After reading the reviews, I take that many of you haven't read any of my past stories yet. The Smashers live in Onett, Eagleland, in the year 2011. Master Hand is the Smashers' leader; he rules over them and provide them with most of their needs. Punk, Pix, and Pork are Space Pirates sent to assassinate the Smashers because the Smashers killed Ridley once in "Holy Weapons vs. Dark Forces". Those three first made their debut in "Stories of Smash. Ridley was revived in "Revived". You should read those stories to understand more. Now on with the story!

Chapter 8: A Demon in the Fortress

2011 A.D.

Onett, Eagleland

Smash Mansion...

Luigi is sitting on the sofa, totally bored out. "It's very boring without big brother around.

"True," Bowser said. "You're not as good in fixing pipes as him."

"I miss Fox," Young Link groaned. "The Gamecube is acting strange and he's the only one who can fix it. Even Ness is gone..."

Then the phone rings. "Somebody pick it," Bowser calls out. "I've almost lost my voice because of all those cursing wrong calls."

Falco picks up the phone and says in a rude manner, "This IS NOT Pizza Palace! The 1089th time already since the beginning!" Then he slams the phone back into its place. "I wish this madness would end," says Falco, annoyed.

In the underground lab, Master Hand is researching on some stuff when his great big computer rings. He presses a button and Fox shows up on the screen. "Hey Fox! How you're doing?"

Immediately, all the Smashers rush down from upstairs and all gather around the computer.

"FOX!!!!!" yells Falco.

"Mario!!!! I miss you!!!!" yells Luigi.

"Mario!!!!!" yells Bowser. "We need you back here to fix the plumbing! Luigi isn't as good as you!"

"Ness!!!!!" yells Young Link. "You just missed your math exam!"

Annoyed, Master Hand screams out loudly, "SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!" Then all is silent. "Well, Fox. What do you want to say?"

Fox tells him about how they want to stop Naraku before returning to their own time, so he asks Master Hand to help track down Naraku's location.

"That can be hard," Master Hand says. "But nonetheless, I will try my best to track down his location."

"I'll wait for your reply," says Fox as he is about to disconnect.

"Wait!"

"What?"

"I also out the location of the pile-o-cogs!"

"Where is it?"

"It's inside a fortress. It appears to be a royal fortress."

"That can be tough to get."

"I'll download the map into your cell phone. Use it to find the cogs."

So Master Hand downloads a map into Fox's cell phone. Fox immediately tells the others of the location of the next machine piece. "If we want to get back fast," then we must find them as quick as possible," Punk tells everyone. "Right!" says Ness. "Missing the math exam is a big decrease in grade already! I must get back in time for my history exam that's coming up four days later!"

"That's not the point of the problem..." Punk says.

"I have no interest in your treasure hunting game," Inuyasha says as he walks off.

"Never mind," says Link. "We can do it without him."

The Smashers and the Pirates all get ready to go. Lilina and Pork are staying behind. Miroku, Sango, and Shippo offer to go along. "Are you coming?" Sango asks Kagome. "Inuyasha isn't going, so I'm not sure if I should go without him." she replies.

"Don't worry, we can protect you."

"Never mind. I don't feel like traveling today."

"Fine. We're going." With that, Sango runs to the others and they all set off for the royal fortress.

After some long walking, they finally arrived at a village the fortress is in. "Let's gather some information," Roy insists.

Miroku walks up to a village girl and says to her, "You are a beautiful lady. Will you bear me my child?" The answer the girl gives him is a BIG slap across the face. "Can't you ask something else besides that?" Shippo tells him.

Link notices a man feeling down, so he walks up to him and asks, "Why a sad face?" The man looks at Link, then runs off screaming, "HELP!!!! A POINTY EAR DEMON!!!!! HELP!!!!!!"

"What have I done...?" says Link, confused.

"You know, people can even mistook me for a demon just because I have a hole on my hand," Miroku tells him.

Suddenly, little kids all gather around Pichu. "Ooooh! What a cute little animal! I wanna touch it!"

"Pichu eez attracting all da attention," says Mario.

"Can't help if he's too cute," Pix says.

They see guards going from house to house, demanding that a large amount of food to be given to the emperor. All the families gave out the food unwillingly. "The emperor must be very greedy," says Shippo.

"He must be very fat," adds Ganondorf.

"But that's very unkind," says Sango. "He'll make people starve!"

Some guards enter a family's house. "Give out your foods," the guards demand. "Please!" the father begged. "Our ration isn't enough to feed the family! We would starve if we give out that much!"

The guards, seeing that family has 5 children, say, "Then we will decrease your family member by taking your oldest daughter with us."

"Please don't!" the father begs. "Our daughter is a good girl, please don't take her from us!"

The guards continue to demand, and then they took the oldest daughter away by force, leaving the family to weep for her. Sango saw all these, so she immediately throws her boomerang at the guards, knocking them to the ground. She then runs to the girl and says, "Everything will be fine! Now go back to your family!"

"Thank you!" the girl says as she runs back to her family.

The guards got back up and say, "You dare interfere with us! You'll pay!"

The guards charge at her, but then Ness jumps in front of them. "PSI Hypnosis!" he yells out as he fires a faint purple wave at the guards, putting them all to sleep.

The Smashers gathered some information from the villagers. They learned that the emperor used to be a kind and helpful man, but one day he got sick, and when he's cured, he started to turn mean and cruel. He then starts to demand all the foods be given to him or else there will be executions.

"That's too cruel!" says Roy. "A greedy emperor like that must be stopped!"

"Correct!" Link says. "He is not worthy of an emperor!"

"I say we pull him down from his throne!" Ganondorf adds.

Suddenly, a huge group of guards surround the Smashers, the Pirates, Sango, Miroku, and Shippo. "You're coming with us," one of the guards says. "You attacked some of us just now, so the emperor calls to meet you."

"I say we follow them," Fox tells his friends. "It's a good time to reason with the emperor."

So they all followed the guards quietly and orderly back to the fortress. When they enter the fortress, they were immediately brought in front of the emperor. They were surprised to see the throne room filled with foods! The fat emperor sits at the throne, with his face covered in a veil. "Who do you think you are that you dare to attack my men?!" the emperor says in a fierce voice.

Roy steps up to him and says, "You are a greedy and evil emperor!"

"You dare say that to an emperor?!"

"Of course I dare! An evil emperor like you should be kicked out!"

Sango steps up and says, "He's right! You're bullying your own people! A good emperor should take care of his own people and keep them happy! You're doing the opposite!"

The emperor is now angry; he calls for his guards, "Guards! Seize them! I want them all dead this instant!"

All the guards charge at the Smashers. Link swings his sword and kills a lot of guards. Ness blasts them away with PK Flash and Pichu zaps them all. Ganondorf and Mario punch and kick all the guards until they faint. Using a single Flare Blade, Roy burns many of the guards. Fox zooms around and shot them with lasers. Punk and Pix jump onto guards and slit their necks open, or either crush them with their pincers. Sango uses her boomerang to knock out many guards. Shippo uses Fox Fire to burn down many guards. Miroku uses his wind tunnel to suck all of them in.

Once all the guards are dead, the emperor bursts with rage. "You imbeciles! I will destroy you myself!" Sango throws her boomerang at the emperor, knocking him out his throne and onto the floor. Roy takes off the emperor's veil, revealing his face, which turns to be a pig's face! "A pig?!?!?!" gasps Roy.

"It's a pig demon!" Shippo points out.

The pig demon says, "When the emperor was sick, I possessed his body. Now I can force the everyone to give me lots of food to eat!"

"You're a slob!" Roy shouts at him. "Now die!" Roy jumps at the pig with his sword pointing at the pig demon. The pig demon burps out a terrible smelling gas. Roy can't stand the smell and drops the floor, fainted.

Ganondorf uses Gerudo Dragon to punch the pig away, crashing into the wall. The pig gets back up and dashes at Ganondorf, smashing him against the wall. Ganondorf gets back up and kicks the pig in bottom part. While the pig is in pain, Ganondorf punches him with Warlock Punch, sending the pig flying out the window.

They look out the window and sees that the pig has survived the fall, but the pig demon has left the emperor's body. "The demon is getting away!" says Punk. "We must not let him escape!"

They all run out the fortress and chases after the pig demon, who is running through the village while shoving people out of his way. It's amazing that he can run very fast, despite his fat body! Fox and Punk, being the fastest of the bunch, caught up with the pig. They both fire a laser beam at the pig, burning his butt. The pig demon squeals and jumps into a nearby pond.

"Your evil reign has come to an end," says Punk. "Now die!"

The pig demon lets out another smelly gas, knocking Punk out unconscious. Then the pig runs off, only to run straight into Inuyasha. "You're that pig everyone is talking about, aren't you?" says Inuyasha. Then with a swipe of his claw, he slashes the pig demon into pieces, and then a Shikon shard flies out of the remains.

The Smashers all caught up with him. "Way to go!" exclaims Pix. "I knew you would come!"

"I only came because Myoga told me about that pig demon who has a Shikon shard is living here."

They all went back to the fortress to find the emperor well and alive. "Thank you for freeing me from the demon," the emperor said kindly. "I can never thanks you enough for doing such thing."

"That was nothing," Sango said. "Exterminating demons is my job." Then everyone's eyes are on her. "Okay, it's our job..." she corrects.

"By the way, emperor," Fox tells him. "We are looking for an important item, which we believe is hidden in your fortress."

"What can that be?" the emperor asks. "Tell me."

Suddenly, Pichu shouts out from behind the throne, "I found it!!!!!" Everyone runs to where Pichu is and they see a pile of cogs, gears, and springs. "We found it at last!" Fox exclaims.

After getting rewarded by the emperor, they all left the village, taking the machine pieces along. All the villagers gather around the Smashers, thanking them all the way. Miroku asks a group of girls, "You all are beautiful girls. Will anyone you bear me my children?"

All the girls scream, "Pervert!!!!" Then they all gave him a BIG slap.

TO BE CONTINUED...