Well guys, inspiration has struck me again. This time, inspiring me to write an epic, multi-chapter fic. Basically, it's a complete rewrite of the Subspace Emissary….in fact, you'll find it has very little in common with the real Subspace Emissary, only a couple ideas taken from it here and there. So sit back, and enjoy.

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Subspace Emissary: The Nameless God

A Super Smash Bros. Brawl/Subspace Emissary fanfic

By Viewtiful Aryll

Disclaimer: All Nintendo characters belong to Nintendo.

Solid Snake belongs to Konami and Sonic belongs to Sega.

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It all began with a tournament. 12 fighters from ten worlds were brought together by the Hand of Creation. While the tournament was going on, he built a world for them, copying bits and pieces of each of their own worlds. 2 years later, he held another tournament, bringing in even more fighters from more worlds, and with his partner, the Hand of Destruction, he expanded the world he created. After the tournament ended, he knew the next tournament would be much bigger, and began to work on making a larger, greater world. 7 years later, the world was complete, and once again, many fighters from many worlds came to this world, to wait for the new tournament to begin.

This world is called the Smash World…and this is the story of how a great evil tried to destroy it, and all the worlds connected to it.

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It was a warm day in the Smash World. Princess Peach sat in the garden behind her castle she had built for her stay in the Smash World. Mario and Luigi sat nearby, enjoying lunch.

"It's a good thing Peach brought lots of spaghetti!" Luigi said as he slurped up some pasta.

Mario nodded his head and agreed, "Nice pasta, nice weather…what more could you ask for?"

"I don't think anything could ruin this perfect day!" Luigi said.

As if on cue, one of Peach's numerous Toad servants ran into the garden shouting, "WE'RE UNDER ATTACK!"

Mario jumped up. "Looks like Bowser is up to his old tricks, eh?" he said.

The Toad gasped for air a spoke up again, "No! Not Bowser! Someone….else." He then promptly fainted.

Mario frowned and looked at Luigi, who was already quivering in fear. "Well…whoever this is….we have to stop him." Mario said. He nodded at the Princess, who ran off to find a hiding spot, and then grabbed Luigi's hand and dragged his cowardly younger brother to the front of the castle. Once there, he saw several Toads using fire flowers and vegetables to try and hold off their enemies, to little effect. Mario gasped as he saw who was attacking. They were like nothing he had ever seen before. These strange creatures had humanoid shapes, with greenish bodies and hats, and dark, purple heads and limbs. Most of them were unarmed, although some of them were armed with green beam swords, and others carried strange looking blasters. A dark purple substance poured out of their backs. Luigi gave out small whimper.

"I don't know Mario…these guys look tougher than your average Koopa. Maybe we should get out of here. You know, take the Princess to safety," Luigi said as he looked at the enemies easily tossing the Toads aside.

Mario shook his head and adjusted his cap. "No way Luigi. We're going to protect Peach, right here, right now. Now…let's-a go!" he said, charging at the enemy army, shooting fireballs, jumping, punching, kicking whatever he could find. Luigi sighed and followed his brother into battle, mimicking his actions, even occasionally pulling out a hammer to knock an enemy away.

They battled for twenty minutes before they noticed that just as quickly as they took these enemies down, more appeared, rising from pools of the dark purple substance scattered across the ground.

"Mario! There's no end to these things! What are we going to do?" Luigi cried in terror as his hammer smacked away a sword-wielding enemy that was charging at him.

"Let's see how well these guys handle a little brother power! We'll give them a taste of our Cyclone Bros. attack!" he said and nodded at Luigi. Luigi took his hammer and smacked Mario with it, causing Mario to shrink to about half of his normal size. Mario reached up, and Luigi jumped on top of his brother's head. Mario held on tightly to Luigi's feet as Luigi held his hammer out, and the two brothers began to spin, knocking into the enemies left and right, sending them flying into the ground and causing them to break apart into the strange substance that formed them, which would then dissolve into the wind. By the time they ended the attack and Mario returned to normal size, only a few enemies were left.

"Bravo," a slightly familiar voice cried out. Mario and Luigi turned their heads to see Ganondorf appear out of a dark portal, clapping. They hardly recognized him. He seemed to look a lot different compared to when they saw him in the last tournament, but his aura of evil was unmistakable. Luigi shuddered in terror. "I should have known that if anyone could take down my Primids, it would be the legendary Mario Bros. But….your effort are in vain. Because now…you have me to deal with. Hand over Princess Peach." he said as he approached the Mario Bros. He glared at Luigi, who jumped back a foot.

"Not a chance," Mario said. A swirling ball of fire suddenly appeared in his hand, which he thrust at Ganondorf, who merely held up his hand and blocked it. Mario then jumped into the air and tried the stomp on Ganondorf's head. Thinking quickly, the King of Evil jumped backwards, being surprisingly agile despite his heavy armor, and caught Mario's foot. He then hurled Mario into the air. Holding up his hand, he began to charge up a blast of dark energy when suddenly several green fireballs slammed into his back. Turning around, he saw Luigi charging at him with his hammer drawn. Ganondorf pulled out the Sage's Sword, and blocked Luigi's hammer. Pulling back his foot, he kicked Luigi away just as Mario landed behind him. Drawing his own hammer, Mario charged and smacked Ganondorf in the back. Ganondorf was knocked down to his knees by the impact, and Mario jumped back and began to charge a large fireball. He fired it, just as Ganondorf turned around. Throwing his hand forward, he created a magical shield in front of him just as the large fireball was about to collide. Then, he rebounded by teleporting behind Mario and pulling his fist back. Charging it with dark energy, he thrust his fist forward as he unleashed his mighty Warlock Punch. Mario was hit directly by the attack and sent through one of the castle walls, coincidentally landing in the room Peach was in.

Peach gasped and ran over to the injured plumber. "Mario! Are you ok?" she gasped. Calling upon the healing skills she used in Super Mario RPG, she channeled some life back into Mario, who leapt back to his feet.

"Never better Princess! You have to get out of here. Ganondorf is here with this army on enemies called Primids, and he's after you for some reason. Luigi and I will hold him off….you can escape from the back," Mario said. He then jumped out of the hole in the wall and ran back to the battle.

Peach gave a worried sigh as several Toad bodyguards began to lead her to the rear exit. "Mario….be careful," she said as she left the castle grounds.

Back out front, Luigi was using his superior speed to dance around Ganondorf, peppering him with fireballs. Mario suddenly rejoined the fight by slamming into Ganondorf from above, smashing his feet into Ganondorf's chest. Ganondorf staggered back a little and let out a furious shout. "Enough of this game! I will finish this!" he roared. He then began to float into the air and gather a great orb of magical energy. With a battle cry, he fired several blasts of magical of energy at the Mario Bros., which homed in on them, sending pain coursing through their bodies. The two heroes fell to their knees and panted.

"You're too late Ganondorf. Peach has already fled. You lose," Mario said, glaring at Ganondorf with a defiant look in his eyes.

"Well then….I'll just have to capture the famous Mario Bros. as a consolation prize." Ganondorf said as he charged another orb of energy. However, before he could fire it, several green lasers hit him from above. With a cry of pain, the orb of magic faded and he stumbled backwards. Looking up, Mario saw an unknown space craft flying towards them. It reminded him of the Arwings flown by the members of the Star Fox team he met from the past tournaments, only this craft was also very different. Besides the coloring on some spots being red as apposed to the blue of the Arwings, the wings were completely different as well. Suddenly, a figure jumped out of the spaceship. Landing between Mario and Ganondorf, the figure drew a laser gun with a knife attached to it and pointed it at Ganondorf.

"Can't let you do that, Ganondorf." the figure, an anthromorphic wolf in futuristic armor with a strange eye patch, said. He gave out a low growl and a strange, wolfish grin.

"Wolf O'Donnell. Leader of Star Wolf. Last time I checked, you were a villain too. I'm a bit surprised to see you raising your gun against me," Ganondorf said with a frown.

"I'm a mercenary, not a villain. And I happen to have an employer already. Its up to him what I do. And right now, he wants me to help out these two," Wolf said as he jabbed a finger from his free hand at the Mario Bros. "So if you want to capture these two, you'll have to go through me," he added with another wolfish grin crossing his face. With that, he fired several shots at Ganondorf. The Gerudo wizard created a magical shield between himself and the lasers. He then fired his own blast of energy at Wolf. Wolf threw up a red shield around himself, but unlike Ganondorf's simple shield, his was a reflector, which sent the blast flying back at twice its original power and speed. Ganondorf was caught by surprise and knocked back by his own blast. Wolf took this opportunity to turn to the Mario Bros. "We have to get out of here! We can't win this match! Besides, the sooner we can meet with my employer, the better," he said. He began to run in the opposite direction, with Luigi right behind him without any hesitation, and Mario reluctantly following the two of them. They made about 20 feet of progress when suddenly a huge ball of energy crashed in front of them, halting them in their tracks and creating a huge crater. Ganondorf emerged from the smoking crater with a malicious glint in his eye.

"You're right Wolf. You can't win this fight. Looks like I'll be coming back to my boss with three trophies." he said with a cocky grin. He raised his hand, a large ball of dark energy already charged, and pointed it at the trio. All of a sudden, Luigi launched himself forward with his Green Missile, knocking Ganondorf back and disrupting his aim, causing the blast to fire harmlessly into the sky. "WHAT!?" he cried out in shock.

Luigi stood between Ganondorf and Mario and Wolf. "I'll….hold him back. Mario…find Peach. She's going to need you," he said, a strange look of determination crossing his face.

"Luigi! Don't try to be a hero. You can't take him! Let's all escape! We'll find the Princess together," Mario said, a look of surprise crossing his face that matched Ganondorf's face.

Wolf sighed and said, "No Mario…he's got a point. Between the two of you, you're the one who can best protect Princess Peach. And…if one of us can delay Ganondorf, it'll be much easier for the other two to escape. It's the best plan we've got."

Mario just closed his eyes and shouted, "Do you really expect me to just abandon my brother!?"

Ganondorf began to laugh, and seemed to be about to say something, when Luigi suddenly burst out, "JUST GO MARIO! GO!"

Mario just looked at Luigi, speechless. Then, without warning, Wolf threw Mario over his shoulder and began to run away.

"Well…well…your noble little sacrifice has certainly inconvenienced me. At least I won't return to my master empty handed. But….I am curious. Why? I know you Luigi….we were both in the Melee tournament. You're a coward. Why would you do this?" Ganondorf said, a faint tone of respect hidden deep within his voice.

Luigi a frightened grin crossed his face. "To…to tell the truth, I don't know why I did it. Even now, I want to just run. But I know….if I run, Mario and Wolf will be sitting ducks. Heh…but….something came over me. And…I guess, I just wanted, at least once to prove…I'm just as strong as Mario. I'll take you down…with my own technique…my one move that not even Mario can pull off." he said. Suddenly, his one hand became surrounded in electricity. "Thunderhand!" Luigi cried as he suddenly rushed at Ganondorf, electricity dancing around his one hand. Once he got within range, he thrust his hand at Ganondorf. The blow managed to pierce through Ganondorf's armor when suddenly Luigi couldn't push his hand any further. He looked at his arm and found Ganondorf's huge hand clutching it, preventing his hand from reaching the man inside the armor.

"It's over," was all Ganondorf said as he drew the Sage's Sword with his free hand and slashed Luigi in one simple motion. Luigi's whole body just went limp as he felt all his strength leave him. Ganondorf stopped clutching the younger twin's arm, and as the green clad plumber fell the ground, he found himself blacking out. He had completely lost consciousness before he even hit the dirt. Ganondorf grinned as he effortlessly picked Luigi up. A dark portal appeared, and suddenly a cloaked figure floated out of the portal, a large metal sphere attached to the bottom of his floating platform. Two R.O.Bs followed him. "Ancient Minister….you know what to do," was all he said as he stepped through the portal with his prize.

The Ancient Minister dropped his load in front of the gates of Peach's castle. The two R.O.Bs each got on one side of the sphere. Sticking their arms into the side, the opened it up, revealing the mighty Subspace Bomb. The ticking clock began its countdown as the Ancient Minister sadly flew away. The two R.O.Bs looked at each other, and with a mournful robotic whine, they shut down. And within two short minutes, where Peach's castle had once stood….was nothing but sphere of nothingness…a sphere of subspace.

Several miles away, Mario looked back upon the spot where the castle once stood. He took off his hat and bowed his head. "Luigi….I'll find you…and I'll bring you back…I promise," he said solemnly, determination etched into every inch of his face. Wolf watched, then made a noise halfway between a growl and a grunt of respect.

"Well Mario…I think for now we should part ways. My employer has given me a list of people to help, and I figure you're probably going to look for your missing princess. I have no interest in her right now, so…I'll see you later. My employer will definitely want me to bring you to him eventually, so we'll cross paths again…someday," he said as he punched a few hidden buttons on one of his arm guards. Suddenly, his Wolfen appeared and landed beside him. With a small nod of his head at Mario, he jumped into the cockpit and flew off.

Mario silently watched Wolf fly off, then began to walk. It was time to begin the fight.

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Meanwhile, in a land far above the others, hidden within the clouds, sat a palace. Inside, a young winged boy stood looking into a magical pool which was currently showing Mario walking along a dirt path. Beside him stood a tall, beautiful women.

"Goddess Palutena, what should we do?" the boy asked, brushing his brown hair out of his eyes and adjusting his crown of leaves. His wings, poking out of small slits in the back of his white toga, flapped excitedly, hoping Palutena would say what he thought she would say. His brown sandaled feet began to twitch in anticipation.

Palutena thought for a moment. He long green hair flowed around her shoulders and down her back. She moved ever so slightly, her white dress shifting with her, the many mirrors and pieces of gold jewelry she had attached to it making plenty of noise. The divine aura the glowed behind her seemed to brighten as she stumbled upon an idea. "Pit, I want you to help Mario find Princess Peach. Take my bow with you, as well as my three sacred treasures," she said as held out her hand. Four golden spheres appeared floating above her hand. Three flew into the winged boy, while the fourth one turned into a bow the floated into his hand.

Pit grinned, "Thank you Palutena. I will not let you down!" he said. He then ran over to a door and threw it open. With his back to the outside, he dropped backwards out of the door. He let himself drop for a few feet before turning so he could glide on the wind currents. His destination…a certain lone plumber that could use some help. He grinned and leaned forward, trying to go faster. "Those Primids won't stand a chance!" he said to himself as he continued to glide.

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Well, that's it for this chapter. I hope you guys enjoyed the beginning of my story. I plan this to be a sort of long, epic story, and I hope you guys will stick around to read it.

Oh, and….I really hope I'm not the only person in the world to think of how similar Luigi's Thunderhand from Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga is to the Chidori. So I hope everyone liked my little Naruto tribute there. Luigi will be using the Thunderhand again in the future. In fact, expect several characters to occasionally use moves similar to moves from various other sources, such as anime/manga, TV shows, movies, and even other video games.

But, I guess I shouldn't rant your ears off. I'll just end this by saying please, PLEASE review. I would really like to hear what you people think of this story. Plus, the more reviews I get, the sooner I may get the second chapter out. So, PLEASE REVIEW!

And all flames will be used to fuel Mario's Firebrand attack.

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