Sorry that it's been so long since I last added a new chapter. Here it is, but first, reviews!

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From Lunarshade29:

Man, yet another amazing story in this fandom. I should snoop around SSB more often! I think making heroes like Sonic and Pit corrupted is pretty cool since they don't get possessed to do evil very often.

How bout some characters?

Name: Spyro
Game: Well, there's two sets. The original series and the Legend of Spyro: New Beginning. I'm thinking maybe the Legend just because I know that one better
There's a dragon for you that I htink personally would fit more than your talk of Eragon. But whatever.

Name: Sora
Game: Kingdom Hearts
It'd be interesting to see a few of the bad guys in this game and maybe a few allies...you might want to leave out the Disney characters though unless you can handle that many characters in one story.

My Reply:

I have decided that Eragon would not fit in with the traditional "game characters only" rule, so he won't appear now. Sorry, grammaguy. I might put Spyro in, as I am currently deciding on that. Sora will probably be in as well, so look out for him!

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Awww… Only the one review? Still, better than nothing. Anyway, on with the show!

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Super Smash Bros. Duel

Chapter Ten: Tales of the S.S. Tidal

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Brendan lay back on the sands of a beach. "We were lucky to make it all the way to Slateport. Any longer in the current and we'd either have collapsed from exhaustion."

Red nodded in agreement. "If you hadn't of known how to navigate through the waves, we would have been trapped on some island in the sea."

"Yes, we were indeed lucky."

"By the way, did you book the tickets?"

"For the S.S. Tidal? Yeah. The captain was a tad confused, though, but he owes me a favour or two, so he'll be able to take us to the area, just above the Seafloor Cavern."

"Good. Then we check out Mt. Chimney, right?"

"Right. If they went after Rayquaza, then it's likely that they'll attempt to take Groudon and Kyogre as well. If that happens, then we may not have much of a chance against a direct attack from the Subspace Army with those three on their side."

"Gee, we've got our work cut out for us, don't we?"

"Yeah. But if we move fast, we can secure Hoenn from a massive assault. Our main priorities are to stop them from taking the main legendaries, as well as possessing any elite trainers. We were lucky to survive the first time, but we can't tempt fate. We have to battle on our own terms."

There was nothing but the silence of the quiet beach, which was normally a busy area. The slowly rolling waves drifted into the shore, before floating back out to sea.

"So," Red continued, "Where is everyone?"

"Most of them are out and about, enjoying the sun. Don't know what happened to Squirtle and Torchic, though."

"They would be just keeping to themselves, and enjoying the day off training. I'm sure that they are behaving themselves, like we asked them to."

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Squirtle's shell skidded along the concrete, water propelling it along. This was perfectly fine, except for one minor detail: what it had managed to strap onto it's shell.

A young girl ran after the Squirtle. "Give me back my Torchic Doll! Give it back now!"

But, to her annoyance, the Turtle Pokemon did not give it back. It didn't even slow down. If anything, it sped up.

The shell turned at a corner. It then shuffled around a bit, before returning to the girl's view.

"There you are, you little thief! How dare you!" She exclaimed, before grabbing the Squirtle, and grabbing the Torchic figure strapped to its back.

"Oh, it's not damaged! And it's still soft and smooth! Aww…"

She held it in a tight hug. Big mistake.

"Torchic!" the small "Doll" called, and started making an attempt to escape the lass' grasp. Surprised by what had happened, the young girl dropped the Torchic, who landed on the ground, before it jumped onto the Squirtle, and rode on its shell to safety. The girl looked around the corner, and picked up what she hoped was her doll. Fortunately, it was.

Out of relief, the girl made her way to the Pokemon Center. There she would get to relax, before making arrangements to go home to Sinnoh.

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It was nearly evening when they boarded the S.S. Tidal. Red had not been on a large cruise ship since the S.S. Anne, and was instantly mesmerized by the mighty vessel's sheer size.

"Whoa! Talk about big! Can this thing really cut through the currents east of Slateport?"

Brendan nodded. "Yeah, it can. Okay, here's the plan. The ship will stop over the Underwater Cavern to drop us off. Then we simply get Marshtomp to Dive us under, and get us to Kyogre's domain. If we can secure Kyogre, and maybe Groudon, we'll stand a chance fighting the Subspace Army."

"I hope you're right…"

"Still can't remember anything about the Brawl Tournament or the Subspace Army?"

"No. It's like a dream, really. I go to answer the door, and then I wake up on the Spear Pillar, with the Champion of Hoenn, a Subspace Bomb and an injured Rayquaza."

"Don't worry, pal." Brendan assured. "We'll find a way to bring back your memories soon enough."

"Thanks."

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Halfway through the current, a strange message sounded on the PA system. It was cracking with wild static, the message blurred, and the meaning undecipherable.

"BZZT… All personnel… Preparing to… Dock… on Starboard side… Port… salvage impossible… BZZT."

"What was that about?" Red asked.

"From what I know," Brendan declared, "the S.S. Tidal's never had any trouble before. Maybe we should just take it for face value."

"But if we do, then we would be about to dock onto an island in the current!"

"I know it seems unlikely, but it can't be anything too bad. The Subspace Army don't know where we are. They probably thought we went to Ever Grande, or… the… current…" Brendan started to slow down, realization taking hold, as the colour drained from his face.

He looked around, worried.

"Well," Brendan said as he attempted to regain some confidence. "It may not be them…"

Outside their cabin, several people screamed.

"Not them, huh?" Red sneered. "If they've hurt a single person, they'll answer to me!"

With that, he opened the door, and rushed outside, Charizard's Pokeball in his hand, with Brendan following close behind.

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"Ahh!" "Get back!" "Run!"

Red and Brendan discovered the Subspace Army boarding the ship on the Starboard side. Brendan gasped with realization.

"Red! They've docked onto the ship! On the Starboard side!"

Red grunted with acknowledgment. "So?"

"It means that this was what the message was about. But then, the Port side…" He trailed off. Red cleared his throat, and finished off the sentence.

"…The Port side must have been damaged. Difficult to repair."

"…In other words…"

"…Impossible to salvage…"

"… In other words…"

"…We're stuck…" Red finished.

There was a deadly silence in the air, which was shortly pierced by screams and the thump of weaponry hitting something. Brendan and Red ran towards the source of the noise, battle ready.

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"Last call for lifeboats! Last call for lifeboats!"

The captain of the S.S. Tidal, the crew and the passengers were milling around, attempting to scramble onto the lifeboats. Luckily for the majority of the people, the Primids had been too slow to take most of the people hostage, and almost everyone survived. But nobody was prepared to risk their life aboard the ship of horrors now.

Except for two brave souls. Well, eight, really.

"Squirtle!"

"Torchic!"

Red and Brendan called out to their Pokemon. Slowly and sheepishly, the Turtle and Chicken Pokemon climbed out from a large, abandoned crate, which had been, until recently, kept in the cargo bay.

"There they are!" Brendan cried. "...Why were you guys there in the first place?"

The two small Pokemon continued to look sheepish, as well as somewhat unnerved.

"Meh," Brendan continued. "It doesn't matter. We should just find a way out of here."

The aforesaid Pokemon brightened up, and started nodded.

"So," Red began, "We should… No! They left without us!"

Brendan reeled away in shock. "They couldn't! We're stuck here! We're too far away from land! That means…" His head drooped downwards, as the full horror of the situation broke out.

"…It means we're stranded here."

TO BE CONTINUED…

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