First thing first: Inuyasha characters will appear in this story, but they will NOT play any major role. What do I mean? You'll find out soon enough.
And just so you know, the following are the Smashers who have not unlock their 2nd Level Weapons yet: Captain Falcon, Dr. Mario, Ness, Mewtwo, and Ganondorf.
Chapter 68: The Finale is Near! Entering the Forbidden Realm!
Most of the Smashers are waiting at the Final Destination for Team 3 to return. "Man, what's taking them so long?" says Falco impatiently as paces around the floor.
"I have a feeling that Peach is in great danger!" says Bowser.
"Hey look, someone's coming," points out Pikachu.
Sure enough, Team 3's warp star lands on the Final Destination, and Bowser immediately rushes to Peach. "Peachy! Come into my arms!" Peach moves out of the way just as Bowser jumps forward, and he falls onto Marth instead.
"Get off me!" yells Marth.
"You guys are gone for so long," says Fox. "My team came back in the same day we started the mission, Team 2 came back in 3 days, but it took you about 5 days!"
"Roy slept for 2 days, so blame him," says Captain Falcon.
Suddenly, cold, white smokes shoot out from all over the floor and fanfare music starts playing. Crazy Hand appears and shouts out with joy, "Congratulations! All the Dark Reactors are successfully destroyed! Hooray!" Female wireframes step in and perform a cheerleading dance.
"Yay!" cheer some of the cute Smashers.
"So what's next?" asks Link.
"Next we head for the Forbidden Realm and put an end to the Darkling King's evil scheme!" says CH. "We will go tomorrow morning at first light!"
"I have no problem with that," says Samus. "We need time to refresh and prepare."
CH turns to the members of Team 3, "Let me ask you one thing. Did you find the Armageddon?"
"Armageddon? Nope, we never found it," says Roy. "How'd you know that we had some situations dealing with that?"
"Of course I know! I'm crazy, so I know everything!"
"I don't get it…"
"Well, you said you didn't find it, right? Good! That weapon is better off never found!"
"Gennai said the 27th weapon is half made from a Darkling," says Dr. Mario. "How exactly did that happen?"
"It's all because of Manly Hand!" says CH in an angry tone. "He believes that in order to be a man, one must complete what was started!"
FLASHBACK
1000 years ago…
"Please reconsider what you said, Ruler Hand!" Manly Hand says to Ruler Hand.
"No! That is the final answer!" replies RH. "If we continue to make more, we will risk our lives!"
"But we must make the last one! You said we would make 27!"
"We already have 26, and that's more than enough!"
"We must do as we said! If you are a real man, then you would surely make it to the end!"
"What is wrong with you? Is your pride more important? You can do a lot more other things to be manly!"
"But…"
"No buts! That's enough! We're making only 26 and no more!" With this, RH stormed off the room.
"These people don't know what it takes to be a real man!" Manly Hand says to himself. "I will show them I'm a real man by completing the 27th weapon myself!" So Manly Hand set off to work on the 27th weapon.
After a long time of working, he feels very tired and drops onto the floor. "Uh… I'm tired… This is too hard for me to work alone… If only the others would help… I must not give up! A real man does not give up!" He continues working on the 27th weapon, but as work progresses on, his life becomes more and more in danger.
It is at this moment he heard a voice coming from nowhere. "You're persistent to complete this weapon, aren't you?"
Manly Hand senses a strong feeling of evil. "Who are you? Come out!"
A black creature rises from the floor. The creature is humanoid and lanky in appearance and has purple eyes. "Surprised to see me, eh?"
"You… Manipulator… One of the 7 Deadly Incarnations! How can you… All the Darkling should either be killed or sealed away!"
"It was easy enough to hide my evil presence until all these are over."
"You Darkling! I will kill you by myself. This is the way of a real man!"
"You are making the 27th weapon, right? I believe I can help you."
"You cannot fool me!"
"Don't you want to be a real man? If you do not accept my help, then you will never complete it and therefore, you'll never be a real man."
Manly Hand thought over this for a while. He wants to become the manliest Hand in the world, but can he accept the help of an evil being?
"Think about it," continues Manipulator. "What is better than to be a really manly person? A real man always keeps promise, doesn't he? The others hands did not complete the 27th as they said they would, so they are not manly enough. You want to finish it, so it means you are a real man. Perhaps if you finish it, they will accept you as a really manly Hand."
"Yes, I think you're right… But I cannot accept the help of evil!"
"Let's put it like this. After I helped you finish the weapon, you can do whatever you want to me. You completed the weapon and you killed me, then you are manlier than any other Hand in the world, right?"
"Right! You have a point there!"
So Manly Hand sold his soul to the Darkling and together they created the 27th Holy Weapon, the Armageddon. The best description for this weapon is it's some kind of a war machine.
"It's finished at last! I'm a real man!" exclaims Manly Hand.
At this moment, the door bursts open and several Hands are standing outside. "Darkling!" shouts Ruler Hand. "What are you doing here! You should be dead!"
"I'm smarter than most of the Darkling out there," says Manipulator. "So that is why I survived to this day."
"You should've gone into the Forbidden Realm quietly! Attack!"
The Hands charge forward to attack Manipulator, who jumps out the window to escape. The Hands quickly run out the house to go after him. "Do not be reckless!" warns RH. "He is one of the 7 Deadly Incarnations, so he won't be an easy opponent!"
The Hand charge at Manipulator and tries to hit him with all kind of attacks, but the Darkling moves around very fast and avoided them. Manipulator stretches out his fingers and the Hands begin moving against their own will and attacking each other!
"Ah! He's manipulating us!" cry the Hands.
"Curse you, Manipulator!" says Ruler Hand angrily, who is the only one not controlled. "I will kill you!" He fires several bullets at Manipulator, but the Darkling controls the Hands to come in front of him and he uses them as a shield.
"AHHHH!" scream the Hands when they got shot by their master's bullet.
"How dare you! You vile monster!" curses RH.
"Would you dare attack your own comrades?" asks Manipulator. "That is the weakness of you mortal beings. You refuse to hurt your own friends, so you can never defeat me!"
"You take me the same as other people? You're wrong!" Ruler Hand dashes forward very fast and slaps the Hands out of the way.
Manipulator is quite surprised that he attacked his own comrades. Ruler Hand crashes into Manipulator, pushing him all the way across the field and crushes him against a random wall. RH flies back several feet and fire many bullets at him.
BANG! KABOOM!
"I admit: You are different from other mortal beings. You may have defeated me, but the day will come when darkness will take over again," says Manipulator. These are his last words before he disappears into thin air.
RH turns to the beaten up Hands and asks, "Are you all right?"
"We're all right…" reply the Hands.
RH angrily floats to Manly Hand and shouts at him, "WHAT ON EARTH WERE YOU DOING! YOU CREATED SOMETHING THAT CANNOT BE REGRETTED!"
"I just wanted to complete what we started…" replies Manly Hand.
"Don't you recognize that you create the 27th weapon out of a Darkling? That is the weapon of evil!"
"It has my genes in it, so it's not pure evil."
"I don't care! I will never accept that as the Holy Weapon! What were you thinking when you sold your soul to the Darkling!"
"I just wanted to become a real man!"
"THERE YOU GO AGAIN! REAL MAN! MANLINESS! MAN! MAN! MAN! ALL YOU THINK OF IS BECOMING MANLY!"
"Because I want to! Being manly is what I dreamed of! A real man sticks to his words! If we decided on 27, then 27 we will do!"
"YOU IDIOT!"
"I'm not an idiot. You are! You only made 26 when you promised 27! You are not a real man!"
"You dare say that to our master!" says on the Hands angrily. "Don't you have shame?"
"Our master deserves every right to be scolded! He does not act like a real man!"
"You have made a fool out of the Hand Family!" says RH.
"So I have. You all are fools! You do not know how to be a real man!"
"GET OUT OF HERE!"
"Fine! I do not need you to say that!"
They continue to argue for a while, and when it comes to an end, Manly Hand flies away.
The Hands tried several attempts to destroy the Armageddon, but they were never successful. It is soon decided that this weapon should be sealed away and never be touched by anyone.
END OF FLASHBACK
"And nobody ever saw or heard of Manly Hand again," says Crazy Hand, ending the story.
"What a sad tale…" says Peach.
"Who are the 7 Deadly Incarnations?" asks Young Link.
"They are the 7 most powerful Darkling next to Diablo Darkling himself," replies CH. "While their powers pale in comparison to the Diablo Darkling, they are actually stronger than Naraku if they combine their efforts together."
"Who are the seven?" asks Link.
"Well, there's Manipulator, Hater, Eater, Player, Unbeliever, Laughter, and Destructor."
"Why are they called that way?" asks Popo.
"Manipulator is the incarnation of sly people who uses sly schemes to fool others. Hater is the incarnation of those who hate and bash things for no apparent things. Eater is the incarnation of those who are greedy and keep things only for themselves. Player is the incarnation of people who are lazy and refuse to help others. Unbeliever is the incarnation of those who cannot be trusted and has no faith in humanity, and also those who believes in what they think is right and will never change their minds. Laughter is the incarnation of those who enjoy bullying and hurting the feelings of people. Destructor is the incarnation of those who like to destroy things and take lives."
"I hope we don't meet them…" says Luigi.
"I hope we meet them so I can have a challenge!" says Falco.
"At most, you're going to meet only three. 4 of them are killed during the battle of the Hands and Darkling. 3 of them are sealed away in the Forbidden Realm, and they are still alive in there to this day."
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In the main HQ of the Forbidden Realm…
"Yes, I'm aware of that," Naraku speaks to the phone.
"Please let me go get rid of them! I will not be satisfied until I see them die!" shouts Ridley on the other side of the phone.
"Calm down. The Smashers are coming tomorrow morning. That is when you can have your fill."
"I will have my fill all right! Nothing pleases me more than to kill them!"
Naraku hangs up the phone and turns to three people sitting on a large sofa in front of him. "Well, 7 Deadly Incarnations, or should I say, 3 Deadly Incarnations, the Smashers are coming soon.
The first Incarnation, a tall humanoid Darkling with an ugly wrinkled face, says, "Bah! I don't believe the Smashers can go any farther than this! They are the lowliest of the lowliest! I believe there is no way they can defeat us!" Because he does not believe the Smashers will win, he is Unbeliever.
The second Incarnation is large bulky Darkling with devil horns on the head. He shouts out at the top of his voice, "I HATE THEM! HATE THEM! HATE! HATE HATE HATE HATE!" Since me keeps on pouting the word hate, he is without doubt Hater.
The third incarnation is a large fat Darkling with large arms, and he laughs out loud. "Hahahahahaha! Those Smashers are idiots! They are morons! Morons! HAHAHAHAHAHA!" As you can tell, he is Laughter.
"I HATE HEARING YOU LAUGH!" Hater screams at him.
"You are on idiot! Ass! Ass! You're an ass! HAHAHAHAHAHA! You big fat ass!"
"I HATE YOU! AARRRRGGGHHH! GO TO HELL! I HATE HELL!"
"Would you two shut up! I don't believe in hell! Only religious fools would believe in that place!" says Unbeliever.
Hater turns to him and shouts, "I HATE YOU!"
"Well, I hate you too!"
"You guys are idiots! Lalalalala!" sings Laughter.
"I believe you are the idiot yourself!"
"I HATE YOU ALL!"
"I have enough!" screams Unbeliever. The 3 Incarnations jump at each other and begin a wild melee of close range combat.
Kanna appears next to them and says, "Do not fight in the presence of the king."
Naraku puts his hand on his forehead and sighs, "They sure don't get along very well…"
-
Next morning finally came, and the Smashers are getting ready for the greatest battle of their lives. A wireframe man comes to them with a tray of mails in his hand. "There's some letter for some of us," says Fox, looking through the pile of letters. "Here's one for Ness, two for Roy, and one for Mario."
Ness reads his letter, which says:
Dear Ness,
I heard that you are going on a big adventure to destroy evil. I hope you come back safely. After all, I'm your best friend, right? I hope we can play together and have a fun time together again.
From Pokey
"I think he's being sarcastic…" says Ness after reading it.
Mario reads his letter:
Hey Mario!
It's me, Wario! You're going on some evil busting adventure, right? Well, prove to me you're a real man by coming back alive! If you can't, then I'll be laughing at you!
From Wario
"Wario's not such a bad-a guy afta all," says Mario.
Roy reads the first of his letters:
Dear son,
The world depends on you now. You are my successor, so you must do well in this quest. Please save the world from the Darkling and come back safely.
From your father Eliwood
And then the second letter:
Dear Roy,
Hi, it's me, your lovely girlfriend Lilina! I'm so worried about you! Please come back alive so we can spend the happy times together like always! Please promise me we'll meet again! I can't live without you! I love you!
From your sweetheart Lilina
"You're lucky to have a concerning father and girlfriend," Zelda says to him.
"Yeah…" replies Roy.
CH places a large paper onto the floor. The paper shows a picture of what looks like a city from a bird's-eye-view. "Listen up, you idiots. Before we infiltrate the Forbidden Realm, we should know its layout first and then come up with a plan. This is the map of Dark City, the capital of the Forbidden Realm."
"Please don't call us idiots…" says Mewtwo.
"This is the Forbidden Realm?" asks Luigi, looking at the map. "Doesn't look like a bad place."
CH points to the lower half of the city. "This part of the city is the main entrance, and its security is rather weak, so we should be able to get into it easily." Then he points to the upper half of the city. "On the other hand, this part of the city has tight security, and this is where we are targeting. Unfortunately, there is a force shield covering this area, so the Final Destination cannot fly into it."
"How are we going to get inside?" asks Fox.
"We will land the Final Destination in the lower part of the city, and then we all go for the gate to the upper part. That is the only way you can enter it."
"Sounds like a good plan to me!" says Ganondorf.
CH points to the picture of a large square on top of the upper half of the city. "See this square? This is where the Darkling King is residing, and also the Diablo Darkling's prison. We must get there as fast as possible, as Naraku is definitely going to free him. If the Diablo breaks loose, then there is very little chance of stopping him."
"Don't worry; my speed will take me there in an instant!" says CF.
"Yeah, only yourself…" says Falco.
"Now you idiots got the point?" asks CH, and they all nod.
"Don't call us idiots!" says Mewtwo angrily.
"Then let us get on the road! Hang on tight! We're going for a wild ride!"
The Final Destination begins rising higher and higher into the sky. "Where is the Forbidden Realm?" asks Samus.
"I'll take you there, so just watch!"
The FD flies higher and higher until the buildings and things below them look like little specks. "We're not going to space, are we?" asks Falco. "How can we breathe?"
The FD stops rising and begins moving forward very fast. "Wireframes! Start the ritual!" shouts CH. The wireframe all bow down and begin chanting some weird language.
"Wireframes can talk!" says Nana in surprise.
"They are chanting the password for unveiling the gate," CH tells her. "Now don't disturb me as I open the gate." He faces the direction the wireframes are bowing down towards and begins chanting strange stuffs too. "Bladibladialadidadoobababafoofoofafalalilalichachacha…"
"I can say that too!" says Parry. "Bladichacoofatosugofla."
At this moment, a bright flash appears before them, and then a large door appears! "A door in the sky!" gasps Roy.
"This is cool!" exclaims Parry. The other Smashers are equally surprised too.
The door slowly opens, revealing total black emptiness behind it. "Hang on! We're going in!" shouts CH, and the FD zooms into the door.
The FD flies through the long black tunnel. "I'm scared!" cries Nana.
"Don't worry, I'll protect you!" says Popo, who has wobbly legs due to fear.
"Hey! I see light over there!" says Samus, pointing to the light ahead of them.
"It's the Dark City!" says CH.
TO BE CONTINUED…
All right! They're entering the Forbidden Realm. Next stop, Dark City!
And what do you think about the new OC I introduced? You know, the Deadly Incarnations. And no offense to what Unbeliever said about religious fools…
And the other Hands besides Master and Crazy Hand are made up by myself. Manly Hand and Ruler Hand, that is.
Let me know what you think in your reviews!