A Teen's Sorrow

Disclaimer: I do not own Super Smash Brothers Brawl or any of the characters.

Summary: There's nothing much anybody can do with Peach's love potion but wait until it wears off. The question is how long will it last? Fox finally gets something out of the teen Smashers but it's nothing that he expected. And finally a Smasher disappears and Pit is blamed for it. Who is responsible?

Chapter 10: A Teen's Sorrow

"You really have it bad for you Link," Ash said after Link announced that the love potion made Link fall in love with Ganondorf.

The Smashers didn't suspect the Hero of Time to fall in love with his enemy that he hated so much. In fact it was shocking and amusing at the same time. They made a mental note not to eat anything that looked like it was made from Peach, especially the cake.

"Zelda's going to break up with me if she finds out…" Link mumbled.

"Your technically screwed."

"Ash, that's not helping!" Gary told him.

"It's the truth."

"I'm still wondering how you could not see that Peach made something that you ate…" Pit said.

"That…I thought it was Zelda's cooking."

"Her food looks better than Peach's."

"That's not true!" Sonic protested.

"Just tell us what happened."

"…"

Like I said, I was in the kitchen because I was hungry and I was looking for Zelda. I saw rice balls on table and I thought that she made them. I should have known that Peach made them because they were pink and had a mushroom simple imprinted in it.

I really regret taking a bite because when I did, my stomach felt weird. I realized that Peach made this when I walked out of the kitchen. I bumped into Ganondorf and I made a complete fool out of myself in front of him and…

"That's it?" Ash asked completely disappointed in description Link gave them.

"Do you really want to know what to happen out of concern or cruelty?"

"For him it's for a laugh," Pit answered the Hero of Time, "Otherwise the rest of us are concerned."

Link blushed a deep red, "I rather not talk about it."

"Then don't."

"Now whose the harsh one?"

Link said nothing. He proceeded to leave when Ash stopped him.

"What is it now?"

"Do you think you can help us prank Wario?" Ash asked bluntly.

Everyone turned to the Pokémon Trainer like he was crazy.

"You still want to prank him?" Gary asked with uncertainty.

"Why not? He's a jerk and I can't stand him farting in the halls."

"I agree," Pit said.

"Not you too!"

"I'm in," Fox said.

"Why?"

"I'm getting back at that runt for using me like a stool."

I'm going to make Wario pay for making Sonic cry again. How dare he attack him when he clearly knew about his situation.

"If Fox is going then what choice do I have?" Link asked.

"I think it's better if we don't!" Gary continued to insist.

"Chicken…" Ash mumbled.

"I am not!"

"Great, then you're coming with us."

"Sonic, are you coming along?" Pit asked the hedgehog.

The hedgehog nodded his head. He didn't want to be left alone in the room.

"Great. Then how are we going to do it Ash?"

"Where is your perfume bottle?" Ash asked the angel, "You know the one that made the hallway smell good yesterday."

"That one…I'm almost out of the watermelon flavor."

"Do you have another one?"

"I only have ginger left."

The Smashers minus Gary sweat dropped. He had just as much perfume as Peach.

"Great. The plan is to make the perfume explode in his face."

"Like Snake's grenade?"

"Exactly. Link, since you're an expert on bombs, can you make the perfume bottle exploded?"

"I can try."

"Good. We'll make his room approachable after this, so let's start!"

It took some time to figure out how to make the perfume bottle explode. Eventually he realized that the only way to make it explode was to put another bomb next to it. Ash sacrificed the box that Gary gave him and handed it to Link. The Hero of Time placed the perfume bottle and one of his bombs next to it.

Ash gave the next plan which was to kick down the door of Wario's room and then for either Pit to attach the box to one of their arrows and shoot it in.

No one wanted to stand next to the door, so the Pokémon Trainer decided that he would be the sacrifice (to his disappointment).

The Smashers approached Wario's room. Ash crept up to the room and plugged his nose. The terrible garlic smell leaked out beneath the door and it was certainly unpleasant.

How much garlic does this guy consume? Ash asked himself.

"Hurry up and kick the door down!" Pit shouted.

Ash glared at the Smashers who were standing at least ten feet away from the door, "I don't see you approaching his room."

"I will when the bomb explodes."

"Whatever."

Ash made sure that Wario wasn't close to the door. After confirming that he wasn't, he ran up to the door and kicked it down surprising the greedy Smasher. Pit then fired his arrow so fast that it hit his hat. His hat was knocked off of his head and pinned to the wall. Once that arrow hit the wall though, the bomb exploded consuming anyone in his room.

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!"

Wario's room mixed with bomb powder, garlic, and ginger resulted in a rather…unique scent. The only good thing about it was that it surpassed that disgusting smell that leaked out into the hallway.

All the Smashers laughed except Sonic who just grinned. The reaction on Wario's face was priceless and him running around the room trying to make it smell like him again was only making it worse for the greedy Smasher and funnier to the ones that are watching. Ash was on the floor laughing his ass off.

"You losers! You will pay for this!" Wario announced as he accidentally inhaled some of the perfume. He let out a long trail of curse words while coughing out the gas he inhaled. He aimed his butt at the Smashers, but Pit saw this and quickly fired an arrow that stuck in between his buttocks.

There was a long pause as Wario realized that he had just been shot. He couldn't fart with the arrow blocking the opening.

"OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!"

Wario ran off to see Dr. Mario. Nobody but Pit laughed because they felt sorry for him. His butt was his main weapon in battle and Pit just blocked it off.

"Remind me to never piss off Pit again…" Ash told Gary.

"That's going to be hard to do since you piss off everyone."

Pit turned to his friends, "Hey. He'll be okay. Just a red mark there, but at least the hallway smells nice. We also got him back for what he did yesterday. Right Sonic?"

Sonic nodded his head in agreement

"Now we can just chill for the rest of the day," the angel said with a yawn.

"Link," Ash began, "Take my advice and avoid everyone from your world. You'll only get hurt or should I say mole-"

Gary covered the Pokémon Trainer's mouth with his hands. The Hero of Time knew what he was going to say and nodded his head. He turned to leave but not before thanking the teen Smashers. The Pokémon Researcher released Ash when the elf was gone.

"Dammit Gary, you're going to kill me someday."

"Whatever you say."

"So what are you going to do?" Pit asked the Pokémon Trainer.

"I have Target Practice 1-5 today," Ash said, "I have to do it with all three of my Pokémon in under the recommended time limit."

"That doesn't seem so-"

"And then I have to do an Endless Brawl…"

"Have fun," Fox said as he saluted him.

"Stupid fox."

"I'll be watching from the sidelines," Gary stated the obvious, "I'll tell you how it goes when we're done."

The two Pokémon Trainers left the three Smashers and proceeded to the battlefield. Pit glanced at Sonic. He proceeded to walk back to his room. The hedgehog followed behind him.

The angel sighed. It was yesterday all over again. Was there something he could do to prevent the hedgehog from being too dependant on him. He wished that Ash would help him, but with Gary as the new roommate, his whole attention is focused on his boyfriend. It's like he doesn't acknowledge the pain that Sonic is going through now.

There must be something I can do…

"PIT!"

The angel's eyes widen. Both in delight and dismay as he saw a young figure approaching. The figure was Toon Link. The cartoon version of Link was heading there way with a huge grin on his face.

"Pit, I need your help!" he exclaimed.

"What is it?" Pit asked half interested.

"I have a match with Diddy Kong today and I want you to train me in archery."

"Couldn't you just ask Link?"

"He's acting weird. Plus you're the best archer here!"

Before Pit could refuse the offer, Toon Link grabbed him by the arm and dragged him away. Chances were that he would bring him to the back of the mansion to hit real targets.

Sonic was left alone again.

What do I do now? Sonic asked himself.

The hedgehog started to tremble again. He realized that he hated being alone now. The shivering stopped when Mr. Game and Watch appeared. Upon seeing the broken down door, the two dimensional figure beeped in his own language and sped off to get the tools to repair the door. He didn't seem to notice Sonic at all. Sonic sighed as he headed back to the room. He didn't feel safe in the mansion anymore.

Sonic proceeded to the side of the mansion where the assist trophies lived. He hoped to visit Shadow and speak to him again. It's already been over a week since he the black hedgehog as well as his other friends.

The only problem getting there was the fact that any of the assist trophies scared him. When Nintendog ran passed him with Knuckle Joe chasing after him (and cursing at the dog on the way), the hedgehog ended up freezing completely.

It's just a dog. Sonic told himself over and over again. I shouldn't be scared of something like that.

Before Sonic could proceed though, someone crashed through the window shattering the glass. Panicked, the blue hedgehog curled up into a ball to avoid damage.

"Man, I knew the incident was a bad experience for you, but for you to be afraid of something like this is even more surprising."

Sonic recognized that voice. He frowned as he came out of his ball, "Why are you here Jet?"

Another one of Sonic's rivals Jet the Hawk shook his head with disappointment, "Your friends were bugging me to check up on you. They said because of Knucklehead that none of them could return to the mansion to see you. So here I am crashing into the window. I'm surprised that security hasn't went off."

"Security has been low these days…" Sonic muttered. He knew that it had something to do with Pit's stalker.

"Well that's good for me. I don't need to get kicked out of the mansion. Especially since I have something important to do."

Sonic stood up with a nervous look on his face, "What do you mean?"

Jet gave Sonic a seductive look, "You know what it is."

Like Amy, Jet has an obsession with Sonic but his isn't as bad as the pink hedgehog's. What was so annoying about the obsession was because even though he had Wave and Storm fighting over him like crazy, he only paid attention to Sonic. The hedgehog usually would ignore him, but now he couldn't this time.

"Sorry Jet, but I'm not in the mood," Sonic said simply.

Jet walked toward the hedgehog. Sonic was forced back toward the wall. He wanted to say something more than the simple "get lost" but nothing came out. He saw the green hawk place his hand in front of him.

"There's no escape Sonic the Hedgehog," he said seductively.

Sonic shut his eyes. He didn't want Jet this close to him no matter what. He didn't have the courage to push him away though.

Before Jet could make his move…

"Couldn't you do this somewhere else?"

Jet moved back from Sonic and glared at the meddler, "What are you doing here Shadow?"

"I live here," he said simply as he pointed to the door that was two feet away from Sonic, "And you guys just happen to be standing in front of my room."

Jet cursed at himself. He had to remember that Shadow was the only one of Sonic's real friends that lived in the mansion but on different sides.

"You might want to get out now though because I think the two dimension freak is coming to fix the window you shattered," Shadow told him.

"It's Mr. Game and Watch," Sonic corrected managing to recover from Jet's advances.

"I couldn't care less of that thing."

Jet groaned. Sure enough there was the foot steps of the old school Smasher. He jumped on his Extreme Gear and glanced at the two hedgehogs, "Next time, I will get what I want. Remember that!"

He flew off on his Extreme Gear just as Mr. Game and Watch came onto the scene. With more beeping, the two dimension figure raced off to get the materials he needed to fix the window since he already fixed Wario's door.

"Thanks Shadow," Sonic thanked.

"Now I know what Knuckles is so ticked off at you," Shadow said in his cold tone.

Sonic frowned picturing the red echidna still mad at him, "I'm sorry…"

"Just don't go near that parrot again. God knows what he'll do to you when you're alone," Shadow warned.

"Jet's a hawk…not a parrot."

"Whatever. Just stay away from him. Otherwise he might be a dead bird the next time you meet."

"Huh?"

Shadow ignored the blue hedgehog and went into his room shutting him out. Sonic sighed. Shadow was still the same old hedgehog that he knew even after the incident.

Pit instantly regretted leaving Sonic behind. He thought that Sonic was annoying just by standing close to him, but Toon Link is a different type of nuisance. After pulling the angel away from the hedgehog, Toon Link continued to ask him about how to hit the target in the middle. Compared to the older Link, Toon Link sucked at archery. He continued to give pointers to the cartoon version of Link but he wasn't making that much progress.

There must be someone else beside Link and me that is good at archery.

Pit knew who to ask and that person happened to be walking in the back of the mansion at the time.

Basically there is a back to the mansion as well as the front. The back is where some Smashers train in real life instead of virtual reality. They also practice hitting targets, perfecting combos and playing games. (There was this one time two days after defeating Tabuu were everyone played dodge ball and it went as well as someone expected when Ash pissed someone off and got his ass whooped as a result.) A few Smashers haven't come here recently because it's the perfect place for the stalker to attack them especially when they were alone.

"Zelda!" Pit shouted as he waved his hands in the air to get her attention.

The queen of Hyrule was still upset with Link avoiding her. Upon hearing Pit calling her though, she smiled faintly.

"What do you need Pit?" she asked politely trying to hide her anger.

"Can you teach this little guy over there how to use a bow correctly," Pit asked as he ran up to her, "I have something really important to do right now, and he needs the tutoring."

"Pit I-"

"You'll do it? Thanks! You're the best!"

The angel wouldn't allow her to reply to her requests because he already bolted. This only irritated her more, so when Toon Link went up to her and asked who was going to tutor him now that Pit left, the queen of Hyrule gave him a look that could kill. The cartoon version of Link decided to stay quiet.

"I'll be the one teaching you, and if you don't get this right, prepare for the consequence," she said in a low threatening tone.

"Yes ma'am!"

Pit managed to find Sonic wondering the halls twenty minutes later. Despite the fact that the hedgehog was still scared of almost everyone in the mansion, he still had a hint of his courageous side left of him. It didn't last long though because he ended up running away from Bowser when he was just stomping away and growling at everyone he saw minus Peach.

The angel shook his head. He had a long way to go if he wanted to recover.

"I think we should see how Ash is doing now," Pit told the hedgehog.

Sonic glanced at the angel and nodded his head in agreement. The angel let out another sigh. Does he obey everything I say now?

When the two Smashers got there, Ash already finished all five target practices and was doing Endless Bawl. He currently taken out 110 Alloys. His damage percentage was 168 and his Charizard was exhausted.

"He's screwed," Gary said simply.

"What do you mean?" Pit asked.

Noticing Ash's roommates' appearance, the brunette explained what he meant, "Charizard is a heavy opponent and can say in battle for a long time. His Charizard however is very tired now for staying out too long. He needs to switch to Squirtle, but when he does that Pokémon will be knocked out of the battlefield since it's so light."

"You know a lot about Ash even though you saw him battle once."

"I know everything about Ash's Pokémon. There isn't anything I shouldn't know," the brunette bragged.

Pit rolled his eyes. His cockiness was the same as Ash's.

Gary gasped making the two Smashers turned to see what happened. Ash switched Pokémon, but when he did, the red alloy punched the Pokémon off the stage ending the Endless Brawl.

"He's good," Sonic praised.

"He still has ways to go." Gary ended up quoting in that arrogant tone.

In the distance, the stalker was watching them from a distance. Anger was rising within him upon seeing the hedgehog clinging to his angel.

You think just because of the fact that you were rape means you get to cling to him all you want? Well you won't get away with it. But the one that found my note will be the first to go tonight.

Sonic glanced in the direction of the stalker thinking he heard something, but the stalker was already gone. He frowned. Is it just me or was someone watching us again?

"Dammit! I knew I shouldn't of had switched my Pokémon!" Ash whined.

"That's your fault, but at least you did the right thing for a change," Gary consulted.

"What do you mean?"

"Do I have to explain everything?"

"Fine! I'll figure it out myself!"

"With your brain, you'll never figure it out…" Pit mumbled.

"I heard that!"

"So…" Gary began changing the subject, "Are you going to show me around now?"

The Pokémon Trainer gave a long stare at his boyfriend before he grunted, "You better memorize everything when we're done."

"Thanks Ashy-boy!"

"Uh-huh. Whatever…"

Ash took Gary's hand and started showing him around the mansion leaving Pit alone with Sonic and Fox for the second time today.

"-red vein- I see how it is Ash Ketchum!" Pit shouted as he stomped off in the other direction. The blue hedgehog was not far behind him as always. Fox sighed.

If you don't like watching Sonic so much, why don't you tell him off?

Ash was surprised that Gary was listening to him the whole time he was giving the tour around the mansion. He showed him where every Smasher resigned as well as the kitchen, multiple bathrooms, showers, laundry room, TV room. He slowed down when he got to the entrance of the Master Hand's bedroom.

Normally, he would have turned around as soon as he finished explaining, but he was certain that he heard Master's and Crazy's voice coming from their room. He decided to listen to their conversation. He crept over to their door with Gary not far behind.

"Ashy what are we-"

Ashy covered the Pokémon Researchers mouth, "Shhh."

"Brother, we can't have this going on any longer!"

That was Crazy Hand's voice.

"If we don't take this into consideration, someone else might disappear again! We can't afford to lose anyone else."

"It's not that simple Caito…"

That was Master Hand's voice.

"Just because the note that Diddy Kong gave us made a reference that Link might be the one doing this doesn't mean that Link is stalking Pit."

So it was Diddy Kong… Ash grumbled to himself.

"It can't be Link," Master continued, "I've known him ever since the first year and I know he wouldn't pull something like this."

"But who can it be brother?"

"It's not Toon Link. He's too young to do something like this."

"There you go leaving the kids out of this."

"Caito, a kid could never do this. Neither would any of the Smashers that have been here the longest," Master explained.

"I still think we should ask Pit about this."

"You worry too much."

"But they're all address to him. This one isn't an exception. The stalker claims that Pit knows him."

"Maybe he does. Maybe he doesn't."

"Brother!"

"Look Caito, if Pit wants us to know something, he'll tell us or his friends at the very least. All we can do is wait."

"Waiting will get us all killed…"

Ash stood at the doorway for a few minutes in deep thought. Gary never saw his boyfriend look this serious in a long time.

"Ash?"

So Pit was lying to us yesterday about what went missing…why would he do that? I mean, we're best friends and we never keep secrets from each other…except when it comes to family problems.

"Are you listening to me?"

"I have to talk to him about this."

"About what?"

The Pokémon Trainer ignored the Pokémon Researcher and sped off to his room.

"Wait Ash, what about the rest of the mansion?"

Gary sighed when he didn't reply. He followed him soon after.

The teens weren't going to find Pit, Sonic, and Fox soon because the angel ended up asking Donkey Kong to battle both Sonic and he in a two on one match. At first it seemed unfair, but Sonic wasn't ready to step onto the battle field again.

"This is a great experience," Pit told him, "Follow my lead and you'll do fine."

Sonic looked at the angel like he was stupid or something. It wasn't that he was worried about battling; he was just worried about being a burden to him.

"I'm staying out of this sadly…" Fox said with a sigh as he jumped off of Pit's back, "I'll be choosing the stage, so you don't have to worry about a thing."

Pit rolled his eyes. Chances were that he was going to pick a really hard stage for the both of them.

"By the way Pit," Fox began, "Are you sure you're not going to change your clothes. You are the blue team after all."

"No. It's a free for all, but Sonic and I are still gaining up on DK."

"That seems unfair."

"You and Falco do it all the time."

"Hurry up and choose the stage."

Fox ignored Pit as he chose the random stage button as soon as the three Smashers teleported to the battlefield. The stage that was chosen just had to be Smashville of all the places that Sonic didn't want to think about.

I hope nothing bad happens… Fox thought to himself.

The announcer counted down and the match began.

Pit started off with firing his arrow at DK who shielded it instantly. The angel frowned. Most of the Smashers knew that Pit always started out shooting an arrow at the person in front of him to get the first strike.

The ape charged at him ready to use a smash attack. The angel jumped and did his forward aerial attack at DK to push him back from Sonic.

Why aren't you doing anything Sonic? Pit questioned.

The brunette didn't need to know the answer. The blue hedgehog was glaring at the green pigeon who was the bar tender Brewster who was cheering with the rest of the animals of Animal Crossing.

"Because of you, I got attacked!" Sonic shouted.

The pigeon didn't hear him because he was technically a hologram. Sonic knew this well but he wanted to complain to someone.

"Sonic, look out!"

Sonic turned to see that DK charged past Pit and focused his attacks on Sonic. The hedgehog barely managed to dodge the monkey's dash attack.

Pit fired another arrow. Donkey Kong sidestepped while Sonic jumped over it at the last minute. Sonic proceeded to attack with a kick but DK proved faster with his downward smash.

The hedgehog was sent flying despite his percentage being rather low.

This isn't good. Fox thought. His condition has made his handicap go all the way to one...

Realizing that the handicap was only on Sonic, Pit jumped in front of him and proceeded to fight DK one on one. Donkey Kong was already charging up his giant punch. Pit quickly forced him to cancel his move with his Angel Ring technique. DK rolled out of the way and did another smash attack which Pit sidestepped out of the way at the very last second. Pit slashed at him quickly. The ape rolled back and prepared his giant punch again. Pit tried to force him to cancel it again, but the monkey jumped above him and kicked him in the back before continuing to charge his attack.

If Sonic actually helped then I wouldn't have a problem with this guy!

Pit saw a Pokéball next to him. He grabbed it and threw it at the ape. The ball landed in front of him and out of it came Goldeen.

Pit stared at it for a long time before shouting with the typical rage face, "WHAT USE ARE YOU? YOU STUPID FISH!"

While Pit was complaining, DK grabbed a green shell that was behind him and threw it at the angel. Pit got out his Mirror Shield out just in time to reflect it. Donkey Kong punched the shell back at him and the Mirror Shield reflected it back. It continued on, but Pit's shield was about to give up on him. The angel switched to Angel Ring to send it right back. Tired that the angel relied on the same tricks, he jumped out of the way.

"This is going to take forever…" Fox mumbled.

Pit noticed that Sonic jumped on the nearby platform behind him. It would fly over both of the Smashers eventually. He decided that he had to finish his opponent before he even got to Sonic. They only had one stock anyway, so it would be quick.

Sonic tried his best to avoid the battle. He wanted to fight so badly, but something inside him was preventing him from enjoying a good brawl. Just being on the battlefield terrified him. Unconsciously, he grabbed a timer and both Pit and Donkey Kong moved in slow motion.

"Whoops."

When the timer is grabbed, everyone talks in that deep, slow voice. Because of this, the Smashers tend not to speak until it wore off. Pit was tempted to yell at Sonic for grabbing something that didn't benefit him. It wasn't worth it though since they weren't on the same team anyway.

DK charged up his giant punch in slow motion. Pit positioned his arrow very slowly at the same time. The platform was still moving at its regular speed and was already passed DK. Sonic wanted to throw one more item before the platform went off the stage. There just happened to be a Smart Bomb next to him. He took it and threw it at them. It landed in the middle of both of them. It didn't explode until the timer wore off.

You're going to pay for that Sonic… Pit told himself.

The bomb blew up on both of them and they took forty-seven percent damage from that one attack. Pit was sent flying in one direction while Donkey Kong flew into the super mushroom behind him and got bigger.

"YOU'RE GOING DOWN!" the ape announced. The super mushroom not only makes you bigger but you have a deeper, louder voice.

The two Smashers had to cover their ears. While they did that, Donkey Kong, prepared another giant punch. Pit shot at arrow at him, but he didn't flinch a bit.

Donkey Kong proceeded to punch the angel. The angel jumped out of the way at the last minute. He was that close of being sent flying.

Annoyed that he wouldn't hit anyone before the super mushroom wore off, he turned to Sonic who was jumping back to the platform.

Sonic you idiot!

Pit grabbed the closest item to him and threw it at Donkey Kong not checking what he threw which he would regret later because what he threw was a Bob-omb that blew both of them up. At this time, DK went back to his original size.

"Game!"

Pit facepalmed realizing that he failed epically. He meant to protect Sonic, but only blew him up instead.

The Smashers were teleported back to the mansion skipping the victory music. DK looked rather pissed off that he didn't get to knock anyone out. He turned to Sonic who didn't seem scared but was rather angry. Not wanting to face the hedgehog, he decided that he would go back to his room where his partner Diddy Kong awaited with a bunch of bananas for him to snack on.

"Sorry Sonic!" Pit shouted. He tried to smile and make it look as convincing as possible.

Sonic glared at him, "If we ever battle again, I'm going to kick your ass."

Pit smiled. A little bit of his cocky side was coming back. All according to plan.

"Hey Pit! Are you there?"

The three Smashers saw Ash and Gary outside of the battlefield room. Both had a concerned look on their faces. Pit frowned. He had this feeling that they were going to ask him something that nobody should know.

"Sonic, can you still run?" Pit asked.

"Of course I can. I don't know what you're-"

"Let's play a little game of tag."

"WHAT?" Fox asked in disbelief.

"Those two are it."

Sonic thought for a moment. It's been a while since he, Pit and Ash played a game of tag. The last time it happened, it resulted in all of the female Smashers going after them since Ash just HAD to peek into Peach's room when she was getting dressed. It started out fun ended horribly for Ash as he was beaten up like there was no tomorrow.

"Okay, but if Ash starts his perverted act again, that's it," the hedgehog finally said.

"Sweet. Fox, you better hold on to me."

"Do I have a choice?"

"Ready…go!"

Pit hopped on Sonic's back as he sped out of the room at top speed. (Pit was surprised that Sonic didn't freeze up when he jumped on his back). He stopped twenty feet in front of the Pokemon Trainers and announced, "You're it!"

It took a few minutes for Ash to register what he said because he zoomed off. Once he knew what he said, he grinned.

"Gary, bring out Arcanine."

"Why?"

"We're going to catch them."

"I don't know what you guys are doing when we could be exploring the rest of the mansion, but okay."

Gary got out his Pokéball and called out Arcanine. The fire beast howled when it was released.

"Arcanine, use your extreme speed to catch them," he ordered.

Windie obeyed as he allowed his trainer and companion on top of him. The Pokémon howled again before raising after the blue wonder.

Fox wasn't enjoying the game of tag one bit. Not only was he getting sick by Sonic running his usual supersonic speed, but also from the fact that this game of tag was preventing him from asking Pit about who the stalker was. The angel seemed to be having fun just by riding on the hedgehog, but before he thought about the game, he seemed to be deep in thought when the two Pokémon Trainers came over to the battlefield. A game of tag was all it took to make everyone forget.

The game last the whole morning and the rest of the afternoon to Fox's dismay. Sonic didn't seem the least bit tired, but Pit was turning green. They stopped once to get a drink and use the bathroom before continuing.

Ash was enjoying the game of tag but Gary wasn't. The brunette only wanted his boyfriend to show him around the rest of the mansion. He also wanted to meet the intelligence Smasher that focused so much technology that he didn't focus on what was on going around him.

During the whole game though, they passed by every place that Ash didn't get to.

"And that's the dark part of the mansion," Ash continued in a low tone, "Don't go in there no matter what."

"Why?"

"It's a dangerous place. It's not as secured as the other parts of the mansion and you could get killed there."

"No way…"

"I've never witness anyone die going in there and I don't plan on finding out."

Eventually, Arcanine was able to corner Sonic but with Pit's help, they flew over him and the chase continued. It seemed like it was going to last all day…until they got into the hallway where Snake was in.

The mercenary was hiding in that box of his waiting for something to happen. Sonic was forced to come to a stop. When he did, Snake came out of the box. He had a rather scary expression on his face. The hedgehog ended up freezing in his place. Pit let out another sigh, "It's just Snake."

Gary didn't see that Sonic came to a stop and told his Pokémon to stop at the last minute. Arcanine ended up bumping into both of them sending them flying over Snake. Sonic landed on the ground with a big thump while Pit landed in the arms of a passing blue haired swordsmen.

"Uh…hi Ike…" Pit murmured nervously.

Ike didn't respond. The two stared into each other's eyes for a long time. Pit's cheek were slowly turning rosy Pit the longer he looked. Fox snickered within Pit's tunic.

"I guess I came by at the right time," he finally replied calmly as he placed Pit on the ground.

"Yeah. It was perfect timing…" the angel whispered.

"Don't try to get yourself in trouble again," he said as he walked in the opposite direction.

"W-Wait Ike…"

Pit proceeded to follow the blue haired swordsmen but upon hearing laughter coming from the Smashers behind him, he turned around. His face was all red in both anger and embarrassment.

"That's not funny!" he shouted.

Night finally came. The teen Smashers did everything they needed to do such as eating, showering and all those things that everyone should do.

They made it back to their room. Pit hoped that the stalker wouldn't strike tonight because he wasn't in the mood to handle him.

"Pit," Ash began in a serious tone.

"What?"

"We never really talked…about our families…"

All the Smashers turned to Ash with shock and amazement.

"Why are we talking about this now?" Sonic asked in confusion and slight panic.

"Well…I realized that we all kept a secret from each other and I was wondering…if tonight we could talk about our families."

Pit frowned, "There's nothing to talk about."

"I was afraid you would say that."

"Do angels not have any birth parents?" Gary asked Pit.

"It depends."

Fox got out of Pit's tunic and sat himself on the bed. Ash summoned his Ivysaur to move the beds around again for family stories.

"Please Pit. I want to know more about you since…" Ash blushed slightly, "Since I realized that I don't really know much about you."

Sonic nodded his head in agreement, "Now that you think about it, I only know your name and goddess and that is it."

Pit let out a huge sigh, "Fine, but I'm talking last…"

"I'm not speaking first either," Sonic said quickly.

Ash shook his head, "I guess I'll go first about my family." He glanced at Gary, "Gary, you don't have to speak about your family."

Gary said nothing and sat on the floor. The other Smashers soon joined him. Fox decided to rest on Sonic's shoulder this time. The hedgehog gave Fox an uncomfortable look but did nothing.

"Well, how should I begin?" Ash asked himself, "You guys already know that I was born and raised in Pallet Town by my mother right?"

All but Fox nodded their heads. Ash's facial expression became more sorrowful by the minute, "Well…I never talked to you guys except Gary about my father."

"What about him?" Pit asked slightly interested.

"Truth be told…I don't really know much about him. All I know is that when I was born, he left mom and me."

Everyone gasped. Something like that happened to the ever cheerful Pokemon Trainer?

"My mother wouldn't tell me why he left. She would cry about it when I wasn't around. Back then, I didn't know why she never told me, but I think I know why he left."

"Why?" Sonic asked.

"I assumed that he thought that I could never live up to his standards…"

"You can't assume anything when you're only a baby!"

"I know Sonic, but this is fourteen years ago I'm talking about. I can't change the fact that he hated me when I was born, but…I decided not to mention him anymore to my mother. The other kids of Pallet Town made fun of me for not having a father, but I showed them."

"He became a punk when he was younger…" Gary said simply with a sigh.

Ash glared at the Pokémon Researcher, "Well sorry if this punk attitude saved your ass more than once."

"And I'm thankful for that."

"Hey Gary," Pit began, "How come you live with your grandfather? What happened to your real parents?"

"They died."

Silence filled the room.

"They died when I was only four in a car accident along with my sister. I were the only one who survived. The old man had no choice to take me in, but because I was the grandson of the great professor people looked down on me and thought of me as some stuck up kid." Gary's eyes were full of sorrow as he continued, "They continued to pick on me for those reasons alone. If Ash didn't stand up for me back then…I don't know what would have happened."

How sweet. Pit thought to himself with a small smile. Now I can see why these are so close.

"In the end, Ash's boyfriend is more important than his friend," Sonic just had to say with his usual grin (which he showed rarely now).

Ash glared in the hedgehog's direction. He squinted his eyes and murmured, "How many weeks has it been since you said that?"

"I don't know."

The other Smashers couldn't help but laugh. That laughter was forced to die down when Ash asked the hedgehog, "About your parents? I'm sure you have legendary parents if you're the fastest thing alive."

Sonic shook his head. He glanced at the floor and smiled ever so sadly. His eyes were losing the life that was within him, "No. It's not like that."

"It's not?"

"I don't even know what my parents looked like. All I know is that they left me in the care of my uncle Chuck," he said.

"It must have not been that bad," Shigeru told him.

"It wasn't…but he was doing something that would consider him a traitor to us Mobians."

Mobians was what the people were called in Sonic's world. His own world was called Mobius which was inhabited by talking animals. Most with a special ability that was passed on from generation to generation.

Fox didn't like where the conversation was going with the hedgehog. Traitor was one of those words that Fox hated so much. It reminded him of his father who was killed by a traitor named Pigma. It was a good thing that the greedy pig was dead. He couldn't stand him one bit.

"Egghead…that bastard…" Sonic mumbled in a low tone, "Back then, nobody had the guts to stand up to him. His personality was so…warped back then. He had total control of Mobius until I turned fifteen. Until then, he…was like a dictator."

"That fat man?" Ash asked bluntly.

"Yeah…it seemed like my old man was working under him and betrayed him in some way that got him killed…"

"Are you saying that the fat man now was a killer back then?"

"Yes…but I'm glad that he's dead because…I found out why he took care of me and why my parents left me to him." Sonic seemed to be shivering again as he continued to speak. Fox noticed this and decided to jump off of him and stand on Pit's shoulder. "The day he was murdered, he left a note for me to read…"

"And?"

"It said that my parents didn't want me…because I wasn't born a girl."

"WHAT?"

"That's stupid!" Ash shouted.

"Didn't they check the doctor to see if you had the XX genes?" Gary questioned.

"The computer read it wrong and said I was a girl…until I was actually born did it say XY."

"Now that sucks."

Sonic chuckled sadly, "For them to leave me to Uncle Chuck for that reason is plain stupid…but it makes it feel like just not being a female made me lose my family and Chuck never really wanted me either."

"For that reason?" Ash asked angrily.

"Yes. He said in the note that my powers would have been able to save Mobius sooner instead of waiting until I was fifteen."

"What was your powers suppose to be?" Fox questioned.

"Uncle Chuck didn't really know. All he said that I could have made Egghead a nicer person. I don't see how that's possible though. I mean, he's so selfish and he doesn't care who he hurts. I really can't picture how my powers would turn him into this nice guy. My powers now is speed which is all I need." Sonic let out a sigh that made everyone else's sigh seem like nothing, "He only took care of me because I still had the power to save Mobius. If I didn't have this power, I would have died a few days after his death."

"How?"

"Simple. It's called eat or be eaten. The Mobians when I was still seven usually had nothing to eat because Egghead starved them. Most of them would battle it out and eat each other. Those were the bloodiest days of Mobius. Without my speed, I would have been eaten."

Pit went over to the hedgehog and embraced surprising him, "I'm sorry that ever happened to you."

"I'm over it. All those years of being alone was worth it. After my first victory against Egghead, I met Tails…he was my first friend, so I felt like I needed to protect him. I then met Knuckles…but we weren't on good terms back then…and then there was Amy who was so sweet and innocent back then…I wonder what happened to her. And then the others started coming…Cream, Shadow, Rouge, the Chaotix, Blaze, the Babylon Rouges…Silver….and finally you guys. I didn't have to worry about being alone anymore."

Pit grinned, "You don't have to worry about a thing. Even with that stupid stalker I have, I'm still going to protect you."

Sonic pouted, "I can take care of myself."

"RIGHT!" the angel said sarcastically.

"As Ike would say, 'I fight or my friends' or something among those lines," Ash said acting all high and mighty.

"Hey! Don't make fun of him!"

"But that line doesn't fit him!"

"At least he has something better to say than you."

"Says Mr. "You can't defeat me"!"

"Please don't fight…" Sonic mumbled.

Since Sonic wasn't Pit who could break up the fight instantly, the two continued to bicker about their victory sayings. Ash was complaining about how cocky the angel was when he won and Pit on how he says his Pokémon's name and that's it. Gary had to pry them both away from each other.

"Anyway," Ash began with a frown on his face, "It's your turn to talk about your wonderful life in Heaven. I bet there are a lot of hot chicks there…"

"ASH!"

"-sweatdrop- I didn't mean it that way Gary…"

Pit gave Ash a look that could kill. How dare he assume that Heaven was a wonderful place with beautiful women! Well…there were some beautiful women like his goddess Palutena and a few of the royal bodyguards, but other than that, they were old hags or stuck up chicks.

"You'd be surprise that Heaven is actually like the human world," Pit began. Sonic decided that he liked sitting in the angel's lap and chose to remain there as he told his story, "Angels are just like humans in many ways and that's why you could say that I hate it up there."

The Smashers were stunned that Pit hated his home world.

"How could you hate something that you dedicated yourself to?" Ash questioned.

"I don't hate the palace," Pit corrected, "Or anyone in there. I just hate everything else in Heaven especially my parents."

"What did they do?"

"They had me in the way humans do."

Not one word was said. Disgusted by the small fact, Fox decided to jump over to Gary's shoulder. The Pokémon Trainers were bright red in the face. Sonic only knew part of it since some animals produce differently than others.

"Sex?" Sonic asked.

As soon as he said that, the other three Smashers fell over anime style.

"Do you have to be so blunt?" Ash asked the hedgehog recovering from the fall.

Pit nodded his head ignoring the Pokémon Trainer, "Exactly. That way is forbidden in Heaven, but my parents wanted to break that one rule and regretted it as misfortune fell upon them after that. When I was born, more bad stuff started to happen to them. They thought abusing me would make the pain go away. They were so wrong. It only made it worse…I couldn't take it back then and ran away from home…Palutena took me in a few days later."

"That's messed up…" Ash murmured.

"If exchanging sexual fluids is forbidden then how are angels born?" Gary asked.

"When a male and a female angel show that they truly love each other, they perform a ritual dance on a cloud. The child then emerges from the cloud and that alone protects an angel's virginity."

"I see."

"Another way is when a human dies, they become an angel if there was good in their heart. Only a few become angels though, but they never age even know they can die."

"So when an angel dies…"

"They are reincarnated back in the human world."

"Angels have an never ending cycle of life…" Fox said.

"The same with the good hearted humans. The bad humans are sent to Hell where they suffer for eternity, and those whose souls don't fit anywhere stay in Purgatory until those angels judge you based on your sins and virtues and then tosses you to Heaven or Hell."

"Hmm…"

"And before I say anything, I do have friends in Heaven. They all work under me."

"You have ranks?" Shigeru asked.

"Yeah. There are eight ranks starting with the captain and ending with eighth seat at the moment. I'm the captain of course of Palutena's royal bodyguards."

When Pit said that though, he couldn't help but laugh at himself mentally. Sure he consider his followers as friends but deep down he knew they didn't understand him as well as he wanted them to.

"Pit," Ash began again in a serious voice.

"What now?"

"What I really wanted to do was ask you who the stalker was."

The Smashers were stunned that the Pokémon Trainer asked the angel. Fox was relived that someone else caught on Pit's games.

The angel frowned. There was no way he could hide it from his friends. "Alright. I'll tell you." There as a pause as everyone waited in anticipation for him to declare the culprit. "The stalker is-"

Pit was cut off because there was a huge earthquake and it seemed to come from a very ferocious Smasher. Ash tried to stand up but ended up falling back to the floor. Gary placed his hand over his head. Fox clung to Gary's shoulder to dear life. Pit held Sonic close as the hedgehog was shaking again.

The door to the teen Smasher's room was punched away. The door hit the window shattering it. The Smashers turned to see who barged in their room this angry. They froze.

"Donkey Kong, what the hell?" Ash yelled.

Donkey Kong ignored him as he glanced in Pit's direction ready to attack him. Ash grabbed Gary's arm as he through his body over him to shield him from the crazy ape. Pit had the choice to leave Sonic in the room and flee or take him with him and leave. Pit chose to take him and run. The angel flew out the window, but the ape followed him. Pit cursed to himself as he flew to the bottom of the mansion.

Pit placed Sonic on the ground and asked if he could run. The hedgehog nodded his head. Before Pit could hop on his back, Donkey Kong was in front of them. The angel stood in front of Sonic ready to defend him.

"What's wrong now DK?" Pit asked in a rather annoyed tone.

"Where did you take Diddy Kong?" he roared.

"What are you talking about?" Pit asked.

"You heard me! Where did you take him and the rest of the Smashers that vanished?"

"Pit?"

Pit gave Sonic a gesture to stay out of this, "I don't know what you're talking about! I haven't even seen Diddy Kong for a while and you-"

Donkey Kong didn't want to hear anymore. He had his giant punch all charged and ready. He threw a punch at the angel which he and Sonic managed to dodge. The punch was strong enough to cause a crack in concrete.

"Calm down DK!" Sonic shouted, "He didn't do anything!"

The ape ignored him and continued to launch a series of attacks at the angel. Pit dodged them all successfully. Irritated that the angel wouldn't fight back, DK proceeded to attack with smash attacks. Annoyed that the ape wouldn't listen to him, he got out his bow and readied his attack when…

"STOP IT RIGHT NOW!"

The three Smashers turned their attention to the newcomers.

"Peach, you better stay out of this!" Donkey Kong growled.

The princess shook her head, "Fighting won't solve anything."

"And if you continue to fight Pit, then you'll have to answer to my sword," warned the other voice.

"Ike…" Pit managed to call out.

"What will it be? You can't take all three of us on at once."

Donkey knew his odds of beating all three of them were slim, so he stood down. Sonic ran over to Pit and asked if he was okay.

"I wasn't injured."

"That's good."

"I told you to stay out of trouble," Ike said with a sigh.

"-red vein- Well sorry if I don't know what set him off."

Peach went over to the ape and asked what happened.

"Diddy Kong is gone…" he said sadly, "I only left the room for a short bit tonight and when I came back, he was gone. All I found was a black rose and a note."

The Smashers should have known that the stalker struck again tonight without them realizing.

"Tell us the whole story," Peach said.

I was only gone from the room that Diddy and I shared for five minutes. We ran out of bananas to snack on, so I went into the kitchen to get as many as I could carry.

I headed back to the room when I saw this dark flash that came out of my room. The door was opened so I wondered what Diddy was doing. I ran into the room to see what happened. What I saw was that Diddy was a trophy and I saw that person make off with him. He wasn't wearing a cloak or anything so I caught a glimpse of him. I only saw black though since it was too dark in the room. I then saw the black rose and the note. The note was like this…

This Smasher was a target

Because he threatened to expose me

You can sure bet

That if anyone else does what he tried to do to me

That they will be next

And I think I know who will be the next one to go

From BFF Li (Come on Pit, are you that stupid?)

I thought because this note was addressed to Pit that he was the one who did this to Diddy. I was overcome with anger that I just lost it…

"I'm sorry that your friend was the next victim…" Peach said sadly.

"It's fine. I should have just reported this to the Master Hand…and to think that I didn't listen to Diddy when he handed me a note from yesterday…"

So that chimp invaded my personal space? Pit manages to put the pieces together and was actually glad the monkey was taken as a result. No one stole his shit and got away with it. And now I'm thinking like Li...

"There's nothing we can do about it now," Ike said firmly, "All we can do is give the note to Master Hand and hope he does something about it eventually. Too many of us are already suffering because of this one stalker."

Pit frowned. He had to tell them eventually on who the stalker is, but even if he told them, it wouldn't stop Li from making the rest of the Smashers disappear. And what happens if he actually turns Sonic, Ash or Ike into a trophy next? Then that dream…will…

"Pit, what's wrong?" Sonic asked him.

The angel didn't hear him. He didn't hear anything after Ike's words. Li might actually…no…he can't…I…

Overwhelmed by thoughts of his stalker, the angel collapsed to the ground. The other Smashers turned toward his direction and continued to shout his name over and over to wake him up.

In the distance, the stalker watched as Ike lifted Pit off the ground and carried him into the mansion with the other Smashers following him. He felt his anger being released from inside of him.

How dare he take Pit away from me! The stalker thought to himself. Pit is mine and mine alone. I won't let him get away with this. I think I might actually make my appearance to him and show him whose boss.

The stalker laughed in an evil tone. He then disappeared in a dark portal that he created himself. The laughter continued to echo throughout the trees and that laughter was what was keeping a tired Popo awake.

Me: TBC with 9822 words. One note!

1. The cycle of the angels is very similar to the Shinigami in Bleach. I think there is one major difference but I can't remember.

Changed some dialogue here and there and added more monologue to add to Pit and Gary's snarky attitude but that's it mainly. Oh, and the fact I had Pit add that there are more then eight divisions as you people know, there are twelve if you looked at my profile on this website. Also, there is a in between world called Purgatory which is between Heaven and Hell. I think this will make more sense in later chapters concerning you know who.