It has been just too long since I've done a Smash Bros fic. So I thought, I don't have anything else going on, so why not do one? Now I'm sure that all of you can name a few people who you would like to see in Brawl. For me, I would've obviously put Vaati in. Hence, the inspiration for this fic. Now, I'm not saying I'm not happy with the characters that are currently (although Wario seriously pisses me off sometimes). I love playing as Wolf, Meta Knight and Lucario (even though I stopped playing Pokemon after ruby version). Now before I begin let me set one thing strait, I am not taking suggestions for characters to add. I've thought this through already. And as always, this fic should not be read by anyone with no sense of humor. Finally, this is my first adventure-type fic, so be nice with your reviews. I do not own Super Smash Brothers.
CHAPTER 1: THE ADVENTURE BEGINS
Vaati drained another shot of whiskey and slammed the empty glass on the counter among the seemingly endless other empty shot glasses. His hair was a tangled mess, his eye was bloodshot and he kept swaying back and forth as if phasing in and out of reality. "Keep 'em coming Zant hic." Vaati said in a drunken slur. "No way Vaati, you've had enough for tonight." Zant, who was the bartender of the recently built Evil Realm Bar, said while continuing to wash the seemingly endless used shot glasses. "And what makes you hic think that?" Vaati asked. "How many fingers am I holding up?" Zant asked, holding up three fingers. "Ooh, look at the pretty lights." Vaati said, snatching at the air, trying to catch said pretty lights. "I rest my case." Zant said, continuing his glass washing.
"Vaati, what the hell is wrong with you? Just a few weeks ago you were the appitamy of evil and strife. And now look at you." Zant said with a concerned tone of voice. The reason for Vaati's depression started a few years ago when Ganondorf was permitted to leave the Evil Realm to join the Smash Brothers Tournament and live in the Smash Mansion. Then last month there was a notice going around that a new tournament was starting. Vaati took no time in seizing his opportunity to escape from the Evil Realm. He sent his resume in to Master Hand, the tournament administrator. It chronicled every evil deed he had done in life, from every village he plundered right down to every butterfly he incinerated. But hours turned to days, days turned to weeks and still no answer. Vaati had been rejected. What made things worse was that Dark Link and King Bulblin were permitted to leave. He had also learned that other villains had made it into the tournament. Like Wolf O'Donnell, King Dedede, and even Wario. What did they have that Vaati didn't?
But before he could tell Zant about his plight, there was a loud combination of banging, crashing and screaming coming from the other end of the bar. "Ah crap, Majora's starting another fight. Well, I've got some work to do. Vaati, you need to get home and try to get some rest." Zant said. With that, he put on his helmet, picked up a large spiked mace from behind the counter, and went off in the direction the noise was coming from. Vaati lifted another shot glass, but before he could drink from it he felt a hand grab his shoulder and spin him around in his chair. He found himself face to face with Midna, princess of the Twili (A/N: Midna is in her true form, as in the one at the end of the game. I thought I'd just throw that in to avoid any confusion.). However, he didn't realise who this was since his brain had soaked up about three gallons of whiskey like a sponge. "Vaati, I need to have a word with you." Midna said, taking the shot glass from Vaati's hand and setting on the counter behind him. "Oh look who it is hic, mister 'I'm too busy to come to your orchestra recital'." Vaati said, still drunk. Vaati collapsed into Midna, weeping. "Why do you close your eyes when we make love?" he asked, still sobbing. Midna pushed Vaati away from her and gave him a strong punch to the side of his head. He fell backwards and knocked his head on the counter and blacked out.
-several hours later-
Vaati slowly shook himself from sleep's grasp. He looked around and realised that he was lying in his bed in his tower (A/N: Every particularly evil resident of the Evil Realm is given a tower to help them escape from the others.). "It's about time you got up, you've been out for hours." a voice said. Vaati sat up and saw Midna sitting in a chair to right with a tome of Twili magic in her hands. "Ow, my head." Vaati said grogily, putting his hands to his head. "A hangover is the goddesses way of telling you not to drown you misery in alcohol." Midna said. "Oh and by the way, you were talking in your sleep. And you've got some issues that you should probably work on." Midna said with a mixture of concern and fear. "What do you want from me?" Vaati asked, annoyance evident in his voice. "It's not what I want, it's what we both want." Midna replied. "Are you coming on to me?" Vaati asked. Midna slapped him hard across his face. Apparently that was her people's way of saying no.
"Goddesses no!" Midna yelled. She got a hold of herself and regained her composure. "I mean, no. Please, allow me to introduce myself. I am Midna, princess of the Twilight Realm. And I know much about you, Vaati of the Minish. Link told me plenty on our adventures." Midna explained. She could see a gleam of anger in Vaati's eye at the mention of Link's name. "And if I may ask, how did you get inside the Evil Realm?" Vaati asked. "I had a little help from my friends, the sages." Midna said. "Now, I have a proposition for you. I've been told by a reliable source that you want entrance into the new Super Smash Brothers tournament. Well you see, I want in as well. But Master Hand didn't seem to think that I would be a suitable fighter. So I need somone to vouch for me. And if you get me in, I'll get you in. So I give you two options. One, you go back to that bar and continue to wallow in your misery. Or two, you show the world the true power of you and your people." Midna said.
Vaati appeared to think
about it, weighing both his choices. Until he realised that the
answer was obvious. "Well, nice meeting you Midna. Have a nice
trip back to werever." Vaati said, getting out of bed and making
his way to the door. "Hold it!" Midna yelled, grabbing
Vaati's cape. "I didn't drag your whiskey soaked ass all the way
up this tower just to have you say no." Midna said through
clenched teeth. "Now you're going to come with me to that
mansion even if I have to drag you." she said, still not
loosening her grip. "All right, all right. I guess nothing could
be worse than listening to another one of Onox's old war stories."
Vaati said. Midna released his cape. "So show me the way out."
Vaati said, turning to her. "Well, there is one tiny problem.
You see, only the pure of heart can leave this place at will."
Midna said. "Well then why did you come to me? Why didn't you
ask somone outside of here?" Vaati asked. "Have you seen
any other human besides Link and Zelda that can actually fight? I
swear, those soldiers must be there just for show." Midna
explained. "Good point." Vaati said.
"But it's no
big deal. All we need to do is get you to be one of the good guys."
Midna said. "And how do we do that?" Vaati asked. "Well,
I guess I'll have to train you. Let's just start out with some polite
conversation. Now repeate after me. It's a pleasure to make your
acquantance, what a lovely day we're having. Now you try." Midna
said, trying not to push Vaati over the edge. "It's a pleasure
to make your acquantance, I'll burn your house down, throw your
family into a swamp and let the beasts feast on their entrails. How
was that?" Vaati asked. "Wow, perfect, absolutely flawless,
we are good to go. But, just for laughs and giggles, let's do it
again." Midna said.
-hours later-
Midna was slumped down in a chair, holding an ice pack against her forehead. "Once again, here's how it sould sound. 'My, you're looking lovely today'.The past few tries you threatened to steal my money, eat my people's babys, poison our water supply, deliver a plague onto my realm and rape our children." Midna said, with an apparent loss of hope. Then, something inside Vaati's head must have snapped from all the strain of Midna's training. He took Midna's free hand. "A pleasure to make your acquantance, milady." he said before kissing the top of her hand. Midna's eyes snapped open and she looked at Vaati in complete disbelief. "My, you're looking lovely today." he continued. "Vaati, is that you?" Midna asked, her eyes wide with shock. "But of course, who else would I be?" he asked. He let go of Midna's hand and walked over to the window. "Lovely weather we're having." he said. Although this was the Evil Realm and the weather was always dreary and depressing. But after the years Vaati had spent there, he wouldn't know the difference. Midna shot out of her chair in joy at the results of her hard work. Once again, she had to get a hold of herself. "Nicely done, Vaati. You might actually be able to pass yourself off as a gentlemen. But it's not just enough to talk nicely, you need to learn to act nicely as well." Midna said.
-outside Vaati's tower-
"Now you need to learn to be a good somaratin. That means that you must help someone in need without thinking of what you might get in return. Let's start, shall we?" Midna said. She snapped her fingers and a Lizalfo carrying a large crate came out. It was apparent that he was struggling, and whatever was inside was obviously very heavy. "You see somone struggling with a package, what do you do?" Midna asked. "Oh, I think I got this." Vaati said. With that, he extended his arm, formed a ball of magical energy around his outstreched fingers and fired it at the Lizalfo, turning him to stone. "Vaati!" Midna yelled. "What? Now nobody will have to listen to him complain about carrying that crate. You see Midna, I don't just think about one person, I think about everyone. And isn't that what a good somaratin is?" Vaati asked. Midna was about to protest when a Stalfo, who was there for the next phase of Vaati's training, broke in. "He does have a point." it said. Midna rubbed her temples in frustration.
"All right, you pass... I guess. Just change him back and we'll move on." Midna said, repressing her anger. Vaati snapped his fingers and the Lizalfo was turned back to normal. Midna signalled for it to drop the crate, and it complied. "What was that thing filled with anyway?" Vaati asked. "Some of my shedded skin." the Lizalfo replied. "Why you be carrying around a crate of shed skin?" Vaati asked. "Mind your own business!" the Lizalfo snapped. Midna clapped her hands to get their attention.
"Let's move on. You two, get in position." she said, pointing to the Stalfo and the Lizalfo. The Stalfo drew his sword and pressed it against the Lizalfo's throat. "Now, you see a citizen being harrassed. What do you do?" Midna asked. "I definately have this one." Vaati said. With that, he sent an arc of electrical magic at the Stalfo. It was hit square in the back. It screamed as elecricity surched through it's body before it's body fell apart. "Vaati! You're not supposed to kill him, you're supposed to let him know that you wont take his actions lightly!" Midna screamed. "I like my idea better." Vaati said.
"Hey, can I go now?" the Lizalfo asked. Midna, looked at her with her eyes glowing with magical energy. The Lizalfo was torn apart from the inside out by Midna's Twili magic. "Wo, calm down Midna." Vaati said. "Calm down? Calm down!? You're asking me to calm down!? How about you calm down!?" Midna yelled. Now it was time for something in Midna's head to snap. She delivered a punch to Vaati's stomach. Vaati grasped his stomach. "You just hit me." Vaati said, looking at her angrily. "Yeah, and it felt good." Midna said, with her hands on her hips, smiling wikedly. Vaati retaliated and threw a punch at Midna that connected with her chest. Midna backed away from the force of the blow. "You can't hit me, I'm a girl." she said. "Yeah, too bad Ezlo never tought me chivalry." Vaati said, now it was his turn to smile evily. "That's it, you're gowing down." Midna said, removing her head-dress. "Bring it, bitch." Vaati said, lightning magic dancing around his clenched fists. (A/N: This is my first actual fight scene, so don't be too harsh if it's not too good.)
Vaati rushed at Midna. Midna put her hands in front of her and sent a shockwave through the air wich knocked Vaati off his feet. Vaati landed on the ground with a thud. Midna jumped into the air and came flying down at Vaati with magical energy flaring around her outstreched hands. Vaati extended his arm and shot a bolt of lightning magic at Midna. It connected and caused Midna to fly backwards and skid to a stop. She got up slowly and saw Vaati charging at her with a look of homicidal rage in his eyes. He raised his fist to deliver a crushing blow to Midna. She quikly sidestepped his attack and kicked him in the back. Vaati stumbled foreward, clutching his back. "Kicking, Midna?" he asked, looking at her. "Hurts, doesn't it?" she asked, smiling evily. "You tell me." Vaati said, delivering a roundhouse kick to the side of Midna's head. Midna stumbled backwards with her hand at the spot that Vaati had kicked her. She looked at her hand and saw that his kick had drawn blood. Not a lot, but enough to royally piss her off. She lunged at Vaati and sank her teeth into his hand. Vaati screamed and started yanking powerfully at Midna's hair. Tears started to come to Midna's eyes, but still she refused to let go. Vaati sent a shock of lightning magic to Midna's head, wich was enough to make her let go. Now they were both bleeding. They looked at each other with anger in their eyes. They ran at each other and grabbed each other's throats with iron grips. They then sent waves of magical energy through each-others bodies. They both yelled in pain but still refused to back down. Finally sapped of energy, they both let go and collapsed to the ground.
Vaati looked at Midna who was lying next to him, panting from the loss of energy. "Now... I've... got you." he panted. He raised his hand to deliver the final blow to Midna. Electrical energy crackled weakly around his hand before dying quikly. "Damn. Well... I'll just rest a while before killing you." Vaati said. "Hey Vaati, can I ask you a question?" Midna asked. "Shoot." Vaati said. "Did we just kill each-other?" she asked. "Sarcastically or literally?" Vaati asked. "Literally." Midna replied. "No, I don't think so. Why?" Vaati asked. "Because we're flying." Midna said.
Vaati looked around him
and saw what Midna was talking about. They were both floating among
the clouds in a blue sky. Vaati felt some strength returning to his
body. He pulled himself up and looked at his hand. The bite marks
that Midna had left were closing before his eyes. Midna sat up as
well and felt the side of her head. The scratch she got when Vaati
kicked her had closed as well.
Then a sound came to both of
their ears. It sounded like clapping. But it was extremely loud. Then
out of the clouds came a pair of enormous gloved hands. Sure enough,
they were the ones clapping. They ceased the clapping and the right
hand came foreward. He made no indication that he was speaking, but
the voice that Midna and Vaati heard was obviously coming from him.
"Well done, I obviously underestimated you Midna." he said.
"Yeah, you guys totally kicked each others asses. I was all like
'wo, awesome'. Then Midna totally went ballistic on your ass, man!"
the left hand exlaimed exitedly. The right hand sighed. "Crazy,
here's ten bucks, go get yourself a pie from the cafeteria." the
right hand said, handing the left a ten dollar bill. The left one
squeeled in joy before taking the money and flying off.
"Idiot." the right hand mumbled. "Oh, my apologies. I am Master Hand, overseer of the Super Smash Brothers tournament. You see, Crazy and I were watching you from the mansion. We obviously made a mistake when we rejected you both. You've got quit the fight in you." Master Hand said. Midna and Vaati jumped to their feet in excitement. "So you're going to let us in?" Midna asked with excitement. "Well there is one problem. You're both late entries, and that would drastically throw off the balance of the tournament. But don't worry. I have a task for you. Midna, put out your hands." Master Hand said. Midna did as she was told. Master Hand snapped his enormous fingers and a slab of pure, shimmering crystal appeared in Midna's hands. On it was etched the numbers one through ten with a blank line after each. Then Midna's name etched itself on the first blank, and Vaati's on the second.
"What you hold is the Smash Charter. If you can find eight other worthy fighters and get them to sign the charter, you and the eight others will be admitted into the tournament. And of course, you will also be given your own places in the mansion." Master Hand said. "Hey, does this mean I don't have to be a good guy?" Vaati asked. "Nope, be as evil as you like. But be warned that if you try to tear apart your opponents outside the battlefield, you will be sent back to the Evil Realm." Master Hand said. "I have a question, how will we know if somone is worthy?" Midna asked. "Use these." Master Hand said. He snapped his fingers again and a pair of high-tech looking goggles appeared in Vaati's hands. "Those goggles were designed by Samus Aran, they will allow you to scan people and objects and give you valuable information on them. They will also tell you if a scanned fighter can enter the tournament. And I should probably mention another thing. In order to sign the Smash Charter, the fighter must willingly touch the next empty line. So no torturing people to make them sign it." Master Hand said. "Aww." Vaati moaned, he had already been concocting plans to force people to join.
"Now, off you go." Master Hand said. With that, he snapped his fingers another time and a door appeared in the air. "This is the Galactic Gateway. It will allow you to travel across dimensions to seek out fighters." Master Hand explained. "Is this thing safe?" Midna asked. "I have yet to find a glitch in the system." Master Hand said. "Well, we should probably get going then." Vaati said, pocketing the Smash Goggles. Midna opened the door and entered with Vaati following. When Vaati was inside the doorway, he turned to face Master Hand. "Say, how do we know where we're going?" Vaati asked. But before he could get an answer, the door swung closed and they were gone. "OK, I think I just found the first glitch." Master Hand said to himself.
Vaati and Midna appeared in the middle of a large open plain. The sounds of shouting men and screeching wyverns filled the air around them. There were two armies facing each other. One was clad in shimmering white and gold armor. The other wore ebon black armor. And Vaati and Midna were cought in the center of the battlefield. The armies, taking no heed of Vaati and Midna, charged straight for each other. "Midna, if we both die, I just want you to know that I hate you." Vaati said as the armies closed in on each other.
END OF CHAPTER: 1
Wow, I forgot how fun writing a new fic is. So tell me if you think this story has any potential. I know that this fic didn't have much humor in it, but I was mainly focusing on getting the story started. In the upcoming chapters I'll focus more on humor.
