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M.G: Was it a god or a devil that gave the people of World OYP the desire to abuse yukkuris?
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Chapter 8
Coming Up with an Easy Solution

Zelda and Ness were in the book room, and the former was reading a book while listening to Ness talk. "You can't please everyone, that's for sure," Zelda told him after listening to him but without looking away from her book, which was about the history of Hyrule.

"I know, but that guy sees fit that he has the right to make me do stories the way everyone else sees fit, but the way I see it, it looks more like he's demanding things to be the way he sees fit..." said Ness. "My friend do get criticisms here and there every once in a while, but for the most part, people agree that his stories are entertaining stuff for killing time... He's no expert in storytelling. He just write whatever he likes and shares it with other people! That guy is a critic in making, and the worst kind... It's like his goal is to train him to become a world-class novelist and will not take no for an answer! Being a novelist isn't even his number one occupation! I tried telling that guy to take it easy and don't pester him too much, only to get into fights with him..."

"If he hates his stories that much, then why is he still reading them?" asked Zelda.

"How would I know? I can't read minds across the internet..." said the psychic boy.

"Probably best that your friend ignore him," suggested Zelda. "As long as other people like them, do whatever you want, though it won't hurt to follow some of his advices, though."

"He plans to outright not read anything he sent him anymore," said Ness. "When I asked why he doesn't just block him, he said he wanted to be merciful and also hopeful that he will one day say something nice instead of always criticizing harshly."

R.O.B. then came into the room and looked around one of the bookshelves. When Ness asked him what he was looking for, the robot replied that he was looking for a book about interdimensional traveling, to which the boy questioned if they even had one. "According to Master Hand, he kept some here," replied R.O.B. "He wants to know more about interdimensional traveling in order to reactivate the portal to bring back our friends who went to another world yesterday."

"Oh yeah, Luigi and some others went that yukkuri world, and for some reason, the portal wouldn't open afterwards, so we can't get them back," said Ness.

"Hope they'll be fine..." said Zelda.

"Relax, those guys can take care of themselves and also take care of Luigi," said Ness in a way that sounded like the plumber in green was incapable of self-defense. "Nothing can go wrong with them! What harm can possibly come to them in that peaceful place anyway?"

Master Hand was frustrated. No matter how many times he checked the transdimensional machine for errors, he could not find any. There was absolutely nothing wrong with it, yet he couldn't get it to open a pathway to World YB. "What exactly is wrong with this thing?" he wondered. "It was working perfectly yesterday... What could have gone wrong?"

Samus was nearby, working away on a computer that showed the specifics of the machine. "Looked through the specs a hundred times already, and nothing is wrong. It states that the machine is in perfect condition and is capable of operating."

"And yet, it refuses to open up for us!" said Master Hand in frustration. "It's as if that world is intentionally giving us the middle finger and won't let us access it!" Suddenly, a realization came to him. "Won't let us access it... " Then it came to him. "That's it!"

He typed in a random coordinate on the machine's control panel and then turned on the portal. A blue glow immediately appeared at the center of the machine's ring-shaped structure, and through it was seen a black-haired guy with glasses typing away on a laptop. Master Hand closed the portal immediately afterwards and said, "That world has been Iso-Locked! No wonder we can't access it!"

Ness couldn't be any more wrong, because danger was soon coming to World YB. Various world leaders had gathered together in a conference room to talk about what happened yesterday and what they should do about it. Lucina was present in the room as well, serving as the representative of Tooneria.

Some of the leaders suggested that they give in to what the people of World OYP want by letting them have enough yukkuri to repopulate their world, but some were against it, as they saw it unethical to allow innocent lives to be harmed just to ensure peace, even if the lives did not belong to humans. Lucina was especially against this.

"We have nothing to be afraid of them! We will fight them if they attack us!" she said with determination.

"We can't allow war to happen over something as petty as this!" said one of the world leaders. "We're putting millions of lives at risk if we start a war!"

"But even if we don't start a war, we're still endangering lives!" said another one.

"Yukkuris are animals. Is there really a need to get so worked up about the lives of such creatures?" said another.

"All lives are precious! Even animals do not deserve cruel treatment!" said yet another one.

The world leaders argued with each other, and they could not come up with an answer to things.

The Smashers at World YB were in their hotel room, thinking about what happened yesterday. "Please... Come save us already..." said Luigi nervously, referring to his fellow Smashers. "I don't want to be here when the war starts... I've seen enough war movies and stories to know how they're like..."

"I think we can pull through this no problem," said Yoshi. "Their world has only normal people, but ours have abnormal and powerful ones, so defeating them should be a piece of cake. Hmmmmm... Cake!"

"Yeah, I'm sure we can beat them up real good if they really do attack us," agreed Kirby.

"We will defend the yukkuris to the end, no matter the cost!" said Gunner with determination. Duck and Hunt quacked and barked respectively as signs of showing agreement.

After realizing the reason for being unable to access World YB, Master Hand called for his good friend, Bahamut, to the Final Destination to have a talk with him regarding this.

"We came to the same conclusion as well," the intimidating, blue dragon said to the Hand.

"And are you able to do something about this?" asked Master Hand.

"Normally, yes, but it would seem that whoever hacked into the Iso-Lock System altered the codes and scripts in ways that we are unfamiliar with," Bahamut told him. "It's not impossible for us the hack into it and change things back, but it would take time."

"Are we correct in assuming that it is World OYP that is responsible for this?" asked the Hand.

"That is the most logical conclusion," said Bahamut. "We greatly underestimated them... We never thought that they would be smart and advanced enough to hack into our system..."

"Or it's possible that a spy was planted into your ranks and provided them with the info necessary for doing this," said Master Hand.

"That is indeed a possibility," said the dragon. "For now, all we can do is hope that our scientists fix things fast. I fear for the worst the reason World OYP did this... I dare say that they are attempting to invade World YB and take back the yukkuris."

"I heard that the government sent Odin to deal with World OYP," said Master Hand. "While I do not like what I heard about the people of that place, I think having Odin deal with things is way too overkill..."

"You are not the only to think that," Bahamut told him. "I, too, do not agree that Odin is the right person to send, yet the Pentaglorious see fit that his beliefs and concept of justice is the answer to changing the people of that place."

"Well, they did a darn good job!" said Master Hand sarcastically. "If they were nicer, that place probably wouldn't hold a grudge against us and do something like this!"

"As much as I disagree with the higher ups, I have no say in this matter as well," Bahamut told him. "Their words are final and an iron wall you cannot penetrate."

Master Hand sighed and then said, "So... what do you think your higher ups are gonna do after resolving all this? I doubt they're going to let the offenders get away with it so easily."

"I do not know, but I fear for the worst..." said Bahamut.

Lucina visited the Smashers in their hotel room, and Kirby asked, "So... how'd things go?"

"It seems that the leaders have agreed to hand over some yukkuris to them, just enough to repopulate their world again," said Lucina in a sad and angry tone. "They really do not wish to start a war over this..."

"Really? This may be for the best, but too bad that the yukkuris are going to face oppression again, after we went through all the trouble of bringing them here..." said Luigi, sounding both relieved and disappointed. He was relieved that he didn't have to face a war, but disappointed that the yukkuris would once again be abused daily.

"But I'm not going to let that happen!" said Lucina angrily. "The world leaders may have decided on that, but I have something else in mind!"

"What do you have in mind?" asked Gunner.

"When they meet with World OYP tomorrow, I will rush straight into the portal that opened up and turn off their side of the Iso-Lock System," replied Lucina. "That way, we can gain access to our world and call for help."

"Sounds like a plan to me!" said Yoshi in agreement. "This should be easy for us to pull off!"

"As long as we get support from our own world, I'm fine with it," said Luigi.

News of what was soon to happen spread throughout World OYP, news of the possibility that yukkuris would once again return. Needless to say, this filled many people with joy, knowing that they could once again interactive with yukkuris, mostly in cruel ways. The news also said that they were asking for volunteers in pulling this off, so anyone who was interested should head over to Dr. Blak's lab.

As people talked in excitement with each other about this news, one particular person, a silver-haired woman in white armor, was reading the newspaper while hiding in an alleyway not far away from a dock. After reading through the article, she knew what she must do.

TO BE CONTINUED