Chapter 1: Tournament Preparation

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"OOOOHHHH, WHO LIVES IN A PINEAPPLE UNDER THE SEA?!"

"CRAZY! Knock it off and help me with this stage!"

Master Hand was quite busy. The next "Super Smash Brothers" tournament was starting soon. Usually, Master Hand wouldn't mind Crazy acting stupid and not assisting, but this tournament was going to be much different than previous ones. He was just finishing up one of the stages.

"Link has been asking to have this stage for ages. He'll be crying tears of joy when he sees this," the giant hand said with pride.

"You've really outdid yourself this time, father," said a warped, Italian voice behind him. It belonged to none other than his first "son", Metal Mario.

"Metal Mario, my boy! Is your brother sleeping in again?" Master Hand said, turing slightly to face his son.

"Yes. I tried waking him up, but he's such the heavy sleeper. By the way, when are the original eight coming?"

"Hopefully by tonight. I sent out the invitations this morning."

"REALLY?! I can't wait to fight Mario again!" the clone of Mario shouted with glee.

"Every villain is lemons!"

"Sigh, what's Crazy up to now? Mind finishing up this stage, son?"

"Most certainly," Metal Mario said. "I'll just get Metal Luigi up first." He then walked off to the "Smasher's Palace", while Master Hand went off to the 3D Land stage to see what his insane brother was up to. What they didn't realize was that they were being spied on by two creatures from some nearby bushes.

"Tonight, eh? Looks like Lord Bowser's plan will finally get underway," one of the spies said. He was none other than a Goomba, the lowest members of the Koopa Troop.

"Hmmph, Master Mewtwo will be pleased as well. Maybe he'll get revenge on Master Hand from banning him from the tournament, as well as proving his is indeed, the world's strongest Pokémon," said the other. It heavily resembled a Zoroark, but was slightly different. It's eyes were blood red and had pitch black markings on it's forearms. It was a clone, dubbed "Zoroarktwo".

"Come on, let's go back to the base." With that, Zoroarktwo used it's illusion abilities to turn the two invisible, allowing them to sneak off the grounds.