It was that time of year again. Big investors flocking into Nintendo city, and all wanting a piece of the action the city was known for. Or, rather, the face of the champion promoting their product. Master Hand sat in the lobby of the Grand Brawl Hotel, the building he'd rented for this exact occasion. His mind was wandering and his heart pounding. This had been the first time he'd invited this many new contestants! Not to mention a few folk who'd rarely been heard of. He decided it would be a better idea to wait in the garden for the contestants. They had all week to arrive, no sense in pacing the lobby for folks who might not be there today. Upon entering the garden, he noticed a couple of familiar people. One, a shorter human with a red cap. Mario. Another, an anthropomorphic fox sipping tea with a lady in a pink dress, and finally a warrior clad in green, and two children dressed like him.

"Mario, Fox, Peach, and... Links..." Master hand said, looking at the three versions of the same person. "How nice of you to arrive ahead of schedule! I'm assuming you've been resting well since the last Tournament, Mr. Champion?" He asked, nudging Fox.

"Yeah, been well rested. Also heard there would be a bit more competition. Ah, here's one of em now!" Fox guessed. Standing there was a boy with shaggy brown hair and a pair of wings. "And they're getting younger every year..."

"Uh... Hi, I'm Pit... I'll be... In the tournament..." He said, blushing and golding his arm.

"Aww, come on Handsey." Mario began, using his 'affectionate' nickname for the being, "Kid's no older than those two... What if he gets hurt?" Mario asked, pointing towards the younger versions of Link.

"Hey, I'm thirteen! It's the legal age to join!" Young link began. "Besides, I'm the hero of time! I think I could whoop any of your butts if I tried..." He said, smirking and leaning against a tree.

"Nuh uh! I'm the Hero of the Winds! I'd beat you in a second!"

"Well, There's one thing you're forgetting. I'm the Hero of Twilight, So I'm calling the shots around here." The eldest of the three said. Everybody watched the three squabble, then watch the fight turn into a rather interesting game of tag.

"Well, anyway, Glad to meet you, Pit." Peach said, shaking his hand and giggling as he tried to hide his blush.

For a few hours, it seemed like everyone who was going to arrive had arrived. A few of the younger smashers had arrived, but according to Master hand, but a few were still missing.

"Alright! Red! It's been ages man! How've you been?" rang throughout the garden. The owner of the voice was a boy with well-kept brown hair, piercing blue eyes, and a dark-green shirt and white camouflage pants. "Dude, how are your Pokémon?"

"Just as good as ever. Yours?" Red said, lifting his pokeball.

"Turns out almost every trainer has what I have. Oh well. I may have common Pokémon, but they're definitely the strongest!" Gregory said, placing a hand on Red's shoulder. In half an instant, he was across the vast garden and chatting with a few adults.

"May I have your attention?" Master hand called out. "I would like to thank the fifteen of you who have come out today. The tournament you've all been waiting for will begin in exactly one week That should be enough time for all fifty of you to arrive. But, first, I would like to thank the newcomers for arriving! Now, I'd like you all to welcome fellow smasher and the entertainment for the next week, Joytear!" Master hand floated to the side as a being about Mario's height walked to the stage. He was wearing a traditional jester's outfit that bairly covered his bear-like hands and feet. With a grin on his face and his eyes aparently closed, he clapped his hands, fireworks shooring out and amazing the crowd. Especially the children. The show went on until around dusk, when the Furst took a bow and departed the stage.

Fox walked into his room, still a bit tipsey from the party held in the garden. With a belly full of ribs and various alcohols, he reclined on the bed and turned on the TV. He noticed the other three beds, assuming they were for whoever decided to bunk with him. Within a few minutes, he was asleep and after what seemed like a few more minutes, the sun was shining in his eyes. He looked around the room for any explanation as to where the night went, but only found an unconcious Link in the bed beside him, a blue dog-like creature in the bed along the left wall, and an all-to-familliar trench coat with shades resting on top of them and pair of boots black boots beside the bed. Fox sat up, grabbed his pants and over shirt which were in an untidy pile on the floor, dressed himself, then went to meet up with an old friend.

Meanwhile, in the arena that lie down the road, a black fox was working out. He lunged toward the wire frame, slashing it repeatedly with his sword. Upond landing, he unleashed a powerful roundhouse kick, knocking a polygon into another wireframe, who were now aparently stuck. Next, an alloy, who backed away slowly, but was met with a charged shot from Shayne's blaster. He wiped a bit of sweat from his brow, then proceded to walk off of the stage.

"Good match, bud" Fox said, tossing the other a water bottle. Shayne grinned, then took a sip.

"You're awake. About time, it's almost noon." Shayne said. "So, how's the team?"

"They're great! Hey, how about a sparing match?" Fox said, pulling on his jacket.

"Are you trying to kill me? I just took on around ten of those things at once!" Shane complained. Fox laughed, then took another sip of his water.

"Next time, try a hundred. How about you and me, versus those two Pokémon trainers?" Fox said, pointing to Red and Gregory as they entered the building. "I'm sure They're itching for a fight..." Fox smirked as they both pulled out a pokeball.

Practice Match

Two Stock

No Items

Red team: Red and Gregory

Blue team: Fox and Shane

BEGIN

Fox watched the screen flash the Begin, then ran toward Staraptor, who flew into the air. He grunted, then jumped as high as he could. He clicked his boots together, then launched up, effectivly hitting the Staraptor. Staraptor recovered quickly, then flew toward Shayne, wings glistening as if they were steel. Shayne, being a nible young lad, jumped out of the way, then lunged toward Staraptor, sword in hand.

"Return! Go Garchomp!" Gregory yelled with a smirk. Shane's sword bairly scratched the large Pokémon, who snorted in response. Squirtle quickly slammed into Shayne's legs, knocking him on his rump, allowing Garchomp to launch a Dragon Claw. Shayne felt the claws rip through his flesh, he could feel it rip through his organs, but upon closer inspection, it didn't even damage his clothes, and the pain was almost gone.

Shayne noticed Squirtle coming at him once again, only to be blocked by Fox. Fox ran after squirtle, then smashed him off the stage with a split, then watched as Red called out Ivysaur. Fox wasn't an expert when it came to Pokémon, but grass was obviously weak to fire. Fox clicked his boots together, watching the miniature rockets propell him across the stage, then set Ivysaur ablaze. Red gasped, then recalled Ivysaur. He threw a pokeball, allowing Charizard to emerge and fly toward Shayne, who was trying to defend against the onslaught brought on by an enraged Garchomp. Soon, Charizard unleashed his fire-breath and Garchomp slammed Shayne with a Dragon Rush, and he was sent flying off the stage. Fox ran toward the two dragons, jumping over charizard and drop-kicking Garchomp on the head. Fox grabbed onto the dragon, throwing it to the ground with as much force as he could muster, then proceeding to shoot him with the blaster, then throw his reflector toward the beast. Fox smirked as Garchomp was thrown off of the stage.

Garchomp summoned a twister, however, and started riding it toward the stage. Fox cursed under his breath as Garchomp latched onto the edge with one of his claws. Shane jumped over Fox's head and slammed his EMF Beam Sword into the ground, creating a shockwave great enough to crumble the land Garchomp was latched onto. The duo watched as it fell to it's doom. Fox let out a sigh, then a grunt as he felt a tail whack his back and knock him off of the cliff. Shayne gasped, then jumped out of the way of the attack just in time. Shayne Jumped toward the Charizard, slashing him with the sword. A quick roundhouse charged with electromagnetic energy launched Charizard onto the wall where he was trapped.

Shayne drew his blasters, starting to charge a shot when he was suddenly pounced by a darked-furred creature. Before Shayne knew what was happening, He felt a pair of sharp fangs pierce his neck, followed by a painful electric shock. Shayne looked up, noticing a blue light knocking Luxray from him. Fox delivered a quick kick, then a powerful blow with his reflector. Luxray yelped and whimpered as he flew off the screen.

Shayne breathed a sigh of relief, then focused his attention to Charizard, who was now storming toward them. By now, fox thought, Charizard should have accumulated a good amount of damage, so he rushed into the fight, forgetting about the amount of damage he'd taken fighting Luxray before saving Shayne. All it took was a well placed rock-smash to knock Fox off of the stage, and leave Shayne dodging moves for his life. Shayne grabbed his blasters, pointing both of them behind him and allowing them to charge. He chuckled a bit, then realeased the guns. There was a sputter, a high-pitched whine, then an explosion that sent Shayne flying offscreen.

"GAME"

Okay, you're probably wondering what's going on. I'm basically experimenting with how I'm going to write the fight scenes (As you can tell, I'm being realistic. Guns do backfire in real life ^_^) and how I'm going to introduce the characters. I'd like to make one more announcement. I WILL be accepting one more OC (Shadow, you already have ONE in...) and the same rules will apply. Ten OC's My math was off ^_^. May I stress to be as detailed as possible with your OC's. Also, try to space out the paragraphs so it's easier to read. I can't tell you how many reviews I have received with poorly drawn-out OC's. I won't name names, however.