Piano Man
Disclaimer: I do not own Super Smash Brothers. That goes to Nintendo. I only own Daedalus, Diamond and Pearl.
Summary: Outside of Smash, Pit finds a fallen archangel that looks suspiciously like his father who had past away many years ago. The fallen archangel has no memory of his past and Master Hand reluctantly allows the man to stay until his wings allow him to fly away. In the meantime, the man named Daedalus is able to befriend many of the Smashers. Slowly Pit is getting absorbed into the concept of having a father again given Pittoo has no problem accepting the amnesic as his dad, but a selected few Smashers specifically, Shulk, the Goddesses and Ganondorf remain suspicious of the fallen angel only because there are other demons that are lurking around wanting the man dead.
Pairing: Pit/Pittoo/Lucina, Robin/Shulk, Ganondorf/Palutena with hints of Magnus/Pit
Rated: M (for mature)
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance, Humor, Hurt/Comfort and Angst
Warning: Sexual violence, extreme violence, sexual humor, dark past, hints of child abuse and child neglect, dark past, hinted non-con, yaoi and unintentional OOC
This is the story at the start of the whole Super Smash Galaxy fics. This one I feel ties into Perfectionist very well amongst a feel other fics that allow readers to understand my headcanon for Pit better. This fic also establishes why Diamond is even after Shulk in the first place and the confusing plots. Enjoy! Oh, one more thing! Like Serpent Galaxy, this story is largely influenced by Queen's Blade Vanquished Queen's episode 4 (which I thought does the revenge/repent plot rather well and really liked the "discipline scene").
Chapter 1: He Came From the Sky
Palutena had always warned Pit to never take dangerous things back home. This usually referred to Underworld troops that Pit deemed adorable like the Souflee (even if Palutena had to correct him that its an unaffiliated monster). What Pit brought back this time was not even cute. It was something that Pit probably should have put more thought in.
The Smashers didn't know what to expect when the white angel was dragging back a man with four black wings back to the mansion and begging his Goddess and Dr. Mario to help the man.
The Goddess of Light only assisted Pit because he was begging her in front of everyone. Anyone other situation and she would have lectured him about what she had warned him in the past. Dr. Mario wasted no time with helping treating this mysterious man while Palutena and Rosalina went to Master Hand to report at the stranger outside of Smash Brothers Mansion being brought in.
Dr. Mario's examination of the man revealed many things that surprised him. The fallen angel looked like an older version of Pit except with slightly darker hair (probably due to the whole demon vibe). His clothes were mostly torn and there were stab wounds everywhere on his body with many fractured bones especially on his wings. It would be a miracle if this man survived, which was why he needed Peach and Rosalina's assistance. Peach could only help with cleaning the wounds while Rosalina would go straight to healing the injuries. Palutena's refusal to help bat some eyes especially from Zelda, but there was not much she could say.
"Pit, who is that?" Dark Pit had to ask really puzzled at the man mainly for the fallen angel wings. "He looks a lot like you…like us."
The brunette remained quiet on the subject. It was only a superstition that he couldn't confirm until the man woke up…if he ever woke up.
The Smashers would rotate on who would stay by the infirmary next to Pit when their schedule didn't mash. The white angel fortunately had nothing to do today so he was going to wait until there were results. His expression remained stoic showing that this fallen angel was someone important to Pit. Dark Pit couldn't necessary stay with him the entire time and had to leave for a team match with Lucina, but he would be distracted to be much help.
The one who stayed with Pit the entire time was Chrom surprisingly. To the blue haired king, the situation was similar to how he met both Robins except the conditions weren't as dire. Because of their meeting, he met two irreplaceable friends. He wondered if it was the same for Pit, but the light angel kept his mouth shut.
The Smashers that shuffled out were Dark Pit, Lucina, both Robins, Shulk, Sonic, Ike and Zelda; Pit appreciated the support from the Smashers given Palutena refused to give it to him. He knew he would be in trouble once the two were alone.
"Are you going to tell us who this person is?" Rob questioned quiet annoyed how silent Pit was. "It would help us a lot."
"Rob, don't nag him." Robin warned her twin brother.
"…I don't even know if this person is someone I know…" Pit finally spoke. "I could have saved a stranger…its just…I feel like I know its him…"
"Who is he?" Chrom questioned.
Dark Pit and Lucina were finally able to come back again after finishing a few more planned battles that today to hear the light angel hear what he had to say.
"…My father."
Everything started to click with Chrom afterward on why Pit needed a confirmation. Dark Pit blinked puzzled at who the man might be. To Lucina, the dark angel looked like a lost child.
"You had parents?"
It was a stupid thing to ask and Pit rewarded the dumb question of his clone with a menacing glare.
"I rather not talk about it." He sighed though knowing he would have to backtrack at some point. "But…I doubt this man is him…he has black wings…a fallen angel…a demon. My old man died long ago." Pit looked down at his hands when he said this. Lucina caught the evil stare that the white angel had when the mention of death came to mind. There was something sinister about this whole situation but it wasn't for her to judge.
"Well if your twin has black wings, I don't think your father having black wings is any different." Rob said simply causing Robin to give him the look again. "W-What?"
"You really need to stop being so insensitive."
Immediately the door opened and Rosalina came out. She was on the verge of collapse, so Peach needed to assist her friend.
"…His life…is no longer in danger." She said in a low voice. "He should…wake up soon."
"Rosalina, you okay?" Chrom asked her seeing the sweat on the Goddess of Space's forehead. "Perhaps you should lie down."
"…I will…sorry Peach…"
"No, its okay Rosalina. You used magic that goes beyond what you're capable of to keep him alive." Peach told her as everyone moved out of the way to allow the two women to walk away from the infirmary.
Pit was the first one inside to check on the man he saved. He was covered in bandages from the forehead all the way to the arms and legs. Dr. Mario appeared to want to tell Pit the injuries this man sustained but reframed from doing so.
"So how is he, doc?"
"Without Rosalina's help, he would not have made it." Dr. Mario admitted. "I must ask you Pit…since you have gone to the Underworld many times, how bad is it to fight down there?"
"I die the most down there." Pit said with a chuckle. "But there are more regions than just the Underworld, doc. There is an entire horde of demons that love to call their section the Netherworld and don't get me started on the Swamp Witch's layer."
"Swamp Witch?"
"Pittoo, I really urge you to go read a book since you can read. My stories aren't that great of that particular place." Pit frowned at the thought. "I hate escort missions."
Dark Pit always wanted to know what Pit had done in the past. He didn't inherit Pit's memories; only the emotions were transferred to him due to being an incomplete copy. That meant he still had much to learn about the universe at wide and Pit was rather selective on what he told Pittoo of his past. The angel had a lot of tales to say about the Underworld and he needed to get it out of him.
The Smashers focused on the fallen angel who was slowly coming to. To Pit, this was the most important moment of his life if the man recognized his face.
"Uhh…where…am I?"
The voice is the same. Pit thought to himself as he gasped. It has to be him…
The older male looked toward the light angel in confusion and then to the other Smashers in the room before tilting his head in bewilderment.
"…Who are you? Where am I?"
Pit felt his heart shattered at that point. Dark Pit could feel Pit's pain but said nothing. Chrom wasn't all that surprised that the fallen angel had no memory. It was just a repeat of meeting the Robin twins again.
"Pit found you outside of the mansion and dragged you here." Dr. Mario explained to the confused fallen angel. "You should be thanking him for saving your life."
"…Pit?"
"…That's me…"
The fallen angel stared at Pit hard. He was amazed that the boy glancing at him looked like him minus the wing color. The man clutched his head in pain the more he tried to think about it.
"Amnesia perhaps?" Chrom suggested.
"Probably selective amnesia. His head injury was rather unpleasant to look at. I can predict someone clonked him on the back of his head to knock him out."
"…Hey…do you know anything about yourself?" Pit asked his voice shaky now.
"…I…not much…" The man admitted.
"Can you remember your name?"
"…Daedalus."
Pit jumped back at the name. He clenched his fists.
"D-Do you remember if you have a family or not?"
"Pit?" Dr. Mario called to the light angel mainly because he might trigger some unwanted event with the pressure he was starting to build.
"…No…I…have always been alone…I can only remember…little…I fell from heaven…probably." He was trying really hard to recall his past but it was giving him a headache. "I know I was on a mission…I have to find this woman…I can't remember her name…can't remember her appearance…just know…her fighting prowess…guh…"
The man started to clutch at his heart like he was having a heart attack. Dr. Mario was quick to help him out asking the Smashers to leave the infirmary. The angel twins refused to leave though and it would get to the point where the others had to come back later.
Once Daedalus calmed down, Dr. Mario decided he needed to report to Master Hand.
"Do not do anything foolish." The doctor warned them as he left the angels with the fallen archangel.
Like they were going to listen to Dr. Mario. In fact, Pit was probably going to end up triggering him with his interrogations. Dark Pit was surprised that Pit was quick to jump on the bed despite the older man's injuries to nearly lift him by the collar of what little clothes he wore.
"Alright old man, don't fucking play with me! I know you're Daedalus! Why play the amnesia trope on me?!"
"Umm…I do not…know who you are…I really don't…"
"I'm Pit, you're one and only biological son! Remember how you gave me the name because you thought I was pitiful?!"
"Hey Pit, you should probably…" Dark Pit began but was silenced immediately realizing that Pit was furious with the fallen angel he saved.
"…I have a son?" He asked rather innocently.
That only angered Pit anymore who was resisting the urge to strangle him on the spot.
"Don't play dumb, dad! You hate me so much that you'll pull at my heartstrings just to see me suffer! Even as an adult, you can't even…"
Daedalus was honestly confused at Pit's accusations. The light angel knew this well and quickly let go. His body was trembling with fury.
"You stupid…old man…you really forgot...what I did to you…what you did to me."
Pit flinched feeling the fallen angel wrap his arms around his body for an awkward hug.
"I am sorry…that I do not remember you. If I have done horrible things to you…I apologize."
No, no, no, no! This is wrong! I don't want his fucking embrace after he locked me out of his heart all of these years! Pit cried to himself. He refused to remove himself from the position though. "Y-You…"
Daedalus looked at Dark Pit who remained quiet. "…Are you my child too?"
It was Dark Pit's turn to cringe at those words. "H-How would I know? Pit won't even tell me who his parents names are."
"I just said it…Daedalus is my father…my stupid father who hated me…" Pit growled as he pushed him away. "I don't want your sympathy! So you really think I'm just going to surrender to your fatherly love just because you have no memories of me! If you knew who I was, you wouldn't be treating me like this! You hate me more than anything! And I hate you too! I saved you just so I can tell you that you stupid old man, so get your stupid wings working again and get out!"
Pit rushed out of the infirmary before Daedalus could say anything else leaving the fallen angel with the black angel.
"…Have I done that boy injustice?" Daedalus questioned. "My heart…I don't know him…but it hurts…his words…sting…"
So maybe he is the father. Dark Pit thought as he went over to Daedalus now. "…If Pit doesn't want you as his father…can I be your son?"
Okay, this was odd for Pittoo to ask. He doesn't know how what its like to have parents much less a father. Out of all the Smashers, Ganondorf was the closest thing simply because he was patient with him. Now that the real father is coming back into Pit's life, perhaps he can understand what its like to be the son of a father…even if he's just a clone.
"I don't see why not? Yet…Pit…said that he was the biological son. Would you be…adopted?"
"No, just a clone." He responded darkly. "You don't have to accept, but-"
Dark Pit yelped as he was the one that was pulled into the hug now. Daedalus' expression was unreadable, as he seemed more concerned with the dark angel's wings rather than the dark twin himself.
"…Your wings…" He began, "they have her scent…the one I'm searching for…"
"H-Huh?"
"I don't…know her name." He said simply. "But…maybe if I stick with you two angels…then I'll regain my memories and figure out my sin…I can accept you two as my children if that is what you wish."
Dark Pit should have questioned what this "scent" he was talking about (given how creepy that sounded), but at the moment his heart was filled with joy of acknowledgement. If Pit didn't want the father attention, he would take it.
It would take a few days before Dr. Mario would allow Daedalus to walk around Smash Brothers Mansion. By then, Master Hand had already heard the news from the other Smashers about the new face. Personally Master Hand wanted Daedalus gone because he was an outsider. However it was against his nature to toss someone who was barely living back out. He could stay until he recovered, but he told the Smashers to be wary of the fallen archangel. Dark Pit ignored orders almost immediately.
If Pit wasn't going to appreciate his old man back willing to open up to him again, then Dark Pit had no problem being the one to latch onto him like a leech. The first thing he would do is show Daedalus around Smash Brothers Mansion starting from the first floor and end with the roof. The dark angel while a newcomer forced himself to memorize all the locations so he wouldn't ask Pit for help. The results were that he might as well have been living here since the beginning because his "grand tour" involved talking about what everything on the floor did (especially the machine that allowed the matches to take place) along with a biography of all the Smashers when they past by their room. Some weren't pleased that Dark Pit gave their life history to a total stranger. Daedalus greeted them all kindly. Pit's weariness of the fallen archangel had no ground for the most part.
It wasn't just the Smashers that Dark Pit introduced him to. He showed them the assist trophies and the other characters (and he was angry when he had to introduce Daedalus to Viridi. She wouldn't let him live it down that he only accepted her offer so he could fly for a measly five minutes and it would be hard to break the contract in the future if he didn't break it while at Smash Brothers Mansion). Daedalus was quick to memorize all their names and appearances, so if he had a question, Dark Pit would answer it immediately.
A few Smashers weren't in their rooms so Daedalus wouldn't be able to match name to face. The dark angel admitted that a few of the Smashers weren't in their designated places simply because some didn't follow their own schedule. Chrom was a prime example would say he would be in one place but would be somewhere else entirely only being forced to stay on the sideline when Robin was in battle.
One of the Smashers who were walking the hallway was Shulk who finished his work out with the Wii Fit Trainer and Lucina. Dark Pit growled seeing him walking around half naked again. The red eyed angel always felt like Shulk intentionally did that to make himself appear more manly than he really was. It didn't help that it always looked like he was tanner when he wasn't wearing anything.
"Hey Dark Pit!" Shulk called out happily. "Lucina will be waiting for you in the 8 player match."
"Oh yeah…I have that today…" Dark Pit mumbled trying his best to hide his smirk. He was going to be battling Lucina after she finished working out. He didn't know why he imagined how attractive she would look in battle as she gave it her all.
"And who is this?" Daedalus questioned innocently.
"This is Shulk, a Hom or an alien as us angels classify them under." Dark Pit explained knowing full well that Shulk would not understand the slur used against him. Dark Pit had no ill will toward the Monado boy unlike Pit. He was just trying to make a good explanation. "He's known as the Heir to the Monado or whatever the hell that means."
"Monado?"
"The sword on his back. He can see the future with it."
"I don't need it for that…" Shulk murmured to himself before looking at the fallen archangel. "It's a pleasure to meet you."
"Nice to meet you too, Shulk."
As the two began to exchange a handshake, Shulk suddenly got a vision. It wasn't a pleasant one at all. In fact, he foresaw a terrible future. Daedalus was being sexually tortured by these demons that trapped him in the arena to "repent for his sins". Daedalus later had a darker expression standing next to an old man and demanding information about this woman that he cared for and his declaration that everyone could die as long as he could see her again. Shulk also had visions of himself specifically strapped to an operating table and experimented on by the suspicious old man zapping the Ether out of him. The Monado wasn't in safe hands either as it was toyed with until the blade became a darker shade. It would end with Shulk being brought to his knees, defeated by this old man and surrendering his body and mind to him.
Shulk slapped Daedalus' hand almost immediately after the vision confusing both angels.
"Shulk, what happened?" The dark angel asked wondering if it was the vision that he often had during battle. "You look pale."
"I-I'm…fine…sorry…I just don't feel good now…I worked too hard…sorry…I got to go."
Shulk ran past the two so fast that Dark Pit was certain that Shulk was in speed mode. Daedalus looked at his hand wondering if he had something on it that made Shulk freak out. Dark Pit chuckled nervously seeing the scowl on his normally soft face.
"Sorry, Shulk was acting weird today. His visions allow him to see the future. He probably saw something he didn't like and had to run to the bathroom."
"Really?"
"Yeah probably. Listen…I need to go to my match. Can you do me a favor and watch? I want to show you how great I am in battle and what I do here."
"…Yeah that's fine." Daedalus answered still worried about Shulk's reaction. "I want to see what you have been describing in action."
Dark Pit pumped his fist into the air glad that Daedalus didn't reject the offer. "You won't be disappointed!"
An eight player Smash was something that Master was always reluctant to do mainly because of how much chaos there would be. It would allow for more strategy but at the end of the day, he left it as something for fun rather than put this into the actual tournament score of the Smashers. The original eight was used to test this method and oh boy was it chaos on a bigger battlefield.
There would only be one eight player Smash once a week unless someone could get a group of people to jump in for the chaos. You could have fewer people like five or six (which Pit was good at getting Sonic, Red's Pokémon, Megaman, Ike, Dark Pit and Lucina to come in making it eight by default usually). Dark Pit was just so happy that he could participate in the event and wreck people. The stage was Mario Galaxy with him, Lucina, Samus, Falco, Jigglypuff, Sonic, Little Mac and Ludwig. Dark Pit loved it when the music was set to Fated Battle because it got him more pumped than normal.
"3…2…1…GO!"
Sonic was always the first to get the first hit in and rolled into Falco who wasn't quick to shield the last kick in his dash. From there, everyone chose his or her opponent wisely. Dark Pit enjoyed picking on Lucina simply because she was just as an equal at Smash Brothers Mansion as Pit was outside. She had no problem parrying him as he charged her. They had their little sword fight with Samus charging her shot only rolling out of the way when Little Mac tried to punch her. Jigglypuff rolled into Ludwig only to get smacked by his cannonball that hit her and the boxer. Falco grabbed Sonic during his homing attack and threw him into the air followed by his up aerial.
"You seem happier than usual." Lucina commented as she pushed the dark angel back. "Is it because Daedalus is watching?"
"Perhaps." The black angel replied with a smirk. "Since he's watching, I'm going to have to kick your ass to look good."
When Lucina smiled, it made the dark angel's heart race as much as when he was around the white twin. She charged him with her shield breaker that he easily dodged.
"Too slow!"
"Keep taunting me and you'll be caught in my dance again."
Even if they were opponents, Dark Pit had no problem shielding her with the guardian orbiters from other Smashers projectiles. Someone threw a bomb when Lucina had her back turned and he reflected it back at the cost of his shield breaking.
"Get that shit out of here!" Dark Pit shouted at whomever threw the Bob-omb (it was Ludwig).
Lucina thanked him by grabbing him knowing full well the dark angel hated being touched. She found it cute how he always blushed when someone was grabbing him never mind how they were pummeling him. She gave a small wink as she threw the shorter angel behind her probably hitting him with her booty to get him flustered. Dark Pit let out a squeak when she did that.
"P-Play fair, dammit!"
He tried to grab her but he missed causing her to hit him with the tip of her Falchion. When she sent him back, she was hit from behind by Samus' charge shot (she was going for Jigglypuff who flew over the attack). Lucina flinched at the power realizing she had to watch her back. The two were on the far left side of the screen so if they went any farther, they probably would be KOed.
Sonic had no problem spin dashing through all the smashers and jumping in an attempt to hit Samus with his spikes. He was stopped by her grapple, smacked a couple times in the face before she threw the blue hedgehog in front of him leading him wide open to Falco hitting him with his reflector.
Jigglypuff got the first KO though on Ludwig as she fell asleep directly on him sending him flying. His percentage wasn't that high but she got lucky and got a star KO. The pink puffball wasn't lucky enough when Little Mac charged up his smash attack and punched her to the right of the screen. Her lightness proved to be her weakness. Falco tried to take advantage of Little Mac being distracted by attempting to down smash him but Little Mac was quick with countering.
…And then the Smash Ball came out right when Ludwig was coming back. Everyone stopped to look at it.
"IT'S MINE!" Dark Pit and Sonic yelled at the same time as they charged for it. Lucina stopped the dark angel by poking him with her up smash when he tried to fly over her and Ludwig hit Sonic with a fork when Sonic failed to hit the Smash Ball.
Little Mac could not reach the Smash Ball so he charged Samus who screwed attack into the Smash Ball. The downside of everyone trying to get the Smash Ball is that somebody is going to screw it up and make the one person you didn't want get it. That was Jigglypuff who took it when she came back to the stage and immediately grew to huge proportions.
"Whelp…we dead…" Sonic snarked as he ran to the other side of the screen but not too far to where it would count as a fall, but he made sure to punch Falco and Little Mac when they tried to do the same thing. Samus was unfortunate in getting caught underneath Jigglypuff as she embraced for impact. Dark Pit, Lucina and Ludwig were on the left side still trying to attack each other during the Final Smash.
"JIGGLY!"
Falco and Little Mac were hit and send flying off the stage while Sonic was still standing taunting with the usual, "Sonic speed!"
Samus was also sent flying but she collided with Dark Pit who was trying to fly over Ludwig's attack and got sent flying off the stage with her. Lucina would have taunted but Ludwig had her as his target from the beginning preparing the drill and getting her in the back sending her off stage as Jigglypuff turned back to normal size. Sonic was too busy taunting he probably should have noticed that Falco came back fast just to smash him off the stage bringing everyone down to one life (even though it should be a three stock, these battles could last forever on certain stages).
"I need a KO…" Dark Pit thought to himself after that embarrassing knock out. "Daedalus will probably think I suck at this…"
He wasn't panicking of course. He just needed to demonstrate how awesome he was instead of hitting on the blue haired princess that he had a crush on. The chaos continued in the battle with swords being swung, projectiles being shot and kicks being thrown out hoping that they would connect. If they didn't handle this in five minutes, then it would go to Sudden Death (and no one wanted an eight player sudden death).
Lucina and Samus excelled the most when pushed into a corner. Samus always cleared a path when people were getting reckless while Lucina constantly countered to avoid any percent damage. Dark Pit was completely rash now throwing out as many electroshock attacks as possible. He can get an easy kill and was able to get out Jigglypuff and Little Mac knocking them out of the game. Sonic and Falco were exchanging punches and kicks before Sonic finally decided to end it with grabbing the blue bird and throwing him back. Sonic's back throw had some a high launch that it was easy to kill early even at low percentages. Sonic taunted again only for Lucina to do her sword dance toward him. Sonic was barely able to get back. Samus had her way with Ludwig who was trying to attack Lucina with her back turned again. Dark Pit rushed to her side, grabbed Ludwig's hair despite his shouting at how messed up the dark angel was being and threw him toward Samus who shot him off the stage with her charge shot. It was at this point that the Smash Ball had the nerve to show up on stage again. Whoever got it would win the match. Dark Pit had an idea of winning and kept Samus from jumping to get it. She would throw missiles in hopes that it would hit, but Dark Pit reflected them back.
Sonic attempted to get rid of Lucina before grabbing the Smash Ball. The blue wonder was at a high percentage though so when he tried to back aerial her, she countered sending him flying and hitting the Smash Ball at the same time. Dark Pit smirked seeing the glow around the female lord. He already threw Samus into the air so he probably had the battle won.
"Time to change fate!" She declared as she went for Pittoo.
Dark Pit hummed as he sidestepped at the last moment to allow Lucina to go past him. Normally she would have stopped, but she kept going off the stage. He didn't realize how much he was laughing seeing that horrible fail. He was too busy laughing to notice that Samus just finished charging her shot and she was not out. So by the time he looked her way, he was hit dead in the face sending him flying but instead of sending him into a star, he crashed into the screen ending the game.
"GAME! THE WINNER IS…SAMUS!"
To anyone who was watching that match, they probably had to allow themselves to breath at the current failings of the match that was being recorded.
Daedalus blinked at the results. It was too chaotic to keep up, but all he knew was Dark Pit was winning and he lost the battle due to carelessness. Normally the dark angel would be annoyed for losing, but in this scenario, he was still snickering at how bad Lucina failed.
"Dark Pit, that was not funny in the slightest…"
"You did…what Marth does…a lot…" Dark Pit cackled causing the blue haired princess to let out a sigh.
"I wish you would think about how you left yourself wide open with that attitude."
"Oh come on, Luci! You got to admit that was wicked!"
The dark angel stopped speaking seeing Daedalus though. Lucina noticed immediately that his attitude changed realizing he failed to win and not taking things seriously. Daedalus wore the same cold expression as usual even if he didn't mean it. Lucina wondered if this is what she looked like to everyone given she had few reasons to smile.
"…That was…"
"A poor performance…" Dark Pit finished in almost a whisper. He wanted to hide behind Lucina so he wouldn't suffer his wrath. Lucina didn't detect any hostility or anger from the older fallen angel though.
"You seemed to enjoy yourself out there." Daedalus told him simply folding his arms. "Perhaps you should watch your back so you don't hit the screen again."
"Uh…"
"Besides that minor complaint, you did well from what I could tell. You can have fun as long as you're not distracted." He noticed the face Dark Pit was making forcing him to be kinder with his critic. "B-But…its just words from an observer. Don't take it too seriously…"
Dark Pit wasn't someone who took criticism well simply because he was the logical one of the two angels. There was something else that was making the dark angel rather submissive to Daedalus though. He flinched when the fallen archangel reached out and ruffled his hair.
"Seriously…lighten up…"
The dark angel blushed at this comment. Lucina found this adorable, but she still wasn't going to let him off the hook for him laughing at her failure.
At this point many of the other Smashers have exited out of the arena. While Sonic was praising Samus for winning, he was still snarking at Falco almost resulting in a beatdown right there. Little Mac was still dazed at how lovely her performance was. Ludwig stormed off angry at what happened and Jigglypuff decided to rest on Samus' shoulder. Dark Pit and Lucina would have joined them, but then Peach came in praising everyone's performance before looking toward the dark angel.
"Oh Pittoo-"
"Don't call me by that name!"
"Right…Dark Pit. That was a fun battle, wasn't it?"
"Tch, what do you want?"
"Oh, Palutena just wanted to remind you of that performance in a few days. You and Pit are going to be performing, remember?"
Dark Pit's face paled immediately. He wanted to run back to his room at that point and lock the door.
"I already told Palutena that Pit could perform on his own! He's going to embarrass me!"
Lucina smiled unaware that the dark angel was serious in not performing. He had told her multiple times that the Smashers would have to drag him by his dead body if he was going to be on stage. Daedalus failed to understand why the dark angel would be embarrassed to perform with his twin.
"A performance? What kind?" Daedalus asked.
"Oh, it's a music performance. After some of us Smashers begged Palutena and Master Hand, Palutena is going to show how angels excel in music. Pit and Dark Pit will be performing together. We don't know what song that will be played, but it gets me excited just thinking what beautiful music will come out."
"It will be just Pit. I can't sing or play an instrument."
"Really? I see you practicing a lot."
"Lucina, my music skill is terrible." He wasn't happy admitting that Pit was better at something. He prided himself in being able to read and learn quickly, but anything concerning music was not one of them. If he sang, it would be the wrong words or off tone. If he tried to play the instrument, it would be off key. He just couldn't get it right no matter how much he practiced.
"…Perhaps I can be of some assistance?"
"Huh? You have no memory."
"I know…but I rather return the favor of you helping me out around here. Maybe this is something I can excel in to teach you."
Peach squealed at the idea the attractive fallen angel performing with the angels. She left to tell Palutena of the arrangements despite Dark Pit not approving the idea. He sighed realizing he was going to be saddled with an amnesic that probably would make things worse for him.
"I wish you two luck. Maybe something in your memory will come back." Lucina said with a small smile.
"Luci, be on my side! I'm serious! I'm going to humiliate myself! Come on!"
Things weren't that peaceful at Smash Brothers Mansion and it wasn't because Peach told Palutena that the suspicious fallen angel would be performing with her angels. Oh, that was the last thing on Palutena's mind when she was patrolling late at night to see what her angels were doing. Only Pit was in his room asleep. Dark Pit in contrast took Daedalus back to the infirmary where he submitted to his fate of performing and got a book out. Daedalus was amazing with teaching him the basics of the song despite being a fallen angel. If Pit were there, he would have learned just as much. Palutena would never trust Daedalus fully especially if they had unwanted company outside of Smash Brothers Mansion.
She and Ganondorf were going to meet up outside later that night just to have an evening stroll without Master Hand's permission. Meetings like these always made her heart race because she always wondered if they would get caught red handed this time around. The game of risk was something both of them thrived on. Now that Daedalus was around, she needed these meetings more.
Today's meeting wouldn't happen because Ganondorf was not in his designated location. This was because there was a pink shadow looming around the infirmary that Pittoo apparently missed when Ganondorf tried to grab it and punch it to the ground. The shadow did take the form of a sniper rifle after all apparently aiming its head at the dark angel (when in reality it was aimed at the fallen archangel). Palutena only noted when she heard this huge crash and went to that location from the outside. Pittoo had opened the window wondering what Ganondorf was doing. He made up some pathetic excuse of taking a night walk causing the black angel to role his eyes at how paper thin his lie was.
"Well, good night." Daedalus said simply seeing that he was getting tired. "Sorry, Dark Pit. We'll continue tomorrow."
"…That's fine."
Ganondorf growled at the sight, but he continued his "walk" like he was just passing by. Seeing Palutena caused him to stop in his tracks.
"Ganny, why are you here? Hope you're not feeling a little jealous that Pittoo has found a new father figure."
"Me, jealous? Absurd." He declares with a bigger scowl than usual. "Enough jokes. You felt that demonic aura?"
"…I barely did. It was very well concealed."
"I chased it off…but it seems like the little fallen archangel in there has a bounty on his head…"
Me: TBC with 6908 words.
Li: Well…this is going to go well…
Me: I doubt it. Notice how Pit's interpretation of his father is on his end? I know I can confirm his mother is horrible to the point he runs to Palutena for comfort. His father…I want the readers to interpret however they want given how Pit interpreted him in Perfectionist. Notes!
1. The Netherworld is the term for Disgaea's hell and the Swamp Witch could either be Metallica from Witch and the Hundred Knight or the Werbella from Queen's Blade. Technically using the latter given how Pit brought up escort mission and there are some bad ending scenarios of Nanael getting captured and put in an awful situation as a result.
2. I think it should be obvious whom Daedalus is searching for. Think about whom the Power of Flight originally belonged to in Kid Icarus Uprising to allow Pittoo to fly on his own and then everything clicks.
3. Shulk's visions foreshadow not only what will happen in this story, but future stories in Super Smash Galaxy. Unfortunately, those images are not from Serpent Galaxy given how Shulk was never strapped to an operating table.
4. Lucina SDing off of the stage? Admit it! You guys probably had it happen to you at one point (if not with Lucina, with Marth). I know before the Smash Brothers 4 tournament I went to this month (and won) had someone go after me as Lucina and she used the final smash only instead of Mario Galaxy, it was on the Gaur Plains stage and that stage is unforgiving.
That's it. Reviews are appreciated! Ja ne!