her eye."I'm... using all... the magic... I can... to send... the Darkness... to the... Void. But... you will... need to... rap battle... four Glitched... Mushroom Kingdom... residents, and Bowser." Izumi said, straining her magical power to even talk to him."Who are the people I need to battle?" Boyfriend asked, concerned."M-Mario! L-L-Luigi! P-P-Peach! J-J-J-Junior! T-Toad! And B-Bo-Bowser!" Izumi strained out as Boyfriend nodded and left Pibby not far behind."It's such a sad thing to see you feeling such pain." Rosalina said, as Izumi grunted in effort to use her spell."W-Why... d-do you... c-care!" Izumi grunted in effort."You care for Bowser and the others, don't you?" Rosalina asked, floating around her."O-Of c-course... I do!" Izumi growled out, her Draconic features flaring out behind her."Then you should know that if you do this, you are not only rewriting history... but you are effectively going to destroy yourself." Rosalina said, as Izumi grunted even more."E-Even... if... I die... I-I can... die... happy... knowing I... saved the... world... and kept... the ones... I loved... safe." Izumi growled as she felt her entire soul slowly ebbing away into the spell itself."Then, what do you think will happen when they find out that you gave your life so they could live?" Rosalina asked again."D-Deal... w-w-with it... l-l-later." Izumi grunted out as she coughed out some blood.Her eyes shrunk deeply as she spent her entire focus on using this singular spell. And glancing over at Rosalina, she found the woman glitching a little bit but for some reason she wasn't reaching out to touch her in order to pass on the Darkness over to Izumi. But for some reason Rosalina just didn't touch her body even once, and that was when Rosalina then touched the ground where the ship connected to Izumi as the Darkness prepared to attack her. But Rosalina prevented it from attacking Izumi entirely."You wish to spend your life in order to protect this world?" Rosalina asked."T-To... the... v-very... e-e-end." Izumi grunted as Rosalina flew up into the air once more."Then I will do what I must in order to assist you." Rosalina said, as Izumi just focused on her task.[] [] [] 0w0 [] [] []Boyfriend stood across from Mario, as the red hat wearing plumber had stood across from him. His face glitching everywhere, but the most important part about him... was his glowing red eyes and the meat cleaver that had found itself back in his hands as it spun around in his grasp. Not too far away from the young man, was Princess Peach, Luigi, and Toad. The trio staring at him with nothing more than contempt as Pibby entered the battle with him."It'S-A mE! A-MaRiO!" The glitched voice of Mario warbled out. "LeT's-A gO!" Mario's voice continued, as the two entered a Rap Battle.

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The spell surrounding the floating ship was becoming larger and larger as Izumi pushed more power into it. Her entire body was trembling as she pushed herself beyond her body's limits in terms of the amount of magic coursing through her veins. She felt her insides try and squish against one another as she continued to power the spell, as Rosalina's glitchy form kept the black muck from touching her.Even when Izumi had lifted from the ground as she felt her body slowly tearing itself apart in order to make the spell work. She felt as though the amount of power she was using was too much for her to control as she felt tears falling from her eyes. Moments from her time in Bowser's army had flashed through her mind multiple times as she continued with her spell to save everyone in the Mushroom Kingdom and Koopa Kingdom.From the moment she first met Bowser, Junior and the little Koopa's siblings, all the way to meeting Bowser's army. From when she had started to help Bowser out in being the leader that his people needed to help their healthcare as well as their living quarters. To teaching Junior how to draw as she could, all these memories kept moving through her mind as she felt herself black out for a moment before coming back to see herself still in her position."You are losing strength; you won't hold onto this spell for much longer." Rosalina's glitchy voice rang out."I... have... to! T-To save... e-everyone... I need... to do... this!" Izumi said, as she poured as much of her magical power into it again.As the spell continued to take more and more from Izumi, she coughed up some blood that landed on the ground. Looking down at it, she felt a sad smile enter her facial features as she let a small accepting feeling build up within herself. Rosalina just watched on as Izumi pulled her arms back towards herself as she used magic to change the color of the spell as it surrounded the two magical beings."T-Think... you... can... help?" Izumi grunted out."As much as I can, but don't think it will be enough." Rosalina said, as she divided her attention from the Darkness and the spell Izumi was using."T-Thank you... this b-brings... a lot... of en-energy... off... my shoulders!" Izumi grunted out softly."You will die from this, you know that right?" Rosalina asked, as Izumi gave her a smile of her own."It was the reason I spoke about this spell in the first place." Izumi said, panting through her words. "I know the... hrrng! Costs!" Izumi growled out as she pumped even more magical power into the spell."How much longer is the spell's casting supposed to last?" Rosalina asked, glitchy voice still apparent."A-About... a few... more m-minutes!" Izumi grunted out even more.The two continued to create the spell to the best of their abilities. And on the ground below, Boyfriend was seen in the middle of a battle against Princess Peach as the two clashed with weapons of their own. Boyfriend using his microphone as a sword, as Glitch Peach had used a sword from her Kingdoms vault. The two swung their weapons at one another before Boyfriend had kicked Peach back into the muck as he panted heavily, Pibby standing next to him with an exhausted expression on her face."Well that's the Princess dealt with, who's next?" Boyfriend asked, as Pibby thought about it."It has to be either Bowser and Junior." She said, before a laughter came over them all."You-a forgot about-a me!" The voice of Luigi said, as his body glitched massively."I thought we took care of you already!?" Pibby called out as the glitched Luigi chuckled with a warbled voice."You-a thought that I would-a be forgotten like that? I am far-a stronger than you-a think!" Glitch Luigi said, launching at the two.Just as Boyfriend and Pibby were about to prepare for another fight, Glitch Luigi was then punted away from them. Looking over, they found that it was from Bowser and Junior... and the two looked far worse for wear as they glared down at the two of them. Bowser, however, was glitching all over his body as he glared down at Pibby and Boyfriend before he spoke to them both, Junior glitched by his side as though he were struggling to hold back the Darknesses powerful grip."WhAt is goIng On hEre?" He questioned."We need to gather enough power for Izumi to use a spell to stop this whole mess! But from what we can hear, she's struggling a lot up there!" Boyfriend said, as he pointed up at the massive ship in the air.Bowser stared up at the ship before noticing the large amount of magical energy coming from it. Glaring at the ship in question he suddenly fell into the muck that surrounded both him and Junior with the small Koopa being left behind as he smirked at them. All before an army of Koopalings jumped out of the muck and attacked the two of them without remorse or giving the two a moment of reprieve."YoU jUsT loSt!" Junior called out, before launching at the two as well.[] [] [] >w< [] [] []Back on the ship, Izumi was pushing her power throughout the entire ship. She noticed a familiar energy on the ground below and thought that it was Boyfriend and Pibby continuing to hold off the Darkness from taking over the ship entirely. But when she glanced out of the corner of her eye, she found a large, clawed hand moving towards her that she barely dodged out of the way from before realizing that Bowser's glitchy form had arrived.Tears fell from her eyes as she watched as Bowser glared hard at her before he attacked again. He never said a word to her as he tried to infect her with the Darkness that he was ailed with at the moment, as she tried to project some memories of their past with one another in the last year and a half. But with each memory, nothing seemed to be working... all before she finally decided to stop using her magic on the spell she was about to use.Stopping the production of the spell to get rid of the Darkness, she launched herself at Bowser as she used magic to create a shield that protected her from the Darknesses power of assimilation. Kicking Bowser in the gut, he was launched from the ship as she left the making of the spell in the hands of Rosalina who had somehow, managed to pull her soul from the Darknesses powerful grip and focused on the spell as well.Flying over the sky, Izumi appeared behind Bowser as she slammed a kick into his hard shell launching him to the ground. Boyfriend had looked over at Izumi as she landed next to him and Pibby as they saw her touch the Darkness with nothing happening to her. Thinking that she was immune to it as well, they ran over to assist her, Junior and his siblings having been defeated and all that remained was Bowser's body that needed to be defeated.Izumi rushed Bowser as the gigantic turtle had thrown another clawed hand at her in an attempt to kill her. Izumi ducked under the attack before kicking her leg upwards knocking the arm away before Boyfriend and Pibby came in with another kick to his face as it launched him back into the darkness. Izumi leaped into the Darkness as well pulling Bowser out of it before kicking him into the air once more as she flew past him as lightning struck behind her.The bolt of lightning had struck the ground behind her as it covered the view of her face. But as soon as the light of the Lightning strike lit up the area, her face was shown in what could only be described as a very intimidating glare towards Bowser as she sent a punch that connected with his face. Apparently, the lightning that struck had actually hit her as well as lightning coursed through the veins of the glitching Bowser forcing all the skin and meat from his body in a very slow fashion.First to go was his eyes, then his face and teeth, then it went down to his arms and tail. All before it reached down his legs replacing his body with that of a skeleton as he was blasted to the ground once more as his body remained on the ground glitching out. Izumi landed on the ground as she stared at her hand, small sparks of electricity bouncing off her body as she pointed her hand at the Darkness as it pierced through it's gelatinous form.What happened next surprised her, Boyfriend and Pibby. The lightning strike had blasted apart the Darkness so much that most of the area had been dissolved into complete ashes and atoms. Izumi looked downright confused before glancing at Boyfriend who had been staring at the scene with wide eyes, all before Izumi then flew away from them all as she landed near Rosalina who was struggling to use the spell."Rosalina! I think I found a way to stop the Darkness without having to resort to this spell!" Izumi said, with an ecstatic expression."R-Really? W-What is it?" Rosalina grunted out."Stop using the spell!" Izumi said, as Rosalina did exactly that lowering her arms with exhaustion.As soon as that happened, Izumi pointed her hand at the ship and Lightning burst from her fingers piercing through the ship. The Darkness that had gripped onto the ship had then dissipated and dissolved from existence as the ship became enraptured by the electricity bouncing off Izumi's form. Rosalina was so surprised, that she barely noticed the large wave of Darkness building up behind Izumi as she called out to the girl."Behind you!" Rosalina called out."Huh?" Izumi asked, before turning around.As soon as the wave of Darkness overtook Izumi's form, it pulled the girl down to the ground below. Leaving the ship in the capable hands of Rosalina as she rushed over to the edge of the ship and looking over the edge towards where the wave of Darkness had taken Izumi. Looking for the head of green hair, she found that Izumi blasted out of the muck and was blasting the Darkness away from her position."That was a dirty move!" Izumi called out, as she built up lightning all around her body. "Lightning Veil!" Izumi called out as all the Lightning around her surrounded her body creating a form of cowl.Rushing through the Darkness, she had then begun to dissolve the Darkness just by running through the giant waves of the gigantic incorporeal being. Running through the entire wave of it, she watched as the Darkness writhed and wiggled around her in pain all before it fully dissolved into ash. Izumi then pulled the lightning around her body and created an atomic bomb like explosion from the collection of lightning itself.As the explosion took over the entire Mushroom Kingdom a large mushroom cloud had been shown in the area where Izumi had stood. Everyone watched as the gale force winds had pushed by them as they struggled to hold still on the ground or on the ship. Within a few kilometers of Izumi's position, the Darkness had been dissolved and decayed into nothingness. And she remained standing still with Lightning coursing through both her veins as well as body as she smiled at the glaring lack of Darkness muck around the known area as she walked back towards the ship.She picked up Boyfriend and Pibby as they flew back up to the ship as she landed with not a single bit of exhaustion in sight. Rosalina, however, was looking worse for wear as she stared at Izumi with nothing more than concern as well as worry. Rushing over to her, Rosalina pulled the green haired girl into a hug before checking up on her for injuries.Once the check was over, Rosalina had fallen to the ground as she took in deep breaths. Izumi looked off into the distance as she thought about what would happen now, the Darkness was successfully pushed back due to her new power that she looked at her body with appraisal now. The lightning was green in color as compared to the blue-ish white color that normal Lightning always had when it struck the ground. It was here that Izumi finally realized what kind of Dragon she'd become."I-I'm a Lightning producing Dragon!" She said, ecstatically."Glad that you're happy, but what are we going to do with the Darkness?" Pibby asked, confused."We can use my lightning powers in order to push it back all the way into the void. Once that is done, you two can return back to your world/universe." Izumi said, with a smile."But what about those who were lost to the Darkness?" Boyfriend questioned."Who ever said we were lost to the Darkness?" A familiar group of voices questioned the young man.Looking over to the side of the ship, Izumi found Mario, Luigi, Peach, Junior and the Koopalings... and most importantly... Bowser. The Koopa King had been standing still watching the whole interaction from afar with nothing more than concern as he saw the lightning moving across Izumi's skin. Admittedly, not that he would voice it... Bowser thought that she looked amazing and powerful with the lightning moving across her body."B-Bowser!" Izumi called out, hugging the giant Koopa."I wouldn't ever lose like that. The Darkness couldn't defeat me entirely, I'm too powerful for that." Bowser said, as Izumi hugged him harder."I'm glad you're back! Same with you all, come here Koopalings!" Izumi said, pulling each Koopaling into a bug hug.As Peach, and the Mario brothers watched that interaction between Izumi and Bowser's children Peach walked over to Rosalina and Boyfriend."Can someone tell me what the hell is going on? Because last I checked that girl shouldn't be in love with Bowser." Peach questioned."It's-a long story Princess." Luigi said, placing a palm on her shoulder."For-a now, we should fight this-a Darkness a little more. Once we-a take care of it, then we can send you-a back to your world." Mario stated as he stared at Pibby and Boyfriend."Well Izumi's Lightning appears to do the most damage to it, not only that... but it seems fearful of such a powerful ability." Rosalina stated."Yeah, I think we can use my Lightning powers in order to..." Izumi spoke before feeling something odd about her body.As the other's stared at her with complete confusion, that was when she spat out some blood. But something was off about the blood itself as she and the others stared at the offending liquid that came from Izumi itself. It was glitchy and far too damaged to be something from her body, she then got the idea to look down at her body and limbs in order to see if she had somehow been infected. And sure enough, on the bottom of her left foot, a small amount of Darkness muck stuck to her like it was glue.She looked up at everyone as they stared back at her in confusion before a knowing dread filled each and every one of them. She had not only touched Bowser and possibly infected him as well... but the Koopalings were looking at her in confusion. All before Izumi quite literally threw herself off the ship as she flew down towards the ground at high speeds. She watched as her entire body became a glitching mess as she smashed into the ground, creating a massive crater in the ground.Bowser and the others rushed to where they thought Izumi had gone, and by the time they reached the crater they found something truly heartbreaking for themselves. Izumi stood upright, but her body was contorted in a glitchy mass, not only that but her eyes had long since lost their emerald color... they were now a crimson color. Her head twitched as it turned to look at them with nothing more than contempt, before she opened her mouth revealing glitched sharp teeth as she smiled at them with no compassion behind it."TimE fOr ThE fUn tO BeGiN!" She glitched out before summoning a small microphone into her hand.

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After Izumi had felt herself fall to the Darkness, she soon found herself in a deep and dark expanse. Looking around the place, she found that there was quiet literally nothing for her to see in every bit of the known cosmos that she was within. She walked around the dark expanse as she searched for a way out, no clothes were on her form as she walked around without anyone to see her nude state.She glanced in each and every direction as she tried to get that feeling of being watched out of her mind. But as she continued walking down the pathway that led to nowhere, she was stopped by a glitching version of herself. She had her exact features, as well as appearance... but the only thing wrong with this version of her... was that she was still the human side of her."So YoU aRe HeRe. NeVeR ExpEctEd yOu to fIgHt ThiS hArD." Her clone said, as she stood naked as the day she were born."Who are you? And why are you taking my human form?" Izumi asked, confused but very alert."I Am YoU. But YoU aRe ME." The clone said, as they swayed from side to side.Izumi watched as everything around the two of them changed, and now they were wearing what appeared to be children's clothing. A small blue shirt and tan shorts with her original trademarked red shoes given to her by the support company who makes the shoes for her and those who were like her, Quirkless. She stared at her counterpart who had the gall to wear clothing that were in complete contrast to what she originally wore as a child not only that but wore normal looking shoes compared to her."Where are we? And why has everything changed?" Izumi questioned looking around in alarm."We ArE goInG down MeMoRy lane. To SeE wHat makes You tiCK." Her clone stated as it glitched around."But why? What would you have to gain from that?!" Izumi called out."BecAusE, I waNt yOu to Feel FEAR." The clone said, as the memory played out.Izumi found her younger self being forced to go through the memory that she could vividly remember. How could she not? It was the day after she had gotten her Quirkless Diagnosis when she was 5 years old... and went to her best friend, at the time, in order to seek some kind of consolation. But all she got in return was betrayal as well as beaten up for even thinking that she can become a Hero without a Quirk and just as the scene changed once more it was about another few days later.She stood in front of her school as all the children made fun of her, and the teachers told them to stay away from her. That if they got near her, then she would spread her Quirkless nature towards them and that they should treat her as nothing more than either an animal or worse... a test subject for their Quirks. She still remembered the shiver down her spine when she had heard the teacher tell her classmates this, before they all glared at her with from what her eyes shown... demonic red eyes from each of them.Izumi felt her entire child form tremble in both fear and trepidation as she stared at the scene in front of her with shrunk pupils. Her evil glitching clone had appeared behind her again as it smiled at her before giving a couple of words."So YoU wErE AbUsED. HoW TrAGIC." The clone said, as time passed once more.Izumi was now 8 years old as she walked towards her elementary school for her very first day of it. She was hoping that she wouldn't be in the same place as her friends as well as Bakugo again, but sure enough... he was there with everyone else who she had met in Preschool and her eyes dulled once more. She prepared for all the slander, bullying, and more to continue again at this school, her expression hiding nothing about what she expects from this school as well.As the day went on, the children used her as a Quirk punching bag once again as Izumi felt each bit of pain her younger self went through once again. A stray tear fell from her eye as she desperately didn't want to see these moments again, not after what had happened. Sniffling a little bit, Izumi watched as the memory continued with Bakugo having raised a hand to her, and without a single bit of remorse in his eyes... he attacked her without any sign of him stopping.It all ended once again as Izumi laid on the ground of the school playground as she stared at the sky with half-lidded eyes. Looking to her right, she found once again her clone who was still glitching and twitching as though she were an actual experiment before the clone scowled at her before questioning her motives."WhY won'T yOu FiGhT back?" Her clone questioned."What would the point be? To show that I still have more fight in me. To fall to their level in order to protect myself? I chose not to fight because I would be falling to their level, as well as make sure that the teacher's didn't make my punishment worse." Izumi said, as she watched the clone closely.Her clone said nothing more as the scene changed once more, and this time showed her apartment. The very same one that she shared with her mother, the very same mother who treated her as though she were weaker than a literal bird... one who kept running into a glass pane. Izumi stared at her characterization of her own mother by the Glitchy mass as it stood next to her without words just watching as Izumi's life was just getting worse and worse over time. Not only that, but it was finding how Izumi's motherly ways being shown as being overly protective to the point that she didn't trust her little girl to even leave the house sometimes.Glancing back at Izumi the clone just watched as the girl stared at these scenes with nothing more than apathy. Something that the clone didn't think that Izumi was capable of considering her background of wanting to become a Hero for those who were like her. But for her to show no love towards someone who was to be revered as a motherly figure... was greatly concerning towards it. All before Izumi glared at the monstrous version of herself again, but this time... she changed the entire thing herself."You have been searching my mind for something to grab hold of to keep me here. So how about we see what you were like in your universe." Izumi said, as everything changed as she pulled a magic wand from nowhere."Universio... Ultimatium Petrolia!" Izumi called out as the Darkness watched it's own creation.Izumi watched as the glitchy mass of her clone just stare into the vast expanse of their own universe. One where they hunted down Boyfriend, and to make sure that they can take over him and make him bend to their will. How they managed to control all of the boy's universe and friends to the point that they were now able to convert him to their side just by a mere touch or glance... or that would've been the case had it not been for the boy's girlfriend who had managed to use a spell to make him immune.Izumi continued to watch as the scene before she watched as the red dress wearing woman had been absorbed into the thriving mass of Darkness. All before the woman had seemingly fallen into the assimilation of the Darkness forcing the boy to retreat from his home universe in order to rescue the other Universes from the Darkness. She watched as the boy moved from Universe to Universe in an attempt to get those inside to prepare for it's arrival... only for the Darkness to have already taken over the universe itself.The entire universes that Boyfriend had been to in the past flew by as Izumi watched each one being destroyed by the Darkness. She glanced over at the Dark clone of herself before watching as she giggled madly to herself, and that was when Izumi launched an attack at her evil clone. The evil clone had glanced over at Izumi before being kicked in the fact as they were launched from their standing position and blasted across the dark expanse. The clone glared at Izumi with their glitchy expression as they attacked back at her the Dragon girl immediately blocking the initial attack that she pulled out her electric shock and pushed it towards the clone.As the two fought in the dark expanse, Izumi noticed how the place was beginning to brighten up with how the light was becoming more and more able to be seen. The Darkness was losing their grip on her and she just had to continue fighting as hard as she could against the creature so as she smiled at her dark counterpart she launched at them."Electrifying Dragon Smash!" She called out, smashing her left fist into her clone's glitching face.[] [] [] >w< [] [] []On the outside, Boyfriend was still in a rap battle against the evil glitchy mass that represented Izumi. He was sweating hard as the song he was singing was extremely long, he had remembered being saved by Pico when he lost against Mario in that little game port. The Mario of this world was vastly different from that game ports version of the red and blue overall wearing plumber, and he was doing his very best to bring Izumi back from the hold of the Darkness.The Darkness was very strong in her body, how they were so powerful he didn't know. But he wouldn't stop a rap battle against her, what made this very threatening for him was the simple fact that this Glitching Izumi had been singing All Stars... just like Horror Mario in the game port. He dodged an attack that was a glitching green flame again as the Glitched Izumi had stopped the battle for a moment as she gripped onto her head as she groaned in both a glitchy tone as well as Izumi's voice breaking through for a moment.Bowser and the others had been using magic in order to yank her soul from the Glitchy mass, but to see her actually breaking free from it was definitely a surprise. So they focused all their powers on trying to break her free from the Darknesses hold on her form as they pushed all that harder against her power. They were all extremely surprised to find that out of everyone here, Izumi was the hardest foe in this world that the Darkness had gotten their grubby mucky hands on.The fact she lasted more than a few minutes against them all at full power was astounding. Bowser was extremely impressed with how much she had grown in the 1 year he had taken in order to teach her the basics of magic and leave her under the care of Kamek to learn the rest. But he never expected her to have grown so powerful that she could easily handle all of them on her own whilst having her body under the control of a dark being within the Darkness. So seeing her fighting back against the Darkness gave them all hope that she'd be able to escape from their hold and that they'd only need to hold out for a small bit longer.All before they watched as Dark Izumi had suddenly lurched forwards in the large dark mass she stood upon. Her glitchy smile had wavered and was replaced with a scowl on her expression as she stopped the song and immediately pulled out a glitchy wand. If she was not going to fight through a song, she was just going to kill everyone here and then bring their bodies into the Darkness and move onto the next universe that Boyfriend moves to.As soon as the wand was shown, Bowser immediately rushed towards the dark mass. Punching it in the face, he leaped into the dark mass as he was assimilated once more into the darkness, something that Junior screamed out towards his father for his split-second decision."FATHER!?" Junior screamed as Boyfriend blocked an attack from Izumi."Let's go!" He called out, turning around and running away.[] [] [] >w< [] [] []Bowser found himself in the dark expanse once again, but this time he had full control of his body. Considering the fact that he could quiet easily remember to place a barrier spell around his body to prevent it from being assimilated into the Dark expanse. Looking off into the distance, he found Izumi fighting off her evil clone as the clone itself glitched around as Izumi slammed her foot into its head causing an electrical shock throughout the entire Dark expanse.Bowser floated over next to her catching Izumi's attention as he placed a clawed hand over her shoulder. She looked at him for a moment, before she pulled him into a hug that she then reached up to give him a kiss and pulled away as soon as she felt her dark twin coming back for more. The two glared at her glitchy counterpart as it spoke to them again in a furious tone."YoU ThInK thAT yOu CaN DeFEaT ME!?" They cried out, their mass deformed and twitching."Yeah, and you know what else? Izumi is far stronger than you'll ever be using her body." Bowser replied as he pulled out his own wand.The Darkness around them all surrounded the wand as Bowser used his Transmutation spell in order to collect all of the Darkness. The glitchy Izumi had suddenly been pulled towards the wand as she did her very best in order to stay away from it by using all the power it could use from the now electrified Izumi. The two then used their magical powers in order to yank the Glitching Izumi over to the transmutation spell as she let out a glitched roar of pain before being torn apart."You think you can handle the rest?" Bowser asked, as Izumi smirked at him."As much as I love you Bowser, I'd love you even more if you continued being a Hero." Izumi said, smiling at him."Maybe I will." Bowser said, with a chuckle as he used a spell to bring himself out of the Darkness unscathed.With Izumi all alone in the slowly encroaching Darkness, she stared at it's incoming form as it tried to grab onto her soul once more. Izumi electrified her entire form as she watched the Darkness grab onto her all before it slowly dissolved from her body and was turned into dust before becoming nothing more than atoms. She then raised two hands into the air as she collected enough electricity to blast herself out of the Dark expanse of the Darknesses deepest depths.She felt a smile enter her face as she blasted the Darkness with her electrical powers pushing it so far away that she used that time to escape from it's hold on her physical body. Returning back to the outside world, Izumi found herself standing in a cleared zone of the Darkness with some parts of her face being a glitching mass. She reached up for the glitching part of her face as she used her electricity in order to dissolve it away into nothingness before stepping away from the Darkness that slowly encroached on her once more.By the time she reached a position where she was far away from the Darkness, she pulled her left arm back before thrusting a large amount of Lightning Electricity towards the moving mass. It dissolved into ash once more before it was replaced with even more Darkness, as Izumi put even more power into it. As the Darkness was slowly dissolved and transformed into ash, she couldn't help the smile that came across her face as the rest of the Darkness followed after it as the entire thing was slowly destroyed.As she stood in a portion of the Mushroom Kingdom that wasn't filled with the Darkness. Izumi took a deep breath as she charged her flames with her electricity as she began to create a flaming electric breath attack that the Darknesses remains were going to destroy themselves with. Izumi then let out her charged breath as she watched the final wave of Darkness rush towards her and immediately become dissolved within her attack, completely destroying it's remnants.Panting heavily, Izumi coughed a little bit as she looked over at Bowser who had been staring at her with nothing more than pure elation. Walking over to him, Izumi stood under his gigantic form as she jumped into the air and used her wings to hold her just at the same level of his face as she gave him a kiss on his snout. Something that he gave back to her through wrapping his arms around her and kissing her head, that Izumi giggled at a little before they looked over to the right to find all their friends and the two new arrivals with the Mario Brothers and Peach."The Darkness has been defeated." Izumi said, as she leaned on Bowser's hip."It's completely destroyed?" Boyfriend asked, looking confused."Yup, she destroyed it's remnants with her electric fire. You are free to return back to your universe and keep your friends and those you love safe once more." Bowser said, with a smirk."Thank you so much! I don't know how we can repay you!" Pibby said, bowing to the two."Just keep yourselves safe and always have fun." Izumi said, as the two created a portal and walked through it."Thank you for your help, if you ever want to have a rap battle... just let me know." Boyfriend said, as he tossed a universal phone at Izumi."I'm not one for singing rap songs, but... I'm pretty sure that Princess Peach and the Mario Brothers wouldn't mind." Izumi said, tossing the phone over at them.The boy's face became a rushing pale expression as he rushed through the portal leaving the Mario Universe intact. For once, the Darkness lost against those who had proven to be superior in power to them... never to be seen ever again... although there was something else coming in the far distance.[] [] [] >w< [] [] []Far out in space, a gigantic Universe was slowly encroaching on the Mario Universe. It was slowly merging with the Universe Izumi was already inhabiting at the moment and as soon as it was completely combined into one...A face that was covered in shadows, but two eyes and a smirking evil smile on his face was shown. The eyes were what appeared to be glasses, with a large mustache that looked ridiculous on his face, but overall, the man's appearance wasn't much of an intimidation factor. But what was intimidating about him, was the hundreds, if not thousands of robots that were standing behind him."Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho! Time for the great Scientist to take over the world! Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho!" The man's voice rang out over the universe that was now newly merged into one.

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After the final battle against the Darkness, and Boyfriend with his little ally went back to their respective universes Izumi and the others finally decided to relax. Looking at one another one last and final time, Peach stared at Bowser with wariness and concern as the gigantic turtle had glanced in her direction. Mario and Luigi watch the two's interaction with wariness as well as they prepare for the Koopa King to attempt to kidnap her as well just after such a grueling day."If you-a think that you can-a kidnap her you will have to-a get through us." Mario said, stepping in front of her."Mario, let's not-a get a little hasty." Luigi said, standing next to his brother."If you both think that I'm going to kidnap your Princess again, you are sorely mistaken. I have long since gotten over my putrid love of that woman, and I have someone else who I am going to devote my life to. See you all on the next battle." Bowser said, lifting Izumi into his arms.Junior climbed on top of Bowser's shell and sat on his father's shoulder as Peach and the Mario Brothers watched in shock. They hadn't realized that Bowser had placed his love in another person, last, they had checked, Peach was the one who he had devoted his life to without fail and would go to great lengths to do so. The trio couldn't do anything as they watched Bowser, Izumi and Junior, walk into th nearby forest as they made their trek back towards their home.Peach and Mario stared at the trio in shock as the three had disappeared into the forest next to the Mushroom Kingdom. As the Mario Brothers and Peach were left back in the Mushroom Kingdom, Bowser looked at his son and Izumi with love in his eyes as he spoke to them in a tone that belied hope."I'm so glad that neither of you were lost. I don't know what I would've done without either of you. But I think it's high time we leave this world." Bowser said, staring off into the cosmos."Will we be searching for my world?" Izumi asked, looking somewhat concerned."No. You hated that world, and if we went back you would have to deal with those who had caused you such heartbreak as well as damage to your character. We are heading out into the known Galaxy to find a new home for us and our people." Bowser said, as they arrived in the Koopa Kingdom.The inhabitants of the Koopa Kingdom were walking about the place as though nothing had happened. They all turned to look at their leaders and found them walking towards them and as a smile came upon their faces, they crowded the trio as they proclaimed that they had missed them. Bowser happily informed them all about his plans of moving their little Kingdom to another planet, as well as a place where they could live in relative peace and quiet.Far from the Mario Brothers, far from the Mushroom Kingdom, and far from those who wished to take their lands. For a majority of the week afterwards, the Koopa Kingdom had begun their operation of gathering everything from their homes in the bid to leave their world. If the Mushroom Kingdom wished to thrive without their presence, then so be it, Bowser had at the end of the week stood on his mothership whilst staring at all the other ships that belonged to his very own people."Alright! We are going to search for a new world to inhabit, and from here on out... we will live our lives in peace. We will no longer be the villains of a story, we shall be the allies of good but at the same time not, we shall be neutral in any and all conflicts. If the side who protects life wishes to ask us for help we shall, if the side who decides to destroy the world wishes to ally with us, we shall not join. When we reach this new world that we will live on in peace, the side who protects life will see us as a threat. But we shall show them that we only wish to live in peace through our actions, which means... I will be making Izumi Midoriya, my champion of Heroism!" Bowser called out, as all the ships let out cheers of happiness.With that, the Koopa Kingdom began their trek through the entire Galaxy once more. They came across worlds that they had once taken over, controlled and fought the Mario brothers for supremacy over them but lost ultimately in the end. But as these planets were very scared of them, they watched as Bowser's fleet of ships just passed them by without attacking them anymore showing that he really was beginning to change.The further out they reached into the cosmos, the more the Koopa Kingdom were seeing planets that they haven't taken over. Planets and worlds alike that were very different from the planet they had once called home and taken over showed up more and more. Confusing the great King of the Koopa's and Izumi, they had sent some forces to do some scouting on these planets, only to find out that they were not habitable. Forcing them to leave and find a new place to call home.Over time, they finally found a planet that had a strange mix of furry creatures and humans living on it. Looking at his map of the entire Cosmos, Bowser started to do some research on the planet that they were coming towards, as he checked the database of the known universe, he found that this was a planet he'd never encountered. He smiled as he checked the inhabitants of the planet, finding creatures that were supposedly called Mobians, as well as finding humans living on the planet as well. Looking at Izumi, Bowser felt as though he'd probably lose her to another human due to her not really showing his true form any kind of love at the moment.What really was happening, Izumi was trying to find a way to not show the Koopa Kingdom about her relationship with Bowser unless the King wanted to tell the others. They hadn't informed the Koopa Kingdom about their relationship, the only ones who knew about it being Junior, the Koopalings and Kamek. So Bowser never really told her if he really wanted to have their relationship broadcasted towards their Kingdom and decided to ultimately keep it hidden.They began to land the ship on the planet, far away from any civilization. Coming back onto the deck, Izumi stood next to Bowser as she leaned into his arm taking in the warmth he produced before they all looked over the side of the ship. On the ground, they watched as a weird blue blur had begun to follow their ships as they began to make landfall towards the water nearby but stayed docked on the shallow waters. Looking at the blue blur in amusement, they climbed off the ship as they watched as it slowly came into view before it zipped to stop in front of them.Watching as the blurring person stop moving, they came across a blue looking creature that had green eyes. He wore red shoes and gloves with a very punch able face as he stopped in front of them, not even coming up to Bowser's knee in height. He watched the group with wary eyes as he took in their technology before glancing upwards at Bowser as well as Izumi who stood before their ships with amusement on their expressions."Well hello there travelers! I didn't know aliens existed." The blue creature said, with a smile."Um, do you know what this planet is called?" Bowser asked, looking at the small creature."Well this planet is called Mobius! And the person you are talking to is Sonic the Hedgehog, the fastest thing alive!" The creature, Sonic said, rubbing his nose with his gloved thumb."Sonic, do you know a place where we can place our Kingdom? We only wish to live in peace." Izumi asked, as Sonic stared at her."I didn't know that there was a human with animal features! Are you a cross between a Mobian and a human?" Sonic asked curiously."N-No! I'm just like this due to a spell I used back on our old world. We wanted to look for a new place to live for the rest of our lives and came across this planet. Do you mind showing us where we could make our Kingdom?" Izumi asked, kneeling down to Sonic's height."Well I am a Hero here on this planet! I can be your guide, just know that you'll need to keep up with me." Sonic said, as Izumi practically picked him up."Well you're not going to run around showing us around. We have flying ships we can use, so you can point it out while we fly." Izumi said, placing Sonic on the ship."W-Wait, why are you placing me on your ship?" Sonic asked, as Izumi giggled."We need to find a place far away from civilization, we only wish to live without humans or anyone who wishes to do us harm." Bowser said, walking up to the blue blur."Well then, let's head to the far west! It's got the best locations for you to build your home!" Sonic said, as he stood on the railing of the ship."Full sails to the west!" Bowser called out, as his men followed his directions."By the way, are these people slaves of you?" Sonic asked, as Bowser looked at him."No, they work for me because they wish to. I trained 90% of them myself to cover the weaknesses of their allies, Izumi here has been training them as well." Bowser said, as Sonic smirked."Well then, let's go!" Sonic said, as the ship took off flying.[] [] [] 0w0 [] [] []For hours the ships flew towards the west side of Mobius. Sonic was getting kind of antsy before Izumi used her magic to create a magic treadmill that allowed him to get some energy out of his system, something that the blue Hedgehog had gladly used to get some energy out. As he ran on the treadmill, he pointed out locations that slowly came into view and told them that they'd get clean water as well as food from the lands if they used it for farming.And as they got near the area, the hedgehog had told them that the place they arrived at was called Green Hill Zone. It was a zone that was protected by the Freedom Fighters and was highly sought out as a relaxing place to live, not only that, but Sonic himself stated that the currency within the world was rings. Not coins that they got from the Mushroom Kingdom as well as the Koopa Kingdom... so they'd have to collect some rings in order to pay for some amenities or food so they could live.That was nothing when Bowser smirked at him as he used his transmutation magic to create literal rings that were exactly the same as the rings around the area. He sensed the energy the rings held before he created them of course, but he wouldn't let Sonic know about that since he wanted to keep some parts of his powers secret. Sonic was just impressed with the power Bowser wielded but thought nothing of it as he showed them around Green Hill Zone.The place was beautiful as the blue ocean water surrounding the place made it even more beautiful. Especially the freshwater lake that was nearby that allowed them to get all the fresh drinking water they could ever need, before Bowser smiled and decided to make this his home. It was a perfect place to prepare to live a life of peace and quiet without the loudness of battles coming from nearby, so as he created a magical barrier around what would become his new Kingdom, he began preparations.Sonic decided to take his leave calling his friend to take him away, giving Izumi and the Koopa Kingdom time to set up shop. Once the blue blur was gone from their magically created dome of transparent barrier, their home was completely covered and now unseen by everyone on the planet. During this time, Bowser and his forces began to rebuild the Kingdom they had once called home and turned it from being intimidating to something that would withstand the power of time itself.Izumi had moved around the place whilst wearing glasses over her eyes as she pointed out places where the Koopa's could build small huts for them to live in. The same was for the Goomba's as well as the many different races living within the Koopa Kingdom itself. She smiled to herself as she used her magic, along with Junior and his siblings in order to set up the Koopa Kingdom and bring it back to it's great lengths of power... although it wouldn't be recognized as a Kingdom at the moment.But since they had met Sonic, they felt as though he could be a great ally to have in this world. Especially with the fact that there was a great many unknowns within the world they were now going to call their home, Izumi smiled at the growing society of the Koopa Kingdom as it soon became erected entirely. This was proving to be a good day as they all prepared to fully finish their construction of the Koopa Kingdoms new placement within a new world where they could live in harmony.They may have been an invasive species coming to live on the planet, but they very much didn't wish to take it over. Their King told them that they would no longer be the bad guys towards the people who lorded themselves as the fighters for good and life. For now, until they regain their strength, they will remain neutral in any and all problems as Izumi searches the planet for exploration as well as increasing the Koopa Kingdom's name for good.And as the last building for the Koopa Kingdom was fully created through magic, Izumi swiped her forehead. It was very tiring to use her magic every day, but at the same time she couldn't help the smile that was on her face as she knew that this would only make her stronger. Looking at the schematics of the last building, she knew that it would be a bank for the people of the Koopa Kingdom to check out rings for living expenses as well as food and other supplies.Junior walked over to her finding her standing with her tail swishing about behind her as her glasses brought out the color of her eyes."Hey mama! How has the building been going?" Junior asked, standing next to her.Her eyes glanced down through the glasses as she smiled at the child."We're just about finished Junior. Can't wait to see how the world reacts to a new Kingdom appearing out of nowhere." Izumi said, with a giggle."So does that mean that you and dad can hang out again, hopefully without any distractions?" Junior asked, curiously."I mean, I guess we could. But I feel as though we should focus on getting Bowser's Kingdom prepared to be a part of the world." Izumi said, looking at the bank in front of them."Will there be jobs here in order to help those who can't pay for their bills?" Junior asked, as Izumi nodded."We've got multiple stores being built that will count as food markets, and they will allow all kinds of foods and other things to be sold there. We just got to get accepted by the planet's organization for those who they deem as a threat." Izumi said, as she looked at the sky."Is there a new guy coming to fight us?" Junior asked."Not that I know of, but from what I sense... he could be either on our side or our enemy depending on what happens." Izumi said, pushing him to head back to the castle.Walking towards the limits of the magical transparent barrier protecting the Kingdom from being seen. Izumi watched as a ship landed nearby as a tall man with a head of white hair and a mustache that looked silly on him landed nearby before stepping out. He took in the weird magical barrier protecting whatever was within safe from all eyes, before he watched as Izumi walked out through the barrier with a look of wariness on her expression. Taking a gun out from his hip and pointing it at her, he stood glaring at her as though she were an enemy."Who are you and state your business on this planet." The man said, voice gruff as he lit a cigar."Um, I'm with a Kingdom of people who wish to call this place our home. We left our original world because we just wanted to have a change of scenery, are we not allowed to live here?" Izumi asked, with her hands in the air."Hm, what are your goals for being in this specific area of Green Hill Zone?" The gruff sounding old man questioned."We only wish to live in peace and hopefully be accepted as a nation of our own." Izumi said, as the man lowered his weapon."Do you solemnly swear that everything that you stated is the truth?" The man questioned."Of course, why would I find it in me to lie to your face? I have no reason to do so." Izumi said, with a tilt of her head."Alright, I will see what my connections at G.U.N can do to get your Kingdom recognized as a Nation of its own. Do you have your own military?" The man questioned as Izumi stared at him confused."Yeah, only for defense and probably fighting those who wish to attack. But aside from that, what is G.U.N? It just sounds like Gun." Izumi asked, as the man chuckled."My name is Abraham Tower. And I am the Commander of the Guardian Units of Nations, otherwise known to most as G.U.N." The man said extending a hand to her."Well, my name is Midoriya Izumi. I come from a different dimension entirely, but in that world, it's called Earth... the country I'm from is called Japan." Izumi said, shaking the man's hand."Well then, I will get right to work in getting your Kingdom to be recognized as a Nation of its own. Anything else I should know?" Tower asked, curiously whilst smoking his cigar."I'm not really the leader of the Koopa Kingdom, that's... my boyfriend Bowser. Otherwise known as King Koopa." Izumi said, as Tower nodded."Alright, I will get out of your hair. I will record these coordinates as the Koopa Kingdom's, so I will send a letter here soon to let you all know if you're recognized as a Kingdom within our world." Tower said, climbing back on his ship.As the ship itself took off into the distance, Izumi couldn't help the smile that grew on her expression as she watched it fly off. Turning around she entered the transparent barrier that protected the Koopa Kingdom from being found before making her way towards the castle that was nearing completion in the distance. She couldn't wait to inform Bowser that the Koopa Kingdom was about to be recognized as an official Nation of it's own by the man known as Tower. Only time will tell if what his words to her were real.[] [] [] 0w0 [] [] []In a scientific lab deep in the mechanical expanse of a base of operations, a man laughed as he stared at his next greatest creation. It was a gigantic robot that stood at a whopping 50 meters in height, his bushy mustache fluttered in the wind of the room as he moved his gloved hands over them to smoothen them out. His goggles protected his eyes from being seen, but the sheen of the light in them made him appear more intimidating as he looked at his next greatest project."It's only a matter of time before that blasted hedgehog comes back for round 2. I need to prepare to attack them all before he decides to attack my base again, last thing I need him to do is destroy my labs again." The man spoke as he began to cackle. "Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho! I can't wait to see what that idiotic G.U.N agent reveals the location of a new Kingdom for me to attack, it's only a matter of time before I get some more allies to my side." The man laughed out as he looked at the last recorded sighting of the barrier.It showed Izumi stepping out of the barrier itself and talking to Tower. All before the man left, and Izumi walked back to the barrier that kept the Kingdom hidden within. The man's face gained a flash of realization as he couldn't help but laugh again as he began to plug in multiple codes as well as formulae into his computer."Ho! Ho! Ho! Get a load of this!" He said, as it revealed a new set of schematics.One for a much stronger version of a blue robotic hedgehog he had in his possession. This one was purely biometric, meaning he was flesh and blood... and his fur was black in color with red stripes along the quills. He had weird golden rings over his left and right hands, with boots on his feet that had jet boosters to allow hovering on the ground. The Doctor couldn't help the smile he let out before he began to cackle in what his subordinate robot's thought was insanity."It appears the good doctor has gone insane again." One of them muttered."Let's just hope he doesn't piss of the wrong person." The other one mumbled.

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Bowser walked through the entirety of his castle; it had been a long five months for it to be completed. He stared at the various forms of art that Izumi had created to make it feel as though they never left World 8 within the Mushroom Kingdom's borders, and she didn't fail to make it appear as though they didn't leave. He had been feeling a little homesick due to the great move to this world, Mobius if he remembered correctly.He had been doing a lot of thinking as of late and had finally come to the decision to inform his Kingdom about his relationship with Izumi. The young woman had given him her blessing to inform their people about a large event that was coming soon, and he was really excited about said event. The two had already had a moment of clarity on a random planet before they were attacked by that Dark muck that took him over entirely. He still shuddered whenever he thought about it himself though the dark muck holding onto his skin in a bid to keep him under it's control was very violating to him.But when he saw Izumi get taken over by that strange muck himself, he was mentally devastated. Her power was strong enough to power through it and damage the muck as though it couldn't hurt her entirely... but he supposed the surprise of it all distracted her from activating her power to defend herself before it was too late. But now though, five long months have passed and the two were ready to tell the Kingdom about their upcoming event they were all invited to see. They'd much rather keep the event a secret until it arrives, but Bowser informed her that they really needed to know all the details in order to fully trust her as their next leader.Bowser stood in front of a very large image of the previous ruler of the Koopa Tribe. A very large Koopa with spikes on her entire body, making her appear as though she was very intimidating... but she had died about 15 years before Bowser came to rule. He thought that the Koopa was his mother, before Kamek told him that she wasn't his mother, that the ruler in the picture was actually infertile... they were incapable of having a child and it hurt him a little growing up. But looking at the picture now, he felt a little scared at how his people would view Izumi as once he announces her as their next leader to be.His people believed that his son would be his successor, and while that was true. His son just wasn't ready to be the King of the Koopa Tribe right now, especially considering the fact he needed to grow into the Koopa he really wanted to become. Whether that be a villainous young man, or a Heroic individual who fights alongside that of Sonic and his friends he wouldn't care so long as Junior had fun whilst doing it. Lord knows he's tried to be the best father he could towards the small Koopa, and the same is said for all the other Koopalings that he's raised since a young age.Thinking about it now though, he couldn't ever really think that Junior would be prepared for the leadership role unless he was fully mentally, physically and spiritually prepared for it. So he decided that with this event he would announce Izumi as the next ruler of the Koopa Tribe, at least until Junior decides to take the job for himself and lead his people far better than he could himself. He'd brought his people to subjugate the innocent as well as those who didn't need to be subjugated many times in his tenure as Koopa King, and he wanted a change for his people, sons and daughter.So with his announcement to the people later on today about Izumi's placement as the next in line to be the leader. He hoped that Junior wouldn't have any objections to his decision, hoping beyond a doubt that his son would be extremely understanding about his position in life. And as he made his way towards his son's bedroom, he knocked on the door softly before hearing his son yell out at him to come in and he opened the door to find his son painting. It was his son's favorite past time now that they weren't trying to take over the world anymore, and he was very glad that Izumi taught him how to paint properly instead of just swinging a brush around."Hey junior, I just wanted to inform you about a decision that I'm making." Bowser said, with a sad smile on his face."What's wrong? Did something happen?" Junior asked, concerned."Junior, what do you think the Koopa Kingdom sees in their ruler?" Bowser asked, rubbing his sons back."They want someone who is powerful, confident, and is a great politician?" Junior asked, as Bowser shook his head."You got the powerful and confident part correct. But the great politician part is not what I am, I make decisions for the entirety of our Kingdom. Not only that, but we are a monarchy... meaning that the next in line becomes Ruler. I became the next ruler because of my royal blood, my predecessor before me was the Queen of the Koopa's, but she died before I was born." Bowser said, as Junior adopted a thinking pose.Bowser had to stop himself from chuckling at how similarly his son was acting like Izumi whenever she adopted a thinking pose. Her actions and mannerisms were being passed onto his son through just sight alone and the boy had copied them as though they were a good thing, they were but they are at least a little funny."What are you talking about? Are you giving up your position as King of the Koopa's?" Junior asked, concerned."Junior, do you know how long I have been leading the Koopa Kingdom?" Bowser asked, as Junior thought about it."As long as I can remember is around when you took me in as your own." Junior said, as Bowser nodded."Before I found you Junior, I had been leading the Koopa Kingdom for around 20 years. I had no mate; you were created from my DNA... to be my exact clone." Bowser said, as he pulled out an image that he had Kamek keep hidden from his son.Junior stared at the image of himself in a small incubator as Kamek looked over him. Bowser stood in front of the incubator with awe struck on his face, as the King smiled in the image, and Junior looked at his father for a moment before asking a question that came to mind."D-Does that mean... I'm you?" Junior asked, worried."Junior, no matter what you do... you will never be me. You may be a clone created from my DNA, but have you been trained to be exactly like me from the moment you were born?" Bowser asked, as Junior shook his head in a negative way."Then you are Bowser Junior, painting extraordinaire, trained by the great Izumi Midoriya and King Bowser of the Koopa Tribe! You are my successor in leading this Kingdom, but you are not ready to be placed in that role... so it is with great concern that I ask if you would like for Izumi to be the Queen of the Koopa Kingdom until you are ready to take that position for yourself." Bowser said, as Junior thought about it.What his father did make a lot of sense; he clearly wasn't ready for the role of leading a Kingdom. If what happened during that time where they were absorbed into that black goo was anything to go by, he was not mentally, physically or spiritually prepared to be a King. But Izumi appeared to be tailormade to be Queen of their tribe, she showed kindness, cared for each Koopa, Goomba, and any others who lived with them without discrimination. She showed that she could be a great leader, and managed to take down opponents that had given Bowser a run for his money time and time again multiple times. So, looking up at his father he came to a decision of his own."Are you going to rule with her?" Junior asked, as Bowser thought about it himself for a moment."If you wish for me to rule with her then so be it. But she will be the full leader whilst I take a break from it, I have been leading this tribe ever since I was around your age... so I think I deserve a little break from doing the job of being their leader." Bowser said, as Junior nodded."Does that mean you're marrying her?" Junior asked, as Bowser chocked on air itself."*Cough! * *Cough! * What!? A-Are you sure that's a g-good idea? What if the Kingdom doesn't like it?!" Bowser asked, as Junior shook his head."If they don't like it, then tell them to leave. If they can't handle you getting married to Izumi then they are stupid, she's shown everyone care, love as well as attention whenever we've asked for it. And we've done nothing but protect her in turn." Junior said, as Bowser smiled at his son."You know just how to make your father lose his fear. I love you Junior." Bowser said, as he pulled Junior into a hug."Love you too, dad." Junior replied as Bowser stood up after letting his son go back to painting."I will inform the Kingdom about these developments in a few hours. Just keep to yourself alright?" Bowser asked as Junior gave him a thumbs up.[] [] [] >w< [] [] []Izumi stood nearby as Bowser fidgeted with his tie, he was clearly nervous. It was showing on his face as he tried multiple times to prepare himself for speaking to his Kingdom and he was already screwing up his tie. His white tuxedo was showing off his muscles as well as gave room for his shell to get some air and the young woman had moved closer to the King and fixed his tie. He glanced down at her with confusion as Izumi tied it up for him with a small smile on her face as she spoke to him in a soft tone."Nervous?" She asked."Yeah, I had this talk with Junior earlier and he wanted to have us be married." Bowser said, a light blush hitting his cheeks."Well good thing we were already thinking about doing that a week and a half from now." Izumi said, as she kissed him on the cheek."Where would I be without you?" Bowser asked, holding her by her shoulders."Probably trying to steal Princess Peach from her castle over and over again." Izumi said, with a mock giggle."At the time I did fall in love with her due to her opposing nature to my magic." Bowser said, as Izumi smirked."Do you still harbor those feelings for Peach? My, should I be jealous?" Izumi asked, with a mock tease in her tone."Why you!" Bowser said, patting her head and scratching her slightly pointed ears. "It's almost time for me to talk to my people, did Sonic and his friends come along too or are they too busy?" Bowser asked, curiosity in his question."They're here, just sitting on a rooftop nearby. They told me to give you all the encouragement in their place, they believe in your decision to give up your title as King, you have been the ruler of the Koopa Kingdom for over 30 years at this point." Izumi said, poking Bowser on the cheek."Yeah, being a leader is tough. Think you can handle most of the decisions though?" Bowser asked, as Izumi giggled."If I had to deal with discrimination growing up, a little political talk between your leaders within the Kingdom is child's play." Izumi said, before moving away from him."Now get out there and tell them about your plans." Izumi said, opening the curtains.Bowser walked over to the balcony that was created for moments like these, and he stepped onto it. Looking out to his entire Kingdom, he smiled at each, and every member of his tribe and he rose his hands in the air to calm them down enough to hear his incoming speech about the future. He glanced at every member of his Kingdom, every Koopa, every Goomba, and every other member that he could remember that he trained himself to cover each other's defenses as well as weaknesses. Then he opened his mouth to speak as he saw Sonic and the crew sitting on a nearby building's rooftop eating chili dogs."Hello one and all! I have come here to inform you all about a decision that was made on my part. I have ruled over this Kingdom for over 30 years, and my predecessor has ruled it for over that amount herself... it was with reason that I decided to resign from my placement as your King. I had led us on a path of villainy that made us the blight upon the known Galaxy as we knew it, and now I believe it's time for a change within our Kingdom. From this moment onward, I will be announcing Izumi Midoriya as my official replacement until Bowser Junior has been fully trained enough to be King and feels prepared to take his place on the throne!" Bowser said, looking to everyone within his Kingdom.Each and every Koopa Tribe member looked at one another as they whispered to one another. Clearly, they were unprepared for that kind of speech, but at the same time... they showed that they didn't really mind having Izumi be their leader... that was when Bowser opened his mouth to speak again garnering their attention once more."There is other news that I wish for you all to learn about. An event will take place within a week and a half, that is to be celebrated for the years to come afterwards... I will not say right now but be prepared for it within the week! It will be a great day for the Koopa Kingdom as a whole, and I invite everyone willing to come and give us both a lot of cheer and happiness!" Bowser said, as he gave them all a bow.Once the announcement was over, the King had gone back into his castle leaving his people to speculate over what kind of event will be happening within the week. As for Sonic and his friends, they had gotten word from Tails that a robot had been watching the announcement as well, signaling to them that Eggman was watching it as well. And would be definitely planning on stopping this from happening in a bid to get more power for himself without having to gain it through a normal kind of way.Over the course of the next week and a half, Sonic and his friends patrolled around the Kingdom to make sure nothing was amiss. And by the time the event was being held, they realized what it was in that moment... it was a wedding between Bowser and whoever he deemed worthy of becoming his wife. The crew and Sonic himself sat in the stands nearby as they watched Bowser stand fidgeting in his place as he wiped some sweat from his brow with a small handkerchief. Then they saw Izumi walk out in a very beautiful white dress that complemented her green eyes perfectly, not only that but it accentuated her figure almost to a T and made her very beautiful.She walked slowly towards the alter where Bowser stood preparing himself for what should be the best moment of his life aside from Junior and his sibling's adoption by himself of course. Once she stood next to him, the Priest that he hired with Rings that his coins had been converted to, to represent the amount of wealth he had, the Priest had begun to speak about all things that happen in a marriage. Talking about who the two were and how they were going to be stuck with one another for the rest of their lives or something happens that requires them to break up their marriage."Does the Spouse have anything to say to the bride?" The Priest asked."I do, Izumi Midoriya. From the moment I first saw you with my eyes... I thought you were someone that needed to be protected. And for a while you were, it wasn't until you showed true progress with your powers as well as your determination to become stronger that I began to grow feelings for you. Through the trials we went through in the short two years since I first met you, I had at first felt a fatherly role as I trained you to become the best you, you could be. But that fatherly love I gave you transformed into actual love the moment you showed that you could be a great mother to my children... and it wasn't much longer after that... that I fell madly in love with you instead of Princess Peach." Bowser said, as he kissed Izumi's hand."Is that all?" The priest asked, as Bowser nodded his head in approval. "Now then, does the bride have anything to say?" The priest questioned Izumi now."I do, Bowser... like you, from the first time I laid my eyes on you the first thing that came to my mind was... 'is this guy going to kill me? Or eat me?'" Izumi said, beginning with a joke as everyone chuckled even Bowser himself."But as time went on, and you showed that you cared for me. I began to feel something I admittedly never felt before, I had grown a crush on you even through your scary Koopa appearance. The amount of time we spent with one another was some of the greatest moments of my life since coming to your world and subsequently to this world whose name is Mobius. After we had our... passionate night on that planet, I had noticed how much I had acted around you from when we first met. At first, I was alarmed at how quickly I was growing to like you and decided to own up to it later on after that Darkness stuff happened. That crush I had on you, transformed from that into love and from here on out I promise to always be by your side." Izumi said, placing her hand in his gigantic one."Is that all for you as well ma'am?" The priest asked, as Izumi nodded herself in approval. "Well then, is there anyone here who wishes to object to this wedding?" The Priest asked, as nobody spoke up."Then, Bowser do you, Koopa King and protector of the Koopa Kingdom declare that you will solemnly swear to love Izumi Midoriya through sickness and through health until death do you part?" The priest asked, looking up at Bowser."I do." He said, as he stared at Izumi's slitted emerald eyes."And do you, Izumi Midoriya, take Bowser to be your lawfully wedded husband? Through sickness and through health, until death do you part?" The priest asked again this time to Izumi."I do-" Izumi said.BOOOOOM! *CRASH! *Standing above the building that Bowser and Izumi had spent so much time creating, was a gigantic, mechanized giant. And it had a long mettalic mustache with a gigantic smile as well, the top of the head lifted up revealing a man in a hovercraft with a sickening smile on his face. One that promised pain if not listened to as the man began to laugh hysterically. The gigantic hand then grabbed onto Izumi before she could do anything to react to it and squeezed her tightly to prevent her from using her magic."KYAAAAAAA! GAUGH!" Izumi screamed in both surprise and pain."IZUMI!?" Bowser screamed out in horror."HO! HO! HO! HO! I have caught myself a little rat! If you want to see her again, Bowser... you will meet me at Sky Sanctuary, and we will discuss the terms of what will happen to her! But before that... GET A LOAD OF THIS!" He called out, as his gigantic mecha pulled out a gigantic mettalic laser gun.

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Izumi grumbled to herself whilst she stayed in the cage that Eggman had created for her. He treated her as though she were nothing more than an animal of a Kingdom, than she was as a human being... she still had the features of a human being you know! But the fact that this guy was constantly laughing about how easily he was able to kidnap her from her own kingdom was grinding her gears enough that she wanted to break out of this pitiful cage and rip the guy a new hole. But she held back on that because that wouldn't be very heroic of her, considering the fact she wishes to become a Hero... and she had an entire Kingdom who wanted her to become their new leader.She sighed in exasperation as Eggman seemingly mumbled to himself about defeating a hedgehog with her power. Not that she'd even be willing to join his side, Sonic and her were actually great friends if she thought so herself. He liked chili dogs, and she appreciated some good katsudon... they were similar in appearance, right? But she digresses, she had to deal with a rotund man who looked as though he were fifteen minutes away from having a gosh darn heart attack considering his round appearance. How he was able to move so fast she couldn't know, but the fact he was able to catch her off guard was something she wouldn't take for granted again.They soon arrived at a beautiful island high in the sky that she enjoyed the view from her small cage. She grumbled to herself even more so about the fact her wedding had been completely interrupted, but thankfully she was able to finish it before Eggman kidnapped her, so that was fun. It seems as though the man hated when he wasn't the center of attention though, and it was also hilarious about how he thought a laser gun would even be a threat to her. She could create lasers from her own magic as though it were candy being taken from a baby, the laser's that man created took time to build up, and she could cause them to appear at full power at any time.If anything the doctor was stuck in the ship with her, then she was stuck in here with him. Her anger was growing by the second as Eggman continuously ignored her presence as he waited around in his ship eating some food very sloppily, did nobody teach him how to properly eat? She was getting distracted, so in a way to show that she was way stronger than he originally though she just used her magic to phase through the bars as she leaned against the wall behind him. As bad as she was in holding her guard up today, the man was dreadfully horrible when it came to keeping his guard up, she could easily kill him right now if she had so wanted but decided against it.So she softly tapped her foot on the ground as she had her wings come out from behind her dress, tearing up the back portion of it in the process, and wrapped them around her upper chest and torso. She didn't want the man to have a good view of her admittedly large breasts, those were for Bowser to see not this rotund man. As her tapping got a bit louder, the doctor had finally decided to see who was making that incessant noise before realizing that Izumi was outside of the cage he'd placed her in. He glanced over at the cage as though he were looking for any faults that could've allowed her to escape."How did you get out of that cage!?" He growled pointing his pitiful laser pointer at her."Um, I phased through it with magic? God, are you just ignorant or are you that dumb? I was standing here with a perfect chance to end your life for over an hour, you're lucky that I was feeling merciful today." Izumi retorted as Eggman shot the laser at her.What was he expecting when the laser smacked her body and revealed no damage to her from that look of shock? What was he expecting her to just fall to the ground in pain or cry out in agony from having a hole punched through her? That's not how lasers worked, at least the ones she used were far more powerful than the one Eggman used."So am I allowed to leave now or are you just going to keep me inside this gigantic thing?" Izumi asked, poking at the wall with a clawed hand."You cannot leave; I still have a meeting with your husband. He will be coming to Sky Sanctuary in order to discuss the terms of your release... but I have no plans of keeping whatever deals we may get. I plan on robotizing him and taking over your little Kingdom." Eggman said, as Izumi tilted her head."Mm... so that means you have no idea what magic is?" Izumi asked, as Eggman glared at her from over his shoulder."What use is magic compared to science?" Eggman questioned."Oh, magic can do far more than what pitiful science can do. I was a human like you once, although another human killed me, and I used magic to transform myself into a Dragon." Izumi said, as she tapped her lower lip. "But from what I see, all I've seen is pitiful machines that are barely capable of handling a singular hedgehog... much less a Dragon." Izumi said, as she stared at the doctor."If you break anything in here you will have to pay for it." Eggman growled."You kidnapped me?! If anything I've got a right to break at least a few things! I was having the greatest day of my life before you came in and took me without my consent!" Izumi indignantly screeched."Well then you shouldn't have lowered your guard enough to where I could kidnap you." Eggman said, pressing a button."I lowered my guard because of the fact that I had a wedding to deal with. I wasn't focused on the fact that you were going to arrive and ruin it!" Izumi said, slowly getting angered."Well then, if you have anything else to say I have a friend who wishes to meet you." Eggman said, as Izumi turned around to see who this friend was.The robotic form of the person who arrived in front of her appeared to look like Sonic. But their eyes were black with red pupils, as though they were purely mechanical... and the robot raised it's clawed hand at her to swipe at her head that she ducked and kicked into a nearby wall. The metallic Sonic had just pulled itself out of the wall before grabbing her throat and flying through the side of the ship and blasting off into the distance of Sky Sanctuary. Crashing through multiple mountains of Sky Sanctuary, Izumi growled audibly before she grew in size slightly and grabbed the metallic Sonic's hand before spinning around and slamming the robot into the ground."I will defeat Dr. Robotnik's enemy." The robot mechanically called out, as it spun it's arms around.Izumi watched in curiosity before multiple forms of compartments for missiles appeared on their shoulder. And she couldn't help but let out a small, confused speech come out of her mouth in that moment."Eh? Wait a minute, since when could you generate a box of missiles?" She asked, before the rockets blasted at her."Since always." The metallic Sonic said, before shooting the missiles at her.She ran across Sky Sanctuary as she dodged and weaved through multiple missiles. She even had the time to grab one of them before throwing it back at the metallic Sonic as he grabbed it and flew straight into her face and placed it in her hand as she saw a small timer on it. Comedically she just stared at it for a moment before glaring at the metallic hedgehog."Oh, you sly mother-"BOOM!As soon as the dark colored smoke cleared up, the metallic Sonic watched on as it saw her hair all spoofed up. It had actually looked a little smokey if he thought so himself, before Izumi cracked her neck before wiping the soot from her face and attacked the robot at a higher speed than she had been dodging his attacks earlier. He dodged and weaved through her attacks as though he'd fought someone far faster than she was and she pushed herself to use multiple forms of martial arts that she'd learnt from Bowser himself.The robot seemingly had gotten used to all forms of martial arts as she then grabbed onto it's head before it began to spin it's head around in a circle which caused her to let go after a few moments and smash into a nearby mountain."Stand. Down." The robot said, as it pointed a missile at her face."And if I don't?" Izumi asked, as she cracked her neck again.The rocket subsequently shot into her face as it exploded forcing her hair to act as though she had an afro again. She glared at the robot pointedly as it pointed a new missile at her as she spoke to it again."Like do you have any other weapons that aren't a missile?" Izumi asked, as the robot thought to itself again."As a matter of fact-" The robot said, before grabbing her throat and changing their form."H-Hey hold on! What are you doing!?" Izumi called out, as she felt a small portion of her skin get pierced by the claw on the robot.As soon as it had taken a small amount of her blood, it soon began to change it's form. It grew mechanical horns on its head, grew a few more inches to be just slightly shorter than she herself was, and had a longer tail that it could use that had small mechanical spikes on the end. Izumi just stared at it in awe before shaking her head and biting down on the robotic arm tearing it away from her throat and kicking it away from her. The robot flew through the air before mechanical wings appeared from behind itself as they flapped to keep it airborne."Oh, that is so hardcore in terms of appearance, but couldn't you already fly?" Izumi asked, before being punched in the face again. "GYA!" She called out.[] [] [] 0w0 [] [] []Bowser was flying his floating ship as it closed in on Sky Sanctuary, he was very worried about the safety of Izumi. Ever since he had taken off, he had become worried about the outcome of this talk with Eggman, Sonic had told him that Eggman was one who was not to be tested intellectually. Especially since the man was very smart mechanics wise, and strategy wise... but Bowser believed that he could easily handle the doctor, the man was all by himself if he thought about it. He only had machines that worked for him that wasn't true servitude, true servitude was having a people to lead, and they were the ones who fought for you and gave you their loyalty.But the fact that Izumi had not informed him about where she currently was concerned him greatly. She'd always contacted him through their magic and hoped beyond belief that the woman of his life didn't actually get roboticized by Eggman like Sonic said could happen. He was so focused on getting to Sky Sanctuary that he never noticed the two weird blips moving about Sky Sanctuary in a heated battle for supremacy.[] [] [] 0w0 [] [] []As Izumi battled the metallic Sonic, she eventually had been forced to transform into her Dragon form. As her body increased in size and appearance, the metallic hedgehog attacked her constantly in a bid to prevent this transformation from happening. Too bad her pain tolerance was so high at this point that his attacks were quite literally nothing compared to constant explosions in her life that made her hearing slightly bad over time. But she wouldn't think back on that life she had before.As soon as her full Dragon form stood before the metallic robot, she raised her clawed paw and slammed it down on the robot. She didn't think that this would end the robot, and as she felt her foot be raised from the ground, she was proven right when the robot had moved out of the way of her clawed paw as it slammed back down on the ground. She bit down on the robot's torso as it attempted to fly away from her before she shook her head side to side before slamming it on the ground as it twitched and had blue electricity sparking from it.Using her claw, she flicked it back towards Eggman's ship as the metallic robot slammed into the back of Eggman's hovercraft. The doctor looked behind himself to see a heavily damaged Metal Sonic as he growled angrily before looking through the hall his robot came flying through. Off in the distance, he saw a gigantic white scaled Dragon that had bits of green and blue fur hanging across the top of their head as it roared at his gigantic mecha. Piloting it, he began to move his gigantic ship to point towards Izumi as she roared at him very loudly.Eggman controlled his ship as it slowly transformed into a gigantic, mechanized giant. It had a mostly egg-shaped body that was very highly advanced in terms of scientific ingenuity, but it held two arms that had multiple forms of metallic spikes protruding from the hands. The gigantic metallic being then moved forwards as Izumi rushed at the metallic being with speed that was as fast as the robot itself was. The two lifted their hands and prepared to launch an attack at one another, Izumi thrusted her clawed arm at the mecha as it smashed right into the face of it revealing Eggman who stood in shock.Izumi then spun around as her tail grabbed onto the leg of the mecha and dropped it to the ground. Their movements on Sky Sanctuary had gotten the attention of the flying ships that were already on their way towards it as they increased their speed to see what in the world was happening. Izumi however, then lifted her clawed paw and slammed it into the robot below her as it was pulled apart revealing a smaller mecha that was more draconic in nature as it flew out with Eggman piloting it as well. He flew it around Izumi whilst blasting hundreds of rounds of bullets at her very thick scales that protected her from most if not all damage as the bullets ricochetted off her body and hit the mecha as well.She then reached through the hundreds of bullets launching at her and grabbed the bottom of the mecha. Pulling it down towards her face, she watched as Eggman told something inside to attack her, which brought her attention to the left as she saw a familiar robot who had multiple emeralds surrounding them. They soon transformed into a yellow robot with teal green eyes as it slammed into her body knocking her through the ground and slamming it's foot into her stomach forcing her out the bottom of Sky Sanctuary.As both her and the familiar looking robot had blasted through the bottom of Sky Sanctuary, Bowser had finally arrived. He landed in front of the downed Eggman robot as the man climbed out of it with a very sickly expression on his face with Bowser looming over him with a very furious expression on his face."Did you really think that she was some kind of damsel in distress?" Bowser questioned as he lifted the doctor."J-Just where did you both come from!?" Eggman called out angrily."We came from a world far away from here, and we were only hoping to stay here without disturbing anyone. But you just had to come and ruin both mine and Izumi's best day for our lives, we just got out of a fight with something far worse than you could ever do. And you just decided to attack us on our wedding, that is something that I would normally find unforgiveable, but if you decide to leave my Kingdom alone, I will consider letting you live." Bowser said, with a glare."Alright fine! Metal Sonic leave the draconic bitch alone! We're pulling away!" Eggman called out, using his hovercraft to leave Sky Sanctuary."She's not a bitch! She's, my wife!" Bowser called out to Eggman who just flipped him off as he flew away.As Bowser looked to the right, he found a metallic robot flying out of a dragon sized hole in the ground before they dropped a few emeralds. He grabbed about two of them before hiding them using his magic as the robot flew off in the distance to find their creator. Looking down into the ground, he watched as a hand came out and gripped onto the edge of the hole as he pulled them out only to find a beaten and bloody Izumi as she coughed a little."Are you alright!?" Bowser asked, fretting over her."H-He hits h-harder t-than he looks." Izumi muttered as she climbed out.Her entire form was revealed to have cuts and bruises all across her body, with one of her wings appearing to be broken. She flinched when he softly set the wing back into place, the bone inside of it slowly beginning to heal from the injury that was dealt to her. She trembled slightly in his hold as she hugged him tightly, and Bowser held her tightly as well as the two felt worried for the other for vastly differing reasons. For Izumi it was because she was worried that Bowser would be roboticized, and for Bowser it was losing the one person he decided to show his love to aside from Princess Peach and actually got love reciprocated back to him.The two stared at the lowering sun in the distance, as apparently the entire fight Izumi had with Eggman and his second in command in terms of robots had taken all day. The sun falling in the distance created a beautiful sunset that the two enjoyed as they sat on Sky Sanctuary."Do you think we should come here for our honeymoon soon?" Bowser asked, as Izumi thought about it."M-Maybe... when this place is fixed." Izumi said, staring at all the destruction around them."We can easily fix it with our magic." Bowser said, as Izumi shook her head."Both this place and my body is fixed." Izumi said, with a sigh as she passed out in his hold."I-I see." Bowser mumbled as he pushed the girl's hair out of her face. "You will always be beautiful to me. My Izumi." Bowser said, placing a kiss on her forehead.

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Hello everyone and I hope you all aren't too mad at me for not making another chapter for this story. It was really fun to make and I cannot wait to make more chapters for this story as a whole. I just got distracted with creating more stories and I will work hard to come back to this story to make another chapter dedicated to it.In terms of the whole ship between Izumi and Bowser, another reader made a comment, not stating their name, about the age difference. So the next chapter will take place 5 years after the previous chapter's events. Meaning that Izumi will be at least 18 and at the most 20 years old, and she will be of age in terms of American sense to be in a relationship with Bowser. Even if Japanese citizens age of consent is at the age of 16 but just know that Izumi and Bowser will be at least 10-20 times more powerful in the next chapter as 5 years will have passed.Leave a comment down below if you all want another chapter within the week! And I apologize that this is only an Author Note!

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Izumi thrusted her fist in the air as sweat flew from her arm. She then leapt into the air kicking with as much force as possible, a blast of air flying upwards as she landed on the ground softly. She breathed out softly as she looked at the shadow version of herself, the one created through magic as Bowser stood from the side watching her work out as hard as possible. Ever since her drastic loss against that metallic version of Sonic five months ago, she had been pushing herself through the ringer.She had even asked Sonic and some of his friends to help her out in her training so that she could become stronger. Sonic and his friends had decided to ultimately help her as Eggman had attacked her Kingdom and wanted nothing more than to help make sure that she could hold her own. Bowser could've fought Eggman himself, but since he's reaching an age where he might not be as capable of fighting at his full power anymore especially since he's known very well that age was coming up on him. The fact that he decided to have Izumi be his successor for his Kingdom was surprising to her when he explored the idea with her. But ultimately, she decided to become the Queen of the Koopa Tribe.Izumi stood tall as she moved her arms in a waving motion as rainbow magic flowed through the air. Tails, Sonic's best friend, had been watching her train her powers as well as strength for the last few days stating that he wanted to get some readings on her power level. And whilst she was fighting her shadow self, he had a small recording device on her arm that allowed him to see her magical and what he called Chaos readings from her body itself. Why she had a weird Chaos Energy in her body she didn't know, but she felt as though Bowser had the very same Chaos Energy in his body too considering how powerful he really was.She pooled all her magical power into her hand as a small orb of flowing emerald flames powered up in her palms. Her face scrunched up with some slight effort as the flames of green fire had suddenly become a yellow plasma before she launched it towards her shadow self. Said Shadow had done the same as her as a beam of plasma shot towards one another as a beam struggle was shown happening between the two opposing forces. Soon enough the plasma began to overflow from the amount of power being pushed on both sides of the struggling ball of power in the middle."Woah!?" Tails screamed out, as a loud explosion took over the entire training area.Izumi skidded across the ground as she managed to stop her momentum before coming to a stop. Shrugging her shoulders, she moved them in a circular motion before dispelling her shadow self and moving towards the Yellow Fox as he looked over the readings that he'd been hard at work reading. By the time Izumi had stopped over there, Bowser had come by and placed a clawed hand on her shoulder that she leaned into a little bit. As the little fox was doing his hardest to work on whatever machine he was using to test her powers he finally made a sound of happiness before turning around to see Izumi and Bowser looking down to him."W-When were y-you both there?" Tails asked, concerned."Just a little bit after Izumi here started her training for the day. You've been hard at work with that machine for the past week, don't you think you should get something to eat?" Bowser asked, concerned."I'll be fine, I had a large lunch today! And I was just looking over the chaos readings for Izumi here. Her readings are off the charts, I don't know how she managed to collect all this chaos energy, but it's enough to put her on par with at least Knuckles in terms of strength, power and speed!" Tails said, as he pulled up Knuckles numbers."That's quite a bit of information; how easily could this Knuckles take on Metal Sonic?" Bowser asked, with a concerned frown."Knuckles can easily manhandle that robot if he gets the jump on him. But if he were to be fighting in a battle of attrition... I'd say that Metal Sonic would win that, he doesn't have any stamina that requires him to use up. But at the same time, it depends on how smart Metal is being at the time. I'm actually surprised you lasted as long as you did when you fought him Izumi, he's normally on par with Sonic whenever the two fight." Tails said, as Izumi tilted her head."Beginners luck I guess?" Izumi questioned, as she thought about her fight with the robot.From her perspective she had been fighting a losing battle. So the fact that she managed to tear Metal Sonic's left arm from it's body as well as send it flying into Eggman's gigantic, mechanized giant of a robot was surprising."Do you think he was holding back against me?" Izumi asked, confused."Metal Sonic never holds back against his opponents, I've seen him swat Amy around with full power hundreds of times over. So the fact that he's going softer on you would be concerning as well as confusing since he'd never shown emotions towards other humanoid beings." Tails said, before closing his machine."So Izumi is on par with this Knuckles guy, how strong is he compared to everyone within this... Freedom Fighter Resistance?" Bowser questioned looking more confused than anything."Knuckles is the leader of the Freedom Fighter HQ. He was the one who led the charge against Eggman's forces back in the war between us and him, now though... ever since you and Eggman have fought one another he's gone off the grid. Metal Sonic is even searching for him but coming up without anything of use." Tails said, preparing to leave."Well you have fun on your journey little fox, make sure you get home safely. Wouldn't want you to get captured by Eggman when you are unawares, now would you?" Bowser questioned softly."Yup! See you all next week to check your Chaos Readings!" Tails said, as he spun his tails around and flew away."I see why they call him Tails." Bowser chuckled as the two watched him fly away."I can see that too, Ngh!" Izumi said, before falling to a knee and placing a palm on her stomach."Izumi! Are you alright?" Bowser asked, fretting over her."I-I'm doing fine... just getting weirdly nauseous." Izumi said, as Bowser nodded.Creating a small magical portal a small bucket fell out of seemingly nothing and Izumi pulled it up to her mouth as she threw up. She continued this for a few minutes before she pulled her head and face away from it staring into the bucket itself. Bowser took a look at her and couldn't help the worry that spread all over his face as Izumi's face was paler than anything he'd ever seen before, and he lifted her from her spot and rushed back inside the castle. For that evening, Bowser made sure to keep an eye on Izumi and stop her from going too far in her training as she had pushed herself in everything as a Leader for the Koopa Troop.[] [] [] 0w0 [] [] []As the days passed by, Izumi found herself slowly becoming weaker over time. She stumbled about the castle whenever her training was over, and she didn't appear to be entirely all there whenever she was listening to those close to Bowser when he led the Kingdom. Eventually though, Izumi found herself in the bathroom within the castle as she struggled to leave the room itself as she kept retching up everything that she ate the previous few nights. Looking down at her stomach provided the answer that she was searching for, her stomach was protruded a little bit as it showed clear signs of pregnancy and Izumi couldn't help but place a palm on it.She hadn't been having sexual relations with Bowser since the battle against Metal Sonic. Not to say that the moment they returned back home she didn't jump his bones, she knew for a fact that she wasn't pregnant a few days afterwards since she would've gotten morning sickness due to it. So the fact that she was projecting that she was pregnant was weird for her, and Izumi went to Kamek about it and he was greatly surprised with her body projecting pregnancy. And when he checked up on her through magic, he realized that she was actually holding an egg within her stomach."S-Since when could I-I hold an egg within my body?" Izumi asked, as Kamek thought about how to answer her question."Well from what it seems, you merged your body with Draconic DNA. Meaning that you are at least half Dragon in terms of your genetic structure, what you did against Mario about 2 years ago really changed your body on a genetic level." Kamek said, as he looked up some medical data."Does that mean I can lay eggs?" Izumi asked, concerned. "Will I die from that?""No no! You won't die from laying an egg, it's just your body instead of incubating the child within your body within the span of about 9 months. You will just incubate an egg within your body until it tells you to lay the egg itself. Have you been feeling some stomach pains or feeling nauseous?" Kamek questioned holding the medical information in front of himself."Actually, I've been having stomach pains and feeling nauseous for the past two days." Izumi said, as Kamek smiled at Izumi."Well congratulations then, you're within a few hours of laying an egg. You're about to become a mother." Kamek said, putting her information down."I-I shouldn't have become pregnant! I-I haven't had any sexual relations with Bowser or anyone in the last five months!" Izumi said, as Kamek smiled."That's normal for you yes, but for Bowser... his sperm cells as you humans call them, are extremely fertile. Meaning that no matter what is going on, period or not you will be pregnant after having sexual relations early into your lives. Did Bowser have a rut recently when you two were alone together?" Kamek asked, with a knowing smile."I-I the moment he saved me; his aura and smell were far more pronounced. I passed out to it when he helped me back to the castle, do you think..." Izumi asked as Kamek chuckled."He probably couldn't help himself, and since you're pregnant based on technicalities, you have three choices. You can either abort the egg, give it to an orphanage, or you can raise them as your own child." Kamek said, as Izumi sat down panic increasing."I-I don't know if I'm ready t-to be a mother! M-My mom wasn't really there for me, and sh-she never really cared about me. W-What if I'm the same w-with this kid?" Izumi asked, fearfully."Just worry about raising the child the way you want to raise them. Don't worry about what ifs and just be the mother you wish you had." Kamek said, placing a small paw on her shoulder.Izumi's shoulder's shuddered slightly before nodding at Kamek's little advice as she left the small room. As she walked around the castle, she tried to think about why she was pregnant now of all times. Eggman could come out of nowhere and attack them at any time and she wanted to be strong enough to fight off Eggman's forces should the man return from wherever he had disappeared from. She slowly made her way back towards the chamber where both she and Bowser called their bedroom, and upon entering the room itself she found Bowser staring out into the distance.Glancing over his shoulder after hearing her walking towards the door, he found her holding her stomach. He gave a worried stare as she shook her head as she moved over towards the nearest corner of the room and sat on the ground. Bowser noticed her growing frustration and increased pain as he moved over to her placing an arm over her body as he helped her lay down on the bed. As he laid her head on the pillow he watched as her face scrunched up in pain as he asked the question that was on his mind ever since his eyes kept trailing down her body."Since when were you pregnant?" Bowser asked, as Izumi looked into his eyes with a glare."You fucked me whilst I was sleeping, didn't you?" She asked, although it was more of a very disguised angry growl."I apologize; I wasn't thinking straight at the time. It's nothing to make excuses for, and I will take full responsibility." Bowser said, as Izumi shook her head."I'm not mad at you, I'm just scared. M-My mother wasn't really helpful when it c-came to raising me. I-I'm just scared that I-I might become like her." Izumi said, looking at Bowser with growing fear."You'll be fine, you treat my children as your own children. They were great help in increasing your motherly experience, you know how you spent time with Junior with teaching him how to paint properly?" Bowser explained and questioned.Izumi gave Bowser a nod."He came to me the other day telling me that you were acting like a mother would. And that he was glad to call you mother." Bowser said, rubbing Izumi's cheek as she leaned into his touch.With that Izumi fell asleep in the bed as Bowser laid down next to her, pulling her body into his own. She leaned into his body as she absorbed as much heat from him as possible as the sun set off in the distance with Bowser wrapping his arms around her body and holding her softly. Bowser stared out the window as he smiled at the lowering sun in the distance before closing his eyes and turning in for the evening.As Izumi and Bowser were falling asleep, Junior was shown to be walking around the Kingdom. He was talking with those of the Koopa Tribe as he tried to increase his own reputation amongst his peers, he communicated with them all gaining their trust further than what he already had. He happily walked back towards his castle as he held a small smile upon his face before looking over to a nearby mountain. Smoke was flying from the top of it as he tilted his head at it, thinking nothing about the weird smokey mountain he walked back towards the castle to turn in for the evening.Over on the mountain that Junior was looking at from the Kingdom's grounds, a smokey trail was followed. We follow the smoke and soon find Sonic and Tails sitting atop the peak of the mountain with smiles on their faces as they took in the Kingdom that was under the control of Izumi. The two stared down at the Kingdom with smiles on their faces as Tails spoke up to Sonic."Hey Sonic, I noticed Izumi having a larger stomach. Do you know what that means?" Tails asked, innocent expression on his face."Oh, Bowser must've gotten to work with her. I guess we should give her congratulations on being a mother, how old is she anyway?" Sonic said, before asking."I think she said that her age was around 20, not exactly sure what her actual age is though." Tails said, as Sonic nodded."I'm pretty sure that she said that she was around the age of 18 at the highest and 17 at the youngest." Sonic said, as he ate a chili dog."Oh, well I guess that means she knew the risks with having that kind of relationship with Bowser. Hopefully she's a good mother, Chaos knows what she might be going through at the moment." Tails said, as he prepared his items to leave."Ready to head back to Central City?" Sonic asked, jumping to his feet."Let me get the Tornado ready and prepared. It shouldn't take long." Tails said, walking away.Sonic looked down to the Kingdom with a trademark smile on his face, all before a frown appeared. He then glanced around the Kingdom with a worried expression."I certainly hope she becomes strong enough to face the new threat off in the distance." Sonic muttered, as he saw a massive ship coming towards the Kingdom.It held the face of Metal Sonic.

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Izumi stood in the middle of the training room that she used magic to create. She had been training herself for the past few days in order to become stronger than she was the day before and looking at her body she could see the changes. Her musculature was far more pronounced, but she kept her thin appearance as she smiled in the mirror of the room as she looked at her body. Bowser had entered the room as Izumi had taken off her sports bra as he paused for a moment seeing Izumi not wearing a top and his eyes just trailed over her sweaty body.Izumi was about to move into a combative stance again when she turned around to find Bowser staring at her. Specifically, around her chest causing her to blush crimson before looking away whilst covering her chest a bit to prevent it from being seen more."C-Can you look away?" She asked, as Bowser shook his head a bit."Sorry, I just came in here to see how you were doing." Bowser said, red tinging his cheeks as he turned around.Izumi placed her sports bra on herself once more no longer feeling the need to train again for a while. She walked over to where she'd long since discarded her shirt and placed it on herself before walking over to Bowser and climbing up on his shell and sitting on his shoulder. Bowser smiled up at her as he walked throughout the castle while Izumi was smiling at him as well, the lust in their eyes wasn't missed by anyone who could see the two looking at one another."So, is it just me or is your chest becoming bigger?" Bowser asked a little worriedly."It's just how a normal set of breasts grow Bowser, nothing to be worried about." Izumi said, as she hugged his head."I know, but I can't help but feel as though there is something wrong with them. Why do they constantly grow after your training sessions?" Bowser asked, as Izumi giggled."Well if you want to know why they grow, it's because of the fact that my husband has been giving them attention. It's a scientific fact that if a man loves his woman's chest, and he massages them a lot like you do, then her chest is going to increase in size." Izumi said, pointing a finger in the air.Bowser watched her haughty attitude for a moment before chuckling to himself. The two were about to enter their bedroom to have some time together when a loud explosion took place nearby the castle. Izumi got into protective mode and rushed off in the direction of the explosion that had taken place, Bowser wasn't far behind as he rushed behind her as the two soon arrived outside the castle to find the courtyard was in chaos.Badniks were all over the place as they attacked the populous with Izumi and Bowser rushing to save the few who couldn't defend themselves. Izumi jumped in the way of an attack that was meant for a small turtle woman and her child as she grabbed the badniks arm and crushed it under her grip. She glared at the badnik in question as it looked over at her with no soul inside it's metallic body before it gave a sound to her that for some reason... pissed her off and somehow, she understood."EEP!" It said, as Izumi deadpanned at it."If you really wanted to fight us, is attacking my people really the best way?" Izumi asked, as she kicked it away.Off in the distance, Izumi could hear the EEP coming from it as she shook her head. Looking at Bowser it appeared as though he were having fun tearing some of the robots apart as though they were paper being sliced up by a terrifyingly hot knife. Rushing to assist him, she found herself grabbed by a larger robot and tossed into the castle's walls as she glared up at the gigantic robot. It stood at around 10 feet in height and was rippling with metallic muscles all around it's body as it attacked her with relentlessness that she had never seen from a robot before.Ducking under the robot's attack, Izumi twirled around it and sent a powerful right hook into one of it's legs forcing it to take a knee. Izumi then grabbed it by the head and forced it to be yanked from it's shoulders before she glanced at a gigantic ship high in the sky with Metal Sonic's face on it. Throwing the piece of the robot she defeated over at the ship; she watched as it barely made a dent in it's hull before she grabbed the robot's body and threw it at the ship in hopes of dealing some damage. But before the robot's body could even slam into it, a large holographic shield appeared blocking the attack from even hitting.Izumi growled in slight anger at that before rushing to assist Bowser with the takedown of multiple robots as they faced off against a familiar face. It was Metal Sonic, but something was very off about him this time around... he was far more mellowed out but like stated before something was off about him. For one his appearance was that fit for an emperor of robots, he had a small cloak that covered the sides of his legs that were the signature blue color. His red eyes were now a sickly green color in contrast to Izumi's emerald green eye color."Izumi Midoriya, I have come to put an end to your life." Metal Sonic stated whilst opening it's palm to reveal a repulson blaster.Izumi glared at Metal before she rushed at him just as he fired the repulsion blaster.Bowser had taken to fighting the bulk of the enemy forces as he fought with everything he had. His footwork was perfect as he dodged and weaved through multiple robotic attacks on him as he ducked and jumped over certain attacks that could've dealt damage to him. He grabbed one of the robots who tried to climb up on his back before using them as a club to smack into the other robots around himself. Bowser looked to the side as he found some of his forces coming to assist in the fight, and high in the air, Izumi was fighting Metal Sonic as the two glared at one another both brimming with power.The Koopa King had felt as though he were letting Izumi down by not being there to assist her in her fight. So as he prepared to use some magic to assist, Junior arrived near him and placed some of his paint all over his body to power him up in his smaller form. He smiled at the fact that his body was becoming powerful before attacking the remaining enemy forces that were attacking his people, and due to him protecting them all his Kingdom gathered their weapons and brought the fight back towards their robotic enemy.[] [] [] 0w0 [] [] []Izumi was launched back into a nearby mountain not far away from her Kingdom. She climbed out of the small crater with a grunt before resetting her arm back into place as she leapt back into the air as she held an arm out towards the castle. Metal Sonic noticed the motion and rushed towards her, and just as he was about to land a punch on her face, Izumi ducked under the offending limb before a large sword appeared in her hand. Spinning around as though she were a spinning top, Izumi ground her blade into Metal's body as he let out a groan of pain before he moved away to dodge her attack.Izumi stopped spinning as she let her Draconic wings flare out before she rushed at Metal Sonic. The robotic hedgehog had his eyes shine at her before he rushed back towards her as well, his arm transformed into a metallic staff as the two clashed high in the air as a shockwave from the attack was blasted outwards. The two swung their weapons in multiple arcs as the two's speed increased dramatically as the sparks flew from their weapons around their faces. It shined down on them as Izumi had ducked under one of Metal's attacks before kicking him in the chest module and blasted him downward with a torrent of flames from her mouth.A massive explosion took place on the ground nearby as Izumi landed on the ground softly. Metal Sonic climbed out of the wreckage as though no damage had been dealt to him, aside from him swiping some of the offending dirt from his shoulders. He glared back at Izumi without saying a word as the Draconian woman glared back at him with nothing but hatred in her eyes, not once was her Kingdom attacked but twice!? Wherever Eggman was, she was going to rip him a new one because of the fact his robots are attacking her new home!The two ran at one another raising their weapons, that was until Metal Sonic changed his staff into a blade as well. Once the two clashed blades, Izumi and Metal had entered a blade lock as they pushed against one another as hard as they could. Pulling away from the blade lock, the two then swung their blades in opposing arcs as they clashed over and over again before Metal Sonic had punched Izumi in the face sending her skidding across the ground. And as the ground broke beneath her feet, she felt her back hit a wall as Metal Sonic flew in her direction as he span kicked her into the ground behind her.He followed after her, just as a clawed hand grabbed him by the face and flew out of the hole he'd made of her. Dragging his face through the ground and making a divot in the Mobian ground, Izumi then kicked him into the air towards his mothership as he let out a growl of frustration."Information does not compute, you shouldn't have gotten more powerful in the course of 5 months." Metal Sonic grumbled as Izumi floated up to meet him in the sky."That's the thing with humans; we don't reach our full potential in terms of strength unless we decide it's enough!" Izumi called out, creating a massive magical ball of energy.As she continued to increase the size of the magical energy ball, Metal Sonic retreated back into the mothership to take control of it. Izumi watched as it created massive cannons that could shoot plasma in her direction, and they began to charge up their power. Izumi finally reached the maximum power output for her magic and began to spin around with the magical energy ball doing the very same on it's own."Blast her out of the sky!" Metal Sonic called out to his robotic compatriots."Aiming... locking on... firing!" Another robot in the mothership called out, as Izumi finally stopped spinning in the air and threw her magic ball of power towards the now plasma beam of energy coming for her."Destroyers Incineration!" Izumi called out as the plasma beam of energy had clashed with her magic.The power coming from it was so large that the brightness of their attacks were blinding those on the battlefield below. Bowser soon began to worry for Izumi as he glanced to his son who was covering his eyes in annoyance at the bright lights covering his eyesight. Bowser walked over to his son whilst his people and their enemies covered both their eyes and optics to protect themselves from being blinded. Once Bowser was right in front of his son, Junior looked up at his father as the man grabbed him and forced him to hide in his shell greatly confusing the poor lad."Dad? What are you doing?" Junior asked, concerned."We need backup, and you are the only one I will be capable of sending. My people will not last long against an unending army. Get Sonic and his crew to assist us!" Bowser said, before throwing his son off into the distance and away from the battlefield.Junior could only stick his head out and watch as the two beams of energy from the Metal Sonic Mothership and Izumi's magic had exploded off in the distance. A stray tear falling from his eye as he watched as the entire kingdom that he was destined to rule, soon became enveloped within a massive explosion that took over the entire territory.[] [] [] 0w0 [] [] []By the time Junior had managed to land on the ground without hurting himself, he looked at the injuries he'd accumulated over the course of the fight. Licking his wounds, not literally, he moved towards where he'd originally found Sonic and Tails' home within the city limits of Central City. He limped through the streets as some Mobians and humans gave him a momentary glance before moving along with their days, and it wasn't long before he arrived at a giant hose that was shaped as Tails' head. He slowly limped over to the door as he panted heavily from his journey and fight, he was currently recovering from.Raising an arm to knock on the door, he suddenly felt as though he were about to pass out. Pushing through the drowsiness in his eyes, he managed to knock on the door of the house allowing himself to close his eyes for just a moment. And as the door opened up to reveal Tails, the young twin-tailed fox had taken in Junior's appearance and alarm was on his expression."Oh shoot! Come on in! SONIC! I NEED YOUR HELP!" Tails called out, helping Junior inside his home."What is it Tails?" Sonic asked, as he rushed into the room.Only for his face to fall upon the heavily damaged and severely injured form of Bowser Junior as he knelt over him."Hey kid, what's going on? Where are your parents?" Sonic asked, worriedly."M-Metal... robots... dad... threw me... help... mommy." Junior mumbled before passing out."What do you think this means Tails?" Sonic asked, as he covered the small turtle Koopa."We need to see what's going on at the Koopa Kingdom, if they are under attack then that means Metal Sonic and Eggman have made their move." Tails said, rushing out the front door.Sonic called Amy to come over and keep an eye on Junior as the pink Hedgehog had stated through the phone call that she was on her way. When asked what was going on, Sonic told her that he didn't know, and he was going over to the Koopa Kingdom to make sure that Izumi and Bowser were doing alright. For all they know it could be a false alarm for their Freedom Fighter Corps to head out to assist.Climbing aboard the Tornado, Sonic and Tails flew out towards the Koopa Kingdom hoping that they would make it over there in time. They didn't know what happened, but from how Junior stated that there were robots attacking his Kingdom, Eggman and his cronies were at it again. They weren't flying for too long before they noticed a mothership belonging to the Eggman Empire floating over where the Koopa Kingdom should've been located. Looking at one another in clear distraught and worry, Tails increased the speed of the Tornado in a bid to get to the Koopa Kingdom before something bad happened.Just as they got into the Koopa Kingdom airspace, they saw the devastation brought upon the land. And looking around, the two watched as those who were members of the Koopa Kingdom were being rounded up and placed in cages. Sonic and Tails growled at that before searching the immediate area for Bowser and Izumi, considering the fact that those two were never one to take slavery and capture very nicely. Landing the ship just outside of the kingdom, Sonic leapt off the plane and rushed towards the kingdom as fast as he could.Tails was not far behind as he took to the skies with his tails, and as the two arrived at the castle, they found it in ruins. They cringed at the amount of property damage dealt to the Koopa Kingdom before finding Bowser laying on the ground with hundreds of tons of debris all over his body. Placing a gloved finger or two at his jugular they managed to let out a breath of relief as Bowser's pulse was still up and running... but for some reason he appeared to be heavily injured from how his breathing was labored.Tails searched the surrounding area before seeing a massive explosion in the sky. Flying up to see what was going on, he found out the reason as to why the explosions were happening high in the air. Izumi was fighting against Metal Sonic, and he was in a newer form that was causing Izumi to be fighting a losing battle, her furious expression as well as weakened form was concerning, however. Tails then shot a plasma blast at Metal Sonic as the robot stared in his direction next, his eyes glowed ominously before a small beam of lasers flew from the eye sockets. Before he could react however, Izumi flew in the way as they blasted through her upper torso, and she began to cough up blood from the injury.She grabbed onto Tails who was staring into her emerald eyes as they fell back towards the ground. Placing her back to the ground, she tanked the hit as Tails managed to get up off of her and take in her injured state... and she was not looking pretty when it came to her chaos energy readings. It appeared as though she used all her Chaos energy in the fight against Metal Sonic, but for some reason Metal didn't even come down to fight her again. Izumi tried to get up from the ground but could only watch in horror as her people were pulled away in cages towards the mothership."N-No! M-My.. people!" Izumi grunted before collapsing to the ground in pain."Don't move or talk too much! You're incredibly injured!" Tails said, applying first aid on Izumi's broken and battered body.Sonic arrived next to Tails with a worried expression as he took in the damage to the Koopa Kingdom. Izumi had her horns broken from the side of her head, blood was flowing from a laser wound on her upper chest and torso with her wings seemingly chopped around the edges as though they were yanked or sliced off."Tails, we should probably get Izumi and Bowser out of here, call Knuckles... he'll get the Freedom Fighters here to assist with the devastation." Sonic said, as Tails nodded."M-My people!" Izumi mumbled tears falling from her eyes."Don't worry Izumi! I'll take care of it." Sonic said, as he rushed off after the Metal Mothership.Izumi reached an arm out towards him before a realization occured to her. She turned to look at the castle that now lay in ruins, she struggled to stand upright as she limped around the place. Tails was right next to her as he helped her move throughout the place, they were turning around a corner as they heard the sounds of rubble being moved and pushed off a body. Looking over at Bowser, they found him standing upright holding an arm that was purple and yellow in color clearly broken from a battle he'd had with Metal Sonic himself.The trio then searched the castle as Tails tried to figure out what Izumi was searching for. That was when they turned around a corner to find a room, it was set up as though Izumi was expecting a baby sitting in the room... and then a sob came from her mouth. Looking in the middle of the room, with a large amount of blood splattered on the ground... and a few pieces of a cracked egg, lay an embryo arm as it twitched slightly."N-No... no no no no no no no no no!" Izumi mumbled as she fell to her hands and knees and crawled over to the destroyed egg."T-T-That bastard." Bowser's growl exited his throat."W-Whose egg was that?" Tails asked, concerned."Izumi's." Bowser said, tears falling from his eyes.Tails looked back at Izumi as the young woman had pushed the rubble away from her broken egg. And sitting in the middle of all the destruction, pieces of the egg that had protected what lay inside was splattered around the ground green and red blood flowing from the embryo that wasn't fully prepared. Izumi sat on her knees as she stared at what amounted to being her first child as it was murdered in cold blood by something that had not been human but had the personality of one."N-No... I-Isha... no no no!" Izumi mumbled before her pupils shrank to pinpricks."AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

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"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Izumi screamed as she held the remains of her egg.Tails just watched in horror at the scene before him as he immediately left the room. Bowser had seen the destruction of the place and could only hold out a very solemn expression as he knelt down before one of the many eggshells laying across the room itself. Staring at the green blood laying on some of the eggshell he had been holding, a small tear fell from his eyes as he pulled Izumi into a hug as she held onto him tears falling from her eyes as her expression showed she was mentally scarred.This would've marked the first child she would've been able to have, and now that was taken from her. Her chance to see if she would be a vastly different kind of mother compared to the one, she had when grown up would've shown her if she was ready to be one at this point in time. But Metal Sonic had taken that away from her, she couldn't see if she was going to be able to be a good mother to Junior and the other Koopalings. Sure she treated them all equally... okay maybe she had a smaller preference for Junior because she spent far more time with him than the other Koopalings but she showed that she loved them all!But this child with her and Bowser, it was going to show her if her maternal instincts were far greater than her own mothers. She probably needed to see therapy before coming to Bowser's world in the first place, but even then, it was still something on her mind up until this point after she'd long since recognized her love for Bowser. Now she can't be a mother to her own child until she got herself pregnant again, and she knows for a fact that she doesn't want to go through the terror she had when laying the egg until Eggman and Metal Sonic are dealt with.She doesn't even know where Eggman had gone after her fight with Metal Sonic a few months ago. All she knows is that Metal Sonic attacked, and now her baby is gone... and seeing the dead fetus on the ground... showed that the child would've been female. Isha... her beloved child who wasn't even born yet... was taken from her not even given a chance to even live a life outside of her shell. And as she was held by Bowser, the two parents could only hug one another as they passively used their magic at the same time to repair all the damage dealt to the Koopa Kingdom and restart.However, whilst Bowser was fully relying on the fact they could trust Sonic and his merry band of misfit rebels could fight off the Metal Sonic Empire, Izumi was having very dark thoughts. She knew Bowser wouldn't approve of the decision moving through her mind, and if she were being rational neither would she herself... her fight with Metal proved that her strength was enough to keep him at bay. But it clearly wasn't enough to put the robot down for good, so she needed to find a way to put down a robot for good without having to actually fight it hand to hand since she'd just waste her actual energy.She had learnt from Tails that her body can withstand Chaos energy, something that flows through all living things in Mobius. So if she were to properly channel Chaos Energy all throughout her body, there might be a slight chance that she could combine it with her magic to create a power that could wipe Metal Sonic from existence and prevent him from coming back. Her eyes glowed ominously as she cried in Bowser's arms, her plan all set up and her mind acutely aware of her growing hatred of the Metallic doppelganger of Sonic the Hedgehog.As the two were sitting in the nursery of the room Izumi had placed their egg, before it was destroyed, we move over to see how Junior is doing. And to say the little guy is in serious need of medical attention would be an understatement. The fact that his father had practically yeeted him across the entire planet in order to get to Sonic's location both surprised him and hurt him immensely since he crashed into the ground just before Sonic's location earlier that day. But ever since Sonic and Tails had managed to get Junior inside their little hut, the small Koopa had been healing from his injuries via Chaos healing spells that some of the Freedom Fighters could use.It wasn't much but honestly; it was enough for Junior to actually stay awake and warm himself up. All before realizing that something was terribly wrong as he saw the solemn expressions of some of Sonic's friends, especially those who were close to Tails. As he sat upright on the couch the Koopa was placed on to rest his weary bones from the fight earlier that day, Junior asked Sonic a question as the Blue Hedgehog was right in front of him pacing about the place."Sonic... what happened to my h-home?" Junior asked, trembling a little at the end."I'm sorry kid, but your home was in ruins when Tails arrived. But I can definitely say this, your parents are really strong if they managed to push Metal's forces away all on their own." Sonic said, grimly."O-Okay, was mother okay after the fighting was over?" Junior asked again as Sonic sighed.He pulled up the last known message from Tails and played it out for the small Koopa. And Junior had definitely wished he hadn't seen it as Tails' expression appeared on the monitor with a very grave and grim expression on his face, tears were also falling from his eyes, and he didn't even know Izumi and Bowser for that long!"Tails to Restoration HQ! I have arrived at the castle after finding Izumi and Bowser! They're both in bad shape, but their magic is healing any damage dealt to them... but they're both in the nursery and haven't come out in a long time. Izumi found the remains of an egg that was inside the room, and I can't say for sure... but whatever was inside the egg wasn't alive anymore. Even if Eggman isn't directly responsible for the death of an unborn child, he's still an accessory to murder. We cannot allow Metal Sonic to get away with this!" Tails' voice rang out before he choked on his emotions and turned off the monitor if his green face was anything to show for it.Junior just stared at the monitor with a completely blank expression, his mother was the strongest person he knew. But if she hadn't left the nursery, the very place she'd laid the egg holding hers and his father's child... then he really needed to inform Sonic about what was about to happen."S-Sonic, h-have you heard of the saying... There is no greater warrior than a mother protecting her child?" Junior asked, concerned."Not that I specifically searched for it, but I've heard someone state that before... why?" Sonic asked, confused."We're about to have a really pissed off Dragon mother who just lost her unborn child. Imagine the kind of destruction she could wreak if she's not brought to reason!" Junior called out as Sonic immediately thought about it."As much as I would love to believe you on this little guy, I find it hard to believe that Izumi would become a monster when it came to losing her kid. Besides, she has like you and your other siblings... I don't see why she would be angry anyway." Sonic said, brushing Junior's fear away.As Sonic walked away and towards the main lobby of the Restoration HQ, Junior could only watch in dismay. Just as Amy walked over to him and pulled him into her hip as she rubbed his budded shell whispering about how everything is going to be alright. [] [] [] >:( [] [] [] The next few days after the destruction of the Koopa Kingdom, Izumi was pacing around the castle as she used her magic to make repairs. Her plans were moving forward without any kind of blockages or loose ends that were preventing her from acting on her impulse. She may not have been an advocate for vengeance, but the guilt of having not been able to protect her unborn child ruined her mentality as her eyes were bloodshot and had bags under them. Izumi had not been sleeping very well the last few days and she'd been reduced to being a very sleep deprived and very mournful mother, something that Bowser had taken note of.So in his many years of wisdom, he told her to take a few days off from being the Ruler of the Koopa Kingdom. That way she could clear her mind as well as get some much-needed sleep that could bring her back to full strength and without any kind of problems with her ruling if the people noticed her very sleep deprived state. But if anything, Bowser should've been keeping a very close eye on her since the moment she was told to just take a few days off from being the Koopa Queen she took off immediately.In the direction that Metal Sonic and his Armada had fled in after destroying the Koopa Kingdom's infrastructure.Due to her fury driven mind, she wasn't thinking clearly as fury was writ in her eyes. She was out for blood, and nothing was going to stop her from avenging the death of a child who had not done anything to Metal Sonic... a death that was meaningless in the overall scheme of things. The death of her child in Izumi's eyes meant nothing in the eyes of a robot who couldn't even perceive the thought that being a parent was harder than it initially looked and the danger of taking a child away from their parents really was.And as Izumi flew across the entirety of Mobius searching for Metal Sonic's Armada, she landed in Central City. As she searched for area's where she could get some kind of clue as to where Metal Sonic and his Armada were located, she ran into Tails who had been gathering some groceries. When the two stared at one another, Izumi just stared at the little fox with nothing more than indifference as she continued on her way as though she'd never met him before greatly confusing the fox. When the little fox got home however, he informed Sonic about Izumi being within Central City and how she seemed to be searching for something.Sonic immediately took off in order to talk to the woman, so that he could get some more information about everything. It wasn't that he was going to taunt her into fighting him, it was the simple fact he needed information about where Metal Sonic was, and he thought she'd have information about him. But by the time the two met one another, Izumi had informed him about how she was just searching for clues about Metal's location so she could... have a nice calming talk with the robot. Hiding her true feelings about the robotic doppelganger of Sonic the Hedgehog, Izumi's fury was so hidden from Sonic's eyes that he let her go without even further questioning Izumi's true intentions.Something that Junior scolded him for by the time Sonic returned back to the Freedom Fighter HQ.By the time Izumi had found any meaningful information about where Metal Sonic's location was at, she found herself in the far reaches of Mobius. She was in a zone that was filled to the brim with sand and pyramids as far as the eye could see, and finally Izumi could see a large armada preparing for takeoff into the sky near one of the pyramids. She growled angrily as her body began to glow an ominous green color as her form changed into that of a gigantic Dragon. But this time it looked far different to what her previous Draconic form was back in the Super Mario World.She was nearly as tall as the largest of the Pyramids nearby, which were around 100 feet (30 Meters) in height. Her wingspan as she spread her wings out, which were batlike in nature with claws on the edges, spread to at least 295 feet (90 Meters) from the tips of her wings.Glaring at the rising Armada in the distance, Izumi let out a growl of fury before her eyes shined in a toxic emerald glow, slitting to zero-in on Metal Sonic's flagship. All before she leapt from the ground flying towards the massive army of ships surrounding the Metal Sonic Armada.

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Orbot and Cubot were working on some of Eggman's newest projects. They had been syphoning each and every blueprint for every single new invention the man had been preparing for some big plot in the future. Looking over at one of said projects, they stared at the small ruby that had purple and black tints on its frame before shaking their head and placing it in a small box. The two then left it inside a small hidden compartment inside of the Metal Sonic Armada that he'd taken over from Eggman to assist him in his search for the mad doctor.Somehow some way the good doctor had somehow managed to get lost and never return. It caused the two robots to be fearful that the worst possible thing had happened to the good doctor in him being captured and or killed by those Freedom Fighters that Eggman hated so much. Shaking their block/circular heads in complete exasperation, they couldn't understand why their master couldn't just team up with Sonic and his Freedom Fighters to protect the world from excessive threats that were more powerful than one of them alone.It just didn't make sense as to why the good doctor hated Sonic so much!? The blue hedgehog got in his way because his inventions caused mayhem and destruction to the entire world!? Why couldn't they just make Eggman land on some distant remote planet where the people of Mobius could travel there to see his genius? It made perfect sense to have it done on another planet without any life since Eggman wouldn't have any kind of fighting stopping him from attaining his wishes.The two robots made it to the command center as they took up positions within the command center's computer systems. Looking through the thousands of cameras would take hours, but thankfully they were robots meaning that they could take those hours of looking through camera footage in order from the first to last until it was done within a few minutes. And as they were staring at one of the camera's viewpoints on the ship, they noticed a large shadow covering the ship and moved the camera to look upwards into the sky, and that caught the attention of Metal Sonic.The robot had now been donning a new set of gear on his body that he'd created himself. Not only had Metal Sonic gathered the Seven Chaos Emeralds in Eggman's absence, but he was also greatly upgraded with the technology that he'd managed to get his claws on and upgraded his hardware. His blue armor had two small drapes falling to the sides of his hips as he folded his arms over the large air compressor in his chest as he glanced down at Orbot and Cubot with his green eyes. Which was a different change in the robot now, as when he held the green Chaos Emerald within his person his eye color changed to the emeralds color."What is causing you to be staring at a singular camera?" Metal questioned as he glared at the two."W-We think one of t-the camera's a-are having a m-malfunction!" Orbot said, as they sweated slightly."How are you sweating? No matter, show me the image that your camera is showing." Metal said, before looking up at a projected image.Large wings flapped above his Armada's headquarters as Metal Sonic tilted his head slightly. A brief memory within his core imagery came up with an image of a younger version of this Dragon flying over their ship. It had the same color scheme as this one, only it was at least a few dozen feet smaller in size in comparison to what this massive creature was right now. And for some reason it was staring at the camera with nothing more than bloodlust, something that Metal noticed had been within Dr. Robotnik for the last four years since his conception."Who is that?" Metal asked, as Orbot and Cubot just shrugged their shoulders."It's best that we stay out of it's way, it could also be hunting for some food that we're in the way of." Orbot said, with a very wary expression... if his face could morph into concern."Yeah, what Orbot said, we should really stick away from that thing." Cubot stated with a nervous action."Fire a warning shot at the creature. I will not have any Dragons in my way of world domination in the plans of Dr. Robotnik." Metal said, as he waved his hand.The two stared at one another with fearful expressions before they used the computers to move one of the ion cannons towards the flying beast. Looking through the camera, they watched as the dragon that was flying above them immediately lock onto the ion cannon that was pointing directly in front of her. How they knew that this Dragon was a female, well they couldn't see any hanging sacks holding vital fluid inside from the lower posterior of the creature. So as they fired the weapon one thought entered their mind.'Please don't kill us!?' Orbot and Cubot thought at the same time.The Ion cannon blasted an energy powered laser towards the area in front of the Dragon as it flew out of the way. And for a moment the two robots thought that nothing would be happening to them since it realized the power they held over it. Oh, how little they knew.It flew back around towards the Armada headquarters and slammed their paws into the ship's hull. Managing to deal massive damage that caused the ship to tremble from the force of the attack before a large green slitted eye glared into the headquarters portion of the ship. Orbot and Cubot held onto one another as true fear entered their entire code, and they trembled before Metal Sonic stepped forwards in front of the two as the eye glanced over at Metal with what appeared to be recognition. But something was odd about the eye as the eye lid had slowly narrowed making the slit in the eye itself open wider.Then within moments, the eye was gone as the two smaller bots had stopped trembling thinking that they were safe. They even voiced this."I-I think she decided to leave us." Cubot stated, as Metal shook his head."She's going to attack, stay here and keep the ship working. I need to take care of a loose end." Metal stated before walking towards the window.Moments later, a large claw slammed into the window breaking the top part of the headquarters of the Armada. The entire command center was in ruins as Metal Sonic glared up at the gigantic Dragoness who had somehow changed their gigantic form into that of a familiar face. Orbot and Cubot noticed the woman as she touched down on the ground not too far away from the trio. Metal even tilted his head at the woman's face as she appeared to be familiar to him for a moment before remembering how he attacked the Koopa Kingdom earlier that day as he spoke."How is that little village doing?" Metal questioned."It'll rebuild... but do you know how much damage you've caused?" The woman growled out her arms trembling in fury."What damage do you refer to? I've done lots of damage over the years." Metal questioned before the woman was in his face not even a meter away fury driven in her gaze."You took away something of mine... and prevented me from doing something I never got in the world I originate from." The woman growled lifting Metal into the air."You are not giving me the answer, what is it that I took away from you?" Metal questioned, voice receiver straining in slight annoyance."You took away my chance to be a mother." The woman growled before punching Metal Sonic in the face blasting him through the Armada ship's core and out the bottom of it.As the ship descended into the wilderness of Mushroom valley, the two fighters slowly lowered themselves within the Mushroom Valley. Standing across from Metal Sonic who was greatly confused as to what kind of power this woman had, just glared at her as he attempted to use the Chaos Emerald to fight. Only for a palm to be placed around the Chaos Emerald as well, before it tore the emerald away from him and throwing it far away from the robot. Metal Sonic glared at the woman before kicking her in the stomach as she was blasted through the multitude of trees nearby.He didn't wait very long before following after the woman before she appeared in front of him landing a kick on his face, slamming him into the dirt. He was then grabbed by the metallic throat as he stared into the eyes of the mutated appearance of the woman who had did this. Her green slitted eyes glowed in the slight darkness of the woods as she panted slightly heavily."You might not remember me, Metal Sonic... but you should know that I was a soon to be mother of a newborn child of the Royal family within the Koopa Kingdom. And you just killed my baby, before it could come out and reveal themselves." The woman growled before her appearance was revealed to be Izumi.Fury was just not the only emotion that was on her facial features, sadness, regret, pain, and anger were mixed in. She then kicked Metal Sonic in the head away from her as soon as he attempted to shoot her in the face with a missile launcher. As he slid across the ground, he gave Izumi a glare as she spoke again."Don't worry Metal... you might not be capable of feeling pain... but I will make you recognize a singular emotion aside from anger and fury. I will make you feel fear." Izumi growled before her wings spread out behind her as she flew towards him with a fist pulled back. [] [] [] 0w0 [] [] [] Over at Restoration HQ, Amy Rose was working hard on finding Metal Sonic and seeing where he'd attack next. She had Tangle and Whisper following his movements for the last few hours and hadn't heard a thing from the two as they had managed to get onto Metal's Armada Headquarters. The pink hedgehog just had to do everything in her power to make sure those two managed to return back home from this mission without having to lose one or two of their best fighters. And just as she was about to give up on having to keep another two of the Freedom Fighters alive, she let out a sigh of sadness.That was before a radio called in to the HQ."Tangle is here to talk!" The Lemur had called out through the projection."Tangle! Thank Chaos you're alive! What's going on?! Why did you and Whisper lose contact with Restoration HQ?" Amy asked, concern written in her eyes."Well that's the thing, we didn't mean to lose connection with you all. Some big fucking Dragon appeared in the air above the ship!" Tangle replied with stars in her eyes."What!? What do you mean a Dragon attacked the ship!?" Amy called out confused."What Tangle refers to is that there was a Dragon that was around at least 100 feet in length that had appeared above Metal Sonic's Armada Headquarters. And as of right now, the two are fighting in the Mushroom Zone." Whisper... whispered into the projection."Thank you for the information, I can send Sonic, Tails and Knuckles over to help whoever is fighting Metal!" Amy called out before moving to another coms."AMY! We still need to give you our report!" Tangle called out, catching Amy's attention."What is it?" Amy questioned."The dragon spoke to Metal as though he took something away from them... we don't know what happened to make a Dragon hate Metal Sonic as much as we do, but they will be a very valuable ally to have at Restoration HQ! Imagine it! Us all flying over to the next big threat on the back of a Dragon!" Tangle said, stars in her eyes."What Tangle is asking, is if we can keep the Dragon as a friend." Whisper stated from behind as she charged up her rifle."I'm not sure, we need to consult both Sonic and Knuckles about that. But we'll see, Amy out!" Amy said, before ending transmission.She moved over to another location within Restoration HQ with a smile on her face. Rushing into the room holding Sonic, Tails and Knuckles she came across the trio dealing with a very angered and irate Bowser Junior as he was wringing the blue hedgehog with fury on his expression. Sonic though, wasn't even phased by the small Koopa's actions as he glanced over at Amy with nothing more than a smile on his face."Something we can do for you Amy?" Sonic asked, as Amy blushed a little."Yes! Is there something that we can do?" Knuckles asked, folding his arms over his chest."There's a problem with Tangle and Whisper's mission taking place over at Metal Sonic's Armada HQ." Amy stated as she took a deep breath."What's the issue?" Tails asked curious."A-Apparently there's a gigantic Dragon attacking the Armada as we speak. But after it attacked, they chased Metal Sonic down into Mushroom Zone... don't know why though. All I heard from Tangle was that it was severely pissed off so stay out of their way." Amy stated as Sonic nodded."Alright, we got a location! Let's get out of here Nux! Tails!" Sonic called out, as the trio left the HQ and climbed onto the fox's plane (Tornado)."Okay! Next stop... Mushroom Zone! Hold onto your butts!" Tails called out, as he flew the plane away from Restoration HQ.As the red and blue plane flew off into the distance, Amy looked up at the direction that the trio went. She let out a sigh before Bowser Junior walked over to her tapping on her arm gaining her attention."What's wrong Junior?" Amy asked."What did Tangle say about the Dragon's scales?" Junior asked, concerned."She never stated what the scales of the Dragon was." Amy said, as Junior gulped. "If there's something wrong, I need to know so I can inform Sonic and the others." Amy said, placing her palms on Junior's shoulders."The only person I know who can transform into a Dragon... is my mother." Junior said, as Amy's face paled a little."What's your mother's name?" Amy asked, as fear was beginning to seep into her features."Izumi Midoriya." Junior said, as Amy broke into a cold sweat.Rushing through HQ in order to contact Tails, Knuckles and Sonic she broke through the door to the main office. Turning on the projector to contact Sonic and the others, she waited for the trio to answer her call. She began tapping her foot on the ground as she paced around the room to show off how scared and worried she really was. By the time Sonic and the others answered she heard them muttering to one another."Who's fighting Metal Sonic? They're destroying Mushroom zone in their fight!" Knuckles called out through the projection as Tails pointed it at himself."What's going on Amy? Is Restoration HQ being attacked right now?" Tails asked, as Amy shook her head."You all need to be very wary around the woman fighting Metal Sonic!?" She called out, as Sonic looked at the projection."What are you talking about Amy?" Sonic asked, confused."That's probably Izumi!" Amy called out, as Sonic's face paled."Wasn't she supposed to be back in the Koopa Kingdom!?" He called out."I don't know, I'll try calling Bowser in a few minutes but just keep her safe! She's the Queen of the Koopa's right now!" Amy said, ending the call before looking at the projector slated specifically for Bowser."This isn't going to be a very good conversation." Amy muttered to herself as someone entered the office with cookies and tea."I've come bringing tea and cookies!" A small rabbit said, smiling with a small chao floating next to her. "Chao! Chao!" It called out to Amy."You don't know how much I've been craving something sweet right now Cream!" Amy said, before scarfing down a few of the cookies and drinking the tea."What's wrong miss Rose?" Cream asked, with a tilt of her head."Sonic and his friends are about to enter a conflict between Metal and Izumi. I don't know why she's there exactly, but I know that if she's actively fighting him... Metal probably did something horrible to the Koopa Kingdom. I should probably send some relief efforts over to the Koopa Kingdom now that I think about it." Amy said, before turning on the projector.As she watched the projector begin to work it's magic, she ate a few more cookies as her legs twitched in slight fear. She didn't know what kind of person King Bowser was going to be, but she had really hoped that he would be very understanding and assist Sonic and his team in defeating Metal Sonic and bringing Izumi back to the kingdom. Within a few moments Bowser had answered looking more tired and depressed than usual as he had the aura of a broken father. Amy looked at the king of the Koopa Kingdom with dread now as she definitely knew that the King of the Koopa's wouldn't like what she was about to say."What is it? I'm currently trying to fix up my Kingdom right now." Bowser questioned, sadly."Bowser... sir? I think you should know some information about Izumi's location." Amy said, a little fearful."What are you talking about? I told her to head to our room to rest for a few hours. We lost our unborn hatchling a few hours ago, and she's depressed." Bowser said, confusion entering his expression."B-Bowser, she's fighting Metal Sonic at the moment." Amy said, stuttering a little.Bowser's face went from confusion over to rage and then fell into a depressed state again. Amy then watched as the King of the Koopa Kingdom stood upright as his face became that of a completely driven man to keep his wife safe."Thank you for informing me, I will keep her safe. Where is she located?" Bowser said, as he gained a determined expression."She's over in the Mushroom Zone, that was the last I heard from Tangle and Whisper talking about her." Amy supplied as Bowser nodded."I'll be there within the hour." Bowser said, ending transmission.Amy then sat down on the seat next to her as she glanced over at Cream who was staring at where the projection had once been. The look in her eyes had been that of slight fear but an understanding of something that had happened to the beast."Who did he lose?" Cream asked, as Amy thought about Cream's deceased father.Shaking her head about that Amy told her to not worry about it at the moment, and that she'd spend some time with the small rabbit. Giving the small girl a happy expression as the two left the room leaving Amy's second in command in charge of all the paperwork as well as everything within the communications. [] [] [] 0w0 [] [] [] Back at Mushroom Zone, Izumi stared at the nearly defeated Metal Sonic. His body had sparks fluttering about it as he absorbed six of the Seven Chaos Emeralds transforming his body into that of a yellow tinted metal. Rushing at the metallic monster of a robot, she faked out a punch to his face as he attempted to block before Izumi grabbed his leg before slamming him into the ground multiple times over. The mettalic monster had been rejuvenated from the injuries she'd given him on their little impromptu fight as the two kicked and sliced at one another's bodies.As Izumi kicked him in the stomach vent, he slid across the ground as the two launched themselves at one another. They clashed in the air just above a nearby massive mushroom as the shockwave blasted it out of the ground and high into the air. She was then punched and kicked in the face multiple times by the speedy robot that knocked her into the ground as she coughed up spittle. Metal Sonic then grabbed her face as he dragged her through the dirt before launching her into another multitude of trees as she felt her back bruising from the amount of damage.She flipped in the air as she touched down on the ground before rushing at Metal Sonic again. The metallic Sonic wannabe had entered a combat stance as he prepared to counter Izumi once more but as Izumi did a fake-out kick to his face she had then grabbed his arm before attempting to tear the limb from his body. He then headbutted her in retaliation before he sent her skidding across the ground with a bit of blood falling from her face. He sent a kick in her direction that she blocked before locking her hands around the metallic foot belonging to the robot before spinning around in the air.Metal Sonic's form soon became a comedic circular form of himself before she threw him far out into the Mushroom Zone. She then transformed into her Draconic form as she flew surprisingly fast to where she appeared behind Metal Sonic and took a massive breath with her lungs pushing her chest outwards in her Dragon form. Once Metal Sonic managed to right himself before looking around for Izumi, he suddenly felt the presence of something behind him with the air around him suddenly increasing in heat. Turning around to see what was coming at him, he saw a massive beam of yellowish-red flames blasting towards him.Conjuring up a shield made up of the energy of the Chaos Emeralds, he managed to survive the blast. As the smoke had cleared up around himself, he placed up his thermal energy reader before noticing a fist coming through the smoke and smashing right into his face smacking him into the ground. Standing back upright once more, he glared up at the floating figure just staring down at him with nothing more than anger and frustration on their expression."Is there something wrong?" Metal Sonic questioned, rubbing some dirt from his form."Yes, you are somehow managing to survive each and every attack I give. Is it because of those weird Emeralds that you are using to power yourself up?" Izumi asked, as she floated down to the ground.Her anger might be through the roof, but she is far from being incapable of having much thought for planning or strategy."To answer your question simply. Yes, the Emeralds are giving me power... and all I've been doing is just stalling." Metal Sonic grunted as he prepared himself for another onslaught."Are you feeling fear yet?" Izumi questioned as she entered a combat stance as well."As of this moment, the only being who should be feeling fear is you." Metal stated coldly."You're going to eat those words." Izumi grunted before the two launched themselves at the other.Just before they were about to clash in the air once more, Knuckles came down from the air slamming his fist into Metal Sonic's face. The force of the hit managed to knock the six other Chaos Emeralds from his body as he fell to his knees holding his head as some new sparks were now shown moving about his head. Looking around himself, Metal Sonic just glared at the two of them before growling at them as he pulled the green emerald into his hand as his form changed into his sleeker and far more durable form again."You are going to pay for that Echidna." Metal growled."Just know that I'm not alone!" Knuckles stated, slamming his fists into each other.Just as Metal was about to question Knuckles statement, a plasma blaster smacked him in the side of the face. He glanced over at who shot him with the plasma gun and found Tails standing off to the side, Tornado resting on the ground. Then something smashed into his back launching him into the grasp of Izumi who had managed to pierce through Metal Sonic's body with seemingly great ease. She stared at the metal abomination as it's eyes slowly began to dim, and Sonic revealed himself with a smirk on his face."Sonic is here to help!" The blue hedgehog said, as Izumi spared him, Tails and Knuckles a glance.Staring back at the heavily injured and nearly dead Metal Sonic in her arms before she tossed him in the air. Just as she was preparing to blast the remains of Metal Sonic with her fire breath, a different set of flames blasted Metal Sonic to smithereens. Looking to their right, they found a clown-copter landing nearby as Bowser wiped his mouth with his arm which got Izumi to stare at him in shock before a rising fear built up inside her heart.Bowser climbed out of the clown-copter as he moved towards Izumi. The young woman actually showing a meek exterior emotion as Bowser stopped moving right in front of her with Sonic, Tails and Knuckles believing that they'd overstayed their welcome for this relationship. So taking their leave, the two stayed quiet when they stared at one another with Izumi being the first one to look away in both shame and sadness... but growing vindication for what she did."You left the Kingdom... in order to satiate your vengeance." Bowser said, with a low tone."I-i know I screwed up... j-just punish me so I can just g-grieve." Izumi said, before she was pulled into a hug.Feeling as though she was out of depth with this, she felt tears begin to fall again from her eyes as Bowser spoke in her ear. His body glowed before revealing his humanoid form again, only this time, he was without his shirt, and he was wearing a pair of blue shorts."You did nothing wrong. It is what I would've done in your shoes if Junior was killed by Metal Sonic." Bowser said, as a stray tear fell from his eye as well."H-How can I l-live with th-the fact that I-I let my unborn c-child die?! I-I can't live like this!" Izumi said, as she cried in Bowser's arms."Don't worry Izumi. You shall fear no longer... for I... Bowser... am here." Bowser said, finishing his little rendition of All Might's catch phrase.

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The Koopa Kingdom had thrived since the defeat of Metal Sonic, with Izumi and Bowser coming back to mourn the loss of their first biological child together. Junior had also come by in order to help the two mourn the loss of another child within their family as he spent time with the two. The same was said for each and every one of the Koopalings who had been Bowsers children before Izumi had come into the picture.The fact that the two had been continuing to try for another child after the whole Metal Sonic incident was encouraging to the Freedom Fighters. Some of their members had gotten together in order to try and start a family themselves following in Izumi and Bowser's footsteps. With Sonic actually staying single this entire time as he'd much rather stay on the run, keeping the planet safe from any kind of threat that came for them all.Even when there was no threat, Sonic was making runs all over the entirety of Mobius. As he had wanted to get his speed out of his system before resting for the evening and just staying on routine with himself and those around himself. Due to Eggman actually being found in a small village with some amnesia preventing him from ever becoming Dr. Ivo Robotnik/Dr. Eggman, times had come to peace. How the Freedom Fighters found out Eggman's location was due to a village that had been close to Tangle giving her information about the man's whereabouts.As it turned out, when he left for his armada, he'd fallen out of his hovercar and smashed his head on a nearby rock outside the village. That had knocked a lot of things out of Eggman as he decided to just call himself the Tinkerer, a man who wanted nothing more than to help those around himself evolve with the times. He had even made sure that the village's walls were increased for defensive purposes in case a threat ever came here, and that was ignoring the many different tunnels that went underneath the village itself!Needless to say, the world had nothing left to fear from Eggman as the man was now gone and replaced with Mr. Tinkerer.With that all said and done however, Izumi and Bowser revealed to the world that they were going to have another child. The news was taken so seriously that the world had made news headlines in different cities marking the start of a new generation for the Kingdom of the Koopa Tribe. And for once, it seemed as though everything was going perfectly for Izumi and Bowser as the two were in their castle staring at the egg that had small bumps all over the outer shell of it.The two shared smiles on their faces as they knew that there wouldn't be any kind of threat that could make their lives worse than it was before. And through the next five years after Metal Sonic's defeat at the hands of Sonic, Knuckles, Tails and Izumi... life thrived on Mobius. Izumi and Bowser had found that a mixture of their DNA allowed their child to have a human-like appearance but with anthropomorphic features such as a large shell over their back with a set of horns on top of their head.Due to Izumi having dark green hair, and Bowser having flamed red hair, the child had a mixture of their hair colors. Not only that, but they also had a case of heterochromatic eyes that had a lighter shade of both their eye colors. The right eye being a lime green and the left eye being a flaming pink color. Due to their young age however, they wouldn't know this until the child reached the age of four when a miracle happened between the two's lineages of blood.Their child had been born with a Quirk!It was due to their specific power sets, and Izumi's Quirk lineage of Telekinetic powers that were relatively weak. Bowser's familial lineage of fire breathing turtles allowed their child to have the ability of Pyrokinesis! The two had been around their child's life the entire time as Izumi had shown off to Bowser, Junior and the other Koopalings that even with a biological child, she was still motherly towards the other children within the Koopa lineage.She spent time hanging out in the sparring arena with Roy, played tennis with Larry, had political talks with Morton, had girl time with Wendy as the two had got her some necklaces for her to wear. As for Iggy, she had talked with the little Koopa child about what his desires as an up-and-coming inventor in the world and how he wanted to achieve them. For Lemmy Izumi just played tag with him from time to time due to his high energy and child-like nature out of the children of the Koopa Lineage. Finally for the last of the Koopa children, Ludwig, Izumi had helped him gather materials for the small experiments he'd be doing in his bedroom and make sure to keep an eye on him.Chaos knows what that little Koopa will make with the next batch of ingredients for his little science fair.Now as for Bowser Junior, the little Koopa had fully integrated himself within the Freedom Fighter's as he made himself a very good ally. They had come across a Platypus who had been an Eggman fan and taken up the life of being the sole enemy to them all by nearly taking over the world through peaceful manners... he never made it far due to Junior's cunning. And Izumi made it known in the Koopa Tribe that Junior was slowly coming into his own character, and would soon be ready to be the leader that they deserved... and that made the spawn of Bowser smile when he saw his mother the next week after a long day of working with Amy Rose.As it turned out, the two had gotten along quite well, enough to the point that she had helped him enter a friendship with Cream the Rabbit. The two were very close and due to his slowly growing crush on the little rabbit girl who was now 11 they were slowly growing to gain a relationship. Izumi and Bowser were all for it, just making sure that the two didn't find out what the adults did whenever the two hung out in the Koopa child's room all by themselves.When it came to Izumi and Junior's relationship as mother and son together, the two spent a lot of their time painting. Izumi would paint their family in such a way that made them look like a picasso painting that Junior would attempt to one up hers by trying to make his painting similar to the Mona Lisa by Da Vinci. Needless to say, Junior still had a long way to go before he'd ever reach his mother's skill of drawing and painting those around himself. But he still challenged her from time to time about painting those around himself. [] [] [] 0w0 [] [] [] Izumi was now at the age of 26 as she stared at the Koopa Kingdom. These five long years have been stressful, but at the same time worth it as the entirety of the Koopa Kingdom's land had been terraformed into a metropolitan city that the Koopa's gained jobs to take care of the place. Standing from the castle where she and Bowser lived with their family, she smiled at those below her before realizing she needed some things from Angel Island, he decided to leave the safety of the Koopa Kingdom to gather those supplies all by herself.Bowser was all for it as he could finally show why he shouldn't be messed with as the King of the Koopa's right next to Izumi. A lot of humans from Central City had moved into his Kingdom and began to make businesses as they had tried to intimidate his people from leaving their home through market crashing things. Due to this he had been placing tariffs on those specific businesses in order to lower their chances of selling in his Kingdom without having his people feeling threatened.He treated his people and those from outside of his Kingdom with equal rights and actions. If the humans did something to slight his Kingdom, he'd make sure that they realized their mistake and while he wouldn't attack them via physical actions... he would manipulate their surroundings and get them to be scared all the time. He had a laugh when he informed Izumi about how his favorite past time is having a bit of fun with those humans who moved into his Country for a change of scenery as well as a bid to get them to leave.So as Izumi let out her Draconic wings, she flew high into the air above Green Hill Zone before flying away with a burst of speed. Unaware of how Sonic the Hedgehog was running through Green Hill Zone at the moment with a curious expression upon his face. And we move to his location as he zips through the zone without much enemies to block him on his way through the area. Having an enemy to fight made him feel whole again, so letting that Platypus get away using that warping tool was a good thing as he would be given a lot of new idea's for how to take him on.Sonic really loved a good challenge when it came to tech genius'. Tails had actually sent him out here due to an unfamiliar energy being sighted here a few days ago on one of his little robots in the area. And due to it's close proximity to the Koopa Kingdom's walls, Sonic was sent to make sure that the energy wasn't malicious or wanted to get rid of their ally in the Koopa Kingdom. As much as Sonic had known he could easily wipe the floor with both Bowser and Izumi he still didn't want to piss them off and turn them into enemies of his friends.As he leapt and bounced from each and every missing platform in Green Hill Zone, Sonic let out a breath of fresh air. He always loved how free he felt whenever he was allowed to run all over Mobius every single day. And as much as he would love to have Eggman as an enemy again, the man was a very good source of challenging obstacles for him to overcome with those metal robots that could take on his power. Surprising the power of technology was nowadays.Shaking his head, he stopped near a clearing that gave him a great view of the Koopa Kingdom's walls. And as he stood underheat the palm tree of Green Hill Zone, he smiled at the sunny day that was showing off in the world, he just knew that today was going to be a good day. He was about to continue when he got a call from Tails from his wristwatch phone."Sonic? Are you there?" Tails' voice called out."I read you loud and clear Tails!" Sonic said, with a smile."Good, I thought something happened since you didn't call back earlier." Tails's voice said, a little worried."You worry too much Tails, I can handle myself!" Sonic said, with a cocky smirk on his face."I know that Sonic, but sometimes you let your ego get to you when we're fighting Eggman. And that sometimes leads you to losing against him." Tails warned as Sonic nodded."Yeah, everything is fine in Green Hill Zone. Are you sure that one of your robots had noticed a weird energy reading in this place?" Sonic asked, tapping his foot."Really? I could've sworn that the energy was there..." Tails muttered through the call as Sonic looked at his surroundings.In the immediate area, Sonic could see flickies and palm trees as far as his eyes could see and perceive. And as he passed over the palm tree that was above his current position that gave him shade from the blistering heat of the sun, he barely missed the crimson-colored eyes glaring down at him from above. When his eyes moved across them for a millisecond, he thought it was nothing before his eyes locked back onto the weird shadow's form."Wait, hold on a second Tails. I think I see something." Sonic said, as he walked closer to the tree."Huh? What are you talking about Sonic? Be careful!" Tails called out through his communicator."Like I said before Tails, you worry too much. It's probably just..." Sonic said, before he could finish the sentence the shadow attacked him.Shock came over Sonic's face before he fell from the tree as the shadow pushed itself deep within Sonic's mouth and into his body. The blue hedgehog had trembled on the ground before starting to roll all across the grass of Green Hill Zone letting out grunts and groans of pain and misery before one of his hands cut off the communication between him and Tails.Back in Central City:"SONIC?! W-WHAT HAPPENED! SONIC!" Tails called out from his house. "Dang it... something happened to Sonic, I need to check up on him." Tails muttered before rushing out of his home from Central City.Within Green Hill Zone:Sonic's form had been seen leaning against a tree as the blue hedgehog looked around the area. One of his eyes were a crimson-colored red, whilst the other was it's normal teal green color as he shook his head before trying to force the weird shadow from his body but failing. The once strong and charismatic Sonic the Hedgehog had been possessed by something very powerful... one who could force the blue blur to sit in the backseat of his own mind."Wow, that was very... alluring. I can't believe it took me almost 20 minutes to take over this body, hehe! He's definitely the strongest being on Mobius, now to make sure that I can save this world from being rewritten." The (Not) Sonic said, before looking to a flicky that had flown over.Before punching it into red paste.Looking at the blood on his hands, the (Not) Sonic stared at the splatter on his gloves before shrugging his shoulders. All before a plan came to mind."I'm almost as powerful as I need to be in order to take full control of this world. I just need a few more souls... hehehahahahahahahaha!" (Not) Sonic laughed. Over with Tails, the fox was flying through the air using the Tornado. His own tails could lift him all the way over to Green Hill Zone, but it would leave him barely with any kind of energy to lift himself should he get into a fight. Everything on his mind was trying to figure out whether or not Sonic was okay and if the hedgehog needed his help with anything, they were friends so there was no reason as to why Sonic wouldn't be contacting him if he wasn't in trouble!Landing the Tornado at the beginning of Green Hill Zone, he climbed out of the plane before noticing a weird red ring on the ground next to it. Picking up the ring itself, he stared at it with confusion before it was seemingly absorbed into his own body bringing a shudder to his entire form. Shaking his head for a moment, he rushed off to find out what had happened with Sonic in the time he had lost connection with his best friend in all of Mobius. After all, he owed it to Sonic to make sure the blue blur had at least one friend who cared for him!As he went through the Zone, he couldn't help but notice how the sky looked far more crimson red than it had even been before. Looking around the area, he noticed how the lake of Green Hill Zone had been completely covered in what appeared to be a red color... possibly close to blood. Fear began to take over his body as he got closer to Sonic's last known location before coming across a dead flicky on the ground with it's head twisted very horrifically. Blood was still flowing from it's mouth, eyes and the two holes representing it's nose.Tails felt sick to his stomach as he came across more and more dead flickies who hadn't been capable of escaping the first one's death. He placed a palm over his mouth as tears fell from his eyes looking in all directions as whoever had done this couldn't have been the Koopa Kingdom. They were too kind in order to cause this much destruction on the tip of a hat! As he was getting closer to Sonic's original location, he suddenly heard a weird static sound that was slowly getting louder in his ears that he rubbed at in order to clear them but it was still there.As soon as he came around a corner from the forest, he came across what appeared to be the Koopa Kingdom's borders. Looking all around the place, he found that it was completely covered from top to bottom in blood and a lot of dead corpses. He moved away from the castle's walls and continued down the path of Green Hill Zone that had led him over near the waterfall that had poured into the Koopa Kingdom's water supply. And off in the distance, just standing to the right of the waterfall and listening to the water fall from the bridge was Sonic!Moving as fast as he could near the closest thing to an older brother in his life, Tails pointedly ignored how the weird static sound was getting louder and louder the closer he got to his old friend. There was no way the best friend of his could've caused this much damage, he was too kind towards others his heart was that of a Hero not a villain!And as soon as he stopped near Sonic, he noticed something very odd about him. He didn't seem to react to his presence, so he spoke out loud in order to get his friends' attention."S-Sonic? W-What's going on?" Tails called out, as Sonic still said nothing or reacted.Moving closer he reached an arm out towards Sonic."S-S-Sonic? A-Are you a-alright?" Tails asked, before Sonic opened his eyes and revealed his turquoise green eyes."Tails? What are you doing here?" Sonic asked, confused."I-I had a f-feeling th-that you were in trouble." Tails said, as Sonic nodded."I'm fine Tails, did you bring the Tornado? Come on, let's get a move on!" Sonic said, preparing to leave as Tails noticed the blood on his gloves."Okay! W-Wait... is that b-blood on your hands?" Tails asked, as Sonic shook his head."I had a chili dog on the way here Tails, I had some ketchup land on my gloves. Just didn't find the time to clean them, gotta go fast, right?" Sonic asked, before taking off.With Sonic gone, Tails noticed that weird static sound was gone from his hearing. And as he noticed that, he noticed that his heart was beating extremely fast... so fast in fact that it was as though he was nearing a heart attack just from being around his best friend. But that was impossible, Sonic wouldn't ever hurt him... right?Getting ready to leave after Sonic, something got over his senses before shaking his head."T-There's no way that red stuff on his gloves was ketchup... t-that was b-b-blood! I-I need to escape!" Tails muttered to himelf.Twisting his tails around behind himself, he took off into the air as he attempted to get away from Green Hill Zone. Only for something to smash right into his back and the two to disappear into a large Golden Ring. Angel Island:Izumi was gathering some leaves and berries for the dinner she was planning on setting up for everyone. It was going to be more of a vegetarian dinner, but she didn't want them all to complain as soon as she informed her family about it. She knew that they were all meat-eating people and would've preferred to hunt some deer and other game in order to get something to eat. But she wanted to stay as healthy as possible in terms of increasing her own strength, smiling to herself she finished gathering her supplies when the ground shook beneath her.She stumbled around the area before the entire forest was soon engulfed in flames. Looking around in a panic, Izumi prepared to use her magic but remembered how her wand was back at the castle in Green Hill Zone, and she flew off in order to see what was causing this. Moving through the trees as something in her instincts had told her to stay hidden, she flew all around the island without running into anyone who could be causing this mess.That was until she came across a scene in front of her.Tails was seen laying on the ground unconscious, confused as to why the little fox was in the area, she stayed hidden. Wanting to figure out what in the hell was going on, and as she watched the little fox wake up from his slumber she watched as his face came into a dreadful expression. Tilting her head at that, she watched as he turned around noticing how the forest was on fire before walking away in search for an escape from the island.She followed after him as Tails slowly become more and more fearful of his surroundings. That was until Sonic appeared on Angel Island not too far from Tails as he stood in the direct way of Tails who had been staring at him in fear. Izumi took a closer look at Sonic before noticing something very wrong with the blue blur in front of her, his eyes were a crimson red color, and his teeth were out of a horror movie with how sharp and yellow in appearance they were. She looked over at Tails to find the fox staring at Sonic with his entire form trembling in fear as she overheard Sonic speak."You know, you're making my job harder when I'm only trying to save you all. But if you won't join me willingly, I'll just have you join through force. Run along Tails, after all it's time for Hide and Seek!" Sonic(?) said, as Tails immediately flew past him dread all over his body.She watched as Sonic gained a cruel smirk on his face before rushing off after Tails, something that she took off after him for. She had done an excellent job of finding out to hide both her Chaos Energy in the last five years, same with her magical presence through Bowser's knowledge of the subject. So as she flew silently behind both Sonic and Tails, she suddenly heard the sound of weird music suddenly getting more and more dreadful and very scary. Looking at Tails his face was becoming more and more fearful as the music got worse through the chorus.Soon enough, Tails had tripped over one of the tree roots of the forest allowing the Sonic Look-alike to rush past him. All before Tails reached for his leg, something that she soon realized was him twisting his ankle along the fall to the ground as he tumbled across it. As he stopped a few meters away from where he'd tripped, his body was covered in dirt and bruises as tears fell from his eyes with him trying to reach out towards his leg in pain. Flying as fast as she could in Tails' direction, she noticed how Sonic appeared in front of him, and he was FREAKING FLOATING! SONIC CAN'T FLOAT WITHOUT THE CHAOS EMERALDS!"That was a great game of Hide and Seek, Tails. But it's time to gather your soul for the mission I have." Sonic said, before reaching out for Tails' head.The intent on his mind to kill the fox in the worst possible way, he suddenly felt a presence behind him. Turning his gaze as Tails' eyes closed as he prepared for death, Izumi landed on the ground behind Sonic with a furious expression as she backhanded him far into the distance within Angel Island's borders. Tails heard Sonic's yelp of pain before looking up to see Izumi standing there rubbing her wrist as she reached out to him helping him onto his feet and using some healing magic on his leg."Are you alright Tails? How's your leg?" Izumi asked, as Tails stared at her for a moment."Y-Y-You're not one of t-those fakes, right?" Tails asked, as Izumi tilted her head."I'm the Queen of the Koopa Tribe! Why would I ever fake my position?" Izumi asked, a little offended."O-Okay, you're not a fake! WE NEED TO LEAVE NOW!" Tails called out grabbing her hand.Not wanting to be told twice, Izumi flew off with Tails. The two flying through the forest like their lives depended on it before coming across a giant ring and not taking a gift horse in the face the two leapt into the ring. Just as Sonic(?) had arrived behind them to see the ring close after the two of them as he let out a furious scream of fury."DAMN IT ALL! WHO WAS THAT BITCH WHO HIT ME, I WILL HAVE HER HEAD!" The Fake Sonic screamed in fury.'Serves you right, you didn't get my friend!' Sonic's voice rang from the unknown figure's head."I don't care about what your friends are doing Sonic. All I care about is killing them for my plan to save you all." The figure said, before grunting as he looked in another direction."Hm... it seems as though Knuckles is checking out that new Zone, I set up for those to see. And since that fox got away, that means I have a few other souls to play with... it's only a matter of time before I get what I want." The evil Sonic said, with a knowing smile.

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Knuckles looked at the small robot that was laying on the ground ahead of himself. He let out a gruff sound of affirmation as he moved forwards through the Scrapyard Zone as he crushed multiple robots that had once belonged to the late Great Eggman Empire. What a joke it had become after the up-and-coming scientist Dr. Starline had long since taken over, after he had stopped his search for Dr. Eggman as without Metal Sonic the search was done and over. Knuckles shook his head in exasperation before he glanced around the area, he'd noticed a large amount of Eggman robots in the area as of the last few weeks.But what intrigued him so much to the point that it required his presence in this certain area, however, was the similar energy of Sonic's that the Master Emerald informed him about. It seemed as though Sonic had decided that being a Hero was overrated and went into full villain. Not that Knuckles believed the Master Emerald telling him to be wary of the blue Hedgehog was even something he'd not take into account. He'd gotten a call from Tails earlier telling him to not go to Scrapyard Zone, but he needed to see for himself what that weird energy he'd been sensing was.Not to mention how it was Tails' very own robot that had noticed the energy spike earlier on in the day within Scrapyard Zone.As it turned out, looking around the place, he'd come across something very horrifying to him. Standing all on his own within Scrapyard Zone, was Dr. Starline... except his instincts kept telling him that something was... off about the platypus Eggman fan. He stood a fair bit away from Starline at the moment, but there was an odd aura surrounding the fan of the late Dr. Eggman as the platypus stared at his Warp Topaz thingy mobobber. Then he saw it.Starline looked over his shoulder and gave Knuckles a dead-eyed expression that had a very spine-chilling smirk on his face. Gone were the relatively human-like teeth in Starline's mouth and what replaced them was a very chilling and disgusting yellow set of shark-like teeth as he turned to face the Echidna. Adopting a fighting stance, the platypus immediately charged the warrior Echidna as the two fought over the remnants of Scrapyard Zone. The fight wasn't even that hard for Knuckles as he'd recognized the fighting style of Starline as he used various technological objects to fight him.But each time he'd gotten a near brush with death, or an attack that was meant to kill him... a weird flash of what could happen if he didn't dodge entered his mind. Each image that appeared from every attack that Starline had thrusted at him gave him even more courage to fight longer and eventually defeat the Platypus. It wasn't much of a fight, but with how technologically intelligent Starline was, it wasn't much of a surprise he'd nearly killed him multiple times.The way he fought however, was what threw Knuckles off at first. It seemed as though Starline... wasn't really himself and was nothing more than a... puppet whose strings were just cut and was just throwing wild attacks like a cornered animal. But after the fight was over, Knuckles couldn't help the breath of relief that exited his mouth as he stared down at the bloody corpse that belonged to Starline... before it suddenly vanished from sight without a speck of blood on the ground or his knuckles.Glancing around the immediate area, he couldn't help the chill moving down his spine as he felt as though something was behind him. But when he turned around, he found nothing but a mirage of Sonic seemingly floating in the air before it disappeared from his view."What the hell? Last time I saw Sonic floating was when he was using the Chaos Emeralds in his Super form." Knuckles mumbled to himself.Continuing down the path in Scrapyard Zone, Knuckles checked the place out a little further. He got a few hundred meters later when another flash of Sonic appeared in front of him with red eyes and yellow sharp teeth with some blood falling from the bastards' eyes. But from what Knuckles thought about the blood falling from Sonic's eyes, it appeared as though he were crying instead of taking pleasure... that meant Sonic was still in there... but the problem was... where was he?The presence made itself known behind him for a moment."FoUnD yOu!" A very distorted but very Sonic-like voice called out behind him.Before Knuckles could even react however, his vision suddenly blackened and he passed out.As he woke up from what appeared to have been a nightmare in his own mind, Knuckles rubbed his head."W-What the h-hell was that? W-Was that Sonic? I need to get out of here, Tails was right." Knuckles muttered to himself.Making his way through a more bloody and completely distorted Scrapyard Zone, he came across a set of spikes on the ground. It was only blocked by a small platform that he leapt onto before jumping towards the wall above the spikes as he slammed his fists into the wall. A flash of what could happen if he fell into the spikes below appearing in his mind before he shook it off.Climbing the platform up to the top of it, he found a large pillar standing in his way. Smashing his fist into it multiple times proved unfruitful before he noticed something glowing on another platform not too far away from himself. And leaping into the air whilst gliding over to the platform, he looked around the area as though he were searching for whoever left this random ring in the middle of the Zone. Shaking his head Knuckles took in the appearance of the ring, and he couldn't help but feel as though he shouldn't use this ring at all.It was crimson red in it's entirety, on the top and bottom layers of the ring itself. Reaching out to the ring itself, he grabbed it and lifted it into the air as he felt the entirety of the world around him suddenly become an epilepsy warning for those who are not too kindly loving towards flashing lights. And he felt his heart rate spike dramatically before feeling a pair of eyes on him and glancing around the area, he found Sonic sitting on a pile of dead robots whilst using them as a throne for him to sit upon. His mood was impassive as he stared at the head of a robot that had long since been destroyed.Then he looked in Knuckle's direction.Yeah, Knuckles immediately rushed off in a hurry to escape from Sonic as that was the most fear he'd been given by the blue hedgehog.Rushing down the path he had to follow, Knuckles ignored any other red rings that had appeared in his vision. That was until the flashing lights disappeared and he was left to look at the area as it had lost everything that made it fear inducing to the echidna. Shaking his head he came across another pillar that wouldn't budge, even with his strength enhancing powers being brought to the maximum. So he glanced over at another red ring before realizing what he was supposed to do, whenever those flashing colors in the sky disappeared it meant he needed to grab another of those rings in order to escape.With dread falling down his back, he grabbed the next red ring before rushing off as fast as he could feasibly go. Jumping onto multiple jump pads and being launched to another part of the Zone entirely before he felt the eyes on him from behind. And glancing over his shoulder, he found Sonic rushing towards his position forcing Knuckles to immediately rush towards the area where the pillar had once been and leapt through the weird looking smoke. Just as the evil sonic clone had made it to him, the pillar had slammed right in the copy's face as Knuckles let out a breath of fresh air and looked at the area he was now at.It was still Scrapyard Zone, but he could clearly see that whatever those rings did... it wasn't good to those who held them. Taking a deep breath to calm his heart and mind, he rushed off down the path before Sonic appeared before him with a not to pleased expression on his face as he glared at the echidna."You know, you could've just followed the rings and allowed me to have my fun. But I guess I need to kill you myself in order to get what I want." Sonic(?) said, with a hint of anger behind his tone.Knuckles got into a fighting stance as he prepared for a fight that would test the limits of his frankly nearly tapped reserves of strength. It would be a literal miracle for him to manage to defeat Sonic and escape from this place but seeing as how he was nearly tired from exhaustion, he'd need some assistance.Knuckles could only hope that help was nearby to get him out of here. [] [] [] 0w0 [] [] [] Bowser arrived at another side of Scrapyard Zone; he'd noticed a lot of Magic being used here in the last few hours. And as to why he was here specifically, he wanted to see if he could terraform this place and turn it into a forest budding with life. Of course, that was the first thought on his mind at the moment... but the second one was the fact that Izumi hadn't returned from her journey to Angel Island... and he was beginning to become worried about his wife.Izumi was never late when it came to making dinner. And she never returned after about 5 hours of foraging for food. That never meant anything good was happening.He began to use his magic to terraform the place as a smile came to his face. He knew that Izumi would love to see more of Mobius thrive with life as well as many different forms of animals that could make sure that the forest didn't proliferate out of control. So as he focused his magic on both creating life, as well as making sure that none of them were the same kinds of animals that they had met before for foraging and hunting... he noticed the sounds of a fight in the distance.He ignored it at the moment as he thought it was someone taking care of some left over robots from the Metal Sonic armada from a few years ago. Bowser continued to terraform the place before he came across a familiar little rabbit on his little excursion away from the Koopa Kingdom. It was Cream the Rabbit as she was sitting in the outskirts of the forest he was in the middle of making, and moving towards the young rabbit, she took note of his appearance coming from afar."Mr. Bowser! It's been a while since you left the kingdom, is everything alright?" Cream asked, getting up to her feet and rushing to him."Nothing much, just some pitiful humans trying to kick my people out of our kingdom. But I came out here for two reasons." Bowser said, as he motions towards the forest he had begun terraforming."Oh, you're making a new forest? That's good, the previous forest had been terraformed into what we called Scrapyard Zone." Cream said, as she bounced on her feet."I can see that, what are you doing out here and so far away from your mother no less?" Bowser asked, as he knelt down to her height."I was gathering some flowers for my mother! She had been wanting to find some sunflowers to make some sunflower pie!" Cream said, with stars in her eyes."Well then I guess I can make some Sunflowers for you to use for your mother's pie." Bowser said, waving his wand over to the left of them.The two watched as a giant field of sunflowers erupted from the ground starting as small flowers that were similar to dandelions, before growing to Creams height and sprouting into large sun-like flowers. The whole time Cream stared at the magic being used in both awe and shock before rushing over to the flowers before sniffing them like a deer would sniffing a new place for a home. The little rabbit smiled as she started to gather some sunflowers for her mother's pie later on that evening, and it was here that Bowser had noticed how the fight from earlier had been getting worse.And it was moving closer to them."Cream, I think it's about time you returned home. Something is coming our direction, and I'd like you to stay out of the way." Bowser said, folding his arms and looking in the direction the fight was moving."Who do you think it is?" Cream asked, as Bowser shook his head."Best to not think about it little rabbit, head on home to your mother. I'd much rather not get you involved with a fight right now when you need to stay as a child for a bit longer." Bowser informed as Cream let out a pout before flying away with her large ears.Bowser watched her fly away from the location before glancing back over at the fight that was slowly making it's way over to him. He moved towards them first as he came across a scene that was very horrifying for him to see, and he was a former villain!Sonic had grabbed Knuckles by the face and was pressing him in the ground with a hand on the echidna's left arm. And from how purple the arm appeared, it seemed as though it were broken... Bowser only knew one thing: Sonic was somehow corrupted and he was about to Kill Knuckles.So Bowser did the only thing that came to his mind... which was leaping out at Sonic with a rageful expression. This caught the hedgehog off guard as he let out a yelp before Bowser had punched Sonic so far away that he thought the hedgehog had entered orbit of the planet. Looking over at the battered and bruised form of Knuckles, the echidna woke up briefly before staring at Bowser with surprise before sitting upright in pain."Careful there, you have a broken arm." Bowser said, utilizing his magic to heal the wounds of Knuckles."Guh! T-That hurts. But it's better than what that faker has been doing." Knuckles surmised with a grunt as he stood upright."What happened?" Bowser asked, folding his arms."I don't know, but we need to find Tails. Last time I heard from him he was over at Green Hill Zone." Knuckles said, rubbing his head as sweat fell from his forehead."Yeah, that place is wrecked. Let's head over to another place, do you know where we could go?" Bowser asked, curiously."There is the Hidden Palace, it's where the Master Emerald lays." Knuckles said, as a golden giant ring appeared."Huh, how convenient." Bowser said, grabbing Knuckles and carrying the echidna towards it."This giant ring will take us to The Hidden Palace. We shouldn't wait any longer." Knuckles said, as the two entered the ring.Just as the ring closed, Sonic appeared on the ground with a face so full of anger and fury it seemed as though the hedgehog's eyes would pop out of his skull."DAMN IT! NOT AGAIN! HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO INTERRUPT ME SAVING THEIR WORTHLESS LIVES!?" The 'Sonic' angrily and furiously yelled slamming his fists into the ground.'At least you didn't kill Knuckles, and he was the toughest guy I know!' The real Sonic's voice rang out."Shut your trap you blue bastard! If I don't kill all of you, the Highest will destroy your entire Universe!? Don't you see what I'm trying to do!?" The 'Sonic' practically yelled to the heavens.'I don't care if my world gets erased, so long as I don't have to deal with you then that means I don't have to wait to meet my friends again.' Sonic said, with a smirk inside the faker's head."Doesn't matter, so long as I can get Dr. Eggman... then everything will fall into place soon. And I know where to look." The faker said, with a growing smile.Disappearing from Scrapyard Zone, the entire place was suddenly hit with an influx of magical power. Terraforming the place into a budding forest with a large amount of fauna in order to keep it from overgrowing to the point it needed to be taken down physically by humanity and Mobians.Off in the Mushroom Zone, Sonic appeared again only this time he wasn't hiding the fact that he really wasn't Sonic. Looking around the area for whatever he was searching for... he came across a somehow still intact but non-functional head of Metal Sonic as he grinned evilly as he glanced over at the village that truthfully wasn't very far from where he was."I can take care of some of my stress from missing out on two very easy kills. But no matter, I can find Dr. Eggman through Sonic's memories." The faker said, before rushing off. On the other side of Mobius, in a small village called Windmill Village a man bearing the resemblance to Dr. Ivo Robotnik was seen tinkering with some of the town's toys. He had a smile on his face as he happily fixed anything that the townspeople had given him as he felt a very good vindication in his heart. Ever since arriving in this town, the people had treated him as someone known as the vile Dr. Eggman... something he had no idea was someone he used to be.But when the village informed him about his past, he decided to change that through his actions. By doing everything in his power to make sure that these people who had made sure that he didn't die in the forest alone and without any medical aid to show them that he will change his ways. He may not know who the late Dr. Eggman was, but he wouldn't move away from a child wh needed help with the fixing of their home, toy or a small robot that they befriended. And it brought joy to his heart to see the children of this village show him kindness and compassion, something that the adults had never done for a second. Although they were warming up to him over the last couple of days.He left his little office before setting up the closed sign on his little woodcutting shop and turning around. He walked through the village waving at those who had known him by his alias of Mr. Tinkerer, something that he came up with on the spot, so he doesn't scare those around him with his striking resemblance to a man who he wanted to be seen as dead. Tinker had found his little abode that was what he transformed a house into a small base of operations for himself as he continued to make upgrades to the village itself over the last five years.It was his way of showing that he was sorry for everything he'd done for the entire planet and those around him. It made him truly feel at home when he stared at his home before entering the place with a smile on his face, walking over to a nearby fireplace he sat down in a reclinable chair before he fell asleep. The warmth of the fire allowed him to relax his muscles from a long day of tinkering on toys, small houses for those who were new to Windmill Village, and other upgrades for the village's walls.So it was to his surprise that he woke up in the middle of the night, with his fireplace completely burnt out. But that was something he'd noticed right away as impossible, as it was always on at any time of the day.Looking around the house with a small amount of fear evident in his expression, he turned on the lights within the kitchen. And sitting at a nearby table was Sonic the Hedgehog as he was casually staring at him with his teal-colored eyes and a smile on his face."S-Sonic? What are you doing in my humble abode?" Tinker questioned as Sonic smirked at him."Nothing much man! I just came by to ask you a question." Sonic said, as he leant back in his chair."What do you need? Is it something I need to fix? Because my working hours are during the day not the evening." Tinker said, as Sonic grinned."Yeah! I need you to fix this guy for me, he used to be someone from your past that I know for a fact you would remember." Sonic said, as Tinker stared at the disembodied head of Metal Sonic.Flashes of his life as Dr. Eggman entered his mind, and for some reason Tinker felt as though he didn't want to be that vile doctor anymore. As being a nice person was something he'd wanted to stay as... but that vile personality was suddenly becoming overbearing as it suddenly took full control."W-What the hell? Why are you giving me Metal Sonic's head? Are you losing a few screws Sonic?" Tinker/Eggman questioned angrily."No, but I have a small little fee for this... Eggman." Sonic said, before his eyes suddenly changed color as the grin was still there."W-What the!? Y-You're not the real Sonic! He has teal eyes not crimson red!" Eggman growled as he moved away."Oh, I will have you know... you are about to meet your new normal." Sonic said, before the fireplace had activated again.As Eggman stumbled backwards in his own home, all we can see is the shadows of Eggman and Sonic as large tendrils appear from Sonic's back.Dr. Ivo Robotnik/Mr. Tinker let out a scream of fear and pain as his voice was suddenly stomped out by a loud crunch.