Kamen Rider Smash

Episode 12 – Shine against Shadows


Data File #15: Berserker

"The situation continues to devolve; Kenshin had lost his Smash Tokens resulting in the Vile Smash Omega being created. Despite Junmei's best efforts she was unable to fully destroy it. Desperate Kenshin used Link and Ganondorf's Smash Tokens. However Ganondorf's Token was sabotaged and as a result he was transformed into a berserker state. The rest of Core was sent to deal with him while King Dedede sought out Zelda for council. I however plan on taking things into my own hands now that Cloud has brought me Junmei who wishes to help her brother."


Kenshin laughed out as dozens of bullets of light hit his body consistently, sparks flying as damage was done to his armor. Despite this all he was none the worse for wear or even remotely fazed by the attack.

"Just what the hell is this kid's deal?" Sayomi hissed out as she pulled her hand back, having chosen to deal long range attacks against Kenshin but to no avail. "Even your beam didn't work."

"I suppose we know why he was Master Tabuu's Host then," Meijin remarked with a light chuckle as he crossed his arms. "Though I suppose what's also helping is the Smash Tokens alongside Ganondorf's essence."

"So much for a mindless beast that's easy to take down," Sayomi said, annoyed at the fact that they were being pushed to go all out. She drew out her beam sword, activating it and rushing for Kenshin with a slash. To her surprise a large broadsword of dark energy formed to block her beam sword. "What?"

Kenshin gave a chuckle as he dismissed the weapon he had summoned, because she was still in the middle of her attack her momentum carried her forward unwillingly. This was enough to get Kenshin to slam his leg into her stomach, darkness pulsating from his leg. He yelled out before pushing forward and releasing the dark energy, launching her backwards.

Sayomi flew backwards before suddenly stopping mid-air, stylized butterfly wings appearing behind her briefly before she touched down. "Alright that's it… we need to go all out."

Meijin held out his hands, his fingertips radiating with energy before he perked up. The energy began dwindling before dispersing as he let his arms fall. "No, now is a perfect opportunity for us."

"You really love changing your plans mid-battle don't you?" Sayomi questioned with a slight sneer. "What do we do?"

"We leave." He said as he opened up a Subspace Portal right behind Sayomi before bringing it forward and dragging her in. He then launched it towards him, the portal swallowing him up before shrinking and vanishing.

Kenshin was confused by the sudden disappearance of Meijin and Sayomi, at least until he heard sudden movement nearby. He turned to soon see Shadow the Hedgehog and Captain Falcon sprinting toward him.

"Kenshin stand down we don't want to hurt you!" Captain Falcon called out.

"If you don't want your ass kicked then dismiss your transformation, now!" Shadow called out.

Kenshin just gave another laugh as he slammed his hands together, gathering dark energy before launching it outwards towards the two. The two fighters jumped up into the air, causing Kenshin to follow their movements.

"Shadow," Captain Falcon looked over to the black Hedgehog who gave a nod.

"Leave it to me, just make it count," He declared before warping behind Kenshin. "Chaos Control!" Suddenly space began to shift and change around Kenshin to stall his movements. "Take the shot now!"

"Falcon Punch!" Captain Falcon called out as he lunged downwards, his fist and arm lighting on fire as he closed in. Once the attack was close enough, Shadow released the Chaos Control on Kenshin to keep Captain Falcon from being caught in it. Captain Falcon landed and punched at the same time, a falcon shape flurry of flames appearing as he landed a direct hit on Kenshin's chest. To his surprise though, Kenshin had only taken a step back at the punch.

"Falcon did you hold back?!" Shadow questioned as he saw this.

The racer didn't get a chance to respond as he was suddenly decked in the face with a powerful punch. Captain Falcon staggered back before his arm was grabbed and he was thrown and tossed across the arena stage. Captain Falcon used the momentum to spin and right himself, landing and sliding back in a crouched state. Captain Falcon gave a grunt as he rubbed his cheek, having bled from the punch.

"That was a standard power Falcon Punch," Captain Falcon called out as he stood up before gripping his fist. "Clearly my normal power isn't enough to disable him."

"Then start hitting harder," Shadow called out as he homed in and struck at Kenshin, to his surprise the rider brought up his right arm to block. The Rider then sent his left fist forward, Shadow warping behind him before performing another homing attack against his back. The Rider turned to punch down at Shadow, but wasn't fast enough as the Hedgehog had warped away by that point.

"See what I mean?" Captain Falcon gave a grin as he saw Shadow warp near him. "That Ganondorf Token must be providing a lot of extra energy."

"I see what you mean, this is going to be a pain," Shadow gave an annoyed groan as he fixed the rings on his arms. "And I don't feel the need of releasing my limiters. Not for something like this."

"We'll just need some teamwork then," Captain Falcon said, glad that their conversation had caught Kenshin's attention. "Let him have it guys!"

"Roger!" Agent 3 called out as she slid forward before launching upwards, rapidly sending blasts of yellow ink from her splattershot. Kenshin held up his arms in defense but to his surprise no visible damage was felt. Despite this his armor was now covered in a hefty amount of yellow ink. "Fox! Falco!"

"Triple fire!" Fox and Falco both called out, Fox taking out his one pistol while Falco drew out two. The two aimed before firing at the yellow splotched armor.

Kenshin coughed out as the laser fire hit it's marks, sparks flying as he took a few steps from the added damage the ink was applying to the energy shots.

"Fire in the hole, get clear!" Snake called out as threw several grenades out after activating them. Thanks to waiting a while for throwing them, right as they reached Kenshin they exploded creating a cloud of smoke. Kenshin yelled out however as an invisible force of energy dispersed the smoke immediately.

Zero soon rushed in afterwards, dashing forward in mid-air as he began spinning around. "Kuenzan!" He performed three quick somersaulting slashes against Kenshin, each doing more damage than the last. He landed before jumping back to avoid a downwards punch from the Rider. "Just how much punishment can that armor take?!"

"A lot," Captain Falcon said. "Looks like this is all of us though, Cloud was supposed to be here but he's not."

"It doesn't matter, we'll make do with this and request backup if necessary," Snake said as he began prepping his C4. "We'll wear him out and take him down."


Currently, Junmei was on a medical table with various machines on all sides. They were scanning her body as she lied on her back with Dr. Mario operating the machinery. He was the local medic for the team, being used to running diagnostics on Kenshin so this was no different to him. Cloud was there to just get more information while Samus herself was off to the side without her armor at a table with a laptop.

Samus was currently accessing CORE's database through the laptop, using it to make on the go modifications to the Token Driver. She also had Junmei's other Tokens off to the side, glancing at them every now and again but particularly Dark Samus'.

"After that however, I blacked out. Palutena deduced that it was likely before Origin Impact," Junmei mentioned. She had recollected Tabuu dragging her and Kenshin away before asking them to pick who will host him. She then told about Kenshin's act of heroism in sacrificing himself to be Tabbu's puppet while sending her away. "I keep hearing about Origin Impact, and got vague details that it involved Tabuu causing a lot of mayhem and something called Smash Origin, but what exactly happened?"

"Mind telling her since you look to be figuring stuff out?" Cloud asked as he looked over, he saw Samus perk up at a few words from Junmei's story.

"I think she's a bit zoned out at the moment," Dr. Mario mentioned.

"No, just had a light epiphany," Samus admitted as she continued to work. "Just make sure that scan is thorough. As for Origin Impact, well, if the timing is correct that explains everything. Dark Pit had crashed down and informed us that Tabuu had returned, as a result I gathered the first 12 of us to create a strike team and stop Tabuu. When we got to Skyworld we were in shock that Palutena and everyone there had been defeated, more so that Tabuu was able to step outside of Subspace."

"If he was using young Kenshin's body as a host then that's likely how he was able to step outside," Dr. Mario figured the bounty hunters train of thought. "It seems as though integrating with a human was enough to get him power to surpass his previous incarnation."

"It took six of us to take him down previously," Samus explained. "Most were tired from the Great Maze stunt he pulled but five of us and a latecomer in the form of Sonic were able to destroy him. At least we thought at the time. I assumed that twelve of us, especially the original twelve, would be able to defeat him for good. I completely underestimated him though…"

"Not like it's your fault, we were completely unaware he had brought humans from another world," Cloud replied. "We had no way of knowing what was going on."

"Him using a human as a host boosted his power to insane levels. He also had turned everyone he fought against into trophies before draining their essence from them," Samus explained. "Absorbing our essences seemed to create a new transformation. It transformed Tabuu into a monster we labeled as Smash Origin. The beast was inhuman, too powerful for its own good, so much so that its attacks were uncontrolled. Every single essence it gained gave it a new ability meaning it had more ways to defend and attack."

"I was one of the one's on the frontlines and can attest to that monsters power," Cloud admitted as he looked off to the side. "It's the reason I'm not using the Buster Sword anymore."

"Wait did that thing break it?!" Junmei questioned, almost moving and interrupting the scan only for Dr. Mario to slap her on the arm to keep her from doing any sudden movements. "Sorry. It's just where I come from it's a pretty important weapon… so to hear that…"

"Well to ease your worries, it's just I fought so hard against it the Buster Sword ended up being heavily worn and damaged," Cloud replied. "I figured I'd keep it like that as a reminder of what happened, alongside choosing to move on."

"It's currently embedded in the monument that was dedicated to that fateful day," Dr. Mario explained.

"All notable fighters had essentially lost by the turning point from what I was told, all being turned into trophies." Samus explained. "The only ones left were Mii's, and surprisingly they were the ones to save the day."

"A lone Mii in Rathalos Armor rushed in to deliver the final blow after enough of them had created a glaring weak point," Dr. Mario continued. "Of course, he along with several others had straight up been killed due to Smash Origin's power growing to absurd strength levels."

"After that an explosion happened that returned all of us back to normal and given us most of our essence back," Cloud replied. "A few things came out of that explosion however."

Dr. Mario cleared his throat as he finished up the main set of scans, working on collecting data. "First, Tabuu was likely dragged back into Subspace due to the fact that we have people running around with similar powers. It helps cut out suspicion from him possibly hiding in Kenshin since we've monitored him pretty decently, and he's made no contact with any other humans till recently. Second, Smash Tokens were scattered across the lands, CORE was founded to retrieve and protect them."

"Third," Cloud added. "Those Mii's in the vicinity of the explosion ended up gaining an affinity for utilizing the Smash Tokens. They're the only ones who can use them, a few of us tried accessing their power, but nothing happened."

"And lastly there was a teenager in the crater where Smash Origin was supposed to be," Samus replied as she finished her work on Junmei's Token Driver before heading over to her. "He only knew his name and vague details of his life; of course we now know he's your brother. Whatever happened in that explosion likely ripped both him and Tabuu apart, alongside reverting him to where he was only just now entering early adulthood."

"So where does this put us at anyway?" Cloud asked, wondering what this recap of event had to do with anything.

"Well one it was to catch you guys up to speed on what happened to my brother and I," Junmei said as she sat up now that the scans were finished. "Plus it got me up to speed on a major event that impacted you all. And look at how much dot connecting was done."

"And unless your memory has gaps in it, that means you don't have Tabuu's Power in your system like Kenshin does," Samus replied.

"I suppose that does lead into what you mentioned, about sensing the darkness of Dark Samus and Ganondorf's Tokens," Cloud said.

"I was told I had some kind of energy that allowed me to use the Token Driver but the scans were so vague they couldn't tell what," Junmei admitted. "But it was determined I'm only able to use Echo Fighters."

"Well first off their hardly professionals like I am," Dr. Mario explained with a light scoff as he worked on deciphering the data. "Second, your body has been using that energy more often and it wasn't dormant for at least a year."

"So what's up, doc?" Junmei gave a small grin at being able to use that line on someone finally.

"Well… oh my," Dr. Mario said as he began looking at these readings. "The Echo Fighter requirement has been answered, as well as other questions." He said as he placed the readings on the main screen. To everyone's surprise it was a scan of Junmei's body, a bright splotch of white and dark splotch of black covering her body in an almost yin yang shape. "Whatever power you gained, however you gained it, is based on the elements of Light and Darkness."

"That explains how you can use Dark Samus' Token then," Samus figured, remembering seeing Dark Samus among the transformation Tokens. "I don't care who you are, accessing Phazon would kill you even if channeled properly."

"Are you saying because of my affinity for dark energy, I'm able to handle it without it corrupting me?" Junmei asked.

"In a sense, the dark energy inside of you prevents corruption while the light energy provides a counterbalance to keep you from being killed by using Phazon to begin with," Dr. Mario deduced. "But this does give me an idea."

"Good we're thinking at the same pace then," Samus figured though it was clear Cloud and Junmei had no clue what they were thinking. "If we're going to save Kenshin we need a way to fully purify that Ganondorf Token. It's clear that something was done to it to enhance its essence without corrupting it fully."

"To do so however we need the power of light, and we'll need Tokens that match with your Echo Fighter theme," Dr. Mario explained. "The only two that would be a perfect fit for this though would be Simon and Richter Belmont. The two are dark slayers after all."

"The only issue is finding those two Tokens, because we haven't collected those yet," Cloud explained.

"So we're still stuck…" Junmei sighed and hung her head.

"Like hell we are, we have enough data on Smash Tokens alongside your data, we're going to see if we can track those Tokens," Samus countered, holding out the Token Driver and Smash Tokens towards Junmei. "Grab your gear and follow me, I don't care what Dedede will have planned with Zelda, we're doing this our way."

"Yes ma'am!" Junmei gave a quick salute before taking back her gear, surprised at Samus' determination about all this.


King Dedede was currently in his office, having had Isabelle put in a video call request to Hyrule. It had taken a bit but they had finally managed to reach contact with Zelda. Due to the nature of the situation he had to let her know about Kenshin's tenure as Kamen Rider Smash. This was mentioned alongside his decision to sponsor Samus in supporting Smash. Once that was dealt with he went into the whole situation that was currently unraveling. "And you see I assumed since you've dealt with Ganondorf you'd have an idea on how to stop him."

"Well first I hope you realize that you should be a lot more careful in your actions," Zelda mentioned, a bit annoyed that King Dedede and Samus seemed to leap at using Kenshin to solve issues. "Second I may just have the thing for this issue. Normally I'd refuse since I usually don't have the tools to deal with this."

"Normally, so that means you do have something then," King Dedede pressed.

"Most recently I've come into possession of two Smash Tokens, Simon and Richter Belmont's to be precise," Zelda explained. "The plan is simple, I will use a sealing spell against Kenshin, and the two Belmont Tokens will be placed in the spell to maximize the effect. This will be until you can figure out a way to remove that armor of his."

"Figured it would be sealing, so I guess it's true there is no real way to beat Ganondorf," King Dedede sighed, having figured this would be the plan from the get go.

"Unless you'd rather I kill Kenshin with an arrow of light," Zelda mentioned, a bit annoyed that Dedede seemed not too enthused by her plan. "But you and I both would never want that to happen." Despite her wary nature towards Kenshin she wanted to give him a chance, especially since it sounded like this whole mess was sabotage.

"Nope, nope, the sealing plan works excellently!" King Dedede quickly said when he realized what Zelda had meant. "So how do we go about this?"

"It'll take too long trying to get to a specific location," Zelda admitted. "I will make preparations to leave immediately. I need you to get CORE to lead Kenshin out of the city and towards Hyrule, we will meet you halfway. I trust that you can provide that end, right?"

"Of course, leave it to me!" King Dedede reassured. "Then let's end the call right now so we can both get started."

"Very well, I wish you good luck," Zelda gave a light bow before the feed cut off.

"Isabelle, contact Samus right now we need to get everything prepared!" King Dedede called out.

"Very well, switching feeds and contacting CORE," Isabelle gave a nod as she looked over her tablet before working on establishing another video call with the main computer in CORE's base. To their relief, Samus had answered immediately. "Huh? Who's that?" Isabelle was confused by the sudden appearance of Junmei who was there with Samus and Cloud.

"Yes Dedede? We're a bit busy with the situation at the moment," Samus said, her face showing she knew that Dedede had likely succeeded in getting a plan out of Zelda. Despite this she still asked. "Did everything go well with Zelda?"

"I was just calling about that," King Dedede admitted as he rubbed his arm a bit, confused by Junmei's appearance. "Who's the young lady with you?"

"New recruit, she's currently onboard to help assist with the situation as it develops," Samus spoke up almost immediately. "Now then, I take it you have news for us?"

"Yes, Zelda has managed to acquire Simon and Richter's Smash Tokens, in fact she wants to use them to help her seal Kenshin up until we can figure out how to remove his armor," King Dedede explained, to his surprise he saw the trio in the call react visibly when they heard about the Smash Tokens. "Is there something wrong?"

"So Zelda is going to come out to Smash City then?" Samus asked, completely dodging the question.

"She wants CORE to lead Kenshin out of the city and halfway towards Hyrule, she'll arrive halfway as well and will do the sealing there," King Dedede explained. "CORE can handle the situation correct?"

"No," Samus answered bluntly, Cloud and Junmei looking at her when she gave her response.

"Excuse me?" Dedede asked as he raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean no?"

"Sorry allow me to clarify that, no I will not be risking Core Member lives alongside collateral damage just to get him closer to Zelda," Samus replied as she crossed her arms and leaned back in the chair she was sitting in. "In fact, thank you for confirming that Zelda has those Tokens, it saves me a lot of effort. We don't need her anymore, just those Tokens will do."

"Samus this is insubordination," Dedede slammed his hands on his desk as he stood up. He was a bit perturbed by Samus wanting to do her own thing. "We have a solid plan of what to do, I have made a decision and I expect you to honor that decision!"

"I understand that the President has made a decision, but given that it's a stupid one I've elected to ignore it," Samus replied as she leaned forward. "I'll be proceeding with my plan now; do not get in my way." She leaned back pressing a button and ended the transmission there.

Dedede and Isabelle were both stunned at how Samus had completely shut the former down and gone ahead to do something else.

"So um, what do we do now sir?" Isabelle asked as she looked over. "Should we call Zelda and let her-?"

"No, just leave Samus to do what she wants," King Dedede sighed as he sat down. "Cancel any other appointments for today and make sure the cleanup crew is ready at the stadium."

"Very well then," Isabelle said as she headed off.


"Damage buffing round two, get ready guys!" Agent 3 called out as she ran towards Shadow who held his hands out. She jumped on his hands before jumping again, Shadow lifting her up at the same time. Agent 3 soared above Kenshin before dropping several splat bombs on top of him. The bombs detonated, covering Kenshin in yellow ink.

"Over here!" Fox and Falco called out as they began firing at Kenshin, more sparks flying from the buff in damage the ink provided. Kenshin yelled out as he ran for the two bipedal animal pilots. The two quickly dashed to opposite sides as he skidded to a stop.

"This is it kid," Snake called out as he pressed a detonator, having planted C4 where the two were. The C4 gave off a large explosion that engulfed Kenshin in it. "We've hit him how many times? He can't stay up after that."

Suddenly a howl occurred as the flames and smoke from the explosion were completely dispersed by an invisible force. Kenshin was standing hunched over and breathing heavily before the ink still on him began to harden and shatter, a blue glow slowly appearing around him. He yelled out as the glow spiked, revealing it was a blue aura around him. To everyone's surprise, multi-colored butterfly wings briefly appeared behind him as the glow occurred.

"Destroy…" Kenshin finally spoke out. "Destroy…" He repeated as the glow began to settle in, the damage to his armor returning to normal. "Destroy!"

"What the hell is going on?" Zero questioned.

"Everyone remain calm!" Captain Falcon ordered as he saw everyone unsure at this new occurrence.

"That's it, everyone hit him with all you've got, rush him all at once and he can't defeat us!" Shadow called out as he dashed forward. Agent 3 gave a nod before turning into squid form and dashing forward before jumping out.

Shadow aimed before homing in and kicking out at Kenshin. To his surprise the Rider had managed to use an arm to block before using the same arm to grab him by the leg. The hedgehog yelled out as he was swung being slammed into Agent 3 at high speeds. The two were sent tumbling back, though Shadow was quick to recover.

"Destroy!" Kenshin yelled out as he slammed his fist into the ground, cracks forming underneath both Shadow and Agent 3 before bursting into a dark pillar of light that engulfed the two. The two yelled out and were flung up and backwards, slamming onto the ground.

"What power is this?" Shadow questioned as he tried to get up but could barely do so. Despite this he was faring better than Agent 3 who hadn't been able to recover and brace, just being tossed around like a ragdoll.

Fox, Falco and Zero were ready to move in but had stopped when they saw how quickly that Kenshin had dealt with the hedgehog and inkling.

"All of you die…" Kenshin gave a cruel chuckle as he slammed both buttons down on his Driver.

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The Rider began laughing out as he floated into the air; dark miasma began leaking out of the armor he was wearing. It wrapped around him while growing, dark energy spreading as it began to take the shape of a large humanoid pig. The Rider began to breathe heavily as piercing red eyes formed, the arms growing large with claws.

"All of you can go die!"


"Alright, Cloud I need you to stay with Dr. Mario here and hold down the fort," Samus said as she and Junmei began prepping and getting their gear ready. "Junmei we'll take my Gunship to Hyrule and intercept Zelda before she can make it to the halfway point."

"Roger, do we exercise force immediately or try to talk her into giving them to us?" Junmei asked as she pocketed her Tokens but readied her Token Driver.

"Let's try talking to her first," Samus suggested as she finished calibrating her armor, having it all on except her helmet, "If not, we use as much force as necessary to get those Tokens, then retreat."

"You two are making quite the team for just meeting up," Cloud remarked.

"Well we both want to save my brother, so I suppose common interests help in with that," Junmei admitted.

"Essentially," Samus said as she put her helmet on and locked it in place. "Alright let's-" she cut herself off when she was receiving a transmission through her armor. "Yes?" She asked as she allowed the call through.

"Samus, we need backup now!" Captain Falcon called out from the other line.

"Whoa calm down, what's going on?" Samus asked. "What's happening?" She was a bit concerned that Captain Falcon was calling for reinforcements already.

"The kid in that armor is tough, and just when we're getting somewhere he gets this weird blue aura. Shadow and Fox can barely stand, Agent 3, Falco and Snake are completely knocked out. The only ones left in any decent condition are Zero and I. I'm not sure how much longer we can hold out."

"Meta Knight should be getting there soon, he'll give some relief," Samus answered. "I've got a plan in the works so I need you to hold out, I'll see who I can get as backup. I just need you to keep Kenshin in that stadium at all costs!"

"Understood, I'll fight my hardest but we're fighting a losing battle here."

"Not on my watch, keep holding the line. I'll make sure we come out with a win today," Samus said before cutting communications. She then looked over at Cloud. "Change of plans, your making calls, plenty of them. We need at least three fighters down there to help out."

"Good because I can actually think of at least four who are aware of the situation involving Kenshin," Cloud said as four individuals did come to mind; while he wasn't sure of what two could do he still knew the other two would be strong enough to stall.

"If worse comes to worse then I need you to head down there yourself with Dr. Mario," Samus replied. "But here's hoping our stall tactic works."

"There is one person I need you to get in contact with if possible," Junmei said as she walked over to Cloud. "We only just met but you can count on him. Just let him know I'm the one asking for his help."


Tabuu was in Subspace when he suddenly perked up, giving a light chuckle. "So he has truly awakened to my power…" He said before noticing that Meijin and Sayomi were heading over to him. "Where is Hajime?"

"Died like the worthless pawn he is," Sayomi scoffed. "He was so desperate to beat Smash he got drunk on power, and it resulted in him becoming a mindless monster."

"Such a shame really, to think he was unable to control the Smash Tokens power," Meijin mentioned, while Sayomi was straight up lying he spoke the truth. "Though as seen, it seems utilizing their raw power isn't the best way to go about things."

"What do you mean?" Tabuu asked.

"Corrupting the Tokens and inserting them into someone turns them into a monster," Meijin explained. "Even just inserting them inside of our bodies to use via your powers, the raw power is not to be taken lightly."

"There is a way to mitigate that issue however; a Driver to transform someone into a Kamen Rider will do the trick," Sayomi continued. "Luckily we still have some Tokens left to experiment on; if we work with the scientists at our disposal we can create our own Driver."

"Then that explains it…" Tabuu mentioned with a chuckle as he looked up. "This is the key I've been looking for."

"What do you mean?" Meijin asked.

"I felt it, surely you all did too… whatever happened to young Kenshin has awakened my dormant powers within him," Tabuu explained. "And more than likely it was that Driver you mention that was the key in doing so."

"That explains why we couldn't take him down," Sayomi hissed as she looked off to the side. "Not only was he accessing the power of two strong Smash Tokens, he had the Masters power backing him up."

"I suppose our next step is clear then," Meijin said as he gave a shrug, not too bothered by their defeat. "We continue with our plans while developing our own Drivers to access the Tokens powers."

"There is one more thing I'd like to discuss," Tabuu spoke.

"What would that be?" Sayomi asked.

"Would it be possible for a Driver to be created that only harnessed the power of Subspace? Which is by extension my power?" Tabuu asked. "I simply want another way to gain more power; I realize a human host may have been too far reaching."

"We can look into it, though you know that the two of us are ready to offer our bodies to you my lord," Meijin replied.

"Exactly, we do as you command, even if it costs us our life," Sayomi added in a firm tone. While she despised Hajime, she was still loyal to Tabuu for the chance he had given her. "We are here and fight for your sake."

"I understand, but I'd like to see if you can provide me with this, it will be a great asset if you are able to," Tabuu replied.

"Very well, as you command," Meijin said as he and Sayomi gave a bow, the two soon heading off now that Tabuu was finished speaking. They exchanged a look while their backs were turned to their master. The two of them were not pleased about Tabuu's new mindset now that this information has been given to him.


"That's everyone rounded up," Fox sighed as he placed Snake's unconscious body up against the wall in a sitting position. He was placed next to Falco and Agent 3 in a hallway that lead to the main stadium, "Seriously this is bad…"

"It can't be helped, we knew we were in for this from the start," Shadow limped over. "I'll make sure nothing happens to them; just try to not get tapped out like them."

"Roger," Fox said as he readied his blaster before heading back into the main stadium. Captain Falcon and Zero were both fighting against Kenshin who had returned to normal after his finisher had landed. The two had managed to get decent and heavy hits in while Fox and Shadow got the others to safety.

Captain Falcon and Zero both dodged backwards, Zero gathered energy in his Z-Saber as he raised it high. "Genmu Zero!" He yelled out as he slashed forward, sending an energy slash forward.

Captain Falcon ran straight after the energy slash, fire filling his fist as he poured his power into this next attack. "Sorry Samus!"

"Die!" Kenshin yelled out as held his hands out, dark energy filling them as he grabbed the slash. He gave a yell as he ripped it apart and sent it hurtling towards the sides, explosions kicking up.

"Falcon Punch!" Captain Falcon yelled out as sent a falcon shaped fire punch towards the Token Driver. To his surprise a dark barrier formed from Ganondorf's Token, protecting the Driver against the punch. Captain Falcon clashed against the barrier before giving a yell. "Full Power…!" He called out before unleashing more power against the barrier.

The force of his attack was strong enough to finally send Kenshin flying backwards. The racecar driver gasped out as he fell to one knee, breathing heavily.

Kenshin yelled out as he slammed against the ground, giving a growl as he slowly picked himself up. The blue aura that signaled Tabuu's power in him grew larger as he gave another yell. He jumped up and sent a dark filled kick towards Captain Falcon.

"Falcon!" Fox called out as he dashed forward, putting out his reflector. The kick clashed against the reflector, though the latter managed to hold. A few cracks began to form as Fox struggled to hold it up. "I'll hold him off for now; just get out of the way!"

"You're not getting suicidal on me now," Captain Falcon called out as he began to pick himself up, going to grab at Fox.

Suddenly a yellow tornado-shaped drill slammed into Kenshin's gut, drilling further and further causing sparks to fly. Kenshin coughed out as he was sent spinning towards the ground as the tornado stopped spinning. The yellow aura dispersed as Meta Knight was soon revealed to be the attacker.

"Thank goodness you made it," Captain Falcon sighed in relief.

"Just how much punishment is this suit able to take?" Meta Knight questioned.

"We're thinking there may be outside factors involved in this," Captain Falcon admitted as he fully stood. "Which is why this is so tough, Samus said she had a plan though. We need to just hold out."

"Good because I think I'm done," Fox admitted as he suddenly fell to one knee.

"That's fine, leave it to us three for now," Zero said as he hurried over. "Cap you should probably stick to support for now."

"I can keep going," Captain Falcon flashed a cocky albeit tired grin. "I just had to put a lot more effort into that Falcon Punch than I originally did."

"Fine then, we continue until Samus is ready to enact her plan," Zero said as he readied his Z-Saber.

"Right," Meta Knight gave a nod as he brandished his own blade.


Zelda was currently heading to the meeting spot with a group of various Mii Swordfighters in knight armor. They were all a part of the Hyrule guard and the plan was to travel in a caravan to keep from rousing any suspicion. Zelda was towards the back in a horse drawn carriage, but her personal this time bodyguard wasn't Link to most of the soldier's surprise.

Instead with her was Pit who had stuck around at her request after giving her the Smash Tokens. "Are you really sure about this?" He asked.

"Positive, I feel Link needs to stay behind to help Hyrule," Zelda explained. "You being here is just as good as if he was here."

"Oh I see," Pit gave a chuckle and rubbed the back of his head. "So um, how do you feel about the whole situation?"

"I wish Dedede and Samus would stop rushing in blindly," Zelda admitted with a sigh. "It's clear that boy is clouding their judgment. They need to let go and do what needs to be done, especially if more issues arise after this one is finished."

"So you don't really trust Smash either huh?" Pit asked.

"It's too coincidental, Smash Origin is defeated and yet Tabuu is nowhere to be found," Zelda replied. "While word of the Subspace Army moving does put suspicion off of him, he could still be housing Tabuu within him. And even if he doesn't, having remnants of Tabuu's power in him is just as dangerous."

"So you think he has Tabuu's power within him too," Pit said.

"It's the only thing that makes any sense regarding his ability to transform," Zelda admitted. "You and I are well aware of how bad Tabuu's power is normally. Now imagine that amplified by Smash Tokens, especially the more dangerous ones."

"Yeah I can see why Palutena is wary of him," Pit admitted.

"I'm sure she enjoys that this plan is what we're going with," Zelda mentioned. "It doesn't matter to me, so long as we keep peace we'll be fine."

"So do you think it's going to work?" Pit asked.

"I can only hope it does," Zelda admitted before the two suddenly jerked slightly at the carriage being stopped. "What's going on?"

"Not sure," Pit admitted. "Are we here already?"

"No, we've barely been on the road," Zelda said as she exited the carriage before narrowing her eyes. "Looks like I know why."

"Huh?" Pit exited the carriage before putting a hand above his eyes as he looked forward. "Oh."

Blocking the path was Samus' Gunship, both Samus and Junmei standing casually in front of the caravan. All of the Mii Swordfighters were confused but on guard at the sudden interruption.

"Samus, this is a surprise," Zelda said as she stepped forward to the front of the caravan with Pit. "Did something happen involving the plan?"

"Junmei…" Pit trailed as he noticed the young woman before looking away and scratching his head. He had figured that Junmei wouldn't trust them anymore but he wasn't expecting her to be allied with Samus so soon.

"I've chosen to ignore the plan presented in favor of a new plan," Samus said as she held her hand out. "Give me Simon and Richter's Smash Tokens. We're going to save Kenshin with them, not seal him away."

"And just why should I do that? How can I guarantee that you can help him with them?" Zelda asked. "How do I know you just don't want him sealed?"

"You think it's because of my personal attachment for him, right?" Samus asked, the Hylian Ruler giving a nod. "You would be right, I don't want him sealed. But I would only resort to that plan if I didn't see another option."

"That option is me," Junmei said as she stepped forward, taking out both Marth and Lucina's Tokens before slotting them into her active Driver. "Henshin."

[KAMEN RIDER ECHO: LODESTAR PRINCESS!]

Junmei transformed in an instant though she didn't draw her sword or make any movements forward, simply held her arms up. "I am Kamen Rider Echo. I use the power of Echo Fighters alongside their Original Counterparts in order to fight. I have also been gifted with equal balance over the elements of Light and Darkness."

"Whoa wait what?" Pit was confused now; this was definitely a lot more information than he remembered being given about Junmei.

"How exactly is that possible?" Zelda asked as she carefully approached. "Not many can attest to that."

Pit meanwhile stayed back, wondering how Junmei found out more about her powers. But also because he realized that his presence might make things more awkward.

"I'm afraid I don't have a simple answer for that," Junmei said as she relaxed her posture and approached Zelda. "But my powers allow me to be unaffected by dark energy like Phazon." She said before kneeling down and bowing her head. "If I can claim both Simon and Richter's Tokens, then I can enhance their powers to stop and save Kenshin."

"You seem very determined to see this plan through," Zelda mentioned as she looked down at Junmei. "Do you even know the power that Ganondorf possesses?"

"Great and terrible power," Junmei said as she kept her stance. "But that's not going to stop me from trying. I'm certain those Tokens are what I need to help him." She then stood up to face Zelda again. "So I ask that you give me those Tokens, if not I will do whatever it takes to get them."

"There's no need for violence," Zelda said as she took out the Tokens before grabbing one of Junmei's hands, she placed the Tokens in her hand before letting go. "I'll allow you to go through with your plan."

Junmei stared at the Tokens before gripping them tightly and looking back at Zelda. "Thank you very much!"

"Junmei…" Pit trailed as he saw this interaction, despite knowing that Palutena would want her stopped he couldn't bring himself to. Seeing Junmei's dedication to her brother take her this far had moved him. Though he realized he'd still have to make the report to Palutena.

"Tell me one thing though," Zelda requested. "Why go through all this trouble to help Smash?"

"It's a simple answer really," Junmei admitted as she dismissed her transformation. "He's my brother, it's only natural." She flashed a smile before turning back and heading over to Samus.

"Junmei wait!" Pit called out as he scrambled towards the front, getting beside Zelda. "Listen, I'm terribly sorry about everything that's happened! I should have said something instead of going along with the lie!"

Junmei stopped and gave a sigh, "Pit, I'm not one to hold grudges. Just get Pittoo to calm down a bit honestly. That being said I don't plan on returning to Palutena any time soon."

"I understand," Pit replied before giving a smile. "I'm just glad you found him."

Junmei cracked a small smile. "I am too…" She said as she began heading to Samus' Gunship, the bounty hunter following after her. "I am too."

To Be Continued…


Samus: You were tricked and twisted into a monster. But this path of destruction is not the one you are meant to walk. We know you are a sincere person who wishes to help others; we know this because we're your family.

[Next Time – Slaying the Darkness]


Smash Token Ownership:

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

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

CORE – Incineroar/Terry/Lucario

Meijin –Donkey Kong/Bowser

Sayomi – Meta Knight

Palutena – Pit/Dark Pit