Hey I am back, and like I said before, the rest of the chapters will focused more on the story, so let us begin.

P.S: sorry, but this chapter will be short due to lack of time on my part.

It was late at night as James was in his room, resting for the next round of the tournament. He couldn't go to sleep however, as he kept his thoughts on what Daniel had told him about Sol earlier that day.

'Tabuu is back huh? Well I guess that would confirm my suspicions. But still, how am I going to find it. There is no way that I can just drop out of the tournament without causing everyone to notice, and even if I did eave undetected, there is a slight possibility that Sol was wrong, and I would have come here all for nothing.'

Sighing from the swirling thoughts that ran within his head, James sat up as he went to the bathroom and splash some water on his face. Once he was done, he looked at the mirror, taking a good notice on the condition of his body.

Small scars were around his body, though most of them weren't that big or serious. There was also a very rather large scar on his heart, as James placed a hand on it. Slowly, he then placed his hand near his left eye, as he refused to open it.

'I have been through a lot in this adventure of mine, haven't I?'

Shaking his head, James placed his eyes on his clothed arm. His eyes arched a bit as he looked at it, showing a face of anger.

'Why? Just why is it that this had to happen? I never asked for this, to be the one here, to do this. There are many people out there who are better than me, who are more suited than me, that can easily do this.'

His teeth clenched as he rose up his arm. His eyes then soften as he let out a breath of disappointment.

'But still, I don't think I would ever wish to let someone else carry the burden of the task that I have to do.'

Wiping his face, James was a few steps away from his bed until there was a knock on his door

'Who the heck is that?'

Curious to know who it was, the green eyed warrior opened the door, to be faced to face with Ace and Lucina.

"Hello James, sorry to wake you up." Said Lucina as she held a flash light.

"Don't worry about it, I've been up any way. But why are you two up anyway, shouldn't the both of you be getting for the next match tomorrow?"

Ace nodded. "Yes, but Daniel wanted us to get you."

"Daniel?" James said as he looked at her with a raising brow. "What does he need me for?"

Lucina then answered his question. "He is having a meeting in the wreck room. He already has all the winners that made it so far there, even Joe. He refused to start talking until you are there, though."

"A meeting? Alright, let me get my jacket."

They both nodded as James went to the closet and grabbed his signature jacket. He put it on as he fixed his collar a bit. He then saw his sword that was placed near the wall and his gun and placed it on him as he exited the door.

"You ready?" Lucina asked as James nodded. "Okay, then let's go."

The three then began to walk to the wreck room, ready to hear what Daniel wanted to talk about. As they continued to walk however, James noticed that Ace was looking at him with a face that was bothering him.

"Is something on your mind, Ace?"

"Well, forgive me for saying this, but I noticed that you have a lot of scars on you back at the room, even that big large one that was on your heart."

"Yeah, well that what happens when you go through what I have."

"Which is?"

"Let's just say that it was something involves a lot of hardship."

While confused with this answer, Ace decided to let it go as they have reached to Wreck room. The three sat at the plat forms and was sent to the coliseum area, where they saw all of the winners that have made it in the stands.

'There all here, that much for sure. Whatever Daniel has to say to them, it got to be big.'

Looking around, James spotted Daniel, who was standing in the arena, as he faced all of the winners. He looked at James and made a small grin.

"Nice to see that you made it."

"Well I couldn't just stay in my room all night and miss this. Still, why did you call everyone here in the first place?"

"You are about to find out."

Clearing his throat, Daniel then shouts out in order to draw everyone's attention.

"Sorry for waking all of you up, but I got an urgent matter that we must figure out."

"Like what?" said Joe as he yawned for a bit and continued. "I don't think you have much of any good reasons to call us here. Hell for all we know, you might try to make us too tired to fight tomorrow, making us lose our matches."

"Trust me Joe, if that was my plan, then I would have come up with a better idea. But that is not the case here."

"Then what is?" Abei said as he began to wonder what the reason was.

"Remember my match with Sol?"

"Of course, there is no way we would forget the last round of the fight, especially since it was a three on three." Replied Night.

"Well, after the match, Sol told me something that might shock you all."

Gaining their attention, the group listens in to what he was going to say as he got ready to tell them.

"He said that his home was attacked by Tabuu, who has now a new power."

…..

Silence. That was the only thing that was left in the room, just silence. The smashers looked at Daniel with a mixture of shock and surprised.

"You're…you're messing with us right?" Joe said as he made a cracky smile. "I mean, Tabuu was destroyed by the original smashers three years ago."
"Sorry but no, I am telling the truth. Tabuu is back, and he is has a new power that could threaten us all."

"A new power?" Roxy replied with concern. "Did Sol tell you what it was?"

"No, he didn't have enough time to tell me what his power was. But that still doesn't change the fact that Tabuu is back, and is now a much bigger threat."

'You don't know just how right you are Daniel.' James thought as he kept watching. 'If this power is what I might think it is, then I will have to drop out of the tournament and try to-"

"Bull shit!" yelled Joe as he interrupted James thoughts.

"You guys do not seriously believe this guy right? I mean, even if Tabuu is back, we can just whoop his ass like the veteran smashers did, most of which we beat if I have to remind you."

"He does have a point," Spoke Meta as he rubbed his chin a bit. "We did beat the majority of the smashers who defeated Tabuu, and they even trained and gotten stronger after the that battle. Maybe we can have an easier time against him than they did."

After hearing this, the group began to talk more and more about the issue. During this time however, Daniel patience began to wear thin.

"HEY, HAVE ALL OF YOU JUST FORGOTTEN THAT I AM STILL TALKING HERE!?"

Tooken back by the loud voice, the group looked back at Daniel, who was now giving them a mean glare.

"There is another matter that I wish to speak to all of you about, one of which will make you rethink about your idea about fighting Tabuu."

Seeing that he had his attention, Daniel clear his throat as he told them what they needed to hear.

"When the first day of the tourney ended, I decided to check up on all the ones that lost and was sent home. But the thing is, no one, and I mean NO ONE, was ever found their after they lost. And to make matters worse, I have received reports from the same holograms that are responsible to help get the fighter to the tournament have reported multiple people missing, right Raven?"

After saying her name, A.I. #2212, AKA: Raven Harris appeared before them in her regular hologram form.

"Yes, that is true. From the reports I have receive from my studies, and as well as the other holograms studies, there have been at least twenty people reported missing, all of which disappeared during the time of the tournament."

The smashers began to stand as they looked at her with surprise. Daniel took this opportunity to continue.

"Now look, I have my suspicions that Master Hand know about this and is trying to keep this secret from us."

"But wait, why would he do this?" Ace said as Daniel answer her.

"Because…I have a theory that he is in leagued with Tabuu."

After hearing this, Sam spoke as he asked Daniel a question "What would make you say this?"

"Master hand has never been seen during the tourney until after the battle right? Plus, it was revealed that he was under Tabuu's control three years ago. If Tabuu can control him to attack the smashers back then, then there is a chance that it might have commanded him to find a way to bring it back."

"It make sense," Said James as he walked forward, gaining everyone's attention. "Remember, Tabuu's powers were almost limitless three years ago, so the chance that he might have controlled Master hand is possible. Then there are the missing smashers. Master hand abilities grew over the years, but even he can't gain the ability to teleport others. Therefore, the chance that Tabuu gave him an enhancement to his powers is likely."

James then looked at the others with a serious look as his came down to his final statement.

"Either way you look at it, Master hand has a very strong chance of being in leagued with Tabuu."

Thinking about it, the newcomers looked at one another as they had to face the truth. James then sighed as he looked at them.

"Okay, look. How about we all talk about we all confront Master Hand about this tomorrow. Then we can get the truth out of him and figure out what is going on."

Daniel nodded. "Agreed, so until then: rest up and please be careful."

Nodding in agreement in the decision, the others got up and was ready to leave. As they did though, James began to think for a moment while he headed to his room.

'I am closing in to the one who did this, but I am also involving the others too much. I have no choice: tomorrow, I will have to go and get answers from Master hand before they do, and find the missing fighter quickly, because once I find them…'

He then looked at his clothed arm as he grit his teeth.

'…I will also find the one who is responsible for their pain, and mine.'

Yeah, it was a short one today. I promise I will put more action in the next one, so later.