Chapter 14: Fate of Smash City
(Back in Smash City)
Luigi, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Link, Ash, Ty, and Shantae were still holding their ground defending Smash City from Tabuu's followers.
Ash- Ho-Oh, sacred fire!
Ho-Oh used sacred fire and knocked away Hades, Poke'mon Hunter J, and the Quinking.
Quinking- That sure is one strong Poke'mon you got there. Much stronger than any of the other Poke'mon I've seen you or J use.
Poke'mon Hunter J- That's because Ho-Oh is a legendary Poke'mon which are much stronger and any ordinary Poke'mon.
Quinking- I see that, J. And I think I know just how to even the odds…
Then the Quinking turned into the form of Ho-Oh.
Ho-Oh- What's going on?!
Quinking (in Ho-Oh's voice)- I have the power to turn into anyone I've seen. I can even take on the powers and abilities of whoever I take the form of. Now let's see how you and that Poke'mon Trainer like it when a legendary Poke'mon's power is used against you!
The Quinking fired hyper beam and the real Ho-Oh countered with his hyper beam. Smoke covered the room, but Ho-Oh and the Quinking continued to clash through the smoke with sky attack. When the smoke cleared, everyone was having trouble telling which one was Ho-Oh and which one was really the Quinking.
Luigi- Which one's which?!
Shantae- Ash, try giving Ho-Oh a command. Maybe that will help us tell with is the real one.
Ash- I don't think that will work. The Quinking will follow the command like Ho-Oh will to keep up this charade. Besides, I think I have another way of telling which is the real Ho-Oh…
Ash looked at the Ho-Oh on the left at first, but when Ash looked at the Ho-Oh on the right, the expression in his eyes changed.
Ash- Melmetal, double iron bash on the right Ho-Oh!
Melmetal stretched both of its arms and threw its fists into the Ho-Oh on the right's face.
Ho-Oh on the right- Master Ash…what are you…
Ash- Pikachu, thunderbolt! Lycanroc, stone edge!
Pikachu- Pika…CHUUUUUUUU!
Lycanroc- (Howl)
The two Poke'mon attacks hit the Ho-Oh on the right side of the room and created a smoke cloud. Out of the smoke cloud came the Quinking before he was slammed into the wall behind him.
Quinking- How did you know I wasn't the real Ho-Oh?!
Ash- I might not have caught Ho-Oh in a poke'ball and I haven't done much battling with Ho-Oh yet since he only comes when I really need him. However, I am still his current master and as a Poke'mon Trainer, I share a special bond with the Poke'mon that trust in me and are willing to fight by my side! Team Rocket once tried a similar trick to try and fool Pikachu into letting them capture him. But it failed just as bad as your attempt to impersonate Ho-Oh!
Ho-Oh- Wow, Master Ash! You really are just like Master Calmly was before you! I'm touched!
Hades helped the Quinking to his feet.
Quinking- That electric and rock attacks…why did they do more damage to me while I had transformed into Ho-Oh?!
Hades- That's because in the world of Poke'mon, Poke'mon have weaknesses depending on what type they are. For instance, a fire type is weak to rock and a flying is weak to electric. And Ho-Oh is a fire and flying type.
Ash- Your turn, Ho-Oh! Sacred fire!
Ho-Oh- This is for trying to impersonate me! Sacred fire!
Ho-Oh used sacred fire and knocked Hades and the Quinking back into the wall.
Poke'mon Hunter J- I had hope to save this for after we had defeated Ash and the others heroes, but Ho-Oh is posing too much of a threat.
Poke'mon Hunter J points her petrification device on her arm at Ho-Oh while he was still distracted with Hades and the Quinking.
Poke'mon Hunter J- Tabuu has upgraded my petrification beam with god technology. So, it should work on you this time, Ho-Oh!
But before Poke'mon Hunter J could fire it, what looked like a mechanical spider drone suddenly stuck to her arm cannon. And as soon as Poke'mon Hunter J noticed it, an electrical pulse was administrated from the drone and electrocuted her entire left arm.
Poke'mon Hunter J- GAHHHHH! Get it off of me!
Poke'mon Hunter J threw off her arm cannon right before the electrical surge blew it to pieces. When Poke'mon Hunter J looked to her left, she saw Ty still having the Bunyip's sacred energy surrounding his body and holding what looked like a detonator for explosives in his paw.
Ty- Sorry shela, but nobody knows tech better than me!
Poke'mon Hunter J- I'll make you pay for that! Drapion, pin missile on that orange shag rug!
Drapion- Drapion!
Drapion fired its attack at Ty, but Ty created a shield using the Bunyip's sacred energy to block the attack. However, Hades took the opportunity to jump behind Ty.
Hades- Guess who!
Hades tried to punch Ty in the face, but his fist literally turned to dust the second he touched the glowing red aura around Ty's body.
Hades- Well…this is a curveball…
Then Hades was knocked away from Ty and to the ground with one blast from the Bunyip's sacred energy Ty shot at him.
Viridi (telepathically to Ty)- Now that is hilarious! Hades getting knocked on his own ass and eating his words!
Hades got back up and managed to regrow his right fist instantly.
Hades- Damn it! It appears that spiritual energy Ty as gain is just as harmful to the gods as the Master Sword! I literally can't touch him while he keeps that power active around his body like that!
Meanwhile, Infinite was struggling to avoid Shantae's attacks. Shantae was apparently using her dance moves to swing her legs at him. Shantae managed to land a kick and knock Infinite to the floor and crack his mask a bit. But before Shantae could make another move, a claw reached out of the shadows underneath her and grabbed her.
Black Doom- Gotta! Strike the genie girl now, Infinite!
Infinite got back up and began moving in on Shantae.
Infinite- With pleasure. This will be for breaking my mask…
Suddenly, a large monkey paw grabbed Infinite's head and pulled him away. In fact, the hand was bigger than Infinite's head itself. Then Infinite was crunched up into a ball by Donkey Kong.
Donkey Kong- I might not have a softball on hand, but you'll do to show everyone my world-famous pitching!
Then Donkey Kong threw Infinite into a wall like a baseball being pitched in a game and almost knocked Infinite through the wall.
Infinite- I can't feel me spin…
Infinite eventually falls off the wall and onto the floor. Back with Shantae, she manages to use her genie magic to make the claw grabbing hold of her vanish and pull Black Doom out of the shadow he was hiding his body in.
Shantae- You need better manner, Black Doom! That is no way to treat a lady!
Then Shantae fired a bolt of lightning at Black Doom, but he countered with an energy blast of his own. At the same time, Luigi was trying to use his jump attacks on Dimentio, but Dimentio levitated to the top of the room to keep himself out of even Luigi's reach.
Luigi- What's the matter, Dimentio?! Too scared to fight me face to face?
Dimentio- Why not just use your jumping skills, Mr. L. Your jumping powers are supposed to be superior to Mario's.
Luigi tried to jump to try and reach Dimentio, but he moved higher up and Luigi tried.
Dimentio- If you won't be able to hit me, I might as well strike from a distance! Ciao, Mr. L!
Dimentio fired a few magic beams at Luigi, but Luigi managed to dodge.
Luigi- Palutena, Viridi, a flying powerup item, please!
Viridi (telepathically to Luigi)- At least you're asking more politely, Luigi. Since you asked so nicely…
Then a super feather appeared in front of Luigi.
Luigi- Thank you, Viridi!
Luigi ate the super feather and turned into Cape Luigi and flew up to meet Dimentio in the air.
Dimentio- So Mr. L has decided to bring a flying super power to the fight.
Cape Luigi- You won't be so smug when I stomp on your face!
Dimentio fired a few magic beams at Cape Luigi, but Cape Luigi managed to dodge and was moving in closer to Dimentio.
Dimentio- Ok Marx, you can spring the trap now…uh…Marx…?
While Dimentio was distracted, Cape Luigi hit Dimentio with a jump attack and almost made him drop to the ground.
Dimentio- Why did Marx not attack Luigi?! Forget that twat! I'll just…
Suddenly, one of Yoshi's egg bombs smacked Dimentio in the face and knocked him into a wall. When Dimentio got up, he saw Marx was trapped inside that egg bomb Yoshi threw at him.
Marx- I couldn't spring the trap, because Yoshi swallowed me and put me in an egg before I could. And Vaati was right…that is something I wish I could forget seeing…
Dimentio- Could you at least get off of me, Marx?
Link was clashing swords with the Pirate Master. Link's sword skills were obviously superior to the Pirate Master since Link was putting the Pirate Master more on the defense. Link knocked the Pirate Master a few steps back after the Pirate Master was barely able to block Link swinging the Master Sword at him.
Pirate Master- Shit! This Hylian is better than I thought! Even without the Master Sword, his swordplay is that of a master!
Before Link could strike again, Vaati tried to jump Link from behind. Luckily, Link dodged Vaati's sword swing.
Vaati- Your head will be mine yet, Link!
Link- In your dreams, Vaati!
Vaati swung his sword at Link, but Link easily blocked it with his sword and was even pushing Vaati back. The Pirate Master also tried to attack Link from behind, but Link used his shield held in his other hand to block. Then Link kicked Vaati in the chest and knocked him away from Link. Then Link pulled out a bomb and placed it inside the Pirate Master's ribcage, since he's a skeleton and all.
Pirate Master- No fair…
Then Link jumped back before the bomb blew up and pieces of the Pirate Master rained down. The Pirate Master's head landed on Vaati's lap before he could get up.
Pirate Master- Vaati, would you minds helping me put myself back together? My bones scattered all over the place.
Vaati- Sorry, Pirate Master. But I still have a score with Link!
Vaati then tosses the Pirate Master's head over his shoulder before charging for Link again.
Pirate Master- Some teammate you are, Vaati! I know you're obsessed with revenge on the swordsman, but I will get you for this if we make it out of this alive!
Then the Pirate Master's head landed in Donkey Kong's paw.
Pirate Master- And now I'm in the hands of the muscle-bound ape…this just keeps getting worse…
Donkey Kong- You have no idea…Hey Hades, heads up!
Then Donkey Kong pitched the Pirate Master's head like he did with Infinite's body and it went flying towards Hades. Hades managed to get a quick glimpse at the Pirate Master's head before it hit his like a dodgeball.
Hades- To the author: if all these beatings on me throughout this chapter, since I'm being beaten up the most so far, are because I attacked and knocked you out…I apologize and promise to never do it again! Now can you please remove the bullseye you've put on me?
Then Hades falls to the floor with the Pirate Master's face still in his eye.
Viridi (telepathically to Hades)- How pathetic. The once Lord of the Underworld, stooping to cheating by looking at the author's drafts and forcing him to play along with your little ambush. And still if backfires on you in the worst way imaginable!
Palutena (telepathically to Hades)- You might've forced the author to play your little game, but that doesn't mean he still can't have the good guys turn it around regardless.
Hades- Oh, shut the **** up, bitches! Who asked for your advice anyway?!
Viridi (telepathically to Ty)- Hey Ty…
Then Ty touched the top of Hades' head with one finger from behind and Hades' head turned to stone since Ty still had the Bunyip's sacred power active. Hades' head crumbles to dust before another head grows in its place.
Hades- You know, Ty, you and that spiritual energy you got from Nandu Gili are starting to become as irksome as Pitty Pat! And that makes me really mad!
Meanwhile, Ho-Oh had grabbed hold of Sir Grodus with his claws and flew to the top of the room.
Sir Grodus- Put me down, you overgrown Thanksgiving dinner!
Ash- You heard him, Ho-Oh! Sky drop!
Ho-Oh- Happy landings, chrome dome!
Ho-Oh let go of Grodus and let him fall from the ceiling and onto the floor. This caused a tiny crack to appear on Grodus' head.
Sir Grodus- According to Hades, electric attacks do more damage to flying Poke'mon. So, let's see how you like my lighting, little birdy!
Grodus fired a few bolts of lightning from his staff, but Ho-Oh managed to dodge them. But then all of the lightning from Grodus' staff was suddenly redirected to Pikachu's tail once Pikachu used iron tail.
Sir Grodus- Hey! You can't use your Pikachu as a lightning rod!
Ash- I just did! You fight one of my Poke'mon, you fight me and the rest of my friends! Pikachu, iron tail!
Pikachu- Pikachu Pi!
Grodus blocked Pikachu's iron tail with his staff, but Pikachu's tail still contained the excess electricity from Grodus' lightning attack from earlier. And all that electricity went into Grodus head where all of his cybernetics were.
Sir Grodus- AAAAAAAHHH! Systems overloading! Circuits misfiring! Program malfunctioning! Then they frame of Grodus' head changed from blue to bright red and steam erupted from his head again. But like before, Hades sprayed him with a fire extinguisher to cool him down again. The foam didn't make him look like Santa this time, but Sir Grodus was still covered in it. Grodus grabbed Hades by the neck and pulled his face to his.
Sir Grodus- The fire extinguisher…again!
Hades- How else was I gonna cool you down?
Ash- Charizard, blast burn! Melmetal, flash cannon!
Mega Charizard- (ROAR)
Melmetal- Metal!
Melmetal hit Sir Grodus with flash cannon and Mega Charizard hit Hades with blast burn before knocking them into the wall again.
Poke'mon Hunter J- Salamence, hyper beam!
Mega Salamence- (ROAR)
Ash- Ho-Oh, stop that hyper beam with yours!
Then Ho-Oh fired hyper beam to block Mega Salamence's hyper beam and created a smoke cloud. Then Ash looked behind him and noticed Shantae was still fighting Black Doom. Black Doom threw a fireball at Shantae, but she dodged and smacked Black Doom in the face with her hair whip. But as soon as Shantae landed after that attack, a box of energy appeared and trapped her inside of it.
Dimentio- Don't bother, silly girl. You won't be able to move while you're in my dimensional box.
Black Doom- I didn't need your help, you know.
Dimentio- Less talking, more eliminating!
Before Dimentio or Black Doom could attack Shantae, Naganadel struck Black Doom from behind with x-scissor. Then Incineroar knocked Dimentio away from Shantae with darkest lariat. After Dimentio was knocked to the ground, the box trapping Shantae vanished.
Shantae- Gee! Thanks, you two.
Incineroar- (Roar)
Naganadel- Naganadel!
Meanwhile, Marx was trying to shoot those rainbow-colored arrows from his wings at Yoshi. Yoshi was able to dodge them and lash his tongue at Marx. However, Marx avoided the tongue.
Marx- Not this time, Yoshi!
Then Marx lashes his tongue and wraps it around Yoshi.
Marx- Let's see how you like it!
Then Marx pulls Yoshi into his mouth.
Marx- Hmm…doesn't look like I'll gain any copy ability from Yoshi. I'll just swallow him anyway! Payback for turning me into an egg! Hold on, why did Yoshi's taste change?
Then a Yoshi egg rolled out of Marx's mouth and shattered some of Marx's teeth on the exit.
Yoshi- Yoshi also turn Yoshi into egg for egg roll attack.
Before Marx could attack Yoshi, Luigi grabbed Marx from behind and threw him Super Mario 64 style. Marx crashed into Infinite and what little of the Pirate Master's body Infinite was able to put back together. At the same time, Donkey Kong and the Quinking who had taken the form of Lord Fredrick were at arms lock, trying to gain ground over the other.
Donkey Kong- You think Fredrick's form will do you any good?
Quinking (in Lord Fredrick's voice)- Fredrick is just as strong as you are, DK! It should be sufficient!
But little did the Quinking know, Harpie Shantae was hovering just above the Quinking before turning into Elephant Shantae and began to drop from above him. The Quinking quickly let got of Donkey Kong and tried to stop Elephant Shantae from crashing into him. But while he was holding up Elephant Shantae, Donkey Kong swung his Monkey Punch into the Quinking's face and knocked him to the ground. Also changing him from the form of Fredrick back to his original form. Elephant Shantae turned back to normal Shantae and she and Donkey Kong tried to catch their breath.
Shantae- (Gasp) I don't know…(Gasp)…how much longer we can keep this up…
Donkey Kong- I know! They won't back down as much as we won't!
Link and Vaati were clashing swords, but Vaati let his guard down and Link took that opportunity to strike. Link shattered Vaati's sword and knocked him to the ground in front of Tabuu's other followers. Vaati got up, but all of Tabuu's followers were also showing signs of fatigue and exhaustion, just like Luigi and the others were.
Palutena (telepathically to everyone)- This is starting to go on for far too long! You'll need to drive them out of Smash City, now!
Link- Easier said than done, Palutena. We're all but spent. And by the look of things, so are they.
Then Pikachu notices a Z-Crystal fall out of Ash's backpack and approaches it. Pikachu realizes which Z-Crystal it is and rushes it over to Ash.
Pikachu- Pika pi! Pi Pikachu!
Ash- What? My fire type Z-Crystal…? Wait a minute! I think I know what you mean, Pikachu!
Ash put the fire Z-Crystal in his Z-Ring and turned to face Ho-Oh.
Ash- Ho-Oh, I have a Z-Crystal that will let me use the fire Z-Move, Inferno Overdrive. What do you say we see what this does to your sacred fire?
Poke'mon Hunter J- NO! You wouldn't dare!
Ho-Oh- Oh goodie! My first Z-Move! Master Calmly never had me use a Z-Move before. He always had his Pikachu use the Z-Move. This should be fun!
Marx- Uh…is this bad?
Poke'mon Hunter J- Ho-Oh is powerful enough on its own, but with a Z-Move…
Hades- I've heard enough! We need to stop that birdy before they blow us back to Subspace!
Marx and Hades tried to rush Ash, but Ty shot a beam of that sacred energy to knock them back.
Ty- Do it now, mate!
Ash- Ho-Oh, fire type Z-Move! Inferno Overdrive!
Ho-Oh created a massive fireball that almost felt hotter than the sun and launched it at Tabuu's followers.
Poke'mon Hunter J- Uh…Salamence, hyper beam! Drapion, poison type Z-Move, Acid Downpour! Ariados, bug buzz!
Mega Salamence- (ROAR)
Drapion- Drapion!
Ariados- Ari!
The two Poke'mon attacks and Drapion's Z-Move collided with Ho-Oh's Z-Move, but they did nothing to slow it down. Soon, Ho-Oh's Inferno Overdrive engulfed Tabuu's followers in a huge firey explosion. When the smoke cleared, all of them were down for the count. Mega Salamence reverted back to its normal form and twitched while lying on the ground in excruciating pain. Same thing with Drapion and Ariados. Marx was covered in soot and his eyes looked completely empty as he moaned in pain on the floor. The Quinking was twitching while lying on the floor, but he changed into a different form at random with each twitch, like first he'd be in the form of Mario and the next he'd look like Pit or Sonic. Poke'mon Hunter was covered in soot, but she was out cold and lying on top of Hades who also couldn't move. However, Hades seemed to be enjoying the situation.
Hades- I might not…be able to move…but great work putting this chick on top of me!
Then Hades weakly winks and points at the readers. Sir Grodus apparently had the cybernetics in his head smashed open and electrical sparks and wires were coming out of the exposed frame while Grodus' body kept twitching and sparking. The Pirate Master was still in pieces, but all of his bones looked chard and black. Star Dream looked like it was falling apart and ready to explode at any moment. Black Doom, Vaati, Dimentio, and Infinite were in now better shape than the rest of Tabuu's followers. Then a black vortex opened up beneath each of them and all of Tabuu's followers were pulled back into Subspace.
Luigi- I can't believe it…We did it!
Luigi dropped to the floor on his butt and began taking a sigh of relief.
Yoshi sat next to Luigi.
Yoshi- Yeah…we did…
Soon, everyone was sitting down, trying to recover their strength after all that battling. Even Ash's Poke'mon and Ho-Oh were exhausted.
Donkey Kong- I could all the bananas from a single tree!
Link- Let's hope Mario, Sonic, Kirby, and Pit can pull through on their part too.
Ash- I'm sure they will! Mario hasn't let us down since he built this team and I doubt he will today.
Ty deactivated the Bunyips sacred energy as he took a seat on the floor.
Ty- I agree, Ash. Mario will pull through like he has been these last five seasons.
Ho-Oh- Now that I look at you all, you all do strongly resemble the previous team that my first master, Calmly, was a part of. And I'm beginning to doubt that's a coincidence.