Super Smash Exam
"Hey… of what location is the man of authoring!?" Fawful shouted while flying around the room.
"I don't know…" Crazy Hand whined. Neither of them noticed that I was huddled up under the table in an attempt to avoid them.
"This is a most outrageous of outrages! We cannot have annoyances without a man of authoring to give annoyances!" Fawful shouted again.
"It makes me so mad that I want to flick this table!" Crazy Hand then flicked the table away, revealing me.
"Damn it…" I curse under my breath.
"There he is!" Crazy Hand shouted happily.
"I HAVE HAPPIES!! I have so much happies that I shall do the saying of disclamation!" Fawful shouted. "Saying of disclamation: This man of authoring is not of the owning of the characters of license or the characters of the Game2002! He is of the owning of his characters of original creation and of this story of exams of smash. I HAVE FURY!"
(Translation: Disclaimer: The author does not own the licensed characters or Game2002's characters. He does own his original characters and the story itself. I am angry.)
"Loopy!!" Crazy Hand shouted randomly while he and Fawful flew in circles around me, chattering wildly.
"Somebody kill me… kill me now…" I beg to no one.
…Claws and Chaos…
"Begin!" Ron Host shouted.
"Hmmmm… he looks similar to that blue hedgehog on the balcony, are their abilities similar? It's just a guess but it's the only hint I have. If speed it his primary ability then that shouldn't be a major problem." Night-Claw dashed at Shadow while keeping his eyes locked on Shadow.
"Heh… I doubt you can even touch me." Shadow taunted with a smirk. Night-Claw threw a punch that Shadow side-stepped.
"Yeah… he's fast alright." Night-Claw thought. He immediately followed up with another punch that Shadow also dodged. Night-Claw began throwing numerous punches and kicks at Shadow, all of which Shadow was dodging without counter-attacking in any way.
"Here, let me show you how to really fight." Shadow ducked the next punch and threw a sweep kick. Night-Claw flipped over Shadow's head, then sprung off of his hands to Shadow's side before diving at him. Shadow jumped back to avoid Night-Claw then jumped forward throwing a kick.
"Too slow spiny!" Night-Claw taunted as he bent backwards, allowing Shadow to go flying over him.
"Who are you calling spiny?" The second Shadow landed he curled up in to a ball and then zoomed at Night-Claw from behind.
"Whoa!" Night-Claw immediately went in to a back-flip from his bent position to jump over Shadow's follow up attack.
"They're just avoiding each other… would they hit the other guy already?" Wario asked impatiently.
"Shadow's not even taking this seriously." Rouge commented.
"Hmmmmmm… that Night-Claw…" Samus was looking through her visor at Night-Claw as Night-Claw was doing flips around the room to avoid Shadow's attacks.
"He's pretty acrobatic, I'll give him that." Snake said.
"This just like when he protected me from Wario, Bowser, and DK." Peach commented.
"Hm!" Night-Claw caught Shadow's next flying kick and used Shadow's momentum to throw him towards the wall.
"Heh…" Shadow landed against the wall and then kicked off of it back towards Night-Claw. "Ha! Hiyah hah!"
"Oh come on… wall-kicking?" Night-Claw was blocking a series of punches and kicks from Shadow. "You have to admit that it's not the most original move out there."
"How about this!" Shadow finished his combo with an axe kick that propelled him in to the air after Night-Claw blocked it. "Homing attack."
"Hm? Whoa!" Night-Claw barely raised his arms fast enough to block Shadow's tackle. "That wasn't ba-OOF!" Shadow then hit Night-Claw with a follow-up homing attack and knocked Night-Claw on to his back.
"Hah!" Shadow then leaped high in to the air above Night-Claw. He curled up in to a ball and then dropped downward at a fast velocity.
"Honestly." Night-Claw rolled backwards just in time to avoid Shadow's drop attack. Night-Claw then did numerous back-flips before taking a massive back-flip through the air, landing on the Crazy Hand statue's thumb. "Yeah… he's not the fastest guy I've fought, but he's still proving to be tougher than I thought he'd be."
"What's he thinking?" Roy asked.
"That's not important for you to know." Mewtwo told him.
"Oh…" Roy sighed.
"What are you thinking about doing Night-Claw?" Night-Roller wondered.
"Oh come on… he took on me, Wario, and DK. And I'm enough of a challenge as is." Bowser said.
"I still want to know why he doesn't have nails." Fox commented.
"Heh… alright spiny. I guess I'll admit you're tougher than I thought. But you're going to have to do better than that." Night-Claw said from across the room.
"Oh really? And why would that be?" Shadow asked.
"Actions speak louder than words short stuff." Night-Claw said as he crouched low on the thumb. Night-Claw then lunged off of the thumb of the statue and ran forward at Shadow the second he landed.
"Warning: Enemy is moving faster than before." Omega said.
"Hm!" Night-Claw threw another punch at Shadow. Shadow still side-stepped it but Shadow noticed that the punch came a lot closer to hitting him than before. "Was he holding back earlier?" Shadow wondered.
"Ha ha! Here it comes!" Night-Claw began throwing multiple punches and kicks in succession at a much faster pace than before. Shadow was having to side-step them constantly. "Now that I've got him on the defensive." Night-Claw swiped his hand at him from above. Shadow stepped back enough to where the finger-tips would miss him by a small amount.
"Ah!" Shadow gasped in pain and grabbed his cheek where the finger-tips passed by. "UMPH!" In that moment he grabbed his cheek Night-Claw landed a solid punch to Shadow's other cheek that sent Shadow sprawling backwards.
"Target appears to possess a degree of super-human strength and speed." Omega said.
"Even so… something distracted Shadow or he would have dodged a punch like that." Rouge said.
"Look at that guy's fingers!" Nana shouted in surprise.
"…" Shadow glared at Night-Claw as Night-Claw was flexing the fingers on his right hand.
"What's the matter? Cat got your tongue?" Night-Claw asked with a smirk. At the tip of his fingers were sharp, cat-like claws. They slowly retracted back in to his finger-tips.
"That's kind of spooky…" Lucas trembled.
"Samus what did you scan on this guy?" C. Falcon asked.
"He's human… but there are traces of an undetermined chemical and feline DNA bonded to his own DNA." Samus answered. "This might explain his abilities, he has retractable claws on his fingers and toes, the proportionate physical abilities of a cat, and the centers of his brain that deal with vision, hearing, and smell are also heightened."
"He's a human cat." Link commented.
"Heh… so you do know how to fight." Shadow said with slight interest. "However despite your abilities you will lose." Shadow warned.
"And why would that be?" Night-Claw asked as he took a fighting stance.
"I am Shadow, and I am the ultimate life form! And nothing can stop me."
"Kind of short to be the ultimate life form aren't you?" Night-Claw asked.
"Keep making jokes, we'll see who's laughing after this." Shadow then ran at Night-Claw at a fast speed.
"He who laughs last, laughs best my vertically challenged opponent!" Night-Claw revealed the claws on both of his hands and ran at Shadow full-speed.
"Heh…" Shadow also dashed at Night-Claw. The two of them met almost immediately and began an exchange of claw-swipes, punches, and kicks at a rapid pace with each other. The two of them were both successfully blocking and dodging blows from the other, though occasionally they would land a hit on the other.
"Let's mix it up a little." Night-Claw side-stepped one punch, spun around to Shadow's back-side and back-handed him in the back of his head, causing Shadow to stumble forward.
"Why you…" Shadow wheeled around to hit Night-Claw, but Night-Claw dived forward and flipped away from him. "You want to play it that way… fine." Shadow dashed at Night-Claw full-speed.
"Whoa! Don't you know speeding's illegal?" Night-Claw somersaulted to the side to avoid Shadow's dash. Shadow came back for another attempt, but Night-Claw cart-wheeled to the side to dodge Shadow again.
"Grrrrr… he won't hold still…" Shadow was now dashing and jumping after Night-Claw while Night-Claw kept jumping and flipping around him. "Grrrr…" Shadow jumped and attempted a homing attack, however Night-Claw jumped over top of him and landed in a crouch position. "Ha!" Shadow jumped and then shot downwards with his foot outstretched.
"Too slow!" Night-Claw did a barrel roll flip out of the way and landed on his feet.
"Ha!" Shadow jumped at Night-Claw while doing a spinning kick.
"You want to go for a spin? Okay then…" Night-Claw ducked and as Shadow went over him he stood back up and grabbed Shadow's foot. "Just bear in mind that we are not liable for any injuries you might receive during your ride!" Night-Claw then spun around and around and hurled Shadow towards the wall.
"Heh…" Shadow simply scoffed and landed with his feet against the wall. He launched himself off the wall and back at Night-Claw.
"Whoa whoa whoa… we're not that close…" Night-Claw raised his hands and was having to block a flurry of punches from Shadow. "Gotcha!" Night-Claw finally grabbed one of Shadow's wrists and pinned Shadow to the floor.
"Not quite." Shadow then kicked Night-Claw in the side of the head. "Ha!" Shadow spun on his back until he was back on his feet and then gut-punched Night-Claw.
"Rah!" Night-Claw brought his elbow down on top of Shadow's head and then kneed him in the face.
"You call that an attack?" Shadow quickly recovered from the blow, jumped at Night-Claw, then kicked him under the chin before kicking off of his chest.
"I can if can call that an attack." Night-Claw sprang forward and swiped his claws and got Shadow on his torso before throwing a fist forward.
"Heh." Shadow caught the fist and used his other hand to grab Night-Claw by his elbow. Shadow then pulled himself forward and kicked Night-Claw in the face.
"Ha ha!" Night-Claw tossed Shadow off of him and swung his foot forward. Cat-claws extended from his toes and managed to scratch Shadow before Night-Claw landed and swiped his hands at Shadow.
"They just don't stop…" Tails said in awe as he watched the two of them continue to scratch, kick, and pound each other back and forth.
"Mama-mia… they're-a both-a so strong-a…" Luigi trembled.
"But-a Shadow is-a beginning to-a gain an edge-a." Mario noted. True to his words, as fast as they both were Shadow was starting to get a few steps ahead of Night-Claw as far as dodging and attacking was concerned.
"Damn… he really is good… despite all of the scratches and punches I've given him he's still moving normally, I need to do something to make him defenseless…" Night-Claw thought as he side-stepped a jumping kick then delivered his own spinning kick to Shadow's back.
"Ha!" Shadow landed and curled up in to a ball. He immediately shot forward and rammed Night-Claw in the abdomen.
"Oof!"
"Ha hiyah rah!" Shadow landed two punches before kicking off of Night-Claw and jumping in to the air.
"Now!" Night-Claw thought as Shadow performed a homing attack towards him. Night-Claw performed a back-flip kick that caught Shadow under the chin and sent him flying up in to the air.
"Agh!" Shadow gasped as he went sailing in to the air from the violent kick.
"Never waste all of your strength on one blow… weaken your opponent with many weaker blows, then finish them with as much strength as you can muster!" Night-Claw jumped high in to the air. As he went upward he tucked and flipped up above Shadow. Night-Claw then extended his leg forward and was preparing to deliver a spinning axe kick.
"Chaos… control!"
"Whoa!" A bright flash of light occurred right before Night-Claw's axe kick passed through thin-air. "Where did he… OOF!" Another flash of light occurred, and Shadow was above Night-Claw right before spiking Night-Claw to the floor with an axe-kick of his own.
BAM
"That's okay… nothing's broken…" Night-Claw groaned. "Except maybe my back… my ribs… well… you get the picture…" He joked.
"Still think you're a comedian? Laugh at this!" Shadow tucked in to a ball and dive-bombed towards Night-Claw.
"Whoa!" Night-Claw rolled out of the way, causing Shadow to leave a large crack in the cement flooring. Shadow simply bounced in to the air and tried again. This time Night-Claw jumped back then jumped forward to try and kick Shadow.
"Hmph." Shadow again simply bounced back up before slamming back down.
"Ha!" Night-Claw swung his arm upward and knocked Shadow away.
"Chaos Control!" Shadow disappeared in a flash of light.
"What? UMPH!!" Night-Claw was then rammed in the back incredibly hard. "He can warp…" Night-Claw thought.
"Heh… Shadow's having fun now." Rouge said with a smile.
"He used that on me… though I could barely trace him if I used my PSI properly…" Ness said.
"This is no good… if he's warping Night-Claw won't be able to react fast enough…" Night-Roller cringed. "Come on man… hang in there!" Night-Roller cheered.
"Heh… this is nothing." Night-Claw responded with a grin. He wheeled around and swiped his claws at Shadow. Shadow simply dodged backwards then stepped back in and jabbed Night-Claw. Shadow then continued with a flurry of punches and kicks while Night-Claw was barely keeping pace. "He's attacking more quickly…"
"Umph!" Night-Claw managed to kick Shadow once, knocking him back a fair bit. "Chaos Control!"
"Behind me?" Night-Claw turned behind his back, however Shadow teleported to his side this time and tackled him from the side. Night-Claw grabbed Shadow and raked Shadow's back.
"Ah… grrr…" Shadow stifled the pain and lifted Night-Claw above his head before throwing him.
"Not bad…" Night-Claw flipped and landed in a crouch position. "Hm? Why are his hands…"
"Chaos spear!" Shadow fired a yellow blast of energy that had a sharp point to it.
"Ha! I dodge bullets all the time, that's only slightly slower." Night-Claw taunted as he flipped out of the way of that blast and three other successive blasts. "Hm?" Night-Claw noticed that Shadow was charging him while he was in mid-flip. Night-Claw attempted to twist his body around to block Shadow's punch. However Shadow threw another one that connected with his face.
"Just trying to get an opening." Shadow said. He jumped high above Night-Claw while charging another Chaos spear. "Chaos spear!"
"Ah!" This time the spear connected with Night-Claw's shoulder. "AH!" Shadow then landed on his stomach before jumping off. Night-Claw quickly got back on his feet and rushed Shadow. "Ha! Hiyah!" Night-Claw began throwing punches and claw swipes at Shadow.
"Heh!" Shadow easily dodged the attacks and uppercut Night-Claw under the chin.
"Rah!" Night-Claw retaliated with a solid punch and then a scratch to Shadow's arm.
"Chaos control!" Shadow warped once again and this time dropped in from above Night-Claw.
"Augh!"
"Night-Claw!" Night-Princess shouted in panic.
"Whoa chill out Shadow!" Sonic yelled in frustration.
"He's really going all out…" Link commented as everyone watched this drastic tip in the scale. Shadow was successfully dodging and countering nearly all of Night-Claw's attacks. And even when Night-Claw landed a solid blow Shadow would simply warp and continue his attack from another angle.
"Grrr… why can't I keep up!?" Night-Claw thought in frustration as he barely turned around in time to block a series of kicks. He flipped away to try and get some room. "Ah!" However a Chaos spear hit him mid-flip and sent him sprawling backwards.
"Ha!" Shadow ran in and began another flurry of punches and kicks. Night-Claw was barely blocking these fast enough and couldn't stop the full flurry.
"Gah!" Shadow planted a solid kick in to Night-Claw's stomach and sent him flying in to the wall. "Heh… heh…" Night-Claw panted. He barely side-stepped Shadow's follow up attack. But Shadow quickly followed up by jumping off the wall and landing a solid punch in to the back of Night-Claw's head.
"Is this all you have to offer!?" Shadow ran at Night-Claw, punched him in the abdomen twice and then kick him to the side. "Is this really all?"
"Oof!" Night-Claw barely kept his footing from the last kick and looked up at Night-Roller and Night-Princess. "No… we said it'd be all of us or none of us… and I can't be… I won't be the reason we fail!" Night-Claw thought furiously.
"Ha!" Shadow performed another flying kick. This time Night-Claw caught the kick and delivered a strong punch to Shadow's face. "Umph! Chaos… control!" Shadow warped to Night-Claw's back and prepped for a punch.
BAM
"Ugh!" Shadow was sent flying in to the wall by a quick kick from Night-Claw.
"Whoa! That was fast!" Fox said in surprise.
"Pika pika!"
"Oh… no…" Night-Roller said.
"What-a?" Mario asked.
"He's… angry…" Night-Princess whispered.
"How did he react fast enough to land a kick like that?" Rouge asked annoyed.
"Warning! Target's adrenaline levels rising rapidly."
"What?"
"Heh… heh…" Night-Claw was panting heavily, he was stooped low to the ground as he glared at Shadow.
"Hm?" Shadow noticed that Night-Claw's eyes were even more cat-like than before, thin and narrow.
"Hsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!!" Night-Claw hissed at Shadow before dashing at Shadow.
"Chaos Control!" Shadow quickly warped above Night-Claw. "Ha!"
"Hah!" Night-Claw quickly flipped to the side before Shadow hit him. "Raaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!!" Night-Claw rushed back at Shadow and swiped his claws at him.
"Ah!" Night-Claw scratched Shadow across the face and then grabbed Shadow by the arm.
"My prey!" Night-Claw shouted as he bared his fangs.
"Chaos Control!" Shadow warped across the room from Night-Claw. "He's moving a lot faster than before…"
"What's happening?" Marth asked.
"Whenever Night-Claw gets too angry or too scared he becomes like a cornered animal… fierce, adrenaline rushing through him, he becomes faster and stronger, but he loses just about all rationality." Night-Roller explained. "He won't hesitate to kill Shadow at all."
"Hssssssssssss!!"
"Chaos spear!" Shadow began firing multiple chaos spear attacks that Night-Claw continuously dodged as he ran at Shadow.
"Chaos control!" Shadow warped to Night-Claw's side. Night-Claw quickly flipped out of the way and dived back at Shadow flailing at him wildly.
"Gah!" The rather unpredictable and fast attacks kept Shadow on the defensive. "Chaos control won't work anymore… his reflexes have improved too much." Shadow thought as Night-Claw continued to claw and beat him.
"Hsssssssssssss…" Night-Claw pinned Shadow to the ground and eyed his throat.
"Rah!" Shadow kicked Night-Claw off of him before springing to his feet. "Fine… you want more? Don't blame me for what happens next." Shadow threatened.
"Prey… not threaten…" Night-Claw hissed before lunging at Shadow again.
"Chaos… boost!" Shadow became covered in a red aura before he easily caught Night-Claw's hand. Shadow continued to hold on to Night-Claw as his aura glowed brighter.
"Warning! Chaos energy rising." Omega said.
"Everyone get down!" Rouge yelled.
"Huh?"
"Chaos… blast!"
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMM
"Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!!" Red energy flew from Shadow, leaving unsightly cracks all over the room and causing the balconies to bend and twist out of shape, everyone in the room even felt some of the force of the blast; although Cole, Ron, Matt, and Casey were behind a force-field of some kind.
"Night-Claw!" Night-Princess shrieked.
"Gah… that guy was right next to Shadow when that went off!" Knuckles shouted.
"…" Shadow looked across the room. Night-Claw had been flung across the room by the blast.
"Heh… prey… hssssss…" Night-Claw continued to hiss as he struggled to stand back up.
"Still not finished? Fine…" Shadow began charging up more Chaos energy in his hand. "Chaos…"
"Shadow you'll kill him!" Sonic shouted.
"… lance!" Shadow fired a more powerful blast from his hand at Night-Claw.
"No!" Night-Princess leaped from the balcony and got in between Night-Claw and the energy blast. "Guh!" Night-Princess received the blast to the back and fell to the ground with a severe burn on her back.
"No!" Night-Roller shouted, also jumping down from his spot on the balcony.
"…" Night-Claw stared at Night-Princess in disbelief before looking back at Shadow. "Hssssssssssssssssssssssss!!"
"Stop… just stop…" Night-Princess whispered to Night-Claw. "Please…"
"…" Night-Claw weakly looked at Night-Princess before he collapsed to the ground."Prrrrrrrrrrrr…" He purred before losing consciousness.
"The winner is Shadow." Cole declared.
"…hmph." Shadow scoffed as he calmly walked back to his spot on the balcony.
"Mr. Administrator… Night-Princess and I are withdrawing." Night-Roller said as he scooped up Night-Claw. Night-Princess also weakly stood up, the burn healing a little slowly but surely.
"Understood." Cole said.
"Hey man… you put up a good fight." Night-Roller told his unconscious partner as he wheeled out of the room.
"Well done." Rouge told Shadow.
"Hmph." Shadow simply scoffed.
"Shadow was being too hard." Tails said.
"I agree." Sonic replied.
"Jigglypuff."
"Yeah he was kind of a jerk." Nana responded.
"Will they be alright?" Peach asked.
"You know-a something Peach? I think-a so…" Mario said solemnly. "They'll-a pull through this-a."
"Yeah."
"Alright. The preliminaries are over. We now ask all the contestants who passed to come to the front. We'll explain the final exam."
…Notes…
"Where did he go this time?" Crazy Hand asked as he and Fawful flew around the room looking for me.
"Hey guys, well that was the last battle of the preliminaries. And the last you'll see of the Night-Hunters… unless you go to my profile and check out "Chronicles of the Night" and the currently ongoing sequel "Chronicles of the Dusk" to follow the story of these three heroes." I whisper from under the table again.
"There is the man of authoring!" Fawful shouted.
"I really need a new hiding place."
"Hey! Nobody takes my job and gets away with it!"
"Huh?" Fawful and Crazy Hand turned to one of the doors in confusion.
"HIIIIIIIIYAAAAAHHH!!" Ron Host then came in with a flying kick and kicked the other two out the other door.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!" They screamed.
"You're back!" I shout with joy as I jump up and hug him. "Oh you don't know how much I missed you…"
"You're… breaking… my… back… read and review…" Ron gasped.