A/N/N

This chapter has been changed from its original format to be in the past tense. The original Author Notes have been unaltered from their original form. Also, because I have, since writing this chapter, actually played the game Ness is from, his attacks and actions may change, though I will try to keep the results the same.

A/N

Hmm, I accidentally lied. This chapter was supposed to begin the real story, BUT after reading a few other fanfics, I decided to take things slower and have some more chaos first.

Review Response:

Mind Seeker: Hmmm, well, what could be waiting to strike, indeed? Unfortunately, it's going to have to wait a bit longer. :D

Skelatox: Thank you for your wonderful reviews! I hope that you continue to read and review my stories as I write them. As for your hunch, it depends on which story. Since this particular fanfiction takes place chronigically earlier than my others, the characters in this one will most likely not die. The characters in the Darkness series really did die, but they were ressurrected by the power of the Dragonballs at the end. However, I do have at least two fanfictions planned in which some characters may truly, irrevocably die. One of those will not be related to the others, though.

Disclaimer Short: Someone needs to disclaim! Disclaim, I say, disclaim!

Samus: Shut up.

Why are you always so mean to me?

Kirby: She's mean to everyone.

Samus: Not true. I am a perfect little angel.

Pit: That's not what the book of good and evil says. Believe me, I've read it. You've blown up two-hundred fifty thousand planets.

Samus: I think you need to update, cause the ten I visited last night are gone.

Kirby: I rest my case.

*Samus turns into morph ball and rolls away*

Pit: Hmm? She left something behind.

*Picks it up*

Pit: Holy crap! It's a Power Bomb!

Kirby: What? Why would she do that?

*Power Bomb blows up. Everything is covered in black soot.*

Pit: Shin owns nothing, now you all need to leave and read the story while I have a little talk with Palutena about Samus' afterlife...

Master Hand snapped his fingers, and he and all the smashers were on the second floor of the castle, in a small auditorium of sorts. "All right, the first match is about to begin! Now—"

A flash of white light. Two people stood together in the back of the room. One of them was taller than Mario, but shorter than Link. His attire matched Mario's, but was green instead of red. Rather than an "M" on his hat, there was an "L." Mario stood up and walked over to him, "Luigi!"

Pikachu said, "Hey! I know you!"

He was talking to their other new arrival, a small creature that looked a lot like Kirby, but with a fluff of hair, and ears. "Jigglypuff!"

Master Hand said, "Dangit. Now I have to change the tournament grid."

He snapped his fingers, and another match was added to the first round. One of the semi-final matches became a three-way match. Jigglypuff and Luigi's names appeared in the place where the new match was added.

Another flash, and two more people are there. Master Hand moaned, and changes the tournament grid. The semi-finals no longer had a three-way match, but the final match was one. "Now, what are your names?"

A young boy with a yellow-and-blue striped shirt and blue jean shorts said, in a heavy English accent, "Ness! Now, what's all this about?"

The other one, a man a bit taller than Link, said, in an extremely corny superhero-esque accent, "Captain Falcon, now why was this letter hitting me in the head?"

Master Hand put their names on the tournament grid, and explained to them what happened. Like the others, they didn't believe him about Crazy Hand.

Samus said, "You know, you keep on talking about this 'Crazy Hand,' but I still haven't seen him."

"You did see him! Remember that big chase?"

"Oh, yeah. Haha, that was fun! But that just looked like another you."

"You don't honestly believe I can duplicate myself?"

"Why not? I'm sure that giant, floating hands do it all the time."

The others laughed. "But it was him!"

Link said, "I think you just put your foot in your mouth. Oh, wait…"

Everyone laughed again at Master Hand's expense. "Fox, are you gonna get Jigglypuff a little thingie to let her talk, or what?"

"Sure, I'll just use both of my hands to hook it on her. Unless you'd like to lend me one?"

Now, the room was bursting with laughter as he hooked a translator on her. She was staring at Kirby.

"Who're you?"

She pointed at him. He smiled at her and says, "Me, poyo?" pointing at himself, "I'm Kirby, poyo!"

She turned away from him, face a little red, then turned back to him. She said, "Oh."

Master Hand said, "Okay, everyone! To avoid you all getting hurt, I built this machine! You will step into the capsule on the side, and it will break you down and digitalize you! You appear on a digital stage inside the computer and fight, and whenever the match is over, you reappear in the capsule unharmed! See, you don't get hurt this way!"

Everyone is silent. Fox said, "What fun is that?"

Link agreed, "Yeah, really."

Samus nodded, "Yeah, I was hoping to, like, you know, actually fight."

Luigi said, "I-I-I-I'm okay with the c-c-c-computer."

Everyone except Mario and Master Hand turned to glare at him.

He said, "I-I-I-I mean, no, no computer."

Master Hand was somewhat shocked by this reaction at first. Then, he remembered the chaos from yesterday in the kitchen, and this morning throughout the castle, and the surprise wore off instantly. How could they NOT want to hurt each other? Maybe they liked it.

"Okay, if that's what you all really want."

Luigi said, "I'm still open for the computer!"

He caught the eye of every other smasher, and he quickly added, "Or not!"

Master Hand says, "Okay, well, you can't leave the Final Destination—"

"Then how are we here? In the castle?"

"The castle is a part of Final Destination. Anyway—"

He leaves the second floor and leads them up to the third. He enters a door just to the right of the stairs. The others followed behind him. "This is… THE DANGER ROOM! BWAHAHAHA!"

Samus, still with no emotion, says, "Isn't that, like, off of X-Men?"

Ness nodded, "Yeah, definitely copyright infringement."

Mario scoffed, "Like-a this-a whole-a fanfiction isn't-a?"

Luigi responded, "Sshhhh! I-I-I don't-a think-a we're-a supposed to know about-a that-a!"

Master Hand said, "What are you all talking about?"

At the same time, all the smashers yelled, "NOTHING!"

He waited a second and said, "Oh, okay. Well, I guess the Danger Room is a bit overdone. How about… forget it, it doesn't matter what it's called, what matters is what it does! Will the first match participants please step forward?"

Pikachu and Kirby waddled up. Jigglypuff yelled out, "Get him, Kirby!"

Kirby sweatdropped a little. Master Hand said, "Good, now I'll draw an arena."

He reached into a nearby box and pulled a sheet of paper out. He unfolded it (somehow) and said, "The first fight will be held at… the roof of Princess Peach's castle? Who came up with that one?"

Master Hand could have sworn he heard Crazy Hand laughing. Suddenly, a piece of glass shot up between the smashers who were fighting and those who were watching. Master Hand was with the spectators.

The floor on the side with the fighters melted and fell, molding itself into some shape. The walls moved outward so that the screen created by the glass couldn't see them. The floor, in its newly molded state, rose from the ground and everything flashed. The light faded, and the whole place had been colored. The top of the castle seemed to come up from below, and the rest of the floor laid below it. The ceiling was also much higher. The back wall is much, much further back than the side walls, and so is the glass wall. Pikachu and Kirby are on the castle. Master Hand said, "The first person to touch the lower floor, walls, or ceiling will be the loser! The more hurt you become, the more resistant to gravity you will become, and thus the further you will fly! 3!... 2!... 1!... Go!"

Kirby and Pikachu faced each other. Pikachu shouted, "I won't take it easy on you, puffy!"

Kirby tilted his head stupidly. "My name's Kirby."

Pikachu ignored him and ran forward in an attempt to tackle. Kirby side dodged it, nearly falling off the edge. "How are we supposed to fight in an arena this narrow, poyo?"

Pikachu ignored him and jumped, firing a thunderjolt. Kirby opened his mouth wide and allowed the thunderjolt to go right in. He swallowed it, and on his head appeared a hat which looks like the top of Pikachu's head. He landed and says, "What the?"

Kirby said, "Pika!" and a thunderjolt exactly like the one he swallowed flies from him toward Pikachu.

Pikachu narrowly dodged it. "How did he do that?"

Kirby jumped high into the air, taking out a curved sword. He came down hitting the sword on the ground. A wave of energy was released from the sword, heading straight at Pikachu. He tried to dodge roll, but it still nicked his foot.

Pikachu used agility to quickly get behind Kirby, then tackled him. Pikachu yelled, "Thunder!" and a large bolt of lightning came from the sky and hit Kirby. It knocked him to the side, within inches of the left wall. Kirby inflated himself and started to fly back to the stage. When he got close, he pulled a hammer from seemingly nowhere and twirled in the air, hitting Pikachu against the ground.

Pikachu backed away from Kirby, and mumbled, "Where is he getting all that stuff?"

There was the tiniest flash of light behind him. He turned and saw a glowing sword, the blade of which seemed to be made of energy. Pikachu just said, "Oh."

He backflipped and grabs it in his mouth, then threw it at Kirby. Kirby flew up, then landed in front of Pikachu and punched him rapidly, saying, "Vulcan Jab!"

In the crowd, Jigglypuff yelled, "Goooo Kirby!"

Kirby looked at the glass wall and smiled nervously. In his distraction, he didn't notice Pikachu grab him. Pikachu rolled backwards and tossed Kirby off the stage. Kirby floated back up, then used Final Cutter again. Pikachu jumped to dodge it, then fired another Thunderjolt at Kirby. Kirby fired his own Thunder Jolt at Pikachu to cancel the two out, then they ran at each other. Pikachu headbutted Kirby. Kirby was knocked offstage, and barely managed to grab the ledge. Pikachu yelled, "Thunder!"

The thunder came at an angle this time, and looked as though it is going to hit Kirby off, but it hit the bumper at the top of the stage. The bumper redirected the thunder so that it flew at the glass wall. It rebounded off of it and hit Pikachu toward the background. Kirby quickly climbed up and threw his hammer at him. He hit the back wall.

Master Hand says loudly, "This game's winner is... KIRBY!" as the room reverts to its blank, empty state.

Pikachu says, "Ouch! That smarts!"

Jigglypuff runs to Kirby and hugs him. "You did it!"

Kirby says, "Yeah, that's great, poyo, but can you let me go, poyo?"

Pikachu says, "Yeah, I'm your best friend, Jigglypuff! Shouldn't you be cheering me on?"

Jigglypuff let him go and he ran and hid behind Master Hand. Master Hand said, "Alright, let's break it up for now. There's no need to have the next match immediately, so you all can do whatever you want for today, and we'll have the next match tomorrow. Oh, by the way... please no more eating in the kitchen! I've built a dining room on the other side of the main hall, and I would appreciate it if you ate there."

Master Hand disappeared. Kirby said, "I call the endless fridge!" and ran downstairs. Samus said, "I'm not hungry. I'm going to explore the castle."

He walked out. Link said, "Wait! I'll come with you!" and ran after him. Ness followed them, interested in seeing this castle.

Jigglypuff said, "Hey, wait up Kirby!"

Pikachu shouted, "Hey! Get back here, Jigglypuff! I'm not done with you!"

Donkey Kong walked off on his own, then all the others followed Pikachu to the kitchen.

Samus wandered up to the fourth floor with Link and Ness right behind him. He walked through the first door on the right. The door opened up to a room with no walls- the door stood by itself, with nothing around it. The room was covered in snow, and there appeared to be a blizzard. It stretched on seemingly forever. Samus stared into the room for three seconds, then closed it. He stood still for a second. "That...was wierd."

Samus walked down the hallway, checking each room. One was full of water, one looked like the inside of a volcano, and another was storming and had its gravity reversed- so that the ceiling was the floor and the floor was the sky, with rain falling up and thunder going from the bottom to the top of the room. Samus closed that door. "I've had enough of this place. I'm going back downstairs."

Ness took one last peek into the room with all the snow, then followed after Samus and Link. As they went down the stairs, Link suddenly felt something cold hit him in the back. He looked behind himself and saw Ness whistling, and a pile of snow right behind him. Link said, "Did... did you just throw a snowball at me?"

Ness looked at him innocently. "Umm... no?"

Samus turned around and saw what happened. "Ah, what the heck?"

He fired his Ice Beam at Link's back. Link turned around. "Hey!"

Ness took out another snowball he took from the room and threw it at him. Link turned to face him. "What the...?"

Samus hit him with the Ice Beam again. Link turned around quickly, "Hey! That's cold!"

He started to walk toward Samus with his hand on his sword, but slipped on the now-melted snow at his feet and tumbled down the stairs. Ness and Samus looked at each other, then laughed. Link stood up and glared at them, "What are you two laughing at?"

They laughed even harder when they saw his face. Ness said, "L-Link, your face!"

"W-what about it!"

He reached towards his face. Samus grabbed a mirror off the wall and tossed it to him, laughing even harder. Link held it up and... "W-What the?"

Link gaped at his reflection, making what Ness and Samus had been talking about that much more obvious. When he tumbled down the stairs, his tooth had been knocked loose. Ness and Samus laughed even harder. Link glared at them. "Okay, that's it!"

He drew his sword and ran up the steps after them. They both said, "Uh-oh." and ran up the steps. Halfway up, Link slipped on the water again and fell all the way back down. Ness and Samus ran past him. When he got back up, he glimpses the mirror again and saw his tooth had been knocked all the way out. He growled and started chasing them again. "I'll get you two for that!"

Samus and Ness ran through the dining room, where everyone else except Donkey Kong and Captain Falcon was. Mario and Luigi had waffles with spaghetti and garlic on top, Kirby was busy draining his endless fridge (he had dragged it from the kitchen.) Fox had a pack of funyons and Pikachu and Jigglypuff were arguing right behind Kirby. Yoshi had a bushel of apples.

Samus and Ness split up, each running on one side of the long table. Samus happened to step on Jigglypuff's hair as he passed. Jigglypuff puffed up and chased him. Pikachu said, "Hey! I'm not done with you yet!"

Kirby ignored them. Ness ran into Yoshi as he passed, and knocked Fox's funyons out of his hands. Link ran into the room and saw them each on one side. He jumped on the table and ran down the middle, knocking Kirby and his fridge over so that it landed on top of him. Jigglypuff yelled, "Kirby!" and runs over to him.

She picked up the fridge and threw it at Link. It hit him in the forehead and he fell back, dazed. Samus and Ness ran off and Jigglypuff said, "I'm not through with you yet!" and chased them.

Fox started firing at Ness until he couldn't see him anymore, then continued eating his funyons while looking around and glaring in every direction, sure that someone would try to take them. Yoshi also ignored them. Link sat up and looked around. "Where'd they go?"

Not waiting for an answer, he tore off in the opposite direction.

Kirby got up and said, "Hey! Jigglypuff's gone! Yes!"

He grabbed the fridge and quickly started carrying it to his room. Just as he turned the corner, though, Samus and Ness, still being chased by Jigglypuff and Pikachu, came around. Kirby opened up the fridge and hid inside it. Jigglypuff said, "Where'd my Kirby go? Kiiirbyyy!"

She glared at Ness and Samus. "You two scared him away!"

She picked up the fridge Kirby was hiding in and tossed it at Samus. The door opened as it flied toward her, and Kirby was tossed out and hit the wall. Jigglypuff said, "Kirby!" and ran toward him. He started running away, and ran into Captain Falcon in the hallway. He hid behind him. Jigglypuff shouted, "Outta my way!" and knocked him outside. Kirby ran quickly to his room and locked the door. Jigglypuff used Pound on the door over and over. "Kirby? Come on out, now!"

Pikachu came behind her. "Yeah right, like that'll happen! You probably scared him into running away through his window."

The next thing Pikachu knew, he was on the ground with a bloody nose, and Jigglypuff was running outside. Seconds later, he heard Kirby scream. The door opened quickly just as Pikachu got up, and hits him in the head as Kirby ran out, being chased by Jigglypuff, who had apparently entered his window.

"Come on, Kirby! I won't scare you any more!"

Samus and Ness, now being chased by Link again, stepped on Pikachu as he sat up and he said, "That's it! I've had it! Thunder!"

A bolt of lightning rips through the ceiling, making a hole in every floor from the second, up. Pikachu sends bolts of electricity everywhere, hitting everyone in the first and second floor hallways. Ness and Link fell backwards, now black with soot. Kirby and Jigglypuff fell forward, the result being that she landed on him. Samus' suit started crackling. He said, "Darn. I'll have to take my suit off while it recharges."

It glowed, and then disappeared just as Mario and Luigi walked up the stairs. Pikachu cocked an eyebrow. "Samus, what happened to you?"

Mario and Luigi saw Samus and gaped.

"What do you mean, 'what happened?" Samus asked.

Pikachu said, "You-your body..."

Samus' eyes squinted. "What about it?"

"You-you got a sex change!"

Samus' eyes widened. "WHAT?"

"You got a sex change!"

"A SEX CHANGE? WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?"

"You're a girl now!"

"I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A GIRL! ARE YOU SAYING YOU THOUGHT I WAS A MAN?"

Pikachu just nodded. Samus growled viciously. "THAT'S IT! I don't care how damaged it is!"

Her suit reappeared on her and she aimed her blaster at Pikachu. Her arm cannon got bigger and bigger and then, BOOM!

Samus fired her Zero Laser at Pikachu. Pikachu gaped and used Agility to jump down the stairs to the side. Ness quickly threw up a PSI Shield that managed to reflect half of the blast, but he still got hit. Link, Mario and Luigi weren't so lucky. The blast knocked them clear through the wall before that entire side of the castle fell on top of them. Samus' suit falls off again. Pikachu ran upstairs and looked out at the huge hole that used to be the castle's eastern wing. "You are in so much trouble, Samus."

Master Hand appeared in the main hall. "How is everyone... get... ting. . . . a l o n g. . . WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CASTLE?"

Everyone pointed at Samus, "She did it!"

If Master Hand had eyes, he would have been squinting at her. "Who is that?"

Pikachu says, "Um... Samus."

"What? Samus is a GIRL?"

Anyone looking at Samus after he said that could swear she was glowing red. Her suit reappeared and she aimed her blaster at Master Hand. BOOM!

I always thought Ness' accent sounded european, but when I looked it up, everyone said it was japanese... so that's what I went with.

Ness: What do you mean I sound European? I don't 'ave a accent!

Yes, you do.

Ness: No I don't!

Samus: Yes, you do.

Ness: Lucas, do I 'ave a accent?

Lucas: Umm... well... uh... maybe?

*Lucas runs away*

Ness, say, "PK Fire!"

Ness: Okay. PK Faia!

See?

Ness: I said it right!

Say, "PK Flash."

Ness: Okay. PK Cross! No, wait! PK Pulse! No, no! PK Crush! Wait! PK Flush! No, wait, I can get this!

Samus: No you can't.

A/N/N

This chapter has been changed from its original format to be in the past tense. The original Author Notes have been unaltered from their original form. Also, because I have, since writing this chapter, actually played the game Ness is from, his attacks and actions may change, though I will try to keep the results the same.

Also, I know in the original A/N it said I went with his accent being Japanese, but I switched it to English since he comes from Eagleland, which sounds too much like England to be a coincidence.