There was absolutely no time to prepare. Only a split second passed after Mario opened the door before it was blown off its hinges by a blast of dark energy, which knocked everyone back, through the wall to the bathroom, and through the far wall of the bathroom and, thus, completely out of the mansion and into the otherwise quiet courtyard below, creating a large cloud of dust and rubble upon impact. Pit was the first one to recover from the explosion and the shock of falling two stories thanks to his high stamina as an angel, then Zelda, Peach, Fox, Mario, Falco, Ness, and Lucas, thanks to their reflective abilities, and finally the other Smashers were able to slowly regain their footing.

"What the hell...was that?!" Marth asked.

"I don't know. Why don't you tell me?" The Smashers all looked up as Nana floated down to the courtyard, one hand on her hip and the other over-enthusiastically waving at her former friends. "Hiiiii, guuuuys!"

Everyone tensed, Satoshi, fully aware of what Nana was capable of in this state, gripped the Poke Ball in his hand so tightly that the few who saw him thought he would break it. Nana caught sight of this gesture, as well, floating down so that she was only about a foot away from him, smiling so widely that it was disturbing.

"Ah, Toshi! I'm so glad you came! Did you think about my offer? Did ya?"

"Cut the crap! You know damn well I'd never join you!"

"Whaaaat?" Nana wailed, causing a few of the Smashers to cover their ears, the more sound-sensitive Hylians in particular, "Why? Do you really want to stay with them? I'm already stronger than all of you. I mean, even Shigeru saw that-"

"He...what?"

"Oh, yeah. As soon as he saw Lord Ganondorf, he cried for mercy so loudly the entire castle heard. It was absolutely adorable!" Nana laughed, and Satoshi finally lost it. He lifted his arm to call out a Pokemon, but Ike immediately ran over and grabbed it to prevent him from attacking.

"Calm down. She's just playing games with you. If you attack, you'll be playing right into her plan."

Satoshi glanced back at Ike, then at Nana, relaxing his arm so that Ike would let go, "Right. Sorry."

"Ike's right. We need a plan. You've fought her before; do you know if she has a weakness?" Meta Knight asked.

"No. Pikachu used his Final Smash on her, but it didn't even phase her. She even told me the only way to get her out of Nana's body is to kill Nana."

"That's what she thinks!" Mario yelled confidently, cracking his knuckles and stepping up so that he was the closest one to the possessed Ice Climber. "I bet all we need to do is run out her stamina, and she'll be forced out of Nana, just like all the Shadow Bug Clones and Bosses in the World of Trophies. It's a group of the world's finest warriors against her. No problem!"

"Really? 'No problem,' am I?" Nana smirked, lifting one hand palm up so the Smashers could see a dark energy ball form in her palm. "We'll see about that. Of course, it's hardly fair that it's just li'l ol' me against all of you, now is it?"

Nana tossed the ball onto the ground, and, sure enough, at least one hundred Rabbids of varying size, color, and weaponry appeared, eyes already glowing red as they screamed (What else?) "Hwaa!"

"Okaaay, that...might be a problem," Mario admitted.

"And that's only the beginning, unless, of course, any of you would like to join our side. Any takers?" Nana looked around, meeting nothing but hateful glares in every face there, "No? Okay, have it your way!" Nana snapped her fingers, which caused the Rabbids to rush into battle.

Over a hundred Rabbids rushing toward sixteen unprepared, mostly unarmed Smashers.

"Oh, yeah. This isn't good. This is the part of the story where the bad things happen," Mario muttered.

"Then try to come up with a plan, will ya?" Falco replied.

"What kind of plan?! In case you've forgotten, the last time we faced this many Rabbids, they outnumbered us, outran us, beat us down, and almost killed us!"

"Yeah, and in case you've forgotten, there were only four of us; now there's sixteen. Do the math, genius!"

"Why I oughta-"

"Guys!" Fox yelled, breaking the bickering duet from their personal fight-and not a moment too soon, considering several of the other Smashers had begun fighting the Rabbids off to keep them at bay, "I've got a plan, okay? Calm down," Fox turned toward the others, many of whom had taken on a circle formation to protect the weaker Smashers from being attacked, "Here's the deal, okay? Our main goal is Nana, but as long as the Rabbids are protecting her, there's no way to get close. We need to figure out a way to wipe out as many Rabbids as possible to clear a path toward Nana," Fox then looked around, pointing out Meta Knight, Kirby, Satoshi, Mario, Luigi, Marth, Ike, Toon Link, and Link, "Head-to-headers, I want you to try to make your way toward Nana," Fox then pointed out Zelda, Peach, Lucas, and Ness, "Defenders, I want you to stay close to the head-to-headers; if you see Nana prepare to strike, protect them at all cost," Fox then pointed out the last members of the Smashers-Pit, Falco, and himself, "Long- rangers, I want you to put all your effort into knocking out enemies you see trying to strike from behind, and, most importantly, if you think you can land a hit on Nana, do everything you can to make it so. Understand?"

Almost immediately after Fox finished his strategical meeting, the others quickly formed their respective groups, the "head-to-headers" instantly beginning their assault on the Rabbid Army with the "defenders" quickly following. As the Rabbids saw the almost impenetrable walls of the Smashers' first line of offense, they gave pause, obviously not expecting to see the warriors as well-prepared for battle as they were.

And this was what gave the Smashers their chance to leap into battle. Unlike the horror the Mario Bros., the members of Star Fox, and Princess Peach faced when they fought the Rabbids, it was actually the Smashers beating back and overpowering the Rabbids, especially now that the simple tools the Rabbids had for battle were easily dispatched of by a few swings of the swords. Luigi, in particular, with the Rabbit-Sucking feature of his tricked out Poltergust 5000, was making quick work of the Rabbids as he effortlessly sucked in about three at a time before the Rabbids would grow weary of this trick and avoid him, only to be met by a cruel end at the edge of a sword. Mario, again, was using a Fire Flower Power-Up to blow away any Rabbids missed by the swordsmen and Luigi, while Kirby, like Luigi, was sucking in Rabbids, disappointed that swallowing them had not given him any abilities.

Nana watched this all, unphased by the quick work she saw the Smashers were making of her army, until...

"Pikachu, use Skull Bash!!" Nana turned around, barely jumping out of the way before an electrified Pikachu rushed past her, and then looking down to see Satoshi had somehow managed to get behind her. She smirked, lifting her hands and forming a ball of dark energy in her hands.

"It'll take more than that to beat me, kid..."

"How about this, then?" Nana spun around, only seeing a flash of blue before Marth lept into the air and performed a Dolphin Slash, piercing through Nana's side and causing her to inadvertantly cancel her spell. She whirled as Marth landed gracefully beside Satoshi, hateful red eyes glowing darkly as she attempted another spell, fully intending to wipe out both Smashers at once. This time, she did manage to cast the spell as desired-until Zelda jumped in the way, cast Nayru's Love, and caused Nana's attack to reflect off the protective barrier and back onto her. Nana snarled, beginning to lower herself down to the three Smashers' level, exactly as planned so that Ike could come from behind and attack her with Aether...

"Fools," Nana smirked, and, in a move that caused every Smasher to jump, reached back and grabbed Ragnell as Ike swung upwards for his attack. Before the Crimean mercenary could even try to twist away, Nana herself twisted his arm, causing Ike to involuntarily release his blessed sword before she pulled him around to the front so that the others could see both of them clearly. "Hmm, another handsome one. You'll make a good addition to Lord Ganondorf's collection, too. Once all that nasty energy is gone..." And Satoshi, as well as the others, were forced to watch as Nana did to Ike what she'd done to Shigeru- she lowered her lips to his, and the orange and black mist left her body and entered his, causing the hero to cry out in agony as his lifeforce was drained. Zelda attempted to free Ike by using Din's Fire, but, while the attack landed and caused a clear wound on Nana's back, it didn't even phase the possessed Ice Climber-quite the opposite, in fact; Nana's wound instantly healed, as did the wound left by Marth. She was healing herself using Ike's vitality, and just like before, Satoshi was helpless to stop her from depleting one of his friends' bodies to nothing but skin and bones.

Link and Toon Link, who, until that point had been doing all they could to fight off the Rabbids, stopped as they saw their friend's life being drained to heal Nana and attempted to rush to his aid, and, amazingly enough, all it took to break Nana's spell over Ike was a slash of Toon Link's Master Sword-the Blade of Evil's Bane. The sacred power of the legendary sword was enough to send a painful jolt of energy through Nana's body, causing her entire body to convulse and thus the remaining Rabbids to vanish and her grip on Ike to loosen and send him plumeting to the ground, along with Nana. She screamed in agony, having just enough energy to knock Toon Link away from her, but not enough to pull the Master Sword out.

"Damn...you...Damn you!!!" she screamed, clawing and kicking at the air pitifully. And pitiful she herself was- blood everywhere, tears of anguish streaking her cheeks, fully red eyes trying to seek out the one who had done this to her. She fuzzily saw the outline of someone in green with pointed ears and blond hair, but it took her a while to realize that what she was seeing was in fact Link rather than his reincarnation...and that meant another Master Sword, this one much more powerful than its twin of a different time line.

"Time to put our old space-time theory to the test," Link said, holding the sword just above Nana. The magic imbued in the sword reacted to the Twilight Realm-like mist in Nana's body and glowed brightly enough that all but Link and Nana were blinded by its light, and Link without hesitation, muttered, "Stronger than all of us, huh?" before he plunged the sacred blade into Nana's chest. She screamed again, less from the pain of the actual sword entering her body than from what was happening as a result: the Master Swords, because they were from two different time lines, reacted badly to being so close to each other and were ripping apart their common medium to separate themselves- in this case Nana. Everyone flinched as they watched Nana's body literally rip itself in two except Link, who continued to watch her until she finally stopped moving, dead. "Toonie," Link said quietly, signaling to his younger reincarnation that it was time to remove his sword. They reached for their hilts simultaneously and pulled out with the sickening squish of blood. As their swords left the corpse, they saw the same black and orange mist that attacked Ike flee the lifeless vessel, and slowly, very slowly, Nana's body returned to its former shape, although she was still dead.

The others could only look on in horror as Link quickly wiped the blood on his sword off onto the grass before throwing it in his sheath and running over to Ike. He lifted him into his arms-an easy task given his frail body- and carried him over to the spot where Nana was lying, being careful to lay them down so that their hands were joined. No one was sure what Link was planning-for all they knew, he was about to kill Ike and bury them together in Luigi's backyard-but as he reached into the item bag at his side and produced a particular object left behind from his hero days in Hyrule, those who recognized it almost cried with relief.

It was a bottle containing a Fairy Spirit. Link uncorked the bottle over the dead and dying, and instantly the pink fairy inside went to work healing Ike and reviving Nana. Before everyone's very eyes Ike's original physique and health returned to him while the gaping hole in Nana's chest closed and she slowly began to breathe again. When the fairy vanished, its job complete, Link pulled their hands apart and openly smiled as both Nana and Ike jolted awake simultaneously, breathing heavily and looking around in what can only be described as deep confusion. Nana in particular was confused, looking down at the blood caked into the ground beneath her and then over at the Smashers, who were all at least smiling-except Satoshi and Peach, who were more or less crying in relief.

"G-Guys? Why are we in Luigi's Mansion?" It only served to further confuse Nana that the others chuckled while Peach ran over and glomped her.

"Yay! You're back to normal!"

"Back to normal? Wha...?"

"It's...It's a long story, okay? The important thing now is you're safe, and this horrible, ugly mess...is finally over."

Pit, Fox, and Falco, still standing where they had been before to help backup the others, sighed with their own relief that the battle with the Rabbids and Nana was finally over. "I'm so glad. I was terrified Link was turning into some kind of monster," Pit whispered.

"Really? I was hoping for the exact opposite," the three Smashers froze, glancing first at each other, then behind them, Falco only able to mutter, "Oh, shit," before all three of them were blasted past the others and into the far wall before sliding weakly to their knees. The others, alarmed, turned to their slightly bruised friends, then in the direction they had come from...

...and in seconds every Smashers was on their feet, Link, in particular, standing guard over Zelda with his sword and shield drawn and ready. "Ganondorf."

"Don't sound so alarmed, boy. My dearest pet even told you herself that I was her master. Did you really think I wouldn't come to see what havoc you've wrecked on my sweet doll?" Ganondorf grinned, walking slowly toward the area Ike, Peach, and Nana occupied. Ike was quick to pick up Nana and rush to the others, but Peach, it seemed, was paralyzed with fear. She could only look on in horror as Ganondorf approached her, stopping about a yard away to look down at the blood left from Nana's death. "Oh, now was that really necessary, Link? The poor thing already suffered death once..."

Of course, it didn't exactly surprise Ganondorf that Link's attention wasn't hanging on every word Ganondorf said, considering the damsel in distress who could die in the blink of an eye at his feet. "Peach, get out of there! Run! Peach!!" Peach whimpered, feeling around for anything she could use to save herself, and Link gritted his teeth in frustration. He looked to Mario, who appeared just as terrified as Peach did, before taking a step toward running to the princess's rescue...

...Only for Toon Link to run past him as quickly as his legs would carry him, sword drawn as he rushed Ganondorf and stabbed him as he'd stabbed Nana, causing the behemoth Gerudo to stumble back onto one knee in shock as fresh blood coated the ground. It was the presence of Toon Link that jarred Peach from her trance, a tiny squeak of shock escaping her lips before she quickly ran to the others, stumbling to her knees just as she passed into safety. However, to Link this only meant that it was his reincarnation he now had to worry about.

Toon Link's arm trembled as he attempted to force the sword further into Ganondorf's body, the blood on his hand making it almost impossible for him to retain his grip on his sword. But, for all of his effort, the next thing Toon Link knew, he felt a deep chuckle vibrate through his sword, and as he looked up, he was looking into Ganondorf's terrible, bright orange eyes. "You fool," Ganondorf muttered harshly before gripping the blade and pulling it out of his body. Then, in what seemed to Toon Link like slow motion, Ganondorf's other hand came forward, revealing a transparent crystal, and he used it to punch Toon Link in the gut, sending him skidding several yards away, fallen on his side. He coughed, opening one eye slowly as he shakily propped himself up on one arm. "That's the one true consistency of you Links; you're all fools. The Hero of Time was a fool, and it seems you have inherited his stupidity. Both of you," Ganondorf smirked, holding up the clear jewel for the heroes to see. "As such, let me tell you fools about the stone I hold in my hand. This is the Diabolus Crystal. It was created by your beloved Goddesses to contain a great evil back when the world was first created. From what I hear, she was a lovely enchantress who would trick men into taking her into their villages where she would then slaughter everyone in sight and burn everything else to the ground. As punishment for her crimes, the Goddesses took away her body and forced her essence into this gem before burying it deep within Hyrule's crust. When unleashed from the gem, she can take control of any body she desires, forcing out the occupying soul and smothering it until it dies and the body belongs ultimately to her. The only problem is, she can't show her true potential if her body is too weak, but the only way to free her from a body is to kill the body. But once free she can take anyone she desires. And in my opinion," The Diabolus Crystal glowed, and the mist that had left Nana's body rose from the ground and hovered between Ganondorf and Toon Link, "the body of a legendary hero is perfect for her," Ganondorf smiled at Toon Link, whispering so low that only he could hear, "Now, die."

Toon Link's eyes widened as he struggled to stand and run, but his body still refused to cooperate, and all he saw for a split second was the mist rushing toward him before he squeezed his eyes shut, tears streaming down his cheeks as he heard the rush of the wind from the mist's hasty attack.

Then a scream of terror-his name-and he felt as though the air around him had stilled momentarily. He heard something fall to the ground-heavy, he knew, but not a body- and then, he felt arms embrace him. He opened his eyes, and the sight he beheld struck new fear in his heart. Link had run to his reincarnation as quickly as he could, jumped toward him, and grabbed him to pull him out of harm's way. He could still see the mist coming, but it was now aimed at Link, who was falling right into its path. Toon Link's heart momentarily stopped as he saw the mist connect with Link's body and Link's body resultingly jolt as his face contorted in pain and he screamed. It was at that moment that time seemed to return to normal, Link falling to the ground with Toon Link in his arms but trying to curl up into a ball to get rid of the pain seeming to strike every cell in his body. Black crackles of electricity shot out of Link's skin and into other parts of his body, and Link shook with pain as black markings continually faded in and out of his skin.

"Go..." Link muttered, trying to fight off the pain so he could stop screaming long enough to talk. "Get away...from me... I can't...fight it...Get the swords...Kill me..." Toon Link vigorously shook his head murmuring 'No' again and again while tears filled his eyes. Then suddenly, just as suddenly as they had begun, the convulsions stopped and Link was lying still, but the markings were gone.

Toon Link sniffled, wiping his tears away as he watched his former self carefully. "Link?" Tentatively, he scooted closer, "Link?" He saw Link's chest move up and down ever so slowly, yet the markings hadn't reappeared. Toon Link got just a little closer, "Link, are you o-" Link's hand shot out, wrapping around Toon Link's throat, and suddenly the black marks reappeared all over Link's skin, and as he sat up, Link smirked as though he were mad.

"Am I okay, you say? Well," Link opened his eyes, revealing that they had turned bright red, making him look almost like Sheik, "I've never been inside a man before, and this one put up enough of a fight for its body to take up most of my energy. But otherwise," Link tightened his grip on Toon Link's neck, literally strangling the poor child, "I've never felt this great in my life." Link turned to the others, who, still shocked that he had willingly sacrificed himself to keep Toon Link from being possessed, recoiled as they saw the two bright red eyes glaring at them in place of the soft marine blue orbs they usually found there. "Well, this is interesting. You were all so eager to kill me when I was Nana; why the sudden change of heart? Did you finally realize that no matter how many times you kill me, I'll just keep coming back to life? Or, is it because you're all afraid of hurting this body? I can't blame you if that's the case. It's a lovely little thing." Link looked around, grinning as he saw the stunned looks on everyone's faces before he returned his gaze to Toon Link. He even ran his hand through the child's hair, ruffling it the same way he'd often done when their paths crossed on the Halberd. "Oh, Toonie. What am I going to do with you? You're the reason I'm even here. So how should I thank you?"

Toon Link was openly crying now, face turning blue as he was forced to look at those hateful red eyes. If it wasn't for his eyes and the black markings, Toon Link would swear that he was actually being spoken to by Link rather than that horrible monster possessing him. In fact, Toon Link would even bet that it was accessing Link's memories to create that very effect, making it that much more painful that it was his closest friend strangling him. "S-Sempai..."

"'Sempai?' Ah, that's right. That's what you always called me on the Halberd. 'Mentor,' right? Funny how you waited until now to call me that. You were hoping it would somehow wake 'Link' back up, right? Remind him of his true self and urge him to fight me off? Unfortunately for you, Link's already too far gone to hear you. However, you did mean the world to him, so, just for you, I'll let you choose how you die. Would you rather I cut you to ribbons with the dagger in Link's boot, or should I destroy you from the inside out with Link's magic? 'But Link can't use magic,' you desperately think to yourself. Well, what if I told you that Link knew he was a mage his whole life, but he was so terrified of his powers that he kept it a secret from everyone and swore he would never use them as long as he lived? His one exception was when he slowed down time so he could rescue you from me. And now, the same powers that saved you are about to kill you. Isn't it simply...poetic?" Link chuckled, raising his other hand and bending his fingers inward, causing what at first started as a small flicker of light to grow into a raging inferno. "So, what'll it be? I can burn you to death very quickly, or I can take my time and slice you to pieces. Take your time deciding. There's no rush."

"That's what you think," Link turned, barely having enough time to drop Toon Link and dodge to the side as Marth rushed at him, his entire body glowing from his Final Smash, Critical Hit. He landed several feet back, behind Ganondorf even, who also had to dodge to avoid the fatal attack, before turning back to Link. "Now, you have two options, monster. Either you let Link go, or I'll kill you and force you out of him. Believe me, I've been waiting for a reason to kill Link for a long time."

"Ahh, even after that sweet moment we had in the mansion? You're heartless," Link looked back at Ganondorf, practically begging, "Lord Ganondorf, can I please kill these idiots?"

"You said yourself there's no rush. Go ahead, have fun." Ganondorf grinned as Link looked everyone over, trying to decide who he should start with. Of course, there was always the one who threw the challenge to fight at him...

"Oh, Maaaarth," Link turned to Marth, who quickly got into a fighting stance, although it did nothing to quell his shaking, as it did nothing to protect him as Link said casually, "catch," and thrust his arm out at Marth, sending a wave of energy into Marth that even his counter could not protect him from. He went flying through the far wall, landing in the first floor hallway, barely conscious and badly injured. "Next!" Link called to the others, who trembled as Link's cold eyes fell on them. With his new, keen Hylian eyes, Link saw Mario take a slight step forward and quickly pointed at him, waving his arm first right, then left, causing Mario himself to momentarily fly right, then left into the statue of the woman holding a vase beside him. "Are any of you even trying?" Link asked, taking one step forward. He saw everyone cower back, and, right away, his sights landed on Zelda and Peach, who were trying to tend to Fox, Falco, and Pit. They caught Link's stare and flinched, only to meet a soft chuckle. "Come now, I could never hurt other women, but the rest of you..." Link simply took a step and the same energy that had hit Marth struck the others, causing everyone-with the exceptions of Peach, Zelda, and Toon Link- to go flying in separate directions, most hitting the fence separating the courtyard from the forest, others flying through walls as Marth had. "Weaklings."

Link then turned back to Toon Link, who, sadly, was still trying to recover after nearly being strangled to death. As a result, Toon Link didn't have the strength to resist when Link kneeled beside him, grabbed his throat again, and lifted the dagger from out of Link's boot. Zelda and Peach tried to approach and stop him, but all it took was a flick of his finger to send them back and keep them at bay. And then, in what felt like slow motion, what few Smashers had regained their senses looked on in horror as Link plunged the knife deep into Toon Link's left shoulder, pulled it out, plunged it into his right shoulder, pulled it out again, plunged it into his stomach, and so on down until he left several stabs in his legs. And each time Link struck a new point, Toon Link shrilly howled in pain until his voice was only a harsh whisper, causing the others to helplessly cower as Link worked his way back up with the knife, this time also cutting into the child's hands until the knife was over Toon Link's throat. "You know, I expected more from a reincarnation of the Hero of Time, but you...are simply pathetic. I'll be doing the world a favor by getting rid of you. So," Link plunged the knife down into the child's neck, dragging it to the left and slightly deeper, just missing the vital jugular. He frowned, pulling the knife out and making sure it was positioned correctly to instantly kill Toon Link. He raised the knife to strike Toon Link down...

...and with a sudden jolt the knife was knocked out of his hand. He turned...and there was Pit, empty bow in hand, tears streaming down his cheeks as he fumbled back for another arrow and realized to his horror that there was only one left. All the same, he shakily loaded the arrow onto the bow, trying to steady his arms so that he could clearly shoot Link. But as both Pit and Link knew, Pit didn't have the will to kill his best friend, possessed by a great evil or not. It was for this reason that Link was able to reach back and retrieve the dagger, returning it to its sheath inside his boot before making his way toward Pit. The angel took a step back, continuing to hold the bow and arrow in his quivering hands, then another, matching Link step-for-step until Pit's back was to the small storage shed beside the statue where Mario was still lying after his brutal battering, and Link was able to get close enough to corner Pit.

"Ah, Pit. Pit, Pit, Pit. Would you really shoot me using my own bow?"

Pit trembled, squeezing his eyes shut and lowering his head, "Sh-Shut...Shut up! You're not Link!"

Link smiled at this display, reaching one hand forward to lower Pit's arms and thus his weapons. "If you're so convinced I'm not Link, then why won't you kill me? Are you afraid of what will happen to you and your friends if you try to, or are you afraid of hurting Link? After all, even if I'm not the real Link, I'm in his body. Everything I do is actually being done by him. Which makes me wonder if it would be his soul suffering in an eternal purgatory if I committed some terrible crime against the Goddesses instead of mine this time. A crime like, say," Link ran a hand through Pit's hair, "killing an angel in service to the Goddess of Light?" Pit's eyes widened as he felt Link grip his hair tightly and use it to throw him down on the ground before stomping on his chest with one boot. "The only question is, what should I use to kill it?" He glanced to the side and smiled as he saw the Master Sword, the source of the sound Toon Link had heard when Link had thrown it down as he'd rushed to Toon Link's rescue. "This should do," Pit's heart stopped as he helplessly watched Link reach for the sacred sword.

However, as soon as Link's hand was around the sword's hilt, the blade glowed bright gold as a long, snaking spiral of white magic climbed the blade to Link's body, causing him to recoil in pain as the purity of the sword rejected the evil in Link's body. Link quickly released the sword, gasping for air as the magic left his body and the pain subsided. "What...the hell?"

"The Master Sword is...the Blade of Evil's Bane. Only one who is worthy of being...Hero of Time and is courageous, wise, powerful, and pure of heart can wield it. You...are none of these things, Link's body...or not..." Link looked up, finding Toon Link's smug face staring right into his.

"You...!" Link got to his feet, storming over to Toon Link with the dagger redrawn, "I'll make sure you're dead this time!"

"Diabolus Angelus," Ganondorf called, causing Link to stop dead in his tracks. The Evil King raised his right hand, causing a small ball of purple energy to begin spiraling in his hand and gradually grow until it was a large portal, "you've done enough damage for today. It's time."

Link snarled but obligingly bowed, muttering, "Yes...Lord Ganondorf." Ganondorf then turned without another word and entered the portal, and Link slowly began to follow. Along the way he passed the weakened, beaten, and fallen forms of his former comrades, each of whom lowered their heads in shame as Link passed them without a glance in their direction. He paused just in front of the portal but didn't look back as he said, "If you value your lives, you won't follow me. The only reason any of you are alive is that it was Link's last wish that I spare your pathetic lives. But if we meet again, and you even think about pulling the shit you did to my old body, I won't hesitate to kill you," and Link walked through the portal and out of sight.

No words passed between the Smashers as they all stumbled to their feet and walked toward Toon Link. Nana had been saved, the Rabbids had been defeated, and they had suffered no casualties, but the Smashers knew that they had lost.

To Be Continued...or rather, go to the next chapter! Hurry up! You can drive a pitchfork through my head for turning Link McCutie evil and almost killing Ike McHottie, Nana, and Toonie off later! What are you still doing here?! Go! Go!! Go!!!

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