It's time for another episode of Super Smash Bros Combat Evolved. I don't have much to say about this chapter, other than, it's the longest one I've written so far.
FERS: What?! I hate reading long chapters!
Wolfdude: Hey! Stop complaining. My chapters are short compared to other fan fiction writers. One of my reviewers for 'Gekkaja's Hidden Power' even commented on it.
FERS: I don't care! I don't like reading long chapters!
Wolfdude: Well too bad, cause they're gonna get longer!
FERS: NOOOOOOOOOOoo!
Wolfdude: Anyways, on with the chapter!
Super Smash Bros Combat Evolved
Chapter Two: Arriving at Smash Mansion
Ranma had a lot of experience with different forms of magic. When Sasha used her teleportation magic, Ranma noticed that it felt slightly similar to his jusenkyo curse. When he gets splashed with water, the change is instantaneous. One second, he's a boy, the next second, he's a girl. Ranma barely notices the actual change. The Teleporting experience was kind of like that. One second, he was standing in the yard of the Tendo dojo, the next, he was he was standing in a grassy field.
Straight ahead of him was one of the biggest houses Ranma had ever seen. He had seen others, namely the Kuno estate and the mansion that belonged to Picolet Chardin(Don't know who that is? Watch the anime).
The mansion was surrounded by grassy fields. Beyond the fields was a thick forest. Sasha gave him a sudden push and he stumbled forward a bit.
"Well, here we are! Go on inside. someone will help you out from there. I have to pick up a couple more people, so I have to go now. Have fun!." And with that, the sorceress disappeared again.
Ranma steeled himself and walked up to the large front porch. He knocked on the door. "Hello? Is anyone there?"
A few moments later, the door opened. Inside was a young man with messy red hair and blue armor. "Hey, you must be one of the newcomers. My name's Roy. And you?"
"I'm Ranma. Hi."
"Nice to meet you. Come on in." Ranma stepped inside. He was in a large room with a staircase at the end of it. "Hey guys! Another newcomer is here!" He shouted.
A moment later, a blue blur came racing down the stairs and straight towards Ranma. He quickly braced himself for whatever was coming. It was a couple of feet away from Ranma when it suddenly stopped in it's tracks.
Now that it was standing still, Ranma could it make out more clearly. Standing it front of Ranma was some sort of animal. It had blue fur and stood on two legs. On the back of it's head were spike-like hair. "So, you're one of the newcomers, huh? Who gave you an invitation?"
Ranma wasn't expecting the question, and he definitely wasn't expecting a blue animal, walking on his hind legs, to ask a question in the first place. "Um, that Sasha chick. Who are you?"
"Oh, right. The name's Sonic. Sonic the Hedgehog." He answered, "So, Sasha Lee gave you an invite. That makes you one of the weird ones. What's your name?"
"My name's Ranma." He replied, "And what do you mean by 'weird ones'?"
The blue hedgehog turned to Roy. "Hey, Roy. Could you explain things to him? I still have things to do." He started running up the stairs, only to stop halfway and come back. "Oh yeah! I almost forgot," He pulled a booklet from who-knows-where and handed it to Ranma. "This is a list of the other Smashers as well as the other newcomers. It has a brief description of each of us. It should help you out a bit." And with that, he ran back up the stairs.
Ranma was staring at the spot Sonic had just been standing in awe, "Whoa…and I thought I was fast."
Roy sighed next to him. "Yep, that's Sonic for you. He's the fastest of all of the Smashers. Actually, I heard there's a newcomer from Sonic's world who's just as fast as he is." Then he smiled. "These recruitings make you realize just what a variety of fighters there are in the universe."
"Yeah…so, what did he mean when he said I was one of the 'weird ones'?"
Roy looked around nervously, as if expecting someone to come out and hit him at any second. "Well, you see. Sasha has an extremely short attention span, but we needed an extra person to give the invites. Usually, Master Hand, he's the boss of the Smash Gang, gives them out, but he was busy with last minute preparations, so he had two of the Smashers, who have the ability to travel throughout the different worlds, do it."
"But they couldn't do it all by themselves, so Sasha volunteered. We were worried about Sasha's attention span, so Master Hand thought of the idea to give her the job of inviting the weirder newcomers. She wouldn't get distracted if she got to meet strange people. So that's the story."
"And she's one of the Smashers?" Ranma asked.
"Actually, she's one of the newcomers, like you. We've just known her for awhile." Answered Roy.
Ranma smirked. "She's not the brightest person around, huh?" Just as he finished saying this, something hard hit him over the back of his head.
"Who isn't the brightest person around?!" Ranma turned around to find the sorceress standing behind him, holding a baseball bat.
"Hey! That's my bat!" A kid with a red baseball cap and a striped shirt came in and grabbed the bat before leaving.
Sasha turned back to Ranma. "Well?!"
Ranma scratched the back of his head nervously. "Um…nothing."
"That's what I thought!" She turned to Roy. She smiled brightly, ran over to him, and gave him a tight hug. "Roy! How're you doing?" She broke the hug and stepped back. "I just brought in another newcomer." She looked over at the door and shouted. "Hey, Noah! Come on in!"
The door opened and a boy with short brown hair came in. He looked about fifteen years old. He was pretty short, only an inch or two taller than Sasha. He was also pretty skinny. He wore a plain brown T-shirt and black pants. There was an expressionless look in his blue eyes. What stood out the most for Ranma though, were the fuzzy canine ears on the top of his head and the furry tail trailing behind him that reached down to his knees.
He walked over to Ranma and sniffed the air a few times. "You smell like a girl." He stated nonchalantly.
Ranma backed up with a startled and nervous expression on his face. "Who are you calling a girl?"
Meanwhile, Sasha got another evil smirk on her face. "I think he's calling you a girl. He's not to far off."
Roy was scratching the back of his head in confusion. "What are you guys talking about?"
"Nothing!" Ranma answered quickly.
Sasha kept smirking at him. "Oh come on, everyone will find out anyway. If you don't show them, I will." She pulled a bottle of water out of her backpack.
"Oh yeah? You think you can get me with a bottle of water? I'd like to see you try!" Ranma ran across the room, out of range of Sasha.
Roy let out a sigh. "He doesn't know what he's getting into with Sasha."
The sorceress's smirk grew wider. "Okay, you're on!" She took the lid off of the bottle. She concentrated on the water and it started flowing out of the container. It floated a few inches above her hand, as if she were holding it.
Ranma was freaking out now. "What the?"
"Didn't you know? I have the ability to control water. Don't you remember when we first met?"
'I get it.' He thought. 'That's how she got me the first time.'
Ranma still wasn't about to give up though. "Well you're still not going to touch me with it!"
"We'll see about that." She thrust her hand forward and the water shot towards Ranma.
Ranma threw his bag down and dodged. Sasha simply changed the direction of the water's path. This continued for about two minutes before Sasha started to get irritated, "Grr, stop dodging!" She turned to Noah and Roy who had been standing to the side, watching the show. "Hey, Fluffy! Hold him down so I can splash him!"
The comment slightly irritated Noah, but it was kind of hard to tell with his emotionless features. "My name is Noah, not Fluffy."
"Whatever! Just get him!" She yelled back.
The canine boy let out a sigh and did as she said. When Ranma leaped to the side to avoid the small stream of water, Noah ran at him and gave a swift punch that Ranma barely managed to block.
'Whoa, he's pretty fast.' Ranma thought. 'He's stronger than he looks, but I'm still stronger' It was at this time that he remembered his other opponent. The pig-tailed martial artist dodged out of the way of Sasha's water just in time.
"Grr, I missed again." Sasha grumbled to herself.
Roy was still at the side, watching the struggle intently. "That Ranma guy is pretty good." He watched as Ranma blocked another punch from Noah and then jumped out of the way of the water. "Still, I wonder why he doesn't want water to touch him. Whatever the reason is, it's probably what put him on Sasha's list in the first place."
Even though all of the Smashers got a booklet that described the newcomers, very few of them actually read it. Most of them wanted to meet the newcomers in person, rather than read about them. Of course, Zelda, Pit, and Sasha read the descriptions since they were giving the invites. Roy was now curious about what put Ranma on Sasha's list, so he decided to help her and Noah.
He brought out his sword and swung it towards Ranma. A wave of flames came from the sword and headed straight for the martial artist.
Ranma was ready to dodge the stream of water again when his danger sense went off. He instinctively jumped out of the way of the flames, but the water was still heading for him. It headed through the fire and splashed Ranma right in the face. Luckily for Ranma, the flames heated the water just enough to not activate his curse.
Sasha turned to Roy. "Roy! You're not supposed to heat the water! Only cold water will work!" She turned her glare to Noah. "And you! Stop messing around and keep him still!"
Noah let out another sigh. "Fine." He crouched down and put his hand on the floor. Out from his hand came some sort of black electricity that trailed on the ground and headed straight for Ranma.
The pig-tailed martial artist tried to get away from it, but he was forced to dodge another stream of water from Sasha. When his feet touched the ground again, the black electricity got to him and gave him a strong shock. The shock stalled him long enough for Sasha to hit him with the water.
By that time, over half of the residents of the mansion had gathered to the main room to see what all the racket was about. Imagine their shock when they saw a black haired boy change into a red headed girl.
"I knew he smelled like a girl." Noah commented.
"Woohoo! We got him!" Sasha started jumping up and down for joy.
Noah walked up to her. "Yeah, you did, but the question is, do you remember why you were trying to get him in the first place?"
Sasha instantly stopped jumping and started looking thoughtful. "Um…I can't remember!" She replied with a smile.
Everyone watching face faulted.
In the audience, Peach whispered to Zelda. "Hey Zelda, that boy turned into a girl. That's just like how you turn into a boy when you turn into Sheik."
The Hyrulian princess looked at her irritated. "I don't change gender when I turn into Sheik."
"Hundreds of people on the internet would disagree." Replied Peach.
"Well in this story, I don't change genders, okay?"
"Okay."
Falco ran up to Sasha. "You crazy sorceress! What did you do to him?!"
She turned to him. "I splashed him with water. Duh."
"Regular water doesn't change people's gender!" He retorted.
"It does with him."
"Prove it."
"It's true." They both turned to Noah. He was holding the booklet with the list of fighters. "It's right here in his description. 'Ranma has a curse that changes him into a girl with cold water. Hot water will reverse the effect'." He read.
Everyone in the audience nodded their heads as if that explained everything. After all, with all the strange people from different worlds living there, they learned it's best not to question the logic of anything. They all went back to their business as if nothing had happened.
Roy was still there. "Well…that explains why Master Hand put you on Sasha's list." He said to a very female Ranma.
The pig-tailed martial artist let out a sigh. "I would've liked to go about revealing my curse a different way, but it's too late now." She glared at Sasha, who was whistling nervously.
"Well, look at it this way," She said, "now you don't have to worry about it now."
"Whatever."
Roy spoke up. "Well, hot water changes you back right? Sasha, pick up the water again."
She did as she was told. Roy used his sword to heat up the up the water again and Sasha threw it at Ranma.
She smiled brightly. "Great! Now all is forgiven, right?"
Noah coughed to get her attention. "Don't you have more people to bring over here?"
Sasha started freaking out. "Oh my gosh, you're right! I gotta go. I'll be back!" She ran out the door and disappeared.
Ranma watched her leave. "She's…weird."
"Yep" Roy agreed. "Now that that's over, you should join the other newcomers in the waiting room."
"Okay" Ranma walked over to where he put his bag down. He was about to pick it up, when it started moving. "What the?" He instinctively jumped back and took a stance. Out from the bag, came the worst thing that could have possibly been in it.
Happosai!
Ranma ground his teeth. "Old goat! What are you doing here?!"
Happosai stretched and yawned a bit before answering. "Isn't it obvious? You don't deserve to be here! Everyone knows that I'm the strongest warrior from our world. So I've come here to uphold the honor of the anything goes martial art!"
"Yeah right! You just came for the girls!" Ranma snapped back.
"Well, sure, that's always a nice perk. Along with the mansion and free meals. Speaking of girls." He turned his gaze to Peach, who had stuck around for one reason or another. "Haha, what a babe! Come here to old Happy!" The mushroom kingdom princess let out a scream as the perverted old man leaped at her chest.
Before he was able to make contact, however, he was knocked down on his back. "Hey! Who did that!"
He looked up to see a man standing between him and Peach. "You'd better stay away from-a Peach if you know what's-a good for you." The man was wearing a red long-sleeved shirt with blue overalls and white gloves. He had a red hat with an 'M' on it. His eyes were blue and on his face was a level five mustache!
"Who are you?" Growled Happosai.
"My name is-a Mario. Who are you?"
"I am Happosai, Grandmaster of anything goes martial arts. I'm here to take my rightful place among the elite.
Mario crossed his arms. "I don't-a think you belong in the elite."
Happosai was now even angrier than before. "What was that!"
Meanwhile, Ranma was standing next to Roy and Noah. "We've got to stop that guy! The old freak's nearly impossible to beat when he actually gets angry!"
Roy put a hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry about Mario. He may not look like it, but he's one of the most powerful fighters here. I have no doubts that he can beat that man."
Ranma calmed down a bit. "Okay, if you say so."
Mario and Happosai were still staring each other down. "If it's a fight you want, then let's-a go!"
With that, Mario charged towards Happosai. The old man brought out his pipe to block a punch from Marion. To Ranma's surprise, Happosai actually seemed to grunt under the pressure a little. Mario followed up by spinning around to deliver a roundhouse kick to the old man. Once again, Happosai blocked it with his pipe.
This pattern continued until Happosai decided to go on the offensive. He struck out with his pipe, which Mario was barely able to block. He kept up the offensive until Mario struck out with a fist. Happosai was able to block it, but to his surprise, the impact created a small fiery explosion that sent the perverted martial artist back a few meters.
Happosai got back up. "Heh, you're a lot better than I gave you credit for, but let's see if you can handle my ultimate attack!"
Ranma put his hand to his face. "Oh brother, not THAT attack."
"What attack?" Roy asked curiously.
Before Ranma could give an answer, Happosai continued. "It's time for the dreaded Happo Fire Burst!"
"Happo Fire Burst?" Noah asked with his usual emotionless tone.
"You'll see." Ranma told him.
Mario braced himself for whatever the old man had in store for him. Then, out from his gi, he brought out a…fire cracker?
"It's just a fire cracker." Noah commented.
"Yeah." Ranma agreed.
Happosai threw the soccer ball sized fire cracker at Mario. The plumber responded by throwing a fireball that was about twice as large as the firecracker. The force of the flames carried the bomb straight back to the one who threw it. It exploded right in Happosai's face.
When the dust cleared, Happosai was still standing. He was charred and slightly on fire, but still standing. "Is that all you got punk?" He was coughing up clouds of smoke as he said this.
"It's-a time to end this." Mario stated. He pulled both of his arms back as he gathered energy into his hands. "Mario Finale!" As he said this, he thrust both hands forward. Two large, spiraling streams of fire headed straight for Happosai. He was still too dazed from the last attack to react in time. The fire attack carried him out the opened front door and slammed him into the ground outside.
The perverted old man didn't get back up from the crater in the ground. Mario won.
"Great job Mario! You won!" Congratulated Peach.
Ranma was shocked to say the least. He had been struggling to beat the old goat for about a year, but he had never been victorious in a serious fight. But Ranma had been getting stronger, he was almost there. He thought if he just had another month or two of training, he could've beaten the old man. Then this guy comes around and beats Happosai to a pulp. It made Ranma realize that he still had a ways to go before he was the best.
"Hey, what's been going on around here?" Sasha asked as she walked through the door that Happosai flew through a few seconds ago.
Ranma looked at her. "We had a stowaway. Do you think you could send him back to my world?"
"Sure, I'll be right back." She ran back out the door.
While she went to take care of business, the newcomer she brought walked in. "Keh, seems like there's a lot of weird stuff going on here. Maybe this won't be a waste of time after all."
The guy who walked in was dressed in red robes. His silver hair reached down to his waist. He stood at a height of five feet and six inches. He had a sword at his side. His eyes were an interesting shade of gold. At the top of his head were a pair of white-furred canine ears, just like Noah's brown ones. He did not have a tail, however.
He walked up to Ranma and sniffed to air. "You smell girly."
Ranma put his hand on his face. "Not this again." He looked the man in the eye. "So, who are you?"
"My name's Inuyasha"
"I'm Ranma."
Sasha came back in with one of her mischievous smirks on her face. "I took care of that old man, Ranma."
"Where did ya send the old goat?" Ranma asked.
"Nowhere special," She replied, "I just stuffed him in one of the boy's gym lockers at your school."
"Serves the old man right." He replied.
Roy cut in. "Come on. We all need to get to the waiting room so we can begin the announcements." Everyone, follow me."
"Right." They all replied at once.
As Ranma followed the other three through the hall, he thought to himself, 'Well, it looks like things are going to be pretty interesting.'
And with that thought in mind, he continued following the others through the hall.
End of Chapter
Interesting Facts:
1. I apologize for breaking the forth wall earlier. I just had to get that point across about Zelda.
2. Noah is my OC. I made him up all by myself and his back story will also be made by me. No one else gets credit.
3. Noah is the name of a good childhood friend of mine. I lost contact with him years ago. Now he's just somebody that I used to know. :(
4. FERS's friend ShadowRose Darkblade will also be giving input in this story. I'm thinking of abbreviating her name as SRDB, but that makes no sense.
5. I got the idea for this 'Interesting Facts' list from the fan fiction 'Smash Generation', so I can't take too much credit for the idea.
FERS: That was too long.
Wolfdude: I don't care. What I want to know is, WHAT KIND OF CO-WRITER ARE YOU! You haven't done any writing or co-ing.
FERS: Hey! I let you use Sasha! And I'm proofreading your chapters for you. So, stop your complaining.
Wolfdude: Whatever, I'm still angry with you.
FERS: Will a cookie cheer you up?
Wolfdude: COOKIES! Gimme gimme gimme!
FERS: Fetch!
Wolfdude: HOORAY!(chases cookies, eats them, and runs back.) Mmm, that was good. Where was I?
FERS: You were about to start begging for reviews.
Wolfdude: Oh yeah! Please review. PLEEEAASSSE! The three coms are always accepted.
FERS: The three coms?
Wolfdude: Comments, compliments and complaints.
FERS: Oh.
Wolfdude: One last thing, if you have any suggestions for characters you'd like me to add into my fic, your deadline to tell me is until I update my next chapter. You can review or pm me. Once my next chapter is out, it will be too late…
See you next time!