"I got reviews! I got reviews! They were both so kind and they make me happy! I LOL with joy, HAHAHAHAHA!!! In special thanks, I credit you, Frederic Marile, as my first review EVER! Thanks so much. And Golden-Owl, you get something special, too, because you are correct! Everyone left behind has a blue body coloring. As a special reward, I'll have your friend Falco do the disclaimer!"

Falco steps into the line of the camera. "Hey, Foxpilot doesn't own Smash Bros., alright? If he did, Wolf would have had a…bigger…roll…in…HEY! What gives?! I thought this was my time!"

"Eh…it kinda is…but I couldn't think of ways to improve you that would work well. Sorry. But, you did a good job. Too bad you still have a hangover in the story."

"WHAT?! Hey! Why I oughta--!"

"Let's move on before somebody gets exploded. Let it…Begin!"

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"'My Smashers…power…too…strong…Can't hold on…Any left behind must…find Mother Am…' and it ends there." Marth looked up at the other Smashers with a worried expression. "'Power too strong'? Does that mean he lost control? If so, why are we left behind?"

Marth's questions were met with several different responses ranging from confusion to drunken snoring. When the latter filled their ears, the group looked over to King Dedede, who was still passed out on the floor. Falco soon snapped.

"Gah! Won't somebody shut him up?! He's giving me a bigger headache!"

Sonic was rather amused by this statement. "It's your own fault for drinking too much. You're too slow at getting rid of the stuff!"

"Either shut up and do something useful or get out of my way. I'm not in any mood to take your crap right now."

Marth decided to intervene at this stage. "Sonic, if you'd be so kind as to get Falco an aspirin from Dr. Mario's stock…I think we'd all appreciate it."

Sonic, always ready to race, lit up at this proposal. "Time me! I bet I can beat my record from that one time when Bowser--."

"Just GO," roared Falco. Sonic took that as his cue to start, dashing out of the kitchen and passed a downcast Ike, nearly bowling the large mercenary over. Ike took a look back at the speeding hog before continuing to the den.

"I found this in Red's room, but I don't know if whatever's inside will listen to me. Marth, you're a bit more…social. Maybe you should try."

Marth gave Ike an odd stare that seems to say, "so that means I can talk to Pokémon better than you?" but accepted the orb and released the catch. Any hopes for a large dragon or a leafy dinosaur were quickly dashed.

"Squirtle!" The tiny blue terrapin popped out ready to fight, only to be confused when it didn't see its trainer. "Squirtle? Squir squirtle squirt?"

Marth sighed, knowing that Squirtle would probably be upset. "Squirtle, Red's missing, along with many of the other Smashers. We're going to need help to find them. Are you willing to listen to one of us?"

Squirtle took a moment to absorb the information before letting out a sad moan. It was clear the bond that Squirtle had with its Trainer and some of the other Smashers was special, and the news of their disappearance was taken quite hard. Squirtle looked sadly at Marth before realizing that it still had friends to count on and help. This seemed to brighten the mood of the tiny turtle, who quickly started jabbering excitedly. "Squirt squirtle squirt squirt squirtle squir!"

"Shut up already, stupid tortoise! Grr…why did I order something with "hot," "fiery," and "explosive" in its name? Falco laid his head on the table and covered it with his wings. Meta Knight walked into the room at this point, looked at the bird reproachfully, and continued into the den.

"So, is this everyone," inquired Meta Knight of his fellow swordsmen. Marth looked down at the knight and prepared to speak, but Ike started first.

"Pretty much. Sonic is getting Falco some headache stuff, but he should be back at any time." Rushing footsteps were heard from the hall. "In fact, here he comes."

Indeed, Sonic was coming. He passed into view, threw the bottle of aspirin on the table near Falco, and slid to a stop, exclaiming victoriously, "Haha! That felt great! I feel stronger than ever! Oh, hey Squirtle." At this, the hedgehog and the Pokémon exchanged violent glares. The two had shared a negative history ever since Sonic was first blasted by Squirtle's Water Gun. Sonic immediately looked away and decided to make a big deal again. "I found someone else! He's on the way now."

"Great, someone else to yell like an idiot," Falco muttered before he finished off the water he was drinking. The headache had clearly not been resolved quite yet. Any time now, though…

Meta Knight looked around at everyone before making an interesting realization. "Does anyone see any connection between us?" This was met with blank stares like the ones a sixth-grade math class has when they realize they aren't just working with whole numbers anymore. Meta Knight sighed mentally before continuing. "We all have something blue about us. Lucario and Sonic have blue fur. Me, King Dedede, and Squirtle have blue skin. Marth and Ike have blue hair; and Falco has blue feathers. Perhaps there is some sort of connection."

"TheRE is." The voice drew the attention of all of the awake Smashers to the hall Sonic had come out of earlier. A left hand floated through. Crazy Hand, Master Hand's brother, and often time ward, seemed far more upset rather than his usual maniacal self. What was really odd about the hand today, though, was that he was a very bright shade of blue. "Only THE BLue-coVERED were SPARed. I WAZ lucky Enuff to be trying nEW CoLORz WheN It Happened."

Marth Noticed that Crazy Hand was not twitching like usual, and was about to raise this up when the Hand-lord beat him to it. "YeS, I Know I no iz TWICHY. In Factz, THERE's no Point IN PRETENDIn' rite noaw." Crazy Hand then shook himself back and forth before continuing. His voice was the same, but the tone it took made more sense. "…Wow. Five seconds into "normal mode" and I'm already bored."

The Smashers were stunned. Crazy Hand was acting…not crazy. In fact, he sounded like Master Hand on helium in his new-found sanity. Before anybody could recover from their shock, Crazy spoke again. "I know I sound strange, and after 50,000 years of glorious nuttiness, it feels strange, too, but you must listen. The Blue Sun's power is unusually strong this cycle and only you may help." Crazy Hand snapped his fingers twice, waking Dedede and Lucario instantly. The two Smashers were already listening intently and seemed to understand what was happening. Crazy Hand continued.

"My brother's power has become too strong and will soon destroy this planet. I fear I have failed my role as guardian."

"Now hold on just a moment," said Dedede in his first line in the chapter. "Your role? I thought Master Hand guarded you. You're supposed to be unstable, yet you come in my head, clean out my insides, and let me 'know what happened', just to tell me you are a guardian?! That's too funny! Where's Master Hand, he'll love this."

"Yeah. I don't usually agree with penguin-boy, but this all seems too improbable." Falco, already cleared of his hangover, decided he wouldn't have the joke. "Alright, Foxie, you got us! You can come out now and tell us how you all are gonna post this on the Internet or something! Joke's over and we're not buying it!"

"This is no laughing matter," stated Crazy Hand. "The truth is that I am my brother's guardian, not the other way around. I was assigned to watch my brother, who would gain exceptional power for a Hand-lord every so often, to see that he never got out of hand, so to speak. But this cycle, he was too strong and broke loose of his own bonds."

Meta Knight voiced everyone's doubts. "Why would they let a psychotic being watch another being with demented power?" The others' nods signified that they had this question as well.

"I'm not really insane. After a while, it got boring, so I decided to pretend to be crazy just to have fun. It also allows me to live up to my name."

Lucario, in his first line, expressed his surprise with caution. "Your parents actually named you 'Crazy'?"

"They looked into my future and saw me acting weird. So they named me accordingly. That's not important. Only you Smashers can save this world. There are lots of innocent people and creatures on this planet that I won't be able to save in time. Plus, if you don't stop the effects of the Blue Sun, your friends and Master Hand will be gone permanently."

Squirtle looked down sadly and uttered another moan, while Dedede just laughed. "Nyuknyuk nyuk! Finally, I'll be rid of that Kirby! We should be celebrating the loss of the chubby idiot!"

"Bowser, Ganon, and Wolf are gone, too, you know," said Marth in an attempt to persuade the penguin with his friends' plight. From the looks of things, this could turn ou similar to the Subspace Emissary debacle.

"Bah, who needs those low-down losers anyway? I'll just take over their kingdoms and rule them myself!" Dedede would not be persuaded. "You guys can look for those lame fools on your own! Or better yet, you, mister "all powerful lord," can save them yourself!"

"I can't save them myself, that's the point. I can't leave the planet because I'm the one holding it together right now. Master Hand left a trail of warps in secret places all about the galaxies in case this happened. You all must travel to a land called 'Nippon' to find the only one who can make the Blue Sun normal again!"

"Bah, I don't care! I'm gonna plan my conquests now. Good luck, losers!" With that, King Dedede walked off to "plan his conquests." Like he could.

Crazy hand sighed, then said, "Are the rest of you willing to take this journey?"

"Are you kiddin'? Let's go right now! I'll lead!" Falco's confidence had returned rather quickly, but he would not be allowed his dream so easily.

"Actually, I would say that I am the most qualified to lead because of my large army," said Meta Knight, clearly letting his pride think for him.

"What? You, ya pipsqueak? I'm not going to let you run the show? Puh-leez!"

The knight and the avian argued back and forth as the onlookers sweatdropped with awkwardness and anxiety. Crazy Hand addressed Marth and Ike. "Aren't the two Generals going to be included in this?"

Marth shook his head, saying, "There's no sense in it. We all have skills to contribute, like during the Subspace incident. There was no official leader there, so why would we need one this time?"

"Very wise, Lord Lowell. Alright, you two, break it up!" The authority in the Hand-lord's voice made the two stop. "You must leave immediately and work together to find the portals. You should be ashamed of yourselves for fighting as such."

Meta Knight and Falco looked at each other, and then shook hands to signify a truce. They could sense the gravity of the situation.

"Good. Now, I have a friend who can help you. Strawberry!" At his call, a blue fox ran into the room. "My friends, this is Strawberry. She can sense the locations of the portals my brother left behind. She will be of great help on your quest."

"I am honored to meet you all," said the vixen in a smooth voice. The Smashers were taken aback by this surprising development.

"Sh-she can talk," asked Ike.

"Of course I can talk. How else would I be able to tell you the locations of the portals? I can also extend myself so that I may be used as a grappling hook. Any questions before we head out?"

"Yes, one," said Lucario. "Why are you named 'Strawberry'?"

"Because I like strawberries," answered Crazy Hand, only to be answered with awkward silence. "What? She's my creation. But go now, Smashers, and save the planet before it is too late! You only have five days and eight hours left!"

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"Ah, I feel so happy with this. I think Strawberry will make things a little more interesting. I have to put her in my profile as an OC."

Falco steps in. "So, is she like Krystal or something, cuz' you coulda' just put her in instead."

"No, she's the size and shape of an ordinary Earth fox, except she's a beautiful shade of deep blue. Which reminds me, I have another fic in the Star Fox section, "Through the Eyes of the Young." It tells the story of Star Fox 64 through Fox and Krystal's son's eyes. It needs reviews, so please read it!"

"Are you done with the sappy advertising, cuz I wanna get going already!"

"Yes, I'm done. Ciao chow, people!"