Were at the end of this some-what short story, but I plan to go out with a bang, at least the best I can, now all characters belong to whoever owns them, the Super Smash Bros series belongs to Nintendo and the Smash Minde series belongs to Ultiman92, The-3-Sueslayers is my Bata reader.

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Chapter 4: The Final Showdown

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The crushed remains of all of the trophies littered the ground. Bowser could see pieces of every Smasher, all trophy arms and legs and dust. His huge look-alike stood in the center of the chaos, smirking.

"You killed them all?" Bowser growled.

"Every single one. It was easy. Your friends fell like flies." Giga Bowser laughed cruelly.

"B-but how? Any of them could beat me in your form!" Bowser choked out.

"You didn't fight right. You tried to fight as Bowser, even when you weren't. Fight as Giga Bowser, and you'd have had the power to smash them all like I have!"

Bowser walked numbly through the remains of the other fighters. People who had tried to be his friends. Some had succeeded. Some had failed, but that hadn't stopped them. Mario's hat lay by his claw. "I tried to kill you! But you were still concerned for me. You tried to be my friend. You all did." A piece of ROB's head, one dull eye still intact, lay next to Mario's hat. A shard of Peach's dress. The broken handle of someone's sword. "And he killed you all, and I couldn't stop him." Tears, a strange feeling for Bowser, filled his eyes. Giga Bowser just laughed.

"I'll kill you!" Bowser roared. Gathering power in his muscles, he leaped into the air. Giga Bowser caught him with one claw, and Bowser hung there, slashing and battering at empty air.

"I've already eaten everyone, but I'm still hungry. Your turn!"

"No!" Bowser cried as he was tossed into open jaws.

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"N-no!" Bowser woke with a start, breathing hard. He looked around as his heartbeat calmed and his breathing slowed. "I thought the nightmares would end... why was this one worse?" He stopped in his tracks, looking at the massive trophy base at his feet. The Giga Bowser trophy was gone. Looking around, he saw that the doorway to the basement had been reduced to a massive hole, just the size for someone like Giga Bowser.

"No. No way. He can't be free!" Bowser looked around desperately, searching for some sign of the huge koopa. A moment later a roar echoed down the stairs, similar to Bowser's own but more resonant and feral.

"He's free..." Bowser said, his voice filled with horror. "He's free and it's all my fault!"

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The Smashers, upon waking, came out of their rooms to see the mansion a catastrophe. Doorways had been destroyed, furniture reduced to splinters, and walls and floors charred.

"The heck?" Sonic stood in his doorway, staring around at the destroyed hall. "Who did this?"

"The claw marks, flames, and the size of the holes suggest... Giga Bowser," ROB said, looking around slowly. Sonic looked at him incredulously.

"Giga Bowser?" At those words, Mario and Pikachu appeared in their own doorways, fear in their eyes.

"...Did you ever wonder if-a their were...two-a Bowsers?" Mario asked hesitantly.

"Well of course-a there's two Bowsers, the real one and-a this one," Luigi said, looking at his brother in confusion.

"No I mean two-a Bowsers here, in-a this world...what I'm-a trying to say is, did any of-a you ever think-a Giga Bowser and Bowser were-a...two people?" Mario said, struggling to form the abstract worry in his mind into a coherent thought.

"Don't be ridiculous," Samus said. "Giga Bowser's just a transformation spell, a lot of us have one of the type. Sonic and Yoshi both use the same thing."

"I'm not so sure," Lucario said. "It always seemed there were... two in Bowser's aura, struggling for control."

"Ok this is insane. Bowser is not two people! It' a simple-" Samus fell silent as Giga Bowser crashed through the wall. "Uh, Bowser... how did you get a smash ball outside of a match?" Samus asked. Giga Bowser's only reply was a evil chuckle. "Ok I've had enough of this! We have it hard enough as it is, we don't have time to play your games!" Samus said. "Just drop the transformation already!"

"Samus..." Mario said, fear in his voice.

"What!?" Samus snapped. Giga Bowser's eyes narrowed as he inhaled deeply.

"Samus! Watch out!" Bowser raced down the hallway as fast as he could go.

"Bowser? Then that's-" she cried out in pain as Giga Bowser's fire engulfed her, without even her suit for protection.

"Pika!" Pikachu called as Samus fell to the ground. Ignoring her prone form, Giga Bowser turned to Pikachu.

"Pathetic," Giga Bowser spat, whipping into his shell and sending Pikachu flying into a wall. "Who's next?"

"Me!" Bowser stepped in front of the others. "Winner gets to be the only Bowser."

"Alright," Giga Bowser laughed. "Final Destination. One hour from now. And after I crush you I'll destroy your trophy along with everyone else's!"

"An hour," Bowser agreed. "But don't touch the others until then."

"Fine. It can wait until I've crushed you." Giga raced down the hallway and out of sight.

"B-Bowser...W-what was that!?" Pit asked, peering out of his doorway with ruffled feathers and wide eyes.

"Me," Bowser said, staring at the ground. "Sometime, Giga Bowser took on a life of his own, and thanks to my being an idiot he escaped."

"Don't say that." Peach walked to stand beside Bowser with a small smile and a hand on his shoulder. "Please, Bowser... don't blame yourself for something you never did. Giga Bowser did all this... another creation of the Hands, but not you. Not you at all!"

"She's right... Giga Bowser had a mind of his own from the beginning. It's just another game. The Hands knew he'd come alive and eventually torment you into freeing him. They've probably been watching you from the start," Lucario put in.

"Those blasted Hands. Every problem in all of our lives has been caused by those blasted hands!" Bowser shouted out, allowing all his anger to be released in a deafening cry.

"Yeah, we know," Sonic said. "But that doesn't mean you can't outsmart 'em!"

"...No I cant, I'm sorry guys, but I think this is the last you'll see of me." Bowser said sadly. "In an hour, I'm dead meat. Or trophy dust or whatever he's going to turn me into. I just hope you guys can survive after that."

"Come on, Bowser," Mario said. "You can't-a give up like that. You can beat him!"

"And how am I supposed to beat a huge monster version of myself in a fight?" Bowser snapped.

"Think about it," Sonic said with a grin. "Remember the last time we fought? 'You're too slow'?" Bowser stared at him and Sonic continued. "Giga's a slug! Even you are faster than he is!"

A grin slowly worked it's way across Bowser's face. "That... might actually work. But I'll need some practice. Let's go to the alloy room for a while before I have to fight."

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Bowser stood on the right side of Final Destination, Giga Bowser on the left. The hands hovered over them, watching and waiting for the match to begin.

"Just so we're clear, the loser of this match's trophy will be instantly destroyed, and no items will appear unless I say so!" Giga Bowser said.

"Oh sure, like that's fair," Bowser mumbled. But if he was right, he wouldn't need items.

"GO!" The Announcer called out, starting the match.

"Ready to die, Koopa?" Giga Bowser said with a smirk.

"Not really, how about you, mutant?" Bowser shot back.

Giga Bowser roared and spun towards Bowser, shell spines whipping through the air at deadly speeds. But Bowser jumped up and used his shell spin to augment a flying leap right over Giga Bowser's head. Giga Bowser growled and went after him, but every time he tried to get Bowser, Bowser would dodge.

"Stop, how aren't you hurt?" Giga Bowser growled.

"Because you're to slow!" Bowser said, mimicking Sonic's taunting voice with a grin.

Giga Bowsers eyes narrowed and he growled low in his throat.

"I may be slower then you, but I am still way stronger then you!" Giga Bowser yelled out, sliding forward and grabbing Bowser, blowing fire on him. He threw Bowser on top of his shell and spun, sending him flying towards the edge of the stage.

"I let my guard down again, and I'm dead," Bowser said to himself, landing on his feet and regaining his balance. Giga Bowser smirked.

"You can't keep running forever Bowser, sooner or later you'll get tired, and then you're all mine," Giga Bowser chuckled. Bowser glared at his opponent, masking his dismay behind angry eyes.

"I hate to admit it, but he's right. He has the advantage. I've got to change tactics." Bowser thought. Suddenly in an act of bizarre courage he ran straight at Giga Bowser and hit him straight in the gut. Giga Bowser didn't flinch.

"Didn't hurt," Giga Bowser said with a smirk before he hit Bowser back. The Hands cheered as he almost fall off the stage, but he saved himself by spinning back onto the edge. Bowser looked at his massive opponent and began to sweat.

"I can't do this. He's to strong. My attack didn't even faze him." Bowser thought.

He looked into Giga Bowser eyes and saw the insane murderous glee in them. The image of Giga Bowser changed to one of Bowser himself, with that same look in his eyes. Bowser flinched to see his own face.

"Is that me?" Bowser thought. Giga Bowser smirked at his smaller opponent.

"What's the matter? To much of a wimp to finish me off?" Giga Bowser taunted. Bowser felt anger grip his heart and prepared to charge. No matter what, he would not be called a wimp. Suddenly, he stopped, almost laughing out loud in realization. Giga Bowser looked blankly at him.

"What, can't get up the courage to attack? Go on, come and get me." Giga Bowser demanded, but Bowser just stood there, the grin on his face becoming the smirk of someone who knew now just what their enemy was all about.

"I can't take this anymore! I give up! Make it stop!" Bowser taunted. "That's what you want me to say, right?"

"You've been playing mind games with me, messing with my head this whole time, haven't you? That's what you did to get me to release you, and that's what you're trying to do to make me lose this fight. Well I'm not gonna fall for anymore of these tricks. You're not invincible. I should know! I was you! But we're two people, you don't even deserve the name Bowser, you're just Giga, a huge mutated Koopa who tries to get ahead in life by messing with his opponents minds." Bowser said scathingly, his smirk deepening and widening as Giga Bowser growled in fury.

"You dare say that? I am the great Giga Bowser! You're just a runt who won't be living much longer!" Giga Bowser roared. Bowser just continued to smirk.

"Why don't you come over here and prove that?" Bowser jeered.

"Maybe I will!" Giga Bowser said, racing towards Bowser. Bowser spun out of the way and dodged to the other side of the stage.

"What's wrong Giga? Need the big bad Hands to come help you?" Bowser taunted.

"Can't beat a runt like me on your own?" Giga Bowsers eyes lit with dark outrage. He gave a mighty roar and ran at Bowser as fast as he could, but Bowser jumped out of the way again.

"You don't look so good," Bowser said, in a tone of false concern. "Maybe you should just go to bed!"

"That's it! Master Hand, give me a Home-run bat! I will finish him off once and for all!" Giga Bowser yelled. Master Hand snapped his fingers and a Home-run bat appeared in front of Giga Bowser. He picked it up with a dark smile curling across his face.

"Now it's over, Bowser!" Giga Bowser said, holding the Home-run bat. Bowser just smirked.

"Not quite," Bowser thought. Giga Bowser raced over to Bowser and readied the Home-run bat, but Bowser jumped out of the way once more. "Hey Giga! You need a bat to take me out? Pretty weak if you can't do it with your own two hands!"

"Ill show you, I don't need this bat!" Giga Bowser growled, throwing the bat aside.

He began sliding towards Bowser, but Bowser jumped out of the way. Bowser smirked, seeing the discarded Home-run bat, and picked it up. Giga Bowser turned to Bowser and laughed.

"Oh, so now you need a Home-run bat?" Giga Bowser taunted, but Bowser, unfazed, continued to approach.

"They don't work on me anymore," Bowser said. "I don't give in to mind games." He approached Giga Bowser, readying the bat for his strongest swing. "But apparently you do!" Bowser hit Giga Bowser with the bat as hard as he could, and Giga Bowser was sent flying.

"N-no! This can't be happening! He tricked me!" Giga Bowser thought as he was thrown into the abyss. A huge explosion rocked the stage.

"GAME!" the Announcer's voice was heard. The hands looked happy with the fight and left, chattering to each other about the match. Bowser growled as he watched the hands float away.

"Those hands, they'll do anything for a laugh," Bowser said in a low voice. "It's not fair."

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Bowser sat outside the mansion at night, staring up at the stars. The other Smashers had cheered for him, held a celebration, but he hadn't felt up to partying. Bowser had just wanted to sit and think.

"Hello," Mario said, walking out the door and shutting it behind him softly.

"Oh, hi, Mario." Bowser hadn't turned to look at him.

"So, great that you've-a beaten Giga Bowser, huh? You're-a free!" Mario said, hearing the sadness in Bowser's voice and hoping to cheer him up a little.

"That's not the point anymore! Nothing's changed. Those hands are just going to keep making us fight, finding other ways to get a laugh out of us. This was all just another of their games, and they're not going to stop! If anybody ever wants to be free, we have to find a way to stop this for good," Bowser said. Mario just nodded.

"We-a will. Soon." Mario put a hand on Bowser's shoulder in silent agreement, before turning and walking back inside.

"...I sure hope so," Bowser said, staring back up at the sky.

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Well that's the end of my installment to the Smash Minde series, if you'd like to know what happens next go read The-3-Sueslayers story Unity, it takes place sometime after this story,...I don't know how much time, something's definitely got to happen in-between, but it hasn't bin written yet...anyway R&R and goodBye.