The SSBM Chronicles – Chapter 8: Scorching Heat
An SSBM Fan Fic, by Smoke_Rulz
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"You'll pay for that, you wretched plumber!" Master Hand yells out after the attack.

Mario stands smiling. "You have not much of an attention span, Master Hand." He says.

Suddenly, Link comes up behind Master Hand and drills him to the ground. Master Hand has trouble getting up. Crazy Hand starts coming toward Link. Link jumps up and initiates his Blade Spin attack, hitting Crazy Hand several times. After the spin attack, Crazy Hand fights to regain composure, only to be bombarded by the entire smash team. Master Hand begins to get up, but Kirby makes short work of him. The fighting stops. The smashers look to either side at the Hands' limp bodies and congratulate each other. Then, the environment starts to fizzle like static, and the familiar white flash surrounds the group. They appear back with Samus. "Congratulations, everyone. You won in 2 minutes flat." She says.

"Took us only a day too, I think." Falco says.

"The Hands could have gained more power by now." Yoshi says.

"We are ready. Ia know it." Mario says.

"I am inclined to agree." Samus says, "As I remember from long ago, no one pushes us around."

"Damn right! Now why don't we-" Captain Falcon says, but is cut off by an alarm-type sound.

The group look around. Several red lights flash. Samus runs into the next room. The others follow. Upon entry, Samus goes straight to a computer panel. "I've got a distress signal!" She says.

"Who is it? Why do they alert you?" Fox says.

"Well... either they know you're all here, or they're hoping I can find you." She says.

"Who isa sending it?" Luigi asks.

Samus punches in some commands and then sees it. "It's from... Bowser's Castle?" She says.

Confusion lingers among the fighters. "Bowser is under attack?" Mario asks.

"I don't trust him." Link says.

"I think we might as well go. Bowser may be on our side." Zelda says.

"I agree. Let's go." Samus says.

Mario pulls out his portal device and inputs some commands. A portal appears, showing a picture of Fire World. The fighters enter, with Mario going last to dissipate the portal.




The group appears in Fire World. They're on a large stone platform. Lava surrounds most of the platform. A long stone path leads to Bowser's Castle in the distance. Evidence of an attack radiates from the castle. "Let'sa hurry!" Mario says.

Everyone hurries down the path, being careful not to fall off. The heat radiates around. Lava spurts out into the air. The group bares the heat and reaches the castle. The path cuts off. The metal drawbridge is up. "Crap!" Captain Falcon says.

"We have to get it down." Zelda says.

Ness charges his PSI energy. He initiates a PK Flash maneuver and sends it toward the first chain of the drawbridge. "Think this will work?" Yoshi asks.

The PK Flash explodes with immense force by the chain, which snaps like a twig. "Good show!" Fox says.

"Can you pull off another one?" Samus asks.

"Of course." Ness says, as he prepares another one. It flies up to the chain and explodes, breaking that chain. The drawbridge starts coming down. The group backs away as the drawbridge hits the path, making a very loud noise. The group can now see the courtyard. They all hurry across the drawbridge. The courtyard looks battle torn. Dents in the metal walls. Some of the artifacts used as decorations are in pieces all over the place. The group decides to head into the castle. Upon entry, they're in the grand ballroom. Bowser's decor isn't exactly worthy of a grand ballroom, even though most of the decor seems destroyed. "A big battle happened here." Link says.

The group spreads out a bit and looks around. Nearly everything is either destroyed, in pieces, or out of place. "It's like a tornado came through here." Falco says.

"Everyone... there's something I don't trust about this place." Zelda says.

Everyone looks at her. "I think I know what you mean." Samus says.

"If a battle happened here, with the magnitude of power and need for destruction the Hands have, I'd think some walls or floors would be destroyed, or at least damaged." Zelda explains, "Even the stairs to the next area aren't damaged."

"You mean... this is deliberate?" Link asks.

"LINK! LOOK OUT!" Kirby yells.

Link looks behind him and sees one of the Hands speeding towards him. He jumps, and the Hand passes under him and continues toward the other warriors. Everyone jumps out of the way. The Hand stops and turns. It's Crazy Hand. "YoU fElL rIgHt InTo OuR tRaP!" He yells.

Master Hand then comes through the same place where Link is standing. Link is hit and hits the ground. The Hands then begin an attack on the group. Mario and Zelda lead off in a starting attack, surprising the Hands. Fox and Falco rain fire with their Blasters, while the rest of the group attacks. The Hands break away. "How did they get so crafty?" Master Hand asks Crazy Hand.

"That's for us to know." A voice says.

Master Hand spins around, only to be nailed by Link's sword. Master Hand goes backward into Crazy Hand. Both hit a wall. Link immediately jump forward and wails on Master Hand with his sword. Crazy Hand squeezes out from behind Master Hand, clenches a fist, and nails Link. Right after, he's hit by Yoshi's Bomb. "This is for DK!" Yoshi yells out.

Yoshi then does multi-kick meteor attack. The rest of the group begins their rush toward the Hands, when an explosion rocks out from behind them. They turn around. When the dust settles, Mewtwo and Ganondorf stand where the now huge hole in the wall is. "Looks like you Hands could use a bit of assistance." Mewtwo says.

"Bring it on!" Falco yells.

Mewtwo and Ganondorf head toward the group. Fox uses an Illusion attack to pass through Ganondorf and attack, then kicks him in the back. Ganondorf stumbles forward and is met by Falco's kick. Mewtwo uses Confusion and knocks Falco off his feet. Mewtwo is then hit with Pikachu's Thunderbolt. Pikachu then tackles Mewtwo to the ground. Mewtwo regains his composure. "Get off me, you FREAKING RAT!" He yells.

Mewtwo grabs Pikachu and throws him to the side. Mewtwo and Ganondorf witness the Hands begin pulverized. "Must we always bail you out?" Ganondorf says.

Ganondorf and Mewtwo fire dark blasts toward the warriors near the Hands, but find their attacks frozen in midair. "WHAT?" Mewtwo yells.

Ness and Zelda are shielding the attacks. The attacks fire back at the two. They deflect the attacks away. Fox and Falco then knock the two to the ground. Ganondorf jumps back up and attacks, but Falco dodges the punch. Falco then grabs Ganondorf's arm and flings him forward onto his back. Mewtwo gets up, red with anger. Then, a chain wisps by and goes around Mewtwo's neck. Mewtwo starts choking. He looks and notices Sheik, Zelda's alternate ego, is controlling the chain. "Having trouble breathing, are we?" Sheik says.

Mewtwo tries to pry the chain off his neck. Meanwhile, on the other side of the room, Crazy Hand tries to block Mario and Luigi's fireballs, but can't take it. Link then takes Crazy Hand to the ground with a meteor attack. Crazy Hand blacks out. Mario looks back toward Master Hand's motionless body. "They'rea out. Let's get the masterminds." He says.

The fighters who were attacking the Hands begin their move toward Ganondorf and Mewtwo, when suddenly, a large fireball comes from above and hits the ground in front of Mario. The fireball expands to a large dome. The fighters become distracted, allowing Ganondorf and Mewtwo to break away. The fire dies down. Mario looks up. Up on a high balcony, Bowser stands laughing. "Bowser... I shoulda have known." Luigi says.

"You didn't think I wouldn't play a part in this, did you? Haha!" Bowser yells out, as he prepares another fireball.

Yoshi intercepts Bowser's attack with a kick. "Not this time, Bowser!" He yells out, as he recedes himself into an egg.

"You wretched dinosaur!" Bowser yells out.

Yoshi, in his eggshell, launches forward toward Bowser. Bowser then winds up and delivers a massive headbutt, knocking Yoshi out of the shell. Yoshi hits the ground, and doesn't get up. Bowser then chuckles to himself, and begins glowing with red energy. "No! That's the red beam!" Ness yells out.

"No! Not Yoshi!" Mario yells out, as he prepares to jump up.

Just then, a powerful psychic field stops him from jumping up. Mewtwo has surrounded the group with it. "Sorry, but the little dino is doomed!" He yells out, fiendishly.

"NO!" Mario yells out, but can do nothing but watch.

Yoshi attempts to get up. Yoshi sees the red energy around Bowser and tries to react, but it's too late. The beam hits him. Yoshi tries to fight it, but soon passes out. Mario and the others watch him fade away. Bowser laughs maniacally. "Who wants it next?" He yells out.

"You'll pay for this! You'll ALL pay!" Mario yells out.

"You're underestimating the field I now surround you with, my dear Mario." Mewtwo says.

Before he can back up his claim, Pikachu comes up from behind Mewtwo and jumps on him. He then initiates a massive electric shock. Mewtwo yells out in pain, and loses concentration on the field. Pikachu doesn't stop the shock. Ganondorf reacts. "Why you little..." He says, and gets ready to hit him.

Just then, Samus fires a fully charged Blaster shot toward Ganondorf. Ganondorf looks over, but can't react. The blast hits him on target, sending him flying backward. Pikachu stops his electric shock and jumps back to rejoin the group. Mewtwo falls limp. Bowser stares wide-eyed. "Damn you all! Feel my wrath!" He yells out.

"Oh, Bowser!" A voice calls out from behind him.

Bowser turns around, and gets nailed with a golf club. He rolls backward. Peach stands there, laughing.

The group is stunned. "Peach? You'rea okay!" Mario says.

Bowser gets up. "How did you escape your cell? No matter. I've been wanting to do this for awhile!" He says.

Peach pulls out her parasol. Bowser comes at her. She jabs forward with the parasol. Bowser nearly impales himself on it. Peach then opens the parasol, sending Bowser back again. Bowser growls angrily. He then inhales, and exhales, firing a rather large fireball toward Peach. Peach snaps her fingers, and Toad suddenly appears in her hands. "Toad! Block the attack!" She yells out.

Toad quickly crunches up and surrounds himself with a green aura. Bowser's fireball hits, but stops moving forward. Toad flings his arms forward, shooting off his green aura, and firing the fireball back at Bowser at twice the speed. Bowser tries to shield himself, but has no time, as his fireball explodes with massive force, sending him through the balcony barrier and down to the floor below. He lands behind the smashers. He gets up and looks forward. The whole group stands before him. Peach floats down to the group via parasol. The smashers get ready to bombard Bowser, when he begins giving off a black aura. "Not me... you may have gotten the others, but NOT ME!" He yells.

"Wanna bet?" Mario says.

Then, the whole room goes weird. The colors of the room seem to invert. Bowser's eyes glow purple. Then, Master Hand and Crazy Hand suddenly disappear. The smashers see it. A few turn around a see Mewtwo and Ganondorf disappear as well. They turn back to Bowser. "So long, suckers!" Bowser yells out.

Bowser then disappears, and the room reverts back to normal. The group looks around to each other, kind of speechless. Just then, a small quake hits. Everything shakes. "Oh no... the place is falling apart!" Captain Falcon yells out.

Before anyone can do anything, the roof collapses, and falls. The group begins heading toward the exit to the courtyard, but only Fox and Samus make it. The rest of group is caught in the falling castle. "NO! They didn't make it!" Fox yells out.

The castle stops its tumble. Fox and Samus stand staring. "We better get them out of there." Samus says.


THE END
Next: Chapter 9 - Battle of Fourside