Super Smash Bros. Part 1: The Fighters Gather Chapter 1: The Training Begins

Author's Note: We will now be following the story of Mario's training up until the drawing. We will then see who is drawn, then will follow his/her progress.

Mario climbed into the top bunk in the back room of his house. Luigi climbed in after him, slipping onto the bottom bunk. Mario, a usually quick sleeper, didn't go right to sleep that night. He stayed up thinking about the tournament. Though Luigi wasn't going to be a competitor in the tournament, Luigi agreed to join Mario in stopping the fighter taking the tournament's challenge's progression. But what if Mario were drawn? Would Luigi fight Mario himself? He rolled over onto his well-filled stomach and rested, for the next day was when he would begin his training for the tournament.

Mario woke up that day feeling great. He left his room and went into the front room of his house. Mario had two rooms in his house, a "Front" and "Back" room. The "Back" room was where he got his letters and slept. The front room was where he ate. Sometimes he'd come over to Peach's many- roomed castle and stay for dinner, or even for the night. Actually he did every night, until he got his own house just before his adventure against Smithy. Mario ate his breakfast, a plate of Mushrooms and Orange Juice. As always, the breakfast was excellent. He thanked his younger brother and went to train. Mario began by taking out his trusty (yet somewhat rusty) hammer. This was the same hammer he had found when he was rescuing his former girlfriend, Pauline, from Donkey Kong. He had left it in his house in Brooklyn and got it back after his adventure in Sub-Con. He had put it in his closet and hadn't used it since. He took it out of his closet. Mario stepped outside. He swung the hammer it an arc, back and forth, and up and down. He set out for Grass Land. Surely he would find some bricks to smash there.

Mario found several bricks in Grass Land. This place brought back old memories, from when he was saving Peach from Bowser for the second time. He took out his hammer and set to work. Now Grass Land only served as a road between different lands. The castle there sevred as a tourist attraction, and it was said you could find the secret whistle in Grass Land. It was unknown what the whistle did and where it was (except, of course, to Mario). Mario pounded the bricks with the hammer. The bricks here were extremely troublesome for travelers (some who couldn't jump to save themselves). Mario was doing himself and them a favor. Mario kept pounding and pounding, and the hammer seemed to get lighter in his hands. He pounded the whole day, skipping lunch and only stopping for some Dried Pasta and a Kerokero Cola, a makeshift dinner. He pounded through the night until 5:00 AM, and fell asleep.