Pre-author's Note: This story isn't actually adventure, but that was the closest thing to action for the genre.
The Contest
Mario leapt over another fireball as it went sailing under him. The red plumber rushed forward and continued to doge flame after flame as he made his way across the wooden bridge. The italian dodged every attack with amazing acrobatics that many would have thought were impossible. Jumped over one flame, double-jumped a second, dived and rolled past a floating bar of fire, then long jumped over a blue flame and landed much farther than where he had been standing previously.
Suddenly the blue flame turned around and flew straight for Mario. Mario felt the heat from behind him and turned around to see the blue menace inches from his face. He high-jumped into the air and the blue flame chased him upward. As Mario reached the peak of his jump and began to fall back towards the ground he maneuvered his body and just barely missed his persuer on the way down, the magical fire had been so close to his face that his moustache had been a little burned. The orb of heat changed directions again and dive-bombed towards Mario. Mario dived farther down the bridge, flipped off of the ground and turned mid-air, then tossed a fireball at the blue one which cancelled both flames out. Mario immediately back-flipped to avoid being roasted by a cloud of fire sent at him from behind.
When Mario landed he stared the King of the Koopas straight in the face. The two enemies stood quietly glaring at one another, waiting for the other to attack first.
Bowser crouched into a fighting position. "Bring it, plumber."
Mario leapt forward and launched his fist towards Bowser's face. Bowser blocked with a claw and opened his mouth releasing his flamethrower breath at his arch-nemisis. Mario curved his back in mid-air and avoided the fire before kicking downward into Bowser's face in a corkscrew kick.
The ferocious turtle raored and retreated into his shell before spinning rapidly, the winds he generated from spinning so fast sucking Mario in and then throwing him into the air. The Koopa King then looked upwards and let out another wave of flames. Mario was helpless in the air as his back was scorched by the fire. The plumber landed face first onto the bridge some distance away from Bowser. The koopa quickly ran towards Mario in his moment of weakness and prepared to deal a finishing blow with his Koopa Claw.
Just before being impaled Mario jumped off of the ground and hit Bowser in the face with an open palm while releasing a fireball. The close-range attack created a small explosion and sent Bowser skidding a few feet back. Mario followed up by leaping at Bowser again and kicking him square in the face. Mario used the momentum and flew backwards, releasing a pair of fireballs as he did. Both projectiles hit Bowser in the stomach, his shell providing minimal resistance against the heat attacks.
Both combatants let out a battle cry as they ran at eachother determined to finish their rivalry once and for all. However the battle would have to be put on hold as a blinding light absorbed both of them.
"Ohhh...Mama-mia..." Mario mumbled as he got up rubbing his aching head. He glanced around and saw many people he knew as well as many that he didn't. They were all either waking up or already awake trying to figure out what was going on.
"MAY I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION!" yelled some mysterious voice that made the comment seem more like a statement than a question. A massive white hand flew in from the sky. "Welcome, to the Super Smash Bros. Melee Official Tournament."
"Hey Glover!" shouted one of the characters, specifically Bowser. "What am I doing here!? Last thing I remember is I was pounding that pipsqueak Mario when some bright light comes and I wake up in this dump!"
"Why, this is a contest! To see which out of the greatest fighters in the galaxy is the strongest! Whoever is able to defeat all of their opponents and make it past the final round shall be named the King...or Queen...of Fighters! Oh, and anyone who loses will just be sent back to their world so you have nothing to worry about if you happen to cause a...fatality."
"Now lets meet the contestants!" The gigantic glove flew high into the air and snapped his fingers causing a bright spotlight to shine down on Mario. "The hero of the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario!"
The spotlight shifted to another person. "Princess Peach Toadstool, and her trusty companion Toad! They will be fighting as a team in this tourney."
The light shifted to Bowser. "The great King of the Koopas...Bowser!"
"The King of the Jungle...DK!"
"The prehistoric Dino from Dinosaur Land...Yoshi!"
"Some green guy!"
"Hey! I resent that!" resented Luigi.
"The one who can actually make taking a trip to the doctor's fun...Dr. Mario!"
Luigi looked back and forth betweenMario and Dr. Mario. "What the?...how did?...who?..."
"Try not to think about it" said Master Hand.
Luigi exploded.
"Thats what happens if you think about it." Master Hand mumbled as he snapped his fingers and Luigi was brought back to life (in one full piece of course).
"The little electric mouse pokemon...Pikachu!"
"The littler electric mouse pokemon...Pichu!"
"The balloon lullaby wonder...Jigglypuff!"
"The greatest pokemon of them all...Mewtwo!" This comment earned the hand several glares from the other 3 pokemon.
"The Hero of time and his younger self...Link and Young Link!"
Luigi exploded again.
Master Hand didn't fix him.
"The Princess of Light...Zelda!"
"The King of theives, evil, and gerudos, its Ganondorf!"
"The psychic kid from Onnet, Ness!"
"The puffball of the stars, Kirby!"
"Fastest racer to ever enter an F-Zero machine, Captain Falcon!"
"Chozo chosen protector of space, Samus!"
"Eskimo pair from Icicle Mountain, Popo and Nana! These two will also be fighting as a pair."
"Leader of Starfox here with his surely co-pilot, Fox McCloud and Falco Lombardi!"
"The prince of Altea...Marth!"
"Wielder of the Sword of Seals, Roy!"
"Last but certainly not least, Mr. Game&Watch!"
"Now that we have finished introductions lets move on to the first round..."
"Uh, you forgot me..."
Master Hand turned his body(?) And saw a little star shaped figure. "Oh thats right," said Maser Hand as a spotlight shone down on the figure. "I originally didn't plan to have you in the contest, but since the Ice Climbers and the Toadstools are fighting as teams I ended with an odd-numbered roster...I'd like everyone to meet...Ristar!"
The little star/alien gave two thumbs up.
"Now, lets move onto the first round...Dr. Mario VS. Roy!"
The two named combatants were absorbed in another bright flash of light and disappeared...
Author's Note: In order to make up for the dullness of another generic Smash Tournament fic I decided to add Ristar as a character since I'm pretty certain he has never appeared in a Smash fic before. You may be wondering out of all the possible choices of characters who had never appeared in a Smash fic why I chose Ristar...well, why NOT Ristar!?
I'd also like constructive criticism for my fight scenes, I love to have a positive review, but I also like advice that helps me improve.
I'd like to ask that you don't review the actual storyline, because I wont be focusing much on one considering what kind of fic this is.
REVIEW!
