Review responses.

All the reviews asking for more: Ask and ye shall receive!

Symbolic Joker: I surprised you, yay! I hope I can make the upcoming fight with Link meet your expectations now! In terms of Codec's, I'll probably be tossing one in whenever Snake rears his head, and you'll just have to wait and see for when it comes to the trophies/assist trophies. (I totally has plan for them!)

faeriehero: Both Lucina and Dark Pit could of had much better movesets in game instead of just being clones. Lucina's stance doesn't even match her stance from awakening, and Dark Pit could of at least used the weapons that Pit doesn't use in Smash. I get that they were meant to be alternate Costumes originally, but since Sakurai gave them their own roster slots then why not go the full way?

Guest number something: Don't worry, Cloud won't be overpowered, I may show him off as overpowered but that's only when he's using Limit Breaks, without them he'll have a lot of trouble actually landing the finishing blow similar to how he works in the game.

sephirothsChild: And now you shall read that fight! Enjoy.

Ethereal780: I address how strong I'm making Cloud in the response to the Guest, but in terms of plot I definitely have plans, I'm not sure how far things will go however. I am also aware of Dissidia but whether I'll acknowledge that is up in the air right now.

The thought's on the movesets seem rather 50/50 but from my counting most of you seem fine with me venturing further with them so I will be dwelling deeper into what some characters can do.

Special thanks to mystic moogle for Beta reading for me!

Chapter 3: Let the Battles Begin!

Robin kept his eyes on the blonde swordsman attempting to ignore the brown-haired angel in order to focus on the Tactician.

The Tactician found himself highly interested in the newcomer ever since witnessing the man's match with Captain Falcon. The first thing that he took notice to was definitely the man's colossal blade; the mere fact that someone of Cloud's build was able to wield such a weapon so effortlessly downright amazed the Tactician.

But something that intrigued the Tactician much more, was the strange blue sparks that had bounced off the Buster Sword's wielder before he unleashed one of his attacks.

Honestly, his goal with this battle had solely been to try and find out more about the newcomer's abilities.

And so far he hadn't learned anything new.

"Am I just wasting time?" He shook that thought away. He was sure that this battle could help him learn more about this enigma.

Cloud batted away the angel as he made an attempt to rush towards his cloaked opponent. He failed to notice the white-haired man's smirk, however.

"Sir Cloud, stop!" Lucina's warning came too late as the Tactician in front of him raised his arms along with a red book in his hand.

"Arcfire!" Robin called out as a ball of flames descended down from the pages of the book and onto the ground. Landing right in front of Cloud.

Cloud quickly called upon the protective bubble once again, but this was exactly what Robin wanted as the cloaked man ran forwards and a magical shroud surrounded Cloud, forcing the bubble to drop as Cloud felt trapped within the magical energy.

"Sir Pit, if you would kindly do the honours." As if on cue with Robin's words, the angel ran up with a strange red glove-like object appearing on his arm and reared back ready to strike.

"I'M SORRY, CLOUD!" Cloud couldn't help but stare at that remark. What was wrong with this angel?

"I think not!" The voice of the sole female fighter in this battle called out as she slid under the angel and had her own bubble appear to block Pit's attack before lunging her sword forward to pierce into the angel. Once again sending him flying.

"WHY DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING?!"

Cloud felt the magical energy encasing him begin to weaken as he took that moment to break free, kicking Robin away in the process as blue sparks began to bounce off his body.

"That energy! Just what is it and how is he triggering it?" Robin thought as he slowly stepped away, eyeing his current partner standing at the other end of the arena. "If things continue like this, then victory won't be ours. It's time to tip these scales!" He slowly began to clap, causing Cloud to stare in confusion while Lucina began to worry. What could Robin be planning? "Impressive, Sir Cloud. It seems I've misjudged you slightly." Robin's book seemed to change before Cloud's eyes as the Tactician opened said book. "I don't normally use these. But for you I think I'll make an exception. Prepare yourself! Celica's Gale!"

With those last words, magical energy began to whirl off the book as the wind around Cloud and Lucina seemed to begin to become much more fierce.

"Oh no, Sir Cloud, we have to move!" Lucina's warning was once again too slow as the Tornado of pink wind enveloped the pair and forced them into the air as the wind itself cut them apart.

Robin watched on, keeping a stern eye on the center of the magical attack. "What will you do now, Sir Cloud?"

Lucina ignored the pain as she couldn't help but let a tear loose from her eyes. "To think, Sir Cloud placed his trust in me for this fight and I've failed to be of much help."

Cloud, on the other hand, wasn't giving in yet. He gripped the Buster Sword as hard as possible as he channelled the Mako energy into the blade.

"I'll finish 'em, Robin!" Pit called out as he became enveloped with the power of flight and flew towards the Tornado.

Robin was about to warn Pit that doing so would only cause him to get caught in the Tornado as well, until he noticed the sudden blue light from within the vortex.

Cloud slashed the Buster Sword around himself with everything he had, causing a second force of wind to swirl through the Tornado in the opposite direction, cancelling the magical vortex caused by Robin. Cloud and Lucina slowly descended onto the ground shortly after.

"S-Such power..." Robin uttered out, his usual calm expression being replaced with a complete look of shock.

"WOAH!" The remaining force of the raging winds sent the brown-haired angel crashing into the ground next to the Tactician before he quickly jumped to his feet, staring at Cloud with a look of pure praise.

Lucina slowly got onto her knees as she looked at the back of the blonde swordsman in amazement. "H-how? Not even the Hero King could manage something like that!" Lucina couldn't help but wonder just how strong the man in front of her really was. "Am I even worthy to be fighting alongside someone like him?" She moved back in slight surprise as the Buster Sword's wielder turned towards her.

"Come on." Cloud offered his hand to her, and she stared in slight confusion at it. "We've got a fight to win." Realization dawned on her as Lucina took the hand as Cloud helped her up, noticing that Pit and Robin were both standing at the ready once again. "Does he have any more tricks up his sleeve?" Cloud pointed at the cloaked Tactician as Lucina nodded in response.

"Yes, Robin has plenty more where that came from. We should proba- What are you doing, Sir Cloud?" She couldn't help but notice energy being drawn to the blonde as he held his blade in front of him.

"Lucina, buy me some time." Lucina stared in confusion once again at the man's request. "Don't worry, I have a plan. I just need you to keep them off me."

Lucina's confusion began to slowly alter into a look of happiness. He needed her, a man that was strong enough to stop a Tornado needed her help to achieve victory! No one other than Robin had outright stated something like that throughout any of her time in the tournament. But now her strength began to burn through her as she stood in front of the blonde swordsman, her own blade at the ready.

"Understood, I'll keep you safe, Sir Cloud!" She kept her eyes trained on the her father's Tactician and the servant of Palutena while keeping her expression steeled. Sir Cloud was counting on her. She would not fail!

"Sir Pit, I require some time to prepare my next spell. Hold them off, please."

"Alright, Robin! I'll go make sure Cloud doesn't get to do any more of his epic attacks! Actually, we won't even need your spell!" Pit charged forward with his detached bow at the ready, readying himself to strike at Lucina the moment he got to her. "Out of the way, Lucina! I'm ending this now!" He aimed his blade-like weapon at the girl, intent on slamming them into her head. Only for her to duck right under the attack.

"No, Sir Pit." Lucina's voice was serious as she motioned to slash forward. "I SAY WHEN IT ENDS! AETHER!" Lucina slashed forward, a green light emanating from her blade before she pulled back her blade and thrusted it through the angel's body. A slight pause occurred, before Pit was sent flying out of the arena. Blasting into a red light as he made his exit.

"I'M FINISHED! SORRY, CLOUD! I'VE FAILED TO PROVE MYSELF!"

Lucina fell to her knee as she watched the sparking red light dissipate, signalling Pit's defeat. She stumbled as she attempted to stand and focus on her father's Tactician. It had been a long time since she'd used the Aether skill that her father had taught her.

"Have I been neglecting my skills too much?" She attempted to stand again until she felt a hand on her shoulder.

"Stay." She stared upwards at the blonde swordsman as he stepped forward with his colossal blade at the ready.

"N-no! I can still fig-"

"No you can't, don't worry. You're not a burden." She stayed still at those words and simply watched the Buster Sword's wielder walk towards the Tactician.

Why did she suddenly feel a rising heat in her cheeks?

Robin face was filled with worry. The blue sparks were once again surrounding the blonde enigma known as Cloud Strife, and based off his observations, any attack the man used now would probably mark his end. And Pit hadn't been able to buy him enough time to prepare his trump card.

He only had one option left at this point.

"Even if I've lost this, I've at least gained some valuable knowledge." He brought the yellow Tome out in front of him as he played his last available card. "THORON!" The spell blasted forwardas both Robin and Lucina watched Cloud, both eager to find out what he would do.

"You're gone," Cloud whispered out as he slammed his blade into the ground, causing a blue version of the Blade Beam to race across the ground, before he slid under the electric blast. Robin noted the attack was similar to the green waves of energy Cloud used against Falcon, quickly turning his protective bubble on and off shortly after the wave hit him.

A big mistake that Robin would make sure never to repeat, as the blue energy wave split apart and struck at Robin when he turned the bubble off. The resulting damage blasted Robin off the arena. He attempted to recover, only for Cloud to appear above him, the Buster Sword reared back and ready to swing. He slammed down, blasting Robin downward. Cloud descended back to the ground with Climhazzard, striking Robin once again before blasting the Tactician away with a quick trio of slashes from the Buster Sword.

"Reckless fool..." the Tactician uttered out, while the comment could be mistaken as an insult towards one of the others, most could tell that he was directing it at himself as he was consumed by the sparking red explosive light.

"No hard feelings," Cloud said, swinging the Buster Sword onto his back as he turned to his teammate for the battle. Her awe-stricken eyes glued to him.

How could she ever hope to compare to him?

She became so hung up on her thoughts that she failed to realize that he was now standing above her. His hand offered to her and something she hadn't expected to see on his face was there.

A smile.

"You did good." The kindness from his voice seemed so strange, it almost made Lucina think she was being spoken to by a completely different person. "Although, you should stop trying to fight like someone else. Try and fight more like you did at the end." Cloud couldn't help but feel like a hypocrite saying that as thoughts of his blade's former owner drifted to his mind before he dismissed them. His situation was different. He had no real choice but to fight like Zack.

Lucina couldn't help but cringe at those words. They held the truth after all. Ever since joining the tournament, she'd stopped fighting the way she had when she assisted her Father and Robin in taking down the dark dragon, Grima, and changing the fate of her homeland. Instead she'd been fighting entirely like her idol, and only now she realized how poor a choice that was.

"You gonna leave me hanging or?" She couldn't help but blush in embarrassment as she took the blonde's hand. She really needed to stop spacing out.

"Even when he's helping people he's cool!" Oh god no.

Thankfully for Cloud, the sudden reappearance of Pit did not last for long as the power of flight encased the angel and suddenly pulled him into the air.

"Pit, I require your service!" The echoing voice of Palutena sounded out as the angel screamed in response to his sudden take off. Cloud made a quick mental note to thank the Goddess later.

"Most impressive, Sir Cloud." Just like Pit, Robin was once again in the arena and was once again clapping. "I believe it is time for me and Lucina to be off. Her father will want to speak with her." Lucina raised an eyebrow. Why would her father want to speak with her? "It was nice meeting you, Sir Cloud. I'll be watching you with great interest. Come, Lucina." With his piece said, Robin walked off. Leaving Cloud and Lucina as the last pair in the arena.

Cloud took a quick glance to see that Lucina didn't seem to be going to say anything else as he decided to take his leave, only for her to finally speak. "W-wait, Sir Cloud!" She called out as Cloud was about to reach the Coliseum's exit, he turned to acknowledge her. "T-Thank you, Sir Cloud, it was an honour to fight alongside you!"

He nodded simply, before stepping away once again. He had to admit, Lucina was definitely the most tolerable person he'd met so far

Lucina continued to stand in the arena for a bit longer as the blonde Swordsman consumed her thoughts. She wanted to know more about him, that was for sure.

But more importantly, she wanted to continue to fight alongside him.

Why did she feel that heat in her cheeks again?

But another stray thought crossed her mind: what would her father want to speak with her about?

A yawn escaped Cloud's mouth as he made his way back to his current living quarters. Until his eyes caught sight of a green-clad blonde, and it seemed the pointy eared man had caught sight of him as well.

They kept their eyes on the other as they each walked by the other.

Tomorrow would be the time, the wielder of the Triforce of courage would face off with the Soldier 1st class. Neither of them knew just how much people wanted to see this clash.

But Cloud wouldn't lie, he was looking forward to it. But that was still a night away. All Cloud cared about right now was getting some sleep.

Author's note.

That's right folks, next time will finally be the clash of blondies! I guess you could say that next time will be the first boss fight of sorts hehe.

Now I am fully aware that my method of having Cloud stop the Tornado caused by Celica's Gale is faulty and probably wouldn't work in real life (I doubt it's testable though) but my argument is, this is Smash. A place that's run by two giant disembodied hands, I doubt my faulty science is anywhere near as questionable as some of the other things in this universe.

Anyway, for once I don't have a question folks, so until next time, have a wonderful day/night.