The doctor stared at his reflection in the bathroom mirror. He was shocked to be invited to the Smash Bros. competition once again. He was even more shocked of how well he did in the last one he attended. The Doctor was, in fact, not the same person as the one clad in red that everybody knew and loved. The difference was that this man had completed his doctorate and became a certified doctor. The other one became an adventurer, saving princesses and defeating infamous kings.

He had a match scheduled in a few hours. In fact, the last one of the day. He was to be paired with Yoshi for a match against the red team.

This is where things became thorny.

Sheik, Little Mac, and Ganondorf were three particular combatants who had been fighting out of their minds. Sheik had come straight off of a win against the red hot Ganondorf and Duck Hunt, and was part of the pair that he was to be fighting against.

Dr. Mario was no stranger to combat. He did a little bit of adventuring before deciding to focus on his studies to become a doctor. Still, to be completely obliterated in front of hundreds of people was simply mortifying. He would simply have to apologize to his team after the match was over.

Two knocks. Somebody wished to use the restroom at this moment. "Are you done, doc? I need to go!"

Sonic.

Sighing, the doctor quickly tidied up his tie and opened the door. Suddenly he was pulled out of the latrines and caught a glimpse of a blue blur. Then, the bathroom door was closed.

"Urgh."

Dr. Mario turned his head to find Donkey Kong sitting in the corner, seemingly distressed. He was very jittery. The energetic ape seemed to have a lot trouble in his mind right then. Mario, being the helpful doctor that he is, decided to assist the simian in whichever way he can.

"Is there a problem?"

The gorilla simply whined and pointed to the door window. It was just Shulk and Alph having a discussion.

"Hmm? What's wrong here?"

Shulk quickly noticed the doctor and jogged over to the door. The sky had just turned dark, marking the end of the day. "You're a teammate of Donkey Kong's right?" He asked. To better suit the warm weather, he was wearing a sleeveless yellow shirt and brown cargo shorts. The young man seemed much calmer about this than the necktie-wearing ape.

"Ah, erm, yes. Is there something the matter?"

The blond man scratched the back of his head. "Well, Donkey Kong is expected at the Building in a few hours for destroying one of the R.O.B. units stored inside of the stadium. It belongs, well, it belonged to the Green team. He will probably get punished for doing so."

Dr. Mario put a hand to his mouth. "Why would he do such a thing?"

The ape snarled at the question. Shulk turned to look back at Alph, who had just called Mr. Game & Watch for help. "Here's the thing; Alph and I are sure that he wasn't the culprit. However, neither of us have any proof or gained enough respect to convince anybody otherwise. We want your help to clear his name."

The doctor turned to stare at Donkey Kong's eyes. The hope and sincerity in his eyes were definitely genuine. This ape didn't do anything wrong. Not only that, but he was the team captain. If he got in trouble, what would happen to the rest of them? "I shall do my best." He concluded.

Shulk and Donkey Kong cheered. Alph seemed to be struggling to communicate with the 2-dimensional entity, but smiled at the happiness emanating from the two. Dr. Mario quickly took his coat from the hanger and walked outside to head for the stadium. Following behind him were hopeful smashers looking for a miracle. That and Mr. Game & Watch.


What in blazes?

In the arena tunnel where only smashers and other important personnel were permitted, the R.O.B. storage was surrounded by numerous smashers. Dr. Mario hurried over and squeezed his way through the gathered crowd.

"What is everybody-"

There it was. On the wall next to the door was a huge hole. The destruction looked fresh as dust and smaller debris was still falling from the edges of the fissure.

Dr. Mario turned to Samus, equipped with her Varia Suit but with her helmet in her arms. It seemed like she had just finished a battle. Normally, anyone would be afraid to approach the bounty huntress, but Dr. Mario had managed to get her to open up during Melee. Many people were worried when she was placed on a team with Wario, but nothing too bad had seemed to happen between the two. Yet. "What happened here?" He asked.

The huntress could only shrug her shoulders and shake her head. "I... I'm afraid I'm still not too sure myself."

Alph squeezed between the two of them to examine the wreckage. "This is the only lead we have. This, as you can probably tell, is the R.O.B. storage room. Somebody broke in and destroyed one of the R.O.B.s contained inside," Alph shook his head disapprovingly. "They have such beautiful machinery too. What a waste."

"Why is Donkey Kong being blamed for this?" Dr. Mario asked.

"Well, take a look," Alph motioned for him to stare at the gaping hole. Inside, he could see nothing but darkness. It appeared that the destroyed R.O.B. had been removed from the storage room. "Doesn't that hole look a little familiar to you?"

Dr. Mario clutched his chin with three fingers and examined the debris. The hole in the wall was about the size of a vending machine. It was irregularly shaped, it was large in the middle with smaller fissures coming out of it. In fact, it almost seemed like it had muscular arms and legs. And also an onion-shaped head. As a matter of fact, it had an almost uncanny resemblance to-

"It looks like Donkey Kong." Samus concluded matter-of-factly.

Alph looked upwards and caught sight of the bounty huntress's cold frown. He shivered slightly at the galactic warrior's blunt conclusion. Nevertheless, he mustered up the courage to speak against her. "B-But that isn't enough proof to say that this was Donkey Kong's doing! A-Anybody could have done this!"

Sheik turned around from where she was standing in front of them and crossed her arms. They almost didn't recognize her. She was wearing a red track jacket and black jeans. She still wore the regular head wrap, but was wearing a maroon scarf, which veiled her normally covered face.

"Do you believe anyone else here is capable of causing a sizable hole in the wall to look coincidentally like Donkey Kong?" She asked. She seemed almost a little bit hostile.

Alph and Dr. Mario stared up at her in slight alarm. "We will figure that out on our own," Shulk intruded. He had managed to catch up to the two shorter men. "Donkey Kong is innocent. You'll see."

A call for attention was heard from inside the storage. "Hey! Guys, you'll never believe it!" It was King Dedede's voice. "I found a banana peel in here!"

Shulk sank a little bit from where he was standing. "He-he's still innocent! This proves nothing!"

Sheik stifled a laugh and checked the clock near the turn that lead to the arena. "There are two and a half hours remaining before the final match of the night," She placed a hand on the doctor's shoulder. "A battle between me and this dapper man here. If you can prove Donkey Kong's innocence within the next 150 minutes, I will be very impressed."

Despite her tone, she didn't seem to be talking them down. In fact, it felt like she was being supportive. Dr. Mario adjusted his tie and made his way over to the hole. "I'll handle this. You guys can go. I can solve this on my own."

Shulk shook his head. "We told Donkey Kong we'd be here with him. We can't just leave."

Dr. Mario took a glance at Donkey Kong, who just shrugged his shoulders. "You have been running around doing nothing for a while. You are young, don't you have a date or something?" The Doctor asked.

Shulk brought a hand to his chin with a pensive expression. "Actually..." His eyes widened. "Shoot!" The young man looked both directions before running off. "Sorry about this, Donkey Kong! I'll make it up to you!"

Sheik and Mr. Game & Watch stared off at the running boy. "BEEP?"


Dr. Mario switched on the lights to the storage room. Sure enough, the R.O.B. had been taken away. It would have served to be a good lead towards the culprit. Aside from the destroyed R.O.B., the wall behind where it was previously was also damaged, though not to the extent of the hole in the other wall.

"It looks like somebody was angry enough to destroy this wall as well." Dr. Mario mused. Alph and Mr. Game & Watch refused to go anywhere, so the doctor came to the decision to allow them to stay.

"I'll look in this corner for some clues," Alph notified. "See if you can find something in the destruction there." Mr Game & Watch was examining the Kong-shaped hole.

Dr. Mario nodded his head. Let's see. The destruction behind the discarded R.O.B. was not a complete hole. It looked more like somebody just punched it. The storage room was very clean, as if it was cleaned every other day. The walls were a plain cream color. On each upper left corner of the wall was the Smash Bros. logo in red. Unlike the gaping hole near the door and the small damage on the opposite side, everything else had been completely untouched. The other R.O.B. units were still lined neatly along the back wall. There was a considerable gap between the Gold Team's and the Blue Team's, as the Green Team's R.O.B. was missing. However, nothing would explain the banana peel that Dedede found.

Alph reaches up to scratch his head in confusion, but only painfully bends his fingers with the helmet.

"Ouch!"


"Donkey Kong?"

The princess of the Mushroom Kingdom was taking a stroll along the garden of the arena and found Donkey Kong pouting like a homeless man near one of the entrances. He was playing with his necktie with a futile air. An awning light above the entrance shone directly over the sad simian.

"Is something the matter?"

The gorilla looked up from his pouting. Scratching his head, the ape searched his surroundings and called the exiting space bounty huntress over. She had removed her Varia Suit and was wearing the regular blue crop top and short shorts that she was often found wearing. Samus merely glowered at the ape, but softened her glare upon seeing Princess Peach beside her.

"Samus! Why is Donkey Kong feeling so unwell?"

Samus sighed. "He's been a bad ape, that's why."

Donkey Kong whimpered. "Oh? What did he do?"

The huntress closed her eyes. "I'm still not too sure of the details, but he had broken a large hole in the wall of the R.O.B. storage room and destroyed one of the units. I took a quick look before deciding that it wasn't worth my time."

The R.O.B. storage room? "Wait a moment. I saw... Someone else was here before!" The Princess exclaimed. Samus and Donkey Kong both flinched at her exclamation.

"What do you mean?" Samus asked.

"I was playing with Kirby in the tunnel this afternoon. Before we left, we saw Mewtwo being led inside by Mario." Peach explained.

Samus gasped. "He's here already?"

Peach nodded her head. "Yes, I need to find Mario and ask him where Mewtwo is!"

The huntress stopped her. "Wait a moment." Then, she suddenly ran inside of the arena, surprising the ape and the princess. Donkey Kong merely scratched his head at her impulsive action.

Not much later, She reappeared with her paralyzer in hand. "I'll come with you."

Donkey Kong sat up from his position and grunted, expressing interest in tagging along.


Dr. Mario, Alph, and Mr. Game & Watch sat on the ground in front of the storage room, doomed. With a half of an hour to go before the match, and still no leads, the trio had just about given up. The trio sat against the wall, heads down and hope lost. Passersby gave them strange looks, but none of them were concerned enough to check on them.

Well, until Marth found his favorite rookie down in the dumps.

The Hero King was leaving the arena after watching Jigglypuff and Captain Falcon complete a match. "Why are you three so miserable?" He asked.

Alph woke up with a start at his captain's name and slowly turned to face him. The gentle look on his face was no very well complimented by the noise coming from the arena. The Koppaite engineer had to think for a moment before remembering why he was so miserable in the first place. "Donkey Kong is being wrongfully accused of destroying things."

Marth took one look at the wall to understand what he was talking about. "Have you been able to find anything to help?" Obviously not, but Marth wasn't sure what else to ask.

Alph shrugged and shook his head sadly. Marth tapped his fingers against his chin in thought. If not Donkey Kong, who else would be able to cause destruction like this? Marth had spent most of the day in the arena, and Captain Falcon was there throughout. It couldn't have been him, Ganondorf was only in the arena when he was called. Even Bowser had a number of alibis. Donkey Kong was the only capable one who was unseen for a large portion of the day.

Dr. Mario glanced at the clock. Any minute now, Sheik will be in the arena to warm up before the battle, and Dr. Mario was too busy sulking to get ready.

R.O.B. had, at that point, also appeared. R.O.B. had voluntarily kept out of team play in order to keep the teams balanced and welcomed the idea of creating copies of itself for team use. Despite being a new fighter as of the Brawl tournament, R.O.B. was a very important figure in the Smash Bros. competition. It not only made every important calculation and guaranteed balanced teams, but also was a part of the selection process for fighters.

It had decided to come to the storage room to check on the damages, but did not expect to see three unhappy fighters and a blue-haired swordsman.

Marth gave R.O.B. a polite bow upon appearing.

"Is something the matter?" The machine asked. Mr. Game & Watch suddenly looked up from his reverie and seemed ecstatic to find the operating buddy. Another reason that R.O.B. was so important was that it was capable of turning the classic figure's dings and beeps into actual speech.

"What is he saying?" Dr. Mario asked.

R.O.B. listened to Game & Watch's explanation, nodding its head while doing so, and relaxed its arms. "Fighter MR. GAME & WATCH would prefer if I directly translated his speech," It began. "He is a witness to this unfortunate event and wishes to explain himself."

The three listeners blinked in unison, and then jumped back in surprise. "You mean, he knew this entire time!?" Alph shouted.

R.O.B. nodded its head. "I will be converting fighter MR. GAME & WATCH's clamor into vocal speech. Pleas listen." Mr. Game and Watch relaxed from its previous excitement and began explaining itself.

"Listen up, good fellows! I've had this unfortunate inability to make sounds other than the dingies and rings and buzzes you hear from your alarm clocks. But worry no more! I, Mr. Game & Watch, will explain this atrocity to you all!" Game & Watch's voice through R.O.B.'s speakers was very light, sounding very much like a middle-classed coffee shop owner of 1940's New York, complete with an accent. Alph couldn't help but smile at his accent.

"Earlier today, as I was secretly watching the floaty princess and the pink puffball filled with nothingness playing together in this very hallway, I noticed a familiar red man with a nose less spectacular than mine leading a white and purple figure that I can't quite seem to name."

"They stopped at this intersection," there was a 4-way intersection. One corner of the intersection was the storage room itself. The turn to their right lead to the team lounges, straight ahead lead to everything within the stadium, and the left turn lead to arena itself. "and Mario went on his way to the arena. The white figure stood still for a moment before turning to the storage room. Then, he destroyed the hell out of that wall right there."

"So all we have to do is figure out who that white figure was." He concluded.

Dr. Mario rubbed his chin. His adventurous counterpart, very influential and an important part of this competition, was leading a strange, white figure through the tunnel?

"Do you have any idea why he would destroy the wall, then?"

Game & Watch held up his forearms and faced his palms in the sky, shaking his head. "I wouldn't know something like that. Maybe he was testing his power? He blew up that wall right there with some weird dark energy type magic."

Dr. Mario's eyes widened. Alph could only tilt his head in confusion. "It couldn't be... Wasn't..." Dr. Mario blinked and regained his composure. "Wasn't Mewtwo announced to join the competition two days ago?"

Marth gasped in surprise. "I... yes, you are right. We must find him this instant."

Alph got up from the ground. "Wait. Who's Mewtwo?"

R.O.B. regained his own voice and answered. "Fighter MEWTWO is a fighter from the Pokémon universe. It was a member of the Melee tournament from two competitions in the past. Despite its outstanding popularity, its was not invited to the Brawl tournament. It was invited to this competition after much discussion."

"Do you have any idea where he might be?" Dr. Mario asked.

"If everything went according to plan, he is discussing his participation with Mario in the Smash Mansion."

The Gang loosened themselves up. "That settles it. We must go and find them." Alph announces.

"Not you, Doctor."

Sheik appeared from the Red Team's lounge, geared for battle. "If you leave now, you will be late for your match." She mentioned.

"Surely not. We still have thirty minutes left." Dr. Mario said.

As if on cue, the worldwide speakers turned on and announced the battle.

"They're expecting us." Sheik responded.


The doors to the Smash Mansion burst open.

"Mewtwo!"

Mario and Mewtwo were having a chat in the living room of the mansion. Both looked very professional, discussing the state of the competition and Mewtwo's sudden inclusion. The sudden disturbance caused great annoyance in Mewtwo, but it refrained from doing anything rash.

"Princess! Is there a problem?" Mario shot up from his seat like a jack-in-the-box upon seeing the Princess's face.

Samus pointed her paraylzer gun at Mewtwo, causing the latter to stand up and focus energy into its hand.

"Wait! Stop!" Peach rushed to stand in front of Samus and forcefully lowered her paralyzer. "Mewtwo! I have a very important question!"

Samus took a step forward. "It's not the type of person you'd want to reason with-"

Mewtwo cut her off. "Do not be absurd. You speak to me as if I am an irrational abomination. I will have you know that I have the mental capacity of every competitor in this competition combined."

Donkey Kong growled.

Mario walked over to calm the two of them down. "Easy there. Mewtwo and I were just having a talk about how to include him in the contest after it has already begun. I know you two are not the best of friends, but do try to get along."

Peach watched as the three of them glared into each other's eyes before turning away."Do you know anything about the wreckage at the R.O.B. storage room?"

Mewtwo closes one of its eyes. "How do you mean?"

Samus stomps a foot to interject, but is stopped by Peach. "I saw you in the arena tunnel with Mario earlier."

The Genetic Pokémon scoffed. "Well then I suppose I have nothing to hide. I made that hole."

The two women and Donkey Kong gasped. Morton, who was dragging around a crate on a rope for some reason, abruptly stopped and blinked upon hearing the information.

Mewtwo smirked at the reactions. "What of it?"

"Donkey Kong is being blamed for your bullsh-"

Peach quickly cut the huntress's retort off. "Donkey Kong is about to get punished for your actions."

"What of it?" It repeated.

The two of them inhaled sharply and shouted in unison. "You aren't supposed to do that!"

Mewtwo leaned back at the increase in volume. "Fine! I will confess to my actions at once as long as you quit your impetuous chatter."

Peach rested a hand on her chest in relief. Donkey Kong sat on the ground, letting out a large breath. "Then I will see to it that you do," Samus commanded. "I can't trust somebody like you."

Mewtwo grunted. "Do what you will."

The doors to the mansion burst open again, revealing Marth, Alph, R.O.B., and Mr. Game & Watch.

"We came for you, Mewtwo!" Alph shouted.

Mewtwo merely floated over and moved Alph aside using telekinesis, which caught the Koppaite off-guard and caused him to trip over his feet. The group watched him exit, confused.

"He's going to confess." Samus stated as she passed by them.

Mewtwo turned back to Samus, who had not erased the hostile look from her face, and decided not to say anything. The huntress did not know, but he was to join her team starting the next day.

A smirk crept onto his lips. He forgot how much he loved this tournament.

Sonic zoomed back in from the bathroom. "I shouldn't have had that chili." He stated. The other inhabitants of the room all stared at him in disbelief.

"What?"


Dr. Mario sat on the ground, stretching his quadriceps in preparation for the match. In the battleground adjacent to them, members of the blue and gold team were duking it out.

The crowd roared as they watched Link shout in celebration to a KO.

"Hmm. Are you ready?" The doctor looked up to see Sheik greeting him before their match.

"I suppose." Dr. Mario muttered.

Sheik turned around to hand Mega Man her water bottle. "So it seems you have found the true culprit of this unfortunate event." She began.

"No, Mr. Game & Watch did. And he knew the entire time and just could not communicate with us."

"How lucky. I had a feeling you could accomplish this head-scratcher of a case, doctor."

Dr. Mario got up from the ground and began to stretch his shoulders. "Thank you. I just wish we could explain that banana peel."

Sheik laughed. "I suppose you don't have to worry about it."

The crowd roared again as the blue team remained victorious against the gold team. The blue team, unlike the other teams, had all of its members present to cheer each other on during almost all of their matches.

"The blue team is better than I expected them to be. The purple team has Falco, Marth, and Captain Falcon on their team, so I expected them to be particularly good but..." Sheik trailed off.

"They don't have Little Mac." Dr. Mario finished for her.

Sheik laughed to herself softly. "Mac is a better one on one fights, but his recent performances have been more than impressive."

"I can say the same thing about yourself." Dr. Mario commented.

"I appreciate your honesty." She joked.

The two of them stood in silence as they watched the gold and blue teams disperse.

"Good luck to you and Yoshi, then." She concluded. The announcer had called for them to board their revival platforms to begin the match.

Dr. Mario took a deep breath and exhaled. "I can do this." He told himself.

"3!"

"2!"

"1!"

"Go!"


So I didn't expect this chapter to be so long, but there you have it.

Mewtwo is on the White team! Since he still hasn't been implemented, I won't give him any major role yet, but his presence will be felt.

This won't be the last you'll see of banana peels, by the way.

Next chapter will be, of course, about the Brown team. After that, I'm not sure who's next, but it isn't over, I assure you.