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Stealth vs. Strength

Sly looked at the screen for a while and said, "So my opponent is Donkey Kong. It looks like I'll go to the next round after all."

"What's that supposed to mean?!!" DK yelled at him.

"It means I'll be able to beat you easy," he coolly replied. "This is a match of brains vs. brawns. And brains will win every time."

"OH YEAH!!!" DK yelled as he lost it. "I"LL SHOW WHAT BRAWNS CAN DO TO YOU!!!" It took seven heroes to restrain him.

"DK, calm down," Master Hand told him. "You'll be able to fight him during the match so just calm down." DK calmed down and walked away to talk someone.

"Don't you think that was little harsh to say, Sly," Fox told him as he walked up to him.

"Yeah," Sly replied. "Now that I think about, I do realize I went overboard with what I say. I felt like I needed to say it and didn't think about the consequences. I guess it was because I waited so long for my match and when it came, I thought Donkey Kong wasn't a worthy opponent. I guess I should apologize to him."

"Well, you should do after the match because DK won't be listening to you much right now," Fox told him. Sly agreed with him and went to prepare for his match.

"Are you two ready," Hand asked them as they approached. They both nodded as reply and Master Hand transported both of them to the arena.

"It's time for the next match," Toad said.

Master Hand appeared and began saying, "This hero is from a long line of thieves dating all the way back to ancient Egypt. When he was a kid, his father was brutally murdered and his family heirloom, the Thievius Raccoonus, was stolen. When he was old enough, he was able to retrieve the book and defeat Clockwerk his ancient family enemy. 2 years later, he tracked down the remaining Clockwerk parts and then defeated Clock-La, a version of Clockwerk controlled by Neyla. He then found the Cooper Vault, and defeated Dr. M. He is the great master thief; give it up for Sly Cooper!" Sly then appeared in a cloud of smoke.

"A thief as a hero?!" Toad exclaimed. "Never saw that coming." Mewtwo watched the thief with interest.

Master Hand continued, saying, "The next hero is from a jungle island near Mushroom Kingdom. He has an entire family of Kongs that he is willing to protect. He also fights King K. Rool in order to protect his jungle island. DK had to save his family and island when K. Rool kidnap his entire family and planned to take control of the island. DK worked with all he had in order to free his family and then with all their abilities, kicked King K. Rool off of their island. He has met Mario on several occasions, both as an enemy and a friend. But one thing's for sure: this one monkey you do not want to mess with. Here he comes. He is the powerful ape, Donkey Kong." A barrel then came down from the sky and out of it came Donkey Kong.

"Look," Wolf said. "It the strong, but stupid monkey, DK."

"Stop being so mean to the competitors," Toad told him.

"I can't help it," Wolf replied. "It's in my blood."

"Let the match begin in 5… 4… 3… 2… 1… START!" DK charged at Sly and threw a powerful punch at Sly, but he just simply dodged it. DK kept throwing punches at him, but Sly was too fast and agile for him and he dodged all the punches. Sly jumped over a punch and landed on DK's head, and then jumped off of it and landed on the ground. Sly turned around and tried to hit DK with his cane, but DK caught it, and with a smirk, began spinning the cane with Sly still holding the cane. He let it go as Sly was sent flying across the stage, but Sly flipped over a few times before simply landing on his feet. The two looked at each other for a few moments before fighting each other once again.

"Who do you think is going to win this?" Toad asked.

"I choose Sly, because stealth will always beat power," Mewtwo told him.

"No way!" Wolf said. "Power always gets the job done. I choose Donkey Kong!"

They continued fighting when DK landed a punch at Sly, but it turned out to be a cardboard cut-out. While DK was trying to find him, Sly snuck up behind and hit him into the air, then hooked his leg with his cane and brought him to the ground hard. DK got up with anger apparent on his face, and threw a huge punch at Sly. Sly ducked it, and then brought his cane upwards, having it connect with Donkey Kong's chin, and DK fell to ground on his back. Sly walked up to DK, wondering if he was unconscious. Then all of a sudden, DK grabbed Sly by the tail with an evil smirk on his face, while Sly's was one filled with dread.

"This doesn't look very good for Sly," Toad said.

"Gee, you think," Wolf said sarcastically.

DK began slamming Sly to the ground very hard several times. After DK was done with that, DK twirled him up in the air and then threw into the air, and Sly landed on the ground with a big thud. DK jumped in the air and brought his fist down, but Sly rolled out of the way before it could come in contact with him. Then DK began slamming his hands towards the ground every second. The ground began to shake at the force he was using. Sly was shot into the air by the force that Donkey Kong was using and fell to the ground with a big thud.

"Ha, it looks like you have had enough my strength," Donkey Kong told him. Sly got up and told him, "I have many more tricks up my sleeve."

Sly threw a few smoke bombs towards the ground, and he was completely covered in smoke. When the smoke subsided, he was gone. DK looked around for him when he was hit on the head by something. He tried to look for the source, but he was hit by seemingly nothing. He was getting pounded in every direction.

"What's going on?" Toad asked. "Why is DK acting like he's getting hit?"

"Because he is," Mewtwo said. "He turned himself invisible."

"What?!" Wolf exclaimed. "How can he do that?!"

"The Cooper Clan are master thieves. They have invented many techniques that seem impossible."

DK was getting thrashed by the invisible Cooper when, on instinct, was able to grab the invisible cane. He then gave Cooper a powerful punch that sent him back a couple, and dispelled his invisibility. DK then jumped off of the ground and began spinning in the air and towards Sly. He got pummeled by the spinning ape and was sent flying back a few more feet. DK still spun towards him, but Sly jumped over him, which caused DK to stop and land on the ground. He saw a Smash Ball floating around and saw the perfect opportunity.

He grabbed the Smash Ball and then pulled out a pair of bongos. "What're you going to do with bongos?" Sly asked perplexed.

DK smirked as he began banging on them and Sly was pulled to him by the sound waves, he was then pushed back by much force and the cycle was repeated many times over and over again. When it ended, he was lying on the ground in pain, while DK was twirling his arm in circles, preparing for a powerful punch. When he got up, he was greeted by the most powerful punch DK could dish out. Sly was nearly knocked out cold by the punch. DK thought it was over, but was in utter disbelief when Sly got up with difficulty.

"That was my most powerful punch," DK said. "There's no way you should be up!"

"I'm a tough guy to keep down," Sly told him.

Sly ran towards DK with amazing speed. DK threw a punch at him, but Sly jumped over it and then brought this cane down on DK's head, which caused a massive bump to appear on his. He then swung his cane across his face, and it made him stagger quite a bit. He then kicked with all he had and brought the big ape down to the ground. Sly then did the one thing that hurts a man so much: he nailed him in the gnads with his cane. DK yelled as loud as he could in pain as held his precious men.

"Oh man!" Wolf said. "I don't think he'll ever recover from that."

"It's unorthodox, but it gets the job done," Mewtwo said.

"What you go and do that for?!" DK asked Sly, still in pain.

"Hey," Sly replied. "I'm a thief. What do you expect?"

"You're going to regret what you did!" DK told him. He then pulled out a barrel gun made of wood.

"Oh crap," Sly said. He then began firing explosive coconuts at him, and Sly evaded them to the best of his ability. Sly ran up to him and swung his cane at him, but DK dodge it and punch clear in the face, which sent him flying in the air. And DK shot him with his barrel gun while he was still in the air. Sly was able to get up, despite all the punishment he took.

"I can't believe you're still standing after all that you took," DK said.

"It's nearly impossible to keep me down for long." Sly then saw a Smash Ball in the air and smirked.

"Looks like it's time for me to end this," Sly said.

He then jumped and grabbed the Smash Ball. He then felt the urge to yell, "STEALTH ATTACK!" He then threw a few smoke bombs at DK, completely covering him. He then went into the cloud of smoke and then sounds of banging could be heard. When the smoke died down, Sly was standing tall as DK was down on the floor unconscious, with bruises all over him.

"Winner: Sly Cooper."

Sly took his hat off, and swiped the sweat off of his forehead. "Phew, thought I was going to lose a few times there."

DK woke up with a huge headache and saw Sly standing over him. "Good match, Donkey Kong," he said. Donkey Kong sat up and Sly continued, saying, "Sorry about not taking you seriously before the match. I kinda got a little arrogant. And I'm also sorry about nailing you in the gnads. It was the only thing I could think of to do at the moment. Anyway, friends?"

He then held his hand out to DK. DK looked at it for a while and then took it and shook it. "Friends," he said. The two were then teleported back to the Smash Mansion.

When they got back, Fox walked up to Sly and said to him, "Looks like you made amends with him. But did you have to hit him in the balls?"

"It was the only thing I could think of," Sly told him. After resting for a while everyone was gathered for the next match. "The final match of the first round is about to begin, and it will be Link vs. Falcon."

The master thief advances, and now it will be the great Hero of Time, Link against the F-Zero bounty hunter, Captain Falcon. Who will win this match and be the final one to advance? You decide vote on your reviews and on my profile.