Disclaimer: The following characters belong to their respective creators: Nintendo and Capcom.

The following settings are all actual real-life places.

The following original characters are creativities of the readers reading this story, and therefore, belong to them and them alone. These readers are also writers. These original characters will not to be used at any rate unless by their written approval.

Here's the list of the original characters sent by writers who are reading this story (sorted alphabetically):

The creature of unknowingly evilness Azul -- Nicodareus
The Mobian polar bear Icecap -- Nobuo Aaron
The focused psychic fighter Ichiju Zero -- Shadow Minamoto
The cool, calm, emotionless fighter Kane -- Shinigami's Shadow and SilverPantsSven
The passionate, yet rebellious teenage future seeker Keliatia (Keli) -- x Flames of Ice x
The polar arm man Lenji -- Enigmais
The neutral darkness wielder of Hyrule Midnight and his bodiless son Morphio-- Midnari
The traveling swordsman Slith -- El Xian
Demon halfling Zyirth -- Zyirth

In addition to original characters, one original character is my only creativity for the story, therefore, the character belong to me. I may be able to add some more of my original characters as the story progresses.

Curious and dashingly headstrong young adult, Jason Sparks. (He replaced Drew Devin.)

Now onto the story.


Smash Bros. Capcom - Expedition
As it turns out, the Forbidden Magic of the Sun and the Moon Crest has invited the entire world into an alternate universe: 800 years from now and counting. New York City, 2900. It is close to the end of another millennium and the world has changed since then. America has taken over the entire world, and the only countries left independent are the islands. However, the Smash Orb remains missing. What other mystery does this plot can unfold regarding the holy orb, the Forbidden Magic and the Future Era?

:: Chapter 9:

A beautiful blond lady, about 5'10, was walking down an alley and ended up entering through a dark secluded area. She felt lost. She felt scared. A bat flew right about her, frightening her to look back but saw nothing suspicious. She slowly paced onward, looking around in curiosity…until she saw it.

Right in front of her, it lay untouched—the smash orb. Like a glistening ocean and sky moving around inside, the orb glow a radiant blue. Suddenly the ocean light swirled into a blast of red and fiery light, like a volcano mixed with the sun. She got curious and approached the Orb. Before she had the chance to lean and pick up the Orb, her whole body went numb. She felt someone behind her. It was a man, concealed in a leather jacket over a black sweater, with black pants and shoes. The man wore a black sky mask.

The man breathed heavily. His stern black eyes were possessed of pure evil. The woman uttered short gasps. Something was between the man and her. Something else. Something sharp. It was a knife, nailed on her back. The woman went down on her knees then flat on her face. She was dead.


-Studio Zero-

At the border of New York City, adjacent to the island of Lady Liberty, stands a fifty-foot glass building created with today's technology…actually, the future's technology. Studio Zero is the name of the building. It is no ordinary building. It has enterprises and businesses, mixed with duplex apartments and many other. What is amazing about this building is that it is on direct contact with ground transportation and sky transportation. The cars in the future are flying ones, known either as Air Mobiles or Sky Cars. At the top of the building is a penthouse, where Captain Falcon lives. The walls are painted in white and the windows and glass doors to the balcony are widescreen, displaying fantastic views of Future NYC.

Rick Wheeler stares at the meteorologist on a wide screen, XD-HD-LCD television, who was predicting yet another 60 chance of rain, as he is chopping on lettuces and veggies at a ridiculously high speed.

Jab!

"Ow!" Rick withdraws from the cutting board and drops his knife to lick his index finger, injured from a cut, "son of a—!"

"Hey, Rick." comes the voice of Mario from a far left room behind the kitchen counter that lead to a series of stairs.

"Hey, Mario." Rick sighs, "Yeah, I don't think I can cook breakfast this morning."

"Again?" Mario goes to Rick's cutting board to take care of the lettuces, "That's the seventh time this week." Mario complains, "First the chicken and now this over and over?"

"I guess I'm not a real good cook." Rick goes to wash his hands down the sink before going to the First Aid Kit cabinet. "C4 Cabinet." He says and the cabinet opens up by itself, revealing the kit. He picks it up and leaves. The cabinet closes by itself.

"Is C. Falcon here?" Mario asks.

"He had to leave early. Something's up at the police station." Rick replies, "Are the others sleeping?"

"Yeah, they are." Mario responds, "Luigi, Chun-Li, Guile, Slith, and Keliatia. Things have been…" Mario pauses uncomfortably. He doesn't have the courage or the gut to say anything else.

"Drastic, heh?" Rick adds.

"I'm serious!" Mario proclaims, "How did we end up here? In a new…new… it's like we took this big leap, y'know?"

Rick goes to sit at the sitting room to take care of his injury, "You sure it's not your imagination running you tricks?" he asks as he peels off a bandage.

"If I wasn't serious, I wouldn't be talking about it." Mario says.

THIS IS DAN SAWYER FROM KTO CHANNEL 9 COVERING BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. A BRUTAL MURDER HAS ENFOLDED LAST NIGHT AT THE CITY'S KRAD ALLEY ABOUT A 20 YEARS OLD BLONDE FEMALE. POLICE HASN'T RELEASED THE NAME OF THE VICTIM YET HOWEVER A PRIME WITNESS CLAIM THAT SHE WAS BRUTALLY STABBED TO PREVENT HER FROM REACHING A MYSTERIOUS STONE. KTO INVESTIGATOR BRANDA VALOIR HAS MORE TO THE STORY.

Rick shook his head, "Crime these days. Just last week, a family was run over by a drunken skydriver and no one, not even the driver, survived."

"Oh my god." Mario gasps.

"I know! Who could be sick enough to do such thing?" Rick replied.

Mario shakes his head, "No, no, no. That murder. All that for a stone?" he turns to face Rick, "Do you know what this means?"


-NY Police Bureau-

Inside the Chief of Police's Bureau, Chris Redfield stands speechless facing the Chief's furnished desk. It has been a half an hour since news of the woman's murder reached the media.

"Me?" he finally asks, "you wish for me to be part of the investigation?"

"With your training reaching new heights and your keen eye, you can do it, Officer." The Chief says, "Now, you are aware of your first task, right?"

Chris nods proudly, "Yes sir. Me and my crew are going to locate our murder witness. It won't be a piece of cake if that killer is out there doing this entire thing to hide a stone."

"Speaking of your crew, where are they this morning?" The chief looks around.

"Oh." Chris looks nervous, "They are running a little late, sir."

The door swing open and Samus, Fox and Kane storm in like a clumsy trio. They promptly adjust their uniforms; fix up their badges at proper positions, correct their hats, tighten their belt of arms, and fasten the loose laces of their boots before standing still and raising their hands in salute.

"Sir! We're here to follow your orders, sir!" They say in chorus.

The chief tightens his face. He doesn't look happy. Samus nervously smile and wave at him, "Oh, hi Chief, Sir!"

"We apologize for making you make that face." Fox mentions the grimace the Chief was making, "Our alarm didn't go off as planned. You should blame it."

"Yeah." Kane agrees, "And technically, it's my fault. I wasted everyone's time by making everyone egg Florentine and took attempts to make it perfect. With no rush but of a sunshine smile."

"The only sunshine smile you're going to get is you three getting suspended from the police force permanently." The chief threatens, "That's the fourteenth time you three are late!"

The three hang their heads down, "We're sorry." They say. Chris looks even more embarrassed.

"Now." The chief continues, "As I was saying before I was rudely interrupted, I'm expecting all of you to put all of your effort on this investigation regarding this murdered female. You all still remember your first task, no?"

The trio doesn't know how to respond. Chris nods and responds for them, "Yes sir, we do." The trio quickly nods as well. The chief stare at them one more time, before responding, "Great. Off you go."

Chris, Fox, Samus, and Kane turn to leave when the Chief calls on Samus. "Officer Aran. This is Planet Earth, not Planet of the Apes."

Samus stutters, "I… I'm sorry, Chief. What…"

"I would appreciate it if you pull off that bucket from your head."

"Oh! Right!" Samus quickly removes her helmet to reveal her blond beauty, "I'm sorry, chief. It won't happen…" she clears he throat "…again."

She leaves, unaware that the chief was staring at her, hypnotized. She closes the door behind her.

"Remind me again, Chris, what was our mission?" Fox asks Chris.

Chris sighs, "It's not a mission, it's an investigation. Man, you guys are slow!"

"I think we're supposed to investigate a murder, right?" Kane asks.

"Right." Chris clarifies, "And the crime scene was at Old NY's Back alley, near Jay's bar."

Samus looks around, feeling uncomfortable.

"What's up, Samus?" Fox asks.

"Oh, nothing, guys." Samus uncomfortably shakes her head, "it's just that…I'm being stared at."

The crew watches almost every male in the department staring at Samus, like they were hypnotized.


Because the woman's murder created yet another buzz in NYC year 2900, everyone began to talk about it. Although they made sure not to meddle in too much, one teenager was determined to get involved into this.

Jason Sparks has always been intrigued by these crime scenes. The 19-year old blond was the charismatic, most popular guy in NYU. He always sports the coolest outfits: today it was a blue checkered shirt over a long white tee, dark-blue beach shorts accented in flowers by the waist and a pair of ruggedly Timberland Oxfords shoes.

He came into the crime site in the afternoon and looks around to see if anyone was watching. Not a soul. As Chris mentioned, the crime site was at the back alley of Old NY near Jay's bar, and there was a lot of people passing by the alley on daylight. However since the murder, no one had stepped foot there, except Jason.

Jason slips underneath the yellow ribbon to take a look at the ground the woman fell on the moment she was murdered. He reaches to touch the soil but a footstep on solid ground catches his attention. He watches a shadowy figure slip into a narrow pathway.

"Hey, you!" he goes to its pursuit, that is until the figure drowns into the darkness of the narrow path. Jason starts getting nervous. He looks around the darkness sternly and vigilantly, he pulls a gun from his shorts and aim. He realizes that he was now in a hot seat going after prime suspects or real criminals; especially with no police skills.

He finally sees a small light. The light leads him to an empty old hollow. Planks and woods were together like fences, revealing only narrow sight of outside; the ground had a lot of rocks and was a little sandier, with about a decent number of used bones and meats growing from it, probably left by stray dogs as their buried treasure. There were also crates and boxes at the right side of the cavern Jason was turning to look.

Jason feels a big lump on his throat. Still aiming his gun, he approaches the crates, "All right." He manages to sound gutsy, "I know you're hiding there, criminal. Show yourself!"

He is now about three feet from the crates. He knocks them down with a kick then backs away a bit, ready to pull the trigger. He sees no one. His nerves start to go down. There was nobody here.

He turns around to see a light shining underneath some of the sands. Curiously, he lowers his weapon then kneels to dig up the sands. In awe, he sees the marvel, the unexpected. He sees the Smash Orb, shining in front of him at full glory.

"Whoa," he breathes.

He reaches to touch it but then something catches him: his conscious. Don't touch it. It's that same cursed stone that killed the woman at the alley. He stands back up and withdraws from the stone.

"Hello, Jason." A raw, desiccated voice calls behind him. Jason turns around to see a man with gleaming eyes that lacks both pupils and irises, floating in an eerie grace. The figure is sporting red general military attire with white shoulder plates, a dark-blue cape dancing as he is floating, and a cap with a skull on it.

Jason freezes at the sight of the man, "What the—!"

WHAM!

The teen collapses on his knees then on the ground. He's unconscious. Standing behind him is another shadowy figure. The figure reveals himself as the assassin who killed the woman.

The assassin breathes in anger at the sight of the teen's unconscious body. He flips open his pocket knife and approaches Jason. The man in cape descends to the ground, approaches the assassin, and grabs his wrist.

"You don't want to do that." The man in cape says, "We had a deal, remember?"

The figure exposes his face as he goes head-to-head with the assassin. It's Bison. The assassin let out a creepy sigh, closes his pocket knife and puts it away.

"Good. Now, help me out with our captive." M. Bison snaps his finger and the Smash Orb disappears in a glistening light.


Next…Chapter 10
-A fortune-teller reveals an unpleasant future.

-Luigi proposes to look for a way back into the present.

-Rick receives an unexpected visit.

-Sakura asks Ryu to be a guest at her school for a project about true heroes.

-A demon Halfling takes a thrilling appearance.