Super Smash Bros. BRAWL

Part 1: Preliminaries

Chapter 5: Dante Must Die

Quick Reminder:

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I do not own Legend of Zelda, Nintendo does

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Super Smash Attacks seen so far:

Link: Ganon's Bane: Link performs all seven of the secret techniques passed down among heroes of time.

Lyn: Unknown. She killed Peach too quickly to use it.

Dante/Rebellion: Jackpot: Dante and Vergil fire a charge shot from Dante's handguns, Vergil firing the black gun Ebony, and Dante firing the white gun Ivory.

Extra Attack: Nevan: Dante will play his own electrified song on Nevan, the process summoning huge swarms of Nevan's electrified bats. Dante will either sing "Taste the Blood," or "Devil's Never Cry." Replaces the Jam Session technique used by Dante in Devil May Cry 3.

Ike: Ragnell's Aether: Ike performs his three special techniques with Rangell. First he performs the Aether skill, and then he performs his two different critical animations.

Solid Snake: FOXHOUND Artillery: Snake blows the enemy into the air with a Stinger Missle, then jumps above them and uses a FA-MAS bullpup rifle to slam the enemy back down to the ground. He'll land, fire his SOCOM into the enemies face at point blank, and then kick them away.


Lady and Dante's apartment

Dante had an hour before he had to go to the assembly hall, this time Lady would be coming with him. Dante was too caught up in the fights and only recently had learned that Bowser and Kirby had left because they had taken the ass-kicking personally. Lady was tending to her favorite SMG while Dante simply sat in a chair and thought of his fight between Ike. He wanted to test Ike's Rangell against Rebellion. But before he could get to excited, Lady had muttered something.

"What'd you say?" Dante asked her.

"I'm just wondering why I couldn't go to your fights yesterday but I can today, and I wonder if that applies to everybody else." Lady responded, not even looking away from the clip that she was filling with bullets.

"I thought there was going to be a round 4 also. I guess they're speeding things up because the puffball and turtle ran away." Dante picked up his sword Rebellion and looked at it.

"Don't tell me that you're using that thing as a mirror again!" Lady muttered with disgust, jamming the clip into her machine gun.

"Nah. I'm just looking forward to pitting this baby up against another sword a lot like it. But then again, if the guys just a merc, then I doubt he can be that tough."

Lady put down her machine gun and then went to work on her old M1911 magnum. "You forget that Devil Hunters are also mercenaries. Or did you forget your ordeal with the man who wanted to bring Argosax to this world?'

"How could I forget? That was back when I could use the weaker Devil Trigger with my moms amulet. Also, the human in charge of the mess was pretty pathetic. Almost as bad as your dad when he was dressed like the clown."

"That bad huh?" Lady muttered, starting to clean out the barrel of the gun.

"Damnit. Still got an hour to go."

"Why don't you do some work on your guns? Even demon guns must jam sometime if you don't clean em out." Lady started to reassemble her gun.

"Not my ones. They clean themselves out when I use charge shots." Dante looked at his gun Ivory with pride.

"Well, then find something to pass the time. Believe me, with no demons to shoot at, I'm also getting a little antsy."

"Maybe I should go out for a walk then before you decide to shoot me again." Dante put on his jacket and habitually put his guns and sword into their holsters on his back. He then got up and left the room.

Courtyard

Dante wandered around the building a bit and managed to find a courtyard. He started to walk around it, when he then spotted Lyn and Florina talking to Link and Ilia. Dante walked up to them. Everyone else was wrapped up in conversation, and Lyn was talking.

"Link, your bow shooting is still a lot better then mine. Even if I can fire faster, you're a lot more accurate. Plus, you know those tricks with exploding arrows."

Dante walked up behind Lyn and Florina's bench that was sitting opposite of Link and Ilia's, Florina had seen his shadow, and then looked behind her and jumped. Lyn turned around to notice him. "Oh! It's you! You're Dante."

Dante looked at Florina, she still looked startled about him being within two feet of her. He tried to ignore her. "And you're the fastest human I've ever seen. That was a nice trick you did yesterday. If I had blinked, I would've missed it."

Lyn seemed a little nervous about the compliment, but she shook it off. "You were also very good."

Dante shook his head. "I need to be. I'm a devil hunter. But you move faster then most of the demons I've ever fought."

Lyn looked at Florina. She hadn't changed in the last 5 seconds. "Florina, you can go ahead and talk. He's a good guy. I can tell." Lyn tried to comfort her friend, but it still wasn't doing much.

Dante looked at Link while Lyn was trying to get her friend to talk. He was sitting there, watching the entire conversation but not even talking. He still seemed upset about his match. Ilia had her arms around him. Dante looked with slight envy, not being able to get a girl to like him like that. Florina then started to talk.

"I… my name is…" She stuttered a little, being too nervous to get anything out. Dante then heard a gunshot coming from the direction of the apartments.

"I'd better go make sure Lady isn't blowing up the room. Maybe we'll try this again later. See ya." Dante walked off. Florina sighed and looked disappointed about something.

Snake and Otacon's apartment.

Otacon rushed out of the bathroom after hearing the gunshot. Snake sat there holding his gun, a bit of blood going down his face. "Snake, what the hell happened?!"

Snake checked his gun, taking a good look at it. "There was still a bullet in the chamber, and the safety isn't working." Snake didn't turn around, he took apart his SOCOM and started to tinker with it, behind him the door suddenly slammed open, Lady barging in with her pistol out.

"What happened here?" She then paused and took a look down at Otacon. "Uh…"

Following close behind her was then Dante, and then Ike and Mist. Snake heard them enter and then started talking. "Just an accident, the gun had a bullet in it's chamber and the safety is broken." Snake turned around and noticed Otacon and paused. The moment of awkward silence was broken by Lady.

"So what they say about the cute Japanese guys is true." She muttered. Otacon then looked down and noticed that he forgot to put his pants on when he leapt out of the shower. He covered up with his hands.

"Dude…what the hell?" Dante asked slowly.

"I just got out of the shower! C'mon, you know the water is cold!" Otacon shouted.

Lady turned back around and walked off, Dante followed her. Ike went into the bathroom and tossed Otacon his pants, he quickly put them on. Mist was trying not to laugh. "The water isn't really that cold. Is it?" Ike asked, seeming calm about the whole thing. Snake started laughing quietly, and then he went back to work on his gun.

"Yes, it really is that cold." Otacon said.

Ike didn't say anything. Mist pulled out her heal staff and walked up to Snake. She put her staff close to Snake's head and closed her eyes, soon it glowed, and then Snake's wound closed up. "Are you okay?" Mist asked Snake.

"Yeah I'm fine. Thanks for closing that up." Snake said, and then went back to work on his gun. Ike walked out of the room, followed by Mist.

"Well that was a bit embarrassing…" Otacon muttered.

"Now you know why you're supposed to use hot water while in the shower." Snake said.

"Did that ever happen with you, Snake?" Otacon asked.

"Sort of. Mei Ling had accidentally walked in on me while I was in the shower. Except I had the hot water on." Snake said.

"You're never going to let me live this down, are you Snake?" Otacon asked plainly.

"No. It's almost as bad as the time you wet yourself and then shoved yourself in a locker."

"I'm going to remember this next time you ask me to repair your Stealth camo." Otacon said, and then walked back into the bathroom.

D Wing Assembly Hall

Everyone was gathered in the hall, ready for the next set of matches. All the fighters and their partners were ready to watch the matches. Soon the guide walked out of his room and stepped up on the stage. "Smashers all! Before we begin, I have some news. Two fighters, Bowser and Kirby, have left the tournament. Because of that, we are now left with no choice but to cancel round 4 and change things around. We will be having the third round matches right now, and then we will begin the adventure portion of the tournament!" Everyone muttered when he mentioned the adventure, not knowing what he meant. "Now, let's begin! Link and Ike, step up please!"

Link stepped up to the arena, Ike followed. Once they faced each other, they were teleported to the arena.

Tor Garen

Ike looked at Link. He was hoping to fight Dante, but instead got the strange elf looking man. Link looked at Ike. He was expecting to fight Mewtwo, not some blue haired mercenary. They both drew their swords, and soon the call to battle started. Ike opened up with a shockwave, Link dodged it and fired an arrow. Ike tried to block it with his hand, but to his amazement it went through. Before he could attack again, Link tossed his Gale Boomerang, Ike was almost knocked off of Tor Garen by the boomerang, and as he was recovering, Link fired a bomb arrow, and Ike fell off of the wall and out of bounds.

Link and Ike appeared on the stage, Ike having no signs of any wounds. Ike was stunned. Soon the guide was shouting. "THIS GAMES WINNER IS LINK! LINK REMAINS UNDEFEATED!"

D Wing Assembly Hall

Ike had woefully underestimated Link and had gotten his ass kicked in almost record time because of it. The only person who had a faster match was Lyn. Ike went back into the crowd. Soon the guide shouted again. "NOW FOR THE BATTLE BETWEEN OUR TWO SONY GUESTS! SOLID SNAKE AND DANTE SPARDA, PLEASE STEP UP!!"

Dante leapt onto the stage, Snake simply walked up the stairs. They faced each other, and then were teleported.

Oil Tanker "Discovery"

Dante looked around, they were on the top deck of a large tanker. Snake recognized it and groaned a little. The call to battle started and they both aimed their guns. Dante paused and laughed. "This should be fun!" He muttered, and then started firing. Snake did a fake move, dodging to the left but then suddenly leaping to the right. Dante started moving to the left, but was too slow on the comeback. Snake then shot Ivory out of Dante's hand, it flew into the waters, out of bounds where Dante couldn't retrieve it. Dante watched Ivory fly, and didn't notice Snake's sudden charge. He grabbed Ebony out of Dante's hand and knocked him to the ground. He ejected Ebony's clip and then tossed the gun itself out of bounds.

"You act tough but it looks like your still a rookie when it comes to fighting actual humans. Too bad, I was expecting more from you." Snake muttered. Dante then swung Rebellion, being fast enough with it to cut the SOCOM in half, but missing Snake completely. Dante then pulled out Nevan, Snake had already seen what it was capable of, and then produced a grenade and pulled the pin. Snake tossed it, but Dante moved to the left and then started playing, too focused to notice the lack of a loud blast. Dante jammed hard on his guitar and started singing.

"Steal a soul for a second chance

But you'll never become a man

My chosen torture makes me stronger

In a life that craves the hunger

A freedom and a quest for life

Till the end of the judgment night!'

Dante barely noticed Snake dodging the bats and leaping to hide among some crates, Dante then played as fast as he could, and started shouting the lyrics of his song.

"Stepping fourth a cure for souls demise

Reap the tears of the victims cries

Yearning more to hear the suffer

Of a demon as I put it under"

At that time Dante suddenly noticed that the bats were going everywhere wildly and the electricity was out of control. He stopped playing, and then noticed the thin metal strips raining down. He looked at where the grenade landed, there was no scorch mark or any sign of shrapnel, it wasn't a fragmentation grenade. Dante put Nevan away and then pulled out his sword Rebellion and went after Snake. He looked among the crates and the boxes, but nothing was there. Dante didn't see Snake. He turned around and saw a bunch of metal beams with a green tarp over them. Dante hurled Rebellion through it, thinking that Snake was using them for cover. As he watched the beams split in half, he didn't notice a box behind him move, he didn't notice Snake leaping out of one of the boxes with a scout knife, he didn't notice anything until Snake jammed the knife into Dante's skull. Dante collapsed, the knife had killed him.

As soon as Dante slumped he came too, he was lying unconscious on the stage. The guide had already declared Snake the winner. Lyn was on the stage, ready to start her match, when she noticed Dante. She woke Dante up completely and helped him off the stage. Dante looked at Snake, a mixed feeling of awe and hatred welling up in his chest.

Next update will cover Lyn's match, and then the start of the adventures. Please write a review!