Dream Guardian AMS: HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY! It is 2020 now! I am sorry for not being around for so long. I had to deal with difficult classes in trying to get a second degree along with working at a part-time job. I also didn't have much time nor motivation or inspiration for writing stories. After months of absence, I tried to write again and after getting past one chapter in one of my other stories, I was wanting to get back to writing.
I hope you all enjoy this chapter as it has been on the back burner for quite some time. Please enjoy it.
DISCLAIMER: I OWN NOTHING BUT THE STUFF I MAKE UP!
Wiz: Welcome back everyone to another exciting fight in our Super Smash Bros 20th Anniversary Tournament. Last time, we saw Isabelle go up against Tethu in the second fight of the Mushroom Bracket.
Boomstick: It was a close match, but Isabelle pulled in for the win.
Wiz: And now it is time for our next battle: King Boo vs Meta Knight.
Boomstick: The most broken character in Brawl vs the king of ghosts. Has Halloween come early?
Wiz: No, but we should expect something creepy from King Boo.
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Inside the locker rooms, Meta Knight was heading out to the teleporter room, but Daisy stopped him.
"Hey, Meta Knight. Have you seen Luigi? I can't find him," said Daisy.
Meta Knight looked around before saying, "Maybe you should look at the shaking locker."
The two looked at the rattling locker, Daisy opened the locker to find Luigi shaking in fear. "Is King Boo gone yet?"
"Sorry hun, the fight hasn't even started. Now please come out," said Daisy.
Luigi left the locker, but he was still afraid, "You think I would be less afraid of ghosts after going through several haunted mansions."
"You are still considered brave for going through them to save Mario," said Daisy.
"Even the greatest warriors have something to fear. You should not feel ashamed about being afraid. You gain courage by facing your fears," said Meta Knight.
Luigi was shaking less and calming down, "Thank you, guys. I feel a little better."
"Now, can my man give me a smile?" asked Daisy as she flashed a smile. Luigi brought out a big toothy grin before he felt a chill up his spine.
"Hello, Luigi," said King Boo as he appeared through the lockers. Luigi screamed and jumped in fear before hiding behind Daisy. "Wahahahaha! Nice to see you are still afraid of me, my old enemy. I hope to see you later in the tournament. I wish to face you in battle without the blasted Poltergust of yours." King Boo sees Luigi cower in fear. "What's the matter? Only brave when your brother is in trouble, maybe I should have my boos take your bro. Maybe that will make you more inclined to fight me."
"Get away from him, slime breath! And stay away from Mario!" said Daisy.
"Hiding behind your girlfriend again, green man? Maybe, I should start taking a page from Bowser and start kidnapping her. Maybe that will get you more motivated," said King Boo before Meta Knight drew his sword and pointed it at the ghost ruler.
"You know the rules King Boo. You are not to harm any of the other competitors during the duration of the tournament," said Meta Knight.
"Any violation of this rule results in you being banned from ever becoming a smash fighter forever," said AMS as the group looked at him.
"I am fully aware of the rules and I intend to progress in this tournament fair and square. A villain is long overdue for a victory, no matter how small. As for you, gamer boy, since your little demotion, you have no power over me. I have nothing to fear from you. Can't rat us out to Sakurai anymore," said King Boo.
"Do think I really need to. One of the villains is going to cheat, get exposed, and be kicked out. Kind of in the job description of villainy. Like any of you guys can fight fair," said AMS.
"Yeah, you would probably lose then find a way to cheat and take the trophy for yourself, or rig the tournament standings so you win, or some other way to cheat," said Daisy.
"THAT IS NOT HAPPENING THIS TIME! I will go out there. I will fight Meta Knight. AND I WILL WIN FAIR AND SQUARE! No minions, no tricks, just smash bros items and skill. You ready Meta?" asked King Boo.
"I am ready," said Meta Knight as they went to the teleport room with nearly everyone but the villains cheering Meta Knight on.
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The two fighters soon appeared on the Battlefield stage.
Announcer: 3…2….1….GO!
The match began and the two smashers charged at each other. King Boo started attacking with his tongue but Meta Knight dodged the lashing and unleashed a series of fast slashes. Meta Knight finished the attack and sent King Boo a few feet away.
Boomstick: Looks like Meta Knight is starting strong with his famous sword attacks.
Wiz: Meta Knight's experience in these tournaments will prove invaluable in this fight.
King Boo got back up and shot out blue flames at Meta Knight. Meta Knight dodged them, but one lucky fireball hit Meta Knight. King Boo took this chance to grab Meta Knight and start smacking him before throwing the star warrior to the ground. "How do you like that Meta?" taunted King Boo.
Meta Knight replied to the taunt with a Mach Tornado, trapping the ghost monarch inside the blade blender. Once King Boo was sent flying, Meta Knight used Drill Rush to lay down more damage on King Boo. King Boo was sent flying once more but recovered and trying to get to a safe spot on Battlefield. King Boo soon saw a deku seed and got an idea.
"I'm not done yet star warrior," said King Boo as he grabbed the deku seed and threw it at Meta Knight. The seed made its mark and Meta Knight was dazed.
Wiz: Ohh, a nice play from the ghost monarch. How will he take advantage of this?
Boomstick: By laying as much pain as he can.
King Boo sped towards Meta Knight and unleashed dark lightning at the star warrior shocking him. King Boo then laid down a combo on his opponent and sent Meta Knight flying off the stage. However, the star warrior was able to recover easily using his Shuttle Loop.
"You will have to do better than that if you hope to defeat me," said Meta Knight.
"I intend to," said King Boo as he noticed a Master Ball, "Starting now." King Boo made a mad dash for the Master Ball with Meta Knight chasing him. King Boo grabbed the Pokeball and threw it to the ground to not risk Meta Knight catching it in midair. The Master Ball opened and a bright light shined from it. "Prepare to meet your doom!" King Boo laughs maniacally as the light died down to reveal…. A Goldeen. King Boo's laughter soon vanished, and Meta Knight gave a 'You serious?' face. They looked at each other for a minute with a bead of sweat on King Boo's face.
Boomstick: Looks like King Boo got the short end of the item luck. Such a shame he got such a lame pokemon.
King Boo then hits Meta Knight with fireballs before running away. Meta Knight gave chased as they ignored the Goldeen. King Boo screamed in fear as he flew away from Meta Knight. There wasn't much room to run on the Battlefield stage however so King Boo needed to think of something and fast. Meta Knight used Drill Rush to close the gap between him and his opponent, but King Boo vanishes and reappeared behind the star warrior and used his special Shadow Scare, King Boo became a shadow, moved forward and sprang out to scare Meta Knight.
They had both gotten to over 80% damage and need to end the match quickly. King Boo soon saw a golden hammer materialize onto the stage. King Boo wickedly smiled and made a break for the hammer. Meta Knight snapped back to reality and saw what King Boo was after. Meta Knight used his wings to move faster to hopefully make it to the hammer before the Spector. Unfortunately, he was too late as King Boo grabbed the Golden Hammer and turned around.
"Now this villain's going to finally win!" said King Boo as he held the Golden Hammer above him. The Ghost King swung the mallet down with tremendous force as the item made him move on his own to smash anything in his path. The Golden Hammer landed on Meta Knight.
*Squeak!*
King Boo's pupils shrunk to the size of pins as he heard that first squeak and his panic started to grow as more squeaks came out of the Golden Hammer.
Boomstick: Looks like King Boo is having bad luck today as he is getting all the dud items today.
Wiz: It looks like this match is all over.
"Looks like you are all out of luck, your majesty," said Meta Knight.
"No! No! NNNOOO!" yelled King Boo.
Meta Knight prepared his sword and slashed at King Boo and sent him into the air.
The Golden Hammer disappeared from King Boo's hands as he tried to recover from Meta Knight's last attack. He soon saw Meta Knight flying towards him, ready to finish the fight.
"NO! I WILL NOT GO DOWN LIKE THIS! I! WILL! WIN!" screamed King Boo as fired some ghostly flames hoping to hit Meta Knight but he dodged them.
Just then, King Boo's Final Smash Meter filled up to full. However, King Boo was too much in a panic to notice until he decided to use a desperate Dark Lightning when Meta Knight got in close.
Once Meta Knight got in close, King Boo let loose one final attack. A portrait appeared from nowhere.
"What is this?!" shouted Meta as he fell into King Boo's unintentional trap.
Meta Knight was trapped inside the painting King Boo summon and was transported to an empty void. King Boo then appeared and unleashed a torrent of Ghostly Flames and Dark Lightning upon the trapped Meta Knight. King Boo cackled with glee as the portrait exploded.
Once the Final Smash was over, Meta Knight skyrocketed into the sky and earned King Boo a star KO.
Announcer: GAME!
The crowd cheered as the announcer revealed the winner.
Announcer: AND THE WINNER IS…. KING BOO!
Boomstick: Well that was an awesome match with an explosive ending.
Wiz: Indeed, Meta Knight had a clear advantage in terms of experience. And King Boo had the short end of the stick when it came to items, but in the end King Boo pulled an impressive turnaround victory.
Boomstick: Yep, Meta Knight didn't stand a ghost of a chance.
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When Meta Knight and King Boo returned to the locker rooms, everyone was quiet. They were still coming to grips with what has happened.
"I WON! IN ALL YOUR FACES! I WON! WITHOUT CHEATING! FAIR AND SQUARE! I did it. I did it," said King Boo as the villains gave him a round of applause.
The reality of the situation started to sink in and some of the fighters started giving congratulations for the ghost king. Meta Knight was given the whole 'you tried your best' speech but he walks over to King Boo.
King Boo sees Meta Knight and asks, "What do you want?"
"You fought well out there. I hope you get on the roster officially, someday," said Meta Knight as he extends his hand.
King Boo raises an eyebrow before shaking the hand, "I hope I do. Cause I want to mop the floor with you some more. For now, I am just going to enjoy this victory for a long time."
"You have earned it," said Meta Knight. King Boo continued to cackle in joy as Meta Knight walked away.
"Will you be staying around for the rest of the tournament?" asked Princess Peach.
"Everyone in the SSBA needs to stay when a tournament is going on. I have no intention of leaving. Not when so many worlds are connected and after Galeem. It's our job to watch over them and keep them safe. I will be in the Veteran's box if you need me," said Meta Knight as he left the locker rooms.
Dream Guardian AMS: Well guys, I hope you had fun with that. I certainly did and it will be a good way to start off not only the new year but also the new decade. Again, I am sorry for being gone for so long, I have been busy with many other things and I am trying to create my own story universe with this and one of my other stories so, I have been busy.
Please leave a review of what you think of the chapter and how you think should happen in future matches. I thought of a way to decrease the number of matches in the tournament but I want to know if you would be ok with that or keep the tournament structure the way it is. Let me know in reviews.
Now the next match is Hector from Fire Emblem and Sarah Kerrigan from the Starcraft series. Let me know if you have ideas for special moves for these two.
Below is a list of Special moves for King Boo I made up for this chapter.
King Boo Special: Dark Lightning
King Boo Side Special: Ghostly Flames
King Boo Down Special: Shadow Scare
King Boo Up Special: Ghostly Flight
Final Smash: Artful Illusion
I thank you all for reading this and I hope to see you all sooner than later. Bye!