THE ROYAL RUMBLE

I'm SO GLAD most of you took the time to send an EMAIL instead of just REVIEWING. I do prefer EMAIL so if you can try to send those in. I got lots of votes, and have written the story based on that. That said, watch your back Mario! Ummm...anyway, before we begin, here's a friendly reminder of the teams.

TEAM STAR FOX
Fox
Luigi
Bowser
Peach
Ganondorf
Dr. Mario
Young Link
Mewtwo
Pikachu
Pichu
Jigglypuff
Samus
TOTAL: 12

TEAM FALCON ALLIANCE
Falco
Captain Falcon
Kirby
Mario
Link
Ness
Ice Climbers
Game & Watch
Marth
Roy
Yoshi
Zelda/Shiek
Donkey Kong
TOTAL: 13

NOW the wait is over. The "Winner Take All" Royal Rumble is about to commence on the Great Fox and Alliance Ship in Cornaria, the fourth planet of the Lylat System.

When we last left Fox, he had finished assembling his "army", as did Falco. Many of his, and for that matter, Falco's battlers joined in order to settle a score with someone of the other side. Well, the fight is about to commence, so get ready.

And here we continue...

The Alliance Ship and Great Fox flew up next to each other. The Great Fox and Alliance Ship had to have major repair work from their earlier crash. Team Alliance had just given their ship a fresh coat of paint.

The announcer's booming voice echoed across Cornaria.

"Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the Royal Rumble Melee Tournament qualification match. The winning team members will each get a spot on the tournament tree. Those who loose will be ejected from any further events."
Crowds had gathered on the buildings, in the streets, in the fields, on boats in the water... everywhere! This was practically the main event of this year's competition.
"And now, firstly introducing, representing Team Falcon Alliance: Hailing from the jungle, it's the prime primate: Donkey Kong!
"Straight from Yoshi island, ready to roll some eggs... Yoshi!
"The two lethal sword furies... Marth and Roy!
"Dating back to the early '80s... Mr. Game and Watch!
"Hailing from the Infinite Glacier, Nana and Popo... The Ice Climbers!
"From the small town of Onett, it's the psichic hero... Ness!
"From Hyrule, the winner of last year's S.S.B. Tournament of Champions... Link!!!
"Hailing from the Mushroom Kingdom, it's the original gaming wonder... Mario!!!
"One of the original Alliance 3, it's the pink fluffball... Kirby!!!
"Another of the original 3, it's the co-founder... Captain Falcon!!!
"And now, stunning beauty and great agility - the duel personality of... Zelda and Shiek!
"And now making his way to the ring, it's the Leader and Founder of The Falcon Alliance... FALCO LOMBARDI!!!

Lots of applause sounded as Falco zoomed in with his Alliance on the top of the Alliance Ship. Pre-set fireworks exploded as Saliva's "Turn The Tables" played. They disembarked, and waited for their opponents.

"And now introducing the members of Team Star Fox!!! Firstly, this compeditor has a perscription of pain for the Alliance... Doctor Mario!
"Our 4 Poke-talents of... Jigglypuff, Pichu, Pikachu, and their Poke-leader... Mewtwo!
"Hailing from Hyrule, it's... Young Link!
"Partnered with Young Link, the evil force of... Ganondorf!
"Direct from Brinstar, the "hidden" beauty of... Samus!
"The stunning beauty, golf, tennis and cooking skills of... Peach!
"From the Mushroom Kingdom, weighing in at 500 pounds, it's the bulk of... Bowser!
"Partnered with Peach and Bowser, the Second Fiddle..."
"HEY!" yelled Luigi.
"Um, I mean... The Lean, Mean, Green Machine... Luigi!
"And the Leader and Founder of Team Star Fox... FOX McCLOUD!

Loud cheers erupted as a fleet of Arwings soared out from the cargo bay of the Great Fox. The compeditors smiled and waved as the Star Fox theme music played and sparklers were trailing each Arwing. The fleet landed, the passengers hopped out, and prepared to battle.

"I shall now go over the rules. This is a One Stock, No Time Limit, No Items Royal Rumble Elimination Match. A compeditor is eliminated if he or she is hit outside the stage boundaries, which is roughly about 50 meters clearance on all 4 sides of the Great Fox and Alliance Ship. To the victors, the spots on the tounament roster will be shared amongst the team members. The Great Fox and the Alliance Ship will be awarded to the team captains to do with has he sees fit. Plus, one million dollars will be shared among any battlers that are still in the fight once it is over."

This was unexpected. Many battlers looked delighted and shocked at the same time.

"And now, please welcome our Arwing pilots for the match... Slippy Toad, Peppy Hare, Wolf O'Donnel, Sonic Hedgehog aaaaand... Toad...ummm...there's no last name here!"

"Toad can...fly an Arwing?" Peach wondered aloud. The answer, however, was obvious. There was Toad, gliding along beside the other four pilots as if he were born to do it. Slippy and Wolf looked like they were trying hard not to shoot each other. It looked like Peppy was giving them a talking to. He was saying something about morals and common goals. The only common goal they shared, Fox thought, was to kill each other. Fox also realized that Wolf must have been able to pilot himself to safety, somehow. The other Star Wolf members had all crashed and burned.

"WHAT! How the heck did WOLF escape from Brinstar?!?" It's hard to say, but there he was, flying along beside the others, wearing a look of smug self-satisfaction.

"..." The announcer paused. "Oh, this just in: there will be a small twist on the million-dollar deal. This is no longer a simple stock match, this is the first-ever Stock/Coins combination match! Every smasher will be given a share of the cash, in legal SSMB Coinage tendar. Whenever hit, they will drop a sum of coins, allowing others to pick it up. At the end of the match, any loose coinage will be devided amongst the surviving battlers. Needless to say, this match will break many SSB records, including largest match, first ever combo match, first ever royal rumble, and more. We'd like to thank Goodyear Tires for making it happen. Remember, the landing tires of all ships used today ARE courtisy of our good Goodyear friends." Cheers of approval from the crowd. The Goodyear Blimp soared above the match, providing an arial view of the match.

"Oh, yes. One final condition, Zelda may not transform into Shiek. Fox has aroused this point and we believe it is in all fairness."

Zelda growled in anger. In fact, she wasn't the only one growling. Many battlers were growling at all these announcements, and just wanted to get on with it.

"Well, that about does it for surprise announcements." Many cheers of approval. "Would both sides line up facing each other."

The crowd went wild as the two sides lined up opposite each other. Like some extremely out of control, brutal football game. Fox lined up in the center, opposite Falco. They both wore looks that could kill.

The large, floating Titantrons flickered to life, with a diminishing bar to count down to the beginning of the match.

"It's over for you, Fox. Your team is going down."

"Three..."

"NOW you're going to get it. I'm gonna wipe my ship with your beak."

"Two..."

"Big talk for a short rodent."

"One..."

"Oh, you are SO gonna eat your words, you filthy buzzard!"

"GO!!!"

The two sides took off. Everyone was throwing attacks left and right. It was total chaos.

Fox immidiately went for Falco. The two grappled for a few seconds, then they both pulled out their blasters. They traded shots, sending some back with reflectors. Most of them missed and hit other battlers around them.

Luigi and Bowser were double teaming Mario, with combinations of fire breath and green fireballs. Luigi hit the green missile and Mario shot backwards and landed at Peach's feet. And then, his PRINCESS... his LOVE... wailed him with a golf club. He sailed out of bounds and into the thronging crowd below.

Luigi and Bowser exchanged high fives. The celebrations were short, though, as Mr. Game & Watch and Ness descended upon them, in a hailstorm of saussages and thunder bolts.

Peach turned to face HER adversary, Zelda. The two stared each other down for a second. She was reflecting on the last time they met, how Zelda had totaled Peach when she transformed. Peach now realized that Zelda couldn't use her Shiek powers at all. NOW would be the time to prove herself once and for all.

Meanwhile, Jigglypuff and Pichu were facing off against the Ice Climbers. The Climbers tried a glacier attack, but Jiggly dodged it and sang them a song to lull them to sleep. She took advantage and slapped Nana silly while Pichu grabbed Popo and shocked him, again and again. Finally, they both tossed Nana and Popo high into the air. Sonic saw this and blasted the pair with his lasers. Popo saw this, and quickly grabbed Nana's hand, pulling her with him in a midair dodge, avoiding the blasts from the canon!

Cheers rang out from below from the impressed crowd. The Ice Climbers landed back on the ship, and turned to face Jiggly and Pichu. Instead of attacking, they made a compromise! Jiggly and Pichu were all too happy to accept. The Ice Climbers had switched sides!

Meanwhile, Zelda and Peach were fighting it out. Peach tried the Peach Bomber, but Zelda snatched Peach right out of the air, and slammed her to the ground. She then mounted Peach and punched her again and again in the face. Peach pulled out her racket and whacked Zelda off. Zelda angrily shot a LARGE ball of Din's Fire at Peach. It burned a hole through the metals of the Great Fox, and the two crashed down into the interior.

In rushed Donkey Kong! He swung a fully charged wind-up punch at Pichu, which of course eliminated him. He then grabbed Jigglypuff and flung himself off the edge in a KamiKaze menouver! Nana and Popo just stood there, looking confused.

Meanwhile, Link looked around, left and right, but he couldn't see Ganondorf. Where was that slimeball? Link looked over in horror to see Gannondorf attatch the Alliance ship to the Great Fox. Now the combatants could fight on (or, in the Great Fox's case, in) both ships.

Link rushed at Ganondorf in anger. Ganondorf stood stalk still. Still, Link rushed. Ganondorf then hit Link with the Gerudo Dragon, which hurled Link backwards onto the Alliance Ship Gannondorf jumped up and followed through with a Wizard's Foot, which in turn burned a dark blazing hole through the metals of the Alliance Ship. Link stared in horror. Link then used the hookshot to drag Ganondorf towards him, then threw him down the hole, and tossed a bomb after him.

Meanwhile, Fox and Falco were still fighting with their blasters. Fox used a quick Fox Illusion. Falco was caught off guard. The two tumbled down to the lower wing of the Great Fox. Falco was reeling on the edge. Fox grinned and was about to rush Falco, but was hit from behind with the double team of Falcon and Kirby. Falco Laughed.

"What do you think of MY team, Fox? They're more reliable than... OUCH!"

Falco had been shot with a laser cannon from an Arwing piloted by Wolf O'Donnel. Falco soared up into the air.

"TRAITOR!"

"What was that, Falco? Something about your team being reliable?"

Fox grabbed Captain Falcon and threw him off the edge, killing him. Kirby then grabbed Fox, and tried to nail the piledriver. But Fox broke away. Kirby dashed out of the way as Falco used a Fire Falcon on Fox from behind. Another sizzling hole appeared in the ship's exterior. The two crashed inside and landed on Zelda and Peach.

Fox and Falco quickly recovered and continued to exchange punches. Peach and Zelda were not far from them, duking it out as well. Zelda tried a magic smash. Peach reached for toad, but he was up piloting an Arwing. She quickly sidestepped instead. She then grabbed Zelda, punched her a few times in the mouth, then flung her through a wall and into the rec room. (There's a rec room in there?) Zelda quickly recovered and tackled Peach onto a couch. They fought there for a few moments, but Peach finally got her hands on a frying pan and wacked Zelda over the head. Zelda slumped to the floor, apparently knocked out. Peach rolled her out through the hole, and tried to eliminate her, but Zelda reached up and grabbed Peach's hair and punched Peach numerous times in the face. Peach stumbled back into the hole. Zelda followed, but was suddenly bowled over by Fox, who was trying to Illusion Falco!

Fox recovered and tried some physical attacking. Fox and Falco kept exchanging punches. Finally, Falco seemed beat. Fox started to force Falco slowly back outside. Falco, however, went into a Fire Falcon, and blasted back into the ship. Falco dashed farther into the ship to another room.

No, Fox realized. Oh, god no.

Falco was headed for the Armoury.

Meanwhile, in the Alliance ship, Link and Ganondorf were trading blows. Ganon tried a Gerudo Dragon, and hit it. Link flew in an upwards spiral, crashing into the roof. Ganondorf quickly started charging his Warlock Punch. As soon as Link landed, Ganondorf hit it! Link soared against the back wall, plaster raining down from the badly finished ceiling. Ganondorf ran forward to give Link the knockout blow.

Suddenly, Kirby ran in from behind! He grabbed Ganondorf and nailed the Piledriver! The Kirby fans went nuts. They could catch all the action by watching the split-screen telivised event, filmed by a highly trained team of Lakitus.

Ganondorf was knocked out. Kirby went over to pull Link up. However, Kirby grabbed Link and nailed another Piledriver! Kirby had switched over to Team Star Fox! With that traitor revealed, the scoreboard showed 14 to 11 in favor of Team Star Fox!

Falco had just reached the Armory. He looked out a window, and witnessed this act. He couldn't believe that one of the original 3 had betrayed him. Well, he had shown his true colours at the worst possible moment! Team Star Fox would lose, and Kirby would not be entered in the S.S.B. Tournament of Champions!

Perfect, Falco thought. Perfect.

He glanced around the Armory. Many types of blasters, hand weapons, body armor and such. He tossed aside his own modified blaster and picked up a duel set of rapid-fire laser blasters. They had the same strength of Falco's weapon with Fox's rate of fire. What deadly weapons! Falco was about to leave, when an almost EVIL idea came to him...

Falco opened a box of hand gernades. He pulled the pin on one, and shoved it back into the box. He then slid the box into a shelf containing other such explosives. Falco RAN.

BOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!!

The Great Fox blasted apart, on the lower right side. Battlers on the ship screamed as it slowly sank down towards the field, where spectators were rapidly fleeing.

Some battlers managed to dash onto the Alliance ship before the Great Fox went down. Those caught on board the Great Fox were Bowser, Game & Watch, Pikachu, and yeah. Falco. He wasn't able to escape the ship before it blew.

The four screamed as the ship hit the ground. A sick CRRRUUUNNCH resounded as it ground to a halt. Those caught on board were immediately eliminated. Bowser, Pikachu, Game & Watch, and Falco had been eliminated from the battle.

The battle temporarily stopped. Not out of rules, but out of disbelief. None of those warriors could believe they really just saw that.

(AUTHOR'S NOTE: What? Did you think that it should have boiled down to Fox VS Falco? It wouldn't have worked that way in real life, I promise you.)

The battle resumed, but with a deadly air. The stakes had rose dramatically. The Great Fox was down, it would take months to repair. If it was even repairable.

Fox looked skywards. Where were Slippy and Peppy? Toad and Sonic and Wolf were all there, but Peppy and Slippy...

Were near the ground, blasting the crap out of Falco! Fox had almost no time to enjoy this sight as he was attacked by Ness.

Meanwhile, Peach and Zelda were going at it with a renewed fury. Zelda ran behind Peach and grabbed her around the neck and tried to strangle her. Peach retaliated with her golf club, whacking Zelda in the side. Zelda was stunned, so Peach took advantage and knocked Zelda back into a bookshelf. It fell down on top of Zelda. Peach jumped up on the shelf and jumped up and down on it. Zelda's damage got higher and higher, when finally, the floor gave way and the two dropped a deck and landed on the bottom floor, both covered in debris, both with nearly full damage %'s.

Somehow, Zelda came to first. She immediately mounted Peach and rammed Peach's head against the floor, again and again. This woke Peach up, and she dug her high heels into Zelda's stomach. Zelda rolled off, winded. Peach capitalized by whacking a tennis racket over Zelda's backside. A crisscross pattern began to form on Zelda's back as she screamed in pain. Peach then did a high jump Peach bomber. This explosion sent Zelda flying across the room. Peach collapsed from exhaustion.

Zelda somehow came to first yet agian. She was enraged, and did the unthinkable: she broke the rules and transformed into Shiek! Peach then came to, and upon seeing this, backed up, took aim with her golf club, and did the unthinkable: whacked the part of Shiek, where, let's just say, the sun don't even think about shinin'. Shiek doubled up, and Peach was able to roll him over the lower wing's edge for the victory!

Meanwhile, Mewtwo was taking on both Marth and Roy at once. Mewtwo used a disable attack on Marth, who slumped to the ground. Roy rushed at Mewtwo.

"NOT so fast!"

Mewtwo teleported behind Roy. Roy looked around in confusion, and Mewtwo hit exactly that attack and put him into REAL confusion. Roy stumbled off the ship and fell to his doom.

"Hahahahaaa!"

Meanwhile, Link and Ganondorf were still fighting, having recovered from the painful piledrivers they both recieved. Link was bombarding Ganondorf with a hailstorm of bombs and arrows. Ganondorf caught one of the bombs, and blew up Link, throwing him off balence. Ganondorf ran forward and nailed the Dark Dive! Link crashed against another wall, knocked out. Ganondorf was about to shove Link off the ship but he was attacked from behind by Yoshi.

Marth was rushing at the Ice Climbers in rage, they had betrayed his team. He released a vicious combo attack, but he suddenly realized he was swinging at air. Popo and Nana were behind him! They used a Blizzard to deep-freze Marth. Suddenly, they were hit with a boy that was charged with lightning. Ness! He hit them to their doom.

Marth was just thawing. He grabbed Ness and started babbling in Japanese again: "We're in deep trouble, Ness. We have to figure out a way to settle the score. I think I have an idea that you'll like..."
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Just look at that scoreboard. Not only is Falco eliminated, and being attacked by Peppy and Slippy, but the Alliance is down 9 to 4! Without even a leader, and without any of the original 3, the Alliance is falling apart. Can they pull it togeather for a win? Surley they won't be able to do it...unless this plan of Marth's and Ness's is really something. Find out in the thrilling conclusion to this series in Chapter 5: Victory!
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TEAM STAR FOX
Fox
Luigi

Peach
Ganondorf
Dr. Mario
Young Link
Mewtwo
Kirby


Samus
TOTAL: 9

TEAM FALCON ALLIANCE




Link
Ness


Marth

Yoshi

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TOTAL: 4
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