A/N: Hey, it's Xovercreator here, with a new Glitched Crossover Chaos installment!
The episode name is 'The Smash 5 Trials', based off the SMG4 video with the same name!
Disclaimer: OCs belong to their respective authors, characters to their own franchises!
In Eientei...
Inside the upper games room of the mansion, Kaguya, Richard, Siege and Inujon were playing Smash Wii U's Smash Tour, as they were in the middle of a game.
"Bwahahaha!" Richard cried hysterically "Behold, Fox with high Arm levels! I like to see you ward off my beam spam! Suck it! I'll just simply just dodge each and every attack you all make on me, and then Smash you all to oblivion-"
Richard's Fox character was launched by Siege, who was using Little Mac, with a reasonable Speed and Attack level.
"Not if my current stats have to say about it!" Siege smirked. "Can't touch this!"
Siege then proceeded to knock out Kaguya's Peach and Inujon's Mario without much difficulty, as Little Mac's Knockout traits and his high Attack level made him a one-shot wonder, although Kaguya was last to fall with her high Defence level. As the results of the current battle were announced, Richard only slumped back.
"Fuuuuuucccckkkkk..." Richard cursed sluggishly. "I should have stopped you from using the Riki Trophy item... If only then, you wouldn't be so broken..."
"Hey, them's the breaks, Richard. You just had some bad luck. I bet that in vanilla Smashing, you and I would be on fair grounds." Siege comforted his friend.
"Aw... that's really nice of you, Siege... Thanks for comforting my sweet boy." Kaguya smiled, before it turned demonic. "But don't expect me to not pay you back ten-fold for wasting my favourite character so easily."
"Woah... She's really into this game, eh?" Inujon asked.
"Heh, this is just the intermission. I'll make my comeback, and it's be so damn worth it!" Richard cried out.
However, before the game could proceed to the next round, there was vibrating coming from Richard's pockets.
"Hang on, pause the game." Richard called out to the others, as he pulled out his smartphone, and checked it, as it had a simple message alert.
Meet me at Final Destination Melee. Bring Siege with you, we need you as extra judges for the influx of newcomers for Smash 5. .
There was a flaming Smash logo below the message, as Richard's eyes widened, and his mouth gaped.
"Ho...ly... SHIT!" Richard cried out, as the other three players turned to face him.
"What is it, Richard?" Siege asked.
"Is there another incident that we need to solve?" Kaguya asked.
"Has something to be celebrated come up?" Inujon asked.
"Siege, we have struck gold. PURE FUCKING GOLD!" Richard shouted with pure joy. "We're going to be the judges of the next Smash tournament's contestants!"
"OH HELL YEAH!" Siege roared with a fist pumped up.
"Congrats! I bet Master Hand must really honour you as guest fighters, if you're selected for that honour!" Inujon congratulated the selected duo.
"I'm so happy for you, Richard! Hope you enjoy your experience, because I would die over and over again for a single opportunity like that!" Kaguya said.
"Thank you both." Richard said. "Siege, let's get this show on the road!"
The group then dressed themselves in their Smash outfits, as Richard was dressed in his black coat and jeans, with Heaven's Will on his back, and Siege was dressed in his soldier's uniform, except he had his favourite assault rifle on his back.
"See ya soon, Kaguya and Inujon!" Richard said, as he jumped through a sukima with Siege.
At the Final Destination Melee stage...
The entire stage was filled with Smashers, with the regular Smashers having a chat with each other, Little Mac practising his boxing, with Doc Louis cheering him on, and Rosalina giving Lucas some good tips as a mothers, and Game and Watch using his Chef move to throw black and white food at Wario, who is trying to eat them all.
"Ahahaha! Thanks a lot, sucker!" Wario cackled, as he continued to take G&W's food.
Richard soon came out of the sukima, with Siege behind him, as he jump-kicked Wario in the head, sending him smashing on the side.
"Ah, Wario, always the dirtbag you usually are, eh?" Siege said, as he got up. "Consider this karma for what you have done to the more innocent Smashers."
"Oww..." Wario groaned. "Not you again..."
"Hey, hey!" Richard cried out, as he waved at the other Smashers. "So nice to meet you all once again, fellow Smashers!"
They all turned to the new arrivals.
"Oh boy, it's Richard and Siege!" Mario said.
"It's been so long since we have seen you two participating in the tournaments!" Nana, the pink Ice Climber, exclaimed, before her brother Popo added his words to them. "Yeah, where have you guys been?"
"Been doing all kinds of stuff, fellow Smashers." Richard replied. "Besides, let me guess, you're all going to be helping the judging of the newcomers?"
"Yeah. I'm still anxious about the newcomers." Olimar spoke, as it was translated by his suit and helmet, while he was tending to his Pikmin. "Last time, some of them weren't really nice."
"Hey, watch it, little one. You don't want to be at the receiving end of my guns." Bayonetta warned Olimar, who shrinked away. "I take it you two have done a lot of naughty but thrilling things while you were gone? Shame that some of these girls here don't have a sense of danger and adrenaline."
Zelda only sighs, and rolls her eyes at Bayonetta, while Samus took off her helmet.
"Ah, hello, Samus." Siege asked. "How's Falcon treating you these days?"
"Much better than what those webcomics portrayed our relations as." Samus said, as she hung a hand over Captain Falcon. "He's a good guy. We never did anything that neither of us would stand to hate, and he may be a show-off, but he's my show-off and so far, he's as powerful as he claims. I think I'm getting used to him."
"Oh yeah... She really showed me the REAL moves." Falcon said with a toothy smile. "After all, I revel myself in the thrill of fighting such exhilarating battles over so many places."
"Good to hear you two are getting along well." Richard asked Little Mac. "Sup, Mac, how's your training these days?"
"Pretty good. I feel like that I could run another round with Sandman, and certainly give him a bruising." Little Mac. "Turns out Smashing is much better training than simple shadow-boxing. I get to use all of my moves, and I expose myself to a variety of different attacks. Straights, kicks, hooks, slams, projectiles, the people here have the lot. And it's satisfying to find another sport, even if it is only fictional to others, to earn my fame in!"
"Attaboy, Little Mac, keep it up, and you'll become champion one day!" Doc Louis cheered his trainee on.
"Well, you'll have to outpace our growth then, and mix up your moveset, because I already can find a way to make your combo ineffective!" Richard replied.
Siege was looking for Link, before he came onto Link in his Breath of the Wild incarnation.
"Link, that's you?" Siege asked, as Link turned to face him. "Why do you look so... outlandish and feminine?"
"Well, it's a long story. A REALLY long story." Link replied. "It has a lot of flashbacks, travelling, Guardian Beasts, and shadow monsters."
"Wow. I can't wait to hear this one." Siege replied. "Richard would have missed you."
"I'm sure that he'll be fine without me. Hell, I only went out for training for a few days, and everything happened within those days, starting from waking up in a damn chamber!" Link exclaimed.
"Ouch." Siege hissed.
Soon, Master Hand materialised from the top of the arena.
"Alright. Everyone is here? Good." Master Hand called out. "Thank you all for coming to supervise the Smash 5 Trials."
"No problems, big guy!" Sonic called out. "It's our pleasure!"
"Thank you, Sonic. Thanks to a announcement for a new Smash, we will have to deal with the bone-crushing influx of new arrivals." Master Hand answered back, before he then lowered his voice to say "Damn non-Smash fans... They don't have a idea as to what makes a potential Smasher and what is not allowed.'.
Master Hand then audibly cleared his throat. "Regardless, you will all be judges. You will be divided into separate groups, and will deal with characters from your franchise, or are related to it. But, however, Richard and Siege will be independent judges, dedicated to deal with all fourth-party newcomers and some from the third-party groups, due to their expertise with them."
"Thank you for delegating this role to us." Richard thanked the giant creator of Smash.
"We won't have you disappointed, MH! Leave the work to us! It'll take more than mere judging to make us fatigued." Siege called out.
"Alright, now that everything have been settled. It is time for the newcomers to come!" Master Hand said, before he then snapped his fingers three times.
Kirito was fighting in Gun Gale Online, as he was doing a battle tournament by himself, as he was taking down various gunslingers with his dual Photon Blades.
"This isn't much of a challenge, no-" Kirito taunted his opponents, before he was warped from the game.
Marisa was brewing up potions in her own house in the Forest of Magic, as she was dropping magic herbs and mixing the solution inside the cauldron quickly, before there was a puff of white dust from her experiment, and she stopped brewing the potion, and poured the mixture into a glass bottle.
"At last... I have managed to make a improved version of the healing salve for the army!" Marisa cried with joy, before she placed the bottle on the table. "Now, to 'improvise' some more-"
Marisa was teleported out of her house, before she even knew that she was being taken from Gensokyo.
Tia was resting on a beach with her brother Tio, as they were bathing in the sunlight.
"Ah, the feeling of having a good sunbath never gets old, right, brother?" Tia asked.
"Indeed. It's a shame that Inujon is occupied by matters with Richard and Siege." Tio replied. "I could scold him, and force him to come here. He can't just leave his wife alone with his brother."
"Oh, you're so protective of me, Tio." Tia giggled. "No, although I love Inujon, I just wanted to spend time with you, brother. Inujon already agreed to this, and he did want to come here."
Suddenly, Tia disappeared in a burst of white light, as Tio immediately scrambled up.
"Tia? TIA!?" Tio asked. "Where are you!?"
Tio was about to panic, before he got a message from Siege.
Don't worry about Tia. She's here with us, after she made her choice to join Smash to be a guest fighter like us. We'll take good care of her. -Siege.
"Arceusdammnit..." Tio cursed. "She and I should have at least get some warning like this."
Sunset Shimmer was inside a classroom, as she was teaching Cirno about a few things.
"...And that, is why there is rain." Sunset concluded her lecture. "This might give you some ideas as to how to use your environment to your advantage, my young student.'
"Un! I understand now!" Cirno spoke with a determined tone. "You really are smart, Mrs Shimmer! I think you and Mrs Kamishirasawa would be rivals!"
"Maybe so... Maybe so..." Sunset teased her protegee, before she then suddenly got teleported.
"Mrs Shimmer? Sunset!?" Cirno cried out in awe, before then sighing in defeat. "Looks like she must have went back. I gotta know more, so that I can really be stronger than more and more people..."
A female Orange Inkling was inside Urchin Underpass, as she was taking turf at a astonishing speed, as her Splattershot sprayed ink everywhere, and she took down an incoming enemy Inkling with a combination of a few shots and a well-placed Ink Bomb lob.
She was about to proceed to make her way closer to the enemy area, before she was whisked away from the arena, and found herself standing on a large flat panel of earth, where she saw Kirito, Marisa, Sunset, and Tia.
She then turned to face behind her, as she gaped at awe, at the massive flaming symbol of Smash, with the regulars, Richard and Siege standing on a stone platform, the darkness in front, and the light behind them, making them mere silhouettes in her sight.
"Woomy?" The female Inkling gurgled.
"Tia? What are you doing here?" Sunset asked. "Don't tell me you got selected as well!"
"Yeah, Sunset. I really wanted to be a guest fighter like Siege and Richard." Tia replied.
"What the Makai, ze!?" Marisa angrily yelled. "I just finishing my damn potion, and set it down. If it broke, I'm having the head of the person who did this to me!"
"Huh, where is this..." Kirito asked, before he saw Richard and Siege. "Siege? Richard?"
While they were talking, various newcomers appeared, ranging from Mugman to Pichu, and many more.
"Thank you all for signing up for the Smash 5 auditions." Master Hand said. "I apologise for everything that has happened, but you have been teleported here as per the request of the Smash fanbase and many more. I take responsibility for taking you all so suddenly, but I had to do it. Now, due to there being too many of you people. You will be assigned to be tested by a group of main roster characters. However, for you fourth-party people, and some of you Nintendo newbies, you will be assigned under the supervision of Siege and Richard, as they are guest fighters, and well suited. You may come down, the two of you."
Richard and Siege immediately got to the platform in their own way, with Siege doing a high-jump, and slamming his fist on the ground when he landed, and Richard using his sukima to teleport across.
"Heya, Kirito." Richard said. " I take it you were doing GGO, eh?"
"Yeah... Still, it wasn't nice to be yanked out in the middle of a tournament." Kirito frowned.
"Don't worry, Master Hand would have stopped time with his former two finger-snaps, and the third is what brought you all here." Siege explained the matter.
"Richard? What are you doing here?" Marisa asked. "And you were part of this game before, ze?"
"More of a guest, like Master Hand said. Still, I got respect everywhere." Richard said. "It's quite interesting how it was you, not Reimu, who got the choice."
"Well, that's for sure, I'm more popular than that shrine maiden, ze!" Marisa spoke with pride.
"Moving on. You will be assigned a trial from your partner, or group. If you can clear it, you'll have the honour of being in the game." Master Hand introudced the rules of the trials to them. "You fail, well, no second chances, but you're free to try for the next installment. I made sure that all trials are tailored to be specialised for your gimmicks and your role in overall stat distribution, and they are all fair, so no complaining if you fail."
"Pichu! Pichu!(Finally, with a new moveset, I might actually stop being a clone Pikachu! I'm sick of being treated as a shadow of my evolved self!)" Pichu chimed.
"Well now, this is a strange world indeed..." Venom Snake said, with a cigar in his mouth. "I wonder what kind of trial is set, considering the cast here."
"Alright, let the trials begin, now!" Master Hand called out.
Richard only cracked his knuckles, as Siege smiled evilly.
"Oh, I am going to enjoy this a lot!" Siege cried out.
Trial 1: Sunset vs. Target Smash
Sunset soon found herself within the confines of Princess Toadstool's Castle, with targets surrounding her on all sides.
"What's with all the targets here?" Sunset pondered aloud.
"Your trial, Sunset." Siege replied, having teleported into the room.
"Hey there Siege, guess You're supervising me?" Sunset asked.
"Precisely. Now, break all the targets within this area in 3 minutes and you're through." Siege said.
"Ha, easy enough." Sunset stated, taking a fighting stance, before a siren sounded, signaling the start of her challenge.
Sunset began by taking out a target right in front of her with a fire ball attack. She noted she could charge the attack, and pressed onwards, using her side Special to do a flaming dash kick, taking out two more targets.
'Wow... she's good.' Siege thought to himself.
Sunset then leaped into the air with a spiraling uppercut, the Shinryuken no doubt. It took out another target and revealed her up special. Sunset continued forth, destroying all targets within her path with various kicks and punches, and then got down to the last target with 10 seconds left, having fallen off a ledge to get it.
'SHIT! I'm done for... wait... what about..." Sunset thought.
She used her down special. This attack was Sunset thrusting her hands down and causing a medium range explosion, breaking the final target and getting back onto the ledge.
' She found her recovery special...' Siege thought again, before speaking. "Congrats Sunset! You won! Now just join the other victors and await your results."
"Sure thing." Sunset said, walking through the portal Siege made for her.
Trial 2: Female Inkling vs. Board the Platforms
They are in the temple background used for custom stages in Brawl, as the stage was already set, with around 10-20 platforms with a yellow top, and a red light to indicate if it was boarded or not. However, the first ones were in the air.
"Alright, time for your trial, kid. Let's see if you're fresh enough to match up to everyone else." Richard stated. "My trial is simple. You just have to make your way through all of the platforms, and not fall down to the ground. You touch it, you fail."
"Grreeasph!" The female Inkling blurted. "Squuueh?'
"Oh right, you're still using Inkling language." Richard clicked his tongue in annoyance. "Stand still for a moment, if you can understand me."
The female Inkling nodded back in confirmation of Richard's statement, before he then pulled out a ear-mounted speaker beside her mouth, then tuning the knob on the other side of the microphone, before stepping back.
"Try speaking now." Richard replied. "I should have it on the right translation channel."
"...Wait, so this thing can make me speak your human language?" The female Inkling asked with a curious expression, before surprised at her translated speech. "Woah! My voice sound so deep and clear! So this is what the old people used to speak like."
"Glad to see it works." Richard smiled, before gesturing behind him to the platforms with his thumb. "Now, get moving. I still have a lot of people to deal with."
"Alright, watch the pro of platforming at work!" The female Inkling said, as she managed to get herself onto the first platform, before she noticed there was a large horizontal gap between the one she was standing on, and the next one, as she immediately skidded to a stop, noticing the distance, and looked back at Richard. "Uh, how do I get across? I don't see anything to paint on, and there's no rail!"
"Good. You're getting to know the fundamentals of Smash." Richard called back out. "There won't be anything that'll be used by only you alone! Everyone is on familiar ground, so you better start thinking about a way to get your way back! Try figuring out your gimmick, try to use something that would definitely help you! Something you're familiar with!"
"Huh, what kind of nonsense is that!?" The female Inkling cried out, before she noticed that she still had her Splattershot, and she still had some ink left inside of it. "Wait... WAIT! This is still like Turf War, I can paint over all of this stuff, right? I should at least try."
The female Inkling fired off her weapon, as orange ink splattered the top of the platform, as she pumped her fist.
"Yes, it does work!" The female Inkling whooped, before she then crouched down. "Now, to turn into a squid, and then slide-jump across..."
She then turned into her ink-squid form, as she floated around in the ink, recharging her ink reserves, before then rushing towards the end of the platform, and returning to her humanoid form, and jumping across.
"WOO! Eat that, I bet no-one ever thought to do such a slick move like this!" The female Inkling shouted in joy, before she then turned to the rest of the platforms, as she saw that there were various platforms, with varying heights and assorted obstacles blocking the path between each platform. "Still, I need to see what I can use."
She then pulled out a Ink-Bomb, and lob it over to the next platform in the sequence, as it bounced, before popping after a while, and spraying a good amount of the platform.
"Ink-bombs: Check... Now, to see if I can use a Launch pad... Even if there's not one here." She muttered.
She then charged up her ink, as she flew into the sky with twin ink-trails streaking just behind her, before she then landed on the platform with a soft thud.
"Actually, I don't think I need one anymore... Strange... Why can I do all of this all the sudden, when the others couldn't?" The Female Inkling said to herself. "Ah well, I can ask later. I got a boy to impress her after all."
She then used her assorted arsenal to make her way through each platform with great skill, only staggering on the edges a few times due to a mistimed slide-jump, or shooting off too far with her ink-jump.
'Well now... This girl is doing pretty good in a world where movement wasn't exactly complex enough to cover all bases for her entire species, such as jumping.' Richard thought, observing the exemplary performance that his trial-goer was displaying. 'Master Hand, you are a clever bastard to give her what she needs for a fair fight against the others.'
The female Inkling then managed to make her way to the final platform, as all the platforms have a blue light on them, instead of the untouched red.
"Whooo... Hah... I'm tired... And I've never... felt that way..." She panted.
"Then congrats, you have proven yourself worthy a place among the roster." Richard congratulated her, as he used a sukima to reach the platform.
"Hah!? But I thought... you were down... there!" The female Inkling spoke in awe.
"It's a special ability of mine." Richard admitted. "You won't know about it, because you're going to be one of my competitors in the future, and I won't be using it. But still, a feat like that shouldn't go unrecognised. What is your name, girl? You certainly must have one, if you're this good to pass this trial with your old ways."
"It's... It's Meggy." The female Inkling, Meggy, shyly replied.
"Alright then, Meggy, it's time you take a break with the other victors." Richard replied, as she dropped her down a sukima. "Now, onto the next batch..."
Trial 3: Tia vs. Homerun Contest!
Tia soon found herself in line with three veteran Smashers, and they looked to be lining up to take a swing with a bat inside a smaller arena. It was the Homerun Contest.
"Whoa... it's so packed in here! Is this some sort of stadium?" Tia asked.
"Sure is!" Siege said, dropping down with Richard.
"I hope this doesn't take long, I got a hot date with Marisa, and not what you think it is." Richard stated. "I mean in the send of her trial."
"Understandable Richard, but we have a Home Run Contest to do!" Siege said. "Alright! Here's the deal, Tia! Your three opponents are Mario, Ness, and Fox. All you have to do is place 2nd amongst the four of them to win. How? Damage Sandbag as fast as you can within 20 seconds and whack him before that 20 seconds is up with the Homerun Bat!" Siege told Tia.
"Got it!" Tia said with a thumbs up, before she looked on to get ready for the contest.
The three contestants before her came up and did their worst, Fox getting the farthest with 10,921 feet, and Ness taking second with 8,922 feet.
"Alright Tia! You need to beat at least 8,922 feet!" Siege said.
With a nod, Tia began her assault. Her move set consisted solely of punches and kicks. She noted her standing still special was a Draconic Hadoken, her side specials were her dashing attacks, her Down B was a massive explosion of power, and her Up B was a Draconic Shoryuken. Noticing time was running out, Tia grabbed the Home Run bat and swung, hitting Sandbag.
Sandbag was sent flying quite the ways... and soon it landed...
15,642 feet away.
"TIA! YOU WON!" Siege cheered.
"Dang... She's good Siege." Richard quipped.
"Yup. She sure is." Siege said. "Go and wait for the results, Tia." Siege told her, Tia doing so and Siege and Richard leaving the area.
Trial 4: Marisa vs. Richard (Coin Battle/Handicap for Marisa)
Marisa and Richard were standing on the Big Battlefield stage, as Richard was standing opposite of her.
"So, you're my judge for this one?" Marisa asked. "Well, I guess good friends stick together... ze."
"Yep. And I'm guaranteed that you'll have a reason to like this trial." Richard replied. "Even more if you're Reimu."
"What's it going to be? Something like fighting for money?" Marisa inquired with a curious head-tilt.
"Close, you're fighting, with the ability to MAKE money from fighting." Richard smirked. "Welcome to Coin Battle, where you bash each other to steal money from their blood. The harder you hit, the more cash comes out from said attack."
"So what do I have to do, get a certain amount?" Marisa asked.
"Oh, you with all the questions." Richard snorted. "Yes, your goal is to get 1000 coins, by beating me hard enough to collecting the dropped money before I do."
"Alright, but what's the catch? I know there's one!" Marisa nodded as she spoke.
"Clever, there is one. I'm free to fight, and I won't hesitate to knock you out, so that I prevent you in getting the goal. You get knocked out of the arena, you lose half, and that half sprays from the spot you were knocked through. Better not die too low on the left and right boundaries, or you're not getting any back!" Richard explained. "There are two things you also need to note. To play fair, I've handicapped you to be 5x more resistant to launch power, meaning it's be hard to launch you. And if you either forfeit by call, or 10 minutes pass, you fail the trial. So I recommend you fight fast, strong and smart, if you want your place."
"Tch... Even so, it's not going to be easy?" Marisa replied.
"Nope. I ain't holding back here, so either you play serious, or I make you do that by force." Richard intoned, as he drew his sword. "And also, as a friend's offer, you get to keep the money you collect, lose or win. They're worth a lot outside the Smash Realm, so do your best!"
Marisa only smirked, before she whipped out her Hakkero. "Let's do this!" She shouted.
Richard immediately rushed at Marisa, before pummeling her with a sword smash, causing bills and assorted coins to fly out, as she was knocked back a little, as the witch used her own broom to reach Richard and smack him with a side swing before he could collect the bulk of the dropped money, as coins sprouted out of the weak attack, while Marisa took as much of the money possible.
She then prepped her Hakkero, as Richard dashed back, before then running at her, before she fired off three large star projectiles, that stunned Richard, and then knocked him onto the upper platforms, while Marisa took the money dropped.
"Oh, now I'm getting fired up!" Richard cried, as he dropped down, and pulled out a bow, nocking a light arrow, and then firing it at Marisa, and then chargin at her, before doing a sword combo that swept her off her feet, as the witch got up while Richard took the dropped coins.
However, Marisa dodge-rolled back, before she then jumped onto her broom, and then charging into Richard, causing coins to pop out of him, continously grinding him against it, as he is thrown back a little further with more damage on him, as Marisa took the trail of coins left, as Richard got up.
Marisa was about to smack him with her broom multiple times, before Richard immediately assumed a counter stance, and then parried the first strike to stagger her, before then giving her a upper-cut to her solar plexus, that caused a few bills and gold coins to pop out, and Marisa to be sent back a little further than what his previous attacks did.
She then immediately rolled behind Richard when she landed, before the boy could follow up his attack, as she then cocked her broom back, and swung it around her, hitting him a few times, as he flew out of the arena, trying to get up with a wing jump, only to be meteor-smashed by Marisa's broom slamming down on him mid-air, causing him to be smashed out, as his lost half of bounty scattered from the skies, as Marisa took the money.
As soon as she reached the last coin, there was a quiet 'plink' as Richard landed down from the respawn pad, and he clapped.
"Well done, Mari, you reached the goal, and you didn't even take as much damage. Quite surprised, since you actually dodged like a true fighter would, and you utilised your moveset well." Richard commemorated his witch companion.
"Moveset? So you mean the moves that I was doing?" Marisa asked.
"Yep, you seem to have found... about half of your special moves. The rest you can find when you start training in the simulation rooms." Richard replied. "And little tip, don't crank the final knob to 'Cruel' or '10.0'. 10.0 is too much for you to fight now, and Cruel... well, less told, the more sanity you retain."
Marisa felt a chill at Richard's last statement, before she was taken by Richard back to the hub to rest and wait for the rest of the results.
Trial 5: Kirito vs. Fighting Polygon Team
Kirito was on the Final Destination stage of the very first Smash Tournament, in his Alfheim outfit and gear, as Richard gapped in, and Siege was already there.
Richard looked a lot steamed, as his eye is twitching, and he was muttering unspeakable curses under his breath.
"Richard? You alright?" Siege asked. "You look like you just ate something as spicy as all of the world's chilli combined."
Richard then noticed what he was doing, before he then shook his hand and reverted to his standard expression.
"Oh. Yeah, sorry. I was having quite the aneurysm trying to deal with a asshole I hate to the very deepest of my heart. " Richard replied. "Hey, Kirito. How do you feel before you're going to get the trial from us?"
"I feel fine, but I have questions." Kirito asked. "Why are you both here when you're supposed to be separate, and Richard, who is that person you were talking about with absolute hostility?"
"Well, seeing you're our friend, and we want to see how you'll handle the challenge, we both came to supervise." Siege replied. "After all, you did help us that time in Alfheim, and we did say that our friendship is not easily broken, nor easily forgotten, right?"
"And as for me, I came because I want to see you kick ass like a real swordsman." Richard smirked, before he then hissed through his clenched his teeth. "Now, about the second question, the person that I had to deal with, and the very last person I expect to be signed into the tournament, Quartz Von Beelzebub."
"Oh, DANG! I remember that you hated this guy's guts without any restraint." Siege replied. "Must have been hard having to deal with him, eh?"
"I had my way of dishing revenge on him. Since that fucker wants women..." Richard replied. "I gave him what he wanted. I sent him into a Cruel Brawl, with all of his pain restraints removed, and he can't be launched. In karmic justice, I made every single woman in the roster be on the stage on the same time. It was so satisfying to watch them grind his balls to dust and turn his body into a living sandbag."
"Oohhh... Sure don't want to be that guy." Kirito hissed in phantom pain, imagining what Richard did.
"Anyway, now that we're done talking, let's get on with the trial." Siege interjected. "Looks like your trial is to defeat 10 waves of Polygon Fighters. They're the mooks of Smash, but they can still hurt you bad if you underestimate them."
"I see, but I'm always ready for a challenge!" Kirito replied with determination, as he draw his twin blades.
"That's the Kirito I know! Good luck, buddy! Go show Master Hand who is the real master of multi-man battles here!" Richard said, as he teleported to a platform away from the arena, as Siege followed after.
Music: Crossing Field- Rock Cover (SAO/MattyyyM)
A familiar theme began to play, as various fighters in their purple crystallised Fighting Polygon team began to drop from the skies, as Kirito looked at them with a terse expression.
The crystallised fighters began to charge at Kirito, as Kirito used his own shield to block the enemies around him, before he then used a standard combo attack of swinging his blades sideways, before then charging up a smash, launching one of them out of the boundaries of the arena.
He was then attacked from behind, as he was launched into the air for a short distance, as he manages to do a air-recovery, and do a downwards slash, that smashes one of the jumping enemies back down, and off the edge, as it fails to gain enough height to reach the edge, and falls through the lower boundaries.
As Kirito fought the Fighting Polygons off, he began to notice that they were acting as a group, as with each enemy he strikes, another always comes from a different direction, forcing him to abandon his combo, and evade-roll out of the attack.
'These enemies... really know how to fight together. This won't be as easy as clearing out the monsters back at Alfheim...' Kirito thought.
He then side-stepped, before he then raised his blades, and slashed them on either side of him, as his attack manages to get a good amount of the enemies, sending them flying in different directions.
He then dashed into another Fighting Polygon, as he chained strike after strike, dealing massive damage onto the enemy, sending it flying out of the stage at a ungodly speed due to its weak defence against being launched. However, he was soon knocked into a series of Fighting Polygons, as they hit him repeatedly in different directions, before he was knocked off the edge.
Kirito double-jumped as far as he could to the ledge, before he then used a rising slash to catch the enemies on the edge, and send them flying into the upper boundary.
Kirito then immediately landed on the topmost platform, before he then crossed his swords, as a blue aura began to appear around him, as a sword-icon appeared above his head, as he then began to slash through the enemies with higher attack, sending yet more enemies into the abyss.
"Shit... Kirito has already gotten quite good at this!" Richard blurted out.
"Well, no less is to be expected for the guy who defeated Heathcliff in a duel, and cleared the 100 floors of Alfheim for all of us." Siege replied.
"Yeah..." Richard stated. "But he's not going to easily beat the surprise at the end."
Soon after Kirito cleared the waves of enemies, there was a sudden popping sound, and then the whistling of something heavy falling to the ground.
Kirito looked up, and saw Metal versions of both Siege and Richard, as they crashed into the ground.
"What the!?" Kirito exclaimed. 'These ones look like Richard and Siege, but they're all... metallic? Something tells me that they're much more powerful than the crystal copies I just fought.'
Kirito immediately attacked the metal Richard, as he quickly evaded most of the blows that the metal being was countering with, and also Metal Siege's various specials and attacks.
Eventually, Kirito managed to raise Metal Richard's damage levels enough to knock him off the ground with sufficient force, before he then did a Dash Strike, before then charging up a forward smash, as he smashed both of his blades down in front of him, and knocked the metal copy off the edge, as it tries to jump and fly to the top, only to be unable to reach it due to its heavy state, eliminating itself.
"One down..." Kirito muttered to himself, as he then focused his attention on Metal Siege.
The two remaining contestants traded blows with each other, as Metal Siege's attacks managed to place Kirito within the danger zone of being launched out by a Smash Attack, but Kirito's quick strikes manage to stun-lock Metal Siege mid-air, before he then smashed him forward, causing Metal Siege to fall to the same fate as his partner.
Richard and Siege both clapped at the display, as they returned back onto the stage.
"Damn, Kits, you really outdone yourself once again!" Richard spoke with awe.
"So, how did you find it? This challenge hasn't been cleared a lot in the trials before you, because of the fact that nobody could get past the twin Metal copies." Siege replied. "And I'm surprised you actually went for Richard instead of me, considering I'm the damage-dealer of the two."
"Richard may not be a heavy-hitter, but he does have a way to make it hard for me to beat you unless he's down, with all those ranged attacks he was throwing." Kirito replied. "No offence, your copy did almost beat me."
"I see. Time for you to wait for the results of the match." Siege said, as he left the stage with Richard, as Kirito was taken away by one of Richard's sukimas.
Results time...
"Congratulations all of you! And thank you for participating once again!" Master Hand greeted the new characters of the game, which were quite small compared to the massive swarm that was there earlier. "Now then, let us give our new characters a great big round of applause."
The ones who have failed their trials gave a hearty round of applause for the ones who have succeeded in their quest to become a Smasher.
"Woohoo! Now I can rub this in Sanae's face, when she hears I'm a legit Smasher, ze!" Marisa cried out, before she was approached by Aqua of Kingdom Hearts.
"Excuse me, but I heard that you're a magic user like me." Aqua asked.
"Yeah, duh!" Marisa replied. "I'm the Ordinary Black and White Magician, Marisa Kirisame!"
"May I ask if you could... help me?" Aqua spoke with a worried tone. "I do not know about Smash and what it contains and relates to. All I know is that it is a sport that is considered to be done for the fun of everyone."
"Then you picked the right gal for it!" Marisa said, as she placed a hand around Aqua's neck. "Don't worry, as a expert of Smash myself, thanks for a friend of mine, I'll tell you everything you might need to know!"
"I... Thank you, Kirisame." Aqua replied. "Your gratitude will be repaid, I assure you."
(Sunset and Tia's dialogue, guest character speech is optional.)
"Woo! I wonder what kind of challenge will await me!" Meggy spoke with excitement. "Oh, how I get to see another new world of possibilities!"
"Hm, well, this might get interesting." Kirito spoke with a hand on his chin, before he then noticed someone coming near him, with a tall black hair-style, a red coat, katana in right hand, and polar sunglasses.
"Oi, pretty boy." The man spoke with a sharp and gruff tone. "You like to use that blade to hack and slash, right?"
"Yeah, of course I do. Why are you asking this?" Kirito asked.
"Because I'm sick of having to fight shit-heads who don't even know which end of the blade to strike their enemies with." Travis said. "And if you passed something as hard as the bull-shit trials of having to hack the shit out of some crazy midget in green clothes, then you might got some talent. Name's Travis Touchdown, kiddo. Best remember that, and do give me a good fight, eh? This old man still got enough juice in him to spank the ass of everyone here. Adios, kid."
Travis then turned away, and went back into the crowd, as Kirito was left scratching his head.
"Oh dear, guess there's another person with too much passion for battle here for me to deal with." Kirito spoke with a worried tone, before smiling. "But I'm sure that he's going to get a good match against me."
"And now I welcome you to..." Master Hand spoke, before he then summoned a reasonably sized drum to use his fingers to imitate a drum-roll, as the fighter looked at him with anticipation, before he then stopped, as a screen with the Smash Bros Switch logo was shown. "The Switch version of Smash 4! And you're all going to be DLC!"
There was a long silence, as everyone glared at Master Hand.
"Just kidding!" Master Hand. "Of course I wouldn't be a cruel ass-hole to deny you behind a pay-wall. Several of you are going to be starter characters, while the rest will be unlockable through the new modes that will be implemented. Either way, you're going to find your place among us in time! Until then, enjoy being a part of the Smash team. You'll all be sent back to your respective worlds, but not before I take you all for a all-day tour of the Smash Town!"
Everyone cheered, as Richard and Siege high-fived each other for a job well done