Bow Before Your King

Chapter 1 - Caffeine

Hi, everyone. KoopalingFan here with once again another SSB fic. What do you expect when it's my favorite series of all time)? So what do I do? Make a fic about the three most famous kings in Smash. I actually thought of these three in a fic together for years, but never knew exactly what to do. Luckily with Smash Ultimate, I gained more interest and of course had to put something down.

Now, the fact that there are hardly any fics with any of these characters is mind boggling to me, so hopefully with this story, it will spread awareness that these characters actually exist in the fandom. Now, let's get started!

(This first scene is inspired by the first chapter SmashKing24's fic "Black Ain't Your Color". PLEASE do not call it a rip off just because of the setting in this chapter. ;-))

~KF

January 12, 2019

ShineSpriteBucks was by far the most popular coffee shop in all of Smashville. Not only was it the typical place to have a cup of coffee and chill, but it was also the place where the fighters of the Super Smash Brotherhood would typically hangout in the mornings. Ignoring the usual crowded, for those who cared for the interior, it was rather easy to notice the cream colored walls, with golden chandeliers over the brown chairs and tables. For food lovers, besides caffeinated beverages, there were breakfast sandwiches, pastries, danishes, etc. Clearly, there was more than enough available items for everyone to enjoy. Knowing that it was a popular place for the Master Hand's fighters, of course the fans of the characters had to follow their every move and head there as well. If they were fortunate enough, they would see their favorite Smasher of all time in the shop simply eating breakfast. The thought of it by itself was a dream that came true to some.

Fortunately for the Smash crew, it was not as bad as they initially thought. The main fans that were obsessive typically came from the real world where they would visit the Smash World occasionally, especially during the summer where peoples' kids were not in school. Yet on the other hand, the ones that actually lived in the Smash World treated them as if they were their fellow citizens, especially the ones that remained there the longest. Of course, they all still treated the fighters as if they were superior at times, though in a more subtle way.

Currently, the only Smashers that were in ShineSpriteBucks were the following: Incineroar, Palutena, Roy, Toon Link, Isabelle, and Bowser. The former two happened to be sitting at a table together, with Incineroar staring at his hot beverage as if it was something from another planet that he was somewhat skeptical of. Regardless of that, he was already aware that coffee did in fact exist where he came from. Palutena was the one that brought him inside after she mentioned the word 'coffee' due to Incineroar being curious of her plans for that morning. With curiosity getting the better of him of course, Palutena gladly invited him to tag along after asking Red the Pokemon Trainer for permission. Even though he was not his trainer, she desired to know if Incineroar drinking the most popular caffeinated drink on Saturday mornings would cause him any harm. Shaking his head in response, her excitement quickly escalated. She figured it would be a good time to get to know the newcomer anyway.

"You ready?" She inquired with a warm smile. "You seem to be a teensy bit nervous."

"I... Um..." He placed a finger underneath his chin at a loss for words, not even blinking at the Caramel Macchiato in front of him.

"I didn't know how much cream and sugar you preferred, so I took care of it for you. You made a good move by ordering two bacon, gouda, and egg sandwiches as well since I didn't know you had yet to eat breakfast. I figured that you already had something at the mansion before you came to me." Palutena elaborated with a little laugh.

Amusingly, Toon Link had come in the shop with Roy and Isabelle to have coffee as well. Roy initially declined Isabelle's idea of letting Toon Link try a cup for the first time, but she explained to him as well as Link that he was at least twelve years old and would be a teenager soon. It was not as if there was a specific age limit, but adults figured that children already had the energy to not need any until they were a bit older. Toon in particular happened to be right on the line, so Roy hesitantly accepted and gave it a chance, hoping that the boy did not become obsessed with it afterwards.

There was also the drive-thru. Fox, Mario, and Captain Falcon waiting in line each with their own car, with Samus sitting in the passenger seat of Fox's vehicle, but whatever happened outside was irrelevant. Bowser Koopa happened to be sitting in one of the tables by the window so that he could hear his number in order for him to retrieve his three double smoked-bacon, cheddar, and egg sandwiches and his Caffè Mocha so that he could begin eating. Hearing seemingly every order except his was of course irritable to him. His presence alone was enough to scare the cashier, as well as some of her fellow employees. As for others, they were not terrified at all at calling him out and kicking him out of ShineSpriteBucks whenever it was necessary due to him being unlikeable and being a nuisance to the workers and their customers.

Suddenly, Marth Lowell was next in line. Koopa happened to turn right back around to it at just the right moment after spending a minute either staring at the window, or him impatiently tapping his claws on the brown table. His eyebrow was raised, unaware that Lowell even showed up.

He then came up with an idea. "Hey, Marth?"

His head swift rotated to see the dragon-like turtle.

"...Can you ask if order number thirty-four is ready? I've been waiting for ages and I'm not planning on being here forever today!"

He wanted to roll his eyes at the Koopa's impatience, but decided not too, having no need to have Bowser question the annoyed look. So instead, his face remained neutral. "ShineSpriteBucks's orders typically do not take that long for them to deliver. I'm sure it would be ready in no time. What did you order?"

"No time my tail!" Bowser ignored his question as he began to form a glare. "I already have to deal with the Koopa Chefs back at home for not making my food quick enough, and I will not tolerate it here!"

Choosing to not waste to lecture his fellow Melee veteran about manners and patience, he sighed facing around to the awaiting Mii to order his breakfast. "Now, let me see for a moment..."

"Take your time, Hero King." She said with a positive attitude. It happened to be the same Mii that was scared to death of Bowser. The thought of her completely changing her mood simply because of the king of the Dark Lands was beyond the blue-haired swordsman. Nonetheless, he took a glance at the menu.

That was the final straw for Bowser. Him not being served was one thing, though Marth not doing what he was told and completely disregarding him was another. The whole time, he figured if half the employees in ShineSpriteBucks were frightened of him opening the door to the place, they might as well prepare his breakfast as fast as possible. Paying no attention to the possibility of the chefs wanting to make his food as perfect as they possibly could, he got up from his spot and went up to the cashier himself.

"Look, miss," He was not afraid at all to raise his voice. After all, who intimidates King Bowser Koopa, anyway? "if my food is not in front of my face ready to be eaten in thirty seconds, I will get your manager to come right here!"

Him pointing to the ground did not even cross the poor Mii's mind, as he once again grew petrified and began shaking at the sight of the look in his eyes. For all she knew, he could strike her with his claw, even though Bowser knew he would be in great trouble for assault.

Marth meanwhile was in no way terror-stricken. If anything, he wanted to put Koopa into place before things could escalate any further. "Excuse me! Not only is it my turn to order, but you have no right to treat her this way! Belittling someone from doing the best she could at her work is arrogant and rude!"

"Stay out of it, Marth!" Bowser literally shoved him aside, him keeping eye contact on the female employee. "If you don't serve in twenty seconds, I will get the manager! Do you know who I am!?"

Receiving the attention of almost everyone in the shop was enough to intensify the situation. Not counting the Smashers, quite a few of the customers pulled out their phones and began recording the scene. Who actually wanted to miss out on going viral for videoing Bowser making a fool of himself over coffee and food? And Marth Lowell telling him off in public? All one could say was that it was not everyday that he or she would get opportunities like this.

Roy rose from his seat out of anger and nimbly made his way over. "Bower, you're making a scene here. You're embarrassing yourself and the Smash Brothers over breakfast! Is it really that serious?"

"Don't Bowser me!" He finally looked away from the cashier to face Marth's clone from the second Smash era. "I am a customer and last time I checked, the customer is always right so I deserve to be treated with respect and so far I am not satisfied!"

"Would that be your order right there?" asked a frustrated Marth Lowell.

Taking one moment to glance where he was pointing, his mood took no time to change from rage to confusion. Sitting in front of him were the three sandwiches and mocha he ordered. Not only that the his meal was ready within ninety seconds, which made the whole situation pointless to begin with, but when he looked up, there was the manager standing beside his still horrified employee with arms folded. By the look of his face, one could infer that he was not pleased at all.

"Consider yourself lucky, Bowser." The male Mii appeared to be in his early fifties and looked slightly overweight. "Had I not come here sooner, things could be much worse between you and me. I still haven't forgotten about you threatening to raise your fist to another customer here last month. Any violence here is not tolerated and we are not afraid to kick you out of here in less than two seconds. This is your final warning."

Marth and Roy also glaring at him only rubbed salt on the wound. Without another word, yet continuing his annoyed stare at everyone involved, the Koopa grabbed his food and walked off back to the table he once sat at.

With the two members of the ShineSpriteBucks crew thanking the swordsmen, everything carried on as normal, in spite of nearly everyone discussing the event that just occurred immediately after.

"Talk about lack of manners..." Palutena rolled his eyes from her table.

"I ought to give him a piece of my mind." Incineroar stared in his direction with his scrunched up red eyebrows, his left fist punching the palm of his right hand twice. "I'd beat his tail any day."

A couple minutes later, in came Ganondorf. Luckily for him, there was almost no one waiting in line despite the fact that it was the perfect time to have a cup of coffee in the morning. Even though there was the fact that there were a couple people that came before him, he did not find much of a reason to complain. Dealing with the situation, he folded his arms and waited rather patiently, unlike Mario's arch nemesis. Speaking of the notorious fire breather, the two happened to make quick eye contact with one another, only to shift their eyes in their own separate ways. However, Bowser chose to focus on him again when it was his turn to order.

Not to anyone's surprise, he, too, also managed to intimidate the Mii. Once again, she could feel her whole body shake, fearing the worst as normal. It was not the first time she had to face Ganondorf Dragmire.

"W-W-What can I get for you, sir?" In her mind, she wanted to leap over the counter and bolt out the door to scream as if he was about to use his Final Smash on her. Yet she managed to have some sort of self-control and tried her best to keep her composure, even though it was barely working.

"Fetch me a grande black coffee and that will be it for today." Dragmire answered her. "Be swift about it. I have no plans on remaining here to drink this caffeinated beverage that you serve to the inhabitants here."

Quickly punching in numbers on the register, she came up with his total.

"That will be three ninety-five, s-sir..."

With the Gerudo paying four dollars and telling her to keep the change, when asking him for a receipt, the cashier looked to notice him already heading towards one of the tables near Bowser. She actually ended up sighing as a relief, knowing that she just needed to retrieve what he ordered and it would be the end of it. After all, worst case scenario would have to be Ganonodorf making a scene like Bowser did a few minutes ago, only it would have been far much worse. He was known to be much more intimidating obviously.

King Koopa happened to be staring with a somewhat confounded look. He was wondering on how in the name of the Star Spirits was the Mii he was just dealing with was having a better time with Ganon that himself. All he had in mind was getting his food and digesting it in no time, yet she took to long for him. About the food itself, because of his observations, he only ate a sandwich and a half at the time, having yet to even taking a simple sip of his coffee.

"Turn around."

Being startled a bit, he faced the direction the voice was coming from to find Incineroar the Pokemon standing tall over the seated anthropomorphic turtle with a glare and tied up arms. Not a word was spoken, so the newcomer chose to speak first.

"I just like to warn you. You don't talk to people that way. It might be over and done with, but I'd better not see you tryna pull a stunt like that again. It makes us Smashers look bad, which then embarrasses Master Hand."

A million insults Bowser could have spat out to the red creature were being thrown all around in his head. Did he even have to explain? Who was he to him of all people? Not anyone important, that was for sure.

A simple three word sentence were the only words that were selected, yet the tone of voice clearly meant that it was not to be taken as a joke. "Get outta here..."

"Make me." If Marth and Roy were not intimidated by Bowser, one would not be intelligent to think Incineroar would even shake at the sight of him. "You might have gotten away with it this time, but you're supposed to set an example for us newcomers and you're doing the exact opposite. You know what, I'm glad I'm here so that I can tell you off."

Slamming his fist on the table was enough for Koopa to earn the attention from the customers again. It did not take long from the manager from before to be notified of the situation. Rushing over, he pointed directly at Koopa's face.

"That's it! You are banned from ShineSpriteBucks for the rest of the week!"

"It's already Saturday!"

"I don't care!"

With Palutena rushing to stand by Incineroar's side, Bowser took one hard look at the three before grabbing his food and drink to leave, taking his anger out by stomping hard on the floor. Some felt as if the whole shop was shaking within every step.

Bowser opened the door and attempted to slam it, only to have it close gradually. It turned out that it was not even necessary to add insult to injury since literally every last customer and employee in the shop was already watching with a mixture of no emotion, irritation, and fear.

"Lord Ganon?"

After everything was normal once more, Ganon turned at the sound of his shortened name. The cashier would have called him by ticket number, but Dragmire was already at his seat at the time. Last thing she thought of doing was calling him up again to retrieve it, assuming it would have been a death sentence to bother him.

With his order now in his hand, he stared at it for a couple moments, subsequently raising an eyebrow to express his confounded look.

"...I-Is something that matter s-s-sir?"

Slowly, his eyes met hers. "Is this the largest you have?"

A quick nod was all of her response.

"...So be it."

The next thing she knew, he exited the restaurant, resulting in yet another heavy sigh of great relief.

Sorry, Dedede fans. But the character is not going to be introduced just yet. But on the bright side, when he is introduced, I know I have some time to make up for it so I can start developing his character. (I think some people write Dedede to be unlikeable, but I think it suits him to just be a nuisance, but somewhat likeable. After all, he turned out to be a true hero in the Subspace Emissary.)

So anyway, ShineSpriteBucks is basically the Smash World version of Starbucks for this. The "Shine Sprite" part comes from the game Super Mario Sunshine released way back in 2002 just so you all know.

Some of you might notice about the changes in my writing style. Ever since I started here seven years ago, I was always trying to figure out what to improve it. Tell me what you think about it of course and I encourage everyone to review!

Questions:

1. Do you think Bowser just made a complete fool of himself in a coffee shop, or do you believe his actions were justified?

2. Do you think it would have been better for Incineroar to stay out of the situation, or did he have every right to do so?

3. At this point, what do you think Bowser would do now?