Venomous Narcissus
Disclaimer: I do not own Super Smash Brothers. That goes to Nintendo. I also do not own Queen's Blade that is owned by Hobby Japan. The only characters I own are those from the Golden Land, angels from Skyworld including the royal bodyguards, Angel Assembly and archangels along with all the other angels and of course the witch hunters.
Summary: When Lucina made a rather cocky comment about being Dark Pit's best bodyguard, she didn't expect to be challenged to her declaration immediately. She lost way more than just the battle and now Lucina wants nothing but revenge on the woman who humiliated her unaware that this Echidna's trap as she needs to get her target kidnapped while everyone focuses on Lucina's change in personality. Only the witch twins can solve this situation from the shadows but their attachment to Dark Pit and Lucina prevent them from doing so and end up making things more complicated than it needs to be.
Pairing: Cia/Lucina, Lucina/Pittoo, Pittoo/Lana, Reyn/Pittoo, Rob/Shulk, Ganondorf/Palutena, Chrom/Olivia and implied Ash/Cia and Pit/Virtue (OC)
Rated: M (for mature) MA (for Archive of Our Own)
Genre: Romance, Hurt/Comfort, Drama, Angst, Friendship and some Humor
Warning: Swearing, yuri, dubcon, noncon, extreme sexual situations, violence and unintentional OOC
And this is what happens when your friends convince you to write a yuri and you're not the type to write yuri, but here is an attempt since hey! Cia is part of Dark Pit's group so you'll already know this happens after Dark Pit has met her in a previous timeline seeing how she's way calmer than usual. Enjoy!
Chapter 3: The Splatfest for the Deadly Trap
Over the course of the next six days, Lucina's injuries completely healed. What's so great about being a Smasher is that you got the top quality doctors and healers that could patch you up so you can get right back into the battles. Master Hand was lenient with how long the Smashers could take a break from fighting. He wouldn't want any life threatening injuries to befall the contestants after all.
Lucina's physical injuries may have healed but her mental state was just as bad as it was for almost a whole two weeks. Echidna's words cut her like a knife and there was nothing she could do to shake the taunting. Her words held more truth than Lucina wanted to admit and that was why she was desperately trying to improve on her sword skills. The battle ended so quickly because she let Echidna get to her, so if she could just kill her before she could get into her head…then she would be good.
At the very least, she wasn't fainting anymore. Robin made sure that she would not end up in the infirmary. She promised Chrom that she would protect his daughter until she was ready to explain what exactly happened during the night of the Splatfest. She made sure to pull Lucina out of the training room at certain times and made sure she maintained a healthy diet. She might have gotten this mentality from training with Ms. Fit when she wasn't training with Shulk, but she knew that Lucina had a bad habit of doing what her father did therefore she needed to be there for her.
While Robin believed that Lucina would come clean soon, Shulk wasn't so certain. He saw the look in the bluenette's eyes. It was the same expression he wore after the attack on Colony 9. She may have apologized to everyone for making them worry, but the minute she went back to cutting the Mii Fighters in training mode…the hate would burn in her eyes as she smiled seeing the Mii Fighters get slashed to bits by her sword. This shouldn't be happening in the simulator anyway…and that was troublesome.
Eventually, Shulk would get a nasty vision the night before the new Splatfest to make up for the failed one the previous two weeks. Again this vision would take place during the Splatfest tomorrow. Shulk could easily tell with how the same bright lights and pop music that was played through Smashopolis. Lucina was fighting an unknown assailant at Smash Harbor. The Monado boy easily assumed that the snake lady was the one who assaulted her the previous week with the dark gaze that the female lord was giving her. The battle did not go in Lucina's favor at all seeing as how the snake lady overpowered her. Once Lucina got impaled in the same location as the last time (her chest), a loud splash followed by a gurgle noise could be heard. The easiest conclusion to this disturbing sound was that the snake lady drowned Lucina after defeating her again.
Another vision happened at the same time this time involving Dark Pit. The dark angel from the vision seemed to be concerned for Lucina and left Reyn and his other friends to search for her. He ends up ambushed in one of the alleyways in Smashopolis by a villainous group and brutally gang raped as a result before being carried by a Minotaur like luggage. Dark Pit obviously struggled the entire time and by retaliating, his wings ended up crooked and many bruises covered his entire body. The poor angel lost all signs of life with how emotionless his red orbs were and his entire tunic was torn until he was stripped like a naked cupid.
Shulk wanted to scream getting those two visions without warning. He didn't realize he backed into the wall trying to calm himself down. He was shaking badly and he didn't know how to stop trembling. He didn't realize that his legs gave up on him and he fell on his butt against the wall.
It's okay Shulk. Breathe in…breathe out…
Why wasn't the seer carrying the Monado at a time like this? Oh yeah…Shulk didn't have a scheduled match today and had no intention of training. He was just going to relax and let Alvis enjoy some time alone with Rosalina. Now, he wasn't so sure that was a good idea. The silver haired Homs was good at calming his nerves and without him, he was back to being a fragile little boy.
…Dammit. I can't let those visions happen. Shulk told himself as he forced himself to stand up. His legs were still shaking and he was feeling dizzy now. "I have to tell Master Hand…"
"Shulk?"
The Monado boy jumped hearing Reyn's voice behind him. If he wasn't pale when he got the vision, he was now that the redhead was standing right next to him.
"Shulk, is something the matter?" Reyn paused before asking the question. "…Is it another vision?"
"Yes…" Shulk replied weakly knowing he couldn't hide anything from the taller Homs. "I'm going to tell Master Hand now…Lucina is in danger!"
Reyn should have acted surprised when Shulk said that. He wasn't…Dark Pit couldn't stress his worries for her enough. He believed every word the dark angel told him and now that Shulk apparently had a vision of Lucina being put in a bad situation that might have cost the Ylissean princess her life…then actions needed to be taken.
"…Also Reyn…about Dark Pit…" Shulk began. He wanted to explain to Reyn about his second vision. The only reason he didn't say anything about what exactly would befall the red eyed angel was because he knew how Reyn acted around Pittoo. Reyn was more reckless when Dark Pit was in danger than he was back in Bionis, so speaking to him about the vision in which Dark Pit was possibly gang raped would only make the situation worse. "…Take care of him during the Splatfest. Never leave his side…he needs you."
Reyn blinked before he found himself blushing at the comment. Shulk was being serious but he could only recall the memory of what nearly happened with him and the black angel five nights ago. Lana left before the good part nearly happened. He almost let his sexual urges get the best of him, and he almost went all the way with the dark angel…only to stop when Li had to remind him of his chastity vow and how he would not break it no matter what. It was a huge disappointment, but Reyn realized that he shouldn't be trying to make love to the raven haired angel when Lucina was part of the equation. Love triangle or not…he cared for her too…
Shulk gave Reyn an odd look at his silence before quickly making his way toward the fifth floor from where he was (third floor) to warn Master Hand. Let's just say that the white glove wasn't going to be happy hearing of Shulk's vision of one of his Smashers dying…
The minute Shulk handed the information of his visions down to Master Hand was the minute Lucina realized how screwed she was. Lucina didn't convince Master Hand enough that she was well in the head despite her injuries healing, so he did use the intercom to call her into his room. When Master Hand was in his human form, he meant serious business (or you caught him when he was relaxing). The Ylissean princess did nothing but glare daggers at Shulk who was forced to sit in the chair next to her waiting for Master Hand to speak his mind. It was nerve wrecking for him seeing as how Lucina was ready to strangle him on one side and Master Hand was threatening to turn into his big hand form and squeeze him on the other.
Shulk was rather relieved that Master Hand made things short and sweet while not outright criticizing the princess from the future for her recent aggressive attitude.
"You are not allowed to leave the mansion until the Splatfest ends to prevent another attack if what Shulk says is true. In fact, it would be safer to not leave your room to prevent any issues."
At first Lucina opened her mouth to retort an argument, but already knew she was screwed. In fact, it sounded like a good idea at the time for her to stay in her room for two days unless she needed someone to specifically give her something. She would be able to keep her mind off of the idea that Dark Pit would be targeted during the Splatfest and she wouldn't have to worry about seeing Echidna again. The vision would be prevented and she could go back to training for a possible rematch.
Shulk felt at ease seeing Lucina cooperate with them about the house arrest. It was just a matter of telling Robin who was visibly more upset with what the blond decided to do instead of speak to Lucina personally about it. Vision or not, Shulk was still being insensitive to the Ylissean princess. The one being the most vocal about Lucina being kept in her room was obviously Chrom. Even if this were for the best according to Shulk, he would still complain about how his daughter was being treated like a prisoner instead of a victim of an attack. Lucina did not want to be seen as weak, so she took the punishment and allowed herself to be locked in because this also meant that Dark Pit could not visit her and nag her about her health or attitude.
The Monado boy wanted things to be fair for Lucina. Master Hand had no problem telling the Smashers the situation concerning Lucina. While still being vague on what exactly happened, the right hand only needed to bring up how Shulk's vision foresaw her being killed therefore she needs to stay inside her room until after the Splatfest to avoid a crisis. Master Hand cared for his fighters after all and allowed Shulk, Chrom and Robin to arrange the times to who would be guarding the door at what time.
Shulk put himself on the watch list only once in fear that Lucina would attempt to strike him down with Falchion (she was allowed to keep her weapons in her room, but should she attack the Smasher guarding her, she would be suspended from Smash temporary). This was around 9:00 PM to 10:00 PM time. He wanted to do something else with a certain male tactician (and was mocked by Alvis how he did not have his priorities straight despite the vision). Everyone else would be for two hours and these were the people who volunteered in keeping Lucina safe. Dark Pit was not allowed to actually watch the female lord, so he had to resort to Lucas doing it for him.
Overall, Lucina would be stuck in her room for thirty-six hours starting at twelve in the afternoon and going onto midnight the next day. The order would be Chrom, Olivia, Inigo, Lucas, Shulk and finally Robin for today. The next day, other Smashers who were not preparing to attend the Splatfest would give an hour of their time to Lucina. Robin would be the one to take over after Shulk and then hit the lights for the both of them. When the female tactician explained how watching her would work, she warned the young princess that should she attempt to escape in the middle of the night, she would have Henry find her and punish her. Lucina shivered at the threat seeing that the dark mage had officially rubbed off of the female tactician.
The day went by fast surprisingly. As long as Lucina could distract herself for that period of time, she would be fine. Dealing with her family was more exhausting than usual because they kept asking her questions about what happened that night and overall trying to catch up with her. As of late, she had been training and had no time to hang out with them. Only Inigo realized that Lucina still didn't want to talk about the issue and had told her what was going on in his world and what he intended to do once Olivia gave birth to the current him. Unfortunately, Lucina was not really listening at this point so she missed how he said he was going with Severa and Owain somewhere and might not return. The male dancer was disappointed that his sister didn't say much to him despite the two hours they had before the switch was made, and he was more disappointed when Lucas took his place and his presence actually made Lucina smile and laugh.
The blond was able to distract Lucina simply by not talking to her about the Splatfest or how worried Dark Pit is. Instead, the topic was on things that have occurred with Reyn, Arachne and Kaguya over the past ten days including Arachne scaring the tall Homs as usual, Kaguya trying to trick Dark Pit into marrying her (and thus stealing Pittoo under her and Reyn's nose) and Lucas' attempt at going through the LV 9 Classic Level and almost succeeding (as he lost at the Shadow Battle. He didn't want to talk about that obviously seeing as how he was mocked about what occurred in his world).
The minute it was time for Shulk to guard her (and due to Lucas talking his head off and starting to fall asleep) was when Lucina's mind started to think back to the incident. While she forced a smile for her friend's sake, it only made Lucas worry when she said she would be okay while he went to get Shulk. Lucas' movement was sluggish, so she would be able to get some time to herself. Shulk would also be the one to bring her the food (since she admitted she wasn't hungry all day, but that might be again due to training nonstop without the need for anything but water) so Lucina expected at least five minutes not being watched. She had no intention of leaving though. The day was almost over and she didn't feel like training after dealing with so many people.
Of course, the minute Lucina let her guard down, someone slipped into her room. When Inigo was the one talking to Lucina, he opened the window to allow some fresh air in. The female lord had forgotten that the window was ever open allowing for that person to slip in right after Lucas left. She had just closed the door and expected Shulk to knock if he wanted access to her room. The minute she turned around though and saw the snake lady, she jumped and nearly screamed.
"H-How did you get in here?!"
"Oh, don't sound so surprised. The big man in charge doesn't have the best security."
Lucina wanted to protest that Master Hand had great security, but seeing as how people from Pit's past could easily trespass into the mansion and cause some huge damage along with the Miis randomly malfunctioning and tearing up the place. Master Hand was good at keeping people who could not join the roster out, but threats to the Smashers in general was something the right hand needed to work on.
"Why are you here? Do you want me to stab you?" Lucina asked in a threatening tone.
"Isn't it obvious, sweetie?" Echidna answered with a question. "I am here to remind you about the Splatfest tomorrow."
Lucina's stare was identical to that of Medusa's. Echidna laughed knowing full well she made that statement just to irritate her.
"Oh, right…you're under house arrest until the day after tomorrow. It must be rough to be missing an event that won't be interrupted this time around."
"What is your point? If you're not here to battle me, then leave before I kill you right now."
"That's a cute threat seeing as you were the one on the ground begging for mercy and moaning cutely."
Lucina was doing her best to keep her cool, but Echidna's presence was enough to make her lose it.
"Like I told you during that faithful night, my client is going to claim the little crow tomorrow. Don't bother trying to save him. His fate was sealed when I was hired to make sure that he would be taken."
"…Excuse me?"
"If you want to fight me during the Splatfest, I won't stop you. However…" Echidna's expression darkened causing every fiber of Lucina's body to freeze. "If you attempt to fight me, you will be killed when I win. The first match was just a warning."
Lucina believed that Echidna would kill her, but Dark Pit's life was on the line. Echidna did this on purpose just so she could find an excuse to spill blood. She would only have herself to blame should she ignore the mercenary's warning.
"It seems like your mind has already been made up. Whatever…"
Lucina gasped feeling something was thrown her direction. With her reflexes, she managed to catch whatever was thrown at her. When she went to look to see what she caught, a handkerchief was thrown at her face allowing her to get a good idea what she was given.
"You know better than anyone who might end up being in charge of looking after you during the Splatfest. Make sure you apply enough chloroform to the cloth so you can knock that person out."
Lucina immediately threw both items on her bed as she shot Echidna a nasty glare. "I am not like you! I will not resort to your tactics! I will tell everyone what you intend to do to Dark Pit and then I'll-"
"You had your chance." Echidna reminded her. "You did not take it. Your little crow offered to help and you rejected him. You had your chance to tell them before that alien got paranoid about you being killed. That alien is rather intelligent despite being a blond."
"Why you…"
The green haired snake lady smirked seeing that Lucina was ready to shove the Falchion in between her breasts. As much as she would like to see the female lord try, she needed to leave before the next Smasher came to check up on the princess.
"I'll see you tomorrow…if you have a death wish."
Lucina only watched as Echidna slipped away before she could do as much as attack her. She growled as she quickly shut the window and hid the chloroform under the bed. Even if the Ylissean princess told herself she would not use the drug to put the Smasher watching her to sleep…something in the back of her mind told her that she would indeed use it.
Once the day to the Splatfest hit, tension was high for the people involved in the incident. Shulk was banking on these visions to fail with his plan, but like Alvis brought up yesterday, some of his priorities weren't high enough. Of course, Shulk trusted that Reyn at least would be able to watch over Pittoo because Shulk made sure that he would be the last person to watch Lucina before the night was over just so she wouldn't think of sneaking out at the last minute. Heck, he would even watch her with Rob and they would keep her mind occupied with other things that did not concern the Splatfest.
Unknown to Shulk, he had back up in the form of the witch twins. They might not be able to see the vision he had, but they did eavesdrop on his conversation on what exactly would occur. Cia had already got her plan in motion should Lucina actually leave to fight Echidna. Lana in comparison wanted to introduce herself to Shulk and tell him that she would help the seer. No matter how much Lana nagged the older witch, she wouldn't get Cia to budge on this plan. Lana had to do the rescue on her own should the plan fail. The white witch feared that Shulk's vision was certainly to happen even if they were to interfere at the last minute.
"Now who is the paranoid one?" Cia questioned as she rolled her eyes. "Shulk has demonstrated so far that he has thought things through."
At first, Cia was right concerning Shulk seeing as how throughout the day, the Smashers that watched Lucina were those who Lucina would not dare fighting such as Peach (who was scary when she was angry) and Samus or those who would not be fooled by her tricks easily such as Zelda and Sheik (Cia was able to confirm that for Smash, they were two different people this time around instead of Zelda disguising herself as Sheik).
In a sense, Lana had every right to be paranoid when the current guard watching Lucina during the Splatfest (once it was nightfall) was Rob. The two have observed the male tactician in the past and he wasn't the most stable or reliable person in the mansion. In Cia's mind, Rob was the worse choice to be guarding Lucina at this particular time. The only reason it was Rob and not anyone else is due to everyone going to the Splatfest and Shulk currently swapping out to take a shower. Rob had no interest in the Splatfest for many reasons. One was the Inklings reminded him too much of slime monsters and the other was simply because he found Turf War boring in comparison to Splat Zone. He felt like the Inklings didn't need to strategize when covering the territory with ink especially if they just needed to cover all the small spots on the map where with Splat Zone, the team needed to work together if they wanted to win.
Shulk had asked him why Rob was scared of slime monsters. Rob didn't have an answer for him. Lana and Cia knew exactly why and knew it was best to never reveal to Shulk what had happened in the past to the male tactician for his phobia. The incident of the past was so traumatizing that the fear carried over to future timelines like the one now, and it was rather depressing how there was nothing that could fix said phobia when Rob himself didn't know why he had it in the first place.
Rob sighed as he turned the page to that novel that Pit got him addicted to Dominion's Descent. It was a book written by someone from the Golden Land and it combined many genres into one enjoyable adventure. Rob didn't seem the type to read a romantic comedy, but seeing as how the novel allowed him to escape his own issues…he was willing to put up with it and was probably a bigger fan than anyone else in the mansion. That said a lot when almost all the female Smashers and assist trophies had a copy of the book after nagging Pit about getting more than just one copy for him and Pittoo.
Lucina knew that she would have to get past Rob in order to fulfill her end of the deal. If she failed to leave, Dark Pit was a goner and she would have failed her duty in protecting him. The bluenette didn't want to harm her father's best friend though. Lucina really liked Rob due to being the understanding sibling of the two. Compared to Robin who she had some sort of rivalry with along with viewing her as a cool big sister, Rob was like the compassionate older brother to her and he was willing to talk to her if she had a problem. This was just one of the few things he would advise her not doing…
"Uhh…Shulk…get back from your stupid shower…" Lucina could hear Rob grumble outside her door. "Don't make me change the shower head so caterpillars will start pouring down on you instead of water…"
"Rob, is everything okay?" Lucina asked as she slowly prepared her plan knowing that the smaller Smasher was letting his guard down as she spoke.
"Not really Lucina. I want to actually sleep for the night and Shulk said he was going to watch you. He's the one who got the vision, so he should be the one to be here. Instead he's been gone for almost half an hour and I'm getting to the end of this book. Forgive me for being a little crabby…"
"…I just assumed it was the Splatfest."
"That too. Smashopolis isn't going to sleep tonight and unless something unplanned happens like the sudden rainstorm then I don't think I'll be getting that much sleep."
Lucina forgot that Robin told her that her little brother was suffering from insomnia as of late. Despite his recently cheerfulness due to improving in Smash, he hadn't been able to get a wink of sleep and it was slowly deteriorating his mood and his health. The novel he was reading allowed the white haired magician to calm down, but seeing as how he reaching the end…it was going to fail eventually.
"…I'm sorry."
"Lucina, don't apologize. I care for your wellbeing, so I'm here instead of just walking off and leaving." Rob told her. She imagined he was probably giving her a weak smile on his end. "I just wish that you weren't planning anything foolish."
He possibly already knew that she was intending to make Shulk's vision come true. Lucina wouldn't know until she tried.
"So what's the theme this time since the last one probably wouldn't end well if it succeeded."
"For Fun…or For Glory." Rob answered trying his best to hide his laugh in. "I'm sorry…that's actually funny."
Outside of Smash Brothers, there was a joke about whether or not the Smashers were fighting casually or seriously. The joke ended up being this with many more memes being spread to add insult to injury. Rob's favorite one that he encountered was "For Salt" seeing as how Smashers losing and getting upset was a thing in the mansion unlike the dumb idea that people in the mansion were only here to make friends instead of winning.
"Yeah…it is…" Lucina spoke as she slowly opened the door. She wondered why Rob didn't lock it unless he was being generous to allow her to sit down with him and keep him company instead of running away. "Something less controversial than politics."
"Whoever chose politics was stupid. Smashopolis would be in flames if either side won."
"True…" Lucina gulped realizing that she would have to end up betraying her friend's trust in order to save another. Rob was still unaware of Lucina getting behind him with the cloth covered in chloroform. "You wouldn't be able to get some sleep if the streets were burning…"
"Nope. Rain was the best thing to happen. If only the Inklings could have drowned for good instead of coming back in a few days."
At this point, Lucina stopped speaking to Rob. By the time Rob realized what the female lord was doing, she had already placed the cloth over his mouth. Lucina knew she was physically stronger than Rob, so there was nothing he could do but struggle weakly at her grip. Echidna gave her a strong dose that was able to put him to sleep in a minute. Once Lucina was certain the struggling was done, she quickly dragged him into her room. When he was unconscious, he would be extra heavy to lift up. The Ylissean princess didn't mind too much. He was still very light in comparison to the other fighters. Once she slowly lifted him to the bed, she took Falchion from her wall and quickly rushed out of the room.
I'm sorry, Rob. I have to save Dark Pit…and the only way to do that is to defeat Echidna!
The sad reality was Lana missed a spot check when she was ripping up the note that was given to the dark angel…or rather that Echidna had more than one opportunity to sneak another note into Dark Pit's room within a week when Lana or Cia were not around to see her infiltrate the mansion. With how the Smashers were laidback when dealing with weird people thanks to Pit, it was a simple task for Echidna to go back into Dark Pit's room without interference.
The note was identical to the one Lucina was given on the day of the previous Splatfest only it was worded in a way to not draw suspicion on who could have sent it or the ulterior motives of said person. For one, Echidna made sure to not sound as threatening and two…she made sure to sound like she wanted to help the female lord instead of attempting to murder her.
"Your knight in shining armor is in danger of being killed tonight. A plan must be hatched immediately to avoid confrontation with the Veteran Mercenary, but this must be kept a secret from your friends. She has spies everywhere in Smashopolis and the bigger the group the more likely your knight in shining armor will be killed. Here are the directions to where you need to go."
As a result of the note, Dark Pit had a hard time enjoying himself when his usual group went out to watch the Splatfest. This time, it was sunny so there would be no surprise showers that would melt the Inklings. He should have been happy too. Arachne and Kaguya were finished with doing his work in Skyworld and could sit down and enjoy the Splatfest with him again. Reyn had made time for himself (after making it up to the Colonel back on Bionis), so he could attend and help prevent the vision from coming true and Lucas intended to be the one to choose the seats this time. Only Lucina couldn't attend, but at this point, it would be for the best.
"Hey, what's the team this time?" Arachne asked the group. "I was locked out of the loop. I would think they would change it."
"Lemon tea versus milk tea." Dark Pit answered. "There are going to be a lot of white Inklings this time around."
A snicker escaped Arachne's lips causing Dark Pit to snarl. "Get your mind out of the gutter! Why would you think those kids would shoot anything but ink?"
"I think you're just too innocent." The spider girl teased as she glanced at Reyn. "You would love to be covered in Reyn's milk."
This was why Lucina was needed in the group. Without her as the reasonable one, Arachne could tease Dark Pit and Reyn relentlessly. Both males froze immediately recalling what occurred between them. While the Homs remained silent as he tried to hide that his face was becoming as red as his hair, Dark Pit immediately cursed at his vice captain for suggesting something that almost happened.
"Dammit, Arachne! Lucas is here! There is no time for that shit!"
"Awww, you're so cute when you're red." Arachne hummed knowing that Kaguya was going to follow up.
"Kaguya knows, right!" Kaguya agreed. "Kaguya would like to cover Li with her milk too."
Lucas was the most uncomfortable child at the very moment.
"Lucina…why are you under house arrest? Help…" Lucas cried causing Dark Pit to sigh in defeat that this was getting nowhere fast.
"Look…we just need to get to the Sports Dome and find a seat. Can we do that without the jokes?" Dark Pit asked getting very annoyed with the girls.
"Okay-dokie." The blond spider continued to hum as she was the one that lead the group this time through the crowd.
"Hey! Kaguya should be the one to lead!" Kaguya yelled while chasing after her.
There were more people here than the last time. Dark Pit assumed that it was because the topic wasn't as controversial (and the fact that the people watching were as perverted as Arachne) as the last one combined with how there wasn't a Smash tournament taking up a section of Smashopolis therefore allowing more people to watch the Splatfest. This was good for Dark Pit because he could easily lose himself in the crowd while searching for the location he needed to be.
While Reyn was being kind and standing close to him, it wouldn't be long until some really big demons started pushing through the crowd causing Reyn to shout at them for not watching where they were going. This was the opportunity Pittoo needed to slip away from the muscular Homs and the PK Boy before they realized that he ran off on them. In the back of his mind, Dark Pit knew this was a bad idea, but he was very concerned for Lucina. If he wanted the best results, he needed to go alone.
Echidna waited for Lucina at Smash Harbor like she said she would. You would think the dock would be one of the locations where the Inklings would be battling it out, but Mario had made it clear that he wasn't going to clean up the dock due to it reminding him too much of a location on Isle Delfino. No one could blame him since he pretty much had to clean up the unfinished event the last time (the areas where the rain couldn't wash it away) and there would be no rain to save him this time. It was almost like Echidna knew this would happen in advance and arranged it as such seeing as how Inklings would avoid water based areas for the competition.
The green haired snake lady sat on one of the crates in one of the locations where transport goods were stacked waiting to be shipped to other areas in Smashopolis. There was just enough room for an actual battle, but cramped enough that it was easy to hide any sinister incidents from occurring. For extra precautions, Echidna went around the area to make sure that there weren't anyone to watch the battle and knock them out. She would have killed them and threw their bodies into the ocean, but she didn't want to warrant the wrath of the divine beings that resided in this world just because she wanted to be 100% safe.
Lucina's next mistake besides accepting the challenge was rushing over to Smash Harbor and overexerting herself before the battle began. Her mind was still not clear and the last thing she needed was for one of the Smashers to find her (specifically Sonic) and drag her back.
"My princess, you got spunk." Echidna teased before getting off the crate she was on. "Spunk isn't going to help you win if you are being foolish."
Lucina didn't respond immediately. She needed to catch her breath first before she took Falchion out of its sheath.
"…I will not be fooled by your tricks twice." Lucina warned her as she held Falchion in front of her. "Your mind games will not work again. I am on to you now!"
Echidna chuckling knowing full well that the female lord was still shaken from the previous battle. Compared to the confident stance she held in the first encounter, her legs were trembling slightly and she looked ready to let go of her sword should her hands be attacked.
"I'll entertain you tonight, sweetie. I should remind you that if you lose…I will be the last person you will see. Hope you said good-bye to your friends and family…throwing them away for the sake of regaining your pride."
Already, Echidna knew her words were eating at Lucina. It would only be a matter of time before Lucina fell to her again. She estimated that she would be defeated in six minutes. Most Smash battles after all lasted that long if the person attempted to stall.
Unknown to both of the female fighters, Cia had already positioned herself in a hidden location on the dock ready to assist Lucina with her magic. Echidna may have scoured the entire area for anyone that would interfere with her plans, but it would be difficult to deal with someone who could teleport at will while chanting a spell intending to plant a curse on the Veteran Mercenary.
"You think that you'll win with your venomous words…" Cia murmured as her magic spell was secretly circling around the two women. "…But with this spell…your words will not be able to deal the finishing blow. As long as Luci remembers my saying that night…she should be able to hold her own…"
The black witch frowned after casting the spell realizing something else. Echidna was still powerful without psychologically breaking her opponent. To make things even, she would have to expose herself to danger. Cia had told herself that unlike Lana that she would not dare to interfere with Dark Pit and his group even if their lives were in danger. This was always her job in her world, but she messed that up badly. Now she was given a second chance to prove that she can still keep her job as a Guardian of Time…but she desired to help the Ylissean princess. She was her friend in other timelines after all.
"Tch…these stupid emotions that cause my will to waver…" Cia growled as she decided to cast another spell hoping that Echidna's power would be reduced. She was hoping that Echidna wouldn't notice but once she started planting curse after curse, the green haired elf was bound to notice her.
Dark Pit cursed at getting lost in Smashopolis. The map he was given on where he needed to be to help Lucina was in a location he would never think to be and it was due to how he was warned in advance to never go into the alleyways of Smashopolis. Strange individuals could be found here and at night it was a death sentence. Dark Pit knew this but ventured into dangerous territory if it meant helping Lucina in the long run. In retrospect, he should have realized how gullible he was once he found the location. He mocked Pit for easily believing what he was told, but he was no different…in fact it was worse seeing as how he immediately got ambushed the minute he got to the location designated on the map. It was just a dead end and that meant there was nowhere to run for him in particular. If only he could fly…then he could have prevented this situation.
"Going somewhere little boy?"
The dark angel would remember that wicked voice for the rest of his life. Turning around, he saw a small goblin who was the leader of the bunch judging by how he was standing in the middle. To the right of him was a human slave who was rather tall and muscular. She could easily kill the goblin who had the chain to her collar, but something was preventing her from doing so. She had red hair and had one blue eye and one red eye. To the left of him was a huge Minotaur that towered over everyone. Behind the goblin were other demons that Pittoo couldn't make out, but they weren't as menacing as the Minotaur or the human slave that could easily strangle him.
"Tch…a trap…should have known." Dark Pit grumbled wishing that he brought a weapon with him. Even a palm weapon would have done him justice here. "Who are you?"
The little goblin laughed thinking that the dark angel was being sarcastic. Assuming that he was like Pit, he was going to continue laughing until one of the demons behind the goblin reminded him that this wasn't Pit they were dealing with.
"Oh! That angel captain actually kept information hidden about me! No wonder you're not cowering in fear before me! I am Dogura, the most fearsome slave trader in the universe!"
Dogura was obviously putting himself on a very high pedestal, but he had a good point. If Pit just explained to Dark Pit who Dogura was, the dark angel would have a clue on who he was. Instead, he just shook his head obviously puzzled by the title.
"…Why would a goblin have a dog name? That makes you sound more like a bitch than a dangerous trader."
The demons behind Dogura snickered only because there was a lot of truth to that.
"He's got a point, boss. It's Branwen who does all the work for you and make people fear you…not you."
Not liking the fact that he was being disrespected, the little goblin stomped his feet to get them to quiet down although this action showed how childish he was.
"H-How dare you mock me! Do you not see your situation? You should be begging me for mercy before I enslave you! You're going to be used as bait to get to Pit! He's been a thorn in my side and he needs to be taught a lesson!"
Li could see the situation he was in. He was backed up against the wall against very scary individuals with no way to defend himself or anyone to help him. Dark Pit wanted to take back everything he said about not needing bodyguards. In situations like this, Reyn, Arachne and even Kaguya would have helped him escape. The dark angel took pride in his craftiness in how quickly he was able to escape, but he was dealing with a small goblin, a human with super strong senses, a Minotaur and a few other demons that were good at hunting their prey in the darkness. He may have been able to blend in with the darkness, but it was moot if he got caught anyway.
Branwen was too quick for Li and ended up pinning him down on the ground. He kicked and he squirmed under her heavy weight, but he wasn't moving from his spot. Dogura laughed seeing the scared look that the black angel was giving him. Dark Pit didn't even realize that he was terrified of what would happen to him until Dogura brought it up.
"Ha, this was easier than taking candy from a baby!" Dogura declared. "Asking that elf just took too much time when I could have done this sooner."
"Let me go, dammit!"
Dogura snickered seeing the black clad doppelganger send him the most menacing glare he could muster despite being a cornered rat. The more he got a look at the clone, the more he saw the resemblance to Pit who had put him in bad situations that could have gotten him arrested by authorities. He wiped the drool threatening to fall from mouth upon realizing he was staring too long.
"You are going to have to settle down. We don't need you attracting anyone's attention. The Splatfest may have gotten everyone distracted, but we can't take any chances."
There were so many ways that Dogura could have silenced the dark angel. The easiest would have been to just shove a cloth that contained chloroform on it in his face and just have him fall asleep. That would have been the easiest way and the one that would have gotten things done faster. The next would to easily gag him because Pittoo didn't have the strength to fight back against the demons. The last one was just Dogura wanting to be kinky and rub it in Pit's face that while he was out doing a mission, the little goblin had successfully captured his little twin brother and was performing sexual acts on him.
That was why the Minotaur was brought into this equation. A Minotaur stood out from the crowd and would alert the angels immediately. No matter how well behaved a Minotaur was, angels fled in terror of the sight of one. The young angel in front of him enchanted this Minotaur, and unlike Dogura he didn't wipe the drool dripping from his mouth.
"Get him to quiet down before we head on our way." Dogura warned the Minotaur with a smirk. "I want to see how good he does in the first department of sexual pleasure."
Branwen gave her owner a disgusted look with what she wanted Dark Pit to do. The Minotaur wasted no way pushing past Dogura and the demons to put himself in front of the black angel. Dark Pit felt his heart stop seeing the menacing figure towering over him.
"W-What…"
The Minotaur smiled as without warning flashed the black angel. Any other situation and Li would have had used the Silver Bow to shoot the Minotaur's dick off. This was something that Pit had warned Pittoo multiple times in the past. Never let the Minotaur corner you much less flash you if you valued your virginity. Dark Pit never considered meeting a Minotaur in Smashopolis, so he never took heed to the advice. He regretted it obviously. His mind was starting to get mushy and it was probably from the horrible stench that came out. He wanted to barf originally but he ended up gulping instead. Why was his heart beating fast and his crotch starting to throb seeing the huge cock in front of him?
"Guh…"
"Don't resist. Just suck." The Minotaur ordered. "No angel can resist a Minotaur's cock."
Minotaur's were sexual predators to angels. Dark Pit really needed to listen to Pit when he stated that multiple times…and to think he thought he was joking when he said Minotaur's had hypno dicks. Dark Pit's mind was getting shut off from the fume that the Minotaur gave off making him desire the large penis instead of being appalled. He tried to shut his eyes, but he couldn't look away. His red eyes became clouded the longer he stared and resisted the urge to extend his tongue out. Branwen felt his struggle weaken underneath her. Unlike Dark Pit who was being turned on by the smell, the slave covered her nose resisting the urge to throw up.
"That's it. Use your tongue and lick my dick clean." The Minotaur ordered very pleased that Dark Pit nodded his head slowly. There was no need for Branwen to stay on top of him. Once the Minotaur hypnotized an angel, there was no way out of it without interference from the outside.
The dark angel resisted more than Dogura anticipated. The rumors of Dark Pit being purer than his light counterpart was proving to be correct since no angel has fought back against the Minotaur…not even Pit was strong enough to handle one hence why he stayed away from the bull demon.
"Dammit…" Dark Pit weakly murmured as he found himself opening his mouth. "You won't…get away with this…"
"I already have."
Reality hit Dogura though that he shouldn't have been wasting time trying to test Dark Pit's resistance. Immediately a summoning circle appeared in between the dark angel and the Minotaur and out came a Manhandla stalk that immediately bit at the Minotaur's cock in an attempt to rip it off. The hypnosis spell immediately shattered allowing the dark angel to push Branwen away before she grabbed him again. The Minotaur's roar was enough to alert anyone in the area, but fortunately the Splatfest still distracted everyone.
"W-What the?!" Dogura couldn't even finish his sentence as someone fell from the sky and stepped on his head. "Arghhh!"
Branwen was concerned for her master. Her first thought was to stop whomever the summoner was, but Dark Pit had pushed her down to the ground to prevent her from using the ball and chain to hit the person. Another Manhandla stalk popped up from the ground and covered the area with poison. Surprisingly, it only affected the people that the summoner wanted to effect. The black angel inhaled the toxic fumes, but didn't feel the full force of the poison unlike Branwen and the demons that needed to cover their mouth and nose to not feel whoozy.
"Who are you?" Was the first thing Li asked upon seeing who saved him. He was expecting it to be Arachne seeing as how she was capable of using poison against her opponents. The summoning was what threw him off and he wasn't expecting a young girl with blue hair and purple eyes with blue pupils to rescue him. She looked like she came out of an anime show he watched and that was actually reassuring to him.
"I'm Lana." She introduced happily. "I would love to talk, but we have to go."
Lana wasted no time grabbing Dark Pit by the hand and rushing out of the alleyway and into the streets of Smashopolis. Dogura was not going to let a little girl ruin his perfect plan. The Minotaur was on the ground, crying and wheezing pathetically after the dangerous plant had successfully ripped his dick off. Things going sour disorganized the other demons and that attitude made Dogura threaten to turn on the torture device if Branwen intended to stay grounded.
"What are you doing, you stupid bitch? Chase after them! I don't care if we attract anybody's attention! I will not lose this opportunity to put that angel captain in his place! Kill the girl if you must but make sure the angel captain's twin is brought back alive!"
"…Understood…" Branwen murmured darkly as she stood up and with a swift kicked, easily killed the Manhandla stalks that sprouted around the area effectively removing the poison in the progress. With blinding speed, the redhead chased after Dark Pit and Lana knowing full well that this mission was doomed to fail if Lana continued to surprise them with her summons.
Me: TBC with 9033 words.
Li: Lana, save me!
Me: Yeah…you're going to regret having her as a bodyguard…notes!
1. The story I wrote called The Strongest Angel Team, I brought up how during the shadow battle tends to be the point where the Smasher's lose because of how the shadow attacks them psychologically with issues from the past and present. The only people immune to the shadow are Pit and Dark Pit because Dark Pit is Pit's shadow (and they already had their battle) therefore Dark Pit cannot have a shadow since he is consider "pure" darkness.
2. What Inigo tells Lucina is a spoiler for Fire Emblem: Fates. He, Owain and Severa leave their world and travel to the one in that game from the Outer Realm. I want to imply that Inigo has already planned out what he intends to do when his current self is born hence why he leaves to not cause any problems. Lucina is already set because she's in Smash and I already implied in Glove Slap that Dark Pit would most likely take her to Skyworld after Smash 4.
3. Dark Pit doesn't know that as long as he's a virgin that he has the Power of Flight. He has yet to test this out at this point of this particular timeline. If he knew he could fly, he wouldn't be put in the bad situation in the first place.
That's it. Reviews are appreciated. Ja ne!
