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.
In Rainbow Route, he presented his case to me.
"Not more than a week ago, I was murdered by Douglas Jay Falcon. Though I had been severely weakened by my fights with Tails and Fox McCloud in the tournament, I suppose that is no excuse for leaving them all to die. I think the difference was my will. My will to live. It seemed as though I would be stuck saving them all from death for the rest of my life. So I cut the rest of my life short. I left them. I left them all. My friends, my enemies, all of them. At first, I thought that maybe I was exaggerating the possible consequences and underestimating my allies. I was not. My name and memory of me constantly finds itself as a main focal point of their struggle. It is even more nerve-wrecking than when I was alive. I do believe it takes a toll on you as well. You however, are not currently justified to interfere. I however, am. I reason to you that the best solution for all parties is to allow my descent."
"Your descending is granted. Do not make me regret my decision. Realize, you are allowed to do this but once."
"I realize."
"When the time comes, you may go."
The forces of light had no idea of the immediate danger they faced. At Hyrule, they readied themselves for battle.
"When we find them, everyone attack Falcon. They won't all stay friends once he's out of the way." Goku said.
"And what if we die?" Ness asked.
"Then we die."
"So be it!" said a voice from across the stage. Fox McCloud landed on his feet in front of the group of fighters, which now only included Goku, Sonic, Megaman, Lloyd, Kirby, Yoshi, and Ness. Without a second thought Goku charged at the fox and just barely missed a punch. The two began to clash. The other fighters rushed in to aid Goku, who seemed to have trouble landing a punch. They were interrupted by Fox's mini-militia. Ness was frozen in a block of ice. Megaman was hit with a flaming boulder. Sonic found himself within the blast radius of an electron blast. And Lloyd nearly fell victim to a falling Wario again. Hyrule had become the scene for the biggest brawl their world had seen. Frozen momentarily from Sora's attack Ness was knocked down to the lower level of the stage. He came back to his senses as Sora began to pursue.
"I can't believe I get stuck with you as an opponent." Sora said with disgust as he threw his keyblade at his foe. Ness leaped above it and shouted:
"P.K. Fire!" A fire blast shot downward directly towards Sora. It didn't hurt him that bad, but the attack had some kick, knocking him on his back. The keyblade boomeranged back to his hand. He re-clinched the weapon tightly.
"I was once godlike!" Sora said in rage as he got up and pointed his weapon skyward. Though crouching in defense, Ness was then struck by lightning. "I was unstoppable. Everyone feared me. Everyone!" Sora looked at the ground. "I'll get that power back, somehow." His improperly timed monologue was interrupted by his opponents own thunderbolt. He did his best to block it with his weapon. The shock still hit him, and seemed to be intensified by his attempted block. His weapon was a conductor of electricity in more ways than one. The stunned Sora rose to his feet. Ness stepped on the handle of his keyblade, jamming it into the dirt. Sora still would not let go of his weapon. Ness pulled out his concealed baseball bat and began smashing his opponents head in repeatedly. But Sora still would not let go of the weapon, though he could feel himself getting closer to death. "Why can't I let go?" he thought to himself. "No. Not like this. I was a god. I was living fire! He is . . . ash!" Sora came halfway back to his senses before Ness could land a fatal blow with his bat. "Fire!" He shouted, as a ring of fire surrounded him. Standing on his opponent's weapon, Ness was sent skyward. Hurt and surprised by the attack, he did not become aware of what was going on below him. As he turned his body toward the ground to land, Sora struggled his way beneath his opponent. Before Ness could land, his torso was penetrated and nearly pierced by Sora's keyblade, which now faced upward once more. Sora was struggling to stay conscious. He thought he had won, when the hanging Ness looked up at him and smiled.
"Now I'm going to make you choose. Life or this blade?" Ness said teasingly in his dying breaths. "P. . . K. . . THUNDER!" Ness grabbed the duller part of the blade and lit up with electric aura. The shock went through the blade to Sora once more.
"Ahhhhhh!" Sora screamed in pain as the volts passed through him. But he would not drop the blade. Sensing his time was near; Ness drew more power into his final attack. The voltage became stronger and Sora's brain injury was not responding well to it. Sensing that something was awry, Fox landed a stunning back flip kick to his opponent, Goku, and turned his attention to Sora. As he looked down to the lower level he became extremely worried. If any if his men died, the captain would hold him responsible.
"Let go of the blade you fool!" Fox shouted.
"No!" Sora rejected. "It's all my power, I'm nothing without it!" Sora dropped to one knee, still clutching the blade.
"You'll die!"
"Without this blade" Sora said, tone diminishing "I already am." Fox heard a beam charge behind him, then felt a strong wind coming fast. He put up his reflector.
Donkey Kong held the princess in firm grip and Douglas Jay Falcon stood with him on the upper platform in the Sky Sanctuary Zone, as if to present her to the heavens. He attempted to bait the legendary warrior down from the heavens once more.
"Now, Mario, you will come and face me or she will do so for you." Falcon looked to the sky for a response, but nothing happened. "That is the only warning you shall receive! Donkey Kong, squeeze the life out of her!" Donkey Kong obeyed, constricting the princess with his muscle-bound arms. The princess' larynx itself was being disabled by the act. She could not even cry out in agony. "Tighter, but do not kill her. Crush bones and organs if you will, but see to it that she lives through every moment. Do you understand? I know he cannot stand idly by while she experiences such excruciating pain. Continue as long as you need. He will come." And so the captain watched and waited as his pet slowly but painfully squeezed the life from the princess.
Back at the Battle of Hyrule Temple, the corpses of Sora and Ness lie just a foot from each other, connected by the keyblade. Lloyd lies on the ground, nothing more than a living bruise after being defeated by Wario again. Yoshi's face was no longer recognizable. All anyone would see when they looked at the dead dinosaur's face was Black Mage's scythe. His tongue, which had been frozen, was now a shattered mess of ice shards next to the carcass. Sonic and Miles had disappeared from battle. Megaman was in hot pursuit of Black Mage, who had suddenly gone A-Wall on the mission. Just as Mario had been left alone in a weakened state with Captain Falcon just before his death, Goku found himself in a similar situation with Fox.
"How did you plan on beating the captain" Fox asked "when you couldn't even take me?" Goku smiled while panting.
"I know you're nearly as tired as I am. Don't count me out just yet." The saiyan raised his fists. "Let's finish this!" Goku said as he rushed toward his opponent. Fox surrounded himself with a flaming aura and launched himself toward the attacker. Just before he hit, his opponent disappeared, reappearing behind him and squeezing him around the lower torso. Leaping in the air, opponent-in-arms, Goku flipped himself halfway through the air and came crashing back down. A super charged German suplex. He followed up by jumping onto Fox's stomach, lifting his own knee to hip level, and driving his foot back down into his opponent. He did this again and again, switching legs and picking up speed. Blood began shooting from Fox's mouth, staining Goku's karate gi.
Sonic and Miles stood and watched the open space from the top of Fox's ship, The Great Fox. From the distance, the Z-shaped Galaxy could actually be relaxing. But in such times of conflict, nearly all things can.
"I'm glad we decided to come back here." Sonic said.
"Indeed. It seems to be the dying grounds most suitable for you." Miles replied.
"At least the Z doesn't kill anyone. I don't think so anyway."
"Fox and I used the medical aids and equipment inside this ship to nurse each other back to health. I will use the outside of this ship to finish what I started."
"We'll see about that." Sonic said turning towards his ex-friend, now enemy "I'm really gonna miss you Tails."
"Hm." Miles said with a smirk. "My name." Sonic bent his knees slightly, preparing to run. "My name is NOT TAILS!" Miles charged at his opponent who responded in kind. Sonic dodged a flurry combination of punches and kicks. When the opening came, he ducked to dodge a punch and landed a vicious uppercut to Miles' stomach. "That all you got?" Miles said. Sonic picked him up and ran to the middle of the ship. He leaped high into the air and threw Miles down to the ground as hard as he could. Leading with his right foot, he drove back down into his opponent as hard as he could. Though he landed the attack successfully, and even drew blood, he still saw his opponent smile while on the ground. "Easy." Miles said as he grabbed Sonic's foot while it was still the only one being used to stand. "Redirection." Miles said as he twisted and snapped Sonic's ankle out of place.
"Ahhhh, uhhhh! What-what are you?"
"Battle is all a matter of taking your pain and your opponent's pain and making sure they're the only one that get's hurt."
"You're right. Tails is dead."
"You realize now. We all come to our senses in our final moments."
"It won't be long before you come to yours."
"Yes. That's the spirit. Now, hedgehog, die!"
We waited. I was surprised by his patience. He was too patient.
"The conflict is intensifying. The climax is always a gutter of warfare."
"You may go now, if you would like."
"No. Now is not the right time. But the time will come for me to interfere, soon. Trust me. It always does."
