Chapter 20
The Master Speaks! The Truth of Gamfax Revealed!
"Hai!" Roy shouted as he smacked the rock with the flat part of his blade. The rock cracked and then broke, freeing Lilina from her restraint.
"Free at last…" Lilina said, rubbing her hips due to the pain from being jammed too tightly.
"Lilina!" Roy said as he ran over to embrace her. "I'm glad you're all right!"
"Thanks, I owe you one!"
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KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!
"Whoa!" Everyone was taken by surprise by the sudden explosion when Retardo and Link crashed onto the ground.
Link was blown out of the explosion and was singed somewhat on the clothes and skin, but was overall unharmed. "Whoa! I didn't expect that!"
When the explosion disappeared, Retardo was nowhere to be seen. There were absolutely no remains of him whatsoever. It was as if he never existed in the first place.
"It's just like when those giant monsters died," Sonic said. "They exploded and left behind no trace."
"Whatever the case is, one of the Failures is down for the count," Ganondorf said. "There's another one right in front of our eyes, so…" Everyone turned and glared at Assholicus, who was still sitting on Elise.
"Lololol! Retardo is dead!" Assholicus said, sounding cheerful for some reason. "That's really sad! Sad, sad, sad!"
"Get of the princess, you swine!" Dedede said.
"Get off I will, but only if I get to do this!" Assholicus said, and he jumped off Elise with his butt facing in their direction. Then his butt started to glow with reddish energy.
"What the…? His rear is glowing!" Meta-Knight gasped. "That's unnatural!"
"Bleeding Anus!" Assholicus shouted, and a red lightning bolt shot out from his butt and towards them. Everyone quickly leaped back to avoid getting shot by this.
"What the?! He can crap lightning?!" Sonic said in awe.
"And you thought-a Wario had-a eet worse!" Mario said.
"Hohoho! Now I feel tired! I will sit down again!" Assholicus said, and he sat back down on Elise.
"Ow!" she cried. "Get off me!"
"This settles it! I'm going to clobber you right now!" Dedede shouted, and he raised his hammer and ran towards him.
Suddenly, a glowing circle appeared on the ground before Dedede and he jumped back startled. "What the?!"
Then out of the circle, Joykiller, Jumpclusion, and Jim Smelton rose out of it. "Hohoho! The master is here at last!" Assholicus said in delight.
"Wait? Who is the master?" Ganondorf asked. He asked this because he was not around when Joykiller or Jumpclusion appeared, so he does not know who they are either.
MK saw Smelton and said, "I know this man. He is the founder of Smelton Biotech Incorporations."
"Smashers," Smelton said. "The people who struck down the Negativities and supposedly destroyed Gamfax... It's an honor to meet you."
Dedede looked at him and said, "Hmmm… I assume that you are the master. Well, that sure is surprising to hear, a man with authority and power within the economic world being the mastermind of this evil! But then, it's no surprise considering you're the webmaster of the website that people relates to hell, Gamfax!"
"You have good knowledge, King of Dream Land," Smelton said. "Yes, everything is as you said. I am the master of the Failures and Gamfax indeed is a website that I created."
"Heh! Don't underestimate the king and his brain!"
The others were shocked to hear about this. "So he's da masta of da Failures!" Mario said.
"Well, no surprise hearing something like this from him if he made a totally messed up website," Sonic stated.
"And now that you are over here, I might as well give you royal punishment for your evil deeds!" Dedede said, holding up his hammer. "Consider it an honor to be executed by a great king like me!"
"You speak with determination, king," Smelton said. "But is it out of recklessness or bravery? What makes you think that you can strike me down?"
"Ha! You do not underestimate the king! The king underestimates you!" Dedede said, and then he lifted up his hammer and readied to slam it down on him.
Smelton lifted up two fingers and said, "Demon Art: Destructive Spell 1, Thrust!" And all of a sudden, Dedede was pushed backwards by an invisible force and tumbled on his back.
"Ow!"
"Your majesty!" MK gasped, flying over to the king.
"How'd he do that?" Sonic gasped.
"I have no time to waste here," Smelton said. "I have just retrieved the first half of Everything from Hinamizawa, and now it's time for the final half."
"What?! He obtained da one in Hinamizawa already?!" Mario gasped.
"Guess they failed…" Ganondorf said.
Smelton turned around to Elise and walked up to her as Assholicus stood away. "She's all yours, master!" he said.
"Hey! Keep your hands off her!" Link shouted, running towards Smelton with sword in hand.
Smelton pointed a finger at him and said, "Demon Art: Binding Spell 61, Six Bars of Light!" And then a six-pointed star appeared around Link's mid-torso and he was restrained in place and unable to move.
"What?! What is this?!" he gasped.
"Hold her up," Smelton said to Joykiller and Jumpclusion.
"Yes, master," they said, and they held up Elise by her arms.
"Hey you! You're not doing anything to her!" Ganondorf shouted as he ran towards them. But Assholicus stepped out in front of him and opened his mouth to release green gas. When Ganondorf smelled the gas, he quickly closed his nose and backed off as far as he could and coughed heavily. "Ack! Cough! I'm gonna vomit!"
In fact, the smell of the gas was so strong that the ones out of range could smell it too! "Gah! What a horrible smell!" Luigi cried with tears in his eyes.
Smelton turned to Elise and lifted his hand again and said, "Demon Art: Binding Spell 9, Strike!" And then bright red light appeared around Elise and the two Failures let go their hands and Elise was paralyzed in place and unable to move.
"Ngh! I can't move!" she cried. No matter how hard she tried to move, she couldn't lift a muscle.
Smelton then reached to his back and pulled out his sword from the sheath. "Drain everything," he said, and then the sword suddenly changed form. While it still looked like a normal blade, it was no longer hard but rather flimsy-looking as it waved around like a ribbon. When he pointed it at Elise, the sword glowed in with a bright aura. "Hey! What are you going to do to her?!" Link shouted. "Let her go at once before I get my hands on you!" He tried to struggle free from his restraint, but he couldn't.
"Hey! You better not do anything!" Sonic shouted, and he quickly ran towards Smelton to stop him.
Smelton did not waste any time, and without a word, the sword shot forward and stabbed right into her chest!
Everyone was frozen in place with shock. The world basically fell apart in front of their eyes as they saw what was happening before them. Elise remained wordless as the sword was stabbed into her body, but strangely enough, the sword did not come back out from her back.
Energy was then seen spiraling out from Elise's body and down the blade of the sword and gathered at the hilt, and after a few seconds, Smelton pulled the sword back out again. Then the red light around Elise disappeared and she dropped to her knees, and she was very shocked to see that there was absolutely no wound on her chest! She felt around her body for any holes, but there was nothing at all, not even a drop of blood.
The Smashers were all shocked to see this too. "Uh…? Didn't he just stab her?" Sonic asked. "Where is the leaky hole?"
"That's strange… The princess is unharmed after all this…?" Ganondorf said.
"What just happened…?" Link asked, and then his restrain disappeared. "Ah! That's better."
Then a smile appeared over Smelton's face as he lifted up the sword and looked at it. "At last! Everything has been combined! I have the power of the gods! Now all that is left is to fuse it with Gamfax and the perfect world shall soon come to rise!"
"Gamfax?!" gasped all the Smashers.
"It's no wonder that you are shocked to hear this as you thought you have destroyed it for the third time."
"But-a we destroyed it along with Metal Gear!" Mario said.
"That is what you think, but shortly after your victory over the Rebel Army," Smelton explained, "I went and retrieved Gamfax from Metal Gear and it has been with me ever since! All this is to wait until this day! With Everything under my grasp, I have the power to create a new world! A world that is perfect without any flaws! A world where eternal peace shall rule!"
"Okay… Hold on a second! A world of eternal peace?" Ganondorf asked. "Just what are you up too?"
"It is just as I said: a world where there is everlasting peace. There will be no wars, thoughts, and everyone can do whatever they want in happiness. It is the perfect kind of world that I envisioned!"
"Um… Wouldn't that make you a good guy actually…?" Luigi asked. "At least that's what it sounds like."
"Yeah! You're confusing us here!" Sonic said. "Are you trying to hide something from us?"
"Sonic-a haz a point!" Mario said. "You do not-a sound honest!"
"Whether you believe it or not, none of you are welcomed to the perfect world," Smelton said. "In fact, I will destroy this current world in order for the new world to be created!"
"Now you're sounding more like a villain!" Sonic said.
"Only by clearing all the roots of evil can there be eternal peace. Everything in this world is the root of evil; therefore nothing in this world shall survive! Only my creations and I have the privilege to live in the perfect world! That way the perfect world will not be tainted by evil!"
"So what makes you think you are not any eviler than us?" Ganondorf asked. "You look every way like an evil man right now to me."
Smelton stomped the ground hard and shouted in a loud voice, "WHAT DO YOU PEOPLE UNDERSTAND?! TELL ME!! WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND?!"
"Whoa… What's with the sudden rage…?" Sonic said.
"Hey guys!" shouted the voice of Roy as he and Lilina came running over from a hill. "Everything all right here?"
Mario turned to him and said, "Oh, you're here!"
"Sorry that I came late," he said. "Lilina had some… business back there…" Roy looked around and saw the Failures and Elise sitting among them, and was shocked. "What the?! We must rescue her at once!"
"Too late," Ganondorf told him. "The power has already been taken. Our job was a failure in the end."
"WHAT?!"
"The power has already been taken?!" Lilina gasped.
"Evil… Negative thoughts… All those wicked things…" Smelton said in an angry tone. "There is nothing I hate more than those things! A world where there is eternal peace and happiness is what I dream of! My ancestors tried to achieve this, but in the end, their efforts were being mocked at and seen as evil purposes to bring a dark age to the world! It is what you people called the Age of Gamfax!"
"Age of Gamfax, the dark age that existed some 300 years ago or so…" Ganondorf said. "So… what is the truth behind that?"
"You people say that it is a dark age, but to our family, it is one of our biggest humiliations and defeat ever," Smelton continued. "The story that was passed down from my elders will always remain in my mind very well. How our ancestors were treated for their beliefs…"
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Now we enter some slideshow as Smelton talks about the past.
The storytelling began with the scene depicting what looks like Native Americans living their usual lifestyle.
"Back in the late 16th century of America, the chief of the tribe was falling ill and he had to pass on the leadership to someone. He had no sons or any siblings, but he does have a pair of adopted sons that he took care as if they were his own offspring."
The scene depicts an old man lying on a mattress and there were two young men next to him. One looks happy and while the other one looks grumpy.
"The chief had to test their worth first on who should become the next chief, and thus they both were tested with the tribe serving as the judges and audiences to see who is worthy."
The next scene shows the two men undergoing various tests such as hunting, shooting, running, etc.
"Both the sons showed great skills and it were hard for the people to decide who would be the winner. Then the final test came and it was about public speech. They were to convince the people that they would make a great chief and bring the village to success."
The scene then shows the happy man talking to his villagers, saying, "I will bring happiness to the village and everyone in it! We will look towards the future with a positive attitude and never worrying about anything! So long as we put a smile on our face, we can live a wonderful life!"
Next, the grumpy man walked up and gave his speech, "The only way we can become better than we are now is to become stronger! In order to become stronger, we must doubt the people around us, as trust is what leads to the fall of many! Did you hear about the tribe on the northern coast? They lived a too carefree life and ultimately lost to rivaling tribes because they didn't give a crap about war and fighting! If we live a positive attitude, we cannot improve! We must complain and grumble all day long, and in doing this, things around us will change! Those who live happily are daydreamers who have no future! They say to themselves lots of dreams and crap, but they never bothered lifting a finger to do something about it! Only with a negative attitude can we become stronger and succeed!"
"The speech of the grumpy man sounded good to the people, and for this reason, everyone decided that he should be the next chief. The happy man, however, was not pleased with what he said, and he tried to go against him and convince the people that living a negative life isn't good. However, the grumpy man had already won the hearts of these people and there was nothing he could do about it. Therefore, the grumpy man was made the chief.
"Time passed, and the tribe became powerful, but at the same time, relationship among the people grew a lot worse. People would be unkind to each other and the chief, who is the grumpy man, himself wasn't any better. He believed that the weak should be eliminated or else the tribe will fall and thus carried out punishments and executions often for small reasons. The happy man and his family were the only ones that could no longer stand to such a rule, and thus he went against the chief."
The scene shows the happy man arguing with the grumpy chief.
"It was a futile argument however. The grumpy man's heart was hardened to the point that nothing can change his mind. He enjoyed the way he is ruling the tribe, and he sees the happy man as an obstacle in his way. Being marked as traitors to the tribe, the happy man and his family had no choice but to run away from the tribe and somewhere else.
"Several years later, the happy man and a family were living a rough life out in the unfamiliar wilderness. Meanwhile, the tribe was prospering in power and fame, and then members of the happy man's family began to have doubts. They began to think that the reason they weren't holding up by themselves was because they were too positive and cheerful. They never worried about the future or things around them and that must be why they are living a hard life. The happy man, however, still held a happy heart and told them there surely they can succeed in life so long as they keep their happy attitude. But quarrels among family members started, and some of them ultimately left the family and decided to seek better life in the tribe.
"The happy man was sad to see this, and he started to think that it was the grumpy man's fault that all this happened. He must not let his negative attitude reign any longer! And thus, he planned with the remaining members of his family to bring down the grumpy man and then bring happiness back to the tribe again. This operation… they call it Gamfax.
"They were able to convince neighboring tribes to help them with this task, and thus they set off to begin the operation. Things did not go to well however…"
The scene then shows a bloody battle between the tribes.
"The grumpy man knew very well that this was going to happen, and thus he formed an army and fought against the happy man's army. It was the rough and violent battle and many people died, including innocent ones. The battle last for several months and it was what people nowadays call the Age of Gamfax. A battle between positive beliefs and negative beliefs…
"In the end, the happy man's tribe lost and the remaining survivors were scattered all over the place. The grumpy man and his tribe won the war, but they lost a lot of things too, so it was more of a double knockout. But despite this loss, they were able to reform their tribe and village in a short amount of time, but as for the happy man and his family, they were never heard from again…"
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Back to reality…
"That happy man was my ancestor…" Smelton said. "He fought for the belief that happiness and positive thinking will solve everything, but he failed to prove it and was taken down the power of negative beliefs…"
The Smashers all listened without a word to his story and they didn't know what to say either. But then Luigi asked, "Um… Question? What of the negative tribe nowadays…?"
Smelton looked at him and said, "Of course, as times passed, settlers settled at America and Native Americans gradually decreased in number, but some of them still have ancestors that are roaming around today. Their ancestors, however, are despicable people… The direct descendant of the grumpy man is known today as… I Am."
"Wait a minute… The strongest man in the Smash Pros?!" Link gasped.
"Right… In fact, the Smash Pros is an organization created by the descendants of that man! You do know the impression that the Smash Pros give to the world nowadays, don't you? The grumpy man's legacy remained unto this day and it was spread out into the hearts of many people! Smash Pros are scattered all over the world and their negative attitude towards life and constant thinking of fighting and elimination of weak people have not change all these years!"
"Well, I can understand how the defeat of your ancestors left such a deep impact to your heart," Ganondorf said. "But however, I think that it is not the evils of the world that you detest, but actually… you detest the Pros! The ancestors of the Pros were the one that started everything and put a shame to your ancestors and now their descendants have created what is perhaps the most corrupted and infuriating organization of all. In reality, you want to destroy the Smash Pros, right?"
"Ganondorf haz a point-a!" Mario said.
"Whether or not I am aiming to strike down the Pros," Smelton said, "the world has already fallen into deep darkness and despair. Only by destroying every single trace of this world and then creating a new one can there be eternal peace. I will achieve what my ancestors failed to do and that is to create a world of happiness!"
"But wait a minute… Why then did you create the website Gamfax?!" Popo said.
"It was necessary to gather information," Smelton answered. "If I wanted to create a world only in the way I envisioned, will it satisfy everyone? Therefore that website was created to encourage people to post their complaints and negative thoughts. That way, I can create a world that will satisfy everyone. Indeed, you people call it the website of hell, but in reality, that website shows that the world we are living in now is a living hell!"
"How about the Negativities and their creation of the energy called Gamfax?" Link asked.
"That had nothing to do with me. In reality, I was taken by surprised when I found out that there was someone trying to create an artificial evil called Gamfax. However, the creation of such energy allowed me to take a step closer to create the perfect world."
"What do you mean?"
"Every world needs to be created by a creator of deity identity. I am myself a mere human and I cannot create a world. However, combining the power of Everything and Gamfax together, I can create a deity that shall create a world and rule over it! Gamfax is the embodiment of all the negative thoughts in the world, thoughts of people who are fed up of living in a sinful world! So with the power of Everything, Gamfax shall create a world that all the people of the world envisioned—a world where people's dream shall come true!"
"Hmm… If you ask me, it doesn't sound so bad," Luigi said. "A world where we can get whatever we want and have our dreams come true."
"But none of you are going to get a part of the world," Smelton reminded him. "Everything in this world must be destroyed! As I said earlier, the roots of evil must be destroyed in order to prevent the same kind of evil from being grown again! I will create a new world where only I and my creations are worthy of living in and none of you are welcomed! You shall all die for the sins that you committed!"
"Then we'll have to stop you!" Roy said.
"Yeah, the idea of creating a world of happiness sounds nice," Sonic said. "But if we're not invited, you're not having any of the fun yourself either!"
"I have another question," Link asked. "What are the Failures? Who are they exactly?"
"You have asked a good question," Smelton said to him. "To put it simple, they are souls of the dead brought back to life within an artificial body."
"What…?"
"Some years ago, I discovered a place where souls travel to, and that place is called the Soul Society."
"Hmmm… I think I heard of that before," Ganondorf said.
"Using technology I invented, I was able to travel into that world. It is a place where people died and are basically living a second life. I learned that the people of the Soul Society sometimes come over to the real world, but since they are basically spirits, they cannot be seen by normal eyes. In that place, I studied the way of living and everything I wanted to know about Soul Society, and then I studied their technology and science and started to apply them to my own works.
"Thanks to all these, I was then able to communicate with spirits of dead people and I learned that there are many people who died with regret and sadness; they have failed to live a proper life. Taking pity towards them, I used Soul Society technology to create artificial bodies for their spirits to reside in, and thus they are basically given the second chance to live. I also made it so that if they are dead, their bodies will explode, leaving behind no trace. That way their dead bodies cannot be used by other people for autopsy. "
"Whoa… I can't believe this…" Link said.
"But that wasn't all I've learned from Soul Society," Smelton continued. "I also learned their way of defense and offense. The Demon Arts that I used earlier were techniques that the people of Soul Society have, and furthermore, I have this." He reached to his back and pulled out the sword. "This sword is called the Soul Cutter, and it is the main weapons used by Soul Reapers. My Soul Cutter has the ability to absorb powers without physically harming them in its released form. Using this, I was able to extract the power of Everything from both the deity statue in Hinamizawa and Princess Elise. Through heavy modification, I am able to obtain the power that only the dead should be able to use!"
"So that's the truth…" Ganondorf said.
"Now that I have the found all the things that I want, it is time to start the last step of the plan! Infuse Everything together with Gamfax and the creator of the perfect world shall be born!" Smelton said.
"The master gave us the second chance to live," Joykiller said. "We are in his debt."
"Therefore we will support him to the end," Jumpclusion added. "We are grateful to him for bringing us back to life again."
"Lalala! I can't wait for the perfect world to come! It's going to be a happy place to live in!" Assholicus said while spinning on one foot like a ballerina.
"We won't-a let-a you do eet!" Mario said.
"Yeah! Don't think we'll let you do whatever you want!" Roy said. "I agree that evil influences are all over the world at the moment, but that does not give you any reason to destroy the world! There are many innocent people and plus, you're not a god that you can decide the fate of the world!"
"You people will never understand this!" Smelton said. "I will proceed with the final steps now, but however, I will give you a chance to prove to me that you are right. If you have what it takes to stop me, Smashers, then come to Area 51!"
After saying all these, the circle of light appeared below Smelton and the Failures and they sank into it and disappeared.
It was at this moment Pikachu, Pichu, Jigglypuff, and YL woke up again. "Huh…? What happened?" YL asked.
The rest of the Smashers and Elise all had down-looking faces. "We lost…" Luigi said. "They got both the powers… The enemy is winning this time…"
"No, eetz not-a over yet!" Mario said.
"Right, didn't the bad guy say that if we want to stop him, we should go to Area 51?" Sonic said. "Then let's reply to his invitation!"
"Sonic and Mario are right," Link said. "There is still a chance! Let us meet up with the others and get things started! We have to stop Smelton from destroying the world!"
TO BE CONTINUED
Big load of information and the truth has been revealed in this chapter at last! As you can see, this chapter has Bleach references, and I'm sure that Bleach fans should know who the Failures are based on by now.
I hope you like what you found out!
