Super Smash Brother Brawl: The Demon Princess Book I
"Upon every man, woman, and child a demon is afoot. It hides in the night and feeds off the living. There is only a few demon hunters in the world but one demon hunter can be bought back to life after she dies for she is the Demon Princess." ~Anonymous
Chapter 1
The Two Cloaked Figures
A Little Background Story
It was many years ago when Tabuu was released from his prison bond with the Akki family or the family of death. The only hope was the Akki's only daughter to save the world but when Tabuu enters a strange world all hope was lost. It wasn't until last year when Tabuu returned to the family and killing the only daughter. Their world fell into despair until a man named Hurami released her from the bonds of death and made her the Demon Princess.
"You want to know something, Luigi?" Mario asked his younger brother while sitting on the pool side of the Super Smash Mansion.
"What's that brother?" Luigi asked taking his sunglasses off and looking at his brother. Mario stood up and put on his red hat.
"Don't you think it's strange that the mansion hasn't been destroyed yet today?"
"No. It's Sunday. Besides isn't today when you look for another warrior to add to the collection?" Luigi asked his brother before putting his sunglasses back on and falling asleep. Of course Mario forgot that today was the day that the Super Smash court was going to accept two new smashers into the mansion. Mario looked at his watch and sighed. He only had a hour till the event would take place. If only the court could just accept someone based on a sheet of paper telling them their powers and so on.
"Mario!" Peach yelled coming towards him waving something in her hand.
"Princess?" Mario asked as Peach stopped in front of him and smiled.
"A letter just for you! Oh and the court is waiting for you on the field. They want to start early." Peach said and giggled.
"Early? Whatever for?" Mario asked angrily looking at the letter.
"Well… Haven't you noticed?"
"Notice? Notice what?"
"There has to be a good couple of hundreds of people who are trying out for the two positions."
"WHAT?"
"Yep it's so exciting! Daisy and Rosalina are even trying out! Do us a favor Mario and accept a girl this time. There is only four of us and sometimes Jigglypuff is just too snotty to hang around with us."
"I'll think about it." Mario said before heading out to the battlefield.
"Oh and Mario?" Peach asked.
"Hmm?" Mario said turning around to face the Princess.
"No more bad guys." Peach said stiffly and skipped away back into the mansion. Mario sighed. Peach was always so bossy when it came to this stuff. Mario opened the letter and recognized the handwriting at once.
Mario,
It has come to my attention that you have been planning on accepting two new Super Smashers and I would like you to know that I will be showing up for the event in person to help you decide. I hope that you also don't mind that I have posted posters all over my kingdom so other characters will hopefully try out.
Toadsworth
No wonder why so many people came, Mario thought ripping up the letter and throwing it in the trash bin nearest to him. Toadsworth was always trying to make the Toads in the kingdom participate in various things with Mario and Luigi. This is why Mario never liked the toads because some were lazy and some were well… quite stupid.
"Afternoon." Mario said grumpily to Marth and Snake who were waiting at the entrance to the battlefield.
"Everyone else is inside." Marth said.
"You might actually be surprised about this crowd." Snake said to Mario.
"Why should I be? Half of them are toads I bet." Mario said.
"Wrong." Marth said.
"No actually a few characters who are trying out look pretty good." Snake said. Mario looked at him.
"How many of them are girls you want to date?" Mario asked him. Marth snickered as Snake's face grew deep red.
"I…" Snake said and grew quiet as they approached the middle of the battle arena.
"Well finally you manage to show up!" Toadsworth said angrily waving his walking stick around madly.
"Pardon me but I was resting. I never have time to do that now a days." Mario said grabbing the microphone and looking around the stadium. Yep just has he expected. The place was filled to the rim of different characters from different games. He was surprised that not many toads came. The court glanced at Mario while he was searching the stadium. The court consisted of one character from every game that was represented in the mansion. It was: Mario as chief, Marth as second in command, Snake as third in command and then it went down the line. Pit, Donkey Kong, Yoshi, King Dedede, Ness, Sonic, Yoshi, Link, Samus, Game and Watch, Olimar, Fox, Pokémon Trainer, the Male Ice Climber, Captain Falcon, and ROB.
"Shall we get started?" Pit asked Mario.
"Good afternoon everyone! You all should know me! If you don't well then… you must be living under a rock." Mario said and the stadium erupted in laughs and clapping.
"Today you all are here to see if you can become a Smasher. We only accept the best of the best and the most powerful. You will be tested on strength, power, speed, and how you battle on the battlefield. Here's the deal. You all get three lives. Ten people are allowed on the battlefield. You'll be partnered up in the first round with someone you choose. In this round you can work together to defeat the other team members. The last team that is on the battlefield will move on to round two which I'll explain when we get there. Now who wants to be a Smasher?" Mario announced into the microphone. The stadium exploded in cheers and shouts.
"Well then… Let the game begin." Mario said and the court walked off the battle field into the area where they had a perfect view of the battlefield.
"Nice intro." Marth said to Mario as Mario found his seat. Ten characters entered the field as Snake came in carrying bags of popcorn.
"This will be quite boring." Snake said taking a handful of popcorn and stuffing it into his mouth.
"Mario should we dim the lights?" Fox asked. Mario waved his hand and Fox shut the lights off.
"Round 1. All fighters will fight in…" The computer voice said as she was deciding where to set the Battlefield.
"I would suggest the bridge but that's just me." Link said.
"Make it easy computer." Mario said.
"The battle will take place in Pokémon stadium. The battle will begin in … 3…2…1… FIGHT!"
Mario watched as a couple of Toads were kicked out of the stadium. Behind him Toadsworth moaned as his own citizens were kicked out. Under his breath Mario snickered.
"You know this might not take long." Snake said as the battle quickly ended with only two Final Fantasy characters waving around as the stadium cheered for the victors. The next battle took place as soon as the winners left the battlefield. It wasn't long until Mario started falling asleep. He was suddenly woken up by a excited Snake.
"Mario! MARIO WAKE UP!" Snake said shaking him. Mario jumped up and kicked Snake.
"What's your problem eh?" Mario shouted angrily.
"Look!" Snake said pointing at the battlefield. Mario watched as a two characters were knocking fighters out of the arena one at a time. They were both cloaked and had their faces hidden except on had a black cloak while the other had a red cloak but black hood.
"Those two are destroying the other teams like no tomorrow." Marth said.
"No kidding." Link replied watching the field. It wasn't long until the two cloaked people were left. The court gaped as the two characters left the battlefield without waving or anything.
"Must be two grumpy guys." Snake said getting up and leaving the court box to probably get more food.
"Well that was a pretty good first round if you ask me." Marth said as Mario stood up.
"Eh I fell asleep. Is Rosalina and Daisy still in?" Mario asked since he fell asleep when they went on the field.
"Yep and so is Bowser Jr. and Wauligi. Both teams were actually really good." Marth said following Mario down the steps.
"Computer remove the battlefield." Mario ordered. The Pokémon stadium vanished leaving a grassy area. Mario took the mic from Marth and walked back into the middle of the field looking around. Only one quarter of the stadium was left. Most of these characters looked vicious as well.
"Nice first round everyone! Round two is pretty simple as well. You all are going to show us strength and speed. Now this task is pretty simple. For speed you're going to out chase a rolling ball on fire while for strength you're going to beat an animatronic of one of the court members. Anyone who passes both tasks will move on the final round." Mario announced. He spotted the two cloaked characters that were sitting still and not shouting like the rest of the fighters were. Mario walked back up the steps into the court box and sat down thinking about those two cloaked fighters. Who were they and where are they from?
"Hey brought you a soda and more popcorn." Snake said handing him a root beer and a bag of popcorn.
"Does anyone here know who those two cloaked fighters are?" Mario asked the court. Everyone shook their heads except Pit.
"Well I have their files." Pit said.
"Read them." Mario said sitting down.
"Well the only thing it says is they came last minute to try out. Other than that everything else is blank." Pit said looking through the files.
"How can that be possible?" Mario asked grabbing the files and looking at them. Pit was right though. Everything else was blank or blacked out.
"Should we take them out of the game?" Snake asked.
"No let them play. They just don't want us to know who they are until they win." Marth said giving Snake an evil grin.
"Didn't Ike do that?" Mario asked remembering the time Ike tried out and won the battle.
"Yeah but I pointed him out because he's from my game series." Marth said.
"Well no one knows who those two are from." Link said watching Bowser Jr. outrun the boulder by destroying it. Mario watched and waited until the cloaked people will turn up on the field for their turn. He watched as Daisy beat the boulder but she faced an animatronic Sonic and lost. Poor Peach, her best friend wasn't going to get in this year. Rosalina though made it through the round by beating the animatronic and sending kisses to the crowd. At last the black cloaked character appeared on the field.
"This will be good." Snake said sitting back and watching the field.
The cloaked figure ran like lightening around the field until he pulled a sword out and stabbed the boulder. The boulder stopped and made a cracking sound until it finally exploded into tiny specs. Link clapped respectfully as an animatronic Snake appeared. The crowd gasped thinking that the character could never beat the animatronic. It happened though all too fast because the next second went by and the animatronic fell off the battlefield into the dark pits below. Snake stood up and cheered as the figure left the field without a word.
"Alright that was pretty cool I must admit." Marth said clapping as well.
"Too cool." Link whispered. The other cloaked figure appeared on the field.
"Alright so I took notes about this one. This one pretty much knocked every fighter out of the field using a sword and… magic…" Captain Falcon said reading his notes.
"That's strange…" Snake said.
"Well then let's test this one out with speed and speed." Mario said. "Computer if this one beats the boulder send in the fastest animatronic from the court."
"Of course, Mario." The computer said. At once the boulder came into the field spitting out fire everywhere near the cloaked character. At once the character speed just as fast as the companion before to the other side of the field and sent a blue ball at the boulder. The boulder exploded in blue sparkles.
"I give them extra points for detailing the way they destroy the boulder." Snake said. Just as he said that Mario watched as an animatronic Marth appeared on the field.
"Let's see if this one can beat speed with speed." Mario said. At once the animatronic launched an attack on the figure but it was quickly blocked by the person's silver colored sword. At once the animatronic stumbled backwards and the figure stabbed the animatronic straight in the chest. The arena grew silent as the animatronic grew a bright white color and exploded sending out black smoke. Even Mario gaped as the cloaked figure walked out of the field unscratched and wordless.
"There both definitely guys." Snake said.
"I agree. A girl fighter can't do that so quickly. It was amazing!" Marth said. Mario shrugged his shoulders and headed back on the field for his final speech.
"Alright this is the last and most challenging task you all will have to face today. The final task will be for you to battle each other. Now here's the fun part. All of you will be put in the field. I don't care if you partner up or ride solo but the last two fighters on the field are the winners you hear? Now let the final battle BEGIN!" Mario shouted and ran off the field before the battlefield changed into a coliseum type of arena and all the fighters were put inside. In total there was only about fifty left. Mario look at his watch. Only three hours passed since the event started.
"Alright guys keep your eyes on two fighters who you think will win." Mario said. Mario was sure everyone was looking at the two cloaked figures. Mario couldn't help but watched them as they knocked out a fire emblem character. Marth moaned.
"Damn and Lyn was so close." Marth said.
"I wouldn't agree." Snake said taking a bite out of a hot dog. The black cloaked character sent a flying Tails from Sonic history and Sonic sniffled. It wasn't until ten people were left on the field. A couple of characters from Zelda, Rosalina, Roy from Fire Emblem, and the cloaked characters were left. At once the black cloaked character knocked out Byrn from Zelda and Roy out and the other cloaked one knocked out Midna from Zelda. Mario even watched as poor Rosalina was sent back to the stars by the red cloaked figure. The last character they still haven't defeated was a black demon from whatever game he was from. The cloaked figures at once knocked the demon to the dark pits below and slammed their swords on the ground.
"WINNERS!" The computer shouted sending out fireworks. The court gaped as the characters they've been watching won. Nobody knew who they were or where they came from.
"Well let's go meet them." Snake said as he followed Marth out of the court box. Mario's heart thumped fast as he walked down the steps. His mind drew up different character names that could be the mystery characters. The court stopped before the cloaked figures. Even their bodies were covered up by the cloak.
"That indeed was impressive." Marth told the figures. They said nothing. Mario fixed his hat and stepped forward.
"Before we accept both of you tell us about yourself. Your files were blank." Mario said. They both looked at each other until one stepped forward. It was the black cloaked one. A black gloved arm appeared from the side and pulled off the hood. At once Mario saw the white hair and ice blue eyes.
"I'm Dante." He said picking up his sword and showing a grin. Marth gasped.
"You're from Devil May Cry. You're the guy who kills all the demons." Marth said.
"That's right. It's off season for me and I need the money. I dead broke here." Dante said. Mario took a step back. This guy was beyond huge. He must be a couple of feet taller the Mario.
"Who's the companion?" Snake asked. The other cloaked figure stepped forward and pulled down their hood. The girl had long black hair with a line of red and a line of purple in her hair. Her eyes were deep purple and her skin was pale.
"Anataki Hotaru Akki. She wasn't in any games but when I stopped by her place on my way here I thought she should come along. As you can see she's good enough to join." Dante said. Anataki smacked him across the head.
"I can introduce myself if you don't mind." She shouted at him. She grabbed her sword and swung her cloak behind her. Dante snickered.
"It's not every so often I find a person like me while I'm traveling." Dante said. Anataki rolled her eyes.
Dante was dressed in red pants and a red jacket with black books but Anataki was different. She was dressed in a short black skirt and black boots but her top was blood red and her arms were covered in different symbols.
"She's a demon hunter as well?" Marth asked Dante.
"Of course I am! I'll kill every damn demon until no more are left." Anataki said sternly.
"Yeah but we've got bad news. We're not going to stay long." Dante said.
"What? Why not? You guys were amazing out on the field!" Fox said.
"This place is crawling with demons." Anataki said pulling out a gun.
"Yeah we're only here to rid of the demons around the mansion and take out Tabuu. He's just another demon you know? Anataki here has bad blood with him." Dante explained.
"Tabuu? I thought we got rid of him years ago!" Mario said.
"Well you didn't and he's crawling around here again." Anataki said.
"We'll battle you guys and stuff but we're here for duty business here too. Once we kill Tabuu and send him back to hell we'll leave. Sound like a deal?" Dante asked.
"So what are your weapons at least?" Mario asked.
"Well I carry a gun and this sword." Dante said showing the court the gun and sword.
"I use guns, a sword, magic, and archery." Anataki said.
"Alright… Well then if you follow us you can meet the rest of the Smashers in the mansion. Are you two dating by the way?" Mario asked the two demon hunters.
"Well if you call-"
"YOU IDIOT WE'RE NOT DATING!" Anataki said smacking Dante on the head with her fist. Mario backed away slowly from Anataki. Mario didn't want to get slapped or punched by Anataki for she looked deadly.
"Oh one more question." Snake asked as everyone came out of the stadium. Anataki looked at him.
"Ask away!" Dante said.
"Why does Ana have bad blood with Tabuu?" Snake asked. Anataki smacked Snake over the head with a flat side of her sword.
"It's Anataki! ANATAKI!" She screamed.
"Alright! Answer my question though!" Snake said covering his head from any more hits from Anataki.
"Oh that's an easy one. He killed her a year ago." Dante said. The court stopped walking and looked at Anataki and Dante like they were lying.
"If you were killed then why are you still here?" Marth asked. Anataki sighed.
"Alright you caught me. My name is Anataki Hotaru Akki. Last year I was brutally murdered by Tabuu. A man named Hurami resurrected me from the dead a week after I died. I am the Demon Princess."