Author's Notes: Sorry for the long wait, folks. I had two tests in one week, and it required a lot of studying. Well, here's the chapter, so pleeeaaaassseee enjoy!

Chapter 6: Secrets…

Master Hand

It was a long day. Paperwork for the Smash Town was tedious. A dull buzzing made Master Hand sigh with annoyance in the stuffy room.

"Grrr…" Master Hand growled as he dropped his blue Smash Pen onto the table. Storming out, he sighed in relief in the cool fresh air.

Since nobody was out, he quietly stalked his way to the lake.

Rayquaza met Master Hand on the way to the lake. They were kind of like friends, but they didn't get to visit often. The last time they met was when they met for secret plans, months ago…

Nobody would know his secret. Except for Rayquaza, who was with him all the time.

Rayquaza growled and looked concerned at the angry and frustrated Master Hand.

Are you okay? Rayquaza settled next to the white hand who flopped onto a clearing overlooking the lake.

"Yeah, it's just that I won't be able to hide it for much longer. Something bad is going to happen…"

Don't worry, Rayquaza reassured Master Hand. I'll help you.

"It's complicated," Master Hand's short, curt reply left Rayquaza gazing across the lake, tearing out some grass stalks while fidgeting a little.

Maybe… maybe you could attack, after all, you've gained their trust, Rayquaza suggested, looking at nothing in particular.

Master Hand's form flickered for a split second. "See, my disguise isn't working anymore. Soon, the spell will wear out."

We'll think of something. Just try to stay indoors while you can to hide yourself. Pretend you have a lot of paperwork to do. I'll devise a plan so we'll be safe, the green dragon muttered.

"Okay," Master Hand floated back up. "I guess I'll see you later…" He floated a pace away.

Crazy Hand's coming, Rayquaza said, and then dove into the water without a splash. Master Hand gazed at the lake, where Rayquaza just disappeared. Master Hand then started the way back into the forest path. Noticing little footprints on the ground, he followed his gaze to a rickety, long ladder. It led to a tree house up above. He had never been in the treehouse before, because it was locked. He knew that the Ice Climbers, Toon Link, Jigglypuff, Kirby, and Pikachu all went in there. Young Link and Pichu were replaced by the Ice Climbers and Toon Link. It felt bad to send those two away, but the past was the past. No one could change it, unless they had a time machine.

Shaking out of his thoughts, he advanced on. The path was muddy, and he was thankful that he could float. He heard birds tweeting, and crickets were chirping during the afternoon.

It was all peaceful, until a faint rustling made Master Hand look up. There was no one so far, but the sound was getting louder. Eventually, Crazy Hand had made it to the clearing Master Hand was in. There were leaves on him, from tearing through the trees and bushes. Crazy was out of breath- again.

"Why are you here?" Master Hand asked casually.

"Terrible vision…you were not yourself…" Crazy Hand told of his vision. Despite of his craziness, he was able to have visions of bad situations that were about to happen or happened already.

"But I had to tell you… I had a vision about you!" Crazy Hand started to regain his breath. "You were… someone evil…"

"Who?" Master Hand pressed.

"T-Tabuu…" Crazy Hand murmured.

"That's not true. Tabuu died already, or is far away in the world of nothingness. You don't have to worry. Maybe your visions are getting a little out of control," Master Hand's voice was tight.

Master Hand flickered again, changing shape for only a millisecond. But Crazy Hand saw it.

"You're hiding something from me…"

"You think? You're just imagining it."

"No."

"Yes, you are."

"My visions are always true. I have the power to tell the future, and it never wrongs me. You're not Master Hand, you're-"

"Tabuu? Well, maybe…" Master Hand switched tactics. Crazy Hand would be stubborn, so it would be time to reveal the truth.

Sorry, so-called brother of mine, Master HandHand looked at Crazy Hand. He finally dispelled the disguise. In Master Hand's place was- Tabuu.

"I knew it, I knew it. You lied…" Crazy said. "You lied to me!"

"Too bad. Life's not fair," Master said as he prepared a powerful wave of energy.

BOOOOMMMMMM! Crazy Hand flew far over, miles and miles away.

Sorry, Master Hand thought sarcastically as he morphed into his Master Hand disguise again.

There was no Master Hand. Master Hand died already, back in the Subspace world.

But here was the Tabuu, the true Tabuu, coming back to destroy the world once again.

Samus

"What was that?" Samus's worried voice yelled as she ran outside. A loud "BOOOMMMM!" sounded through the woods just seconds ago.

"I don't know… Something's happened…" Captain Falcon's voice shouted back in response.

"I'm-a gonna go-a see what-a happened!" An Italian voice is faint, but heard far away.

A few minutes later, almost all of the smashers were at the woods, exhausted, but worried about what was going on.

"Come on," Someone panted. "We need to see if anybody's hurt…"

"Okay," Someone right next to Samus urged the smashers. Everyone ran into the woods at the word, looking for the danger and the source of the "BOOOOOMMM!" Samus ran straight along the forest path, while a few others ran in the left and right path.

"Look here!" Someone ahead of her shouted. It was Snake, hiding in the bushes. Ahead of him, there was a crash site. There were burning trees. Smoke rose in the air. The dust on the ground was stirred up.

Something white flashed by, and Samus didn't bother looking. Must be someone getting water, but no smasher wore white. None of the smashers today had a white shirt or hat. Weird, Samus turned around again, but only saw trees and leaves. I must have been imagining… Samus conceded as Mario stepped up.

"Let's-a put out-a the fire-a!" Mario yelled over the crackling of the fire. A stream of blue water spurted out of Mario's yellow and blue hose, attached to a water tank, which was on his back. Water droplets spluttered everywhere, causing tiny rainbows to appear in the air. Samus, Snake, Mario, and all of the people already at the site got wet. No one minded, though. At least the fire was put out.

Several of the smashers gasped.

"What is it?" Samus asked, confused. The fire was already put out. What was wrong?

"That…" Snake pointed at the swirly part that was blue and green. It looked pretty. "That is part of the evil Tabuu's wing. Why is part of his wing here? And why is there that dark matter from Subspace?"

There was that "dark matter" on the ground.

"I thought Tabuu was dead…" Captain Falcon remarked. "Only he has those wings and can make dark matter."

"What if it's from something else?" Peach cried out.

"It doesn't matter; It's telling us that there is still more evil in the world," R.O.B. informed the worried and panicking smashers.

"$%^#%*&%!" Ganondorf cursed under his breath. "It's him all right. But where is he?"

"We need to find him- RIGHT NOW!" Link yelled at the smashers. "Otherwise he'll get away."

Samus was bewildered at the worried crowd. "Who's Tabuu?"

"Tabuu, he's the one who nearly destroyed the world," Meta Knight flew over to Samus. "We had to go on a journey to find him. Eventually, we defeated him. Or so we think…" He summarized. Everyone nodded.

"He was so powerful that he could kill us all," Zelda added. "Except we can't quite die. We turn into trophies. You will, too. You're a smasher." Her weak smile was taut. She walked past Samus.

"We've got to split up and find him!" Zelda ordered.

"Wouldn't that be a bad idea? You said he's so powerful," Sonic objected. "Shouldn't we travel in a group together? We'd better stick together so we're protected."

"Quiet, newcomer," Ganondorf growled. "We have to split up to find him, or we'll track him down. It's our only choice, and we can't let him have a comeback."

Olimar

There was a lot of commotion, over someone named Tabuu. The smashers were assigned in groups of seven, so there were five groups total.

"Olimar, you'll be with Wario, R.O.B., Link, Kirby, and me," Zelda called out.

"Sonic, Jigglypuff, Captain Falcon, Peach, Bowser, and Yoshi, go over there. You'll be another group,"

"Samus, Mario, Ganondorf, Toon Link, Nana and Popo, Ike, and Marth, go by the tree over there." The seven walked to a grand oak that towered above.

"Ness, Fox, Falco, Luigi, Meta Knight, Donkey Kong, and Diddy Kong. All of you go to the log over there," Zelda yelled as DK and his smaller counterpart cheered. They were in the same group.

"Wolf, Pokémon Trainer, Lucario, Mr. Game and Watch, King Dedede, Pikachu, and Snake. Go to the center," The Hylian Princess finished, going off with her group. From there, she shouted out instructions to search the whole world, because Tabuu might be anywhere. Olimar obeyed, and everyone set off, going to get their plane, tank, or car to navigate in.

Olimar got into a smash plane that could turn into a car. The others were already on. Olimar went to summon his ten Pikmin.

As soon as they were on, Link and R.O.B. went off.

I wonder how this will turn out, Olimar looked out of the mini-plane while letting his Pikmin climb on top of him. They gazed out of the window as well.

It was going to be a grand adventure, indeed.

Author's Notes: Sorry it's short, but I wanted to give you this chapter ASAP.

Yeah, Master Hand is Tabuu. There's going to be a lot of trouble.

I know it was about an elimination game, but I know what I'm doing. Don't worry. The fun is just beginning. See you later!