A/N: Like to thank LiquidPhazon on this cause I have no knowledge on Xenoblade whatsoever.
Chapter 6: War of the Gods and Mechons:
As the others finally arrived at Palutena's world they saw it was about to be overrun by huge Mechons heading towards the temple.
"Mechons?" Cloud said, before he guessed. "Hades must have asked them to help."
"If the Mechons are here, then so is Metal Face." Luigi said, before he then pointed out the window.
"Look! There it is and Hades heading towards Palutena's throne room!" He called, makin everyone turned in horror to see Hades flying to the top, while Metal Face was stabbing his claws into the wall, climbing up the building.
"Someone has to go to Palutena and save her." The naked Fox said concerned.
"Me, Mario, Link and Cloud will go." Ryu told them, before instructing. "You all just focus on the Mechons and help Palutena's army."
"I'm coming with you." Samus spoke up, before admitting. "I am concerned about Ike!"
"Be careful!" Zelda called after them as they all ran off to the temple.
-At Palutena's throne room-
"It has been a long time, Lady Palutena" Hades grinned nastily as he, the evil version of Pit and Metal Face stood before Palutena, who was sitting on her throne.
"I knew you'd all be here, Hades. And I know what Bowserdorf is planning. What makes you think I'd allow you to capture me?" Palutena asked, glaring at her enemies.
"Because you will get to see your allies fall to my Mechon army." Metal Face said in a wicked tone, as he then announced. "Watch them as they fall to our mighty power!"
"You Mechons may be powerful but we will never give up!" Palutena said, before facing Pit.
"Pit… you were a good person. Why did you go over to Hades?" She asked him.
"Because I want power. Power to slay a Goddess and help Lord Hades rule this world." Pit replied in a dark tone as he took out his dark Celestial Blades.
"Not today, Pit!" A voice suddenly yelled, making the three villains turn to see Ike land before them, only this Ike wore white armour, still wore his green headband and held his Ragnell sword proudly.
But the most noticeable change to this Ike was he had angel white wings.
"Ike!" Palutena said, happy to see her ally, who stood in front of Pit, ready to protect the Goddess.
"You're just a fallen angel. I won't let you harm Lady Palutena!" Ike stated.
"That's fine by me. Because now I can finally kill you, Ike. I am tired of your interference." Pit said as he flew at Ike.
Ike blocked his blades with his sword and then locked blades as they clashed several times.
"Keep him busy, Pitty. Just buy us time so we can capture Palutena" Hades called out, making Palutena say in reply as she rose from her throne. "Don't count me out yet. I am ready to fight too."
"Hold it right there, Hades!" Palutena, Hades, Metal Face, Ike and Pit heard another voice call as Mario, Link, Samus, Ryu and Cloud finally approached them.
"Samus? What are you're doing here?" Ike gasped as he pushed Pit off.
"I've come to help you. I don't want to lose you." Samus told him.
"If Metal Face is here, that must mean that Mumkhar is using him." Mario guessed as they turned their attention to Metal Face.
"Wrong. I am..." Came a familiar, but dark toned voice, as Metal Face's chest opened and a familiar blonde hair person revealed himself, only he had a metallic coated body and a pair yellow eyes.
"Shulk? You're with the Mechons!?" Link gasped, while Mario, Cloud and Ryu were also shocked to see Shulk using Metal Face.
"I would never side with their kind. The Mechon and Machina won the war and made us into monsters. Though they now uses peace with the Homs, I refuse to accept that. So I am using their precious mechs to destroy them. Bowserdorf accepted my thirst for vengeance and now... I am gonna to do whatever I can to achieve my goal!" Shulk stated angrily.
"By accepting your Mechanical Body and using Metal Face?" Ryu asked.
"Exactly. The Homs are fools to believe the Machina. I will use their Mechon Suits and destroy them all" Shulk said.
"And it's not surprise it came as a shock to you four, because you four are not from this world." Hades commented.
"What!?" Samus questioned, shocked as she turned to look at Mario, Link, Cloud and Ryu who just glared at Hades.
"You four came from Ganondorf's world. A world which is different from ours. And I'd take it that in your world, your Shulk is not part Mechon, am I right?" Shulk said, getting angry at the thought of a Shulk from their world.
"Yes. He is a proud Hom, who has the power of the Monado in his powers. A blade that Dunban used to help win the war in Mechonis. And unlike you, he uses that power to make his world a better place, not becoming a monster like you!" Link said back.
Shulk just glared and grit his teeth from hearing that the Monado in the alternate world had yet been destroyed and was wielded by what he believed to be a weak and pathetic version of him, before Ike then spoke up and asked. "So you guys are from a different world? Lady Palutena has figured as much. She said four other heroes from a different world will try to stop a greater evil from conquering both theirs and ours. And I take it you're here to help us?"
"Yes. We came to stop Ganondorf. And we know what he is planning" Cloud told Ike.
"Then can you help me get rid of these intruders?" Ike asked, making the four nod before they stood by his side, ready to fight.
"And another thing." Mario said, pointing to Pit.
"Our Pit fights for Palutena, not against her. And he's a better fighter!" He then said.
"Shut up!" Pit shouted, letting out his rage as he fired his darkness bow at them, causing them all to dodge the attack, before Ike, Cloud and Link jumped before him, ready to face off against Pit.
"Now to show you the power I wield!" Shulk announced as he reentered in Metal Face, causing Metal Face's eyes to glare a bright red, before he yelled as he lunged forward and tried to impale Mario and Ryu with his blood stained claws.
But as his claws smashed through the ground, Mario and Ryu managed to leap away, dodging the attack.
Meanwhile, Hades and Palutena also faced off as well, in which Hades began to fight as he spawned two fireballs from his hands and fired, causing Palutena to counter with her reflect shield, causing Hades own attack to hit him.
Pit took his two blades and clashed with Ike and Link clashing them both with Ike's Ragnell and Link's Master Sword.
Then he flew into the air and Ike followed, clashing their blades more.
"This isn't the way you wanna do this Pit. You heard Mario. The other you is a hero. Don't fall to Hades' level!" Ike called out, trying to talk some sense in Pit.
"I told you to shut up!" Pit shouted back as he leapt back and was about to use his arrow on him when Link's clawshot got his leg and brought him down and was then struck by Cloud's Buster Sword sending him crashing to the ground.
While Ike landed beside Link and Cloud, Pit rose up in sheer anger and charged again, only for Link to pull out and throw a bomb at him, which hit his feet, causing Pit to stumble, before he was met by Ike's Eruption attack and Cloud's Cross Slash.
Meanwhile, Metal Face was firing blasts from his clawed hands and the canon on his back, trying to blast Mario to oblivion.
However, Mario kept dodging each blast, before he leapt up and punched Metal Face right on the face, knocking the Mechon back, before Mario then fired his fireball attack and hit the Mechon once again, making him yell out in annoyance. "You insects! I will destroy you all!"
"Oh we'll see about that!" Mario said as he charged again.
Pit snarled and roared as he fired his bow on the swordsmen more, before a huge beam shot between Ike and Cloud and hit Pit, sending him crashing to the wall.
"What the…!?" Link called out, wondering who had fired the attack, making him look behind and causing Ike to smile, before he said "Pittoo!"
"Please don't call me that, Ike" Said a new being who had Dark Pit's black hair but wore Pit's clothing, while retaining his black wings and holding his Sacred Treasure.
"Dark Pit?" Cloud asked in confusion.
"Light Pit actually. I came from the Mirror of Truth. I am the opposite of Pit here." Light Pit explained in reply.
"Huh. Guess this Dark Pit is the lighter version of this world Pit." Link said to himself.
"Light Pit. How dare of you to interfere!" Pit snarled as he rose to his feet again.
"I have to help my friends. And I won't let you harm Lady Palutena!" Light Pit stated in a determined tone.
Hades frowned as he saw Light Pit's arrival, and just as he was about to face Palutena again, he saw Ryu in front of him as he yelled out 'Shinku Hadoken!' and fired his fireball at Hades, knocking him down.
"How does a simple human does this?" Hades groaned in pain as he clutched his chest.
"I've taken down Gods like you before." Ryu said, referencing the time he fought against Galactus in Marvel vs Capcom 3.
With Hades down, Metal Face then followed as he crashed beside Hades, forcing Shulk to emerge from his Mechon, in which Mario and Ryu stood over them, while Palutena stood between them and said. "You lose, Hades. You'll never take me alive."
"It's no matter." Hades said, as he withdrew a small box and then told his enemies. "I'd only need a small piece of your power. We will meet again, Palutena and next time, they'll be more of us for you to handle. Pit, we're leaving."
"All Mechons retreat for now!" Shulk called out, commanding his army.
"We're done here." He said in a bitter and spiteful tone, telling Link and Cloud in an angered and hateful tone. "This isn't over. We will meet again!"
With that said, Metal Face suddenly reactivated and blasted a hole in the floor before him, creating a massive dust cloud, allowing Shulk and his Mechon to escape, while Pit glared at the four swordsman as he returned to Hades' side and disappeared through telepathy.
"Ike, what's going on here?" Samus asked, having watched the whole thing while looking at Mario, Link, Cloud and Ryu.
"Samus, you have to promise me that you will never tell anyone about this. Not your parents, no one. They're here for a good reason." Ike told them, as he held Samus' hands.
Samus look confused at first, but looking into Ike's eyes, Samus then smiled and replied. "Ok, Ike. I promise."
"Good. The Mario, Link, Ryu and Cloud standing before you, are not our Mario, Link, Ryu and Cloud. They are from a different world." Ike told Samus as they turned to see the four heroes who just stood in silence.
"They came here because Ganondorf, the evil from their world, tried to bring our villains to theirs but they stopped him by pushing him in the portal, along with them." Light Pit said, as he also heard this from Palutena.
"I see now." Samus said as she finally understood, at which Cloud spoke up and said. "Sorry. We've should've said something sooner, but you never believe us."
"It's alright, Cloud. At least we know our Mario, Link, Ryu and Cloud are still out there." Samus replied, making Palutena nod and say "And it will cause a misunderstanding. For now, this Mario and the others remains secret for now. But when our Link and the others show up, there will be a horrible battle."
"Don't worry. We fight if we have to. But all we want is to stop Ganondorf and go home." Mario told them in reply.
"Then we ask you, to help us stop Bowserdorf, even if it means bringing the two worlds together." Ike said, making Link nod and reply. "Of course we'll help. We want to make this right."
"Excellent. Sadly while we were fighting, they have taken some of my power" Palutena said sadly. "Which means they are two steps away from finishing their portal."
"We mustn't let their Mario and Peach fall in Bowserdorf's hands or let Ganondorf get his grubby hands on the Triforce Rod!" Ryu said.
"Don't worry. I'll go to the Hyrule Kingdom to get the Triforce Rod. Ike, Light Pit, please, go with them and help recruit the other heroes of this world. Our universe is in dire peril." Palutena pleaded with Ike and Light Pit, who both knelt by her, bowed and replied in loyal tones. "Yes, Lady Palutena."
Palutena smiled before she then teleported away in a beam of light.
With Palutena gone and two new heroes on their side, Samus approached Link, as she had a question.
"Tell me something. Your Samus. What is she like?" She asked.
"She's ok, but she lost her parents who died by Ridley's hands and become a Space Bounty Hunter herself. I am sorry if we are keeping a lie to all of you." Link told her solemnly.
"It's fine. I can keep secrets. And if our Link and the others arrive, we'll tell them the truth. I am sure they'll understand and will want to help as well." Samus said.
"I hope so." Cloud replied.
-An hour later-
"The rogue Mechons retreated." Meta Knight said. "I am not sure if this is a victory or if it's part of the plan."
"Who knows? I am more concerned about…" Peach began to say, before Rosalina shouted. "Look, they're back!"
Peach turned and smiled to see Mario, Link, Samus, Cloud, Ryu, Ike and Light Pit approach her and her allies.
"Is Palutena safe?" Daisy asked.
"Yes she is fine. They took some power from her but didn't kidnap her. And the Triforce Rod will be in safe hands. She is going to get it for us." Ike replied, which caused King Kirby, Diddy and Donkey Kong to smile from hearing that.
"So where next?" Asked Falco.
"I suggest we pick Marth, Roy, Lucina, Robin and Corrin up next." Mario suggested.
"Agreed." Mr. Aran said as they all headed back to the Great Fox.
However, Link stopped as he looked back to see the temple and began to worry at how far Ganondorf was willing to go.
"Link, are you ok?" Zelda asked in concern, making Link face her and say in a reassuring tone. "It's nothing. Don't worry."
Next stop, the Fire Emblem world.
A/N: I hope you all are enjoying this so far.