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Super Smash Bros.: The Fourth Tournament
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The man walked through the hills, his green tunic tattered and dirty after the Reset Bomb incident. He had been walking for what seemed like days now, stopping only to sleep when he needed to. Had the thought crossed his mind to return to the forest that now replaced the stadium? Absolutely. Why did he not? Simply put, he may be a hero, but the Forces of Nature was a group that he was not familiar with. Eventually, there would be something he would encounter that he couldn't fight, and he would fall to it.
So, he ran. He did it with the hope that he will eventually run into his allies, or even other fighters. Hell, even if he somehow strolled into the villains' territory of the world he would be grateful. Then he could find out who's behind all of this and defeat them.
As the man was walking, he heard someone behind him. He quickly turned, drawing his sword, ready to fight.
After a few moments, a blond woman wearing a blue jumpsuit jumped down from a tree.
"Link!" She called out.
The man let out a sigh of relief, sheathing his sword. He nodded at his long-time friend and ally, recognizing her as Samus, though she didn't have her power suit on.
"So Link, what are you doing out here? Looking for Princess Zelda?" She asked him.
He nodded. To be completely fair, he was indeed looking for the princess out here, hoping that she ran as well, and in the same direction.
"Link, you look like total crap by the way. How long have you been going?"
The Hylian sighed as he looked at the woman.
"…" He finally said.
"Man, that has been a while. Do you know exactly what happened, as far as that whole incident back at the stadium?" Samus asked in response.
Link shook his head, clueless apart from what Palutena told everyone.
"Ugh. I was hopeful at least." Samus said. "Well, I think we should head back in the direction of the stadium – I don't recall your princess running in this direction, much less running anywhere at all."
Link nodded – it was a better plan than the one he already had.
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As Link and Samus were walking, something suddenly fell from the sky, forming a cloud of dust. Once it all settled, they were standing face-to-face…with Bowser Jr.!
"Ehehehehehe! Well, if it isn't Lunk and Samus! This is a very interesting encounter, hm?" The bratty child said to the two.
"His name is Link, Junior! Get his name right!" Samus said angrily.
"Whatever! So, what's with the two of you barging into the villains' world, huh?!"
"Excuse me? Bowser Jr. you know damn well that the only time any of us interfere with your actions is when you decide to hatch on evil plot! On top of that, a truce between the heroes and villains is called during the tournaments, so we couldn't have been in your world!" Samus said, annoyed at the accusation.
"Ohoho! You're such a bad liar Samus! Wario saw the two of you with his own eyes! And no other weapon around leaves the burn marks that your power suit's blasters can!"
"Look Bowser Jr.! Enough of this talk! Are you going to step aside, or do we need to defeat you where you stand!"
"Hah! Let's just see if you can walk the walk then Samus! Everyone knows that girls can't fight anyway!"
This was the comment that finally made Samus fight. She crouched down, activating her jet boots, and she rushed towards Bowser Jr., taking out her plasma whip and hitting him with it when she got close, and then she kicked up her leg, activating her het boots again to hit Junior with a powerful attack.
While Samus was performing her attack, Link pulled out his Hero's Bow, pulling back all the way on the string, and fired as soon as Samus finished her kick, knocking Bowser Jr. back with a powerful arrow shot.
"Ah! Well, you two are good, but not good enough! Big Mechakoopa, take them out for me!" Junior floated up in the air for a second, the compartment in his Clown Car opening up as a large Mechakoopa came out and marched rather quickly towards Samus and Link.
As the Mechakoopa came close, Samus cracked her plasma whip, wrapping it around the device, and activated her jet boots, running around it really fast, disorienting the explosive. Suddenly, she dug her heels into the dirt, and she jumped into the air, landing on the ground, and pulling the Mechakoopa into the air, arcing it perfectly to drop onto Bowser Jr. The resulting explosion caused Junior's Clown Car to explode, knocking him onto the ground, the remains of the car feet away. And with that, Bowser Jr. began to throw a temper tantrum.
"Now, who's not good enough?" Samus said complacently, a smug grin on her face.
"You're mean! I'm gonna tell my daddy about this!" Junior said, crying.
"Whatever. Come on Link. This kid took up our time. We have to double time it to the stadium!"
Samus and Link ran off, leaving the crying Bowser Junior in the dust.
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The Radiant Hero stared into the fire, his sword Ragnell stuck into the ground. He sat close to it, ready to grab it in case he encountered any enemies – he was, of course, still stuck in the forest created after the Reset Bomb hit. There's no telling when any of the Forces of Nature would appear.
"Hey Shulk." He started, speaking to the other swordsman who joined him.
"Yeah Ike?" The Homs boy asked, lying on his back, staring into the stars through the few gaps in the woods.
"Do you think we'll be able to save everyone? I mean, you and I are only here because you avoided getting turned into a trophy, and you decided to bring me back from my trophy form. I mean, who else is alive? How many of the others are in trophy form?"
Shulk didn't respond, taking a long moment to contemplate Ike's words.
"You know, I'm not sure. I mean, yes, I'm able to foresee the future with my Monado, but I can't really see who will be joining us in the future."
"True…I wish Marth was here. He usually has the answers to my questions."
"Don't worry man. We'll find him. We'll also find everyone else. And we'll save them all as well."
"Right. I'll take your word for it Shulk."
With that, Ike laid down as well, closing his eyes, and fell asleep.
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So, just so everyone knows, I will be doing this to where I'm going to have multiple story arcs going on at the same time, and as expected, some arcs will crossover into others and cause conflict. For example, we've seen three arcs alone in this chapter: Link/Samus, Ike/Shulk, and Bowser Jr. mentioning that Link and Samus both attacked the villain's side of the world. In short, for those who have player through Super Smash Bros. Brawl's Subspace Emissary mode, it'll be like that really.
And yes, expect to be confused with some of the arcs as well.
PocketSnails signing off.