Chapter 15
Helpless Before Gods

Wario stood back up after being knocked down by Lou several times already. "This ain't ending until you keel over! I'm not going to be the one to lose this fight!" the former angrily said to Lou.

"Now your place, weakling," Lou said to him in a serious tone. The god-tiered Smash Pro then slid towards Wario at a fast speed, ready to strike him when at range. Wario got into fighting stance to take on him, but before both sides came in contact with each other, Incineroar suddenly flew in between each other and took a punch to his chest.

The two were surprised by his sudden appearance, and Incineroar stood up as if never hit by anything. Fire erupted from the Pokemon's body, and then he ran at Lou with his arms spread open as if to bear hug him.

Lou approached him and thrust his hand into his chest, only to come a stop when it struck his skin. Incineroar then wrapped his arm around Lou, squeezing him tightly and also burning him, yet Lou didn't look bothered.

He was able to force the Pokemon to let go of him by forcefully spreading out his arms. Lou then performed a t-pose as he began to spin at a fast speed, creating a cyclone in the process. Incineroar held his arms over his face and tried to retain his footing on the ground, but the wind eventually lifted him up and took him for a spin before hurling him in a random direction.

Lou stopped spinning, and Wario immediately charged at him, but the former slid out of the way fast. He had to slid away again immediately coming to a stop to avoid a fireball being hurled at him. When he stopped moving, he saw Mario jumping at him with his fist pulled back. When the plumber swung down his fist, Lou clashed his fist with his, and Mario bounced back onto the ground afterwards.

An energy blast was fired at Lou afterwards, and rather than getting out of its way, he swung his arm at the incoming projectile and managed to neutralize it just like that. He saw that it was Gunner who fired at him.

Incineroar ran back to the scene, and together with the other three, a total of four people were taking on Lou together. "I told you guys that I'm taking on him alone!" Wario angrily said to the other three. "I'm not letting you take my target!"

"You can't-a beat him alone!" Mario told him. "He's too strong! We must-a work together!"

"He's right! Our chances of winning are much higher when in numbers!" agreed Gunner.

"Bah! It won't make a difference!" insisted Wario. "You better not get in my way, or else I'll beat you up as well!"

"Fools. You think having numbers make you strong, but in reality, it only shows that you are weak and cannot win fights by yourself," Lou said to them. "Victory achieved through this method has no worth and brings no feeling of satisfaction."

"So long as we can make da world a betta place by defeating you, then those don't-a matta!" Mario told him. Incineroar let out a roar, as if agreeing with Mario.

"Your victory is not ensured and will never be," said Lou as he glared at them with sinister eyes.

"I have enough of your overconfidence! Don't go boasting your victory until you secured it yet!" said Wario in frustration before running at Lou to hit him with a shoulder bash.

BGM: The King of Pyropuff Peak (Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker)

Lou shot a green fireball from his hand at Wario, but the latter managed to plow through it harmlessly. Lou then stopped Wario by slamming his fist into his shoulder, and then he grabbed Wario by the arm before spinning in circles multiple times to throw him quite a distance.

Mario threw multiple fireballs rapidly at Lou using both hands. Lou dodged them by sliding away before shooting his own fireball, which Mario avoided by jumping away.

Gunner fired a missile at Lou, but to her surprise, the latter caught it with his bare hand when it was about to hit him. He then flung it at Wario, who was running back to him, and the missile exploded when it hit Wario.

Incineroar jumped at Lou with his limbs spread out, ready to body slam him. When the Pokemon was about to flatten him, Lou performed a jumping uppercut that knocked Incineroar high into the air. The Pokemon fell back down several feet away with a powerful slam, still in a body slamming position.

Mario approached Lou afterwards and swung his fist at him multiple times, but each blow was successfully blocked by Lou. Mario kept on throwing punches, but Lou effortlessly blocked all of them before throwing a single punch that was strike Mario in the nose hard, making it bleed and also forcing him back some feet.

Gunner fired rapid bursts of orange energy at Lou, but the latter jumped into the air and then towards her while spinning. She hurriedly moved back to avoid getting hit by his spinning kick, and she was going to fire again when suddenly Lou thrust his hand into her arm cannon, creating an explosion that blew her back. Her arm cannon was slightly damaged as a result.

Wario let out a cry as he ran at Lou again with his arms pointing at him as if wanting to strangle him. The fat guy survived the missile's explosion and simply suffered mild burns. Lou caught both his arms, and then Wario lifted him into the air and flung him aside quite a distance.

Wario then ran after him and leaped quite a height at Lou, ready to punch him out of the air. Surprisingly, Lou moved to the side in air and allowed Wario to go past him. He then karate chopped Wario in the back of the neck hard, shooting him onto the ground as a result.

When Lou landed, he was tackled hard by a fiery Incineroar. The Pokemon then swung his fiery hands at him over and over to hit him, and Lou either dodged them or blocked them.

While the two were doing this, Mario ran towards them, hoping to help Incineroar. However, when he got close, Lou pulled off an unexpectedly quick move of grabbing Mario's head and slamming it into Incineroar's. Mario and the Pokemon were dazed by the sudden attack, and then Lou jumped up slightly before kicking them away with both feet at the same time.

Gunner fired energy blasts at him. Despite her arm cannon being damaged, it was still functional and not hindering her in any way. Lou slid around at a fast speed to avoid her aims. He then lowered his upper body and pointed his head at Gunner, and then his entire body straightened in posture and shot forward like a missile.

Gunner stepped out of the way to let the human missile go past her, but to her surprise, Lou performed a u-turn while still in his "missile form" and went back to her. She fired a missile at him, but Lou destroyed the missile when he collided with it. He collided into Gunner, hitting her hard and knocking her back into a rock.

He then grabbed her by the head and slammed it against the rock over and over until the latter shattered, and Gunner fell back onto the ground.

Incineroar suddenly approached Lou from behind and wrapped his arms around his waist before performing a suplex, slamming his head against the ground at the back. Despite the powerful impact that left behind a large crack on the rocky ground, Lou seemingly suffered nothing ill and was able to escape the Pokemon's grasp and perform several flips to get away from him and back on his feet.

Incineroar turned to him just in time to receive another "human missile" attack from Lou and pushed across the place at a fast speed.

Wario intercepted Lou as the latter was still pushing Incineroar across the air. The two tumbled onto the ground, and then Wario grabbed Lou's head and readied to headbutt it, only for Lou to do such a thing before him. Wario was struck hard and almost fell back, and then he was punched rapidly by Lou nonstop.

Mario ran in their direction, but then Lou shoved Wario forcefully into him before shooting a green fireball that blew them away. Mario and Wario got back up in pain and looked at Lou, who was glaring at them. "Know your place, weaklings," he said in an almost monstrous-sounding voice.

BGM Ends

A loud sound rang through the air as Marth and Mora clashed their swords against each other, and this resulted in a shockwave that rocked various small objects on the ground into the air.

They both bounced back and glared at each other, waiting for each other to pull off the next move.

Swordfighter and Kirby then ran into the scene, the latter in the attire of a ninja after having consumed a shuriken he obtained from the former. "We're here to help you, Marth!" Kirby said to his comrade.

"Watch out! She's on a whole other level!" Marth warned them both.

"Fear not! We came hither knowing well that our foe is not to be looked down upon, so we shall fight with utmost cautiousness!" Swordfighter assured him.

"If you need people to help you in a fight, then it shows just how weak you are," Mora told them. "Such victory is nothing to gloat about."

BGM: Those Who Challenge Gods (Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia)

"Gloating over a victory is something I don't really do anyway," Marth said to her. He charged at her against and thrust his sword forward hard, but Mora easily blocked it by holding up her sword. With a single swing, she was able to send him flying back, though he landed on his feet without any form of injury.

Kirby and Swordfighter attacked Mora next, both by throwing shuriken at her that she easily deflected. Swordfighter then jumped at Mora, spinning vertically as he did so to give the appearance of a buzzsaw. He collided into her and struck his weapon against hers rapidly, yet she was able to retain her shooting and not move a single step back at all, all the while maintaining a bored and unimpressed look on her face.

Kirby appeared in a puff of smoke behind her and readied to stab her in the back with a kunai, but she unexpectedly spun in a circle that whipped up a burst of wind around herself, blowing away both opponents. Swordfighter landed on his feet, but Kirby bounced around a bit like a ball, though he was unharmed.

Mora then approached Swordfighter and swung down her sword. He held up his sword to block it, while he was able to do so, the force of the slam was so strong that he was pushed down, and the ground underneath him cracked and sank a bit.

Swordfighter was able to get away from underneath Mora's sword and move away from her, all the while throwing ring-shaped blades. Mora easily deflected them and readied to charge at him when Marth got in front of her to block her charging attack.

Both sides swung their blades against each other violently until Mora performed an upward swing that knocked Marth into the air. From there, Marth swung so hard that he fired a wind blade. Mora easily deflected it, and when Marth landed, she pulled off the same kind of move in his direction.

Marth charged at the incoming projectile and deflected it. He then thrust his sword forward, and as a he did so, a spike-shaped wind funnel was seen forming around the entire weapon. Mora blocked the attack, and when she did so, a powerful blast of wind was created that left behind a trail on the ground behind Mora, yet the fat woman was unharmed in any way.

Mora knocked back Marth with a swing of her sword and was going to approach him when Kirby suddenly appeared before her in a puff of smoke. Swinging his sword close to the ground, he produced energy columns that rose from the ground while heading towards Mora. The latter easily nullified them with a swing of her sword, however, and approached Kirby.

The puffball disappeared in a puff of smoke when he was about to get hit. He reappeared in the air behind Mora and threw multiple shuriken, but she was able to deflect them all.

After landing, Kirby whipped out a sword and lunged at Mora to clash blades with her. On the other side, Marth ran at Mora to attack her. Acting quick, Mora grabbed Kirby by his free hand and tossed him at Marth, who got hit in the face, and he fell back with his pink friend.

Swordfighter pulled back his sword, which glowed with yellow light, before charging at Mora at a blinding speed. He came to an abrupt stop when the overweight swordswoman simply brought up her sword and blocked it with the flat part with seemingly no effort, much to the android's surprise.

Swordfighter pulled back and swung his sword, firing a rainbow-colored energy "blanket" when he did so. Mora was forcefully spun around when the energy came in contact with her. Swordfighter tried to stab her in the back, but she stepped out of the way and slashed Swordfighter across the back instead.

While the android was down on his front, Mora was going to stab him when suddenly a bladed whip caught her sword, stopping her. She turned to see that it was Bylet. Bylet tried to pull her forward, but perhaps because of her weight, he was unable to do so. Instead, Mora pulled him forward.

Face to face at a close range, Bylet and Mora struggled against each other using their weapons, which were still entwined to each other. Bylet suddenly let go of his sword and jumped back while whipping out a large axe out of seemingly nowhere and swung it down at her.

Mora jumped out of the way, and the axe struck the ground so hard that an explosion of rock and dust was created. Swinging her sword to the side, Mora was able to untangle Bylet's sword from hers. Bylet ran at her again with his axe gripped firmly and then jumped at her with it raised over his head.

Mora responded by with a jumping slash. Their weapons clashed with each other and created a loud and powerful shockwave that caused them to be bounced back from each other, and both landed on their feet.

Bylet landed close to Marth and Kirby, and Marth said to him, "Hope you don't mind us joining."

"Actually, we fought her first, and he came later," Kirby corrected him.

"I was fighting them before you arrived," Bylet told them, "and you shouldn't have come here. This is the military's business that outsiders like you have no business sticking your nose into. This is an act of violation."

"Are you going to talk about that when the world is in danger?" Kirby said to him in frustration. "If you know what's good for you, then you will let us help!"

"We came here knowing we shouldn't really interfere with the military, but like my friend said, this is no time to be caring about this now that the world is at stake," Marth told Bylet. "We can talk about violations and legal actions after all this is over. Besides, I'm sure one of your higher ups will have no issue with this."

"Lawbreakers cannot be allowed to go free. Unless given orders from above, I will see to it that you receive consequences once this is over," Bylet said to them in a serious and intimidating tone.

Marth felt a powerful aura coming from him and said in his mind, "He's strong… Definitely not someone you want to become enemies with…"

"There will be nothing left of you people after this," Mora, having heard their conversation, said to them. "No one can battle a god and live to tell the tale."

"If you all you can do is talk big, just like your body size, then you've got another thing coming for ya!" Kirby taunted her. He then performed a hand sign with his stubby hands, and fire began to gather around him. "Ninja Arts! Pyrotechnics!"

The fire gathered in front of Kirby and then traveled towards Mora in the form of a fiery pillar. Mora did nothing at all but let the pillar of fire approach, and when it was close to her, she swung her sword at it, and to the Smashers' surprise, not only was the fire pillar nullified, some of the fire also gathered at her blade, thus becoming a fire sword.

"What the?!" gasped Kirby.

Mora swung her sword, unleashing a massive fire cutter in their direction. Bylet and Marth held up their blades to block the attack, and though they were able to avoid getting cut, the projectile "exploded" into a strong burst of heat that blew away Swordfighter and Kirby. The heat was also intense and almost burned their skins.

Mora then moved at a fast speed in between Bylet and Marth and began attacking them at the same time. The two swordsmen fought back, but as skilled as they were, they were unable to put any pressure on the outnumbered Mora, who turned from side to side at a blazingly fast speed to block their attacks and also unleash her own.

When Bylet turned his sword into a whip to hit Mora, but she stepped out of the way, and the attack ended up striking Marth in the shoulder, creating a wound.

Marth cried in pain as Bylet pulled back his whip in shock, and then Mora used this opportunity to slash the latter across the waist. Bylet cried in pain as he fell on one knee, and then Mora pointed her sword at him and said, "I can see why the world has fallen to such a state. You are too weak to protect the world and carry out your acts of justice!"

BGM Ends

"Falcon Kick!" shouted Captain Falcon as he attacked Jay with a fiery slide kick.

Jay leaped over him to avoid it. Captain Falcon stood back and turned around just in time to see him jumping at him to hit him in the face with his knee. Jay immediately turned to face him after landing and threw multiple punches and kicks at him that he dodged.

After dodging them all, Captain Falcon attacked with the same kinds of moves, but Jay dodged them all as well. Both then threw a punch at each other, and their fists collided hard, causing them to bounce back.

Without taking a break, Captain Falcon ran at Jay and tried to punch him again. The latter caught his fist and then gave him an uppercut to the chin that knocked him back into the air, but Captain Falcon landed on his feet after performing a flip in the air.

"He's strong!" Captain Falcon told himself.

Brawler then ran up to him and asked, "Are you all right?"

"Yeah, I'm fine, and hopefully even after I'm done with him," replied the racer.

Brawler turned to Jay and got into a fighting stance. "I shall assist you in fighting him, then!"

"That would be nice!" replied Captain Falcon.

"It doesn't matter what method you use. The victor of this outcome has already been decided," said Jay.

BGM: Brain Cleaner (F-Zero GX)

"Yes, and that is us!" replied Brawler before rushing at Jay at a fast speed. The former unleashed a barrage of punches and kicks, but despite the speed he was attacking at, Jay was able to block all of them like it was child's play.

Brawler then attacked with a fiery drop kick that was strong enough to make Jay slide back, albeit the latter seemed unharmed. Jumping into the air, Brawler fell towards Jay with one leg sticking out to attacking him with an axe kick. When he came down, Jay caught that leg and then slammed him onto the ground hard.

Captain Falcon ran to him from the side with his fist on fire. Jay turned to him and blocked a fiery punch from him using his hand, and then he attempted to punch him in the guts with the other hand. Acting fast, Captain Falcon caught that fist with his other hand, and then he lifted Jay slightly into the air and swung him away.

Jay landed on his feet and suddenly rushed back to Captain Falcon at an astounding speed to hit him with an uppercut, but the latter stepped out of the way in time. The latter tried to strike him from the back, but Jay responded in time and slammed his elbow into his fist hard. He then kicked Captain Falcon in the waist hard and knocked him away.

"Hadoken!" Two energy balls were fired at Jay all of a sudden. He jumped out of their way and saw that they were fired by Ryu and Ken.

"Mind if we have a piece of you as well?" Ken asked Jay. "You look like you can give me a lot of fun!"

"I usually prefer fair one on one fights, but I understand the gravity of the current situation and that you must be defeated as soon as possible," said Ryu.

"It doesn't matter how many of you come at me at once. You will still lose," Jay said with confidence.

"Talk big, huh? Let's see if you keep up your god complex!" said Ken. "Hadoken!" He fired another fireball at Jay, who dodged it before running at him. Ken blocked Jay's attack, but even so, he was hit so hard that he felt quite a pain.

Jay was eventually able to score hits on Ken and knock him away, and Ryu immediately attacked Jay after that. The martial artist punched and kicked hard against Jay, who blocked each of his attacks with ease. "Hitting him is like hitting a steel wall!" Ryu thought while launching attacks. "His armament aura is strong, that's for sure!"

Jay pulled back his fist, which was covered in fire. Ryu hurriedly stepped aside to avoid a powerful fiery punch unleashed by him. Ryu then punched him in the head, or rather, his helmet, before striking him various parts of the body.

Despite getting hit constantly, Jay was as if he wasn't hurt at all. He reacted for the first few seconds, but then he stopped responding to each of the hits. He caught Ryu's fist and then punched him away hard in the abdomen.

Ryu flew back but landed on his fist. Standing back up, Ryu unleashed a Hadoken at Jay, who easily destroyed it with a swing of his hand. Immediately after that, Ken attacked Jay with a fiery roundhouse kick and succeeded in knocking him away.

Jay landed in a crouched position and stood back up just as Ken ran up to him. The latter attacked with a series of fiery kicks, each hit strong enough to make Jay slide back, despite the latter blocking them with his arms.

After unleashing multiple kicks, Ken attacked with Hadoken and pushed Jay back even farther. Right after that, Ken lunged at him to punch him in the face. However, Jay delivered a quick uppercut to his head and knocked him away.

Captain Falcon ran up to him next and punched him furiously nonstop, his fists on fire as he did so. He punched with such an intensity that Jay was unable to retain his footing and slowly took steps back. Eventually, Captain Falcon attacked with a powerful fiery punch to his face. "Falcon Punch!"

Jay was hit hard and flew back, tumbling against the ground violently. He eventually came to a stop by himself in a kneeling position. "Bet you felt that, huh?" Captain Falcon aside to him.

"Victory is not decided in a single hit," Jay said to him wiping off the blood on his nose.

"You're strong, but the four of us are going to surpass you no matter what!" Captain Falcon said to him as Brawler, Ryu, and Ken gathered around him.

"You cannot surpass us," said Jay before running at them.

Ryu got in front of him in a fighting stance and swung his fist at Jay. Jay's fist collided with Ryu's hard, but before Ryu could do anything else, Jay slammed down his other fist onto his head hard, giving him a nasty face plant.

Seeing this, Ken lunged at Jay to attack with a roundhouse kick, but the latter dodged it before kicking straight up twice, once with each leg, hitting Ken in the head and knocking him away.

Brawler jumped at Jay after that with his hands, slamming his hands onto him. Jay brought up one hand and easily stopped the hammering attack, and then he grabbed and slammed Brawler onto the ground hard.

Captain Falcon rushed up to him and attacked with a fiery uppercut. Jay was able to move his head out of the way, and then he slammed down his elbow onto Captain Falcon's shoulder hard before punching him away in the guts.

Ryu got back up again with a look of anger and threw a punch at Jay, this time successfully striking him across the face. Jay instantly recovered and slammed his elbow into his chest. Ryu slid back a couple of feet but immediately lunged at him again to punch him multiple times. Jay took the punches as if they were harmless and then pulled back his fist, which began burning up.

Despite seeing this, Ryu attempted to intercept him by punching him in the abdomen, followed by hitting him in the chin with an uppercut. "Shin Shoryu…" But he never finished his attack completely, as those this did not make Jay flinch at all, and the latter's powerful fiery punch was still unleashed.

Ryu was struck with full force and cried in pain as he shot back from the attack.

"Ryu!" gasped Ken when he saw his friend receiving such a blow.

Looking at Jay, who was still standing tall and strong, Captain Falcon said in awe and shock, "He's strong… Much stronger than I thought…!"

BGM Ends

TO BE CONTINUED

Some of you might have noticed this by now. Lou, Mora, and Jay are based on Luigi, Marth, and Captain Falcon respectively. All the god-tiered Smash Pros' fighting styles are based on characters from Smash Bros. Melee. Marth and Captain Falcon are both very high-tiered characters in that game. Luigi may not be the highest tier, but he has the best wavedashing among all the characters in the game.

And the decision to make Mora overweight is because there aren't enough fat ladies in medias. Other types of body builds and age groups are seen often in medias, but fat women? They're borderline nonexistent, so I thought that it would be a nice change of pace to have a fat, female antagonist, especially a powerful one.