And now we're on chapter eleven! Ummm…I've really been inspired to write…and I thank all my sources of inspiration (despite the fact that one of them doesn't even read the series XD). You know who you are. x)
Falco: No more slump?
Not for this at least! Truth And Dare, though…and even La Belle…I'm super sorry! O.o ;.;
Zelda: It's alright; I'm sure you're forgiven. :)
I hope so. Pichu, disclaim please?
Pichu: RoyalFanatic doesn't own us or SSBM, the OCs Syleen, Aliana, Jun, Gamecube, and Condar, and the Statue of Timbor, but she does own her concepts of Demons and Angels, the demon forms and names of the Hand Brothers, her OCs, the Demon's Staff, and a few other things none of us can remember and/or can't mention yet!
The disclaimer grows! Now's the time though, eh? x) Away chapter!
The mansion was deserted when he arrived, and Marth wasn't sure if that was good or bad. Concentrating, he picked up Jeremy's location and quickly teleported away.
Near the west beach of the island, though, it was a different story. The sound of the waves and seagulls cried overhead, but for Jeremy Hand, the captured Nivian and Sally, and the female demon that stood defiantly before them, it was merely a distraction.
She had red eyes, and long raven hair that fell to the middle of her back. Her bangs fell neatly in front of her left eye. She wore a collared golden yellow tank top, with the collar popped on and sleeves that reached just above her elbows, and black mini-shorts underneath a long golden yellow skirt that was split up to her hips. The trimmings alongside the shirt sleeves and dress were silver, she wore black fingerless gloves that reached her elbows, and boots that fell just below her knees. She had a horn on her left side and the stump of a horn on her right side; both camouflaging themselves in her hair, had a pointed dragon's tail, and durable dragon wings. A silver brace was on her right thigh, covered with runes, and a black leather belt, holding two sheathed blades, was wrapped around her waist.
"Jeremy Hand," She said; her hand on the blades' hilts. "At long last, I found you."
"Aliana…" Jeremy muttered. "Aliana Shikarume…of House Shikarume. It's been a long time."
"Don't give me that," Aliana said. "Why did you desire to engulf us all in this madness? You're a disappointment to the Noble Demon name."
"If you think I care about that, then you're wrong," Jeremy said. "I'm surprised you've managed so long to keep yourself caught in my brother's lies."
"You're the one who lies!" Aliana shouted. "Stealing the Demon's Staff, killing Azrael Iudex…Master Jeffrey Hand would never do such things! You have lost your mind, and you'll pay!"
"The only person that will pay here is you," Jeremy said. He turned away from Aliana, giving his full attention to Nivian. "General Lant, desist. I will not lose all five!" Nivian nodded and vanished. The demon then rounded back on Aliana, a look of rage on his face. "Why do you insist on becoming my enemy?"
"I am only here on my father's orders," Aliana said. "If your brother should be unable to kill you, he said, I am to do the job for him."
"Then you'll die alongside the fools who follow my brother!" Jeremy shouted. A rapid flap of wings sounded, and Jun, Gamecube, Marth, and Nanette appeared. Nanette wasted no time in letting out a war cry and jumping on Sally's back.
"Aliana!" Jun shouted running over to the demon. Marth was on the angel's heels. "It's so good to see you again!"
"Jun? What are you doing here?" Aliana asked. "He has the Demon's Staff; you're in danger."
"Sir Jeffrey took care of that," Jun said. "And I want to make sure Jeremy doesn't do anything to Roy."
"That means you have to be here right now?" Aliana asked, looking skeptical. "Makes me glad I'm not an angel."
Marth couldn't help but feel a strange familiarity to this demon. It was almost as if he had seen her somewhere before. Before he could think on it, Gamecube had already got into a fighting stance, staring hard at Jeremy.
"Despicable man!" She shouted. "Why are you doing this!?"
"Why? Wouldn't you follow your dreams as well?" Jeremy asked. "Or would you let them die, because of broken down fools who can't have their dreams fulfilled. I don't want my dreams to die!"
"But this is wrong!" Gamecube shouted. "There are much better ways to achieve your dreams!"
"Forget it," Jeremy said, pulling out his gun. "There's no way a bunch of angels and traitors will beat me down." He aimed at Jun. "No mercy for any of you!" He fired.
Jun jumped back as Nanette was thrown off Sally. Gamecube let out a yell and lunged at the controlled angel, and Jun unsheathed her sword.
"Fire Dance!" She shouted, unleashing eight small embers that homed in on Sally. Although they didn't do too much damage, the embers were able to stun the captured angel long enough for Gamecube to use an attack of her own; the tigress lunged forward with full force, effectively knocking Sally to the ground.
Nanette was able to jump back on her feet, and she teleported away; hoping to find Nivian.
Aliana dived and somersaulted, having just missed a bullet that was aimed at her head. A second bullet was fired, which was dodged as well. A round of bullets was aimed at the demon, but she was able to dodge each and every one. A stray bullet, however, glowed and bounced off the ground, aiming for the back of Aliana's head.
It was reflected, much to Jeremy's demise, by Marth, who had knocked the bullet away with his lance. The prince took to the sky, and failed to notice the strange look Aliana was giving him. Infusing his lance with power, the prince tossed the weapon at Jeremy. He dodged, but the lance bounced off the ground, did a flip in mid air, and homed in back on him. The lance effectively speared Jeremy in the shoulder, and, like before, bounced off the ground, flipped in mid air, and homed in on the demon again.
Jeremy fired a round of bullets at Marth, but all were dodged; the prince took to the ground. Another round was fired, but before Marth could do anything, Aliana had landed on his back and pushed both him and herself onto the ground; the bullets passed harmlessly above them.
"Don't get in my way," She hissed.
"In your…you mean that bullet I saved you from?" Marth asked, starting to feel annoyed; he saved her life!
Her reply, however, was placing a hand on the back of the angel's head and pushing it roughly into the ground. "Listen, angel, I can take care of myself just fine. Besides, we don't need you hurt, right?" There a sarcastic tone in her voice as she jumped off him and rushed back into the battle.
Getting only slightly off the ground, Marth couldn't help but stare at Aliana as she fought Jeremy. There was something odd about her; that much he knew, and a strange feeling, almost like the ones Syleen and Gamecube had given him, rose.
There was the sound of barking, and Houndoom, leading Jeffrey, D.K., Bowser, Ganondorf, Roy, and Dr. Mario, appeared. The heavy weights ran for Jeremy as Jeffrey aimed his gun at his brother. Roy and Dr. Mario wasted no time in helping Jun and Gamecube against Sally, and soon the angel was pinned to the ground; Dr. Mario roughly keeping her down as the others kept their weapons at her head. There was no need for this, however, as both D.K. and Bowser were able to grab the staff. Sally now laid in a daze; her senses slowly returning. Ganondorf quickly helped Marth up, and the lance returned to its master's hand.
"Jeremy, you have lost again!" Jeffrey shouted. "This is pointless! Just end it now!"
"No!" Jeremy shouted back. "You just want my dreams to die!"
"Insanity!" Jeffrey roared. "I am your brother!"
"My older brother," Jeremy corrected. "You were always jealous of me! You always wanted to ruin me, like you were ruined!"
"I was never ruined!" Jeffrey shouted.
"Yeah you were!" Jeremy insisted. "You and Nina never had a kid! No matter how hard you tried! You were never able to have a child. Your dream has been ruined, so you have to ruin me as well!"
"I…" Jeffrey fell silent; the comment had hit home. Jeremy fired two bullets into both Bowser's and D.K.'s shoulders, and reclaimed the staff.
"You were always like that, Jeffrey," Jeremy said coldly. "No matter what lies you told the smashers and angels. No matter the lies you told me. Now reap your proper rewards!" With that, he vanished.
"Damn it to hell!" Bowser roared, grabbing his left shoulder. "It hurts!"
"At least the Toxicosis can't poison you," Dr. Mario said, sounding just a tad relieved. He ran over to both ape and koopa. "I'll do what I can for now; then properly treat these back at the mansion."
"Sir Jeffrey…are you alright?" It was Sally, back to normal. "Don't listen to Jeremy! He's just trying to stun you!"
"He…he did a marvelous job…" Jeffrey muttered. "That was a low blow, brother…a very low blow…" He walked over to the angel, and tinted her eyes.
"Nanette went to see if she could find Nivian, right?" Gamecube asked. "Let's see if she found him!"
"I'll go!" Roy offered, talking off. Gamecube and Ganondorf were quick to follow. Dr. Mario, Bowser, Jeffrey, and D.K. headed back to the mansion as Houndoom took off in another direction.
Aliana shrugged. "I wanted to get him too. The sooner I finish this job, the better."
"Aliana, will you join us?" Jun asked. "It'll be great to fight with you again."
"Aliana…wait a minuet!" Sally said suddenly. "You…you're that demon! That one that saved me!"
"Wait…what?" The demon eyed Sally. "You're blabbing nonsense."
"No! It's true!" Sally insisted. "That one time…there was a demon who believed angels were beneath him. He was whipping me, and you came and freed me! When I looked back, he overpowered you, and was whipping you! I found Marth…and we came back to help!"
Aliana fell silent; memories flooding her: A room, with an exhausted looking Sally being whipped mercilessly. A breaking of a mirror; she had appeared, and the breaking of chains; she had freed Sally. A chain around her neck, and the sounds of whipping. Another crash; Sally and Marth had appeared. Sally dived for the demon; a sword of fire in her hands. Marth ran towards her, freeing her; holding her in his arms.
"Oh…" She said coolly. "So…that was you. Then that means that handsome…angel…over there saved me." She raised an eyebrow, pushing the memories deep into her heart. She eyed Sally's fuming gaze, before focusing on Marth again. "I guess I'd thank you and everything, but you just had to come and rescue such a pathetic being like myself, right?"
"Hey! Marth freed you!" Sally shouted. "And he was the one who finished that demon off! Besides, aren't you supposed to be the daughter of a demon who's trying to end discrimination?" She crossed her arms. "We're trying, you know. We're trying to live with the cold, sarcastic types like you that make up most of the demonic population. But since you insist that we're so much above you, then we'll act as such. After all, you know best, right?"
"You overestimate me," Marth said, a small smile on his face. "I'm afraid I'm no normal angel." His wings flickered; then turned their normal black.
"A Renegade Angel?" Aliana asked, looking skeptical.
"It's true," Jun said. "Marth Shino is a Renegade Angel; there's no better Spy on your future queen's team."
Aliana turned to Jun, and nodded. "Fine. I'll accept this as truth then. And I'll be more than happy to help you out; my father ordered me to kill Jeremy if Jeffrey can't. But make no mistake." She rounded on Sally and Marth. "That doesn't mean we'll be friends. If I owed you any debts, I paid them, so don't expect me to save your butts again." She took off for the mansion.
"Then don't expect us to save your butt!" Sally called after the retreating demon, enraged. "The nerve of her! You'd think she'd at least try to end the discrimination along with her father!"
"Don't mind Aliana," Jun said. "She's always like that. I think I'm the only angel she's friends with."
"Can't you do something about her then?" Sally asked.
"I can try," Jun replied, before following her friend.
"It's strange though…" Marth muttered.
"What is?" Sally asked.
"She…seems familiar," The prince replied. "Other than being the demon that saved you that day…" He shook his head. "It just might be me though."
"Who can say?" Sally asked. "Maybe you do know her. But if she doesn't change, then she better pray that Gamecube and Nanette don't listen to me when I tell the two that she doesn't deserve being saved by them. I'm going to see if I can find Nivian; I'll meet you back at the mansion." She teleported in a huff.
A few seconds later, Marth vanished as well; his destination Smash Mansion.
Falcon: That ends the chapter! And so we meet the sixth girl! With all six girls now present, we can say who's stuck in which love square! When we reach the end of A Brother's Love, you can decide the girl who wins! Of course, creators can't vote for their OC; that's not right! XD
Yoshi: So, we have Syleen, Gamecube, and (although she doesn't look it, we insist she is) Aliana hoping to be Marth's lucky girl, and we have Zelda, Jun, and Sally hoping to be Roy's lucky girl. Roy's square will be focused during ABL, while Marth's will be focused in this, but after you see the ending, you'll see why!
Marth: The fourth confrontation has just happened, but that doesn't mean the end's in sight! We still have a few more chapters to go, and RoyalFanatic still has a lot to handle before we reach the final fic!
Falcon: You bet she does! XD
Yoshi: The purple button calls for you. It wants you to press it. Obey it! x)
Marth: That's all from us. Review!
