The next chapter is here. Let me give you a quick summary of this chapter. The next few battles will follow Mario as he tries to ascend to the destined battle with the Master Hands. So expect this chapter to be very long. Now I know that Mario might not be everyone's favorite character and you, the readers probably have you own personal favorite Smasher that you want to battle the Hands. Don't worry. Even though this chapter will mostly be Mario centered, the other Smashers will play a key role later on in the chapter. Thank you for reading this and enjoy this chapter.
BLAM! BOOM! POW! The sounds of large fists connecting with a small face could be heard echoing through the Mushroom Kingdom (II) arena.
"Come on you tubby plumber! I'm waiting for you to really try!" also came the sounds of the taunting tortoise
He was trying to save the Nintendoverse from utter servitude by the 'Hands' should they win. He had to defeat Bowser to go up the next rank to even get a chance at facing them. He was being beaten to a pulp to win this round.
"A sometimes being a hero a really sucks." he mumbled.
Mario wasn't exactly having the best time defeating his old enemy. Bowser was really on fire today and had our beloved plumber on the ropes. But Mario was not about to let himself be defeated in the first battle. No way. His pride as a hero wouldn't let him; so he continued to battle even though his body was battered from Bowser's assault. Bowser jumped into the air, extending his arms so that his bulk could crush the puny warrior. Mario put his arms up in a feeble defense as he watched Bowser descend upon him. Mario caught the full weight of Bowser and his legs nearly buckled under the immense pressure, but Mario was not to be beaten. He used all his available strength to heave the heavy king off of him and near one of the many ledges of the arena. His large body was propelled about a foot into the air before it began its plummeting decent to its doom below. But Bowser was not to be defeated so easily and he used the Spinning Fortress to drive himself back up the ledge. Looking around for his opponent Bowser was greeted with an empty ledge; for Mario had already jumped back to the side ledge of the level to soothe his aching muscles.
"A note to a self: Do a not carry a Bowser around like a ball." he told himself.
Yet, he didn't have much time contemplate this because the Koopa King had jumped up to pound our hapless hero to a pulp. Trying to buy him self some time he threw a fireball at the incoming tortoise, stopping his aggressive leap in mid-air. Bowser quickly landed at the edge of the side ledge, caught a little off guard. Using this to his advantage Mario ignored the pain running through his body and leapt at the oversized dino, putting both his feet into a powerful kick, thus sending the tortoise titan through the air. However because the attack was forced it didn't have near enough power to send Bowser flying, the Koopa King caught him self on the opposite side and regained his footing.
"Prepare to know what is feels like to be a gum wrapper under someone's shoe Mario. 'Cause I'm gonna crush you and enjoy every minute of it." he taunted, or more to the point, threatened our red-hat hero
Mario grunted and cracked his neck. Just because he had to save the Nintendoverse didn't mean he couldn't have fun while he did so.
"I heard that Mario's going to try and challenge the 'Hands' themselves." came a female voice
"Really, I had no clue." came a sarcastic female voice
"Samus, be nice. I think its sweet that Mario's taken it upon himself to challenge the hands." came yet another female voice
The three voices belong to Peach, Samus, and Zelda (in that order) who were in the common room of the mansion. They were discussing the current events with great resolution. It wasn't a secret that Mario decided that now was the time to challenge the Hands. After the Giga Bowser incident it was time for the 'Hands' to learn they could not do whatever they wished. It was sorta expected. Mario--a big hero challenging the evil forces of the 'Hands'. Itis acommon heroic feet. Yet, it felt different this time around, like something really bad would happen should Mario fail. This wasn't just 'hero beats evil force and saves day'. This was more 'someone stands up to defeat in evil force before all of universe is thrust into darkness' (or other deep cliché).
"Well I think he's gonna get himself killed." replied Samus
"Samus! Don't talk like that!" cried Peach
"Sorry!" she said, putting her hands up in defense (or hand and buster cannon if ya want to get technical) "I've got nothing against the guy, shoot, he's one of my best friends. But I don't think he needs to be putting his neck out on the line when he doesn't have to. He knows that if we, as a whole, accumulate enough wins in the tournament then we all get to fight the 'Hands' and whatever new toys they have to unleash."
"That is true. But the 'Hands' decided that in order for that to happen the Smashers would have to accumulate over 1,000,000,000 (one billion) KO's. And there is no way we can do that in the short amount of time we have so that we can save the Nintendoverse." replied Zelda
"Yeah, those stupid 'Hands' knew that and twisted the rules around so that they could have an edge. Either we get all those KO's or one of us has to battle their way to the top and face them alone." Peach pouted
"Yeah...and I don't want to have to hurt the little guy. We can't hold back in a tournament. It's all or nothing." Samus sighed
"Me neither. But it is for the best. Maybe if one of us defeats him then maybe he will decide not to participate further in a solo tournament." Zelda suggested
"Mario?" Samus laughed, "He isn't the kind of guy to give up so easily. You'd have to break both his arms and legs before he'd ever sit something big like this out. But I guess he's just like any of us. I think we're too hardheaded to admit defeat. Or maybe we're too into 'must protect the innocent' game. Or maybe we're insane and enjoy getting our butts handed to us on a daily basis. Though I am leaning toward 'must do the common good' thing myself." Samus mused
"Yes, protecting people seems to be our biggest qualities, even though the Smash Brothers was created solely to entertain the masses with blatant smashing." replied Zelda
"But we're just heroes like that." came a chipper Peach, then she thought about it for a moment "Well...most of us."
"Ha, ha!" came an overly happy Mario after he landed a punch square in the jaw of Bowser.
Bowser slide across the ground after receiving that blow sending him under the small ledge above him, almost leaving the ring in the process.
"I a don't want to a hurt you a Bowser..." then he thought it over "Well...not that a much. Give a up already Bowser or you are a going down." Mario warned
"Please, the day I am defeated by the likes of you is the day that I wear a frilly pink dress and sing 'I'm A Little Tea Pot'." quipped Bowser
"Then I a guess you've a done that all a ready." Mario mocked
Bowser's eye twitched slightly.
"I'll get you!" he roared then charged toward Mario
"Then a bring it on!" Mario yelled and charged as well
The both ran to the middle of the arena then jumped, fists coiled back and muscles flexed, a steely determination set. Then they let the fists fly.
"I need more power!" yelled a voice
"I'm giving her all she's got captain, she can't take too much more of this!" yelled another voice
"I don't care, GIVE ME MORE POWER!"
"She's gonna blow captain!"
DING!
"Ah, making inter-dimensional popcorn is great." came the first voice
"It sure it." replied the second voice
In the Mushroom Kingdom (II) arena the two combatants breathe heavily, their body's battered and bruised, but still ready to battle.
"If you don't give up soon I'll have to send you to the big mushroom in the sky." Bowser nattered (to speak)
"No a way Bowser, I'm a going to win a this." countered Mario
"Burn!" he roared, obviously having grown impatient from the long drawn out battle
Blazing heat rose up Bowser's throat, turning in flames as it left his mouth, toward our weary plumber
"Oh a boy." Mario muttered
Mario raised his shield and took the brunt of the attack, his body aching from taking such damaging heat directly, even though the shield protected him from the physical damage...for now. Slowly his shield began to lose strength, coming dangerously close to breaking. But Mario couldn't chance dropping the shield because if he did the overwhelming flames coming from Bowser's throat would have roast him, thus leaving him weakened and wide open for a finishing blow--a blow that Bowser would be sure to take advangtage of. But the"Luck of the Irish"must have been on Mario's side today because an item crate appeared on the screen, generously taking the brunt of the flame attack. Not letting this blessing go to waste Mario rolled away just before the crate exploded, releasing the items that lay inside it. Items included were a Bunny Hood, Fan, and Pokeball.
"All a right a Bowser, it is a time to a finish this." Mario called
Donning the Bunny Hood and arming himself with the Fan and Pokeball Mario charged jumped high into the air. With his new found speed and agility he flew high into the air, far above the Tortoise Titan. Bowser tried to throw a Green Shell at Mario that had materialized nearby, but the agile plumber twisted his body so that the dangerous weapon passed by him harmlessly. Mid-twist Mario launched the Pokeball at the overgrown spiked reptilian while falling back down at him at an impressive speed. The Pokeball hit the ground first, instantly releasing the pokemon held inside.
"Raahwooh!" roared the Lugia that emerged from the Pokeball, flapping its mighty wings and deafening the field with a thunderous roar
Bowser shielded himself from the hurricane-like winds that were summoned when Lugia spread it wings and flew. However Lugia was only a distraction for the pasta eating hero known as Mario. His real plan went unnoticed. With a Drill Kick to the ground he battered Bowser's shield with daunting speed. When he landed Mario swung with all his might, shattering the shield around Bowser with one swing. The recoil of energy caused Bowser to flail about and lose his bearings. Mario dropped the Fan in his hand and for a moment stared at the dazed Bowser, almost feeling sorry for him. However the key word in that sentencebeing almost. Creating a ball of heated coal in his hand he wound back then struck with a furious punch, sending Bowser out of the arena with such speed that if he were being clocked he would have broken a couple of speed records; though at this point he might have broken a few other things, things including bones. Mostly like not however. This is Bowser we are speaking of; he isn't a pushover, he was just defeated.
"Finally, it is a over." Mario exhaled, utterly exhausted after such a grueling match
Poor, poor Mario...if you are this tired from the first battle then you are in for a loop because this is only the beginning.
"Yo Slip, how's the repairs on the StarFox coming along?" asked a certain fox person
"Coming along? Fox you're lucky they're even coming! After you trashed the ship we were lucky to salvage enough from the wreckage to even repair it!"
"Hey! I didn't trash the ship!" Fox shot
"You're right Fox. It was you, the flat guy, and that dino!" Slippy shot back
"Well it wasn't our fault! The 'Hands' cheated! If you want to blame someone blame them!"
"Oh I do Fox...but I still can't believe you three were able to take down the Great Fox." Slippy replied, rubbing the back of his head in wonder, amazement, and bewilderedness.
"Well..." he trailed off sheepishly
"I mean look at it! We'll have to completely re-haul it in order to get it back up to parameters! You're lucky structural integrity wasn't compromised. But look at the engine, it's totaled!"
"Hey, how was I supposed to know that Beam Swords and Positronic engines didn't mix?" Fox asked in his defense
"Well now you do!" Slippy replied irate
Fox opened his mouth to say something back to the frog kid but instead he sighed. Using his index finger and thumb he massaged the bridge of his nose to relieve the headache that he was starting to get. There was no point in arguing the matter. What is done is done and no amount of yelling would change that. Besides, Slippy had a point; Even if it was Yoshi who had trashed the ship and not Fox. And being the nice guy he was he didn't charge Yoshi for the cost of the repairs for the Great Fox because of the simple reason that Fox stole Yoshi's pie. Now if that piece of logic doesn't say 'unfair' then nothing does. But Fox stood by it. Why? We'll never know. However some people might call it a guilty conscious.
"Hey Slip, think you can give me an estimate on when the Great Fox will be up and running?" Fox asked
"Maybe in three months." Slippy replied
"THREE MONTHS!" Fox shrieked
"Yeah, and that's if I workaround the clock." Slippy commented
Fox's headache started to get worst and he cursed a few words under his breath.
"Note to self--make the Hand's pay for this, literally." he thought
"Silly Rabbit, Trix's are for kids." said a voice
"I'm not a rabbit and I want don't want those damn Trix. Now leave me alone."
"Alright, right after this balanced breakfast."
Well that is the end of this chapter. So sorry it took forever, school has been murder and I've had a bad case of writers block. Don't worry; the next chapters should come more fluid from now one. But thank you again for reading.
Me: Man, I hope that lawyer isn't around
Lawyer: (Ahem) I'm back!
Me: Ahh! (High-tails it.) I'll be back!