Swordplay
bijoukaiba: I'm dreading the countdown until school starts... so I'm going to TRY to update this as much as possible before...
DUN-DUN DA-DA-DUN-DUN!
bijoukaiba: Oh noes!
(alarm clock goes off at 5:20 am)
bijoukaiba: GWAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!- Hey, I get new teachers this year! Cool! Oops, I mean- GWAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!
Kirby: Ugh, will someone PLEASE shut her up! It's 5 in the morning!
(voice): You're ruining my beauty sleep!
bijoukaiba: Marth, is that you? Or is it just Peach...
(voice): This is Bowser, DAMNIT! Are you going to update or what?!
bijoukaiba: Yeah, yeah... whatever...
Kirby: (yawns) bijoukaiba doesn't own Nintendo, SSBM, or any of its characters... zzzzzzz...
bijoukaiba: And I also don't own any brands of cereal.
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Chapter 5: Fifteen Smashers, Seven Matches
At last, breakfast arrived for the fifteen- count em, FIFTEEN- smashers. Today was Marth's official day as a fighter. Ruby had gotten ill overnight, so Malon and Alice had taken up the duty of making breakfast, so Joy could look to Ruby in the workers' quarters, while Diddy and Spike continued to work their usual positions.
Because the smashers' fabulous chef had fallen ill, breakfast was very simple- cereal and Lon-Lon Milk or oatmeal with a glass of fruit juice.
"THIS IS SO ANNOYING!!" Bowser roared as he poured Lon-Lon Milk into his bowl of Lucky Charms. "I WANT MEAT FOR BREAKFAST!! NOT LEPRECHAUN CEREAL!!"
"They're called Lucky Charms, Bowser," Fox muttered as he took his bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios and went to sit with Zelda.
Link was sitting alone at a table with a bowl of Rice Krispies and a glass of orange juice in front of him.
Marth approached him quietly, dressed in his green battle garb, carrying a bowl of cereal.
"The talking tiger from TV was right! These taste grrrreat!!" He laughed, trying to start a conversation.
"My cereal has three lame excuses for elves on the front of the box, but I still like the crackling sound it makes."
"... If you're worried about being bored today, I'm sure Master and Crazy can figure something out for you to do. Maybe you can try out that karaoke thing Spike talked about..."
Link was about to comment, but at that moment, Master had stepped up to the microphone at the karaoke bar and cleared his throat.
"OH MY GOD, HE'S GONNA SING!!!" Bowser screamed. "SHIELD YOUR EARS, EVERYONE!!!"
Master glared at Bowser while his brother had collapsed on the wooden stage, curled up in a ball and rolling with laughter. Even Marth, Ness, and Fox had to try to hide a smile. Bowser might have been a jerk, but sometimes he could have pretty funny insults.
"Ahem," Master said, giving a final leer at Bowser. "I have a few announcements to make. First, we will be introducing a new, single player mode of fighting soon. Soon, as in tomorrow!"
A few of the smashers gasped and began chatting in excitement. Master quieted them down, then continued speaking.
"My brother and I have created two different modes of fighting. The first one, which we call "Classic Mode", will track the adventures of one smasher at a time, going through three fights against a single random opponent, a two-on-two team battle, a trio of fighters against a giant version of a fellow smasher, a fight against a metallic opponent, a fight against several weakened clones of a particular fighter, then three bonus rounds in special virtual arenas- one that involves breaking targets, one that requires collection skills, and one that requires racing speeds. At the end, you'll have a surprise fight..."
"What is it? What is it?" Kirby asked in excitement, floating up and down in his seat. In all his ecstacy, he had puffed up.
Master chuckled. "If I told you, it wouldn't be a surprise!"
"Will we be able to access these "special stages" as fighting arenas?" Peach asked.
Crazy shook his head, stepping up to the microphone.
"Nope. Sorry, toots. Each arena is uniquely designed based on each smasher's fighting style, and is a virtual environment. There is no way to properly access each stage for fighting. For example, Kirby couldn't fight against Mario in Fox's target test. In addition, the Ice Climbers couldn't try to complete the target test designed for Link."
Master ripped the microphone from his brother.
"Very well then, next is the Adventure Mode," he explained. "This mode will also contain special virtual arenas. Some require traveling across landscapes to fight against teams of fighters, whereas others will require a regular fight against a regular opponent or opponents in a regular arena. A few arenas will also feature special fighters. It's very long and tiring, but it also proves to be enjoyable and- well, an adventure!"
Crazy snatched the microphone back.
"Both modes share some common rules. First of all, like in our regular melee fights, YOU CANNOT BE INJURED." He practically shouted the last part, so many of the smashers were holding their ears in pain. "Second, you can set the degree of difficulty for the game. There are five levels- Very Easy, Easy, Normal, Hard, and Very Hard. The level of difficulty determines if your opponents will go easy on you or unleash hell upon you, or how much damage it takes for you to be KO'ed. Sometimes you can unlock even more surprises if you challenge yourself enough. Third, you can set a stock level for your fights. You can choose between one to five chances to win the challenge. In addition, victories and losses in Classic or Adventure will not count towards your individual versus records. There is also a limit on the number of the challenges held per day; there can only be two Classic challenges or one Adventure per day, and if only one Classic match is held, there will be four versus matches held prior to it. And finally, all of your completed challenges will earn bonus points, based on how you KO your opponents or how quickly you finish. Try to earn the highest score!"
Everyone was chatting wildly about these new levels.
"Classic and Adventure Mode will begin tomorrow, sign-up will start tonight!" Master and Crazy announced simultaneously.
"Yoshi ararara hup!" (This is gonna be so cool!)
"Hah, I'm gonna get the highest score, ya wimpy losers!"
"We'll see about-a that, you overgrown-a turtle."
Master and Crazy left the wooden stage silently, looking fairly pleased that everyone seemed excited about the new options in fighting.
Zelda wiped her mouth with a napkin, before turning to the pilot sitting beside her. "What do you think, Fox?"
Startled by Zelda's comment, he clutched at his neck, choking on a Cheerio caught in his throat. Quickly taking a sip of his coffee, he cleared his throat and replied, "It doesn't sound too exciting, but it would make for a nice variety from all the usual matches we've been having."
Zelda appeared surprised. "You mean-"
"Yeah. It doesn't really appeal to me."
"You mean you're not thrilled?" Donkey Kong asked, taking a seat across from Zelda. "I'll probably be thinking about it all day!"
"Don't let it distract you from your match," Zelda warned. "Remember, we won't know anything until tomorrow."
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Ten o'clock finally rolled around the corner, and Zelda and Samus were stepping into the elevator, heading for the Termina arena. Samus was clad in pink armor, and Zelda was dressed in her recently washed blue dress, the same one she wore when she had arrived in the suites.
"Good luck, Zelda!" Link, Fox, and Donkey Kong chorused as Hyrule's princess smiled.
"You won't need luck, Samus!" Captain Falcon cheered.
"Ka chu!" (That's right!)
Samus gave a small wave of her hand as the doors closed. Several chairs had been pulled into the lobby/common room for watching the matches, and already the younger ones and a few others had taken a seat, watching the match. Zelda had landed on the main deck of the bay, constructed of sturdy steel; Samus had landed on a small island with one or two trees that was actually on the back of a gigantic turtle.
Samus made a confident pose with her barrel cannon before firing a missile at Zelda. Casting her Nayru's Love spell, the princess reflected the projectile back at its launcher. It successfully struck Samus, scoring 6 damage.
"Samus will need to watch for that spell," Fox commented with a grin to Nana. "Trust me, I would know."
A Poke'ball landed on a small, flat bouy floating on the other side of the stage. Both Samus and Zelda made a dash for it, but Zelda obviously got there first. Leaping back onto the main deck, she threw it at Samus and successfully hit her. Out popped a large, blue turtle Poke'mon that appeared to have two guns sticking out of its back.
"Blastoise!" It shouted, and began firing heavy pumps of water at the bounty huntress. At every blast of water, she took 8 damage and was shot back powerfully. She managed to leap out of the way at one point, only to be shot back again. By this point, Samus had now taken a total of 82 damage. But she wasn't down yet! Samus charged up a ball of energy while Zelda fired Din's Fire at her. Samus rolled out of the way, finished charging, then shot the orb at Zelda for a massive 36. She leapt forward and struck Zelda across the face with the cannon on her arm, bringing her percent up to 47, then earned a swat of magic in her own face.
She tucked into a small ball and dropped several bombs, raising Zelda's percentage to 63. The princess ran for safety, only to realize that the turtle had ducked underwater long ago. As Samus stepped ominously over the metal deck towards the elf, she grabbed the nearest weapon and hoped for the best.
Wielding a giant sledgehammer, Zelda felt her energy surge and began seeing red. She leapt onto the deck and began swinging the hammer madly, chasing after Samus. One heavy blow from the hammer brought Samus's damage up to 102. After the next swing of the hammer, the bounty huntress was sent hurtling out of the arena.
"Game!" Master shouted. "This game's winner is... ZELDA!!"
The princess clasped her hands together and closed her eyes softly as if she were praying, then raised her head happily in triumph.
Link, Fox, Marth, and Donkey Kong were cheering, before all of them leered at Bowser, who had commented, "There's gonna be a big cat fight when they get out of that elevator..."
Samus (with her helmet off) and Zelda were shaking hands and smiling at each other, complimenting on the other's unique fighting style.
"That's Zelda," Link commented to Bowser, a smirk on the Hylian's face. "as a princess, she's naturally polite and friendly. It's impossible to hate someone like her!"
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The next match nobody really paid attention to, because it lasted for such a short while. Apparently, red is the color of death because the Arwings in Corneria hammered Mario to death with their shots. All it took was a powerful shock from Pikachu to knock the famous plumber over the nose of the Great Fox and directly onto its guns positioned in front of the ship. Mario had tried several times to leap back to the body of the ship, but couldn't manage to actually grip onto the nose and climb up. After trying a few more times, the ship had spontaneously fired its guns and blasted Mario off the side of the stage. Pikachu had barely been touched the entire fight.
For his victory pose, Pikachu leapt up and performed two backflips, then spinning around on his two hind legs once he landed on the ground.
"Pika pika!" (Guns are my friends!) the electric mouse cheered.
Several smashers were still laughing after the witty comments from the Poke'mon.
Only Peach, Ness, and Yoshi sympathized with the plumber, telling him to ignore the laughter. Mario shrugged and grinned.
"You gotta admit-a... in both of-a Pikachu's fights-a, guns did-a help him win-a!"
Master finally controlled his laughter, then speaking loudly above the roaring laughter of Bowser (He was the only one still laughing. Naturally.) he announced, "Okay, Marth and the Ice Climbers, remember to arrive here in forty-five minutes for your next match."
I wish I didn't have to use that name anymore...
"Kirby, what does the Fountain of Dreams look like?" Popo asked.
"Sounds gay to me," Bowser muttered.
"Oh, it's really pretty- the water's very sparkly and there's bright colors everywhere, especially at night!" Kirby chirped.
"It sounds very romantic," Zelda commented. Upon hearing this, Link blushed as Zelda winked at him. Popo and Ness appeared disgusted.
The Fountain of Dreams... Marth pondered, just like when I met Link, it sounds familiar too, yet I've never been there. It's as if all my memories are nothing but dreams now...
Pikachu tugged at Marth's cape. "Chu? Chu kachu pi?" (Marth? Is something wrong?)
"I guess not... well, maybe... Pikachu, has anything ever happened at the Fountain of Dreams?"
Pikachu nodded slowly. "Pi," (Yes,) it replied. "Chu, pi ka pi pikachu cha." (Marth, that was where you and I fought.)
Marth placed a hand to his forehead. "Why can't I remember any of this?"
"Pikachu, chu. Pika chupi." (I don't know, Marth. I just don't know.)
The prince shook his head. "It doesn't matter, anyway. If I worry too much about it, I'll just get a headache and I won't be able to focus on my match. What time is it anyway? How about you and I challenge Mario and Kirby to a game of cards until my match?"
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At last, Marth's match finally came, after losing to Kirby, Pikachu, and Mario in "Poker". Why was the game called poker anyway? You didn't stab anyone, or poke them either. I've always wondered about that, haven't you?
As he, Popo, and Nana stepped into the elevator, they glanced out at the rest of the smashers. They were standing on two opposite sides of the room, apparently one side rooting for Marth, and one for Popo and Nana.
Marth smiled when he noticed Ness, Captain Falcon, Link, and Zelda among a few others on "his side".
"You'll be just fine, kid!" Captain Falcon shouted.
"Hey, Snow Climbers!" roared a familiar voice. "Beat up this wussy prince!"
"Wow, Bowser's actually-a rooting for-a someone?" Mario asked.
When they glanced over at the elevator to see how Marth had reacted, the doors had already shut.
"No offense to Popo and Nana," Fox commented, "but I bet Marth can beat them."
"Well, I bet he's gay," Bowser muttered. Peach whacked him in the back of the head and Captain Falcon glared at him.
God, what does this guy have against Marth anyway?
When Marth and the Ice Climbers appeared on the stage, the smashers gasped. With the exception of Pikachu, Kirby, and (unbeknownst to him) Marth, the others had never seen the fountain.
"It's beautiful," Zelda breathed, her eyes sparkling.
"Yeah," Fox agreed.
Kirby grinned. "Told ya."
"Hmph, MY castle looks better plus it's bigger!"
"SHUT UP, BOWSER!!"
Marth also appeared in awe of the fountain, staring into the dark reaches of the night sky and shimmering stars of the arena.
You'd think I'd remember a place this beautiful... why can't I remember anything?
Two powerful blows from two hammers literally knocked Marth from his thoughts. He flipped over backwards in midair, before clutching the ledge and swinging himself back up, striking a blow to the Ice Climber clad in green.
"He took damage," Donkey Kong commented, as the percentage reflected over the symbol of the eggplant rose from 0 to 5. "Then Popo is the leader today."
"Let's see what pretty boy's got up his sleeve," Bowser muttered. And Marth did so.
As Popo and Nana swept their hammers towards Marth, he flipped his sword towards his body in a smooth and swift movement. Right as the hammers connected, Marth whipped out his sword in an upward arc in front of him and shouted a battle cry as Popo and Nana were sent flying into the air. They lowered their hammers below their boots attempting to strike Marth from above, but he easily dodged before dashing forward and sweeping his blade in front of him. As Popo and Nana stood up, the prince began stabbing towards them in what resembled an intricate dance with his blade. His body gave off a red glow, then green, then blue, then red again. Each swipe he took increased the damage that the Ice Climbers received. Now, the swordsman held his sword in a manner similar to a baseball bat. His body began to glow in a dark blue color.
This is the same move I saw Marth use when he saw the car two days ago. Link thought to himself.
Right as the Ice Climbers landed within striking range, Marth brought the blade forward and down in front of him. Popo and Nana were sent flying into the camera used to record the matches. Everyone flinched except Bowser, who laughed.
"GAME!" Master shouted. "This game's winner is... MARTH!!"
He swung his arm in front of him, then behind him, waving his cape smoothly.
"Kyou mo ikinobiru koto ga dekita." he said.
Oh dear... Peach worried. Is the translation stuff wearing off?
Marth stepped out of the elevator, carrying one Ice Climber on each shoulder. "Ta-da!" the trio laughed.
"Marth," Peach commented. "I think your translation stuff is wearing off."
"It isn't," Marth stated. "I can still speak some of my original language just fine."
"Really-a?" Mario asked, stepping beside Peach. "What did-a you say?"
"Today, I have survived," Marth answered.
"Very well," Master commented. "We're having peanut butter and jelly for lunch-"
"THAT'S BABY FOOD!" Bowser roared.
"Mario, do they serve anything with peanut butter and jelly? Like bread or crackers?" Marth asked.
"I know these meals seem rather simple," Master sighed, rolling his eyes. "but remember, until Ruby feels better, you'll have to settle for simpler meals. Fortunately, she seems to be feeling much better than she did this morning. By tomorrow, you'll be having delicious meals again."
"If we-a had a second-a medic, it would-a probably be easier-a to prevent people from-a getting sick." Mario whispered to Peach as they walked back to the cafeteria with the rest of their smashers.
After their lunch and several leisurely activities, the next match between Peach and Kirby at Jungle Japes had arrived.
I can win this, I can win this... Peach kept telling herself.
They boarded the elevator and stepped out into the wooden deck of the arena. Peach and Kirby slowly approached each other from opposite ends of the arena, each waiting for the other to make a move. Suddenly, Peach swung out her hips and struck Kirby with explosive force. He was flung backwards slightly, then trying to end his flight, solidified as a rock...
... right over the water. And remember, rocks sink. With an anguished cry, Kirby sank like... a rock. Peach rubbed her eyes as the match came to a close.
That fast?
"GAME!" Master shouted. "This game's winner is... PEACH!"
"Oh, did I win?" She asked innocently, clasping her hands together and gazing upwards modestly.
"THAT'S-A THE WAY, PEACH! WAY TO-A GO!!!!!"
"YOSHI!!" (OH YEAH!!)
Kirby appeared slightly disappointed as he stepped out of the elevator. "Oh well, there's always next time. I won Friday, so I'm not too disappointed. Good fight, Peach."
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The fight at Yoshi Island ended quickly, after Donkey Kong had grabbed Captain Falcon and carried him up the hill in the arena, before throwing him out of bounds for the win.
Donkey Kong puffed himself up a bit and beat his chest several times proudly as Master announced his victory.
Captain Falcon stepped out of the elevator without saying much.
"Can't win them all, you know," he said to Samus. She shook her head at him.
"Hey listen, I was wondering if-" he was cut off by Master.
"Next match is Yoshi vs. Bowser! Be prepared!" he shouted.
"Wondering what?" the bounty huntress asked, raising an eyebrow.
He shook his head. "Never mind, it's not important. Hey, Link? Do you want any company before the next match?" he caught the elf off guard before walking over to talk with him.
Watching the F-Zero racer walk off, Samus felt a small smile tugging at her lips.
Yoshi clenched his two hands.
Yoshi hup arara oshi hup, hur oshi hur hup ara yoshi! (I lost to Donkey Kong yesterday, but I won't lose to Bowser today!)
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In a dominating performance, Yoshi was chewed up, rolled flat, beat down, tossed aside, and flat out pummeled by Bowser in his sorrowing loss. Bowser had been impervious the entire time.
"Wow, that was depressing." Ness muttered as Yoshi moped out of the elevator.
"Final match of the day is in one hour. Ness and Fox, be ready!"
When several of the smashers entered the cafeteria to grab a light snack, our princely protagonist decided to pay Spike a visit.
"Remember me?" he asked softly.
"Oh yeah," Spike commented. "You're that Martha guy."
"Actually it's Marth, but close enough."
"Whatever," the dancer muttered, shrugging. "You here to try dancing or singing?"
"I was going to si- did you say dancing?"
Spike grinned. "I guess we didn't show you guys!" He shouted.
All the smashers turned their heads to see Spike pull out a small remote and click a button. The first one revealed a flat-screen plasma TV that slid out of a secret compartment from the ceiling. Feeling enthusiastic, the pink-haired man spun around and clicked two buttons. Two platforms rose from the floor, each one with four arrows facing north, south, east, and west. The north and south arrows were blue and the east and west arrows were pink.
It matches Alice's and Spike's hair... Marth thought with a smile.
"In addition to the new single player option for your fighting... stuff, Alice and I are proud to announce our brand new DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION FOR THE KARAOKE BAR!!!!"
A few smashers applauded, even though they weren't sure what they were celebrating.
"Malon, can you handle the cafeteria line?" Spike called over to her. "I want Alice to help me show our guests how to play Dance Dance Revolution!"
Malon winked at Alice. "Go ahead! You know you want to dance with him!"
Alice blushed and didn't reply, but stepped out from behind the cafeteria line to stand on one of the dance pads beside Spike.
"Okay, here's how it's played," she said shyly. "First you decide what mode you want to play in. You can dance Single, Versus- where you compete against your fellow dancer, or Double, where you both dance as a team. Next you choose your difficulty level- Beginner, Light, Standard, or Heavy. Some songs also have a Challenge option, but I'd recommend all of you start out as Beginners or Lights."
Spike and Alice both chose Standard difficulty.
"Now all that's left to do is to choose the music to dance to. Many of these songs are techno style or remixes, so some songs are slower and some are uber fast. We have the largest DDR song library known to man, so if there's a song you're looking for, we probably have it!" Spike explained.
"Is it okay if I pick the song?" Alice asked, a small smile on her face.
"Sure," Spike replied.
Alice shifted through the song library to the 'B' section until she found "Butterfly".
"Butterfly?" Bowser questioned. "What kind of song is that?"
The smashers were shocked by the number of arrows appearing on the screen.
"Now," Spike panted as he stepped frantically to match the arrows, "you just have to step in time to- crap, missed that one- match the arrows you see on the screen. Blue arrows are- shoot, not again- eighth beats and arrows that appear at the same time mean you have to- arrrggghhh!!- jump!!"
The song ended with both Alice and Spike earning "A" rankings. Most of the smashers were applauding.
"At the end of the song," Alice explained as she caught her breath, "You'll be ranked as a dancer based on how well you matched the steps. Also, at the end of your total performance, you'll be given an overall grade."
"Up for a little challenge?" Spike teased.
"Bring it," Alice replied.
The next song was "b4u" and the smashers were shocked by the number of steps Spike and Alice matched.
"Wow... Perfect, Perfect, Great, Perfect, Perfect, Great, Great, Great, Good, Perfect. These two are unstoppable!!" Donkey Kong commented.
When the eighth steps arrived, all of the smashers' jaws dropped. Yes, that even includes Bowser. Spike and Alice were hammering on the dance pads. Now the steps were reading Perfect all the way through, with only a few "Great"s thrown in here or there.
"Keep going! You guys are sugoi!" Marth cheered.
"Even I'm forced to admit, I've never seen step so fast!" Bowser admitted.
"Pikachu! Pika pi pikachu!" (Keep it up! Your steps are amazing!) the small electric mouse shouted.
What was especially impressive were the extra steps Spike and Alice were able to throw in. When the song ended, Spike and Alice nearly fell over as their scores came up- Alice earned a "AA" ranking and Spike had made another "A". The author was also tired, as she had typed most of the last paragraph to the beat of "b4u" as well. The final song was "Waka Laka" and was comparatively easier than the previous one. Still, it left many of the smashers in awe after Spike and Alice had both earned "AA"s. The final score was Alice with a "AA" ranking and Spike with an "A".
"So, who's next?" Alice laughed.
Mario and Peach immediately volunteered for a Double, but were disappointed when Alice explained it was for Light difficulty and on up. Still, Spike told them what the easiest songs to dance to were and they had a pleasant time.
Just as Mario and Peach finished their dance routine earning a "B" ranking, Ness glanced up at the clock.
"Whoa, we gotta hurry, Fox! Five minutes till four!"
The vulpine glanced at his watch.
"Good call, Ness! Hey guys, we gotta go. Have fun dancing!"
Ness and Fox dashed to the fighting arena to find Master waiting for them.
"You were nearly late." he growled.
"Sorry," the pilot and PSI-gifted boy apologized.
Without another word, they stepped into the elevator heading for Princess Peach's Castle.
Ness and Fox dashed towards each other, leaping over the tower in the middle of the castle's roof. Fox swiftly used his Fox Illusion attack to fly swiftly past Ness, striking the boy hard.
Sure would've been nice if everyone had stopped dancing and actually watched us fight!
Ness tried to retaliate by using PK Fire, but Fox deflected it with his Reflector shield, launching the inferno right back on Ness. Fox whipped out his blaster and shot Ness twice before dashing directly next to him and stunning him with his reflector shield. Ness floated back and managed to kick Fox powerfully against the ground to launch him into the air and shoot him with a PK Thunder attack. Fox twirled his body around several times, kicking Ness multiple times, before kicking Ness into the air. Charging up energy within him, he launched a Firefox attack and flung Ness even higher in the air. Ness managed to deliver another midair kick, before Fox repeated his aerial kicking move and then a powerful kick/backflip. Ness was sent hurtling against the video camera.
"GAME!" Master shouted. "This game's winner is... FOX!"
Fox twirled his blaster around in one hand before returning it to its holster. "Mission Complete!" he declared triumphantly.
Much to their surprise, Fox and Ness found Zelda and Marth waiting for them.
"I gues we're too late to watch your match," Zelda sighed.
"Who won?" Marth asked.
Ness pointed at Fox with a small scowl.
"Congratulations," Zelda commented.
"Maybe next time," Marth reassured Ness.
"Very well, you're free for the rest of the evening. We'll be announcing the current records tonight before the announcements about the fights tomorrow."
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After a few games of DDR, dinner arrived. Once again, things were kept simple, and the smashers were having beef, shrimp, or chicken ramen for dinner.
"Now then, it's time to announce the current standings based on records."
The screen used to display matches began scrolling through a list of names.
Zelda: 2-0
Pikachu: 2-0
Donkey Kong: 2-0
Marth: 1-0
Samus: 1-1
Ice Climbers: 1-1
Peach:1-1
Kirby:1-1
Captain Falcon: 1-1
Bowser: 1-1
Fox:1-1
Link: 0-1
Yoshi: 0-2
Mario: 0-2
Ness:0-2
"The final four suck!" Bowser shouted. Link, Yoshi, and Mario glared at him, whereas Ness stared at the table, ashamed.
"If I had been fighting today, I could've probably beat you."
"In your dreams, elfie!"
Master cleared his throat and resumed his speaking.
"Very well, continuing on... these are the matches for tomorrow."
Several of the smashers groaned.
"I can't believe I forgot about the Classics and the Adventure!" Donkey Kong groaned.
"Now my plans are shot for tomorrow..." Marth sighed.
"Pika. Kachu pichu pikachu pika." (Oh well. At least I have a perfect record.)
"..." Fox had remained emotionless during the announcement.
"There's always tomorrow..." Zelda commented to Fox.
Then again, he didn't seem too thrilled about the single player mode...
"WILL YOU PLEASE LET ME FINISH?!" Master shouted. Everyone shut their mouths and stared at the battle coordinator. "I apologize for losing my temper. Here are tomorrow's matches..."
Hyrule Temple: 10:00 am
Zelda vs. Bowser
Poke'mon Stadium: 10:45 am
Peach vs. Donkey Kong
Brinstar: 11:30 am
Link vs. Captain Falcon
Onett: 1:30 pm
Marth vs. Samus
"And... contrary to popular belief, we WILL have a Classic Mode match tomorrow. Remember how I said that the versus matches are held prior to one Classic Mode fight?"
Several "Ohhh"s came from the smashers.
"But who's fighting tomorrow?" Ness asked.
Master smirked as the name flashed on the screen. Zelda gasped.
CLASSIC MODE: FOX MCCLOUD
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bijoukaiba: (smirks like Master) Lol, I thought that might be the perfect cliffhanger.
Wondering how I decide who fights who? I use a random number program on my calculator and depending on what numbers come up decide the matches or who sits out. For example, in Chapter 4, the number 17 came up when I decided who would sit out. Link's number is 17.
As for who wins, that's decided by a coin flip. There are only three fighters who have their matches rigged, and that's only for the purpose of future chapters.
Now that Classic and Adventure Modes have arrived, I will use the actual video game to determine those fights.