A/N: Yo! You're probably thinking: Uhoh, another murder type story involving the Smash Bros. cast! yeah. I know. But these types of stories are just so much fun to write, I can't help it. Oh wells. Hope you enjoy it:D

Disclaimer: I don't own Super Smash Brothers or any of the characters.

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It all began as just a normal day like any other. Aside from the light rain outside, the morning was fairly quiet as always in the smash mansion.

It was currently 8:34am as Marth walked down the long hallway from his room. He greeted other smashers as he passed them with a simple "Hello." or "Good morning!", he was in a good mood this morning, surprisingly. He descended the stairs into the lobby, and stopped when he saw Young Link and Ness pouting as they looked out the window. He walked over and stood beside them, though neither one of them glanced in his direction.

"What are you two moping around about? Shouldn't you be in the cafeteria for breakfast?" He asked, and Ness sighed and looked up at him.

"It's raining outside.. Young Link and I wanted to play baseball today!"

"Hmm. Well, maybe the rain will let up soon and you can go outside?" He suggested, Ness only shook his head.

"Probably not. The weather said we were supposed to get rain all day today." He sighed and hit the tip of his baseball bat on the ground.

"That's too bad. You could always use the gym, though right?"

"It wouldn't be the same." This time Young Link answered, sadness evident in his voice.

"Alright, look," he sighed, "let's just go get breakfast. After that we can see if the rain let up any, and if it did i'll play a game or two with you guys. Sound good?" Ness' and Young Link's heads shot up and smiled at Marth. That cheered them up.

"Really?! You would play with us?" Young Link asked, he was excited now.

"Sure." Marth smiled at the young boys. Honestly, he was horrible at baseball, so he had no idea why he offered to play with them anyways. At least it cheered them up.

"Great!" Ness and Y. Link (im just going to call him Y. Link from here on), now in good spirits, raced each other to the cafeteria which was just around the corner from the lobby. Marth took another glance outside before eventually following them.

As he entered the cafeteria he noticed that pretty much all of the smashers were already seated and having their breakfast. Some were already finished, and just hanging around chatting with their friends about how the weather was outside, or talking about an upcoming tournament. Roy and Link spotted Marth and they waved and called him over to their table in the middle of the cafeteria.

"Where have you been? It's not like you to be late for breakfast! What's even more shocking is that Roy was actually here before you." Link said as the blue haired swordsman seated himself at their table.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Roy asked before taking another bite of his cereal and glaring at Link.

"Nothing. Nothing at all." He laughed, and earned another glare from Roy all the while. Marth joined in on the laughter eventually.

"Sorry. Guess I slept in a bit."

"A bit? You're 30 minutes later than usual!" Link added, taking another bite of his bagel, and tossing one to Marth in the process. Marth fumbled a little, but caught the bagel before it hit the floor. "Nice catch."

"Thanks."

"So, I hear Master Hand is on vacation for a little while." Roy spoke up, and Marth raised an eyebrow.

"Vacation? Where did he go?"

"Not entirely sure. He said something about.. err.. Florinda?"

"You mean Florida, Roy." Link sighed.

"Yeah, that."

"Ah. Well, it's good for him to take vacations every now and then I guess. He needs time off, I mean, have you seen him lately? That guy is like a walking bomb, exploding every time you talk to him." Marth laughed.

"Which is why it's fun to talk to him." Roy joined in on the laughter, as did Link.

"Yo guys, what's going on?" A curious voice to the right of them asked.

The trio looked up at the new speaker, and saw Fox standing beside their table with a grin on his face.

"Heya Fox. Just chatting as usual. What's up?" Roy asked.

"Not much. Just saw you guys laughing like hooligans over here and figured I would stop by and say hi before I go for target practice." He pulled out his blaster and twirled it with his fingers, before jamming it back into his holster.

"Marth made a joke, is all. Which is kinda weird, he never makes jokes... that are funny, at least." Link's statement made Roy laugh again, but Marth only rolled his eyes.

"Very funny." Marth finished up his bagel and stood up.

"Where ya going?" Roy asked.

"Well, im going to go play some baseball with Ness and Link." He stated, earning concerned glances from his friends. "What?"

"You feeling alright? First you make a joke and then you want to play baseball?" Link reached his hand up to Marth's forehead to see if he had a fever, but he quickly swatted the hand away.

"Im perfectly fine, honest. Now, if you will excuse me." Marth excused himself from the table and headed into the lobby, leaving behind a very confused Link, and a laughing Fox and Roy.

Marth sighed as he sat down on the couch in the lobby and waited for Ness and Y. Link to finish their breakfast. He glanced out the window and noticed that the rain had let up, if only a little bit; but the weather looked good enough to play baseball. Ness and Y. Link are going to be happy.

It was another 30 minutes before Ness and Y. Link emerged from the cafeteria. Marth was on the verge of falling asleep on the couch when they entered the room, sadly, it didn't look like he was going to get a nap in before baseball. Not that he minded, it was rare for him to take naps during the day anyways. It made him feel weird if he did.

"Marth! Ready for some baseball?" Ness asked, slinging the baseball bat over his shoulder. Y. Link carried a bag on his back, which most likely contained more baseball bats, baseballs, and mits.

"Yeah. Let's go." He yawned and stood up from the couch, following the children through the front door and out into the grassy fields. They were really happy when they saw the rain had let up, and they broke out into a run towards the playing field beside the mansion. Marth ran after them, but after concluding that they were very fast at their age, slowed down to a jog.

When they reached the field, Marth was panting from running such a long distance. The playing field was also rather big, so this was going to be a fun day for him. He noticed that the Ice Climbers, and for some reason, Mewtwo were also out on the field waiting for them. What was even stranger, was that Mewtwo wore a deep blue baseball cap on his head, but still adorned his always serious look.

"Oh yeah! Mewtwo and the Ice Climbers will be playing with us, okay Marth?" Ness asked, and Marth just nodded, continuing to give strange glances at Mewtwo.

"Yes. I hope that is no problem. I figured I should... try something different." Mewtwo said, floating over just behind first base, and getting a baseball mit from the accessories bag.

"That's, erm, new." Marth was still finding it hard to believe Mewtwo would play baseball out of his own free will. He didn't picture Mewtwo as much of a socializing guy, or a sports guy for that matter, but he quickly shrugged it off as Ness began to speak.

"Okay! The teams are: Me, Marth, and Popo. And Young Link, Mewtwo, and Nana on the other team! Our team will bat first." Ness shouted, and everyone took their places on the field. Much to Marth's dismay, he was first to bat. He gulped and grabbed a baseball bat, taking his stance next to the plate. Y. Link was pitcher, Mewtwo was catcher, and Nana stood in the field ready to catch any ball that came her way.

"Ready?" Y. Link called, but without waiting for a response, tossed the ball with as much strength as he could muster. Marth watched the ball carefully, and swung when it got near him.

Strike one!

He sighed. He knew that trying baseball was a bad idea.

Y. Link readied the second pitch. He grinned and brought his arm back, before throwin the ball. Surprisingly, it was faster than the last ball he threw and Marth once again missed, making him sigh once more.

"Come on! What are you doing, Marth! You're supposed to hit the ball, not miss it!" Ness shouted at him from the bleachers, which were positioned just behind first base a little ways.

"You're supposed to hit the ball, not miss it... blah blah.. is if I didn't know that." Marth muttered to himself as Y. Link got ready for the third pitch. However, just before Y. Link threw the ball, a high pitched shriek came from inside the mansion. It caught everyone in the field off guard, causing Marth to almost jump out of his skin and others to jump a few feet in the air. Mewtwo looked as calm as ever, though.

"What in the world.. that sounded like Peach!" Marth was now worried. He dropped his bat and sprinted towards the mansion as fast as possible, the others right behind him. Mewtwo simply teleported to the front door of the mansion, the cheater. They entered the mansion, only to see Peach curled up on the couch, eyes widened in horror, and small streams of tears flowing down her face. In her hand, she clutched a note, which was crumpled quite a bit. The other smashers stood beside her, some more concerned than others, Samus and Zelda were desperately trying to comfort her.

"What happened? We heard a scream." Marth panted, trying to catch his breath from the long distance they just sprinted.

"It's.. Mario.." Zelda's voice was full of sadness, as she pried the note out of Peach's hands and walked over, handing it to Marth, whom read it out loud.

"Hee-Hee!

If you're reading this, your precious Mario is long gone now! I must say, he put up a great struggle, but failed in the end! Never fear though, you will all soon be joining him.

Hee-Hee! Hee-Hee!

Only twenty four remain, oh dear me, who will I choose to be my next victim?"

At the end of the note was a few splotches of blood, and one of, what looked like, Mario's hairs. Marth shakily let the note fall to the floor and looked over to Peach, who was sobbing even louder now. The whole room grew silent, aside from Peach's loud sobbing.

"No body was found, or anything for that matter. However, many things in his room have been broken, and there was blood on the walls and carpet." Samus sighed, still trying to comfort Peach.

"What do we do..?" Marth asked, and everyone blinked. They hadn't thought of this yet.

"Well, we haven't gotten that far yet." Zelda said, going back to comforting Peach, who was still sobbing.

"If we don't do something soon, though.." Roy spoke up, "we're all probably going to die."

The whole room once again turned silent. Many smashers had feared looks on their faces as they exchanged glances with each other. They didn't want to admit it, but.. Roy was right.

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A/N: End of chapter 1. Hope you guys like it so far. It's a short first chapter, I know. It... looked alot longer on my other computer.. D: And sorry for killing Mario off on the first chapter... but someone had to be the first victim..

Man, these types of stories are so much fun to write, right? Lolol. Write right.

Marth: -sigh-

Err... right. Anyways. Review! Reviews make me a happy person, and when im a happy person..

Marth: She writes more chapters.

Correct-o!