Let's (Not) Be Smashers

Chapter 2: K.O. Comes to the Smash Mansion


"Guys guys guys, guess what guess what guess what!" K.O. shouted as he rushed into Gar's Bodega. Enid was lounging on the counter as usual and Rad was busy arranging a bunch of cans into a replica of his head. K.O.'s shouting had startled him, causing the cans to collapse.

"NOOOO! Not my beautiful head!" Rad cried, causing Enid to roll her eyes.

"Hey guys, guess what!"

"What is it, K.O.?" Enid asked as she sat up.

"I got invited to the Super Smash Bros. tournament!" K.O. exclaimed, holding up the invitation.

"Super Smash Bros. tournament? Never heard of it." Enid looked at the piece of paper that K.O. had. "There's not even a name on it."

"I know, but I'm the one who found it, so it must be me! I'm going to the Smash Mansion tomorrow!"


The next morning came rather quickly, and K.O. and Carol waited outside their house for the bus to come and take K.O. to the Smash Mansion. He couldn't wait to get to the tournament. Carol had packed everything for him the previous night, and he promised that he would call her as soon as he arrived.

After waiting for a few minutes, there was a honk of a horn and a bus drove up right in front.

"There it is." Carol knelt down and gave K.O. a kiss. "Good luck in the tournament, K.O. I'll be rooting for you."

"I'll do my best, Mommy!" The driver honked the horn again, and K.O. took his stuff on got on the bus. Apparently he was the only one who was going to the Smash Mansion as it was completely empty except for him and the driver. K.O. sat down and looked out the window where Carol was waving to him. "Bye, Mommy." He waved back as the bus started moving, and the two didn't stop waving until they were out of each other's sight.


Ah, the Smash Mansion. The place that is home to the famous Smashers. There was a lot of excitement going on right now, as the Smashers were preparing for the upcoming Smash 5 tournament. The first newcomers, which were two Inklings by the name of Zeke and Malley have already arrived at the mansion, and many more newcomers were sure to come.

Today another newcomer was going to be coming to the Smash Mansion. The boss of all of the Smashers Robin was trying to get everyone else to settle down for the arrival, but they were literally all over the place. Jumping around, hanging from the ceiling, you name it.

"Everyone, stop jumping around! Get down from there, Diddy!" Robin shouted, but it was no use. No one was listening to him and they continued to jump around like a bunch of hyperactive monkeys.

*CLANG*

Robin looked down to see a bomb right by his feet, and before he could move away, it exploded and he was covered head to toe with orange ink. He sighed in irritation, and a certain female Inkling by the name of Malley zipped by.

"Ha! Got you, ya pleb!" Malley laughed.

"Yes, very humorous, Malley." Robin muttered, and he looked over at himself. "Oh, great. Now I need to change my clothes!"

And so he went all the way up the stairs to the fourth floor in order to change his clothes. Once he had changed and went back into the foyer, the Smashers were still running around like maniacs.

"Everyone, stop!" Robin shouted, and then everyone froze. "Enough of this! We have a newcomer joining us today and this is how you all want to show a display?! By running around and acting like wild animals?! We do not want the newcomer to think that we all live in a monkey house, do we?"

"Yes, we do!" Malley shouted, earning her a punch in the arm from Zeke, her fellow male Inkling. "Ow! What was that for?!"

"Look, I know that it may be difficult for some of you, but I just want all of you to not act so crazy so that we can make the newcomer feel welcome. Is that too much to ask?"

"It is for Malley." Zeke muttered, and he got a punch in the arm this time from Malley.

"Payback!"

"Knock it off, you two! I really do not want anyone getting into-" There was a honk of a horn, and Robin looked out the window to see a bus pulling up to the front. "Oh, the newcomer has arrived. Remember, I want all of you to be on your absolute best behavior so that we can give the newcomer a nice, warm welcome. When they come in, introduce yourselves kindly, and no shooting them with your Splatter gun. That means you, Malley." He said that last part in a rather stern tone as he went out the front door.


The ride to the Smash Mansion was rather long, and K.O. was taking a small nap as the bus was driving through the town of Smashville.

Once the bus pulled over to the front of the Smash Mansion, the driver went over to K.O.'s seat to wake him up. "Hey. Hey, kid. Wake up."

K.O. stirred as he opened his eyes. "Mmmm...Are...Are we there yet?"

The driver nodded. "Yes, we're here."

K.O. looked out the window and gasped in awe when he saw the giant four-story mansion that stood right in front of them. "The Smash Mansion...it's much more bigger than I imagined!" he exclaimed, and he leapt out of his seat and ran out the bus. He left his bag on the seat, but luckily the driver managed to grab it.

K.O. squealed in excitement as he raced up the hill and the front steps of the Smash Mansion. 'OhmyCobIcan'tbelieveI'mactuallyattheSmashMansionthisisthegreatestdayofmy-' He suddenly bumped into someone and fell backwards on his rump. A tall man with snow white hair and black clothes turned around and gasped when he saw him on the ground.

"Oh, my! I am so sorry! I did not mean to bump into you! Are you alright?"

"Never been better!" K.O. answered as the man helped him up onto his feet.

The bus driver then came up with the bag. "Hey kid, you left your stuff on the seat."

"Oh yeah, thank you." K.O. said as he took his stuff from the driver. "Um...is this the Smash Mansion?"

"Why, yes it is, and are you the newcomer?"

"Yep, I am! I've got the invitation!" K.O. nodded, showing the invitation that he had.

The man took the letter from him and looked at it. He found it rather odd that the invitation didn't even have a name on it, but he decided not to question it now. "Well then, it is a great pleasure to meet you. I am Robin, and welcome to the Smash Mansion."

"Nice to meet you too, Robin! I'm K.O.! So, where's the Smashers?" K.O. asked eagerly.

"Oh, do not worry, you will be able to meet the other Smashers soon enough. For now, let us just head inside and-" Robin led K.O. into the mansion and as soon as they stepped inside, there was a loud crash, much to Robin's irritation. The Smashers were all going at each other once again, with Donkey Kong, who was completely covered in orange ink, angrily chasing Malley around while the Inkling girl was laughing her butt off and Zeke was trying to get them to stop, but to no avail. Robin grimaced at the fact that the Smashers weren't even able to do the one thing that he asked them to do. K.O. on the other hand, was in a state of awe upon seeing the other Smashers.

'These are the Smashers?! They're so cool! I wonder what level they are!'

"Ahem!" Robin said in order to get everyone's attention.

The Smashers instantly stopped what they were doing and turned to look at him. They all immediately began shouting and pointing at Malley.

"It was Malley! She started it!"

"She's the one who threw the ink bomb at DK!"

"Nuh-uh! I didn't do anything!" Malley protested, though it was pretty obvious that she was lying as she was grinning, because that's what she always does when she lies.

"Enough!" Robin shouted, causing everyone to go silent again. "I do not want anyone pointing fingers and debating on who started what, and we will most certainly not do it in front of our newcomer!" He then turned to K.O., who was still in his awe-filled state. "Sorry about that. This place can be pretty...hectic sometimes." Robin sighed and turned back to the Smashers. "Everyone, this is our newcomer, K.O.." he said, and then everyone started clapping. "How about you tell us a little something about yourself, K.O.?"

"Oh, right. Hello, I'm K.O., and...I'm training to become a great hero, and I'm really excited to be here at the Smash Mansion!"

"My, that is very interesting. I think you will have a good time here at the Smash Mansion. Now go and get to know everyone else."

"Really?!"

"Yes, go ahead and introduce yourself to everyone." Robin smiled, and K.O. went over to introduce himself to everyone else, when he was suddenly shot right in the face with orange ink. "Malley! What did I say about not shooting the newcomer with your Splatter gun?!"

"What? I'm just giving the newcomer a welcome. Can't I ever do anything fun for once?"

"Talk to me with an attitude like that one more time and you are getting sent to my office, young lady!"

"What are you gonna do, Principal Robin? Put me in time-out?" Malley asked in a sassy tone.

"Alright, that is it! You are coming with me!" Robin shouted as he grabbed Malley by her shoulders and dragged her out of the room.

Everyone stood in awkward silence as the two of them left.

"What's with her?" K.O. asked as he wiped the ink off his face.

"Oh, don't mind Malley. She's nothing but a troublemaker." Zeke shook his head. "So, you said you name was K.O., right?"

K.O. nodded. "Yep!"

"Well, it's nice to meet you, K.O.. I'm Zeke, and welcome to the Smash Mansion. Hopefully this place won't be too crazy for you."

"Oh, I'm sure it won't. I can handle crazy!"

The Smashers then began to introduce themselves to K.O.. Some of them however, weren't too thrilled with the newcomer.

"Oh goody, we've got another annoying kid joining the tournament. Because we really needed more of those." Cloud muttered.

K.O. looked through the crowd of Smashers and gasped when he saw a swordsman with spiky blonde hair. "Hero? You're in Smash too?!"

"Who?" Cloud asked in confusion as K.O. come over to him.

"Oh, my gosh, Hero! I can't believe you're here in the tournament!"

"What the hell are you talking about? I've never seen you before in my life."

"Yes, you have! We trained together once, remember?" K.O. asked as he hugged his leg tightly.

"I hate kids." Cloud muttered as he tried to get K.O. to let go of him, but he wouldn't budge. "Okay, can somebody please get him off me?!"

"Oh, who's this?" Rosalina asked as she grabbed K.O. off of Cloud and held him in her arms. "Oh, you're such a cute little boy!"

K.O. giggled and blushed. "Th-Thanks. I get that a lot."

"Why does that kid think I know him?" Cloud asked as he dusted off his leg.

"Hey, what's going on?" Ryu asked as he he came into the room.

"We got another newcomer, and it's another annoying kid."

"A newcomer?" Ryu looked at the newcomer, who was still being gushed over by Rosalina, and his eyes widened. "Oh no, not that kid."

"What, you know him?" Cloud asked.

"It's that kid that was convinced I'm his dad from that freaky announcer, and my back wouldn't stop hurting for a week. I can't have him see me." Ryu turned around and tried to leave, but a loud gasp from behind him told him that the boy saw him. 'Shit.'

"DADDYYYYYYYYYY!" K.O. squealed as he ran over to him.

'Shit shit shit!' Ryu thought as he was jumped on and hugged tightly.

"Oh Daddy, I can't believe you're here!" K.O. exclaimed, and everyone else awwed.

"Wow Ryu, I never knew you had a son!" Rosalina said in awe.

"He is not my son!" Ryu said as he tried to get K.O. to let go of him, but he wasn't letting go. "Goddamnit."


Note: In case you don't get the joke about K.O. thinking that Ryu is his dad, it's a reference to Ryu's Know Your Smashers chapter where the announcer claimed that he was K.O.'s long lost dad.