Serpent Galaxy

Disclaimer: I do not own Super Smash Brothers. That goes to Nintendo. I only own Xavia, Diamond and Pearl (and the demon of the week).

Summary: Shulk has had unsettling visions of his future to the point that his visions occur at the worse moments during battle. After a bad fight with Robin about his apparent overuse, he takes the Comet Observatory and flees to cool off. Unfortunately he gets attacked by Space Pirates (or so they claim given the declaration of the Mecha Galaxy). Shulk ends up captured and has a choice of being forced into an unwanted marriage or be broken down into a slave. Shulk must do his best to survive but his visions as of late are leaning toward a bad future…

Pairing: Robin/Shulk, Pit/Pittoo and Ganondorf/Palutena with dark OC/Shulk

Rated: M (for mature) and higher on Archive of Our Own

Genre: Romance, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Drama and Friendship

Warning: Spoilers for Xenoblade Chronicles, despair, swearing, sexual humiliation and violence, violence, lots of despair, yaoi and unintentional OOC.

Well would you look at that, this story will be censored too (the more extreme parts because not everything is 18 and up). The biggest influence of this fic and the idea stems again from Queen's Blade Vanquished Queens (the OVA and besides Nanael's OVA episode, they're incredibly dark). Enjoy and this time I will not fuck up Shulk!

Chapter 1: Vision 1: Defeat


The power of prophecy is an incredible tool with a double edge sword. On one end, you would be able to predict the outcome and avoid it in the future, but on the downside, it could be a self-fulfilling prophecy by trying to avoid the inevitable.

For Shulk, his visions allowed him to predict the enemies' movement along with seeing someone's death and even seeing what items could be used in the future. The downside was that sometimes he couldn't stop these futures from occurring and he would be forced to watch those close to him die in said visions.

Recently these visions have been doing more bad than good. At first it started to happen randomly when he was walking around Smash Brothers Mansion. They have always been the same.

A powerful adversary outside of Smash defeats Shulk. He is surrounded by demons at some point and then it goes further than that as they have their way with him. This imagery disturbed him greatly and even though he specifically tried to ignore it because his visions isn't always certain (and the fact he told himself it was incredibly vague), it started to occur during matches in Smash causing him to freeze up and often get knocked out when his vision move failed to predict the Smasher's attack. Then it started creeping up on him in his sleep with more detail than when he was awake.

The added visions included being put into a wedding dress that would be stained with blood…the blood of his friend Rob who is calling out to Shulk before vomiting blood and dying. The image was worse than he had ever imagined and it prevented him from having a good night's rest. It didn't help that Rob (who was indeed his roommate) complained about making too much noise and how he needed to tone it down or take to the shower. What would have been a good moment to get these visions off his chest ended up having Shulk shy away from telling the white haired tactician because of how moody he's been.

This resulted in Shulk going to others for assistance. If something was wrong, going to Master Hand was an ideal situation…but admittingly he was kind of embarrassed that something like this was happening, so instead of going to Master Hand he would go to the Goddess of Light who despite her playful nature was a good listener.

Of course, she was apparently "out of commission" (AKA going back to Skyworld to actually do her job and wouldn't be back for some time). He went to her captain Pit instead. Pit probably wasn't a good idea given he wasn't the brightest tool in the shed. Pit proved him wrong though as they spoke.

"I don't think you should worry too much about the visions." Pit said with a nervous laugh. "You surrounded by demons? Unless you're talking about Granpadorf and his homies, then you shouldn't worry too much. Demons aren't allowed here and we wouldn't let you get hurt. Heck, I would slay all of those demons before they even got here."

Shulk forgot that Pit was kind of a blood knight when it came to fighting demons. Dark Pit was the personification of his love to fight so…

"I guess you're right."

"Plus you in a wedding dress? Sorry, that sounds off unless you want to get married. I don't think anyone here is ready for that except Princess Peach."

"Yeah…I don't think that's going to happen…" The Hom snarked under his breathe. The more he thought about it, the more stupid these visions seemed to be.

"Still, if you're worried about your visions screwing with your battles, you could always ask Rosalina to take you to find the Goddess of Probability."

Shulk tilted his head. "Goddess of Probability?"

"Yeah! Her name is Xavia and she is a special guest toward the Celestial Pirates of the galaxy. Yeah they're space pirates except angels and because of her, they are incredibly successful at looting…I wish their captain would give me some of that booty."

Hopefully that innuendo was not intended but given how Pit seemed annoyed at the concept of angels going rogue and stealing from others, it was probably wasn't.

"Should I ask when Rosalina gets back?"

"Yeah. Its funny how those two are doing their jobs after the secrets out." The angel joked.

Shulk didn't want to recall what Pit was talking about because that was when Rob started to get incredibly snappy. The white angel didn't care though as he stood up.

"Now if you'll excuse me, I got a match to attend to! I can't let Pittoo down!"

Why would he let his dark twin down? Those two were unstoppable in a team battle. Even with Shulk's vision being impaired as of late, the two were able to counter it rather easily. In fact, Shulk recalled how Dark Pit rushed him intentionally during one successful vision but then Pit charged in with his upperdash arm to counter with such a force to knock high into the air and into a shooting star. This strategy effectively nulled any chance of his counter working in a team battle against them. Palutena could easily counter though given how her counter is meant specifically to hit anyone regardless of timing while Shulk relied on a vision to avoid an attack.

As Pit ran off to the team battle, Shulk ended up visiting his friend Dunban for more advice. Even if Pit's recommendation was to simply not think about the visions too much, Shulk could not help but worry. Even if the future isn't certain, to have the same vision for over a week made him a little paranoid.

Dunban was a special guest in Smash Brothers Mansion like Chrom and Viridi were (only difference with the Goddess of Nature was that she was rarely around because she actually did her job 24-7 unlike Palutena but at least she hasn't erased humanity yet). As part of Shulk's final smash, Dunban got special treatment. He often walked around the mansion until specially called to assist Shulk (wasn't really often though as Shulk had a hard time getting the Smash Ball in battle and it wasn't allowed in a one on one match). The assist trophies kept him company specifically Magnus, a mercenary from Pit's world.

Today he was alone in his room rather than hanging out with said mercenary.

"Shulk, is there anything you need?" He asked noticing the dark eye rings underneath his eyes and the droopy expression he wore. "You haven't been sleeping well. What is the matter?"

"Umm…Dunban…" Shulk began. He didn't realize how nervous he was to ask someone he knew for a long time. "It's my visions…"

Dunban was someone who took the situation with visions seriously. Knowing Shulk wouldn't lie when he spoke of them, he always lent an ear for the young lad. It didn't make Shulk feel any better though.

"Is someone in the vision dying? Who is it in Smash Brothers Mansion? This place is very secured compared to Bionis."

"…Well my vision isn't apparently doesn't occur in Smash Brothers Mansion…and the person I see dying is…Rob…"

"That is your current roommate, correct?"

"Yes."

"How does he die?"

Shulk's expression darkened as he involuntarily hid his eyes underneath his hair. He didn't mean to start shaking at the thought.

"I think…it was me. I kill him with the Monado…"

Dunban observed Shulk as he continued to explain the visions he has had as of late. From being defeated in battle to being surrounded by the demons and apparently assaulted, the description bothered Dunban as much as it did Shulk.

"I do not see you being the one to kill your friend." Dunban reminded him. "You are far too kind for that."

"I don't know…I just know from the vision it will be me…I don't even want to think about what lead up to that point."

"Have you and Rob been fighting recently?"

Shulk sighed at the thought. "Well, Rob has been snappy in recent times, but it has nothing to do with me. I'm starting to think he's a sore loser, but…" He actually smiled when he said that. The idea of the calm and collected tactician throwing a temper tantrum as of late sounded adorable in his mind. Dunban did not share the same idea though. "For me, there isn't anything that would result in me attacking him."

"He has not provoked you in any sort of way?"

The blonde shook his head as a response. Dunban honestly had no idea what to think. On one end, these visions seem impossible if Shulk stayed in Smash Brothers Mansion where everyone could see what was going on. On the other hand, Shulk's visions of someone's death were incredibly accurate and preventing them has been his thing back at home.

"Shulk, do not let your guard down." He warned him. "While these visions seem improbable, they are not impossible. You must do all in your power to not wind up in those situations."

"Yeah…I know…" Shulk mumbled as he continued to think more about Rob. He let out another sigh. Why is he so snappy toward me? I want to help him out of his slump, but he doesn't want sympathy.

"Shulk."

"H-Huh?"

Dunban slowly got out of his chair, went over to the younger boy and patted his head, ruffling his hair in the process.

"Try not to stress yourself over this. You got a battle later with your roommate, so you got to keep your spirits up."

Shulk smiled as he tried to get Dunban to stop messing with his hair. Even though he was feeling better after their talk, once he left the room, he had the vision again causing him to nearly run back in. Dunban couldn't see the scowl on Shulk's expression after having a random nightmare vision again.

Dammit, why does this keep happening? I refuse to be defeated in battle! I refuse to kill my friend; I refuse for that terrible future to happen…


"Aww yeah, we are so awesome!" Pit declared as he and Dark Pit finished with their team match. Pit had never had such a great partner as the dark angel. It might have to do with their twin telepathy because in a two versus two match, they were able to cover each other's weaknesses.

As of late, Pit and Dark Pit had to decide on how they were going to handle said weakness and how they would differentiate in battle. They debated a lot outside of battle and finally came up with a solution. Pit wanted to be the reckless one with brute force and hitting harder especially with his charged up Palutena's bow. Dark Pit in contrast would perfect the control of his bow from a distance and only charge in if Pit left himself wide open (which was often). Together, the two got each other's back and it was showing with their constant win streak in a double match.

This showed even against the other set of twins that were participating. Both Robins were great tacticians known for their cunning wit during battle. Robin was more aggressive than Rob though who had no problem jumping into the fray with her Levin sword while Rob charged up his thunder. They were a great team too but the twins had their telepathy over their smart brain (well according to Pittoo, Pit was the only one who lacked a brain because he was smarter than him). The match was incredibly close with Pit allowing Dark Pit to jump off his shoulder so he would have an extra height to reach Rob during the last few seconds and spike him down. Robin didn't have time to hit the twins (even though Pit had his shield up when the timer went out) to prevent Dark Pit from being interrupted. Dark Pit enjoyed the close victory.

"Heh, you can be useful in battle after all." The black angel chuckled seeing how happy Pit was. "I guess I should thank you for allowing me to look cool."

"That spike was awesome Pittoo! You got a critical hit and everything. Rob is so good at dodging spikes too!"

Dark Pit did not mind being showered in this praise. Now if Pit could stop calling him by that embarrassing nickname then all would be perfect.

Of course everything wasn't paradise on the other end. Robin was impressed by how good the angel twins are after finally getting to fight them. It didn't matter how good of a tactician they were if these angels trusted each other to protect one another. She should try that out with Rob.

Unfortunately he was in the slumps for being the reason they lost. He hadn't been doing well in Smash as of late. He wouldn't tell her what was on his mind but Robin expected that it had to do with the recent rejection by the Goddess of Light Palutena.

To Robin it was obvious that Palutena was taken, but apparently most of the Smashers besides the angel twins were not aware of Palutena's obsession with the King of Evil. From her sources, apparently Rob thought it would be funny to sneak into the Goddess' room and proclaim his love for her (she leaves the door open for Pit to come in if he ever needed something…which Rosalina did not really appreciate). What he didn't expect besides a crowded room with the angel twins hopping onto Palutena's bed to sleep with her (in a childish sort of way as she told them they couldn't go under the blanket) was the man that she sharing the bed with. Rosalina for that day decided to just go off onto the Comet Observatory to sleep if things were going to get chaotically sexy.

Whatever sexual ideas Rob had were shattered given how angry Ganondorf was for Rob coming in (yet he didn't even bother trying to kick the angels out for ruining any hopes of having any thing happen that night). In the Smash match, he would ruthlessly beat him up and while that was mirthful because that was when Rob lost his winning streak, he hadn't been able to get out of his slump ever since. Robin didn't think that his love for Palutena was that serious and it was just a man pride thing.

Robin's attempt to approach her twin brother was for naught when Rob announced that he wanted to be alone. He still had one more match later on that day and wanted to prepare.

"Hey, don't stress yourself out, okay?"

He didn't ease her worries one bit and stormed off to the training room. Robin was hoping that Rob would hang out with her and Chrom as she would ask him how to do better in battle, but perhaps she could change her plans and invite Henry over to vent to.


The irony of trying to go to the training room was that other people you didn't want to see were there. Rob should have expected Little Mac, Bowser or Wii Fit Trainer in the room. Shulk was not supposed to be in the room training against the Sandbag. He groaned seeing Shulk taunt toward the non-animate Sandbag who couldn't hope to fight back.

"Why are you here?" Rob snapped immediately as he walked over to the machine where the Mii training occurred.

"Huh? I have a fight with you later." Shulk told him forcing his best smile. "I'm really feelin' it!"

"You say that a lot to the point of annoyance." Rob snarked.

"Hey come on, don't take it out on me! Did you lose to Pit and Dark Pit?"

This immediately resulted in Rob slamming his tome when he selected 100 man Smash.

"Hey, don't feel too bad. No one can beat them as of late."

"…I let my sister down." He grumbled. "Who would have thought that clone would go for the spike in the last few seconds."

So from what Shulk got, Dark Pit would have gotten out if he missed the spike. That must have required a lot of teamwork and trust to pull it off.

"Don't beat yourself over it. Just get better."

Rob glared at Shulk when he made the suggestion. Shulk didn't like that look one bit, but still made it his goal to cheer Rob up…even if Rob did not want a co-op at the moment, Shulk wasn't going to take no for an answer.

Inside the machine, the two had their backs to each other as the Miis came raining down. Shulk switched to his Smash form immediately to get rid as many as possible before his Monado Art wore off. Rob used the opportunity to charge his thunder tome while Shulk held them off. There was no strategy here. Only brute force could get rid of the Miis faster.

…That was the problem though. Rob witnessed his sister trying to adapt the angel twin's strategy of one taking cover and the other doing most of the fighting and distracting. They were not cut for the frontlines and Rob liked someone like Shulk to do most of the work while he analyzed the situation. It only angered him how quickly Robin adapted to fighting Pit head on instead of standing in the back shooting thunder and fire.

"THORON!"

He missed a good shot and only hit one of the Miis. He really wasn't focused as of late. His Norferatsu spells also missed constantly to the point that he might as well not use it at all. Shulk switched to Speed to be able to cover ground much faster when Rob failed to watch his back.

"Rob, stay focused!" The Hom encouraged.

His words did the exact opposite causing Rob to get out his Levin Sword and slam it in front of him. Miis were dumb to walk into him, but that didn't make him feel any better.

When random controlled AIs would show up, Rob was ruthless against them with his smash attacks. Shulk did not want to be on the receiving end of those smash attacks especially since Rob had no problem hitting the AI Ganondorf a couple of times to the point he was wasting said sword on one character.

Shulk ended up getting most of the KOs by forcing himself to forget the vision. Unfortunately, he got one in the middle of the battle nearly causing him to fall off and ended up being lectured by Rob. It irritated him that Rob was treating him horribly.

Outside of the training room, the two finished up in three minutes, but it was a good work out. Shulk intended to drink some water before waiting for the match against each other. Again he got another vision causing Shulk to clutch his head in pain. Now the words that Rob was saying were clear now. His words were an apology repeated until he vomited blood and died from blood loss.

"How many visions are you going to get?" Rob questioned quite angrily. "Is your vision telling you you're going to get a water bottle?"

"Ha ha…very funny…" Shulk was not pleased how Rob lacked any sympathy for him now either. Normally when Shulk got scary visions, Rob was the first to comfort him, but now…

"Hope you don't intend to be cheap during the match."

That was rather insulting…Rob must have caught his words, but refused to apologize as he grabbed his stuff and left. Shulk had a really bad feeling about this.


If the day couldn't get any worse for either of the boys, then this was the breaking point between the two of them.

On Final Destination, it was a one on one, two stock match with no items. Rob switched his material up so he would be stronger while Shulk simply changed how his vision would work when he countered. However Shulk really didn't want to use his vision in battle after Rob complained about him being cheap.

Rob was fighting more aggressively than ever before. If what Robin did in the team match showed him, he had to take things into his own hand. This was so not like Rob at all because by attacking with a more powerful thunder spell, it meant that his tome broke more easily.

Shulk found himself blocking when Rob was on the offensive with his Levin Sword. Keeping in shield form allowed him to receive damage and not get knocked off. After recklessly using his Levin sword, Shulk went on the offensive with speed constantly hitting him with fast sword attacks. Rob countered with an upgraded arcfire spell. Shulk switched to power after realizing that he wasn't going to get any real results without taking the risk. With power he did the double the damage with a few hits until Rob was in the critical zone. Rob missed him when attempted to catch him with Norferatsu allowing Shulk to launch the white haired tactician with a simple tilt.

Now with everything back though. Rob could start the offense again. Shulk's attempt at switching back to shield was messed up with him choosing buster again causing him to take more damage. Rob got a critical Levin sword in sending him off the stage. Rob focused on charging his tome again.

Getting out though caused Shulk to have another unwanted vision: Being defeated, being surrounded by the demons and then the image of him in a blood stained wedding dress standing over Rob who was vomiting blood.

"Guhh…"

Perhaps he should have quit, but Rob wasn't showing him any sympathy like he normally would. "ARCTHUNDER!"

It was a stronger thunder spell that Shulk couldn't block in time and was sent back. Rob followed up with using his wind tome to catch Shulk in a combo before sending him upward. Shulk activated jump to get away from one of Rob's aerial smashes. He did not have a good landing and barely managed to dodge Norferatsu again.

"BACKSLASH!"

Rob simply rolled out of the way followed with a more powerful arcfire. Shulk switched to buster and dashed toward Rob in the middle of charging thunder. He had to finish up quickly so he could not have these visions interrupting his match.

The white haired tactician jumped into the air and hit Shulk with Elwind, but the second strike didn't work because Shulk was quick with his up tilt and comboed with at least before switching to launch. Either he would lose or Rob would at this moment. Rob intended to end this quickly before his Levin sword became useless. Shulk dodged at least three of them and hit with one sending him to the edge. Quickly getting back up, he had a vision again forcing him to close his eyes and block.

Before he realized it though when he stood up, the vision wasn't the nightmare ones. It was a normal one he would get in battle against his opponents. Shulk had a quick reflex as a result dashing toward Rob when he attempted to end this with a smash attack sending him flying and allowing Shulk to barely win the match.

Normally after a match, Shulk and Rob would make fun of each other for what they messed up on and what they could do better but not this time. Rob was at his limit for how much he could take and it showed when Shulk tried to tap him on the back after battle.

"…Don't touch me you cheap ass." He grumbled.

Shulk was not impressed. "Hey, what has gotten into you? You've been in the slumps for a while and it's affecting your performance. I was just going to say you shouldn't be attacking aggressively like that because you leave yourself wide open."

"A tactician must always adjust to new situations when required but…" He glared at Shulk who was honestly concerned for his health. "No strategy can do anything if your opponent can see the future."

"Hey, you make it seem like these visions come at will! I thought I told you they happen at random!"

"Random you say? Don't make me laugh! You can change the way you react to these visions, but you're still looking into the future. I will never be able to beat you with how you constantly use that move every single time."

"I don't beat you every single time with that move! You just recklessly threw yourself into battle. Besides a vision is useless if you're up against someone like Pit."

Aww yes, Shulk was still salty over that one team match he had against the angel twins. He felt he was letting Ike down for how the twins easily beat him up even with his vision. It didn't matter if Dark Pit was seen as going to go for the kill. The vision didn't predict that Pit would push Dark Pit out of the way and do the attack instead sending him flying upward and into a start instead of the prediction of being sent flying horizontally. Ike joked how he didn't see that coming and he didn't because his visions weren't perfect. Rob would not admit that this is so especially in the mood he was in.

"A team battle is one thing when you have to trust your partner and not bring them down. In a one on one, there is nothing stopping the vision from working. You're just as cheap as that stupid boxer."

"Hey Rob, no ad hominems please! I'm use to you being mean-spirited toward me but try not to take it out on anyone else."

Rob rolled his eyes as he attempted to leave without further discussion. Shulk would not have this and again grabbed his arm. It was a shame that at this point, anyone could hear them shout at each other.

"Back off Shulk! I'm sick and tired of your visions!"

"Look, how about you stop being a poor sport and start taking these battles seriously! You won't win with that attitude!"

"My attitude! I have to put up with you in that room and you have such lovely dreams every night that I can't sleep! What, are you saying you're having visions that keep you up every night! Take those visions into the bathroom or shut up! I can't sleep when you're noisy!"

The way Rob framed it made it seem like Shulk was having those types of dreams. His cheeks turned pink thinking that as he shook his head getting those naughty ideas out.

"Normally you ask me what's wrong instead of just assuming. If a tactician simply assumes, then they'll never win a match again." Shulk realized that he stopped trying to be nice at this point and decided to go for a sore spot. "You know, I feel for you that the Goddess rejected you because you were dumb enough to go into her chambers and expect your special S Support, but please don't take your sexual frustrations out on me."

That did it. "What. The. Hell. You think something like that is the reason I haven't been doing well?!"

"What else? After Ganondorf beat you up, you haven't been winning after that. I'm sorry if your man pride was hurt because she was out of your league."

"At least I have standards. You don't seem to have any."

"Excuse me?"

Rob knew he shouldn't have had prided too much into this information, but he wasn't going to lose this spat. "Riki told me a lot about your world. You hated the Mechon so much…so much that when your friend was turned into one you lost any sexual attraction to her."

Such a low blow and at this point some people were starting to walk their way. Shulk's expression darkened.

"Don't bring Fiora into this conversation!"

"Its good to know that your racism prevents you from romancing anyone even if it's a childhood friend."

And that resulted in Shulk punching Rob to the ground as a response. The two Smashers that were walking down were Lucina and Dark Pit (who had no problem bragging about his spike in the team match). Upon seeing the fight though their conversation was cut short especially since Rob got back up and punched the blonde back.

"You're a jerk, you know that?!" Shulk shouted honestly fed up with roommate's attitude problem. "So what if things didn't work out! At least I'm not a desperate skirt chaser who just wants to get laid so he can stand next to his twin sister and be like "See, I can have a child from the future too!" That attitude really angers me because you don't even care about the person you attempt to romance!"

"Ha ha…you think this has something to do with Robin huh? Maybe it does…" He muttered darkly. "I may be a skirt chaser, but you're a heartbreaker. Two girls liked you. You didn't realize one of them fell for you and then you reject the other one because of some dumb reason. Because I give my heart out to everyone, I won't have to worry about hurting those closest to me."

Shulk still didn't know who this other girl was even if the party apparently knew who it was.

"But you admit that you don't even care about the other person! Why bother if it's just for your man pride! Even if I hurt Fiora, there are other people better for her then someone who would break her heart!"

Again the vision showed up again of Rob being on the ground vomiting blood with Shulk standing over him with a bloody Monado. His expression was cold as ice. He had no problem cutting his friend down.

"Hey, knock it off!" Lucina called out. Dark Pit wanted to see the fight keep going but if Lucina wanted it to stop he would have to assist her.

They didn't seem to hear her though as they were ready to punch each other again.

"Perhaps you could have used your vision to not hurt her feelings." Rob continued to insult. "You rely on those visions so much that I bet you would be lost without them. It must be nice to see what your opponent will do before it even happens."

In the end, the conversation went back to his visions that have been doing more harm than good as of late. To everyone's surprise, Shulk grabbed Monado and pointed it at Rob. His eyes burned with hatred in that moment.

"You think I enjoy having these visions? To be able to see the future and save my friends is a wonderful gift, but do I get in return? I have to see them die over and over again until the event almost happens. Every close call makes my heart stop and even if I get these visions, I can't always stop the inevitable! You think I only use these visions for victory? Think again! Of course as a tactician you would only care about winning, but that's why Robin is better than you!" He wasn't going to stop his barrage now that he was on fire. "Robin is the main tactician, isn't she? I can see why. She's cool headed, thinks about everyone around her and does her best to make sure no one dies. But you? You only care about the victory aspect and glory! If you only care about yourself, you're never going to surpass her in any shape or form! You have to realize your self worth and give it to others to be a great tactician, but your heart is dead inside!" Perhaps he was going too far at this point, but he didn't care. "Your heart is so dead that you just like the results rather than the person you bond with! This whole S Support you talk about is pathetic if you can't even get the emotional attachment to someone."

"Do you think I didn't try that?" Rob interrupted as he got his Levin sword out. "There were so many girls I wanted to talk to. At first I told myself there is nothing wrong with being alone but then…" His expression cracked. "I lose to a dead man…then again the Hero King is alive here and I can't see how Tiki fell for a flamboyant asshole like him."

Lucina did not take that well. Dark Pit had to hold her back so she wouldn't jump into a three way shouting contest.

"All these women in your world fell for someone with a wonderful heart that would treasure them even after death…but you…you lack that and I can see why she probably would never love you." Shulk's countenance saddened though. Truth be told, he might have been talking about himself. He really liked Rob…maybe more than a friend because of how kind he had been when they first met. Seeing more of him now was making him doubt his own judgment.

"Don't preach about love when you have no idea what it is either! You break a young maiden's heart not once but twice but still expect to be friends with them. You're naïve and stupid to think that. If you used your precious visions, you could have prevented it, but you're too dumb for that or maybe it's just convenient that you like pulling these girls along."

"I don't-"

"Even now you do with these fake promises! You'll say some stupid thing expecting them to still like you and then crush their heart until they just walk away. That's what I should do to you since you're nothing but trouble with your cheap ways in these fights. There's no skill if you have to rely on your vision seeing sword to do everything for you. You would be worthless without Monado."

"No I won't! I don't need Monado!"

"Then prove it! You can't can you!"

"Okay, I think we need to stop now." Dark Pit finally cut in with a firm tone. This did not give him a good response though.

"STAY OUT OF THIS YOU STUPID CLONE!"

Almost immediately the dark angel cowered behind the other female clone making a small whine as a response. They were really mad that his statement hurt him.

"Rob, Shulk, stop." Lucina repeated. "If you continue to fight here, then I will report you two to Master Hand."

The two finally acknowledged the princess and glowered. Rob in particular realized what he was saying and put his Levin sword away. Shulk did the same, but immediately turned around and began to storm off. Rob really wanted the last word in despite knowing provoking Shulk again would do no good.

"You know, perhaps you should try to get rid of your visions if you hate them so much. Would make everyone's life easier around here."

"Shut…up…" Shulk growled refusing to turn back. You don't care about what I'm going through. Well, you can go screw yourself Rob!

Once Shulk was out of sight, Lucina had no problem going toward Rob and slapping him on the cheek causing him to back up in shock.

"I'm disappointed in you Rob. You're more level-headed and considerate than what you just displayed."

"…I'm sorry Lucina…I…"

"You're not sorry. Stand there and think about what you just said and then come back to me and those you have insulted when you are ready to apologize. Dark Pit, we'll leaving."'

Dark Pit nodded his head slowly as he trailed after her. He looked back sticking his tongue out at the short tactician before picking up the pace. Rob was left alone with a bruised cheek on both sides: one from a punch and the other from a slap.

I really fucked up didn't I? Rob asked himself as he slowly headed back to the training room. I can't believe I said all of those things. I really am pathetic…


You never want to be on the receiving end of an angry Goddess. Zelda being angry was actually a normal occurrence given how long she has been in Smash Brothers Mansion and how she was an incredibly serious individual. No jokes could get past her. Palutena was someone you didn't want to anger due to how powerful she was. Rosalina was the last one you did not want to anger because she was an incredibly mature Goddess who never raised her voice (then again she always spoke in a monotone even in battle).

That was why Bowser found himself being lifted high above Smash Brothers Mansion near the stratosphere of the planet. He just wanted to eat the donut that Peach left out for everyone and he found himself hovering endlessly in space with no hope of touching the ground again. What did he do to anger the Goddess?

Palutena was rather surprised at Rosalina's anger. They just got back from their jobs and she was letting loose outside of Smash.

"Rosalina, what did big old Bowser do now?" The green haired Goddess teased.

"…The Comet Observatory is gone…along with my children." She responded in her usual monotone voice but it threatened to rise. "Only Bowser would mess the system up and have it wonder off into space. I have no way of getting it back unless someone is kind enough to return it."

"I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!" Bowser screamed. It was a miracle he still had air from that high up. "I SWEAR ON MY CHILDREN'S GRAVES THAT I DIDN'T GET NEAR THE COMET OBSERVATORY!"

"A good father sends Jr. and the Koopalings to an early death." Ganondorf mocked next to the Goddess of Light. He enjoyed seeing bad things happen to Bowser even if they had a lot in common.

"NOT FUNNY! I CAN HEAR WHAT YOU SAID! I DID NOT TOUCH ANYTHING!"

"…Yet you were the one in the room when it launched."

"I'm surprised you didn't notice Rosalina." Palutena commented. "You're usually on top of this."

Admittingly, Rosalina was exhausted after going around the galaxy. The job she had to do this time revolved around keeping planets in orbit and making sure everything was stabilized. Regrettably, not everything was in order as one planet in particular was no longer in the same spot. The planet might as well have gotten up and walked away because she couldn't find it no matter what she did. As the Queen of the Cosmos, it was an embarrassment to say the least. Alas, it was a minor planet and Rosalina intended to ask Palutena later about assisting her, but for now she just wanted to sleep. She couldn't remember if she kept the lock on the Comet Observatory allowing someone to just mess with it and for it to take off.

"…I was tired." She admitted. "But there is no one else who could have operated it but Bowser who had taken the Power Stars in the past to prevent me from going anywhere."

"THAT WAS 2007!"

"You will not get any information from King Koopa if you throw him off into the endless space." Ganondorf reminded her. "Although, it would be entertaining to see what he would do to come back."

"Bowser can't die." Palutena joked. "You already know he went into the black hole at the center of the universe and still came out alive."

"Ridiculous."

Rosalina listened to reason and brought Bowser down, but she still wasn't happy especially since the Comet Observatory had Polari on it. Bowser was so happy to be on the ground again that he kissed it and murmured about never taking it for granted ever again.

"Are you certain you did not enter the room?"

"Of course not! If I wanted a ship, I would have built my own by now!" Bowser declared. "And I just wanted a donut and saw that it took off with someone in it."

"So someone did jack the Observatory." Palutena continued to joke but Rosalina didn't find this situation humorous at all.

"Who?"

"I think it was the Monado boy. I called to him, but he might not have heard me with the donut in my mouth. He looked distracted. He just went inside the room, piloted the Comet Observatory and took off. And that's what you saw. Not me just sending it off into space for no reason."

The Goddess of Light glanced at the Queen of the Cosmos in worry. Now that was something that they would have guest. To be fair, Shulk was an incredibly intelligent mechanic who was able to tell if something was broken just by looking at it. He was more efficient at fixing stuff around Smash Brothers Mansion now rather than Mr. Game and Watch who was tasked to fix everything.

"Shulk huh? Wonder why he needed the Comet Observatory."

"Goddess of Light, Queen of the Cosmos, you were not here when a fight broke out." Ganondorf told the two Goddesses. "The Monado boy and the male tactician were fighting not too long ago. I would assume that the Monado boy wanted to leave to deal with his own problems."

"Did he have to take my Comet Observatory?" Rosalina asked with her voice hinting that she was annoyed with how it had to be her lovely home.

"You should interrogate him like you did Bowser when he gets back. I bet he would like to space travel without a ship."

"Oh Ganny, is my humor rubbing off on you?"

The King of Evil just facepalmed how Palutena had to make everything about her. Rosalina could only agonize the situation a little more. Shulk was a reasonable young man and would probably return a few hours later apologizing to her for using the Comet Observatory without her permission and everything would go back to normal for her. She just wish she didn't worry about the fact a planet was missing in orbit and what that could imply.


Perhaps it wasn't the best idea to steal the Comet Observatory to mope, but Shulk didn't want to be in his room after his fight with Rob. He was way out of line and he couldn't forgive him yet. Shulk would not be the one to apologize first when he was only trying to cheer him up.

And yet, he didn't seem to care when he robbed Rosalina of her home. He would bring it back and apologize for it, but now he wanted to take Pit's advice and search for the Celestial Pirates. From the definition Shulk got, pirates were scoundrels that robbed anyone and burned everything to the ground. Space Pirates in particular went as far as taking planets for themselves and selling the core of the planet for a fortune. Celestial Pirates apparently did the same thing but were kind enough to go after the most brutal people and keep the galaxy stable hence why no one goes after them expecting to get out in one peace.

Pit had no idea where they would be, so Shulk would probably have to find a planet that had civilization and ask them the last time they saw the Celestial Pirates. Honestly, Shulk should have thought this plan through and just waited for Rosalina to bring him along. Polari was on the ship when he jacked it, but Polari wasn't that much help.

"You should probably go to the pub where all the pirates hang out." Polari told him. "Just set a course and you'll be there in a few hours. Because mama is not on the ship, you can't go that fast. Perhaps you should have waited for mama."

The black Luma was the only Luma that was full of sarcasm without Rosalina around. The rest of the Luma were energetic and playful. Shulk did what the black Luma wanted and set the course before stretching. He still wasn't in high spirits and he didn't want to sleep. He decided to walk around the Comet Observatory while the ship piloted toward the hub world. While walking around, he had another vision of being defeated in battle. His eyes widened in horror realizing that the rubble was from the Comet Observatory.

Oh no…does that mean that the vision is based on…no can't be.

His head was starting to hurt. He did need to rest even if he didn't want to take a nap.

Hopefully Rosalina doesn't mind me using her room.

The idea of going into the Goddess' room without her permission made his heart flutter. He wasn't going there for the wrong reasons. He just needed something like a pillow to rest his head on.

As he walked into the bedroom, bright lights that only Rosalina could set up greeted him. With all the Power Stars, it was a perfect place to relax. The Hom couldn't take it easy though when he sat on the bed. So much was running through his mind. The visions wouldn't stop and that nagging feeling of them coming true scared him. Even with Monado, he was going in alone and if something happened to him out here, the Smashers might not be able to do much.

"Hey Mr. Shulk, are you okay?" A bright red Luma asked. "You look sad."

The seer sighed as a response. These Luma were innocent. No use trying to talk to them…

More Luma started fluttering into the room and circling him. They all wore a worried expression on their adorable faces.

"Mr. Shulk, will you be okay?"

"Mr. Shulk, why do you look so down?"

"Mr. Shulk, do you have Star Bits in your eyes?"

"Mr. Shulk, do you want us to help you?"

They were incredibly generous unlike Rob. Honestly, he wanted to be left alone. Polari hovered over to Shulk and made a deep (but still cute) noise.

"You have tears in your eyes Mr. Shulk. What happened?"

Was he really crying? He wasn't that upset to be tearing up, right? Yet wiping his eyes, he did feel something wet.

"…Perhaps Rob's words really did hurt me more than I expected." Shulk admitted sadly.

"What did Mr. Robin do?" Polari questioned.

"…We got into a fight about my visions. He's been feeling down and took it out on me. The reason I want to find the Celestial Pirates is to find the Goddess of Probability. According to Pit, she can do something about it."

"Oh, so Ms. Xavia is the one you seek and not the pirates themselves." Polari exclaimed. "I am sure she will be of assistance if you believe her words. Otherwise she's worthless if you don't take her warning."

Well that was kind of mean spirited. Shulk couldn't help but chuckle though. If the advice were useful, why would he not listen to her? Pit apparently held her in high regard (just not to the extent of Palutena, but then again, the captain put the Goddess of Light over everyone else).

"I'll remember that. Is there a certain way I should talk to her?"

"She's chill, but her prophecies make her sound fanatical sometimes."

That was…not what he expected. He might have to be careful not to step on eggshells then.

"No more Star Bits! No more Star Bits!" The Lumas cheered as they did their little dance.

"Hey, I wasn't crying. I just had something in my eye." Shulk corrected but smiled. No wonder Rosalina loved these Luma children. They were sweet natured and cared for complete strangers especially ones who took them away from their mother without permission.

Shulk would not be able to chill though as the Comet Observatory started to shake as if something hit it. He jumped out of the bed wondering what happened. The Lumas scattered instantly as he rushed out of the bedroom.

He gasped at what he saw outside. Before the Comet Observatory was a moving planet that took the form of a robotic battleship. One would think this was one of the many that Bowser still had roaming around the galaxy, but this one was incredibly metallic. One could see an utopia at the top while everything else was ready for battle.

"Space pirates?" Shulk asked Polari who was the only Luma who stayed by his side.

"No, it must be one of the planets mama was looking for and couldn't find."

So it was a stray planet out of orbit.

Shulk got his Monado out when he heard an arrogant laugh coming from the planet. The hatchet up the mecha opened revealing a youthful looking girl in a dark yellow school uniform with red stripes on the skirt portion. She had shiny black hair in two long pigtails and piercing red eyes that could be seen from a distance. Beside her red eyes, she had a red scarf to go along with her outfit. Her weapons could be seen from a distance: A shiny black gunblade and a white katana.

"Are you the one in charge of the Comet Observatory?" The girl called out from a distance. "If so I challenge the owner to a duel! Winner take all!"

"That girl must be a pirate…" Polari mumbled. "Should I set a course to go back?"

Shulk glared as he looked toward the girl. "Do that. I will handle her."

The seer had to remember that the gravity in space was different when on the Comet Observatory. The girl intended to jump down and destroy the main bridge if Shulk too long, but Shulk jumped out of the barrier. A platform extended out looking similar to Final Destination that he landed on. The sexy schoolgirl also landed on the platform opposite of the Smasher.

"Aww, an attractive man. Not the one in charge but you'll do. What is your name? I am Pearl of the Mecha Galaxy. I am the greatest fighter in the galaxy who has slain countless warriors. My lust for blood cannot be satisfied as I continue to search for stronger opponents. You are an alien. Who are you?"

Getting to Homer levels of introductions I see. Shulk joked to himself. "…I am Shulk, one of the chosen of Smash Brothers Mansion. I do not know who you are, but you will see the power of the Monado."

Her grin widened to uncomfortable levels as she charged him at blinding speed. Shulk switched to speed form to keep up with her. Outside of Smash he had no limit to what he could do so he was able to swing faster than he would in a Smash match. Blocking the katana left him wide open to the gunblade that attempted to blow his head off right off the bat. Shulk pushed her out of the way deflecting her bullet in the process. Maniacal laughter rung all through the battlefield as she pointed her katana toward Shulk. The Mecha Galaxy behind her began firing missiles at the Comet Observatory. Polari was still trying to turn the ship around when it got hit. The Mecha Galaxy then opened up even more revealing robotic hands that grabbed the Comet Observatory holding it in place.

"No one is escaping until the winner is decided." Pearl hummed as she shot more bullets from her gunblade. "This is a match between two swordsmen!"

Shulk switched to shield to deflect the bullets. His vision allowed him to find an opening as he charged through and attempted to knock her off the platform. She continued to giggle as she flipped back onto the stage and caught Shulk in between her legs causing him to yelp at the awkward position. She managed to get a good stab with the katana in his shoulder causing him to flinch as he pushed her off.

"I am the best with these weapons!" Pearl gloated as she prepared to shoot more bullets. "This gunblade forged from the best material that only the Golden Land could have and made from the hands of my father. This katana created by the teeth of a powerful dragon said to be able to slice heads of in one clean swoop! I have the power!"

She really likes bragging. Shulk continued to think as he clutched his shoulder. Her erratic behavior made it impossible to keep up with her.

"Come on! Come on! Come on! Let's keep fighting!"

She charged with the katana in her mouth as she tried to thrust her gunblade through Shulk's chest. Shulk switched to jump and hopped over her and again tried to push her off the platform. The platform itself moved when more missiles collided with the Comet Observatory. He had to hurry or there would be no way to return back to the mansion.

The Lumas came out in defense of Shulk. Pearl did not take this well as she pointed the gunblade underneath her skirt and shot them all causing them to disappear into the stars. Shulk's eyes widened in horror how she had no sympathy for the little stars.

"Its only between me and you!"

Despite that robots started to swam out of the mouth of Mecha Galaxy. Shulk turned his attention to them and cut them down to size. They were only interested in seizing control of the Comet Observatory, but the Lumas wouldn't stand a chance against these well equipped robots.

"PAY ATTENTION TO ME!" The black haired girl declared as she sliced at Shulk's clothes managing to tear off some of it revealing his nipples exposed.

"…I guess I should end this now." Shulk murmured as he switched to buster allowing the Monado to extend its length. "This is the Monado's power!"

Pearl blushed at the sheer size of the blade. She emptied out her gunblade before putting her katana inside. Apparently the gunblade could hold such a weapon but it turned the blade as white as snow that could rival Shulk's Monado.

Shulk had another vision seeing himself getting hit by the girl because of how she tried to fake an attack. To counter this, he would just have to go straight for the kill because he doubted she would die this easily. He just needed enough strength to knock her out. His Monado cannot harm humanoid beings from his world but Master Hand made it clear outside of his world, anything goes.

Far away from the battle, there were two people watching. Their faces were hidden in the shadows with the only thing that could be seen is their sinister smile.

"My daughter will lose this battle unless you interfere." One of the voices announced. "Use your power to stop him."

The other person in the darkness stuck his tongue out revealing to be that of a snake. His body began to glow as he had something occur outside of battle that Shulk could not predict.

As Shulk was prepared to strike Pearl as she charged him with her bright blade, the seer yelped in confusion feeling something slivering up his leg. Looking down, his eyes widened seeing something long and cold. Shulk should have seen it was a snake but mistook for a caterpillar and cried out as he kicked the animal away. That was a good enough distraction for Pearl to score a direct hit on the Hom.

"NOW DIE!"

Shulk screamed as the blast sent him flying into the Comet Observatory. The top of the observatory came crashing down along with Shulk who got buried in the rubble. Polari saw this and attempted to assist him but Pearl pointed toward the direction again and ordered another fire.

Nothing stopped the robots and the missiles from hitting the Comet Observatory. Polari had no choice but to put the last line of defense up. Not like it did any good as everything came crashing down. To anyone watching, it looked like fireworks shooting off into space. Most of the Luma ended up caught in the explosion.

Pearl was not pleased when she looked at the battlefield and saw the dead snake that she sliced.

"You bastard…you destroyed my honor…" She growled. She glared when she felt the presence of someone behind her. "Diamond, why did you do that? You do not need to interfere."

The man she was talking to look as if to be hidden within the shadows of the cloak he wore. It didn't matter to him though as he walked forward. "Help me look for the boy when it crashes into the platforms below. We have ourselves a prize."

"Uh…I wanted to kill him. I have no honor because of you." She growled as she jumped down after the huge explosion occurred.

The man known as Diamond followed. No one could have survived a terrible explosion. The Monado boy would be safe from total annihilation given his sword attempted to shield him at the last second though.

Pushing the debris aside, Pearl hummed seeing the unconscious Hom. His clothes were torn to shreds revealing a lot of skin. If it wasn't torn, then it was burned off. He suffered fatal injuries from the attack and the explosion, but he was still breathing. His sleeping face made the girl want to just leave her mark with her gunblade.

"Pearl, restrain your urges." Diamond mocked as he looked up toward the robots that appeared before him. "Take him away and make sure the Monado is not damaged in any shape or form. I will experiment on this blade one way or another."

The robots obeyed as they grabbed the unconscious Smasher and slowly started to hover back to the Mecha Galaxy. There was nothing else left but Diamond took the extra precautions to search for the room where the Power Stars were. Most of them were gone from the explosion but he made it his goal to scatter them across the galaxy so it would take time for the Comet Observatory to ever work again.

"My plan is foolproof." Diamond hummed as he looked toward the bloodthirsty girl. "I apologize for your loss of honor but there will be another time. Trust me on this."

Pearl only rolled her eyes as she stormed off. Diamond followed after her into Mecha Galaxy where the robots placed Shulk in a healing tube that could heal any injury. The figure had the same smirk as his daughter as he lingered over the Hom.

"You are going to do us great justice Monado boy. Just be sure you don't break too quickly when we're done with you. Ho-ho-ho."


Me: TBC with 10990 words.

Li: Welp, he's screwed.

Me: Of course. No one wants visions like that and then having no way to counter the future. Notes!

1. Shulk can have visions of items that will be used in the future, have visions within dreams and can touch objects to get visions. He does not need the Monado to see these visions. In this situation, he's seeing an incredibly bad future for himself and it ends up being a self-fulfilling prophecy.

2. Pit and Dark Pit are cock blockers. They probably scared each other to the point they couldn't sleep and wanted to nag Palutena. They're adults but Pit specifically uses the childish excuse of not being able to sleep and how they should sleep as a family. The amount of butthurt Ganondorf probably had is on a grand scale but Rob showing up angered him more.

3. If you noticed how I repeated how Pit and Dark Pit defeated Shulk, this is intentional because it really stuck with Shulk how they were able to counter him. The difference is the second time has more detail on what exactly happened. Plus this scene would later foreshadow how Shulk is defeated in the first place. Outside interference from something the vision could not see.

4. A lot of the things Rob said about Shulk aren't true at all if you haven't noticed. Xenoblade spoilers here.

For instance, while its true that Shulk never realizes that Melia likes him, his racism toward the Mechons ends the minute Fiora is revealed to become one after her supposed death and Shulk admits that he was acting unjust. Rob's assumption is that Shulk's racism prevented him from loving his childhood friend that is not the case (to be fair though, she is a Hom again in the ending making it difficult to tell if the racism honestly went away). This is also under the assumption that Shulk could use the visions to tell what his friends were thinking thus preventing much heartbreak. Shulk may control the Monado but it doesn't always happen.

5. Rob in comparison is obviously suffering from an inferiority complex. Female Robin is the canon protagonist in this story therefore she's the one who comes up with many of the strategies in Fire Emblem Awakening. Robin is more successful than Rob as a result being able to have the fewest casualties and she has a successful romance with Henry (who is unhinged). Rob in comparison fell for Tiki who only loves Marth and in the S support he does outright state he can't compete with Marth. Now in Smash Brothers it really hurts seeing how Marth is. So if Tiki failed, perhaps Palutena would allow him to get over it? Apparently not, but Rob can only A support because at the end of the day, feeling like he could never be good enough for Tiki prevents him from going the extra mile. Plus he does like Shulk more than a friend and that kind of gets in the way of his image. Rob as a result tries to act more arrogant and self centered to distant himself from Robin who is modest in comparison (but both are more arrogant in battle bragging about how smart they are).

6. Introducing my OC Pearl. She is part of this evil organization in the galaxy called The Army of Darkness and admittingly was only RP villains. However Pearl and her father are like the only one who goes beyond that and can be Kid Icarus/Disgaea villains given how they are. When I thought of Pearl I was thinking of an edgy blood knight. Too edgy to wield a gunblade and a katana, and she's hot with a high school uniform allowing her to fight and get wonderful fanservice shots. Of course there is some Queen's Blade influence (-cough- Captain Liliana from Rebellion minus the whole "I'm crazy for battle" mentality.)

7. The Homer joke…read The Iliad and you'll get the joke. (To sum it up, some Greek heroes take 3-5 pages bragging about their father and their accomplishments before usually getting cut down. Nestor in particular goes on rants about how great he was in his youth and one particular chapter took time away from the gory battle.)

That's it. Reviews are appreciated. Stay tune for more despair. Ja ne!