PK Treasure
Disclaimer: I do not own Kid Icarus Uprising. I own the interpretation of the Gods not in the game and the angels of Skyworld ranging from the Angel Assembly, archangels, royal bodyguards and the Celestial Pirates. I also own the witch hunters and the Golden Land cast. I also do not own Queen's Blade. That franchise belongs to Hobby Japan.
Summary: Lucas is back in the Smash Brothers Mansion and he's better than ever. To show how much stronger he has gotten he proceeds to show off his psychic powers and ends up messing with Dark Pit by accident. Nothing can be resolved due to Pittoo being forced on a mission to go to the Netherworld and deal with the Great Pirate who made with the grand treasures of many of the Gods. If Dark Pit does this mission successfully, he'll be acknowledged for his deeds by the angels of heaven, but the problem is that Lucas tagging along to make up for the blunder he made earlier that day and making things worse for the both of them.
Pairing: Pittoo/Lucas, Virtue (OC)/Pit/Airi and implied Reyn/Pittoo/Lucina
Rated: T (for Teen) on and M (for Mature) on AO3
Genre: Humor, Friendship, Drama, Romance and some Angst
Warning: Swearing, violence, sexual themes, disturbing imagery, nudity and unintentional OOC
This is probably going to be the only story where I pair Dark Pit up with Lucas. To be fair, I wasn't being fair to Lucas when the story he meets Dark Pit in is my parody story Pink Isn't Your Color. I wanted one story dedicated to them like Lucina has Glove Slap and Reyn gets The Tortoise and the Birb. Enjoy!
Chapter 2: PK Fix
It wasn't so much as the power ups that saved the two Smashers but rather the voice that kept criticizing Dark Pit. She needed the black angel alive to maintain herself in the universe, so even if she felt like the other two Goddesses were not doing a good job protecting her vessel she at least needed to pick up the slack. Dark Pit felt barrier magic surrounding the two as they crash landed into one of the many Netherworld swamps. This fortunately wasn't the same Swamp Lands as the one from Liliana's world. That would have given her the home field advantage. A swampland still gave Liliana an advantage.
"Hey, Pittoo! You still alive?" Viridi's voice could be heard causing the dark angel to groan at how obnoxious her voice sounded. "Of course you are! Just respond! Hey!"
"Shut up…Viridi…" Dark Pit growled as he tried to move from his position but flinched when he tried to move his wings. Don't tell me I injured my wings…
"Oww…"
Despite the crash landing, Lucas was still in good condition. Someone in heaven probably protected the blond. Dark Pit wished he had someone like that, but as an angel they needed to protect themselves. The voice only made sure that he didn't die, but if his wings were in bad condition, he would be aching when he was forced to fight Liliana.
Dark Pit was quick to get up and push Lucas off of him before Lucas could register where the two were.
"Good to see that you two are still kicking. I'm still wondering how Lucas even got on the ghost ship to begin with."
Lucas could hear Viridi wide and clear and explained to her that he had Rosalina assist him in getting the psychic boy on the ship. He wanted to help Dark Pit with the mission after all to make up for sending him to the infirmary.
"So Rosalina is here too…" Viridi grumbled. "Why are you trying to steal my glory?"
"I am not." Rosalina spoke finally. "I am here to make sure things do not take a turn for the worse."
"Rosalina…can you explain how Lucas is supposed to make things better?" Dark Pit asked rather agitated how the Goddess of Space was going to watch him every move probably by Palutena's request. "He has already given me more problems than helping them with said problems."
"Sorry…" Lucas apologized. "I just wanted to help…I can pinpoint where Liliana is with-"
"No more mind reading! I ain't going to have an attack here because you messed up again!"
"Eep…"
"Viridi, please tell me you can pinpoint that stupid ghost pirate and the treasure."
"Of course! This is one of the basic powers that a Goddess should have!" The Goddess of Nature exclaimed. "From where you are, you should be heading south. I sense the powers of the God treasures from there!"
"But not so much Captain Liliana." Rosalina added. "You must keep your wits up. Just because the power of the God items are prevalent doesn't mean that Captain Liliana is in the same location. She could very much use the items as a trap. Also…" She frowned as she scanned the area. "It seems after a certain extent here, there will be a barrier preventing communication. You two need to prepare yourself for it."
"Hah! A barrier that can block out a Goddess' signal? Please! I eat those shields for breakfast!"
Dark Pit believed Rosalina and told her he would be cautious in the swamp area. He started walking in the direction stated with Lucas quickly running behind him. Lucas wasn't use to people leaving him behind. Ness and Red were willing to wait for him, but Dark Pit didn't bother turning his head to see if the psychic boy was even following.
They needed to start a conversation to get bring down the tension. Lucas didn't need to read Dark Pit's mind to know he was stressed out over the situation. If he weren't on the ship, Pittoo would have been able to capture Liliana on the first attempt. A minor setback was enough for him to get him flustered. The swamp area wasn't making anything better. The fumes coming from the water was nauseating and it was easy to have a misstep and land in the water instead of the small rocks that stuck up from the swamp.
Lucas observed Lived from the back. He was careful with how he hopped on the rock before stopping to check the surrounding area before continuing. The farther they went into the swamp region, the more the fog started to kick in. This was the barrier magic that Rosalina warned the two of. The minute the two stepped into the fog, Lucas could feel the communication break between him and the Queen of the Cosmos. This applied to losing contact with Viridi, but Dark Pit was glad he didn't have to hear her ear-splitting voice.
"Dark Pit…"
"…"
"Dark Pit…is there anything I can do?"
"Don't say a word."
"W-What?"
"You can't even do that." The dark angel grumbled as he stopped walking in the midst of the fog. "Honestly, why do you have to be so annoying?"
"I'm sorry! I just wanted to help!"
Lucas had bumped into Dark Pit's back at this point and nearly fell on the cold ground. The replica glared at the blond who stared back at him with puppy dog eyes.
"You haven't been that useful at all today! First you send me to the infirmary and then I lose my target because you're caught in the crossfire! I work alone!"
"B-But…"
"Why are you so obsessed with helping me out? The only one who is that persistent in trying to impress me is Pitstain!"
"I want…to be friends."
This was actually rather surprising and amusing to the black angel. A small chuckle escaped his lips before slamming the reality down.
"Look, Lucas...I don't play that game. I don't believe that you can nearly kill me and make up for it and then we're suddenly friends! We're not going to run in a field of sunflowers holding hands! It doesn't work like that!"
"Why would I want that?! I see you shutting yourself from everyone when Reyn can't come to the mansion or Lucina has other things to do!" The blond exclaimed again catching Pittoo off guard. "I can't read your mind…but I can tell that you're just as lonely as me…"
"You?! You have Ness and Red! Don't tell me I'm lonely when I have Lucina and Reyn!"
"But we're both the younger twin so…"
Dark Pit growled as he proceeded to walk farther into the swamp again. This conversation was not going well at all. Lucas was referring to how lonely he was whenever Pit had to go on missions and told him he can't hang out. Lucas might have heard recently of the white angel intending to hang out with him the entire day, but because of what occurred with the Gods and Goddesses, he had to leave. Pit chose his duty over his younger twin and it was why the black angel was moping. Lucina and Reyn noticed and that's why they made it his or her goal to make him happy…but no one else noticed how upset he was.
"We're wasting time staying here and talking."
Lucas stood up immediately. "Wait! I can pinpoint where we are without Viridi!"
"And I told you I don't need you messing up and putting me in a coma! I already spent three years of my life in a comatose state, and I don't need you doing it with no way of getting back to Pit!"
The blond was really hurt by his words. How could he convince Dark Pit that he could be useful to him?
It would have been best to use his powers at that point to realize that yes the target was nearby and yes that they were surrounded by Liliana's skeleton crew. Because they were skeletons they could rise from the ashes and continue the assault that they were doing on the ghost ship.
If Dark Pit didn't have his guard down, he would have noticed something was up. He nearly walked into one the skeleton member's dagger that was pointed at his head and immediately pulled back shrieking at the sudden attack.
"What the?!"
"An attack?" Lucas wondered out loud. "PK FIRE!"
The skeleton in front of Dark Pit burned to the ground, but five more followed afterward. Dark Pit had no idea that Lucas could use PK Flash instead of PK Freeze that he used in Smash against the skeletons. The bright light was faster outside of Smash so it was able to crumble the skeletons to dust. Pittoo was quick to move out of the way before taking out the Silver Bow in order to shoot a purple arrow through the neck of the skeletons.
Unfortunately, because the two were surrounded, there was little they could do against an army of skeletons. Lucas ended up being caught first because he wasn't fast enough to get away from them. He screamed as he tried to burn the skeletons that jumped him, but he could only burn a few before he was hoisted up in the air with a sharp object pointed toward his neck. If he tried another psychic attack then he would be finished.
Pittoo attempted to use the powers the voice gave him and fly out of the fog, but his wings were still injured from the crash landing. He floated low enough that it would be easy for the skeletons to grab at his feet. One skeleton was dumb (or smart) enough to remove his head and use it as a weapon to smack the dark angel down lower.
"Oww! Why are you using your head?" Dark Pit asked the pirate before he too found himself captured. "Dammit…I could really use Viridi's help right around now…"
Oh these skeletons were smart with disarming the black angel too. His Silver Bow was in their possession and they had no problem smashing it to bits. What made Dark Pit's weapon special was that he would be able to manifest it later due to it being part of the magic used to create him. There was no time now and he pretty much a sitting duck now. All he could do was curse at his misfortune as he and Lucas were lead deeper into the swamp where the Goddesses had no power.
Dark Pit was tempted to ask the voice for help the farther the skeleton crew lead him and Lucas toward wherever Liliana was hiding. If he wasn't so scared of how everyone would treat him if they found out that the voice gave Dark Pit the ability to fly away, he would have blown them all away with a gust instead of attempting to fly away in a state of panic. Instead, he had to keep his head down as he marched the beat with the skeletons. Lucas had a hard time keeping up with them due to having short legs. They ended up pushing him along every time he needed to stop to catch his breath.
The swamp area that Liliana was in was different from the one Liliana was use to. The place in her world was known for its red color and hot springs. Since the Swamp Lands was known for its hot springs, Liliana was rather disappointed that in this particular Netherworld, the swamp was dark purple as if the mucky water was filled with poison. She wouldn't know given that she was already dead. If she threw her captives in, she would be able to test the theory if it were poison or not. At the very least she didn't land in a swampy area filled with lava. Those places would destroy the undead rather easily.
There was an open area for her to lay out all of the weapons she had in the treasure and sort them out. She only had one chance to bring her skeleton army back from the dead so she needed the absolute concentration along with choosing the right item that could allow her to combine the Swamp Witch's spell with the God's power. Taking the gamble would have to wait as she turned around to see that the skeletons made quick work with capturing the two Smashers. She smirked seeing how pitiful the black angel looked without a weapon in his hand.
I won't have that much time to do this without any of the Gods finding me. Liliana told herself as she went over to Dark Pit with her rapier in hand. "You got a lot of guts chasing me into my territory."
"Well, what if I told you that I let myself be captured so they can lead me to you? The Underworld is a big place…" Lived stated in a not so convincing tone.
"Oh-ho-ho-ho! Really? You let yourself be punched to the ground so you can see me? Don't make me laugh. I would throw you down just so you can taste my boot, but I'm feeling too generous at the moment. After all, what better way to reward you for chasing after me than to tell you that I know you're a little liar."
Dark Pit gave her the best Medusa glare possible, but it wasn't enough to scare the Great Pirate Captain.
"Remember what I said about pirate aesthetic number eighteen? Formidable opponents merit exhaustive research. I needed time alone to actually remember something an acquaintance of mine had told me about you that she got concerning that angel Pit."
"…Airi…" Dark Pit murmured cursing her name knowing she probably gave a lot of information to her allies and throwing Pit under the bus in the process.
"Yes. She told me specifically that you have only been around for three years, so while Pit may be reaching the 2500th year of his long life, you only have lived through three short years. In angel terms, 2500 may be an adult and in human terms that would make him part of the elderly, but your age is that of a child no matter how people look at it. Your physical appearance is only that of a thirteen year old so you can't use that excuse either for your fib."
Now Dark Pit wasn't making eye contact with her. Lucas was surprised to hear Dark Pit's actual age. No wonder he hated being referred to as a child. Liliana just laughed as she continued to rub salt on the wound.
"Three years old. How terrible must it be to be underage? No one can love you if they found out. They would all be considered pedophiles. Even that human boy next to you would be considered a pedophile."
"Shut up…leave him out of this…" Dark Pit said in almost a whisper. He didn't want to think what would happen if Reyn or Lucina found out his age. He almost had this nagging feeling that Reyn would act completely different around him and couldn't bear losing a friend.
"I might consider it but that depends on how much I want to punish you. Right now, I'm going to turn my crew back into their original human form. From there, we will decide on how we will punish you for your insolence."
Once she was done insulting the angel that was supposed to be hunting her down, she turned around to focus on the spell that would revive her undead army. She wasn't much of a magic user but Airi had given her some ideas on how the Swamp Witch made it possible being the strongest and closest maid to the Swamp Witch. To be on the safe side, she would use a little bit of energy from all of the God items and then direct it toward her squad.
No spell chant was actually needed to do this. The Swamp Witch did it easily in a few seconds. It took Liliana a few minutes due to her body not holding as much magic as her master. Her body glowed a combination of black, purple and pink colors as a huge magic circle with the symbol of the Swamp Witch symbol (a black spider with a scorpion tail) appeared underneath her. The spider figure would shoot out from out of the ground and launch itself toward the skeleton troops. The two Smashers had to shield their eyes to avoid the light from shining on them. The skeletons clattered from the light hitting them directly but soon voices of men could be heard screeching or cheering as they started to come back to life as humans.
Dark Pit had a bad feeling about the skeleton army once they returned to their human selves. They were your stereotype pirates with the somewhat bulky built and terrible odor. Now that they were human, they could talk and stretch again without a care in the world.
"Ahh! It feels good to have flesh again!"
"We can actually talk normally again!"
"Boys, boys!" Liliana interrupted her crew who were just getting use to their newfound bodies again. "I know you're happy that I brought you back, but I need you guys to help me with my punishment game." She smirked when she said this seeing how her crew who were gripping on Dark Pit's arm had a thirsty look on their faces. "As skeletons you were shaking. Look at your boners now though?"
Lived flinched at the pun. He refused to look at the men that were keeping him in place and making weird animalistic huffs.
"Why does this boy have the scent of a woman?" One of the men asked suddenly pulling him close to where Dark Pit could feel the obvious erection in the man's pants rubbing up against him. "It makes me want to confirm something about him."
"W-W-What?! I'm not a woman!" Dark Pit protested immediately. "G-Get your hands off me, you pervert!"
Liliana seemed reluctant just a little having her men have their way with the black angel, but at the moment, she couldn't think of a better way to teach him a lesson. From the info that Airi told her, she knew that Dark Pit was just as precious to Pit as the Goddess of Light was. Attempting to murder him might not end well for her, so she decided that this would be better especially with how her crew was all about having fun with their captives in the loose sense of the word.
"Hey little boy, don't be like that. We're capable of being gentle."
"If you are a boy. You smell like a full grown woman."
Dark Pit shook his head in disgust as he felt himself being forced on his knees. It wouldn't be long until the other men started to circle him. His face paled as he tried his best to hide his blush.
Hey, voice! I could use your help now!
There was no response from the voice after her constant nagging about him attempting to lose his virginity. Did the block effect the communication with the voice too or did she just give up on him entirely?
H-Hey…this isn't funny. I don't want to…
The smell was becoming intoxicating the more the pirates circled around him. He closed his eyes fearing that they may have pulled their pants down in front of him.
Instead, he was confused why nothing was rubbed against his face. He didn't dare open his eyes fearing that they were waiting for him to see what they intended to do to them. He only heard screaming and confused shouting from Liliana.
"Lucas, what are you doing?" Rosalina questioned with worry in her tone. "You're not in a position to do that!"
Lucas didn't respond. Dark Pit slightly opened his right eye to see what the blond was doing. Lucas didn't take anyone's advice in not using his PSI abilities. He was leaving himself wide open to being impaled in the chest while he was mass mind reading all the skeletons. He was showing off more of his abilities than just read the minds of multiple people, but he was going to make things bloody. Since the crew still needed a few more minutes to fully turn back into humans, Lucas could still go beyond his abilities and grab at their bones. In the back of the psychic boy's mind, as long as Ness doesn't see him pull of a skill like this, he would be fine.
Dark Pit felt the pirates being forced off him forcing him to open his eyes to see what was going on. He gasped seeing Lucas levitate the crew that was yelling at him to put them down. Lucas' eyes were glowing as if he had the Smash Ball in his possession.
Immediately screams of mercy were heard from the pirates. The small details from the bones trying to be yanked at their skin and blood pouring down from their eyes and mouth was apparent. Dark Pit shut his eyes quickly seeing what Lucas wanted to do.
"I won't…let you…hurt my friend!"
Liliana's eyes widened in horror when she saw the bloody rainfall rain down on her, Dark Pit and the God items that she just used. In that moment, she could have killed Lucas when he unleashed a powerful PSI shockwave that eliminated her hard work. She was paralyzed in fear that the boy she casually dismissed was capable of such magic. It must have been the big head or how submissive he was when handling Dark Pit's insults…regardless she had the rapier ready seeing Dark Pit recover rather quickly to the blood rain around him.
"You're going to get it now!" Dark Pit exclaimed.
Biting her tongue, she stepped back toward where the God items were.
"Like I would duel you for these items when you are unarmed. You did not have a sword the last time either."
The attack Lucas did another thing. Rosalina barely managed to communicate with the two Smashers the first time she spoke to the blond. Lucas' psychic powers broke the barrier with that shockwave allowing for both of the Goddesses to communicate with the Smashers.
"Pittoo, take this sword!" Viridi shouted as she dropped a glowing green blade next to him. "It's perfect against the undead!"
"…You could have given me Palutena's Blade or the Crusader Blade. Those two blades are more effective." Dark Pit snarked while taking the blade into his hand and pointing it toward Liliana.
"Well excuse me that I don't have access to holy weapons! This is good enough!"
Liliana laughed as she stated another pirate aesthetic. "Pirate Aesthetic number twenty-one: Don't miss the golden opportunity to defeat the opponent. I can't really make a clean getaway unless I get rid of you. Now that you have a sword, we can have a real duel. Hopefully you know how to use the sword."
"You would be surprised at all the tricks I can do with a sword."
Like Pit, Dark Pit was the type to experiment with different weapons. In Smash, he had to settle with the same weapons that Pit decided to use and only using his favorite for the Final Smash. If he had a saying, he would combine the blade with offensive orbitars and the Dark Pit staff to do massive damage. The Optical Blade worked like the beam sword (except it was green) where it was possible to extend the blade while shooting powerful beams from the tip of it when dashing.
Liliana was the first to attack forcing the dark angel to block the minute her rapier clashed with his blade. The impact nearly forced him back but he managed to hold his ground. From the corner of his eye, he noticed that Liliana had a crossbow to her side ready to pull out if she was desperate to get the upper hand. This was where Dark Pit aimed first with the sword slicing off the portion of her overcoat to make sure the item fell out of reach. The pink haired pirate failed to notice as she charged at him with rapid strikes.
"You can't expect to entertain me when you're on the defense." The pirate captain taunted as she tried to get a good stab in but failed with Dark Pit's quick reaction time.
"The best defense can be the best offense." Dark Pit reminded her before jumping back and shooting a laser from the tip of his sword. Liliana was equally fast in avoiding the fire. "Lucas, I'll handle it from here! Just stay out of harms way!"
"O-Okay…"
Lucas didn't have much of a choice either way. He was exhausted from overexerting himself and needed to sit back and let Dark Pit finish up what he started.
Liliana had attempted to force Dark Pit into the water. If he so much as touched it, he could have very well been poisoned. He could feel his body failing him when just a little bit of the purple water splashed on his skin. This forced him to be careful when he jumped back to shoot. This was equally affected as facing her in close combat. Liliana was proving herself to be the Great Pirate Captain. The weapon he had just gave him the edge over her.
Liliana would be able to hover over the poison swamp where Dark Pit wouldn't be able to hit her. He could shoot at her, but she started deflecting the energy balls back at him like they were playing tennis. The pink haired captain wasn't giving Dark Pit an opening especially with how she was biding a little bit of time to bring her men back from the dead as skeletons again.
"Face me one on one instead of sending your army against me!"
She just laughed at the request and ordered the half complete skeletons to go after her target. So much for honor unless she was desperate to get the upper hand…
The dark angel made quick work of the skeletons. With one large swing from the Optical Blade extending its length, he knocked the bones back into the poison water. He must have caused some sort of disturbance as the ground began to shake. Pittoo chose to ignore the earth tremors and charged toward Liliana for a dash attack. She left herself open and took a direct hit to her side. Given the power of the sword, a few more and she would be down for the count.
"And this is why there is no need to play by the rules when you have a sword that can kill the undead."
"I didn't ask for this one."
"You accepted it just the same."
As the two got stuck clashing their swords in the midst of the water around them suddenly rising, a head of a large sea creature popped its head out of the water to see what was disturbing the peace. This did not go unnoticed by Lucas or the Goddesses.
"Lucas, you need to get the kraken under your control." Rosalina began. "If Captain Liliana finds a way to control the kraken, you two will lose."
"Huh? Oh…okay…" Lucas mumbled obeying the Goddess of Space without a second thought.
Moving away from the battle, he went over to the bubbles where the kraken was peaking its ugly head out and glaring at the angel and undead pirate. Whoever the loser was would suffer the tentacle damage unless Lucas was in control.
"Why are krakens even in this part of the Netherworld?" Viridi asked her butler who seemed to know something she didn't.
"Oh yes. Did you not know that Prism has a bad habit of leaving baby krakens alone throughout the universe? He lets them grow to be monstrous and dangerous."
"They destroy the natural habitat." Rosalina added. "They are also an invading species. Anything from the Golden Land is considered that. We just need to make sure that this kraken is under our control, so nothing disastrous will strike in the future."
"Rosalina, you make it seem like something happened in the past."
"…Perhaps…and I would rather not repeat it again. Absolutely disgusting."
Lucas extended his hand out toward the kraken causing it to go under the water instead of try and attack the blond. Lucas had this power that allowed him to communicate well with animals. Krakens were under this category too. It wouldn't be hard to tame the kraken.
"Hey, I'm not going to hurt you. You…might have saw what I did but I did it to save a friend."
When he said that, Dark Pit and Liliana clashed weapons again causing a mini explosion that you would see in a show like Bleach. Lucas blinked seeing the kraken's head going back under to avoid getting caught in the crossfire.
"Please help me. You do not need to help me fight. I only ask you to restrain Dark Pit's opponent whether he wins or not. This mission is really important to my friend. You see…I made thins difficult for Dark Pit and I want to make it up to him. So far, I haven't been doing much…but if I can get your assistance, I can prove my worth."
Rosalina's description of a kraken was different from how this purple kraken was acting. Lucas felt like it was a baby kraken or at least a child that he was dealing with. It was one that was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
"I won't hurt you. I promise."
The head of the kraken wasn't going to come out. Turning around, Lucas went over to the one tentacle that was sticking out of the swamp water. The tentacle didn't go down with the head so it was easy for Lucas to grab on it.
"Let's work together."
The kraken attempted to shake out of Lucas' grip originally. The psychic boy's steady hold calmed it down allowing Lucas to talk some more sense into the large monster from the Golden Land.
"SHOCK BLADE!"
Dark Pit wished he had the electroshock arm on him. He would have been able to absorb the random electric attack that Liliana shot at him with her blade. Combined with the fact that he had water on him from waves that came with the earth shaking resulted in extra damage done to him.
"Guhhh!"
He was knocked back almost to where Lucas was. The tentacle had decided to go under almost immediately, but the blond knew that the kraken could be relied on at this point of time.
"You're slipping kid." She teased. "You might want to surrender now before I might actually kill you. I can already tell that you're worth more alive than dead, but I must kill all witnesses to my pillaging."
"…If you're really in a hurry…then let's end it with one attack." Dark Pit snarled as he raised the Optical Blade in the air to where it was gaining light from the heavens above (or at least from the light above the swamp area). Liliana frowned seeing how she needed to get rid of him in one attack as well and went into the stance preparing for a powerful technique.
Voice in my head…
My name is Eve.
…Eve…lend me your powers. I did what you wanted and kept my virginity. Keep to your word and give me powers based on keeping my vows!
…Understood…you have done so for now…so make this quick and return to a safe place afterward.
Liliana noted that a mysterious woman appeared behind Dark Pit as his entire body glowed brightly like the Golden Land. For a moment, the golden butterflies seemed to have appeared and circled around the dark angel. Rosalina and Viridi gasped slightly at what they were seeing. Rosalina had a very good idea what was going on, but the Goddess of Nature was clueless. Lucas was more star struck at how beautiful Dark Pit's wings were becoming from behind seeing the golden sparkles fall down when he flapped his wings.
"This is it! The final blow!"
"So it is…SKULL FLASH!"
Liliana swung her sword causing skulls to appear as a barrage of projectiles that locked on to the dark angel unafraid of the light that would vanquish them. When the voice gave the word, Dark Pit swung his sword down easily obliterating one of Liliana's most powerful attacks in one blow and hitting the Great Pirate Captain in the process. Her scream echoed throughout the swampy region. It was a miracle that her clothes didn't tear off from the attack, but that might have been because Dark Pit was being merciful in how much power he wanted. Eve wanted to annihilate her but Lived wanted her alive.
The minute Liliana went down was when Dark Pit sighed in relief at how he almost lost that match and failed the mission. The first thing that came to mind before thanking Eve for the support was about how many amazing fighters there were outside of Smash. It made Dark Pit wonder if Pit fought opponents like these all the time and why he was so good in battle.
"I win." The black angel told her as he stabbed the ground next to the near unconscious Liliana. "You're coming with me."
"…You better finish me off." Liliana warned him with a sigh. She was used to losing her clothes whenever she dueled a powerful opponent. Dark Pit was a gentleman enough to not go after her clothes and slicing it off. "They'll kill me when you take me back to Skyworld."
"I won't get my hands bloody."
"How cruel of you…"
Pittoo had an idea of how to spare Liliana from a terrible death. He might not be able to stop an execution, but seeing as how she was a good opponent…it would be messed up to kill her.
At this point, Lucas had gotten the kraken under his control and ordered it to grab Liliana so she wouldn't escape. If she was going to fall asleep after the battle, she wasn't now seeing a dark purple kraken staring down at her.
"W-What?!"
The tentacle immediately seized her waist causing her to scream. The normally arrogant pirate captain would immediately be brought to tears by a kraken. Arlon could be heard chuckling at the humiliation that the kraken brought to Liliana.
"Is this necessary?" Dark Pit questioned the moon butler. "I already defeated her."
"This is just for extra precautions." Arlon explained simply. "We wouldn't want her invoking another one of her pirate aesthetics."
"Yeah but…"
Tears were falling down her eyes as the kraken remained hoisting her in the air. He looked over at Lucas who was just relieved that he was able to help Dark Pit capture the target.
"Just give me the treasure so we can go!" The Goddess of Nature demanded. "I'm tired of this purple scenery!"
"Okay…okay…just have the kraken loosen its grip on her. I…don't want to bring a girl back to heaven in tears…I'm not like the other angels…"
Dark Pit was marveled at how naïve he could be when the mission was said and done. He wanted to be showered in praise like Pit whenever he completed a mission for the angels. Even if he was the one that had Liliana on a leash (and yes it was incredibly suggestive due to how the nature of angels treating demons like dirt), it didn't change what others thought of him. He already had a bad reputation and no amount of good would change that.
Palutena was so happy to get her shield back as Hades actually left without saying a word after getting Persephone's keychain. All the other Gods did not even acknowledge that Viridi and Dark Pit got their most prized items back. Viridi was disheartened seeing her own mother refused to accept that her daughter was the one who got the girdle back. At the very least, Dyntos was nice enough to pet her on the head, but other than that…no parental love.
The reason the angels didn't care what Dark Pit did is because he was in charge of the demon division. He could have easily asked Liliana to surrender instead of having her put up a fight. If Dark Pit's role was to make sure demons didn't cause a problem for angels by any means necessary then why insult him for how he got the job done. It's like they refused to admit that Dark Pit was useful for anything. To make matters worse, they took a jab at the fact that the black angel needed assistance from a human (Lucas) to get the job done.
That might have been the reason why Dark Pit kind of loosened the chain for Liliana to escape if she wanted to when she was kept in the prison of the Angel Assembly. If the angels weren't going to be grateful for what he had done, he would have them handle her on their own. Of course even if Liliana could move around, she wouldn't be able to actually leave Skyworld unscratched. Fortunately, she had an ally in the form of Pit's supposed girlfriend Airi. Pit was dumb letting her walk around Skyworld. It allowed her to learn where all the doors and portals were to other sections of the galaxy were. When she found out which door would allow Liliana to escape to her world with her ghost ship and skeleton crew back in action, Airi led the escape but only after making sure she drugged Pit that particular night to make sure things went smoothly.
Pit was not a happy angel being tricked by the wraith and that Liliana who had did injustice to Palutena escaped without much resistance. He swore the Centurions were incompetent at detaining a criminal until things settled down. He was already frustrated how Hermes and the Celestial Pirates wasted his time acting like they were the culprits when it was someone under the Swamp Witch instead. Now he was going to have to hear all the complaining from the Angel Assembly for something that was there fault and to start searching for Liliana again thus no free time. At the very least, Virtue was by his side and rubbing his back for him.
"Why am I even dating a demon in the first place?!" The angel captain complained to the strongest witch hunter. "They're nothing but trouble!"
"Well, you could always go out with me, Pit. I'm a human after all."
"You're a fucking Mothman. Shut up."
And Pit would be met by the witch hunter nibbling on his neck as a response to referring him to a bug.
As for Dark Pit, he ended up going back to Smash Brothers Mansion to sulk about his failure to be praised for his deeds. Lucina and Reyn were on him for disappearing after that seizure and pulling a Pit and going on a mission. He had to apologize profusely just to get them off his back. Dr. Mario was worse than his friends were with how he expected him to actually take it easy inside and outside of Smash. This meant Pittoo could play video games until Dr. Mario felt like he wouldn't have another attack.
So here Dark Pit was in his room sighing into his pillow. He was bored with nothing to do. Viridi wasn't going to sneak him out given she was sulking in her realm for her mother not telling her how proud she was and Pit was going to be stuck cleaning up after him in Skyworld. He considered just taking the game room to himself in order to marathon one of those long RPG games to keep his mind off of what Pit was probably thinking about Liliana escaping when he heard a knock on his door.
"What?"
The only one who would check up on him besides Lucina and Reyn at this time was Lucas. The poor boy looked around nervously before closing the door behind him and bowing.
"I'm sorry Dark Pit!" Was the first thing that came out of his mouth causing Dark Pit to look up from his pillow. "I heard from Phosphora that I was part of the reason why you didn't rewarded for the mission! I'm so sorry! I got in your way!"
The dark angel let out another sigh as he sat up with the pillow in his lap. He frowned seeing that Lucas was more distressed than he was.
"…Lucas, you don't need to apologize." The young angel twin told him trying his best not to sound irritated when faced with the threat of a child crying in front of him. "I wasn't expecting much of a thank you from those angel jerks anyway…"
"But…"
"You saved my ass…literally. I think that's enough for me to forgive you for that incident."
Lucas wasn't convinced that Dark Pit was over the attempted mind probing. Then again, Lucas didn't know about the voice in the dark angel's head. Pittoo feared that she wouldn't let him hear the end of it if the pirate crew had their way with him. It was probably why he didn't mind the blood that splattered on his tunic. The tenth division in Skyworld would wash it for him and would give the tunic back when they were done. For now, he was fine with sticking to the white tunic that was better to wear in warm weather anyway.
"Still, it would be nice to have an explanation on why you thought trying to read my mind was a good idea. I don't have nice thoughts."
"Sorry…" The blond apologized again causing Dark Pit to sigh again. "I…I wanted to show Ness and Red how much I have grown. I wanted to show them I wasn't the same person I was during the last tournament."
"And reading my mind would prove that?"
"No. It was mass mind reading that could be sent to those who were close to me. I did it successfully! When I got to you though…there was a mind block…and I got a little frustrated because I thought I messed up big time, so I pushed to read your mind and got forced out."
"…There's nothing to read." Dark Pit murmured darkly. "I'm…a clone…so there isn't anything important in my head."
It was better to put himself down then admit there was a voice strong enough to protect him when the situation was needed, and all of this was because he was still a virgin…
"That's not true! It just means your special!" Lucas exclaimed. "I mean…if I can't read you…that must be it! B-Because…"
"I'm not special. I'm an inferior replica of Pit…"
"But he doesn't see you like that. Lucina and Reyn like you too! And so do I!"
Lucas flinched slightly at the slight confession. Dark Pit lost count how many times he sighed at Lucas today but now the psychic boy had his full attention.
"As a friend or as a crush?"
"Umm…friend…"
"Why did you hesitate?"
"I…uh…" Lucas looked away from the black angel in shame. "Well…Ms. Liliana said you were three years old. It would be wrong to crush on you because of that."
"Whatever others don't know won't kill them." The dark angel snarked. "Although, I think I prefer older partners anyway."
"W-What?!"
"I'm kidding, Lucas." Dark Pit told him with a small devilish smirk on his face. "Don't think too much into what I said. If you believe I'm too young then I won't stop you from not crushing on me. I mean…I do have a handsome face so I don't know why people wouldn't like me."
"Dark Pit…" Lucas mumbled now getting irritated with how the red eyed angel was teasing him. "I think…I would rather stay friends…since you already have two people who like you."
Dark Pit was acting too much like Pit in that moment to hear Lucas outright remind him that Reyn and Lucina probably liked him more than a friend. The two being overprotective and concerned of his well being should have been a huge hint, but despite Dark Pit's teasing about Lucas' apparent crush (which was more puppy love and admiration at this point) he didn't notice that his own friends crushed hard on him.
"Umm…"
"Hmm?"
"About Hot Topic…" Lucas started knowing this was a bad topic right off the bat. "Do you think we could shop there? I know you said no the last time but…"
"As long as you pay."
"I knew you were going to…wait what?"
Dark Pit sighed yet again seeing the confused look the blond had. "I don't really have a choice to shop there. I mean what I said about the store but it's a guilty pleasure to be in there. Besides…" He furrowed his brow while continuing to explain the real reason he goes shopping at the emo store. "I can't get into Spencer's. I got kicked out. They asked for my ID. I didn't show it to them…and then ended up spilling my actual age and they kicked me out. I wasn't even in the porn section in the back and they still forced me to leave. You know how upset I was?!"
"So…because you're a child…they reasonably kicked you out. Okay."
"THAT WAS UNREASONABLE! WHY WOULD I GO IN THE BACK?! EVERYTHING IS GROSS BACK THERE!"
For a moment Lucas was interested to know what exactly was in the back just to mock the dark angel, but seeing as how he was underage too, he wouldn't be able to look in the back. They could always ask someone like Reyn to check but then he would probably be given strange looks for days.
"Well, at least you won't die of embarrassment if we went to Hot Topic together with Lucina."
"No…just no…"
"But I'll pay."
"Let me put a mask on before I go in there. Pit gave me a comedy mask…"
"I don't mean now though! I meant in the future…as friends…to hang out."
Lucas really was pushing to be friends with Dark Pit to make up for what he had done. The dark angel gave him a long stare that sent shivers down Lucas' spine before suddenly chuckling.
"I didn't know you were that desperate to be friends with me. I mean, I am cool but you're a goody two-shoe."
"Isn't that mind reading incident and splattering the brains of the skeleton army enough proof I am not what you say?"
"You got a point. Don't do that again, and I think we can be friends." He smiled as he got off the bed confusing the blond. "Now, follow me. We're going to find Lucina and Reyn and play some games together. Now that there is finally a group of four, we can actually play four player games together."
Dark Pit finally said it. Lucas could be friends with Dark Pit as long as he didn't hurt him again. Lucas smiled brightly at those words and immediately ran to embrace him catching the black angel off guard. Despite the complaints of showing public affection, the young angel twin didn't seem to mind the attention so much. Pit had always told him to never end up like him: An outgoing angel with no friends. If Pit was no longer around due to his angel duties getting in the way of doing anything in Smash then Dark Pit needed to open up to the others so he wouldn't be lonely. Dark Pit was fine with just Lucina originally before Reyn came into the picture. Now he had another friend and he couldn't help but smile with the psychic boy. He had someone who had his back just like the female lord and that was all he needed from Lucas especially since those angels who were like him would never acknowledge his existence like his two human companions and Homs friend did.
Me: Done with 9160 words.
Li: Oh, I'm a friend of Lucas now?
Me: Yep. I admit I couldn't actually write them in a romantic way since I don't know how that would work when Queen's Blade is concerned. I think the romantic undertones are good enough with the friendship being the bigger part of their relationship. Notes!
1. I was debating on whether or not Liliana will land in the QB universe or if it would just be some random Netherworld in the Disgaea realm. I chose the latter because of hoe Disgaea establishes there is more than one hell that demons live in. Compare that to how there seems to be one heaven for angels and that's Celestia and it says a lot about the variety of demons and how they encounter the angels. I chose a purple setting instead of green in reminiscent of Bubble Breeze Galaxy from Super Mario Galaxy.
2. Let's be honest. Any pairing with Dark Pit would be considered pedophilia due to Dark Pit being chronologically three years old. He looks thirteen but that's for people who want to talk shit behind writer's back and call them pedophiles and incest supporters. Why else would Liliana even bring Lucas into the equation of how pairing him up with Dark Pit is also underage when you want to use the age logic? Its why with Dark Pit I never have his age revealed and if it is, the situation is serious. Plus, with angels and demons I treat them as adults that are able to consent as Dark Pit uses the logic of that because Pit is 2499, he too is 2499 in angel years therefore a consensual adult (and daily remind Pit is over 30 years old in human years). And one more thing! There is a difference between incest and selfcest. Incest is between people with the same blood. Selfcest concerns some in universe reason for people to have the same appearance either by forcing your light/dark side of you or making a clone/replica of the person and sometimes this could apply to gender benders. Even if Pit and Dark Pit view each other as brothers, it still wouldn't be incest. I hope we all cleared this up.
3. I waited all my life to make a skeleton boner joke. Sorry…not sorry…
4. As brought up in the previous chapter, Liliana was killed by a kraken that sunk her ship and took her down with her. I imagine the Golden Land would be a traumatizing place for Liliana to go obviously.
I should also add that Rosalina's reason for wanting the kraken under control stems from what had happened in my one shot Kracked Up. The ending ended on a very perverted note, so its kind of obvious why Rosalina doesn't want another incident concerning a random kraken.
5. My view on HTK? I endorse the story obviously since despite it being a parody it gets the Kid Icarus cast in character particularly Pit and Dark Pit's sibling bond. Its why I'm happy to give credit to the Dark Pit/Lucas pairing to GeneralDarkPit and the original writer as a result since there wouldn't be any other reason for Lucas in my universe to be in the story if I felt like they wouldn't be able to be good friends in Smash Brothers Mansion.
That's it. Reviews are appreciated. Ja ne!
