Author's note: This is my first fanfic, so reviews and constructive criticism would be nice! I have tried and failed repeatedly to find good Tsubasa crossover fics, but I can't find any amidst all of the KuroFai fics… So, I decided to write one! If this gets good reviews, I may do other series as well. Oh, and should I use the honorifics when referring to the SSB characters? For some reason, it feels a little weird. Except with Kirby, who I felt should be childish when he talks; hence, he refers to people in the same way Fai refers to Kurogane.
This series takes place before Acid Tokyo.
Disclaimer: I do not own Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicles, or Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Really, what makes you think I do?
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Chapter 1: The World of Trophies
Step: Midair Stadium
Syaoran shook his head, a little disoriented. He never had quite gotten used to moving to the next world. Syaoran looked around, and when he didn't see Fai, Kurogane, or Mokona, he concluded that Mokona had dropped them off at separate locations… again. Then, with a shock, he realized that Sakura wasn't with him either. He started looking around frantically, hoping that she would be nearby because he had been holding her hand as they warped, until…
"Syaoran-kun! Up here!"
Turning around, he noticed Sakura up on a balcony overlooking the platform he was on. Breathing a sigh of relief, he called up back to her "I'm glad you're safe, Sakura-hime. Looks like Fai-san, Kurogane-san, and Mokona are somewhere else, though." Now that he knew that Sakura was still with him, he looked to see what kind of place they had landed in.
He was being stared at. Of course, he was used to being stared at by people who saw them enter a world, but he was being stared at by a sea of people. He had landed in a stadium. Worst of all, it seemed that his appearance had interrupted the main event: a fight between a short mustachioed man in a red cap and overalls and a pink blob. They too were staring at him, as were the two princesses, one blond and one dirty blond, who were standing up on the balcony the princess was standing on.
"Umm… Sorry if I'm interrupting something. Don't mind me."
"O-okey dokey" replied the mustachioed man. Both fighters took up their fighting stances, and leaped at each other. The man in red tried to do a spinning attack, but was sidestepped by the blob, which pulled a hammer out of nowhere and sent the man flying. The man leaped back to the platform ('How is it floating, anyway?' wondered Syaoran), only to receive a swift backflip kick to the face.
Syaoran could only stare in surprise when he saw the man turn into a life-size trophy before landing. That last kick seemed to have been the finishing blow; was that what happened when this world's inhabitants died? He had to admit, trophies were better than corpses…
Syaoran's jaw completely dropped, however, when he saw the blob reach out and tap the trophy of the man, which glowed and returned back to life. The two shook hands, before waving to the cheering crowd. Remembering Syaoran, the two walked over.
"Um, excuse me, but, what was… the trophy… how… huh?" asked Syaoran, making no attempt to hide the confused expression on his face.
"Oh, that. You're now in the World of Trophies. We exist to fight, and fighting in friendly battles is what we do. When we get defeated, we get turned back into trophies, unable to fight. But we can be brought back to life when someone taps us" the man in red explained. "Ah, we haven't introduced ourselves yet."
"Hiiiii! I'm Kirby!" the puffball enthusiastically interjected. It reminded Syaoran of Mokona.
"And I'm-a Mario. You sure-a gave us quite a scare when you suddenly appeared like that" stated the mustachioed man.
"I'm Syaoran. It's nice to meet you." Pointing up at the balcony Sakura was on, where the girls were all chatting away enthusiastically, Syaoran continued "the girl who just appeared as well is Sakura-hime."
"Oh? She's a princess too? The blond is Peach-san, and the dirty blond is Zelda-san" replied Mario. "I was hoping to win the match to impress Princess Peach, but oh well…" he sighed, before asking "say, what brings you here, Syaoran?"
"I'm… looking for something - something very important to Sakura-hime. But right now we've been separated from our companions, so I'm not sure what we're going to do now…" Syaoran sighed and stared at his feet, lost in thought. Without Mokona, they had no way to find the feather… come to think of it, how could he understand what they were saying without Mokona? Mentally shrugging and resolving to not think about it too much, he looked up to see a hyperapctive Kirby hopping up in his face.
"Hey, hey, hey, heyheyheyheyhey HEY! Wanna fight to pass the time, Shao-tan? We can look for your friends later; I wanna see what you can do!"
"Umm… okay."
"Yay!" Mario stepped off to the side, as Syaoran and Kirby got into fighting stances. Syaoran decided not use Hien to fight Kirby, since Kirby was unarmed (but then again, he did have that hammer…).
"Ganbatte, Syaoran-kun!" yelled Sakura from the balcony. Syaoran turned back to wave at her.
"Hai, Sakura-hime. I'll do my best." Turning back to face Kirby, he leapt into the air and attempted to bring a kick down onto Kirby from above. However, the puffball simply opened his mouth, and Syaoran fell right in.
"Syaoran-kun!" yelled Sakura, her eyes widening in horror. Then a comforting hand was laid on her shoulder. Sakura looked up, tears still in her eyes.
"He will be alright. Just watch." Peach said gently. No sooner had she said that, than two things happened simultaneously as Kirby 'swallowed': first, Syaoran materialized above Kirby, a bit shaken from being eaten, and second, Kirby's appearance changed. When it was done, Kirby vaguely resembled… Syaoran. He had brown hair, goggles, and a green cape; a miniature Hien was strapped to its 'waist' as well.
"What the…?" muttered Syaoran.
"Teehee, it's Kirby's special ability: Kirby can copy people's abilities!" To demonstrate, Kirby did a high kick up into Syaoran's chest, similar to how Syaoran kicks.
"Oh really? This just got interesting" replied Syaoran, as he performed a sweeping low kick followed by a thrusting kick a bit higher off the ground. Kirby quickly jump over the sweep, but didn't react in time to avoid getting hit square in the face by the second kick. However, Kirby quickly climbed up onto his opponents leg, from which he leapt up and performed a diving kick into Syaoran. Unable to dodge at such short range, Syaoran fell over backwards, but quickly threw the puffball off of him and jumped to his feet. They were about to continue, when a shadow fell over the stadium.
The fighters looked up to see red clouds spreading across the sky; Syaoran could feel a bad aura coming from them. Sakura shuddered and asked "What's that?" but no one had a good answer for that. Suddenly, a shape emerged from the clouds; to Syaoran, it looked like a massively oversized Dragonfly. Behind him, he heard Kirby gasp.
"The Halberd? Why is Meta-kun here? And I've never seen his ship with such an evil aura…"
Before Syaoran could ask what he was talking about, a hatch opened on the bottom of the Halberd and what appeared to be purple spores fell out and onto the stadium. As some fell closer to him, he realized that they were… really tiny bugs?
"I have a bad feeling about this. We may be in for a fight." No sooner had he said it than the bugs started swarming together, until the formed into humanoid forms. Consisting of grey bodies, black faces with red eyes and no mouth, and a grey cap with a red feather, they seemed like very simple soldiers. The first one to form, the one in front, spoke up.
"We are the Primids of the Subspace Army. No one will escape. Resistance is futile." By now, even more Primids were forming. 'This is bad' thought Syaoran, 'if we wait any longer, they'll overwhelm us with sheer numbers.'
"Mario-san! Kirby-san!..." ("Just call me Kirby!") "Let's go! We need to stop them!"
"Haiiii!" "Okey-dokey!" The two replied, as the group rushed over to the growing army of Primids. Kirby, ditching Syaoran's power, inhaled a Primid and spat it out into of group of Primids, causing some of them to burst open and disappear. Mario's hands glowed and caught on fire, ad he launched a volley of fireballs at another group. Syaoran unsheathed Hien and charged into the mob, slashing in a wide arc, taking out many Primids. But for every Primid they destroyed, another came to take its place. Eventually Primids with laser swords and glowing boomerangs started showing up.
Up on the balcony, Zelda turned to Peach and nodded. "We should help too," and with a twirl and a flash of green light, Zelda vanished and reappeared behind the men (and Kirby).
"Peach-san, wait a second! I feel bad for sitting here and watching the rest of you guys fight. I… I want to do something to help" Sakura pleaded. "But… I don't know how to fight…"
Sakura looked down as she murmured "Syaoran-kun's done so much and put his life on the line for me so many times… I want to do something for him in return…" Suddenly she felt something pressed into her hands, as she was hugged by Peach. Sakura looked up to see a warm smile on Peach's face. "I know the feeling, Sakura-chan. I know it very well."
Sakura looked down at the object she held in her hands. It was a paper fan. "I'm sure you'll be able to protect Syaoran-kun with this. It's stronger than it looks."
Eyes shining with joy, Sakura hugged Peach back. "Airgatou gozaimasu, Peach-san!" One of Peach's hands let go of Sakura and pulled out a parasol. "Hang on, Sakura-chan."
As the two drifted down from the balcony, Sakura noticed a Boom Primid (at least, that's the name she came up with for it) about to throw its boomerang at an unaware Syaoran. Thinking quickly, Sakura let go and came down with the fan on the Primid's head, which promptly disappeared. Hearing the sound of the fan, Syaoran turned around.
"H-hime? What are you doing?" exclaimed a ghostly pale Syaoran.
"Oh hush, Syaoran-kun. I just saved you from that Boom Primid" Sakura pouted. "You guys need all the help you can get to defeat these many enemies. I think I can handle these guys, and besides," Sakura blushed as she continued, "Syaoran-kun's always protecting me. Why can't I protect Syaoran-kun for once?"
"Sakura-hime…" replied a stunned Syaoran, before placing a warm smile on his face. "Arigatou, Sakura-hime."
The six fighters continued to drive away the Primids, until there only a few on the stadium at one time. One of the Primids looked up to the Halberd, and said "This isn't working. Bring in the Spaaks," as if he was talking to someone. Suddenly, instead of more Primids forming, giant clouds with electrical generators on their back appeared. These Spaaks floated above the fighters as they shot bolts of electricity toward them. Syaoran, quickly sidestepping a bolt, noticed Mario jump twice and pound a Spaak with a downward punch. Thinking quickly, Syaoran attempted to copy Mario, and found that he, too, could jump in mid-air. Wielding a flaming Hien, Syaoran swung it down at a Spaak as he flipped over it. As he landed, the flaming Spaak came crashing down behind him, where it promptly disappeared.
Suddenly, the 'shadow bugs' stopped falling. The remaining Primid, which was being cornered by Sakura, chuckled. "It seems that we've given them enough time" was its final words before disappearing, the 'shadow bugs' flying back up to the ship.
"Given who enough time?" wondered Sakura. She turned around to see a heavily robed person on a floating platform drop toward the stadium. Attached beneath the platform was a giant sphere with a red X.
"Who are you?" shouted Syaoran, to which a short, muffled reply was given: "I am… the Ancient Minister."
"So you're-a the one in charge of the Subspace Army?" yelled Mario, his teeth clenched. No response, except an averted gaze. "Why are you attacking us, Minister-san?" squeaked Kirby, to which there was also no response. Once the Minister was close to the stadium floor, the sphere dropped and landed with a thud. Two robots that had been following behind the minister grabbed the sides of the sphere and pulled them apart, to reveal a glowing core, as well as an active timer.
"A bomb!?" the group yelled in unison; the Minister nodded slightly, and floated back up to the Halberd. Sakura stared after the Minister as he floated away; 'I can't really tell, because he's trying to being emotionless, but… he seems… sad…' thought Sakura.
"Mamma mia!"
'Shit… we've got to disarm that thing before it goes off… or all these people in the stands, not to mention Sakura-hime, will be…' though Syaoran, letting that last train of thought go unfinished. Both Syaoran and Mario rushed over to the bomb, until they heard a thump behind them. They turned around to find a thick smokescreen behind the others.
"Sakura-hime!" cried a worried Syaoran, before two cannonballs blasted out of the smoke and straight into Syaoran and Mario. The two warriors went flying through the air, and out of the stadium.
"Syaoran-kun! Mario-san!" "Syao-tan, Mario-tan!" cried Sakura and Kirby. They rushed forward, tears in Sakura's eyes. "Syaoran-kun… no… I couldn't protect him…"
"I'm sure they're alright. It would take a lot more than that to beat Syao-tan." Kirby squeaked. "But more importantly, we need to take care of the bomb. That's what they would want."
"H-hai" replied a shaking Sakura. Suddenly, they heard clangs, and the two princesses screamed behind them. Turning around, they gasped as the smoke cleared to reveal a giant, humanoid flower with no eyes and a mouth full of razor-sharp teeth. In its leafy hands, it held cages with the princesses in them. Clanging the cages together, it leaned down and roared at the remaining two.
"No… I couldn't protect them either… I really do just get in the way…" murmured Sakura, tears streaming down her face, as she dropped to her knees. She felt a hand on her shoulder, and turned to face Kirby.
"Sakura-tan… don't give up yet. We can still save them, if we give it our best shot. But if we give up, then it will have been all for nothing." Sakura stared for a second, then wiped her tears and gave a sad smile. "Hai… I'll try… Syaoran-kun would." With that, she shakily stood up, fan in hand, and after a nod from Kirby, the pair dashed forward. As they ran forward, Kirby pulled out its hammer.
"Sakura-tan, use my hammer. I'm going to try to get you up onto one of the cages. When you get up there, try to break it; I'll attack Petey himself and act as a distraction."
"H-hai." Sakura, wondering why the plant was named Petey, took the hammer, and Kirby opened its mouth and started to inhale. Once Sakura was inside Kirby's mouth, Kirby spat her up into the air and landed onto Zelda's cage. Suddenly, Petey moved the cage, and Sakura slipped, but managed to grab the bars in time. Sakura managed to wrap her legs around the bars to secure herself, and started banging away at the cage. Just as Petey noticed the sound of the hammer, Kirby jumped up and kicked it in the chin. Petey roared in rage, and swung Peach's cage at Kirby, who quickly hopped over the cage and kicked Petey's arm. Petey swung Peach's cage back at Kirby, but that attack was also dodged and followed up with a counterattack. Then Petey swung the cage Sakura was holding onto; Sakura barely managed to hold on. When the motion stopped, Sakura continued pounding on the bars. After a while, the blind plant finally realized that Sakura was on its cage, and roared in rage. It leapt up into the air, and came crashing down on the other side of the stadium. Sakura couldn't hold on, and lost her grip at the top of Petey's jump; she landed on her back and cried out in pain.
"Sakura-tan!" Kirby worriedly squeaked.
"I-I'm… f-fine…" Sakura shakily responded. "S-syaoran-kun's endured worse for my sake…" Sakura slowly stood up, bruises all over her body. "Zelda's cage looks to be almost broken…"
Kirby slowly nodded, admiring her determination. "Hai!" The pair ran off toward Petey, who swung Zelda's cage toward them. Sakura closed her eyes and swung – miraculously, she hit the cage before it hit her, and broke apart, freeing Zelda. At the same time, Kirby had jumped and pulled out a curved sword.
"Final Cutter!" yelled the puffball as it sliced up the entire height of the plant before coming down with a mighty blast. Petey gave one last roar of desperation before falling over and exploding.
Zelda, Sakura, and Kirby leapt clear from the explosion; Peach's cage luckily was dropped far enough away to avoid the princess getting seriously hurt, but the cage broke in the explosion. "Arigatou gozaimasu, Sakura-san. You're stronger than you think you are. You're not a hindrance at all. I bet Syaoran-kun would be proud" said Zelda.
A joyful Sakura looked up at Zelda with a smile on her face, but turned as she heard someone land on the stadium behind them. There stood a fat man in biker clothes, with a huge nose, a strange moustache, and a double chin. He chuckled evilly as he brandished a huge, black cannon.
"Who's that?" Kirby wondered aloud. The fat man spotted Peach still recovering from the explosion, and lifted up the gun and dropped it down facing the princess. He pressed a button, and several purple orbs started to glow yellow.
"That doesn't look good… Peach-san won't have time to dodge!" exclaimed Sakura as the group rushed toward Peach. The gun, fully charged fired a black, arrow shaped beam of energy at Peach; on impact, Peach instantly became a trophy. The group momentarily shocked, could only stare as the fat man slung Trophy Peach across his shoulder, laughing maniacally.
"Too bad for you losers. I'm-a Wario, and I'm-a gonna be taking this trophy for myself! WAHAHAHAA!" Wario turned and leapt off the platform. The group, realizing that they had stopped, began to chase after him. Out of the corner of his eye, Kirby spied the bomb.
'10' – "Shoot! The bomb!" yelled Kirby.
'9' – "We won't be able to…
'8' – …disarm it in time!" cried Zelda.
'7' – "All of these people…"
'6' – "They can't escape it!" cried Sakura.
'5' – "What about us?" yelled Zelda.
'4' – "Come to me, WARP STAR!!" shouted Kirby.
'3' – A star, larger than Kirby, flew up to the group. Kirby climbed on in the middle, with the princesses on either side.
'2' – "Let's go!!" The warp star flew off into the sky.
'1' – As they passed over the edges of the stadium, Sakura turned and looked back, tears streaming down her face.
'0' – "Everyone… gomennasai…"
The bomb flashed, a sphere of purple darkness surrounded it, and slowly expanded until it consumed the entire stadium. As the star flew on into the clouds, Sakura turned away from the darkness, closed her eyes, and wept. "Syoaran-kun… Mario-san… Peach-san… all of those innocent people… we couldn't save them… we could only save Zelda-san… why…"
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AN: So, how was it? Please leave reviews!
Oh, and I'm going to try and stick to one chapter per 'step' from the Subspace Emissary. Does anyone think that that's too long? Too short?