A/N: Busy but, I did it.
Chapter 84: Underground Tournament
3:00 P.M.
Coliseum
The opening ceremony of the tournament began with fireworks and confetti. People in the coliseum clapped and cheered for the incoming battles they heard from underground. Makato stood in the sidelines and waited for her match to come up.
'I'm nervous. . . what if I die? Well if I die, I have life insurance. But life insurance is only good when you die. Oh. . .' Negative thoughts build up in Makato's mind as she stared at her opponent, who was eating chains as a snack. Something soft poked her ankle and immediately she glanced down to see Meta Knight.
"Meta Knight."
"I'm here to wish you good luck." Meta Knight said. "Especially with the opponent you're off against."
"Hehe. . . Thanks." Makato smiled at him.
Marth bought a buckle of popcorn at the food court with Ike, as they both made their way back to their seats.
"Makato verses Ridley. . . How do you think she'll do?" Marth asked the mercenary.
Ike kept a straight face while unwrapping his 100% beef polish dog, decorated with many toppings. "I hate to say, but I think I need more ketchup."
Marth almost wanted to throw his whole tub of popcorn at Ike. "I can't believe you just ignored me."
"I don't think she'll make it. . ." Ike then said.
"Because of Ridley? Yea, I can agree on that." Marth said. "Aren't you worried he might rip her guts out as he did to Samus and Pikachu?"
"Um. . . he didn't rip my guts out for your information." Samus said.
"Oh?" Ike laughed. "If all goes wrong I'll use this-" Ike pulled a small remote with a red button under his shirt.
"And what will that do?" Roy asked.
"The collar he's wearing with self-destruct, killing him in the process."
"I'm not even surprised why you volunteer to design his collar." Marth sighed. "What if that doesn't work, then what?"
Ike chuckled, as he took another bite of his street dog. "Oh- -I know it will work, but even so, Kirby's probably doing something stupid since I haven't seen him."
"What?"
"Hey, Ike," Miru said. "This isn't any of my business, but what's your status with Makato?"
Haru laughed loudly for everyone sitting around him to hear. "As far as I know, they're just friends."
"For now. . ." Ike murmured.
A vein popped from Haru's head. "Hoho! As long as I'm here, I won't let you near her-"
"Look! A young underage girl updating her profile on Tinder!" Ike pointed at a random stranger.
Haru was distracted, as he popped his head up at the crowd. "Where?!"
"What was that?" A police officer passed by Haru with a glare. The prince of fire sat down immediately with a nervous grin.
"Nothing, sir!"
"I swear, people like you strive away from God-" The police officer shook his head and walked away.
Haru then sighed. "I gotta lay low for now. . ."
(oOoOoOo)
"FIRST UP, DAISY VS MARMALADE (INKLING)!" Master Hand announced. The crowd roared from the two competitors as they both met in the middle of the coliseum.
"Go, Daisy!" Peach cheered.
"I'll win for you! And you~!" Daisy spotted the Prince of Altea and blew a loud kiss. Marth sweatdropped and faked a smile.
"Robin, may I-?" Lucina was slowly drawing his sword from the sheath but was stopped by her tactician friend.
"If you kill Daisy, you'll kill me. Chrom will kill me." Robin said.
"Daisy is a wild one." Link smirked. "She got this."
"READY? GO!" Crazy Hand smacked the bell and the battle began. A time limit was placed for 10 minutes for each battle.
Marmalade aimed her gun at Daisy but was stopped by the orange princess when she put her hand at her. "Hold up! Before you shoot, I just want to apologize for what I said earlier."
Marmalade arched an eyebrow. "Okay?"
Daisy grinned. "So, I got you a gift." Daisy grabbed the red present from the side of the coliseum and went back to the middle.
The inkling wasn't buying it. "How can I trust you if it's not a bomb."
"Pfft! I'm a princess! You think I'll carry a bomb around me?"
"YEA!" The crowd shouted.
"FUCK YALL!" Daisy lashed. She took in a deep breath. "But, for real, there's no bomb in there. Like where would I get the shit anyway?"
The inkling gave in. "If you say so." She grabbed the red present and slowly began to untie the yellow string. Daisy smirked and slowly started to sway her body left and right.
"Is she. . . dancing?" Pit arched an eyebrow, feeling super confused.
"She could have gone to a club to do that." Dark Pit rolled his eyes.
"My cousin can be so weird sometimes, right Cloudy? Don't you agree?" Peach giggled and turned to the mercenary, who was staring at the orange princess.
"Um. . . Cloud?" Peach let out a nervous giggle and poked him. He didn't move a muscle, and Peach was starting to feel worried.
"What's wrong with Cloud?" Peach spoke to Sonic, who was sitting right next to her when she forced him to move a seat away from Cloud.
Sonic peeked at Cloud and sat back in his seat. "He's finding the battle interesting, I guess."
"What? Is it. . . because of Daisy?" Peach gulped.
Marmalade opened the present and another box appeared. She then opened that box, then another box was in that box. "Seriously? What kind of gift is this? There better be a good diamond ring by the end of this."
Daisy kept her little dancing, adding the milly rock with her arms. The audience could feel the sudden suspense that was in the air, as Marmalade kept unboxing her gift.
It was the last box that Marmalade had to open. Once she opened it, a little piece of paper was inside. She pulled it out carefully while holding her paint gun in her other hand.
How to Make Fried Squid on a Stick
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Marmalade was knocked out from the recipe, as she was sent flying across the colisieum.
The crowd gasped loudly, confused how she was KO'd in one blow.
"A piece of paper knocked her out? Really?" Dark Pit wasn't impressed.
"Maybe it was a scary picture," Pit said.
"WINNER IS, DAISY!" Master Hand announced.
"Booo yaa!" Daisy cheered. "I didn't have to get my hands dirty!"
"Wooooo!" The crowd got on their knees to cheer for the orange princess.
Cloud was fixated on her performance, as he too got on his feet to slowly clap for Daisy. "That. . . was cool."
"Cloudy?" Peach stared at Cloud with a frown, thinking it was a tiny possibility for Cloud to have unknown feelings for her cousin.
"BWAHAHAHAHA!" Roy, Ike, and Haru burst out in laughter from the quick battle. Marth blinked a couple of times and brought himself to clap. "She certainly. . . caught my eye." Marth realized what he just said and cleared his throat. "Well then again. . . I bet nobody expected that."
"I did!" Ness said.
"Me too," Lucas said.
"Yea, it was pretty obvious." Toon Link said.
"Mhm!" Popo and Nana said.
"Hero King Marth, it was a predictable movement" Robin smirked. "She was already celebrating her victory when Marmalade started to open the gift. As you can tell by her odd dancing and creepy grinning, she was dancing quietly to the song 'Yung Bratz' by XXXTentacion, which created the suspense. As the song hit the climax, so did her opponent with the sudden KO. Anyone could know that. Just as predicted."
"Ok, ok! Maybe I was the dumb one!" Marth rolled his eyes.
(oOoOoOo)
The next battle was King K. Rool vs. Chrom which happened to be a lot more interesting than the last one since they were actually fighting.
Both of them took hits and both of them gave blows to one another.
"Gooooo, Daddy! Gogogogo! You can do it!" Lucina cheered. Robin was surprised at how fast his movements were.
"Lucina, was your dad, always that fast?" Robin sweatdropped.
"Uh, yea?" Lucina laughed. "Isn't he amazing?"
"He almost fights like you, Ike. He's just way more fast and clean with his attacks." Marth grabbed a handful of popcorn and stuffed it into his mouth.
Ike crossed his arms. "Then he never got his hands dirty before. Clean attacks? Please. He needs to go back to sword school. I don't see the difference."
". . .Somebody's jelly~" Marth grinned.
"EEYYAAAH!" Chrom slashed his sword to Rool's arm.
Rool was very annoyed to the point, he didn't care about getting hurt. "Ugh! Man! Every time to scream, you sound like a little bitch! I can't take it anymore! If you're not going to finish me off, then I will!"
"But, that's how I was born- Hey! Wait!" Chrom watched his opponent run across the other stage and smashed his head against the wall of the coliseum, giving himself an instant knockout.
"Hey! You can't just. . . aww. . ." Chrom sighed, as he slowly lowered his sword to his side, being declared the winner of the battle.
"GOOD JOB DADDY! WOOOO!" Lucina shouted on top of her lungs.
"I don't even feel like a winner. I'm just hurt inside that my battle cries sound like a bitch. . ." Chrom shed a tiny tear and walked out of the court.
(oOoOoOo)
Simon vs. Richter
Their battle was more interesting than the last battle that was taken place and a little more graphic and time-consuming. But the crowd didn't mind, especially the girls who became new fans for Ritcher.
"Hey, doesn't he look like the male version of Chun-Li?" Roy covered his mouth to keep himself bursting in laughter.
"Oh, you're right. . . That's awkward." Miru said.
"Who's Chun-Li?" Little Mac said.
"The one with the big booty." Snake said.
"Not that Chun-Li The Street Fighter Chun-Li!" Falco said.
"Wait, there's two of them?!" Snake scrunched his eyebrows, feeling super confused.
Ryu grunted loudly, as he rather not have the two of them being compared. Wii Fit Trainer patted his shoulder.
"It's alright. We all have our look-alikes."
"Alexa, shut up."
"SPIKED BALL WITH CHAIN!" Richter swung his flail and attempted to get a hit on Simon.
"Stop with the outrageous names," Simon said. "Or I'll have to kill you."
"Isn't that what you've been trying to do?" Ritcher grinned.
Simon kept silent and swung his flail at Richter. He dodged automatically and attacked back with the same weapon.
"I don't really care about being a Smasher. All I care about is hunting vampires." Simon murmured. "For some reason, I'm not sensing any vampires."
"I could seriously go for some burgers after this- -SPIKED BALL WITH CHAIN-!"
"I told you enough with the crappy name calling!" Simon dodged Richter's attack with a Summersault.
"Boy, you're no fun." Richter chuckled. "You're pretty old school."
"At least I don't use touchscreen tablets to hunt for vampires." Simon scoffed.
"Hey! Everyone uses modern technology on the daily bases!"
"You mean that Blackberry?"
"Urgh-! Shut up! You're just jealous! KUNAI WITH-! Oops, I mean, SPIKED BALL WITH CHAIN!" Richter swung his flail harder and attempted to put a hole on Simon.
"TIMES UP!" Master Hand rang the bell. The fight was intense, and most of the audience enjoyed the battle.
(oOoOoOo)
Ridley vs. Makato
The viewers in the coliseum grew bigger, just so everyone could see the ravaging beast, Ridley.
Ike grew rather nervous for this battle, tapping his feet and pointer finger with crossed arms, as he stared into the middle with Ridley and Makato. He had his little remote just in case anything went wrong, and he had Marth to stop him just in case he made the wrong decisions.
Her brother was the same, but he only smiled on the outside while being soaked in sweat.
Miru had to super glue their butts to their seat.
"Ah, I won't do anything, I swear." They both said.
"Yea, yea. If you love her then you would trust her." Miru said. He turned to Ike and repeated the word "trust" into his ears.
"Trust? What's that? Is that some type of food?" Ike chuckled oddly.
"You guys need help," Roy said in disgust. "I trust her enough that she'll beat him up to a pulp!"
"I think that's just expectations," Marth said. He turned away from his old friends and tapped Robin on the shoulder. "What do you think will happen, Robin?"
"Hmm. . . that all depends. How do you want it to happen?"
"Um, what?"
"I can't watch this! Hold me!" Peach herself fall on Cloud's chest, in which he felt uncomfortable.
"Get. Off. Me. The battle hasn't even started-" Cloud became a mute when he could feel Mario's presence above him.
In the middle of the coliseum, Makato stood in place with her hands folded below her chin. "In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit-"
"Ha! You think praying will save you from death?! Hahaha!" Ridley said.
She kept quiet and looked up at the beast with frightened eyes. 'My brother told me to use an object as a vessel to my powers. . . And since I'm fighting Ridley. . .'
Makato unfolded her hands and wrapped the object around her neck which shined so dim.
"READY, GO!" Crazy Hand slapped the bell.
When the starving dragon heard the bell go off, Ridley immediately flew to the sky and formed a large fireball on thick air. It created a dark atmosphere as a large shadow was cast over the coliseum. Half of the crowd panicked, while others cheered.
Makato sweatdropped, fixated on the large fireball that was still growing from his mouth. She felt defeated, but she still kept her ground.
"I'LL SHOW EVERYONE NOT TO MESS WITH ME!" Ridley roared. He released the massive heat ball which slowly turned into a fast meteor. The heat was super intense that everyone began to sweat. Makato eyes reflected the bright fireball. With seconds left she raised her hands straight to the fireball.
The middle of the coliseum exploded into a fiery bomb, creating a blanket of fire.
"Oops, my hand slip-" Ike pressed the button with a sadistic grin. Marth swiped the remote from the mercenary's hands and chucked it into the horizon.
"Ike! If he's dead, everyone will know you killed him, not Makato!" Marth said.
"Maybe it was for the better. . ." Miru sweatdropped.
"Boi, you were just talking about trust not too long ago!"
"Look! Ridley's falling!" Roy exclaimed.
Everyone saw the giant creature falling from the sky. When his collar exploded from his neck.
"Like a fallen angel. . ." Zelda murmured.
"Not even close to an angel." Link sweatdropped.
"URGH! WHAT THE HELL?! IKE'S GONNA PAY, ONCE I MAKE SURE SHE'S DEAD." Ridley immediately recovered and hovered above the fiery blanket that was slowly fading away.
Most of the people in the coliseum were on their feet, feeling the tight suspense of the other fighter. Was she alive?
"Oh no. Please no. . ." Luigi cried.
It took some time for the fire to clear away. Once it did, the fighting ring was left in large pieces of debris and rubble, shattered and destroyed. Ridley checked the area, looking for his opponent. She was nowhere to be found which made him bring a sharp smirked.
"HAH! WAS THIS SUPPOSED TO BE ICING ON THE CAKE?!" Ridley landed harshly on the debris, roaring once more to show his victory. He then stopped, sensing her faint presence under the rubble. A dark aura glowed dimly where she was buried, showing her presence to everyone that witnessed her "death".
"What?!"
"I thought she was dead!"
"Impossible!"
"What's going on?"
Makato burst out from the rubble, with long, pale, transparent hair and dark eyes tainted purple. She flashed her white sharp teeth, as she slowly began hovering with parts of her body and clothing soaked in blood from head to toe. The necklace she wore remained on her neck, as it glowed brighter. Ridley boiled in anger and he let out a vicious roar.
"She's alive!" Marth, Roy, and Lucina cheered.
"I knew this would happen. . ." Ike's eyes calmed down.
"Yea right." Marth rolled his eyes.
"Wow, didn't expect this," Haruhi said.
"She's using her alter ego as her strength to survive the blast of the fireball. What a good strategy." Robin nodded.
"Yay!" Peach squeezed Cloud even tighter while his tense turned purple.
"Stop. It."
"How are you alive?!" Ridley questioned, as he started attacking with his claws.
"It was a gamble." Dark Makato dodged his attacks swiftly. "The charm on my neck absorb your dark energy which allowed me to transform to my alter ego. But in order to that, I'll have to take in your hits just to have enough of your dark energy inside of me." She licked the blood from her lips that dripped from her skull.
Ridley growled. "You used me like your battery?! You-!"
"Ha, so what? Your boney-ass body tells me your early grave." Dark Makato laughed. She then stretched her hands forward to the beast. "Now then, it's my turn to repay you- -BLEHHHHHHHHHH!" A gush of blood was released from her mouth rapidly, making the crowd gasp. It sounded like she was in good condition, but her insides were obviously a wreck.
Ridley laughed. "Ha! Seems like I did fatal damage-"
"I aM pErFecTlY fInE." Dark Makato said. "It was just last night's dinner."
"It was obviously blood but, think what you want. Regardless, I'm going to end your life!" Ridley charged at Dark Makato with high speed.
'My body is in terrible condition. I don't have time-' Dark Makato dodged, but only took part of the blow from Ridley's large claws, feeling a sting on her pale upper arms. 'I don't think I can attack him full on. But I need to at least land a hit!'
Ridley went for another scratch attack, with insane speed. He stretched forth his arms, hoping to rip her body in half once and for all.
"DIE!" Ridley put a lot of pressure toward his claws to grab his pray like any of wild bird.
Dark Makato stood in place, not moving an inch. The audience was either screaming at her to dodge or run.
"Lucid Eye. . ." Dark Makato murmured while making strong eye contact at the dragon. Her eyes glowed a dark purple aura, as the same aura was transferred to Ridley's bloodshot eyes.
And then.
His whole body went numb; his wings, his arms, his expression all shut down. A booming was made when his body crashed down to the ground right in front of the princess. The whole crowd was in static shock.
Ridley's expression was in a daze, and the crowd was shouting at him to get his ass up.
"Holy moly! What happened?" Roy stopped his process of eating his hot dog.
"Did Ridley turned off his Windows computer?" Ike said, still unsure.
"I don't know, maybe it was the undertaker that took his soul at that very minute. . ." Marth squinted his eyes.
"WHY IS THERE SCREAMING IN THE BACKGROUND?! AAAAHHHH!" Ridley screeched. Rupturing almost of everybody's eardrums. His eyes were tightly closed but his screams and roars were horrific. Dark Makato enjoyed his performance, as she circled him slowly, making sure he was suffering.
"Keep dreaming, until you die. All of your nightmares will come to life until you die. . ." Dark Makato cursed. After a few seconds of standing, Dark Makato also collapsed to the ground, leaving the crowd speechless.
The bell rung and Master Hand announced the battle as a double ko since neither one of the woke up.
The paramedics came to get them, but for some reason, they all collapsed. The crowd started to feel fear toward the middle of the coliseum.
"HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON?! THIS IS NOT A SLEEPOV-" Crazy Hand was cut off just when he went to the middle of the stadium.
"AHHHH!"
"The Ebola is spreading!"
"RUN!"
Everyone panicked all together in the stadium, leaving the bags, phones, and children behind from the mysterious collapsing of the opponents, the paramedics, and Crazy Hand.
"What's going on?!" Peach exclaimed squeezing the living daylights out of Cloud.
"C-can't breathe-"
"Nani?!" Marth hopped from his seat along with his other buddies.
Roy pouted as he held onto his own cape. "What's happening?"
"Maka-" Ike was stopped by Miru who shook his head.
"We can't be reckless, we don't know what we're dealing with-"
"Then do you have a plan?" Ike swiped his arm away from his grasp.
Haruhi patted Ike's shoulder. "Let's all calm down. We need to know what's the source."
"Yea, but how?" Marth asked.
"I believe-" Robin grabbed the cape of the newcomer and tossed him in the middle with the swordsmen, "-He knows something."
"Are you fuckin-?! Why are you always causing problems?!" Ike threatened Corrin with a fist, making the dragon boy flinched a little.
"W-wait, I can explain!" He quivered in fear.
"Out of all people?" Marth sighed.
"I overheard him saying, 'not again'," Lucina popped behind Robin. "But, Corrin, what do you mean by that?"
"You all remember the last tournament about the terrorist?" Corrin twiddled his fingers.
"Yeea?" Everyone said in unison.
"Well. . ."
(oOoOoOo)
A mysterious figure covered in black left coliseum hours before he succeeded his plan. As he blended himself into the panicking crowd, the guy could only smirk from his victory.
"Hah, everyone that stole my brother will die a painful death with that hidden poison mist in the coliseum."
"Hey, 9/11 threat, I was the one who bought the damn shit for like a hundred bucks!" Kirby nudged him in anger.
"Ah, sorry, my bad, Master." He apologized quickly.
Kirby smirked, as he opened up a bean burrito. "That's what they get for not giving me any screen time."
"That's my brother, Takumi." Corrin sighed.
"Ohhhh, ok." Everyone nodded.
Corrin waited for a harsher reaction as he got on his two feet.
He gulped, "I'm sorry everyone, but the good news is, I know what we're dealing with."
"What is it? We're kinda fighting time here?" Marth said.
"A special Hoshidan essence that kills enemies in three days. But within thirty minutes, the gas dies off. . ."
"So you're saying it's a gas chamber?" Roy frowned harder.
"Why are you lying, Cornbread?" Ike grew irritated by time. Corrin shook his head frantically. "No! It's not that."
"Well, you said the gas should be out then. We'll have to help those who were affected by the gas." Miru said.
"Your freaking brother is giving me stress, you know that?" Ike smiled at Corrin.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"
"We need all the hands we can get! It seems everyone that was in the tournament was all affected." Mario overheard their conversation and called out to the Smashers.
The strong heavy Smashers carried Master Hand, Crazy Hand, and unfortunately Ridley, who was dosed in heavy amounts in sweat, while the rest of the Smashers went with a partner to carry out each person. In the end, the secret tournament was secretly ruined once more.
A/N: Thanks for reading! Till next time.
