Hello, everyone! And welcome back to Smash Bros.+Rabbids: Kingdom Battle! Now before I start, I have somethings I need to say. So if you already now, there's this fanfiction called Mario, Hyrule Warriors & Rabbids: Kingdom Battle up on the website. I mentioned how it had inspired me a lot to make this story back in the epilogue, but sometimes whenever I write, I feel as though I'm stealing some bits from their story. I feel as though some of the wording and dialouge is straight up stolen from theirs at times, and it's really bugging me. And I also feel as though once people read their story and then mine, they're instantly gonna think I'm ripping theirs off, when I'm really not. I just hope I can properly make this story without making too many similarities to their story. And last thing, I have to mention that characters such as Villager and Kirby will mostly be silent during this adventure (well Villager will be completely silent since, ya know, he's actually completely silent in the game). I mostly want to find out some more words for Kirby to use that isn't just "Poyo!" or "Hi!" But it will be tough...
Anyway, this chapter is a bit short compared to last chapter, mainly because there's only one battle that takes place in the chapters, and they're only the important ones. So without further ado...
Enjoy!
At Princess Peach's Castle...
Despite the catastrophic events that transpired from earlier, the castle appeared to still be quite pristine in its structure. However, its features were pretty odd to say the least: Mushrooms, giant leaves, toy blocks, and even Goombas were attached to the castle's exterior in thick globs of honey. Almost looked like the result of a frat house party.
Sadly, however, Peach's ceremonial statue was completely destroyed—its decay only being its rubble. That took four years to make...
Near the castle's entrance stood a trio of royalty figures we've come to recognize from Mario's history: Princess Peach, obviously, Princess Daisy, and Rosalina, along with her Luma. They all watched as a group of ordinary Rabbids construct come form of building off on the left end of its groundings.
"Hmm, I wonder what those Rabbits are building over there," Peach commented. "It almost looks like a house."
"Eh, looks more like a busted ol' hut to me." Daisy added.
"Whatever it is, they sure do know how to put in some dedication into their craft," Rosalina brought forth. "They've spent hours working on that thing."
"Yeah, I'd love to see it once its completed." Peach softly encouraged.
As two continued on with their conversation, Daisy happened to notice something off in the distance. "Hey, what's going on over there?" she pointed out, catching the other's attention.
It appeared to be a varying number of blue illuminated pillars spawning only a few feet away from the trio, causing them to jump with a sudden shock. Once their lights had died down, it was revealed to be Mario, Rabbid Peach, Rabbid Luigi, Pit, Kirby, Villager, Isabelle, and Beep-0. Jeez, what a mouthful.
"Whew... That teleportation thingy felt really weird..." Isabelle commented, her eyes spinning in a dizzying state.
"I felt absolutely nothing!" Pit publicized.
"Huh? Oh, Mario!" Peach exclaimed, waving to her beloved hero.
"Princess!" Mario bubbled as he ran to his beloved damsel, the others following suite.
"Mario! Oh, Pit, Kirby, Villager, and Isabelle, too! Thank heavens you're all alright! It's so good to see you." the princess of the Mushroom Kingdom smiled with great exultation.
"No-a need to worry-a about us," Mario said. "We're just-a glad you're okay and not-a in any sort of-a danger."
"I wouldn't say that about the castle though." Daisy said as the arriving group's attention noticed the thousands of objects suck to the castle's walls.
"Woah! Almost looks like someone threw a college party here." Pit joked.
"You've probably noticed this, but...the Mushroom Kingdom's been torn apart!" Peach exclaimed.
"As if we hadn't already noticed..." Beep-0 mumbled in the background. Behind the robotic assistant stood Rabbid Peach, who was talking selfies with the various objects around the castle grounds, and Rabbid Luigi, who was busy distracted by a pretty butterfly. This was enough to grasp the attention of the trio of royal figures.
"Oh! Um...who are your new friends?" Peach pleasantly asked, causing the two Rabbid imitators to stop what they're doing and approach the princess.
"Allow me, your highness!" Beep-0 presented. "I am Beep-0—an autonomously intelligent scientific research and operational assistant."
"I see... And-"
"We call this one Rabbid Luigi..." the robot said as Rabbid Luigi waved to the princess with a short smile. "...And this is Rabbid Peach," However, once everyone had turned to the mentioned Rabbid, she had her arms crossed, her back turned with a look of jealousy plastered onto her face. "Er...he he. She's taking her cosplay a bit too seriously, I'm afraid."
Rabbid Peach glanced and ran up to her counterpart to take a closer look. She sniffed her dress a bit, despite not owning a nose, and gave her a stern glare, causing Peach to flinch back a little. She then circled around her and tugged onto her dress, and what was Rabbid Peach's response?
"Blah." she stuck her tongue out in disapproval and walked away, mumbling up a storm under her breath.
"It seems she's a little bit jealous of your style." Rosalina lightly chortled.
"Oh boy..." Peach sighed tiredly.
With the slight glance of his vision, Rabbid Luigi saw something that made him quite ecstatic. "Bwah!" he blurted while pointing to the thing in question.
Everyone looked to what Rabbid Luigi was pointing to, only to see two Rabbids carrying a wooden plank while another Rabbid wearing a construction hat stood on top of it. The ones carrying the plank accidentally ran into Rabbid Luigi, knocking him out of the way, whilst the Rabbid on the plank yelled at him with an angered nature, shaking his fist along with it.
"Yes, their friends are also quite er...spirited, as you can see." Rosalina commented with a slight shrug.
"It appears as if the Rabbids we freed from the Megabug's control have ended up here—and no worse for wear, either!" Beep-0 acknowledged.
"That's right. They keep popping in just like you did." Daisy added.
"So I'm assuming—once we defeat one of those corrupted Rabbids, they end up getting sent here?" Pit hypothesized.
"Precisely, from what we're guessing." Beep-0 replied.
"So are they friendly now?" Isabelle asked.
"I'm positively sure. They don't seem to be causing any sort of trouble, yet."
"Oh, yes. They've been quite...busy," Peach said. "I suggest you take a look at what they've built, if you have the chance. It's honestly quite impressive If I do say so," She pointed to a fairly large building resembling Rabbid Luigi wielding a hammer off in the distance. "I believe there's something called a...Battle HQ?" She then directed them to a more...distinct-looking structure. "And then there's the Museum. They love to collect souvenirs from the Mushroom Kingdom!"
"Hmm, interesting indeed." Beep-0 said.
"Should we go take a look at them?" Pit asked with eager anticipation to see what was inside.
"I suppose-a we should," Mario made public. "It's-a best we should-a take a look at what these-a guys have brought-a with them."
First, the group traversed to the Museum, where they found a collection of figurines resembling Mario, Rabbid Peach, Rabbid Luigi, and even the Sunflower, as well as a collection of various Amiibo from the scientist's workshop. I wonder how they found those...
However, the Battle HQ was far more interesting in comparison. Once they headed inside, an array of weapons spawned within the middle of the floor. It appeared to be weapons specifically for Mario, Rabbid Peach, and Rabbid Luigi to use. For now, Mario now wielded his new Blaster, titled "Rumble Bee," and a Melee weapon, titled "Button Masher," Rabbid Peach now wielded her new Blaster, titled "Red Wasp," and a Sentry weapon, titled "Keys To Victory," and lastly, Rabbid Luigi now wielded his new Bworb, titled "Slam-Held," and a Rocket, titled "Polka Party."
Soon after the group had exited the Battle HQ, Beep-0 happened to spot something off in the distance, his interest peaking every round corner.
"Aha! Look over there!" he exclaimed as the group glanced over to what the robotic assistant was speaking of. Over yonder was a large cannon, its opening resembling the open mouth of a Rabbid. "These clever Rabbids have outfitted a cannon so that it can launch us back to the Ancient Gardens! This comes in handy, as our mysterious helper gave me the power to warp to Princess Peach's Castle...and the cannons can send us back to the front!"
"How convenient!" Isabelle bubbled, Villager nodding in agreement with his secretary.
"Well if that's the case, we hope you all stay safe," Peach said, sincerely. "We'll keep an eye on these Rabbids around the castle. They seem to quite like it around here."
"Will do, Princess." Mario said with a short smile, tilting his cap with a slight nod.
He soon directed the group into the cannon, shooting them all the way back to where they had previously left off.
Chapter 1-3: Danger From Above
Strangely, once the group of unlikely heroes had arrived back to their previous location, Toad and Toadette were nowhere to be found. Hmm, how weird. I wonder where they had run off to.
But that's wasn't important anymore.
The group traveled onward down a multitude of narrow bridges before eventually noticing a battlefield up ahead in their path. In the middle of the field stood a Rabbid, his appearance full of villainy and corruption, but also comedic and lighthearted in a way. He wore a red tattered mask, small wrist guns, and a duo of red springs on his feet. He happened to be preparing for a warm up, before a similar Rabbid jumped on top of him, only for the former to bounce up from the action. The two made their way to a third one, who made the duo boost up into at high speeds.
Hopper—Team Jumping Jerks!
Two of the Hoppers shared a laugh with one another, but that was quickly finished as the third one happened to fall off the edge of the field, leading the other two to panic and thoroughly rescue their comrade. Though once our heroes had entered the battlefield, the Hoppers quickly put their guard up, aiming their weapons threateningly.
"Heck! A new breed of hopping enemies!" Beep-0 announced. "Team Jump will prove invaluable here. Use it to gain the upper hand!"
Despite never preforming this action in past battles, Mario and crew knew exactly what the robotic assistant was speaking of. Kinda...
The Hoppers were first to make their move. "Bwah bwah!" one of them yelled as he fired a blast from his wrist gun towards Mario.
"Woah!" the Italian yelped, running behind the nearest cover he could spot.
"Hey, Mario! Over here!" Pit yelled from behind his cover, positioning his legs up to give the mascot a bit of a boost.
Mario nodded as he ran over to the young angel, avoiding all the blasts the Hoppers shot at him. He swiftly Team Jumped off of him, taking the high advantage and stomped on top of the nearest Hopper, though he wasn't finished off by him, but Kirby instead, as he rammed into Hopper with a fiery dash, defeating him once the flames burnt out.
A Hopper on higher ground aimed its sight towards Villager and Isabelle, their cover nearly breaking upon the blasts the corrupted Rabbid provided. While this went on, Rabbid Peach sent out her Sentry towards the mentioned Hopper, which, surprisingly, blew up upon contact with the corrupted baddie, though he wasn't finished off just yet.
"Bwah ha ha!" the Hopper laughed hysterically, but his rein of joy was soon ended as Rabbid Luigi brought out his Rocket, which he somehow kept underneath his cap, and fired a large blast towards him, finishing him off—finally.
The final Hopper gulped in panic once his comrades were properly finished off. He thought it was about time to make a run for it while he still could, but, however, he stopped in his tracks as something rolled in front of him. It appeared to be a grenade in the form of an egg, even though a lot of grenades look like eggs once you think about it. The Hopper picked it up out of curiousity, but after two seconds, it flashed an alerting shade of red before blowing up, sending the corrupted Rabbid spiraling into the air. As he was, he was suddenly struck by a being surrounded by a golden aura and a flock of feathers. The Hopper was sent crashing into the ground upon impact, and was dissolved into a mass of pixels afterwards.
"Woah... What was that?" Pit questioned eagerly.
The being that defeated the remaining Hopper slowed its descent down in front of our heroes. It had the appearance similar to a brown honey bear, wearing nothing but a pair of yellow shorts, a black belt, a shark tooth necklace, and a blue backpack. However, once the flap of the bear's backpack opened, a red-crested breegull poked its head out and flapped its wings upon arrival.
Quite the rare encounter I must add.
But, c'mon, as if it basically wasn't a dead giveaway at this point to know who these two are. They've been requested to join Smash for how long now...?
"Banjo! Kazooie!" Mario exclaimed, approaching the exotic duo.
"Hey there, Mr. Mario!" Banjo said happily. "Thank goodness we finally found someone who's actually friendly around here!"
"We've seen nothing but those idiotic cretins running around," Kazooie stated, her voice full of major annoyance. "I swear If I see another one of em'..."
"Uh, yeah... Kazooie hasn't been doing so great with these guys."
"Well, at least-a we're all grouped-a up now," Mario said. "With all of us-a together, we should be-a able to stand through-a."
"Mario's right," Beep-0 added. "With all of your guy's abilities, and a plentiful amount of teamwork, we should easily surpass the waves of corrupted Rabbids and put a stop to their rein!"
"...Uh, who are you?" Kazooie asked, glancing to the robot, almost about to chuckle from his short stature.
"I'll explain that along on the way. There's no time to chatter! We must make haste!"
Chapter 1-4: Welcome to the Jungle
Eventually, as the group, along with Banjo and Kazooie, continued forth, they stopped in front of the entrance of Flushy Forest, where Beep-0 decided to recite the importance of their journey.
"It is VITAL that we stop that Rabbid who integrated himself with the SupaMerge BEFORE he creates any more atrocities!" the robotic assistant announced, despite Banjo and Kazooie, nor Villager and Isabelle, knowing what the SupaMerge was.
Suddenly, a message popped up above Beep-0.
"What is that?" Banjo asked.
"Uh, I've received a message from our mysterious friend, let me read it to you: 'Congratulations, Beep-0! You have successfully led your party through trials and travails worthy of Odysseus himself...' Finally! SOMEONE gives me the credit I'm due."
"Don't let the popularity get to your head, bud." Kazooie murmured.
"'This, of course, is mainly due to Mario, his ragtag allies, and your Rabbid friends—whose skill in battle you vastly underestimated.' Yes, well... Ahem!"Beep-0 said, aggravated by the distraction of Rabbid Luigi's clapping. "'Though as with Odysseus, there are rougher waters ahead. Therefore I feel the time has come to bestow upon you some NEW tools for your arsenal.'"
Once Beep-0 hit the attachments inside, portrayals of Mario, Rabbid Peach, and Rabbid Luigi came out and glided above their heads, while the others watched in pure awe.
"Wow... What are-a these?" Mario questioned in amazement.
"'Henceforth, in addition to being able to move and fire upon your adversaries, you will each be able to perform ONE other action during the natural course of combat,'" Beep-0 continued on. "'To Mario, I have given the gift of Hero Sight. When activated, he will be able to strike foes within range even outside the normal succession of events.'"The mentioned ability went inside Mario as a light orange aura briefly surrounded him.
"Nice!" he said.
"'To Rabbid Peach, I give the gift of Shield. When used, it will ward off against most weapons damage.'" The mentioned ability went inside Rabbid Peach as a pink bubble surrounded her.
"Wah..." she glamoured.
"'To Rabbid Luigi, I grant Super Barrier. It protects against enemy Super Effects and can also reduce damage.'" The mentioned ability went inside Rabbid Luigi as a shield of energy surrounded him.
"Oh?" he wondered.
"'As for how to most effectively use your new gifts, I leave that to you to discover for yourselves. More gifts will come in the future...I hope. With Anticipation, Your Biggest Fan.'" Everyone applauded for our mysterious messenger's convenient help.
"Aha! Our incognito ally's ability to give us exactly what we need at exactly the right time is uncanny!" Beep-0 stated. "Remind me not to play them at Go Fish."
"But you don't have any hands." Pit said.
"I know..."
After eventually leaving the entrance and into the starting area of the forest, the group of heroes stumbled upon another battlefield with a few select Ziggies and Hoppers. However, there was one distinct feature this field contained that surpassed it from the rest.
"Check out those suspicious covers!" Beep-0 informed. "They have the same Super Effect symbol most weapons have. They look ready to explode—or something. Let's avoid using weapons within close proximity to them!"
"Got it!" Pit exclaimed as he was the first to instantly rush in a dash into a Ziggy, his blades meeting the Rabbid's face with a speedy spin before hiding behind the nearest cover and firing an arrow from his Palutena Bow towards the corrupted baddie.
Rabbid Peach got a sudden idea once she noticed a Ziggy standing behind one of those suspicious covers. She brought out her Blaster and fired towards it, and in a mere amount of seconds, the cover exploded, sending the Ziggy into a spiraling roll to the edge of the field.
"Might as well-a test this out-a!" Mario said as he activated Hero Sight. Once one the Hoppers made their move, he automatically aimed and fired at him. "Woah..."
The Hopper, of course, wouldn't let this stand occurrence stand. He bounced his way over to the mascot, but was inevitably met with a Lloid to the stomach from Villager, defeating him in the process.
"Dah dah dah!" the remaining Hopper raged at the defeat of this comrade, firing an array of blasts towards the mayor of Smashville. However, just like the previous Hopper, he was suddenly forcefully pulled on by a fishing rod, more specifically from Isabelle. Once the assistant chucked the corrupted Rabbid off, he was soon finished off by a Twirling Wing Whack from Banjo and Kazooie.
"That takes care of that." Kazooie voiced, rather glad to see their rightful demise.
With a scowl, the Ziggy near the edge of the field rushed in for Rabbid Luigi's partial line of cover. Though what he hadn't noticed was Kirby floating just a few feet in front of him before transforming into a Thwomp, crushing the Ziggy underneath into a mass of pixels.
And there was only one left.
Unlike the Hopper from earlier, this Ziggy didn't decide to run away. He began to fire like a madman in order to defend himself from his inevitable doom. But what he didn't take in account for was a sudden yet quite large shadow appearing from behind him. And before he knew it, he was forcibly grabbed and chucked into the air.
And that wasn't it.
He was then barraged by a hoard of peanuts seemingly out of nowhere before landing on the ground with a loud thud. His finishing blow being his weapon dropping on top of his head with a clunk.
The group stood in amazement upon the combo they just witnessed. And wouldn't you know it, it came from a certain duo of relatives we've all come to know at this point and time.
One of them had the appearance of a gorilla with thick brown fur and sported a burly physique—his only piece of clothing being a red necktie with the letters, "DK," being imprinted on it. The other had the appearance similar to of a spider monkey: brown fur, versatile feet, a prehensile tail—the whole set. But the choice of clothing he only seemed to wear consisted of a red cap showing the logo of Nintendo on its front, and a red tank top with yellow stars.
"Mr. Donkey Kong! Diddy!"Banjo bubbled as he ran towards his two good friends.
In response to this, Donkey Kong instantly but the honey bear in a friendly headlock with a bit of a rough noggie, while Diddy Kong simply cheered upon their friend's appearance.
"Surprised you two haven't gone completely ape with these miscreants all over the place." Kazooie said with a minor chuckle.
"Ah, the two Kongs of Smash," Beep-0 warmly welcomed. "It's a pleasure to meet your acquaintance. Surly with the brute strength and speedy agility the two of you house together, your abilities will greatly accommodate on our journey to help rid your world of these corrupted cretins—and probably get milkshakes afterwards, who truly knows."
Both Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong didn't really know what to say upon hearing the robotic assistant spew out all that exposition (especially since they can't really speak English) out of the blue upon first meeting them, but the two decided to nonchalantly give the small robot a simple thumbs up into joining their acquaintance.
"So...shall we continue onward?" Isabelle asked.
"We shall," Beep-0 replied. "Who knows what lies in these forests, though—be on your best guard."
Eventually, the group of heroes, Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong now in tow, proceeded onward, deeper into the forest, ready to take on the next challenged that faced them... However, there next challenge wasn't gonna be their easiest...
I hope you enjoyed Chapter 2 of SB+R: KB! I have to admit, Banjo & Kazooie, as well as Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong, didn't really have the best introduction in this chapter. It was extremely weak and honestly kinda predictable. But, the reason I made them have the same introduction pattern was because I thought it would be a nice throwback to the days DK and Banjo had a more close relationship since their games were made by Rare (well, DK had his original country games made by Rare, as well as DK 64). But I hope you found a way to enjoy it nonetheless.
Now I haven't done this before, but if you could, please leave a review. I would greatly appreciate it, as it would help me develop more chapters in the future, or if they're constructive, they can help me fix future mistakes I might make.
Anywho, until next time!