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Hello everyone. Here's the second chapter, hope you enjoy it!

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The Cruel Brawls

Chapter Two: The Massacre

The sun was high, most fighters were in good spirited training, and the days seemed to be one of those lazy ones when everything is just almost perfect.

''GO!'' shouted Wario as the whole group slammed against the gate. To their surprise, and Ness's, the gate flew back, didn't open, and came back towards the group with twice the power inflicted upon it. Wario came flying in with his leg cranked into kick form. He impacted the incoming gate, but it didn't stop, and kept onwards towards the group on a collision course. The clash sent the heavies sprawling backwards.

''This one ain't giving up its treasure. eh. Let's try a second time and see if we don't bring it down.'' said King Dedede.

''Ah, ye got a point there. Cmon, we the strongest around here. One more slam and the treasure is ours.''

added Wario.

'' I hope this doesn't take long'' commented Ganondorf. Bowser simply grunted, nothing more.

''Alrighty, group up, time for the second push.'' The group reformed into their previous attack form, All three heavies in the front and Wario behind for a second push. Although the first attempt hadn't worked, they were overwhelmed by their greed and rammed with greater force. Again the gate went flying backwards and rebounded. Wario came once again with his flying kick. But, just like the first try, the gate simply carried Wario along with it and crashed against the group again. This time it sent them high flying a good twenty feet backwards.

''Ah, this ain't working! We need a new strategy.'' said Bowser

'' I gots me an idea, hehehe. What about the triplet ram.'' said Wario, receiving stares of disbelief from the rest.

'' The triplet ram is almost impossible to do for someone such as our size. It requires fast and agile movements, and we simply don't have that speed.''

''Ah, yer right. But... perhaps the double rammed.''

''Now that's one we can do, but we need some space for speed. And I guess I have my question answered by the surroundings around me. Alright, let's give it a shot.''

Once again they reformed together, but their formation was slightly different. Bowser and King Dedede were at the back while Wario and Ganondorf were at front. They stood sided by side, row style. The style worked like this: The front row hit the target, and instantly after that, the second row delivered the next blow. Useful against heavier type gates. The reason for the extras space was because the back row is usually slower than the front one. So they have to keep in sync at perfect distance, not too far behind but not too close.

''Alright, ready? Ok, set? Ok, GO!'' said Wario.

At once the group sped towards the gate, but being careful at monitoring their speed. There could be no flaw, or the tactic wouldn't work.

The gate came up on them at a face pace. Putting their shoulders at front, Ganondorf and Wario slammed against the gate, sending it backwards, and quickly jumped to the sides. Just as the gate was about to rebound, Dedede and Bowser threw themselves at it, an in slow motion, ripped the gate from its hinges and landed inches away from the platform. Immediately, the dark fog surrounded them, making their eye sight completely useless.

Wario and Ganondorf quickly entered into the small area. But, they, too, were incapable of seeing two inches in front of them.

''It's dark as tar in here, I can't even see my fingers and I have them right in front of my eyes!'' said Ganondorf.

''Don't panic, remember, this mean the treasure is surly here! Ok everyone follow my voice, I'm closest to the door, I can even step back and I'll be outside this cursed fog.'' A few seconds later, the group rejoined in the dark fog by their hearing sense and escaped the fog.

''Ah, sunlight. We're call beings of the dark but that place was just too dark for me.''

''Ok, now we can see the selection platform. It's right in the center, so all we have to do is walk forward and we'll be inside it in no time. Ok, let's line up in a single row and walk at normal pace.''

They assembled according to the directions and stepped once again into the small plot, stopping short just before the fog began.

''Is everyone ready, ok, step forward.'' At once they walk into the blinding fog and disappeared inside.

Ness rushed over and stopped in front of the smashed down gate. He waited a few seconds before he saw a flashing light, more like multiple flashing lights cast at one time. Ness could only guess that the group had entered the selection panel, and that the massacre had begun. But, just to make sure, he fire a bolt of lighting and watched it explode into the ground, creating a small column of fire that cleared the fog. Ness didn't see anyone, but by the glare of the light, he could see the once darkened words of the selection panel. It read: Cruel Brawl.

The words were not like the rest, they were scrawny and dark, as if scratched on by someone, or something. Inside his stomach, Ness began to feel the unease of remorse. He knew what the Cruel Brawl was like, but at least someone controlled him. Now, how were they going to escape from the pain he has just caused them. Only the player knew how to get characters out of games, but did the characters know how to? Certainly not Ness, and if he didn't know, much less the poor souls who have entered the panel. As he thought this thoughts, Ness's remorse grew only worse. Why didn't he think this plan through. Although this was funny in many awful ways, the plan was starting to backfire on him. Now he sat in front of the plot, staring forward and waiting for their return, his mind going through the negative parts of the plan.

Wario, Dedede, Ganondorf, and Bowser appeared inside the battlefield stage at their correct position. One on each platform and one at the floor.

At once, Bowser shouted '' This isn't the boss battle stage!''

''You're right, what stage is this? Or for that matter, what panel did we walk into?'' asked Dedede

Ganondorf stood frozen, his face tightening in fear. He slowly muttered the words ''It...can't...be.''

Wario stepped up to him and particularly shouted at his face '' What can't be?'' Ganondorf didn't respond, he only stood motionless.

Wario turned to the other guys, who were looking around, trying to figure out exactly where they were. Suddenly, a polygon, or alloy as they are called by newcomers, appeared and landed into a platform. It was the red one. He spotted the group and moved down to the floor.

The other guys stepped back while Ganondorf remained in his frozen state. Wario, on the other hand, stepped up to the alloy and blared '' Get outta my face before I bit you into bits!'' At once the alloy grabbed Wario, threw him down and sent him high flying off the stage. He cried out as he hit the limit line.

Now they knew just what mess they had gotten to. The other two guys slowly fell to their knees, muttering what Ganondorf was saying.

But their shock was cut off as more alloys appeared and advanced on them. Wario reappeared on the small mobile discs that carry fighters. He had pain all over his body, but that was quickly erased from his memory as he saw the alloys advancing on the group. But even he was scared to move now, cause he knew he wasn't in the 100 man brawl or 15 minute brawl, but the cruel brawl, and he knew what lay ahead for him. He saw his friends being gut and slugged by the merciless alloys; saw Ganondorf being picked up and thrown at high speed. He didn't want to go down there, but he knew the disc would disappear sooner or later. Instead, he waited for his fate, as did the other fighters, who were shaking in fear now.

Suddenly, his disc vanished and he plunged down into the alloy crowd. His body took it from here, using the few seconds of invulnerably to fight the alloys, but after those precious seconds were gone, he was overwhelmed by them and was shooting off the screen in a couple of seconds, the pain didn't help at all. It grew so bad that he rather launch himself off the stage than let them do it. But, he knew deep inside that he wouldn't escape them, not in this way, not in any other way. Slowly, he accepted his fate as the alloys once again dog piled on him. The rest of the group had by now snap out of their shock and were trying to fight off the hordes of enemies, but every so often one would send them shooting out.

They didn't how long they were there, they lost count of time. But they knew they were in there for a very long time, suffering from a bad joke...

Ness was pacing now, his mind going through the possible facts of what might have happened to his victims. They should have come out by now if they had found an escape route. But they hadn't, so that meant they were stuck in there. For how long, he wondered. He thought in what to do, what to do. He wasn't going in there, fat chance. In a desperate mode, he fired a fire bolt at the selection panel. The bolt exploded as it hit the panel, creating the column. And, as the fire burned, Ness saw that it had created a portal to the inside of the panel. He had an idea.

The group of heavies were too distracted to notice a flashing light near the left edge of the stage. They were too busy trying to fight off the incoming alloys. All of them were near the left edge, but they all stood looking forward. They didn't want to take their eyes off the alloys or it could mean more withering pain. Although they were less then capable of solving simple equations, they had managed to work into a positive formation. Bowser spew fire, Wario stood in front with his mouth wide open, Ganondorf would use his dark punch, and Dedede threw an endless stream of his minions against the alloys. This tactic kept them at bay, but it also kept the group tiring themselves out. Every now and then, one alloy would get too close and send a poor soul flying off.

'' I can't keep my arm up for much longer, it feels like its going to bust.'' commented Ganondorf.

''Well we can't stop now or we'll be flying off again, there are just too many.'' said Bowser.

Just then, they heard a soft but clear voice calling out to them. It seem to be coming from behind them. In response, Ganondorf turned around. It was a bad move, since he was closer to the front, and an alloy punched him and sent him packing. Although it was a strong hit, Ganondorf managed not to reach the limit, and took hold of the edge. Suddenly, he heard the voice calling out just below him. Cocking his head, he looked down and saw a portal, and a column of fire. Ness.

Quickly, he climbed up and shouted '' There's a portal down there, it's the only way out of here, come one!'' without waiting for a respond, he threw himself over the edge. The group turned around and saw Ganondorf disappearing through the gap. Instantly, just before the alloys descended upon them, they jumped down into the portal. Since the column of fire was the only thing connecting this dimension with the other, they had to go through it and be seared just a small amount. When they landed on the other side, the fog covered them as the fire went out. In response, Ness threw another one at the ground and told the group to hurry.

They didn't wait one second before they sprinted across and into the light. But they didn't stop there, they kept going until they escaped the building. Outside, they fell to the ground in pain and exhaustion. Everyone except Wario, who grabbed Ness and shook him as if he were a rattle. When he finally stopped, he screamed at the young boy '' You set us up, didn't you! Why you little punk, I would very much like to knock you senseless right now, but because of your little trick, I got sprains and bruises that will last for days. When I get my energy back, We're all going to teach you a lesson or two.'' He then let go of him and fell backwards onto the floor.

Ness whirled around until he finally regained focus.

'' It wasn't my fault, the other fighters told me. They're the ones you should be taking out your anger on, not me!''

''You're going to need more than just words to save your skin, but we'll get to you when the time comes. Cmon guys, let's go off to get some medicine and sleep.'' said Bowser.

The group staggered off in the direction of the gigantic house, grunting with effort. Meanwhile, Ness thought of how to escape the mess he had just gotten into, and headed off into the garden where trainers usually meditated. There, one would usually find fighters such as Meta Knight, Lucas, and Zelda. He would need advice from them if he ever wanted to come out clean and healthy.

The sealed off area wasn't sealed off anymore, and the enclosed plot which harbored the cruel brawl panel wasn't locked up. Worst yet, the alloys had seen how they could escape the stage in which they were forced to be in. The alloys, almost an army of them, tried to figure out how to re-open the portal. Their answer came when the yellow alloy threw a fire punch at the place where the gap had been. In a flash, the gap appeared, but it quickly disappeared again. But now the alloys knew where it was. The red alloy threw himself at the spot where he had seen it and sprung up his leg in a flying kick. His Foot hit the gap, opened it, and let him through it. He quickly stood up right at where it connected. More alloys went to lend a hand, and the portal widened.

The red alloy jumped into the fog, but since he had glowing spots, It didn't bother him much. He proceeded as more alloys sprung out. The invasion had begun.