Ultimate Smash Adventure

I officially loath the job market, I go in to start my new job and meet my boss, and she's not there. Oh well, it gives me a little more time to update this story. I'm sure you've all been waiting for this moment… the identity of the Dark Lord shall be revealed. I am also pleased to announce that more villains will be getting defeated rather than escaping. I can't guarantee that all of the villains will be defeated, but at least a few of them will be defeated.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything in this story except for the story itself.

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The Dark Lord is…

Master Hand and Crazy Hand were playing ping-pong on a tennis court. While Mario, Y. Link, Ness, and new smasher Solid Snake were sparring with each other.

"I-a wonder what's-a taking them all-a so long-a?" Mario wondered while sending a grenade Snake threw at him back at Snake with his cape.

"Whoa! Well they have harder missions than spying on some mad-scientist." Snake said as he rolled out of the way.

"I still wish we could find out what project Imago is." Ness said.

"You know, it has been about a day since we got back." Y. Link said.

Master Hand stopped the ping-pong game short and came over to watch the four smashers. "It seems you all have gotten better, that's good considering what we're up against."

"Hey look! The smashers!" Crazy Hand said while pointing to the sky. Seven shooting stars made a smooth landing on to the lawn. Everyone went over to see the Mute City team touch down. They noticed that they were all really bruised up, some more than others were. They also noticed Ganondorf carrying an unconscious angel boy.

"Who's that?" Y. Link asked. "And why isn't Samus wearing her Power suit?"

"Long story." Samus answered. "Right now we need to give Pit here some medical attention, he has answers we need." Samsus said.

"If he can help us… then we shall help him." Master Hand said. "Mario, could you please…"

"Of-a course." Mario said.

"You know what I've noticed?" Bowser asked.

"What?" Everyone asked him.

"The author hasn't beaten me up since the end of his last story." Bowser said. "If you want to see what I mean, go look up Nintendogeek01's last fanfic, Survivor: SSBM Outback. You'll see what I mean by being beaten up." He advertised.

"You know-a Bowser… you-a probably shouldn't have-a mentioned that-a." Luigi said.

"Why?" Bowser asked. All of a sudden, the seven warp-stars that went to Dreamland crash landed on top of Bowser.

"Pyo." He said happily.

"The Mute City team's back already? Where's Bowser?" Falco asked as he stepped down from his Warp Star on top of Bowser's head.

"Right beneath you." Mewtwo answered.

"Ooooohhh…" Bowser groaned.

"I-a guess I should-a make room for-a two people in the-a infirmary." Mario said.

"Who's this?" Samus asked while looking at Meta-knight.

"I was going to ask who this guy is." Falco said while looking at Snake.

"I am Solid Snake." Snake said.

"And I am Meta-Knight." Meta-Knight answered. "I have come to join you, and help you with your quest." He continued.

"Oh goody! I love making people sign contracts!" Crazy Hand brought a contract in front of Meta-Knight. "Just sign here… and here… and there… and there…" After twenty minutes of signing useless stuff on the contract. "Okay… welcome aboard." Crazy Hand said.

"Anyways…" Meta-Knight said.

"Oh I remember you." Master Hand said. "So… why join us now?"

"Because this threat affects us all." Meta-Knight said. "Besides… I bring gifts." Meta-Knight said while pressing a button. A huge dimensional hole opens up and the Halberd descends from the hole.

"Nice…" Master Hand said.

Meanwhile…

"THEY BROKE IN TO THE LAB!" The Dark Lord shouted.

"Fear not my lord… I've checked the mainframe, and all they know is the name of the project and the power source." Eggman said with a lot of panic in his voice.

"Grrrr… fine, you're spared." The Dark Lord said. "Where is Ridley?" The Dark Lord asked.

"Oh yes… his body was found floating in space. Apparently he was trying to return here to tell you something but his wounds were too strenuous and he died." Eggman said.

"Another Fate washed down the drain." The Dark Lord said.

"Fear not, my robots and I have fused his body with my most advanced technology and the most advanced space pirate technology. Here he is now!" Eggman said. Ridley flew in only he was covered in mechanical armor. "I equipped him with missiles, laser swords, and a whole lot more." Eggman boasted.

"Good… now explain your failure Ridley!" The Dark Lord shouted.

"I'll show you." Ridley's eyes lit up and he projected on to the wall the instance when Pit unleashed his angel wing attack on him.

"Wait! Freeze that!" The Dark Lord shouted. Ridley froze the image of Pit. "It's… one of Palutena's angel soldiers…" The Dark Lord said. "They know who I am now…" The Dark Lord said.

Back with the smashers…

It was several days later… Pit was still in the infirmary, while Bowser was as fit as ever. The smashers had been training, and sparring and working out for all of these days. And they had all gotten a whole lot better according to Master Hand.

Bowser was walking in the front yard again. "Ah… so nice out today, and nothing that could go wrong." Bowser said. All of a sudden, seven of the smashers that went to the Land of Fire crash landed on top of Bowser. Wario crashed in to a tree. "That… didn't hurt…" Bowser said groggily as he stood back up. However the tree that Wario crashed in to fell over and hit Bowser over the head.

"Oops." Said Zelda.

"I guess the author's making up for lost time." Link said.

The next day…

Bowser was miraculously back in top physical health. Dr. Mario was checking up on Pit. The other smashers were sparring.

"Even after all of that ninja training, you guys can still beat me." Sheik said.

"Well you beat us a couple of times yourself." Ganondorf said.

"Yeah, it seems we have all improved dramatically." Marth said.

"Yeah! I know I did! And I thought there was no way to improve on the might of the great Wario!" Wario gloated.

"He's awake-a!" Mario shouted. Everyone immediately ran upstairs. They saw Pit putting down a pen and Crazy Hand holding a folded up contract.

"Woo-hoo! Contracts rule! Whe he he he he he he he!" Crazy Hand laughed as he ran, or floated, off.

"Pikachu?"

"Yes… Palutena came to me in my sleep and told me to stay with you." Pit said. "And she also told me to answer all of your questions." Pit said.

"We'll talk during the briefing meeting." Master Hand said. "Everyone to the dining room!"

Everyone was now assembled in the dining room with Master Hand and Crazy Hand at the head of the room, and Bowser staying far away from any of the room's chandeliers. "Okay then… thanks to Mario, Y. Link, Ness, and one of our new members, Snake. We now know that the Alliance's scientist Eggman is working on some secret project known as project Imago." Master Hand said. "Unfortunately, that's about all we know."

"Great…" Wario said.

"Jigglypuff."

"And thanks to the Land of Fire team, we also know the source of the Dark Lord's power." Master Hand said.

"But we couldn't stop Orochimaru from taking that piece of the Black Rune." Fox said.

"Don't worry, the Dark Lord will never get his hands on all the pieces, because I have one piece of it right here." Master Hand showed them another piece of the Black Rune. "And it is always under my watch." Master Hand said. "Now Pit, we have a few questions we believe you can answer." Master Hand told Pit.

"I'm ready for your questions." Pit said.

"First… how did you suddenly become strong enough to challenge Ridley by yourself?" Samus asked.

"And what was that devastating attack you used on Ridley?" Ganondorf answered.

"It is my true power." Pit answered. "Everyone sitting at this table has power locked up deep inside of them, that can be unlocked. Once it is unlocked, all doubts of your abilities will be cleared, and you become genuinely stronger." Pit said.

"Pichu?"

"No… I haven't fully unlocked it yet." Pit said. "I nearly have unlocked it, and I found that I could tap my true power. But Palutena forbid me from trying to use it until I can completely unlock it." Pit continued.

"Why?" Luigi asked.

"Because it uses up too much energy to try and use your true power without having unlocked it completely." Pit said.

"But what about that attack?" C. Falcon asked.

"When you unlock your true power, knowledge of a devastating technique that you can use comes to your mind. My Angel Wing attack is my true power attack." Pit said. "But because I hadn't completely unlocked my true power, my Angel Wing attack devastated myself, and it wasn't as strong as it can get." Pit said.

"So that attack can get stronger?" Samus asked with her jaw ready to drop.

"That's unreal…" C. Falcon said.

"Like I said, everyone here has power inside of them that can be unlocked, but we really need to unlock it if we are ever going to defeat the Dark Lord."

"It's too bad we don't know who he is though." Peach said.

"You don't know?" Pit asked.

"No… do you?" Popo asked.

"I merely assumed that you knew who he was…" Pit said.

"… IT CAN'T BE!" Mewtwo shouted, with his mind of course.

"… NO WAY!" Ness shouted as well.

"Who is it?" Wario asked, getting annoyed.

"It's…"

Meanwhile…

"OROCHIMARU! DARK META KNIGHT! OBORO! HERE NOW!" The Dark Lord shouted. Orochimaru, D. Meta-Knight, and Oboro appeared. "Give me some good reasons not to kill you where the three of you stand."

"How about this?" Orochimaru asked while holding the piece of the Black Rune from the Land of Fire.

"You found another piece? Why didn't you tell me about this sooner?"

"Perhaps to please you in case something went wrong." Orochimaru said slyly.

"You're cruel and manipulative… I like that." The Dark Lord said as the Rune piece floated toward the still heavily shadowed throne. "And you D. Meta-Knight?"

"What if I gave you your seventh Deadly Fate?" D. Meta-Knight asked.

"And who did you have in mind?" The Dark Lord asked.

"My old master…" D. Meta-Knight turned around to reveal Dark Mind.

"Oh… I can sense that you held great power… allow me…" The Dark Lord said. A beam of Darkness came from the rune piece and hit Dark Mind.

"I can feel it… my power returning to me! And more!" Dark Mind said with glee.

"Henceforth, you are one of my Seven Deadly Fates!" The Dark Lord said.

"My Lord!" Came Ridley's voice. "He said yes… he will join the alliance." Ridley said as he flew in.

"Good, now summon everyone else here" The Dark Lord said.

"Yes my lord." Ridley said as he flew off. He came back and sat down on his perch. Everyone else but the new guy Ridley hinted at was there now.

"Why did you call us?" General scales asked.

"To show you what happens if you fail me!" The Dark Lord said.

"Wait! Give me another chance!" Oboro said.

"No… you have nothing to show for your failure." The Dark Lord said.

"I'm not going to die because of you!" Oboro changed in to his Rakansen Robo form. And open fired on the throne.

"Is that all you've got?" The Dark Lord asked. You could hear the sound of fingers snapping, and when the Dark Lord snapped his fingers, flame incinerated Oboro instantly.

"AAAAAAAUUUUUUUGGGHHH!" He shouted as he disappeared in the flames.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!" He laughed.

Back with the smashers…

"Unbelievable!" Master Hand said. "It was 'him' the whole time."

"That is scary…" Said Crazy Hand. The other smashers faces had all gone pale from this. Even Wario's face showed signs of being nervous.

"Hm… oh great!" Master Hand said.

"What-a?" Luigi asked.

"Four more places are under attack." Crazy Hand said. "The Lylat system, Arcadia, these two countries called Sylvarant and Tethealla, and the Orre region."

"Oh well, we can just divide up." C. Falcon said.

"It gets worse… not one, but TWO of the Fates are in Arcadia, and the most powerful of the Fates is at Sylvarant and Tethe'alla. And one of the stronger ones is also in the Orre region." Master Hand said.

"Could this get any worse?" Bowser asked. An earthquake hit, and this caused one of the chandeliers to go flying over toward Bowser and hit him. "I take that back…" Bowser said.

"Then just send me and Falco to the Lylat system." Fox said. "We can meet with our team and handle whatever the problem there is." Fox said.

"Wait! Take someone else with you." Samus said. "Like… C. Falcon and I." Samus said.

"Why volunteer me?" C. Falcon asked.

"Done!" Crazy Hand said.

"Alright then…" Master Hand said. "We also can't take the warp stars to Arcadia. That land consists of only sky with islands floating in it. The Warp stars could easily miss one of the land masses." Master Hand said.

"Then I shall go to Arcadia." Meta-Knight said. "With my Halberd, we can easily have a safe travel there."

"I want to go to Arcadia." Link said.

"I'll go too." Roy said.

"Pyo."

"I'll go!" said Ganondorf.

"Pichu." Pichu said happily.

"I'll go there too." Pit said.

"Me too!" DK said gruffly.

"I'll go to Sylvarant and Tethe'alla." Mewtwo said.

"Me too!" Y. Link said happily.

"I'll-a go." Mario said.

"I'm-a staying with-a Mario this-a time." Luigi said.

"So will we." The Ice Climbers said simultaneously.

"I'm going there too!" Wario shouted. "That way I can show up Mario."

"I'll feel safer with Mario." Peach said.

"That leaves me, Yoshi, Marth, Ness, Jigglypuff, Pikachu, Zelda, and Bowser to go to this Orre region." Snake said.

"Okay then… best of luck smashers." Master Hand said. "We're going to need it if we're going to fight…"

Meanwhile…

"The smashers may know who I am, but that doesn't matter. Once I have all the pieces of the Black Rune, I will have all of my previous power back, and so much more!" The Dark Lord's voice was finally identifiable. It was a sinister cackle of a voice. The Dark Lord finally stepped from the shadows. He was wearing red, purple, and green robes. And he had blonde hair in a ponytail. His face was covered in clown-like make-up with a sinister smile. "The worlds will bow before the might! OF KEFKA!" Kefka screamed before cackling.

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That's right! The Dark Lord is Kefka! I have been planning on using Kefka from Final Fantasy VI for a long time. Kefka is my all time favorite villain for various reasons. Let me know what you think.