Hello there reader, welcome to the story. This is a good one, I'm sure you'll enjoy it. My name? Oh, that's unimportant. I'm just the stranger that's about to take you on a wonderful ride, full of the greatest laughs, joys, and romances, of all of your favorite Super Smash Fighters. Enjoy!

It was a dark and stormy night, and the Fighter's yearly tournament was starting in just 3 months. 40 of Nintendo's finest in the art of combat, going head-to-head with each other to see who's the best. Only 32 could make the first round, and the qualifier fights started in one week. Many fighters had already made it to the first round, but 16 (Dr. Mario, Ice Climbers, Zelda, Pichu, Mewtwo, Roy, R.O.B., Lucario, Olimar, Lucas, Mr. Game and Watch, Falco, Jigglypuff, Ness, Samus, and Toon Link) still needed to qualify. They will each get an opponent to fight, the winner qualifies, and the loser is out. Tensions were high at Smash Mansion.

Setting: TV room. Characters: Link, Young Link, Toon Link, Zelda, Ganondorf. Time: 3:00 a.m.

It was a rough week for the LoZ fighters, they were stuck with the worst time slot for sole ownership of the TV room, but every one of them took advantage of it, they would rather get caught up on their favorite shows than catch some Z's. (Get it? Puns? Screw you, it's funny.)

"Guys I'm worried," Toon Link broke the silence with his words, "what if me and Zelda have to fight to qualify? I want all of us in the tournament."

"There's 16 fighters, the chances of you two being paired together is crazy low." Link reassured. "But if you do get paired up, I want you to do some work and win, for the men."

"Oh, so you're choosing cartoon you over me?" Zelda seemed offended.

"Bros before hoes," he responded, "or in this case, a cartoon version of myself before the person that hasn't made it past the first round in 5 years."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"It means that Toony over here made it to the Quarterfinal last year, and I want one of us winning this year, no more Sonic, or Mario, or even 4 years ago when Olimar won."

"That was pure crap and you know it! I had him!" Ganondorf holds the record for most losses in the finals, with 5.

"The bottom line is, I'm the only one of us to ever win the tournament, so I need my best people surrounding me."

"You care about this tournament way to much, Link. Why can't you just think about your friends, or having fun, and worst of all, it seems like you don't care about me!" Zelda stormed off to her room. She never got this angry at Link before.

"I think you messed up, dude." Young Link, as oblivious as he looked during that conversation, was very well aware of the situation.

"I'll fix it tomorrow. Toon Link, I still want to see you on the training ground early tomorrow. We have a lot of work to put in."

Everyone went to their respective rooms for the night, certainly with a lot to think about.

Setting: Game room. Characters: Mario, Luigi, Dr. Mario, Peach, Bowser, Yoshi. Time: 5:00 p.m. 5 days before qualifying.

Mario and company were sitting pretty for this tournament. Yoshi was at the top of his game, earning him his highest seeding ever for a tournament, 3. Luigi and Peach were both on the "Best Fighters of the Month" list, and Mario holds the record for most tournament wins ever, 6, and looking for a 7th. The four of them played Super Smash Bros. Melee, while Bowser and Dr. Mario reflected on the upcoming tournament.

"It isn't looking good, Bowser. Rumors are saying that I'm gonna have to fight Roy to qualify."

"You think you have it bad, I'm at my lowest seeding ever. I'm a 12 seed, I might have to fight Kirby. That little freakball has been a thorn in my side for years. I can't lose in the first round, that's never happened to me before!"

"You guys both need to shut up!" Mario interrupted. "It's supposed to be a bad year to be not part of the big 3 games (LoZ, Mario, and Sonic). You guys should both make at least the second round, you just need to stop crying and start training!"

"He's right," Luigi added, "this is our year, there's nothing to worry about."

Peach chipped in as well, "I have faith in you, Dr. Mario, you just need to focus on qualifying. Bowser, you need to stop worrying about who you fight, and worry about winning. You can do it."

"Yoshi!" You can guess who said that.

The 6 of them seemed confident that nothing could get in the way of them winning another tournament. They have the most wins for their game, with 11 of the 23 tournaments. But that wasn't going to protect them from the new big name in town.

Setting: Sonic's room. Characters: Sonic, (On the phone: Tails and Knuckles.) Time: 8:30 p.m. 5 days until qualifying.

"I got this in the bag guys, I'm already a 1 seed, so I'll probably get to fight like, Jigglypuff or something."

"You can't get big headed," Tails, the tournament stat buff stated, "Donkey Kong was a 1 seed last year, and he got beat by Lucas."

Knuckles chimed in, "Well our boy isn't some big stupid monkey. He's got final 4 locked up, and has nothing in his way from his 3rd tournament win in 5 years."

"Yeah Tails, there's nothing to worry about. I'm working hard. I'll get my results."

"Alright, but just don't get cocky, and don't stop training. It's a tough year."

"It's a tough year every year, and an easy year every year too. I got this."

A.N. Hello guys, I hope you like my little change of direction here. This is a bit of an experiment, so I'd like to know how you feel, which story you liked the best, and what I should change up in the story. Well, until next time, 3V Out!