Hello guys, so this was an idea I had ever since I heard how GOOD Palutena is now. I remember trying to run through classic with her and that was not fun at all. My favorite character in the game, Sonic, while I never HATED playing as him in Brawl, I remember it being really hard to get KOs with him. So here's this cute idea for a one shot.
Palutena let out a sigh. She wasn't sure why. After all, the tier lists had come out and much to her surprise. She was much higher up this time. She did feel like she had improved. At least now, Viridi wouldn't be able to mock her about Pit being in a higher tier. So what was wrong?
"Hey, Palutena?"
Palutena yelped. The speaker, Sonic, jumped as well.
"Sorry, you scared me. You came out of nowhere," Palutena said.
"It's fine. I do that a lot. You should have heard Luigi scream when I first did it to him," Sonic replied. Palutena laughed.
"Who was louder, him or Pit?" Palutena asked.
"Pit, had no idea a boy could scream that," Sonic laughed before he turned serious. "Master Hand said we are a team. We're fighting Olimar and either Richter or Simon. I swear I can never tell them apart. He sent me to find you,"
"Oh, I guess let's go then," Palutena said. Sonic caught the hints of sadness in her voice.
"Hey, what's bugging you?" Sonic said as he raced in front of her. "You've been more reserved then normal lately. Even Pit can't get anything out of you. So what's up?" Palutena flinched. She really didn't want to talk about this. But Sonic had been in a similar place himself. So maybe he would have some insight?
"Can you promise not to tell anyone?" Palutena asked.
"I promise. Cross my heart, hope to die. All that jazz," Sonic said.
"It's about the tier lists," Palutena admitted, rubbing her arm. It was Sonic's turn to flinch. He already had a feeling in his gut that he knew exactly what was wrong.
"Let me guess, you saw how much higher up you moved?" Sonic replied.
"Yeah," Palutena sighed.
"Congrats on that by the way," Sonic said.
"Thanks," Palutena said.
"So what's bothering you?" Sonic asked.
"Just why did I get such a big change? There were a bunch of other things that could have been done with the time taken to make some of us better or worse. Yet while do some get such big shifts?" Palutena said. Sonic sighed. He had felt the exact same way after the tier lists from the last tournament were revealed. But he had come up with an answer. He put his hand on Palutena's shoulder.
"Hey, the reason they made you so good was because they wanted more people to enjoy playing as you. Same thing happened to me in between the third and fourth tournaments. After the whole hype about me even being in the tournament, people saw I wasn't that good so they didn't use me in tournaments much. Then in the fourth game, suddenly, I was so good. And to be honest, it felt great. But something was bugging me about it. So I asked Master Hand about it. He said that they wanted all fighters to be played the same, so I got the buffs I needed. I guess it's the same for you," Sonic explained as best he could. When he saw Palutena smile, he smiled.
"I guess that makes sense. And to tell you, it does feel really good to be played with in both competitive and casual circles," Palutena said. "Now come on! We have space captain and vampire hunter butt to kick!"
"Race you!" Sonic said as he took off. Palutena smiled as she teleported after him.
Sorry if Palutena was a little OOC. But still, I have always wondered what the Smash characters think of things like Tier Lists.
