"Bread and Milk... Bread and Milk..."

A surprisingly young boy darted down one walkway to the next, finally approaching at the city.

"Aw..mom wants......Bread and... oh yah! Milk!"

The city spread out for him, with a beauteous sunrise on the horizon. He stopped and pondered quickly.

"...I havent been here for a while...what with saving the world and all.. Where's that damn Department store...?"

His eyes began to water at the pure pleasantness from the view. He shook his head and quietly cursed himself for wasting time. He turned and snapped his fingers..

"THAT'S IT! I remember its down here!"

"...Hey punk, where do you think your going..?"

An adolecent teenager stood beside the Hamburger restaurant, eying the boy suspisiously. Oddly enough, he sported a Shark costume.

"Gimme what money you got, and Ill pretend I didnt see you."

"What's up with you? Miss the costume party?"

"Shut up. Im starting up the SHARKS X!!! We OWN Onett town now, get it loser? The original Sharks were beaten by..."

The boy smiled.. "Go on.."

"Someone.. that looks.... exactly like... AHHHHHHHH!" The shark sprinted off at a speed that seemed impossible.

"HAHA.. I guess I made quite and impact around here."

He rhythmically walked down the sidewalk, and before the department store was in view noises could be heard.

Unnatural noises for such a quiet town... Ness charged down the street and stopped to take in what he was viewing. A Suited warrior firing bright circles at.. a rat thing?

Those "bright circles" darted from the point of origin (in this case, a gun hand) to anything they were aimed at in seconds. Pikachu felt a couple of shots strike him and fell to the ground, jumping back into the battle just as a car rushed right by him, with a honk.

The boy froze. The whole scene was quite spectacular to one such as him. Why were these two oddballs fighting in the first place?

Pikachu sped forward and grabbed Samus. In one swift move, he picked her up and placed her on his back, where a shock was waiting for her. He then tossed her aside. Samus shook her head and stood once again. She opened up a hatch on her gun arm and removed a missle, which she placed into the launch compartment.

During this time, Pikachu hid behind the department store building. Before Samus could find him, Pikachu called upon lightning to strike her from above. Samus could not avoid the attack, and took the brunt of it, falling over. Quickly, she removed her helmet and vomited. She didnt expect such pain to come at that point which threw her off balance.

Wiping her mouth, she pointed her gun in any direction and fired. Pikachu lay in his hiding spot and laughed.. That missle wasn't even pointed in his direction!

The missle quickly turned, to Pikachu's dismay. He didnt expect it to be a heat seeker, so he was not prepared to move out of the way. All seemed lost until..

"PK THUNDER!"

A little ball of thunder charged and nailed the missle, causing a small explosion and minor injuries to Pikachu. Samus, still on the ground, put her head down from exhaustion. She breathed hard.. harder than usual from sheer anger towards the boy.

"K...Kid.. What was ...THAT .. fo..for??"

The boy did an incredibly strange jump, making it appear that he could float, and landed on the roof which Samus was upon. This obviously was no normal boy.

"What are you two doing, fighting in our quiet city? I thought our world was at peace finally!"

"........"

Pikachu, not understanding what was going on, concluded that the boy made the missle explode so he would get injured MORE, not less. He jumped high, and showered thunder upon his two enemies.

Ness' stood with a firm on his face, and Samus viewed at the upcoming onslaught with dread. She closed her eyes until she noticed the young boy grab her arm fiercly.

"PK REFLECT!"

A warm glow surrounded the two, and as the thunder struck them, Samus felt more and more revitalized.

Exhausted, Pikachu fell and lay on the ground.

Ness sighed. "Are you alright?"

"..Now I am, with whatever you just did.. What's your name kid?"

"Ness... Just call me Ness."

"Fine, Ness... Thanks."

Ness' smile quickly turned into a firm frown has he heard the frantic honking of a car horn. A car was going to drive straight into pikachu!

Samus, already realizing the predicament, darted to ground level and scooped up Pikachu, and with a Jump, a spin, and a flip, she landed on the roof once again. Pikachu lay unconsious.

***..NESS IS IT? HOW DARE YOU! HOW DARE YOU TRIFLE IN AFFAIRS WAY TO COMPLICATED FOR YOU TO COMPREHEND! Just for that.... You have just entered the.. TOURNAMENT.. ***

Ness shuddered.. "Tournament?"

***OH YES!! The tournament! Aren't you happy? Aren't you glad? You have no choice in the matter, we leave at once for round 2 to begin!***

A brilliant flash occurred and Ness, Samus, and Pikachu were all surrounded by field.

"What happened?" Mario ran to them, calling out. Fox and Link did the same.

Fox stared, not making any sudden movements. "I... take it you won this round?"

Samus huffed heavily, a mix between a sigh and a sob. "I... wouldnt say that.."

She stared at Ness, who was now more confused than ever. Link stared at him as well, with a confused look on his face.

"...Samus, who is-a the boy?"

"He was a resident of the location of our battlefied.. Meet Ness, the newest applyant to the tournament."

Ness sat on the grass.. "NO! I refuse.. I've had my share of fighting.. I dont plan on continuing.. You can't make me ei..."

He froze as a statue revealed in front of him. The statue had a very familiar face.

"...Poo?"