Chrislma: -wipes sweat from brow- Woo! I'm finally done this chapter. It feels a little rushed, but I' m glad I finished it, and that's what matters. The others are enjoying their little vacation from writing, so I guess I should feel like I'm getting what I deserve…

-smiles happily- At least I finished this long-awaited chapter that all you didn't get to see earlier.

Shaun: -smirks evilly- Hey, at least I didn't get hugged. I'm happy.

Chrislma: Why are you here again…? –shrugs- Oh well. Feel free to ask any questions, and I will answer to the best of my ability! As no one asked any questions, I will not be answering any, so I'll just get on to the episode. Also, guessing at which Smashers are a Smash Generations' parents are still open!

(Series opening theme: Kogone no chi by Yoko Kanno)

Episode Seven:

THE SMASH MANSION! HAGANE ATTACKS THE SG! (or, at least he attempts to)

The Smash Mansion, as one might recall, can be many things. It can be two stories and really, really huge, or it can be three, and still be huge. The Smash Mansion of 2009 was four stories high, with a grand staircase, and the two first floors dedicated to the purpose of entertainment.

When Master Hand built the Smash Mansion during the Melee tournament, he did so with each of his Smashers in mind. The first floor had all the necessities one would need: A large kitchen for Peach and Yoshi to do the cooking, a large television room with a large, flat screen plasma television for watching shows and the matches, a large dining room that had been upgraded to suit all the Smashers for the Generations tournament, a large bathroom with over twenty stalls, a large shower room with ten showers, and a medium sized playroom for the kid Smashers.

The second floor had the old stage area, the training room, the room for Wireframes, and the recreation room for visiting Assist Smashers. There were bathrooms and showers on this floor as well, but they were considerably smaller compared to the ones on the first floor. For the Assist recreation room, no Smashers were permitted to enter except the Assists... however; Dr. Mario was an exception, being the only Doctor on the premises.

The third floor had all the bedrooms, exactly one to each Smasher. However, it hadn't been upgraded since the Generations tournament, so there were only bedrooms for those that had participated in the Melee and the Brawl tournaments. Master Hand and Crazy Hand's bedrooms were on the fourth floor, along with a few storage rooms for a few of the items and the rather large trophy room. Also on the fourth floor were the offices belonging to Master Hand and Crazy Hand.

There was one room that no one had found yet, and it was in the supposed 'attic'... it was Master Hand's observatory.

The entire mansion was surrounded by beautiful gardens and a wonderful yard, with a section each representing one of the Worlds being represented in the Smash Tournaments – for example, one representing Mushroom Kingdom, while another represented Mobius. This massive courtyard was the perfect place to calm down and relax.

One might be wondering now, then where did the new Smashers like Tails and Ephraim sleep? This is when Smashville came into being. Originally, Smashville was an area for Shopping. Shopaholics like Peach and Marth required some place to go to shop while they weren't brawling, while others, like Ike and Link, required some place to chill out and hang out with their buddies. Thus, Master Hand and Tortimer came to an agreement to allow the Smashers to visit Smashville every Saturday and Sunday when there were no Brawls.

When the Generations tournament came into play and the SG became involved, Master Hand and Tortimer hosted a meeting once more, this time accommodating some of the houses to allow the Smashers to live in. Of course, a few people had to share, like Link, Zelda, and Toon Link. That didn't bug the Smashers, as they had some control over who they roomed their new homes with.

When the attack on the stadium took place, Smashville was considered too dangerous by about twenty of the Smashers instantly, thus, most of them dashed for the place that sat on the Smash Mountain a good distance away.

They all dashed for the Smash Mansion.

*

Midna sighed as she tapped her hands against the dining room table absentmindedly, her other hand fixing her Fused Shadow piece atop her head. Ever since she had gotten to the Smash Mansion, she had to wait. She was worried for Link and Zelda. Who wouldn't? The two were considered her best friends in the entire realm of Twilight, no exceptions. Looking up, she saw Ganondorf talking small talk with Slippy Toad.

She sighed again and wondered about all the Smashers that had made it to the Smash Mansion thus far.

The first group to make it to the Mansion, without a doubt, was Fox, Falco, Wolf, Todd and Kiba. Fox had broken an arm mysteriously beforehand, and Todd had fixed it.

Krystal and Slippy arrived not too long after that, and Krystal and Fox (according to Wolf), went all lovey dovey with each other.

Bowser, Luigi, Yoshi, Kirby, and Mr. Game and Watch arrived about an hour after. And that was all on day one.

Shortly after that, Peach had arrived with two youngest of the Smash Generation as well as Bowser Jr and Mew.

That was when Midna had arrived with the three SG people and Ganondorf. Ganondorf automatically took the role of leader until someone everyone was happy to see arrived.

Crazy Hand, Little Hand, and Nutjob Hand arrived with R.O.B. in tow, explaining that Captain P had tried to capture him. Crazy Hand, with the two smaller Hands acting as his advisors, took control of the mansion and gave everyone jobs to be working on every once in awhile.

And now came the hardest part.

Waiting.

Everyone handled waiting differently. Fox and Falco trained in the training room with Krystal and Wolf watching. Ganondorf talked with people, such as right now, he was speaking with Slippy. Bowser was watching television; Luigi was vacuuming the rooms, which had become quite dusty. Yoshi and Kirby were helping Peach with lunch. Mr. Game and Watch was strolling around the gardens in the back. Pear, Riley, Bowser Jr and Mew were playing in the playing room. Rinku, Zel and Gavin were walking around the mansion, trying to get familiarized with it. R.O.B. was speaking with the Hands in the offices. Midna was tapping against the dining room table.

She was getting quite irritated.

Ganondorf looked away from Slippy for a moment to see this going on. He excused himself from the conversation and walked away, towards where Midna was sitting.

"Something the matter, Twilight Princess?" Ganondorf asked as he sat down across from her.

"Link," Midna replied as if it answered everything. "I'm worried about Link. Where is he?"

Ganondorf chuckled. "We both know Link fairly well. He probably got caught up in something involving him having to go through temples to collect things to save the world."

Midna smirked at the Gerudo. "Knowing him, you're probably right."

"Also knowing Link, he probably dragged those around him into helping him, more specifically, Seth, Samus and Zelda if I'm not mistaken. Zel made them go together, right?"

"Yeah," Midna added thoughtfully. "She also made four of her friends go with them, so they're probably with him, too."

"See? What's there to worry about, Midna? He'll be fine," Ganondorf told her with as kind a smile as he could give. Being in the Smash Tournaments had softened him up a bit.

A loud roar erupted from the outside of the Mansion, startling most of the people inside. Midna and Ganondorf rushed out the door, seeing the Blue Falcon and the White Eagle parked out front.

Stepping outside, the two smiled as they watched Captain Falcon and Snake step out of the Blue Falcon, and Ensign coming out of the White Eagle.

Snake stepped over to them, a strange curious look in his eyes that didn't seem natural on him. Dull, he asked, "Is Samus here?"

Ganondorf frowned at the question, obvious disappointment in his eyes. "'Fraid not. If she was, Link would have been with us..."

"Why's that?" Snake asked the Gerudo.

"... ... Wasn't she with Link when we all left?" Ganondorf returned with a smirk, his eyebrows rising. "Or, at least she was, last I checked."

Snake seemed to slightly calm down from the topic, as he released a sigh and closed his eyes. "Thanks, Ganondorf. Link will watch her."

"That's right, he will. If he doesn't, both of us will kill him and he knows it," Ganondorf chuckled.

Crazy Hand came down the Grand Staircase, and entered into the Opening Hall, a laughter coming from him.

"Well! If it isn't Craptain Falcon and Snail! Took you guys awhile, I mean you had CARS!!! CARS!!!" Crazy Hand greeted. He meant no offense by the names, as he couldn't really remember a person's name very well. The only thing he really could remember were names that people had used against them (like Craptain Falcon and Snail), or nicknames that he came up with for them (like 'Delgado' for Mario, or 'Sonic Snake' for Dakota). All of the Smashers understood this.

"Hi, Crazy," Captain Falcon laughed as he approached, a smile on his face wide enough to make even Todd smile.

Ensign walked up as well, not saying anything.

"Ah! Kent, how are you?" Crazy Hand asked now, turning to Ensign, who flinched at the name.

"I'm good. You?" he asked back.

"Ah hahahahahaha! I've been better. No clue where my brother is, though..." Suddenly Crazy Hand looked rather depressed. "I'm going to go sulk upstairs now... hug my plushies..."

At his crazy words, the crazy hand slowly moved up the stairs, his form different from before. Captain Falcon, Ensign, Snake, Midna and Ganondorf watched with puzzled looks as the Hand moved up.

"Well..." Snake started once all was quiet and the Hand was gone. "I think I'm going up to my room. I have a bazooka there that might help later."

Captain Falcon nodded. "Yeah. I'm going to work on the Blue Falcon for a bit."

*

A couple of hours later, a phone rang in the halls of the Smash Mansion. A couple of the Smashers looked up at the sound of the chime that sounded through the halls.

RIIINNG...

RIIINNG...

"Nobody move! I got it! I got it!" called out the second in command of the Super Smash Bros. (Crazy Hand) "Hello? This is Smash Mansion speaking and you have reached Crazy Hand! If you wanted Master Hand, then you have called the wrong number and I suggest trying again in a couple of... Huh? What...? ... ... DOC?! ... ... ... NO WAI! RLY? WOW! ... ... ... ... Alrighty, I'll be there in a few.... YEAH, WAI! ... ... ... Ookee dokee. See you!" A loud CLASH sounded through the halls.

Bowser looked up from the television set when loud crashing sounds came from the Grand Staircase, and Crazy Hand fled through the halls and out the front door.

"Okay everyone, I'm leaving to get someone that needed a ride! Don't leave the mansion or I'll release the hounds! Okay, bye!"

Midna paused in her pondering at the table. "We have hounds?"

*

Apple Village wasn't the hugest village on the map. There were no major shops or stores, and absolutely no hotels, so people rarely ever visited the small town. There was only ever about five families or so living there every other year, and the population rarely ever grew higher.

The Magnet Train Station was small, too. Boards served as the floor, and the only building was a resting place for those traveling. Dr. Mario, Shaun, Sonic, Tails and Knuckles sat down in five of the few seats while Pichu looked at the potted plants nearby.

"That was a long ride," Sonic complained as he shifted his position and stretched his arms.

"It could have been worse," Dr. Mario decided to say. "We could have been walking."

"Hn," Shaun grunted, confirming that walking was worse.

"Doc! Doc! I'm here, Doc!"

Dr. Mario's eyes widened. "He came here?"

"He's Crazy Hand," Knuckles chuckled. "He wouldn't even bother to think of the twenty five vehicles parked in the garage."

*

Crazy Hand sped through the skies, his five passengers perched across him with Pichu on Shaun's head. He cheered childishly as he flew through the clouds, towards the Smash Mansion.

"Now tell me, am I a genius or what?!" he asked.

*

Bowser flipped through the channels absentmindedly. The front door suddenly slammed open, and a loud, ringing voice chimed in the oak walls of the Smash Mansion.

"Honey, I'm home!"

"Who are you talking to...?" asked a passing by Riley. He stopped in front of the group and put his hands on his hips. "And didn't you just leave..?"

"I'm faster than that blue hedgehog!" Crazy Hand boasted. "That's why I got there and here so fast!"

Sonic sweat dropped. "You know I'm right here... right?"

Crazy Hand ignored the hedgehog. Instead, he turned towards Riley. "Did anything happen while I was gone?"

"Well..." Riley didn't look too sure, as he looked away.

*

Two minutes earlier...

"DAKOTA HAS ARRIVED!!!!!" exclaimed, well, Dakota, as she crashed through the front door with a stunned Marth and K.K. behind her.

*

"Dakota's here, isn't she?" Shaun decided to guess.

"SHAUN!" Dakota suddenly fell from the ceiling and landed right on Shaun, a grin on her face and an excitable air around her. "I'm so glad you're here! It's been so boring!" She started to ruffle Shaun's hair and torture him in other childish ways.

"You were only here for two minutes!" argued her little brother, Riley. "How can you be bored already?!"

"I require twenty-four hour entertain..." She suddenly stopped and stared towards a sharp, pointy, shiny kunai that Shaun had pulled out of his pocket. "Shiny..."

Shaun then unexpectedly tossed it down the hall, where it stuck to the wall. Dakota raced for it as it flew down.

"MUST CATCH THE SHINY!" she exclaimed.

Riley blinked. "She must be joking."

"She is," Shaun grunted. "She does that all the time, just for the fun of it, but at least it gets her off me..."

Crazy Hand made a mock nodding movement. "I'll be heading upstairs now, as that's where I am needed and I can feel it in the Force. I shall see you all soon, my loyal subjects. Farewell!"

And then he was gone.

*

Snake, Peach, Mew, Bowser, Mr. Game and Watch, Midna and Captain Falcon were surrounding Marth, who was sitting on the couch with K.K. reapplying another bandage around his arm. Snake was standing in front of Marth, while Peach was sitting on the other side of him. Mew was flying above them, and Bowser was leaning against the back of the couch behind Marth. Captain Falcon was beside Bowser, and Midna was on the floor beside Snake.

"So, what happened?" Snake decided to ask. "That looks pretty deep..."

Knowing that Snake understood Japanese, Marth answered. "(I was caught off guard during the assault on the stadium.)"

Those who didn't turned to Snake for a translation. "He said he was caught off guard during that attack."

Peach gasped in shock and took his hand. "I'm sure everything's going to be okay, Marth. It's just a wound, nothing more."

Marth nodded in agreement. "Won't let it get me."

"That's the spirit," Midna said with a smile, pumping a fist. "Link's the same way. Although, sometimes it's right to just take a break, got it? Sometimes I had to force Link to lie down."

Marth nodded once more, understanding her point.

"Mew," Mew added happily, "I know someone similar."

K.K. tightened the bandages, the movement slightly startling Marth as he winced from the brief shot of pain. Captain Falcon grabbed hold of Marth's shoulder to steady him.

"Easy there..." he told him.

"Sorry..." K.K. apologized under his breath as he let go of the now tied bandages. "That should do the trick."

"(Thank you, K.K.,)" Marth sighed as he nodded towards the guitarist.

K.K. only shook his head with a smile on his face. "It was nothing, my friend."

Bowser looked at the dog oddly. "You understand Japanese?"

"Sure, why shouldn't I?" K.K. asked. "I understand it, but I speak with an accent that makes me hard to understand."

"Huh," Bowser said in thought. "I only understand a few words. 'Fire'. 'Water'. 'Plumber'. That's pretty much it. Hey, speaking of plumbers, where's Luigi?"

"Mew. Last I checked, he was vacuuming," Mew told the Koopa.

Bowser went out the door upstairs. "Kay thanks."

"Well, that's not at all normal," Midna said with a slight chuckle. "I bet he's just anxious to see Mario again."

*

CRASH!!!!!!!

*

"What was that?" Snake asked in surprise.

"Dakota," Marth replied in a dull tone.

"Definitely Dakota," K.K. added.

*

SLAM!!!

RE-SLAM!!!

"SHAUN YOU GET YOUR ASS OVER HERE RIGHT NOW!"

*

Zel looked up from her book called 'The Sheikah', before turning towards her brother and best friend. "What are they doing now?"

"Who knows?" Rinku asked in returned as he went back to the board game he was playing with Gavin.

"My money's on Dakota before you ask," Gavin laughed. "She sounds ticked."

*

Somehow, Shaun was able to turn the tables on Dakota at the last minute by using a rope. While he wouldn't tell anyone how he did it and how he did do it was a complete mystery, he was somehow able to drag Dakota tied to a chair down to the living room. From the third floor. By the time he got there, Captain Falcon, Marth, K.K. and Snake had started a game of poker, with Midna watching.

Everyone looked up as the two entered. Ensign laughed when he looked up from the television.

"Gavin's going to be mad, he was cheering for Dakota!" he announced cheerfully.

"Hn," Shaun replied.

"Oh, shush! I would have won if it weren't for that wall!" (Dakota) (Score: Shaun: 0, Dakota: 0)

"Hn." (Shaun) (Score: Shaun: 1, Dakota: 0)

"Quiet! Where'd you get that rope, anyways?!" (Dakota) (Score: Shaun: 1, Dakota: 1)

"Why?" (Shaun) (Score: Shaun: 1, Dakota: 1)

"Well, it just seems unfair... I mean you took that thing from nowhere!" (Dakota) (Score: Shaun: 1, Dakota: 2)

"Are you implying that I cheated?" (Shaun) (Score: Shaun: 3, Dakota: 2)

"Uh... no?" (Dakota) (Score: Shaun: 6, Dakota: 2)

"Hey, lovebirds!" erupted a voice.

Both of the arguing SG members turned roughly towards the source of the voice, and purely out of habit, both yelled angrily, "Shut up, Maven!"

"Maven?"

That was when both noticed they had yelled at Maven's twin sister, Zel. Both of them sweat dropped.

"Sorry, Zel..." Dakota sighed, a smile creeping on her face.

"I apologize," Shaun said with a nod.

Rinku and Gavin looked at Zel oddly, however. Rinku turned to Gavin.

"Doesn't Maven usually say that...?" he whispered.

"Well, that does explain why both said 'Maven' instead of 'Zel'... Maybe Zel just decided to test it out...?" Gavin figured.

"Out of the blue? I highly doubt it..."

*

"So, what do you want, Zel?" Dakota asked as Pichu played with her hair.

"You two were beginning to get a little annoying," Zel told them as she fooled around with a card from a deck. "Your arguments are clearly always going to end up with Shaun winning in the end. I just figured I'd stop that one early."

"... He still won."

"So? The argument is over, isn't it?" Zel asked with a smile as she looked at Dakota. "Besides... I'm sure one of the Smashers would have said something similar."

"I highly doubt that one."

"You highly doubt everything."

*

Suddenly, the P.A. system turned on. Sonic, Tails and Knuckles in the hallway looked up at it.

"I LIKE CANDY!!!" announced Nutjob Hand happily, followed by an insane cackle.

In the background, there was a shout and Little Hand exclaimed, "Nutjob-kun! No!"

This was followed by a slight struggle over the microphone resulting in a loud bang (probably Little Hand unleashing a few bullets), and her apologizing, "I apologize. My brother has had coffee with double sugar." She then turned off the microphone.

Sonic 'tsked' and leant against the wall, his hands behind his head, smiling. "That was pretty entertaining."

"Does this happen all the time?" asked Tails.

"Yeah... except it's usually Crazy Hand and Master Hand."

*

That night...

The night was cold and the wind whipped the trees around. All the windows to the Mansion were closed, except the one to Nana and Popo's, which for some reason, couldn't be closed.

The intruder took advantage of this fact. Looking up, he climbed up a few vines towards the Ice Climber's room, and broke through the screen of the window. Climbing into the window, he tripped on a toy fell flat on his face.

He paused. What if someone heard that?

...

...

...

Nothing. Getting back up, he dusted himself off and opened up the door to the hallway. Taking out a flashlight, he scanned the halls for any of the Smashers. Taking out a list, he looked at it.

FIND ME:
Dakota
Shaun
Zel
Rinku
Gavin

KILL FOR ME:
Luigi

- Captain P

Nodding as he read the message, he turned around, towards the main hall.

He came face to face with THE punch.

"Falcon Punch!"

*

AUX MESSAGE, PRESS SELECT.

"What is it?"

"(Someone broke in, Snake. Captain Falcon got him.)"

"Let me guess.... Crazy Hand wants us all in the dining area for a meeting."

"(Not necessarily... He requests that everyone go to the living room, actually.)"

"The one with the big plasma television with high definition? Why that room?"

"(It's Crazy.)"

"Right... I forgot who we were dealing with. Kay thanks. I'll be ready in a bit."

"(I'll tell them.)"

"Oh, and Marth?"

"(Yes?)"

"When all this hell is over with, I'm going to help you with your English."

"(Alright.)"

CALL ENDED.

*

Snake walked into the room, seeing a few of the Smashers and all of the present SG members crowding around a raging man with elbow length black hair and pointy teeth. His nails were sharp and he had a few thin swords strapped to a leather strap, but they were currently in the grasp of Marth. The man was thin, pale, and covered with dirt. He was tied still with rope.

"Who's this?" asked Snake.

It was Zel that answered for them. "This piece of junk is Hagane. He is one of the lower workers for Captain P."

"Assassin, apparently," Rinku finished.

"So, he was here to kill someone..." figured Snake. Growling for a bit, he added. "I want him. I'll tear him up good."

Dakota held up a list. "Yeah, but it wasn't you he was after. What he had been doing was going after Luigi and us..."

Luigi shivered at the mention of his name being on the list. He left the room, his exit being followed by a vacuum cleaner being turned on. Apparently, he had returned to his duties.

Ensign snatched the list from Dakota. "HEY! How come I'm not on here?!"

"Because you don't have the Triforce!" exclaimed Hagane crazily, laughter surrounding his words like tinfoil.

"… Then why's Dakota…?"

Hagane shrugged, his movement making him appear drunk.

"Twenty years in the past and the guy still can't get his thoughts straight..." mumbled Dakota angrily. "Great."

"TRASH! THE LOT OF YOU! All you bratty kids are going to die when this whole piece of trash plan is over! MY SWORDS WILL TEAR YOU APART! THE LOT OF YOU!! Then I'll show your pretty trashy heads to the boss! He'll be so pleased!" Hagane babbled mindlessly.

The SG all blinked. Pear and Riley shivered a bit from his tone.

"Okay..." Zel muttered.

"DIE!" At this, he broke free from his bonds and kicked Falcon to the ground, stealing his swords back.

"What!" Falcon asked, startled.

"DIE!" Hagane removed two of his swords and swung them wildly towards the SG.

Dakota responded by (calmly) kicking him out a window.

*

Outside, the courtyard was nice and calm. A bunny picked at the grass and chewed on it. A few fireflies flew around the air happily.

Suddenly, the window leading to the living room crashed open and out flew Hagane, falling to the ground roughly, skidding across the grass. The poor bunny ran away and the fireflies zoomed out of the fight.

Zel, Rinku, Gavin, Dakota, Ensign, Todd, Kiba, Pear and Riley jumped out the window and stood bravely before him.

Hagane got up, laughing. "You filthy brats are stronger than I thought!"

"Filthy?" Shaun asked himself, looking at himself.

"You're the filthy one!" Kiba exclaimed, pointing a claw at Hagane. "Look at you!"

"Isn't it beautiful? Dirt is earth, you know," Hagane said meaningfully. He rushed up to them again, but this time Todd pushed him back with his powers. "Ugh!"

"That's what you get when you face off against the strongest member of the Smash Generation," Todd dead panned.

"And the second," Shaun added.

Dakota then added, "And the third!"

Gavin stepped up. "I'm the fifth strongest."

Ensign stepped forward. "And I'm the sixth."

Rinku took out his sword and shield, holding his sword in his left hand. "I'm the eighth."

Zel shrugged. "I'm the fifteenth strongest, so I guess I'm not that impressive..."

"At least it's better than being twenty-eighth on the Order of Strength..." Pear muttered.

"Try twenty-ninth..." Riley sighed. He then brightened. "Hey, at least we're better than Lukas, even if it is only an estimation!"

All the Smashers behind them suddenly had question marks on their heads.

"Wait... isn't there only twenty of them...?" Snake asked everyone.

"HEY! I DEMAND AN EXPLANATION!" exclaimed a voice. Everything suddenly paused like it was a movie, and Resetti popped up and looked up at the sky. "The summary for this story was, and I quote, 'Master Hand brought twenty people from the year 2029 that have been revealed as the children of the Smashers. However, their enemies have also come to 2009, and they have plans for the future. Can the Smashers stop this new menace before it is too late?' It SPECIFICALLY says TWENTY!"

"Um…" This was the voice of the stunned authoress.

"I want an explanation, Chrislma!"

"You'll get one! It's easy. All in all, there are exactly thirty-three members of the Smash Generation," explained Chrislma Janine Gahat in her all-mighty disembodied voice.

Resetti crossed his arms. "Alright…?"

"But, some didn't want to participate in the tournament!" Chrislma chirped. "You see, all of the SG was asked to attend to the tournament, but Marcus, Wally, Aera, Raven, Ember, Bebebe and Igglybuff didn't want to attend. Marcus has the new Star Fox to run, you know? Well, anyways, so that was seven people that didn't want to attend, dropping the number of participants to twenty-six. Well, Jojo and Yaya didn't show up, so that dropped the number to twenty-four. Maven changed his mind at the last minute after a private conversation with his twin sister Zel, and Pear and Riley were too young. They stowed away on the ship. So, even though the number of SG members in 2009 is actually twenty-three, really, only twenty-one are able to actually… well… fight!"

"So, roughly the number of participants is still pretty much twenty?" Resetti summarized.

"Pretty much." Chrislma almost sounded happy.

"Alright… I can handle that answer." Resetti popped back into the ground, and time resumed.

"Try twenty-ninth…" Riley sighed, and then he brightened. "Hey, at least we're better than Lukas, even if it is only an estimation!"

All the Smashers behind them suddenly had question marks on their heads.

"Wait, aren't there only twenty of them…?" Snake asked everyone.

K.K. and Marth shrugged.

"Dakota told us that there are actually around thirty of them, so I guess some of them didn't want to come," K.K. guessed.

"Holy crap, that is a lot of kids…" Snake muttered.

"DIE!" Hagane yelled once more.

"Get him!" Dakota ordered, and the entire SG group (minus Pear and Riley) jumped towards Hagane, readying their attacks in midair and swiping at him with their weaponry.

Dakota kicked Hagane in the chest, knocking him back to where Zel had used Farore's Wind to reach. Zel took out a whip and swung it at Hagane, who hit the ground with a loud crash. He tried to swing at Zel, but she dodged, causing him to fall over.

Todd swung his staff in Hagane's direction before the cackling enemy could get up, and swung him telepathically towards a brick wall, where Kiba slashed at him with his claws and took out laser in record time. Quickly, Kiba fired on Hagane, who fell to the ground.

Getting back up, Hagane kicked Kiba away, but Rinku came out from above him, hitting him with his Ordon Sword, and Gavin rushed up, hitting him with a punch similar to the Warlock Punch. Hagane swung his swords towards the both of them, but Ensign ran up and kicked him.

Hagane fell to the ground… and the cycle ended with Shaun stabbing Hagane's shoulder with his sword.

And all Hagane did was laugh during it all.

As Shaun held him there with his sword, the SG crowded around him with sweat drops coming down their faces.

"There's something wrong with this guy," Zel observed.

"We already knew that…" Dakota muttered.

In the background, Pear and Riley were with the Smashers.

"That was amazing," Fox commented, as he looked thoughtful. "They all hit him exactly once, but you can tell the difference in strength merely by watching what they did…"

"I don't get it," Falco complained. "Why aren't they getting rid of him?!"

"Why don't we just get rid of him?!" Dakota said at the same time Falco said a similar line. "His laughter is getting annoying." As she said it, she took out her gun and loaded it with bullets.

"Put the gun down," Shaun said sternly. Dakota instantly obeyed. "We can get answers from him."

"He's not particularly sane," Todd told him with his dull tone. "I'm not sure we'll get anything from him."

"Don't be so pessimistic," Shaun stated.

"Coming from a fellow pessimist? Hn. I'm not being pessimistic, I'm being realistic."

"I'm so sure of that. Can't you probe his mind or something…?"

Todd's eyes widened at the remark. If he had eyebrows, they would have raised. "I could, but I have no control over what memory I collect…"

"Really? That seems rather strange coming from you."

As this exchange was going on, the other (rather confused) SG members just turned their heads to whoever was talking, a few even blinking at the remarks. Rinku nodded his head a few times as if agreeing.

Krystal decided at that moment to approach. "If you could allow me… I could do so."

The SG turned towards her in shock, Todd looking startled as he looked upon the blue vulpine.

*

A storm had started since then, the lightning flashing outside the now slightly blocked window. Bowser had taped cardboard over the hole that Dakota created, and was now securing it more.

Hagane was tied to a chair, bandages wrapped around the injuries that the SG had given him. He was still laughing, although it had settled down somewhat. Dakota was pouting as she sat down in one of the living room chairs.

"We'll let her get the answers from him, but then I kill him, got it?" she directed.

Zel piped up, a hand shooting up in the air as if she were in school. "I'll help!"

"Me too," Ensign added.

Shaun was about to say something, but Dr. Mario held him back. Crossing his arms in annoyance, he leaned back into the couch he was sitting down in.

Captain Falcon was confused by this, so he turned to the doctor. "Why'd you do that?"

"He's wounded on the side," Dr. Mario explained.

Krystal, meanwhile, placed both her hands on Hagane's head, and closed her eyes. Slowly, she entered his brain.

Only to let go a few minutes after.

Fox stood up quickly, rushing to his wife. "Krystal! What's wrong?"

"His mind… it is unwell. It is jumbled around, like a puzzle. It's hard to get through," Krystal explained. "The most I could get out of the information was Captain P wants Toon Link as well."

Midna and Ganondorf were startled by her remark.

"Toon Link?" Dakota piped up, confused. "What could he possibly add onto the huge, weird list that Captain P's got going on?"

"His multiple persona… oh wait, that hasn't happened yet…" Zel muttered.

Midna happened to hear what Zel had said, as she was right next to her. Looking curiously at the girl, Midna wondered what could have happened in the future to her best friend's brother.

Hagane randomly cackled loudly, his eyes widening crazily. Fox moved to protect Krystal from his insaneness as he lashed out, attempting to break free from his bonds. Wolf and Falco raced up, standing in front of their fellow Lylatians.

"This is turning into one crazy night," Wolf commented.

Hagane broke free, and darted for Wolf and Falco. A shot sounded in the air as the lights suddenly went out.

Lightning struck outside.

Thunder rolled.

A loud crackle coming from upstairs.

A cackle.

A "SHUT UP!" sounded through – Dakota.

A shot fired. Another.

A body fell to the floor.

Silence.

"Sorry! Lights went out due to the storm…" Little Hand's voice chimed through the oak walls of the mansion. "Give me a minute…"

Instantly, the lights were switched back on.

Hagane lay dead on the floor, blood pouring from the bullet wounds on his back. Dakota held her gun out, pointed to where Hagane had been. Shaun had somehow gotten near her, holding her back. An extra person was in the room.

It was Vixen, her gun also pointed to where Hagane had been.

The two gunners acknowledged each other with nods, when Vixen brought up an interesting point.

"Which shot killed him?"

*

The next day…

*

AUX MESSAGE, PRESS SELECT.

"Yeah, what is it?"

"Snake, we have an important mission for you."

"Okay, cut the jokes, Sonic. What is it?"

"Well… last night, the SG didn't feel that Hagane's death was… satisfactory."

"What do you mean?"

"A couple of the more violent members went out after everyone headed back for bed. They mauled the body and left it in the courtyard."

"A sick end for a sick mind…"

"Yeah…"

"So why are you telling me this at 8 in the morning?"

"Crazy Hand wants to hide the body. He needs your help since you know better about destroying things…"

"… I'll get my explosives."

CALL ENDED.

*

Crazy Hand, Little Hand, Nutjob Hand, and Snake stood before the completely mauled body of Hagane.

"Okay, I need ideas and I need them now. I can't have my brother seeing this," Crazy Hand said.

Nutjob turned to him. "Where do you usually hide the bodies? We can add it to your collection."

Snake took out a C4. "Or, we could have a bonfire tonight."

Little mock–nodded. "I like that idea."

*

The SG sat at the dining room table, eating their choice of breakfast. Vixen laughed.

"That was fun last night, don't you agree?"

Dakota was leaning back in her chair, her feet resting on the table and she was cleaning her teeth with a toothpick. "Personally, you kind of dominated the whole thing. I'm sure I could have done more. A more fitting end to the guy, though."

Shaun shrugged.

Zel decided to say, "Hey, Shaun. Who was that guy that came here with you? I know who Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Pichu are… but the guy that looks like Mario…"

"That's Dr. Mario," Shaun explained. "Apparently he's the cousin of your Mario and Luigi."

"Dr. Mario?" Dakota looked over to see said doctor entering the room. "Wow! That's THE Dr. Mario! I can't believe it! That's so cool."

"… Is he THAT special?" Shaun asked.

"Shaun," Rinku acknowledged. Shaun turned to him. "Dr. Mario was the first Smasher to die, and he was the ONLY Smasher allowed to actually enter the Assist Rec. Despite only participating in the Tournaments once, he became the official Doctor of the tournament. He died of cancer in the year of 2010. Basically Dr. Mario is going to croak in a year."

"You and I would have only been one at the time," Dakota added, as she pointed between herself and Shaun to indicate who she was talking about.

"… Of cancer, huh? Then it must have already begun to develop," Shaun figured as he turned back to his bacon.

His sentence caused Vixen, Rinku and Dakota to freeze what they were doing.

"I didn't even think of that…" Vixen admitted.

"GACK!" Dakota exclaimed, as she jerked forward from realization of what Shaun had said. She happened to jerk forward so much that her chair flew back and she fell.

The other SG members that weren't paying attention to what was going on turned to the scene. Smashers farther away stopped what they doing and turned to the scene as well. Yoshi even dropped the pie he was holding, and a piece of Kirby's sausage was left hanging from his mouth.

"What happened to my sister?" Riley asked Pear.

"I don't know. But seeing as it is Dakota, I guess we can just look away now…"

And so they did.

*

Dr. Mario turned to the SG at the sound of Dakota's yell. Captain Falcon showed up behind him as the others turned back to what they were doing and Yoshi mourned over his dropped pie.

"That looks like it hurt," Captain Falcon chuckled.

Dr. Mario wearily nodded. "Yeah…. I'm sure she can handle it though. For some reason, I have the feeling she's done it before."

"Probably has," Captain Falcon chuckled. "Ensign kept telling us stories of what they have done, and he once mentioned a moment much like that one."

Dr. Mario made no response. Instead, he looked as if he was trying to catch his breath.

"Hey, you alright?" Captain Falcon asked, kneeling before Dr. Mario and holding onto his shoulders in worry.

Dr. Mario responded by politely pushing Captain Falcon away and nodding. "Yeah, I'll be fine…"

*

"Crap…" Dakota muttered as she set her chair back in the right place and sat back down. "What if we can stop it from happening? What would happen?"

"Why do you care…?" Shaun asked her in return. "Doesn't his death do something positive as well? In the Smash Mansion in our time, wasn't that courtyard one of the few things that were spared?"

"Hey, yeah!" Vixen exclaimed happily. "And it was one of the clues towards Captain P's persona!"

"Yeah," Dakota muttered. "I don't want to talk about Captain P… let's talk about… Sonic!"

"No," Shaun automatically said. "I've had enough of Sonic…"

"Oh! What about…"

"Shut up."

*

It's time for: SMASH GENERATION SIDE TRACKS!

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Dakota was fearfully being chased by something that suspiciously looked like Ridley. Getting trapped in a dead end, she turned around before the Ridley-look alike and plastered herself against the wall.

Suddenly, Shaun came out of nowhere behind the Ridley-look alike and blew the dinosaur to smithereens. A portal appeared behind him, and he turned to Dakota, reaching a hand out towards her.

"Come with me if you want to live," he told her.

*

Random Bits of Info:

1. I think retyping this chapter gave me a lot of opportunity. In the old chapter, there was no description of the Mansion. (Chrislma)

2. When Ganondorf described what he figured Link was doing ("He probably got caught up in something involving him having to go through temples to collect things to save the world."), he basically described every single Zelda game plot… (Chrislma)

3. The personality we chose for Crazy Hand rendered him completely unable to remember a Smasher's name, so "Craptain Falcon" and "Snail" is two names he first comes up with for Captain Falcon and Snake. He means no offense and neither do we. There actually is a logical explanation for the name "Kent" that Crazy uses for Ensign, it will be explained later. (Chrislma)

4. When Knuckles says there are twenty-five vehicles in the garage of the Smash Mansion, he's saying a random number. I actually don't know how many vehicles that belong to the Smashers, so I just came up with a random number. (Chrislma)

5. According to Snake's trophy, Snake is a master of six languages. As I am not sure which languages Snake knows, I decided Japanese was one of them, though I guess one can automatically assume that. (Chrislma)

6. The Codec scene was fun to write, so I wrote two of them for this chapter. (Chrislma)

7. When Resetti quotes the summary of the story, I copied and pasted the actual summary. I'm proud of myself. (Chrislma)

8. The original chapter had Kageshi being the one explaining things to Resetti, but I decided it should be me as I'm the one that wrote the scene this time, and not her… (Chrislma)

9. I molded Hagane's personality with memories of the Heath Ledger Joker. (Chrislma)

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TODD has joined Crazy Hand's party!

KIBA has joined Crazy Hand's party!

FOX has joined Crazy Hand's party!

FALCO has joined Crazy Hand's party!

WOLF has joined Crazy Hand's party!

PEACH has joined Crazy Hand's party!

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SONIC has joined Crazy Hand's party!

TAILS has joined Crazy Hand's party!

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SNAKE has joined Crazy Hand's party!

CAPTAIN FALCON has joined Crazy Hand's party!

ENSIGN has joined Crazy Hand's party!

MARTH has joined Crazy Hand's party!

K.K. has joined Crazy Hand's party!

DAKOTA has joined Crazy Hand's party!

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SNAKE has gained the ability to speak Japanese!

K.K. has learned the move Bandage!

KRYSTAL has learned the move Probe!

The item Hounds has been found!

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Defeated Slash Elite member Hagane!

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