Hi there, Crystal Brick here

I had some time constraints on this chapter, but I hoped it turned out great.

I'm also taking a fic request by a guy who PM me: basically to recreate the Super Mario Bros. Tv show but with Smash Bros Characters.

I don't know when I'll start this story, perhaps after this arc about the birthday or later. I don't know

I'm pretty swamped as it is with college; having barely enough time to publish these chapters but perhaps sometime down the line i'll be able to do that.

Anyway lets go onto the review:

Hello891011: Young Link and Toon Link are indeed separate characters. I has trying to convey that by referring Young as Elf child and Toon with cartoon eyes.

In fact all the clones like Mario and Dr. Mario, Zero Suit Samus and Samus are indeed their own separate character.

I hope this clears things up.

Anyway back to the story.

Chapter 9: Birthday Blow-up: Part 1

The room was buzzing with chatter and questions; Smashers conversing with one another, asking why they were all called to this place. The door opened slowly; grabbing the attention of all the fighters. It was Snake and Lucario; the former was carrying a clipboard whiles the jackal had a stack of cards and envelopes, which he grasped with both paws with ease.

The trophies piped down when they entered, the canine put his supplies on a nearby table as his friend was checking off boxes on the paper with a red pen. When he set down his load, the Pokemon walked to the center of the room; looking at everyone's faces as he began to clear his throat.

"I imagine you're wondering why I called you all here today?" Spoke Lucario, straightening up his back to be presentable.

"Heck yeah we are!" Shouted an elf with cartoon-like eyes; pouting as he sat on the couch. "Young and I were having a completion on who was the better Link! We were middle of sword fighting when you called us for this meeting. This better be worth it."

"I assure you Toon, this is indeed worth it" The jackal replied, giving a slight nod. "As you know, we received a Newcomer today: a boy that goes by the name of Villager."

"You mean the kid with the 1 on his shirt?" said a blue hedgehog, leaning on a chair as he rested his feet on a table "What about him?"

"He's not doing too well." Answered Lucario, rubbing the back of his head, "When it comes to rescuing Newcomers, it's required to tell that Smasher everything about this world-including the truth about their true nature."

Every Smasher that was present in the room cringed; knowing where this was going. "Unsurprisingly Villager didn't handle this news too well. He left the room with tears bawling out of his face."

"So this is why we're here? Over a kid crying?" said the fat man known as Wario; halting his gorging of a plate of garlic cloves. "Yes." The canine said plainly, keeping his paws at his side.

"Oh for the love of…ugh…you're overreacting Lucario" Said the fatty; popping another clove in his huge mouth. "We've all had learned the secrets of the WOT one way or another. All of us were devastated when we learned that it was impossible to go back home, but we accepted our loss; some took it harder than other, sure, but we moved on. Just give this boy a couple of months to mourn and he'll be fine."

"I wish that were the case but unfortunately it's not so. He won't just 'get over it' like that." The solider spoke as he writing on the clipboard "He was personally attached to the life he built back in his original universe; Lucario here took a good look at him with his Aura Vision. Do you know what color his aura was?"

Snake looked away from his paper, observing the faces of his audience; when he got no reply he continued.

"It was Black."

"Black?" said an angel; scratching the side of his head in curiosity. "What does that color supposed to represent?"

"When someone's aura is black: it means the person is harboring intense negative emotions deep inside them; driving them to misery, depression and rage." The Pokémon spoke, putting his paw over his heart. "I fear if this continues, Villager will just only go deeper down the rabbit hole. "

"Oh by the goddesses!" gasped a princess named Zelda "A child should never experience such pain; there must be something we can do to help him!"

"Actually there might be." The Pokémon nodded to Snake; whom returned the gesture right back at the canine. He gave Lucario the clipboard, to after which he walked over towards the table; folding the envelopes with great precision.

"Swordfighter brought up the idea of setting up a party for the Newcomer, Villager mentioned in the interview that today was his birthday, we'd figured that if we prepared a birthday party for him tonight, it would liven his spirit; taking him out of his depression. Or at the very least cheer him up." Said the blue jackal.

"Tonight!?" Shouted the mercenary: Ike. Almost dropping his sword in surprised. "But's it's the afternoon! How are we going to set up a party in that time frame!?"

"May seem impossible, but if all of us get into high gear right now. We might get it ready before the sun goes down." Said Lucario, giving a slight smile.

"Alright, so what do we need to get done?" Said ness, twisting the baseball cap on his head with full determination.

"Well let's see here…" Lucario was flipping through the pages; not stopping until he found the page he was looking for. "Here we go. We have most of the supplies in the basement down below; just needs to be set up."

"Oh that's great!" exclaimed Lucas "All we need to do is set it up and-"

"That's not the only thing we need to do." Interrupted Snake; finishing half of the envelopes. "There several tasks that need to be completed before we can start the party."

"Which is?" Falco said; leaning against a wall.

"Three things; baking a cake, buying presents, and keeping an eye on the birthday boy." Answered Snake before focusing more on the birthday cards.

"So how are we going to decide who does what?" Questioned the fox.

"I already solved that issue. I need at least five people for each of the task; the rest will just set up the decorations. I even assigned jobs to the Smasher who is best suited for each chore." Lucario looked at the paper for a moment before lowering the clipboard away from his snout.

"Gifts will be Sonic, Zero Suit Samus, Jigglypuff, Bowser and Luigi."

"Hold on just a minute!" shouted Bowser, "Why am I assigned to gifts?"

"We need someone to carry the presents."

"What?! No way! A king like me should not be demeaned to shopping for stupid kiddy presents."

"Bowser, you're the strongest Smasher in existence, I seen you lift boulders with just one hand. A sack of presents is not a challenge for you. a good pile of gifts would be definitely calm Villager down. "

"Or you could give the kid a baseball or something; that ought to shut him up."

"Bowser. You're going to the store."

"But-!"

"Everyone raise your hand if you want Bowser to go shopping." said Lucario. Everyone raised their arm at the exact same time; stunning Bowser with shock.

"What!?...I…Oh dammit to hell!" muttered the turtle; feeling very irritated.

"That settles Team Gift." said Lucario before turning to his left. "Peach, Charizard, R.O.B., Meta knight, And Mr. Game and Watch; you guys will be baking. Try to do the best you can; are you guys up to the challe—wait, where's Peach?"

When Lucario looked over to the group, the princess was missing; seemingly vanishing out of thin air.

"[She already left whiles you were still talking, pulled out an apron from her dress and ran out the door.]" Said R.O.B., his voice being dull and stereotypically robotic.

"Really?" Chuckled the Pokémon "I suppose you should chase after her then; we'll see you when the cake is done, can't wait how it turns out."

The 2D man gave a thumbs up before he beeped and blooped at his teammates; Team Cake nodded as they left the room; closing the door behind them.

"Okay last but not least is to comfort the kid; this team includes: Pikachu, Kirby, Mario, Dr. Mario, Me. We need to make Villager happy as possible; and whiles we're at it, keep him away from the party until its set up. I want it to be a surprise."

"You can count on a us, Lucario!" shouted the doctor. "We'll cheer him up."

"Good, good…" said the jackal, before checking off the last box of the list. "The rest of you will set up the decorations in the dining hall; I propose Mewtwo is the leader of this task-His telekinetic powers and his attention to detail we would help out so much."

"Ugh, setting up the party? That's so boring, I want to do what the others teams are doing. Not this crap." Falco whispered to the psychic Pokémon, who had his eyes closed; listing to the directions at hand."

"Just suck it up Falco, with me as leader; it shouldn't take long" Mewtwo telepathically replied to the avian fighter.

"Now before all of you leave, I need each of you to grab a card and envelope from the table" The Pokémon gestureto the stack of paper on the stand. "Just write a nice message, put it in the envelope, and give it back to Snake before the party; and take your time, don't rush it."

The Smasher formed a line, taking a card and envelope in hand as they exited the room; doing their part to make this boy happy. Once again.

Team Cheer-Up-Villager-So-He-Doesn't-Fall-Into-A-Deep-Depression-For-The-Rest-Of-His-Life was walking down a corridor, searching for the crying boy. "So Lucario, how are we going to find a Villager? He could be anywhere in the a mansion." The plumber said to the Pokémon.

"That won't be a problem, I'm tracking him right now with my Aura Sense" replied the Jackal; closing his eyes as he talked. He's very close by, I can feel it."

"Okie dokie" said Dr. Mario "We should come up with a plan we meet a Villager. I've been thinking we should tell some a jokes. Laughter is the best medicine after."

"Pika ki Pikachu?" The yellow rat said to the doctor, raising an eyebrow.

"My a funny bone is not a broken!" Dr. Mario said defensively. "I can take a joke!"

"Pik a chu pi?"

"Hey, that a guy was insulting my ma-ma! He deserved that knuckle sandwich!"

"Guys, knock it off!" said the jackal. "Now's not the time to be bickering, we're here for Villager and nothing else. If we can't find him, we'll look for Gunner. She should know where he is…and speak of the devil."

The group saw Gunner knocking on a door, pleading to the person inside to let her in. She turned her head towards the Smashers; sighing with relief upon their presence. "Oh thank god you're here!" Exclaimed the shooter. "I need your help!"

"What's wrong?"

"It's Villager! I found him, but he locked himself in this room and he won't come out!" Said the female fighter; trying to rotate the knob.

"Let me try." Said the Pokémon as he knocked on the door, getting the attention of the Smasher. "Leave me be!" said Villager; his voice being muffed by the thickness of the walls.

"Villager, it's me Lucario. I just want to talk."

"I...I…I'm sorry Lucario but, I need to be alone for a while." Wept the child. "Please! Just go away!"

"What do we do a now?" Mario whispered to the animal; the concern very notice in his tone.

Lucario didn't respond to the Italian immediately, He was focusing his Aura Senses on the boy-searching for anything that might help them out.

"We need Swordfighter."

"Swordfighter?" said Gunner in confusion, "Why Swordfighter?"

The jackal faced the shooter, opening his eyes to talk to the girl. "He desires comfort but he's shunning everyone away. He grieves over his home but I felt something else; Happiness-for meeting the sword wielder."

"Your'e a saying we have a better chance of doing a this if we have a Swordfighter?" Questioned the doctor.

"Exactly." Answered the canine as he turned to Gunner. "Gunner I need you to get Swordfighter, He's helping out in the kitchen. Can you do that?"

Gunner gave a salute "Don't you worry Lucario, I'll get him in no time." The shooter ran down towards the hallway; disappearing into the corridor as the team listened to Villager's sobs behind the door.

Peach was pouring the cake batter in the pan; putting all sorts of sweets and candy into the liquid chocolate. "Peach, I think you put enough quite enough sugar in the batter." Said Meta knight, crossing his hands in a meaningful way. "Now, now Meta Knight." Replied Peach, as she preheated the oven "I know what I'm doing, baking is specialty."

"Well I hope it turns out great, we put a lot of effort into it. Villager would love this cake!" Swordfighter said as he put the dirty dishes in the sink.

"Beep bloop, beep, bloop, bloop" Exclaimed the 2D man; jumping in the air with joy. "What he's doing?" said Sword, intrigued by the stick figure's actions. "Mr. Game and Watch is talking; he's saying that he's glad to help." Answered Peach.

"Woah, you can understand him?!" said the sword wielder in surprise. "How?"

"In this world, when you're living with someone for a long time; you tend to know what the person is saying. Even if you can't interpret their language." Said Meta Knight, not facing the group as he put away the ingredients in the fridge.

"So you can understand the person's meaning but not their words?"

"Yep!" piped the princess. "That's one of the properties of being a Smasher, though the ability won't manifest until much later on."

"Cool!" beamed the blond fighter "So I have Omnilingualism? That is so useful! Think of what I can do with that power. Heck I-"

Before he can finish his sentence, the door the kitchen was opened in an abrupt manner. Revealing Gunner; who scanned around the room-sighing with relief when she spotter Swordfighter.

"You're here, good." Said the shooter as she ran up to him.

"Gunner. What's wrong? Why are you in such a tizzy?"

"We need your help with Villager."

"Villager?! What's wrong with Villager?"

"We found him, but he locked himself in a room, He won't let anyone in and Lucario says he's getting worse."

"God that's horrible!"

"But we may have found a solution, Lucario says that Villager has some sort of emotional connection to you. He figures that if you were there to talk to him; his condition would have a chance at getting better."

"Really?! That great! Where is he?"

"Um. Hold on." Said Gunner as she turned to the rest of the group. "Does anyone have a map to spare?

R.O.B. projected a holographic map from his eyes; showing each of the layers of the Mansion. "Oh! Thank you R.O.B., now let's see here…there it is!" Said the mii fighter as she point to a spot she was looking for. "He's right here."

"Okay I'll head there right now! Sorry fellas but I have to go now! I'll see you all later." Swordfighter said as he sprinted out of the kitchen; narrowly avoiding crashing into Zero Suit and Luigi.

"Hey watch what you're going!" The blond woman said to Swordfighter; who didn't seem to hear what she had to say.

"Hi Zero, Hi Luigi. What bring you to the Kitchen? I thought you we're heading out to get gifts?" Peach asked with a smile as she laid the oven mitts on the table.

"We're going pretty a soon." Said Luigi; walking over the fridge-getting a big box of donuts. "We just need to a pack a couple of snacks for the trip."

"Wait! You're going to get gifts for Villager?" Questioned Gunner

"Yes" Replied Zero Suit "We're going to Smashville; it's a town very close to this mansion, we can reach there in no time if we use my ship."

"Can I come with you guys?"

"You want to come with us?" Questioned the bounty hunter.

"Yes." said Gunner "I feel so bad for Villager. A kid like that should not go through such heartbreak at a young age. I want to give him something to cheer him up. It's the least I can do for him…So can join your team for this task?"

Luigi nodded. "Well a course you can Gunner, just a follow us and we'll lead you to ship."

"Thanks you so much." Said the shooter, she turned to face Team Cake; who was looking right at her. "Sorry to leave you all right now guy, but I have to get Villager a gift, it's his birthday and I don't want to-"

"Don't worry. We understand." Said Peach; putting on the mitts on her hands. "Go get a present for the kid, we can handle the rest here."

"Thanks for understanding guys" The mii said with appreciation as she followed Zero and Luigi out the door. "I'll get him the best birthday present he'd ever receive in his life!"

"Okay! Bye Gunner."

"Farewell" Said Meta Knight.

"Ugh, whatever. Bye!" Grunted Bowser.

"Now then!" Exclaimed Peach; holding onto the cake pan with her oven mitts "I think it's about time to pop this in the oven.

Gunner, along with Team Gift, rode in Zero Suit's flying ship. It shot through the air like a bullet; the trees and the ground brushed passed them at a fast pace. The vehicle continued like this until it had reached their destination. Zero Suit skillfully maneuvered the ship to land in the time square; the landing gear touching the floor with a quiet thud.

All 6 fighters jumped down from the top of the gunship; Gunner observed her surroundings, letting her eyes to take in the view. They're were in a small town of sorts, the buildings being well spread out; allowing plenty of space inside the village. The most interesting part were the habitants; instead of humans, they're were animals. Walking. Talking. Animals.

"What in the world? Animals?" Gunner muttered to herself, her mind absorbing this new piece of information.

"Yep!" Said Sonic, standing right beside her. "Your eyes aren't playing tricks on you. These are animals; pretty cool huh?"

"Yeah I guess it is, but how is this possible? Why are they acting like people instead of actual animals?"

"Don't know." Said the blond women, looking over the map of Smashville. "This place materialized during the Brawl era. R.O.B. said this town was copied over from another universe. As to why the animals are the way they are, is beyond me."

"Aww, they look so cute!" squeal the shooter; after taking a closer look at them, she had found them to be very adorable. "I'm going to talk to one of them!" said the mii as she sprinted over to the nearest animal.

"Gunner! Wait!" shouted Sonic, failing to get the attention of the fighter.

The girl ran over the closet animal: a walrus, the woman beamed a smile as she began to converse with the mammal.

"Hi there my name is Gunner! It's nice to meet you Mr. Walrus."

"Ah hello miss, would you like to buy some onions?"

"Onions? Um no thanks, were kind of in a hurry to buy gifts. Do you know where we can find the nearest store?"

The walrus's face became a dull expression, he stayed like that for a moment before asking the same question once again.

"Ah hello miss, would you like to buy some onions?"

"Uh…no thanks?" the lady said, being confused with the animal's response "We're here to buy presents, A birthday party is starting soon and we need to-"

"Ah hello miss, would you like to buy some onions?"

"What?! No! I said presents! Were here to buy some presents."

"Ah hello miss, would you like to buy some onions?"

"What's with you and onions?!"

Sonic ran up to them at lightning speed; putting a hand on her shoulder. "No thanks, we don't need any onions." The hedgehog said to the walrus.

"Ah, okay. See you later!" the mammal walked away further into town as the rest of the team caught up with the Gunner and Sonic.

"That guy was so weird." Said the shooter, "He was asking the same question over and over again at the same tone. It was like he was mindless or something."

"That's a because he was mindless. They all are." Answered the green Italian.

"What are you talking about Luigi?"

"He's talking about the inhabitants of this world." Replied Zero Suit Samus. "You see, most of them are not self-aware."

"Not self-Aware?"

"Yes, they don't have thoughts of their own. They respond to stimuli; giving out a limited amount of responses. They're act more akin to amusement park animatronics rather than actual people."

"In other words, they're bumbling stupid idiots!" said Bowser.

"Were they always like this?" replied Gunner, ignoring Bowser's response.

"No." Answered Zero "There was a time when they actually had a personality. When they could think for themselves."

"What happened to them?"

"After the attack of Tabuu they just, stopped thinking. It was one of the lasting impacts of the Subspace Emissary. It was a curse that we'd tried to get rid of; but as far as we know, there is no cure."

"That's so terrible; so there is nothing you can do?"

"Well perhaps in the future we can free their mind once again, but for now they are going to stay like this for the time being."

"Man that sucks." Said Gunner, lowering her head to the floor.

"Don't sweat it Gun." Said Sonic. "They might have no mind but at least they're not in any pain. That's gotta count for something Right?"

"Yeah I suppose so. At least they seem happy." Replied the shooter as she looked towards the animals that are walking about.

"Well anyway, we should probably get back on track." Said Zero, looking at the map once again. "I know the way, follow me."

The group walked into town. Passing house by house. Store by store. Tree by tree until they reached their destination: Nook's Cranny.

"Here we are." Said Zero "The best shop in Smashville. If we're lucky, finding gifts for Villager shouldn't be an issue."

"Don't jinx it Sammy." Grunted Bowser. "You have a habit of prophesying success when in reality it turns into a flopping mess."

"Stop being so pessimistic! We're just going to the store to buy stuff; nothing else. If anything happens it'll probably because of you. You have a habit of causing trouble." Samus fired back at the turtle. The monster growled through his teeth as he pushed open the door. "Whatever! Let's just get this over with!" The king said as he held the door for the rest of the team.

The fighters went inside the building. There were a wide assortment of items stocked on the selves; the merchandise being very clean and sterile. There was only one animal working at this time; a raccoon managing the register. The mammal became much more energized when he saw customers coming into his view.

"Oh come one, come all! Welcome to Tom Nook's Cranny. How may I help you?" greeted the casher-being overly friendly as he can possibly be.

"Hi there!" said Gunner "We're going shopping for a birthday party; is there a toy section in this store?"

"Hmmm…toys…" hummed the raccoon as he rubbed his chin "Those would be at aisle 7 & 8. I hope you find what you're looking for."

"Why thank you sir, we'll be heading there right. Thank you so much!" Said the shooter as the team continued further into the store.

"You said 'thank you' twice." Commented Luigi.

"There's no harm in being extra nice!" said Gunner.

"I beg to differ." Grunted Bowser.

"Of course you would Bowser, you hate being nice." Replied Zero Suit.

The six fighters were searching in the two aisles: Sonic, Zero Suit, Luigi, and Gunner were in aisle 7, whiles Bowser and Jigglypuff were in aisle 8. "I like that raccoon." Said the shooter. "He seems like a pretty cool guy."

"Yeah, he's a nice guy. Unless you try to shoplift from his store, in which case he becomes an absolute berserker!" Said Sonic

"Really?"

"Oh a yes!" Exclaimed Luigi. "One time, Wario tried to steal a couple of burritos from the freezer section and Tom Nook was so a furious! He chased him out of town and into the a woods; where he beat him to a pulp and said to Wario that he was a banished from his store. Forever."

"Woah!"

"Yeah, it's wise not to piss him off." Said Zero Suit "But try not to think of that, just focus on picking out gifts."

Gunner shook her head after listening to the story; looking at the toys at the shelf; deciding on what to pick out for her gift.

Meanwhile, the turtle and the Pokémon were picking out their own presents to present to Villager. With Jigglypuff loving it; and Bowser hating it.

"Stupid Lucario." Muttered the koopa. "Thinking he can just send me on this mission without my consent?! Oh the nerve of that mutt."

"Jiggly jig jig ly puff puff."

"Well of course you don't think shopping is not that bad. You're more busy getting items for yourself than Villager!" pointed the turtle.

Jigglypuff had a wide assortment of clothes on her: Sunglasses that are crystal as glass, a coat that shines brightly like the sun, and a black fedora to maintain her style. "Jiggly, jig gig puf jigglypuff."

"'My peabrain can't comprehend fashion'?! Now you listen here you little runt! I-"

Before Bowser can continue his tirade, he stepped on a baseball; knocking him off his balance. "Ahh!' He yelped, as he face planted on a half-eaten moldy sandwich that was laying on hard floor; Mustard and pickles getting smother on his face. He picked himself up, wiping away the mess from his face. He thought his day wouldn't get any worse. Until he heard the sound of a snap accompanied with a flash of light.

Jigglypuff grabbed a camera off of one of the shelves and took a picture of bowser; laughing mischievously as her face contorted to a grin.

"Oh no you don't!" Said Bowser. "Give me that Camera!" He ran over to the creature and grabbed the device the creature was holding on to; with both having a tug-of-war over the little machine

"Jiggly!"

"Let go you little runt!"

"Jig puff!"

"Give me the camera you pink turd, or else I-"

As they were fighting, the both of them bumped into the back shelf, having it tip over and knock into another shelf; creating a domino effect as it toppled over aisle 9. Aisle 10. Aisle 11 and so forth.

"Jiggly…"

"Oh crap."

The rest of the team ran over to check up on Bowser and Jigglypuff. With a shocked look upon all their faces. "What the hell happen Here?! Shouted Zero Suit. "What did you guys do!?"

"We didn't do anything!" Equivocated Bowser. "It just fell down all of a sudden. Right Jigglypuff?" The turtle asked his floaty companion,

"Jiigly puff pu, puff jiggly jig jigglypuff!" the Pokemon said with agreement.

"I don't believe you." Samus deadpanned; staring intensely at the eyes of the two fighters.

Tom Nook ran over to the Smashers to see the catastrophe that laid in the middle of his store. "MY STORE!" Shouted the raccoon "My products! My Future sales! What have you done!?"

"Now Tom." Pleaded the blond. "We can talk about this."

"How dare you destroy my baby, you will pay for this!" The animal pulled out a cell phone; dialing numbers on the keypad. "You're going to the slammer!"

"Wait don't call the cops!" Begged Gunner. "We can make it up to you! We'll do anything!"

"Anything?" The phone was playing a recorded message, the sound of a women was talking through the speaker.

"Um, yeah?" said Gunner, the words subconsciously coming out of her mouth.

The animal cancelled the call; putting his cell phone back in his pocket. "Well then, today is your lucky day. I happen to have a task for you all to do."

"And that would be?" Questioned Sonic, raising an eyebrow.

"You May or may not know, but today is the day of the golden butterfly migration." Said the raccoon.

"Golden butterfly migration?" Questioned Luigi.

"You heard me right. Golden butterfly migration." Continued Tom Nook "Every 10 years or so a massive swarm of butterflies-literally made out of gold-travel across the world. Going to place to place."

"Really?" Said Gunner "I never heard that. Is it true Zero Suit? Are there really golden butterflies?"

"It's true." replied the blond "I only saw pictures and even videos about the anomaly; but I can confirm it's true."

"Yes; and they so happen to be passing through this town very soon; it's quite the sight to see. Many people would kill to see a picture of such a beauty. Which brings us to the main point of the discussion."

He grabbed an array of cameras; handed one to each of the Smashers. "I want all of you to take as much pictures as you can; when you're done, come back here and give the photos to me. You do that; not only will I forgive this little 'mistake', your gifts will be free of charge.

"Wait." Said Bowser. "Why are you having us do this? Not that I'm complaining, but can't you do this yourself?"

"Oh. I would love to; believe me." Said the animal. "But I've been oh so busy with work lately. I can barely leave the shop as it is. Besides I don't want those things to kill me."

"Kill you?" Said the stunned shooter. "What are you talking about? They're butterflies; they are nature's most peaceful creatures."

"Not these butterflies," Replied Tom. "These particular group of insects hate being recorded on camera. The moment you take a picture, they'll try to hunt you down and turn you into gold. They are very vicious and relentless once they marked their prey. It's the reason why few pictures exist of them; most people wouldn't risk their lives over a stunt like this. Except all of you." Smirked the animal.

"Screw that!" Yelled Bowser "I'm not going to put my life on the line so you can make a couple of bucks. You can shove this camera up your ass!"

"Heh heh. Trust me Bowser; that would be a grave mistake."

"What?!" Shouted Bowser in shock. "How did you know my name? I never told you!"

"Doesn't matter how I know, what matters is, is that I know. I know your name, I know your powers, and I know where you live." Said Nook, his tone becoming very dark. "The cops will be the least of your concern if you refuse. I may look like a raccoon but I'm a lion at heart. If you fail to complete your end of the deal. I will hunt you down."

Tom Nook grabbed a bowling ball from the upper shelf, pressing a continuous force on the dense object. "I'll tear you apart. I'll take your head off, I'll make sure no one will ever find your body! DON'T YOU DARE CROSS ME!" The bowling bowl instantly shattered under the immense strength of the casher; the pieces fell to the floor as the fighters cowered under the deathly glare of the raccoon.

"I was just kidding man!" Pleaded Bowser, "We'll get those pictures. I promise!"

"That's what I thought." Said the mammal as he walked away from the group. "I would get going if I were you. The butterflies should be going through town square any minute now. You wouldn't want to disappoint me, would we?"

"Nope. We'll get right on it! Come on guys let's go!" Shouted Bowser as he ran out of the store-his teammates following right after him.

"Actually Zero Suit, I take it back. Tom Nook is terrifying."

"I know; we're so lucky he's in a good mood today."

"HE WAS IN A GOOD MOOD?!"

"Yep, the calmest I ever seen him in my entire life."

"What's he like in a bad mood?"

"You don't want to find out."

Gunner whimpered; now regretting her choice to go on this trip.

I decide to slip this chapter into two parts because it was too long. Know that we reached the end. I got a question for you:

What will happen next time? Will Swordfighter get to Villager? Will Peach's cake turn out great? Will Team Gift be success at taking pictures?

Find out next time on Resurgence!