Clash of the Smashers

Chapter Eighteen: The Wrath of Ganondork…I mean Ganondorf.

The Smashers decided to take a temporary break in the chamber between chambers. They were most likely fighting Ganondorf next, and there was no way he'd be easy. Plus, there were some questions to be asked.

"First thing I want to know Samus," Bario started, earning an "Hmm?" from Samus, "Is why didn't you use your Scan Visor to not only check Vaati's weak points, but also before, in previous fights?"
Samus answered Bario quickly and coolly, "That's because it takes a bit to scan, and while I am, I can't do anything weapon-wise with my suit, and it also blocks most of my vision. As long as the Scan Visor is on, none of my weapon systems are accessible."

"Well that's a weird system…why'd you design it like that?" Diddy asked.

"Okay, first of all, I didn't design it. An advanced alien race, called the Chozo, designed it. Second, that's so if I'm scanning fragile computer systems, a missile shooting off by accident at that time could cause some serious unwanted damage. Third, it takes to much power from the suit for many of the other systems to work otherwise."
"Huh…interesting," Bario said, "Can your suit do anything else?"

"Yes, many abilities, which I don't particularly feel like listing."
Bario nodded and looked at his hands.
"Yeah, great, but Diddy…how many of those Orange Grenades do you have left?" Falco asked.

"Uh…I think…four…why?"
"Because those things cause massive damage…and I had an idea."
"What idea?"
"That thing that makes unlimited ammo for the peanut guns…would that-"

"Work for my grenades…no. I've already tried. It just isn't designed for something that complicated."
"Oh." Falco said, "Hey, did I ever tell you about this crazy guy named Andross?"
"No…what about him?" Raichu asked.

As this conversation was going on Mario walked over to Bario and whispered something to him. Bario's eyes widened and said some things, rather hotly back. Mario frowned and responded, in voice that was heard only by Bario. The others were too busy recounting adventures to hear what was being said, although both Samus and Link were watching them suspiciously.
"Samus," Link said, sidling up to her.

She jumped, surprised that he talked.

"What?"
"Can you use anything to pick up what their saying?"

"Yes, my Visor can usually pick up sound if focused on a specific area."
Link raised an eyebrow, noticing her word choice.
"Usually?"
"Something is interfering…all I get from there is static."
"Bario…" Link said, with a bit of menace.

"What about him? How could he be doing that?"

"I think there is considerably more to him than he reveals…particularly his proficiency with magic."

Before Samus could respond, Mario and Bario finished talking and Bario turned to Diddy.

"Hey, let me borrow your ammo thing."
"What? Why?" Diddy asked, confused.

"If I can keep it for a bit, I think I could some of my very limited magic skills to make it compatible for your grenades…how much ammo do you have now?"
"Enough…if what you say is possible, that would be great. It would really help me beat Giga Bowser."

"Cool! Well, if you'll hand it over, we can get going!"
Diddy passed it over to Bario, as Link walked passed Samus, whispering, "We'll finish this later."

Bario smiled at the Smashers, and started heading up the staircase, expecting them to follow. They did.

"Alright guys, according to what Vaati said Ganondorf is coming up next. He's powerful, both physically, and mystically, plus he can transform into a massive pig-like demon, which enhances both his physical and mystical abilities considerably. Plus, I don't think he'll be alone, so be ready for anything…everybody ready?"
They all gave their yes equivalents.
"Then let's finish this!" Bario said as he opened the door, yanked out his swords and jumped in, a path that was followed by the others as they readied their weapons and faced their foe.

Or foes, as the case may be. For not only was Ganondorf waiting for them, a tall, green skinned, muscular man, with short orange hair, and black armor and gauntlets, with a brownish cape, but he had friends. Big scary, armored friends. They wore silvery armor, and carried humungous axes. Basically they looked like souped up versions of the Darknuts.

"Crap," Bario said.

"What? What are those things? Super Darknuts?" Falco asked.

"Close, they're Iron Knuckles. Big, incredibly durable and those axes cause massive damage."
Hearing Bario talking, Ganondorf gave a great laugh. The Smashers focused again on him. He was a large man, however he was nowhere near the size of the ten Iron Knuckles that surrounded him…but he still drew attention.
The Knuckles were just big armored things. They weren't good, but they didn't really seem evil either. They just seemed like puppets, being controlled by a will greater than that of normal men…and it didn't take a whole lot of thinking to figure out whose will was controlling them.

Ganondorf radiated evil, similarly to the previous villains, most noticeably Onox, Veran, Aganihm and Vaati, but on a much grander scale. They were evil; Ganondorf was the embodiment of evil. As well he should, for he was the root of all the problems of Hyrule, just as Bowser was the root for the Mushroom Kingdom.
Ganondorf seemed to relish his evil and rather than making him seem vile and twisted, it gave him a seductive beauty, that could easily ensnare the unaware…or, if he tried hard enough, the aware. He looked majestic, almost regal…but there was no mistaking that Ganondorf was a killer, a cruel, ruthless killer. Most of the Smashers there had seen Ganondorf before, at the Smashing tournaments, but for Diddy and Raichu, he was new, and it was apparent in their confused horror, that it wasn't a good new thing.

The room fit Ganondorf as well. Large, with several stained glass windows high on the wall, with torches flickering, with a big red carpet, it actually was kind of nice…as massive dungeon like rooms go. With the way the roof peaked, it was pretty obvious that they were at the top of the tower…and it was a long way down. There were also several pillars that reached to the ceiling, and appeared to be connected to the walls of the lower floors.
"Well little man," Ganondorf said, referring to Bario, "You certainly have done a good job leading your companions here…but that would be expected with your history, wouldn't it?"
Bario paled, and looked at Ganondorf with fire burning in his eyes.

"How much do you know?!" Bario almost screamed.

The others jumped at the venom and desperation in his voice, surprised, and frightened, as they didn't know what Ganondorf meant.

"As much as I need to know. Believe me Bario, HE has told me that you…well, let's just say I know that you and he go way back…old friends perhaps?" Ganondorf said in a way that made it clear that he really didn't know that much, he was just trying to get Bario to reveal more.

Bario calmed down, and in a much more controlled voice responded.

"As if. Now Ganondorf, stop wasting our time. Either surrender…or prepare to die."

Ganondorf frowned, realizing that Bario wasn't going to give him any more information…and HE wasn't going to say anything else. Oh well. It's not like it'd matter, not when these fools were going to die in a couple of minutes.
"You know what my answer would be for surrendering, but I think rather than just getting into a big scary fight, how about we have a little match. One of my Knuckles, vs. one of you, you choose."
Startled the Smashers looked at Ganondorf with confusion.
"And why would we do that?" Bario asked.

"Simple. If he wins, the rest of my Knuckles will sit out, and you'll only have to fight me."
"And if he loses?" Falco asked.

"If he loses…then you're out a companion and ally. Once the battle starts, you can't interfere or end it, but that works on my end too. What do you say?"
The Smashers looked at each other hesitantly. It was a good deal. No Iron Knuckles in the fight? That would make defeating Ganondorf so much easier…but who would do it? Who could take on an Iron Knuckle and win? Link? Bario? Sa-

"Okeydokey!" Mario said, jumping forward.
"Mario?!" Samus said

"Excellent," Ganondorf said, oozing satisfaction.

A single Iron Knuckle plodded slowly towards Mario.
"Mario! Be careful!" Raichu said.

Mario merely nodded and pulled out his hammer. The Iron Knuckle got within axing distance…and swung!

Mario skillfully hopped over the attack and smashed the Iron Knuckle in the face with his hammer. The blow resounded throughout the very quiet room. A small crack appeared in the armor, but Mario had to hold tightly to the hammer, as that armor was STRONG. That close the Iron Knuckle couldn't really hit Mario with its axe, which allowed Mario to hit it again in the same spot. Before he could strike again however the Knuckle jerked its axe handle out, smacking Mario in the chest, and causing him to lose his grip on his hammer.

Mario landed several feet away from the Knuckle, but the hammer stayed closer. Seeing it lying on the ground, the Knuckle attempted to slash it with its axe…only to have the axe bounce off the surprisingly strong substance.
"Oh no!" Mario said, shaking his finger as he hopped to his feet and fired three fireballs at the Knuckle, hitting it in the face. He then dashed forward and grabbed his hammer.

Ganondorf watched with a frown. He really didn't expect the plumber to be able to stand up to one of his Knuckles. Heck, he figured the only one there who could, was Link. And maybe Bario…this would be something to report…

"Is he going to be okay?" Diddy asked Bario.

"I'm sure he'll be fine. He's a lot tougher than he looks."
Link subtly slid up next to Samus. He made a few head motions, and together she and he backed off to the side, while everyone was focusing on Mario's fight.

"What do you want Link?" Samus asked when they were far enough not to be heard, but close enough to not be suspicious.

"Just so you know…no matter how that fight turns out, Ganondorf is going to attack with those other Knuckles."
"What? How do you know?"
"It's a Hylian thing. Thanks to extensive training the swordsmen of this place can usually read people very well, and Ganondorf is easy for me anyways, thanks to the times we fought before."
"So why don't you tell the rest?"

"Because. Isn't Bario a Hylian?"
Samus nodded, confused as to why that mattered…and then it dawned on her.
"He should know as well!"
"Exactly. Either he's not who he says he is, or he just doesn't want to say…either way, it's bad."
"Well, he could just not be able to read Ganondorf as well as you."
"Maybe…," Link said, in a way that made it clear that he didn't believe it.

Samus turned away, irritated by Link's suspicion. Sure Bario may be dissimilar, but it was likely he just lived a different life style than Link. Besides, Bario has been a great leader, and saved their lives, more than once. This distrust was completely unwarranted.

Mario managed to deal enough damage to the Knuckle to make its outer armor fall off. Just like the Darknuts however, that only caused it to move faster. It still had a good chunk of armor left, as well.
Mario ducked under an axe swipe and threw his hammer at the Knuckle. It hit, but Mario didn't stop there. He ran forward, firing fireballs and leapt into the air, grabbing his hammer and smashing both feet firmly in its chest. He then used the last of his momentum to bring his hammer down again on its head. It staggered back, but managed to hit him with the flat of its blade.

Mario scrambled to get to his feet, just as it swung the axe again. Mario pulled out his yellow cape and smacked the axe with it. Thanks to some of the magic of the cape, it spun the Knuckle around, knocking it off balance, so Mario kicked out its legs, knocking it to its knees. A hammer swing to the back of the head sent it sprawling to the ground, where it promptly disintegrated.
Ganondorf let out a loud groan. After the axe bounced off the hammer he knew that Mario was going to win, but he still hoped…and now…

"Alright Ganondorf! He won! Now get rid of those Iron Knuckles!" Bario said.

Ganondorf cleared his throat. The others didn't exactly notice, thanks to his long cloak, but he had started to float in the air a bit.

"Yes, a deal's a deal…but I had this great idea," he told them.

"What?" Falco said suspiciously.

"What if…my Iron Knuckles, instead of going away…KILL YOU!"

At that the Knuckles plodded slowly forward and Ganondorf floated high in the air, laughing in a deep booming voice with his cape flapping furiously behind him.

"I really don't like your deal!" Bario said as he and the others yanked out their weapons, with Mario jumping back to the relative safety of the group.

The Smashers immediately got into what was now a familiar style, in which they unloaded on the Iron Knuckles with ranged attacks. This was mostly familiar, only now Meta joined with firing small energy balls of his own.

The Iron Knuckles were slower than Darknuts, but apparently could take considerably more damage than them, as they reacted even less, and just kept plodding forward.

Ganondorf laughed at their efforts and charged up a ball of dark energy, which he flung at the Smashers. They dived out of the way, and had to dive again and again as he fired twice more.
Bario ended up by Link. He looked at Link and pointed to Ganondorf.

"Hey! Let's keep him busy while the others take on the Knuckles!"
Link narrowed his eyes slightly, but nodded his head. He and Bario ran around the Knuckles, heading for the currently gleefully laughing Ganondorf.

Meanwhile the others were moving fast as the Iron Knuckles had gotten into attack range. Samus rolled away from one as it swung its massive axe, and popped up shooting. Diddy and Raichu cart-wheeled and dashed in opposite directions around another one and let loose with peanuts and electric balls.

Falco ran around an Iron Knuckle, kicking and hitting it, but not doing much more than bruising himself. It smacked him with its axe, like a pro baseball player. He flew through the air, until Mario caught him, and gently put him to the ground.

"Thanks," Falco said, but Mario was already attacking another Iron Knuckle.

Kirby ran through the Iron Knuckles, rapidly switching weapons, from his hammer, to his Cutter sword, even to his bare limbs, hoping to cause some damage. Meta flapped by overhead, slicing out occasionally, but soon stopping when the armor almost knocked the sword out of his hand. Meta was reduced to firing more of those energy balls…but the Iron Knuckles showed little sign of damage.
Link and Bario managed to escape the main battle and get behind the floating Ganondorf. He didn't seem to notice them, so Link took out his bow and took careful aim…

And fired. The arrow flew rapidly at the unsuspecting Ganondorf…and bounced off his back. He let out a grunt of surprise and spun around. When he saw what had happened he started laughing.

"Please Link! You should know better! A single arrow? As if that could even harm me-Er!" Ganondorf started, before being hit again by an arrow, that also bounced off.
"Fine. If you won't let me point out how much of a fool you are, I'll just have to kill you, and your friend!" Ganondorf said, sneering at Link and Bario.

Link started to snarl something back, but didn't have enough time as Ganondorf flung an energy ball at them. Link and Bario dodged, just as Ganondorf plummeted to the ground and smashed it, using his Earthquake Punch skill. The shockwave from the attack knocked both Bario and Link off their feet, but before Ganondorf could capitalize on their temporary weakness, Link tossed a bomb at him.

The explosion caused essentially no damage to the wielder of the Triforce of Power, but it did temporarily blind him. It blinded him long enough for both Link and Bario to run up and slash the Gerudo King from opposite sides, with all three of their blades penetrating his armor.

Ganondorf grunted and then did a double backhand, knocking Bario and Link out of the way as he floated up.

"Link! You should tell your friend that only a powerful magical weapon, like the Master Sword or the Light Arrows can cause any lasting damage! He's just wasting our time, fighting with the big boys!" Ganondorf yelled down.

Before Link could respond, Bario yelled back.

"Oh really? Checked your wounds yet, Ganny?"

"What?" Ganondorf said, confused.
He reached down to touch one of the shallow cuts that Bario made…and drew his hand back, wincing. The skin around that area was seared, and the nerve endings were burned off, and that's why he wasn't feeling any pain.

Ganondorf looked at Bario with new respect, and suspicion…those swords may be mystical, but they sure weren't Master Swords…definitely something to bring up to the boss…

"I'm not going to ask, because you won't tell me…but you have accomplished one thing," Ganondorf said.

"What?" Bario asked.

"I'm through playing!" Ganondorf yelled, charging a massive black ball of energy.

"Move!" Link said, running from Ganondorf, with Bario close behind.

The ball exploded, sending out six large greenish energy balls…that started homing in on Bario and Link. They dived to opposite sides, but the balls split, three chasing Bario, and three on Link.
Link looked behind him, and realizing that he didn't have a chance of avoiding the attack, he stopped and used a spin attack. His rapid spinning caught all of the energy balls, and flung them back at Ganondorf.

At the same time, Bario smacked two back at Ganondorf, although the third managed to hit him and cause some damage.

Ganondorf attempted to block the balls, but the five of them were too many, and each and every one hit him straight on. The resulting energy explosion sent Ganondorf plummeting to the ground.

He shook off the explosion and slowly staggered to his knees…just in time for Link to stab him in the chest. Link yanked out his sword, but held it ready, in case he needed to use it again.
Ganondorf looked Link straight in the face, his eyes burning with hatred and anger.

"You…suck…," was all he got out before collapsing to the ground.
His collapse seemed to take hours. Everyone, Smasher and Knuckle alike seemed to have plenty of time to turn and watch as Ganondorf did his long, agonizing fall. Despite the seeming slowness of the fall, when Ganondorf hit the ground the entire tower shook, and all the Iron Knuckles froze in place.

Link and Bario walked to the center of the chamber, and rejoined with their companions.

"So…does anyone have any idea where we go now? I mean, there are no more doors…" Falco said.

"I thought it was obvious. With Ganondorf dead, we have to leave the tower and find some portal to Giga, and Master Hand." Bario told him.

"Wait, when you say leave…do you mean we have to go all the way back down? That's going to take forever!" Diddy said.

"Yes. Yes it will," Bario said, seemingly not looking forward to it either.

Before anyone could begin the long slow process of going down the Tower, a rumbling shook the chamber.

"What…NO!" Link said, spinning around.

The others followed his example, and saw Ganondorf, eyes literally shining yellow with power, his right fist raised, with a golden triangle glowing on the front of his hand..

"You should know…of all people Link…that it will take more than that to defeat…the Dark Beast, GANON!" he shouted as a burst of white energy encircled the sinister king.
The Smashers all covered their eyes, as the blinding light was flung to all corners of the room. The light quickly dissipated, and soon they dared to look again…and were stunned by the monster that greeted them.

It was absolutely massive. It stood on four trunk-like legs, but even though it was on all fours it still towered over the Smashers, standing about the size of Giga. It possessed a similar body style to that of a tusked pig, but far more vicious and bestial looking, with green skin, extremely pointed…parts, and a long shock of red hair/fur. Its tail whipped behind its twenty foot long body as it roared…

Ganon, the new creature that stood before them stamped his right front foot nine times. The entire chamber shook, and small chunks of the ceiling fell, fortunately none near the Smashers.
After each stamp…the Iron Knuckle's vanished in a blaze of green fire. Or at least they appeared to vanish. If it was only that simple.

As the individual flames vanished the armor was gone…and inside were very large shadowy figures, floating a few feet off the ground, that were almost completely black with the exception of dark blue curvy lines, each one carrying a truly massive blade, and its black hole-filled cape billowed in the non-existent breeze…Phantom Ganons. Nine of them.

"This…is really not good," Bario said.

"And the award for understatement goes to…," Samus said, with a hint of good cheer, despite the fact that they appeared seconds from a brutal death.

Bario flashed her a grin, and together the nine Smashers lined up and readied their weapons as the Phantom Ganons lined up in front of their massive master.

Despite the fact that Ganon appeared incapable of showing facial expressions…he seemed to give an evil grin as the Phantom Ganons all fired a large bluish-white energy ball at the Smashers.

"Deflect them back!" Bario yelled.

The others nodded and did their best, with Falco using his reflector, Mario using his cape, Bario slashed at one with his swords, Kirby batted one back with his hammer, Link bumped one back with his shield, and Meta swiped at one.

Diddy, Raichu and Samus had no way of reflecting the attack, so they just dodged out of the way.
The six reflected attacks all hit the Phantom Ganon that fired them, and they shook for a second, quivering with the painful energy…but then all nine vanished.

"Did we win?" Raichu asked.

The Phantom Ganons appeared right next to the Smashers.

"No," Bario said.

The Phantom Ganons then swung their massive swords at the Smashers. Meta, Bario, Link and Mario all countered with their swords and hammers respectively and the others evaded the attacks.

The Phantom Ganons that were engaged with the weapons of the four Smashers pulled back and swung again, a horizontal strike. This attack was blocked again, and in Mario's case he knocked it to the side and slammed his hammer into the creature. It let out one short shriek and vanished.

"Wow. They're really physically weak!" Falco said, rolling to evade a sword swipe.

"That's convenient!" Bario said, knocking aside the Phantom Ganon's blade with one of his own, and then stepping forward to cut it, and it too died.

Link jumped backward and threw his boomerang at the Phantom Ganon. The boomerang hit it in the head, and Link caught it as he leapt forward and slashed the creature, also killing it.

"Mighty Morphin' Man-Kittens!" Meta said, flying around another strike and skewering the Phantom Ganon, killing it.

The remaining five made a desperate charge for the Smashers, but quickly fell under the swarm of projectile attacks, and whatever close range attacks managed to slip past their guard. Soon…only one was left.

It floated back, wary of getting close, but unwilling to get far enough for the projectiles to come in force. The Phantom Ganon then raised its arm that was not carrying the sword, and created a large pinkish black ball of energy. Before the Smashers could react the ball exploded into nine smaller balls…that homed in on each of the Smashers.

However they had been fighting for a while now, and were able to easily predict how an attack like this would work. It didn't take much for each Smasher to dodge, block, or deflect it.
The deflected balls, which came from Mario, Link and Bario, hit the Phantom Ganon, momentarily stunning it. Link seized the opportunity, jumped forward and stabbed it.

Unlike the others it did not immediately perish, and in fact managed to smack Link with the flat of its large blade, sending him crashing into Falco. The Phantom Ganon then vanished…but this vanishing seemed different…it didn't appear dead…

And it wasn't. Four Phantom Ganons suddenly appeared, one by Mario, one by Meta, one by Samus, and one by Bario. Each one swung its sword. The two sword users and the hammer user tried to block the attack, but the sword went right through them and the creature vanished.

Samus on the other hand was not as fortunate as the sword slammed into her midsection. Part of her armor was cut open and she went back a few steps. The Phantom Ganon raised its sword high, prepared to strike again…

Link scrambled up from the ground, extracting himself from Falco. Seeing Samus about to be hit again his eyes went wide and he started running…although there was no way he'd make it in time…

"NOOOO!" He cried, leaping forward…just as Bario cut through the creatures head, destroying it, and stopping the sword an inch above Samus's head. Link skidded, halting, two feet from Samus.
She looked at him, her thanks not obvious through her mask, although she did say one thing…

"Thanks."

Okay…maybe it was obvious.

Link stood up slowly, glaring at Bario. Bario looked back at Link, confused. Link opened his mouth, about to make a hot reply, when Raichu called out.

"Uh…guys…what are we going to do about…THIS?"
Ganon, in his new beastly form reared up and slammed down on the ground, shaking the entire room. Roaring he pawed the ground…and charged.

Scattered around the room, even the over-sized Ganon couldn't hit all of the Smashers…so he just went right for Bario, Link and Samus.

Link and Samus started shooting arrows and missiles, but they didn't appear to affect him, as Bario prepared to strike when Ganon got close enough. Suddenly a large quantity of dark squares formed some sort of portal in front of Ganon, and he vanished into it.

Several of the Smashers took a step back in surprise. Falco, who was standing by Raichu and Diddy about twenty feet from Link, Samus, and Bario, sent Bario a questioning glance.

"Uh…where did he go…?"
"I don't know-"

Before Bario could finish a second portal, identical to the one Ganon vanished entered into, appeared behind Falco, the monkey and the mouse.

"AGH! Run!" Bario yelled.

"What?" Diddy asked, turning around…just as Ganon came flying out of the portal, body-slamming the three.
"OW!" they screamed before they brutally skidded across the ground, before bumping into the wall.

Ganon roared and pawed the ground. Despite his seeming bestiality, when his small inhuman eyes met the Smashers in the eyes there was a definite feeling of cruel malice, and a vicious intellect. He almost seemed to be laughing at them and their seeming ineffectiveness.

Mario didn't like being laughed at.

"Woohoo!" he shouted, before jumping towards Ganon, firing fireballs.

Ganon blinked as they hit him in the face…and then began laughing, in a deep guttural, almost growl. At least, he was laughing until three arrows appeared in his right foot.

He turned to face Link…and Samus let loose a fully charged shot that slammed into his face. Ganon actually yelped, but before he could do anything besides shrink back, Samus fired three missiles, along with Link shooting a few more arrows.

Ganon yelped again…dashed forward…and vanished into a portal that appeared in front of him again. One of Link's arrows smacked into the ground, just missing the Dark Beast.

"Crap!" Bario yelled, as he and the others looked wildly around for Ganon.

A portal opened up fifteen feet away from Meta, and the Smashers pointed their weapons at it...but it vanished quickly.

"What?" Raichu said, as he, Diddy and Falco had recovered mostly from their tackle, and now they, like everyone else was edging closer together…especially as portal after portal opened up, with each one disappearing soon after. At least, each one until one on the edge suddenly caused Ganon to burst out charging.
He ran around them, staying on the outside of the room, completely destroying the pillars, and sending debris flying everywhere. Several of the Smashers suffered minor cuts and abrasions.

After running around once, Ganon faced the Smashers…and charged. Unsurprisingly.
Almost every Smasher that could fire projectiles fired their projectiles at the beast. Diddy's peanuts bounced off, Raichu's electric balls did nothing, and Falco's shots were like bee stings, while Meta's sword created energy balls dissipated upon contact. Link's arrows were ineffective, and Samus's missiles weren't shooting fast enough to make a difference.

They prepared to get in close combat with Ganon…when Mario leapt forward. His hammer pocketed, and his stance changing…it looked like he was going to try to wrestle Ganon down!

"Mario! Don't be a-" Link started…before Ganon slammed into Mario at full speed…and Mario scooted back an inch, before he got his arms on Ganon's head…and held him back."What…?" Diddy said.

Ganon growled and tried to move forward…but Mario clutched harder…and flipped him onto his side.
"I'm impressed." Samus said.

"NOW! Attack!" Bario said.
Mario stood by Ganon, panting like mad, as Bario, Link and Meta all ran over, with Kirby in tow. The four then started hammering at Ganon, which in Kirby's case, was literal. Ganon yelped and tried to strike out, but his current form wasn't designed to fight from a horizontal position. He was however able to roll himself over, and almost managed to crush Kirby.

"Back off guys!" Bario said.

Ganon leapt forward, right at Link…and vanished into a portal, just as the Charge Shot Samus was charging was fired, and passed right by the edge of his tail.

"Where'd he go?!" Samus yelled, waving her Arm Cannon around wildly.

The Smashers huddled up again, as portals started appearing like crazy. The area around the Smashers almost seemed to get darker from the tension.

"Get ready…" Bario said.

The portals were opening faster and faster and the area around the Smashers WAS getting darker…and there was a strange whooshing sound…

Link looked down, and then jerked his head up.
"MOVE!" He said, tackling Samus out of the group.

The others looked up, and then bolted…as Ganon slammed down from where a portal had opened up…ABOVE them. The ground shook and all the Smashers, despite avoiding getting crushed were knocked off their feet.

Ganon roared, although it sounded weaker than before. He stomped forward, and lifted his foot, and brought it down on Link and Samus!
At least, that's what Ganon wanted to happen. What actually happened was that Samus and Link rolled in opposite directions, and while Link rolled he slashed at Ganon's foot. Ganon yelped and smacked Link with his injured foot, sending him rolling away.

Bario clambered up, ready to attack…when he saw Ganon changing.

He stood up, and shrank a couple feet. He took on more of a bipedal creature from, although he was still very piggish, and his long tail still whipped out behind him. Two massive blades grew from his arms, that in his hands looked almost small, but were large enough to outweigh Link's, Bario's and Meta's swords by a considerable margin…and he held two!

"Oh…crap." Bario said.

Bario started running towards Ganon, while Link stood up and faced the creature. Ganon swiped at Link, and Link attempted to block it with his shield. He was successful in preventing the blade from harming him, but the sheer power behind the strike knocked him over. Ganon raised his sword up again when…

"Hey!" Bario shouted…as he stabbed Ganon's tail.

Ganon shrieked and spun around extremely fast, and his long arms came with. Bario was smacked in the side by one of Ganon's arms…fortunately it wasn't one of his blades, and was sent flying.
"Yah!" Link shouted as he jumped up and stabbed at Ganon's tail, a spot which appeared to be his weakness.
Another shriek and he spun around again…right into a missile in the face from Samus. Ganon growled and swiped at her, but she rolled out of the way. Ganon took a menacing step forwards…only to have Meta skewer his tail.
An immensely loud shriek…but this one almost appeared to have words in it, unlike the previous ones…

"GAHHHHENOUGHAAAHHHNOMOREGAHAAAAPLAYINGAROUND!"

Ganon slammed the two blades together. The onrushing storm of power from this sent Meta, Link and Samus tumbling far away from him. The tower shook again, and almost seemed to crack on the walls…but that's just crazy…the blades merged together and lengthened, to form a large silver trident as long as Ganon.
Ganon laughed and spun his trident around, creating a circle of flame that spread out around him. Most of the Smashers ducked under them, but Falco got smacked and knocked down, with his shirt burning until Kirby stamped it out.

"Thanks…but…ow," Falco said.

"Now it's over for you. No one can stop me! Even you Link, will die by the power granted to me by Master Hand!" Ganon shouted, while laughing maniacally.

"Why do villains always feel compelled to tell us about their plans? Does it make them feel better about themselves?" Falco asked.

"Oh shut up," Ganon said while thrusting his trident at him.

Falco ducked under the blade, and Ganon pulled it back and spun it around again, creating a circle of flaming bats that flew at the Smashers. But as with many other attacks, although it was not expected, it was easily avoided.
Ganon growled and prepared to do another attack, when Link threw his boomerang at Ganon. It looked like it was aimed at his head, but it seemed off balance and bounced off his chest before returning to Link.

"What was the point of-" Ganon started, before the bomb that was attached to the boomerang exploded by his tail. He screamed in pain, spun his trident and went transparent, just in time to avoid a few peanuts from Diddy. He then teleported behind Link, became solid and smacked him across the room.

He started charging up a massive energy ball, when Meta flew at him, stabbing wildly at Ganon's face. Ganon stopped charging and punched him, but then Samus hit him with several missiles. Falco started peppering him with laser shots, and Mario assisted with fireballs. Ganon roared and tried to cover his face…when Bario, who had snuck behind Ganon, used a double sword strike…to completely remove Ganon's tail.

Ganon let out a scream so loud that the entire tower shook. He fell forward and slammed into the ground, face-first, with the resulting shock wave causing deep cracks in the ground. As he lay there he shrunk back into Ganondorf, causing many of the Smashers to breathe a deep sigh of relief.

Panting heavily Ganondorf forced himself to a kneeling position. He looked up…and saw Link with a sword at his throat.

"Heh…come…on Link…you can't kill me…"

"Watch me."

Link pulled his sword back, prepared to deal the death blow…when something large and white burst through the ceiling. This wasn't over…