Hey guys, Joseph here! I updated my profile to feature a link to my YouTube page! Tell me what you guys think! Of my channel... and this chapter. James didn't see this one coming. Also, I have two NEW OCs in the story, Tim and Magi (OCs belonging to Photoshop Flowey and QueenTasha7, respectively)


One Thing After Another


James was about to start a match. He had been challenged about one minute ago, and he HAD to accept this match, as he hadn't had a match in seventy-two hours. Or seventy-two days, or that matter. Each Smasher is permitted a cool down session, that is seventy-two hours. They aren't forced to battle, but can if they want. He read the destination... James got a say in things, it seemed.

The Smasher that planned the battle was permitted to choose stages they were fine with, and out of remaining options, the opponents get to choose. In the case of multiplayer, everyone would pick stages they are fine with, and then a vote out of the ones that appear the most.

Mushroomy Kingdom... or Delfino Plaza.

James never liked the former, so he chose the latter.

As the battle began, he looked at his foe. A bunch of Megavitamins rising upwards... Could it be...?

It was. Doctor Mario Mario PhD, World-Renown doctor.

James knew the Doc had stayed at the Mansion to be a doctor... But... James scowled. Master Hand didn't list the Doc on the list of fighters...

Oh well. Time to wreck Doc, show the new fighters - the 'Mii Fighters', as Master Hand called them - around, started work on Project Custom, and renovate Final Destination. Ugh, this would be a long day. First, however, to wreck the Doc.

The Doc ran forward, using his dash attack, but James dodged. Time to punish.

James was now part of this Mii Fighter program. He was finally on TV! So what if a few people had to die? That's show business, baby! All aside, he reconsidered his move set...

He had choose to be a Swordfighter, something he was rather familiar with. Blurring Blade for a basic special, a chargeable attack that hit around eight times. His side special was Airborne Assault, an attack that also involved charging, before spinning around to rebound off his foe. However, missing with this move was not an option, as it left James helpless. he didn't have a good feeling about that. His recovery was Stone Scabbard. Pretty good vertical distance, but the horizontal distance was straight up, straight down. Only good for vertical. Finally, a down special counter called Blade Counter. He couldn't forgive master Hand for rushing to finish movesets, so he settled by giving every newcomer with a down special, a counter. Irritating. Finally, his Final Smash, Final Edge. With sword held high, James would unleash a barrage of shock waves. They would spread out in a fan pattern, dealing multiple blows to foes they touch, while also pushing them towards the edge of the screen. It could even hit through walls and floors, making it easy to attack lots of opponents at once. A helpful move, to say the least.

He was too busy thinking about his choices that he didn't notice the Doc was standing until he was grabbed. He was thrown off the stage. He tried to hit the Doc AND recover using his Airborne Assault. That was the plan until Doc hit him with his forward aerial. In case you didn't know, that thing has a meteor effect. Guess who won the 1-stock match.

Sad, James didn't even deal one damage.


James was irritated.

Next up, to show the new fighters around the mansion. According to his notes, the boy was to go with Shulk, the girl to bunk with Zelda and Shiek.

The boy was named Tim. He had signed up as a Mii Gunner. He had a medium build, with medium height. He was wearing a green shirt, meaning his favorite color was green. Master Hand had asked favorite colors, and Mii Fighters ended up with shirts of their favorite color. He had sea blue eyes, and milk chocolate hair. He was supposed to be bunking with Shulk - Master Hand asked what Tim's favorite universe was that was represented here, and Tim had chose Xenoblade. According to his notes, his moveset was Grenade Launch, Stealth Burst, Lunar Launch (although the words Arm Rocket was scratched out, possibly meaning that was the original plan), and Bomb Drop. Final Smash - Full Blast, a devastating blast of light, akin to Samus's Zero laser. Master Hand's notes stated he was a expert fighter, but was too cocky, and a little too brave. He seemed to be destructive, according to the notes. Judging how this document was written in about seven different colors of pens, James could understand the assumption.

The girl was named Magi, who had signed up as a Mii Swordfighter. Medium build, medium height, like Tim. She wore a pink shirt and mini-skirt. Her hair was hot pink, her eyes were bright golden, which never failed to send shivers up his spine. With eyes that can be any color, or even every single color in spectrum, when he made his eyes golden, he loved to freak people out. Monotone voice, golden eyes, pale face, the works. It was rather easy, really, to go into a death trance too, which made him so still, his breathing so shallow, Ike once thought he was dead. Lucario was nice for not spoiling the prank... Great April Fools prank, really. According to master hand's notes, she was kind, confusing, appears wimpy and peaceful, but is much stronger than you think. James laughed at the words written in the corner - Don't let her in the trophy room - Something told James something of the hand's had gotten broken. Her moveset was listed as Shuriken of Light, Chakram, Skyward Slash Dash, and Reversal Slash. Final Smash - Final Edge, like James.

He showed them the Mansion, which had been renovated, and then gave them the keys to their rooms. The keys were both made of gold, a circle with space for an icon at the top. Tim's key had a Monado as the image, reflecting how he and Shulk shared the room. Magi's had a Triforce, which meant access to legend of Zelda rooms. Any of them, really. James was the only Mii to have his own room. Which he did not mind.

Afterwards, he worked on Project Custom. A small stage building experiment that all the Smashers could join in. He had gotten all the rules straight, which was good.

After drawing the new blueprints, backgrounds, and writing out the sheet music for the new Final Destination version 2, James sat down, before getting dinner at the café. Maybe it was still open. He lied down first. I'll just close my eyes for five seconds.

He didn't get up until morning.