Hi. I'm Keeper-of-Twilight.

So, I've been watching the Smash Bros fanfics pour in with Brawl's release date in the U.S. coming soon, and saw a lot of fanfics about the Subspace Emissary. So I thought, why not try one?

But, here's the thing. I'm not that good of a writer...that, and I always don't know where I'm taking this fanfics. So, I thought of an idea that was floating in my head for a while. At the end of the chapter, I'll tell you two ways the next chapter is going to take place. When you submit your review for this chapter (I'm probably gonna get some bad reviews for this, anyways), vote for which outcome you'd rather want me to write. After counting all the votes, the outcome that had the most votes will be the one that will happen in the next chapter.

By the way, new OCs in this chapter include Kai Yokuto and Alastor. I'm not going to bother describing them. That's what the Bios in my profile page are for.

NOTE: I do not own any video game franchise listed here, nor do I own the characters...except for the ones I think of myself I'll let you know during each chapter. Also note that I WILL NOT BE REPEATING THIS DISCLAIMER THROUGHOUT THE FANFIC. I find this very repetitive, since no one bothers to read it. Everyone knows which video game character belongs to, so the only times I'll be giving a disclaimer is when I introduce characters that I or someone else created. So, if I don't do a disclaimer for certain characters, then you know they aren't mine.

We all clear on this? Good. Then let's get this train-wreck a-rolling!

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Chapter 1: Prologue

(Kai's POV)

Virtuoso. That's the name of this world.

It's divided into four different continents: Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, and Misceleniar. There was also a fifth continent called Sega, but it became a country because it was so small, not many people considered it to be a continent anymore. Each continent also has many different countries. We don't know exactly how many countries each continent has, but we know that Misceleniar has the most countries, considering that it's the biggest continent of them all. You'd think that it'd be the most popular continent, right?

Too bad the authority of that place changes so often that the rulers might've turned it into a water-slide park, by now.

Legends say that the two Divine Hands, Master Hand and Crazy Hand, sculpted this world for heroes of all kinds to reside in. All of these heroes come from a story that is told in another world. Every time a story is finished, the heroes of that story are said to reside in this world, until the next adventure awaits them. Of course, you don't necessarily have to be a hero to enter the realm of Virtuoso. A lot of people in this world are just ordinary citizens who happened to travel to this realm with the heroes. Others are the enemies of said heroes, who were given a second chance in this realm.

Me? I'm one of those residents that was born right here.

It was a very rare occurrence, but sometimes people are born in different countries right then and there. Maybe it's because we may have a role to play in a future story to be told in the other world. Maybe it's because the Divine Hands were bored out of their minds and decided to create someone just for the hell of it. No one knows.

And to be honest, I don't give a damn. All I want is to have fun with my friends in this world, and there was no way--

"Hey Kai, stop thinking to yourself, already! The Brawl match is about to start!"

I was snapped out of my thoughts after having been nudged on the shoulder, and was brought back to the Brawl Stadium. I was sitting in one of the bleachers with my friend, Alastor, the one who nudged me. Like me, Alastor was one of those residents who was born here. The only difference was that I was a human born in Symphonia, Namco Bandai in the Misceleniar continent, while Alastor was a Pokemon born in Sinnoh, Poketopia in the Nintendo continent.

A red Lucario that just happened to have telepathic abilities that was beyond that of a normal Lucario….which gets rather annoying, at times.

I turned to Alastor and scratched the back of my neck nervously while saying "Sorry Al. I guess I wasn't paying attention." He sighed and turned to focus on the main stage. "You think way too much, you know that?" were the words he came out of his mouth. I kept my mouth shut and focused on the stage, as well; not wanting to say anything that would embarrass me further.

If there was one thing Al and I loved, it was Brawl matches. It was the biggest, most exciting sport in the entire world. They were held almost everywhere in this world, with many people hailing from different countries participating. But only the best of the best fought at the Smash Bros Stadium here in Nintendo City. Al and I participated in some local Brawl matches, but weren't good enough to compete here. We were only spectators for this event. It was the first time either of us have seen a Brawl match this prestigious, too, so it was really exciting. My attention focused on the stage, where two Smashers-what the fighters were called in Brawl matches-had just appeared in "Trophy" form on each side of the stage: one resembling Mario and the other resembling Kirby.

One of the issues with early Brawl matches was that sometimes, people would get killed from participating in these matches. From now own, anyone who participated in a Brawl match was given a special device that put them in a state of suspended animation if they took on too much damage, and turned them into trophies. They would then be revived about three minutes after the battle, so they wouldn't stay frozen forever. Of course, another Brawler could revive them by touching the trophies, too.

The trophies immediately came to life on the Brawl arena. Mario and Kirby both waved towards the crowd of spectators. Amongst the sea of bleachers, there was a special booth for veteran Smashers to view the event. Currently occupying the booth was two of the female Smashers, Zelda and Princess Peach. Both of them were rulers of their own countries; Zelda was the ruler of Hyrule, while Peach was the ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom. I examined the booth as best as I could to see if any other Smashers were occupying the booth, but no such luck. So, I turned my attention back to the main stage

Everyone in the crowd, including the Smashers that were watching, watched the stage intently as the screen started the countdown of the match. The crowd counted down along with it.

"3!"

Both of the fighters got into battle-ready stances, staring each other down.

"2!"

Alastor was gripping his knee in anticipation…and my knee as well. Ouch!

"1!"

The tension had reached its peak. The match was about to start…

"GO!"

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Well, that's it for the first chapter. Sorry for cutting off like that, but I needed to "set the stage" a little bit. The real action will happen next chapter.

But who's going to win the fight? The two outcomes are:

(A) Mario will win the fight.

(B) Kirby will win the fight.

Go ahead and cast your vote. And remember, while this fanfic may not be the best on the internet...uh...actually, just stick with that and you'll be fine.

EDIT: Oh, and I forgot to mention this earlier, but the water-slide joke was actually based off of a review done by Yahtzee of Zero Punctuation. You should seriously check out his reviews. They're funny as hell!