This world... The state of this world...

To say that it is in a bad condition is to underestimate how truly messed up things are...

I can no longer call this world my home...

The home I once knew and love no longer exists, and probably will never be restored...

I have had enough with this place... I no longer want anything to do with this world anymore...

This world can destroy itself for all I care. There is nothing left for me left here anymore...

A lone person was standing atop an old building as he thought about all those. Before him was the sight of an old and fallen apart city filled with dirty buildings. The sky was red, the cloud was dark, and smoke and fire could be seen coming from among the buildings in the distance. If one listened closely, they could hear the sound of sirens, screams, and gunshots.

Said person was in no way human at all, though he was the height of an average human adult. With a monstrous appearance resembling that of a pterodactyl, right down to having a pair of wings on his back, this person beheld the grim sight before his eyes with an expression that seemed to convey disappointment, anger, and sadness.

As he was pondering various things, someone approached him from behind and touched one of his wings. He turned to see that person, who appeared to be wearing a black armored suit of sorts that covered his body entirely, not even sparing the face. The helmet has a vaguely y-shaped slit serving as the visor, and bright blue light was coming out of it.

"It's ready, is it not?" the pterodactyl-like creature asked the armored person, who responded with nothing more than a nod. Turning to look at the sight before him one last time, he said, "Well, time to say good-bye to this world. I hope you won't miss this place." The armored person shook his head in response to the last line.

Standing up and stretching his limbs, the winged creature turned around with the armored person and walked towards the edge on the other side of the building. Spreading out his wings, the creature leaped off the roof and glided in the direction of an empty lot down below, while the armored person floated into the air dived down after him.

Landing in the empty lot, they looked at what appeared to be a spaceship parked before them. It was a relatively large ship, about the length of a bus but the height of three of them stacked on top of each other. Taking out a small device, the armored person pressed a button on it, causing a hatch to open up at the side.

They both stepped into the spaceship and were immediately greeted by the bizarre sight of a plant-like creature with a mouth filled with sharp teeth and situated in a pot jumping towards them somehow. When the winged creature petted the plant-like creature on its head, the latter responded in a manner that showed affection and comfort. "Sorry to keep you waiting," the winged creature told it. "We're leaving now. Starting from today, we no longer have to listen to all these terrible noises and read about all those nasty news... Let's hope the place where we are going is much better than this and will also welcome us."

Taking his seat at the pilot's seat of the cockpit, the winged creature began inputting commands onto the control panel to turn on the spaceship. From the outside, one could see the ship floating into the air, while lights shined out from various parts of it. It floated high into the sky until it was higher than all the buildings around it. Facing a the ship in a particular direction, the winged creature held a lever tightly and then took a deep breath. "Adieu, my home..." He then pulled the lever, and the spaceship let out a loud noise.

Suddenly, a large blue wormhole materialized before the spaceship and grew in size until it was large enough for the latter to go into, which it does. After the spaceship went through the wormhole entirely, the latter shrunk until it disappeared.


The atmosphere was ominous as a man largely concealed by the darkness of the night made his way into a cemetery with a flashlight in his hand. Looking around, he made his way to a row of tombstones placed at the far back of the place.

As he shined his light on the tombstones, one could make out names such as Leon Belmont, Trevor Belmont, Christopher Belmont, Soleiyu Belmont, Juste Belmont, and a few more others, all of them having Belmont as their last names. He stopped the light on two particular tombstones, as the ground before them had been dug up. Looking into the hole created, he was shocked to see that there were no coffins down there.

"Who... Who could've done this?!" said the man in shock.

The names written on the tombstones of the stolen coffins wrote Simon Belmont and Richter Belmont.


A Game2002 Production

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SUPER SMASH BROS.
(featuring Zombie Land Saga)

THE SONG OF LIGHT

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Opening Theme
Lifelight

Colors weave into a spire of flame
Distant sparks call to a past still unnamed
Bear this torch against the cold of the night
Search your soul and reawaken the undying light

On that day, when the sky fell away
Our world came to an end
In our eyes, did a fading sun rise in the dark?
Glimmering shadows

Silence grows, in the spaces between
stretching out beyond time
Rising up, as a chorus of souls find a voice
flickering through the void

These little sparks, cling on to life,
everyone caught in the struggle,
And then the storms of change, they fan the flames
scattering ashes to the wind

Every soul contains a whisper of light
gleaming faintly as it dwindles from sight
No escape, no greater fate to be made
In the end, the chains of time will not break

Colors weave into a spire of flame
Distant sparks call to a past still unnamed
Bear this torch against the cold of the night
Search your soul and reawaken the undying light

As fate spins a thread without end,
new life draws its first breath,
Blossoming in a soil reclaimed from the past,
where destiny holds fast,

Here where we stand, hand clenched in hand
everyone caught in the struggle,
This is the day we finally find our way
stepping into our tomorrow

Every soul contains a whisper of light
growing louder as it calls to unite
From the distance sings a chorus of souls
rising slowly, stirring heat from the coals

Colors weave into a spire of flame
Distant sparks call to a past still unnamed
Bear this torch against the cold of the night
Light will guide you, on your way to the ultimate fight

Every soul contains a whisper of light
growing louder as it calls to unite
From the distance sings a chorus of souls
rising slowly, stirring heat from the coals

Colors weave into a spire of flame
Distant sparks call to a past still unnamed
Bear this torch against the cold of the night
Light will guide you, on your way to the ultimate fight

Theme Ends

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Chapter 1
Setting the Stage


It has been some time since the incident with the Cybertronians, AKA the Smashers, Autobots, and Dinobots versus the Decepticons, and all was quiet for the Smashers as they relaxed in their mansion located in Onett.

Bowser, Falco, and Mr. Game & Watch were in the living room, slacking off on the couch while watching TV, a favorite pastime of theirs. Parry the parrot was in his cage located right next to the couch, watching TV as well.

"Reports of dinosaurs being seen wandering around Dry Dry Desert has been a hot topic in these recent days," said the female news reporter on the TV. "We now interview some eyewitnesses to these dinosaurs."

The scene then changed to a Toad dressed like a traditional Arabian being interviewed. "It's true! They're like wearing armor all over their bodies and marching through the desert!" he said. "I was so shocked that I hid behind a sand dune without trying to take a picture of them first, and when I looked up after about a minute, they were gone! I didn't have my camera or smartphone with me that time either..."

Next, a Dry Bone was interviewed. "I saw it with my own two eyes! Chills traveled down my spines when I saw their terrifying faces and overall appearance! I was trembling so hard that my bones could've fall apart on spot! Good thing was I wasn't standing in their line of sight!"

A Pokey was the third person, if it could even be considered a person, to be interviewed. "I was petrified with fear by what I saw, so much that I wet myself with the water I've stored inside my body over time!"

The fourth person was another Toad, and a younger looking one at that. "I finally have proof that dinosaurs don't have feathers like those stupid scientists are claiming! Instead, they have armor, which is even better than scales!"

The scene changed back to the news reporter. "So far, there has been no photographic evidences of these dinosaurs, so whether or not these people are telling the truth will be further investigated. We will keep you up-to-date with any new discoveries."

When the report was finished, Bowser said, "Geez... Can't Grimlock and his group keep a low profile...?"

"It's hard to keep a low profile with appearances like that," said Falco. "Why'd they decide to stay here on Tooneria anyway?"

"Maybe our planet has something theirs don't have?" asked Parry.

"I wonder what could it be?" asked G&W.

"Hot girls?" said Bowser. This caused the others to stare at him for a few seconds as if they found his answer to be outlandish. They then turned their heads back to the TV.

"They popped out of nowhere a couple of months ago, but in just a short time, the pop idol group Franchouchou has managed to win the hearts of several idol fans in Japan," said the new reporter as she continued on with her news. The footage then showed seven fancily-dressed girls dancing and singing happily on stage, while the audience went wild over them.

"Some of their performances have been met with shocking circumstances, but regardless of things, they continued to perform," continued the news reporter. "One time during the Saga Rock Festival, a thunderstorm occurred during their performance and destroyed the stage, but they continued their performance as if nothing happened, much to the amazement of the crowd. Another time, a powerful blizzard struck the auditorium they were performing in and destroyed much of the windows and equipment, but they kept on performing and wowed the audience to no end. It's not far-fetched to say that they have made themselves a legend with these occurrences!"

"Oh yeah, Jigglypuff was watching their performances on TV these past months," said Parry after seeing this news. "She seems have become a huge fan of them!"

"No surprise, considering her love for music and singing, which wouldn't be bad if it weren't for the fact that we all fall asleep whenever she sings..." said Falco.

"I have to admit. This Franchouchou is pretty cool, but I still prefer Hatsune Miku!" said Bowser.

The news reporter continued. "Currently, they are on their way to Transylvania for the Golden Stag Festival being held there that will happen four days from now."

"Transylvania? Some of us just went there today!" pointed out G&W.

"You're right," said Falco. "And Jigglypuff is there as well, right?"

"I do remember her begging Mario to take her along, so I guess she was up-to-date on Franchouchou's activities and so wanted to tag along after learning he's got a ticket to that place," said Parry.

"Well, I hope they have a great time there and not run into any vampires," said Falco.

"Vampires?" said Parry curiously.

"Yeah, Count Dracula, whose existence is still being debated even to this day," replied Bowser.


When people think of Transylvania, they tend to think about vampires and various other kinds of monsters. However, if one were to look past the existence of these monsters, they would find a beautiful land with lots of historical values to it.

That was what the Smashers Mario, Luigi, Peach, Dr. Mario, Yoshi, Lucario, Greninja, Link, Zelda, Ganondorf, Pit, Dark Pit, and Jigglypuff were here to see when Mario won a ticket to this beautiful region of Romania that allowed him to bring a certain number of people with him.

Picking up his luggage from the conveyor belt carrying various luggage and baggage, Mario said, "That's-a all of mine stuff! Everyone else found theirs?"

"Still looking for my sword," said Link as he eyed every luggage on the conveyor belt carefully. Rather than wearing his usual green tunic this time, the Hylian was wearing a blue shirt and a pair of light brown pants.

"Did you have to bring your sword and shield with you...?" asked Zelda, who was standing behind him. Zelda had a different look this time around, most notably having blonde hair rather than brown. Her appearance could also be said to look younger and, perhaps, cuter. The female Hylian had dyed her her and given herself a face lift a while back, which explains her slightly different appearance.

"Here it is!" said Link in glee when he noticed a two objects shaped like a sword and shield wrapped in paper. Picking them up, he told her, "Once you're an expert in weapons, you always find yourself hard to separate from them!"

"I know how to use a sword, but I never find the need to use it at all," said Ganondorf, standing not too far away next to his luggage and with his arms crossed. After having a beard for a long time, the Gerudo finally shaved himself and even applied a bit of gel to his hair to give them a somewhat spiky appearance. "This shows that I'm not reliant on weapons of any kind to fight and am perfectly capable of dishing out beatings with my bare hands, unlike you."

"Each to his own," said Link. Though he felt like this was meant to mock him for being reliant on his weapons to fight, he tried not to show an form of anger.

After having picked up their luggage, they made their way to the departure area to meet their tour guide, who they were told beforehand would guide them throughout their stay in Transylvania. Looking around, Pit asked, "How do we know who our tour guide is?"

"I'm sure he'll be holding up a sign to notify us," replied Dr. Mario.

Peach eventually noticed a young man with neatly-trimmed brown hair standing not too far away holding over his head a massive sign that wrote It's-a me, Toor Gyde! Remember be? I'm your tour guide for your stay in Transylvania!

"I think I found him..." said Peach, pointing at that person.

The Smashers went up to the man, who became excited when he saw them and rushed up to them after tossing the sign away carelessly, hitting someone as a result, and grabbed and shook Mario's hand. "Smashers! I'm so glad to see you again! Remember me? It's me, Toor Gyde! I..."

"Yes, yes..." Mario said to him while having his arm being shook up and down with great intensity. "You were our guide when we went to Lycia a while back."

Toor pumped his fist in happiness. "Yes! I knew you would still remember me! When I heard that I'm going to be your guide here, I was so excited and couldn't wait to meet you folks!"

"I thought you work in Lycia?" Luigi asked him.

"I go wherever the travel agency wants me to go, and I happen to be sent here a few days back," Toor told him. "Because of the Golden Stag Festival, quite a bit of tourists have been attracted here, so the agency needs extra hands. Anyway, let me check your attendance." He took out a notebook and began listing off the names of the Smashers present. "Let's see... Mario Mario, Luigi Mario, Peach Toadstool, Doctor Mario Mario, Link, Zelda Hyrule, Ganondorf Dragmire, Pit, Dark Pit, T. Yoshisaur Munchkoopas..."

When everyone heard that, they turned to look at Yoshi with a surprised look. "T. Yoshisaur Munchakoopas?! That's your full name?!" Link asked him.

"Yeah," replied the green dinosaur with a nod.

"I never knew that, and we've known you for so long..." said Zelda.

Ignoring Zelda, Yoshi said, "Oh yeah, we have three Pokemon with us." He held up two Pokeball as he said this. "Lucario and Greninja are in here. Jigglypuff is inside the one with Peach."

"Okay, that would be thirteen people in all," said Toor as he jotted down stuff onto his notebook. "Well, if you have nothing else to do, then..."

"Mario! What are you doing here?!" asked a voice in surprise. They all turned around and were surprised to see Wario and Waluigi standing there. Wario was the one who spoke.

"Wario and Waluigi?!" Mario said in surprise. "What-a are you doing here?"

"I should be asking you that!" Wario told him. "But if you want to know, we're here to participate in the Golden Stag Festival. They say you can get a lot of prize money if you perform well enough, so the both of us decided to make some quick cash after practicing our two-man band together!"

"Get ready to have your world rocked by our performance on that day!" Waluigi told the Smashers, sounding proud.

"Always the opportunist, huh...?" commented Luigi. "By the way, did we ride the same plane? Didn't see you both on our plane at all..."

"Don't know if we rode the same plane, but we sat in the business class area, unlike you folks, probably only sat in the economic area!" said Wario, sounding proud.

Dr. Mario was surprised to hear this. "You sat at the business class area?!"

"Actually, that's because the seats there are the only ones that Wario can fit into," Waluigi told him. "Because we're related, I was allowed to sit there as well!"

"More like they couldn't stand your childish tantrums that they let you in there..." Wario corrected him.

"OHMYGOSH! PEACH?! IS THAT YOU?!" shouted a girl's voice all of a sudden. It was so loud that everyone in the area jumped up. All eyes turned to a brown-haired girl wearing a yellow, frilly dress rushing to the Smashers at a fast speed. She stopped in front of Peach, grabbed her hands, and shook her arms incredibly hard while jumping up and down nonstop with sparkling eyes. "IT REALLY IS YOU, PEACH! IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME!"

Peach took a few seconds to regain her composure from the shock, and then she said, "Daisy?!"

The girl she referred to as Daisy nodded her head fast. "Yes, it's me, Daisy!"

A smile appeared on Peach's face as the girl in pink hugged Daisy tightly. "Wow! It's really been a long time!"

"Daisy? As in the princess of Sarasaland?!" asked Luigi in surprise.

Peach and Daisy separated from each other, and the former nodded. "Indeed. The both of us met with each other every once in a while before I left Mushroom Kingdom to live with you all in Onett. We never met each other again after that."

"I was surprised when the princess of Mushroom Kingdom decided to live out of her land in order to experience the life of living like a commoner," said Daisy. "I thought I would never see you again, but here we are, finally side by side with each other again!"

"Yeah, it's definitely a surprise to see you here," Peach said to her. "What are you...?"

As if knowing what she was going to say, Daisy interrupted her. "I'm here on vacation and also to see the Golden Stag Festival! Lots of well-known bands and music groups are participating in this one today. I'm a huge fan of music, so this is an opportunity I must never miss!"

"Well, we came here because Mario won a ticket for us to come here for vacation," Peach told her while pointing his hand at Mario.

Turning to Mario, Daisy grabbed and shook his hand hard. "Nice to meet you, Mister Mario! Thank you so much for winning a ticket to this place on this day so that I could reunite with Peach! Thank you so much!"

"You're... You're welcome...!" said Mario, surprised by her hyperactive personality.

Just then, a blue Toad came over to them and said to Daisy, "Princess Daisy, if you don't mind, the escorts are waiting. We have to get to the booked hotel on time."

"Just a minute, okay?" Daisy said to him, and then she asked Peach, "Which hotel are you staying at? I'm staying in Plaza V Executive Hotel."

"Um, I think it's called Hunter Prince Castle and Dracula Hotel," replied Peach.

"Ooh! Nice! Too bad we aren't staying in the same hotel, but don't worry, I'll definitely find ways to meet you!" said Daisy. "Anyway, I have to go now, but let's get in contact with each other again! By the way, mind adding me to your LINE first?"

Peach nodded before taking out her smartphone to add Daisy to her LINE. After that, Daisy turned around to leave with the blue Toad, but then she saw something that grabbed her interest greatly, so much that she rushed towards it, kicking away the Toad as a result.

"Wow... She's really hyper..." commented Zelda.

"That's Daisy for you," Peach told her. "She's been like that ever since we're kids."

"You guys staying at Dracula Hotel? What coincidence! We're both staying there as well!" Wario said to Mario in a way that sounded like frustration.

"Well, hope we have fine time there togetha!" Mario said to him, trying to sound friendly.


A group of seven(?) girls were standing next to their luggage as if waiting for someone. Looking at her watch, a girl of about 18 years old with blonde hair tied into a ponytail said in frustration, "Geez, he sure is taking his time in the bathroom..."

"Got lost, perhaps? If it were me, I'd get lost too," said a girl of about 19 with brown hair tied together to vaguely form a heart shape at the front. Looking around, she saw lots of people moving around nonstop. "I think this is the first time I've been in such a crowded and busy place, not counting our concerts, that is."

"Airports are some of the busiest places in the world," a blue-haired little girl(?) told her. "Tons of people travel in and out of different countries everyday."

"Didn't realize that traveling overseas is so popular with people nowadays," said the brown-haired girl. "Times sure have changed..."

Another brown-haired girl, one with untied hair, noticed one of their members, a white-haired girl, looking as if she was feeling unwell. "Junko, are you all right?" the former asked her.

"I'm fine... I'm glad nothing happened to the plane this time..." said the white-haired girl, sounding scared.

"Yeah, the last time you rode a plane, it crashed, and you died in it..." said the brown-haired girl. "Buy hey, I'm sure planes are much safer to ride in this time because of better technology, so be happy that nothing happened!"

"OHMYGOSH! IT'S FRANCHOUCHOU!" shouted someone all of a sudden. They were surprised by the sudden shouting and turned to see Daisy rushing over to them like a lioness going after her prey. She stopped right in front of the surprised girls and looked at them with eyes that sparkled so brightly that they could lit up a cave. "IT REALLY IS YOU! THE FRANCHOUCHOU! I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M SEEING YOU GIRLS RIGHT NOW!"

The girls were going to say something, but then Daisy began grabbing each of their hands and shaking them hard. "NO. 1! YOU LOOK SO MUCH CUTER UP CLOSE! I REALLY LOVE YOUR DANCING AND SINGING!"

Trying to maintain her composure, the brown-haired girl, Sakura Minamoto, said, "Tha... Thanks!"

"NO. 2! YOU'RE THE COOLEST OF THE BUNCH! I LOVE THE AURA OF AWESOMENESS YOU EXUDE!" Daisy said to the blonde girl while shaking her head.

Unlike Sakura, this girl, Saki Nikaidou, was able to keep her composure and maintain a smile on her face. "Glad to meet an enthusiastic fan like you!"

Next was a black-haired girl with small flowers decorating her head. "NO. 3! IT'S SUCH AN HONOR TO MEET YOU!"

"Nice to meet you too!" said that girl, Ai Mizuno, while trying to maintain her composure in front of a hyperactive fan.

Daisy went to the white-haired girl next. "NO. 4! I LOVE YOUR FLUFFY HAIR! IT'S SO CUTE!"

Somewhat freaked out by the princess's hyperactive personality, the white-haired girl, Junko Konno, said nervously, "Than... Thank you!"

Next, she shook the hand of the other brown-haired girl. "NO. 5! WOW! YOU'RE PROBABLY THE MOST ATTRACTIVE AND MATURE OF THE BUNCH! I BET LOTS OF MEN LIKE YOU! IF I WAS A MAN, I WOULD ASK YOU TO MARRY ME RIGHT NOW!"

Smiling, the girl known only as Yuugiri said, "Thanks for the compliment!"

Daisy shook the hand of the blue-haired girl(?) next. "NO. 6! YOU'RE SO TINY AND CUTE! I HOPE YOU NEVER GROW UP SO THAT YOU CAN ALWAYS REMAIN CUTE!"

Smiling, the girl(?), Lily Hoshigawa, said, "Don't worry! I'll never grow up for the sake of my fans!"

Finally, Daisy shook the hand of the last member of the group, a black-haired girl who had remained silent and somewhat expressionless all this time. "AND YOU'RE NO. 0! YOU'RE EQUALLY AWESOME!"

That girl, Tae Yamada, simply made incomprehensible noises, though Daisy didn't seem to care. All of a sudden, Tae's entire arm fell off and slipped out from the lengthy sleeve of her shirt from the hard shaking Daisy was giving her. Everyone present stared at the dismembered arm in silence for several seconds.

A look of shock then appeared on each of the idol members' faces, and then Sakura hurriedly snatched the arm from Daisy and attached it back into Tae's sleeves. "It's... It's a magic trick! Just a neat trick she picked up, that's all!" Sakura nervously told Daisy.

"WOW! WHAT AN AWESOME TRICK!" Daisy exclaimed while jumping up and down rapidly. The princess then stopped jumping to take a deep breath. She then said, "Sorry, I got a bit too excited..."

"A bit excited? More like ridiculously and unnecessarily excited..." Junko said in her head while maintaining a smile on her face.

"I'm a huge fan of you girls, so I couldn't contain my excitement when I saw you!" continued Daisy. "The reason I came all the way here is because I heard that you lot are going to perform at the Golden Stag Festival. I missed out the opportunity to visit you in person when you were performing in Japan, and after seeing your super awesome performances on TV multiple times, I decided that I must see you all in person at least once, and this is the best opportunity!"

"Then we hope to see you at the festival and look forward to our performance! We won't disappoint you or any of our fans!" Ai cheerfully told her.

Then looking at Ai, Junko, and Lily carefully, Daisy said, "You know, when I first saw you three on TV, I was like 'Hey, aren't those Ai Mizuno, Junko Konno, and Lily Hoshigawa?'" On hearing this, a massive chill went down the spines of those three girls while their eyes widened. Looks of shock also appeared on Sakura, Saki, and Yugiri's faces, but not Tae's, though that was normal for her.

"But then I remembered those three died years ago, so that's not possible. Poor girls... Died so young, and they had such a great future ahead of them... Anyway, the three of you really do look like them! Either you're their relatives or dressed up like them because you're their biggest fans," continue Daisy.

Trying to look as calm as possible, Ai said, "Yeah... Some... Something like the latter..."

"As much as I love to stay around longer to chat with you all, I'm afraid I have to go now!" said Daisy as the blue Toad she just kicked away walked to her with a grumpy look. "Anyway, I hope you all a good time here and may your performance at the Golden Stag Festival go smoothly! No matter what happens, keep on performing, just like during those thunderstorm and blizzard incidents! Bye now!" She then left with the blue Toad.

After she was gone, the girls sighed in relief. "Phew... That... That was close..." said Ai. "She nearly recognized us..."

"Good thing she didn't... I wonder how she's going to react if she finds out that... we're zombies..." said Junko in slight fear.

"Actually, if you think about it, maybe we don't have to worry too much about being outed as zombies here!" said Saki. "Isn't Transylvania known for monsters roaming around at night? Maybe there are zombies as well, so we can blend in perfectly!"

"The point is that we're not supposed to let anyone know we are zombies..." Ai reminded her, to which the latter responded by scratching by the back of her head while sticking out her tongue, meaning she forgot about that.

Indeed, the recent rising star Franchouchou actually consists of six girls and one cross-dressing boy who died years ago and were brought back to life as zombies by their producer, who they had to admit was still something of a mystery to them, as they do not know his background and even how he brought them back to life as zombies either.

All they knew was that he wanted them to help revitalize his beloved homeland, the Saga region of Japan, and believed that having a popular idol group would do the trick. So far, the group had succeeded in winning the hearts of the population there, but they knew it was still going to be along way before they achieve worldwide fame.

Perhaps an overseas performance was exactly what they needed, which is why their producer told them one day that they were going to participate in the Golden Stag Festival, the biggest music contest in the coming days.

"I just realized..." said Lily. "That woman just now is the princess of Sarasaland, Princess Daisy!"

The others were surprised to hear this. "What?! She's a princess?!" said Sakura with widened eyes.

"Well! What do you know? We managed to get a royalty to become our fan!" said Saki, sounding proud. "In that case, we should do the best we can in order to not disappoint her!"

"Being able to have a royalty as an audience sure is great honor!" said Yuugiri.

"Hey girls! I'm back!" said a rather cheerful voice of a man. They turned to see a brown-haired man wearing shades approaching them. "You all miss me?" The producer of the group, Kotaro Tatsumi, had returned from using the bathroom.

They all stared at him with unimpressed looks, though Saki had a relatively annoyed look. "You're late!" she angrily said.


Toor led the Smashers out of the airport and headed towards a tour bus parked not too far away," he told them. "If all of you are ready, let's get on board! Don't worry about having to use the bathroom, because that bus comes equipped with one! Handy, eh?"

"Moa public transportation should-a come with one eef you ask-a me," said Mario, approving of what he heard.

"Please wait a minute, Mister Gyde," Pit told the tour guide. "There is still one person who has yet to arrive. She said she will arrive at around the same time we get here."

Surprised and curious, Toor asked him, "Huh? How come I don't know this? I was told that you are the only ones coming, not counting the Pokemon."

"Because she has no need for a plane and can come here all by herself," Dark Pit told him.

Toor was even more confused and was going to ask again. Before he could say anything, a flash light suddenly appeared next to them, surprising them all. The light disappeared, and in place was a set of golden doors that swung open almost as soon as it appeared. Out of the door stepped a beautiful green-haired woman wearing a sleeveless dress and a sunhat, not to mention pulling a wheeled luggage behind her. Smiling and tilting her head to the side slightly, the woman said, "Sorry to keep you waiting!"

"Lady Palutena!" Pit happily said as he ran in front of her. "It's great of you to finally make it here!"

"You kept us waiting," Dark Pit said to her in a somewhat annoyed tone.

"Oh, come on... We barely waited for her at all..." Link said to the black angle. "You're just finding an excuse to get mad!" But Dark Pit ignored him.

Toor was mesmerized by the stunning beauty who appeared behind them, so much that he couldn't say anything or take his eyes off her. Noticing this, Ganondorf waved his hand in front of his face a few times and said, "We can leave now, can we?"

Toor returned to his senses and said, "Well, I'm sure the agency won't mind an extra person tagging along! Though I'm not sure if the hotel..."

"Don't worry about that, because I've already made a reservation there!" Palutena told him.

"Oh, that's good to hear!" said Toor. "In that case, let's go aboard the bus!"


Pokemon trainer Blue, a teenage girl with long brown hair, was walking happily out in a flower field located close to the hotel she and her family checked into when they came to Transylvania. Being born in a country populated by Pokemon and never having left regions with such creatures, it felt weird for her at first to come to a place where Pokemon do not exist.

She had heard about stories of dangerous monsters, most notably vampires, living in this place, so it gave the impression that Transylvania wouldn't be a nice-looking place. The latter was proven wrong when she finally arrived and saw the beautiful scenery of nature and the historical sights it had to offer.

Standing atop a small hill, she spread out her arms and took a deep breath of the fresh air with her eyes closed. Opening her eyes with a large smile, she suddenly saw perhaps the least expected thing of all time. A burst of blue light appeared high up in the sky, creating a swirling wormhole as a result, and shortly after it expanded to a notable size, a futuristic spaceship came flying out of it. "What in the?!" she said in surprise.

She glued her eyes to the spaceship as it flew across the sky at a decent speed and slowly made a u-turn while descending its altitude. The spaceship eventually landed not too far away on an empty patch of grass.

Blue ran up to the spaceship and stood a few meters away from it while watching it in awe. When the hatch opened, she had the urge to run and hide, in case that someone unfriendly would come out, yet for some reason, she didn't leave her spot at all but instead stayed to watch in curiosity.

A winged creature resembling a pterodactyl stepped out of the hatch and looked around while shielding his eyes from the sun shining down onto his face. Being in the dark interior of the spaceship for while would do this to a person's eyes. A chill went down Blue's spines when she saw the somewhat intimidating appearance of the creature, though it wasn't like she never saw weird-looking beings in her life. After all, she lives on a continent thriving with bizarre creatures known as Pokemon, and Tooneria is a planet where all sorts of living things coexist.

The creature noticed the girl standing in front of him and was a bit surprised, and the latter responded by taking a step back while inching her hand towards one of her Pokeballs in case she had to use it to defend herself. Noticing the Pokeballs, the creature said, "Oh, they have Pokemon in this world as well?"

"You... You can talk?" asked Blue in surprise.

"Of course I can! Not sure if that's supposed to be some kind of stereotype..." said the creature as he walked out of the spaceship entirely. "So... how long have you been standing there?"

"Um... Ever since your spaceship appeared out of a wormhole in the sky...?" replied Blue nervously.

"Oh, so you saw everything from the beginning..." said the creature. "Not sure if that makes things any easier to explain... Eh, what the heck... I'll just be blunt with you, even if it sounds unbelievable." Blue paid attention to him eagerly as he cleared his throat to begin introducing himself. "My name is Ridley, and I come from a parallel universe."


TO BE CONTINUED

At last, my first Smash Bros. story after Ultimate's release! I bet many of you have been looking forward to this! I had people asking me how I was going to handle Ridley in this series, since some of you might still remember that he was killed off in Darkling. Well, here's the answer: this new Ridley comes from a parallel universe and is a good guy and also not too big!

It actually took me a while to come up with this idea. I originally planned to resurrect the original Ridley somehow, but since I've established him to be evil, combined with the fact that he isn't the kind of person to do anything heroic even in the slightest, I ultimately went with the idea of having a Ridley who comes from an entirely different universe.

And yes, that is Dark Samus and Piranha Plant with him. More info regarding Dark Samus's background will be revealed later in the story. I'm not sure if there's really any necessity in giving Piranha Plant a background... Eh, we'll see...

Blue is the female Pokemon Trainer. I named her Blue after her counterpart in the Pokemon Special manga. Some people might know her as Green, but that's the English name. In Japan, she's called Blue, which is what I'm going with here.

And as you might have noticed, this story is listed as a Smash Bros. and Zombie Land Saga crossover. The latter has quickly became one of my top favorite anime just after the first episode! I have no interest in idol genres, but this series's bizarre concept and its incredibly awesome and lovable characters got me hooked! Too bad it ended already, but there's clearly going to be a second season. Why else would they end the last episode with a post-credit scene like that? In fact, the voice actresses seem to be implying there will indeed be a second season or at least an OVA!

And Lily is a cross-dressing boy, not a trans girl. You CANNOT convince me otherwise.

I didn't intend for this story to be a crossover between the two at first, though I did intend for the ZLS cast to show up regardless. After much pondering, I decided to categorize this story as a crossover between those two. Expect to see the Franchouchou pop out throughout the story and occasionally interacting with the Smashers! Though I still have to remind you that this story will favor more towards the Smash Bros. side, as this is more of their story, while the ZLS side is more of a guest appearance.

Not all the Ultimate newcomers will be showing up in this story. Not only do I not know how to fit everyone into it, it will also become too crowded if they all show, thus making the story a mess and hard to write. Some of them will be saved for future stories instead, so I apologize beforehand that you may not necessarily see the newcomer you want showing up here.

I'm also grateful that an official vocal version of Lifelight exists! I'm going to have it play in another part of the story again, and in a way that I think will be epic! Please look forward to it!

In case people don't remember, Toor Gyde is my OC who first showed up way back in my Smash Bros. and Negima crossover, Magister Saga. There's really not much to him. He simply served as the tour guide for the Smashers when they visited Lycia, the country Roy rules over. It makes sense for the Smashers to have a tour guide, and Toor came to my mind all of a sudden, so I reused him. And for those out of the loop, Parry is my OC as well.

I had to do research on Transylvania when I did this story in order to be as accurate as possible to real life, though I'm sure that there will still be cases where I make things up. Maybe if you come from Transylvania, you can help me with a thing or two? Either way, the two hotels mentioned here are actual hotels located there. And the Golden Stag Festival is an actual music contest held there. Since we're talking about Zombie Land Saga here, there has to be music involved and therefore a place for them to perform at.

But you might be asking, "Why did I make the setting of this story Transylvania of all places?" I think it should be obvious if you've read the beginning of the story carefully. I mean, check the tombstone names... I think you know where I'm going with this story already.

Either way, I'm really excited about this story. In fact, I had lots of excitement working on this story, a feeling I haven't had in quite a while! As for my other story, Justice of Two Worlds, I will still work on that story, but progress on that one will be slowed down in favor of this one. While I do have the future for that story planned out, I admittedly have not gone into details regarding things, so I'm in quite a writer's block with that story. There is also concern about the quality of that story lately, so I want to take my time to polish things up before releasing its chapters.

I hope you look forward to this story. I really want to give it my all into this story to satisfy those who have been reading my Smash Bros. stories for so long, so please let me know what your thoughts are so far in your reviews and look forward to more!

Thank you for support!