Hey all. This is my first SSB fic. Contains all characters from Brawl and Melee (except Young Link; Toon Link takes his place just fine). Just a note for you guys that I've never played about half of the games that characters represent in Brawl, so when talking about those characters, I'm most definitely going to get some stuff wrong. Sorry! (I count Ash and Squirtile, Ivysaur, and Charizard as four separate individuals)
Prologue
43 Smashers remaining…
Something wasn't quite right with Ness that day.
Lucas noticed it, but he couldn't find the opportunity to say anything. He noticed Ness moving slower than normal, breathing harder, wincing in pain. When asked nonchalantly if everything was all right, Ness had just nodded, and though Lucas didn't believe him there was nothing that he could do.
He noticed that when Marth had asked Ness for a little help in a handicapped battle against Ganondorf, Ness had just closed his eyes and grumbled something before reluctantly getting to his feet. That was why Lucas decided to tag along and watch, if for nothing but to make sure Ness was okay.
Lucas also brought along some popcorn because he did hope to watch Ganondorf toss him around a little; he loved his cousin, but the fact that most everybody preferred Ness over him in a fight was a little annoying.
"Ness!" Marth shouted angrily as he danced lightly around Ganondorf, avoiding his slow attacks and trying to wear him down. "Stop playing around and help me!"
"I'm sorry! I don't know what's wrong with me today," Ness apologized before shouting, "PK Fire!" Instead of a fireball emerging from his hands, a tiny flame flickered in the air for a short moment before disappearing entirely.
"What the…" Ness frowned before shaking his head. Well, maybe if fire wouldn't work today, electricity would. "PK thunder!" A small spark of electricity appeared on the tip of his finger instead of a thunderbolt, and it fizzed out in less than a second as well.
"Ness!" Marth cried. "What on earth are you doing?
"I'm sorry, Marth, I'm just feeling a little off today." Well, if PK abilities weren't working, then he would just have to make things physical. Just as he took out his bat, however, a smash ball entered the stage.
"Ness, hold him back here!" Marth told him as he began running towards the smash ball. "I'll get the final smash and finish him off!"
"Got it!" Ness grabbed Ganondorf and tried to throw him the other way, but found himself too exhausted to manage to lift Ganondorf up. The dark overlord broke his hold easily and brushed him aside, throwing Ness back several feet and took off in Marth's direction.
Ness, panting for breath, struggled to his hands and knees in time to see the smash ball shatter as Ganondorf's fist made contact with it. Marth immediately jumped to the ground and stayed low as Ness tried to jump out of the way, but he was so exhausted he couldn't manage to get more than an inch off the ground. Ganondorf began the transformation, freezing Ness in place…
"Congratulations, Ness!" Marth snapped bitterly. "Thanks to you, I just lost against Ganondorf. Ganondorf! Next time I want to try out something new or difficult, I'll go with Lucas. At least he's dependable."
Ness nodded without opening his mouth; he didn't think he could speak without throwing up. Ever since the battle had ended, a new nausea and a fierce migraine were both telling him it was a very good idea to just go back to the Smash Mansion and go to sleep.
Still grumbling under his breath, Marth kept on walking. He failed to notice Ness pass out and fall flat on his face. "And another thing, you shouldn't-"
"Marth!" Lucas gasped, grabbing his arm and turning him around to look at Ness. "Look!"
Marth, Ganondorf, and Lucas all stared at Ness, waiting for him to get up. When he didn't move, they all rushed towards him, Lucas turning him over onto his back and exclaiming, "Ness! Ness!"
That was when they saw the blood.
Don't worry, my other chapters will all be longer than this. What do you think?
