Disclaimer: I do not own Nintendo, Smash Bros., or any of its third parties. I only own Purpy Draggo and the D3G S&P Ensemble.

V: Training II

"ATTENTION!" called Dassi.

The league of characters turned their attention towards the musical warriors.

"Now that you've had a little break, and that D3G and Master Hand, and I have healed ourselves, it's time for another training session." declared Dassi.

"We will learn how to defend ourselves against two army formations today. These are: the wedge and the inverted wedge." stated Nina.

"Before we learn, COLUMN!" shouted Lee.

The Smash Bros. quickly realized that that was a signal to practice their column formation. Kero and Nina were organizing the brawlers and swordfighters while Lee and Dassi ensured that the gunners were forming their lines. Little did they know, however, that Master Hand was timing them.

"Excellent job! Master Hand, what was the time?" asked Kero.

"Fifty-three seconds, Kero. That was good."

"All right then. The wedge... The wedge is an army formation that looks like an isosceles triangle. Look at my orchestral triangle. I will lay it flat, and how it is laying on my hand is the way they will attack us." explained Kero.

Kero's triangle was pointed towards the Smash Bros. like this:

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"Here's how we will approach this formation. You've noticed that in some lines the brawlers are standing on the left and the swordsmen on the right and on some lines it's vice versa. We will split this horizontal column in half." described Nina.

"Left and right people, including gunners, SLOWLY and CAREFULLY take twenty big steps away from each other." commanded Dassi.

They followed Dassi's order and became far apart.

"Now we will make you into diagonal lines. Lee and I will go to the two lines and point at someone in the front to take a certain amount of steps forward. The people behind this person will also take two steps forward." explained Lee.

Lee and Dassi began instructing the video game warriors to take a certain amount of steps forward. Master Hand was secretly timing them again.

"Master Hand, how long was that?" interrogated Dassi.

"Ouch, two minutes. That's no good, Smash Bros. We should practice that again." suggested Master Hand.

"I agree. We will do the opposite of what we just did, and then we will do the opposite of that," declared Lee.

Lee and Dassi had the Smash Bros. return to their previous states and then had them get back into diagonal lines.

"Master Hand, how did they do?" questioned Lee.

"Very well," began the gloved leader. "They got into those lines in one minute and twenty-three seconds."

"Nice job, you guys!" exclaimed Dassi.

"Let's practice that again, but this time we begin from the horizontal column." proposed Nina.

"Sounds good to me." said Lee. "Let's sort ourselves between brawler, swordfighter, or gunner."

The warriors quickly sorted themselves and were ready to practice the formation.

"When I shout WEGDE, you will get into the horizontal column. After that, left and right people will take twenty big steps away from each other and Lee and I will make you diagonal," described Dassi. "Are there questions?"

Silence

"Okay. WEDGE!"

Kero and Nina organized the brawlers and swordfighters while Lee and Dassi ensured that the gunners were forming their lines. When that was finished, Lee and Dassi directed traffic and made the two divisions diagonal. Master Hand was timing them yet again.

"That was good, Smash Bros. Master Hand, what was the time?"

"One minute and thirty-seven seconds."

"Excellent performance!" complimented Kero. "Before we go on break, here are some things that you should know. First off, you will fight like you did the first time during the battle. Second, the inverted wedge is literally just the wedge inverted, as the name implies. It's how I held the triangle, but backwards. We will approach that the same way that we will approach the column. Are there questions?" said Kero.

"If they approach us in an inverted wedge, will you shout column or inverted wedge?" asked Zelda.

"Column." replied Lee. "Any other questions?"

Silence.

"Ok. Come back to us in ten minutes."

Three formations down, two to go. The Smash Bros. are on a roll!

And they are stepping closer to complete preparedness...