Author's Note:
Bet you didn't see this coming. A fanfic about Luke joining the Smashers. This is meant to take place a few years after the Unwound Future. Now, all italics are Luke's thoughts, unless otherwise specified. Assuming italics show up, anyway.
Chapter 1: Luke Triton, Ace Smasher
"Mom, I have to do this: it's the only lead I have on the Professor's whereabouts," Luke said, frantically packing up his belongings strewn about the room, clutching onto two of his currently dearest belongings: a letter from Professor Layton, and a letter of registration for Luke Triton. Registration into the Super Smash Bros, specifically. He figured that at least one of the other smashers could help.
"It's far too risky, and you could get hurt. I mean, honestly, do you even know who you'd be FIGHTING? Fighting, for Pete's sake. You scarcely hurt a fly. And Flora also got in? This is insane," Luke's mom was not so optimistic about Luke's planned journey. "Quite a few use fire, some of 'em use swords, and bombs, and bows and arrows, and other weapons you don't want to be hit by."
"There's magic to make sure we don't get hurt, and make it at least a somewhat fair fight, Mom," Luke said, getting his suitcases and his teddy bear, the last thing to pack.
"Fine, you can go, but you better write home everyday, mister," Luke's mom continued. I could continue with this cliche Mom talk, but I won't. You get the picture.
After hugs and kisses and bittersweet goodbyes, Luke started walking out the door, adjusting his hat and satchel, getting on the bus that would take him to his new home.
"Luke, you were also accepted," Flora said, getting ecstatic at the news. "We just have a few problems now."
"Like what, exactly?" Luke asked, feeling confident that he had everything he needed.
"How are we supposed to fight? I know I'm an assist trophy, but what about you?" Flora said, her tone getting worried.
"With my animal friends, of course. I also have a few puzzles up my sleeve that will give me tools to use in battle," Luke said, knowing there was nothing to be worried about.
"I hear the Smash Mansion is quite chaotic. It actually makes me kind of glad that I'm just staying in town, you know," Flora asked.
"Yeah," Luke said, noting the other passenger on the bus. "Hey, who are you, sir," Luke asked, feeling embarrassed for not noticing the lone person until now.
"Name's Robin, and you are," The cloaked figure said.
"Luke Triton, ace apprentice, at your service," Luke said, trying not to break down in front of Flora and this mysterious stranger.
"Ah, my condolences, Luke," Robin said, realizing that it must have been hard on the young gentleman.
"Whenever someone says that, it always makes me want to find the Professor even more just to prove them wrong," Luke said.
"I see. Do you know any of the other smashers?" Robin said, trying to change the subject.
"You're also a smasher, then, Robin," Flora said, "I've heard of some of them, but I don't know any of them. I know there's the Mario bros, a Pikachu, well, maybe I only heard about them from your conversation."
"You two also applying?" Robin asked, as another cloaked figure, this one female, came over and joined the conversation.
"Well, I am, but Flora already got accepted as an assist trophy." Luke stated, glancing over at the new figure, "And who might you be?"
"Robin," The second Robin said.
"We're both the same person from the separate universes," They said in perfect synchronization.
"Crikey, and I thought my family was complicated," Luke said, feeling quite flabbergasted.
"So, how do you fight, Luke?" Male Robin asked, "With a sword? with your fists? You've gotta bring something special to the table to get accepted. You know, like our sword and tome combo."
"I find swords to be quite generic, actually. No, I fight with my mind," Luke said.
"So, you are secretly telepathic. Told you so, bro," Female Robin said, smirking.
"No, I fight with puzzles, and with my animal friends," Luke said, "so, is that special or what?"
"Certainly unique, but how could that possibly work out?" Both Robins asked.
"You'll see," Luke said.
When the bus finally arrived, Luke started worrying. What if I'm not accepted? What if puzzles really don't work out very well for fighting? No, this'll work out. It has to. For the Professor.
Luke took a look at the enormous mansion, and almost doubled over from fear. Confidence is key. Just be a gentleman, and everything will go as it should.
"Come this way, if you're applying," Someone called out, drawing the attention of dozens of people, "I see you, over there. Impressive, isn't it? Well, you can admire it later. First off, all applicants have a meeting scheduled with Master Hand."
The man, now identified as Mario, lead the group inside, through a number of twisting halls and square shaped rooms, to a what looked to be a dining room.
"This is where you will all be waiting for your turn to talk with Master Hand, okay?" Mario said, starting to walk off.
"Next, Luke Triton," A booming voice filled the dining room with far too much noise to be human. Of that, Luke was certain.
"So, Luke Triton, what makes you think you can make it in the ranks of the Super Smash Brothers?"
"I have to… For the Professor," Luke said, "And if I don't, then I won't be able to find the Professor. So there is no way I am taking no for an answer."
"Quite a bit of enthusiasm on your side of the table. Now, what exactly would you bring to a fight with your potential opponents?"
"My mind, my friends, and my puzzles."
"Doesn't sound very effective if you ask me. But then again, neither did bug nets, golf clubs, nap time, or a whistle. I'll need a demonstration… You already got yourself into a fight, and it won't be easy."
"I'll do it. Now who is my opponent." No, assess the situation before you walk into it.
"Hmm, I think you will fight Red. Winner stays, and loser goes. Now, let's get you two to the battlefield.
But I highly doubt Charizard will, now that it has a mega evolution.
(Skip to battle)
"Okay, this will be a stock battle, with three lives each. Red, no substitutions. Understood? Good. Now, battle begin."
"Okay, guys, this should be easy. Squirtle, I choose you."
Luke started freaking out upon realizing he had no idea how to fight. He started backing up to the edge, and then realizing that Final Destination Stage would be his final destination.
No, I've got this.
Upon hearing something, Squirtle started charging in its shell, hurtling at Luke.
"Skull bash," The Squirtle cried.
"Nice try, but I won't fall for that," Luke said, making Red's jaw drop.
"What?"
Luke jumped up, and looked down, surprised at how high he had jumped. Squirtle stopped in its tracks, using skull bash on the ground to launch itself up into Luke.
"Aieeeee," Luke cried out, going up even higher from the blow. "Fine then, be that way. Take this," He yelled, taking off his hat, thinking of a puzzle which made his hat grow even bigger than he was, and made a giant tetris style block fall out of is hat, launching Luke up even further. "So it does work, then. That is very much good."
It wasn't so good for Squirtle, however, who was smashed into the ground by the block, and then bounced off the ground.
"What in the world was that? Okay, Squirtle, use water gun," Red yelled. Then, he dragged his foot along the ground, as if dancing.
The loyal Squirtle did as commanded, and got a direct hit. Whilst Luke was getting up, the Squirtle turned around, got into its shell, and used water gun again to propel itself.
"No you don't," Luke said after hearing the Pokémon say its move. He got out his toy robot from Miracle Mask, cranked it up, and let it go. It walked straight into the charging Squirtle, and the collision caused it to go into Squirtle's shell, where it exploded. This sent Squirtle hurtling off the platform, and into the inky gray.
"KO, Luke," An announcer boomed, his voice seemingly coming from nowhere, yet echoing off of the same nothingness from which it came.
"You did good, Squirtle, but next time we didn't know what to expect. Ivysaur, let's win this," Red yelled.
"You're going down, kid," Ivysaur hissed.
"I think not," Luke replied, again in his opponent's tongue.
"Come on, 3, I need help," Luke said, talking in bunny speak.
The rabbit appeared, and Luke took hold of it. Luke flung the bunny, who then did a flying kick into Ivysaur, while it hopelessly tried to snatch it out of the air with vine whip. It failed, as the offender disappeared into thin air.
Yes. Okay, so that one has far too much junk in its trunk then. At that moment, Luke's own trunk appeared, and it was about to burst open. No, they don't need to see any of my stuff. He started trying to seal his trunk shut, but he knew it was going to blow up in his face eventually.
"While he's occupied, hit 'im with a seed bomb from above," Red called out, prompting Ivysaur to do just that. As the green dino-plant hybrid closed in, Luke ducked under the seed bomb, letting go of his trunk. How did that happen? I didn't even see that. Ivysaur was not so lucky, though. It and Luke found out the hard way that Luke's trunk was one of the mightiest forces in the universe, as it exploded, launching Ivysaur off the platform, as well as all of Luke's belongings from his trunk.
"Use vine whip." Ivysaur was just able to reach the platform with vine whip, and got back up. "Nice move. You really are quite good at this, Luke." Luke blushed at the praise. "But we're only just getting started. Ivysaur, get the assist trophy quickly." Ivysaur got to it first, as Luke didn't even notice it."
Out of all the people to pop up, it was Flora. No one knew what she would do, and it was quite amazing. She made a mini model of the tower from Curious Village appear and then parts of it flew off to the side, in random directions. The tower itself was about as tall as a two story house, with a chimney. One of the parts flew directly into Luke, sending him flying off the edge.
"KO, Red."
"That was not very nice, Flora," Luke reprimanded the girl as he reappeared on the stage.
"Sorry, but it was kind of what I'm supposed to do. Ivysaur summoned me, so my attacks would hurt you and not him, because that's how mine work."
Luke then got the toy Laytonmobile from Unwound future, and let it fly. Literally. It flew in almost random formations, but eventually flew into the ground, sparked, and exploded into a cloud of smoke, having broken down, then finally disappeared, after launching Ivysaur in front of Luke, who promptly smacked it with his satchel.
"That felt unusually good," Luke commented, as Ivysaur soared over the edge.
"KO, Luke," The announcer's voice boomed.
"Nice job, kid, but I'm here to stay. This ends now. Go, Charizard," Red said, eyes burning with the flames of admiration and determination.
"Thanks, but there's no way I'm going down now. Not after coming so far, and learning so much," Luke said, his own internal fire burning just as bright.
As Charizard appeared, it sized up its opponent, and scoffed. "You took down both Squirtle and Ivysaur. Were they taking a nap or something? Oh, this should be easy," Charizard said quite loudly, having assumed that only the Pokémon spectators would know what it was saying."
"No, but they certainly did wake up when we talked with each other," Luke said, causing Charizard to step back in shock. "Yeah, that was their reaction too, I believe."
"You spoke in my tongue, impossible," Charizard said, still feeling shocked.
"Use fly, and stay up in the air where Luke can't get to you, then bombard him with flamethrower," Red ordered. Charizard obliged, and Luke quickly came up with a plan.
Come on, Patricia, I need you to make a special delivery for me. At that, Luke's parrot friend from Unwound Future appeared carrying an anvil, far above both Luke and Charizard, and bounced along ropes that had formed out of the air. Now. The anvil dropped, and hit Charizard back down to the platform, as a smash ball appeared, on the other side of the platform. Patricia flew over to said smash ball, grabbed it, and flew it over to Luke, and disappeared.
"Use flamethrower on Luke, then get the smash ball."
If only I had a giant nut, then I could roll it like the squirrels did. The magic of the arena obliged, and roll it he did. It shielded Luke from the flames, and crushed Charizard, throwing it back. Luke quickly ran over to the smash ball and smacked it repeatedly with his satchel, eventually breaking it. He felt an aura of power wash over him, and almost fell back in surprise. So this is what it feels like then, eh? I wonder what my final smash will be like.
Charizard was charging, desperate to stop the powerful move, but Luke was quicker. As he was thinking, he started his puzzle solved pose, (You know, where it flashes three poses when you answer a puzzle) and pointed, having a eureka moment. He meant to point up, but instead pointed directly in front of him. (Like Layton's puzzle solved pose) This made Charizard fall back, then launched the dragon-esque fire type off the stage, into the inky distance.
"KO, Luke. Battle over. The winner is… Luke Triton!" The announcer boomed, as the two opponents were warped back to Master Hand's office.
Master Hand started speaking, "Puzzles really do work out as a weapon. Quite astounding, but a promise is a promise. I'm sorry Red, but you have to go. However, I will ask that Charizard stay. Luke Triton, if you so desire, and this is your last chance to decline, then you are officially one of the new Super Smash Bros."
Luke thought it over one last time for a few minutes, then responded.
"I accept."
Author's Notes:
What do you think of them puzzles? Screw Layton, we have a whole new brand of fighting in the Professor Layton series, and its Luke style. But seriously, what do you think of Luke's fighting style? If you have any suggestions for puzzles to be used as attacks, review or PM me. Next chapter will be showing some other elimination rounds for other smashers. (Luke will be watching, of course.)
Buh-Bye.