A/N: Hey, it's Xovercreator again, this time with a third installment to 'Glitched Crossover Chaos'. This one's called 'Switch And Play: Chaos!', based off the 'The New Super Smash Bros' episode of SMG4.
Disclaimer: OCs belong to their respective authors, characters to their own franchises!
On Battlefield (Smash 4 version)...
A match was about to start, as the combatants teleported in. First to come, was Mario through his trusty Warp Pipe, as he jumped out, and took off his cap to bow to the audience. Next to arrive was Richard, who jumped out of his sukima, and landed on his feet, with his weapon out. Then came Siege, who free-falled from the sky, slamming down on the ground with his fist, before he got up. And the last one to join the batte was Link, in his Breath of the Wild incarnation, as he parachuted from the sky down with cloth in his hands, before he landed on his feet.
As all the members of the battle were stoked to fight, they were surprised that there was only silence, in place of the announcer's countdown.
"Say, where's the countdown?" Mario asked.
"Beats me. I have no clue." Richard replied back with a shrug.
"Come on, I want our first practice match in the new tournament setting to be one that'll make it into the history books of Smash!" Siege shouted.
Suddenly, the stage rumbled, as a purple swirling portal appeared in the background of the stage, as Crazy Hand came out of it, cackling like a mad villain.
"What the!? Crazy Hand!?" Richard exclaimed in surprise.
"It's a-Crazy?" Mario questioned. "Mama mia...!"
"Oh gods... I hope that we aren't going to be tested by him..." Link whimpered, having witnessed what Crazy Hand was like typically.
"Crazy Hand!? Why are you here!?" Siege shouted at the laughing giant hand.
"HAHAHAHAHAhahaha... hah..." Crazy Hand giggled, before he then stopped laughing maniacally, and his erratic movement was calmed down, to a extent that it was faster than Master Hand's movements, but were still calm and collected compared to what his normal insane behaviour would be. "Ah... Sorry. Don't worry, the days of being in therapy actually did help to keep my... 'creativity' in control. Anyways, I will be managing Smash for the current moment."
"Current moment? What happened to Master Hand?" Mario asked.
"Ah. He's not exactly well. I don't know what kind of sickness he got, but he described it as having the humanoid equivalent of the flu and fever combined." Crazy Hand answered back. "Anyway, today is the day of a very important task. Today is the day that we test out the new game modes that we have decided to be in the Ultimate Tournament."
"Ultimate? So that's what the fifth tournament's moniker will be?" Link asked. "And what game modes will be included?"
"Well, I won't lie... I MIGHT have sneaked a few game modes of my creation into the testing roster. But don't worry. It's nothing too mind-blowing or impossible as you would think. Think of it like mods to the existing modes." Crazy Hand said. "Anyway, I already let everyone on about this, and they have all consented to help test the modes. All that's left is you all here. Sorry if you won't get to be the first people to have a match in the new tournament's settings, But I promise I'll make it up to you somehow, and you won't regret the testing. It's going to be a free-for-all of fun! You in, or what!?"
Everyone looked at Crazy Hand, before they considered the choice they were offered, before they then nodded.
"Sure, going through some new exciting game modes is better than having a simple match. I'll see what you got in store, CH. Right, Siege?" Richard agreed.
"I concur." Siege smirked.
"Well, since we're part of the Original 12, it's only fair that we go first to ensure that the newcomers won't get hurt, physically or mentally, by your games, Crazy." Mario told Crazy Hand.
Link only nodded, since he didn't have anything much to say, since he was going to agree to come anyway.
"Brilliant!" Crazy Hand cried in joy, before he snapped his fingers, as yellow portals of light appeared in front of where they were standing. "Step through these portals. They'll take you to the testing areas for the new game modes. And by the way... I should inform you guys about a little surprise. You're going to meet some pretty famous newcomers during these modes. So make sure you welcome them, since Master is too sick to greet them himself, 'K?"
"Alright. We can do that." Siege said. "I do wonder who you mean though."
They soon entered the portal, as Crazy Hand retreated through his own.
"Oh boy, you are in for a CRAZY adventure, bitches!" Crazy shouted in excitement, before he disappeared with the portal.
Announcer: 1000000-MAN MELEE!
Luigi found himself on the Battlefield Stage, that has been expanded to the size of a building, as the aerial platforms have been scaled up in size.
"Where are I? What's going on?" Luigi asked, as he looked around.
He then noticed that Marisa, Tia and Link were standing beside him, as they were just as confused as him.
"Marisa? Tia? Link? What's happening?" Luigi questioned them in a worried tone.
"Can't say I know, Greens." Marisa answered back. "All I have as a clue is whatever the announcer guy said."
"Wait, did I hear correctly?" Link asked. "1-Million Man Melee!? Not 10, not 100, and especially not 15-minute Melee, but 1 MILLION!?"
"1 million of them!? Ho boy I got a bad feeling about this..." Tia commented.
Suddenly there was rumbling noises, as figures rained down from the skies in hundreds, as they quickly filled up the empty space in the colossal stage quickly. It seemed that the invading army were a mix of Miis created around the world, and white glowing silhouettes of the fighters.
"WAAAHHH! There's so many of them!" Luigi shrieked in horror at the rapidly growing enemy force.
"F**k that! If we're going to fight, I ain't lying down to die! I'm going to 'kick ass and chew gum', like Richard once said before!" Marisa shouted in a determined tone.
"Bring it on assholes! Never mess with a dragon!" Tia said, powering up.
"Calm down, Luigi. Don't forget that these enemy Miis and silhouettes are so weak that even normal attacks would knock them flying quite far." Link said. "I bet that they can't possibly make us fight through all of this without letting items drop for us to use!"
"Link... Right! I can't be a coward! I have to fight if I'm going to be famous like my bro!" Luigi spoke, as he mustered up courage.
"FOR GENSOKYO!" Marisa yelled in a war-cry, as she charged at the approaching Miis, with her Hakkero out.
The others followed, as they were preparing to fight to the end.
1000000 KOs and flashes of light later...
Luigi used his Luigi Cyclone to knock the last Mii off the stage, as he immediately sat down on the ground.
"Mama mia... That was so tiring..." Luigi panted.
"No s**t... This is even more tiring than resolving the major incidents with danmaku games, and it involved so much dodging that I would have to be inhuman to last that long to finish off the incident maker." Marisa huffed, as she was leaning against one of the pilliars.
"Damn... Well, at least we won..." Tia said.
"At least it was relaxing, never mind the exhaustion it brings." Link said, as he was less tired than the girls and Luigi, being a hardened warrior. "All in favour of putting this game mode into the 'To be considered' category?"
The responses were tired Ayes from everyone.
Announcer: Smash Ball!
Mario found himself enclosed in a small rectangular room, as he found Sunset, Ness and Captain Falcon in the same room as him, as he is left to look around, examining the white walls, which seemed to be bouncy and smooth to touch, and on the ground was a large white round ball with the flaming smash symbol on it.
"What in the world..." Mario muttered to himself.
Before he could think any more, a screen appeared on one of the longer walls of the room, as it showed Crazy Hand, who was about to announce the game mode they were in.
"Greetings, my little test subjects." Crazy Hand greeted them in a creepy tone. "Welcome to Smash Ball, where I put two famous concepts together. Imagine Tennis Boss mixed with Dodgeball, except it's a free-for-all to be the last man standing."
"Smash Ball?" Ness asked, before he then looked down at the ball, and pointing at it. "Is this the ball?"
"That's right!" Crazy Hand exclaimed, giving a thumbs-up. "You see, I saw a game called 'Lethal League' and I literally almost died of a heart-attack at the excitement of how much chaos is happening in each and every one of the matches in the game! So I decided to make a mode like this to commemorate it for being the best indie game I ever saw and played!"
Ness immediately bleached when he heard the words 'Lethal League', as he immediately looked down at the ball with renewed fear.
"Don't worry, you baby. The ball isn't going to actually smack you. It actually teleports you out of the room if you're hit, and disqualifies you if you do so." Crazy Hand said. "Anyway, the rules are that anything goes. With each attack you make on the ball, it will slam in whatever direction you are aiming it towards, and depending on the force of the attack, it'll increase in speed. Anyway, Final Smashes are disabled in this mode. I tried simulating a game of this with them on, and it was unfair for most of the fighters. I may be crazy, but I play fair! Anyway, have fun!"
And so the match began. Everyone would have a single stock, but they had no clue what to do at first, until Sunset kicked the ball, slamming it into the face of Ness!
"Ow!" Ness shouted as he flew back some.
The ball bounced off him and kept going some before stopping.
"So I guess the ball does damage when you kick it... well played!" Sunset said.
"Here we go!" Mario said, punching the ball hard, the other three dodging it. To try and see what would happen, Ness pulled out his bat and hit the ball hard, the speed increased further! Then Captain Falcon decided to hit it.
"FALCON... PUUUUNCH!" He yelled doing his infamous attack, making it go faster!
Then it came to Sunset who hit it...
Straight into Captain Falcon! The ball moved so fast it OHKO'd him!
"WHOA!" Sunset shouted.
"I think we're-a getting a hang of-a this!" Mario said, punching the ball to start it up again.
This volley was much longer, every person hitting the ball just to stay alive...
Till Ness got hit.
"WHYYYYY MEEEEEEE!?" Ness said from the knockout.
Now it was down to Mario and Sunset who began knocking the ball back... and forth...
Back... and forth...
Back... and forth...
Until Mario was hit and Knocked out! Sunset won!
"YEAH!" Sunset cheered. "That was super fun!"
"Glad you like it! Hmm... you all seemed to mostly enjoy this one... maybe I'll talk to Master Hand about this..." said Crazy Hand. "Congratulations Sunset Shimmer!"
Announcer: Dodge and Survive!
Fox soon looked around, as he found himself on the current iteration of the Final Destination, complete with crystals around the ledges, and glowing energy vein running across the entire stage.
"What is it this time...?" Fox muttered to himself, before he then saw Crazy Hand come over.
"Hey, Foxy!" Crazy Hand cheerfully called out, although the name caused Fox to growl in anger a little. "I got a little mode that would be really fun to implement in the tourney. It's a different type of survival. Sure, Cruel Brawl and Endless Brawl are fun modes to try, but it gets too boring seeing Alloys and Wireframes and Miis get knocked off the stage again and again. So I have made a little variation to all of this."
"And that is...?" Fox asked.
Suddenly, a Mii appeared, donning the Swordsman gear, as it remains still, as if awaiting for the match to really start.
"Ah ah, that would be telling. You'll learn soon enough." Crazy Hand replied, as he wagged his finger in a critical manner, before he then retreated from the battlefield. "And by the way, do your best not to get knocked out too soon. I believe Dodge Roll and Sidesteps are the butter and bread moveset for this mode, eh?"
He then snapped his fingers, as the Mii immediately rushed to attack Fox.
"Alright, let's start off with some first blood." Fox smirked, as he quickly swerved behind the Mii, before he then attacked it, only for it to receive no damage, much to Fox's shock. "Whhaaaaa!?"
"Welp, you found the first twist to this mode, Foxy." Crazy Hand complimented Fox with a chuckle. "Whoever comes up as your enemy, you won't deal any damage to them, although they can still feel being hit. But there's another twist, that will be happening soon enough, if you focus on dodging now."
Fox took the advice to heart, as he immediately stopped attacking, and focused on dodging the Mii's slow-paced swings and slashes, before the Mii soon disappeared from the stage in a flash of teleporting light.
"That's it? No... I doubt that CH would make things so easy-" Fox was about to say, before he then saw a Mario Clone on a clear platform that is moving slowly up and down, before he then spammed the fireball move as quickly as possible normally, as Fox was forced to duck, jump and weave out of their way.
"You aren't going to be just limited to fighting against one character, no that's too boring. Instead, every 30 seconds or so, characters will be swapped out for another character, and they're going to get harder and harder in difficulty, playing more aggressively and fiercely when they slowly attack you with no regard of their own defence. Not like you can hurt them anyway. And there'll be more and more people on the battlefield as time passes, so prepare to face a 7-man team simultaneously. I hope you'll do well, because if you manage to set a record no-one can beat within the first month of its implementation, I'll grant you two wishes that are within my power, no twists or conditions."
The mention of the reward causes Fox to become more invigorated, as he decided that his wish was to have at least one match per day with Wolf, so that he can continuously one-up his rival with each win. He suddenly began using Fox Illusion to dash past his enemies, and using a combination of jumping off the ledge and using a double jump, and sometimes a Fire Fox blast to avoid being hit by the ever-growing number of enemies and projectiles he was facing.
As time passed, Fox was beginning to dodge like crazy, as blaster bolts, fireballs, sliding icebergs, and almost every projectile that the fighters have are being thrown onto the stage with unbound chaos, and he occasionally has to deal with both the projectile storm, and the close-range fighters trying to smack him and launch him out of the arena.
Eventually, he reached the 15-minute mark, although by then, he was panting like crazy, and his muscles were almost at their limits, as there was only a short break, which he gladly took to reduce the stress in his body.
"Hoo... Hoo..." Fox panted, before he then threw a 'come-on' hand gesture in front of him. "Come on, you bastards, who's next?"
Almost just after he said that, three Marisa Clones appeared, as they seemed to be charging up their Hakkero for a Mini-Spark, as Fox immediately paled at the realisation that they were all on top of each other, meaning that their simultaneous release was going to cover the entire top of the stage.
"Ohhh shhiiiittt..." Fox hissed slowly, before he then immediately tried to dash off the ledge, only to fail, as the Mini-Spark combination hit him, and was the final blow to knock him out of the game, as the announcer declared the end of the match.
Crazy Hand only remained silent, before he then took a sip from his cocktail, and then snapped his finger loudly in a impressed manner.
"Nice. I really did choose the right guy for this job." Crazy Hand said. "Looks like you're getting that wish, at least if none of the other veterans can do better, or Richard and Siege in the same matter."
Announcer: Obstacle Course!
Siege and Richard could be seen watching over this one, as Richard and Siege were sitting on a sukima above the field.
"Glad Crazy Hand allows us to take a small break from all the shit we're doing... I actually enjoy having this little break." Siege said.
"What? You don't enjoy the shit?" Richard asked with a raised eyebrow and a grin. "I find it's quite nice. But I rather let there be a show, than to tell."
Sonic spun into the Green Hill Zone arena, seeing two others already there. One of them was the unmistakable Huntress Ruby Rose, while the other was the maybe not so well known purple Dragon girl from Freedom Planet, Sash Lilac.
"Hey there!" Ruby greeted.
"Hi!" Sash said.
"You must be late joiners." Sonic deduced.
"Yup. I'm Ruby Rose." Ruby said.
"I'm Sash Lilac." Sash greeted.
"Heh, Sonic's my name, speed's my game!" Sonic greeted.
"Oi... who's that purple dragon!? Never seen her before." Siege commented.
"Ah, her." Richard replied back. "She's sort of a purple dragon version of Sonic, save for some reduced speed, and a lot more ass-kicking capabilities. You'll see her in action soon enough."
"Good! You've all met! Now, laid out before you on this track is an obstacle course. The goal is simple: Get to the end first or get the farthest. Each of you only have one stock. If one of you is more than two seconds behind the others, you will lose that stock and be eliminated. In any event of a tie, the tie breaker will be a Sudden Death Smash. Got it? Okay, Let's get this race going!" Crazy Hand said.
The course ahead had many obstacles and enemies in the way.
"Glad it's them not us..." Siege said.
"Amen Siege!" Richard said with a chuckle. "Let me do the announcing, alright?"
"Alright, good luck! May the best runner win! Which of course is me." Sonic said.
"Not today!" Lilac said.
"I'm winning today!" Ruby said.
Lakitu came down with a Mario Kart traffic light.
3...
2...
1...
GO!
(Cue Green Hill Zone Act 1- Sonic Generations)
Sonic got the best start, Lilac in close second with Ruby third. First up was obstacles they had to jump over, which was easy, but immediately after the last jump they had to slide under a structure. They all made it through that too.
"And it's off to the races!" Richard announced with some joy in his voice. "As always, Sonic is off to the greatest start! But Lilac and Ruby aren't going to let up!"
Then came a line of enemies, requiring them to utilise a Sonic-like boost, which they all managed to do, knocking the enemies sky high. Then the ground shook and broke, offering the option to go up, or down.
"Looks like there's a split here! Which one's the faster one?" Richard declared. "Up or down? Think fast, you all!"
Lilac and Ruby chose the dash rings to go up, while Sonic went down. They then found themselves running on a long line of boosters! Sonic, on the other hand, got to utilise his light speed dash to make it fair, but Lilac and Ruby were slightly gaining.
"Oh, oh, oh!" Richard exclaimed. "It looks like that Ruby and Lilac have the higher ground, and it's the advantage against Sonic they need!"
They soon all got on level ground and passed a checkpoint.
1st: Lilac: 23.455
2nd: Sonic: +0.087
3rd: Ruby: +0.134
"And the checkpoint times are in!" Richard shouted. "Lilac is coming first, with Sonic shortly behind, and Ruby behind him! But will Lilac hold the lead against the world's Fastest Hedgehog!? Let's see, shall we!?"
This led them to the next leg of the race, which was sidestepping being shot at by Eggman's flying robots.
"Looks like we're up in our avoidance section, as per the usual platform racer match!" Richard called out. "Better not get hit, because they're so nearly matched in speed that taking even a single hit would mean the end of their run here!"
"More of these things!? What a pain!" Sonic said.
The three did well dodging, but Sonic was gaining some on Lilac's lead, Ruby not too far behind when she got lucky and hit the only booster that was near the end of the segment! Another checkpoint!
1st: Ruby: 35.624
2nd: Lilac: +0.009
3rd: Sonic: +0.014
"And the times run shorter!" Richard roared. "Ruby overtaken both of the racers, with her brilliant Semblance of roses, and some quick thinking using that booster! She better keep her speed up, otherwise, she's going to pop out of the lead quite quickly!"
Neck and neck, close to it, these three were, heading into a final jumping and sliding blitz with boosters in between heading to the goal! All three did their best, they pushed everything to their limits!
"Here it is... The final moments of the race... Let's see who claims the gold today!" Richard announced.
It was going to be close... the end ring was in sight...
They all crossed!
"And it's a photo finish!" Richard replied. "Let's see what the results are...!"
Results:
1st: *drumroll* Sonic: 45.621
2nd: Lilac: +0.001 *Photo Finish!*
3rd: Ruby: +0.054
"And there we have it! Sonic has won by the hair-breadth, over Lilac! Truly, the fastest has met his challenge in Lilac!" Richard cheered for the contestants. "But Ruby still proved to be quite the challenger in between them two. This is your brilliant announcer, Richard Liu, signing off!"
"Bravo Bravo! Well done from you all!" Crazy Hand said.
"That was super fun!" Lilac said. "Can we do it again!?"
"If Master Hand approves of this, yes!" Crazy Hand said.
Announcer: Smash RPG!
Richard, Siege, Link and Kirito found themselves on Gaur Plains, as the battlefield seems to be flat, although it seems like that it is a long winding path, instead of a small arena.
"What is this?" Richard asked, as he crossed his arms. "Don't tell me you're planning another mode like Adventure Mode or Subspace Emissary, Crazy Hand?"
"Mmm, not quite. Think of it as a placeholder mode for that." Crazy Hand answered back. "But I'm sure that you'll all be familiar with this format of fighting, I'll be honest with you. Have fun~!"
Crazy Hand then moved into the background, as he summoned a grandstand to lie, and a bucket of popcorn to eat from, as he chomps them through an invisible mouth.
Richard then drew his sword, as Siege did the same with his Parallel Ragnell, and Kirito equipped his twin Photon Blades, while Link whipped out his Master Shield and Sword.
They immediately proceeded forward, as they found that there were several enemies in front of them, from different Nintendo Worlds, including some from the Subspace Army.
"I guess this is going to somewhat like Smash Run?" Siege said. "Well, bet you that I'm going to get more stats than you, you guys!"
"You're on!" Richard cried, as he immediately rushed at the enemies, as he dash-attacked one of the Goombas, knocking it up, as he defeated it with another strike, which caused the small enemy to fly out of the area, as nothing was dropped. "Huh...? There's no stat items? Then we'll need to keep on fighting."
"I have a growing feeling that I think I knew the mechanic here..." Kirito pondered, as he joined in the battle, as Siege and Richard was knocking enemies aside.
Eventually, when they reached the end of the stage, which was signified by a glowing rainbow border, they were given congratulations on a screen in front of them, as a yellow experience bar appeared above their heads, as it filled, and each time it filled, the individual members of the team levelled up, as they were given a overall show of their stats, which are increased with each level-up, as well as some free stat points to allocate.
"Arms... Attack..." Richard read off, before he then realised. "Ah! They're Smash Run stats, but the kind where we have to gain them in a RPG-like format! I think I know what I'm going for..."
Richard then allocated his free points into Special, as he grinned. "Just wait until my elemental spells become OP, and then I'll be steamrolling over the bosses like there's no tomorrow!" He chuckled
Siege allocated his points into Attack, while Kirito went for a balance between Attack and Arms, and Link added his points into Defence.
"This is actually quite fun. It's fairly difficult, but we get to work together for something like this." Siege remarked about the experience. "I'm actually quite happy that I get to have fun like this with all you guys. But I'm still the MVP of this round, by the looks of it!"
"Oh? You're on! When I get stronger, let's see who gets the most kills!" Richard challenged Siege with a energetic look in his eyes,
"Deal!" Siege smirked back, as they both fist-bumped each other as a declaration of competition between each other.
Kirito and Link could only sigh at how their friends were being quite pumped up about this, before they disappeared from the area, where they ended up on a large map, which was a mix between all of the areas in the game, as the Gaur Plains they were on, was only a single marker, as another marker appeared in front of them. Before they could proceed, Crazy Hand went in front of them.
"So... You like?" Crazy Hand asked, as he rubbed his fingers together in a gesture of enjoyment.
"Only because it's good co-op play." Richard asked. "Say, any more surprises we'll get to see? What happens if we're knocked out? Not that we would be likely to do so with our level of skill."
"Hear, hear!" Siege answered back.
"Well... It's sort of a one-life system here. But... If this mode makes it to the final product, I might implement a mid-game revival mechanic so that the remaining players will be forced to survive until their companions are revived." Crazy Hand said. "Anyway, I hope you'll make it to the boss of this little 'demo'. I've got a good surprise there."
"Oh? Then we got to see what it is!" Link said.
"Onwards to victory, my legionaries!" Richard boldly roared, as they proceeded into the next stage.
After ten or few stages, with the occasional mini-bosses...
The entire group popped out of their recent stage, which was set within the F-Zero circuit stage, as they continued on, where they reached a stage marker that was on a area that had Dracula's Castle from Castlevania, and the marker had a skull on it, indicating its boss-stage status.
"Well... Looks like we're in for a big battle." Richard said. "Check up, everyone. How are our stats?"
Everyone's stats showed, as Richard was a balanced mix between Attack and Special, while Siege went all in with mostly Attack and some defence. Kirito has a all-round balance between all of the stats, and Link had high Speed and Attack. All of them were Level 30, with varying progress on their experience bars, with Richard's and Siege's the ones that are nearly filled.
"Alrighty then, let's kick some vampire ass!" Richard cried, as they hopped into the stage.
When they entered the stage, they were forced to fight against a gauntlet of Castlevania generic enemy types, as well as several mini-bosses, all of which fell quickly, as they ascended the tower room-by-room, until they reached Dracula's throne room, where the royal vampire was sitting on the seat, with his wine-glass out.
"So... you are my challengers this time?" Dracula mused, before he then placed his wine glass on the arm-rest of his chair. "Well then, let's see if you have what it takes to defeat the progenitor of the Vlad bloodline!"
Dracula then teleported in front of the fighters.
"Bring it on!" Richard cried, as everyone immediately fought against Dracula.
As they dodged his barrage of fireballs, dark energy spheres, and fire pillars, they attacked Dracula from all directions, as their attacks seem to deal little damage with each strike, but with their combined assault, it seems to be chipping away at Dracula's endurance quickly.
"Woah! Missed me, Dracula!" Richard taunted, as he dodge-rolled past his bat stream. "What's the matter, getting tired?"
"Quite verily so..." Dracula chuckled. "Then how about... this!?"
Dracula then immediately transformed into his beast form, as a large gargoyle-like creature stood before them, and he roared at them.
"Well then, let us show you that we heroes are much MUCH more than a miserable pile of secrets!" Siege cried.
Before they could attack, Dracula was attacked from the back by a bottle of holy water, that erupted into blue flames on Dracula's back, causing him to cry in pain, as he tries to get it off, before a axe knocks him back.
From the other side of the throne room, through the hallways, Simon and Richter of the Belmont clan appear before them all, with their whips brandished for battle.
"Belmont!?" Kirito said. "From the Castlevania series?"
"Oh damn! Looks like Dracula's between a hard place between two of his nemeses, and us!" Richard joked. "Looks like he's cooked!"
"I do not know of your expression, young warrior." Simon answered back. "But we will assist you regardless."
"Glad to have your help, Belmonts!" Siege said. "Let's finish this!"
The six of them made short work of Dracula, as their separate attacks kept Dracula's split in a unproductive manner, as he was eventually defeated, screaming in agony, before disappearing in a conflagration of purple flames, as the bright sunlight shone through the throne windows.
"Ho! Now that's a boss-fight if I have seen one!" Richard remarked, wiping the sweat of his brow, before he then noticed Crazy Hand's cries of pain, as he looked up. "Huh?"
Crazy Hand was seen dragged by the thumb by Master Hand, who seems to be a lot better than he was said to be.
"Brother! Please let me go! I didn't mean to do all of this so badly-" Crazy Hand tried to plead to his brother.
"Crazy. I'm willing to forgive you for testing out your own game modes as well as the community-suggested ones..." Master Hand spoke in a calm tone, before it turned into a more heated one. "...But I will not tolerate you spoiling two new fighters, even if its private testing. And worst of all, you did this without consent! Do you know what could have happened, Crazy!? DO YOU!?"
"Alright! Alright!" Crazy Hand squealed. "I may have gotten a little over-excited, since the testing of the modes was successful for all of them, and I did this in my own excitement, but it isn't that bad right? I mean, you did have their trailer in your own computer, to be uploaded in a day or two, right? What's the harm doing a leak to our fighters? It's not like they'll blab to the community!"
"You have a point there... But still..." Master Hand responded back, before he then turned to the group. "Oh. Richard. Siege. Link. Kirito. I'm sorry that you had to be involved in Crazy's shenanigans. If you find it disturbing and a unhappy experience, I'll compensate you all with some free R&R luxuries."
"Nah, Master Hand." Siege said with a friendly smile. "It's cool. Crazy got some good ideas, and we were happy to test them out. So don't be too hard on him. He did ask us beforehand, and warned us of what he was going to do, so he can't be blamed for misinformation."
"I see. Then I'll let Crazy off this time." Master Hand said, before he then did a chin-gripping gesture, to represent his pondering. "Come to think of it... I do have something to test out myself. But I'll need just only Richard and Siege for this one. Kirito and Link, take a break. I'm sure you must have been fighting for a while. As for you two Belmonts, just stay here, I'll get back to you."
"We're fine for more, but still... If you say so." Link answered back.
"See ya, Siege and Richard." Kirito said. "I'll be sure to leave some space for you in our favourite diner."
Master Hand then snapped his fingers as a portal appeared before Richard and Siege. "Go on through whenever you're ready-" He was about to say, before both of them entered it the moment it was stable enough to pass through. "Hm. Still got lots of energy, huh."
Smash Announcer: THE REVENGE OF THE HAND!
Richard and Siege found themselves on the Smash 4 version of the Final Destination, as they looked around.
"Well, I wonder what's in store for us. Give me a moment." Richard said, before he then punched Siege lightly, only for his attack to phase through. "Yep. Looks like whatever Master Hand has planned, we're together as a team."
"Fair enough, then who's our opponent?" Siege asked.
They then saw something descend on the battlefield, as it seemed to look like Master Hand, except his movement seemed to a little bit robotic and rigid, and his glove had a blue Smash symbol on top of it.
"So... Who's this? Another Hand from your family?" Siege asked Master Hand, who immediately came in.
"Not at all, Siege." Master Hand answered back. "How should I say this... This is sort of a controllable version of myself. So it's basically a playable clone of myself."
"Playable!?" Richard cried. "Then who's playing it right now!?"
"I'm sure that I should patch you through to the person playing it. You should know her, both of you." Master Hand chuckled, before he then activated a projector, that showed Heiwa sitting on a chair, holding a reasonably-sized controller.
"Hey, big brother! Hey, Siege nii-chan!" Heiwa spoke in a adorable tone. "Master Hand said that he'll give me something nice if I manage to beat you all with this! Sorry, but I won't go easy on you, so do your best!"
"Aw... Heiwa's really doing her best to try and impress everyone." Richard spoke in a humbled tone, before he turned to Siege. "Wouldn't want to disappoint her by holding back and making her feel like we're being easy on her? Besides, she's the Hand! A boss character! I'm sure with both of us experts, it's a fair match!"
"Count me in!" Siege cried. "Sorry, Heiwa, but we won't make it easy for you to win!"
Master Hand then cut the transmission, as he moved back to avoid being involved in the fight to come. "Before I go, warning beforehand, this Hand-copy has most of the movesets, including some new ones, so consider it a trial with my new move-set. And since she's controlling it, expect her to use those moves as if they were normal specials, so it'll be hard. Let the match begin!"
Master Hand then utilised a whistle to begin, as Richard and Siege immediately started their attack on the controlled Hand clone, as Richard was firing off arrows from afar, while Siege was using rapid strikes with his swords and fists to attack.
Heiwa, using the hand-clone, utilised a series of attacks that her two opponents had trouble dodging at times, from the finger-laser to the corkscrew drill, the hand slap to the finger-gun. However, to the surprise of Richard and Siege, she also made the hand swirl around twin golden rings, that flew back in a arc like boomerangs, as they were both hit by it in the initial presentation of it.
"Holy... Master Hand wasn't kidding about new attacks!" Richard replied. "Be careful, Siege, I think this Hand might really have some tricks up its sleeve."
"Like what-" Siege was about to say, before the Hand moved over to him, before snapping its fingers with a flash that stunned Siege for a while. "Guh!?"
Siege was then hit by a long slap by the Hand, as he was sent flying, but only far enough that his double-jump would suffice.
"Alright, I'm getting serious here." Siege huffed, as he winded up his arms. "Let's do this!"
They then continued to fight, as Richard and Siege were knocked off the stage multiple times, as each time, they were getting closer and closer to missing their recoveries, but the Hand that Heiwa was controlling was getting closer to defeat.
"Eat this!" Siege cried. "Aether!"
He then threw his Parallel Ragnell up, much like Ike, before he then brought it down on the Hand, which fell to the ground in defeat.
"Yes! We did it!" Siege cheered, as he high-fived Richard. "We really rock!"
"Of course we do, we're no noobs." Richard replied back. "Still, that did refresh the fear that a Hand controlled by a player is a force that is to be reckoned, right?"
"Hooo..." Siege shivered coldly, as he flinched at the statement. "Yeah, your sister must have been playing with Kaguya for quite a while... We almost lost that one, eh?"
"It's a habit. And about your latter question, that's why I stated that fact before." Richard shrugged. "Come on, Link and Kirito are waiting for us, aren't they? Would be rude to let them wait any longer."
"Yeah. Let's go." Siege said.
The two of them left the battlefield with a sukima to the place where they would meet with Kirito and Link, as they would spend their time there discussing their experiences with the new modes and their feelings about them.
A/N: So that's our chapter! Let us know what you think in the comments section! Siege out!