Super Mario: The Ultimate Crossover Prologue: The Man with the Plan

"Gah!" Bowser falls to the ground after a final strike from Mario's hammer.

"Woo-Hoo!" Mario cried in joy. He untied Princess Peach, and they walked out of the castle.

"Damn that Mario, he won again!" Bowser shouted to his minions. "But that's okay, because I have another plan! You see, I'm going to kidnap Princess-"

"Lord Bowser…" a voice called. Bowser's chief Magikoopa, Kamek, walked in the room. "You can't kill Mario."

"What? Why is that?" Bowser roared.

"Well, we live in the land of Nintendo. Nintendo is on Mario's side. Because of this, we will never kill Mario. What I'm saying is, Mario is immortal in this world."

Bowser was furious "No! I need to see Mario die! This is awful!"

"However, your grumpiness, there is a way to actually kill him…"

Mario and Luigi are at home, celebrating their latest victory, when suddenly…

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK!

Mario then opens the door, only to find Hit Man Koopas!

Mario was worried. "Oh no!"

"Mario!" Luigi runs in the room.

One of the Hit Man Koopas began to speak. "Mr. Mario, we've been sent by Bowser to capture you. Don't take it personally, it's just our job."

Begin Battle!

Author's Note: This Fan Fiction will have an RPG Battle System. The people will take turns doing attacks, from casual to strange. Not all fights will be RPG style.

Mario: 100/100 HP

Luigi: 100/100 HP

Hit Man Koopa 1: 66/66 HP

Hit Man Koopa 2: 66/66 HP

Hit Man Koopa 3: 66/66 HP

Mario Hammered Hit Man Koopa 2

Luigi used Fire Elemental Vacuum on Hit man Koopa 1

Hit Man Koopa 1 shot Mario with a Magnum.

Mario gets shocked. "Mama mia! Where did you get those?"

One of the Koopas chuckled. "You can ask Lord Bowser himself when we take you to prison."

Resume Battle

Hit Man Koopa 2 shot Mario with a Magnum. Mario was defeated!

Hit Man Koopa 3 shot Luigi with a sniper rifle. Luigi was defeated!

"Ugh… Where are we?" Mario asked Luigi when he got up.

"In Bowser's Castle, locked up," a voice responded. A Koopatrol walked in and used a stun gun on Mario. "Lord Bowser will see you soon."

Half an hour later, Bowser burst into the dungeon. "Mario Brothers!" he cried. "I have been waiting for this moment for quite a while. Gwa ha ha!"

"How did you do it, Bowser?' asked Luigi. "How did you beat us this time?"

"Well, I had just lost to you the other day, and it got me thinking. I wondered why I never won. And then it hit me: I'm a villain in an E for Everyone series." Bowser chuckled.

Mario stared at him with a raised eyebrow. "E? Everyone? What-a do you mean?"

"Never mind. The point is that we live in a world where bad guys never win. But other ones can. In GTA: San Andreas, you can shoot cops. In Final Fantasy VII, the villain actually kills one of the main characters."

"Get to the point, Bowser."

"You wanna hurry up your death, be my guest. Have you ever heard of the V-Portals?"

"Portals that go to other worlds. All of them have their own heroes, their own villains. We've heard rumors."

"Well, I opened all of them."

Mario was wide-eyed, but then Luigi started laughing. "You're so screwed, Bowser… Even if you kill me, there will be other heroes now. And they'll be mad about what you did to their worlds."

"Gwa ha ha! The heroes? They may be angry, but the villains will be happy to meet their own kind. In fact, I already made friends with one of them. He should be here to execute you shortly." Bowser left, laughing.

End of Prologue Chapter 1: Crush, Squirm, Scream

Mario and Luigi were still tied up, awaiting their executioner.

A gigantic man (was it a man? Maybe a golem) wielding an axe walked into the room. His eyes were a pure white, his skin a sickly gray, and his heart exposed and still beating.

"It will rain blood today. My name's Astaroth, and I am your executioner!"

He raised his axe into the air. The axe set on fire for no apparent reason, and Astaroth started glowing various colors, but then stopped when he heard footsteps. He turned around and saw two men: one of them a spiky-haired youth wielding a giant sword, and the other was a Marine in a green metallic suit, his face covered by a bulletproof glass visor. The youth spoke.

"That's nice. My name's Cloud Strife, and I've got a big honking sword."

Astaroth grinned. "Fresh meat."

"Let's take him down, Master Chief."

Begin Battle

Cloud: 250/250 HP

Master Chief: 400/400 HP

Astaroth: 1000/1000 HP

Cloud slashed at Astaroth.

Master Chief pulled out a Battle Rifle.

Astaroth hits Master Chief with Kulutues (That's the name of his axe).

Cloud: 250/250 HP

Master Chief: 360/400 HP (Has Battle Rifle)

Astaroth: 965/1000 HP

Cloud started preparing a summon. The animation was quite lengthy, so meanwhile...

Master Chief shot Astaroth three times.

Astaroth began glowing.

Cloud: 250/250 HP (Preparing summon)

Master Chief: 360/400 HP (Has Battle Rifle)

Astaroth: 935/1000 HP (Glowing)

The Mario Bros, who were watching the fight, decided to put in a few words of advice. Mario shouted, "He was doing that right before he was about to kill us. My guess is that he's about to do some powerful attack."

Astaroth looked annoyed. "It's called a Soul Charge, and of course it's making me stronger, what else could it do?"

Resume Battle

Cloud summoned Choco-Mog. A moogle riding a chocobo rammed into Astaroth.

Astaroth screamed in pain. "What the hell was that?"

Cloud gave the Moogle a high-five, and the Moogle and Chocobo disappeared.

Master Chief threw a plasma grenade. It stuck to Astaroth and will explode in two turns.

Astaroth's axe set on fire, and came down on Cloud.

Cloud: 100/250 HP

Master Chief: 360/400 HP (Has Battle Rifle)

Astaroth: 815/1000 HP (Grenade explodes in 2 turns!)

Cloud untied Mario and Luigi.

Mario and Luigi joined the battle!

Mario: 100/100 HP

Luigi: 100/100 HP

Cloud looked at their HP and was baffled. "You're heroes, right? Then how can you have such crappy HP totals? I'll tell you what you need: Materia. You may notice holes in your weapons and clothing since the portals opened. Stick these orbs in the holes, you'll be powered up."

Mario took a Fire Materia, a Summon Materia (Neither Cloud nor Mario knew who), and Bio. He also got some general stat boosts. (These Materia were similar to Mario's badges, not all from FFVII.)

Luigi took a Thunder Materia, another unknown Summon, a Cure spell, Steal, and stat boosters.

Resume Battle

Master Chief pulled out two Plasma Rifles, throwing away the Battle Rifle.

Astaroth grabbed Master Chief, and slammed the Chief on his knee.

Mario: 250/250 HP

Luigi: 220/220 HP

Cloud: 100/250 HP
Master Chief: 300/400 HP (Has 2 Plasma Rifles)

Astaroth: 815/1000 HP (Grenade explodes in 1 turn!)

Mario used a Fire spell on Astaroth.

Luigi used Thunder inside his Poltergust 3000, and fired it at Astaroth.

Cloud slashed at Astaroth.

Master Chief shot Astaroth twice with each gun.

Astaroth used Soul Charge.

The grenade exploded.

Mario: 250/250 HP

Luigi: 220/220 HP

Cloud: 100/250 HP

Master Chief: 300/400 HP (Has 2 Plasma Rifles)

Astaroth: 550/1000 HP (Soul Charging)

Mario used Bio on Astaroth.

Astaroth was poisoned and will lose 5 HP each turn for a while.

Luigi used Thunder on Astaroth.

Cloud began charging a Limit Break.

Master Chief shot Astaroth twice with each gun.

Astaroth hit Cloud with Kulutues.

Cloud was defeated!

Astaroth lost 5 HP from poison.

Mario: 250/250 HP

Luigi: 220/220 HP

Master Chief: 300/400 HP (Has 2 Plasma Rifles)

Astaroth: 470/1000 HP (Poisoned!)

Mario looked at the red Materia in his hammer. "Time to see what we can Summon with these things."

Mario prepared a lengthy summon.

Luigi prepared a lengthy summon.

Master Chief dropped his now-overheated Plasma Rifles and pulled out a Rocket Launcher.

Astaroth grabbed Mario and threw him at Luigi.

Mario: 220/250 HP (Summoning…)

Luigi: 190/220 HP (Summoning…)

Master Chief: 300/400 HP (Has a Rocket Launcher)

Astaroth: 465/1000 HP (Poisoned!)

Mario summoned a life-sized doll wearing a blue cloak. Mario recognized it on sight. "Geno! What are you doing here?"

The doll responded, "Dunno. One minute I'm a star in the sky, minding my own business, and the next, I'm in this orb thing." He turned around and saw Astaroth. "Looks tough. Mind if I help?"

"Well, that's kind of what I summoned you for."

Geno shot a giant energy blast at Astaroth, then teleported away.

Luigi summoned a spiked, cloud-like creature with one eye.

"What's going on? This isn't Butter Building!" it said somehow.

Luigi said "You're a summon. I summon, you attack. So attack."

"What a whiner."

The cloud-like thing fires a few lightning bolts at Astaroth. Before he disappeared, he said one more thing. "For your information, I'm Kracko. I know we won't get along too well."

Resume Battle

Mario is out of mana.

Luigi is out of mana.

Master Chief locked on to Astaroth.

Astaroth hit Master Chief with Kulutues.

Astaroth took poison damage.

Astaroth is no longer poisoned.

Mario: 220/200 HP

Luigi: 190/220 HP

Master Chief: 260/400 HP (Has a Rocket Launcher, Locked On)

Astaroth: 260/1000 HP (Poisoned!)

Astaroth checked the stats, and winced. "This ain't good… wait, I've got one more trick up my sleeve. Time to die."

Resume Battle

Mario tried to whack Astaroth with his Hammer.

Astaroth Guard Impacted the attack, and took no damage.

Luigi tried to jump on Astaroth, but was also Guard Impacted.

Master Chief fired a rocket at Astaroth. Astaroth tried to Guard Impact, but since the rocket was locked on, it hit him.

Astaroth used Soul Charge.

Mario: 210/250 HP

Luigi: 180/220 HP

Master Chief: 260/400 HP (Has a Rocket Launcher)

Astaroth: 200/1000 HP (Soul Charging)

Mario defends.

Luigi defends.

Master Chief locked on to Astaroth.

Astaroth Soul Charges even more.

Mario: 210/250 HP

Luigi: 180/220 HP

Master Chief: 260/400 HP (Has a Rocket Launcher, Locked On)

Astaroth: 200/1000 HP (Maximum Level Soul Charging)

Astaroth taunted all of the heroes. "What's the matter, afraid to attack me? I can counter everything you've got."

The once-silent Master Chief finally spoke. "Except for my rocket launcher."

Astaroth laughed. "He talks! But not anymore, once I'm through with you."

Resume Battle

Mario defends.

Luigi defends.

Master Chief fired a rocket at Astaroth. Master Chief is out of ammo.

Astaroth slams Master Chief with Kulutues.

Master Chief was defeated!

Mario: 210/250 HP

Luigi: 180/220 HP

Astaroth: 140/1000 HP

Luigi paused. "We're screwed, now that we don't have Master Chief."

Mario wasn't so sure. "Wait, didn't you take some yellow Materia from that guy? What was it?"

"It wasn't much, it was only a Stea… oh."

Resume Battle

Mario defends.

Luigi starts vacuuming at Astaroth. The Kulutues flies out of his hands.

Luigi got Kulutues!

Astaroth looks at Luigi and mutters to himself on how doomed he is.

Mario: 210/250 HP

Luigi: 180/220 HP (Has Kulutues)

Astaroth: 140/1000 HP (Disarmed, can't Guard Impact, Attack is down)

Mario jumped on Astaroth twice.

Luigi put Kulutues into his Poltergust 3000, and fired it at Astaroth.

Astaroth was defeated!

End of Battle

Cloud and Master Chief suddenly got up. There was hardly a scratch on them.

Luigi was puzzled. "How did you do that?

Mario, who knew a thing or two about RPG's, responded. "After a boss fight like this one, they'll suddenly recover all of their HP, for reasons unknown."

"Did you say, 'Like this one?' As in, there will be more of these?"

Master Chief and Cloud laughed at Luigi, and said "Of course," at the same time.

Mario couldn't wait. "So, where to next?"

"We're going to find a new recruit. Some robot from the year 200X." Master Chief responded. "We aren't the only heroes. There's many of them, scattered across this new world."

Cloud nodded solemnly. "But one problem. There are villains all around as well. And if this man was working with Bowser, then he may be doing the very same thing that we are. We have no time to waste."

End of Chapter