Dark Pit didn't feel so well. After escaping from Pit's grasp, he didn't feel very well. While he was flying his vision was blurry and his wings felt heavy when he flew back to Palutena's temple. He finally arrived at the front gate of the temple. It slowly opened when he finally approached it. His legs felt wobbly. What was happening to him? He struggled to get to the front doors that led to the way inside the temple. Two soldiers opened the door for Dark Pit, welcoming in. "Good morning Dark Master," one of them greeted.
"Whatever, " Dark Pit said coldly. "Um sir," Dark Pit slowly turned around to see what the soldiers needed. "Why are you wearing Pit's underwear sir?" the soldier pointed out. Dark Pit looked down and realized he was still wearing Pit's underwear. Dark Pit begin to blush and was completely embarrassed at how ridiculous he looked. "Hehehehe," the other soldier snickered. Dark Pit turned around quickly to face the soldier. "ARE YOU LAUGHING AT ME!? Dark Pit yelled.
"N -no sir!" the soldier said nervously. Dark Pit glared and slowly turned around. He really didn't have the energy to yell or fight anyone. The soldier sighed in relief as he didn't have to feel Dark Pit's wrath this time. He took a glance at the dark angel who was starting to wobble. "Dark Master, are you all right? " the soldier asked. There was no answer. Suddenly, Dark Pit had dropped to his knees and fell to the ground. "Oh my gods! Dark Master!" the two soldiers ran to Dark Pit's aid who was now unconscious. The soldier felt his pulse. "His pulse is fatal! Go and find Lady Palutena! I will take him to the medical room!" The other soldier quickly ran to where to Palutena's location.
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"As you all know, I am now a newly fighter for Smash Bros. You should also know that the Smash Bros. is hosting their first tournament this year, and me and Pit are participating in this tournament. So that means I will not be here for the rest of the day," Palutena announced to the crowd. The whole crowd gasped. Palutena was having a meeting with the underworld army about her absence from the temple. It was dangerous for an important goddess like Palutena to leave her temple. It could leave the temple vulnerable to any attacks from other enemy nations. Palutena wasn't worried that Medusa would come back. After all, Pit defeated her and banished her to another dimension, So there was no need to worry. Palutena was going to leave the temple in Dark Pit's hands after he comes back from his mission, so what could go wrong? The crowd started to murmur at the news. They worried about Palutena's safety, and theirs as well. "Calm down everyone, calm down. There is nothing to fear. I will be in safe hands while I am away for the tournament. Dark Pit will look after the temple," Palutena said. The crowd completely turned into a frenzy. Being looked after a responsible goofball like Pit is fine , but being looked after a sinister selfish brat like Dark Pit is unacceptable . Palutena sighed. The door then flew open which brought everyone's attention to the entrance, even Palutena. "Lady Palutena! We need your assistance!" the soldier screamed.
Around 12:30 p.m., the mansion had completely filled up with people. Since the tournament was going to be held in the Smash Stadium, it was no surprise people were rushing to reserve a seat. At 12:35 the fighters who were competing against each other this week had arrived at the Transporter room. The Transporter room was basically a room where fighters would be teleported to a stage to battle on. To teleport, the fighters would have to stand on the warp pad and they would be sent off onto the stage. Little Mac had finally arrived at the room. Olimar, Charizard, Greninja, Mario, Pit, Peach, and Bowser were the fighters that arrived. Others who were waiting for their fights had waited in the Spectators room. "Hiya Little Mac!" Peach greeted. "Hey Princ- I mean Peach, " Little Mac said. He forgot that Peach doesn't want him to greet her by her kingdom name. "Hehe, it's okay. You'll get used it," Peach said as she walked away. Little Mac smiled as she walked but then felt a pair of eyeballs stare a him. He then Mario who was staring dead at him. "Uhhhhh hey Mario," Little Mac greeted.
"Don't a-hey Mario me," Mario said. Confused at Mario's attitude towards him, he finally asks him something that upsets Mario. "Mario, do you have a problem with me? If so, then what I do wrong?" Little Mac asked. .
Mario slowly walked up to Little Mac, who was very uncomfortable at the moment. "Look Little Mac. I know what you are a-trying to do. You are trying to steal Miss a-Peach away from me! But it won't happen!" Mario screamed. "Uhhhhh," Little Mac said.
"Mario! Leave Little Mac alone and come with me to the Spectator's Room!" Peach screamed.
"Ok! Let's a-go!" Mario said cheerfully.
"Bye Little Mac! Good luck on your match!" Peach said. "See ya Peach," Little Mac said. Mario glared at Little Mac as he walked by him and followed Peach out the door. Little Mac sighed to himself as he walked towards the huge window that showed the view of the stadium and stage that was in the center. He began to look at the stats. It was so many people that to Little Mac they looked like little ants. It was a good thing the windows were sound proof. He imagined himself fighting on the stage, the people cheering his name. Little Mac stopped daydreaming as he felt something poking at his left leg. He looked down and saw a red looking pepper with a flower on top that had arms and legs. Little Mac picked up the pikmin and held it in his arms. The pikmin looked up Little Mac and started poking at his nose. "Ow! What was that for?" Little Mac said. Olimar finally realized that one of his pikmin was missing and saw Little Mac holding it in his arms. He quickly ran over to him and tapped him on his leg. "Oh umm is this yours?"
Olimar nodded. Little Mac handed the pikmin to Olimar and he soon waddled away.
"Wow. Look who's acting friendly," Ike said. Little Mac looked up. "Oh hey Ike."
"Crazy day huh?" Ike said. "I'll say," Little Mac agreed, "this place is so weird." "Well you'll get used to it," Ike comforting him.. "Yeah, I guess," Little Mac said with discomfort. "Don't worry. I've been there. This place is weird. That's because so many people come from different universes, it's quite difficult to actually. You're one of the most normal people here Little Mac," Ike said. "Really? I am?" Little Mac looked at him smiling. Ike nodded. Little Mac started to feel better about himself. Ever since he came here he had worried about fitting in with the more "experienced" fighters; but to hear that he was the most normal fighter in Smash from an experienced fighter, it made him feel more confident. "How many people do you think are here?" Little Mac asked. "Master Hand said there's at least 65,000 people here. It's also gonna be live on T.V." Ike told him. Little Mac's eyes widened when Ike said that. He really needed to win. This would be a great opportunity to show off his boxing skills to the world. Little Mac smiled at the thought. "Now that I've gotten that out of the way, I've been meaning to ask you this ever since the mountain incident," Ike said. Little Mac stopped smiling and looked at Ike. "Do you like Samus?" Ike asked.
"Do not worry Dark Master. Lady Palutena will be here soon to assist you," the soldier said. "Ughhhhh," Dark Pit groaned. Dark Pit had to be carried by five soldiers to be taken to the medical room. His face was red and he was sweating uncontrollably. Dark Pit never got sick before, so it was quite frightening to see him in a state like this. Palutena quickly ran in the medical with two soldiers behind him. "What's is the matter with Dark Pit!?" she screamed. The soldier turned around to face Palutena. He could tell she was worried. "We don't not know M'lady! He fell out at the temple's entrance," the soldier explained. Palutena walked to the medical cabinets as three other soldiers walked in. "Quickly everyone! Analyze his body and see if you notice anything wrong!" Palutena commanded them.. "Yes M'lady!" they all screamed. They looked at Dark Pit's physical features. They didn't notice anything different. One of the soldiers checked his hair, another checked his eyes, while the other checked clothes. "Don't you dare...*cough* touch me," Dark Pit said. "Stop talking Dark Pit. You could probably put yourself in a worse state if you use your energy too much," Palutena scolded. Dark Pit groaned in annoyance. "Alright I'll just mix this potion with that. And add a few pills with that," Palutena said to herself mixing the potion with a few healing pills. Palutena was a healing remedy for Dark Pit. She had always made one for Pit when he got sick. She's hoping it will have the same effect on Dark Pit as well.
Alright I'm finished, " Palutena said, "Here drink this." She poured the remedy down Dark Pit's throat, which he swallowed roughly. Dark Pit started to gag due to how horrible the remedy tasted. "I know it doesn't taste great Dark Pit but you're going to have to deal with it if you want to feel better," Palutena said. In top of everything that was happening, she began to worry about the temple's sake and the soldiers who stayed here. With Dark Pit in his state, he wouldn't be able to defend the temple if it were to be attcked. How will the temple be stable? "M'lady, I have found something!" One of the soldiers said digging into Dark Pit's pocket. He pulled out a small bottle and handed it her. She looked at the bottle. It had the word "love" written on it. "Oh no," She said, "Dark Pit did you drink this?" Dark Pit looked up at the bottle. "Oh yeah *cough* I did. And I poured a little on Pit's pancakes," he said with a weak voice. "Oh no," Palutena said. "What's the deal? Is that reason why *cough* I'm sick?" Palutena looked at Dark Pit with a worried face. She knew he left at 4:30 a.m. It was now 1:00 p.m. That means it might be too late for the healing remedy to work on Dark Pit. Palutena rushed out of the medical room. "M'lady! Where are you going!?" the soldier asked her. "You guys look after Dark Pit! I'm going to go find Pit! " Palutena screamed.
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO THE FIRST EVER INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT! " Crazy Hand announced on the microphone. The crowd began to scream in joy. "I AM YOUR YOUR HOST CRAZY HAND, AND TODAY, YOU WILL WITNESS THE TOUGHEST FIGHTERS BATTLE THEIR HEARTS OUT TO PROVE THEIRSELVES AS THE BEST OF THE BEST. "The rules are very simple. The last person standing will win. Each player will have 4 stocks. There is no timer in this fight. If a player falls off the stage or is knocked out of the perimeter will self-destruct and will lose a stock. If a player runs out of stocks they will be defeated and be transported out of the ring. The fighter's percentages will on appear on the projector screens. The higher the percentage, THE FARTHER THEY LAUNCH. SMASH BALLS will only appear. Now, are you ready TO SMASH!" Crazy Hand asked the crowd as the crowd cheered in agreement.
"Then prepare to meet your fighters!" Crazy Hand said. Little Mac, Olimar, Greninja, and Charizard all teleported on the center stage of the stadium. The crowd cheered again as they saw the fighters appear on the stage. "Woahhhhh, " Little Mac said to himself as he saw looked around the stadium. Little Mac then saw himself on the projector screen. "Okay you guys, stand far away from each other and move to a spot you feel comfortable in," Master Hand told the fighters.
The fighters moved to their positions. Olimar stood in the center, Charizard stood on the far right side of the stage, Greninja jumped to a platform and stood there, and Little Mac stood on the far left side of the stage. Master Hand teleported to the transporter room and continued to speak again. "SIMULATION READY! Master Hand screamed. Suddenly the fighters were no longer in the stage that they were currently standing on. The stage had transformed into an industrial-like platform and the air had felt hot. Little Mac looked at the wall and witnessed lava pouring out it. He then looked down at the ground and saw nothing but a pool of lava that completely covered the ground. WARNING FIGHTERS! IF YOU HIT THE LAVA BELOW YOU, YOU WILL LOSE 2 STOCKS INSTEAD OF ONE.," Master Hand warned him. "Great. This'll be easy, Little Mac muttered to himself.
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"Woah! What happened to the stage!?" Toon Link screamed. Samus's eyes had widened at the view. She knew this stage. It looked all too real to her. "It's...The Pyrosphere, Samus said. Everyone had turned their towards her. They wondered how did she knew the name of the stage. "The Pyro what?" Toon Link asked. Samus sighed at Toon Link's curiosity. "The Pyrosphere is the name of the stage. It was where I fought my nemesis during a mission," Samus explained. Everyone looked at her with curiosity in their. Seeing a stage like this, they couldn't imagine the horrors Samus faces on her daily missions. "I hope that lava won't hurt them, " Peach said looking fearful. Seeing how deeply worried she looked, Mario put his hand on Peach's shoulder, trying to comfort her. But she didn't notice. Samus stayed quiet. "I hope Little Mac will win too," Peach continued. Mario froze after he heard her say those words. He gently took his hand off his shoulder. He began to think that Peach cared about Little Mac's existence more than his. Seeing his brother hurt, Luigi pat Mario on the back, trying to lift his spirits up.
"Are you ready!?" Crazy Hand said while twitching. The crowd cheered in agreement. "3,2,1, GO!" Crazy Hand said. And with that, the match finally began.
Greninja threw the first punch. He teleported in front of Little Mac and slashed him with slashed him with a water shuriken. Little Mac didn't expect the expect the attack and fell off the stage. He grabbed the ledge at the last second, and jumped in the air, dodging Greninja's 2nd water shuriken in the process. Olimar plucked 3 pikmin and a yellow pikmin at Charizard, immobilizing him. Charizard shook the the pikmin and blasted his fire breath. Olimar rolled back and threw a red pikmin(which is immune to fire), towards Charizard knocking him off the stage while inflamed. Charizard flapped his wings and flew into air. Looking for a weak target other than Olimar, Charizard targets Little Mac. Seeing Charizard coming after him, Little Mac charged up his punch and punched Greninja right in the gut. Greninja flew off the perimeter of the stage and self destructed. "GRENINJA! 3 STOCKS LEFT!" Crazy Hand screamed. The crowd cheered at Little Mac. His punches were completely satisfying to the crowd. Little Mac jumped up used his rising uppercut to knock Charizard of the perimeter, making him self destruct. "CHARIZARD! 3 STOCKS LEFT." Unable to recover in mid air, Olimar took the chance to jump and throw a purple pikmin at Little Mac, launching him. Little Mac grunted at the pain. Little Mac jumped and used his rising uppercut to get back on the stage. However, due to Little Mac's weak aerial skills, he didn't reach the ledge and quickly sank to the lava, self destructing. The crowd gasped in shock. "LITTLE MAC! 2 STOCKS LEFT." Little Mac then appeared on the stage again along with Charizard and Greninja. "Darn it, " Little Mac said to himself. He was the only player that had 2 stocks left. Everyone else was ahead of him. He needed to figure out a way to catch up without getting knocked out. Little Mac looked up and saw Greninja preparing to slash him with a water blade. Little Mac prepared himself and faked his punch, tricking Greninja. Seeing his guard was down, Little Mac took the opportunity to punch him, giving him 36% worth of damage. The crowd gasped as Greninja was launched off the stage. Unfortunately for Little Mac, It wasn't enough to knock Greninja out of the stage, as he vanished into water and appeared back on the stage. Little Mac had a huge disadvantage here. His opponents were completely skilled in recovery and aerial abilities.;that makes him an easiest target to launch. The crowd began to cheer as the Smash Ball appeared, floating around in the air waiting for a fighter to gain it's power. Little Mac quickly jumped up to destroy ot. He needed to gain it's power so he can be ahead of the the match. Little Mac uppercutted the Smash Ball, but was unsuccessful at breaking it. Greninja jumped and threw a water shuriken at it, hitting it multiple times but not shattering it. Olimar used his winged pikmin to fly towards the Smash Ball and shattered it with a purple pikmin. "Oh no," Little Mac said to himself. The crowd began to cheer as Olimar jumped into his rocket ship and flew into the sky. The stage suddenly began to swarm with huge lady bug creatures which began biting on the players. "Ow ow! Stop biting me!" Little Mac screamed.
The lady bug like creatures dissapeared and Olimar's spaceship soon came crashing down on the stage, knocking Charizard and Greninja off the stage. "GRENINJA AND CHARIZARD! 2 STOCKS LEFT!." Little Mac ran up to Olimar and surprised him with his 5 hit combo, giving him a damage percentage of 45%. Olimar was easily launched off the stage. Olimar quickly threw his three pikmin away and used his winged pikmin to safely fly back on the stage. "Darn it," Little Mac thought to himself while kneeling down, "this Olimar guy has a great recovery technique, but why does he throw his minions away before using it?" Olimar plucked three of his pikmin again and ran towards Little Mac while throwing a purple pikmin. Little Mac jumped up and avoided the attack while landing on one of the platforms. Olimar used his winged pikmin and began to fly towards Little Mac with his pikmin riding along. Suddenly, Olimar had quickly sank to the ground. Little Mac saw this happen, and was slightly confused. "Why did he sank so quickly than before?" Little Mac said to himself. Out of nowhere, Greninja appeared in front of Little Mac and threw a charged water shuriken at him. Little Mac fell off the stage, but was suddenly hit in the head with a rock. "Arghhh! Little Mac shrieked in pain and fell to the ground. Olimar threw a white pikmin at Charizard, poisoning him Little Mac quickly got up to his feet. He turned around and hit Greninja right in the face, afflicting massive damage. Little Mac heard a familiar bell ring and looked on his face on the projector screen. His percentage was 78%, but the letters K.O. had flashed above his Punch-Out symbol. Little Mac began to smile. "It's time to do it," Little Mac said.
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What was that bell noise?" Peach said.
I don't know a-princess, Luigi said. "Hahaha. Little Mac is finally gonna release it," Everyone heard a deep voice behind them and turned around to see Doc Louis standing in the doorway. Samus had an uncomfortable look on her face. "Mr. Louis, you've been standing there the whole time?" Toon Link asked him. "Of course. I love watching Little Mac fight. He is my pupil after all," Doc Louis said while walking down the aisle. "You don't seem worried about him," Samus said. "No but you do," Doc Louis said to her. Samus rolled her eyes as Doc Louis sat by Samus which made her scoot away from him. Samus looked back at the stage and saw Little Mac standing in the middle of the Pyrosphere. "Why is he just standing there!? He's going to get knocked out! " Samus angrily said. Doc Louis chuckled. "You're just like Little Mac Mac," Doc Louis whispered to himself. "What? " Samus said. "Ummmmm, nothing," Doc Louis said.
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Little Mac stood in the center of the Pyrosphere. He finally had an opportunity to knock out all of his opponents at once. Seeing his guard was down, Charizard, Olimar, and Greninja charged towards at Little Mac. Little Mac quickly side stepped and used the K.O. Punch, knocking all of his opponents off the stage. Greninja and Charizard flew into a the sky and disappeared into a star while Olimar hit the glass of the Spectator'ss Room, frightening everyone that was in it. "GRENINJA AND CHARIZARD! 1 STOCK LEFT! OLIMAR! 3 STOCKS LEFT!" Crazy Hand announced. The crowd began to cheer in amazement. "Little Mac! Little Mac! Little Mac!" the crowd cheered. Olimar quickly appeared on the stage and ran towards Little Mac for revenge. "Ok Mac. You can do this. It's risky, but you can pull it off," Little Mac said to himself. Little Mac side stepped to avoid being slapped by a white pikmin. He jumped on a platform and waited for his chance. Olimar quickly threw his pikmin off the stage and used his winged pikmin to fly to Little Mac. "Bingo," Little Mac said. Little Mac quickly jumped in the air above and waited for Olimar to come after him. "GOTCHA!" Little Mac screamed as he slam dunked Olimar into the lava, knocking him out instantly. "OLIMAR! 1 STOCK LEFT!" The crowd cheered even louder at Little Mac's efforts to catch up. "Yes!" Little Mac screamed as he grabbed the ledge of Pyrosphere and pulled himself up, completely exhausted. He then saw a Smash Ball finally appear again.
"A Smash Ball! This is my chance!" Little Mac said. Greninja threw a water shuriken at the Smash Ball, which hit it multiple times. Olimar threw a blue pikmin at the Smash Ball, but missed. Charizard used his fire breath to hit the Smash Ball, but unable to destroy it. "NOW!" Little Mac screamed as the Smash Ball flew towards him. He charged up his punch and hit the Smash Ball, shattering it. Little Mac then turned into a green orb of light, which blinded his opponents. The light then faded away and Olimar's pikmin had hid behind Olimar in fear.
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"Wow! What happened to Little Mac!?" Toon Link screamed. Doc Louis laughed at Toon Link's question. "That's Giga Mac. It's Mac's special weapon. It needs mental and spiritual energy to be activated," Doc Louis explained to them. "Mama Mia! He's so huge!" Luigi screamed. "Is there any consequences if he uses it?" Samus asked. Doc Louis swallowed the rest of his Candy Bar and began speaking. "Yeah. Painful consequences in fact. After he transforms back into his regular state, he will immediately get migraines, and his body gets heavy, which is why he's only allowed to use it ONLY ONCE in a battle. It puts stress on the body, but it's very powerful," Doc Louis said. "What happens if he uses it too long?" Samus asked him. "Well, he can only use it for 30 seconds, and longest he's ever used it was 50 seconds, and he past out. I have no idea what will happen if uses go over a minute though. I'm sure there will be no circumstances where he would use it to that extent though," Doc Louis said. Samus looked back at the stage. "Yeah the boy has gone through a lot. He both of his parents when he was a kid," Doc Louis said. "Oh, that's so sad," Wii Fit Trainer said. "Yeah it sure is. I wonder if there's someone here in this competition that actually went through the same thing he went through," Doc Louis said. Samus froze when he said that. She quickly rose to her seat and walked towards the exit. Everyone turned around to look at her. "Hey Samus, where you going?" Sonic asked. She looked back at the others who looked very curious at the moment. "I'm getting ready for my match. Don't worry about me," Samus said as she walked out of the Spectator's Room. All of the fighters were too fixated about Samus that they didn't realize that Little Mac had just won the first match.
This chapter was ridiculously long. Hopefully I didn't bore you guys to death with this one. Next chapter will be different. In fact, it's going to be quite hilarious, so please review!
~The Shinesparkers
