Hello everyone! And welcome back to Smash Bros.+Rabbids: Kingdom Battle! Now, I have a few things to mention that I actually forgot to mention during the prologue. 1.) There will not be any Rabbid variations of any Smasher besides Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Yoshi since it would be a lot of work, and considering Smash Bros. now has over 70+ characters, it would be an extreme hassle for me to include them. Originally, I did want to give the original twelve Rabbid variations but I also think that would be a bit difficult, especially since one of those original twelve Smashers has a counterpart who definitely cannot join along on the adventure. 2.) In my variation of the World of Trophies (and yes that is actually what the universe of Smash is called—well, in Subspace Emissary it calls it that), everybody's universe is connected into one entire universe. This includes the Mushroom Kingdom (obviously), Breath of the Wild's variation of Hyrule, Mute City, Inkopolis, etc. 3.) SB+R: KB actually takes place before World of Light, since Rabbid Peach, Rabbid Mario, and Rabbid Kong show up as spirits. So no mention of Galeem or Dharkon will be included.
And, yeah. That's all I gotta say. Anyway, here is the first chapter of Smash Bros. + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle!
Enjoy!
High above the unknown lands...
The vortex we've seen swallow the entirety of the Mushroom Kingdom from earlier began to dump out colossal inanimate objects, such as milkshakes, lemons, toy blocks, rubber ducks—you name it! But not even a second later, it began to spawn out those rabbit-like creatures we've seen from the workshop—though there appeared to be more than before. However, along with these hyperactive specimen, out came Beep-0, who fell alongside the various objects that filled the sky.
Suddenly, he gained rabbit-like ears and the outline of two rabbit teeth on his front exterior.
"Why do I have... EARS?!" he retorted, lowering his newly gained ears to take a glance.
"...AAAHHHHHHHH!" All of a sudden, one of the rabbit-like creatures fell right smack dab on top of Beep-0, but most importantly, it was the one wearing the SupaMerge headset. "Bwah bwa..." he sang to himself as his level matched the same as the robotic assistant's. Though not before long, the headset began to emit pixelated sparks of energy, shooting every which way, causing the specimen to jitter and spiral.
"Well, I hope you're HAPPY!" Beep-0 scolded.
In a mere amount of seconds, cyan swirls swarmed the entire creature, but once it had completely engulfed him, a bright flash of light erupted, and the creature now looked more... How do I put this? More child-like and adorable compared to his original state. The SupaMerge was now merged onto his face instead of simply being worn, almost seeming like goggles, blue ears and belly instead of a lightly tinted peach-colored, and a power button attached to his buttocks. The specimen took a look at his new figure, making sounds similar to a newborn baby, before attempting to off the headset, which, of course, wouldn't come off.
But just before Beep-0 could let out a single word, another specimen riding a gigantic purple paintbrush came out of nowhere and plunged himself into the creature wearing the SupaMerge, with two of its comrades following suit on their own paintbrushes.
The SupaMerge specimen held onto the paintbrush for dear life, while the creature who originally owned this object began to scold the poor, small being. But the specimen with the headset began to nervously grip both sides of his head, pixelated sparks surrounding him. Just then, he immediately shot a strong beam of energy towards the creature riding the paintbrush, shooting himself off in the process. A blinding shine of light shrouded both the creature and the paintbrush, and not before long, the two were fused into one, resulting in the creature obtaining a yellow mohawk and purple lightning-shaped stripes...as well as a gun. Well, it was more of a blaster than a gun, but you get the gist.
The specimen with the innovative headset still attempted to take it off, but to no avail.
"Stop that!" Beep-0 bickered once he reached the same level point as the helpless being. But the amount of stress the specimen contained was far too much for him to handle, resulting in him shooting beams of energy at all angles, spiraling out of control as he did. Beep-0 had an incredible sign of concern, seeing that the specimen with the SupaMerge couldn't control or contain its utter power. But that look of concern formed into a look of worry, as the washing machine we've seen from earlier, with one of the creatures screaming its head off inside, grow in size and came hurtling down to the puck-shaped robot. "Uh oh..." he whimpered, turning away and closing his eyes, ready for the worst to arrive. But suddenly...
"I got you!" an Italian-sounding voice filled Beep-0's hearing, along with a red and blue blur that snatched the robot before the washing machine could create his doom.
On the grassy plains, toys blocks crashed into the ground from all sides. That was until the figure who had saved Beep-0 from his inevitable destruction landed safely with the robotic assistant in his arms. And that figure appeared to be the one and only Mario—Mr. Video Game himself!
"You okay-a, little guy?" he asked as he set the robot down.
"Oh... Why yes, I am!" Beep-0 exclaimed, amazed at how he was actually speaking to the legend himself.
"Good. Wouldn't want-a you getting hurt up-a there." Mario gave the robot a successful thumbs up, which, of course, Beep-0 took with great gratitude. I mean why wouldn't he? He's speaking to the legendary mascot himself!
But this acquainted encounter didn't last too long. A loud thunk emitted from beside the two, as they both glanced to see what it was. It appeared to be a boy who face-planted into the ground... However, they had a distinct feature that stood out. He appeared to have a pair of wings similar to an angel. But this was enough evidence for Mario to recognize who this was.
"Pit?" he questioned the angelic warrior, running to his side.
Upon hearing his name, Pit rose his head, spitting the grass and dirt that went into his mouth. "Huh?" he asked, rotating his head to find out it was Mario who called to him. "Mario! Thank goddess you're alright!" he exclaimed as he jolted Mario into a reconciliation hug, which the Italian took rather awkwardly. But it was to be expected seeming as though the young angel was his biggest fan. "I thought I would never see anybody ever again! I thought we were all going to die in that vortex!"
"Well, this doesn't-a seem like-a the case. I 'm just-a hoping everyone made it-a okay..." Mario attempted to soothe the angel's worrying nerves.
Suddenly, out of the blue, something rather soft landed on top of Pit's head, causing the young angel to tumble. It appeared to be a pink ball-shaped specimen with small stubby hands and large red feet. This, of course, was someone both Mario and Pit could easily recognize.
"Hiiii!" Kirby greeted upon his surprising arrival as he acquainted himself with his fellow Smashers.
"Ah, Kirby, looks-a like you made it-a here safe as well-a. Good to-a see you safe and sound-a." Mario said happily.
"Hey, Kirby, I hate to interrupt you and everything, but could you please get off my head?" Pit asked gently, for which the pink puffball easily complied. "Say, Mario, um, where even are we?"
"I think I should answer that question," Beep-0 insisted, startling the angelic warrior from his sudden appearance.
"Uhhh...who are you?"
"Oh! Where are my manners?" the robotic assistant sincerely apologized. "Allow me to introduce myself. My name is-"
Before Beep-0 could complete his sentence, a sudden yet faint cry erupted and captured the ears of everyone. Well, Kirby was questionable.
Not before long, however, a loud thud emitted from behind the group as something had landed head-first into a thick bush. Its feet wiggled as it muffled for some form of escape. Eventually, once it got its head out, it was shown to be one of those rabbit-like creatures... Though something seemed off about them. Dawning them was an outfit identical to Princess Peach—her crown, her hair, her earrings, even the top half of her dress, along with the brooch and puffy sleeves. This was more than enough for Mario, Pit, and Kirby to start questioning things.
"Ummmm... Did Princess Peach get turned into a rabbit?" Pit questioned with a large level of worry and concern.
"...I don't-a even know..." Mario stammered, his brain not really sure on how to process this strange occurrence.
As the specimen imitating the princess of the Mushroom Kingdom came to her senses, she ran across the field, her arms extended as if she were trying to catch someone. This was all proven so as another faint cry from a comrade of hers emitted from above. However, this specimen was nowhere near the one imitating Peach, as it instead face-plated onto the ground with a hard smack. But similar to the one wearing the outfit of the princess of the Mushroom Kingdom, this one wore an outfit identical to Luigi. Yet there was quite a major difference. While he did wear Luigi's signature cap, which slightly dangled to his left, he only wore his green shirt, which was lengthy enough to reach down all the way to his feet—even the sleeves could hardly contain his short arms. The specimen managed to rise his head from the ground, shaking off the scrambles of dirt and grass blades. As if Mario, Pit, and Kirby weren't already confused enough, this was just pure icing on the cake.
"...What-a is going on...? Is this all a dream?" Mario wheezed, his brain almost ready to shut down at a moments notice.
Although Mario was on the brink of passing out, Pit on the other hand took notice to something off in the distance. "Hey, what's going on over there?" he pointed off towards a trio of those rabbit-like creatures (jeez, when will they stop appearing?), their appearances identical to the one who had gotten merged with the paintbrush, just with a very different array of colors for their stripes. But as we take a closer took, they appeared to be using some form of sticky substance from a large tube to stick a multitude of Goombas all over the area. Two of the three even stuck a couple of Goombas together by their feet and rolled them towards the group of newcomers.
"Well this seems like a sticky situation..." Pit cracked out, hoping to get a response out of his "witty" joke, but obviously nobody laughed.
"Hey! What do-a you think you're-a doing?!" Mario glared to the trio of foul misfits, alongside Pit, Kirby, and the specimen imitating Princess Peach, while the one imitating Luigi took notice to the groups angered looks before yelping upon what they saw, something the original Luigi might do.
The trio of delinquents noticed the group upon hearing Mario yell. They quickly brung out their weapons, aiming them threateningly (even if they did look a bit lackluster), and took off in a quick skip.
Ziggy—Dashing Ne'er-do-wells!
The Goombas stuck onto one another hopped out of the scene as the ones imitating Peach and Luigi, as well as Kirby, playfully waved goodbye to them, while Mario and Pit gave their attention back to Beep-0.
"Those Rabbids, they seem driven to cause chaos and mayhem—more so than usual, even."
"Rabbids?" Pit told. "I've even multiple rabbits in my life, but I have never seen or heard ones like these before."
"I don't-a think they're from-a here, Pit. They must've come-a from a different-a universe," Mario included, before giving his attention to the two Rabbids alongside him. "How-a come these two aren't-a causing any sort of-a mischief?"
"Well, unlike our two friends here, they seem to have been...corrupted by that Rabbid wearing the SupaMerge headset," Beep-0 responded. Even though Mario, Pit, and Kirby didn't know what the SupaMerge was, they let Beep-0 simply continue. "Could it be the SupaMerge headset was CORRUPTED on its way to this world? If so...we're all in terrible danger! Mario! Pit! Kirby! We MUST find that poor Rabbid fused to the headset! He is the key! Save him—we might just save this world."
"Wait, how do-a you know our names-a?" Mario asked eagerly.
"Lets just say, my inventor is a huge fan of your franchises..." Beep-0 explained.
"Oh... Uh, and-a you are?"
"Oh! I nearly forgot. My name is Beep-0, an automated intellectual assistant created to aid ones in need," the small robot concluded, but turned back to the task at hand. "We should get going now, who knows what will happen with these chaotic cretins running about!"
Chapter 1-1: Unlikely Heroes
"Let's not dawdle! We must find the Rabbid with the SupaMerge before he causes anymore mayhem to these luscious plains." Beep-0 announced.
"Wait, what are we gonna do about them?" Pit pointed to both Rabbid Peach and Rabbid Luigi.
"You and-a Kirby keep watch on them; it's-a better to bring them along-a instead of leaving them-a all alone out here-a." Mario suggested.
"Got it!"
"Poyo!" Kirby chimed in.
"Now, lets-a-go! I'll lead the way." Mario exclaimed as he and the others began to travel through this unknown plain.
As they walked on, they caught sight of dozens of Goombas stuck to the ground and rocky walls with the sticky substance we saw from earlier. Not only that, but the landscape seemed like it was still in the Mushroom Kingdom, but it possessed a drastic change: huge Warp Pipes filled with greenery, cubic trees, horn-shaped flowers, gigantic leaves—even the grass texture and flower shape seemed alien. And gliding through the soft breeze were a multitude of dandelions.
"Hmm, I wonder if we're-a still even in the-a Mushroom Kingdom anymore," Mario pondered, not really sure on how to take in this different environment.
"What makes you say that?" Pit asked.
"It-a just seems...off-a. When I went-a inside that vortex, I saw-a some of the landscape getting-a pulled in as-a well," Little did Mario know, he was slowly entering some sort of battlefield as he continued to speak. "I'm starting-a to believe that vortex-a didn't just suck all of us-a inside, but also-a the entire kingdom. If it-a truly is that powerful-a, then that must be-a the case."
"Mario! Look out!" Pit shouted as he noticed something coming towards Mario.
"Huh? Woah!" Mario yelled in shock as he saw a blast coming towards his face. Luckily enough for him, he was able to dodge the shot just in time, getting his cap knocked off in the process. "That-a was close!" he skidded back to put his cap back on before taking cover behind a small stone hill.
"Bwaaaaah!" Rabbid Luigi yelped as more shots came into view.
"Yikes! Hide, quick!" Pit directed the two Rabbid imitators to a small mount to take cover, where Rabbid Peach began to admire her...nonexistent nails, and Rabbid Luigi cowered in fear—still, something the actual Luigi might do.
"What is even happening?!" Pit freaked.
"Hold on-a, let me check..." Mario replied, as he slowly peeked behind the hill once the shots stopped. "Whoa!" he yelped as another shot came, which was fired by the blaster of one of those Ziggies we saw from earlier, only for it to barely miss his nose. More blasts came within seconds. "How are we-a gonna deal with-a this?"
"Um, Mario..." Pit directed the famous mascot to Beep-0 who was in the midst of the ongoing blasts, dodging every shot that came his way.
"Help- Me- I- Can't- Get clear-!"
Whilst this went on, the Rabbids on the other hand thought he was dancing. Rabbid Luigi began to clap while Rabbid Peach began to do a Russian jig, both laughing themselves off. Once the shots had eventually ceased, Beep-0 hovered towards the two laughing imitators, his screen glowing a deep shade of red, which seemed to shut the two up.
"Thank you, SO much!" Beep-0 sarcastically scolded.
"Oh boy..." Mario sighed.
Just then, a message icon appeared above Beep-0 as he rambled on.
"Oh, what is it NOW? Uh, I've just received a message!" Beep-0 blurted before reading the message: "Dearest Beep-0, whose bravery, intelligence and compassion stand as a beacon of hope for us all. If my timing is correct, you are in dire need of help. Please open the attachments to this message—their receipt is most auspicious, I assure you. Signed, Your Biggest Fan."
As Beep-0 opened the attachments, three varying weapons floated out and hovered towards Mario, Rabbid Peach, and Rabbid Luigi. Mario's weapon was an advanced Blaster, titled "Lighting Shark," Rabbid Peach's was also a Blaster, titled "Fuchsia Fury," and Rabbid Luigi was a Bworb, titled "Dwarf Star."
Mario, Pit, and Kirby gazed in awe upon the floating piece of technological machinery. Mario slowly put in gloved hand inside the mechanism, taking a look to the others with their newly-founded weapons, before fully inserting his hand.
"This feels strange-a...but also nice." Mario grinned, taking a good look at his blaster.
"Wow! When the email said 'attachments' I thought it was talking about cat videos or something!" Beep-0 laughed.
"Wait, cat videos still exist?" Pit thought, slightly tilting his head, but decided to forget about it.
"SO! Are you guys ready to fight back?"
"Absolutely!" Pit exclaimed, wielding out his Palutena Bow.
"Poyo! Poyo!" Kirby beamed as he brought out his Cutter.
"Good! Let's-a-go!" Mario announced as he and the others entered the battlefield of corrupt Ziggies.
"Bwa da dah!" one of the Ziggies snarled as he and his comrades ran behind partial cover, all of them attempting to shot our heroes as they made themselves acquainted with the field's layout, taking cover behind a few blocks that stood.
"Hmmm, how-a does this work?" Mario pondered as he aimed towards a Ziggy. "Oh wait, here's-a the trigger!" he pressed it, making the Blaster to fire a shot directly towards the mentioned Ziggy, causing him to disintegrate into a mass of blue pixels.
"Bwah!" Rabbid Luigi took aim and fired a shot from his Bworb at a different Ziggy, only for the blast to hit the edge of his cover. He stuck his tongue out, taking joy in the imitators failure, only for him to get squished by one of Kirby's rock transformation.
The last Ziggy took aim towards Pit, but his attack was soon deflected as the young angel brought out his Guardian Orbitars, creating twin energy shields that protected his left and right. "Nice try!" he remarked before shooting a whitish sky blue, ethereal arrow from his Palutena Bow. Though that clearly wasn't enough to finish him off, as the Ziggy laughed uncontrollably upon the angel's misfortune, but he was soon swiftly ended as Rabbid Peach shot him from behind, ending the battle.
"Wow, that was easier than I expected." Pit said as he tucked his Palutena Bow away.
"Poyo!" Kirby agreed with the angel's statement.
"Well, that-a takes care of-a them." Mario said. "But-a who knows what's up-a ahead. We should-a keep moving before anything-a else happens."
The group went onward, passing through a small valley as they spotted a huge tower built from toy blocks from head to toe. However, eventually, they stopped in their tracks once they saw the large blue vortex we've seen from earlier off in the distance.
"There! In the sky—see that?" Beep-0 pointed out.
"Looks almost like the same vortex that sucked all of us in..." Pit stated.
"It began the moment the Rabbids teleported into the Mushroom Kingdom," the robotic assistant informed as Rabbid Peach began to take selfies with the enormous wormhole as background scenery. "Hmm...the energy we've seen floating upwards after we defeat an enemy—I wonder... All the more reason to catch that Rabbid with the SupaMerge headset! He's the key to stopping this, I'm sure of it!"
"Well, let's-a get a move on!" Mario exclaimed.
Once the group had moved on, they came upon something that was rather peculiar. Or should I say, someone...
Chapter 1-2: Flower 'Bud'
The group had approached a gigantic sunflower with purple shades that stood in the calm water beneath.
"Greetings, sweet golden perennial of the prairie! We are-" Beep-0 was shortly interrupted as the Sunflower rudely spat green goo towards Rabbid Luigi, causing the rest of the group to gag. Especially Pit, as some of the goo got onto his chiton.
"Gross..." he flinched.
"WHY did you do THAT?" Beep-0 glowered.
"Hmpf! After that strange creature with the headset got here—those guys have been nothing but bad news!" the Sunflower explained as Rabbid Luigi shook off the substance covering him.
"I assure you, THESE Rabbids are not like their colleagues!"
"Oh! Well, if you can stop him I'll happily reward you. He's zapping his brethren left and right—turns them real nasty."
"Sorry folks, it's time THIS flower took things...underground." And with that, the Sunflower dug back into the ground.
"I'm pretty sure that's not how flower works..." Pit said, raising a brow.
"You tell-a me," Mario replied, scratching the back of his head. "But we-a should keep going-a. C'mon!"
Meanwhile...
"Oh! Why does this have to happen today?!" Taking full cover behind a sturdy brick stood a yellow dog, mostly resembling a Shih Tzu, holding onto what appeared to be a party popper. She had rosy cheeks and a white fur patch on her tail. She also wore a green checkered vest with a white top and a red ribbon underneath with a navy blue skirt. This, obviously, if you couldn't tell, was Isabelle, Villager's secretary.
"Bwah la la!" a Ziggy chanted as he took charge directly towards the assistant.
"Uh oh!" Isabelle yelped before using her party popper against the fiendish delinquent, knocking him back a far bit. His brethren took notice upon this, as they all began to cover all sides of escape for the poor secretary. "Ah! Somebody! Help! Please!" she trembled, waiting for the worst to come.
Just then, a blast surfaced out from nowhere, hitting one of the Ziggies surrounding the dog.
"Huh?" Isabelle wondered as she took a good look in front of her, seeing Mario and the others coming to her aid. "You guys!" she cheered, happy to see familiar faces well acquainted with.
"Isabelle!" Mario proclaimed. "Are-a you okay?"
"I sure am! Thank goodness you guys showed up just in time! I thought I was a goner for sure!" she rejoiced.
However, this reunion was quickly ruined as the group noticed the multitude of Ziggies taking aim towards them. They quickly took cover as their shots began to fire.
"I think we should leave the talking for later!" Pit blurted, bringing out his Palutena Bow.
"Pit's right! Let's take-a them out, quickly!" Mario retorted, busting out his Blaster.
The group, along with Isabelle, spread across the field, ready to fight. Mario was the first to dash into a Ziggy before swiftly firing a blast towards his face, causing him to disintegrate. Rabbid Peach sharply took the corner, avoiding the numerous shots the Ziggies fired, smirking before firing towards a Ziggy that stood on top of a block.
"Bwa da da lah!" a Ziggy cried as he fired upon Rabbid Luigi's source of cover, destined to destroy the Rabbid imitator, though he never seemed to notice Kirby sneaking behind him, his flaming hammer wielded, and in just a snap, the Ziggy was sent flying to who knows where.
Isabelle planted a Gyroid Lloid into the ground, a plan rising in her head. "Hey, meanie! Over here!" she waved to a nearby Ziggy. The Ziggy snarled before running towards the secretary, but once he had gotten close, the Lloid shot out, dragging him alongside before eventually exploding, but he was soon finished by an arrow from Pit.
And, that appeared to be all of them.
"Well, that takes care of that." Pit remarked with a sharp grin.
"Phew! I never though I'd see the light of day ever again without your guy's help," Isabelle smiled, but that smile soon faded away and was replaced with a sudden frown. "I just hope Mr. Mayor is doing alright..."
Eventually, once the group had made it back down the bridge, the Sunflower had returned—sunglasses and all. Isabelle found this to be a strange encounter, but decided to not question it, especially with their current situation.
"Mario, the creature with the headset got away, but I suppose you and your lackeys DID clean up his mess...and being a plant of my word, it looks like I owe you a reward."
"Ahem! Our good friends Rabbid Luigi and Rabbid Peach helped as well!" Beep-0 included.
"Yeah, yeah—great."
The Sunflower recoiled before spitting out...one singular coin, which fell into Rabbid Peach's hands. Rabbid Peach, however, didn't like the reward, especially after doing a tedious amount of work. She then tossed the coin back immediately, hitting the Sunflower in the face, along with a few rocks, before finishing it off with (somehow) throwing Rabbid Luigi. Said Rabbid fell back onto the ground face-first while Rabbid Peach grinned maniacally as she continuously tossed a rock in her hand.
After the Sunflower regained his senses, he replied with eager forgiveness. "Okay, okay! Here!" he then spat out a chest instead before digging himself back into the ground.
"That was sure nice of him to leave this here for us!" Pit said. "I wonder what's inside."
Oh—he was about to get his answer...
Before anyone could approached the newfound treasure, it began to shake with a sudden urge. The group flinched back in response, not really sure what was going on with the chest. It was then it tipped over, opening its cover to unveil something that caused the whole group to gasp, most especially Isabelle.
It appeared to be young-looking boy with a short stature. He had round hair with a spiky hairline, a triangular nose, and round stubs for hands. He wore a red shirt with a simple #1, dark gray shorts, and blue sneakers. Hmm... I wonder who this could be.
"Mr. Mayor?!" Isabelle cried as she ran over to the dazed head of Smashville. "Mr. Mayor! Are you okay?!"
Upon hearing his personal title, Villager's eyes wandered in a dizzying state as he exited the chest. He shook his head, his grip returning back to him as he noticed Isabelle and the group behind her staring at him with surprised expressions.
"Oh! Mr. Mayor! I'm so happy you're alright!" Isabelle exclaimed as she tightly hugged her boss with a joyful smile. "What happened to you?! How'd you get inside that chest?! Are you injured?!"
Even through the nonstop questions Isabelle kept throwing, Villager silent ways stayed attached to him as he attempted to explain to the crew what caused his inevitable containment. But nobody seemed to understand him.
"Eh, even if-a we can't really understand you-a that well, we're-a just glad you never stayed in there-a any longer before losing oxygen." Mario chimed in with a rewarding smirk. "Now-a that we at least-a knew what was inside-a that chest, we should-a keep moving on."
As the group traveled on, they entered within an area filled with high platforms made from the naked bark of bamboo that stood above serene waters. Eventually, Isabelle began to spark up some conversation.
"So, how did you guys end up here?" she hesitantly asked.
"Probably the same way you ended up here," Pit added. "After we got out of that vortex, we were attacked by a gang of evil Rabbids that tried to kill us, but we obviously finished them victoriously." he gave a sly grin from the remembrance of their previous victories.
Isabelle was unsure of what the young angel was referring to, though she instantly turned to the two Rabbid imitators following behind. "Wait, aren't they evil then?" she asked.
"Not at all," Beep-0 chimed in. "They're here to help us, but their brethren have been corrupted by the Rabbid wearing the SupaMerge headset. He's the one causing this all to happen."
"Uh-huh," Just like the others, the secretary didn't know what the SupaMerge headset was, but didn't bother to ask anymore questions about it. "Have you guys found anybody else though?"
"Unfortunately, no..." Mario sadly admitted. "But I'm-a sure they'll all fine-a... Wherever they-a are..."
"I'm sure everyone can defend themselves just in case anything bad happens, Mario... I just hope Lady Palutena and Pittoo are fine." Pit briefly grieved, the failure of protecting his close ones dreading him.
"Heeeeey!" a familiar voice erupted from nearby. And who could this voice belong to? Well, it belonged to none other than Toad.
"Toad!" Mario exclaimed as he and the others ran over to the stranded individual.
"Mario! Oh! Pit, Kirby, Villager, and Isabelle, too! Thank goodness you're here. Yours is the first friendly faces I've seen since the Mushroom Kingdom turned into this...mess! You're timing couldn't be more perfect—I can't find Toadette!"
"All thanks to the changes caused by these odd pipes our Rabbid 'friends' brought with them into your world!" Beep-0 added on.
"You guys seem to know what you're doing...sort of. Could you please help me find her? Pleaaaaaaaaaaase?"
"OK, but you're gonna see firsthand how big of a pain these pipes are!"
"Maybe. But they look so cool!"
"Oh, be quiet!"
As the group set on, Toad now in company, they moved through pipe from pipe to pipe. It almost took around 8 minutes to get through all of them, especially when characters such as Pit began to feel nausea from going around in constant circles. Eventually, thankfully, they had reached their destination, where Toadette stood next to a small pile of blocks.
"Ugh... I never want to go through another pipe ever again..." Pit wheezed, his head motioning round and round.
"Toadette! I'm so glad you're OK!" Toad bubbled as he and Toadette shared a short hug. "I was so worried about you!"
"Oh, I'm fine! Who I'm really worried about is Princess Peach," Toadette replied, causing everyone's interests to light up, most importantly Mario's. "Everyone, can you go back to Peach's Castle and make sure everything's alright?"
"We sure will." Mario nodded, though this plan was suddenly thwarted by Beep-0.
"Certainly not! We NEED to find the Rabbid with the SupaMerge before-" Before he could complete his sentence, another message was received. "Another message!"
"Congratulations on getting this far! A wise man once said, 'If I have three hours to chop a tree, I will spend two of them sharpening my axe.' I urge you now to return to Princess Peach's Castle and do just that—prepare yourselves for the fight to come!"
"Well, that's all well and good. But HOW?"
"You may be wondering 'how?'. In the time it took you to read this email I have updated your operating system... It now includes a new GPS warp mechanism I call, Sploing! The name is a work in progress."
"Heh, Sploing. I like it." Pit briefly chuckled.
"Anyhow, simply activate it and you and your friends will return to Princess Peach's Castle immediately. Signed, Your Biggest Fan."
"Well, that's amazing if true," Beep-0 said. "I suppose I should give it a-" Suddenly, everyone, except for Toad and Toadette, were shrouded in a mass of blue lighting before warping away...
Hope you all enjoyed chapter 1 of SB+R:KB! I think I did a pretty alright job on this, even if it did take a really long time to make. Now before I go, I just wanna mention a few things. The battles within Ancient Gardens will occasionally be cut short since, well, it's the first world, and there's not too many enemy types yet, and the intensity is not too extreme, yet. Character introductions may vary as well, since Isabelle and Villager's introductions were honestly kinda weak, but I hope I can do better with them in the future.
Anyway, stay tuned for chapter 2 of SB+R:KB! See ya!