Ultimate Smash Adventure
The Orre arc is here at last! This is going to be one heck of an arc for sure, it will be fairly long, so pack some snacks, water, and toilet paper for the long haul.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything in this story except for the story itself
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The Desert of Orre
The warp stars were on a crash course for the desert sands as always. "Why do we always have to crash!" Bowser shouted.
"Is he always this loud?" Snake asked as cool as a cucumber.
"Yeah pretty much." Ness said.
"We haven't crashed yet Bowser." Marth said.
"But we will crash! Uwwwaaaaaaa!" Bowser screamed.
"Just relax!" Zelda told him.
"Piiiiikaaaa!"
"Jiiiiiglypuuuuuuuuf!"
"Yoooooooshiiiiii!" The warp stars then stopped short and did not crash, except for Bowser's warp star. He went tumbling through the sands.
"Ow! I got sand in my eyes!" Bowser screamed before he then ran around until he hit a cactus.
"Yoshi Yoshi."
"Yeah, the author must have missed beating up Bowser." Marth said.
"I have to admit, that's pretty amusing." Snake said. "Well, we need to find some town or something to stay at."
"Snake's right, let's get Bowser and get going." Zelda said.
"Pika…"
A few hours of walking through the desert was taking its toll on the group. Zelda and Bowser were visibly fatigued, Marth was sweating quite a bit, Pikachu and Jigglypuff could hardly stand, Yoshi was panting heavily, and Snake seemed just as he did when they started walking.
"Yoshi!" Yoshi said pointing to a diner.
"It's just a mirage." Zelda said. Indeed, when Yoshi looked closer, the diner disappeared.
"Yoshi…" He sighed.
So the group kept walking on and on and on and on. "Pikachu!"
"It's another mirage." Snake said. The oasis Pikachu was talking about disappeared as well.
"Jigglypuff…" She sighed.
"Hey guys! An oasis!" Marth shouted.
"It's a mirage." Bowser said.
"But it looks so real…" Marth said.
"It is freaking mirage!" Bowser shouted. "Sorry, hard to keep my cool in this desert heat."
"How about one of us goes and check?" Ness suggested.
"Fine, I'll prove it." Bowser runs over as fast as he can and…
WHAM
Bowser hits a tree with his head and a bunch of fruit from the tree falls on top of his head as well. "It's real…" Bowser said semi-consciously.
"Yoshi!" Yoshi happily ate all of the fruit that had hit Bowser in the head. Everyone sat down at the edge of the oasis and began to drink water. Pikachu made a run for the oasis water and was about to jump in.
"Hey squirt! Don't jump in!" Bowser yelled.
"Pika?"
"Because you could contaminate the water." Ness said.
"Pikachu." He nodded and walked to the edge of the water and got a drink for himself. Jigglypuff then popped up out of the water.
"Jigglypuff!" She said happily. All the smashers then spit out the water.
"We said don't swim!" Snake yelled.
"Jiggly…" She said meekly.
"Hey look at that!" Ness said while pointing at a giant tower that looked like it had a city on top. "I bet they have food and water there!"
"It might be another mirage." Zelda said.
"Maybe we should check this out." Snake said.
"I bet it's another mirage." Bowser said.
"Yoshi…"
"What do you mean make this more interesting?" Bowser asked.
"I have an idea." Snake said. "Loser has to eat the two week old anchovy pizza in the fridge at the mansion that Kirby and Yoshi won't even eat." Snake said.
"Deal." Bowser said shaking hands with Snake.
"Ness, could you help me get to that tower faster?" Snake asked.
"Sure thing, hold on." Snake grabbed Ness' shoulder. "PSI Teleport!" A small wormhole opened up and Ness ran through it at light speeds, leaving a trail of fire behind him.
"Please be a mirage…" Bowser begged.
Meanwhile…
A really odd looking desert vehicle that looked like a swan was going through. "Are we almost there yet men?" Came an oddly familiar voice.
"Yes Mr. 2!" Said two random Baroque works agents.
"Alright then! Once we get there, we can finally get the money Mr. 0 needs for his plans." Mr. 2 said while putting on lipstick. All of a sudden, a sandstorm brewed up started to shake the desert vehicle violently. "AAAAAAAAAHHHH!" Came Mr. 2's high-pitched scream. The sandstorm had actually thrown Mr. 2 waaaaaaaaaay out of the desert vehicle.
"Oh no! Mr. 2!" Screamed the underlings.
Meanwhile…
Ness and Snake had just appeared in front of the tower. "Well, it looks like it's real." Snake said.
"I want to see what it's like." Ness said as he stepped toward the door. However a really big guy got in his way.
"If you have One million Poke dollars, you can go on in." Said the big guy.
"Poke dollars?" Ness asked.
"No money, no entrance." The big guy said. Suddenly a desert vehicle pulled up and from it, a guy with brown hair, and a game show host's tuxedo stepped out. "Oh hello Mr. Ron Host." The big guy said.
"Hello." Said Ron Host.
"Ron Host?" Ness shouted in disbelief.
"Hey… Ness, I haven't seen you since the end of Survivor: SSBM Outback." Ron Host said.
"What the heck are you doing here?" Ness asked.
"I'm hosting the tournament being held here in Realgem Tower." Ron Host answered. "If any of your friends are interested come right in and participate."
"But it's just a Pokemon tournament right?" Ness asked.
"Wrong! There are Pokemon trainers, but people are also allowed to fight in battles as well. It's a Pokemon, and a fighter tournament." Ron Host exclaimed.
"Pft… I take no interest in such mundane contests." Snake said.
"You must be one of the new smashers. Snake right?" Ron Host asked.
"Yes but how did you know…" Snake started to ask.
"Well you see…" Ron Host began.
Back with the smashers…
"They sure are taking a while." Zelda said.
"You've got that right." Marth said. Suddenly a weird looking object landed in the oasis water.
"Waaaaaaaaaahh!" The figure splashed in to the water.
"What was that?" Bowser asked.
"Help! I can't swim!" Shouted the weird looking man. "Help!"
"Pikachu?"
"Yoshi!" Yoshi leaped in and grabbed the odd looking man and swam back to the area around the pool of water.
"Whew, you saved my life." The man in a swan coat said.
"You really should learn how to swim." Marth said.
"I can't, I ate a cursed fruit and now I can't swim." He said.
"You ate a cursed fruit?" Bowser asked. "What can you do?"
"Pikachu?"
"Jigglypuff?"
"Well I normally don't show off my powers to everybody, but since you guys did save my life, I'll show you." He walked over toward Bowser… and socked him in the face.
"Ow! Hey what's the big idea?" Bowser asked. "Huh?" Bowser then noticed that he was looking at his own face.
"How do I look?" The man asked while still showing Bowser's face. He even had the voice correct. He then went around and touched everyone's faces without punching him or her. He then began to swap faces and look like everybody there. "I'm a swordsman." He said going to Marth. "Here's a pretty face." He said switching to Zelda's face. He then revealed that he could even mimic the bodies correctly when he showed off Zelda's figure. This received some applause from Bowser and Marth.
Zelda then smacked him behind the head. "Alright you can knock that off now!" Zelda said obviously angry.
"My apologies princess, it was quite rude of me to cheer like that." Marth said. Bowser got socked before he could apologize.
"Well, that's the power of my Clone-clone fruit. I can mimic anybody I've met." The man said. The desert vehicle shaped like a swan then pulled up. "There's my men! I'm sorry, but I've got to go now." He said.
"Pikaaaaa…"
"Yoshi…"
"Jigglypuff…" The three of them said with tears in their eyes.
"Don't worry, from here on, the bonds of friendship will forever keep us together no matter how far apart we become." He said.
"I'm glad we found you Mr. 2." One of the guys in the vehicle said.
"Mr. 2?" Bowser asked.
"Yoshi?"
"Jigglypuff?" Mr. 2 and his men then drove off toward Realgem Tower.
"Wait a minute! I think that guy may be one of our enemies!" Bowser shouted.
"Yoshi Yoshi." Yoshi nodded.
"Really?" Marth asked.
"That's right! Anyone with a number for a name is part of this group that joined the alliance." Zelda said.
"Pikachu."
"He's right, we do need to be more careful from now on." Marth said. "He's seen our faces, and since he can mimic us, he can also show his allies what we look like." Ness and Snake just then reappeared the same way they left.
"Hey guys! That tower is a giant coliseum." Ness said. "And they're holding a tournament there."
"A tournament? Sign me up!" Bowser said.
"Wait! We don't have time for silly trifles." Zelda said. "And it looks expensive if the towers that glamorous to look at."
"Ron Host can get us in free." Ness said.
"Ron Host?" Marth said.
"Yoshi."
"For once it pays to know that guy." Bowser said.
"But we don't…" Zelda started to say.
"Hear me out." Snake said. "It's not just a Pokemon tournament, and since that's all that ever goes on in this region, it seems very suspicious to me." Snake said. "I figure that I can investigate behind the scenes while some of us compete." Snake suggested.
"That… sounds like a reasonable plan." Zelda said.
After a while of walking…
"Okay, so all of you are Ron Host's friends? Go on in." The big guy from earlier said. The smashers walked in and a few of them signed up for the tournament, while Snake and Ness decided to do the behind the scenes investigations.
"I never thought you'd enter this tournament Zelda." Marth said while looking at Zelda, already transformed as Sheik.
"Someone has to be the voice of reason around here." Sheik said.
"Hey." Bowser said.
"Yoshi."
"Pikachu."
"Jigglypuff." The six of them entered the waiting room, which was full of fighters and Pokemon trainers.
"Hey, those Pokemon aren't in their pokeballs." One trainer said.
"Huh? These guys?" Bowser asked.
"One of them just talked!"
"Hey! I'm not a Pokemon! And neither is Yoshi!" Bowser said while pointing at Yoshi.
"Yoshi."
"Ooooookay." Said one trainer.
"How come you let those pokemon wander out of their Pokeballs?" One asked.
"Oh, these aren't our Pokemon." Marth said. Most of the trainers then reached for their empty pokeballs upon hearing this.
"Pika!"
"Jiggly!"
"They're still with us though!" Sheik shouted.
"If you want them you'll have to go through us." Marth said getting his sword ready.
"You guys might as well leave them alone." Said one trainer. A few trainers backed away from this trainer. The trainer was wearing a long blue coat and tight black pants and boots. He had gray hair, yellow eyes, and a white streak across his nose and cheeks.
"These guys are competing by themselves." Bowser said.
"Hmm…" The trainer that stopped the other trainers looked at the smashers for a second.
"Who are you?" Marth asked.
"My name is Wes, I look forward to our matches." He said walking off.
"Okay then…" Bowser said.
Elsewhere in Realgem tower…
"Heh heh heh." Came a familiar laugh. From the shadows, Crocodile stepped out holding a glass of wine in his right hand. "Well Evice, this is quite a tower you built here. Too bad it's mine now." Crocodile said.
"Hey! I joined your alliance to get what I want, not to be ridiculed by you!" Came the voice of a fat old man that was floating a few inches above ground.
"The newest addition to the alliance shouldn't be talking to A deadly fate that way now should you?" Crocodile asked.
"Uh well… I'll just see if my men are doing their parts to help Kefka." Evice said while leaving the room.
"Fool… soon Kefka won't be the one you're taking orders from." Crocodile said. "Did that clown think that'd I'd be so willing to do someone else's bidding for him? Once the money I earn from holding this tournament comes through, I'll have the resources to find the last piece of the Black Rune for myself." Crocodile said while chuckling. "If Mr. 2 wins this tournament, I'll even have more money to use, but for now, I'll have to wait for all the pieces of the puzzle to fall in."
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With Crocodile being behind this tournament, will he get what he wants? And what do his plans consist of? This tournament is really just half the plot of this arc; there will be a whole lot more soon to come.