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Chapter 26
First-Class Criminals


Jigglypuff had picked up what appears to be the Fire Emblem in her hand, and it grabbed the attention of the Smashers as they all gathered around her.

"The national treasure of Bern?" Link said curiously.

"Why does Jigglypuff has it?" Dr. Mario wondered.

"We didn't even go to Bern yet! How can it be in her hands?" G&W asked.

"Unless she went there herself already, which I think is impossible," Yoshi said.

"Yeah, that's no brainer," Ganondorf told him.

"I find it on floor," Jigglypuff explained to them. "I no know why. It is on floor."

"Give it to me," Master Hand said to her, and she handed it over to the Hand. "Strange… How can the national treasure of Bern appear in this place and even in the hands of our comrade as well…? If something like this were to disappear from Bern, then it would be all over the news."

"Well, I think it would be better if we return it to them right now," Marth suggested. "If that thing is really important, we might be accused of stealing it if we keep it with us any longer."

"I agree…" Pikachu nodded.

"But wait… If we were to get the Binding Blade," MH told them, "then we would need the Fire Emblem as well."

"Why's that-a?" Mario asked.

"Because the Fire Emblem is the seal of the Binding Blade," MH stated. "In order to free the Binding Blade from its location, one will need to use the Fire Emblem. Both these go together and cannot be separated."

"That means we can simply go to the Binding Blade now and claim it for ourselves!" Pichu said.

MH shook his head (more like his whole body) and said, "While what you said is true, I still think that it is best that we go consult the king first. If we were to get the blade right away without asking, then it would be a grave crime."

"Let's hope everything will go smoothly as planned then…"

-

Meanwhile, Meta-Ridley had returned to King Starman's base. As he entered into King Starman's room, Meta-Ridley hurled the struggling Bowser onto the floor violently.

"Ow! Do it more softly, can't you?!" Bowser grumbled. He got up and faced him in a fighting position. "And what was this all about? Bringing me to this place! Are you asking for a death wish?"

"That guy wants me to bring you here, so shut up about it already!" Meta-Ridley replied rudely.

"You're talking about King Starman, right? Good! Now that I'm here, I can go ahead and teach him a lesson earlier than usual!"

"Who are you going teach a lesson to?" said the voice of KS. Bowser turned and saw that it indeed was him.

"Aha! So you're here!" Bowser turned to face him and raised his claws. "You made the mistake of bringing your enemy to this place! You can thank your own stupidity that you're meeting your maker this soon!"

"Hmph! Like you can do anything to me in the first place!" KS said in a fearless voice.

"Still very proud of yourself, eh? Let's see if you can still talk like that after you take this!" Bowser said, and then he breathed out a large stream of fire at him. KS simply held up his arm and formed a hexagonal shield that blocked the fire.

When Bowser stopped, KS immediately charged up energy in his hand and shot out a beam that pierced Bowser in the right shoulder. The turtle fell down and rolled around crying in pain from the wound received. "YEOW!!! IT HURTS!!!"

KS then pointed his hand at Bowser and made him float into the air. While he was doing this, KS said to a Starman that was standing next to him, "Do it now."

"Yes, boss," the Starman replied. He got out a syringe and went to Bowser who was unable to move a finger thanks to KS's psychic powers and jabbed the needle into his left arm.

"Ow! What are you doing?!" Bowser cried. After the Starman drew out some of his blood sample into the syringe, he pulled the syringe back out and then moved away while KS let go of Bowser, dropping him onto the floor. The turtle looked up and glared at him saying, "What was that for? You're going to piss me off, don't you know that?"

"Just some experiment that I would like to try out," KS replied. "You're the most fearsome-looking one among the Smashers, so I thought it was a good idea to make use of this."

"I'll take that as a compliment, but no matter what you're planning to do, I have no interest in hearing it nor will I let you do it! Prepare yourself!" Bowser shot up from the floor and hurled a punch at him, but KS warped out of the way and avoided the punch easily. "Dammit!" Bowser spun around to look at KS but he was too slow to do anything as KS fired another psychic blast into his body and blew him backwards. "Ah!"

Bowser crashed into the wall and banged his head very hard. While he was groaning and getting back up, King Starman appeared over him suddenly and forcefully gripped his neck with his hand. "Ugh! What are you… doing…?"

"I have no more use for you, so you may die and burn in hell," KS said coldly. Raising his other hand into the air, KS created an energy blade and before Bowser could comprehend what exactly was going on; the blade impaled him right through the heart.

"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!" Bowser screamed in sheer agony as his body was stabbed by the sizzling energy blade, and as if it wasn't enough, KS twisted and turned the blade to destroy his innards, and then finally he pulled the blade out from the side and tore a large bloody hole on his body.

The Koopa king didn't even have time to scream his last. He immediately fell limp on the floor with eyes that were devoid of life.

"Gyeheheheh! That takes care of one!" Meta-Ridley said with delight. "I'd like to see what the reaction of his friends will be if they see him like this!"

"And that is the surprise we're going to give them soon," KS said as he put away the energy blade. "But before that…" He turned to the Starman and asked, "Has there been any words from Moonman Deluxe?"

"I tried to contact him some time ago, but there were no replies," the Starman replied. "It would appear that he has fallen."

"I see… But what's more important is if he had done what he was supposed to do."

"According to our signal trackers, he did drop the Fire Emblem onto that giant floating platform of theirs already."

"Good! We managed to steal the Fire Emblem from Bern. Now that the emblem is in the Smashers' hands, Bern will think that they are the ones who stole it and go after them. Surely they cannot do anything when it comes to facing against the law!"

-

The Final Destination once again soared through the air flying in the direction of Bern. In fact, they were just about to enter the border of the country already. "Bern is in sight," CH reported. "Get ready to burn Bern!"

"We're not attacking this place," MH told him. "Anyway, we cannot simply fly straight to the king's castle. We will need to approach on land in order not to create chaos. Let us find a good landing spot for the Final Destination."

Then a part of the floor opened and Samus's popped her head out from it. "The radar is showing that there is something approaching us. Looks like a military copter…"

"Military copter? Oh, I see…" MH said. "The Bern officials are here because something has crossed the border… They're really strict with security here, aren't they?"

The FD stopped moving in midair and then a helicopter flew up from below and landed onto the FD. Both MH and CH went to greet the soldiers that stepped out and the Smashers also came out as they were curious.

"Hello, officials of Bern!" MH said to them in a friendly voice. "Sorry if we just flew into your country like this, but we've come in peace!"

"We cannot be sure that you really do come in peace though," the general of the soldiers. "After all, you people are the ones who stole the Fire Emblem!"

Hearing this, the Smashers were all surprised. "I steal this?!" Jigglypuff gasped.

"Oh no! We're being framed as the thieves! I knew this would happen!" Pikachu cried.

"Excuse me, but how did you know that we have the Fire Emblem?" MH asked the general politely.

"The emblem is equipped with a tracking device that allows us to track down its location," the general explained. "The emblem went missing this morning and we are able to track its location to this place. I do not know what the reason is that you stole the emblem, but for doing this, you have committed a terrible crime against Bern! And as if that wasn't enough, you just had to insult the king with this!" He got out a piece of paper that had a stickman with a funny face and there were words next to it that wrote:

F---ing king! We stole the emblem! Nyaha! Go suck some cock for being a moron! LOLOLOL!!!
By the Smashers

"Wait a minute! We never sent the king a letter or anything in the first place!" Luigi said. "There is no way we would do something like that to insult the king!"

"Yeah! What-a good-a will that-a gain uz if we insult-a da king?" Mario said.

"I would assume that you are the Smashers, right?" the general asked. "If that is the case, then you cannot deny it! Such a crime is worthy of death penalty!"

"NOOOOOO!!!!" Luigi and Pikachu screamed.

"Wait a minute! You have no proof that we are the ones who did it!" MH said to the soldiers. "We never came to Bern!"

"The Fire Emblem is with you, so that is the best proof!" the general told him.

"If that is the case, we would like to appeal to the king and talk about this with him in a peaceful manner."

"We cannot allow evildoers such as you to meet our king! You've stole the national treasure and insulted the king! We cannot imagine what sort of harm you will do to him! You will be coming with us to the court immediately! The king has no reason to meet terrible people such as you!" The general turned to his soldiers and ordered them to arrest the Smashers, but Link suddenly landed a flying kick up his butt. "Oof!"

"You jerk! We told you that we are innocent of this! Will you not listen to us?!" Link growled angrily. He was going to do something desperate but the other Smashers held him back, except for…

"I'll give them a peace of my mind if you want me to!" Falco said, rolling up his sleeves.

"You'll only make things worse!" Fox said to him.

"How dare you kick my sacred buttock!" the general yelled angrily. "You're really asking for it! No matter what you do, there is no way out for you guys for real!"

"Uh oh… Looks like we did something that cannot be restored…" Roy said.

"What do we do…?" Kirby asked.

"Words are useless against them now…" MH said. "And things will get even worse if we try to fight them… We can only try to get away and meet the king ourselves no matter what it takes. Everyone get inside at once!"

"What are you going to do?" Captain Falcon asked.

"Just get inside!"

Everyone nodded and CH quickly opened up a passage and led all the Smashers inside before going in there as well while MH tried to fend off the soldiers. After they all went in, MH went inside himself and the soldiers remained outside trying to get in there by stomping the floor. "Don't let them get away!" the general shouted.

Suddenly, electrical currents started to appear throughout the floor and the soldiers were wondering what was happening. MH's voice then said from underneath the floor, "You lot better get back to your chopper before something bad happens!"

"We better get back!" they said. "Something bad might happen if we don't!" So the soldiers all ran back to their helicopter in fear.

Suddenly, a powerful burst of energy was released from the FD and the helicopter was blown away into the air still in one piece and the people inside were tossed and turned around like crazy. The FD used this opportunity to fly away. "Damn! They got away!" the general cursed angrily.

-

"Damn! I can't believe this happened!" Link said angrily. "I would've cut off his head if you guys didn't stop me!"

"We have to stop you or else things will become worse!" Zelda said to him. "You should learn to control your temper!"

"Whatever the case is, we won't be able to get out of this so easily," Ganondorf said. "Surely we'll be marked as first-class criminals even though we didn't do any of this."

"But how did the Fire Emblem ended up in our hands anyway?" Roy asked. "That's the biggest mystery right now…"

"Yeah, we still don't know about this…" CF said. "But it seems that they have deemed us as the thieves. Even I don't know where that insulting letter comes from!"

"That drawing does look like Jigglypuff's doing…" Nana said.

"Not me!" Jigglypuff protested.

"Anyway, we will have to go to the king and convince him that we did not do this," MH said.

-

After this ordeal, the general reported to King Zephiel about everything that happened. "They might be heading there even as we speak!" the general said through the phone. "Your majesty, please be careful! Surely they are there to harm you!"

"Worry not," Zephiel told him. "I will deal with those people myself. They shall know the consequences for offending the King of Bern."

After he was done, Zephiel hung the phone and said to an imposing armored man with a flat-top haircut. "Murdock, the enemy may come here anytime soon, so sent forth your army to stop them."

Murdock bowed down and said, "I will do as you say, your majesty."

-

Not too long after this, the FD arrived at the area near the castle. In order not to create chaos as MH said earlier, the Smashers were dropped near the base of the mountain where the castle was situated on.

"Whoa… So that's the king's castle…" Link said, looking into the distance at the castle on the mountaintop.

"Pretty impressive, isn't it?" Roy said.

"Even more so than the royal castle of Hyrule…" Zelda said in awe.

"C'mon, we do not have time for sightseeing," Ganondorf told them. "We've got work to do, and speaking of which, there seems to be someone coming out to greet us."

The Smashers got into defensive position when they saw an army approaching them, in lead of the army was Murdock himself. "Looks like they're really going to give us a warm welcome," G&W said.

"I was hoping we can get through this without any fighting…" Fox groaned.

"It's obvious we won't be getting through this so easily after what happened not too long ago," Mewtwo reminded him.

Murdock stopped his army and then said to the Smashers, "Are you the ones called the Smashers?"

Roy stepped forward bravely and replied in a loud voice, "Yes we are!"

Murdock then recognized Roy and said, "I know you. You are the son of Eliwood, the king of Lycia, are you not?"

"Yes I am!"

"I have heard that the prince went on a journey to train himself and is currently living with a group of people in another country. It would seem that you have fallen to such a state that you would steal our national treasure and even insult the king. Do you know that are waging war against Bern by doing this?"

"We did not steal the Fire Emblem nor did we insult the king!" Roy told him. "But we would like to meet the king now in order to convince him on this matter, and furthermore, we would like to acquire his permission to get the Binding Blade!"

"So his majesty's hunch was correct after all. He figured that the person who stole the Fire Emblem must be after the Binding Blade. Do you people wish to steal the Binding Blade for selfish purposes as well?"

"No, we are not stealing it for selfish purposes!" Fox told him. "The world is currently in danger and we need the 26 Holy Weapons in order to defeat the evil person. We have obtained 25 of them already and now all that left is the Binding Blade! Please grant us the permission to use it!"

"I cannot be sure if there is truth in what you say, but it seems that you really are determined to see our majesty," Murdock said. "In that case, I will allow you the opportunity, only under the circumstance that you can beat me in a fight!"

"So all we have to do is beat the crap out of you? Very well! Sent your army then!" Falco said with delight. "We'll show you the power of us Smashers!"

Murdock's army got ready to fight, but he stopped them and said, "There is no need for an entire army to face a small number of people. I will deal with them myself."

As Murdock lifted his axe and walked forward, Falco said, "So you're only fighting alone? This will be a piece of cake!"

"I wouldn't be so sure if I were you…" Roy told him. "Murdock is the man who looked after King Zephiel when the king was still a little kid and has taught him all there is about fighting. This guy is essentially the number two man in Bern…"

"Who's number one?" Marth asked.

"The king himself, obviously…"

Holding his axe upside-down and placing it against the ground, he motioned for the Smashers to come and said, "Come at me if you can. It doesn't matter how many of you come at once. I will show you the fighting force of Bern!"

"That guy is asking for it!" Falco grumbled.

"He's really looking down on us!" Link said. "It pisses me off! I'll show you him that he's angered the wrong person!" With this, he got out his weapons and took off after Murdock.

"Don't get too reckless!" Roy called out to him.

"Hiya!" Link slammed down his sword at Murdock, who swiftly raised his axe and blocked it with the blade. Link pulled back and then tried to hit him in the waist, but Murdock brought down his axe and easily blocked it.

"Is that all you can do?" Murdock asked. He pulled back his axe and took a powerful swing at Link. He quickly raised his shield to block it but the impact of the axe was so strong that the shield was immediately cleaved in half and Link flew back from the force and crashed onto the ground. "Ah!"

"Whoa! He's strong!" Mario gasped.

"Let's see how you handle projectiles then!" Falco said. He whipped out his gun and fired lasers at him and Murdock simply lifted his hand and deflected the beams using his metal glove.

While he was blocking the laser, Marth charged at him and tried to slash him, but Murdock quickly swung his axe into his sword and knocked him across the air at a fast speed. "Ugh!"

"Eat this!" Falco shouted as he jumped at him with a flying kick. Murdock easily caught his leg however and flung him away. "Whoa!"

"Warlock Blast!" Ganondorf fired a dark energy ball at him.

"Shadow Ball!" Mewtwo launched a dark energy ball as well.

Both the projectiles struck Murdock and consumed him in an explosion, but the smoke cleared to reveal that he was unharmed. Captain Falcon rushed up to him the moment the smoke cleared and landed a punch into his stomach really hard.

Murdock, however, did not flinch at all from this. "That doesn't hurt at all." He simply grabbed CF by his hand and hurled him away.

"Whoa!"

After this, DK, Mario, Ganondorf, Mewtwo, and Roy all charged at him simultaneously. They split up when they were getting closer to him and tried to attack him from all sides. Despite this, Murdock remained calm and with a powerful slam to the ground using his axe, a powerful shockwave was created and all five of them were blown away instantly.

BAAAAAAAAANG!!!!!

Roy crashed onto the ground and slowly got back up. "Ugh… He's tough…

"I have to admit it… He's got power to take on all of us with no problem…" Ganondorf said.

Murdock looked down at them and said, "Is that all you've got? Someone as weak as you sure has guts to make us your enemies. You will realize how powerless you are when facing against the military force of Bern! "

TO BE CONTINUED

For whatever reason, I made Murdock ally with King Starman in the original. Obviously it makes no sense, so things had to be remade entirely here.

And yes, Bowser is dead.