Gray Reflections
Disclaimer: I do not own Super Smash Brothers or Star Ocean: Till the End of Time. The royal bodyguards that appear in this story which include Sun-Wong, Mcenche, Himeno, Li, Isaak, Aqua and Pepper are my characters.
Summary: Fayt wakes up from another one of his wet dreams and he isn't happy about it. He can't even look at Albel straight in the eye anymore without even thinking of thinking of the uke self in his dream. He hopes that Maria's idea of a vacation on a planet known as SSBB Earth will calm his minds. A simple vacation to Smash Brothers Mansion will have to wait because Cliff finds Saki on the streets on the verge of death. They take him to the nearest place which happens to be Smash Brothers Mansion where they all get mixed up in a dark conflict revolving around the assist trophies. Will Fayt ever get away from his wet dreams and be able to realize his feelings for the psychotic swordsmen?
Chapter 2: Silent Night
He kept running from his colorful harem. Why was he scared of something that other men considered a dream land? It was obvious. He was gay, which meant he was only interested in men. Not women.
"Master Fayt! Please make me yours!" Cried a voice.
"No! Master Fayt, use me however you which!" Shouted another.
"Master Fayt, I want to be with you!" Shrieked a third.
They were coming from three of his three of his female companions Sophia, his childhood friend, Maria, a girl he thought as an older sister, and Nel, the girl he was certain was lesbian. Why all three of them were chasing them in the nude?
"Leave me alone!" Fayt shouted in annoyance, "I don't like any of you like that!"
"But Master Fayt!"
Suddenly, another girl came out of nowhere and bounced on him. He could feel her breasts rubbing up behind his back.
"Master Fayt, do you like younger women because I'll be your toy~" The girl hummed.
He pushed the young girl off of him. That girl was Peppita. He considered her a younger sister and nothing else. And didn't she like that little brat Roger?!
"When will you girls realize that I'm gay?!" He screamed as he continued running.
The four girls continued to chase after him until he crashed into another girl with big breasts. The breast acted like a cushion softening the collision. The bluenette ended up falling on his ass and scooting away from the girl he crashed into.
"Oh Master Fayt! Have you come to claim me as your woman?" She asked in a seductive tone.
Fayt's eyebrow twitched. This was none other than Cliff's partner Mirage. He knew she never acted like this. She was always calm never seductive.
She reached out to grab him, but Fayt quickly jumped out of the way and continued running. If the Klausian got her hands on him, there would be no escape.
"Why the hell am I not waking up?!" Fayt asked himself out loud as he continued running from his female companions. He needed someone to save him now. Hell, he was expecting Cliff to appear out of nowhere naked and chase the other girls away and get a punch in the face from Mirage.
The pink continued to appear in his dream until everything went black. The girls seem to stop chasing him. He was wrong though. They were in front of him now and they brought another girl to join them.
"Wait! There is no other girl traveling with me!" Fayt shouted to himself, "So who the hell is…"
All the girls were grinning evilly.
"If you don't accept one of us..." Sophia began in an evil tone.
"Then you'll just have to do with this one~" Nel finished.
Maria had a whip in her hands as Mirage was holding a chain to the figure behind them. Peppita was bouncing on a bed that appeared out of nowhere.
Fayt's eyes widened in horror seeing who was being bonded by the girls.
"No fucking way…"
"Take this one, or you're having all of us." Maria threatened as she brought the whip to the ground.
Mirage forced the figure to move in front of her. The figure had her hair down covering her entire face. The figure was completely nude. You couldn't tell who it was but the claw on the figure's right arm gave everything away.
"How could you girls force Albel to help you?" Fayt questioned them in an angry tone. As far as he knew, Albel wouldn't tolerate something like this…though…Mirage was scary enough to convince anyone to join along…followed by Sophia's bitching, Maria's sadistic behavior, Nel's grudge against him and Peppita's annoyance, it would make any man give up.
Nel grinned evilly, "He wanted this Master Fayt. Now's your chance to claim him while he's in chains."
"Nel!"
"He likes to be dominated." Maria joked.
"Maria!"
"Give him a good spanking!" Sophia added.
"Sophia!"
"Claim him!" Mirage and Peppita said at the same time.
Within seconds the girls disappeared one by one. Mirage was the last one to go as she pushed Albel into Fayt. The bluenette was forced to hold him in his arms.
"Damn women…Albel they didn't traumatize you, did they?" Fayt questioned in a worried tone.
Fayt wished he didn't say anything.
"They didn't…Master Fayt…"
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Fayt screamed in his head. He was not hearing Albel call him that. There was no way in hell!
The bangs that were in the way of Albel's eyes moved out of the way revealing a rather innocent psycho. His eyes weren't filled with hate and anger like they usually were. They were filled with love and joy…and they had the uke sense in them.
"Albel, snap out of it! There is no way that you would call me that whatsoever!" Fayt shouted as he shook him, "Call me fool or maggot like you always do."
"I've never called you that Master Fayt…it doesn't suit you at all."
"NO! Albel please!"
Fayt tried to push Albel away but when he did, Albel's hair flew in all directions making him look more beautiful and more irresistible. The bluenette cold feel his cheeks light up hot pink.
"Please use me Master Fayt…" He begged.
Fayt could have sworn he lost it then. His brain seemed to stop working as his body was moving on it's own. He walked passed Albel and grabbed the nearby whip that Maria left behind. He grinned evilly as he turned toward Albel.
"If that's the way you want it, then you got it pretty boy."
WHAT?! THAT'S NOT WHAT I WANTED TO SAY! The real Fayt shouted to himself.
Fayt could only watch as his body moved on its own. His body grabbed Albel by the hair and pulled him toward the bed. He watched as his body threw him on top of it as he started engaging in sexual acts with him.
No matter how hot it was, Fayt could have sworn that his nightmare had just come true. It got worse when Fayt took off his clothes and started using the whip. At the climax of the dream, he couldn't take it anymore.
SOMEONE GET ME OUT OF THIS NIGHTMARE! He screamed in his head.
Fayt woke up screaming waking up everyone in the ship. This resulted in his roommate throwing a random object (which happened to be a shoe) at his face knocking him down onto his pillow.
"Shut up fool! Do you know what time it is?"
The voice of his roommate brought him back to reality, "W-Wha? Albel is that you?"
"Who else could it be fool?"
Fayt sighed with relief. Albel wasn't calling him 'Master' like in his dream but instead calling him 'fool' again. That's the Albel he knows.
"If you continue to scream every night," Albel continued, "I'll kill you right now."
Fayt couldn't help but smile at the threat. This was definitely Albel.
"Why are you smiling maggot?"
The bluenette couldn't look at him directly. If he did, then the image of what Albel looked like in his wet dream would appear again. It's been like that for the past week now. Fayt had been having dreams of all the girls chasing him and then they decide to force Albel into this. They did who knows what to him but it made him submissive in his dream. Whenever the dream got to the climax of the sex they had, he would wake up screaming. At first it made all of his friends panic but the more it happened, the more Albel took the job in shutting him up with throwing something at his face. The next time he screamed though, he would stab him in the face with his claw.
The Elicooaian continued to glare at him as he got out of his bed.
"Where are you going?" Fayt asked.
"If you're not going to answer my question and go right back to sleep, then I have no reason to be here."
Fayt did feel groggy but he was still awake to watch Albel walk out of the room. Chances were that he would be back to get his clothes.
The earthling sighed as he laid back down on his bed. There was no way he would go to sleep only to continue that dream. He had to admit though, it was kind of hot.
And Albel has soft lips. He thought to himself. That type of thought was shaken out of his head instantly. No! If I ever thought that then Albel will kill me!
And oh would Albel kill him if he found out about his dream. The only one he talked to about this dream was Cliff. Fayt believed that the Klausian would know what to do in a situation like this. The blonde only laughed it off and encouraged him to make a move on the Elicooaian. He was of no use.
As for asking the girls for help, it would be awkward to ask them as they were the ones chasing him. While Sophia would be upset if he spoke about his dream, Peppita would have no idea what he was talking about as Maria and Mirage would just support him. Nel couldn't care less about Albel.
And then there was Roger and Adray. Roger was far too young to be spoken to. (The raccoon Elicooaian however has been reading far too many porn books for his own good). Adray would be worse than Cliff and laugh at him for not being a man and then announce it to everyone on the ship. Albel would surely kill him afterwards.
At this rate, he would suffer from his dreams and walk a quick walk to the grave. The only hope he had was a message in a bottle that crashed into their ship as soon as the dreams started. It read:
Having problems with sleeping lately? Maybe its your love life or perhaps the need of stronger opponents? Well Smash Brothers Mansion has it all. We supply our guest with the finest food, relaxing beds, and amazing battles that will keep you out of your seat. So what are you waiting for? Come over to SSBB Earth. We'll be waiting in a city in Japan known as Tokyo. You'll find us quite easily as Smash Brothers Mansion is the richest place in the world.
I can't wait to see you people with problems here come for vacation.
Sincerely,
Princess Peach of the Mushroom Kingdom
PS: I have instructed directions on where to find the planet, place, etc. Don't get lost!
The message was enough to get all the girls to want to go to this place. Cliff and Roger were only interested because at the end of the message it read 'Princess'. Albel was quite interested in fighting strong opponents bragging that there was no one stronger than him. Adray didn't really seem to care and just laughed. Fayt really wondered if they could get rid of his dreams he has been having.
Because of the message everyone decided to take a break from saving the entire galaxy from Luther and go to planet for a well deserved vacation.
There was one problem though. The problem…they took a wrong turn in the galaxy. What was suppose to be two days turned into five days of finding the planet. They were back on track though thanks to Maria and Mirage and no thanks to Cliff and stated that they would be at their destination very soon.
Very soon seemed like forever though to those not doing anything on the ship. Everyone wasted the day away differently. Roger tried to flirt with Peppita and failed miserably. Adray went back to sleep and snored loudly. When he wasn't sleeping, he questioned Nel's relationship with his daughter Clair. Nel was either trying to get Adray off her back or stop herself from stabbing Albel who made sarcastic comments about her. Cliff would be doing something different everyday which ranged from flirting with Mirage, talking to Fayt, sparing in the training room, or sleeping. He tried to prank Albel once but it failed miserably and almost got him and Fayt (who was an innocent bystander) killed. Sophia would try to be alone with the bluenette. Fayt was getting annoyed by her behavior by the day. He knew she was trying to get him to like her. He wished he could tell like in his dreams that he didn't like girls that way, but unlike the dream that brushed it off and brought in Albel, the real Sophia would cry for how long and then maybe hurt the person that Fayt liked.
As for Albel…he couldn't be found anywhere. Most of the time, he was trying to catch up on lost sleep (he blamed it on Fayt) but he never seem to get enough. Fayt assumed that it was because of his nightmares he's been having but unlike the bluenette, Albel didn't scream when he woke up. Albel always woke up before Fayt. It became apparent on how he always attacked him whenever the bluenette screamed the minute he awoken. If this kept up, he would be a walking zombie slaying anything that pissed him off. It was a good thing that everyone especially Nel was paying attention to his actions.
The other thing that Albel did…he didn't know. All Fayt knew was that nobody would be able to find Albel until Fayt was ready to pass out as he would already be asleep. The earthling had to admit that he looked innocent when he was sleeping. His friends had to agree.
Today though, Fayt had nothing to do so he decided that he would look for Albel somewhere in the ship. There really wasn't anywhere to go though. Chances were that he was someplace quiet.
And a quiet place he was in. The first and only place that he had to check was the engine room. Compared to other places, it was one of the quietest places on the ship mainly because no one came inside the room unless it was to check if the engine was working correctly.
There Albel was sitting in a corner of the room trying his very best to fall asleep. Fayt notice that he was shivering slightly from a distance. He sighed.
"Always trying to act so tough…"
Albel's eyes shot open and instantly glared at the one who interrupted his nap.
"What do you want maggot?"
Fayt shook his head in annoyance. He proved his point.
"Why are you sitting there Albel?" he asked in annoyance.
"What I do is none of your business," he hissed.
"You're going to freeze to death if you keep this up," Fayt continued, "Why don't you go back to our room to get some rest. At least there is a heater in their.
"And not be able to fall asleep with you annoying fools?"
Fayt gave up. Albel wouldn't listen to reason. There was only one way to prevent him from getting sick.
The bluenette surprised both of them when he went over to the captain of the Black Brigade and sat down next to him. The other surprising thing was that he grabbed Albel's shoulder and pulled him close. It was amazing that Albel hadn't killed him yet.
"If you're not going to at least go back to the room and sleep under a blanket…then at least attempt to stay warm," Fayt scolded.
Albel was speechless. He wanted to push the bluenette away from him for even considering of not being five feet away from him, but he decided to stay like this. Fayt was giving him a free heater which the heater was Fayt's body. He wouldn't pass up something like this.
"…Tell anyone about this and I'll kill you fool…"
"Oh, you're not going to kill me now?" Fayt asked quite amused.
"…You're too warm…"
Before he knew it, Albel fell asleep. He rested his head on Fayt's right shoulder. The bluenette sighed. He wouldn't be moving for a while.
"Why are you so stubborn Albel?" he questioned to no one in general.
Back at Smash Brothers Mansion…
"WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU GUYS?!" Master Hand asked the assist trophies in rage, "I TELL YOU NOT TO GO OUT AND YOU GUYS GO OUT! WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT ABOUT?!"
"We all have lives Master Hand. It's the sad truth," Mr. Resetti said in a calm voice.
The other assist trophies weren't calm…in fact, most of them weren't really listening due to an intense hangover. The mole, Stafy, and Isaac were probably the only ones who weren't hung over.
Mr. Resetti looked at his pick and an exclamation mark appeared on his head, "Damn! Someone restarted their game for the eleventh time! Now I got to force them to write an apology! Wish me luck!"
Before Master Hand could continue screaming, the mole was gone in a flash.
"DAMN YOU! WHO ELSE IS READY TO TAKE THE BLAME?!"
Crazy Hand was next to Master Hand. The left hand patted the right hand, "Calm down brother. Yelling isn't getting through to these drunkards."
Master Hand calmed down quickly.
"Okay, I'm calm. Now that I look at you all…? Where is Saki?"
There was a long pause between the two hands and the assist trophies. No one knew where he gone.
"Oh man…" Shadow mumbled, "I told him to stay at the love hotel…and he's missing…"
A red vein appeared on top of Master Hand, "Well what are you waiting for?! GO SEARCH FOR HIM!"
As if the assist trophies didn't have a choice. Hangover or not, they were forced to leave the mansion in search of Saki, but first, they were getting medicine for their headache at a nearby drugstore.
"Crazy," Master began, "Get everyone in this mansion to search for Saki. Do whatever it takes to find him."
"But why is he-"
"Idiot! He's the only one I considered bumping him up to a Smasher! If he disappears then I'll lose the chance to move someone up in rank! NOW GET GOING!"
"YES BROTHER!"
Crazy Hand went flying out the door which magically closed on him. Master Hand sighed. Could things get any worse?
The time that Albel had to sleep wasn't long. After one full hour, it seemed like the ship reached their destination. Cliff just had to go and search for the two and find both of them huddled up together in the engine room. Fayt gave him a nasty glare. Albel continued sleeping because the blonde was yet to say anything.
"Say anything about this, and I will have Albel lash out at you," Fayt said in a threatening tone.
Cliff sweat dropped, "Okay. I get your point. Geez. Don't throw a tantrum."
Fayt said nothing as he glanced back at Albel. He was waking up. Cliff noticed and quickly left the room shutting the door behind him. He was not going to be a victim of Albel the Wicked.
When Albel looked up, he lost all innocence's as his glare came back to him.
"Who deserved my sleep?" he asked in a grumpy tone.
"You woke up on your own," Fayt said, "It's good that you did since we're already here."
"Finally. I thought that worm was never going to find the place."
"Maria and Mirage manage somehow…"
"…"
Fayt slowly stood up. He wanted to help Albel up, but the Elicooaian refused the offer and stood up himself.
At least he doesn't want to rely on anyone… Fayt thought to himself as he walked out of the room with the older male following him close behind.
Once everyone got dressed, they all disembarked on a hill a few miles away from the city. It was not in plain sight, so they didn't have to worry about the planet seizing their ship like what happened to the Eagle when Fayt, Cliff and Mirage first arrived in Airyglyph.
Peppita, Roger and Sophia were the first ones off the ship. Upon seeing the city, their eyes widened at the sight. They have arrived in the early morning, which was around 9:00 AM. The sun was still rising and would continue to rise.
When Fayt got off the ship, he heard Sophia say, "It's just like home…"
Fayt looked at the city of Tokyo and sure enough, it looked exactly like home. Tall buildings where you can barely see the sun, Tokyo Tower, cars honking…yep. This was definitely like home.
Soon everyone got out on in this order: Maria, Nel, Adray, Cliff, Albel and finally Mirage who secured the ship making sure that no one would try to break in and take their ship making everyone stuck on the planet.
"So where is this Smash Brothers Mansion?" Cliff questioned Maria.
Maria checked her scanner of the area before she answered, "We have to go inside the city and keep heading straight. The mansion is on the other side of here."
"If it was on the other side, couldn't you land over there?" Fayt asked.
"It's to attract less attraction Fayt," Mirage told him, "We wouldn't want to repeat that event again, do we?"
"No but…"
"This planet…" Maria began, "Is civilized to the point of allowing people all over the world to access it."
"It's amazing to find an advance planet out here," Cliff stated.
"It is. They probably wouldn't be surprised with our strange clothing or anything."
"Well what are we waiting for?" Peppita asked as she bounced around the area energetic as ever, "Let's go! I can't wait to taste their food!"
"And I can't wait to meet the wonderful ladies!" Roger added.
The girls glared at the raccoon while the guys eyed him. Roger sweat dropped and quickly changed what he said, "I mean, I can't wait to meet the wonderful warriors!"
"It's true. I've been waiting for a challenge," Cliff said.
Albel said nothing but Fayt knew that he too wanted some fierce competition. All Fayt wanted though was a cure to get rid of his wet dreams.
With that said, Peppita and Roger rushed ahead of the group. Sophia went over to Fayt, grabbed his hand and ran after the two with the bluenette being dragged along. Everyone missed the cold glare that Albel gave the two as he followed after the two.
The city wasn't that crowded in the morning. Most people were going to work and being as aggressive as ever ignoring the newcomers. People took one look of the group and considered them tourists and continued on with life. Fayt and Sophia were use to this, but Albel and Nel weren't.
They continued on until a car drove by them. Some obnoxious kid poked his head out of the window and screamed, "PROSTITUTE!" before the car sped off which was later followed by police cars.
"What was…that?" Sophia questioned.
"Prostitute?" Roger questioned unfamiliar with the word.
Fayt thought it was just him but it turned out that the Elicooaians and Peppita did not know of this word. Fayt sighed but didn't bother explaining. The only one who looked like a prostitute was Albel. If he didn't wear an outfit where his legs were revealing and shirt that made it look like he had breasts then he wouldn't look like one. His hair, personality and looks in general wasn't helping.
The bluenette could see that Cliff was snickering. Mirage and Maria just sighed as they ignored the question of the Elicooaians. Peppita tried to ask Sophia what the word meant but the brunette kept quiet for Albel's sake.
"What's so funny fool?" Albel just had to ask the blonde Klausian.
"You!" Cliff exclaimed.
"What?!"
Mirage hit her partner on the back of his head before he could say anything else.
"It's nothing. Cliff is just being Cliff for you," Mirage said calmly.
"Hmph. Stupid monkey…"
Cliff really couldn't say anything back because Mirage hit him on the back of his head again.
The group chuckled. They stopped however when the sun mysteriously disappeared and started getting cold.
"Wasn't it just sunny a few seconds ago?" the black girl asked.
"It is…now…"
"It's all cloudy…"
They all noticed that the temperature decreased rapidly. The people noticed and started rushing home or to work. The next thing they knew, snow was falling.
"The weather is…strange…" Nel stated starting to feel the chills.
"Yeah."
Fayt instantly noticed that both Sophia and Albel were going to be the ones to freeze first. Why did both of them continue to wear short sleeves when it was clearly the middle of winter in this world? At least he brought along a huge jacket.
"Hey Albel," Fayt began, "Get over here!"
Bad idea. The captain of the Black Brigade gave a vicious glare at the bluenette. It was more directed to Sophia though. He hesitantly walked over. He was ready to slice his and the brunette's head off if Fayt said something stupid.
"What is it fool?"
Fayt was going to take the risk again. He took of his huge jacket and threw it over him Sophia, and Albel.
"Both of you going to freeze to death because you both wear stuff that is suited for warmer climates. It's best to share what we have."
Sophia instantly blushed instantly, "T-Thank you Fayt."
Albel however was on the verge of not accepting Fayt's warmth but he was freezing and he wouldn't allow Sophia to be the only one to snuggle with Fayt, so he just kept a farther distance to him than Sophia being all close to Fayt and mumbled a few words that no one could make out. Fayt smiled. He didn't strike out again.
The group snickered in the back. Roger wanted to do the same thing but he did not have a jacket of some sort to keep Peppita warm. The two kids ended up huddling close to Adray who was able to maintain his body temperature. Nel was wearing a lot of armor, she would be fine. Maria didn't seem to mind the cold weather whatsoever. Mirage wouldn't allow Cliff near her. The male Klausian wasn't interested though. His mind was on something else when they walked past an alley way. He thought he caught a body figure lying in the snow that had not melted in the alley way.
Cliff ran off on the group confusing them all. Mirage followed him and pretty soon everyone was slowly behind Maria and Nel who attempted to catch up to them.
It became obvious what was bugging the Klausian. There was indeed a body in the alleyway they past. The body was of an adult male but he looked around the same age as Fayt. He was a mess. His hair looked on the verge of falling out from something. The body itself was pale as a ghost. It had purple bruises and scars all over his back. Since the guy was lying on his side, Cliff could see something carved on his back that read, "Death is the Cowardly Escape From Fear". The carved words were still bleeding and it didn't look like it would stop anytime soon. And his face was pale. His eyes looked puffed up like he was crying. His gray eyes were drained out completely to the point of showing no emotion at all.
"Hey kid, are you okay?" Cliff asked. Stupid thing to ask really but what else could he say. The male did not respond of course.
The others slowly appeared at the scene. Adray forced Peppita and Roger not to look. Fayt shielded Sophia's eyes to protect her innocences telling her not to look. Albel avoided looking at the body.
Maria and Mirage were the first ones to rush by Cliff's side. Maria took out her scanner and scanned the body. Mirage felt for a pulse.
"It's very faint but he's still breathing," Mirage told her partner.
"But he's on the verge of death," Maria added, "Judging from the loss of blood, it seems like he's been here all night."
Cliff said nothing. He just continued to glance at the almost dead body.
"We should hurry and find a place for him to rest," Maria finished, "Otherwise, he might die within minutes."
"Dammit..."
"DAMN IT ALL!" someone cursed.
All of a sudden, a mole appeared in the middle of all of them. He seemed ticked.
"I get hate mail from the player and now I'm sent to look for that stupid kid. Not my day…"
"Who are you?" Nel questioned the mole.
"Just a member of Smash Brothers Mansion who was sent to find a kid that went missing last night. Damn. And I'm missing the final episode of Avatar because of it."
He turned around and saw Saki's body. An exclamation mark appeared on his head, "Well speak of the devil! I found him!…But I won't be able to get him back without my minions." The brown mole turned to Cliff, "Big guy, think you can carry him for me?"
Everyone looked at Cliff who nodded his head, "Sure thing."
"Good. I'll lead the way to the mansion. There's a quick route from here…I think." A guest of wind blew by him as a leaf was blown with the wind.
The group really couldn't question the talking mole now because he went underground again and popped his head up from behind the group.
"What are you waiting for? Feminine guy is going to die if you don't hurry up."
The group didn't ask any questions as they allowed Cliff to be in front of all of them. They all followed the brown mole.
With Mr. Resetti showing them the quickest route, it took less time than what Maria predicted. Smash Brothers Mansion was huge on the outside. The inside would probably be bigger. The gates were unlocked because of the many Smashers and assist trophies that left through it. The brown mole reached the door and banged on it.
"Open up you punks! I found him!" Mr. Resetti shouted.
There was no response. A red vein appeared behind the mole.
"Are you punks deaf or something?! I said I found him!"
Still no response. The group was about to walk behind the door when the more snapped.
"You god damn son of a bitches! Open the damn door before I go super mole on you!"
That worked because the door opened and Mr. Resetti was almost stabbed with a huge sword.
"Shut the fuck up mole! I heard you the first time!" A voice yammered. He didn't sound friendly. In fact, he sounded very grouchy, "God, if you didn't go out drinking, then all of us would still be in bed!"
"The early bird gets the worm Ike, now get the hell out my way!"
Ike almost stabbed him again when he opened the door completely, "I'm sorry if I have a roommate looking up porn all night and having a certain angel making suggestive noises to a certain hedgehog! The walls aren't thick here!"
Mr. Resetti noticed the tone in Ike's voice and backed away. He turned to Cliff, "He's all yours. I'm out of this."
The mole didn't disappear here because Ike instantly asked, "Why the hell did you bring fans? Are you deliberately trying to get Master Hand to kill us all?"
"Fans of what?" Fayt questioned.
Ike just glared at the bluenette. Fayt recognized that glare anywhere. It was just the same as Albel's. The mercenary didn't get to answer because someone came out of nowhere and kicked him in the face knocking him into the darkness of the mansion. A blue hedgehog took his place who looked more friendly with his sheepish grin.
"Sorry about Ike. He's like that in general." The hedgehog said with a sigh. He glanced at Saki and said, "At least someone found him. Hurry and take him inside. He won't last long at this rate."
"If he isn't already dead!" They heard Ike shout which earned him a pounding from the figure that tackled him.
The blue hedgehog allowed them into the mansion. Fayt's first words when he stepped inside.
"It's huge!"
Albel pushed him aside, "You're fascinated by the smallest things fool."
Cliff didn't have time to have his mind wonder because he felt the blue hedgehog take the male off his back.
"It will be faster if I take him," said the blue hedgehog. He glanced at Ike and the figure who was beating him up playfully, which was an angel with beautiful white wings and a childish demeanor surrounding him. "Pit, show them around when you're done beating up Ike."
"Whatever just go!"
The blue hedgehog in a blink of an eye disappeared in a flash.
"What just happened?" Cliff asked.
"Sonic is the fastest hedgehog around," The angel explained, "He'll get the job done in Sonic speed."
"Where does he get his drugs?" Ike questioned the angel earning him another punch to the head.
The angel got off of the mercenary when Mr. Resetti came to him.
"What? You're not going to bitch slap him?" The mole asked in disappointment.
"Ike's bitch will do that," Pit said in an un-angelic tone.
"But he doesn't have one."
"Exactly."
They instantly ignored Ike when he let out a string of curse words. The angel turned to Fayt's group.
"I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Kid Icarus, but everyone calls me Pit. The mole that guided you here is Mr. Resetti and the guy behind me is Ike. The hedgehog that left is Sonic."
"Fayt Leingod."
"Sophia Esteed."
"Cliff Fittir."
"Maria Traydor."
"Nel Zelpher."
"Peppita Rossetti!"
"Roger S. Huxley but you can just call me Roger."
"Mirage Koas."
"Adray Lasbard."
They all turned to Albel who wasn't going to introduce himself.
"And that's Albel Nox…" Fayt said with a sigh.
The angel took one look at the captain of the Black Brigade and said something in Greek that no one understood despite having a communicator on hand.
"Now that the introduction I think-"
"YOU STUPID PUFFBALL! GIVE ME BACK MY PORN BEFORE I KILL YOU!"
Next thing you know, a pink puffball ran at top speed Pit moved out of the way really fast. A raven haired teen came after the puffball with a golden mallet whacking everything in his way. He hit Mr. Resetti on the head before running to the assist trophies side.
"It's a good thing I'm wearing a hard hat…" Mr. Resetti mumbled, "I don't like it when people play Whack A Mole with me."
Everyone just chuckled nervously at that bad joke.
"At least some people…are wide awake…" Pit said with a giggle.
The angel attempted to show Fayt and the group around the mansion but it wasn't easy with the other Smashers complaining in their room about not getting enough beauty sleep. Certain Smashers caused a scene such as Wolf killing off Pikmin and Olimar attacking him, DDD and the Ice Climbers playing golf in the middle of the hallway and shattering the window in the process and Mr. Game and Watch beeping at everyone and repairing whatever was destroyed. Pit shook his head in annoyance.
"This is what happens when Master Hand is knocked out…" Pit told the mole.
"Hey, it worked. I got my booze along with everyone else and you got laid."
The angel shook his head in annoyance as if he had been insulted but continued, "And you got Saki in a life threatening situation."
Mr. Resetti gulped. He stopped in front of the angel resulting in him kicking the mole out of his hole.
"Idiot. Next time, remember to protect your own men!"
The group stopped walking when Cliff asked, "Where is he?"
"The infirmary is just around the corner after we pass Samus' room." The angel answered.
And Samus didn't give a good first impression either. She was outside of her room selling whips and guns at a high price. The angel's eyebrow twitched when she stopped them and asked them to buy something from her.
"You know you want to whip him Pit," Samus said in a seductive tone.
"Not. Now."
"Oh! So you're willing to buy one of my many whips?"
"-red vein- I don't understand you and your whips God! Go use them on Zelda or someone that is willing to be your bitch."
"I will when I get someone to buy a whip from me." Samus leaned in closer to the angel, "So what's it going to be? I'll reduce the price by half if you buy one now. Or would you rather have a buy one, get one free?"
"This is sexual harassment."
"Come on Cupid. Just get something. I need money to bet in the match."
"Oh, I see how it is…"
While the two were deep in conversation Fayt was unconsciously moving far away from the stand. This was not happening to him. One of the whips looked exactly like the one from his dream. The sparkles on the whip were telling him to buy it. He might have if Nel didn't get to it first.
"So how much is one of them?" she asked quite interested.
Samus noticed the newcomer and instantly put a serious face, "10000 yen."
Nel seemed unaffected, "8000 yen."
Samus cocked an eyebrow, "9211 yen."
Nel was up to the challenge, "5000 yen."
Samus decided to end it, "5555 yen. Take it or leave it."
"Sold."
Nobody liked the look on Nel's face when she took some of Fayt's money and spent it on one of the black whips. She seemed to be grinning evilly. Who was going to be the unfortunate victim of her wrath?
Obtained Black Rose Whip.
Samus was happy with the yen she received, "Thanks again. The store is officially closed."
The bounty hunter opened her door and kicked the stand inside. She then waved and then shut herself inside her room. Pit sighed with relief, "I was this close to be ripped off. Thanks."
"Don't mention it. This might come in handy later."
After that was cleared up, they arrived at the infirmary. They were greeted by a man in a white coat and a girl with pink hair and green eyes that had green wings. She seem to use some mysterious power to heal the dirty blonde. Sonic noticed the white angel and waved.
"What took you so long?" the blue hedgehog questioned.
"Samus held us up," Pit told him, "She wants to gamble in the upcoming match.
Sonic sighed, "I'll have to be at the arena soon as soon as I'm done here."
"Who are you facing?"
"I'm pairing up with Zelda on the blue team. We're up against Satoshi and Ness who are the red team on Onett. No items and a time limit of 5 minutes."
"Well, good luck."
"I'm not done here…"
Pit glanced at the doctor who was holding a clipboard that had sheets paper clipped to it.
"How is he doctor?"
The doctor sighed, "Isn't it oblivious? He was brutally raped."
The tension in the room seem to rise. The angel looked at Mr. Resetti.
"Don't look at me! It's not my fault. I was just having a good time at the bar. You really should be blaming the ones he was with."
"You shouldn't be blaming anyone…" the green angel mumbled.
"Beside the obvious fact," the doctor continued, "He lost a lot of blood from this. It's great that you found him before he really died. His Ruffian blood saved him from dieing last night."
"Half demons," the two angels said at the same time.
Pit turned toward the group, "This is Dr. Mario. He is the doctor of the mansion, and the girl over there is my subordinate Himeno. She is 4th seat of the royal bodyguard. I don't expect you to know what I'm talking about though."
"Captain," Himeno began, "I tried my best to heal his scars…but they're not going away…the wounds are too deep."
"Captain?"
"Yes I am the Captain of the royal bodyguards. I am-"
"Shut up Pit. I don't want to hear that long introduction again," Sonic told him quickly.
The angel glared at the hedgehog. Sonic glared back at him. Fayt took a mental note that Pit and Albel were two different captains and that the one he was talking to now seem easier to get along with than Albel the Wicked.
"Captain huh?" Nel mumbled as she glanced at Albel. She was thinking the same thing as Fayt was. In fact, everyone was.
"I bet he can't take care of his own army," Albel murmured upon realizing that everyone was looking at him at the mention of captain.
Pit was rather silent while Sonic started to chuckle nervously. Himeno only sighed where this conversation was going.
"I…do try my best…but everyone is out of control…" Pit said trying to make an excuse.
"Captain Pit, the reason we don't listen to you is quite obvious. We got nothing to do in Angel Land and here you are fighting in a tournament."
"You would think that Sun-Wong would take care of everything…"
"Yeah…but no one can stand a chance against Isaak and Pepper when it comes down to it."
"And then add Li and Mcenche…"
The two angels let out a huge sigh. Sonic shook his head in annoyance, "You got ways to go…"
"That's why we're all visiting you," Himeno stated.
"And causing mass destruction while you're at it. Where is everyone?!"
"…The mall…"
"For the love of Palutena! Do they have to do that!"
Dr. Mario gave the angel a glare as he looked at his patient, "The patient is trying to sleep here."
The angel gave up yelling as it wouldn't bring the other royal bodyguards back to the mansion, "But do you have any ideas who raped Saki doctor?"
Dr. Mario shook his head, "No leads. Where did you find him?"
"Mr. Resetti found him."
"And these fellas got to him before me but he was in the alleyway. It seemed to be near the love hotel though…"
"You're impossible you stupid mole."
"I am not! I'm a super-"
"SAKI!"
Suddenly, a blonde teenager pushed through Fayt's group earning some shouts from Roger. He ignored them as he ran over to Saki's bed. He seemed to be in turmoil.
"I'm sorry that I wasn't with you!" He cried.
Pit glanced at the blonde assist trophy and frowned. "What the hell were all of you assist trophies doing when this happened?!"
The angel didn't suspect the blonde assist trophy to be crying for his friend. He avoided eye contact. Mr. Resetti just had to explain.
"He past out from one drink. Lyn and Shadow were this close to getting laid in the bar."
"…"
"…Are blondes stupid Isaac?" Sonic questioned.
That earned a glare from the two Klausians and a cold shoulder from Pit.
"Well," Dr. Mario began trying to lighten the tension, "There are too many people here. Sonic, I think you should go to your match. You don't want to keep Queen Zelda waiting."
"Yeah, whatever."
Sonic zooms off before Pit could scold him.
"Pit, you should show them to the battle room. Mr. Resetti…you're staying with me. Isaac…you can stay."
Isaac was going to stay anyway. Pit sighed as he walked out of the room expecting Fayt's group to follow. One by one, they left. Fayt and Cliff were the last one to leave because the male Klausian continued to stare at Saki.
"Come on Cliff. We're troubling them," Fayt told him.
"Yeah…"
Cliff put on his strong front as he left the room. Fayt could tell that something was wrong with him but he couldn't tell what it was.
Pit read them to the living room which was probably the biggest room in the mansion. Nobody was there except Ike, Ash, Kirby and Samus. Apparently, the Pokémon Trainer caught the pink puffball and beat him to a pulp. The poor Star Warrior was on the floor bleeding like crazy. Ike just groaned as Ash was laughing like a maniac as he turned the page of his porn manga. Samus was counting the yen she received.
"Hey Pit, you came here on time!" the Pokémon Trainer exclaimed as he closed his porn manga, "The match is going to start."
"I can see that."
Samus grinned evilly at the angel, "So how much are you betting?"
"I'm not betting."
"I'm betting everything on the blue team."
Everyone glanced at Ash.
"Aren't you suppose to be at the match?!"
Ash dropped his porn magazine, "SHIT! I thought it was Pikachu that was going to team up with Ness! Got to run!"
He quickly speeds out of the room but it wasn't as fast as Sonic. He got there in the nick of time since they were waiting for him.
"Idiot," Ike said bluntly.
"No kidding."
"Ike, Pit make your bet," Samus told them.
"If you'll shut up women, I'll bet 3000 on red team."
"I'm not betting…" the angel repeated, "But I know that the blue team will win."
"Ash is not to be underestimated," Ike said simply.
Pit looked at the other worldly people and said, "Sit wherever you want. There's plenty of seats."
They did just that. Roger and Peppita decided to sit in the front. Everyone else sat in middle, but Albel insisted on standing up.
"It's starting…" Samus murmured.
Kirby recovered instantly and pounced on Ike's head. The mercenary sighed as he allowed him to stay on top.
The huge TV screen in the room turned off all the lights. It revealed a small colorful town. Sonic appeared on the tree by spin dashing on the screen. Zelda magically appeared on the bottom of the stage. Ash was already there but he threw a Pokéball on the blue house revealing a tiny turtle Pokémon. Ness appeared from the flames on the top of the Drug Store. The music that was playing was Mother (Other Side).
"3...2...1...GO!"
Pit instantly started cheering for Sonic as soon as the hedgehog jumped and kicked in the face. It seemed like those two were going at it in the air while Zelda used her magic against the tiny turtle. The turtle was surprisingly fast though as it ducked under her spell and proceeded to go into his shell for an attack. She quickly teleported out of the way and proceeded to attack with a fireball.
"Wow that turtle is fast!" Roger commented.
"Squirtle are suppose to be fast," Ike told him simply.
"Why is that guy standing in the background?" Peppita questioned.
"They wouldn't allow Ash to fight on the battlefield," Pit explained, "So Ash is forced to use his Pokémon. Pokémon are mystical creatures that fight your battles for you. They're like pets in a way."
"Pathetic…" Albel mumbled.
"You would be surprised at how hard it is to beat them though," Samus stated.
In the battle, Ness tried to float back to the battle, but Sonic knocked him out using his back kick.
"Blue team is going to win." Pit repeated to Ike.
The mercenary said nothing as he started to break into a sweat.
"Did you guys already start betting?" Asked a new voice.
The four Smashers looked up to see a knight with wings hanging upside down.
"Technically yes Meta Knight," Pit told him, "If you weren't so busy doing whatever, you could have made it. A minute already past."
"Damn."
He floated down next to Kirby who cheered in his own baby language.
"I still don't see how the battle system works," Cliff stated.
Fayt nodded his head in agreement. He may be an expert at video games, but one seem different from the one he was used to playing.
"The battle system," Pit began, "Is quite simple. The goal is to knock your opponent off the boundary line which is any of the four sides of the screen. In this stage though, there are only three sides to knock off your opponent so this stage would be called grounded. Other stages are aerial if you can get knocked out from falling to the bottom of the screen."
"That…makes sense."
"The person with the highest score in a time match wins. In team match however, the score is shared meaning that even if you have a score of 3, if your partner has a score of -3 that can happen if you your opponent scores, you accidentally knock your partner off the stage, or the person is being a stupid dick then the total score will be 0. It's best to get a positive score at the end."
Back to the match, Sonic was on a high percentage but Zelda protected him from Squirtle when she used her forward Smash to trap the turtle with her magic. When the magic was done, Squirtle was sent flying earning her a point for blue team. Sonic went back to pounding on Ness, but the PK boy wouldn't take it, he got his homerun bat out and hit Sonic head on. If it weren't for the yellow house that was in the way, Sonic would have been knocked out. When the Pokémon came back though, Ash switched them, and a plant like Pokémon came out. He called out, "Go, Ivysaur!"
"In a time match," Pit continued, "You keep coming back until the time runs out. The more you fall though, the more likely you will be pitied in the match and you are given a chance to make a comeback. They give you what is called a Pity Final Smash, which only happens if your score is five points away from the leading person. At this rate, Ness will get it if he keeps getting knocked out."
As if on cue, Zelda did a powerful kick at Ness which was counted by his kick. When the two were clashing, Sonic came up behind the Queen of Hyrule and did another back kick and knocked Ness out of the arena again. Zelda went back to beating up the Pokémon, but all wasn't so easy now. Fushigiso had the range and hit her with a razor leaf. She didn't have time to reflect it because as soon as the leaf was released, Ivysaur grabbed her with his vine whip and threw her down. Sonic was too busy fighting an angry Ness to go save her.
"More so, there are two other modes. There is stock match in which you have a amount of stock. If you are the last one standing then you win regardless of how many K.O.s, falls, and S.D.s you have. Stock is for those who like fighting to the death but it's not recommended to newcomers. The other mode is coin mode which you can earn additional money by just playing. In this mode, the one who has the most money at the end wins. You can get it by attacking your opponent and depending on how much damage and what attack it is will depend on the amount that comes out of your opponent. You lose the money when you get knocked out…but seriously…this mode is so unfair."
"Tell me about it," Samus interrupted, "you could have the most K.O.s but you have to stay really close to your opponent to get all the money. Unlike last season where you can stay far away from your opponent and still get money."
"Maybe it was because Wario joined." The angel joked.
"I think so," Ike said, "That guy is selfish when it comes to money. Wouldn't be surprised if he was thieving Lucas from his money that he has now."
"In the end, the mode you want to play is based on preference. A stock match can be timed but most of the time, it isn't unless it's an official tournament. You then have five minutes to knock out your rival three times. If not, the one with the most stock wins. If you have the same score, lives, or money when the time runs out…it goes to Sudden Death."
"Sudden Death?"
"You start at 300 percent. One hit and you're screwed. And if you take too long to knock out your opponent, bombs fall from the sky and do all the work for you."
The angel recalled a battle where he was this close to defeating a green dinosaur named Yoshi. The cute dinosaur kept running away from him. The angel was going to hit him, when a bomb landed on his head and exploded not only sending him flying upwards and crashing into the screen, but it messed up his hair and he lost the match. He shivered, "I don't want to go through that experience again."
Ike smirked and the angel a pat on the back, "Now now Pit. It was only Yoshi you lost to."
"ONLY YOSHI?!"
"Whoops…"
"I'll never live that down…I would have gotten a raise...and I would have been able to pay for the damage in Angel Land that Pepper caused..."
Ike rolled his eyes in annoyance.
"POYO!" Kirby announced.
Everyone looked back at the screen and saw that Sonic was hit by Ness' homerun bat and sent flying onto the left side knocking him out. He kept back pissed, but he stopped to rub his shoulder.
"Damn, I'm not a baseball Ness!" he cried.
"Then maybe you want to get hit by my yo-yo?" He questioned.
"Meanie…"
Sonic curled into a ball and spun toward the PK boy. Zelda was too busy fighting Ivysaur when he caught her against the wall and started beating her up with his vine. Sonic noticed this and kicked Ness away from him. He sped over to his partner and gave a big punch to the back of the Pokémon. It was completely unexpected that the Pokémon was sent flying off the left screen due to the high number the Pokémon was on.
"You okay Zelda?" he questioned.
"Yes, thank you."
Sonic grinned as Ness tried to hit him with his baseball bat again. The hedgehog jumped out of the way and onto a tree. He ran in place and taunted, "You're too slow!"
Zelda sighed, "Shut up Sonic. You're too fast."
"You're suppose to be on my team Zelda!"
"I am on your team, but you're stating the obvious in the wrong way."
The hedgehog rolled his eyes as he saw Ash switch his Pokémon again. This time to a big red dragon.
"Hang in there Charizard!" he called out.
The fire Pokémon was glaring daggers at the blue hedgehog. Sonic sweat dropped as he ran out of the way when the Pokémon was shooting flames from it's mouth. Zelda manage to knock out Ness out with a well timed aerial kick, but as soon as she knocked him out, Ness came back glowing.
"Oh…" Zelda began.
"Shit." Sonic finished.
Ness got down from the transporter device and screamed, "PK STARSTORM!"
Suddenly, meteors come flying out of the sky hitting anything in it's path. If Charizard wasn't on Ness' team, he would be out again. The Pokémon Trainer just stared at the sky and pulled out a parasol that he must have stolen from Peach and held it over his head. Not like he was going to get hit or anything.
Blue team had it worse. Sonic tried to hide under the house, but it didn't work. He was force to run away when the meteors came down. Zelda wasn't so lucky. She was too slow. One hit from the meteor and she was sent upwards and got hit by five more meteors. The only thing left was her scream and her turning into a star. The meteor shower was over and Ness was no longer glowing.
"Poor Zelda…" Sonic mumbled.
Sonic wasn't the only one who thought that. The Smashers thought so too.
"How are you suppose to avoid something like that?" Cliff asked.
"It's hard to," Ike told him, "Us power houses are always killed when Ness or Lucas use that."
Fayt was intrigued by the power of one so small. If rivals like these are this powerful, then he had to fight.
The time limit was almost out and Zelda was out for blood. The blood came from Ness. She kept tripping him and that scared the fighters greatly. Sonic sighed as he did a downward kick on Lizardon followed by a homing attack and then a downward spin. Lizardon was so heavy that he didn't get out by that combo.
"5...4..." the announcer was counting down the last five seconds, "3...2...1..."
Zelda hit Ness with a powerful up explosion from above. Since Ness was on a high number, Ness was sent flying. His foot hit the screen when the announcer said, "TIME!"
Pit couldn't help but laugh. Ike scoffed. Samus grinned and Meta Knight was smiling evilly under the mask. Kirby was frowning because he felt sorry for the PK boy.
The screen changed to the netherworld. It then showed Sonic running across the screen and then posing announcing, "Sonic's the name. Speed's my game!" as Zelda was busy posing her magic in front of her. Ness and Charizard were clapping in the background as Ash was too upset to do so.
"The winner today is…BLUE TEAM!"
It then showed the score for everyone. Sonic finished with 3 K.O.s, 1 fall. Zelda had 2 K.O.s and 1 fall. Ness had 2 K.O.s and 3 falls. Ash had no K.O.s and 2 falls. The final score was 3 for blue team and -3 for red team.
Ike's head slumped as Pit and Samus gave each other high fives.
"Cough up the money Ike," Pit said in an evil tone.
"You didn't even bet on how much!"
"Well too bad. I said blue team and Samus and I won the bet. Now give us the money."
Ike groaned as he gave 3000 yen to Samus and 3000 to Pit. He looked at his wallet and gave a huge sigh, "And to think that I would have enough to take you to dinner tonight…"
The angel didn't seem the list bit interested, "Sorry. With this money, I'm taking Sonic out."
"…"
"I might as well take Zelda out…" Samus mentioned as she looked at all the money she made today. She glanced at Pit and said, "Don't let me see you in the same restaurant Zelda chooses."
"Too shay!"
Fayt's group had different emotions about the match. Sophia was more determined not to fight now. Mirage seem to hold no interest whatsoever. Everyone else though was either interested or really wanted to fight. Fayt glanced at Albel who seemed ready to fight as well.
"How do we sign up?" Fayt asked.
The five Smashers looked at the bluenette as the lights turned back on due to the end of the match.
"You have to wait until tomorrow before you sign up," Pit stated, "Master Hand is generally pissed off at all of the assist trophies last night. He won't be angry tomorrow…unless…he really holds a grudge."
The Smashers thought of Master Hand's angry expression on his face and decided to put it out of their heads. None of them would do Classic Mode for a while.
"But I still got to show you the rooms though…" the angel stated.
The five Smashers decided to tag along with Pit and Fayt's group until they reunited with the Smashers that were fighting in the recent match. Pit instantly gave a high five to the blue hedgehog. Samus gave a seductive wink to Zelda which she blushed slightly. Ike was complaining to the Pokémon trainer on how much money he lost. The Pokémon trainer was forced to apologize. Meta Knight was commenting on how Ness doesn't know how to handle a girl resulting in the PK boy chasing both Star Warriors toward their room.
Ike grabbed Ash by the ear and told Pit, "We're going to our rooms now. Since this guy ruined my schedule, I might as well beat him up."
"You do that," Sonic said with a laugh.
"I'm really sorry…" Ash mumbled looking at Ike hoping for sympathy. He knew what was coming.
"You'll get no sympathy from me," Ike told him harshly as he dragged the Pokémon trainer off with his ear in one hand and his huge sword in another.
Samus and Zelda giggled upon hearing Ash's scream when they reached their room at top speed.
"Well," Samus began turning to Pit, "I got a date now, so I should wish you luck on yours."
"We're not dating," the angel told her simply.
"Whatever. Zelda hunny, let's go."
Zelda smiled as the two walked to their room preparing to change their clothes. The white angel groaned, "Women are evil…"
The guys couldn't agree with him more, but that earned a glare from the ladies.
Pit led the group to their rooms. He clarified on the way that because of the recent incident with Saki, that there were less rooms than usual meaning that everyone would have to share a room. So the rooming went like this. Fayt stayed with Albel. Nel stayed with Sophia. Maria stayed with Mirage and Peppita. Roger stayed with Adray and Cliff was the lucky one to get a room for his own. Well, he was planning on staying with Fayt and Albel, but the bluenette insisted that he stayed in a room by himself because Albel wouldn't appreciate.
Once the rooms were out of the way, Pit just pointed where the dinner hall, bathroom, and showers/hot springs were before stating that he and Sonic had to get ready now.
The angel and hedgehog left the group alone to do whatever they want. The kids wanted to eat at the moment, so Mirage was forced to take them to the dining room. The remainder of the girls decided to go bath in the hot spring. Fayt prayed that they wouldn't get lost. Adray talked about seeing misfortune around the mansion and went off on his own. Cliff said he had important matters to do and walked off leaving Fayt and Albel alone.
"So…what are you going to do Albel?" Fayt asked.
"Hmph. That angelic fool said that we couldn't fight today, so that leaves me nothing to do but stay with you and hope something amusing will come up."
Fayt could tell that Albel was annoyed that they wouldn't be able to fight in a match until tomorrow. But he wasn't the only one that felt that way.
"Well, I'm not doing anything except walking around. If you want to be bored with me then that's fine. I won't stop you for doing what you need to do."
Albel answered with the usual, "Whatever fool." and walked in front of him. Fayt laughed to himself and followed behind the captain of the Black Brigade.
The day went by surprisingly fast. Samus and Zelda went at that time to whatever restaurant that they chose. Pit and Sonic followed after them before choosing a different restaurant. The rest of Fayt's group didn't come back to their rooms. Not like the earthling did either since there was so much to see in the mansion. He was desperately trying to find this Princess Peach person, but no prevail. He should have asked the angel which room she was in before he went off to do whatever with Sonic. Albel didn't seem the least bit bored with Fayt though. He only commented on everything in the mansion in general. While it would seem offensive with the way he was using his words, he certainly didn't mean it.
At long last, he found someone that was willing to help him find Princess Peach's room. It was a male and female eskimo which they called themselves the Ice Climbers. The blue one was named Popo and the pink one was Nana. They stated that Peach was on the third floor and that if they took the elevator, then they would get to her room faster.
"But I must warn you, men that go in her room never come back out alive~" Popo warned.
Nana glared at her brother and dragged him off somewhere stated that wasn't true at all.
What did they mean by that? Fayt asked himself.
Fayt would find out the question by himself when they reached the third floor by elevator. Albel did not like the elevator or rather the music that was playing in it. No one would if you were listening to Happy-Happy Joy-Joy over and over again. Just imagine what would happen if the elevator got stuck and you were forced to listen to that song over and over and over again.
The two got off the elevator. Immediately, Fayt noticed what room belonged to the princess. It was the only one that had a pink door. That gave him a sinking feeling. And then to make matters worse, a wolf ran out of her room howling, "YOU'RE CRAZY WOMEN!" He seemed mentally scarred.
Fayt gulped. Was it a good idea to visit Princess Peach? Maybe he should bring Sophia along as a shield, but Albel was just as a good shield as she was in a situation like this.
"What are you waiting for? Get what you need done fool."
You wouldn't be saying that if you knew what I was getting into. Fayt thought to himself.
Fayt slowly approached the door one step at a time. When he reached the door and grabbed the handle, he felt like his hand was stuck to the door knob. It was like some dark presence was pulling him in. Albel seemed oblivious to the feeling.
"Are you going to open the door maggot?"
Shut up Albel. This is hard!
Fayt slowly opened the door. It was pure instinct that when he opened the door, he screamed earning him an attack from some random object that was thrown at him. It was a shampoo bottle.
The Princes of the Mushroom Kingdom wasn't what he imagine. She was a blonde girl with blonde hair. She wore a pink dress and she had a yellow rat on her back that was licking her cheek.
Fayt didn't scream at her image though. He screamed at the room. Everywhere you looked…it was pink! It reminded him of Sophia's room back at home. No, it was just parasols. The music that was playing in her room was the ear splitting Barbie Girl song. It matcher her greatly. Fayt questioned who Ken was if the princess was Barbie.
"Wolf, you're ready for another beat down? Well you'll get one for saying awful things about lesbians!" she shouted. She seemed angry. The yellow rat had sparks coming out of his cheeks.
Once she saw that it wasn't Wolf that she hit, she quickly said, "Whoops."
The yellow rat aimed it's sparks at the CD player. The song changed to Passion After the Battle.
Albel didn't bother helping Fayt up. The bluenette cursed his luck, "It's okay. I shouldn't have screamed."
"I'm so sorry. I kind of got carried away and wanted to try something anime girls do when a guy comes into their room," Peach explained.
"Pika," said the yellow rat.
Albel glanced at Fayt and told him that he would stay out of the room realizing what he was getting into. Fayt cursed at him as he kicked Fayt inside the room and closed the door behind him.
"Was that your girlfriend?" was the first question that Peach asked.
Fayt nearly fell over laughing again as he tried to stand up again, "No. Albel is a man. A very scary man I might add."
"I seen scarier," Peach said, "Have you looked at Bowser or Wario recently?"
Fayt didn't know who those two were. Probably ugly Smashers.
"Oh! I'm sorry! I forgot to introduce myself! My name is Peach. I'm the Princess of the Mushroom Kingdom. This little companion here is Red's Pikachu."
"Pika!"
"Red?"
"That's what we all call the Pokemon Trainer. His friends call him by his real name Satoshi though. Master Hand was messed up to dub him the 'Pokemon Trainer' when he clearly had a name."
"I see. My name is Fayt Leingod and-"
"If you came here, there must be something you need."
"Actually…"
Fayt handed her the piece of paper that had her name on it. Her eyes widened when she saw the mushroom paper again.
"Oh! Someone actually got it!" Peach exclaimed, "I thought it would burned up in the atmosphere…"
"What?"
"Well…I was really planning to send this bottle and note across the ocean…but I changed it to planet at the last minute. You might say…that Pit, Sonic and Red were scheming to send Jigglypuff into space with the note, but it failed and only my bottle and note went to space. I thank Rosalina for making sure it didn't burn since it looks good as new."
"Does that mean that?"
"I mean what I say, but…half of that is false now after what happened to Saki…we really didn't expect this to happen."
"Oh…so you can't help with my sleeping problem?"
"Depending what problem you're having depends if I can help. I'm not Ashley in any way."
Fayt was silent before he told her about the dreams he has been having recently. The more he got into detail, the more his face turned bright pink like the color of the room. Peach giggled realizing the problem.
"Oh that's easy. Just tell your friend how you feel and he'll surely except your feelings."
Fayt's hair went over his eyes, "Easy for you to say…Albel…really isn't the person to have feelings for anyone. I mean…he's been so busy killing all of his life that I bet he has no time for that."
Peach smiled, "I don't think so. He seems to be one of those guys that show off their body when they are surely virgin."
Fayt looked at her dumbfounded, "What?"
"Like I said. He looks like someone who wants to be loved. If you treat him nicely in return, he will surely return his feelings and if he has been killing his whole life, he'll stop."
"How can you be so sure?" Fayt questioned.
"Let's just say one of these Smashers has been doing nothing but killing his whole life."
The bluenette was shocked at this statement. From what he seen, it seemed like all the Smasher's were light hearted slackers or light hearted gamblers.
"But when he came to Smash Brothers Mansion this season and met Link, he changed. He doesn't kill anymore. He just threatens people with his military weapons now."
Fayt didn't like the sound of that, but it seemed like this Link was just as crazy as he was falling in love with a mass murderer. This person and Albel though seem to have reasons to kill others though.
"If even that forbidden love was established, I'm certain that it will happen to you."
"Pika!"
Fayt sighed, "I guess you're right. I'm just asking myself for a quick and painless death."
"Not true!"
Fayt couldn't think of how confessing your feelings would get rid of the wet dreams, but it seemed that the more he didn't do something, the more graphic the dream got.
"Thank you."
"Come by tomorrow so I can know the results!" Peach said with a smile. The tone of voice seem like a demand though.
Fayt sweat dropped as he left the pink room. As soon as it did, she switched her music back to Barbie Girl.
The earthling instantly noticed that Albel wasn't standing in front of the door like he said he would.
"Dammit Albel! When you say that you're going to wait for me, wait for me!" Fayt shouted as he searched for the captain of the Black Brigade. He prayed that he wasn't going to kill anyone.
Albel got annoyed with waiting for Fayt and decided to explore the mansion by himself. He hoped that he would find someone worthy of a fight. He didn't find one of course.
His search led him to the garden of the mansion. There he found another Smasher attending the flowers with these strange flower like aliens. Helping him was a girl that looked similar to Peach in appearance but she was indeed different. She had a calm demeanor following her soft smile. She was tending the rose bush. Behind her were these adorable little stars known as Luma. They flew around the sky enjoying the night that had risen.
Albel wasn't paying attention to them. What he saw ahead was the same green angel that he met in the morning. She was dancing on top of the fountain. Her dancing made the Luma make that cute little shriek. The fountain itself was shooting water upward. Some flowers that were on the grass flew toward her and made a tornado of petals in their wake. It was indeed beautiful. The tiny Smasher, and the girl would only stop to see the green angel's progress and then get back to work.
Albel unconsciously moved toward the green angel. Both the tiny Smasher and the girl pretended to ignore his presence when they indeed took notice. The green angel noticed too but only stopped when he was within range of the tornado.
"Not enough…" She mumbled sadly. She noticed Albel staring at her and jumped down. When she did, the water went back down and the petals blew away in the wind, "You were watching?"
"No. I was just passing by looking for a worthy opponent," He lied.
The green angel nodded her head slowly, "I see."
Albel couldn't believe that she trusted him instantly. She would be dead if she put her faith in strangers, "So that angelic fool called you Himeno right?"
"Yes why?"
"That was…"
"It was nothing. I was just upset that Dr. Mario told me to leave the room. Dancing calms my mind because I felt like I might hurt someone if I didn't do this."
"But everything was…"
"I am the wind angel if you haven't notice my wing color. I control the wind and can speak to Mother Nature."
Albel said nothing. Himeno wouldn't allow him to finish his sentence. It was rather…
"When I found out who hurt Saki-san," Himeno continued. Her tone of voice seemed to change into a rather dark and sinister tone, "I'll pass judgment to him."
The Pikmin went and hid behind a bush upon noticing the green angel's change of mood. Albel didn't seem to notice though. The girl sighed.
"Himeno, it is best if you don't get worked up over something like this. We'll find the rapist eventually."
Himeno turned to the girl and frowned, "I know Rosalina, but Palutena-sama is coming here soon and she's going to grant one person three wishes. She only does this once a year and it just happens to be the end of the year, but if she finds out that this bad person isn't caught, then she won't grant the wishes of that person."
Rosalina shook her head, "Maybe it's best not to have the three wishes granted this year."
"But…"
"The only one who needs it now is…"
Albel didn't like being ignored by people, but this was a ladies conversation, so he let it slide. Beside, he heard a certain bluenette call his name. He scoffed as he turned to leave the garden. He caught a glimpse of the sorrow in Himeno's eyes. He didn't know why it pained him to see her hurt when he loved hurting people in general.
Once the Captain of the Black Brigade caught up to the earthling, he noticed that Fayt wasn't talking to him. He seemed rather angry with him and he didn't know why.
"You seem worked up," Albel said in taunting tone.
"I would be having to run around this whole place to find you!" Fayt declared, "Didn't you tell me that you were going to stay at the front of the door?"
"…Why would I wait fifteen minutes for you fool? Beside, you could use the exercise."
"I'm honored jerk."
Albel laughed bitterly as they continued walking to their room. It was pretty late and there wasn't much to do anyway.
"And why were you giving that look to that girl?" Fayt questioned bitterly.
"What are you talking about maggot?"
"You know what I mean. Since when have you ever felt compassionate to someone to give them a sympathetic look?!"
Albel ended up blinking twice. He didn't understand what Fayt was asking him so he decided to ignore him. Fayt was only the question though because he was rather jealous that Albel showed a sympathetic look to someone that he hadn't known long. What did she have that he didn't?
"Could you walk faster Leingod?" Albel questioned, "I might trip you if you keep moving this slow."
Fayt said nothing as they continued to their dorm. The bluenette prayed that he wouldn't have another wet dream, but knowing fate, he would have a more graphic one.
The problem with Fayt leading though, was that they got lost in the huge mansion. Albel cursed at Fayt's daydreaming which the bluenette fought back with Albel suppose to memorize the room. They ended up at the infirmary door again. That's when they saw a familiar blonde at the door.
"What's the monkey doing here?" Albel questioned.
Fayt shrugged his shoulders as they peaked through the door. It was obviously the time where everyone was suppose to leave. Even Dr. Mario left, but Cliff was still here. He was sitting on a stool in front of Saki's bed. The bluenette tried to decide whether or not he should go in and confront the Klausian or leave to find their room. Albel wanted to see what was up though, but with Fayt being in the way of the door, it was impossible.
I think it's best if we leave him alone. Fayt told himself as he forced Albel to come with him and find their room. The decision would surely make Albel upset, but sacrifices had to be made. He would ask Cliff what he was doing tomorrow. Right now, he just wanted to get some shut off.
Cliff didn't even know what he was doing when he wondered back to the infirmary. At first, Isaac and another Smasher that went by the name of Snake were visiting him. Isaac kept apologizing to the dirty blonde over and over again. Snake on the other hand was rather quiet. He continued to question Dr. Mario if he had any evidence of who raped Saki. Dr. Mario continued to shake his head. Snake gave up eventually and had to drag the sobbing blonde out of the room. Snake and Cliff caught each other's eye for a bit before the mercenary continued to drag Isaac away. Cliff took the chance to visit Saki and thus did he learn more about the assassin from the doctor.
"This might be it for him…" Dr. Mario mumbled, "Even if he wakes up, he'll never recover from those tragic wounds. And to think he was this close to recovering from his fiancé's death."
Very tragic indeed. Cliff wanted to knock some sense into the person who did this to Saki, but no prove equals no serious beat down. There was still something that surprised him. Why would he care for someone he just met? Was it because Saki had a pretty face that he volunteered to help, or was it something else?
Dr. Mario left the room telling the Klausian to leave soon. Cliff might have stayed in the infirmary all night, if he didn't notice the presence of Fayt and Albel. He was certain that he heard Albel complain at the door, and Fayt telling him that they needed to find their room. Cliff was rather happy to see them not come in. He didn't wan the two to see him in this state. He had to show that he was a man that they could rely on. Fayt would be confused with the change in him while Albel would mock him like he always did.
He sighed as he looked at Saki's pale face one last time before standing up and slowly walking out of the infirmary. Nothing would do good waiting for him to wake up. He turned off the light and closed the infirmary door.
When Cliff was gone though, gray eyes opened devoid of life. They slowly turned from gray eyes to crimson red eyes.
Me: TBC with 14547 words!
Li: Evil…letting Saki open his eyes as soon as Cliff leaves...
Me: Hey, even I don't know what is happening to Saki. Notes!
1. I don't know what color Saki's eyes are. I looked at the pictures that I took, but they looked gray to me. Either that or they were a very faint baby blue color. In the story, they are gray.
2. This is a Star Ocean: Till the End of Time joke when you get an item. I'm trying to get this story very video game like. What I mean is, this whole going to Smash Brothers Mansion for Fayt's group is a side quest. A side quest where you can get the Albel ending. LOL Anyway, what the whip will do, you'll have to find out later.
3. Stupid Dick is what my sister and I came up with when we were playing Melee. My sister had 7 S.D.s because she has a tendency of blowing herself up in Melee (where if you blow yourself up, it doesn't count that for your opponent scoring.) She asked this question, "What does S.D. mean?" I answered "Stupid Dick." We both laugh when we both know it means Self Destruct.
4. This is a Private Action joke. In Star Ocean: Till the End of Time, Private Actions help you determine who Fayt will be with in the end. This private action would go like this…
PA 61: What is Cliff Doing?
Location: Smash Brothers Mansion, Infirmary
Availability: Side Quest
Requirements: None
Type: Automatic
Description: As Fayt and Albel walk back to their room, they get lost due to Fayt's daydreaming. They spot Cliff in the infirmary with Saki. Cliff has been demonstrating strange behavior ever since he got to the mansion, and Fayt must decide whether or to confront him or not? Confronting him would surely get something out of him, but at the same time, it's not their business. Depending on your choice depends on who will like and dislike Fayt and Cliff.
Affection Points: (In this order: Fayt, Sophia, Cliff, Maria, Nel, Roger, Albel, Peppita, Mirage and Adray)
If You Choose Confront Cliff…
Fayt: -, minus 4, minus 5, minus 2, minus 2, plus 1, plus 3, plus 2, zero, zero
Cliff: plus 3, minus 3, -, minus 1, minus 1, zero, plus 1, zero, minus 4, zero
If You Choose Leave Him Alone…
Fayt: -, plus 2, plus 5, plus 1, plus 1, minus 2, minus 3, minus 1, plus 5, plus 1
Cliff: zero, minus 1, -, zero, zero, minus 2, minus 3, minus 1, plus 4, zero
How good is that?
Li: -rolls eyes- You've played too much Star Ocean.
Me: It's awesome though! All hail Fayt/Albel uke!
Li: Okay…
Me: Since this isn't Fallen Angel, no rants whatsoever. Please review…ja ne!
Edit: Well, beside switching Ash's name, some dialogue was changed to flow more smoothly.
