Super Smash Bros adventures chapter 14
"Thanks Mario." Acknowledges Sakurai as he and the red-capped plumber finish drying the last of the breakfast dishes.
"No problem." Mario says, relieved that it wouldn't be his turn to do the dishes for a while.
Mario walks out of the kitchen and explores the mansion, looking for something to occupy himself until his next match.
"Mario."
Mario turns around to see who had called his name. "Oh Charizard." Mario says pleasantly as the fire dragon landed in front of him, having been flying through the halls a moment before.
"Mind if you do me a favor?" asks Charizard. "Everyone else is pretty busy."
"What do you need?" Mario wonders.
"There's a Pokemon tournament, and I want to be in it." Charizard explains, folding his wings across his back.
"That sounds fun, but why do you need me?" inquires Mario, perplexed.
"I can't go by myself, because I need a trainer with Me." explains Charizard. "Red and I used to enter tournaments all the time, but…" the dragon's words trailed off, and Mario understood his sadness.
"I don't know what Pokemon trainers do." says Mario, interlocking his fingers nervously.
"They basically give the Pokemon orders on how to attack the other trainer's Pokemon in a battle." Charizard explains patiently.
"Okay then." agrees Mario. "I guess I can give it a shot."
Mario and Charizard arrived at the massive stadium through a portal. The stands were filled with cheering people, and all around, trainers and their Pokemon were preparing for battle. "Wow, I've never seen these Pokemon before." says Mario.
"Yeah. The Pokemon at the Smash Mansion aren't the only ones, you know." says Charizard. "There are over eight hundred Pokemon. You haven't even seen half of them."
Mario entertained thoughts of him traveling around and capturing every Pokemon in the world. Then, the announcer spoke into a microphone, startling Mario from his daydream.
"Welcome, all trainers, to the Pokemon tournament!" he says enthusiastically, and began announcing the pairings for matches.
"Wow, I've never seen these Pokemon before." says Mario, looking around at the fascinating creatures.
"Concentrate Mario. We're in the first round." says Charizard. Charizard gets inside of his Pokeball and Mario nervously goes to the battlefield to face the trainer across from him. "Uh, Charizard! I choose you!" Mario cries, throwing the Pokeball. The dragon was released in a burst of white light.
"Go!" The trainer, a girl with red hair, throws her Pokeball and releases her Pokemon, a Swampert.
"It's a water type." Mario observes anxiously. "Do you think you can win?"
"Don't always believe in type advantages." Charizard replies smugly. At least one of them was confident in what they were doing.
Before Mario knows it, he is thrown into the first round and the trainer is calling her attack. "Swampert use Waterfall!" she orders. The creature summons a powerful wave of water that towers over Charizard.
"Charizard! Dodge and use Slash!" Mario cries, his heart already pounding. If they lost, it would be his fault. He was the one giving orders after all.
On Mario's command, Charizard flies out of range of the water and landed a powerful Slash attack.
"Swampert use Hydropump." the Trainer orders. A powerful jet of water is fired from her Pokemon's mouth, like a fire hose.
Mario gasps. If this hits Charizard it is over. "Charizard dodge and use Seismic Toss." Mario screams. Charizard tries to dive, but the blast of water hits him in the face.
"You should think twice before having a fire Pokemon battle against a water type." Mario's opponent warns. "Swampert! Use Bubble Beam!"
Swampert shoots a stream of bubbles out of its mouth.
"Charizard! Let's try another Seismic Toss!" Mario cries out. Charizard flies through the air, dodging the bubbles, and grabs Swampert. He flies higher and higher, spinning around and around, until the water Pokemon is too dizzy to think, then slams it to the ground with such force that the whole stadium shakes.
"Swampert is unable to battle! Charizard is the winner!" the judge announces, raising a green flag.
"We did it, Charizard!" Mario exclaims, surprised at himself.
"Yeah!" Charizard cries. "But, we have a few more battles to go."
The battles passed, each one more difficult than the last. After a while, Mario and Charizard are at the final round. The final round is Mario and Charizard against a Garchomp. "This Pokemon look strong. Are you ready Mario?" asked Charizard.
"Lets win this." replies Mario.
"Begin!" the referee calls out, signaling for the start of the match.
"Charizard! Use Flamethrower." Mario orders, trying to get a lead in the match. Charizard shoots a stream of hot flames out of his mouth.
"Garchomp! Dodge and use Dragon Tail." the trainer orders calmly. Garchomp jumps into the air and his tail glows brightly. The dark Pokemon hit Charizard and the dragon skidded backwards in the stadium.
"Charizard use Slash." says Mario. Charizard flew up to Garchomp and slashes with his claws.
Both Pokemon are fighting hard and have taken lots of damage. The crowd is in a frenzy.
"Garchomp use Crunch." says the Trainer. Garchomp bites Charizard's neck, hard. The dragon let out a roar of pain.
"Charizard use Seismic Toss!" Mario comands. Charizard grabs Garchomp, brings him all the way to the sky and throws him, Garchomp is still raring to go.
"Garchomp. Use Dragon Pulse." says the Trainer. Garchomp fires off a powerful burst of blueish flames.
"Charizard! Use Flare Blitz!" says Mario. Charizard flapped his wings, and surrounded by waves of red flames, flew through the enemy fire and slammed into Garchomp, who fainted due to the force.
The crowd cheered for Mario and Charizard, who waved wildly at them. "We did it Charizard!" Mario cries excitedly as the host gives each of them a shiny, gold medal.
"You're not bad for a first timer." Charizard remarks, and the tournament champions transported to the Smash mansion.
"We should do this again sometime." Mario says, having enjoyed being a Pokemon trainer.
"Yeah I'll let you know when another tournament is." Charizard responds, fingering his medal.
Suddenly, Luigi and Greninja appear in a flash of gold light, as if they had been in another world.
"Where did you guys go?" Mario wonders curiously.
"We went to a Pokemon tournament." replied Luigi.
"Really?" asks Mario, his eyes lighting up. "We didn't see you!"
"Maybe we went to a different tournament. " Greninja muses, and Mario sees that the Pokemon is fiddling with a medal around his neck.
"If you aren't too tired, how about we have a Pokemon battle outside?" asks Mario.
"Yeah! Let's do it." Luigi agrees. The plumbers and the Pokemon go outside, eager to get their battle under way.