Chapter 9: The Guardian of the Underworld

The heroes finally made it to the volcano, and after a long path, they had made it towards the exit, only to stop as the ground began to shake.

"What was that? An Earthquake?" Asked the Villager nervously.

"No... it sounds like giant footsteps." David said, changing his class to a mage for what endeavours they had to face against, just before they heard a growl.

"Yeah, that's a familiar growl." Said Coco, making Toon Link nod and add. "And whatever it is, it's closer."

Then, they saw it, a huge grey three headed vicious dog appeared before them, where in all three heads roared viciously, showing its rage and hostility toward the heroes and heroines.

"Cerberus, the guard dog of the underworld!" Goku said, before he and the others took their weapons, only to freeze up when the Smashers got a better look at the creature's three faces.

"Kirby! Yoshi! Ness! They got them too!" Lucario called out in shock.

"Ness!" Lucas called out, before saying with concern. "This is terrible!"

"Hang on, Yoshi! We'll free your face!" Mario promised as they all prepared for battle and to save their friends.

[Miitopia Boss 3 plays]

Cerberus roared as he spat fire from the Yoshi face, to which the heroes acted fast and dodged the flames, before Luigi attacked, using himself as a rocket and knocking some damage into the beast.

And adding to the damage, David then used his Giga Fire, followed up by Goku and Link, who slashed at it with their swords.

Continuing to go on the offensive and acting as a team, Jigglypuff gave Pikachu a boost on Charizard's back, where the Fire-type Pokemon flew in the air and then charged at Cerberus, combining his both Fire Blast and Pikachu's Thunderbolt at it.

Striking back, Pac Man and Peach leapt out of a blizzard attack that Cerberus fired at them, just before Rosalina and Zelda attacked the monster together, striking with staff, sword and Luma.

And with Cerberus greatly damaged, further damage fell upon it as a collection of small coloured creatures, consisting of red, blue and yellow appeared on top of it and began attacking, smacking the Cerberus with their tiny hands and the vine-like points at the top of their heads.

Though glad to see they were being assisted, curiously, Crash asked. "What are those things?"

"Pikmin. Then that means..." Wii Fit Trainer said, before they all turned to see a familiar astronaut with a big nose appear before them.

"Olimar?" Luigi asked, surprised to see him. "Where did you come from?"

"I saw you all leaving Hyrule for some reason so I decided to follow you. You walk so fast for me so it kept me awhile to keep up." Olimar said in reply.

"Oh, sorry about that. We were a bit preoccupied with something." Zelda apologised.

"That's all and well but what happened to these three over there?" Olimar then questioned, pointing to the faceless forms of Kirby, Yoshi and Ness.

"Oh, there's the bodies." Coco said.

"Hang on you guys. Won't be long now!" Link called out.

"Kirby, just hold on. We'll get your face back!" Meta Knight added with a serious and determined tone.

And while Olimar was still puzzled, Falco told him. "We explain what's going to you after the battle."

Still on a rampage, Cerberus got back at the attack and roared, making Lucas shiver in fear, while Coco quickly calmed him down, giving Lucas the courage to fight and strike with PK Freeze.

Austin, getting in on the action, used his double slash on the beast, before Captain Falcon leap in the air and use his mighty Falcon Punch on the behemoth's forehead, knocking it back, just as the Pikmin got called to safety by Olimar, where in Pit and Dark Pit held their bows and fired, striking the beast.

And after Pit and Dark Pit attacked, Palutena and Valter combined their attacks, dealing a huge amount of damage to it, while the Fire Emblem cast acted as one and all slashed with their swords, followed up as Ryu then power his Hadoken and fired alongside Cloud with his Blade Beam.

"Victory's almost ours!" Ben called out, before he used his formula to splash Volatile Formula on it, while Catlin, Luffy, Naruto and LiquidPhazon ended the battle with a combination of slashes as one.

With all the damage, the Cerberus roared in defeat, collapsed and exploded, freeing the faces of Yoshi, Kirby and Ness, which went back to their rightful owners, causing Yoshi to shake his head as he checked to see his face was alright, making him cheer in Yoshi-tongue and dance around, wagging his tail.

And when he saw Mario, he tackled him in a great hug.

"Ness, are you alright?" Lucas asked as he and Villager rushed to Ness' side, where in Ness rubbed his face and sighed in relief, before he smiled at Lucas and said. "Couldn't be better. Thanks for saving me guys."

Kirby cheered as well, as he did a little Kirby victory dance to have his face back, before facing Meta Knight, smiling as he held his right hand up as a gesture of friendship, to which Meta Knight, breaking from his usual solo and distant persona, decided to be nice and put out his hand, giving Kirby a high five.

"Thank you all." Ness said, smiling at the Miis and their friends, where he then told them. "We owe you one big time."

"You bet you guys do. That rescue wasn't easy." Naruto said in reply.

"Eh?" Roy asked, causing Crash to cover Naruto's mouth and say. "Nothing. Never mind. You're very welcome."

"Yo, Yo, Yoshi, Yoshi." Yoshi spoke up, where in Lucaria translated.

"Samus, Donkey Kong and Fox are being held at the Dark Lord's' Castle." She said.

"Then we have no time to lose. Fox needs us." Krystal said with determination, making everyone nod in agreement with the vixen, before Kirby pointed to the outside where they saw a dark looking castle in the distance, surrounded by red clouds.

Looking at it, Dedede commented. "So that's the Dark Lords Bowser, Ganondorf and Mewtwo's castle? They are in there alright."

"And that's where my papa is. Let's get in there." Bowser Jr snarled.

"It may be a trap. We don't know what they are capable of." Cloud pointed out.

"Right. We need to stick together." Lucina said, before facing Olimar and the Pikmin, where she asked. "Olimar, would you like to join us?"

"Of course. My Pikmin and I will help in anyway I can." Olimar said, with the Pikmin nodding and showing great enthausisam.

"Pikachu!" Pikachu called with a smile, while Lucario and Lucaria nodded in agreement.

"Alright, listen up everyone." Mario then said, taking the role of the leader.

"When Goku and the others first came to us, we didn't know about these face stealing villains. It's great to see some great Miis and amazing warriors. But now we have to save Samus, DK and Fox and take care of Bowser, Ganondorf and Mewtwo. I don't know if me, Link and Pikachu could do it ourselves but with all of you helping us out, we can't help but feel so ready." He then said.

"If we all want to stay alive, we need to work together and see this through to the end." Link added.

"Right!" The Smashers cheered.

"Ok, Miitopia warriors, I know we all feel pretty confident because we already dealt with Dark Lord Broly and Darker Lord Cloud." Goku said, before adding. "But this time, we're up against three all at once. And you know what that means. Let's end this once and for all guys."

"Once and for all!" The Miis cheered as all rosee their fists in the air, before all entered the front gate, ready to save Samus, DK and Fox and stop the Dark Lords.