The True Master Of the Smasher Brothers part 6

"Training Day,"

A couple of days had gone by since the unveiling of the new team of 12, The Striker Force 12. The Striker Force had hardly interacted with each other in this amount of time oddly enough, save of course Sonic, Lucario and Lucas. Currently the three were hanging out on one of the towers which just so happened to be Sonic's favorite spot.

"Sonic shouldn't we be doing something?" Lucas asked.

"We're relaxing for now. We don't act unless the other 12 acts up. Until then we're on standby," Sonic answered in his relaxed position. "Speaking of, how come Ness didn't want to tag along?"

Lucas sighed. "I don't know, he still feels really guilty no matter how many times I say I forgive him. I mean I'm all patched up too, not even a bruise,"

"He still holds some resentment for himself for allowing himself to hurt you to that extent," Lucario said.

"But I forgave him,"

"That doesn't really matter to him unfortunately. He feels that if you weren't as tough as you are there could've been a possibility of him killing you. It scares him that he had absolutely no restraint or control to such a degree," Lucario explained.

"Yeah, it was so crazy. They all had crazy endurance, and zero restraint of who they hurt. I thought Ness would at least hold back on you, but not in the slightest did he pull his punches," Sonic then rubbed his jaw. "Neither did any of the others either,"

"Which is why I think we should be doing something," Lucas said standing up and walking over to the hedgehog. "You're supposed to be the leader, shouldn't you be leading us to do something?"

"What do you want me to do Luc?" Sonic asked opening one eye to look at the boy.

"Well…" Lucas didn't have an answer for him.

"How about learning how to fight as a team," Lucario suggested.

"Yeah, how about that!" Lucas exclaimed, but then Lucas lost the shine in his eyes. "Uh you mean team work?"

"Yes," Lucario said.

"I don't know about that Lucario," Lucas said. Sonic's eyes widened a bit at this.

"What's this?" Sonic said eyes now wide open at the two. "Lucario and Lucas…disagreeing on something?" Sonic's head then shot to the sky. "Next is the sun burning out!"

"Shut up," Lucas and Lucario said glaring at the hedgehog. Sonic only snickered.

"And what I mean is, yeah that's a good idea, but the only ones I know how to work with on this team is you guys and Toon Link. I wouldn't begin to know how to work with the others," Lucas said.

"I've only worked with you guys, Sir Meta Knight, and Snake. I'm only vaguely familiar with the others," Lucario said.

Lucas and Lucario turned to Sonic. "Well…I haven't really worked with anyone other than you guys, and Ness of course,"

"What's with that Sonic?" Lucas asked. Lucas considered Sonic a nice guy, but then again he is an acquired taste.

"I guess I just don't play well with others,"

"I think it's just certain others," Lucario said.

"But I digress, you guys are right, we should have a little get to know me bouts. How about a little training then," Sonic said.

"Training?" they both questioned.

"Training?" barked the other members of Striker Force 12. They currently were meeting out on the courtyard in front of the castle.

"Yeah, I said it, training," Sonic said shrugging.

"You must be joking," Gannondorf said crossing his arms.

"I kid a lot, but this time I'm for real,"

"But we all know how to fight," Wolf said.

"And we all know how long it takes to burn toast, but still it tends to happen," Sonic said casting a glance at Bowser.

"What Sonic's trying to say is we should try figuring out how to operate as a team," Lucario said.

"And how to properly handle the Original 12 should it come to…violence," Lucas griped.

"Master Hand put us together, but he didn't organize us. Unfortunately that's my job, and I'm gonna need you guys to help me out," Sonic said.

"So what do you expect us to do, trust falls?" Snake asked.

"Oh no, nothing that dangerous, just a few exercises," Sonic had everyone turn their attention to a small army of Alloys. "Now, we're gonna do a little of what we do best, and that's smash stuff. Allow Lucas, Lucario, and I to show you guys what we want. A bonus is these guys are based of some of the originals so this'll be good practice. Ready guys?" Sonic asked. Lucas and Lucario reply with a nod.

They then charge forward to meet the great amount of Alloys, while the other team members deem them insane. Sonic struck first using his spin dash to clear a path for Lucas and Lucario to successfully follow him. Lucario being the next quickest quickly dispatched of any Alloys Sonic had missed. Sonic stopped rolling then shot up for a hook kick into a red Alloy's head smashing it to pieces. A green on was about to get the drop on Sonic, but a burst of flames shot the robot away before it could harm the hedgehog. Sonic jumped up to perform a spin attack against a red alloy narrowly missing Lucario who ducked underneath it while striking a green allow from below with a palm strike. Lucas quickly got in the fray with an assortment of attacks. Not being up close and personal he decided to hang about blasting each Alloy that crossed him. Each time an Alloy got close to him, Sonic or Lucario quickly took it out. Sonic noticed a couple of Alloys about to jump Lucas from behind though. Sonic quickly dashed up to the boy then picked him up from his shoulders then threw him up.

Sonic jumped back just as the Alloys piled up while Lucas shot a PK Freeze down at them freezing them solid. Lucario finished the job by unleashing an Aura Sphere that destroyed the opposition. Lucas used his PSI to land safely while Sonic used his spin dash to create such an area of safety for him to land. A dark red alloy performed an axe kick, modeled after Captain Falcon. Sonic bounded to the side of the attack. Sonic then flipped over the alloy to land a spin attack on the one behind it. Lucario threw Lucas at the alloy now behind Sonic for a flying kick that beheaded the robot. Sonic leaped up to perform a spinning roundhouse to a green Alloy, while Lucario performed a Force Palm on a blue one. Lucas then moved pushed away blue Alloy only to get in ran over by Sonic's spin dash. He turned to shoot an intense PK Thunder, that at first glance to be under no form of control. It just seemed to be going all over the place. Sonic and Lucario provided extra cover for Lucas, so it was strange he didn't calm down to control it.

Sonic leaped to the side to perform a vertical kick, also leaving Lucas's left open. This made way for many Alloys to rush the boy, but the PK Thunder came back and slammed into Lucas sending him flying through the Alloys. Lucario grabbed an Alloy by the arm then performed throw into one who tried to nail Lucas as he recovered from that maneuver. The Alloys were growing less and less in numbers as the fight continued. Sonic jumped up onto a Yellow Alloys shoulders only for him to flip off as Lucario delivers an uppercut into it's jaw.

"Final move guys, let's make it stylish," Sonic said. Lucas and Lucario nods at the hedgehog as they move to the center of the battle. Sonic began running around the center creating a whirlwind. Lucario moved in the opposite direction of Sonic going almost fast using his Extreme Speed. The wind carried both speed fighters on the wind and as they moved they dispatched of each Alloy properly. Sonic and Lucario finally backed down to get back in the center where Lucas was. Lucas let out a PK Fire into the wind that was still going. The fire burned greatly destroying whatever Alloys were left over. Lucas then brought the fire under control allowing them to step out of it unharmed. "We really need to name that,"

"Maybe…some…other time," Lucario said out of breath. He was not accustomed to going that fast, or using Extreme Speed so heavily.

"Wow, that was awesome you guys!" Toon Link exclaimed obviously impressed.

"Very impressive," Zelda said.

"So, what were we supposed to get out of that little dance you guys rehearsed for us," Bowser said.

"Oh, we made that up on the spot," Sonic said. Everybody looked at him like they couldn't believe that.

"It is true, we went in with no plan of action, save that last part," Lucas said.

"So you believe that we believe that you guys did that with no planning?" Pit asked.

"We're hoping you don't think we've turned into liars,"

"IT IS SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY KNOW EACH OTHER," ROB said. The rest of them were a little confused by this. "YOU SEE THEY KNOW EACH OTHER WELL. THEY KNOW EACH OTHER PERSONALITY WISE AND CAN MAKE A THOROUGH PREDICTION OF WHAT THEY WILL DO NEXT. SONIC LIKES TO GO IN HEAD FIRST BECAUSE OF HIS SPEED. BY DOING THIS HE CREATES A PATH FOR HIS TEAMATES TO FOLLOW AND THAT ISN'T SO HEAVY WITH OPPOSITION. LUCARIO AND LUCAS MAKE UP FOR WHAT HE LACKS IN POWER. HE TENDS TO BE ONLY ABLE TO INJURE OR SUBDUE FOR ONLY A MOMENT WITH SOME OF HIS ATTACKS WHILE LUCAS AND LUCARIO ARE THE FINISHERS. LUCAS LACKS THE PHYSICAL STRENGTH AND SKILL SO HE TENDS TO HANG BACK AND BE SUPPORT. BECAUSE OF THIS HE BECOMES A TARGET. SONIC AND LUCARIO ARE BOTH QUICK ENOUGH TO GO AND SUPPORT HIM SHOULD HE NEED IT. FINALLY, LUCARIO HAS GREAT STRENGTH AND SPEED, BUT LACKS SOME ENDURANCE. HE'S ALMOST ALBLE TO KEEP UP WITH SONIC, SO IF HE FIGHTS WITH SONIC HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO AT LEAST KEEP HIS PACE. BECAUSE OF THIS HE CAN TIRE OUT WITH TOO MUCH MOVEMENT, SO SONIC AND LUCAS WORK HARD TO GIVE LUCARIO THOSE BREAKS WHEN COVERING HIM. THIS ALLOWS HIM TO JUMP IN AND OUT OF BATTLE WHENEVER HE NEEDS TOO," ROB said finally finished. Everyone just stared at him. "OR AT LEAST THAT WAS WHAT MY ANALYSIS WAS,"

"Okay…what we got from all that was?" Sonic began.

"ROB can really talk when he wants to?" Toon said.

"No, that a team usually compromises of people with different weaknesses and strengths. That one persons strength can make up for another's weakness," Zelda said.

"Very good, you get a gold star," Sonic said.

"So you want us, to be able to do that?" Bowser asked.

"Well, yeah,"

"You're out of your mind, besides I've got no weaknesses,"

"Try touching your feet," Sonic challenged. Bowser gulped and looked down. He huffed at the hedgehog as he began his journey. However, he fell short by a least 4 feet.

"What's that got to do with anything!" Bowser barked more from embarrassment though.

"You're not fast or flexible, but I am. I'm not a heavy weight or monstrously strong, you are. Put as together and we could e dangerous,"

"I'm dangerous all on my own thanks,"

"What about you Gannon?" Sonic asked.

"Don't ask so familiar to me," Gannondorf growled.

"Awe, come on Gannondorf. I know you're supposed to be the King of Evil, but I'm sure deep down you're just a marshmallow," Ganonndorf immediately made a face as Zelda suddenly had the giggles. "How about this guys? We don't gotta do anything, how about just sitting here and getting to know each other,"

"That sounds like a dumb idea," Snake said.

"Agreed," said half the team.

"Well it's a lucky thing I put those anklets on you guys before you went out," everyone immediately glared down at the anklets Sonic forced them to wear. It was made so that they couldn't go too far away from the spot they were standing unless Sonic turned them off.

"Why do you put on me too?" Toon asked.

"I wouldn't put it past you of being flaky,"

"You're one to talk!" everyone exclaimed.

"See we're bonding already,"

"I see no point in sharing anything, we can sit here and stare at each other," Wolf said.

"We could, but eventually that gets awkward," Sonic said taking a seat.

"Well what about them, they don't have ankles?" Bowser accused Lucas and Lucario.

"You expect me to try and force Lucas and Lucario to hang out with me, when they're two guys I hang out with on regular basis?" Sonic asked. Everyone stared at him now. "Yeah, doesn't make sense when you think about it, does it?"

"Okay ya got me there,"

"Besides we have some loners in this group. Maybe we should talk with Master Hand about this team name, what do you guys think?"

"Agreed!" everyone said in their own way.

"If I'm gonna be forced on a team with you idiots I'd at least like it to be called something else," Ganonndorf grumbled.

"That's the spirit!" Sonic exclaimed.

"Well what other choices do we have?" Toon asked.

"Hmm, I'm sure we can think of something really cool," Pit said chiming in.

"How about the Rough Riders?" Snake suggested. Everyone was pretty surprised he even threw name out there.

"Kinda dumb since we don't ride anything…" Bowser said.

"True…how about-," Lucario began but was cut off by Sonic.

"No way, when you name things they tend to be long winded and hard to say," Sonic said.

"Like what?"

"I can't say it!" Sonic exclaimed.

"What about that name you made up for the mad doctor you went as for Halloween?" Lucas asked.

"What, you mean when I was Dr. Fukurokov?"

"Who the heck can pronounce that!" Sonic exclaimed. This earned many chuckles from the other save a few obvious.

"You actually named yourself?" Wolf asked.

"I thought it was fitting name,"

"Well you sure did drive everyone mad with how many people trying to pronounce it," Sonic said.

"Sonic threw a big fit because he couldn't say it," Lucas said.

"What are you, two years old?" Snake asked.

"It was somewhat infuriating, but I digress no Lucario you can't pick a name,"

"Then what about-," Bowser began.

"Is it Bowser related?" everyone asked. Bowser then grew quiet followed by a group sigh.

"This team name is starting to get complicated," Pit asked.

"I suggest we worry less on what we call ourselves and more on how we perform," Meta Knight said finally speaking for the first time.

"Well, mister moody, contribute to the conversation with some ideas, and we can get right to that," Sonic said.

"…How about…Team Sonic?" Meta Knight suggested. Everyone stared at him and then at Sonic.

"Hey don't look at me I didn't give him the idea," Sonic said waving the stares away.

"What made you want to name it after Sonic Meta Knight?" Zelda asked politely.

"Well, usually the name is something that reflects the leader of the group. Thus everyone falls under that category,"

"Well that's nice and all, but I don't think these guys want to be called that," Sonic said.

"Well…" Pit began speaking his mind. "I wouldn't mind that over what we have now. We sound like a bunch of teenagers wherein tights and such," Everyone visible shivered at the idea.

"But like Meta Knight said it should reflect everyone in the group not just me," Sonic said. Plus, he already as a team back home he likes to call Team Sonic. "How about…Team Sonic Universe?" Everyone looked at him questionably. "Ya know, we're all from different universes and were brought together by me,"

"Team Sonic Universe," Toon said trying to say it out loud.

"I say we keep working on it, but this good for right now," Snake said.

"Alright, it's settled glad we got that out of the way. It's also helped me get to know you all a little better," Zelda said.

"Yeah, we're all sick in the head a little," Lucas muttered.

"Hey Gannon what do you think of the team name?" Sonic asked.

"It's stupid," was his response.

"What'd you want to name us?"

"…."

"Come on no one is going to laugh,"

"…The Grueling Gorons….." Everyone was quiet for a moment staring at Gannondorf. Then all at once they burst into laughter. Sonic fell on the ground rolling while Lucas and Lucario both heads titled up in laughter, Toon rolling also, Bowser snickering loudly, Wolf coughing a bit while laughing, ROB simply had the words LOL on his screen, while Zelda tried to cover her mouth and say the name was very nice. Even Meta Knight and Snake who had to turn away were struggling to hold back their chuckles. Pit was probably the loudest out of everyone. Everyone was busting a gut at this. "I hate you all,"

A/N: Ah team bonding, ya gotta love it. Please review.