Chapter 2
God Tier

After hauling the man wearing a fox skin coat out of sea, the Smashers who were fishing there wasted no time in calling the ambulance and even reporting to their comrades about what they found.

The ambulance arrived first, and the drivers hurriedly loaded the man onto a stretcher without removing his fox coat first and took him onto the ambulance. Wanting to let the man see his rescuers when he wakes up, Yoshi, Mr. Game & Watch, and Jigglypuff boarded the ambulance as well, while Brawler, Pikachu, and Pichu decided to go meet see their comrades.

The ambulance traveled down the relatively empty road to get to the hospital. As they were on their way there, the Smashers could not help but be curious about what was underneath the fox head. Obviously, he was human, but they were curious about what he looks like.

"That's quite a costume he's got there," commented Yoshi.

"Can't agree any more than you," said G&W with a nod.

"Wouldn't hurt to take a peek, would it?" wondered Yoshi, and then he slowly reached his hand towards the fox head. The moment it touched the head, the man suddenly grabbed his arm.

Located at the side of the street was a park where quite a few people were hanging out at the moment. Donkey and Diddy could be seen playing in the playground, despite the former being past that age.

There was a bench placed facing the street, and Mario and Wario were seated on it, apparently chatting with each other, a rare sight considering the not-so-friendly relationship between them both.

"So I asked him if the reason he is so biased is due to him being a literal ass, as in donkey, you know," Wario said to Mario. "Biased… Get it? Bi-Ass!"

Mario chuckled a bit when he understood what Wario said.

The ambulance then drove down the street before their eyes. All of a sudden, the top of the vehicle burst open, and I Am jumped out, an occurrence that surprised not only Mario and Wario saw but also everyone who happened to be close enough to witness it.

The ambulance came to a stop, and the drivers, Yoshi, G&W, and Jigglypuff stepped out of the vehicle to look at him in surprise.

"What on earth was that?!" asked Wario.

I Am, still with his fox coat on, looked around as if observing where he was. Yoshi, looking at him with widened eyes, "Um… Isn't that response too much of an exaggeration for just touching your costume…? I'm sorry if you didn't want it to be touched, though..."

"At least we know you're still in good health," said G&W.

I Am said nothing at all but continued to observe his surroundings. He took note of the Smashers as if they were special people. "The Smashers…" he said in his head. "That means this is…"

"Sir, are you all right?" one of the ambulance drivers asked him while heading over. "We were in the middle of sending you to hospital." He then pointed at the three Smashers on the ambulance. "They found you out at sea in an unconscious state."

"Where is this place?" I Am asked him, and he was told that this was Onett.

The three Smashers who found him went up to him, and Yoshi asked him, "Are you all right?"

"Are you the one who found me?" I Am asked him.

"Jigglypuff is the one who found you, actually, but it's true that we worked together to pull you ashore," Yoshi told him while pointing at Jigglypuff, who waved in response.

"In that case, you have my gratitude," I Am said to him.

"Glad to be of help!" Yoshi happily said to him.

"Why mister floating on sea?" Jigglypuff asked him curiously.

I Am recalled the events that led to him being flung out into the sea. He then said, "I am currently on a quest… The quest to save this world."

"Save the world?" asked G&W curiously.

"Is mister a hero?" Jigglypuff asked I Am.

"I am more than a hero. This world has suffered under the hands of disorder for far too long. It is time that someone like me step forward to restore order and bring peace to everyone," replied I Am. "However, people who are against my ideals tried to stop me. I fought back and eventually ended up in this place."

"I take that evil people who want world domination did this to you?" asked Yoshi. "Man, I can't believe such terrible people would exist!"

"Jiggly! Bad people so mean!" agreed Jigglypuff as she puffed up a bit.

"Indeed, there are people in this world who would rather that this world fall into chaos than having order restored," said I Am. "However, I will not let anyone stop me. Failure cannot be tolerated, for this world cries out to me the suffering it is going through. Therefore, I must bring a reset to this world and start everything anew. Only then can peace and order be achieved."

G&W became skeptical when he heard that, so he asked, "If you don't mind me asking… What is your method of achieving world peace? You said resetting the world, does that mean…"

"The wickedness of mankind has gone too far. There is no more hope for them in achieving salvation," interrupted I Am. "The only way to resolve this is to wipe out all life and leaving only the selected righteous people alive, and then they shall bring order back to this world."

"Oh, so that's how you're going to do it! That's a great idea!" said Yoshi, but then his expression changed from glad to shock. "Wait a minute… Wipe out all life?!"

"Sounds great!" said Jigglypuff happily, seemingly not understanding the situation.

"You're planning to kill everyone in the world, including innocent people, in order to achieve world peace?!" G&W asked I Am in shock. "That's insane!"

"That is the only way," I Am said to him. "Are you against this plan? If so, then you are an enemy of mine as well. I will not allow anyone to stop me."

"I'm sure there are better ways to do this than to wipe out all life…" Yoshi said to him with a nervous look. "You're making yourself look like a bad guy wanting to do this…" After he said this, I Am grabbed his neck and gripped it hard. "Ack!"

"You are either with me or against me," he said to the green dinosaur in an intimidating tone. Needless to say, everyone else was shocked to see him doing such a thing to Yoshi.

Someone then grabbed I Am's hand and removed it from Yoshi's neck. It was Captain Falcon. "Sorry, but that's my friend you're trying to hurt, and I won't tolerate it," the racer said to him.

"Smashers, you people are the most likely ones to get in my way," I Am said to him. "If that is the case, then I shall eliminate you. Anyone who obstructs my plan to restore order to this world must be put to an end." He removed his hand from Captain Falcon's grip and, with a quick thrust of his palm, sent the racer flying back unexpectedly far.

Captain Falcon came to a skidding stop with pain on his chest and glared at him. "That's it! You're asking for it!"

Mario saw what happened, not to mention hearing the entire conversation earlier, and that was enough to convince him that I Am was bad news. Running at I Am, Mario jumped and threw a punch at him, but the former easily dodged it by sliding to the side. Mario attempted to punch and kick him over and over, but I Am slid around at such a speed that he could not be hit at all. I Am eventually grabbed Mario's fist.

While I Am was doing so, Captain Falcon ran at them and readied to throw a fiery punch at I Am, but to his surprise, the former was able to catch his fist, despite the fact he threw it with a strong force. With a thrust of his hands, he was able to send both Mario and Captain Falcon flying backwards at a fast speed.

The two managed to retain their footing and got ready to fight I Am again. "He's strong…" said Captain Falcon, and Mario nodded in response.

"Don't worry; I've contacted the others!" G&W called out to them while holding up his smartphone, which showed his LINE account. "They'll be here any minute to help out! Hang on for a while!"

Suddenly, a large shadow appeared over them, and they looked up and were surprised to see a large airship in the sky. It was the Smash Pro's airship.

"What in the…?" said Wario in awe.

The airship stopped not too far from where I Am is, and then four figures jumped out of one of its hatches. Rather than falling straight down, the four figures jumped multiple times in air and only landed when they were close to where I Am is.

"You have come," I Am said to the four newcomers.

The first man was Lou. He is mustachioed and bespectacled man with a balding head and a bit of brown hair on the sides. His outfit consisted of green and blue overalls and a green hat.

The second person is Mora. She is an overweight woman with shoulder-length blue hair curled at the tip, and there was a yellow headband on her head. Her eyebrows were exceedingly thick and shaped almost like McDonald's golden arches, and there was a large mole on the lower right side of her mouth. She wears a frilly, blue dress.

The third person is Alpha Zero. He is an anthropomorphic red squirrel wearing a black jacket, denim jeans, and a pair of red sneakers. In his mouth is a cigar, and a scar ran down in right eye.

The fourth person is Jay, a tall, muscular man wearing a white jumpsuit, red gloves and boots, and a red helmet with a black visor that hid his eyes.

The Smashers got into defensive stances when they saw the arrival of these four.

Donkey and Diddy came over from the playground to join the other Smashers. "Who are these people?" asked the former.

"We are the Smash Pros," replied I Am. "We strive for order and discipline. Only then can there be peace in this world. The current state of this world is against everything we stand for; therefore, I have decided that it is time for to be rebooted. The new world we are going to create shall be an orderly one where everyone can live in harmony. All shall listen to me and do as I say. This is the ideal world."

"The Smash Pros… So you people finally showed yourself?" said Captain Falcon. "And you are their leader, I Am…"

"They say you are a very elusive man that-a very few people have seen. Neva would-a thought we would see you here…" said Mario in disbelief.

"Like I said, the current state of this world calls out to me because of its suffering," replied I Am. "As one who enforce order and balance, I can no longer sit still and do nothing about it. This world as it is currently shall be destroyed, and then we shall rebuild a new one where…"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah! You said that several times already, and I don't like the sound of it!" said Wario grumpily. "If it's a fight you're looking for, then you've come to the right place!"

"Watch your language, lowly mortal," Lou said to him with a stern expression. "You do not have the right to speak to our leader like that."

"And who do you think you are, calling me a lowly mortal?" Wario said to him angrily. "You think you're some kind of god?"

"Yes, we are gods, thus we have every right to look down on you and decide everything about you," replied Lou. "If you cannot overcome us, then you have no hope in overcoming I Am, for he is above all gods. He is something gods wish to be but can never achieve."

"And what is that?" asked Wario.

"I Am," replied I Am.

The Smashers were confused when they heard this. "Um… I am what…?" asked Yoshi.

"I am a being that is above gods," replied I Am. "Compared to me, gods are nothing but bugs that I step on. I have achieved a status that surpasses gods and can never be achievable by anyone else. Because of this, I have the right to decide everything that goes on in this universe, for I am above gods."

"A being above gods, eh? In that case, taking you down will be something we can boast about!" said a new voice. Everyone turned to see that Link had appeared, and accompanying him were majority of the other Smashers.

"These are the people who are causing trouble?" Falco asked his comrades who were already present.

"We heard a bit of what you said just now," Fox said to the Smash Pros. "We can already tell that it's not anything good, and we will not allow you to carry it out!"

"Lowly mortals. Do you think you can come against us and get away with it?" asked I Am. "We strive to make the world a better place, so you should be on our side. If you are willing to join us, then I will consider letting you live so that you can live in this new world."

"Sorry, but anything that involves massacring all life is a big no for me!" Samus, who was decked out in her power suit, said to him.

"Yeah! You're going down!" Pichu said to him.

"How disappointing… You are throwing your life away," said I Am. "Very well; we shall destroy you all so that you can no longer come against us. No one shall hinder us from restoring peace to this world."

I Am raised his hand for the other Smash Pros to see, and they nodded in response. In a blink of an eye, all four of them moved out at a blinding speed.

Wario suddenly felt something hitting him in the abdomen hard. It was Lou, who had positioned himself horizontally and "flew" into Wario like a human rocket. Lou pushed Wario through the place and crashed into a car hard, pushing it back on the sidewalk.

Lou came to a stop and stood upright, and he watched as Wario stood back up as if nothing happened to him. "That doesn't hurt at all!" claimed the latter. He then threw a punch at Lou, who easily stepped out of the way. Wario kept on throwing punches at him, but the man easily dodged them without breaking a sweat. "Stand still!"

"Someone with no skills like you will never be able to lay a hand on me, and you do not deserve to live as well," Lou said to him. Quick as a bullet, Lou jabbed Wario in the chest hard with his hand. Wario felt intense pain and flew back, falling onto the pavement and skidding across it. He got back up while crying in pain and saw that his skin was ruptured somewhat from the jabbing attack.

"Why you?!" Wario angrily said to him.

"A normal person would've have his heart pieced. While you are notable for being able to survive it, it still stands to point that you are weak," Lou said to him.

"I'll show you who's the weak one here!" said Wario angrily before charging at him to hit head with a running headbutt.

Lou pulled back his fist, and when Wario was close, he gave him an uppercut to the forehead. A fiery explosion occurred, and Wario was launched into the air in flames while screaming in pain. He fell back down quite a distance into someone's backyard pool.

Jay and Captain Falcon threw intense, fast punches at each other nonstop, so much that they looked as if they were punching with multiple arms. Both sides fought with equal strength, but Jay was eventually able to land a punch against Captain Falcon's chest and knocked the racer back.

Jay proceeded to hit Captain Falcon multiple times in the body, but the latter eventually grabbed the former's fist in hopes of stopping him. However, Jay immediately switched to punching him in the face, in the same spot, over and over with his other fist. He then kneed Captain Falcon in the abdomen hard and knocked him into the air.

Jay then leaped at him, the former's hands glowing with orange light while doing so, and when he grabbed him, an explosion occurred, blasting him farther backwards. When Jay landed, Mario tried to attack him from the side with a fist full of fire.

Jay slid backwards to avoid it, and then he suddenly attacked Mario with a fiery slide kick that knocked the plumber in the same direction as Captain Falcon.

Marth and Mora clashed their blades against each other. Whenever it seemed like Marth was going to land a hit on her, she would slide out of the way. Despite her plus sized body, she was able to move at a surprisingly fast speed.

Link then joined the fray, attacking Mora from another side. Though outnumbered, Mora was able to fight them both with no problem. "She's good!" thought Marth while attacking nonstop.

After continuously blocking their sword swings for a while, Mora spun in a circle and unleashed a quick cyclone made of wind blades. Marth and Link felt cuts all over their bodies as they got carried into the air and fell back down.

They got in pain as they remained on the pavement, but Marth slowly stood back up. "It's not over yet…!" he angrily said to Mora.

"Accept the fact that you are weak and die," said Mora.

"Like that will ever happen!" said Marth angrily.

"You are a fool to not know your limits. You are powerless before a god like me," Mora said to him.

"Whether or not you are a god, I will strike you down!" said Marth. Mora then dashed at Marth at a fast speed and struck fast with her sword. Marth was able to block each of the blows with quick movements of his sword, but even he had to admit that he was getting overwhelmed.

Mora was eventually able to land hits on him, but he endured them and fought back the hardest he could.

Donkey Kong ran at Alpha Zero and jumped at him with his hands raised over his head to smash him. The latte disappeared in a puff of smoke, and the gorilla ended up hitting the pavement, much to his surprise.

Alpha Zero reappeared next to Donkey and swung a leather whip at him, catching him by the neck. The gorilla gasped for air while struggling to undo the whip, but Alpha Zero lifted him into the air and slammed him against the pavement over and over before flinging him away.

Close by, Zelda launched a ball of fire at Alpha Zero, but the red squirrel, even without turning his head, avoided it by disappearing in a puff of smoke. Zelda looked around for him, and he reappeared in the air close to her and hit her in the head with a dive kick and knocked her down.

Zelda grunted in pain while getting back up, and she saw Alpha Zero producing nails in his hands to throw at her. Acting quick, Zelda created a crystal around herself to deflected the nails, but Alpha Zero easily dodged them by stepping aside.

Alpha Zero did a quick crouching motion that caused him to slide forward at a fast speed, and he kicked Zelda twice in the face before she could react.

Donkey angrily ran at Alpha Zero with his hands over his head, ready to grab him and crush him. However, Alpha Zero got down on his hands and performed a breakdance to kick all around himself, knocking the gorilla away.

Taking out some nails, Alpha Zero threw it at Donkey, who brought up his arms in time to defend his face. Even so, it was tremendous pain for his arms to be stabbed with the nails.

Seeing that Alpha Zero had a fast speed, Zelda transformed into Sheik, hoping to get an advantage. Taking out her knife, she dashed at Alpha Zero and swung it at him while his back was towards her. However, Alpha Zero slid out of the way, so Sheik missed and slashed empty air instead.

"He's fast! How is he moving like that?!" she thought in surprise.

Alpha Zero threw more nails at her, but she deflected them with her knife and then threw needles at him. Alpha Zero was able to avoid them by stepping aside, despite the needles being so thin that they were hard to see unless they were up close.

Donkey growled in anger as he appeared behind Alpha Zero and readied to slam down his fist onto him. Alpha Zero lifted his hand and was able to stop Donkey's fist with relative ease, much to the gorilla's surprise. He then flung Donkey into Sheik, knocking them both away.

I Am watched the fights go on from atop a van. Even though the Smashers outnumbered the Smash Pros and worked together to fight the latter, they were still having a hard time and seemed to be on the losing side.

A shadow appeared over him, and he got out of the way without looking up to avoid Master Hand when the latter crashed down in the form of a fist, crushing the van in the process.

Master Hand then "glared" at him, and the latter did the same. "You finally showed yourself after all these years of hiding," Master Hand said to him.

"The world cries out to me," replied I Am. "Therefore, it is necessary to I step out to restore order to this world. All those who attempt to stop me are forces of chaos that must be destroyed."

"The only people causing chaos here I see is you!" said Master Hand angrily before folding himself into a fist and charging at him. I Am held up one arm and managed to block the attack, though the Hand pushed him backwards at a fast speed. I Am planted his feet onto the pavement so hard that he left behind a long trail of crack as a result of trying to top the movement.

I Am's body suddenly burst into flames, making Master Hand pulled back, and then he charged at him like a fireball. Now it was Master Hand's turn to get pushed back by him.

Enduring the heat, Master Hand wrapped his fingers around I Am and attempted to crush him, but with a burst of fire, I Am managed to force the Hand to let go of him. I Am then shot himself at Master Hand feet first while spinning like a drill.

Acting fast in response, Master Hand pointed his fingers straight up and spun like a drill as well before clashing with I Am. Sparks flew into the air as a result.

Both sides eventually backed away from each other, and Master Hand wasted no time in firing golden bullets from his fingers at I Am. The latter moved forward in a zigzag path to avoid the incoming bullets, and when close to Master Hand, he kicked his index finger upwards before attacking him with a consecutive roundhouse kicks.

The last kick sent Master Hand flying backwards and crashing through the fence of someone's house. He got back up almost immediately and cried in anger as he folded into a fist and "jumped" at I Am. The latter got out of the way, and Master Hand created a massive crack on the pavement when he landed. A small earthquake also happened as a result.

I Am and Master Hand were going to continue their fight when they were interrupted by the sound of helicopter propellers, and the others were also distracted by it. All looked up to see military helicopters arriving at the scene, and two familiar people leaped out from one of the helicopters—Chrom and Lucina.

They landed safely from a height that would normally injure a person, and with swords in their hands, Chrom said to the Smash Pros, "Smash Pros, you are under arrest for theft and vandalizing nature! Surrender at once!"

"The military?!" said Ness in surprise. "What are they doing here?!"

"Obviously they caught wind of the fighting going on here and so came to stop these villains," Toon Link said to him.

"This is a first for Onett, though," pointed out Young Link.

The Smash Pros glared at the soldiers that came out of the helicopters afterwards, and I Am said, "You will not be stopping us. The pain and sorrow of this world called out to us, asking for order to be restored. We shall restore order to this world, and bringer of chaos like you will not stop us."

"The only one causing chaos around here is you!" Lucina angrily said to him.

"Your actions will only cause more harm than safety! Surrender at once!" Chrom said to I Am.

"You will not be stopping us. The time to restore order back to this world is nigh, and it shall not be delayed," said I Am.

Suddenly, the Smash Pros' airship fired missiles all over the place, raining down destruction on the town. People screamed in terror as they ran around for their lives. Some were unfortunate enough to get hit by the missiles and blown to pieces. Link was horrified to see an attractive woman getting blown up, and her severed arm landed in front of him. "Those bastards!" he said in anger.

Some people were caught in the explosions instead and set on fire, and they ran around crying for the fire to be put out.

"YAAAAAAA! FIRE!" screamed Luigi while running around wildly.

"Let's roast marshmallows!" said Barney the Dinosaur loudly and happily while running around with a marshmallow on a stick, and his tail was on fire.

"Greninja! Put out the fire there fast!" Yoshi desperately cried out to Greninja while pointing at a burning pizza store called Caesar's Pizza Palace.

While everyone was in panic from the fire caused by the missiles, the Smash Pros performed high speed air jumps to get back to their airship and entered it. Everyone else was too busy dealing with the flames and saving injured people to notice them, and so by the time they noticed this, the airship had gone away a considerable distance.

"They got away!" said Diddy Kong.

"Save the town first! That's more important!" Master Hand told him.

Firefighters arrived in no time to put out the fire, and people rushed to help those injured.

With the combined effort of several people, the fire in Onett was finally put out, and thankfully before it spread too far and burned down the whole town. Even so, many people lost their homes to the missile strike, and many were injured.

There were also dead bodies lying all over the place, some still in a complete but bloody state and some in a burned up state. Torn body parts could also be found, a sight that horrified some.

"Mamamia… I can't-a believe eet…" said Mario with a look of shock.

"Never has our town been through such a horrible destruction…" said Peach. "The last time something like this happened was when that evil group called Cult of Pessimism invaded… And even they didn't cause this much destruction!" She was referring to the story Gamfax: Evil Justice.

The soldiers were helping with the rescue effort, and Chrom and Lucina were doing the same thing. While those two were doing that, some of the Smashers came over to them. "Thanks for helping out here," Fox said to them.

"You really shouldn't be thanking us, because we ended up doing nothing to save this place…" Chrom told him with a look of guilt.

"Helping out with the rescuing people and cleaning this place is good enough!" Zelda told him.

"Putting that aside, I assume that you have some explanations regarding what actually happened?" Link asked him.

Chrom and Lucina were silent when they heard this. Lucina was going to say something, but Chrom said first, "I'm afraid I cannot say anything without permission from the higher ups."

"You can tell them," said someone. Everyone looked around for the source of the voice and eventually saw that it came from a blue dragon that was descending from the sky.

"General Bahamut!" said Lucina in surprise.

Everyone took a few steps back when the dragon landed among them. "You can tell them, Commander Chrom. They deserve to know the truth after having their town partially destroyed. They may even be of help in this situation. You have my approval."

TO BE CONTINUED

And here you can see just how powerful the strongest members of the Smash Pros are. This is going to be some of the toughest fights of their lives. Please look forward to more battles in the future!

In case you haven't realized yet, all four Smash Pros "gods" are OCs. Lou and Alpha first appeared in Tournament of Wonderful and Great Inventions, which I wrote several years ago. All four of them later made a brief appearance in Age of Monster's ending.