| GCB Fanfics: Vs. Mode |
Vs. Mode - Bowser vs. Yoshi"And from a battle between allies, we come to a battle between enemies." Lucca says as Vs. Mode returns, "Cloud and Auron proved in the last match that just because two people are from the same team, it doesn't mean that they need to hold back their blows." "The result?" Brock continues, "An amazing battle showcasing the skills of two of the best swordsmen in any part of the multiverse. Though Cloud won that match, I think the viewers were the true winners this time around. Both fighters are currently being healed by the resident white mages so, while their injuries may have looked severe, they both should be up on their feet again within an hour." "Next up," Lucca follows up without losing a beat. "Is another in a long string of battles between two residents of the Mushroom Kingdom. They have raced against each other, they have played golf against each other, they have played tennis against each other, and yes, they have fought against each other. This shall prove to be an interesting match of tactics and skill as these two probably know one another inside and out." "And now," Brock says as dramatically as he can, "presenting the resident evil overlord of the Mushroom Kingdom. The lovably evil and every so often brutal villain, Bowser!" The haunting tune of Bowser's Castle comes out of the speakers and the audience wait with baited breath for the coming of the Giant Koopa. Seconds slowly tick past and turn to minutes while Bowser's music loops around a couple of times, and still there's no sign of the fire-breathing reptile. The audience mutters to each other as some Mario and Ness fans faint due to a lack of oxygen to their lungs (Holding your breath for five minutes just to jeer at someone will do that to you). Brock sweats a bit before Lucca nudges him to go on "Uhh... and the other fighter for this match is one of the nemeses of Bowser who's not a Mario Brother. It's none other than Yoshi!" The intro music of Yoshi's Island happily hops around from one ear of the audience to another, cheerily welcoming the dinosaur that was not there. More confused mutters are heard as most of the people in the audience plan to stage a strike. "Okaaay... this might be a bit of a problem." Lucca comments just as a small dust cloud comes out from Yoshi's entrance. Brock blinks. Lucca blinks. The audience blinks. The Ref-Bot tries to blink, but found that it can't due to a lack of eyelids. The dust cloud disperses for a moment, revealing the growling forms of Bowser and Yoshi. And then they pounce at one another, reforming the dust cloud once more. "And it would appear that the fighters have decided to start their match early" Lucca says as her eyes remain transfixed on the cloud that was slowly making its way to the center of the ring. "Hopefully, we'll find out how this all started. Max? Think you can clear things up for the confused masses?" The monitor on one side of the stadium blinks on, revealing the smiling face of the oft-forgotten roving reporter of Vs. Mode. "What? They're long-time enemies! That's usually enough reason for people to beat each other up." "Max," Lucca deadpans, "if that's the only reason, they would have attacked each other a long time ago. Now quit hedging around!" "Quick as a whip as always Lucca, and for the answer to that mystery, I present to you a video tape of a few minutes ago." Max replies cheerfully as he brings out the afore-mentioned tape and sticks it into a nearby VCR. ---- The scene with Max changes to the noisy environment of the stadium cafeteria. In the foreground, Yoshi is peacefully devouring a mountain of food in front of him. Then the entire scene shakes, moments before Bowser enters the camera's field of vision. He sits on the other side of Yoshi's table as the baby dinosaur blatantly ignores him "Gwahohohohoh! Eating your last meal before I completely destroy you?" laughs the King of Koopas. Yoshi continues to ignore him as he flicks out his tongue and another sandwich disappears into his mouth. The turtle king sharpens his claws against his shell in a threatening manner. "I see you're speechless. Well, I'm not surprised! My very presence must be a shock to you!" Yoshi noisily drinks from a carton of milk. After thinking about it for a moment, he throws the carton into his mouth and swallows it too. "Hah! You're not even a speed bump in my road to glory," Bowser taunts again as he inspects his claws. "After I turn you to dinosaur soup, I will completely humiliate that spiky-haired moron! How hard could he be? After all, he lost to Mario of all people! Gwahohohohohoh!" Yoshi barks out a small comment before returning to his meal. Bowser stops short at his next batch of gloating and narrows his eyes at the dinosaur. "What did you say? Mario did not defeat me! I only let him win!" Yoshi gulps down a submarine sandwich before making a string of odd sounding noises that sounded suspiciously like sarcasm. "Hah! He only thinks he has beaten me all those times! In reality, it's all part of my great plan to ultimately rule the Mushroom Kingdom!" A small squeak escapes the dinosaur's mouth before he grabs another carton of milk. "What do you mean I can't rule over a paper bag? Are you making fun of me?" Yoshi stops his mass consumption for a moment to pull down his eyelid and stick his tongue out at Bowser. "Oh yeah? Well you're not any better! Your first big adventure wasn't noticed by anyone and your second one blows more eggs than a Birdo!" Absolute silence fills the cafeteria as those words are uttered. Everyone stares at Bowser as though the fire-breathing reptile had just shouted his denial of the existence of gods while wearing brass armor at the top of a hill during a thunderstorm. The fighters who were seated near the two immediately move to a safer location, like say the table of Sephiroth or Kefka. "Yeah, that's right!" The Koopa King nods to himself as he folds his arms over his massive chest. "Heck, I even make a better hero than you! Everybody loved my brief stint as a goody-two-shoes while no one liked yours! Gwahohohohohoho...ho...ho?" The laughter dies down in the throat of the great, big menace of the Mushroom Kingdom. In front of him, Yoshi gives him a glare. This is not just an ordinary glare either, oh no. This is a glare that goes into your very being, grabs your soul and strangles it until it screams uncle. This is a glare that speaks volumes and spouts poetry of death, doom and destruction. If Yoshi is the type to project battle auras, a bright, red flame would have been surrounding him at the moment, making his hair flap dramatically in the wind. That is, if he had hair. Simply put, if looks can kill, King Koopa would have been evaporated on the spot. There are some lines that should never be drawn between video game characters, insults that should never be uttered. Mentioning bombed games is very much akin to launching a nuke at Russia during the Cold War. Tension seems to rise between the two, and some of the smarter and weaker fighters have run away from the room. Others are either watching with curiosity on what would happen next or simply did not care. Then Yoshi barks out a few harsh words. Now it's Bowser's time to explode. "What did you call my mother!? She is not fat! She's simply big-boned like I am!" Yoshi cutely sneers and says one word. Those nearby that can understand Yoshi-speak gasps in shock. Those that cannot are surprised as the Koopa King suddenly lets out a great roar of anger. "Okay! That's it! The kid's gloves are off!" Bowser growls as he mimics the act of rolling up sleeves, "You're going down you little runt!" The two snarl at each other for a moment before leaping at each other's throats. The table beneath them breaks in half and all fighters nearby immediately get out of the way lest they get pulled into the scuffle. Various objects get pulled in and thrown out of the dust cloud the two made, decorating the entire cafeteria with broken wood and splattered food. After a minute or two of this mayhem, a stray table leg flies straight towards the camera, filling the screen with static. ---- "..." "..." "...well that was certainly interesting." Lucca finally comments to the stunned audience. "So, what do we do now?" asks Brock, "Anyone willing to separate the two so we can do the formalities?" "Not unless you want to get dragged into their little fight. No, I think its best to just start the match now, you hear me Ref?" The Ref-Bot nods it's head and hovers over to the center of the ring where the two were brawling. "Combat already in progress. Raise Force Barriers. Match 38, Bowser vs. Yoshi. 3, 2, 1... fight!" "Power's on; game's started and we still can't get a clear visual on what's happening." Brock announces as he squints at the arena. "Oh, there we go! The dust is finally settling and it looks like Bowser has grabbed Yoshi and is pounding him into the ground like a hammer!" "But don't you even think for a moment that Yoshi's giving up folks. His tongue flicks out and jabs Bowser in the eye making him let go. Now the baby dino is jumping on the giant Koopa's head and, oh how cute! He's tap-dancing all over the skull of Bowser! The audience is having a great laugh at the expense of the Mushroom Kingdom overlord while Yoshi leaps off and gives Bowser a good kick on the snout. He's completely humiliating the evil villain out there!" "Yea! That's-a the way to-a do it!" Lucca stops her announcing. That didn't sound like Brock. She turns her head to the side and sees a familiar plumber sitting beside her partner. The plumber gives her a big grin. "Hey-a! It's-a me! Mario!" Brock stares at the Mario Brother. "What are you doing here?" "Well-a, here we have-a Bowser and Yoshi, and I-a thought, who better to-a help announce things than-a me? Mama Mia! Yoshi just-a flipped a charging-a Bowser over his-a back! That is-a the result of my-a cooking. My-a Spaghetti and-a meatballs makes-a Yoshi big and strong!" Mario states proudly in a thick Italian accent. Lucca winces at Mario's almost incomprehensible chatter and whispers to Brock. "Okay, this is bad. I can almost hear our ratings plummet so here's the plan. You distract him while I continue running commentary. Got it?" "But why me?" the Pokemon breeder whispers back. "Besides, what's the worst that can happen?" "Yoshi, look-a out! Aiyiyiyiyi, Bowser just-a smacked him-a around with-a his tail." "Because you're closer, and if the radio listeners don't kill us, the Italians will. Now get to it!" Lucca clears her throat and returns to the match. "That he did Mario. He pulls Yoshi in, and with a mighty punch, launches him high into the air. He walks under the baby dinosaur and opens his mouth wide. Please don't tell me he's planning to eat Yoshi. Oh this is almost too gruesome to watch." "So, umm... Mario," Brock starts as he tries to think of something. "Err... what's this I hear about you being a child beater?" "Yoshi, wake-a up!" Mario says before facing Brock. "Oh-a no, not-a this again. I'm-a telling you, the Mario Brothers are not-a child beaters. We were-a framed! Child beating is-a more of-a Bowser's style. I mean-a, sure we-a beat those Koopa Kids, but it is-a only because they-a attacked us first, you know? I can't-a understand why everyone is-a saying we did it and it-a really depresses me. Can't we-a talk about-a something else?" Lucca breathes a sigh of relief before continuing her commentary. "Yoshi flutters safely away, moments before Bowser's chomps down on him. But he's not out of the woods yet as Bowser lets out a burst of flame to fry the green hero. Yoshi runs under the fire-breath and dashes between the legs of the evil king." "So, I take it you know how to translate Yoshi-speak." Brock continues in his quest to distract the plumber. "Care to enlighten us on what he said that made Bowser so angry?" "What-a he said was-a the worst insult that-a can ever be said in-a any language." Mario says as shakes his head in disdain. "It's-a a word so bad that-a there is-a no exact word for it in-a any human tongue." "Yoshi sneaks up behind Bowser and takes a big bite out of the Koopa King's tail. Wow! Listen to that scream! I never knew he could reach that octave." "Huh! Is that so. Care to give the viewers a rough translation of it?" "Oh-a, I can't! There could be-a kiddies out there watching. But I could tell it to you in-a secret." Mario leans towards the Pokemon Breeder and whispers something in his ear. As words poured out of the plumber's mouth, Brock's usually closed eyes gradually grows wider and wider. "Bowser is whipping his tail around, trying to get the dinosaur off and little Yoshi goes flying off to the other side of the ring. Meanwhile, Bowser is... hey!" shouts the scientist, "That's stadium property! Keep your dirty hands off the ring floor!" Brock gapes incredulously at Mario. "Wow! Seriously?" Mario nods. "Including the part about the goat and cheese?" Mario nods again. "And Bowser rips out two slabs of concrete from the ring itself, much to the chagrin of the maintenance crew." Lucca grumbles, "He chucks both of them at the green dinosaur but Yoshi simply gobbles them up with two flicks of his tongue." "He said all that in one squeak?" Mario nods a third time, "Yoshi-speak is-a a very effective language. Especially when it-a comes to-a insults." "Remind me to take lessons for Yoshi-speak later." "Yoshi swallows the rocks and excretes two eggs. You know, I really need to inspect the digestive system of a Yoshi someday. They swallow something and weapons fly out of their rear. It's like getting a free grenade with each meal." Lucca mentions as she taps her chin, "Err... anyway, Yoshi runs with eggs trailing behind him, jumps over a claw swipe and Bowser gets exploding eggs on his face. That has got to hurt." "Now Mario, why do you call Yoshi, Yoshi when he's a Yoshi? Isn't that like calling your dog, Dog?" Mario shrugs his shoulders. "You-a know, the Mario family never was-a good with names. I mean-a, look at me! My-a full name is-a Mario Mario. Besides-a, Yoshi doesn't seem to-a mind." "Bowser clears the smoke from his eyes and tries to look for Yoshi. He looks left and right, down and around, but he doesn't look up and the green dino punishes him for it with a pound attack on the head. Bowser is down!" "Err..." Brock sweats a bit as he fishes around his head for another question. "What's with the stereotypical Italian accent?" Mario looks at the Pokemon Breeder weirdly, "What-a accent-a?" "Looks like Yoshi's taking a trick from Mario's book. He's grabbed Bowser by the tail and is dragging him around in a circle with all his strength. Can he do it? Bowser's slowly gains some air as Yoshi's spin goes faster." "Umm... err..." Brock falters as he tries to think of something else to say but can't up with anything. "Well? Is-a that all?" "And Bowser flies out of ring and hits the barriers with such tremendous force that it actually buckles a bit! But don't you worry folks; those barriers were designed to take a lot of punishment. And the shields snap back in place, flinging Bowser high up into the air. I think we can call this battle done and over with!" Brock heaves a sigh of relief when he hears those words. "Yes, that's all of my questions. Thank you for answering all of them Mario." The plumber turned hero beams back. "It was-a nothing. Mama Mia! I have-a forgotten all about the-a match. Yoshi is already celebrating his-a victory with a little jig. Now there's-a dinosaur that can-a really dance" "And the audience claps for the winner. It's strange though, I feel like something is missing here. Oh no! Yoshi, look out!" Lucca screams as a large shadow covers the dancing reptile. There is a tremendous crash as Bowser's shell lands on the ring, causing the entire arena to shake from the impact. Mario shakes his head as the dust slowly settles down, "Aiyiyiyiyi..." "You probably forgot that the Ref-Bot hasn't announced Yoshi as the winner yet." Brock comments to Lucca. "...and Yoshi gets crushed under the weight of his opponent." Lucca finally says, "Bowser comes out of his shell and wobbles to a standing position. He notices the squashed Yoshi below him and lets out a great big roar. Guess he was playing possum" The Ref-Bot hovers to the ring and pokes Yoshi with his flags before turning to the audience. "Winner: Bowser" "And Bowser lets out a horrible laugh while the audience boos him." Brock says as the evil king stands triumphant over Yoshi. "Not that I blame them. This must be quite a disappointment after thinking that Yoshi's going to win this fight, but there's no doubting the results. Bowser stands tall while Yoshi lies unconscious on the floor." Another crash echoes throughout the arena, silencing the audience. "Correction," Lucca says, "None of fighters are standing tall and both of them are lying unconscious on the floor. Must have been a delayed reaction. Not that that change anything. Bowser was still the last reptile standing and he's the one moving on to join the sweet sixteen." "Oh-a no, this is-a bad." mourns Mario, "First Luigi, and now-a Yoshi. Thank-a you for letting me-a announce with-a you, but I need to-a go now and help bring Yoshi to-a the clinic. Aiyiyiyiyi" Lucca and Brock shakes hands with the saddened Mario Brother before the plumber walks away, his head still shaking in disbelief. "And so ends a match that really could have gone either way." Lucca says as the bodies of both fighters are carted off the ring. "Bowser takes the win today and gets to try his chances against Cloud next round. Whether or not he can do as well as Mario did last year, we shall find out in around one week's time " "Next match, we shall see a Double-F goddess slaughter a marine." Brock cheerfully declares, "This should prove to be fun." Beside him, Lucca covers her face with her hands and mutters something about neutral stances. This is going to be a looong day. Next Entry Back |