Disclaimer: I do not own Super Smash Bros. or any songs mentioned here.
Hey, can you guys just send a review, or a message, just to tell me people actually read this? I haven't gotten a review in 3 or 4 chapters, I really miss them. It kinda depresses me to see stories with 3 chapters that have been here for 3 days have more reviews than mine. Please, my self esteem is at stake. Well, I guess if it is actual characters, not just my OCs than I will give you what you want this chapter. I will try to balance it out now. I was just trying to kind of flesh out my characters first.
For those that just skipped ahead, Juris is in Hyrule, Rachel and James in Termina.
Chapter 14
Final What?
The hopefuls/soon to be smashers were gathered in either Hyrule Market or on the roof of the clock tower in Termina. At the moment noon hit, the hopefuls stopped talking because in Hyrule Zelda appeared in a bright flash of light, while in Termina, Link appeared in a giant explosion. They waved to the crowd and each gave the following speeches to the hopefuls.
Zelda's
"Welcome, all of those who have passed the second round, to Hyrule Market! You have all shown your Physical, Emotional and Spiritual strength, now you will have to face each other in the next competition, which I won't tell you about. If you will, step up to the booth to your right and show your item to the guard, and step through the portal! Good Bye!"
The crowd cheered and clapped after her speech and got in a nice orderly line for the guard. Most of the hopefuls there were either female or not very hot-tempered (like Juris).
Link's
"Welcome to Termina Clock Tower, let's cut the shit now, just register with the guy over there and Scotty will beam you up"
The crowd grunted and whooped at Link's "speech". It pretty much turned into a brawl just to get registered first. Nightmare was swinging his sword around like crazy, Master Chief was emptying SMG bullets into anyone he could find, Rachel was just swinging at the nearest person, James was burning everyone to a crisp… etc. The hopefuls here were all male, or just really short-tempered (like Rachel).
"Stop!!, ya know what? You're all registered! Good! Now beam them up Scotty!" shouted Link at the top of his lungs while the hopefuls were cheering, grunting, etc. A big object above them that looked like a moon, but with giant teeth and orange eyes sucked them up and flew away. As they flew away, Link called "Thanks Scotty!" to the moon.
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The place they ended up in Could have been Earth, but then again, it might not have been. It had Volcanoes, Rivers, Cities, Grasslands, Various Races and Architectures, and but its most distinct feature was that there was no central government.
If there was no government, how did it prevent itself from falling into chaos you ask? Well, it basically governs itself, with the aid of clans, which could be anything from local war bands to peacekeepers. The clans go to pubs where townsfolk post their jobs or things that need to be taken care of, and the clans do what the job requires. Some just like to steal the gil (money) of others and buy things. Some are full-blown crime syndicates like Duelhorn and Khajmia (yes, I butchered the spelling) and some are just small-timers like the Yellow Wings operating out of Targ Wood. Some are just fighting to keep everything in order like The Red Crosses.
The city they landed in was beautiful, and filled with fountains and the like. It was also very hot and our combatants very amazed at the strange and familiar(to some) creatures that filled the arena they were currently in.
"Those little furry things are so cute!"
"What are those lizard things?!"
"eww… some people here are disgustingly fat"
"Looks like there are humans here though"
"Ohh… the Rabbit babes here are hot"
"I haven't seen a Gria in a while"
"Looks like the old people here grow long dog ears and their skin turns blue"
As the hopefuls were gawking, two figures on a platform rose up behind them and said:
"Hello Flourgis, the city of fountains, located in beautiful Ivalice!" shouted Pit into a microphone. The crowd cheered as if saying hello back to him. Peach took the microphone from him now and said: "This is the sort-of annual Super Smash Bros. induction tournament! As a result of your acknowledgement by the I.F.O.F.S.A.P. (Intergalactic Federation of Friendly Systems and Planets) as a Friendly System turned planet, we have decided to hold the Third Round here. By the way, we at S.S.H.Q (Super Smash Headquarters) send our regards following the loss of your sister planet, fantasy Ivalice" Pit took the microphone and continued "It will be a standard tournament elimination round, one on one brutal combat!" the crowed cheered "Now lets see what the law for today will be… aha! The law for today will be no… freestyle fighting? What's that supposed to mean?" A man in a suit of armor came over to him and whispered into his ear. "Well, I have just been informed that for today's matches, we will be fighting old-school Final Fantasy style!" The crowd roared with such approval that the arena shook as if in an earthquake. The hopefuls were alarmed at the stadium's shaking, and were puzzled at the mention of "laws" and "Final Fantasy style".
"Yeah, advantage me, these guys are clueless" thought Juris to himself.
"Oh yeah, to negate the fact that one of our combatants has an advantage from knowledge of this system, he will not participate today. So first match will be: The Arbiter versus… M1 Garand?! That can't be right, wait here's the right name, Sophitia Alexandra! So here's here is everyone's favorite alien hero with outdated armor, The Arbiter!" The crowd cheered as The Arbiter entered to Achilles Last Stand by Led Zeppelin. "And here's the Righteous Greek Beauty herself, Sophitia Alexandra!" Another cheer followed as Sophitia entered to You Shook Me All Night Long by AC/DC.
"Match begin!" shouted Pit as the crowd quieted, waiting for the first move.
Sophitia drew her sword as The Arbiter assumed the basic fighting stance. Both found they couldn't move however, and several minutes passed before The Arbiter looked up to the jumbotron (giant TV) thing at the top of the stadium. It showed the picture, but it also had two blue boxes below it that read:
Stats
Sophitia The Arbiter
HP: 3273/3272 HP: 2839/2839
MP: 100/100 MP: 300/300
Equipment:
Holy Sword Arbiter Armor
Holy Shield Energy Shield
Normal Garments A Bunch of Weapons
The Arbiter navigated through the menu on the bottom of the screen with his mind and selected Action, Weapons, Frag Grenade 4 MP.
The Arbiter threw a Frag.
Sophitia takes 324 damage! 2949/3272
"Well, The Arbiter caught on quick" thought Juris. "Sophitia still has no idea what to do I guess"
"Well, take this!" shouted Sophitia as she selected action, attack.
Sophitia attacked!
The Arbiter takes 100 damage! 2839/2839
"Wait, why didn't he take any damage?!" thought Sophitia to herself. "His Energy Shield can take 3 hits, each automatically does 100 damage. After that, he's pretty frail, just get that shield down with a combo" a voice suddenly said to her. She looked around and saw Mewtwo staring at her from the smashers' box at the top of the stadium. "Don't question me, just do it" said Mewtwo telepathically.
The Arbiter dual wields pistols.
Sophitia combos the Arbiter!
Energy Shield Broken! The Arbiter takes 456 damage! 2383/2839
The Arbiter attacks!!
Sophitia takes 567 damage! 2382/3272
Sophitia grabs The Arbiter and slices his throat!
The Arbiter takes 502 damage! 1881/2839
The Arbiter sticks Sophitia with a plasma grenade.
Sophitia does a Soul Charge.
The Plasma grenade explodes!
Sophitia takes 1085 damage! 1297/3272
Sophitia does a Soul-Charged combo!!
The Arbiter takes 1999 damage!! KO'd!
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"Winner of the first match, Sophitia Alexandra!" shouted Pit to respectable applause. As she walked back to the waiting area, she congratulated by some of the nicer hopefuls, and ignored by the others.
"Wow, I hope I could fight as well as her in my match, even though I have no idea how to use this final whatchamacallit system" said Rachel aloud.
"I don't want to fight like this, no way, I don't get it either" said James
Before Rachel could respond they heard "Why hello there, Ice Boy and Rachel, long time no see old teammates"
"Hello, Juris why do you want to talk to us?" asked Rachel.
"Whoa, why are you so rude to me, after all, YOU stole the Kokiri spiritual stone from ME, I should be the rude one here. Anyways, I have good news for James, I just asked an old friend of mine to umm… CHANGE the playing conditions into an unsuitable field for battling resulting in postponement of today's fights" said Juris.
"But how will that help? I'll just have to do it tomorrow" asked a doubtful James.
"Let me explain "laws" to you. Here, in Ivalice, Judges set a restriction for fighting between clans or duels. The violators are stripped of their clan privilege and cannot revive anybody while in battle. Here, in the arena, they probably just eject you from the tournament, but in the place I'm from, you got sent to jail. The laws change everyday though" explained Juris.
"Well, I guess that's good enough…" started James.
"Achooooo!" Everyone looked at Rachel, "Sorry, must be this yellow dust in the air"
"Ah yes, Mist as it is called here. This is the stuff that will stop play" said Juris.
A voice came out from the loudspeakers "It seems that there is a mist storm going on right now, so it is up to the audience to decide: should we continue play or not?" asked Peach. A deafening roar for the continue of play sealed the deal, they were going to continue playing.
"Time for plan B" said Juris as he pulled out two cards, one with an "X" on the back, one with a circle on the back.
"What are those?" asked James and Rachel simultaneously.
"This one is an antilaw card, the other a law card" replied Juris before they finished the question.
"Could you explain?" asked Rachel.
"(Insert extremely long antilaw and law card explanations) and that's about it" finished Juris.
"So they basically can add and take away laws?" asked James.
"Yep, I'm going to take away no freestyle fighting and add no law cards allowed" explained Juris.
"Does that even make sense?" thought James to himself.
"Yes, it does, it just means that no other laws can be added" said a voice in James' head.
"Um… hello, anybody here? Creepy…" thought James.
Juris threw them into the air, but nothing seemed to have happened.
"Next match: Prince Ephraim vs. The Skull Kid" came from the loudspeaker.
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J/N: here's chapter 14, woot.
A/N: in my own, twisted version of reality, Mewtwo is in Brawl, deal with it! (laughs Maniacally)
Juris: Yes, he may be a crazed weirdo, but he's MY crazed weirdo.