Author's Note:

Hooray, I survived Hurricane Irma! Well, technically, Hurricane Irma didn't hit South Carolina hard, as people had feared - only got high winds and heavy rain. But nonetheless, I'm safe. Also, there was supposed to be a scene in this chapter paying as a homage to "Metroid: Samus Returns", but I forgot about it at the last minute...so yeah. Now on to the reviews:

Will you include the characters from Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones? Noel and Yuel from Final Fantasy XIII-2? Ethan and Mia from Resident Evil VII? A Donkey Kong family reunion chapter? Does Bowser have a British accent in your story? (The Dorkly parodies give him one) will we see more of Hades in future chapters? Is Vile's appearance going to be based on his Mega Man X, X3, or X8 look? And finally, how will Velvet and her brother, Laphicet debut in your story? (Since they were sealed away to a fate worse than death at the end of Tales of Berseria)

Perhaps. Dunno about Noel and Yuel, or Ethan and Mia. There will be a DK family reunion chapter. Bowser has no accent - just the voice he had in Super Mario Sunshine. Hades will appear again in the future. Vile's appearance will be based off of his X8 look. And I haven't thought of anything for Velvet and Laphicet. Next is Keeby:

"...would it be possible where (part) of the characters go to the yarn/wooly world? (Examples: Kirby's Epic Yarn, Yoshi's Wooly World) It would be great to include Prince Fluff!"

Kirby's Epic Yarn...Yoshi's Wooly World...oh, how much I love both of those games. So yeah, I might include a trip to the yarn/wooly world. And Prince Fluff's quite the popular fellow, good chance he'll show up. On to Derick Lindsey:

"When will Elise and the other siblings return, I just wanted to know that?"

They'll return for the Fire Emblem: Warriors chapter, which won't be two weeks from now. And last but not least, J300:

1. Can we see a football-season long fantasy league? Different people (not everyone) would pick their team (because I feel like picking players might be a bit too much); take it how you want to.
2. Do you think Microwave Idol Mamorin would ever go livestream in thIs story?
3. Also, who, if you actively play Arms, is your main?

1. I play fantasy football in my spare time (got six fantasy football teams...don't judge me), so I completely second this idea.
2. A Microwave Idol Mamorin livestream sounds like a good idea.
3. I've never played Arms...yet, but if I had to choose a main, it would be Min Min. Perhaps the only character I'm interested in playing as.


Episode 90: Streetracing

It has been a week since Nowi broke up with Captain Falcon, putting an end to a relationship that lasted around ten months - much, much longer than anyone could have imagined. Evidently someone told Nowi about her man going to the club and dancing with Malva, and it possibly couldn't be Globox, who witnessed this go down - like Captain Falcon said in the previous episode, the amphibian probably didn't know where his belly button was.

Like any other person on the receiving end of a breakup, Captain Falcon was down in the dumps, contemplating if he would ever find another girlfriend again. For the next few days, the racer analyzed his current relationship status, and reflected on his shortcomings in love, and deep down he knew that Nowi was the perfect woman for him. Her childlike charm, her overall state of happiness, the way she would smile at Captain Falcon...poor Falcon could never get anything like that from any other woman, no matter how hard he tried.

But nonetheless, Captain Falcon wouldn't let this setback keep him down forever. The racer was determined to bounce back, to focus on the positive things in life and move on from his relationship with Nowi. If Falcon wished to start anew, and go on a fresh start, he had to try out new things, seek new horizons, go past his comfort zone and take on newer experiences...

...and that was what he had his eyes set on today.

Zelda: Today is the day the mansion's utility bill is supposed to be paid...Mario used to pay the bills himself, but ever since he and Peach moved out, Master Hand has apparently handed down the duties to me. Not that I would be complaining, but it feels lonely having to accomplish important tasks by yourself...which is why I'm bringing someone along with me for the ride. And no, it isn't Link...or Midna.

Zelda was standing outside the mansion, waiting for a taxi to pick her up. The princess would wait at the front, near the mailbox that Link's Mailman seemingly pretends that it doesn't exist, as the sun rays rained upon her face. Standing next to Zelda was her traveling companion, a man who wore a red cap and blue overalls, and had a brown mustache that could be easily recognized from a mile away...

"You know Zelda, you could-a just tell me to pay the mansion's utility bill-a myself, I've done-a it plenty of times before," Mario said to Zelda, as he stretched out his arms; if you had no idea the person being described was Mario, then go ahead and slap yourself. You deserve it.

"As nice as that offer sounds, Mario, this is a task that I must have to do from now on - you pay your own bills, while I have to pay the mansion's bills," replied Zelda, who would've glanced at her watch - if she even had a watch to begin with. "I would never allow someone to do something that was meant for me to do - although I do wonder why Master Hand couldn't allow Jakob to handle such things."

"Jakob can't do-a everything, you know, there are limitations to his-a objectives." Objectives such as messing up computers, spreading gossip, and throwing evil geniuses inside garbage bins. "Would-a you want Jakob to do Flora and-a Felicia's maid work?"

"Well, taking Flora's self-esteem issues and self-doubt into consideration...I probably wouldn't. But what do you and Master Hand see in Jakob in the first place? Don't get me wrong, I have NOTHING against Jakob...but I just want to know what you think of him."

"There's plenty to like-a about Jakob - he's sensible, he's-a fair, he looks-a out for others...and a whole-a bunch of other qualities that I can-a not mention right now."

"So spreading false rumors is sensible, fair, and accounts for looking out for others?" Mario remained silent; Zelda shut that man down. "Sometimes you have to look past a book cover and find the true meaning, Mario - you can't automatically assume Jakob is a great individual because of what he does around the mansion."

Soon the taxi finally arrived at the mansion - and perfect timing too, given what Zelda just said to Mario. What drew Mario and Zelda's attention to the taxi was not only that the vehicle was dark blue, but also the words "Falcon Taxi Services" were written on the side, in black letters. Both Mario and Zelda were confused, but their confusion would betaken up to eleven, when the driver stepped out of the car, to greet the plumber and the princess while doing a two-finger salute, his yellow scarf flying in the wind.

Apparently, the driver of the taxi was Captain Falcon, and he looked like a (somewhat) changed man.

"Mario and Zelda, the first-ever customers of Falcon Taxi Services!" exclaimed Captain Falcon, as Mario and Peach exchanged worried looks with one another. What possibly convinced Captain Falcon to start his own taxi business? Was this really a great way to help him get over his breakup with Nowi? "Being the first customers of this wonderful taxi service is the equivalent of winning the lottery, if you ask me! So why don't you two take a seat, and get ready for the ride of your lives?"

Captain Falcon: Starting up a taxi business was totally my idea - it's a great way of intertwining my love for driving, and making profits, all as a means to take my mind off of things...my breakup with Nowi being one of them. Taxi driving could perhaps introduce me to a new girlfriend, provided that the sexy ladies I drive around in my taxi are actually attractive. I'd hate to drive around some old hag that attempts to flirt with me and blows me kisses...but if she pays me handsomely, then she can do whatever she want to me. Even if she takes me to her place and cooks me in her pumpkin stew.

"Captain Falcon, how were you able to afford starting up a taxi business, where'd you get the money from?" asked Zelda, who, like Mario, was too reluctant to enter Captain Falcon's taxi. For all she knew, Captain Falcon could be an imposter, and the taxi was actually a death machine designed to send any passengers to their death beds.

"B.D. Joe really helped out in financing the whole thing - got me all the essentials," explained Captain Falcon, rubbing his taxi with a proud smile like he was touching his Blue Falcon. "He's even running the taxi service with me, he's kinda like a co-owner. Our base of operations are at B.D. Joe's apartment - every great venture starts with a humble beginning! That should be a famous quote. So, where are you two headed?"

"We need to head downtown to 700 5th Avenue, that's where the Customer Service Center is. As you know, Master hand doesn't believe in paying bills online or by phone, since he believes that's the 'lazy' way to handle business...so Mario and I have to go to this service center, pronto."

"Of course I can't take you guys anywhere if you're standing outside the taxi...so what are you waiting for, get in!" So Mario and Zelda got inside the taxi - which looked like a mix between B.D. Joe's taxi and the Blue Falcon, somewhat - and buckled in their seat belts. To be safe, as Dora the Explorer would preach. Captain Falcon would get in the driver's seat, and buckled his seat belt, ready to take his first customers to their destinations.

"700 5th Avenue, here we come!" the racer...or should we say, taxi driver...exclaimed as he turned on the ignition with just the push of the button, and kicked the stick shift into drive, as he drove away from mansion and to Mario and Zelda's destination. And as Captain Falcon was driving, the words Zelda told to Mario regarding Jakob were still going about inside the plumber's head.


R.O.B. had certainly lost a lost of confidence after he mistakenly detected the blue glasses from the previous episode to be Dr. Eggman's glasses. But as it turned out, those glasses were actually red - they just had blue paint on it. Nobody was sure why the oculars were painted in the first place, but the fact that R.O.B. messed still weighed in the robot's mind, even though it wasn't supposed to, and now R.O.B. started to think less of himself.

"...soooo, why exactly are you washing Rush?" Cloud would ask Mega Man, as he and Link were standing in the presence of the Blue Bomber, who was cleaning his companion Rush with a cloth in the living room. "Don't even try and work your way out of it, we see the cleaning supplies next to you, and our curiosity cannot be peaked anymore."

"I'm not exactly washing Rush, I'm just cleaning off his robot armor," explained Mega Man, spraying some metal cleaner from a spray bottle on Rush's hind leg before cleaning off the body part with the cloth. "Or would it be robot skin? I wouldn't call it armor, but then again, robot skin sounds weird...let's just say that I'm polishing Rush, and making him look sparkly and clean, like a kitchen faucet."

"Pretty sure most of the bottles you're using are beauty supplies the ladies use...like that bottle in your hand," Link pointed at the bottle in particular, which had a comb and a pair of scissors on it. No metal cleaner would come with a spray bottle with such items on it, and no metal cleaner would be in a spray bottle, period. "That's Lucina's spray bottle, the one she uses for her hair, if I'm not mistaken."

"So you automatically assume that this spray bottle belongs to a girl because of the design? Well, what if Hisui used the bottle for his hair? He does have some pretty slick-looking hair, you have to admit, so it can't be that far-fetched..."

Link: Say, Cloud, how come you never wash your pet, Cloud Jr? Can't recall a single time you've washed that thing since you received it from Knuckles as an early Christmas gift.
Cloud: Cloud Jr. is a "he", not an "it", and he's also definitely not a thing, so you better get your facts straight Link, unless you want my Buster Sword down your spine...but since you're curious, I've never washed Cloud Jr., ever. Don't believe in washing birds, birds hardly stink at all. Universally accepted wisdom, anyways.
Link: Pfft, that can't be true...you just say that and believe it so you won't have to worry about washing your stupid pet. Quit hinging your beliefs on what a huge majority of people think.
Cloud: Did you just call my pet Chocobo...stupid? *pulls out Buster Sword*
Link: Uh, no, not at all, I called your pet...your pet name stupid! Cloud Jr. just sounds so lazy...no, no, I was talking about your pet name, the one Aerith gives you...uh, what is it called?
Cloud: It's "You're Toast"...
Link: Yikes, that's a crappy pet name. Almost sounds dominatrix, if you catch my drift. Why not "The Big Toast" or maybe...Cloud, why are you nearing me? Cloud, I'm sorry, I'm sorry man...gah! *runs away*

"Have you guys seen my spray bottle?" asked Hisui, entering the living room, for his eyes to fall upon the bottle in Mega Man's mans. The teen frowned at the robot, gritting his teeth in anger. Displaying his hot-headed impulsiveness, Hisui ran over to Mega Man, knocked him unto the floor, and took the spray bottle out of his hands. Rush, who watched this go down, remained put. Probably didn't want anything to do with Hisui - can't say you blame him! "Next time when you wash your dog, use your own spray bottle, okay? Quit stealing mine and filling it with metal cleaner - do I look like I keep my hair clean with metal scratcher?!"

"I'm sorry Hisui, it won't happen ever again..." promised Mega Man, rising up to his feet and dusting himself off. "I'll make sure to get my own spray bottle!"

"...and that was the same exact thing you said last time. Do you regurgitate the same organized crap over and over again? You're a robot, you probably can't help yourself. Repeating stuff must be pretty common for you." Now with his spray bottle back in his possession, Hisui would leave the living room, but not before confronting Link and Cloud, the former having been proved wrong. "Sorry you guys had to witness that - Kohaku said that I sometimes get too...possessive when it comes to my belongings. A little something I should fix in the future. Speaking of fixing, perhaps you could fix R.O.B. - for whatever reason, he's sitting in the basement of the mansion, with the lights off, just staring into space...it's freaky, man."

"Not this crap again..." sighed Cloud, who knew the reason behind R.O.B.'s woes. Judging by his response, R.O.B. being lonely and despondent has been a problem throughout the week. "The nerve of that robot..."

So Cloud and Link would head down to the basement, which was pitch-black. That meant the two swordsmen had to watch their footing, and not slip up while they made their way down the steps...

...only for Link to slip and fall, and land at the end of the steps following his painful tumble. Cloud, finding a light switch at a very weird location on the wall, turned the switch on, and saw Link at the base of the staircase, looking like he just got squashed by a Rhypherior. Or sat on by a Snorlax.

"Eh, you really aren't the most graceful person around," remarked Cloud, not caring much about Link's current status, as he carefully made his way down the steps, watching his every step, before seeing R.O.B. seated by himself, underneath a heap of unwanted/unused belongings. Obviously the robot did not want any company.

"WHY ARE YOU HERE...WHY SPEAK WITH A FAILURE LIKE MYSELF...GO AWAY AND LEAVE ME ALONE..." R.O.B. said to the swordsmen, as Cloud drew near. But the robot backed away, allowing the heap of boxes and unused appliances overtake him.

"Link, come and help me remove all this stuff," Cloud said to Link, who was on the floor, writhing in pain...so Cloud had to do things himself, and take the heaps of stuff off of R.O.B., so the robot could be seen in plain sight. R.O.B. held his head down, not worthy enough to give Cloud any eye contact. "Look, R.O.B. just because you messed up last week doesn't mean that you can't let your error keep you down forever. I mean, Layton's having Coco find out who those glasses really belong to, so there's that. You know what, how about you hang out with Link and I, just for the day?"

"THAT SOUNDS REALLY SWELL...THE DARKNESS WAS STARTING TO BORE ME ANYWAYS..." responded R.O.B., moving away from the heap of unwanted belongings. "I'D LOVE TO HANG OUT WITH YOU AND LINK...IF IT CAN GET MY MIND OFF OF THINGS..."

"Yeah, that's the spirit - just let loose, and let Layton and Luke and Coco handle the whole glasses issue. You...probably don't do that much relaxing, do you?"


Speaking of whom, Layton, Luke, and Coco were in the library, with Coco using some gadget she invented and worked on over the course of the week. It was a gadget that could detect the DNA on items, and trace the DNA's history and find out what individuals came in contact with the item, as well as finding out the owner of said item just by glancing at the DNA history. Way more complicated and complex than it sounds.

Coco: This is a gadget that I've been working on and perfecting for a week now...I call it, the DNATector 3000! *holds up gadget to camera* Because I'm not that original, I had to add a 3000 to the invention name, since I couldn't think of any other number. But, if I were to be even more unoriginal, I would've added the prefix "inator" to the name, and dub it the "DNATector-Inator 3000"...something like that. However, in order for the gadget to be an "inator", it would be used only for dominating the entire metropolitan area, and also correct a wrong or two in my life...so I rest my case.

While Coco and company were doing their thing, Crash and Sonic were on a computer, watching videos and eating bags of potato chips, albeit loudly. Gil walked by carrying books in his hand, whistling a happy tune, when he looked and Crash and Sonic, and paused once he saw what was on the computer screen...a Dorkly video called "Sonic Meets Original Fan Characters". Sonic. Fan Characters. Hoo boy.

"Do you see this Crash, you see how basic these 'original' fan characters are?" Sonic asked his best friend, pointing at a purple hedgehog on the screen named Dillian, who, as you may assume, looked like Sonic. "That Dillian creep looks just like me, but only with purple skin! And his girlfriend is no better - you can't just put a blue hedgehog in girly shoes and expect to be 'original'! When I think of originality, I think of something new, something that the world has never seen before...not crappy recolors that pop up a lot on Deviantart! Where on earth is the creativity, where's the originality that these so-called artists proclaim?! Is this what my legacy's gonna look like, having crummy original characters created in my likeness?! It's sickening, it's blashemy, it's, it's..."

"...it's quite appalling that you two would spend your day watching Dorkly videos," Gil would finish for Sonic, finishing the hedgehog's rant. "Oh, and for the record, there's going to be plenty of original characters in Sonic Forces, so enjoy your little 'legacy' while you can..."

"I can forgive those original characters, since they actually exude originality and creativity, unlike the hedgehog knockoffs I've seen in fan art online that are supposed to look like me...oh and for the record Sonic, do not, and I repeat, DO NOT, google 'Sonic fan art', for your own safety. Your eyes will melt like an ice cream cone, and your innocence will be more scarred than a burn victim with first-degree burns. Take it from me, I know by experience..."

"So do I, Sonic, so do I..." Gil shook his head, looking down at the floor. There were some things the knight saw from Sonic fan art that really made him question life and the true meaning of existence. "Since you boys are eating potato chips, and leaving crumbs all over the floor...why don't you take out the garbage for me? I'm supposed to be doing it today, but as you can see, I'm a little busy at the moment..."

So Sonic and Crash, being good Samaritans, finished up their potato chips and took out the garbage, heaping large, black garbage bags over their shoulders. They would head outside, and to the garbage bin, throwing the bags of garbage inside.

"Nice work, buddy ol' pal, I'm sure Gil would be very appreciative of our efforts," Sonic said to Crash, dusting his gloved hands off, before he and Crash heard some mumbling from the garbage bin. Evidently there was someone trapped inside. "Woah, Crash, did you hear that? Someone must be stuck inside the bin! If it's some Scooby-Doo villain trying to scare someone, then we'll just leave him be..."

Then there was more mumbling, but this time, it came from a different voice. Sonic and Crash exchanged nervous looks with one another, trying to figure out who was brave enough to check inside the garbage bin, and that person would be Sonic, as he opened up the bin and looked through the heap of garbage bags and other junk.

"Hmm, can't seem to find anything, we must've been hearing things," said Sonic, rummaging through the garbage, before a gloved hand grabbed him. The glove on the hand was yellow, and it made Sonic shriek. The hedgehog tried to pull away, but the gloved hand was on him, holding onto his arm. Crash would grab Sonic, and pull him away from the garbage bin, and eventually the bandicoot pulled Sonic away, sending him and his friend flying, as well as releasing someone trapped inside the garbage bin. This someone, with yellow gloves and yellow skin, was easily recognized by Sonic and Crash, and by one name only...

...Dr. Neo Cortex, his clothes dirtied as he was covered in garbage. Uka would arise from the garbage bin, after finding an opening, and soaked in the wonderful, fresh air.

"At last, I'm free, I'm finally free!" exclaimed the floating mask, as Cortex was now hugging Crash. A couple of chapters ago, the mad scientist wished to eradicate the furry bandicoot, and take the crystal that he was holding in his possession, but now he was thankful to be alive.

"Oh, Crash, I cannot thank you enough for releasing me from that awful prison that is the garbage bin!" said Cortex, hugging Crash with all his might. Crash looked over at Sonic, who could only shrug. "Having to eat the scraps of food that was available to me, listening to Uka moan and complain just for the sake of moaning and complaining...I wouldn't wish my experience on any human being! So I thank you Crash, for saving me!"

Sonic: All it took for Cortex to harmonize with Crash was for Crash to save him from the garbage bin...that must mean in order for Dr. Eggman and I to harmonize, I would have to throw him inside a garbage truck, and save him before he gets shredded into pieces! Cortex said that he wouldn't wish his punishment on any human being, but Dr. Eggman hardly looks human at all.

"This idiotic fur ball was the one who saved us?" questioned Uka, as he confronted Crash, who mindlessly dug into his ear with his finger for ear wax...before inspecting the ear wax and eating it. Ew. "Cortex, you allowed your arch-nemesis to save you? Do you realize how sad that is?!"

"Technically, I saved you too - I was the one who found Cortex's gloved hand," stated Sonic, raising his finger so he could be recognized. Uka glanced at the hedgehog for a moment or two, before returning his attention to Cortex so he could enjoy putting him down more.

"Why couldn't you save us Cortex, rather than letting somebody else do the dirty work for you? What, was your ray gun low on battery, and you couldn't charge it? You could've used that to get us out of the garbage bin!"

"Well, it's not so much that I didn't charge my ray gun...I just forget to bring it with me," explained Cortex, as Uka shook his head. How could Cortex possibly be a respectable, competent villain when he was forgetting his evil weapons? "You'll forgive me, right Uka? Right...?"

"Let's just head inside the mansion and get ourselves cleaned off..." Uka responded with a heavy sigh. Uka didn't need that much washing anyways, at least compared to Cortex.


As you have seen over the past few episodes, Dark Pit - a doppelganger who was always brash and arrogant, and had the attitude of a bad boy - oftentimes showed a soft, tender side when it came to his lady friend/love interest, Flora. Dark Pit was very accepting of Flora's faults, such as her lack of self-esteem in confidence in anything not pertaining to maid work, and always helped the maid look on the positive side of life - even though she felt like she was totally worthless.

To show Flora how much he liked and appreciated her, Dark Pit opted to give the maid a box of chocolate sweets, as suggested by Flora's twin sister, Felicia. The doppelganger was walking through the hallways, keeping a close eye out for his nemesis Pit. Unfortunately for Dark Pit, the angel was just around the corner, and he would pounce once Dark Pit was in his view.

"Brother Kuro, I'd knew you come!" Pit would say to the very uncaring Dark Pit, before doing his signature "broken" laugh. Dark Pit had grown apathetic towards Pit's "broken" nature over time, to the point where he didn't even feel bothered anymore. "Today is the day Kuro, a WONDERFUL day - the day I finally DELETE you!"

"Nope," was all Dark Pit said, as he walked by Pit and onward to Flora, wherever she may be. But Pit wasn't willing to go down without a fight, especially if Dark Pit didn't give any effort at all.

"You can run, Brother Kuro, but you can't hide! Vanguard 1, chase down Brother Kuro, and bring him to me!" Soon the drone named Vanguard 1 (piloted by Kirby from a hidden location) descended from the ceiling and chased after Dark Pit...only for the doppelganger to shoot the device down with a bow from his arrow. Vanguard 1 came crashing to the floor, dying a slow, painful death as its red eye turned off.

"Nice try Pit," Dark Pit called out to the angel, continuing on his way as Pit stomped his foot in anger. Vanguard 1, his ally, was done for, and Pit didn't feel like having Kirby, Viridi, or even George Washington (a.k.a. Girafarig) hunt down Dark Pit, for that would be a waste of time. So the angel had to take matters into his own hands...

"I'M COMING FOR YOU, BROTHER KURO!" Pit flew through the halls, on the hunt for Dark Pit. Dark Pit turned and saw Pit flying towards him, before screaming and running away. It wasn't that often Dark Pit would be afraid of his more angelic counterpart...but here we are.

Kirby: Don't know about you...but I can't wait until Pit ends this "broken" nonsense. I only follow him up every day on the hope that he would revert back to his normal self, whenever that will happen. Hard for me to rock the "Senor Kirby" moniker when I don't know a lick of Spanish. Meta Knight still refuses to teach me...

Viridi: Only good thing to come out of Pit's "broken brilliance" is that I've perfected my piano playing. And getting to spend time with Pit. But other than that? *gives two thumbs down*

Dark Pit would eventually outrun Pit, and once he saw that the coast was clear, he resumed looking for Flora, box of chocolates in hand, hoping Pit wasn't hiding and planning a sneak attack on the doppelganger. Dark Pit kept walking, being on the lookout, before bumping into two ladies, one furry and the other feathery, both wearing similar attire.

"Sister, sister!" exclaimed Dark Pit when he saw the ladies...who were actually dudes, named Fox and Falco. Understandably, both pilots were ticked. "Oh, uh, Fox and Falco, it's not what you think...I didn't mean to..."

"D-Did you just refer to Falco and I as females just now?!" questioned an angry Fox, his left hand on his Blaster. "You heard what Dark Pit just called us, right Falco? Were you ears deceiving you?"

"Yeah I sure did, this kid insists that we're twinning!" replied Falco, his hand also on his Blaster. Poor Dark Pit was going to be murdered in cold blood in the Smash Mansion...can the Blaster ammo actually kill someone, though? "Granted we're twinning all the time - sometimes great minds think alike - but for Dark Pit, to have the utmost audacity to refer to us as 'Sister, Sister', like that show from the nineties...absolutely disrespectful!"

"Please, hear me out, I can explain...I was caught up in the heat of the moment, and I completely mistook you two for someone else. I was running away...running away from Pit." This bewildered both Fox and Falco, for Pit was the last person you'd find yourself running away from. You'd be hard-pressed to find anyone on the face on the earth who was afraid of Pit. "I wasn't running away out of fear, mind you...I was running away because I was growing increasingly annoyed by his stupid antics."

"He's still 'broken', isn't he?" asked Fox, to which Dark Pit nodded his head. "Yeah, Falco and I have been keeping our distance away from Pit ever since he went 'broken', and we both assumed that his stupidity somehow developed into a disease - one that could be contagious!"

"We refused to come in contact with Pit, under the fear that his stupid ways would be transferred to us via contact," added Falco, spraying some hand sanitizer on his hands just to be on the safe side. "Surprised you haven't done anything to stop him!"

"Eh, I would, but it wouldn't be worth my time," stated Dark Pit, folding his arms behind his head. "Also, Flora keeps me preoccupied. Perhaps you guys could do the work for me and bring back the normal, usual Pit...as much as it pains me to say it."

"No way bruh, Fox and I made an oath to keep away from Pit, even at mansion meetings." Falco then stroked his beak in thought, generating some ideas. "But we could use some fodder...and maybe a little music."

"You're not thinking about using our Star Records singers to 'serenade' Pit, are you?" asked Fox, as Falco flashed a devious smile. "Dude, I was thinking the same exact thing! Great minds think alike!"

Fox: In order to stop Pit, it won't just take Tsubasa, Eleonora, Kiria, Mamori, or even Yashiro. It will take someone else, someone completely out of the box, for our master plan to work. It won't take Knuckles and Little Mac either. We need a different style, a style different from pop and rap, a style that has some connection to Pit's "broken" nature...a style like country. You probably know where I'm going with this.


Following a long traffic jam in downtown Seattle, Captain Falcon would arrive at 700 5th Avenue - the very location for Zelda and Mario to pay the mansion's utility bill. Given all the stuff taking place within the mansion, Lord knows how ridiculously high the utility bill was.

"Here we are folks, 700 5th Avenue!" announced Captain Falcon, acting like he was some Disney World tour guide on some tour bus. Mario and Zelda got out of the car, and tried to walk away, only for Captain Falcon to catch them retreating. "Um, I know you two aren't leaving without paying the GOAT taxi driver!"

"Hasn't been one-a day yet and Falcon already thinks-a he's the greatest taxi driver alive..." sighed Mario, as he pulled out his wallet and gave Captain Falcon thirty bucks, a very generous tip for a taxi driver.

"Thirty bucks, eh? Seventy dollars off from my expected taxi fare, but I'll take whatever I can get. Thank you for enjoying...Falcon's...Taxi Service." Captain Falcon trailed off when Mario quickly walked away, rejoining Zelda as the two entered the customer service building. The racer turned taxi driver sighed, and got back inside his taxi, before driving off and down the road, on the hunt for his next customer.

And if what Captain Falcon said was any indication, his taxi fare was one hundred dollars. One. Hundred. Dollars. Way high above the usual price of taxi fare, almost like twenty-five times the typical amount! As the old saying goes, money can't buy you happiness, but apparently Captain Falcon was thinking the exact opposite. He was searching for happiness after Nowi broke up with him, and he was looking for happiness in all the wrong ways...

"Taxi, I need a taxi over here!" a voice with a particular British accent called out, coming from a woman. Believing that this voice belonged to a woman that could potentially be his girlfriend, Captain Falcon immediately stepped on the gas pedal and drove towards the curb where the woman was standing, a suitcase next to her. He was checking the woman out, analyzing her brown hair, tied up in a ponytail, and her lovely brown eyes. He would've lick his lips if he wanted to, but he didn't want the brunette to think of him as a creeper.

"Hey there, good lookin'..." Captain Falcon asked the brunette, making her smile. So far, so good; it was too early for him to screw things up. "Wanna take a ride in my taxi, part of the best taxi service in town - Falcon's Taxi Service? Well hop on in!"

"Thank you, kind sir, I really appreciate it." The brunette would enter Captain Falcon's taxi, buckling in her seat belt and placing her suitcase next to her. Captain Falcon couldn't help but notice that there was something familiar about the brunette...like he was supposed to know who she was beforehand.

"Golly, you're perhaps the prettiest face I've seen thus far today, by far..." ...so what does that make Zelda then, huh? Or does she not count since Captain Falcon saw her on a day-to-day basis? "...but you look very familiar...do I know you from somewhere?"

"You might know my name...Lara Croft," answered the brunette, affirming Captain Falcon's suspicions. Her hotness rating just skyrocketed now. "Archaeologist and tomb raider, that's what I do for a living. Came here to America for a quick vacation before I go back and do my usual thing...now I have to reach the airport before I miss my flight!"

"No problemo...just tell me the airport you need me to take you to, and we'll be on our way!" No doubt Captain Falcon was going to ask Lara out once he dropped her off at the airport. He could do with a long-distance relationship - his relationship with Nowi was pretty long-distance, the more you think about it.


Master Hand: Stupid utility place charges me $3,125 for the mansion's utilities...$3,125 under my name, for things that I don't even do! Do I use DVD players? Do I wash clothes? Do I search the Internet for anime adult films, like I've seen Ludwig do a lot during nighttime hours, when Bowser is asleep? No, no, and most definitely...actually, Ludwig really knows what's up, good kid. But I refuse to be held accountable for paying things that I don't even do!

Zelda and Mario were standing in line, waiting to pay the mansion's utility bill. Of course, Mario didn't have to necessarily be in line - he could've waited for Zelda to take care of her business while sitting on one of the chairs near the wall - but the plumber wished to serve as Zelda's "moral guidance"...and also tell her something that she probably needed to hear.

"You know, Zelda, I've-a been thinking about what-a you said, about Jakob..." the plumber started things off, fiddling with his fingers. "About looking past a book-a cover and finding the true-a meaning of someone..."

"Not now Mario, you can tell me at a later time," said Zelda, standing at the front of the line and ready to speak with a customer service person, utility bill in hand. Jakob was the last thing on the princess's mind.

"But Zelda, this is-a important, and I have-a to get it off my chest as soon-a as possible. I've been-a thinking about Jakob, and his performance in-a recent weeks, and after the whole-a gossip thing, I've-a been thinking about..."

"Save it for later, Mario..." was the last thing Zelda told the plumber, as she went to go speak with a customer service person, behind their desk. Mario would allow Zelda to do her thing, as he sat down in a chair, looking out the nearby window.


Captain Falcon was a bit more dedicated, taking his third passenger of the day to their destination. It was because his passenger was the famous archaeologist and tomb raider Lara Croft. The taxi driver was determined to ask Lara out and spark a relationship, but if he wished to do that, then he would first have to spark a fruitful conversation.

"So, Lara, I heard that you like to search for...things, like artifacts, since you're a tomb raider and all," Captain Falcon said to the tomb raider - not the best conversation starter, but it was how the conversation went that mattered the most. "Got any interesting artifacts you've found that you wish to share with me?"

"One particular artifact I found in the lost city of Kitezh was an artifact called the 'Divine Source' - it's supposed to grant immortality," Lara shared with Captain Falcon, who nodded his head. Did Nowi ever come in contact with this Divine Source? She was a thousand years old, after all, though her Manakete blood could be the reason behind her extended youth...both physically and perhaps mentally. "It was the city's biggest secret, and a group called the Remnant did whatever they could to protect it."

"Who exactly is the Remnant? Sounds like they're descendants of some ancient race of a time long past." Captain Falcon was really engaged into Lara's story, wanting more and more details...a good sign of things to come?

"Yes, they were - descendants of the followers of the Prophet of Constantinople. I was a close ally with their leader, Jacob, who wished to protect the Divine Source - which I later found out to be a large crystal - at all costs. Then some things happened along the way, and Jacob died by disintegration and his daughter Sofia assumed leadership of the Remnant - it's a pretty long story."

Captain Falcon would approach a red stop light, and came to a stop, for he was a great driver who respected the rules of the road. Just then, a motorcycle pulled up to Captain Falcon's taxi, with the rider being some dude wearing a long, black jacket with a long sword on his back. This man looked towards Captain Falcon, sporting a cocky, arrogant grin.

"Hey man, nice ride you got there," complimented the dude, revving up his motorcycle a little bit. "I'm Dante - demon-hunting vigilante, and the son of Sparda. In case you couldn't tell by my job title, hunting demons is kinda my thing." Lara Croft and Dante, both in the same city?! Captain Falcon's day just got better!

"I'm Captain Falcon, F-Zero champion and one of the best racers around!" introduced Falcon, pointing at himself with his thumb and flashing a smile. "...or I used to be one of the best racers around. Now I run an upstart taxi business, gotta pay the bills...although I've never paid a single bill, ever. The perks of living at the Smash Mansion!"

"Oh yeah, the Smash Mansion, the place where weird crap goes down and nobody knows why..." Captain Falcon couldn't argue with that. But how did Dante know this, who told him? "Tell you what - you got a sweet ride, and I got an awesome motorcycle...so how about we have a little race, to see if you're really as great of a racer as you think you are? We'll race around town, what do you say?"

"I'm wholeheartedly against this, I have to reach the airport before I miss my flight..." replied Lara, tapping her foot very impatiently. "I must return to England soon, I have stuff to catch up on..."

"You got yourself a deal Dante - I'll give you a race you won't ever forget!" exclaimed Captain Falcon, completely ignoring Lara and willing to disobey traffic rules and regulations for the sake of some street race with demon hunter Dante. "Don't be crying your eyes out once I cream you!"

"We'll see about that..." smirked Dante, as he and Captain Falcon both got their vehicles ready. Lara sat back in her seat, bracing for the worst, as Falcon and Dante were waiting for the traffic lights to turn green...

...and once the green light showed up, Captain Falcon and Dante took off, racing away and speeding off like madmen.


Sonic: I've been having a nagging headache as of late...might've been from that hit Crash gave me in last week's backyard football game, could be a nagging symptom. While I would be ticked at Crash for putting the hurt on me like that, I had to understood that I was putting myself at risk for injury in that game, despite the lack of pads and helmets. Also, Crash suffered from a concussion himself, so we're kinda even. Crash could suffer from multiple concussions, and lose every single brain cell in his head...and still maintain his lovable personality and charm. Dude's practically invincible!

Cortex was happily singing to himself as he was taking a shower, while Sonic, Crash, and Uka waited outside the bathroom door. Uka, being just a floating mask, didn't have to do any washing at all - a trip inside the dishwasher did the trick for him.

"Cortex has been in the shower for almost an hour now, I seriously doubt he's even washing himself..." Uka shook his head, as Cortex began singing off-key. Probably thinking he was auditioning for some Broadway musical. "Man seldom washes himself, so I can't be entirely surprised." Uka looked down at Sonic, who was rubbing his head; his headache was seemingly getting worse. "Look, I'm no doctor, and I don't wanna be a doctor anyways...but you should seriously go lie down, take a nap or something, if your head is bothering you, you should...oh who am I kidding, I'm evil! I should be telling you things like, 'bang your head against the wall and make your headache worse'! Yeah, you should definitely do that! I give out great advice!"

"Yeah...I wouldn't trust any advice from a floating tiki mask, even if said advice saves my life," said Sonic, still rubbing his head. "You look like a reject tiki mask anyways - no female mask would ever love you!" Uka was ready to snap on Sonic...

...but would have to hold his breath when his goody two shoes brother Aku drew near, having a conversation with Kamui. The mask was giving some words of advice himself to the princess of Nohr, telling her how she should deal with her naive as heck brother, Corrin.

"If there's anything I know from experience with Crash, it's that naive and stupid people alike are like drooling rottweilers - really great company, but oftentimes hard to deal with, especially as time goes on," Aku explained to Kamui, providing her with top-notch knowledge. "I'd suggest staying away from Corrin for a couple of days, see how he handles it, and maybe he'll change for the better." Aku and Kamui would come to a stop when they saw Crash and Sonic, with Aku's brother Uka floating over the duo's heads. "Uka, my brother, you've returned yet again, but this time without Cortex! Please tell me you didn't claim Crash and Sonic as your minions!"

"What is WRONG with you, do you have worms for brains or something?!" frowned Uka, although Aku didn't have a brain for he was just a mask. Only thing he had was a conscience. "Crash and Sonic are both unfit as minions - Crash is stupider than any inanimate object in existence, and while Sonic is a jerk, he's too big of a jerk for me to deal with!" Yikes, not even Uka appreciated Sonic...how telling. "The three of us are just waiting for that buffoon Cortex to finish his shower...if he'll ever stop his horrible singing."

"Cortex is in the bathroom taking a shower?" asked Kamui, raising an eyebrow. "I've heard that Mario and Master hand were giving some thought about banning him from the mansion, weeks after they viewed him as a non-threat." Finally done with his shower...and hopefully his awful singing...Cortex exited the bathroom, a white towel tied around his waist and his unshaven chest disturbing Kamui and company. Apparently the N head was still singing his heart out...

"I feel pretty, oh, so pretty, I feel pretty, and witty, and..." Cortex kept singing, until he saw everyone staring at him. Probably entranced by his hairy chest. "What are you peons looking at? Never seen a great singer before, did you?"

"Aku, why are you taking a shower at the mansion, couldn't you just take a shower at your own castle instead?" asked Aku, wishing he had a shaver so he could shave the thick hair off of Cortex's chest. It was best not to look at his chest for a prolonged time.

"I would...if my minions didn't drink up my water supply. Serves me right for keeping them athirst the entire summer. Also, I had to wash right away, since Uka and I were thrown in the garbage bin by Jakob." This bit of information shocked Aku and company, and especially Kamui, who would never expect Jakob to do such a thing. "I can explain to you guys what happened up until then..."


R.O.B., with his lack of personality and character because of his robotic ways, did not know the meaning of fun. Cloud, with his apathetic nature and uncaring ways, did not care to know the meaning of fun. But Link, having been reduced to crutches after his nasty tumble down the basement stairs, knew the meaning of fun, and was willing to teach this meaning to R.O.B., to keep the robot's spirits high.

Link: Fun isn't that hard of a concept to grasp, even Luigi's kid can understand it. It's just like how that Spongebob song goes..."F is for friends who do stuff together, U is for you and me, N is for anywhere and anytime at all, down here in the deep...blue...Emerald City...in Washington...Pacific Northwest...named Seattle...zip-a-dee".
King Dedede: *popping up behind Link* Yes, Link, you called?
Link: No, King Dedede, just singing a song...

"Slow and steady...slow and steady always wins the race..." Ness said quietly, as he, Sora, and Yashiro were playing with a jumbling tower in the lounge, with the PSI whiz slowly and oh so carefully pulling a small brick out from the tower, not wanting said tower to tumble down...but would you know it, the tower of small bricks came falling down to the table, at rapid speed, after Ness pulled the brick out. "Aw dang it, we just started playing this game, too!"

"Well, Ness, if it wasn't for you, we would've have restarted this game for the third time," said Yashiro, as Sora was placing the jumbling tower back together. "Alas, everyone has to be a sore loser when it comes to this game..." As Sora was resetting the jumbling tower, Link, Cloud, and R.O.B. entered the lounge, needing to speak with the Keyblade wielder.

"You sure you want me to speak with Sora?" Cloud asked Link, who nodded his head. Cloud let out a sigh before approaching Sora, making him stop in his task. "Sora, usually I don't ask you for stuff like this...but I, or we, need some pointers. We're trying to let R.O.B. have fun, since he hardly knows what fun is, and you're a pretty fun guy, as hard as it is for me to admit, so..."

"So you want some pointers on fun, huh?" smirked Sora, as Fox sneakily entered the lounge to speak with Yashiro. After a quick conversation, Yashiro would leave with Fox, off to who-knows-where. "Back at Destiny Islands, some of the things I did for fun include playing in the sand, or running laps around the beach."

"That's good, but...did you do any fun activities INDOORS?" Cloud could care less if Sora played in the sand or ran laps around the beach; those were childish things.

"No, not really, unless I travel to other worlds, which doesn't happen that often." Ness turned around, and saw that Yashiro was gone, which left an opening for someone to play the jumbling tower game...and an idea for the PSI whiz.

"R.O.B. could play with this jumbling tower with Sora and I, if he doesn't mind," suggested Ness; Link and Cloud glanced at one another, and nodded their heads. "You and Link could join too if you want."

"Nah, I can get frustrated pretty easily...but Link will carry the burden for me," stated Cloud, patting Link on the shoulder. The Hylian, still racked with pain, flinched, nearly falling off of his crutches.

"Ow man, not so hard, that stings..." Link frowned at Cloud, even though Cloud didn't even pat him aggressively. "I mean, it's bad enough that I got this nagging headache going on...I can't trust Advil pills that much." First Sonic, and now Link...what does this mean for the other men who got injured in that backyard football game?

"Well in that case, it'll be just Ness, Sora, and R.O.B. playing. You should probably lie down on the sofa and get some rest Link, if your head is hurting you so. And you don't want to take any pills...your loss, bud."

So Sora finished up setting the jumbling tower back together, as Link rested on a nearby sofa, with his crutches on the floor. Once the jumbling tower was set back up again, it was Sora's turn to go first, as he took a brick from the tower. Afterwards it was Ness's turn, and he too took a brick from the tower...and much to his delight, the tower did not collapse. Then it was R.O.B.'s turn, and it pulled a brick from the tower...and the tower still didn't fall. R.O.B. had its arms up in the air, like it just won a robot fighting championship or something.

"I WON...HOORAY...I WON..." cheered R.O.B., as Ness and Sora just looked at one another. "TIME TO TELL THE WHOLE WORLD...I WON..."

"R.O.B., you just took a freaking brick from the tower, you haven't won yet," explained Cloud, as R.O.B. laughed sheepishly. First time the robot has probably ever laughed...about time it showed some character.

Cloud: R.O.B. laughed...R.O.B. legit laughed, and it was a genuine laugh too...not sure if I should feel shocked, or afraid, or some other feeling.


The epic street race between Captain Falcon and Dante was intensifying, with the two racers racing throughout the entire city of Seattle, speeding through street lights and nearly running over walking pedestrians like it was nothing. Captain Falcon, who was brooding over his breakup with Nowi for an entire week, was now back in the racing spirit, reminiscing about his F-Zero days. Lara Croft, Falcon's taxi passenger, was holding unto her seat for dear life.

"When exactly is this race supposed to end?" asked Lara, who felt like throwing up all over her seat given how fast Captain Falcon was driving. It was way too fast for her own pleasure.

"Only got a few more laps to do, so just hang on tight!" exclaimed Captain Falcon, riding with the wind. To Lara, it felt like the race was going on forever, so Captain Falcon saying that there were only a few more laps to complete could mean that there were many laps left in the race.

"Yo, Captain Falcon, you're not that bad of a racer, I see why you were F-Zero champion!" Dante called out to the taxi driver - wouldn't be surprising if the vigilante caught a few flies in the face.

"You're not that bad of a racer yourself, Dante - not bad for a demon-hunting vigilante like yourself! And I gotta admit, your motorcycle looks pretty sweet!"

"Thanks for the compliment man! Also I hear police sirens, I think the police are on to us!"

The police were indeed on to Captain Falcon and Dante, as a herd of police cars were chasing the two street racers down. Their police sirens could be heard from almost a mile away, and they were ringing loud in Falcon and Dante's ears.

"Great, now the police are chasing us..." worried Lana, looking behind her and seeing the red-and-blue lights flashing in an array. "Captain Falcon, you have to do something this instant!" she said to the driver, who was more concerned about winning the race than doing time in jail.

"Yes, Ms. Croft, I know exactly what I must do..." Captain Falcon said in almost dramatic fashion, his eyes on the road. "...full speed ahead!" The taxi driver pressed hard on the gas pedal, increasing his speed, and Dante would increase his speed as well. Those two were bound for demolition.


Pit was down to only two faithful allies, after his previous allies were no longer in his disposal. Charles? Luigi and Daisy won't even let Pit near him. Vanguard 1? Was slain by Dark Pit earlier in the episode. George Washington? Master Hand refused to let the first president of the United States out of the Pokemon sanctuary. And for your information, George Washington was apparently a Girafarig.

But Pit couldn't care less if he was losing allies, for he had only one goal, and one goal in mind...deleting "Brother Kuro", a la Dark Pit, forever. This has been his end goal ever since he went "broken", and nobody was exactly sure why "Brother Kuro" had to be deleted, not even Kirby or Viridi!

"I can smell the scent of Brother Kuro, he must be nearby..." said Pit, using his "broken" senses to good use. As always, Kirby was with Pit, being on the lookout for Dark Pit. "Hurry Senor Kirby, we must find Brother Kuro, before it's too late!"

Pit: I have a premonition...a premonition from the Seven Deities...a premonition that details the moment, in which Brother Kuro will be DELETED! This moment will be WONDERFUL, and will not only be a victory for me, or for the Seven Deities...but for every confidant of mine in the Great War. *cackles like a villainous crackhead* Brother Kuro...his time will come.

"Obsolete...obsolete...obsolete..." a female voice sang from far away, almost angelic. It was nothing like Azura's voice of Fire Emblem fame, but it was still a very delightful sound to Pit, who stopped in place and placed a hand to his ear, to listen to the voice.

"Do you hear that, Senor Kirby, or are my ears deceiving me?" the angel asked his second-in-command, who could also hear the voice. But how could he? The pink puffball didn't even have any ears! Did he have auditory canals that couldn't be seen by the naked eye?

"Obsolete...obsolete...obsolete..." the voice grew louder and louder, pleasing Pit very much so; he wished to find out where this voice was coming from, so he could perhaps invite the singer to be his ally of sort in the "Great War".

"Follow me, Senor Kirby, we must find out where that voice is coming from!" Pit would lead Kirby through the hallways, getting closer and closer to the voice, and the angel and the pink puffball would stop in place, when they saw a floating imp floating a far distance from them, wearing a mask. "And just who are you supposed to be?"

"I am...I am one of the Seven Deities, here to make a...confrontation with you and Senor Kirby," explained this Deity, who was in fact Midna wearing a mask different from the one she wore back in episode 87. "The Deities have sent me to this location, the Mansion of Smash, for a premonition, one that affects you. May I take you to the place where this premonition shall take place?"

"Take me wherever you must, Deity! I'm sure this new premonition will be...WONDERFUL!" Pit exclaimed, raising his arms in the air. All of a sudden, Midna started to sympathize a little for Kirby...


Mario and Zelda were still at the customer service building, with Mario waiting outside a restroom. The plumber would wait for a good while until Zelda exited the restroom, before seeing Mario next to her and frowning.

"Got some nerve standing near the women's restroom like that..." the princess of Hyrule shook her head disapprovingly. "Surprised not a single woman slapped you...don't see a single red mark on my face."

"Wouldn't blame-a them...I'm too good to-a be slapped," remarked Mario, as Zelda rolled her eyes. "Anyways, now that we got-a the bill paid off, I still-a have that thing I need-a to tell you..."

"Not now, Mario, now's not the right time...let's just wait until our ride comes and picks us up. Try calling Captain Falcon's number, and see if he'll answer."


Unfortunately for Mario and Zelda, Captain Falcon wouldn't be able to answer any calls at all, for the taxi driver was still racing against Dante, with the police still hot on the racers' tails. Not even the sound of police sirens could slow the two racers down.

"Captain Falcon, we're going to crash and die if you keep driving reckless like this, stop it this instant!" Lara, still scared for her life, said to Captain Falcon, his eyes dead set on the road ahead of him. Where the heck was the finish line?!

"You're not my mother, Ms. Croft - I'm getting a little tired of your complaining!" Captain Falcon fired back, putting his passenger's life in danger. That was no way to treat a woman that he planned on asking out later.

"Yo, Captain Falcon, how about we finish our race at that pointy, tall building, the Space Needle?" Dante called out to the taxi driver; Captain Falcon had yet to give an answer, but Lara was nodding her head fast, wanting this race to end ASAP.

"Sure thing Dante, best place to end our race if you ask me! Don't think we're that far from the...ACK, GREY SQUIRREL!"

Captain Falcon had to swerve the taxi, when a grey squirrel crossed the street, and it caused the vehicle to spin around a little, before crashing into a nearby tree. Although the taxi was badly damaged, Captain Falcon and Lara were safe and unscathed, for the most part.

Suddenly, the police, as dozens of police cars were circled around Captain Falcon, their lights all flashing.


Coco: My gadget, the DNATector 3000...it actually worked! According to the data I've collected on the red glasses, the oculars belong to a Team Flare member, named Xerosic. My DNATector pulled up a picture of him...he must have some glasses collection or something. Layton said he originally received the glasses from Elite Four member Malva, which must mean Malva is doing some snooping around town. Wouldn't hurt if we have a former Team Flare member as part of the investigation, would it?

Ness, Sora, and R.O.B. continued playing games in the lounge, and were ready to start a new game, with Link and Cloud chillin' on the sofas. Link's headache was slowly getting better, but the pain was still very much present.

"Hold up just a sec - this game won't be complete without a fourth player," stated Sora, as he and his buddies were about to play Apples to Apples. A much safer alternative to Cards Against Humanity, in terms of the overall nature - almost like a kiddie version. "We know Link and Cloud won't play with us...so who will?"

"Looking for a fourth player to play with you, eh? Well, the best player around has finally arrived, ready to make his mark!"

Everyone in the lounge looked towards the entrance, and saw a yellow man accompanied by an evil floating mask. Unless you don't care about descriptions, this duo was none other than Dr. Neo Cortex and Uka, both standing proud...well, only Cortex was the only one standing.

"Dr. Cortex's back again?" frowned Cloud, as he and Link got up and donned their weapons. Ness, Sora, and R.O.B. all got on the offensive, ready for any tricks Cortex tried to pull. But the mad doctor didn't have one single trick up his sleeve.

"Fellas, fellas, let's not be so hostile! I'm not here to hunt for Crash - in fact, Crash and I have made up...sort of...but things between us aren't as bad as they used to be! Just give me a chance to explain and maybe you'll...YOUCH!"

Cortex yelped in pain as he fell to the floor, an arrow stuck in his butt. Another arrow was fired, this one at Uka, but the mask dodged it with ease. These arrows came from none other than Toon Link and Young Link, the two young buddy cops arriving at the scene.

"State your business, Dr. Neo Cortex - have you come for Crash so you could take him to your evil lair and make him an evil minion?!" Toon Link asked the mad doctor, his foot placed over his back. "Or have you come to flirt with Crash's sister Coco, so you could kidnap her and turn her into a human and elope and..."

"Why I would never do such a gross thing! I may not know Coco's age, but still that's very creepy, and grosteque, even for me! Also, Coco isn't my type! Unhand me, uncouth fiend, before I have to use my ray gun...which I don't even have, frankly."

"Um, what the heck is going on here, why is there an arrow in Cortex's butt?" Coco appeared, holding one of Xerosic's many glasses in her hand. "What did Cortex do?"

"Cortex did nothing...other than being an evil villain and a recurring pest!" answered Young Link, with an arrow pointed at Cortex's face. "No worries Coco, we'll get this loser out of the mansion for good, and he'll never return again!"

"Guess you didn't get the memo about Cortex and Uka, huh? They're both going to stay at the mansion with us, Master Hand granted them residency!"

Toon Link, Young Link, Link, Cloud, Ness, R.O.B., Sora...they all couldn't believe this. In fact, they all simultaneously said "WHAT?!" after Coco announced the news. The idea of Cortex and Uka at the mansion was almost unfathomable for all of them, most of them thought Coco was joking.

Ness: Don't mind Uka at all, but Cortex's stay will be temporary...right? Right?

Cloud: Every day we stray further from God's light...and every day I feel like revoking my mansion residency status.

Toon Link: A month ago, Cortex put Luigi and Daisy's baby in serious danger. Now he gets to live at the mansion?
Young Link: That's like giving Osama bin Laden a job at the White House for destroying the Twin Towers...but on a lesser scale, of course.

"Yeah, Cortex and Uka were both thrown inside a garbage bin by Jakob after Cortex refereed that football game...so Jakob's status is kinda iffy at the moment," explained Coco. "Cortex made a very convincing case to Master Hand for why he deserved to stay, and even promised not to harm Crash...and now he and Uka are official mansion residents. Oh, and R.O.B., I ran a test on these glasses, and they belong to a Team Flare member, not Dr. Eggman. Hopefully you weren't bogged down about screwing up last week..."

"IT'S OKAY, I GOT OVER IT...THANKS TO NESS AND SORA..." stated R.O.B., having felt better after playing a few games with the PSI whiz and the Keyblade wielder. "ALSO, CORTEX TAKING AN ARROW TO THE BUTT...NOW THAT WAS FUNNY..." R.O.B. was laughing, and it was a very robotic laugh, but a laugh nonetheless.

"Glad to see that you're having fun, R.O.B.," Cloud said to the robot, as it continued laughing. It was crying tears of laughter...figuratively speaking, that was.


Midna would guide Pit and Kirby to a room, where the so-called "premonition" was to take place. This room was behind a door - a door where Hisui and Lucina were standing in front of, with Hisui handing Lucina the spray bottle from earlier.

"Thanks for letting me use your spray bottle, Lucina," thanked Hisui...which meant that Link was right all along! Hisui and Lucina would go their separate ways, as Midna, Pit, and Kirby arrived at their destination.

"The premonition takes place behind this very door," explained Midna, as Pit was rubbing his hands excitedly. He couldn't wait to see what was inside. "Enter in, and receive your premonition..."

So Pit chattered his teeth in excitement, as he and Kirby opened the door and stepped inside the room, which was emitting smoke. It was pitch-black - hard to tell which way you were going.

"Obsolete...obsolete...obsolete..." the lovely voice returned, but this time joined by other voices, almost like a choir was singing to Pit and Kirby. Kirby didn't care as much, but Pit...oh man, he was so happy.

"Yes, the voice of loveliness has returned, and it has returned with more voices, all of which sound INTOXICATING!" exclaimed the angel, as the voices grew louder and louder, until they stopped momentarily. This made Pit very confused.

Obsolete...obsolete...obsolete..." a different voice was singing this time, but only with a guitar accompaniment. Pit would be even more confused, but all the confusion would go away, when the lights were instantly turned on...

Pit and Kirby found themselves in the center of the now lit room, surrounded by Tsubasa, Eleonora, Kiria, Mamori, Yashiro, and K.K. Slider - all of them were wearing masks similar to Midna's.

"Pit...we knew you'd come," said K.K. Slider, as Midna descended from above. "We all knew you'd come..." Pit looked afraid, as Midna was looking at him, dead in the eye.

Fox: Yeah...K.K. Slider isn't as "country" as we hoped, but he's still pretty effective. Dude could make a dying goat sound pleasing and tolerable.

"Us Seven Deities have been disappointed with your performance, Pit..." Midna said to the shivering Pit, uncertain of his fate. "For weeks you were supposed to DELETE Brother Kuro, but the hourglass is now empty, your time is up...do you know what this means?"

"...I get another chance?" asked Pit, as the other "Deities" drew near. Something big was about to go down.

"No, you don't get another chance. Instead, you will no longer be in the Great War, and your entire existence will be utterly destroyed. Pit, by the power of the Seven Deities, you have been rendered...obsolete."

The building tension would build up even more, as K.K. Slider strummed his guitar rapidly for dramatic effect and the "Seven Deities" drew closer and closer to Pit. Soon, they would all gang up on the Pit, bringing him down to the floor, as Pit screamed for help...

...but nobody bothered to help the angel. Not even "Senor" Kirby.


Captain Falcon was unable to answer any of Mario's calls, for obvious reasons, so after Mario called Master Hand and asked for a ride, he and Zelda had to wait outside the customer service building for someone to pick them up. Master Hand's Lamborghini would show up - with Master Hand being present, of course - and driving this Lamborghini was Ayaha, who looked uncomfortable about driving for the first time. In the seat next to Ayaha was Isabelle.

"Sorry if we took longer than expected - a bunch of kids were playing Frisbee, and I took their Frisbee and threw it far, far away, just to mess with them," explained Master Hand, who was doing typical Master Hand things. "It'll be a miracle if they find that thing...so! Was the bill paid off?"

"Yes, we won't have to worry about our services being turned off," answered Zelda. "I see that you have Ayaha driving your dream car..." Boy, did Ayaha look uninterested (and afraid) behind the wheel.

"I just want this nightmare to end..." sighed Ayaha, her impatient fingers tapping on the steering wheel. "Please get inside the car, before I go crazy..."

So Mario and Zelda, not wanting Ayaha to snap, got inside the Lamborghini, and Ayaha would drive off, heading to the Smash Mansion. During this ride, Isabelle felt the need to share some important info with Mario and Zelda.

"Captain Falcon's first day as a taxi driver didn't go so well..." the shih tzu stated, making Mario and Zelda wish she would get to the details besides stating the blatantly obvious. "Apparently he got into a street race with a motorcycle driver, and crashed his taxi and got arrested. Don't know what happened to the driver he was racing against."

"Oh my goodness, that's-a terrible!" exclaimed Mario, with an important question spurred in his mind. "Did Captain Falcon have-a any passengers in his-a taxi while the race was-a going on?"

"I'm afraid so - it was a female passenger, whom Falcon was supposed to take to the nearest airport," replied master Hand, whose presence over his Lamborghini made drivers on the road curious and scared at the same time. "She didn't get hurt that bad - paramedics took her to a hospital, checked her out, and released her afterwards. So she's fine..."

Master Hand: The female passenger in question was Lara Croft - met her at the hospital shortly after the car crash took place. Sadly she has missed her flight to London, and currently has insufficient funds to purchase another plane ticket...sucks to be her! *laughs evilly*


When the coast was clear, Dark Pit entered the room where Pit's "premonition" took place, and saw the angel, lying on the floor with his eyes closed. He was back to his usual self - no black clothes, and no white streak in his hair. To make sure Pit was truly back to normal, Dark Pit tiptoed over to the angel, to wake him up.

"Pit, can you hear me?" the doppelganger knelt down at the angel's side, shaking him aggressively. "Wake up already, I know you aren't dead!" Pit slowly opened up his eyes, and saw Dark Pit, looking at him...and smiled.

"Dark Pit...it's you!" the angel exclaimed, as he hugged Dark Pit, making his doppelganger counterpart feel confused. "Thanks so much for playing along, I just knew you would come around!"

"'Playing along'? Dude, I wasn't even playing with you, I just did my best to ignore you and avoid you at all costs! I would've beat the snot out of ya, but it wasn't worth my time..."

"But you were still engaging with me, so that constitutes as playing along! I should thank Viridi and Kirby for playing along too! Oh man, I can already tell our YouTube channel's gonna spike in views..."

"Wait, so this stupid 'broken' crap was for some dumb YouTube channel?! That's it, I'm done, I'm outta here..." Dark Pit broke away from Pit's hug, as he got up and walked out. Chasing after Dark Pit was Fox and Falco, wanting to know if their plan was a success.


Master Hand and company returned to the Smash Mansion, with Ayaha parking the Lamborghini in the driveway and quickly getting out, visibly shook. The passengers would also get out, with Zelda and Isabelle heading to the mansion, and Mario returning to his home.

When Mario stepped foot inside his house, he was generally surprised to see Peach speaking with another woman, on the living room couch. This woman had brown hair, tied up in a ponytail, and was speaking with a British accent.

"Our wedding cake was quite big - so big, that getting it to the reception was a very complicated task," Peach was telling the brunette a story about her wedding, when she looked up and saw Mario, closing the front door behind him. "Oh, Mario, you've returned! We have a very special person among us! Just came from the hospital!"

The brunette would stand up, and turn to face Mario...revealing herself to be none other than Lara Croft. Mario was stunned to see the tomb raider in his own house, let alone in the city of Seattle.

"Mario, this is Lara Croft, Lara, this is my husband Mario," Peach would introduce the two to each other. "Surely you're familiar with one another already..."

"Of all-a the people...I would-a never expect to meet-a you," Mario said to Lara, who could only smile. The plumber felt sweaty, standing in the presence of the mighty Lara Croft. "So this, this is-a quite the occasion..."

"Pretty sure it is, Mr. Mario," replied Lara, as Mario wiped the seat off his face. "I was supposed to take a flight back to London, but thanks to Captain Falcon, I instead got involved in a street race AND a car crash, and missed my flight...and now I don't have enough funds to afford another plane ticket. So I'm stuck here, for the time being..."

"That's-a okay, you're more than-a welcome to stay with-a us for the time being! We have a guest-a room. And I see that you have your suit-a case too. So you'll feel-a right at home!"

"That would be absolutely splendid! Thank you very much. I would start unpacking my things, but first...where is the bathroom?" Peach would point to where the bathroom was, as Lara headed in that direction. Once the tomb raider was gone, Peach came closer to Mario, wanting to speak with him in private.

"Yoshi just informed me that Cortex and Uka have been added to the mansion," said the princess, making Mario's eyes go wide. "Cortex told Master Hand that he and Uka were thrown inside a garbage bin by Jakob, so I'm assuming they got in out of sympathy."

Cortex: *doing some weird dance* We're staying at the mansion, we're staying at the mansion...we should celebrate, Uka! Why not have a huge celebration, with flashing lights and confetti, and noisemakers for all!
Uka: Quit being so over the top Cortex, this isn't a New Year's Eve party! Celebrating also isn't my thing - when was the last time I ever celebrated your birthday?
Cortex: Never, in fact...you don't even know when my birthday is...to be honest, I don't know either!

"Yeah, I've been-a getting a hitch about-a Jakob..." said Mario, stroking his mustache. Jakob was on his mind for a majority of the episode. "Taking into account what-a he did to Cortex, and the whole gossip-a hullabaloo...I believe Jakob deserves-a some punishment."


Speaking of whom, Jakob was at some unknown location in Seattle, speaking with Dante, who was on his motorcycle ready to drive off. What was the butler up to this time?

"By initiating that street race with Captain Falcon, and landing him in jail...you sir, have progressed my plans," Jakob said to Dante, not yet revealing the full extent of what his plans were. "So I thank you for obliging."

"No problem man, glad I was able to do you a solid," grinned Dante, revving up his motorcycle. "Sucks for me, now that I have to drive all the way back to the All-Star Manor..." You know that would be a very long ride.

"Yes, yes, but before you go...about this All-Star Manor...Isabelle once spoke of a person there...by the name of Raiden..."

"Yup, I know him - former child soldier from Liberia, has post-traumatic street disorder, knows cool ninja moves...what about him?"

"Is he...is he still around?"