I didn't notice until afterwards (and looking at a few stats pages, while trying to figure out something...) but the previous chapter was the longest in the story so far. XD. This chapter is longer... Much longer! I certainly hope this doesn't become my new chapter length…

Sigh… Well... Here we go…


Chapter 47: VS Orochi, Orochimaru, and Ninetails

Orochimaru stood in between the two giant beasts. An eight headed snake, with a bell shrine connected to its body, Orochi, and a nine-tailed demon fox, Ninetails. "Today, Konoha and the Smashers will fall at my hands!" Orochimaru claimed. "Behold, this is the power that the Dark Lord has given me! The snake demon Orochi, and the fox demon Ninetails!"

The Smashers stared at the eight heads of Orochi. Each of the snakes was ready to snap at them. Sixteen black eyes stared at the Smashers.

"If we each take on a head, they will go down quickly." Zelda said.

"Agreed!" Roy said. "There is no way those things can be smart."

"We can focus on Orochimaru and Ninetails." Tsunade said.

"Now then, I'm going to have to apologize, because this battle will be over really quickly." Roy laughed.

"Why is that?" Luigi wondered.

"Weapon of Heart!" Roy shouted, trying to summon his weapon. However it failed. "Weapon of Heart! Come on! I summoned you earlier, why can't I do it now!"

"Perhaps, you don't have enough energy to supplement the Smash Shard." Fox replied.

Roy just grumbled. "I was hoping I could show off my Weapon of Heart. All right, it looks like we have to do this the hard way. Everyone, you know what to do."

"What about me?" Jeff wondered.

They looked at the kid. "Do whatever you can do." Roy said. "We don't know your abilities, so we can't really plan for you."

"Understood," Jeff replied. "I'll show you that I'm helpful!"

The eight Smashers divided themselves for each of the eight heads of Orochi. The plan was for one Smasher to take on one head each. Each head had a different element on it. Water, Electricty, Poison, Wind, Light, Fire, Earth and Darkness.

Roy stood in front of the fire head. It began to breath out fire, so he brought up the Sword of Seals. The fire soon began to be absorbed by the sword. Reacting quickly he sent the fire back to the snake. The attack however didn't have that much of an effect, all it did was make the fire on the bell shrine burn brighter.

Donkey Kong stood in front of the Earth head. The head began to come down trying to squash the ape. Donkey Kong however raised his hands to stop the snake from crushing him. Surprisingly, Donkey Kong was able to hold up the gargantuan snakehead. "I was expecting this to be heavier." He thought. Quickly he brought back his fist and punched Ground Orochi's head.

Samus stood before the water head. It tried to spit out a torrent of water to wash her away. However she stood strong. Her gravity suit was instantly activated and allowed her to walk towards it. Quickly she fired several plasma shots into its open mouth. Quickly, Water Orochi closed its mouth and the torrent of water stopped.

Kirby was facing the poison head. It began to spew out poison, however the little puffball just began to inhale and consume it. Surprisingly it had no ill effects on him. "Sorry, but Mr. Game and Watch's sausages are much more poisonous than that. Not to mention Crazy Hand's cooking. Poison like that won't hurt me!"

Fox faced the Wind head. A fierce gale of wind buffeted against him. However he didn't budge. However, much to his surprise, the wind seemed to cut him. Small cuts appeared on his body, and even cut off some of his fur.

Yoshi stared at the light head. Blinding flashes of light came down towards him. Quickly Yoshi countered by throwing several eggs. The light hit the eggs and exploded, blocking the attacks.

Electricity, perhaps the most frantic of the heads was before Princess Zelda. It shot several bolts of lightning at the Princess, who just blocked the attack with Nayru's Love. The electricity hit the barrier, and surged through it, leaving the princess safe.

Luigi was in front of the Darkness head. It tried to create a cursed area, however that had little effect on Luigi for some reason. Luigi just ran towards the giant snake's head and delivered an uppercut to it. The attack caused the snake to scream out in pain. However the cursed area stretched out, engulfing all of the Smashers. The others weren't as lucky as Luigi and were affected. They suddenly collapsed, as though their energy was being sucked out of them.

Zelda summoned her Weapon of Heart and fired a light arrow, dispersing most of the cursed area.

"Foolish Smashers, do you really think that you could defeat us like this?" the eight heads hissed at once.

"Look's like we have to combine our powers and fight together to battle it." Zelda said.

"Yeah." Roy replied, realizing that this was going to be a lot harder than he had originally anticipated. "In order to defeat this thing, we have to combine our powers. This could be hard."

They all regrouped. In hindsight, this was probably a bad idea.

The fire head of Orochi breathed out a stream of fire towards the small group of Smashers. Kirby quickly transformed into Fire Kirby and countered the attack with a stream of fire. Roy also held out the Sword of Seals and began to absorb the fire. His sword began to glow with reddish aura. The sword was also unable to hold in so much heat. Roy also began to wince in pain, but did his best to hold onto his sword. His fingerless gloves did a bit to relieve some of the pain that he was receiving, but not a lot. Quickly he brought down his sword to try and discharge all of the fire that it had absorbed. A torrent of fire rushed towards Orochi, however a sudden wave of water just washed away the attack.

The Smashers also tried to stand their ground, however the water was too strong and washed several of them back.

Roy quickly tried to think of a strategy. "This isn't good. Those heads are probably all used to working together, and they probably can work together flawlessly. In order for us to win we would have to best them in teamwork. I don't think it is likely..."

The water head began to fire a high-pressure water stream towards them. This time all of the Smashers jumped into the air to dodge the attack. The high-pressure water stream was strong enough to create a channel where all of the water began to gather, creating a circle around where the Smashers landed. The lightning head then began to fire electricity at the water, making sure that the Smashers wouldn't get across. However, this also had a second hidden purpose. The electricity would separate the hydrogen and the oxygen from the water.

Kirby, who was still in his Fire Kirby form, decided to fight water with fire. "Kirby don't!" Roy shouted. However it was too late. Kirby breathed out some fire, and instantly the area around them was engulfed in an explosion. The fire had caused the hydrogen and oxygen to combust.

As the Smoke cleared several of the Smashers were wounded. Roy had used the Sword of Seals to absorb a good portion of the flames. However it wasn't enough. Even Zelda who had used Nayru's Love to protect everyone was unable to do anything. The explosion occurred too quickly for her to put up the barrier. They all looked up at the snakeheads of Orochi.

"Foolish Smashers!" The heads laughed.

All of them tried to remain calm. However, that was incredibly hard. "Kirby, you idiot! You could have killed us!" a frustrated Samus shouted.

"I'm sorry!" Kirby replied.

"Yeah right." Fox muttered.

"And what about you Zelda, you contained the explosion with Nayru's love!" Kirby pointed out.

"I began casting when I realized your mistake." Zelda replied. "It's not my fault that magic isn't instantaneous!"

Almost instantly they had all began shouting at each other. Jeff just stood there shocked. "I don't believe it." He muttered.

Roy just looked at them too. "Let them blow off steam." He said. "It might be better, besides, it isn't a good idea to get in between them when they are in this bad of a mood."

"Understood." Jeff replied.

Roy glanced at Orochi's heads. They were all laughing evilly. All of them ready to strike and kill them.

"Orochi has eight heads, each with their own element. They are all shown to be competent and capable of working together. Meanwhile, we aren't. We have the same numbers, no we exceed the amount of Orochi's heads with Jeff. But we can't match him on the element side. We have fire, and light as write offs. Kirby can only be in one other form at a time. I don't know how we can win."

"Look at them, they all seem so weak!" the fire head of Orochi laughed.

"Maybe they have learnt that they are all so weak and that it was hopeless to try and fight against us!" the electric head of Orochi laughed.

"Yes, perhaps this is the straw that broke the camels back." The darkness head of Orochi laughed.

"Let's finish them off before they have a chance to recover!" The wind head shouted.

"Such weaklings are only insults to our presence." The ground head hissed.

"Why did Orochimaru bother summoning us for these pieces of trash?" The poison head wondered.

All eight heads rushed for the Smashers. Jeff however unleashed several bottle rockets. They flew up into the sky and began to miraculously change direction in mid air. They rushed for the sixteen eyes of Orochi. However before they could reach their target the heads attacked and destroyed the rockets.

The explosions caught the Smasher's attention. They all looked up to see Orochi. "Okay, for the time being, stop fighting each other!" Roy ordered. "We have bigger fish to fry! We can argue all we want when this is over!"

They all nodded and prepared themselves for battle.

Roy quickly ran to Kirby. "Kirby, everything depends on you." He said. "We need to be able to counter his elements, do you have any idea which element you should stay in?"

Kirby had a mischievous smile across his face. "I know. Bubble form!"

Roy tried his best to hold back his shock. The Smashers, more than anyone else should know that even the most unlikely weapons have the strongest powers. "All right. Use bubble."

Kirby transformed into Bubble Kirby. He had fastened a blue bath hat with several bubbles on him. He also had a bubble blower.

Fire Orochi began to unleash a torrent of fire. Bubble Kirby quickly countered this by blowing bubbles. The bubbles began to form a barrier, keeping the fire away from them. Wind Orochi quickly began to send wind towards the fire, both trying to blow the bubbles away, and strengthen the fire.

"How come the bubbles aren't being destroyed?" A mystified Luigi asked.

"These are magical bubbles." Kirby replied, not actually having a better explanation.

"Who cares what they are, they work!" Zelda exclaimed.

Their happiness however was short lived. The Darkness and Poison heads began to unleash a double attack. The Darkness cursed the area, destroying the bubbles, while the poison slowly reached for them. Quickly Zelda created a barrier of light around them, preventing the darkness or the poison from reaching them.

"Fool, you need to remember that you aren't just the only people on this battlefield!" poison Orochi hissed!

They looked over to see the Konoha ninjas still fighting against Orochimaru and Ninetails. Quickly Zelda summoned her Weapon of Heart and fired light arrows. This resulted in the poison being purified. It also resulted in Zelda falling down to the ground exhausted. She gasped for air, rather shocked that firing a few light arrows had made her this weak.

"What happened?" She asked shocked.

"The Weapons of Heart rely on your own power now!" Fox reminded her. "Using it exhausts you!"

Zelda tried to summon it, but found that she was unable to. "Take a breather, I've got this covered!" Kirby replied. He suddenly returned back to normal. He looked just like he would normally would.

"Are you sure you are in a form?" Roy wondered.

"Yep, of course!" Kirby replied back. He held out his little stubby hand; it suddenly began to light up. "This is my Light Kirby form!"

"Do you have a Darkness Kirby form?" Roy wondered.

"Only in 365: on June 6th." Kirby replied.

Roy blinked, rather confused. "Um... What?"

"Never mind." Kirby muttered. "Anyways. Lets fight!"

They all glanced towards the eight heads of Orochi. "Lets try cutting one down!" Roy shouted. He ran for the heads, which quickly began to snap at him. Roy quickly dodged each snake that snapped at him and continued. He then jumped in the air and slashed at the wind head. He however found that his sword was unable to cut through the thick snakeskin. "What?" Roy shouted shocked. "It's harder than steel!"

"That butter knife won't be able to cut us!" They hissed.

Roy looked up at the snakes and began to grit his teeth. Kirby quickly through an explosion of light towards the snakes. The attack hit and exploded, creating a blinding flash of light. The snakes were clearly blinded and began to frantically trash around.

Kirby suddenly was squashed by the Earth Head of Orochi. The little puffball got back up. "Ouch, that hurt pie."

Yoshi looked horrified. "I don't believe it!" He cried. "Kirby's verbal tic has come back!"

"What are you talking about pizza?" Kirby wondered.

"What are you talking about?" Roy wondered.

"You'll find out soon enough." Yoshi muttered. A head of Orochi was rushing towards them; Yoshi quickly threw an egg towards them. It hit and exploded knocking the snake back.

Orochi quickly recovered and glared down at Yoshi. "I will crush you all!" All eight heads hissed at the same time.

The fire head of Orochi began to breath out a torrent of Fire. Roy quickly jumped in front of the fire and the Sword of Seals began to absorb all of the fire. To avoid hurting himself, Roy began to discharge the fire. The head of electricity began to shoot a bolt of lightning towards them. This resulted in Roy having to drop the Sword of Seals and jump away to avoid the attack. With out him to command it the Sword of Seals began to discharge all of the fire that it had absorbed, creating a wall of fire.

The Smashers breathed a sigh of relief. "Somebody else better start doing something!" Roy shouted frustrated.

"I've just finished scanning all eight of the heads of Orochi." Samus replied. "I can't fire my blaster while I'm doing that. And I need all of the scans!"

Roy just grumbled. "What do your scans tell us?"

"That the eight heads represent eight different elements." Samus replied.

Everyone just glanced at her. "We could tell that just by looking!" They shouted frustrated.

"Nothing much was known." Samus replied.

"Why are you a member of the Smashers again?" Roy wondered.

"Because I'm the universe's best bounty hunter?" Samus replied. They looked rather annoyed at the bounty hunter. A stream of water shot through the firewall. Kirby tried to counter it with the light, however it failed. Fox quickly used his reflector to stop the attack.

"I'm surprised water didn't short it out." Jeff pointed out.

"It's advanced technology." Fox replied.

The stream of water was unfortunately reflected to Roy's sword. With the water dousing the source of the firewall the rest of the fire died down. "How did that happen?" Jeff wondered. "Fire should continue to burn in areas not touched by the water."

"It's magical fire." Roy replied. "Once the source is gone, the fire also disappears."

"There are some things I will never understand." Jeff muttered.

A beam of light shot through towards them. They all quickly dodged. Another stream of water rushed towards them. Kirby quickly began to inhale the water. Suddenly the poison head began to spew poison into the water. Kirby also inhaled that.

"Kirby!" Everyone shouted worried.

After inhaling a fair deal Kirby jumped away. "Don't worry tacos." He said. His body was beginning to sweat. "I can take the poison, onigiri." he laughed nervously. "Mr. Game and Watch's cooking is a lot worse, sausage."

Everyone had to hold their stomachs down, knowing what he was talking about. How disgusting, it tasted. And how after several bites, they were on the ground in pain. "You keep saying that, but do you really mean it?" Samus thought.

Kirby began to suddenly shake. His body was all ready being affected by the poison. Kirby quickly transformed into Ice Kirby. He breathed out a purple icy mist. "It's gone snow cone!"

Everyone looked back up at Orochi. "You're lucky that you have someone that is willing to absorb all of that poison! But I have to wonder, how long will it take until he finally collapses?" Poison Orochi asked.

"I won't fall to you!" Kirby shouted. "My body is a lot stronger than one would think! I eat up a lot of stuff with lots of bacteria, spicy foods, and even expired foods from time to time. My body can resist it!"

Poison Orochi just laughed and began to spit out tons of poison smog. Kirby quickly began to inhale it to protect everyone. However he stopped. A sharp pain began to surge through his body, and on his pink body there was a line of purple beginning to stretch out. "It seems that you can't resist it."

Zelda quickly rushed over to Kirby. She placed her hands on the purple line. "Poison. Kirby, you can't completely expel it!"

"The Smasher is right." Poison Orochi laughed. "You see, my poison will continue to spread, and the more you absorb the stronger it will become! Not even light will purify it! You will die through my poison!"

Kirby got back up. He looked at his comrades. "I wonder what was going through Pichu's mind at that time? Cherry." He thought. "You're wrong! Pumpkin! Bring it on! I won't fall!"

"Very well then. Poison Burst Extermination!" Orochi began to breath out poison, while Kirby began to suck it all up. Roy and Luigi had to drag Zelda away who was kicking and screaming, trying to stop another death. She didn't want to see another Smasher die, especially not in front of her. Everyone looked away grimly.

"Don't look away!" Roy shouted. Everyone glanced at him. "This is Kirby's sacrifice, honor it! Do not look away in shame! For doing so will shame Kirby and his pride as a star warrior, as a Smasher!"

The purple line continued to spread across Kirby, each moment it got bigger, and bigger until it eventually consumed him, and turned him all purple. But even then he didn't stop. He just continued to suck and consume the poison. Eventually Poison Orochi stopped. "Can you survive that?" Poison Orochi hissed.

Kirby stopped sucking in air and began to stagger forwards. The other Smashers ran towards him. He fell down to the ground; his body was covered in a cold sweat. Zelda tried to grab him, but quickly found that the sweat was covered in poison and it burned her skin. She quickly retreated her hand.

Samus quickly went over and flipped Kirby over so that he was facing the sky. "Everyone, I'm sorry." Kirby weakly stammered out. "Fajita."

"Please, don't say any more than what's necessary." Fox said. Both Fox and Samus were trying to scan him, to try and find an antidote.

"Was that you Fox?" Kirby wondered. "Sorry, but I can't see very well. Everything is getting all blurry. Apple."

"Save your strength, we might be able to save you." Fox said.

"He knew the instant that he inhaled my poison the first time that it was over!" Poison Orochi laughed. "Why do you think that he sacrificed his life to protect you all? There is no cure!"

"Then, we will make one!" Samus replied.

"How optimistic! But you won't have time. All ready his insides are probably melting! The pain must be unbearable!" Fire Orochi said. "We are tired of waiting around, we are going to defeat you here and now!"

"By the way, my poison is extremely flammable and explosive!" Poison Orochi laughed. "If he gets hit by any fire, he will explode!"

"Now die!" Fire Orochi said as he breathed out a stream of fire towards the Smashers. Luigi however jumped in front and summoned his first Weapon of Heart: The Shield. This prevented the fire from reaching Kirby. The other seven heads shot their attacks, to try and push Luigi back, however the other Smashers quickly began to brace Luigi.

"We can't let Kirby die!" Samus said gritting her teeth.

Zelda summoned her Weapon of Heart. "I'll put everything I have in this arrow." She said. "Please, purify Kirby!" She fired the arrow into Kirby's mouth. A second later he swallowed it and transformed into Light Kirby.

Zelda suddenly fell to the ground absolutely exhausted. She began to breath heavily; she really did put everything she had into the arrow.

"I see. Chocolate." Kirby weakly muttered.

A sudden bright light began to emit from Kirby. All of the Smashers had to shield their eyes before they went blind. They suddenly felt a warm light pour over them, restoring their energy and healing their wounds.

When it cleared they all looked up to where Kirby used to lay. However, now it was vacant. Each of them all stared in horror. "He didn't!" They each muttered.

"No." Zelda cried. "He sacrificed himself to heal all of us!"

"Damn it." Roy muttered.

"Kirby, you promised that we would eat all the food at the mansion together!" Yoshi shouted. "You idiot!"

"You shouldn't waste your breath!" The eight heads of Orochi said. "You will soon be joining your friend!"

"What are you talking about? Chili?" A voice shouted.

From up in the sky, Kirby came rushing down towards the ground with a sword cutting Poison Orochi badly. From the cut the poisonous gas, known as miasma, poured out. Kirby quickly transformed into fire Kirby and began to breath out a stream of fire that set fire to the miasma.

Kirby then landed on the ground. "Kirby!" Everyone shouted running towards him.

"Why did you do that?" Roy asked.

Kirby just smiled. "In order to attack him, and make sure he could no longer use that poisonous mist." Kirby replied. "My original plan was absorbing it all, but that ended badly. Mushroom. So, I used the bright flash of light to hide my attack. Not only did it heal me completely, along with all of you, it gave me the perfect opportunity to set up the attack. Pepper. Although, I was hoping to cut off that head. Cheese."

"Curse you Smasher!" Orochi's eight heads shouted. "Now we will crush you with out mercy!"

All eight heads faced them. Each of them began to charge up an attack. Then all at once they all fired it towards the Smashers. Fox quickly jumped in front of everyone and activated his reflector. As Orochi's eight attacks collided, they merged into one super attack. Eventually they hit Fox and his reflector. The attack was reflected back towards Orochi, however a barrier of light appeared around the snake demon. Fox on the other hand wasn't so lucky. His reflector was unable to take any more damage and had managed to explode, causing electricity to surge through him. "Damn it!" Fox growled.

Orochi just began to laugh. Once again all eight heads charged up an attack to fire at them. This time Kirby jumped in front and transformed into Mirror Kirby. He created a barrier that was able to reflect the attack back towards Orochi, however the light barrier blocked the attack.

"Why does he have a barrier made of light?" Zelda questioned.

"Light isn't always good." Samus replied. "On the other hand, darkness isn't always evil. The elements themselves aren't evil or good, it's the way people use them."

The Smashers didn't have time to soak in Samus' words as a beam of light rushed towards them. Quickly they jumped out of the way.

This however was a big mistake. While they were in the air, Orochi rushed for them and knocked them all back down towards the ground. The final attack was rather painful "Damn it." Sheik muttered getting back up. "I can't believe this!"

Roy quickly got back up and rushed for Orochi. He jumped into the air and brought down the Sword of Seals upon the beast. A pillar of fire suddenly shot up into the air. Kirby, and Yoshi also added their power to the pillar of fire, increasing it's ferocity.

Sheik began to quickly do several hand signs and sent a gust of wind strengthening the fire even more. However, a barrier of darkness just appeared around Orochi stopping the attack. Luigi however jumped towards the head of darkness. "Ha!" The darkness head laughed. "You won't be able to go through the barrier!"

Luigi was unable to stop himself. He hit the barrier. However, his body suddenly began to pass through it. The head of Darkness looked at Luigi shocked and quickly fired a beam of darkness towards Luigi. However, a miracle occurred. Any other Smasher would have been badly injured by the darkness, however Luigi began to take it into his body. Suddenly His skin began to change into a darker colour, while his hair went white. His overalls and hat had gone black. Luigi had become, Negative Luigi.

He delivered a punch directly to the Darkness Orochi. The punch had such force that it sent Orochi flying backwards and into the forest. Luigi landed on the ground and looked at his new form in shock. "What's going on?" He questioned. Luigi was clearly in more shock than the rest of the Smashers.

"I'm calling a Deux ex Machenia." Jeff said.

"Who cares. This is great!" Roy laughed. "With Luigi packing that sort of power victory can be assured!"

Suddenly a pillar of light shot down on Luigi, badly damaging him. His body also began to return to normal. Weakened, Luigi just collapsed on the ground.

"No more!" the Light Orochi head shouted. "This is it for you Smashers!"

"My body won't move!" Luigi thought, desperately trying to move. Orochi was slowly slithering towards him. "That last attack just did a number... What was that feeling, I felt so strong. I've felt it before. My Negative Zone. My strength." Green flames, and electricity began to come off of Luigi. He also began to slowly force himself up. He felt pain in every single one of his muscles, but he didn't care. "All this time, I've always lived in your shadow Mario. I've looked up to you; I've wanted to be strong just like you. I wanted to be brave. I wanted people to know and respect me! In the end, I wanted to be exactly like you. But now I know; now I know I'm not you. Nothing I am capable of doing will make me be like you. I am Luigi, the second Mario Brother. But I guess, if it wasn't for me, we wouldn't be called the Mario Bros."

Luigi rushed towards Orochi. This time all eight heads opened their mouths and beams of energy fired towards him. Luigi however continued to run forwards, with the green flames, electricity, and Negative Zone mixing into one. The beam and Luigi collided, and a large explosion engulfed the plumber.

When the smoke cleared, Luigi was nowhere to be found. "The fool!" the electric head crackled. "He must have been vaporized!"

"No, it must have been my poison that melted him!" Poison Orochi laughed.

"No, it was my fire that consumed him and made sure that not even a bit of fat remained!"

The other Smashers stared in shock. "No way!" Samus muttered. "First Pichu, then Link and Young Link. And now Luigi!"

"Look at them!" Wind Orochi said. "It looks like we broke their spirits. It will only be a matter of time before the rest of them drop like flies!"

"Let's kill them! Then we can destroy all of Konoha!" The water head laughed. "There will be more to kill!"

The giant beast slithered forwards, until they got to the spot where Luigi was vaporized. However a pillar of green fire and electricity shot up into the air.

"Hey!" Luigi shouted. "Who said I was dead!"

Orochi began to scream out in pain. "You tricked us!" Orochi hissed.

Luigi just laughed. "I guess that's one word for it. Sorry, but I'm not going to die here! On tonight's menu is going to be roasted Snake!"

"Have you ever eaten snake? Pineapple?" Kirby questioned.

The Smashers all suddenly got the idea to combine their attacks into one. Zelda threw a fireball, which Luigi grabbed and created a Negative Zone to contain it. He also added in his fire and electricity. Samus shot in several attacks from her arm canon, while Roy began to send torrents of fire towards the Negative Zone. Fox constantly began to fire his blaster towards the Negative Zone, each attack was being absorbed. Kirby harnessed all of his abilities and merged them into one star and threw that into the Negative Zone. Yoshi then ate the Negatvie Zone and turned it into an Egg. Yoshi then tossed it into the air where Donkey Kong jumped and punched it towards Orochi. The egg rushed towards the giant snake and exploded upon impact. The Negative Zone expanded and engulfed Orochi. All of the attacks began to discharge inside the Negative Zone.

"Amazing!" Jeff thought, having watched everything from the sidelines, and doing his best to not divert his eyes. "Something like that couldn't be pulled off unless you fully trust your comrades." Jeff suddenly paused and began to remember his time with Ness, Paula, and Poo. "We watched each other's backs, back then too." He was remembering the first real battle that all four of them fought together, against a giant sea serpent, a kraken.

With the Negative Zone attack done, Orochi got back up and began to hiss. All of the heads had taken a great deal of damage. Several giant cuts were clearly visible. However, two things were clear. Orochi still wasn't gone, and the Smashers were getting more exhausted by the minute.

Even combining their attacks, they were having a difficult time against Orochi. An attack like the last one should have finished any normal opponent, but Orochi most certainly wasn't normal.

"Fox, do you have those stamina pills?" Kirby asked.

"Yeah." Fox replied, bringing out a small bag. In it were forty small yellow pills that would replenish a good part of their energy. Eight were taken out and distributed to the Smashers. 32 remain. "Jeff, do you need one?" Fox asked.

"No, I'm fine." Jeff replied. "I'm sorry that I haven't done much."

"It's okay, just keep your eyes open and try to find something!"

"Try to find something?" Jeff thought. "That's easy for you to say. Wait, all of those heads now have open wounds. And that one was spewing poison. If we can get it to spew poison on the wounds before they heal we could greatly damage the 7 remaining heads." Jeff looked towards the Smashers. "Everyone, try to get it to breath poison on it's wounds!" He shouted.

A smile crossed Roy's face. "I like the way this kid thinks." Quickly he began to run towards the poison head. "Hey, big ugly, bet I can survive your poison!" Roy taunted.

"Really?" The poison head questioned. Orochi immediately began to spew out poison. However Kirby transformed into Tornado Kirby and sent all of the poison back towards each of the heads. The heads immediately began to scream out in pain.

"It burns!"

"Stupid snakes." Roy laughed.

This might not have been a good idea. All eight heads looked at Roy and rushed for the Smasher. Roy however just jumped into the air to avoid the rushing heads. While in the air a bolt of lightning rushed towards him. Roy quickly countered this by swinging his sword and reflecting the attack back towards Orochi. The lightning hit the water head, and the electricity surged through out the body.

Samus quickly called her battleship. Several seconds later it appeared and began to send a barrage of missiles towards Orochi. Much to everyone's surprise, the attack did nothing. "This can't continue like this." Samus said shocked. "What does it take to kill a snake? If only we only had it's natural predator, like a hawk or a hedgehog."

Jeff, meanwhile, began to doubt himself. "These people aren't even human. I'm just an average boy, what can I do against a monster like that?" He had been watching the battle, analyzing everything, but even his superhuman brain couldn't figure out a way to beat it. "Not even missiles could harm Orochi significantly. They should have blown chunks out of the snake's body!"

Lightning shot towards the Smashers, Luigi just jumped in front and electricity began to form at his hands. The two collided and canceled each other out. "We can't just keep on canceling out his attacks!" Luigi shouted. The others nodded, all knowing that they had to do something more than just constantly countering attacks. But everything seemed hopeless.

"There has to be another way. This monster can't be invincible, there has to be something we are overlooking!"

Jeff looked at the bell shrine. "That's it!" He shouted. He began to run towards the bell shine, and subsequently Orochi. Everyone of the Smashers were actually rather shocked that he would blindly rush forwards.

"What is that kid doing?" Samus asked, shocked.

"It looks like he found something, cover him!" Fox ordered.

Fire Orochi tried to breath fire at Jeff, however Roy countered with a torrent of his own fire. Roy's fire was capable of overpowering Orochi's fire. "Go," Roy shouted. "You're Ness' friend, he trusted you in the past so I'll trust you now!"

Jeff smiled. "Yeah, Ness did trust me."

Water Orochi was the next to try and to stop Jeff. He shot a stream of water towards the boy. Donkey Kong however punched the ground sending a spire of ground in front of the path of the water. Even as the water buffeted against and eroded the makeshift barrier, Jeff continued onwards and out of the way.

Light Orochi shot several beams towards Jeff, however they were countered by Zelda's light arrows. "If a path to victory appears, we will take it! Go!"

"What a reckless thing to say. Then again, who am I to talk about being reckless right now."

Wind sent a gale towards Jeff. Kirby however just began to suck up the air, and subsequently the gale of wind.

Bolts of lightning rushed at Jefff. Luigi however jumped in front of the lightning and countered with his thunder hand.

Darkness tried to counter Jeff by creating a cursed zone. Samus however shot him before he got the chance.

Earth Orochi smashed his head against the ground, creating a tremor, and cracking the ground. Yoshi quickly threw several eggs towards Earth Orochi, to make sure that he wouldn't break it up even further.

Finally Poison Orochi tried to stop Jeff. Fox however had summoned his first Weapon of Heart. The Demon Launcher. "Not today." He said firing an attack at Poison Orochi. The energy attack from the Demon Launcher hit and exploded, sending Poison Orochi backwards, and hitting its head against the ground. Poisonous mist began to come out of his mouth and spread out. As if by pure coincidence, a gale of wind blew the miasma away from them and into the nearby forest. Almost immediately some of the trees began to melt, others merely began to wilt.

"I don't think this will be a village hidden in the leaves if this keeps up." Roy sighed.

With Jeff at the base of the bell shrine, he jumped up into the air. It was actually surprising to see that an average kid could actually jump that high. Even Jeff himself was rather shocked by this. "What's happening? How can I jump this high. This is almost as high as the rest of the Smashers have been? Is it adrenaline?" However, unlike the Smasher's Jeff was a sitting duck in the air. Seven of the eight heads rushed for him. "Crap!"

The other Smashers didn't have time to react. Unfortunately, or fortunately depending on your point of view, Jeff was eaten by Darkness Orochi. The next moment, before Darkness Orochi had a chance to swallow, he learnt his lesson. His head suddenly exploded. Inside, Jeff had lit up hundreds of fireworks that he, somehow, had hidden underneath his school uniform. The rockets shot all around. Jeff quickly landed on the giant piece of ground that the bell shrine was fastened to. He looked back and stared in both horror and shock that Darkness Orochi was regenerating.

"Damn it, that really hurt!" Darkness Orochi hissed.

"Then try this!" Jeff shouted, firing one bottle rocket. For this one he kicked it underneath the bell. It then shot up into the air and into the bell where it exploded. The bell began to ring. All of Orochi's heads suddenly stopped what they were doing. They now seemed to be driven by pure reflex. They all turned to the shrine and rushed for it. Jeff quickly jumped up into the air, and this time the Snakes didn't follow; instead, they all rushed for the bell and hit their heads off of it.

The Smashers stared dumbstruck. "What just happened?" Yoshi wondered.

A brief thought crossed their minds. Each of the Smashers all thought it was over, and quickly went to congratulate Jeff. Perhaps it was because of them just witnessing one of the Orochi heads regenerating after being blown up, but they should have seen that the minor concussion wasn't enough to keep Orochi down. All eight heads began to rise up.

"If anyone has any good ideas, now would be the time to say something!" Fox nervously muttered.

"I've got an idea!" Kirby said. "Form a black hole, and I'll absorb it! Pork!"

Everyone looked at Kirby like he was crazy. This probably was the case, but they were beginning to run out of options. They began to form a Black Hole. "If I can become light, than I can become darkness, where not even light can escape from! Chicken!"

A black hole appeared in front of Kirby and he ate it. Suddenly his pink skin began to turn black. Everything was being drawn towards him. Kirby had now become Darkness Kirby. All eight heads sent a beam of energy toward Darkness Kirby. However he blocked the attack with a barrier. The barrier however shattered, and the attack rushed towards Kirby. Unable to dodge, Kirby just stood there. Miraculously Kirby absorbed the attack. The Smashers all breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that they could have a reprieve. The eight heads of Orochi continued the onslaught, and Kirby began to flinch. It actually seemed like the puffball was unable to continue taking the attacks.

Orochi stopped attacking, and Kirby began to pant for air. "This darkness form," he gasped, "is more taxing than I thought it would be! Fiddlehead!"

Jeff just stood paralyzed in fear. He tried to think, but nothing was coming to mind. "Ness, what would you do in this situation?" he thought. He quickly recalled to his previous battles with Ness, Paula and Poo, at his side. All Ness would do was attack harder, hardly something that would work in this situation. Poo would remain calm, and Paula, when it came to the worst, would pray.

However, prayers wouldn't be answered on this battlefield.

Unfortunately, Jeff's sight began to get a little hazy. The other Smasher's also began to stagger around. "What's going on!"

"It looks like it's working!" Poison Orochi hissed. Everyone looked up at the giant snakes the best they could. Their vision was fading. "I've been dispensing a poison for quite some time now! Slowly, you have been inhaling it, and it looks like it has finally taken affect! Now, all that remains is for you to die! I'm sure it will be an extremely painful experience!"

Samus, being the only one who was unaffected by the poison due to being in her ventilated suit looked up at Orochi. All of the heads came together and began to gather energy. Realizing what Orochi was about to do, Samus quickly brought up her arm cannon. "Zero Laser!" She shouted.

"Samus, wait, you will be hurt by the poison!" Roy shouted.

"I know, but if I don't do this, we will all die!" Samus replied.

From all of their head's eight beams rushed towards the Smashers, Samus quickly fired her Zero Laser to counter Orochi's combined attack. The two attacks collided, resulting in the one trying to overpower the other, however it was a perfect stalemate. Unfortunately, her suit ran out of power and the beam rushed towards them. A large explosion occurred, and smoke covered the area.

"Ah, good riddance!" Poison Orochi laughed. "Though it is a shame that their death wasn't long and painful."

"Wait, they can't be dead!" Wind Orochi hissed. "Just look at the scrollbar!"

They all looked to the right and saw that the scroll bar wasn't even down at the bottom. "Damn it, not even a cliffhanger." Fire Orochi shouted. "If it was a cliffhanger, we could of at least had a few months of relief as the author wrote the next chapter…"

"Well, this is going to suck." Water Orochi sighed. "Might as well get it over with, Wind, blow away that dust cloud!"

Wind Orochi sent a gust of wind that blew away the dust cloud. The Smashers were now behind a barrier being projected by Samus' ship. However, the barrier was clearly weakening. Samus had quickly brought in several of the Smashers, to get them analyzed by the ship and given an antidote. She would also take this opportunity to recharge her suit.

When all of the Smashers were out of the ship, they looked towards Orochi. The barrier disappeared, and Samus' ship began to fly up into the air. "Just as long as this fight doesn't take much longer, and the antidote runs out and we are poisoned again." Samus sighed. "Now then, let's get rid of this stupid snake!"

Roy however paused. "Wait, when was there an antidote made?"

"My ship contains hundreds of antidotes for various poison's found across the galaxy." Samus replied. "It was just a mater of finding which poison Orochi's was the closest to."

Electricity rushed towards the Smashers. Kirby however quickly countered with several shots of his electricity.

Meanwhile at Tsunade vs Orochimaru:

Orochimaru was actually overpowering Tsunade, and she was barely holding up. Somehow, Tsunade had grabbed Orochimaru's tongue and was using him like a paddleball. She then knocked him directly towards Orochi's bell. He collided and the heads suddenly rushed for the bell. They saw Orochimaru there, looking fairly feminine and rushed to consume him.

"You idiots it's me!"

They however didn't hear him in time. Luckily, (or not) Orochimaru did a substitution jutsue and replaced himself with a log. "That was too close." He muttered, appearing in a nearby tree that Orochi had yet to destroy. "Idiots." The heads just smashed against the bell.

The Smashers looked at the bell, noticing how all of the heads had rushed and smashed into the bell had left a noticeable crack in it. Also all of the snakeheads were down on the ground. Quickly they all took this opportunity to rush for them and began to unleash an onslaught in their dazed state.

Soon Orochi recovered and quickly the Smashers got back towards each other. "All right!" Zelda shouted. "Let's continue this!"

An enraged Orochi began to rapidly fire attacks towards the Smashers. Luigi however summoned his first Weapon of Heart, the Heart Shield. Everyone just looked at Luigi. "There is no way that is going to protect us!"

Luigi just chuckled. "Watch!"

In Luigi's right hand appeared a sphere of his Negative Zone. He then brought his hand up against his shield, the Negative Zone began to spread out, creating a barrier. All of the attacks that hit the Negative Zone Barrier immediately disappeared. The Smashers breathed a sigh of relief. Orochi however combined all of his attacks into one to attack. It hit the barrier; this time with the combined strength the barrier was unable to stand against the onslaught. The barrier shattered. "No!" Luigi thought.

Suddenly, a light arrow shot towards Orochi and stopped the attack. The only problem was that the light arrow didn't come from Sheik, it had come from the forest. Sheik quickly rushed out of the barrier and ran into the remains of the forest.

"Zelda wait!" Samus shouted.

Orochi quickly targeted Zelda with several attacks. However Kirby rushed up beside Zelda and used his mirror ability to reflect Orochi's attacks back at him. "Go!" Kirby shouted.

"Thank you." Sheik said, before disappearing.


Sheik ran into the forest. Suddenly she stopped. She looked around and closed her eyes, trying to find any source of movement. "I know someone has been helping us!" She thought. "Link, you're alive, aren't you?"

A gust of wind suddenly rushed for Sheik, she jumped into the air to dodge the attack. Standing in the trees were three Sand Ninja. One was wearing a gourd on his back: Gaara. Another, the only female of the group, had a giant fan in her hand: Temari. And finally, there was one dressed completely in black: Kankuro. Sheik quickly pulled out several needles and knife.

"Are you an ally of Konoha or those who are attacking it?" Gaara said.

"I'm a Smasher." Sheik replied.

"Why did you leave the battle?" Gaara questioned.

"Someone here was assisting us. I wanted to find out who." Sheik replied.

"My name is Gaara, I am the Kazekage. Unfortunately, the person who was helping you left before we arrived. We tried to capture him. But he escaped us."

"Did you see what he looked like?" Sheik asked.

"No, he wore a mask resembling that of a fox." Gaara replied. "He was also shrouded in a black cloak."

"How did he escape?" Sheik wondered.

"The wind."


Kirby blocked the attack with his mirror ability, allowing Sheik to rush into the forest. "No matter, I'll dispose of her later!" Orochi hissed.

Several missiles hit Orochi and knocked him to the side. "If you want to do that you better start paying attention!" Samus shouted. Orochi glanced at the bounty hunter and fired a bolt of lightning towards her. However Samus was prepared for this she held up her left hand and absorbed the electricity. The next moment, she shot back a plasma shot towards Orochi. The blast hit, and singed the giant snake's skin.

Darkness Orochi began to spit out a beam of darkness towards Samus. Samus however countered by firing a beam of light. The two attacks hit and canceled each other out. Samus quickly fired another shot of light, which rushed and hit Orochi.

Blades of wind rushed for the forest. Donkey Kong however pounded the ground, creating a spire to shoot out of the ground. The blades of wind however effortlessly cut through it and rushed for the forest.

Kirby however transformed into his Tornado Kirby form, and countered with his own wind. The two winds clashed.

"As long as you try to protect someone, you're weak!" Orochi hissed.

Kirby replied to this by spinning at a fast speed, becoming a large tornado. He rushed for the two clashing attacks and overpowered Orochi. The giant tornado rushed towards Orochi, and upon contact, it began to rapidly cut him up.

When the tornado disappeared, all eight heads got back up and looked at Kirby. Once again they combined an attack. This time, they weren't going to hold back. "We will destroy everything!" All eight heads shouted with rage. "We will destroy you all! This forest! This planet!"

"They've gone mad!" Roy muttered.

Kirby quickly switched to his mirror Kirby form. He created a barrier to reflect the attack back at Orochi. However, the snake seemed to of leaned from the previous times it was used. "With an attack this powerful, we don't even need to hit you!"

"You'll die too! Pie!"

"So what? We will be revived by the Lord of Darkness!" Orochi laughed.

"Smithy won't revive you!" Luigi shouted. "He doesn't care about the people that fall to defend him! To him everyone are pawns, and he can always build more minions! At least, that's what my brother told me!"

"We weren't talking about the Dark Lord Smithy!" Darkness Orochi laughed. "We were talking about the Lord of Darkness: Yami! Now, die!"

A giant ball of energy rushed towards the Smashers. Suddenly, sand rushed around the ball, creating a sphere of sand, and contained it. A moment later the ball of energy exploded. Surprisingly, the sand sphere was able to contain the attack, however when it was done, the sand fell to the ground.

Everyone looked to the forest, where the sand had came from. Emerging out of the forest was the three sand ninja and Sheik.

"It looks like it's over." Jeff laughed.

Orochi was exhausted. Each of the eight heads was gasping for air. They had put everything they had into the attack. And now that it had failed, they were defenseless.

"One more black hole. Lettuce!" Kirby shouted.

The other Smashers were a bit reluctant. However they created a black hole. Kirby once again absorbed the black hole and became Black Hole Kirby. Knowing the strain that it put on his body, he was now able to properly prepare for it. "It's over! Apple!"

Kirby delivered an uppercut sending Orochi flying up into the air. Several seconds later the snake came crashing down. The bell shrine shattered, and all eight heads of Orochi were knocked out cold. The Smashers then turned their attention to Ninetails.

The Konoha Ninjas had been battling Ninetails for a while now, and had managed to cut off several of the tails, however it was evident that they were all very tired. "We will take over from here, hotdog." Kirby said.

Ninetails growled at the Smashers and sent down several bolts of lightning towards them. However they were instantly sucked into Kirby's black hole. "That power must be sealed!" Ninetails shouted. "The ability to neutralize anything, I thought I would never see anything like it. It must be destroyed!"

Lightning rushed towards Kirby, tearing up the ground. When it hit, it created an explosion. However, at the last second Kirby had gotten out of his black hole form and became Plasma Kirby. Plasma Kirby had absorbed the attack and quickly threw it back towards Ninetails. The attack hit the fox, and it split up into five pieces. Quickly, the Smashers chased after one piece.

Roy managed to quickly cut through one.

Samus easily shot one down.

Jeff sent a bottle rocket towards one. Upon contact the bottle rocket exploded.

Fox quickly caught up to one and blasted through it.

Finally, Gaara's sand captured the last piece. It was then crushed.

"Naruto, sorry that we're late." Gaara apologized.

All of the pieces began to come back together to form a badly wounded Ninetails. "I won't lose here." He growled.

"Dynamic Entry!" A voice shouted. Suddenly someone kicked Ninetails sending it flying towards what remained of the forest. Landing on the ground, and the person who kicked Ninetails away was Might Guy.

Ninetails slowly got back up. Suddenly all nine of its tails reappeared, his body became like lightning. "I'll take you all down!" Ninetails roared. Lightning sparked from his body. "Not today!" Kakashi shouted. "Kamui!" Space around Ninetails suddenly began to warp. It seemed like it was being sucked into himself. Ninetails however jumped into the air, but not before Kakashi was able to rip off one of his legs using his Kamui technique. When Ninetails landed on the ground he immediately fell down. Slowly he tried to get back up on the remaining three legs.

"Curse you!" Ninetails growled.

"It's over." Fox said.

"Lord Yami! Help me!" Ninetails howled. "I won't be defeated by the likes of you!"

Kakashi just prepared another Kamui, this time trying to take out one of Ninetail's hind legs. This actually worked due to the large amount of people, and Ninetail's was unable to discern who the attack was coming from. Once again, the fox collapsed, along with Kakashi. "That's all I can do." He muttered.

"It's more than enough." Naruto replied. "Odama Rasengan!" He shouted, suddenly a giant ball of energy appeared and Naruto rushed for Ninetails. The Odama Rasengan hit and knocked Ninetails flying into the unconscious Orochi.

Now, all of the ninjas, and Smashers focused their attention at Orochimaru. Both Orochimaru and Tsunade were exhausted. The Smashers quickly surrounded them.

Orochimaru looked around shocked, thinking that Orochi and Ninetails would have been able to kill them. "It's over!" Tsunade said. "This is the end Orochimaru."

"The end? No, this is the beginning! I am Orochimaru, destined to become the greatest Ninja in the world. Destined to learn every technique! I have conquered death. I will not lose here! You Smashers haven't progressed very far at all! All you've done is fight. There was no difference between now and when we met at in the castle! I overpowered you then, and I will do it once again here and now!"

Both Ninetails and Orochi began to struggle to get up.

"Orochi regained consciousness already! How?" Roy questioned.

"They are demons." Samus replied. "They must heal faster or something."

Orochimaru began to do several hand signs. "You two were useless. You couldn't even get rid of these weaklings! Orochi, Ninetails, give me your power!" A dark aura began to come off of Orochimaru. It reached up and touched both Orochi and Ninetails. It soon expanded until it covered the full body of both both beasts. Suddenly the two beasts began to get weaker. They began to collapse.

"It's just like the Metroids!" Samus shouted. "He is going to suck them dry of all of their energy!"

"How observant Smasher. Soon, those bodies will be nothing more than husks. Their power will be within me. However unlike you Jinchuuriki, I will have full control over it! I won't be taken over. And this will only be temporary. Enough to beat you all!"

Donkey Kong quickly began to charge up a X10 Giant Punch. He swung his arm around 100 times to build up the strength. He ran towards Orochimaru, while he was still absorbing the energy and threw the fist. He hit Orochimaru's abdomen directly. However, Orochimaru didn't flinch. Donkey Kong on the other hand began to shake his arm in pain. Every single bone in his arm had shattered from the recoil, and the amount of energy that he released. "What was that?" Orochimaru scoffed. "That didn't hurt at all!"

"Why did he do that?" Jeff asked frustrated. "He could have helped us in the battle!"

"No, that was the only thing he could have done." Roy replied, across his face was a smile. "Besides, we've just about won this."

"Orochimaru!" Orochi and Ninetails screamed. Soon their bodies turned gray, and almost like ashes. Their bodies were blown away by the wind. A powerful aura appeared around Orochimaru and he approached the Smashers. He looked at them, and the Smashers were suddenly paralyzed with fear.

"Such power!" Roy said rather shocked.

"Let me show you just how weak you are!" Orochimaru shouted.

"Stop Orochimaru!" A new voice shouted.

Orochimaru suddenly looked up. Every single ninja from the Konoha village, with the exception of everyone in Root who were hiding, was now outside and ready to fight Orochimaru. "You fools!" Orochimaru shouted. "I can take you all on! I'll be bringing back Naruto for the Dark Lord! I am Orochimaru, destined to be the greatest ninja!"

Orochimaru suddenly paused. His hands reached for his abdomen. He winced in pain.

"Seems like you've finally noticed." Roy laughed. "Donkey Kong's punch was leading up to this. It wounded your insides, and I'm sure many of your organs are ruptured. But you didn't notice until now, you couldn't feel pain."

"I'm not done yet. Even if I can defeat just a few of you... If I can kill a few of you. Then my sacrifice won't be in vain!"

"Don't be so foolish!" A voice hissed. Slowly off of Orochimaru, a dark aura began to take a physical form. "Orochimaru, you thought you could absorb me!" The aura bit down on Orochimaru, and actually began to absorb him. The aura began to take a physical form. That of a large snake, colored pure black. "I'm back Smashers!"

Everyone looked at the snake in exhaustion. "Which one are you?"

"I'm Darkness Orochi!" the snake hissed. "Because of you, I was able to become much stronger. I absorbed Ninetails, and the 7 other Orochis. But most importantly, I absorbed Orochimaru! Prepare to die!"

Gaara lifted up his hand and all of the sand rushed for Darkness Orochi. However, the sky suddenly became dark. The area became cursed, and Gaara's sand fell down to the ground. "Smashers, in my cursed zone, I am the only one that has any power! In here, you are all as frail as normal people. Not to mention, I've sealed only us in here. All of those ninjas, that just joined the battle and are at full health, can't enter."

"Well then, why don't we show you how frail normal people can be!" Jeff shouted. He pulled out his guns and shot at Orochi. The bullets however just bounced off of the snake's skin.

"You're all weak!" Orochi laughed.

A gale of wind began to push them all back. Temari tried to counter with her giant fan, however that attack failed. "What a weak breeze! In the end this is all you can do? I'll enjoy destroying you all!"

Quickly, everyone tried to do the logical thing and get out of the cursed zone. However, Orochi had all ready accounted for this. "Nice try! With this cursed zone, and my boost in power, I can manipulate space! You won't be able to escape from my grasp!"

Everyone cursed. Now the only way they could win was if someone who was watching the fight from the outside was able to interfere. That didn't seem likely.

"My victory is certain!" Orochi hissed.

Samus just looked up at the giant snake. "Look, you stupid snake. I'll only tell you this once. But even a 99% chance of victory is still a 1% chance of defeat."

"Then show me your 1%!" Orochi laughed.

"Anyone have any ideas?" Roy wondered.

"Pray for a miracle?" Luigi suggested.

"That doesn't seem likely." Roy replied.

"The only way to win now is if we can use his darkness against him!" Jeff shouted. "If we can use his own cursed area against him, we might be able to do something."

Everyone looked at Kirby and Luigi, "That just leaves you two." Roy sighed. "The only ones with any affinity to darkness are you Luigi and Kirby."

Luigi and Kirby nodded. "I don't know how long we can stay in our darkness forms." Kirby pointed out. "It hurt when I started it. And, there is no telling what continued exposure will do. However, to defeat the Dark Lord, and to rescue Mewtwo. I'll do it, gumbo!"

"This is most likely our last chance." Zelda said. "So, we have to make sure that it is over soon. How long do you think you will have?"

"5 minutes." Kirby said. "That is all I will guarantee. I don't know how much longer after that I will be able to hold on after that. Tea!"

"Same." Luigi added on. "5 minutes. I'll try going after that, but I can't give any guarantees."

"At the very least, try to destroy the barrier, so I can use a light arrow and end him in one shot!" Zelda said.

Both Kirby and Luigi began to absorb in Orochi's darkness. Instantly their bodies began to change into their darkness forms. Both of them looked up at Orochi and rushed towards the giant snake.

"You think using my own power against me will do anything?!"

The answer to that was a swift double punch to Orochi's snout. The snake went flying into the air from the force of the combined attack from Luigi and Kriby. They quickly followed Orochi and began to toss him around like a rag doll.

One minute has passed.

Orochi, despite being smashed repeatedly, shot a beam of light towards Kirby. Luigi however appeared in front of Kirby and blocked the attack with his first Weapon of Heart, the shield. Since it was in its level 2 stage, the shield absorbed the attack and sent it rushing back towards Orochi with twice the strength. The attack however was absorbed by his scales, and Orochi began to glow with a radiant light. "Fools, I am formed from the other Orochi's, the elements won't work against me!"

"Then why did Darkness work against him?" Kirby pondered.

"Perhaps, our power canceled out his." Luigi replied. "Or maybe it is just a reflected attack did nothing. If I had put in my own energy, it might of hurt him"

Kirby however questioned this. "But if we are using his power to use these darkness forms, wouldn't that also be unable to affect him?"

A gale of wind rushed towards the two. The two quickly jumped into the air to avoid the attack. Kirby quickly brought out a sword and rushed for Orochi. The sword actually managed to cut some of the snake's skin.

Two minutes have passed.

However almost immediately, Orochi began to heal. "Lord Yami, give me your strength!" A dark aura began to appear around Orochi. It became so thick, that he became invisible.

"Is he part chameleon?" Kirby wondered. A stream of water rushed towards Kirby who jumped into the air. A blade of wind then rushed towards Kirby. "Weapon of Heart: Star Rod!" Kirby shouted, trying to summon his first Weapon of Heart. It immediately appeared in his hands, however, almost instantly it began to reject him. Spark's of electricity from the Star Rod, trying to force Kirby to drop it.

"What's going on?" Sheik questioned.

"It seems like that thing is rejecting Kirby." Jeff replied.

"Can Weapons of Heart reject their owner?" Roy questioned.

"Possibly." Samus replied. "The Star Rod was an item used to seal away darkness and evil. As such, no evil being can touch it. But since Kirby is currently using darkness, it is only doing its job. Trying to keep it self away from the darkness."

"So, it's useless when Kirby is in that form." Fox muttered.

"Not necessarily." Roy replied.

Since the Star Rod was doing more damage to him, Kirby threw it into the air. Surprisingly, the electricity didn't stop discharging. Due to the large amount of darkness, it was constantly trying to get away and repel it.

Three minutes have passed.

As the Star Rod fell, there was one spot that the intensity of the electricity that it was dispersing increased.

"Fox, Samus shoot the Star Rod!" Roy ordered.

They both looked at him confused, however quickly raised their weapons and fired at the Star Rod. It was then knocked in further. The amount of electricity it was discharging increased so much that the Star Rod was basically a sphere of electricity.

Kirby, and Luigi quickly realized what Roy had ordered. Even though Orochi had disappeared, his aura was still there. The Star Rod was now an Orochi radar. Showing them the strongest concentration of darkness.

"It looks like I was right. There was a slight chance, that the Star Rod wasn't rejecting Kirby, but rather all of the darkness around Kirby. Let's hope you two don't miss this opportunity." Roy thought.

Luigi's hands began to spark with electricity. He shot the attack towards the Star Rod. Suddenly, the ball of electricity began to pulse. Rejecting everything around it. Orochi let out several cries of pain. Quickly, Luigi and Kirby rushed for the snake.

Four minutes have passed.

A panicked Orochi began to fire off attacks in all directions. Due to his space manipulation, it didn't give away his position. Not that he needed to due to the Star Rod. Luigi held out his Level 2 Shield and rushed for the Star Rod. He hit against the constantly dispersing electricity. His shield was absorbing the attack.

"I can do this! If this works, it will all be over!" Luigi thought. His shield began to release the energy that it had stored up at nearly double the strength. It flew out and hit Orochi. The snake began to scream, and lose its hiding place.

Kirby quickly ran to the revealed Orochi and began to rapidly hit him with a furry of punches. However, Orochi just let out a burst of power, knocking the two, and the Star Rod back.

Five minutes have passed.

Both Luigi and Kirby were looking rather exhausted. Both of them also realized that they were no closer to beating Orochi than they were 5 minutes ago. All they had managed to do was reveal where he was hiding.

"Damn it!" Luigi shouted. "This isn't over yet!" His hands were suddenly covered in a fiery aura, at the same time they sparked with electricity. He cupped together his hands and shot a beam of energy towards Orochi. This beam of energy had both fire and electricity rushing through it. When it hit the snake, the attack consumed him both burning him and tearing him up with the electricity. Orochi however began to heal from this, but just as quickly as he healed, Luigi's attack, dubbed the Luigi Finale, reopened the wounds. Only when it was over did Orochi have the opportunity to heal.

Kirby however wasn't going to let that happen. "Heal this!" He shouted, cutting off a good portion of Orochi's tail.

Orochi screamed in pain, however he suddenly began to melt away into the darkness, along with the portion of the tail that was cut off. "You can't attack what you can't see!"

Kirby however laughed. "You haven't been paying attention to this battle very well then. If you become darkness, I'll become light!"

Kirby discarded his Darkness form, and transformed into Light Kirby. This however, wasn't a smart move. Energy began to surge through Kirby. Due to his body, for the past five minutes, being darkness, the sudden change to light was a shock to his system. Light shot out from Kirby and into the sky. Slowly, Orochi's barrier began to be disrupted. However the Snake didn't let this destroy his barrier. He reappeared and attacked Kirby with a beam of darkness. Before the darkness could even touch Kirby, the light destroyed it.

"Kirby!" Luigi shouted as he rushed for the puffball.

"Don't come near me!" Kirby shouted. "For someone like you, who is still using darkness, I might hurt you!"

Suddenly wounds exploded all over Kirby.

Six minutes have passed.

Luigi stared in shock. "Kirby!" He managed to shout.

The puffball was now a bloody mess. "The darkness got out of me. Pear." Kirby weakly said. The light slowly began to heal him. Orochi however wasn't going to waste any more time. He sent a gust of razor wind towards Kirby. However a barrier of light appeared around Kirby, causing the wind to vanish.

From the darkness, Orochi reemerged. His tail was reattached to his body. Kirby suddenly disappeared, he was now traveling at the speed of light. He reappeared behind Orochi and began to throw a furry of punches. With each punch the snake's onyx skin shined white. Several seconds later it reverted back into its dark form.

"Kirby stop!" Sheik shouted. "Don't do this!"

Orochi swung his tail, and hit Kirby, sending him flying. He landed on the ground and skidded painfully.

Luigi quickly rushed for Orochi in a fit of rage. Due to his rage, Luigi's power was increased. The punch that he delivered had the strength of one of Master Hand's punches.

Seven minutes have passed.

Orochi flinched from Luigi's attack. Kirby had gotten back up and rushed for Orochi. Orochi quickly opened his mouth, and tried to fire a beam of energy towards Kirby. Kirby however took advantage of this and flew into his mouth. The next several seconds Kirby began to wreck havoc on Orochi's insides, before bursting out.

Orochi quickly melted into the darkness. "Come on out you coward!" Kirby shouted.

Orochi just began to laugh, and he didn't come out of the darkness. "You fools, you didn't think that I wouldn't have noticed the toll that those forms were taking on your bodies?" Orochi hissed. "I just have to wait until you are too exhausted to fight back!"

"Coward! Don't you have any honor?" Luigi shouted.

"None. I do what it takes to win." Orochi replied. "That's all that matters!"

Eight minutes have passed.

Finally, both Luigi and Kirby collapsed from exhaustion. Their forms were leaving them. The two of them just fell down exhausted. "It's over." Luigi said.

The other Smashers quickly grabbed them and tried to run, however they were still in Orochi's controlled space. They were sitting ducks, and all it would take was Orochi to reform to beat them.

Roy quickly turned around. He could feel something in his blood reacting to the darkness. "My dragon blood." Roy thought. "I see, I'm probably the last one that can take in this darkness. Everyone, forgive me if something bad happens!" He held out the Sword of Seals and stared at it. "Please, protect me!" Orochi reformed, and rushed for Roy, it looked like he was going to be run over by the giant snake. "Darkness!" Roy shouted.

Suddenly, a large explosion knocked Orochi back. Roy was now covered in black armor. The helmet looked like that of a dragon's head.


Flashback:

Roy was knocked over and began to cry. Eliwood was trying to train him. "Roy," Eliwood sighed. "You have to learn how to control your emotions, and not lose yourself in the heart of battle."

"But-" a young Roy said with puppy dog eyes.

"Roy, please that's enough." Eliwood sighed. "You must always remain calm while fighting with a sword. If you lose control, there is no telling what may happen. I have given you the Sword of Seals to help protect you."

"Protect me? From what?" Roy wondered.

"From your own power." Eliwood replied. "In your blood is the blood of dragons."

"Dragon blood?" Roy questioned.

"Yes, your mother was half dragon." Eliwood said. There was a certain sadness in his voice, Roy knew that Eliwood hardly brought up his mother. "She died after you were born, she fell ill. One day, you may be able to control that Dragon power; however, until then, you must have the Sword of Seals at your side."

End Flashback


Everyone stared at Roy rather shocked. "What happened to Roy?" Jeff asked.

"He is using darkness." Luigi replied.

"Using darkness gives you new clothing?" Jeff questioned. "Where did that clothing come from anyways?"

"You're thinking about this too much, kid." Samus replied.

Roy stretched out his hand, and his Weapon of Heart appeared in it, he was now dual wielding his two swords. Orochi shot a beam of light towards Roy, who blocked the attack with an aura of fire. "So, this is my dragon blood in action." Roy thought. He looked at Orochi, and suddenly had a strong urge to attack him. "What's going on?" He questioned. "It's almost as though my dragon blood wants me to attack him! But, I won't lose myself!"

Orochi fired a stream of water towards Roy, before it even hit the fire, the water evaporated. Orochi launched a gale of wind towards Roy, and the fire burned stronger.

Now, attached to Roy's Weapon of Heart's hilt was a chain with about ten links. He grabbed the chain and began to use that to spin the sword in the air. Orochi tried to attack with all eight elements at once, however, they just hit the spinning sword and was reflected back towards the large snake. Roy jumped into the air and rushed towards Orochi. He brought his two swords together, crossing them and slashed right through Orochi, creating four different parts of the snake. Each of the four parts began to break apart, and turn into darkness. They then melted away. Roy just stood there, waiting for Orochi to attack again.

A torrent of water suddenly rushed towards Roy. Roy just countered with his two swords, causing the water to evaporate before it could even touch him. A gust of wind however hit the water, and instantly it began to freeze. The water had become a block of ice. Roy tried to question what was the point of that, however he quickly got his answer, a beam of light shot towards the block of ice. A moment later it hit the block of ice and separated into several smaller beams of light.

Roy brought down his sword, however he missed and was unable to repel the beams of light, they hit his aura and actually managed to get through. Upon hitting his armor, they exploded and sent him flying back a few feet. "Damn, that actually hurt! My attacks have to be doing something too." He thought.

"Do you think that you can continue to use my darkness against me?" Orochi wondered. "You will end up like them as time passes! Weak, and defenseless. You will die here!"

"It is the fate of all beings to die." Roy replied calmly. "Humans, plants, planets, stars, time is a cruel mistress, that doesn't forgive. Time is equal to everyone, and will eventually run out. Orochi, your time is up!"

"Those are strong words coming from someone who doesn't even know where I am." Orochi taunted.

Roy just stood perfectly still. "Orochi, you are a coward!" He shouted at the top of his lungs. "You're weak! All you do is hide in the darkness! I thought the Dark Lord's minions were better than that."

"I have no loyalty to the Dark Lord Smithy." Orochi calmly replied. "My loyalty resides in the Lord of Darkness, Yami."

"And is Yami underneath Smithy?" Roy shouted.

Orochi, wasn't pleased by this question. "Yami, was captured by Smithy." He hissed. "He is imprisoned, and his dark powers are slowly draining. Both Ninetails, and I were given to Orochimaru as a reward for what he had done for Smithy!"

"Regardless of where your loyalty lies, I will slay you!" Roy suddenly disappeared. A moment later Orochi was sent flying. While in the air, Orochi sent several knifes of darkness towards Roy. Roy however slashed through each of them. Fire suddenly surrounded Roy, transforming him into a giant fireball, and he rushed for Orochi. The giant fireball hit, and the snake began to scream out in pain. After the fire consumed him, Orochi fell on the ground. Slowly the snake got back up, shedding it's charred skin.

"You only managed to burn one layer, I'm not impressed." Orochi laughed, his eyes fixating on Roy. "Darkness consumes all. And that includes you. By awakening your hidden powers, you will begin to thirst for blood, for battle! You won't be able to escape it!"

"Watch me!" Roy replied. "I've always thirsted for battle. I've always fought, even with a training sword, I gave it my all. Battle was the only place I felt that I could be myself. Where I could be Roy. Not Prince Roy, just a normal person. I've always loved battle for that!"

Suddenly, Roy's hair turned white. He rushed for Orochi and stabbed the snake in the head with his sword, several seconds later, Orochi was trapped in a giant icicle.

"Since when does Roy have powers over ice?" Zelda questioned.

"Ask him, Sweet Potato!" Kirby replied.

Roy was actually rather shocked at this. "Ice? Since when can I do that? Is this my Dragon's blood too? Just what can it do?"

The ice shattered, along with Orochi. However the small individual pieces melted and merged into one again. Roy just looked at the giant snake. "You aren't going to die any time soon, are you?"

"Not if I can help it!" Orochi replied. "You're in my cursed zone, in here I'm all powerful!"

"I still have to be doing damage to you, and this constantly reverting yourself must be taking quite the toll on your strength, not to mention keeping up this cursed zone. I don't think you can keep up for much longer." Roy replied.

Orochi just laughed. "You would like to think that, well then, let me show you just what I can do!"

"No, it's over!" Roy replied.

Roy stabbed Orochi with his two swords. A simultaneous explosion of fire and ice ripped through Orochi. Roy quickly jumped back, as the snake tried to bite him. He suddenly felt a searing pain coming from his right hand, the hand that he was using to hold the Sword of Seals.

Much to his surprise, electricity began to surge through his arm. "The Sword of Seals is trying to protect me!" he thought. "It wants me to revert back right now… But, I can't! I'll use one final attack. I'll use that move."

He landed on the ground and quickly brought together his swords.

"For those whom I must protect... I can't lose!" Roy shouted. He brought down his sword and sent a torrent of fire rushing for Orochi. Orochi countered with all eight elements, however much to his surprise, the torrent of fire absorbed all of the attacks. "I put everything I had in that attack!" Roy said as he collapsed onto his knees. His armor began to disappear. "You won't be able to survive it! I'll burn you to ash!"

Orochi just watched in horror as the attack came closer. Eventually it engulfed the snake. The snake did everything it could to put out the flames, from dousing himself with water to trying to stop, drop and roll, however it was all pointless. Eventually, Orochi was nothing more than ash.

At least, that was what was intended. Even in a burnt up state such as that, Orochi was still able to regenerate. Roy however just smiled, he had anticipated this. Roy just stood there, trying his best to stand up, but he was exhausted. Eight beams of energy rushed towards Roy. The Sword of Seal's however created a barrier of electricity, protecting its master from the attack. Suddenly, through the darkness, a light arrow flew and hit the Sword of Seals, energizing it and reflecting the attack back at the snake. This attack stunned him.

Another light arrow shot through the darkness and towards Orochi, it hit the snake. This caused the barrier to begin to shatter. When the barrier was gone, everyone looked to see an angel dressed in a white toga. Before anyone could say anything, he disappeared in a flash of white light.

Everyone stared rather shocked. "The person helping us wasn't Link after all." Roy said rather disappointed. "Orochi, your cursed zone is gone. And with out it you're weak. You won't be able to regenerate any more. It's over! Zelda, end this!"

Zelda quickly summoned her Weapon of Heart. "Orochi, this is over!" She shouted. A light arrow began to appear in the bow. "Link, I don't know if you are watching." Zelda thought. "But, please, give me strength!" She quickly began to draw in energy from around her. However, it wasn't enough. The energy that she was drawing in from around her was barely enough to sustain the light arrow. The angel reappeared right beside her and placed his hand on the bow. Suddenly, his energy seemed to flow into it.

"Take my energy." The angel said softly, before disappearing again.

Zelda fired the arrow towards Orochi, who was in a daze from the angel's light arrow. This one hit its target right between the eyes. The light arrow ripped through Orochi and disappeared. Slowly, lines of light began to become visible on Orochi. "No, this can't be happening!" He shouted. "This isn't the end! I won't let it be the end!" Orochi's body began to disintegrate. "Damn you Smashers! Damn you all! I'll kill you! I'll rip you all to shreds!"

However these were just empty threats from Orochi. His body finally completely disintegrated. The battle was now over. Where Orochi used to be was now a badly wounded Orochimaru. His body was covered in black spots. The Konoha ninjas surrounded him.

"Smashers." He laughed. "This is it. You beat me. Congratulations. Though, had Orochi not interfered, I would have been able to crush all of you!"

"Orochimaru, where is Sauske?" Naruto asked.

Orochimaru just laughed. "He is waiting, at the Dark Lord's side. Try to save him, if you can!"

It was there that Orochimaru had breathed his last. The Smashers and the Konoha ninja just stared at him. However, they suddenly all heard a strange sound, the sound of paper burning. "Everyone get away!" Tsunade shouted.

They all quickly ran away, several seconds later Orochimaru's body exploded. There was now nothing left of the madman. "He tried to take us with him." Tsunade muttered. "That was too close for comfort."

"I agree." Roy said. "At least, that takes care of getting rid of the body."

Everyone nodded in agreement. The Smashers, and the Konoha ninjas were victorious in a battle that had surely put a dent in the Dark Lord's plan. They could at least walk away from this battle knowing that. However, there were other more pressing matters at hand.


The village hidden in the leaves was celebrating due to the death of Orochimaru.

The eight Smashers would have also celebrated, but they were in the hospital. For them the victory was empty. They only defeated Orochimaru and meanwhile everyone else had retreated back to Smithy's base.

Not to mention that they had captured Mr. Game and Watch and Bowser. On the plus side they had gained an ally: Jeff. He might not have been as strong as them, but it increased their numbers nonetheless. They would only be ready to celebrate when this was all over, when the Dark Lord Smithy was defeated.

The Smashers were in a Konoha hospital, where medical Ninjas were helping heal them. Currently both Sakura and Tsunade were focusing their attention on Donkey Kong, and his arm.

"The stress that goes through the arm with that punch." Tsunade said. "It is something else."

"I've never seen anything like it." Sakura muttered. "What about you Master Tsunade?"

"I have." She admitted. "I've seen it on bodies that are severely stressed. Everything is ripped and torn. That technique, what was it?"

"The Giant's Punch times ten." Donkey Kong replied.

Tsunade sighed. "You probably won't listen to me. But, I suggest not using that technique until your body can take it. You have to strengthen your body so that it won't shatter like glass when you use it. Judging by the strength of the attack I'd say that your current limit is about times five."

"Is there a way that I can strengthen my body, so that I can use the Giant's Punch times ten with out the recoil?" Donkey Kong asked.

Tsunade looked away. "Normally... I'd say that if you kept on using it, eventually it won't do damage to you. Every time your muscles are ripped, they heal stronger than they were before." She focused her eyes at Donkey Kong. "But, it just isn't your mussels that are being destroyed here. Your bones are also shattering from the force of the attack. Unless they were coated in metal, I doubt you would be able to reach a state where that attack wouldn't hurt you."

"I see." Donkey Kong said. "But I must be able to use this punch with out hurting myself."

"Why?" Tsunade asked, clearly upset. "Why would you do that? You would have to go through hell in order to do that!"

Donkey Kong was silent. However, he began to think, and remember the reason why he began to develop the x10 Giant Punch.


Flashback:

4 months ago

Donkey Kong was punching the air with just the regular giant's punch. Mewtwo was watching him. "Why are you doing that?" Mewtwo asked.

"I'm trying to increase the speed." Donkey Kong replied. "No matter how strong the attack, it won't mean anything unless I can hit the opponent."

"I see." Mewtwo replied. If you immobilized the opponent, and then throw the punch, wouldn't that solve your problems?"

"But once an opponent knows that, he will stay out of my range." Donkey Kong replied. "Against any opponent I would be unable to counterattack if they used only ranged attacks. So I have to be able to finish the battle in one strike. For people like me who value power over speed, it would be difficult. What Master Hand said is bothering me. The reason why he called us together, to fight and protect. I'm thinking, that if I meet someone I can't even touch, I will lose instantly. I wouldn't even be able to attack them."

"That's true, all the power in the world is useless if you can't hit the person you're fighting." Mewtwo nodded.

"To end all battles in one strike, it would be hard." Donkey Kong said. "Especially at my current strength. That is why I want to strengthen my punch, to be able to defeat anyone in one move. If my punch was ten times stronger, I'm sure that even the strongest opponents will fall against me."

Mewtwo glanced at Donkey Kong. "Ten times? I'm sure there are people who will be able to withstand that power."

"Then I will punch them with twenty times my strength." Donkey Kong replied.

Mewtwo sighed. From experience he knew that there was no way to reason with these types. The type that valued power over and above all else. They were mostly all brawn, and no brain.

"Don't worry, one day I'll show you the punch that will be able to defeat anybody." Donkey Kong said.

"I certainly hope I won't get to experience it first hand." Mewtwo replied.

End Flashback


"I need to perfect it. I need to use that punch to rescue Mewtwo." Donkey Kong replied.

Tsunade sighed. "I won't stop you." She said. "But, soon your arm may be completely unusable if you continue doing that attack."

Donkey Kong looked down at his right arm. "I know." he replied. "But, I will take that chance!"

"Why are you fighting against the Dark Lord Smithy?" Tsunade asked.

"My reason may be different than the others. At this point, I think we all have the consensus that we are fighting to avenge one of those who have fallen."

"And your reason?"

Donkey Kong closed his eyes. "My reason is similar. What they did to friends and family were unforgivable. Families have been torn up by them, and mine came out relatively unscratched compared to others. But still, I will fight them. I will stop him, with my own hands."

"We were lucky here. With the warning, and the people necessary, we were able to get everyone out and hide in safety. Others might not be so lucky." Tsunade said. "It will be a hard battle ahead. I wish you luck. Perhaps in the future, once we have rebuilt this village, we can send some people to help you in your battles."

"We will then tell Master Hand about your choice." Roy said approaching them.

Tsunade glanced at Roy. "You should be the next person to have medical attention." She said.

"I'm fine," Roy replied, rather unconvincingly. "Please, tend to everyone else first."

"If you insist." Tsunade sighed.

They exited out of Donkey Kong's room and went into Luigi's room. He was covered in wounds and several Konoha Ninjas were surrounding him. "Sakura, you lead this team. I'm going to work on the other Smasher."

"Understood Master Tsunade." Sakura replied.

Tsunade walked into another room, where Kirby was lying on a table. They looked at Kirby, who was still rather hurt. His body was covered in wounds still. Even as the Konoha Ninjas tried to heal him the wounds just seemed to reopen. Tsunade analyzed this and also tried to heal Kirby, however she was only able to close small cuts. "What is this? Why is it so hard to heal him?"

"Could it be that some of the darkness is still in him?" Roy suggested.

"That ability in battle neutralizes everything, even that which tries to heal him, it is too stressful for his body, he shouldn't use it anymore." Tsunade said.

"Try telling him that, he is a stubborn breed." Roy replied.

"That seems to be a common trait amongst you Smashers. It will take some time, but we should just use herbs to make the blood clot. We can heal him once the darkness disperses." Tsunade ordered.

Roy just smiled, suddenly he collapsed. Everyone rushed over to him. "He was holding on while everyone else was getting healed." Tsunade said. "I don't believe it. That idiot!"


Roy was now on a table, in his boxers, while all of the Konoha medical Ninja were focusing their attention on him. Leading the medical excursion was Tsunade and Sakura. It was a lot more serious than they initially thought. Besides just burn marks on his skin, he was also burned internally. "Why would someone go to these limits?" Sakura asked.

"I thought you of all people would understand why." Tsunade replied. "Naruto would do the same to rescue Sasuke. They are trying to rescue their own friend, their own ally." They continued to heal Roy.

"Master Tsunade." One said. "Please take a look at this."

Tsunade quickly rushed to Roy's right hand. It was surprisingly not burnt, but rather looked like it had suffered from frostbite instead. Slowly, crawling up his arm was what looked like a burn mark. The electricity that had surged through his body had severely damaged his arms. "No way!" Tsunade said. "This is serious. Sakura, you will be assisting me! We have no time to waste, it might even be too late."

Sakura looked at Roy's arm rather stunned. "No way."

"If we don't heal him quickly, he might not be able to use a sword ever again." Tsunade shouted.

The medical ninja quickly began to get to work. "Smashers, I can see your determination. I know what limits you will go to. I know you will go to hell and back. That is why, I will help you reach your goal. Besides, as my duty as a medical ninja, I can't let others be hurt. Somebody better of prepared the coffee, because this is going to be a long night."


During the 24 hour mark, things were looking grim. When suddenly, Naomi Weaver came with several wireframes. Everyone looked at Naomi in shock.

"Aren't you Dr. Mario's friend?" Fox asked.

"Yes." She replied. "Now, if you pardon me I heard that there was a patient that needs my help."

"What about the other doctors?" Samus asked.

"They are helping at the other location. The damage done there was much more severe." They all paused to wonder what had happened at Weyard. "Crazy Hand also deduced that the medical Ninjas would be able to handle everything here. But he sent me when Samus called. Now then, I'll show you all why I'm called the Devil Doctor!"

And so, Naomi Weaver entered into the operating room.

Another 24 hours had passed. For a total of 48 hours, Tsunade and Sakura had been operating on Roy in order to heal him from what had happened. They didn't know if thing's got better or worse when Naomi entered.

Exhausted, the three stepped out of the medical wing of the Konoha hospital, and collapsed on three chairs.

The other Smashers were looking at the ninjas. "Roy will be fine." Tsunade managed to say. "His life isn't in immediate danger." Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. "However, I don't know how well he will be able to wield a sword from now on. You can go in and see him."

They all slowly entered the room. Roy was lying on a bed. He looked up at everyone rather weakly. He looked exhausted, and looked like he had suddenly aged ten years. No words were spoken. None of them wanting to break the ice, or perhaps he was still tired and couldn't fully register them. Naomi did it for them.

"Roy's body will take a while to recover. He most likely will have to go through some physio. However, there are more pressing matters at hand. I was sent by Crazy Hand in order to bring you all a message that you have to return to the Smash Mansion."

"What happened?" Fox wondered.

"Master Hand's and Smithy's battle has ended in a draw. The two of them are both badly wounded."

Roy began to mutter. "This may be our opportunity to end this!"

"Your right." Luigi said. "We can take advantage of this situation and make sure that Smithy dies!"

"But, there might be a chance that they can attack us to try and end Master Hand's life." Samus pointed out.

"Lets go."

Roy slowly began to get up, however he fell forwards. The other Smashers quickly grabbed him and supported him. "Easy there Roy." Zelda said. "You still have a long way to go."

"My ship can help heal you on our ride back."

"Thanks. Now just let me get my sword." They walked Roy to the corner of the room where the Sword of Seals was. He stretched out his hand and grabbed the hilt. Or at least, he tried to. He was unable to close his hand. Roy just looked devastated.

"You will have to go through some therapy before you are able to wield your sword again." Naomi said. "Not to mention, regain your former strength."

"I understand." Roy muttered, defeated. "I won't be able to fight anymore…" he slowly walked back to the bed before collapsing in it. "Everyone, please leave me for a few hours of sleep." They obeyed. When they were gone, and he was positive that they weren't listening, Roy broke down. "This is it. The journey is over. Damn it!" He weakly punched his pillow.


Flashback:

Eliwood looked at his son rather confused. "You want to see the world?"

"Yes." Roy replied. "I want to go on a journey. Seeing other kingdoms, such as Marth's, and the one that Ike came from."

Eliwood smiled. "Yes, that would be a good experience for you." He said. "I think you will be able to grow from that experience. And, I was wondering if you would ever have a journey like mine." Roy had heard all of his stories, multiple times. About the friends he had made, and the battles they fought together. How they pressed on despite the odds being against them. Roy had wished for an adventure like that. But, it seemed like his world was one of peace.

Roy looked at his father. Eliwood however seemed to be crying, he knew what the world was like. He knew the danger that Roy would be in. He feared that he wouldn't see his son ever again. After his own journey, several of his comrades had disappeared without a trace. Some showed up here and there, but there was one who had disappeared off of the planet. Lyn, one of Eilwood's comrades. When he sent out word of Ninian's death, he had sent it out to all of his old comrades. She however was nowhere to be found by his men. He wondered how she could have disappeared; after all, she would have answered the call.

Roy did his best to hold back his excitement. Being in the castle all day was boring. He always found it stuffy, and he was rather bored about learning of history and any other things that would prepare him for being king. Quickly, Roy brought together his possessions and departed in complete secrecy. Only his father, and the leader of the Royal Knights were there to see him off.

"When you return, Roy, your kingdom will be waiting. My health won't always be able to hold up." Eliwood reminded his son. "Be careful."

One had to question why a King would let his only son go off on an adventure. Roy quickly began to run, until he could no longer see the town. Something was telling him that this was going to be the start of a grand adventure. Then, one night, in the sky a strange planet appeared. Roy gazed up at the planet. This was the first time the Smash Planet appeared, 3 years ago. When the planet disappeared, Roy continued his journey. He met with the Greil Mercenaries and spent some time with them, refining his sword techniques, working, and learning for two years.

Eventually he left the Greil Mercenaries and traveled around some more. He crossed the ocean, and eventually came face to face with Prince Marth once again. "You're traveling around the world?" Marth questioned.

"Yes, I was inspired by our meeting several years ago. I wanted to walk the world and see things for myself. It certainly has been an eye opening experience." Roy replied.

"But, isn't it dangerous?" Marth wondered.

"A bit. There are bandits, but they are nothing when I have the Sword of Seals." Roy laughed. "They don't know what hits them, they are just engulfed in an explosion!" For the next year, Roy stayed on the Continent of Altea with Marth. The two of them were nearly inseparable, and perhaps even mistaken as brothers. However, something was occurring that not even they knew about.


An old man was sitting at a table. Across from him was a man in a green cloak, his skin seemed to be purple, and he didn't seem alive. "Are you Gharnef?" the old man, The Dark Lord Smithy asked.

"And if I am?"

"I have a proposition for you. How does unlimited power sound to you?"


One day, Marth and Roy were fighting with the Falchion, and the Sword of Seals respectfully. They were having a 'friendly' argument. "You're leaving!" Marth shouted. This fight was caused by The Smash Planet had returning to the sky. Roy had suddenly remembered his desire to travel, and decided that it was time to move on from Altea.

"Yeah!" Roy replied. "I wasn't planning on staying here forever!"

"You spent nearly a year and a half with Ike!" Marth snapped back.

"I at least got some sword training in there! The mercenaries didn't hold back, unlike your guards!" Roy teased.

"You don't want me to hold back then?" Marth said, his grip suddenly changed on his sword and he swung it towards Roy who blocked the attack. Roy was about to counterattack when suddenly several explosions went off. Both of them stopped fighting. They both instantly realized what was happening. The castle was under siege. Marth's elder sister, Elice rushed for them.

"The castle is under attack. You must escape!" She said. "I'll teleport you out of here!"

Before they had the opportunity to protest, they were teleported out of the castle. But then, things went horribly wrong. They were teleported out of the castle, however they were teleported to the Smash Planet. Both Marth and Roy were completely shocked.

After the defeat of Giga Bowser, they returned back to their own planet. They struggled against Gharnef's forces, however when they had finally stormed his fortress several months later, he disappeared. Much to their surprise, Master Hand approached them after they exited the fortress. "Marth, Roy, we meet again. Let's talk."

"Master Hand," Marth said. "Have you heard of a person named Gharnef?"

"Yes," Master Hand replied. "However, you won't find him here. He has all ready fled."

"Where can I find him?" Marth asked.

"I don't know. But that isn't the reason why I came here today." Master Hand replied. "I would like to redeem myself for all of the things that I did while possessed by The Master. I am gathering together the Smashers in order to help protect everyone from Giga Bowser's inevitable return, along with any other evil that may rear its ugly head. I'm afraid that Gharnef might just be one of those."

"In that case, I'm in." Marth replied.

Master Hand faced Roy. "And, what about you?" He wondered.

"I'm in." Roy replied.

End Flashback


Roy just cried himself to sleep, on the hospital bed. Several hours later he was woken up by the Smashers. The sun was beginning to set. He looked around. "We are leaving now." Fox said.

"All right." Roy replied. He knew what was happening. They were going to go back home. With some help, the Sword of Seals was fastened on his back. "I won't lose, I will continue to battle." He thought. "If I can't hold on to my sword, I'll brace it. I'll tie it to my hand! I'm not done with the Smashers, not yet!"

They walked through the streets of Konoha. Many of the ninja saw them off.

"Goodbye!" The Ninja shouted. "Until we meet again!"

The Smashers waved, and slowly began to walk back towards Samus' ship. "All right, I can now explain the situation." Fox said.

"I was in contact with Falco, to see how things were on their end." Fox explained. "Ganondorf was also captured."

"Figures." Samus muttered. "Do you think that he will try to awaken the evil in them?"

"It's a possibility." Roy replied.

"We have to get back to the Smash Mansion as fast as possible, and then we can go rescue them." Fox said.

"Do we even know where Smithy's dimension is?" Luigi questioned.

"I do." Fox laughed. "When Mario went into the dimension, the device he used to get out was also a tracking device. It copied down the location, plus I'm sure that spy had to give Master Hand the location for him to confront Smithy."

Samus' ship appeared in front of them and they all entered it. Due to Samus using up all of her missiles from her ship, it was much more spacious this time around. The armory was empty, allowing people to stay there. Also, it seemed more spacious without Bowser there.

"Roy," Samus said. "About your arm. I think there is a way to heal it." Roy looked up at Samus with hope in his eyes.

"Really? How?" He wondered.

"Stand right here." Samus ordered. Roy moved over to the designated area. "This is a healing area. You will enter a tube, and it will fill with a liquid. Don't worry, you will be able to breath normally, as it is oxygenated." Samus explained. Roy quickly pondered how the oxygenated liquid would help him breath normally, but he figured it was just some high tech stuff that he didn't know about, and the actual explanation would probably bore him. "It will heal you. I'm not sure if it will heal your wound fully by the time we get back to the Smash Planet. But, it should be enough for you to continue fighting with us. There is also the chance that it might be painful."

"I'll endure it." Roy replied.

Samus grabbed her own arm. "It won't be with out side effects." She said. She briefly revealed her arm, where it was horribly scarred. "It saved my life once, I was badly wounded from a space pirate. And losing blood. It healed, but left this scar." She quickly covered the scar and looked at Roy. He wasn't deterred.

"I will take whatever is thrown at me. I want to fight with you all!" Roy replied.

"I understand." Samus said. She pulled a few levers, and instantly, a tube popped up and trapped Roy inside. Immediately it began to fill with a strange liquid. Roy just stood there calmly. Soon his whole body was covered in the liquid. Samus' computer also began to scan Roy. She looked grimly towards the scans. "It has only begun, hasn't it?"

"Most likely." Zelda replied. "Bowser, and Ganondorf may be convinced to change sides, perhaps even brainwashed. But that is the worst case scenario."

"They won't switch sides that easily." Fox replied. "But, let's break them out quickly."

Not much more was said. They all remained silent; each of them preparing themselves for the battle that was coming up. "Bowser, Ganondorf, hang on. We're coming." Samus thought.

And since I haven't defiled canon enough this chapter, Danzo died of a heart attack, and there was much rejoicing.

Or, at least that's what it appeared like. What happened in reality was something different.


Danzo was sitting on a couch in a room hidden deep underneath the village, waiting patiently for news of the battle to be over. Suddenly the door flew off of its hinges. Walking into the room was Pommel and Brand.

"You have no idea how friggn' hard it was tracking you down!" Brand barked

Danzo was rather surprised by their entrance. "Who are you people?" He shouted. "What did you do to all of my people?"

"Relax, they are alive." Pommel said.

"We didn't want to make your death look suspicious." Brand shouted. "We are here for your eyes. Don't try anything funny. Orochimaru all ready told us about your abilities. You won't slip away. Pommel, do it."

"Right." Pommel happily said. He clapped his hands together. "Null!" He shouted.

"Incase you're an idiot, what my stupid partner here did was nullify all of your abilities." Brand explained. "Now you're just a weak old man. Pommel, kill him!"

Pommel just contined to yell "Null!" until eventually Danzo's suffered a heart attack. The two then approached the body.

"Let's take them."


We now go back in time three days, at the moment that the final blows were being dealt to Orochi: Master Hand and Smithy were fighting above his castle. Master Hand was badly wounded; his white glove had stains of red blood all over. Meanwhile, the armor that Smithy was using to battle was equally wounded. Across it were several scratches. Deep gashes. Inside, unhurt, was the old man. They suddenly felt a burst of power. "What was that power?!" Master Hand asked shocked.

"That was a pawn dying." Smithy replied. "It looks like it's almost time to end this!"

"Is that all you can say?" Master Hand questioned.

"No, I must congratulate your Smashers." Smithy replied. "I personally didn't think that they were this strong. I have underestimated them. But ultimately, that won't impede my plans. I have all ready planned for that."

"Just what are you planning?" Master Hand shouted.

Smithy laughed. "I am planning an insurrection! Follow me, Master Hand!"

"No, I won't." Master Hand replied.

"A typical answer. However, my insurrection isn't against just the Government, it is also against those who call themselves gods." Smithy replied.

Suddenly Master Hand froze. "You're crazy."

"Perhaps, but it is those with crazy ideas and the power to use them that shape the world!" Smithy laughed. "I will become a god!"

"They won't be silent about this!" Master Hand shouted.

"I didn't expect them to." Smithy replied. "But, enough talk, let's finish this!"


Meanwhile, underneath Smithy's Castle, was the prison of Yami. Around it were five seals. These life seals were bound to Yami's five most trusted demons. Orochi, Ninetails, the Spider Queen, Crimson Helm, and Blight. Orochi's and Ninetail's seals disappeared, and Yami's power began to seep out.

"Smithy!" It shouted. The dark powers of Yami suddenly began to summon many demons. "How dare you hold me captive!"

The dark energy began to distort space around him.

To be continued...


Notes:

In Roy's game, his mother is left intentionally vague in order for the player to choose between: Lyn, Ninian (The one I chose), and Fiora, in the sequel, which actually was a prequel...

Light Kirby was first/only seen in Kirby's Adventure (and the remake: Nightmare in Dreamland). It was really only able to illuminate dark areas and show hidden doors. Since then that ability has been as an offset of Spark's ability and fire's ability. My version of Light Kirby is… different to say the least.

Darkness Kirby: There is no darkness Kirby in the games… Someone else probably thought of it before me… but yeah… Based off of the Yami Yami fruit in One Piece.

Kirby's verbal tic: I originally stopped typing it because... it was annoying and hard for me to constantly come up with new food without repeating. But I decided to bring it back to help give a personality to him. I don't know if Yoshi actually heard it.

Last time the X10 Giant Punch was used, Someone asked me why Donkey Kong just continued to swing his arm to get a stronger punch. That is because of the recoil involved. Unleashing the X10 does a good deal of damage on his arm.

Naomi Weaver is an alias. Her real name is Naomi Kimishima, as revealed by Atlus for the upcoming game: Trauma Team. Her healing touch has the ability to restore vitals.

A theme I've thought about putting in this story is what the Smashers will lose in their quest to rescue Mewtwo/avenge Pichu, Link, and Young Link. How much they will suffer though their trials, and what they will have to sacrifice. I'm not sure how this will turn out, and how this theme will extend to the rest of the Smashers.

I hate Danzo, a lot more than I hate Diddy Kong... and that's a lot of hate.

Up next: Gaiden Chapter 2.