The King of Smash
Don't Get Hit
Marth keeps on tailing Fox as Fox randomly opens the doors while grunting. He does not know what to think, except that it is a prelude to something big...and that he will need to dropkick some dolphins later after this. He is not trained in the art of stealth although every time Fox turns around to see if someone who is following him, Marth would make an animal sound to throw him off.
If that doesn't work, then Marth will just pin Fox down and ask him straight out. That is his best plan ever.
Marth continues to silently pursue the fox until he realizes which area he is going to.
"Battlefield?" thought Marth "But...why? It's not a good place to train, plus Fox prefers to have a training partner...something is not-"
"Marth!" cried Falcon as he, Lucina, and Robin blew Marth's cover as Fox pulls out his blaster.
"Tch...I didn't think I was followed." said Fox whose voice is rather...gruff and raspy. Marth felt his heart stopped for a moment as he realizes who that voice belongs to.
"...You! Gharnef!" he unsheathes his sword against Fox.
"Gharnef? As in the warlock who betrayed King Cornelius's,Marth's father, and the murderer?" asked Lucina as she too pulls out Falchion.
"The same," said Marth "Gharnef what are you trying to do? And why are you even alive? Shouldn't you be dead? Also why are you possessing Fox?"
Gharnef, who is now possessing Fox's body, laughs as he says "Perhaps, but my spirit lives on, and it craves for revenge. That is why I inhabited this body...to find this 'Master Hand' and claim the power source." Gharnef thinks about Marth's last question "And to be honest, this one has the lowest resistance to my influence, and it looked comfy."
The group are speechless at this plan, but for different reasons.
"...That sounds pretty contrived man." spoke Falcon "I mean, do you even know what you're-" before he finishes his train of thought, Gharnef escapes into Battlefield.
"...Good Naga, we must catch him Lucina!" exclaimed Robin as Lucina nods in agreement. They were about to step into the entrance until Marth stops them in their tracks.
"Why Marth? Why are you-" Marth just points to a sign that says:
Battlefield (Melee)
"You two won't have enough time to adjust." explained Marth "Melee's atmosphere and physics are not what you two are used to."
Robin looks at him confused, but decides to take his word for it. He has no reason to disbelieve him at all.
"...Jay, knee me into Final Destination!"
Robin and Lucina looks as though their hero went insane, or perhaps he was always like that and no one noticed.
"If Gharnef is to be believed, he would want to go to FD for it's power source. So once more Jay, I need you to Kn-" Falcon isnteads Falcon Punch Marth instead.
Lucina wants to say something, but cannot find the words for this situation.
"...What? It would be faster if I Falcon Punched him."
Elsewhere the other Smashers are done for the day. Some even invited their friends over.
Palutena's Room
Palutena decided to invite Viridi and Phosphora over as guests while she makes Pit bring out the snacks. Phosphora is bored out of her wits until Pit suggests to watch some tv...which they did until they realized all they got is static.
"Well this is pathetic." said Viridi "And I still don't understand why you're fighting with these humans."
"Now, now Viridi, I figured that my combat skills should be sharpened up." said Palutena "Although...I really don't know what to expect."
"They're HUMANS! Well most of them are, but do they actually have any power?"
The two of them argued for a little bit until Pit exclaims excitingly, "Girls! We got reception!"
The channel that Pit is on a live recording of Final Destination.
Final Destination
Marth crash lands on the single platform head first. He gets up as he cleans the dust out from his clothes.
"Yeesh...at least warn me next time Jay." he mumbled as he hears someone landing behind him. Marth turns around to see Gharnef as Fox.
The two have a staredown as to dare to make a move. Gharnef sneers at the Prince's stubbornness, but laughs that he doesn't need to deal with him at all.
That is until Marth said, "Sorry Gharnef, but this area is locked down by me." Gharnef glares at Marth, unsure if he is bluffing or not. "Now Gharnef you will need to beat me if you want access."
Gharnef is not sure what to think. However, he DOES know that Marth is the only one who has the means to defeat him, so he chuckles a bit. "Interesting...a fight to the death?"
Marth shakes his head "Nah, we can't exactly pay for Fox's funeral." Well that wasn't the response Gharnef expected. "Besides...we're in the world of Smash. Whoever loses has to face a fate worse than death in these contests."
Gharnef nods as he looks into Fox's memories to see how these "contests" work. He asks what are the conditions.
"Standard tourney rules, Final Destination, 4 stocks for the each of us, Best out of 1 match." said Marth.
Palutena's Room
"Just who is that human?" asked Viridi.
"That's...Marth and Fox." said Pit "And it looks like they're on Final Destination, but I don't recognize this one though."
Just then, Falcon F-airs into Palutena's Room as Lucina and Robin look at him questioningly. "Sorry about your door, but we need to see this!" yelled Falcon "The fate of our existence rests on Marth's shoulders!" he said as he sits down between Pit and Viridi.
Final Destination
Marth and Gharnef (who is possessing Fox) take their positions as Fox takes his fighting stance. Marth is saying a little prayer before the familiar starting sound signals them to fight.
As soon as the match starts, Gharnef starts to...dash? No to a spectator, it looks more along the lines of him sliding on the ground while standing up. Marth reacts to this by short hopping and swinging his sword to do his F-Air attack. It missed as Gharnef spots dodges it and pulls out the Reflector move which knocks Marth back quite a few feet as he follows it up with the N-Air attack..and another one which puts Marth outside of the stage as Gharnef spikes him down.
At least, that was the plan, if Marth did not countered it with another F-Air attack as he grabs onto the ledge. Gharnef lands smoothly wondering what is going on until instinct told him him to block. He does that as Marth comes swinging in with another F-Air attack. Just as the swordsman lands, Gharnef grabs him out of his shield as he up-throws Marth. Marth takes a look down to see Gharnef do Fox's U-Air attack connecting to him as he is K.O and down to one stock.
Palutena's Room
"So let me get this straight: some sorcerer wants to get unlimited power and is possessing your friend's body to do so?" asked Palutena as Falcon finished his story. While he told the story, more of the Smasher came by mainly because they saw the door broken. Now they are on the edge of their seat to know what the stakes are.
"Peh...like I give an Octorok's ass about what this man wants." said Ganondorf.
...Almost everyone.
"I don't know...Marth already lost a stock." pointed out Ike as he is sitting next to Mario and Luigi. "This does not look good for him."
Lucina fidgets as she sees the Hero King fighting what looks like to be a one-sided battle until Falcon calms her down and pats her head.
"Don't worry...believe in the King...oh come on Marth!" shouted Falcon.
Final Destination
Marth is starting to get annoyed. Yes he is fighting against Fox (who is possessed by Gharnef, but that is not the point), and yes, he acknowledged, that Fox is one the best Smashers during the Era of Melee.
That does not mean that Marth like it that his last stock was taken because of a raw Up-Smash attack. Who even does that anymore?
Gharnef laughs at what he perceives to be an easy victory. Yes he took quite a lot of damage, a little above 100%, but this is laughable. If anything, he thought his opponent got weaker.
Marth lands back on stage as he cracks his neck and legs out as he stares at Gharnef. Gharnef stops laughing, but can not help but feel confident about his victory. Only two more stocks left, he thought.
It is a shame for him because now…
…Marth has tune in to try-hard mode.
Marth courageously dashes to his arch nemesis as Gharnef gets ready to counter-attack. Then the strangest thing occurs; Marth is actually dashing back. In fact, he is dashing back and forth , stuck in place. Gharnef decides that he must have broke his spirit as he goes in with a N-Air attack for another combo.
Marth sees this coming as he jumps back to avoid the N-Air as he grabs Gharnef mid-air. He Back-Throws him out to the stage, and proceed to spike him with his D-Air.
Gharnef is stun, but decides that that was a fluke. He sees that his foe is just dashing in place once more. This time he will approach cautiously as to not get hit. It works, but only for a few moments as Marth suddenly grabs Gharnef.
Gharnef is helpless as, with surprising strength, Marth Up-Throws him. While airborne, the warlock tries to devise a plan on how to counter attack. Much to his shock, Marth grabs him again, and once more Up-Throws him. Marth keeps on repeating the process, throwing Gharnef like a rag doll until he F-Airs him out of the platform and spikes him down for another K.O.
Palutena's Room
"What in the...surely this is not very honorable." said Lucina as she is tightly squeezed next to Palutena.
"That's Marth for you. He ALWAYS pulls the dirtiest tactics, but that is why he's King baby." shouted Falco as he is standing on a crate that Donkey Kong brought in. That is because every Smasher, both old and new, are gathering to see the match.
Some of the newer ones are astounded at how fast the two of them are moving. Some of the older ones can feel a flicker of fire ignited within themselves
Final Destination
Gharneff wastes no time as he lands on the platform. He decides that he should try this 'blaster' Fox has. Once more by instinct, Gharnef does a short hop as he fires the blaster. Marth reacts by putting up his shield instantaneously as some of the lasers deflected elsewhere. Gharnef quickly wavedashes to Marth as he puts out Fox's Reflector move. Marth tries to grab when his shield was getting dangerously low, but Gharnef is a lot slicker than he remembers. Gharnef actually wavedashes back and forward once more as he puts up the Reflector again which hits Marth as he bounces off from the stage. Gharnef proceeds to spike Marth down with the D-air attack as Marth finds himself on his last stock.
If Marth has any nervousness, then he is doing a good job of not showing it. He is down to his last stock while Gharnef is has 2 with currently 25% damage.
The prince decides to go all in as he F-airs to Gharnef, only for Gharnef to block it. Marth lands promptly and uses his down tilt attack to break through. When he realize that Gharnef barely blocked that as well, Marth does the most natural thing ever.
He grabs Gharnef and tosses him around as though he is a rag doll once more. He Forward Smash him putting the stock count 1 to 1.
The two fighters tense up as they both know that even the slightest mistake will cause them certain defeat.
Gharnef decides to fire lasers at Marth as he makes his approach. Marth then quickly retreats all the way to the ledge as he falls on purpose and grabs a hold of it. By now, Gharnef is cautious as to what other tricks his foe knows. Much to his surprise again, Marth gets up rather quickly as he short hops into his N-air. He keeps repeating his N-air attack all the way across Final Destination, but he messes up on the last part. This gives Gharnef a chance to counterattack as he N-airs Marth. Marth hit the ground, and is lying down waiting a chance to recover.
Palutena's Room
Everyone is looking the screen intensely. The Brawl Smashers and Newcomers are watching at how fast Marth and Fox are going. They have never seen such speed and ferocity whenever they brawled.
"...I heard the tales that Marth is an excellent fighter," said Meta Knight as he is sitting on Dedede's shoulder along with Kirby. "But...this is ridiculous."
"I say." said Viridi as pushes Falcon off the sofa. "Why are they fighting anyways?"
"Oh, Marth's arch nemesis possessed Fox, and Marth is trying to beat the ghost out to stop him from getting unlimited power." said Falcon as he keeps his eyes on the screen.
"...What?"
"Yeah makes as much sense to me, but it is happening." said Robin "Though it seems Marth is looking alright."
Falco shakes his head. "No this spirit only needs to do 3 things to win."
Before Lucina can ask what are those three things, Marth gets grab by Gharnef. At that instance, Falcon screams as he covers his eyes. He screams "DI Marth! DI!"
Ike looks at the bounty hunter, then back to Marth, then back to Falcon as he asks "Why is he freaking out?"
"Take a look at Marth's damage." said, surprisingly, Luigi. The audience noticed that Marth is at 84% damage while Gharnef is at 103%. "At that high of a damage, Marth can very well lose if Fox Up-Throws and if his U-Air attack connects."
Final Destination
That is when people start freaking out as Gahrnef does what Luigi predicted. As Marth is being tossed to the air, Gharnef jumps as he flips over for the finishing blow. The first hit connects, as he smirks that he has won. Now all that power will be his, and no one will…
He could not finish his gloating, because he sees the Ruler of Altea, not blasting off into the sky, but falling down onto the platform. Marth fast falls first, then quickly jumps where Gharnef is as he F-Airs him. Gharnef is momentarily stunned, and that is all Marth needs as he quickly lands to do his Up-tilt attack. Not giving a chance to recover, Marth quickly connects another F-Air as Gharnef is out of the platform.
Gharnef is desperately trying to grab onto the ledge until he sees Marth appearing above him as Marth swings his sword, with the tipper connecting, thus making a successful spike with his D-Air. Gharnef looks helplessly as he enters the blast line. He curses as he lost once more to the wielder of Falchion.
Palutena's Room
The audience erupt into cheers as they see this really contrived villain put a stop. Falcon is just jumping up and down in joy, Lucina hugs the enarest person, which happened to be Palutena, Meta Knight nods in approval, and Ganondorf, surprisingly, exclaimed, "The King is back!"
Final Destiantion
Marth smiles at himself, but has to go down to check on Fox. He jumps off from FD into the abyss. As soon as he lands, he can see the space pilot lying on the ground, and the dissipated spirit of his arch nemesis. As Gharnef's broken spirit leaves Fox's body, he glares at Marth angrily. With the last of Gharnef's strength, he makes one last attempt to take Marth's life.
Marth simply sides steps as he eyes the old Poltergust 3000. As Gharnef lays stun, Marth turns on the vacuum, and sucks up Gharnef's spirit. It takes some effort from his part, but after a good five minutes of trying to suck Gharnef's spirit in, he finally did it. Marth gives a relieved sigh as he walks towards the unconscious space pilot.
After much poking him with his sword, Fox finally wakes up, just in time to see the tip coming at his eye. He kicks Marth back as he stands up, and grumbles as he rubs his arm.
"Marth? Where are we? And why am I'm hurting so bad?"
Marth scratches his head, and says "I'll tell you when we get out of here."
And thus, the two Smashers, the Top Gun and the King, walked into the sunset as they head back home.
"...Wait a second...how do we get back to Brawl?" asked Fox.
I am sorry it took so long, and for pulling all sorts of stuff. I was running out of ideas.