I am pleased with all the suggestions you gave me, but I originally wrote
this chapter before I received these reviews. Sorry if the matches I've
arranged are not to your liking. Before we start, I thought I'd like to
answer some of those reviews I received. Blissey, I plan to have Mewtwo and
Majora battle eventually, so don't worry. This match should be plenty
action and suspense for the time being, though. Dr. nick, I cannot include
Dr. Eggman because he was not final boss of any games except the original
Sonic games for the Sega Genesis. He was final boss for certain recent
character storylines, but not for the entire game. The reason I do not use
Eggman from Sonic Advance or the original Sonic games is because I have
never played them so don't know what he uses as final boss. Besides, I
think Scales is cooler than Eggman since she won't be hiding behind a big
nasty robot. As for Gary, while he may be lame, he technically is the final
boss in Pokemon Red and Blue and Yellow, he just doesn't have the fixed
name Gary. But it is one of the preprogrammed options you can choose for
his name, so it counts. Besides, it's better than just calling him Blue.
And Skiver, your ideas looked great. I will try to use your match ideas.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything aside from Pi2 and Scales the Biolizzard.
It was another beautiful day in the video game dimension. Due to technical difficulties, the tournament had not begun the previous night as planned. But that was alright, it gave the Smashers extra time to set up their rooms and allow their families and friends (or coworkers) time to arrive and get their own guest rooms in the massive coliseum. But after so much work, the big day had come. The sun shone brightly over the Coliseum. The seats were filled with people from all over, eager to watch the tournament and lucky enough to get tickets. There were reserved sections for the characters from each Smasher's game, and those were filled as well. As the technicians put the final touches on the special effects and giant TV screen displays, Pi2 made his grand appearance, floating into the middle of the Coliseum on a spare respawn platform. "Ladies and gentlemen, children and monsters of all ages, welcome to the latest in the Super Smash Brothers series, Super Smash Bosses!" he yelled, his voice amplified by multiple speakers. The crowd cheered. One obnoxious and loud guy yelled, "Wait, shouldn't it be Super Smash Brothers Bosses?" Pi2 ignored the guy and continued. "I am your host, Pi2!" More cheers. The same guy yelled, "Hey, what about Master Hand? Shouldn't he be hosting? After all, he did it the last two times!" Pi2 frowned. "Er, after the severe beating he received from Pichu, Master Hand was unable for hosting duty." "What about Crazy Hand? Or Giga Bowser?" yelled the guy again. "They were equally beaten!" "But how could such a harmless little rodent beat them?" "Hey! Are you insulting my species, mister?" "Well, no." "Good! Now shut up and let me do my hosting duties." Pi2 cleared his throat. "As I was saying, it is now time to introduce our Smashers! First up." The big stone devil walked into the arena from the sidelines. The TV screens showed a close up of his imposing face. "Garm the evil wizard!" The screens changed to show the area reserved for the characters from Gauntlet Legends. The only one there was a tall, imposing wizard with yellow robes. Garm's grimace deepened as his brother Sumner cheered him on. "Second." The evil mask floated out. "The malevolent mask of darkness, Majora!" The screens gave a close up of the mask, then showed the reserved area where sat Skull Kid, Tael, Tatl, the Happy Mask Salesman, and a few other characters from Termina. The only one cheering was the Happy Mask Salesman. "Third." Oxygen floated out into the field. The screens showed a close-up. "Oxygen, the evil incarnation of Dark Matter!" The screen showed the Kirby reserved section, where Kirby, Ribbon, Waddle Dee, and Kind Dedede sat, looking a bit anxious. There was plenty of Dark Matter sitting in the section as well, cheering their leader. "Fourth." Mewtwo floated out onto the field. The screen changed to give him a close-up. "The royal psychic, the demigod Pokemon, Lord Mewtwo!" Most of the people in the stadium. The screens changed to show the reserved Pokemon section, where Jigglypuff, Pikachu, Pichu, a few other Pokemon and Mew sat, cheering on Mewtwo. "Fifth." King Boo floated into the arena, grinning evilly as he got his close-up. "The ghost with the most, King Boo!" The screen showed the Luigi's Mansion section, where Luigi and Professor E. Gadd sat unhappily amongst a throng of cheering Boos. "Sixth." The heavily secured crate rolled out on its treads. The alien inside could be easily heard. There was no close-up. "Heinrich the Xenomorph!" There was no reserved section for this fighter, so the screens didn't change. "Seventh." Bowser stomped out, waving to the crowds. "The most admirable, invincible, just downright cool guy around (not!), King Bowser!" The screens gave him a close up, then showed the reserved section, where Mario and Peach sat nervously amidst the howling throng of Bowser's subjects. "Eighth." Gruntilda flew out on her broomstick. "The Wicked Witch of the Wherever Banjo and Kazooie live, Gruntilda Winkybunion!" Gruntilda snarled as the screen gave her a close- up. Everyone screamed in shock and disgust at her face. The screen then changed to show the Banjo Kazooie section, where Banjo, Kazooie, Mumbo Jumbo, Humba Wumba, and a bunch of other weirdoes booed the witch. Klungo, Mingelda, and Brunelda were cheering for Grunty, predictably. "Ninth." Chaos slid into the arena, manifesting into his body. "Chaos, lord protector of the Chao and God of Destruction!" Chaos waved as he got his close-up. The screen changed to show the Sonic section, where the whole team (including Sonic, Tails, Rouge, Knuckles, Dr. Eggman/Robotnik, Amy, Tikal, and Shadow) were cheering. "Tenth." Wario ran out into the field, waving. "Wario!" The screen gave him a close up then showed the reserved section for his group. There was nobody there but his brother Waluigi, who cheered enthusiastically. He grumbled. "Eleventh." Dr. Cortex flew out on a small hovercraft. "Dr. Neo Cortex!" The screen gave a close up of Cortex, who immediately started preening and posing for the ground. The screen changed to show the Crash reserved section, where Crash, Coco, Aku Aku and Uka Uka all sat, booing Neo. "Twelfth." Razorbeard flew out in a hovercraft of his own. "The mighty Captain Razorbeard!" Razorbeard posed for his close up. The screen changed again, showing another reserved section, where the Captain's whole crew of robot pirates was cheering. "Thirteenth." Ganondorf ran out into the field, his chest forward, looking quite triumphant. "The Great King of Evil, the bearer of the Triforce of Power, Ganondorf Dragmire!" The screen did a close up of a grinning Ganondorf, then showed the Zelda reserved section. Link, Zelda, and all the Sages were there, booing Ganondorf. He frowned. "Fourteenth." Gary stepped out into the field, looking quite cocky and arrogant. "A great Pokemon trainer, Gary Oak!" The screen did a close up of him. Most of the girls in the audience cheered wildly. The screen then changed to show another reserved section, where Gary's cheerleaders were doing their usual Gary chants. "Fifteenth." King K. Rool marched out onto the field. "The chief of the Kremlings, King K. Rool!" K. Rool bowed for his close up. The screen switched to another reserved section, where a whole lot of Kremlings and the entire Donkey Kong clan were seated. The Kremlings hooted and whooped in pleasure, but the Kongs looked like they were this close to going ape. (Heh! Good joke!) And finally, last but not least, our sixteenth Smasher." Scales ran out onto the field. "Scales the Biolizzard!" There were plenty of cheers from all around. The screen did a close u of a slightly uneasy Scales waving to everyone, then switched to another shot of the Sonic area, where they were all cheering again. However, Shadow was actually standing up and yelling, "That's my sister! That's my sister down there!" Scales blushed. Pi2 continued his original speech. "And so we have assembled all of our Smashers, sixteen fighters all itching for the grand prize. There are more fighters in this tournament than any of the previous Smash Brothers games!" "What about all the extra characters in either game?" shouted the loud obnoxious guy. "Well, er, they were secret characters and don't count." "Why not? You've got Mewtwo out there, and we all know he was fighting in the last tournament along with Pichu. And what about the fact that Pichu won last year's tournament? And what about-" "Look, will you shut up already? I'm trying to start the tournament!" "But what about-" "Ah, that does it! BOLT 99!" Pi2 raised his arms, summoning the awesome attack. Thunderbolts rained down from the heavens, striking the annoying man and frying him to a crisp. "DOES ANYONE ELSE WANT SOME? HUH? HUH? ALL RIGHT THEN! LET'S GET STARTED!" He took a few deep breaths to calm himself. "Right, sorry. In any case, before we begin I must go over the rules. Quite simply, anything goes as long as a fighter does not use outside help. And by anything, I mean killing too. I will restore the lives of anyone who dies fighting. However, I can not heal any wounds. Those must be done on your own. But remember that the goal in each match is to cause your opponent to fall of the platform and go below the designated level of recovery. There will be four rounds in this tournament, and the fighter that wins the final match will receive the grand prize of ten million dollars. Everyone clear? Good. All fighters please go back to the sidelines and await your own matches." The players walked out of the middle of the coliseum, going to a special lounge with air conditioning, snacks, and a great view of the current fight. Pi2 flew away from the coliseum center, heading towards the high control booth that operated the separate stages. He got in the booth and signaled the Koopas inside to start the machines. He then ran back outside to begin commentating. As the stage took form, holographic projectors reinforced by force fields shaped the platform, giving it three dimensionality and unique features. "Ladies and gentlemen, we will now have our first match between Garm and Majora. If any of you wish to place bets, please use the computers built into your armrests to input your bets. This battle shall take place in." The stage's construction was complete. It was a flat, round stone platform. In the center of the platform was a raised area with a pool of some viscous purple fluid and torches surrounding the pool at each of the cardinal directions. "Garm's Citadel! It seems the evil wizard will have a home advantage.or will he? Smashers, take your positions! The battle begins in 3." Garm as a human appeared on the platform. He raised his arms. He floated into the air. Suddenly, bits of stone flew towards him from everywhere, surrounding and encasing him in a living statue of a stone devil. "2." Majora floated onto the platform, his spikes twitching. He grew, enlarging to twice his original size. Tentacles sprouted from his back. He had transformed to his Majora's Mask form. "1.Go!" The crowed cheered. The battle joined. Garm strode towards Majora. "Ha! Foolish mask! This is my home turf! You can't possibly defeat me here." The mask started floating warily, anticipating an attack. "We'll see about that. I've faced tougher beings than you and lived to tell the tale." "Ha! You were defeated by a ten year old boy." "A ten year old boy with a magic mask that transformed him into a huge nigh- invincible warrior. Besides, I was not at full strength when we fought." Garm snorted. "Whatever. Prepare to burn, mask!" Garm's eyes started to glow. Majora immediately dodged as two bolts of purple lightning shot from Garm's eyes. As Garm tried to turn and fire again, Majora swiftly flew behind the stone giant and spun into Garm's back, cutting him his razor sharp bone spikes. Garm roared as the mask cut into his stone flesh like a buzzsaw through wood, quickly pulling away. Garm raised his left hand. A purple mass of light started to form in it. Unfortunately, Garm was too busy concentrating on his energy ball to defend himself, giving Majora a great opportunity. Spinning again, the mask launched himself at Garm's right arm just as the energy ball was fully formed. As the sphere hurtled towards where Majora had been only seconds before, the mask spun into the right arm, his spikes cutting through it and severing the limb from the shoulder. Garm gasped, as did much of the audience. The arm fell to the ground, where it shattered, releasing two purple monsters called phantoms. The phantoms howled and lashed out at Majora with blasts of purple lightning. The mask dodged the lightning from the phantoms, as well as from Garm. Majora twirled through the air, dancing out of range from any bolts thrown at him. Spinning again, he suddenly dropped to the ground and shot towards the phantoms, slicing into both of them and reducing them to ectoplasm. Garm stomped the ground, unleashing a purple shockwave. Majora rose into the air again, avoiding the wave. Garm tried lightning again, only to miss. Frustrated, Garm tried another energy ball attack. As the orb of death charged, Majora hovered in lace, waiting. When the evil mask judged the ball to be of sufficient mass, he fired two laser beams from his painted eyes. The beams struck the ball, causing it to prematurely explode, shattering Garm's left arm and releasing two more phantoms. Majora dodged their attacks easily and destroyed them with his laser vision. Garm resorted to a different shockwave, forcing the energy wave to go upwards instead of stay along the floor. Majora spun again, punching through the wave and slashing off Garm's right leg. As the phantoms spawned, Majora didn't stop spinning and sliced them into ectoplasm. Amazingly, Garm was able to ho away on one foot. However, his speed, which had never been great, was now even more diminished. Majora, still on a roll (or spin, as the case may be) turned from where he had killed the phantoms and spun into Garm's left leg, severing it and rendering the wizard immobile. Surprisingly, the stone torso did not fall, but stayed floating in midair. As Majora easily dealt with the phantoms, he screeched in pain as he was struck from behind by purple lightning. He whirled around to find that Garm was still not done, and had actually turned around in midair. "Heh heh, not that easy now is it?" "You think you're so tough. I could beat you even if you were fully mobile! In fact, I already have, come to think of it." Garm scoffed. "I admit you are stronger than the warriors that defeated me before, but you're nothing compared to the demon prince Skorne!" Majora was surprised. "Skorne? A demon prince? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That's rich! Skorne's a lowlife who just managed to pull enough power together to be semi-fearsome! Most of the demons I've known have been far stronger than him!" Garm was surprised as well. "You have had dealings with demons as well?" Majora chuckled. "More than you could possibly imagine, my friend." "Be that as it may, I will not let you take my prize money!" Garm fired another lightning blast. Majora spun underneath Garm, missing the blast. He flew to Garm's back and repeatedly attacked the wings, causing massive chunks of them to fall to the ground, each turning into a pair of phantoms. As Garm struggled to turn around, Majora completely sheared off both wings and found himself surrounded by over a dozen phantoms, each trying to tag him with a lightning bolt. Majora quickly dodged bolt after bolt of lightning, twirling away from all attacks. Thinking quickly, he summoned his four servants, the spirits of his former minions Odolwa, Goht, Gyorg, and Twinmold, also imprisoned in masks. The smaller, weaker masks materialized and flew to attack the phantoms with their energy ball attacks, allowing Majora to focus on the wizard. He flew towards Garm, ready to take anything the wizard had. Garm fired his lightning bolts. Majora fired his lasers. The two blasts intersected in midair, crackling and flashing, each trying to overcome the other. But it was soon evident that the mask's lasers were stronger, seeing as how the lightning was getting pushed closer and closer to the head. Garm desperately tried to pour on more power, but failed. The lightning and lasers went into his eyes. There was a flash, and his head exploded, leaving behind the defenseless floating torso. As Majora was about to get attacked by the two new Phantoms, his servants flew by, quickly eliminating the spirits. With only one enemy left, Majora started spinning in place, faster and faster, charging up his current form's special attack. As he spun so fast that he was only a blur, ghostly flames burst out around him. "INFERNAL SPIN!" The mask smashed into the chest of Garm, bouncing off from his severe impact. The torso shattered, the shards of rock each consumed by purple flames, the screaming, pathetic figure of Garm the wizard started falling to the ground. Breaking out of his spin, the mask swooped down, grabbing Garm inches from the ground with his tentacles. The evil entity chuckled "You don't think I'll let you get away that easily, do you? I'm not finished with you yet." His tentacle started to glow faintly, not enough to be seen by the crowds or the cameramen, but still glowing. Garm started writhing and screaming as something inside of him shattered, flowing upward through the tentacles and into the mask. After a time, Majora had taken everything he could from Garm. The wizard stopped struggling and went limp, his eyes blank and staring, a vegetable. Shaking him a bit, pretending not to realize what had happened to the wizard, Majora then flew to the edge of the Citadel, dropping Garm off the side. The wizard fell, landing with a painful thump on the ground. To everyone watching, it seemed as if nothing of great importance had happened, just a victory. Nobody knew how wrong they were. The platform faded, and Majora floated to the ground, pretending to be thrilled by the cheers. When the Happy Mask Salesman appeared in the entrance to the dugout, beckoning, the mask shrunk and retracted his tentacles, floating over to his so-called "master." He would continue to play the charade of servitude to that oaf.for now. Pi2 got on the P.A. system. "Ladies and gentlemen, that was a smashing good opening to our tournament! In just a few minutes we will have our second match, Gary Oak versus Mewtwo! Betting may begin.now. Oh, and if any of you won the last round of gambling, see the office on the third floor, section F for details on how to get your money."
Well, that was a good first round, wasn't it? But how did Majora become more powerful than he had been in the game? What did he take from Garm? That, dear readers, is.a secret. But don't worry. You'll find out what happened sooner or later. Now, stay tuned for a preview of next episode!
NEXT CHAPTER: As the Smashers watch from their comfy lounge observation area, Mewtwo and Gary begin their struggle. Who will win the age-old battle of Pokemon and trainer? The irritating pretty boy or the Pokemon Demigod? Find out on the next exciting episode of.Super Smash Brothers! (Don't forget to review!)
It was another beautiful day in the video game dimension. Due to technical difficulties, the tournament had not begun the previous night as planned. But that was alright, it gave the Smashers extra time to set up their rooms and allow their families and friends (or coworkers) time to arrive and get their own guest rooms in the massive coliseum. But after so much work, the big day had come. The sun shone brightly over the Coliseum. The seats were filled with people from all over, eager to watch the tournament and lucky enough to get tickets. There were reserved sections for the characters from each Smasher's game, and those were filled as well. As the technicians put the final touches on the special effects and giant TV screen displays, Pi2 made his grand appearance, floating into the middle of the Coliseum on a spare respawn platform. "Ladies and gentlemen, children and monsters of all ages, welcome to the latest in the Super Smash Brothers series, Super Smash Bosses!" he yelled, his voice amplified by multiple speakers. The crowd cheered. One obnoxious and loud guy yelled, "Wait, shouldn't it be Super Smash Brothers Bosses?" Pi2 ignored the guy and continued. "I am your host, Pi2!" More cheers. The same guy yelled, "Hey, what about Master Hand? Shouldn't he be hosting? After all, he did it the last two times!" Pi2 frowned. "Er, after the severe beating he received from Pichu, Master Hand was unable for hosting duty." "What about Crazy Hand? Or Giga Bowser?" yelled the guy again. "They were equally beaten!" "But how could such a harmless little rodent beat them?" "Hey! Are you insulting my species, mister?" "Well, no." "Good! Now shut up and let me do my hosting duties." Pi2 cleared his throat. "As I was saying, it is now time to introduce our Smashers! First up." The big stone devil walked into the arena from the sidelines. The TV screens showed a close up of his imposing face. "Garm the evil wizard!" The screens changed to show the area reserved for the characters from Gauntlet Legends. The only one there was a tall, imposing wizard with yellow robes. Garm's grimace deepened as his brother Sumner cheered him on. "Second." The evil mask floated out. "The malevolent mask of darkness, Majora!" The screens gave a close up of the mask, then showed the reserved area where sat Skull Kid, Tael, Tatl, the Happy Mask Salesman, and a few other characters from Termina. The only one cheering was the Happy Mask Salesman. "Third." Oxygen floated out into the field. The screens showed a close-up. "Oxygen, the evil incarnation of Dark Matter!" The screen showed the Kirby reserved section, where Kirby, Ribbon, Waddle Dee, and Kind Dedede sat, looking a bit anxious. There was plenty of Dark Matter sitting in the section as well, cheering their leader. "Fourth." Mewtwo floated out onto the field. The screen changed to give him a close-up. "The royal psychic, the demigod Pokemon, Lord Mewtwo!" Most of the people in the stadium. The screens changed to show the reserved Pokemon section, where Jigglypuff, Pikachu, Pichu, a few other Pokemon and Mew sat, cheering on Mewtwo. "Fifth." King Boo floated into the arena, grinning evilly as he got his close-up. "The ghost with the most, King Boo!" The screen showed the Luigi's Mansion section, where Luigi and Professor E. Gadd sat unhappily amongst a throng of cheering Boos. "Sixth." The heavily secured crate rolled out on its treads. The alien inside could be easily heard. There was no close-up. "Heinrich the Xenomorph!" There was no reserved section for this fighter, so the screens didn't change. "Seventh." Bowser stomped out, waving to the crowds. "The most admirable, invincible, just downright cool guy around (not!), King Bowser!" The screens gave him a close up, then showed the reserved section, where Mario and Peach sat nervously amidst the howling throng of Bowser's subjects. "Eighth." Gruntilda flew out on her broomstick. "The Wicked Witch of the Wherever Banjo and Kazooie live, Gruntilda Winkybunion!" Gruntilda snarled as the screen gave her a close- up. Everyone screamed in shock and disgust at her face. The screen then changed to show the Banjo Kazooie section, where Banjo, Kazooie, Mumbo Jumbo, Humba Wumba, and a bunch of other weirdoes booed the witch. Klungo, Mingelda, and Brunelda were cheering for Grunty, predictably. "Ninth." Chaos slid into the arena, manifesting into his body. "Chaos, lord protector of the Chao and God of Destruction!" Chaos waved as he got his close-up. The screen changed to show the Sonic section, where the whole team (including Sonic, Tails, Rouge, Knuckles, Dr. Eggman/Robotnik, Amy, Tikal, and Shadow) were cheering. "Tenth." Wario ran out into the field, waving. "Wario!" The screen gave him a close up then showed the reserved section for his group. There was nobody there but his brother Waluigi, who cheered enthusiastically. He grumbled. "Eleventh." Dr. Cortex flew out on a small hovercraft. "Dr. Neo Cortex!" The screen gave a close up of Cortex, who immediately started preening and posing for the ground. The screen changed to show the Crash reserved section, where Crash, Coco, Aku Aku and Uka Uka all sat, booing Neo. "Twelfth." Razorbeard flew out in a hovercraft of his own. "The mighty Captain Razorbeard!" Razorbeard posed for his close up. The screen changed again, showing another reserved section, where the Captain's whole crew of robot pirates was cheering. "Thirteenth." Ganondorf ran out into the field, his chest forward, looking quite triumphant. "The Great King of Evil, the bearer of the Triforce of Power, Ganondorf Dragmire!" The screen did a close up of a grinning Ganondorf, then showed the Zelda reserved section. Link, Zelda, and all the Sages were there, booing Ganondorf. He frowned. "Fourteenth." Gary stepped out into the field, looking quite cocky and arrogant. "A great Pokemon trainer, Gary Oak!" The screen did a close up of him. Most of the girls in the audience cheered wildly. The screen then changed to show another reserved section, where Gary's cheerleaders were doing their usual Gary chants. "Fifteenth." King K. Rool marched out onto the field. "The chief of the Kremlings, King K. Rool!" K. Rool bowed for his close up. The screen switched to another reserved section, where a whole lot of Kremlings and the entire Donkey Kong clan were seated. The Kremlings hooted and whooped in pleasure, but the Kongs looked like they were this close to going ape. (Heh! Good joke!) And finally, last but not least, our sixteenth Smasher." Scales ran out onto the field. "Scales the Biolizzard!" There were plenty of cheers from all around. The screen did a close u of a slightly uneasy Scales waving to everyone, then switched to another shot of the Sonic area, where they were all cheering again. However, Shadow was actually standing up and yelling, "That's my sister! That's my sister down there!" Scales blushed. Pi2 continued his original speech. "And so we have assembled all of our Smashers, sixteen fighters all itching for the grand prize. There are more fighters in this tournament than any of the previous Smash Brothers games!" "What about all the extra characters in either game?" shouted the loud obnoxious guy. "Well, er, they were secret characters and don't count." "Why not? You've got Mewtwo out there, and we all know he was fighting in the last tournament along with Pichu. And what about the fact that Pichu won last year's tournament? And what about-" "Look, will you shut up already? I'm trying to start the tournament!" "But what about-" "Ah, that does it! BOLT 99!" Pi2 raised his arms, summoning the awesome attack. Thunderbolts rained down from the heavens, striking the annoying man and frying him to a crisp. "DOES ANYONE ELSE WANT SOME? HUH? HUH? ALL RIGHT THEN! LET'S GET STARTED!" He took a few deep breaths to calm himself. "Right, sorry. In any case, before we begin I must go over the rules. Quite simply, anything goes as long as a fighter does not use outside help. And by anything, I mean killing too. I will restore the lives of anyone who dies fighting. However, I can not heal any wounds. Those must be done on your own. But remember that the goal in each match is to cause your opponent to fall of the platform and go below the designated level of recovery. There will be four rounds in this tournament, and the fighter that wins the final match will receive the grand prize of ten million dollars. Everyone clear? Good. All fighters please go back to the sidelines and await your own matches." The players walked out of the middle of the coliseum, going to a special lounge with air conditioning, snacks, and a great view of the current fight. Pi2 flew away from the coliseum center, heading towards the high control booth that operated the separate stages. He got in the booth and signaled the Koopas inside to start the machines. He then ran back outside to begin commentating. As the stage took form, holographic projectors reinforced by force fields shaped the platform, giving it three dimensionality and unique features. "Ladies and gentlemen, we will now have our first match between Garm and Majora. If any of you wish to place bets, please use the computers built into your armrests to input your bets. This battle shall take place in." The stage's construction was complete. It was a flat, round stone platform. In the center of the platform was a raised area with a pool of some viscous purple fluid and torches surrounding the pool at each of the cardinal directions. "Garm's Citadel! It seems the evil wizard will have a home advantage.or will he? Smashers, take your positions! The battle begins in 3." Garm as a human appeared on the platform. He raised his arms. He floated into the air. Suddenly, bits of stone flew towards him from everywhere, surrounding and encasing him in a living statue of a stone devil. "2." Majora floated onto the platform, his spikes twitching. He grew, enlarging to twice his original size. Tentacles sprouted from his back. He had transformed to his Majora's Mask form. "1.Go!" The crowed cheered. The battle joined. Garm strode towards Majora. "Ha! Foolish mask! This is my home turf! You can't possibly defeat me here." The mask started floating warily, anticipating an attack. "We'll see about that. I've faced tougher beings than you and lived to tell the tale." "Ha! You were defeated by a ten year old boy." "A ten year old boy with a magic mask that transformed him into a huge nigh- invincible warrior. Besides, I was not at full strength when we fought." Garm snorted. "Whatever. Prepare to burn, mask!" Garm's eyes started to glow. Majora immediately dodged as two bolts of purple lightning shot from Garm's eyes. As Garm tried to turn and fire again, Majora swiftly flew behind the stone giant and spun into Garm's back, cutting him his razor sharp bone spikes. Garm roared as the mask cut into his stone flesh like a buzzsaw through wood, quickly pulling away. Garm raised his left hand. A purple mass of light started to form in it. Unfortunately, Garm was too busy concentrating on his energy ball to defend himself, giving Majora a great opportunity. Spinning again, the mask launched himself at Garm's right arm just as the energy ball was fully formed. As the sphere hurtled towards where Majora had been only seconds before, the mask spun into the right arm, his spikes cutting through it and severing the limb from the shoulder. Garm gasped, as did much of the audience. The arm fell to the ground, where it shattered, releasing two purple monsters called phantoms. The phantoms howled and lashed out at Majora with blasts of purple lightning. The mask dodged the lightning from the phantoms, as well as from Garm. Majora twirled through the air, dancing out of range from any bolts thrown at him. Spinning again, he suddenly dropped to the ground and shot towards the phantoms, slicing into both of them and reducing them to ectoplasm. Garm stomped the ground, unleashing a purple shockwave. Majora rose into the air again, avoiding the wave. Garm tried lightning again, only to miss. Frustrated, Garm tried another energy ball attack. As the orb of death charged, Majora hovered in lace, waiting. When the evil mask judged the ball to be of sufficient mass, he fired two laser beams from his painted eyes. The beams struck the ball, causing it to prematurely explode, shattering Garm's left arm and releasing two more phantoms. Majora dodged their attacks easily and destroyed them with his laser vision. Garm resorted to a different shockwave, forcing the energy wave to go upwards instead of stay along the floor. Majora spun again, punching through the wave and slashing off Garm's right leg. As the phantoms spawned, Majora didn't stop spinning and sliced them into ectoplasm. Amazingly, Garm was able to ho away on one foot. However, his speed, which had never been great, was now even more diminished. Majora, still on a roll (or spin, as the case may be) turned from where he had killed the phantoms and spun into Garm's left leg, severing it and rendering the wizard immobile. Surprisingly, the stone torso did not fall, but stayed floating in midair. As Majora easily dealt with the phantoms, he screeched in pain as he was struck from behind by purple lightning. He whirled around to find that Garm was still not done, and had actually turned around in midair. "Heh heh, not that easy now is it?" "You think you're so tough. I could beat you even if you were fully mobile! In fact, I already have, come to think of it." Garm scoffed. "I admit you are stronger than the warriors that defeated me before, but you're nothing compared to the demon prince Skorne!" Majora was surprised. "Skorne? A demon prince? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That's rich! Skorne's a lowlife who just managed to pull enough power together to be semi-fearsome! Most of the demons I've known have been far stronger than him!" Garm was surprised as well. "You have had dealings with demons as well?" Majora chuckled. "More than you could possibly imagine, my friend." "Be that as it may, I will not let you take my prize money!" Garm fired another lightning blast. Majora spun underneath Garm, missing the blast. He flew to Garm's back and repeatedly attacked the wings, causing massive chunks of them to fall to the ground, each turning into a pair of phantoms. As Garm struggled to turn around, Majora completely sheared off both wings and found himself surrounded by over a dozen phantoms, each trying to tag him with a lightning bolt. Majora quickly dodged bolt after bolt of lightning, twirling away from all attacks. Thinking quickly, he summoned his four servants, the spirits of his former minions Odolwa, Goht, Gyorg, and Twinmold, also imprisoned in masks. The smaller, weaker masks materialized and flew to attack the phantoms with their energy ball attacks, allowing Majora to focus on the wizard. He flew towards Garm, ready to take anything the wizard had. Garm fired his lightning bolts. Majora fired his lasers. The two blasts intersected in midair, crackling and flashing, each trying to overcome the other. But it was soon evident that the mask's lasers were stronger, seeing as how the lightning was getting pushed closer and closer to the head. Garm desperately tried to pour on more power, but failed. The lightning and lasers went into his eyes. There was a flash, and his head exploded, leaving behind the defenseless floating torso. As Majora was about to get attacked by the two new Phantoms, his servants flew by, quickly eliminating the spirits. With only one enemy left, Majora started spinning in place, faster and faster, charging up his current form's special attack. As he spun so fast that he was only a blur, ghostly flames burst out around him. "INFERNAL SPIN!" The mask smashed into the chest of Garm, bouncing off from his severe impact. The torso shattered, the shards of rock each consumed by purple flames, the screaming, pathetic figure of Garm the wizard started falling to the ground. Breaking out of his spin, the mask swooped down, grabbing Garm inches from the ground with his tentacles. The evil entity chuckled "You don't think I'll let you get away that easily, do you? I'm not finished with you yet." His tentacle started to glow faintly, not enough to be seen by the crowds or the cameramen, but still glowing. Garm started writhing and screaming as something inside of him shattered, flowing upward through the tentacles and into the mask. After a time, Majora had taken everything he could from Garm. The wizard stopped struggling and went limp, his eyes blank and staring, a vegetable. Shaking him a bit, pretending not to realize what had happened to the wizard, Majora then flew to the edge of the Citadel, dropping Garm off the side. The wizard fell, landing with a painful thump on the ground. To everyone watching, it seemed as if nothing of great importance had happened, just a victory. Nobody knew how wrong they were. The platform faded, and Majora floated to the ground, pretending to be thrilled by the cheers. When the Happy Mask Salesman appeared in the entrance to the dugout, beckoning, the mask shrunk and retracted his tentacles, floating over to his so-called "master." He would continue to play the charade of servitude to that oaf.for now. Pi2 got on the P.A. system. "Ladies and gentlemen, that was a smashing good opening to our tournament! In just a few minutes we will have our second match, Gary Oak versus Mewtwo! Betting may begin.now. Oh, and if any of you won the last round of gambling, see the office on the third floor, section F for details on how to get your money."
Well, that was a good first round, wasn't it? But how did Majora become more powerful than he had been in the game? What did he take from Garm? That, dear readers, is.a secret. But don't worry. You'll find out what happened sooner or later. Now, stay tuned for a preview of next episode!
NEXT CHAPTER: As the Smashers watch from their comfy lounge observation area, Mewtwo and Gary begin their struggle. Who will win the age-old battle of Pokemon and trainer? The irritating pretty boy or the Pokemon Demigod? Find out on the next exciting episode of.Super Smash Brothers! (Don't forget to review!)