Dairantou Smash Brothers EX Chapter 10: Event 9 Invisible Melee, a super smash brothers fanfic

Note from Da Mangaka: Phew… another hiatus eh?

Well, I'm into Wifi SSBB and Guitar Hero. Also, final projects for my school are coming up, so I better be ready. So updates might be SLOWER than usual, resuming in mid July, don't worry ;).

Also, just to inform my readers: "Tsuki no Tenshi ni Ikkimasu" is back on it's tracks after 6 months of hiatus. Such story might serve as Background for the Mewtwo featured here. Also "LoZ- Metroid's Shadow: Tales of the Dark Shadows" is up and running. So now I manage 3 fanfictions! That's crazy!

Also… I'm up to your suggestions. Who's next? What do you want it to happen? Creativity flows when one is asked to do stuff XD

Without anything else, here's your chapter…

Disclaimer:

The Smash Brothers series belong solely to Nintendo. Other Characters belong to their respective owners.

Night was falling already in the smash mansion, along with the fact that the heavy rain was getting even bigger, turning into a thunderstorm.

This made the upcoming night even darker and scarier at some point.

Kirby, who was walking a bit nervous in the halls of the mansion, would occasionally flinch with the roaring thunder, covering his head (or body?) with his little round limbs.

"Poyo…" he would say like in a whisper, looking later up to see if the commotion had passed.

On the other side of the mansion where the Mario Bros, exploring the halls where they last saw R.O.B and presumably-had-disappeared Wario.

The red plumber walked on the dark passages of the mansion, followed up behind by his brother, who would flinch much more than Kirby with the flashes that passed thru the large windows on the hall.

"Mario…" he yelped, shaking on his place

"Calm-a down Luigi" Mario told his brother, trying to calm him down. "It's-a going to be ok"

"But-a Mario… What can we do-a?" Luigi replied, looking at the trembling weather outside "What if we are next?"

Now both looked at the seemingly silent and cold corridor.

The thunderstorm even seemed to become quieter by the time.

However, the red plumber stood in his place with a defiant look, seeing upon his brother to transmit to him not only confidence and trust, but also a promise: the Hero of the Mushroom Kingdom would not give up.

"If we-are next-a, then we where-a careless. We must-at least give a fight. Let them know-a that it's not wise to mess-a with the Mario Brothers"

Although he had to admit he was shaky, Luigi nodded.

Both had hero blood in their veins. They fought differently but they where still heroes in their own kind.

Still looking outside the window towards the storm, the Mario Brothers stood watching at the ravaging rain which menaced to blow up everything.

They knew the challenges would be difficult once the resting time was over, but no mater what was the cost they would take them.

And so it began the timer for the last day of rest…

Dairantou Smash Brothers EX

-Event 9-

Invisible Melee.

"What?!"

Samus could not believe her ears.

The plan that was made by the people she was standing into was clearly one that was methodically made.

Not to mention it was very visible Snake's touch, with all that some acting stealthy.

Still, it was the main point of the plan that was something she couldn't bear: one of them would actually go and loose.

That, with the current situation, was suicide.

"So yes, you go and push somebody over the cliff and how funny will it be seeing him bleed just to later skulk him into seeing how he probably dies… Can't you think on something less stupid?"

"I know it might sound a bit of thrown up and a bit risky…" Sonic sighed, shaking his head slowly. However, he was interrupted by Snake himself

"The point is that it is risky Sonic, and you are the worst consultant I've ever seen…" he said in his gruff voice, at some point rolling his eyes "We aren't going to let ourselves lose but rather go and see the aftermath after that happens. Take it as body-guarding"

"I see" the huntress preferred to calm down a bit. She knew that such plan had to be a bit more detailed than the story said by the hedgehog and idly she wondered why the military one didn't tell it firsthand. "However, what if it's on the battlefield like with Ike?"

"We where also seeing the possibility of that happening" Fox was currently resting on a wall, arms crossed. Much like Falco, although he had a face of not wanting to see anybody – his usual air… "As such, after we get a better plan, we shall tell the rest"

"Basically Samus, the reason we brought you here was because we wanted to ask for your help to ideal something to work on"

"Hmm, why didn't you said it on the first place Doughy" although there was the implication for a joke, it still felt a bit stiff to become one fully. More like sarcasm "And just why did we take the hedgehog into this as well?"

"Hey!" Sonic exclaimed

"Well, Samus has a point in there" Falco smirked "Although you could be representing the Pokemon…"

"And why not you Lombardi?" Wolf's cold yet mischievous voice sounded "Considering you say mostly 'I' "

"Enough" Falcon spoke once more – although there was clearly a small hint of surprise (or something else?) in him due Samus' way of calling him "Each of us do not represent a group or nothing: Snake and I spoke to you due to your abilities needed to make this mission a success"

"For once, although he blabbers too much, you have to admit the hedgehog is fast…" Snake used a hand to point

"You're just too slow guys"

"The Star Fox team and Wolf" the Captain emphasized the last since he was already seeing a disgruntled Wolf "Not only are highly trained Pilots and mission carriers, but have also gadgets we can use into tracking the one responsible"

"I have all this gear as well" the stealth man pointed out "As well as knowledge on how to act and basically survive some situations, and how can we reverse them even"

"And I have this suit of armor, an arrange of missiles and bombs and possibly am faster than any of you at some point" the Huntress crossed her arms "Falcon here has his stuff too I suppose. So that qualifies us to become 'spies' and find out who might this guy be?"

"Not spies" the other bounty hunter tried to explain "Although… what would we be then?"

"We don't have much time to decide on names: tomorrow's the last day we can…'rest' if we can say so. After that, I'm pretty sure the attacks will start over again. We need a plan and now"

The group remained silent, thinking and pondering in their own little world.

Tons of possibilities, tons of challenges.

For once, was the team thing: besides the Star Fox and even Wolf, nobody had been in such. They had been working solo. Whether they where going after another nutcase releasing a nuclear weapon, racing or killing Ridley (yet again), but always the missions or tasks where alone. They where a one man army, so many lives and interests depending on one…

Its good thing that working in team makes the weight in one's shoulders lower… but still… how well can they work in team?

It's true: they have worked in team also, but the fact that it's been solo missions most of the times tend to at some point try to ditch the idea and go on alone…

They will have to fight that feeling first…

"Just a thing…" Samus asked all of a sudden "What happened with the red plumber? He is supposed to be important enough to be here right?"

"We didn't leave him out of the group" Snake answered "But he's busy looking for Wario: there hasn't been a word of the fat-guy for two days you know…"

"Wonder what happened?" Fox crossed his arms in ponder

"Maybe he wasn't much kidnapped and just ran away…" Falco sneered

"That sounds more to what you'd do bird…"

"Shut up Wolf…"

"What has happened to Wario by the way…" Sonic crossed his arms, frowning "I mean, it's kinda odd that he just randomly disappeared within the mansions and left no trace… unless…"

"Yes?" Falcon asked

"Unless he might be the one behind R.O.B's disassembly"

"That's stupid: why would he do that?" the blue bird rolled his eyes "Besides, he's not that smart"

"But you do know how Wario is..." Fox looked at his comrade

"That would probably explain why would he flee in such case" Samus replied "But if that where such scenario, who would ask him to do so?"

"And such returns us back to the starting point" Snake added "There is somebody, always, behind the curtains moving everything with threads. These are made so the naked eye cannot see them, but they are still there. We must find the threads that lead us to the mastermind behind all this before it's too late"

"This brings us to pulling one of them: the battle stages" Cpt. Falcon spoke "The one behind are attracted by the looser of the battles we fight. If we pull enough that strand…"

"We pull out the responsible…" Fox finished

"However…" the huntress looked at them all "Have you ever thought on what happened if he pulls harder? That will take us with him… and who knows if he's waiting for us to do so…"

They all remained silent, pondering on what to talk or do next.

That was going to be a long night indeed…

"PK FREEZE!"

Lucas summoned his abilities which jolted in a single icy flash above him.

Ness looked at him with attention, tracing every move

"Now, move it as fast as you can over that barrel" Mewtwo ordered pointing to a floating barrel around 60ft above them.

That task was hard: both 'Flash' and 'Freeze' acted the same, growing stronger as they got downwards, but the psychic cat was asking him to do the contrary: make it stronger as it flew up. How would that even work?

"I… can't…" Lucas struggled to keep it even in the air: somehow it felt heavier and heavier as he pushed it up, such little pounds growing in tons.

"Gambatte Lucas!" Ness cheered "Just concentrate!"

But the stress ended up being too much the young psychic could handle.

Slowly the sparkle of energy bursted in mid-air, just as it was going halfway it's journey to reach the barrel above them.

It left out a chilly wind and some couple of snowflakes that fell on the trio.

Mewtwo sighed.

"First rule: if you say 'I can't', then you can't. As simple as that. Never doubt your powers for it is you who makes them stronger"

"But…" Lucas tried to say something, unable to. He had tried so hard… and he was sure he could do it…

But he had failed yet again; his heart sank in disappointment, looking down at the floor.

The other PK wielder approached to him, patting him in the back.

"Let's just continue ok? Until we get it right! You where almost close!" he cheered "Actually I'm afraid to say that you where better than me"

This made the other boy blink

"I was?"

"Yeah!" he nodded "The reason I could explode my barrel was because the PK Flash does so. Your PK Freeze must enter in contact to work better, that's why!"

"So you cheated eh?" Lucas grinned

"Ya can say so…"

"And for that your barrel will be higher…"

Both kids looked at the psychic cat who wielded one amused smirk.

Although Ness was trying to pull that a bit to cheer Lucas he was now sort of regretting it, but nonetheless it worked: Lucas was up and ready to give it another round.

"You know that cheating isn't the way to go: it'll make your mind much more unwilling and a slacker, so with more challenge best results"

"Alright Sensei…" Ness sighed but he wasn't all that disappointed: as long as Lucas continued…

No… as long as the Psycho Soldiers where on together nobody would defeat them and they would be the best of the best.

Although that was going to wait…

Donkey Kong rushed into the yard where the trio where training and hesitantly moved his hands to call their attention.

Once he got it, he started explaining something. He looked pretty agitated and worried, something not common on the King of Beat.

"Diddy's gone missing?" the cat frowned "Where did you last saw him?"

"Oh Ah ah eh eh ouh!" Donkey said, referring on how he once noticed his partner going to the training hall.

"You sure he is missing?" Ness asked "He could still be there…"

"Oh AH!"

"'kay..kay! Don't go on to me like that…"

"Where could he be then?" Lucas asked nobody "He could still be in the mansion and since it's reaaaaaaally big…"

"I don't know young Lucas, but there is something that might help on our search…"

"Mama mia!"

"What? Another?"

The smashers where reunited in an emergency call to the dinning room.

Most of them mumbled theories and stuff, while others remained silent.

Some seemed to have been dragged without their permissions and either refrained to speak or just looked elsewhere.

"This is not-a good" Mario looked at the group "Although Diddy could have-a gone lost in tha mansion, with the things that-a 're happening lately it's not-a good to just leave it lika that"

"Donkey said he saw him just before he entered the Training room" Peach held Mario's shoulders just to make a bit more of emphasis. "But it is a bit odd that such thing had taken some 5 hours ago…"

"Mariooooooo…."

"Calm down-a Luigi, we can figure this out-a without getting into more trouble…"

"Say" Dedede called out "Didn't Fox and the other guy installed some cameras around?"

This made the mumbling in the room grow even more.

"And where are they anyways?" Toon Link looked around "I see neither him, nor the Star Fox, nor that wolf…"

"Captain Falcon's missing too…" Nana said a bit worried

"And Samus!" Young Link gave a small chuckle "Ok... maybe we know what those two are up to. About time!"

"What do you mean?" Link looked at his younger self although he had a hint that asking such thing was not only pointless but somewhat embarrassing…

"Ah ya know! Samus is a girl! Everyone should know that already… and Falcon's a guy…"

"Pika?"

"I would think they would have gone someplace … alone" the younger hero waves his eyebrows making Popo laugh

"But there's Snake too ya know" the male Ice Climber said

"Pika Pikachu…" Pikachu sweatdropped. What where these kids thinking…

"ENOUGH!" a voice echoed thru the dinning room which made the kids let an 'eep' escape. The rest of the group tried to catch on whose voice was but it was a bit difficult due the darkness of the place.

"We have to focus on more important things now children" Metaknight suggested "And not in getting in Lady Aran's personal interests. Although before this conversation went to another direction, we where talking about how other people where missing from this, I though you called them all Master Mewtwo…"

"And I did, each and everyone should have received the call…"

"Don't tell me they went on missing as well!" Peach squeaked

"Nah, don't sweat it…" Roy waved a hand at the princess "I heard some talking on Fox's room. I think they are planning something (…and I think you're wrong Young Link, but Samus isn't interested on Racers or Rough guys at all! He likes prissy little men like Marth over here…)"

"WHAT?!" Marth couldn't stop his own exclamation, alongside with a long blush in his face and his eyes hidden within his hair. "…ro..ro…ROY! What kind of RIDICULOUS things are you TALKING about?!"

At this the red haired prince snorted.

"You still have that crush on the coldest girl in the universe?!" he tried now to whisper to him. Surely the first sentence was said out loud to snap the prince, but he knew something most smashers didn't: Marth was probably the #1 fanboy of Samus and he was actually in a loop around it.

Ever since the DX Dairantou, when the prince's eyes where laid on the huntress in a time when she was repairing her suit, he couldn't just stop taking that image away from her: a strong yet beautiful girl that would literally punch him out of existence.

Roy knew it, not because they where comrades in swordsmanship: he caught the other prince in the locker rooms once, sighing and saying things on how a great match was with the huntress and how gallant was his own loss…

A great laugh for the moment that Roy would use now that he returned to take some names on EX.

"She's not cold!" Marth hushed back "She just doesn't like to waste her time on simple things other girls do… and she has important missions that one shouldn't mind of…"

"Right… Say hello to Disillusioned Lowell later…"

"What?!"

While the two princes where talking, Zelda rose her hand up to call upon the attention of the other smashers who where talking about the reasons of that group not showing up, as well as theories on how or why did Diddy went missing

"It must be coincidence that such thing happened while they where doing something. Or what about if he is in there?"

"Could-a be…" Mario places his finger under his lip as a sign of thought.

"Oh oh ah oh ah eh" Donkey shook his head slowly "Eh eh ah eh Ah"

"You also checked there but he wasn't?" Link frowned "So in other words you checked the whole mansion?"

"Oh ah" the ape nodded

"It's a mini-monkey, he could have gone anywhere.." Ganondorf added "But if we have ways to register where he is, what are we waiting for? We have lost time into wondering why the ones we need not here… I suggest breaking their little party and get moving…"

"Sounds like a plan for me…" Roy said to them, apparently in both conversations.

"The sooner we get that information, tha betta" Mario nodded.

"So, everyone got the plan right?" Snake looked at the group

"You think it's ok to keep it secret until when?" Fox questioned

"First we are going to do it… if it works then we shall tell the rest of the group…"

"What if it doesn't work?" Falco asked

"Then there will be no trouble in giving explanations…"

"So until then, let's keep it for our little group shall we…" Wolf smirked, looking at the Star Fox team. This type of work seemed familiar for him…

"Uh… guys…"

"What is it Sonic?" Snake looked at the hedgehog which was peeking thru the door

"Think we have a lot of company…"

"Huh?"

Sonic closed and locked the door to avoid the hoard of smashers from entering as it was, but there where some really hard knocks coming on later.

The group decided to step away from the door as much as they could as the beatings grew harder and harder.

Then, BLAM! The door not only opened but it was basically crushed under the weight of the Koopa King.

"Surprise, Surprise! Party time's over!"

"Do you know what knocking is?" Samus asked dryly at the big turtle, more to annoy than to actually say anything.

"So what brings you to our humble abode?" Snake asked

"Well-a" Mario approached the tactical soldier "we where wondering if ya can-a let us see-a in what tha cameras have-a recorded"

At this, Snake frowned.

"And why is that plumber?"

"Well…" the sweet tone of Peach sounded as she approached the red plumber "You see… Diddy Kong has gone missing…"

"What?!" Sonic almost fell from his position due the surprise

"When did this happen?" Fox asked. He had to admit that ever since the Emissary he had gotten a lot friendlier with the little chimp.

"Oh ah ah eh ah eh ah oh ah!" Donkey said to the group, at some point slamming his fists on his chest

"He says that some 4 or 5 hours ago…" Koopa translated

"That's kinda the time we've wasted on talking here…" Falco chuckled at his own joke

"By the way…" Nana approached Zelda and gave soft tugs to her evening gown "Where is Lucario and the Pokemon Trainer?... and Pit too…"

"From what I heard, Pit is in his room protecting Palutena's mirror, while the Pokemon Trainer is watching Lucario after … something that happened in the morning…"

"He still hasn't recovered?" Peach turned towards her

"No, he has" Fox caught up with the conversation "We just left him in his room to rest more. I don't know but the more rest he gets the better…"

"That mirror was pretty freaky if you ask me…" Falco turned to his partner

"No kidding…" Ike replied for himself in a soft almost silent voice. He was leaned near the ladder gate, just behind all the clogging called Smash Brothers…

"Pika pika Pikachu…"

"Rai rai?"

"Pika!"

"So let me get it: you watch the videos and see what happened… right?"

"Yes, that's-a basically it…" Mario looked around the room.

"Ok then, in that case we have to go to my quarter… I mean… room, to check them ok?"

"Master Aaron…"

Lucario tried to stand up again.

It was strange, for somebody with such powerful aura he was really taking his time to recover.

And more strange… visions coming at him…

Things that where contradicting the things that he was living right now.

Like the fact that he was there… didn't he gave his life to the tree of life?

Didn't he vanish after doing what his master tried to do so many years before him?

He looked at his paws, glimmering slightly with the aura he produced.

He was sure to be alive but something within him told him it was not to be so…

Not like that at least…

"You ok Lucario?" The pokemon Trainer asked looking at him curious. He had always this sort of mysterious air that attracted the young boy. A partner like that in his team would make it perfect, but that's for another time right?

"I thank you for your concern but I'm fine" the Aura pokemon looked at the boy, giving a faint smile. "It's just a trail of thought I haven't been able to part away from"

"And is it possible for me to know what is that thought?"

The pokemon shook his head slowly

"Not now young trainer, not with this situation coming along. There will be a time for me explaining what might be going on my head, but that is not the time."

The boy sighed for himself, leaping from the chair he was sat on and standing up.

"If you are really ok, then we should head to see the others: apparently somebody else got missing"

"Hmm?" Lucario looked at him with a slight frown of confusion "What do you mean? As in right now?"

"Apparently so: Mewtwo called upon all smashers to the dining room to discuss about it. Donkey Kong said that Diddy went missing about 4 hours ago…"

"From what I heard… we have cameras installed around, don't we?"

"I think that's what they are doing: last thing I heard was that they where going to Snake's room to check on them…"

The Aura pokemon gave a deep breath and leaped from his own bed. It wasn't hard to do it but it sure took him a bit of the energy he had restored.

That made him go again in the trail of thoughts from before but he slapped them away as quickly as he could.

"Then let's go… we have no time to loose. If the culprit is to be found, then we can end this madness…"

The Smashers had flocked Snake's room and where at some point desperate to get an answer.

It was somewhat dark and creepy but quite interesting too: although the windows where completely shut by the curtains, there was plenty of light coming from the hung up monitors and devices. Apparently the feed for the camera.

"You think we're going to see what went wrong?" Peach asked nobody, pushing aside some people in front of her to get a better view.

Donkey Kong was first line. If there was somebody who had to know what happened to his buddy, it was him.

"Alright, you said that last time you saw him was at the training room right?" Snake asked the big ape, which nodded with energy "About 4 hours ago right?"

While he was asking, he moved some knobs and buttons that rewinded the video from one part of the screens.

The group of smashers focused on them.

And there later it was: Diddy Kong on training with the target test.

He seemed a bit bored, so he went on to change the settings on the Training Computer.

However, that's when things got a bit… odd…

The camera that was hung in there seemed to get fogged slightly due to humidity.

Something was caught in between…

"You can't say he actually tried Home Run Contest with this weather" Roy looked at the screen a bit amused

"Could have been a mistake…" Marth said calmly

"But… aren't the cameras waterproof?" Link asked

"Of course they are! You think we'd bring something as cheap for this kind of situation?" Falco rolled his eyes.

"Pika pi!" Pikachu pointed later at a small portion of the screen. It was still visible but not too clear to see what it was.

"Hmm, I think I will change to Infra-view, that way even if the cameras are fogged we can see what went on…" Snake said, pushing some buttons and changing the views on the screen.

Now it was red, with some few dots in blue, violet and green depicting heat.

The smashers leaned more and more to the screens, trying to figure out what might have gone wrong.

At that time Pit, Lucario and the Pokemon Trainer had arrived.

"So what's up?" the trainer asked nobody specified.

"The cameras where fogged because Diddy opened the roof with the rain…" Toon Link replied "So Snake went into… another type of mode… I dunno… we are supposed to see better…"

"Let it not be something awful… oh Palutena…" Pit sighed

Lucario gave a slight look at his fellow pokemon partner who was looking at the screen with full attention.

Later on he decided to do the same.

"That…" Fox frowned "That looks like the Target test from Melee…"

"Now that you say…" Zelda looked on closer.