SBS Time!
Jake
: What is the Jewel of Power all about?
Game2002: I came up with that back when I didn't take my stories seriously, so I never gave the jewel much background and such. The only thing known is that the jewel is viewed as a sacred relic that can grant powers and wishes. Not much is known after that…

Jake: Happy Halloween!
Game2002: Thanks, but I don't celebrate Halloween. Not because it's against my religion, but I'm simply not a fan of that holiday.

WOMDDD: What are the origins of the Failures?
Game2002: It was talked about a few chapters back. They are basically artificial bodies brought to life using spirits of the dead. If you are talking about the back story of each Failure, then I'm only going to mention ones that are significant and noteworthy.

WOMDDD: What are the Type monsters?
Game2002: They are artificial bodies just like Failures, but without spirits infused into them. Because of this, they are nothing but mindless and destructive monsters.

WOMDDD: Is Wowzer also the Seventh Failure?
Game2002: No, it was mentioned towards the beginning of the story that Failures have their own subordinates created in the same method; therefore they can also perform Final Transformation. They do not have any strength ranking because their powers pale in comparison to the 10 Failures. In this case, Wowzer is simply Unimpressio's subordinate.

Chapter 28
Happiness is Short-Lived! The King vs. the Ninja (or Samurai)!



The earthquake continued to shake the whole place and everyone was crouched down onto the ground to keep their footing more properly. "What's with this shaking?! It's taking forever to end!" Sonic said.

"And it seems unnatural too," Samus commented.

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"What?! The creation of the perfect world is beginning?!" Dedede gasped. "Just what does this shaking have to do with that?!"

"You will see for yourself very soon," Joykiller said, gazing in the direction of the buildings.

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"Whoa! This earthquake sure is intense!" Fox commented. "And it shouldn't be occurring in this place either!"

"Hey! I think the building is moving!" Diddy said.

"The shaking makes it looks like it's moving, of course!" Falco told him.

"But the building is actually moving upwards!"

"What?" Falco looked at the building and saw a large portion of it releasing smoke from underneath! Slowly, that part of the building took off into the air, much to everyone's shock. "What the?!"

"The building is flying?!" Red said in shock.

-

"What the heck?!" Dedede gasped, seeing the building before him rising into the air. "What is this all about?!"

"This is not a simple architecture, but it is actually a flying flying fortress," Joykiller explained. "The purpose for this is to take off high into the air where the flying fortress will then release devastating firepower that will pierce into the core of the planet and destroy it."

"So you heathens are trying to destroy the planet! How disgraceful!"

"Only by this method can the new and perfect world be created. The old has to be eliminated in order for the new one to be made!"

"The king will not allow you to bring improper judgment to the world like this! I will stop you in the name of the king!" Deded lifted his hammer and swung it at Joykiller, who blocked it with both his weapons.

"No matter what you do, all your efforts will fail in the end," he said.

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Team 2 ran towards the rising building desperately. "Don't let it get away!" MH said. "We must at least get onto the top of it!"

"Do you expect us to fly?!" Wolf said to him.

"Well, I can fly, and so does Pit. Grab on!"

"You shall not proceed any further," said a voice, and then out from nowhere; Jumpclusion fell down and landed before them. "The creation of the perfect world has begun, and nobody shall get in the way."

"We'll take you out even if we have to!" MH said. "Get away!"

"I will risk my life even to stop you from progressing any further. Even if you can fly, I will still strike you down."

"Looks like-a there eez no other choice but-a to fight-a him first," Mario said.

"Don't worry; there are a lot of us and only one of him," Captain Falcon said. "This will be a piece of cake."

As the Smashers got into fighting stance, a door on the part of the building that didn't take off opened and Bowser and Wario came running out like madmen.

"Someone to beat up at least!" Wario shouted. "Let's get him!"

"I'm going to get that guy too for making fun of me back in that whatever-you-call-it village!" Bowser said. As they approached, they tossed themselves forward to hit Jumpclusion, who jumped away to avoid getting hit.

"What-a are you doing here?" Mario asked those two.

Bowser lifted up his hand from the sand and said, "Save that for later! You guys go for the flying building and both Wario and I will deal with the Failure!"

"He has a point," MH said. "We can't waste time on letting that escape. C'mon, hold on again!" The Smashers quickly grabbed onto MH as he took flight, and it goes without saying that Pit flew by himself instead. "Whoa… You guys sure are heavy combined, but good thing I work out all the time too."

"I will not let you go any further," Jumpclusion, and he leaped in the direction of the getaway hand.

"Oh no you don't!" Wario said. He took a deep breath and gathered energy to his bottom and suddenly unleashed a large amount of gas to rocket upwards. He struck Jumpcusion from below and knocked him back the ground before falling back down himself. "Ha! You can't escape the power of my gas!"

"Right! This time I'll break your legs so that you can't jump around anymore!" Bowser said to Jumpclusion while cracking his fist.

"Very well, I will fight you both," Jumpclusion said. "It does not matter if they made it to the flying fortress or not. The master and the top three strongest Failures are all aboard there, so the Smashers' conclusion will be a failure in the end."

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Ike got up from the floor and sighed with relief. "Good thing it stopped already… That was pretty intense just now." Then he noticed the scenery outside a nearby window moving. "Uh?" He went over there and was surprised to see the desert down there several feet! "What the?! The building is flying in the sky?!"

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"Take this! Hiya!" Dedede rapidly slammed his hammer against Joykiller's spear and sword, but none of the hits were able to break through his guard.

Joykiller then slashed in a cross formation that caused the king to take a step back, and then Joykiller moved forward to impale him. But Meta-Knight zipped in between them in time and managed to block the attack for the king. "I will not allow you to lay a hand on the king!" he said.

"Good going, Meta-Knight!" Dedede said.

"You will fall with him then!" Joykiller said. He hopped back and did a hand sign, "Sand Blast Jutsu!" Then a series of explosions occurred on the sand and went towards them.

MK and Dedede easily avoided it by jumping out of the explosion's way, and then MK attacked by shooting out beams from his sword. Joykiller easily blocked them all with his sword, and then he did a similar move by swinging his sword to unleash a sword beam that easily went through MK's beam. MK pulled his cape in front of his face and disappeared before he got hit, and he reappeared in front of Joykiller and swung his sword, but the samurai was quick to block the attack.

While the two locked their swords together, Dedede tossed himself at Joykiller and tried to mash him with his hammer. Joykiller quickly pulled back and hopped out of the way in the nick of time to avoid getting hit. "You're not escaping the king!" Dedede said. "Nobody can escape the king!" Dedede ran after him and pounded several times to hit him, but none of the hits missed.

Joykiller did another hand sign and then pointed his finger at him and said, "Fireball Jutsu!" And then a fireball shot out from his finger. To his surprise though, Dedede opened his mouth and swallowed the fireball! The king then spit out the fireball in his direction, but it was easily dodged by jumping up. "That was unexpected," he thought.

But while Joykiller was in air, MK managed to sneak behind him and stabbed him in the back. "GAH!" Joykiller fell down and took severe injury to his back.

"Take this!" Dedede then swung his hammer into his face and smashed him across the place

CRAAAAAASH!!!

"Did we get him?" MK asked.

"Hahaha! This is what you get for crossing the king!" Dedede laughed.

Joykiller got back up again and said, "No matter what you do… your attempts will be futile in the end! In this world, every time things are looking bright, faults will always happen!"

"You have such a negative way of thinking things," MK said.

"Because I experienced all these while I was alive. I lived a life where happiness was always shattered by the unexpected. It has been like this to me ever since I was young. An outdoor barbecue birthday party ruined by rain, a camping trip messed up by thunderstorm, a school field trip that was cancelled due to technical problems with the bus! My grandparents passed away and inherited massive properties to me, but their house was unexpectedly burned down in a fire accident and I received none of their wealth because of this! An important meeting in my office was ruined because I accidentally destroyed an important document that could've made me successful and rich, and thus I got fired in the process! I lived a poor life ever since and whenever it seemed like Lady Luck was coming to me, it always turned out flawed in the end! That is why I said there is no such thing as eternal happiness! Nothing in this world can go as you think!"

"Well… I have nothing to say about this," MK commented. "I do pity for this…"

"And that is also why your attempts to stop the creation of the perfect world will fail!"

"Ha! Lady Luck has always been with me unfortunately!" Dedede claimed. "That will not happen to me! I will be the one to stop the creation of your stupid world!"

"And I will prove to you that your attempts will fail! Sandstorm Justu!" Joykiller did a familiar hand sign and then sand started to whip up around MK and Dedede.

"Be careful! It is that move again!" MK warned Dedede. However, they had no time to make a move and they were instantly caught within the giant cyclone. "WAAAAAAA!!!!!"

Joykiller then threw out several kunais that were attached with exploding tags. The kunais were caught in the cyclone and flew in circles with it, and then they exploded.

BAAAAAANG!!!!! KABOOOOOOM!!!!!!

The multiple explosions cleared away the cyclone, and both Dedede and MK collapsed onto the ground with severe burned marks. "Now you see that your resistance is useless," Joykiller said, approaching them.

Dedede slowly lifted up his head and said, "You have offended the king greatly! You will be punished for this!" He got back up again and said, "I will show you that I didn't just become a king for nothing! Hai!" He gathered his strength his feet and leaped up high into the air and started falling back down with his hammer lifted over him.

"Just die already," Joykiller said, holding up his sword defensively. He prepared to attack Dedede as he fell back down, but Dedede pulled off an unexpected move. His hammer used its jet engine to release a burst of fire that caused him to boost to the side and he landed next to Joykiller instead. "What?!" The instant Dedede landed, he swung his hammer at him. All these happened to suddenly and Joykiller was caught in the powerful hammer swing and sent flying.

SMAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH!!!!!

"Curses…" Joykiller grunted as he sat up painfully.

MK stood forward and said, "I have trust in the Smashers that they can put a stop to your attempts. We believe in our efforts, and because of this, we will surely succeed."

"Why then, did I live a life of terrible luck? I held firm to the thought that I will have a change of luck some day, but that never happened! Tell me why do I have to suffer a life like that when I never did anything wrong?!"

MK kept silent for he did not know what to answer.

"You can't answer! See, you will also fail too! This is how the world works! Every time you wish for something, it will not happen!"

"Then tell me, why do you believe that your master can create the perfect world with success?"

Joykiller was caught off guard by this question and he remained silent for a while, but then he said, "I will change my fate! The master will create the perfect world successfully! I will live a new life in the perfect world! I will no longer let bad luck take control of my life! I will destroy you all and allow the perfect world to be created!" He did an unfamiliar hand sign and shouted, "Sand Crusher Jutsu!"

Then out from the sand on Meta-Knight's side, two gigantic hands made of sand emerged, and they both closed in on MK to try and grab him. MK quickly warped away using the help of his cape and escaped getting caught by the hands. MK reappeared behind by the hands and delivered a slash that eliminated them. "Time to use my strongest attack!" he said. "Final Tornado!" He took flight and began circling Joykiller, who looked around in panic.

As MK flew around him, orange wind was built up until it became higher and higher like a large column of wind. The force of the wind was also very strong and Joykiller was caught up in the current. "Augh!"

MK managed to create a massive orange tornado that also whipped up the sand around it, and then MK pulled back his sword and suddenly shot forward at a fast speed. He zoomed at the tornado and struck Joykiller along the way, and then he turned around and did the same thing again. Basically he did this move over and over nonstop and at a fast speed, hitting Joykiller over and over several times while he was being tossed around inside the tornado.

After several hits, the tornado vanished and Joykiller fell towards the sand below. Before he touched the ground though, he saw Dedede jumping at him with his jet hammer activated. He was too weak to do anything, and he could do nothing but wait for the impact to come.

SMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH!!!!!!!!!!!

Joykiller shot into the ground with a powerful thud that created a crater while Dedede landed next to it and did a cool pose after landing too. "Ha!"

MK and he turned to crater and looked down at Joykiller, who was lying at the bottom of the not-so-deep crater. A puff of smoke suddenly appeared around him and Joykiller reverted from his samurai form back to ninja form. "Heheh! I did it!" Dedede said happily.

"We have won this battle, I hope," MK said.

Joykiller panted heavily and looked up at them, saying, "In the end… My effort to stop you has failed… It never changes, even when I am living my second life…"

"Well, too bad for you," Dedede said.

"But no matter what… You will not succeed… The creation of the perfect world will still continue… and there is nothing you can do about it…"

"And that will not make us give up too. Whether or not we will succeed, we will still give it our best shot!" MK said to him.

"Tsk! You people are hard to talk too! Fine… If you really think you can do it… then go on. Show me that you can fight against the fate that you are destined with!"

"Very well, we will show you. I hope that you will stay alive until that time to see it."

Suddenly, a large axe came down from the air and cleaved right into Joykiller's chest, much to MK and Dedede's surprise. "What?!"

Joykiller looked up with pain and cried, "You… Ugh…" And then he exploded into nothingness.

KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!

"If you lose, then stay quiet and dead, heheheh!" said the newcomer that threw the axe. He jumped down to the crater and picked up the massive axe and jumped back to the outside again.

"Who are you?!" Dedede asked.

Holding the large axe was the anthropomorphic coyote and standing next to him was the ostrich. "Who am I, you ask?" said the coyote. "Heheheh! I guess you have the privilege to know the person that is going to kill you both very soon! I am Ultimatinium Douchebags, and this is my ranking!" He pulled aside his right suspender and revealed the number 4 imprinted underneath. "I am the Fourth Failure!"


TO BE CONTINUED