The SSBM Chronicles – Chapter 9: Battle of Fourside
An SSBM Fan Fic, by Smoke_Rulz
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Fox and Samus blast away the debris from the fallen castle. Mario, Link, and Falco pop up from the debris. Falco dusts himself off. "Ugh. Freaking castle." He says.

"Falco. Help us blast some of this crap away." Fox says.

Falco takes out his blaster and helps neutralize some of the debris. Soon, Link and Pikachu pop out of the rubble. Just then, all the debris lifts off the ground and hovers in the air. The others stop blasting. Ness stands in the middle of the former grand ballroom controlling the debris with telekinesis. Ness then sends all the debris off to the side. The warriors that were trapped a moment ago stand up and dust themselves off. "The castle just had to fall." Captain Falcon says.

Peach and Mario hug each other. "It'sa great to see you again." Mario says.

"I'm glad we could get out of this. I thought for sure they would have defeated us." Peach says.

"We've been preparing for a fight like this." Samus says.

"See. I knew Bowser wasa behind this." Mario says.

"You were right. He helped the others get Mushroom Kingdom, and he took me captive." Peach says.

"And you actually fought back." Link says.

"Maybe I shoulda have let you come along with us at the start of this." Mario says.

"I could always join in now." Peach says.

"After a close call like this, we could use all the help we can get." Fox says.

"We're losing allies. We just lost Yoshi..." Zelda says.

"And they already got DK and Jigglypuff." Falco says.

"They did? Oh how dreadful." Peach says.

"I know. They could get any one of-..." Ness says, suddenly cutting off.

The others look at him. "What is it?" Luigi asks.

"I sense an attack." Ness replies.

"Sense?" Link asks, "How can you sense it?"

"It's happening in my homeland." Ness says.

"But they already got Onett. Wait..." Fox says.

"It's Fourside City! They're attacking Fourside!" Ness yells.

"We have to hurry there, then!" Kirby says.

Mario wastes no time in pulling out his portal device. He sets the coordinates to Fourside, and a portal appears. The group hurries through it.




The group appears at their destination. They are atop a large skyscraper. The roofs of a few more skyscrapers are in front of them. A looooong drop can be seen off the edge. It appears the skyscrapers and more buildings farther down have been attacked. The dark mist leers near the very bottom. "Seems we're a bit too late." Fox says.

"Oh no! All the people!" Ness says.

"How did they do this so fast?" Link wonders.

"Were we under the rubble for too long?" Peach asks.

"No. We weren't under it for very long at all." Fox replies, "They're just attacking quick."

"I think they've just started. It doesn't take them long to wreak havoc." Zelda says.

Just then, a large explosion is heard. The skyscraper everyone is standing on shake violently. They look down off the side, and see a large ball of fire. An explosion from inside has rocked the skyscraper. Then, the fire clears, and Master Hand comes out of the now non-existent wall. He sees the smashers looking down, and speeds up toward them. They back up just as Master Hand comes into forward view. "Why am I not surprised to see all of you here?" He bellows.

"Enough talk! You're going down!" Falco yells as he charges Master Hand.

Falco attacks, but Master Hand dodges and knocks Falco onto a neighboring building. Captain Falcon and Luigi join in the attack, bringing Master Hand to the ground. As they attack, the rest of the group is ready to gang up on him, when Peach spots Crazy Hand behind them. Crazy Hand forms a gun with his fingers and fires giant bullets at the group. Peach makes Toad appear, who activates his force field magic to block the hits. The rest of the group hears the bullets hit, and turns around to see Crazy Hand. Crazy Hand gets ready to swoop in for a flying punch aimed at Peach. Toad vanishes, and Peach jumps over Crazy Hand, who is then met with a vicious sword slash from Link. Crazy Hand flies backward and nearly falls off the skyscraper. Mario and Fox move in and begin wailing on Crazy Hand.

Meanwhile, on the neighboring skyscraper, Master Hand breaks away from Falcon and Luigi, backing up into Falco. Falco uses his Reflector, knocking Master Hand upward. The three warriors jump up for an aerial assault, but Master Hand moves. Master Hand attempts a drill maneuver, but misses. He then sees a large blue ball of energy coming straight at him. He has no time to dodge as he's blown backward onto the 3rd building. Samus had fired it, and she powers up another shot. Kirby heads over to the third building and uses his Stone technique to pin Master Hand to the ground. The others come over and begin their assault on him. Just then, a dark warp appears, and Ganondorf steps out of it. Ganondorf attacks with a Warlock Punch, missing everyone but Kirby, who's knocked away but unhurt. Kirby warps back to normal. Master Hand tries to get up, but finds himself unable. Ganondorf hits Master Hand with a Warlock Punch, sending him off the side of the building. The smashers are stunned. "You mindless weakling! I will take care of these wretched smashers!" Ganondorf yells.

Meanwhile, at the 1st skyscraper, Crazy Hand tries desperately to try and fight back, but the smashers assault is too great. Mario's Super Jump Punch knocks Crazy Hand dizzy, while Link brings him to the ground with a Meteor Attack. Just behind them, a few smashers notice the others fighting Ganondorf, and decide to help, when a dark warp appears in front of them, hindering their move. Bowser appears in it with an evil grin. "Where do you think you're going?" He says.

Bowser then uses Fire Breath, but the smashers dodge. Popo and Nana jump on top of Bowser and attempt to freeze him with some ice blasts. Bowser throws them off his back, sending Nana off the side of the building. Popo sees it, and jumps off after her. Bowser blows more fire toward Pikachu, but Ness jumps in front of Pikachu and activates PSI Magnet, absorbing all of the fire and giving Ness power. Bowser stops, and so does Ness, who fires a PK Flash. Bowser moves away as Ness tries to tail him with it. The Flash eventually goes off, missing Bowser. Bowser grabs Pikachu with a Koopa Claw. Ness tries to release his grip. Just off to the side, Zelda gets ready to help Pikachu, when a dark warp stops her in her tracks. She knows just who it is: Mewtwo. Mewtwo appears out of the warp. "Why hello there, Princess. Going somewhere?" He says, evilly.

Zelda then holds up her hand, and a white ball of energy appears in it. It makes an illuminating flash. Magic swirls around Zelda, and in an instant, she's transformed into her alternate ego: Sheik. Mewtwo claps his hands sarcastically. Sheik then attacks. In this form, she's very fast, and dishes the punishment on Mewtwo, but to no avail, as Mewtwo is blocking every hit. Mewtwo then pushes her back a bit, and uses Confusion. Sheik becomes dizzy, and Mewtwo hits her with a Shadow Ball, knocking her off the side of the building. Back on the first skyscraper, Link witnessed the attack and comes running toward Mewtwo. Mewtwo sees him, and fires a rather large Shadow Ball. Link dodges. He then turns back toward the others and yells, "Look out!"

The others see it and move. The Shadow Ball hits Crazy Hand, making a large dark explosion. Crazy Hand screams as the dark energy explodes around him. He falls unconscious, and plummets off the side of the building. Link jumps toward Mewtwo with a slash of his sword, but Mewtwo blocks it. The others start to head toward Mewtwo, when Mario sees Pikachu and Ness's predicament with Bowser, and heads over to help. Sheik then comes back up off the side, after having grabber hold of a windowsill.

(AUTHORS NOTE: If you're wondering who's fighting who, here:

Ganondorf: Captain Falcon, Luigi, Falco, Samus, Kirby

Mewtwo: Link, Peach, Fox, Sheik

Bowser: Pikachu, Ness, Mario

Off the sides of the buildings: Ice Climbers)

Back on the third building, Ganondorf holds his own in the 5 on 1 assault. He goes blows for blow with Captain Falcon, while Luigi attacks him from behind. He attacks both of them. Kirby is away from him, attempting to find a Warp Star. Samus fires a Blaster shot. Ganondorf sees it. His surrounds his hand with dark fire and knocks it away, straight at Kirby, who doesn't see it coming. Kirby is hit, and flies off the side of the building. He begins to float back up. Falco then use his Phantasm, blasting right past Ganondorf. Ganondorf falls to the ground. The smashers seize the opportunity while he's down. No mercy for the evil.

Meanwhile, the battles with Bowser and Mewtwo rage on the middle skyscraper. Mario and Bowser clash, with power fueled by their hatred for one another. Pikachu and Ness help out. Ness attempts to distract Bowser with PK Fire. It works. The pillar of fire distracts him, while Pikachu initiates a Thunderbolt, hitting Bowser on target. Mario then does a large jump kick, attempting to send Bowser off the edge of the building. Bowser misses the edge. He then regains his composure, and goes after the three in a blazing anger.

Just a little ways away from them, Mewtwo tries to fend off the four warriors on him. Sheik attacks with amazing speed, as does Fox. Mewtwo blasts them backward with his psychic power, and begins a Shadow Ball assault. He fires one at Sheik, who dodges. Another one fires at Peach, who brings Toad back. Toad neutralizes the attack. The next one fires at Fox, who uses his Reflector, sending the attack back at Mewtwo. Mewtwo shields himself and takes the hit. He comes out of his shield just to meet a flanking attack from Link. Mewtwo is stunned by the hit, and is promptly ganged up on.

Mario, Ness, and Pikachu are still using their cunning to outwit Bowser, getting in the heavy hits. Bowser uses Whirling Fortress to propel them away, and then breathes tons of fire. Pikachu is caught in the inferno. Just then, Bowser is stopped by a large block of ice to his head. Popo is back. He had uses his climbing gear to climb back up the building, all the while holding Nana, who is unconscious. Popo rests Nana on the ground, and joins in on the fight with Bowser.

Back on the third building, Ganondorf is showing signs of injury, trying to fight the 5 warriors. Falco attacks him head-on. Ganondorf blocks a few hits, but then finds himself unable, as he is pummeled by Falco's swift kicks. Falco then uses his Fire Bird technique, sending Ganondorf flying ablaze. Ganondorf is met by Samus, who snags him in her grappling beam. She blasts him with a Blaster shot while he's ensnared. She then looks over and sees the battle with Mewtwo. With her grappling beam, she flings Ganondorf straight at Mewtwo, who has his back turned. Ganondorf flies straight into Mewtwo, and they both go flying. The 5 warriors head over to the middle skyscraper.

Mewtwo gets back up, but Ganondorf doesn't. In front of him, he sees the many warriors. To the side, Bowser's peril. Mewtwo is flustered, and he knows he's about to be attacked. Mewtwo concentrates his psychic power. The smashers come at him. Just then, he unleashes his power, trapping the 9 in a large force field. Ganondorf is just getting up. They laugh as the puzzled smashers attempt to get out, but can't. Mewtwo glances over, and sees that Bowser is losing. He also sees the unconscious Nana. Using telekinetic power, he brings Nana toward him. Popo sees it. "Oh no! Nana!" He yells out.

Mario, Ness, and Pikachu look over. They see the others in the force field, and Mewtwo with Nana in his grasp. Mewtwo laughs evilly, as Nana is enveloped in red energy. They watch in horror, as she fades away. Mewtwo and Ganondorf are beside themselves with laughter. That's when Popo snaps, and heads right for Mewtwo. "Popo, no! Don't do it!" Mario yells.

Mario, Ness, and Pikachu try to get to him, but Bowser steps in their way. He unleashes his inferno of fire again. They and the others in the force field can do nothing, as Popo wails on Mewtwo, with tears running down his face. Mewtwo dodges the attacks. Popo keeps trying, but finds himself in the path of a Warlock Punch. Ganondorf nails him, sending him flying off the side of the skyscraper. Just then, Master Hand comes up, holding an unconscious Popo. Mewtwo laughs, as he fires the red beam at Popo. Popo fades away, just as Crazy Hand appears next to Master Hand. Pikachu gets ready to hit Bowser with another Thunderbolt, when Bowser fires a large fireball at the three, sending them backwards. Bowser then walks over to Mewtwo, Ganondorf, and the Hands. "It SeEmS oUr JoB iS dOnE hErE." Crazy Hand says.

Ness wonders what that means. He glances over the skyscraper, and sees that all of Fourside is enveloped in darkness. "Oh no! Mario! The Hands took out the entire city!" Ness says.

Mario sees it. They look back at Mewtwo and the others. Mewtwo seems to be beckoning something. Just then, a very large UFO appears. The UFO fires a large beam toward the bottom of the skyscraper, then flies off. Mario and Ness can feel the skyscraper crumbling from the bottom up. Mewtwo and the other evildoers laugh maniacally as they disappear in the dark warp. Mario, Ness, and Pikachu blitz over to the force field. "We have to geta them out!" Mario says.

In the force field, Sheik reverts back to Zelda. "Ness! Use your power and pull this from the force field!" She yells.

Zelda holds a green ball of energy in her hand. Ness concentrates his psychic power and pulls from the force field. It floats in front of him. Back inside the force field, Zelda forms another green ball. This time, she lets go of it within the field. It flashes out, and all the warriors within the force field disappear. Then, the green ball in front of Ness flashes, and everyone is out. "Farore's Wind! Great idea!" Link says.

At that point, the skyscraper begins tilting. "Mario! Get us out of here!" Samus yells.

Mario pulls out his teleporter device and sets it. The warp appears near the tilting point, and all the warriors fall into it. The skyscraper falls, and crashes to the ground in a giant cloud of dust, which blankets the empty Fourside City.


THE END
Next: Chapter 10 - Back to Hyrule