Your Hom is in Another Castle
Disclaimer: I do not own Super Smash Brothers. That goes to Nintendo. I only own the witches/sorcerers from the Golden Land (Prism, Cone, Raven, K.K. etc.) and the concept of the Golden Land/Holy Realm. I also own the witch hunters Virtue and Jingle, all the Gods interpretations such as Ares and the angels in Skyworld specifically the royal bodyguards, archangels and Angel Assembly members.
Summary: With the Goddesses, Pit and the Hands gone from Smash Brothers Mansion for a "divine meeting", the Smashers are free to do whatever they want until they return. Bowser is already preparing for one more attempt to kidnap Peach before the year ends and he has the assistance from those above the Gods. Peach not wanting to be kidnapped again, convinces Shulk to change clothes with her not knowing that Bowser would attack that very moment and kidnap Shulk. The situation while humorous to the Smashers except Rob and Lucina, the two are then forced to go find the shattered mirror shards of the Holy Realm that prevents anyone from getting to Bowser and it doesn't look like the other Smashers (particularly Mario) want to assist them. In the meantime, Shulk has to put up with Bowser's shenanigans for being stupid enough to wear the dress.
Pairing: Robin/Shulk, Lucina/Pittoo, Ganondorf/Palutena, Mario/Peach, Fox/Sonic, OC (Virtue)/Pit and others
Rated: M (for mature)
Genre: Romance, Humor, Parody, Friendship, Drama and Action/Adventure
Warning: Sexual humor, violence, yaoi and unintentional OOC.
AriZonia1 and I were basically joking about this while PMing so the idea alone is from her. I just thought it would work for a comedy fic for New Year's (and it's about time for the Golden Land to screw with everyone) Enjoy! FYI, both Robins share the same name but male Robin shortened his name to differentiate from his twin sister.
Chapter 7: Democracy
Shulk made great use of his given freedom. By freedom, it meant him staying in the library to absorb all the information from the books. He would have been happier if all the books didn't concern glorify Bowser as this God, but it was important to get as much information as possible while he was here. Learning about the Mushroom Kingdom and all the journeys that Mario and the group have gone through even explaining these party game scenarios and why these sporting events occur made Shulk wish he lived in a world that so carefree that he could befriend the antagonist. If someone was evil in his world, they went on mass murder sprees without fail. It was why Shulk would never accept Metal Face even if it were just a hologram that appeared at night on that specific stage.
Perhaps when this is all over, I could ask Bowser about how he's able to build these airships so quickly. A skill like that could be useful in Bionis. Shulk thought to himself positively. Yep, he was remaining optimistic the more he stuck around Bowser's Castle.
Shulk would sometimes get pulled out of the library to assist Junior with his robot that he was going to use against Rob and Lucina. The reason this happened more than once was due to how time either stopped or was faster in the Golden Land. He honestly had no idea, but when he was in the Golden Land, he didn't need to eat or sleep. That wasn't a good thing, but that was probably a magical resistance gained when anyone stayed behind in the Golden Land for an extended period of time (and could possibly explain why the children never aged).
Despite Jr. being intelligent, he was a little naïve to think that Shulk wouldn't help him without consequences. Shulk was not mean spirited. He just wanted to help Robin and Lucina using any means necessary and if he had to add something that would cause the machine to malfunction in battle, so be it. Shulk appeared convincing when he was working with the robot. The robot was Pokémon themed to look like a Groudon. Jr. wanted it to be able to dig underground and be able to catch the two off ground. He wanted more extreme powers like shooting magma from its back and using its claws to rip apart its opponent, but Shulk considered those ideas too violent. Bowser's son glared at Shulk for stating the obvious and demanded he implement those into his machine. Sighing in defeat, Shulk decided that perhaps it could happen but unlikely. In the end though, he only put simple functions that appeared to be complicated to allow Robin and Lucina more leeway if they had to fight him.
Jr. didn't even bother to check if the codes that Shulk was putting (along with mechanical parts that looked nothing like magma rocks) would help him win. He was just glad the Monado boy was useful besides shutting Larry up from his whining.
Shulk would go right back to taking care of the Koopalings when Wendy was thrown back in front of Bowser's castle. She was in tears and stomping her foot as she ran inside to cry to daddy. She repeated what Larry said word per word except she cried about how Link would never be hers and how Lucina was deadly. Since Shulk finished up with his small job, he went back into Bowser's main chamber to comfort Wendy hearing her screeching.
"Daddy, give me another mirror! I'll defeat them both this time and claim my prince! I swear!" Wendy whined as Bowser covered his ears.
"Uh…why are you so annoying…" Shulk could hear Bowser complain. So much for Wendy being the favorite. "I don't have another shard, and the handle is mine. You're just going to have to sit out."
"Unless those two make it here then it could be a boss rush." Kammy suggested with a snicker. "It would give you useless Koopalings something to do while the real son does the real damage to those two pests."
The blond didn't like the tone Kammy used when talking to Wendy. It only angered the female Koopaling more as she proceeded to throw her rings at the old Magikoopa. She was too injured doing so and she started shivering without the shard.
"Shulk, you can take care of her." Bowser said sternly. "I have to warn my other kids to prepare themselves against the owl and the princess."
"Uh…Bowser…"
"Junior, is your machine ready?"
"Of course papa! I'm ready to halt their progress permanently."
The two were overly eager to start the next mission that leaving Wendy alone only caused her to sit on the ground and start slamming her fists against the ground. Shulk imagined Crazy Hand suddenly rolling around on the ground when he was pushed into a corner during battle.
"Hey…Wendy…let's get out of here. You'll…look less pretty if you stain your face with tears."
That was corny, but that was something that Rob would say to a cute girl. Shulk didn't have any standards on what would be considered cute, pretty and beautiful. Then again, in his mind, Cone was the most adorable little girl he had met, the girls back on his planet would be pretty (but he couldn't remember what Reyn described Sharla as) and Rosalina would be under beautiful. Palutena probably would have been drop dead gorgeous if she didn't send chills down his spine with her cat like smile.
She stopped throwing her little tantrum when Shulk called her pretty. "You think…I'm pretty?"
"Uh…"
"Tell me that I'm pretty again!"
"Umm…you're pretty. An angry girl or a sad girl will only tarnish the beautiful face they are capable of showing to the world. You have to smile even if you're in pain. I know I find girls who smile even in the darkest kind more attractive."
"You find me attractive?!"
He was digging a deeper hole now to cheer her up.
"Come on, let me see your injuries." Shulk looked at Kammy who was still in the room snickering at him. He felt his cheeks turn pink. "G-Go away! Don't you have to help Bowser?!"
"I guess you're a player after all even if you're in that dress."
"Uh…stop insulting me…Rob is the only…"
Kammy disappeared in purple smoke leaving Shulk to take care of Wendy's injuries. He sighed realizing that the little witch did nothing to stop Lucina from harming her like Larry. The injuries overall weren't too bad.
"Can you explain to me what happened in the battle?"
"That princess was horrible! She did this to me, and that owl…is that what everyone is calling him now? He set the beautiful chandelier I made with my ice on fire! It fell on me! I got a boo-boo from that!"
Boo-boo? Who uses that language? Shulk had to ask himself as he got out the alcohol to rub the small cuts on her body causing her to cry out in pain. She was worse than Larry with resisting, but Shulk had a better time controlling her by encouraging her that a pretty girl is strong enough to handle minor injuries. He let out a sigh of relief when he finished wrapping the bandage around her tail and slapping a few patches on her cheek. "We're done. You did a good job."
"T-Thank you."
Shulk was again getting shivers seeing Wendy give him an odd look. What started with her cheeks turning red would later result in her eyes becoming huge hearts.
"This isn't good…" Shulk murmured to himself.
Wendy immediately grabbed at his dress having a sinister smile appear on her lips.
"Oh, this is what daddy gave you? I'll take you to my room and give you something better. You'll make a wonderful doll!"
Yeah…Shulk realized why he shouldn't be too nice to someone like Wendy.
The Pokémon universe on the surface had yet to be attacked, but this is simply due to the fact we are viewing what is occurring before the Koopaling strikes. Red was expecting a Koopaling to attack when he brought his Pokémon back, but to his surprise, the world was still at peace. Calum, the trainer of Greninja was rather annoyed at the lack of damage simply because he wanted to show the world that he was capable of defending it again. If Calum stopped a madman from trying to kill everyone for the sake of resources, then he would do it again with a Koopaling with the power of this Golden Land.
The two were in front of the ruins of N's Castle that resided near the Unova League. Calum only remembered this place thanks to it being a stage in Smash Brothers Mansion while Red had been here before. If no one was here due to any leagues happening at the moment, it was a perfect place to relax. It helped that it was also a meeting spot for many of the top opponents to sit and chat about Pokémon strategies.
Ash got a call from one of his old pals who wanted to meet him and a few others. Ash happily accepted the invitation. Calum wanted to know who Red invited but it was pretty much a secret, so when the blue eyes white dragon showed up overhead letting out a radiant roar, Calum froze in his spot wanting to hide behind his Greninja, who was chilling next to Lucario.
"W-Why is Reshiram here?!" Calum asked losing his normally stoic persona upon seeing the fire legendary.
"Hey N, great to see you again!" Red called out as he waved to the person that was on the Pokémon.
"N?"
Calum looked toward the trainer on Reshiram more carefully. N was an older male of the age of twenty with long green haired tied behind his back and blue eyes underneath the black and white cap he wore. He wore a necklace around his neck and a void cube on his belt. His color scheme looked identical to those of the former Team Plasma making him weary of him when he got off the legendary Pokémon.
"Ash, it's been a while." The man spoke in a soft tone, but Calum noted how he was speaking in an odd fashion. "How have you been at Smash? Was my music box helpful?"
"Music box?" Calum wondered out loud before remembering that there was a soundtrack specifically called N's Castle Medley. It finally donned on him that the song was named after him. "Oh!"
N was more interested in seeing Pikachu who happily ran over to him and greeted him.
"How have you been, Pikachu?"
"Pika!"
Jigglypuff also went over to him with a dopey grin on her face. The trainer from Kalos was confused at how N knew these Pokémon if the only trainer that was allowed to walk around Smash Brothers Mansion was Red originally.
Lucario and Charizard looked up to see N, but both did not move from their position. Charizard instead was just glaring at Reshiram who continued to stare at him aloofly.
"Red, you have a lot of explaining to do," Calum began, "I do not know who this guy is and why he has a freakin' legendary! I should be the only one with a legendary!"
"Calum, I guess I forgot to say I was friends with N." Red answered with a stupid grin. "N, I want you to meet my friend at the mansion, Calum. His Greninja caught the attention of Master Hand and was requested to join the roster of Smash Brothers."
N stopped petting both of the smaller Pokémon to look at the human. The green haired man made it clear he wasn't much of a talker when it came to any newcomers. He just stared at Calum before realizing he needed to introduce himself.
"Oh…hi…I'm N…"
"Is that really your name?"
N glared at him as a response before looking toward his Greninja whom he was more interested in. "So, that's the Pokémon that made it in besides Red's team."
"Hey, I'm talking here!"
"Hey Calum, calm down. N isn't use to talking to other people."
"Obviously…he's a Pokémon fanatic with a legendary Pokémon. Wonder how he caught it."
N really didn't like how the Kalos trainer was speaking to him. "Caught? Reshiram is my friend. There is no need to put Reshiram in a Pokéball."
"Huh?"
"A recap of the events in Unova region is Team Plasma wanted to liberate Pokémon from their trainers." Red explained with a frown on his face. "They think Pokéballs harm the Pokémon therefore its better to release them into the wild. As a former member of Team Plasma, N believed that notion."
"I still do Ash." N reminded him coldly. "However, I cannot force people to submit to my will. It's a shame. At Smash Brothers Mansion, the Pokémon are happy out of their Pokéballs and your Pikachu is so alive outside of it."
"Pika!" Pikachu agreed with N's statement.
"So…Reshiram…is not…tamed…" Calum muttered looking at the magnificent beast before him. He flinched when it let out a low roar.
"Is your legendary captured? That is rather depressing to hear."
"Are you trying to pick a fight with me?"
"Woah, woah, woah! Chill, you two! No need to fight!" Red shouted getting in between them with his arms out. "N, who else is showing up here besides you?"
"…Blair." He said simply with a small smile. "He's coming back on Zekrom."
"W-What?! Who is this Blair? He has a legendary too?!"
Red remembered fondly who Blair was. He was one of the top competitors in the Unova League and probably would have gotten Master Hand's attention if he didn't vanish like a phantom at the end of the league. Red had a winning streak at all of these leagues due to using his strongest team. He met his match with Blair with his odd team that worked surprisingly well and defeated him for second (and Red prayed that wasn't why he was knocked off the roster in Smash). Blair was distant and told Red and his friends he was searching for N, and that when in a time of crisis, he would return. He was never seen again and N spent most of the time after his father's arrest to search for his friend. Only now did he seem to get in contact with him.
"Blair is my friend." N answered.
"And mine too!" Red added with a laugh. "Right Pikachu?"
"Pika!"
"But really N, what did you need to talk about with him?"
"…I only wanted to talk to you and that girl that is always following Blair around…"
"Whitlea?"
"…Yeah…her…I wanted to make a confession…and I know you might not want to hear it. Its about the Shadow Triad."
Red frowned at the mention of that ninja trio. They were the only people who didn't get caught at the end of Team Neo Plasma's disbandment and Ghetsis wasn't able to out them for who they were. Red never cared for them because according to Blair, they would only act on orders of Ghetsis. With failing to take over Unova twice, he was nothing but jello that needed to be taken to the asylum therefore, would not be able to issue an order of escape. Of course to be fair, the Shadow Triad gave up on Ghetsis near the end for whatever reason and Blair was always suspicious of this.
"Are they attacking people again?"
"No…I know their identity." He admitted. "I feel like for all the crimes Team Plasma and my father has done, it would not be fair to let them go unpunished. They are living their lives like normal people laughing at how you and a few others are fooled by their façade."
"Huh? Who?"
"It is…"
Reshiram shifted before spreading its wings, confusing N.
"Reshiram, what is it?"
Red noticed that Lucario, Greninja and Charizard finally moved from their location to look to see what Reshiram was staring at. It didn't take long for the trainers to look down and see that everyone that below Victory Road specifically at the Pokémon Center were being attacked by these circus balls that took the form of Pokéballs. Ash was having a terrible flashback of the time he first encountered Mewtwo and Mewtwo thought it would be a good idea to take all the original Pokémon for himself and make duplicates of them.
"He's here!" Red shouted as he looked at his Charizard. "Charizard, let's go! We will not allow them to ruin our world!"
Red hopped on his Pokémon ready to ride into battle, but there was no need when the Koopaling popped up at the edge balancing on a circus ball.
"Lemmy!" Red yelled as his Charizard prepared to charge into the ball. "What are you doing?!"
"I'm going to catch them all!" Lemmy declared happily. "Since someone here hasn't been doing that for as long as the anime has been running."
That was a sick burn to Red if any. He pouted when the words reached his ears.
"…It's not about catching them all as it is about the journey with friends and the Pokémon your forge bonds with."
"That's not what you said in season one."
"I was ten back then…I'm sixteen now…"
"You still look like you haven't aged a day."
"Shut up!"
Calum wondered if Red really was sensitive about his appearance and accomplishments. It was better to win more leagues than to capture all the Pokémon especially since the world keeps "discovering" more species as time goes on. Regardless of what Calum thought, Red ordered his fire dragon to use flare blitz on Lemmy's ball. Lemmy jumped off when Charizard hit it, but to Red's surprise the ball didn't burn. Instead, the ball opened up trapping the two inside. Ash immediately realized that there was no oxygen inside the ball and recalled Charizard.
"Ash!" The green haired trainer yelled as he looked toward Reshiram. "Help him out, Reshiram!"
Lucario charged up his aura sphere while Pikachu and Jigglypuff were quick to team up. Jigglypuff allowed Pikachu to ride her toward the floating circus ball where Red was trying his best to get out before he lost the ability to breathe. Lemmy's attention was toward the other Pokémon though.
"Golden Land magic can do anything, hee-hee. If that is the case then capture the legendary Pokémon for me."
Reshiram fired a blue flare attack Lemmy's direction. Normally N would reframe from ever using this powerful move, but what Lemmy was doing to the Pokémon below was unacceptable. To his horror, golden butterflies were enough to trap the flame in the mirror shard. Lemmy giggled as he did a few tricks on the ball before aiming it at the Pokémon trainers. Calum and N were quick to jump out of the way along with the other Pokémon. However, the ruins to N's Castle were hit and N could only watch as whatever was left of his past being burned up.
"Impossible…"
"Holy crap…he reflected a legendary attack…" Calum muttered feeling his legs give out on him. "Dammit…I'm getting nervous…"
Greninja was next to his trainer waiting for orders. Calum honestly didn't want to risk hurting his Pokémon, but seeing the look in the frog ninja's eyes made Calum realize he couldn't run away.
"Greninja, use water shuriken. Poke that ball!"
Greninja was quick to charge up a shuriken made of water at Lemmy. It almost hit the wand he was recklessly twirling. While Lemmy was distracted, Pikachu was trying to break the ball going as far as to bite at it. The ball wouldn't break by normal means and Red could feel his vision get hazy the longer he was in.
"Ash, hang on! Reshiram, keep him distracted, please."
Lemmy wasn't interested in dragging this battle out. Normally he enjoyed tormenting his opponent but he got a message from Bowser that the two people he should be concerned about are Robin and Lucina. He was slow with starting up his world before the duo could get to him, so he needed to have some hostages like Wendy only actually use them.
This was why he had no problem summoning all of these balls and launching them all at the Pokémon at binding speed. Calum had an easier time dodging them along with his Greninja but Jigglypuff who couldn't move while she puffed up was hit. When the ball hit her, a red light engulfed the pink balloon and she was forced into the ball. Pikachu gasped as he clung onto the floating ball with his trainer inside.
"Pikachu, get out of here!" Red shouted. "You'll get caught!"
Pikachu's response was to electrocute the balls that got near him. He could only do it for such a short amount of time before caught. Pikachu's thunderbolt had no effect on the circus ball that Red was trapped in. Lucario sped past the balls and went straight for Lemmy in the same vain that Reshiram did. If magic didn't work then physical combat would defeat him. Lemmy was surprised that Lucario knew that his weakness was to step on his head. He refused to go into his shell when the aura Pokémon stomped on him and tried to trap in the ball.
"Greninja, shadow sneak!"
The frog ninja almost successfully knocked Lemmy off his balance with that surprise attack. He wasn't going to have it and hit everyone around him with a bright light from the Golden Land stunning them in their place.
"D-Dammit…can't move…" Calum murmured.
The power that Lemmy held over them was extraordinary or perhaps it was the mirror being abused. With this, the Koopaling threw the balls at all the Pokémon that were in the area catching them all. Lucario braced himself for the red light to hit him, but that wouldn't do much when he went in without a fight. Red screamed when Pikachu was hit and immediately tried to punch the ball hoping it would pop. Calum's eyes widened in horror seeing his Greninja captured in front of his eyes; N looked toward Reshiram that didn't go inside the ball. Instead these circus balls turned into a net that covered the legendary Pokémon. For a second, N thought it was the same net used by Ghetsis to harm Kyurem.
"Reshiram!"
Lemmy hummed as he got off his ball and stood on front of the two trainers. He twirled his wand sending the sphere Red was in toward Calum who was smacked against it. N called for both trainers as they were sent flying once the ball popped.
"Oww…" Red mumbled weakly. "Pikachu…"
N worried what Lemmy would do to him. The Koopaling had all the Pokémon at this point, so he just needed to do one more thing. The Golden Land magic was used to put out the fire and restore N's Castle to its original state. N watched in awe as the ruined he lived in most of his life was being brought back with just the golden butterflies. Not even Arceus was able to pull off a feat like this. The major difference with the castle was that Bowser's head was placed at the top looking identical to Princess Peach's Castle as a result.
"Now you're going to be the King of Fools!" Lemmy declared as he hit N with the same magic…only for nothing to have happened confusing him. "Huh?"
Lemmy looked at the shard seeing the darker color it had. Perhaps he used too much?
"Oh man! Don't tell me that there is a limit to what I can do before I can use it again! Well shoot…might as well use the magic to make my army to pop up!"
The Koopaling didn't understand why his magic was starting to give out on him. He wasn't even sure if this spell would work, but one thing was for certain, if Robin and Lucina showed up, he would probably be easy to defeat, and Lemmy wasn't liking the idea of losing due to a miscalculation.
N couldn't move his body to check up on the two unconscious trainers near the Koopaling. He could only hope that someone like Blair could come in and help. Now, all he could do was look at Reshiram who was crying out in pain horrified at the words Reshiram were speaking as it tried to break out.
A lot of things needed to be happening before Robin and Lucina were whisked off to the third world. One was grabbing the Smashers who didn't need to linger in Hyrule. Palutena used this explanation simply to grab Ganondorf who would not lift a finger in the first place along with Ghirahim. Pit waved at Ganondorf seeing he would be a subject of abuse like him in the commentary. The King of Evil ended up leaving the chambers to explore Angel Land despite Palutena warning him that a demon will get weird stares (not like he cared if the angels hated him or not. They would have to come at him to take him and his servant down).
The other person grabbed was Magnus. He did not belong in Hyrule and Pit wanted him in Skyworld. Unfortunately, Palutena decided that he would do better on the Comet Observatory with Dark Pit with his type of sarcasm (plus she teased Pit that he only wanted Magnus around to get laid with him which he feverishly denied). Magnus didn't mind so much because Chrom was on board and he could make fun of him with Dunban (much to Chrom's dismay). With this though, everyone from the Kid Icarus cast was here to stay for the commentary, and there were still more Gods that would probably join in the long run with how news spread fast of the Golden Land game.
Lucina did not attempt to take a nap this time in fear that she would have that same erotic dream. Instead she and Rob warmed themselves up in front of the fireplace in the kitchen galaxy until Rosalina was ready to send them off. Whenever they finished, she was starting to feel exhausted but that might be because she pushed herself in this world to get things done faster. Dark Pit noticed and was more supportive of her this time around. Rob rolled his eyes at the obvious young couple in front of him turning away so he wouldn't be seeing a kiss (which they wouldn't do in front of the white haired tactician anyway).
It didn't take a genius to see Dark Pit taking the inventory and replacing all the power ups again despite the criticism he was getting from it. From all the power ups so far, the flowers were the most useful. The dark angel insisted that he was fine with breaking the rules. This made Lucina worry because she feared if he kept openly defying the Golden Land, he would be punished. The divine beings took this very seriously except when they wanted to make the game more entertaining like Hades. It was a miracle that guy was still around after getting them to lose two lives.
"So…what about the 1ups?"
"What about them?"
"You're not…going to give us any?"
"I can't give you what I don't have. You'll just have to wait for that little witch to come back with them if Shulk actually can get any."
Lucina sighed in defeat as she leered at the short tactician. He scowled at her as a response.
"Oh come on! I won't be the reason for a game over this time!"
"Chances of a game over this time around are high." Dark Pit mocked. "Keep your guard up."
"Argh…don't remind me…"
Once Pittoo was done with handing the power ups to them, the trio left the kitchen and went toward Rosalina who was ready to send them to the world of Pokémon.
"…The damage doesn't seem too bad from the surface," Rosalina stated just from looking at the planet, "but I don't like how that castle was brought up after being destroyed."
"Huh? Isn't it up and running in Smash Brothers?" Pit asked.
"It's nostalgia Pit…and the correct thing to say Pit is that it's the Unova League that is used as a stage, not N's Castle."
"Oh…does that mean that whoever is in charge of this world ended up bringing it back?"
"Probably. Rob and Lucina need to investigate the cause immediately, but chances are it's from the Golden Land."
"Please be careful you two. There is something sinister in this world." Rosalina warned them as she twirled her wand and sent them to World 3-1.
The starting location was the end of Route 10 that would lead into Victory Road. The Badge Check Gate was nowhere to be located, but that was either due to moving given it had been two years since anyone used this route or because of the Golden Land magic removing it to make access to Victory Road easier. The two Fire Emblem heroes looked upward to see how they would traverse the terrain. The destination was at the top where there was indeed a huge ship hovering around N's reconstructed castle.
If Mario or Luigi were the protagonists, they could have easily skipped going through Victory Road with their jumping skills. Lucina could probably do it with a little effort, but there was no way Rob would be able to pull off these acrobatic techniques. His jump was one of the worse in the game and he didn't have good air game either. In his world, fighting in the air was absurd leaving you wide open so seeing some Smashers pull off amazing moves in the air always left him feeling envious.
"…We're going to have to go inside…are we?"
"Rob, don't complain."
The short tactician let out a low whine before following behind Lucina who held her head eye as they walked inside Victory Road.
On the outside with the Gods, many have just finished eating their snacks, but refused to move out of their seat in case they missed something. Pit let out a yawn as he left to go back to his room and came back with his 3DS.
"Pit, what are you doing?" Palutena questioned.
"Well…since they have entered Victory Road, I wanted to play some Pokémon in the process."
"Which one?"
"Well…honestly, repeating the same game can get boring so I kind of switch back to Pokémon Mystery Dungeon…" He let out a grumble. "But the new one sucked, so I wonder why I'm still playing it. I'm better off playing Explorers of the Sky at this rate…"
"Hey Pit, send me my 3DS!" Dark Pit called out to his white twin. "Let's have a Pokémon Battle while we wait for them to get out."
"Uh…but it would mean I would have to walk to your division that is too dark for me and pick it up. I don't even know where you put your things."
"Idiot! I left my 3DS in your room! You can't be that blind! Just get me ORAS."
"Huh, ORAS is already out?"
"You're slow Pitstain."
Pit wouldn't need to run and get his twin's 3DS though. Someone already dropped it on Pittoo's head causing him to jerk his head at whoever did that. Palutena frowned knowing who did that.
"Palutena, don't do that! I don't want my screen cracking before Pit's!"
"…That wasn't me that was…"
"ME!"
It didn't take a genius to note how all the Gods and Goddesses spectating let out a huge sigh of defeat…even Hades didn't sound that impressed and he was the one that everyone hated. Was there someone out there the Gods despised besides him and Ares? Pit wasn't all that impressed either.
"…Kaguju." Pit grumbled folding his arms in discontempt as a purple haired angel appeared before him and Palutena. All the other Gods could see him projecting like them though in the stars. He was a rather effeminate angel with curly purple hair and purple eyes to match. He was an angel all the way through wearing an identical tunic to Pit only a majestic purple. It was his smug smile that made Pit wish he wasn't associated with the older man. "Why are you here?"
"That's not nice Captain Tip!" He let out a fake whine. "I noticed that the family is coming together to watch a game like old times, so here I am going to participate too!"
"Get out." Hades said simply with an unimpressed look on his face.
"No one wants you here. No one needs you." Ceres added in complete union with Hades.
"I agree. Go back to doing your usual thing and bring Hermes instead." Palutena added rather coldly. Only her words caused Kaguju to flinch.
Only Viridi was confused on who this angel was that her mother hated. Juliet was equally puzzled.
"Hey Rosalina, who is this Kaguju?" Viridi asked knowing she would not get a response from the older Gods.
"…Its Dionysus." Rosalina explained. "He is not allowed to attend the divine meetings with the Gods. If he shows up, he'll be murdered."
"Really? The Gods hates him that much?" Dark Pit asked. "I thought he was an angel though…"
"That's the form he takes to hide from Hera…although I do not see it as a clever disguise."
"Pretty Palutena, why do you have this idiot live amongst your angels?" Hades asked rather darkly. "He's a waste of space when you give him power."
"You're the one to talk…" Palutena snarked, "but to answer your question, if I'm not up to date with the events around the universe, then I have Kaguju do it. He is in charge of my Messenger Division."
"Hermes does a better job."
"Well he's doing his own thing allowing the Celestial Pirates to steal whatever they see fit. I rather not have anyone like that working under me."
"And you have Pepper who is a classified thief…" Pit mumbled as he realized he wasn't going to be able to play. He might as well wait until a break occurred to switch his game so he could play with the dark angel. "Then again…she's under my command like the other royal bodyguards…"
In the process of the introduction of a new God, Rob lost a life due to falling into a bottomless pit. Lucina ordered him to wait before they figured out what to do, but what needed to occur was pushing the nearby boulder into the hole to fill it. Rob was being impatient with Lucina pushing it and she ended up pushing him into the hole causing him to lose a life. She wanted to facepalm at his incompetence again.
Once they got past the boulder, more issues started to show up specifically the enemies. Thwomp were everywhere in Victory Road ready to crush them if they weren't careful. A sword could not break them, so Lucina had to rush past it and hope Rob would not be caught underneath it.
Unfortunately, there was one Thwomp that was in a genuinely bad location on the map that forced them to grab the ledge and quickly run under it (or to let go and try again. Rob wasn't fast to open Elwind, so when he climbed up the edge, the Thwomp came down on him. Lucina had to look away when she heard his scream and the breaking of bones. That caught everyone's attention simply because that was when they both disintegrated due to losing all of their lives.
"A game over already?!" Chrom asked wondering if Rob was okay after being squished.
"Dammit Rob! Why do you die so easily?!" Dark Pit questioned in annoyance.
"…Well…I guess that means we can get a drink now, right?"
"Magnus…not funny…" Dunban mumbled seeing the older man wasn't thinking too hard at what just happened.
"It's the Dionysus curse." Hades declared. "Once he shows up, everyone dies! Just like 2000 years ago!"
Kaguju flinched at the Lord of the Underworld's wicked sense of humor directed at him.
"That really wasn't…my fault…"
"Whatever, we can stock up on food again!" Phosphora shouted. "Be right back!"
"I will too…" Juliet mumbled disappearing when Phosphora left. This was the pattern with everyone else who weren't taking that awful death seriously.
The game over side of the world had never looked so bleak. Maybe it was because Raven wasn't there to greet them. Instead, Starlight was there to look at the two Smashers. Lucina just shook her head in annoyance at Rob getting them both killed again, but this time, it was bad enemy placement, so she wasn't too hard on him. Robin temporary blue screened upon being sent back to this area. He was just glad he wasn't mash potatoes after that traumatizing death.
"And who might you be?" Lucina asked expecting that aloof girl to insult them instead of a rather innocent looking boy.
"Good day. My name is Starlight, the Sorcerer of Hope."
"The game over screen is not hopeful…" Rob snarked darkly.
He ruffled Starlight's feathers from that statement. "Oh…sorry I'm not spreading hope correctly…"
Lucina gave Rob a look forcing him to apologize to the white haired sorcerer for no real reason. He had to make sure he didn't blow it for the both of them. If Starlight was mad enough, he didn't have to send them back to the world of the living.
"I apologize for the bad enemy placement." Starlight continued. "The Koopaling of that world is an oddball with his magic this time around. Nothing makes sense."
"And who is our opponent for this world this time?"
"Umm…I think its Lemmy."
That explained everything to the two who just needed to know who their opponent was. Unlike Larry and Wendy, he wasn't making himself known that easily with the lack of an elemental. Outside of Smash, it should have been apparent that Lemmy was on the unstable side due to how quirky he acted during Smash in comparison to the other Koopalings.
"Please be careful, and don't get lost."
That was another thing. If they couldn't get out of Victory Road, then they were doomed to be trapped in World 3-1 and walking around in circles with enemies respawning was not how the Fire Emblem warriors wanted to spend their day.
"Uh…can we get a hint?" Rob asked. "Everything looks the same in the cave."
"I don't think hints magically show up after a game over…" Starlight answered. "I mean…if you get a lot of 1ups and die often perhaps they appear, but as of now…"
It was too much to ask for at this rate. Rob may have been a tactician but this was proving itself to be a waste of time.
"I'm sorry I can't be much help unlike Raven…I'm new so…"
Leave it to these kids to make things hard on us adults. Rob grumbled to himself waiting for Starlight to use the same magic the raven haired teen used to get them back to the game. Again Starlight wished them luck as he sent them back to the starting point of Victory Road making all of their progress moot.
Compared to dying at the start of a boss fight, nothing of worth was missed. The divine beings took it as a short break to get more food or wine. Viridi whined about how boring the stage was overall with getting through a maze with hardly any enemies and the ones that show up were in the worse locations that it would result in a game over. Kaguju had to agree with how that enemy was in a poor place.
Seeing Robin and Lucina back with only one heart did not speed things up one bit. They had to be careful because the enemies weren't even in the same place as last time forcing them to keep their guard up. Another thing that changed was the location of hidden blocks that would contain mushrooms that would allow them to take another hit. It was only a shame they didn't have any useful power ups to use in a cave that could take hours to complete.
"Uh…did we just come through that cave?"
"I think we slid the wrong way…"
"Dammit Lucina…why is this cave so damn hard?!"
The other Gods would have mocked Rob if half of them weren't bored at the stage. Perhaps the next stage would pick up the pace but at the moment, it was just going through the motions of the last two worlds. They needed some help. Otherwise the Gods would insert there own fun to make things interesting.
"Uh…is there something that is going to show us the way?" Rob asked.
His calls were immediately answered. As the two walked through the cave again, a golden butterfly appeared hovering over their head. Lucina kept her guard up even though Rob thought this was Cone who was about to show up. The butterfly never turned into human form. Instead it started to fly away creating a golden trail of where the two needed to go.
"Wait…there was a secret path?" Rob wondered out loud.
"That explains why we have been walking in circles."
"…So…we can finally have progress?"
"Only if we follow it."
As they followed the butterfly, they noted that the new location was higher than they could reach. Rob opened the power up box to see if anything was worth using.
"There are only two power ups that could get you up there." Dark Pit told them. "You can either use the spring or the cat suit. Lucina, take the cat suit."
"Devil face is showing his true colors." Magnus said with a smirk.
"N-No…"
"Oh, remember when Bowser had the cat suit on?" Pit asked with a smile on his face. "He looked so weird! I wonder what would happen if I put it on!"
"Well, you wouldn't be able to fly." Kaguju mocked.
"Hey, cats can't fly!"
"Captain Armpit, everyone can fly except you. Accept that."
"…Lady Palutena!"
Palutena just added her own dialogue to the conversation. "Lucina, take the cat suit. You won't regret it."
Lucina didn't appreciate how the divine beings were laughing behind her back. There was probably a catch besides being put into a cat outfit. She took the super bell in favor of the spring. Rob thought he was going to be the one to luck out.
He didn't. In fact, the minute he grabbed the spring mushroom, he was trapped inside the spring. Not once did he feel like he was powered up. In fact, being trapped in the spring hurt and he couldn't even stand properly anymore. He found himself bouncing in place. Lucina's eyes widened in horror at the fate she could have faced if she chose that mushroom.
"Oh hell no! What is this?"
"One of the worse power-ups Nintendo could ever make." Hades mocked. "Look on the bright side. You can jump high."
"…It looks painful." Juliet commented next to her mother.
"Well, if you look at the concept art dear, even that fat plumber doesn't look happy as a spring." Ceres told her daughter with a laugh.
"Wahh…let me out…" Rob murmured weakly hating how he was hopping into the wall with no way to turn around. "Lucina…help…"
Ignoring him, she grabbed the super bell. Instead of being put into a blue cat suit, Lucina's armor disappeared exposing her in a rather slutty cat outfit.
"Oh Felecia!" Pit exclaimed. "Awesome!"
Dark Pit blushed seeing her in that outfit and looked away. Lucina wasn't too thrilled but at least she had her Falchion with her still and was in control unlike Rob.
"…What can this do?"
"You can climb up walls." Rosalina explained. "You can also climb to the top of the flag pole."
"So this provocative outfit…can allow me to access the next area…what about Rob?"
"He just needs to time his jump before he hits the floor. I'm certain Rob will figure it out."
Rob had no idea what she was saying. He was hitting his head against the rocks and it was giving him a headache. Lucina took the Queen of the Cosmos' advise and dug her claws into the wall before scaling upward. Immediately afterward she wanted to get rid of the cat girl outfit she had but if they had to keep climbing to get somewhere, then perhaps a couple more minutes wouldn't hurt.
"Rob, be patient with that spring."
"Uh…why do I always get the stupid power ups? I hate this so much…"
Despite his complaints, he timed his jumped and sprung upward. It wasn't enough the first time so he ended up bouncing off the wall and in the opposite direction of the hidden area. Rob let out a few curse words as he forced the spring to face the direction he wanted and tried again. After a few more attempts, he made it to the higher platform earning the (sarcastic) applause from the divine beings. Pit was more genuine then everyone else making his clapping more insulting.
"I want this off…" Rob cried as he was still bouncing ahead due to no traction in the spring. "I can't even reach my book…"
"…Can you get your hand out of the spring?"
The white haired tactician managed to do that. He blinked when Lucina grabbed him and continued on. With the strength of the cat suit, she was able to negate the spring from bouncing as long as she kept moving. The butterfly went ahead of them while Rob was trying to spring up to the higher level leaving a golden trail behind before disappearing completely. At first it just seemed like the butterfly was only giving them a small hint, but in actuality, the butterfly intended to take them to World 4-2 but was unfortunately halted by another sorcerer who grabbed the butterfly and fled outside of the divine beings presence.
Samarium let out a cry for help as he was dragged back to the Golden Land. It was a miracle that he spent three worlds being able to help Robin and Lucina, but now Prism made it clear that no one would be supporting the two heroes from now on. The zombie witch only prayed that Prism wouldn't take his anger out on Raven if he found out that they were making the game easier and boring by his standards.
Terror catching him was just his bad luck. This guy was a one man army and him becoming a sorcerer only spelt trouble to whoever crossed his path. Of course, Samarium had to admit that Terror was incredibly attractive once he died. His normal appearance was shafted in favor of one that brought fear to someone's eyes. He had blond hair originally when a human but once chemicals were spilled on his head during a torture session; it turned this lime green color that matched his military camouflage suit. His gold eyes shined whenever he was hunting his prey and more times than not, Samarium were on his hunting list. When he found his target, his sharp teeth would reveal itself as he pounced.
The zombie witch was brought back to Terror's room…the worst room in all of the Golden Palace. Terror used it to torture aliens into submission before killing them and squirting their juices out to make alien food. The same thing didn't work on Samarium due to his status as a zombie. He regenerated so fast that it was pointless to try and kill him. It didn't stop Terror from doing it, but Samarium barely felt pain from these torture sessions.
What he did get hurt by was fire, but almost all the witches/sorcerers loathed being near fire. Samarium hated it because he melted and he could feel his body giving up on him. Pop was the other who hated fire because she was a puppet master. Once her string was set ablaze, it got to her relatively quickly and burned her to a crisp. Cone also hated fire because her hair would be set ablaze and it was nearly impossible to put out. Overall, Prism made it clear that fire should not be anywhere near the palace.
To be thrown on Terror's bed was a pleasant surprise, but Samarium gave him a deadpan expression when the older male forced himself on top.
"…You know nothing will come of this, right?"
"It doesn't help to give it a try. You are very naughty disobeying Prism's orders. Who sent you to help those two? Did you do it just to get my attention?"
"You like thinking about yourself, don't you?"
The brunette did flinch at the hyena like sorcerer biting down on his neck. That was going to leave a mark.
"You're still tasty." Terror commented. "If you spent more time trying to fix this issue you have instead of helping those humans, then we could be getting a home-run."
"…If Prism can't fix it…I'll never have my fill of lust." Samarium lamented. He will never show his utter distaste for the younger blond who wanted to help him out after his horrible death. With how his body is now though, he would have been better off dead.
"Isn't that the point of finding this Daedalus person? If that worthless God Dyntos can't do it, then we ask that fallen genius to examine you."
"Yeah, but he doesn't show up on the radar at all."
"When I find him, I'll draw him back and force him to help."
"…I can only imagine that you'll kill him a couple of times. Even then, he'll still tell you no."
This snark battle made it hard for Terror to punish the zombie witch for defying Prism. It was better this way because the green haired sorcerer wasn't as blood crazy as he normally was meaning they could have a conversation like this. Yet…
"I'm still going to have to report you to Prism."
"Oh please don't." He whined as he grabbed onto Terror's neck in a stranglehold rather than a warm embrace. "I'll satisfy you tonight if you let this slide."
"I don't think you can-"
"You forget, you can't help me, but I can help you. Is my prettiness turning you on? I see something in your pants, dear."
Terror grumbled feeling Samarium's zombie strength overpowering him in that moment to get on top of him. Well, it wasn't like Prism didn't know about the interference already, so he might as well play along for some relief.
After following the path with no hope of getting out of their power ups, the two finally made it to the end of Victory Road. Lucina had to hold onto Robin so he wouldn't spring off the stage and risk making them start all over again. The white haired tactician was nearly brought to tears by this.
"You know what would suck?" Pit asked with a devilish smile on his face. "If the mob suddenly took over Rob and had him jump off the cliff."
"Don't jinx it, Pit." Palutena warned him. Her voice was icy. "I personally do not want to sit through Kaguju talking non-stop again."
"I'm not that annoying sis…" Kaguju cried as he attempted to create fake tears.
"Don't call me that in front of everyone!"
Pit continued to start something as he forced himself to have a robotic voice. "Down."
Hades was probably the only one who accepted Pit's sense of humor in this situation.
"Start."
"Down A!"
"Up."
"Down!"
"Down."
"…Wait…what Hades?"
"Democracy."
"Oh hell no! Anarchy!"
Dark Pit really wanted to know what the hell his twin was on. Saying random directions and commands did have its appeal, but he would not be caught saying the same thing.
The two wouldn't be able to get to the Elite Four where they could see the damage that the Koopaling had already done in such a short amount of time. This was because something was falling from the ceiling nearly causing Rob to fall off the cliff like Pit wanted so he would repeat Victory Road. A familiar laugh was heard inside the Groudon robot.
"HA-HA-HA! You two finally got out of that maze! I thought you fools would never come out!"
"Don't remind us…" Lucina mumbled not really surprised that Bowser Jr. had a bigger mecha outside of Smash. He seemed like the type of kid that's given all of these Bowser hand-me-downs. "Rob, I'm debating whether to just throw you into him so you don't fall off."
"I don't want to get crushed…" Rob mumbled. "I don't want to go back to that room…"
Bowser Jr. meant business switching on the Groudon robot causing it to roar into the sky.
"Well, you won't get to Lemmy because I'm going to beat you here and take the credit! I get bored watching the Koopalings fail and they have the mirror shards after all."
"Oh, so defeating you won't change much." Lucina said as a matter of fact.
"You better not be looking down on me! Papa didn't give me a shard because I'm stronger without it! I hope you like burning pussy cat!"
Hades could be heard making a noise about getting burned. Even Pit and Viridi were snickering at how Junior actually said something clever.
"I'm going to stick Falchion up this robot…" The blue haired princess hissed.
"Please do. I'll be stuck bouncing in this spring because I have no idea how useful this thing can be! Oh wait, its useless!"
Lucina dragged Rob to the nearby corner so he would just be bouncing into the mountain instead of falling back down. In the cat suit Lucina was fast being able to roll out of the way like she normally would in Smash while Junior brought his claws down on the future princess. She couldn't parry the claws with the suit due to the rules of the game so she was forced to run out of the way. Lucina searched for a weakness on the robot but there didn't seem to be any apparent ones. Bowser Jr. ordered the robot to shoot flames from its mouth nearly causing Lucina to lose her suit (and she wouldn't have had minded).
"Hey! Hit me so I can lose this stupid outfit!" Rob shouted only to be ignored. "Really…am I going to be ignored…because the enemy is smart?"
"Its more entertaining to see a human as a spring than a human who can't jump." Hades mocked.
Lucina decided for the most controversial method of getting rid of the robot. Normally the head was the weakness, but Junior wasn't going to let anyone run or jump up and hit him. Instead, when the claw swung again, she jumped onto the claw allowing it to rise back up and instead of jabbing Falchion in Groudon's eye; she did a cat kick to the left eye causing damage to the robot.
"W-What? Why is the weakness there? Did Shulk do this?!"
Rob looked up at the mention of Shulk's name. "Shulk?"
Junior flung Lucina off and proceeded to attack her with a barrage of claw attacks combined with flames. Lucina was quick to dodge but almost found herself flattened when she tried to run underneath him. As Junior tried to shoot breath after successfully turning around, the robot ended up shooting coins, star bits and hearts out instead.
"Cute." Juliet affirmed.
"Oh, so Shulk is doing things behind the scenes." Dark Pit added with a smirk. "Hearts...how gay can that guy get?"
These hearts despite Lucina dodging it hit Rob. For whatever reason, he felt encouraged to fight along side his comrade. Everyone watched as Rob, started to spring toward Bowser Junior who was in a state of panic seeing the fire breathe shoot out helpful items instead. With a well time jump, he hit the right eye with his head. The white haired tactician was going to need to take a break with a hit like that. With both eyes shut off after the attack, Junior freaked out and started clawing in front of him. Rob couldn't dodge the claw and ended up losing his spring. He was liberated from the cursed ability, but he was still at the mercy of the claw hitting him again or sending him off the cliff.
"Stupid Shulk! Why did you mess up my perfect machine! I'll get you for this when I get back!"
The eyes were no longer targets but the head still wouldn't open the hatch to jump on Bowser Junior like the other Koopalings. The angel twins glanced at the tail and then made an observation on how to defeat the son of Bowser.
"Spin the tail Super Mario 64 style!" They both shouted.
"Go Luci!" Dark Pit added. "Spin him round and round!"
"Like a record, baby! Right round-round!"
"Uh that angel singing telepathy is so annoying!" Viridi complained not expecting the white haired samurai to counter back with this.
"I think they have good voices, but they should probably try to sing in tune unless it is intentional."
"…You really don't have a sense of humor, do you?"
"I apologize."
Lucina understood what the angels were trying to say. She may have been out of touch with Mario's history, but there was one thing every Smasher knew and that was the epic battle Mario and Bowser had in Peach's Castle where the way to defeat Bowser was to grab his tail, swing him around then throw him at his own bombs. Bowser would make sure to never let the Italian plumber beat him like that ever again (hence why when fighting in space, his weakness was his own recklessness of hitting his own machines that set his tail on fire). When she tried to go underneath him, she looked up and saw Rob was going to get hit due to clinging onto the robot's arm.
"Rob, get down from there!"
Lucina reached out for Rob's hand forcing herself to take a hit and lose her cat suit for him. Once she was certain she had a good grip, she threw him back into that corner. This time, Rob went smack like he would when hitting the 4th wall in Smash and slid down crying about how she threw him too hard. The Ylissean princess dashed underneath Junior again seeing the tail was leaving itself wide open.
"Wouldn't the tail be too heavy for her?" Kaguju questioned his older sister. "She doesn't seem that strong to be able to-"
By Mario logic, Lucina was able to lift the Groudon robot off the ground with relative ease. Magnus and the other guys on the Observatory smirked seeing Dark Pit cooing at the female lord as she started to spin Junior around. Junior realized too late what she was doing and tried to shoot flames again. He was successful, but she was already building momentum meaning the only thing the flames hit was the airship that came crashing down due to catching on fire. She killed two birds with one stone letting go of Groudon by throwing him into the endless sky. Because of how much momentum was in the spin, he would be sent flying like the other two Koopalings back to the Golden Land.
"I WILL REMEMBER THIS!" He yelled before becoming a shooting star.
After recovering, Rob rushed to the princess' aid. Lucina looked at her hands and saw how red it was. Despite the robot appearing goofy, the robot was still hot to touch. If she used the ice flower, the pain would subside, but at the moment, they had no time to waste. Lemmy was inside the castle. They did not know what damage he has caused to the world of Pokémon yet, but Lucina didn't want a repeat of the Mushroom Kingdom or Hyrule.
"Come on Rob. We do not have time to rest. We must keep going."
Me: TBC with 11752 words.
Li: And look its Kaguju…
Me: Oh, he wasn't going to be left out in this 4th wall breaking! Notes!
1. Title is taken from Twitch Plays Pokémon the Democracy mode that is ruled by the Dome Fossil. Everything is slow in this mode and was the only thing that could get Red past Rocket Hideout (remember, you're here forever). However, Democracy mode is so boring and should be used when necessary, but given how I was so bored when writing this chapter, it leeks in universe.
2. Red and Ash are the same person in my Smash Brothers stories. I think someone told me best that they are written as a hybrid where all the backstory comes from the anime while the experience and how badass Red can be is based on his video game counterpart, so I use their names interchangeably.
3. X/Xavier/Calum is the protagonist of Pokémon X/Y. The irony of creating him was to prevent Red/Ash from having all the Pokémon at Smash Brothers Mansion belong to him but Ash actually evolved his water starter so its almost guarantee that Ash will get a Greninja in the near future. His character portrayal is identical to how I portray Black/Blair in my Pokémon story Seizensetsu. He's the foil to Ash being aloof, levelheaded and overall rather cynical. The difference is that Calum is prone to losing his temper and his cool when met with things he cannot predict in comparison to Blair who is incredibly mature and a nice older brother figure with a split personality.
4. N's personality here is a combination of post Pokémon Black/White 2 and the Pokémon anime. The anime has him outright state he still hates battles while in Black/White 2, he doesn't mind them that much in comparison and is overall way nicer. I feel like a hybrid of the two is good simply because it allows N to have that friendship with Ash while still having the battle skills of Black/White 2. I also gave him Reshiram because even though Reshiram represents the truth in the myth, I feel like Reshiram suits N's personality better. Plus the anime specifically associates N with Reshiram and Ash with Zekrom (even though they never fucking did anything with this concept), and you can also add that because Reshiram is the feminine of the two and N is more feminine then say my canon protagonist in my stories being Black that they work better together. Plus, I also see this as once N understands what it means for the truth that he can fully understand Reshiram in contrast to Black who needs Zekrom to have a goal in his life and isn't always cynical.
5. The protagonist's name for Black/White is Blair/Black who might not appear in the story but is eluded as the canon protagonist and the one N sees as a friend. I'm a Black/N shipper obviously, so this has to tie in with that, but N sees Black as an equal for the obvious capture of Zekrom. Ash never catches Zekrom in the anime so what happens in Pokémon universe combines the events of the first game with the anime with a few minor changes here and there.
6. Whitlea/White is the name of the female protagonist of Black/White. She has just as good of a reputation as Black and she came up in third place in the Unova League in my headcanon (because she went up against Blair and lost). N doesn't really like her because I have my version of N crush on Blair and he doesn't like how close they are.
7. Anyone who has read Seizensetsu knows that I will hold onto the theory that the Shadow Triad is the Striation Brothers. Trust me when I say Nintendo can't seem to get their stories straight like confusing Zelda timelines, writing Dark Pit's character entirely wrong in Smash Brothers (along with the Fire Emblem cast, Shulk and Captain Falcon) and we got what happened in Black/White 2. You're telling me that the Shadow Triad who are established to only listen to Ghetsis' orders went out of their way to bully and humiliate Cilan and his brothers who did not show up at N's Castle due to how they were the weakest of the gym leaders? That is OOC on the Shadow Triad part when in game, they are established in Black/White and this game that they lack any emotion to do anything. One of the Shadow Triad felt nothing in front of N's room, while in the sequel, they mock Hugh when his Liepard didn't recognize him. Again this is due to a lack of emotion, so if Ghetsis didn't order them to attack the Striation siblings, then why would they break character in a flashback? Its a contradiction and why the siblings lying about it to cover their asses still stands because not a single person has actually been able to rebut it besides saying "Why would they want to be in two locations at once?" Because no sane person would fly to the two cities and its not like the protagonist will suspect anything if the Shadow Triad didn't show up for a battle. They're not living in that city so they can continue their normal lives. And remember, all the flashbacks are used to establish what the gym leaders did after Black/White and give them character development yet by trying to establish the siblings as wanting to become stronger after losing, they make the Shadow Triad OOC. And given how I am using a hybrid of the anime and the game, the anime never showed the Shadow Triad despite Cilan's psychotic moments therefore it still stands. (Also Black/White Pokemon Adventure manga is shit.)
8. Kaguju is Dionysus. I already said that much in Serpent Galaxy and this explains why he's so attached to Palutena. His sin that Hades speaks up is shown in Approval Rating of Pyrrhon bringing up how Kaguju saved his aunt Selena when she would be sacrificed to defeat The Great Evil only for this to backfire and almost all the Gods/Goddesses got cursed driving many over the edge and some to suicide.
That's it. Reviews are appreciated! Ja ne!
