WARNING: NEW TOURNAMENT!
June 11, 2013
It was a peaceful day out in the Lylat Systems as Fox was enjoying his time off with his best friend. That's right, Wolf. Yes it is Wolf or at least one of his best friends. Okay Fox's newer friend. Ever since the Subspace incident that made the Brawl Tournament happen in the first place, Fox and Wolf actually grew closer and became really great friends despite everything in the past. Even Falco was getting comfortable with Wolf being around so much although he was still a bit cautious as to why he wanted to hang out with Fox so much. So he would be with them or keep Wolf within his sight just to be sure nothing would happen to Fox.
Anyways, Fox and Wolf were playing a first-person shooter game also known as Halo 4. They were on different teams; Fox on Red and Wolf on Blue and the room grew with intensity as the multiplayer game progressed. Fox knew he had the upper hand because he had played the game with Falco ever since the game came out. That and not to mention Wolf was button-mashing like crazy. Considering he was an ex-mercenary he really didn't have time to play video games with Leon and Panther.
Ten seconds remained as Fox and Wolf saw each other and quickly opened fire to get a buzzer beater kill. And soon the Blue Master Chief was knocked down as a red flag appeared over the screen declaring those on the Red Team victorious. "YES! Victory is ours! And you my noob of a friend have fallen to our feet yet again," Fox shouted and jumped in glorious hoorays and hosannas.
Wolf glared up and over to Fox in annoyance. "Oh c'mon that was so not fair. You've played this game longer than I have since I haven't even touched a game controller since I was a kid."
"Oh don't complain baby. I had all the noob players on my team and you had professionals. But even that wasn't enough to help your team win. I mean I killed you how many time?"
Wolf looked away embarrassed to answer. Fox noticed this and smirked as he scooted closer. "I'm sorry that's when you say 'more than I can remember.'"
Wolf fixated his eyes on Fox as Fox leaned his head closer with his hand to his ear. Wolf sighed and said what he would regret saying. "Ugh, more than I can remember."
"Exactly. I'm surprised your team's color didn't change to purple after so many times you lost." Fox stated laughing at his joke. Wolf couldn't help but quietly laugh as his mouth turned to a half smile. He found Fox's humor to be cruel but hilarious. 'Reminds me of myself.' Wolf thought.
Before Fox could register Wolf's slight laugh he heard a beeping coming from the television screen. It was a message from another player. "Oh, looks like someone wants to congratulate VulpineStar (Fox's username) for the total humiliation he gave to Guest (Wolf's username).
Wolf looked back at him smiling even more and playfully shoved Fox into his side of the couch. Fox laughed even more now as he sat back up and selected the message. The pixilated envelope opened and revealed the message. Fox started to read out loud.
"Dear VulpineStar,
I want to congratulate you on your victory today. I wasn't surprised when you took down Wolf like you always did."
"Ha, see I told you they would." Fox laughed but then realized what he read as he also saw Wolf shocked expression. "Wait what? How did they know you were playing?" He asked Wolf.
Wolf could only shrug. "Do people know you play? I bet they would love the fact their fighting with or against the Lylat Savior, the Great Fox McCloud."
"No. No one except Falco and the rest of Star Fox know that I play."
"That's just freaky. Who's the guy?"
Fox quickly looked back and read the user. "MC Arsatzeyr? (A.N.: R-sat-z-ay-er) I've never seen that user before. How does he know who I am and you played?"
Again Wolf only shrugged as he looked back. "What does the rest of it say?"
Fox returned his attention to the screen and continued reading.
"I'm going to get straight to the point of this message. We are excited to announce the biggest reunion you've ever seen. We'll also be announcing those who are worthy to return. We know we'll see you and Wolf there.
Sincerely,
MC Arsatzeyr"
Fox and Wolf looked at each other simultaneously with the same look of confusion both not understanding what was happening. They both looked back to see the last bit left.
"P.S.: When you're not even done reading this sentence you'll be welcomed back."
They looked back at each other and noticed they weren't sitting on Fox couch in the Great Fox anymore. They were on the floor with the entrance of the Smash Manor behind them. Completely shocked they quickly stood up on the familiar red carpet that was placed at the front doors only to see the commons was transformed into a restaurant. Fancy tables set up all around with candlelit centerpieces and each table had more familiar things or in this case faces at each one. It was all the other Brawlers and other Smashers. They saw Mario and everyone from the Mushroom Kingdom sitting at one table, Link and those from Hyrule at their own table, and those who were loners from their worlds at a few tables. Also at the left side of the room was pretty decent-sized stage with red curtains covering the back half of the stage. Pretty soon they saw to floating hands approach them.
"Welcome back Fox and Wolf." Master Hand greeted them in a calm and professional voice as always while Crazy Hand did what he always did. "Hey guys. What's up? I haven't seen you two in such a long time. Put it here Wolf." Crazy Hand balled himself into a fist and Wolf did as well while just staring at Crazy Hand. They bumped on top of Crazy Hand then Wolf then Crazy Hand backed up to bump knuckles to knuckles. But Wolf wasn't prepared for what surprise came next. Crazy Hand then full on charged at Wolf and instead of bumping his fist, he punched Wolf's entire body and sent him flying into the gigantic cherry wood doors with a slam that vibrated throughout the room.
The room silenced as everyone looked over to see Wolf slide down to his butt eyes clenched in pain from places he didn't know could hurt. Fox ran over to him and knelt on a knee checking to see if Wolf had broken bones or a concussion. "Your turn Fox." Crazy Hand said as he directed himself towards Fox.
"Uh, no thanks." Fox quickly said as he helped Wolf on his feet with Wolf's arm wrapped around his neck for support. Master Hand groaned as he slowly turned to his side and slapped Crazy Hand hard. "I must apologize for that rude welcoming Wolf. I don't believe I need to explain why?" Wolf just grunted in pain as he lightly shook his head knowing exactly what he was talking about. Crazy Hand was always out of control and could never hold still. Not to mention he doesn't know his own strength and how to keep it under control. "Well there's not much I can do except ask you to sit down. Your table is right over there." He pointed to one of the table that was more centered around most of the other tables. As they walked or limped over they noticed their table was occupied by someone.
Fox knew immediately who it was. Falco turned his head as he saw his best friend and his best friend's ex-rival approaching him. "Hey Fox, Wolf. Glad to see you made it here alright." Wolf grunted as he was placed in a seat right of Falco. "More or less."
Fox sat in the only other chair at the table as he thought of something. "Hey Falco, how did you get here?"
Falco looked over and pulled out a folded paper and handed it to Fox. Fox unfolded it and quickly skimmed through it. "It says exactly what the online message I got said. Well, except for the name and a few other things obviously." Fox's eyes saw the same username at the bottom and a question was still bothering him. "So who exactly is this guy?"
Falco snickered a little to himself which confused Fox and Wolf even more. "You mean you still haven't figured it out?" Falco asked while still laughing. Fox and Wolf merely remained silent and shook the heads slowly. Falco then smirked and held out his hand. Fox looked down to the note and back to Falco who curled and uncurled his fingers, obviously asking for the letter back.
Fox reached across and placed it in Falco's waiting hand. He grabbed his lucky pen from his jacket pocket and motioned for them to take a look. Fox got out of his seat and stopped to look over his left shoulder while Wolf attempted to stand but the pain kept him at bay. "Alright just take every other and place them next to each other and you'll get your answer." Falco started and wrote the M and C away from each then added the next letter, A, next to the M and then the R next to the C and kept repeating the pattern. Falco kept the process going until all the letters were used. Fox gasped and then started laughing as he finally saw what he never saw before. "Master Crazy".
Fox laughed more now than before for not even thinking of the most obvious people responsible for the letter. Wolf was still lost so Fox quickly picked it up and ran over to him placing his hand on his shoulder as he held the paper in front of Wolf's face. Wolf soon saw it too and started laughing as well. Soon the entire Lylat table was bursting in laughter which brought strange looks from a few nearby tables as their laughter didn't show any signs of letting up and the three friends didn't even notice some of the other Smashers staring.
But they heard a tapping on a microphone and Master Hand clearing his voice so they knew something was about to be announced. So the three amigos calmed themselves down as they took their respective seats. "Well everyone has arrived so we shall begin tonight's party. Before I explain what it's for, it is now time to serve dinner. Enjoy our most delectable cuisines that have been prepared for you all." With that he snapped his fingers and soon everyone was seeing some fancy china plates, silverware, and napkins fall in front of them and land as if it was set up perfectly. And not long after everyone saw different foods appear on their plates.
Fox saw some lasagna with small bits of herbs covering the top, splat on his plate followed by a buttered roll, a small helping of green beans, and finally little cakes for dessert. He saw most everyone got different servings but Wolf got similar foods as him. Guess they were more alike than they both thought. Now they need to find other things that they actually might have in common. Soon everyone was digging into their dishes and some moans were heard here and there implying the obvious.
Fox grabbed the red napkin from under his plate but before placing it he felt it. 'Whoa the velvet ones? This must be especially important if they brought these napkins out.' Fox thought as he rubbed the smooth fabric between his index fingers and thumbs before placing it properly on his lap. He grabbed his knife and fork and cut a piece of the lasagna and lifted it before his mouth slowly engulfed it. Fox's eyes shot wide as they began to sparkle from intense delight. He was known for having a liking for Italian foods because of the different flavors different foods had. But this lasagna was so much better than anything he had ever tasted before. The amount of cheese and sauce wasn't too over the top or under. Also the pasta wasn't too hard that it wasn't impossible to cut or too soft that the entire piece would fall apart and the herbs provided more flavor which made for the perfect lasagna ever.
Soon everyone was making conversations as they were finishing their dinners. People were sharing memories, laughs, and things that have been happening ever since the Brawl Tournament ended. But since everyone couldn't switch seats as they had to sit with everyone from their world (except the loners like Snake, Ice Climbers, Samus, etc.) they spoke with those whose tables were near their own.
The common's walls were echoing with the combined voices of all the conversations happening simultaneously. But soon another booming voice was heard as Master Hand returned to the mic once he saw most everyone was done eating. "Everyone, may I have your attention please? I would like to move things on now." Master Hand's voice wasn't heard by many but the combined ruckus slowly dissipated into a few whispers.
"Now you are all probably wondering why we brought you all back. Not just all those from Brawl but the five who were in Melee as well." Fox's ears perked up when hearing that. He quickly scanned around the room and saw at the Pokémon table was Pikachu, Lucario, Pokémon Trainer and his three starters, Jigglypuff, and Pichu and Mewtwo! He saw the Fire Emblem table and saw Roy with Marth and Ike. Then he saw Young Link with his Hyrulian counterparts and Dr. Mario with his. "The reason being is that…" As he continued he was interrupted when the light turned red and a siren sounded.
All the Smashers shot up out of their seats and grabbed their weapons. Link drew his sword, Peach grabbed her frying pan, and Luigi went to grab his fork and knife as he jumped scared out of his overalls but ended up with his spoons instead. Fox's blaster was pointing in every direction because that particular alarm only sounded when…
Fox stopped as well as most of the other Smashers as most of them looked over to Master Hand as he signaled Crazy Hand to turn off the alarm. "Wait does this mean…" Fox started to ask but was too aware of the answer already. Master Hand started to quietly laugh as he answered. "Yes. We are starting up a new tournament!" The entire room erupted with an abrupt commotion with every Smasher shouting "WHAT?!"
Thanks for your support! I am still trying to work on my SSBR fanfiction (which you should check out if you haven't already) but am having major writer's block on a few scenes for Chapter 7, so I'll be placing it on hold for now and continue this one. Updated when new characters are released so when I get the last two veteran character chapters up I'll take a break on it and get back to work on my other fanfictions. But for now R&R and I'll see ya later. I gotta pause here. Thanks for reading! Click the annotation in the top and bottom right to read the next chapter. If you sneezed during this fanfic, bless you. Peace off. Ba-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do subscribe! Outro of darkness, then redness, then whiteness, then BOOP!