Disclaimer: Nintendo owns the Super Smash Bros. games. With their delaying the game until Feb. 10 it just gives us human Smashers more time to prepare and daydream how badly we are going to whoop each other. If I did own Smash Bros, I would at least have a sample of the game downloadable for people to play.
Cyberbeta presents:
A Super Smash Bros. Fan fiction
From Smashers to Brawlers
'You have been chosen as one of the first five Smashers currently in the mansion to join the next Smash Bros. Tournament, which will be known as Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Do not speak of this with any of your fellow Smashers as it is not fully known as to whom all will be returning to the tournament. Report to the Arena tomorrow morning for your final battle as a Melee Smasher. All will be made clear after the battle.'
Master Hand
P.S. Keep this letter hidden until after tomorrow morning or destroy it if you are unable to.
Kirby took one last look at the letter before putting it back in its envelope. He then opened his mouth and swallowed the letter into his stomach/storage space and continued toward the kitchen. He as curious as to who the other four Smashers were, but he knew that tomorrow morning he would find out.
Chapter 1: Upgrades
The next morning all the Smashers were in the main cafeteria eating breakfast and going over last minute strategies in their heads. It was supposed to be a day full of standard one on one matches with the odd team battle or four smasher free-for-all. There was one problem though: there was only one match was officially scheduled for today and no one knew who was in it. Well, almost no one.
'With there being five of us chosen as Brawlers, you would think someone would have let it slip,' thought Link as he looked around the cafeteria. 'Instead we have kept our mouths shut and are scoping our possible competition with the drawback of not knowing who we are facing.'
He glanced around the room, taking note of who was doing what, checking for any hint of who his opponents were. 'Mario and Luigi are whispering to each other, possibly going over team maneuvers. Neither of them is giving off anything that would hint at one or both of them being my opponent. If I had to guess as to who might be my opponents though, Mario would be at the top of the list.'
A gulping sound drew his attention next. Looking over he saw Kirby, Yoshi and Donkey Kong in an impromptu eating contest. 'Those three were surprises when I first arrived here, DK especially.' Link had been paired off against Mario, Fox and DK in his first match on Hyrule Castle. He had not paid enough attention to the ape and paid for it with a wind-up fist costing him his first life. When he had gone to pay the ape back, he was promptly grabbed, slapped and thrown into a random tornado costing him another life. After that, he no longer thought of DK as a simple animal. It also kept him from underestimating Yoshi, Kirby, Pikachu, and later, Jigglypuff when he faced off against them. Said Puffball was currently using its rest ability to catch a few more zzz's in a corner of the room. 'I do NOT want to be the one to wake up the puffball,' he thought. 'It's vicious when not in the Arena and woken up!'
"Hey Link, any idea who's fighting?" Link was startled out of his musings by the question. Looking up he found Roy sitting next to him. Link shook his head at the red headed swordsman, indicating he did not know the identity of the battlers while secretly knowing who one of them was.
"Hmph, didn't think so." He then leaned in close to Link. "However I think I know who one of them is." Link was shocked. Roy had learned who one of the fighters was. The upside was he could learn who one of his opponents was. The downside was Roy could have figured out it was him. Only one question needed to be asked. Link leaned in close to Roy and asked it: "Who?"
Roy smirked, "I saw Samus receiving a letter from a Wire frame last night. After he slipped it into a port on his chest, he went to his ship for the rest of the night. I'm thinking he is one of the fighters and the letter said who he was taking on, so he spent the night preparing. I'm about to go confront him, want to join me?"
'Close, but not close enough Roy, better luck next time. But thanks for the info that SHE is one of my opponents.' "I wouldn't do that, odds are good that Samus would deny being one of the fighters today and show a fake letter. Also, it could have been word of a message that could only be answered with the Ship's Communicators. Fox, Falco and Falcon have all done the same thing before.'
"Good Point." He looked up. Well, looks like we will find out who is right in a few minutes. Link followed Roy's gaze seeing a Male Wire frame and a fighting polygon that looked like Capt. Falcon enter the cafeteria and walk over to the north wall. Everyone went silent as both touched a separate section of the wall, activating hidden panels that made a section of the wall sink into the ground. Behind the wall were twenty-six opaque cylinders lined up in a row.
Master Hand's voice boomed throughout the room. "Smashers, please enter the Lift system. Those who have been chosen will be taken to the Main Arena while the rest will be taken to the VIP Viewing area to watch the battle." Discussion broke out among the Smashers. The only times they had been allowed in the VIP area was when the third and fourth place Smashers in a tournament ad been allowed in as it gave quick access to the arena for the awards ceremony.
Everyone got up and made their way to the lifts. Link saw Peach, Zelda and Pikachu enter their lifts just ahead of him. Before all three shut, he saw Pikachu slip from its normal smile into its game face. 'Pikachu's another one,' he thought. 'Well, too late now to guess at the other two.' As soon as the door to the lift had fully closed, Link pulled his Shield off his back and steadied it on his arm. A clear plastic visor locked into place around his head at eye level. It molded to his face before becoming weightless and taking on a clear transparency. Counters appeared positioned as to not be a hindrance to his vision indicating Damage percentage and time left. As he drew his sword and the section of the lift floor he was standing on morphed into the respawn pad, he had one last thought; 'This is my last fight as a Smasher. After this, I'm a Brawler.'
Looking back later, Link would realize he had no idea how ironic those thoughts would end up being.
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The doors to the lifts opened revealing the VIP suite. Comfortable seats were positioned around the chamber, many looking out on the Main Arena where the battle was about to take place. Pichu was the first out of its lift and had quickly ran to the window. It turned around to call over its friends and froze.
"Pi Pi Pichu Chu Pi?"
"Mewtwo, translate please," responded Zelda.
"Pichu was asking where Pikachu is. It seems that those not here are the ones we are to watch fighting."
Everyone quickly took note of who had and had not emerged from a lift. Mario, Pikachu, Kirby, Link and Samus were the only ones not in the suite, aside from Master Hand and his brother Crazy Hand. Roy started laughing as he realized Link was missing.
"That crazy Hylan. He lied to my face. I told him who one of his opponents was and he lied to my face!" Seeing the questioning looks on the faces of several of the Smashers, Roy quickly explained his conversation with Link a few minutes prior.
"Huh, I saw-a a Wire frame leaving-a Mario's room last night. When I-a asked him, he said-a that it was just-a note from-a E. Gadd about-a the F.L.U.D.D." said Luigi.
"Well," stared Fox, "they are down there now. Lets see what Master hand has in mind. It's not often that five of us get to go at it in a match."
"Unless you're in a four way match with the freaking Ice Climbers," muttered Falco. Nana and Popo heard him and promptly smacked him with their mallets.
While Dr. Mario gave Falco some aspirin, the rest of the Smashers took seats where they could watch the fight. Meanwhile up in the control room, Master Hand and Crazy Hand were going over the final parts of the changes and spells needed for after the match.
"You sure you calibrated that right bro? Last time you said you had and the sky would jam at nightfall."
"I'm sure Crazy. You just make sure that the Final Smash Technique will be absorbed into their skills when the enhancement spell is cast."
"Yeah, yeah," Crazy hovered over the panel that controlled where the Smashers would battle. "So, where are we sending them for their final Smash Match?"
"Master Hand's voice took on an amused tone. "Where else for a final match but Final Destination?"
"Good choice. Time Limit?"
"One minute," He replied. "That will give us just enough time to activate everything, and Samus should have fully charged her Zero beam by then."
"He he he he, I'm glad I set the cameras in the VIP Suite to record, I really want to see the look on Roy and Gannondorf's faces when they learn about Samus," cackled Crazy hand.
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Peach looked at the arena and fight settings and was the first to voice what everyone was thinking, "Why is the fight so short? And where is Samus?"
"Shaddap and watch the fight," yelled Bowser. "We'll probably find out in a moment so quit yer yappin."
Before Peach could respond everyone heard the countdown begin. As soon as the word GO was yelled, everyone started cheering for one of the Smashers.
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"Well, looks-a like we're the first-a Brawlers," Said Mario as the Smashers appeared above the Final Destination battle zone.
"I had a feeling you would be one Mario," Link replied. Pikachu gave it away right before his lift closed. Kirby I didn't expect and Samus…wait a minute, where's Samus?"
"Poyo?"
"Roy said he saw Samus receive a letter as well, so she should be here. Where is she?"
"Worry about-a that later," said Mario as the countdown reached five seconds. "It's-a time for one last Melee."
As soon as the announcer had yelled "GO," Kirby Immediately leaped into the air launching a Cutter attack while Pikachu went flying at link with a Headbutt attack from behind. Link sidestepped the headbutt and immediately nocked an arrow to fire at the flying rodent. Mario meanwhile whipped out his cape to rebound the cutter back at Kirby. He ran behind it catching Kirby with a baseball slide while he was stunned from his own attack. Mario went for his Super Jump Uppercut, but Kirby ducked and caught Mario with a flip kick while he was coming down. Kirby then inhaled Mario, but instead of swallowing and copying Mario's fireballs, he turned and spat Mario at Link.
Link launched a light arrow at Pikachu catching the little electric rodent in the tail. Link started to reach for a bomb but instead was hit hard in the back by Mario. On reflex, Link went into his Spinning Blade Strike while Mario went into the Mario Tornado as he stopped being a flying projectile. The spinning attacks canceled each other out, Mario's fist deflecting Link's sword with each rotation.
Pikachu jumped over Mario and Link letting loose a Thunder attack in the process, catching both of them off guard. It then went into a quick attack hoping to catch Kirby unaware as well. No such luck though as Kirby slammed Pikachu in the head with his hammer knocking Pikachu back into a stunned and shocked Link and Mario. A popping sound was heard as a Pokeball appeared in front of Kirby. He quickly picked it up and jumped into the air. When he was right over the other three Smashers he threw the Pokeball straight down and quickly followed it by shifting into Rock Kirby.
The Pokeball hit the ground opening to reveal an Electrode. Before anyone could react, Kirby came slamming down stunning everyone, and making the mistake of reverting to normal long enough for the Electrode to Explode.
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"Now Crazy," yelled Master Hand, finishing the spell as the Electrode unleashed its explosion.
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In the VIP suite everyone gasped as all four Smashers in the arena were sent flying from the suicidal Pokemon attack. However before anyone could react the announcer yelled "TIME" calling for the end of the match.
"Damn it" snarled Gannondorf. "I wanted to see those heroes get blasted off the field."
"Bip beep beep bip beep," said Game and Watch.
"I am not jealous of him, I'm jealous that I'm not the one sending him flying!"
Mr. Game and Watch just rang his bell at Gannondorf as if to say 'yeah right'.
Luigi then noticed something. "Wait-a minute, if the match is-a over, why are they still-a flying? And where-a has Final Destination a-gone?"
Everyone quickly turned and saw that Mario, Link, Kirby and Pikachu were still flying trough the air instead of having been frozen and safely lowered to the ground like what normally happened after a match. Final Destination had vanished as well, leaving a black area where nothing could be seen except for the four flying Smashers. Said Smashers flipped in the air and rushed each other, running on an unseen surface. They paused when they all reached the center.
"What are they doing," asked Marth. "It's like they are expecting something." As soon as the words left his mouth, a ring of light appeared around the feet of the four in the arena and slowly rose up their bodies. Zelda gasped as she felt the magic of the spell that Master Hand and Crazy Hand had just finished casting.
"Some sort of spell, I can't tell what but I can say it is powerful." A couple of the Smashers glanced at Zelda but quickly looked back to see what was happening to their friends and rivals.
The changes differed from one Smasher to another. Mario's clothes seemed to become more durable and looked a little worn from so many battles. Link's Tunic and leggings became darker, The Hylan Shield's detailing became more pronounced and Link himself seemed to become more mystical, if that could seem possible. Pikachu's fur became sleeker and it also seemed to lose a little weight. Kirby…had no visible changes and you could see the questioning look on his face.
Young Link was the first to notice the other change occurring. "That's not all that is happening, look at Battlefield." While the changes had been occurring on the Smashers, Battlefield had appeared around them. It changed from a space platform floating in warp space to an courtyard from an ancient temple floating above a crater. Anti-grav equipment could be seen peeking out from the stonework, keeping Battlefield aloft.
Out of nowhere the an orchestra started playing. As if that had been a hidden signal, the four Smashers, now Brawlers, rushed each other as if their fight had never stopped in the first place.
The Smashers reactions varied from person to person. Nana, Popo, Mr. Game and Watch, Pichu, Jigglypuff, DK, Young Link and Yoshi were openly cheering as the changes occurred and the battle resumed. Fox, Falco, Dr. Mario, Marth and Roy were taking note of the increases in speed and power that had occurred to their friends. Bowser and Gannondorf were sneering at the Brawlers while planning on getting that power for themselves. Mewtwo, Zelda, Peach, Ness, Captain Falcon and Luigi were planning questions for Master Hand as soon as they had made sure their friends were safe.
Ness was the one who noticed first. "Look," he exclaimed, "the arena is changing into other forms." Battlefield had shifted into some sort of castle at this point for about ten seconds before shifting back. Ten seconds later it shifted to the inside of a castle for a short time before shifting back into Battlefield. He approached the window to get a better look. "What is going….GAHH!"
Ness leapt back as a giant puppy suddenly appeared pawing at the screen as if trying to get the attention of the Smashers. The puppy eventually went below the screen and vanished, but not before Ness was teased about being scared.
"Aww, is widdle Nessie afwaid of da widdle puppy?"
"Oh be quiet Roy, you would have jumped too."
Before Roy could continue with his teasing there was a pinging sound. Everyone looked to see a rainbow colored orb with the symbol of the Smash Tournament on it. They saw Mario reach it first, punching it and making it vanish. He was instantly surrounded by a golden Aura and flames seemed to appear in his eyes. Mario then jumped onto the far left platform and focused the aura into his hands. Two massive fireballs appeared in is hands as he took aim across the arena.
Bowser snorted at the display. "What does that runt think he's doing? Becoming Ryu of Street Fighter?"
Mario brought his hands together while thrusting them forward launching the fireballs. They grew in size and power as they spiraled outwards, slamming into Link, Kirby and Pikachu.
"I think that answered your question," replied Falco.
Moments later another orb appeared above link as he launched a Spinning Blade Strike in mid-jump. Link landed with the aura glowing around him before launching himself forward and slamming Mario with his Shield. The moment he hit Mario, The Triforce Symbol on his left hand glowed. The same thing happened to Young Link, Zelda and Gannondorf's Symbols as well. All three gasped as they felt the power of the Triforce flow through Link and form into two Triforce symbols, one with the triangles hollow and the other with the triangles filled in, pinning Mario in place. The hollow symbol rotated with Link Slashing through the top of each symbol, striking Mario repeatedly, before thrusting forward with his sword and blasting Mario into the air.
"How did he wield the Triforce? I thought it took us willingly giving our power for something like tat to happen," Gannondorf exclaimed.
"I do not know, but it looks like its Kirby's turn," called Nana. Kirby had just grabbed a third orb that had appeared. The Dreamlander stood there for a second as a white chef's hat landed on his head and a gold cooking pot appeared next to him. Link, Marion and Pikachu were sucked into the cooking pot while Kirby pulled out a ladle and pan and banged them together. Kirby touched the pot as if to channel energy into it before clanging the pan and ladle together again, this time it launched the three Smashers out of the pot, along with a few Max tomatoes, Warp Stars and Star Rods.
"Yoshi."
"You're-a right Yoshi. Whatever that ability Kirby just used is gonna be-a interesting when the rest of-a us face 'im."
Peach then spoke up, "Does anyone know where they are now?"
The four battling Smashers seemed to have moved to some sort of hanger for their fight. Some sort of sip could be seen behind them but what it was could not be made out. All four battlers paused in their fight as the roof opened revealing a massive ship. Three quarters of the way down the ship a tower extended, on the tower stood a figure about as large as Kirby wearing a cape. The figure threw back the cape, which turned into a pair of batwings, and revealed the sword in the figure's right hand. As the ship lifted off the figure jumped off and glided down to a platform that had lifted off under the Smashers. The figure then began attacking with swift sword strikes knocking back Mario, Link and Kirby.
"Whoa, who is that?"
"I have no idea Roy, but he seems to be a new Smasher of some sort Look there," Mart pointed to where the indicators showed how much damage each Smasher had taken. Next to the Pokeball representing Pikachu another Warp Star symbol had appeared. "Whoever he is, Kirby knows him."
"Good point. Now do you have any idea who that symbol belongs to?" Mewtwo gestured to the Bow and Arrow symbol that had appeared next to the second Warp Star. Everyone's attention was drawn back to the arena where the platform had settled on the deck of the ship. A blue bolt of light came flying out of the sky aimed at the unknown Smasher. The warrior wrapped his cape around himself as a shield that also made him temporarily invisible. A winged human flew into sight holding a bow and drawing an arrow completely made out of light. The human fired the arrow barely missing the caped figure who dodged to the side then took to the sky, shifting his cape back into wings. The winged human separated his bow into a pair of scimitars and engaged in combat with the smaller swordsman.
Zelda chose then to speak, "His name is Pit."
As the Smashers turned to look at her, she continued "All I know about him is that he was a candidate for one of the Smash Tournaments who was turned down at the last minute. He is supposed to be the captain of the armies of a Goddess in another realm."
As the Smashers considered this new information, Dr. Mario drew their attention. "Look," he pointed to the ship "isn't that-a Samus?" Looking where he pointed everyone noticed Samus taking aim at the newcomers.
Fox and Falco took notice of the charge being built up in her Arm cannon. "What's Samus doing, That cannon's about to overload!"
They were not the only ones who noticed. Pit and the unknown fighter both noticed the glow of energy coming from Samus. Both leapt to the sky as Samus opened fire with a massive wave of energy. The blast was bright enough to momentarily blind the observing Smashers. As the light dimmed Samus could be seen through the smoke still crouched. As she stood, her armor fell off her body revealing the human underneath. Samus then jumped of the ship as it buzzed low to the ground. In the light, Samus was revealed to be a blonde haired woman in a blue bodysuit. She carried a pistol that was immediately converted into an energy whip.
"SAMUS IS A GIRL?"
Everyone turned and looked at Roy and Gannondorf. Roy was completely shocked at learning Samus was female. Gannondorf was just as surprised, but the male Gerudo hid it better. Marth decided to take pity on his fellow swordsman.
"Um, yeah, we knew that already." Roy turned to look at him.
"Then why did no one explain that to me?"
Mewtwo put it best, "You never shut up or stuck around long enough for someone to explain it."
Everyone laughed at the frustrated look on Roy's face. Gannondorf merely chuckled as he thought to himself, 'Another like Zelda, except she hides her face behind a suit of armor. I wonder how much of a challenge she is without it." The sound of a engine revving drew everyone's attention back to the arena. Luigi covered his eyes. "Oh-a no," he whined, "Not-a him. Please not-a him"
"Awowowowowowowow." Yoshi sympathized with Luigi.
Popo looked curious. "Who are you talking about?" Luigi simply pointed out to where a cloud of dust was approaching where Samus and Pit were squaring off. The dust cloud was revealed to be a fat little man on a motorcycle. Said fat man lost control as the engine sputtered. Pit and Samus jumped out of the way as the man lost control and ran into a rock behind them.
Luigi sighed. "It's-a Wario."
Bowser started laughing. "Looks like he finally decided to get off his rear and join some real fun. I'm glad I'm not out there right now, and you'll see why in a moment."
The Brawlers cautiously approached where Wario lay on the ground. As they neared, he picked himself up and gave a sheepish laugh. Wario's stomach suddenly gurgled and became distended, forcing his belly button from an innie to an outtie. The Brawlers jumped back preparing for an attack. Wario just turned around as a burst of energy started to come out of his butt.
The view of the arena immediately went to long range as a dirty brown mushroom cloud appeared where the fighters were last seen. The Smashers in the VIP room immediately felt sympathy for those in the arena. The view then switched back to the battlefield arena showing Mario Kirby and Link fighting again. The only difference was a strange cardboard box sitting just behind where everyone was fighting.
Fox looked at the box in curiosity. "Hey guys," he spoke up getting everyone's attention. "Think that is a new item box of some sort?" As everyone turned to look at the box a message window opened over the main view window. Two men appeared, one in a military dress outfit and the other in some sort of combat suit and wearing a bandanna. The suit initiated the conversation.
"Snake! Sorry to bother you but I've got big news!"
"What? Not another absurd objective I hope." Falco laughed at the comment. "Him, I like." Fox hissed at his wingmate to be silent.
The suit continued not even noticing Falco's comment. "Are you familiar with Super Smash Bros.?"
"Ah… That Nintendo tournament…"
"Yes. Actually, we've received an invitation for you to join. Snake, are you up for it?"
"……"
"Where are you right now, anyways?"
The message screen vanished as the viewing window zoomed out from the cardboard box. "I'm on reconnaissance duty."
"Reconnaissance?! Of what kind?!"
"Knowing your enemy is the quickest path to victory."
Mario and Link were in front of the box at that moment. Both of them froze as the box was tossed to the side, revealing the man in the combat suit. Both looked at the unknown man, who simply said two words.
"It's Showtime!"
Before they could react, the announcer's voice blared out "Game" freezing them in place. The Smasher known as Snake turned into a wire frame and vanished as the Window on the VIP chamber opened allowing the Smashers access. Everyone rushed out to check on the changed Smashers. Before any questions could be asked, Master Hand warped into the arena.
"Give them a little time to rest, and I'll explain what I can in the main meeting room."
With that, he warped out leaving several Smashers frustrated and all of them with questions.
Well, here it is, the sequel to For the Brawl. It took me a while to figure out how to setup the reactions of some of the Smashers reactions to the events portrayed in the old E3 movie. As it is, I think I did a good job capturing their personalities. I'll be following the chain of updates as they are released on the official site to give a sort of linearity to the story, and no, there will be no OCs or anyone I want just stuck in a random. If they have something to do with the new game then they will get a mention or place in the story.
Reviews are appreciated, Flames will be used for target practice by Fox, Falco and Samus.