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You may want to skip this because it has no content relevant to the story.
However, if you are curious, I recommend that you read the Warning Label at the bottom.
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Hiya Guys, Rocky here with a new chapter of Noob. Now a couple of notices before continuing on with the story...
1. I noticed reading back that I put 'Wii Fit Trainer? Smash Mentor!' in the opening chapter sequence for the prologue. Now I'm in a bit of a pickle. Should I reload the chapters with the title I have now? Or should I change the title to 'Wii Fit Trainer? Smash Mentor!'? Or do you guys even care? Let me know in comments or PM if it matters to you.
2. This half of the chapter came out a lot longer than I had intended it to be. It turned out to be 13,000 words long, which is 2 times the size of my set standard. So I cut some bits of the chapter out to prevent making a three part Chapter One. So if the chapter seems a little choppy to you, I apologize and will try not to do the same thing with the future chapters.
3. I originally wanted to post this chapter out at the same time as the Secret Club! and another Noob chapter that introduces the main plot of the story. However, I wanted to wait it out until I find a little bit more information about the Wii U copy of the game and some of it's features. Learning about that will surely influence the course of the story, so I'm going to need about a week or two until the next chapter comes out, because I need a little bit of more research done.
Now onto comments.
To Paige Charles: Hey thanks! I'm happy that you find my story enjoyable to read, and relieved to hear that Alexis is 'unique'. Thank you :D
To ScarletYandere: OMG I know EXACTLY what you mean! I deleted your first comment because I share the same pain with you about our bulbous Mewtwo fingers... Anyway, I'm happy that you like my story so far, and if you think Link is cute so far, wait until you see the little guy go in this chapter! Now I'm not planning shipping Alexis with any of the characters... unless that's what you guys want, I'll talk about it more down below. But I could maybe ship Peach and Marth, I don't see the harm in it. I hope you enjoy the chapter as well :)
I also want to give a shout out to everyone who's following and favoring my story: Thank you guys, it means so much to me to know that you enjoy what I am writing for you guys :)
I hope you guys enjoy this chapter!
DISCLAIMER:
I don't own Nintendo, so I certainly don't own Super Smash Bros.
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This chapter contains whacked-up humor. I know that a lot of people are interested in a more serious approach in Fanfiction.
This Chapter also contains a Psycho Palutena and a very, very lame ending.
If you're interested in reading this Chapter anyway, proceed with caution.
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Chapter One:
Welcome to the "Smash Mansion"!
Part Two: Friends, Romance and Bob-omb Betrayal
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Alexis was alone in the kitchen at the time, making herself a virtual sandwich.
She shuddered at the thought of a virtual sandwich, since she is in a videogame after all. Originally she was supposed to follow Zelda, Peach and Samus over to the 'Narration Chambers', but that didn't last long when they got lost, and she couldn't keep up with them so she got lost. She ended up wandering aimlessly into another kitchen and here she is now: whipping up a virtual sandwich.
She sighs to herself, thinking about home.
How come no one remembers me?
She spread binary-coded butter on binary-coded bread and finally finished her meal. She takes a bite, and it tastes like nothing; as expected.
[- "Alexis, come meet me at the Narration Chambers" -]
That was Master Hand over a PA of some sort, and she would love to go see him about her current dilemma….
If she could get there to begin with!
Minding to herself, she was startled by a voice that hailed from the kitchen entrance,
"Hey newcomer!" the voice was resided from the beefy, blue-haired glutton from earlier. She turned to face him—hesitant in fear of seeing chicken all over his face, but he was fine. He continued when their eyes locked, with a lopsided grin on his face, "You left without greeting me."
"Oh did I? I'm sorry." Alexis lowered her head in spiting herself for being rude; even if he did eat like a cow with a stiffened jaw.
"Nah, it's fine. I was being rude for not saying anything earlier." He holds out his hand, "Name's Ike."
She analyzed the hand that was held before her, checking for leftover chicken grease. When there was no sign of a mess, she sighed in relief and took his hand, shaking it firmly.
"I'm Alexis." She smiled back genuinely as she could.
"Yeah? So you must be that character that everyone's dying to meet, eh?"
"I guess."
"Say, what's that you've got there?" his attention flickered over to her 'sandwich'.
"A sandwich," she said blandly.
"Oh, cool. Can I look at it?"
"Um…" she didn't know how to respond to that, but she tried anyway. "People don't really look at sandwiches, they eat them."
"… So like Food?"
"… Yes, it is food, actually."
"… Can I eat it?"
Um, Manners? She thought to herself, quirking an eyebrow up at the character. But then again, the sandwich wasn't appetizing to her, so she gave him the sandwich anyway, only to witness him scarf it down like a savage.
And the sparkles that fluttered around him didn't really fix anything.
He licked his lips in satisfaction, "Hey, thanks." He wipes his mouth with his arm.
"Heh, no problem." She chuckled nervously. In all honesty, she really wanted to be alone right now, being a bit depressed about the current circumstance: being sucked into a Console with nothing she can do about it.
There was a silence that seeped into the room, shuffling her feet on the floor and avoiding eye-contact with the mercenary that stared at her blankly. Her plan was to bore him, so he can walk away and find something better to do.
But what our silly human didn't know was that Ike is a socialite; as much as he likes fighting for friends, he likes fighting to make new ones. If this guy had a Facebook, he'd make an effort to friend-request everything.
He continues, much to her dismay, still with that dopey smile that he manages to keep throughout their entire conversation. "I wanna show you to everyone."
"Huh?"
"I want you to meet everyone! Let's go!" He cheered, dragging her by the collar of her pajama, potentially strangling her unknowingly.
Alexis had to find an excuse not to meet everyone; she bit her lip nervously in the process…
"Wait! I was called up by Master Hand! Didn't you hear it on the announcements? Don't you think I should go there first?"
"Oh relax! We can take a detour, and meet everyone on the way!" he laughed. A bolt of hope jolted in Alexis.
"Do you know where the Narration Chambers are, by any chance?"
"No idea! We'll have to talk until we stumble into it by an accident. Until then, you're stuck with me, and we're going to meet people!" He declared merrily, as if he hinted that he knew that this is exactly what she didn't want.
An annoyed groan went unheard (or uncared for) as she was dragged at the collar by the mercenary.
- Separate Location -
After a while of searching for the Narration Chambers together; Peach, Zelda, and Samus had split up in order to search all over the mansion individually. Peach was the first to make a game out of this: winner is the person who finds the room first; winner acquires three invincibility stars for the next time the three of them ever face off against each other in a battle.
Samus, naturally being slightly competitive, she couldn't help but take on the offer.
Zelda, being the face of wisdom, already knew where it was. She saw the Hand leave with Donkey Kong, so it had to be in that same lounge with the kitchenette where Samus' suit-model had brought the newcomer.
Problem was is that Peach had lead them somewhere, losing Alexis in the process, so it was going to be a little tough to get back there. The elven princess traced back in their steps and now she was the only one there, with no intention on claiming any prizes of course.
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"Master Hand, why can't you just warp everyone here?" Zelda asked said hand, sitting lady-like in a stool of first entering into the dim-lit room, enclosed with audio equipment and wires where she was welcomed politely by the hand.
The Narration Chambers were like an office to the Hand, despite the unfitting theme.
"Apparently I can't." the hand admitted to the elf, but vaguely enough to ensure Alexis' identity, "There must be a glitch in the system."
He was fairly aware that this glitch was the outcome of Alexis
"Yes, but speaking of glitches, you don't suppose Alexis could have been a glitch, right?" Zelda questions warily. "She wasn't embedded into the programming, so how could she be here?"
"I don't believe that is the case, she must be a DLC." It lied, "DLC's are not inserted into the System until the Player downloads the character from an outer-source."
"DLC? Outer-Source?"
"Oh Zelda, it's going to be hard to explain. But the most I can tell you, from what I know is that DLC stands for Downloadable Content, which is where a Player may upload a character onto the roster by option."
"Alright, but that still doesn't explain the fact about how she seems a bit lost about her occupation as a Playable Character… or the how the 'Smash Mansion' even became a stage."
Zelda was too smart for her own good, because Master Hand doesn't get involved in conversations like this with anyone else… The hand still fumbled for justifications as he secretly had all the same questions that she did.
"There must have been a problem downloading it. I sense a rather low Wi-Fi signal coming from the System."
"I see…" she considered thoughtfully, "though I find it odd that a minor struggle in the download could modify our environment this much."
"I understand your concern, Zelda, but I ask that we should not carry this conversation further, since I need to figure this problem out in the first place." The hand told her, "Until I can come up with at least a proper conclusion, we have nothing more to talk about."
"But Master Hand," Zelda interjects, "I want to help you."
"Zelda." The hand beseeched authoritatively, "It's not your place to get yourself involved."
And just by that alone, Zelda exhaled the smoke of the burning curiosity in her chest.
"Is there another way that I can be of assistance, Master Hand?"
"Yes, actually, can you find Alexis, Link and Fox for me? After all, you managed to find your way here, so you might be the only one who's close enough to having the Smash Mansion figured out."
Simply responded by nod of her head, Zelda said nothing more once she exited the office, a little setback about being patronized yet again by a floating hand. She continued with her objective as told and channeled her thoughts to her alternative character: Sheik. Similar to Lucario's ability to telepathically communicate, she can do the same, but only with Sheik, since they are technically the same person.
- Separate Location -
~"Sheik, can you hear me?"~
~"Yes, yes I can hear you."~ Sheik communicated back through wave-length, after practicing yoga with Wii Fit Trainer-(M). She excused herself from the session in order to receive the mind-call, into the next room for some privacy, ~"Now what can I help you with?"~
~"I was sent by Master Hand to retrieve Link, Fox and the new character, Alexis to the Narration Room. If you can find your way there, can you help me find them?"~
~"Well, I know my way there… thanks to you—"
~"—Yes, yes, silly me… us."~
~"I'll try the best I can, Zelda. I saw Link heading around somewhere here, so I'll check around for him."~
~"Seems like a good idea, I'll go see if I can locate Peach or Samus to help us find the other two."~
~"Alright then, I'll catch you later."~
After bidding their farewells, Sheik was on her way to recover Link. But before leaving she was halted by the Wii Fit Trainer.
"Where are you going so soon, Sheik?" the white figure, his expression is forever unreadable.
"I was summoned by Zelda; Master Hand requested for us to find the three people mentioned on the announcements." Sheik states simply to her friend.
"You mean that they weren't recovered already?" the athlete questions, puzzled.
"No, but I'm not surprised that they weren't; this place is completely foreign to us."
"Well, that makes sense." The trainer nodded, "carry on, and I bid you luck that you won't get lost yourself."
"I doubt I will," the ninja smirks beneath her cowl before leaving, "but thank you for your concern. It's kind of cute."
At the tease, the trainer huffed expressively, managed without the need of legible facial features. Sheik dismissed herself without another word from either of them.
Now that she was out, it was only convenient that a screech was heard from Robin-(F), who ran up to Sheik and huddled into her, snuggling up for a short-lived embrace, much to Sheik's confusion.
"What's going on?" Sheik was compelled to ask the spell-blade. She pulled away from her to get a glimpse of her face that was spotted lightly by rolling tears, and at eye-contact was covered in a red tint.
Robin took in a deep breath, trying to calm herself down when she was with Sheik, "I'm so sorry, Sheik. I was just—"
"—you didn't do anything wrong, Robin. Just tell me what happened."
She sniffled and latched onto the ninja again, snuggling her face into her broad chested predecessor, "I heard an explosion coming from the door in the West Wing—I'm scared, Sheik!"
Sheik lightly patted the girl-Robin on the top of her head, "I'm going to check it out then, thank you Robin."
Robin glanced at the Hylian shyly and freed her grasp of the cloth. Nodding slightly as she casted the taller one with a dreamy grin, she then walks away, confident that Sheik will handle the situation with no trouble.
Sheik took matters into her own hands and investigates the area herself, as the sources came clearer when she smelt smoke, and then saw smoke, and soon after all of that, the brash sound of an explosion was heard in the back, and her thoughts immediately linger over to her fellow Hylian, Link.
- Separate Location -
"Too bad: Waluigi Time!" a crow-like squawk shrieked, echoed throughout the storage. Link hid behind a corner from the angry Assist Trophy, who batted his racket in the palm of his hand, scanning the room for said elf who threw Bob-ombs at him earlier.
Long story short; let's just say that Link got a bit carried away in the Storage Compartment. He practiced throwing explosive items at Assist Trophies, but Assist Trophies weren't supposed to fight back, so this current feud with Waluigi was a bit startling to him. Thankfully, not once was he hit by that menacing racket. If that racket could deflect explosives, then he didn't want to know what happened if it hit him.
Link was still on the hunt for Alexis' Heart Container, being the singlehandedly most effective healing material in the game, so he tried snaking his way past walls of crates and barrels to get by surreptitiously. With more light movements made about the room, he noticed a free heart container at the very top of the many stacked crates, so it was surely going to be one heck of a climb. But that being the ONLY Heart Container that he saw outside of a Crate or Barrel, he went for the climb anyway, since smashing a barrel or crate would cause too much ruckus and he'd probably be searching through all of them to find one. The room was too quiet, so it's not like he could use his hook-shot; it seems that thinks are going to get pretty manual now.
He begins his journey by climbing up a crate, to crate, to crate. He was doing pretty well so far and could see that crazed Assist Trophy marching along in a narrow route, searching recklessly for the elf.
It wasn't until Link came to a dead end and noticed that there was no ledge that he could step on without jumping. He was a heavy-weight character, with all that equipment he carries on him, so jumping onto the box would definitely be a call for attention. He sighted for the near-by Party Ball, relieved knowing that if he can break that, he can float up easily without a sound. He swiftly grabbed the thing and punted it with his knee... Surely forgetful of the little jingle that came with the Party Ball once it was broken, which definitely called out to Waluigi.
The Assist Trophy ran after Link hastily, hopping up from one crate to another effortlessly—jumping was the man's specialty! At this point Link was floating away leisurely on the Party Ball by the string, just out of reach. He jumped onto the next wooden box and recklessly hiking up the stairway of the others. Little did they both know that the Party Ball was only going to drop more Bob-ombs, much to both of their own sorts of miseries.
Sure, Waluigi was bombarded by free-falling explosives, but unfortunately for Link, the Bob-ombs destroyed crates and barrels, which apparently triggered explosive crates and barrels, which pretty much ruined the perfectly-standing structure in the mountain of items, rupturing an avalanche of assorted objects down to the floor level, never managing to fully grasp onto the Heart Container that was falling before him.
…
On the plus side, Waluigi vanished and was sent back into his subspace.
On the not-so-plus side, Link now had to search for the Heart Container in what seemed to be the endless ocean of items.
Poor guy, he didn't even notice Sheik who was concealed by shadows in the corner of the room, who came in through a hidden entrance, who could hardly contain laughter from everything she has just witnessed.
- Separate Location -
"Alexis, this is Little Mac; a very strong opponent and a very famous boxer."
"Alexis, this is Sonic, and he likes to go fast."
"Alexis, that's Captain Falcon… I think he really likes Falcons!"
"Alexis, this is Pac Man. He's old."
"Alexis, this is Greninja. He's a fellow newbie."
"Alexis, this is Shulk… he remains a mystery to me—almost as much as you do. But all three of us are going to become the best of buddies in a couple of days, I just know it!"
"All aboard the Ike train everyone!"
Ike carried Alexis throughout the Mansion as if he was trying to avoid going to the Narration Chambers. She was pretty sure that they circled the same hallway three times.
And there was no hope for her to run away. First and last time she tried, she was tackled down by the heavy-weight. As of now, she is slung over his shoulder with no possible way of escape since her legs are held together by only one of his arms. He was a big guy, and she didn't really want to temper with that. Not that he was angry the first time she made a run for it, but he must have been pretty serious about friendship for him to attack her and then trap her in such a position where the idea of absconding from the crazed mercenary is considerably futile.
She had no choice but to stare back at the characters that followed behind Ike, persistent with all kinds of kinds of questions and comments for the new character.
"So Alexis, what game are you from?"
"Did you have anything to do with the spawn of this mansion?"
"Ha! I saw you trying to run away from Ike. You're too slow!"
"Nice outfit! What are those? Ducks?"
"Ducks!? Why would you have ducks when you could have falcons?"
"Waka waka waka, waka waka?"
Ike carried on with the stroll, aiming to find more people in the process while Alexis continued to avoid answering the many questions thrown her way, when he saw Palutena approaching, walking her own route. But at the sight of the Mercenary, Palutena smiled at him.
Okay, Ike, act cool… He thought to himself as he avoided the green eyes that curiously looked his way.
"Ike?" She stopped midway in order to look at him fully, quirking her brow in the process. Ike shuffled his feet and still refused to look at the goddess before him.
"Palutena." He mumbles, shyly. Alexis couldn't really see his face at the moment, but she couldn't help but grin deviously at the 'super-socialite-extremist' cower over someone like that.
"Have you seen the newcomer?" Palutena asks him inquisitively. "I ran into Zelda and she asked me to help retrieve her, or Fox."
Ike stood there long enough dead in his tracks; long enough to make some others in their little group leave, like Captain Falcon, Greninja and Pac Man.
Ike fumbled on what to say to the beauty in front of him while Alexis was about to speak up, but held her piece after Ike's cape was thrown on top over her whole body. The human screamed from underneath the heavier fabric, but it only came out muffled.
"Did you hear that?" Palutena stiffened her back and became more alert while Ike still stood there, unable to say anything to her. His forehead began to sweat and his palms were clammy.
"U-eh—I, uh—" he sputtered foolishly, as the blue hedgehog spoke up before him.
"I think I heard it coming from over in that direction! Better go check, it sounded like Robin!" he pointed behind himself; a hallway that leads into the West Wing.
Pondering for only a moment, the goddess concluded. "That seems like a very 'Femme-Robin' thing to do… Thank you, Sonic." She smiled at him courteously, she then turns to Ike and pats the mercenary lightly on the shoulder, "If you guys help us find her, it would be much appreciated. I'll see you around." She waved off at everyone before marching herself down the hallway to find the source of that 'sound'.
The moment Palutena turned for the corner, the cape was whipped off of her and the human inhaled desperately for air.
*WHEEZE!*
"Alexis, you okay?" Ike gasped for air himself, finally snapping out of his trance.
"Where were you that entire time!?" she snapped at him, causing him to jump slightly, "You could have given me to her! I still have to see Master Hand!"
"Um, I—"
"—Were you the one who threw that cape over me!?"
"No, I pulled that one off. That was pretty funny though, you have to admit!" The proud hedgehog proclaimed, earning a deadly glare from the Human, but she said nothing more in fear that if she did try anything, the big one could annihilate her for hurting one of his many friends. Actually, she was pretty convinced that she could get her butt kicked by that hedgehog, but she won't admit to it…
After a small silence, she sighed and patted Ike on the back, still drooping off of his shoulder on their little walk.
"Hey, Ike."
"Yeah?" he asked, a little anxiously.
"I'm… sorry that I freaked out like that." She apologizes, "I just didn't know how to respond to being suffocated under a blanket." The last part came out as a chuckle, in which he couldn't help but tag along.
"No, it's okay. I understand…" he pauses thoughtfully for the moment… "Alexis."
"Ike?"
"Look at us. We're closer to being buddies than we were before, if we're not friends already." He smiles contently, "I told you that we would be. Now we just have to wait on Shulk."
She couldn't help but laugh at his persistency about the 'magic of friendship'. Thinking back on it, she had the impression that he'd be very popular (either that or unjustly ridiculed) in her high school. It also made her wonder if she was being too shy.
"I guess we are." She smiles at that comment. The two go a little silent again, in which gives her a moment to think about her own friends, and maybe that it was her that shied away from their interests.
Maybe I was being the difficult one.
She sighed at the heavy heart that yearned to see her friends again and maybe to let them know how much she really does appreciate them.
As if he noticed a physical weight-increase in her heart, Ike shifted the girl on his shoulder jokingly. "Hey, and hear me out," he began, grasping her attention from his little startle. "I think you'll get along with the others just great!"
She looked down at the hedgehog that pranked her before, who flashed a toothy at her silently upon noticing her staring at him, his eye contact pardoning from the conversation he was having with Little Mac and Shulk. Little Mac glanced up at her with a smile, when he noticed her gaze as well as Shulk, who casted the newcomer a little wave before the three of them went into their little discussion. From what Alexis could gather, they were talking about what seems to be about memories about their little 'battles'.
Putting everything together in her head, these characters didn't sound like bad people. She feels the need to talk more to the girls from the beginning, like Peach, Zelda and Samus, and make an effort to get to know them better. She somewhat appreciates Ike giving her the advantage of taking detours and meeting the others.
Sonic might have done something a bit cruel, but maybe being a little shit is his own way of expressing a sense of humor.
Little shit—like Jordan! The idea of meeting with Master Hand to have this issue resolved popped up in her mind.
"Ike, we still have to see Master Hand!"
"Alexis, I still want to show you off to everyone!"
"…"a wry grin widens at her upcoming defenses.
"So, you like that Palutena chickie-poo, don't you?"
Ike stops in his tracks in response, as he begins to feel his palms get clammy and his heart begins to hammer loud pulses against his chest. He swallows a lump in his throat.
"Well, yeah but—"
"You know how much she'd appreciate it if you handed me over…"
"Okay, but—"
"—what's stopping you?"
"…" he pauses thoughtfully, but Alexis continues tending the flames of a passionately budding romance.
"I think that she'd be pretty impressed to see that you got me before she did."
"…"
"… Well?"
"Friendship can wait." He concluded strongly, trailing along the path that Palutena ran for. Alexis breathed out a sigh of relief.
"Ike."
"Alexis?"
"No detours, right?"
"No, not this time."
- Separate Location -
"Are you proud of yourself? Now we're both trapped in here, Link!"
Sheik instantly regrets poking fun at said elf, now that she realizes that they are now trapped in the Storage because the was jammed shut by the sea of objects. As of now, they were floating amongst the 'ocean' on their own separate crate, 'paddling' with their hands, anxiously waiting for a Bob-omb or two to surprise them with their usual sort of business: explosions.
Link paid no attention to the ninja. His hands tore the hoard of items; from lip's sticks, to beam swords and even explosive capsules (which coincidently landed only a few inches from Sheik). Link's goal was to find that Heart Container.
"Why did you even have to throw Bob-ombs around anyway?" Sheik continued to whine, gradually annoying Link.
"Do you have no conscience?"
"Why did you have to pick on Waluigi like that?"
"We're not even supposed to be in here anyway!"
Link let out a sigh to relieve himself from the annoying voice from behind him. Holding a Bob-omb he held in his hand, he soon then set right beside him, continued searching for his item…
Oh snap! Link notices the Bob-omb making its way towards Sheik, who had her back turned from him at the time being. He didn't see it early enough to simply grab it, and he certainly didn't want to pierce the explosive with a hook shot, so the best he could do without speaking is whisk it away with the Gale Boomerang. The boomer sweeps the Bob-omb, sure, but unfortunately for him the tornado picked up a whole mess of objects, working its way around Sheik and everything that it picked up came back at him ten-fold and he was ambushed by a variety of items.
From crates, to more bombs, to springs and even explosive crates, it was a world of hurt for the poor guy! And Sheik didn't suffer any of it. Actually, she didn't notice any of it until a couple more explosions were heard in the distance. The same explosions that Link had doomed himself with all thanks to that boomerang!
It's at moments like this where he would like a normal boomerang.
Hey, but at the plus side, he found a Heart Container!
However, receiving the Heart Container, was a bit of a challenge…
From Sheik's perspective, she treaded carefully through the item-swamp, over to where she assumed her friend to be.
"Link?" she calls out for him.
No answer.
"Link?"
No answer…
… I almost forgot that he's a mute.
"Hhhyaaaa!"
Sheik heard Link cry as if on cue. Her head whips in the direction of where she heard him, as he ran to her with a Heart Container in his arms from a hoard of angry Cuccos.
Sheik grappled onto Link's collar as he ran past and swiftly turns a corner to hide in the shadows—like a ninja, behind one of the giant tin crates that held items that fell freely without wooden crates, barrels or capsules.
"Link! What did you do now?"
"…"
"Okay, so you were beneath the pile of items..."
"…"
"You found a Heart Container that was being guarded by a Cucco..."
"…"Link starts fumbling with his thumbs guiltily.
"… Why did you have to throw Bob-ombs at it!?" she roared, "This is exactly what got you into trouble with the Assist Trophy!"
"…"
"I HOPE YOU'RE PROUD—!"
Sheik mentally kicked herself as she slapped her mouth subconsciously for calling too much attention. A moment of silence later passes by and there is still no sign of those crazed chickens anyway, much to their surprise. Sheik gazed about the area, looking for means of escape. There were pipes lined amongst the walls in a neat row, directing to a certain stage in the game each, where items are transported to from the Storage. It seemed like a good idea at the time being but she was worried about getting lost.
What about the secret entrance from earlier? Well, the area is too big to find it so easily. All she can remember is that it's near the front entrance, so she devised a plan to stealth about the area and look for an entrance. Unfortunately, she couldn't even move an inch without hearing a crunching sound from behind her.
As for Link, he cursed himself for stepping on the Assist Trophy, the ignorance of his surroundings had opened it and revealed an inevitable fate determined by karma, and slight irony…
"WAH!"
"LINK, WHAT THE-"
"BAWK BAWK!"
…
To summarize what the heck just happened as of now:
Link steps on Assist Trophy.
Assist Trophy summons Waluigi.
Sheik is going to kill Link.
Rampant cuccos overhear commotion and are ready to kill said shit-disturbing elf and Sheika friend.
Sheik and Link run for their lives away from angry chicken and Waluigi swinging a racket around, seeking for vengeance.
- Separate Location -
For the love of the Player, first Alexis, and now Link!
This was way over Fox's head. He cursed himself for being thoughtless about the elf with a short attention span dedicated to adventure. This place was big enough to have its own dungeon! It was only Link who would be the first to delve into it.
The Fox paced about the area aimlessly, frantically claiming to himself that he's searching for them, but in reality, he's too stressed to be searching for them even properly.
"Well, there you are Fox!"
He peered his focus up to the sound of the familiar voice. It was Palutena. She smiles at him and slows down to confront him. "You know you were called out by Master Hand, right?"
The vulpine bit his claw, "I realize, but I'm in the middle of something right now."
Her smile drops into that of a frown, "What would that happen to be?"
"Well… I had Link with me just a minute ago, and the crazed lunatic ditches me!" he throws his arms up into the air expressively. "Now I'm looking for him, and Alexis!"
She quirks up an eyebrow, "you're looking for Alexis too, are you?"
"Yeah, actually, I wanted to give her this… device back." He sighs, revealing the cellular phone in his hand.
"Oh, well, I thought I saw her with Ike a moment ago…" she admits with a shrug.
"And you didn't bother getting her then?" questions Fox, trying to process the goddess's method. She scoffs in response at his ignorance.
"I still have yet to wait out for Ike to gather a backbone and give her to me."
"… Why?"
She scoffs again, "Isn't it beyond obvious that the buffoon is harbouring a crush on me?"
"Well, yeah but—"
"He's annoying to deal with when he's bumbling around like an idiot. And he only does it with me, it's unfair!" she huffs.
"Palutena, don't you think you're being a bit harsh on him?"
"A little." She admits with a sigh, "But I think that this crush will be the end of him."
"How is that?"
"Because I find senseless mumbling very unattractive. I might consider when he finally shows me that he is romantically capable, but it better not be too late…"
"… What does this have anything to do with getting Alexis?" the Vulpine asks, slightly confused. At this, she smirks.
"If he does give me the newcomer, then it shows me that he has enough confidence to walk up to me and initiate. It's better than trying to avoid me…" she inhaled deep before continuing with business. "Now, Fox. You'll be able to find her with Ike, most likely, near the 'Pool Hall'. Good luck!" she says before hurrying off, baffling the anthromorphic creature.
"Aren't you coming with me?" he calls from behind, "I don't think that I'll be able to find them at all!"
"They couldn't have moved to far, just keep going straight and you'll find a corner leading right. Look around that Hallway!"
"Where are you going?"
"I'm going to find Link and 'Robin'!" she tells him, smirking at the last bit, "they'll be more interesting to speak to than Ike."
The young lady was soon out of sight when she turned the other corner, leaving Fox to shake his head at her. He sighs before carrying on with his little trip, thinking about Palutena. She certainly is strange, and a bit brash. But, that probably can't be helped, because she's stubborn too.
It was too soon when he was encountered by Ike, carrying the new girl on his shoulder with few following behind them like Sonic, Little Mac and Shulk. The glutton notices Fox and made his way over to him.
"Hey Fox, have you seen Palutena? I have Alexis here, and she came around, so…" Ike drawls out awkwardly as heat rises to his head.
"It's okay Ike, you're doing great so far." You could hear the newcomer mutter to him whilst patting his back.
"Tch. You should have come with flowers…" Fox retorted in thought of the stubborn goddess he had met with before, but unfortunately, Ike heard that and began to shake.
"Y-you think so?" he stammered.
Fox inhaled a little guilt for getting his hopes up, but at the same time, he wanted to let Ike figure it out on his own. If he told him what Palutena said; then said goddess will give him the penalty for letting Ike cheat.
"No, I was only kidding," Fox sheepishly admits, causing Ike's eyes (and heart) to drop onto the floor. "But I saw her heading just ahead of here, if you just turn the corner, go straight and then turn another, you'll be sure to find her."
Ike smiles, before making his way over there. "Thanks Fox." Leaving Fox to wonder if Ike was really so dense, enough to forget that he was called up too.
"Fox?" Alexis blinked, "As in the same Fox that was called up?"
It was Ike's turn to blink "Oh yeah…"
Much to Fox's surprise, he was brought up onto Ike's free shoulder, drooping over it much like Alexis was. The fox starts kicking, and Ike, being built like a brick wall, didn't flinch. In fact, if Fox had real legs instead of robotic ones, he probably would have busted a toe.
"Ike, what in Lyllat's name are you doing!?"
"I found you fair and square; so I'm going to show you both off to Palutena! She'll be so impressed!"
Fox pondered about what the mercenary had just claimed…
Wait, wasn't I the same person who gave him Palutena's location? He dropped his head down. What a thick-headed bloke!
But he didn't say anything, simply because he didn't want to ruin Ike's mood. He seems to be especially cheerful now that he's got two of them in the bag.
"It gets fun after a while."
Fox perks up his head at the voice that hails from the newcomer; staring at the ground in a somewhat sleepy state. "You sway in a rocking motion and just watch the floor tiles move around, or blur together if you squint your eyes."
"You sure you're not just getting motion sickness up there?" questions Little Mac.
"… I don't want to think of it like that." She admits, trying to swallow vomit at the thought. "It would be rude if I said anything."
"Make sure Ike doesn't hear you!" Sonic told her, placing a hand against his cheek simply to amplify his suggestion.
"Make sure I don't hear what?" Ike quirks up an eyebrow at nothing but the feeling of suspicion, now Alexis could either take this as a chance to walk on her own feet, or facing consequence for being rude. But as far as she could tell, Ike doesn't seem like the type to give consequence to little things like this, so there's no harm in being honest.
And honest is what she wanted to be, if Sonic didn't just impolitely cut in front of her with a lie.
"She wants you to carry her like this more often!"
Now, Alexis wasn't a chef. But she wanted to learn a recipe that involved 'snarky blue rodent' in the ingredients and feed it to savages.
Ike smiles to himself at the thought of making her happy like this. It was certainly a strange way of developing a friendship, but if it worked, then he'll make an exception.
I wonder if this is would work for Shulk… He couldn't help but think of the others; they have to walk, while Alexis and Fox were lifted. He wanted to show Shulk that he cares about him as much as he does about everyone else:
"Shulk!" the mercenary summoned, gathering attention from Shulk, startling him slightly.
"Yessir?"
"Climb on my back!"
"… What!?"
"Just do it!"
Without another word said, as much as he wanted to mutter a complaint, Shulk hesitantly climbed onto Ike's back, clinging onto him like a spider monkey with his arms around his neck and his legs curled around the man's torso. Shulk was worried about either looking foolish, or slipping off of Ike.
The second issue was immediately taken care of when Ike crossed his arms in a fashion where he fastened Fox's, Alexis' and Shulk's legs in place.
Now, Shulk definitely didn't want to stay on, but he also didn't want to seem impolite.
Ike didn't want to be accounted for as picking favourites. He turns back to the two others; the boxer was at a loss of words and Sonic contained boisterous laughter inside of his gut at the sight.
"Sorry guys, but you'll have to wait your turn." He told the two, an apologetic frown is obvious in his expression… until he brainstorms the perfect plan!
He lifts the hedgehog and places him so that he sits on Alexis' back. Thankfully for her, the hedgehog was a light-weight, so it wasn't too troublesome… unless he farted or something, then she'd totally consider that Hedgehog Stew that she contemplated about earlier.
As for Little Mac, well, he was sat on top of Fox's back, which pretty much crushed the poor creature. It was too bad, because he wanted to confront Alexis about her phone, but he couldn't. He was too busy gasping for air and flailing his arms around.
"All aboard the Ike train!" Ike proceeded to carry everyone to his destination, being Palutena. Though he actually went a lot slower than he normally is, he hadn't managed to notice (or perhaps care). It was going to be a long ride.
"Chugga-chugga choo-choo!"
Especially for Fox.
- Separate Location -
Treading about the halls aimlessly, finding nothing particularly different or interesting, Palutena takes a moment to escape reality and think back on some things. Ike was the first thing that she thought of.
She honestly wonders why a big guy like him is so shy around her. He is handsome, and she wouldn't mind trying him out for a few rounds, but if it's going to be like this, then it's not very attractive to her. Besides, she's kind of interested in someone else…
The adorable face of a bunny, the lean slender body of a wolf: she couldn't help but drift away at the thought of him. But her thoughts drift back to Ike, being the most recent issue. She couldn't tell if she was feeling guilt or frustration about him.
Palutena had known that the scream couldn't have come from Robin, at least the scream that she heard coming from Ike's cape.
However, another kind of scream was what she heard just now. But the kind of scream that couldn't have come from the wimpy, shy little Robin-(F). It was more of that adorable pitch that sounded of the cutest boy on the roster. A certain character who plucked her heart strings since the moment she was being developed in the Central Hub…
"Link-muffin?"
She noticed that on the way over to the West Wing, it was murky and lingering with a scent that burned into her nostrils. She decided to follow suit in the smoke's direction, only to find it coming from the Storage Room. She peered in through window to find that the main entrance was jammed shut by the force of the items that pressed against the door. Looking in further, she found her darling Link and friend Sheik swimming amongst the items in order to get away from a swarm of angry bird and Waluigi.
This was an outrage. No one could touch Link, especially with those bunny ears adorned on his head right now. Sure, they were by means of escape from those birds, but they won't help Link escape from Palutena.
Adorable floppy ears or not; she had to save her Honey-Bunny!
"Reflector!"
She generated a purple window-like force field that pushed the door down from its own hinges and let a herd of objects slide their way out of the door frame. In the midst of the rush of bundling items was the retrieval of the two morons that locked themselves in there in the first place.
Palutena, without a moment for Link to spare and fully accumulate the pieces of what just happened, ran up to her 'Honey-Bunny' or 'Link-muffin' and squeezed him. She especially felt compelled because of the bunny ears.
"Oh sweetie-pie!" she cried, snuggling him enough to suffocate the mute elf-boy. "I was so worried about you, pumpkin!" Link struggled in Palutena's tight grip, soon after shrivelled at the feeling of being smothered in rapid-fire kisses all over his face. This was programmed to be routine for the two, unknown to the game developers. Kind of like Marth's innate ability (questionable talent) to flirt, or Ike's friendship spiel is another example.
"Um, a little help!?" screeched Sheik who was, on the other hand, being ambushed by Cuccos and Waluigi, which was effortlessly ignored by Palutena. In fact, to compliment her carelessness, she simply picked up Link by the hand and walked down the hall; ignorant of Sheik flipping many words of many colors at her.
One of the more appropriate words being "Traitor".
Palutena lead Link down the hall, and in the midst of her travels, she notices the Heart Container in the boy's arms.
"Aw, cutie-pie!" she squealed, causing Link to jump and glance at her with caution. She carefully guided the object out of his grasp and asks him, beaming. "Did you get this for me?"
"…"
"Aww! You're so sweet, muffin!"
And as expected, Link was swarmed by kisses instead of chicken and an angry Assist Trophy, which is exactly what Sheik is dealing with. But thankfully soon enough, Sheik turns the corner and catches up to the pair, which puts an end to her needless smothering… But it didn't heal the sense of shame that he bore: that Heart Container was something he got for somebody else to make recovery over some misunderstanding. That Heart Container took him what seemed to be like forever to achieve. He struggled for that Heart Container…
And now, Palutena just stole that Heart Container. The Hylian sheds a silent tear at the thought of all that work he put into that little adventure, and how it went to waste.
Sheik, in the other hand, was infuriated with the Goddess of Light and Hero of Time for deserting her like that. She finally managed to escape when time ran out before Waluigi was called back into his subspace, and the Cuccuo's disappeared. She storms up to the pair and pokes a hard tap into Palutena's shoulder.
"Palutena! How could you ignore me like that!?" Sheik interrogated her.
"What?" Palutena quirks an eyebrow, relatively calm, as if she's trying to play dumb, "I don't know what you're talking about."
"I was being harassed by a crazed lunatic wielding a racket and flock of Cuccos! How could you not notice!?"
"Wow, Sheik. I'm not used to you raising your voice like this—"
"Well, gee! I wonder why!"
"Link-baby, cover your ears." She coos softly to the shorter male and turns back to Sheik, who notices Link and emits a deathly glare at him.
"AND YOU!" she roared, causing the rather shy Link to hide behind Palutena. Now normally Link is the courageous type with a mind ripe with curiosity and adventure. But on occasions with weird people like Palutena, he wasn't that prepared. And especially with Sheik so out of character like this, it even freaked him out.
Palutena swings an arm around Link defensively and returns the glare back at Sheik. "You leave him out of this—!"
"What's going to stop me!?" Sheik maniacally gasped out a cackle, motioning for Palutena to bring it on.
They wouldn't have anyway, since Palutena was even a bit scared for the time being, as she backed away from the ninja, holding onto her Link for dear life.
On Sheik's side of the story, yeah, she was a little nuts, but what else can you expect when you're trapped in the Storage Room with a mute psycho who tosses bombs around like nobody's business. And when you're trying to escape, he just ends up making everything worse?
That's at least what she saw.
Nevertheless, the dispute was put to ease for a familiar voice chirps in the distance; down the hall on the right of them:
"All aboard the Ike Train!"
At that, Palutena couldn't help but chuckle. Sheik snaps back to reality upon realization that Ike was here.
Part of her realizes that she was being ridiculous. Another part of her was intimated by the mercenary at the moment; because that guy takes friendship seriously.
The Ike Train slowly makes his way to the trio, who waited patiently to see exactly what the 'Ike Train' was: Ike was the caboose, Shulk on the back, Alexis and Fox on each shoulder, Sonic on Alexis' back, Little Mac on the struggling Fox's back. Like before, but with more passengers: Kirby on Ike's head, Robin-(F) on Ike's left leg, and Zelda on Ike's right leg.
The poor guy was about to tip over, but manages to continue on for Palutena!
"Zelda! Look! We found Link!" Sonic points over to the trio, Zelda sighs in response, knowing what her alter-ego has suffered.
"I see that…" she replied.
"Hey Palutena! I got Fox, Alexis, AND Robin!" Ike smiles giddily as he approaches his beloved goddess, who lets Link softly out of her hold. Link manages to sneak away and over to behind Sheik, who provided him with a quick glance until she was occupied with the worried Robin and caring alter-ego Zelda.
It was the time that the occupants were unloaded from the Ike Train.
First Zelda and Robin, who attended to the mildly distressed Sheik. Then Kirby, who simply rolls off and flies away. It was unknown to the others why he wanted to ride the Ike Train in the first place…
Then Little Mac (much to the relief of Fox) and Sonic hopped off and finally Ike fastened his arms so that Shulk hits the floor and Fox and Alexis slide off of him.
Robin, Alexis, Fox, Link, Sheik, Zelda, Little Mac, Sonic Ike and Palutena are all attending the area at the moment. Alexis, Fox, and Link are all together now, ready to meet with Master Hand, led by Zelda and Sheik.
The others can come if they want…
And the ride there could have been a lot smoother… if they didn't have Link and Alexis in the same room. It was at that moment when Alexis remembers everything she hated about being trapped in a videogame, and it was at that moment where she tries to confront the elf. But with Link having nothing to give her, heads for the other direction, only for Alexis to hunt him down...
Yay! Done! Lame ending is lame! You'll find out what happens next time in Chapter 2!
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TO BE CONTINUED
Too Bad: Waluigi Time!
I couldn't help but add my favorite line from my favorite fan comic series: Brawl in the Family. For those of you who haven't heard of it, check it out if you like.
Now, if there is anything that you want to say about the chapter, let me know with a comment: compliment or critique, but PM me if there's a serious complaint.
But in all seriousness, tell me what you guys thought of the character depictions. Who was your favorite? Or if you didn't like them, tell me what I could do to improve them. Personally, my favorite was Ike. I know he seems a bit dippy, but I love those kinds of characters. I find if kids in high school treated friendship more like he did, there wouldn't be as many cliques... but that's my opinion.
Now finally we are done with the first chapter! I'm actually looking forward to researching, because the determined features of the Wii U seem like they'd make the story more fun to write. I already have some key elements that I'd like to try out, so look forward to that.
I know that some of you probably wanted to see Alexis' reaction to meeting Link (yes I'm talking about you ScarletYandere!), and there was actually a lot more about their their meeting, but I really didn't want to keep you guys on a treadmill of pointless fillers! Look forward to the new chapter coming out in two weeks where the plot and action come.
Also, as ScarletYandere mentioned before, do you guys want Alexis to hook up with somebody? At the rate this story is going with it's view count, I'm going to at least need 20 different people to tell me if you guys want her to get romantic with someone in the series. I know it seems like a lot of people, but I personally think that people get turned off from a story when an OC is romantically involved with canon character. I don't want to ruin the story for anyone.
But yeah, if you want to see her get hooked up with someone, just speak up. I can hook her up with Link, Ike, Zelda... Anybody. Heck, I'll even hook her up with Yoshi. But if you want to see her with someone I'll need 20 different people for it. If it's under 20, then no.
However, if you guys want to see some people get shipped in the story, like Marth and Peach, or even Megaman and Samus or something strange like that, I am no stranger to crack pairings. Just speak up in a PM or review.
Thank you for reading my story, and I'll see you guys in a bit!
~Rocky :)
