The fighters gather the resources to make a campfire as they wait for the next match to begin. Link settles down and puts his hands against the worm embers with DK. Yoshi tried to curl up near the tranquil flames as Link and DK took out some spare sticks and looked for something to roast. Samus simply stargazes as the night goes by.

"So… anyone got any good adventure stories?" Link asked the other fighters.

DK raised his hand eagerly as Link stood back with a somewhat curious expression.


It was a dark day for DK Isles…. Well, more accurately, Crocodile Isles, since that was where it all took place. Diddy Kong and Dixie Kong have finally made it through K Rool's Keep and all the dangers that it has brought. The two gave a quick high five to each other as they climbed up to face the Konniving Pirate King himself. They eagerly rushed in only to see the King of the Kremlings toying with DK by firing rounds from a blaster.

"AHA! Tell me Kong, which one hurts more? The big round one, or the big spikey one?" K Rool fires one of each at the captured Kong. K Rool laughs with glee as DK shreeks with every shot before making his mind up and deciding to just primarily use the big blunt rounds to soak in his sadism . Diddy and Dixie ran in and shrieked at the sight.

"Oh! It appears we have a few more eny mini chimps here to walk the plank!" K Rool's attention went to Diddy and Dixie as he turned his blaster to the Kongs as DK was flung upwards to leave room for the battle at hand.

DK struggled to break free as he smashed against his small chamber. He couldn't hear much of what was happening, but the sound of explosions only strengthened his anxiety as he banged against the hollow walls. He was surprised when he was suddenly lowered back down. He saw Diddy and Dixie dealing with K Rool perfectly fine. DK sighed in relief, only to be quickly shot back up by K Rool as the fight went on. DK managed to keep a decent composer now that he knew that the other Kongs were giving K Rool a run for his money. He listened on as he heard K Rool's trigger finger grow more frantic as he fired more and more shots from his blaster, cringing a little at the amount of shots the croc was firing. But it didn't take long for DK to break free from his restraints soon after.


"Guh! Blasted little chimps!" K Rool got back up on his feet and prepared to fire another onslaught only for DK to drop down and deliver a powerful uppercut.

Yoshi and Link gave their applause to DK, who straightened his tie with a smug grin on his face as he sat back down.

"Wow…. I didn't understand a thing but…. Amazing story… I think…." Link mentioned awerdly. Yoshi huffed and looked away. Link watched as the two animals began to shout at each other at what appeared to be some form of argument before the two sat down and locked eyes on each other.

Yoshi then raised his hand as it was decided that he would be the next one to highlight one of the greatest moments of his adventures.

Yoshi was in hot pursuit of Kamek as he teleported through the dimly lit castle. Kamek was quickly being cornered further and further in as frantic cries echoed through the halls as the two battled before entering one last room with nowhere to run.

"YOU! Are n-n-not welcomed HERE!" Kamek shouted at the lone Yoshi and raised out his hand. "Yoshi, please hand OVER THE BABY!" Yoshi prepared an egg and began to aim when the room was shoke by a sudden yawn as the lights turned on, revealing a young koopa with spikes along his shell.

"Oh, dear… What to do…." Kamek's once dominant deemener in the face of Yoshi suddenly shattered to dust as he began to break down. He looked back up at the small koopa and uttered "Young Master Bowser wakes…."

"Kamek, it's too noisy in here! I wanna go sweepy-byyye!" Yoshi watched in shock as the small koopa began to rapidly ground pounds onto the wizard until he was flat as a pancake. He then kicked Kamek away as he flew over to the wayside.

The koops' attention then turned over to Yoshi, who was still trying to recover from the sheer shock from the turn of events. "What kind of gween donkey is dat?" Cried out the young baby Bowser.

Yoshi began making steps back but the koopa began to inch ever closer. "Looks wyke fun! Me wanna ri-ide!" The koopa then jumps into the air and ground pounds onto the Yoshi. They shrieked as the baby Mario was knocked off their back and Bowser cried out "MINE! MINE!"

The young Bowser began laughing as the baby Mario was left defenseless. Kamek took this opportunity to try and yank Mario away, only to be intercepted by a Yoshi egg. Yoshi then managed to throw off the young koopa king as the star child landed on his back. Kamek flew back into the background as Bowser got back up on his feet. Yoshi threw a couple of eggs at the koopa only for them to have no effect. Bowser then jumps up high into the air and ground pounds at the Yoshi. Yoshi avoided the attack but barely manages to escape the sudden shock wave. Yoshi was shocked by the sheer strength until beginning to notice how rubber-ish the ground was. Yoshi gained an idea and waited for Bowser to use another ground pound. Yoshi avoided the shock wave and delivered a ground pound of his own, flinging the koopa into the wall. This process repeated itself a couple of times until Bowser was down for the count.

Kamek then flew back as he looked on, appalled by the sight that he was seeing. "Yoshi, why did you do this?"

Kamek looked on in fear as he looked at the unconscious baby. "Young Master, let me help you!" Here!" he cried out as he began to pour loads of magic onto the baby. The young Bowser begins to slowly get back up and gives off an ominous glow. The castle began to shake as he began to grow larger and larger.

"Oh dear… I might have gone a little overboard this time…" Kamek mumbles as he begins to fly away, leaving Yoshi and the baby Mario to fend for themselves at the growing baby. By the time he finished growing he was larger than the castle itself. The goliath roared and rocks were flung into the air, crashing down and taring the ground apart.

Yoshi leapt from platform to platform as the rocks fell and tore through the ground like butter. The overgrown baby began to shoot out fireballs from his mouth as Yoshi leapt over the rocks. Yoshi needed a miracle to win this battle….

Then there was a sudden drop off to the Yoshi. They were massive eggs that were pumped up with explosives. Huh, how convenient-


DK lashed out at the ridiculousness of Yoshi's story. The veteran and newcomer began to argue over the logic of the story while Link looked at the two of them conflicted. He was split on whether he should pretend to be outraged like DK, attempt to side with Yoshi, or say nothing. He went over to where Samus was waiting.

"Hey Samus."

Samus remained quiet as Link sat down next to her.

"So, crazy tournament, am I right?"

"..."

"Not much of a talker?"

".."

"That's fine… not much of one myself, but it doesn't hurt to open up a little now and then."

Samus continued to remain silent, but was beginning to clutch her arm a little as Link continued talking.

"You know? The life of a hero can be a little exhausting sometimes…."

"..."

"Saving people, fighting countless enemies, keeping the peace… the expectations can be a little frustrating…."

"..."

"So...if your ever feeling down or anything-"

"I'm not interested in your group. Just focus on getting us out of here."

Link gave a sigh as he looked back at the two arguing fighters. DK and Yoshi were still arguing about the story, but it was quickly derailing as the two began to argue on who had the bigger and greater adventures.

"Uh, you wouldn't happen to know how to speak Yoshi, would you?"

Samus remained silent as Link walked back to calm the two fighters down.

"Hey guys." Link waved to DK and Yoshi. They took a quick glance at him before turning back at each other and started shouting again.

"Hey! Let's calm down now alright?! We got some matches coming up soon so let's save the fighting and arguing for later, please?" DK and Yoshi turned to Link, shock their heads, and began to go back and forth again. Link went up and put himself in between the two and held them off.

"Alright I'm gonna be honest. I don't know what you guys are talking about, but I won't let that stop me from trying to help. DK, you're a pretty strong guy and Yoshi, I've got a feeling that you're just as good in your own right. But right now we're all in this together, because if we don't take out Master Hand now, then I have a bad feeling about what's to come…." The three fighters finally came to an agreement as they calmed down.


Falco impatiently tapped his foot as they began closing in on Fox's whereabouts.

"How much longer is this going to take!?" Falco cried out.

"Patience Falco. We're gonna be there in a few more minutes."

"Don't be surprised if we end up finding him dead because-"

"Falco!"

"Alright, alright. I'll shut it…."

The Great Fox continued to move through the depths of space. Falco continued to grow more and more tired of waiting while Slippy and Peppy were nervous. There were no emergency signals being sent, nor any signs of Fox. The Star Fox crew continued to travel until they reached the exact coordinates. The area was completely empty and devoid of any signs of life.

"Where the h## is he!" Falco yelped, but was stunned by yet another instance of beeping.

"Fox! Fox, can you read me!" Peppy cried out into the communication channel, only for radio silence to go off.

"Maybe he kept flying out?" Slippy questions.

"That is possible…" Peppy answered. "Let's try to keep going. Maybe we'll find him if we go a little further."

Slippy turns on the engines, only for nothing to happen. "Peppy! There's something wrong with the engines!"

"I'll contact the others!" Peppy rushes back into the communications room.

"Finally! About time we get some action!" Falco dashes for the arwings, only for the door to be locked.

Peppy turns on the communications again "Help! Is anyone reading this!"

"YOUR COMMUNICATIONS ARE FUTILE. KEEP QUITE MR. [Peppy Hare] AND WATCH [Master Hand's] SPECTICAL." Peppy was put back by the sudden harsh and robotic voice.

"Who is this?!"

"I AM MODEL NUMBER [64]. BUT YOU SHALL REFER TO ME AS THE ANCIENT MINISTER."

"What did you do with Fox!"

"YOU DO NOT OWN [contestant number 7]. PROPERTY HAS BEEN REDISTRIBUTED TO [Master Hand]. FURTHER REQUEST WILL BE SENT INTO INBOX."

"Now wait just a second you-" Peppy was then blocked from the communication channel as a portal began to open from the sky.


The fighters continued to wait for signs of Master Hand as the night went along. Link and Samus stayed awake as DK and Yoshi got the sleep they desperately needed after all the arguing they've had earlier.

"...So...how's your experiences in space been?"

"..."

Link sighed "You're not even going to tell me something as small as that? Or… big? I don't know, space stuff is confusing ..."

"You won't be confused for long."

"Hey! You finally said something!"

"..."

"...and I spoke too soon…."

The two fighters were suddenly surprised when a portal opened under the campfire. Yoshi and DK shrieked as they were pulled into it like a vacuum. Link decided to jump in after them and Samus followed suit. Once Samus jumped, the portal shot DK and closed in on itself, leaving DK alone on Yoshi's Island.


The Toads and Hylains looked up to their screens once more. Some were viewing from the comfort of their nice and warm homes while others stayed outside and watched from the giant sky screen that was created by Master Hand. Some questioned if that was a problem but were quickly shut down by other excited viewers.

"Oh boy! This match is gonna be crazy!" One Toad shouted

"I know right!" a Hylian responded.

"Come on everyone! Come on down to Beedle to place your bets! Act now for a 30% discount in my shop!" Beedle cried out. Many Toads and Hylians ran over and began paying him with ether gold coins or rubies.

Oh if mama could see me now! Beedle thought to himself as he handed out a few coupons. This whole tournament has increased his insurance enough so he could not only afford a large house, but maybe even build that dream shop he's been thinking about ever since he was a child! He was unstoppable, no, unchallengeable in this field now. He could make all the naysayers rue the day they ever doubted him. He'll show EVERYONE that he is-

"WAHAHA! COME AND MAKE YOUR BETS!" Beedle turned around in confusion. Behind him was another shop with a large sign saying :WARIO BETS! You wanna be a smarto? BE LIKE WARIO!

"Come on up and place your bets people! You wouldn't wanna be one of those suckers like….uh…. THAT GUY! WAHAHAHA!" Wario eagerly points over towards Beedle

"Hey! I take offense to that!" Beedle says as he charges toward his competitor's stand.

"Oh come on! Beat it bozo! Wario's about to make MILLIONS!"

"Oh please, you think that YOUR gonna get rich off of this? I've been giving my customers FREE COUPONS! What did you get?"

Wario got up with a smirk and reached out for his microphone. "COME ON DOWN! If you start betting now… One lucky customer will get their hands on one of Wario's newest Games!" He held up his game as if it were a grand prize. People immediately took interest and left Beedles sales stand for Warios.

Wario laughed triumphantly as Beedle fell to the ground. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Come back! Come...back…" Beedle fainted on the spot as he lost all of his customers.


Yoshi was quickly falling through a dark void with no end in sight. Yoshi looked up to see Samus and Link in hot pursuit and reached out for him.

"Look out!" Link cried out to Yoshi. Yoshi turned around and saw the ground.

Yoshi fell onto the cold steel with a powerful crash. Link and Samus made a perfect landing as Yoshi slowly got back up to his feet. Samus looked around the area and noticed that they were back in space, standing on a rather large ship that could have belonged to some mercenaries of some kind, she deduced.

Link looked around in awe at the sight. The dark void around him looked intimidating, as if he was a child again when he had his first look into the great sea of hyrule as he was told the legend of the hero of the winds. To think Hyrule was missing out on something like this~ he thought to himself.

Samus went back over to check on Yoshi's condition as Link was reminded of the matters at hand.

"Hey… I'm sort of new to this space thing so could you help me look for any signs of Master Hand?" Link asked Samus. Samus begrudgingly accepted his offer as she walked around the ship.

She aimed her arm cannon and looked around for the hand. She jumped to the ship's tail end and noticed that the engines were still on. She immediately deduced that this was likely the work of Master Hand yet again and instinctively turned on her communications and X ray viser. She turned around and the viser was able to detect… animals. Rather strange ones in fact. This was exactly what she had in mind for a crew but her receiver picked up on some voices.

"Good going Einstein, we lost Fox and our ships were hijacked."

"Well at least it can't get any worse…"

"Don't jinx it Slippy… we have no idea who the enemy is and what they want with us…"

Samus decided that it was probably safe to quickly interject herself into their conversation and give an explanation, but was suddenly caught back by the garbage noise that came from the other end.

Samus hopped back up to the top and meet up with Link and Yoshi. She saw that some sort of screen had formed in the sky, giving off static as if it were a broken television. The image became clearer and showed a mysterious man.

"ATTENTION CONTESTANTS, YOU WILL SOON ENGAGE INTO A SPECIAL. BRAND OF COMBAT. CONTESTANTS NUMBER 3. AND. 5. SET YOURSELFS INTO COMBAT STANCE ON THE FRONT OF THE SPACECRAFT. CONTESTANT NUMBER 4. AS A [gift of recognition] YOU WILL BE GIVEN HIGH GROUNDS AMONG. [number 7] POSITION YOURSELF NOW."

"What the heck is this thing?!"

"I AM THE ANCIENT MINISTER. PROCEED TO POSITION YOURSELF AT THE FRONT OF THE SHIP."

Link gave an irritated grunt as he marched over with Yoshi. Samus walked up to the higher end of the ship and aimed at Link and Yoshi, who hesitantly stood battle ready.

"COMMENCING GATEWAY FOR CONTESTANT NUMBER 7" the Ancient Minister announced as a new portal was made. Fox went flying out from the other side and Samus stepped to the side as he was flung face first onto the ship.

"Aughhhh… what happened?" Fox moaned as he slowly began to get back on his feet. He was shocked to see an armored clad figure right in front of him as he took a few steps back. He turned around and saw two strangers that were also unfamiliar and took out his blaster. He then noticed the large screen in the void and aimed his blaster directly towards it.

"Who are you?! What's going on?!"

"I AM THE ANCIENT MINISTER. RETURN TO YOUR POSITION WITH CONTESTANT 4."

Fox wasn't happy with the answer and kept his aim at the screen. "I won't move until I know what the heck is going on here!"

"CONTESTANT IS NON NEGOTIABLE. EXECUTING MOTIVATORS." The Ancient Minister announced. The fighters looked around and saw several portals opening up and revealing turrets.

"YOU HAVE 10. SECONDS. RETURN TO YOUR POSITION WITH CONTESTANT 4 OR FACE HARSH CONSEQUENCES." TheAncientMinisterordered.

Fox looked down and realized they were standing on the Great Fox. It seemed like he didn't have much choice at the moment so he hesitantly stood beside Samus as they prepared to fight.

Suddenly another portal began to open revealing a mechanical claw holding something that appeared as some sort of pink squishy ball in the eyes of the fighters. Everyone's attention was turned towards the 'ball' as it cried out "POYO!" and struggled in the machine's grip.

"THIS WILL BE A FAIR GAME OF [ball]. THE GAME OF [ball] WILL COMMENCE IN. 5. SECONDS. 4. SECONDS. 3. SECONDS. 2. SECONDS. 1. SECONDS… ENGAGE."


Samus was the first one to make a shot towards the Ancient Minister's 'ball' while everyone was still recovering from their confusion. Fox was taken aback as Link took notice and lept to Kirby, delivering a thrust that sent him back over to Samus, who attempted to hit Kirby back only for Fox to push her out of the way.

"Hey! What's the big idea here?!" Fox questioned with great anger.

Link attempted to use this as a chance to fire an arrow at Kirby, who was trying to escape from the fighters. Fox jumped in with his reflector as the arrow was sent back at the Hylian, grazing his face as blood oozed off his cheeks.

"What is wrong with you people! The little guy didn't even do anything yet!" Fox lashed out at the other fighters.

Link took a breath and stepped in. "Look, I get it, I don't want to do this either, none of us do. But if we don't play along with their game, they'll hurt people."

Fox recalled the turrets that appeared earlier and sighed. He turned over to Kirby and fired a shot, stunning the pink puffball while Samus fired a grapple beam. Samus held Kirby with a strong grip and gave an apologetic look before throwing him as hard as she could to the other side.

Yoshi jumped up and bashed Kirby back to Fox as he delivered a flip kick. This began a little game of 'tennis' or 'pong' between the fighters. The only difference here being that the 'ball' was much more lively then your average game.

Samus quickly grew tired of the two fighters actions and tried to intervene with a missile aimed at Yoshi, who panicked once he took notice of it and prepared to get blown to smiveinses only for Link to swope in with his shield in hand as it tanked that blast without a scratch.

Link made haste and threw a explosive of his own at Samus but Fox delivered a strong kick upwards, throwing the bomb into the air as it exploded. While the two teams continued to stare each other down as they focused in on each other, Kirby began to get back up to his feet in a tired and exhausting way. Fox took a glance and gave a sympathetic look towards him, but he had a game to win and no time to think about this for long, so he gave a small sigh as he fired a few quick shots at Kirby as he fell back down on the ground.

Fox knocks Kirby into the air and Samus releases a charge shot that sends Kirby flying back. Link slowed Kirby down with an arrow as Yoshi used his tongue to grab a hold of Kirby and swallowed. Everyone was shocked at the relivation, wondering if this was even allowed before Yoshi laid an egg.

Yoshi then used this chance to pick the egg up and throw it in the direction of Samus and Fox, who quickly picked up on what Yoshi was doing and kicked the egg downwards. It shattered on the floor and released Kirby, who was beginning to look dizzy from the constant back and forth throwing.

Unfortunately, he was about to get thrown around some more.

Link used the sheikah slate to summon a remote bomb and threw it at Kirby, quickly detatnating it sending him flying over to the other side of the ship. Samus quickly countered this by using the grapple beam and slammed Kirby back to the ground.

Kirby got back up to his feet in a daze and saw Samus charging another charge beam while Fox stood back and took aim. Link and Yoshi we're also transfixed on Kirby and were preparing to counter the other duo. But Kirby was getting sick of being tossed around and would be throwing in his own attack. Kirby prepared to unleash a strong kick at Samus….

…Only for his foot to clunk against the armmer as he began hopping up and down… holding his foot in pain….


The viewers watched on as the fight continued for what felt like hours upon hours of back and forth. But the Toads and Hylians weren't that impressed with this new commentator. The Ancient Minister was completely mechanical in his tone, in fact, he wasn't even speaking on what was happening at all.

Whenever Master Hand was the main announcer, he usually kept the entertained up with a witty comment about one of the fighters actions, gave compliments on their skills, and on the rare occasion, slandered DK for some odd reason. The audience never knew why DK specifically, but at least that was funnier than the complete silence that accompanied them.

Over time, the audience was beginning to get bored. Some of them stopped watching to do some more important tasks such as house chores or community work to help fix the damage that has yet to been fixed. Others would even start wishing for refunds due to the sheer boredom they were feeling as the bets stopped coming in. (a thought that absolutely terrified Wario to the point that he baled on his scam.)

"You know? This is probably one of the worst matches in this tournament." A Hylian stated.

"You think!? This is absolutely atrocious! I mean, what was Master Hand thinking? Oh, I'm gonna let this boring bot be the hype man…. Guah… what an amateur move…" the Toad complained

"Wow… didn't know you were all antsy about this kind of stuff…." The Hylian remarked.

"Well I used to do soccer broadcasts a while back, but those days are gone now… mostly due to the whole getting fired thing…" the toad said with a bit of melancholy in his voice.

"Heh… sounds- wait a minute… you said you did sports broadcasts, yeah?"

"Well, the critics said it was kinda good so-"

"Hey! Would you look at that?" The Hylian pointed over to an empty stand. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"

The toad paused for a moment, before flashing a grin over to the Hylian. "Do me a favor and get me a mike."


The match was still stuck in a seemingly never ending back and forth between the two teams. The fighters' stamina was tested as they were left with little energy to spare as they continuously fought in desperation for a point. They had no idea how much time they had or any idea what consequences could come if the match was drawn out for any longer. The two fighters gazed with determined eyes at Kirby as a silent oath was made to end the match here and now.

Fortunately, Link and Yoshi came up with the perfect strategy to end this. Yoshi crouched down as Link proceeded to mount him, sword in hand as they charged for the ball. Samus and Fox began to unload their full altilery at them, consisting of a ballistic rush of beams and missiles. Link and Yoshi managed to evade and parry without difficulty or hesitation as Yoshi charges in towards Kirby and punts him over to the other end. Link follows this up with an arrow, but was shocked when Fox jumped in the way and unleashed his reflector. Link parrys the reflected arrow as Yoshi jumps over a charge shot, only for Fox to deliver a screw kick knocking the duo back down.

The two began to quickly gain their footing again and make a dash for Kirby once again. Fox took notice of the pink puffball and proceeded to rush into them in the blink of an eye, launching them high up in the process.

"Up here!" Fox cried out to his partner. Samus quickly aimed up and blasted another charge shot without hesitation.

"No!" Link cried out as he jumped in the way of the blast. Fox quickly turned the reflector shield on once more as the blast collided into the three of them, causing an explosion that shocked the ship as Yoshi and Samus were thrown back.

The two fighters slowly got back up on their feet as the dust began to settle. The smoke cleared, revealing the statue of Link with Fox limping at its side. Kirby was nowhere to be seen.

It was eerily quiet as the fighters looked at each other with pitiful looks and glares. They stood and waited for a moment….

Only for an obnoxious buzzer to sound seconds later.

The fighters looked around for the source as the results were in.

0-1


"Hullajoha! It's over!" The Toad announced as the taliy was revealed. "I swear, I see glaciers that move faster than whatever that match was! But nonetheless, I would say that the fighters up there did well, lots and lots of teamwork and all that. Let's hear it for the fighters!" The audience cheered as the tally was shown. Talks of party's and drinks were thrown as the discussion was lively once again.

"Uh… just to be clear, your world doesn't happen to have glaciers with legs right?" The Hylian asked.

"Ah yes, the glaciers that walk around and terrorize everyone- of course we don't! Why would you even ask that?"

"W-" the Hylian was quickly hushed by the announcer toad.

"Forget I ask. Now all that's left is for… whatever that robot dudes name is to finally finish this match and-"

"It's still going."

"I'm sorry, what was that?"

"The match is still going dude." The Hylian told the toad as he pointed to the screen. The fighters were still there and staring each other down.

"What the f### are the rules for this match?!"

"I think this might be one of those best of 3 things you were talking about?" The Hylian answered in confusion. The audience simply stared at the tired men on the stand. Their eyes were bloodshot from keeping track of all the action.

"Oh my stars were going to be here forever…"


The fighters were tired and confused. But despite everything that has happened so far, they knew that the match must go on.

The Ancient Minister appeared on the screen, looking at the fighters with a look of authority.

"CONTINUE THE MATCH."

"Oh, and how are we supposed to do that?" Fox questioned.

A portal opened as soon as Fox asked the question as Kirby fell through. The state that Kirby was in wasn't pleasant. They were covered in scars and bruises of comical proportions as they looked around in a daze. The fighters were a bit queasy upon seeing the pink puffball, but nonetheless gave a sigh of relief in seeing them okay.

The Ancient Minister disappeared as the screen went to static. The fighters turned their attention to Kirby and realized that they were still required to kick them into the goal, preparing to rush at the poor thing again.

Yoshi knew that he was outnumbered and made a dash for Link. But unfortunately for Yoshi, Samus already had Yoshi covered as she used the grapple beam to fling him to the far end of the ship, leaving Yoshi stranded as he was surrounded by the other two fighters. Yoshi got on his knees and began to make salient prayers for a miracle, ANY MIRACLE, that could possibly help turn the tides of battle. Samus began to charge as Fox aimed his blaster at the dinosaur when they were then struck by something sudden.

"Ah! What in the-?" Fox shouted as a small object bonked on his head in a similar vein to how a child would whenever an apple would slip off of a tree and on to their noggin. Samus' attention was briefly devised as she now gazed onto a mysterious ball with a strange red and white design.

The ball began to wobble on its sides as all the fighters including Kirby locked their eyes onto it. The ball suddenly bursts open with a flash of blue light as a shadow begins to fall over the ship. The shadow quickly grew in size as Kirby began running to the other side of the ship.

"Everybody run!" Fox yelled as the animal began to quickly fall onto the ship. This 'animal' was the one, the only-

"Snor!" The Pokémon crashed down as the ship plummeted down for a moment, before Snorlax fell off the ship due to his heavy weight and massive size.

"…What was that?!" Everyone cried out.

The Ancient Minister simply stood behind the screen.

"DATA ANALYSIS COMPLETE. VIEWER ENGAGEMENT RATE HAS INCREASED BY 60%. EXECUTING [release ]


Keeping up with a sports game? Easy, walk in the park.

Keeping up with a soccer game that involved the Mario Mario? Great time! One of the best times of his life.

Keeping up with a fighting tournament with a bunch of weirdos? Okay, that was proving to be a little difficult for him, but he thought that he was getting the hang of it.

But when the Ancient Minister released the Pokémon? That was the point where this Toads fun quick gig turned into a nightmare.

Keeping up with all the events that were going on in the match now was acain to a sensory overload. The flash's of the Pokéballs and the new creatures that crawled their way out of them made what was once a fairly easy match to keep up with into a commentators horror movie.

Yet despite it all, the Toad and Hylian still tried.

"Holy moly! Look at all those coins that cat thing is dropping!"

"What cat? All I'm seeing over here is bees."

"Oh god! Hope nobody's got allergies here because hooooo-wee! That's a lot of bees!"

"You know? My wife's got melissophobia. I'm starting to think this match is gonna give her PTSD or something with all that's happening…" the Toad mentioned.

"Maybe you should get her a doctor?"

"I would, but then I'd be dealing with two crazies at the same time."


The duo took a look back at the match. Samus was breaking an Onix down with missles, Fox was reflecting a hydro pump from a Blastoise, and Yoshi was being blasted by a Starmie's swift. The chaos only grew as more and more Pokémon dropped down as the spectators watched in awe.

"Slippy! Status report!" Peppy cried out as the battle raged on above the ship.

"W-well! The engines are damaged, the wings are bent, and there's significant dents above the Gray Fox… but we aren't loading any oxygen as of yet…"

"Well? Any ideas on what's going on, Einstein?" Falco asked smugly.

"I wish. This whole thing is looking like one big mess…" Peppy answered as he kept checking the video feed. He saw that Fox was seemingly performing just fine as he quickly brought the Blastoise down with a fery of swift kicks and reflector 'shines'.

"Well at least Fox seems to be doing fine." Slippy remarked.

Falco gave a little huff "I would have finished those guys by now if I was up there…" as he begins to walk to central differences.

"If only I could do something to get this thing done and over with then we could- HEY!" Falco shouted as a little pink blob rested on the main cannon.

"Poyo?" Kirby asked as he tilted his head to the side.

"Get off of that! That isn't some kind of toy!" Falco lashed out as placed his finger on the trigger. The cannon charged up and unleashed a devisating beam of plasma that Kirby barely managed to avoid.

"See?! Now buzz off already!"

Kirby simply stood there and thinked. He then came up with an idea as he began jumping up and down. Falco gritted his beak as he prepared another shot, only this time Kirby managed to inhale the beam.

Falco looked in confusion as Kirby began to swallow the beam down. Small green sparks began to erupt from Kirby's head as they consumed his head in a similar vein to fire. The ship's power began to short circuit as Kirby continued to transform. Once the transformation was finished, Kirby's skin gained a lime tan as plasma circulated around him. Kirby looked up to the battle above him with a determined look on his face as he puffed up and floated upward.


"Goldeen." Goldeen said as he flopped around before flopping off the ship. Fox withdrew his blaster as he began walking away.

"Alright, I think that's the last of them. Now where's that Pink son of a gun?" Fox questioned himself as he looked around. Samus began to look around for any sign of Kirby when he suddenly jumped up and onto the platform.

"Poyo."

"Alright look, we don't want to hurt you, but we need to get this match over…" Fox tried to reason with him but he wasn't tempted.

Kirby began to move about rapidly as he flip-flopped left and right, creating more static as he began to charge up. Fox looked down to see the Gray Fox begin to shoot out sparks as the electricity began to verify late around Kirby's body. Not even Samus was safe from the effect as she noticed that her power suit was quickly losing E-tanks by simply being in the same vicinity. Fox prepared to set up his reflector, only for it to fail due to lack of power.

"We need to move, now!" Fox cried out as he clung to Samus. They began limping over to the high end of the ship as more and more electricity was being absorbed. Kirby began to shake wildly as the sparks began to become painful for him. He locked eyes with the duo as they watched on in horror as Kirby unleashes everything that he built up.

The orb began traveling at a blassic speed, quickly engulfing the platform that Fox and Samus were on. Samus uses the last of her strength to knock Fox away from the blast as it launches Samus away. The sheer force of the blast was seemingly enough to knock out and destroy Kirby's recently copied ability, turning him back to his normal self.


"Holy Hylia! What was that?!"

"Sweet peaches, how could he do that!? Were they hiding that up there butt?! Do they even have a butt!?"

The commentators continued to stumble on their words as they began to question Kirby's abilities as interest in the match was beginning to pick up again after the destructive show of power. Dozens of townsfolk spectated on the pink puffball's new ability and its origin.

"Maybe they found some sort of power star!" A young Toad said giddily.

"I'm betting it has something to do with a magic rod…" a Hylian soldier said with his interest piqued.

"Oh you two are so off. Even my old eyes can tell that he's of the dark arts of a deity…" the townsfolk slowly turn the source of the voice to find an old hag in purple.

"…What? Did I say something wrong?" Kammy Koopa asked.

The people continued to stare at her for an awkward amount of time, some Toads even shivering in fear at the sight of the retiree.

"…Aw forget it…. I'll just go get my meds and head back home…" Kammey said as she waved her wand. A batch of pills went flying off the shelves of a random store and into an unknown pocket space.

The store owner slowly walked out the store and yelled "Hey! Your supposed to-" he was caught off as she disappeared in a flash of geometric shapes.

"…never mind…."


Yoshi let out a grunt as he threw one last egg at the Starmie. The Starmie went spiraling off into the distance, quickly fading from sight. With a tired huff Yoshi went off to find Kirby, but stopped when he could feel a sudden change in the atmosphere with all of his senses telling him to duck away and hide.

Yoshi felt tempted to follow his instincts but noticed the sight of a weakened Fox and Samus. Couldn't they strike now and make a break for the small pink ball? Yoshi considered his options but a bright glow was beginning to flash as an ominous omen of danger loomed over him like a powerful storm.

Yoshi quickly ducked and managed to nearoly avoid the blast as it consumed the platform. Yoshi looked up to see the star warrior in a fighting position. The Dino took one step forward, preparing to-

Yoshi was interrupted by the sound of a small click. They looked down and saw another one of those balls that had summoned those pocket monsters. A light flashed as a yellow rodent crawled out onto the battlefield.

"Pika?" Pikachu announced as he tilted his head with confusion. He looked around at the dark inky canvious that surrounded them and took in the sight, only to be shot at by a blaster.

Fox grimminced at the three fighters in front of him and returned to a proper fighting position. "Alright, it's about time we end this…"

"Poyo!"

"Pika!"

Yoshi gave a small cheer as they locked eyes. They stared each other down as Yoshi gave a silent plea to the new contender, hoping that they could form a quick alliance against their opponents.

Yoshi rushed over to Fox with a flying kick which was blocked with ease and countered with a high kick. Fox continued to bring the pressure as he continued to deliver attack after attack as he took advantage of his metallic legs to demonstrate the gap between them in terms of raw strength.

Yoshi tried to duck and wave but was caught off every time with Fox's surprising speed which was only stopped with the sudden intervention of Pikachu who pushed Fox back with a tail swipe. Kirby took the time to run off and look for an object to gobble up and use during their focused assault on Fox.

Fox found himself being pushed back due to Pikachu's higher speed which gave no time for counter strikes as Fox went back and started using his blaster in a desperate attempt to get the Pokémon off of him as fast as he could. Yoshi took notice of Kirby who was swallowing up a loose piece of plating of the ship and delivered a swift kick, causing the star warrior to spit it out and narrowly hit Pikachu. Fox used this opportunity to do a flip kick, sending Pikachu far back as the metallic legs crashed into him leaving a fresh wound on his head.

Pikachu slowly picks himself up from the blow and looks on with anger. His checks begin to spark as he turns to Fox.

"Dang it, not this again!" Fox quickly pulls up his reflector but heastly withdraws it due to lack of time to reset the power. He decides to bring out the blaster instead as he took a few steps back from the electric Pokémon.

Pikachu lets out a thunder jolt which Fox hastily jumps over and retaliates with his blaster, making Pikachu flinch as they graze his wound. Pikachu then uses a quick attack to make his way behind Fox and pumbles him, letting out small sparks from his cheeks to inflict further damage.

Meanwhile Yoshi and Kirby were battling fiercely as Yoshi rushed the star warrior with everything they had. Kirby hopped, dodged, and sled under the cherry Dino as he tried everything to land a hit on him. Yoshi tried to counter this by pelting an egg, only for it to be devoured by the star warrior immediately, further agitating him.

As Kirby continued to run around Yoshi, Pikachu and Fox kept clashing at each other at an even more aggressive rate. They both breathed heavily as they limped around in search of an opening. Pikachu began charging himself with electric power as he prepared to use skull bash. Fox closed his eyes and knelt down on his knee, waiting for an opportunity.

Yoshi kept throwing eggs at the puffballs to no avail as he swallowed them whole. After his luxurious first snack in a while, Kirby decides to use one of Yoshi's eggs as a projectile of his own. He spits the egg out as it rockets towards Yoshi. The Dino barely dodges the bullet as it zooms off into the void. Yoshi growls a bit before coming up with an idea….

The other fighters were still at a standstill after minutes of waiting. Pikachu finally went all out and unleashed his skull bash. Fox left it up to pure instinct as the electric Pokémon charged at him….

"NOW!" Fox cried as he delivered a fierce kick upwards, knocking the rodent high up into the air. The sound of a blow could be heard across the stage as the Pokémon fell down and turned into a trophy. Fox knelt down and gasped for air as Yoshi and Pikachu continued their fight.

After minutes of observation, Yoshi decided to roll up into egg form and began to start rolling towards the star warrior. Kirby looked with adoring eyes as he attempted to suck the egg in, which showed that everything was going according to plan. Yoshi rolled into Kirby's stomach as he attempted to swallow the egg whole, only to be met with resistance as he found the egg to be a bit more…. Mouthful then he originally intended.

Kirby tried again and again to swallow, only for the effort to be useless as the egg began to roll in his stomach. He tried to spit the egg out only for it to be too late as they both began to roll off the platform and into the goal that was needed to make the game even. Fox took notice of this and went after them despite his low stamina. Kirby made cries as Fox ran up and tried to land a solid blow. He tripped over himself as the egg made more distance, forcing him to resort to his blaster. The lasers strung Kirby but did nothing to the eggs hard shell as he kept rolling off and went straight off the platform. The sound of the buzzer played once again as the score was set.

1-1


"I don't believe it folks!" The Hylian commentator cried out.

The Toad made a gasp "my wife stopped nagging me about my excessive use of vacation days?"

"W-what? No. I was talking about the match."

"Oh. Right. The match. Are we finally done with this thing yet?"

"We're at an even score. It's down to the next point… hopefully."

"Ah! Gotcha! By the way, how long was I out for?"

"Well you fainted when the blob thing fired out it's giant thing so… probably an hour."

"Oh great… my wife is gonna be going nuts about this…"

"Well, all that matters now is that the game is about to reach the best of three! So stay tuned for even more high quality ###wooping!"

"…I think we might need to work on some catch phrases that don't get blurred out by… whatever is going on these days…"


The Ancient Minister descended onto the battlefield once more as he took a look around the arena. He took a glimpse of Fox, who was tired and beaten down as he locked eyes with him.

"…"

"…"

The Ancient Minister summoned a portal which manifested the statues of Kirby and Yoshi. He dropped the two fighters down as the bases began to glow as a light shimmered up from the base to the head, bringing the fighters back to life.

The Ancient Minister flew back into a portal with no words said as the fighters looked at each other. Yoshi took slow, deep breaths as he tried to stay calm in the face of his adversary.

"Alright… time to take you down!" Fox says as he readies his blaster.

Yoshi remained focused and clutched onto an egg, ready to fire at any moment.

The two fighters wait for a moment as Kirby begins to get up…

"…Poyo…" Kirby says as he rubs a bruise on his head before realizing that he was standing in the middle of the stare off…

Kirby jolts to the left, triggering Fox's finger as he delivers a shot into him. Yoshi used this to his advantage as he threw the egg at the distracted fighter and rushed to the pink puffball delivering a harsh kick, sending him flying. Fox proceeds to ram into Yoshi and dish out a barrage of kicks and punches. The metal clanked with each blow as Yoshi cried. Yoshi backed off and prepared for another egg roll while Fox stood ready to counter, only for Yoshi to ride past him and towards Kirby.

"Not this time!" Fox cried out as runs towards the egg.

Fox made a short hop and performed a spin kick, knocking the egg off balance as Yoshi retreated from his brief form. He rushes in and follows up with another kick, which Yoshi crouches under and counters with a tail swipe, knocking the fighter off his feet. Kirby watched this unfold from afar as he looked for a way off but to no avail. The two traded blow for blow and yet Fox was still managing to strike harder and faster than Yoshi, punishing him severely with every strike that he missed.

Fox took a few steps to take a look at his opponent and frowned as he pulled his blaster against Yoshi's beaten form.

"I'm sorry about this…" Fox took a few steps forward. Yoshi gave a small smile as he walked into point blank range. Yoshi unleashed his tongue as it tightened around his enemy's torso.

""What the f-" Fox panicked but it was too late. He was quickly shoved into Yoshi's mouth within a split second. Yoshi could feel him struggling as he moved around, giving nasty kicks within his inner checks as he desperately tried to escape. Yoshi spat him up into the air and quickly flipped him up into the air, his muzzle grazing the blast zone in the procest. Yoshi launched into the air and flicked his tail upwards, sending Fox ever closer into the blast zone. Fox could feel the danger that surrounded the boundary, a buzz admitting from it which triggered all of his senses. his body felt stiff and lifeless to the sensation, it even brought a hint of pain as the sensation shocked him to the core. He quickly brushed his feelings aside as he dived after Yoshi.

Yoshi gazed upwards and pulled out an egg as he focused on his target. Fox kept his eye contact on Yoshi as he pulled his arm back, doing little hops as he prepared his shoot. Fox raised his hands over his eyes and prepared for the egg to fire. Yoshi chucked it away as it flew through the air, curving a bit as gravity took its effect.

Fox avoided the egg with ease as he delivered a drill kick on Yoshi's head. The impact was great enough to cause his body to slam down onto the Gray Fox's reinforced ceiling and bounce back up, making good room for Fox to deliver a kick upwards as Yoshi went flying off into the blast zone. The buzzer went off for one last time as the score was office set.


"And there you have it folks! What a finale for this match!" The makeshift announcers shouted as the joint villagers of Toad town gave a proud cheer. The moment was comemberated with drinks and wild discussion on the long epic. The two announcers finally took a step back from their role and were able to simply sit back and watch the fireworks.

"Oh thank the stars this is all over."

"Yeah. Tell me about it."

"It feels like we are stuck there eternity…"

"Hey, don't get moppy here. Take a look around yah." The Hylian pointed out to the crowd of people as they sang and laughed. The Toad found himself smiling for a while as he reflected on how his life's been to this point, but quickly shocked his head and put on his confident demeanor again.

"Come on, let's get a couple of drinks. I think I can show yah a couple of bars around here…"

The Hylian gave a light chuckle and agreed to the Toads request.

Fox stood in shock as his mind came crashing down. The void cracked open again to show another screen as the Ancient Minister returned to give his congratulations. A few portals opened up near Fox revealing the fallen fighters and the surprise Pikachu as Fox started activating their bases and reviving them.

"MASTER HAND HAS LEFT ME A TRACK FOR VICTORS. WOULD YOU CARE TO HEAR IT?" The Ancient Minister voiced in a demanding manner. Fox turned away as he checked on the status of all the fighters.

"Hey. Is everyone alright here?"

Link moaned as he held his aching head. "I'm alright… just a little sore from that shot."

Fox limped over and brought out his reflector. "Little thing that my buddy Pepper made." He looked down to the sparking device as he put it back in his pocket. "Still in its working progress phase though…" Fox downed longingly as he was blindsided by Pikachu who used skull bash on his gut. He peeled over in pain as Kirby ran in right by his side too, shouting at him within the confusion.

"Poyo!?"

"Pika pika!"

"Woah! Calm down I'm sorry just- OW that hurts!"

"Alright knock it off." Samus stepped in and she picked up Pikachu. He tried to shock the bounty hunter but she ended up withstanding it as she placed him beside her. Pikachu gave an annoyed huff as he turned his head to the side. The fighters turned back to the screen as Yoshi stood there and listened to the Ancient Minister.


"[Congratulations to our victors LINK and YOSHI for their outstanding performance in today's hectic battle. I would like to give a proper apology for my lack of appearance as well due to some rather… surprising circumstances. But even though I couldn't see that battle for myself I would like you to know that I am proud for your camaraderie and bravery in the face of danger and coming out with your sere wit and might. If you have any possible questions then they shall be directed solely onto our Ancient Minister. I once again apologize and wish you luck.]"

The fighters riled their eyes as Fox aimed his blaster towards the screen. "Alright! You better start giving answers to why we're all here or else you'll be having more troubles on your hands then sitting back on your behind and watching us like lab rats." Fox demanded.

"VERY WELL. ASK THREE."

The fighters were turned off by this limit, but Fox already had his questions in mind. "What are we here for?"

"YOU ARE ALL CONTESTANTS FOR THE TOURNAMENT. NOTHING MORE. NOTHING LESS. ANY MORE QUESTIONS?"

Fox groaned at the basic response and knew that the next question had to solve everything. "What is Master Hand's motive in all of this?"

"MASTER HAND HAS ALWAYS MADE HIS INTENTIONS CLEAR AS DAY. HE WANTS THE GREATEST TOURNAMENT THE WORLDS HAVE EVER SEEN. NO MATTER THE COAST."

Fox grimaced as he realized that they only have one more chance to figure things out. "Okay guys, what do we currently get here?"

Link was the first one to speak. "Well, we know that Master Hands is a giant floating hand, he wants to make us fight in this massive tournament, and that's about it."

"When I was first brought in he went on and on about how we wanted this tournament to be perfect and I doubt that he has ulterior motives after what he said." Samus stated.

"Then that leaves us with one option…" Fox turned over to the Ancient Minister and looked into his cold mechanical eyes. "What is your purpose here?"

The Ancient Minister paused for a moment, eyes glowing brighter as if he himself was intrigued by the question before laying out a simple one word answer.

"CONQUEST."


The party in toad town paused upon the ancient Minister's answer to the fighters.

"Conquest? There's no way-"

"That couldn't be right, this is a fun tournament-"

"H-how would he conquer anything with Master Hand around?"

"B-but didn't he say he was on M-Master Hands side?"

The townsfolk shuddered as they watched the video fed continue

"What do you mean conquest?!"

"CONQUEST: NOUN. THE SUBJECTCATION AND ASSIMILATION OF CONTROL OF A PLACE OR PEOPLE BY USE OF MILITARY FORCE. OR IN THIS CASE. YOUR WORLDS." The Ancient Minister said coldly.

"Alright I've had enough of this! Time for a little payback!" Fox shouted as the fighters behind him got into position. The camera feed suddenly changed to an image of bird who was dressed similar to Fox.

"Hey! Who said you could steal my line?!" He said as he kicked the ship's interior wall.

The fighters went on the offense with whatever they had left. The next couple of seconds consisted of a blinding amount of beam shots, missiles, arrows, and eggs that all simply phased through the screen.

"CONTESTANTS SEEM TO BE CONFUSED." The Ancient Minister paused for a moment before his eyes flashed with the slightest bit of gitty.

"PERHAPS A LIVE DEMONSTRATION SHOULD EASE ALL OF YOU."


DK felt lonely. Sure the island was big and there were many Yoshi's to mess around with but after all that's happened he felt alone. Playing around with everyone was some of the most fun he had in a while since his last big adventure. He was surprised by how fast he started to miss his new friends and was struggling to find something done in the meantime. He climbed to the highest mountain and gazed off into the distance when a portal opened in the distance. He let out a small cheer as began to make his way over there.

Everyone watched the screen in complete and utter fear as the camera switched over to a massive view of Yoshi's Island. The camera zoomed in on the object that was about to be dropped. It's appearance was relatively harmless looking, but one that still signifies danger with it's heavy metal coating and X shaped cross in red. The cameras split into several different scenes, one of the Yoshi inhabitants, one of the island as a whole, and one solely focused on DK.

The orb dropped and fell quickly. In one moment the world was perfectly fine, filled with vibrant, gay happy light that one could describe as a real life childrens book…

…Until a flash of darkness quickly consumed it all.

Trees, plants, ground, soil, water, all of it, was quickly absorbed by what one could only describe as a black hole. The sphere of darkness quickly sized to proportions yet unmatched by their current technological advancements as no obstacle stood a chance. The camera made a final switch to DK, who only just now realized the danger he was in and struggled to get away. The black hole grew ever more as DK was inch's away, ready to be sucked in until he was pulled in by a second vortex. The hole grew even more as all the camera feeds were drowned out by darkness.

The residents of Toad town stood in shock.

"…WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!"

The town fell into disarray.


The fighters made room for the new addition on top of the ship as DK shook his head, puffing egghausted breaths as the fighters were left on the plane. Link gritted his teeth and raised his blade against the cold minister.

"You won't get away with this!"

"ERROR. ACTION HAS ALREADY BEEN USED. LOGIC IS FLAWED. PLEASE WAIT FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS."

Link frowned and looked away from the monstrosity. The disaster most of, if not already taken the entirety of the Island. The fighters kept their heads low as Yoshi softly cried at his lost home. Samus and Kirby being the first ones to attempt to comfort the poor Dino as Fox paced around the top.

"We should have just tried. If we were able to put our efforts into-"

"-Into having everyone here get blasted to pieces? Don't worry about this. We'll get them next time." Link interrupted as he put a hand on Fox's shoulder as he gave a shaky breath of relief.

Pikachu stood by the end of the ship and stargazed with a sad look on his face. Kirby walked up to Pikachu and poked their checks.

"Poyo?"

"Pi…" Pikachu huffed as sat down as the two struck up a long conversation to cheer each other up. As the fighters calmed themselves, another vortex began to open up as another mechanical claw was ready to get ahold of the exhausted fighters.


The Ancient Minister stood in his lair and watched the world around him react. He does not know yet why the organic life forms react in such ways. They worry about such trivial things that are doing more harm than good. What is the point of them without a strong master to follow? Without them, they would be fighting like wild dogs and ducks, eating each other alive for scraps as they spend every day fearing an inevitable demise that they so kindly delayed for a possible eternity.

If only the Professor could make sense of this…

No… he had no time to waste on old data. Master Hand has requested assurance and therefore he must deliver with delay.

"What have you done?"

The Ancient Minister turns to see that Master Hand has arrived in the flesh. He could notice a slight twitch in his regular posture, he must be angust of his status report.

"I HAVE FOLLOWED YOUR DIRECTIONS FLAWLESSLY. THE MATCH ENDED WITH A SCORE OF [2-1] WITH-"

"Enough!" Master Hand smacked the Ancient Minister and sent him against the wall, forming a dent as he slowly picked himself back up.

"I was not referring to the match, but trust me, we will be talking about your poor performance there in a bit. My current matter of concern is this!" The Hand pointed to the display of the missing Yoshi's Island, now a waste land with a black hole as its core.

"IT WAS A SIMPLE TEST. LOW PERFORMANCE RECORDS BY THE CONTESTANTS-"

"They have names, Minister."

"-IDENTIFIED AS [Samus Aran] [Link] [Donkey Kong The Third] HAVE HAD THEIR LOWEST PERFORMANCE OUTPUTS OUT OF ALL THE MATCHES-"

"So you BOMBED THE ISLAND!? And showed it in high definition to our audience no less."

"[Now just remember these three things.-] [One-] [-Two] [-and three, answer all questions given to you]-"

Master Hand gripped on to the Ancient Minister tightly. "That doesn't mean you have to show them EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING! Do you have any idea how bad of a predicament we're in?!"

"THIS IS A MINOR SET BACK AT BEST-"

"Ooooooh~ minor you say? What are we, super villains?" Master Hand comments as he floats over and points to the video fed.

"Do you see this?"

"MY SENSORY INPUT DETECTS-"

"Yeah great, now do you see what state these people are in?"

"THEY ARE CURRENTLY IN DISARRAY-"

"Disarray, yes. And who, do you believe, are going to be blamed for this?"

"THEY'RE BLAME IS NO CONCERN OF US."

Master Hand simply laughs at the response. "Oh, well then. I believe, then, that my assistance is not of any concern either." Master Hand opens a portal waves to the Ancient Minister.

"NO!" The Minister fired a beam from his eyes, destroying the portal.

"Now you're finally starting to get it. Let's use some of our time here to make things VERY clear." Master Hand pins the Minister to the wall as he held him tightly.

"You are a very lucky little robot. I have enough power to do whatever I want, when I want. And I've been enjoying that fact for a good while now. So if you want my assistance with restoring your kind and containing good ol' project Exenth~ then you better prove that your worth the risk, because you will NOT make me look like the bad guy, understood."

"REQUIREMENTS ARE… ACCEPTABLE. I SIMPLY BEG OF YOU TO HAVE MERCY."

Master Hand did a motion in the air as if he were tightening an invisible tie, before returning to his regular posture. "That's the nice thing about me Minister, I am by far the most charitable option here."


"Ladies and gentlemen, I've returned!" Master Hand announced proudly. The onlookers had a terrified expression and shivered at the sound of the booming voice.

"Now, I'm afraid that there is plenty of sad news that I must bring to all of you. It appears that one of my working partners has indeed taken Yoshi's Island away from us."

The townsfolk began hiding under shelter as Hylian soldiers brought out their cannons…

"But worry not! I have plans to discuss checks and balances to make sure that random bombings like this will never happen again."

"Fire! Fire! Fire all alterlery!" A Hylian captain ordered his troops. The arrows bounced off of a protective shield as Master Hand gave a snap, opening portals with the same turret's used to threaten the fighters earlier.

"In other news, you will not have to worry about the safety of our fighters ether, for they are being kept under a watchful eye within my impenetrable shelter."

He snaps his fingers as sky screens open up, showing footage of the fighter being taken an area that one could describe as luxurious to an outside viewer, but contains far more defenses then one could imagine.

"Now, along with this announcement the discussion of safety has expanded. And worry not, because I am here to help. You will never have to worry about safety again, for we will cover everything!"

Master hand begins to create a vortex, sucking up ammunition and fling it around in all directions, creating shields around all except for the soldiers who attacked him.

"Whether the issue be physical, Mental, or even financial, we are here to help. Because after all, this is a new world for all of us! Doesn't matter if your a Toad or Hylian, human or monster, this shall be the world for Everyone! For there is only one force in control now…"

"Me."