Ike laughed at his stupid friend. "So you're telling me that you gave her a gift and forgot to write a letter? Classic Marth."
The prince ran his fingers through his hair in frustration. "I completely forgot!" He said.
They were both standing in the hallway and just finished their sparring. Poor Toon Link was torchered by Ike. But it was pretty hilarious that Ike made him do push ups.
Marth hung his head down. "I don't know if I could face her."
Ike sighed and patted his friend's shoulder. "Just say that you were the idiot that gave her those chocolates and ask her on a date. Easy."
"And what about her kids?"
"You need to stop worrying about that. I'm pretty sure Rose wants romance in her life but she thinks she has too much responsibility to give it a chance."
The prince just shrugged. "I don't know anymore. Maybe I should ask Lucina."
"I don't think she's free for your lady troubles."
Marth frowned. "Why is that?"
"Come on, haven't you noticed? She's always hanging out with Pitto. You don't think that..." Ike left off with a shrug.
Marth jumped. "What?! Don't be an idiot! Those two can't stand each other," he said and crossed his arms, tapping his foot. "Besides, they don't even match! Lucina, kind hearted, sweetheart, amazing and so on. While Pitto is rough, cold hearted, mean, cruel, strange, irradiating to look at—"
Ike put up his hand to get him to stop. "Yeah, yeah, we get it but don't you think opposites attracts each other?"
The prince paced around with his hands behind him. "There's no way my descendant would ever fall for him! I mean, he's just so–UGH! I don't even like the thought of it!"
Ike chuckled at his friend's frustration. "You can't stop true love~"
He got elbowed by Marth for that. "It's not true love! I won't allow this!"
"You're not her father and if she likes the guy then I say she has the right to date him!"
"You're sounding so much like Peach!"
"Peach will hit you with that frying pan of hers if she sees you stopping true love," he pointed out.
The fighters were then interrupted when a blue star just dashed right through the gap between them. Both Ike and Marth blinked.
"Was that a Luma?" Marth asked.
"Get back here you!" Lucina shouted as she dashed through the hallway with a net.
"Was that Lucina?" Ike asked.
Just when they thought things were getting a bit out of hand Pitto came flying with a net at hand.
"Was that...Dark Pit?!" Marth yelled in disbelief.
The dark angel looked real mad and flapped his wings at high speed. Ike and Marth both went on their knees as the dark angel flew from above.
Once the two maniacs left, the hallway went to an awkward silence. Marth just stood there with his fist shaking in rage and his left eye twitching. "Lucina...is with Pitto?! This is...this is just..."
Ike patted him on the shoulder. "You want to follow them?" He asked.
The prince just sighed in defeat with his head bowed down. "No...I need coffee. Lots and lots of coffee..." He muttered.
"I'll pay," Ike offered.
Marth stood up straighten up and gazed at the direction that Lucina and Pitto ran off to and sighed. If Dark Pit makes a move on her so help him...
Robin didn't know wether to be nervous or angry when Shulk dragged him to meet Zelda.
"She's a real beaut, I tell ya," the British boy said and took ahold of his hand.
The first thing Robin wanted to do was look for Lucina. He hasn't even been introduced to Master Hand yet.
Shulk pulled Robin into the conference room where the princess was enjoying her tea in peace. Wow, she looked so much better without all those angry marks on her face.
There was no way someone like her could ever be so mean to anyone. But once Robin remembered the scary expression on his face, he pulled back from Shulk's hand.
"I'll meet her another time," the magician said bluntly. "I mean I wouldn't want to interrupt her teatime or anything."
"Well, I might have told her that I was gonna introduce you to her. Might have."
"You didn't."
"What? I needed to know when she was free."
The newcomer just facepalm and decided to go ahead and meet her. Once she saw them she gave out a gentle smile and stood up.
"Princess Zelda, this is Robin, Robin, Zelda," Shulk said and backed up.
Robin nodded. "It's a pleasure to meet you."
"I'm happy to finally meet you. I do hope you enjoy the tournament," she said with a smile.
He looked up to her to only see kindness in her eyes. He's starting to have second thoughts on her first impression. It's no wonder Shulk is going up and down to get Robin to meet her. She really is a good person and he could see that.
But she still has a lot to explain.
"Pardon me but yesterday I saw you with Peach and..." He left off with a shrug.
Shulk also nodded. "Yeah, what happened with Peach?"
Zelda sighed and twiddled with her fingers. "We just came off with a disagreement is all," she explained uneasy and turned to Robin. "I am very sorry you had to see that. I must have looked terrible to you, haven't I?"
He shook his head a bit too hasty. "What? No. I mean–you don't seem like a bad person now," he pointed out.
The Hylian Princess giggled. "I'm glad to hear you say so."
Shulk leaned his elbow onto Robin's shoulder. "See chap? What I tell ya?"
The blonde then caught his eyes on the bulletin board that hung on the wall. "Well, lookey here," he muttered.
Robin frowned. "What?"
"It's today's fighting schedule and your name is at the special brawl," he told him.
Zelda widen her eyes. "Is that so? But he's just a newcomer!"
Shulk didn't look any surprised and bent down to get a closer look while rubbing his chin. "Well, it looks like you'll be fightin'–HOLY MACKEREL!"
Both the magician and the princess jumped at his shriek. "What? What is it?" Zelda asked worriedly.
Shulk turned around with a stoned expression. "Your fighting Dark Pit," he said and looked at Robin as if he's planning to make a funeral for the newcomer.
The misfortunate magician wanted to ask but he was interrupted by Zelda.
The princess stomped. "What?! This is absurd! Who is responsible for this?! A newcomer can't possibly fight without any experience in brawl and fighting Pitto?"
Shulk looked panicked. "The guy's going to freaking kill the lad!"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, time out!" Robin shouted waving his hands. "Just who exactly is this Dark Pitto guy?"
Zelda sighed. "He's technically a newcomer this year but—"
"Chap, that guy will crush you to the ground. I've seen him first hand when he took down Samus. He even battled on three level nine CPUs in one hour!"
"Uhh, what's CPU?" Robin asked innocently but once again he was interrupted.
Zelda scoffed at the blonde. "Shulk, you know better than to listen to rumours!"
"But what if it's true?"
"Uh hello?" Robin said. Seriously he's standing in between them.
"It can't be true because Master Hand won't allow it."
"Why the 'ell not?"
"Because no one can fight continuously in one hour. That is ridiculous," she told him with a finger pointed to his face. "The point is that newcomers can't just jump into fighting. They need to be taught how to use items, practice in the Practice fight activity and train."
"Yeah well—" Shulk was cut short by a loud shout.
"Stop flying!" A female voice shouted. Her voice was loud enough to be heard by the whole mansion.
Robin's ears perked up and his heart started to race. He knew that voice all too well.
A bright yellow little star dashed through the room laughing. "Catch me if you can!" It yelled happily.
A girl entered the room with her ocean blue hair wrapped around his a bun, her beautiful face was dripping with sweat and her hand on a net like it was a weapon.
What hurt was that she didn't notice him. She didn't even glance at him as she chased down that star.
Robin felt a strong shove that forced him to the ground.
"Move it, idiot," said a dark voice. The newcomer looked up to see an angel. No, not a white innocent looking angel. It was a dark angel with black wide spread wings, the guy wore a dark tunic and just like Lucina held a net.
Something about this guy just doesn't seem right. His red eyes held no kindness or mercy. He seems so cold hearted and emotionless.
He didn't give a second look and ran after the star as well. The newcomer was still on the ground with eyes wider than dinner plates as he watched the winged guy dash out of the room. The three of them just stood there in total confusion.
Robin stood up with the help of Shulk and asked. "Who was that guy?" His question was more like in a whisper as he remembered those cold red eyes. He completely forgot about Lucina.
"That's the guy you're gonna be fighting, mate, Shulk said sadly. "Dark Pit."
Robin gulped. No wonder those two got all worked up. He's seriously going to fight that guy? And he doesn't even have any experience to fight a Smasher.
"What's a Luma doing here?" Zelda questioned. "Rosalina's at a battle right now."
"Maybe it got lost."
"And Lucina and Pitto are chasing it because...?"
"You know those Lumas. Way too active. Maybe they're trying to do Rose a favour."
Robin paid no attention to their conversation and turned to the bulletin board. His eyes looked over at the schedule of his fight. It starts tonight. The last battle before curfew.
He's torn between going for it and deciding to beg Master Hand not to. But as he quickly thought it over he knew what he had to do.
"Well, I should get ready," the Master of Tactican declared.
"For your funeral?" Shulk offered.
"For my fight," Robin corrected.
"We could finally introduce you to Master Hand and talk to him. I'm sure he'll—"
"I'm not running away from a fight!"
"He doesn't know what mercy is, chap."
"I can learn a thing or two from this fight."
"Yeah the humiliation of defeat at the first fight."
The princess clapped gaining both their attention. "Now, now, Shulk. This is a good opportunity for him," she said and turned to the newcomer. "We don't have much time. I'll teach you everything you need to know about the items at the Practice Fights so we best hurry."
Robin blinked. "Really? You would do that for me?"
"Of course, you need my wisdom if you wish to win. Now come on, I do hope that you are an incredible fast learner."
And so the three of them went head on to the Practice Fights to prepare for tonight's special brawl.
This is a disgrace!
Mopping the floors like some kind of maid. The Mii growled at her labor, wiping the sweat from her forehead.
Was it really her fault that she slapped Maymay on the cheek? That stupid girl wouldn't shut up about this crazy guy with wings. There were times when Cream wished that Maymay's creator would just erase her. Who needs that whiny girl anyway? She's always freaking out over the same guy. Big deal.
Cream just hated the fact that there's no respect for her. Her creator is the daughter of a billionaire. Where is the respect people? Why is she here mopping the floor for doing everyone a favour?
In bitterness of her punishment, she made sure to 'forget' to put a wet floor sign. Hopefully someone slips and breaks their backs. She smiled at the thought of it and moped some more to make that a reality.
"Done cleaning?" Said a female voice.
The blonde turned around to see that it was Mrs FreckleFace. No, that's literally her name. Supposedly, her creator must of been bored to death and decided to create a Mii. That's why no one bothers to talk to the overly freckled and boring to death Mii. She had a few weights on and wore a red jacket and navy pants. Like her name, a wave of freckles over her huge nose and chubby cheeks.
Her creator is also the creator of Nintendo soooo that made Master Hand to put her in charge of Miis.
Just why would Fusajiro Yamauchi name her that and make her look like the ugliest Mii in this mansion? Boredom can give people the strangest ideas.
"If you are then maybe you ought to apologize to Maymay," FreckleFace said and crossed her arms.
The blonde decided to ignore her and go back to work. The day she decided to apologize is the day she gets a heart. Such a day will never exist.
The superior Mii sighed. "I know it's hard with your creator and all but you know you don't have to be like her. You can make your own choices and you chose to do what you just did. That's on you not on your creator."
"And what am I suppose to do?" Cream growled, clenching her mop so hard. "Bow down to that stupid Mii and kiss her feet?"
FreckleFace sighed. "Yes, I'm telling you to just do that," she said sarcastically and sighed annoyingly. "Come on Cream, is that what you honestly hear me say? I want you to just say a few words and that's it."
Cream glared up at the Mii supervisor. Who does this fat chick think she is? Bossing everyone around like she's some tough cow or something. She would look much better with a mop in the face. Could Cream really do that to her?
The Mii's amber eyes trailed down at her mop. That could get her suspended and maybe even expelled for attacking. But if it gets that fat cow to shut up then—
Her thoughts were shattered when heavy footsteps stomped in their way. She looked to see two Smashers with nets chasing a star? No a Luma. A yellow-eyed black Luma.
There was a guy with dark wings flying in the hallway. He growled as he chased down the Luma. Behind him was that stupid blue haired princess brat. Her face was red from running.
"When I get you little brat you won't have you Mama to save you!" The dark winged boy shouted angrily.
The threat didn't seem to slow the black Luma as it laughed out loud.
"What is the meaning of this?!" FreckleFace demanded.
The two Miis ducked in order to avoid getting knocked by Pitto who soared in the air right over them.
Lucina dashed behind him but accidentally slipped over the spot that Cream mopped.
Her dirty shoes messed up all of Cream's work.
"Hey, I just mopped there!" The blonde growled. She should be laughing at the Princess's trip but she's furious. Now she has to start all over again. Either that or apologize to Maymay. Maybe she should've put out that wet floor sign after all.
"Sorry!" Lucina apologized and scrambled on her feet and ran.
Cream gritted her teeth and held the mop so tight—
"Uhh Cream?" FreckleFace said unsure.
The blonde looked down to see that she broke her mop in half in rage. Her blood was still boiling. It must be so nice to be a bratty princess. Running all over the place like she runs it. Oh she'll get to what's coming to her but first:
"I need another mop," Cream grumbled.
And just like that she went on with her punishment like nothing ever happened.
"Come on, we're losing it!" Lucina shouted.
The black Luma dashed through the hallway with the two catchers hot on it's trail.
Pitto–exhausted from flying–ran up ahead and was only a few steps away from that little brat. They were heading straight to the balcony. Just when he thought he got him the Luma picked up speed and flew right out of the balcony.
Lucina and Pitto stopped and fell on their knees in exhaustion. The princess' face was red and she was breathless.
Pitto could barely even breath but he stood up bending down on his knees. "We...can't...let...that...one..." He tried to say in between his heavy pants.
Lucina sat down and tried to catch her breath. "What do we do?" She said and stood up.
The dark angel glanced at the clock and almost chocked. Only a measly five minutes until Rosalina finishes her fight and they haven't caught one star so far. They've tried everything.
They've tried stealth by dressing up like bushes (the Smurf's idea not his) and it almost worked if Pitto hasn't scared that blue Luma away by sneezing.
They've tried luring a yellow Luma in a cage by using a cookie but the only thing they caught was a hungry earthbound. If Pitto remembered correctly they still haven't freed that kid yet.
After that they pretty much went wild and tried to get any Luma that they saw and they couldn't catch ten of them that way.
Next they tried to speak to one of them. And by 'they' I mean Lucina 'cause Pitto's not in a patient mood and–once again–it was her idea. They cornered a yellow-eyed and black Luma to try and talk to him but he didn't give them a chance to speak. They chased him all over the place until he flew right over the balcony.
Dark Pit just stood there looking at the clock. There's no way they could ever catch twenty five of them in five minutes. God, what is he gonna tell Rosalina? She's definitely going to hate his guts.
"I guess that's it then," he muttered and sat down in his place. He felt his heart sink down his stomach. He's used to failure but now it feels terrible. Like he really let her down. Why does he care so much? Why is he so afraid to see the disappointment in her eyes? It's not the first time he screwed up.
The princess looked at him in shock. "You're giving up?!" She said glaring down at him.
Pitto didn't meet her eyes. "Rosalina only has five minutes until she finishes her brawl," he grumbled.
"So you're just gonna sit there and do nothing?" She demanded hoping to get some sense into him. "The idiot guy that I know wouldn't sit his butt down and throw in the towel like that."
"Well, the idiot that you knew bit off more than he could chew. There's no point in chasing them," he said, wrapping his hands around his legs as he sat there looking at the ground.
Lucina's eyes soften. She was just confused as to why Pitto was so upset at this situation. He's trying so hard for Rosalina but why? Why does he care?
The angel sighed. "Anyways, why are you trying so hard to help me? This is more than just your wallet."
She stayed quiet for a moment then answered. "I know we don't get along so well but that doesn't mean we have to be enemies and I always help my friends."
This time he looked up at her. "Friends?"
"Yes, idiot, you're my friend wether you like it or not. Now," she offered her hand, "get off your lazy ass."
He took her hand and stood up. For once there were no cruelty in his eyes. "Thanks," he mumbled so softly that she almost didn't hear him. "But...how do we catch them now?"
Lucina turned around and looked straight down at the balcony where she counted at least five Lumas roaming about.
"We need to lure them all in at the same time with something," she said tapping her chin. "Something that they'll go nuts for..."
After brainstorming for an idea, it hit him. Pitto's eyes brightened up and snapped his fingers. "That's it!" He cried.
"What is?"
"Starbits! She told me they'd go crazy for them!"
She smiled when she saw the determination back in his eyes but frowned. "But they're all in her room and we're at the other side of the mansion. It's going to take more than five minutes to reach there."
Pitto placed his hands on the red railings of the balcony and glanced up at the sky. "We'll fly."
"Are you—"
"Yes I'm sure," he cut her off. "Now give me your hand."
She did just that and in second they were off the ground. She gasped at how high they were.
"Quit moving," he told her and from his face expression it looks like he's having difficulty carrying the extra weight.
Lucina did the best she could to remain calm and realized how beautiful it was from up here. The sun was slowly setting with rays of orange light. This must be what it feels like to fly. A cool breeze touched her face as she inhaled the fresh air.
She looked up at Pitto to see his face glowing in the sunlight. He really looked handsome when he's not mad all the time. She felt her heart beating as she stared at him. Why did he have to look so handsome like that and make her legs all jelly?
He didn't notice her staring and focused to get them to the other side of the mansion.
His teeth were clenched and beads of sweat were dripping down his forehead. His arms felt like they were going to fall right off. His wings were worse. But somehow he managed to get the both of them to the other side and landed on the upper balcony.
Dark Pit stumbled once his feet touched the ground. Lucina caught him before he fell. "Easy," she said, helping him on his feet.
"I'm okay," he assured. "Come on, we have to hurry."
Lucina helped him down the stairs and straight to the hallway. Only a few minutes left until Rose's brawl ends. Lucina picked up some speed and dragged Pitto down the hall and at last reached their destination.
The princess opened the door and entered. "Where did she say they were?"
"In the closet," he answered leaning on the wall.
Lucina quickly searched the room until she found the closet with a star painted on it. It was a slide in closet and once she opened it the room became flooded in starbits.
"Oh my god!" She shrieked.
Pitto grabbed a blue starbit. "You know I never tried one of these. Only on a cake," he said and took a bite out of it. His eyebrows were raised up as he hummed and ate up the whole thing.
In the next minute, Lucina ran all over the place with a bag of starbits. "Hey, Lumas! Get your starbits here!" She yelled.
They must be starving after using all that energy. So in a few seconds three Lumas popped up with their eyes targeting the bag.
"I want one!"
"Gimme one!"
"Save one for me!"
"I want the green one!"
Soon the princess was being chased by dozens of little colourful Lumas. From the gardens to the dorms to the cafeteria. It was a quite an adventure. Especially all the questioning and shocked faces she got from other Smashers.
Rosalina's gonna be in her room any minute. The blue haired girl then quickly glanced behind her to see a wave of hungry Lumas hot her trails and decided that it's time to head back.
She didn't stop for anyone as she shoved Smashers aside and ran upstairs. Pitto was waiting for her in Rosalina's room with extra starbits lying around and once Lucina entered Pitto counted the numbers of Lumas she lured in.
"Twenty two, twenty three, twenty four...where's the last one?" To answer his question the same yellow-eyed black Luma accidentally ran right on his face.
Lucina quickly removed the Luma before Pitto gives it a piece of his mind. The colourful stars gobbled up every starbits while Lucina and Pitto rushed out and closed the door from the outside.
They took a moment to breath and smile tiredly.
"We did it," Lucina laughed.
"Son of Hades, I never thought we would," Dark Pit said with a grin, standing up and facing to her.
He's not someone to show his gratitude out loud but she really did save his skin today. The way that she never gave up and forced him to stand up. Yeah, this is definitely gonna be awkward for him to say it.
"What is it?" She asked.
"Uhh...look...I wanna say I wouldn't have done it without you," he muttered rubbing the back of his neck.
"Is that your poor way to say thank you?" She teased.
"Come on, you know I'm not good with these things," he said.
Lucina gave him a goofy smile but realized that he's serious. She stared into his crimson eyes. They were so beautiful when they weren't full of hate and anger.
"Are you okay? Your face is red," he pointed out tilting his head to the side and poked her cheek.
She slapped his finger. "No...its just...um...your face is just so ugly that it's killing mine!" She yelled.
Pitto blinked then growled. "Wha–I'm trying to thank you!"
"Very poorly!" She argued and crossed her arms.
"Fine! Thank you!"
"Your welcome!"
"I've never meet someone so ungrateful before!"
"Same here!"
"Um am I interrupting something?" A soft voice said.
The princess of comets stood there with a confused expression. Dark Pit jumped but Lucina kept her cool.
"Hey Rosie, how was your fight?" She asked sweetly as if her fight with Pitto never existed.
The blonde smiled. "Palutena was a strong fighter but I won."
Lucina clapped. "That's great to hear!"
Rosalind giggled then turned her attention to Pitto. "So how were my Lumas? They didn't give you any trouble, did they?"
"What? No, they were like little angels," he forced himself to say.
Behind her back, Lucina gave him a stupid look like 'yeah right' and tried to hold in her laughter.
"That's good to hear," the blonde said. "Thank you so much, Dark Pit."
"It was nothing," he told her.
Rosalina walked to her door but stopped to turn around. "I do wish you luck on your special brawl tonight."
Pitto frowned. "Special brawl?"
"Yes, you'll be fighting a newcomer I hear. Someone named Robin?"
Lucina choked. "Robin?! You mean the Master of Tactican Robin?! From my world?"
"I think so."
"Why didn't anyone tell me?!" She gasped then glared at Dark Pit like it was all his fault. "And why in blazes is he fighting you?"
"Don't look at me like that. I didn't ask for it."
Lucina turned to the other princess. "Do you know where he is?"
"I believe I saw him training but—"
"I have to go see him!" And just like that the Smurf ran off to see this Robin guy.
Son of Hades, it's been a really long day and all because he agreed to watch over those brats and now he has this special brawl tonight?
Well, he hasn't been to any brawl since he's visit with Dr Mario so whatever fight it is he's gonna make sure to kick that newbie's ass.
But first he needs to recharge.
"I'll go rest up," he told her. "I'll see you tonight then?"
"Yes you will," she said with a smile. "Cheering for you."
God, his face is burning red. He didn't know what to say so he quickly turned and left with a ridiculous smile that not even a thousand of ugly faces of Wario could even wipe it off.
Why does she have to be such a nice person?
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