-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, Pit, Ness, Captain Falcon, Yoshi, Ganondorf, Bowser, Donkey Kong, Princess Zelda, Meta Knight, Sonic the Hedgehog

WINNERS: Mario, Pikachu, Princess Peach, Link, Olimar, Marth, Lucario, Mr. Game & Watch, Lucas

UNDECIDED: Kirby, Samus Aran

Samus stood, and put her hand on her arm cannon. "Sorry puffball." she said, pointing the cannon at Kirby. The pink puffball of Popstar (try saying that five times fast) smiled, obviously hiding something. He stood his ground proudly, feeling courage.

Samus started charging her cannon, and fired a large electric-plasma orb at the puffball. He opened his mouth and swallowed it, spitting it back at Samus. Her eyes widened as the orb quickly-too quickly to react-approached her. "Well, shi.." she yelled, getting blasted by her own blast.

Marth looked at the screen, waiting for the match to end. As Samus flew away, Marth frowned. "That was a lot more anti-climactic than I was hoping for."

As Kirby appeared, blue particles dancing around him, as they did for everyone, everyone in the room, except Kirby, who looked around confused, turned to Peach. "Well?" Link asked, stretching the word out.

Before any word could escape Peach's mouth, Tabuu appeared in a flash of blue. "Don't think I'm not done with you ten yet." he said, staring at Mario and Pikachu, who both shook nervously. He turned to the others, yelling at them. "You've got twenty minutes!" he yelled.

As the giant deity disappeared, Lucas shrugged. "Twenty minutes for what?" he thought aloud, everyone paying attention to Peach. Everyone stood around her, in an oval-there were not enough people to make a perfect circle.

"Remember when he first appeared?" Peach said, making some hand motions to emphasize her point. "What was he holding?"

Marth pondered for a moment, before speaking. "A key?" Everyone looked at him, either nodding in agreement or in disbelief that he actually noticed something like that. Marth nodded. "So what?"

Peach smirked. "He had it again, but this time it looked different, more dirtier. I think he's looking for something, and he's going to make us find it."

Olimar jumped up and down, and Pikachu looked at him with a crooked head. Lucario nodded, "Makes sense." He turned to everyone, he had been looking off into the distance before speaking. "He thinks we are tools. We'll do anything if we can keep our lives." he smirked, confidence in his eyes. "We're pawns in this game of his."

Lucas was taken aback. "That's why he killed our friends?" he sobbed while speaking, recalling the memory of his friend-Ness-being killed violently.

Peach spoke up. "Exactly." She looked at Lucario, who locked eyes for a moment, before Lucario smiled and she looked away. "To him, we're..."

Marth looked down, sad. "...nothing." he finished.

Several minutes of speaking-mainly an argument between Link and Marth-Tabuu appeared in his signature bright blue light. "Welcome." he said, staring menacingly at the group. "Welcome to Phase Two." He started to laugh very evilly, the sound bouncing through the room, burning into everyone's mind.

Several nervous glances were exchanged within the crowd of ten Smashers. They all had the same thing on their mind. Phase Two?

END OF PART 1