Fox stood by the side while Bidofo and Darkrai clashed. Bidofo had told him this was his fight and that Fox should stay back for now. Bidofo charged at Darkrai and swung with his sword expertly. Each slash was calculated in his mind to decide if it would hit or not. Darkrai seemed to be staying defensive, but whenever Bidofo got to close, he'd hit him with a powerful move to send him flying backwards.

Bidofo was getting smart to this strategy and quickly dodged out of the way this time before whipping out his bow and fired off a shot. It was a direct hit and Darkrai wasn't pleased. He vanished suddenly and reappeared closer to Bidofo with an explosion of darkness. He then grabbed Bidofo and threw him upwards before firing a shadow ball off at him.

Bidofo didn't have much time after being thrown. He quickly switched to Staff form and used his stave to absorb the shadow ball for health. He then switched to his axe form and tried to slam it down onto Darkrai from above.

Darkrai saw the axe coming though and his eye glinted a little. As the axe made contact, Darkrai simply disappeared. Bidofo landed and almost right after, Darkrai appeared behind Bidofo and delivered a swift shadow claw attack.

Bidofo was getting weak. He changed form again into his last resort, Light magic form and shot a bolt of light magic at Darkrai. Darkrai couldn't defend to well against that and was blasted backwards into a tree.

"Give it up, Darkrai. You can't beat my light magic. So it's time to release your captives again, yup yup." Bidofo stated as he healed up with his stave.

Darkrai growled. He didn't like losing. But at the same time, he respected Bidofo's fighting skills. He raised his hands and from the shallow lake, four trophies rose up. Ice climbers, Pit, Olimar and what seemed to be a small dinosaur.

Nameplate: Yoshi

Fox and Bidofo got to work reviving them while Darkrai slinked away into the dark of the forest to escape.

A few minutes later, the group were sitting by the lakeside discussing things.

"So what were you guys doing on the island anyway?" asked Fox, stretching out a little.

"Well, I was just exploring. I guess Yoshi stowed away since I can't think of any other way he got here." replied Olimar.

"And I flew over with Palutena's help. I landed because I saw an absolutely huge robot land here." said Pit. Fox and the Ice Climbers responded right away with surprise.

"A huge robot?!" Fox asked in disbelief. Pit nodded in response and Fox stood up. "We have to go find it now! That robot has Falco!"

"Are you sure… I'm not sure we can take that thing on… when I say huge. I mean HUGE!" Said Pit. Fox had already made up his mind though. He ran off into the forest with the Ice Climbers and Yoshi following him. Bidofo pulled out his sword too.

"This island is my home. No robot, regardless of size is gonna threaten it, Yup Yup" Bidofo declared, before running after Fox too. Olimar nodded at Pit before also going.

"Well, I've fought Hades… and he was huge too. I guess we can handle it." He assured himself, before sprinting behind the rest of the group.

Meanwhile, Darkrai sat alone inside the forest, recovering. This was his Island. Intruders were his to take and Bidofo just kept on trying to stop him. Maybe he should seek Bidofo out and trap him in a nightmare once and for all. Darkrai smirked at the idea of finally taking care of his greatest foe down.

Just as he was becoming lost in his thoughts, Darkrai heard a loud groan. He turned quickly and charged an attack but before he could launch it, a large metal fist about equal in size to his entire body collided with him and sent him flying deeper into the woods and trophifying him too.

The heroes were rushing through the forest. Fox lead the pack in their search for the Gigantobot when suddenly…

A huge K.O. explosion drew their attention and Darkrai's trophy shot past them toward the beach. They followed the trophy for a moment before looking in the direction it came from. That's when it finally showed itself once again. The Gigantobot!

The colossal robot raised it's foot and brought it crashing down on the heroes. It would have killed them if they hadn't quickly dived out of the way.

"Everyone!" shouted Fox "Get to the beach. We can't fight this thing in all these trees!" Fox dashed off in the direction Darkrai's trophy was sent, and the other heroes followed. The Gigantobot stayed hot on their heels, trying to crush them at every opportunity, but the heroes managed to evade capture long enough to reach their beach.

Fox, Olimar, Pit, Yoshi, Nana and Popo stood side by side on the beach as the massive robot towered above them. Bidofo, however, knew they needed as much help as possible. He pulled Darkrai's trophy from it's half-buried position in the sand and he revived him.

Darkrai, rubbed his head, feeling groggy from the huge punch he had taken. He looked down at his reviver. "Grr… It would be you who'd save me, wouldn't it…"

"We don't have time for petty squabbles, Darkrai. You have to help us, Yup yup" Bidofo replied. He pointed his sword at the large robot which was busy trying to blast the heroes to pieces. They were trying their best to dodge the incoming attacks, but they were only barely managing. The robot was just way too big to take any real damage.

Darkrai glared at the robot and the heroes. "Another intruder..?!" Darkrai's anger built up more and more until he charged up a shadow ball and fired it with perfect aim, right at the robot's head. The shadow ball made a clear dent way up in Gigantobot's head.

The Gigantobot stopped attacking and turned it's attention Darkrai.

"Intruder of Newmoon Island. Listen close. I am Darkrai. This island is my domain and if you truly wish to take it, then I shall defend it, not these interlopers. So, if you don't fear my dark powers… BRING IT ON!" Darkrai summoned a swarm of shadow balls and shot every single one of them towards the Gigantobot's head. The Gigantobot raised a hand and swiped it, knocking all of the shadow balls out into the ocean. Darkrai was shocked at the power of this robot and watched in shock as the robot raised it's foot to crush him. The foot began to fall and... Darkrai was suddenly saved!

From out over the ocean shot a small familiar looking spaceship. It was an Arwing. It fired off it's laser blasts at the Gigantobot's leg, causing it to just barely miss Darkrai. Bidofo, took Darkrai's wrist and dragged him over to the rest of the heroes.

The Arwing swerved around the Gigantobot and out over the island. The robot stayed locked onto the ship and fired an eye laser off at it. The laser was a direct hit and the Arwing and it burst into flames, but it was still in the air for now. It made a quick U-turn and shot right towards the Gigantobot.

At the last second, the cockpit of the ship shot open and figure launched out of it, just in time to escape the large explosion that the Arwing's collision with the Gigantobot caused.

The pilot of the Arwing landed infront of the heroes. She was a light blue vixen wearing a dark blue jumpsuit and she held a staff in her hands.

Nameplate: Krystal

"Krystal?! What are you doing here?" asked fox. He was clearly shocked to see her.

"Falco sent out a distress signal a while back. Slippy, Peppy and myself set out to help but Slippy was shot down. Peppy was shot down trying to help him and now they are recovering on the great fox. But I wasn't going to stop if you were in trouble, Fox." Krystal replied.

"Uhh… guys?" began Olimar. "I don't think this fight is over yet…" The Gigantobot was severly damaged. It's legs had been totally scrapped and only a part of it's chest, it's head and it's arms were in working was now holding itself up by it's arms and it's chest's defences had been totally removed. You could quite clearly see inside where two trophies sat. Falco and a black, paper-thin figure.

Nameplate: Mr Game And Watch

"Ok, guys! He's taken heavy damage, his defences are down and he's a lot smaller now. We've got this fight in the bag! Let's go for broke!" Cheered Pit and the heroes wasted no time at all.

The ice climbers hopped up the arms, beating any turrets, guns or launchers that were somehow still working, Bidofo had climbed onto Yoshi's back and the two of them were leaping up to perform team combos on the chest of the robot. Olimar swarmed Pikmin onto the robot's hands to try and keep it from punching or lifting the hands at all. Pit stayed on the defensive and shot down any missiles or bullets that the robot managed to shoot. Krystal and Fox stood side-by-side, blasting at the robot with their staff and blaster, respectively.

Darkrai couldn't let this robot be defeated by intruders. He leapt high into the air and charged up one last shadow ball.

"As I said. My Island, My rules. GET OUT!" Declared Darkrai and he fired his last attack. The attack hit the not-so-Gigantobot square in the forehead. The shadow ball ploughed straight through the steel and machinery and blasted back out of the other side.

The heroes ceased their attacking and retreated a little as the robot began to sway… and then it fell forwards. With a huge crashing noise, the robot exploded and the two trophies within landed by the heroes. Fox smiled and revived Falco and Mr Game and Watch.

"Falco rescued! Mission Complete!" He announced. With Falco and G&W safe, they could concentrate their efforts on finding out what was happening back on the mainland.

Darkrai, however, simply stood in the shadows and watched them.

"That was some good fighting back there, yup yup" Bidofo said, standing beside Darkrai. Darkrai didn't look down at the mouse Pokémon but did reply.

"This changes nothing between us. You are my enemy. I only wanted to protect my island"

"Ahh, you don't have to worry about that anymore, Yup yup. I'm gonna be leaving with them. They seem to be off to fight some greater evil… and while you're a good rival, you're clearly not evil." Bidofo replied.

Darkrai wasn't sure how to reply to this. Bidofo was the only inhabitant of the island who wasn't scared of Darkrai. All of the weak wild Pokémon avoided him like the plague. What would he be without his rival..?

"You're leaving? …Good riddance." Darkrai said and began to re-enter the forest.

"…Come with us." said Bidofo. "You're a great fighter… and from what Fox has told me, whatever is attacking the mainland is mighty powerful, yup yup."

"Why on earth would I want to go with you when I've finally gotten rid of you?" retorted Darkrai.

"You know why… You may be my rival… but am I yours? Aside from all of today's intruders and myself, who have you spoken to in the last couple of months?"

Darkrai didn't respond.

"Just think about it, ok? We probably won't be leaving for a while, yup yup"

Darkrai melted away into the shadows and Bidofo headed back to the heroes. He couldn't just leave Darkrai on this island alone. He knew it. He was Darkrai's only friend…

OOC NOTES TIME

Is it just me, or did that last bit of dialogue between Bidofo and Darkrai seem a bit… Bromancy? I'd like to point out that is NOT what I intended. XD

Anyway, This was kind of hard for me to write. I'm not sure why though. Any way, it be long until MLP gets involved now. Only a couple more chapters! Thanks for staying patient, bronies and pegasisters.

Also, the next episode of "CHALLENGERS APPROACHING" will be up soon.

Anyway, next non-filler chapter will resolve a literal "Cliffhanger" so to speak (LOL PUNS).

Once again, reviews are ADORED 3 See ya soon ^_^