A/N: I do not own SSB. Artistic license stolen from Star Trek. This was written for Foxpilot's and PitFTW's Contest of Reviews, so reviews are obviously encouraged. Rated T for language and violence.

Fox McCloud was annoyed, very annoyed. He had just lost a match to Luigi of all people. The fact that he lost to Mario's lame ass brother was embarrassing beyond belief. The more powerful fighters like Samus and Wolf had already given him grief for it. They would never let him live this down.

He growled angrily as he stomped through the halls of the Mansion. He was sure that Luigi's victory had been nothing but dumbass luck, but nobody else saw it that way. Because seriously, Luigi has horrible range, and he wasn't very fast either. It should have been a breeze to keep out of his way and pummel him with the Laser Pistol until he was damaged enough to get ejected. But no. somehow Luigi pulled a victory out of nowhere. Fox refused to believe that it was overconfidence that had led to his defeat. Luigi was just a bad fighter. even the fans agreed so. Now he had to train to make sure he utterly crushed his next opponent. That was the only way he could get some respect back.

For now, he aimed to work out some aggression by beating up enemies in the simulator room. That would at least make him feel better. And he might even get a workout out of it. Once he finished here, he'd head down to the gym and beat up a sandbag or two. His next match was tomorrow, so he had some time to prepare.

Rounding the corner, he found himself at the entrance to the simulation room. Checking the status of the room on the monitor next to the door, he saw that it was unoccupied. He slammed open the metal door and stepped inside.

Kirby ran happily through the halls of the mansion, en route to the simulator room. In his hand he held a disk he had received from a mail in ad. It contained a special program that apparently involved an all you can eat buffet and a chocolate fountain, among other things. He smiled in anticipation as he pounded down the corridor.

As anyone could tell, Kirby liked food. He liked food so much that, he had gotten himself banned from the cafeteria so there would be enough food for the other fighters, who didn't seem to be walking stomachs. That was why he had turned to this virtual program. It may have been fake food, but it tasted so good. However, his other programs were lacking in what he really wanted, so he had ordered this one.

Spinning around the corner, he ran towards the nearby simulator room. Stopping in front of the monitor, he placed the disk in the loading dock then pushed it into the computer. Not checking to see if someone was already using the simulator, he ran over to the door, slammed it open, and ran inside. And why not? Nobody used the simulator this early in the day. Everyone he could think of was usually in the gym around this time..

Fox pressed forcefully on the virtual keypad in the center of the medium sized black room, loading up the designated combat scenario and setting it on the highest difficulty level. As the loading sequence initiated, Fox was distracted from checking his weapon by the door to the room slamming open and a pink puffball charging into Fox.

Fox fell to the ground then bounded right back up and strode angrily towards the intruder.

"Kirby..." he started yelling.

Before he could rage, the Boss Battle scenario finished loading. Fox found himself on a lake bed. Spinning around, he saw a large green dragon staring him down. Kirby's eyes widened, and then tightened as he prepared to fight.

Rayquaza roared at them both, then charged and fired a ball of energy at Fox. He smirked, then flipped on his reflector, throwing the ball of energy back at Rayquaza. He then pulled out his laser pistol and started firing at the green dragon.

Kirby was surprised to find himself in the Boss Battle scenario, but quickly ran to attack Rayquaza, unleashing a flurry of punches. With the two attacks hitting him, Rayquaza's health dropped fast. The dragon roared the whipped its tail, sending Kirby flying. The pink warrior recovered in the air then slammed down with his sword, creating a shockwave that hit Rayquaza as Fox kept shooting.

Rayquaza flew into the sky and vanished. Fox holstered his gun and looked around for the green dragon. Kirby waddled over, a happy look on his face.

Before Fox could resume yelling at Kirby for barging in on his training, the ground swelled underneath him and he had to dodge to the side as Rayquaza blasted out from the ground underneath him. Fox and Kirby ran quickly, managing to dodge eery time the dragon came out of the ground.

When Rayquaza returned to its initial position opposite them, the two began attacking again. Kirby dodged another tail whip, and they both jumped over a shockwave attack as they kept whittling down Rayquaza's health. they took some damage as well, but it was relatively low, not more than 20%.

Finally, their attacks knocked Rayquaza down to zero health, and the dragon collapsed with a roar as it exploded. There was a brief interlude of no activity, then the two victorious fighters found themselves in an underground grotto, the rest area before the next boss.

Fox rounded on Kirby angrily. "Hey man, I was using the simulator. Get the hell out."

A sad look leapt to Kirby's face, causing Fox to sigh as his anger vanished. "Look, you can use your program when I'm done, but this wasn't supposed to be co-op."

Kirby nodded in understanding. "Poy-poyo," he said as a smile returned to his face.

He ran over to the control panel that appears on the side of the grottoes wall. He pressed the "Remove Player" button, only for it to flash red and beep in denial of the action. He pressed it again, but the same thing happened. Just to make sure, he rubbed his eyes and then body checked the button, only to achieve the same result.

Kirby waved his arms at Fox. "Aiy!"

Fox walked over with his hands on his hips. "What do you mean, 'You can't exit out'?"

He punched the "End Program" button, only for it to give the negative red flash as well.

He and Kirby shared a confused look. "Well, that's a problem," said Fox as he punched the button again, a sense of urgency overtaking him.

He then pressed the button furiously, refusing to think the thought that was obvious in his mind. No, this cannot be happening. This thing never breaks. Not with at least 4 people from highly advanced civilizations. When it became obvious that the button wouldn't work, he glanced at Kirby with a concerned look.

"I think we're in trouble."