Corruption

Chapter 1

The virus surveyed the mansion. He had heard this place constantly referred to as smash mansion. It had been abandoned for a few years. Originally, A two severed hands entered the mansion and brought life back to the place. The virus sensed the power in the two of them and had tried to take over the leader of the two. It failed and left the hand temporarily sick. The virus then waited several months until nine unique individuals were brought to the mansion. Another three quickly followed them. The leader hand introduced the nine to the other three and they greeted each other and left for their rooms. The three newcomers were then guided around the mansion and the other nine were also taken to be shown what the hand claimed were new parts of the mansion.

Over time several more people were brought to the mansion. It began with a midget in a space suit that was followed by several plant people. Then, a man in green that looked very similar to one of the original nine entered. It soon appeared that the man who looked like the man in green's girlfriend had arrived. The final one that appeared was a boy in green who looked like a younger version of one of the original nine. When a blue hedgehog entered the mansion, the virus began to realize that the only way he was going to be more than he was is if he acts now before the mansion gets much bigger. He started searching for the perfect victim to corrupt. He examined each of the smashers. He studied their abilities. He saw potential in all of them. And then he saw something. It showed him how much potential his power could have if he successfully corrupted just that one person. He began to make plans on how he could successfully corrupt the one person.

Everyone gathered in the lobby of the mansion to welcome the newest person to arrive at the mansion. They had all the banners made. The door opened to reveal Marth. "Congratulations, Marth," Everyone, including the newcomers, shouted.

Marth looked stunned to see everyone there. He waved a little and said, "Arigatou."

"Marth," Sonic said. "I thought you had learned English."

"Gomen," Marth said. "It will take ki to get back to eigo."

"Either way, welcome back," Peach said.

"Marth," Master Hand said. "If you don't mind, I would like to show you the new parts of the mansion."

"Arigatou," Marth said. "I mean, thank you." Marth followed Master Hand to the basement.

As Master Hand and Marth left, Luigi turned to the rest of the smashers. "Who-a bet that Marth wouldn't-a show up," he said

"I-a believe it was-a Pit," Mario said.

"No it wasn't," Pit said. "It was Toon Link."

"We don't allow kids into the betting," Samus said.

"Let's just figure this out as we eat," Link said.

They left for the cafeteria as Pit continued arguing that he wasn't the one that had bet against Marth. As they left, Olimar thought he heard an odd sound. He looked at one of the lights. He stared at it after something appeared to disappear from sight. He could have sworn he saw to blood red eyes. He shrugged it off and left for the cafeteria with the rest of the smashers.

The virus looked out through the light bulb again. He got angry with himself for nearly giving himself away so quickly. He went through the wires and entered the cafeteria with the rest of the smashers.

Marth soon returned with Master Hand. He got what he wanted for lunch and then sat down next to Link. There was just some sort of connection that is made whenever someone wields a sword. "Konnichi-Hello," Marth said

Link swallowed what he had been eating. "Genki desu ka?" he said.

"That's not funny," Marth said. Despite the comment, Link smiled and a few others at the table began laughing.

"How have you been?" Kirby asked.

Marth looked at Kirby. "You can talk now."

"Yeah. Master Hand made it so everyone can talk now."

"That's nice of him. And to answer your question, I've been great." Marth looked up and finally saw the three newcomers. "I'm sorry I didn't shoukai suru myself. My name is Marth." He extended his hand to the three.

The first one to shake his hand was Mega Man. "I'm Mega Man," he said

The Wii Fit Trainer was next. "I'm known as the Wii Fit Trainer," she said.

Marth raised an eyebrow. "Do you go by that entire name?"

"I haven't come up with a good way to shorten it yet."

Once they were done shaking hands, Villager took Marth's hand. "They call me the Villager. I guess I like it well enough."

Marth smiled and sat by Link. "It looks like Master Hand made takusan kaw-I mean, a lot of changes."

"Yeah," Fox said. "If you include the new towers, he has added about five floors to the mansion. He also added another wing, another floor to the basement, and he's added multiple secret passageways to the mansion. It's to give us something major to explore while we're here."

"What? Has the outside stayed the same?"

"For the most part, yes," Pit said. "I don't remember it any differently from the last time I was here."

"Okay, but I have another question. Master Hand said the buffet was doubled and the pantry was tripled in size. Why?"

"Because the fat marshmallow and Dedede eat so much," Bowser said.

"Hey," Kirby said. "That was rude."

"Yeah, but from what I've seen, it's true," Mega Man said.

"Well, that doesn't mean you have to be rude," Kirby replied. Someone began laughing behind Kirby. He turned and glared at Toon Link. "What?"

Toon Link stopped laughing, "It's just that-" He didn't finish his sentence as the lights went out.

They heard a scream and Luigi shout, "I've-a had enough-a of these haunted a-mansions." The lights remained off. Two blood red eyes appeared in the middle of the cafeteria and then disappeared just as quickly so only a few spotted them. The lights turned back on. Luigi poked his head out of one of the trashcans. "Is it-a over?"

"Akai me," Marth said. "Akai me."

"What?" Pikachu asked.

"Red eyes." Link said. "There were red eyes in the middle of the room."

"What are you-a talking about?" Mario asked.

"There were two red orbs that looked very similar to eyes in the center of the room," Mega Man said.

"I didn't see anything," the villager said.

"I did," Fox said.

"So did I," Toon Link said.

"Me too," Pit said.

"As well as me," Samus said.

"How red were these eyes?"

Everyone turned to look at Olimar. "What?" Mega Man asked.

"How dark of a red were they?"

"Um," Fox said. "The best way to describe them would be-"

"Chi akai," Marth said. "Blood red."

Olimar looked back at the door they entered to get into the cafeteria. "As we were leaving the lobby, I heard a strange noise behind me. I looked back, and something caught my eye. I thought it was my imagination, but I thought I saw two blood red eyes surrounded by black smoke."

They began looking around to see how people were reacting. Marth raised his sword. "Whether it is real or not, we need to be ready for whatever it could be. I guess now we wait to see if it truly exists or not." They all went back to eating as they began wondering if what they saw was real, and if it was, what was it?

The virus celebrated its victory on infecting the planned victim. "Now that corruption has been successful," It said to itself. "I can't wait to take this world over."

Hello everyone. In case you were curious, I was taking a break from fanfiction to try to write an original story. That has been difficult, so I thought that maybe a fanfiction could help get me going again. The Japanese that Marth speaks is what I got from an app, so please don't hate me if I made a mistake. So now, I want to ask you questions. First, whom do you think has been corrupted? Second, how can I shorten Wii Fit Trainer's name? That is just a ridiculously long name for me to write over and over again. Please review and tell me where I've made mistakes. Arigatou, or thank you.