Lucina wiped the sweat from her forehead as she heaved up another heavy box. Being a hero it was very difficult to say no to someone in need of help. That's why she didn't think twice when little Olimar asked her to move boxes in his room. Captain Falcon did a halfway job at it and left it at Olimar's doorstep so now it's up to her to move them inside.

She doesn't know what's inside. Her first guess were rocks because these things were crazy heavy. Shaking her thoughts, the princess concentrated on her task and lifted another cardboard box and placed it inside with the others.

After moving about half of the boxes, she noticed a shadow darkened next to her. It had wings and looked very familiar.

"If you're not here to apologize then don't talk to me," she snapped.

"Did I do something?" Asked a voice that did not belong to Dark Pit.

She turned around to see a white winged angel with a confused expression. "Sorry, I didn't mean you," she said with an uneasy laugh.

He nodded. "What did Dark Pit do this time?" He asked with a lopsided smile. Walking over and lifted one of the boxes, offering her his help.

"He's just being a real jerk," she replied. Her statement was completely unladylike but she didn't care.

The angel laughed at her. "Yeah, he can be that way sometimes," he said.

Lucina stared at him for a while. It's been awhile since she'd seen him now that Peach postponed picnic activities.

It's just so bizarre. Pit is more of the adorable type with white wings and big blue, innocent eyes whereas Dark Pit is devilishly handsome and just evil. Why does he have to be so freaking handsome like that? It's starting to be frustrating.

"I guess it can't be helped," Pit said, snapping Lucina from her thoughts. "I mean, you can't blame him."

"Too late for that," she muttered.

Pit rubbed his sore hands. "It's just that...Dark Pit is the polar opposite of me. Sometimes he gets all mean for no reason. He just can't help himself since it's his nature to be bad."

Lucina went quiet and thought for a moment. Was that how Dark Pit felt? All those times when he acted like a jerk, back at his first Yoga class when he made her look like a fool and just this evening when he mocked her friend. From what Pit just said, perhaps Dark Pit didn't mean to say all that stuff about Robin.

The angel of light took out a deep sigh. "I think Pitto wants to be good but it's too much for him. You'd be asking a lot if you want him to be nice and friendly all the time."

How about you try to be friendly for once?

Thats exactly what she told him when he first met Robin. He's always rude, demanding, mischievous, annoyingly handsome (which is the bigger crime) the list can go on for three hours.

The big question is: is Dark Pit really evil?

After all that time hanging out with him, she realized that he's not. Hopefully, she could have a word with him before curfew.

Pit set the box down. "That's the last one," he declared.

"Thank you," she said, stretching out her sore arms.

"No problem, Olimar's always bringing stuff from his world. He gets homesick sometimes," he explained.

She nodded then made a search for Dark Pit. She's going to show him that he doesn't need to be the bad guy everyone expects him to be. There is good in him or at least she hopes so

Three days has passed by. During those three days Dark Pit has kept himself busy. First, there was this thing with Lucina. Honestly, he didn't even know what came over him when he acted like that but strangely she forgave him just like that and suggested to go to the cinema. The time he spends with her were starting to be a lot weird.

Her face kept on going all red when he got too close and she even slapped him at the photo booth when they tried to take a picture because he was so close to her face. There were times when he caught her staring at him and when he pointed out that her face was like a tomato then she starts yelling at him. Jeez, it's hard to get around her these days.

If he's not hanging out with her then he spends his time at Practice Fights by battling different characters at different levels in different stages. He's now familiar with the items and the secret of the stages and Maymay is being a good little shrimp at doing what she's told.

The best part about it all was that Ganon wasn't even here this week. The worse part about it was that he's coming back right after Pitto finished his fight which is about to take place in right now.

The dark angel dashed though the hallway bumping anyone in his way. His heels screeched at a turn of a corner and opened up the double door. God, if he hadn't wasted his time bickering with Pit then he would've gotten here early. He doesn't even know who he's fighting.

The portal area was crowded with Miis, assistant trophies and Smashers. Portals were being opened then closed with fighters entering and exiting. Mondays are usually the busiest even in training. A huge screen was plastered on the metallic wall with lists of brawls and times. Unfortunately, Pitto didn't have the time to check it out since he's late as it is.

He made his way for portal no. 5 and looked around for his opponent. Hopefully, it's not that Robin guy. Something about that guy just annoys him.

"Hello, Dark Pit," said a female voice.

Pitto turned around and his face fell. Now he wished he was battling Robin or even Ganon 'cause his opponent is...

"Rosalina," he said, nodding like he was expecting her but his mind was racing. Master Hand wants him to fight her? What?!

He tried to keep his cool when she stood by his side. Her shoulder almost touched his and she smelled like fresh strawberries that made his head pound.

Her blue glossed lips smiled at him. "Let's have a great brawl," she said with enthusiasm. An orange Luma appeared over her shoulder and danced around then two more, both blue as backup. They all twirled around him, giggling, dusting their sparkles in his face.

"Mr. Dark Pit, Mr. Dark Pit!" They yelled happily. "Are you going to play with us? Are you? Are you?"

Pitto hoped he'd never see another Luma after what happened when he tried to babysit them but here they were dancing over his head.

He wanted to smack them away from his face but he wouldn't dare to do something like that to her children right in front of her. Instead he put on a crooked smile with his left eye twitching.

"Hey, there...guys," he managed to say. If he keeps this up then he'll definitely snap.

The princess clapped. "Alright Lumas, that's enough," she spoke motherly. "Save your energies for the fight."

The colourful stars finally got away from him and went back to their mother. Pitto stood there watching her petting each of them and reminded them that it's not all about winning. How can he even try to attack her?

Sure there was that one time where he went nuts and fought off three clones of her but this is the real thing.

Okay, no problem. She's just another fighter, right? It's not like he's going to lose to a princess. Come to think of it, he did lose to Lucina...

"Dark Pit," Rosalina said, bringing him back to reality.

He realized that the portal was wide open. "Let's go," he told her, hoping that his voice wasn't cracking. He needs to win this. No holding back.

He got this fight in the bag.

Fifteen minutes later...

"WINNER IS...ROSALINA AND LUMA!" The announcer declared and the two fighters teleported back.

Okay, first of all, he did NOT let her win. She was just hard to hit and a good fighter. And he found it hard to attack her because...because of he bright light. Yeah, it must've been the lighting.

She sure looked happy at her victory and all her Lumas were flying around like maniacs.

Pitto just wanted to get away from her as soon as possible and slowly started to back away but she caught up with him. "Dark Pit, wait a minute she called out then turned to her Lumas. "Lovelies, please stay with David until I came back."

David was one of those gunner Miis and he's really good with kids. The little devils tackled him to the ground and asked for sweets.

Pitto tried to fast walk away, bypassing Smashers and more Miis hoping to lose her. He turned to a surprisingly empty hallway and was about to make a run for it but a delicate hand grabbed his arm.

Pitto froze in his place at her touch. "You need something?" He asked, trying to keep his cool.

Rosalina's face was slightly red from chasing after him. He felt a twig of guilt but shook it off. "I just wanted to thank you," she panted.

He blinked at her statement. "What? Thank me? What for?"

"For giving me a good fight today," she replied with a smile. "I've been having doubts about being here since I'm not a very good fighter but—"

"You're a great fighter!" He interrupted her then realized that he just shouted at her. "I mean...you and Luma put up a good fight and you even beat me so..."

Rosalina beamed. "Thank you, really," she said.

God, how can she smile so easily? She makes him feel so nervous. Why was he sweating now?

"Your welcome," he told her then turned his face so she couldn't see him blushing. He hated the fact that he couldn't hate her. "Is there anything else?"

"One question, how do you get to Master Hand's office?" She asked him.

Without even thinking, he blunted out. "I can take you there if you'd like."

Her sapphire eyes widen as her blonde head shook furiously. "Oh, I couldn't possibly—"

"I'm headed there myself," he said which he was actually but strangely he forgot why. Maybe he'll remember it on the way.

The two then walked through the empty hallway quietly. The dark angel was dying over the tension. Just why the hell did he agree to this? His throat was starting to burn at her beautiful scent. She was just so close to him.

"Um, Dark Pit."

"Yes?"

"I'd like to ask you about a rumour I've heard about my children when you were babysitting them."

He froze in his place with his eyes wider than dinner plates. What was it that Link said? News traveled around this place faster than Sonic. His legs turned jelly at the thought of her hating him for putting her children in danger.

He couldn't meet her eyes as he tried to control his rapid breathing. He didn't know why he was freaking out but his heart feels like it's about to explode. "They escape and I didn't mean for it to happen! I swear!"

"You managed to get them all back in less than twenty minutes?" She asked. Her tone didn't sound mad but confused.

Pitto looked to see that she wasn't angry at all but instead looked horrified. "I'm so sorry Dark Pit. I can't imagine the trouble you went through."

He stared at her for awhile and wondered why she wasn't yelling at him. Why is she the one apologizing?

The hallway went quiet again with not a sound to be heard which is weird since it's the Smash Mansion.

"You're not mad?" He asked more in a whisper.

She looked at him in total shock. "What? How can I be mad? My Lumas escape all the time! It took a team of Miis and several hours to track them all down and you managed to handle it all by yourself!"

"Well...me and Lucina—"

"Lucina too! Oh dear, if I just gave you proper instruction then none of this should have happened."

Pitto's mind spun faster at this turn. This was all the opposite of what he expected. He was the one to apologize. He was the one to beg for forgiveness. Once again she managed to throw him off.

"You...I...uh..." He stuttered, more confused then relieved.

The sad look on her face then turned to determination. "Let me make it up to you."

He jumped back at her sudden change of expression. "No, you really shouldn't—"

"I won't take no for an answer. I have caused you so much trouble and I need to make up for it," she pressed, taking a step forward.

"It's really okay," he tried to say although the thought did sound nice he honestly didn't want her to do anything. "Let's just head to Master Hand's office, okay?"

She managed to calm down a bit. "Okay, but I won't forget this," she told him sternly then gave a smile. "You know, my Lumas adore you. They told me that you played with them all day long. Now, I know what they meant."

And by playing they mean that they made him and Lucina chase them around the whole mansion. Those little punks couldn't stay still for a minute.

He wanted to turn this subject around and asked. "So what do you need with Master Hand anyways?"

"Well, you did feed all of the star bits to my angels so I need permission from Master Hand to get some shipped over from my world," she explained.

So much for changing the topic.

Suddenly, he felt another guilt strangling his insides. "We had to use them to lure your Lumas back."

"Really? How clever of you two," she complimented and laughed. "You know, I'm always worried that my angels would transform but thank god for Master Hand's magic."

His eyebrow rose. "Transform?"

She nodded and curled a string of hair behind her ear. "When a Luma eats enough Star bits they can transform into a planet."

Pitto jumped. "Are you saying that I almost made two dozens of Lumas transform into planets?!"

Rosalina laughed. "Possibly."

Dark Pit found himself chuckling along despite the disaster he could've caused. "Wow, never thought of that. Just imagine the results!"

"Smashers on different planets in outer space. I'm sure Mario will have a heart attack! He gets sick sometimes in space," she said and laughed again.

Her laugh was like sweet music to his ears. He smiled so wide and cheeks were tinted pink. Wrinkles cornered his eyes as he cracked a joke about how Master Hand will have to clean up the whole place. They both carried on and it seemed like forever with their laughter echoing the empty, endless hallway. It felt like a dream to him just by being with her, laughing with her, talking to her.

Losing to her was properly the best thing ever.

Earlier that day...

Pit laid down on his bed with his hands behind his head. He thought over about the plan to bring Ganondorf right to Master Hand and expose him for everything he's done. Link, Marth, Ike, Paluteana, himself and apparently Captain Falcon will make sure they succeed.

The angel looked over at Pitto who's been awfully quiet. He was standing there looking at the mirror getting ready for his fight. Dark Pit's been taking his brawls more seriously now and he's been training everyday. It's unbelievable.

Pit felt unsettled every time he thought about what happened to Dark Pit at that Japanese restaurant. His dark side has no idea that someone was pulling the string behind it all. But doesn't he deserve to know? Forget about what Link and Marth said.

"Hey, Pitto," he said, sitting up.

Either Pitto didn't hear him or he's just ignoring him.

"Dark Pit," he corrected and this time he got his attention.

His dark winged roommate glared at him. "What do you want, punk?" He grumbled then turned his full attention at his reflection.

"Listen...there's something you need to know," Pit said nervously.

"What's that?" He asked, not caring too much about what he has to say.

"Uhh..."

"Come on, spit it out already!"

"Is everything going alright with you?"

Dark Pit stood still then slowly turned to Pit. For a second, it might look like he'll lunge our at him but instead he growled. "Out with it, Pit."

You know it's scary when he actually says your name. He's not in a kidding mood or in any other positive mood for that matter.

Pit raised his hand. "Just calm down," he said in a soothing tone. "Why are you mad? I'm just concerned."

"Just the other day Link asked me the same thing. Tell me, punk, how is everything not okay? Do you think something's wrong with me?" He snapped, taking a step forward with a finger pointed.

Pit jumped up from his bed and glared. "I was just asking," he said through his gritted teeth. He was mad and Pitto was mad. This is not going to end well.

"Did Ganondorf say anything to you? Did he do something? Please just tell me," Pit pleaded. He wanted a straight answer if Ganondorf was doing something to Dark Pit.

His dark side is starting to act like a freaking weirdo. Always acting strange, mumbling to himself, staring at the window with that sad expression.

Dark Pit always has temper issues that explodes from nowhere and this is one of its moments. "What does that jerk have anything to do with this? Just what the hell do you care?"

"I just don't want to see you getting hurt! Is that such a bad thing?!" Pit shouted.

Pitto stared at him and curled his hand to a fist. "Let's get one thing straight, you are not in a position to care about me."

"Just what—" He was cut off by a strong push that shoved the air out of his lungs. Fortunately, his bed behind him soften his fall.

"You're the good guy and I'm the bad guy, okay?" Dark Pit said slowly. "That means we're enemies, get it? Enemies don't look out for each other they destroy each other so you would do well to remember that."

The angel of light wanted to press forward and stand up to him but he held himself down when he looked up at his dark side. He looked mad as hell but also uncertain and unfocused...like he didn't know what to think anymore. His red eyes locked on the clock that hung in the room.

"Great, now I'm late for the fight," he grumbled and turned to the door.

Pit got on his feet. "Dark Pit, wait," he said.

Dark pit didn't stop and placed a hand on the door handle.

"Come to Master Hand's office after your fight."

The dark angel only opened the door halfway then stopped. His blood red eyes glared down on Pit. Surprisingly, he didn't question Pit and stormed out without another word.

Zelda was making her way up the stairs with hesitation. She always tried to remain calm and think rationally like the wise princess she is but today is the day where she has to break her promise to Peach. The little incident she did at the Japanese restaurant has carried out far too long. Dark Pit suffered badly from being burnt plus a curry added to his dessert.

Honestly, this is not the first time Peach has done this.

There was a time when she tried to force Ike and Samus together by trapping them in a hot air balloon then 'accidentally' cutting the ropes that held it to the ground. The two were up there for hours with Ike desperately needing the bathroom.

Ugh, let's not forget to mention that one time when she shipped Marth and Zelda herself so hard that she literally shipped them off to the middle of the ocean. How is this woman not banished from Super Smash Bros will never be known.

But this time it has gone too long! Not only did she physically harmed Pitto but also managed to sneak in a special spicy ingredient as well! The nerve of that woman! Was she that desperate?

She did give Peach a week to confess and nothing seemed to happen. Now, it's time for it to all spill. It wasn't just Peach but Link seemed to be distant from her. Did he really discover the culprit that fast? And if he did why hasn't he taken any action? He did say that he'll make sure to make the culprit pay.

Whatever the case is, she has explain to Master Hand that Peach managed to snatch a curry and demand that he should put up a stronger security.

Something was holding her back from exposing Peach. True she did promise not to tell anyone and even pinky promise. A promise that must never be broken upon friends.

No, she must do this. Peach needs a leash around her every now and then and if even she managed to get an item out of the mansion then imagine what will happen if someone else did. Toon Link for example. Just saying. Or Goddesses forbid, Crazy Hand.

Telling Master Hand will not only keep Peach in her place but will also prevent any disasters from happening as well.

All of these thoughts gave the Hylian Princess a headache. She didn't want to get her friend in trouble, big trouble at that for using an item.

Zelda honestly wanted to believe that Peach didn't use curry but from what Pitto told Link, fire beams were shooting out from his mouth. That's the work of only the curry.

Peach will need to apologize to Pitto first, then will be suspended from brawl for a few day depending from Master Hand's judgements, then she will have to do a terrible chores like washing all of the dishes, mow the lawn or worse. After her punishment, Zelda will try her best to put this ugliness behind her like she has always done with Peach and hopefully they will be friends again.

That's the one thing Zelda wanted was to hold her friendship with her.

Meanwhile, a certain pink dressed princess was lying on her bed feeling miserable just as she has been for the last week. She used some of her free days to stay in her room and cancelled any picnic plans.

Since that argument with Zelda she hasn't felt like herself. Sure they had arguments in the past especially since Peach tried to ship her and Marth to China (but didn't bothered to see the weather forecast thus resulting the two to be lost at sea) but this time it's different. This argument shook her so bad that she didn't even bother looking up in her account on Smash website. You know she's bumped out when she doesn't update her status.

She honestly didn't add curry in his dessert. After failing for the third time she decided to go back home and hatch another plan. That's it!

Someone else did it. But who? Why? How? Someone was there at that time and intentionally added a dangerous item into the dessert. The worst part about it was that Zelda actually thought that she did it! Even though Peach desperately wanted Pitto and Lucina to be together she would never try to kill the guy. That's for later if he breaks Lucina's heart.

Even after knowing this, Peach still couldn't go up to Master Hand or Pitto. Zelda gave her a week and she hasn't done anything that relates to confession. She needs to talk to her Hylian friend. To try to explain that she didn't go that far.

Without another thought, the princess hauled herself out of bed and quickly rushed out of the door. She lifted up her dress to avoid tripping as her heels clicked against the marbled floor. Where could Zelda be? She couldn't be with Master Hand.

Peach noticed a Mii with red hair moping the floor. Large headphones were plastered on his ears and he hummed a familiar tone.

"Excuse me," Peach said, snapping her fingers in his face to get his attention.

The Mii took his huge headphones off and raises his eyebrow. "You need something?" He asked.

"I was wondering if you would know where Zelda went?" She asked.

He tapped on his chin then spoke. "I think I saw her headed to Master Hand's office but—"

She didn't give him a chance to finish. With the top of her heels she twirled around and fastened her pace. Zelda stayed true to her words. She could be at Master Hand's office right now, telling him all that Peach has done and more.

The Toadstool Princess felt betrayed and angry but at the same time she felt furious at herself. If only she tried to talk to her friend instead of avoiding her. If only...

Peach shook her thoughts away. This is her fault and she'll make it right. Hopefully, it's not to late to say sorry.

Meanwhile, yet another princess seemed to be having trouble of her own as well. Lucina sat in the Conference room by herself leaning her cheek on her fist. Her thoughts were stuck on one certain jerk.

These past few days has been difficult with him. She couldn't look him in the eye, she felt flustered when he got near her and she even slapped him when his face is too close. Despite the difficulties she had, the moments they spent time together were memorable. She didn't bother asking him to apologize for the rude things he said but instead took him out to see a movie then went to grab dinner. The next day they went to the carnival which was exciting at first but then it started to rain cats and dogs so they had to head back to the mansion.

Is it normal for the two of them to be going out all the time? On movies, dinners...it almost seemed like a date. The way her heart beats fast when he's around her or when she spends time with him.

Lucina's fingers ran through her ocean blue hair. This was impossible. There's no way she could be having feelings for him. Not Pitto. Not someone who wouldn't return her feelings.

Hypothetically speaking, if she does happen to like him that way then what in the world is she going to do about him? She'd rather jump off a cliff than tell him that's for sure. But if she did jump then he'll properly swoop in and save her.

Just thinking about it just made her eyes stink. Is she seriously going to cry over this? Is that how badly he affected her?

What was it that her father told her? You can't choose love, it chooses you. She can't be in love. No way. She has way better things to do than be involved in romance. Just try to imagine Marth's reaction.

The puzzled princess took another sip from her ice tea. This is something that she needs to tell someone. She needs to know right now if she really feels that way about Dark Pit because right now she might slice her table in half.

Making her way out of the loud Conference room and up the carpeted stairs, Lucina decided that she should talk to the love expert. She'll definitely regret it later but right now she's desperate for an answer.

The princess swiftly made her way right in front of Peach's door which is easy to find. Unlike all the other doors hers is hot pink.

Her delicate hand went to a fist as it knocked softly on the door. She realized it was already opened and decided to let herself in.

"Peach," she called out but no response.

The room itself was bigger than hers with wallpaper that has those odd looking red mushrooms patterns and a pink fluffy carpet. A large bed was at the center of the room and by the looks of the wrinkles from the bed sheets she was here a while ago.

Lucina noticed something shining from the bookshelf. She tried to control her curiosity but as always it got the best of her. Books were stacked respectively in place with not a dust on them. On the edge of the upper shelf was a small red wooden stick that looked awfully familiar.

She found it hard to breath and tried to deny it but the truth was right in front of her. Cautiously, she picked up the small chopstick and analyzed it carefully. This is the exact same chopstick that made its way up Pitto's nose at the Rekushawa Sushi.

That means everything that happened...was all Peach's doing. Lucina heard a cracking sound and realized that she broke the chopstick in half. She felt a boiling rage overwhelming her body. All the terrible things that happened to Dark Pit on that night, not only did his face almost got burned but so did his bloody throat. She was right. Someone did sabotaged him and not only that but even added curry.

How could Peach do this? Was she trying to ruin her night with Pitto? Or was she trying to help her?

She didn't care what was Peach's intentions but the very thought of her hurting Pitto or anyone hurting him just blinded her with rage. Her fists clenched around the broken chopstick as she stormed out of Peach's room.

Noticing a Mii with an unusually large headphones moping the floor, she waltzed up him and clapped her hands in front of him. Right now she didn't care if she acted rude. All this princess wanted us to give that Toadstool a piece of her mind.

"Dude!" The red haired Mii complained. From the name badge, his name was Robby but that information hardly mattered to her.

"Do you know where Peach is?" She demanded trying to control her tone but couldn't.

Robby jumped at her sharp eyes behind her light bangs. She looked beautiful but man she's scary. "Uh, she was just here headed for Master Hand's office but—"

She turned her back at him and walked away without another word. She's going to confront Peach. She's going to demand why she did it and then she'll tell her that she's the worst person she's ever met in her life.

Behind her Robby just shook his head. "Two weirdo chicks in one day," he muttered to himself and continued moping.

The King of Darkness exited the purple vortex and entered the Portal Area. Ah, it's good to be back to this hell again. With the majority of heroes wandering here and there and little children annoying him to death.

At least he doesn't have a brawl together which means either writing down a plot to take over Hyrule or take a nap. After that long trip he really preferred the second one. Today is Monday so the dorm should be peaceful and quiet.

A loud ding sounded out, it was the sound of the speakers from Master Hand.

"Ganondorf, please come to Master Hands office," the announcer spoke. "Again, Ganon, to my office please thank you."

Ugh, there goes his nap and here comes the headache. Just what the hell did he want?

With no other choice, the villain made his way out of the Portal Area ignoring the turning heads and the whispers. A powerful man doesn't need to waste his time with those below him but apparently he wastes his time with that blasted pansy fairy boy. Just how dare of that boy to come in his room and demand that he stays away from Dark Pit.

This is one of the disadvantages of being a villain. If anything happens in this mansion it's all your fault but what does Pitto have anything to do with this? That dark angel is certainly not the type of fighter that would allow anyone to speak for him so Link must've went behind his back to confront Ganon. But why? This really doesn't make any sense to him but right now he doesn't care.

After much turns and brutal stairways he finally made it to the hand's office. The doors were large and would be impossible to move but really they were easily opened. Stepping in the office would be like stepping into outer space.

The ceilings were endings mixed with black and purple swirls. Stars twinkled out, the cosmos shined out in several beautiful colours. The only thing that kept Ganon from floating away was the white platform that was the size of a football stadium.

His cold eyes sharpened when he saw not only Link but Marth, Ike, that stupid Falcon, Palutanea and Dark Pit's opposite, Pit. They all stood on the far side of the platform glaring at him.

Master Hand appeared out of thin air right in front of the confused Smasher.

"Just what is the meaning of this?" Ganon demanded. He was tired from his tried and hungry too, not to mention far from patient.

The hand loomed over to him. "Ganondorf, there is much to talk about," he said and by his tone he sounded dead serious.

This is not going to be pretty.

Everyone's headed to Master Hand. Comment on what you think will happen in the next chapter. Love you guys :*