Super Smash Brothers: Reckoning
FutureCam
DISCLAMER: I don't own SSB:Brawl, Devil may Cry, Fire Emblem, Legend of Zelda, Assassins Creed, Umm...could be here a while....In fact, I only own my plotline. That's all.
WARNING: SEVERE Devil may Cry 4 spoilers! You have been warned.
One Year after the End of the SSB:Brawl tournament....
"UNHOLY CRAP!"
A pair of white haired men in red trenchcoats were running from a large Demon called Beltazar.
DANTE
Dante had a pair of pistols, a shotgun, and a rather large sword fixed to parts of his body. He also has the beginnings of a brown beard.
NERO
Nero had a revolver and a katana on his belt. His left arm, however, appeared to be a shaped bit of blue energy held in place by red Armour. It was called the devil bringer, and it was pure demonic power. Not exactly what you'd expect to find on a demon hunter, but still...it came in handy.
Beltazar stopped, and raised his right arm. A orb of purple energy formed around his hand, and he threw it at the pair. Nero spun, raised his left arm, and punched the incoming orb. It dissipated into nothingness. Beltazar screamed in rage, and drew it's large two-handed Axe. He swung it towards Nero, who was pushed out of the way by Dante. As the two rolled, Dante drew his pistols, Ebony and Ivory, and let off a hail of bullets. A series of small explosions rippled across Beltazar's skin, and it screamed in agony. Behind Dante, Nero had drawn his katana, Yamato, and ran towards the creature. Nero's left arm – the demonic one - extended, latched onto the demon's face, before contracting, pulling Nero towards it. Yamato clove the creature's head in two, and Beltazar screamed in pain as his body dissipated into black smoke.
Nero turned to Dante, a smile on his face.
"That wasn't so bad, huh Unc?"
"I thought I told you to stop calling me that...."
"Well, if I'm your brother's son, then technically..."
"Stop. Calling. Me. That"
"Yessir."
They walked back to their store, finding it empty.
"Where's Lady? Or Trish?" Nero asked, puzzled.
"Not sure...House doesn't look damaged, so it wasn't an attack..."
"Hang on, they've left a note...Oh. Oh, you're not going to like this..."
"Why?"
"They've gone to the Bahamas for six months....and you're money's paying for it..."
Dante stood there, an expression of pure anger on his face. Nero decided to give the good news now.
"The good news is, we've been invited to some kind of fighting tournament, where people from parallel universes compete to see whose the best fighter."
"Oh, please, parallel universes don't exist..."
"We hunt Demons on a daily basis. How can they not?"
"Point."
"Also, the winner gets...Wow."
"What?"
"Over 10 billion dollars..."
Dante was already out the door, weapon belt swinging.
"HEY! WAIT FOR ME!" Nero yelled, running after him.
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In Altea castle, a blue-haired man and woman were eating.
MARTH
Marth had blue hair, held back by a tiara (Don't ask) and wore blue robes. His sword, Falchion, was fixed to his waist.
SHIIDA
Shiida had long blue hair cascading down her back, and wore thin white armor over a red dress. She had a lance, called a Wing Spear, slung around her back.
"Oi! Marth! Shiida! You've got mail!" A redheaded young man, dressed in tatty brown trousers and shirt, walked in. Marth stared at him.
"How the hell did you get in here, Julian?"
"I was a thief, guv, remember?"
"I thought Lena would have knocked some sense into you by now..." Shiida said wearily. "Empty your pockets."
"Wha? What for?"
A wing spear was pointing, unnervingly accurate, at his Adams apple.
"Y..yes Ma'am." A now worried Julian said. A necklace, a gold candlestick and some silverware scattered over the table. So did a certain small black box. Marth, moving like lightning, grabbed it and stuffed it inside his shirt. "What? Old habits die hard..." Julian said guiltily
"Marth? What was that?"
Crap. She noticed.
"I'll tell you later. What's the mail, Julian?"
"Well, guv, You've got an invitation to another Smash Bros. Tournament."
"Well, at least I'll see Ike again. What's Shiida got?"
"She's got one too."
"Say WHAT?"
"Marth, honey, are you implying that I'm not a good fighter?" Shiida said sweetly. Too sweetly. And the wing spear was now pointing at his right eyeball.
"No, it's just a surprise, that's all....you've not gotten one before...Can you point that spear somewhere else now?"
The object in question was slung over her shoulder again.
"Well, I suppose we should go pack. And Julian?"
"Yes Ma'am?"
"Can I have the dagger Marth gave me last Christmas back?"
Julian handed the object over without a word.
"Thank you."
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Kanto Region, college campus.
A pair of Pokemon trainers sat outside under a tree, watching their creatures play.
RED
Red, also known in the Smash Bros. World as THE Pokemon trainer, had messy black hair under a red cap. He wore a red jacket over a long-sleeved blue t-shirt. His Pokemon were Squirtle, Ivysaur and Charizard.
RUBY
Ruby had long brown hair, with a red cap. Her red t-shirt had a pokeball design on it, and she had khaki shorts. Her Pokemon were Torchic, Grovyle and Swampert.
"HEY! RED!" a loud voice came from above.
After recovering from the shock, Red looked up.
"What the...Pit?" Red said, surprised.
PIT
Pit wore white robes, with a bow over his shoulder. Two magical bangles floated around his left wrist. Unusually, he also had a postman hat and a satchel of letters.
"No, Lucifer" The angel said sarcastically "Of course it's me. How many other angels do you know?"
"Somehow, I know I'm going to regret this, but....Why are you wearing a postman hat?"
"The postman here's ill, so of COURSE Paultena wants me to help... anyway, you've got mail. So's someone called Ruby. You seen her?"
"That'd be me" Ruby said softly.
"Here you go then."
"Hey, these are..." Red began
"Smash bros invites. Yeah, I know. I've got one too."
"Wait, why'd they invite me?" Ruby asked, puzzled.
"You're a good trainer....and you also have different Pokemon..." Red said.
"Yeah, that's probably it."
Great, now I owe Master Hand one hell of a favor Red thought Thank god he agreed to let her come...
"We should probably go pack, Ruby."
As the teens walked off, Pit just stared at them. Then he laughed.
Oh, man Ike's gonna have a field day with this...
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Dream land, aboard the Halberd.
KIRBY
Kirby was a pink ball with red shoes and stubby penguin-style arms.
METAKNIGHT
Meta knight was a armoured ball with yellow eyes and a black cape. His face was obscured by a steel mask.
"POYO! Wake up! WAKE UP!" Kirby was bouncing up and down on top of Meta Knight.
"Puffball, it's 3 AM. Go...back....to....sleep."
"POYO! But we've been invited to SSB tournament again!"
"Kirby, I know. We found out yesterday. That's why You, me and DeDeDe are going to the portal, you Moron!"
"Poyo...oh."
"Now go back to sleep. We won't get there for another six hours..."
"Poyo...But I want to see Jigglypuff sooner!"
"Oh for..."
"POYO! FOOD!"
"OH HELL NO! THAT'S MY BREAK-"
WHOOSH
"That was my breakfast..."
WHOOOSH!
"Kirby, that was my Oscar, DAMMIT!"
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Two...figures floated through the halls of smash mansion.
MASTER HAND
Master Hand resembled a floating, disembodied glove for a right hand.
CRAZY HAND
Crazy Hand resembled a floating disembodied glove for a left hand.
"Well, the smashers should start arriving soon. Now remember brother – You. Are. Just. The. DJ. - do nothing else, just play music and take requests. I'll do the rest. Oh, and by the way, if you try to play matchmaker for captain Falcon again I will take away your moldy gummy bear collection. Understand?"
"I like cheese..."
"Understand?"
"Yes....can I have some cheese..."
"Oh, this isn't going to end well..." Master hand groaned.
The portals from the other dimensions resembled giant purple orbs. Mewtwo, who'd stayed behind along with since they retired in the Melee tournament to take the phychatrist and doctor positions in the mansion, was monitering them.
"Master Hand, we will have Kirby, Meta and DeDeDe arrive first. They're coming in the Halberd – seemingly there's some changes Meta wants us to put in its stage. Samus will be here next, followed by the Mario Bros. We then have the Emblem characters, and then Star Fox, and Wolf. The Pokemon trainers, along with Pikachu, Lucario and Pit, will be here next. Not sure what order the rest shall arrive at." Mewtwo reported crisply. "The portals are stable for another two hours before I have to renew them. Permission to go and prepare the Holofields, sir."
"Granted. Be back here in an hour and a half – better safe than sorry."
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Aboard the Great Fox, Lylat system.
R.O.B
R.O.B was a grey robot with no legs. It's head resembled a pair of binoculars and it looked like something out of a megablox kit. It was currently frozen with it's usual black eyes gone blue. With white writing.
FOX
Fox McCloud was an orange-furred anthromorphic fox wearing a grey vest. He had a repulsor and pistol on a belt at his hip.
FALCO
Falco Lombardi was a blue-feathered anthromorphic bird wearing a red bodysuit. He had the same equipment as Fox, but with two pistols.
WOLF
Wolf was a grey-furred anthromorphic wolf wearing a brown jacket. He had a pistol with a blade on the end and a repulsor.
KRYSTAL
Krytal was a blue-furred vixen wearing a pink bodysuit (Think Star Fox: Command) and carried a long staff on her back and a reflector on her hip.
"What've you done with R.O.B, Wolf?" Fox yelled
"Nothing, Fox. All I did was upgrade his O.C...then he froze up and got blue screen of death!"
"You son of a...." Falco yelled "You upgraded him to Vista!"
After brawl, R.O.B had gone with Star Fox to help them in their world. Now, on the return trip with Wolf hitching a ride, he'd frozen up.
"I knew we couldn't trust you..." Falco snarled.
"Calm down, He was trying to help" Krystal said "I can read minds, remember?"
"We know – what kind of mess would we be in if you couldn't?" Fox muttered
"I don't like to think about it." Krystal replied.
The entire gang had been given invites to the new smash bros tournament by a rather annoyed-looking pit in a postmans outfit two hours ago. Suddenly, Peppy called from the bridge.
"ETA to Smash portal in five minutes. Get to the Arwings...or Wolfen, in Wolf's case."
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Three hours later, outside Smash Mansion.
"Excuse me! If you could listen for five minutes...oh for...Mewtwo, make them pay attention to me." Master Hand moaned.
The white cat-thing nodded, and sent a very loud Telepathic message to everyone in the area.
SHUT UP, STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND LOOK AT MASTER HAND.
In mere seconds, everyone was doing that.
"Thank you. Now, if you could listen for five minutes, I'm going to introduce the newcomers. First, from Altea, Princess Shiida of Talys!"
Marth, along with Ike and Roy, clapped for her.
"Now, from a new world, may I introduce Dante and Nero!"
The Demon hunters walked on stage. Nero had wrapped his left arm in a sling again, as he wanted the devil bringer to be a nasty surprise.
"Krystal of Star Fox!"
Falco, Fox, ROB and, after some glaring, Wolf clapped.
"Ruby and her Pokemon from Kanto!"
Red, along with the other Pokemon, clapped for the shy trainer.
"And finally, may I introduce Altair from the Assassin Creed universe! Hang on....where is he?"
"I've been behind you for one hour, Sir." A dry voice came from behind the hand. A man stepped forwards.
ALTAIR
Altair was a pale-skinned man in white robes. His belt was a red sash with a bronze brooch holding it in place. A hood fashioned like an eagle's head hid most of his face from view. He was missing the tips of his two middle fingers on his right hand. A large sword hung on his back, and a smaller one on his belt. The tips of daggers protruded from his shoes, holsters on his back and on his arms.
"I'll let you all get acquainted." Master Hand said, visibly shaken by Altair's sudden appearance. "The tournament starts in a week – I'll give you the list of roomates in three hours. Enjoy the party."
"So, you're a princess, huh?" Captain Falcon said to Shiida "And a fine looking one too, I see. Maybe you'd like too -"
He was cut off by the sudden appearance of Falchion at his neck.
"Finish that sentence. Go on, I dare you" Marth growled.
"Go out sometime?" Falcon finished weakly, staring at the sword.
"Sorry, I'm taken" Shiida said with a smile at Marth "And probably will be for a while, if that box was what I thought it was..." she muttered to herself.
"Why are all the good girls taken?" Falcon muttered. He saw Ruby, and walked over too her. "Hey cutie" he said, smiling "how old are y-" He was cut off when Grovyle slashed him with a leaf blade attack "Guess you don't want to know me either. Fair enough."
"Ruby, you okay?" Red asked, putting his hand on her shoulder.
The girl in question nearly jumped out of her skin.
"Yeah, I'm fine Red. Just had an encounter with Captain Perverted. Thank god for Grovyle."
Red rolled his eyes "Don't worry about him. He hits on every girl. He even tried it on Krystal, and Fox nearly blew his head off."
Ruby gave a small smile."Quite the dysfunctional family this isn't it?"
"Yeah. Watch out, here comes the mad trio..."
"Who?"
"DAMMIT KIRBY! THAT WAS THE LAST PIECE OF SALMON!" DeDeDe yelled
"AND THE LAST BIT OF CAKE!" Meta growled.
"GET BACK HERE AND LET US KILL YOU!" they screamed at the same time.
"To answer you're question, De, Meta and Kirby. This happens once a day at least..."
Ruby stared at him "What have I gotten myself into..."
"Well, at least there's never a dull moment. Come on, I'll introduce you to Link and Zelda, their nice people." The planned journey was interrupted by what looked like a blue-eyed ROB trying to kill the Star Fox team.
"Look out, ROB's gone mad again!" Fox yelled, ducking for cover as said robot span around the place
"If you complete the testing, there will be cake!" ROB said in a monotonous female voice.
"What the hell?" Falco asked, puzzled. Then it clicked. "WOLF! Were you using ROB to play Portal again?"
"Uh, yes?"
"I'm. Going. TO KILL YOU!" Falco growled, before diving at him.
"Fox, what's going on?" Red asked, confused.
"Wolf upgraded ROB's operating system to Vista."
"That son of a..."
"My thoughts exactly. Don't worry, we can handle it. Go have fun with your girlfriend."
"Wait, What? NONONONO! Ruby's not my girlfriend!" Unfortunatly. "She's just a friend who's a girl! Nothing else!" Red said, blushing. Ruby was too.
His girlfriend? I wish I was...
"C'mon Rube. Link was over here last time I saw him..." Red muttered, grabbing her by the hand and dragging her away. This only increased her blush.
Fox looked after them and chuckled.
"Were we that bad?" Krystal asked her boyfriend
"Seemingly, yes." Fox said, a grin on his face.
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Altair sat in a corner, staring out at the party. He tensed and reached for the dagger in his right boot when he felt someone approach, but then recognized her as someone from the ceremony.
"Why aren't you at the party?" Samus asked, the Power Suit making the voice seem like a robot's.
"I don't do parties" Altair said flatly "The only reason I'm not training right now is because I'm studying my opponents"
"But their not fighting...."
"They don't need to be." Altair cut in "They just need to be doing something. I can deduce their fighting style from their mannerisms, their weapons, stance, build and so on. For example, I can tell you that the floppy-blue-haired man over there-"
"Marth?"
Altair glared at her "Yeah, Him. I can tell that he fights gracefully, like a dance. Also, he prefers using the tip of his sword to attack. His weakness comes when you get too close."
Samus stared at him, open mouthed. He could tell all of that just by looking at him?
"However, I can't tell how you fight."
"Why not?"
"Well...I have no idea what that thing on your arm does." Altair replied, shifting uncomfortably "And I'm familiar with all weaponry in my world."
"You see? That's your weakness" Samus said. Altair glared at her.
"My weakness is my arrogance" Altair said softly "That's what Al Mualim told me."
Ignoring that comment, she continued.
"Your world doesn't have magic" She told him "And it doesn't have guns. Therefor, until you have more experience with them, you don't know how to beat people who wield them."
"Magic?" Altair whispered in disbelief "It exists?"
"In some worlds" Samus said "And in many different kinds. For example, Mario can conjure fireballs, while Zelda uses a variety of spells to defeat her opponents."
"Interesting..." Altair said slowly
"What did you mean earlier, about your weakness being your arrogance?" Samus asked. A look of pain flashed across Altair's face.
"Before Al Mualim sent me here – he's my boss – I was on a mission. I had two of my fellow brothers with me, and I was meant to recover the Arc of the Covenant from a underground temple in Jerusalem. However, one of the worst enemies of my order, Robert De Sable, was there too. I-I got cocky, and revealed myself. I then tried to kill him. He stopped me, threw me threw a wall, which caved in, and I listened as-as his men killed my brothers. I could do nothing. I failed my mission, I may as well have killed two of the finest members of my order, and all because of my arrogance." Altair's face broke from his grim mask into one of complete depression. "Al Mualim sent me here to fight in place of one of the men I might as well have killed myself. This is my only chance to redeem myself."
Why am I telling a woman I just met all of this? What's wrong with me! The messages flashed through Altair's head, screaming to be made sense of.
"I'm so sorry." Samus said softly "I didn't know...I shouldn't have asked."
She means it... Altair thought No-ones ever said something like that to me and meant it...
"No" Altair said softly "Someone else should know. It...Makes me feel better. It makes me feel like I'm not alone."
"I'm still sorry." Samus said firmly. Then her tone changed to a curious one "What order are you in?"
"Hashashin." Altair replied. When he saw Samus' look of confusion, he clarified. "Assassins. We hunted down and killed those who committed atrocities to the public. We've been busy lately – our homeland was invaded by men of the west, led by the Templars of Robert De Sable's command. We could show no weakness – else the innocent pay for it in their blood."
"I do something similar" Samus said "I'm a bounty hunter. I hunt down those declared outlaws by my government. I hunt them down, kill them, and then collect money to be able to hunt down and kill more of them."
"You must hate a particular outlaw, and you're looking for him" Altair said. Samus shot him a surprised look.
"How did you-"
"I'm very good at reading people."
"You're right. I'm looking for Ridley, leader of the space pirates. He-he killed my family. All of them. In front of my eyes." She said. Her voice was somehow angry and sad at the same time. "I was five years old..." She burst into tears, and flung her arms around Altair's shoulders, squeezing the breath out of him.
"Samus...I'm sorry....but you're suit...does it amplify your strength...?"
"Y-yes, why?"
"That explains why I can't breath..." Altair muttered dryly.
"Oh." She stopped hugging him "Sorry"
"It's okay" Altair said "Maybe...once I've finished my job...when De Sable is dead...I can help you find Ridley. And help you kill him."
Samus looked up at him.
"You mean it?"
Altair nodded.
"Altair..." She whispered. She then looked up and met his eyes through her visor "Thank you."
"Don't mention it. By the way, is that blond over there you're friend?"
Samus turned around to see Peach waving and squealing in her direction.
"Unfortunately, yes." She said "Well, I'll see you around Altair."
She started to walk towards Peach, but stopped, and called over her shoulder.
"Maybe you should at least try to have some fun?"
Altair laughed for the first time in months.
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"So, Roy? When did they decide to let you come back?" Ike asked the flame-haired swordsman.
"When Marth complained that there weren't any swordsmen with brains after he got stuck with you and Meta during that subspace incident." Roy laughed.
"Oh. Hey, wait a minute...That's an insult! MARTH! You're so DEAD!" Ike stomped off, drawing Ragnell, leaving Roy crying in laughter behind him.
"So that's Ike, third place in the tournament last year, Hmm?" A voice came from behind him.
"GAAAH! WHAT THE-" Roy screamed, turning around, hand on Durandal's hilt. "Oh. It's only you Altair. Don't scare me like that."
"Sorry, but it's fun" The grinning assassin informed him.
"hmmm, you're right..." Roy said slowly, giving Marth and Shiida a sly look "How'd you like to help in a prank?"
"Help how?"
Roy told him. A evil smile spread across Altair's face, getting bigger with every passing moment.
"Okay. I'm so in."
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"FALCO! CATCH!" Fox yelled, throwing him a disc.
"What is it?"
"The Quick install of Windows XP! Just put it in the CD drive, now!"
"On it Fox."
"The floor here will kill you. Try to avoid it."
"AND FOR GODS SAKE, WILL YOU STOP QUOTING PORTAL!" Fox yelled at ROB.
At this moment, Falco jumped onto ROB's back, and put the CD in.
"The Cake is a lie, ROB!"
ROB shut down, then woke up.
"ETA to Smash mansion four hours...wait, why are we already here?"
"Wolf upgraded you to vista" Fox explained
"THAT SON OF A..." ROB raged.
"Yeah, we managed to get you back to XP, but you cant remember the last five hours. So...We'll have to introduce you to the newcomers ourselves. Come on, Robbie." Falco said
"Don't call me that"
"Yeah, Yeah, whatever." Falco muttered "Just come with us."
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"Okay, everyone, settle down, settle down." Master Hand yelled "I will now be announcing the Roomates for this tournament!"
That got everyone's attention. This was one of the most important events of the day.
"Okay...First, we have Mario, Luigi and Pit sharing a room."
The three in question gave each other a high five.
"Then Dante, Nero and Link..."
Link looked at the two demon hunters. He didn't know much about them – he hoped they wouldn't be too much trouble.
"Ike, Roy and Marth..."
Like no-one saw that coming from a mile away...
"Zelda, Peach and Samus..."
Samus moaned while Peach squealed in exitement.
"Altair, Snake and Captain Falcon..."
Altair, Who'd started to like Snake, didn't think this was too bad, until he saw the death glares Snake and Falcon gave each other. Not good.
"Kirby, Meta and Jigglypuff..."
Metaknight let out a scream of horror while Kirby and Jiggly bounced around each other.
"Yoshi, Pikachu and Lucario..."
The three nodded to each other.
"Fox, falco and Wolf..."
Falco and Fox high-fived while Wolf rolled his eyes.
"Game and watch, ROB, Lucas and Ness...."
There were four in that room due to G&W being 2-D and not taking up much space.
"Ganondorf, Bowser and Wario..."
The villans together. Great.
"Toon link, Sonic and Olimar..."
"Krystal, you and DeDeDe have got you're own rooms, that okay with you?"
The two nodded.
"Alright, now that's over, lets go to the exhibition match. Let's see... Whose up for a team three-stock BETWEEN PLAYERS match?"
Everyone murmered their consent.
"Okay...Dante and Nero verses Mario and Luigi. Good luck...you're gonna need it..."
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"Step-a into the pods like this-a" Mario explained to Dante and Nero, using Luigi to demonstrate "And-a when it's-a turned on you will-a be in complete control of your avatar. Almost as if it's real life.!"
"Thanks Mario" Dante said, stepping into his pod "May the best men win – and believe me, we intend to."
"What-a make you-a think you're gonna win?"
"We hunt demons for a living. That tends to toughen you up."
"You have a point..."
"Just get ready!" MH yelled "The crowds waiting!"
"Very well..."
On the stage – Final Destination – Dante and Nero materialized side-by-side on the right. Watching, Mario and Luigi materialized in front of them.
"READY?"
The fighters tensed
"FIGHT!"
The demonhunters drew their pistols and started firing. The plumbers dodged, and dodged, and dodged...
"Hey-a you! When do you run out of-a shots?" Luigi yelled at Nero
"We don't!" Nero shouted back. He holstered his pistol anyway. Luigi grabbed the initiative, and launched forth with a green missile. Nero dodged, and ripped the sling off his left arm. There was a gratifying gasp of horror from the crowd at the sight of Devil Bringer. Nero, grinning, extended it, grabbed Luigi's legs, and threw him in the air. Nero jumped after him, and smashed Luigi into the ground with a slash from Yamato. As Nero fell back to earth, he peppered Luigi with bullets from Blue landed gracefully, and as Luigi struggled back to his feet, charged a smash attack with his sword. He unleashed it, and sent Luigi crashing into his brother and sending them both careening of the edge. He glanced at Dante.
"Next one's all yours!" He yelled
"Couldn't agree more" Dante muttered "Showoff."
Mario and Luigi reappeared, only for a shotgun-armed Dante to blast Mario in the chest. Luigi attempted to attack Dante, but was blocked by Nero.
Dante drew his sword, Alastor, and attacked Mario, who parried each of his blows. Suddenly, a Smash orb appeared. Mario lept up to grab it, but had his leg caught by Nero's Devil Bringer. Dante leapt up and smashed it in half. When he landed he immediately used it's power.
"DEVIL TRIGGER!"
Dante seemed to take on a demon-like appearance. His skin and clothes were replaced with red carapace, with what looked like glowing lava between the plates. His feet only had three toes, and each one was long and grey. His face had grey skin around the jaw, but the rest of the head, other than his hair, was concealed by a red mask. Dante turned to face Mario.
"Behold the power of a son of Sparda!" Dante yelled, his voice much deeper – it sounded as though a legion of demons had spoken at the same time. He swung his sword – which was now on fire – and the force of it slammed Mario off the stage.
Silence.
For the first time in Smasher history, a pair of newcomers had defeated the most experienced veterans in the tournament.
Master Hand's voice boomed out.
"THE WINNERS ARE DANTE AND NERO!"
At that, the entire hall burst into cries of congratulations. Link's jaw was hanging. He had to share a room with people this powerful? Wow.
If that was just an exhibition match, what would the rest of the tournament bring?
Authors Endnote: Well, that's the longest I've ever written. Period. I worked on this for almost six hours straight. You lot better have enjoyed it....
I'm aware that some characters might be OOC or have their backgrounds confused. For example, I'm not entirely sure what Samus' background is with Ridley, but then I've only played Metroid Prime 1 and only gotten through about ten minutes before getting stuck.
Please, no character bashing. I know some people don't like Shiida – Not sure why, I quite like her.
Also, I know that we don't know who Nero's father is - just that he's a descendant of Sparda's blood. And I quite like the idea of Dante getting stuck with Vergil's son. And, yes, I am making Nero use Yamato more than he does in DMC4 - It's just such a cool weapon....
So I leave you with a bunch of random questions. What is that box Marth took from Julian? Why is Altair so depressed? Wait, you know the answer to that, never mind. What does Roy want Altair to do to Marth and Shiida? And just how broken are Dante and Nero as characters?
