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Chapter 3

The Meeting

While Firestar and Graystripe might be spending the night in the Smash Mansion, the same couldn't be said for the other man from the book. He was running through the streets when a voice behind him said, "Hey, what are doing here?"

He turned around and saw something that made him rub his eyes. What was that? It looked like a twoleg, but it seemed to be made of blueish light, pulled together to form a body, head, and limbs. It spoke again. "I said, what are you doing here? I haven't seen you around here before. And I see everybody here."

"Before I answer that question," responded the man in black, "I want to know who you are."

"I used to be the leader of a great army. My power spread through the universe. I took over each planet, one by one, until I was stopped here, by them." He said the word them with hatred and fury in his voice, and he pointed up at the mansion the man in black had just run from. "When they defeated me, I was left barely alive, and had to run to keep from death. Even now, a couple years after I was defeated, and I've been recovering power since then, I'm still only a shadow of my former self. My name was once feared through the universe, the only planet where it was not known was here. That's why I struck here next, though I would have gotten here eventually. Now, if the name Tabuu is spoken, it is only to tell of how he was defeated by those great heroes, the Super Smash Bros." He finished his story with nothing but pure loathing in his voice, looking up at the mansion again with that same loathing in his face.

"Wait, you said if the name Tabuu is spoken. Do you mean it's taboo to say your name, or your name actually is Tabuu?"

"That is my name."

"Well, I have no association with the ones who live in that nest. I don't know who they are. Before tonight, I'd never been here before."

"Did they capture you?"

"In a way. But, you asked me what I'm doing here. I don't actually know how I got here, but it was my intention to find my way back."

"If it's a way back you're looking for, I can help you there." Tabuu extended his hand.

"What would you want in return?" the man in black asked, ignoring the hand.

"Only your help in my rise to power, and defeat of the Super Smash Bros. You may know something that can help, and by those claws on your hands, you'd be a valuable fighter."

The man in black looked at the claws attached to his hands, then asked, "Well, how would I show I agree to this?"

"Just shake my hand," Tabuu said, holding out his hand again. The man looked confused. Tabuu, feeling confused himself, added, "Just take my hand if you mean it."

The man in black slowly put his hand forward, as if he was suspicious. Finally, he took Tabuu's hand. Then he asked, "What should I do with this? Like I said, I'm new here, and I don't know if this would be valuable or not." He held up the stolen bit of paper.

Tabuu took it, and as he looked at it, his eyes widened. "Where did you get this?" he asked, looking at the paper as if it were a particularly large lump of gold.

"Like I said again, I was with the, um, what did you call them again? Super Smash Bros.? Well, while I was with them, I took this from one of their rooms just before I left."

Tabuu looked at him with surprise. "Who are you?"

"Oh, that," the man in black laughed. "I was wondering when you'd ask. My name is Scourge."

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