The military game from previous chapter is the part where Yoshi calls himself General and calls the other two Navigator and Officer. Pikachu enjoyed it for a while, but got bored and wants to snap back to reality. It was just there as a little gag.

And by the way, in this chapter, a long time running gag will return. Can you find it?

Team 2: Link, Ganondorf, Zelda, Bowser, Popo, Nana, Donkey Kong, Mewtwo, Kirby

WORLD NAME:

FIRE COUNTRY

Chapter 42: Fire Country! Ninjas of the Hidden Leaf Village!

In the Smash Mansion…

Nobody is at home…

The phone rings…

After the fifth ring…

The answering machine kicks in, "There is nobody at home at the moment, so please dial any of these numbers: 123-3202, 211-0303, 944-4495, or 433-3493. There are many more you can dial, but these are the only ones I'm mentioning. Good-bye!"

And it hangs…

-

Tsunade is sitting in her office, drinking sake. "Boy, being Hokage is a very tough job. I have to do this and that everyday, and rarely have time to rest like before. Now this Darkling dilemma is making my head burst… When will THEY come?" She looks out the window and spots a bright light shooting across the sky. She smiles and says, "So they're here."

-

The warp star flies into a forest filled with tall and thick trees. The star hits a tree and stays there, and it resembles a diving board when left hanging out there. "Now that's one iron hard tree!" says Bowser.

Zelda looks down from the star to see how far they are from the ground below. "It's still quite high from the ground. How are we going to get down?"

This height is no problem for the other Smashers; they jump down one by one without fear, except for Zelda. Link stretches out his arms and says, "Don't worry, Zelda. I'll catch you before you hit the ground."

"You better catch me!" says Zelda, and then she jumps. Her feet lands onto Link's face and push him onto the ground. "You didn't really catch me, but at least you used yourself as a soft landing pillow. Thanks!"

"You're… welcome…" mumbles Link with Zelda's feet still on his face.

Kirby's cell phone rings and he answers it, "Hello? Um… did you call here after hearing what our answering machine said? Wait a minute…" He hands the cell phone to Bowser.

"It's for me?"

"It's not for you, but I thought you might be interested in hearing this."

Bowser places the phone against his ear and says, "Hello?" And then Bowser changes into a lovey-dovey voice. "You know what? I miss you very much. How I dream of you every night… How I dream of you every day… Now would you mind? Please… DON'T EVER CALL THE WRONG NUMBER AGAIN! THIS IS NOT PIZZA PALACE! I REPEAT! THIS IS NOT PIZZA PALACE!" And he hangs the phone.

"Wow! How long was it since the last wrong call?" asks Popo.

"The last call we ever received was in one of Game2002's story Koopa Fire Burst, I believe," says Mewtwo.

"I can't believe that guy's back," says Zelda. "I was wondering where he went after all those absences of wrong phone calls."

"Feudal Smashers was such a long story, but there wasn't a single wrong call in that story," says Nana.

"And there should've been a wrong call in Super Smashing New Year," adds Kirby. "But that never happened."

"So what do we do now?" asks DK, straying away from the topic.

"Before we ask that, is this Fire Country?" asks Ganondorf. "Where's the fire?"

"This place really doesn't look like what its name implies," says Mewtwo. "But then, Mute City isn't a quiet place either."

"I remember we were told to find Hidden Leaf Village around here too," says Zelda. "If it's really hidden, then it'll be hard to find."

"Zelda…" says the voice of Link.

"Yes?"

"Would you get your feet off my face so I can get up…?"

-

Team 7, which consists of Kakashi and his students Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura, are jumping from branch to branch at a very fast speed. "So, what's our mission again?" asks Naruto.

"You're always not listening!" Sakura tells him. "Tsunade-sama told us that we must go and find the chosen ones! She also said they are the answers to destroying the Darkling."

"Why doesn't she let us go destroy those dark things or whatever instead?"

"You're not listening when she made the announcement again! Will you ever get anything into your thick skull? She clearly says that nothing can kill the Darkling, but only the Holy Weapons that the chosen ones wield can."

Kakashi stops moving and tells his students to stop too. "I hear someone talking! Don't move, for it may be an enemy."

The ninjas peek through some leaves on the tree and see 9 people down on the ground.

"Where do we start?" asks Popo.

"Let's find food," insists Kirby.

"Besides that…?"

"Look for something useful?" says Ganondorf.

"Like what?"

"Find Hidden Leaf Village?"

"Where do we find that?"

"Look into the leaves!" answers Kirby. "Why else would it be called Hidden Leaf Village?"

"If it's a village, then it should be big and visible, so how is it hidden?" asks Nana.

"They never found El Dorado, did they? It's supposed to be a huge city of gold!" says Link.

"That must be them," Kakashi says to the three young ninjas. "Tsunade told us that they behave rather strangely from other people."

"So we sneak up behind them and catch them by surprise?" asks Naruto.

"We're supposed to make friends with them, not attack them!" Sakura shouts into Naruto's ear.

Mewtwo turns to some leaves up on the tree and says, "Show yourselves."

"They spot us!" says Naruto in panic. "What do we do?"

"We'll have to make a friendly appearance," says Kakashi. He jumps down from the tree and lands in front of them. "Fear not, I have come in peace." But the Smashers already have their weapons out and ready.

"Got proof that you're a good guy?" asks Link, readying his sword.

"Do you know Crazy Hand?" asks Kakashi.

"Yes, we know him!" says Ganondorf.

"His friend Tsunade sent us here to fetch you. You are the ones we are waiting for to help exterminate the Darkling."

"You sound good enough to be trusted," says Link, putting his sword back.

"And who are those other three up in the tree?" asks Mewtwo.

"They are my students. Come down now!"

So the three young ninjas jump down from the tree. "I'm Uzumaki Naruto!" says Naruto. "I'm going to become Hokage of Hidden Leaf Village because I'm the greatest ninja to ever live!"

"And also the dumbest ninja," adds Sasuke.

"Right, I'm also the dumbest ninja to ever live! HEY! WHAT DID YOU MADE ME SAY?"

Sasuke ignores him and introduces himself, "Uchiha Sasuke."

"I'm Haruno Sakura," says Sakrua next.

"And I'm the captain of Team 7, Hatake Kakashi," says Kakashi. "You are the Smashers, right?"

"Yes we are. I'm Link."

"Zelda."

"I'm Ganondorf Dragmire, former king of evil."

"Kirby! Don't call me Furby, please!"

"I'm Popo and this is my younger sister Nana."

"DK, Donkey Kong!"

"Mewtwo."

"I'm the great Bowser Koopa, king of turtles!"

"It's good to know you all," says Kakashi. "Now Tsunade wants to see you all, so you must follow us back to Hidden Leaf Village. We ninjas can make it there in a few minutes, but normal people may have to walk about 40 minutes to get there."

"We can always use the warp star!" says Kirby, pointing to the star that's stuck on the tree.

So the Smashers got onto the warp star (with the help of Mewtwo's telekinesis) and Kirby activates it. The star pulls itself off from the tree and then zooms off in a certain direction at high speed. "Wow! They're fast!" exclaims Naruto.

-

Some ninja guards are at the main gate of Hidden Leaf Village when the star comes rushing past them so fast that they didn't eve notice it. The star keeps going until it crashes into a statue. "Boy… That was rough…" says Link.

"So this is Hidden Leaf Village," says Zelda.

"It doesn't really look like what its name implies," comments Nana.

"Okay, where do we start?" asks Popo.

"Some person they called Tsunade wants to see us," says Bowser. "So where do we find that person?"

Team 7 appears in front of them and Kakashi says, "You guys got here before us! That was pretty fast! Now I'll take you to our Hokage at once."

"Fire shadow? That's a pretty cool name for a title," says Ganondorf.

So they lead the Smashers towards the building where the Hokage works, but when they got there, they were told that Tsunade went to a nearby bar to have some drinks with her friend, so they go to that bar, which isn't far away.

"I'm sure this is the one," says Kakashi. "Tsunade-sama likes to dine here." They go inside and see Tsunade drinking sake with Crazy Hand (don't ask how).

Crazy Hand turns around and says, "Yo, mon!"

"Hey! What in the world are you doing here?" Bowser asks CH.

"Crazy Hand is my drinking partner," replies Tsunade. "He comes here whenever he's free."

"I never knew that…"

"So Kakashi, you brought those Smashers here. Good job on your mission!"

"Yes! I did a great job!" says Naruto proudly.

"She's not talking to you, dummy" Sasuke tells him.

"You want a fight!"

"Don't pick on Sasuke, would you?" Sakura scolds Naruto.

"He started it first!"

"All right, now that the Smashers are here, let's start the important meeting," says Tsunade. "But I forgot to bring money to pay for what we ordered…"

"I forgot to bring mines too," says CH. "But don't worry; the Smashers will pay for us!"

"HEY!" shout the Smashers.

-

Back in the Hokage's house or whatever you call it…

Naruto has his ear pressed against a door. "What are you going?" asks a passing ninja.

"Listening to the conversation inside. They said nobody else is allowed inside, but I really want to know what it is all about!"

-

"The world now is entrusted in your hands, since you have the holy weapons," says Tsunade. "You are the only ones who can destroy the Darkling."

"Yeah, yeah… We know that," says Bowser. "Is there any other point besides this meeting? We already know we are here to find and destroy the dark reactor, and also to beat up whoever is behind this."

"Your opponent will be Orochimaru, one of the Dark Lords. He is no to be fooled around. Being a Dark Lord, he has powerful control over Darkling, but not as much as the King himself."

"No matter whom our enemy is, we can still beat him up," says Ganondorf. "Right?"

"I don't know," replies Nana. "I haven't beaten up anyone from what I remember."

"But we never won against Master Hand, did we?" asks Popo.

"He's not our enemy…"

"Orochimaru is strong, I tell you."

"Give me an example," says Link.

"He killed the third Hokage."

"I don't know who the third Hokage is, so I don't know."

"It's out the window, third face from the left," says Tsunade, pointing to the large mountain with 4 carved faces on it that is outside the window.

"Mt. Rushmore!" says DK.

"Well, you can say we ripped-off…"

"Judging from that carved face, he must be an old man," says Link. "How strong can an old man be? No wonder he lost!"

"Is that an insult remark?"

"I mean, what kind of an old man can be powerful?"

"Obviously, you didn't see that one powerful old woman we met in Tokyo," Popo tells him.

"Master Hand is really powerful too! For god's sake, he's 550 years old!" adds Bowser.

"It's because Hands have different life spans from other beings," explains CH. "An average life span for a Hand is 800 years, though dad broke the record of living up to 1022 years. And 550 years isn't really old for Hands. I'm only 548, so I'm still young."

"I'm only 50, so I'm still young!" says Tsunade.

"Well, 50 isn't all that of an old age. I know some people who are 50 and still very strong…," says Ganondorf. "Wait a minute… You're saying that you are… 50 YEARS OLD!"

"Yes, I'm 50. What's wrong?"

Bowser takes out a photograph of a woman with wrinkles and a bit of gray hair. "This is what 50-year old women are supposed to look like." And he takes out another photograph that shows a lovely woman with a beautiful face. "And this is what 20-year old women are supposed to look like. Compare the two, there's a HUGE difference!"

"I'm serious. I'm 50!"

"You look only 20!" says Zelda. "I've never heard of a woman who likes to say her age older than usual."

"You see, I'm a medical ninja," explains Tsunade. "I can perform all kinds of jutsu that can heal sicknesses, wounds, and even for cosmetic purposes. It's very easy to make myself look so young even though I'm 50 years old."

"Gee… There are many things in this world we don't know…" says Zelda.

"Okay, now this calls the end of this meeting."

"And what did we learn anyway?" asks DK. "We didn't even find out the location of the Dark Reactor!"

"It would be safe to say that the reactor is in Orochimaru's castle. But going there may be suicide."

"Bah! I'm not scared of any booby traps!" says Link.

"But he has powerful henchmen that can whop your butt."

"Tell them to bring it on!" Link takes out his sword and waves it in air. "I'm the best! I'm not scared of anything! I stopped Ganondorf from taking over the world in the past. If that's not enough, who else is stronger than him? Tell them to come!"

Zelda smacks him over the head and he faints. "He really likes to boast," says Zelda. "Sorry if he's quite rude."

"Don't worry! His attitude is like a certain blond ninja I know. Oh, and by the way, I should go make an announcement regarding you people. Everybody in Leaf Village should know your existence." Having said this, Tsunade walks to the door, slams it open, walks out, and then closes it, revealing a flattened Naruto behind the door.

"So now what?" asks Nana.

"Well, we just have to wait for some news to come," says Mewtwo.

"I hope they have good food in this place!" says Kirby, with saliva starting to flow down his mouth.

TO BE CONTINUED…

Sorry for the wait. I was in a moment writer's block, so this chapter actually appears quite unorganized and uninteresting. I'll try my best to make this arc interesting, and I hope you're looking up to it!

BTW, have you found the gag? If not, then I'll tell you that it's… THE WRONG PHONE CALL! Yippee! It's back! It was last seen in Koopa Fire Burst. I can't believe I forgot about that! Well, it's back! Rejoice to those who like it!