Kamen Rider Smash

Episode 8 – Tools of Duality


Data File #11: Hero

"Thanks to Kenshin we were able to figure out who was circulating the Smash Tokens. Needless to say despite recovering Link's Token we lost my own, Dark Samus and Bowser's Tokens. Something feels off and I feel as though a storm is brewing."

Palutena's Log #02: Target Acquired

"In searching for Smash Tokens, Junmei had intercepted a recruitment meeting involving Mii's attempting to join the Subspace Army. Despite a Malice being formed to stop her, she was able to claim victory and get information on a secret laboratory in Smash City."


Hajime was not pleased, he had assumed that Junmei would have left the recruits, gunners and officers behind, but instead she made them vanish. He realized he'd need to call on some help to try and distract her, unaware that she wouldn't be distracted from her goal. He eventually made it to an old bank that had been run down. There were no Mii's or anyone there despite it seeming like a Subspace Army outpost.

He walked through the bank before reaching the safe, opening it up to reveal tons of coins and jewels all lying around with rare items scattered about. At the back were a couch and a television, the couch holding the infamous duo of Wario and Waluigi.

"Bro this is boring, when are we going to bust some more heads?" Waluigi groaned out.

"When we find a place with more treasure, all the weird events have been great for snagging this money," Wario gave a laugh as he flipped through the channels. "Besides you know the Subspace Army hates us. We don't even have our own followers!"

"That doesn't mean we don't need you from time to time," Hajime spoke up as the two turned, getting on the edge of the couch and tipping it over. The two soon scrambled to their feet and gave a salute towards Hajime. "At ease soldiers, I've come with a mission."

"Ah finally, the Wario Brothers time has come!" Waluigi called out with a laugh before he was struck in the stomach by Wario.

"Quiet you oaf! Alright Hajime, what do you want?" Wario asked with a light sneer.

"I need you all to cause trouble around town," Hajime said simply. "Use any means necessary, I want as much trouble as possible."

"Just what kind of attention do you want us to attract?" Waluigi asked, a bit confused by Hajime wanting them to go all out.

"I want you to attract the attention of a Kamen Rider," Hajime replied, causing Wario's jaw to drop to the floor.

"Uh, bro… lemme…" Waluigi grabbed Wario's jaw before lifting and closing his mouth again. "Better."

"You want us to what?!" Wario questioned.

"You're a part of this army for a reason, all those weird incidents have been myself and the other two tugging things along," Hajime crossed his arms. "Cause enough trouble for a Kamen Rider to get involved."

"Understood," Wario said as he gave a growl before suddenly coming to a realization. "Can we beat him and take his stuff?"

"Of course, if you really want to," Hajime said as he turned to leave, he figured what the result would be to begin with so he wasn't worried. Not to mention he was counting on Junmei to fall into this distraction, not Kenshin.


"And you're sure about this?" Junmei asked as she was currently standing in an alleyway, already having her Driver on as Dark Pit was next to her. She had put on some sunglasses and wore a scarf that covered her mouth due to Palutena wanting Junmei to keep as much of a low profile as possible. "You're the only one necessary?"

"My other half is too soft, plus I'm fairly strong. You're plenty strong, we can bust up a small facility with ease," Dark Pit replied. "We need as few people as possible. We're getting in, wrecking everything, stealing whatever we can and getting out. If it gets raided later by CORE then fine by me, but we need to get our business done with first."

"Right, right," Junmei said as she walked over to the back of a building, finding a keypad with a card swipe machine. She took out the card that they had recovered from one of the Subspace supporters and put in that Mii's access code before swiping the card. The door unlocked, Junmei opening it as Dark Pit quickly rushed in. Luckily for the two of them the entrance was completely unguarded due to the way needed to access the facility.

"Let's get going, get ready to transform." Dark Pit said before opening the door and heading further in.

"Roger," Junmei said before following after Dark Pit. It wouldn't be long before the two found a staircase and headed down, ending up in metal hallway. "Okay, so where should we check first?"

"First doorway we find," Dark Pit said before they finally reached the first door, using the keypad and card they managed to access the room. The two stepped in and to their surprise they were in a small room that held a tank full of phazon in the middle. Inside the tank, floating and hooked up to various tubes and wires was Dark Samus.

"What happened to her?" Junmei asked.

"Smash," Dark Pit said as the rider looked to him in surprise. "She and Wolf apparently tried to take Wolf's Token only for Smash to get in the way. With his new form he nearly annihilated her. Guess their trying to patch her up."

"Jeez, okay then we won't need to be here anymore," Junmei said ready to step out only to be stopped. "What?"

"No, this is the perfect way to gather them all up," Dark Pit said before looking up and seeing an air vent above them. "Yeah, perfect."


Meijin walked through a different set of metal hallways before reaching the end of the hallway, pressing on a code to open up the door before stepping through. He arrived on the walkway of a second floor of a large lab, various Mii's in lab coat's working on various tests or data gathering.

"Well now, look at what the cat dragged in," A purple blur suddenly shot onto the walkway before being revealed to Meijin as Ridley. "You rarely visit us Meijin, you've got some special work for us?"

"Two Smash Tokens I'd like to pass off to you for research and usage," Meijin said before holding out Samus and Dark Samus' Smash Tokens. "I've heard that Dark Samus was admitted here after her run in with Smash."

"She's currently being pumped full of the available phazon we have access to," Ridley replied. "Though if we study her own Token then we may be able to create an invincible Dark Samus."

"Now that's the spirit, and exactly why I brought them," Meijin said as he walked over before dropping the Tokens in Ridley's hand. "I'm pretty busy so I can't stay, but I do hope you appreciate the gift."

"We've been hearing rumors of a second Rider, are they true?" Ridley asked, wanting to get as much information as he could while he had Meijin around.

"They are true, she uses An Echo Fighter and their Original to transform, it's also why I snagged those two in particular," Meijin explained. "But don't worry, Hajime is currently tasked with making sure she's distracted and defeated. So you won't have to worry."

"You better be sure about this," Ridley said before spreading his wing and jumping down to an open spot in the lab.

Meijin simply gave a light chuckle before opening up a Subspace Portal and heading through, he figured the hunter and her phazon counterpart weren't Tokens he needed to hang on to. Plus he couldn't use them to make Malice's due to the risk of giving Junmei more power.

"Alright maggots, just because Meijin left doesn't mean you can slack off," Ridley called out before suddenly the alarm sounded. "What's that about?"

"It seems as though someone has entered Dark Samus' recovery room and has tampered with her Phazon Chamber," A Mii called out.

"Damn it, intruders now?" Ridley questioned as he squeezed the Tokens he had been given. "Send our squads there; bring whoever did this to me!"


"Out of the way punks, you're gonna let us through!" Wario called out with a laugh as he rode along the sidewalk on his bike.

"We are the best! We are the Wario Bros.!" Waluigi called out as he held a golden hammer, slamming it into anything he could. They had been at this for a while and wondered when the Kamen Rider was going to show up.

[FOX! WOLF! KAMEN RIDER SMASH: LYLAT OUTLAW!]

Kenshin rode out of an alleyway they had just passed, skidding to turn and shooting off after the two. He drew out Lupo before shooting at Waluigi's hands, managing to get him to drop the hammer.

"Wah! That hurt!" Waluigi called out as he shook his hands, blowing on them before noticing Kenshin behind them. "Ah bro we've got the Kamen Rider!"

"Perfect! Let's bring out Plan S then!" Wario called out as he began to speed up. Waluigi soon sat backwards on the Wario Bike before drawing out two Steel Diver pistols before launching missiles out at Kenshin.

"Ah crap!" Kenshin called out as he was soon covered in a flurry of explosions.

Wario began to slow down before turning and skidding to a stop, the two Wario Brothers staring in amazement at the aftermath of the explosions. "Not bad bro! I think we actually did it!"

"Well you know me! I've got the best aim!" Waluigi boasted as he tossed the weapons away, seeing no further use for them.

[FOR GLORY! LYLAT OUTLAW K.O.!]

Suddenly Kenshin shot out of the flames, an energy Arwing covering the Machine Islander as he shot towards and slammed into the Wario Bros and their bike, causing a massive explosion. Wario and Waluigi yelled as they were flung high in the air, getting thrown onto a building as a result.

[PIKACHU! GRENINJA! KAMEN RIDER SMASH: THUNDER SHINOBI!]

Kenshin had the Machine Islander skid to a stop as he made it out of the explosion. He planted both of his feet on the seat before launching at a lamp post and landing on it. He then jumped towards the building the Wario Bros were on before landing, brandishing his sword.

"Alright you two, I'm bringing you in," Kenshin called out as he got in a fighting stance.

"What? But sir we've done nothing wrong!" Wario called out.

"Sorry to say but aside from terrorizing the streets, CORE already knows that you've been smuggling money and valuable items while we were handling other business," Kenshin called out. "We just needed you all to come out of hiding."

"Darn it! We're not the ones going to be caught in a trap you are!" Wario called out. "Waluigi it's time for smack and blast!"

"On it bro, one smack and blast coming up," Waluigi reached into his pockets and pulled out two homerun bats before tossing one at Wario. He then took out a ray gun before tossing it to Wario, taking out his own.

"You'll pay for this," Wario caught both weapons before the two began to circle around, rushing to slam their homerun bats into Kenshin.

"Yeah, sorry but no," Kenshin gave an annoyed sigh as he disappeared in a burst of sparks, the two nearly running into each other. Kenshin reappeared further in front of them; the two brothers quickly began shooting beams out towards him. Kenshin began flipping and dodging out of the way, using his speed to avoid them but he was surprised by how well they were managing to keep him on his toes.

"Keep at it, we can win this," Waluigi called out as they continued to shoot before nothing came out of their ray guns. "Huh?"

"Idiots, you forgot those have a limited charge," Kenshin called out as he jumped high into the air, sheathing his sword. He then pressed down on his buttons as electricity gathered and charged in his hands.

[FOR GLORY!]

"Thunder Shuriken Barrage!" Kenshin called out as he formed two large electric shuriken in his hands, launching both down. The shuriken split into dozens of electric shuriken that were sent raining downwards.

"Waluigi, we need plan invincible, plan invincible now!" Wario panicked.

"Wah! Wait bro! Wait!" Waluigi pleaded as he searched his pockets.

[THUNDER SHINOBI K.O.!]

Kenshin landed as the electric shuriken rained down on the Wario Bros, causing a large explosion as a result. "That takes care of that." He walked forward, pausing when metallic laughter sounded from the smoke cloud. To Kenshin's surprise both Wario and Waluigi were now metal versions of themselves, having seemingly used Metal Boxes to transform themselves.

"You cannot defeat us now!" Wario boasted.

"Yeah, we'll crush you!" Waluigi agreed.

"Hey I just have to wait for you all to run out of time, I think I've got this," Kenshin called out as he got in a fighting stance, ready for round two.


"This isn't good," Samus hissed out as she saw Wario and Waluigi through Kenshin's main suit camera. From the reading she was getting, it was starting to look more and more like the two had gotten their hands on something dangerous. "Just what kind of places did they hit up?"

"What's the big deal about them having Metal Boxes?" Falco asked as he walked over.

"The big deal is that those aren't any normal Metal Boxes," Snake said as the feed continued, much to the shock of Kenshin on the feed the two weren't exiting their metal states. "I've heard about them, long lasting transformation items."

"That research was supposed to have been halted and that item facility shut down before any of those items could get into the wrong hands," Samus explained. "Not only can they possibly last for as long as 10 hours, they also have strength modifiers in them too."

"Crap that's not good, should we back up the kid?" Falco asked.

"I'll do it, you all just let him know I'm on the way if he asks," Samus said as she headed over to the work station she had been at, picking up the knuckle item and looking it over. She had managed to finish it this morning but hadn't been able to give it to Kenshin yet due to not testing it. "I just hope this works." She told herself before heading off, planning on using her Gunship in the hangar to make it there in time.

"I get that she wants the kid to have experience, but why is she barely letting us help him in situations like this?" Falco asked once Samus had left.

"I think it's because she wants him ready in case Tabuu shows up, and he won't get anywhere if we constantly team up and coddle him," Snake suggested. "At least… I can only assume."

"That would make sense…" Falco admitted. "Still though, is she really that worried about Tabuu?"

"Considering the damage he caused with Origin Impact, wouldn't you be?" Snake asked.

"Fair enough," Falco rubbed the back of his head before taking up the main controls of the computer, planning on being Kenshin's navigator if he needed it.


A squadron of Gunner Mii's suddenly swarmed inside of Dark Samus' restoration chamber. This was their undoing though, as one of them had kicked a Bob-omb. The Bob-omb made a few beeps and chirps before its fuse lit up.

"Wait a Bob-omb?" One of the Gunners asked before everyone suddenly noticed glowing dots all around them. The dots belonging to Smart Bombs that were ready to go off when touched. "Ah crap…"

Suddenly the Bob-omb went off, triggering the smart bombs and catching everyone in the explosion. The room was also sealed off once the phazon tank was broken, it being a precautionary measure to keep it from leaking outside.

"Alpha Squad, Alpha Squad, this is central command, come in," One of the main operators called out as they tried to make contact with the Gunners but had no such luck.

"What's the big idea?" Ridley called out from the other side of the lab, having handed off the Samus and Dark Samus Tokens to several researchers for study. They had placed them in an anti-gravity tank and had them float as they studied their properties.

"Um well, Alpha Squad along with Dark Samus may have been terminated," The operator said before giving a wince when Ridley had thrown a nearby chair against the wall.

"Who the hell is smart enough to be pulling this stuff off? Did we really get caught by CORE?" Ridley growled out, not liking that his arch nemesis had managed to get the drop on him. Or at least he assumed until rumbling came from the vent at the center of the room.

[MARTH! LUCINA! KAMEN RIDER ECHO: LODESTAR PRINCESS!]

Junmei suddenly busted through the vent and fell from above, accessing Marth's abilities, gathering energy at the tip of her sword. She then thrust her sword forward, a bolt of energy shooting towards Ridley.

Ridley quickly unleashed a quick plasma burst, the fire colliding with the bolt and creating a small cloud of smoke. "You dare strike here!" He called out as he shot towards Junmei as she went to land.

"Too slow general scales!" Dark Pit called out as he suddenly slammed his electroshock arm into Ridley's face before the space pirate could get any further.

"Thanks," Junmei said as she landed without issue, soon looking around at all the Mii's scrambling about trying to preserve papers or trying to shield the computers. "It looks like we hit the jackpot."

"Damn right we did," Dark Pit said as he noticed the Smash Tokens in the anti gravity container.

"You won't be getting out that easily," Ridley picked himself up before spreading his wings and giving a roar.

"Then let's get on with this, Dark Pit go to town on this lab, I'll handle big boy," Junmei said as she took out Lucario's Token and slotted it into her sword.

[LUCARIO! RIDER SLASH STRIKE!]

Junmei ran a hand across her sword, a bright blue aura enveloping it as she rushed forward. She wasn't about to take any chances with a villain like she did with the Black Knight. Ridley shot his tail towards her, Junmei deflecting it easily before moving in and slashing. Ridley however did the unexpected, lunging out and grabbing Junmei. He winced as his hand was cut into by the sword but he slammed the rider to the ground before dragging her across the lab, tearing up the floor and slamming through several tables and equipment as a result.

"You're not Kamen Rider Smash, I can kill you without consequence," Ridley growled out as he quickly used his tail to grab Junmei by the neck, roaring at her.

Junmei gasped out, she wasn't expecting Ridley to rush her in the middle of an attack. She used one hand to grab onto Ridley's tail before raising her sword up, the aura around it still there as she managed slice through the end of the tail. The space pirate howled out in pain as Junmei landed on her knees, gasping out for air.

"You'll pay for that!" Ridley was ready to attack again when he was suddenly shot from behind, two energy arrows digging into his back. He turned and flapped his wings, launching into the air as he avoided more of Dark Pit's projectiles.

"Don't get cocky," Dark Pit called out to both of them. "You're not invincible."

"Right, got it," Junmei coughed out as she stood up, suddenly a pulse echoed through her body as she turned towards the Smash Tokens.

Darkness…

"Darkness…" Junmei said in an almost trance-like state before walking towards the Smash Tokens slowly.

"Hey, Echo you alright?" Dark Pit asked as he noticed Junmei acting strangely.

"Well then, this makes things easier," Ridley shot towards Junmei only to suddenly stop as Dark Pit jumped between the two. He raised his arms as Dark Pit slammed the electroshock arm against him, managing to send him backwards.

"The power of darkness…" Junmei said as she continued to walk forward. Her posture and stride gave a more ominous effect. Several Mii's got in her way but she removed Lucario's Token, soon initiating her forms finisher.

[FOR GLORY! LODESTAR PRINCESS K.O.!]

She moved her sword in a clockwise motion, energy gathering as she did. She then shifted her blade before swinging downwards, releasing a wave of energy that enveloped the Mii's in front of her sending them all flying. She made her way over to the case Samus and Dark Samus' Tokens were being held before holding out her hand slowly. Suddenly she slammed her fist into the container, grasping both Tokens before turning.

Her more ominous appearance however faded when she soon realized what was in her hands. "Huh?" She saw the Tokens. "When did I get these?"

"The hell is going on with her?" Dark Pit muttered in surprise before shaking his head. "Quick use them now!" He then began firing arrows rapidly at Ridley to force him to keep dodging.

"Ah, right away!" Junmei holstered her sword, swapping out both Tokens for her new ones before initiating her new form change. "Let's get hunting."

[PARALLEL COMBINATION]

Samus and Dark Samus formed beside Junmei as transparent images before they slid towards her and overlapped against her body. A bright orange light formed before black cracks began to form, the light shattering as Junmei's new form was revealed.

[SAMUS! DARK SAMUS! KAMEN RIDER ECHO: PHAZON HUNTRESS!]

She now had a black bodysuit with green glowing cracks running through it as patterning. She held orange rounded armor with red accenting on her shoulders, chest, and shins, having thin yellow plating on her biceps, thighs, and abs. The armor itself had indentions running through it, dull blue energy running through it, almost similar to phazon. Her forearms had thick box-like armor with heavy paneling and layering, the armor components looking like they'd be able to shift around. Her back, and back sides of her shins had red plating with hidden boosters underneath paneling as well. Her helmet was primarily orange with red accents, having a more space marine style to it with green compound eyes.

She then raised her arm, holding her right hand out towards where Ridley was, the thick green box parts began to shift and suddenly envelop her hand, eventually forming an arm cannon similar to Samus', the indentions lighting up a bright yellow. She took aim before launching several energy missiles towards Ridley.

Dark Pit's arrows had distracted Ridley to where he was struck in the stomach by the attack, an explosion occurring. Ridley coughed out as he landed, standing up straight before visibly reeling his head back at seeing Junmei take such a similar appearance to his most hated enemy.

"Now then Ridley, let's dance," Junmei said as she shifted her right arm cannon back to its inactive mode, flexing her fingers slightly. She boosted herself towards Ridley, sliding underneath the beast as she activated her right arm cannon again. An energy grapple launched out from it that latched around the space pirate's stomach. She soon pulled with all her might and managed to slam Ridely down on his back.

"Enough games, you're going down!" Ridely hissed out as he gripped the energy grapple around his stomach, tearing and breaking it. He then got up and spread his wings, giving a roar towards Junmei as the female Rider stood ready.


Kenshin gave a yell as was slammed backwards by both Wario and Waluigi's homerun bats, the two managing to send him down to the streets. "My sword can't break through them… can my fists even do the trick?"

"Kid just hang on a bit longer, Samus is on her way to give you some much needed help!" Falco called out on the other line.

"Roger," Kenshin managed to get out as he flipped backwards, avoiding Wario and Waluigi who both jumped down to strike at him with their bats. "Mario, Luigi, let's bring the heat." He called out as he swapped out Tokens.

[MARIO! LUIGI! KAMEN RIDER SMASH: PLATFORM BLAZER!]

Kenshin then gathered fire in his hands before launching a stream of flames towards Wario and Waluigi. The pair grunted as they began to walk through the flames with little issue, though their bodies became superheated as a result. Despite this the fire didn't do much against them.

"Okay, that did not work," Kenshin quickly stopped launching flames out before rushing in and punching Waluigi in the face.

"What?" Waluigi asked as the punch had no effect n him.

"Ouch!" Kenshin called out as he shook his hand, despite the armor and strength enhancement the metal layering Waluigi had was too tough. He then cried out as he was body slammed in the stomach by Wario who used his pain as a distraction. "Why are you all so tough!?"

"Do you like it? We managed to snag some experimental items too!" Wario laughed out. "It's a good perk whenever you're part of the Subspace Army."

"Oh hell, you two aren't just random thugs taking advantage of their chaos then," Kenshin gave a sigh as he went to pick himself up. "Guess I've got to get serious."

"Give it up Kamen Rider! We've got the advantage and these Metal Boxes won't wear off for at least another hour or so!" Wario exclaimed. "Once we take you out, the name of the Wario Bros. will echo all throughout this world!"

"Sorry to say but heroes don't give up that easily," Kenshin explained as he straightened up and raised his arms. "Plus I've dealt with worse than you two. I can do this all day."

"We'll see about that," Waluigi called out as he went to move forward when suddenly from above a bright light shined down. The trio of fighters looked up, Samus' gunship was hovering above them before the bottom hatch opened up, Samus suddenly dropping down and landing.

"What is she doing here?!" Wario and Waluigi both questioned in shock.

"Oh didn't I tell you?" Kenshin had to keep from breaking out in laughter. "She's my boss."

"And I don't appreciate you harassing my Kamen Rider," Samus replied before turning and walking over to Kenshin. "Sorry I'm late."

"It's fine, but why come personally anyway?" Kenshin asked before he was suddenly presented with the weapon Samus was working on. It was the same knuckle though the grip was now colored green while the handles were black, the knuckle itself being painted red with the smash symbol now having a rainbow color scheme to it. "Whoa okay, new weapon time."

"It's for Platform Blazer," Samus said as she stepped out of the way. "I figured your normal punches may not be enough against certain enemies. How about we test it out?"

"Sounds good to me," Kenshin said as he gripped the knuckle with his right hand as he looked it over. "Alright, time to test out the Smash Knuckle." He then noticed the smash symbol and pressed down on it with the palm of his left hand, initiating a standby sound. He then released his palm as the weapon lit up brightly. "Let's go!"

Waluigi yelled out as he ran forward, deciding to keep his bat on standby as he went to punch at Kenshin. He figured his metal coating would hold up and allow him to easily punch Kenshin in the face. Kenshin however rushed in, lunging forward and slamming the knuckle against Waluigi's stomach. An explosive burst of heat was released, sending Waluigi flying into a wall.

"Wait what?" Wario was surprised to see Waluigi flung so easily like that.

"There we go," Samus gave a nod, glad to see that the Smash Knuckle was able to close the gap in power.

Kenshin perked up as he held the knuckle in both hands now, "This is actually pretty cool!"

"It's an extension of your fists," Samus explained.

"Extension or not you're going down!" Wario called out as he jumped towards Kenshin, swinging his bat towards the Rider. Kenshin side stepped before punching forward, slamming the knuckle into Wario several times and getting him to stagger. "How are you so strong?!"

"Doesn't matter, it's over for you!" Kenshin called out as he took out Pikachu's Smash Token before slotting it in. He then pressed down on the smash symbol to activate the finisher.

[PIKACHU! RIDER SMASH!]

Kenshin struck Wario in the gut with an electrical charged punch before following up with an uppercut, sending the greedy man flying up into the air. "It's over!"

Wario had slammed into the ground after being launched upwards, giving a groan as the metal coating shattered off of his body.

Waluigi gave a yell as he threw his homerun bat away, running towards the rider. "You'll pay for that punk!"

[MARIO! RIDER SMASH!]

Kenshin had swapped out Pikachu's Token for Mario's in his knuckle and charged up the finisher. He waited for Waluigi to come closer to see what he was going to do. Waluigi went for a punch against the face, the rider tilting his head to avoid it. Right as he avoided the punch, Kenshin slammed the smash knuckle into Waluigi's gut. A flash of red light occurred as Waluigi fell to the ground, his metal coating shattering as well.

"Not bad for a test run," Samus said as she walked over. "I suppose we can get these two locked up and head back to base."

"Sounds good to me, I am beat!" Kenshin admitted as he stretched his arms upwards. "Nice weapon though, I didn't really think that another fist would be needed."

"I figured it would be more practical for you to use," Samus admitted.


"Okay, this'll take some getting used to," Junmei called out as she began dodging out of the way of Ridley's fireballs, the space pirate enraged enough to where he didn't care about collateral damage anymore. Junmei quickly formed her left arm cannon, this one having the indentions glow a bright blue. She then sent a dark blue beam of energy towards Ridley, hitting him and sending him backwards.

"So it has one cannon for each Samus," Dark Pit noted, figuring that's what was unique about Phazon Huntress despite it being a long ranged form with great mobility.

"Huh that makes sense, so Samus is the missiles while Dark Samus is the beam," Junmei said as she looked over her suit, the left arm cannon retracting. "I wonder though."

"Got a thought on how to wrap this up before he brings down the whole room?" Dark Pit asked.

"Yeah, let's hope I don't die," Junmei remarked before pressing down on the button where Dark Samus' Token was. Soon enough the dull blue glow began to grow brighter and brighter, Junmei's armor shining as if Phazon was being pumped through her now. The armor took on a darker appearance as her compound eyes turned yellow, a blue visor forming above them. "Yep so I do have my own version of Hypermode. Phazon Burst!" She called out before she hopped forward, her boosters launching her towards Ridley.

"She can handle Phazon too?!" Ridley growled out as he jumped towards Junmei, ready to slam her down with his claws.

Junmei suddenly stopped her before falling back, both arm cannons forming and having bright blue glows in their indentions now. She then sent a beam of dark energy against Ridley, managing to force his descent to stall as she bombarded him with dark energy missiles. She then used her boosters to correct herself and land on her feet.

Ridley spread out his wings and landed on the ground without much issue, holding his chest as the dark based attacks had done their damage to him. "Just who the hell are you?"

"Kamen Rider Echo, remember that!" Junmei called out as she pressed down on Samus' token, blue smoke being released from the indentions as her arm cannons shifted back to normal. Soon enough her armor returned to its normal state. She then pressed down on both buttons, initiating her finisher.

[FOR GLORY!]

Both of her arm cannons activating before Junmei noticed a few new attachments on the sides. Figuring she needed to move them close she did, the parts now converging and forming a two barreled buster cannon. Aiming towards Ridley she dug her feet into the ground, the armor on them shifting and latching against the ground. Bright yellow and blue energy began to charge within one barrel each, the charges growing bright and brighter.

Ridley gave a hiss as he soon opened his mouth, charging up his own beam of energy as he wasn't about to lose to Junmei.

[PHAZON HUNTRESS K.O.!]

Junmei let out a yell as she released the charges, sending a double beam of bright yellow and blue energy towards Ridley. She was forced to take a step back and dig her foot further to keep the recoil from blowing her away. As if reacting to her attack, her suits boosters began outputting full power to keep her from losing her aim.

Ridley roared out, sending his plasma scream beam towards the twin energy beam. The two beams collided against each other; Ridley's slowly beginning to push forward before it suddenly stopped. Ridley's eyes widened as Junmei's beam began inching further and further forward, the beam gaining more and more ground every second. Ridley couldn't yell out as the twin beam soon engulfed his own beam and slammed into him, causing a massive explosion.

"And that's how it's done," Junmei said as smoke was released from her cannons, the weapons shifting back to their armor state as she took a step back. She nearly fell over, but Dark Pit came from behind to keep her steady.

"Good job champ, you've got another form and a powerful one at that," Dark Pit said as he straightened up Junmei. "I think we've done enough damage here too."

"Sounds good to me, I got two more Tokens and a form out of this so I'd say mission accomplished," Junmei agreed before looking around. "Alright, how the heck do we get out of here again?"

"Just follow me," Dark Pit sighed before heading for the first door he saw, Junmei following after him. He still had his own questions, but the fact that Junmei didn't seem to recall her trance was a tad worrying.

As the smoke cleared, Ridley's clawed hand shot out as he grabbed against a desk crushing it as he pulled himself forward. "To think someone copying her powers was able to deliver such a humiliating defeat to me." He growled out as his body was fairly damaged and torn up. "I will make sure to have her pay for such insolence when we meet again."

To Be Continued…


Samus: The shining eyes of memory are clouded by outsiders, yet their reunion draws near. But unaware of their bond, they clash against each other with all their might.

[Next Time – A Sorrowful Reunion]


Smash Token Ownership:

Kenshin – Mario/Luigi/Yoshi/Fox/Wolf/Pikachu/Greninja/Link

Junmei – Marth/Lucina/Ryu/Ken/Terry/Lucario/Samus/Dark Samus

CORE – Incineroar

Meijin –Donkey Kong/Bowser/Ganondorf

Sayomi – Meta Knight

Hajime – Piranha Plant


Author's Note:

So um, so much for consistently releasing a chapter a month huh? Well not to worry, I hope to be getting back on a more consistent release schedule. This recent Pandemic has been pretty harsh when it's come to work given I work in grocery. So March was nonstop hell, even before things started getting crazier, 6 days straight of work, 2 days off, then 8 straight days of working really wears someone out especially with how crazy things were getting. Luckily April was a lot more relaxing. So much so that I may have a new story I'll be putting out.

Hopefully having two stories to juggle will work out in the long run purely because if I get tired of one I can work on the other. Won't say much on what it is but it's something I've been eager to do since figuring out the idea. But yeah, hope you enjoyed Chapter 8 because this is very much the turning point for the 1st Quarter of Kamen Rider Smash