Angel Rule Number 46: Glove Slap

Disclaimer: I do not own Super Smash Brothers. That goes to Nintendo. I own the 100 rules for heaven though and any OCs from heaven such as the Angel Assembly and royal bodyguards. I finally own all characters from the Golden Land.

Summary: The Angel Assembly took the virginity test behind Pit's back and tested him negative resulting in some backlash between the higher-ranking angels and Pit. Of course due to Dark Pit being tested positive (also behind his back), the angels decide to get rid of Pit by forcing Dark Pit into a marriage with someone of a higher ranking that could knock Pit off his position. Angered that his twin was brought into this, Pit goes to Chrom and begs him to have his daughter married off to Dark Pit. Normally he would disagree but the angel suitors decided to spy on Dark Pit and caught him with Lucina…who they mistake for Marth…

Pairing: Lucina/Pittoo, Ike/Pit, Ganondorf/Palutena, Henry/Female Robin and Robin/Shulk with a joke of Marth/Pittoo

Rated: T (for teen)

Genre: Romance, Drama, Humor, Friendship and Family

Warning: Swearing, gender bender jokes, forced marriage, violence and unintentional OOC

Part 2 of 3 and I'm praying that part 3 will be done before V-Day along with that Pitcest one-shot on Archive. Enjoy!

So things apparently settled down after Palutena told the suitors off and the delayed attack made Dark Pit drop his guard and prevented him from nagging Lucina after asking Chrom about the marriage. None of the Smashers would be expecting a flashy appearance from one of the Angel Assembly members who had eyes on the dark angel.

It occurred in the main hall where the door just flung open with the red carpet and everything. A few of the Smashers were in the area and when the angel known as Gaston came trotting in uninvited, the first thing that came out of Link's mouth was, "Is that Groose?"

Jokes aside, Pit really didn't want to see the angel known as Gaston and if the first thing that came to mind was Beauty and the Beast, it wasn't a bad interpretation especially with how Gaston was a narcissist.

Gaston was an incredibly tall angel that one had to wonder if he was on steroids. He had short blond hair and blue eyes. His tunic was on the verge of ripping because he was buff. He wore two huge white gloves on his hand. For an angel, it was disgusting to have a goatee, but to show off how manly he was compared to the other angels, he kept it like a badge. Only one thing ran through Pit's mind seeing the angel suitors that worked under him surround him and treat him like he was the angel captain.

"What the hell is this Gaston? A Disney musical? Lady Palutena told you all to get out!"

"She has no power in the Angel Assembly!" He declared immediately. Oh would Pit love to see his Goddess whack him with her scepter. "I have come to call you on your lies!"

"Oh, my lies? That's rich! What did I do now according to you guys?"

"Heh heh…ha ha ha!" He let out one of those annoying rich people's laugh as he pointed toward Pit with an evil glint in his eyes. "You don't want your clone to be married off so you're going to pair him up with a human. Well, one of the rules is that you cannot marry someone without changing history!"

"…What?"

"Don't play dumb! You want to marry your clone to the Hero King, Marth!"

Marth wanted to come into the mansion after his walk and hearing his name from the weird angels blocking the way made him slowly back up. The suitors ended up grabbing the blue haired prince and shoving him into the room causing Pit to grumble at how wrong they were.

"Umm…leave me out of this?" Marth said in a question format.

"No, Gaston!" Pit shouted seeing Marth getting dragged into this angel fight. "Why would I ask Mr. Fancy Pants when he's engaged?"

Because you did. Marth grumbled to himself.

"Last night the suitors heard your clone talking to the Hero King to marry! You are effectively trying to change history for doing so! What would his fiancé think?"

"I was sleeping…" Marth murmured. "You angels are weird. Pit, can you get them to apologize for grabbing me like that. If they messed up my hair…"

"Who cares about your hair when you're going to comb it out anyway? Besides, I didn't ask Marth! I made sure to marry Pittoo with Lucina."

Desperate times called for desperate measures. He still didn't have any of their approval but he just needed to get the Angel Assembly to leave before trying to bide more time. Gaston raised an eyebrow not really convinced of Pit's words.

"Who?"

"A newcomer who is the Hero King's descendant."

There was another angel that was behind the buff one. Pit didn't see her originally but given how she and Gaston always worked together, he should not be surprised.

"Arcadia…"

"Captain…"

Arcadia was a beautiful angel that Pit had to admit that despite being an ice queen that she was someone that should be sought after…except she was engaged to the ice angel Mcenche due to his family status. She had long, silky, midnight black hair made into a Japanese princess cut to remain the traditional Eastern hairstyle. She had a cute pink headband that defrosted her icy persona only slightly, but it wasn't enough for Pit to like her at all. Her kimono had flowers in the shape of ice crystals making it look the kimono had ice petals as the main design. Combine the cool look with her cold gray eyes, she was someone that you didn't want to mess with. Pit had often clashed with her regardless of appearance and personality and it never ended well unless Sun-Wong and Mcenche where there to back him up.

"You need to keep up with the newcomers, Gaston." Arcadia told him sternly. "The dumb suitors probably assumed it was Marth…but might I ask the suitors if the Smasher was wearing a mask?"

The suitors who were stalking Dark Pit last night looked at each other and then all declared yes at the same time. Their voices almost caused Pit's ears to bleed.

"You see?"

Gaston just laughed after being corrected. Never wanting to admit that the suitors he sent to spy on Pittoo messed up, he changed the argument right there that only ended up insulting Arcadia.

"Ha ha, so its not a man but a she-man?"

Lucina flinched at the insult hurled at her. Was it necessary to insult her appearance? Pit wasn't pleased with how Gaston was acting.

"Hey, respect a lady when you see one!"

"Hmph. No respect for a woman who dresses up like a man. Your clone is not going to marry someone like that." He snickered as he gave out a shiny smile. "The only one your clone can look good with is the handsome angel known as Gaston."

"Argh…I already told you that the marriage is already set…so you can take your damn angels and leave before I whoop your ass you pedophile!"

"P-Pedophile! You are the last person to talk with whom you sleep with. I wouldn't be surprised if you went to the Netherworld and humped the spoiled prince there!"

"Ha! As if! He's not my type!"

Overhearing the fight between the angels only made Dark Pit wanted to jump into the main hall and shout at Pit for speaking for him. That was what he ended up doing despite the request of standing back by the other Smashers and letting Pit handle the other angels who had the nerve to barge in uninvited.

"Pit, don't you dare lie about my life!" Dark Pit shouted jumping down the higher corridor to reach the captain who was cursing at Dark Pit jumping into the conversation now of all times. "Who said I was going to marry Lucina? Oh wait, that was you and I already said I'm not getting married! I have made that clear multiple times Pitstain and you keep pushing for something I don't want!"

Pit was not having Dark Pit's rebellious nature today. If it were any other day, it would be tolerable but in front of the two worse Angel Assembly members was suicide. Gaston was grinning from ear to ear seeing the light angel's expression darken toward his clone.

"Pittoo…go back to your room. Us adults are talking."

He was pulling that card and that insult was the straw that broke the camel's back.

"W-What? Adults?! Who is the adult in this room? I only see a bunch of man children and one of them has the face of a child!"

Pit really hated being referred to as a child, but he should have seen this coming.

"Oh, I'm a man child?! That's rich coming from you, Pittoo! You do not understand how serious this situation is! You're coming in shouting like a lunatic about how you're not going to marry!"

"I'm not! I made that decision and nothing is going to change it!"

"Do you think anyone cares about your opinion, Pittoo?!"

"…What?"

"Look, just for once in your life…just fucking listen to me!" Pit cursed. He should not have lost his temper to his dark twin, but he couldn't afford to let these angels dictate Pittoo's life and if he had to do it…

"…No…why should I?" Dark Pit asked getting ready to punch in the face for his attitude. "Who was the one who told me to go to heaven that day? It was you! Who was the one who got caught breaking the angel law? It was you! Who is the one the Angel Assembly cares to ruin? It's you Pit and you're dragging me down with you! You got to cover your own ass after all!"

"Why you little…"

"You don't care about me Pit! It was always about you! You never bothered to ask me how I felt about the situation or work anything out! You just want to do everything yourself! I won't get married no matter what happens so you should be the one to listen to me!"

Gaston laughed at the scene before him. Oh how he loved seeing Pit stressed out and talked down to by his inferior replica.

"Ha-ha-ha! It appears that even your clone disagrees with the statement that he's getting married to this Lucina she-man."

Pit shook his head trying his best to disregard Pittoo's opinion but he already caused the worse possible outcome when Gaston gave a sinister stare toward the dark angel. Dark Pit never looked at Gaston straight in the eyes before so actually seeing the work caused him to freeze in place.

"Well, Captain, because of how the situation is, I invoke angel rule number forty-seven."

"No way!" Pit shouted not realizing that he already turned his bow into two blades. Arcadia immediately met him with her katana to his neck. "G-Get out of the way you damn ice queen!"

"If you attack Gaston, you are committing a worse crime. Stand down."

"Hah, you can't be serious…you bitch!"

"Language, Captain." Gaston said in a mocking tone as he waved his finger around. Those other suitors that were behind Gaston were faster than Dark Pit expected. He yelped when they grabbed at his arms preventing him from getting his weapon or moving from where he was standing. Gaston then took something out of his tunic pocket that appeared to be a black handkerchief. "If someone is resisting your advances; you have the right to throw the handkerchief at their face or chest to claim them as your own."

Dark Pit couldn't believe there was a rule like this. Looking over at Pit, it was obvious what Pit was trying to avoid this entire time.

"W-What?"

Gaston just laughed preparing to throw the handkerchief. "Oh you naïve replica." He mocked. "We don't need your words to get you in a cute wedding dress. We just invoke the rule."

"Fucking rapist…" Pit accused causing Arcadia to push the angel captain back.

"Are you forgetting the second part, Pit?" Arcadia asked with her cold smile. "This rule cannot apply unless the situation is dire or scandalous. Pit, your twin just admitted that you were going to force him into a marriage with someone he did not like. Wouldn't that be considered abusive?"

"Oh no you did not just…"

Gaston laughed seeing the horrified look that both angels gave him.

"You played right into my trap. If your naïve clone actually thought the situation through, we wouldn't have to resort to this."

To the Smashers and everyone there, it was an abuse of power thrown at their leader just to spite him. The entire time, Pit was only thinking of trying to prevent disaster from befalling his twin's life and ended up being overprotective, but if his big brother instinct is interpreted as being an abusive sibling, then he screwed them both over. Dark Pit was slowly realizing what was happening and struggled to break free.

"Don't worry! With me, you'll be in good hands."

"Never…I won't…"

"The Cherub watches over us all. He will make sure not a single vow is broken."

Pit ended up turning to Palutena with pleading eyes almost immediately. Arcadia chuckled seeing Pit's last resort was to run to his Goddess.

"She has no power in our angel affairs." She reminded the angel captain coldly. "Realize that and accept your clone's marriage."

"If killing wasn't a law…I would murder all of you…" Pit said in a threatening tone.

"Watch your tongue, captain. You are in our territory."

Palutena was visibly disturbed by the cruelty these angels were displaying. It was the same as what occurred 2000 years ago. The Angel Assembly and archangels were not under her command and the evil archangel wreaked havoc in her name. Even with the evil archangel being banished, his daughter Arcadia would continue his legacy and it was showing now with her passive-aggressive stance against Pit working with the same man from 2000 years ago to control the younger generation of angels with what they have left. Rosalina looked toward Palutena who wanted to step in for her angels, but knew in her heart that it would only make the situation worse. Watching from above while this occurred only broke her heart more.

The other Smashers were specifically told not to interfere with this angel squabble, but it was very hard not to when Dark Pit was being signed off to be raped by this arrogant prick. Everybody expected Palutena to interfere, but seeing how she kept her stone cold face in the situation, the dark angel was doomed.

"D-Dammit…don't touch me…" Dark Pit murmured seeing Gaston come a little closer. "P-Pit…"

Again Arcadia was preventing Pit from even going over to stab Gaston. One false move and he might be dead and even if Arcadia was killed for that, it would be a bigger blow to the royal bodyguards and Palutena than the Angel Assembly losing her.

Lucina witnessed the injustice happening in front of her and prepared to strike after donning her mask again. Rob placed a hand on her shoulder whispering in her ear that if she moves then she'll be dragged into this.

"Those bird-brains hate us." Rob told her. "It's best to stay back."

"And do nothing while they carry him off?!" Lucina asked taking Falchion preparing to charge. "I will not let my friend be harmed and humiliated like this!"

"Lucina please…" Robin mumbled but she was ignored.

Both tacticians watched as Lucina charged when Gaston threw the handkerchief toward the dark angel. It might not have any magical implication to it, but it only took one hit to seal the deal. Dark Pit closed his eyes cursing at how he was going to be tied down to this monster only to be surprised when Lucina intervened and sliced the handkerchief to pieces. The angels were surprised at this interference. Pit sighed in relief that someone stepped in when he couldn't.

"H-How dare you!" Gaston yelled as Lucina immediately pushed the angels away from Pittoo after the failed handkerchief throw. "H-Have you realized what you have done you damn human?"

Dark Pit enjoyed seeing the angels holding him down run back toward their master. He loved it even more how Lucina was standing in front of her with sword in hand. She was like one of those prince in those fairytale stories now with how she didn't even need to wear the mask to jump in but did so anyway for added effect (and coolness).

"No…how dare you!" Lucina countered back. "You angels who are supposed to represent the love and harmony amongst the people attempt to use your Angel Laws to trap others into an unhappy marriage. Shame on you! When someone says no, they mean no! You don't get to force them because of your position! This is not how love is gained. You earn love by trust and only then do you have the right to propose!"

The dark angel felt incredibly loved at the moment. He had a hard time hiding his blush so he ended up pulling his scarf up to prevent anyone from seeing it. "Luci…"

Pit was happy to add something to Lucina's speech that Arcadia had no way to counteract. "There's one more part to rule forty-seven. "If someone can prove that there is no consent, then intersecting and destroying the handkerchief is allowed without being accused of ruining the holy matrimony." How is that you dumb Angel Assembly brutes?"

Lucina would not have known there was a third part of the rule, but it worked out in Dark Pit's favor. Would they leave him alone now because Lucina effectively cut down their argument?

Obviously not. Gaston's face was boiling with rage seeing how happy Pit was that someone unintentionally brought up the third part. Since Pit claimed that Lucina was Pittoo's soulmate and she went out of her way to protect him, the second portion of the rule had no ground to stand on because she verified Pit's claim. If they were to proceed with the wedding, then Dark Pit would be safe as well as Pit's position as the captain of the royal bodyguards.

"I ask with honesty, why would you angels harm each other when your goal is to spread love and happiness? I don't understand why something like a law would change that."

"Stupid human…" Arcadia murmured. "If we let this stupid captain get away with one law, he'll get away with all of them."

"You think I would honestly break the law?" Pit asked annoyed feeling his temper cool now that Dark Pit was out of the clearing.

"You just threatened us."

"Uh-huh…whatever."

"Unforgivable…" Gaston could be heard mumbling as the other angel suitors attempted to calm him down. "Unforgivable…unforgivable…unforgivable! I will not have my plans ruined by some human!"

"Well, ain't he charming?" Dark Pit murmured still hiding behind Lucina. This angel really scared him even if he didn't want to admit it.

"You want to interfere with our angel affair? Find you'll be in the center of it all! Let's duel!"

Gaston removed one of the gloves from his hand and threw it at the female lord. She didn't dodge the glove because she thought he was just throwing a temper tantrum. By refusing to dodge, it hit her smack in the face. All the angels in the room along with the Goddesses gasped at what just occurred. Pit even turned blue at the turn of events.

"There it is…" One of the angel suitors murmured.

"Rule forty-six! The glove slap!"

Lucina only interpreted it as a duel, but it looked like the angels were retreating after he declared that. Arcadia backed up away from Pit with an expression that rivaled his own.

"Gaston, what are you doing?! Why would you do that?!" She shouted losing her cool.

"This human wants to play the knight in shining armor. Well, the little lady is going to know that role isn't suited for women and once she loses, I expect a clean execution from Cherub!"

Dark Pit was still confused. If it was a duel to the death, Lucina would win but Pit was shivering at the concept.

"I never want to be on the receiving end of a glove slap…" Pit could be heard muttering to himself. "But now my friend is in danger of being killed…this is the worse…"

Arcadia had to pull back with the rest of the angel suitors.

"Where are you going, you coward? Come at me!" Lucina shouted feeling insulted that Gaston turned his back on her after throwing the white glove.

"Tomorrow in Skyworld, you better show up for the duel." Gaston told her in a threatening tone. He wore the face of a demon now that sent shivers down Lucina's spine staring into his evil eyes. "If you don't show up, Cherub will kill you. Nobody hit by the glove can back out of the duel now. You'll be dead. You'll be fighting all 101 suitors by yourself." He laughed at the idea seeing how confused Lucina was. "It's just one puny little girl who thinks she can save her pathetic clone. You'll draw your last breath and then that clone will still be my lovely bride." He looked toward Pittoo who was shaking now. "Enjoy your last day single you replica because when I kill your precious lady knight, we're going to be married off to the Golden Land. You have no saying in this!"

"W-What…but that's…no…"

Gaston chuckled seeing Pit fall to his knees in shock. "It didn't have to come to this captain. If only you convinced your clone to say yes sooner, then he wouldn't have to see a precious friend be killed by my hands tomorrow. I can't wait to see your face tomorrow when I effectively remove you from power. Ha-ha-ha!"

The few angel suitors who didn't leave praised Gaston for having one more trick up his ally. With his speech done, he stormed out of the mansion flying off with everyone. Arcadia was the last to leave looking at Pit with a concerned look before putting the cold expression back on before flying off. It was almost like Arcadia was pitying her enemy.

When the angels left (unrolling the red carpet backwards in the process), the Smashers were free to move around without worrying of walking into an angel conflict. Palutena and Rosalina immediately went over to the angels. Palutena checked to see if Pit was going to collapse on her, but seeing how he was just going to mumble the same thing over again, she had to pick him off the ground herself. Rosalina went over to Dark Pit to see if he received any injuries. Besides the bruises for being gripped too hard, he was fine overall.

"This is not good…" Palutena mumbled seeing the other Smashers rushing over to Lucina and Pittoo to make sure they were okay. "Someone will lose their life tomorrow."

"L-Lady Palutena…you got to tell Cherub to stop the duel…" Pit murmured weakly in her arms. "Lucina will die…"

"Woah, hey! You giving up on Luci?!" Dark Pit asked with a hint of fear in his tone seeing the older twin quaking in fear.

"…Palutena, you must explain to the Smashers what will occur tomorrow." Rosalina articulated to her friend.

"Yes…I have to…Lucina…your life is on the line because of what just happened, so you must listen to what I have to say."

Lucina was still confused at what just happened. It was just a simple duel to the death with her winning and that Gaston begging like the coward he demonstrated to be, right?

There was one room that was perfect for all the Smashers to be in at once to have a serious discussion and that was Master Hand's room. Granted he apparently could shape it to how he saw fit when someone entered, but in a situation like this, the entire room looked like a meeting room with everyone being able to take a seat around the table…but the way it was positioned was that the most important people got to sit in the center while more seats were seen in the outer circle. There would have been a joke how this looked like the place S.H.I.E.L.D. met up in, but this wasn't Marvel…it was Nintendo…

"Are we allowed in here?" Shulk questioned while glancing around Master's room for the first time. "Both of the Hands aren't around today…"

"Oh it will be fine. It's important." Palutena told him in her upbeat tone. "Pit, are you okay now?"

"No…I'll never be okay…" Pit grumbled before forcing himself out of his Goddess' arms. "They traced the trail before I was 1800…they're harassing my poor twin and Lucina is going to die tomorrow because of Cherub!"

Chrom was not pleased with how Pit was acting now. Did he just put his daughter in danger after warning the white angel to not rush into things? Palutena sighed as she ordered everyone to take a seat so she could lecture the Smashers on the current situation.

The Smashers who needed to hear this was ordered to sit in the front circle while those who weren't really interested like the Pokémon and Wario.

"Are you going to explain what these ridiculous rules are?" Chrom questioned waiting to blow his top at the light angel.

"Certainly. Before anyone assumes anything, I did not come up with these 100 Angel Laws."

"But aren't you in charge of the angel society?" Ike questioned rather surprised that despite Pit's worshipping of the Goddess of Light that she didn't come up with these laws. Then again, hearing the Angel Assembly talk about two of them made him realize Palutena wouldn't think of something so ridiculous.

"Yes and no…" The Goddess of Light replied not sounding to excited to be admitting that. "Pit can explain it better than I can…if he's still not thinking this whole situation is hopeless."

"Uhh…" Pit grumbled as he had to speak for Palutena. "Lady Palutena has no authority in heaven. She serves as our Goddess. She is our voice that gives us advice and she can only govern when the situation is incredibly desperate. Otherwise, us angels are left to our own actions and push her out so she doesn't influence us. That is so stupid though!" Pit added that last part because this was his own opinion of the angels being independent. "The way our angel society works now is that we're split into five regions. The irony is how Lady Palutena is the head of the capital of heaven, but the Angel Assembly won't accept her as a leader only using Lady Palutena as a scapegoat if something goes wrong. That's messed up and the society has to change!"

"…But…Pitstain…isn't the idea you're suggesting not any better?" Dark Pit asked. "You have whined about how the angels should accept Palutena as their leader, but that has its consequences too…"

Palutena rolled her eyes a response because what Dark Pit said was true. She would probably use them to get more things done than just use Pit and the royal bodyguards for everything. The Angel Assembly despite being mostly made up of rich pricks was made up of a diverse cast of powerful angels. Minus Gaston, the rest of them had some connection outside of Skyworld and could be taken advantage of such as Valerie's ability to be able to go straight to the Evergreen Galaxy in the Worldly Realm due to being a half-fairy from his mother's side. Elves from that region would be a powerful ally in the future…

"Yes, but Lady Palutena wouldn't go all Nazi on us, right Lady Palutena?"

"I don't know, Pit. It would be nice to put them in their place."

"…You're not helping my argument…" Pit growled before getting back to the topic at hand. "Anyway, the 100 Angel Laws was made over 2000 years ago when the angel society started. Most of the first ten laws are fine, but as the Angel Assembly became more power hungry, they added rules just to keep everyone in line. That's why you get some stupid rule like rule thirty-four."

Pit needed to remember that rule thirty-four meant something else to everyone not in the angel realm. Dark Pit lacked the understanding of the rule so when half the Smashers burst into a fit of laughter, the light angel felt a headache coming on repeating that ridiculous rule.

"Oh shut up! It has nothing to do with porn on the Internet! And everyone in Smash has porn of them in some shape or form on the Internet…even me."

"And what is this rule thirty-four might I ask?" Marth questioned with a smug smile plastered on his face.

"…You are not allowed to have sex in heaven. If caught, there will be a trial and you will probably be cast to hell for your lustful sins. If you're going to have sex, you do it in the human world. Angels should not have to clean up with your sinful acts on the street."

And anyone who wasn't laughing was snickering now. Wario was probably laughing the hardest and Pit just sighed at how immature the Smashers were. Even Lucina who tried to remain serious had her expression crack probably at how absurd the rule was.

"…And that's the rule I try to use when I'm doing my things off duty…" Pit grumbled not wanting to talk about his sex life. "…According to the Angel Assembly…I broke rule thirty-five…everyone please…stop laughing…this is really serious."

"Can I ask again what is that?"

"Marth, you are such a jerk." Pit grumbled. "Age of consent in heaven is generally 1800. Anything below that is considered rape and will be treated as the worse crime committed."

"Is that really a thing?" Sonic questioned. "Does anyone really care about the age as long as it doesn't dip into the pedophilia category?"

"Nope…except when it's about stripping people of their position." Pit answered seeing the glint in Sonic's eyes. Sonic probably wouldn't do well with a rule like that implemented in Mobius. "They traced my history back, and now they want to get back at me by having Pittoo marrying into their corrupt rankings."

"Again…your fault." Dark Pit told him simply.

"…I know it is, and I told you all the ways to avoid the suitors altogether before they started using these horrible laws that force the marriage based on bias and vague information!"

"Rule forty-six and forty-seven." Palutena continued. "Rule forty-six is, "If you feel like your love was stolen away from you or if you want to take someone's love as your own, you have permission to throw a white glove in the face of the person. The two of you will have a duel with the judge of the Angel Assembly being the referee. The winner either takes the lover as his or her own while the loser is banished from heaven forever. If a human, demon or alien loses though, they get executed. No one shall interrupt the holy matrimony again." Rule forty-seven is, "Pertaining to the above, if someone is resisting your advances; you have the right to throw the handkerchief at their face or chest to claim them as your own. This rule cannot apply unless the situation is dire or scandalous in manner like if someone claims someone you feel is being abused. Otherwise, this is rejected by either the above rule concerning rape and consent and if someone intersects the item by destroying it." Yeah…I wouldn't make laws like this…"

"But once rule forty-six is in effect, there is no escape from the duel." Pit added. "Cherub, the second angel of the angel hierarchy has this power that allows him to track down people who instigate the glove slap in heaven. That guy must think that angels have absolute power because it always leans toward angels who challenge others. They lose and they only get thrown in hell like Palutena stated. Anyone else gets executed by Cherub never to raise his or her fist against the angels again…"

"That angel said there would be 101 angels in this battle…that does not sound like a duel." Lucina brought up a little concerned with how terrifying these angel laws were.

"In this situation, the only reason why you would be fighting 101 angels instead of just Gaston is because they're all pursuing Pittoo. The law is vague enough to where even if Gaston threw the glove, they can participate to where the one who marries the person they are fighting for kills the one who the glove hit. Its such a disgusting display of a power grab because those suitors have no loyalty to Gastard."

Dark Pit absorbed the information quickly and was horrified at where this was going. "Wait…what about the person being fought over! Do they get a saying?"

"No."

"Why?!"

"That's how the duel is set up." Pit explains with an unhappy expression. "This is why you never want to get involved in a glove slap. The only person who benefits is the one who issues the challenge. The person they may be dueling might not even have a relationship with them or is married and isn't capable of fighting a bully. The one being fought over has their rights forfeited without his or her consent. They can only watch as someone they care about fights for them. It's very cruel…"

"Yet, you attend almost all the duels that occur." Palutena mentions with a small smile.

"…I do because it's the duty as the captain of the royal bodyguards to make sure no real foul play goes on." Pit murmurs. "I don't enjoy it…except when the good guys win…but that usually doesn't happen."

"Of course not. The duel favors the challenger after all."

Things were looking grim for both Dark Pit and Lucina. Dark Pit was going to get married off regardless of how he felt and Lucina would die if she would be forced to fight 101 angels.

"…Is there a loophole in the duel?" Robin asked that got Pit's attention. "If the duel favors the challenger, there must be one advantage that the one being attacked has, right?"

Pit and Palutena glanced at each other as if Robin said something that most people wouldn't think of. Rosalina decided to continue the explanation knowing exactly what the white angel and the Goddess of Light were thinking.

"The one being challenged is allowed to have his or her family involved."

"And what is the definition of family?"

"Anything you want it to be." Rosalina answered with a rather huge smile by her standards.

The light bulb went off for the Robin twins as they looked at each other and smirked.

"…Then that means Chrom could participate in the match." Robin suggested.

"Not just Chrom, but me and you as well." Rob added. "And by that definition, Marth, Ike and everyone in the Shepherds."

"Now you're talking!" Pit exclaimed.

"Pit…were you aware of the loophole?" Dark Pit asked.

"Yeah…"

"Then why all doom and gloom?"

"…No one has really exploited this family thing to the extreme of family equals the many friends you have. I can imagine Cherub allowing Lucina's family and maybe Marth and Ike but everyone else is just pushing it…and its 101 powerful angels we're talking about…so I don't know how many people would join together for one cause within the next couple of hours."

Marth didn't want to be dragged into it, but those suitors messed up his hair so there was that, but at the same time, it wouldn't be stupid to let his descendant fight this battle alone. Even if the Hero King was on the cocky side now, he still valued his friends and would protect them with all of his heart. He might not be close with Dark Pit, but injustice was being done in front of him. In contrast, Ike was ready once it was suggested he could join in on the brawl. Chrom however…

"…How much time do you think we will have Robin to gather everyone who fought Grima with us?"

"Depends on where everyone is." Robin admitted. "What do you think Palutena? Would you lend us your power to send us back home and gather our allies before the duel or would you be meddling in an angel affair?"

"No, this wouldn't be meddling in their rule book. Family means getting everyone together and the one being challenged has the right to defend themselves with a wall of friends. If Rosalina is willing to assist me, we could probably have everyone gathered before noon tomorrow. However…" Palutena glanced at Robin's figure and frowned. "I don't believe we should be sending you into battle given your condition."

Robin immediately covered her stomach as a response and scowled. "But…"

"Sis, Henry, Morgan and I will pick up the slack. You can sit next to Pit and make sure not to overexert yourself. You wouldn't want your baby to be injured in any shape or form, right?"

"…But I came up with the idea, so…"

Rob looked over to Chrom who was the only one who could stop Robin from doing anything extremely careless.

"It's alright." Chrom told her as he went over to the female tactician and patted her on the head. "I'll have Rob come with me and explain the situation to everyone. Just make sure to get some good rest."

"Argh…really now…"

Pit looks over to Marth who was still deciding whether or not he wanted to go back to his world and asked for assistance. Even if his timeline was now at peace, there was still some drama going on that the Hero King would rather not talk about. Link saw the distress in his friend too, but he waved it off and told Rosalina he'll be ready to go.

"I doubt this will take long." Ike stated. "You know how my connections are in my world Palutena. It will only take a few hours."

"Right. Rosalina, you take care of Marth and I'll be sending Ike, Chrom and Rob off."

"Umm…are you going to be okay, Rob?" Shulk asked with worried.

"Why wouldn't I be?"

"…You have that look in your eyes…"

"H-Huh? You worry too much."

Shulk just worried that he wasn't doing this for all the wrong reasons. If his sister is pregnant, he shouldn't be thinking of what he could do better with her in that condition.

Lucina stayed silent watching the others make the decision for her. She couldn't bring up how she would rather do this alone for Dark Pit, but seeing how the odds were stacked against her, there was nothing she could do but allow the loophole to happen. Pit noticed the worried look on the female lord and apologized to her.

"I'm sorry Lucina. I wish it wouldn't have had come to this…"

"No…it's fine. I can see why you wanted to force the marriage between me and Dark Pit."

"Better that than have someone get killed over some dumb cherry-picked law."

Because Lucina was worried about the battle for tomorrow, she wouldn't notice the unreadable look that Dark Pit was giving her. She needed all the sleep in the world for tomorrow because like it or not, she was going to either die to protect her friend's happiness (and virginity) or be married off to said friend.

The moon came up in the sky soon enough and everything was starting to quiet down in Smash Brothers Mansion. To those who would not be participating in the plan tomorrow just went to bed only slightly worried that there was a chance that Lucina would be killed tomorrow. Those coming up with the plans went out of their way to leave the mansion in order to gather as many allies as they could. Marth, Ike, Chrom and Rob all needed to do this before the next day. This left the ladies to ponder tomorrow's events. Despite Robin not being able to participate in tomorrow's match, she had high hopes for everyone especially if her husband was involved. Oh, there was going to be a bloodbath that he would enjoy immensely.

"I wish I was as optimistic as you." Lucina said with a sigh after she finished changing into her cute blue pajamas. "Father and everyone else do not need to fight with me. I am capable of handling this alone."

"Lucina, stop talking about that. That angel threatened one of us? He threatened all of us and now we're going to fight with you tomorrow." Robin told her as she let out a yawn. "Nothing to fear when I'm on the case. A good tactician has nothing to fear after all."

Lucina still wasn't convinced…especially when Robin was inserting herself as one of the fighters despite sitting out this one (but she was taking the credit for coming up with the plan, so that was probably why she was forcing herself as being part of the group). Something in the back of her mind was still bugging her.

"Besides, when you win, you get to marry your prince charming. Aren't you happy about that?"

"But it's too soon…we do not have any say in denying the marriage according to Pit…"

"But if you like him, then why would it matter if you marry early? You'll just build your love from there. Besides, it's better you marry him then some narcissist, right?"

There was a knock at the door after she said that. Robin couldn't help but smirk when she went over to open the door and see the dark angel on the other side.

"Aww, speak of the devil."

"Excuse me? I need to talk to Luci."

"Oh, you can do more than just that tonight." Robin hummed as she quickly stepped out. "I'll leave you two alone tonight."

"H-Huh, where are you going Robin?"

"I might be crashing in my brother's room. He hates it when I'm alone with Shulk."

"…Evil…" Dark Pit murmured as he saw the female tactician walk away with a rather dopey grin on her face. "She's like her husband…it's scary…and she's Chrom's tactician?"

"She was sane…before Henry…" Lucina murmured not bothering to turn toward the dark angel. "Please close the door before you come in."

Dark Pit obeyed as he closed the door behind him making sure to lock it in case anyone tried to walk in. He blushed at the idea of anything happening and given what he was wearing…he probably was pushing it.

When Lucina turned around to see the dark angel, she couldn't help but smile slightly at how kiddie his pajamas were. It might have come from the fact that Palutena bought the two angels nightwear that had adorable animals on it, but Dark Pit had no problem wearing cute pajamas with happy bats and spiders on it. For Dark Pit, it was Halloween every night when he put them on. Naturally he blushed catching her observant eye.

"P-Please don't stare…you know I don't have much to wear at night."

"You love cute animals…"

"W-What is wrong with that? A-As long as no one else finds out about that stupid detail…"

His face was a tomato now with Lucina breaking out into a small laugh. Dark Pit wanted to leave and go back to his room but chose not to thinking Pit was still there upset with him.

"…Luci…I need to talk…"

"About tomorrow?"

"…You have to fight tomorrow." Dark Pit stated the obvious going over to her with a concerned look. "I can't tell you to just forget about me. According to Pit, if you don't show up, Cherub will kill you. I can't believe they have a rule where no one can run away…there will always be a loser…all because of that stupid virginity test…"

"Dark Pit…you're not."

"N-No way! I didn't come here for that!" The black angel exclaimed. "I'm not a pervert!"

The two Smashers ended up taking a seat on her bed. Lucina waited for why the dark angel was here in the room besides the easy way out of having sex to negate the whole thing. Well, even if the two had sex the duel would still go on with the only difference was that Gaston lost either way because the one thing he obviously wanted more than taking Pit down was claiming a virgin for his own by law. Just the thought alone angered Lucina because there shouldn't be a law that allows for rape in a marriage.

"Win or lose tomorrow Luci…I feel like I need to tell you now…" Dark Pit mumbled shyly looking to the female lord for some comfort before continuing. "...Out of all the people in the universe…I wouldn't mind marrying you…you're…alright." He shook his head realizing how bad that sounded, so he immediately tried to backtrack. "No! That's not what I meant! I like you a lot Luci, honest! It's just that…"

"…As in like-like or like as a friend?"

"Umm…uh…both?"

Again he shuffled nervously around the Ylissean princess. With the intention of calming him down, Lucina placed her hand over his, but that only made him tense up more. He didn't pull away.

"I hate marriage…and the concept of being tied down…" Dark Pit mumbled darkly. "Just a few hundred more years and then I would consider it…I haven't even seen the universe that Pit keeps talking about…he tells me that in a couple of years I'll be able to fly on my own because my wings aren't broken. I try not to be optimistic…but I end up being excited when I lay down and think at night. It means I can finally be free…with the only worry of Pit dying and I just drop dead…"

"Dark Pit…"

"The only thing that will benefit from this marriage…is being with you all the time…I wouldn't mind that…I would like that actually."

Now it was Lucina's turn to blush. The way the red eyed angel worded things could be so sincere sometimes that it made her heart race. The idea of traveling the universe though…

"I would love to join you when the time comes."

"H-Huh?"

"…There's nothing at home…" Lucina admitted with a frown. "Grima is dead and I'm already born…after the tournament…I can't be with my parents anymore. I will be wandering the world with no place to return to."

"That's not…"

"But if I'm married to you, I'll get special privilege right? Time slows down when you're with the one you love, right?"

Wait, did she just say love? Lucina realized that but refused to take it back knowing Dark Pit returned her feelings at this point.

"Maybe…I don't know how it works…might have to ask Pitstain…but…" He turned to her with a grave expression now. "Lucina, don't die tomorrow. More painful than being married to some buff freak…I can't bear to think that your death would be on me…"

Even if Lucina was worried, talking with Dark Pit eased her mind. She just smiled as she let go of his hand only to ruffle his hair. "You have nothing to fear. I will win for your sake. Dark Pit, you're more than a friend at this point. You are someone I cherish deeply."

"Luci…"

"Besides…" Instead of a kiss like Dark Pit would have hoped, the female lord pulled away with a huge smile that didn't really suit her face or the situation. "Think of the other things we can do when married."

"…But it's a rushed marriage…"

"It will work like father's marriage did."

"Uh-huh…Chrom married his wife because she gave him a lap dance…and then you got Robin marrying a psychopath because he made her laugh…your definition of fun worries me."

"Don't forget Rob and how he's trying to skip straight to the S support." Lucina said with a bigger grin than she already had.

"Luci…you're scaring me."

"Sorry…" She said immediately going back to her usual scowl. "I guess improving the mood isn't my thing."

"Nah…it's usually mine when I'm in a good mood." Dark Pit said as he decided to get a little intimidate. She was surprised the dark angel crawled into her arms so he sat in her lap. "I have to admit…I'll be happy I can do this all the time when we're married. You're so warm…and you smell good..."

"D-Dark Pit…"

Closing his eyes, he leaned into her (non-existent) chest. She refused to push the position despite being slightly uncomfortable with how awkward the position was. She would have thought it was the other way around, but when she was the taller of the two, it kind of made sense to her. She picked up the little noises coming from the black angel. Looking down, she realized he had fallen asleep in her lap. Letting out a small grumble, she carefully lifted him off of her lap and placed him to one side of the bed before getting in next to him.

So cute. Lucina thought to herself seeing the sleeping face. He has been through so much ever since this suitor thing started. Tomorrow, everything will end…I will protect you Dark Pit. Trust me on this.

"God dammit! I'll kill those bastards if they do anything to Pittoo!"

"Pit, calm down. You were able to speak rationally when in Palutena's presence."

"Ike, how the hell can I keep calm?! Lucina is screwed tomorrow even with all the planning and I'm going to lose my twin because of my carelessness!"

Ike groaned seeing Pit's paranoia get the best of him as the night went on. It made him wish that he didn't finish so early because the only reason he finished so quickly (by just telling Soren, Titania, Elincia, Micaiah, Sanaki and Ranulf to tell everyone to come together for a huge get together in heaven barely giving them the story of what is going on that everyone needs to gather). Even if everything was prepared for tomorrow, but the angel had a nagging feeling that slithered out when Ike was dumb enough to ask if he was okay. Pit went on a tangent before starting proclaiming that everything was hopeless. He had to punch the angel in the cheek just to get him to snap out of it, but Ike forgot that three years gave him muscle and punching someone like Pit would just send him flying toward the bed.

"Owww!"

"My bad…" Ike said sincerely as he went over to help Pit up.

"No worries…I probably needed that…" Pit grumbled as he sat up from the bed. "Uh…sorry Ike…I didn't mean to lose it like that…"

"You're worried for tomorrow."

"I am."

"You shouldn't be."

"I know."

"We're going to win tomorrow with that loophole."

Pit wondered if this would work. The angel that was in charge of the duel only appeared if the rule was broken. What if he decided that he didn't like how the rule was abused and decided to kill Lucina and the others that would fight by her side? If that were the case, everything would be his fault.

The angel snapped out of his thoughts feeling Ike grab a hold of his chin before lifting it enough to a certain length so he could give him a quick kiss. Pit's eyes widened at the sudden affection before wrapping his arms around the larger man's neck.

"Will that be enough to calm your nerves?" Ike asked as they broke apart.

"Quite." Pit responded with a cat like smile. "Although since I'm already here…"

"Pit…if I do anything tonight, I won't be at my best tomorrow."

The angel pouted as he pulled away from the muscular bluenette. "Oh fine…"

Ike continued to observe Pit as he patted the pillow. It would be best for the white angel to crash here for the night…but it was kind of upsetting that because of this duel tomorrow, nothing would happen between them again. Pit had been dodgy for a while ever since this suitor thing started. Perhaps he was avoiding having anymore sex for his twin's sake but…

"Pit…"

"I know…I'll be rooting for you tomorrow Ike. You and everyone have to win tomorrow…show those jerks that your family bonds will defeat the heavenly might."

"Heh…that's strange coming from an arrogant angel who looks down on us."

Pit just smiled looking back at his beloved. "Ike, I wouldn't even call them angels. When you guys are finished beating them, they're all going to fall."

Me: TBC with 9441 words.

Li: Gaston is an asshole.

Me: Of course he is. If this wasn't a T rated story, I can guarantee he would do so much worse then what he's displaying now. Notes!

1. Okay, I was making a bad joke about Gaston being Groose…even though a lot of people in the Zelda make that joke. This Gaston is not even funny in comparison to the one from Beauty and the Beast given all of Pit's accusations against Gaston is pretty much correct (and he wants the moral high ground).

2. Okay, now I make the Disgaea joke of Pit wanting to going after Laharl despite the implication that Laharl is a child and Pit is an adult. Also…its kind of an inside joke between Zelina and me.

3. I am so tempted to throw the entire Fire Emblem cast into this battle just to show how bullshit the law is, but I decided that I'm going to keep it to Marth, Ike and Chrom's world due to how I feel like Lyn's world really isn't connected in any shape or form in Awakening yet Ike is via Priam while Marth is obviously the Hero King.

That's it. Part 3 should be done tomorrow since all I got to do is the battle scene. Reviews are appreciated. Ja ne!