Movie 9: Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger Vs The Mushroom Kingdom

As the Docs and Violet strained at the controls of the Gokai Galleon the sound of tearing metals and the howl of winds told them all they needed to know as the Galleon started to tear apart at the seams pulling the crew out into the void of the crimson vortex.

"I won't let you go!" Hase howled as he rushed to the side of his girlfriend holding her hand firmly as they were throw into the vortex and vanished.

"Doc! Hase!" Ahim growled as the rest of the crew were flung about and flung to the four corners of the tear, "Don't worrrrry we'll find you!"

And then Ahim was gone.

And then Mia/Nicole was gone, Marvelous, Energy Doc and Violet, Luka and Luna tried to ride out the storm by holding onto for dear life to Energy Luka as she took her full dragon form only for them to vanish into the vortex until no one was left and the torn and shattered Galleon's pieces themselves vanished into the ether of the crimson void.

Violet coughed up water as he was dragged onto the shore, unlike the others he had crashed through the barrier only to nose dive into the sea, if not for the timely arrive of a portly frog with a man's face he would have surly drowned.

"There-a There-a, you're going to be alright, just catch-a your breath! I'll take-a care of everything!"

Violet watched the man curiously as he got his faculties about him, they were not alone, flying fish and winged turtles were closing in on them but the frog man just changed shape becoming a red and white plumber as he spat fire at their encroaching attackers. Violet wanted to help but he could barely move, his body hurt more then any time he could remember, and hunger clouded his reason, he would just have to trust his life to this Italian plumber and hope for the best.

"At least," Violet muses as he looks around the pastel green fields and vibrant green grass around him, "The air is crisp and clean and I seem safe, for the moment."

The rumble of his stomach however interrupted his musing, and as he looked around he felt a bit uneasy, the distant hills seemed to have eyes, hell even some of the clouds seem to be smiling. So many faces painted across the landscape make the rather picturesque place a tad more unnerving.

"You're-a hungry? Take-a this," the frog plumber hopped out of the water with a smile and held out a large red spotted mushroom larger then his fist, where he kept it Violet had no idea.

Hesitating for only a moment Violet scrutinized the frog, 'based on inflection, stance, demeanor and heart rate everything tells me this stranger is completely forthright,' before taking the mushroom and surprisingly finishing it in a couple bites, the massive mushroom almost vanishing before his eyes, and along with it his hunger.

"Hummm," the frog stood up, which seemed rather difficult in his current form, and extended a hand, "You-a must've been starving, that-a should have done-a more."

"More?" Violet tilted his head curious as he shoot the hand, which was strangle not slimy but was understandably wet.

"That-a was a Power Mushroom, it should-a have restored-a you to full strength as well," The frog nodded, "By the way, it's-a me Mario!"

Violet smiled, "That is a good assessment, I was starving. But alas I can't share my own name, I am drawing a complete blank on all details of my past."

Mario stroked his chin and nodded, "It's-a all right, just-a stick with me, Mario!"

Violet nods, looking around again at the fields and up to the smiling cloud, he almost swore he saw something moving in the cloud just before a red spiked ball fell toward him from the sky.

"Watcha out!" Mario called as he shoved Violet aside his long amphibian tongue lashing out the wrap around the ball and spit it back up at the cloud where a glasses wearing turtle fell out.

"W-What was that?" Violet blinked in disbelief.

"Lakitu, one of King Bowser's minions," Mario explain as he suddenly stopped being a frog and became an overweight plumber in red and blue coveralls offering a small frog statue to Violet, "It's dangerous up here, take this."

"O...kay," Violet blinked confused but as his hand touched the statue he found himself suddenly transformed, dropping into a squat and he took on frog form.

"Let's-a go!"

Before Violet could react Mario pulled him into the water, surprisingly inside the water Violet found it second nature to move around while Mario began to swim ahead though stopped to let Violet catch up. Looking around Violet gasped, the water was vast and seemed unnaturally still save from a paradoxical bar of fire that was rotating around a platform some distance away. Violet shook his head and followed Mario, now was not the time to question the logic of his situation, especially when Mario's clothes turned to red and white and he started to toss fireballs of his own, while underwater, and seemingly never needing to surface for air, as they pressed further and massive fish as large as the plumber, swimming turtles, and a squid with a trail of children blocked their path along with more fire traps and even visibly electrically charged kelp that clung to the sea floor and the walls and ceilings of the caves they passed through.

Cloaked in shadows a figure looked out the wide windows of the wooden skyship out over the Mushroom Kingdom, the sun beginning to set as a red turtle girl with white wings fluttered in (Koopa Paratrooper).

"I have that r-report you asked for s-sir," she trembled.

"Come on then," The figure turned toward her with glowing red eyes, and a dark laugh, "out with it."

"W-We c-captured a human girl, b-but it's not the p-princess," she began, "w-we threw her into the brig as ordered."

"And what of the explosion, early reports said at least two people were throw from the eye of the storm did you find the other person?"

The Paratrooper shook her head nervously, "N-No, we sent troops toward the estimated impact point but Mario was also sported in the area and we haven't heard back since."

"Mario probably rescued the survivor," The figure growled annoyed, "whatever, take me to the prisoner!"

"R-Right away s-sir."

Turning and fluttering out the lord followed his minion, out into the main cabin where a collection of male and female Koopas in red, blue, black, and green stood at attention, as did a number of other Koopa Kingdom familiars, along with some new additions who like the female paratrooper added a bit of diversity to King Koopa's army, even if they tended toward a more slender, hourglass like build versus their more monstrous male counterparts. Saluting as their master passed the lord of the airship followed his guide down several levels until he came to the ships brig, and in the back sprinkled between the handful of Koopas already locked up was a lone girl, dressed in rags, stewing at the back of her own cell, skin a pale white, almost silver, eyes like coal, and her hair like fire.

"Who are you," the lord of the skyship demanded as he approached the bars, the girl looking up with fire, and spitting his way.

"When my sisters find you we're going to show you what real pirates look like yo-"

She was cut short as some invisible force enveloped her drawing her toward the Lord, sucking what little color she had out of her, and making her body atrophy before being dumped unceremoniously on the hard wood floors.

"I did not as you your life story, GIRL," the lord growled, eyes glowing, "I asked you your name."

"B-Bridge," Wiping blood from her mouth she coughed defiantly, "I-I am Bridge."

"Fine, Bridgette," the lord smiled menacingly, "then tell me what you are doing in the Koopa Kingdom."

"Bridge," she cut back defiantly, a cocky smile on her own lips, "I'm a pirate, and as a pirate I do whatever I what, with my own two hands!"

"Competition?" The lord scoffed, "You really think you stand a chance against the great Koopa Army?"

"Wouldn't be the first time my crew took on an army..." Bridge smirked, her body starting to recovery, atrophied flesh reverting, though she still looked beaten up, "...and won."

"Is that so?" This piqued the lord's curiosity as he turned to his guide, "have her cleaned up, fed, and armed, I want to see her in action."

"You'll sing a different tune when I whip that smirk off your face."

The Lord counter smirked, "If you can defeat my minions in the arena they I'll let you go free. But impress me and I may have a jo-"

"Not interested," Bridge cut him out without hesitation, "I don't like you, like hell am I going to work for you."

"Every pirate has their price, and the Koopa Kingdom has a vast income."

Bridge grinned, eyes sparkling, "You have my attention."

"Traitorous cowards!"

Emerging from a warp pipe Mario and Violet were immediately confronted by another female Koopa shaking her fist to the sky as her spike shell bounced between a trio of paragoombas, clipping their wings, before returning to her hands where she slung it over her back like a pack.

"H-Hello?" Violet, back in normal form, spoke softly as Mario stepped toward the figure.

Her eyes burning with rage the girl spun around and hurled her shell at the duo only for Mario to react on instinct, leaping up to meet the shell with his boot and kick it back. Caught off guard the girl took the shell to her face as it vanished in a puff of smoke and her body began to shrink, regress, until she looked no older then 12, instead of a young teenage she now looked like a child in the edge of womanhood.

"Whoops!" Mario jumped as he ran over, kneeling to help her up, "S-Sorry, it-a was a reflex."

Stunned for a moment the girl was halfway on her feet when her head cleared and she leaps back in shock, "M-Mario?!"

"That's-a my name!"

"Perfect! Just perfect!" The girl roared fire streaming from her mouth as she raged at the heavens, "saved by my arch nemesis of all the things!"

"W-Whaaa?" Mario shrugs confused. "Arch-Nemesis?"

"Even better, I have been reduced in power so drastically even my immortal enemy does not recognize me," the girl sighed, dropping into a squat as she pouted.

Violet remained quiet, this was after all a personal exchange and so instead he watched the horizon, the Paratroopers were making their way over, along with some additional ground troops, "We should make this quick, company is en-route."

Mario nodded to Violet before circling the girl curiously, "My only enemy is..."

The girl nodded solemnly, tears starting to form, "The venerable and immortal K-King of all Koopas, B-Bowser. Behold how your great enemy h-has been reduced to that of a c-crying g-girl."

Whatever reaction Bower was expecting he didn't get it, Mario just smiled, and offered her a Power Mushroom.

"W-Why?" she took it confused as she got to her feet, "why help your greatest enemy."

"Because-a you need-a it."

Bowser chomped down on the mushroom and her shell and former stature returned as the Goomba forces drew closer, "Damn you Mario! Damn you and your blasted kindness! We're supposed to be rivals, enemies, the great King of all Koopers is not supposed to be see taking hands out from his mortal enemy!"

Mario just smiled, "Let's-a get back-a to the castle, you can-a explain everything over a nice game-a of tennis."

"Damn this insufferable body," Bowser held back more tears, "I don't understand you Mario! How can you be so kind? Our nations are at war!"

"The first step to peace," Violet finally broke in, "is to hold out your hand."

Bowser dried her tears with one arm as she launched her shell at the approaching troops, knocking them out or into their shells in retreat as she growled in frustration, "This won't change anything, when this is all over, when I am once more back to normal and sit upon my throne I will come for your princess, there can be no peace between the Mushroom Kingdom and the Koopa Kingdom until Peach offers her hand in marriage to me and submits to her destiny as my wife."

"And I-a will always stop-a you from accomplishing your goal, Princess Peach has already chosen the man she loves."

"And damn that man for stealing away my rightful prize as king," Bowser snarls as she starts to storm off, looking back with a huff, "Better hurry up, Demitri won't give up until he takes me back, breaks my spirit. And I doubt Peach will welcome me into her home as you have."

Mario nods, "Demitri?"

"Demetri Maximoff," Bowser huffs, "The traitorous vampire who did this to me and stole my kingdom out from under me. What ever happened to honor among villains?"

Mario smiled, "Don'ta worry I, Mario, will stop-a the evil King Maximoff and return-a Princess Koopa to her rightful castle!"

"It's not funny," Bowser grouses, before cracking a small smile, "Okay maybe it's a little funny. I can see the headlines now 'Help me Mario, the Koopa Kingdom pleaded, our Bowser is in another castle!'"

Mario smiles as he pats Bowser's shoulders, "That's-a the spirit!"

On the deck of the airship an arena had been set up, in its center was Bridge dressed in an outfit that looked like a compromise between Marvelous and Ahim's tastes with a long cat over a frilled Victorian style gown and corset. On her hips and legs were strapped a number of flintlocks while each hand held cutlass, her stance was low and ready as she looked over her next opponent, a heavily armored Hammer Brother her mind already planing the angle of her attacks and noting other targets in the arena. The Arena itself was surrounded by cheering Koopa Troopers and a ring of Bullet Bill cannons while floating above with a broad smirk on his lips was the pale skinned lord of the night himself, Demitri Maximoff.

"Let's make this showy," Bridge smirked as she charged forward, the Hammer Brother tossing his weapon of choice as Bridge came in under the arc, swiping with a pair of quick slashes before sliding around to the side to dodge a counter punch which she herself countered with fire from her hip which only manged to dent some of the Hammer Brother's armor. 'just a couple more fights then I can continue the search for you, hang on crew I'm coming.'

"See anything Miss Crow?" Princess Peach called up to the girl perched atop one the roof of the castle's entryway who had her eyes glued to the horizon.

"I see a trio approaching, one's short, they look like they've seen quite a lot of battles, they look exasperated."

"Oh dear?" Peach gasps, "Can you make out who they are?"

"Humm," Crow narrows her eyes, "One of them looks like the Red Plumber you have hung up on the walls."

"MARIO?!" Peach gasps in joy, as she looks toward the entrance and waves over some Toadstool footmen, "Mario is back! Quick! Quick prepare a feast!"

"Yes your Highness," he nods before scurrying off.

Crow, a girl dressed in a red dress similar to peaches leaps down from the room and looks to her curiously, "Don't you want to know who's with Mario?"

Peach shakes her head, "If their with Mario I know I can trust them."

"A-Alright," Crow says cautiously, "though I think that's a bit short sighted, we barely repelled King Koopa's attack fleet."

"Thanks to you," one of the remaining entry guards explains as he makes his way over to the Princess's side, "Without your eagle eyes we never would have been able to prepare for the attack before they reached us."

"I was just doing my duty," Crow says humbly as she looks over to the destroyed bridge that connect the castle ground to the sounding country and gasped as she saw Peach running toward it and clearing the ravine with a single long jump, that almost made it seem like she was floating.

"Princess! Wait!"

But she was already gone, her form enveloped in a puff of smoke as she pulled something out from under her skirt.

"Mama Mia!" Mario exclaimed suddenly as a pink cat wearing a golden crown pounced him, pinning him to the ground and then began to lick his face unabashedly, purring all the while.

Bowser crossed her arms over her chest and huffed at the display.

"Mar-Mar-Mrowl-io!" Cat Peach mewled, "You had us worried sick!"

"S-Sorry-a Peach, I-a ran into a couple lost-a souls on the way home."

Cat peach tilted her head curiously as she got off Mario, cheek flushing as she returned to normal form and began to bow profusely, "S-Sorry, h-how improper of me! I was just so worried after Luigi ran off to stop Koopa after his failed attack on the castle."

Bowser smirked, "Yeah that was a good one, took me 3 weeks of planning, not sure how you repelled it but I can't stay angry, those little toadstools put up quite a fight! They could teach my Troopa's a thing or too!"

"B-Bowser!" Peach leaps back with a shriek!

"Gwha hah ha," Bowser laughed, a deep laugh as she leap back to thoroughly enjoy it, "Even like this I still got it!"

With Mario still getting to his feet Peach took a ready stance, drawing an unusual wand from beneath her skirt as she began to turn red with rage, the air actually shimmering with heat around her, "Try it Bowser! Just try it!"

"You're highness, please," Violet was the one who stoop between them, arms out to keep them separate as Bowser smirked and drew her shell into her hand, "now is not the time."

"Our-a violet colored friend-a is right," Mario intercedes, "Bowser is a victim here-a too. He was-a betrayed and usurped by a Darkstalker named Demitri Maximoff."

Peach calms visibly, but keeps the Vibe Scepter in hand as she looks curiously to Mario, "Bowser was dethroned?"

Bowser sighed, "Here it comes, 'serves you right,' 'how does it feel,' come on Toadstool I have it coming! Out with it!"

"You poor girl!" Peach rushes over, and hugs Bowser, catching her off guard she drops her shell which magically appears on her back and consequently locking them in the hug as Peach's arms were now pinned under the shell. "It is no fun at all loosing your kingdom! We have to get it back!"

"What is wrong with you people!" Bowser's eyes go wide, flames reflexively leaping from her mouth scorch Peach, who, like her, reverts to a child except now Child!Peach was much shorter then Bowser and still had her arms pinned under the shell.

"Y-You can stop hugging me now..." Bowser blinked as she looked down confused at Peach who was still clinging to her, and she started to blush, "I-I'm sorry okay?"

Peach rests her head on Bowser's chest in defeat, "I'm stuck."

"You're what?"

"You're-a what!?"

Peach blushers redder, "My arms are stuck under your shell King Koopa, I'm trapped."

"Trapped?" Koopa wanted to laugh, mentally he did, he had Peach in his clutches and this time Mario wouldn't dare attack him and risk hurting her, especially with her at half life!

"Sorry," Bowser whispered as she tugged on her shell and it came loose sliding into her hands and off her back with the same magic that fused it to her back, and dropping Peach to the ground, her Vibe
Scepter rolling free as Peach rubbed her sore arms as Bowser reached for the Vibe Scepter, "Still getting use to this new body."

Mario tensed as Bowser picked up the Vibe Scepter...and then casually handed it off to Peach.

"Thank you King Koopa," she smiles as Mario smiles as well.

Bowser flusters, "Yeah well we're still allies until that traitorous Darkstaker is death with."

Peach smiles and takes Bowser's hand, leading her toward the castle, and the ravine, "You can all tell me everything over dinner, just hold tight I'm going to have to carry you over until we get the bridge fixed."

"I-I'll send you some coins for repairs once I'm back in charge," Bowser blushes, looking away, her voice soft, "A-And I'll only send a ground army to kidnap you next time so you can rebuild the country side."

"Don't put yourself out King Koopa, your invasions are always such a boost to the employment rates..." Taking the larger Bowser onto her back with only a minor bit of effort Child!Peach clears the ravine again, and smiles before turning back to get Violet. Whispering to Bowser before she does so, "but if you could keep the casualties down it would be appropriated."

Bowser blushes and nods as Peach leaps across and get Violet next.

"Princess..." the toadstool butler addressed Bowser with obvious unease as he picked up her empty plate, "...Koopa, will there be anything else?"

Boweser pondered her response carefully, Peach (Back to her normal size) has wisely kept his secret as King Bower under wrappes and told her people she was Bowser's daughter but it still felt weird being called a Princess.

'Princess are kidnapped, princess are trophies, princesses are not feared ruler,' she thought to herself but as she looked around it was clear the Mushroom Kingdom revered Peach as Koopa's feared him, it made her...made him take pause.

"Princess?"

"Fetch the cake, the..." Peach spoke up, bu paused as she took her own moment to think and them smiled, "...peach one."

Bowser smirked, as she...as he looked across the table and saw Mario's seat empty, and could see the lost look on Peach's face, despite her efforts to hide it. No sooner where they safely inside the castle walls that Mario was off again to find his Brother who had ran after Koopa's fleet after the attack.

"As you wish your Highness," the butler bowed and headed of leaving just Peach, Browser, Crow and Violet spread along the feasting table.

"You came from the sky ocean Crow?" Bowers finally spoke, turning to Violet in the process, "Didn't you say that was one of the few things you remember? What luck to find one of your crew after your landing."

"Though I must confess I can't really place the name or face," Violet nods, "what do you remember Miss Crow?"

"Only a little more I'm afraid, and even that makes little sense. I know there were eleven, eleven sisters, who were separated, but also a host others who were with us, not sisters. It feels like my sisters were part of me but also that we have always been separate. Like we used to be part of a greater whole. But that doesn't make any sense."

"It's not that unusual," Peach says casually, scratching her chin in thought, "...Princess...you remember...what was it...Seven Star Sages was it? When the Great Star was broken and split into 7 lesser stars?"

Bowser nods, "That's not completely accurate but honestly after all these years who can remember all the details exactly if it's not...my father...trying to take over the kingdom it's magical swords, doors to the past, magical stars, or some other nonsense, every year or so. So Crow being one part of an original warrior some how split into 11 different people doesn't strike me as all that strange. Violet here was probably one of this great artifact's guardians who was cast out when the sky was torn open."

Peach nods, "Don't worry I'm sure Mario and Luigi can help you find your lost sister and Violet's Guardians, the Mario Brothers are very good at these sort of things."

"Mario Brothers and the Princesses of the Two Kingdoms! Come on Peach we can't let the boys do all the work!"

"Who am I to argue with the venerated Princess Koopa," Peach smiles, laughing, "But don't you think the two of us should focus on removing Demitri from the throne first? Don't you want to...rescue your father?"

"Y-Your right, Princess Peach," Bowser's energy drains away, and she grows pale, "if nothing else I can't leave my people in the claws of that mad man."

Peach laughs, "Then it's settled! While the Mario Brothers help Violet and Crow find their friends and unit the 11 Star Sisters you and I, the Two Princesses, will make our way through Koopa's land and dispose of any generals loyal to Demitri before ultimately taking on the vile usurper himself!"

Bowser laughed, "Sounds like fun!"