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, Pepper, Saber and Kaguju are my characters.

Summary: The royal bodyguards know of a way to track Gray Fox down but with people disappearing, it's not going to be easy. When Sonic disappears, that's the last straw and it seems like Kaguju is the only one who knows who the killer is.

Chapter 4: Cold

It's funny how no one even bothered to hold a funeral for Roy. Once the angels saw Roy's dead body, they all acted un-angel like just having Sun-Wong to summon his Aeon to burry a hole in the ground and place Roy's dead body in it. They all acted like Roy wasn't important. Fayt was rather confused by their actions. All of them were calm...except Himeno.

"didn't say I told him so," Aqua repeated in the conference room where all the Smashers and royal bodyguards were. Fayt's group just tagged along since all got mixed up in this mess.

"Okay...now what?" Isaak questioned not at all happy with the recent violence before New Years. Palutena was surely not going to come this time.

Mario put his fist on the table shaking it. Everyone with their arms rested on it jumped up from the impact.

"Isn't it obvious?! We find out who killed Roy and Nintendog and beat him up!" Mario announced in his Italian voice.

"You would think that would be easy brother?" Luigi asked uncertain.

"Sure! The killer must have left some trace of him back there!"

"...About that," Samus interrupted, "Mr. Game and Watch cleaned up the mess."

The Smashers were either groaning or sighing in disappointment. Mr. Game and Watch didn't care who lived and who died. He was just the janitor to them and he responds to that by minding his own business and not caring about anyone. R.O.B. seemed to be the only one who understood the two dimensional Smasher.

"So much for that idea..." Mcenche murmured.

"Any other bright ideas?" Li asked everyone sarcastically.

There was a long silence except for the sobs coming from Marth and Peach. Sonic wasn't in the conference room at all. He and Pit were somewhere else.

Li sighed in disappointment, "I suspected more from you humans."

there he goes again... Aqua thought to herself. Being all racist toward the humans.

"I don't see you coming up with any ideas..."

Li frowned at the new voice. At the door, a new angel appeared pushing past Fayt's group like she was some hotshot. She had long pink hair and red eyes. Her pink wings stood out the most. She had a sinister grin. She was far from being angelic.

Mcenche moved out of the way instantly. This angel scared him. It must have been her murderous aura.

"Well, Lived, what are your suggestions?" she asked in a mocking tone.

Li glared at her, "Ha ha...very funny Saber. Didn't you have a job to do that would take oh...five years to complete."

When Saber glared at Li, all the royal bodyguards avoided eye contact with her. They were filled with blood lust.

"You obviously think it takes that long to complete an assassination mission? You devils are so dumb."

"At least us devils are more polite than you humans," Li spat back.

"Please no fighting..." Himeno mumbled. They weren't listening to her.

The two were never the best of friends. Maybe that was because they had their eyes set on the same angel. When personalities and race clash, it will have a tragic end like in the School Days.

"ANYWAYS!" Sun-Wong continued in a loud voice that prevented Li and Saber from tearing each other apart, "We should be able come up with plan that allows us catch this killer before he strikes again. Does ANYONE have a suggestion?"

"I do," said Cliff.

"Cliff?" Fayt questioned but was interrupted.

"Have you considered thinking that the killer is also the serial killer? I mean, it seems that ever since we got here, this person is acting up."

"You have a point," Samus said.

Isaac turned to Snake hoping he would have any ideas. His face was unreadable.

Saber smirked, "In the end, a human came up with an idea instead of The Devil."

"You looking for a fight bitch?" Li asked in an angry tone.

"you guys can kill each other when this is over," Aqua told them in always serious tone, "we should focus on the more important matters."

"Damn right!" Link cursed, "My friend was killed and you angels are fighting over something so trivial! Grow up!"

Link wasn't in the best of moods. Sure he was usually quiet but after seeing his friend dead and another one of his friends crying like there was no tomorrow, you'd be pissed too.

Li and Saber glared at each other and did what a child would do. They stuck their tongues at each other in disgust and then turned away from each other.

"so childish..." Aqua muttered.

"If that case," Sun-Wong continued, "Saki would know who person is."

"That's why you force it out of him?" Mcenche answered.

That earned a glare from almost everyone in the room. He sweatdropped. "Just a joke!"

"Right..." Pepper said, "You know. This is boring! I'm out of here!"

"Pepper!" Himeno shouted.

Pepper wasn't listening. She just spread her wings and flew off pushing Fayt's group out of the way. If they weren't standing in the way of the door then that wouldn't happen but there was no room for them in the conference room.

"She was upset..." Mcenche mentioned to Himeno.

"I know...she wouldn't walk out in a meeting like this." She was quiet for a second before she added, "I'm going to go follow her."

Himeno spread her wings and flew off as well. Albel caught a quick glimpse of the look on Himeno's face. She seemed the least bit happy.

"Since we can't force Saki to cooperate with us, shouldn't we just ask the assist trophies and their opinion?" Fox asked.

"That's our only hope," Zelda said softly as she brushed Peach's hair. The poor girl was traumatized at the sight of someone close to her since the second tournament being killed. Someone as pure as her and Sonic didn't need to see something so violent, "If we question them all, then we're surely know who it is if they refuse to answer."

"That's plan," the vice captain said as he turned to the royal bodyguards that were still in the room, "Guys, move out and scout area for any suspicious activity. Lived and Saber, don't you DARE kill each other. If I find out that you do..."

Sun-Wong didn't need to finish. He was serous. Dead serious. Li sweatdropped at the angry vice captain and Saber just rolled her eyes in annoyance as she spread her wings and flew out the door. Li spread his wings as well. He pushed past Fayt's group and told them in a harsh tone, "Make room. You're blocking traffic!"

You could hear Sophia shout "The nerve of that guy!" but who listens to Sophia? When the other angels except Sun-Wong left, Fayt noticed that Albel was gone again.

Now where did he go? Fayt asked himself.

Himeno really didn't follow Pepper like she said she would. The fire angel was doing something probably more important. She had something equally important to do as well and that required going to the top floor.

The green angel noticed that someone was following her. She walked really slowly and looked back many times because she knew that his person was not good at concealing himself like the others who stalked her, but she really wouldn't call this person a stalker though.

Once she made it to the fourth floor by taking the stairs, she opened a door leading to a hidden staircase. She slowly ascended the stairs with that person following her. Once she made it to the top which lead to an empty room with brick walls. There were four statues of Centurions which two were on the left and the other two were on the right in front of a huge statue of their Goddess Palutena. When she stepped in between the statues and stood in front of the Palutena statue she asked the person, "Why did you follow me here? You have friends that are worried about you, especially the one with blue hair."

The person scoffed, "Friends? Yeah right. You don't see any of these 'friends' following me, do you?"

Himeno shook her head, "I'm sure they trust you Albel-san..."

"Hmph. So why are you here? Weren't you supposed to be looking for that annoying girl?"

Himeno sighed, "Pepper is probably trying to predict the future by talking to the fire."

"The fire?"

"The fire can look into the future. Only those that are one with the fire can speak to it and predict the future."

"?"

"I'm here...because this is where Palutena is supposed to appear when New Years hits..."

"And?"

"She won't be coming if the rapist and the killer are not caught. There was nothing but peace and harmony in this mansion, but ever since this happened, she won't come..."

"You're not making any sense. If she's not coming, why aren't you helping your friends and captain search for this-"

"Because I can't do it!" she shouted.

Albel was confused, "Huh?"

"I was told to greet Palutena, but I don't think that I can! It's always Aqua greeting her! But me...I can't do it! I promised I would show her my perfect dance! But all the blood that's spilling! I CAN'T DO IT!"

Albel didn't know what to do when she broke down in front of him. He never had to worry about these situations because he was cold hearted, cruel and merciless. He wouldn't even be seeing tears if he killed them instantly. Yet, he couldn't help but pity this girl that was a royal bodyguard of probably one of the elite in this world and she's trembling over the thought of blood.

"I know I shouldn't be asking this, but what should I do?!" she questioned still sobbing.

There was only one thing she could do.

"Face your fears. Don't turn away from reality because...it will come back to bite you..."

Albel really wasn't good at this stuff. He might have made it worse for her. To his surprise. Less tears fell from her eyes as she nodded.

"...I understand. I'll perfect the dance..."

Albel really had no saying when she got up and stood in the middle of the statues. There, she started dancing gracefully but again there were flaws in her dancing. She was really nervous. The captain of the Black Brigade sighed as he sat down on the floor next to the wall. He might as well stay with her until she collapsed. It was better this way anyway. He didn't want to deal with those that traveled with him. Besides, he couldn't help but be drawn to the wind angel.

Pit just couldn't stop Sonic from crying and it angered him. The one he cared for was bawling his eyes out which is something he would never do and not being able to do anything about it.

That killer is going to pay for making Sonic like this... Pit thought to himself.

He rocked the hedgehog slightly, but it continued coming. Pit then whispered calmly in Sonic's ears to calm down. The blue hedgehog responded by looking up. Huge droplets were falling from his eyes still.

"Everything will be okay Sonic. Just stop crying," the angel said in a soothing tone. While it was soothing, it was a bad choice of words.

"How will everything be okay? Saki was raped! Roy and Nintendog was killed! What will happen next?! Ash being beheaded in the middle of the night?! I can't take it!"

"This isn't like you Sonic..." Pit murmured, "You've got to calm down."

"But there was so much blood...I..."

Pit sighed, "I thought you've been on the battlefield before."

"I have but..."

"You should know that whenever violence is involved psychically, blood will always be shed. There is no way around that."

Sonic nodded his head oh so slowly. The angel was right about that but he still couldn't stop crying.

"But what happens if you're next?"

"Huh?"

"What happens if this killer gets you next? I don't want to lose you!"

Pit sighed. Right now, he was more worried about the blue hedgehog than himself. If anything bad happened to him, he wouldn't forgive himself. His Amail instincts might kick in.

"Nothing bad will happen to me Sonic, I promise."

Sonic looked into the angel's blue eyes. The angel never broke promises, "Really?"

"Cross my heart and hope to fly. Stick a cupcake in my eye."

"Ah! Isn't that sweet!"

Pit instantly glared over toward the window and shielded Sonic from the voice. Out of all people that was watching him, why did it have to be him?

"Get lost Kaguju! I thought you were on a mission!"

The angel or rather devil that Pit was talking to was none other than Kaguju Martel. He had long curly hair and purple eyes that showed no sympathy to those that made contact with them. He wore a black tunic that made it look like it was dark purple. He had dark purple wings to match the tunic. He grinned at the captain of the royal bodyguards.

"I finished that mission long ago Captain Tip!" he said with a dark grin.

His choice of nicknames were just as bad as Isaak's only some of them are rather hurtful while Isaak's were just annoying.

"Get lost..." Pit told him again, "I will not repeat myself."

Kaguju frowned, "But you allowed Saber to stay in the mansion, so why can't I?"

"She's a royal bodyguard. You're a messenger. The messenger should stay with Lady Palutena until they are ordered to deliver messages."

Kaguju sighed, "Palutena isn't coming this year because of these murders. You know that right?"

Sonic noticed that Pit's fist were clenched. He was angry really quickly and it wasn't a good sign.

"I know that but-"

"Wasn't there something you wanted to do for Amails this year or were they all just lies and you're going back on your word?"

He struck a weak point. At this point, Sonic forced himself away from Pit and headed toward the door. If the angel blew up now, he wasn't going to get killed.

"You son of a-"

"Hey, it's the truth Tip. Don't get mad at me because I'm right. Wait! I'm always right!"

With that said, Kaguju threw his head back and laughed. He didn't even notice that Pit's murderous aura was increasing. He just opened one of his eyes slightly and frowned.

"But still, you shouldn't get mad at me when I speak the truth. Unless you guys find him in...let's say two days, then Palutena will definitely not come and all of you royal bodyguards can kiss your wishes good-bye."

Pit shot a beam of light from his hands. It almost hit Kaguju, but the purple angel saw it coming. He did a simple side step and it hit the tree that was behind him. A branch fell off it.

"I'll be making my leave now," Kaguju said with a grin, "don't be so rash captain. If you act the way you are now, then you might actually lose that important someone."

Kaguju flew off into the distance before Pit could ask him what he meant.

"Dammit!"

Sonic walked up behind Pit and placed his arms around the angel's waste.

"Please calm down Pit."

Pit did just that. He placed one of his hands on Sonic's hand and looked down at the floor.

"Sorry Sonic. I lost my temper there."

Sonic shook his head slowly, "Just promise me you won't lose yourself if this special someone gets hurt or even killed."

Pit avoided eye contact with Sonic. The blue hedgehog thought that Kaguju was referring to one of the royal bodyguards when it was really referring to him. The angel nodded his head.

I'll protect you Sonic because you are my world. Without you, my life is meaningless.

Fayt spent the remainder of the day wondering around the mansion since everyone was too busy for him. Maria decided to take as much responsibility as Cliff and Mirage in helping the Smashers. Sophia decided to mope in her room along with Roger and Peppita. Adray reluctantly helped because of Nel persuading the old man. The bluenette still couldn't find Albel though. He disappeared during the meeting and still couldn't find the captain of the Black Brigade. Fayt thought it had something to do with that green angel. He couldn't help but feel a bit of jealousy when he thought about those two together.

Albel wouldn't be nice to anyone. Heck, he's rude to me too...but to her...he acts like a different person. Fayt thought to himself.

The blue haired teen eventually gave up thinking and decided to help everyone else. Because he was lost in thought though, he missed a crucial conversation between the killer and someone else.

The moon rose up into the sky again and still no prevail of finding out who the killer was. The royal bodyguards gave up and called it a day because unless one of them were hurt by the killer, it didn't matter to them. Pit had no choice but to tell them to stop for the day. Soon, all the Smashers had to give up since none of the assist trophies were giving them any useful information on who the killer might be. Even Isaac couldn't get anything out of Saki. It was like the dirty blonde was mute or something.

Fayt's group crashed for the night except Cliff and Albel. Cliff wouldn't give up until the killer was caught and taught a lesson. Mirage knew it was unhealthy for the male Klausian to continue like this but there was nothing she could do. As for Albel, he and Himeno still haven't returned. Fayt suspected that the rest of the royal bodyguards knew where they both were but telling him would do no good. He was Albel's friend, so why wouldn't they tell him?

Fayt gave up and rested his head on the bed. He slowly closed his eyes and hoped that Albel would return to the room soon. He slowly drifted to sleep when he heard something outside.

It's probably nothing but an owl. Fayt thought to himself as he past out.

That was the second mistake Fayt made that night because when morning came...

There was a big explosion downstairs and it wasn't dynamite.

Everyone was rudely awakened. It would have been assumed that Li and Saber were fighting early in the morning but that was far from the case. A familiar voice was so loud that the walls appeared to be cracking from his calls.

"Pit, what happened?" Ash questioned as he let out a huge yawn, "Did someone die?"

That earned him a deadly glare that woke the Pokémon Trainer up instantly.

"Sonic's missing..." Pit answered in a low, deadly voice.

The royal bodyguards looked at each other nervously. This killer was messing with their captain now. He made a big mistake to mess with the blue hedgehog...but then again, Sonic might be out on his morning run.

"Someone's going to die..." he said in a threatening tone as he stormed out of the mansion.

As soon as their captain left, everyone faced Saber who looked at them confused.

"Why are you staring at me? I didn't touch that blue fur ball yesterday," Saber told them.

"Sure you didn't..." Li said trying to start a fight with her again.

Saber looked ready to attacked the dark angel but Kaguju stepped in between the two acting all calm like nothing ever happened.

"You two need to chill out. If you murder each other now, the captain will have more problems to worry about."

The two Amails looked away from each other disgusted as Isaak ordered them both to go and help their captain. Li mumbled something about the blonde angel not being the boss of him but when Sun-Wong repeated the order, they both went off.

"Himeno is still missing..." Aqua murmured.

"We all know where she is though..." Pepper muttered.

"Yeah...but I don't think it's worth the pain..." Sun-Wong said with a frown, "I mean...this killer is going too far. If Pit does something...stupid then she won't come regardless."

"That's why we have to find him," Pepper declared suddenly, "We won't accomplish anything by just standing here! GET A MOVE ON PEOPLE!"

Pepper wasn't the boss but she could have been vice captain with that attitude. Everyone got to work before Fayt's group could enter the main chamber and ask them what was going on. They would have to ask the Smashers about the details.

Kaguju frowned when he saw Pit go crazy over his boyfriend. The hedgehog could protect himself, but the killer was on a different level. He should know. He knew everything, so of course he knew what happened to Sonic and what the killer did to him, but what fun would it be just telling everyone who it was who was doing all of this and get the killer killed. Of course, this was partly his fault because he made a bet with the killer...and it got out of hands. Now, he might get killed by his captain if they find out his double crossing ways, but it didn't matter. If Sonic survived what the killer did to him, then it will make Pit stronger and then the other royal bodyguards will finally figure out their captain's strengths and weaknesses. Too bad no one knew...except one. That person was Saki. The purple angel went into the infirmary when Dr. Mario or anyone wasn't visiting the victim and flew him. He grinned.

"So, how's the half demon doing?" he asked politely with a hint of sarcasm.

Saki who was sitting up from the bed wouldn't look the purple angel in the eyes. He just looked at the scars on his body.

"You won't move on in life if you don't forget about those scars," Kaguju told him seriously, "This is told from the expert."

"I know..." Saki murmured, "I know..."

Kaguju leaned in closer to the dirty blonde and put one hand behind his ear so he could hear better, "You know what?"

"I know I should move on in life! I know that thinking about this will not make anything better! I know I won't get my virginity back! And I know that no one will love me now! I just can't..."

Kaguju growled as he saw tears rolling down Saki's cheeks. Why were people like him so weak? He would have moved on instantly.

"Let's see I think three of the four are correct," Kaguju guessed. Wait! Did he say three out of four instead of four out of four? What was he saying?

"What do you mean?"

Kaguju didn't even know what he was telling Saki. It must be his soft side emerging on this rare occasion, or maybe it was empathy.

"You got three guys who are in love with you kid. Sure one of them is already with someone else and it will probably stay that way and another one will leave as soon as this crisis is over, but one of them has always been at your side and he hasn't left you once. He even promised to stay by your side but if you keep pushing him away, you both won't get what you want."

Saki glanced at the messenger. Why were his words so...cruel yet soothing at the same time. He felt at that moment that something was lifted off of his back and it wasn't those words that Gray Fox carved into it. It was the weight uncertainty that was lifted.

"So...I think what you should do is face your fears and actually fight the guy who raped you. Who knows, maybe my captain will weaken him and then another and then you can get the finishing blow to his head with your cannon sword."

Saki frowned, "You can see the future, can you?"

Kaguju was shocked at this question before shaking his head, "No. I can't see the future but when you can calculate the odds of someone doing something for you like a slave then you can easily predict what will happen next. Pit won't find Sonic until tonight when the temperature is freezing outside."

Saki gasped, "You're hiding information from your captain?"

Kaguju didn't shake his head yes or no. He just sighed, "The captain wouldn't listen to me even if I told him that Sonic was buried somewhere in the ground...SHIT!"

Saki paled. Gay Fox was the cruelest person he had ever come across and he must be stopped...but if he tried to do something, Gray Fox might get him again, so he had to think of another way.

"Don't think of getting the hedgehog out though. Pit will do this on his own. I want to see...no...I want to test how strong their love for one another is and what the captain will do when he finds out from you that Gray Fox did this."

Saki glanced away from the purple angel. He as indeed mysterious. He might have told him his motives but that really didn't help much because he added a lot of gratuitous crap to his explanation. In the end, no one would be able to crack the code of Kaguju Martel.

"This is ridiculous..." Li murmured as he and Saber watched Pit flying over the place wearing his wings and voice out searching and calling for Sonic, "Why can't Pit just believe in Sonic?"

"It's a lovers' thing you devil," Saber told him, "He won't stop until he kills himself..."

"..."

The two were surprised that they haven't stabbed each other in the head yet. They hated each other yet they could hold a conversation when they both were speaking of one person and had the same opinion. Both of them sighed when they saw Pit crash into a tree. Not a good sign.

Finally...night came...and Pit was still looking for Sonic. It was starting to become either amusing or tiresome depending on who was watching him. Many people gave up all together labeling Sonic as another victim of the killer. Pit wasn't going to give up and that was going to cost him dearly if he didn't.

Saki knew not to tell anyone about where Sonic really was but he couldn't stand seeing anyone in distress like this. As for Kaguju, he pitied the captain so much that he finally decided to give him a hint.

"Check his gravesite," he said simply.

Pit glared at the purple angel. He took it the wrong way thinking that Kaguju was telling him that Sonic was dead. The angel was weak but he still flew over to the site where Roy was buried. Ash went with his tired friend thinking that the Wings of Icarus would give up on the angel and he wouldn't be able to make it back to the mansion.

It was at the gravesite did they see Marth who was still crying on Roy's grave.

"Marth, are you okay?" Ash questioned.

Marth shook his head, "I can't believe he's gone. I was too harsh to him...I should have been the one to die..."

"Don't say that Marth!" Satoshi exclaimed, "Roy wouldn't want to see you like this!"

"..."

Pit's heart stopped when he closed his eyes and shut out all of his senses. This allowed him to examine the area for supernatural things. It was then did he hear someone crying underneath the earth.

"No way..." he muttered as he clenched his fist in anger.

"What is it Pit?" Ash asked.

The angel replied by shoving him out of the way and chanting a magic spell where Marth was standing. The Pokémon Trainer considered the angel crazy but pushed the blue haired prince out of the way. Marth eyes widened in horror when the magic spell was digging underneath Roy's grave.

"What are you doing Pit?!" He questioned in anger.

Pit wasn't listening. He was almost to where the voice was. When the hole was completely opened, Pit's eyes widened as he saw who he was looking for half buried into the ground with Roy's dead body next to him.

"SONIC! HANG ON!"

Ash and Marth gasped as Pit jumped into the hole and flew out with Sonic in his arms.

"SONIC!" they both cried out as the angel landed next to them.

Pit frowned when he felt Sonic's body and concluded that his body temperature was too cold. He was barely breathing probably from the lack of oxygen being buried under the ground. He was too pale.

"Sonic, wake up...please..."

Sonic shuffled slightly as a response. He was indeed alive but he wouldn't last long unless someone warmed up his body. Pit didn't have enough energy to chant a spell that could warm him up. He had to bring him to Pepper as soon as possible.

"What are you guys standing here for?! We got to go back to the mansion!" Pit yelled in that commanding tone.

The Smashers nodded their head as they rushed back to the mansion. Pit continued to tell his boyfriend that everything would be okay and to save his breathe. Sonic however told him something important.

"Gray Fox...is trying to destroy us all..."

Me: TBC with 5412 words.

Li: You took long because of school and lack of motivation resulting in rushing the chapter after the Albel/Himeno scene.

Me: I hate it when you're right but it's true. I forgot what I was going to do with Fayt after that scene so I changed it to a Pit/Sonic scene. I did not intend to introduce Kaguju either but it just happened. Saber was suppose to be in this chapter BTW. With this story, you can learn about these two personality's before the direct sequel of Fallen Angel.

Me:...Notes.

1. School Days is a tragic anime series. It's very gory near the very end. It's known for graphic sex though and it's really amusing at the beginning but turns bad for the worse near the end.

We know that Pit knows about Gray Fox but what he'll do will probably surprise everyone, but Kaguju is always going to be one step ahead of everyone.

Edit: Deleting a lot of text and shortening sentences. I'm honestly surprised that there really aren't that major problems with this story. Also, I changed the reason why Kaguju wasn't on his mission. Sure he cares about the Amail race but given the major changes I made to his character, he didn't work on it because he no longer is an Amail.