Now who would think that such a peaceful little setting...could be the home to such a devastating battle! A Bob-Bomb was thrown at Mewtwo who saw it coming and teleported away before it made contact with his being! Samus swung a bat at Kirby who ducked down under the lethal piece of wood and tried to trip her but she easily rolled away from the little gumball's long feet! Mewtwo unleashed a small volley of Shadow Balls at Jigglypuff but, the small pokemon knocked each ghostly ball away without as much as breaking a sweat!
"This is going nowhere." Mewtwo thought, grunting at his failed attack "I cannot score a decisive attack on this small creatures. I need something that covers a wide area so that they cannot evade."
Glancing around the arena Mewtwo searched for an item that would best help to combat the two small warriors. What he found happened to be sitting on one of the floating boxes that stared at you mindlessly.
"Ah, a Warpstar." he mused. "This shall be interesting."
Taking hold of the Air ride he hopped aboard and was immediately thrown into the air. Looking up Kirby noticed his own weapon being used against him and tried to the best of his ability to dodge the attack but, tripped and landed on his face.
BOOM!
"Wah!" Kirby yelled, shooting into the air
Fortunately for him the attack was not powerful enough to KO him but that didn't make-up for the fact that he was now a sitting duck any better. Before he crashed landed the round fighter stopped, only inches from the ground. Knowing that he wasn't the one who stopped himself he began wondering what was going to happen to him next.
"Be gone." came a voice, the voice, of Mewtwo
The psychic pokemon threw Kirby away and continued his assault with a barrage of Shadow Balls. The Shadow Balls knocked him around, encasing him in a shadowy flame. Kirby fell to the ground, burning with dark energy making a dull 'thud' sound resonate from impact.
THUD!
"Kirby!" Jigglypuff yelled, watching as her teammate (and love interest) fell to the ground
Without hesitation she turned to glare at Mewtwo, the source of Kirby's pain and immediately charged him, intent on sending her small hand across his face.
"Whoa!" Mewtwo gasped
Mewtwo was actually caught off guard by the speed at which Jigglypuff was moving at and would have been clobbered if it weren't for the fact that a little ball rolled under his feet.
"Jiggly!"
But just before Jigglypuff's attack connected it was intercepted by something hard and metallic.
"Not so fast Jigglypuff." came a robotic voice
Mere seconds before connection Samus blocked the attack, protecting Mewtwo and ceasing Jigglypuff's attack in one movement. Nevertheless the galactic bounty hunter was rather impressed by the show of strength the little one had offered. Samus had been pushed back slightly from the impact and the force, although rather weak, was felt by Mewtwo behind her.
"My teammate still has some business with Kirby. Don't worry, he won't hurt him too much and, if you want a battle, you can fight me." Samus told her
Jigglypuff simply wanted Mewtwo. But if she had to go through a friend to get him, she would.
"You can thank me later for saving you." Samus told Mewtwo while she held off Jigglypuff "I usually expect payment via bank accounts but for you I'll make an exception."
"I did not need your assistance bounty hunter." He told her
"Sure you didn't."
Mewtwo grunted.
"Let's do this!" Samus yelled, flinging Jigglypuff away and then firing a rocket at her
Jigglypuff easily evaded the projectile weapon and ran back at Samus, ready to plow through her. Samus flipped over her with ease, quickly turning and lashing out with her tractor beam, pulling the small puff in. Smashing her into the ground Samus continued with a ballistic barrage, raking Jigglypuff's body with small projectile shots.
"Jiggly!" she cried, not letting that attack deter her
Jigglypuff lashed out and attacked with an assault of slaps that rendered Samus immobile for a brief period. Then, with her opponent slightly dazed, Jigglypuff leapt into the air and spun around, a multitude of kicks greeting the cybernetic warrior.
"Brother? BROTHER?" called the Master Hand
The Master Hand had spent quite some time trying to locate his 'brother', the Crazy Hand in the pocket dimension that they resided in. Usually, it wasn't too hard to find him but today the Crazy Hand had ventured deep within the dimension, concocting some strange and elaborate plan.
"BROTHER! IF YOU DO NOT SHOW YOURSELF TO ME THIS INSTANT I WILL..."boomed the Master Hand, who stopped short when he saw his brother directly in front of him
"I do not have to yell." the Crazy Hand replied, rather calmly?
"..." Was the Master Hand's only reply?
"What is it that you want?" the Crazy Hand asked
This...was strange...to put it mildly. The Master Hand had never known his brother to speak coherent sentences without yelling them or jumbling them up due to the blinding speed he spoke at most of the time. Something was up.
"Who are you and what did you do with the Crazy Hand?" the Master Hand asked, or rather joked
"If I were not busy I would so laugh at your attempt at a joke." the Crazy Hand replied, a little snidely
Okay...now things were really strange. The Crazy Hand never had a clever retort for anything the Master Hand said to or about him.
"What are you doing?" the Master Hand asked, though it was more like a command
"Why don't you see, for yourself?" he suggested
"I have no eyes."
"You know what I mean."
The Master Hand floated around his brother in order to get a better view and when he did he nearly had a conniption, if that is possible for him. What he saw was his pet, Giga Bowser, unconscious and from the looks of it barely breathing.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO MY PET!" the Master Hand boomed
The Master Hand may have been cruel but when it came to pet ownership he made damn sure that Giga Bowser only got the best and was treated kindly.
"I told you, you didn't have to yell." the Crazy Hand replied, barely acknowledging the outburst
"I WOULD NOT BE YELLING IF YOU WERE NOT POKING AND PRODDING MY PET LIKE HE WAS SOME SCHOOL SCIENCE EXPERIMENT!" the Master Hand bellowed
"Don't worry. You're 'pet' is fine. I simply put him in a state of temporary suspended animation in order to extract a few prominent DNA samples without him trying to rip me a new one." the Crazy Hand replied
"I SHOULD RIP YOU A NEW ONE FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING TO MY GIGA BOWSER!" yelled the Master Hand
"Never knew you like to use pronouns so much."
"Never knew you like to..." He mocked, "If even one SCALE is harmed on my pet's head I am going to..."
"Chillax brother. Like I said before, he shall be fine."
"Whatever." the Master Hand mumbled with an exasperated sigh "What do you want with his DNA anyway?" he asked "It is not like you can make a Giga, Giga Bowser." the Master Hand told him
The Master Hand knew everything about Giga Bowser, being that he was the one who created him, along with the polygons. The Master Hand created everything that both Hands used against the Smash Brothers.
"I know that. I was thinking of something a little more, 'recurring'." replied the Crazy Hand
"What?" he asked, "What are you rambling on about?"
"You'll see. You'll see. MUHA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA..."
"Please stop laughing."
"Okay."
"You must be joking." Mewtwo thought
After Samus had saved him from a vicious slap by the angered Jigglypuff he had lost sight of Kirby. Reaching out with his mind the psychic pokemon tried to pinpoint the little gumball's location but by then it was too late. The small star warrior had jumped into the air with his mouth wide open ready for a meal. The next thing Mewtwo knew Kirby had inhaled him and showed the powerful being the inside of his belly. It didn't take long for Kirby to let out the strange cat and when he did Mewtwo looked on at the new, strange little menace that now dared to challenge him.
"I was told that he did have to ability to copy powers. However, I thought I was far too fervent to have such a pathetic looking creature imitate my powers." he thought, "I suppose I was wrong."
Yes, it was true. Kirby, after inhaling Mewtwo, now sported the psychic pokemon's powers and Kirby was now Mewtwo Kirby.
"I look funny." Kirby said, scoping out his new look
"If you did not before." Quipped Mewtwo
"Well, that's okay. Wonder what I can do now?" Kirby pondered
If on instinct he put his hands together and immediately formed a Shadow Ball, accumulating dark energy in his little arms.
"Hmm?" Mewtwo mused
When enough energy was created the Shadow Ball glowed intensely, radiating with the dark energy that was summoned. Kirby glared at Mewtwo and with a swing of his arm he fired.
"Ha!" he yelled, releasing the energy
But Kirby didn't realize that the Shadow Ball had massive recoil and his light, little frame was easily sent spiraling back.
"Ohh, uhh?" he moaned, the world around him spinning like crazy
Mewtwo on the other hand easily evaded the attack, moving to the side to let the dangerous power fly right by him and explode on a nearby hill with impressive force.
"I did not expect him to be able to take the recoil well. For his size anyway." Mewtwo mused, "I am also impressed that his arm did not come off due to the force. The attack itself was very potent in all respects as well. He is far more powerful than he appears to be, even though the only things on his mind are eating and sleeping." Mewtwo thought
"Wow, I'm really hungry." Kirby said out loud
"Like I was saying." Mewtwo quipped
Standing up, Kirby looked as if he were hurt, or going to cry. Mewtwo looked indifferent to the little gumdrop's suffering. But Kirby was not suffering at all.
"I wanna do that again! I wanna do that again!" he cheered, obviously thinking that recoil was fun
"I do not know if I should congratulate him or say he needs psychological assistance." Mewtwo quipped
"Me likey recoil! Me likey recoil!"
"If you are going to battle me please use proper grammar."
"Sorry."
"Let us just battle."
"Okay."
This time around both Mewtwo and Mewtwo Kirby collected dark energy in their palms. Small pebbles rose into the air as they did so, swirling around them as their power grew! More and more was collected, the balls of darkness growing rapidly in their hands, true power glowing with such radiance, yet so dark! It was something that could only be described as indescribable! (Oh, a contradiction) POWER! STRENGTH! MASSACURE! IT WAS...it was...it...oops. My bad, got a little carried away there. Let's get back to the fight. Now where was I...oh yes, I remember now. With the Shadow Balls at their full strength both Smashers fired their respective attacks, both suffering from the recoil (though Kirby was having a ball). Both attacks collided with impressive force, causing a sound wave to resonate from the impact zone, thus crushing a few flowers around them in an instant!
"This battle may not be as easy as I first interpreted." Mewtwo thought as he went toe-to-toe with the constantly hungry Smasher
Meanwhile, in a secret base at the edge of the city, a city known as Smash Central, a group of men were sitting at a large table in dimmed light. It seemed like they were knee deep in a discussion, a discussion concerning the Super Smash Brothers. Each person sitting at the board table was a different representative of Smash Central, being that the city was so big that some considered it to be a small nation all its own. There were seven representatives in total and one head representative that oversaw the actions of the others. This group secretly controlled everything in the city, everything. Well, all except for the Smash Brothers. The Master Hand and the Crazy Hand controlled them, in respect. The group was fearful of the Smash Brothers actions because they were a group of warriors with powers that could easily take the city if they so choose to do so. The first tournament hadn't been that much of a bother, but now that there were more of them the representatives were concerned that should more decided to joined they could possibly be a threat. The Super Smash Brothers could even grow to become a small army! The representatives were, at this moment, trying to think of a way as to keep the Smash Brothers from gaining any more unnecessary power than what they already had. As you must have surmised the city was broken into seven different sections. The first section, which was called Su, the second referred to as Per, the third Smash, the fourth Broth, the fifth Ers, the six Me, and finally the seventh Lee. (Say the name of the sections in order to get a special little pun). The Smash Brothers Park and Mansion lay directly in the middle of the city and because of the location of both the seven representatives had no power. The Master Hand had placed them in the perfect place to keep the representatives from gaining any influence on the Smashers. Now, this council dare not oppose the Master Hand, not to mention the Crazy Hand. The Master Hand had legal rights on the mansion and even in his destruction the binding contracts he had could not be turned around. There were no loopholes. The Master Hand may not have controlled the Smash Brothers personally but he did control where they took up residence.
"How do we go about taking control of the Smash Brothers?" asked the Su representative "Legally, we cannot do anything or the Master Hand will sue us for everything we have." he replied
"Yes, he has us wrapped around his little finger...figuratively speaking of course." replied the Per representative
"However we cannot let the Smash Brothers continue living as they are! They are just too powerful for their own good!" came the Smash representative, slamming his fist down on the table in anger
"They have no order or governing body and because we have no legal binding on them they are free to do whatever they please." The Broth representative acknowledge in a more calm demeanor
"It would only take a few to take the city and who knows what would happen if all twenty-six of them decided to wage war on us." the Ers representative said, his incite sending a chill down his own spine
"I am not sure that they would go to that extreme." the Me representative assured. "But they could easily destroy the city from the inside out if they should ever decided to gain public opinion against us." the Me representative replied
"We must make sure that does not happen." Said the Lee representative "But how do we go about this?"
"Gentlemen, please. The answer is quite simple." said a female voice, the head of the representatives "We simply let them cause their own downfall and take it upon ourselves to repent for it."
"But how do we do such a thing?" asked the Broth representative
"Yes, how?" asked the Per representative
"Simple, propaganda." she replied, "We just simply need to wait for the right opportunity."
The board members looked at her quizzically.
"We cannot simple say, bad things about them. The public reveres them too highly for something like that." The Su representative told her
"I understand that." she told him "But should they do something that makes themselves look bad all we would have to do is swoop in and take advantage."
"How would we go about doing something like that?" the Me representative asked
"I have my ways." she told him "Please my board members. You can relax. I will deal with this personally."
"Damn she is fast." Cursed Samus mentally
That much was true. Jigglypuff may not have been on of the strongest Smashers but she was among the most nimble of them and some of her attacks did pack a punch. At the moment Samus was only able to land about a third of her executed attacks on the small pokemon due to Jigglypuff's quick movements and insane dodging capabilities.
"Jiggly!" Jigglypuff roared (though it might be hard to really be intimidated by a voice such as hers)
A small foot came flying by, crashing into the metallic armor of Samus, and sending her a good distance away. Sliding across the ground the cybernetic warrior ate up the ground beneath her, leaving a grinded trail of dirt in her wake. With Samus temporarily out of her way Jigglypuff made a mad dash for Mewtwo, who was currently firing psychic blasts at Kirby, who was using his pliable body to dodge.
"Be gone!" Mewtwo yelled, his Confusion sending little Kirby every which way
Just as Mewtwo discharged the small pink creature another small pink creature jumped over at him, tackling him with her hard head. Mewtwo quickly collected himself and fired a volley of Shadow Balls but Jigglypuff defended herself and they bounced harmlessly off of her shield.
"Let us see how long you can withstand it!" he barked, continuing with his attack
Jigglypuff withstood the attack but with every deflection her shield grew weaker and weaker and it was in danger of shattering, thus leaving her open for a monstrous attack. To keep that from happening Jigglypuff rolled away, dodging more dark energy and moved in on her opponent. But Mewtwo was not about to let Jigglypuff get in close; she would be murder if that happened. He increased the intensity of his attack, unleashing a hailstorm of Shadow Balls on his attacker, completely engulfing her in explosions. Kirby and Samus turned to the display, watching, as Jigglypuff seemed to disappear due to the attacks power and the dust it kicked up. Even though he was her teammate, Samus thought that Mewtwo might have been overdoing it.
"Good god. You don't have to go that far!" she called to him
"Quiet bounty hunter! This is simply payback for her annoyances." He told her, continuing with his attack
"Good thing we can't use our full power or she might be seriously injured." Samus thought
"Hope Jigglypuff is okay." Kirby thought
Finally, exhausting all the power he could muster at the moment, Mewtwo ceased his attack and waited for the smoke to clear. He expected Jigglypuff to be lying in a crater, hurt, but otherwise okay. But what he discovered made his blood run cold. Jigglypuff was still standing and, from the looks of it, not as damaged as she should have been. Upon closer examination it could be seen that Jigglypuff was holding a Star Rod in her hands and Mewtwo surmised that she must have used it as a makeshift shield.
"Rather...smart...Jigglypuff." he retorted, exhausted from using so much power so quickly
Jigglypuff said nothing; her mind was on other things.
"Kirby, he is always there for me. Even when he's not there." She thought, staring fondly at the Star Rod "Is Samus right? Do I...like him, I mean like-like him?" she wondered
"You can decipher that after the battle small one." Mewtwo told her
"Hey, didn't you say that it wasn't polite to read people's minds when they don't know?" Jigglypuff accused
"Please do not bring that subject up. It belittles me." He told her
Jigglypuff stuck her tongue out at him.
"That will not anger me." He told her calmly
She pointed to her backside, trying to goat him.
"That will still not work." He told her exasperated
She spun around singing to herself.
"This is pointless." He said
Then she did the one thing she knew would get him.
"You're not the strongest pokemon in the world...I am." she told him
Mewtwo's eye twitched slightly and storm clouds started to roll in on the arena.
"IF YOU DARE TO THINK THAT YOU HAVE THE POWER TO DEFEAT ME YOU ARE SOLELY MISTAKENED. NOT ONLY WILL I DEFEAT YOU BUT I WILL MAKE SURE THAT YOU SUFFER TEN-FOLD FOR THAT INSOLENT INSULT TO MY BEING. YOU WILL...PAY! " He thundered, his booming voice echoing through the minds of all the combatants
"Why don't you just save me the headache and put me out of my misery now!" Samus called to her teammate "Such a loud creature." she muttered
"Me brain! Me brain!" Kirby squealed in pain, clutching his head
"You don't have to yell...er...think so loud!" she yelled at him
"I MAY THINK AS LOUD AS I WISH YOU PATHETIC CREATURE! I WAS CREATED TO BE THE MOST POWERFUL BEING IN THE UNIVERSE AND NOW THAT IS MY MISSION IN LIFE! BUT IF YOU WISH TO CHALLENGE THAT THEM COME WITH IT. BUT BE WARNED, I AM MEWTWO, THE ALL POWERFUL!" he roared, engulfing the sky in a dark cloud
Jigglypuff had pushed his buttons and Mewtwo had now abandoned all recesses of rational thought. His only concern was to blast Jigglypuff away as far as he was able. He summoned dark energy, accumulating the power in his hands, letting it grow to wild proportions! The skies grew darker still and the winds kicked up, nearly blowing Jigglypuff off of her feet! Mewtwo's eyes were now glowing a dark red, contrast to the light blue that they usually glowed when he used his powers. At the moment Mewtwo was truly angered and that was a rarity. Mewtwo was always in control of his emotions and few things angered him to an extreme. But he took the fact that he was designed to be the strongest Pokemon ever very seriously. That is why you could see him constantly meditating in order to centralize his powers further, thus making him stronger.
"Anger is for the simple-minded." He would always say
But now, he was eating his words. The ground literally shook due to the massive amounts of psychic energy that were being unleashed upon the little arena! And if it hadn't been for the power dampening abilities of the Master Hand and Crazy Hand the arena probably would have collapsed in on itself from the excessive amount of energy being released! To make matters worse Jigglypuff and Mewtwo stood in the epicenter of it all!
"Any last wishes before I defeat you and win the match!" Mewtwo asked, not bothering to mask his anger
"Yeah, catch!" she yelled, throwing the Star Rod at the mutant cat
Mewtwo bent his neck to the side and watched as the weapon sailed by him, landing harmlessly on a nearby hill.
"Please, is that all you possess?" he asked "You are a fool to have believe that would...work?" he questioned as he realized Jigglypuff's true intent
Jigglypuff had jumped through the air after hurling the Star Rod and was now too close for Mewtwo to fire his Mega Shadow Ball or he would have been caught in the explosion itself. But he had to release the attack or it would have backfired on him due to the strain! When Jigglypuff tackled him he lost his balance and started to fall to the ground. Before impact he fired the blast of energy and it rocketed from his grip, on a collision course with Samus and Kirby! Both combatants in question saw the ball of dark energy speeding toward them and with only seconds to spare, dodge away before they were engulfed by the dark shadow of power.
"Whoa!" Samus gasped
"Waah!" Kirby squealed
The blast was at an arc so it shot upwards into the sky after it narrowly missed the cybernetic warrior and the pink Star warrior, picking up speed as it shot higher into the air. The ball of darkness grew quieter and quieter is it traveled higher and higher into the air where if finally exploded, after reaching the extent of its stability. The explosion forced the gathered storm clouds to separate, clearing the sky and letting the sunshine, shine once again on the arena, which had seen better days. The ground was beaten something fierce, leaving only trace patches of green grass to cover it. Many of the living boxes that floated in the arena were still spinning due to the insanity that took place but moments ago. One of the hills was completely stripped of any semblance of plant growth while many a warp pipe were blackened and scarred. The arena looked more like a battle zone than a friendly retreat and all the devastation revolved around one person or more accurately, one psychic pokemon.
"You know Jigglypuff, I think it would be in your best interest to not get on his bad side." Samus called
Jigglypuff hadn't really heard but the point was taken. If she hadn't thought quickly Mewtwo would have blown clean out of the arena and then some!
"I cannot believe I let my anger take control of me." thought the psychic pokemon "I should not have allowed it from anyone, especially that pink excuse for a fighter." he thought "I must end this now before I lose my cool and the match."
Reaching out behind him he used his powers to grabbed the nearby Star Rod that Jigglypuff had hurled at him earlier and unleashed a hell storm of brightly lit stars. Jigglypuff had been caught off guard and took the impact of every star shot at her. When Mewtwo exhausted the Star Rod's energy he hurled the dangerous weapon at Jigglypuff, catching her upside her head and sending her bouncing out of the arena.
"Jigglypuff!" she yelled before she met her doom
"PLAYER DEFEATED!" boomed the announcer
"Oh no, Jigglypuff got beat." Kirby said sadly
"She ain't the only one kid." Replied Samus
Kirby looked up to stare up the barrel of Samus's arm cannon and then the blast that propelled him out of the arena to a similar fate as Jigglypuff's.
BLAM!
"Waah!"
"PLAYER DEFEATED!"
"You need to anger management courses...and maybe a shot at your ego." Samus told the psychic pokemon before the match ended
"You're insight...will be duly noted." he told her "Maybe." he added quickly
"You know your orders."
"Yes ma'am."
"You and your soldiers will have one week to prepare."
"A week ma'am? Is that not too long to prepare for just a battle?"
"The beings you will do battle with will not be easy to defeat and they will not go easy on you. A week is stretching it."
"I see."
"Be ready, one week."
"Yes ma'am."
"Good."
And that readers, is the twentieth chapter. Can you guess what may happen to the Smash Brothers a week from now? All I am going to say is that the Smashers will have the fight of their lives.