A/N: Hello all! Just a few things to say about this. I'm not sure how frequently updates will be, there could be a couple month hiatus worst case scenario, but I have a couple of chapters already prepared so hopefully I can plan this right and it won't be a problem.
That said, this will probably be a short three to four chapter story. It might be a little fast paced, but hopefully that won't hurt the story.
This is one of three unrelated Kid Icarus stories I have planned, The Bad, The Good, and The Neutral. Titles are a little lame, aren't they? Anyway, they won't be related to each other, but all three will be centered around some kind of transformation.
I proofread this myself (a couple times) so hopefully there won't be any grammar or errors, but my apologies if there are.
I think that's it, so enjoy! I do not own the Kid Icarus franchise (or whatever it's called... series?).
The young Angel developed a rhythm as his body moved, dealing blows to the dummy enemy before him. He added more force to his next sequence of hits, ending the combo with a forceful finish.
Pit succeeded in destroying the dummy, and paused to admire his work. Nice. He wiped sweat from his brow, and turned back to the collection of other weapons he'd brought with him for training. It had been a good workout overall, and Pit had been able to get a feeling for the new weapons he was trying out.
He didn't use them nearly as much, now that Hades was defeated and the underworld was quiet, but he still needed to stay in shape and keep practicing. Palutena had responsibilities as the Goddess of Light after all, and Pit was her faithful servant.
For right now however, it was getting late, so it was time to turn in for the day. Pit packed up his weapons, left the practice range, and put them back in the arms altar. He didn't need to stop by the hot spring, since he had only been fighting dummies and hadn't gotten injured, but he couldn't help himself, and took a quick dip.
Once he was out, and dried off, Pit found a good place to rest, and let his body relax. It was soft where he lied down, and he laughed in satisfaction before rolling over on his side so he could see the sky. He opened his eyes and looked out at the stars.
"It sure has been quiet since the underworld was defeated. Again," Pit added proudly. "Right Lady Palutena?"
He was only talking to himself, and added the question out of habit of talking to his Goddess so much. Despite that, he heard a feminine chuckle.
"It sure has Pit."
"Lady Palutena?" Pit repeated in alarm. "You could hear me?"
"Of course. I am the Goddess of Light."
"Right."
Pit felt kind of embarrassed about the whole thing, but laughed it off with her.
"Anyway, you wouldn't want the underworld causing trouble again, would you?" Palutena asked him.
"No way!" Pit heartily agreed. He laughed again with Palutena until it died down.
"Good night Pit."
"Good night Lady Palutena," Pit told her, before rolling over again, and closing his eyes.
Can she hear everywhere? He wondered. He felt kind of bothered by it somehow. Isn't that… annoying? He heard himself think. Pit wasn't sure about it, since he trusted Lady Palutena, and never felt that way about her. Of course it isn't! He assured himself. Lady Palutena is great. Besides, I don't have anything to hide.
He felt better again after that, and eased into a well-deserved rest.
"Alright Pit, ready for another day of Patrols?" Palutena asked the eager angel.
"You bet!" he called back. She opened the tall doors of the gate looking out to open air and clouds. Pit ran up the steps into his leap to the sky and fell just a moment before he could feel Palutena grant him the power of flight. He soared back up and then arched back down for his flight path to even out just below the clouds.
"I love the Power of Flight," Pit expressed. "It's the only time I really get to be in the air, since I can't fly with my own wings."
"Alright," Palutena acknowledged him, "but stay focused. The underworlds forces may be defeated for now, but a few of them are still out there causing trouble."
"Right, and it's our job to take them out, and keep the humans safe."
"Exactly."
These patrols were common duties; even the Centurions could handle some of it. The underworld wasn't mounting any huge scale attacks, but the monsters still got out of the underworld and made trouble for the humans.
Lately was a little different than the usual monsters, so Palutena had been having more Patrols, with less Centurions being sent out, which meant Pit was the one being sent out more often. The battle was over, but quite a few of the underworld's forces from that time got left behind for them to deal with.
"This looks like a good route. Hold on."
She interrupted Pit's rather enjoyable display of coordination and aerodynamics to accelerate him in the path she had chosen.
"Whoa." Pit couldn't help shouting. She sped him by several sharp turns and near collisions, but Pit was able to roll out of harms way. He was used to Palutena doing that to him, since they needed to hurry whenever they could. He did not want to relive the experience of his wings burning up.
"Sorry about the rough flight, the monsters were a little farther away than I thought."
"Haha. That's ok, nothing I can't handle."
The underworld's forces started coming into sight, so Pit readied his weapon and started firing. His body moved almost on autopilot, combing his movements with his dodges and counterattacks.
"There are hardly any of them compared to before! I could beat them all and still have time left for flight."
"There's still more stuck on the ground, hotshot," Palutena reminded him. "And we have more areas like this to deal with."
"Yeah… I guess it's better not to waste it." Pit reluctantly agreed. He took aim at three big eyeballs flying in his peripheral vision. Before he fired, someone else's shots destroyed them.
"Hey!"
"Oh, you finally showed up?"
Pittoo swept by, at first baffling Pit until he saw the glow of Viridi's power of flight. He turned and aimed in Pit's direction, firing at three more enemies Pit briefly glanced when he swerved out of the way.
"What are you doing here?" Pit asked him.
"You're not the only one aloud to take out underworld trash," Pittoo informed him.
"And those guys are destroying some of my forest!" Viridi chipped in.
"I see. So you guys formed an alliance," Palutena summed up.
"I wouldn't call it that," Pittoo argued.
He and Pit combined finished off the rest of the enemies in the air with ease, and were driven by the Goddesses back to the earth. A few quick dashes was all it took to find more enemies on the ground. He and Pittoo jumped into action, taking out the monsters that appeared on either side of them.
"Hey, after this how about a battle between you and me?" Pittoo suggested.
"Yeah! I can kick your butt again!"
There had been a couple spars between them since the underworld's defeat, but not serious or as enemies like when they'd first met. It was good for practice, and fun.
"Don't forget we have more patrols to do Pit," Palutena reminded him.
"Oh, yeah. Ha ha, I guess it'll have to wait until after patrols?"
Pit jump-dodged backwards to get out the way of an attack while firing more shots to take out another one. Pittoo wasn't far behind him, and fired consecutive shots off as he dashed to the right.
"Tch. Palutena's puppet, just like always, huh? Some things never change."
Pit ignored him and focused on the battle. It felt good to be kicking evil's butt, especially now that there wasn't all of humanity in danger, much less pressure. Together the underworld forces were wiped out in no time at all. Since the forest was safe, Viridi was happy, and Pittoo decided he'd wait there for Pit to finish his 'chores'.
Viridi wasn't attacking the humans with her reset bombs or forces of nature any more, but she still wasn't going out of her way to help protect them and clean up, unless it involved protecting nature, or her army. That left Pit and Palutena on their own to finish the day's clean up.
"I'll bring you back so you can rest, and then it's back to work," Lady Palutena announced.
"Just how many more patrols are there?" Pit asked her. He wasn't that bothered by having to beat up more monsters, but he felt kind of… annoyed again. He didn't usually think of it like that. After fighting all those strong bosses like Hades he must have been a little bored with the usual guys. Plus, he was excited to spar with Pittoo again.
"Two more to go for today hero."
"Aw man."
He was surrounded by light before Palutena pulled him back to Skyworld. Pit wouldn't complain anymore than that. It was his duty as the head of Palutena's guard, and he would do it proudly like always.