Clash of the Smashers

Chapter One: Let's Meet our Heroes!

(Disclaimer: Just in case you were wondering…I do not own Mario or anything else in this story…except for the ideas…those are mine. Mostly)

After finishing their battles in what the Smashers affectionately call "Super Smash Bros. Melee!" most of them went off to their respective homelands to vacation, or to go on to more fun adventures, with less violent fighting. An adventure without violent fighting, like that's going to happen. However Princess Peach was afraid that Bowser, naughty super villain that he is, would try something while she was away on a diplomatic mission. So she told Mario and Yoshi to guard her castle. Luigi went with Peach as her mission took him near his sweetheart Daisy whom he has developed a fondness for. Mario managed to net eight more people, either Smashers or friends/arch-rivals of some Smashers to help with guarding the castle. These ten people are…

Mario: The savior of the Mushroom Kingdom and bane of Bowser. A pudgy man with an oversized nose, red shirt and blue overalls, he wears a red cap with the letter M on it as well as white gloves. Although all he says is his catch phrases, and acts like a reckless idiot there seems to be a lot more to him than meets the eye. For example he was the undisputed champion of Melee, as his surprisingly powerful moves beat out his competitors. He has a freakishly good jumping ability as well as a large hammer that he did not use in the matches. He also is very fast and has the ability to shoot fireballs and parry projectiles with his magic cape. In the original Smash contest he came in second to Link. Speaking of him…

Link: The silent swordsman and champion of the first Super Smash Bros., he lost in Melee to the Japanese newcomer Marth who in turn lost to Mario in the finals. Link is known as the Hero of Time in his native homeland of Hyrule. He is a blond young man in his late teens. He wears a green "Man-skirt" and a strange long pointy hat that flops behind his head. He wears white skin tight legging…things on his legs and arms. He wields medieval weaponry such as a bow and arrows, bombs, a boomerang, a shield and a mystical sword called "The Master Sword". He also uses a strange device he calls the "Hookshot." The Hookshot has the ability to grab foes from far away and drag them closer or latch onto things and bring Link to them.

Yoshi: A green dinosaur like creature, he uses a series of egg like attacks such as throwing eggs, trapping his opponents in one or going inside an egg to roll around and bash people. However after losing in the first round of Melee, then losing in the loser tournaments that the contestants used to see who came in what place (he was second to last) caused him to snap. (Obviously the last place finisher was Pichu as he was unable to attack without causing severe pain to himself.) Yoshi now spends all of his time mumbling about an ultimate attack he has called "Yoshi Boom!" which he claims comes from strange blue balls he calls "Boomers". None of these exist and Peach was quite cautious about leaving him behind but Mario claimed he would take care of that. (How he did that while only uttering his catch-phrases…who knows.)

Samus: A hardened warrior woman encased in strong orange alien armor, she has the ability to fire missiles, and energy beams from her hand cannon…or as she calls them "Power Beams". She also has a "Grappling Beam." Similar in use to the Hookshot, only it uses electricity to grab things. (At least I think it is electricity…cursed hi-tech alien devices!) Samus also has an interesting move called the "Screw Attack" where she folds herself up and spins through the air with a glowy force field surrounding her. This obviously hurts whoever it hits. Her final and strangest ability is the "Morph Ball". In this one she literally becomes a small and speedy ball, which although seems impossible she manages it quite well. This form allows her to lay small bombs around which can cause slight damage to foes. Samus always finishes near the top in the Smash contests and is extremely strong. She doesn't talk much and most think her indifferent, but she has a strong sense of justice and leapt at the chance to help Peach.

Kirby: A bizarre pink puffball, Kirby is a spherical creature. He is only three feet tall which is small compared to Link and Samus's six feet and Mario's five foot ten, and Yoshi's five feet. Kirby continues the trend of reasonably quiet heroes. He has a cheerful attitude and mostly just says YAY, Ok, or Agh, depending on the situation. Unbelievably cute with his smiling face, even enemies have been known to call him adorable…right before they attack him. He has tiny cylindrical arms and big feet, but no hands or legs to speak of. He wields a sword he calls the "Cutter" which when slammed into the ground it shoots off a medium ranged blue shockwave. He also has the ability to turn himself into a rock temporarily and he uses a large hammer…but not to the proficiency that Mario does. However Kirby's ultimate power is the ability to suck up enemies and utilize some of their basic powers before being damaged too much, such as Mario's fireball, or Link's arrows. This power took him pretty far in the Smash tournament, but Samus used a charge function on her arm cannon and blew him away, resulting in him losing.

Falco: Falco is a "friend" I suppose of Fox, although they occasionally don't get along too well. Falco is the sixth person set to guard the castle. A bird like creature he is tall and walks on two legs. He lacks the ability to fly but can jump almost as high as Mario. He's of pretty average speed, but his moves more than make up for that. He carries a pistol which can fire weak laser shots at a long distance at an average rate of fire. He can also cover himself in fire and shoot off very fast, thanks to some strange technology. Falco can also use a device he calls "Falco Phantasm" which is essentially the same as Fox's favorite move "Fox Illusion" where they dash at incredibly high speeds but only for a VERY short distance. The final skill that Falco has is a blue force field that reflects projectile attacks, but nothing else.

Meta-Knight: A rival so to speak of Kirby. He wears an armored mask so all anyone can see of his face is bright yellow eyes. His body shape is similar to Kirby's as in it is a round ball…but Meta-Knight (Or Meta for short) also has wings that merge to form his cape and a powerful sword that he wields quite well. He is intelligent and reasonably quiet although he occasionally goes into monologues. (Hey he used to be a villain, give him SOME credit.) He says he'll probably show up for the third Smash tournament.

Raichu: An electric mouse creature, he was not in the Smash fights but was a close friend of both Pikachu and Pichu who essentially demanded that he guard the castle, while they go on a fun vacationy thing. He is about the size of Kirby and has a long tail. He has multiple abilities, mostly revolving around shocking things. He is at the castle, because he wants something from the others. Although he speaks in the peculiar pokemon language (Which is the respective characters name repeated over and over) due to some weird dimensional warp thing all languages are universally understood, so he can talk to others and be understood and vice versa. The reason Pikachu, Pichu and Jigglypuff did not communicate with others besides saying their names was because they were arrogant jerks. (Except for Pikachu, he just didn't like saying anything else.)

Diddy: Another person not in the Smasher tournaments, this T-shirt wearing chimp is a close friend of Donkey Kong. While Donkey Kong and Mario used to have an intense rivalry, Donkey Kong has let it drop figuring that 25 years is too long to hold a grudge. Mario of course secretly still harbors resentment as he can be rather petty. Diddy has powerful tail techniques, dual peanut popguns and a jetpack that works for a limited amount of time. He has a cheerful attitude and he and Raichu get along pretty well. Diddy also wants something from the others

Bario: The tenth and final person sent to guard the castle; he is the only one no one seems to have any connections to. He claims he is from Hyrule, just like Link but Link has never met him before. He wears clothing similar to Link's with a similar hat, although his clothing is bright red and his hat…hood…thing has the letter B on it just like Mario's M and he has dark purple hair. He wields a sword of similar size and shape as the "Master Sword", but it is not a mystical sword given to him from the goddesses. He showed up and asked to help guard the castle, although the others were unaware of how he knew about the guarding. The other nine were all contacted by either Peach or a friend…but Bario seemed to just know. He seemed trustworthy though, as he was friendly and cheerful.

These ten people, decided to call themselves the Smashers for their little guarding session. It wasn't entirely inaccurate, six of them WERE Smashers and one was going to be…so they figured that would work. They were chilling on top of Peach's castle drinking some mushroom liquids and listening to Yoshi babble on about how he will crush them all in the next tournament with his new attack.

"So as I was saying…Yoshi Boom will explode and ANNIHILATE you ALL!" Yoshi cackled.

This made Meta rather annoyed as this was the third time he heard Yoshi say the exact same thing.

"So tell me Yoshi…if this attack causes such a big and powerful explosion…what would prevent you from being damaged from it?"

Yoshi was unable to come up with a response…so he popped out an egg and ate it; much to the disgust of Falco who was watching the conversation.

"Geez man! That's like really twisted! I mean…Ew!"

Yoshi responded "Is not!"

And so the two got into a "Is too, is not" argument. Meta shook his… head…body…thing…and wandered over to Bario.

Bario was lounging by one of the castle turrets while watching Mario jump from one side of the castle to the other. He saw Meta-Knight walking over to him.

"Hey Meta! What's up?"

"Those fools," Meta told him, "are very annoying."

"Oh…well I'm sure they'll get better. And we won't be here that long, just a day or two more, as Peach won't be long," Bario said.

Mario landed in front of Meta.

"Woohoo!" he shouted, before leaping off again.

"That man is very strange," Meta informed Bario.

"Yes…he is a little…different, but I hear he is a great hero…but he's not what I expected," Bario said.

In the meantime Diddy and Raichu were getting acquainted.

"So…you know Pikachu?" Diddy asked.

"Yeah…why?"

Diddy shrugged.

"I was just curious. Donkey Kong keeps saying how cheap he is and he cheats all the time-"

Raichu angrily looked at Diddy.

"Pikachu doesn't cheat! Just because he BEAT Donkey Kong doesn't mean-"

Diddy raised his paws to get Raichu to stop.

"I didn't say I agreed with Donkey Kong…I was just telling you what he thought."

"Oh…," said the rather foolish feeling Raichu "Uh…sorry."

"It's okay."

Mario jumps over.

"Babies!"

Mario jumps away. Both Raichu and Diddy look at each other in confusion.

The final three of our group of ten was Link, Samus and Kirby. They seemed to be having a "Who can be the most SILENT contest?" Link and Samus seemed to be winning as Kirby kept going "YAY!" every few minutes.

Bario sighed at all the strange characters and good-naturedly smiled and shook his head. They almost made him feel sorry for…no, not quite there yet, worry about it later. He pushed the thought to the back of his mind and took a look at courtyard in front of the castle. Something was coming!

"Hey…guys…we got some strange things coming up fast!

The other Smashers immediately stopped what they were doing and took a look over the side.

"What the heck are those?!" Falco asked.

Yoshi was about to respond but Bario cut in.

"Those are Goombas, Boos and Bob-ombs, common enemies from around here."

Diddy gave Bario a strange look.

"Hey Bario…you're not from around here…so how do you know about them?" Bario looked flustered for a second before coming up with a response.

"Uh I studied a lot about enemies from different areas so yeah…" He trailed off but Diddy still looked at him suspiciously before a cry cut through the air.

"Woohoo!"

Goombas are fairly weak brown, armless creatures, with large bulbous eyes and two fangs that they don't often use. They have big feet and are about two feet tall on average. They are the basic grunts of Bowser's army.

Boos are white ghost like creatures with small, almost flipper like hands, no legs and a round body. They have large mouths and the ability to go transparent. They are fond of scaring people and are definitely mischievous but not really evil or great fighters. About two feet in diameter makes them about the same size as a Goomba but they have a little bit more offensive power.

Bob-ombs are smaller then both, about a foot and a half…but they are definitely the most dangerous. They are essentially walking time bombs. They can set themselves to explode at any time when something makes them angry, which is pretty much everything, but they'll usually try a weak ram attack before their kamikaze explosion.

While Diddy was questioning Bario, Mario charged off the side of the castle and landed on his feet quite easily despite the considerable drop. He then charged the small army. There was three Boos, four Goombas and three Bob-ombs, which although a larger force than what Mario usually deals with, still not too big a deal. He slammed two of the Goombas with his hammer before they even realized that Mario was attacking them, so intent were they on their goal of reaching the castle. The other two Goombas hit Mario on the side with a head-bonk attack, which was basically a tackle with their slightly pointy heads.

After getting over the shock of seeing Mario dive into combat, Bario took command.

"Come on guys! Let's help him out!"

Bario charged for the fight…and tripped right over the edge of the castle. He lay on the ground trying to get to his feet while the other seven easily made it down. As Meta passed, folding up his wings into his cape ultra cool like, Bario distinctly heard him call him a fool.

Mario fell to the ground, slightly hurt from the attack but was about to start battling again when a Boo came up to try and hit him. Mario was unaware of the attack as he was focusing on the two remaining Goombas, when the Boo got hit by a ball of electricity. Mario turned just in time to see Raichu jump on it and repeatedly shock it. Mario gave a brief nod to Raichu before diving in again.

The rest of the fight was quick and ended in about ten seconds. No one was seriously injured, although there was a second of worry, because as soon as Bario managed to get to the fight, the three Bob-ombs, knowing of their inevitable loss lit their fuses and charged for him, hoping to take out at least one person. Link and Samus put a quick stop to that as their arrows and Power Beam shots caused the Bob-ombs to explode prematurely and not cause any damage to anyone.
Raichu took a look around and seeing no more enemies decided to relax.

"Hey guys great job-"

Suddenly there was a loud rumbling. The Smashers quickly turned to the small forest near the castle. Something was moving there. Several something's in fact. They got into fighting stances for whatever came out…but they weren't expecting what did…

(Author's Note: This story is based on a forum known as "Smash RPG, or the "RPG of DOOM!" The administrator of the forum, considering I helped him come up with the idea permitted me to write this story. I did NOT rip this idea off him. Let me know what you think, and if I should continue the story. REVIEWS!)