Well, the journey to Mt. Doom definitely took longer than expected but I've finally returned from destroying the One Ring to post this final chapter. Yep. After almost an year long hiatus, I've come back from an epic adventure to end this little mini-series. In fact, the only reason I managed to return was thanks to one of my companions finding the seven Dragon Balls and...

Okay, okay. I'll get to the point already. I'm sorry for the ridiculously long wait but I really was busy with life. In a perfect world, I would have all the time in the world to post my randomness but that sadly isn't the case. Anyways, I'm sure most of you have forgotten this story even existed but I felt kind of bad leaving this story without a proper ending. As such, I worked extra hard on this chapter to provide a suitable end to this crazy adventure. So without further ado, I present to you the final chapter of a story long since forgotten (otherwise known as Mayhem of Nature). Enjoy!


Ch 4: Viridi, Goddess of Tsundere

Several days after the now infamous Operation Pit-Stain, Viridi and Phosphora found themselves back at the office as the two of them had to sit through another boring meeting about the current state of affairs.

"…bzzzt. Bzt bzzt bzt. Bzzzzzzt bzzt," the leading Zert official finished stating as he sat back down.

"Fine, I get it," Viridi replied in a bored tone as she tried to suppress a yawn. "I'll get a few more troops to reinforce the area so don't do anything too reckless until then. Now, is there anything else to report or can I finally call an end to this meeting?"

"Grraaahhh! Grrr!" one of the Jitterthugs declared angrily as he stood up. "Blarg! Rawr!"

"Yeah, yeah" Phosphora said absentmindedly from the side of the room as she continued to file her nails. "We've already told Arlon to stop hogging the GameCube station. If you still find him there, just tell Cragalanche to kick him out."

The Jitterthug gave an approving growl at this before sitting back down.

"Is that it?" Viridi asked as she looked around the room. When no one said anything, Viridi couldn't help but give a tired sigh of relief. "Alright, meeting adjourned. Oh, and don't forget that Larry the Lurchthorn's retirement party is next week. He gets super cranky when he doesn't get presents so make sure you bring something with you unless you want him to start shooting missiles everywhere again."

And with that strange note, everyone began packing up their things and headed out. After a few minutes, the only ones still left at the office were Phosphora and Viridi.

"Ugh, I thought that meeting would never end," Viridi mumbled out as she rested her head on the desk. "I swear, if I had to listen to another complaint about the cafeteria food or the faulty air hockey machine, I would have…"

"Blown up a human civilization or two?" Phosphora finished for her as she continued cleaning her nails. "To be fair though, we really should get that air hockey machine fixed. Cragalanche and I still need to play the tie-breaker match to decide which of us is the Ultimate Air Hockey Champion of Awesomeness."

Viridi decided not to say anything to that as she lifted her head back up with a sigh and began organizing the papers in front of her.

"So… want to hear about my recent mission to the Underworld?" Phosphora asked eagerly.

"I've heard all about it from Fred the Flage," Viridi replied in a rather annoyed tone. "From what he's told me, you apparently thought it'd be a good idea to lead the entire battalion into a cave full of Reapers."

"Hey, I got bored alright? Besides, all of us made it out alive… mostly. I mean yeah, Fred almost got his arms cut off, Gary nearly lost his eye, and John… well he's still in a coma but I think he'll be just fine…. Anyways, enough about me. Why don't we talk about you for a while? Anything interesting happen here while I was gone?"

"Not really… actually, now that you mention it, I haven't seen Pit around recently. I mean, I can sense that he's still at the Sanctuary but it feels like he's been avoiding me lately. In fact, I saw him walk into the cafeteria this morning but he ran away the minute he saw me."

Phosphora couldn't help but give a playful smile when she heard this.

"Sounds like someone's having boy troubles," she said in a sing-song voice.

"WHAT?" Viridi practically shouted out. "That's not… it doesn't… Nuh uh!"

"Oh calm down," Phosphora interrupted with a knowing grin. "It's just the two of us girls in here right now. There's no one else listening in so there's no need to put up that tomboy act. So in all seriousness, do you actually like him or not?"

After giving some thought to Phosphora's question and then checking to make sure that no one was within several hundred yards of the room, Viridi gave a rather hesitant answer.

"You better not tell anyone else but… I kinda… maybe think he's… a little cute," the goddess stuttered out while blushing furiously. "I mean, I'm not totally into him or anything like that but… well…"

"Yeah, yeah. That's what I thought," Phosphora cut in with a wave of her hand. "If that's the case, you should really do something before he ends up avoiding you altogether."

"What? What did I ever do to him?"

"Umm… hello? Did you already forget about Operation Pit-Stain?"

"Hey, you're the one who kept finishing him off!" Viridi objected. "I only oversaw the mission!"

"I don't think that's what's important here," Phosphora said with a shrug. "The point is, he's obviously upset at you for making him go through all that. So unless you want him to hold a grudge against you, I suggest that you make things up with him."

"And just how am I supposed to do that?"

"Well… why don't the two of you spend some time together? Actually, why don't you take him to the mall with you when you go shopping for all the supplies mentioned at today's meeting?"

"Wait… are you telling me to ask him out on a… date?" Viridi asked in disbelief. "Nuh uh. Not in a million years! Not in a trillion years! I'd rather eat an entire Reset Bomb than ask that idiot out!"

"Then I guess you'll just have to live with the fact that he'll probably grow to resent you as much as our friend Hades. Not that it matters much to me. If you're not going to go after him, I might as well give it a go myself. After all, I've been looking for a new boyfriend since the last one got fried several years ago."

After a few seconds of silence, Viridi turned to glare at her "friend" with a very irritated look.

"You're enjoying this, aren't you?"

"More than you could possibly imagine," Phosphora stated with a wide grin as she went back to cleaning her nails.

xxx
Several minutes later in Pit's room…

"Darn it! If you didn't use that Brief Invincibility, I totally would've had you!" Pit loudly complained at his Skreetle roommate as they continued to play their local Free for All match on their 3DS. As expected, the Skreetle merely gave a loud hiss in response before focusing on the game again.

Currently the Skreetle was leading with a score of 15:3 as Pit struggled to best the giant beetle. Unfortunately for the angel, the First Blade that he was currently using was no match against the Skreetle's Viridi Claws as Pit kept getting paralyzed and then combed to death up close. It also didn't help that the Skreetle had customized his weapon to have a 6/6 rating with multiple attack modifiers to boost. As such, Pit was having a hard time getting even one hit on his roommate before his health bar was decimated.

"Alright, I'm going to get you this time," Pit said confidently as he roamed around the map to find his opponent. "I just need to get one more hit off and then I'll be able to… Did you just complete the Daybreak right now? Oh come on!"

Pit practically threw his 3DS onto his bed in frustration as the Skreetle blasted Pit's Fighter into oblivion with the giant cannon.

"Well, that's game," Pit sulked as he handed over several hundred hearts to his roommate. "I think it's pretty obvious how this is going to end up."

The Skreetle simply accepted the hearts before crawling back underneath Pit's bed to play some Pokemon Y. With nothing else to do for the time being, Pit decided to head to the cafeteria to get his second brunch. Just as he was about to leave though, someone began knocking at the door.

"Oh great," Pit muttered as he moved towards the door. "Let me guess, it's those crazy Viridi Apostles again. Seriously, when are they going to take the hint that I'm not going to change my patron goddess anytime soon?"

When he opened the door though, Pit found with a fair amount of shock that the visitor was none other than Viridi herself.

"Oh… umm… hi there," Pit said hesitantly as he tried to avoid looking directly at her. "So… what exactly are you doing here?"

Realizing just how tensed up and fearful the angel seemed around her, Viridi realized that she had no choice but to follow Phosphora's advice if she wanted to patch up the awkward streak between the two of them.

"It's… umm… nice to see you Pit," Viridi stated uncertainly as she too avoided looking directly at him. "I… uh… had something to ask so…"

"Actually, I was just going to get some brunch," Pit quickly interrupted as he tried to make his escape. "So if you have another mission for me, it'll have to wait."

"No, wait! I'm not going to send you another mission! I was just going to ask if… if…"

Time seemed to come to a halt as Pit stopped and turned around to stare at the goddess with a questioning look. After silently cursing Phosphora for coming up with such an embarrassing idea, Viridi took a deep breath and blurted out what she had been meaning to say.

"I'm heading to the mall to pick up a few things and I want you to come with me. Not that it really matters to me if you come along or not but I would appreciate the company. I mean, I'm not doing this so that you and I can share some time together or anything like that! No, that would be ridiculous! Ha… ha… Er… Ugh. Just come with me to the mall."

Another awkward silence filled the air as Pit continued to look at Viridi with a rather strange look. Just as the goddess was about to storm off in embarrassment, Pit finally spoke up.

"Will you let me get one of those Ultra-Jumbo Sundae Supremes if I go with you?"

"Wait, what?" Viridi asked, completely taken back by the unexpected question. "Umm… I mean… sure, I guess."

Hearing this, Pit suddenly jumped up into the air like an excited five-year old.

"Yipee! After all these years of waiting, I can finally taste one of those super sundaes! Lady Palutena would never even let me near the store that sold it! She would always say that it would give me cavities or whatever. But who cares about that when you can eat the best ice cream that ever existed! Ha ha! You're the best Viridi!"

As Pit continued to celebrate, Viridi could only stare at the angel with a mixed look of confusion, disbelief, and annoyance.

I practically ask him out on a date and the idiot goes nuts over the fact that I'm letting him buy ice cream? Viridi thought to herself as she face-palmed. Well, that's the last time I take Phosphora's advice when it comes to guys.

"Ahem. If you're done celebrating, then maybe we can actually get going," Viridi eventually said after regaining her composure. "The mall closes at 9 and there are quite a number of things on my shopping list."

"Oh, sorry," Pit said with a smile. "So how exactly are we getting there?"

"We'll be taking one of my chariots so head to the second floor parking lot. I need to pick up my cloth shopping bags before we head out so I'll meet you there."

"Sounds good. Man, I can't wait to taste that ice cream! This has got to be one of the best days of my life!"

And with that, Viridi left the overly happy angel as she mentally prepared herself for the mayhem that was sure to come.

xxx

"Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?"

Viridi had to force herself not to throw Pit overboard as she continued driving her pink chariot through the sky.

"Does it look like we're there yet?" the goddess asked through gritted teeth as one of her eyes began to twitch.

"I guess not," Pit said in an irritatingly casual tone as he finally grew silent. However that silence was very short-lived. "So… why is your chariot pulled by a bunch of winged ponies?"

"I've told you already, they're not ponies!" Viridi shouted out in frustration. "They're regular Pegasi that I shrunk down to match my chariot size!"

"Oh. So they have nothing to do with that TV show that some of those humans like to watch?"

"NO!"

"Okay," Pit replied with a shrug. "Guess I'll just continue to watch the clouds then."

Several tense minutes passed by as Viridi tried to calm herself before she outright killed the angel when he asked another inevitable stupid question. Luckily for Pit however, the mall came into view just as he was about to ask Viridi if they were there yet again.

"Finally!" the goddess exclaimed as she flew towards the mall parking lot. "I've never been so glad to see a parking lot in my entire existence!"

Much to Viridi's annoyance however, the parking lot turned out to be currently full. After driving around the entire place for about five minutes without finding a single spot, Viridi was ready to obliterate an entire kingdom when Pit suddenly spoke up.

"Hey! There's a guy pulling out over there!"

After checking to make sure that Pit was telling the truth, Viridi quickly drove her chariot towards the newly vacated space. Just as the goddess was within a few feet from claiming her rightful parking spot, a flaming, black chariot suddenly cut in from the opposite direction and stole it.

"HEY, WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA?" Viridi raged as she left her chariot and walked out to confront the driver. "I SAW THAT SPOT FIRST, YOU LITTLE THIEF! JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU… oh, great. I should have figured."

As she said this, the said parking thief got out, revealing himself as none other than the Lord of the Underworld himself.

"Why hello there little Miss Rosebud," Hades said in his usual carefree tone. "Taking the day off for a little shopping spree as well? Oh, and you brought along our angel friend. How goes it, Pitty-Pat?"

"Hades!" Pit exclaimed as he forced himself not to leave the chariot as well. "What kind of sick, twisted monster steals a parking spot like that?"

"Awww, that's not very nice," Hades replied with a smile. "It's been three whole years since we've last met and that's all I get? Not even a single heroic speech about how you'll defeat me and such? No? I have to say, I'm a little disappointed. Oh, well."

"Hey! Don't change the subject here!" Viridi interrupted as she stamped her feet on the ground. "That spot was mine and you know it! Now get your chariot out of there before I do it myself!"

"No can do my little goddess. It's survival of the fittest out in these parking lots and I've only taken what's rightfully mine as the king of the food chain. Now then, I'm going to go enjoy my day at the mall. Oh and by the way, my chariot's insured with the Dyntos Deluxe Plan so have fun going bankrupt if you decide to do anything to it. Good luck looking for another parking spot you two!"

And with that Hades walked off leaving a literally steaming goddess and a very irritated angel behind.

xxx
Forty minutes later…

"Geez that took forever," Viridi muttered as the chariot they were waiting for finally pulled out. "Seriously, how many boxes of canned Belunkas did that guy even buy?"

"I counted seventeen," Pit answered in a very bored voice. "Of course, I could've missed a few seeing as how I nearly fell asleep when he spent ten minutes loading in all those waffles."

With that interesting conversation out of the way, Viridi parked the chariot and the two of them made their way to the mall's entrance.

"Alright, I've got a lot of stuff to buy so don't even think about wasting my time," the goddess warned Pit as she pulled out her shopping list. "Just to be clear, that means no random detours until I'm done shopping, got it?"

"Awww, but I wanted to go to the Lego store!"

"Like I said, no random detours. Now be a good angel and open the door for me."

After grumbling out a complaint, Pit opened the entrance door for Viridi.

Being the only large shopping center in the area, the Sakurai Mall was packed with all the things that the universe's residents needed. The enormous structure had ten floors filled to the brim with hundreds of stores selling all sorts of goods ranging from food items to build-your-own-Death Star-kits. One could tell that a lot of time and money was spent building the mall as each floor was decorated in its own unique way; with the first floor having a Greek palace motif, the second looking like a futuristic space-ship, the third like a medieval castle, and so-on and so-forth. Numerous food courts and arcades were stationed at each floor as well in case one wanted to catch a break from all the shopping. To top it all off, the mall even had several indoor spas and hot spring resorts for the occasional hot spring fanatics. It went without saying that this was one godly shopping center indeed.

After making their way inside, Pit and Viridi found that the place was rather packed as crowds of gods, humans, monsters, and even a few aliens jostled along as they all entered and exited the numerous stores.

"Ugh. I forgot that most of the stores are having a sale today," Viridi muttered in an annoyed tone as she and Pit tried not to get lost in the sea of shoppers surrounding them. "Well, at least it isn't as bad as the time I came here during the holiday season. I probably would've been trampled into oblivion if Cragalanche didn't crush them first. Heh heh. The looks on their faces right before they were squished was priceless though."

Luckily, no one needed to be squashed that day as Viridi and Pit managed to squeeze their way towards their first destination.

"What are we getting from here?" Pit asked as the two of them entered a large sporting goods store.

"Just getting a few dumbbells to replace the old ones at the gym. Cragalanche's been bothering me all month about them. And no, dumbbells have nothing to do with bells having the same amount of IQ as you so don't bother asking."

"I know what a dumbbell is," Pit pouted as he crossed his arms. "They're those long bar thingies with the giant metal disks at the ends."

"… those would be barbells you moron. Ugh. Listen, just stick close to me and try not to get lost. The last thing I want is to be called over to the lost child center to pick you up."

With a still grumbling Pit following, Viridi began looking around for her shopping items. As they made their way to the back end of the store, Pit found something that immediately grabbed his attention.

"Is that… an Aurum Kayak?" he asked as he stared in fascination at the futuristic-looking boat.

"Huh? Oh, yeah," Viridi replied dismissively. "Apparently, a whole store of them was found during the clean-up of the Aurum invasion. Course, you were a ring at the time so you probably missed the news."

"Oh… guess it's kind of funny how I said Aurum Kayaks didn't exist back then. Heh heh. Anyways, I wonder how much one these things cost?"

"Definitely more hearts than you have right now. Anyways, I've found what I came for so hurry up and follow me before you end up buying something completely useless and end up with a serious debt."

After purchasing the dumbbells, Viridi dragged Pit over to the nearby games store before proceeding to give him the same instructions to stay near her.

"Geez, I get it already," Pit said in an annoyed tone. "I might have been a dog at one point but that doesn't mean you have to treat me like your puppy all the time."

"If you had even an ounce of common sense, then I wouldn't have to be doing this."

"Oh, please. I'm perfectly capable of taking care of my… Oooh! Is that the limited edition figure of Luigi doing his famous Death Stare? And it even comes with interchangeable karts and various items as well! I've been looking everywhere for one of those!"

And before Viridi could stop him, Pit disappeared into the crowd surrounding the figure.

"Mrgrgr!" the goddess growled out loud, causing several Bravely Default fans to turn their heads. "I've had it with that idiot! He can spend the rest of his life in this mall for all I care! I'm never going to take responsibility for him ever again! You hear that world? NEVER!"

xxx
Several hours later…

"Umm… thanks for buying me the Ultra-Jumbo Sundae Supreme…" Pit muttered as he eyed Viridi cautiously. Currently, the two of them were seated at a table in the nearby food court as Pit continued to wait for the inevitable rage-induced explosion. Seeing that the goddess was still remaining silent, Pit decided to continue on speaking. "Also… thanks again for bailing me out of the lost child center… and paying for the Power Suit that I broke… and the unpaid entry to the hot springs… oh, and also for the…"

"Just stop," Viridi interrupted as she continued to rest her head against her hand. "I only came to get you because the darn security guard wouldn't stop asking for someone to pick you up over the PA. Honestly, how does one even go about breaking a Power Suit anyways? And don't even get me started on what you did to the Fire Emblem. What kind of stupid, destructive, immature, idiotic, pain-in-the… Actually, no. I'm too tired to even get angry at you right now."

"Viridi…"

"Spare me the apologies and just answer this. Why did you sneak into the hot springs? It only cost about a 100 hearts so even you could have afforded to pay for it."

"Oh, that. I… umm… spent all my money beforehand so by the time I got to the hot springs… heh… heh…"

"Ugh. I know I'm going to regret asking this but what did you waste all your hearts on? Cause I'm not going to let you bring a pet Charmander to the Sanctuary if that's what you got."

"A pet Charmander? They actually sell those here?"

"Just answer my question."

"Oh, right. I happened to see this on sale at the games store after you stormed off and… well…"

As he said this, Pit reached into the shopping bag next to him and pulled out what looked like a 3DS game. Much to Viridi's surprise, Pit held out the game towards her with a rather embarrassed look on his face.

"It's the new Brain Age game," he explained as he turned red in the face. "Arlon told me about how you were thinking of getting it so I thought I'd get it for you as a gift. I mean… don't take this the wrong way or anything but… I never managed to repay you for letting me stay at your place as well as all the help you've given me so… umm… take this as a late thank-you present."

Silence fell between the two as Pit waited nervously for an answer. After what felt like an eternity, Viridi lowered her hand and gave a large sigh.

"Idiot," she muttered as she took the game with a slight blush on her face as well. "It's not like I did any of that stuff for you! I was just… err… fulfilling my duty as a goddess, you pathetic excuse for an angel! Yeah, that's right! S… so… don't start getting any stupid ideas about me caring for you or anything! And… and… Umm… stop staring at me and eat your stupid ice cream already! It's going to be completely melted if you let it sit there any longer and I'm definitely not going to buy you another one!"

After this rather adorable little outburst, the two of them fell silent as they tried their best not to show each other their embarrassed faces. Unfortunately, their quiet little moment was soon broken by the world's most unwelcome intruder.

"Get a room, you two lovebirds!" Hades said with a laugh as he suddenly showed up with a glass of lemonade in his hands. "Now this is a love story that even I want to see to the end! The plucky little rosebud getting together with little old Pitty-Pat! Pardon the pun, but it seems your relationship is in full-bloom already! Ha ha ha!"

"Hades!" Pit instinctively yelled out as he stood up to confront the Lord of the Underworld. "If it's a fight you want then…"

"Calm down Pit," Viridi interrupted as she turned to glare at Hades. "Don't you have something better to do than following us around?"

"Oh, trust me. It was mere coincidence that I happened to run into you. I just came here to get some of this refreshing Freaky Alien Lemonade. Perhaps you should get some to cool that fiery little head of yours?"

"Just shut up and get out of my sight. I'm not in the mood to deal with the likes of you."

"Very well," Hades replied with a smile still on his face. "Guess I'll leave you two to continue on with your romantic comedy routine. But before I go, I think I'll take a little souvenir."

"What… hey!" Pit shouted out as Hades stole the Ultra-Jumbo Sundae Supreme that Pit had left untouched on the table. "Give back my sundae you fiend!"

"Finder's keepers!" Hades said in a sing-song voice as he walked off into the crowd. "Until we meet again, do-gooders!"

Not wanting to take this food theft lying down, Pit immediately tried to run after his archenemy only to be restrained by Viridi as she grabbed him by the back of his tunic.

"Just let him go," she said in a surprisingly calm voice. "Try not to cause a scene here. As much as I want to shoot him with a Mega Laser as well, it's not worth getting banned from the mall."

Still grumbling, Pit sat back down as silence once again fell between the two. Eventually, Viridi spoke up in an apologetic voice.

"Ahem. Getting back to what we were talking about before we got so rudely interrupted… umm… How to put this? Look. What I've wanted to say is that I'm sorry about Operation Pit-stain. I know I went a little overboard but…"

"I died 58 times. I think overboard is an understatement."

"I'm trying to be nice here, okay?" Viridi shot back before immediately calming herself down. "A…anyways… I just wanted to apologize to you about that little incident. Also, I guess I should have treated you with a little more respect. I mean, I still think you're an idiot but it was unfair of me to disregard everything you did. I think I can see now why Palutena regards you so highly. Even with all of your screwball antics, you're always trying your hardest to help others and do the right thing. And I'm not just saying that cause you bought me a present. I've seen how you've been secretly helping out at the Sanctuary. Sure, you almost blew the entire place up while trying to mop the floors but it's the thought that counts."

"To be fair, it's kind of hard to know the difference between cleaning solution and liquid explosives without knowing how to read."

"So I saw. The point is, I hope you're not mad at me for all the mean things I've said and done to you."

Time seemed to come to a halt as Viridi waited for Pit to answer. As the goddess began wondering if she had said too much at once for Pit to comprehend, the angel suddenly let out a small laugh.

"Silly Viridi," Pit replied brightly. "I was never angry at you. Maybe a little scared… okay, outright terrified… but never mad. Asides from Lady Palutena, you're the only other person who's bothered to support me with nothing to gain. Sure, you complain about it and threaten to obliterate me a lot but you still do your best to help me out when it truly matters."

"Idiot. Y…you're making it sound like I actually care about you…"

"Heh. Maybe I am. Either way, I'm glad we can be friends."

As he said this, Pit extended his hand with a smile. After a brief hesitation, Viridi reached forward and accepted his handshake with a smile of her own.

"You really are a complete moron," she said with an amused sigh. "But I guess that's what makes you so fun to be around. Nothing's ever boring or dull with you."

"I guess so. Heh heh. Anyways… now that we're friends and all, is there any chance you could get me a real room back at the Sanctuary?"

"Not a chance," Viridi replied with a smirk as she let go of his hand and stood up. "Now then, why don't we go and get ourselves an Ultra-Jumbo Sundae Supreme? Consider it my treat."

At this, Pit literally shot out of his chair and began cheering as if he had just won the lottery. After a few minutes of this, Pit suddenly stopped as if he had just remembered something.

"Speaking of sundaes, why were you so calm when Hades showed up earlier?" Pit asked with a confused look. "I thought for sure you'd start raging at him for stealing a sundae that you had bought with your own money."

"Oh, that," Viridi replied with a mischievous look. "One of the ingredients in the sundae happened to be peanut brittle."

"So?"

"Let's just say that Hades has a rather unusual peanut allergy."

As soon as she said this, the terrifying shrieks of what sounded like a thousand rabid fangirls was heard from several floors away.

"I can't believe it! It's Sora from Kingdom Hearts!" one of the girls screamed out.

"What are you talking about?" another yelled. "That's obviously Link without his shirt! Just look at those abs!"

"Are you daft? That's Chrom from the Fire Emblem series!"

"No no no no no no no! Stay away from me!" Hades was heard shouting in a surprisingly terrified voice. "This is just my peanut allergy! Stop looking at me or you'll…!"

"I don't care who he is!" a fangirl interrupted. "Just get him!"

As the horrifying sounds of the fangirl horde tearing apart Hades continued, Viridi explained herself to a very confused Pit.

"Peanuts happen to make him look like a fangirl's dream idol to them. I have no idea why his allergy happens to do this but it's still entertaining to watch the mighty Lord of Underworld being mauled like this. Course, getting someone mutilated by a fangirl swarm is something even I think is an excessively cruel punishment but I think Hades deserves it after everything he's done today. Anyways, how about we go and grab those sundaes now? All this commotion is sure to have drawn away the crowd from the store."

"Sure thing," Pit replied with a smile as the two of them happily walked away from the cries for mercy and shrieks coming from below.

xxx

It was already dark outside by the time Pit and Viridi got out of the mall. According to the news reporters who had come to film the fangirl incident, Hades had been evacuated by his minions several hours prior but not before losing a sizable chunk of his army to the nightmare known as crazed fangirls. Of course, seeing as how it was Hades, it didn't take long for him to fully recover and begin plotting his next move against the heroes. Meanwhile, Pit and Viridi were happily cruising across the night sky in their chariot as they headed back home with their shopping items in tow.

"Today was pretty fun," Viridi casually commented. "Don't tell Phosphora this but I'm glad I took you along."

"Speaking of Phosphora, it's too bad the rocket boosters she requested were sold out. Actually, I've been wondering this for a while now but why exactly did she need those rockets for anyways?"

"She wanted to stick them on her chariot," Viridi said while rolling her eyes.

"Umm… why does she even have a chariot? Last time I checked, she could fly around at lightning speed by herself."

"She keeps one just to show it off to everyone else. Apparently, it's her dream to make a chariot that will move faster than her one day."

"Pffft. A chariot that can move faster than a lightning bolt? I might not be the smartest person around but even I know that something like that can't exist."

Upon hearing this, Viridi suddenly froze as if she just realized something very important.

"Umm… Viridi?" Pit asked worriedly as the goddess continued to stare ahead with a disbelieving look. "Are you okay?"

"I'm an idiot," she suddenly exclaimed as she brought the chariot to a halt mid-air and pulled out her phone. "How could I not have thought about this before?"

"Thought about what?"

Viridi didn't answer as she quickly dialed a number into her phone and waited for an answer.

"Wassup, boss?" Phosphora answered in her usual energetic tone. "Did you have fun on your date today?"

"It wasn't a date!" Viridi quickly countered causing Phosphora to snicker. "I've got something important to ask so pay attention!"

Realizing that the goddess was actually being serious Phosphora immediately ceased her teasing.

"What do you need to know?"

"The Chariot Master. Is he still around? If so, can you ask Arlon to find out where he is right now?"

"Who's the Chariot Master?" Pit asked.

Again, Viridi ignored him as she waited for her commanders to give her an answer. After a couple of minutes, Phosphora got back on the line.

"Yeah, he's still alive. Well, alive might not be the right word but he's definitely not dead if that's what you're asking. As for where he's hanging out, looks like it's someplace he named the Lightning Chariot Base. Wait, a second. Are you seriously trying to…?"

"Yeah, I am," Viridi answered with a triumphant smile before ending the call and turning around to face Pit. "Looks like today's your lucky day. If everything goes according to plan, then you'll be able to get your hands on something that'll get you through Palutena's barrier in a flash. That is, of course, if you're able to survive."

Seeing Pit's terrified face, the goddess couldn't help but laugh before giving him a playful punch to the shoulder.

"I'm just messing with you. If there's anyone that can rescue Palutena, it's you Pit. So stop looking so scared and show me exactly what the Captain of Palutena's Army can do."

After a brief silence, Pit answered in his usual confident tone.

"Alright! Just leave it all to me! I'll show you what real awesomeness looks like so try not to be too amazed by what you see! Alright then, let's move out!"

With that, Viridi drove the chariot back to the Sanctuary with a newly motivated Pit in tow.

"By the way, don't you dare tell anyone about what I said to you at the mall today or I'll throw you into the Clobbler nest again."

"Yes, ma'am."

And on that happy note, one of the longest chapters of Kid Icarus: Uprising soon began.

Afterword:

Pit was finished off a total of 6 times during The Lightning Chariot chapter and only managed to make it out alive after setting the intensity to 2.0. Needless to say, Viridi was less than impressed.

Fin