Author's Note: Hey. This chapter was supposed to be done a week ago, but...a lot has happened throughout the past week. If you've been paying attention or heard about recent events throughout the FGC and Smash community, you know things aren't in a good place right now. It's been very traumatizing for a lot of people. Ginta and I will continue to do our best to give you fun and engaging stories that'll make you happy, laugh, and relaxed and stuff.
A lot of writers now here are very young. I want y'all to stay safe out there, alright? Be careful. The world is crazy. Sorry to be a bit of a downer, so here is the next chapter.
It is a very sunny and hot day in the Smash Realm. Everyone in the Smash Mansion is trying their best to cool themselves off from the scorching heat. In the garden, Byleth and Beth are currently sitting down with their next two guests, Ryu and Ken. The two martial artists weren't really interested in drinking tea, so they got themselves bottles of water instead. Byleth and Beth are sweating bullets in their armor. Byleth toughened through the heat despite how much he was burning up. He still wanted to look professional for his guest. Beth hated the heat, she hated how sticky everything felt with her armor on. She used her hand to try and fan herself.
"The only times I should be hot and sweaty is during fights, saunas, and getting fucked by some good dick. That last one will come soon enough." Beth smirked to herself.
"Ryu and Ken," Byleth began. "Thank you for taking the time to come speak to us. I'm sorry to bring you out here on such a hot day. If I had known it was going to be this hot, I would have chosen a much cooler day."
"Ahh don't worry about it. This isn't the hottest Ryu and I have suffered through." Ken says.
"That's right. We traveled through the desert together. It did not last long since Ken had his vehicle with him. I have traveled to many hot places. The challenge of it all is how much you can withstand it." Ryu says.
"You're traveler Ryu? How often do you travel?" Byleth asks.
"All the time. I travel around the world to keep training and improve on my martial arts. I use my travels to also find very strong opponents to face in combat. I also use it as a way to better my mental state. There's so many serene places around the world. Meditations help keep control of the Satsui No Hado within me."
Beth tilts her head in confusion. "Satsui No what do?" She tries to comprehend.
"Dark Hado," Ken corrects. "It's a form of ki that comes from the darker aspects of human instincts. Unhealthy desire for victory, rage and hatred, willing to kill. Anyone with these instincts can take full advantage of it. You'll go mad with power and devoid of human emotions. A nemesis of ours, Akuma, uses this form."
"Gaining power by being filled with hatred. The concept of that is very intriguing, but not something I would support. Hatred and greed can only lead to a path of self destruction." Byleth says.
Ryu nods in agreement. "Wise words to have."
"You know, I always see you two together. What's the relationship between you guys?" Beth asks.
"Ryu and I are long time childhood friends. We were trained and mentored by our master, Gouken. We were always butting heads with each other every World Martial Art Tournament. We also fight to save the world together," Ken explains. He wraps his arm around Ryu's shoulders and smiles widely. "Ryu is like my brother. We do everything together. He even came to my wedding while he was out traveling around the world."
"I could not miss a very special day for my best friend. It was a nice wedding between you and Eliza. You're still an amazing fighter despite being a full time father. I'm glad your training hasn't faltered." Ryu smiles.
Ken smirks. "I'm pretty amazing, I know. You still have a winning record against me, I can't be having that. So you better watch your back Ryu!"
"Your bond between each other is very strong. I admire that." Byleth smiles.
Beth groans as she slouches in her chair. "Goddess! This heat fucking sucks! Sitting here is actually killing me!" She whines while fanning herself with her hand.
"Yeah, the heat definitely sucks over here," Ken agrees. He stands up from his seat. "Standing around is only going to make things worse. Why don't do something a little more active?" Ken takes off the top of his gi and throws it on the ground, revealing his toned abs and muscular upper body. "Any of you two interested in sparring with me?"
Beth's ears perked up. She could feel a rush of excitement within her at the mention of fighting. She stands up from her seat. "You bet your ass I'm interested! Let's do it!"
Beth takes off her jacket and her chest armor and throws them both to the ground. The female mercenary only had her black lace bra covering her large breast. Ken and Beth both step aside from the table to give themselves room from Byleth and Ryu. There was a smirk across both Ken and Beth's face. The two step back eight feet away from each other.
Ken stretches his arms. "I've fought a lot of strong women throughout the years," He does three squats and stretches his legs. Ken starts hopping around, getting his fighting stance. "You better come at me with all you got!" He says.
Beth gets into her own fighting stances, bouncing her body forward and backwards. She licks her lips while keeping that enigmatic smile on her face. "Oh I will. They called me the Scarlet Fist back home. Got a lot of blood on my hands cause my fists are deadly. Try not to collapse on me old man." Beth cockily says.
Ken chuckles. "This old man still ain't never skipped a day. If you think you can land a punch on me," The blonde shoto lifts his hand and moves his index finger towards him, beckoning the female mercenary to come at him. "Bring it on!"
Beth's eyes lit up with fire as she charged at Ken. "YOSHAAAAAAAAA!" She screamed.
Ken prepares him. Beth throws a flurry of punches at blonde shoto, which he swiftly dodges. Beth goes for a straight lunge punch to Ken's face. Ken parries the punch and hits Beth with a punch to the face, a body blow, and a forearm to the face.
Beth stumbles back and rubs the side of her face. She shakes it off and regains her composure. Beth charges at Ken again. She throws three punches at Ken, which the blonde shoto blocks. Beth was a very aggressive fighter. Depending on pressuring her opponents and wearing down their defenses.
Ken was used to this kind of fighting style. The aggressive approach was something he preferred for his very combo heavy style. Ken decides it was his time to get some offense in. The blonde shoto pushes Beth away. He begins to attack with his own set of roundhouse kicks. Beth bobs and weaves out of the way of each kick.
Ken attempts to hit Beth with a front kick to her face, the female mercenary parries the kick and hits Ken in the jaw with a right hook. The blonde shoto turns his head to Beth with a smirk on his face. The female mercenary had left a bruise on the side of Ken's face. She smirks back in response.
Ken spits out some blood. "That was a crazy right hook you got there. Not bad." He compliments.
Beth cracks her knuckles. "There'll be plenty more where that came from," She says cockily. "Your fighting style is crazy! I know this is going to be a good fight! My blood is pumping!" The female mercenary starts hopping in place excitedly.
"How about we make things a little interesting? A tag team match." Ken turns to Ryu and waves to him. "Yo Ryu! How about a two versus two? Us versus the twins?"
Ryu stands up from his seat. "I would be glad to join this fight," He turns to Byleth. "Are you participating?"
"I'm not much of a hand to hand combatant. Sword fighting is usually my strong suit." Byleth states.
Ryu takes off the top of his gi and throws it to the ground. "I can sense a great strength within you. I have no doubt that you will be a capable opponent. Join us Byleth." The world fighter insisted.
Byleth felt a little hesitant about the idea. When it came to melee weapons he had no issues wielding any, especially swords. Hand to hand combat was only a defensive strategy if he ever lost his weapon in battle, not a primary fighting style
Beth was the gauntlet user with the sword being her secondary option. She helped other gauntlet users such as Caspar and Raphael on how to improve their combat and gave pointers to the ranger fighters on what they could do in dire situations.
He couldn't deny that the idea of a tag team hand to hand fight sounded exciting. The male professor concedes. He stands up from his seat. "Alright. I'll join in on this sparring match." Byleth says.
The blue haired male takes off his jack and his armor and throws them on the ground. He takes off the white shirt and throws it down with the rest of his stuff. Byleth didn't have a muscular upper body like the two shotos, but he was decently fit while also packing some muscles in his arms.
Ryu walks up to Ken and stands beside him. "It's been awhile since we've teamed up together in a fight like this. I can feel my fighting spirit pumping up." He smiles.
Ken chuckles. "You and me too brother," The two shotos fist bump and get into their fighting stances. "You two ready?"
Byleth walks up to Beth and stands beside her. He looks at Ryu and Ken, prepared and ready to fight.
"These are really strong warriors. I think if we were to outrange them with weapons, we'd probably have a greater advantage. Fighting them up close though...is probably going to be an issue. We haven't seen all that they can do, so we must be prepared." Byleth whispers to Beth.
"I hear ya loud and clear brother. My blood is pumping. Stuff like this is what I live for. Are you ready?" Beth gets into her fighting stance.
Byleth nods. He gets into his fighting stance. "I am. Be mindful of our crest. We don't want to potentially kill them. Remember, this is only a sparring match." He reminds his excited sister
Beth rolls her eyes. "Yapp. Yapp. Yapp. Less talking and more fighting."
"Are you ready?!" Ken yells.
"Let's go!" Byleth and Beth yells.
"Give it your all!" Ryu says.
The four smashers charge at each other, letting out a battle cry. An action packed battle had just begun.
Author's Note: Since I've gonna be saving certain characters for the last half of this story, we're gonna do some jumping around. (we're almost done folks, I know. I'm sure you know who those characters I'm saving if you've been reading my stuff for a long time). So the next characters will be Simon and Richter Belmont.
Also wanted to asks how the 8.0.0 patch treated you. I'm sad Byleth got no help, but I'm happy the Pits and Marth did. Also, Min Min is a cool and unique character. If you mained a character that got buffed this patch, good for you. Those Pit buffs made Ginta consider coming back to play Smash (that's her main).