Story of Smashers

Chapter 3: The Great Psychic Battle! Ness vs Mewtwo!


"Time to find out how my Smash moveset has changed and put it to the test." Mewtwo said. "Master Hand, do you mind scheduling a match for me?"

"That depends." Master Hand replied. "They need to be available and not have a match already scheduled today. Who is-"

"Ness."

"To the point, huh Mewtwo? I appreciate that." Master Hand floated over to one of numerous spiral notebooks stacked rather haphazardly into a pile on the floor.

Mewtwo and Lucario looked in a bit of curiosity as Master Hand dug through the pile. "Master Hand?" Lucario inquired. "Not to be rude or anything, but it's not like you to keep things so… so in-a-giant-messy-pile."

"And you are right, Lucario. It's not. However, Crazy Hand thought he could use this all to 'housetrain' Riki as his pet." Master Hand said. "I do love my brother, but the things he does sometimes… and Mom wondered why I grew up to be the stern one."

Mewtwo and Lucario looked at each other in concern about the possibility of Master and Crazy Hand SOMEHOW having a mother, but didn't want to think too deeply about that.

"Let's see… Ah ha! Found it." the Hand said triumphantly, holding a spiral notebook with Ness's name on it. He flipped it open, looking through today's date.

"You're in luck, Mewtwo. He has no matches scheduled today. Bring him over here with you, and we can set one up."

Mewtwo smirked confidently. "I imagine he'll be up for a match. I just talked to him, and I think he'll be quite excited for one."

Master Hand chuckled. "Don't get too confident, Mewtwo. It's not quite the same here like the Melee tournament. We have gained many, many great Smashers now, and Ness in particular is pulling in a lot of good results for himself."

"Then I look forward to the challenge." With those words, Mewtwo stepped out, going to get Ness.


"Home Run #47… Gosh, I'm bored."

Ness had been hitting home runs since Mewtwo left to speak to Master Hand. As expected, he had been doing well. Still… Mewtwo had only been gone for half an hour, and Ness was already starting to miss him. It was only a quick 'hello', after all, and Ness was still glad to see him back. But there was one thing Ness wanted with Mewtwo, more than anything else.

"How about a match?"

Ness's eyes widened in surprise. He turned from the base he was batting at to see Mewtwo at the door to the Mansion, with a confident grin on his face.

"You read my mind." Ness said, putting up his bat in his backpack, following Mewtwo.

"I didn't literally need to read your mind to know that." Mewtwo smiled, leading the two of them to Master Hand's office.


"So, what kind of match are you looking to have?" Master Hand asked, jotting down details into both Ness's and Mewtwo's journals.

Ness was first to speak up. "I think we'll do a Stock match. Say… no items, and 3 stock at 8 minutes?"

"Will you be using regular stages or Omega stages?" Master Hand asked.

Mewtwo had a look of puzzlement on his face. "Omega stages? What would those be?"

"Omega stages are a recent feature added to the 4th tournament." Master Hand explained to Mewtwo. "They turn any stage into a Final Destination form, while keeping the aesthetics of the stage you are fighting on."

Mewtwo thought about it for a bit. "Yeah, I think I'll try one of these."

Ness cheered. "Alright! I can't wait to show you the new Magicant stage!"

Mewtwo looked curious. "Magicant? Didn't you tell me that was where you fought the evil part of your mind and became far stronger?"

"Sort of. This Magicant stage is… well, I'll let you see it for yourself!" Ness laughed, dragging Mewtwo out. Chuckling, Mewtwo came with him.


Ness and Mewtwo had already entered the teleporter and were transported into the Omega version of Magicant. The match had not yet 'officially' started, and Mewtwo couldn't help but marvel at the beauty of the stage, staring at the dimensional rift with images of Ninten and Ness on their adventures.

"Wow. This is absolutely beautiful. Back in Melee, only the Fountain of Dreams stage got close to being this amazing."

Ness chuckled. "I would know. I was there. Anyway, you here to actually fight or just gawk at the scenery?"

Mewtwo faced back towards Ness, nodding. "I'm ready to fight. Start the timer." he said, both of them walking towards opposite ends of the stage.

"3…"

Ness tugged at his cap, smiling.

"2…"

Mewtwo smirked, starting to levitate slightly above the ground.

"1…"

Both of them stared intensely at the other, determined to win at all costs.

"GO!"

The two of them dashed forward, both of them launching a dash attack. Mewtwo's dash attack was more powerful and negated Ness's, sending him up in the air. He attempted to follow up and slash forward with his forward aerial, but Ness spun in place, negating Mewtwo's attack and damaging him with a neutral aerial.

Mewtwo rolled back to the end of the stage, starting to charge up his Shadow Ball. Ness attempted to annoy him from a distance with PK Thunder, but Mewtwo simply rolled to avoid the attack as he finished charging.

After Mewtwo finished charging, he went back to approaching Ness. Ness tried to space with a PK Fire, but Mewtwo deflected it back at him, sending it back into Ness and trapping him within the pillar of fire. Mewtwo took the chance to charge up and launch Ness away with a powerful Down Smash attack. What could only be described as a red electric spark appeared in a flash as Ness went flying off of the stage. Mewtwo even took the chance to taunt, spinning around and laughing.

"Looks like I still have the hang of things." Mewtwo laughed.

Ness came back on the revival platform, determined to beat Mewtwo. Ness was down by one, but certainly not out.

"Not for long, you don't." Ness smirked. He now started to play the keep-away game, keeping Mewtwo away from him and racking up damage through small attacks, PK Fire, and PK Thunder.

"Playing keepaway, huh? How's about this?!" Mewtwo shouted, firing off his fully charged Shadow Ball at Ness. Mewtwo was convinced he had Ness, until he realized Ness reflected the Shadow Ball with his bat.

And it was heading straight for him.

"Mother of…"

Mewtwo didn't even get a chance to react as he was launched off of the stage by his own Shadow Ball. He soon spawned back onto the revival platform, now at an even two stocks.

"Oh, that's how you want to play? All right, then." Mewtwo smirked slyly, falling off the revival platform. He ran up to Ness, shielding against the forward tilt Ness did. But before Mewtwo could perform his grab, Ness took advantage of the shielding Mewtwo by grabbing him first, using his down throw to send sparks of PK Fire at him. Mewtwo was also send up at just the right angle for Ness to follow up with three forward aerials before Mewtwo could even air dodge out of it, leaving Mewtwo heavily damaged.

Mewtwo breathed heavily at the end of Ness's long combo. "Heh… not bad. You've stepped up your game. Looks like I need to step up mine."

Mewtwo ran up to Ness again. Predicting that Ness would go for a grab again, he sidestepped the grab perfectly. Now, he grabbed Ness, delivering a few pummels of psychic energy through Ness before throwing Ness down and delivering a quick and powerful forward aerial. The attack was enough to get Ness off-stage, but not enough to knock him out. As Ness attempted to recover by shooting PK Thunder into himself, Mewtwo took the chance to try and intercept PK Thunder, remembering how long in a circular arc it travelled in the Melee tournament.

Unfortunately for Mewtwo, he failed to realize that PK Thunder's arc was now FAR tighter in this tournament, so he took the full force of the PK Thunder-charged Ness. With his moderately high percentage and light weight, Mewtwo went soaring off the stage at a truly insane speed. Ness also managed to recover and grab the ledge.

Mewtwo was soon on the revival platform, on his last stock. "My gosh. Since when was that attack so powerful?!" he exclaimed, rather stunned.

Ness chuckled, pulling himself up from the ledge. "Didn't I tell you I was massively buffed this time?"

It was now Ness at 2 stocks and Mewtwo at 1. He had to be careful, or Mewtwo faced a real possibility of losing.

Ness started to play the keep-away game again, trying to annoy Mewtwo with more PK Fires and PK Thunders. Mewtwo knew what Ness was planning now, now perfect-shielding all of Ness's attacks. He finally got to Ness, grabbing him and throwing him ahead with his forward throw, sending a stream of Shadow Balls through him. As Ness was still stunned, Mewtwo took the chance to spike Ness with his down aerial, sending him plummeting down and losing a stock.

Ness chuckled upon spawning on the revival platform. "Nice spike. But now, we both only have one life left. You ready?"

Mewtwo answered. "I like the stakes this high. Let's go."

Ness and Mewtwo prepared for attacking, with Mewtwo charging a Shadow Ball once more. Ness ran up to Mewtwo, predicting and perfect-shielding Mewtwo's thrown Shadow Ball. He sent a PK Fire at Mewtwo, trapping him in the pillar of fire as Ness grabbed and rapidly pummeled him. Ness racked up further damage by using his Down-Throw, and two forward aerials instead of three. He spaced himself from Mewtwo, just a bit below him. Mewtwo attempted a down-aerial to send Ness plummeting again, but Ness quickly used his powerful Up-Aerial to send Mewtwo flying off of the top, KOing him. Mewtwo was a bit surprised to go SPLAT! on the camera as he lost his final stock.

"This game's winner is…"

In a generated and plain field, Ness swung his bat around, holding it out in victory.

"Ness!"

After the battle was over, the two left the teleporter, both of them smiling.

"Wow, Ness. You really have improved." Mewtwo complimented.

"Thanks." he said. "But you were a tough match, too. That spike was great!"

"And I didn't know that knockback on that PK Thunder-charge was so powerful." Mewtwo added.

"But in any case, it was a good match." Ness said, holding out his hand for Mewtwo to shake, which Mewtwo accepted graciously.

"Now, come on. Let's go get some lunch." Ness said again, leading the way. "The others will be happy to see you!"


Before the duo could even reach the cafeteria, Master Hand had already arrived first, preparing to speak.

"Excuse me, Smashers. May I have your attention?"

Everyone stopped what they were doing to look at Master Hand. It was a rule that if Master Hand has an announcement, EVERYONE has to shut up and pay attention. Those who failed to do so and disrespected him had to write a 100-page essay on respecting authority. Wario learned that the hard way. Needless to say, nobody wanted that.

"Thank you. Now, I have an important announcement to make. One of our Smashers that was previously cut will be returning today. He is in the middle of a match with Ness, but when you do get to see him, please give him a 'hello' and welcome him back."

Awkward silence pierced the air for a bit until Rosalina raised her hand.

"Yes, Rosalina?" Master Hand said.

"Uhh, not to be rude but… you didn't tell us who this Smasher is."

Master Hand was silent for a while before chuckling. "Right, right. I must be getting senile in my age. Anyway, this Smasher is…"

Master Hand was interrupted by the sound of footsteps coming into the cafeteria. The doors opened to reveal Ness and the powerful Psychic-type Pokémon, Mewtwo.

Master Hand was caught by surprise. "Oh! Umm… it's Mewtwo everyone! Uhh… surprise."

Awkward silence pierced the air again as everyone looked at Mewtwo before they went back to eating.

"That was a heartwarming welcome." Mewtwo thought sarcastically.

"Anyway, get back to… whatever you were doing." Master Hand muttered, floating out of the room.

Mewtwo looked around the room. A number of the Smashers he recognized. Mario, Link, Fox, Samus, Captain Falcon, Marth…

"That unpleasant Jigglypuff…" Mewtwo thought to himself in disdain.

But there were plenty he didn't recognize. Some really buff dude with spiky blue hair and a heavy yellow sword, a puffball like Kirby but with wings and a metal mask, a green-haired woman that towered over many of the others, a brown-haired angel boy pretty much waiting on said woman hand and foot, a short boxer, a woman who looked very similar to Marth, another woman wearing a tank top with almost unsettling white skin and a toned body, and more, along with the Shulk, Rosalina, and Greninja that Mewtwo had already met.

"Ness. I think I'll sit next to those new guys." Mewtwo said, referring to the newcomers of this tournament.

Ness nodded. "All right. I'll just go sit back at the Original 12 table." he said, getting his food and going over to said table.

Soon enough, Mewtwo got his food and went over to sit at the table with the people he never saw before.

"Hey, Mewtwo!" Greninja waved, signaling him over. "You want to-"

"Come sit with you, yes. I was already planning to do that." Mewtwo finished, leaving Greninja slightly embarrassed.

Mewtwo sat on the seat between Greninja and the green-haired woman.

"So uh, why don't we start off with introductions?" Greninja suggested. "Mewtwo, you can go first."

"All right." Mewtwo suggested. "I'm Mewtwo. I'm a genetic clone of the Legendary Pokémon Mew. I killed my creators and blew up their lab for trying to play God and make me their toy to experiment on. I also tried to take over the world using clones of other Pokémon, but I'm over that phase now. I've been living peacefully in Cerulean Cave until I came to the Melee tournament, but I was nerfed for the tournament so badly that I couldn't defeat a mere Jigglypuff…" Mewtwo's eyes narrowed, glaring at Jigglypuff at the other table. "But I didn't come back for the Brawl tournament, but I was invited as DLC for this tournament. And so, here I am."

Awkward silence happened at the table again, mostly because of the whole 'genetic experiment' and 'take over the world' thing.

Mewtwo spoke up again. "If it's any reassurance, I'm most definitely over my 'take over the world' phase."

Greninja spoke up. "And I am Greninja! I was living peacefully in Kalos under the ownership of a trainer named Calem, after we stopped this insane madman from trying to destroy all life with an ancient weapon from 3,000 years ago. But I got a letter inviting me to Smash, and Calem told me to go for it. And so, here I am."

The green-haired woman was next. "I'm Palutena, the Goddess of Light. I rule over Skyworld and make sure things are in order. Recently, we had to stop an evil God named Hades, who by the way is nothing like the Disney or Greek version. Horrible guy. But thanks to Pit, me, Viridi, and the forces of Skyworld, we all stopped Hades and peace returned to the gods and the humans. After that, Pit received his invitation back, and me and Dark Pit also got invitations." She said, pointing at someone who looked very similar to Pit, except with black hair and a very 'edgy' feeling to him.

"I was dragged here against my will. Had to be a freaking clone of Pit…" the black-haired angel boy grumbled.

When Dark Pit went silent again, the woman who looked similar to Marth spoke up. "And I'm Lucina, the daughter of Chrom. I was invited after he, Robin, and I all stopped Grima from taking over our world. I am honored to have my moveset based off of the Hero-King Marth."

The man with white hair, a brown robe, and a magician's tome spoke up, next to Lucina. "I would be Robin. Lucina and I both received invitations, and I use a moveset based off of swordplay and magic. I must admit, I thought Chrom would've been chosen over me. Then again, fate works in mysterious ways."

The woman wearing the tank top and white skin next to Robin spoke up. "And I'm Wii Fit Trainer."

Mewtwo was a bit silent. "…Wii Fit Trainer? That's… your actual name?"

"Yes." She answered bluntly.

"…Continue." Mewtwo shrugged.

"I run a fitness program called 'Wii Fit', designed to make exercise fun and engaging. It was adapted into a video game, and was very successful. Later, I received an invitation to Smash Bros. So I decided to come and help encourage others to exercise and eat healthy."

Her eyes widened, as if suddenly alert, looking at a piece of food Greninja had gotten. She looked at the frog Pokémon in disappointment. "Greninja. What is that?"

Greninja blushed, stuttering nervously. "Um, uh… a brownie."

"What have I said about desserts? They're bad for you and very fattening."

"But… but I like brownies." Greninja pleaded, his eyes wide open and looking adorably innocent.

Wii Fit Trainer shook her head in disappointment, taking the brownie and throwing in it the trash can.

"Aww…" Greninja hung his head, depressed over losing his brownie.

The short boxer that Mewtwo saw earlier introduced himself, finishing up his sandwich. "And I'm Little Mac. Don't underestimate me just because of my size!"

"And I'm Rosalina." She smiled, now shaking Mewtwo's hand. "I believe we met earlier, right?"

Mewtwo nodded. "I liked that trick you pulled with those two kids."

Rosalina chuckled. "They're OK now. But they've learned not to mess with my babies ever again."

"Teach me how to warp things like that sometime."

Rosalina nodded. "I will."

"And that's a number of the newcomers here." Shulk concluded. "Well… except for that dog. Never liked him.

"There are more new friends besides us for you to meet, Mewtwo!" Greninja said happily.

"…I'm thrilled beyond belief." Mewtwo said, completely deadpan.

"I knew you would be!" Greninja cheered, completely missing the sarcasm.

"…Anyway, it was nice to meet all of you. I suppose I'll see how everyone else is later." Mewtwo said, standing up with his tray after he finished eating. He disposed of the food he didn't eat, and then put up the tray to be washed. He was about to head to his room when suddenly…

Master Hand burst through the door again. "My apologies! But please don't leave yet!" He said, facing the Smashers. Some of them grumbled on not being able to leave yet, but didn't dare risk the wrath of Master Hand.

"Again, so sorry. But I have an announcement… again!"


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We got a fair bit done here. Ness and Mewtwo have their match, they go to eat lunch to meet some more Smashers, and it appears that Master Hand has yet another announcement to make. What is it? Well… I'll let you figure that one out.

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