As the fighters managed to climb up to the top to the large temple, the Mii Brawlers that were rescued stayed behind, keeping a watchful eye over the Sacred Land. The Smashers looked up at the Master Sword, stuck in the stone and waiting for a chosen hero to pull it out.

"I guess it's up to me to get that sword out," Link told the group. "You guys wait for me until I get it out." The fighters kept silent as they know the Champion of Hyrule would be going up to pull out the Master Sword. To make it clear for them, he pretty much is a brave warrior chosen by the gods to defeat evil.

"Anybody wanna go up there and keep Link company?" Fox asked. "I get a feeling the Master Sword is a booby trap as intense as back in the Lost Woods." None of the other fighters didn't feel like doing it mainly because they were just doing their job. Most of them weren't really special ones.

"I get that some of us are chosen heroes, but I don't think we're classified as 'chosen by the gods'," Marth spoke. "I only had to save my land from an evil sorcerer…"

"I found out I was reincarnated in the Hom species as a god of the Bionis," Shulk replied. "I think I would be special enough to go up there and accompany Link for a while."

"So who's brave enough to be with Link in this mission…?" Mario asked.

"Okay, fine," Sonic responded, glitching like crazy again. "I'll do it. I basically have no memory of what happened for who knows how long after this whole world fell into destruction. The least I should do is help Link pull out that sword and g-g-g-g-get rid of this goddamn glitch infecting me. The Master Sword removes all curses, so my glitch won't be any different…" The blue hedgehog climbed up the stairs, clenching his chest as he glitched again. Fox knew that Sonic isn't be able to protect himself in this state, and the anthropomorphic mercenary followed behind the blue hedgehog.

"Thanks for staying by my side," Link spoke as soon as he saw the two animal fighters walk up to him. The Champion of Hyrule approached the Master Sword, grabbing the stuck weapon by its handle. Just as Link was pulling out the blade, Sonic felt special vibrations from within the Master Sword as it grinded against the stone holding it in place. For whatever reason, Sonic's cursed powers were active, even when he was idle. It seemed as though he could see everything with the ability of vibration-sensing: Link pulling up the Master Sword, Fox McCloud brushing his bushy tail behind his bionic legs, and… an approaching enemy ready to strike above the Champion of Hyrule!?

The blue hedgehog suddenly knew what was about to happen next as the unseen enemy thrusted his blade downward, aiming for Link's head. Sonic glitched right behind the Hylian before he could pull up the Master Sword, throwing him to the side and quickly grabbing ahold of the weapon that was about to hit Link.

The glitching blue hedgehog felt the familiar texture of the blade. He cannot quite remember it, but it was something he saw before. The thickness, the sharp edge, the Primary that was staring into his eyes. It could only be…

"Cloud Strife!?" Link asked, pulling out his Master Sword (the one he always had and not the one in the pedestal) and Hylian Shield. The Cloud Primary twirled his Buster Sword, pushing Sonic on the ground.

"Good to see you again… Link," Sephiroth's voice spoke from the Cloud Primary, proving it was the one-winged angel behind the possession of the 1st-class SOLDIER. "So you're here to stop Galeem's dirty work and let Dharkon rule supreme?"

"We're not here to let one or the other rule," Fox growled, pulling out his blaster and pointing it at the captured fighter. "They're both tyrants in our eyes that deserve to die!"

"And we're here to rescue our friends!" Link responded. "You pretty much have one of them, Sephiroth!"

"So… you want a fight?" the Cloud Primary asked, his Buster Sword scraping the stone floor laden with moss. "Well come and get it." Link dashed towards the Cloud Primary, the two swordfighters clashing swords with each other. While they began fighting, a vortex sucked the both of them into yet another stage, leaving Fox and Sonic to fight an incoming wave of Spaaks and Buckots flying overhead through a cloud of Shadow Bugs that formed above them.

"Shouldn't we let our friends know about this?" Sonic asked, standing back-to-back with Fox while igniting his fists in electricity.

"Nah, it's fine," Fox answered. "We can take care of these guys on our own. All we have to do is be like Falco and prefer the air." And that is what the two anthropomorphic fighters did. Fox ignited himself in flames and flew through the Buckots while Sonic zipped in-between the Spaaks until they became black puffs of smoke. All in all, it was a tame battle for the animal Smashers.


Link woke up next to a glowing-green building littered with pipes and large circuits surrounded on all sides by a city fueled by its sources. It was the Final Destination version of Midgar, and the Cloud Primary was ready to attack no matter what the cost. Link's boomerang clashed with the captured fighter's only projectile: a beam stemming from the Buster Sword. The Champion of Hyrule began dashing after the Cloud Primary, his Hylian Shield grinding against the huge weapon's blade. The captured fighter pushed Link until the Hylian was leaning backward. Link still would not back down as he tossed a blue remote bomb at the Cloud Primary's feet before detonating it with his Sheikah Slate, knocking the possessed ex-mercenary onto his behind.

By that time, the Cloud Primary had just charged his Limit Gauge to max, and he was ready to unleash a charged special, either one going to do massive knockback. Link suddenly knew the captured fighter's gauge was on a time limit of fifteen seconds before he can use it, so the Hylian quickly camped at the edge of the stage with arrows, boomerangs, and bombs to knock the Cloud Primary off-stage. Link ran off when he was just one second too late as the captured fighter used Limit Climhazard to boost himself back onto the Midgar stage and thrusted his Master Sword downward, hitting an easy spike the moment the Cloud Primary used his up-special. Now the explosion occurred in the blast zone of the stage, with Link emerging victorious.

A Spirit Sniper appeared in Link's hand as he found himself levitating in front of Cloud Strife's unconscious body protected by Sephiroth's Spirit.

"Try to get your friend back to his body now!" the Sephiroth Spirit snarled as he created the blue barrier that spinned faster than before, keeping in mind of the light burning away the background. "You had already broken so many rules of this world due to your rebellious attitude! Dharkon will rule supreme!" Once the Master Legendary Spirit finished, Link fired the special weapon through the barrier, hitting Cloud and saving his friend as well as Sephiroth who possessed him.


While all that was going on, Fox and Sonic had just taken care of the last Spaaks and Buckots, watching as the Shadow Bugs that created those monstrosities retreated from the small part of the temple. Fox grabbed ahold of Sonic and rubbed his head, with the blue hedgehog laughing in a carefree manner.

"Nice job, kid," Fox congratulated, letting go of Sonic as the glitching hedgehog adjusted his quills. "Even if you can't remember the last fraction of your past, you're certainly improving on those elemental powers of yours."

"Thanks, buddy," Sonic responded. "I just wish I could return to normal… and figure out what happened to me. I at least know I wasn't always like this…" The Star Fox mercenary patted the hedgehog's back, making the speedy devil feel a little better. The portal opened up in front of the Master Sword stuck in the stone, and Link emerged, carrying Cloud Strife's body on his shoulders. The shattered Dharkon Lock and Sephiroth Spirit emerged from the vortex, with the red mist restoring the last of Sonic's memories as it swirled around his mismatched eyes.

The blue hedgehog started remembering what happened ten years after the events of the Subspace Army, which included: his false visions of Hella, his travels around the world he was trapped in along with many other individuals, then dubbed Arcadia – the World of Trophies, the survival against the growing Subspace Army and a new race known as the Mii Fighters, who had quickly forgotten the events of what happened to their hideout and are led by the children of the Ultimates, and most importantly… what happened after he was one of the unfortunate souls to encounter Galeem and Dharkon and fall under their rule for another ten years, his Fighter Spirit banished to exile and later captured, tortured, and… ruined. As soon as the red mist left Sonic's face, he had finally managed to catch up to what is happening right now. All he had to do now was discard the glitch slowly devouring his body. Surely that would get rid of the Rainbolements he was cursed with… right?

Next to the Triforce, the fighters saw Cloud's Dharkon Lock and the Sephiroth Spirit float above them, entering inside Kirby and giving the pink demon another vision.


Kirby opened his golden eyes, looking down on his stubby arms that glowed with the rainbow aura surrounding his body. The bright sun flashed above him, forcing Kirby to shield his face from the blink light. As his vision adjusted, Kirby found out he was back at the Mii Fighter city surrounding Ginnungagap, the Pit of Ice and Fire. The alien boy noticed he was lying in front of the main hall, where the Mii Fighters and Shadow Bugs were carrying the remains of Galleom, with the bones, flesh, and organs staying intact. For the first time, these two sentient species set aside their differences and had decided to work together for what they believed was right.

"Finally," Ultima sighed as soon as she saw the two species carry Galleom's demolished body through the door. The Queen of Arcus was helping the Shadow Bugs and the Mii Fighters prepare for the fight against Galeem and his Master Hand army, and all the Miis that could not fight were forced to train until they learned how to handle a pair of fists, a sword, or an arm cannon, whether each weapon was of their choice or not. They laid the body of the last Heliotrope Titanoboa in existence on a large steel table, with parts of a strange body of armor gathered up into a pile next to the dead snake.

Ultima dug through the pile to find many different parts, and she used the Earth and Life Rainbolements to breathe some sort of spell on the armor to bring life back to Galleom. The Mii Fighters then arranged the suit of armor in a way that it was more simian than serpentine, and the Shadow Bugs preformed a special surgery to fuse Galleom's head and organs to the robotic body via wires. Once the two sides were finished, the suit powered on, and Galleom woke up as though he had been brought back to life. As Kirby had seen, the Heliotrope Titanoboa had been brought back into the simian cyborg he and his friends had faced before, who was starting to get used to the fact that he had additional limbs. Whatever scraps of the armor remained was salvaged into weapons for both Mii Fighters and Shadow Bugs.

"I guess I got Galleom out of the way," Ultima told the First Ultimates.

"Yeah, but the real problem is how he would stand up against your brother," the First Gunner Ultimate Reborn stated. "In order to defeat him, you would probably need some kind of superweapon. The raw power feeding him is anything stronger than our technology could go up against." The Queen of Arcus looked at the three cases that each of the stones were sealed in: the Hearts of Helio and Hycto and the Light of the First Star. That was when Ultima remembered something from her past.

"They will fall, and balance will be restored, but not by your fangs. Only through summoning the warriors of the past will our legacy be able to survive. All you need is the hearts of the planets in our solar system, the stones of darkness and light, and a gift from an all-powerful deity; combine them all into one and you can draw in fighters of many universes." That was what she remembered from the Queen of the Winged Unicorns. However, it was enough to persuade her what to do next.

"Ancient scriptures tell of combining powerful gems during when all of the planets in our solar system align," Ultima told the First Ultimates. "When's the next one?"

"Only two days away after a thousand years since the last one," the First Brawler Ultimate responded. "We were just going to celebrate the Mii Solstice by then. Why?" The Queen of Arcus sinisterly grinned with an idea burning in her head, an idea on how to win this fight.

"I'll be back by then," Ultima answered, spreading her wings. "Train Galleom and all of the other Mii Fighters until I return, okay?" Her spectrum wings began reflecting the sunlight beaming from the stain-glass windows, flashing in all colors of the rainbow. The scars on her eyes glowed too, an aura of gold and violet forming around her body. The Queen of Arcus dashed high into the air, passing through the building's roof like a ghost and flapping her wings fast enough to escape her home planet.

Her first destination was Ignisu, home of the Lava Blobs and the Fire Ruby. She landed on the rough, rocky surface of the planet and flew towards a nearby town made out of dirt huts. The dragoness approached the civilians and spoke with them to join her side in payment for their prized jewel for a ritual of the planetary alignment to stop Galeem's rule, speaking in a powerful speech. Shortly after, the Lava Blobs accepted her offer and gave her the Fire Ruby, and Ultima spawned portals to take them to Arcus before she flew off to the next planet.

When Ultima arrived on Chikuo, she was rather surprised at the orange sky on the jagged planet, with crystallized plants already sprouting and glass towers peaking out over the atmosphere. The dragoness approached the Crystal Sharkanoids and told them about the upcoming event, and they offered to give her the Earth Citrine for that.

On Raifujin, Ultima dashed towards the tower where the Thunder Heliodor and all of the empire's ancient technology was kept, knowing the robots that remained had long-forgotten their true purpose of the tyrannical rule. She found where the yellow gemstone was held and took it out of its container. She then broke open the cases where the ancient weapons were and dragged them all through the portals she created back to Arcus before she flew to another planet once more.

The Queen of Arcus arrived in Yangkatzu, scaling the colossal trees as she warned the Plant Wyverns that lived in them about the upcoming conflict. The message spread like wildfire, and their minister managed to give her the Life Emerald when he knew what Ultima had seen before they went to her planet. On Kukikaze, the Wind Amphitheres received the news about Galeem and gave Ultima the Air Topaz.

The dragoness dived in the deep waters and walked across the icy surface of Mizuku, telling the Ocean Mogogols and all of the creatures living underneath the cold sheets about what's to come. They agreed once they saw she had become royalty and offered to give her the Water Sapphire. Her last stop was at Majikku, where she barged into the tree where the Queen of the Winged Unicorns and her people resided. They were throwing some sort of celebration of anniversary for their leader's reign, with the satyrs dancing in rhythm while playing their flutes, the fairies strumming various instruments like harps and guitars, and other woodland creatures using strange and peculiar things as drums and such. When Ultima entered, she crashed the party and she gave them the urgent message of Galeem and his betrayal. Despite the Queen of Arcus interrupting their celebration, the citizens of Majikku were quickly forgiving once they heard the terrible news.

"I'm glad you have finally seen the future," the Queen of the Winged Unicorns telepathically spoke after giving Ultima the Magic Amethyst. "Now it is time for us to take up arms and fight by your side."

Once Ultima had managed to fly across the solar system for two days and convince all of the alien civilians to join her side, she transported both them and herself back to the hall in Ginnungagap. The Queen of Arcus met up with the First Ultimates outside, who were busy training Galleom and their Mii Fighter soldiers.

"You've arrived in time," the First Swordfighter Ultimate told the Queen of Arcus. "The sun is setting and the planets are about to align." The three Mii Fighter leaders handed Ultima the Hearts of Helio and Hycto as well as Adstrumlestibus, and she wasted no time snatching them from their hands and flying away from Ginnungagap.

Ultima arrived at the Cave of the Ancients with all the gemstones she had collected, and she headed to the stone table in the center of the huge cavern. The young and baby dragons gathered around, and Sozo was helping count each one of them to make sure none were missing or dead. Ultima laid out the stones she managed to collect. First, she placed the Core of the First Star in the center of the table. Then, Ultima laid out the Hearts of the Seraphim and the Rainbolement Jewels, unaware of what to do next.

"…If you need any help, just flip through this book," Sozo told Ultima, carrying a large book on his back. The book was old and dusty, but it was decorated with gold markings written under Ceresor's name. The Queen of Arcus laid it on a nearby pedestal and used telekinesis to flip through the pages until she found the spell to fuse powerful gems together. The writings were of foreign text, and all she had to do was surround Adstrumlestibus with the Fire Ruby, the Earth Citrine, the Thunder Heliodor, the Life Emerald, the Air Topaz, the Water Sapphire, and the Magic Amethyst and lift the Hearts of the Seraphim high enough in a way that they reflected the light of the stars into the large white core telekinetically. Ultima then watched as the planets she visited aligned in a perfectly straight line in the night sky, and the Hearts of Helio and Hycto gathered the lights from the cosmos and beamed them down upon the stones in rays of gold and violet. With precise reading, Ultima managed to translate the foreign reading and speak it out in the common tongue according to the spell.

Souls of the greatest angels

Hear our plead

Come to our aid

In our time of need

With the planetary alignment

Gather the light

Transfer it into the first star

Help us win this fight

Fuse with the stones

That give us their power

Create the ultimate stone

In this finest hour!

Once Ultima finished chanting, all the stones levitated in the air and swirled around each other, combining together into a big orb of light. Far away from the pit, at the floor the Queen of Arcus fell in, the statues of the fighters began flashing with golden-white eyes, feeling some sort of magic flow through them. The young dragons watched as the light calmed down, revealing a small, violet gemstone that gleamed with all the colors of the rainbow. Ultima watched as it slowly floated down to the stone table. Once it touched the gray slab, it appeared in a golden necklace exactly like the one Faker had. Surprised, Kirby coughed up the stone he swallowed and noticed how it was exactly identical to the one the amnesiac gave him. This stone really is something important after all. Finally, he knows, from the voice and everything, that Faker was once Ultima. As Kirby swallowed the gem he had again, he wondered: what happened to the dragoness if this all took place in the past…?

Ultima in the visions slipped the necklace on her, and she looked back at the dragonlings. She knew they were the last of their kind, and they needed to be taken somewhere safe. It was already bad enough when Phoenix turned insane.

"Sozo," Ultima asked, "is there a universe where these dragons can be safe?"

"There is one," Sozo answered. "It is a world far from the reaches of evil, in a place that Galeem has no knowledge of. They will be safe there. They may be able to alter through different chemistries and appearances, but they will be fine."

"Open the way," Ultima commanded. Sozo obeyed willingly and breathed out flames that curled up into a ring. An aura of light shone inside the ring, opening a gateway to the other world. Many of the dragonlings already went through to the other side, some carrying eggs. Josei and Ningyo were just about to walk through with the eggs of Glimmeress and Inkereign before Josei looked back at Ultima.

"What… What about you and Uncle Sozo?" Josei asked.

"Your mission in this world has been fulfilled," Ultima answered, rubbing her fore claw against the young dragoness' cheek. "Now it's time for the grown-ups to take care of our business. I hope you and your brother grow up into great leaders one day." Ningyo began whimpering with nasal whines after he dropped his puppet, and Ultima pushed the toy close to his feet, and the mentally retarded dragonling picked up the puppet with his mouth. Once Josei pushed the two eggs through the portal with all the others, she grabbed ahold of her brother and walked with him through the portal. As soon as all of the dragons in the cave left, the portal closed and only Sozo and Ultima remained.

"What we do, now that the dragonlings are gone?" Sozo asked.

"We fight," Ultima answered courageously. "We have all these different alien species by our side, and this - the Diamond of Universes – to lead them." Ultima clasped over the fused gemstone in front of her neck, feeling its raw power. "May the Almighty Father lead us to salvation."

The Smash Ball on Kirby's forehead flashed red again, and the environment around him became consumed by darkness. The pink puffball felt stiff again, and his vision was over for now.


The pink puffball woke up as soon as he began hearing the other fighters look at where the Cloud Primary was defeated, and they all ran up the stairs towards that spot. Kirby, aware of the situation, followed behind them.

Link was keeping Cloud's body upright after he had just rescued the 1st-class SOLDIER, with Sonic and Fox keeping watch for any more enemies. Cloud Strife slowly opened his eyes, his Mako-poisoned orbs flashing blue instead of the violet of Dharkon's control.

"…Link?" Cloud asked as soon as he saw the Champion of Hyrule holding him.

"Cloud!" Link cheerfully cried, hugging the 1st-class SOLDIER. Cloud Strife managed to sit up and get himself to stand, using the Master Sword's pedestal to balance himself. Fox McCloud and Sonic both ran to Cloud, hugging him tightly.

"We missed you so much, buddy!" Fox spoke.

"Glad to see you again!" Sonic remarked, glitching once he let go of Cloud. The 1st-class SOLDIER noticed the blue hedgehog acting rather peculiar, as though he was starting to fade from existence.

"What's wrong with him?" Cloud asked.

"Sonic has been infected with one of Dharkon's poisons," Link answered. "He also had amnesia, but we got that right back. However, that wasn't the problem. That glitch of his is linked to some sort of ancient power that's slowly destroying him, and we know that pulling out the Master Sword will cast away the darkness covering the top half of the Sacred Land as well as expel his curse."

"Basically… I'm running out of time," Sonic answered. Cloud Strife then turned around to look down at the Master Sword embedded in the pedestal, with Link standing by his side. The Hylian clothed in blue felt rather suspicious about this somehow.

"This… doesn't look right," Link said. "I have the true Master Sword here with me. There can't be another… unless this one can only be used to lead us the way to Ganondorf and free Sonic the Hedgehog from his curse. Should I do it?"

"You tell me," Cloud answered. "You are the Champion of Hyrule after all." Before Link was about to pull out the Master Sword, he backed away. The Hylian looked back at Sonic, watching as the blue blur was glitching his poor heart out.

"Sonic should do it," Link answered. "I know he's been waiting for this chance. Now it's time to give it to him…"

"M-M-M-M-Me?" Sonic asked, glitching between his sentence. "Okay. If it's what you want, it's what you get." The blue hedgehog approached the Master Sword stuck in the stone, grabbing the weapon by the handle and pulling it out. Once the blade ringed against the hole in the pedestal, rays of light shone in all directions from the Master Sword. The legendary weapon cast away all of the dark clouds covering the Sacred Realm, leaving a sky of morning dusk in its wake. Sonic groaned and cried for help as he succumbed to its mighty power. Fox, Cloud, and Link all ran up to Sonic, touching his back as a sign of asking if he was okay.

"C'mon, Sonic!" Fox spoke, noticing the hedgehog was in pain. "You need to drop the Master Sword…"

"I-I-I-I-I-I can't!" Sonic exclaimed, glitching as the handle of the Master Sword stuck to his hands like glue. "It won't let me go of it!" Sonic's mismatched irises shrunk with the pupils as the glitch inside him spiraled out of control, exiting out of his body and pulsing on his quill-covered skin. His hands literally absorbed the Master Sword, sparking up some sort of power. The three fighters who were with him backed away and drew their weapons for the creature they were about to see. Sonic began seeing scattered memories of what happened to him in the Dharkon Void, unable to get rid of this traumatic event out of his head.

Arise, my greatest warrior, Dharkon spoke in the hedgehog's mind. Sonic grasps his head as he felt a splitting headache and curled up on the floor. The transformation is finally complete. Do what you were born to do and destroy all under my name! Sonic's heart began beating faster, and sweat dripped down his face as his elbows transformed into blades of the Master Sword. Claws began sticking out from his white gloves, tearing through the fabric until his hands were exposed. A row of dragon teeth formed in Sonic's mouth, and his ears and tail became pointier and longer. Horns curled up on his forehead, and wings looking similar to a bat's sprouted on his back. For one, many were expecting Sonic's transformation to be his Werehog form, but he became a draconic version of himself instead.

"Your will is my command, Seraph of Chaos," Sonic growled, opening his eyes. His scars glowed brighter until his discolored orbs turned into something completely different: Dharkon's eye for the right side of his face and Galeem's eye for his left.

"Oh, dear mother of Gaia," Cloud gasped, pointing his Buster Sword at the new and improved Sonic the Dragonhog, who crouched on the stone ground and spread his wings.

"I don't know what the hell you are… but you are not Sonic!" Fox snarled, firing his blaster rapidly. The lasers burned through Sonic's skin, and the blue hedgehog growled as he grabbed ahold of Fox McCloud and soared off into the large part of the Temple of the Master Sword. Mario and the gang arrived up the stairs just in time to see what happened to Sonic.

"After him!" Link exclaimed, pulling out his Master Sword and Hylian Shield and dashing downward towards the Dragonhog. The other fighters were met with all the Mii Brawlers they rescued, who heard Fox's screams for help and followed the flying hedgehog.

Sonic, now having transformed into a half-dragon, tossed Fox into the large part of the temple. This specific area was vast enough for a final battle to take place between man and monster. As Fox got up, Sonic the Dragonhog flew right at his face. Fox tried blocking Sonic's punches with his strong legs, but he soon saw a ball of fire about to fly out of the blue hedgehog's carnivorous incisors. A bottle of holy water hit Sonic's head, which bounced off him before breaking on the floor and exploding into a pillar of flames.

"PK Fire! PK Fire! PK Fire!" Ness shouted, sending out one column of fire after the other, trapping the Dragonhog in a loop of burning. Fox was glad to see his friends and the Mii Brawlers join his side, ready to get their friend back again. Sieg and the Mii Brawlers charged after Sonic, piling up on him and punching the Dragonhog relentlessly. However, his eyes glowed fiercely and he pushed the Miis off his back, roaring as he blasted huge pillars of fire at the troops. There were many being burned alive, some murdered from his elbow blades. The ex-Brawler Ultimate Reborn took note of this and began throwing bowling balls at the Dragonhog. Sonic's quills were as tough as iron when he curled up into a ball and began spindashing at the Mii Brawler, killing a few more of his people in the process.

The other Mii Fighters backed away when they knew what was going to happen to them, and Incineroar jumped in with a sumo slam. The Dragonhog flew out of the way from Mega Man's projectiles before he was caught by Incineroar's Alolan Whip move. The Pokémon threw Sonic into the sidelines of a wrestling ring, then charging headfirst into the corrupted Dragonhog. The transformed fighter ascended higher into the air, his bat-like wings creating a small hurricane around him. Thunder and hail rose from the icy winds he conjured, stunning more of the Mii Brawlers.

Snake began firing missiles at Sonic the Dragonhog, and Joker started shooting with his gun. A lead bullet nicked the tip of Sonic's ear, and the corrupted fighter looked down upon the Phantom Thief and mercenary. The Dragonhog then shot out a small flame which combusted into a large explosion, which killed off more Mii Brawlers. Joker and Snake got behind Ryu and Cloud, who kept their distance and spammed their projectiles. The Ice Climbers rode in on the back of the Pokémon Trainer's Charizard, and they were about to use their forward aerial until the Dragonhog simply swatted them away with his elongated tail. The Hero got up to Joker's side and began casting thunder, fire, and ice spells at the Dragonhog, with Kazooie flying as hard as she could to carry Banjo in front of her.

"Onward, Kazooie!" Banjo called out. The bear guided the Breegull towards the flying Dragonhog, who sent out a barrage of large hail at the duo. They were just about to get hit until PAC-MAN, the Duck Hunt team, and the ex-Ultimate Reborn used their neutral specials to distract the Dragonhog. This gave Kazooie a chance to cough up Blue Eggs at Sonic's face, and the draconic hedgehog fell to the ground. Captain Falcon and the Inkling began rapidly jabbing the Dragonhog before they were knocked back by his electrocuting body, with the two Zeldas and the three Links sending out their projectiles. Despite breathing out a wall of fire, Sonic the Dragonhog couldn't hold back Mario, who managed to control the rising flames and guide them back to the corrupted fighter. With his face burned, Sonic was susceptible to Fox, who jumped in front of him and winded up a powerful kick. For a brief moment, Sonic's eyes reverted back to normal… or the most normal he could get them with the violet and golden irises he had.

Fox…? Sonic thought before Fox kicked him in the face, knocking out the blades from the Dragonhog's elbows. The blades fused back together into the Master Sword, and Sonic's glitch leaked out with the mercury from the holes in the Dragonhog's elbows, spontaneously combusting once they were freed from Sonic's body. The draconic hedgehog clenched his stomach as a bright light surrounded his body, transforming him back to the way he was.

Once the light calmed down, some of the fighters gathered around Sonic's normal body while others helped Sieg attend to the surviving Mii Brawlers.

"Ugh… what happened?" Sonic asked, slowly getting up. As he placed his hand on his head, he felt the sharp claws still in his fingers dig through his quills. He quickly took them out shortly after the pain, and he looked at his friends in worry. After the glitch had been lifted by the Master Sword's blessing, the only things that remained of Sonic's dragon form were of his claws and fangs, both of which had shrunk a tad bit so he still looked like his original form. The blue hedgehog looked down at his shredded gloves, his heart trembling for what he did.

"What have I done?" Sonic whispered to himself as he looked at what he did to the Mii Brawlers. Mario, wanting to comfort the blue hedgehog, slowly approaching the speedy devil.

"Mario, please," Sonic cried. "I want you to stay away from me! I'm too dangerous!" A charged blast sparked out from his bare palms, and Mario quickly jumped out of the way in time. The blast covered up a good portion of the ground, which separated into seven elements, each with a different Rainbolement lingering behind. Terrified by this, Sonic quickly ran away at the speed of sound towards the nearest Sheikah Tower, which was right near the large area of the temple.

"Wait!" Mario called out, wanting to run towards the blue hedgehog before Fox stopped him. The anthropomorphic mercenary placed a hand on the red plumber's chest.

"I'll go talk to him," Fox sighed. The Star Fox mercenary ran towards the Sheikah Tower that Sonic went off to, even though he was slower than the blue hedgehog.


As time had passed, Fox McCloud climbed up to the top of the tower, confident he would find Sonic there.

"Sonic?" he asked, his eyes searching around the place. He then climbed up as soon as he saw Sonic the Hedgehog simply sitting on the railing of the Sheikah Tower, using his magical abilities to repair his white gloves. After they were completed, Sonic looked behind him without turning his head, sighing in defeat.

"Can't you tell I don't wanna talk right now?" Sonic softly asked.

"Sonic… I know what exactly happened wasn't your fault, and we're with you on that," Fox responded, slowly approaching the blue hedgehog.

"It's not as simple as you would think," Sonic said, still not looking at Fox. "It's… it's what Dharkon did to me. I know this is partially Galeem's fault, but Dharkon is the one to blame for all this."

"I probably won't count it as bad luck," Fox replied, climbing over the rail and sitting on Sonic's right. "You are hailed as a hero back in your homeworld, before it was destroyed by light and everything. People and animals refer to you as the fastest thing alive, and there are no other creatures in the multiverse that can reach up these top speeds. Now I guess you're enhanced by the soul of a Dragosmo. Bring it your planet and they'll look up to you as a god. It might not be so bad after all." Sonic, however, did not take that response lightly.

"But what if it's too much to handle being a god?" Sonic asked, looking Fox in the eye. "Do you think this is why Dharkon handed me these Rainbolements on a silver platter? For me to become as corrupt and domineering as those two brothers? Sooner or later, they're going to be in a war that involves all of us. And it doesn't matter which side wins. In the end, we all lose. Either Galeem or Dharkon will make me their most powerful guard, and I'll probably kill you all just like I almost did before."

"Sonic…" Fox wanted the blue speedster to stop talking.

"And even if we do win and we finally return home, no one's gonna recognize me the same. Even if I have some sort of cloaking device to hide my scars and powers, my friends will eventually recognize me and think I no longer have a use for them. I'll be left alone because my life is ruined from these powers and I'll turn as insane as those two dragons and-"

"Sonic!" Fox yelled, grabbing Sonic's shoulders and shutting him up. "Powers or no powers, you're still our friend. Even if your old ones leave you behind because they believe they're no longer special to you, we will still look after you no matter what the cost. These powers may be permanent and irreversible, but know that we're here for you till the end. Sooner or later, you'll have to get used to these new abilities. If there's anything I've learned from my father's death or even your escape from the Arcadian Hands, it's always expect the unexpected. We're all unique, but we're also the same."

"I… don't know what that means," Sonic scoffed, adjusting the quills on the back of his head.

"You will in time," Fox answered, hopping off the rails and landing inside the Sheikah Tower. Sonic landed on the stone floor shortly after, looking back at Fox McCloud. Fox held Sonic's chin, looking into those mismatched eyes of violet and gold that were filled with guilt.

"You're gonna be okay, kid," Fox told the hedgehog. "You'll make it through." Their black noses brushed lightly against each other, tickling a bit before the blue hedgehog hugged the older one of the two, staying up there for quite a while for Sonic to adjust to what happened to him, or at least until they decided to climb down the Sheikah Tower.


"I calmed the hedgehog down," Fox told his friends. "Hopefully he can use his powers to our advantage."

"Where did the Mii Brawlers go?" Sonic asked, wondering how all of the Mii Fighters except for Sieg vanished all of a sudden.

"They headed back to the Undying Light," the ex-Ultimate Reborn answered. "Due to many of them receiving several injuries, they had to leave the Sacred Land. Kirby gave his device away with a map to lead them to the ship. Hopefully they reunite with the Swordfighters and Gunners safely."

"Now that all this is out of the way, it's time to travel to the Gerudo Valley, save Ganondorf, and complete the Triforce," Sheik spoke, pointing to the highlands of the Black Desert as the large sun rose over the sandy horizon.