So we are finally at the next chapter. What's going to happen? I guess we'll soon find out. Before moving on, I like to address the previous reviews as usual.

So yes, Minato and Master Hand are finally facing off, as you said xanatos. I wonder what will be the outcome? And yeah it is nearly over Dash master 48. But it still isn't yet, just to clarify. But nearly yes.

I want to say thanks to everyone who has been reading my story so far, and I hope you've all been enjoying it. I hope everyone enjoys this chapter, and with that said, let's begin. Enjoy!


It was finally December 30th, 2015 and it was currently evening as this date was here at last. The weather outside wasn't snowing for once, thought the skies were covered in gray clouds so it wasn't a particularly bright day. The SEES members were all in their conference room as they were all awake and ready. Minato would soon take the elevator that would lead to the teleportation floor, where he would be sent to the arena, where he finally face off against The Master. They were having one last meeting as the SEES members each had advice they wanted to say to Minato before he headed off to fight The Master.

"We'll all be watching the fight in this room buddy and cheering you on!" Junpei said, as he pointed to a HDTV setup in the room.

"Yeah. We might not be with you physically, but we're still here for you Minato," Yukari said to add onto what Junpei said.

"I hope you stretched so you don't have to worry about having cramps or something during the fight," Akihiko reminded.

"Be prepared for everything and anything in this last fight Arisato," Mitsuru said as a reminder as well.

"I trust you will be victorious Minato-san," Aigis stated a smile, with Koromaru barking encouragement in agreement.

"Show him why you're our leader, Minato-san!" Ken cheered.

"Kick his ass, plain and simple," Shinjiro said with a smirk.

Fuuka turned toward Minato and simply nodded, as he nodded back to her, as that was enough to convey her thoughts to him. Minato then turned towards the door that led out of their conference room. Just as he was about to head towards it and open them, they were suddenly knocked on from the other side. Minato slowly approached the door, and slow opened it, as he saw who was on the other side. Many familiar faces who also brought their own stuff with them as well.

"We all figure we join you guys today!" Teddie said excitedly, as the blonde haired guy and the other Investigation Team members, along with Elizabeth, Theodore, and Marie slowly entered the room.

"We decided to give additional moral support here, along with the other members of SEES while you fought The Master," Naoto calmly explained. "We also brought our own Evokers and weapons, just for precautions, just to let you know in advance,"

"Better here with all of you, then back at the hotel we were staying at and all to cheer you on," Yukiko added.

"Show The Master why you were our leader!" Yosuke said, catching confused looks from the others. "And I mean leader during the labyrinths incident!"

"Nice save Yosuke," Chie said with a chuckle. "But yeah, go kick The Master's butt!"

"I bet he can't compare to the stuff you've already beat up, Minato-sempai!" Kanji proclaimed, also cheering for Minato.

"Well I don't know about that Kanji… the guy is called The Master for a reason," Rise pondered out loud. "But I definitely do agree with what everyone else has been saying. Go show him whose boss Minato!"

"Show that rude jerk up!" Marie shouted. "He never even showed what he looked like to any of us,"

"I wonder what The Master looks like…" Theodore pondered out loud. "Well regardless, I wish you the best in your soon to be battle with The Master, my sister's guest,"

"I have full faith in my guest to defeat him, regardless of his appearance Theo," Elizabeth said. "Show the one known as The Master your best performance!"

Minato smirked and smiled at the encouraging words, the others who entered the room spoke to him as he nodded back to them all, as he acknowledged everything he heard. The other SEES members left the room and got more chairs, for the Investigation Team and for Elizabeth, Theodore, and Marie to sit on, as they all were now seated. Minato began to walk out of the room but just as he was at the door, he stopped and then turned around towards the others.

"No matter what happens everyone…I'm glad to have been with you all again, throughout this whole experience. Thanks," Minato stated confidently and softly. They all looked back at the blue hired teen with either a smile or smirk, happy to hear that from him. "Time for me to end this,"

The doors to their room closed, as Minato left. He was now alone in the hallway, heading to the elevator. It was time for the showdown. We now see the hallway leading up to the teleportation room with three individuals in front of the doors, guarding the entrance to it. It was the three elite Mii Fighters on guard duty as usual, this time for the teleportation room. The three were currently having a conversation.

"I was thinking we should beef up security here…" Sword-Fighter pondered out loud. Brawler looked at Sword-Fighter with a confused look on his face.

"Why? The three of us should have it covered," Brawler said in response. "We're the leaders of all the other Mii Fighters that work under us. We should be strong enough to guard this place,"

"I just get the feeling we'll need more people today to guard this place. I don't know why," Sword-Fighter said as he looked at Brawler while saying that. Brawler looked at Sword-Fighter with a skeptical look till Gunner said something that caught their attention.

"Well if it isn't the guy who's fighting The Master! Hope he doesn't leave you in a full body cast by the end of it," Gunner taunted. Brawler and Sword-Fighter looked away from each other and looked forward, as they saw Minato. "Just head on inside and get onto the portal which will take you to where you will be facing off against The Master."

Minato didn't say anything as he simply walked past the three as he had no words he wished to say to them. He pushed the doors and went inside, as the Mii Fighters stayed silent, not sure how to react to Minato's lack of words towards them. Brawler finally spoke up, to say something.

"Fine… we'll beef up security here," Brawler spoke, as he agreed to Sword-Fighter's demands, as he pulled out a two way radio. "I need more guards here, as soon as possible,"


Minato was now inside the room, staring on the device he be stepping on, that would take him to his final battle. He sighed and decided to take a couple of deep breaths and stretched himself a bit (he had already done this earlier but better safe than sorry) as this was truly it. He walked onto the top of the device and soon was transported to where he be going. We go back to the conference room that belonged to SEES, as everyone in it was looking at the HDTV in the room, as it was turned to the channel that would depict the fight. It was currently a blank black screen that showed nothing, but that soon changed as an image finally flickered onto the screen. It was the arena where Minato would be fighting The Master finally.

Minato now stood on the center of the arena that this battle would be taking place. It was a single huge platform in the middle of what appeared to be space, and all around he could see large planets, stars, and other space. He saw what appeared to be planet Earth, skywards in the sky and the sun below it, burning with light. Minato then looked at the floor how half of it was comprised of blue crystal, and the other half was comprised of red molten rock, that oddly didn't hurt to step on. Needless to say, this arena was very breathtaking for what it was. The arena known as Final Destination.

"Reminds me of when we fought Nyx kind of…" Minato said as he looked around. "Alright... The Master! Show yourself! I'm ready to fight you!"

A loud booming laughter was heard as Minato looked around searching for the source of the sound.

"Well it seems you are very adamant about fighting me, aren't you?" a loud teasing voice rung out from The Master, though he was still nowhere to be seen. Minato listened as he would soon be fighting this individual. "Last chance. I'm going to restate the offer you have yet to accept. If you choose to join the Super Smash Bros tournament right now, then we will not fight, you will become an official fighter, you will continue to live out your life here in this world, and you will not return to your duty in your world as I will have that handled. Do you accept my offer?"

Minato thought about it one last time. He couldn't deny that everything he heard was still extremely appealing. This was the chance of a lifetime admittedly. However he knew what he wanted to do.

"Tell you what, I'm going to beat you up first and go from there, that alright with you?" Minato said with a smirk on his face. The Master could be heard laughing with amusement from what he heard.

"Very well. I see your mind is made up. After all I said I would give you your right to choose if you defeated me… now let's get started!" The Master stated. A huge finger snap could be heard, as soon as The Master finished saying those words. Then Minato needless to say, saw something pretty surprising as he stood in the center of the arena. This same sight was something that made everyone in the conference room watching the soon to be fight in the Final Destination arena, raise their eyebrows.

"HAHAHAHAHA!" laughed out from the arrogant voice of The Master who finally revealed himself, as he appeared in the sky and now hovered above the molten side of the arena. He was a giant white sentient glove. "I am The Master! But it's time you know my true name before we fight as well. I am truly known as Master Hand!"

"Master… Hand?" Minato spoke, surprised to see he be fighting a giant white glove. Everyone back in the conference room had mixed expressions and reactions on their faces. Needless to say, no one was expecting this at all. That The Master's true identity was that of a sentient white glove of all things.

"The Master… is a freaking white glove!?" both Junpei and Yosuke yelled out of their mouths surprised.

"What the hell!?" both Chie and Yukari yelled out. Everyone else continued to stare at the HDTV more, as it was an extremely weird sight to behold.

"The Master… no… Master Hand is the one with all the power of creation and creativity?" Aigis stated, unsure of how to feel. We go back to the arena as Minato stared at the giant glove, as Master Hand decided to respond to him.

"Surprised by my appearance aren't you? Well you better not dwell too long as we are about to fight soon," Master Hand said with a smug tone. "But before doing so, I have someone I wish to introduce to you. Come on out Crazy!"

"AHAHAHAHAHAHA!" cackled another entity in a very insane manner. Minato turned around as that was where he heard the new laugh come from, and he soon saw another huge white gloved hand. This one was moving in a convulsive like manner as this glove was moving in constant convulsions. "WELL FINALLY! I CAN'T WAIT TO HAVE SOME FUN!"

Everyone back at the conference room became even more confused by what they saw. Besides the fact that they knew The Master was a glove and his real name being Master Hand, another huge white glove appeared who appeared to be insane.

"What is going on?" Naoto questioned with disbelief on her face, not sure what she was witnessing.

"I don't know anymore," Rise answered in disbelief.

"So The Master is a glove named Master Hand… so who's the other glove?" Yukiko questioned with confusion. Back at Final Destination, the maniacal hand began to speak with extreme excitement.

"I'm Crazy Hand! The guy who loves to dismantle! The maestro of destroying!" Crazy Hand shouted out with excitement. Minato could easily see where this was going.

"I get it. Master Hand is all about creation and creativity, while you're all about the opposite. One who is all about destruction," Minato stated out loud.

"Right on the money!" Crazy Hand yelled back in excitement.

"Who better to help me defeat you in this battle, then the one who represents destruction?" Master Hand sneered. Minato's face formed into one of frustration. "I never said I be fighting you alone Mr. Arisato, just that you would have no assistance whatsoever,"

"That good for nothing cheating… glove!" Kanji yelled out angrily from what he heard in the conference room.

"Calm down Kanji. I'm sure Minato can take both those gloves or hands or whatever they are down!" Teddie said.

"I hope so…" Fuuka whispered quietly to herself, concerned more than before. We go back to Final Destination as Master Hand spoke once more.

"Let's finally get started Mr. Arisato. I hope you are ready, because now we truly begin!" Master Hand yelled out with glee. Master Hand and Crazy Hand balled themselves up as they fist pounded each other multiple times, and they returned to their respective sides. Minato took out his Evoker as he was ready to attack and he thought to start off with taking out Crazy Hand, as the crazy glove's actions and name so far gave him reason to believe he was the more dangerous of the two. Then he could focus on taking down Master Hand. Divide and conquer was his primary strategy as of right now.

"Surt! Raganorok Crazy Hand!" Minato shouted out as he used his Evoker as a huge ball of fire appeared from the being known to rule the land of fire. Crazy Hand took the hit and cackled maniacally as he was engulfed by fire.

"AHAHAHA! NOW THIS IS HOT HOT HOT! NOT BAD LITTLE MAN!" Crazy Hand cackled with glee as Minato just cringed from what he heard from the maniacal glove. "Now it's my turn to give you something. Hope you like the heat back!"

Crazy Hand went above the center of the arena and began to move his fingers up and down. Black bombs were produced as they soon rained towards Minato's location. Minato immediately leapt towards the left side of the arena. When the black bombs made contact with the floor, they immediately exploded. Crazy Hand soon stopped, seeing how he missed.

"Not bad! But better pay attention to more than just me!" Crazy Hand taunted. Minato suddenly heard arrogant laughter behind him, as he saw Master Hand right behind him, who formed himself into a fist. Minato had no time to react as Master Hand charged forward and knocked Minato forward onto the ground hard. Both hands then gave each another fist bump.

"Will we be attacking in tandem? Will we be taking turns? Will one of us sit out and let the other handle it? Who knows, who knows!?" Crazy Hand taunted with crazed excitement, as Minato quickly got himself off the floor and stood up with an irritated look on his face.

"Time to take my shot at him myself," Master Hand commented as he went towards the right side of the arena. He formed his hand as he held his thumb upwards, and pointed his index finger and middle finger at Minato, as if his own being was a gun. A sound that sounded like charging was soon heard, as Minato had a feeling he better defend himself.

"Alilat! Repel Pierce!" Minato quickly shouted out as he used his Evoker on himself. Minato summoned as he summoned the powerful Persona that resembled a black crystal with red markings on it, in front of Minato. Master Hand had just fired what appeared to be large golden bullets out of his pointed fingertips repeatedly, just as Minato summoned this Persona. The large golden bullets reflected back at Master Hand, knocking the hand back annoyed.

"Resourceful as always Mr. Arisato. But let's see if I can knock that Evoker of yours, away from you!" Master Hand commented. Master Hand began to flap himself up and down, and a cold wind began to blow. Chunks of ice materialized as the wind was that cold and was headed towards Minato as he tried to run against the wind used his Evoker quickly.

"Byakko! Take those hits of ice for me now!" Minato quickly yelled out as he evoked his Evoker on himself quickly. Minato summoned the Persona of his based on the Chinese White Tiger as the beast came forth and appeared in front of Minato and absorbed any ice that came towards his direction and reduced some of the wind that came by.

"Very tactical Mr. Arisato. Such a clever fighter you are!" Master Hand complimented as he stopped his current attack, seeing how it had very little effect. "Perhaps I shall heat things up instead?"

Master Hand summoned a ball of fire on his being, and held it with an open palm. Minato seeing this, quickly used his Evoker to summon the Persona known as Surt again, as he didn't plan to take any fire on himself, as Master Hand crushed the ball of fire, leading to a rain of it falling upon the arena. Minato's Persona absorbed the blazes.

"Perhaps a different approach is needed. Why don't you try Crazy?" Master Hand suggested, seeing as his two previous attacks failed.

"I love to brother! Let's see… AH HA! I know just the thing!" Crazy Hand shouted eagerly in response. Crazy Hand snapped his fingers, and summoned a huge spiked magenta pillar. He stabbed the very left end of the arena, confusing Minato. He then moved toward the center of the arena as Minato took some steps back, as he stabbed the very center of the arena, and then stabbed the very end of the arena on the right end. Minato was current in between the space between the left and middle magenta spiked pillars that Crazy Hand stabbed into the arena. "Now you're trapped like a rat! Time to turn into a pancake!"

Crazy Hand balled himself into a fist as he positioned himself above Minato's position on the Final Destination arena, and pulled back, ready to punch downwards. Minato seeing this had to be on the defensive again, as he summoned Alliat again, to repel the attack. Crazy Hand grunted in frustration, as the hand really wanted to land that punch. Minato then summoned Byakko again, as he planned to rid the arena of those spiked pink pillars, wedged into them.

"Mabufudyne the three pillars around the arena, now!" Minato ordered as he summoned the white tiger Persona once more. The Persona quickly summoned a blast of ice around itself and froze the three pillars on the arena. The three pillars then exploded and shattered into many ice bits (as the three pillars were already explosive, and had Minato made contact with them, that would have been bad) and the pieces fell off the arena.

"Hmmm… maybe it's time… TO REALLY PLAY BALL!" Crazy Hand suggested, as Master Hand heard and agreed with this. Crazy Hand went towards the left side of the arena, and lowered himself, while Master Hand went to the right side and went higher. Minato decided to run to the middle, as he didn't want to get close to either of them, unsure of what they were trying to pull.

"As my brother had stated, it is indeed time to play ball!" Master Hand stated, as he summoned a green sphere made of energy on his palm. He held it above his palm, and quickly threw it up. The green energy ball soon fell back down, and with a powerful swat, Master Hand hit it towards Minato's direction. The blue haired teen dodged rolled to the left, as the sphere almost hit him, and hit the center of the arena. The sphere bounced towards Crazy Hand's direction who was ready to hit back.

"Let's see who drops it! Hopefully not anytime soon for blue hair down there!" Crazy Hand stated manically as he smacked it back towards Master Hand. Minato's face became one of frustration as he could see what they were doing. Master Hand readied himself, as the green sphere of energy was hit towards Minato's direction once more. He dodged it once more, but he noticed the projectile definitely was sent towards him faster compared to before. Crazy Hand smacked it back towards Master Hand even faster, and Master Hand annoyed that Minato had yet to be hit, slammed it back hard towards Minato. He had no time to react as it slammed into him, and then bounced off towards space, and made him knocked down.

"Minato-kun!" Fuuka yelled out concerned, as everyone watching from SEES's conference room in Smash Tower, looked even more concerned from the hard hit they saw Minato take. Minato wearily stood up, as he moved to the left side of the arena, as Crazy Hand moved toward the center.

"WELL I FEEL LIKE ENDING THIS. I GOT A MANICURE TO TAKE SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, LET'S SAY GOOD BYE!" Crazy Hand screamed crazily, as he moved upwards of the center of the arena. "IT WAS FUN, BUT IT'S TIME FOR ME TO BREAK THE NEW TOY!"

Crazy Hand readied himself as he somehow ripped open the fabric of space from above the middle of the arena, and a dark vortex appeared, and Crazy Hand somehow held onto the ripped space. Minato slowly felt his whole being dragged towards it, as he tried to keep his feet planted on the ground, and saw that he had to do something quick, or this match was over for him. He took his Evoker, and knew the perfect Persona to use, to make Crazy Hand stop ripping the fabric of space.

"Melchizedek Gigantic Fist Crazy Hand now!" Minato yelled out, as he used his Evoker. He summoned a Persona that was based on a Biblical figure who was known to be wise and looked to be humanoid being wearing purple and gold armor with black metal wings. The Persona using its power, summoned a fist made of pure energy right above Crazy Hand (similar to a God's Hand but not as powerful). Before Crazy Hand could react, the fist slammed straight down, and hit the glove, causing Crazy Hand to stop holding onto the fabric of space that he ripped open, and the vortex that appeared soon disappeared as if it never appeared.

"YEOW!" Crazy Hand screamed out annoyed, as the glove was knocked down, and lost his grip of the fabric of space. Before the maniacal glove could do anything else, Minato decided it was time to knock Crazy Hand out of the arena for good, before Master Hand could intervene or anything else could happen in general, as he readied his Evoker.

"Melchizedek! God Hand Crazy Hand out of the arena!" Minato commanded as he quickly used his Evoker once more. As the sound of the gunshot went off quickly so again, the Persona Melchizedek appeared once more, and this time, quickly summoned an even huger fist made of pure energy (golden as well), right underneath the maniacal glove. Before Crazy Hand could react once more, he was sent flying towards the planets at the background of space, in Final Destination. The hit was so powerful, that Crazy Hand legitimately screamed in pain as his being crackled with magenta like lightning, as he was sent flying away. Minato smirked as he was glad to have taken one of the gloves out.

"One down, one more to go," Minato said to himself, as Master Hand now hovered over the right side of the arena, bewildered by what he saw, as he barely moved. Minato seeing this took the opportunity to attack Master Hand.

"Chi You, Vorpal Blade Master Hand now!" Minato ordered, as he used his Evoker on himself. He summoned a Persona based on a Chinese half man and half bull beast. It had green skin, wore Asian inspired armor, and wielded blades and shields. The being charged right at Master Hand and unleashed a powerful slash with its blades.

"GAH!" Master Hand screamed out both in pain and in anger. The white glove slowly lurched towards the center of the arena, as the glove tried to hold himself together.

"Game set and match, Master Hand," Minato shouted out loud. Master Hand heard this, and for a response, screamed in pain, but however started to laugh wildly in response as well, causing Minato to look concerned.

"It's time… for the core…" Master Hand weakly but darkly said with a grim arrogant tone. Before Minato could respond to the words he just heard, Master Hand began to spasm extremely violently and erratically. Everyone watching from SEES's conference room, were confused, concerned, or intimidated by what was happening. Master Hand then finally exploded, as a huge "swarm," of black particles emerged from the explosion, as the white glove was no more. The whole space and sky around the arena began to be consumed into a surreal dark colored like aesthetic, as the swarm went nuts.

Minato gritted his teeth in frustration not sure what he was dealing with now. The huge mass of black swarm like particles slowly formed into a humanoid giant. On the giant's face was a purple like visible "core," within it, on its face, while the rest was of the black swarm. The being that Minato was now facing was known as Master Giant, as it was now fully formed. Everyone watching from the conference room, needless to say were at a loss for words. No one also saw this coming. It wasn't until Marie decided to break the silence that sound was finally present again.

"What the hell is that thing!?" Marie shouted out.

"It seems… that The Master… err Master Hand… whatever this being is at the moment," Theodore stated, not even sure himself anymore. "Has as people put it, lots of cards up his sleeve… err glove,"

"Well, that shouldn't matter, whatever Master Hand is or isn't," Elizabeth stated. "Minato has yet to be bested, and he is still not down at the current moment,"

"In other words, this battle is still far from over it would seem. I have faith in Minato though. He can take on this giant. I know he can," Yu stated. Everyone else in the room felt calmed by what they heard but Fuuka couldn't help but feel even more concerned. She now felt compelled to help Minato, even if this was his own fight. Yet a part of her wondered if that was fair, considering Master Hand had Crazy Hand as his ally earlier during the fight. We go back to Final Destination as Minato stared at Master Giant. He gritted his teeth, annoyed that despite Master Hand himself being defeated, he just somehow turned into some sort of giant monster.

"I guess I'll take you down as this thing as well," Minato said as he grabbed his Evoker and prepared to use it. "Asura! Agidyne that giant now!"

Minato summoned a red human like deity, known in various Asian religions (most notably Buddhism) that had six arms. Asura did as it was told as it summoned a huge blast of fire and that shot forward and hit Master Giant's face. Some of the black swarm broke off, but not much as it hit the face, and didn't flinch at all. Master giant raised its left and arm, and swung at Asura, knocking the Persona away into the sky, and as it did this, a blast of purple lightning followed where Master Giant swung, like a slash.

"Damn it! It's like I did nothing at all. I have to keep chipping away at it," Minato said, as he did note that his Persona took some of its being away with its earlier attack. "Thor, Ziodyne its head now!"

Minato used his Evoker once more, as the sound of a gunshot rang out. The Nordic being that wore golden armor and complete with a golden helmet, and wielded a large hammer. Thor using its hammer, summoned a powerful blast of electricity at Master Giant, taking away more of its swarm on it's being. Master Giant in retaliation decided to summon two more arms made of the same swarm of black particles, besides the two it already had. The four arms converged towards Thor, but Minato quickly summoned Thor away. The hands quickly came towards Minato, but he quickly leaped, dodged, and avoided the arms attempting to grab him. After seeing it would be no use trying to clutch the agile teenager, the two new arms created, went back into the mass of rest of Master Giant, and the normal arms of Master Giant resumed its original position.

"Nice dodging Minato!" Akihiko cheered, from what he saw. "He can't beat you, if he can't hit you!"

Minato took out his Evoker, as he was ready to summon another Persona. Before he could do so, Master Giant immediately grabbed the whole arena, with both its arms, causing Minato to stumble and drop his Evoker in front of hm. Master Giant summoned multiple spherical balls of electricity above the arena. Minato could see that Master Giant was planning to life the arena straight into the electrical spheres. He quickly dived forward and grabbed his Evoker, as he was now lying on his back on the ground, seeing the electrical spheres above him. He had to act quick as Master Giant was about to raise the arena upwards. He aimed his Evoker at his head, and summoned the right Persona for this job.

"Odin! Absorb the electricity with your being!" Minato shouted, as he used his Evoker to summon another Persona. The summoned Persona that was a purple humanoid being that wore a golden helmet, wielded a large spear, and had a white cloth wrapped over its own body. The Persona moved itself toward the electrical spheres above the arena, and quickly absorbed them into its own being, as Master Giant just lifted the arena into the air. Minato sighed with relief as he almost was shocked, from what Master Giant attempted. Master Giant was angered as it dropped the arena, back to its previous position and raised its head back. Minato seeing this widened his eyes, as he could tell the giant was about to slam its head down onto him with a head-butt. He quickly rolled out of the way to the left of the arena, as the giant slammed its head hard onto the center of the arena, where Minato previously was, not hitting the blue haired teenager, as the teenager rolled away in time.

"Jesus. Talk about close calls," Shinjiro remarked, glad to see Minato didn't get hit by that head-butt. Master Giant reared its head back again, but this time to do something different. Minato stood up confused, as Master Giant didn't seem to be moving towards his direction at all. Then before he knew it, Master Giant let out a huge piercing scream with some garbled up monstrous voice, as the scream also caused a sound like shock wave to blast out of its mouth, as it send Minato flying off the arena towards the left. Everyone watching from the conference room gasped in fear and surprise.

"If he doesn't get back on the arena, he's done for!" Teddie yelled in a comical, yet very concerned panic, as that was how someone would lose in a Smash Bros match normally, as everyone felt nervous. Minato quickly took out his Evoker as he knew that this was a long shot with what he was about to do, to get back onto the Final Destination arena, as he was falling. Minato knew what he was about to attempt was also going to seriously hurt, but that was nothing new as some moves his Persona's before has made him feel pain, though the one he was about to use wasn't like that normally.

"Norn! Magarudyne me, so I can be sent flying back towards Final Destination, now!" Minato quickly shouted, as he used his Evoker. He summoned a Persona based on the Norse goddess of fate, as a golden woman with a massive clock as part of its body appeared. His Persona quickly went below its summoner, as it blasted Minato upward and at an angle back towards the Final Destination arena, with a powerful blast of wind, causing Minato cry out in pain and to grit his teeth from it.

"Minato-kun!" Fuuka cried out, hating to see her beloved like this. Minato landed back with a spill and thud onto the arena, as he tiredly slowly stood up. Master Giant didn't seemed surprised its attack to knock Minato of the arena failed. With gritted teeth and pent up anger boiling up, Minato immediately used his Evoker once more, ready to take down Master Giant.

"Thor! Vicious Strike its head now!" Minato yelled out as the sound of another gunshot rang out. He summoned Thor once more, as the being using its hammer, began to do as its Persona user commanded upon Master Giant's head, taking out chucks of its swarm out. Minato took out his one handed sword, and also contributed to the attack, as himself and his Thor, striked and slashed the giant respectively and repeatedly. Soon the giant feel apart as the swarm all spread apart from itself.

"He did it! He beat the giant!" Chie commented happily with a big carefree smile. However just as she finished saying those words, something discouraging suddenly happened. The swarm began to all amass on the arena itself on the right side of Final Destination. The swarm wasn't as large compared to before but it was still a large amount, as it then reformed into some kind of large beast. It had four legs, large sharp orange teeth in a large orange mouth, and a scorpion like tail. Master Giant had now turned into its form known as Master Beast. Chie's expression then turned into a frown, once this had happened.

"That being just reformed into some kind of beast," Mitsuru stated with a nervous tone, both to point it out to everyone else in the room, and out of surprise from what she saw. Fuuka felt even more frustrated for Minato from what she saw. He already had to fight two gloved beings, a giant, and now a beast? She had felt Minato needed more help than before, but she knew still that this was his battle alone. However her desire to help Minato and to ignore that rule was growing, as what she saw encouraged it.

Minato gritted his teeth, frustrated that the giant had now turned to some sort of monstrous beast of all things. Master Beast roared a beastly roar as it was now formed, as if to intimidate Minato. Minato however simply took this as an opportunity to attack it.

"Susano-O! Vorpal Blade that beast!" Minato yelled out this time. Another humanoid deity like Persona was summoned, this one based of Japanese mythology, as a humanoid being with dark hair, a spiky hairpiece over said dark hair, a black cape worn over its back, and wielded a sword that resembled the fabled Japanese seven branched sword, the Shichishito. Sunsano-O charged forward with his Schichishito sword and wielded it with precision, as Susano-O began to slash at Master Beast hard. Master Beast roared in retaliation and anger as it wouldn't stand for this. Literally as the beast leaped and slammed down hard on its side of the arena, knocking Susano-O out of the way and out of the arena. This also the left side of the arena to briefly tilt downwards sharply in that right, as Minato lost his footing and was on his back, like before on the ground.

"That stupid beast! Quit knocking him down like that!" Kanji whined. In the meantime, Master Beast seeing this, decided to launch its next attack. Spiked shadows formed from its back, and somehow went into the ground. The spiked shadows slowly jutted up and down, out of the arena ground, getting closer to Minato in the process. Minato seeing this knew he had to once again act fast, or those spikes would get him. He quickly took out his spear that he used a crutch, to help himself stand faster. Then he quickly took out his Evoker and used it.

"Alilat! Repel that spike for me!" Minato shouted out as he summoned this being once more. The spike was near Minato, ready to pierce him, but Alilat quickly positioned itself where Minato was, and as the shadowy spike popped up, it pushed the barrier that Minato and Alilat back, and ceased attacking. Master Beast seeing this, roared that its latest attack failed, while Minato took this as a chance to fight back. He took out his spear and ran towards Master Beast, and when he got within range, began to stab repeatedly at the beast. Master Beast lost bits and pieces of its swarm. It growled more from the poking stabs it got, as Minato was relentless. Having had enough of this, Master Beast decided to do something new. It jumped to the background of the arena, and charged forward at Minato with its jaws wide open, intending to bite the blue haired teen. Minato immediately held his spears vertically, as Master Beast tried to clamp its jaws on him. He used his spear to hold back the jaws, and it ended up pushing Minato back, and Master Beast itself back from the force from trying to bite him, with the spear in the way.

"That could have ended badly," Yosuke remarked with a nervous look on his face. "He almost got chomped on, by that beast!"

Master Beast roared furiously, annoyed its attack failed. Master Beast decided to try its newest attack again, determined to defeat its opponent. Just as Master Beast leaped back and was ready to charge forward with its jaws open again, Minato had a plan in mind to counteract this as he used his Evoker once more.

"Yurlungur! Mabufudyne now!" Minato immediately ordered out as he used his Evoker. A rainbow multicolored long snake like being, appeared with ancient markings all over its body. It quickly summoned a huge chunk of ice and blasted it forward towards Master Beast. Master Beast's jaws ended up clamping onto a huge chunk of ice, as it suddenly stopped and growled furiously, trying to crush the ice in its mouth, to get it out.

"Ouch. Chewing on ice cubes is never a fun experience," Chie stated, as they all noted that Master Beast was trying to get the ice in its mouth to go away. Minato seeing this decided to take down Master Beast, as he was sick and tired of dealing with this beast. He took out one of his bludgeon hammers, and charged forward himself, bashing and smashing at Master Beast wildly, intending to destroy it, while Master Beast roared in pain, anguish, frustration, and anger as it could do nothing. Soon just like Master Giant, Master Beast broke apart at the seams as its swarm violently all broke apart and started moving volatilely all over the arena.

"He beat the beast," Yukiko said happily, as everyone watching from the room had a sigh of relief. However this sigh was short lived, as the swarm once again decided to reform into a new form once again. This time the swarm reformed and split into five separate sabre like blades with a slight golden like glow, with one blade being a little larger compared to the others. Master Beast had now transformed into another form, one known as Master Edges. Everyone watching from their room couldn't believe what they were seeing.

"That lame beast turned into a bunch of lame swords!" Rise pouted. Needless to say everyone in the room, could only feel more frustrated at what they were seeing. Fuuka started to grit her teeth. It was starting to even anger her that Master Hand would drag this battle on like this, as she felt as if Minato needed more direct support, now more than before. She felt as if Minato managed to defeat this form of Master Hand, and he transformed into something else again, she would just end up running to the teleportation room, as she was at her limit for simply watching this battle in this room, and wanted to help her lover out so bad.

Minato gritted his teeth even more from what he saw. He was starting to get really sick of this battle, as it felt like he was playing a video game where the final boss, just kept having more forms. The five blades of Master Edges moved toward the upper right of the arena. Seeing this Minato decided to take out his bow, as he began to launch arrows at the blades, chipping away at the swarm that made up the blades. Master Edges feeling the arrows pierce its being, began to move forward towards Minato, and stopped floating close by. Minato seeing this, immediately raised his Smash shield as he went into a defensive position, as the five blades did one powerful slash together, weakening it immensely. He knew he would need time to let it regenerate, and he knew he had to take this thing down. He took his Evoker once more and decided to go on the offensive again.

"Kohryu, Maragidyne those blades now!" Minato shouted. This time the Persona he summoned was a large Asian styled white dragon that had a very long body. The dragon beast breathed a blast of fire towards the blades, taking out a good chunk of its swarm, though all five blades remained intact. Master Edges in response, did circular slashes furiously and wildly at Kohryu, and then with one large powerful swing of its blades, which sent Kohryu out of the arena, as Minato grunted in frustration. Master Edges moved back to the right side of the arena as Minato in response took out his bow once more, and began to fire back at the blades, taking off more swarm. Master Edges decided to respond back with its own projectiles. The five blades slashed and sent four electric spheres that spun towards Minato.

"Swords that can launch projectiles… well isn't that just great," Shinjiro remarked with sarcasm. Minato seeing this leaped out of the way, as he jumped over the four projectiles. However, he could still hear the projectiles crackling with electricity, as he turned around and saw that they were coming back for him. He leaped over them again, and they then dissipated into nothing finally, for his sake. Master Edges seeing this, launched projectiles again, this time the projectiles not being four small electrical spheres, but this time it being two large electrical waves. Minato had no time to react as his being got hit by both blade like waves, and he felt pain throughout his own body course through.

"Minato! No!" Fuuka cried out, getting sick of seeing Minato get hit every time in this battle. She began to ball her hands into fists, feeling more and more agitated and concerned. Minato was now on the center of the arena, breathing heavily, as he was kneeling on the ground with one knee, and resting with the other. Master Edges seeing this, decided it was time to end this. The five blades went to different positions on the arena. Two on the left, two on the right, and the largest blade above the center, where Minato was. Minato quickly put up his Smash shield, as he performed a defensive stance with his bow, knowing if he didn't, he be done for. Just as he did, a blade from the left came, and hit his shield, weakening it. Then a blade from the right, the remaining blade from the left, and then the right. Finally the largest blade slashed downward and hit him hard, as his Smash shield nearly broke, as Minato was beginning to breathe hard from the pain and exhaustion on his behing. He took out his Evoker, ready to take out Master Edges for good.

"Kohryu, Weary Thrust those blades now!" Minato tiredly spoke out, as he knew this attack would be stronger, if his own self was tired as odd as it sounded. The white dragon was summoned once more, as it thrusted itself forward towards each blade from Master Edges, striking heavily at them, causing all five blades to finally disperse from the five blades. "I swear… if you have another god damn form …"

As Minato spoke those words, the remaining swarm decided to answer, as swarm all amassed on the right side of the arena. The remaining swarm all turned into something very, surprising that caused everyone in the conference room watching to freak out. The swarm formed itself into a shadow like version of Minato that was larger than the boy. This form that mimicked it's opponents was known as Master Shadow.

All of the Investigation Members tensed immensely, as it reminded them of whenever they dealt with their own Shadow Selves in their pasts. All the SEES members tensed immensely as it reminded them of a certain incident in the past. A certain incident at a location known as the Abyss of Time. During some point of that incident, they all dealt with a being similar to what they were seeing right now. A shadowy being that took on the form of Minato Arisato. The memories came rushing back to that awful moment, and Fuuka in particular was at her limit. Minato was staring back at the shadow that resembled him, with a confused and extremely concerned expression.

"What?" Minato weakly whispered out. Master Shadow took out a one handed sword, and slowly but surely, walked towards Minato intending to continue the fight. Minato raised his own one handed sword back, as Master Shadow struck at Minato, knocking him towards the left side of the arena, using it's immense size and strength. Fuuka's breaking point had finally broke.

"NOOOOOOOO!" Fuuka screamed out with extreme emotion and ferocity, surprising and scaring everyone else in the room. They all looked at her, as they noted she seemed extremely emotional right now. Fuuka wouldn't let Minato fall, she wouldn't let Minato do this on his own anymore. Her mind was made up. "I'm going to save him! I'm going to that arena to save Minato!"

"I… I thought that wasn't allowed?" Aigis questioned. Koromaru barked as Aigis listened and translated for the Shiba Inu. "But I agree with Koromaru. That at this point, perhaps following the rules isn't the best course of action,"

"Well screw the rules! That stinking glove had another glove helping him out earlier! It's only fair if Minato-sempai had someone else helping him out," Kanji shouted. "I'm with you Fuuka-san!"

"I agree with Kanji. Let's do this now," Yu stated, as the rest of the Investigation Team nodded in agreement.

"Then it's settled. Let's head down to the teleportation room now," Mitsuru stated, as the other SEES members agreed with her.

"Count us in too!" Marie shouted, as Elizabeth and Theodore nodded in agreement. "We aren't going to let that stinking jerk glove win!"

"Everyone… thank you," Fuuka said, smiling from their support and determination. With those words said, everyone in the room got up, and immediately ran out of the room. They headed right for the stairs as they didn't want to go through the elevator. They ran and ran and finally got to the floor that held the teleportation room. However when they got there, they all saw an unexpected sight.

"What the hell!?" Junpei yelled out, as they all saw many Mii Fighter bodyguards in the area, all wearing their black business suits, black sunglasses, and whatever weapons they had, depending on which of the three elite Mii Fighters they trained under. The Mii Fighter bodyguards stared at the large group of people, till the three elite Mii Fighters decided to speak up.

"Huh!? What are all those people doing here?" Gunner questioned in confusion.

"We're here to use the teleportation room, now step aside!" Yukari shouted out.

"Ha! I told you Brawler that getting more guards be worth it!" Sword-Fighter said, while Brawler rolled his eyes from what he just heard from Sword-Fighter.

"We were told to guard this room, while The Master was having his current match. If you want access to that room at this moment, you all will have to get through all of us Mii Fighters," Brawler stated.

"Fine with us! You're all going down! We'll hold them off Fuuka-san!" Yosuke shouted out, as he took out his monkey wrenches and Evoker. Without any more warning, all the Persona combatants charged forward, while the Mii Fighters were surprised by the response they were given. The only ones who didn't were Elizabeth and Rise as they stopped Fuuka to tell her something.

"We'll hold off these guards, as you make your way to that room. Best of luck to my guest's special one. I wish you the best," Elizabeth said, as Fuuka nodded in response as both shook each other's hands and smiled at each other. Elizabeth went off to join the fray, as Rise talked to Fuuka next.

"I'll stay and support everyone here Fuuka. Don't worry about any of us, we can all handle ourselves," Rise said, to reassure Fuuka. "Good luck Fuuka-san, and go save Minato! We all believe in you,"

"Thank you Rise. I will," Fuuka responded, as both girls shook hands and smiled towards each other. With no hesitation, she ran towards the door that guarded the teleportation room. All her friends guarded her as she did this, as they held off any Mii Fighters in the way. She soon reached the doors, entered them and immediately slammed them shut as she looked around the room for what she needed to get to Minato in Final Destination.

"Don't worry Minato. I'm coming to save you," Fuuka whispered to herself, as this was what her heart and whole being wanted.


We now go back to Minato, as since then, he and Master Shadow have been trading hits and blows to each other. Master Shadow was now Minato's size as it lost more of its swarm over time. It was still a deadly threat as it was now charging at Minato, with its own one handed sword, made of darkness. Minato was parrying back with his own blade, as he refused to go down.

"Even if you try to be me, you're still not me!" Minato yelled out with anger, as he was getting sick of this fight. Just as he parried another blow, Minato struck a kick out, knocking Master Shadow down onto the ground. Before Master Shadow could do even more, Minato leaped and tackled into Master Shadow, and had his brass knuckles equipped on his hands, and immediately began a vicious beatdown, knocking swarm out of Master Shadow. "I'm sick and tired of this battle! I'm sick and tired of this arena! I'm sick and tired of you! JUST DIE ALREADY!"

With those words said, Minato continued to beat down Master Shadow with his fists, till finally Master Shadow dispersed underneath him, breaking apart. Minato felt his whole being was extremely exhausted, as it seemed all the swarm was finally gone. Minato fell on his back, laying on the arena, breathing heavily, as he felt sore, tired, and unable to continue.

"I hope… that you're finished," Minato barely whispered, as he couldn't continue. All that fighting he had done and endured earlier, against Master Hand, Crazy Hand, and all these forms he just fought had taken its toll on him. However, what he saw happening in front of him was going to disapprove that. The swarm amassed into a gigantic huge thing, as it grew and grew past the right side of the arena. It was like a huge fortress made of darkness had suddenly appeared. Only a path opened up nearby the right side of the arena, and at the very end he could see a pinkish red heart like object, that started beating and sounded like a heart. Master Shadow had transformed into Master Fortress. Minato struggled to move, but his body refused to move in response.

"Did... I... lose?" Minato weakly thought, as his whole body felt like it couldn't go on anymore. Minato's eyes slowly closed. He was too tired out. Physically, mentally, and just in general. As his eyes closed, he just saw darkness, as he couldn't continue. "Is this... the end?"

"Juno! Oracle Minato now!"

Minato's eyes slowly woken up, as he heard a familiar voice. A familiar friendly voice he knew all too well, that was always ready to help him out, in the past and in the present. He slowly, but surely saw a holy angelic teal light, going over his body, making all the aches, pains, and any other tiredness within his being go away, as if it didn't exists. He then slowly saw Fuuka's Persona Juno, slowly descending, as Fuuka was within it, preying. When Juno reached the ground of the Final Destination arena, Juno went away, as Fuuka slowly stood up. She ran towards Minato, and Minato smiled back at her, as her eyes were full of tears, as she smiled in relief.

"Minato! Are you okay?" Fuuka asked, as both hugged each other warmly and tightly.

"I'm fine now. Especially with you here Fuuka," Minato said back gently, as he smiled at her presence. "Thank you for saving me Fuuka. I mean it,"

"Thank you Minato-kun," Fuuka said back sweetly as both smiled. Suddenly a bellowing like roaring sound came out of Master Fortress. Fuuka helped Minato slowly up, as they both stared at the fortress of darkness that lay ahead of them. Silence filled the air once more, as they were unsure of what to do. "I don't think… Master Hand is done Minato. He's… that thing right now. I can sense… he's slowly but surely regaining his strength."

"Guess it's time for me to end this." Minato stated. "That heart at the end of that passageway… I have a hunch if I destroy that heart, it might stop him from regenerating. I'm going to head into it and take it out now,"

"Are you sure Minato?" Fuuka asked, feeling nervous. Minato nodded back to her, and gave her another warm and gentle hug.

"I am Fuuka. Don't worry. I can count on you here as my support, as you've always been there for me." Minato said. Fuuka slowly nodded back understanding him, as both faced Master Fortress. "It's time to finish this,"

Fuuka stood at the center of the arena, and used her Evoker to summon Juno, who she now prayed within. Minato ran and leaped toward the open passage within Master Fortress. He reached the end where the beating heart was. A skeletal warrior that wielded a sword and shield, appeared made out of that same shadowy swarm as well as two shadow flower plant like creatures that were preparing to charge and fire a laser beam at him. The skeleton was a Stalfos and the two plant creatures were called Lethiniums. Minato gritted his teeth as the three creatures guarded the heart. But he then thought of what to do with a smirk, as he thought of a good Persona to summon.

"Scathach! Mafudyne these enemies now!" Minato yelled out as he used his Evoker. He summoned a humanoid being that wore a red witch's hat that had a large red cape around it, black gloves, black clothing over her chest and other areas that would expose one self, as the rest of the Personas being was bare, barring a red scarf over its neck and a silver cross necklace as well. The Persona was of a warrior from Scottish and Irish mythology. Scathach blasted the skeleton and the two plant creatures with ice, freezing them entirely. Minato then took out his hammer, and crushed the three monsters in his way into shattered ice. He then viciously attacked at the heart till it exploded, and a loud bellowing like noise came from the fortress.

"Minato! I sense another heart within it! Also another pathway opened up above you! Head back outside of it, and make your way to it!" Fuuka communicated with Minato. "Also be ready as some sort of electric monster made out of that same darkness is waiting for you,"

Minato hearing this, knew the right Persona for the job, as he headed back out. He saw what Fuuka described as a circular round being made out of electricity was guarding the entrance back. It was a Plasma Wisp, and it was preparing to attack Minato with electricity. Of course thanks to what he heard before from Fuuka, he was prepared.

"Thor! Vicious Strike that enemy now!" Minato shouted as he summoned the Norse God Persona. Thor charged at the Plasma Wisp, as the Plasma Wisp shot electricity towards Thor, as it absorbed it with no issue, then sent the Plasma Wisp flying into the spacey like sky, as it was now gone from sight. Minato then leapt up towards the new path that opened up, searching for the new heart.

"Be careful Minato. I'm getting signs of more monsters within it still," Fuuka pointed out, as Minato heard what he said. Minato saw shadowy crawling spiked creatures approaching him, made of that same darkness like swarm. These creatures were Geemers and were making his way towards him. Minato took out his Evoker once more, ready to strike back.

"Same as before Scathatch! Mabufudyne!" Minato ordered, as the Geemers soon became frozen. Minato using his hammer, shattered them to frozen pieces as he continued on. He soon found a hole and leaped down, determined to take down the second heart. He had now seen he was in a more dangerous area of the fortress, as be landed on a platform. The room he was in had a bunch of platforms suspended over what appeared to be yellow acid that boiled and bubbled intensely.

"Great. It's like I'm in its stomach," Minato commented with some annoyance. He saw the heart was the upper left of the room, the sounds of its heartbeats being loud and dominating. He leaped across the platforms and leaped at a platform that was across from it. More shadowy Geemers and Lethiniums appeared as he did this. Seeing this he knew he had to destroy the heart as soon as possible, before those enemies could get to him.

"Thanatos! You're up!" Minato shouted up as he summoned one of his strongest Personas. Thanatos was a large humanoid warrior, garbed in black, wielded a large, long, and powerful blade, and had metal coffins surrounding its being, as if they were wings. It was the personification of death and mortality, and was truly an intimidating Persona. "Tempest Slash all these monsters now!"

Thanatos did as it was commanded, as with amazing speed and power, went around the room, attacking the Geemers and Lethiniusms, careful to not touch the acid on the bottom. Minato himself took out his bows, and began to fire arrows at the heart. The Geemers and Lethinums increased, as they were determined to take down Minato, but Thanatos would be having none of that. Soon the heart exploded, and the whole room shook violently.

"Fuuka, I need you to teleport me back to the main arena now!" Minato said, Fuuka hearing this immediately performed the ability they needed at this moment.

"Juno! Escape Route Minato now!" Fuuka shouted out, as this technique was one had used before to help Minato and SEES back in Tartarus, to return to a safer area. Soon Minato appeared back on the main arena, ahuge white light erupted from the fortress, causing both Minato and Fuuka to close their eyes, as an explosion could be heard. Soon they both slowly opened it and saw that Master Fortress still remained but was not as big as it was before. Fuuka then sensed something that indicated that this fight was far from over. The fortress still had two paths, but both paths had changed. "Minato, I'm sensing a third heart on it! The upper path is the one you'll have to take, to reach it!"

"Got it. Heading my way now," Minato said with a smirk, as he prepared to take down another heart. He leaped up the higher path, and saw that acid coated some of the floors and ceiling now, and all of those shadowy monsters were awaiting him. "Out of my way. Go Thanatos! Tempest Slash all of these enemies now!"

Minato took out his Evoker once again, summoning the intimidating personification of death, as he wanted to bring death to those shadowy monsters in his way. Thanatos charged and slashed at the shadow monsters with no mercy, as Minato leaped, dodged, and made his way to the next hear. He dropped down to a platform to the left and saw the third heart beating right in front of him. Out of reach. He took his bow once more, and began to fire more arrows at it, as the shadow creatures began to grow more violent and attack back at Thanatos more. However the third heart soon exploded, and the whole fortress shook again. This time a swarm of darkness covered the whole area, as Minato closed his eyes, as he waited for the swarm to calm down.

"Minato! Most of the darkness on top of the fortress is gone now! I'm sensing one more heart, and this one is bigger than the last three!" Fuuka relayed to him. "If we take down this last heart, then I hopefully this thing is done for! There's a hole on top of the center of the fortress now, that leads inside of it!"

"Got it Fuuka! I'm ready to end this once and for all," Minato said back. He opened his eyes and saw what Fuuka was talking about. The entire upper path was gone, and now on top of the fortress laid a single hold, leading to within it. He made his way, and looked down, seeing a platform suspended above the yellow acid. He carefully leaped down, and saw to his right, more platforms above acid, each guarded with a Stalfos above them.

"Sandhach! Freeze those monsters with Mabufudyne like before!" Minato shouted out as he summoned the Persona once more, as the female warrior blasted the skeletons with ice, freezing them once more. Minato leaped to each platform, smashing the Stalfos with his hammer, as he made it to another path on the right that went below. He got into it, and dropped below, seeing more Geemers approach him from the left. "You know the drill Scathach!"

The Geemers stood no chance as they were frozen and shattered like the other monsters before them. Minato made his way to the left, and saw a large pit of acid, and a Lethinuim on the other side, beginning to charge a laser at him. Minato walked back a bit, then ran forward and leaped, just as the Lethinuim fired at the spot he was before. Minato leaped right over and behind the Lethinium, and with his sword drawn, sliced it in half, as the shadowy plant creature dispersed into nothing, as it's swarm dissolved. Minato continued to the left, till he saw what he was looking for.

"The final heart," Minato whispered to himself as it was huge compared to the previous three. The whole room was dominated by the sound of its heartbeats. He saw acid near the ground below it, and acid near the walls and ceiling above it. He saw a moving platform and a stationary platform near the heart giving him an idea of how to get to it. "Time to destroy it,"

Minato leaped onto the moving platform, and waited till it got close to the platform nearby the large heart. As soon as he got onto it, more Plasma Wisps and Lethinums showed up, as they were defending Master Fortress's heart.

"Oh no you don't! Thanatos! Mahamaon now!" Minato ordered as he took out his Evoker and used it once more. Thanatos was summoned again, and this time, sent a blast of powerful light at the shadowy creatures in the room. They all screamed in pain, as the powerful light spell disintegrated the creatures. "Now let's end this once and for all. Thanatos, Brave Blade it now!"

Thanatos hearing the command, using its sword, slashed at the heart with extreme severity. Minato took out his own sword, as he was ready to destroy it. With a screaming roar from his own being, Minato leaped at the heart, and with both his hands, plunged his sword into the massive heart. A piercing monster like scream could be heard from the heart, as orange light slowly started to appear from it, as it was slowly starting to explode.

"Fuuka, I need to get back to the main arena, just like before!" Minato quickly shouted.

"Escape Route Minato again Juno!" Fuuka shouted, as Juno headed her orders. Minato soon appeared again on the arena. Fuuka dismissed Juno, as both regrouped as they saw that what remained of Master Fortress was exploding. Soon an entire explosion occurred, as both of them covered their eyes from it. As soon as the explosion was gone, they both noticed that the fortress was gone. However they both noticed something very peculiar at the center of the arena was a spherical like object that swirled with many colors inside it, and had the Smash Bros symbol marked over its entire body. This was Master Core. Master Core was currently not moving at all. It simply laid still.

"I can sense… it's still trying to regenerate… even just as that," Fuuka said, as Minato nodded, acknowleding what she said. Minato took out his Evoker one last time, as he was ready for the finale.

"Alright then Fuuka. Stand back," Minato said, as Fuuka nodded, as she positioned herself behind Minato. He was going to summon one of his strongest Personas to end this. "Messiah! Megidolaon it now!"

As the sounds of his Evoker came on, a white red eyed humanoid being appeared, that was truly holy. Its appearance was similar to Personas like Orpherus and Thanatos, with its face resembling Orpheus, and holding several coffins on a chain with its left hand. It slowly descended and soon stood on the ground and looked at the Master Core on the center of the arena. With its hands it summoned a huge white sphere of pure energy, and threw it right at the Master Core. With that, another huge piercing scream was heard, as the explosion consumed then sent the core flying straight up. Master Core began to crack, and soon one final explosion occurred, as it exploded as white light violently and volatilely exploded out from it, soon consuming the whole area with white light. Both Minato and Fuuka immediately went to each other and hugged as they closed their eyes, unsure of what was happening, but wanting to make sure they were with each other, as the white light consumed the couple and everything around them.

This match was finally over.

To Be Continued…


What did you guys think? I hope you all liked it. Notes as always.

1. All the Personas that Minato summon during this fight, are mainly ones that Minato can use after completing Social Links up to Rank 10 usually, and fulfill the right Persona fusions. Their attacks are ones that come from both the original Persona 3 and Persona 3 FES.

2. All the attacks that both Master Hand, Crazy Hand, and all the different forms of Master Core, are things they can use in Super Smash Bros for 3DS & Wii U as attacks. The Master Fortress form is one exclusive to the Wii U version of Super Smash Bros and is not in the 3DS version, for the time being. What determines what forms of Master Core you fight, along with both Master Hand and Crazy Hand in general, when you play Classic Mode in both versions is the level of intensity you select. The higher the intensity, the harder the final battle will be, and what will determine what you will be fighting in general.

3. That moment when Fuuka comes with a Oracle, to heal Minato, references how when you fight Master Fortress, after you defeat the Master Shadow form, a Heart Container will appear for the player to use to heal their damage if they choose too.

4. The enemies found inside Master Fortress, also appear in Smash Run which is only in the 3DS version for the time being. The differences is, the ones that appear within Master Fortress is made up of the same swarm like darkness that makes up the different forms of Master Core, whereas in Smash Run, the enemies are of their original appearances from the games they're from. Stalfos from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (as they use that version for Smash Bros), Plasma Wisps from the Kirby series, Geemers from the Metroid series, and Lethiniums from Kid Icarus Uprising.

Well that should be it. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, and the story so far in general. If you have anything you wish to say, criticize, point out, and etc, don't be afraid to do so. What's going to happen next? Till next time!