A/N: OK. I had been busy doing a manga on the Deviantart site so bare with me a little. Anyway, next is F-Zero and FFII rematch. Enjoy. And I know I am a little busy at things cause I just want this story over with.

Chapter 18: Not tools, but hope:

Firion and Captain Falcon have just reached their destination when they turned to see Zidane, Pikachu, Garnet and Lucario walking towards them.

“I see you saved them” Firion said.

“It was a piece of cake” Zidane said.

Then Terra, Onion Knight, Samus, Ness, Refia, Locke and Paula walked up to them.

“Where’s Marth?” asked Falcon.

“He’s gone to help Ike with Roy” Samus said.

“Pi, Pika Pika, Pikachu?” Pikachu asked. ‘So is everyone here?’

“Looks like it” Onion Knight said.

“We were…” Garnet begun before voices came from the corner.

“Our dear tools of war… do you come to your master, finally tired of the struggles?” The Emperor asked as he and Black Shadow emerges.

“Or did you come and be killed by us?” Black Shadow asked.

“Black Shadow…” Falcon snarled “No… we come to kill you.”

“We’ve come to settle this, Emperor” Firion said.

“Is that so? What can a bunch of weaklings like you could do” Black Shadow asked.

“Insects may swarm but they are insects none the less” Emperor said.

“They’re not insects! They’re hope!” Lucario shouted angrily.

“Pikachu, Pika, Pi, Pikachu.” Pikachu said ‘We’re not as weak as you might think.’

“We have overcome a lot of hardships along the way!” Onion Knight said.

“Exactly” Refia said.

“Overcome have you, Smashers?” Emperor said “Then let us ask you this: Do you credit yourselves for collecting the crystals?”

“What are you talking about?” Samus asked.

“Then everything went as planned” Black Shadow said “True, giving you his strength was the will of Master Hand himself. But think carefully about who lead you to your battles. Isn’t it not obvious… that you had US to thank.”

“Thank YOU?!” Captain Falcon snarled.

“You lie!” Locke said.

“Oh, I am afraid we are not!” Emperor said “Master Hand may be weak, but he was tied with Cosmos all the same. To eliminate him completely, it was best to force him to let go of his powers. He even took Cosmos to a dark universe.”

All Pikachu, Zidane, Onion Knight and Ness could do is glare at them.

“We provided you through your training” Black Shadow said “And indeed, you have obtained the crystals.”

“You…” Firion snarled.

“Granted, there are some who were overzealous” said the Emperor “But you took care of them for us. Only Ultimecia, Sephiroth, Roy, Ganondorf, Garland and Bowser remained.”

“Indeed” Black Shadow cackled “YOU are the forces of darkness which killed Master Hand.”

“SHUT UP!” Ness shouted.

“So everything was as planned? That is enough! You don’t understand a thing!” Onion Knight shouted.

“How dare you! You can use Master Hand’s will as your tool!” Terra snarled.

“The crystals… are NOT for you to use!” Samus snarled.

“How could you mock all what Master Hand’s sacrifice his life for Cosmos” Zidane snarled.

“Pikachu, Pika, PIKACHU!” Pikachu shouted ‘You’re not gonna get away with this!’

“Everyone, let me and Firion handle this” Falcon said “You’re think you’ve won; well the real fight’s just begun!”

“You will not use his passion and get away with this!” Firion said as he and Falcon go into their stance.

“Silence!” Black Shadow said as he gets into his stance “Death, life, all of those shall become under my rule!”

“And the only one who will rule is I!” Emperor laughed.

The Emperor charged at Firion, his staff ready. Firion ducked under it and used Sword Slash. The Emperor leaps away and threw out a couple of net traps. Firion leaps over and used his reel axe which hits the Emperor which swings back behind him allowing the Emperor to fly towards Firion. Firion then slashed him with his sword and spear and send the Emperor flying out of the room.

Black Shadow as about to use Shadow Kick but Falcon responded with Falcon Kick causing an explosion when their feet touched. Pikachu, Ness, Zidane, Onion Knight, Terra and Samus protected Lucario, Paula, Garnet, Refia and Locke as the fight continues. Falcon and Shadow clashed their fists together fast and then Falcon kick Shadow in the chin sending him crashing into a wall.

The Emperor flew up again and sends a Flare at the hero. Firion dodges and grabbed the shiny crystal which filled up his strength. Firion waited for the Emperor to come and used Blizzard. The Emperor dodges and used Light Crest and shot some shots at Firion. Firion blocks out each shot. But then the Emperor appeared behind him and used Bombard which send Firion flying into a landmine. But Firion got up afterwards and used his blood weapons and used WeaponMaster which hit the Emperor.

Falcon and Shadow continue their battle as Falcon ran around the wall as Black Shadow thrust his fist into the wall making huge craters. Falcon then stood up and used Falcon Dive which grabbed Black Shadow and send him flying. Black Shadow flew towards Falcon again with his Shadow Punch ready. Falcon fights back with Falcon Punch. Both punches collided but Falcon managed to power up more and blast Black Shadow.

Falcon used his F Zero final smash again which send Black Shadow flying before leaping out and used his Maximum Falcon Punch again to defeat his enemy. Firion used his Fervid Blazer again and used all his weapons he needed to defeat the Emperor.

After the other warriors turned to see what happened, they saw the Emperor and Black Shadow down on one knees in defeat and Firion and Falcon stood in victory.

“You did it!” Paula cheered as they ran to them.

“Yes! You two stopped them!” Onion Knight cheered.

Firion and Falcon nodded and then noticed something behind the corner of the room. Maria and Jody were on the ground and were just waking up. Firion ran to Maria while Falcon walked towards Jody.

“Maria… are you alright?” asked Firion.

“Firion?” Maria gasped. Then she saw the Emperor. “You defeated the Emperor?!” She hugs Firion. “You did it, Firion. You saved us!”

Jody slowly stood up but saw Falcon’s outstretched hand.

“Need some help?” Falcon grinned.

“Hmph. Never doubt your sense of justice, Captain Falcon” Jody grinned as she took his hand.

“How can this be happening?!” Black Shadow cried “But we were supposed to win this time!”

“How could we lose? Not once, but 4 times?” Emperor said “Who are you?”

“I heard you call us insects” Falcon said as he and Jody walked up to the others.

“Just a swarm of insects” Firion said.

“But this is not the end!” Black Shadow shouted “As long as both Chaos and Tabuu exist, so will we. We shall be back to rule again!”

“What?!” The Smashers gasped.

“You mean… back from the dead?” Maria gasped.

“Indeed… to this world and back… from the depths of hell…” Firion said as he and Black Shadow were about to explode.

“WAIT!” Firion, Zidane, Terra and Onion Knight shouted.

“WE SHALL BE BACK AGAIN!!!” Black Shadow and Emperor yelled together before letting out an anguished cry and explode and disappear.

“What was that all about?” Jody asked.

“Time isn’t on our side here” Ness said.

“But unless we defeat Chaos and Master Hand, they’re return again” Samus said.

“We stay by your side always” Lucario said as she and the other lovers nodded.

“Pika, Pika, Pikachu, Chu, Pika” Pikachu said ‘I wish they tell us these things sooner’.

Meanwhile, Cloud and Link has just gone straight ahead as the Warrior of Light, Mario, Ike and Squall walk through the desert. Suddenly, Mario gasped and fell to his knees. The others ran to him in shock as he begins to fade again.

“Not again!” Warrior of Light gasped.

It was thanks to Mario’s crystal which saves him from disappearing. Mario held his crystal and sighed.

“Momma-Mia. I think our time-a is running-a short” he said.

“Chaos and Tabuu… both rulers of discord and subspace” Ike said “There is no end to the conflict unless we defeat them.”

“Whenever they are gods or not, we got to try” Squall said “Even if our fates are to disappear. Plus, I wonder why Cloud and Link gone off without telling us where they are going.”

“They went off to fight Sephiroth and Ganondorf… just to get Tifa and Zelda back…” Warrior of Light said “Squall, Ike, after you deal with Ultimecia and Roy, regroup the others and find Link and Cloud. I think they got themselves into trouble again.”

“OK” Squall said.

“Our champions are always the target of evil” Ike said. “But what would you and Mario do?”

“We shall go and find Bowser and Garland and fight them to end it all” Mario said “May the light watch us all.”

The 4 warriors nodded and went their separate paths.

To be continued…

A/N: That should show those two who's boss. Now, we join Squall and Ike and then get ready for a ready battle of Cloud and Link versus Sephiroth and Ganondorf. See ya later.