Alright I am back baby! This is the sequel to the story of Smash Bros Dark Vengeance. This story will be two years after the first story, and will focus on James, two new characters, and a powerful new threat that could destroy all that he worked hard to regain from Graves.

Also, if there is anyone who don't know about the past events of the story, go to my profile and look up 'Smash Bros. Dark Vengeance'.

PS: I have decided to take in all the characters that have been sent to me since i put up the trailers, so yes, all characters that were sent will appear in the story.

PSS: I am sorry that I am late; I had to deal with a lot of crap today that took up a lot of my time. Anyway on to the story.

In a large house, placed a far distant from the neighborhood, a red headed woman sat on her couch as she held a young baby boy in her arms. The boy had light green eyes that were brighter than that of his father, and small black hair on his head.

The baby was asleep as the woman smiled a bit. "You go to sleep almost as fast as your sister did when she was a baby."

The woman then got to her feet as she went to put him in his crib. Once she did, she looked at him with joy before going back to the couch. As she did, she began to wonder how her husband and her daughter were doing.

(A few miles away in town)

"Hey daddy, can I have this one, please?" said a young little girl. She had red hair and purple eyes. She wore a blue shirt and black pants with a star clip on her hair.

The man who she called 'Daddy' walked up behind her. He stood to be 6 foot 3, with light fair skin and green eyes and a averagely muscular build and with black hair that reached to the end on his neck and was a little spikey. He wore black shoes, dark navy blue jeans, a black bomber jacket and a white t- shirt. He also had on a bronze wing with a symbol of a wolf on his left middle finger, a silver like bracelet on the left wrist, and a dog tag around his neck that had the word 'Black King' on it.

The father looked at the toy and smiled as he nodded. "Okay, hold on to it so I can buy it for you, okay?"

The girl nodded to his request as she grabbed it, they then went to the cashier and paid for it as they went to the car. As they came near it though, heard something as he looked to the side to see a group of teens pushing a boy into an abandon warehouse.

'Looks like the kid is in trouble. I am sure Faye would kick my ass if I just stand by, so…'

The man looked at the girl as he turned. "Rachel, stay in the car and don't open it for anyone. I will be right back. Oh, and make sure you don't let Bullet out of the car, okay?"

The girl understood as a small brown fox like animal sat on her lap. "Okay, daddy."

The man then proceeded to walk in to the warehouse, and was able to see five teens harassing another one. By the way it looks, it seems that the ones harassing the boy must be part of some up and coming gang, since they all had brown bandanas on their head and necks. The victim looks to be around 16, and pushed to a wall.

"Give me you damn money, asshole!" Said a gang member as he held a knife.

"But I don't have any money. Please stop."

"Don't lie to us, we saw you going to that ATM, we know you got some case. Now hand it over, or else."

'Geez, looks like these kids are serious about the whole gang thing. Too bad they chose to do it while I am around.'

With a small chuckle, the man walked forward as he spoke. "I think you kids should leave him alone. You really should spend your time in school then trying to be something that could get you killed."

The teens looked at the man as the one with the knife walked forward. "And who the hell are you?"

"Who me? Well I am nothing more but just a guy who don't like violence all that much. At least, not when it on something pointless, such as trying to be gangsters."

The gangsters started to get mad as they felt insulted by the man. "You best watch what you say, ya old basatard. Or else we will gut you like a fish."

"Old? Oh come on, I am not that old. Why I am 30, so I say that I don't deserve the title of being old. But seriously, if you guys really think that hurting me is going to change anything about that remark I made, then I am sad to say that you guys couldn't even hurt me if you tried."

"What?" said the teen with the knife as the man smiled a bit.

"Oh I am telling you the truth now. You guys can't hurt me because 1. I have more experience and skill. 2. I have seen and fought people who are even younger than you and would beat you all without even trying. And 3. I am afraid to tell you this, but just by looking at you, I am way out of your league. So with all of this, I say the smartest thing you all can do is to go away and leave the kid alone, ok?"

The teens ager began to rise as they charged at the man, who made a small sigh. 'Well I warned them'

The first teen had a pipe in hand and tried to bash it over the man's head, but missed as he was punched with a left hook, making him fall to the floor hard. Another one rushed it and tried to tackled the man, who saw it coming and raised a foot, kicking the teen in the air for a second before he hit the ground.

Seeing their friend hit the ground, two of the teens decided to work together and used the bats they brought to hit the man. they swung for his head, but missed as he ducked and rose up with a uppercut to one and a kick to another, knocking them out.

It was only him and the one with the knife left, who was starting to back away. He turned to try and use the boy for leverage, but the man grabbed his bandana and pulled him away. The teen tried to stab him, but his hand was grabbed as the man made him drop it by squeezing his palm.

"Come on man, let me go. It was all a joke, see we were just playing."

The man gave a disappointed look to the teen. "Really, all of the excuses you could have given to me, and you chose that? Man, I hope this generation isn't becoming more lazy in excuses. Well anyway, I can't just let you off the hook since your friends wasn't able to get off easy, so…"

The man raised a fist and hit him hard, knocking him out. He then looked at the boy as he walked to him. He helped him up to his feet and he lifted up his wallet that fell out of his pocket and gave it to him.

"You okay? Hope those punks didn't do anything to you before I made it here."

"No, they didn't had the chance to." Said the boy as he looked at the man. "Thank you, thank you very much. I just earned the money from my new job and I was really hoping to use it to help my mother with the bills un til these guys jumped me and-"

The man raised a hand as he looked at him. "Say no more, I got the idea. I kind of had the similar situation in my childhood. And since I understand how you feel, how about I help you out."

He went in to his wallet and pulled out five one hundred bills. He then gave it to the boy and turned to leave. "That should help you out with your problem. Don't worry about the money, I have more back home. Well bye."

The man walked away until the boy spoke out. "Wait, but can you at least tell me your name?"

The man turns and pointed to himself. "Sure. My name is James Artemis."

(Later)

James and his daughter Rachel and her pet Bullet walked through the door as his wife Faye greeted them.

"Hey you two, how was the store."

"It was great mommy. Daddy bought me a toy over at the store, and he saved a boy before we left."

"Oh really?" said Faye as she looked at James, who gave a sheepish smile.

"What can I say, when someone needs my help, I can't ignore them."

"I guess not. After all, that was always your best trait."

James sat on the couch with her as Rachel and Bullet left to her room. He then looked at his wife. "So how's Jacob. Anything happened while we were out?"

"No, nothing so far. He has been a sleep for a while."

"That's good. If he is anything like Rachel, he will most likely use it to try to crawl soon."

"Yeah you're right. After all, she did learn how to crawl rather fast did she?"

"Yeah she sure did."

The two began to watch some T.V a bit until it was 3PM. James got to his feet. "Well looks like it's time to go and meet up with Master hand and the others."

"Oh yeah, you're supposed to go and see all of the new comers that signed up for the tourney coming up next year, right?"

"That's right. Master Hand told me that he will have it next year since the battles that took place last time was too great to have yearly. He also said that I need to show up today to greet the rest of the Smashers and new comers as champion."

"By the way you're saying it; it sounds like you like the title of champion."

"Oh trust me, I don't, but I figure if I can get stronger by fighting new smashers, then there is no harm in it, no is there?"

Faye shook her head a bit as she looked at him with a small frown.

"But you don't need to get stronger. You beaten Graves, and that pretty much proves that you are at your best level. Besides, how strong do you have to become before you're ready to stop?"

The male Artemis was silent for a second as he looked at Faye. He then placed a hand on her shoulders and looked at her directly in the eyes.

"I don't want to lose you and Rachel again. Last time that happened, I wasn't strong enough to protect you. Now we have another child in our family, and I refuse to let the same thing happen again."

"But that won't happen again. Graves is gone, so why would it?"

"Just because he is gone, doesn't mean that all the evil that ever exist went along with him. I have the power to protect not only you, but everyone who is dear to me, so why shouldn't I allow myself to get better with it. You know deep down that I am right, just as I know that you still don't want me to do this. But the thing is: the choice is not ours to make. Noir gave his power in the hopes that I will use it for all the right reasons. Getting stronger will ensure that."

Faye kept her silence as she sighed and shrugged.

"Okay, I guess I can't stop you no matter how much I try anyway."

James made a small smile as he went to the closet and put on his new attire that he got on his birthday a few days ago.

The attire consist of black shoes with green little stripes on the side, dark blue pants that was black below the knees with a line on the sides reaching from the bottom to the top, and a dark green short sleeved shirt. Then there was a jacket that was black with large green wings on the back. There was also the image of swords with wings on the shoulders that was colored gold. There were also zippers on the sleeves.

He then grabbed his new weapons. Night Shooter, a silver gun with a black handle and a green tip on the top. As well as the Golden Dawn, a black metal sword that had a small red gem in the center. It also had faint yellow line in the back and front of the blade, as well as a red line in the middle from the base to the tip.

He placed the blade in the sheathe and put in on his back as he went out the door to the back.

"See you in a few hours."

"Alright. Be sure to say hi to Master Hand and Daniel for me."

"Sure."

He then shut the door and looked at his right arm.

The arm began to turn black with the mix of stone and metal and had green markings on it. His left eye also closed as a faint glow faded from it and his arm.

'Ah, back to my old self. This glamour thing really works, though. It sure as hell beats being seen with a black arm and one eye.'

The marking started to glow green as James opened his palm and sticked it out in front of him. Soon a ripple took place in the air, expanding to be big enough for a person to go through.

'Alright, took me about a day to get this down.'

With a small smirk, he walked through the portal, and found himself in the same lobby from six months ago. He looked around for a bit and felt a small feeling of excitement as he walked forward to see both the vets and the newcomers.

'Now let's see how everyone been doing since the last time we met.'

I am SOOOO sorry for being late, and for the short chapter. Like I said I have been going through hoops today, so it was hard to find the time to do this. Anyway, I decided to make up for this by letting everyone send in one more OC if they want. Like I said, I will accept them all, so feel free to send them in. but this is only happing until chapter 2, so send them quick.

Later.