Kamen Rider Smash

Episode 17 – A Unified Counterattack


Data File #20: Buildup

"Junmei was suddenly attacked by Bayonetta for some unknown reason. Aside from this there's been no activity on our end. However overhearing communications have managed to clue us in on two possible attacks occurring at nearly the same time. Needless to say it sounds like the Subspace Army is on the move."

Palutena's Log #06: Diversion

"So it seems they were waiting for Eiji and Byleth to arrive in Altea. The two were distracted by a Malice forcefully drawing them into a different dimension. Thankfully the two were able to escape while fighting more cleverly. However now Marth and Tiki have been captured and worse there's an attack occurring against the Mushroom Kingdom at this moment."


The main city of the Mushroom Kingdom was in utter chaos at the moment, Toads and Mii's alike were all running from Bowser's army as Bullet Bills rained down from the lead airship. Bowser and King K. Rool were both laughing as they saw the destruction rage.

"Yes, that's good! Keep going my soldiers so that we may take the Princess!" Bowser shouted as he pointed forward.

"I'd say you're enjoying this too much but I love a good old fashioned invasion!" K. Rool declared with a small dance.

"The fact that our main plan is involving kidnapping the leaders, and that they let me go after Peach is wonderful," Bowser said with a laugh. "I'm productive and I get to partake in my favorite plan that's sure to not fail!"

"Amber Primate should be keeping the routes to the Mushroom Kingdom busy," K. Rool replied. "Now all that's left is to overtake this land."

"That's all well and wonderful but…" A voice trailed as the two turned, seeing a Mii in a business suit look around in a clueless manner. "Why am I here again?"

"Why are you here?" Bowser asked before laughing. "Silly question, you're our trump card!"

"Exactly, so we'll be counting on you to give us a good show when the time is right!" K. Rool added.

"Wait really?" The Mii asked in surprise before rubbing the back of his head. "Wow, I didn't think the bosses thought I was that important."

"Yes, totally," Bowser said as he immediately turned around. "For now however, we continue forward to claim my prize!"

"Our prize," K. Rool stressed with a light glare.

"Right… our…" Bowser grumbled a bit, still annoyed that K. Rool was also going to be taking half of the praise for the successful mission.

[KAMEN RIDER SMASH: LYLAT OUTLAW!]

"Huh?" Bowser, K. Rool and the Mii all perked up when they heard the noise.

Kenshin suddenly rode jumped into view, having been riding on his motorcycle from the castle in order to arrive to the town more quickly. Kenshin drew out both guns while riding forward, shooting at the coming army and glad they had no real long range support. However he suddenly pressed down on both buttons, energy traveling from him to his motorcycle as he kicked off of it.

[FOR GLORY!]

Kenshin began firing at the edges of the Koopa Troop and Kremling joint army, trying to huddle them more together. The motorcycle continued to shoot forward as the energy around it took the shape of an Arwing. The energy construct shot forward at full speed and rammed into the army, creating a large explosion.

[LYLAT OUTLAW K.O.!]

Kenshin spun his weapons around before holstering them. The explosion however was only at the front and center of the army, a good amount of them still remained as they began moving around the explosion and kept going forward. The Kritters in particular began charging forward alongside the Koopa Paratroopa's who were using their wings to fly faster than their slower compatriots.

"Let's change up things," Kenshin called out as he swapped out Smash Tokens before initiating a form change.

[KAMEN RIDER SMASH: THUNDER SHINOBI!]

In a burst of electricity Kenshin transformed into his electrical ninja based form, drawing his katana as he struck a pose. "Smash has arrived!"

The Kritters said nothing as they charged forward, one getting close and swiping at Kenshin only to catch a few electric sparks instead. It wasn't long before the Rider began to appear in a flurry of sparks, slashing against them while disappearing just as quickly. Kenshin ducked under a few Paratroopa's and grabbed one which responded by hiding in its shell.

"You guys make this too easy," Kenshin remarked as he set the shell down before kicking it towards a group of Goomba to send them flying.

"Get him!" The Magikoopa's began unleashing multicolored and shaped blasts of magic energy. Kenshin yelping as he began to perform back flip's in order to avoid the attacks. It wasn't long before Lakitu's began to take the stage, tossing down Spinies towards Kenshin to force him to dodge while also getting the more impenetrable forces into play.

"Okay jeez there are a lot of you all!" Kenshin realized as he kicked away a Kritter that tried to sneak up on him.

"Overwhelm him!" A Lakitu declared as he and another brought out more Spinie's only to get shot by green and red fireballs. The Lakitu's yelled out as they were struck, smoke coming from them as they fell to the ground.

"Don't forget about us!" Mario called out as he ran into the battle with Luigi.

"J-Jeez Bowser is going all out!" Luigi yelped as he saw all the soldiers marching towards them.

"Not just Bowser, pretty sure some of these guys belong to K. Rool too," Kenshin said as he began forming thunder shuriken, throwing them at the Spinies in order to stun and shock them.

Bowser's eyes twitched when he saw the army he and K. Rool had worked hard on being torn through like paper. "All Bullet Bills fire and aim directly at the Rider and Mario Bros!"

It wasn't long before dozens of black specks began lining the sky as Bullet Bills launched upwards before arcing down and speeding towards the trio of heroes.

"As if I'll let you do that," Kenshin initiated his finisher before clasping his hands together; creating several hand signs that summoned four clones of himself around him.

[FOR GLORY!]

The clones soon launched up into the sky like rockets before shimmering and splitting into dozens of electrical blasts. The electrical blasts began striking at the Bullet Bills, managing to overcharge and cause massive explosions from within. They had hit enough Bullet Bills to create a large enough radius of explosions that caught any others that weren't directly hit. The resulting explosions created a chain reaction that littered the sky with smoke as a result.

[THUNDER SHINOBI K.O.!]

"Alright, now to see if any stragglers remained…" Kenshin trailed as he got on guard.

"That was a lot of explosions though," Luigi mentioned, hoping that all the Bullet Bills were taken care of.

"True but we need to… what?" Mario was caught off guard by a sudden loud noise. Suddenly the smoke was parted to the sides in an instant, the culprit being a gigantic Banzai Bill that was closing in and fast.

"Where the hell did they launch that from?!" Kenshin yelled out as the Banzai Bill closed in.

"Run!" Luigi yelled as he began running in the opposite direction.

"No time…" Kenshin trailed before turning and rushing forward, curving and grabbing Mario under his arm before swerving and managing to grab Luigi as he ran. Kenshin began pushing Thunder Shinobi's speed to its absolute limits as he yelled out, hoping to outrun the Banzai Bill's blast radius.

They had managed to avoid a direct impact just barely thanks to Kenshin running, however once the impact occurred an explosion followed by a kick up of dirt and debris were sent their way almost immediately. The trio gave a yell as they were soon caught in the aftermath, Bowser and K. Rool laughing madly as the attack managed to wipe out a good chunk of the Mushroom Kingdom's main town.


Junmei was currently walking through the shadier part of Smash City, hands in her pockets as she continued to listen out of rumors for The Gates of Hell. She had to wonder what Bayonetta saw in her and if she possibly knew the source of her power, or at least had someone who knew. While she was grateful for Samus and Dr. Mario figuring out her powers more closely, that still didn't explain why she had them in the first place.

She continued to be lost in her thoughts before feeling a hand on her left shoulder; she immediately turned and wrapped her left arm around the strangers arm before sending a punch towards their gut with her right fist. She stopped inches away however with a gasp.

"Jeez, well at least you aren't defenseless," The perpetrator was none other than Terry Bogard who gave a nervous smile.

Junmei looked down and noticed her fist was only inches away from his stomach, blushing slightly in embarrassment she lowered her fist and let go of Terry's arm. She then gave a huff before turning back around, "Jeez Terry, give me a heart attack why don't you?"

"Sorry, sorry, I tried calling your name but you were deep in thought," Terry said as he rubbed the back of his head. "At least I assumed you were, either that or listening to music."

"Sorry about that," Junmei apologized as she softened her stance; she then looked over her shoulder. "Why are you over here anyway? Did I really ignore you for that long?"

"Oh, nah, had some business with a few friends and saw you nearby afterwards," Terry admitted. "Was wondering what you were doing here of all places, CORE have you on a mission?"

"Not exactly…" Junmei trailed as she turned to face Terry. "I'm here on a bit of personal business; do you know of a bar named The Gates of Hell?"

"Huh… come to think of it, I do actually," Terry admitted as he thought back a bit. "Helped the owner a while back with some unruly customers while his usual customer was away. She usually keeps the place in order but the minute they found out she was on vacation they decided to harass the dude."

"Seriously…?" Junmei asked, surprised to hear that just as a customer, Bayonetta had a reputation to where no one chose to mess with the owner.

"Yeah, what business do you have there anyway?" Terry asked. "Not everyone's keen on meeting Bayonetta outside of the ring."

"Let's just say… she might have some answers I'm looking for," Junmei said, trying to be careful of what she said since she didn't want to mention the attack.

"Huh, well I can show you the way if you want," Terry offered.

"That would be appreciated, hate to say it but I've mostly been going off rumors to get there," Junmei admitted.

"Then come on," Terry grinned as he took the lead, gesturing for her to follow.


Bowser and K. Rool had both decided to make a touchdown on the demolished battlefield alongside their Mii partner. While most of the main town was still intact there was still the scorched and demolished center with debris littering all around.

The gigantic Banzai Bill had also been a double edged sword, ending up demolishing most of the Koopa Troopa and Kremlings along with the heroes.

"Jeez, where the heck did you even store that Banzai Bill?" The Mii asked, just as surprised as the heroes were when it arrived.

"Trade Secret," Bowser grinned proudly as he placed his hands on his hips.

"I should have expected that…" The Mii sighed before noticing rubble starting to move. "Uh, should rubble be moving like that?"

"What?" K. Rool turned and began to slowly walk over before the rubble suddenly began to suddenly to shake. "Ah, one of my Kritter's must have survived!"

"Ha, you think your guys are sturdy? It's definitely one of my Koopa's!" Bowser called out.

The debris suddenly began to be pushed aside and tumble down as a hole was formed, Kenshin suddenly gasping as he poked his head out from underneath. Surprisingly he was still transformed despite the destruction that occurred.

"Holy hell, how did they get something that big?!" Kenshin yelled with a gasp as he was still in shock over the Banzai Bill.

"You're alive?!" Bowser questioned, managing to catch the Riders attention.

"Of course I'm alive! I'm a Kamen Rider!" Kenshin shouted back as he released a burst of electricity to break apart the rubble around him and step out.

"How did you even get here? You should be back in Smash City! And even then we had Amber Primate keeping anyone from getting too close." Bowser called out.

"Well one, I felt like a short trip was in order, and two, I ran into and beat your Malice on the way here," Kenshin answered as he held up Donkey Kong's Token.

"You are a tenacious little cockroach I'll give you that," K. Rool pointed with a glare.

"Yeah and you two are annoyingly persistent," Kenshin growled out as he got in a fighting stance. "I will say I wasn't expecting the team up. What's the occasion?"

"Like we'd tell you," Bowser huffed as he took a step forward. "Just know we're here for my beloved Peach so just drop dead and we'll be on our way."

"Figured it was the usual… lot more destruction though…" Kenshin muttered and put a hand to his hip, rolling his eyes as he heard Bowser's spiel. "Listen, I'm not going anywhere, and while I haven't faced someone on your level yet, I'm not going to hold back."

"You've got guts kid, that's good," Bowser said before taking out a corrupted Smash Token.

"You…" Kenshin took a step forward when he saw that Bowser held K. Rool's Token. "Don't do anything you're going to regret."

Bowser gave a chuckle before turning and flicking the Token. The Token flew forward at incredible speeds before suddenly striking the Mii that was with the two.

The Mii gasped out as he felt the Token pierce into his body, "W-What?" He asked as dark energy began to surround him, soon falling to his knees. "I thought… I thought I was the trump card?"

"Not right now, but soon you will be," K. Rool gave a lightly vicious smile.

"Time for you to wake up Mr. Trump Card," Bowser called out. "Come on out, Scurvy Reptile!"

The Mii suddenly put both hands on the ground as he yelled out, his eyes turning a bright purple as dark energy wrapped fully around him. Soon his shape began to change and grow as the energy cracked and shattered.

A bulky bipedal crocodile soon formed, having bright green scaly leathering skin and a gold plate covering his abs and chest. Despite his bulky appearance he seemed more muscular and fit than K. Rool's larger stomach, his proportions being more human and normal than K. Rool's exaggerated proportions. The face was more humanoid as well, though it still retained enough features alongside jagged teeth and piercing red eyes to show that it was still reptilian in nature.

The Malice wore a long maroon pirate captain's trench coat, two gold crowns adorning the shoulders as shoulder pads. His head held a pirate hat lined with gold, a gold crocodile skull being emblazoned on the front. On his back was metal bock that had two extensions leading up his back and shoulders to reveal two shoulder mounted cannon's pointing forward.

"Scurvy Reptile is ready to beat you down!" The Malice held up a hand before pounding it with his fist, giving a toothy grin. It wasn't long before various Kritters and Koopa Troopa's began to form around Scurvy Reptile, the troops planning on giving him back up.

"Let's see you deal with this Rider," Bowser grinned as he and K. Rool began to back up.

"I ain't no joke so you better watch yourself!" K. Rool called out.

"Then let's get going," Kenshin called out as he swapped out Tokens, choosing to go all out for this new Malice.

[KAMEN RIDER SMASH: CALAMITY HERO!]

"No you won't!" Scurvy Reptile released two blasts of energy from his cannons, the blasts forming into punching gloves that shot towards Kenshin.

As Kenshin's transformation finished he drew out both of his swords before combining them together. He then slashed horizontally and deflected them away, explosions occurring on the sides of him as a result.

"Get him!" Scurvy yelled out as he pointed forward, the Kritters and Koopa Troopa's charging forward.

"I'll take you all on," Kenshin rested his sword on his shoulder as he began to approach the incoming army, keeping a confident stance as he began to kick and punch his opponents away. As they went to surround him, he called on Ganondorf's power. Kenshin slammed his sword into the ground to create purple cracks around him that destabilized the ground. The enemy forces stopped their assault to gather their bearings only for Kenshin to call on Link's power, the purple cracks turning yellow as rays of light were unleashed from all around.

"Not bad…" Scurvy remarked as he began to move forward, clearly excited by the strength that Kenshin was showing.

As the light faded Kenshin drew his sword out and gripped it with both hands, rushing forward. "You're going down!"

"Not likely!" Scurvy yelled out as his walk turned into a run. He aimed his cannons and shot several more punching glove blasts at the ground, kicking up smoke and debris.

Kenshin however yelled as he jumped up and out of the smoke, bringing his blade down against Scurvy. A clanging sound was heard however as his blade impacted against the golden plate, "Huh?"

"What, you thought this was just for show?" Scurvy asked before punching Kenshin in the face to send him staggering back. He then chose to pat his belly, "Nah son, this is the real deal. You aren't getting past this!"

"Looks like I'll just have to hit harder then," Kenshin yelled out as he lunged forward while calling on Ganondorf's power. His sword erupted with dark energy as he slammed the tip of it against Scurvy who was simply laughing as his gold plate managed to hold out.

"Try as you might kid you can't do it!" Scurvy called out before unleashing another set of boxing glove blasts from his cannons, catching Kenshin with a direct hit and sending the Rider backwards. He then charged his cannons up further before unleashing a larger set of boxing glove blasts.

Kenshin called on Link's power and jabbed his sword into the ground, a gold triforce symbol appearing and shielding him against the blasts. He then gathered the shield's remaining energy into his sword, raising and slashing downwards to release a burst of gold energy.

The energy shot towards Scurvy who stood allowing it to hit his chest before he puffed his chest and stomach out, splitting it into two blasts that bounced off to the sides creating explosions around him. Kenshin yelled out as he ran forward and slashed at Scurvy, his attack colliding with the Malice's plated armor.

"I told you, you can't win!" Scurvy gave a laugh.

Kenshin suddenly switched his swords position, instead of slashing he had slipped his blade to where the point was against Scurvy's stomach. Scurvy chuckled as he grabbed the blade with both hands, planning on forcing it back.

"Got you," Kenshin immediately let go of his sword and pressed down on both of his Driver's buttons.

[FOR GLORY! CALAMITY HERO K.O.!]

The rider then gripped his sword again as energy began gathering before unleashing itself upon his blade. The blade formed a golden shell around it before extending forward.

Scurvy yelped as the energy blade extended further and further, pushing him and causing sparks to fly from his plate. Soon enough he gave a yell as he crashed into a nearby building. Much to Kenshin's surprise however, Scurvy began to stagger out of the building.

"Jeez… that hurt…" Scurvy held his stomach, a fair bit of scratch marks on it alongside it being dented a bit.

"For real…?" Kenshin trailed in surprise, he figured that a Ruler and Villain based Malice would be tough but he wasn't expecting something that could mostly withstand his strongest forms finishing move.

"Isn't that calamity hero thing supposed to be the toughest he has?" K. Rool asked Bowser who gave a nod. He then began to laugh. "Oh this is splendid!"

"That kid isn't going to last much longer, and even if he beats Scurvy we can always tag in," Bowser added.

"Right, today we win!" K. Rool declared confidently.


'The Gates of Hell'

Junmei stared up at the name as she had just arrived with Terry; of course there was nobody nearby or anyone willing to enter the bar at the moment.

"So are you sure about going in alone?" Terry asked.

"I am," Junmei gave a nod. "Thanks for showing me here though."

"Of course, if you need anything else just feel free to call," Terry said before slowly taking off, stopping and looking back. "You sure…"

"I'm sure," Junmei gave a chuckle. "This is something I want to do on my own."

"If you say so, good luck." Terry gave another wave before fully taking off.

Junmei took a deep breath before walking forward and entering, and to no surprise at all the entirety of the building was empty. At least the front and sides, at the back where the bar was there were two people. Rodin and Bayonetta were having a discussion about her fumble regarding Junmei when the Umbra Witch turned in surprise at the door opening.

"Oh my, you expect a normal rowdy customer but instead are presented with someone far more interesting…" Bayonetta pursed her lips, trying to keep herself from grinning. "What brings you here, love?"

"Well given you full on invited me with that name drop I'm a bit shocked you're surprised by my appearance," Junmei said as she walked over. She then glanced over at Rodin. "Despite my appearance I should mention back in my home world I'm old enough to drink. We just age pretty gracefully sometimes, so you don't have to worry about any troubles regarding the law. Or is it just your first time seeing someone not of this world?"

All Rodin could do was stare, a bit surprised by her choice of words. "Huh…"

"How about that, you've got some spunk on you," Bayonetta admitted as she moved over so Junmei could join them. "Now then, given our very nature we have some questions for you."

"I suppose I can answer to the best of my ability, but I'm only just learning about this myself…" Junmei admitted. "I was hoping a couple of your kind could help me with possibly figuring something out regarding everything."

"Well that depends really, we'll just have to see," Rodin spoke up.


Kenshin gritted his teeth as he braced against the boxing glove blasts, staggering back as Scurvy continued to push the offensive. This was getting him nowhere and he was only wearing down in regards to stamina.

K. Rool chuckled as he drew out his blunderbuss, aiming it towards Kenshin. "Let's speed things up." Suddenly however his weapon was batted to the side as he fired, ending up firing a cannonball at Bowser's feet and blasting him back.

[READY FOR ASSIST: KAMEN RIDER ASSISTER!]

The one who batted the blunderbuss away was Eiji who had just completed his transformation. "I'm the one you have to deal with!"

"Who in Sam Hill are you?!" K. Rool questioned as he swiped at Eiji who backed away.

"Kamen Rider Assister has arrived!" Eiji declared as he scrolled through his gauntlet before landing on who he wanted, his symbols and eyes turning green.

[ASSIST TIME: HAMMER BRO]

Eiji drew out two hammers before throwing them forward, materializing two more and throwing them again.

K. Rool countered by puffing out his stomach, deflecting the first set of hammers only to get struck in the face by the second set. "Gah!"

Bowser had managed to recover before shaking his head, "Another Rider? But wait, you're not Echo!"

"Glad to see I've yet to make an impact, just makes catching you all by surprise even greater!" Eiji called out before suddenly ducking underneath a fireball sent out by Bowser. He threw several hammers only for Bowser to turn and block with his shell.

"Fine then, I know just the thing," Eiji said as he began to scroll through his character select before initiating the Assist Time.

[ASSIST TIME: PHOSPHORA]

Eiji began to rush forward, releasing a blast of electricity from his palms which Bowser blocked with his arm. Bowser then reeled back and punched only to stop when Eiji wasn't there.

"What?" Bowser asked before suddenly feeling a foot against his side, his eyes widening as Eiji had used Phosphora's speed to slip underneath him. Bowser grabbed Eiji only to howl out as Eiji charged his body up with electricity.

"Let's go, Assist Buster!" Eiji drew out his weapon and aimed at Bowser's underbelly, giving a yell as he fired off several rounds to send the King of Koopa's staggering backwards. The Rider scanned Phosphora's assist data via his weapon before gripping it with both hands and steadying himself.

[ASSIST SYNC BLAST!]

Eiji pulled the trigger and released a burst of electricity out towards Bowser. The King of Koopa's quickly retreated into his shell but the force from the impact managed to knock him straight into K. Rool who was just barely recovering from the hammers to his eyes. The two villains yelled as they ended up sprawled across the ground as a result.

Kenshin gave a yell as he struck against Scurvy's damaged gut, managing to stagger the Malice by hitting the created weak spot. Without distractions though he finally perked up at Eiji's appearance, not recognizing him since he for sure knew his sister did not have a form like that.

"Hey, who are you supposed to be?" He asked.

Eiji turned when he was addressed before giving a chuckle and resting his weapon against his shoulder. He pointed towards himself with confidence, "Me, I'm Eiji Kawaguchi, Kamen Rider Assister! Your cavalry has arrived!"

"Huh, a third Rider…" Kenshin trailed, soon realizing that it was likely him who had barely seen deal with Bowser and K. Rool. He then spoke up with a smirk before pointing at Eiji. "That was some fancy work from what I could see, you're pretty good."

"Pretty… good," Eiji trailed, a bit surprise by the compliment but also surprised by how subdued it seemed. So he decided to keep up his bravado, "You haven't seen anything yet. I'll show you how a Kamen Rider really does things!"

"That's it! Everyone attack!" Bowser managed to yell out.

It wasn't long before the remaining Koopa Troopa and Kremling joint army forces in the center area began rushing towards the two Riders. Suddenly a flurry of green and orange flames launched out, striking several Goomba's and Klaptrap's and sending them spiraling into the others.

Mario and Luigi both hopped onto a nearby house that was still standing, the two were fairly roughed up with scratches and dirt covering them but they were just fine aside from that.

"Mario, you survived?!" Bowser questioned.

"Of course I did, you've thrown worse at me!" Mario called out.

"You've also thrown us into worse," Luigi twiddled his fingers.

"No matter, it's just two of them right?" K. Rool questioned. "Even with the two Riders we still have our ace with Scurvy and our army!"

Suddenly arrows were let loose, striking several Koopa's and forcing them into their shells while launching the shells out. Byleth came into view, saying nothing as the two villains stared in surprise.

It wasn't long before an explosion of Goomba's suddenly occurred from another area of the town; Goomba's flew off and slammed into the ground all over the place as the culprits suddenly landed on a nearby roof. It was Donkey Kong who had Diddy Kong currently hitching a ride on his back. The two primates let out a few shrieks and howls, Diddy shooting off peanuts into the air from his guns while Donkey Kong pounded his chest.

Several Magikoopa's began to approach from behind Kenshin, all chanting and gathering up energy for their spells. Kenshin turned only to take a few steps back once he saw something past them. Suddenly white eggs with green spots flew at an arch before slamming into the Magikoopa's and sending them flying off their brooms.

"Yoshi!" Yoshi soon came into view bringing out another egg and sending it at a Kritter to knock it down.

"Talk about the cavalry," Kenshin grinned as he saw the Kong's and Yoshi before suddenly several Koopa shells came from the alleyways of the other side of the town. The shells flew out and hit more of the remaining army as a few Kritters ended up tumbling out of the alleyways as well.

"We're doomed!" A Kritter yelped as it ducked to dodge an egg before getting hit in the back by an explosive egg.

Soon enough the famed duo of Banjo & Kazooie ended up arriving from between the buildings, Banjo holding Kazooie like a rifle. "Gee Kazooie, looks like everyone's having a grand old time."

"Jeez they turned this place into a mess," Kazooie remarked.

Kenshin couldn't help but laugh a bit when he saw all of these heroes gathering, a bit relieved that he wasn't fighting alone anymore and remembering Peach's and the Mario Brother's words. "Man you guys really know how to make an entrance!"

"I… what…" Eiji trailed in surprise when he suddenly saw everyone interrupting his moment and creating their own grand entrances.

"Riders, leave the army to us! We'll deal with them in no time!" Mario called out as he and Luigi jumped down in order to help the others in fighting the remainder of the army.

"You got it," Kenshin gave a thumbs up.

"Forget about me!" Scurvy yelled out as he launched several boxing glove blasts at Kenshin while his guard was down.

Kenshin yelled out as he was struck by the blasts, tumbling back as his form sparked. He coughed out as he just barely managed to start picking himself up. "I'm not done… yet…!"

"Give it up kid, even with the cavalry I'll still win!" Scurvy hollered as he patted his chest a few times, clearly confident that he could win. "Besides, you should just rest; let the real heroes take care of things. Or at least try to because I'll beat them down just like I did you!"

"I'm not done, not by a long shot," Kenshin jabbed his sword into the ground to lift him up further before bringing out the Smash Knuckle. It was meant for his base form but he needed to enhance his punches even further now. He drew out Link's Token from his Driver to use. It wasn't long before a blue aura began to flare up around him. Unknown to him but being clearly seen by everyone else the aura was pouring into Link's Token alongside two others that he had on him until the aura suddenly vanished.

"Wait, what?" Eiji blinked a bit at this.

"I'm Kenshin Yukimura, Kamen Rider Smash! I swore I'd protect this Kingdom and the Princess, and I don't plan on letting the Subspace Army go through with their plans! So don't expect me to give up!" He gave a yell ready to slot the Link Token into his weapon when it suddenly began to shine.

"What?" Scurvy winced before holding up an arm to cover his eyes.

"What is this?" Byleth asked curiously when she noticed something else up with the scene.

Suddenly the Mario and Pikachu Tokens floated around Kenshin and came into view, the two shining brightly as well. The Rider yelped as the Tokens began to pulse, his hand being forced away from Link's Token as the three Tokens continued to pulsate with energy before creating energy lines between them to form a triangle.

The three Tokens began pouring their energy alongside the excess energy that leaked off of Kenshin into the center. Suddenly in a flash of green, red and yellow an object formed that was suddenly deposited in Kenshin's hand, the three Tokens returning to him as his transformation was forced to disengage.

Kenshin's eyes widened as the object became clear in his hand; it was a large Smash Token that seemed to be the size of the center of his Driver and could latch onto it with ease. It was fairly thick as well, being layered as if it was several Tokens stacked on top of each other. It still held the crystal rimming and in the center it had a Triforce, Power Mushroom, and Pokeball all in a pyramid stack. The strangest part about it all was the fact that it had a button to it as well on the top back of it.

"He… created a Smash Token?" K. Roll questioned.

"Is that even possible?!" Bowser asked only to receive no response from his shocked compatriot. "Well leather face?!"

"How would I know I'm just as clueless as you are!" K. Rool shot back.

"I see… his powers continue to grow." Byleth trailed before turning her attention towards Peach's castle.

"I think… I can work with this," Kenshin realized the Token couldn't fit anywhere but the center and so he placed it on the center, surprised when it managed to perfectly lock into place over the Smash Token embedded in the Driver.

[SMASH TRINITY!]

Kenshin jerked up as he could suddenly feel the energy coming from the Token, realizing that this power was greater than any form previously. Not wanting to waste more time he pressed down on the center button once. Suddenly the front portion unfolded revealing it was a circular plate on a hinge that overlapped with empty token slot on his right side. The plate held the image of Link as if it was his Smash Token. The second portion unfolded with its hinge to place the second circular plate over the empty token slot on his left side. The image on this plate held Pikachu, while the center held Mario's image now that it wasn't being covered up by both plates.

Kenshin was surprised at the intricate nature of a Token that he had somehow just created but decided to take it in stride as he pressed down on the side buttons of his Driver.

"Henshin!"

[LINK! MARIO! PIKACHU!]

Energy spilled out from the Driver, Link appearing on Kenshin's right, Pikachu on his left, and Mario in front of him. Suddenly his form flashed as he was now wearing a white bodysuit with thin armoring on the forearms and shins. Link turned into green energy before snaking around his right arm, Pikachu turning into yellow energy and doing the same around his left. Mario did the same, turning into red energy before wrapping around his chest.

[KAMEN RIDER SMASH!]

Blue circuit-like patterning appeared along his arms, sides and legs alongside blue armoring over the tips of his boots and his fingers. The energy wrapping around him soon began to take shape afterwards. Link's energy formed a green Triforce shoulder pad with green outer bicep and forearm knight themed armor. Pikachu's energy formed a yellow Pokeball shoulder pad with yellow outer bicep and forearm ninja themed armor. Mario's formed a high collared blue body armor piece that covered his chest and back, the armor was lined with red along the edges and held a red power mushroom in the front to complete the trio of symbols.

His helmet was white and rounded, having two bright blue eyes and a black mouth plate, a few flame decals surrounding the eyes and mouth alongside a bright blue jewel on the center forehead. The sides of the helmet were decorated with rounded pieces that held pointed fins that jutted backwards, the right lined with green while the left was lined with yellow.

[THREE UNIFIED INTO ONE: NINTEN-TRINITY!]

Byleth stared at the new form that just emerged. "Ninten…"

"…Trinity?" Eiji asked before gripping his fists tightly and looking to the side as he began to back up. "Damn it, there goes my big hero moment." He muttered as he realized that Kenshin was about to blaze through this fight without the need for assistance.

Byleth noticed this and quickly went over, though not to address what she had seen. "Eiji, let's leave this to Smash, Mario and Luigi are here meaning the Princess is unguarded."

Eiji turned towards Byleth before suddenly realizing what she meant, "Crap, you're right." He then turned towards Kenshin, hating to bail and as a result lose out against the new form, but protecting Peach was also top priority. "Let's go."

"Right," Byleth said as she rushed off, Eiji following after her, the two using all the commotion to secretly make their way towards Peach's Castle.

"So instead of two I used three fighters?!" Kenshin called out as he began to look himself over in surprise, he gripped his hands a few times though as he could feel the power coursing through him. "Well since Mario is the center…" He held out his hand, planning on bringing out the Smash Knuckle.

Instead the three emblems glowed before releasing energy into his hand, soon enough a double edged longsword formed, it having a purple royal blue grip with a black button and a green pommel, holding a grey overlapping flame shaped guard that reached partially over the blade. At the bottom of the flame shaped guard was a slot for a Smash Token to be placed. The blade itself was silver and fairly long, black lines running horizontally down the blade, all separated from each other by a fair amount of space. The blade itself was surrounded by a dull grey edge.

[TRI-SABER!]

"Or I could get a really cool sword," Kenshin said as he gripped it tightly, brandishing it as he got in a fighting stance. "Yeah, I can get used to this."

"Don't forget about us punk!" Bowser called out once he emerged from his stupor towards the new form.

"Y-Yeah, we'll Krush you!" K. Rool drew out his blunderbuss, releasing his patented kannonball out before Bowser unleashed his flames, coating it in flame as it hurtled towards Kenshin.

Kenshin turned just as fast, his blade's edges and guard flashing blue as he spun and slashed against the combined attack creating an explosion in front of him. Suddenly he jumped through the explosion, yelling out as he slashed down against K. Rool. Despite the reptile king trying to use his gut as a defensive measure, Kenshin's attack broke through it and forced him to stagger.

The Rider then stepped forward and spun past K. Rool, performing a series of rapid slashes against Bowser who was not expecting Kenshin to get to him so quickly. Kenshin then lunged through Bowser, managing to stagger the Koopa King as he moved past him.

"Let's go," Kenshin drew out and slotted in Mario's Token in the Tri-Saber. Suddenly the flames lit up a bright red, the outer edges of the blade doing the same. He slid his hand across the blade, fire wrapping around it as he reeled his arm back while keeping his swords blade pointing forward. He then lunged forward while pressing down on the trigger.

[TRI RUSH: MARIO FINALE!]

The flames began to grow hotter and hotter as they traveled to the tip of the sword, being released as two fire streams that spiraled around each other. The torrent of flames began to grow wider and wider as it closed in, soon engulfing the Koopa and Kremling Kings in it as a result. The two leaders had braced against the attack but were soon caught in a fiery explosion.

As the explosion cleared the two were soon seen sprawled on the ground, coughing as they had just barely managed to hang on. Though it was doubtful the two would be getting up to fight anytime soon.

Kenshin turned towards Scurvy who stepped back in surprise, "What was that about beating me down super easily?" He asked, leaving his token inside the blade as it kept its coloration, the flames returning to it.

"Ha ha, that was just a fluke! I'll defeat you in no time!" Scurvy called out as he released another boxing glove blast from his cannons.

Kenshin however swung his sword, reflecting the blasts back but lighting them on fire. The blasts shot forward and suddenly entered Scurvy's cannons. The cannons turned a bright red before exploding, Scurvy yelling out as he was caught in it. The Malice soon stumbled out, his coat torn up as his cannon pack was completely destroyed, scorch marks covering his upper body as his frontal plate was fairly messed up from the top now.

Kenshin withdrew his Token before dismissing the Tri-Saber, simply holding up his arms as he rushed forward.

Scurvy raised an arm only for the Rider to grab and pull it away, soon receiving a flaming punch to the chest which broke past his defenses, still feeling the scorching attack despite his plate holding up.

Kenshin then let go of the Malice's arm before gathering electricity in his other hand, avoiding a few swipes he began punching Scurvy several times in the shoulders before sending a light elemental filled kick to the Malice's gut.

"Impossible!" Scurvy gasped out as he staggered back.

"It's time we end this," Kenshin declared as he pressed down on the button that the Token held before pressing down on his Driver's side buttons at the same time.

[FOR GLORY!]

Kenshin jumped upwards, getting in a kick pose as transparent versions of Link, Mario, and Pikachu soon joined him, the trio mimicking his pose as they kicked out as well.

Suddenly three triangles formed around Scurvy's feet, creating a Triforce symbol as chains of electricity, fire and light shout out from each triangle and wrapped around him to keep him in place.

[TRIUNE FINISH]

The three fighters soon began to overlap with Kenshin as he descended downwards, Link overlapping first and filling Kenshin's leg with light. Mario was next as he added spiraling flames, with Pikachu entering last and adding an electrical current. Kenshin yelled out as he descended and kicked against Scurvy's chest, sending all three elemental attacks into the Malice's body and throwing the monster backwards as a result.

[NINTEN-TRINITY K.O.!]

Kenshin soon landed on one knee as the Scurvy Reptile crashed against the ground, exploding in a bright display. The Rider slowly rose and held out his hand, King K. Rool's Smash Token floating over and landing in his hand.

The Rider gripped his hand with the token and gave a smile underneath his helmet. "So this is my new power?" He said before suddenly realizing something. "Ah that's right, sorry new Rider for stealing your thunder, I-!" He stopped when he saw that Eiji was no longer there. "Huh? Where'd he go?" He then noticed in his fighting with Scurvy that Bowser and K. Rool had disappeared too. "Wait what?!"

"Kenshin that was amazing!" Luigi called out as he ran over with Mario, the two having left the remaining foot soldiers to the others.

"That's a pretty fancy form," Mario noted.

"Yeah, pretty cool huh?" Kenshin rubbed the back of his head before realizing something. "Hey we should see if Peach is okay. Bowser and K. Rool are gone and that has me worried."

"Then let's get going!" Mario gave a nod as he took off towards the castle, Luigi and Kenshin following after.


"I must say you are being stupidly persistent!"

In the main hall of Peach's Castle a battle was being waged, Meijin had entered in order to capture Peach just like he had with Marth and Tiki. What he wasn't expecting was for Peach to fight back almost immediately alongside Izzy who was managing to stall him despite the gap in power between the two. Izzy however had asked Peach to run though she felt the need to stay and watch the battle despite the Piranha Plant's warnings.

Izzy chuckled as he quickly dodged out of the way of a blast of energy from Meijin. "What can I say, even if I am a houseplant I'm still a Piranha Plant, and you know Bowser's army, that's them to the letter!" He soon reeled back in his pot, before stretching his stem and biting out at Meijin, managing to bite down on his left gauntlet.

"Persistent, but stupid," Meijin quickly slammed his fist into Izzy's head while his gauntlet was being bit down on, the slam being so hard that Izzy released his bite and soon retracted his stem, suddenly tipping over due to being dizzy from the assault on his head. "Now then…"

"Izzy!" Peach ran over and knelt down to check on him. She then gave a glare at Meijin. "Just why are you doing this?"

"Simple…" Meijin began to waltz over when something suddenly buzzed past his head, looking forward to see an arrow embedded in the nearby wall. He then turned and saw both Byleth and Eiji, the two aiming their weapons and ready to fight. "Hmm… you two aren't supposed to be here. I'm surprised you managed to get here so fast."

"Well Palutena's travel services are pretty fast," Eiji remarked as he kept his aim with his cannon. "Plus we've got someone else dealing with the mess outside."

"That explains the sudden jolts of energy I was feeling…" Meijin realized, during the fight he had felt when Kenshin had formed the new Token as well as when he had assumed Ninen-Trinity. And it was only now that he realized that the Malice had been defeated and a Subspace Portal was opened up briefly, likely for an escape. "Well now… consider yourselves lucky…" He dropped his hands as he opened a Subspace Portal to his side. "You've halted our plans temporarily; however don't think you'll be able to stall the inevitable." He said before entering the portal, it disappearing not long afterwards.

"So… that man and the woman," Eiji trailed as he lowered his weapon. "They're the commanders, right?"

"From what I've seen so far, all signs point to yes," Byleth said before heading over to Peach, Eiji choosing to follow after her but didn't say anything. "Princess are you alright?"

"Y-Yes I'm fine, I'm just worried about Izzy," Peach admitted.

Izzy gave a few coughs, "I may be down but I'm not out, it'll take a lot more to beat me than a cheap shot."

"Just rest for now," Peach suggested as the Piranha Plant gave a nod, choosing to keep lying down for now. She then noticed Eiji, "Oh my, another Kamen Rider?"

"Yes ma'am, Kamen Rider Assister, Eiji Kawaguchi at your service," Eiji gave a small two fingered salute.

"Palutena figured another Rider would be a good idea to help in this current situation," Byleth explained. "He's already made a good impression with Zelda and Marth."

"I see, I can only assume she sought a new Rider because she's still wary of Kenshin," Peach mentioned, surprising both Byleth and Eiji in how forward she was. "And Junmei didn't seem eager to work with her either. I do appreciate her deciding another was necessary though. Now he can help both of them out."

"R-Right," Eiji gave a nod as he rubbed his arm a bit, he was getting a bit annoyed by how he was being called 'help' and not really being called a hero. "I just want to do what I can, as a hero to protect this world."

"Still, the fact that you've chosen to protect this world is admirable, not many would do that willingly," Peach admitted with a smile.

"Peach!"

"Princess!"

It wasn't long before Kenshin, Mario and Luigi all entered through the open doors, the trio having booked it to get to the castle. Kenshin gave a sigh of relief when he saw Peach alongside Eiji and Byleth.

"Oh my, Kenshin is that you?" Peach gave a light gasp when she saw Kenshin in his new form.

"Huh? Oh right still haven't changed out," Kenshin realized as he patted his chest a bit. "Yep, ended up obtaining a new form, still not sure how though. But I was able to defeat the Malice." He then cleared his throat before walking over to Eiji and holding his hand out.

"Huh?" Eiji was a bit confused by the gesture and looked down at the Rider's hand.

"Thanks for showing up, and for making sure Peach was safe," Kenshin spoke up. "I'm hoping that we can work together against the Subspace Army."

"Oh, right, yeah." Eiji said a bit out of it as he took Kenshin's hand and gave a quick shape.

"Sorry about his lack of energy," Byleth apologized as she took Eiji's hand. "He's been all over the place today so he's pretty out of it."

"Ah no worries, this hero business is hard," Kenshin admitted, waving off the apology. "You get the hang of it eventually though."

"The hang of it huh…" Eiji trailed as he was lead off by Byleth.

"All's well that ends well, right?" Kenshin asked as he dismissed his transformation while watching them leave.

"I suppose so," Peach gave a nod.

"I mean aside from the main town…" Luigi trailed.

Kenshin was ready to speak up when he realized Luigi was right. It was those words that brought up one question still on his mind. "Seriously, where did they get that Banzai Bill…?"

To Be Continued…


Samus: You should always be careful in the pursuit of knowledge and where it comes from. If you let it consume you, you may end up turning a blind eye to the real threats that exist around you.

[Next Episode – Enemies All Around]


Kenshin – Mario/Luigi/Yoshi/Fox/Wolf/Pikachu/Greninja/Link/Ganondorf/Chrom/DK/King K. Rool/Smash Trinity

Junmei – Marth/Lucina/Ryu/Ken/Samus/Dark Samus/Simon/Richter/Dr. Mario

CORE – Incineroar/Terry/Lucario/Piranha Plant/King Dedede/Peach

Palutena – Pit/Dark Pit

Eiji – Assist Trophy/Isabelle/Ice Climber's/Robin

Meijin – Bowser

Sayomi – Meta Knight

Subspace Army – Mr. Game & Watch


Author Notes: So the very obvious reference is Ninten-Trinity is basically a nod and direct reference to Zi-O Trinity. But it's also got the form of a Taiga Tri-Strium reference, the Tri-Saber being a weapon that focuses the power of each part of the fusion into a powerful attack just like the Tri Blade from Taiga. That's the most I've got in terms of like actual fun facts. But yes, this chapter basically shows us the debut of an actual upgrade form. I figured I'd make the first for Smash pretty special and this was what I came up with. It's also what helped decide the auxiliary forms from the first quarter during planning as well.