He'd been placed on the purple team.

Before the start of the main games, the singles Smash Tournament, the 8-team round robin was to occur. Alph didn't really expect himself to get very far in the singles tournament, but in the teams part of the 4th Super Smash tournament, maybe he had a better shot.

The fighters had been given a week to train and bond together before the start of the actual tournament. This was mostly for the newcomers such as himself, as big names like Mario, Link, and Ness were already experienced and well acquainted with the other competitors. He'd made friends with most of the other fighters here despite the difference in language, and he was enjoying his time outside of the battles.

After singles pool play (where Alph only won 22 of his 100 matches), free-for-all pool play (Alph had an even harder time with that), and wild card doubles (Alph prided himself with his above 50% win rate in that area), the elimination tournament was put-off so that team play could happen.

The 56 fighters were dispersed into eight teams of seven. There was the Gold team (lead by the Radiant Hero Ike), Green (lead by Ace Mercenary Pilot Commander Fox), Blue (lead by the Goddess of Light, Palutena), Red (lead by Mario himself), Purple (lead by the Hero King Marth), White (lead by Wario), Black (lead by the great Donkey Kong), and Brown (lead by the Dark King Ganondorf). Every team was assigned with a R.O.B. unit in the event that the scheduled combatant was unavailable.

Alph was assigned to the purple team, where the team collectively decided that Marth would be best fit to lead the team to glory (to the dismay of King Dedede). Like Alph, Marth did not natively speak the same language as most others in the tournament, but his leadership ability was undeniable that even the hard-headed Falco had no objections to the decision of him being leader. Lead by Marth, the purple team consisted of the F-Zero racer and bounty hunter Captain Falcon, the surprising perfect attendee Jigglypuff, Star Fox's Ace Pilot, Falco, the greedy and narcissistic King Dedede, the high-ranking Koopaling Wendy, and the Koppaite engineer of the S.S. Drake, Alph.

Seeing all of the battle experience everybody else had, Alph had to wonder what his role with this team would be. His mechanical skills would be of no use to a group of fighters in a tournament. This strange new universe that he was invited to allowed him to uproot Pikmin from the ground from seemingly nowhere, but that really only got him so far. His ability to fight by himself was extremely limited, and the Pikmin themselves could not hold their own against the other skilled fighters here.

The Koppaite sighed at his current state. It was an honor to be invited to this three week tournament, but he still didn't really feel like he belonged in a fighting tournament. Even Captain Olimar showcased some fighting capability. Alph ran his fingers across the grass, thinking.

Marth blinked a couple times as he'd found Alph sitting on the floor in wonder in front of him. Marth was pleased to learn that the young engineer was assigned to his team. The Hero King sat down on the grass beside him.

"Are you ready for tomorrow? You seem to have been scheduled for four battles tomorrow." Marth begins.

"Is that so?" Alph responds, looking at him for a moment before looking back down at the grass.

Marth nods his head with a grunt of approval. "You will be teaming up with Falco in the first battle, and Wendy in the second. The third and fourth will be determined early tomorrow morning. As leader, you can be assured that I'll be there to cheer you on during the first two."

Alph didn't seem interested. "Yeah," he says. In the distance, he can see Peach pestering Link about something. "Where are the others? On our team, I mean."

"Falco and Captain Falcon went into town. I am not certain where the others went."

"I see."

The two sit there in silence for a moment. Alph never really had much to say and spent most of his time listening. Marth can sense some insecurity in the young engineer sitting next to him. His normally wide eyes were lazy and unfocused. The orange sky was on the verge of becoming purple, but neither of them seemed to mind so much.

"Listen, I have a lot of faith in you. You may not realize it, but your ability to work in teams is astonishing."

Alph rubs the side of his helmet. "Yeah, but now I have a full-formed team relying on me."

Marth nearly rolls his eyes, but stops himself. "Please don't look down on yourself too much. You aren't normally like this. We all believe in you on this team. You have no reason to have such a pessimistic demeanor."

Alph shrugged his shoulders. "I guess."

The taller man got up from the grass and put a hand on his hip."Don't guess. Be sure. We will be having a long day tomorrow, and it will be a lot of fun. I am sure of it."

The Koppaite's lazy expression returned to its wary, alert one. He had a small grin on his face, however. "Of course. I feel a lot better now. Thanks a lot, Marth."

Marth returned his smile with a nod. The peaceful sunset between the two was suddenly interrupted by a pheasant and a bounty hunter.

"Lookie here! You guys aren't spending the night out with us, what are you two doing out here?" Falco asks, placing a hand on Marth's shoulder and an elbow on Alph's helmet.

"Where are the others?" Marth asks.

Captain Falcon, not looking quite as jovial as Falco, walks a little closer adjusting his glove. "We saw Wendy having dinner with her fellow Koopalings, and Dedede has already retired for the night. He must have eaten himself to sleep tonight. He's been doing that quite often, lately."

Marth nods. Falco lets go of Marth's shoulder and kneels on one leg next to Alph. "So, are you ready for tomorrow kid? I'll be counting on you! Diddy and Roy won't be so easy!"

Marth frowns at the mention of the name Roy. "Don't worry about me. Just do what you do and I'll follow your lead." The ace pilot gives Alph a friendly nudge and a grin.

"Glad to hear it!" The bird exclaims.

The tall grass to their left ruffles a bit, and a pink spherical creature emerges. "Puff!"

Captain Falcon's mouth falls open in a smile. "There you are. I was wondering where you were." The balloon Pokémon waddles over to the group and rests itself upon Alph's helmet. Falco quickly takes Jigglypuff off of his helmet as she falls asleep, being sent flying several meters away in the process. The group shares a laugh at Falco's misfortune, but Alph still manages to give him his thanks.

Marth can't help but grin widely at the camaraderie being shown in front of him. All seven members of his team were all so different, but he felt like he couldn't have been given a better group of fighters to be teamed with. From the familiar faces to the two newcomers, it felt perfect. He couldn't wait for tomorrow. The other teams were going to be in for a big surprise.


So this is going to be a set of one-shots revolving around each team. This doesn't mean that each team will only have one chapter. Also, I can't be too certain about how often I'll be updating this thing, as I have found myself to be extremely busy lately. I like to think that many of the Smashers have become very close as a result of their constant meet ups, and putting them in situation where they are split into separate teams would cause many fun situations and heat up some rivalries.

Next chapter will be about the White team.