I fixed a major mistake involving Bylet's name in the previous chapter. Was calling him by the female name Byleth the entire chapter…

Also, the reason for the military creating something as powerful as the Dyna Stones is the same reason the real world creates something as powerful and deadly as nuclear bombs. Weapons of mass destruction, the ability to strike fear, showing off feats of power, etc…

Chapter 16
Surpass the False Gods

The battle between Master Hand and I Am seemed equally matched at first, but over time, it became clear that the latter was the more powerful one.

I Am spun through the air with one leg sticking out, continuously hitting Master Hand in the palm with a series of roundhouse kicks. The Hand was knocked back through the air, but he recovered fast and then folded himself into a gun and fired golden bullets at him.

I Am moved to the side while still in midair as if he was flying and zipped towards Master Hand at a blinding speed, striking him as he went past him. Master Hand spun in place a couple of seconds before falling onto the rocky ground below.

Fox, Samus, R.O.B., and Mewtwo were nearby when they saw this, and they were shocked. "Master Hand!" gasped Fox. He ran to Master Hand in concern, while the other three turned to I Am.

"You're asking for this!" Samus angrily said to the leader of the Smash Pros as she aimed at him and fired a blast of plasma energy. I Am dodged it by zipping to the side, and then he sped towards Samus in a zigzag path, ramming into her. "Ugh!"

Mewtwo pointed his hand at I Am and held him in place using telekinesis. I Am found himself unable to move at first, but after struggling a bit, he somehow managed to move again and ran into Mewtwo, grabbing him by the neck, much to the Pokemon's surprise. I Am flung him to the side in an almost casual manner before pulling out his gun to shot a beam at him with it.

R.O.B. fired a pair of red beams from his eyes at I Am, but the latter stepped the side before zipping into the robot to kick him away in the face.

Laser beams were fired at him from behind afterwards, but without fully turning around, I Am pointed his hand at the incoming projectiles and created a hexagon-shaped energy shield that bounced them back to Fox, the person who fired them. Fox jumped out of the way before firing more laser beams at him, only for them to be bounced away as well.

Seeing that his laser gun wasn't doing any good, Fox ran to I Am, and fire covered his body as he did so. Fox then shot forward like a fireball in an attempt to ram into I Am, but the latter, with a single kick, knocked Fox away, not to putting out his fire.

Samus, filled with anger, lunged at him from behind and wrapped her arm around his neck before pointing her arm cannon at the side of his neck. She was about to fire when I Am grabbed her arm cannon and effortlessly diverted it upwards so that the shot missed. He then removed himself from her grasp before punching and kicking her so hard that her vision within her helmet became distorted. The helmet's CPU was being damaged, and it was also showing damages on various parts of her power suit.

Mewtwo and R.O.B. jumped at I Am while he was doing that, the former with dark energy in his hands and the latter with curved blades coming out of his wrists. I Am jumped straight into the air at the last second, and they ended up hitting nothing. With fire around his body, I Am shot straight down and crashed into the ground, creating an explosion that sent the three of them flying.

Shortly after that, Master Hand shot at him in the form of a fist, but I Am easily stopped him with his fist, though he slid back a little from the impact. "No matter how hard you try, you cannot defeat a being more powerful than gods," I Am told him.

"In case you've forgotten, I have yet to use the power from that time!" Master Hand reminded him as what appeared to be dark energy began appearing around him.

Mario, Wario, Gunner, and Incineroar stood back up, all of them panting heavily, as they looked at Lou.

"He's strong…" commented Mario. Incineroar and Gunner both nodded in agreement.

"Bah! He can't be that tough! He's going down whether he likes it or not eventually!" said Wario. "As long I'm still up and breathing, it proves that he is not as strong as he claims!"

As soon as he said that, Lou slid to him and grabbed him by the collar. "Those are words coming from the arrogant and foolish," he said to Wario. "Realize how weak you are and surrender so that you can continue to live the pathetic life you are currently living. You can never surpass a god."

BGM: The Great Tower Showdown 2 (Super Mario 3D World)

"You're the one who is living a pathetic life!" Wario angrily said to him. He charged at Lou again while shouting loudly. Lou stepped out of the way, and when Wario turned around, the former punched him hard in the face.

Wario easily shrugged off the punch before his own punches, but Lou either dodged them or blocked with his arm. Wario punched all the faster and harder, eventually scoring more hits on Lou. The latter then gave him a powerful uppercut in the midst of those punches, knocking him high into the air.

Wario performed several flips in midair and eventually landed on his feet with such a force that the ground shook and even cracked. Wario then charged at him at an unexpectedly fast speed and shoulder bashed him hard. Lou tried to stop Wario in his tracks, but the latter hit him so hard and also ran so fast that he was unable to do so and instead left behind a pair of trails on the rocky ground as he tried to plant his feet firmly onto it.

After pushing him a bit of a distance, Wario swung his fist onto the side of Lou's head incredibly hard, smashing him onto the ground and creating a miniature with the impact.

Lou forcefully got back up while gritting his teeth in frustration, and then he threw several haki-powered punches that struck harder than Wario punched him. Despite this, Wario did not relent on attacking Lou. Both sides traded punches with each other violently, and as they kept on, more and more blood covered their bodies.

Eventually, Wario headbutted Lou hard enough to make the latter take some steps back. Lou was about to make another move on Wario, but instead had to jump away from energy blasts fired by Gunner.

Almost immediately after landing, Incineroar tackled Lou and grabbed him while doing so to keep him from moving away. Grabbing Lou by one hand, the heel Pokemon slammed him around the ground over and over hard like a rag doll.

He eventually threw Lou in the direction of Mario, who hit him square in the body with a fiery palm thrust that resulted in an explosion. Lou was propelled backwards by the explosion, but was able to come to a stop in a crouched position.

Mario, Incineroar, and Wario then charged at him from different directions together. In response, Lou spread out his arms and spun to whip a powerful wind, surrounding himself within a cyclone. The Smashers tried to maintain their footing by crouching down and grabbing whatever they could, but they were ultimately carried into the air.

"How about you fight wind with wind? Smell this!" said Wario loudly before unleashing a large fart. The amount of greenish-brown gas he released was enough to turn the entire cyclone brown, and Mario and Incineroar cried in agony as they pinched their noses while still spinning in circles.

Lou stopped spinning, so the cyclone disappeared, and the three Smashers fell down, but only Wario landed on his feet, as the other two were still too dazed from the smell to land properly. Lou looked as if he was going to pass out, though not because of the spinning, but rather…

Wario used this opportunity to shoulder bash him. Lou got back up as soon as he was knocked down, and the two once again engaged in a violent fist fight.

POW SMASH WHAM POW SMASH PUNCH BAM WHAM!

The fight between the two was so intense that Mario, Gunner, and Incineroar dared not to interfere or even do anything other than watch in awe. Wario yelled loudly in anger as received punches from Lou while giving him his own.

In the midst of the violent and fast-paced punching, Wario grabbed Lou's head and twisted it hard.

SNAP!

BGM Ends

Just like that, Lou fell on his back and stopped moving completely, though his eyes were still open. The other three were in shock at what they saw, while Wario panted heavily and looked as if he was going to pass out any second.

"Not… so… god-like… anymore now… eh…?" he said in between heavy panting, and then he fell on his back, though he was still conscious.

Marth and Bylet stood back up despite their injuries and glared at Mora. "No matter how hard you try, you cannot win against gods like us," Mora said to them.

"All this talk about you being a god is outrageous!" Bylet angrily said to her. "You think you're a god when in reality you're just a lowly evildoer deluded into thinking you are making the world a better place, even though you are making it worse! Evildoers like you have no right to exist in this world and must be put down! I will see to it that judgment is rained down upon you!"

BGM: Against the Dark Knight (Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance)

After saying all this, he pulled out his axe and raised it high into the air before slamming down onto Mora, who raised her sword overhead to block it. While she was doing this, Marth closed in on her to attack, but she swung her sword all around herself at an incredibly fast speed, whipping up strong wind that blew them both back.

After coming to a stop from skidding back, Bylet wasted no time in slamming the axe into the ground to send forth a series of explosions. Mora slid out of the way fast, and then Marth dashed through the wall of smoke left behind by the explosion to thrust his sword into her. She struck his sword to divert it in a different direction and also make him stop before attempting to slash him.

She was actually able to land the blade against his shoulder, but rather than cutting through him, it came to a stop instead. "Sorry, but… armament haki!" Marth said to her with a smirk. He pulled back his sword and thrust it forward with a tremendous force. Mora was able to block it again, but the force of the thrust made her slide back quite a distance.

Kirby, still as a ninja, appeared next to her, and threw multiple shuriken. She easily blocked them all and then moved out of the way when Swordfighter threw his own shuriken at her from another direction.

Mora moved back her from her opponents, who were running towards her, and swung her sword hard to unleash a massive wind blade. Rather than getting out of the way, Marth bravely ran towards the incoming projectile and pulled back his sword before swinging it hard. He stopped for a few seconds when his sword came in contact with the wind blade as if the latter was a solid object, but after pushing his sword hard enough, he was able to make the wind blade disappear, and he then he kept on running towards Mora.

Mora swung at him and clashed his sword with hers to divert his direction a bit so that he didn't strike her. The other three collided into her at almost the same time, yet despite being outnumbered, she was able to block all their attacks at once. With a great strength, Mora was able to push them away, but they closed in on her again to attack relentlessly.

All by herself, Mora struck in all four directions to keep her opponents away, not once showing any signs of fatigue. Gradually, however, injuries appeared on her, showing that the four Smashers were indeed inflicting damage on her and slowly overpowering her.

Mora swung her sword all around herself, creating a burst of wind that blew them back. While Swordfighter and Kirby were both blown back, Marth and Bylet weren't due to them pushing against it the hardest they could. For this reason, they were able to close in on Mora unexpectedly and stab her in the body with their weapons.

STAB STAB!

BGM Ends

There was a long moment of silence as Marth and Bylet remained in place and kept their swords plunged into Mora, who had somewhat widened eyes and was bleeding from her mouth.

Eventually, the two swordsmen removed their swords from her and moved back as she fell to one knee while trying to hold herself up with her sword sticking into the ground. Dripping blood from her mouth, she said, "There will be no hope for this world… because of you…"

With that, she lowered her head and stopped breathing, yet her eyes remained open and her position remained unchanged. It was like she turned into a statue.

"More than without people like you, at least," Bylet said to her.

Captain Falcon, Ryu, Ken, and Brawler were breathing somewhat heavily as they looked at Jay, who did not look in the least tired or harmed in any way.

"You're strong, but just so you know, I haven't fought my hardest yet," Captain Falcon said to him. "It's time to show you what I'm capable of!"

Captain Falcon crouched down a bit and behaved as if he was trying to release something from himself. A few seconds later, a fiery aura appeared around him, giving him the appearance that he was covered in flames.

"Whoa! What is that?!" said Ken in surprise. Ryu was equally surprised and also intrigued by this.

"Ultimate Falcon… Before, I had to use the Hunter's Spear to obtain this power boost, but eventually, I was able to learn how to activate it even without that!" said Captain Falcon. "Time to finally put this to use!"

Jay said nothing but simply looked at him in silent, almost as if he was not impressed by it. "Ready or not… Here I come!" said Captain Falcon. All of a suddenly, he charged into Jay at such as speed that it looked as if he teleported.

BGM: Mute City – F-Zero (Super Smash Bros. Melee)

Jay was struck in the body and pushed back some distance, but his expression remained unchanged. Captain Falcon charged into him against a fast speed and threw a punch, but Jay was able to block it with his arm this time. The racer moved around him with the same speed, striking Jay in various parts of the body, and the latter was in a defensive pose and appeared to be unharmed by the constant hits he was taking.

The other three were surprised at what they saw. "Wow! He's moving really fast! I almost can't see him!" commented Ken.

"What an incredible technique!" said Ryu.

"I have heard about a version of this technique Captain Falcon used this in the past, but I have never witnessed with myself," said Brawler. "It is even more impressive in person!"

After striking Jay several times, Captain Falcon moved back from him some distance, and then a pair of fiery wings appeared on his back. He pulled back his fist, and then with a loud cry, charged at Jay again, attacking him with a powerful punch, a falcon-shaped flame appeared around his fist. "Ultimate Falcon Punch!"

In response, Jay threw his own fiery punch. Both their fists collided with each other with a powerful force that created an explosion so strong that those three onlookers were almost blown off their feet. Jay was hurled back by the explosion, his fist having a charred appearance.

Despite this, he did not look worried or daunted in any way. Captain Falcon said to him, "Even after all that, you're still standing… You're very strong all right, but I don't think you can keep this up for long, especially if you do not have any new tricks up your sleeve!"

Captain Falcon charged into Jay again like a fiery falcon due to the wings. He pushed Jay across the air and then uppercut him to send him high up. Flying after him, Captain Falcon grabbed him and somehow caused an explosion that blew him even higher and farther.

Jay recovered in midair and began "kicking" the air to perform air jumps in order to avoid falling. He saw Captain Falcon "flying" towards him and so moved out of the way just in time to avoid getting hit. When Captain Falcon made a u-turn to hit him, Jay slammed his knee forward and hit him square in the face.

Though it was a painful hit, Falcon endured it and then slammed down his fist onto Jay's head, sending him onto the ground below with a powerful crash that created a crater.

Jay got back up as if he suffered only minor injuries. "Ultimate Falcon Kick!" shouted Falcon as he fell towards him while performing a dive kick.

Jay jumped out of the way fast, but Captain Falcon went after him almost as soon as he hit the ground. Jay held up his arms in defense to avoid the barrage of punches Captain Falcon gave him. Gritting his teeth with a look of frustration, Jay threw a punch as hard as he could at Falcon, who countered with his own.

Their fists collided with each other incredibly hard, and this time, it was Falcon who felt the most pain. In the split second Falcon was responding to the pain, Jay punched him in the face with the other hand and proceeded to attack nonstop, not giving Captain Falcon the chance to fight back.

The latter eventually backed away from him before charging around to his back in an instant to attack him, but Jay saw him approaching in time and turned around to attack with a roundhouse kick to knock him away. Falcon tumbled violently onto the ground before coming to a stop in a crouched position.

"Only the weak need tricks to win fights," Jay said to him. "The strong only has to use what he has more skillfully and fighter harder with it to win."

"You'll never improve if you only stick to old ones and don't learn new things," Falcon told him. "The world is big, so you cannot always stick with what you know and call it a day."

"Once we have saved the world, there will be no more need for learning new things," Jay said to him. "Everyone shall listen to the world of I Am, for he knows what is best for all of a us and will guide us to a better future. He is the one destined to save the world, and you people are stopping him, therefore bringing suffering to the world!"

"If his method didn't involve mass extinction of life, then we wouldn't be stopping him!" Falcon told him.

"Inferior beings like you will never understand the ideas of someone above the gods like him," Jay said to him.

"Maybe that's for the best," Falcon said to him. "So are you going to keep on fighting or what? Because I'm not stopping until you're finished!"

Jay then slid across the ground at a fast speed towards Captain Falcon to slam his elbow into him, but the latter stepped out of the way. When Falcon tried to hit him from the side, however, Jay swung his hand into him and swatted him away by the face. Jay then ran towards him and performed a fiery slide kick, but Captain Falcon jumped over it.

The racer then "flew" into him while slamming his knee into his body, knocking him in the direction of Ken, Ryu, and Brawler. Those three got into fighting stances, and Ken said to them, "Think you can still win? He's not the only one fighting you, you know."

Without saying anything, Jay lunged at Ken and attacked him, and the latter was able to block them with swift movements. Ken shot a fireball at Jay, who stepped out of the way. Brawler then attempted to hit Jay, and the two traded blows with each other for a couple of seconds before the latter moved back from him.

Ryu approached Jay next to and traded blows with him. They seemed equally matched at first until Jay struck him in the guts to make him keel over in pain. Jay was going to slammed down his elbow onto his neck next, but Ryu unexpectedly recovered and delivered quick uppercut to his chin, knocking him slightly into the air and back. "Shoryuken!"

He then fired a blue energy ball at him. "Hadoken!"

The energy ball blew back Jay, and the next thing he knew, Captain Falcon collided into him from behind with a powerful punch. "ULTIMATE FALCON PUNCH!"

SMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH!

BGM Ends

Falcon punched so hard that he punched a hole right through the middle of Jay's chest, much to the shock of the other three. Coughing out blood, Jay fell on his knees and said, "Fools… You have damned this world…!" Then he fell forward lifelessly.

With that, the fiery aura around Captain Falcon disappeared, and then he sat down while panting heavily. "Phew… I'm going to need a long rest starting from now…" he said.

Fox, Samus, R.O.B., and some others who were present were in shock at what they were looking at. "I thought he was going to transform into a group of swords like that time on the Final Destination…" said Fox.

"This is new…" commented Samus.

I Am was currently facing to face against a large beast made of dark energy. Said beast has a long snout almost like that of a crocodile, stands on all fours, and has a long tail curved upwards like a scorpion's tail.

The beast roared loudly and fiercely at I Am, who was undaunted and said, "So this is the true power of a Hand that I've read about."

TO BE CONTINUED

My computer has been crashing randomly, but thankfully, nothing happened as I was finishing this chapter. Let's hope I can fix this problem and that is doesn't happen again…

And you might have guessed it. What you see at the end is indeed one of Master Hand's form in Smash Bros. 4, Master Beast! Now you will see what Master Hand truly is capable of!

We're entering the climax now. Please look forward to it! As for Justice of Two Worlds… Please wait…