Author's Note:

Super Smash Flash 2 is based on the popular fighting franchise by Nintendo and is currently going through its beta stages. This story, which is based on version 0.8, takes the characters, unlockable and otherwise, and the stages as they are to form the map of the imaginary world of Smash Flash. Each update twists the story drastically. Despite the title, this is the very first story in the series.

At Hyrule, Lloyd departs for Chaos Shrine, in defiance of Tails' wishes.

"But don't you think he told us to stay here for a reason?" Megaman asked.

"Yes. But we're being absolutely unproductive here. Why not go?" Lloyd answered.

"But didn't you hear the way Tails' described him? He could kill us all!"

"All the more reason for me to help them. Are you going to accompany me?"

"I have a whole life ahead of me."

"Then I suggest you get clear so that I can go." Lloyd said in a threatening tone. Megaman stepped aside as Lloyd began to head to the Eastern nexus. Just as Lloyd began to take his next steps, Goku appeared before him and crumbled to the ground. "Whoa, I guess the plan didn't work out so well. Let's help him before any unwanted company gets here."

"D-Don't worry." Goku stuttered in pain, "They would have been here by now."

"What happened to you?" Lloyd asked

"Too strong. They're all too strong. And Tails. Tails!"

"They killed Tails?" Lloyd questioned.

"No."

"What about Naruto?"

"I-I don't know." The saiyan said, palming his forehead as he lay down. "I don't know."

"He'll be able to tell us when he's rested." Megaman said. "Let's just watch him for now."

Captain Falcon had a special punishment in line for Wario for failing to come back at a suitable time.

"How's your cardio, Wario?" the captain asked.

"What?"

"Are you in shape? Can you run well?"

"I run good enough?"

"Faster than me?"

"Probably not."

"Well in a minute you're going to wish you could."

"What?" Wario asked as the two fighters stopped walking.

"Do you know where this nexus will lead us?" the captain asked.

"Gangplank Galleon. Why do you ask?"

"Follow me and hop aboard." The captain said with a smile. The two went through the nexus west of Yoshi's Island and into Gangplank. Where does this boat take us, Wario?"

"To the ape?"

"Exactly. You said this "Donkey Kong" was the root of you problems during your mission."

"He was. That thing's gone mad. No one can control it. Not even itself."

"Now that's where you're wrong, my horizontally challenged soldier. Today, I'm going to show you how to tame a gorilla. But to do so, we must first capture a gorilla. To capture animals, you often need bait. That's where you finally become useful."

"What?" the boat was getting closer to Jungle Hijinx.

"You're going to enrage it with your very presence; I know if I were a wild animal, I certainly wouldn't want to see you. I can barely stand to look at you now. While he's distracted chasing you, I'm going to render it unconscious."

"That things way to big to knock out."

"I know this may be hard to comprehend for someone of your. . . condition, but size isn't everything. Trust me; I'll probably have him down before he ever lays a hand on you. Having an angry gorilla on our side is going to make things so much easier."

"How come Sora doesn't have to do this crap?"

"Because at least Sora managed to kill someone. Now then, our time has come!" The boat reached the end of the line.

At Hyrule, Goku's head stopped ringing enough for him to explain what had happened.

"We lost. That's the short version anyway. It was me and Naruto versus Douglas and Black Mage."

"What about Tails?" Megaman asked.

"He chased Fox out of the stage. After that, Naruto and I had our shot at Falcon. I went for the captain but, he's so much faster than I thought he would be. I thought Tails was exaggerating, but he wasn't. He flipped me over on my back hard and then, I think it was a kick, or a stomp. Either way, it had a flaming aura around it and it landed in the center of my stomach. I blacked out for a while from the pain. I think I remember trying to launch my Kamehameha wave, but I got pinned against the wall. Both Naruto and I were down at that point. Then Tails came back. But he, he turned the gun on me. Everyone in the room except Naruto was trying to kill me."

"How did you get out?"

"Wario and Sora came and landed behind Tails and distracted him. I used instant transmission to get out of there as soon as I had the chance."

"You left Naruto?" Lloyd asked. The saiyan simply looked down and said in a sobbing voice:

"I'm sorry."

Wario ran for his life.

"Waaaahhh!"

"Sit still so that I can get it!"

"Waaaaahaaa!"

"Almost got it!" Falcon said as he chased Donkey Kong who was chasing Wario. The gorilla had finally caught Wario and lifted him by the arms.

"Oooooo oh oh oo!" The monkey was furious. Just when it seemed as though Wario would be peeled like a banana, Falcon landed a rising knee to the back of the gorilla's head. DK dropped Wario and fell straight to the ground.

"Oh, I hope I didn't kill it. Come on Wario, we have a monkey to take care of."

Tails was a do-gooder. Miles Prower enjoyed the suffering of others. Naruto found this out the hard way. In Twilight Town, Sora was assigned to watch Miles as he tortured Naruto. But truthfully, if things had gotten out of hand, would Sora have been able to do anything to stop Miles Prower?

"Don't you think he's had enough?" Sora asked.

It took everything within Miles Prower not to turn his rage on Sora. After all, Sora had only known Tails. He hadn't gotten to know the real Miles Prower. He was just a fool.

"I can kill you, anytime." Prower said. He hoped that would be all he would have to say to warn Sora. Tails had been twisting and breaking different parts of Naruto's arm for nearly an hour. He would stop tormenting him for a few moments only to assure that Naruto didn't pass out from the pain. "Remember when you said I was next Naruto? Well Uzumaki? I'm waiting." Prower said as he raised his gun in the air. "Come and take the gun from me. I've been through a grueling battle with Fox McCloud; a barrage of fully charged shots should be more than enough to finish me. Come and take the gun. I know prior events have rendered you incapable of killing me with your hands. With your ninja athleticism, taking it shouldn't be a problem." Tired of hearing the fox's voice Naruto charged at him as fast as he could. Moving away from the gun's line of fire, Naruto grabbed Prower's arm with which he held the gun and snapped it out of place, broke it. He waited to hear a scream, but his hopes were crushed by a laugh. "Ahahahahah. You think pain deters me? Pain is but a sensation, hurtful only to the weak willed. I'm not an opponent you can just hurt!" Swinging his shoulder to move his arm, Prower clutched the trigger lightly and shoved the gun in Naruto's mouth. Experiencing a loss of hope, tears streamed down Naruto's face as he accepted what seemed to be fate. "Maybe I'll visit you in the afterlife."

"What?" Sora questioned as Prower pulled the trigger.

Lloyd considered turning the blades on himself. If Falcon was as strong as he had heard, then their best chances at survival had already been killed.

"What's wrong Lloyd?" the princess asked.

"Oh let's not do this again. I don't want to talk about it, okay?"

"Okay, but you should know, you're not the only one that's lost someone close to you."

"What, something bad happened to Wario?" Lloyd muttered under his breath.

"What did you just say?"

"Hmhmhmhmhm, hahahaha, aaahahahahaha!" Lloyd couldn't help laughing hysterically.

"But how?" Lloyd continued to laugh as he stood and walked away. "Yoshi, that stupid dinosaur. I'll kill it. I'll castrate him and then I'll kill it!"

When the two-tailed fox had disposed of Naruto, Falcon had Prower take him to the Sky Sanctuary Zone, the place of their last battle.

"So what exactly do you want, Falcon?"

"Don't play dumb with me. You know better than I do that this place is located just beneath Rainbow Route, this world's closest thing to heaven. I have no doubt that Mario is there. I've been informed that there is a way to resurrect those there, if only for the purpose of more battle. You know how to get him here. Tell me."

"Well it's not as simple as you may have heard. Even if resurrected, they would be restricted to this stage. They could not leave it. To get him down from the heavens, both he and you would have to want his living presence. Secondly, you must have the will that reaches beyond the grave."

"What the hell does that mean?"

"The will. Your desire to bring Mario here needn't be for just reason. It only needs to be strong. But for most, that is the problem."

"Miles, you will find that my will is the strongest." The captain said as he walked to the center of the upper platform and stared intently at the sky above, fist still tightly clinched. Suddenly he got a vision of Mario in his head. The vision spoke.

"You weak cheap piece of shit, I'm never going to give you the satisfaction."

"But don't you want a chance at redemption?" the captain replied to his vision.

"I don't require such a thing. At my greatest, I am stronger than you. We both know that. You were wise to take advantage of me after my fights. But I have no desire to leave just to see you."

"How is it that a great fighter like you doesn't wish to test his limits against me? I am the captain for a reason."

"I never lived to be a great fighter, I simply am. I would not abandon my place here for you." Suddenly, the captain awoke from his vision, sprawled out on the ground.

"Impressive," Prower said "no ones ever actually made contact before." Falcon stood.

"We're going to get the princess."

"What?"

"He practically told me. He won't come here for me. But if we gave him reason to come down, I'd have him."

"What about your whole 'take-over-our-world' thing?"

"It can wait. For now, I must prove myself, to myself."

Later, Fox McCloud and Miles Prower reminisce on old times while Fox tends to Tails' injury in The Great Fox space vessel.

"What are we doing here, Prower?"

"A greater power we don't know wants us to be here."

"You've always been content with that answer?"

"Not at all. But we had to learn to accept it."

"If there was a way to go back to our old lives, before the whole hero charade, would you?"

"Definitely."

"Doesn't your arm hurt?"

"You know I don't hurt. I feel pain, but I don't hurt."

"And the captain thinks I'm crazy. Truth is he's the crazy one. But I don't think anyone is as crazy as you Prower."

"I'm not crazy. I'm completely and calmly aware of what goes on around me at all times. I just happen to enjoy different things than most. The same could be said about you and your criminal disposition."

"Touché."

"They all followed me, despite being difficult; they still followed me and my plan. It makes their imminent death all the more enjoyable."

"I almost envy you."

"Fox, I know you. You don't just follow people. So what's up with you being Falcon's right hand?"

"For the same reason you haven't turned on him yet. It's like a pickle-jar. He's just loosening it for me. Once he's set the throne straight, I'm going to kill him and sit on it."

"And he's not aware of this?"

"I'm sure he is. It's just like in the old days where we couldn't trust anyone. Not even each other. He knows I'll turn on him. And he probably plans to be ready when the time comes. That's why I have to get stronger faster. Just like you, I know I can't take him now, but I will soon."

"I think we might be outclassed in this case, Fox."

"You saying we should officially restart the duo?"

"Nothing's ever official. You of all people know that. I believe we are all treacherous and deceptive in nature. Betrayal is inevitable. But the power vacuum will be only between you and me once Falcon is gone. But we do have an even greater obstacle than the captain."

"What is it?"

"Mario. I fear the warrior of the Mushroom Kingdom may soon return."