Super Smash Exam
"Oh Ron you have no idea how much I missed you…" I say as I hug Ron Host reeeeeeally tightly.
"That's… great…" Ron gasped.
"Oh Fawful and Crazy Hand were driving me even more insane than I already am… it was unbearable! Unbearable I say!"
"Can't… breathe…" Ron Host continued to gasp.
"Oh and their disclaimers were just plain awful! Ron Host! Show our dear audience a real disclaimer!" I order, finally releasing Ron.
"Ugh finally… Disclaimer: The author does not own the licensed characters, he does own his OC's and the story itself." Ron disclaimed. "Oh yeah, and the last you saw of Game2002's OC's was two chapters ago."
"Now THAT was a disclaimer!" I then continue to hug Ron tightly.
"Augh… I think you just broke my back."
…A Whole Month…
"Is everyone here?" Cole asked. Casey and Matt also stood behind him while both Master Hand and Crazy Hand floated behind the three administrators.
"Where is the location of the Host that is Ron?" Fawful asked.
"He was called away for… some purpose…" Cole answered. He looked over the forty-four contestants that were remaining. "Mario, Lucas, Roy, Peach, Bowser, Rouge, Ike, Aika, Blue, Luigi, King Dedede, Ice Climbers, Omega, Yoshi, Pikachu, Ness, Ganondorf, Jigglypuff, Shadow, Mewtwo, Meta-Knight, Wolf, Lucario, Kirby, C. Falcon, Snake, Link, Vyse, Wario, Knuckles, T. Link, Falco, Zelda, Fina, Bowser Jr., Fawful, Fox, Sonic, Diddy, Pit, DK, Olimar, Marth, and Samus!" Cole called out.
"All here." Mewtwo answered.
"Thank you." Cole replied. "Out of the many that have entered this test, only the forty-four of you remain. And now we shall explain the final test. Which many of you were likely expecting."
"Here." Casey pulled out a sheet of paper that had all forty-four of their names paired up in boxes. "A battle tournament."
"Hm?" Ness made a confused face. "Wait a minute… are these battles elimination too?" He asked.
"Correct." Matt then appeared behind Luigi while making a spooky face. "Hee hee hee hee…"
"M-M-Mariooooo…" Luigi shivered.
"The names you're paired up with right now will be your first battles. After that first round of battles we'll mix up the winner's names and determine their battles after that." Matt continued to explain before resuming his spot next to Cole.
"Wait? The smashers are a group how does that work if only one of us is going to win all of our matches!?" Bowser Jr. asked.
"That's the thing, it's not necessarily winning that determines if you'll be a Smasher." Casey explained.
"Of what method of madness is being spoken out of the mouth that is yours?" Fawful asked.
"I'll explain." Master Hand said. "During each fight you'll be observed by, not one, but two administrators. They'll decide whether you should become a Smasher based on what they observe or not."
"What will they be looking for?" Lucas asked nervously.
"They'll be looking for many qualities of a Smasher. So it's not whether you win or lose, it's whether your behavior in a battle situation determines your worth as a Smasher." Master Hand continued.
"Does that mean that all of us could be in the Smashers?" Peach asked.
"That's correct." Cole answered. "However that does seem unlikely."
"So when is it?" Shadow asked impatiently.
"One month."
"One month!" Bowser shouted.
"Why that long?!" Wario yelled.
"Ooo?"
"To prepare yourselves." Cole said. "These preliminaries showed how well you could battle an opponent that you knew little to nothing about. Now this final exam will show how you battle an opponent you've had the chance to observe. I can promise you that if you only use the same tricks that you used today you won't win, much less pass." Cole warned. "So use this month you have wisely."
"Hmmm…" Mario pondered these words carefully.
"Ah! Oo oo ah?" Diddy chattered.
"Hm? Oh yes… I'll read out the matches." Casey answered.
Mario vs. Bowser
Lucas vs. Rouge
Roy vs. Ike
Peach vs. Aika
Blue vs. Ice Climbers
Luigi vs. Omega
King Dedede vs. Yoshi
Pikachu vs. Jigglypuff
Ness vs. Shadow
Ganondorf vs. Mewtwo
Kirby vs. Meta-Knight
C. Falcon vs. Wolf
Snake vs. Lucario
Link vs. Vyse
Wario vs. Knuckles
T. Link vs. Falco
Zelda vs. Fina
Bowser Jr. vs. Fawful
Fox vs. Sonic
Diddy vs. Pit
DK vs. Olimar
Samus vs. Marth
"Awwwwwww…" Came the collective groans of Wario, Fawful, and Bowser Jr. when they heard who Mario was going to battle.
"Mama-mia… do that-a many people-a want a piece of-a me?" Mario thought.
"Yes!!" Bowser cheered.
"Noooooooo… why'd it have to be me versus Shadow?!" Ness thought.
"Finally…" Shadow thought as a arrogant half-smile crossed his face.
"Heh, I always wanted a piece of you outside of the Smash Tournaments." Ganondorf told Mewtwo.
"Well, it seems you get your wish." Mewtwo replied.
"Kind of hoping for a piece of Fox, but this'll do." Wolf thought.
"Okay, now that you all know what to prepare for, you're free to do what you please for this next month. Return to your homes to train, stay here, or use this month to rest. But do return to this dimension in time for the final test." Cole told them.
"Well, everybody to the basement so you can take the subway back!" Crazy Hand said.
"Subway!?"
"Yeah, did you honestly think Ron Host could've gotten through the forest without getting killed?" Master Hand asked.
"So you built a subway for that purpose only?" Zelda asked in disbelief.
"Pika…" Pikachu wandered up to Cole and the other administrators.
"Hm? Need something short stuff?" Matt asked.
"Pika…"
"Ha ha ha ha! He's right about that Matt… you really ARE one to talk about short aren't you?" Casey laughed.
"Don't make me come over there…" Matt cringed.
"But what do you need?" Cole asked.
"Pika pi pi Pikachu?"
"No, none of us will be the administrators of your next test." Cole answered.
"Pika?"
"Trust me, they're far more suited for the last exam than any of us are." Cole answered.
"Pik…"
And so, the month begins…
"Ah… it's-a good to be home-a." Mario sighed as he and Luigi carried their suitcases up to their small house in the woods.
"You bet it is-a. Been such a long-a time-a." Luigi said.
"But it's-a too bad we can't-a just enjoy it-a." Mario said, walking inside with Luigi following him. "We've-a got a month to-a train Luigi, and we can't-a waste it-a." Mario told his brother.
"Ulp… you're right-a Mario." Luigi said.
At Peach's castle…
"Hmmmm…" Peach was buried in a book that had a star on the cover of it.
"Princess?" Toadsworth waddled in to the study, carrying his cane. "Princess you haven't picked up that book in years. Are you planning on studying IT again?" He asked.
"Well, it was helpful a few years back." Peach said with a smile. "But I got so much busier over the years that I haven't had much of a chance to keep studying it."
"Princess I'm still not sure if you should be in the Smashers." Toadsworth said.
"But Mario and Luigi are in it." Peach protested.
"But it's still dangerous and I can't simply let you put yourself in such reckless danger." Toadsworth continued. "But… if you really want to I suppose I can't stop you… as long as Masters Mario and Luigi are there with you… still Bowser's involvement worries me."
"I wonder what Bowser's doing anyways?" Peach said out loud.
At Bowser's castle…
"So will it be built?" Bowser asked a Magikoopa in purple robes.
"Of course Lord Bowser!" Kami Koopa answered.
"Great! And in the meantime…" Bowser began to say.
"You'll be training Lord Bowser?" Kami asked.
"Nope, I need a nap." Bowser said before dragging his feet out of the room.
"Er…" Kami wasn't sure what to say to that comment.
Elsewhere…
"Pika…"
"Jigglypuff…"
"Piichuuuu…"
"Stop complaining, we're almost there." Mewtwo told the three Pokémon. The three Pokémon were climbing up the side of a precariously steep mountain side while Mewtwo was simply floating ahead of them. "Just to warn you, the training here can be quite brutal."
"Pika pika?"
"Yes, much more brutal than this climb." Mewtwo answered.
"Chuuuuu…" Pichu groaned.
"Jiggly…"
"She is right, you didn't have to come Pichu." Mewtwo reminded him.
"Pichu!"
"If you insist…"
In Sonic's dimension…
"…" Shadow was standing on a mountain peak by himself, looking over the entire mountain range.
"Finally found you!" Sonic ran up behind Shadow stopped a few feet behind him.
"What do you want Sonic?" Shadow asked.
"I came here to talk." Sonic answered with a shrug.
"Talk? You should be training." Shadow scoffed.
"Shadow, you were going way too far in that fight with that Night-Claw person." Sonic told him.
"He was taking the same risk as any of us taking this test." Shadow said. "It was his team's choice to give up if one of them failed."
"If that girl hadn't jumped in he would have died for sure." Sonic scolded.
"Would have, could have, didn't. This is pointless Sonic. We're done talking here." Shadow said, turning to leave.
"Wait. One more thing."
"What?" Shadow asked, getting annoyed.
"Why are you so interested in that Ness kid anyways?" Sonic asked.
"…" Shadow turned to Sonic and glared at him. He then smiled and pulled out a Chao Emerald.
"Hm? That's your training? You're finding emeralds?" Sonic asked. "When did you find that one?"
"Just now." Shadow said. "I suggest you start looking too." Shadow told him before dashing off.
"Hm? Hey wait you didn't answer my question!" Sonic shouted. "Ugh… oh well." Sonic pulled out a ring with a small gem on it. "I don't think I'll be needing an emerald." Sonic said before he also ran off.
Somewhere on Earth…
"Ha! New record…" C. Falcon was on his private island on Earth, practicing his racing skills in his signature Blue Falcon car. "Well, enough of that, time to get to some combat training."
Elsewhere…
"…" Samus in an unknown location in the cosmos, looking over the schematics of her power suit. She then looked at her power suit, which was inside a glass tube. "Time to get to work." She said to herself.
In the Ocarina of Time era of Hyrule…
"…" Zelda was buried in a book, much like Princess Peach was back at her castle. Although as Zelda read she couldn't help but wonder what Link was doing. "He must be training in Hyrule somewhere…"
At the Gerudo Fortress…
"…" Link was on horseback with his bow drawn. He had just run through the Gerudo horseback riding archery course. Link could remember when he first came here. Even though it's been a while, he still was getting used to how much friendlier the Gerudo was to him since he earned an honorary membership with them.
"Link… the Training Ground has been prepared." A Gerudo woman told him.
"Okay. Thanks." Link said before riding off towards the fortress just down the hill.
Meanwhile…
"…" Ike was waiting patiently in a large castle hallway. He didn't like hanging around these places, after all he was too close to nobility for his comfort. Not that he was in any way intimidated by nobles, it's just the general arrogant attitudes that most of the nobles had annoyed him greatly.
"General Ike…" A young voice said to him.
"I already renounced that title." Ike replied as a young girl in robes walked in. At her right and left respectively were a man with long black hair and a woman with blue hair and armor. "Ahem… Apostle Sanaki." Ike practically had to force himself to say it.
"Well, your manners aside, what have you come to see me for?" Sanaki asked.
"…" Ike thought back to what Soren told him to say. It was a little embarrassing for him, but he had to admit Soren was right, he wasn't going to get what he wanted unless he humbled himself a little. "I came to humbly request to wield Ragnell again."
"Sir Ike…" The black-haired man said. "While we are thankful for all you have done to aid Begnion and Crimea alike, that is a brazen request."
"And… well I almost can't help but laugh at how you just asked." Sanaki said with a smile.
"…" Ike cringed a little bit at this.
"However, in light of your actions before we can allow you to wield the sword once more… under one condition." The black-haired man continued.
"Yes… Sephiran?" Ike asked.
"Simply undergo a few trials that I shall dictate for you." Sephiran said.
"…" Ike smiled at this. Not only would this give him Ragnell, but now he would also have an opportunity to train. "Very well."
Back at the mountain the Pokémon were climbing…
"Pika…"
"Yes I'm pretty sure I'm the only one who knows of this place. Why do you ask?" Mewtwo asked.
"Jiggly." Jigglypuff pointed ahead of the group of four.
"Hm?" Mewtwo turned and looked ahead where the Lucario from the test was walking. "What are you doing here?" He asked.
"Hm? How did you four find my secret training spot?" Lucario asked.
"Pichu!? Pichu Pichu!"
"This was Mewtwo's spot first? Preposterous, I've trained here for years." Lucario argued.
"I've been here for years and yet I've never once seen you here." Mewtwo said.
"Hold it!"
"Hm?" All five of them turned to the side and a human in a karate uniform walked forward. He was apparently quite old judging from the wrinkles and thick white mustache.
"Pika?"
"He is the only human to have ever climbed this peak." Mewtwo answered.
"And the only Pokémon tutor that can push a Pokémon surpass his or her limit." Lucario continued.
"…"
"…"
"…"
"Wait… you know him!?" Mewtwo and Lucario asked each other.
"Yes, the two of you have both been coming here to train for years, yet never once have you been here at the same time. Heck of a coincidence wouldn't you say?" The old man said. "But anyways, Lucario came here and told me that he wished to train here for the next month, and given his reason I suppose the rest of you are here for the same reason."
"Correct." Mewtwo said.
"Pika!"
"Jigglypuff!"
"Pichu!"
"Jigglypuff puff." She said to Pichu.
"Pi…" This immediately caused Pichu to become depressed.
"Well if all of you are serious, you had best be prepared to be pushed to your very limits and beyond, even Mewtwo has been brought to his knees by my training…" The old man said.
"Pika!"
"Jiggly!"
"Now… we begin!" The old man shouted. "Any questions?"
"Pika pika?" Pikachu asked Lucario.
"Blue? He's not my trainer, he simply saved my life one time and we've been companions for a little bit. But he knows that I need to train by myself every now and then. He's training too." Lucario answered.
"Pichuuuu…"
Meanwhile…
"Hey guys, the device is almost perfected!" Slippy shouted in to a microphone.
"Thanks Slippy, now if you'll excuse us… ha!" Fox responded.
"They've been wailing on each other for the past week and a half now…" Krystal sighed.
"Well if Wolf is one of their opponents they're going to need it." Peppy said.
"Yes but if they're not fighting they're flying or driving the landmaster…" Krystal sighed again. "Although Fox has occasionally come in to help Slippy."
"Yeah, Fox said he's starting to take a slight interest in machinery." Slippy said.
Everyone in the exams carried on their own methods of training for this one month period. Sometimes things didn't go so smoothly…
"Luigi? Where did-a you go-a?" Mario asked as he looked around confused.
"Help-a!" Luigi cried. He had somehow gotten stuck inside of a hollow tree-stump.
And other times it would be just plain rough…
"Pika…" Pikachu and the other two little Pokémon had collapsed on the ground completely worn out. Mewtwo and Lucario were both on one knee, breathing heavily.
"Hey! None of you are done yet!" The old man shouted.
But all in all, they could feel the results of their training coming to fruition.
"He's never once come out of there during this entire month." A Gerudo standing at the training ground entrance said.
"He was in there for a small amount of time on his first time in there and he came out improved. If he's still alive in there how much stronger will he be when he comes out?" Another one asked.
"Hm? Ask him yourself…"
"He's finally out!"
"…" Link slowly walked out of the training ground, he was quite dirty, bruised, and cut in a few places. "Heh… no problem." Link sighed out of exhaustion before he collapsed.
"…" One of the Gerudo women checked his pulse. "Yeah he's alive… I think he's just hungry."
And finally, the day came.
"Say bro… does Smash town seem a little different somehow? I can't put my finger on it." Crazy Hand said.
"It's bigger." Master Hand said.
"It is…?" Crazy Hand asked. He and Master Hand were floating high above Smash Town, and true to his words, the already decently sized town had grown even larger, there were even quite a few multi-story buildings around now.
"Yes it's bigger Crazy…" Master Hand reassured his brother. "Now come on… to the coliseum!" He announced dramatically.
"Okay! Wheeee hee hee hee hee heeeeee!" Crazy Hand then flew around erratically before zipping off in one direction.
"…It's the other way…" Master Hand said.
"…" Blue was standing in front of the coliseum. The walls were quite massive. The solid white walls reached far up in to the air. Blue could barely see the flat, roof-like structures that hung above certain parts of the wall. Blue guessed just from the exterior that the interior must have been larger than a football stadium. "Only one way to find out." He said out loud as he walked towards the entrance.
He was right. The interior was a grassy field that had a few dirt patches, bushes, and trees lying here and there. At the top of the massive walls were seats for thousands of spectators to watch the battles that would soon be taking place. Blue noticed one part of the wall about part-way up had a square section missing where a few people could watch the battles up close. Blue guessed that must be where the contestants would wait for their battles.
"Welcome." Blue turned to the middle of the battle field. In the middle stood most of the contestants along with two other people he didn't recognize.
The one who had welcomed him was a woman, though she had tan skin, white hair, and had long rabbit-like ears. She stood 5' 6" in height, her hair was tied in a ponytail that fell between her shoulders, and blue eyes. She was wearing a white top leaving her belly exposed, a white skirt that reached down to her knees, and sandals that almost touch her knees. She also had white sleeves extending from her elbows to her wrists. Finally black lines formed a ram's face with swirling horns on the back of her left hand.
Standing close beside her was a human man. He stood 6'1" in height, has long brown hair in a ponytail, brown eyes, blue hoop earrings, and golden colored turban with a blue gen at center of turban. He also sported golden outer robes, loose blue leggings visible through front of the robes, two orange strips of cloth that hang from the neck of the robes like a cape, two swords sheathed on his left side, and a golden fingerless glove on his right hand with a blue glove underneath. His left forearm was covered in golden bandages with the back of his left hand exposed. And on the back of his left hand are black lines forming a symbol of two halves of a heart divided down the middle with a crown above them.
"Welcome contestants, you may call me Heidi." The rabbit-esque woman greeted politely.
"And I am Harris." The man said. "And we, shall be your administrators for your final test."
…Notes…
"Well Ron I hope you recover soon, because you'll have a part in these next few chapters." I tell Ron as he was laying in a random hospital bed, covered in bandages. "Come on did I really hug you that tightly?"
"I don't know… you tell me…" Ron Host said with a voice muffled by bandages.
"Ah don't be a baby." I say as I slap his shoulder.
"Augh!" He gasped in pain. "Urg… well the final test is here at long last… what will be the outcome of this test? Who will win their battles? Find out… in the next few chapters."
"Read and review."