Lloyd felt completely sick to his stomach. He was being tugged in all directions, each drop of blood heading in a separate direction of its own. However the horrible sensation was over in a matter of seconds, however it felt like it took a couple of minutes. Once he found solid ground beneath him he almost immediately fell over from nausea. He just held a hand to his forehead and one to his stomach while bending over and sitting on the ground.
"That was the worst thing I've ever felt." Lloyd said when he felt better.
"You will hopefully get used to it." Master Hand told Lloyd. "But right now you need to get used to living in the Smash Mansion and you need to meet your fellow possible rivals, enemies, and friends."
Lloyd stood up and opened his eyes, not knowing what to expect. In front of him there were two disembodied floating hands, the right hand gently floating up and down and the left hand twitching very spastically and jerking every few seconds.
"Uhh…" Lloyd trailed off, obviously surprised at the sight in front of him.
"Oh my, I do not believe you have seen us in our true form yet." Master Hand said with a small chuckle. "Until now, that is. We did not gain the surname 'Hand' for no reason after all."
"So uhh… Is that the Smash Mansion over there?" Lloyd asked while pointing off to the side.
"Yes it is." Master Hand said to Lloyd. "Crazy, go and get the others to go to the stage selection room. I will get Lloyd prepared to fight on the Destiny's Bounty stage."
"Okay!" Crazy Hand yelled. "Maybe I'll make them sing that song I came up with just now!"
Lloyd watched as Crazy Hand flew inside of the Smash Mansion and heard him begin yelling and singing from where he stood. He looked up at Master Hand and then back to where Crazy Hand was flying off to. He followed Master Hand down the path to the Smash Mansion and observed everything as he walked by. There was a garden in front of the mansion that had a fountain in the center surrounded by all sorts of flowers. To both sides of the garden there were large storage buildings, one said 'Weapons' and the other said 'Items and Power-Ups' on the side.
Within a few minutes, Lloyd found himself standing in front of the front doors to the Smash Mansion. The doors weren't too fancy, if anything they were the opposite. The double doors were chipped on the edges, one hinge was missing, there was a hole covered in duct tape, and the paint was fading away. It seemed as though people kept on bursting those doors open and fighting around them. He followed Master Hand inside, who opened the doors with a button that was above them.
The inside of the Smash Mansion was slightly similar to the front doors. There were holes in walls and one in the ceiling, but otherwise things were relatively fine. Unless of course you counted chairs being tipped over and tables stacked on top of each other to look like a fort. But there was nobody in sight. But then again, not many people sit in front of the doors for fun, and the Mansion was a very large building.
Master Hand told Lloyd to just put his suitcase anywhere he wanted, so he dropped it on the floor right where he was standing. He then followed Master Hand into the long mess of hallways that travelled around the Mansion. He passed a gym, a kitchen, dining room, video game room, library, the shower rooms, the bedrooms, the living room, plenty of janitor's closets and maintenance areas, and the staff room before reaching a room labeled 'Stage Selection' right next to a warning sign.
'Warning, do not bring anything unapproved into any of the stages for fighting with. That includes certain foods, drinks, and unauthorized weapons. The magic and science within the stages could malfunction if anything new is brought in. That includes but is not restricted to: Destruction of the stages, the safety features failing, minor, major, and fatal injuries, memory loss, radiation exposure, out-of-body experiences (Do NOT ask), various degrees of burns, paralysis, limbs being detached from your body, failing powers (for magic users, Pokémon, elemental users, and levels of science not found anywhere else), stages being morphed with another, and permanent death. Failure to follow this warning will result in immediate disqualification from the Super Smash Bros fighting tournaments, communication with other Smashers that are not from your world, being able to travel to Earth, and possible loss of memory of your time here.'
'I think I'll follow the rules here.' Lloyd thought before going inside of the Stage Selection room.
The door to the Stage Selection room was very plain, and the rest of the room followed suite. The only thing unnatural was the large screen that depicted various locations and four elevated panels on the floor in front of it. There was a schedule for who got what stage at what time and with who on one of the walls, and there was only one clear space near the bottom. However that space was filled in quickly by Master Hand, who wrote that Lloyd would be fighting on the Destiny's Bounty with any Smasher.
"So who will get to fight me on my stage?" Lloyd asked.
"Well, the next fight is just about to be over, and whoever wins that fight will get to fight you." Master Hand answered. "You have very little time to learn how to use the Stage Selection room, so once you are ready I will just teleport you onto the Destiny's Bounty stage."
Lloyd swung his chigiriki over his head and landed it in his other arm and smiled before answering. "I'm ready."
"Good. Now the Destiny's Bounty stage will look exactly like the Destiny's Bounty back in Ninjago, so you should know how to fight on it. But it will be moving as if someone was driving it, so you will have to be very careful when certain hazards make their way through the stage. Good luck!"
Lloyd had no time to ask about the hazards before he was suddenly ripped through space and teleported on what seemed like the deck of the Destiny's Bounty. However, it was very obvious that things were different. You couldn't see the ground due to a huge cloud underneath the stage for instance. Another thing was the unnatural speeds the Bounty was driving at. When they were casually going somewhere, it was normally at a slow pace. But when they were going somewhere important or needed to quickly, they would go at crazy fast speeds. It was normally dangerous to go onto the deck at times like that. But the stage was moving at a speed between fast and slow, which he wasn't used to at all.
Lloyd took a deep breath before practicing with his chigiriki, Spinjitzu, elemental powers, and basic melee attacks. His chigiriki was surprisingly useful for grabbing things and items along with acting like a whip and staff at the same time. His Spinjitzu was still a golden tornado with flecks of green, but in order to make a fair fight he decided to only use it for a few seconds at a time. For his earth, ice, lightning, and fire powers he would smash enemies into the ground, freeze enemies, send small bolts that homed in on enemies, and shoot fire in front of him, respectively. The melee attacks were just kicks, punches, head bashes, and other forms of fighting. Just like normal Ninja.
Lloyd got his defense, speed, taunts, and even jumping abilities in check before there was a flash of light in front of him. Once the light dimmed enough to see, he noticed a kid younger than him by about four years with a red cap, red vest shirt, jeans, sneakers, brown eyes and hair, and three red and white balls in his hands. 'Awesome!' He thought. 'I'm fighting the Pokémon Trainer!'
Lloyd heard someone yell 'GO!' and stood back when the Trainer tossed one of the Pokéballs into the air while shouting out "Go Charizard!" He saw the fiery lizard roar at the sky before charging at him with fire in its mouth. He sent a quick bolt of lightning at Charizard and ran off to the side of the stage to avoid the Flamethrower attack. Once Charizard got closer to him, he jumped as high as possible and clear over it while landing a quick punch.
Lloyd landed behind Charizard and used his earth powers to deal heavy damage and trap his opponent. He turned around and saw Charizard stuck in the ground of the stage, unable to move or escape. He generously gave the Pokémon some kicks and punches before it wriggled out of the hole it was stuck in. Charizard was pretty angry at that time, but that was when the stage hazards blew in. Literally. The Destiny's Bounty lurched forward with a much faster speed, causing any gust of wind to become powerful enough to push anyone off the edge. He struggled to stay on the deck and away from the side of the stage as much as possible, but he was much more lightweight than Charizard.
Lloyd felt the wind get stronger, and that was more than enough for him to take. He fell backwards and tumbled toward the back of the Bounty and nearly sailed over the cabin. But he managed to get a grip on the wood trimming around the cabin so he wouldn't get blown off. But once he managed to stand on his two feet, the wind stopped and Charizard was running toward him again. He noticed that Charizard had something in his claw, and that was when he began to panic. A smart bomb was one of the most dangerous items to use, and it looked like Charizard was ready to win the fight with a large explosion.
Lloyd was trapped. He could only watch in horror as Charizard threw the smart bomb at him and fly away as fast as possible. The bomb let off an explosion that started out small, but slowly grew in size and power. It hurt him, and it didn't at the same time. 'I guess the safety features I read about on that sign are activated.' He realized. 'Otherwise, I would have just died right here.' Once the smart bomb explosion died down, he saw Charizard fly toward him, ready to finish him off.
Lloyd didn't want to be finished off. He grabbed his chigiriki and swung it at Charizard, which startled the large Pokémon. The chain wrapped around it and he smiled before spinning the chigiriki over his head, pulling Charizard into a dizzying loop. After swinging Charizard around for a few seconds, he let go of it and flung it to the other side of the stage. While it was recovering he ran toward it and performed Spinjitzu to finish the fight.
Lloyd's attack dealt a lot of damage to Charizard, and one strong attack would fling it off the stage and make it lose the fight. Same went for Lloyd's damage. Charizard knew that, and once Lloyd finished with his Spinjitzu it used Rock Smash to send him off the stage and make it win the fight for its trainer. It watched Lloyd as he flew off the stage and burst into multicolored light. It heard someone yell 'Game!' when Lloyd was completely gone, and it smiled before being teleported out of the stage and to the results room.
Lloyd found himself in a strange room on a strange bed with strange equipment hooked up to him. He sat upright and looked around before realizing that he was in some kind of medical room. "Hello?" He called out. "Is anyone there? I'm awake now."
"Ah, I-a see you are-a awake now." An accented voice called out. "You are-a Lloyd, correct?"
"Uh… Yeah." Lloyd said.
"Good. I will-a be coming in-a now, so please do not-a leave."
Lloyd was about to un-hook himself from all of the equipment, but once he heard that he dropped his hands onto his lap and just sat there. After a few seconds he saw the sheet surrounding his bed rustle with movement and opening up to allow access to whoever was entering.
"Hello-a Lloyd." The person said. "I am-a Doctor Mario, and although I do not-a fight anymore, I-a manage the Medical Ward. I will-a just check the recent tests, see if you are-a not injured, then you are-a free to go."
Lloyd looked at Doctor Mario and kept note of what he was wearing to not mistake him for anyone else. He was wearing a white doctor coat that had a pocket in the front that held various things, such as dual-colored pills and pens. There was also a doctor light wrapped around his head and a stethoscope around his neck. Other than those things he looked exactly like Mario in every other way. 'I hope I don't mix those two up.' He hoped in his head.
"Um… Thanks." Lloyd finally said. He then began to watch as Doctor Mario looked at some monitors and wrote thing down on his clipboard before giving him a thumbs-up.
"You can-a leave now. But-a be sure to not get-a too hurt when-a fighting. Even though there are-a safety features, they could-a sometimes malfunction and let you-a get serious injuries. I-a just make sure that the-a safety features have been-a working properly and that-a nobody gets-a hurt."
"Okay." Lloyd said to confirm his understanding. "Well, bye now."
"Good-a bye Lloyd."
Lloyd quickly jumped out of his bed and grabbed a map from outside of the Medical Ward to know where he was going. 'I guess I should make my way to the main lobby, which is on the other side of the Smash Mansion.' He guessed. 'I just hope I don't get lost on the way there.'