Chapter 41
Looks like they did it all right!

The fire coming out from the Cruncher Darkling's mouth was a sight that surprised everyone. The fire eventually died down and the Cruncher Darkling remained standing in one place albeit with wobbly feet. Letting out a faint growl, he slowly took some steps back and placed on foot over the hole before his whole body fell back into it again.

CRASH!

The Cruncher Darkling then leaned forward and lowered his head as if he wasn't looking very well.

"What happened…?" Pit asked.

"Something tells me that Roy did it…" Captain Falcon said as he started to sit back up.

"Then that would explain the fire that came out from his mouth," Marth said, walking up next to him.

"So that means… Roy won?" Pikachu asked.

"All right! I knew he would do it!" Pichu exclaimed happily.

"Haha! We were lucky that we did his job before all of us got screwed!" G&W said happily. "I knew we can rely on him!"

"I can feel the evil energy becoming weaker," Eva said, and then she smiled. "Looks like they did it all right!"

-

Back inside the Cruncher, Fawful collapsed weakly onto the fleshy floor after receiving a massive scar down his face from the Binding Blade. The final blow was a last straw for him and black particles started to float out from around him as he weakly said, "Unless I am crazy, it seems that I have somehow managed to lose even with all the power that I possess…"

"I would say you were unfortunate enough to run into someone with something that is capable of destroying Darklings," Roy said.

"There eez no 'S' in Darkling," Mario corrected him.

"All things come to an end, and now my standing in the center of the gala of the universe is on its way to a conclusion as this story draws near its end…" Fawful continued. "Alas, I am nothing but a toady who is not worthy of surpassing Master Cackletta. Failed have I to try and carry to spread her mustard of doom onto the sandwich."

"Like we'll let you do what you want in the first place!" Asuna said to him. "You just got what you deserve!"

"As I lie down here looking at the life that flashes before my eyes," Fawful kept on saying, "My mind is filled with sadness and rage of burning fire against fink rats that are you… But so glad I am that I will no longer be seeing rats such as you in the place I am going to… Maybe I will Master Cackletta again, and I have happiness and hope…"

"Then I hope that you find a better life in the other world," Negi said to him as words of comfort.

"You don't have to be nice to an enemy," Luigi told him.

"And now is when I make my grand exit… Every grand entrance must end with a big bang… Seeing each other we will not!" Fawful said. He smiled one last time and his body inflated like a balloon and ticked away like a bomb ready to explode. "And thus I will give you my parting gift! TASTE MY FURY, FINK RATS!!! GEEHEHEHEHEHEHE!!!!"

And then Fawful exploded.

KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!

When he exploded, black particles were shot out everywhere and a strong gale was created as well. The good guys were caught in the air and carried up into the air to be tossed and turned all over the place, and they all eventually soared towards an opening that was high on the wall towards the ceiling. "Whoa!

-

Back outside, the Cruncher Darkling let out another growl and then opened his mouth wide and black particles shot out from his mouth and high up into the air, and then something shot out from his mouth and high into the air. It was Mario, Luigi, Roy, Negi, and Asuna.

"Hey, it's them!" Kotaro pointed out for everyone

Asuna fell flat onto the ground with a thud and Negi landed on top of her with his hands crushing against her breasts while Luigi landed not too far away on his back. Mario fell towards Luigi in a standing position and landed one foot right in between Luigi's legs, giving him even more pain than the rough landing. "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCH!!!!"

Roy managed to position himself upright as he fell so he landed on his feet with no issues. "Perfect landing!" he said.

As they pulled themselves back onto their feet, the others quickly gathered around them. CF gave Roy a pat to the back and said, "Hey! Looks like you've done the job!"

"I knew we could count on you!" Pichu said.

"Good work! You have earned approval from the king!" Dedede said to him.

"Negi sensei, are you all right?" Nodoka asked her teacher.

"Sorry to make you girls worried, but I'm all right!" Negi told them. "Thanks for all your concern!"

"Phew… It's good to be out of there at last," Asuna commented. She took a deep gulp of the night air. "Ah, fresh air! I admit that it smelled somewhat in there…"

"Look! The Cruncher Darkling!" G&W said, pointing to the giant Darkling.

Everyone turned to look at the Darkling which was breathing heavily and painfully and he was seemingly having a hard time lifting up his head as well. Trying his best to support his body with his massive arms, the Cruncher Darkling glared at the good guys one more time before lifting his head into the air to let out his final roar. With this, his purple eyes dimmed down and the Darkling stopped breathing as well as remaining motionlessly in place.

Then starting from the hand, it exploded in a chain reaction up the arms and stopped at the shoulder, and then the same thing occurred with the right arm. After both the arms were blown off, the entire body suddenly exploded in a cloud of black dust and the head rocketed high up into the air.

KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!

Everyone quickly got out of the way as the head crashed back down onto the ground with a loud thud, and then shortly afterwards, the lifeless head slowly disintegrated into dust from the top, and eventually, it fully disappeared.

There was nothing left of the Cruncher Darkling. Not a single piece of his flesh, not a single bone, not his soul, or his presence. The Darkling that escaped the Great War, survived for a thousand years, and terrorized the country of Lycia was finally destroyed for good.

There was a silence among the good guys as they witnessed the Cruncher Darkling's death in front of their eyes. "The Cruncher Darkling…" said Luigi the first person to break the silence. "Is dead!!!"

And this caused everyone else to jump up with their arms thrown into the air and shouting with extreme joy. "WE WON!!! WE WON!!!! WE DID IT!!!!"

While everyone was celebrating and jumping around happily, Wario finally came walking out from the temple that he crashed into and said, "What happened? Looks like I'm missing out something, right?"

"We did it! The Cruncher Darkling is defeated!" Yoshi said to him. "You really should've seen how he died!"

"Oh really? I bet the attacks I gave to him while in my superhero alter ego finally did something! Wahahahahaha!"

"Yeah right…" Yoshi grumbled under his breath.

"I knew we would make it, Secchan!" Konoka said happily. "It's all because of our teamwork… Secchan?" She turned to see Setsuna stuck upside-down in the ground. "Oh sorry, I almost forgot about you…"

She ran over to Setsuna and grabbed both her flailing legs and pulled back as hard as she could to get her out. She was having a hard time doing so however, and then Ku Fei came over to offer her help. Each grabbing one of Setsuna's legs, they pulled back as hard as they could and then with a pop, the swordswoman flew out from the ground she was stuck in. She coughed out the soil that got in her mouth and said, "Phew… Thanks for the help… I was almost running out of breath down there…"

"Secchan! We did it!" Konoka said to her happily. "We've defeated the monster?"

Setsuna turned to look at where the Cruncher Darkling originally was and saw nothing. "Really… And it looks like Negi sensei and the others who were originally inside the Cruncher are free as well."

Then the tour bus drove over to there and Gyde came running down from it. "Hey everyone! I can't believe my eyes!" he said with uncontainable excitement. "You guys really defeated the invincible Cruncher! This is without doubt the biggest news in history!"

"Yeah, it is without doubt the biggest thing to put down in the history of Lycia," Roy said, "And perhaps the whole word. We were just lucky that I happened to have the weapon capable of destroying it."

"This proves that the monster wasn't really invincible after all," Eva said.

Obviously, everything that had happened had been taped down by the news helicopter that was up in the air, and their live broadcasting was witnessed by people all over Lycia.

When they saw the triumph of the Smashers and Class 3-A against the so-called invincible monster who terrorized the country several years ago, cheered filled the air as the people knew that their country is once again saved from an evil threat.

Likewise, the rest of Class 3-A who did not participate in the final battle were all overjoyed and excited at the outcome of the battle as well, and they were also relieved to know that their fellow classmates and their beloved teacher made it through the ordeal mostly unharmed and alive.

Words could not describe how happy everyone is right now.

While the Smashers celebrated their victory over their enemies, there were two more people watching from them high up in the air, unknown to them all. They were Master Hand and Crazy Hand.

"Well, in the end," MH said, "we didn't need to step forward and settle things ourselves. Good thing that Roy has the Binding Blade with him, otherwise we would have to go to their rescue."

"Roy's our boy!" CH said delightfully.

"Thanks goodness not much damage was done! But it still amazes me to think that the Cruncher Darkling would survive the Great War and all the way until now. That's over 1000 years and this is the first time I've seen a Darkling who isn't a Deadly Incarnation survive this long within the atmosphere of this world!"

"It must be really evil deep inside the planet."

"Whatever the case is, there are still several mysteries about the Darkling that we still do not know… Oh well, let's not think too much about this. Back to the Final Destination then!"

"Yeehaw! I can't wait to try out the latest experiment of freezing a clock into a block of ice and checking to see if the hands will still move!" CH said as he took off with MH high into the night sky.

-

After the ordeal was over, the Smashers and Negi's students took the bus back to the hotel that they lived in. Roy went back to the site of his castle to check on the progress there. He said that he would figure out for himself on what to do or where to stay in the meantime and told them not to worry about him.

The bus stopped at the parking lot and the passengers all came down and walked towards the hotel entrance. "Ah! That was a great exercise we had!" Captain Falcon said, stretching his arms.

"Nothing would beat having a comfortable bath after this!" Haruna said. "I'm sure we sweated a lot going through all those."

"Yeah, and let's not forget who really needs to take one," Asuna said, giving Negi a suspicious glare that made him tremble in fright.

The moment they stepped into the hotel lobby, the rest of the 3-A girls came rushing over to greet them. "Negi sensei! Everyone! Welcome back!!!"

And instantly, Negi found himself surrounded by all his students as they touched him all over the place and asked him questions.

"Negi-kun! I'm so glad that you came back safe and sound!"

"Sensei! Tell us about your adventure! I can't wait to hear about it!"

"Sensei! Did you beat up the bad guys real good?"

"Welcome back, Negi sensei! I was so worried about you!"

The Smashers, however, were all ignored and left at the side. "They're not caring about us…" Luigi said.

"They're only familiar with there teacher, so eetz obvious," Mario said.

Ayaka then looked up at the Smashers and then said to the rest of the classmates, "Everyone, let's not forget the people who supported Negi sensei as well! Let us give our dearest thanks to the Smashers for saving the world!"

The girls all turned to face them and bowed down and said out loud, "Thank you very much, Smashers! Congratulations on your victory!"

"Dyeheh! Now you know who the king is around here!" Dedede boasted.

Then the other tourists and the people working at the hotel started to notice the Smashers and they began talking among themselves about them. "They're the ones who were on TV fighting that monster!"

"I never knew they were in this hotel all along!"

"Wow! I'm actually seeing the heroes of our country in front of my eyes!"

"They're our saviors!"

"Looks like everyone is starting to take notice us of," Marth said. "Not that I mind about our feats being made public."

"Waha! I feel like a celebrity already!" Wario said happily.

"It sure feels good to get praised by everyone!" Pichu said cheerfully.

Soon afterwards, the greeting and congratulating came to an end and everyone started to return to his or her rooms. As Eva and a damaged Chachamaru walked towards the stairs, Satomi came up to the android and said to her, "Chachamaru, you're badly damaged! I should fix you up right now and fast!"

"Thank you, professor," Chachamaru said to her, and then they both started to leave in another direction. Chachamaru turned to Eva one more time and said, "I will be back soon, master."

"Take your time and get well soon," Eva told her.

"Also, shouldn't you contact the principal that he does need to stamp the contracts anymore? He is approximately on the 1,398th paper already."

"Oh yeah… I'll get to that…"

-

"There! Doesn't that feel a lot better?" Asuna said to Negi as they both came out from the bathroom.

"It really hurts when you wash my hair…" Negi cried.

"How else are we going to get all the filth off your head? Learn to take a bath by yourself already!"

Then there was a knocking on the door and Asuna went to open it to see Konoka and Setsuna standing out there. "Hey! The both of you should come down to the courtyard at once!" Konoka told them in a happy voice.

"What's going on?" Asuna asked.

"The Smashers managed to get the permission to hold a party down there," Setsuna replied. "Everyone is there and even the king came over not too long ago! We're here to tell you to come."

"Party? Count me in! I can't wait to enjoy myself!" Chamo said, and he rushed out of the room and down the hall as fast as he could.

"That doesn't sound bad! Let's go and have a party then!" Negi said.

-

The four of them arrived into the courtyard and a large table containing all sorts of delicious foods. The Smashers and the rest of the classmates were all gathered around the place eating, chatting, playing, and doing all sorts of fun activities.

"Wow! Looks fun!" Negi said.

"Yo! You're here!" Kazumi, with Sayo floating next to her, came over. "C'mon! The fun is starting!"

As they walked towards the crowd, Ayaka came over to Negi and pulled him away by the arms. "I've prepared a special seat for you, Negi sensei!" she said. "Come over here and I'll offer you service!" She sat him on a table with foods on it that she prepared for him. "Enjoy yourself! You must be very tired after all those!"

"Thanks a lot, Ayaka! That's very kind of you!" he said.

"As long as sensei is happy, I'm happy too! Do you want me to feed you? Will mouth-to-mouth be all right for you?"

"Hey, where are you getting at?" Asuna asked in a pissed off voice when she heard the term 'mouth-to-mouth'.

Roy then came over to Negi and said, "Here you are!"

"Your majesty!" Negi said, and he quickly bowed down to show respect.

"You don't have to be so courteous. I'm not exactly all that used to be people treating me like this. Anyway, you've done a great job today!"

"But you were the one that did the finishing blow! I didn't really do anything at all."

"It was still your help that we are able to overcome our enemy. For a 10 years old kid, you truly are a child prodigy!" Roy then turned to look at his fellow Smashers enjoying themselves out there. "This really brings back memories of the time I was with them! Whenever we have accomplished something big, we would always hold parties to celebrate over this! Ah, those were fun times!"

It was a wonderful time for everyone at the party. The Smashers and the girls of Class 3-A were having a wonderful time enjoying and trying everything fun. Though they made lots of noises, the other people didn't mind at all and in fact came to the party to join them as well.

Wario showed off his skills in ass dancing while Luigi danced like an Egyptian and G&W broke it down in a groovy style. Everyone laughed at their silly performances.

Zazie performed all sorts of magic tricks that wowed everyone.

Dedede stood up on top of a podium saying out loud about everything that he's done in the castle and how great he was, though most of them were made up.

Yoshi and Kirby were eating plate after plate, once again trying to prove who is the better eater and the audience cheered for the ones that they think would win.

The girls that were crazy about Negi (most notably Ayaka, Makie, Nodoka, and Sakurako) were trying to convince Negi to have one of them feed them and offer him 'services'.

Pichu and Pikachu were performing stunts and tricks with the help of Red's Pokemon and everyone clapped hands for them. Jigglypuff had her mouth taped and was sitting at the side fuming madly that she wasn't given the chance to sing again.

Parry was telling jokes and wisecracks to everyone and made them laugh.

Some of the Smashers got together with random people (including Gyde and the bus driver) and placed their arms over each others' shoulder and danced and sang loudly and happily.

All in all, it was a wonderful party and a wonderful night.

Their battles and their victory were something to be talked about. Two different groups of people—one being a group of strong fighters on vacation and the other a middle school class on a field trip—accomplished a great feat during their visit to the same country.

It was truly a vacation to remember.

TO BE CONTINUED