Happy New Year folks! Enjoy the fact that you've now gotta write 2016 whenever you write the date.
Oh and a new chapter. Enjoy that too I guess.
The Corrin and Bayonetta subject: The main opinion from you guys is to have them appear but to hold off on them for later. And that's what I'll be doing so thanks for the feedback folks.
Review Responses.
mystic moogle: Your to kind good sir/madam! I hope I can continue to please Kupo!
Shalgrove: Your profile picture would of led me to believe you might of been more of a Megaman player. On well, don't judge a book by it's cover I guess. Regardless, I am glad that the reads have pleased you!
Guest 1: A motorcycle clash? I hadn't consider such a thing...I NEED TO DO THAT! Thank you for the idea good sir/madam!
sephirothsChild: I am aware of Roxas but I don't think I'll have him appear. I want to keep the cast mainly just with the Smash roster. Maybe I'll give him something along the lines of a cameo perhaps? Idk.
faeriehero: I actually agree that Marth would most likely attempt to befriend Cloud since that actually fits his character a fair bit. Ike on the other hand, I'm a tad bit unsure on how a rivalry between the pair would form. I don't see it being due to something like jealousy since that doesn't fit either of their characters. Something to think about for the future I guess. Probably gonna be awhile before I get to Ike anyway.
Chapter 2: Calm Before the Storm
"To think you'd be placed against one of the original fighters for your first offical match! Master Hand must of been quite impressed with your performance against Sir Falcon!"
"Hmmm." Cloud hummed in response to the blue haired woman as he snacked away on th sandwhich in his hand. In the timespan between learning of his match and finally being able to get his much desired food. Cloud had learned something about Lucina.
She could be rather talkative.
Why does every female he meet have to love conversing so much? And why did they take the hint that he didn't want to talk back?
Ok, every girl was a bit of an overstatement but that's what it felt like most of the time.
"I'm sort of jealous of you Sir Cloud, I can't help but remember my own introduction match..." She lowered her head as a thoughtful look consumed her face.
Cloud raised an eyebrow at that. So the fight he had when entering the Mansion was a normal thing? But he didn't allow that thought process to continue as he couldn't help but ponder why the subject had caused the bluenette to look down. "What's wrong?" Normally he would of just let it past by, but the girl had helped him out so Cloud felt the need to at least try and find out what had gotten her gloomy.
"It's just...No, don't worry about it." She shook her head until Cloud placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Just tell me." Sure the issue likely had nothing to do with him, but Cloud felt somewhat indebted to the girl. If she hadn't taken him to that medical room then he'd have likely been wondering around with a bleeding hand for alot longer then he had. The least he could do to repay her was attempting to help her sort out whatever was bogging her down all of a sudden.
"Well, I'd arrived with my Father shortly before the tournament began."
*Flashback*
"Relax Lucina, everything'll be fine." A man in his twenties with dark blue hair reaching down to his neck spoke as he walked along side Lucina.
"But Father this doesn't real right, i-it's fighting for sport! Nothing more." She couldn't help but look at her Father in frusation as he waved off her words.
"Lucina, there's alot more to this competetion then you seem to realize." Chrom smiled as they began to near the white mansion of the Smash Brothers tournament.
"Is there something your not telling me Father?" The younger bluenette questioned while she reached for the door.
"Haha, you'll just have to- MOVE LUCINA!" Her Father's previously relaxed face shifted almost immeditaly as he moved himself infront of the younger bluenette.
"FALCON PUNCH!" A burst of flames exploded through the door as it proceeded to pound itself into the older bluenette of the pair as his white cape prevented any flames from reaching her. Within a second the two were blasted backwards.
"F-FATHER?!" Lucina cried out as she pushed her hand against the man in fear of the worse.
"S-Sorry Lucina." The man uttered out as Lucina's face perked up, at least he was ok. "I wasn't allowed to mention this part to you, t-this is their way of t-testing you." Chrom rolled himself off the younger bluenette as he allowed himself to fall into unconsisousness.
Lucina, at first stared in fear once again until she could hear the older bluenettes breathing. "Thank the gods." She thought out loud before she hastly stood up and eyed the attacker.
Standing there in all his glory was Captain Falcon, although Lucina would remain unaware of the mans now until later. But she couldn't help but note the fact that her surroundings had suddenly changed to resemble...Arena Ferox? But how was that possible?
Lucina shook her head, now wasn't the time for those thought's. She was in battle, she didn't have time to waste on thought's like that.
"Huh? I hit the wrong one? Oh well, let's go Newbie!" The helmet wearing man simrked as he shifted into a fighting stance as Lucina snarled at the man.
"Y-You Dastard! You'll pay for that!" She stumbled to her feet before charging at the Racer. "For my Father!" She swinged her blade at the man only for him to easily avoid it and attack to slam his fist into the young bluenettes face only for her to narrowlly avoid it. Something that could only be described as the wind skidded of the mans arm as Lucina stared in disbelif. "S-Such power..." She thought as she attempted another swing only for the man to bat her blade aside and kick it out of her hand as the force of the blow caused her to stagger backwards. The man reared his fist back as the flame like substance seemed to envelop it. Lucina could only stand there and wait for the attack to connect. "I-I'm finished... I'm sorry Father. I've let you down already." A tear fell from one of her eye's as she closed them to await the coming attack.
But it never came.
Instead she felt herself be blasted back by something that felt oddly familier.
Lucina opened her eye's, but had to blink at what she saw.
While she couldn't make out much of the persons appearance from behind, what she did see was enough. Standing there was a cloaked man with his back turned to her.
"It's going to be alright." The cloaked figure took several steps forward, electricity sparked from their lightning blot like blade in their right arm while they closed the green book they were holding in their left as they pulled the hood of their cloak down to reveal their white hair. "I'll take it from here."
*Flashback end.*
"And then Robin dealt with the rest. I tried to assist, but every time I was easily dealt with. I felt like such a burden." She glanced upwards and gesture at another blue haired indiviaul in the Cafeteria, Cloud couldn't help but see an uncanny resemblance between Lucina and the man she gestured towards. "It doesn't help that I'm often compared to the Hero King, I-I've been-." Lucina stopped herself as she felt Cloud's hand on her shoulder once again.
"Got it." The blonde quickly stood up as Lucina stared in confusion. "Let's go."
"W-What?" Lucina blurted out as Cloud shook his head.
"You wanted to spare right? Might as well get it over with." Realization seemed to dawn on Lucina as she worked out why Cloud suddenly brought up her request. He must of been trying to help get her mind off the subject of her poor performance against Falcon when she'd arrived.
Lucina smiled as she wrapped the blonde haired wielder of the Buster Sword into a hug. Allowing Cloud a chance to stare in confusion, he was just reminding her about the spare she wanted. Why did she go and hug him?
Oh well, at least she'd cheered up he guessed.
It was at that moment however that Cloud heard something rumbling in the vents. He glanced towards part of said vent to notice someone's foot covered in a light blue steel like outfit. This discovery intrigued Cloud as he gave Lucina a light nudge to get her to unhand him. "Go on ahead. I want to look into something."
The bluenette smiled and nodded before walking off, back towards the hallway they'd come from. Cloud's eyes darting back to the vent as he proceeded to investigate.
Lucky for Cloud, the path the vent had taken him through had gone past his room, allowing him to pick up the Buster Sword while he continued to follow whatever was up there.
Eventually the rumbling had stopped, Cloud assumed this meant whoever was in there had stopped and decided to find out who it was in the best way he knew.
He cut the vent in half.
This action caused a brown haired man wearing a rather greyish black headband and a blue steel like outfit. Cloud quickly noted the black containers attached to the mans outfit that he could only assume were used to keep something like ammo. Was this guy part of a military force?
And why did a exclamation mark just pop up over the guys head?
But those thought's had to be held off for now, since Cloud now had a gun pointed at his head.
Cloud stood back for now, he didn't know who this person was and causing some kind of commotion could just cause problems for himself.
"OH MY GOD! THERE HE IS!"
Cloud quickly turned in confusion towards the rather loud shout, allowing him to notice another brown haired individual, this one being rather... Child like compared to the man that Cloud had just found. Dashing towards his location with what appeared to be an insane level of joy in his eyes, the boy's outfit consisted of a white tunic and several golden attachments on his arms. The most notable thing about the boy were the pair of angel wings at his back.
Noticing those however, did not make Cloud want this new arrival near him. He quickly glanced back to the other brunette he'd found only to find the man gone. Oh well, something to worry about later he figured. Now was the time to run.
And with that thought made, Cloud began dashing away as quickly as he could to get away from the fast approaching angel winged boy.
After all, if a one winged angel could cause so much trouble for Cloud's life, then who knew how much trouble a two winged angel would cause.
"WHERE ARE YOU GOING?! COME BACK! I JUST WANT YOUR AUTOGRAPH!"
Meanwhile, just past a nearby corner in the hall way. Solid Snake watched from his Cardboard Box as the blonde haired wielder of the Buster Sword raced away from the young angel.
"That's Cloud Strife Snake. He's from a place called Nibelheim in a world called Gaia. He's a self proclaimed Ex-SOLDIER that worked as a Mercenary for a time. Well known for working with an Eco-terrorist group known as AVALANCHE."
"What's a Terrorist doing in a Smash tournament?" Snake questioned through the Codec, a device design to allow for completely silent nano-communication. To anyone that could see Snake right now, they'd have no idea he was actually talking to someone.
"While AVALANCHE started as a Terrorist group, eventually they saved the planet by defeating another Ex-SOLDIER by the name of Sephiroth."
"Hmmm, alright. Think he'll be a problem?"
"No, just get back to the mission Snake."
"It's so amazing that your here!" Cloud resisted the urge to slam his head into the wall or to just knock this boy out with the Buster Sword. This angel boy had to be the most annoying person he'd met here so far. "Can you sign this? And this? And this? And-"
"Now now Pit, I think your making him uncomfortable." Cloud couldn't help but thank the heavens as someone had come to be his saving grace. He glanced past the brunette angel to look at the new arrival. And this would probably be the first time he actually questioned a hair colour.
"Green hair?" Was the colour of the women's hair while she wore a robe like white dress and several golden accessories including a pair of golden gauntlets on each arm. The woman was smiling at the pair but Cloud couldn't help but notice the insanely large apologetic look on the angel boy's face.
"I-I'm sorry Lady Palutena! I got a bit excited haha...ha." The woman proceeded to ruffle the angels hair as she stood beside him.
"That's alright Pit, just don't do it again." The woman that Cloud assumed was named Palutena based off the now identified Pit's words. "I apologize for my servants burst of fanboyism. You are consider quite a legend however. Your exploits have made you quite a well known hero. Little Cloudie!" Cloud couldn't help but scoff at that comment.
"I'm no hero." Hero's saved people, and while Cloud had done that by stopping Sephiroth. He sure as hell didn't consider himself a hero. After all, a hero would of been able to save...
He shook his head to ward off those thought's, he'd rather not deal with painful memories at the moment.
"What do you mean Cloud?! Of course your a hero! You saved an enti-" Pit didn't finish his sentence as Palutena shoved a carrot into his mouth. A carrot that Cloud couldn't help but not had an eye...and hands...and feet.
"Seen stranger things. Probably up there with the Elfadunk though." Cloud mentally noted. Why did he always remember the strange monsters that he'd encountered over the years?
"Hush Pit. The grown ups are talking!" Cloud couldn't help but stare at the woman's smiling face as she said those words. He was somewhat glad he wasn't this ladies servant. He almost felt sorry for the angel. But the fact that the boy had wings similar to a certain someone, prevented him from actually feeling sorry.
He didn't like angels. Especially their wings.
"But Cloudie! I believe you have somewhere to be don't you?" Realization dawned on Cloud, he still had to go meet up with Lucina. "Lucina's waiting for you at the Coliseum. It's not very polite to keep a lady waiting Cloudie." Palutena pointed at a large arena like structure outside the mansion.
"Thanks..."
"Oh where are my manners, I am the Goddess of Light! Lady Palutena." Cloud had to stare at the woman. If it weren't for the many strange people he'd met throughout his life then he'd assumed she was crazy. But he didn't really have time to dwell on that as he nodded his thanks and dashed off.
Pit proceeded to spit the carrot out of his mouth before staring at Palutena with pleading eyes as she chuckled.
"Go ahead Pit." Pit's faced lit up in happiness as he chased after the blonde Swordsmen.
As he headed for the arena like building. Cloud couldn't help but ponder. Why was a Goddess at a tournament? Was she part of it? If so...why was a Goddess allowed to fight in a tournament?
Questions for later. That was to be sure.
Palutena smiled as she watched her angel race after the dashing away Swordsmen. "Hmhmhm. I can already tell that things are going to start getting amusing around here again."
"Sir Cloud! I had began to worry that something may have happened." Cloud waved off the girls statement as he observed the surroundings, the Coliseum was basically a large arena that held countless amounts of seats in what appeared to be stands. They were currently empty to Cloud's delight. "Oh. Sir Pit? What are you doing here?" Cloud really hoped he misheard Lucina just then.
Unluckily for Cloud. The brown haired angel had followed him and was now rubbing the back of his head. "Hehe, sorry Lucina. I just really want to see Cloud in action again!" Cloud had to wonder how so many people seemed to know him at this rate. After all, he knew nothing of most of these people and yet they seemed to all have some awareness of who he was.
Such a thing would definitly prove problematic when the fights became serious.
"It's no issue Pit. You've actually allowed us to make things more interesting." Cloud blinked at the sound of a new arrival as a white haired man wearing a full body black cloak with purple markings over a mostly white and black outfit made himself known. A book in his left hand and a rather basic looking green Sword in his right. "My name is Robin Sir Cloud. It is nice to make your acquaintance." He gesture towards the blonde as Cloud noted that this was the man Lucina had mentioned earlier. "How about we make things a tad more interesting now that Sir Pit has joined us? A tag team battle perhaps? Me and Lucina vs you and Sir Pit. I'm sure you don't have any objections Sir Cloud, Lucina?" Lucina seemed somewhat unhappy about the idea but in the end she nodded in the positive to it. Cloud on the other hand had to shake his head.
"I'd rather fight alone." Robin eye seemed to sparkle, almost as if he'd expected such an answear and was already prepared for it.
"But Sir Cloud, a team battle would be more helpful for you to learn how a typical Smash battle goes. I'm sure the rules of a battle in this tournament haven't been explained to you yet correct?" Cloud had to narrow his eyes at that, it was true after all. No one had explained the rules to him yet. But how had this man known that? He nodded in defeat. "Then it's settled, you and Sir Pit against myself and Lucina." Cloud raised his hand however causing Robin to blink in confusion. "Is there a problem Sir Cloud?"
"I'd rather have her as my partner." It was Lucina's turn to blink in confusion and Robin opened his mouth to question the blondes choice. But Pit beat him to the talking.
"B-But Cloud! I wanna be your partner! PLEASE LET ME FIGHT WITH YOU CLOUD!" The angel was practicly on his knees pleading with the blonde.
"Listen buddy, it's nothing personal. But I'd rather not place my trust in someone with those." Cloud's tone became venomness as he pointed at Pit's wings, a gesture that did not go over Robin and Lucina but the angel in question seemed more caught up with a different part of Cloud's words.
"B-Buddy? H-He...HE CALLED ME BUDDY! I GET IT! THIS MUST BE A TEST TO PROVE MYSELF WORTHY TO THE GREAT CLOUD STRIFE! ALRIGHT! LET'S DO THIS ROBIN!" In an instant the angel was gone from kneeling next to Cloud and was now standing next to the white haired man with fire burning in his eyes. "Just watch Cloud! I'll beat you so hard that you'll be wishing you had me as your partner!"
Robin and Lucina both continued to blink at the angel until Robin decided to just shrugg and roll with it. Lucina stepping towards the other side to stand with Cloud.
"T-Thank you for letting me fight along side you Sir Cloud." Cloud nodded at her words as he entered his usual battle stance.
"Don't worry about it. Your the only person I like around here so far."
Lucina chuckled as she drew her own blade out. "You continue to remind me of Gerome."
Robin couldn't help but smile at the exchange of words before steeling his expression and focusing his eyes fully on Cloud. "Now then Sir Cloud. Let's see what you've got."
The tension remained high as each fighter stood at the ready. Cloud couldn't help but notice a strange white energy envelop the area.
"FOR SKYWORLD!" Until Pit decided to break said tension and charge straight toward the pair of Sword wielders.
"He's not very bright is he?"
Cloud simply blocked the angels attempted attack before grabbing hold of him and slamming his knee into the brunettes...unmentionables.
"GAH! Y-You hit me in the...That's not fair." Pit uttered out in pain.
"Anything goes in a fight." Cloud proceeded to slam the angel into the ground, causing Pit to bounc behind him and allowing Cloud the perfect chance to follow up the attack. Lucina seemed to always have that idea as she pulled her blade back and blasted it forward to strike the brunette.
"I IMMEDIATELY REGRAT MY DECISION!" The angel screamed out as he was sent flying only to land moments later and get up and dust himself off as if nothing had happened.
This detail confused Cloud greatly. The boy had just been kneed in his unmentionables and then had a Sword rammed into him. And there wasn't even any blood?
"You shouldn't be so hasty Sir Pit." Cloud suddenly took notice of his other current oppenent as he noticed the sparking energy radiating from the mans book. "But you did prove to be a useful distraction. THORON!" A blast of electric energy zoomed toward Cloud and Lucina as the blonde moved the Buster Sword infront of himself in an attempt to block, but he realized that it wouldn't be enough as he closed his eyes to await the impact.
But he ended up feeling nothing as he opened his eyes to find himself incased in a white bubble like object.
Cloud stared at it in confusion until it lowered seemingly in reponse to him lowering the Buster Sword. What was going on?
"Allow me to explain Sir Cloud." He turned to the white haired cloaked man once again. "In a battle of Smash none of our wounds are actually permanet. All damage we sustain is healed by the surrounding magical barrier that encased the arena. The barrier also causes that bubble you saw to appear whenever you wish to defend yourself. Now I know what your thinking, if we just heal from all the damage we take then how do you actually win? Simple, you have to knock the oppenent out of the arena. The more damage you inflict on an oppenent, the more launch power your attacks will have on them." Robin explained.
Cloud couldn't help but smirk as he heard the explaination and gripped the Buster Sword even harder. If none of the wounds matter then that only meant one thing.
"I don't have to hold back."
Authour's note.
And that's a wrap, enjoy the new year folks.
By the way, I'm currently beta hunting. If anyone would be interested in doing such a thing then please let me know.
Anyway, question for you guys. In terms of the fights, do you want me to continue sticking largely to the characters movesets in smash or would you guys and gals like it if I also took further inspiration from the characters original games as well? Just a thought I'd throw out there to see what you guys thought.