The Smashers are shocked by the appearance of Naraku. His body materializes out of the darkness and lands before them. "I congratulate you for making it this far."
"Because we're good!" says Roy. "We are here to take your head!"
"Take my head? Perhaps I'm the one who should take your head. After all, you killed my most faithful servant Kanna, and she was my favorite too. I'm not very pleased to see this."
"Anyone related to you shall die! You have done much evil in the past, and I will not allow you to go any further!"
"What are your intentions for taking over the world?" Sheik asks him.
"To spread the world with darkness," replies Naraku. "In the past, I tried, but was not successful. Even with that sacred jewel, it was still not enough to give me authority in this world. Now that I am the Darkling King, all these are now possible. I will create a new world where evil beings and demons can find pleasure in. A paradise full of evil!"
"A hell full of evil! I will not let you do that!" Roy swings his sword at him, but a barrier protects Naraku from the blow. "A barrier!"
"Nothing can break through my barrier; not even the Holy Weapons."
Roy slashes the barrier over and over, but the barrier just won't break. "Is that what you always do? Hiding behind a barrier and do nothing? You're actually a coward who doesn't like to do things yourself! All you do is hide and let your lackeys do everything for you!"
"You think I never fight and do nothing but give commands? Then let me show you what I'm capable of." A bone fragment grows out of Naraku's back, and when it is long enough, he breaks it off and wields it like a sword.
"Eeew… He's frightening…" says Peach.
Naraku and Roy swing their weapons at each other and engage in a swordfight. After much clashing and clanging of weapons, Naraku moves back many steps and swings his bone sword, shooting out a dark energy shot. Roy quickly jumps aside, but the shot was able to scratch his feet a little bit. "Ugh!"
He charges at Naraku and hits him with his sword, but the villain blocks it with his own. While the two are pushing back and forth with their weapons, Naraku holds up his other hand and a dark energy ball forms on it. When it is done charging, he slams the hand into Roy's body and blasts him backwards.
BAM!
"AHHHHH!" Roy flies across the room and slams onto the floor hard, but he gets up again. "Darn! How dare you use a nasty trick like that!" Suddenly, Naraku appears in front of him and slashes him with his bone sword. "UGH!" Roy flies back and falls onto the floor. "Argh… I will not…" Naraku opens his fingers and shoots out a dark thunderbolt at him. "AHHHHH!" And Roy finally passes out from the powerful shock.
The others Smashers are shocked. "ROY!"
Luigi runs to Roy and feels his heartbeat. "Oh no! Roy's heart isn't beating anymore! He's dead! Naraku killed him! ROY!"
"But the heart is supposed to be on the left side, not right," Sheik tells him, and that's when Luigi notices that he's touching Roy's right chest, not left.
"Oh…" Luigi wonders in his mind, "Now that Roy is down, there is nobody left that can defeat Naraku. The two girls and that parrot cannot stand a chance against him. Looks like I have no choice but to protect them myself." He gets up and points his Thunder Rod at Naraku. "Don't underestimate me! I may be a coward, but I am very mean and dangerous when I'm serious! You better not hurt my friends or else I'll kill you!" Naraku lifts a finger and shoots out another dark thunderbolt, zapping Luigi out of sense. "YAAAAAAAA!" And he joins Roy on the floor.
Peach, Sheik, and Parry are really shocked. "LUIGI!"
"If you do not wish to die, then don't do anything silly," says Naraku.
"I will avenge for them!" says Sheik. "Prepare to die!" She dashes toward him and swings her whip. Naraku quickly moves away and rushes towards her at a blinding speed and slashes her in the body. "ACK!" Then Naraku's fist glows in dark energy and he hits Sheik hard in the abdomen, sending her across the place with a blast. "AHHHH!"
BANG! Sheik passes out on the floor too.
Peach and Parry are beyond terrified; they are the only ones left! They tremble in fear as Naraku slowly approaches them. Peach closes her eyes and expects for the worse to come, but Naraku merely tells her, "I will give you a chance to live if you are willing to come with me to the new world."
"You're inviting us…?" asks Parry.
Peach thinks over this. If she says no, then surely she will meet the same fate as the other three, but if she goes with him, then she might not possibly see her friends again. Then it comes to her that the other Smashers are still around the castle. Perhaps they will come and rescue her. She has no other choices and says to Naraku, "I will!"
"What! Peach! Are you…"
"There are no other options left. We will have to go with him and hope for turn of events."
"I get your point. Fine, I'm your prisoner…"
Naraku turns around and walks away. "Follow me. Do not think of doing anything silly." So Peach and Parry follow him in great fear. The three knocked out Smashers are left lying there.
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Master Hand and Crazy Hand burst into the throne room. "Darkling King!" But they see no on in there.
"Where is he?" asks CH.
"That's what I want to know too," replies MH. "Where else can he go? Surely he is not in the Diablo Darkling's prison, right? Even he cannot stand the evil aura of the Diablo Darkling."
"Hey Hands!" shouts a voice from behind. Both the Hands turn around and find out that it is Fox, Link, and DK.
"Hey guys! Where are the others?" asks CH.
"We got separated," explains Fox. "But where is Naraku?"
"He's not in his room," answers MH. "We don't know where he is too."
"We came this far just encounter nobody? We came for nothing!" says Link.
"Perhaps there's some secret in this room," mentions DK.
"You can be right, but this room doesn't look suspicious at all," says MH.
"Perhaps I can help," says another voice. They turn around and see that it is Mewtwo this time. "I can try and feel out the Darkling King's location."
"That will be good!"
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Meanwhile, Mario is wandering around a dark place. "Where eez everybody?" He keeps on walking and notices some bodies lying on the floor. He goes near them and finds out it is Roy, Luigi, and Sheik. "Oh no! What-a happened to you all?" He shakes Roy and Luigi, but they are deeply unconscious and will not wake up, so he runs to Sheik and shakes her up. "Sheik-a! What-a happened? Where are the others?"
Sheik slowly opens her eyes and mumbles, "Peach… Naraku… took her…"
"Peachy! Noooo!"
"Naraku… wants to… fill the… world with… evil…"
"That bastard-a! I will not-a let him! I will rescue Peachy! Where'd he go?"
"If I'm not mistaken, I'm sure it's that way…" Sheik points to the direction Naraku went to.
"Okey-dokey! I will go get-a him and rescue Peachy!" Mario gets up and runs towards that direction.
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Naraku leads Peach and Parry through a long hallway. "Where are we going to?" asks Parry.
"To the thing that will accomplish my dreams," replies Naraku. "I have spent years working on it." They eventually come to a large open room, and before them stood a gigantic mechanical airship. The height is more than 40 meters high and the length from head to back is almost more than 200 meters long! One the back end of the airship is a gigantic dark reactor. There are many cannons attached all over it and three large steam pipes on top of the airship.
"Behold the Black Wing!" says Naraku, standing in front of the mechanical monstrosity. "Technology has greatly improved over 500 years, and I am able to create something like this! This is my first step to filling the world with darkness!
Peach and Parry stare at the giant airship with awe. "Wow! That thing is huge!" exclaims Parry.
"It must have taken a really long time to complete!" says Peach. Without being said further, they all go aboard the airship and stand on the front deck.
"May I ask something?" asks Parry. "How does this thing spread darkness to the world?"
Naraku points to the large steam pipes and replies, "See those steam pipes? The engine in it is burning the remains of dead demons. When burned, the body of the demons will release demonic smoke through the pipes and darken the sky. And then the dark reactor at the back of the ship will spread evil aura into the atmosphere, polluting it with evilness. That way, all kinds of Darkling can survive in the outer world and they are free to do whatever they want. After that, the seal on the Diablo Darkling will break because of the amount of evil that is out there. He will come forth into the outer world and terrorize it, just like how it was 1000 years ago."
"Sounds complicated… So what is our role in the new dark world?"
"You are free to do whatever you want until you die."
Peach and Parry tremble at the thought of this. Suddenly, a loud voice bursts into the room, "NARAKU!" Peach and Parry recognize the voice and run to the side of the airship.
"MARIO!"
There stands Mario in front of the hallway. He is fuming mad and looking angry. "Peachy! Where are you?"
Peach waves to him in response. "Here I am!"
"I'm coming to rescue at-a once!" Mario runs towards the airship and slams the tip of the Fire Rod against the floor, using it as a pogo stick to jump up. "Naraku! I will kill-a you!"
"Did I say you are welcomed here?" asks Naraku. "I will not allow stowaways."
Mario lifts the rod overhead and slams it at Naraku, who quickly moves aside to dodge it. Mario lands onto the deck and thrust the tip of the rod at him. A barrier appears around Naraku and repels the hit. Mario keeps on jabbing the barrier over and over with the rod, but the barrier just won't break. "It's useless trying to destroy my barrier," says Naraku. "Nothing can destroy it."
"I don't-a believe eet! Eet will surely be destroyed-a!" Mario hits even harder than before, but still no use…
"You're really stubborn, aren't you? I really hate this kind of personality." Several tentacles grow out of Naraku's back and go towards Mario very fast. Mario quickly retracts the rod and jumps away to safety. The tentacles continue to follow him, so Mario has to bat them away with the rod.
"You can do it, Mario!" cheers Parry.
"Mario! Please don't get hurt!" says Peach.
One of the tentacles succeeds in binding around the Fire Rod. It lifts up the rod with Mario still holding onto the other end, and it swings around and around. "WAAAAAA!" Mario is spun around in air violently. Finally, the tentacle lets go and Mario goes crashing against the large steel pipe and drops onto the deck floor.
"MARIO!" cries Peach in concern.
Mario gets up again and says, "I will not-a lose here!"
"Your attitude reminds me of a certain half-demon from 500 years ago," says Naraku. "Thinking of that makes me feel angry all over again!" A large bone fragment grows out of his palm and he shoots out the bone fragment at Mario, who bats it away with the rod.
"Level up-a!" Mario levels up his Fire Rod to its 2nd form. The rod is thicker than before and has a drill-like tip at the front end. He slams the drill forward at Naraku, hitting it against the barrier.
"It's useless to try again."
The drill tip hits against the barrier and starts spinning very fast, trying to bore through the barrier. At first, it seems like it is doing nothing, but then the barrier starts to shake. "What! This isn't possible!" gasps Naraku. He quickly hops aside just as the drill smashes right through the barrier and destroys it. Naraku lands from his jump and says, "How can this be! My barrier is supposed to be unbreakable! The power of the 2nd level weapon is this powerful!"
"Now your barria eez no more use!" says Mario. "I can destroy-a you theez time!" He runs at Naraku and extends the front end of the rod at him. Naraku jumps into the air and lands behind Mario to escape it, but to his surprise, the back end of the rod extends backwards and hits him in the body hard.
"UGH!"
It presses him against the wall and crushes him hard. "ACK!" Mario retracts the rod and turns to him.
"Now I gotcha!"
"Way to go, Mario!" exclaims Parry.
"Mario! You did great!" says Peach happily.
Suddenly, they feel a violent shaking. "What's-a happening?" asks Mario.
"The airship is set to autopilot," answers Naraku, who is still alive. "It will take off by itself to the outside world and spread its darkness." The ceiling above the airship begins to split apart.
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Meanwhile, the other Smashers are still fighting an army of Darkling outside the castle. This is when they all feel an earthquake. "An earthquake!" cries G&W.
Inside the castle, the remaining Smashers and the Hands are rushing through the hallway when they also feel the same shaking. "What's that!" gasps Ness.
"Look! Outside the window!" points out Fox. Several yards away from the castle, the ground is splitting apart, and the tip of the large steel pipes rise up, soon followed by the entire body of the Black Wing.
"An airship!" exclaims Link.
"Can that be related to Naraku?" asks DK.
"Surely it is," replies Master Hand. "I remember him saying something about an airship while I was imprisoned."
"I sense Naraku aboard there, along with a couple of our friends," says Mewtwo. "But at the same time, there are still some of us inside this castle. 3 are wandering around the first floor and another 3 are at the basement."
"I think it's best that we go find them first," suggests MH. "Then we will all reunite together and take on him all at once."
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The Black Wing fully rises from the ground, with all the amazed beings down there watching at the magnificent airship. "Holy cow! What is that thing!" gasps CF.
"I've never seen an airship this big!" adds Samus.
Suddenly, a large door appears magically in front of the Black Wing, and the door slowly opens up. When the door fully opens, the Black Wing goes through it.
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High on the skies of Onett… Okay, not that high…
Barney the Dinosaur is skipping around in a flower field, trampling flowers, swatting butterflies, and scaring off little kids. Then a large shadow appears over him, so he looks up and sees the bottom of the Black Wing coming out from the magical door suspended in midair. "Wow! Look at that big bird!"
Peach and Parry look down from the airship and Peach says, "It's Onett! We're outside!"
"This is your hometown, isn't it?" asks Naraku. "I decided to make it my first target."
"How dare you!" Mario says angrily to him.
"I am the king, so I can do whatever I want."
"You are too evil! I cannot-a allow you to live any longa!" Mario swings the Fire Rod at him, but Naraku quickly hops away.
He sends several tentacles after Mario, who bravely fights them all off. Mario fights fiercely and swiftly to reach Naraku, but the demon keeps moving away and continuously assault him with tentacles.
Naraku sends the tentacles at Mario from the side. Mario reacted fast and swings the rod to the side, grazing through all the tentacles at once. This shocked Naraku and the side of the rod hits him in the waist and sends him rolling along the floor. Mario jumps up into the sky and raises the rod overhead, dropping down towards the demon.
"Nooooo!" screams Naraku with eyes wide in shock, waiting for the worst to come. The Fire Rod slams onto his head really hard.
SLAM!
And it smashes him right through the floor, leaving a hole on it.
Mario lands onto the deck and looks at the hole. "Did we do it?" wonders Peach.
TO BE CONTINUED…
Preview
Naraku: You insolent human! Disappear now!
Mario: AHHHHH!
Peach: MARIO!
Parry: That's it! Let's get outta here!
Master Hand: Oh no! Naraku spread darkness into the world already! We're too late!
Naraku: Hahahahaha! My dreams have come true at last!
Coming up next chapter: The Enemy Succeeds! The First Step to World Domination!