Super Smash Brothers Melee
Episode 3 - The Storm
Mario wasn't sure where he was. The only reason he didnt think he was dead was because of the mind numbing pain in his leg. He was about do drift off again when he heard a voice.
"He's waking up!" "quick someone go get her" but then mario passed out again. He awoke the next time more pleasantly, not to the pain in his leg but to the familar voice of peach.
"rest now mario, you'll feel better in no time" mario did feel beter actually, he wasnt as drained as before and he could see that he was bandages were not blood soked. He wanted to speak to peach but a look in her eyes told him that she was still hadn't fully recovered from her loyal servants death.
"dont worry peach..... i will avenge our friend" peach smiled "you dont have to do that for me" mario, now assured by peach's words started to drift off into sleep. But he was just awake enough to hear peach speak while leaving the room.
"no need for you, i shall revenge him myself" but mario fell into a deep sleep before he could respond
****
In a setting almost exactly the same as the one mario had been in, link was getting his bandages replaced from his wounds. Link stared down at Zelda who was paying close attention to a gash in Links arm. He would have spoken to Zelda the moment he arrived but she knew all that had happened and he knew that she didn't approve of his actions. Finally link found words to put to his emotions.
"I WILL protect hyrule from invasion" Link would have continued but a look angry enough to melt steel was zelda's reply. "I think you have done enough for Hyrule already, you should probably stay with the war council for the next couple of days"
Link started to reply but was cut off by the searing pain in his arm as zelda tightened the bandages just a bit too much. link waited until zelda was done before he dared speak out again. "I need to prepare for the tournament, all contestants must prepare a..."
"a field of battle for the tournament, yes i know link, its being taken care of" link paused to consider her words. "are you making the castle the new arena for me? or is there to be a new one instead? Zelda choose her words carefully. "your arena has been made, the decision is final, if you want you may go to it after we are done"
"I would like to see it at least, if we are to win at the tournament then i need to train"
at that moment a maid had entered the room with new bandages. she was quick to respond "i cant see how we can lose the tournament with two fighters competing" When the maid looked up to see the look on Zelda's face she realized the mistake she had made
"you can leave now" zelda was firm in her tone. "TWO fighters?" link was really confused now. "yes, two, but you were going to practice" link caught zelda's arm before she could walk away.
"WHO is competing?" zelda knew she couldn't avoid the situation, with a heavy sigh, she answered. "Shiek"
Thay one word stung harder into links heart then any weapon could. "YOU CANT FIGHT! YOU MIGHT BE KILLED! I....I CAN FIGHT, you dont need to get involved"
"I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO HAVE GET INVOLVED IF IT WASNT FOR YOU!!! WHAT COULD YOU HAVE BEEN THINKING LINK? STARTING A WAR LILE THAT!!!
zelda would have continued but she was overcome by tears. link saw the inner turmoil within her and the desire to fight all in one. link gathered his thoughts.
"i never wanted to start a war" zelda was slightly confused but didnt stop link from re-telling the story. "i recieved a letter from mario, the letter spoke of the upcoming war and how the only way that we could hope to avoid war was to finish the first tournament, we would met at the arena and finish it"
zelda spoke with deep concern "but that doesnt make sense" link was caught off gaurd "what doesnt make sense?" Zelda continued her concern "after you came back i spoke with Peach, she says that YOU wrote a letter to mario saying the same thing"
"WHAT? but that would mean that mario didnt write me that letter, then who did?" Zelda could only answer with a confused stare. they spent the next few moments going over the facts in thier minds before link got up and left silently. zelda barely noticed, she had to tell peach what she had learned, but with the two countries at war.... would she believe her?
****
Meanwhile
The small boy was always prepared, it was just his nature. He never liked going into a situation unprepared, even though he rarely had a choice in the matter. The only problem was that there was so little he could do to prepare. He had honed his technique and skills as far as they would go, all he had left to do was plan his arena.
Ness found planning an arena to fight in more difficult than he imagined, never having to do it before. He looked over the map and the list of requirements for the arena, he was very concerned. He had decided that he would place his arena in the middle of his home town Onnet. But he wasnt concerned about the possible damage to the town, what he was thinking about was the function of the arena.
The arena; all contestants in the new tournament must construct an arena to do battle in. The arena has several size and shape regulations, but the most stricy deal with placement. In order to have all the arenas from different areas in the same tournament scientists had developed a way to isolate a region of space time and physically transport it to the main colloseum. 8 beacons were placed around the corners of each arena and when activated all matter passing inside would be transmitted to the same space but thousands of miles away.
Ness had to consider this, he wondered if he could use city traffic as a natural hazard. Eventually he came to the decision that he could, but all cars going into the area would be going in blind. That could cause a problem...
Ness's mind wasnt on revenge or glory, the most common of reasons to enter the tournament. He joined to better himself mentally and physically, as a side note he hoped to rid the world of one of the many evils particpating. Ness knew of bowsers reputation, but he sensed an even stronger evil overhead, an evil not fighting in the tournament.
But he couldnt get stuck on that now, he had to make the final touches, the touches he assumed would lead to victory.
****
Elsewhere
If the world was shocked by the announcment of the new tournament, then they were downright flabbergasted by the new competitors, nana and popo. For reasons most people didnt understand, the tournament board allowed popo and nana to fight side by side. They would be more like one person than two. Many people felt that this was outrageous and unfair.
But they didnt care, all the little ice climbers cared about was climbing THIS mountain in order to place the arena beacons upon it. A simple yet devious stradegy was used in the arena choice. Obviously the ice climbers are master climbers, so the mountain with its ice and sheer drops would favor the duo.
Nobody knows the reason for the duo joined, but the fact of the matter is they really didn't have a reason. It just sounded fun to them.
****
Of course all the contestants had to "make" arenas. And almost all of the contestants had opted to change thier arena from the last time around. Kirby, after recovering from the attack, decided that the dream fountain wold make a suitable battle ground. Yoshi felt that he could keep his realativly the same as well as DK.
But out in the cold recesses of space, Samus has no reasoning behind her choice other than it seemed fitting. The harshness of her surronding enviornment seemed like home to her. The unforgiving landscape, willing to change at the slightest nudge, was an outward manifestation of her soul. Samus had fought so long, seen so much death. But the tournament was different, it was not the blindless killing she had experienced. Its contestants almost seemed to recieve joy from the fighting. Samus could only think,
"what have i become? can i only be a person through battle? i have peace yet i continually seek out war. I have dedicated my life to eradicating evil. I always assumed that once the fighting had stopped, i would desire peace. Am i so evil as to fight and kill for the sheer joy of it?"
But she had no answer for her own question. Satisified, samus returned to her ship and left. For as much as requirements were concerned, she was ready.
****
"I cant believe you got the commisoner to allow the mute city track to be used as an arena!" the annoying voice was all too familiar to Falcon, it was is rather neurotic handyman Marius. "to think that a tournament will be held on a race track! F-zero is chaotic enough as it is, i dont want body prints to buff out of the ships hull!" Flacon was ammused with the little man, but he reallized Marius had missed something.
"you do realize that while im fighting, i cant be racing....." Marius had overlooked this obvious fact. He was used to repairing the blue falcon, he didnt know how to help with the tournament. Falcon did take note of Marius's words though. The commisoner had readily agreed to using the track as an arena, but it didnt take long for Falcon to realize the potential monetary gain to be made by allowing mute city to be an arena. All ad prices could easily triple, no wonder he jumped on the chance....
****
Zelda was in a hurry, she needed to know what Peach's response was before she could make her next move. She continued to pace the hall in a hurried fashion, worring the gaurds around her. She didnt stop until the royal messanger arrived. He came through the door at full speed, Zelda suspected that the man probably flat out ran the last leg of his trip. But she didnt truely care for him at that moment, not so much as a thank you passed zeldas lips as she snatched the letter from his hands and proceeded to open it.
On the letter was a single word, no. Zelda had feared this, and had even begun to plan for it, but the news still came as a shock. Mario and Link had been tricked into fighting, and Peach herself had been tricked into re-starting the tournament. A million thoughts raced through zeldas head
"who? why? it didnt make any sense to her. But she kept coming up with one undeniable fact, whoever was responsible for this was of the evil persuasion. She quickly burned the letter and returned to the war room, not to plan any invasion of the mushroom kingdom, but to prepare a defense from the un-known threat.
****
Link was amazed at the magic, as he always was. His arena, constructed for him by Zelda was magically created. Along with the awakened turtle the island contained a smaller version of the fish shop. It was very unique. But link did not truely understand its design until he was jumping around. He missed a footing and started to slip. The first test of the arena wasnt going good, the salt water made the arena slippery and link was going to fall a good ten feet from his pearch when he saw it. A small but obvious hook at the end of the platform.
Without thinking, link released his hook shot and was landing gently upon the ground. He only saw it then, EVERYTHING in this arena could be grabbed by his trusty hook shot.
"my my zelda, you have outdone yourself this time, very clever" But although nobody was around to hear it, link had stated the fact to the world, almost as a warning.
****
Peach was as much a pacafist as Zelda. But when offered a chance to back down from the tournament she declined. Inside the seemingly frail body of the princess lay a burning fire, the fire known as revenge. Thoughts of horrible ways to end link's life would pass through her mind. But Peach pushed the thoughts aside, but she would not forgive...
Mario had recovered, but nothing could be accomplished now, the tournament was mere days away. His arnea was picked and ready, he was as physically and mentally ready as possible. But he knew that the tournament started in three days. A lot can happen in three days...
And so it came to pass, the tounament was mere days from opening, all the contestants were prepared, their arenas picked. But many battles would be fought before the tournament began...
Authors Notes: this fic took an average 5 times longer than most. WHY? because im a lazy bastard, thats why. The only reason i wrote this chapter was to explain the idea "arenas" and how they work. Also if you think you got the conspiracy figured out, you dont. :p
Episode 3 - The Storm
Mario wasn't sure where he was. The only reason he didnt think he was dead was because of the mind numbing pain in his leg. He was about do drift off again when he heard a voice.
"He's waking up!" "quick someone go get her" but then mario passed out again. He awoke the next time more pleasantly, not to the pain in his leg but to the familar voice of peach.
"rest now mario, you'll feel better in no time" mario did feel beter actually, he wasnt as drained as before and he could see that he was bandages were not blood soked. He wanted to speak to peach but a look in her eyes told him that she was still hadn't fully recovered from her loyal servants death.
"dont worry peach..... i will avenge our friend" peach smiled "you dont have to do that for me" mario, now assured by peach's words started to drift off into sleep. But he was just awake enough to hear peach speak while leaving the room.
"no need for you, i shall revenge him myself" but mario fell into a deep sleep before he could respond
****
In a setting almost exactly the same as the one mario had been in, link was getting his bandages replaced from his wounds. Link stared down at Zelda who was paying close attention to a gash in Links arm. He would have spoken to Zelda the moment he arrived but she knew all that had happened and he knew that she didn't approve of his actions. Finally link found words to put to his emotions.
"I WILL protect hyrule from invasion" Link would have continued but a look angry enough to melt steel was zelda's reply. "I think you have done enough for Hyrule already, you should probably stay with the war council for the next couple of days"
Link started to reply but was cut off by the searing pain in his arm as zelda tightened the bandages just a bit too much. link waited until zelda was done before he dared speak out again. "I need to prepare for the tournament, all contestants must prepare a..."
"a field of battle for the tournament, yes i know link, its being taken care of" link paused to consider her words. "are you making the castle the new arena for me? or is there to be a new one instead? Zelda choose her words carefully. "your arena has been made, the decision is final, if you want you may go to it after we are done"
"I would like to see it at least, if we are to win at the tournament then i need to train"
at that moment a maid had entered the room with new bandages. she was quick to respond "i cant see how we can lose the tournament with two fighters competing" When the maid looked up to see the look on Zelda's face she realized the mistake she had made
"you can leave now" zelda was firm in her tone. "TWO fighters?" link was really confused now. "yes, two, but you were going to practice" link caught zelda's arm before she could walk away.
"WHO is competing?" zelda knew she couldn't avoid the situation, with a heavy sigh, she answered. "Shiek"
Thay one word stung harder into links heart then any weapon could. "YOU CANT FIGHT! YOU MIGHT BE KILLED! I....I CAN FIGHT, you dont need to get involved"
"I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO HAVE GET INVOLVED IF IT WASNT FOR YOU!!! WHAT COULD YOU HAVE BEEN THINKING LINK? STARTING A WAR LILE THAT!!!
zelda would have continued but she was overcome by tears. link saw the inner turmoil within her and the desire to fight all in one. link gathered his thoughts.
"i never wanted to start a war" zelda was slightly confused but didnt stop link from re-telling the story. "i recieved a letter from mario, the letter spoke of the upcoming war and how the only way that we could hope to avoid war was to finish the first tournament, we would met at the arena and finish it"
zelda spoke with deep concern "but that doesnt make sense" link was caught off gaurd "what doesnt make sense?" Zelda continued her concern "after you came back i spoke with Peach, she says that YOU wrote a letter to mario saying the same thing"
"WHAT? but that would mean that mario didnt write me that letter, then who did?" Zelda could only answer with a confused stare. they spent the next few moments going over the facts in thier minds before link got up and left silently. zelda barely noticed, she had to tell peach what she had learned, but with the two countries at war.... would she believe her?
****
Meanwhile
The small boy was always prepared, it was just his nature. He never liked going into a situation unprepared, even though he rarely had a choice in the matter. The only problem was that there was so little he could do to prepare. He had honed his technique and skills as far as they would go, all he had left to do was plan his arena.
Ness found planning an arena to fight in more difficult than he imagined, never having to do it before. He looked over the map and the list of requirements for the arena, he was very concerned. He had decided that he would place his arena in the middle of his home town Onnet. But he wasnt concerned about the possible damage to the town, what he was thinking about was the function of the arena.
The arena; all contestants in the new tournament must construct an arena to do battle in. The arena has several size and shape regulations, but the most stricy deal with placement. In order to have all the arenas from different areas in the same tournament scientists had developed a way to isolate a region of space time and physically transport it to the main colloseum. 8 beacons were placed around the corners of each arena and when activated all matter passing inside would be transmitted to the same space but thousands of miles away.
Ness had to consider this, he wondered if he could use city traffic as a natural hazard. Eventually he came to the decision that he could, but all cars going into the area would be going in blind. That could cause a problem...
Ness's mind wasnt on revenge or glory, the most common of reasons to enter the tournament. He joined to better himself mentally and physically, as a side note he hoped to rid the world of one of the many evils particpating. Ness knew of bowsers reputation, but he sensed an even stronger evil overhead, an evil not fighting in the tournament.
But he couldnt get stuck on that now, he had to make the final touches, the touches he assumed would lead to victory.
****
Elsewhere
If the world was shocked by the announcment of the new tournament, then they were downright flabbergasted by the new competitors, nana and popo. For reasons most people didnt understand, the tournament board allowed popo and nana to fight side by side. They would be more like one person than two. Many people felt that this was outrageous and unfair.
But they didnt care, all the little ice climbers cared about was climbing THIS mountain in order to place the arena beacons upon it. A simple yet devious stradegy was used in the arena choice. Obviously the ice climbers are master climbers, so the mountain with its ice and sheer drops would favor the duo.
Nobody knows the reason for the duo joined, but the fact of the matter is they really didn't have a reason. It just sounded fun to them.
****
Of course all the contestants had to "make" arenas. And almost all of the contestants had opted to change thier arena from the last time around. Kirby, after recovering from the attack, decided that the dream fountain wold make a suitable battle ground. Yoshi felt that he could keep his realativly the same as well as DK.
But out in the cold recesses of space, Samus has no reasoning behind her choice other than it seemed fitting. The harshness of her surronding enviornment seemed like home to her. The unforgiving landscape, willing to change at the slightest nudge, was an outward manifestation of her soul. Samus had fought so long, seen so much death. But the tournament was different, it was not the blindless killing she had experienced. Its contestants almost seemed to recieve joy from the fighting. Samus could only think,
"what have i become? can i only be a person through battle? i have peace yet i continually seek out war. I have dedicated my life to eradicating evil. I always assumed that once the fighting had stopped, i would desire peace. Am i so evil as to fight and kill for the sheer joy of it?"
But she had no answer for her own question. Satisified, samus returned to her ship and left. For as much as requirements were concerned, she was ready.
****
"I cant believe you got the commisoner to allow the mute city track to be used as an arena!" the annoying voice was all too familiar to Falcon, it was is rather neurotic handyman Marius. "to think that a tournament will be held on a race track! F-zero is chaotic enough as it is, i dont want body prints to buff out of the ships hull!" Flacon was ammused with the little man, but he reallized Marius had missed something.
"you do realize that while im fighting, i cant be racing....." Marius had overlooked this obvious fact. He was used to repairing the blue falcon, he didnt know how to help with the tournament. Falcon did take note of Marius's words though. The commisoner had readily agreed to using the track as an arena, but it didnt take long for Falcon to realize the potential monetary gain to be made by allowing mute city to be an arena. All ad prices could easily triple, no wonder he jumped on the chance....
****
Zelda was in a hurry, she needed to know what Peach's response was before she could make her next move. She continued to pace the hall in a hurried fashion, worring the gaurds around her. She didnt stop until the royal messanger arrived. He came through the door at full speed, Zelda suspected that the man probably flat out ran the last leg of his trip. But she didnt truely care for him at that moment, not so much as a thank you passed zeldas lips as she snatched the letter from his hands and proceeded to open it.
On the letter was a single word, no. Zelda had feared this, and had even begun to plan for it, but the news still came as a shock. Mario and Link had been tricked into fighting, and Peach herself had been tricked into re-starting the tournament. A million thoughts raced through zeldas head
"who? why? it didnt make any sense to her. But she kept coming up with one undeniable fact, whoever was responsible for this was of the evil persuasion. She quickly burned the letter and returned to the war room, not to plan any invasion of the mushroom kingdom, but to prepare a defense from the un-known threat.
****
Link was amazed at the magic, as he always was. His arena, constructed for him by Zelda was magically created. Along with the awakened turtle the island contained a smaller version of the fish shop. It was very unique. But link did not truely understand its design until he was jumping around. He missed a footing and started to slip. The first test of the arena wasnt going good, the salt water made the arena slippery and link was going to fall a good ten feet from his pearch when he saw it. A small but obvious hook at the end of the platform.
Without thinking, link released his hook shot and was landing gently upon the ground. He only saw it then, EVERYTHING in this arena could be grabbed by his trusty hook shot.
"my my zelda, you have outdone yourself this time, very clever" But although nobody was around to hear it, link had stated the fact to the world, almost as a warning.
****
Peach was as much a pacafist as Zelda. But when offered a chance to back down from the tournament she declined. Inside the seemingly frail body of the princess lay a burning fire, the fire known as revenge. Thoughts of horrible ways to end link's life would pass through her mind. But Peach pushed the thoughts aside, but she would not forgive...
Mario had recovered, but nothing could be accomplished now, the tournament was mere days away. His arnea was picked and ready, he was as physically and mentally ready as possible. But he knew that the tournament started in three days. A lot can happen in three days...
And so it came to pass, the tounament was mere days from opening, all the contestants were prepared, their arenas picked. But many battles would be fought before the tournament began...
Authors Notes: this fic took an average 5 times longer than most. WHY? because im a lazy bastard, thats why. The only reason i wrote this chapter was to explain the idea "arenas" and how they work. Also if you think you got the conspiracy figured out, you dont. :p
