Chapter 9: The Battle Ends
Mario glanced at Samus. She seemed very confident as Master Hand closed in on her. I looked at Bowser. He looked pretty confident as well. Suddenly, Samus sprang into action. She screwed Master Hand then turned around and fired a huge ball at Andross, who collapsed. Master Hand wound up to punch Samus, but he was too slow and Samus avoided the blow. Meanwhile, Bowser was taking a deep breath, preparing to breathe fire. Mario ran araound behind Bowser to try to grab his tail, but then he remembered that there were no bombs around. Puzzling over what to do as Bowser finished breathing in, Mario turned around to observe Giovanni's progress. He had almost reached Pikachu's unconscious body, and Ganon was close to Link's. All of a sudden, Mario heard an angry roar behind him.
"NO! Damned shell!"
The shell had gone around the world again, knocking Bowser over. Bowser hit his head and fell unconscious. Mario grinned and rushed over to punch Giovanni. Giovanni was just a regular man, and he collapsed. Then, Mario turned around and fired a fireball just in time to cancel out Ganon's. Pikachu, Fox, and Link were still safe. Then, Mario looked at Samus, who was easily beating up Master Hand.
"You fool, Mario!" Ganon shouted angrily, raising his arms to fire at Mario. Mario shrugged and put up his shield.
"What?"
"Hey, how do you still have that shield?" Master Hand asked, confused.
"Don'ta ask me, Master Hand. It'sa your shield!" Mario replied, as the fireballs disappeared harmlessly. Then, Mario ran over to Ganon and kicked him. Ganon groaned in pain, but didn't fall over. Instead, he focused his energy, and fired dozens of fireballs at Mario.
"Let's see your shield block this!" He shouted triumphantly.
But, just then, Mario and Ganon heard screaming behind them. Samus had just defeated Master Hand, and she fired a large energy ball in front of Mario, cancelling out all of the fireballs but a few. Then she used her grappling beam to grab Ganon and throw him far, far away. She looked at Mario, and the five unconscious villains.
"Not too bad, eh, Mario?" she grinned.
"Not bad at all, Samus." Mario replied in his regular voice. "Good god, my throat hurts!"
Samus laughed-maybe the first time Mario had ever heard her laugh-and shrugged.
"Well, what are we going to do with all of the other fighters?" Samus wondered, looking at the ten knocked-out fighters.
"And how are we going to get out of here?" Mario added.
Suddenly, they saw a bright flash of light in front of them. When the light died down, Mario recognized the mysterious young boy!
"You!" Mario said, confused. "But-"
The boy put his finger to his lips, motioning for Mario to be quiet. He waved his arms dramatically. Suddenly, all Mario could see was white, and the world disappeared.
Peach was still staring out of her window glumly when she saw a flash of light in the field. She rushed outside, and there were DK, Yoshi, Luigi, and Mario, in perfect health.
"What-where did you-are you-" she stammered.
"We'rea fine." Mario replied. "We justa saved the world."
"Whicha one?" Luigi asked, and the four laughed.
"Hey! I don't get it! Come on, tell me what happened!" Peach insisted. Mario shook his head.
"Come ona, Yoshi, it'sa your turn." Mario grinned, passing the dice. And the game continued.
"Has anyone seen Link?" Zelda asked again.
"No, we still haven't seen him, Zelda." Impa replied impatiently. "Please try to calm down. Link is a big boy; he can take care of himself."
Zelda sighed. "I know, but-"
She was interrupted by a flash outside. She stared at it for a while, and suddenly, Link appeared.
"Link! I don't-where have you been?" Zelda asked angrily. "I was worried about you."
"Hey, I'm a big boy now. I can take care of myself." Link replied sarcastically. Impa grinned knowingly.
Zelda shook her head. "Well, what happened?"
"Long story. Maybe I'll tell you sometime."
"What? Hey, where are you going? Tell me now!"
But Link had already disappeared, back to the forest.
"So, Link, what's this I hear about a talking monkey?" Saria asked him when he got there. Link smiled, glad to be home.
Slippy paced around the Great Fox impatiently. "I don't believe this. We've been waiting here, hovering over Venom, for at least two hours. Where is Fox?"
"Easy, Slippy. It seemed like he had something important to do." Peppy soothed.
"Well, nothing's more important than defeating Andross!" Falco disagreed.
Suddenly, a flash of light appeared on the planet. Fox emerged from the portal, and Slippy shouted for joy.
"Fox!" She shouted as Fox climbed into his Arwing that Slippy had insisted they protect. "Where were you?"
"Off with some friends." Fox replied nonchalantly.
"What? You were supposed to save the system from Andross!" Falco scolded, not believing his leader's casual attitude.
"Hmm? Oh, I did." Fox answered.
"Wha?"
"Well, welcome back, Fox. I'm sure you'll tell us what happened someday." Peppy said warmly.
Fox smirked and nodded. "Yeah, maybe…"
Ash emerged from the Pokemon Center. "They haven't seen Pikachu or Jigglypuff either!" he informed Misty and Brock.
"Oh, no!" Misty exclaimed. "I hope they're OK!"
"Yeah, you've been with him so long," Brock agreed. "I hope-what is that?"
A flash of light appeared next to them. Jigglypuff bounced out, followed by a familiar yellow face.
"Pikachu!" Ash cried happily. "Where have you been, I missed you!"
"Pika. Kachu." Pikachu replied.
"Puff, jigglypuff! Jiggly!" Jigglypuff added.
"Oh, I see." Ash replied sarcastically. "Well, I'm glad you're OK."
Pikachu and Jigglypuff winked at each other.
"Ridley, I see you finally woke up." Samus grinned as she stepped out of the portal. "Time to put you down again!"
"Hey, Dee, what did I miss?" Kirby asked, returning to Dreamland.
"Don't call me Dee." Waddle Dee replied. "Not much, though."
"Poo! Good to see you again!" Ness grinned. "I just met some cool new friends!"
"Oh, really." Poo replied. "Well, let me know the next time you decide to leave. Your mother's been whining at me for an hour telling me to tell you to clean your room!" Ness sighed and went home.
"Captain Falcon! Captain Falcon! Can you explain that portal you just stepped out of?"
"Who was that armored man who chased us off before?"
"Where have you been?"
"What do you plan to do now?"
Captain Falcon smiled, glad to be back on track. He stepped into his car, ignoring all of the reporters, and drove away.
The mysterious young boy, still on the battlefield, grinned at a job well done.
"Nice try, Master Hand." The boy said out loud, although he knew that Master Hand could not hear him after Samus's beating. "My father's soul doesn't deserve to be inside of you."
Shaking his head, the boy disappeared in a flash of light.
The End
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