In celebration of the return of the lovely Kid Icarus: Uprising banter in Smash Bros 4 Wii U, I've decided to write banter for all characters. I've only got a month before all the official (and funnier) banter gets released - wish me luck! This (Marth) is one of my weaker write-ups; the story is still in planning phase, and out of the five outlined so far, I think Peach's will be the best. Look forward to that!

Disclaimer: I don't own Smash Bros. (I don't even own a Wii U *sniff* *sniff*)

Enjoy!

Smashing Banter: Marth (?)

"Hey look, it's Marth, the Hero-King of Altea," Palutena commented, as Pit ducked a quick thrust from Marth that would have sent him soaring. Pit backed off, firing three arrows to keep Marth at bay. He didn't falter, side-stepping the first shot, dropping low to duck the second, and rising up along with his blade to parry the third. He was full of fluid motions; his art was perfect. "Wow, he sure is flexible for a guy."

"A guy? Isn't she a girl? I mean look at her hairband and that short skirt thing! Yeah, she's definitely Lucina!" Pit replied. To further his point, he dashed up to the prince and tried to smack the feminine tiara off his head. Emphasis on tried.

"Soko da!" Marth cried, seeing through Pit's telegraphed attack and countering, slipping under Pit's blade and smacking the angel in the stomach with the flat of Falchion's blade, sending Pit into the sky. He hit the dirt, his torso aching.

"Man, where's the floor ice cream when you need it?" Pit whined, getting back up as Marth took a ready stance. Palutena snickered.

"Look, Pit, I don't see any women here. He can't be Lucina," the goddess remarked, as Pit pushed back Marth's dash attack with his Guardian Orbitars.

"But there's one right in front of me- woah!" Right after Pit's Orbitars dropped, Marth went on the offense, relentlessly pushing back Pit with precise thrusts and slices. Soon, Pit was pushed back to the edge. He was one attack away from getting knocked off; Pit had to pull out his special technique. Pit took a stance and yelled, "Gotcha this time, missy! Counter!"

"N-Nani!?" Marth backed up, halting his blade to avoid Pit's counterattack.

"Haha, just kidding. I don't have a counter," Pit said, swinging his blades into Marth's side. He got knocked all the way to the other side of the floating platform. "See, she responded to 'missy', Lady Palutena! This is a girl; it's Lucina!"

"That isn't how it works, Pit. To really prove that it's Marth or Lucina, we'll have to look closely at the blade. Lucina's has a little hole in her hilt, while Marth doesn't."

"Hmm…" Pit stopped and looked at Marth, pouring all his concentration into looking at the sword that the prince was holding. Ugh, Pit just couldn't make out the hilt's design. It was just moving too fast. Pit had to look hard just to see the blade as it flew…

...towards his face.

"I-I'm finished!" Pit exclaimed as the tipped strike from Falchion knocked the angel into the blast line, ending the fight.

"Nice one, Palutena! I can't believe he took that blade to the face!" Viridi interjected. "...Er, that really is a girl, right?"

Palutena couldn't help but sigh.

It's a little too short for my tastes. but I'd like to get this story out quickly. I may come back to this one just to make it a little meatier. Anyway, see you next chapter, you jokahs (hint hint).