Author's Note: I would like to thank a certain friend for helping me with the overall plotline of this fanfic. If it wasn't for him… it would take me MUCH longer to update. One way I would like to thank that friend is to allow me to use one of his characters. :D This will be an awesome fic because the Smashers will travel around meeting new people and even powerful people who are not Smashers. ^^ There will be 5 arcs in total, each taking place on a different planet. ^^ Besides, I also wanna take advantage of the setting to introduce my own characters of my Yoshi fic. ^.^ There is finally an action scene. xD I hope you guys enjoy the story! Notice I put the title of the arc as well. xDD I wasn't so creative with the chapter title...oh well...
~Chapter 3: Gathering~
Yoshi's Island
Jigglypuff grabbed her suitcase and placed it on her bed. She walked up to the closet and took out her belongings which were then placed in her suitcase. She was humming a tune softly to herself. Once she was finished packing, she placed the suitcase in the closet.
"I see that you have finished packing," said Meta Knight upon entering the room.
Jigglypuff turned around and smiled. "Yes! I am just so exciting that I get to see my friends and family. I miss them so much."
"I know you do. That is why I planned to take you there in the first place."
Jigglypuff squealed in happiness and hugged Meta Knight. Meta Knight's eyes glowed pink and he smiled behind his mask. They walked out of the room together and went into Sword and Blade's room. The two apprentice knights were also packing their belongings.
"Hey guys," greeted Blade to the couple.
"Hello Sword. Hello Blade," greeted Jigglypuff.
"What's it like at your home planet?" asked Sword.
"Well, it's a lot noisier than here. I live close to the city so it's hard to see the stars like I can see them over here, but there is a lot to do near the city and there are a lot of people to talk to."
"Do you prefer living in a place like this or the city?" asked Blade.
"Even though I had great friends and family at the city, nothing beats staying with the one I love in a beautiful land like Dreamland." Jigglypuff giggled.
Meta Knight smiled.
"So when are we departing?" asked Sword.
"We will be leaving tomorrow, early in the morning. Get plenty of rest because you two will be co-piloting. It will be a long voyage," replied Meta Knight.
"Alright!" shouted Sword and Blade together.
"I want to go out on a picnic before we leave. I wanna enjoy seeing the beautiful land and the bright stars before returning to my home planet. I never got a chance to enjoy these beautiful sights when I lived there," said Jigglypuff.
Meta Knight looked at Sword and Blade. "Do you want to join us?"
"You don't mind us coming along?" asked Sword surprised.
"You two are my friends. Besides, we should all spend some time together before departing."
"Let's gather some food from the kitchen," suggested Jigglypuff.
Jigglypuff walked out of the door, with Meta Knight by her side and the two apprentice knights following her behind. They walked down the steps and entered the kitchen that was next to King Dedede's dining room.
Sword and Blade raid the refrigerator, while Meta Knight and Jigglypuff looked through the cabinets. They grabbed everything that was needed to make sandwiches and placed it in a large basket. Once the basket was full, Jigglypuff grabbed it and walked out of the kitchen with the others.
"Where are you going?" demanded King Dedede when he saw the group of four walk past the throne room.
"Oh! We're just having a picnic! I hope you don't mind!" exclaimed Jigglypuff.
"I don't pay my knights to have a picnic! Get back to-" King Dedede was interrupted by his cell phone ringing. "Hello…oh hey there Bowser!...I'm doing great!" He looked at Jigglypuff. "SCRAM YOU GUYS! Can't you see I'm on the phone!?"
"Do not worry Jigglypuff. I am sure King Dedede will be on the phone for the entire day. Let us enjoy our picnic now," said Meta Knight.
"I hope so…I don't want King Dedede to explode on you."
They walked out of the castle door and walked toward the grassy field just outside the castle. The sky was a clear blue with only a few puffy clouds floating up. The sun was shining above the sky, allowing the beautiful land of Dreamland to be seen clearly from a distance. The ocean sparkled from the sunlight.
Jigglypuff took a deep breath of the fresh air and slowly exhaled. She smiled as she looked at the breathtaking scenery. Meta Knight grabbed her hand, causing Jigglypuff to snap out. Sword and Blade placed the blanket above the grass and sat down. Jigglypuff and Meta Knight sat down soon after. Jigglypuff placed the picnic basket in the middle and they all began to grab the food from the basket.
"Even though I will miss this land, I can't wait to visit my family," said Jigglypuff before taking a bite out of her sandwich.
"I want you to be happy, Jigglypuff. We can visit your friends and family every year, when Sword, Blade and I get a vacation. It is not easy asking for a vacation from King Dedede," said Meta Knight. He lifted his mask slightly and took a bite of the sandwich under his mask.
"Why don't you guys take off your mask when you eat?" questioned Jigglypuff.
"Because, we don't want to," said Sword.
"I do not feel comfortable showing my face in public," said Meta Knight.
"And that…"
Jigglypuff giggled.
"Let us continue to enjoy our time in Dreamland," said Meta Knight.
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Link and Toony continued to walk aimlessly through the ruin. They made random turns, not knowing where they were going. The only thing the two swordsmen had in mind was to escape.
"Damnit! There is no bathroom anywhere! Why can't they make dungeons with bathroom unless that is their form of torture!" complained Link.
Toony sighed. "You should have gone before we came here."
"Too late for that!"
Their voices echoed across the dark hallway. The only sound that was heard afterward was the sound of footsteps from the two swordsmen.
"Link, I don't think we're gonna make it," said Toony.
"Hey! We went through many dungeons before. We're gonna make it through!" exclaimed Link.
"But we don't have a dungeon map! How the hell do you expect us to know our way around?"
Suddenly, Link grabbed Toony and placed his hand over his mouth. "Toony, shut up. I think I hear something."
A voice echoed through the hallway. "Hmmm…this must be…"
"I don't hear anything," said Toony, his voice muffled by Link's hand.
"I SAID SHUT UP!" Link covered his own mouth after realizing how loud he became.
"Who's there!?" the voice sounded from a distance.
"Oh shit! Whoever is that is on to us," mumbled Link. Link dropped Toony to the cold ground and held out his master sword.
"Link, but what if that person isn't a threat?"
"We can't trust anyone in these ruins…remember, someone died in here."
Soon, the sound of a sword being drawn was heard from a distance. "Show yourself!" called out the voice.
"Oh shit! You're right. That person is threatening!" cried out Toony. He withdrew his own shield and sword.
"Why don't YOU show yourself!?" shouted Link to the voice.
"I'm not that stupid! And your voice sounds weird," shouted the voice.
"You shut the hell up! I'm Link, the defender of Hyrule! I'm NOT the bad guy here!"
No answer was heard.
"Weird…let's go see who that jerk is," said Toony. He and Toony began to walk forward to where they heard the voice.
"I'm not a jerk! You are!" Suddenly, something hard struck Link's back, causing him to fly into a large room.
"Link!" shouted Toony. He quickly turned around and held his shield in front. "Show yourself instead of hiding!"
"You two walked passed me!" taunted the voice.
Toony saw that it was a red yoshi wearing a brown cloak and a hood over his head. The yoshi also held a strange sword in his right hand. One side of the blade was red while the other side was blue.
"What the hell? You're a yoshi?" questioned Toony.
Link slowly got up.
"I am…what are you two doing here!?" shouted the yoshi.
"Oh my goodness! You have a sword too!?" shouted Toony. "Look, we're just lost, okay?"
Suddenly, Link held out his sword and ran toward the yoshi, ready to slash him.
"Too slow!" The yoshi parried the slash and pushed Link away before getting into a battle stance.
"Damn you…" Link quickly got up and held up sword in front. Toony also held out his sword in preparation for attack.
"If you think you can beat me just because I'm a yoshi, think again!" The yoshi swung his sword low, sending a wave of fire energy at the two Smashers.
Link and Toony jumped out of the way. "How did you do that!?" gasped Toony.
The yoshi didn't reply, instead he ran toward Toony. He jumped in the air and spin forward with his sword when close to Toony.
Toony held out his mirror shield in defense, but he was caught off guard when the yoshi stopped the attack and landed in front of him. The yoshi kicked the shield away from Toony. He kicked Toony again, sending the young swordsman flying toward Link.
"Get the hell off me!" shouted Link after Toony crashed into him. He pushed Toony off him. Link jumped up and swung his sword downward toward the yoshi.
The yoshi blocked the swing. "Grr…some sword you got," he grumbled.
"This is the master sword you're up against!" said Link proudly. He took a step back. He spun around with his sword held out horizontally and struck the yoshi.
"Guh!" the yoshi was thrown back from the blow, but managed to keep on his feet. "hehe…it's not all about the sword you know! It takes skills too, plus my special too, and you'll see soon enough!"
"Toony, keep your guard up," instructed Link. Both Smashers held out their sword and shield.
The yoshi ran toward both of them, with his sword covered by fire on one half and water on the other half. Both Toony and Link also ran toward the yoshi with their sword ready to clash with the yoshi's.
"Now!" shouted the yoshi. He jumped over both swordsmen, swinging his sword right at them. The energy left the sword, striking between Toony and Link. The sudden release of energy caused the two Smashers to be blown apart. They crashed onto the wall. Toony was out cold, but Link slowly got up, refusing to give up.
"Not giving up, are you?" the yoshi said, facing Link.
"I'll never give up! I gotta get out of these ruins! I have too much to live for!" shouted Link.
"…you just wanted out?" the yoshi asked in surprise.
"Y-yes," muttered Link. He fell down. His energy was no longer able to support him. "I'm okay…"
"You just been beaten…is it that hard to deal with? Besides…you sword's here." The yoshi pointed to Link and Toony's swords by his feet.
"I can't believe I've been beaten by a yoshi," mumbled Link.
Toony began to stir.
"Sorry…I guess I didn't think. Let me help you up," said the yoshi. He grabbed Link's hand and helped him up. He also helped Toony up.
"Thanks man…" said Link rubbing the back of his head. "What are you doing here anyways? I thought this place was forbidden."
"That doesn't explain why we're here," mumbled Toony.
"I know that!" retorted Link.
"I came to find out why the yoshi that came here died. You can see his bones over there." The yoshi pointed to a pile of bones with a yoshi skull on top.
"Oh my goodness!" cried out Link in shock. "So Yoshi was right about that…"
"Yoshi? That name sounds familiar…oh, I should tell you my name. I'm , SD for short." The yoshi took his hood down, showing his light blue spikes and dark blue mark running across his cheeks.
"Whoa! You're just as weird as that other yoshi with the different colored eyes!" pointed out Link.
"You said her eyes were cool!" retorted Toony.
"It was…but it's also weird. I gotta agree on that with Yoshi."
"Wha…different colored eyes…you met Auri? Then you know Cameo too?" asked SD, while giving Link and Toony their swords back. "We three traveled together years ago!"
"We did met them. We came to Yoshi's island to visit Yoshi, but Link pissed out Yoshi, so we only saw them for a short time. Yoshi took us here to explore around, but we got separated from him. We have nowhere to go," explained Toony.
"yes…we're lost," admitted Link. "And I still gotta use the bathroom."
"eh…there aren't any here, besides Yoshi might be in trouble, we should find him and get you all out of here," said SD walking toward the cracked wall near the bones.
"Link and Toony followed behind. "Why don't you just go on the floor?" said Toony snickering.
"Shut up," muttered Link. Toony began to minic the sound of running water.
"Damn you Toony!...so, you have any idea how to escape, SD?"
"This…Ha!" SD swung his fist at the cracked wall, smashing it down. When the dust cleared, a hidden pathway was revealed. The two Smashers stared at the yoshi with their jaw dropped. The yoshi turned his head and looked at them. "What?"
"How the hell did you do that?" questioned Link.
"Well, I had years to train, simple as that, you could use some training yourself," said the yoshi. "Besides, this wall was old and thin…wonder where this path leads to?"
"Geeze, I don't know. You probably been here longer than us," said Toony, crossing his arms.
"Stop whining Toony! Let's just go!" Link grabbed Toony's arm and ran into the hidden pathway.
"Hold on you two! There could be traps!" shouted SD, running behind them.
Link stopped running. "You got a point there, but I can't hold on any longer!"
"Why don't you just go behind the pillar?"
"Good idea!" Link ran off.
"At least he won't complain as much now," the yoshi thought as he walked ahead.
Toony's eyes grew wide. "Oh don't tell me he's gonna-"
"I feel so relieved," said Link, walking back to Toony and SD. Toony face palmed.
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(A/N: these are the following Smashers in Yoshi's Island: Mario, Luigi, Peach, Zelda, Fox, Falco, and Samus. I'm doing this more for myself since I'm too damn forgetful. xD )
Everyone exited the Great Fox, which landed close to the shore of Yoshi's Island. Falco was the last of the group to exit. Everyone gathered under coconut tree, waiting for further instructions.
"Yellow, why don't you lead us to the village?" asked Mario.
"Sure," replied Yellow.
The Smashers began to follow the yellow yoshi into the dense jungle.
"So this is the kind of place yoshi lives in?" wondered Fox.
"Yeah, they don't have much influence by technology, so they live a very simple life. I actually admire the yoshis for that," said Mario.
"So how far are we from Yoshi's village?" asked Falco.
"It's a really long walk since my village is smack in the middle of the island," said Yellow.
They continued to walk deeper into the jungle. The sunlight barely poked through the tree tops. The monkeys could be heard making noises from above. A flock of Goonies flew by. They were barely visible through the tree tops.
The Smashers stayed close together, with Yellow leading them. Eventually, an entrance was spotted from a distance.
"There it is!" pointed out Yellow. She began to run ahead of the Smashers.
"Wait up!" shouted Mario.
Yellow ran through the entrance and stopped in the middle of the village. She smiled. "Oh how much I miss this place."
"You must really miss your village," said Mario placing a hand on her shoulder.
"Yeah…"
"Yellow, is that you!?" cried out a green yoshi, exiting his home.
"Uncle!" shouted Yellow. She ran up to her uncle and hugged him. "I missed you so much! How have things been since I left?"
"Oh! Things haven't changed much, but we still miss you. What kind of things have you been doing since you left?"
"Oh…I've been visiting my dad a lot! I also have a job, so my dad doesn't have to worry about supporting me, besides, I'm old enough to be on my own. I'm finally 12 years old!"
"Wait a sec!? You yoshis leave your home at the age of 12!?" cried out Falco on surprise.
"Kinda. We're considered adults by that age," explained Yellow.
"What the hell!? But aren't you the same age as Bowser Jr.!?"
"Yeah…but we have a different custom here. I'm old enough to get married and move away from my family to support myself."
"Oh you gotta be kidding me…"
"Oh my gosh! You brought the other Smashers along with you!? Hehe…why don't you meet my wife? She'll be glad to meet you. She already saw Link and Toony," said Cameo.
"I see yoshis are also fans of us," said Fox.
"Yeah, we do have a television which Yoshi bought for us. During the Smash Bros tournament we all gather at my house to watch it on television."
"Yoshi has so much money! Why can't he buy each of the yoshis a television?" exclaimed Falco.
"Because we don't want to be influenced by technology. We ONLY use the television to watch the Smash Bros tournament."
"Well I admire that very much. I try to keep my kingdom from the influence of technology too. I like to keep things traditionally and it is what makes my kingdom very unique. Besides, everyone is happy the way my kingdom is," said Zelda.
"Hey! We're all about technology! We even use technology to make our food!" complained Falco. "You don't know what you're missing. Plus you guys will never be prepared for a war like my planet with their amazing technology!"
"Well, we all have our opinions. Let's go to my home," said Cameo.
The Smashers followed Cameo into his home. They all gathered around the living room and sat on the sofa, which stood in front of the television.
"Well many of this stuff belongs to my father. My dad likes the stuff that humans make," explained Cameo. "Hey Auri! We got more Smashers visiting us!"
Auri appeared in the living room.
"Oh my gosh, you eyes are so w-" Falco gasped before Yellow stomped his foot.
"Don't say anything about her eyes," whispered Yellow.
"Oww," mumbled Falco. "That wasn't necessary."
Samus couldn't help but chuckled. Falco glared at her, but Samus ignored the gaze and continued to chuckle.
"It's Falco!" cried out Pavo. "You're one of my favorite Smashers! You were so awesome in the Smash tournaments! I always cheer for you! Can I have your autograph?"
"Sorry kid I don't do-" Yellow glared at Falco. The fact that Yellow was still cursed made the glare even more menacing.
"I mean…yes I can give you an autograph!" said Falco, forcing a smile. He took the autograph book from Pavo's hand.
"Hi Yellow!" greeted Pavo who finally took notice of her. He walked up to Yellow and shook hands with her. "I heard you found uncle Shino. How is he like? Is it true he still can't control his anger? How do you deal with him? I haven't seen him for a long time."
"He's really nice, but he does get angry at times. He is always busy working at the hospital. My dad has a passion for working there, even though he occasionally yells at his patience," said Yellow giggling.
"Here you go," said Falco, handing Pavo the autograph book with his signature.
"Hey mom! Look! I got an autograph from Falco!" cried out Pavo. He ran up to his mother and showed her the autograph. Falco rolled his eyes.
"Geeze Pavo…if you keep acting like a momma's boy, you will never get married," said Yellow.
"Hey! I just wanted to show my mom the autograph!" retorted Pavo.
"Have you seen Link and Toony?" asked Zelda.
"They passed by here yesterday. They left the village with Yoshi, but I haven't seen them since then," said Cameo.
"Yoshi said something about going to the ruins," mumbled Pavo.
"SAY WHAT!?"
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"Hey SD, do you have anything to eat?" asked Link.
Okay I guess that will be all. I could have done much more, but I'll give myself a break. This was more of a filler chapter. The only main event is the occurrence in the ruins. Trust me, a LOT more is going to happen next chapter! I still hope you guys enjoyed the chapter even though it ain't much. DX
The good stuff will come soon! :D
FYI: I know this is confusing, but when I capitalize the "Y" in Yoshi, I'm referring to Yoshi, the Smasher/Yellow's brother. When I don't capitalize yoshi, then I am referring to the species. I know confusing! I seriously need to give an ACTUAL name to Yoshi. -_-;
You guys are SOO lucky I have a two hour delay. I made this update at 3:50 a.m on a school night. xD