-ALL CHARACTERS ARE COPYRIGHT NINTENDO, SEGA AND KONAMI.-

DEAD: Popo, Nana, Jigglypuff, R.O.B., Fox McCloud, King Dedede, Wario, Snake, Toon Link, Ike, Falco, Red, Squirtle, Wolf, Luigi, Diddy Kong

WINNERS: Mario, Pikachu, Princess Peach, Link, Olimar, Marth

UNDECIDED: Bowser, Donkey Kong, Kirby, Lucas, Meta Knight, Pit, Samus Aran, Yoshi, Princess Zelda, Captain Falcon, Ganondorf, Mr. Game & Watch, Ness, Sonic the Hedgehog

Mario looked up at the screen, mortified. Not only had he just seen the quickest battle yet, but two of his friends just died swift deaths right before his eyes. One of those friends was Diddy Kong. The little chimp couldn't speak English, so he wasn't really that close with him. The other friend was his brother Luigi. As Mario watched his best friend, brother and partner die, tears filled his eyes, stinging them.

On the bright side of things, Mario had just been reunited with his new best friend, now that his brother had died. Princess Peach, Link, Olimar and Marth all appeared in front of him and Pikachu, all unconscience-with the exception of Marth. "What?" the prince said as he was teleported, and fainted from exhaustion quickly after. Peach and Olimar woke up only a few minutes later.

After five battles, there had been six winners: Mario, Pikachu, Princess Peach, Link, Olimar and Marth. That meant there would have to be four more winners, bringing it up to an even ten. Tabuu held up four more cards with Smashers on them: Ness, Pit, Captain Falcon and Lucario. Lucario smiled as he looked at his opponents. Ness looked scared, but hid it well with his bravery. Pit snapped his bow into two daggers, slashing the air with them. Captain Falcon was the biggest threat, punching the air to get pumped.

Before Lucario could comprehend his surroundings, he realized he was already at the large steel door, it making it's signature hum. Lucario looked up. "Either I'm joining you, Marth, or I'm not." he said, to no one. Then shrugged and walked into the white light, his opponents straight on his heels.

Peach stood up, the world no more then blotches of colour. In front of her stood a red-blue dot and a smaller yellow dot. Around her stood a small white dot and a green-brown dot, and on the ground laid a blue dot. "Huh?" she asked, rubbing her eyes. "Where am I?"

As her vision started to clear up, she quickly deciphered the two figures in front of her. "Mario? Pikachu?" she said, innocently. "What's going on?"

Mario smiled, although she couldn't see it all too well. "Welcome to-a the winner's circle!" he said, panning his hand around. He then lowered his voice, and pointed to the trophy hall. "Just-a don't go-a down there. Bad memories."

With her vision cleared, she looked down. Her dress had been torn up, and almost destroyed, but she wasn't wearing that anymore. She was now wearing the uniform she wore for most sporting events-pink shorts and t-shirt with her sapphire brooch. "Oh. That's nice." she said, looking at her clothes.

She then looked up and saw the pain on Mario's face. "What's wrong?" she asked, her response only a simple frown. Mario then made a motion, and she followed him to the trophy hall. When she entered, her heart sank. "Luigi?"

Lucario shot an aura blast from his hands, hitting Captain Falcon-who was dealing with a cocky Ness-square in the chest. He fell to his back, kicking up dust, before jumping back to his feet, balance lost from him.

Ness quickly jumped behind Captain Falcon, and fired a blast of fire at the tall captain's back. He yelped in pain, before turning around. "Falcon..." he said, pulling his fist back. Ness' eyes widened in fear. "PAWNCH!" The Captain fired his fist at Ness, a large fire falcon covering it. It made contact with Ness' face, and he went flying-tumbling head over heels in the air. He landed on the ground, three feet away from his original spot, clothes sending smoke into the air.

While he was distracted with Ness, again, Lucario charged up an aura sphere to throw at Captain Falcon, before being shot at by Pit. Pit shot an arrow, which skinned Lucario's heel, blood pouring out of the wound. Lucario, now angry, threw his aura sphere at the angel, who quickly crashed to the ground when it connected. Lucario walked over to the fainted angel, and knelt. "This is going to hurt me, a lot more than it's going to hurt you." he said, putting his hand on Pit's face, and then firing a skin-melting beam of aura from it, instantly killing the childish angel.

Lucario grabbed his heel, it still bled. He ripped a piece of cloth from Pit's robe, and tied it around the wound. "That'll stop the bleeding." he whispered, creating another sphere in his palms. He looked at the other two opponents.

Punch. Dodge. Punch. Dodge. Punch. Dodge.

Ness may have had a black eye, which severely hindered his vision, but he kept dodging with ease. "Stupid.. little.. brat." Captain Falcon grunted between breaths.

As Lucario stood up, he felt his power draining, and looked at his heel-the cloth was almost purely red. "Oh shit." he grounted, and created an aura sphere to throw at one of his opponents. As he threw it, he realized he was off course, although managed to hit Captain Falcon right before he noticed it. It knocked Captain Falcon toward the edge of the map, and Ness immediately noticed. He raised his hands up toward the sky, and yelled two words.

"PK Thunder!"

A large strike of lightning crashed from the sky, as if god was angry and was trying to kill everyone on earth. It landed directly on Falcon's head, and he was instantly cooked and fried. Dead within a matter of seconds. Ness then cocked his head to the side, and looked at Lucario, the Pokemon holding his heel.

Lucario looked sadly at Ness. "I'm going to bleed out. Just-just finish me." he said, a tear running from his eye. Ness nodded as a response, and lifted his hands up just as Lucario closed his eyes. He kept them closed for two minutes.

Then, two more minutes.

Then, he opened one eye and saw Ness dead.

Ness had bled to death, one of Pit's arrows hit him in the back of his leg, but he hadn't realized. Lucario kept holding his heel as he looked at the door. Still holding it, he shuffled to the door, and fainted as soon as he was engulfed by torchlight.