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Chapter 6: "Sit Down, Talk and Decisions."

Back with the group in the jungle, they had decided to rest there, light a fire, and talk after getting patched up if necessary. Samus had reverted back to her Zero Suit. "So…" Fox began, "Here's what we all know; we're all from different dimensions and are trapped here in this one with no possible escape method yet."

"That's what we all KNOW, not what we should be focused on." Said DK, with Yoshi and Jigglypuff nodding in agreement.

"Right," Said the leader of Team Star Fox, "But if we're ever gonna find a way out of this dimension, then we're gonna have to work together." Everyone else agreed to that, "However, I do have a few questions for all of you…"

"Like what, Fox?" Asked Ness.

"Like how you blew that creature to kingdom come without a bomb or anything." Answered Fox

"Why use a bomb when you have PSI?" Said Ness, sparking two of his fingers.

This intrigued everyone, "Fascinating." Said Samus, "Can every living being do that in your world?"

"No, just me, two of my friends, and some of the alien threats I've faced." Answered the slayer of Giygas.

"What kind of alien threats?" Questioned the galactic bounty hunter.

Ness scratched the back of his head, "That's a really long story."

"Well, we don't want you to overexert yourself this early on, so you don't have to explain now." Said Fox, "Although I am curious as to how it works."

"That I don't know myself." Ness added, then explained, "But I do know that there are many different kinds of PSI, but I can only use five to six different kinds of offensive PSI, four types of recovery PSI, and two other PSI techniques." He paused as he saw the skeptic looks on the faces of his new allies, "Some PSI is psychic and some are elemental, mostly with fire, ice and thunder."

"Neat." Said Fox.

"Thanks," Said Ness, "But enough about me, what about you?"

"Well, where I'm from, I'm kind of a lawman of sorts." Explained Fox, "I work for the Cornerian Defense Forces in the Lylat System."

"So you're an alien?" Asked DK.

"Well, to you, yes I am." Answered the Cornerian, "Anyway, I'm also the leader of the air strike Team Star Fox after my father…" He trailed off with his stoic expression now sad.

Samus looked at Fox as she knew exactly he was gonna say, "So you lost your parents too, huh?"

"Lost a parent, but yes." Answered Fox, "How'd you know?"

"I lost my parents when I was just a kid, so trust me, I know how you feel." Continued the galactic bounty hunter, "However, unlike you, I didn't become a law enforcement agent, instead I was adopted by bird-like aliens called the Chozo and became a bounty hunter, but in any case, I'm sorry about your loss, Fox."

"It's okay," Replied the alien kitsune, "I'm sorry about yours too."

"It's alright." She said, "I guess we have a few things in common huh."

"Yeah, hm," Said Fox, "I guess we do." The two smiled at each other.

"Anyway, what about you, DK?" Asked Samus as she faced the gorilla.

"Oh, there's nothing really all that special about me except for my strength, I once punched the moon out and sent it into my archenemy's lair but that's about it." Answered the ape, "Otherwise, I'm just an eight-hundred pound gorilla."

"Dude, ape or not, punching the moon out of orbit is nothing to scoff at or shrug off." Said Ness, "I should know." He said that last part mostly to himself.

"Hehe." Chuckled DK, "Yeah, I guess you're right."

"Well, now that we know about you, what about those two?" Asked Fox as he gestured to the dinosaur and Pokémon, "I mean they can't exactly talk, so how do we learn about them or their worlds?"

"Leave that to me." Said Ness with a smirk, Fox and Samus looked at each other confused when the thirteen year old walked up to the two, put two fingers to his head and closed his eyes, "Hey there," He said psychically, "Uh, I was wondering who and what you guys are. Also where you came from and how your worlds are different from ours."

"Kid." Said Fox, "What are you doing?"

Ness turned to the anthropomorphic volpus volpus, "I guess I forgot to mention that my psychic powers also allow me to talk to animals via telepathy." He chuckled as he turned to face Yoshi and Jigglypuff again, "Now as I was saying…"

"Yoshi (I'm Yoshi)." Came the dinosaur's response and then he made more chirping noises and Ness seemed to understand him, and apparently so did DK.

"His name is Yoshi and he's a part of an entire species called the Yoshi," The tie-wearing gorilla explained, "This one is a green Yoshi, and he has some interesting powers."

Then Jigglypuff made more noises and repeated the word "Jigglypuff" over and over. While it did annoy the heck out of the others, Ness could tell what she was saying, "Apparently she does too." He said.

"How did you get that from something that literally only says one thing?" Ness' response to the red fox was an 'are you serious' look, "Oh, right. So what did she say?"

"Her name is Jigglypuff, and apparently she comes from a world where humans and powerful monsters called Pokémon coexist in harmony." Explained the psychic, "There are many types of Pokémon that come in all shapes and sizes and are categorized under different types. For example, she is a Normal and Fairy type Pokémon meaning that in a sense, she's magic, although she just likes to sing. Is that right?" The Balloon Pokémon nodded.

"Huh." Said Samus, albeit skeptically, "Humans and monsters living together in peace is definitely something unbelievable, but it is another reality so I guess that checks out."

"Yeah." Agreed Fox.

"By the way DK, how do you know about Yoshi?" Asked Ness.

"We're from the same world." Answered Donkey Kong, "He's a friend of my grandpa's former enemy, Mario, but don't worry, we're cool now." He gave a thumbs-up to the dinosaur, who gave his own in return. "Anyway, like I said he's got some crazy abilities that could help us out during this whole crisis. Like that long tongue, strength and agility of his."

Yoshi nodded and chirped again, Ness, Fox and Samus nodded their heads in agreement, Jigglypuff also nodded and said "Puff."

"Well, now that we're acquainted, I think we should get moving if we're ever gonna leave this dimension." Said Fox as he stood up, the others nodded in agreement as they also stood up.

"Right." They said as they all started walking in a direction.


Meanwhile with the other group, they had circled up and tried to make sense of what was said by the now out-of-commission Polygon titan, they were all trapped in another world, without any way of knowing how to get back to their worlds. The plumbers, pink alien, Hylian warrior, racer and Pokémon sat in a circle to try and get an understanding of not only what was going on, but about each other, "So we're not only far from all of our on homes," Said Link, "But as far as we know, we have a massive threat to deal with."

"That-a sounds about right." Replied Mario, "Now the way I-a see it, we won't-a be able to-a defeat it individually, but together." The others looked at him and thought it over. They knew he was right.

"He's right," Said Captain Falcon, "But first, I have a few questions for all of you."

"Don't we all have questions though?" Asked Kirby.

"Fair enough," Replied the F-Zero champion, "Let's start with you two." He pointed to the plumbers.

"Alright." Said the red-clad plumber standing up, "My name is-a Mario, and-a this is my little brother, Luigi."

"Hello." Said the green-clad plumber a little timidly.

"We're the heroes of the Mushroom Kingdom," Mario continued, "A land that's-a home to many unique creatures, ruled by a princess of mushroom people that's-a often attacked by a giant fire-breathing turtle." The older plumber immediately realized how crazy that sounded for a seemingly ordinary Italian in overalls. "It's-a unbelievable, but it's-a true."

"Honestly, I see it." Commented the ever-hungry hero, making them all direct their focus to him, "It's very true what they say, you should never judge a book by its cover." This made them all laugh wholeheartedly in agreement.

"That's-a true little guy," Replied Mario, "So what about you?"

"My name's Kirby, I come from the Planet Popstar and I live in the country of Dreamland." Answered the pink alien, "I'm usually not one for violence, but I will resort to it if I must, to protect the ones I care about. I may not look the part, but I've dealt with some pretty powerful monsters. Oh hey Mario, can you shoot a fireball at me?"

Mario and the others looked flabbergasted at that request, "Why?" He asked.

"There's something I want to show you all, so please?" Mario reluctantly threw a fireball at Kirby, and everyone was shocked to see the pink demon inhale and swallow the fireball, which escalated when Kirby's outward appearance changed to having a flaming crown on his head, "Ta-da!" he said.

"Woah." The others gawked.

Kirby then went back to his normal appearance, "That was my copy ability, I think it's self-explanatory."

"That's-a so nice." Complimented Luigi.

"Thank you." Replied Kirby, who then turned to the Hylian, "How about you?"

"The name's Link," The pointy-eared boy answered, "I come from the kingdom of Hyrule, created by the three goddesses, Din, Farore and Nayru, ruled by Princess Zelda, and most known for a legendary power, the Triforce. There are three Triforces in Hyrule's existence, the Triforce of Power, wielded by the demon king Ganon, the Triforce of Wisdom, wielded by Princess Zelda." Link then held his arm up and a glowing yellow triangle appeared on the back of his hand, "And finally, the Triforce of Courage, which chose me as its bearer to defend the kingdom from any threat."

The others listened to Link's story and were amazed, "Wow Link, that's some tale." Commented the captain. "Not to mention those skills and that sword of yours, very impressive."

Link smiled, "Thanks cap." He said, "How about you, what's your story? That's also one very unique steed you have."

"Steed?" Quizzed Falcon, "Oh you mean the Blue Falcon?" Link nodded.

"You know, I've-a wondered that myself." Commented Mario.

"Well you see I'm actually a racer of sorts." The F-Zero champion explained all about the F-Zero racing sport, the others found it very interesting.

"So you drive that thing in races AND you're a bounty hunter." Said Link.

"Not to mention that-a thing is-a powered by a magical piece of the big-a bang that-a created all of existence? And as a bonus it-a gives you pyrokinetic powers?" Added Mario.

The captain nodded, "Yes, that's pretty much my story." He said.

"Wow," Said Luigi, "That's-a really cool."

"You said it-a, brother." Agreed Mario and Captain Falcon smiled at them.

"Pika Pika (Uh-huh)." Added Pikachu, which made everyone turn to face him.

"Hey there little guy, do you talk?" Asked Link.

The electric Pokémon nodded, "Pikachu!" He said, and then repeated the words 'Pika', 'Chu' and 'Pikachu' which at first annoyed the others, but Luigi somehow knew what he was saying.

"His name's-a Pikachu." Said the green-clad plumber, "I don't-a know how, but after one conversation with-a him, I could-a somehow understand him better." He continued, "Anyway, he said that he comes from a world where humans and powerful pocket monsters called-a Pokémon, coexist in peace. He's-a one of those Pokémon." He looked at the small yellow mouse creature, "That's-a what you said, right?"

"Pi." Pikachu nodded.

Link raised his eyebrow skeptically, "Really?" He questioned, "Humans and monsters living together in harmony? Of all the things I've heard today, that has to be the most unrealistic."

"To be fair, Link, we all come from different worlds." Mario pointed out, "So if you-a think about it, it's-a actually viable to believe."

Link had no argument for that, "I guess you're right." He said.

"Pi Pika." Said the electric mouse Pokémon, grabbing their attention once more, making more of the sounds, all of which were translated by Luigi.

"He just-a said that there are-a many different types of Pokémon," He translated, "For example: He's an Electric Type, but he even uses moves for other types. I don't-a understand it myself, but then again, a lot of things are-a hard to explain."

"Fair." Said Kirby.

Soon Mario stood up, "Well, now that we're all acquainted, I do believe we should-a get-a moving." He decided, "After all, some of us need to-a find our friends and find a way home, but before we do that, we have to deal with the threat of this-a world. We can't-a just leave all the innocent lives that-a live in this-a world to suffer at the hands, or just-a hand, of-a this Master Hand. Who's-a with me?"

The others admired Mario's courage and willingness to fight the evil, despite the odds and difference in power. After a while, they decided, "I'm in." Said Link.

"Me too." Added Kirby with a smile.

"That shouldn't even be a question." Concurred Captain Falcon, who gave a thumbs-up.

"Pika Pi (Count me in)." Pikachu input.

The red-clad plumber looked over at his younger brother, "Luigi? What about-a you?"

"I-I don't-a know, Mario." The green-clad plumber said nervously, "I mean, we've-a taken on reality breaking threats like-a Dimentio, but this-a isn't like-a Bowser or any of the other threats we've-a faced."

"I know Luigi," Mario said, "But do you really think that-a matters when innocent-a lives could-a be in-a danger?"

Luigi stayed silent for a few seconds before putting on a brave face, "No." He said confidently, "No it-a doesn't." He turned to face the others, "I may have just-a met you guys, but I know when I'm-a needed, so you can-a count on-a me." The others smiled at Luigi's statement.

"Then it's-a settled." Declared Mario, "What're we-a waiting for? Let's-a go." And with that, the six then started to walk around the outskirts of the city. Suddenly, they saw a beacon of light shine, which showed a floating white hand laughing maniacally, somehow.

Once it stopped, it spoke, "Attention all sentient beings, humans, aliens and animals!" The hologram demanded, "I am Master Hand and I have an offer for you! Either you surrender yourselves to me and my Polygon army and I will spare your lives, or you do the foolish thing and resist and you will be destroyed and crushed under my finger!"


Back in the jungle, the other group could see the message, "You have exactly two minutes to decide your fate! Ta-ta for now!" And with that, the message concluded and the hologram vanished.

The jungle group was rather shocked at the threat and the offer, "Jigglypuff? Jiggly Jiggle (Who knows? Maybe he'll hold up his end of the bargain and let us go)." The Balloon Pokémon said, making the others turn to face her.

"I don't know Jigglypuff." Said Ness, "If I know conquerors like him, there's a very slim chance that he'd actually keep his promises."

"I agree with Ness." Concurred Fox, "I say we fight back just in case."

"Same." Input Samus, "But we should be sneaky about it."

"But how?" Asked DK.

Yoshi and Jigglypuff looked at each other in confusion as Samus said four words, "We'll find a way."

"I'll bet he's gonna start with that city over there." Said Ness as he pointed to Hal City, which was just a good half-mile away from the jungle exit.

Fox then noticed something else, "It looks like their military's already getting ready to fight back." He pointed to the military tanks moving toward the city.

"And the invasion is about to start." Said Samus as she pointed up and saw the armada ships approaching the city.

"I just had to say it, didn't I?" Ness accused himself.

"The people could be fish in a barrel down there, we gotta help them!" Suggested DK, punching his open palm.

Yoshi sighed and looked on with a determined glare, he chirped and started running towards the city, but was stopped by Jigglypuff, "Jigglypuff?! Jiggly Jiggly Puff Jiggly!"

"What did she say?" Asked Fox.

The psychic boy translated the singing pocket monster, "She asked if we were crazy, and then told us the obvious, that we might die from this." He then turned serious, "To that I say, 'Does that really matter when innocents could die?'"

"Ness is right." Agreed the armored bounty hunter, "Good odds or bad, we can't just sit around and do nothing while there are people who could be in danger."

"We can't do it alone though." The alien kitsune stated, "We have to do this together or the multiverse is doomed, we have to stand and fight no matter what. I'm all for stopping that giant hand, who's with me?"

"Okay." Ness was the first to speak up.

"Let's do it." Said DK.

"I usually work alone, but this time is the exception." Added Samus, activating her Varia Suit.

"Yoshi (You can count on me)!" Said the dinosaur, giving a thumbs-up.

Jigglypuff stayed silent for a minute before sighing and finally speaking, "Jigglypuff (Let's get this over with)!"

"Alright!" Said Fox, "Let's go!" And with that, they rushed to the city.


Three minutes ago…

The group near the outskirts of the city stared in shock after the message finished, Mario then glared at where it was coming from, "Something tells-a me that he's-a not gonna hold up his end of the deal." He pondered to the others.

The others agreed, "Knowing conquerors like him, you might be right." Concurred Kirby.

Luigi started sweating, "W-well who knows?" He quizzed, "Maybe he'll-a keep his-a promise."

"I don't know Luigi." Said Link, "His voice didn't sound convincing. Like Mario said, Master Hand was probably lying about sparing the lives of this world."

"Pika Pika? Chu Pika (You know what? Let's fight back)!" The Electric Type Pokémon said.

"I think we have no choice but to fight, look!" Captain Falcon pointed up at the armada ships approaching the city.

"I just had to-a predict-a that." Mario said to himself before turning to face the group, "Alright everyone, we may come from-a different worlds and we all just-a met today, but today is the day we fight-a together, or the multiverse and every living being in it is done-a for. We can't-a defeat this threat individually, but together. Who's-a with me?"

Link stepped up, "We already made our decision, Mario. Don't think we're abandoning innocents to be conquered or killed."

"I'll-a go too, Mario." Concurred Luigi.

"I'll help out however I can." Added Kirby.

"For the sake of every life in the multiverse, I'll fight." Input Captain Falcon.

"Pika (Me too)!" Finished Pikachu.

"Then why are we still standing here?" Mario proclaimed, "Let's-a go!"


Author's Note: Even though there was no action in this chapter, but I just felt like the groups needed to get to know each other a little so that their circles of trust could widen so they can work together. Don't worry, next chapter is gonna be epic (and excruciatingly long as it was originally two chapters) and you'll see twelve of your favorite Nintendo characters fight alongside each other. Let me know what you think in the reviews. See you next time!