A/N: Great. School has started once more. It's only been one day and I'm already ready for Summer Vacation to start again! Oh well, not like I have a choice. At least I get new material from school every once in a while. Alright, I'll stop my mini-rant here for now, and let you read the latest chapter.

Disclaimer: I own absolutly, positivly nothing and can say so with all certainy. Happy now,
all you law-type people? ...Well? Are ya?

It was currently 11:58 AM, and everyone was gathered in the big Waiting Room where the Smashers were sent during a tournament. You could also watch the matches from there, if you so pleased. The Smashers were getting a little nervous, seeing as how the latest tournament started at exactly 12 noon and Masher Hand had not yet done anything to sabotage the tournament as he usually did when something big was at stake.

"You don't think he's planning something really big, like murder..Do you?" Ness asked nobody in particular.

"Please. Murder is NOT such a big deal in the real world." Bowser told him arrogantly.

"How would YOU know? As far as I know, you've never actually killed anyone!" Luigi exclaimed.

"You'd better keep your big yap shut, or you'll be the first..!" Bowser growled menacingly, causing Luigi to look slightly more nervous than usual.

"Actually, I wouldn't put it past Master to try and kill us all. He's not exactly the most stable giant floating talking glove thingy around..." Samus put in thoughtfully.

"He already has! Remember that time he set all those motion sensor bombs on Icicle Mountain and told us we were having an melee with everybody on there?" Link said.

"Which would be why I need a better life insurance plan..." Marth muttered from across the room.

"Murder plots or not, I'll win this little competion, hands down!" Peach announced to the room.

"Pi pika. Chu pi pi!" Pikachu added in his two cents as well.

"Watch yourself, small one. Such foul words are not sporting for a losing competitor." Mewtwo told Pikachu, a faint smile on his lips.

"I wouldn't be suprised if Yoshi won at this point. With those two psychos running about, who knows what'll happen?" Marth said darkly.

"Oh, you're still mad because they poured water on your head." Roy said airly as Marth rolled his eyes.

Ignoring the varied conversations swirling around the room, Fox noticed something. "Mr. Game And Watch is in the kitchens right now. Right?"

"No, he's supposed to be sparring with Captain Falcon right now. Some sort of wager, I think." Zelda told him, frowning slightly.

"I'll bet anything that Falcon loses. Let's face it-the guy's a complete flop as a gambler." Samus interrupted before either Zelda or Fox could say another word. The friction between the two bounty hunters was well known throughout the Mansion.

"Whatever. The point is, Mr. Game And Watch isn't here. You know him, he always follows everyone around the Mansion. If he was okay, he would have wandered along after all of us as per usual!" Fox said, doing a passable Sherlock Holmes impression.

"...So?" Peach asked.

Fox didn't have a chance to answer because Captain Falcon and Mr. Game And Watch showed up just then. Well, really Mr. Game And Watch showed up first, running in hyserically with a black cat stuck to his head. Falcon followed leisurely after, sweatdropping slightly. Before anyone could start asking questions, a convieniently placed grandfather clock bonged out Twelve Noon.

"What's with you two? Is it Invent A New Hat Day already?" Roy inquired curiously.

"I keep telling you Roy, those holidays don't exist! You invented them!" Marth practically shouted, his already thin patience(and sanity) hanging by a thread.

"Oh? Then what do you call...THIS!" Roy shot back, pulling a day to day calendar out of his pocket and flipped it to the current date.

Marth peered at the page. "Huh. What do you know, it actually says it's Invent A New Hat Day. Your insanity must be catching, Roy."

Captain Falcon cleared his throat noisily. "I belive we were discussing Roy's question..?"

"Oh, come off it. It's a pretty obvious question. Roy's just the only one stupid enough to actually blurt it out." Zelda said airly.

"Look, there was just a few black cats running around the hallways and Game And Watch got a little superstitious. Of course, I'm not the superstitious type..." Captain Falcon explained sheepishly.

"Well, we should all be fine except for you and poor Mr. Game And Watch, then. I mean, it's not like a bunch of black cats crossed OUR paths, right?" Nana said cheerily.

As if on cue, a herd of black cats thundered into the room, crossing everyone's path several times over.

Popo glared at Nana. "Great. Now we're ALL cursed."

Before an massive argument that would almost certainly become a giant brawl could break out, Siegfried and Roi rushed into the room.

"Sorry we're late. A giant rolling stone nearly crushed us, the elevator cable snapped, the toaster exploded and I got a rather nasty papercut from the mail in the kitchen. Nothing TOO serious." Siegfried explained.

"Right then, should we start the tournament?" Roi said briskly.

"Uh, can we get a raincheck on that? A herd of black cats just ran in and caused a lot of bad luck. Not exactly great fighting conditions..." Link said as the other Smashers nodded in agreement.

"So get a four leaf clover, or a horseshoe, or better still, a horseshoe made out of four leaf clovers!" Roi said.

"Besides, these cute little kitties couldn't hurt a thing, let alone cause bad luck!" Siegfried said, leaning down to stroke one of the cats.

Roi sighed in exasperation. "No, you just like cats."

"Don't tell me you're all superstitious! You're just afraid I'll win." Captain Falcon declared.

"You wish! I'll STILL win, thank you very much!" Peach said haughtily, her hands on her hips. The rest of the Smashers quickly became re-enuthused, and the tournament was on,
starting with Mewtwo versus Ness!

Finally we get to the battle scenes! Took me long enough, no? Well, R&R while you're waiting for the fight sequences!