SBS Time!
JakeCrusher: So are we ever going to know how Sonic and Bayonetta met?
Game2002: Dunno.
M.G: Megaman and Bayonetta have unique space-time manipulating abilities like Time Stopper and Witch Time?
Game2002: You pretty much answered your own question.
M.G: In Darkling, what are the true circumstances behind Cloud's desperation to find a certain person or thing by any means necessary, including committing crimes?
Game2002: That story was written when I'm not all that good at storytelling and would come up with random, pointless things or even copy other medias and works without thinking, so please don't think too much about it. It's no longer relevant.
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Chapter 4
Torrential Roar of the Evil Lords
Incrediblus and a few of the Smashers were at the backyard. Standing with a large piece of mattress next to him, Incrediblus said to the Smashers, "The Evil Lords are people you should never treat carelessly. Therefore, I have to make sure that you people are truly as strong as I read about to make sure that you are up to the task of fighting them."
"If you've read a whole lot about us, then I'm sure you already know we are more than capable of fighting them after seeing how incompetent they are…" Falco told him.
"It's always important to take precautions, so I still want to see if you really have what it takes to fight them," said Incrediblus. "We will have some sparring matches. All you have to do is fight me and try to defeat me. If you cannot defeat me, then you won't be a match for the Evil Lords."
The Smashers weren't sure if they should take him seriously. After all that they've seen, they knew for sure that the Evil Lords didn't look like threats, and the only reason Incrediblus saw them as being dangerous was because he himself was as incompetent as them.
"Are you really sure you want to do this?" Link asked him, hoping to make him change his mind, in fear that the sparring match would go horribly wrong due to their difference in strength.
"I'm serious," Incrediblus told him. "I have to make sure that you really are good fighters before letting you face off against the Evil Lords."
"In that case…" said Mewtwo, "I recommend Jigglypuff being your first opponent."
Hearing this, Jigglypuff happily ran onto the mattress and said, "Jigglypuff is first! Jigglypuff is happy!"
"Are you sure she is capable of faring well against me?" Incrediblus asked with doubt.
"Don't worry; she is a lot stronger than she looks," Mewtwo assured him.
"Okay, if that is what you said…" said Incrediblus before walking onto the mattress. He said to the balloon Pokemon, "I won't be holding back, so come at me like you're fighting for real! Just forget the killing part, okay?"
"All right, if the both of you are ready… Begin!" said Captain Falcon.
Incrediblus got into a fighting stance, while Jigglypuff curled up and started rolling in place fast. When she was spinning at her max speed, she zoomed forward and hit Incrediblus in the leg, knocking him onto the mattress face first.
He got back up again and turned around to face Jigglypuff, who jumped at his face to slap him rapidly. Incrediblus fell on his back, and the Pokemon continued to slap him in the face.
After about a minute, Jigglypuff finally stopped, and Incrediblus said with a badly swollen face, "Incredible… You far exceeded my expectations… You must be one of the strongest…"
"Should we tell him that she's one of the weakest among us?" Link quietly asked Captain Falcon.
"I think that's going to be a huge blow to his self-esteem…" replied the racer.
That night, the Evil Lords arrived at a harbor that had several warehouses.
"Scanning indicates that this particular building is empty and contains lots of engine parts that may potentially be useful in fixing our ship," said Lord Oblivion, who was piloting the flying saucer.
"Then we'll land there and patch things up by tomorrow morning," said Lord A. "Make sure that nobody sees us. The last thing we want is getting caught without being ready to take on them."
"What happened to the 'I'm so awesome that I can do everything in the best way possible and I have no fear of anything' attitude? Finally admitting that you're not as good as me?" Lord Hasbrain said from the doorway. This caused Lord A to run and throw himself at him in anger.
Lord Oblivion piloted the flying saucer over the warehouse instead of flying towards it. It wasn't until Lord A was done fighting Lord Hasbrain did he shout at him that they were supposed to land in that warehouse.
"I forgot…" said Lord Oblivion while scratching his head.
The Smashers were having dinner, and while doing so, Peach asked, "Is Incrediblus all right?"
"He'll recover, so don't worry," Dr. Mario told her. "He'll probably wake up tomorrow."
"You people should've gone easy on him…" said Peach, not pleased with the fact that the Smashers gave him a severe beating in what was supposed to be friendly sparring matches.
"Hey, don't blame us! He insisted that we take on him seriously when we held back!" Link told her.
"Yeah! He kept on saying how we won't be a match for the Evil Lords if we don't fight him seriously, so we gave him what he wanted!" Falco told her. "It's his fault for being a weakling with a strange way of thinking!"
"Let's hope he gets the point tomorrow," said Captain Falcon.
The Evil Lords spent all night working on fixing the Super Big Bang Cannon, performing checkups on their ship, and also upgrading it. By the time they were done, it was already morning. Feeling tired from working all night, they decided to take a rest before setting off to try to take over Tooneria again.
Their sleep was disturbed when they heard the sound of gunfire and things breaking apart from the outside. Because they wanted to keep an eye on their surroundings, they had their ship receive sounds coming from the outside to keep them notified. Lord Oblivion was still asleep, however.
"What's going on out there?! Can't they let us have a good sleep?!" said Scumlord angrily. He then proceeded to say lots of terrible-sounding things about what he was going to do to whoever disturbed them.
All of them except Lord Oblivion came out of the flying saucer and headed for a staircase that led to a higher part of the warehouse. There, they looked out the windows and saw at the bottom men wearing white uniforms firing their guns at a group of people in different clothing.
The bullets fired by the men in white bounced off a young man wearing a straw hat when he somehow made his body inflate like a balloon. Two people behind him, a green-haired man armed with three swords and a skeleton with an afro then charged out from behind him to attack those men in white. They moved with such a speed that the men in white were taken out in a blink of an eye.
"We don't have time to waste with them!" the man with green hair said to the man with a straw hat. "Let's get out of here before more of them arrive!" Those three then turned to run.
"What was that all about?" asked Lord Exaggeratron.
The three men didn't run far from their original position, because a silver-haired man wearing white armor-like clothing suddenly appeared in front of them. "This is as far as you go, Straw Hat Pirates!" said the newcomer. He then unsheathed his sword, which resembled and functioned like a chainsaw.
"Cool! Is that a chainsaw sword? Awesome!" the straw hat-wearing man commented in awe at the sight of the odd-looking sword.
"Interesting sword all right," said the green-haired man. "Who are you?"
Just then, more men in white uniforms showed up behind the silver-haired man, and one of them said, "Vice Admiral Corrin!"
"You have done well enough," the silver-haired man, Corrin, told them. "The Straw Hats are too much for you to handle, so I'll deal with them."
"Vice admiral?! He definitely won't be an easy opponent to deal with!" said the skeleton in shock.
Corrin charged at them, but the green-haired man ran towards him and blocked his sword with two of his own. "I'll handle him," he told the other two. "I'll catch up with you afterwards."
"I figured you would want to fight him, since he has a cool-looking sword," said the straw-hat wearing man. "We'll pick you up later so that you don't get lost! C'mon, Brook!" He and the skeleton then jumped onto the top of a nearby warehouse before making their way to a ship with a lion's figurehead in the distance.
"Don't let them get away!" shouted the men in white uniforms, who were actually marines.
The rest of the Straw Hat Pirates were on the ship deck, waiting for the other members to come back. When they heard Luffy's cry, they went to look at him. "They're here, and about time!" said Nami.
"Looks like they brought company," added Robin, looking at the marines chasing Luffy and Brook.
"Geez… They just have to attract attention everywhere they go, don't they…?" grumbled Nami.
"Can't be helped, since we're all wanted!" Robin reminded her with a smile. "By the way, where's Mister Swordsman?"
Luffy and Brook got close to the ship, the Thousand Sunny, and were going to jump onto it when something suddenly came out of the water, causing a large splash. It landed in front of Luffy and Brook, and the former widened his eyes in awe when he saw what it was.
Standing in front of him was a large quadruple beast with black and white skin. It had a pair of wings growing out of its back, and on its head were horns that resembled deer's antlers. Its head looked almost draconic, but seemed to lack facial features for the most part.
"WOW! IS THAT… IS THAT A DRAGON?! AWESOME!" exclaimed Luffy.
The dragon-like creature let out a roar before standing on its hind legs. It slammed its forelegs onto the ground to create a shockwave of water. Luffy and Brook jumped over the shockwave, while the marines behind them ran in between the warehouses fast. The shockwaves were able to damage and destroy things they hit, despite being made of water.
"Clearly this dragon is not friendly and wants us dead!" said Brook as he unsheathed his sword. "We may have to fight it!"
"But I want it to join my crew…" grumbled Luffy. The dragon lunged at them to attack, but they got out of the way. "If you don't want to join, you could've just told me instead of attacking us! Don't blame me for being rough on you, then! Gum Gum Pistol!" He pulled back his fist to great lengths before throwing a punch at the dragon. The latter managed to block the fist with its head and shrug it off with ease.
Pulling back his fist, Luffy said, "Looks like you're a tough one! I'm going to enjoy fighting you! By the way, I wonder what you taste like."
Meanwhile, Zoro and Corrin fought intensely. Both sides were highly skilled, so they were unable to land a hit against each other. When they pressed their swords against each other, sparks flew into the air as Corrin's chainsaw sword grinded against Zoro's swords. "As much as I love to stay and continue our fight to see what your sword is truly capable of, I'm afraid that my crew is waiting for me," Zoro told him.
"You won't be getting away this time, Straw Hat Pirates!" Corrin told him. "I'm going to bring you in before you cause any more trouble!"
They switched locations when they pulled their swords away from each other. Corrin jumped at him with one arm pulled back. When he thrust it forward, it transformed into a spear, much to Zoro's surprise. He crossed his swords in front of himself to block the attack, and then he pushed hard to send Corrin back into the air. While the latter was still in the air, Zoro swung his swords so hard that he fired wind blades, but Corrin was able to avoid them by bending back his body.
The air blades kept on going and cut through the walls of warehouses that got in the way. It struck the warehouse the Evil Lords were in, but they managed to avoid the attack in time. "What was that just now?!" asked Lord Exaggeratron in shock.
"Isn't it obvious? Their attacks flew in our direction," Lord Hindsight told him.
"How dare they fight without showing any concern for their surroundings?! Especially when we are close by!" said Lord A angrily. "I'm going to show them that they've messed with the wrong people! If they enjoy fights so much, we'll show them how we fight! Let's go get our weapons!"
The Evil Lords then returned to their ship and brought out a couple of weapons from their weapon storage room. Lord A carried with him a futuristic-looking bazooka, Lord Hindsight carried with him a high-tech rifle, and Scumlord got a shotgun-like weapon.
They went outside the warehouse and saw Zoro and Corrin fighting a bit of a distance in front of them. Lord A was going to use his bazooka when Lord Underestimateron stepped in front of him and said, "There is no need for you to waste your ammo on weaklings like them. I will take care of them using my trusty darts." He then took out a small pipe and blew into it to shoot out darts. However, the darts didn't fly too far. They fell to the ground without ever reaching Zoro and Corrin, and they didn't even notice anything.
Despite this, Lord Underestimateron kept on shooting darts. Scumlord became frustrated and shoved him aside. "You're useless! I'll show you how it's done!" He took aim with the shotgun and pulled the trigger, only to fire nothing. Confused, he opened the bullet chamber to find it empty, so he growled in frustration while returning into the warehouse to find some ammo.
This reminded Lord Hindsight to check and see if his rifle had bullets. "No surprise…" he said after checking it and then returned into the warehouse.
"Grrrrr! You people can't do anything right at all!" said Lord A in frustration. "I'll show you how it's done!" He placed the bazooka on his shoulder and took aim. When he pulled the trigger, a rocket flew out from the backside and blew up a random, empty truck. This finally caught the attention of Zoro and Corrin. Lord Hasbrain taunted and made fun of him from the doorway after seeing this.
"What was that?" asked Zoro. The two were suddenly distracted by the sound of a roar, so they turned to the source in the other direction.
"Kamui!" said Corrin. He then saw Zoro jumping on top of a nearby warehouse and running towards his ship.
"Sorry, gotta go! Let's hope we meet some other day to continue this fight!" he told the vice admiral while on his way.
"You're not getting away!" said Corrin before a pair of wings grew from his back so that he could fly and give chase.
"Oh, you have wings?" asked Zoro. "You a Devil Fruit user, or did you get your powers from other sources?
"Just how long are they going to take?" Sanji asked while looking at Luffy and Brook fight the dragon. "I can't believe they're actually having a hard time with an animal…"
"Don't you find it weird that a dragon would suddenly come out of the water to attack them?" Franky asked him.
"Maybe we happened to dock on its turf," said the cook.
"I have the feeling that I know who that dragon is…" said Robin.
The dragon, after being pushed back by a powerful palm thrust using both hands from Luffy, planted its feet firmly against the ground to avoid moving back any farther. It then took a deep breath before releasing a large blast of swirling water from its mouth at him and Brook. Brook ran out of the way, while Luffy inhaled air to inflate himself like a balloon, not to mention using Haki to harden himself.
The water struck him and sent him flying back onto the Thousand Sunny. The crews onboard watched as he hit the deck, and then their attention turned to the dragon as it jumped onto their ship. The dragon landed with a powerful stomp that would've damaged the deck of normal ships, but luckily, the Thousand Sunny was made from high quality wood that wouldn't break so easily.
"Hey you! Get your dirty claws off our ship!" Franky angrily said to it before firing bullets from his mechanical hand. The bullets bounced off the dragon harmlessly, however, and then it raised its legs over him.
Before it could bring down its leg, Sanji jumped at the leg and kicked it. The dragon turned to him, only to be kicked in the face hard. "Watch what you do on our ship, or else I'll make you our dinner!" the chef told it in an intimidating tone.
Lord A, Scumlord, Lord Hasbrain, Lord Underestimateron, and Lord Hindsight made their way close to the Thousand Sunny, carrying with them futuristic weapons of various kinds. Zoro and Corrin had also reached the front of the ship, where they continued to fight each other.
Brook, who was standing nearby, asked Zoro, "Do you need any help?"
"Just get on the ship and have it ready to sail off! I'll get on after I'm done with him!" Zoro told the skeleton.
Franky overheard Zoro and responded loudly, "In that case, I'll get the Gaon Cannon ready to blast us out of here! You better get on board when I tell you to do so!"
"If these people are going to continue to ignore us, we'll show them that they've made a huge mistake!" said Lord A as he placed a mortar onto the ground to set it up. "That ship looks like it belongs to them, so I'm going to blow it up and make them cry!"
After he was done setting up the mortar, he pressed some buttons on it to configure it, and then he pressed the fire button before closing his ears. A metal ball was then shot out of the mortar and flew in an arc towards the Thousand Sunny.
The metal ball landed on the back of the dragon, which was fighting Sanji and Luffy. A green explosion was caused by the metal ball hitting it, causing the latter to cry in pain. Though confused by what happened, Sanji and Luffy decided to take this opportunity to give the dragon the finishing blow.
"Gear 2nd! Gum Gum Jet Gatling!" shouted Luffy as he punched the dragon rapidly, but not before making his fists release steam and enhancing them using Haki.
The dragon was pummeled badly nonstop and took several steps back. When Luffy stopped, Sanji jumped at the dragon and delivered a foot covered in fire into its face, followed by kicking it nonstop while somehow suspending himself in midair. The chef gave it the finishing blow, a powerful, fiery kick to the neck that sent it flying out of the boat and towards the harbor. "Collier Strike!"
"KAMUI!" Corrin gasped when he saw the dragon getting knocked into the air.
The dragon flew in the direction of the Evil Lords, so they ran to avoid getting hit by it. The dragon hit the ground with a powerful slam and cried weakly before passing out. Corrin ran up to it in shock and shook it by its head. "Kamui! Are you all right?"
Zoro used this opportunity to get onto the ship and said loudly, "All right! We can leave now, and fast!"
Luffy and Sanji went up to the edge of the ship to look at the fallen dragon. "So that dragon is that guy's pet?" asked Sanji.
"Seems so," said Luffy. "Man, the marines sure get lots of awesome pets… I wonder where I can get one."
Just then, the dragon started glowing, and then in a bright flash, it was no longer a dragon, but an attractive woman with silver hair wearing the same kind of clothing as Corrin. "Kamui! Are you all right? Please be all right!" Corrin said to the woman while shaking her by the shoulder.
"Hey look! That dragon turned into a woman!" said Luffy in shock. "Is she a Devil Fruit user? Cool!"
"Now I remember," said Robin. "Those two are Vice Admiral Corrin and Vice Admiral Kamui, two powerful marines serving under Admiral Leviathan. They are known for their abilities to transform into dragons, due to them being part-dragon."
"Part dragon? Such people exist…?" said Nami in disbelief.
"Cool!" exclaimed Luffy.
"That dragon… is female… and is actually a human… and a beautiful one at that…?!" said Sanji while trembling in shock. "That means… I kicked a woman…? No… I kicked it when it was unidentifiable as a woman… so it should be all right… but she's still a woman… in another form… but… but…"
"You won't get away for hurting my sister like this!" Corrin angrily said to the Straw Hat Pirates before his body began glowing, and then in a burst of light, he transformed into the same kind of dragon as Kamui and let out a roar of anger.
"Cool! He can also do the same thing!" exclaimed Luffy.
"Hold on tight, everyone! The Gaon Cannon is ready to fire!" shouted the voice of Franky. "We're going to take off in a blast! Three, two…"
Corrin jumped at the Thousand Sunny in an attempt to get on board, but when he was at the same level as the ship's figurehead, which opened its mouth to reveal a cannon, a powerful blast of air was fired. Corrin was shot at point blank and blown backwards, while the ship shot in the opposite direction so fast that it was close to the horizon in a second.
The attack blew away a large amount of buildings in front of it. The Evil Lords were also caught in the blast and sent flying backwards.
Everyone onboard the ship held tightly onto something to avoid falling off. Luffy shouted loudly in the direction of the harbor while waving, "See ya, vice admiral who can turn into a dragon! Let's hope we meet again!"
Despite getting hit up close by the powerful attack, Corrin was still conscious to some extent. He changed back into his human form and struggled to get back up. "Darn… They got away… Can't believe I lost to them…"
"Corrin…" said a woman's voice coming from nearby.
"Kamui!" Corrin said in surprise. He then rushed to the source of the voice to find the silver-haired woman. "Kamui! You're all right!"
"I'm fine… How can I be a vice admiral if I go down so easily?" said the silver-haired woman—Kamui. "Still, I was taken by surprise… The Straw Hats really are tough…"
"Yeah, they are, but they'll be brought down no matter what," Corrin assured her. "C'mon, we should help the injured ones and also patch up ourselves. They've really done a huge mess to this place…"
While the marines were doing their things, the four Evil Lords who were caught in the Gaon Cannon got back up while growling in pain. "What in the world happened…?" asked Lord Hasbrain while touching the glass dome containing his brain, which was, remarkably enough, undamaged in any way.
"Whatever they used, the fact that we are still alive proves that their weapons are weak and useless," said Lord Underestimateron.
"Which is to be expected," said Lord Hindsight. "For now, I suggest that we go and see if our flying saucer is all right."
Lord A was knocked out by the blast, so Lord Hasbrain took this opportunity to make fun of him. They carried him back to the warehouse their flying saucer was in. That warehouse was untouched for the most part due to being a bit far from the Thousand Sunny, so the flying saucer was all right. "I knew it would be all right," said Lord Hindsight.
After the four went inside, Lord Exaggeratron said to them, "You have seen for yourselves how dangerous these people are. We should not attempt to take over this place! We should look for places with less powerful people. See what they've done to Lord A!"
"That's because he's weak!" said Lord Hasbrain. "The three of us didn't pass out, so that is proof of how weak he is! Now you know why I am so much better than him!"
"Whatever the case is, we're getting out of here! We're not going to do anything until Lord A gets back on his feet!" said Lord Exaggeratron. "I've checked the status of the ship, and everything is all right, so let's get moving first before planning on what to do next!"
After saying that, the flying saucer flew out of a hole on the roof they created the previous night so that they could go inside.
"You are indeed as powerful as I've read," Incrediblus, who was back on his feet, said to the Smashers. "However, just because you've managed to defeat me doesn't mean you are automatically a match for the Evil Lords. They are extremely dangerous people you should never underestimate!"
The Smashers looked at him with frustrated expressions, and some of them said in their heads, "Enough of this already, you weakling…"
TO BE CONTINUED
With this chapter, all the Smash Bros. characters in the series to date have now appeared in my series.
In case you don't know, Corrin's dragon form is larger than what is seen in SSB4. I'm using the canon size in my series.