Nothing new truly, I'm afraid! I'm just going back and fixing up some spacing, and adding some more details to make things sound better. As well, if you've finished this story, feel free to check out the sequel, "Return the Darkness". You don't have to read this story to get the plot of the other one, because I've added a paragraph there that sums up this story. Anyways, enjoy!

Regular typing: Talking or description

Italic: Thoughts/dreams

Bolded: flashbacks

Bolded and Italic: Author notes, except during flashbacks. In that case, the character is thinking

Sonic rolled behind Ganondorf and kicked the back of his knees. Down Ganondorf went, giving Sonic enough time to get the Final Smash.

"I'll show you!" Sonic shouted, flying at Ganondorf. He tried to dodge in vain, but was no match for the now extra speedy gold hedgehog. Ganondorf went flying, and the match was over.

"Good job Sonic!" Mario slapped him a high five when Sonic came out of the arena.

"Thanks," Sonic replied. When Sonic first entered Super Smash Brothers Brawl, most people were a little ticked at the thought. After all, he was only not a Nintendo character – he was known as Mario's main franchise rival! It wasn't uncommon for characters from different companies to become friends, but it was rare for them to be put in a game together. Companies wanted to keep their franchises going, so while the CEO's argued about new games and advertising, the stars simply lived they wanted to, until the crisis of the week showed up.

So when Sonic and Snake were invited to join in the real Smash Brothers tournament, both were happy to accept. For most fighters, they were either excited to fight some new foes, or simply just didn't care. A few characters still believed that Sonic and Snake shouldn't be there, fighting along with the rest. They used to be downright cruel to both, cheating in brawls and criticizing whatever they did, but because Sonic was able to make friends quickly and Snake was so intimidating, those who hated the two were soon shushed into silence and forced to bear the fact that they were here to stay.

Every character accepted Snake, but one still held an unknown grudge against the blue hedgehog…

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"Hey, did you guys notice that Wario has been getting stronger lately?" After the daily fights were over, everyone was sitting in the dining room eating dinner. Sonic, Link, Kirby, Pit and Peach were all sharing a table.

"I thought it was just me at first, but if Peach also noticed it…you know, when I was fighting him today, he always seemed to get to the Assist Trophies first. Not only that, he was able to get me back into regular form from my rock! What's up with that guy?" Kirby took another slice of pizza.

"Eh, maybe he's doing some extra training, since he's one of the slowest characters. You still were able to defeat him, Kirb, so that guy sure needs to train." Link took another sip of soda while everyone else laughed, for Kirby was one of the best fighters and won quite easily.

"Yeah, you'd better watch your back, Sonic. Someday he'll be able to catch up to you!" Pit teased.

"Don't worry about it. Marth and I are taking him and Olimar on in a match tomorrow. They're going down!" Sonic finished up the last of his meal, "I'm going for a run. See ya guys later."

"Bye Sonic." Sonic ran at top speed out of the room.

The four remaining fighters turned back to their dinner. However, Wario had been listening in to their conversation.

"So, that bloody third party hedgehog thinks he can beat me? That won't happen, for by the end of the week, he'll be wishing he never came to Super Smash Bros. I'm the one that should be thought of as Mario's main rival, not him! Oh, I'm going to make Sonic leave, whatever it takes!"