Sorry for the long wait… I was busy with moving to a new house these past few days, and while there were still lengthy spare times to work on this story, I wasn't in the mood to do so until I've fully finished moving. After I was done moving, the computer broke down for no apparent reason… Fortunately, it was fixed after a bit of tinkering the next day.
Chapter 11
Disgusting Thoughts
The three god-tiered members of the Smash Pros stood face to face with Bylet, both sides ready to fight.
BGM: Attack – Fire Emblem (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)
Bylet was the first one to make a move. He swung his sword, which turned into a whip with blades upon traveling through the air, and attempted to hit the three.
All three Pros jumped straight up to avoid the attack. Jay then performed a fiery dive kick towards Bylet, who moved out of the way just as his sword returned to its original state.
Lou slid towards him immediately after that and tried to hit him with a hand jab, but Bylet held up his sword and used the flat part of the blade to block it. Bylet tried to slash him afterwards, but the latter slid back at a fast speed to dodge it.
Mora suddenly slid towards Bylet and swung down her sword, only for it to be blocked. However, she struck his sword with such a force that he was blown back a bit of a distance.
Jay ran towards him immediately after that and attacked with a roundhouse kick while sliding across the ground. Bylet barely had time to dodge or block it, so he got hit and was blown back even further. However, he didn't seem too fazed by it.
Lou jumped at him after that with his hand raised over his head, and then he tried to hit Bylet with a karate chop. Bylet jumped back to dodge it. Lou karate chopped the ground instead, and just like that, he managed to create a crack that traveled forward a great distance. The ground even shook a bit.
Mora swung down her sword and unleashed a large energy blade that traveled across the ground and towards Bylet, who was able to roll aside in time.
He was only standing back up when Jay struck him in the side with a fiery slide kick. This time, Bylet was hit hard and felt quite a bit of pain as he crashed onto the ground. Despite this, he stood back up, trying to ignore the pain.
Lou pointed his hand at Bylet, and rapid bursts of green fireballs were fired at him. Bylet got up fast and swung his sword at the incoming fireballs to destroy them. He still felt the heat, which was scorching.
Jay ran towards him and tried to him with an uppercut. Acting fast, Bylet took a step back and then slashed him in the waist. However, his blade came to a stop when it met with the man's body. "Armament haki...!" Bylet thought to himself.
Jay then threw punches from a single fist at him rapidly, but Bylet managed to block every single one of it using his sword. The latter then swiftly moved to the side and, after channeling his sword with haki, strike Jay again. Despite this, he was still unable to deal damage to Jay, as the latter's armament haki was still strong enough to block it. Before Bylet could move out of the way, Jay grabbed him, spun him around, and kicked him into the air.
As Bylet was flying through the air, Mora jumped at him, ready to slash him. Both sides swung their weapons at the same time, and Bylet's sword became a whip and wrapped itself around Mora's sword. Bylet was able to spin Mora in a circle a couple of times before undoing his whip-like sword to hurl the overweight woman away, but she landed harmlessly.
Bylet wasn't able to take a breather when he landed, as Lou shot himself like a human rocket at him the moment he landed, ramming him hard in the body and pushing him backwards. Bylet was smashed against a tall rock, and then Lou jabbed him underneath the right lung with his hand.
Grunting in pain yet enduring it as much as he could, Bylet forcefully shoved Lou away before swinging his sword at him, but the man slid out of the way fast.
Jay and Mora rushed towards Bylet afterwards, ready to attack him. Bylet did something different this time. He held out what appeared to be a small, stylized axe, and with a burst of golden light, the axe became as large as a person. He swung down the axe onto the ground as hard as he could, creating an explosion that tore up a chunk of the ground and sent rocks flying all over the place.
Mora and Jay jumped back to avoid the explosion, and then Bylet rushed out of the smoke left behind to swing the axe at them horizontally. They both managed to avoid it, and when Mora tried to slash Bylet, he hurriedly blocked it with his new weapon. Immediately after that, Jay ran at him and punched him hard in the face.
Bylet was sent tumbling for quite a distance before coming to a stop. When he stood up, he saw Lou stretching out his arms to the sides to form a t-pose, and then the Pro spun like a top, gradually building up a speed. Eventually, he spun so fast and with such an intensity that he a cyclone formed around him, and he moved towards Bylet as he spun.
Bylet ran towards the human cyclone that had spun so fast that Lou became a blur. When the axe came in contact with the cyclone, sparks flew all over the place as if it clashed with something made of metal.
Bylet gritted his teeth as he tried to push back the spinning Lou, but found himself having a hard time. Lou didn't seem to stop spinning but instead built up speed, and the wind became stronger as a result, so much that Bylet found himself having a hard time trying to stand still.
Eventually, Bylet pulled back and slammed down the axe, creating an explosion that actually succeeded in stopping the human cyclone and propelling Lou into the air. However, that didn't do any harm to Lou at all, as the Pro immediately performed a drilling dive kick at Bylet, striking him in the chest hard.
BGM Ends
Coughing out blood, Bylet held his hand over the injured spot. He was a strong fighter, but even he had to admit that facing off against three powerful people at once was still too much for him. The god-tiered members stood before him as if getting ready to perform the finishing moves.
It was then I Am fell from the sky and landed behind them. Seeing that their leader was here, the three Pros stepped aside. "I applause you for being able to hold out this long against gods, but in the end, nobody can hope to win against them," I Am said to Bylet.
"Calling yourself gods… The greatness of your sins can never be atoned for!" Bylet angrily said to them.
"We have no sinned. We strive to bring peace and order to the world," I Am told him. "If only you realized the good we are bringing to this world, you would not be stopping us."
"Clearly, people who walked into the deepest part of the abyss can no longer see what is right and wrong!" Bylet said to him. "I fail to see how the world can be any good if you are to rule over it!"
"The state of the world has fallen to this level because we failed to watch over it in the proper way," I Am told him. "I have to admit that as one who is above the gods, I have failed my duty and allowed the evil of this world to run rampant. Now I shall fix this mistake by wiping out all that is evil in this world and rebuilding it with only good people. Only then can the world truly find peace. Anyone who gets in our way are envoys of chaos and evil and must therefore be put down."
"You dare speak your acts of evil as justice? Real justice will see to it that you die for your crimes!" Bylet said to him.
"The government and the military could've worked with us to achieve great things. It is a pity that they refuse to see that we are right," I Am said to him. "Therefore, they shall go down along with the evils of this world."
Suddenly, there was a burst of light coming from behind the leader of the Smash Pros, and a rip in space appeared as a result. Turning around to look at the rip in space, I Am saw three people stepping out.
The first person was a man with neatly-trimmed blonde hair, wearing a black Japanese-style attire.
The second person was a teenage girl with purple hair tied into a ponytail, and her outfit was that of a black Chinese kung-fu costume.
The third person was a younger-looking girl with the same hairstyle as the previous one, though her ponytail was shorter. She wore the same attire.
"I Am, this ends now!" the man angrily said to the leader of the Smash Pros.
"Jim Smelton… I had the feeling that you would come," I Am said to him.
"Jim Smelton… The founder of Smelton Biotech Corporation and also the former Webmaster of Gamfax!" Bylet said in his head in surprise. "I heard that he has a history with I Am…"
The rip in space disappeared, and Jim and I Am glared at each other in silence for several seconds. I Am then said, "How long has it been since we saw each other?"
"I am not here for a happy reunion!" Jim angrily said to him. "I am here to put an end to you once and for all! I'm going to accomplish what my ancestors failed to do all those years ago!"
"You speak as if your ancestors were the ones who were right," I Am said to him. "If only they agreed with my ancestors that strict orders and discipline are requirements for a strong nation, then there would never be a civil war among our tribe."
"Your ancestors abused their powers and brought nothing but suffering to the people!" Jim reminded him. "Here you are, continuing the ways of your ancestors by treating yourself as someone more powerful than gods and making the decision yourself to end the world! A benevolent leader would never do something like this!"
"Are you one to judge me when the reason this world has fallen to such a state is in fact because of you?" I Am reminded him. "You created the website Gamfax and encouraged users to voice their complaints about the world, believing that by listening to them, you know how to make the world a better place. In the end, you only succeeded in creating self-righteous monsters that ran rampant and turned this world into complete chaos.
"Assuming I did commit a crime; your crime is far greater than I have ever committed! It is your fault that the world became like this!"
Jim had to admit it. It was indeed his fault that the world became like this. He created the website Gamfax to encourage people to voice their complaints, believing that if he understood what disappointed people, he could fix things and accomplish the dream of his ancestors of making the world a happy place.
Unfortunately, he underestimated the rage and ungratefulness of mankind. Pompus Rath was a user on Gamfax and paved the way to people all over the world using violence to get what they want. In a way, Jim himself was the reason the world fell into its current chaotic state.
"That may be a true, but not a day went by did I not lament about what I've done… The monsters I've created…" said Jim, looking down. "But that does not give you the right to end all life! I will stop your plans and also fix this world in the correct way!" He then unsheathed his sword and pointed it at him.
"I am the only one fit to fix this world," I Am said to him. "I am higher than a god. There is no being in this universe more suited than me to do this. Anyone who does not agree with me is against me!"
Agent 3 and Agent 4 took out their guns and got into fighting stances as they glared at Vormus Jr. Diddy was also got in a fighting stance.
"So you're here to assassinate the Smasher who defeated one of your members? Not happening on our watch!" Agent 3 said to him.
"We're going to defend him no matter what!" said Agent 4.
"You think you can stop me? The thought of weaklings like you thinking you are a match for me makes me want to throw up!" said Vormus Jr. After saying that, he began to throw up. Knowing what was going to happen, the good guys threw themselves to the sides just in time to avoid the large column of vomit that was fired from Vormus Junior's mouth like a laser beam.
"I don't know whether to be impressed or disgusted by this..." said a confused Diddy.
Agent 3 and 4 fired rapid bursts of ink from their guns at Vormus Jr. The latter moves towards them at a fast speed using sliding movements to avoid the projectiles.
However, when he got close to the Inklings, Agent 3 whipped out a paintbrush and struck him in the face, blinding him with ink at the same time. Vormus Jr. cried in shock while taking steps back.
Agent 4 then fired a strong blast of ink at his body, blasting him backwards. Vormus Jr. hit the floor and slowly got back up again, glaring at those two.
"You were saying that you are stronger than us? Ha! I fail to see how someone who can only barf can beat us!" taunted Agent 4.
"How dare you underestimate me?!" said Vormus Jr. angrily. "Cocky people like you disgust me to no end and make me want to throw up!" After saying that, he attacked with his "vomit beam" again.
The good guys dodged it, but then Vormus Jr. moved his head around to aim the attack in different directions, causing large damage to the place as a result. Walls and the ceiling were destroyed, and screams could be heard coming from people who were unfortunate enough to be in the attack's way.
Horrified, Agent 3 turned to Vormus Jr. and shouted for him to stop. When Vormus Jr. stopped, she fired at him, but he jumped over the shots and towards her with the intention to hit with a dive kick.
The Inkling transformed into a puddle of orange ink and avoided the kick using that method. Vormus Jr. landed behind the puddle of ink, and then Agent 3 changed back into her normal form behind him and struck him in the back of the head hard with her paintbrush, knocking him forward and towards Agent 4.
Agent 4 fired into his face at point blank at an upward angle, blasting him against the ceiling, and then the Pro fell flat in the floor on his face.
Vormus Jr. got up with a look of anger, only to be kicked in the face by Diddy when the latter flung himself at him with his foot sticking out. The kick was a strong one and sent the Pro tumbling back a bit. He got back up once again, looking even angrier than before. "You dare make light of me?!" he said.
"Hey, it's your fault for being so weak!" Diddy taunted him. "Your superior seriously thought sending a weakling like you to avenge a fallen comrade is a good idea?"
"How dare you insult our grand leader I Am?! He is the ultimate being who shall save this world from all forms of evil! Wicked people like you will never understand his greatness! Those who insult him shall die!" said I Am angrily. "I shall see to it that you do not go unpunished!"
"Try your worst, then!" Diddy said to him.
Vormus Jr. then thought of something that he did not agree with: Smash Bros. Ultimate being the better game than Smash Bros. 4…
That was something he did not agree with, as he believes Smash Bros. 4 is superior to Smash Bros. Ultimate. Thinking of that made him feel something in his stomach that gradually reached the throat and then into his mouth. When he could no longer keep his mouth close, he opened it and unleashed a larger than usual stream of vomit in the good guys' direction.
The good guys hurriedly tossed themselves into a nearby infirmary room to avoid the vomit that devastated everything in the hallway, even tearing off the surface of the walls, floor, and ceiling. The vomit went all the way outside the hospital and destroy the wall of the building across it. People who saw it from the outside were shocked and wondered what on earth that was.
Inside the infirmary room, the good guys were wondering what action they were going to take next. "I can't believe how barfing can easily cause this much damage…" said Agent 4.
"On the bright side, he doesn't actually seem that strong when it comes to fighting up close," said Agent 3. "We shouldn't have much problem with him if we can get up close to him.
Suddenly, the door swung open, and Vormus Jr. stepped in. "Found you!" he said. He then randomly thought about something that disgusts him: Marvel movies not made by Marvel studios being good.
By thinking that there are people who enjoyed Tarantula-Man: Into the Tarantula-Verse, which is made by Sony, more than the lowest-rated movie made by Marvel Studios, Torn: Dank World, Vormus Jr. felt sick and got readied to attack with his vomit again.
Acting quick, both the Inklings fired streams of ink into his mouth before he vomited. Vormus Jr. choked on the ink and fell back, but his attack still came out anyway, aiming straight up. The vomit "beam" tore its way to the rooftop of the ceiling.
Unfortunately, some people who were underneath the attack was caught in it and sent shooting up. They flew high into the air and fell back down screaming, and they hit the roof.
Diddy then jumped onto the fallen Vormus Jr. and slammed the back of his head against the floor over and over. Vormus Jr. was able to force himself back up, but Diddy grabbed onto his neck in a manner similar to strangling him. Both sides struggled against each other violently, and then the Inklings used this opportunity to rush at him and used their guns as melee weapons to smack him all over the body multiple times, not giving him the chance to fight back.
The three kept on ganging up on Vormus Jr. until they crashed into a different room with several medical equipment. While Vormus Jr. was down on the floor from tripping, Agent 3 saw a defibrillator nearby. She hurriedly went to it, turned its power to the max, and then used it on Vormus Jr.
BZAAAAAAAAAAAAAP!
The Smash Pro was badly zapped by the defibrillator, which has its power increased to a point too dangerous for people, and after being shocked for several seconds, he passed out.
Diddy poked him in the face, while Agent 4 checked his pulse. "He's alive, but out cold," said the latter.
Vormus Jr. suddenly groaned and lifted his head, so Diddy slammed down his fist onto his face to knock him out for good. "Stay down!" the spider monkey said to him angrily.
The Final Destination arrived close to Periodo. The Smashers were all on the surface, standing close to the edge facing the island. "The military and the Smash Pros are going against each other even as we speak," said Snake as he watched the battle unfold on the island using a pair of binoculars.
"Then we better hurry!" said Master Hand. "Even if there is still another Endpoint in case fail to stop them from detonating this one, we still have to give it our best and fight like this is the remaining Endpoint left!"
"I can see I Am over there!" said Snake as he focused on a particular spot on the island.
He saw I Am standing there, relatively close to the metal dome covering the volcano's mouth. Knelt down in front of him was Jim Smelton, looking tired and injured, as if he had been in a rough battle and losing.
TO BE CONTINUED
If you saw the preview for this story, then you saw this happening already. Jim Smelton, Katsura, and Kochou, my OCS from Gamfax III: The Perfect World are back! Considering that I Am's existence was brought up there and he was a history with Jim, it only makes sense for him to show up in this story and settle scores with him.
Since the Smash Pros first showed up back in Rise of the Negativities and had presences every once in a while, you can say that the entire Smash Pro "saga" started several with that story and is finally coming to an end in this story after several years.
Please look forward to how things will end!