Venomous Narcissus
Disclaimer: I do not own Super Smash Brothers. That goes to Nintendo. I also do not own Queen's Blade. That is owned by Hobby Japan. The only characters I own are those from the Golden Land, angels from Skyworld including the royal bodyguards, Angel Assembly and archangels along with all the other angels and of course the witch hunters.
Summary: When Lucina made a rather cocky comment about being Dark Pit's best bodyguard, she didn't expect to be challenged to her declaration immediately. She lost way more than just the battle and now Lucina wants nothing but revenge on the woman who humiliated her unaware that this Echidna's trap as she needs to get her target kidnapped while everyone focuses on Lucina's change in personality. Only the witch twins can solve this situation from the shadows but their attachment to Dark Pit and Lucina prevent them from doing so and end up making things more complicated than it needs to be.
Pairing: Cia/Lucina, Lucina/Pittoo, Pittoo/Lana, Reyn/Pittoo, Rob/Shulk, Ganondorf/Palutena, Chrom/Olivia and implied Ash/Cia and Pit/Virtue (OC)
Rated: M (for mature) MA (for Archive of Our Own)
Genre: Romance, Hurt/Comfort, Drama, Angst, Friendship and some Humor
Warning: Swearing, yuri, dubcon, noncon, extreme sexual situations, violence and unintentional OOC
And this is what happens when your friends convince you to write a yuri and you're not the type to write yuri, but here is an attempt since hey! Cia is part of Dark Pit's group so you'll already know this happens after Dark Pit has met her in a previous timeline seeing how she's way calmer than usual. Enjoy! And yes, most of the nightmare was censored on this version unlike the AO3 version.
Chapter 2: The Splatfest for the Witch Twins
Lucina thought she was a goner after she closed her eyes after fainting with her battle with the blackmailer. She thought the Grim Reaper was escorting her to Hades, but the voices from her friends and family called her back to them. She struggled to wake up too seeing as how the darkness wanted to swallow her up. She had been put in this near-death situation before that she forced herself out of the darkness' grip and out of the Grim Reaper's eyes in order to wake up from her slumber.
The first thing that Lucina noticed was that she was no longer outside in the cold rain. She was in building that she assumed to be a hospital. The next thing she noticed was that she wasn't wearing any clothes while in the bed. All she had were bandages covering the parts of the body where she was stabbed. The most noticeable one was the bandage on her forehead. Lucina didn't think that she was hit in the head hard, but perhaps being slammed into the concrete did a number to her face. Fortunately, there was a mirror in the room, so she could confirm that her face wasn't mutilated from the assault.
"So you're not dead after all. Good thing our First Response got to you immediately or you might not have made it."
The first voice she heard was not someone she recognized and for good reasons. Lucina never needed to go to Smash Hospital for anything. Any extreme injury that could not be treated at Smash Brothers Mansion would be taken care of at Smash Hospital where the best doctors from a specific world came to work. Master Hand didn't really say which world because he didn't want anybody from other realms to try and snatch them up under his watchful eye. This might have been a good thing overall because it meant that people in Smashopolis could be treated…at a high price of course if they were not related to the Smashers in any shape or form.
The doctor in charge…was an odd choice by Master Hand to say the least. Most of the doctors barely showed their faces to the Smashers, but that might be because they were always so busy helping others that a Smasher wouldn't be able to recognize them unless you were Pit who apparently knew them thanks to the 4th wall. Rumor has it that this doctor had a crude tongue and overall made his patients uncomfortable with how he addressed him. This might have come from his cynical outlook of life, but regardless if he showed less concern for his patients, it wouldn't stop him from trying to save them whether or not they cooperated with him.
Now that Lucina got a good look at the doctor, she could say he was very attractive too, but his sour attitude must have been why he didn't have a romantic partner. His appearance reminded her of the main character from that one anime that she watched with Dark Pit known as Cowboy Bebop only he was wearing a doctor's coat. He didn't seem to be looking at the female lord directly as he was looking at his clipboard.
"…Where am I?" Lucina asked trying to recall what happened.
"Smash Hospital where all people end up at when they are on the brink of death." The doctor snarked as a response. "You suffered multiple stab wounds all over your body and a small concussion. Fortunately for you that blood could be donated to you to keep you alive for the remainder of the night. You are no longer on death's bed, but that doesn't mean that you'll be able to leave right away. Fortunately, you are a Smasher and there are healers in this magical world, so that's less work for me."
The blue eyed princess glared at the diagnostic doctor who acted more like a robot than an actual human being.
"Can you explain what happened?"
"I'll tell you what I told your family. They are waiting outside by the way." The sarcastic doctor began. "From the information that was given to me, you went off on your own during the Splatfest and got attacked in the alley way. No woman should be that stupid to be alone during a festival. If a woman is on their own, that's her fault for not doing a good job to be safe."
It almost felt like he was victim blaming Lucina, but there was so much truth in that that Lucina could only groan when he was telling her this.
"There is a mercenary known as Echidna who goes around and attacks her victims like a predator. I would classify her as a serial rapist, but she doesn't always assault her victims. She seems to limit it to just women, and you are no exception. Getting into a battle with her without assistance is usually a death sentence. Fortunately someone called the ambulance for you and our First Response was able to stop you from bleeding to death."
"I…see…"
"You are lucky to be alive after your recklessness. I heard you were hanging out with five other people and you decided to handle Echidna on your own."
"I'm so sorry…I didn't know who she was…"
"Well, now you do. Next time you see an elf using a snake as her underwear, call for help. She may be powerful when she's in control of the situation, but like every other person…she is not invincible."
The diagnostic doctor wasn't even finished explaining to Lucina the details of her attacker and her injuries when the door swung open and Chrom was the first person to rush to his daughter's side.
"Oh, Lucina! I'm so sorry! I should have made sure you were with me!"
"Father…"
It wouldn't be long until Olivia and Inigo swarm in with Chrom. Both of them in tears with Olivia still crying despite being told that it wasn't her fault and that her daughter was still alive. Inigo in contrast had wiped his mother's tears, but was threatening to bawl seeing his older sister in this situation. The only other person who came in besides Lucina's family who obviously had priority was Dark Pit, but he remained in the shadows like the black counterpart he was accused of being. Lucina's eyes were focused on Pittoo, and for the first time…she couldn't tell what he was thinking.
"Uhh…this mushy stuff is making me sick." The doctor grumbled as he stood up from the small seat that was next to Lucina. "Make sure you don't open her wounds. I'm going on break."
"Thank you Dr. Cunningham." Inigo thanked weakly seeing as how Lucina finally waking up distracted both of his parents.
"I am just doing my job. You should thank Maria more. She is in charge of the First Response."
Dr. Cunningham took his leave allowing the family to shower Lucina with affection and apologies. Personally, Lucina wanted none of that as something in her heart was preventing her from appreciating that she was still alive. She still wondered why Dark Pit was entering the room now. He kept his distance from Chrom. The female lord could only assume that her father went off on Dark Pit for allowing Lucina to go on her own and allowing this incident to happen. She sighed seeing how Olivia still wouldn't stop crying.
"Mother…I'm sorry for worrying you…I'm sorry for worrying all of you. I'm okay now…"
"Oh Lucina…-sniff- I…I'm so sorry for failing you…"
"You didn't fail me, mother. It was just me being…" Lucina's voice trailed off not wanting to finish the sentence. Dr. Cunningham was right when he said that she only had herself to blame for being tricked so easily. The minute she saw her…she knew that her chances of winning was low. Her pride got the best of her and that was why she was in the hospital now. It didn't help that Dr. Cunningham did not bring up the note that Lucina swore she had when she went to challenge Echidna. If they had that…then they would have been able to understand why she went alone, but Echidna appeared to be the type to destroy all evidence linking to a motive of why her victims would challenge her to a fight.
"Sis…" Inigo began was cut off noticing the look Lucina was giving him.
"…I'm sorry everyone…I would like to be alone for now…I need time to recollect myself."
Chrom didn't really like that response, but seeing as how Olivia would not stop blaming himself, he thought it was the best for her health.
"Lucina…"
"Father…I'll be fine. Just let me be for now…I know that is not what you want to hear after I was in critical condition…but…"
"No…I understand. Just call for me if you need anything. When you are released from the hospital, make sure you to come to us. We are always there for you Lucina."
"…Thank you."
While everyone slowly left after Lucina ordered them to leave her alone, Dark Pit remained in the hospital room with the female lord as if he had special privilege to stay by her side. When she meant everyone, Dark Pit was included, but since he seemed to miss the hint, she allowed him to linger for a couple of minutes. She wondered what he was going to say to her, but the minute he opened his mouth, Lucina regretted keeping him around.
"Umm…about the Splatfest…I know because you got injured that you missed what happened…but it got cancelled."
Dark Pit just didn't understand that Lucina couldn't care about squid children shooting each other with ink at the moment, but he kept going anyway just to have some sort of conversation after the really dark, serious one with her family and the doctor.
"Well…the theme of the Splatfest was Democrats versus Republicans. It was probably best it got postponed to two weeks so the Inklings can come back. It only takes them a few days to come back…" Dark Pit couldn't help but smirk remembering what happened to those Inklings. "They all melted. I have never seen a species look so miserable. At least Callie and Marie are okay. They're the only ones smart enough to bring an umbrella in case of a random shower like last night."
Lucina continued to stare at Pittoo disinterested in the conversation. He noticed that immediately and broke eye contact. His cheeks turned red the longer the two didn't converse with each other.
"…Dark Pit…I'm sorry, but can you leave me alone? I want some time to myself."
Dark Pit flinched at her demand but he slowly nodded his head. He cursed thinking that this was the worse way to start a conversation.
"Okay…I'll see you back at the mansion…"
"…Yeah…"
The dark angel was as speedy as Sonic. He dismissed himself from the room and quickly slammed the door in her face. It was obviously unintentional, but he wasn't happy how that conversation went. Lucina sighed in defeat as she rested her head back onto the pillow. There was nothing she could do now, but go to sleep and let the days pass. They weren't going to let her leave any time soon, so she might as well use it to catch up on her sleep. Unfortunately for her…the nightmares would easily consume her the minute she closed her eyes and dozed off.
The last thing Lucina wanted to recall when she past out was the humiliation she suffered by Echidna's hands. If she had known who her opponent was, she would not have challenged her alone. Now that she knew Echidna sexually humiliated her opponents after she had defeated them, it would be harder to brush off the unwanted sexual counter. In her nightmares, it was more explicit then it was in reality.
Lucina was defeated in her dreams like she was in the real world. Falchion was knocked away and she had no strength to continue. She felt like her entire body was paralyzed by whatever liquid was on the elf's dagger. Her panting was deep and it was becoming difficult to breath. Echidna laughed at the state she was in and soon was in front of the bluenette. Lucina yelped feeling her arm be seized as she was yanked off the ground. The setting of her dreams wasn't the alleyway where she lost, but now switched to a reddish-purplish room that looked identical to a love hotel. She was thrown on the soft pink mattress below her. Given it was a dream she nearly got sucked into the sheets as if Kirby was inhaling her before nearly popping back up. Like a vacuum though, the bed had eaten off her clothes (or what was left of them) leaving her bare naked in front of Echidna who only needed to remove her vest like top to be naked like her.
"G-Get away!" Lucina cried out seeing the red eyes glare down at her.
"Keltan, go." Echidna ordered her snake.
The green snake immediately slithered off her crotch area to tie Lucina's hands behind her like a rope while still slithering around Lucina's body to get a good feel of what it was dealing with. Unlike in real life, Lucina attempted to get the snake off of her. Resistance only resulted in the snake biting at her breasts and injecting some sort of fluid inside of her.
"Ahhhhhh!"
Echidna enjoyed the scream that escaped her victim's lips. One breast wasn't enough as Keltan bit the other one and injected the same thing. Lucina felt her body changing for the worse and she could only blame the snake for it.
"What do you think? The Aphrodisiac that I gave my snake is being transferred to your body. You'll feel just as good here as you did when you were awake."
"H-How dare you! GAHHH!"
Lucina remained breathless after Echidna finished up with her. This was not how she wanted her body to be ravaged. She weakly covered her eyes with her arms as she did her best to hide the tears threatening to fall.
"Aww, don't be a big baby. Your first time wasn't that bad." Echidna taunted as she got off the younger female. "Look on the bright side. You know what to expect when you do it with a man, but the boy toy you like could never give you the pleasure that I did."
Oh how much she wanted to tell her to shut up, but she was still having difficulty breathing. Echidna allowed her snake to coil back onto her private area before continuing to mock her.
"Your pride is your weakness. Your pride will cost you your precious crow to. I already told you that if you cannot protect him, then my contractors would make off with him. That is my job after all."
"No…I…won't…"
"Be happy that you won't be sent to the slave ring. You aren't even worth anyone's time." The green haired lady declared as she stepped on Lucina's crotch area. She didn't realize that she moaned when Echidna did that. Echidna smirked seeing how even when they were finished up, Lucina's body still desired more. "Your precious Lived Twilight will be the one performing these acts instead…and he'll be doing it with his respectable older twin."
"No…"
"That is my client's end game. He's going to make sure the angel captain surrenders to him. He'll submit to my client as long as your precious crow is in his possession. I guess you could say it's bad luck if I'm on the job because I will make sure that it happens. You can just stay here and remember that you failed to protect him."
Lucina wouldn't let Echidna win. She hissed like Echidna's snake when she attempted to move from underneath her. She failed again…she was defenseless against the sadistic mercenary and Echidna knew this. She had no problem rubbing it in at all.
"The plan is already in motion. When the next Splatfest occurs, your crow will be in a gilded cage unable to do whatever he wants anymore. He'll only have you to blame because you let your ego get the best of you."
"No! No! No!" Lucina screamed repeating the same word to the point it became a crazed mantra. "No! No! No! No! No! No! I won't let you, you bitch!"
Echidna's sinister laughter echoed in the darkness. By the time Lucina had managed to regain some strength to grab Falchion and impale the older woman, the image of her had already vanished and she returned to reality.
Lucina shot up from her deep slumber in a cold sweat. She nearly wanted to scream to get someone's attention, but was surprised when she didn't. The nightmare affected her more than she realized that when she tried to breath, she ended up wheezing. She clutched her chest in pain desperately gasping for air. It probably took her a few minutes before she felt that it was safe to have her hands leave her beating chest. The female lord glanced out the window and frowned. She wasted a whole day sleeping when she should have been out and training to protect Dark Pit.
The princess from the future only shook her head in frustration realizing how dumb she was being. She chased Dark Pit away and failed to tell her family or friends about the note that made her rush off on her own. Now there was no one to help her out with dealing with Echidna…and it was because her pride got in the way.
No, it is not my pride. Lucina tried to convince herself as she moved her legs toward the edge of the bed. I did not want anyone to worry about my carelessness.
Her own words only upset the female lord even more. Echidna was proving to be a venomous snake that was slithering into her brain and implanting doubt in her mind about her own character. The elf didn't know anything about her…yet she felt like Echidna was right about everything.
"I can't sleep…" Lucina spoke to herself knowing that Echidna would haunt her in her sleep should she let herself go back to the dream world. "…I need to train."
Training was all she could do to get her mind off of the perverted mercenary. Granted, she was told to stay in bed and wait for her injuries to heal before even considering picking up the sword again. Whoever left Falchion resting near the wall was dumb and not following hospital protocol making it easy for Lucina to force herself to get up from the hospital bed and grab it.
Unfortunately for the female swordswoman, she was only able to walk outside the door before she felt an ominous presence in the dim hallway of the hospital. Lucina kept Falchion close as she got into a battle stance the minute she heard footsteps walking her way. Was it in one of the night shift doctors who was checking up on her? If Lucina could tell what the time was then she would have realized that no one should have been in this hallway at this particular time. Was it Echidna coming toward her attempting to finish what she started?
"You should really go back to bed, Luci. You're going to drive everyone crazy and your wounds are going to open up."
This voice was different from Echidna's but still one that Lucina had never heard before. This woman's voice though…sounded like someone Lucina should know, but couldn't remember at the moment. She gritted her teeth prepared to defend herself.
"Who are you? Show yourself!"
"Aww…I keep forgetting that you don't remember me. It's probably for the best."
The woman stepped out of the shadows. The only light came from the window and what little Lucina saw only sent shivers down her spine. A young, attractive woman with an hourglass figure was in front of her with dark skin, white hair and purple eyes stared down at her. Her red pupils shined in the darkness and that was what took Lucina off guard making her take a step back and considering the idea of going back inside her room. As the woman's appearance became clearer, Lucina had to question this person's wardrobe given how her outfit revealed as much skin as possible.
"You…do I know you?" Lucina questioned feeling intimidated seeing this sexy woman in front of her but also having another unwanted feeling that she didn't think she would have to a total stranger.
"…You might. You might not. It does not matter."
"But…"
"My name is Cia if you're that curious, and I'm here to warn you of your fate should you continue to pursue Echidna."
If Lucina didn't just wake up from her slumber or suffer any injuries, she might have been able to sit down and go through memory lane to see if she knew someone by the name of Cia. So far, there wasn't anyone with the name or appearance to match, but she felt something was locked deep inside concerning this alluring woman.
"W-Why would you say that? What would you know."
"It doesn't take a genius to see that you are injured. You go out now in that condition and you'll be dead meat. Your opponent has already dominated you. Certainly, you do not want a repeat until you have cooled off."
Lucina's fate in herself wavered by Cia's cold words. More truths that she didn't want to hear especially if Dark Pit's life was on the line.
"How about you stop making this about protecting others and more about regaining your honor back. It must be embarrassing to have that happen to you after you won that tournament." Cia couldn't help but taunt.
"What?! Why you!"
"So be a good little princess and go back to your room. The adults will handle the situation for you."
Lucina didn't take those insults well. She had no intention of fighting Cia seeing as how she was only being warned. The white haired witch frowned noticing that Lucina's intention was to walk right past her and escape.
"Unfortunately, I do not have time to speak to you. This is my problem, and I will handle it on my own." Lucina told her firmly as she proceeded to carry out her plan.
Cia hated disobedience, so the minute Lucina walked past her, the female lord already felt her eyes get heavy. Dark aura came out of Cia forcing the Ylissean princess to drop her blade.
"You really want me angry, do you?" Cia asked as her temper was threatening to blow just from Lucina walking away. "Heal yourself up before you do something foolish. In fact, I'll make it easy for you. Go to sleep!"
A random sleep spell was the last thing Lucina expected anyone to cast on her. She didn't even need to look at Cia's eyes to doze off. The spell worked instantly and Lucina felt herself lose consciousness. She didn't hit the floor the minute she fell asleep. Cia had caught her with her magic and immediately carried her back to her room with magic. Cia was still cursing that Lucina actually didn't listen to her warning and had to resort to using magic.
"Honestly, where does she get this ego from? Is this how I was back then?" Cia questioned as she dropped Lucina gently back into the hospital bed. "Honestly, I have so many problems, but watching you get hurt for a stupid reason is not one of them."
Once Cia was done putting Lucina to bed she left the hospital room without delay. She then teleported from the front to the roof of Smash Hospital where a girl with an identical face to Cia except with blue hair instead of white and wearing mostly white instead of black was standing. The hospital roof had a gate that would prevent patients from accidentally (or not) falling off the building. This girl had her back turned to Cia with her hands gripping the gate. The young girl was obviously lost in deep thought and judging from Cia's expression, it was something the bluenette was not used to doing.
"…Lana, is something bothering you?" Cia questioned walking toward her lighter half and standing by her side instead of placing a hand on her shoulder. "You're not usually this quiet."
"…Dark Pit is in danger…" Lana spoke softly. "And Lucina didn't say anything to her family or Dark Pit about the note…"
"Luci is a prideful one." Cia told her with a laugh.
"But, we got to do something! I don't want my friends getting hurt! We swore we would look after them-"
"Correction, I only swore to look after the little crow." The black witch reminded the white witch. "What happens to everyone else is not our concern unless Dark Pit is involved. We cannot interfere because of our knowledge. Besides…we wouldn't want Hylia to get on our asses again."
Lana gave a brief glare toward the older witch before looking back into the distance. The sun was rising soon, and they would need to flee before they were spotted by anyone.
"But Cia…"
"But nothing, Lana. Even if we remember everything, we cannot afford to let those that hate us remember what we have done in the past." Cia glanced over at Lana now and let out a huge sigh. "Tch…fine…you can handle being Dark Pit's bodyguard this time around until things settle down. I'll deal with Luci's ego, but don't expect much from me."
Cia only said that so Lana would stop moping. She was just glad that the blue haired witch believed her words. Cia tried to think what she could possibly do for Lucina seeing as how she was preparing to create a barrier around her heart where asking for help would sound foreign to her.
This is going to be troublesome. Cia thought darkly to herself.
The sleep spell actually benefitted Lucina in more ways she could imagine. She had no nightmares invading her dreams and she was able to regain her health almost instantly. Her stab wounds were still all over her body, but she felt ready to get back to Smash Brothers Mansion. However, the hospital staff wouldn't let her leave until they were certain that she was well again. They gave her at least three days in the hospital before releasing her on the third night.
You would think it would be a joyous occasion for Lucina to return to the Smashers at full health? Wrong…given that Lucina went back to training the minute she came back. Many were the Smashers were confused by this attitude that the Ylissean princess displayed. One would have thought that her snapping at the hospital was just her remembering the incident and wanting time alone, but the fact she was still acting hostile worried them. Lucina had no intention of making those she care for concerned for her health, but she had every intention to use this time to train. She would challenge Echidna again and stop her from harming Dark Pit. Lucina reminded herself to not overwork her body and reopen her injuries, but it seemed that things were going to head in that direction with how extreme her training was.
Dark Pit at first thought that her snapping at him in the hospital was just her still upset over whatever happened to her. He gave her time hoping she would talk to him about what happened. He would do anything in his power to help her (after all, he could just ask Palutena what to do if it proved to be more difficult than he imagined). Not only did Lucina not want his help, but also refused to speak to him at all after being released from the hospital. Lucina declined every chance she got to hang out with the group and found excuses when it came to not communicating with the young angel. The short temper that Dark Pit thought he lost the longer he went to Smash Church to learn how to calm down and take things slowly was starting to show its ugly side again the more he felt neglected by Lucina. Yes, he had everyone else with him, but he desired Lucina's attention. This was only made worse with how Arachne and Kaguya needed to leave his side to handle some things for him in Skyworld and Reyn being out for the next couple of days to return to Bionis for things he wouldn't tell him, the most he got was the red head saying that "Colonel Squaretache" would have his head if he didn't return. Lucas was not the best person in entertaining Pittoo for a long period of time except when they would have friendly Smash battles, so when Lucina decided to reject the offer to hang out with the two Smashers again in favor of training, he snapped.
"Lucina, what did I do for you to avoid me?! Did I do something wrong during the Splatfest? Why the hell are you ignoring me?!"
Like a little kid throwing a child tantrum, Lucina chose to ignore his shouting until he decided to invade her personal bubble and grab at her arm so he could get her to turn around and face him. Immediately he noticed the dark eye rings under her eyes and the venom that was showing in her blue eyes.
"…Let go."
"Lucina, have you been taking care of yourself? You've been training ever since you got back. You need to stop before you work yourself to death!"
Lucina wished she could remain even temper in this situation. Instead, she shoved the dark angel away catching him completely by surprise. Lucina too wasn't expecting herself to do this to the black angel, but continued to scowl at him for telling her to stop.
"Dark Pit…I'm fine. I just need time to myself."
"Bullshit! You had three days to yourself in the hospital! Tell me what's wrong!" Dark Pit shouted as he again tried to grab her only this time she held Falchion toward him if he got any closer. "I can help you…"
"I don't want your help." Lucina growled. "I can handle this myself."
Oh how Lucina would actually love to tell Dark Pit what happened. She feared for his safety…that was what she kept telling herself. In reality, she couldn't face him after being declared his best bodyguard. Her pride and body were taken that night, and she didn't really want to tell him. While it was apparent that the other Smashers might have caught on what happened to her hence they kept their distance and watched from afar, Dark Pit completely missed the hints. It showed with how he kept touching her when she didn't want anyone near her. In the past, she wouldn't mind the red eyed angel throwing himself on her, but now was not the time.
"But…you're suffering." He murmured weakly immediately feeling discouraged with how Lucina was treating him.
"I don't need your observation Dark Pit..." Lucina snarked. "Just leave me alone. You are annoying me."
She was this close to offending him by calling him by the name he loathed so much. In her moment of anger, she probably would, but that was why she decided to turn around and walk away. Dark Pit had already been insulted, so there was no need to rub anymore salt on the wounds. The dark angel was surprised that she ended the conversation and remained where he was standing. Lucina could still hear him cursing her out in that Greek language that he was forced to learn in Skyworld. She could also hear him stomping in feet in the ground while doing so. Again, she knew that treating him like a child would only make him act like one. She preferred it if he could handle the situation more maturely…but she had no right to talk when she couldn't even tell him about what happened.
This is for the best. Lucina told herself. I cannot let Dark Pit involved in my problem…Echidna and her client is after him…so I have to stay away until I handle her…until then…he has to be kept at arm's length. She smiled sadly thinking how much she was messing up her relationship with the dark angel doing this. Perhaps Reyn was the better person after all…
And like everyone predicted, Lucina did overwork herself and collapsed. The female lord always made sure to end her training regime and go straight to her room afterward so she could fall asleep and continue the next day. Because of her argument with Dark Pit, she focused too hard on the task at hand without any concern of her body. Her anger was apparent too to anyone who approached her, so none of the Smashers bothered to tell her she was exhausting herself. It might have seemed out of character for many, but seeing as how Dark Pit was livid for the rest of the day after she walked away from him, it didn't take a genius to see that both needed their space.
Cia just shook her head seeing Lucina collapse outside of the training room. She was unable to pick herself up and drag herself back to her room where she could sleep because her legs gave up on her. Seeing that there wasn't anyone around, she took the risk of making her presence known in the mansion. She was betting on Palutena and Rosalina to be distracted with the object of their desire like she would be whenever she saw Link wandering around the mansion. The only reason she and Lana weren't doing their jobs as Dark Pit's guardian is due to the fact they were too busy spying on Link. Even when they both knew that it wasn't the same Link that they specifically had affection for or the fact that any romantic feelings they had would not be reciprocated, it did not stop them from stopping and drooling over him. Cia had to constantly remind herself that these Goddesses were not like her or Hylia and could actually do their job while still being romantically invested…although Cia questioned Palutena's taste in men.
"Honestly, how do you expect to be the beacon of hope when you cannot help yourself?" Cia asked Lucina who she was certain was barely awake. She would barely remember who was carrying her back to her room and that was fine with the Black Witch. Cia was capable of carrying someone in her arms with a little help of her black magic, but Lucina probably lost a lot of weight in a short amount of time. Cia considered casting a spell on Robin to get her to pay attention to her roommate instead of caring about her own problems.
Even now, Robin wasn't in her room. When she was watching them from a distance, she noted that Robin was doing something productive concerning Lucina. The tactician twins cares a lot for Lucina, so it would make sense that Robin would be going over to her little brother's room and trying to brainstorm what exactly happened last night and how to prevent it from happening again. Cia considered searching for the culprit a lost cause only because Echidna had proven herself to be difficult to pin down to one spot and a powerful opponent. Losing to her meant you were going to get fucked…literally and figuratively.
Despite Robin not being in the room, Cia's one intention was to drop Lucina off and leave before anyone found her. The last thing she needed was for Dark Pit to stop by and see her again. The white haired witch wasn't ready to communicate with the dark angel. He had been so kind to her in that one timeline that she held dear that she couldn't bare see him hurt. Someone like her should not be happy therefore she could only protect him and his friends from the shadows. It was nice that Lana would be there to back her up, but Cia was still a selfish individual who still had her wants and needs. Link would always be the target knowing full well he'll never return her affection…but Lucina wasn't a bad of a choice either.
Lucina had proven in previous timelines that she was everything like Link only smarter and not bound to a Goddess. There was a red string of fate tied to her and Dark Pit but unlike Link and Zelda's string, she wasn't always connected to Dark Pit in every timeline making it easy for her to hook up with someone else. Pittoo surprisingly was the same way as his red string was loose but connected to multiple people. The harem joke never seemed so appropriate when Cia learned this (and yet Lana was still not one of the potential love interests).
Lucina's masculinity was enough to attract Cia from the sidelines, and unlike Link, she could do it without the desire to start a war. Of course, what she felt for the female lord was anything but love. The white haired witch admitted to herself that she was probably desperate for sexual encounters after that particular timeline. She couldn't do her job if she had sex, so all she could do was window shop and observe the other hot Smashers besides Link…and now she had Lucina in her grasps.
The familiar sinister laugh escaped Cia's lips. Her hands worked its magic as she easily removed Lucina's armor. With a little magic, Cia didn't need to remove it by normal means and treated her clothes as if it was a towel that was meant to fall flat on the bed. She smirked at the princess' non-existent chest. She placed her hand over her chest causing her to moan at the rather soft touch. Cia liked this response and did not hesitate to go all aggro on the masculine girl and get on top of her body. Even if Lucina were to wake up from something like this, what could she do?
"Oh Luci, you are so handsome when I'm looking down on you like this." Cia hummed not hesitating to caress her cheek before leaning close to her face as if she intended to kiss her. She would have too if Lucina didn't shift her head making Cia and kiss to the side of her lips instead.
It was becoming difficult for Lucina to keep her breathing in check feeling Cia's hand going below the waist. The white haired witch probably considered the idea that perhaps she could assist with Lucina's nightmares. Echidna was plaguing her every night, but someone who actually admired her might actually be able to heal her. If someone with knowledge of how trauma worked, they would tell her that Cia did not know what the hell she was doing and should just stop.
There was someone who could get Cia to stop her sexual advances though. He might not have been there, but it was enough for Cia to shoot her head up and turn around as if that person was next to her. She scowled as she got off of Lucina.
"Curse you Ash…even when you're not here with your memories of me…about us…you still find a way to ruin my fun."
Ash held so much power over Cia without her or anyone else realizing it. Even if he wasn't around, he was able to snap her out of her lust and get her back on track on the mission. It was why she was quick to disappear into the darkness before anyone found out what she intended to do.
Meanwhile, Lana was having more innocent thoughts than her original counterpart. She was the one that was actually watching from one of the large nearby trees in the garden that allowed her to peek at the fourth floor. The Smashers seem to underestimate how far one could see when sitting on a tree branch. She could see exactly what Dark Pit was doing not from his room but the guest room where Reyn was staying. The angel twins' room was usually empty when Pit went out on his missions, so Dark Pit usually took the opportunity to stay in someone else's room with the obvious sexual intent there. In this case, Dark Pit might have tried to seduce Reyn if he weren't so frustrated with how Lucina treated him earlier that day.
Reyn was surprisingly a good listener from what Lana learned. He seemed like the guy who would talk only about himself, but if a friend were feeling down, he would drop everything and pay attention only to them. This listening skill played an important part to winning Dark Pit's heart. He always felt like people talked down on him and never listened to his opinion so surrounding himself with people who were willing to help him out boosted his self-esteem.
Lana herself was a good listener. With her magic, the white sorceress was able to eavesdrop on the two to see if anything juicy was going to be said between the two. It was only for the mission of protecting the dark angel, but Lana did want in on some of the action on how Reyn was going to handle the love triangle. Lucina had put herself in a bad spot with how she had been treating Dark Pit meaning all Reyn had to do was score tonight and end the love triangle for this timeline.
"Why would Luci say that, Reyn?" She heard Dark Pit complain for probably the nth time that night. "I want to help her and she keeps pushing me away! Why is she doing this?"
"…Give her space Lived." Reyn had spoken to the black angel calmly. "If you keep nagging her, she'll only push you away."
"But it's been a week now! I want to talk to Luci again! She had all of that time to herself Reyn!"
The Homs shook his head in disappointment. For once, he wished Dark Pit could read between the lines on what had occurred that night and why she would want to keep her distance. If Pit were there, he probably would have told his younger twin outright she was assaulted. Keeping Dark Pit in the dark about this situation was proving to be a bad idea…but if Palutena made it apparent that she wanted him to remain ignorant for the sake of his health…he would have to hide this information from Li and treat him like a child.
"Lived, some girls need more time than others. Lucina has been stressed out this past week after being attacked. She needs time alone."
"But she wants revenge for losing a match outside of Smash! I'll help her out! I'll snipe the asshole who dared to hurt Luci!"
"Lived."
Reyn only needed to say his name calmly for the raven haired angel to realize that he was getting out of line. He growled as he folded his arms preparing to sulk.
"…Waiting is not my thing Reyn. I want to help Luci…"
"I know you do, but right now…you need to give her time. She will tell you what happened and will ask for your help when she is ready."
Dark Pit didn't really believe that Lucina would ask him for assistance. He had this nagging feeling in the back of his mind that Pit's words of protecting him from harm's way got to her and that meant that her problems were something that she would solve alone. If she did ask for help, she would ask the Robin twins and her family to help her, and it just frustrated the black angel how despite how close they were that she would never request aid from him.
"…I'll take you back to your room." Reyn told him suddenly. He intended to change the subject so the black angel wouldn't feel so down.
"I don't want to go back now. Pit is not there."
"Why would that matter?"
"…It's lonely when he's on his missions. Jerk didn't bother to take me again…"
Pit had been gone on his mission for a while. Reyn didn't count the days that the white angel had not been in the mansion, but it was long enough to where Dark Pit didn't feel at home when he was in his room. Sometimes Palutena would allow Pit to do his own thing and that usually meant Pit having either the witch hunter Virtue or other angels back him up. In these sorts of missions, the Power of Flight was not a requirement to have, so Palutena didn't need to keep a watchful eye on him. This could be consider character development as in the past, Palutena would never agree to the idea of never always watching over her precious angel captain. Ever since the Chaos Kin incident, she realized that he was capable of handling things without her. Pit had grown addicted to the idea of Palutena helping him, so when she didn't help him on some missions, anxiety overtook him. Now it was no longer an issue, but at the end of the day…Dark Pit was still not allowed to go on these missions.
The mission Pit was doing now concerned going to the Netherworld and dealing with a few troublesome demons. The light angel was vague about it, but he said something about werewolves and the slave ring. No one in the mansion could fill Pittoo in on what exactly Pit was talking about, but there was a lot of preparation before the light angel started. Pit probably intended to finish in a week, but it was almost a month now. He missed the Smash tournament and the Splatfest and would probably miss the one next week too with how the green haired Goddess heard nothing from the light angel. According to the God of War who was known as Ares, Pit was fine seeing as how he was with Virtue and Jingle.
"Have faith in Pit. If he was dead, you wouldn't be here."
"Unfortunately…" Dark Pit grumbled. "There's no point in going back if he's not there…"
"…So you want to stay here?"
"Of course! At least you'll keep me company!"
Reyn sighed recalling that he had to make a lame excuse to the colonel on why he had to leave just as quickly as he had left the mansion earlier that day. His thoughts were only on Li therefore he could not even concentrate back on Bionis. Fiora could cover for him, but he would probably meet his end the minute he had to return again. He rather not think about that now and just focus on keeping Li's mood up.
"Of course! Whom do you take me for?"
The red eyed angel doesn't respond immediately. Instead, he urges Reyn to sit down on the bed with him. Reyn felt his heart racing as he obeyed. Dark Pit immediately positioned himself so he would be sitting in Reyn's lap. The Homs cheeks were as red as his hair now as the dark angel placed his hands on his shoulder to steady himself.
"Reyn…take my mind off Luci and Pitstain now…" Dark Pit whispered in the older teen's ear. "Just for a few minutes."
Reyn took this as Lived giving consent to do what he wanted. He smirked as he wasted no time crushing his lips against Pittoo while in that position. Dark Pit didn't resist and moaned into the kiss as a response. It wouldn't be long until Reyn had pushed the black angel on the bed before continuing their passionate make out session. Lana sighed realizing that there was nothing left to listen to. She wasn't Cia, so she wasn't as interested in listening the two men going through the romantic encounter and decided to tune them out. The mission she gave herself was to protect Dark Pit even though she felt that Reyn might have been a little too forceful and reading too much into his words.
As Lana was about to tune the two males out and give them their privacy, her magic radar caught someone trying to enter Dark Pit's room nearby. The door wasn't open to Reyn's room, so there was no way they would have heard the intruder. The blue haired witch immediately recognized who it was and immediately teleported to the front of the door. This actually caught the intruder off guard when she turned around and saw Lana.
"Hey, you! Stop whatever you are doing!" Lana shouted as she posed like a magical girl. "The White Witch is here to stop you! Prepare yourself!"
The intruder rolled her eyes as she decided to withdraw from her mission seeing as how Dark Pit wasn't even in his room. Lana's weapon at the moment was the summoning gate so it was actually useless in capturing opponents due to how anything she summoned would alert the Smashers of her presence. This was a stealth mission, so she couldn't give her location away.
"Hey you! Get back here and fight me!"
Lana wanted to jump out the window or even teleport after the intruder, but felt like she would be wasting her time at this point as well as her energy. Teleporting wasted a lot of her magic unlike most of the Golden Land witches/sorcerers therefore she needed to use it sparingly. Besides, the note that the intruder left on the big bed that the angel twins shared stopped her. She picked it up and gasped at what the note said before tearing it up into shreds. With her magic, she was able to burn the remainder of the pieces leaving no evidence that there was ever a note left in Dark Pit's room. The room would smell a little smoky meaning she would have to open the window to air the room out. Hopefully nobody stopped by while she was doing just that.
"Li doesn't need to be put in a bad situation!" Lana told herself as she sat on the bed that belonged to the angels. "I will make sure that he will not fall into a trap!" She frowned realizing that maybe that was too ambitious. "…But should he do it anyway despite my interference, I'll be ready to save him. That is my duty now!"
Me: TBC with 9369 words.
Li: Damn these cliffhangers…and you make me sad.
Me: Well, I make you suffer a lot, don't I? Notes!
1. Again, the doctors from Trauma Team return in this story. They are in charge of Smash Hospital due to Master Hand. Most of time, they serve as the medical doctors who prevent the Smashers from dying before someone like Rosalina or Rob get to heal them. Remember, there is a God of Medicine in my Kid Icarus universe who can do it even faster hence the joke by Dr. Cunningham about how he doesn't have much to do because of them living in a more magical world than the Trauma Center universe.
2. Colonel Squaretache is just Colonel Vangarre from Xenoblade Chronicles and he's called that because he has a mustache like Waluigi.
3. I have already paired Cia up with Ash from Phantom Brave. This is why her obsession with Link isn't to the extreme and this happened in many timelines back. The specific one where she learned to trust Dark Pit and decided to watch over him afterwards is the same one where Cia and Ash were able to actually talk about their feelings. Unfortunately, Ash cannot remember Cia but only of the fact that he is searching for the person who had melted his heart. Cia actually is responsible for him not remembering because she doesn't want him to be in pain like how she is in pain remembering that she cannot have Link. Of course, Cia will try to lust over other characters that are not bound by the red string of fate…but Ash is a cockblocker even when he's not there for her.
4. Lana's Summoning Gate is probably the most dangerous weapon to use close range simply because the monsters are huge. Summoning a monster right next to the room where Reyn and Dark Pit are would probably injure them and Smashers on the lower floor. Lana being there and catching Echidna off guard is enough for her to pretty much leave to not risk the Goddesses from catching her.
That's it. Reviews are appreciated. Ja ne!