Chapter 2
Easy to Some, Uneasy to Some
"They seriously allowed that-a?" Mario asked in surprise. That was his reaction after hearing from Lucina about the government allowing the "abuse-yukkuris-once-a-week" program for World OYP. Most of the Smashers heard about this and were talking about it together.
"Why would they allow something like this?!" asked Pichu in anger. "They're basically answering the demand of terrorists! I thought this is something governments would never do?"
"Better than allowing yukkuris to return to that world, I think," said Snake.
"It's still very cruel!" said the Pokemon. "How can they willingly let those poor things be killed for the sake of entertainment?"
"Lucina was very mad when she heard about it as well, but if the higher ups allow it, there's nothing anyone can do," said Fox. "Apparently, the situation over at World OYP, as they're calling the old yukkuri world now, is really bad due to people going insane over the lack of yukkuris to abuse."
"That serves them right! They have no right to keep yukkuris around if they cannot love them properly!" said Pichu in anger. "I'm against this! We should do something!"
"We can't do anything. The government's words are absolute, so to go against them is to become enemies of them," said Snake.
"We went against them before, so who's afraid to do it a second time?" said Pichu, reminding him of the the events of Armageddon: The Corruption.
"That was a different situation, and I don't think it's worth it getting into a fight with them again over yukkuris," said Pikachu. "At least I don't want to..."
"Yeah, eetz not-a worth eet getting in a fight with da government over something like-a theez," said Mario. "As long as they know what-a they doing and are keeping things unda control, eet should be all right-a."
"Yeah, Lucina did say they found a way to keep yukkuris from reproducing, so even if the folks in the old world smuggled them out, they can't repopulate their world with them," said Fox.
An entire week had passed since then. The abusers of World OYP had been eagerly waiting for the next opportunity to abuse yukkuris. Needless to say, things went crazy like last time when the time came. However, one location was special in the way that it was reserved for a particular group of people.
It was happening again at the same stadium mentioned in the previous chapter, but this time, the audience seats were filled with people, cheering loudly while looking at the yukkuris that were released into the field. Soldiers from Tooneria were patrolling the place to make sure that everything was under control. Corrin and Kamui were among the soldiers as well.
"Ladies and gentlemen! It's almost here!" said the announcer loudly and happily. "Here we have another week of fun with yukkuris! People who came here are very lucky, because they are able to witness some of the most well-known celebrities of our world abusing yukkuris!"
"Celebrities who made their names through yukkuri abuse...? I can't believe this..." said Kamui in disgust.
"This is basically praising criminals for their evildoing rather than making them face their crimes..." said Corrin.
"Let us welcome these people! It's been so long since they've abused yukkuris, so I'm sure they can't wait any longer to do so!" said the announcer.
A person completely dressed in black stepped into the field. His attire consisted of a trench coat, leather shoes, gloves, a mask that covered his mouth, a pair of shades, and a fedora. His face was completely concealed because of the mask and shades. "Let us welcome the Beast!" said the announcer, and then the crowd went wild.
Next, a bald man with glasses came in. The best way to describe his attire was that he was dressed like an average salary man, complete with having a briefcase in his hand. "And here we have, Mister Businessman!" said the announcer.
After that person, in came a sinister-looking man with nothing but a purple Mohawk on his head. He had a black vest that had spikes lined along the sleeves, and underneath, he wore a white shirt with the picture of a dying reimu stabbed in the head with a knife. His bottom half's attire consist of ragged jeans and a brown sneakers. Held in his hand was a whip made of segmented blade pieces. "Following him, we have Whiplash!" said the announcer.
Suddenly, a loud roar came from the door they came out out, and in came a large, hulking man with messy black hair, running on all fours. He wore a blue shirt, brown trousers, and brown shoes. He had a demented-looking faces and kept his tongue out, panting like a dog. "Last, but not the least, the Role Model!" said the announcer.
The crowd went wild upon seeing the appearance of these four people, and they rooted for the celebrity they loved most.
"As much as we love to see more famous faces here, these four are the only ones who can make it here today, but I'm sure this is enough to satisfy all of us," said the announcer. "Without further ado, let us see them do their things!"
The crowd went wild once again, and Whiplash wasted no time in stepping forward and swinging his blade whip like a lasso over his head. "I've been waiting for this day! I'm going to enjoy things to the fullest! Yahahahaha!" He then swung it at a reimu, which had several koreimus surrounding it. The whip went down the middle of the Reimu, cutting it in half. The koreimus around it were shocked and cried out loudly at their dead mother, only for Whiplash to swing his whip at them horizontally, tearing them apart.
Seeing this, the other yukkuris ran for their lives. The Role Model ran forward like a rampaging animal, swinging his hands at various yukkuris he came across and swatting them out of the air. Some of them flew into the audiences, who happily murdered them. The large, hulking man ran around the place, making animal-like sounds and killing yukkuris in the same manner.
Mr. Businessman walked up to some yukkuris, both bodied and normal ones, that were vcowering against the wall. He adjusted his glasses and then put down his briefcase slowly. He walked up closer to the trembling yukkuris before suddenly throwing a punch at a bodied marisa, crushing its head against the wall.
The surrounding yukkuris screamed in terror and ran after seeing this. Before an alice could run far, it was crushed underfoot by Mr. Businessman. He then grabbed a bodied reimu by the collar from behind and pulled it over to himself before punching it through the back of the head, leaving a gaping hole on the forehead. Despite this, the bodied yukkuri was still alive and trembling in pain and fear. Mr. Businessman proceeded to punch and kick the living daylights out of it until it was pile of mess on the grass. He then went around, mercilessly and brutally punching and kicking any yukkuris he came across.
The Beast fought in a manner similar to that of Mr. Businessman, but was more brutal and savage compared to him. He moved around at a fast speed, destroying yukkuris he saw with his hands and feet. He punched, stomped, stabbed them with his fingers,and tore them apart mercilessly. All the while, he made absolutely no sound whatsoever. The other three abusers made sounds and said things as they abused the yukkuris, especially Whisplash and the Role Model. Mr. Businessman didn't make much sound, but he wasn't as silent as the Beast.
The crowd watched with excitement and cheered loudly while watching their favorite celebrities murder all the yukkuris on the field. The soldiers, on the other hand, didn't enjoy the mindless massacre going on. Even though there were no blood and guts being spilled, the sight of pastry-like creatures being killed and their fillings being splattered all over the place still felt disturbing to them.
Kamui was on the edge of snapping from watching such brutality happening, but Corrin told her to keep calm. If their superiors allowed this to happen, they would have to follow their orders and not have any complaints, no matter their opinions.
Even though the field had a large amount of yukkuris, enough to fill the whole area, the four people managed to kill all of them in less than ten minutes. Yukkuris were defenseless creatures, so it was no issue killing them at all. When they were done, the field was covered with squashed and torn yukkuris. They were all pretty much dead, and one that were still alive were in a state so messed up that they were beyond saving and would succumb in a few seconds.
The crowd went crazy and gave the celebrities large rounds of applause for what they believed was a spectacular performance, while the folks from Tooneria remained silent, some with looks of anger and disgust on their faces.
It was almost the end of the day, so, needless to say, the yukkuri abuse events all over the old world had ended, and people were looking forward to the next week.
Elrond entered Edward's office room with a box in his hand, and it could be seen shaking slightly. Looking at the box, Edward asked him, "So you got one?"
"Two, actually," replied Elrond. "Things went as planned."
Elrond was able to smuggle out two yukkuris from one of the locations, an enclosed garden. He knew luck was on his side when the soldiers weren't aware of the sewage system underneath that place. All he had to do during the chaos of people going around killing yukkuris was to place two yukkuris inside plastic bags and then throw them down a drainage concealed by bushes when no one was looking. After the event was over, he went into the sewer from a location outside the garden and made his way to where the yukkuris he threw down were. Just like that, he was able to smuggle them out.
He opened the box and dropped a youmu and a marisa type. The two yukkuris had previously witnessed the death of their own kind, so they were still trembling in fear. "Good! Let's take them to our scientists at once and forcefully reproduce them! We'll smuggle more next week, and in no time, we'll be able to repopulate our world again!" said Edward with enthusiasm.
"It may take a while, but it'll definitely be worth it," said Elrond with a smile.
Of course, they both had no idea that the government and military of Tooneria had anticipated something like this and thus made preparations. They were in for a big surprise, or disappointment.
"What do you mean they can't reproduce?!" asked Edward in shock. That was what he was told after taking the two yukkuris smuggled out to a science lab for them to be reproduced at a fast rate.
"We used all sort of reproduction methods, but they simply won't give birth. We ran scans on them, and results show that their reproductive systems are, for a lack of better terms, dead," a scientist told him. "They're no longer functioning. You can even say they no longer exist."
"How is that possible?!" asked Edward.
"We don't know. Yukkuris shouldn't be able to lost the ability to reproduce without a reason," said the scientist.
"The people from the other world must've done something! They must've saw this coming and therefore took preparations! I can't believe they would be so well-prepared!" said Edward angrily. "What use do we have in keeping them both around? It was a huge waste of effort smuggling them out!"
"We can keep them around to see if we can come up with a solution," said the scientist.
"I don't care!" said Edward angrily. He reached in hand into the cage containing the two yukkuris and pulled them out. After forcefully throwing them onto the floor, he stepped on them over and over until they were badly squashed and dead. Breathing heavily, he said, "I can't believe I'm still angry after this!"
"It angers me greatly too!" said Elrond. "I can never forgive those people for taking away our source of entertainment!"
"Which is why we have been coming up with a plan for a while," said a voice. Edward and Elrond turned to see a bespectacled man with a large amount of messy, brown hair and a large beard dressed in a light brown business suit standing there. Stretching out his hand, the man shook hands with Edward and said, "I am Victor Vortrax."
"I've heard of you," said Edward. "You tried to bring back the yukkuris a while back, but failed."
"Indeed, but I've been trying to come up with a new plan ever since," said Victor. "We have put together a team of people who are ready to give their lives to bring back the yukkuris."
"How do you plan on doing that?" Elrond asked him.
"Come and join us, and you will know what we plan to do," said Victor. "I'm sure you will like it!"
For the past week, Master Hand had been at Smash Mansion, or rather, the sky above Smash Mansion. Needless to say, he brought the Final Destination, since that was his house. Because the transdimensional portal for traveling to the yukkuri world was in the Final Destination, some of the Smashers took the opportunity to visit that world while the Hand was there.
Master Hand stopped by for several days for the reason of training some of the Smashers how to incorporate haki, or aura, in into their fighting styles, as he previously told them that one must be able to use that in order to be considered strong, as the powerful people of the world are all users of it.
The Hand watched as Captain Falcon, Ganondorf, Mewtwo, Link, Marth, Mario, Donkey Kong, Pit, Dark Pit, and Lucario trained hard on the surface of the Final Destination, either through fighting each other or attacking training dummies. Lucario served more as as tutor, as among the mentioned Smashers, he was the only one who was skilled in using haki, which he called aura, even if not having complete mastery over it.
"You guys are doing well!" Master Hand told them. "It's been only a week, and yet you guys have already good at this! You should be good and ready to go in a few more days, though in order to truly master this, it may take up to a year."
"No need to take it too fast," said Captain Falcon while punching the Smash Bros. sandbag, which was from a wooden stand. "It's not like we're training to face impending evil or anything."
"Nothing wrong with mastering it in a short amount of time either," said Master Hand. "Readers may get frustrated and impatient if they are forced to read several chapters about you guys training and failing several times before getting things correct. I'm sure the author doesn't want to do something like that."
"We're pros. We can definitely get this down in a short time," said Link with confidence.
TO BE CONTINUED
I apologize for the abrupt ending. I can't really think of a proper way to end this chapter. As long as it isn't a cliffhanger, I think it should do...
The four "celebrity" abusers are all OCs, but some of them have their designs based on characters I've seen in yukkuri abuse fan arts. And yes, it's the same Victor from Strive for Easiness Again; he's back.