Disclaimer: Due to this being Fanfiction, I don't own Smash Brothers, Nintendo, Sonic the Hedgehog, Metal Gear Solid, Mega Man, Pac-Man, or any other properties that may show up in this fic. I will only own the OC's.

Other stuff:

Well, I'm not going to bore you with the author notes / intro, so I'll make it really quick:

Welcome to World Crossing! It's a sequel to one of my other stories Trapped in the Brawl. While it's not really required to read, that story does have some background information, world building and all that fun stuff, and I personally think of it as an extended prologue. (Laughs nervously)

So, this will be my foray into the whole, "Normal Human teams up with Smashers, to fight evil, and crossover into other video games for an adventure" Subgenre of fics that this section has no shortage of.

As you know, OC's are the nature of the beast of these fics, and this one is no different. Long story short: There are OC's. I've taken measures so that the Smashers won't disappear completely from the fic.

That's all I want to say right now, I'll save everything else for later down below.

But, let's start with the overly pretentious quote!

What if everything that you see, is more than what you see? The person next to you is a warrior and the space that appears empty is a door to another world?

What if something appears that shouldn't? You either dismiss it or accept that there is more to the world than you think. Perhaps it really is a doorway, and if you choose to go inside, you'll find many unexpected things.

~ Shigeru Miyamoto

Chapter 1: The happy-go-lucky world of Nintendo!

There are other worlds and dimensions out there, but not everybody knows that they exist. Those that do unfortunately can't normally interact with them. A man named Nugai has two theories on how these other worlds and dimensions came to be.

The first, he said in this world there are those who are able to create other worlds. These people he has called the Makers. But, tragically, these Makers don't know that they have this power. They just continue their normal days, making the world either through writing a book, comic book, movie, TV series, programming a game, or creating any other form of media, or just through day dreaming.

The other way, he speculated, is that these worlds always existed, and that the Makers were able to access them on a subconscious level. They visited the world that they would then 'create' through their dreams, or just knew from a sudden flash of inspiration and created that world for human consumption. Tragically, they were still unable to fully go into those worlds. They just had their brief flashes. He leaned towards this theory, because the subconscious of others also seemed to affect the worlds, but he didn't know if it truly was them affecting the world, or the worlds affecting us.

Nugai, was apart of another group that he had dubbed the Travelers. Unlike the Makers they were a group of people who could freely crossover into the new worlds, for a time.

But not all Travelers knew they had this power.

Some people, who vanish off of the face of the earth with out a trace, have this ability. In some cases, they were found days, weeks, months, or even years later, and they were different. Some acted like shell-shocked veterans. Others were just perfectly fine. They said that they had visited a fantasy world. They would either think that it was a dream, or they were swiftly silenced. Those that seeped through the cracks were lucky. However, no one believed them. After all they sounded far too crazy.

"You met Mario? Geeze, you really shouldn't have drank all that much last night."

"But, I didn't have anything."

"Yeah right. You just got so plastered that you thought everything was coming out of the TV."

"But... it actually happened."

"What?! You were going through the Pokemon world?"

"Yeah, I was running through the fields, I had a Pikachu following me!"

"Geeze, next he's going to tell us his uncle works at Nintendo."

"Yeah. He's just trying to get attention. Let's leave him alone"

"Running through Green Hill zone is so amazing! The wind is just pushing your back!"

"What on earth are you talking about?"

"I went into Sonic the Hedgehog!"

"What? Come on, you were just running in that giant field behind your house, weren't you?"

Yes, those who told others were almost immediately dismissed, as just overactive imaginative children, drunkards, or just plain insane. But there were two who didn't follow this pattern. One became known as Nugai, and the other became known as The Reaper.

"Something happened!" Nugai said.

"Oh? What?" The Reaper asked.

"Okay, look, this is going to sound completely crazy, but I went inside the TV and into the video game."

"Geeze, everyone at school is right, you are obsessed with video games."

"I'm telling you the truth, and I can prove it!" Nugai said.

"Yeah right." The Reaper scoffed.

And just like that Nugai placed his hand on the TV Screen. The solid glass soon became like liquid and he went into the TV. He came out and dragged the Reaper in.

How would of things been different if this event had never occurred?

Who knows? They probably would have grown up normally and gotten boring 9-5 jobs.

Years passed, and then a tragedy occurred, The Reaper 'died' in a car accident, as a last ditch effort to save himself he used his power to go into the other world and received treatment there, but soon found out that he could not return. Nugai, who had forced himself to forget about the other world, was dragged in one day, where he had to fight against his old friend The Reaper. And then uncovering a conspiracy under the name of "Project Fantasia" that would fuse all the dimensions into one, allowing anyone access to what they believed to be fictional worlds.

Eventually Nugai was able to return back to his normal world, with some minor edits. He was able to temporarily block access to the other dimensions, but he knew one day, at least seven years from that adventure, the seal would break, as there were those on his side who wished to profit from the worlds fusing.

And now, something is beginning, almost 7 years after Nugai was dragged in and defeated the Reaper, the barrier that he set up between worlds had weakened greatly.

This is the story of a small group of people who can cross dimensions, and their fight to protect both sides. This is the struggle of the Smashers, to prevent complete and total destruction of all existence. This is the story of a man who simply wished to save lives.

But above all else, this is the story of Project Fantasia.

In a mansion, overlooking a city, a group of people known as the Smashers live. They were united by a being known as Master Hand, for the purpose of defeating evil and protecting their worlds. Their age, or even former alliance didn't matter; they were just people, or even robots, connected by the goal of defeating evil.

But for right now they were relaxing. Outside, the kid Smashers were playing a game of soccer. The kid Smashers was a subset within the Smashers, a group consisting of the younger Smashers. They included a blonde boy named Lucas, a black haired kid with a baseball cap named Ness, a blonde swordsman named Toon Link, a boy in a bluish purplish parka named Popo, a girl in a pink parka named Nana, and another boy named Red.

There was also another boy who wasn't a Smasher, but was playing with them, he was a brown haired boy strangely named Villager, despite his young age and strange name, most people are shocked to find out that he is actually a mayor of a nearby village called Smashville.

There was also another boy named Rock. He also wasn't a Smasher, but was a robot from the nearby Light Laboratories. Dr. Light had created him, and his sister Roll, a blonde haired robot that wore a red dress and was currently sitting on the sidelines cheering them on. They came over to the Smashers' occasionally on Dr. Light's request for interaction with humans.

Currently the group of kids were just playing a game of soccer, or at least they were trying to. The game had degenerated into who could hit the ball the hardest without actually breaking it. Ness jumped up, high into the air to intercept the ball and then kicked it back towards a makeshift goalie net. The soccer ball was now suddenly on fire. It was the result of Ness having mixed in some psychic energy to his kick. He just waited to see if anyone was brave enough to try and block it. Ness just glanced down at Lucas and Popo, he figured those two would be the only ones able to do it.

But, suddenly, someone covered in a cloak jumped out of the nearby forest and stopped the ball with his barefoot. The air seemed to ripple from the two colliding, and then the person and the soccer ball landed gracefully on the ground.

The kid Smashers stared in shock at the newcomer. He just lightly kicked the ball back to them. The kid Smashers were a bit confused, and shocked by his sudden appearance. Not to mention there was the fact that he was barefoot, and having just come from a forest.

"Hello, I'm sorry for intruding, but I'm looking for Master Hand." He said.

They were all a bit apprehensive about the strange person's sudden appearance. Not to mention with how he intercepted the ball, they could tell that he wasn't normal. Ness, a psychic, tried to read his mind, but quickly found it was blocked. He quickly pulled out a baseball bat that he had concealed somewhere and glared at the newcomer. The other kid Smashers followed suit and pulled out some weapons. "V, Rock, get back." Ness said, with a surprising amount of authority in his voice. The two just quickly complied; figuring out the person was dangerous. "Who are you? And why can't I read your mind?"

"Is that what you were trying to do?" the cloaked person said a bit surprised. "I'm sorry, I just naturally block out all psychics now."

"You're not normal." Ness said.

"You're right, I'm not," the cloaked person said. He raised up his arms and hands so that they visible and not being concealed by the rather baggy cloak. "Please, I mean you no harm."

"Can you prove it?" Ness said.

"Beyond that you're all still alive?" The cloaked person said. "You there, Lucas, why don't you go to Master Hand and tell him that someone named Nugai would like to meet with him."

Lucas looked rather shocked. "How do you know my name?"

"I know all about you Smashers." Nugai said. "Ness, Nana, Popo, Red, Toon Link..."

They were just stunned at how the person they had never met before knew them.

"And you must be Villager and Mega Man." Nugai said. "My cousin won't shut up about you guys."

They just stood there and looked at the cloaked figure confused. "Are you even sane?" Toon Link asked.

"Some would say no." Nugai replied. "So, Lucas are you going to get Master Hand or not?"

"He's not your carrier pigeon." Ness snapped. "We don't even know what you look like underneath that cloak, whether you're hiding any weapons or not. Toon, why don't you get that cloak off of him!?"

Toon Link pulled out a giant leaf and then sent a gust of wind that blew away the cloak.

The person underneath didn't react. He just let the hood fly down and the cape fly back. It stayed on him, mainly because his arms were in the sleeves still. Nugai was wearing rather casual clothing. A pair of jeans, and a black t-shirt. As for his face, he had rather long dark hair, but it looked like it was kind of greasy, that he hadn't seen a shower in a few days. He also had a beard starting to grow, mainly because he hadn't shaved in a week.

"So do I get to see Master Hand now?" Nugai wondered. "Or are you going to frisk me for any concealed weapons too?"

"Fine, Lucas, go get him." Ness said.

Lucas just nodded and ran off to the Smash Mansion. Nugai on the other hand sat down on the grass. The Kid Smashers didn't resume their game of soccer. They just edged away from Nugai and made it extremely clear that they didn't trust him in the slightest and were on the look out for any funny moves.

A few minutes later Lucas came back. "Master Hand said he wasn't seeing anyone..."

Nugai let off a heavy sigh. He got up, not exactly looking amused. "I don't have time for this." He muttered to himself. He glanced at the kid Smashers. "Ness, lead the way to Master Hand's office." his tone had drastically changed; he had made it abundantly clear that it wasn't a request. It was an order.

Ness however either didn't pick up on it, or was really getting tired of this person. "No, leave. You're clearly not someone important."

Nugai just disappeared. The next thing Ness knew was that he was on the ground looking up at the sky. Nugai was stepping on him and had a sword out right by his neck. "You misunderstood, that wasn't a request."

The other Smashers were too shocked to react. Ness just stared terrified at Nugai. As for Nugai, there was a certain look of sadness in his face, as though it pained him to do this. Ten seconds had passed and Popo was the first to react. "Hey, get off of Ness!" He shouted bringing out a hammer and rushing towards Nugai. Popo swung the hammer with his full strength, however Nugai just blocked the attack with his hand. Popo didn't follow through with any other attacks he just fell to his knees absolutely terrified.

"Hey get off of Ness!" Nana shouted running towards Nugai.

"Stop!" Popo shouted. The cry of her brother froze the other ice climber. She looked at Popo. "He's too powerful..."

She didn't attempt another attack.

The sword in Nugai's hand then vanished. "Ness, will you take me to Master Hand's office." Nugai said, stepping off of his stomach and extending his arm downwards.

Ness just nodded, and took his hand, Nugai just pulled him up. "Follow me."

Nugai just followed Ness as they went towards the mansion.

Nana just rushed up to her brother. "Why did you stop me?" She asked.

Popo just shook his head. "That guy... as soon as he blocked my attack, I could feel how strong he was. He may even dwarf Master Hand in power..."

Ness occasionally glanced back to see if Nugai was still following him. Nugai had put his hood back up over his head. "You're crying..." Ness said.

"Guess even if I block out your psychic abilities there are just some things that I can't hide."

"Why are you crying?" Ness asked.

"You reminded me of an old friend, and just you not recognizing me made that fear of the old friend not recognizing me come out." Nugai replied.

"What was his name?"

"Lane." Nugai replied.

They got to the front door of the mansion. Ness just opened it and the two of them walked through the hallways, occasionally passing another Smasher. They would look at Nugai suspiciously, but Ness just reassured them that it was okay, or at least he hoped that it was okay. In one of the hallways, Ness tried to at least get some small talk out of him. "Just who are you?" Ness wondered. "You blocked that soccer ball with your bare foot?"

"I didn't just use my barefoot." Nugai said. "I used Aura to protect my foot, and cancel the blast."

"Still, that probably required a great amount of skill!" Ness said. "Where did you learn aura mastery like that?"

"A Lucario taught me." Nugai said.

"Wow, that's cool!" Ness said.

They finally made it to two large doors. Ness reached for the door, however the cloaked figure's hand shot up first and he opened the door. Ness was actually rather surprised that the cloaked figure had the strength to open the doors. They were intentionally made rather heavy so that the Smashers couldn't interrupt whatever Master Hand would do behind the doors. Suddenly two golden bullets rushed for the cloaked figure. They just exploded in midair, not even touching him, but a gust of wind suddenly pushed his cloak off.

"How many times do I have to tell you to knock first!" Master Hand's voice boomed.

"Sorry, but you never told me that, Hand." Nugai said.

"Nugai!?" Master Hand said surprised.

The doors suddenly slammed shut with Ness just standing on the other side. He tried to press his ear against the door to hear what was going on, but the room was perfectly soundproofed.

"So, what did you find out about that guy?" A voice asked.

Ness turned around to see Villager right behind him, Ness guessed that he had been trailing them. With how frequent Villager was over with the Kid Smashers, not many other Smashers would bat an eye; it was almost like he fit in. And even then, he knew where nearly everything was in the mansion. "Not much, V." Ness sighed. "But he seemed to know Master Hand."

"He overpowered you and Popo pretty quickly too." Villager said.

Ness just nodded. "Yeah… that's kind of scary considering how strong Popo is with his hammer."

"Popo was saying that as soon as his hammer touched him, he could feel the depth of his power." Villager said.

Ness just nodded. "I'm just glad he's on our side... I kind of wonder what they're talking about in there though..."

"If it's important, I'm sure you guys will hear about it soon enough." Villager laughed.

"Yeah, I guess that's right." Ness said.

"Well, I guess I better go back to my town." Villager sighed.

"Do you want me to escort you back?" Ness wondered.

"Yeah sure." Villager laughed.

Around the Smash Mansion, the other Smashers were also doing their normal things. Mario, Luigi, Wario and Peach were out playing tennis. Olimar was gardening. Captain Falcon was working on his Blue Falcon in the garage.

Kirby was running away from a frustrated Link who had been trying to bake a cake for Zelda, but Kirby had stolen and eaten it.

For the most part, things were peaceful.

But up in Master Hand's office, things weren't at all peaceful. "Are you sure?" Master Hand asked.

"Yes. Positive." Nugai said. "By the end of summer. In just about 5 months time."

"That doesn't give us a lot of time." Master Hand said annoyed. The giant hand just let off a sigh. "Why are you coming to me now? You should have been here earlier."

"I'm sorry." Nugai sighed. "Unfortunately, it seems that the wall that's between our two dimensions only recently became filled with holes and things have been slipping through."

"Really? Just recently?" Master Hand said rather surprised.

"Well, there has been the odd time it's happened before. March 9th, 2008, there was Pokemon Platinum on May 14th, 2009, there was also the Kid Icarus Uprising's launch on March 23, 2012... but most of the time I was able to deal with the small things myself." Nugai sighed. "Only recently has it become more of a problem, that I'm sure it will break soon."

"I see." Master Hand replied.

"So, I devised this plan." Nugai said. He pulled out a USB stick and tossed it to Master Hand. The giant glove caught it and just began to fiddle with it.

"What is this?"

"The key to everyone's hope. Or the key to their despair." Nugai said. "On the USB stick is further instructions, and a program."

"The key to everyone's hope or their despair?" Master Hand said confused.

Nugai just nodded. "Yes." He said. "Unfortunately, I can't say that I came up with a foolproof plan. It's going to be a really long hard battle, and I might not even survive..."

"Nugai..." Master Hand calmly said. He just floated there. "You've all ready made up your mind, haven't you? Or rather, you've all ready seen your death, way back then."

Nugai just nodded. "There are things that only I can do. The stage has been set for someone else to take over. And that's the first part of my plan. I've chosen my piece; up next is your turn. You have to choose your pieces."

"My pieces?" Master Hand said confused. "What do you mean by that?"

"First, you will send out two Smashers, any two of your choice and tell them to find my successor. They will find him." Nugai said.

"So, it can be any two." Master Hand said.

"Yes." Nugai replied. "Send them out tonight, and hopefully they will find each other quickly. Next, once those two are sent out, you are going to find 12 other humans who have the potential to cross over into this dimension if the wall wasn't there. Any 12 will do. You will also send over two Smashers to each of them, forming a group of three."

"Might I ask why?"

"It's for basic knowledge of how our world works. They are to act as guides. That, and you need them to send anything that crosses over back. Hence, why they also have to have the potential to cross over." Nugai said. "Now, put that USB into the computer."

Master Hand put the USB stick into a computer and things began to appear on the monitor. "What's this?" Master Hand asked.

"My answer remains the same, humanities hope." Nugai responded. "Or their despair. The choice of the 12 humans is entirely up to you. In the end, my successor, and those twelve will work together."

"What?" Master Hand said.

"Did I stutter? I've chosen my successor, and they will work with him. He is far more well suited for this job than I am." Nugai said. He threw over a portfolio to Master Hand who just began to rummage through it. Much to his surprise, it seemed that someone actually remembered he was a giant white glove incapable of actually seeing anything and it was all in braille. Everything except for a picture of the person.

"What is this?" Master Hand just asked shocked.

"A portfolio." Nugai replied. "And you can cut the blind man act, I know you can see things quite clearly."

If one was just a bystander in the room, you could get the impression of Master Hand glaring at Nugai. "I guess I can't hide things from you." Master Hand laughed. The photo just floated up in front of him. "This person is the one you've chosen?"

"Of course." Nugai said. "I'm sure he will be satisfactory. Of course, if you don't like him you can always try to eliminate him, that is if you can."

"Do you know who this is?" Master Hand asked.

"More or less." Nugai said.

"Why? Why would you do this? Why would you choose him?" Master Hand just repeated.

"Because, he is the one I believe can get the job done." Nugai said.

"But earlier you said it was the 12's choices that would lead to humanity's hope or despair. With him, it will only lead to despair." Master Hand said. "Just why did you choose him?"

"He's my cousin." Nugai said. "That's all he is. Now if you don't mind, let's talk about something else."

"Your Cousin?!" Master Hand said shocked. "But that's..."

"I said let's talk about something else." Nugai said, cutting him off. "I don't have much time left and there is much to go over with the limited time I do have."

Master Hand didn't press further. Their talks continued for another hour. Nugai was discussing his plans in greater detail and what he had found out about the current situation. "Everything will start to crossover here at this point, however, it will begin to spread out later. If my calculations are correct, we have 5 months before Project Fantasia is fully executed."

"5 Months, huh?" Master Hand said.

"It doesn't seem like a long time." Nugai sighed. "But, it's what we have."

Master Hand just nodded. "Your plan is crazy, and it might doom humanity."

"Its a risk I'm willing to take." Nugai said. "Maybe it's because of detachment because of the power I hold, or just general cynicism. But, over the past few years I've wondered if humanity is even worth saving. All the good we've done, and all the evil we've done in our history, all of the selfishness. If it was up to me, I would have chosen to damn humanity. That's why I chose him, he will be able to make the choice that I won't have the courage to. The choice that I'm too bitter to make…"

"Nugai, what's happened to you in your world?" Master Hand asked.

"Once I leave, you need to choose your 12 right away and then send two Smashers to each to meet them." Nugai said, dodging Master Hand's question.

"Nugai, you didn't answer my question."

Nugai just looked rather distant. "Sorry, but my time here is up. Perhaps, I'll be able to tell you next time. Now, give these to the Smashers who you choose to go find my successor, it was the only thing I wasn't able to give to them." From underneath the cloak he pulled out a small little card holder. It just floated from his hand to in front of Master Hand. "I've got to return, otherwise they will be getting suspicious. We'll meet again, Master Hand."

"Wait you're not able to meet with your successor?" Master Hand blurted out, but Nugai had vanished into thin air before he was even able to finish the sentence.

Master Hand floated behind his desk. He looked over the papers of the 13th person that Nugai had chosen. "Nugai's successor..." He didn't exactly believe that Nugai would choose him under normal conditions. But... that was his choice, and he did say something along the lines of if he didn't like it he could be eliminated. Nugai's cousin, Master Hand just laughed wondering what the boy would think of Nugai if he heard him say that.

There was also the issue of choosing 12 others. And with only 5 months time left, he couldn't exactly waste his time choosing. Any second wasted choosing the 12 representatives, would be a second less for them to fight against Project Fantasia. He looked at the general area on the map, of where Nugai said that the crossing over would start.

"I need 12 people. They need to be knowledgeable about our world, and have the potential to cross over." Master Hand said.

Ness had returned back to the Smash Mansion after dropping Villager off at his town. He made his way up to Master Hand's office, only to see Popo was sitting against the wall. "They're still at it?" Ness wondered.

"Yeah..." Popo sighed. "This must be something important."

"Well, let's go get some food." Ness said.

Popo just nodded in agreement.

Master Hand had chosen the 12 people. With what limited information he had, he figured that they were the best choice. They were the closest to the main area of where all the crossing over would be happening. They were knowledgeable about their world and the people it. But most importantly, he felt that at least one of these 12 would be able to eliminate Nugai's successor.

He looked over the program. They would be given powers somehow... Nugai also made it so that if their 3DS was destroyed, their memories would be erased, and they would be back into their normal life. It was a strange safety net, the hand originally thought. But then Nugai had explained it to the hand.

"It's a game. The one who get's the most respect and allies, or the last one standing is the winner and will be the leader. "

"What?" Master Hand said.

"The rules are simple. Don't you think?"

"But… all of them will be in danger!" Master Hand said.

"Yes, but is that any different from the danger that they will be facing elsewhere?" Nugai wondered. "The monsters that they will be fighting."

"Monsters?"

"I've mostly been taking care of it myself." Nugai sighed. "As great as my power is, it is limited and it's at the point where I need others to intercept them and send them back… Plus, if I'm the one doing all of the work, no one else will be trained for fighting against them in case the worst case scenario happens."

"And what about the other applicants. They could eliminate the each other…"

"I know." Nugai bluntly said. "In fact, I've fully planned for it. It's to build up the ideal strike force to fight back against the worlds fusing. If there is someone that they don't like, or think won't be beneficial to their goal, they can eliminate them."

"But that would also include your…"

"I know." Nugai said bluntly. "The first rules of creating a game is that they have to be fair, and apply to everyone, right?"

He glanced back at the file that Nugai had given him, he was sure he wasn't being told the whole story. But right now, it wasn't exactly the time for that.

"Damn it Nugai." Master Hand said pounding his fist against his desk. "What are you plotting?" He glanced over to the shadows in the room. Standing there was perhaps one of his most loyal Smashers, who stood there throughout the whole meeting with Nugai. Master Hand was positive that he hadn't noticed the watcher. "I'll be sending you out as one of the Smashers." Master Hand said. "Greninja. I'm thinking as one of the Smashers supporting 1 of the 12."

"Nin!" Greninja said.

"Don't worry I'll be fine." Master Hand sighed. He read through what Nugai was proposing once again. He didn't particularly like it, but it was as of right now their only choice for trying to stop Project Fantasia.

Greninja just bowed right before Master Hand. "Nin!" He said.

Master Hand floated there. "You have a request?" Master Hand said shocked.

Greninja just nodded. "Nin!"

Master Hand just floated there. "I'll think about it." He said. Greninja just disappeared back into the shadows.

He then moved on to the much harder choice. He had to choose two Smashers to go and meet Nugai's successor. And not just any two, they would have to be able to strike him down at a moment's notice. He had two in mind, two that had monsters inside of them as well. If it came down to it, they would be able to do it. For now, he decided to trust in Nugai's plan. He then reached for a buzzer. It was time to call together all of the Smashers and brief them on this.

The alarm sounded throughout the Smash Mansion. All of the Smashers just looked around a bit confused. Once they realized what was happening, a few of them got some smiles across their faces. It had been a long time since many of them had heard that alarm.

They made their way down to a briefing room

It was just a rather stereotypical meeting room. Just a large room with a bunch of tables, some chairs, and a podium for Master Hand to float behind, and then a screen. He looked at all of the Smashers as they took their seats. He was nervous to say the least. He didn't know how the Smashers would actually react to this news that he was about to tell them.

He cleared his non-existent throat and began. "Greetings Smashers." He said. All of them just looked at the giant hand. Beside him was his brother Crazy hand who was just waving at all of the Smashers non stop.

"I've called together this emergency meeting for several reasons. The first and most important reason is because we now have a giant crisis that we must face!"

Everyone just immediately looked around the room a bit confused.

"Hey, you're not going to ease us into this, tell us a few jokes, make us loosen up before you start all this?" Falco asked concerned.

"Sorry, time is of the essence." Master Hand said.

All of the Smashers just looked around rather concerned. They had never seen the hand like this.

"Smashers, in approximately 5 months time, our world, no our dimension will face it's biggest crisis." Master Hand said. Behind him on the screen appeared two spheres. "Please turn your attention to the screen. These spheres represent two different dimensions. One is our world and the other is a world that is parallel to ours. However, in recent times the people from the other world have been trying to teleport into our own. This hasn't been without negative effects. The two dimensions are slowly fusing together."

"What!"

Everyone was rather surprised by the news they just looked at the two hands in shock. "Yes, it's true." Master Hand said. "The two dimensions are slowly becoming one. There have been many cases of disappearances. I think that is the result of other people just simply going into this other world by mistake."

"So, what's our job?" Mario asked.

"We're going to go into the other world." Master Hand said. "And while we're there, we're going to try and stop them from fusing."

Pit just looked up. "Isn't that dangerous?"

"Yes." Master Hand said. "It's a world full of unknowns, but I have prepared a plan for it. I am going to select 24 of you Smashers, and then divide them those chosen into 12 groups of two. The 12 groups are then going to find 12 people over there who have the potential to to cross over into our world. If you're not chosen, please don't be upset. There is a chance that later there is the possibility that we will be sending a third Smasher to each group."

On the screen appeared 12 groups of two Smashers. Some Smashers were upset with who they were paired with, others were rather annoyed that they didn't get chosen.

The groups looked like this:

Wario & Ike

Captain Falcon & Luigi

King Dedede & Snake

Ness & Roy

Pikachu & Pit

Link & Wolf

Mario & Meta Knight

Samus & Ganondorf

Kirby & Mr. Game and Watch

Fox & Marth

Greninja & Olimar

Jigglypuff & Falco

Saki and Isaac just sat in their chairs looking rather bored. "Looks like we're not going on a mission." Saki sighed.

"Yeah..." Isaac said.

The two got up, ready to go to a bar, or do something else while waiting for further instructions, however Master Hand quickly flew up to them. "Saki, Isaac!" He shouted.

The two just looked at the gloved hand, fearing the worse, that they would now have to do some boring job of watching monitors, and observing those out on a mission.

"I have an important mission for you two."

"Here it comes." They both thought, breathing in, and bracing for the worst.

"You're going into that world to find someone named Nugai."

They both flinched. "What?!"

"I didn't say this out there, but..." He quickly snapped his fingers and the three of them reappeared in Master Hand's office. "You have to find this Nugai person."

"Nugai?" Isaac said confused.

"Yes." Master Hand said. "He was the one who wrote the code to temporarly separate our two worlds from depending on each other. However, while thousands of years have passed in here, I don't know how much time has passed out there. He's still alive and we met face to face, however he said I needed to send two Smashers to find his successor."

"Understood." Saki said. "Just find this successor guy."

"And if possible find out what happened to Nugai." Master Hand said. "He didn't tell me the whole story, but I suspect something bad has happened, and his movements have been restricted somehow..."

The two nodded.

"I have arranged it so that you can leave tonight, before any other Smasher." Master Hand said.

The two of them nodded. "Understood."

"Isaac, Saki. When you find the person, give him these. If he or she is meant to be our leader, he will know how to use them." Master Hand said, floating towards them was a small pack of cards.

They took the cards rather surprised.

"You're honestly giving us these?" Saki asked.

"Yes." Master Hand said.

"How can these even be used as a weapon?" Isaac asked inspecting them. "Are they just going to give the monsters enough paper cuts until it bleeds to death?"

"Please look at the cards." Master Hand said.

They just began to open the pack and then looked at the six cards inside. They just had some illustrations on them. The first, a question mark block. The second, a picture of Mario, the third, a picture of Toon Link. The fourth, a picture of Kirby. The fifth, a picture of Samus. The sixth, a picture of some pikmin. "So... we give him trading cards of us?"

Master Hand just floated there. "You will understand in the future." He said.

"Sure." Saki sighed, putting the cards into his pocket. "Okay... next?"

"Now, please go and say good bye to your families." Master Hand said. "I'm sure how long this mission will probably take. In fact, there is probably the chance you will die on it and never see them again."

The two just nodded and departed.

Around the mansion everyone was getting ready and was rather excited. "I can't wait to go to the other world!" Ness shouted rather excited.

"Lucky you." Popo said. "You get to go, and meanwhile we're here holding down the fort."

"You guys have got a very important job!" Ness said.

"It can be done by wireframes." Nana said annoyed. "Geeze, I signed up to be a Smasher for the adventure! Not to watch a monitor and make sure you were okay."

"It's still an important job." Ness laughed. "Well, at least I have a few days to prepare. I'll spend some time with you guys, so incase we don't see each other again for a long while you don't have to worry."

"This whole thing is too scary..." Lucas said. "Why do we have to fight..."

Ness glanced at the other psychic. At times others wondered why Lucas was a Smasher, he wasn't as brave as all of them, in fact, he was rather cowardly. There were moments where he showed power, but it wasn't anything that spectacular. If Ness had to describe the difference between his and Lucas' power, he'd use the word precise. Lucas was much more precise. He was slower and had more control, he lost the power that Ness had with getting the quick attacks out in succession, but he made those strikes count. Ness just wrapped his arm around his friend's neck. "Don't worry about it." Ness said. He knew his friend was a pacifist, and would like to avoid fights if possible. "If we're lucky, the first wave of Smashers will get everything settled quickly. No one else will even need to lift a finger."

"I hope so." Lucas said. "Just the way Master Hand spoke, it's going to be a long battle. And as long as we're on the job, we won't be able to see Villager and Rock. And that guy, he was so scary... if there are more people like him..."

"Just relax, we'll be fine." Ness said, patting Lucas on the back.

Lucas just meekly nodded. "I hope so..." He repeated. "But, Master Hand sent Greninja too."

Everyone just glanced at Lucas. "Yeah…" Popo muttered.

"Why would he do that?" Red wondered.

Greninja was Master Hand's personal bodyguard. He had found it as an abandoned Froakie one day and then raised it. He wasn't an official Smasher, he was just there, like Villager and Mega Man were there. Greninja was always at his side, and ready to do almost anything for the Hand. Moreover, he was able to hold his own against even the strongest of the Smashers.

"Let's not worry about this." Ness said. "Come on, let's just enjoy our time together before the mission."

Saki had made it to his apartment in the city. Waiting for him at his house was his wife, Airan, and his five year old son, Isa. "Saki." Airan said wrapping her arms around her husband. "What happened?"

"Something big has come up." Saki replied. "You know I can't really talk about work."

Airan just nodded understanding. "Unfortunately. You always seem like you have so much on your shoulders."

"Well, it's a big job, and I'll be away from home for a while." Saki said. "Master Hand told us to spend time with our loved ones for the rest of today."

"Us?" Airan questioned.

"Isaac is going with me on this mission." Saki said. "He's probably with Jenna and Matthew now."

Isa suddenly looked up at the mention of Matthew. Matthew was two years younger, but the two were next to inseparable. Anyone could easily mistake them as brothers. "Is that so." Airan laughed. "Well, I'm sure you two will constantly be looking out for each other."

"Yeah." Saki said. "Isa, let's go get some ice cream."

"Okay, Daddy." Isa said.

Isaac currently was looking down at Matthew. He was having his afternoon nap. He had explained everything to Jenna, and was now debating about whether or not he should wake the kid. Eventually he just began to lightly shake the boy.

"Daddy?" Matthew said.

"Hey there." Isaac smiled. He lifted up the boy and just carried him around the apartment. He sat down on the couch. "Your dad has to go and do a job and will likely not be home for a long time. I just wanted to spend time with you and your mother."

As evening approached, Saki and Isaac had returned to the Smash Mansion. No one had batted an eye that they had been gone. Officially, they were Smashers, just apart of a group known as Assists, that were full of people who ranged in strength. There were those like Saki and Isaac who were just as strong as normal Smashers, or even surpassed them who were apart of this group. Like the main Smashers, they had full access to the amenities of the Smash Mansion and could come and go as they pleased.

The two of them just paused to see watch the Kid Smashers who were running around outside, playing a game of soccer. "I wish I could be as carefree as them." Isaac laughed.

"Same…" Saki said. "But, maybe it's not that they're carefree, it's just that they are enjoying what little time left they have together."

"Fair enough." Isaac said.

A soccer ball went rushing right for Saki's head. However, he just blocked the attack with his hand. Lucas came running up towards them. "I'm sorry!" He apologized, getting the soccer ball back.

"Don't worry about it." Saki laughed just ruffling Lucas' hair.

Lucas just watched in shock as they began to walk away.

"Lucas!" Ness called out. Lucas just turned over to his friend in surprise. "Hey, were you going to bring the ball back to us?"

"Yeah, sorry." Lucas said. He glanced back at the Smash Mansion occasionally. His mind was elsewhere.

After their game, Lucas just rushed to Ness. "Um Ness, I have a question regarding psychic powers." Lucas said.

"Oh?" Ness said a bit confused. "Well, I can try and answer."

"Have you ever been able to look into someone's mind involuntarily when they touch you?" Lucas said.

"Well, there was a time where I could see into everyone's mind around me." Ness sighed. "It was like constant noise."

Lucas just nodded. "But if someone like say, Popo, were to brush against you, would you be able to see into their head if you weren't trying to?"

Ness thought about it for several seconds. "Sort of." Ness replied. "First, well, let's use the soccer game as an example. If Popo wanted to win, and we both clashed for the soccer ball, I'd probably see some manifestation of his will to win, if it was strong enough. Why do you ask?"

"No reason." Lucas replied.

Ness just smiled. "Okay, well let's go get dinner then."

"Okay, I'll catch up with you later." Lucas said. "It's my turn to water the garden."

Ness just smiled. "Well, in that case I can help you."

They just made their way over to a hose and some watering cans. Lucas began to fill up the watering cans, which Ness quickly ran off with to do the gardens on the other side of the mansion. Lucas just covered the hole of the hose with his thumb to let water spray across all of the flowers.

He often thought that he was like the flowers. Something that didn't belong here in the Smash Mansion, it was only there to make it look nicer than it actually was. It was just a den of monsters. In the den of monsters, why was someone like him here? Ness he could understand. Ness was brave, strong, cool, and confident. But him? Bowser, Ganondorf, and Wario scared him. He wasn't strong. He wasn't cool. He was afraid. Perhaps now more than ever. This mission, it was going to take a long time.

When Saki had ruffled his hair, he saw the mission that Master Hand had given them. He knew what was coming up ahead, how they were departing in the middle of the night when no one else would be awake…

"Lucas, can I get a refill?" Ness asked bringing back the watering cans.

"Sure." Lucas said.

"You looked like you were deep in thought." Ness said. "What were you thinking about?"

"Um, just how much I'm like these flowers?" Lucas said.

Ness just smiled. "Really?" he laughed.

"Yes, of course." Lucas said, a bit embarrassed.

Ness just glanced over the flowers. "I think you're like the flowers too. Kind and gentle." Ness glanced down at the watering cans and just took them. "Well, these should finish the other flowerbeds. I'll be back soon."

Ness dashed away. And Lucas just returned to watering the plants. "Even Ness doesn't think I belong here…" Lucas thought. "That invitation was for Claus… wasn't it?"

He remembered the day, like it was yesterday. A letter arrived at his house. His father just gave it to him, he never said a word. Lucas removed the wax seal and just read through the letter. Stating that he had been chosen to participate as a Smasher.

Even back then, Lucas thought the letter was for Claus his twin brother. After the death of his mother, Claus ran away, and they never saw him again. Lucas had wanted to go with Claus, but something stopped him. He was originally just going to the mansion to decline the offer, but something happened. They insisted that it was in fact for him, not his brother, and soon he found himself staying there as a Smasher.

"Claus… he's just like Ness… Strong and brave and…"

"And done!" Ness said, surprising Lucas. Lucas quickly turned to Ness, however he still had his thumb over the hose, causing Ness to be drenched in water.

"N- Ne- N- N- Ness?!" Lucas began to cry. "I'm sorry!"

Ness just began to laugh. "It's my fault. I wanted to see if I could scare you… And I guess I did. Stupid me."

They finished watering the flowers and Ness just ran up to their room to change into dry clothing. The other kid Smashers just laughed when Ness told them.

It was now past midnight. Saki had just gone through his mental checklist and looked around his room.

There was a light knocking at the door, followed by someone slowly opening it. "It's me." Isaac whispered.

"Okay." Saki just nodded.

"Are you ready to go?" Isaac asked.

"Yeah, I was just about to go get you." Saki said.

The two of them stepped out of the room, both of them were carrying bags. Which they quickly placed cloaking devices on, so if they encountered anyone, they wouldn't notice. At this time, most of the other Smashers were asleep. So while it was unlikely, they would rather be safe than sorry. They passed by the TV room of the Smash Mansion to see the TV on, and Captain Falcon having gone to sleep while watching it. They made their way to a hallway that looked like a dead end. They just hit a hidden button behind a hung painting and suddenly the wall began to open revealing an elevator behind it.

The two of them stepped inside. Saki hit another button to close the doors, and then hit another button to send the elevator down to their first destination.

For the first time they were in rather decent lighting, they just looked at themselves in the mirror on the elevator. They were both looking a bit nervous. No one else had been informed of their job, and they were supposed to go out in the middle of the night while everyone else was asleep. Not to mention, it felt like this was going to be a long mission. That they weren't going to be getting back to the Smash Mansion for a few weeks.

"Why do you think Master Hand doesn't want anyone else to know?" Saki wondered, breaking the silence.

"Who knows." Isaac replied. "He works in mysterious ways."

"At times, a bit too mysterious." Saki said annoyed. Isaac just shrugged his shoulders.

"Ah well, at least we actually get to do something."

Saki nodded in agreement. "I don't think I've ever been this nervous before a mission." Saki sighed. His hand was rubbing his stomach. "Not even during my old suicide missions while I was in The Saviors."

Isaac just nodded in agreement. "I don't think I've ever faced a monster that made me as nervous as this."

The elevator stopped, and opened to another room. This was the last place a Smasher would go before setting off on their mission. It was a small hallway connected to several small rooms. The first were some change rooms, the second was another briefing room. The two walked in to see Master Hand waiting for them. He floated there. "Please, come with me." Master Hand said. "I'll go over some more details of what you're supposed to do while there."

The two of them just nodded.

Lucas was unable to fall asleep. He was currently just looking up at the ceiling. He glanced around the room to his roommates: Ness, Toon Link, and Popo. He just got up and went to a desk and pulled out a pen and paper.

He just began to scribble down something and then folded it into an envelope.

He quickly got a bag out and stuffed some of his clothes in it and then ran out of the room.

At the nearby village of Smashville, the young mayor, Villager was working diligently. His secretary, Isabelle an anthropomorphic dog, had walked into his office.

"Good evening, Mayor." She said, wagging her tail. "You certainly are working late."

Villager just nodded. "Yeah. I couldn't get to sleep."

"Even though you were spending the whole day at the Smash Mansion, playing with your friends?" Isabelle said.

Villager just nodded, as he finished up some paperwork. "Okay, it seems like they want a new bridge." He just leaned back on his chair, looked up at the ceiling, and let out a huge yawn.

"Maybe you are actually more tired then you're letting on, and you should be going to sleep." Isabelle said.

"Yeah, you're right." Villager laughed. "Okay, I'm going home now."

He got up and exited out of the town hall, he glanced back to see Isabelle just cleaning up after him. He walked back to his house, which was on the edge of the town, occasionally pulling a few weeds out of the ground. "If I'm not here, does this whole place just fall apart?" He wondered.

He got to his house, and began to go through his pockets looking for his keys when suddenly he heard what sounded like a bunch of people walking nearby. Confused, he walked and hid behind some trees and bushes to look.

He just saw an army of strange creatures that were marching towards the Smash Mansion. Suddenly beside him was a giant eyeball like creature that was just staring at him. Afraid, Villager pulled out a slingshot and shot it in the eye. It let out a scream of pain and fell to the ground, Villager however quickly ran into his house.

Saki and Isaac were just yawning as Master Hand continued to explain more and more boring things.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Saki sighed. "We get it. Recon duty, check if the planet has only human inhabitants, send back word so the Smashers will have to use holograms to disguise themselves…"

Master Hand just ignored him and after several more minutes he said. "Any questions?"

"No, we got it all." Isaac replied.

"All right, please change into these suits then." Master Hand said, snapping his fingers. In front of them appeared two briefcases. They opened them up and just made their way to a changing room. As Saki got in, he noticed that another briefcase was all ready open and empty. He just stared at it for a few seconds, before deciding that the last person who came in here to change during a mission was a slob.

The suits were there to protect them during travel. It was nothing new to them. The two got out of the change rooms in the suits.

"All right." Master Hand said. "I wish you much luck."

The two of them nodded. They went towards the second elevator, the one that would lead to the hangers, however just as Saki pressed a button, sirens began to go off.

In the kitchen Kirby was up, trying to get a midnight snack. He was just looking through the fridge. Mario had also stepped into the kitchen. He looked at Kirby a bit surprised and reached over him for the bag of milk.

He just poured it into a cup. "Looking for a midnight snack?" Mario said.

"Yeah." Kirby sighed. "Can't say I see anything too appealing through. Just some leftover pizza… I thought there was more food in here at dinnertime. It's never been this empty before."

The fridge was mostly empty as the next day was the day that they would go out and get groceries. But Mario had to agree, this was the most barren he had ever seen the fridge, even the bottles of condiments, that he swore were there several hours earlier, were gone.

Kirby eventually grabbed the plate of left over pizza and went over to the microwave. However, there was suddenly a large explosion, followed by the whole mansion shaking, causing Kirby to drop the plate. It shattered on the ground, and then some alarms began to go off.

"What's going on?!" Kirby shouted.

"We're under attack!?" Mario said confused.

There was another explosion, and the mansion shook once again. When the two regained their balance, they quickly rushed to a window to look outside to see who was attacking them.

Even deep underground, Saki and Isaac were feeling the mansion shake. They could hear the explosions through the mansions thick walls and the ground. The two of them looked more annoyed than anything, as the safety systems shut down the elevator. Master Hand just teleported down to the hanger, while the two of them were forced to take the stairs.

"Who would attack us now?!" Isaac asked jumping down several stairs.

"I don't know, but they sure are gutsy." Saki replied.

"Why would they attack us?" Isaac asked annoyed.

"Part of me wants to say, 'just because' and that they are idiots." Saki replied. "Unfortunately, another part of me is saying they're attacking because they don't want us to go out to the other world."

"But how would they know that?" Isaac asked. "We only found out about it this afternoon."

"A spy?" Saki suggested.

"It's only you and me who knew about this mission." Isaac replied.

"Well, what if they're trying to stop everyone else from leaving." Saki suggested. "Do enough damage and make sure that we don't go to the other world because we're recovering, and have to cancel our plans to rebuild a hanger, or something."

"That I'm willing to believe." Isaac said. "Still, from what Master Hand was saying, I thought that the people who wanted the worlds to fuse were on the other side..."

They reached a door that would lead to the hanger, the two opened it up, and waiting for them was Master Hand. "You'll be going in this ship." He said, pointing at a rather small one.

The ship was still properly equipped with three bedrooms, a bathroom, and a kitchen. Master Hand snapped his fingers, and two travel bags appeared. "I've got several more rations in here for you guys" He said. They just floated up and flew towards Saki and Isaac. They effortlessly caught them. "Sorry that you didn't have more preparation time."

"That's fine." Saki said.

"Take this communicator. It will stay in touch with the mansion letting us know everything about your location and status. Be sure to send updates constantly too." Master Hand said tossing the phone like device onto Saki's bag.

"Still, our enemies are pretty bold." Isaac said.

"Indeed. To attack us like this. Did they know what we were going to do? Or did they just do this in the hopes to destroy us before we got involved?" Master Hand said. "Listen, I'm sorry for sending you out like this. But it has to be done."

"We understand." Saki said.

"You two are still Smashers." Master Hand said. "And I would like to wish you the best of luck on this mission."

"Thank-" However, before the words were even able to get out of Isaac's mouths, the alarms blared once more, and a prerecorded message came over all of the speakers.

"Emergency, enemies have breached the mansion. They are now inside the mansion."

"We don't have anymore time. Go!" Master Hand shouted.

The two of them dashed for the ship. They got in and began to activate it. It soon became extremely clear that whoever their attackers were, they were coming down into the hanger. Several more announcements came on, each time just saying that they had breached a certain level of security, and where they were.

"Enemies are in level B-5." One recording said.

Saki began to frantically turn on the ship. Isaac was also doing his best to help. The doors to the hanger opened, and to the outside world.

"To warp to the other world, you have to reach a speed of 88 miles per hour." Master Hand's voice came over a communication radio.

"Seriously?" Saki said rather annoyed.

"Whatever." Isaac said. "Let's just get out of here now!"

Soon the ship was taking off. Thankfully reaching 88 miles per hour wouldn't be all that hard. They exited the hanger and just began to fly out. However they soon learned that their enemies were waiting. The ship began to shake from a barrage of lasers and explosives being shot at them. They tried to look out of the windows of the ship to see their attackers, but it was far too dark to make out anything.

"Warping in… 3… 2…"

However as soon as they reached the 88 miles per hour required for warping, a missile hit the ship, and exploded.

They warped, but parts of the ship were falling apart, and then, they crashed.

It took them several seconds to get their bearings. They looked around, and began to run several preliminary scans.

"Did we get to the right place?" Isaac asked.

Saki began to type at a computer. "I think so," he said. "Yeah, this planet is definitely inhabitable. It's matching up with the information that Master Hand had loaded in the systems. I'm pretty sure this is the place we're supposed to be."

Isaac just nodded. "And what is the status on the ship?"

"Its sustained heavy damage." Saki said. "I don't know if it can warp any more though, especially without falling apart. Cloaking seems to be working, the scanners are too. Just seems like most of the excess armor is gone."

"Well, I guess we should be thankful that it was reinforced." Isaac said.

Saki just nodded. "Running a quick diagnostic."

At the Smash Mansion the attack had ended just as fast as it began. The Smashers were just confused, tired, and now frustrated.

"Why did they run away!" Ganondorf shouted outraged. He punched the wall, leaving a rather noticeable dent. "Bunch of cowards!"

Where they had entered they had left part of the mansion in ruins. They tried to avoid confrontation with the Smashers who were there. The Smashers soon found that they had made their way deeper into the Smash Mansion, where the hidden chambers and their armories waited. But, soon found that their various defensive measures were able to repel most of them.

"Looks like the phantoms did their job on this floor." Zelda said.

"And the Cruel Wireframes did it on B5."

"The Cruel Alloys were fine on floor B7"

"Any visuals on who our enemies were?" Fox asked.

"None." Master Hand replied. "I've gone through the video footage with Snake. That was the first thing that they cut."

The Smashers just made their way back up to what remained of the living room. All ready the wireframes were working on rebuilding any spot where the mansion was damaged.

"Mario, Kirby, you two were awake in the kitchen right?" Master Hand asked. "Did you see who our opponents were?"

"No." Mario sighed. "We took cover, and then they blinded us with something."

"Just what was their goal?" Captain Falcon said annoyed.

Master Hand however didn't answer. He figured it was to stop Saki and Isaac from going to the other world. He didn't want to break the news to anyone just yet. "Return to bed. We'll worry about this in the morning, when our judgment isn't clouded."

The Smashers obliged.

In the morning, Ness woke up. When he had got back to his room, he just collapsed on the bed and fell asleep; he didn't pay attention to who else was in the room, or anything else. He just assumed that the others would do the same. He glanced over. Lucas' bed was rather neat. He always made it before he went out. Popo was still sleeping in his lower bunk.

Ness just jumped off of his top bunk and looked around. Right now Toon Link wasn't in his bed. What caught his eye though was an envelope on the desk. Ness was a bit curious, was one of his roommates writing a letter home? But he saw that it wasn't addressed to anyone and was still open.

Curiosity got the better of him. He just opened it up and noticed it was Lucas' neat handwriting. He then began to read it.

Dear Ness,

By the time you read this, I'll be gone. I don't feel like I'm cut out to be in the Smashers. I'm not amazing like you. My PSI isn't that good either. I can't use it in quick succession. It's also not as strong as yours.

I'm afraid too. The battles ahead seem far too big and out of my league. I'd only drag the Smashers down.

And above all else, I'm afraid. I'm terrified.

I never told you, or anyone else, but I lost my mother. I saw her die right in front of my eyes. I don't want to see or feel that pain again. I'm nothing but a coward. When I joined the Smashers, I came here to escape that pain. But I grew attached to you all. I began to see Samus, Peach, and Zelda as big sisters and mother figures. You, and the rest of the kid Smashers I thought of as brothers. I thought of everyone as one big family. And that was a mistake.

I didn't just lose my mother; I also lost my real brother too. What I was doing was just replacing them with you to try and hide my pain.

Do you know what it's like when someone you love dies? Probably not. It feels like a part of you has been torn out. You always look where they used to be, hoping that they'd still be there. But they're not, and they will never be again. You then desperately hold onto your memories, hoping you can remember what they sounded like, their smell. You try to remember the taste of their cooking… but it slowly fades, even to the point of where if you're not sure if pictures are real or not. "Did they look like that? They wore that outfit?" and then you even forget the sound of their voice...

When I bumped into Saki, I saw a little bit of what lies ahead. Master Hand didn't explain everything to us. It's going to be a long hard battle, and he fears that some of us won't make it out alive. I just don't want to lose anyone else in my life. So… I'm running away.

I'm a horrible person, aren't I? You must hate me. That's fine. I deserve it.

I'm sorry.

Goodbye forever,

Lucas

Ness just cringed and crumpled up the letter, before burning it to ash.

"Damn it, Luke…" He muttered. "You idiot. None of that is true…" Ness was nervous. He didn't know when or where Lucas had gone, especially when the attack occurred. Was he killed by the people who attacked? Was he captured? Did he get lost in the confusion? Ness didn't know what to do. It would only be a matter of time before everyone else noticed that Lucas was gone. He really should report it to Master Hand right away. But Lucas was still his friend, and he was afraid that if Lucas was caught he would be punished.

"Hey, you coming for breakfast?" Toon Link shouted.

Ness just glanced back at the door. "Yeah, sorry." Ness said. He just closed his eyes and believed, that for right now this was something that Lucas had to do himself, and that he would eventually find his way back into the Smashers.

He rushed down to the kitchen.

The day was going by without any other attacks. Now that it was light out, the Smashers were assessing the damage better. Master Hand and Princess Zelda had made their way out to the gardens.

"Strange." He said.

"What is?" Princess Zelda asked.

"Despite all of the damage to the mansion, most of the garden is still intact." Master Hand said. "These flowers don't look all that strong from up here above ground, but beneath the soil their roots have grabbed a firm grip. You are aware of the difference between a flower and a weed, right Princess Zelda?"

"Yes?" Zelda said confused.

"Depending on your point of view, a flower can be either. A strictly speaking, a weed is something that you don't want in your garden." Master Hand said. "Still, you have to respect a weed's tenacity at times. When you think you got rid of it, it comes back. It seems one of our flowers has thought of itself as a weed. But just as the weed, the flower spreads it seeds and blooms."

"Are we having the same conversation?" Princess Zelda wondered.

"I hope our little light flower can find the answer it's looking for." Master Hand said. He floated over to a small patch of sunflowers. "Ironic isn't it? Sunflowers are considered to be the happiest of flowers."

"We really aren't having the same conversation." Princess Zelda sighed.

"Yet, the sunflower here in the Smash Mansion is the saddest. Lucas ran away last night." Master Hand said.

"What? Was he working with the people who attacked?" Princess Zelda said shocked.

"No." Master Hand replied. "It was just an unfortunate coincidence."

"We should look for him then." Princess Zelda suggested.

"No." Master Hand replied. "We wouldn't be able to find him, and we can't divert any more energy from our current plans."

Princess Zelda just stood there. "Understood." She said.

"We just have to pray for the best." Master Hand said.

A stick snapped behind them, and the two of them turned to see Villager emerging from the forest, with his bug net slung across his shoulder. He was looking at them in shock. "Is that true?! Lucas ran away?" Villager managed to say.

"Yes." Master Hand said floating towards Villager. "I'm sorry you had to hear that. I'm sorry if you came here to play with them today, but I'm going to have to send you away."

"I didn't come here to do that." Villager said. "Last night, I saw some creatures going towards the mansion from Smashville, one attacked me, and I hit it back in self defense with a stone in my slingshot, and well killed it. But no one came to take the body away… so… I brought it here."

He opened the bug net a bit to reveal the now dead spherical pink creature.

"Princess Zelda, go get Dr. Mario!" Master Hand ordered. "Villager, come inside. You're going to have to tell us everything you saw about these creatures."

Villager just nodded.

Elsewhere, another story begins…

To be continued…

"Something's gone wrong in the happy-go-lucky world of Nintendo!"

~ Super Smash Brothers, Nintendo 64, North American Commercial

And that's the end of the first chapter... *Exhales*

And so it begins. Looking at the word count 11,000+ words. I'm not going to over inflate the all ready large word count with long author notes. So just the quick and mandatory ones:

No real action yet. This was just to establish things on the Smashers side. My original draft had this and what will be Chapter 2 and this combined, all as one long intro. But with how long it was getting, I figured we'd meet the OC next chapter. Originally it was also mostly all the OC's but then I felt it kind of focused way too much on him, so I just kept on adding in more and more Smasher stuff.

For those doing the math, and dreading it, there isn't going to be 14 main OC's. (Nugai, his successor, 12 others) Nugai is taking a backseat role. Not all 12 will survive the elmination game.

My main idea is if the worlds/dimensions are crossing over, how would people react to monsters appearing and stuff. How would humanity fight monsters?

The Smash 4 Smashers won't be fully here yet. They'll be in the story eventually as Smashers… but for right now Villager's, Greninja's and MegaMan's appearances in this chapter are what you're getting.

Towards the end, I was actually debating about having the Villager kidnapped by the army.

References:

"What was his name?" "Lane." Lane is actually one of the default names in EarthBound. The last one before it switches back to Ness. The intent there was that Nugai was crying about the Ness that he befriended in Trapped in the Brawl, and this Ness being a different Ness.