The Smash fighters rushed up the garish staircase and into whichever room they could squeeze into first. Some chose to stay close to their best friends, like Lucas and Ness, or Donkey Kong and King DeDeDe, while others just chose a room that wasn't full by the time they got there. The rooms themselves were a lot larger than they looked. Once the door was opened, the fighters were met with a large tile commons area. The center of the room was sunken to the height of the large brown leather sofa that hugged the back wall of it, with a couple of short staircases leading down to the area from either side. Facing the sofa was a large flat screen TV, with several gaming consoles hooked up, sitting on a medium-sized wooden cabinet. The commons area was directly connected to the kitchen, separated only by a granite counter. The kitchen itself was nothing to behold; there was a stove, a refrigerator, some cabinets, and a coffee maker. Nothing outside what one would see in a standard kitchen. How could anyone afford to get all this stuff not just once, but eight times?
NESS - Kisses his Mother
"So, we walked into the rooms, and everything was like, massive. Like, there were like, video games, and books, and TV, and food, and-"
As the fighters settle down in their respective rooms, the camera focuses on room number two, where Marth and Sonic reside, as well as Link and Fox.
"Would ya look at this place?" Link babbles, moderately impressed. He totes his two bags into the bedroom right next to the kitchen, while Sonic and Marth throw theirs down at the door and jump straight onto the couch, and taunt at each other like children. Every bedroom in the Kingdom was painted a lighter shade of royal blue, with a bed, a table, and a set of drawers center-set against the back wall of a shallow closet, where Link now begins to hang up his clothes. There's a soft knock at his door, and Link turns to see who it is.
"So, this is the dream, huh?"
Fox paces into the room, hands buried deep in his pockets. "I was expecting something cheaper, considering there are so many of us, but they really went all out," Fox comments, pacing closer to Link as he pulls out a red tunic to hang up.
"Well, we're gonna be gone for thirty days, so they want us to feel right at home, I guess," Link ponders aloud as he unpacks a few pairs of socks. Fox nods in agreement, and makes his way over to Link's bed, plopping down onto the corner of it with a sigh.
"And the beds are nice, t-,"
"Look, Fox, if I wanted to be pestered, I would have asked Sonic to come shove his ego down my throat." Link snaps.
Fox holds his hands up in surprise at the sudden change of mood in him; even though he knows exactly why Link is upset. "Well I was just trying to fix everything between us. Thirty days is a long time to deal with you."
"Deal with me? You wouldn't have to deal with me if you didn't want to!" Link retorts, angrily folding a sleeveless white shirt and tossing it on the carpet.
Fox rises and stomps out of the room, annoyed and unresponsive. "What an asshole…" Link mumbles below his breath.
FALCO LOMBARDI - Right-Wing Arwing
"Fox has always been kind of a hot head, if you ask me. It probably came from jealousy. considering I'm a better flyer than he is."
FOX MCCLOUD - A Worse Flyer Than Falco
"Me? Worse than him? I can't tell you how many times he almost burned his tail out there! I really hope I get to fight him in this soon."
Falco lays out on the couch watching Animal Universe as he sees Pit about to walk out the door. "I'll be right back," Pit states, looking in Falco's direction.
"Aw, come on, mate, don't leave me to-"
Pit slams the door behind him before Falco can finish his statement; "-babysit…" Ness and Lucas run into the room, bouncing all over the walls. Pit hears the din from outside the room, but walks away from it and moves down the long hall.
Pit has always had a love for architecture, His eyes shine as he absorbs the Greco-columns that line each side of the grand hall, the mahogany tables between each parallel space, the cherry-maroon paint that perfectly covers every inch, the-
"Watch where you're going, kid!"
His shoulder had accidentally bumped into Zelda's as he walked down the hallway. She was obviously upset, but Pit had no idea why. "Oh...I'm sorry, Zelda," He sighed.
Zelda continued her path towards the staircase, barely focused on the boy or the words she just spoke. She just had to get to a bathroom before the first fight began. Some stupid kid almost revealed her entire façade.
"Hey," Pit calls out after Zelda curiously, "so when do you think you're brother's going to get here?"
"Soon enough if you just let me go!" Zelda cries, turning back around and gliding down the hall. With slight confusion in his face, Pit turns back around and continues his adoration for the Smash Kingdom.
CAPTAIN DOUGLAS JAY FALCON - F-Zero to One Hundred
"The Falcon never rests. The Falcon is always ready for a fight…The Falcon."
"Alright, folks, playtime is over. I need Yoshi and Sheik to report to the stadium. Everyone else, join them in ten minutes in the upstairs viewing area." The Pokemon Trainer's voice booms over the intercom of every room. The fighters disperse and move toward the direction of the arena.
The stadium itself was huge. The battleground was the same royal blue color as the bedrooms, with some white markings over the top of it to denote some kind of boundaries system. The seventy-five meter square was suspended by only one pole that came from the depths below. Eight small drones levitate in the shape of a cube near the platform. They are strategically placed to outline the blast zone, where the fighters lose a stock once they fall outside the boundary of them. Surrounding the arena were several different seats, all of them filled with people cheering on the fight. Two boxes jutted out on either end of the ellipse. One was for the Smash fighters to sit it and spectate the fight, while the other…
"Gooooooooooooood morning, Smashers! Welcome to the pre-me-air battle of SmmAAAAAAASSSH KINGDOM! I'm Hal, and next to me is my good friend Melee; how you, doin', Melee?"
"Oh, you know I'm doing good, Hal. Say, we got ourselves a good matchup here today, don't we?"
"Indeed we do, we have the lovable Yoshi-"
"Who doesn't love Yoshi?"
"And Sheik, who appears to have obtained a cloaking device from your closet, Melee."
Down on the battlefield, the Trainer stands with Yoshi, staring at his watch. "The battle begins in five minutes, where is Sheik?"
Impatient and nervous, Yoshi sits on the ground. The Trainer taps his foot to soothe his anxiety, but it doesn't help. The fighters quizzically observe their surroundings (except for Olimar, who sits in the corner of the box surrounded by his Pikmin). At this point, the Trainer began pacing. His eyes focused on the floor, his mind racing, when a sudden uproar emerged from the crowd. The Trainer, perplexed, looked up to meet the cloaked blue man for the first time.
"Just show up when you can." The Trainer sarcastically remarks. He steps forward to the microphone at the edge of the stage and begins to address the crowd.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I welcome you to the first ever Smash Kingdom! Our fight today will be held between these two worthy opponents. Yoshi," The Trainer pauses so that the crowd can erupt, "and Sheik!"
The crowd again explodes into applause. When the Trainer regains hold of the microphone, he explains the rules; "This will be a three-stock tournament. Once a fighter is outside the blast line cube, he will lose one stock. There will be no items in use for the first battle. You two ready? Alright, without further ado...Fighters!"
Sheik and Yoshi get into fighting positions.
"Ready?"
The crowd leans on the edges of their seats. Excitement builds, tension runs high.
"SMASH!"
"Aaaand theeey're off! Boy, Melee, I have never seen a match up like this before."
"Yuuup, And we can see that Sheik is definitely off to a running start."
Sheik crouches and charges the dinosaur, full force, needles in hand. Expecting the blow, Yoshi jumps inside his egg and rolls in place, gaining friction with the ground. As Sheik closes in on his vibrant target, the egg shoots out.
The dinosaur emerges from the egg close to edge, surprised that he didn't make an impact. He faces the fighters in the glass box above him, hoping that his confusion is met equally. However, their faces portray that of shock. Before the dinosaur can turn back around, Sheik flies in the air and lands a pointed foot into the dinosaur's face, pushing him off the arena. The shocked Yoshi tips over the rim, and falls to his demise. Sheik stands back, preparing his needles for Yoshi's respawn. Patience, he thinks, patience. While the crowd's noise thickens from their original murmur, they erupt when Yoshi reemerges from the depths of the black pit, and glides over the white trim. Triumphant in his return, he readies his next move.
A force suddenly pushes the dinosaur back.
"Ooh, and what a blow from Sheik! Those needles sure have a way of coming back to bite ya!"
"Well, Hal, I believe it was more of a stabbing."
The dinosaur descends suddenly from the sky on a hovering luminescent platform. Yoshi jumps down and immediately charges Sheik. A grunt emerges from the masked fighter as he suddenly disappears in a puff of red smoke. Yoshi indulges in his confusion for only a second before Sheik reappears behind him with a swift kick below Yoshi's tail. Pushing his foot up towards the dino, Sheik is able to lift him in the air, upside down, where his stomach is met with a flurry of rapid punches, keeping him airborne. Desperate to get in a hit, Yoshi swivels himself to hit Sheik in the face with his tail; but ends up missing him entirely. This leads Sheik to deliver Yoshi another kick, this time sending him flying off the side of the arena.
"I've never seen such strength before," Ike stammers, flabbergasted at the display.
"It's almost inhuman…" Lucas chimes, eyes glued to the stadium.
"Almost," Samus retorts, "but he must have a weakness on him somewhere."
Yoshi stands back on the stage, down to his last stock, eyeing his adversary. His hand draws into a fist. "You're making me very sad…" Yoshi trails, breathing heavier.
Sheik stays silent at his opponent's threat, constantly planning, constantly thinking, his eyes locked on his fighting mate. They circle each other, waiting for what either thinks is the perfect time to strike. And Yoshi does; his quickened waddle was unmistakable. Sheik leaps into the air to avoid the fists, but is instead met with a slimy appendage. While in the air, Sheik hadn't noticed that Yoshi had extended his adhesive tongue to consume him.
"Oh my God, Melee, it looks like dinner has been served!"
And just like that, Sheik was in the cavernous depths of Yoshi's mouth. Chomping and chomping at him, Sheik knew there was no escape from the dinosaur's powerful jaw. Once the biting stopped, he felt a slimy force push him down, down, deeper into the dark. Something was happening to him that he didn't know about, but, just like that, he knew he was out of Yoshi's body.
"Breakfast is served," Yoshi stated.
"UN-BE-LIEVABLE!" A commentator cried.
The egg sat perfectly still on the platform. Yoshi smirked, knowing how defenseless Sheik was, and coiled into own egg. He began to roll in place, letting the friction heat up the hard shell. And then he went, letting himself charge straight at the egg.
"There's no way, Hal! Look at that!"
Yoshi stopped rolling forward. He turned around and discovered the broken pieces of eggshell strewn around the floor. Needless to say, Yoshi's heart sank.
A puff of wind suddenly condensed behind him. Without much warning, Yoshi was on the floor, grabbed by his feet, and swung off the stage.
"AND HE'S DOOOWN!"
"Indeed he is, Melee, and a pretty devastating loss, don't you think?"
"Yes, indeed, say, Hal, how do you think Sheik takes his eggs?"
"That was…" Pit trailed off in his thought.
"That was scary," Luigi said with a slight tremble in his voice.
"Congratulations, Sheik," The Pokemon Trainer yelled into the microphone, "you won the first round of Smash Kingdom! What do you have to say for yourself?"
Sheik paused, staring at the crowd above him. "I'm going to win, Trainer. I'm going to win."
AUTHOR'S NOTE
Hey, just a quick little update. I'm including the link to the bracket. Keep in mind that this will be the bracket that I update after every fight, so those of you in the future who read this will see MAJOR spoilers to upcoming fights. Hopefully you've enjoyed this trip so far. Feel free to leave any sort of review. I can't wait!
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