Welcome to the Christmas Story! As for my other fanfics, I'm kind of caught up with school, but now that I'm on break, I'll do my best. This is a 'kill two birds with one story story', if you get my gist. I'll be introducing SSB Ultimate and shoving it in a Christmas story. How cool is that? I don't own Super Smash Bros. That masterpiece belongs to Nintendo. But I do own Hybrid Ninja, but you all know who she is.

Christmas Eve, 2018

Her eyes were glued to the Smash Phone 7, watching an animated Santa Claus and reindeer fly across the world. This is what Hybrid Ninja would do every Christmas Eve ever since she was a little kid on her mom's laptop. It was weird and everyone at the Smash Mansion called her out on it, but Hybrid would 'track' Santa with the help of NORAD and that would be her entertainment for the day. She claims that she only does it for the maps and geography now, but some don't really believe her.

A small tap on her shoulder made the little Greninja jump, and it was by Greninja, the leader of whom she called 'Team YukiNoUmi'. Since that was her Nintendo Switch username and they were her main characters. Greninja especially. "Gekkouga, don't scare me like that."

Greninja crosses her arms, her eyes half open. "Well, you need to pay attention more. The Secret Santa is about to start and you don't even have anything ready. Is your mural at least ready?" She asked. Being forced on the Secret Santa Planning Committee led by Peach, Greninja's gotten pretty bossy of everyone concerning the party.

Hybrid Ninja nodded. She, Kirby, and the Inklings were drawing and painting a mural in honor of Super Smash Bros: Ultimate being out three weeks before. Only Greninja got to see the progress of it since Hybrid asked Villager and Isabelle to forbid anyone from going in to see. "It's almost ready. Just one more coat of paint, or ink as the inklings call it, and it'll be ready. I promise. We just finished the rest. We're just taking a little break."

"Alright. If you say so, Hybrid."

Taking her sandwich in her hand and chomping down on it, she turned around fully from the cafeteria-like seat, pointing at the Water/Dark type with a plastic bottle of iced tea. "What about your gift to Lucario? Are you gonna give it to him or are you going all improv and kiss him under the mistletoe?"

Greninja blushed in embarrassment, lucky that her tongue scarf covered her cheeks. "I'm still gonna give it to him- Why is my love life even your business, anyway?"

"I'm a fantasy/romance writer, Greninja."

Greninja crossed her arms with a smug look on her face. "Uh huh. What about JayOsonic? Have anything for him this Christmas?"

That made Hybrid Ninja's face all red. "I-I-I'm still drawing him something, if you must know. He must still think I'm a lovesick little girl who always gets her ass kicked in video games." She looked down as Greninja sat next to her and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Maybe if you just talk to him, without help from 'King Destroyer', you just might get somewhere. He loves to draw and he still loves Sonic and so do you! And he's getting into anime, so maybe, just maybe, he's doing all that to impress you."

"I don't know, Gekkouga. You've got a badass aura guardian who loves you...I just have a Sonic fan who hardly even notices me…"

At that moment, another member of Team YukiNoUmi, specifically Sonic, ran in with a Santa hat and colorful lights tangled all around him. "Guys! The tree and the party!" He skidded in front of the two Greninjas, Hybrid looking over the Ninja Pokémon's shoulder. "It's ready."

"Alright. I'm coming, Sonic." Greninja nodded, looking at Hybrid with an unseen trusting smile. "Please, for the love of Shaymin, finish the mural. Get just the Inklings if you have to, just finish it."

Hybrid Ninja saluted to her in a promise. "Will do, Greninja! Sonikku!"

After she left with the two inklings in tow, Sonic looked at the Water/Dark type with confusion. "Why does she call us by our Japanese names? It's starting to get annoying."

Greninja placed her hands on her hips. "I don't know, Sonic. Just her let do it and don't question it. It's not like she's insulting us."

"Just a little bit more, Maddie!"

"I'm almost out of ink, Hybrink Ninja!"

In the living room, where the party was about to begin, the little Greninja and the orange and blue inklings were finishing their mural of the Super Smash Bros: Ultimate roster on the wall. She also had some music playing that was definitely not SSBU or Christmas music. It was "Tito Come Outside" from her favorite YouTuber and no one judged her for it.

With a paintbrush, Hybrid Ninja continued to add the coat with the color blue, coloring Greninja. "Do your best, Maddie! When you run out of ink, let me know so I can refill it!"

"Okay!"

More painting and music later, they were finally done. And just in time too. Smashers started pouring through the doors just as they finished the last paint stroke.

It was beautiful. A giant Christmas tree in the corner, the fireplace was lit, stockings were up on the wall, a piece of mistletoe was hanging on the top of the doorway, lights and Christmas cards were hanging on the sides of the fireplace, and the mural was behind a curtain that who dared to peek was annihilated. Not really, but it was a scary thought. Also, snack and dinner tables lined up against the wall for people who were hungry.

The first ones in were Mario, Peach, Luigi, and Daisy and they were in awe. "Wow, Hybrid! This looks so good! Nice job on decorating."

"Hey! Don't thank her! Thank Greninja! She's the one who pushed all of us to decorate." Sonic, who was on the couch, popped in.

"Either way, it looks incredible. I had no idea that Super Smash Bros. parties were like this." Daisy, being one of the newcomers, said.

Greninja and Lucario walked in, the Ninja Pokémon noticing the mistletoe above their heads. She blushed as Lucario also looked up, blushing too. "Uh...do you want to kiss here or…"

"Lucario, just shut up and kiss me."

As Lucario places his lips on Greninja's, more smashers were pouring in on the opposite side since they didn't want to disturb them. As they Planning Committee said, the Secret Santa will come first, then the Chronological Smash Tournaments on multiple systems, then countdown to Christmas. It was practically foolproof.

When the two lovebirds finished, Lucario was blushing and Greninja went to her smaller counterpart. "Hybrid, Kirby, Inklings, is it ready?" They all nodded as the Water/Dark type turned to the crowd. "Guys, Hybrid Ninja, Kirby, and the Inklings made something in honor of not just Ultimate, but for all of us being together for all this time."

"How was your make out session with Lucario?" Wario, being a wise guy, asked.

A tick mark appeared on both Greninja and Lucario's heads as someone pounded Wario in the head. "Thank you! Anyway, you ready?" Hybrid and the Inklings pulled back the curtain to reveal the mural. All of the smashers looked at it with awe and wonder. When the roster was released, they put the picture on a banner, but sadly it got ripped up and destroyed. Hybrid felt bad and decided, with Kirby and the Inklings, to recreate the picture of the roster, but this time, as a mural so nobody could rip it up ever again.

Mario and Master Hand came up to them in complete shock. "...Did you recreate the entire banner but as mural art?" Master Hand asked in disbelief. The three artists nodded. "It looks beautiful. Well done, Hybrid Ninja, Kirby, Inklings. But to be honest, you really didn't have to."

"What?! No! We're in the literal Ultimate tournament right now and everyone's here! I know how sad everyone felt went that banner was destroyed and I just wanted everyone to feel better. That's all." Hybrid Ninja protested.

"Well, you did a really good job at that."

The little Greninja turned and blushed at the sight of a shiny Greninja who was a little bit taller than her with brown eyes and a pair of blue glasses since he was nearsighted. He had a Sonic sweater and watch on and a bag on his back. This was JayOsonic, the self-proclaimed ultimate Sonic fan. He and Hybrid went to elementary, middle and junior high school together, and she had a big crush on him. "J-JayOsonic! How did you get here?!"

He shrugged. "A key with the Smash Ball on it appeared in my pocket and it opened a doorway to here. How did you get here?"

"Same way. Except I put it on a lanyard." Hybrid Ninja showed him her Pikachu lanyard, holding house keys, a whistle, and the Smash Bros key. Greninja nudged her, reminding her of something. "That's right! I made you something. Merry Christmas, Jay. I hope you like it." She handed him a picture of his mains all in Christmas gear, looking all cool and snazzy. The shiny Greninja was surprised. Her art skills were getting better by the day and the background of cliff was awesome. True there were some white spots here and there, but it looked amazing nonetheless.

"Looks good. Merry Christmas." JayOsonic thanked. Taking a deep breath, Hybrid Ninja, with an insane amount of no shame and a lot of confidence, kissed him on his cheek, after lowering his tongue a little bit. He blushed and tensed up and everyone else gasped. Smiling like usual, she pointed up and that's when JayOsonic spotted the mistletoe. "...Dang it."

"Gotcha. In your face, Jay." Hybrid Ninja teased in a sing-song voice.

"Ha ha."

After everyone gave each other their presents and ate a whole lot of junk food and dinner, they were all sleeping on the floor, couch, coffee table, TV stand, and for some reason someone got drunk and was hanging on the ceiling fan.

Hybrid Ninja was between Greninja and Lucario, curled up like a small kitten. JayOsonic was sharing the couch with his hero and Kirby fell asleep on the snack table. Master Hand and Mario, who was drowsy, were placing blankets on the smashers who were sleeping after partying hard. The Mushroom Kingdom plumber noticed that the little Ninja Pokémon was waking up when he went to them.

"Mario?"

"Shh. It's okay, Hybrid. Just go back to sleep. I'm sure that you don't want to wake up either Greninja or Lucario." Mario hushed gently. That made her fall back asleep in the two Pokémon's arms, and getting comfortable.

When they finished, Mario was ready to crash. "Mario, thank you for helping me. I think you're ready to collapse right here and now." Master Hand thanked. "Get some sleep."

Mario gave him a thumbs up and went to go find a vacant spot on the floor with a blanket in his hand. "Goodnight, Master Hand."

"Goodnight, Mario."

Back with Hybrid, she was cuddling with Greninja and she felt something break. Something metal. Half-awake, she dug for her lanyard to see that her Smash Bros. key was...broken. Hybrid Ninja was fully awake now. That key was the only way back home from here and she wanted to go home to sleep in her own bed. She shook Greninja, who turned to dust when touched. The same happened with Lucario. She began to hyperventilate as she started to cry, turning to her former classmate and shaking him.

"JayOsonic! Wake up! It's turning into Infinity War!" Hybrid Ninja cried, tears falling from her eyes. When he opened his eyes, instead of brown, it was a piercing red color. Hybrid Ninja backed up in fear. What could she do?! These were her friends and love of her life!

"Hybrid! Wake up! Hybrid!"

"God? Is that you? I swear I was hungry when I ate all the cheese!"

Real-Time Christmas Eve, 2018

"Hybrid, wake up!" Lucario shook her awake, trying to release her from the nightmare. When she did wake up, looking at Lucario, the little Greninja realized that it was just a very bad dream.

"Hey Lucario. Sorry if I worried you." Hybrid Ninja apologized. In the World of Light conjured up by Galeem, who Hybrid Ninja calls Thanos, the smashers that Hybrid Ninja and Kirby saved we're in their tents and woke up when they heard Hybrid scream.

"It's fine. You just got us worried. This is the fourth time this week you screamed in your sleep." Ike said, placing a hand on her shoulder.

Kirby walked to Hybrid, placing himself in her lap and gave her a hug. "Thanks Kirby. I needed one." She hugged him back with just as much care.

"Merry Christmas, Hybrid Ninja."

That made her tense up since that was what Greninja said when she gave her the necklace that still hangs on Hybrid Ninja's neck. It was on the day that Ultimate came out and when the universe basically got a new manager and hit the reset button on everyone but Hybrid Ninja and Kirby thanks to the Warpstar.

But she still smiled anyway. "Merry Christmas, Kirby, min'na." So far they had Mario, Ike, Lucario, Mega Man, Sonic, Bowser, Peach, Luigi, and Bayonetta. The next one they had to face and bring back was Greninja. Both Lucario and Hybrid Ninja were definitely not looking forward to that.

Peach came up to the little Greninja with a cup of tea in her hands and brought it up to her. "Some tea might calm down your nightmares, flower." The Mushroom Kingdom Princess offered.

She took the tea, bowing her head in thanks. "Thanks, Peach. I guess I needed it right around now." Blowing the steam away, the little Greninja took a sip of it, being careful to not burn her tongue.

"So, any ideas on how to bring back Greninja?" Mario asked, sitting cross-legged. Hybrid Ninja and Lucario looked at each other with an unsure look. They didn't want to hurt Greninja, but it was the only way to bring her back.

"No. I've got nothing, Mario."

"Hybrid does know Round, so maybe we could have her weaken Greninja, then she can finish with her Final Smash." Ike suggested.

"Are you nuts? Hybrid's the only one who can't turn into a trophy if she's defeated!" Lucario protested.

Ike did a calming motion to the Aura Pokémon, but it wasn't working. "She'll have a spirit protecting her if she gets hurt. Besides, if it gets too out of hand, you or someone else will step in for her." He added. Everyone knew that Hybrid Ninja was one of the only ones who's able to remove the mind control of 'Thanos' off the smashers that were still captured. The only was she could do that is with her Final Smash, Sakurazaki Shuriken, which was one she made up when she turns Ash-Greninja and her made up characters help her in fighting, two of them creating the giant Water Shuriken with her.

"Lucario," Hybrid Ninja started, getting his attention. "I can do this. Remember, in order for Round to get stronger in power, I can't be the only one singing even though I know that some of you suck at it. Every little bit helps."

Thinking, the Fighting/Steel type still thought it was too dangerous for Hybrid Ninja to fight, but she had a point. Round got stronger as others sang along and that could be her saving grace. Sighing, he nodded. "Alright. Hybrid Ninja will fight Greninja. But as soon as it gets bad, I'm stepping in. No questions asked."

"Deal. I'll do my best."

"Alright, I guess that settles that then." Sonic concluded, Bayonetta nodding.

"I'll fly her over there with my bats. Just try not to squirm too much, sweetheart." Bayonetta offered, the little Ninja Pokémon nodding.

"I'll try, Bayo."

"Good night everyone. We've got a big day tomorrow." Mario retreated back to his tent, everyone else doing the same thing. Everyone but Hybrid Ninja and Lucario. They sat on the edge, looking at the clear night sky, remembering that Hybrid Ninja loved to stargaze.

"Are you sure you want to do this? This may be Greninja, but she won't be herself and restrain her attacks because you're still a little kid. She will kill you if she gets that chance. Whatever you do, do not give her that chance." Lucario ordered. Hybrid looked down and nodded. "Alright."

"Colors weave into a spire of flames,"

Lucario looked down at her, his ears picking up her soft singing voice that sounded like she was going to cry again.

"Distant sparks call to a past still unnamed,

Bear this torch against the cold of the night…"

The little Water/Dark type looked up at the stars, seeing a constellation pattern of Greninja, the leader of Team YukiNoUmi and her hero.

"Light will guide you on your way to the Ultimate fight."

She cuddled into his shoulder, feeling sleepy. Noticing that she was about to fall asleep, Lucario picked her up in his arms and carried her back to her tent.

For the rest of the night, Hybrid Ninja's sleep was undisturbed by dreams.

Approaching Greninja's barrier, Bayonetta set Hybrid Ninja down on the river terrain while everyone else ran over there. "This looks like a place that would be in Naruto. Perfect for both a ninja and a Water type." She pointed out.

"She's right. Keep a lookout for Greninja, she could be anywhere." Lucario ordered, everyone nodding in agreement. Searching with his aura, he surveyed the area, finding a red aura in the trees with Greninja's outlining. "I think I found her! She's in the trees!"

As soon as Hybrid Ninja went into the water, a shadow was speeding towards her. When the shadow resurfaced and hit Hybrid, it revealed itself as Greninja, with piercing red eyes.

"A little girl is going to fight me? This is going to be a very sad fight." Greninja said, the voice being Galeem's and not her own.

Taking out a Water Shuriken, Hybrid Ninja put on a brave face in front of the puppet imitating her hero. "I'm not afraid of you. I will bring Greninja back!"

"Your funeral."

Greninja launch a big Water Shuriken at her, but Hybrid Ninja dodged it and countered it with a Dark Pulse, which hit square in the face. A red mark and a vein about to pop out, Greninja used Shadow Sneak and a barrage of attacks at the little Water/Dark type, too fast for her to counter.

"Greninja! I know you're in there! Stop!" Hybrid Ninja pleaded.

"The kunoichi frog isn't here, it's-"

"Shut up, Thanos! You honestly don't help!" Hybrid Ninja spat blood in her face, making the Ninja Pokémon puppet grab her neck and lift her up, making Hybrid grab on to her wrists as an attempt to make her let go. "You will never win. Ya hear me!? We are going to free this world and make it go back to the way it was before!"

Greninja smiled evilly. "Little girl. You will never understand. This world I created, the World of Light, is supposed to be my paradise. Of course, you and your smasher friends have to get in the way of that. Well, it's a good thing I got most of them, then. Because all of your best friends will have to rid the world of little weeds like you and that stupid puffball in my beautiful garden. Just like how you are now with your best friend, Greninja. I believe that the aura canine over there was in love with this kunoichi, which makes this only more sad." She monologued. As Greninja was doing that, Lucario and Luigi were searching through Hybrid Ninja's backpack to look for her headphones and phone, knowing that all her music came from there (even though her singing acapella was really pretty, she wanted to listen to music as she was performing Round.). Once they found it, Lucario put on her music to 'Lifelight', the theme for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and the only song that'll affect the captive smashers turned to puppets to do Galeem's bidding.

"Hybrid! Do it now! Lifelight!" Lucario yelled, turning the volume all the way up, which was more than enough to have Hybrid Ninja use Round and for Greninja to scream in pain and protest.

"Every soul contains a whisper of light,

Growing louder as it calls to unite,

From the distance, sings a chorus of souls!

Rising slowly, stirring heat from the coals." Hybrid Ninja's singing, not only did it make the Greninja puppet let go of her, but it made the captive Pokémon weaker and struggle to stand up. "Lucario! Defeat Greninja! Now!" Doing what the little Greninja said, he broke one of the extra Smash balls Kirby packed and activated his Final Smash, which was, what Hybrid called, Mega Evolved Aura Storm.

"Colors weave into a spiral of flames,

Distance sparks call to a past still unnamed.

Bear this torch against the cold of the night," As Hybrid was close to the final line, Lucario unleashed his Aura Storm after Mega Evolving, hitting Greninja dead center, which caused her to go off the map, defeating her.

"Light will guide you on your way to the Ultimate fight."

When she stopped singing, the two Greninjas fell on the ground. Lucario and Sonic went to them both, the Aura Pokémon picking up Greninja and Sonic picking up Hybrid Ninja and taking them to where they're going to set up camp for the night. Before he left with them, Kirby, taking the little Spirit Bag, and sucked up the spirit that was giving the fainted Ninja Pokémon more power.

Christmas Day, 2018

Waking up in a tent and in bandages around her waist, arms and head, Greninja looked at around, becoming aware of her surroundings. Lucario, who was next to her, noticed her aura waking up and woke up himself, was gazing at the hurt Ninja Pokémon.

"Greninja, you've been out for a while. Are you alright?" Lucario asked softly. He helped her sit up from her makeshift bed, a pillow on her back.

She nodded. "Yeah, I'm okay. What happened? The last thing I remember is when Galeem captured us then it got dark." The Water/Dark type held her head, feeling a bit of a headache.

The Fighting/Steel type took that hand and held it in his own paw, giving her some comfort. "It's okay. Hybrid and I brought you back." He softly explained. Now realizing it, Lucario began to look for the little Greninja. "Where is she anyway? It's Christmas, she shouldn't sleep in."

At that moment, Sonic came in with Hybrid Ninja in his arms, her sleeping away. "Lucario, you baka. She's had a rough night since she was fighting her best friend and the pain from her sides haven't been helping." He set her down on Greninja's lap, putting JayOsonic's lost sweater on her shoulders. "But you were wondering where she was, so I suppose that she'll be safer with you."

"She misses JayOsonic, doesn't she?"

"Yeah. And she's not the only one. Since he got taken too, the only thing left of him was his favorite sweater and Hybrid took that as comfort." Sonic explained. When she heard that, Hybrid began to stir in her sleep, waking herself up.

"Min'na? What'd I miss?" Hybrid Ninja asked innocently.

"Not much, little flower." Greninja smiles, happy to see her smaller counterpart. She gave the little Ninja Pokémon a comforting hug, Hybrid returning it. "I missed you."

"I missed you too, Gekkouga."

Taking a good look at her, Greninja saw that her voice was a little softer than usual, bandages her on her head and side where her ribs were, and her arms. "I hurt you… I'm sorry, Hybrid."

But she was still smiling like normal. "It's fine. It wasn't your fault. It's Thanos' fault for doing this to you and every other smasher except for both me and Kirby. He made you fight both me and Lucario." Hybrid Ninja explained. She looked down at the ripped up Sonic sweater. The little Greninja knew that she'd have to return it eventually, but it felt good that a piece of her crush was with her. "Not just the smashers though…"

Greninja looked at Lucario in confusion, who hesitated. "JayOsonic was also taken by Galeem as prisoner and all that was left of him was his sweater." He explained. "You're not the only one she really missed…"

"She misses the boy who's been with her since she was really little. I understand. Especially since she's in love with him."

Wanting to break the tension, Sonic spoke up, "You know what? What's important is that we have now half of Team YukiNoUmi and that we're all together and alive." He had a point. "It is Christmas, after all."

"As much as I hate to admit it, Sonic's right. We now have half of our team and the fact that we're all together again warms my heart all the same." Lucario agreed.

Hugging both Greninja and Lucario, Hybrid cuddled into them both respectfully. "Hybrid?" The Water/Dark type asked, confused.

"Merry Christmas, Greninja, Lucario. I'm just happy that we're all together and that I still have a piece of my best friend." Hybrid whispered, but not quiet enough for the two Pokémon with good hearing.

They both hugged her back, Lucario smiling and Greninja's tears pricking from her eyes. This was why they loved having Hybrid Ninja around. She was a good kid who always knew how to cheer people up and her main attack would be a hug. And that would always be super effective.

"Merry Christmas, Hybrid Ninja. We love you…"

"...I love you too."

Yay! I'm done! Merry Christmas 2018! Feliz Navidad! I forgot to tell you, I added JayOsonic to the story to add a bit more emotion to it, but knowing him and his usual dislike for fanfiction, I'm pretty sure he'd mind but I don't care. This is the first Christmas without him in my class and I miss him in real life so I decided, to ease both my mind and heart, to add him in. Besides, he loves Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. I didn't get Ultimate, but I'm patient and I'll probably wait till my birthday. Either way, Greninja and Team YukiNoUmi, here I come! Fanfiction-style!

Hoped you like it! I'll be spending a lot of time with my family this week especially since my little cousin is coming. I'll have to train him in the ways of Mario Kart 8 on my Wii U again… So wish me luck with trying to teach him.

As for the picture that I gave JayOsonic, I actually gave him a picture as a gift and I texted him the other day and he said he liked it. I was so happy that I felt like doing backflips and I'm not even flexible! Merry Christmas, min'na!