Author's Note: Sorry for the long wait. I had writer's block and I was SOOOO busy last week. It really suck, but hopefully I will manage a quick update next time. I am gonna keep my Yoshi fic on hold until I finish this fic. ( Disappointing for some, but this fic is almost done anyways. :p)I can't afford to multi-task especially at the last week of summer vacation. Yeah, school is next week. -_-;

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Chapter 26: The Final Battle

Jigglypuff gazed at the sword that point at her face. Suddenly, Sonic tackled Tabuu as he was curled up in a ball and spinning rapidly. Tabuu was tossed from the impact, but he landed on his feet. Sonic ran up to Tabuu once again, but the masked swordsmen spun rapidly. Sonic was caught in the tiny tornado. He was thrown off after getting pummeled.

"Thanks Sonic," said Jigglypuff.

She knew that she couldn't do this battle on her own.

Fox and Falco were chasing Wolf in their arwing. They continuously shot laser at the enemy plane, but Wolf skillfully maneuvered his ship to dodge most of the attack. Falco grew very frustrated and charged up his lasers. He made his plane gain speed to move closer to Wolf. The laser was shot and it successfully shot Wolf's ship, but it remained undamaged.

"This is gonna be harder than I thought," muttered Falco.

Kirby and Pit also joined in the chase. Pit was throwing his arrows as Kirby was shooting the stars from the star rod while riding the Dragoon.

The three swordsmen continue to fight off Ganondorf. Ganondorf did the best he can to dodge every attack, but there was always someone attacking him from behind. He then threw a powerful punch at Marth, causing him to slam into Link.

"Get your ass off my face," mumbled Link.

Link pushed Marth off him and he quickly tossed his boomerang at Ganondorf. Ganondorf dodged the item, but the boomerang made a sharp turn and struck him from behind.

"That is the awesomeness of the boomerang," said Link giving off a slight smirk.

Ganondorf quickly got up and raced toward Link with his glowing punch. Link jumped in the air to dodge the attack, but Ganondorf grabbed Link and released a powerful shock which caused Link to fly off. Marth ran up to Ganondorf with his sword gripped tightly in his hand. He swung the sword and struck Ganondorf from behind.

"You little wimps prefer to do a sneak attack, huh?" taunted Ganondorf.

"I am not a wimp!" roared Link.

"Link, Ganondorf is just trying to anger you. Just ignore him," said Ike.

"Shut up Ike! No one calls me a wimp!"

Link got up and ran straight to Ganondorf for a head-on attack. His and Ganondorf's rarely used sword clashed, causing a slight spark to appear. Link pushed with all of his strength and he managed to knock Ganondorf to the ground. He pointed his sword at his enemy and smirked.

"Never call me a wimp," said Link.

"One villain down," said Ike.

Ganondorf merely glared at Link. He knew that he had been defeated, yet it was something he refused to accept. "I cannot believe I have been defeated so easily."

Snake randomly came out of nowhere and struck Ganondorf's pressure point, causing him to pass out.

"Uhh, thanks Snake," said Link.

"We gotta help those fighting Tabuu. They need the most help," said Ike.

Ike's word were very true. Sonic attempted another attack on Tabuu, but it was quickly dodged. Tabuu flew up to the blue hedgehog and spun rapidly like a drill. Sonic received terrible damage, yet he continued to stand up and fight.

Jigglypuff powered up her tackle by spinning herself. She carefully watched Tabuu's movement to make a perfect hit. Once Tabuu crossed her path, Jigglypuff unleashed her tackle and struck Tabuu. Tabuu got up, but he was greeted by another tackle from Sonic.

Mario and Luigi were tossing their flaming balls at Shadow Queen, hoping to deal some damage to her. Shadow Queen took the fireballs as a joke until Yoshi came up and slammed the evil queen with his head. Princess Peach soon followed up with a tackle that caused petals to appear between her and Shadow Queen.

"You are not going to win this easily," hissed Shadow Queen.

Shadow Queen spotted Bowser Jr. from a distance. She gave off an evil smirk. Mario ran up to Shadow Queen to throw a quick punch, but she dodged the attack. Luigi attempted a head butt right after Mario's attack, but it was also dodged. Shadow Queen swiped Mario and Luigi off their feet and she tossed Princess Peach and Yoshi aside.

The evil queen then flew toward Bowser Jr. and grabbed him.

"Bowser Jr.!" shouted Bowser.

His father ran up to Shadow Queen, but a group of small shadow hands rose from the earth and blocked his path. Bowser blew fire, but more shadow hands continued to regenerate. Mario and Luigi tossed fireballs at the hands hoping to make a path for Bowser. Yoshi also joined in by tossing his eggs.

Shadow Queen began to choke Bowser Jr. She intentionally held Bowser Jr. high up in the air, as if she wanted a certain someone to notice. The evil queen once again smiled and even cackled hoping to grab that someone's attention.

Bowser Jr. gasped for air as his body squirmed to free himself from the witch's grasp.

"Let go of my son!" roared Bowser.

"And you think that I will let go?" cackled Shadow Queen. "I am going to kill this foolish little boy. You heard that! He will disappear off the face of the earth!"

"What are you doing!?! You wouldn't hurt him...," said Yellow Yoshi.

"This little fool betrayed us. He deserves to die."

"B-but you can't kill him...you j-just can't. I don't want to see him hurt...but I am no longer on his side...I feel so confused."

Bowser Jr.'s struggled ended. His entire body became limp, yet Shadow Queen continued to keep pressure on his neck.

"What happened?!?" shouted Jigglypuff.

Jigglypuff turned around to see what happened, but Tabuu slashed her from behind. Capt. Falcon ran up to Tabuu and threw a punch from behind.

"I got your back!" exclaimed Capt. Falcon.

Yellow Yoshi saw Bowser Jr. She tightened her fist and clenched her teeth.

"Your gonna pay for this," growled Yellow Yoshi.

Shadow Queen once again smiled. She dropped Bowser Jr. and flew straight into the Yoshi. Yellow Yoshi fell backwards. Green Yoshi rushed to his sister's side.

"What is going on?!?" shouted Jigglypuff.

Jigglypuff dodged yet another attack from Tabuu. This time, Mr. Game & Watch tossed some sausages from his pan and struck Tabuu. He then ran up to Tabuu and slammed him with the hammer.

Jigglypuff ran to Green Yoshi, now that Tabuu was distracted by the other Smashers who were fighting along her side.

"Shadow Queen went inside my sister's body," said Green Yoshi.

"Get away from her!" shouted Mario, "Shadow Queen took over her body! She will be much more powerful!"

Green Yoshi and Jigglypuff were tossed aside as soon as Yellow Yoshi got up. The Yoshi's appearance was notably different. Her yellow skin had transformed black, yet her eyes remained the same blood red color.

"Hmm, I still prefer Princess Peach's body, but I might as well deal with this," muttered Yellow Yoshi (Shadow Queen) to herself.

"Not Yellow Yoshi too," muttered Jigglypuff.

Shadow Queen flew in the air and began to spit fireball onto the Smashers. Everyone jumped out of the way to avoid being hit, but an unfortunate Pit was struck as he was flying in the air. Kirby's dragoon was also struck and so he was forced to land.

"Why does this seem so hopeless?!?" thought Jigglypuff to herself. "I can't lose hope so soon. I must keep on fighting 'til the end."

Wario slammed onto the Halberd after receiving a powerful punch from Donkey Kong. King Dedede rushed to his aid, but Pikachu summoned a thunderbolt which struck the dreamland King. King Dedede turned around and ran toward the Pikachu with his hammer held high in the air. Pikachu screamed and ran from the giant hammer.

"You rotten little mouse! Get back here!" roared King Dedede.

Link stuck out his foot, causing King Dedede to fall face-first on the ground.

"Whoops," said Link sarcastically. "My bad."

"Good one," muttered Toony.

"I see the fat King can't even walk straight," taunted Link.

A fireball struck Link from behind. Toony rushed to his side, but he dodged another fireball that rained from the sky.

"Someone take her down!" shouted Toony.

"Poyo," said Kirby pointing to his damaged dragoon.

"Then you take down that Yoshi, Pit!" scolded Link.

Fine," replied Pit.

He flew up into the air and took out his arrow. Shadow Queen turned around and began to spit more fireballs at Pit. Pit wound up trying to dodge the ball of flame.

"Hey you should be trying to hit Shadow Queen!" shouted Link.

"How can I, if she keeps trying to burn my butt off! "retorted Pit.

"Link, we're gonna need a bit of an extra help because Tabuu is kicking our ass!" shouted Capt. Falcon who dodged another attack by Tabuu.

Capt. Falcon ran up to Tabuu to throw a punch, but Tabuu wrapped himself in the cape and disappeared.

"Shit, where did he go?" cursed Capt. Falcon.

"Right here!" shouted Tabuu who reappeared and slashed Capt. Falcon with the Galaxia in his hand.

Sonic jumped in the air and tackled Tabuu from the side. He remained in his ball form as he charged up another speed tackle. Link tossed a boomerang which struck Tabuu twice. Toony threw an arrow, but it was dodged.

Jigglypuff then ran up to Tabuu and slapped him on the side of him mask. The powerful impact was felt through Tabuu's mask. Jigglypuff quickly spun and tackled Tabuu. Tabuu became desperate to get rid of Jigglypuff because of her persistence. He ran up to Jigglypuff and punched her on the jaw. Jigglypuff slammed onto the side of the Halberd and collapsed.

"Jigglypuff!" cried out Pikachu.

He ran to her side and shook her body hoping for some type of response, but she remained motionless. Some Smashers ran to her side as well. They all continuously chanted her name and shook her body, but all efforts were in vain.

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"Hi Jigglypuff!" shouted Yellow Yoshi.

"Hey wait, what are you doing in my dream? I guess I must have been this worried about you," said Jigglypuff.

"Hello Jigglypuff," greeted her knight and shining armor.

Jigglypuff ran up to Meta Knight and hugged him. "Tabuu knocked me out, so I guess that is why I'm here."

"That's kinda funny. You said that this was a dream," said Yellow Yoshi.

"What do you mean?"

"Jigglypuff I chose to talk to you because you were the most superstitious of all the Smashers," said Meta Knight. "This is not a dream Jigglypuff. This is really me talking to you. I was merely testing your faith by having conversations with you. Deep down, you really thought that I really was talking to you."

"So you are really Meta Knight and Yellow?"

"Yes it's me!" exclaimed Yellow Yoshi.

"So what are you guys planning to do?" asked Jigglypuff.

"Now that you believe that we're talking to you, you will not doubt that fact that we will lend you our powers to defeat the villains to you and the Smashers? As corny as it may sound, you got to believe in the power if you want it to activate it."

"Alright. Give it to me!"

Meta Knight and Yellow Yoshi raised their hands and a bright ball emerged from their bodies, the ball was the actual Pure Heart. It was a glass pink heart and it entered Jigglypuff's bodies.

"Imagine the power of two Pure Heart in one body!" exclaimed Yellow Yoshi. "Now that we're not alive, we can pass on the Pure Heart of course once Tabuu and Shadow Queen are defeated you will collapse from the shock, but you will be alright. That is the just the power of the Pure Heart exiting your body."

"Thanks you guys. I promise that I will fight the best of my abilites. Why didn't you trust someone else like Mario, Capt. Falcon or some other Smashers? Why did you chose me, the worst Smasher?"

"Please do not call yourself a terrible Smashers. Unlike the other Smashers, you are the most optomistic. You are very strong, just not at where you think," said Meta Knight, "farewell Jigglypuff. We shall soon see each other in the real world."

"Bye Meta Knight, bye Yellow!"

"So Meta Knight, can we return to our game of tag? But I'm 'it' this time," said Yellow.

"Were you actually playing tag?" asked Jigglypuff.

"Like I said, this place gets quite boring," said Meta Knight. "Oh if you would like to know, I told Tabuu to punch you."

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"Damn Ridley," cursed Samus as she continued to shoot missiles onto the creature.

That was all she could do since Ridley was high up in the air. Ridley then swooped down and swiped Samus off her feet. Pikachu ran to her aid by summoning a large thunderbolt above Ridley's head. Once Ridley was struck, he let go of Samus and Capt. Falcon caught her.

"Thanks I guess," muttered Samus.

Capt. Falcon returned to his battle with Tabuu.

Kirby jumped up and hit King Dedede with his hammer. The dreamland King fumbled allowing Nana and Popo to shoot ice from their sleeves. The ice struck King Dedede causing him to become frozen. Kirby slashed King Dedede with his sword during the temporary immobilization, but King Dedede broke out right after the attack.

"Jigglypuff?" gasped Green Yoshi as soon as he felt Jigglypuff stir.

"I'm alright," mumbled Jigglypuff.

"I think you should rest," said Pikachu, who returned to Jigglypuff.

"No! I gotta fight!" shouted Jigglypuff. "Meta Knight needs me!"

"Jr!" cried out Bowser as soon as he felt his son stir. He grabbed the young Koopa and embraced him tightly.

"Please dad, I don't want to collapse from lack of oxygen again," said Bowser Jr. gasping for air.

"We got some villains' asses to kick!" shouted Link.

Donkey Kong punched Wario once again after anticipating a sneak attack from him. Diddy Kong shot peanuts at Wario and Donkey Kong continuously pounded the ground. Diddy Kong shot another peanut which entered Wario's large mouth. Wario began to choke. After a couple minutes of coughing and hacking Wario was knocked out.

"Two villains down!" shouted Diddy Kong.

"Who would have guessed that a peanut could kill?" said Link.

"No, I'm sure Wario is still alive," said Zelda, "unless he was allergic to peanuts which I doubt."

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"Hey look guys. Something is going on in the jungle," said a nurse Toadette.

All of the doctors within the lounge looked out the window and saw many explosions occurring.

"What is going on?" asked Shino.

All the doctors turned around and noticed the magic paint brush that was held in his hand.

"Well there seems to be a battle going on in the jungle," said a toad doctor.

Shino pushed all of the doctors out of the way and looked through the window. He spotted something very small flying in the air spitting fireballs to the ground.

"It must be the Smashers. I think we should go in case something happens to any one of them. This battle is definitely serious," said Shino.

"But what if something happens to us?" asked the Toadette.

"Well we can't let anything happen to the Smashers!" roared Shino.

"If you insist, Dr. Shino!"

"Besides, I got a staff to return."

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Well I guess that is all. I didn't want to keep on going only because I want to end the fanfic on chapter 30 which includes the epilogue! ^^ It may be shorter because the end is REALLY close. So I guess I am almost finished with "Return to Home?" Wow, I made it this far. I WILL do a quick update for you guys! I promise! ;) I have made you guys wait too long! I hope you guys liked the action scene. I have fun writing those scenes! Now Jigglypuff posses the 'ultimate' power! ;) This is quite interesting. ^^ Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! It was a bit short, but it was still a lot of fun to write!