SSBB: The Ultimate Battle SSBB: The Ultimate Battle

Chapter One: The Newcomers

"Attention Smashers." Mario's booming Italian voice echoed throughout the main hall of the smash mansion. All the veteran fighters from the Melee tournament looked up at the stage expectantly. Today they would be announcing the newcomers to the next tournament: Brawl.

"The highly anticipated moment has come. Our first new character to be introduced is from Dreamland." Kirby, unable to get a good view standing, puffed up and floated above the crowd. "I am pleased to introduce the swordsman, Meta Knight."

"Poyo!" Kirby exclaimed, falling onto the stage. "Poyo, poyo, poyo, poyo…" His gibberish exclamations were joined by a series of hugs and handshakes to the impassive warrior.

"It is good to see you too, Kirby," the swordsman said gruffly as he walked off the stage.

"Also from Dreamland, I introduce King Dedede."

Meta Knight glanced over his shoulder in shock. Kirby glanced at Mario questioningly then exploded into a rant of angry poyos. Mario smiled apologetically. "The folks at Nintendo felt that Dreamland should have three total representatives."

"Still the same old Kirby," King Dedede said, patting the pink puffball on the head. Kirby glared at the giant penguin and pulled out a large hammer.

"Stop it!" Mario exclaimed. "Save your fighting for the tournament."

Kirby put his hammer away with a long, angry glare at King Dedede. He then stormed off to introduce Meta Knight to his friends: Roy, Marth, and Link.

Mario smiled. "Now entering from Hyrule, Toon Link."

"What?" Link exclaimed. "There can't be three Links."

"Well, yes," Mario said, appearing nervous. "I hate to tell people this, but some people are going to dropped from the Brawl tournament." Enraged and fearful cries of "What!?" and "Oh no" filled the audience. Mario raised his hands for silence. "My apologies. To solve this Link dilemma, Young Link is going to be dropped since he is basically just Link."

"Well that makes sense," Link said.

"What!?" Young Link exclaimed. "You can't be serious." The Master Hand suddenly appeared above everyone's heads. It picked Young Link up by the collar and carried him out of the room. "Let me go! I belong in this game. Noooo…."

An uneasy silence fell over the crowd, people anticipating who would be cut next. Toon Link somehow maneuvered his way next to the original Link. He stared wide-eyed at the Hylian swordsman.

"Our next character is from the Kid Icarus series. Although it is not well-known, this character is a worthy fighter. Please help me welcome Pit." An angel with light brown hair stood nervously on stage. He walked off quickly and stayed at the edge of the crowd, obviously trying not to attract attention. However, being the only angel there, he received many curious stares.

"Joining us from Kanto is the Pokémon Trainer, also known as Ash." (I know it's not really Ash, but he is in this story.) A black haired boy stood o stage and waved at the crowd. Pikachu ran through the crowd and leapt onto Ash's shoulder. "Pika pi!" the yellow mouse pokémon exclaimed affectionately.

"It's so good to see you Pikachu," the boy said, "but it looks like we can't fight together. Will you be able to face me?"

"Pika pi," Pikachu declared confidently.

"Also knew is Lucario." A pokémon resembling a black and blue dog standing on its back legs appeared. "And this also brings more bad news," Mario said. "We had to make some cuts with the pokémon. Mewtwo and Pichu, you two will have to leave."

"What!?" Mewtwo exclaimed, outraged. A ball of blue energy swirled in his hands. Crazy Hand grabbed Mewtwo while Master Hand grabbed a struggling Pichu. When the two hands disappeared, a dazed Jigglypuff crawled out from under a table where it had been cowering throughout the chaos. Seeing that it was not one of the pokémon who had been cut, it twirled around in glee.

"Joining us from the popular Pikmin series is Olimar and his army of Pikmin." A short guy in a space suit stood on stage surrounded by plant-like beings in different colors. Everyone clapped politely.

"Also knew to the tournament is the space pilot Wolf."

"What!?" Fox and Falco exclaimed as Wolf walked on stage.

"You've got to be kidding me," Falco said.

"How did you get here?" Fox asked Wolf, as the fighter walked towards them with a smug grin on his face.

"Obviously I am a better fighter than you and the chicken."

"Excuse me," Falco said. "Chicken? I am a falcon, and one of the best pilots in the galaxy."

"From the Earthbound series comes Lucas." A blond boy with a cowlick stepped forward.

"Yes!" Ness exclaimed, leaping high into the air. He did a victory dance when he landed. Lucas ran up to Ness and the two gave each other high fives.

"Next are two new additions from the Mushroom Kingdom. First off, I give you Diddy Kong." Donkey Kong leapt to his feet, beat his chest, and cheered for Diddy Kong enthusiastically. "And Wario." The fat man walked onto the stage, receiving a few boos. Everyone glared at him, wondering what he had done to deserve to be in the Brawl Tournament. "Also Dr. Mario will not be returning."

"Next up, from the Fire Emblem continent of Tellius, I give you, Ike."

"Sweet!" Roy exclaimed, running up to Ike. "Hi, I'm Roy. It's about time they put another swordsman from Fire Emblem in the game. What's your sword called?"

"I'm sorry to tell you Roy, but only two people can be from the Fire Emblem series," Mario said.

"Well that's too bad," Roy said. "Looks like they're kicking you out, Marth." He waved good-bye to the blue haired prince in the audience.

"Actually Roy, we took a poll, and…well fifty-one percent of fans said Marth should stay; plus he is starring in a new game, so…"

"What!?" Roy exclaimed as Master Hand picked him up. "This is so unfair. I'm the mischievous pyromaniac. You can't get rid of me. Forty-nine percent of your fans will be furious. I swear…" The rest of his ranting was cut off when he was dragged out of the room.

"That concludes all the characters we had to cut," Mario said. "Next up is R.O.B.; he has been with Nintendo for a while and will be helping other people train. After that comes Solid Snake, a spy from the Konami Metal Gear series."

"You mean they are hiring non-Nintendo characters now?" Peach asked.

"Only a few," Mario replied. The enthusiasm faded from his voice. "Last but not least, Sega's mascot: Sonic the Hedgehog." The blue hedgehog raced onto stage. "How you doing, Mario? Afraid that I'll still all your fans?"

"I doubt that will happen," Mario replied. He raised his voice to address the audience. "That concludes the new characters."

"How are you doing?" Ike asked Pit as the two leaned against a wall.

"Alright," Pit replied with a shrug.

Link and Marth walked over to Ike and Pit. "Hey guys," Link said, smiling. "I'm Link and this is Marth. Welcome to the Brawl Tournament. What weapons do you use?"

"Sword," Ike replied.

"Mostly bow," Pit said, "but my bow can split into two swords."

"Really?" Link asked. "I need to get one of those. I mostly use swords, but I have some other weapons also."

"Are you both from Fire Emblem?" Ike asked.

"I am," Marth replied. "Link is from Hyrule."

Link looked from Marth to Ike and from Ike to Marth. "Does Fire Emblem like using blue-haired, blue-eyed swordsmen as protagonists for their games?"

Marth shrugged. "Who knows."

"Ahem," Mario said. "We'll also be introducing a new element in battles: the Final Smash, a powerful move which will usually destroy your opponents in one hit. Samus has volunteered to demonstrate."

The warrior stepped onto the stage, wearing her tradition orange and red varia suit. An orb glowing in iridescent hues appeared on the stage.

"You must destroy this sphere to gain the ability to use your Final Smash." Samus shot the sphere with a missile. An iridescent aura surrounded her. She then fired a powerful beam of energy. The wall that she fired at was totally obliterated. Someone whistled in admiration.

As soon as the blast ended, however, Samus' armor malfunctioned, falling off her. The blond- haired, blue-eyed fighter stood in her blue zero suit, looking shocked.

"We'd also like to add that Samus will also fight in her zero suit," Mario said, running off stage.

"Listen you Italian plumber," Samus said. "I told you that I wasn't going to do this."

"Nintendo out-ruled you so they had to find some way to make you fight in your zero suit. They just made your Final Smash too powerful for your armor to handle."

Captain Falcon let out a catcall. Several of the newcomers were shocked to discover that Samus was a girl, including Ike and Pit. Samus picked up her helmet and threw it as hard as she could at Captain Falcon. He was knocked out as soon as the projectile made contact with his skull, even though he was wearing a helmet.

Samus walked off stage, muttering a stream of curses. "I hope you didn't depend on your armor that much," Link taunted.

"I can still kick your ass, fairy boy," Samus retorted.

"I have got to come up with a good comeback," Link replied.

"Don't worry too much about it leftie," Marth said.

"Whatever, pretty boy."

"Why don't we show you around," Marth suggested, not in the mood to fight with Link.

"That would be great," Pit said. "I'm sure I'll get lost in this place anyways."

"It is pretty confusing at first," Link said. "But we'll show you the ropes."

"You won't," a lyrical voice said. Zelda walked up behind Link. "Remember how we have a certain event planned for tonight, or rather in an hour."

"Don't worry, Zel; I won't miss our date," Link replied.

"Oh, I am making sure of that," she replied, grabbing his arm. She started to drag Link away. She then turned to Ike and Pit. "Oh, I almost forgot. I'm Zelda."

"Nice to meet you," Ike replied.

"Very nice," Pit added. Link glared at him.

"Come on," Marth said. "I'll show you around. Hey Kirb, want to help?" The puffball nodded and joined Marth as they exited the main hall.

Chapter Two: A Growing Conspiracy

Later that night, under a canopy of stars, two shady figures discussed many things – tomorrow's battles, the newcomers, and a joint dream. A dream of world domination, or at least the control of their own world.

"Mewtwo's absence changes things," Ganondorf said.

"He was a key element in the plan," Bowser agreed. "Do you think that the new pokémon could replace him?"

"That Lucario? He didn't exactly strike me as an evil pokémon."

Bowser thought about it for a second. "I guess your right," he replied. "Could any of the other newbies help?"

"Possibly," Ganondorf replied, "but there aren't many evil newcomers. Nintendo focuses too much on the heroes. Unfortunately too many of the other villains are left out…" A malicious gleam entered his golden eyes.

"You have a new plan?" Bowser asked, trying not to sound too excited.

"Even though Nintendo hasn't hired any of the other villains, who's to say that they still can't help us? We each have a similar goal in mind? Why not work together to defeat these so called "heroes" once and for all?"

Bowser smiled. "I like the sound of that. Nothing would give me more pleasure than crushing Mario once and for all. The plan could work."

"Whatever could work, I want in on," a gruff voice said.

Bowser and Ganondorf looked up to see a gray wolf in a blue space suit. "You want in on what?" Bowser asked.

"Whatever evil conspiracy you have planned," Wolf replied. "I know that you're planning something. I want in on it."

Bowser and Ganondorf looked at each other.

"I see you don't trust me," Wolf said.

"You don't exactly have a history of being a villain."

"It's true that I have teamed up with Fox and his pathetic excuse for a team of pilots, but that was only because we shared a common enemy. Would you team up with Mario or Link if someone else was trying to take over your world? If anyone conquers the Lylat System, it's going to be my men and me. Also, working with Fox has allowed me to gain some trust; that draws suspicion away from anything I might be plotting."

"It looks like you're in," Bowser said.

"Good," Wolf said. "Now what exactly are you planning?"

"The plan is for world domination."

"Hackneyed, but continue."