A/N: This story stars my OC Junior. In Smash, his moves are based mostly on the Mii Gunner's moveset. I hope you enjoy reading. Please let me know what you think.
I had to update this chapter because I realized that Corrin's attacks are water, not fire.
Disclaimer: I only own my original characters.
The four of us stood side by side in the Smash mansion, waiting with anticipation for our time to step onto the battlefield. Smash had turned out to be a pretty epic tournament, and participants were allowed to return to the mansion to engage in further matches. Cloud, Corrin, Dark Pit, and I were waiting for one such battle to end so that we could begin ours.
"I wonder how Anti Junior is doing." I said, thinking about the battle that was currently in progress.
"I think your friend is fighting some warriors from the out realms." Corrin said vaguely. That could only mean Marth, Roy, Ike, Robin, or Lucina, all of whom were quite formidable opponents.
"Hm." Cloud said, not seeming to think anything of this. He was probably trying to remain focused on our upcoming fight.
Dark Pit turned to me. "I wouldn't worry about your friend, because you're the one who has to face me," he said superiorly.
While I'm waiting here, I may as well introduce myself. I'm Junior, and I am eleven years old. I have red, spiky, hair and blue eyes. Let's see… what else? Oh! I live on Earth, and the reason I'm even at the Smash mansion right now is because I, along with Anti-Junior, am a defender of the multiverse. Sure, it was dangerous most of the time, but traveling the cosmos did have its advantages, such as getting to battle the Smashers any time I wanted.
Just then, there was a flash of light from the electric blue portal in front of us, meaning that the previous battle had concluded. Our eyes were fixed on the transporter as we waited eagerly for the results. A moment later, Anti-Junior emerged, a broad grin on his face. Robin, Lucina, and Sonic stumbled through the portal, breathless and clearly defeated.
"What just happened?" Lucina asked, brushing her long, blue, hair out of her face.
"Something that not even I could prepare for." Robin said, putting away one of his magic books. I recognized the looks of utter astonishment on their faces that could only have been made possible by a sudden, unexpected trip through the cosmos.
"Final smash?" I asked Anti Junior, grinning mischievously
"Yep!" he said, still beaming.
"Nice!" I commended, and congratulated my friend with a high five.
At that moment, Master hand flew up to all of us. "That was an excellent battle!" he said to Anti Junior and the others who had just emerged from the portal. Then, he turned to me and those who were waiting. "Are you ready to start yours?" he asked.
"Yeah." Corrin and I said while Cloud and Dark Pit nodded. We had all decided on a three stock match on a random battleground, and were anxiously waiting for the fight to begin.
"All right." Master hand said, getting ready to choose our battle zone for us. "Hm, not the Coliseum. Anti-Junior just battled there… the pirate ship and Palutena's temple are currently in use at the moment… Final Destination is completely booked until next week… and the boxing ring is currently undergoing maintenance…"
"What kind of maintenance?" Sonic asked curiously, interrupting the giant hand's musings.
"Oh, the ring lights keep falling down even when no one is battling. Little Mac had quite an unwelcome surprise when he was training yesterday." Master Hand said, still searching for a place to send us.
After about a minute, the hand finally found the world that would serve as our battle ground. "Looks like it'll be… Midgar!"
Cloud nodded once, staring ahead with anticipation. But, before I could learn what Midgar even was, the blue portal in front of us flashed with light.
"Your battle begins… right now!" Master hand said, gesturing to the portal. Cloud, Corrin, Dark Pit, and I rushed forward, throwing ourselves into the blue light. After a momentary jolt of tingly static, we were transported, one by one, to our destination.
I deactivated my white glow and caught my first glimpse of Midgar, a futuristic looking city that seemed to be deteriorating. A moment later, Cloud landed on a platform in front of me, Dark Pit landed above me surrounded by a powerful aura of evil energy, and Corrin appeared on the platform to my right in a swirl of water. Master hand had already started the countdown.
"Three… Two… One… Go!"
The four of us quickly sprang into action! Corrin launched a sphere of compressed water at Cloud, who jumped out of the way and aimed a strike at Dark Pit. I sidestepped to the right, avoiding the evil angel's oncoming attack from above.
"Nice try!" I said to Dark Pit as I retaliated with an energy blast. Just then, Corrin hit me with a barrage of attacks from his magic sword. Moments later, Cloud joined the fight and we all were trading minor hits back and forth.
Before long, Corrin found himself caught in the middle of Dark Pit's purple electricity and a fire blast that I had released at close range. Both of our attacks hit, but suddenly Corrin transformed into a magnificent dragon, countering our attacks and launching us in opposite directions!
"Ugh! I forgot you could do that!" I cried, flipping through the air to make it back onto the city's main plate.
"Well, now you remember, don't you?" Corrin asked, laughing a little.
"Yeah." I said, rushing forward again, though a little more cautiously.
Cloud was fighting a little ways away with Dark Pit, but he suddenly stopped and jumped up to one of the platforms. I hit Corrrin with a burst of white energy. Then, I glanced up to see what Cloud was doing, and briefly saw his hand close around a shiny red crystal floating in the air.
Unfortunately, a second later, Corrin dealt a sword strike that I barely blocked with my shield, distracting me from the red jewel. Before the dragon swordsman could distance himself from me, I grabbed him and sent him flying across the map. Wings sprouted from Corrin's back and he recovered with a mini water cyclone, landing safely on the main plate.
Then, at that moment, we heard Dark Pit scream as he was sent flying across the stage. Suddenly, he vanished in a beam of light, Cloud having scored the first knock out of the match.
Corrin charged towards Cloud, who was now glowing with an eerie red light. I began conjuring another energy blast and scanned the city for a suitable target.
"Game on!" Dark Pit yelled, having just dropped down from the glowing white recovery platform. He ran towards Cloud to seek revenge for that last knock out.
However, something was happening in the skies above Midgar. A vale of darkness covered the city, and burst of flame swirled and coiled through the air like snakes! "What's going on?" I asked, stopping in my tracks. In all my battles in the Smash tournament, I had never seen this before!
Turning in the direction of the fire, I saw, to my great astonishment, a huge dragon flying through the sky! Did this have something to do with that red crystal? Maybe that enabled Cloud to summon the monster?
Knowing I had to get back in the fight, I ran towards the three smashers. But, I noticed, too late, that Corrin and Dark Pit were running the other way, away from Cloud, who had sidestepped past me to the middle of the area.
I turned to face the soldier and found that he was glowing with a vibrant blue light. Cloud had charged his limit break, and that meant trouble.
Suddenly, the ground shook and a blazing inferno ignited around me! The main plate we were on tilted to the right and Dark Pit and Corrin stumbled slightly in an attempt to get to each other. Was that massive dragon I had seen in the skies behind this?
"What is this?" I cried, trying to shield myself from the flames. Corrin and Dark Pit stayed as far away from the inferno as they could manage, but Cloud ran right into it. The strange thing was that he didn't take any damage from the fire. I wondered if he was being protected by the power of the red crystal he had claimed earlier.
Then, realizing I was within striking distance of Cloud's limit break, I launched myself upward in a thrust of rocket fire, determined to avoid him and the red hot flames.
"Is that the best you can do?" Cloud asked. Unfortunately, it was. My lunar launch wouldn't keep me airborne forever. I fell through the air, now helpless. Cloud seized his chance. He jumped up to my level and released his build up energy in a blast of wind that launched me away from Midgar faster than a rocket!
"Aahh!" I screamed as I was caught by the recovery beam.
When the recovery platform floated me down over the city again, I found that the blazing inferno had been extinguished and the darkness in the skies had lifted.
"Not cool." I said, glaring down at Cloud, who playfully spun his sword in the air.
"I know, right?" Corrin asked as he floated down beside me on another recovery platform, having just taken a powerful hit from Dark Pit.
"Your turn!" the evil angel said, charging towards Cloud. However, Corrin reached him first, and one powerful blast of water later, Cloud was sent flying out of bounds
"I can work with that!" I said, jumping down to the main plate.
"Yeah? How about this?" Dark Pit asked, loading a glowing purple arrow onto his bow. At the same moment, Corrin landed behind me and formed a compressed water sphere. Both attacks were launched at me!
Quick as a flash, I generated a reflective bubble of neon pink energy, rebounding the projectiles back to their creators.
"Ugh! All of you and your reflectors!" Corrin cried, having been stunned by his own attack.
"Oh, not all of us!" I pointed out, jumping out of reach of Dark Pit's electro-shock just as Cloud struck Corrin with a combination of hits with his fusion blade.
Dark Pit narrowed his eyes mischievously. Then, both he and Corrin fired a glowing dark arrow and water ball at Cloud.
"Bet you wish you had a reflector now!" Dark Pit taunted as Cloud was launched through the air. The blonde warrior flipped through the air and caught hold of the ledge of Midgar's main plate. He pulled himself up and glanced around the battle zone.
"Not when I have this!" he said, his gaze focused on something in the air. As Cloud jumped up, I caught a glimpse of another shimmering red crystal floating above the platform!
"Ah!" I cried, rushing forward to try to reach it first, but too late. I had barely made my move when Cloud grabbed the glowing rock, his body enveloped by the eerie red light once more.
Moments later, the sound of rushing water could be heard in the distance, coming closer. Suddenly, a massive wave of water washed over the city, approaching fast! A giant leviathan monster had been summoned, creating the tidal wave!
"Whoa!" Corrin cried, momentarily distracted from his aerial combat with Dark Pit.
"Here we go again…" I said as water rushed past us, surrounding the section of the city we were fighting on. Why hadn't I reacted sooner to the red crystal? I could have had this force on my side!
I quickly seized my chance to attack Dark Pit, who was falling through the air. I slammed into him with all my force, knocking him away from the city.
"Aahh!" Dark Pit screamed in shock, having been sent out of bounds a second time.
The battle continued amid the rushing water, all of us struggling to avoid getting knocked into the current. I grabbed Corrin and zapped him with jolts of electricity. However, the dragon swordsmen broke free and landed a hit that sent me flying!
I tried to regain my bearings in the air so I could make it back to the battle, but before I knew it, I landed in the rushing water with a splash!
A wave of unforgiving cold hit me as I pulled myself above water and struggled against the strong current. I jumped up and barely was able to reach the ledge of the platform. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the gleam of a Smash Ball as it floated around the area. I was about to climb up to try and break it when I saw who was waiting for me.
Cloud was standing just far enough away from the ledge to where I couldn't attack him, but he could hit me if I attempted to climb up. My heart beat faster as I glanced back and forth, considering my options: the rushing water below me, or the unyielding warrior waiting for me.
"I can wait!" I said with a grin. Surely he wouldn't dare come any closer to try and knock me down.
Cloud narrowed his eyes and smirked. "Can you?" he asked, his voice perfectly calm. Of course, that made the next few moments even scarier. My hands were slipping off the ledge, and another dip in the cold rushing water seemed imminent. But a second later, Cloud was hit with a powerful strike from Corrin!
"Yes! Yes I can!" I answered triumphantly, pulling myself up and running towards the middle of Midgar's main platform.
Corrin launched a small burst of water at me, but I used my shield to block it. Then I ran up and dealt a devastating strike to the dragon swordsman, sending him flying out of bounds. By this time, Cloud had made it back onto the platform. Before I knew it, he knocked me into the air and sent me crashing to the ground!
As I was launched through the air, the powerful currents of water the leviathan created subsided, leaving the city wet, yet clear again. "That was close." I thought to myself. I had to make sure Cloud didn't get another one of those crystals, otherwise I would lose this match.
Cloud sidestepped past Dark Pit to the other end of the battlefield. I ran forward and was about to attack again when I heard a loud crack! I caught a glimpse of fire reflected off the gleaming metal of Cloud's fusion blade and my heart skipped a beat.
I glanced over my shoulder! Cloud had been momentarily stunned as well. Dark Pit had broken a Smash Ball and Cloud and I had been too distracted to realize!
"Bye!" Dark Pit cried triumphantly, and released the orb's power! Before either of us could even cry out in surprise, the evil angel launched a powerful purple beam that struck both of us, sending us flying!
"Aahh!" Cloud and I screamed in alarm as the recovery light caught us for the second time. I still hadn't fully dismissed my shock when the recovery platforms floated us down over Midgar again.
"Wha-? What was that?" I asked incredulously, jumping down from the platform. Cloud joined me and the battle between us heated up again.
"I am not letting you get another of those crystal things!" I told Cloud as we traded minor hits back and forth.
"Materia." Cloud informed, performing another sword combo. So that's what those red crystals were called!
"Yeah! That!" I cried, hitting Cloud with a burst of fire.
"Give me your best shot." Cloud retorted as my energy blast collided with his green blade beam.
"Mind if I cut in?" Dark Pit asked, striking Cloud from above.
"Not at all!" Corrin cried, running forward and hitting both Dark Pit and me with a flurry of sword attacks. However, when Corrin jumped up for a second attack, only Dark Pit took the hit. I twisted in the air, avoiding his reach, and landed on the ground under the left platform.
Then, I saw it! A red materia crystal floating above the furthest platform! Cloud was rushing to retrieve it!
"Oh no you don't! That is mine!" I cried, running after him. Cloud jumped up, but just as he was about to reach the platform with the materia, I shot an energy blast, knocking him out of the air!
By the time I jumped up to grab the materia, Cloud had leapt in front of me and brought his sword down over me, landing an attack that sent me crashing to the ground again! But, at that moment, Dark Pit raised his bow for a powerful strike, and instead of jumping for the materia again, Cloud was forced to block the attack with his shield, giving me another chance.
Cloud, now focused on Dark Pit, retaliated with a blade beam that sent him back a little ways. Then, he ran and launched the evil angel off of the main plate with a quick sword strike.
By then, I had closed the distance between us and jumped up to grab the shimmering red crystal. It was mine at last! Cloud saw this and quickly jumped up towards the platform, his arm outstretched. The materia was inches away, and he was going to get it first!
With one last, desperate effort, I shot my hand forward and my fingers closed around something warm and hard, Cloud having just missed the crystal by milliseconds.
"I got it! Woo-hoo!" I cried with excitement, holding my prize high in my left hand! But, then I realized the position I was in. "Uh-oh!" I exclaimed, and jumped down from the platform, narrowly avoiding a powerful strike from Cloud's sword.
I ran across the city's main plate and jumped up to the platform on the opposite side. The battle resumed around me, but I took a moment to feel the power that was now surrounding me. What creature would the materia summon this time?
The sky blazed with white and blue light, which crackled like static. Just then, I heard Dark Pit cry out, having just been KO'd by Corrin for the last time. The white recovery beam surrounded him and he vanished, but when the light vanished, I saw another column of light moving through the city from above!
Cloud and Corrin quickly ran to the middle of the main plate, trying to knock each other out of the way. They both stared in surprise at the white beam as it came closer, and vigorously tried to push each other towards it.
Then, suddenly, the beam had reached us, and a devastating power enveloped one side of Midgar's main plate! It just so happened to be the side I was on. The tremendous column of light surrounded me, but thanks to the power of the materia still coursing through me, I was protected from the astounding power of the white light.
"Out of the way!" Corrin screamed, jumping into the air. For a moment, I wondered what his intention was, but then I saw the smash ball floating above the middle platform. With a strike of his enchanted blade, Corrin hit the glowing orb right into the column of light!
Then, Corrin landed a downward strike that sent Cloud flying into the powerful beam as well, significantly increasing his damage. Incredible! I didn't realize how powerful the monster from the materia really was.
The powerful column of light subsided and the smash ball floated above the middle platform. "Ha!" I cried, and jumped up to hit it. The orb broke with a loud crack and power erupted inside me.
Then, Corrin let out a scream of terror! I wasn't sure whether it was me getting the smash ball or Cloud's attack that caused him to scream, but Corrin was sent flying! A moment later, Cloud had turned in my direction when I jumped down to Midgar's main plate, surrounded with the fire of the smash ball.
Seeing this, Cloud darted away in the opposite direction. Whether to knock out Corrin or to escape me was unclear, but Cloud wouldn't miss the opportunity to change the battle in his favor.
Without hesitation, Cloud jumped off of the edge of the platform and hit Corrin with a strike that sent him crashing downward. The dragon swordsman was focused solely on trying to get back up, and hadn't countered Cloud's hit in time.
"Aahh!" Corrin screamed as he fell out of bounds one last time, now defeated.
Cloud flipped through the air and landed back on the ledge. However, I was ready for him. Before he could react, I had closed the distance between us and activated my smash power.
I surrounded both of us with a blue bubble, and now it was time for Cloud's mind to take a trip through the cosmos. There was a white flash of light as I transformed, first into a wizard, blasting Cloud with a spell from my wand. I transformed again, this time gaining wings adorned with crystals, and struck him with draithian fire.
I transformed again and struck a few more times. Cloud could barely keep up with what was going on. Not only was he dealing with my transformations, but his mind was actually seeing the worlds where these powers came from. I attacked Cloud with my Green Lantern ring, an Olympian lightning bolt, a Kamehameha beam, and a mist of ice.
Everything happened within a few seconds, and by this time, I'm pretty sure Cloud's head was spinning as he tried to take all of this in. I transformed back to normal, charged up my energy and released it in one final white beam. Even then, I knew the battle was over. I landed on the ground as Cloud vanished in the recovery light, knowing that I had been the victor.
"Yes!" I exclaimed, spinning once and pumping a glowing fist in the air. I had been transported to the winner's pavilion, and Cloud, Corrin, and Dark Pit stood behind me, clapping. Then, the electric blue portal appeared in front of us, and we all stepped through it, being transported back to the mansion.
"Awesome!" I cried as we cleared the room for the next fighters. "That was the best battle yet!"
"It was pretty good!" Corrin agreed.
I smiled at the dragon swordsman. "Cloud totally got you with that last downward attack!" I said, grinning.
"Hey! Better than being hit by your final smash!" Corrin retorted, flashing a wide smile at Cloud.
"I'm guessing that wasn't very pleasant, was it?" Dark Pit taunted the soldier.
Cloud didn't respond.
By this time, we reached the mansion's living room, where other smashers waited for details on our battle.
"How'd the battle go?" Samus asked, being the first one to speak. Some of the smashers stared intently at Cloud, waiting for a full account of what my final smash made him see.
"Don't ask." Cloud said, dismissing the question. With that, he walked away without another word.
I watched him go, somewhat puzzled. Surely Cloud wasn't upset that he lost the match. But, it sounded like something was on his mind.
As everyone else talked about our match, I contemplated what the soldier could be thinking about. Maybe I was making too big of deal out of this, but I couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong with him. Was my final smash really that surprising to him? Or, was it something else?
I thought back to when I had first faced Cloud on the battlefield. It was during the Smash tournament. He had defeated me, and I had revealed my identity as the universe protector to him, asking if I could count on him if I needed his help. To my surprise, he refused, declaring he wasn't interested. Maybe it had something to do with that.
Then, other events of our concluded battle replayed in my head, particularly the race for that last piece of red materia. I thought of the power of the crystal summons and wanted to learn more about it, as well as the world it came from.
Suddenly, I felt a tingling in my left hand where I had caught the materia in our battle. I lifted my hand and examined it. Nothing seemed different about where I had made contact with the glowing gem, but for some reason, I had a bad feeling. Something felt different, as if the strange crystal had left something undesirable with me.
A/N: Here's chapter one!