"Give us back our friends!" shouted Shulk at Master Hand who floated effortlessly in the air.
"The time for fighting is over... now is the time for death," Master Hand muttered. That word sent chills downdown Meta Knight's back.
"We have to defeat Star Dream Soul. If not our world as we know it... will be gone. We will all die. And evil will take over the known existence," explained Meta Knight. But no plan was formed as Bayonetta suddenly cast a time halting spell, saving Lucas, Kirby and Bowser.
"Go. Now! Do your best! I'll hold time for as long as I possibly can." commanded Bayonetta. Kirby used his hammer and pounded against Star Dream Soul, Bowser shot flames at both enemies while Lucas commanded rays of psychic auras to attack everything, doing mounds of devastating damage.
The time spell wore off. Master Hand and Star Dream Soul felt the damage that was done to them. Ness and Lucas continued to attack with pyschic energy. Link and Zelda shot arrows of light at Star Dream Soul, while Shulk used to his Monado Arts to forsee an attack from Master Hand and easily dodge it. Suddenly, Star Dream Soul was beginning to count down from five.
"Oh no!" shouted Meta Knight. Kirby quickly sliced his sword on Star Dream Soul, but it didn't seem to do anything different.
"We're not making any progress..." sighed Corrin in his dragon form. "The world's gonna die..."
"Heads up!" shouting Bayonetta, stopping time once again, saving the same three characters. Bowser grabbed Master Hand from the air, and threw him at Star Dream Soul. Who was stopped when he counted down to 0. Bayonetta continued time and all the fighters ducked for cover. Star Dream Soul malfunctioned and self destructed. Destroying Master Hand as well.
"We did it!" cheered Corrin. All the characters danced around and laughed and cheered with joy, thinking they did their job. Mario held up his hand... it wasn't over. The area became a black. So dark that even shadows were afraid.
"Master Core! Run!!" Sonic shouted, running away. But fast enough, Lucina grabbed the back of his hair.
"You're running away? What is wrong with you?! We have a job to do and we need everyone to do their task. Don't be coward, I never thought of you that way Sonic," she hissed. Sonic returned.
They all looked up and saw five swords swarming around them.
"Prepare to die!" screamed Roy as he set his flameblade on fire and attacked the swords. They hurriedly and rapidly attacked him, overwhelming him, giving him no time to counterattack.
The swords swiped the stage, wiping off all the characters. They all screamed in unison, and they all made it back on stage. All attacking in their own unique way. Pikachu called down lightning, shocking the enemy, giving the swordsman to attack quickly.
Lucario smelt a familiar smell, he followed it off the stage and saw nothing but a tan colored box. He still smelled it, it was a very strong aroma. Then suddenly, Lucario ducked down, to avoid being struck with a grenade that came from under the box. It traveled over to the enemy.
"Grenade! Watch out!" Lucario called. It exploded, dealing massive damage to Master Core. Lucario lifted the box up, revealing a familiar face. Snake.
Snake jumped up and ran over to the now Dark mist beast that was chomping away at the stage. Lucario joined in the fight to battle alongside his old teammate.
"Told ya I'd be back," Snake said. Grenades and blue auras scattered the stage, all working together to defeat this powerful enemy. The beast chomped at the stage, damaging Marth and Wii Fit Trainer. Zelda and Palutena quickly healed their injuries.
"All together now!" yelled Zelda, emitting a powerful glow as she released her true power. The beast was defeated. And finally, the final stage, dark clones of the characters appeared on the stage. And the battle was on.
Snake and Sonic worked together to beat their clones. Sonic kicked and twirled. Snake punched and fired blasts of firepower. Charizard landed on top of his clone, and he let lose his flamethrower. Burning the clone over three thousand degrees.
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Bowser Jr. was overtaken by his clone, it was too strong. Then Bowser saved him, burning and stomping on the clone.
"Thanks dad." Bowser smiled, and continued to fight.
Marth and Lucina stood back to back, guarding each other. With a single swipe of his sword, Marth attacked the clones head... decapitating it.
"Wow Marth, didn't know you were so... vile," sneered Lucina. Little by little, the clones were destroyed and the final phase was over. An orb suddenly floated down toward the stage and landed.
"Attack!" shouted Lucina and they all did. The orb busted and flew to the right and exploded.
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What was revealed, was breathtaking. The world was back. They stood in front of the ocean and watched a magnificent sunset. It was wonderfully relaxing. And all the trophized characters returned. Pikachu, missing his friend, ran over and hugged Mewtwo tightly. This time, Mewtwo happily hugged, with a tear rolling down his face. Lucario, Jigglypuff, Charizard and Greninja joined in.
"We did it... I honestly can't believe it," muttered Corrin.
"Believe it. We're an amazing team afterall," Ike replied, putting his arm on Corrin's shoulder.
"Yeah... Yeah that's a fact," smiled Corrin. King Dedede graciously and tightly hugged Meta Knight and Kirby.
"Woah calm down your majesty!" Meta Knight said, gasping for air.
"Just so happy to see you all again! Now we can have a big feast!" King Dedede laughed.
Kirby noticed Bayonetta sitting on the ledge alone. He wondered over to her and sat down.
"Shouldn't you be with your friends?" she asked, in a hateful tone. Kirby pointed to her. "I'm your... friend?" Kirby nodded and hugged her. Bayonetta jolted, it was rather odd for someone to give her a hug. But nonetheless, she happily hugged him back.
"You're alright you puffball. Glad I got to be with you through this heart pounding adventure," she smiled. Kirby beamed with happiness. Bayonetta picked him up and stared at him.
"You're pretty adorable," she laughed and hugged him one final time. Then they sat and watched the sunset over the endlesa ocean.
They were finally home.