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A/N: Sorry it took a while. Y'know... reviews makes my finger click faster through spell check ;D CAMEOS D:!?!?! OMG:D

Super Smash Brothers: ONLINE
LOGIN #3: The Mysterious Stone

RIIIING!

I open my blood shot eyes and glance over at the alarm clock. "Stupid clock..." I said grogglely, trying to turn off the annoying buzzing that was my alarm. After a few minutes of striking air, I managed to hit the button and silence the buzzing. Sitting up, I yawned and looked over to see what time it really was.

"AAAH!" I screamed, jumping out of bed. "It's one already?! I'm gonna miss my class!!"

It took me only a few moments to through on my clothes and rush out the door, the only thought rushing through my mind was me being late.

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--Kanto--

Daisy appeared in a flash of white light amidst the bustling city that was Kanto. All around her were tall, city buildings. There was only one street in the entire city, lined with the skyscrapers. Each on of these buildings were stores, most of which had many different floors to sell different goods. To the north of the street was a large dome, with balloons, flyers and fireworks forever going off and floating around the dome. It big bright blue letters, the words: BATTLE DOME were written across the front. The only other way the street went was south, leading to a white portal, just like the one used in Mushroom Kingdom.

Upon one's first visit to the city, a player would notice one thing that was absent in this town that was everywhere in the other ones. The sound of people talking was minimized to all but nothing, only a few voices jabbering here and there. The reason? Kanto was considered the trade center of the game. In Kanto, a player is said to be able to find any type of item in the game.

In Super Smash Brothers: Online, there are two ways to get items. One is the trading house, a building all towns have. In this building, you give the house an item you wish to sell. The house then sets it at a certain price and holds it until someone comes along and buys it at the house. The next time you check the trading house, you'd get all the gold they used to buy the item. This was the way most people in the game sold items, but in Kanto it's a different story.

Since prices at the Trading House are set, many people, mostly those who are in a rush to sell an item, or are selling an item that the house doesn't have, come to the town and try selling their item at either lower prices then the house, or higher prices then the house, depending on which reason they wanted to sell. And since hundreds of people screaming what items they have for sale would be very, very annoying, many people in Kanto resort to typing the item and it's price.

That's why Daisy's text box was filled with:

WTS: RARE GOLD WEP - FINAL CUTTER! SWORDSMAN WEP! 10K!
I'm selling a stack of Fire flowers. 15k for full stack, 100 gold per
WTB: A good Buffer weapon. Whips Price! TY :D
Trading a level 40 healer staff for a level 40 bow.
SELLING QUEST ITEM FOR "IGGY THE WARRIOR" 100K TWO LEFT!!!!
RIP OFF!!!
Shut up --;

Of course, next to each one of those shouts was a name of a player, but the text was flying by too quickly for most players to even notice their names. In this type of trading, you only notice something that you're looking for and nothing else.

Daisy cracked her knuckles and said, "Alrighty, if there is ever a place I could get a good price on this item, it'll be here." She began to type into her text box:

WTS: A NEW rare item, Stone of the Void! Whisp. Price. I'll be by the PVP Dome.

At first, Daisy had expect to get a swarm of whispers. But her shout was quickly removed from the text box by others searching for different items. Daisy shrugged and began to walk down the street towards the dome, every once in a while shouting her text. It wasn't until she reached about half way down the street did she get a whisper.

REBECCA: Hey! A new item? Can I see b4 I pay:D
DAISY: Sure, I'm on my way now.
REBECCA: K, I'll be infront of the dome D

Daisy began to pick up speed as she ran down the street to get to the dome faster. As she pulled up to the dome, she saw a large amount of players sitting and standing on the edges of the dome. "She said she'll be infront of the dome..."

Daisy's eye glanced up and down the structure until they came upon the entrance to the battle arena. Standing there, next to the NPC Pokemon, was a human archer. She had green hair and wore a green bandana over it. Her clothes told her job, a leather vest and a very small mini skirt, plus the fact she was holding a bow gave it away. She was a Ranger. "HEY!" She yelled, waving over the healer.

Just to make sure, Daisy rolled her mouse over the character. It read, Rebecca. "Hey there!" She greeted back, walking over towards the player.

Rebecca smiled and crossed her arms. "Okay, so whats this new item you're talking about?" She asked while opening a trade window.

"I'm not to sure, I found it the other day. I've never heard of it." Daisy replied, searching through her item list.

About a minute past and Daisy still had not put anything up to trade. "Um..." Rebecca looked confused. "Are you there?"

"Yeah... I'm just trying to find it." Another few minutes past and at long last Daisy said, "I... I can't find it."

Rebecca sighed and closed the trade window. "Geez, some scammer you are." She said, rolling her eyes and walking away from the healer.

Daisy stood alone infront of the battle dome for a few moments. "I... I don't understand." She spoke to herself. "I had it last night... where could it have gone?"

"Daisy."

Daisy turned around and saw a tall human approaching her. He had black hair and small black eyes. His armor was a long, following white robe with a large white cape blowing in the fake wind behind it. Around his neck was a light red chain, one of the strongest items a Healer could get in the game. Upon seeing the stranger, Daisy smiled. "Oh, you got my message? It's been a while since I've seen Ninten."

"You know I can't come here with Ness, I'm not level thirty yet." Said the healer. Ninten walked over to the side of the dome, his armor clanking as he walked. He rested his back against the dome's wall and asked, "So how did the PK go?"

"Well..."

"You didn't do it, did you?" Ninten interrupted. Daisy sadly shook her head no and the boy sighed. "I figured. I got an e-mail from the newbie this morning tell me how happy he was I asked you to help him." He rolled his eyes remembering the text of the mail and continued, "So what happened to change your mind?"

"Something..." Daisy paused for a second to try and recall all of the events. "...big." Ninten looked puzzled and asked Daisy to explain. "Well, you see. Marth and I reached the final boss area in Lava River-"

"Lava River?" Ninten shouted surprised. Daisy nodded and his face went from surprised to worried. "Daisy... that area was shut down last night due to a fatal glitch."

"Really?" Daisy asked shocked.

The other healer nodded. "I don't know the full details myself. But my friend said that a group of players entered the boss area and found a mysterious monster. This monster attacked them and killed them all, causing their characters to become corrupted and were deleted."

"Yes, I remember reading about that on the forums but... I didn't know it was shut down..." Daisy paused again and began to think. "Maybe... maybe it was the same monster Marth and I fought?" She asked outloud.

"You two fought the monster?!" Ninten exclaimed. When Daisy nodded, he asked, "What did it look like? How did you beat it? According to my friend, when the party attacked it, they did no damage to it at all."

Daisy began to explain the events that took place last night. "First off, it's appearance. I knew it looked familiar, but I couldn't place my finger on it till this morning." Ninten looked on in anticipation. "It took the same form as... Bowser."

Ninten's eyes widened as he fell into deep thought. "The imfamous hacker Bowser, you say..." He muttered. "Do you think it might have been a virus uploaded by Bowser?"

The girl shrugged. "Maybe. But I didn't think Bowser could mange to upload a virus that could not only block the boss from spawning, but create his own boss that corrupts and deletes characters..."

Ninten shrugged. "Well, whatever. How did you beat it?"

"That's where the story goes from strange to freaky..."

--

"Marth! Oh no, Marth!" Daisy cried out, looking over the body of her fallen party member. His skin and armor began to turn gray and black, the games way of showing that the player had been killed. But once his entire body was dulled, it began to... break off into little pieces. Starting at Marth's feet, the character's body began to turn into little squares, float up and disappear into the sky. "What the... thats not normal!" She exclaimed, pointing her staff at the disappearing body. "Return!" She called out, causing a white aura to surround the body. This was the reviving spell, a spell that could bring a player back to life without the powerful green, '1UP Shroom' item or the more common 'Heart Piece' item. The white aura died down and Marth had not risen. "What?! Return!" She called out once more. But still, nothing. "...Life Up Alpha! ...Life Up Beta! ...Life Up Gamma! ...Life Up Omega!"

Nothing. None of her recovery spells were working.

The purple beast let out a low cackle and began to wiggle it's claws. Daisy turned back around only to watch it take another step forward, preparing itself for another attack on the healer. She stood up and lifted her staff once more. "No!" She called out, pointing at the beast. "This had better work, HYPER BEAM!" She fell backwards at the recoil of the magic spell as a beam of pure energy shot out from her staff. The attack nearly drained all of her MP and it struck the mysterious monster for a direct hit.

0 DAM!

Daisy dropped her staff and fell to her knees. "This... this is impossble." WirFra./BOWZR took a few more steps closer, raising its claw to strike the healer. But this time, Daisy made no attempt to move. "It's over." She whispered to herself. She closed her eyes and waited for the final blow.

But it never came. Daisy opened her eyes to see a dark gray hole had appeared between herself and the monster. The beast took a few steps back and let out a low growl, preparing itself for a new foe. Out from the void came a small, black creature, something unlike Daisy had ever seen in the game before. Besides being just a pitch black, paper-like cut out of a person, it was 2D and it moved in a very broken manner. Which each step it took, a beeping sound would fill Daisy's head sets. "What is that?" She asked, standing up. "It looks like... Oh, those rumors on the forums! It looks like one of those 'Broken Characters' people were discribing."

Whatever this new thing was, the mysterious monster was ready to fight it. It brandish its claws and charged at The Broken Character. As the monster slashed at the character, it jumped into the air and took out what seemed to be a bell. The Broken Character brought the bell down right onto the monsters head, striking it for a direct hit and filling the room with a ringing sound.

#$ DAM! Appeared about its head, a damage so high the game's programing couldn't even put a number to it. The Broken Character fell back to the ground and put the bell away, bobbing slowly infront of the motionless monster. A bright gray light began to shine from the skull of the beast, where the broken character had struck it with it's bell. The light grew brighter and brighter, until it filled the entire room and blinded Daisy's screen. It was followed by a vacuum like sucking noise, which ended as abruptly as it began. Once the light died down, the broken character was gone and the wired beast was laying on the floor motionless.

Daisy was left in complete shock. "What... What the hell was that?"

--

"...I see." Ninten muttered, nodding his head slowly. "So you came across one of those 'Broken Characters', did you?" Daisy nodded. "Thats interesting. From what the rumors said, those broken characters are just glitches that delete random players who are unluckily enough to run into them."

"Yes, I know. But thats what happened." She said. "And thats not all. When I revived Marth, an orb appeared near the creatures body. It turned into a chest and... well, Marth got this item I've never heard of."

Ninten looked over that the healer. "And it was called?"

"The Stone of the Void." She explained. At the sound of the name Ninten let out a loud gasp. "What? Have you heard of it before?"

"Yes... well I mean, no. Erm, I mean, its hard to explain..." Before Daisy could push the question more Ninten continued, "Does he still have the item?"

Daisy frowned. "Uh, no. See, I took it from him in as a bribe to not PK him."

"Dumbass!"

"Eh?"

Ninten glare quickly subsided and was replaced with a sigh. "Never mind. Give me the item."

"That another weird thing." Ninten raised an eyebrow as Daisy continued, "See, when I was in Marth's party, I clearly the saw the item in my inventory. But when I left his party and tried to trade it today... I couldn't find it."

"That weird..." Ninten muttered. "So, go in a party with him and see if it shows up. If it does, give it back to him."

"Is he on?" Daisy did a search with her GID's and found that Marth was offline. "Nope. Oh well... next time I see him on." She pushed herself off the wall and began to walk away. "I'm going to go level up in Kongo. I'll see ya later Ninten!"

"Hold on, wait!" Ninten called out, but it was too late, Daisy had already raced down the street and disappeared into the mass of players. "Damn... it's not wise of her to run around with such an important item on her."

A figure in white gave a low giggle. He had been listening in to their entire contestation, hiding on the wall of the dome just a little ways away from them. "Yes, yes. It's not wise indeed." He spoke quietly, before he turned and walked towards the portal of the server.

Ninten noticed the mysterious figure and raised an eyebrow. "He looks familiar..." After a few moments of thought ending in nothing, so he shook it off and walked down the street itself, saying, "I need to tell this to Zel."

--

"You look sleepy again."

I glance up from my desk to see Mike standing infront of me with his arms crossed. An annoying smirk was placed upon his face. "What? I can't be sleepy?"

"You used to be the one who yelled at me for sleeping in class." He answered with a laugh.

"No... I yelled at you because you used to snore."

His face quickly turned red. "Wha, what are you talking about?!" He exclaimed, looking away. "I don't snore..."

Rolling my eyes, I sat up in my chair and yawned. "What time is it?"

"Time to go home." Came another voice from behind. I turned to see my other friend, Jan, approaching me with a smile on her face. "The bell rang a few minutes ago." Her smiled turned to a worried frown. "You've been sleeping an awful lot in class. Are you sick or something?"

"I just woke up late today, that all." I replied, standing up.

"Alright. I trust you. I'm sure if you were sick, you'd be smart enough to stay home." She replied, walking past me and towards the door. "Do you need a ride home?" I shook my head no as I picked up my books. "Alright. See you tomorrow. Come Mike."

"I'm not your dog!"

"Shush." Mike sighed and followed Jan out the door.

I sure do have weird friends...

--

"ATTACK IT!"

"OKAY HERE I GO!"

A Pokemon in the form of a small red lizard with a flame on its tail charged at a gigantic crocodile looking creature. It swung its small blade and sliced the creatures chest, dealing 23 DAM to the monster. It let out a roar and brought down it's claw, striking the lizard for a good amount of damage and knocking him back a few feet.

"Life Up Gamma!" Daisy cried, healing the pokemon.

"Thanks!" Call the pokemon, readying itself for another charge.

But the crocodile was already in a battle with another player. A female Gerudo fighter, who screamed, "GERUDO PUNCH!", dealing a large amount of damage to the beast. However the creature wasn't dead yet, as it managed to take a bite out of the warrior and knock her to the floor.

Daisy pointed her staff at the fallen woman. "Life Up Beta!" She called out, recovering her HP completely. "Zippo, Nabooru! Try attack him together."

The Gerudo named Nabooru glanced over at the pokemon Zippo. They nodded in unison and then charged on the beast. "SWEEPING KICK!" Called out Nabooru as she launched a powerful kick right at the monsters feet. It hit, dealing 53 Damage, and knocked the beast into the air.

Before the lizard could fall, Zippo jumped into the air and struck the beast with his sword. "FORSAKEN HOPE!" He screamed, striking the monster once... then another time, and finally ending by jabbing the blade right into the chest of the monster, dealing a major hit, over 80 damage. The beast flew higher up into the air, letting out a yell of pain. Zippo landed and turned around to Daisy. "Finish it!"

"Right." Daisy pointed her staff at the falling beast. "THUNDER!" A bolt of thunder shot down from the sky and slammed directly into the monster, slamming it into the ground and dealing 67 Damage. The monster's body exploded into color lights as the three players characters' danced in joy. "We did!" Daisy exclaimed, smiling as she watched her level increase from 44 to 45.

Zippo nodded, then let out a large sigh. "You'd think a quest that had a three player cap would be slightly easier then this. Heh, I gained level. Thought I'd be level 46 forever."

Nabooru walked up to a chest and kicked it open. In quests, all players got the same reward, so there were no MVP's to open the chest. "Ha, thanks guys. Now I've got the Fists of the Kong." She said with a huge smile on her face. "Only two more levels till I can use 'em... Yes! I'll be the strongest fighter around!"

"I guess I'm gonna sell mine." Zippo said with a shrug. "I don't even have a fighter... or maybe I should save it. My friend might start playing the game and it'll be cool for a newbie to start off with such a high level weapon! Haha." He turned and smiled a toothy grin, "What about you Daisy?"

"Hm? Oh, I'll just sell mine. No use for it." She looked around the jungle area they were in for any signs of monsters to battle. "So, now what?"

Zippo gave a laugh and shrugged. "No idea. Wanna head to an outpost? I think this area has one... Nightfallen Lagoon, right?"

"Oooh, I've heard about that one!" Nabooru chimed in. "It's a lagoon forever in night. I heard the moon is so beautiful there, even for an online game. Let's go!"

"Daisy..."

Daisy let out a small gasp and glanced around the forest. "What the... who just called my name? Did you guys hear anything?"

The two shook their heads. "Nope." Zippo answered. "So, Daisy, you wanna come with us to the lagoon? It shouldn't be too hard."

"Daisy..."

The healer began to panic. "Um, no... it's okay. I need to take care of something first."

"Okay, suit yourself." Zippo replied with a shrug. "C'mon Nabooru. I think it's this way."

The two other players left the party, leaving Daisy standing in the clearing alone. "Okay... who the hell is there? Come out now!" She yelled, turning around and pointing her staff into the forest. "If you don't, I'll send a hyper beam up your ass."

"Daisy, Daisy, Daisy..." Echoed the voice with a slight giggle in its tone. "I'd love to see you try." From the darkness of the forest emerged a figure wearing a white coat and brown pants. His hair was brown, his eyes blue and on his forehead, he wore a tell-tale sign that he was a healer. Or doctor, rather.

Daisy's face went pale as the figure approached her, his hands calming resting in his pockets. "Doc... Doctor Mario..."

Character. Dr. Mario
Race: Human
Level: 90
Class: Healer/Assassin
HP: 640
MP: 1520

--

-Hyrule Castle-

"WAAAH!?" Ness fell back in shock after hearing what Zelda had just said. "Are... Are you kidding me?"

Zelda sighed, her avatar remaining motionless infront of the stain glass window in Hyrule Castle. "I wouldn't have said 'I'm serious' if I was joking, now would I, Ness?"

The small boy began to shake his head. "No, no, no! Uuuuugh, why didn't anyone tell me that little newbie was part of the 'Event'?!"

"I thought you knew..." She replied softly. "So, tell me what happened last night..." Ness cleared his throat and began to tell the tale of what Daisy and Marth had encounter the night before. "I see..."

"Do you know what that beast was?" Ness asked. "And do you know anything about the 'Broken Character', too?"

Zelda didn't answer right away. "Yes... well... I have an idea, anyway."

"What are they?" Ness asked.

"Part of the 'Event'." She answered, causing the boy to sigh. "I'm not too sure myself, Ness. But I have a good idea of what they are. Trust me, when I find out more information, I'll share it with you and Link. But now..." She spoke in a more forceful voice. "Tell me about this stone they found?"

"It's called the Stone of the Void." Although Ness couldn't see Zelda's face, her eyes widened at the name of the item. "According to Daisy, it was the newbie's item. He gave it to her and logged off. Weird thing is, the next time Daisy tried to look at the item, it didn't show up. She couldn't find it in her inventory." Zelda nodded slowly, allowing the boy to continue to his tale. "And if I remember correctly, isn't the Stone of the Void the item that the 'Swordsman of Blue' protected in the 'Event'?"

"It is..." Spoke the Hylian. "I have a feeling it too is part of the 'Event'. I have a feeling, like the Gem of Light, it is an item that only players who are part of the 'Event' can see, unless in a party with someone who is part of the 'Event."

Ness nodded. "That would explain why she couldn't see it without him in the party."

Zelda turned around and faced the boy for the first time. "Where is Daisy?" She asked. "She did log off, didn't she?"

Ness shook his head. "Nah, she went to go level up."

The Hylian let out a gasp. "Ness... you need to tell me where." She demanded. "As long as Daisy holds that stone, she could be in great danger."

"Danger?" Ness asked. "From what?

"Either those wired creatures you told me about..." Zelda explained. "Or even more dangerously... other players."

The psychic looked confused. "But Zel, I thought only people who were part of the 'Event' could see the item."

"Ness... don't you remember what I told you?"

--

"We're not the only ones partaking in this event..."

Dr. Mario took a few more steps closer to the shaking healer. "Yes, yes. Doctor Mario, The Euthanasia Warrior, The Anti-Mario... take your pick. No matter which one you choose, my reputation precedes me, doesn't it?"

"What the hell do you want!" Daisy yelled, trying her best to remain calm.

The doctor laughed. "You know, Daisy... you really should be more careful about what you post on the forums." He spoke in a joking voice. Daisy looked confused, so Dr. Mario continued, "A mysterious monster. An run in with one of those 'Broken Characters'. An item no one has heard about." He gave a small smirk. "You're really in over your head on this one. It's time to get out of the pool and let the adults swim."

Daisy's grip on her staff began to waver and it began to shake. "What are you... I don't know what you're talking about! I... traded that item earlier today. I don't have it anymore!"

"Really?" He took a step forward as the healer took a step back. "From what I heard, you couldn't find that item in your item list. You only saw it while playing with some other character, Marth was it?" Daisy gulped as Dr. Mario continued, "That should have been clue enough to you that you're not part of this event. But I guess a little girl like yourself, who couldn't even come up with a good avatar without copying someone, wouldn't have realized that, huh?"

Daisy's scared face quickly changed to enraged. "I DID NOT COPY THAT BITCH! YAAAAARGH!!" A small orb of light began to gather at the tip of her staff. "HYPER BEAM!" She called out, shooting the beam of light at the healer. There was a large explosion, dust and dirt flying everywhere. When the dust cleared, the only thing left standing where she had sent the blast was a few broken pieces of wood. "He's dead?"

"Healers who use the 'Arcane' as their subclass are so funny." Daisy turned around and came to face to face with the healer, who impaled her character with three sharp knifes. 346 DAM! Appeared above her head as he avatar fell backwards onto the ground.

"Life... Life Up Gamma!" She called out, causing the yellow aura to surround her injured body. When her HP returned to green, she noticed that her HP bar was a slightly paler green then normal. "Shit..."

Dr. Mario cackled. "Yes, my daggers were poisoned tipped. So if I can't kill your normally, I'll get you this way."

"Or how bout you just don't kill me at all?" Daisy replied with a smirk, placing her hand over the spot where Dr. Mario's daggers had stabbed her. Her hands let off a light blue glow and Daisy's HP bar returned to it's normal dark green.

"So you have some condition restoring skills..." He lifted his hands and shrugged. "But it doesn't matter how many of them you have, you still can't get out of this alive. So how bout I give you a choice?" A pop-up appeared on Daisy's scream, asking for Dr. Mario to join her party. "You let me join your party, trade me the stone and you walk away in one piece... Or I take it from you the funner way." Daisy didn't answer, she just gave another smirk, turned and began to run away into the forest. "What's that?" Dr. Mario asked as she disappeared into the forest. "You want me to choose? Alright then." There was a flash of white that appeared only briefly and as it left, with it went Dr. Mario.

Daisy ran through the heavy jungle foliage, trying desperately to find another party of players. But there were no other players to be seen. "Damn it, damn it, DAMN IT!" She cursed as she ran down the jungle path. "There has got to be someone around here somewhere. Help! HELP!" She screamed.

"Healers are so very slow." Daisy looked up to see Dr. Mario materializing in the air above her, a dagger gripped tightly in his right hand. He fell from the sky and forcefully planted the dagger right into Daisy's chest, calling out "Death from Above." as it hit. MAJOR HIT! 780 DAM! Appeared above Daisy's head as Dr. Mario fell ontop of her lifeless body.

"Nice try, Daisy." He muttered, standing up off the body. Daisy's character had grayed out and quickly disappeared, showing she didn't want to wait around for a passing party to revive her. In her body's place were a bunch of items and gold, everything she had been carried on her at the time of her death. "Oh, not a bad haul." Dr. Mario said with a smile, bending down to pick up some of her items. He stole a large amount of gold, some useless items, a very rare item, and lastly, an item that he could see, the Stone of the Void.

"Hahaha!" Dr. Mario cackled as stood up. "Wonderful, wonderful. Just as I thought. The Stone of the Void. I'm sure he'll be very pleased with this catch."

He reached into his pocket and pulled out a green item which transformed into a warp pipe. But just as the doctor was about to head down the warp pipe, he was tackled to the floor by a blue blur. Before he knew it, Dr. Mario was in a headlock with three sharp needles being pointed directly at his throat. "I find it funny the Anti-Mario just killed the Anti-Peach." Spoke the mysterious warrior who had the doctor in it's grip.

"So you watched the whole thing and didn't jump in to save her? And this is the way you greet me after so long? You've grown so cold, Sheik."

Character: Sheik
Race: Hylian
Level: 83
Class: Assassin/Healer
HP: 690
MP: 540

Sheik tighten her grip on the healer's neck. "Shut up." She hissed, brining the needles closer to the character. "You... You've been lucky so far. Escaping my grasp just by the skin of your teeth. But not this time. This time... I've got you!"

"Almost." Dr. Mario brought his arms up, grab's Sheik's arm and pushed it off his neck. While Sheik was shocked at the man escaping her hold, Dr. Mario jumped into the air, did a flip and kicked Sheik in the back of her skull with his foot. DAM 80! Appeared above the assassin's body as she slide across the jungle floor. "You're strength isn't high enough yet, Sheik. You couldn't keep your grip on me. Try eating one of those red mushrooms next time. You might just barely get enough strength to pin me down then. Or get a Buffer to come help you."

Sheik stood up and took out some more needles. "I DON'T NEED ANY HELP TO KILL YOU!" She screamed, charging at the healer. At about half way into the charge, she threw the needles forward at top speed, trying to strike Dr. Mario before he could defend himself.

But the Healer was too slick. Not only did Dr. Mario know what was coming, he expect it, and was able to jump of the way with ease. He landed on top of a branch in a tree behind Sheik. "Kill me?" He asked in a joking tone. "I thought you were against PKing."

"I'm a bounty hunter!" Sheik screamed back. "You know that, I don't PK anyone!"

Dr. Mario gave a giggle. "Bounty Hunter... right." He shrugged, his eyes closed. He lifted his hands and turn his head to the left while speaking in a very condescending tone, "PK. PKK. Bounty Hunter. It doesn't matter what name you give it, you're still killing a player without their consent. And that against the rules of the game, no? Or at least... it's very much looked down upon." Dr. Mario smiled and looked down at the assassin. "And I'm looking down on your right now, Sheik! Hahaha!"

"That funny coming from YOU!" Sheik held up her left hand and shot a chain out from within her armor, which smashed into the branch and broke it from the tree. Dr. Mario had jumped away from the branch a few seconds before the chain had hit. Sheik recalled the chain and spun around, knowing exactly Dr. Mario was heading. "You PKs destroy this game for its normal players!" She shouted, shooting the chain up into a tree near by.

"Doh!" Dr. Mario let out a low sound of pain as he fell from the tree and took 70 damage.

"We bounty hunters are just trying to bring you people to justice! Don't try and fit us in with you killers!"

Dr. Mario stood up and called out, "Life Up Alpha!" The pale green aura appeared quickly and disappeared, healing Dr. Mario's wounds completely. He then began to talk once more, "I don't know why you're even bothering to try and kill me. If you can bring me to 'justice' as you say, I'll just come back again. And then whats the point of killing me, mm? A few pieces of gold? Or the chance to become a more famous bounty hunter then Samus? I really don't see the point of this." Dr. Mario started to cry. "What did I ever do to you?"

"Shut up!" Sheik cried, jumping into the air. Her nimble body managed to do multiple flips, after which she hurled twenty somewhat needles at the waiting Dr. Mario. He didn't dodge this time, but instead reaching into his pocket and pulled out a white cape. As the needles closed in he swung the cape back and forth, knocking the needles harmlessly away. Each swung slowly drained his MP but by the time the needles had stopped his MP Bar had only dropped to almost nothing.

"You missed." Dr. Mario said calmly. He reached into his own pocket, pulled out a few blades of his own and gave a cold grin. "It's my turn now."

Dr. Mario jumped at the Hylian and brought his blade down upon her, only to have it be blocked by one of Sheik's own needles. Sheik pushed back and sent Dr. Mario through the air as she tossed a few more of her sharp needles at the healer. Unlike before, Dr. Mario didn't have time to dodge, as he was airborne, so he took about 130 points worth of damage before he landed. Once it hit the ground, however, Dr. Mario disappeared in a white blur.

Sheik glanced around the field, searching for any signs of the healer. But she didn't see anything. "Where did that bastard go..." Sheik muttered, looking in every direction... except up.

"Death from Above!" Dr. Mario called out as he fell from the covering of the tree's leaves with his dagger pointed right at Sheiks skull. Dr. Mario's skill almost struck, had Sheik not managed to use her own in time.

"Take this!" Sheik called out, flipping onto her hands and sticking her legs into the air. As Dr. Mario neared Sheik, she made her legs do a spilt, which struck Dr. Mario for 100 Damage and knocked him back up into the air. Quickly, Sheik jumped back onto her feet and pulled out a multiple of needles. She crossed her arms and lowered to her sides, and the sound of needles clanking together could be heard. Sheik's body began to glow a pale white as she charged up her skill. "NEEDLE STORM!" She yelled, flinging her arms upwards and letting out so many needles that it looked as if she had just thrown a net.

Dr. Mario, who was falling back towards earth, saw the huge swarm of needles flying towards him and knew he had no way to dodge. "Alright then..." His body began to glow a light shade of gold, and charged up for a skill that no normal player could us. "Looks like there is no other way to avoid this..." He held out his right hand and began to shoot different color pills. The pills flew towards the needles and collided with them in the air, exploding into different rays of colors. As Dr. Mario fired, he managed to create a small niche in which he could pass through the needle storm with only minor damage.

Sheik cursed herself as she watched Dr. Mario land safely on the ground, having only taken around 40 damage from an attack that could instantly kill level 60s. "Damn it..." She whispered. "Looks like I have no choice..."

Sheik reached into her pocket and pulled out a black orb, causing Dr. Mario to laugh. "Well, well, well! What happened to 'I don't need any help to kill you', hmm?" He taunted.

"This really isn't helping me..." Sheik said, carefully holding the black orb. "Since it took me so long to find this damn thing."

She held it out for Dr. Mario to see. The small black orb was not just a black orb, but it had a set of eyes and little brown feet. On it's top was a lit fuse, which was fizzling away each second. At the true sight of the item, Dr. Mario's face went as pale as his jacket. "Bo... BOB-OMB!"

"You got it!" Sheik jumped into the air, did a few more flips and fired the Bob-omb at Dr. Mario at such a high speed, only a small black blur could be made out as it approached the healer.

While sweat ran down his face, Dr. Mario reached into his pocket and pulled out his white sheet. "This had better not MISS!" He yelled, swinging the cape as the black blur approached him.

Both Sheik and Dr. Mario let out screams which were quickly drowned out by a huge explosion that shook the entire area and scared any other players who happened to be leveling up. "What the hell was that?" Zippo asked, turning around to see a mushroom cloud of smoke rise up from the jungle. "Wow, someone used a bob-omb."

Nabooru shook her head and sighed. "What a waste. So hard to come by and had to use it in such a weak area? Must be a pretty weak team, no?" Zippo shrugged and the two continued on their way once more.

When the smoke cleared, the entire area around where Sheik and Dr. Mario had been fighting had been leveled. None of the trees remained, or the lush grass, or the beautiful jungle flowers. All that was left was brown dirt and some charred trees. From the rumble stood a survivor of the explosion, the healer dressed in white. Dr. Mario's HP bar was almost near existence, so he quickly called out his strongest healing spell, "Life Up Omega!" A white aura covered his body and healed his HP back into the green, but at the cost of nearly half his MP bar.

It took the doctor a few minutes to gauge all the damage. "Whew." He whistled, looking around the landscape. "Those rumors about the Bob-ombs aren't kidding." He glanced around once more, searching for Sheik. "Where did that... oh?" He spotted a small dot off in the distance. Jogging over, he found Sheik's body laying there, her skin and armor having turned a dark gray.

Dr. Mario grinned and let out a low laugh. "Nice try, Sheik. Better luck next time." As he finished the sentence, Sheik's body disappeared. And as it did, the area where they had fought began to change from a brown and burnt waste land back to it's pervious state. Before long the jungle was back and the cheerful jungle background music was playing once more. Dr. Mario stretched his arms and looked around at the recovered area. "Well, that was fun. Now to report back what I got." He took out the warp pipe item and disappeared down the green tube in a matter of moments.

--

I got home and threw my books on my bed. "Thank goodness I don't have class tomorrow." I mutter, sitting down on my computer chair. I clicked on the internet symbol and was about to surf the web when I stopped and stared at the screen.

I wanted to play SSBO...

"ARGH!" I yelled, covering my face in shame. "I'm turning into Shannon!"

Despite the fact that I knew if I opened SSBO this time I would be admitting to myself I was hooked, I doubled click the icon and logged into my name. I saw the 'New Mail!' flashing next to the forums button, so I clicked on it and loaded up the forums. Clicking my mail box I saw four new messages:

UNREAD: Hey Marthy! - Little Princess Me
UNREAD: Re: Re: hey - The Earth Bounded Warrior04
UNREAD: Congratulations! - SSB:O Staff
UNREAD: ... - Little Princess Me

I clicked on the first message which read:

Hey there Marthy. :wink: If you didn't know, this is your lovely new friend, Daisy. ;D I know, I know, my name just gave it away didn't it? Well anyway, I just wanted to let you know, I made a few posts on the forums about what happened last night. I'm going to find out more info on that stone thingy in Kanto today. Check the posts on the forum called: 'WTF!? DEADLY GLITCH!!!' in Rumors and 'Stone of the Void' in Trading Center. On the first post I'm on page 3 so just like read the first post and find mine or something. I also found out this weird information about that thing we fought... you know, apparently NO ONE was able to hit it, besides you? Not even other swordsman! Now that weird, huh! No need to thank me. I know, I have a bleeding heart. :( sucks huh?

xoxo Daisy xoxo

Hmm... Maybe I was just special in some way? Oh well... I made a mental note though - Daisy is more insane then I though. I clicked the second mail.

Jerk.

Heh. I clicked the third mail.

Hello and thank you for partaking in Super Smash Brothers: ONLINE! We are happy to inform you that you have won a secret code that will allow you to visit a hidden area in the game! Within this area you will find rare items, strong monsters and difficult quests. This secret server can only be accessed by a select few, and can only be visited by outsiders if you take them there! For the secret code, please visit the following website:

http:// supersmashbrothersonline .com/x330sdel3te90

-SSB:O Staff

If you are not sure why you have receive this message, please contact us at http:// supersmashbrothersonline .com/helpandsupport

Clinking on the link, it brought me to a white page. And that was it. Nothing else happened. It wasn't loading, and nothing was popping up. Just a plain white page. I guess there was some mistake in the link or something. Oh well, not like its the end of the world if I can't get to some 'super strong' area. I hit the back button and read my final email.

Hey Marth Um... your not gonna believe this, but I just got PKed :(((((!! Some jerk called Dr. Mario PKed me in Kongo Jungle and stole the Stone of the Void! Please don't hate me:'( I didn't mean to. I tried to run. I'm sooooo sorry marth! At least I found out a little information on it. But I think Ness knows something on it, so you should talk to him about it. sry bout losing your item. but I'm sure we'll find another one soon. :D

xoxo Daisy xoxo

"Oh, so she lost it?" I asked no one. I'm not really all too sure what it was anyway so... it doesn't really matter to me. Eh, whatever. I suppose I should try asking Ness about that information though. I am a little interested in what it was. But first...

I closed down the e-mail box and looked at the main forum menu. "Alright... first let's check rumors."

I clicked on the rumors section and it didn't take long to find the post Daisy was talking about. "Damn, must be a pretty popular topic." I mutter, seeing how the topic was not only first but had over 9 pages of comments on it. I opened the forum and read the first post.

MARAKS BABI: Omg, okay guys this was weird. I was playing with my friends in Lava River last night. And we got to the boss battle but instead of Koopana it was this weird looking turtle thingy with spikes and it was made of wires and it was weird. But that not all. we couldn't hurt it or anything. and when it killed my friend, his character was deleted! I'm waiting for Peach to get back to me about it but shes being pretty slow.

I decided to read a few more posts before going to page three...

NEVS203: lol. if this was true why isn't it in the game section?
MARAKS BABI: I had it in the game section before. I guess they moved it or something to keep people from worring.
gamechamp11: wtf no ur a loser. liar. get off the forums.
The Amazing Chris: Haha, it sounds like that hack was Bowser's doing. Maybe he did it? ;)
ImSoSeXi: No! This isn't a lie. I was in his party. Our friend, whos character name was "Bubble Monkey" was deleted:( its sad
NEVS203: I doubt it...
gamechamp11: lmao bubble monkey. wut a loser.
MARAKS BABI: It did look like Bowser, now that I think of it.

That was enough on the first page... I clicked page three and skimmed down the many replies till I found who I thought was Daisy.

Little Princess Me: Wow... this is weird. Last night me and my friend were there. We fought that thingy and we managed to kill it. Or rather... well one of those 'broken characters' showed up and killed it for us. But we did damage to it. My friend was a newbie so he got koed pretty fast. but he started to like turn into blocks and disappear instead of dying. it was freaky. I also go this weird item out of it, The Stone of the Void. Anyone hear of it?
gamechamp11: lol liar.
NEVS203: That even harder to believe then the OP. sry not buying
ImSoSeXi: How did you guys hurt it? We did no damage to it at all.
SweetlySinging123: I believe them both... but then again, I'm kinda new... sorry.
Little Princess Me: I think it had a magical tolerance or something cause my friend Marth did all the damage.
ImSoSeXi: I'm an paladin, and I did no damage to it either.
gamechamp11: LOS3R
Fairy Red: In sutiations where weird things happen, make sure to scream "HACK!" XDDD

Rasing an eyebrow, I closed down that topic and headed over to the Trading Center. I had no idea what half of those posts meant... I'll have to ask Link or Daisy next time I get the chance too. As I clicked open the topic, 'The Stone of the Void' I hoped to find a few more understandable posts then in the rumors section.

Little Princess Me: Okay guys, I found this weird item last night. Stone of the Void. anyone hear of it?
Mike the Great: Nope. Is it a new item or a hack? idk never heard of it lol
Little Princess Me: I think its an event item since I got it off a weird boss.
MonkiMan283: That bowser thing u guys were talkin about???
dontouchme: I think its just a haxed item. hax0r.
Chilled Fever: I've never heard of it before. But I'd like to buy it. Want to sell?
Little Princess Me: I'm gonna be in Kanto 2day trying to sell it so meet me there.
Chilled Fever: k ill w8 for you. char name?
Little Princess Me: Daisy. yours?

That where the topic ended. Once again... I have no idea what was going on. All I know is that the first time I try to play a game, I get involved in some stupid glitch with some stupid item, some stupid super happy Hylian and some stupid crazy psycho bitch who scares the living daylights out of me. And Daisy.

Why me?

--

Dr. Mario appeared in a flash of light within a dark chamber. It appeared to be the inside of a castle, although it was dark and damp, the only light coming from the candles that hung on the wall. Infront of the healer there was a throne in which a huge creature sat. Infront of the throne was a small female turtle looking beast, who was on the floor begging for mercy. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" She called out, bowing her head up and down.

"Heh, looks like someones in trouble." Dr. Mario whispered quickly taking a few steps forward, but making sure to not enter the light around the throne.

"I promise I'll get you the item next time!" The beast said, looking worriedly up at the figure.

The figure began to tap its fingers against the arm rest of its throne before it final spoke, "You have one week Kammy."

The beast looked up at the figure with a huge smile upon her face. "Thank you! Thank you so much!" Kammy spoke before disappearing from the room in a flash of light like Dr. Mario had done to enter.

Once the beast had gone, the figure let out a large sigh. "It's so hard to find good servants theses days."

"Well, you have me you know." Dr. Mario spoke as he entered the ring of light around the throne. "And I think I did a good thing today."

The figure on the throne let out a cackle. "Ahaha! Really, Dr. Mario? I didn't think my best servant was even capable of making a mistake. How could anything you do not be good?"

Dr. Mario shrugged with a bored look on his face. "Eh." Was all he said, crossing his arms.

"So what goodies did you bring me this time?" The figure asked. The healer smirked and reached into his pocket. After a few seconds of looking through his inventory, Dr. Mario pulled out a small blue stone. "Is that...?"

Dr. Mario nodded. "Yup. The Stone of the Void."

The figure on the throne let out a loud cackle. "Bwahahaha! Excellent! Excellent work Dr. Mario! Bring it forward." Dr. Mario took a few steps and placed the stone at the foot of the throne. "Wonderful. You know what this means, right?" The healer didn't answer. "Heh... it means we're one step closer to gaining the power of the 'Corrupters'! The power of absolute deletion!"

The figure gave another to cackle, to which Dr. Mario just rolled his eyes. "I have no idea why you're so excited about getting the power to delete anything you want." He sighed and continued. "And I don't really care, either. Just make sure you give me some of that power so I can become the best PKer in the game. Mmmmkay, Lord Bowser?"

Character: Bowser
Race: Beast
Level: 999
Class: "FireBreather" (Hacked)
HP: 99999
MP: 99999

CONTINUE...?