Super Smash Bros adventures chapter 29
"Merry Christmas, Mario!" Mario awakes to Link and Pit's shout of delight. He opens his eyes, and his sleepiness immediately vanishes when he sees the presents at the foot of his bed.
"Merry Christmas you two." Mario greets with a smile and tears into his gifts; a racecar repair kit from Link, and a shirt with 'I Love Spaghetti' on it from Pit. "Thanks, guys. Now let me get your gifts."
"Wow! Cool target set!" Link says, eager to practice his archery on the red and white targets.
"Thanks for the tickets to Redpepper Hot Spring!" Pit cries excitedly
"No problem, guys! I'm glad you like your presents!" Mario responds, and the three of them get ready for the mansion's Christmas party.
At twelve o clock. Mario, Link, and Pit head to the ballroom where everyone is talking and laughing, the air filled with festivity.
"I wonder what lady Palutena got me for Christmas?" muses Pit.
"I hope Zelda likes the gem necklace I bought for her." says Link.
Mario looks in his bag, checking if everyone's gift is inside. "Pac-Man, Mega-Man, and Shulk... Wait, I'm missing someone. Here hold this for a second." Mario thrusts the bag of gifts into Link's arms.
"Mario, where are you going?" asked Link, adjusting the weight of the two bags he was now carrying.
"I can't find Palutena's gift. So please take the gifts to the ballroom. I'm going to look for it!" Mario explains.
"You really care for Lady Palutena." says Pit.
"She's a good friend that's why." Mario stammers and runs to his room to find the missing gift.
Mario looks around his room and under his bed but can't find the ancient cookbook. Where could it be? Mario turns towards the closet and stops shortly. He squints and looks closer at the crack under the door, as he has seen a bright blue light. Hesitantly, the plumber opens the door, and gasps in astonishment at what he sees. "Why is there a Smash portal in the closet?"
Remembering he had hidden Palutena's gift in the closet, he wonders if it could be there. Smash portals don't just appear out of nowhere, and Mario suspects that something is wrong. He wonders if he should go see Sakurai and ask him about the strange portal, but the Smash host is at the Christmas Party, and probably doesn't know about it. It is up to Mario to investigate.
His heart is pounding and his legs are shaking like jello at the thought of what he is about to do, but he masters himself and stares into the electric blue light. "Here we go!" Mario cries, and after taking a deep breath and gathering his courage, he throws himself into the portal.
Mario arrived in a world, full of scattered Christmas gifts. "What is this place?" wonders Mario. "Where can I start searching for Palutena gift?"
Suddenly, Palutena's present appeared in front of Mario. "Here it is." says Mario.
Mario reaches for the gift and then the gift starts flying away from Mario. "Hey, wait!" cries Mario, as he chases after it.
After a while, the present stops and disappears. "Where did it go now?" Mario wonders, looking around again.
Suddenly, Mario hears a familiar laugh. "This laugh. It can't be." says Mario.
"But it is." responds the voice.
A giant white hand flies above Mario. "Hello there, Mario." greeted the giant hand.
"Master Hand?" surprisingly says Mario. "You're alive."
"That's right, I Am." says Master Hand.
"How are you alive?" asks Mario. "I thought Tabuu took yours and Crazy Hand's life."
"Silly Mario. " says Crazy Hand, waving his finger. "Every time a new Super Smash Bros is hosted, we get resurrected."
"I don't have time for this." says Mario. "I have to find Palutena's gift and go back to the Christmas party."
"Gift huh?" says Master Hand. "You mean this?"
Master Hand snaps and Palutena's present appears. "Give that back!" cries Mario.
"I'm not just going to hand it to you." says Master Hand. "I want to have a battle with you. If you win, I'll give it back to you."
"And if I lose?" asks Mario.
"I'll have your life." replies Master Hand.
Mario turns quite shocked from Master Hand's bet. "What do you say?" asks Master Hand.
Even though it's a high risk, Mario got over his fear. "I accept this challenge." replies Mario.
"Good answer." says Master Hand, as he snaps his fingers and takes Mario to Final Destination.
"Are you ready, Mario?" asks Master Hand.
"I'm ready." says Mario.
The battle between Mario and Master Hand begins.
Meanwhile, Link and Pit arrive at the ballroom. "Merry Christmas, everyone." greets Link as he places the gifts near the Christmas tree.
"Where's Mario, Pit?" asks Palutena, who looks up from talking with Corrin and Robin.
"Oh, Mario said he'll be a bit." Pit answers nervously. "He says he has to help someone."
"On Christmas day?" Luigi asks, his eyes wide with disbelief.
"I'm sure he'll be back soon." Pit says. "He just has something to take care of…"
Mario attacks Master Hand with his fiery flames. Master Hand flies up and attacks with a giant fist. Mario jumps over Master Hand's attack and stomps on Master Hand repeatedly. Master Hand flies above Mario and slaps him down flying to Final Destination.
Mario lands back on his feet and gets ready for Master Hand's next move. "What's wrong, Mario? Breaking a sweat?" Master Hand taunting Mario.
Master Hand made his fingers into a gun and shoots giant bullets. Mario runs around, avoiding the bullets, and caped the last bullet, hitting Master Hand. "How's that?" says Mario.
Master Hand attacks Mario with a quick slap. Mario jumps over Master Hand and landed a barrage of Punches and Kicks. Master Hand flies up, grabs Mario, and throws him back down. Mario gets back up, grabs Master Hand's fingers, and Tornado Throws him across the stage. "When did you get this strong?" surprisingly asks Master Hand.
"I've done a lot of training." replies Mario. "I'm not the same as before."
"I'm not the same as before either." says Master Hand. "How about I get serious?"
Master Hand spawns a deck of cards and throws them on Final Destination. "What is this?" wonders Mario, who's not familiar with this.
The cards begin flying up. Mario jumps back onto the stage, card to card, and then Master Hand landed a strong blow, sending Mario flying up. "Aargh!" Mario cries. Master Hand sends Mario back down with a slap and places cards back on Final Destination. "This is really annoying." says Mario. "I need to hurry up before the party ends."
Mario takes out his F.L.U.D.D. and put it on rocket nozzle. Mario jumps down, card to card, and charges up his .D.D. Master Hand flies towards Mario with a powerful fist. "This is it!" says Master Hand. When Master Hand got closer, Mario's F.L.U.D.D. charged up and launches Mario up really high.
"Where did he go?" wonders Master Hand, looking around for the red plumber.
Master Hand looks up and sees Mario falling towards him at high speed. Mario covers his hand with flames and landed a high-powered Flamed Fist onto Master Hand. "Aargh!" Master Hand cries, as he falls onto Final Destination.
Mario takes a breath from the fight. "Is it over?" wonders Mario.
Master Hand slowly flies up. "Seems you know a few tricks too." says Master Hand.
"You're not out yet." says Mario.
"Remember that I'm not the same as before." says Master Hand. "I changed a lot when we last fought. Now I would like to show you my true power."
Dark Energy starts surrounding over Master Hand. "What's this power?" Mario wonders, as strong wind blows over Mario.
After a while of gathering Dark Energy, Master Hand is now in his full power. "It doesn't look like you changed." says Mario.
"In looks no, but in power, yes." says Master Hand.
Master Hand flies towards Mario in light speed and landed a powerful Punch on Mario, sending him flying offstage. Master Hand flies over Mario and landed another powerful Punch. Master Hand landed a barrage of Punches, grabs Mario, and throws him onto Final Destination. Mario slowly gets up and Master Hand flies down to Mario and spins around like a drill. "Aaaargh!" Mario cries in pain.
Master Hand flies up and gets ready to deliver a powerful blow. Master Hand charges up a bullet and shoot it at Mario. As the bullet hits Mario, it explodes like ten Smart Bombs hitting him. Master Hand looks down and sees a brutally injured Mario. "Looks like it's game over for you, Mario." says Master Hand.
Master Hand flies towards Mario, then suddenly, Mario's clothes into white and red. "What?" surprisingly says Master Hand. Mario gets back up and landed a powerful Flame Punch, sending Master Hand flying back. "I'm not out just yet." says Mario, as his power starts rising.
"What kind of power it this?" surprisingly wonder Master Hand. "The Fire Flower shouldn't help Mario this much. How did you survive?"
Right when you about to shoot your powerful bullet at me, I got a Star out of my pocket and used it to survive that bullet." says Mario. "Now, Master Hand, prepare for the full power me."
Master Hand flies toward Mario with a giant fist. In a blink of an eye, Mario dodges the attack and landed a flamed covered Kick. Mario continues attacking with flamed covered Punches and Kicks and landed a powerful flame burst coming from his right hand. Master Hand starts struggling and attacks Mario with lasers coming out of his fingers. Mario dodges each laser like it was nothing and throws a lot of Fireballs size as dodge balls at Master Hand.
Master Hand flies over the Fireballs and slaps Mario. Mario slowly slides back and Master Hand follows it with a powerful Punch. Mario got back up, like he's waking up from a good night nap. "Is that it?" says Mario. Master Hand got quite surprised and flies up really high. "I'm going unleash my most powerful attack." says Master Hand. "I hope you're prepared to go to the afterlife."
Master Hand charges up his bullets and mixes up with dark energy, and electricity. Mario gathers up a lot of fire power to his hands and puts on his F.L.U.D.D. "I'm not going to the afterlife." says Mario. "I'm going to go to the Christmas party with all of my friends."
Mario charges up his F.L.U.D.D. and launches himself up at high speed. Master Hand shoots his strongest attack, Mario landed a powerful Flame Punch, and the two attacks collide. Both attacks start pushing each other back and forth. Master Hand's attack begins pushing Mario back onto the stage. "I can't do this." Mario doubts himself. "I'm sorry everyone. I guess I won't make it." Mario starts seeing images of all his friends from the Smash mansion, from his world, and other worlds he been to. Then lastly he sees an image of Palutena with her godly smile.
"I can't give up." says Mario. Mario's fire power begin growing, increasing his attack by five times, and sending back Master Hand's attack. Master Hand gets hit directly by his own attack. "Aaarrrggghhh!" Master Hand cries. Mario falls back onto Final Destination. "I did it." says Mario.
Mario goes up to the burnt injured Master Hand. "How? How did you get so powerful?" asks Master Hand.
"Because I'm not fighting alone." says Mario.
"What do you mean?" asks Master Hand.
"What I mean is my friends are fighting with Me." says Mario. Wherever I go, I'm not fighting alone. When tough times like this happen, I always think of my friends from everywhere I go. No matter where they are, I always think of them. I'm not the type of person who loses that easily. No matter how strong and evil they are, I won't give up."
"So your power comes from your friends?" says Master Hand. "That was a great speech, Mario. Next time we meet, I will beat you and everyone else. For now, I need to take a rest."
Master Hand snaps his fingers, then Palutena's gift and a Heart Container appears near Mario. "A deals a deal." says Master Hand. "Use that Heart Container so you can get healed up for the party."
"Wow, Master Hand." Thank you." says Mario. "You know, you're not so much of a bad guy."
Master Hand begins laughing. "Oh I am not a good person." says Master Hand. "It's an extra reward for giving me an exciting fight. Until we meet again, you better get stronger. Crazy Hand is twice stronger than me."
"I will." says Mario.
Master Hand snaps his fingers and Mario's back in his room. "Now it's time to celebrate with everyone." says Mario, as he rushes to the Christmas party.
Everyone else in the ballroom is now giving out gifts. "The last gift I have here is for Mr. Game and Watch, from Marth." announces Sakurai. Mr. Game and Watch receive his gift and go back to where he was sitting. "Now that everyone got their gifts, you can now open them!"
There is a flurry of rustling and tearing of paper as everyone opens the gifts they received. Robin is happy with some new tactic and magic tomes from his fellow sword people, Sonic is eager to try out his new running shoes from Fox, and Kirby is happily consuming the Christmas candy in his stocking.
"What's wrong, Lady Palutena?" Pit asks.
"I just wish Mario were here." the goddess answers, not meeting the angel's eyes. She had hoped to give him her gift. Palutena continues to stare down at her hands when a voice startles her.
"Sorry, I'm late."
Palutena looks to see that Mario is staring right in front of her and holding out a Christmas present.
"It's okay." the goddess says, and can't help but smile at the plumber.
"I got you a gift for Christmas." says Mario, holding out the wrapped package he has gone through so much trouble to get.
Palutena carefully opens the red and green wrapping paper and pulls out the ancient cookbook. Her eyes turn into stars. "Mario, did you really get this for me?" she asks, awestruck.
"That's right." Mario answers. "Do you like it?"
"Yes!" Palutena cries. "I was hoping to go on the mission to get this reward, but that was the one I missed! I can't believe you were the one who did it for me!" She hugs the book to her chest. "Thank you very much." thanked Palutena as she smiles. Then, she remembers her present for Mario. "Oh! I have something for you, too!" she cries, handing Mario the gift she had wrapped afor him.
Mario is surprised and opens the gift. He pulls out a neatly stitched red sweater that looks to be just his size. "Did you make this?" Mario asks in astonishment. "It's really well made."
"Yep, but Peach helped me a little." replies Palutena.
"This is great, thank you." Mario pulls the sweater over his head and it fits perfectly.
Palutena smiles at Mario, glad he loves his red sweater.
Then, Palutena looks up and then stares at Mario with wide eyes, but her smile broadens. "A mistletoe, you know what that means?"
Mario looks up and sees the green leaves of the plant. Palutena kneels down and plants a kiss on Mario's cheek. Mario's mouth drops open and his face feels hot. His cheeks flush a deep shade of red and butterflies attack each other in his stomach, but he smiles back.
"Merry Christmas, Mario." the goddess says.
"Merry Christmas, Palutena." Mario returns the good wishes.
For that moment, it seems like they are the only two in the festive ballroom, and nothing else matters.