Disclaimer:The following characters belong to their respective creators: Nintendo and Capcom.

The following settings are all actual real-life places.

The following original characters are creativities of the readers reading this story, and therefore, belong to them and them alone. These readers are also writers. These original characters will not to be used at any rate unless by their written approval

Here's the list of the original characters sent by writers who are reading this story (sorted alphabetically)

The creature of unknowingly evilness Azul -- Nicodareus
The Mobian polar bear Icecap --Nobuo Aaron
The focused psychic fighter Ichiju Zero -- Shadow Minamoto
The cool, calm, emotionless fighter Kane -- Shinigami's Shadow and SilverPantsSven
The passionate, yet rebellious teenage future seeker Keliatia (Keli) -- x Flames of Ice x
The polar arm man Lenji -- Enigmais
The neutral darkness wielder of Hyrule Midnight -- Midnari
The traveling swordsman Slith -- El Xian

In addition to original characters, one original character is my only creativity for the story, therefore, he character belong to me. I may be able to add some more of my original characters as the story progresses.

The good-looking young man with an amazing 550 IQ score Drew Devin

Now onto the story.

Smash Bros. Capcom - Expedition

The Smash Orb, aka The Orb of the Once-Almighty. With that antique stone, one could move the stars, create land and water, harness power from within, and can even control time and galaxy itself, making wish and dream come true. A dark mage once possessed this antique and used it to overthrow the entire universe. During that tragic day, he took over the world by destroying all planets, even Earth, to the Sun. That time was known as "End of the Universe" A millennium has passed since that day and the Smash Orb has returned to its altar. But who has their eyes set on this destructive stone this time?

: Chapter 3:

-United States Air Force Base-

"Look Snake. Enough with the joke and out with it, all right? How is that a good thing to have Ryu and Ken trapped in Egypt?" Chun-Li complains.

"They are not currently trapped in Egypt." Snake says. "They are stalling. Stalling the leader of Shadoloo Bison, who has no idea the Orb of the Once-Almighty, is located in Mexico."

Guile rubs his chin, "I see, so that's why you want us to head down to Mexico?" Snake nods.

"Then what are we waiting for?" Charlie proposes, "Should we go ahead now?"

"Not quite." Snake says, "We can't move to another country without our passport."

"Oh we have our passports." Guile smiles then flashes his International passport. So does Chun-Li, Charlie, and Drew. Snake shakes his head, "Not that kind of passport."

Snake steps asides, allowing an individual to enter the room. He looks calm, level headed, loyal, usually in deep-thought and somewhat emotionless He has an athletic build, eyes the color violet, and black hair that goes slightly beyond his shoulders. He is about an inch to reaching six feet tall. The foursome stares at him, especially Chun-Li, who seems to be developing a crush. "Who…"

"People, this is Kane." Snake introduces. Kane waves and smiles.

"He is fine!" Chun-Li exclaims.

The boys all look at Chun-Li strangely.

-Desert-

Midnight and Lenji draw each other's weapons and point towards each other. Midnight makes the first strike and passes right through Lenji. Lenji falls on one knee. Midnight turns around for the final blow but Lenji quickly gets up, rolls behind Midnight and landed a lunar slash on Midnight's back. Midnight recoils, showing no sign of blade pain. Midnight and Lenji throws at each other and clashes blades once more. The blades get stuck in the middle and the fighters stare murderously into each other's eyes.

"Feeling any pain yet?" Lenji asks.

"Not a bit. How about you?" Midnight asks.

"If I say I was, then I'm lying."

"Good then."

Both the polar arm man and the swordman withdraw.

Meanwhile, Peach, Ichiju Zero and Roy are still hiking up the burning sandy hills. The wind blew strongly over Ichiju Zero's red hair, but not Roy's or Peach since Ichiju Zero was in front.

"Man," Ichiju Zero complains, "This wind is damn strong and scorching."

"There's no time to complain Ichiju!" Peach replies, "We have to find Midnight and Lenji before it's too late."

"I think I see them." Roy cries as he spots two active shadows. Peach hikes a little more until she takes a glimpse at what Roy saw.

"They're at it already." Peach exclaims and goes towards them.

"Are you sure it's not a mirage?" Roy says, "We've been walking for hours without drinks or anything. Our camel drank our last drink."

"Wait Peach! Stop!" Ichiju Zero yells.

Peach stops on her tracks then turn around to Ichiju, "What now? We don't have much time."

"You can't move a muscle." Ichiju Zero yells.

"And why not?" Peach yells back.

Suddenly a hiss is heard. The trio looks around searching for the source of the hissing, "What's that?" Roy demands.

The sand quickly feels like shrinking, morphing into a quick sand of some sort. Ichiju Zero, Roy, and Peach begins to drown in the quicksand.

"Wh-What's that?" Roy exclaims.

"Quicksand!" Ichiju Zero exclaims.

"HELP!" Peach yells.

Meanwhile, Midnight and Lenji leap to each other again then stops short. Midnight looks up, "Did you hear that?"

Lenji stares momentarily at Midnight. Seeing that he was paying no attention in him, he looks up also, "Hear what?" he asks.

"That sound like Lady Peach… in trouble."

Lenji looks concerned, "She can't be in trouble. Isn't Ichiju and Roy supposed to be taking care of her?"

"Think again pal." A voice sounds from behind the two warriors. They turn around and saw a man whose back is turned. On the back of his karate uniform was scribbled a glowing symbol. The man's hair was up, attached, and blazing red. He has great physique and wears wooden heel sandals.

The man turns around revealing himself as Akuma. The two swordsmen shudder at his sight and whisper his name, "Akuma."

-Ruins-

Peach, Ichiju Zero, and Roy found themselves unconscious in a structured cave, similar to the one seen earlier. Peach wakes up first and looks at her surrounding. "Oh mine…what is this place?"

She quickly goes to wake up the two boys, "Guys! Wake up!"

Roy and Ichiju Zero slowly open their eyes, get up, and look at their surroundings, "What…" Roy mutters.

"Where are we?" Ichiju Zero mutters.

"I don't know. But it looks really…like a place for relic stuffs."

-Mexico City-

"So this is Mexico." Mario gazes at the surrounding of the city's main square of Mexico City: El Zócalo. The smashers are surrounded by people, going about their business in this enormous square. The smashers stroll in awe.

"This place is huger than Final Destination." Link points out.

"That is because it is huger than Final Destination." A voice calls from behind the smashers. They turn around and saw a figure dressed up in a hood.

"Who are you?" Fox asks.

The figure chuckles, "Have you forgotten already vulpine?"

Not far from the smashers, on the other side of the square, are Guile, Snake, Chun-Li, Drew, Charlie and their new ally Kane. Chun-Li couldn't stop staring at Kane. He turns to face Chun-Li, "What?" he asks.

Chun-Li drools, "The question is…what's up?"

"Listen ma'am, I don't know what is your problem but it's not polite to stare." Kane quietly says.

"Oh so now I'm staring? And who the hell are you calling ma'am? Do you know who I am?"

"Early 40s." Drew smiles. Chun-Li stares at him as if wanting to punch him, "You had to blow it, did you?" She shakes her head, "No, I'm 38."

"Isn't that code for early 40s?" Drew mocks. Chun-Li reaches Drew's colon to grab it, but Charlie quickly separates the duo, "People, people, people, please." Charlie says, "Can we act like we're all mature here?"

"So Snake, where are we supposed to go?" Guile asks a spaced-out Snake. Snake doesn't respond.

"Snake?" Guile asks again.

Snake turns around, but instead of facing Guile, he faces Kane, "Kane. I need you here."

Kane approaches Snake, "Something the matter David?" he calls Snake by his real name. Snake looks up the sky once more, "I have a bad feeling about this." He says.

"What do you mean?" Kane asks.

"Someone is watching."

-Desert-

Akuma approaches Midnight and Lenji. Midnight points his katana towards Akuma, "What the hell are you doing here?"

"What am I doing here?" Akuma chuckles, "I'm here to finish the job I came to do."

"Which is what? Kill us?" Lenji exclaims.

"The Orb of the Once-Almighty." Akuma stretches his hand towards the two swordsmen, "I know you have it. I know you have the location of that orb's resting place. Give it to me…if you value your life that is."

"I knew it." Lenji says.

"Never." Midnight says. Lenji then stares at Midnight as if he's talking crazy, "Never?"

Akuma cocks his head on one side, "Never?"

"Never as in we never cared for this orb." Midnight complains, "It's a myth. A bunch of bull tales. So either you back off, or we off your head."

"Aren't we supposed to be rivals here?" Lenji says.

"We'll see whose head gets off first." Akuma stomps the ground and everything shakes. A red aura surrounds him and sands blew everywhere, blinding Midnight and Lenji. The two swordsmen shield their eyes. As soon as they open it, they see no sign of Akuma.

"Where is he?" Lenji says.

"How should I know?" Midnight exclaims.

"Boy, he's good." Lenji says.

"Not as good as—"

Midnight feels a painful force driving hard on his back and is sent flying. Lenji looks at his rival on the ground, then at Akuma who appears behind him, approaching him. Akuma aims his hand toward a transfixed Lenji and smiles demonically, "Where is the Orb? Tell me or I'll kill you."

-Ruins-

"Do you think that this is where they keep all the treasures and artifacts?" Roy wonders, his eyes on ancient paintings and scriptures on walls.

"I bet so." Ichiju Zero says.

As the boys were gazing at different artifacts and codes, Peach comes across a suspicious wall painting. She narrows her eyes and quickly recognizes a woman in that painting who has her striking resemblance and held a pearl of translucent polar white color. The pearl looks as if it was glowing ivory light and appears to have two intersected lines that look like a plus sign. She reaches to touch the painting. The painting reacts to her touch like rippling water. Peach backs away in fear, still staring at the painting of herself, or her double.

"Roy! Ichiju! Come and see!" she calls. Roy and Ichiju hastily reach to her.

"What is it?" Roy asks.

"The painting…" Peach exclaims, "…touch it."

Ichiju reaches to the painting and touches it. No ripples happen. Roy takes his turn to touch the painting. No ripples happen either. The boys shrugs, "we touched it." Ichiju says.

"What were we supposed to see?" Roy asks.

"The…ripples. It was moving on the painting like we've touched water, look!" Peach reaches for the painting to touch it once more. To her dismay, no ripples happen.

"What?" she says, "How is that possible?"

"Oh it is possible in real life." Roy says.

"I'm not joking Roy!" Peach exclaims, "I did saw water rippling on the painting."

"And why on earth does that painting has your face on it?" Ichiju questions, his eyes staring at the woman.

"I don't know." Peach shudders, "It's all freaky."

"I can explain that." Another voice, female yet sounds masculine, sounds from behind the duo. They turn around and see Sheik. Sheik did not smile or anything. She simply stared at all trios, especially Peach.

"Sheik?" Roy blinks, "What are you doing here?"

Sheik looks around then signals them to follow her, "Come here. I must show you something."

The trio follows Sheik until they reach the ruins' balcony. There, she points toward a pyramid, "That Pyramid there is known as the Great Pyramid of Giza. It has a supernatural connection with the painting you're referring to, and you Princess Peach."

"Me?" Peach says.

"What does Peach has got to do with the pyramid and the painting?" Roy says, "It doesn't make any sense."

"Come on Lady Peach. Don't believe in all that bull. First, the rippling on the painting, then the Great Pyramid and you being part of some mysteries?" Ichiju Zero argues, "What about that woman in the painting? It's obvious that she's a double. Everybody has a double."

"Do you have a double?" Roy asks him.

"Just here me out, okay?" Sheik says, "I'm here on a mission to protect the daughter of the dark magician who ruled the end of the universe a millennium ago, and that magician is resting at that tomb inside the pyramid. The dark mage's tomb, the Great Pyramid, the paintings and Peach are all connected to the Smash Orb, the Orb of the Once-Almighty."

"The Orb of the Once-Almighty?" The trio exclaims.

Sheik faces Peach, "Whatever happens, Princess Peach, you must leave this place. You must leave Egypt and never come back again. If your true identity gets reveal, everyone, the entire world, will die."

-El Zócalo, Mexico City-

"Can you venture a guess?" the figure in the shadowy hood complains. No response came from the smashers. The figure in the shadowy hood leans toward them and whispers, "Mewtwo."

The smashers' mouth hanged down.

"Oh my gosh! It is really y—" Pit is about to burst out the name but Mewtwo covers his mouth to shush him, "What are you doing?" the Pokemon complains, "I'm not supposed to be found out."

Mario blinks, "Why?"

"The Orb." Mewtwo replies, "Someone is after the Orb of the Once-Almighty and I must protect it from burglars…and murderers."

The smashers look concerned. The Capcom characters on the other side of the square also look the same way. Snake and Kane look around as if searching for a serial killer.

"Umm…Kane? Snake?" Charlie asks, "What are we looking for again?"

Snake still hasn't respond, so does Kane. Both duos are completely silent. Watching over the top of the National Palace is a Mobian polar bear, which seems to be carrying a strike sword. The bear smiles as his eyes fixed on Mewtwo, "There you are" he mutters as he pulls out his Strike Sword, "You're not getting away that easily."

The story so far…
-The smashers (and Azul): The smashers goes to Mexico City to located the Orb of the Once-Almighty, aka the Smash Orb, which is rumored by Azul to be heavily guarded inside Teotihuacán, somewhere in the Temple of the Sun or the Temple of the Moon. The smashers arrived in Mexico City and met Mewtwo once again. Mewtwo insisted to have his identity sealed for he was on a mission to protect the Smash Orb from evil; however someone in the square was watching him. It was Icecap, the Mobian polar bear searching for something…or someone to stop moving.

-The Capcom (including Wario, Drew Devin, Solid Snake, and Kane): Ryu and Ken came to Egypt to obtain the Smash Orb and keep it away from Shadoloo Bison and his loyal advisor Wario. Ryu and Ken are caught in a brawl with Bison and Wario. Whatever has happened to them will be coming soon.

Upon losing Ryu and Ken's signal, Guile, Charlie, Chun-Li and Drew Devin plan to find them. But a man known as Solid Snake (Metal Gear), and his best friend Kane, have something different in mind. Snake propose a trip to Mexico to locate the Smash Orb. Upon arriving in Mexico, Snake and Kane sensed a presence, fearing that evil is watching them.

-Midnight, Lenji, and Slith: Midnight and Lenji are two rivals who hate each other's skills. They are willing to do anything to see who's stronger, including killing each other. During their brawl, they hear Peach's scream then finds Akuma approaching them. Akuma's presence triggers an all-out bloody battle between the trio as Akuma demands the location of the Smash Orb.

-Peach, Ichiju Zero and Roy (plus Sheik): Peach, Ichiju Zero, and Roy travels in the desert to find Midnight and Lenji. But in failure of reaching in time, they fell in a quicksand and found themselves inside a chamber with various scribbling and paintings, including the painting of a woman who looks like Peach. Peach's contact with the painting makes ripples, but does not affect Ichiju and Roy. Sheik reveals to the trio that that painting, Peach, and the Great Pyramid of Giza he showed them, are all connected to the Smash Orb and the alleged daughter of the Great Magician responsible for the end of the universe (hence, the woman in the painting). He warns Peach to flee Egypt (the place they were located at) and never show her face again, unless it means the end of the universe again.

Next…
-Icecap finds Mewtwo.

-Chun-Li, Charlie, Guile, and Drew are playing spies inside a Ballroom.

-Mario notices something suspicious.

-Ryu and Ken confront Wario.

-Ichiju Zero, Roy and Peach separate.

-Slith and Keliatia make their first appearances.

-Author's Note: "Expedition" is a never-ending story that involves the Smash Bros., the Capcom, and original Fanfiction Characters on the hunt to grab the Orb of the Once-Almighty aka the Smash Orb.

In addition to inviting authors' characters, I also made a thread in the story's forum topic: "Predictions." If you have any ideas of what is going to happen next, feel free to post there (or in the review board) Predictions must be edge-seating and eye-popping. Thank you and enjoy :)