'Hello, I am here in the Training Hall once more for a last interview,' Bocoe said.
He turned to a man with a semi-chubby belly, a cape, and a fish-modeled helmet with his eyes covered by a visor and a boy with white hair and black roots, cold onyx eyes, a red open sleeveless jacket, a black long-sleeved shirt, and jungle pants.
'Here with me are Chaud Blaze and Commander Beef,' Bocoe said, 'Chaud Blaze, how do you feel about facing Lan Hikari and Maylu Sakurai, along with your NetNavi, Protoman's, opinion on facing So-I mean!-Megaman and Roll?'
"It will be easy," the boy scoffed, "They don't look tough at all and their strategies are weak."
"Megaman may be a challenge… if he had a smart NetOp," a red samurai-like NetNavi with a spike on his red helmet and a visor on it that covered his eyes and long white hair smirked, "The girls I could care less about. They're weak in my opi...AH! HELP!"
Everyone stared at the PET to see Protoman in a choke hold by Roll, currently pissed.
"SAY IT! SAY IT RIGHT NOW!" Roll demanded, tightening the hold.
"I'm-ACK!-sorry…"
Roll released him and went away.
"Dude, what happened?" a humanoid shark NetNavi asked.
"I'd rather not say…" Protoman shivered, "I'd like to take back what I said about Lan Hikari, Maylu Sakurai, and the NetNavi known as Roll."
'Commander Beef, what is under your helmet?' Bocoe asked.
"My face," C.B. replied.
Bocoe and Chaud both gave a sweatdrop and an 'Are you serious?' look to him.
'Sharkman, how do you put up with him?'
"Aspirin…and fudge. Lots and lots o' fudge," Sharkman replied, eating a bit of fudge as he spoke.
'Thank you,' Bocoe said before walking over to where Lan and Maylu were making sure their ChaosChips were ready, 'Hello again.'
"Hi, Bocoe," Roll waved, "Did you give the man the messages?"
'Yes,' Bocoe replied, 'He told me to say 'hi' to Roll and to tell Megaman 'I hate that hedgehog. Hate. Hate. Hate.' Then he gritted his teeth so hard, they broke and spelled the word 'hate' in his mouth.'
Megaman laughed.
'Now then, Lan and Megaman, what do you think about the upcoming fight?' Bocoe asked.
"Easy," both replied.
'And you two?'
"Hard," Maylu replied.
"I WANT PROTOMAN DELETED!" Roll barked, obviously still angry about earlier.
'And Sharkman?'
"SUSHI!"
'Okay…' Bocoe sweatdropped, 'Thank you.'
He ran away as fast as he could from Roll.
The figure yawned then stopped. Yawned? The figure could not yawn. It was improbable for the figure to yawn. The figure was a robot… wasn't he? The figure looked at the mirror again. He saw the metal hands and tan-peach arms from last night, but he also saw more. He had red eyes with whites in them, a muzzle of the same fur on his arms along with his belly, a deep red, almost blood-colored, scarf, white running shoes with a red stripe and a silver buckle on each of them, and a black nose. He opened his mouth to reveal glistening white teeth and fangs. What has become of him? This was an error.
"What… am I?" the figure pondered, "Who am I? All I remember is that I'm not programmed to be a child caretaker."
He looked over to the couch to see the two smaller figures were still sleeping. He chuckled as he saw they both had a thumb in their mouth. He pondered if he had seen either of them before in someone else. He then noticed they shivered a little. His eyes widened before he noticed a blanket. He picked it up and gently tucked the two in and they stopped shivering. Maybe… he could try to go against the program and care for these two. Suddenly, there was a rumbling sound. He looked around, his laser axes active. The growling somehow came from everywhere… yet nowhere… It came again and he looked down to see the growl came from him… or his stomach, to be precise…
"Is this… hunger?" the figure pondered.
He felt a bit of pain when the rumble happened again.
"I… am… hungry," the figure stated, "Unable to connect to the internet wirelessly."
He looked around to see a computer. He sat down and was quickly on a recipe site. He walked to the kitchen, the recipes already in his head. He looked everywhere and saw that he had enough food for three for several months. He took out two eggs, flour, a mixing bowl, chocolate chips, and vanilla extract and went to work.
'Welcome to the final match of the N1-Grand Prix!' Ribitta cheered, 'I'm Ribitta, here with Higsby and Decoe!'
'Let's see some rare Battlechips this time, huh!'
'Greetings.'
'And the last match is between Chaud and Commander Beef and Lan and Maylu!' Ribitta shouted, 'Let's go down to the arena! Hold on, I'm getting somethin… WHAT THE HECK IS THAT?!'
Master Hand floated down, shocking nearly everyone.
-Hello. Do not be alarmed- Master Hand said –I am Master Hand. Yesterday, you saw a demonstration of my power when the arena changed. Today, I am here to announce something after this battle-
He glowed and appeared near the arena in a chair nearby. To be precise, he looked like Ayame Sohma from Fruits Basket, except he wore red and blue robes and his right arm and hand was gone. Beside him, Dimentio appeared with a tub of popcorn… a literal tub of popcorn. He was lounging in it, eating the popcorn.
"Care for some?" Dimentio offered.
-No thank you- Master Hand replied before snapping his fingers.
The arena transformed once more. Everywhere there were large, floating boulders of odd shapes and sizes. Near the lower boundary was a long, rectangular boulder, and about halfway along it length and between the upper and lower boundaries was backwards L-shaped boulder. In the lower-right corner, a little ways above the lower boundary, was one that resembled a forward-slash and above it floated a hollow triangle shape that lost one of its sides...looking like a V lying on its side. In the upper left corner floated a U shaped one with its curves flattened into two right angles, and in the center of all of this was a medium-sized square boulder. All around this odd assortment of boulders was a pasty grey void that could best be described as jelly-like. It was rippling like water, but had that odd-jelly like look to it.
-Welcome to… Torn World, home of the legendary Giratina and Shaymin- Master Hand said.
"Sweet," Megaman smirked.
"Is that water?" Sharkman asked, pointing at the void.
"I'm not sure," Protoman replied, "Nor do I care."
"Mega-kun, do you know what Giratina and Shaymin are?" Roll asked.
"Yeah. I saw them at Brawl, cheering Lucario on," Megaman replied, "Though I did hear Mew the loudest out of all of them. I say she loves him."
"3! 2! 1! GO!"
Megaman jumped to the highest point in the area; the L-Shaped block. He fired his MegaBuster at the two. Sharkman summoned an Aura BattleChip thanks to C.B. and fired an energy fin at Megaman.
"Sonic Wind!" Megaman shouted, launching the chaos attack.
The attacks collided and created a smoke cloud.
"Incoming from above!" Shahra shouted.
Megaman jumped to the hollow triangle as Sharkman landed on the L-shaped block.
"Cannon, download!"
"Chaos Rifle!" Megaman shouted, the cannon transforming into a high tech rifle covered in Chaos Energy.
He fired it with quick precision and got Sharkman's left arm shot off. There was a flash of light and a Smash Ball appeared. Everyone made a mad attack on it, but Megaman was the one who broke it. He smirked as the aura appeared.
"I'LL SHOW YOU!!!" Megaman shouted as the Seven Chaos Emeralds, translucent, appeared around him.
E began to focus. He roared as the emeralds went into him. There was a large pillar of gold energy where he stood as the entire place, even the Real World, began to shake. There was a flash of gold light and Super Sonic appeared.
"Transforming won't help you," Sharkman stated.
Super Sonic smirked.
"ASSIST TROPHY!" Roll shouted as Maylu downloaded the chip.
Shadow appeared.
"Hi, ni-san," Roll waved.
"Hello, little sister," Shadow said before becoming Super Shadow.
'He floated up to Super Sonic.
"Ready to do this?" Super Sonic asked.
"Just like with Nazo," Super Shadow agreed.
The Chaos Emeralds appeared and doubled in size, becoming Super Emeralds. Both transformed into Hyper State.
"CHAOS CONTROL!" Hyper Sonic and Hyper Shadow shouted.
They were engulfed in a pure white and blue sphere. Spikes of white energy erupted out of it before it covered the entire stadium. It was released in a rainbow-colored pillar. The light died down to reveal a snow-white hedgehog with pure ruby eyes. He had Shadow's rings, but Sonic's gloves. His shoes looked like a fusion of Sonic's shoes and Shadow's skates. He had two large quills on his back and ten quills on his head, four on each side, one at the top, and one in the back.
"HYPER SHADIC!" the hedgehog shouted.
He dodged Sharkman with ease by flying over him. Sharkman tried to fire his energy fins at him, but Shadic just flicked each one off without a scratch on the finger he used, his pinky.
"Chaos… WIND!" Hyper Shadic shouted, firing a tiny sphere of chaos energy.
Sharkman laughed at the size of it. However, he didn't expect it to, once it hit the platform he was on, to release a giant explosion. He fell into one of the holes in the stage and came back on a platform, grumbling. Hyper Shadic split back into Shadow and Megaman and Shadow vanished, his Assist Time up. Protoman picked up the hilt of a high tech weapon. He pressed the button and a large energy katana shot out of it.
"It's a Beam Sword," Roll said, "The size of the blade is equal to the amount of fighting spirit the user has."
A small white and red sphere appeared on the L-Block… right next to Roll's feet. She picked it up and smirk.
"I choose you…!" Roll shouted, tossing the sphere at Protoman and Sharkman.
It landed at their feet and it opened. A shot of white lightning went high up into the sky.
"What the heck was that about?" Sharkman asked.
Protoman's jaw fell as he looked up.
"SNORLAX!" a large black and white creature shouted as it landed on the two and continued through everything until it was off the screen.
"Ow…" Sharkman groaned as he stood up slowly.
"What… was… that?" Protoman asked, his sword destroyed before he could even use it.
"That was a Snorlax," Megaman grinned, "They're the heaviest Pokemon in existence."
The four were about to fight one more when there was a roar. Everyone gulped as they turned to look at the vortex and paled. It looked almost like a long worm with a row of spikes going down each side. Its skin was a pale grey color, as was most of each spike, with their tips being a bright gold color. Up near its head was six golden prongs that resembled a ribcage and down the creature's underside was a stripe of alternating black and red. Clasped around its face was golden armor and erupting from its back were six long tentacles, each one a pitch black color and tipped with a sharp red spike. It let out another eerie call, somehow causing its mask to split open to reveal its mouth, and shot out one of the tentacles towards the two mice, who were just fast enough to avoid getting stabbed.
"WHAT THE HECK IS THAT?!" Lan yelped.
"It's Giratina in his Origin Form!" Megaman replied.
The creature thrust out four tentacles, each one aimed at one of the four.
"So now we have to fight not only each other, but THAT as well?!" Protoman growled, slicing the tentacle aimed at him, "Crap!"
"Don't hurt him!" Megaman barked.
He let himself be caught by one. He got an arm free once he was close to Giratina.
"Hey there," Megaman said, rubbing the gold part of his face, "It's been a while since Brawl, hasn't it my friend?"
Giratina raised an eye at that. His eyes glowed as he stared into Megaman's eyes. Giratina nodded and he, Roll, and Megaman glowed before there was a flash of light.
"What's… going on?" Lan pondered, a warm light coming out of his PET.
"This light… it feels so warm…" Maylu said, the same warm light coming out of her PET.
The light died down and revealed Megaman and Roll, both now in armor bearing resemblance to Giratina.
"Double Soul: Giratina Soul!" both shouted.
"Whoa…" Dex awed.
"How did they do that?" Yai pondered.
"It appears that their souls have somehow resonated with each other, causing them to be fused with Giratina," Eggman, in his disguise, said as he walked over.
"Who are you?" Dex asked.
"Professor Namgge," Eggman lied.
Megaman and Roll landed before the two, smirking behind their masks.
"Changing your looks to resemble that beast won't help," Protoman said, charging with his left hand and arm a red energy sword.
"Screech," Roll said before unleashing a high pitch screech that released a sound wave.
Protoman and Sharkman shouted in pain as they tried to block the attack out. Meanwhile, Megaman held his hands together as a sphere of pitch black energy that seemed to be sucking even light into it began to grow in-between them.
"Roll-chan, duck," Megaman said.
Roll obliged, stopping her attack. Megaman vanished into the shadows, creeping the two out before a blast mist erupted from behind Roll and shot over her. Megaman roared as he emerged from it.
"SHADOW FORCE!" Megaman roared as he slammed the sphere into Sharkman.
Sharkman screamed as the ghostly energy in it erupted into him, causing him to be forced out of the arena and logged out. Protoman managed to dodge the attack.
"Shadow Ball!" Roll shouted as she threw smaller, black spheres at Protoman.
"Darkness Wave!" Megaman shouted, swiping his hands to release two energy waves of darkness.
Protoman managed to dodge the attacks thanks to an Invis BattleChip from Chaud. A Smash Ball appeared. Megaman's mouth began to glow.
"HYPER BEAM!" Megaman shouted as he fired a high-powered beam at the Smash Ball.
It was close to bursting once the attack was done. Protoman got it before the other two.
"Oh no…" Both said.
"FINAL SMASH!" Protoman shouted as his body glowed.
He turned into three Protoman.
"NEO DELTA RAY EDGE!" the three shouted.
The arena was obliterated be the attack, now only a few floating debris big enough for them to stand on. Suddenly the vortex turned white and a small white, porcupine-like creature with the spikes replaced by a bush with flowers came out of it and landed on Roll's head.
"Aw… KAWAII!!!!" the girls all squealed in joy.
"Shaymin~!" the creature cried as its body glowed.
The area was returned to normal and the creature leapt back into the portal, returning it back into the black vortex. Protoman fell over, panting.
"Smash Sickness," Megaman chuckled, "Perfect."
Their armor turned back into Giratina, who flew back into the vortex.
"Time for the finisher," Roll said.
"Recovery 300, download," Chaud said.
Protoman was healed and got back up.
"Let's end this," Chaud ordered.
"Yes sir," Protoman nodded.
Maylu's hand began to shake as she held three Battlechips. It stopped when Lan placed his hand on it.
"Don't worry, Maylu," Lan comforted, "It will work out."
Maylu looked at Lan for a few moments before nodding. Lan and Maylu then noticed that her hand had quietly held his. They quickly separated, blushing heavily.
"Sword, Download," Chaud said.
"Sword, Download," Lan and Maylu said.
"WideSword, Download. LongSword, Download!" all three shouted.
Caliburn and Caliwave's blades began to erupt with a purple energy as a purple energy sword appeared in Protoman's hands.
"PROGRAM ADVANCE!" All three Navis shouted as they charged at each other, "LIFESWORD!"
The attacks collided, creating a large explosion.
"Megaman!" Lan gasped.
"Roll!" Maylu screamed.
The smoke cleared and everyone gasped. Megaman and Roll had their arms starting to vanish while Protoman's left leg and right arm were vanishing. They grunted in pain as they struggled to get up. All three were panting.
"Recovery 500, Download," Chaud said.
"Chaos Heal," Roll said.
"Heal Break," Megaman panted.
They glowed before they were all healed.
"Dang…This is getting good…" Megaman smirked.
"I bet… he'll be in… the Smash Tournament…" Roll added as she pulled Caliwave out.
"Yeah…" Megaman agreed, drawing Caliburn once more.
"Do you two give up yet?" Protoman asked, his energy sword active.
"Never…" both replied.
-I believe it is time to introduce the Smash Trophy- Master Hand whispered, snapping his finger.
A silver version of the Assist Trophy appeared. Megaman noticed it and picked it up, dodging Protoman's blades while Roll fought him.
"ASSIST TROPHY!" Megaman shouted.
It didn't activate.
-Try 'Smash Trophy,' Megaman-
Megaman nodded.
"SMASH TROPHY!" Megaman shouted.
There was a flash of light and a creature appeared. It resembled a jackal-like creature that nears four feet in height. It stood on two feet. Its forepaws were black and it had large pointed spikes on the back of its paws. There was also a third spike in the middle of its chest. The creature had a black "mask" and red eyes. It also has four black appendages on the back of its head. The yellow fur on it shone a little in the arena. It looked around before closing its eyes. Everyone noticed they glowed a little as they closed. They shot opened and the next thing it did shocked everyone except for Megaman, Roll, and (in the audience, disguised) Shadow.
"Sonic?" the creature asked, "Roll? You're alive?"
"Hey there, Lucario," Megaman panted before he collapsed.
The creature caught him in one arm.
"He's exhausted," Lucario analyzed.
He jumped over to Roll easily, kicking Protoman onto the U.
"Let him rest for a few moments," Lucario replied, "I shall fight."
"Okay, Lucario-sensei," Roll nodded, "And he goes by 'Megaman' now."
Lucario nodded as Protoman jumped up.
"Who are you?" Protoman asked.
"I am Lucario," the jackal-beast replied, "Now then…"
He crouched down and shouted, "…Watch the power of aura!"
He then leaped high into the air and raised his hands, shining with aura. Lucario then unleashed a powerful beam of aura energy down, striking Protoman. The attacked lasted for three seconds, ending with a small explosion, sending Protoman into the air.
"Now!" Lucario ordered, grabbing Protoman and throwing him at Roll and Megaman before vanishing.
Roll got up and aimed her Roll Arrow at Protoman, fueling it with Chaos Energy.
"CHAOS ROLL ARROW!" Roll shouted, unleashing a giant version of her Roll Arrow.
The arrow created a large explosion and sent Protoman flying.
-Protoman: Logging Out-
"GAME!" The voice shouted, "This Melee's Winners are… MEGAMAN AND ROLL!"
Megaman yawned as Roll helped him up.
"You okay, Mega-kun?" Roll asked.
Her reply was a simple kiss. They parted after a few moments.
"I'm tired," Megaman replied before passing out.
-Megaman: Logging Out-
Roll sighed as she shook her head.
-Roll: Logging Out-
Master Hand applauded, though it was weird since he only had one arm and hand, as he stood up. Soon, everyone else began to applaud. Maylu and Lan's PETs beeped before ChaosChips with Giratina emerging from a Dark Ball (SmmnGiratina), three chips of Giratina coming out of the vortex (Giratina, Giratina EX, and Giratina SP), and one of Giratina's gold mask. (Giratina-Soul)
Lan and Maylu stood before Master Hand, who was holding a trophy and a check for prize money.
-I congratulate your NetNavis on a grand battle as well as both of you for your operating skills- Master Hand said as he gave the trophy to Lan and the check to Maylu.
"Um… thank you, Master Hand-san," Maylu curtseyed.
"Yeah, thanks," Lan bowed.
"Master Hand, a word?" Ribitta asked as she walked up.
-Is it about my announcement?- Master Hand asked.
Ribitta nodded. Master Hand chuckled.
-Very well-
He transformed into his giant hand form.
-Attention, People of Earth- Master Hand said –The following NetNavis and warriors of this world are invited to participate in an intergalactic fighting tournament: Megaman, Roll, Shadow the Hedgehog, Torchman, Magicman, Protoman …-
"Eggman Empire NetNavis?" Roll whispered.
-…Knuckles the Echidna, Silver the Hedgehog, Blaze the Cat, Tigress the Tiger, Tai Lung the Snow Leopard, Dark Gaia and Light Gaia, and Metal Sonic- Master Hand concluded.
"NANI?!" Lan, Maylu, and Roll gasped.
-The following have been accepted as Assist Trophies: Gutsman, Miles 'Tails' Prower, and Scratch and Grounder- Master Hand continued –The gates shall appear before you in one month. Train to the fullest and you may invite your friends and family to enjoy Smash Town and getting to see the tournament live-
With that, Master Hand vanished while Dimentio stayed. Dimentio laughed happily.
"Who are you?" Ribitta asked.
"Sorry, but I can't tell you," Dimentio laughed as he wagged a finger at her, "But I don't like rules that don't have much reason. My name is Dimentio the Jester-Wizard!"
He then jumped into the stands and came back with a certain pair of arms on.
"DIMENTIO!!!" Skye roared as he chased the Jester-Wizard, "GIVE ME MY ARMS BACK, DARN IT!"
"Okay… But you'll have to play first~!" Dimentio laughed as he jumped over Skye and ran off.
"Um… What did he just do?" Ribitta asked.
"You don't want to understand," Maylu replied.
"Heh. This will be sweet!" Megaman grinned, "Wait until you guys meet the other Smashers."
"Smashers?" Yai repeated.
"It's a term you call someone when they've participated in the Smash Tournament before," Lan explained, "Megaman would not shut up about it last night."
"That's because it's so cool!" Megaman replied.
"Mega-kun… Do you really think Master Hand really meant that the others… that they're still alive?" Roll asked.
Megaman's happiness dropped a little as he looked at Roll… for about two seconds.
"The guy's never lied before," Megaman replied, "One time, Lucario and I pranked Snake for being an stuck-up ass when he defeated Ash and his Pokemon and hid in his office. We told him not to tell Snake we were there and what does the big guy do? He rats us out. Good thing I was faster than Snake and I was sharing a room with Lucario during Brawl, otherwise one of us would have been in deep shit that night. No seriously. Last time someone made him as mad as Lucario and I did was buried in a large pile of manure for a whole night."
Everyone stared at him in shock or was rolling on the ground, laughing. (I.E.: Lan, Dex, Gutsman, and Roll were laughing while Maylu, Yai, and Glyde stared at Megaman in shock)
"Wh-what did you two do?" Roll asked.
"We put dye in his shampoo, turning his hair blond, and replaced all his black stuff with pink," Megaman replied, "I gave the pictures to Shadow."
Shadow pulled them out and showed them, trying to suppress a laugh.
The figure and the two smaller ones finished eating. None of them talked during the meal. The smaller of the figures hugged a doll of Shadow close to her during the whole meal. The oldest figure let the younger two play with the strange device connected to a screen that showed moving images. He called them a 'television' and a 'Wii,' yet did not know where those words came from. A knock was heard on the door. The figure stiffened before shooing the smaller ones to hide as he opened it. On the other side was Master Hand in his true form.
-May I come in?- Master Hand asked.
The figure nodded. He had never seen a human like this one before. He only had one hand and arm and wore white and blue robes. He did admit that the human was more feminine that masculine even though he was a male. Master Hand sat down on the couch as the figure prepared some tea. Master Hand noticed the smaller two and smiled gently to them, beckoning them over. The two walked over to him, amazed.
-Hello, little ones- Master Hand said –My name is Master Hand. I am here to speak with your caretaker if that is alright-
The female nodded before looking at Master Hand's lap. He gave a gentle smile.
-You may if you want- Master Hand replied.
The girl smiled before trying to get on his lap by herself. He chuckled softly as the boy helped her before sitting beside him. The two had fallen asleep after a few minutes passed and the figure came out with a platter of tea and some sandwiches. He raised an eyebrow at the sight. Master Hand put a finger to his lips, signaling him to speak silently.
"Who… are you?" the figure asked.
-I am Master Hand and I know that you cannot remember anything-
The figure nodded. Had this 'Master Hand' made him?
-I am not the one who created you- Master Hand replied, answering the unspoken question –But he is not important. I wish to tell you that you have been invited to partake in a tournament. I will give you your memories while you stay there, but you may not wish to see them-
"I do not care," the figure replied, "I… am confused."
He looked at his hands.
"These hands… they are the only things that I can remember… that they would be stained with the blood of others…" the figure said, shivering, "But I wish to know who I once was."
-Very well. But who are you now?-
"I… am just who I am…" the figure replied, a bit confused.
Master Hand nodded.
-If you wish, I could take you and these two with me- Master Hand offered.
"I do not wish to be a bother," the figure replied.
-Do not worry- Master Hand waved his hand –I wish to only aid you and these two-
"Do you… do you know who they are?"
-Yes… and no- Master Hand replied –I know who they are, yet I don't know who they are-
"What does that mean?"
-Think-
The figure was silent for a few minutes.
"You know who they come from, but you don't know who they are yourself, yes?"
-Correct-
The figure was silent for a few minutes.
"I wish to help these two find out where they belong," The figure replied, "I accept your offer."
-You are welcome- Master Hand nodded –Just to inform you, we are already here-
The figure tilted his head as he looked outside. His jaw fell when he saw that they were in a mansion. Master Hand snapped his hand and the building they were in vanished to let him be used to the new surroundings.
"How did you do this?" the figure asked.
"How could he not?" a voice asked.
The figure turned to see a figure in the shadows.
"Who are you? May you come out of the dark?" the figure asked.
"I cannot," the figure replied.
"Why?"
"I am nothing, yet I am something. I am not the light. I am the dark," the dark one replied, opening his eyes to reveal they were emerald and dragon-like, "A pleasure to meet you, my fellow Smasher."
Me: Out of the first arc and now into the Smash Arc. Be prepared for new characters in the Smash Tournament and returns of others.
Shinobi: (currently in hiding) I hope I can stay there and away from Jenny.
Me: Say, where's Shinobi?
Kyuubi: Hiding from Jenny the Cat.