The Greatest Enemy: A Super Mario Fanfiction

Chapter 20: The Ultimate Battle

The Acorn Tree towered over Iggy's forces on the ground. Iggy, Smithy, Jerry and Emma were all looking up at Bowser's Airship. The other metal characters were right beside Iggy's other minions glaring at the Airship with hatred and looked ready to kill. Meanwhile, on the Airship, Bowser was glaring down at Iggy.

"Iggy, I can't believe you betrayed me! We could have taken over the Mushroom Kingdom! Now I have to stop you by teaming up with the very people I wanted to defeat." Iggy snarked,

"Except for the part where you don't know how to take over the kingdom. You are your generals are dim-witted and can't tell left from right." Bowser fumed, while Lemmy backed away,

"Dad, this really isn't a good time to do this…" Bowser didn't listen,

"That's it! I'm taking you down Iggy! Everyone, get ready!" All of Bowser's troops that he took with him got in formation.

"Let the battle begin," Iggy said with a crazed tone, and the battle began. Iggy started by casting a magic spell at Bowser's Airship, which Lemmy blocked using his own spell.

"Not today, brother!" he shouted gleefully.

"I beg to differ," Smithy commented. Suddenly, a hoard of Colossal Koopa Paratroopas came out from behind the Acorn Tree and hit Bowser's Airship with their giant winged shells.

"Uh, this is bad," Wolley commented.

"Well, duh!" Bowser shouted, as the Airship started to blare its sirens.

"We're starting to lose altitude!" the Green Sprixie Princess shouted.

"We're gonna crash!" Yvan said, bracing himself on a floorboard with Wolley. Luigi and Peach each held on tight to Mario's arms, who looked determined to save everyone.

"Wait for it…" he whispered to himself as the Airship started to descend faster.

"Wait for it…" he said, louder, as the Airship continued to fall at a high speed.

"Keep waiting for it…"

"Mario, what are you doing?" Yvan asked in a confused and annoyed tone.

"Now! Everyone jump off!" he shouted. Mario jumped off first and slid down the bark of the Acorn Tree with Yvan following.

"You better know what you're doing," Yvan commented. Peach jumped off the ship, using her parasol to float down. Wolley gulped, but followed Mario and Yvan in jumping off the ship and sliding down the giant Acorn Tree. Aidan, using his quick thinking, guided his monitor off the ship and floated to the ground using his rocket boosters. Luigi was scared out of his wits though,

"I'm not gonna make it! I'm not gonna make it!" he started screaming. Bowser rolled his eyes,

"Just go!" and he punched Luigi off of the Airship before Luigi could react and he started falling towards the ground. Mario, noticing this, shouted after him.

"Luigi!" He jumped off of the bark and tried to catch him, but before he could, he saw Iggy's telltale magic bubble that encased him before.

"No more Luigi in this battle!" he said menacingly as Mario landed hard on the grassy ground.

"Give me back my brother!" he shouted.

"And why should I?" he asked in a taunting tone. Before Mario could answer, Peach floated down behind Iggy and whipped him with her parasol, throwing him to the floor. Jerry and Emma, who were standing beside Iggy, gasped, while Smithy simply looked on.

"That's why," she said sarcastically, "Never mess with a plumber or princess!"

"Can everyone stop with the rhyming?" Jerry asked sarcastically. The bubble around Luigi disintegrated and he jumped back into action alongside Mario.

"Let's do this," he said with determination. Meanwhile, back on the Airship, Bowser looked down at the action below with disgust,

"Dad! Help me!" Bowser turned around to see Lemmy stuck under the Airship mast, which collapsed onto him.

"Lemmy!" he screamed, and rushed over to the Airship mast before trying to lift it up. By this point, all of Bowser's troops had jumped off and landed on the grass below.

"Dad, it's okay, I'll find a way off! Just let me try!" He moaned in pain as he tried to move the mast off of his leg. Bowser looked on in fear,

"No, Lemmy, I'm not leaving you here."

"Dad! I got this, just let me do it." Lemmy responded. Bowser and Lemmy locked eyes, but Bowser nodded in sadness, as he used his Whirling Fortress move (in which he retreated into his turtle shell and spun around off of his Airship. Behind him, the Airship exploded, and Lemmy flew the air unconscious.

"Lemmy!" Bowser shouted, as he caught Lemmy. He was small in Bowser's arms, and he looked on with tears starting to flow out of his eyes. He put Lemmy down and joined the ranks of Mario, Luigi, Yvan, Wolley, Princess Peach, the Green Sprixie Princess, and Aidan, who were all standing before the opposing side of Iggy, Smithy, Jerry, Emma, Metal Mario, Metal Luigi, Pink Gold Peach, and Gold Mario. All had varying levels of confidence on their faces but all geared up for a fight. Behind both lines, two armies gathered and ready to take the other one down.

"So," Metal Mario commented, "It all comes down to this." Mario nodded,

"This is where it all ends and you get defeated." Metal Mario laughed, which sounded grating on everyone but the other metal's ears.

"That is where you are mistaken, my imposter. I will succeed. I am the hero of this land, and you have done nothing but let your imposter Princess get captured over and over by the very turtle you are now working with. How does that make you feel?" Mario's eyes flared and his mustache bellowed in the wind as dead silence descended on the grassy pain for a moment.

"You will not succeed," Mario said quietly, building up his voice, "You will fail! Give me your best and watch me defeat you!" He ran quickly towards Metal Mario preparing for an attack while Metal Mario just smirked,

"I was thinking the same thing." Metal Mario ran forward towards Mario and tried to punch him. Mario, expecting this, ducked under it by bending over backwards as time seemed to slow to crawl. Metal Mario, missing the punch, fell over from the force of his punch onto the ground.

"Woah!" Wolley shouted, raising his fist in the air "That was awesome! It was like that one scene in The Matrix with that bullet-time dodge!"

Mario shook himself,

"Thank you very much, even if you didn't have to break the fourth wall." Metal Mario, angry, jumped up,

"Well, what are you all waiting for? Let's attack them!" The rest of the villains nodded and ran towards the heroes while the heroes did the same. A massive ground battle broke out as everyone was fighting at least one other person. The armies also began to fight in the background.

"So, you two are those Toads that accompanied Mario and Luigi that one time?" Iggy asked with a crazed tone, "Well, you won't beat me this time!" He shot a fast travelling green magic blast at Yvan and Wolley. They simply jumped over the attack as the magic blast accidentally hit Jerry, who was on the other side of Yvan and Wolley.

"Watch where you shoot that thing!" he said with aggravation as he brushed off the damage the spell gave to him.

"Come on Wolley, we fight as one!" Yvan shouted, going back to back with Wolley.

"Agreed Yvan, let's do this!" Yvan, who was facing Jerry, ran up to Jerry and gave him a series of rapid punches, which Jerry did not expect.

"How can this little Toad punch so fast?" Jerry said with a groan as he started to collapse under the amount of punches Yvan gave to him. Jerry furrowed his brow though and instead headbutted Yvan to the floor.

"Not so tough now, are you, little Toad?" Yvan snickered as he got up, slightly injured,

"Oh, I'm not done yet." On the other side of him, Wolley was in a fiercely fought battle with Iggy, who kept shooting green magic blasts at him while Wolley kept dodging.

"Why can't you hold still for a second?" he asked angrily. He paused before his face lit up,

"Oh wait, you can," he said menacingly. He switched up his mechanics, instead opting to shoot a spell that froze Wolley in place. Since this spell is homing, even though Wolley jumped over it, it just curved back around and hit him in the back.

"I...can't...move!" he barely said, attempting to resist the effects of the spell.

"Ha ha! Prepare to be defeated by me! The great Iggy Koopa!" Wolley gritted his teeth as Iggy charged up another more powerful green magic blast. Noticing this, Yvan gasped and stopped fighting Jerry.

"Wolley! I got you!" he shouted. He did a backflip and landed behind Iggy before grabbing his tail.

"Ouch!" Iggy screamed. Yvan slowly began to swing Iggy around by the tail before throwing him against the tall Acorn Tree. Iggy hit his head on the tree, dropping his wand.

"Yvan, that was amazing!" Wolley exclaimed, now unfrozen, "That was like Super Mario 64!" Yvan beamed. Next to them, Bowser and Gold Mario were fighting viciously. Hearing the reference, Gold Mario shook his head,

"What is it that is so appealing about breaking the 4th wall?" Using this opportunity, Bowser swiped his claw at Gold Mario's face, causing a dent in his face.

"Why do we have to fight? Why can't we just settle this on the tennis court?" he asked.

Bowser chuckled,

"You know what, later I'll challenge you and beat you. But right now, it's time to throw down!" Bowser attempted another claw slice but this time, Gold Mario jumped out of the way.

"I may not be the sharpest metal out there, but I am not dumb you oversized turtle!" Gold Mario shot a golden fireball at Bowser, who wasn't expecting the attack.

"Argh!" Bowser shouted as he got hit by the golden fireball, hurting him greatly and making Coins appear around him.

"Never underestimate the power of gold!" Gold Mario said, standing near the panting Bowser.

"Really?" Pink Gold Peach asked, "That's the best you got? Why not, 'Au is coming for you!" Gold Mario looked puzzled. Pink Gold Peach sighed as she dodged an attack from Princess Peach,

"Get it? Au is the symbol for Gold on the Periodic Table? Never mind." Pink Gold Peach then got smacked to the ground by Peach's frying pan.

"Why don't you focus on your own battle?" She asked sarcastically, looking down on the floor at Pink Gold Peach.

"I won't let you beat me, you stuck-up princess!" She shouted. She hopped up and attempted to punch Peach who used her parasol as a shield, and then as a weapon.

"Two can play at that game," she snickered as she took out her own metallic parasol to block, and then to hit Peach, which throwing Peach to the ground.

"Au is coming for you," she said, looking down on Peach. Luigi was sent flying across the plain, slamming into the Acorn Tree.

"Wow, my Metal counterpart is powerful," he muttered.

"I...I don't want to hurt you," Metal Luigi said timidly, seeing Luigi hurt from his punch.

"Then why are you hurting me?" Luigi asked, rubbing his injured arm.

"Because…" Metal Luigi started, "because you want to hurt me!"

"I don't want to hurt you, I thought you were going to hurt me," Luigi said back. Both the metal and normal plumber stood in silence.

"I...I think we just misunderstand each other," Luigi said, finally getting up.

"Yeah," Metal Luigi responded, "maybe all of us just misunderstand each other."

"In that case, maybe we can stop this fighting," Luigi said. Metal Luigi nodded, but before they could act, the Green Sprixie Princess was thrown against the tree by Smithy. Aidan, who was behind Smithy, electrocuted Smithy using his monitor. The big villain turned around to face Aidan,

"What the? Aidan? Why are you attacking, you are supposed to be a double agent!"

"You are?" Luigi asked, betrayed.

"You are?" Mario asked, as he was pushing against Metal Mario. Aidan looked at the lava in Grumble Volcano with shame.

"Aidan," Smithy started, "You are a double agent, attack the Mario crew please." Mario, Luigi, and every other hero. If you don't, he won't be alive much longer," Smithy pointed at a cage.

"Nabbit!" Luigi screamed, seeing the purple rabbit with a sad expression on his face sitting in his cage.

"Let him go!" Luigi shouted.

"Nah, he's caused us enough trouble," Iggy laughed, "He tried to kill those Colossal Koopa Paratroopas that attacked your ship, and of course Emma noticed and captured him." Emma came up from behind the cage and waved,

"Hi everyone."

"And it was super simple too," Iggy smirked, "since she's under my control anyway."

Jerry gasped,

"Wait, you put HER under that mind-control spell?" Iggy chuckles while rolling his eyes,

"I mean, yeah. She wouldn't join otherwise and I needed someone strong like her. What? You thought her head-in-the-clouds personality is what she's actually like?" Jerry looked betrayed as he tried to take this all in.

"So, you're saying the person I was beginning to fall for is the way you wanted her to be?" Jerry asked, dumbstruck. Iggy thought for a moment,

"I mean, yeah."

Aidan looked annoyed,

"You know what? Forget it! I'm not staying with you or Smithy another moment longer. I'm not going to be a double agent, you basically played with a man's heart!"

"I promised Jerry that he would get a good partner and I gave him one," Iggy shot back.

"But you took away Emma's FREE WILL, that's something I can never get behind." The other metals, overhearing this, were also exasperated.

"And by the looks of it, he was going to try and put us under mind control!" Pink Gold Peach said, annoyed.

"Why are we even fighting these guys?" Metal Luigi asked, anger rising in his voice, "I've stopped fighting my imposter because he doesn't even want to hurt me, and I don't want to hurt him. I bet the same goes for everyone!" Pink Gold Peach and Gold Mario looked at Peach and Mario respectively, who both nodded.

"We just feared each other for no reason," Peach commented. Most of the metals nodded and faced Iggy and Smithy angrily.

"Sorry bro," Metal Mario said to Metal Luigi, "I'm with Iggy on this one, these imposters must be destroyed." He then suddenly punched Mario who flew across the battlefield crashing into Iggy's Airship.

"Well, Aidan, since you won't hurt the Mario Bros, looks like we'll have to do something to this little bunny here." Iggy sneered. Nabbit looked up with fear in his eyes at Iggy, who sneered. Iggy prepared to shoot Nabbit with the mind control spell when Metal Luigi intervened,

"No! You will not hurt him!" He screamed as he jumped in the way of the blast, severely hurting him and knocking him unconscious.

"What the?!" Iggy asked with surprise.

"Metal bro!" Metal Mario shouted. He shot a glance at Iggy,

"How dare you attack my metal bro. You know what? I'm done playing your little charade. You and Smithy are going to pay for what you've done to my brother!" Mario got up,

"Can't you see that Iggy is the enemy and not me now?" He asked, struggling a little to stand up. Metal Mario turned around and glared,

"No, you both are my enemies. If I want to prove i'm better than some imposter, I must defeat him." He started to walk over to Mario, but Gold Mario stepped in between them.

"Step aside Gold Mario," he said angrily.

"You know he doesn't want to fight you. You could just settle this in a more peaceful way, like a round of golf." Metal Mario got furious,

"I am tired of hearing your sports nonsense!" He then punched Gold Mario out of the way, much to everyone's shock.

"I will defeat you," he said to Mario. Iggy laughed hysterically, "Let's make this more interesting, shall we?" He quickly conjured a spell putting Mario and Metal Mario in a bubble.

"Smithy, will you fly the Airship for me?" Smithy wasn't listening, and instead was staring down at Bowser, who looked at Iggy furiously.

"No," he said simply.

"No? What do you mean, 'no'?" Iggy asked.

"I mean, our partnership is done. Your father has caused me too much trouble and I cannot allow him to roam undefeated by me," he suddenly threw his hammer at Bowser, who got hit in the stomach. Smithy then shape-shifted into his Tank form and started to attack the Koopa King.

"Smithy! I thought our plan was to defeat the Mario Brothers!" Iggy shouted.

"I have my own agenda, and it includes defeating your father, Bowser," Smithy responded, his anger boiling as he advanced on Bowser. Aidan laughed,

"That's what you get, Iggy. Looks like your plans are falling apart."

"My plan is not done yet," he shot back, "Emma, you know what to do." Emma nodded and started running towards Iggy's Airship while Iggy guided the bubble with Mario and Metal Mario towards the deck of the Airship.

"Emma, no! You don't have to do this!" Jerry shouted. Emma shook her head,

"Iggy wants me to do it, so I ultimately have to do it." Jerry looked on, shocked.

"Emma! Resist the control!" Jerry shouted.

"Here's a better idea," Yvan smirked running towards Iggy, "let's break it!"

Yvan quickly jumped on Iggy's head and grabbed his wand.

"Yvan! You don't know how to work that thing!" Peach shouted. Aidan sighed,

"This won't go well,"

Yvan looked at the wand with confusion,

"Uh, how about this?" He waved the wand at Mario and Metal Mario, breaking their bubble and making them land on Iggy's Airship.

"And this?" He continued, making an upwards motion at the Airship, which jolted it high in the sky.

"Yvan!" Luigi said in an annoyed tone.

"I hope my bro is alright," Metal Luigi commented timidly.

"Yeah," Luigi added, cooling down a bit, "same here."

High in the sky, Mario and Metal Mario held onto the floorboards of the Airship as it shot up into the cloudy skies, which were starting to darken.

"Oh great, now we have to fight in a thunderstorm," Metal Mario commented.

"Yeah, it kind of stinks, but I will defeat you and prove to you that I am the best plumber!" Mario shouted. Metal Mario chuckled,

"See, that is where you are mistaken, I will prove to you that I am the best plumber." And so, high in the sky, the final battle between plumbers began. Metal Mario threw the first punch aiming at Mario's nose, which he dodged. Mario then grabbed Metal Mario's hand and attempted to throw him to the ground. Metal Mario scoffed at Mario's futile attempt,

"You idiot, i'm made of metal! You can't throw me!" He simply shifted his weight, causing Mario to fall over onto the Airship's floorboards.

"What is Mario doing?" Wolley asked back on the ground, trying to spot Iggy's Airship.

"I don't know, but right now, we have bigger problems to deal with," Pink Gold Peach pointed out, as Iggy tried to knock everyone over by spinning rapidly in his shell. Meanwhile, Bowser and Smithy were duking it out, trying desperately to knock the other to the floor.

"I will defeat you, you oversized turtle," Smithy commented stoically.

"How many times have people said that to me?" Bowser asked sarcastically, "a hundred? No, only the Mario Bros. can defeat me, and they are on my side this time! Prepare for defeat once again Smithy and the hands of the Koopa King!" Suddenly, Lemmy started to wake up, and groaned,

"What the? What happened?" he asked groggily. He rubbed his eyes and looked at Bowser, who was fighting with Smithy, and then over at Iggy, who glanced at Bowser while coming out of his shell to charge another attack.

"Now's my chance," he thought. He retreated once again into his shell, this time just before Wolley could jump on him and started to spin rapidly. "Bowser! Watch out!" Bowser looked up and saw Iggy trying to spin around rapidly. He quickly stopped his punching and retreated into his shell, moving out of the way.

"What? Are you scared, Koopa King?" Smithy asked, with a tone of sarcasm he didn't often use. Bowser just snickered,

"Behind you." Smithy turned around to see Iggy barreling towards him and simply said,

"Oh, darn." Iggy crashed into Smithy launching him into the Acorn Tree and severely injuring him. Iggy also crashed into the Acorn Tree, but when he got out of his shell, Bowser grabbed him.

"You're coming with me, Iggy," he growled. Iggy whimpered and everyone else cheered.

"We did it!" the Green Sprixie Princess shouted.

"For once, I must say," Peach beamed, "Good job, Bowser." Bowser blushed while Luigi rushed over to the cage with Nabbit in it.

"Hold on Nabbit, I'll get you out," he said, fiddling with the lock. A gold gloved hand was placed on Luigi's shoulder.

"Allow me," Gold Mario said in a kind-hearted voice. Luigi nodded and stepped away from the lock. Gold Mario then charged up a golden fireball and launched it at the lock, breaking it and turning it into Coins. The little rabbit jumped out, and waddled over to Luigi, muttering gibberish.

"Nice to see you again too, Nabbit." On the other side of the Acorn Tree, Jerry sadly looked down at Emma, who fell unconscious after Yvan took the wand. Nabbit saw this and waddled over.

"Do you think she'll be alright?" he asked, sadness in his voice.

"I'll make sure of it," Peach said, walking over to the Wiggler.

"Thanks, Princess, and sorry about that whole thing," Jerry said, hope crawling into his voice. Peach grinned,

"It's alright, at least you helped us in the end."

"Yeah," Jerry said, looking back to Emma.

"Wait! Everyone!" Where's Mario?!" Yvan shouted. Everyone gasped, and looked back up to the stormy skies, where Mario and Metal Mario were battling each other atop the flying ship. Now lightning was starting to strike the Airship as well.

"Wow, how long has this fight been going on?" Mario asked. Metal Mario huffed, a little tired,

"I don't know, but I'll keep fighting until I win!"

"As will I," Mario said, almost equally as tired. The two continued to fight, exchanging blows. While Metal Mario was more powerful, Mario was more agile, allowing him to dodge Metal Mario's attacks.

"I see you're having trouble catching up with my agility," Mario commented. Metal Mario gritted his teeth, which caused a large metal sound that hurt Mario's ears.

"Argh! What is that noise!" Metal Mario, taking advantage of the situation punched Mario to the ground.

"Finally, I will prove to the world that I am the best plumber. See you later, imposter plumber!" He then ran over to the Bullet Bill cannons, firing them at Mario.

"Oh my goodness!" Mario shouted as fast moving Bullet Bills shot from cannons at him from all sides. He had to dodge, duck, and roll just to avoid half of them and then he had to jump over the rest to make sure he didn't get pummeled by the black bullets. Mario could see Metal Mario directly in front of him, laughing as the airship he was standing on zoomed through the dark storm clouds with thunder rolling in the background. Mario was enraged,

"If you think you are so tough, then come and fight me one on one, no weapons!" Mario shouted at Metal Mario. He stopped laughing, just for a moment, then jumped high in the air and slammed down on the Airship.

"Wait a minute," Mario said to himself as he saw Metal Mario come crashing down,

"This is just like my dream!" Mario remembered back to Chapter 1 when he was fighting Bowser in his dream.

"Not today, Metal Mario!" Mario screamed. As Metal Mario slammed down on the Airship, he backflipped just as Metal Mario hit the Airship. Landing behind Metal Mario, Metal Mario had enough force to crash through the Airship landing in the water below.

"I'll get you for this!" he shouted as he continued to fall into the ocean of Sparkling Waters. Unfortunately, that hole that Metal Mario created also caused the rest of the Airship to destabilize.

"Uh oh," Mario commented, "This doesn't look good." The Airship started to lose altitude and Mario, scared, decided to hang onto the Airship.

"Once I get close to the ground, I have to jump off," Mario thought to himself.

Back on the ground, the Green Sprixie Princess shouted,

"Look to your west everyone! It's Iggy's Airship!" Iggy smiled, even though he was tied up using a spell from Lemmy's wand.

"Heh, looks like your plumber friend isn't going to survive the crash," Everyone glared at Iggy as the Airship continued to fall towards the grassy cliff.

"Oh no! Mario is going to fall into the water near that cliff!" Luigi looked determined and started to run over towards the cliffside.

"Luigi, what are you doing?" Peach asked, concerned.

"He's saving his brother," Pink Gold Peach said with a smile. Luigi jumped over all the Pipes in the way as he raced towards the falling Airship Mario was on.

"Mario! I got you!" Luigi shouted, jumping over a Green Warp Pipe and running to the edge of the cliff. Mario looked on as he saw Luigi.

"Bro! I got this!" Mario shouted aiming and timing his jump off of the Airship.

"Mario! You've got to stop being overconfident! It's been getting you into trouble throughout this entire adventure! Let me help you!" Mario paused, thinking back on his actions and the things he has said and done. He sighed,

"You are right, Luigi. I need you to help me."

Luigi smiled,

"There you go, now, take this Super Acorn! You'll be able to fly off of it!" He threw the Super Acorn to the Airship. It flew through the air. Mario jumped high in the air and caught it with his mouth, swallowing the acorn power-up. Suddenly, his clothes changed into that of a flying squirrel, complete with pointy ears and his arms having a glider placed in between them.

"Thanks, Luigi!" he shouted, as he took a leap of faith and started to glide through the air towards solid ground. Behind him, the Airship exploded, shooting fire and soot high into the air.

"Oh no," Peach said, fearing for the brother's safety.

"I hope they are alright," Wolley said, looking concernedly at the giant explosion.

"Well, come on! Let's go find them!" Yvan prodded.

"I'm not coming," Bowser said flatly. Everyone looked at him with surprise, including Lemmy. There was an awkward pause before Bowser sighed,

"Listen, I never thought I would say this, but thank you for teaching this little grunt and this fool a lesson. While I honestly don't care about Mario's well-being as I am his archenemy, I at least admit that you all did help me out" Everyone smiled at Bowser's thanks, and Bowser motioned for Lemmy.

"Come on Lemmy, let's head home and teach these two a lesson." Iggy looked at Smithy and gulped as Lemmy used his magic wand to move Iggy onto his Airship before waving good-bye to the heroes and metals and taking off for Bowser's Castle with Bowser, Jerry, and an unconscious Emma.

"Huh, I never thought I would see the day that Bowser is actually grateful for us." Everyone turned around to see Luigi speaking, along with Mario in his squirrel suit.

"Mario! You're alive!" Peach beamed, and rushed over to hug him, which he returned.

"Nice job, Luigi," Yvan said, punching him affectionately in the shoulder. Nabbit jumped in agreement as well.

"But wait, where is Metal Mario?" Pink Gold Peach asked. Everyone looked at Mario.

"He...fell into the water after attempting to pound me." Pink Gold Peach, Metal Luigi, and Gold Mario looked down at the grassy ground with sadness.

"Is he...dead?" Metal Luigi asked sadly. Pink Gold Peach looked up, determination on her face.

"No, he isn't," Gold Mario and Metal Luigi looked up with confusion, "he's stronger than that. I'm not saying he's dead until we find him dead." Gold Mario looked at Pink Gold Peach with sorrow in his eyes,

"Metal Mario may be strong, but I don't think he can survive a crash that bad." Pink Gold Peach shook her head,

"I'm not stopping until I find him, now come on!" She started to walk away. After a few seconds, Metal Luigi shrugged his shoulders and followed her. Finally, Gold Mario sighed,

"Thanks guys," he said, looking at the heroes, "And sorry for the trouble we caused." He rushed after Metal Luigi and Pink Gold Peach out in the distance of Acorn Plains.

"So, what's our next move?" Yvan asked.

"Shouldn't we unclog that Warp Pipe in Soda Jungle?" Mario asked. Luigi nodded,

"I agree, we still haven't done that. Although, how are we going to get there?"

Wolley smiled,

"Remember that shortcut? It takes one directly from Acorn Plains to Soda Jungle?" Yvan nodded,

"Oh yes, I remember that. We stopped by that island and took a deep dive into the water when we went there. Good idea, Wolley,"

"Actually, I think I'll head back to the Sprixie Kingdom now that this is all over," the Green Sprixie Princess stated as they began to walk (or float in the Green Sprixie Princess's case), "I do have a kingdom to rule after all."

"Okay, that's fair," Peach said, "Thanks so much for helping us out!" The two princesses shook hands and the Green Sprixie Princess beamed.

"Alright, good-bye everyone!" she said with joy. Everyone responded with the same words as she floated away towards the Clear Pipe that would lead her back to her kingdom.

"Well Luigi, let's-a-go fix that clog!" Mario said with enthusiasm.

"Okey dokey!" Luigi said high-fiving the Mario Bros. as they walked out towards the shortcut.

Down in the ocean of Sparkling Waters, ripples started to form as Metal Mario poked his head out of the water. He looked around to see a dark cave near the cliff he fell off of. He jumped out of the water and into the cave, shivering, dizzy, wet, and cold. After a few minutes of shivering, he finally got himself to stop, and he looked out into the ocean blue.

"We will meet again, imposter," he said to no one, "and this time, I will win."

The End...for now

A/N: And THAT is The Greatest Enemy: A Super Mario Fanfiction. I really hope you all enjoyed this wild ride throughout all 20 chapters, and enjoyed the characters and scenes. This story was so much fun to write and I enjoyed reading all the reviews you all sent me! Special shout-out to Junior BLD, FrenchMarioBros, breath20k, and jeremy1555 for their excellent support throughout this entire journey. Anyways, now I have a BIG question for all of you. Would you like to see a prequel or a sequel to this story? I am definitely going to write both but I would like you all to decide which one I will write first. The prequel would focus around Iggy Koopa and how he not only came up with the plot to clone the Mario Bros. but also his betrayal of Bowser and other things that went into this plot. The sequel would focus on Metal Mario and his adventures throughout the Mushroom Kingdom as well as his struggle to find out what he wants to do with himself and who he is. Anyways, I really hope you all enjoyed the story and please be sure to not only review the story, but also vote in the poll! Anyways, that's all for now. I hope you all enjoyed these 20 chapters and have a fabulous day ;).