Kamen Rider Smash

Episode 11 – A Rising Calamity


Data File #14: Trap

"There's not much to report on this mess. We received word that an absurdly strong Malice was tearing a stadium apart. As a result Kenshin was sent there despite just recovering. But when he defeated the Malice the bandaged man was waiting for him. We were lead into a trap and now the only thing we can hope for is for everything to turn out alright."


"You can have the Ganondorf Token," Meijin said as he tossed it over to Kenshin who caught it in surprise. "Congratulations, you've received a new form."

"What's the catch here?" Kenshin asked as he managed to shakily stand up. "What do you want?"

"Simple, use the power of the hero and demon king to destroy Omega, well that is if you can even transform," Meijin remarked. "Ganondorf's power is quite tricky to master, even for someone like you."

"Are you saying I can't handle it?" Kenshin asked.

"I just feel I should give a warning just in case you end up getting in over your head," Meijin mentioned as he put a hand on his hip.

"Fine then," Kenshin said before holding out both Tokens. "Link…" He trailed slotting in the Token. "Ganondorf!" He called out as he went to slot the Token in.

Suddenly a dark aura surrounded the Token and blocked it from trying to enter the Driver. Kenshin gave an annoyed face as he tried to force the Token into the Driver only for a burst of darkness to force him down to the ground. "What?"

"He just said that Ganondorf's power was tricky to master," Sayomi mentioned as she paced around, a smile crossing her lips as she saw Kenshin struggle to get up. "It seems like even you can't use it as easily as you think."

"Ganondorf just work with me here!" Kenshin called out as he tried to slot the Token in again. Once more a buildup of darkness prevented the Token from being entered before exploding outwards. The Rider winced as he was slammed on his back. "Come on!"

"Don't worry though," Meijin said as he squatted down and looked towards the hole. "Omega is getting a new challenger anyway."

"Wait what do you mean?" Kenshin asked as he began to sit up.

"Can't you sense her? The second Kamen Rider, Echo. She's arriving right as we speak," Meijin mentioned, a light smile creeping up. "With all those Tokens she has Omega's sure to become unstoppable, just imagine all the destruction he'll cause."

Kenshin's face paled as he realized the implications of something worse than Hajime's' normal power going up against his sister. Not to mention the resulting enhancements from all of her Tokens if she lost. While he still wasn't sure on being her brother, he knew he couldn't let anything happen to her, "Ganondorf please help me!" He begged, trying to slot the Token in again only for the same result to happen, being knocked to the ground once more.

"Well if you're done, Sayomi and I need to watch the show," Meijin said as he opened up a Subspace Portal, wanting to get a better view. Sayomi walked over and headed through, Meijin following before it closed up.

"No… please don't come here, please don't…" Kenshin trailed in fear as he just barely picked himself up. Using all the strength he could muster he began making his way towards the hole Omega had made.


If one could comment on the current state of CORE's hanger bay, it would be described as a mess. Samus was trying to coordinate everyone into getting there as quickly as possible but also wanting as many people on the scene at the same time. Others wanted to take their own way while some had already left on their way to the scene like Cloud.

"Listen here Mr. Racecar Driver, we need to get there as soon as possible so if Fox and I take our Arwings we can get there first and provide air support!" Falco called out.

"Cloud's already heading over there, we can't waste any time," Fox argued.

"We need to stick together, you forget this is a possible Origin Impact level event we're dealing with," Snake called out. "If we're not in a team when we land, we might as well be dead."

"Exactly, my Falcon Flyer can get us to the stadium fast enough, we can't afford to lose any members just because they went in first," Captain Falcon reminded.

"So you want us to leave Kenshin alone to fend for himself?" Fox asked.

"The kid may be a Kamen Rider but did you forget how he's acted these past couple of days?" Falco argued. "He wasn't fit for the mission and he's not going to be in good shape."

"How about you trust in his skills, mental issues or not he's a Rider for a reason," Snake countered.

"Exactly, trust in Kenshin, we need to be at full strength to support him so we can't just leave early." Captain Falcon called out, but this didn't even calm the two pilots in the slightest.

"Alright I need you all to listen to me, I know people want to go their own way and get their faster but we need both speed and numbers," Samus said trying to talk some sense into both Fox and Falco to shut them up. Despite this the four were continuing to bicker which irritated her. "Will you all just shut up and listen for two seconds!" She snapped.

The four suddenly went silent before looking over at Samus, all of them stepping back a bit as they could just feel the anger radiating off of her.

"Where are the rest of our members?" Samus asked after clearing her throat.

"Right here," Zero said as he walked over with Shadow and the Inkling Agent 3.

"Captain Falcon, you are to take the Falcon Flyer and transport everyone here to that Stadium as soon as possible," Samus said as she turned back towards the doors. "I will hear no complaints about the transport situation, once there I want a status report alongside confirmation on Kenshin's status."

"If we have to fight beforehand however, how far can we go?" Shadow asked.

"As far as you need to go in order to get breathing room, nothing unnecessary but do not hold back if possible," Samus replied before she turned back to face everyone. "We're dealing with a possible Origin Impact level event right now. Be prepared for anything. Is that understood?"

"Yes Ma'am!" Everyone called out as they gave Samus a salute.

"Now get going," Samus called out as she went towards the control panel and began opening up the various gates for the Falcon Flyer to be able to get through.

"On it, you heard her let's go!" Captain Falcon called out as he ran for his vehicle, the other Core Members following after him.

Once the Falcon Flyer was fully loaded with the members it initiated the take-off sequence. The vehicle itself took off in an instant once the standard path was clear. Samus stared at where the Falcon Flyer had taken off from, once everything was clear she looked back down at the control panel to close the gateways.

The bounty hunter continued to look down at the control panel before turning and taking off to the main computer room. "You better still be alive…"


Junmei finally reached the area where the stadium was before yelping and throwing herself to the ground. A multicolored blast of energy had been launched towards her and slammed into a nearby building after she dodged. The blast hit the building and caused an explosion, destroying a fair chunk of it.

"What was that?!" Junmei yelled out as she pushed herself up, to her surprise though the stadium did not look like it was being attack by a plant monster. "Wait…" Instead she was met face to face with Vile Smash Omega. "What the hell are you?"

"Om… ega…" Omega managed to somehow get out through its garbled speech. "Ome… ga…"

"Yeah okay, you're looking less like a monster and more like a weapon," Junmei said as she readied her blade. She figured at first that it was some kind of monster, but the slowed movement, its name being Omega of all things, alongside its miniscule speech made it unlike any Malice she had faced.

"Omega!" The multi-token being called out its own name before charging up energy in its face, sending out blasts of energy towards Junmei.

Junmei ducked and ran forward, luckily avoiding the blasts as she made a beeline for the creature. With a yell she slashed against Omega, sparks flying but not much visible damage showing itself. Junmei noticed this and spun around, sending a few quick slashes against the monsters back only for the same result.

"Seriously what is this thing made of?" Junmei questioned, remembering how the only one who gave such resilience to her hits was the Black Knight.

Omega gave a yell as it spun around, holding its arm out and lighting it on fire, managing to catch Junmei in the swing and sending her back. Electricity then began gathering in Omega's hands before it launched out bolts of thunder towards her.

Junmei barely managed to roll out of the way after being forced back, suddenly realizing that her base form was getting her nowhere. "Ryu, Ken, we're up. Let's finish this in one go." She said as she slotted in both Tokens.

[KAMEN RIDER ECHO: FOCUS BURNER!]

Junmei took a deep breath as she took her close quarters form before jumping into the air. She began rapidly spinning around, a small tornado of fire occurring as she needed to see if she could bait Omega. To her luck the monster had gathered water around its hands before launching it out.

[FOR GLORY!]

Junmei gave a yell as she launched downwards out of the tornado while it was doused. Her right fist being covered in flames.

Omega screeched out and jumped upwards but was too late. Junmei yelled out as she slammed her fist into the monsters stomach, the force of attack being so strong she tore the monster in half. Junmei was sent towards the ground, tumbling before rolling then stopping. She slowly began to rise as she took a deep breath.

[FOCUS BURNER K.O.!]

Junmei pumped her fist and turned around before nearly falling to the ground in horror. To her surprise there was no explosion; Omega was just stuck in mid-air, torn in two pieces.

"Omega… Omega…" The monster repeated as several glowing spots shined out before its body began stretching out and linking back together. Omega soon landed as it's torso began to shift, some of its weight and body structure changing as it managed to mostly heal the torn through area. Despite this there were several scratched against its stomach.

"No way…" Junmei trailed in shock as she saw that her attack had little effect, admittedly though she noticed that the monster itself was noticeably thinner. "How long do I have to keep this up?"

From the rooftops both Meijin and Sayomi watched, the two surprised by how strong Junmei was. Even then they expected this outcome. Even a Rider like her wouldn't be able to beat Omega with her usual tricks.

Omega let out a roar before it began charging towards Junmei, its hands sharpening into claws as it swiped out at her. Junmei dodged before sending a punch towards Omega, the monster blocking with his arm and forming a reflector to deflect her attack.

"Wait what-?" Junmei was taken off guard by the fact that Omega was defending itself further and suddenly had her gut slammed into by the monsters fist. She coughed out as she staggered back, just barely jumping away from Omega which tried to grab at her. "These attacks…"

"Omega," The Weapon declared as it punched forward, its arm extending as if it were rubber. Junmei countered by slamming her palms into the ground, releasing a burst of fire to damage and force the arm to retract.

"It's evolving," Junmei hissed as she quickly drew out her last combination of Tokens.

[KAMEN RIDER ECHO: PHAZON HUNTRESS!]

Junmei activated her missile launcher arm and began firing energy missiles at Omega. The creature responded by raising its arms in defense, creating a combined reflector shield that blocked against the attacks. The onslaught of missiles was too much however and the reflector shattered, its arms getting pounded by missile after missile.

"Omega, Omega!" The weapon roared out as it threw its hands outwards, bolts of electricity shooting out towards Junmei. The bolts were so erratic and strong they managed to tear through the missiles before striking against the female Rider and forcing her back.

"Fine then, charged shot it is," Junmei winced as she switched her launcher cannon off and activated her beam cannon. She aimed and braced before charging up and releasing a charged blast of energy.

Omega this time began gathering the vapor in the air around its face before unleashing a torrent of water from the symbol on its face. The torrent collided with the charged blast, both pushing against each other with the charged blast slowly making headway.

"Phazon Burst!" Junmei yelled out as she unleashed the phazon into her armor, both her arm cannons becoming active and enhanced. She used her suits jet boosters to launch her upwards, using her beam cannon and releasing a straight beam of phazon against Omega. The beam struck and forced Omega to stop its attack. This allowed the charged blast from earlier to fly forward and slam into it. Both attacks were volatile enough to cause an explosion.

The female Rider didn't stop there, unleashing enhanced missile after enhanced missile against where the explosion was. She then began to pant as she dismissed Phazon Burst, while it wasn't a finisher she was sure she had hit that monster with everything she had.

"That had to…" Junmei trailed before perking up at a sudden sound.

*CRACK*

The smoke began to clear as it was soon revealed that Vile Smash Omega was not in the middle of the explosion. Instead it was a giant egg with green spots, similar to Yoshi's. The female Rider took a visible step back as the egg began to crack and shatter. It soon revealed Omega was still standing with some scratches, but the shielding had protected it from most of the damage of the explosion.

Kenshin meanwhile managed to make it out of the stadium through the hole that Omega had caused. He paled further as he saw Junmei fighting against Omega. "Hey get out of there! It's too dangerous!"

"Huh?" Junmei turned before seeing Kenshin. "Bro…" She trailed realizing that there was no coincidence between the specific attacks and seeing him beat up like that. She realized that she was the only one who could deal with this monster. "Don't worry! I can do this!" She called out as she got in a ready stance, activating her finisher.

[FOR GLORY!]

"No don't!" Kenshin yelled out.

"OMEGA!" Omega yelled out as various elements began to gather at its face symbol in response to Junmei's finisher.

Junmei activated both of her arm cannons and linked them together, digging her feet into the ground as the armored boots helped latch her down. Her back boosters were already starting to activate in order to compensate for the recoil.

[PHAZON HUNTRESS K.O.!]

"You're going down!" Junmei yelled out as she unleashed a double beam of yellow and blue energy from her cannons.

"OMEGA!" The monster weapon yelled out as it unleashed a multicolored near unstable beam of energy from its face.

Both beams clashed against each other as they reached the center, the two clashing against each other heavily. Despite the near unstable nature of Omega's beam, it began to push itself forward slowly. Junmei could only yell out as she tried putting more power into her attack as Omega did the same. Both energies reached their peak, an explosion occurring at the center before either could reach their target. A shockwave of energy occurred not long afterwards, slamming into both fighters.

The female Rider yelled out, slamming against the outside stadium wall. Junmei's suit sparked and while she was hit hard, she still managed to keep her transformation. Despite this her arm cannons were damaged heavily and it didn't look like they'd be operational for the rest of the fight.

Omega began tumbling across the ground before slamming into the corner of a nearby building, "O…meg..a…" It grunted as it began to slowly pick itself up. More scratches were seen along its body but it was still in fighting shape.

Junmei slowly but surely pulled herself out of the wall, staggering as she suddenly knelt down and lurched forward, the feedback from the blast having overwhelmed her.

Kenshin's expression dropped as he saw this happen, everything going mute for him despite the loud yelling coming from Omega. "Sis…" He trailed, his expression of shock slowly turning to one of anger as the color returned to his face. "Don't you dare…" He glared at Omega. "Don't you dare hurt her you monster!"

The male Rider took a few staggered steps forward before gripping Ganondorf's Token tightly. He yelled out in anger as the Token reacted to him, and without much effort he slammed it into the remaining slot in the driver.

The Tokens sparked, light energy formed forward and showed a transparent Link in a kneeling position while darkness swirled behind the two. The darkness soon took the shape of a transparent Ganondorf who laughed while spreading his arms out.

Junmei was trying to regain some sense of direction when she heard a yell. That was when she jerked her head and turned towards Kenshin. Alarm bells began to sound off suddenly in her head as she felt something was wrong with this transformation. "Kenshin no wait!"

"Henshin!" Kenshin called out as he slammed down on both buttons.

[SMASH FUSION!]

Link stood before forming into light and matching Kenshin's pose, sliding back and forming a glow of light over his body. Ganondorf meanwhile formed back into darkness, spiraling and snaking around the Riders body before tightening around it. Kenshin gave a light gasp before slumping forward slightly.

[LINK! GANONDORF! KAMEN RIDER SMASH: CALAMITY HERO!]

The darkness shattered the light coating around the Rider, revealing his new form in an instant. Kenshin was now covered in a dark green thick and padded bodysuit, giving a bulkier appearance. He had black armor around his thighs, biceps, shoulders, chest and back, his upper body armor having a high collar. A green cape with gold trimming was hung from the front of his armor, being draped along his shoulders and going down his back to the backs of his knees. He held dull white armor on his forearms and shins, having green lines running along as detailing. The tops of his shoes and hands held segmented brown armor.

The final piece was a black and dark green accented helmet, having a rougher and pig-like motif to it with tusks coming down the sides of the armor, with dull red compound colored eyes. It looked less like a Rider helmet and more like a monsters. The head crest itself was a gold triangle pointing upwards with another gold triangle pointing downwards placed on top of it.

"Kenshin…?" Junmei trailed as she stared at the new transformation, something was wrong, extremely wrong.

"He actually used it…" Meijin trailed before giving a grin. "It's just as we planned."

"I suppose the kid isn't completely useless after all," Sayomi remarked.

Kenshin's head crest lit up alongside his eyes as his head jerked upwards, getting out of his slump. He rushed forward, hands crackling with darkness before slamming them straight against Omega. The monster barely had any time to react, but didn't budge from the punches. It gave a few gasping noises as it grabbed onto Kenshin's arms.

Omega soon released a torrent of flames from its face, sparks flying from Kenshin as the flames hit his upper body head on. Kenshin just gave a light chuckle as he released a pulse of dark energy from his body, managing to force Omega to release its grip and step back. The monster weapon continued to spew flames however.

Kenshin simply gathered dark energy around his fist, slamming it into Omega's chin and sending the flames upwards before they dispersed. He then gave a chuckle and slammed his other fist into Omega's chest and staggered it. He wasn't done however as he ran forward and shoulder checked the monster straight in the chest.

"Omega!" Omega quickly shifted its mass to its upper body and arms, its forearms and hands growing huge as it took a step forward and slammed its hands onto Kenshin's head. Its goal was simple, to squeeze and crush the helmet along with Kenshin's skull.

Kenshin however yelled out as his hands crackled with more dark energy, punching through and slamming his fists into Omega's chest. Kenshin then yelled out as he planted his foot on the monsters stomach, ripping his hands out and gripping them tightly.

Omega staggered backwards, its body sparking heavily from the attacks but it began to regenerate. Mid-regeneration however its body stopped before slowly turning into a more melted texture. "O-O-O-O-O-Om…" It stuttered out as it appeared as though its body was breaking down. "E-E-E-E…" Its face began to distort as the smash symbol also lost its constant glow.

Kenshin gave a dark chuckle before holding out his hands, revealing that his attack against Omega was to take back all of the Smash Tokens. His transformation Tokens alongside Yoshi's were all back in his possession. He had even managed to take Piranha Plants as well. He then put them away before walking over casually to Omega, he stopped as it seemed as though the creature was docile now without the Tokens powering it. Whatever remained of Hajime seemed nonexistent due to it not immediately transforming back into him.

Kenshin immediately grabbed Omega's head with one hand, crushing it slightly as he began dragging the monster towards the stadium. With one arm he then slammed the monster into the stadium wall, digging its face into the building before tossing it towards the hole it made. Kenshin then began rushing against the monster, punching, kicking and pushing it back through the hallway length hole. It seemed as though the berserker wanted to get the monster back in the stadium.

"Good, he's isolating himself," Meijin said before opening up another Subspace Portal. "Sayomi, we end this once Omega is killed."

"Of course," Sayomi said before the two entered the portal.

"K-Kenshin wait, hold on a minute!" Junmei called out as she went to stand, something was extremely wrong. With Omega that docile her brother would have gone for the finisher to stop things from going too far. Despite making it a few steps she fell to one knee, still recovering from the shockwave that threw her. She perked up when she heard a motorcycle driving up; looking over and was surprised to see Cloud. "You…"

"Just what happened here?" Cloud asked as he parked and hurried over, helping Junmei up.

"I was told that there was a plant monster, but when I got here there was this weird monster… it didn't seem like it was a Malice," Junmei explained as she managed to brace against Cloud. "Even after a Finisher it was able to regenerate. I think it had Kenshin's Tokens, Kenshin seemed to have two left though, Link and Ganondorf but… when he transformed…"

"That doesn't sound good," Cloud said as he quickly took out his phone, dialing a number. It didn't take long for the receiver to answer. "Hey Samus, please tell me you're monitoring the situation." He said only to be met with silence. "Samus what's going on? What happened with Kenshin?"

"He… I think he's gone berserk…" Samus trailed on the other end. "I'm monitoring it right now and trying to get mental data, but I don't think he's fully in control. That new transformation seems to be completely overriding any sense of self he has."

"You had the Token Driver developed right? Is there any way to override the transformation? Try to force eject the Tokens?" Cloud asked.

"Cloud… who do you think you're talking to?" Samus asked from the other line in a somewhat cold voice as she raised her tone. "Don't you think I would have tried that and informed you already?"

"I… sorry," Cloud apologized. "So what now then, do I go and try and stop Kenshin?"

"If you can it'd be appreciated," Samus replied. "I'm going to update Captain Falcon and the others before reporting this to King Dedede. He needs to know that way cleanup can be enabled. I need to get to work, Samus over and out."

"Well then…" Cloud sighed as he closed the call before putting up his phone. "This is a mess."

"There has to be a way…" Junmei said as she gripped Cloud tightly. "There has to be a way to save him. I could feel it, sense it. Something is wrong with that Ganondorf Token he's using."

"How can you be so sure?" Cloud asked.

"I'm not sure how but… I think I can sense Darkness," Junmei admitted much to Cloud's confusion. "I could sense the dark energy coming from Dark Samus' Token when I claimed it. But it wasn't as malicious as Ganondorf's, someone tampered with his."

"Yeah, yeah this is starting to make too much sense," Cloud realized, suddenly figuring that the plant based Malice was a distraction to get Kenshin in the area. Putting together Junmei's and Samus' deductions he figured that Kenshin was pushed to the brink and put in a position where he had to use that tampered form. "Alright, I think there's a way but you're going to need to come with me and trust my team."

"Wait what do you mean? You mean we're leaving Kenshin?" Junmei asked worried before a hand was placed on her shoulder. "Huh?"

"Listen," Cloud said as he looked at her. "If we're going to figure out a way to snap Kenshin out of it we need to visit Samus. Something tells me that a frontal assault against him isn't going to save him, just stall him from doing something dangerous."

"If meeting with her can help me save him then I'll do it, take me to her," Junmei reaffirmed before dismissing her transformation.

"Good, let's get going," Cloud said as he got on Fenrir, scooting forward so Junmei could mount the vehicle. Once she was on and the two were settled, Cloud took off as fast as he could back to the base.


Kenshin gave out a cruel laugh as he began dragging Omega against the main arena before tossing it to the other side.

Omega began to stand, trying to keep itself together. But by this point without any Tokens it had no abilities and was using most of its remaining power to keep from falling apart right on the spot.

Kenshin yelled out as he slammed his hands together, dark energy crackling as he began to pull them away. Soon enough he created a glowing purple broadsword of light, gripping the handle before resting it on his shoulder. He gave an annoyed posture as he noticed that Omega wasn't fighting back in the slightest.

Omega continued to stand where it was; its body slowly melting away as it was unable to truly do anything against Kenshin.

'Die…'

Omega's left forearm began to twitch as it solidified. The melting stopped as its full arm began to solidify and stabilize.

'Not die…'

Omega's right forearm began to undergo the same transformation as the left, solidifying and stabilizing. Suddenly its body and legs began to stabilize as well, the Smash Symbol returning but on its chest this time as a new face began to form.

'Will not die…'

"I will not die…" Omega spoke out as a black frown formed for a mouth; soon enough one vertical slit began to form before suddenly opening to reveal a bulging yellow eye with a red pupil. "I will not die!"

Kenshin simply gave a laugh as he perked up, realizing that Omega had fully pulled itself together despite losing its power source. He yelled out as he dropped his sword arm and began running forward, dragging the sword along the arena as he closed in on Omega.

"I will not die to the likes of you!" Omega yelled out as its upper body, forearms and thighs bulked up greatly. It then got in a sprinting position before running straight for Kenshin. It raised its right arm for a punch, sending it forward only for Kenshin to duck underneath it. Kenshin had gripped his energy sword with both hands before slamming it against Omega's gut, sparks flying as he slashed against and past Omega.

Kenshin then turned and swung his sword, just as Omega turned he slammed his sword into the monsters chest, sparks flying as he slammed it into the ground. He then removed his sword and rested it on his shoulder, backing up just slightly to avoid a counter kick from Omega.

Meijin and Sayomi were currently in the VIP section, Meijin having a curious look from what could be seen of his face while Sayomi held an annoyed look.

"How the hell is he even still fighting? Hell, how is he even functioning?" Sayomi questioned.

"I suppose that's the power of the human spirit," Meijin mentioned nonchalantly only for Sayomi to stare at him. "What?"

"Are you telling me that Hajime somehow managed to retake control?" Sayomi asked.

"Without the Smash Tokens diluting his mental capabilities with their massive power, it seems his consciousness partially resurfaced," Meijin said though at most he was guessing, he wasn't sure what was even going on to cause this. "I can only assume his will to survive is so strong it's enough to power Omega."

"Temporarily anyway, I don't see him surviving this," Sayomi remarked, choosing to take Meijin's guess as fact since they had no real answer.

Omega yelled out as it launched towards Kenshin, slamming its fist into Kenshin's head. Kenshin lost some footing before Omega slammed its other fist into his stomach. Omega managed to force Kenshin to take a few steps back as a result. "It's over!" It yelled out as it launched both fists forward.

Kenshin however laughed out as he held up his energy broadsword, using its wide blade to block against the fists. He then yelled before shifting the blade to where the edge was now pushing against the fists. Pushing forward and downwards the Rider managed to slice off both of Omega's forearms in one swift motion.

Before Omega could try and retaliate, it was suddenly skewered in the chest by the energy blade. Figuring now was a good time to end the fight; Kenshin slammed both buttons down on his Driver before backing up.

[FOR GLORY!]

Kenshin howled out as dark energy began spiraling around him, coating his body in a dark miasma that began to grow and grow. In turn the energy sword shimmered before creating a purple Triforce energy field that trapped Omega inside of it.

"No! I won't allow it to end like this!" Omega yelled out as it struggled against the energy field.

Kenshin soon slammed his hands onto the ground as the dark miasma formed a dark boar creature that roared out. It launched itself forward, slamming straight into Omega and engulfing it in a dark explosion.

[CALAMITY HERO K.O.!]

The Rider calmly exited the explosion despite being in a rage before, Omega being fully consumed and destroyed. There was no body remaining after the finisher's end, meaning that Hajime himself had been completely annihilated.

Despite the battle being over, Kenshin had yet to dismiss his transformation. He looked over at the hallway length hole in the wall that led outside, a chuckle escaping his lips as he walked forward. To his surprise however two chains of light each wrapped around his arms before the tips dug into his forearm armor. He gave a grunt as his arms were forced to spread out.

"I must say that you certainly did a good job!" Meijin called out as he was at one end of the light chain.

"It's a shame that we had to get rid of one of the Masters Chosen, but considering our skills compared to his… he won't mind," Sayomi said as she was at the other end.

"Now then let's finish you off," Meijin was ready to attack when he paused at Kenshin's laughter. "What's so funny?"

Kenshin just kept laughing as he managed to get a grip on both chains with each hand, slowly but surely tugging at the chain and trying to force the two to move closer to him.

"Do you really think you can beat us?" Sayomi hissed out as she barely managed to keep her footing, Meijin barely handling it as well.

Black miasma began leaking out of Kenshin's hands, it slowly corroding and corrupting the chains of light wrapped around his arms. With one final tug Kenshin broke the chains of light, giving a cruel laugh at what he had managed to do.

"Well shit," Meijin managed to get out as he took a few steps back to keep from fully losing his footing at that stunt.


It wasn't long before the Falcon Flyer touched down at the empty parking lot where the stadium was. Everyone filed out as Captain Falcon exited last, closing the hatch to his transport. By this point everyone had been informed by Samus that Kenshin had been tricked and was forced into a berserker state.

"Alright everyone, I know this isn't exactly what we came here for, but it needs to be done," Captain Falcon said as he walked in front of everyone to address them. "Kenshin is a teammate, and right now he's in over his head. To keep that power from destroying his body we need to strike hard and strike fast. Hit him hard, stun him, and then hold him down so the Driver and Tokens can be removed."

"What if we can't get the Driver off?" Shadow asked.

"Um, we are allowed to defend ourselves, right?" Agent 3 asked.

"First off, we try and force the transformation to disengage, that means hitting the armor with every strong attack we've got," Snake answered. "Second point, we're not going to take this too far, but we will need to take this far enough. Got it?"

"Understood," Fox gave a confirmation wave.

"Got it, don't go all out but don't hold back," Falco said as with a nod as he checked his gear.

"Let's just hope we made it in time," Zero said as he prepped his weapons. "Considering the mission here has changed how many times already?"

"It just goes to show you that whoever is behind the scenes is crafty," Shadow explained as he began to head for the stadium. "They've managed to catch us off guard entirely."

"Stick together, try and only do so much on your own, and do not be a hero," Captain Falcon reminded everyone.

It wasn't long before a large beam of energy suddenly shot through the roof of the stadium, it fading out soon after it appeared.

"And that's our cue to head over there now, move it people move it!" Captain Falcon ordered as he made a beeline for one of the entrances. The rest of the Core Members followed after him, in Shadows case though he began racing past everyone else, closing in on the entrance.

"I've got a bad feeling about this," Fox sighed as he ran with everyone else.

"Don't worry so much Fox, we've got this," Falco reassured as he ran alongside Fox.


"This is terrible!" Pit called out as he saw all the fighting going on thanks to Palutena's powers. "What was a Malice attack turned into a giant trap!"

"It's concerning that our enemies are targeting Smash now of all times," Palutena mentioned as she observed the situation. "That strange Malice was created from all of his Tokens, yet despite that he was given Ganondorf's to help fight against it."

"Yeah but Ganondorf's Token did the opposite of help!" Pit called out as he frantically paced around. "Now he's in a berserker state and probably just wants to destroy everything!"

"What's odd to me is that Samus isn't ejecting the transformation," Palutena mused. "We have the schematics; we know there's a failsafe to disable a transformation. So why isn't she using it?"

"I mean you saw the way that transformation looked right? It was totally no good, so it probably fried the failsafe," Pit mentioned.

"That is true… and Junmei's out of trying to contact to form a plan due to Dark Pit constantly pressuring her," Palutena sighed. "Not like she'd trust me anyway."

"You really shouldn't have lied," Pit mentioned. "I would have just said it up front."

"Perhaps that was the best way to handle things… however I stand by my stance of Kenshin being too dangerous," Palutena admitted. "With just a bit of tricking this is the power he has access to, what if he somehow manages to access full control of Tabuu's power?"

"Do you really think he has that kind of power left in him? Given what Junmei said and what we saw happen," Pit asked.

"I very well believe that Tabuu's power is still in him, I can only assume that it's the power over Subspace that is allowing him to transform like that," Palutena said.

"Well if that's the case then what about Junmei?" Pit asked. "How can she transform?"

"Either her memory is blanked and Tabuu possessed her first before shifting over to Kenshin… or she has an entirely different source of power," Palutena replied. "Remember that Dark Pit reported her going into a trance over Samus and Dark Samus' Tokens. With that trance, 'darkness' was the key word…"

"That's weird…" Pit admitted, scratching his chin as he tried to wrap his head around it. "So what should we do now then?"

"We have one option," Palutena waved her staff to retire the images from the wall they were viewing them on. She then began leading the way towards her personal vault.

"What's the one option?" Pit asked as he hurried after her.

"Knowing Samus she's going to let King Dedede know about the situation, she may be taking a gamble with Smash but she will report issues like this," Palutena replied. "When they realize they're dealing with Ganondorf then Dedede will realize that Zelda is their only option."

"Okay so we get to Zelda first then?" Pit asked. "How does that help?"

"They'll want Zelda to come up with a solution, her likely bet against a Ganondorf entity would be sealing him away, but to counteract the power of the Smash Tokens, she'll need her own." Palutena said before stopping at the vault door, holding out her hand and opening it up. She then entered inside and revealed that she had four particular Smash Tokens being held in a field of light. The Tokens included Pit, Dark Pit, as well as Simon and Richter Belmont.

"Whoa I knew you found mine and his but I didn't think you found the Belmont's," Pit called out in amazement as he began looking frantically at the floating tokens.

"It was a stroke of luck that we had found them nearby," Palutena said as she held her hand out, the Simon and Richter Tokens floating into her hand. "Pit, I need you to take these to Zelda and if she hasn't already, tell her she should be expecting a call from King Dedede about an issue in Smash City."

"Of course Lady Palutena, I'm off!" Pit said as he took the two Tokens before running out of the vault.


Samus meanwhile was currently broadcasting a video feed to King Dedede's office in order to inform him of the current situation. While she was alone, Dedede had Meta Knight and Isabelle with him as company. She had just explained how the situation had evolved in detail before going into Kenshin's berserker behavior.

"Something is wrong with the Ganondorf Token he's using. Whatever it is, I can't activate the emergency lockout and force the transformation to end. I've sent my team to isolate, disable and retrieve him. We'll just need a cleanup crew for that stadium due to all the damages."

"Understood Samus, however are you sure your team can deal with something like this?" King Dedede questioned. "I don't mean to be overstepping my trust, since I can only assume this whole thing was likely a set up but…"

"What he means is he's worried about Ganondorf's Token specifically," Meta Knight said, wanting to get straight to the point. "No matter how relaxed Ganondorf has been as of late, you cannot deny the vast amount of power he contains. If that power grows out of control well… can your team really beat it?"

"You have a fair point…" Samus trailed, though she figured fighters like Shadow and Falcon would be able to pick up the slack from the others. Plus Cloud was supposed to be there already and he was fairly strong in his own right. "But I want to trust in my team."

"I will go immediately to support them," Meta Knight said, looking between both Dedede and Samus before leaving the office and the call as a result.

"With all due respect Samus, I'm just worried that this is going to be more than just a destroyed stadium if things aren't handled properly," Dedede admitted.

"Sir, what are you getting at?" Samus asked.

"I want to bring Zelda in for some assistance," King Dedede admitted after he had thought over what the situation was turning into. "She's fought Ganondorf plenty of times alongside Link. I'd like to hope she has the answer if we have a bigger spiraling situation on our hands."

"So are you telling me that my team is to stall for time then?" Samus asked, glad that she had her suit on at the moment since she was a bit annoyed at Dedede's lack of trust suddenly. Especially since Zelda leaned more towards Palutena for support than she did with them.

"No your team is to keep on the mission you've given them, but the minute I find out something from Zelda you are to change plans," King Dedede explained as he gave a stern look, he hated to go for outside sources but they didn't have many options. "If that is all we can end this briefing."

"Very well," Samus said as she pressed a button to end the video call, waiting a few seconds after it had cut before slamming her fist against the screen. "Damn it… it's not like I'm worried they'll kill him but…" She figured that if this was an anti-Ganondorf plan, Zelda wouldn't kill but seal him. She hated the thought of Dedede approving a plan to seal Kenshin away when this clearly wasn't his fault. "There has to be something we're overlooking…" As if reacting to her she received an alert that someone was coming into the hangar bay. "Huh? That can't be right…" She quickly stood up, readying her power suit before taking off to the hangar.

It wasn't long before she arrived at the hangar, rushing through the door and aiming her weapon only to see Cloud arrive. "Cloud…? I thought you were going to go ahead."

"Change of plans," Cloud said as he shifted his bike to park, revealing Junmei. He fully parked before dismounting. "We're not going to get anywhere with a frontal assault. That's why I've figured out that we're going to need some outside help with this one."

"I was told that if I came to you then I could help my brother," Junmei said as she dismounted, taking out two Tokens before tossing them at Samus. The bounty hunter caught them and looked to see Lucario and Terry Bogard's Tokens. "Just a small gift to get you to trust me a bit more, I made a terrible first impression."

"From the way I see it, you were being lead on," Samus said as she chose to keep the Tokens. "If there's anyone I can't trust its Palutena, though you seem to be the same."

"Honestly I think she has decent intentions, but mostly everyone who works for her has been a pain," Junmei admitted. "But that doesn't mean I'll trust her anytime soon, especially for how she lied to me about my brother."

"I suppose then we should get to work," Samus said as she gestured for the two to follow her. "We need to run some tests on your body alongside getting your equipment checked. I want to see if there are any nasty surprises I need to get rid of."

"Oh right," Junmei said as she followed after Samus, Cloud doing the same. The three exited the hangar before Samus lead them towards the medical bay. The female rider couldn't help but look around curiously at the base she was in.

"There is one thing I want to ask," Cloud said now that the three of them were all together. "The other day, what did you mean by Kenshin being your older brother?"

"That's something I'd like to know too," Samus admitted as she kept her pace. "That's the only thing I don't get about this situation."

"I'll be honest I've been stumped on that too, he's always been older than-" Junmei said before suddenly stopping when it finally clicked for her. "That's it!"

"Wait what?" Cloud asked as he stopped and turned.

"Was it really that simple?" Samus asked and turned.

"Yeah…" Junmei gave a nod as she looked up. "He was always older than me… but that was before we met Tabuu."

"Tabuu?" Cloud managed to get out as his eyes widened.

"You met with Tabuu?" Samus asked as everything surrounding Kenshin began to clear up. She then turned and began walking forward. "There's no time to waste then, I want you to give me all the details you can of what happened to you two."

"Wait why the rush?" Cloud asked.

"I'll tell you whatever I can," Junmei said as she followed after Samus. "If it means saving my brother, then I'll tell you everything that happened that day."

"Good, because hopefully we can get some clarity and figure out our next course of action," Samus answered as she picked up her pace.

To Be Continued…


Samus: No matter what happens, overcome everything in your way. Despite the overwhelming opposition, do not falter. Risk your life and fight for what you believe in!

[Next Time – Shine against Shadows]


Smash Token Ownership:

Kenshin – Mario/Luigi/Yoshi/Fox/Wolf/Pikachu/Greninja/Link/Ganondorf/Piranha Plant

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

CORE – Incineroar/Terry/Lucario

Meijin –Donkey Kong/Bowser

Sayomi – Meta Knight

Palutena – Pit/Dark Pit/Simon/Richter