A/N: Just a new story I have thought up. I hope this be much better.
Chapter 1: The Masamune
It was a normal day as the tournament resumed in the Smash Bros mansion, only this time it was a tag team battle and the match was Link and Cloud against Mario and Ryu, fighting on Eldin Bridge.
As the four fought, all of the other Brawlers were outside of the huge screen where the match was taking place, cheering loudly for both sides.
Cloud held his Fusion Sword (yes, he was wearing his Advent Children clothing) as he shielded himself from Ryu's Hadoken, before countering with his Blade Beam, which Ryu managed to dodge.
While Cloud faced off against Ryu, Link had engaged in battle against Mario, to which the Hyrulian hero leapt after Mario and tried to slash at him, but Mario dodged the attack and tried to hit Link with a fireball, only for Link to shield himself from the flames.
"It may be a two stock match but they are giving it everything they've got, aren't they?" Marth said to Roy, while Ike and Zero Suit Samus stood side by side with each other, watching the match.
"Yeah. And things are about to heat up." Roy then commented in reply.
"You can do it, Mario!" Peach cheered, to which Zelda called out. "Keep it up, Link!"
As the battle continued, Donkey Kong, Fox, Kirby, Pikachu, Yoshi and the others all cheered, while Megaman, Pac Man, Sonic and Bayonetta were still waiting for their turn, making Sonic say, while feasting on a chilli dog. "They're taking this way to slow."
"It's a battle, what'd you expect?" Bayonetta asked as she stared at the screen, before she then noticed something strange on the far side of the screen, making her question. "What's that?"
On the battlefield, Link stepped back to look for an item, before he saw one.
Sticking in the ground was a sixtyeight-inch long katana which had a stainless steel unsharpened blade.
Seeing it, Link then silently nodded, before he went for it and grabbed the hilt.
"I've never seen that sword before." Shulk said to Robin, making him nod and say in reply. "Yeah, and it's not on our item list either."
Cloud and Ryu still fought, while Mario was about to strike Cloud from behind before Link then used the new sword and slashed him from behind, causing Mario to fly out of the stage and lose a life.
Mario reappeared on the platform as Link looked at the sword.
"Wow. What power. This is an…" He began to say, impressed, only then...
"STOP THE MATCH!" Cloud shouted at Falco, who was using the teleport machine to allow them to battle on screen. "Stop the match now, Falco!"
"Stop the match? Well... ok." Falco said, unsure and had to ask. "But why, Cloud?"
Cloud just shouted back in a serious tone. "There's no time to argue, just do it!"
To everyone's confusion, the match was stopped, as Cloud, Link, Mario and Ryu stepped out of the teleporter, Link still holding the new blade.
Confused, Samus approached Cloud and asked. "Why did you stop the match?"
But Cloud ignored her and held his hand towards Link.
"Link, give me that sword, now!" He demanded.
"Why? Why's wrong with it?" Asked Link, confused.
"Link, that blade belong to my arch-enemy, Sephiroth." Cloud explained, before he called out. "It's too dangerous. Give me that sword!"
Hearing that, Pit asked. "Sephiroth? Who's he?"
"He's a dangerous swordsman who nearly destroyed my own world. He used to be a noble swordsman and a top member of SOLDIER, but recent events occurs, the JENOVA cells, believing Jenova is his mother, the hatred of the Planet and Shrina, he turned into an evil mastermind. He once used the Black Materia to summon a meteor bend on destroying the planet. My friends and I succeeded in defeating him and Holy stopped the Meteor, at the cost of losing most of Midgar. Then he tried to use remnants of himself and used Geostigma to throw the world into chaos where Kadaj returned after absorbing his mother's remains and I had a hard time defeating him but I still won. It's because of him that Zack and Aerith are gone!" Cloud told them.
"And you're saying that this sword belongs to him?" Samus asked, making Cloud nod, face Link and say. "Yes. Link, that blade being here cannot be a coincidence. Just hand over the sword and I'll lock it up!"
"But why? Such a powerful blade like this..." Link began to say, but stopped speaking when Ryu cut in.
"Link, I think he's right. I sense such dark powers emitting from that blade." He said.
Link looked at the blade once again and could sense a dark power coming from it, making him nod seriously as he then handed the blade to Cloud.
With Sephiroth's blade in his possession, Cloud said as he began to leave. "I better tell Master Hand to lock this up in the safe. I don't want anything bad happening."
"A sword that belonged to a powerful swordsman that evil?" Lucario asked, fearing what would happen if Bowser, Ganondorf, Mewtwo or the other evils of their worlds could do if they obtained it.
With Cloud gone, Link sighed.
"Well it's gone now so we can..." Link said, only to then groan suddenly and grasp his head.
Seeing Link's distress, Zelda approached him and asked in a tone full of concern. "Link, are you alright?"
"I'll be fine. Just felt... strange" Link said in reply.
However, believing Link was hiding the truth, Pikachu and Yoshi looked at each other concerned.
"You must be working too hard. Go to your room and rest. You need it." Mario then said as he and Fox helped Link back to his room.
"I'll bring him a hot chocolate later on!" Zelda called after them.
After sealing the sword in the safe, Cloud called Tifa on the phone.
"Sephiroth's sword? Are you serious?" Tifa asked in shock.
"Yes. I need you to come to Smash Mansion right away. If his sword's here then we might be in trouble again." Cloud replied.
"I'm on my way." Tifa said in reply, before they hung up, ending their conversation.
"Cloud..."
Cloud looked around to see Ryu approach him.
"Is this Sephiroth as dangerous as they come?" He questioned, making Cloud nod and reply. "Yeah. Because of him, I lost two of the most important people in my life. He is so powerful he make this Tabuu guy Mario told me look like chopped liver. Once, he tried to make me do his bidding as well."
"He does a lot sounds like him." Ryu commented in reply, making in which Cloud then asked "Who?"
"Akuma, Master of the Fist. But he's not all evil. He's just trying to make me go down the path of the Satsu No Hado. But I refuse to allow that to happen" Ryu explained in reply.
Curious, Cloud asked. "So where is this Akuma now?"
"From what I heard from my friend, Jin Kazama, he is out to kill Heihachi Mishima." Ryu said.
Cloud nodded and then said. "And the crossovers continues. How are you coping, Ryu?"
"I'll be fine. But I am concerned about Link. He touched that blade last. You think he be ok?" Ryu asked, causing Cloud to say. "Then I guess we should keep an eye on him. We better tell Bayonetta, Sonic, Mega Man and Pac Man, as well as re-hire Solid Snake. We need all the help we can get."
-Meanwhile, in Link's room-
Link was brushing his teeth, while he felt a tremendous strain upon him, he never felt so tired.
It had been a long day for him.
Looking at his reflection in the mirror, his reflection then turned to an evil man, who had long silver hair that had two long bangs on either side, grinning evilly and glaring at Link with strange green eyes.
Link gasped as he fell to the ground in shock, he couldn't believe what he just witnessed, before he looked back at his reflection again and saw it was back to normal.
The door then opened, to which Zelda, in her nightie, appeared with a hot drink.
"Link, you look pale. Is something wrong?" She asked, still concerned for him.
"Zelda... I am beginning to see what Cloud meant about that sword. I keep feeling pained, and I think something bad is happening to me." Link said as he lay on the bed.
Zelda looked at him in concern, before she lay down beside him and asked. "Maybe, if I keep you company, would you be ok?"
Link looked at her and silently nodded in reply, making Zelda smile as he pulled the covers over her.
"It'll be alright, Link. I promise" Zelda then whispered, causing Link to sigh.
'I hope so.' He thought.
-In Cloud's room-
Cloud just sat by the window still, polishing and sharpening the Buster Sword he brought with him, but at the same time, looked out of the window.
"I told you to stay where you were, in my memories. Sephiroth, you better not return."
A/N: What is happening to Link? Stayed tuned.
