So yeah, decided I'm gonna try my best to update both stories more than once a week. How will that work out you may ask? Heck if I know. But, we'll see!
PocketSnails does not own Super Smash Bros. or any franchise involved in it.
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Super Smash Bros.: The Fourth Tournament
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"Ladies and gentleman, there will now be a five minute break before the next round begins! Everyone stay safe, and no fighting in other parts of the stadium other than the arena!" The announcer said, as Villager walked off the battlefield, as four R.O.B. clones carrying off the unconscious duo of Mega Man and Wii Fit Trainer.
Red stood in the Council's box, watching as the arena began to change itself again. He closed his eyes, remembering things from the past…
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"B-but Trainer Red! You have to help me save my friend Ness!" I sighed as the young boy said to me. I know his best friend just got kidnapped, but…
"Look Lucas, suck it up, alright?!" I said, turning around angrily. "We have no clue where that man took Ness, and even if we did, what makes you think we'd be able to get there?"
He looked up at me, starting to cry. Arceus, who decided to put me in charge of this kid?
…..
"Squirtle, use Water Gun!" I yelled at my Pokémon. Squirtle fired the attack at the wild Charizard – a super effective move!
"Pokéball, go!" I yelled, throwing the device at the weakened foe.
1 shake…2 shakes…3 shakes…caught! I walked up, picking up my Pokéball containing my new team member. Little did I know he would become not only the most valuable, but the one I would have to give up in the future…
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"Red…Red…RED!" Snake yelled at the trainer.
"Huh?" Red turned, being pulled from his thoughts.
"Charizard is about to go up. We know how much your old friend means to you – you wouldn't want to miss his fight, would you?"
"No, not for the world." Red said with confidence. He took his Pokéballs from his belt, pressing the buttons on them to enlarge them.
"I know you guys wouldn't want to miss your old friend fight either! Come on-" Suddenly, a great rumbling shook the entire stadium, and darkness fell over the arena. Red and the rest of the Council looked up, seeing a large, brown, natural looking object slowly falling, its purple tip looking menacing.
"Wh-what is it?" Wolf asked, staring in awe, along with everyone else in the stadium.
Out of nowhere, from the crowd, a golden streak flew up into the air, approaching the object.
"Who the hell is that?" Snake asked in surprise.
"That's…Pit." Red said, having seen the angel fly before.
"What's he gonna do?" Popo and Nana asked simultaneously. Red stood there, thinking for a second, and then it came to him.
"He's going to try and stop it!"
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Pit flew through the air, the Sacred Bow of Palutena in hand, ready to take on the Reset Bomb.
"Lady Palutena! What is a Reset Bomb doing here?" The angel asked, speaking to the goddess herself.
"I'm not sure Pit. While Viridi hates humanity, she knows not to meddle in the affairs of people from other worlds. On top of that, we destroyed the Reset Bomb Factory, so this may not be her doing…" Palutena replied apprehensively.
"That doesn't mean she can't build another one! Whatever the case, I will take this one down before it hurts the others!" Pit flew towards the Reset Bomb, ready for battle. As he got closer, green orbs appeared around the edge of the purple tip, where it met the brown body.
"Huh. Nice to see you're still able to show me the weak points on this thing!" Pit said to Palutena.
"Why of course Pit! It's always good to know where your enemy's weak points are!" The goddess of light said with a smile.
"Does that mean you'll do it for me in the tournament?"
"No, because that's hacking Pit, something that we could get banned for. They might even put us in a tier higher than Meta Knight – I think God Tier sounds nice!"
"B-but wouldn't SSS make more sense, you know, since Meta Knight's tier is SS?"
"No Pit, we're gods. We get God Tier."
Pit sighed, though he understood Palutena's logic. He got up close to the Reset Bomb, pulling back the string on his bow, and fired the powerful shot at an orb. The arrow hit, destroying the orb in one shot!
"Yeah, alright!" Pit yelled in victory, ready to fire another one at the next orb.
"Careful Pit! The Forces of Nature are coming to make sure you don't succeed in destroying the bomb!" Palutena said.
"Uh-oh!"
The Forces of Nature – the army that the goddess of nature Viridi commands – showed up, and began attacking Pit, distracting him.
"Lady Palutena, there's too many of them! I won't be able to take them all down!" Pit said in a panic.
Suddenly, one of the orbs got destroyed.
"What the? Who's there?" Pit said, turning.
"Me!" The other replied, destroying another orb. Pit turned to the other direction, seeing Dark Pit.
"Pittoo! You came to help!"
"I swear if you call me Pittoo one more time…Look, I may not like it, but I'm gonna help you destroy this Reset Bomb! If I lose in this tournament, I want it to be to a worthy opponent!"
"Wow, thanks!"
"Not that I will lose to you of course! I'm just so much better than you regardless!"
"Gee, thanks."
"Yeah, whatever! Just keep them off of me while I take out those last two orbs!"
"Gotcha!"
Pit fired his arrow at more of Viridi's forces, and Dark Pit shot another orb, destroying it. Another arrow - and the last one was down!
"There, the core's exposed Pit! Back me up!"
"Gotcha!"
The two brothers turned, aiming their bows at the core. Just when they were about to fire though, an arrow hit Pit, turning him into trophy form, and he slowly fell to the ground.
"PIT!" Dark Pit yelled, debating whether to finish off the Reset Bomb or go after Pit. Just as he was fixing to make his decision, he too was hit by an arrow, joining Pit in the fall in trophy form.
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The Council, and the whole audience, watched, as the trophies of Pit and Dark Pit hit the ground. Very shortly after, an astral projection of Palutena appeared.
"Attention heroes and civilians," she began, a grim look on her face, "everyone needs to evacuate now! That device is a Reset Bomb, created by Viridi, goddess of nature! It will destroy this whole area and turn into a natural forest! It will also kill all of us here! Please, you must hurry!"
The projection disappeared, and a mad panic followed as everyone was trying to rush out.
Suddenly though, the bomb hit, destroying the entire stadium. Contrary to Palutena's words, everyone was not killed – simply, they were turned into trophies; or, at least the heroes were. The civilians on the other hand…Some civilians survived, and they went out to re-activate the trophies.
Red slowly woke up, having eluded being turned into a trophy. He stood up, looking around, seeing a dark, purple forest all around him. He reached towards his belt, thankful that his Pokéballs were still there. He saw Forces of Nature in the distance, attacking both civilians and brawlers. In his weakened state though, there wasn't much that he could do.
I gotta get out…He thought to himself, turning the direction opposite of where he saw the Forces of Nature and ran as fast he could. After a while though, he tripped over a branch, and his impact with the ground was just enough to crumble the remaining foundations of a pillar that survived. It began to fall, ready to crush Red as he was not able to get up…
Red slowly opened his eyes, expecting himself to be dead, and was surprised that he wasn't, seeing the shadow of the pillar on the ground. He looked up – Charizard was holding up the pillar!
"Ch-Charizard…" Red crawled away, though Charizard was still holding up the pillar. Red then noticed that quite a large chunk of the surviving ceiling had fallen as well, and was atop the pillar. If Charizard wasn't holding it up…
Red then noticed that the Forces of Nature were approaching to the north, Wolf to the south.
"Charizard, let it go! We gotta go!" The Pokémon huffed at his master – he was determined to stay behind as a distraction.
"Dang it Charizard this isn't the time! Let's go!"
"Red, come on! We gotta go!" Wolf called.
"I'm not leaving without Charizard!"
"Leave him, we'll come back for him!"
"No! I'm not losing Charizard!"
"What's the matter, scared?" Wolf didn't wait for a response, taking out a Taser and shooting Red. He walked over, picking the boy up.
"Thanks Charizard. I know you'll make it. Red will be back for you – I promise."
Charizard nodded in approval, and Wolf walked off with Red…
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Yeah, cliffhanger, I know. Just so you know though, this is not going to be a story about just Red. I put some focus on him for these first two chapters since he's in charge of the tournament now, but we're not gonna see Red or most of the Council again for quite a while, as they are not brawlers. Also, just so I don't get anyone asking about it – the reason I have Pit and Palutena mention the tier list is to keep with how much Kid Icarus: Uprising breaks the fourth wall. Ciao.
PocketSnails signing off.