Chapter 4: Way to Return

The group is walking down the road, heading back to the village. Along the way, they all chat with each other about their worlds. Miroku turns to Lilina and says, "I forgot to tell you this at the beginning. It would be a honor for you to bear my child." Lilina blushes and Roy immediately grabs Miroku by the collar. "She's my girl! Ask this to someone else!"

"Tell me more about that game cube you're talking about," says Shippo to Ness.

"Gamecube is one of the best game consoles ever!" explains Ness. "It is capable of running for 20 hours nonstop and has almost no technical problems! You play games using game disks, each with different games. I have about 30 games on it already and my favorite game is Super Smash Bros. Melee!"

"I wish I can play it!" says Shippo. "And how come you have magic powers?"

"These are PSI powers, also called psychic. I was born with it, but doctors can't explain how come."

"Are you good with the bow?" asks Link to Kagome.

"I'm pretty good," replies Kagome. "How about you?"

"Better than any archer you can find. Let's find a time to see who's better."

"Okay!"

Inuyasha is walking silently, not in a talking or cheerful mood. Pichu hops onto his head and plays with the dog ears again. "It's amazing that you are an offspring of a female human and a male demon! I just can't imagine the scene of human and demon doing that in bed."

"Get that scene off your mind!" Roy yells to Pichu.

Suddenly, a nearby lake's water gushes into the sky and rains back down on them. A monster that looks like a fish with arms jumps out of the water!

"It's a demon!" cries Kagome. "I can see a Shikon shard in it!"

"Good!" says Inuyasha. "Just what I'm looking for!"

Inuyasha jumps toward the fish demon, trying to slash it with his claws. The fish shoots from its mouth a strong blast of water, pushing Inuyasha onto the ground. Pichu steps forward and says, "If the monster is playing with water, then I'll play using electricity!" Pichu blasts the fish with a powerful Thunderbolt, zapping it out of sense. Inuyasha gets back up and jumps at the fish again, this time succeeding in slashing it into pieces. A Shikon shard flies out of the chopped pieces and into his hand. "Got it!" says Inuyasha.

"Wow!" exclaims Sango. "I never knew this yellow demon has such powerful techniques!"

"I'm not a demon," Pichu says. "I'm a... Pichu..."

"A better explanation is electric mouse," says Fox.

"All right," says Inuyasha. "Let's get going." Looking around, he says, "Where'd the three ugly ones go?"

"They-a still here," Mario tells him.

"But I don't see them," Inuyasha says.

"Neither do I," adds Miroku.

"There they are," says Ganondorf while pointing to a winged monkey, a cow, and a chicken.

"Are you kidding me?" says Inuyasha. "Those animals can't be them!"

"And I've never seen a monkey with wings," adds Kagome.

"The gushing water just now must've got in contact with them," says Fox. "I'll explain everything to you."

Fox explains about the Pirates' curse to them.

"All right..." says Kagome. "Let's get back to the village and boil some hot water for them."

The group finally reached the village. The villagers all stare at the weird people and three animals that came back with Inuyasha's group. The Smashers tries to look relaxed and not scared. They enter Kaeda's house.

"You're back," says Kaeda when she saw them coming in. "And you've brought visitors with you."

"I'll do all the explaining," says Fox. "But would you mind boiling some hot waters please?"

"I can," says Kaeda, "But for what?"

"Jut boil it and you'll see."

Kaeda immediately goes to boil a pot of hot water. When she gives it to Fox, he pours some hot water onto the three animals. The winged monkey transforms into Punk, the chicken turns into Pix, and the cow into Punk. This scene of animals transforming surprised Kaeda.

The Smashers started from the beginning on how they all got here in the first place. When finished, Kaeda says, "Now that you have done telling me your story, would you mind come see this?" She brings them to the back of her house, where they find a steel structure. "This metal thing appeared out of a flash some minutes ago," explains Kaeda. "I have no idea at all what this is."

Punk immediately explains, "That's a section of the Teleport Machine!"

"Really??!!" exclaims the Smashers.

"How did it get here?" says Punk in confusion.

At this moment, Fox's cell phone rings. He answers it, "Hello?"

"Fox! Glad to hear you!" says the voice on the phone.

"That sound... Is it Master Hand?"

"Of course it's me!"

"Master Hand!"

All the Smashers crowd around Fox. "Master Hand?!"

"It's amazing that I can still contact you even though you're in another time," says Master Hand.

Suddenly, there are lots of noises on the phone.

"Let me talk to him!"

"Let me! Let me!"

"Mario!!! You hear me?"

"FOX!!!! Are you alive??!!"

"Lemme speak!"

"QUIET!!!!!!" screams Master Hand from the phone. "Ahem... Sorry about that... The other Smashers want to talk also."

"Do you know how to get us back?" asks Fox.

"After some observations with Ridley," explains Master Hand. "We found out that the entire Teleport Machine itself is sucked into the void too, but it has broken into 7 pieces when it landed in the time you're in now."

"Then that explains the steel structure we saw here."

"You found one? Great! Now listen, you are to find the remaining parts and rebuild the machine. Once rebuilt, you can come back home."

"What are the parts we should find?"

"Four steel structures, the control pad, the main microchip, and a whole lot of wires and cogs."

"That seems to be more than one..."

"But we found out that the wires and cogs are all bunched up together, so you should be able to find them all at once."

"How are you able to know these?"

"We are observing you through a time computer. We can't get to you, but we can contact you. But there's one more problem you'll face."

"What is it?"

"How are you going to get electricity in a time like that? You don't even have a plug."

"Good thing I have the plug machine with me! And Pichu can give out electricity."

"Right!" exclaims Pichu.

"Okay!" continues Master Hand. "We'll provide you with more information when we have more. See ya!"

"Bye!"

"And one more, if you're ever bored, call me and I'll have Crazy Hand tell you his silly jokes and wisecracks." With that, the phone hung up.

"Well, what did he say?" asks Ganondorf.

Fox tells what they need to do in order to get back home.

"Take your time," Kaeda tells them. "You can stay here as long as you want until you can return home."

TO BE CONTINUED...