Super Smash Exam

"Hm… well it took me longer to get this chapter out than I expected." I say out loud. I'm by myself right now. "Hey Ron… why are you being so quiet."

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"Oh that's right I kicked him out to go help Casey…"

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"These pauses are awkward… dang it, who's supposed to do the disclaimer now?"

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"Aw man… I guess I have to my dirty work this time." I pout. "Disclaimer: I do not own any of the liscenced characters in this story. I do own the story itself, and my original characters."

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The End

"Will you fail your whole team? Or will you battle for the right to move on? You need to decide." Casey told everyone.

"I… I… I can't just battle my friends… but I can't make them fail either…" Y. Link thought.

"Accepting the challenge would be logical… however…" Omega started.

"Shadow… I don't care what the test is… I'm not turning against you." Rouge told Shadow.

"…" Shadow looked away and looked at Ness, who was clearly thinking about this challenge.

"Marth, I hate turning down a challenge but… quite frankly I'm not willing to fight you just to see who passes and who fails." Roy thought, sure that Mewtwo was linking their minds.

"Neither am I Roy. Mewtwo, what's your opinion?" Marth asked.

"My opinion… something doesn't quite add up is my opinion." Mewtwo responded.

"What do you mean?" They both asked.

"…" Peach was looking at Mario and Luigi. "Those two really don't want to fight each other…"

"I I… I don't-a want to-a fight-a Mario or-a Peach… I can't-a do it-a…" Luigi thought.

"Yes?" Casey asked when he noticed a hand in the air.

"We're-a out-a." Mario said.

"!!!" Most everyone in the room stared at Mario. Especially Luigi.

"I'm not-a going to-a fight-a my brother for-a this-a." Mario explained.

"Thank you…" Luigi sighed.

"We're out as well." Fox said.

"Same here." Joseph said as Felix and Lisa gave an approving nod.

"We agreed before we got here that it was either all of us or none of us." Felix said.

"Heh… let's go for it." Wario said.

"You bet." Bowser growled back. "Right DK?" They both turned around to look at DK. "NOOOOOOOOO!!!"

"Oo." DK had raised his hand to opt out.

"You two must never lay your hand on your king!" King Dedede told Sword Knight and Blade Knight as he raised his hand.

"Pyo…"

"What do you mean 'typical'!!!" King Dedede yelled.

"Most logical action: Proceed with challenge." X-bot said.

"Negative: Battling X-bot 360 E unit will result in destruction." X-bot 360 responded.

"Suggested course: Opt out of tenth problem. Programmed to function as unit, not combat ally units." X-bot 360 E decided.

"…" Diddy and Dixie looked at Kiddy Kong.

"Gah…" Kiddy was trying to bite his foot.

"Out." Diddy said.

"I'm out too." T. Link said.

"I won't battle Ike." Soren said.

"For once we agree on something Soren." Titania noted.

"We're out too." Meta-Knight said.

"I'm not fighting you guys!" Lucas said as he raised his hand. Olimar and Louie sighed in relief.

"Pft… if Fox is out then what's the point?" Wolf said as he raised his hand.

"Panther is most displeased."

"…" Casey looked around the room as all the teams that had the original Smashers raised their hand, as did a number of teams. However nearly as many teams were ready to take this problem as well.

"Hmph…" Shadow raised his hand to opt out. "If that PSI kid won't continue then what's the point?"

"You're worried about us aren't you?" Rouge asked teasingly.

"Of course not." Shadow denied.

"Okay, is that all?" Ron Host asked. "If everyone has decided, those of you who want to take the tenth problem exit in to the adjacent room!" He instructed. After all of them filed out, Ron Host followed them and shut the door behind him. Everyone else was getting up to leave.

"Hold on…" Casey told them.

"Hm?" Everyone took their seats again, albeit being unsure as to why.

CRASH

"AH!!!" Ron Host ran back in to the room with his clothes ruffled up, his tie wrinkled badly, and looking as though he'd been beaten up. "They didn't take it well." Ron Host told Casey before passing out with a dramatic look on his face.

"I'll take care of you in a minute." Casey assured Ron. "Ahem, now let me have the honor…" he paused before smiling. "… of congratulating you for passing the first test of the Super Smash Exam!"

"Whoa whoa whoa… say that again?" Sonic asked.

"Congratulations! All of you have passed the first test of the Super Smash Exam!" Casey declared.

"WHAT!?!" Samus shot up with a start. "That's all we had to do was choose to fail!?"

"What the heck?" Fox asked.

"I'm happy we passed but…" Pit began.

"Pichu!"

"Pika!"

"Then what was the point of the rest of this!?!" Felix shouted.

"Let me explain, one at a time…" Casey said. "First of all, to answer the question as to the point of the rest of this."

"I'd love to hear this." Lucario said.

"As all of you may have noticed, the questions on this test were extremely difficult, far beyond what most of you should even hope to know." Casey said. "And then the second hint was the mere reduction of points for cheating. In short, this test encouraged you to cheat. No, it REQUIRED you to cheat."

"Ha ha ha! I knew it!" Wario boasted.

"Amazing… he didn't even figure it out." Snake thought.

"The main point of this test was to see if you could gather information even while under heavy watch." Casey said. "To that end, I placed one team in here that already knew the answers to the test."

"Hi guys!" A person in a blue shirt said.

"Nice to meet ya." A person in a red shirt said.

"Yo." A guy in a green shirt said.

"Friends of yours?" Olimar asked.

"Nah we picked them off the street and gave them the answers to study." Ron said from his position on the floor.

"Of course…" Falco sighed.

"If you couldn't gather information then you wouldn't even be worthy of making it to this second part." Casey continued.

"I guess that makes sense." Joseph commented.

"So then why'd we pass?!" King Dedede asked in a frustrated manner.

"If you had opted to take the tenth problem do you have any idea what you would have shown me?" Casey asked very seriously. "A challenge that required you to battle your team mates?"

"You would have seen us as nobodies who don't even deserve to battle, much less be called warriors." Ike answered.

"…" A lot of people in the room let this sink in.

"Exactly." Casey said. "While in certain situations it is best that at least one person makes it if it looks like the whole team isn't going to make it, but to choose to fight your team members, your comrades, your friends, merely for the sake to get ahead yourself, such trash shouldn't even be in this room."

"Jiggly…"

"Thank you." Casey said.

"Mua ha ha ha ha ha! Now that this test has completion, what is next to come!?" Fawful asked.

"Patience…" Casey said. "Do all of you understand the point now?"

"I guess…" Ganondorf said.

"You must never sacrifice your friends for your own personal gain. Stand together, and fall together." Casey said.

"That's beautiful." One of the Wii warriors said as he wiped away a tear.

"I love you bro!" Nana said as she gave Popo a hug.

"I love you too sis!" Popo responded.

"That was sappy!" Bowser said. That's when one of the ceiling tiles fell off and hit him in the head. "Ouch… this is getting old."

"Hey what's that?" Link asked as he looked out the window. A little black object was flying towards the building.

"It's heading right for us!!!" Aika yelled.

"Get down!" Vyse shouted. Nearly everyone got on the ground as a black object crashed through the window, and then unfolded itself as four knives pinned the black sheet on the ceiling and floor.

"AWESOME!!!" A short figure shouted. He was standing right in front of a black sheet that read 'Here I am!!!'.

"…" Everyone couldn't help but stare at the little guy in the room. He was apparently some kind of moogle. He had brown eyes, 3'10" in height, a single antennae leading to bon-bon. He had a knight esque outfit with red clothing and silver outer armor on chest knees and shoulders, a red cloth scarf tattered at the end with a somewhat large brown glove on his right hand. Like Casey he also had a symbol on the back of his left hand. This one had black lines that seemed to form a vague profile shot of a toad's head with a few swirls at the top of it.

"Matt… you're early…" Casey growled.

"I am?" Matt asked as he looked at the clock, which read eleven thirty-five. "Ah only by ten minutes… hey you ever shot yourself out of a cannon. It's a blast!"

"Is this guy for real?" Falco wondered.

"Who is this nutjob?" Tetra wondered.

"No and I don't think I will anytime soon." Casey responded.

"Ah you're too stiff sometimes." Matt said.

"What! You want to fight or something?" Casey asked.

"Um… helloooooo… we're still here." Bowser Jr. said.

"Hm, oh right." Matt looked around the room curiously. "Oh good, the original guys passed, it wouldn't be any fun if they failed the first test… a few guys that look decently tough, and there's a few that I'm not sure how they passed."

"What's that supposed to mean?" A team of dupli-ghosts from the Mushroom Kingdom asked.

"Ah well." Matt shrugged.

"Can you get on with it?" Casey asked.

"Right right. Hello guys! My name is Matt…" Matt said. "And I'll be the administrator of your second test!"

"We're going to die…" Were the simultaneous thoughts of a number of people in the room.

"Are we starting it now?" Blue asked.

"Not quite red." Matt said.

"My name is Blue!!!" Blue shouted before instantly regaining his composure.

"Anyways, you guys rest up and come prepared for whatever tomorrow at nine o' clock in the morning to the North of Smash Town." Matt said.

"…"

"So now what?" Pit asked.

"Pyo!"

"Yeah sounds good to me…" Everyone began with random chatter as they began to clear the room. The last ones to leave were Casey and Matt.

"Let's grab some lunch." Casey said.

"I could go for something, not that I NEED anything but it'll taste good." Matt said. After they left, the only one left was Ron Host, who was still passed out on the floor.

The next morning…

"Mariooooo…" Luigi quivered.

"Has this forest always been here?" Bowser asked.

"How come I've never noticed it?" Ness asked.

"Pikachu?"

"This place. Sheesh you guys live here and you never noticed this place?" Matt asked. "That's sad."

"You going to insult us or give us the test?!" Ganondorf asked angrily.

"Really we would like to get on with the test." Vyse said.

"Okay okay." Matt sighed. "This is Super Smash Forest, and this is where you're taking the next part of your exam."

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"There you are Ron! It was terrible! I had to do the disclaimer!" I say.

"You made me pass out for most of the chapter AFTER getting me beaten up by disgruntled participants?" Ron asked. "And all you complain about is that you had to do the disclaimers?

"Yeah what's your point?"

"Never mind…" Ron sighed. "Find out what the next test is… next chapter!"