'Ello me duckies (couldn't resist), this is chapter nine of my story. It involves the conclusion of the Giga Bowser episode, the awaited Marth and Roy battle, and a side story involving everyone's favorite foul-tempered Koopa King. Better known as Bowser. Also some Crazy Hand bashing with a secret character bashing. See if you can guess. But just because I'm nice I'll give you a hint. He's a dinosaur, green and purple, and sings. Well anyway, on with the story.

Yoshi awoke from his slumber. It had only been a few seconds, but it was what his pounding head needed.

"Note to self--Avoid head-butting with Giga Bowsers." he thought

And speaking of Giga Bowsers our green dino looked up to see the very same one he thought he defeated rising in the air, mouth agape and drooling.

"Ahh!" all three Smashers yelled as Giga Bowser jumped from beneath the Great Fox, closing in for the kill

Minds raced, hearts stopped, and bladders became full, as their immanent destruction was only seconds away. In panic Yoshi did the only thing he could do...he threw an egg. He knew full well that a mere egg wouldn't stop Giga Bowser for long, but if he was going to go down then he was going to go down fighting. The egg flew through the air until making contact with Giga Bowser's face, right between the eyes. Immediately after impact Giga Bowser stopped his onslaught as all motor functions in his body ceased activities. His eyes rolled into the back of his head and all consciousness left him. When his enormous body hit the smooth surface of the Great Fox's main engine the ship lurched upward, causing the behemoth to slide to his doom, finally and for sure. Problem was he wasn't the only one who started to slide. The other three Smashers slowly slide down the dangerously tipped ship, and with no energy to move they were certainly granted a defeat. Why you may ask? Because even though Giga Bowser was to be defeated, the Hands cheated, and if any one of the three Smashers fell to his doom, the whole team would loose and Giga Bowser would be declared the winner by default. Screwed up...I know, but like a said the Hands were playing with a marked deck (yes, I know that pun really sucked, but I couldn't help it). They tried to hold onto the Great Fox, but its surface was just too smooth to get a good grip on. They watched was the end of the ship came closer and closer, and their defeat grew closer as well. But as luck should have it, a beam sword appeared near the edge, glowing brightly with power. Yoshi tried to grab it, but missed and the three Smashers continued to slide. In a desperate attempt to survive Yoshi lashed out his tongue, grabbing the rogue object before plunging the energy blade into the main engine of the Great Fox. Not a particularly smart move on Yoshi's part, for the Beam Sword reacted violently with many components in the engine, but it did save them from plummeting to their dooms.

"Hey watch the ship! I just had her detailed!" yelled Fox who was hanging from Game 'n Watch's leg, who in turn was hanging from Yoshi's leg.

Muscles strained as the three Smashers used what little strength they had left to desperately hang on. The Great Fox started to realign itself as its heavy burden finally fell off and to the ground of the vibrant city that now had a couple of huge feet print, imprinted on the buildings.

"PLAYER DEFEATED!" boomed the announcer, relieved that such a fierce some beast had been slain.

With a sigh of relief the Smashers assumed the battle was over, and it was, but the fight for survival wasn't. Ah...the fates were cruel sometimes. Remember earlier when the Beam Sword was thrust into the main engine? Well light energy and positronic energy doesn't exactly mix too well, and this adverse mix usually resulting in a huge, yet very brilliant explosion. However that cruel twist of fate had a bit of irony. Instead of blasting them into so many pieces that it would take a microscope to find them all, the explosion blew directing above them, missing them by the smallest of margins.

"Yoshi, I was the one who ate your berry pie a month ago, not Kirby." Fox confessed

"Wha-f? I-f wa-th yo-uth?" (What? It was you?) Yoshi mumbled so that he would not release his sticky grip on the Beam Sword

"Well yeah." he replied, then he though about why he confessed "Guess things come out when your life flashes before you eyes." Fox explained

"I-th hat-th yo-uth." (I hate you)

As the fiery fireball that was once Great Fox plummeted to the ground, our mild-mannered Yoshi wasn't so mild or mannered as he yelled vulgarism at his teammate. Though Fox only understood half of what was said.

"You really shouldn't talk with your mouth full." Fox lectured, wagging his finger

Yoshi gave him a 'shut-the-hell-up' look.

BLAM! The Great Fox slammed into a nearby building, utterly demolishing it. BOOM! The Great Fox tore through a bridge before shooting upward. KA-BLAM! The Great Fox plowed through a Goodwill blimp, causing it to crash and burn in a similar fashion to the ground. Luckily the only person inside was a sad little man with no life who was dressed like a certain purple dinosaur. The Great Fox then corrected its course and headed straight back down toward the ground. Well actually...it plummeted, quickly. Fox looked around, twisting his neck so quickly that he knew it would be sore in the morning...that was if he lived that far. He was looking for a way to escape the fireball of death that was once his ship from pasting them. He thought they were doomed when nothing came into immediate view. The Great Fox plummeted faster and faster, always getting closer and closer to its demise.

"We're doomed." Fox mumbled, but was instantly cheered up when he saw what he was looking for.

Sticking out idly from the side of a building was a flag post. It looked strong, sturdy, dependable, and hopefully within Yoshi's jumping range.

"Yoshi, jump for that flagpole!" Fox yelled, the desperation in his voice evident

Yoshi maneuvered his large eyes toward said pole and gulped. He wasn't sure if he'd be able to make that jump. Sure, he was a great jumper but being as tired as he was and having two extra people to worry about made the realization of the jump a farfetched idea at most.

"I-th don-th thin-f I-th ca-f mak-th i-f!" (I don't think I can make it!) he yelled back

"I don't know what you said, but just do it!" Fox yelled

Yoshi took this in, analyzed it, and then just shrugged. What did he have to lose (besides his life anyway)? It was sure as hell a lot better than dying a flaming death. He released his hold on the Beam Sword, planted his feet into the engine, and used the remaining thrust to propel him, Fox, and Mr. Game 'n Watch across the air. Meanwhile the GreatFox crashed into a small mountain at the far edge of the city, completely obliterating the mountain on impact, and then detonated itself, causing a blast that lit up the sky and could be seen from space. Yoshi's mouth opened wide as he prepared to clomp down on the poll, but when he did he clomped down a little to hard, snapping the steel rod on contact.

"Damn teeth!" Yoshi cursed in his mind as the three Smashers plummeted.

But miraculously they were saved by Mr. Game and Watch who had grabbed onto a windowsill in a last ditch effort to survive. However, because of the position they were in, Fox and Yoshi were hurled into the window below the window Mr. Game and Watch grabbed onto. Glass and a soft rug became Yoshi and Fox's new best friends as they collided head first with both. Well, Yoshi's head anyway. Fortunately there was no crack to be heard so the little dino-dragon was fine. They tumbled across the soft, shag rug until coming to a stop near a door. Said door opened and out stepped a Cornerian female, wrapped only in a towel. She had rushed out of the bathroom after hearing the glass break. (Why not earlier when the Great Fox was exploding? Maybe she was ignorant of the booming noise. But who is to know?) All three faces of the Smashers went bright red as they ogled the (ahem) well-endowed female hovering over them. She had a look of utter bewilderment on her face as she stared down at them. After a minute of awkward silence, Fox opened his mouth and said the stupidest thing ever, in his entire life.

"Guess we should've knocked?" he joked

The females face turned from confusion to uninhibited rage as she glared daggers at the 'peeping toms'. Then she raised a fist and brought it down hard. The next part had to be censored because it was deemed to vulgar and inappropriate for our readers. But it's safe to assume that Fox will learn not to say stupid things when he's not suppose to.

News of the Hands cheating spread surprisingly slow in the Smashers mansion. Only a select few knew what had transpired, and they weren't telling. They couldn't. If they had all the Smashers would want to take the Hands down without going through the tournament. And that would mean, disqualification. The Smashers couldn't chance that, so the ones who knew kept their mouths shut. Those would include Yoshi, Fox, and Mr. Game 'n Watch (duh), Roy and Marth, and Bowser (of course.) Now Yoshi, Fox, and Game 'n Watch were recuperating while Peach and Doctor Mario tended to their wounds. Marth and Roy were appalled that the Hands would stoop to such a level as to cheat, knowing full well the consequences. Unfortunately for their next opponents they would be taking their anger out on said opponents. Meanwhile Bowser was outraged that the Hands used some of his own feral traits to unleash that Giga Bowser. It was as if they had no respect for him. (We never would have guess). Those Hands had some nerve. He was Bowser for Christ sakes! He was to be either respected, or feared. Both that are hard to accomplish after getting your butt handed to you by two plumbers for years. But he still demanded it. He was going to get to the bottom of this, one way or another. And those hands would pay. Oh, would they ever pay.
"NOOOOOOOOOO!" bellowed the Crazy Hand

He had just been watching a special news report that said the Great Fox had recently crashed into a Goodwill blimp, utterly annihilating the special guest inside.

"What are you yelling about?" asked his 'brother' the Master Hand; annoyed that he was broken away from his plotting

"Not only did Giga Bowser fail, but even worst! Barney's been taken out!" the Crazy Hand yelled

"Thank any heavenly force for that stroke of luck." the Master Hand muttered under his gloved breath

"What!" asked the Crazy Hand insanely

"I said, what a bad stroke of luck." he replied coolly

"But why Barney? I was even going to ask him to help us to take down the Smashers!" came the Crazy Hand

"Brother..." he started slowly so to gain the jittery glove's attention "Not even I, the Master Hand, would stoop that low."

"But he's Barney."

"Exactly."

"But..."

"End of discussion."

"But he could help us take over the Nintendoverse! With his constant corny sounds of love and care! His stupid laugh, how he can control people by having them merely see his show! The evil he portrays, the..." The Crazy hand stopped, thinking this over, then he came to a just conclusion "Wow...he is evil. To evil for me...I must be CRAZY to want him to join."

The Master Hand didn't reply, he simply coughed sheepishly

"But I'm not crazy all the time!" the Crazy Hand quickly defended

Another sheepish cough.

"I'm not CRAZY!" he bellowed, twitching violently

And yet another sheepish cough.

"I'm NOT! NOT, NOT, NOT, NOT, NOT, NOT, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!" he boomed

The Master Hand slowly floated away.

"Don't you believe MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE?" he shrieked chasing after him

Did ya ever have the feeling you were being watched? Well Bowser did...but he didn't do anything about it. Being the ignorant dino he is, he didn't bother to answer to his instincts when they told him something was up. He swore he felt something dig into him and pull out a part of him. But he was too blissfully aware with his own desires to bother to see what. Now he looked like a fool. Even though a select few actually knew about the battle, a chorus of whisper could be heard throughout the mansion, suggesting that it was a monster, that was a Koopa, that not only wasted the Great Fox, but put the three teammates out of action for awhile. He couldn't stand how people were talking behind his back, though they weren't really talking about him, but more about his race; him being a Koopa and all, it as degenerating. But he felt even worse because he could have prevented it. And even though he'd never admit it (to himself or otherwise) he felt bad for the condition his fellow Smashers were in. In part, he was the one who did that to them. It was his fault this happened, and he was too stupidly proud of himself to do anything to stop it. But now he was going to do something about it. He forced himself to the registration desk and demanded the computer to put him in the next battle.

"I want to fight, now!" he roared

"I am sorry, but the next slot is full!" replied the computer in an eerie peppy voice

"I don't care! Change things around!" he boomed

"I am sorry, but that can not happen! The battle is set in stone, but I can set you up for the one tomorrow!" it replied

"NO! LISTEN YOU PIECE OF JUNKWARE! EITHER YOU GET ME INTO THAT BATTLE OUR I'LL ROAST YOU!" he thundered

The computer simply asked, "Are you sure about that?"

"WHAT! OF COURSE I AM SURE! WHAT WOULD MAKE ME NOT..." he stopped mid-roar as he saw a red dot appear on his forehead.

That dot was then followed by a series of red dots that covered his entire body.

"Now I ask again...are you sure about that?" it asked, rather darkly this time.

"No, I think I'll wait until tomorrow." he replied meekly

"I thought so." the computer replied

As Bowser walked away from the possessed computer he mumbled to himself "Note to self--Learn how to hack computers."

Marth and Roy stand out on the battlefield known as The Great Bay. Where a giant turtle occasionally pops up to annoy the hell out of you, and to be used as platform. A look of anger is evident in their eyes, now not towards any Smasher in particular, but they are angry because of what happened with the 'Giga Bowser-incident'. To bad their rage will be taken out on the two people closes to one of the fighters.

"All a right Luigi, are you a ready?" Mario asks while they stand on the man floating islands of their battle field

"A couldn't be anymore ready Mario." Luigi replies with steely determination

I guess being bitch-slapped by a pink balloon with a bat can really get a person motivated. Problem was they were about to get bitch-slapped by two guys with swords. Not a pretty picture.

I know, I know. You want the Marth and Roy battle. Don't worry, its coming, along with a few others. But why don't you give me a few suggestions and I'll see if can put them into a battle scene. And remember, read and review.