Super Smash Bros – Galactic Brawl
Shinobi-dono: Yo! This is my first Super Smash Bros. Fanfic. Admittedly, I've read several SSB fanfics where the Smashers traveled from place to face fighting a variety of big villains, so I thought I'd try the genre out. Not a very original idea, I'm aware, but I'll try to keep it as interesting as I can by making everything else more original! So, without further ado, I give you my fic…
A sea of flames crackled around the stone arena, flooding the otherwise dark dungeon with light. The burning smell invaded the plumber's nostrils and caused him to cringe, briefly taking his focus away from the monstrous opponent before him. A large cage hung above the arena on heavy black chains, containing the kidnapped princess within. The gloved hands of the plumber clenched tightly as he stared ahead, frightened but determined footsteps sounding in his ear as his accomplice stepped forwards. The two exchanged a brief look before refocusing their attention on their opponent.
The first brother was a portly, average-sized man clad in blue overalls and a red, long-sleeved shirt. Pale white gloves were stretched as he clenched his fists, while an iconic red cap rested upon his head, casting a shadow over his eyes. Brown shoes covered his feet, a similar shade to his own hair. A round nose protruded out over his well-groomed moustache that served to hide his mouth somewhat. Fiery sparks snapped around his gloves eagerly to blaze.
Standing next to him was the lankier brother, garbed much the same but with a green shirt and cap. He bore a moustache not unlike the other brother's, although despite the determined look about his features, there was a hint of fear in his blue irises and his legs shook ever so slightly as he joined his brother in staring down the monster before them.
A gigantic, shelled beast – their foe was as fearsome as he looked, with a bulky yet muscular frame, sharp blade-like claws that looked ready to eviscerate and equally threatening fangs. Spiked bracers covered his wrists and forearms, matching the multitude of points on his shell and the bull-like horns on his head. A mane of fiery hair ran between the horns, with his eyebrows of a similar look. While his legs looked stubby, they bore sharp talons and were strong enough to allow the beast to give a fierce charge. A thick tail hung behind his hulking form, several spikes running along its length.
And lastly was the princess – a radiant woman dressed in an elegant peach-pink dress, a head of shining blonde hair bearing a crown upon it. Blue orb-like earrings hung from her ears, matching the color of her round irises. Delicate-looking yet strong hands covered in white gloves gripped the bars of the cage, a sign of her hope for freedom as she looked upon the arena below, concern in her eyes for the two brothers as they faced the beast.
"I've been waiting, Mario Brothers!" the beast bellowed, laughing cockily to himself as he stepped forwards. "I've been waiting for a long time!".
"Then don't-a worry! We'll be done in a flash-a!" the red-clothed brother announced as his palms opened, revealing a set of flames that sprung into life.
"M-Mario's right! We've beaten you before, w-we can do it again!" the green-clothed brother spoke up in favor of his brother.
"Then show me! This time, I'll clobber you both!!" the beast roared before he broke into a run, charging towards the brothers. With no hesitation the two met the charge head-on, dashing towards the King of the Koopa. Mario's hands crackled as he shot the flames in his palms at the Koopa, only for both to be countered with an equally-impressive blast of flame from the monster's mouth. Leaping high into the air, the green brother descended down upon the beast's head with a drop kick maneuver, only to be repelled as the beast swiped his arm at him, knocking him aside.
Moving in close, Mario swung a strong punch that landed on the beast's midsection, before following it up with another. However, his opponent was quick swipe at him with his claws, raking them across Mario's chest. Stumbling back from the blow, Mario was only just able to jump out of the way as flames once again spewed out from the Koopa's mouth. Returning to the fight, Luigi – the green brother – was quick to let out a cry as he landed a strong kick on the scaled beast, making him growl irritably as he opened his maw wide, almost taking a large bite out of Luigi were it not for a jet of water pushing him out of the way. Quickly looking back to where Mario was he saw the plumber carrying a strange device on his back full of water, the nozzle aimed over his head. Charging towards Mario he roared, exhaling bright orange flames once more. However, the stream of water was once more fired from the nozzle and in an instant the flames were doused. Eyes widened, the scaled monster known as Bowser swung his claw forwards at Mario as he leapt in, only for the portly plumber to slide in under the outstretched limb.
"Super Jump Punch!" Mario exclaimed as his fist rocketed up, a harsh uppercut knocking Bowser's jaw – and his admittedly heavy form skyward as he fell backwards. An angry roar escaped his mouth as he fell through the air, landing upon the back of his shell before he flipped over, crashing flatly on his stomach. Before he got up again, he spotted both Mario Brothers standing over him, victorious smirks on both of their faces.
"We-a win, Bowser!" both brothers exclaimed, both extending a palm towards him, flames igniting in both – red for Mario, green for Luigi. From her cage, the princess smiled brightly, cheering. Bowser's sharp eyes seemed to sharpen, burning irises looking ready to tear them into pieces. Furiously his claws sunk into the stone floor as he pushed himself to his feet, releasing a blaze of flame from his jaws once more to make both brothers leap back.
"Don't think I'm done, Mario! Luigi!! I'm just getting started!!!" he snapped, enraged. The earth beneath them seemed to shake in fear of his ferocity, but when the rankling of chains and the gasping princess met their ears, the brothers realized it was not Bowser's doing – the entire castle seemed to quake violently, the blazing lava around the stone arena splashing and bubbling. Both the brothers and Bowser brought their eyes upwards, watching in astonishment as debris began to break apart and fall. "What the hell is this?! Who's messing with my castle?!!" the Koopa King roared, but all they could do was stare.
As the rocky architecture collapsed and rained down from above, the brothers quickly began to run and jump around the place to evade the falling debris. Bowser himself knocked heavy rock aside with his fists as it came down upon him, while Princess Peach screamed as the rocks banged against the metal cage. The iron contraption shook madly as it swung from side to side. Fearing the worst, Mario quickly hopped forwards, stepping up before finally jumping high into the air, launching straight towards the princess and her cage. Timing it perfectly, as the cage swung towards him he grabbed the bars and latched on, climbing atop the construct. However, by the time he got up, a large stone caught him by surprise and crashed into both him and the cage, snapping it from the heavy chains it hung from and sending it plummeting down.
"Mario! Peach!!" Luigi cried, running towards the falling cage. However, the heavy structure crashed into him and, were it not for the plumber being made of more durable stuff than he looked, it probably would have been his end – instead, he lay underneath the cage, dazed as the door was busted open. Peach groggily got up, having banged her head in the fall against the bars, stepping out from the cage and onto solid ground. Pushing the cage off of his brother, Mario helped Luigi up. However, when a sudden beam of light engulfed the stone castle, everyone ignored checking on each other to stare upwards towards the great, open hole in the castle's ceiling.
"Mama…" Mario started.
"… Mia…" Luigi finished.
High in the sky above the open hole was a great ship in the sky, a magnificent feat of engineering resembling a humongous space ship. A gigantic, circular base with mechanical legs of sort folded in under it, a huge cylindrical body extending down from the middle. Lights opened up along the bottom of the ship, an exotic yellow beaming down upon them. Suddenly the legs hissed loudly as they stretched outwards, clamping onto the edges of the gaping hole in the ceiling. As a shadow swallowed the group, they let out a collective scream as they ran away from the center of the platform as fast as possible, narrowly avoiding the bottom of the cylinder as it crashed into the stone floor, the impact creating a blast of wind that spread outwards and almost threw the trio off the side.
"Who the hell's messing with my castle?! Show yourself!!" howled Bowser as he stood before the ship, standing strong and furious as his claws looked ready to slash apart whoever stepped out. As hatches opened along the cylinder's base, a swarm of round beings in red and white uniforms rushed outwards – in moments Bowser was overwhelmed by the forces that seemed to spill out eternally. As they neared Mario, Luigi and Peach the three suddenly realized the danger they were in.
"I don't-a know who these-a guys are, but they're-a enemies!" the red-clad brother shouted as he thrust a palm outwards, blasting several of the troops back with flame. Following suit, Luigi kicked aside oncoming soldiers. As both Mario and Luigi held their enemies off, Peach was quick to spot a nearby ledge with a lever and leapt up, extending her hand forwards and with it, her trusty parasol – an item she had managed to keep with her through her capture. As it opened up, she seemed to catch the air itself, almost halting her descent completely. Practically floating over to the ledge she landed safely and folded the parasol once more, grabbing the lever and switching it. Suddenly chains began to move up and down, a bridge falling down from above to make a way for the brothers to cross from the platform to the ledge Peach stood upon.
Realizing their escape route was open the brothers bolted across the bridge after firing a pair of fireballs to hold the soldiers off. Joining up with Peach they began ascending a staircase along the walls of the castle. The short, round soldiers gave chase up the steps, not about to let their quarry escape them. As the three reached the top, both brothers once again turned on the soldiers, throwing strong fireballs at them while the princess, seemingly procuring a large turnip from out of nowhere, tossed it down as well, the three attacks crashing into the front of the group and causing them to fall backwards down the stairs. Smiling to themselves they turned – only for a large, fat figure to descend from above and land thunderously on his feet in front of them. Though not even close to Bowser's size, he was a large man clad in black with a red cape, a purple cap with horns resting on his head while goggle-like glasses were worn in front of his eyes.
"Buh! Buh huh huh huh!" he seemed to chortle as he stood before the group. "You're not going anywhere Mario, Luigi, Peach!" he exclaimed. "This is Lord Crump, second in command of the X-Nauts! I've come to take you away!".
"X-Nauts?!" the three repeated simultaneously. Before any questions were answered the man known as Crump suddenly ran towards them, bowling Luigi over with a body slam as Mario and Peach narrowly avoided him. Turning on Mario he swung a fist, missing narrowly again as the plumber ducked. Grabbing Crump by his clothes, Mario let out a yell as he pulled on him, throwing him to the side. Crump managed to grab Mario's head however as he was thrown, pulling him with him as they fell. Smacking the plumber with a heavy punch, he was only deterred from beating the plumber up when a turnip knocked into him, throwing him off of Mario. Standing back up, Mario quickly regrouped with both Peach and Luigi, the three standing their ground as they waited for Crump to get up.
"Very good, you might reach my level someday with enough training!" Crump boasted as he returned to his feet. "X-Nauts!" he yelled and suddenly Mario, Luigi and Peach turned to see the soldiers climbing back up the staircase, cutting off their escape route. "Don't think you'll be escaping here!".
"What is it that you want?" Peach asked, turning back towards him as she held her parasol like it were a sword. Letting out another laugh the bigger man stepped towards them, pointing his index finger at the three. Though they couldn't see his mouth behind the mantle he wore, she could somehow tell he was grinning.
"Not telling!" he declared childishly.
"Meanie" Peach said flatly.
"Well, excuuuse me Princess, but I'm here to take you three down and that's it!" he finished, charging towards them, ready to body slam them again. X-Nauts were closing in and had reached the top of the staircase, coming in from behind. It seemed as though a brawl was about to break out, only for both Crump and the X-Nauts to freeze in their tracks as the wall blasted open in two places, fresh air blowing into the castle from a new entrance. Suddenly a pair of figures leapt in through the openings, both as strange as these X-Naut foes that had arrived from nowhere – the first a warrior clad in orange armor whose right arm ended in a cannon, the second an emerald tunic-clad swordsman with a shield on his right arm and the sword in his left.
Suddenly from the swordsman's right hand a boomerang was thrown, hitting Crump in the face and knocking him on his backside. Simultaneously the orange-armored one attacked, aiming the cannon at the X-Nauts and releasing a large rocket-like projectile that blew up as it hit the first wave of X-Nauts, blowing them back with the explosion. Shocked, the three were frozen for a moment until the swordsman grabbed Mario by the wrist. Pulling him along.
"Quick, no time to explain – We have to move!" oddly enough the blonde's words made a lot of sense to the three and nodding, they followed after him, leaping with him through the hole in the wall by which he entered. Escaping to the outside, the three enjoyed a sensation of weightlessness for a brief moment before the fall came, the group sailing downwards. Almost as one the group managed to land perfectly upon some sort of large craft that had been hovering in a position under them. The huge ship was a grey-white color, four great wings spread out from the main body with a long neck extending forwards from the front. Following their landing on the ship's hull, the armored warrior landed alongside them.
"Fox" the armored fighter spoke, voice slightly muffled under the helmet. "We have them. Open up the hatches".
As though obeying orders, the ship answered as a hissing erupted, a hatch opening in the top of the ship. Immediately the green-capped swordsman dropped down into the hatch, the armored one standing next to it.
"Follow" it told them before the armored figure dropped in.
"Quick! Don't let them escape!" bellowed Crump. Turning back, the three stared back up at Crump's large figure standing in the opening in the castle walls. "X-Nauts, back to the ship! We'll give chase and-" rather painfully, Crump was cut off as a heavy punch struck him in the cheek, throwing him down the corridors like a rock skipped along the water's surface. Leaping through the opening, Bowser's heavy form leapt through the air and crashed down on the ship's hull next to where Mario, Luigi and Peach stood. Without hesitating he quickly pushed past, throwing himself into the hatch and squeezing in to go down.
"I think-a he has the right-a idea…" Mario remarked before following the Koopa down the hatch. Both Luigi and Peach quickly followed, leaping down the hatch. With all accounted for, the hatch closed and the ship began to fly up, the engines firing up as it blasted off towards the sky.
Within the ship's hulls, the group were led by their saviors to a large meeting room where they quickly encountered a second princess dressed in an elegant purple and white outfit with brown hair known as 'Zelda', as well as a pair of anthrophomorphic beings – one a fox and the other a blue bird named 'Fox' and 'Falco' respectively. In addition they met a man in blue with a red helmet bearing a dark visor who called himself 'Captain Falcon'.
As for their saviors, Mario, Luigi, Peach and Bowser learned that the swordsman was from the same world as Zelda and was named 'Link', while the armored one was a bounty hunter named 'Samus'.
"So, we have another princess and two plumbers. Somehow, they don't seem very impressive" Falco commented as he sat leaning back in a chair. Mario and Luigi felt slightly offended at the remark. Sitting with his arms folded in the next seat, Fox shook his head.
"Rosalina herself told us they were strong – I doubt she would lie to us" he responded to his friend's comment. "Besides, they seemed to manage themselves well until they were surrounded".
"I know, I know! I'm just saying!" Falco defended himself.
"Although, it looks like the big guy is as tough as he looks – didn't we see him get taken down by all those soldiers?" Captain Falcon spoke this time in praise of the large, reptilian king, causing the Koopa to grin before sticking his tongue out at the plumbers. Needless to say the brothers were a bit annoyed.
"What's going on anyway? Who are the X-Nauts? Who was that Crump guy and what do they want with us?" Peach spoke up, diverting the Mario Brothers' and Bowser's attentions away from their rivalry. Standing up, Princess Zelda walked around the large table in the center of the meeting hall, deciding to offer an explanation.
"It isn't exactly the three of you that the X-Nauts are after" she started, pausing as she looked at the four of them. "The X-Nauts are an elite military power run by a man named Sir Grodus. No one knows who he is – we don't know his past, and we don't know his motives. However, what remains clear is that as of late, he has been attacking worlds and searching for specific targets, including those in this room. Presumably, he is searching out both strong warriors and authority figures throughout the galaxy".
At this point Fox unfolded his arms and flipped a switch under the table. Link, who had been sitting on the edge of the table, hopped off as the lights dimmed and a large hologram popped up in the center of the room above the table of a large planet. The group almost jumped in surprise as they stared at the hologram's image while Captain Falcon leaned against the wall, smirking. Samus, meanwhile, stood alone in one corner of the room.
"What is also apparent is that he is not working alone – We have not gotten any confirmation, but we believe that a man from our world named Ganondorf, as well as a space pirate named Ridley are working alongside him" she explained further, the image changing to a pair of faces – the first of a middle-aged man with orange hair and dark skin, the second of a sort of purple pterodactyl.
"We think there may be more though!" piped in Link from the side. "There's quite a couple of people working together, and they all seem to be part of a big alliance" he added.
"Whoa, y-you mean there's more s-scary guys like that?!" Luigi asked, shaking as he stood behind Mario, finding both of the faces portrayed on the hologram to be a little more than frightening.
"Ha! So what? I could take these guys no sweat!" Bowser boasted, flexing his biceps. Mario sighed, shaking his head.
"You say that, but these guys aren't exactly weak" Falco commented again. "Samus has fought Ridley before, and both Samus and Link have told us how tough these guys are. If there are more like them, I doubt they'll be any less dangerous".
"Of course, these guys aren't the only ones who can hold their own as a group" Captain Falcon remarked, smirking as he stood up from the wall. "That's why we've decided to form our own group, to stand against them!".
"The situation is thus" spoke another voice. The group turned to look as Samus as a metal-covered hand grabbed the round helmet and pulled it off, exposing Samus' head – revealing to the shock of the Mario Brothers, Peach and Bowser a beautiful woman whose blonde hair was done up in a ponytail. "In order to combat this threat, we need the combined strength of this Galaxy's greatest fighters. Every person aboard this ship is a warrior who has sworn to defeat these tyrants".
Stepping forwards, the blonde-haired swordsman known as Link smiled as he walked up to the group, extending a hand to Mario. "So, what do you say? Will you join us?" he asked aloud, blue eyes looking at him questioningly. Without a moment's hesitation, the plumber took his hand and shook it.
"You got a deal!"
Shinobi-dono: Haha, so there we go! I wanted to get past some of the major explanations in this chapter, so sorry if the ending feels a bit rushed. In the next chapter I'll be giving a little extra info on the crew and their enemies to make up for whatever else I didn't really cover. I'll try to update every two weeks, but don't be surprised if it takes longer for me to update the chapters. I promise not to keep you long though! For now, goodbye! And please, remember to review!