The sun was beginning to set in Smash City. It was very quiet. No citizen walking amongst the area. Nothing but the sound of the wind blowing. Dark Pit was sitting on top of a building staring at the sunset. All he had was his thoughts speaking to him. Two sides of his mind fighting against each other. One half telling him that what he did to Lucina was wrong, saying that he should go back and apologize to her and face the future. The other half was telling him he shouldn't go back. That means being locked to marry and lose his freedom for good. The dark angel was left helpless on what to do. Sumia told him that his heart would put him in the right path. Was this the right path for him? He sure didn't feel like it. Chrom was probably aware of his disappearance. So Dark Pit made things worst between him and Chrom for causing his daughter to cry. Everyone is probably not proud of what he did. A lot of thoughts were weighing down on the dark angel. His heart was heavy and he was lost on what to do.
Dark Pit wasn't alone for long. Hades appeared besides the dark angel. "My my, poor little Pittooey. Sulking as if he lost someone important. Oh wait, I guess that it did happen." Hades said in a teasing manner.
"Hades. Why aren't you speaking to me face to face?" Dark Pit asked. It wasn't his usual cocky and snarky attitude. He was much more gloomy and quiet.
"I'd love to do that Pittooey, but your little twin decided to destroy my body. Now I'm nothing but a disembodied voice. Although, I can be the bad conscious in your head without a body. The good conscious would never win since there is no angel to debate against. Well, there's something I can always win at."
"Get to the point. What do you want from me?"
"I hate to be the nosy neighbor...Actually, I'm always the nosy neighbor. It's fun to watch other people's lives. I saw your little argument that you had with that human girlfriend. I agree with you Pittooey. Getting forced to marry a human for fucking her is pretty dumb. Giving up your freedom. That doesn't sound fun at all. Now you're stuck thinking whether you should stay free forever or be stuck married to that human. Maybe I can help you." Hades smirked.
Dark Pit ears perked up. "What are you saying?"
"You won't have to lose your freedom or the girl. I have the power to let you keep both. All I need...is the soul of that dragon prince."
Dark Pit was aware that Hades wanted Corrin so badly. Rob had made some comments on why Hades could possibly want Corrin's soul out of anyone in the mansion, but it was all speculation. There was no real proof of why Hades wanted Corrin. It just made the Smashers aware that if Hades started up trouble to be on the look out for their fellow Smash companion. Hades was trying to bribe him while he's in a state of distress. The dark angel wasn't just going to fall for Hades's false offering. "I know what you're trying to do Hades. I'm not stupid. I'm not giving up Corrin just so you can destroy this place. What kind of an idiot do you take me for?"
"Think about what you're giving up here! Would you rather throw away your freedom to marry that human?! You're gonna be stuck with her for the rest of your life with no freedom to do whatever you want! Besides, she'll die earlier than you will. You'll be stuck looking at her grave and live alone for the rest of your life. All those priest feed you that together forever bullshit when it's not even real. It's all false advertising. Marriage doesn't actually last forever. Divorce exist. You can leave a marriage whenever you want. I'm giving you this opportunity. Give me the dragon prince's soul. I'll grant you unlimited freedom. Do we have a deal?"
Dark Pit took a moment to think. He wasn't one to take orders from anybody or sell out, but everything Hades told him. Marriage not actually being forever. The hard fact that Lucina will die before he would. It was all getting to the dark angel. He was stuck with another choice he couldn't get out of. Before Dark Pit could give an answer, Pit was coming towards his twin.
Hades was not pleased with Pit's arrival. "That damn angel always ruining everything!"
"Pittoo! Thank goodness I found you!" Pit exclaimed.
"What are you doing?" Dark Pit asked.
"I was looking for you! Pittoo, you have to come back!"
"I can't go back! I'm not ready for all this commitment!"
"What happened Pittoo?! I thought you loved Lucina. What's wrong with marrying her? You're very lucky you know! To have a loyal girl like Lucina as your girlfriend! You two have the most happiest relationship I've ever seen! Do you really want to throw that away?!"
"No! Pit..." This was one of the rare occasions when Dark Pit just called Pit by his name regularly with no insult. "I do love Lucina. I've never experienced what love was until she came into my life. I didn't expect such a small crush would turn into something bigger. I enjoy the time I spent with her. Lucina is the one who can always bring a smile to my face. I...I don't want to lose her."
"Tell her that Pittoo. I know this is rough for you, but you don't want to lose something that you hold dear to you. I would give up anything Robin, because I love her. I know you would do the same for Lucina."
Pit was the only one who really understood Dark Pit. Makes sense with them being twins. All of Dark Pit worries began to fade away from him. He wasn't going to run away anymore.
"...Okay. I'm going back. If I have to marry Lucina, then that's what I'll do."
Pit put his hands on his twins shoulder and gave him a smile. "You're doing the right thing."
"Damn you Pit! Why must you get in the way of my plans?!" Hades yelled angrily.
It was then did Pit finally notice there was another presence besides his twin.
"Hades?! What are you doing here?!"
"Pittooey was going to be my way of getting the dragon prince! You just ruined everything
The dark angel was starting to grow annoyed with Hades. He wanted to kick himself for almost allowing himself to follow Hades's order. Dark Pit wasn't a servant to no one."Listen Hades, I'm not taking orders from you. I'm not selling out. So why don't you just back off?!" Dark Pit said.
Hades sighed. "Alright. I'm getting tired of this waiting around. You've left me with no other choice." Hades snaps his fingers.
An explosion was heard. It was coming from the mansion. The angels turned to see the smoke rising from the mansion
"What did you do?!" Pit yelled.
"I'm taking that dragon prince by force! If you won't give him up to me, then I'll have to destroy everything!"
A loud scream was heard from the mansion. Dark Pit's ears perked up as he recognized who's voice it was. "...Lucina?"
"Looks like my demons has a hold of her. I don't care what they do with her. Nothing but human trash to me."
Something snapped from within Dark Pit. He did not take Hades's insult towards his girlfriend very lightly. The dark angel balled his fist and gritted his teeth. Breathing was getting heavier and his body was shaking. Pit was growing a little frightful of his twin. Dark Pit takes out his Silver Bow and flew towards mansion with a burst of speed.
"Pittoo! Wait for me!" Pit yelled as flew behind his twin. "Dammit! Lady Palutena's Power of Flight is going to end soon! You're going to make me run to the mansion at this rate!"
Dark Pit wasn't showing any sign of slowing down. Nothing of what Pit was saying was getting through to him. Dark Pit only had one thing in mind, and that was to slaughter all of Hades's demons to save Lucina. The angels arrived to the mansion to see the Smashers and Ylissean soldiers fighting Hades's demons.
Rob and Robin were surrounded by crawling demons preventing them from reaching Lucina who was being attacked from a giant four armed demon. Chrom and the Ylissean arm was fighting against sword and spear weilding demons. The demons seemed a bit too powerful for the army. Chrom being the only one holding his own. The smashers were battling a group of cyclops and winged demons. Bayonetta easily dispatching all of the demons with Cloud by her side. Lucina gets knocked down to the ground with her sword falling out of her hands. She tries to crawl towards it, but the giant kicks it out of the way. Lucina is being gets grabbed by the giant demon and starts crushing her with his hands. Lucina lets out another painful scream.
Dark Pit lands to the ground. "HADES!" The dark angel yelled from the top of his lungs.
All the demons turned their attention to Dark Pit. They charged at the dark angel with their spears and swords preparing to attack. Dark Pit showed no fear and charged at the demons. He took apart his Silver Bow and starts cutting through the demons. Dark Pit does a diagonal slice with his Silver Bow cutting a demon who was trying to stab him with a spear in pieces. A cyclops came towards the dark angel and swings his club. Dark Pit ducks under the club and kicks the cyclops in the stomach. The cyclops fell down to one knee. Dark Pit took the opportunity to stab the cyclops in the eye and stab him in the head with the other half of his Silver Bow.
Winged demons began to charged at Dark Pit from above. Dark Pit puts his Silver Bow back together and twirled it around him knocking back the demons. More demons began to charge at the dark angel. Dark Pit lets out a yell and charges at the demon with his Silver Bow in front of him. He impales the incoming demons with his Silver Bow. The demons were stuck on the Silver Bows. Dark Pit throws the demons up and cuts them all into pieces. The blood of the demons rained down on Dark Pit. He wiped it off of him and continued to move on.
Dark Pit walked towards the giant demon who's holding Lucina. "Let. Her. Go!" Dark Pit yelled.
The giant drops Lucina on the ground and throws a punch at Dark Pit. Dark Pit sidesteps away and shoots the giant with an arrow. The giant was now stunned, Dark Pit took this opportunity to cut off all the giant's arm with his Silver Bow. The giant was screaming in agony. A smirk appeared on the dark angels face. Dark Pit pulls out his staff and points it at the defenseless demon. "Goodbye!" He yelled as he let out a charge shot that blasted through the giant's torso.
All of Hades's demons were laid out all over the place. Blood and body parts everywhere. Pit looked in shock at what his twin had just done. "Well...That was some protagonist plot armor right there. He just laid waste to all of Hades's demons. Note to self, never piss off Pittoo. Ever." Pit made a mental note to himself even though Dark Pit probably heard him despite this.
Dark Pit walked over to Lucina and helped her up to her feet. "Are you okay Lucina?"
"Dark Pit...You came back. Yes, I'm fine. Thank you so much for saving us."
Hades appeared in front of the couple. He was not happy with what he witnessed. He gave Dark Pit a cold stare. "How disappointing. I give you the opportunity of a life time, and you threw it all away for some human. Disgusting. Fine. If this is what you choose, then I hope you two have a happy wedding. Don't expect any gifts from me." Hades goes back into the Underworld.
"Is everybody okay?" Pit asked the Smashers and Ylisseans. Everyone was back on their feet. Some minor injuries here and there, but everyone was okay. Someone was missing though. The person that Hades went after. Given how angry he was, chances are that Hades didn't get Corrin, but it seemed like others were worried as well. "…Where's Corrin?"
Bayonetta would have been the one to ask that if Pit didn't. The battle made her not focus so much on the other Smashers, so when things finally settled down, he wasn't anywhere nearby. Was he even participating in the battle?
"He's sulking at the lake." Kamui answered. She smirked when she realized Bayonetta was not aware of that. "I wouldn't be surprised if he was at the bottom of the lake."
"…Of all the places to choose…" Cloud grumbled.
"No worries. He'll have to come back eventually. It's cold."
"…So Hades wouldn't know…"
Bayonetta answered her own question. Hades clearly attacked the mansion in search of Corrin. That was why his and Kamui's room was messed up first. Kamui was frustrated with how she would have to do something about the room before the wedding. If she had to choose, she would have left it as it was, but Corrin wouldn't appreciate it at all. He would think something terrible happened and Kamui was the one that messed up the room.
Corrin is really lucky. Bayonetta thought to herself. I need to see him when everything has settled down…then again…I don't think he's ready to talk to me…
The most important thing was that Corrin was safe even if he was still in a grouchy mood. Once the biggest concern was out of the way, the Smashers were allowed to take a breather.
"Thank goodness everyone is okay." Lucina sighed in relief.
"Yeah...Lucina. I...wanted to apologize for earlier. It was immature of me to do that to you. I was just so stressed from this whole situation and I didn't who to turn to or what to do. I took all my anger out on you..."
Lucina thought about it for a moment. Her family was concerned for her on why she was crying. Pitchforks and torches would've been coming to Dark Pit if he didn't come back. A much harsher punishment than the what the law warned.
Lucina puts her hand on Dark Pit's shoulder. "Dark Pit, it's okay. I understand."
Dark Pit held Lucina hand. "No. It wasn't right. Lucina...I do love you. You do mean a whole lot to me. You're the first person who helped me experience love. I'd never thought I'd obtain, but after spending so much time with you. I've realize how...happy you make me. I want to keep spending time with you Lucina. Everyday. Sometimes you have to give up some things to be with the one you love, and I'm willing to do that."
Lucina's heart started pounding. "D-Dark Pit?! W-Wait, do you mean?!"
Dark Pit got down on one knee. "Lucina...I'm asking if...you would like to marry me?"
The Ylissean princess couldn't believe what was happening. She covered her mouth. Tears of joy was starting to stream down her face. She was happy. Dark Pit mustered up the courage to propose to her on his own. Showing how much she really meant to the dark nodded. "Yes! Yes I would to marry you! Yes!"
The couple embraced each other and shared a passionate kiss with each other. Everyone started cheering and clapping for the two.
"Way to go Pittoo. You did the right thing." Pit said to himself with a smile on his face. It brought joy to him to see his twin smile and be happy.
Dark Pit and Lucina broke their kiss. Both staring at each other with smile on their faces. Chrom approaches the two.
"Dark Pit. I was wrong about you. You showed how much you truly cherished my daughter. You saved her life. I can't thank you enough for what you've done. You have my blessing." Chrom bowed to Dark Pit.
"Thank you Chrom." Dark Pit said.
"Alright everyone! We rest for tonight! Tomorrow, we continue working on the wedding for Lucina, and her fiance Dark Pit! Again, congratulations to the both of them!" Chrom clapped for the couple.
Everyone else started to join in and cheer.
Author's Note: We're not done just yet. There's still a wedding for me to write. So stay tuned for that.