Let me ask you: Do you think this arc is dragging a bit too long? Anyway, this is the last chapter of Fire Country Arc, so be happy!
Chapter 54: The Great Battle With Gigantic Snakes!
"This cannot be! All my plans have come to naught!" says Orochimaru. "You've taken Sasuke from me and Ganondorf did not get possessed as planned!"
"In that case, then tell us the Dark Reactor's location so we can destroy it," says Link. "And then we'll proceed to beat you up."
"But that does not mean I'm stopping here. I know how to fight, you know." At Orochimaru's command, several Darkling appear around them.
"They're only Soldier Darkling," says CH. "They're no problem to deal with!" The Smashers got out their Holy Weapons and took out the Darkling with no problem, considering these are the weakest kind. But while they are busy with the Darkling, Orochimaru and Kabuto made a run for it, and it wasn't until the Smashers eliminated the Darkling did they notice it.
"Damn! They ran away while we were fighting! Those sly people!" says Bowser angrily.
Orochimaru is hopping away in the distance, and he calls back, "If you want to fight me, then come to the mountainous area. It's much larger over there!"
"So he wants to play real, eh? Let's not let him down," says Link. "After all, he prepared a battlefield too!"
"You all go first," says Ganondorf. "I'll catch up later."
"Where are you going?" Kirby asks him.
"I'll go look for the Dark Reactor. I believe it's somewhere here."
"Good! Catch up with us soon!"
So the Smashers and Naruto went off after the baddies and Ganondorf runs deeper into the fortress.
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The Smashers finally reached the mountainous area, and they see the two villains standing there. "You Smashers are indeed as good as Ridley said," says Orochimaru. "I am honestly surprised that you defeated the Sound 5."
"Yes, and you're joining them very soon!" says Naruto.
"Shall I take on them, master?" Kabuto asks Orochimaru. "I can take them out with this."
"As you wish."
Kabuto steps forward and take out a small pill and swallow it. After swallowing it, he begins to feel power surging throughout his body. "What did he just ate?" asks Kirby.
Kabuto charges at them very fast and swings his fist forward, but everyone got out of his way. His fist hits the ground and creates a large crater. "Whoa! What strength!" exclaims Bowser.
"Did he just took steroids?" asks Popo.
"It's a soldier pill!" says Crazy Hand. "This special kind of pill gives extra power to those who eats it."
"I am now 20 times stronger than before. Try and overcome my power!" says Kabuto.
"You bet I will!" Bowser charges at him and tries to slash him with his claws, but Kabuto counters it by kneeing him in the abdomen and hurls him aside. "WAAAA!"
"Perhaps I can take him down with Rasengan!" Naruto starts to gather chakra on his left palm.
"So you're going to use the move that the 4th Hokage once used? That move is powerful, but it's just too slow to activate! By the time you're done charging, I'm already miles away!" says Kabuto.
"Faster!" Naruto chants to himself as he charges up this powerful technique.
Kabuto charges at him and is about to take him in the guts when a long rope wraps around him and locks him in place. "What?"
"I got him with the Snake Whip!" Sheik yells to Naruto. "Get him!"
"Done! Ransengan!" Naruto thrusts his palm, the one with a chakra sphere, towards Kabuto.
"Oh no!"
He hits him directly in the stomach and a big explosion occurs afterwards. Kabuto is send flying backwards into a rock, shattering it.
"Yeah! Did it!" says Naruto happily.
But Kabuto gets back up again, despite being badly injured from the blow. "Good thing I gathered all my chakra into my stomach to lessen the damage from the hit. Otherwise I cannot be sure if I'll live."
"At least your steroid effects are gone!" says Bowser.
"That's enough, Kabuto," Orochimaru says to him. "We'll take them down with something big." He bites his finger and slams it against the ground. "Summoning Jutsu!" Then two gigantic snakes appear in a puff of smoke!
"Giant snakes!" exclaim the Ice Climbers.
"And the largest I've ever seen!" says DK.
"I can do something like that too!" says Naruto. He bites his finger and slams it on the ground too. "Summoning Jutsu!" A small frog appears in a puff of smoke. "…"
"Croak. Croak. Croak. Oh hi, Naruto. Do you have any snacks? I'm quite hungry.
"I was taught that size does not always matter," says Link. "This frog may look a bit small, but perhaps it has amazing powers, right?"
The giant snakes hiss loudly at the small frog, and it quickly hops away in fear. "What was that frog for anyway?" asks Bowser.
"It looks rather delicious," says Kirby. "Do you know that frog tastes like chicken?"
"Okay, I admit I'm not the best at summoning!" says Naruto, ashamed.
One of the snakes lunge its head to attack, but the Smashers jump away, causing it to bite into the earth. Bowser runs besides the snake and slashes it with the Sharp Claw. It made a large gash and the snake roars in pain, but then whacks Bowser away with its tail.
Link decides that taking on Orochimaru, who is standing on top on one of the snake's head, is more important than anything else, so he jumps onto the snake's body and runs up along it, heading for Orochimaru. "Snake guy! I'm going to kill you!"
Link thrusts his sword forward, but Orochimaru easily avoids it by stepping aside. "You're not good enough to beat a Dark Lord like me. He throws a couple of shuriken at Link, but he brings the sword in front to deflect it. Using one hand, Orochimaru lifts up Link by the neck and punches him off the snake.
"UWAAAAA!"
Link falls towards the ground, but is saved CH. "Link, are you all right? Quick! Medical ninjas!"
"It's not that serious!" Link says to him.
Another snake makes an attempt to get Kirby, so he quickly turns into a boulder. When the snake bites the boulder, it cannot bite into it and reels back. "Nya nya! Think you can bite through me?" taunts Kirby. So the snake uses its tail to bat the boulder into the air. "WOOOOOOOAAAAAAHHHH!"
Dk hops towards one of the snakes (the one with nobody riding) and readies his axe, but the snake attacks him by giving him a strong headbutt. DK flies back and hits a hard rock, shattering it. Now that's something that happens often…
"Ouch! That hurt a lot!" cries DK, and he sees that he is bleeding a little. "I know! I can try my Level 2 weapon!" He takes out the piece of paper which he clipped behind his necktie and begins reading from it. When he is just at the last sentence, the snake that headbutted him earlier lunges forward with its mouth wide open, swallowing DK in one gulp!
"NOOOOOO! DONKEY KONG!" scream his friends in shock.
But suddenly, the snake's head explodes from its body and blood splatters everywhere like lava out of a volcano. DK hops out from the headless body and onto the ground, and he is holding a large axe, the kind that has blades on both sides. Whatever you call that…
"My new weapon rocks!" says the ape cheerfully.
"Phew… I thought we permanently lost a friend…" says Nana with a sigh of relief.
"Hey! Why haven't I though of the level 2 weapons?" says Bowser. "Since I unlocked it, I can activate it anytime I want, right? Level up!" At saying this, his Sharp Claws turns into its Level 2 form.
"So that's how your 2nd Level looks like, eh?" says Link. "Check out mines! Level up!" His bow turns into its 2nd level form too. They both turn to Orochimaru. "We're going to win this time!"
Orochimaru commands the snake to lunge forward to attack when suddenly a trident flies in from nowhere and stabs the snake in the throat. The Smashers turns around and sees Ganondorf running towards them. "Sorry for the wait, guys!"
"Great! You just finished off our target!" says Bowser.
The snake drops down dead and disappears in a puff of smoke, and Orochimaru hops down to the ground. "Feh! You haven't defeated me yet!"
"Then I'll do the favor of defeating you!" says Ganondorf as he steps forward with his own sword in his hand. "Okay, I'll handle this guy! He tried to brainwash me, and you guys probably fought a lot on your way here, so you take a rest."
"But I want to fight him!" complains Link.
"Hush! It is Ganondorf's battle!" Bowser tells him. "Every man should get one for himself! Our girl in case of Zelda."
Ganondorf charges at Orochimaru without a warning, trying to hit him with the sword. Orochimaru zips behind Ganondorf at tremendous speed and punches him in the back. Ganondorf rolls onto the ground and stands up again. "Gosh! He's fast!"
He makes another attempt to hit again, but Orochimaru zips behind him and strikes from behind. "Now you see the true power of a ninja. We are on a different level, and you cannot defeat me with your level," says Orochimaru.
"So what if we are different levels? I can still defeat you if I try hard!" says Ganondorf. "Just like Link. I am more powerful than him at that time; yet, he defeated me! I came to the conclusion that if you fight hard, you'll surely win!"
"If you really insist on winning, then don't blame that I am going to harsh on you!' Orochimaru reaches his hand into the mouth and pulls out a long sword.
"What the! He pulled a sword out his mouth!" gasps Popo.
"How did he get it in there in the first place?" asks Link.
"And how does it taste like?" wonders Kirby.
They both charge at each other and clash weapons, and they got into a swordfight melee. "Orochimaru is very good with the sword," says Kabuto. "There is no way he can…" Before Kabuto can finish his quote, Crazy Hand flicks his finger at him and sends him flying into a rock wall.
BANG!
Kabuto drops onto the ground and sees stars. "Uhhhhhh…"
"There was a mosquito on your shirt," says CH.
While clashing swords, Ganondorf shot out an energy ball from his hand. Orochimaru quickly zips away to avoid it, and the shot kept on flying and destroys a tall pillar of rock.
KABOOM!
"Wow! That move is amazing!" exclaims Naruto.
Ganondorf looks around for the villain, but did not see him. "Where'd he go?"
"Be careful! If he's not on the left, right, or up, then he may be down!" Naruto warns him.
"Down?" Ganondorf looks down in time to see a sword shoot straight up, but he is able to avoid it just in time. "Whoa!"
Orochimaru pops out from the earth and lands. "I nearly hit you… But lucky you for dodging fast."
"Of course, it's important to be fast in a fight, and also strong!"
"You won't survive this!" Orochimaru dashes towards Ganondorf and slams the sword down in front of him. Ganondorf quickly hops back to avoid it, but Orochimaru keeps on moving forward, doing the same move again and again, so Ganondorf had to keep on jumping backwards.
The two of them keep on moving backwards and backwards and backwards and backwards… All the way up the mountain…
"Where are they going?" asks DK.
"Ask them," replies Sheik.
"Gotham? You mean Gotham City?"
The two fight their way to the top of the mountain, which is flat—like a plateau. "Wow… I didn't realize I made it all the way up here," says Ganondorf.
"This is where the battle ends!" says Orochimaru. He thrusts his sword forward, but Ganondorf quickly dodges aside and swings his sword horzintally at him, but misses when the villain ducks down.
Ganondorf reaches his hand into air and charges up a bright light. "Take this!" And he hurls several energy balls at Orochimaru.
The energy balls came in great number, and even though Orochimaru can move swiftly, he cannot avoid the great number of the energy balls and their unpredictable movement; therefore, he got hit by some of them. "AAAAGH!"
He falls onto the ground and drops his sword, which Ganondorf quickly kicks it down the mountain. "Ha! I win!" He points the tip of his sword besides Orochimaru's neck. "Surrender now or die!"
"A ninja never forfeits in a fight!" Then Orochimaru's neck suddenly extends very long and shoots forward!
"What!" shrieks Ganondorf upon seeing the sight of an extended neck. Orochimaru bites hard into Ganondorf's right side of the waist and digs his teeth into it. "AAAGGGGHHHH! IT HURTS!"
As Orochimaru bites harder, trying to tear off the flesh, Ganondorf lifts up his left leg 180 degrees upward. "VOLCANO KICK!" He brings his feet down onto Orochimaru's body with massive force, crushing his body against the ground, and an explosion follows.
KABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
From afar, the Smashers can see that rock mountain exploding into fiery pieces. Sasuke woke up just in time to see the massive explosion and is surprised. "What happened!" exclaims Naruto.
"It must be Ganondorf's Volcano Kick!" says Link.
"What else can cause that kind of freaky explosion!" says Bowser. "That move is pretty much instant kill! I'm surprised that he used it!"
The entire mountain tumbles down after the explosion, and the Smashers quickly run far back to avoid the rocks falling down. After a short while, the explosion and rumbling finally settled down, and there is silence…
"What happened while I was unconscious?" asks Sasuke.
"Oh! You're awake!" says Naruto. "You won't believe it, but their friend defeated Orochimaru!"
Sasuke widens his eye in shock. "WHAT!"
The Smashers run to the pile of rocks to investigate. "Ganondorf, are you there?" calls out Kirby.
"If you're dead, then raise your hand!" shouts DK. Suddenly the highest pile of rock begins moving, and Ganondorf pops out from there.
"I'M ALIVE!" he shouts.
"Great going!" says CH. "You sure made an old man smile!"
Sasuke sits there speechless. With Orochimaru gone, that means his only choice of getting power is gone… All gone…
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In Hidden Leaf Village…
"You Smashers accomplished your mission very well!" says Tsunade. "You truly are the chosen ones!"
"Yes! We always win in the end!" says Link.
"And in case you wanted to know, the reason I went back into the fortress was to find the Dark Reactor," says Ganondorf. "And I found it, and then destroyed it. So our actual mission is complete!"
"That's good! I thought we forgot about it…" says Popo.
"We should be going back now!" CH tells them. "We're been here for days! The others have already come back!"
"Oh really? Then let's get going fast!" says Bowser as he hops onto the warp star, and eventually followed by the others.
"Be sure to come again!" Naruto says to them happily. "You are the coolest people I've ever met!"
"You bet we will!" replies Link.
"Thank you so much for bringing Sasuke back!" Sakura says to them while hugging onto Sasuke. "I can never thank you enough!"
"Don't worry. This is what we should do, so don't think about it," Kirby tells her. "But I won't mind if you give me a lollipop as the prize."
Zelda turns towards Sasuke and says to him, "I understand about you wanting revenge on your brother, but that doesn't mean you should consult the help of the dark side."
Sasuke just turns away and says, "Hmph!"
"Oh well, whether you want to listen or not…" She turns to Naruto. "Keep an eye on your friend! You don't want him to go into all these again, do you?"
"I won't let him run off again!" replies Naruto. "You can trust me on that!" And he shows her a thumb up, and Zelda smiles in response.
"Okay! Shut up and get going!" yells CH.
"Fine! Let's move out!" says Link.
So the Smashers wave good-bye to their new friends and then take off into the sky, and disappear.
WORLD COMPLETE!
TO BE CONTINUED…
Yeah! This arc is finally finished! One more arc before the final arc begins! I think so… So the next area takes place in a Digimon world, but the villains are from One Piece. I hope you look forward to it! And yes, frogs do taste like chicken. I've eaten it before.