Lauren: We're back! And man, thanks for all the reviews that we've received! Anyway, when we last left the SSBM group, the SCII characters were squashing them!

Andrea: Ouch. . . And the Smasher who was holding Soul Edge dropped it! And the SCII fighters noticed it! What'll happen now?

Link: I look like such an idiot in this fic. . .

Comet: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Onto the fic.

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Chapter 2: Transcending History and the World

Mewtwo stared at the ridiculous scene before him. It really was pitiful. With a heavy, annoyed sigh, Mewtwo lifted the SCII fighters off the SSBM fighters.

Taki jumped up the minute Mewtwo dropped his telekinetic hold and grabbed Soul Edge. "Got it!"

"Great! Now get us out of here, Link!" Maxi yelled.

"Sheyah!" Link reached for his ocarina. . .only to find that it was missing! Link searched his pockets frantically, but he finally shrugged and said, "Hyah."

"I think that the elf man is saying that he ate the ocarina," Raphael said.

"O_______o"

". . .Actually, he said that he lost the ocarina," SSBM Link clarified. "Now, we want some answers."

"Yeah-a!" Mario agreed. "Who are-a you freaks and-a why are you-a here-a?"

"Us? Freaks?" Seung Mina asked innocently. "Why, your group consists of several inhuman creatures and other-how you say-freaks."

"Yeah, you're the one to be talking!" Cassandra agreed.

Samus had been loading a missile into her cannon while the others were talking. She pointed the cannon at Cassandra's face and said, "Are you prepared to say that again?"

"Huh?" Cassandra looked confused.

Samus let the missile fly. Cassandra held up her shield and BAM!-the shield was disintegrated and Cassandra was charred and burnt.

"What the heck!?" Yunsung yelled. "What in the world are THOSE things!?"

"Shaaahh?" SCII Link asked, scratching his head. A convenient question mark appeared over his head. "Haahhh?"

"Do. . .you. . .speak. . .English. . .?" SSBM Link asked, speaking slowly as if talking to a toddler.

"Sheeyyahhhh?" More question marks appeared over SCII Link's head.

"Maybe I should try this differently," SSBM Link said to himself. "Heyyah! Shaahh! Ha! Sheyyahh! Hup!"

"O____o You speak that weird thing, Link?" all the Smashers except for Zelda, Young Link, and Ganondorf asked.

"O__________________o Okay, now we're freaked out," all the SCII characters except for Link said.

While the two Links conversed with each other, the rest of the SSBM fighters and SCII fighters tried to get to know each other. Tried is the magic word. . .

"Hello! Talim says that Talim is her name!" Talim said. "Talim like you, little Link boy! Talim wants to know what little Link's name is!"

"O_o Why do you speak in third person?" Young Link asked.

"Talim can talk to the winds!" Talim glanced upward and shouted, "Wind! Talim wants to know if winds make Talim's dreams come true! What? Wind thinks Talim is crazy and stupid and should stop speaking in third person! Waaaahhhhhh! Winds are mean to Talim! Talim no like winds!"

"O_o Young Link, I think we should back away from her slowly. . ." Ness said.

"Good idea," Popo and Nana agreed.

"Hi!" Peach said, flipping her hair and batting her eyelashes. "What's your name, cutie?"

"O___o Uhhh. . ." Kilik just gave Peach a scared look.

"I think you're cute!" Peach continued. "Ooh, I just love a man who can fight with a weapon!"

". . .Miss Peach, Roy and I fight with weapons," Marth said.

"Yeah, but you guys use boring swords!" Peach protested. "This hunk's got a big stick! He can whack people on the head with it!"

"O__________o No matter how many things I've done wrong, I DEFINITELY don't deserve this. . ." Kilik thought.

"I think you're weird," Samus said to Cassandra.

"I'm going all out!" Cassandra retorted.

"You want to fight or something?" Samus threatened.

"All style. No substance!" Cassandra answered.

"Just knock it off, you two," Sophitia said, shaking her head. "Cassandra, you make me sad."

"Sophitia. . ." Cassandra said.

"O_o I'm going to go over there," Samus said, edging away from the two sisters.

"Himyname'sXianghuaandI'mChineseandIhaveaswordcalledSoulCaliburwhichistheexa ctoppositeofSoulEdgebecauseSoulCaliburispuregoodandSoulEdgeispureevilandIthi nkthatKilikandLinkarebothcutebutIcan'tdecidewho'sbetterohandwhat'syourname?" Xianghua asked in a hyper-ish tone.

"O_o I'm sorry, I didn't catch any of that, but my name is Roy," the redheaded swordsman answered, a bit overwhelmed by Xianghua's hyper-ness.

"OhyournameisRoywhatacoolnamebutIthinkthatmyname'smuchbetterthanyourssohahao ohIthinkthatyou'recutetoodoyouhaveagirlfrienddoyoudoyoudoyouohyeahIforgottha tIlikeKilikandLinkbettersorryIcan'tbeyourgirlfriend! ^______^" Xianghua gave Roy a wide smile.

"Weird. . ." Roy muttered to himself.

"Taki, that sword is staring at me," Zelda announced, giving Soul Edge a nauseous look. "What's up with that?"

Taki hit the sword and answered, "It wants to find a new host to infect. Just ask our old pal Ziggy. He got completely brainwashed by Soul Edge!"

"Don't remind me," Siegfried grumbled. "And don't call me Ziggy."

"It's gross!" Zelda wailed.

Taki and Siegfried exchanged exasperated glances and said to each other, "What is it with people here?"

Mr. G&W was staring at Ivy (who could tell) and was making drooling, clicking sounds. Ivy didn't notice because she was too busy talking with Marth, who was trying his best not to get distracted by Ivy's outfit.

"Click. . .click. . .click. . ." Mr. G&W drooled.

Raphael happened to be (conveniently) walking by. He noticed the "drooling" Mr. G&W and said, "Close your mouth and cease your. . .um. . .beeping. It's rude to stare."

Ivy turned around and said to Mr. G&W, "You're revolting!" Then she stomped off.

Marth stared at Ivy and said, "Hasn't that lady ever heard of modest clothes?"

"So. . . Tell me again. WHY are you guys a fox and a bird?" Yunsung asked.

"We're from this place called the Lylat System," Fox answered. "It's a really great place. Maybe you'd like to visit it someday."

"O_o We're from Korea," Seung Mina answered. "And we're trying to defend it from attacking Japanese. We don't have time for a pleasure trip."

"Besides, I've never heard of this. . .Lylat System. . .before," Yunsung agreed.

"Pfeh! What losers!" Falco scoffed. "Even the other Smashers had at least HEARD of the Lylat System!"

"We're not Smashers," Yunsung said.

"And we're all too busy with wars and stuff like that," Seung Mina added. She felt a slight weight on her halberd. She looked down and yelled, "No! Bad thing! My Zanbatsu is not a chew toy, you pink. . .thing. . .!"

Kirby thought that Seung Mina's Zanbatsu looked tasty and it was trying to eat it. Seung Mina shook her Zanbatsu madly, trying to get Kirby off. Finally, Captain Falcon interfered and took Kirby away.

"O.O I would REALLY like to get out of this dimension of freaks," Yunsung said.

"Normally, I'd think that you were being a crybaby, but I agree with you for once," Seung Mina said.

"So. . . Have you guys found out anything yet?" Luigi asked.

"I would like an explanation too," Maxi agreed.

SSBM Link turned away from his SCII counterpart and said, "Yeah, I think we got most of the story from my SCII counterpart."

"Do tell!" Dr. Mario said.

"Pika! Pikachu!" Pikachu agreed.

"Okay, well, the first thing that us Smashers have to know is that these. . .freaks. . .are called the Soul Calibur fighters," Link said.

"WE ARE NOT FREAKS!" all the SCII fighters except for Link yelled.

"SHHHEEYYYYAAHHH!" SCII Link agreed.

"Er. . .sorry. . ." SSBM Link said. "Anyway, these guys are from the 16th century. You guys know when that is, right?"

"Yeah," all the English-speaking Smashers answered.

"Pikachu!"

"Pi! Pichu! Chu!"

"Jiggly!"

"Yoshi!"

"Ah-aa!"

DK gave out a grunt in agreement. After a few seconds of silence, Captain Falcon said, "I guess that these guys are from a long time ago, huh? 16th century. . .that's really far back. No wonder these guys all have old age weapons and clothes in that style and. . .yeah. . ."

Link nodded. "Anyway, that sword we found. . . It's called Soul Edge and it's pure evil. That guy over there, Siegfried," Siegfried waved, looking a bit uncomfortable, "ended up getting brainwashed by Soul Edge and he became an entity known as Nightmare."

"That's not good." Peach saw that Taki, who still had Soul Edge in hand, was standing next to her. Peach scooted away and said, "Eewww!"

"So, well, the problem is that most people think that Soul Edge is. . .some kind of Sword of Salvation." Yunsung and Mitsurugi looked REALLY embarrassed after that comment. "They journey across the world, searching for Soul Edge. If a fighter defeats the wielder of Soul Edge and takes the sword, then they'll become another Nightmare." Link paused for breath and he continued, "Soul Edge promises intense power for the person who claims the sword. But they'll still end up like another Nightmare. Anyway, these guys grouped together to find or destroy Soul Edge. . ."

"And we basically met in this church and Raphael beat us there," Mitsurugi interrupted. "Then he got corrupted and the rest of us had to snap him back to reality!"

"We shattered Soul Edge and we were all on our way home, then Siegfried called us back," Kilik continued. "It appears as if Soul Edge has come back to life. And it must've transported itself here."

"Yeah, we tried to shatter the sword before, but that was a fatal mistake," Sophitia added. "The shards scattered all around the world and it started corrupting people."

"Pichu! Pi! Pichu!" Pichu announced. Everyone stared at it, trying to understand what it was saying. "Pichu! Pi! Chu!"

"Yes, I agree," Mewtwo agreed in its deep voice. "It said that if shattering the sword will not work, then lies about the 'Sword of Salvation' must be stopped immediately."

"I think you're forgetting something, cat dude," Maxi said. "In the 16th century, the fastest way to travel is on foot."

"We'll help!" the Ice Climbers cried out in unison.

"Yes, it's the least we can do," Marth agreed. "After all, you guys did stop us from getting too involved with research on Soul Edge."

"Nothing will be safe if Soul Edge is in another world," Taki said. "Link's lost his ocarina. But we have to get to our world."

"Ha!" Kirby opened its mouth to reveal that it had eaten Link's ocarina! "Yae-ha! Ha-ah!"

"KIRBY!" all the English-speakers yelled in unison.

Xianghua was the only person crazy enough to stick her hand inside Kirby's mouth and take the ocarina out. "Ewww! It's, like, icky and stuff!"

"Thank you Xianghua," Siegfried said, looking a bit disturbed.

"Yeah." Cassandra used her skirt to grab the slimy ocarina. "Euueeww. . . Link, here you go. . ." She dropped the ocarina in SCII Link's hands.

"Oh-a, Kirby," Mario grumbled. "Why don't you guys stay here tonight? You guys look a bit. . .tired. . ."

"We don't want to be a burden," Mitsurugi said. "And we really should get going. Things might be going crazy. . ."

"Besides, isn't this place crazy enough?" Raphael asked.

"It's not a problem if you guys want to stay," Zelda added.

SCII Link looked at his dripping ocarina and put on a disgusted face. "Sheyyah. . ."

"Maybe we could use a break," Taki admitted.

"And I don't think that anyone's going to be playing that. . .ocarina. . .for a while," Seung Mina agreed.

"Then it's settled! We stay," Sophitia said.

"Hey, guys, what happened to that weird girl who talks to herself and the winds?" Nana suddenly asked.

"Talim owns the wind! The wind is Talim's! Talim is the Wind Priestess! Wind! Guide Talim!" The SCII and SSBM fighters looked outside just in time to see Talim getting blown off the SSBM HQ roof. "Waaaaahhhhh! Talim no like the winds!"

"Weirdo," Ivy muttered.

Meanwhile, unknown to the others, Ganondorf and Bowser, who had been silent the entire time, started getting a mad plan in their heads. "Hmmm. . ."

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Lauren: Okay. . . That was a weird chapter. So Xianghua likes Kilik AND SCII Link, Talim talks to herself, wants to own the wind, and likes Young Link. Peach is flirting with Kilik, and Mr. G&W's staring at Ivy and drooling.

Andrea: And what's with Bowser and Ganondorf? What's their plan? Whatever it is, it's not going to be good. . .

Link: Kirby's so gross. He slobbered all over the ocarina!

Comet: Shut up, Link! Don't stop reading this story, people!