I'd like to take the start of this chapter to thank everyone who reads this series, I'd really appreciate some comments here and there and how I can improve. Also thank you to xdaath for your review.
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As always please think of the Mii Fighter to look like a normal human like Marth just to avoid any visual confusion.
Writers Note: I do not own any characters in this story, they all belong to their own companies.
"I feel like that's enough for today, your panting makes me feel pathetic." Dark Pit said, resting his staff on his shoulder.
"Oh thank Palutena!" Pit exclaimed as he fell onto his back.
"So, how do you feel?"
"Stronger, I mean my arrows can even pierce through stones and my lunge with the upper-dash arm is stronger and goes further!"
"That's average, though you've been out of shape so I'll excuse it, now that my works done here I think I'll go speak to Ganon." Dark Pit said, heading towards the exit of the arena.
"Hey Pittoo."
"How many times do I have to say-"
"Thanks, thanks for everything. Without you maybe right now I'd be cooped up in my room, being as weak as I was."
"-...don't call me Pittoo goodie-two-shoes, goodnight."
Pit stared into the amber sky as Dark Pit disappeared, he liked the orange hue it had, it was relaxing and peaceful. He sat there for a while, he was too tired to even move despite his desire to continue to train and as the orange hue turned to a dark purple he was joined by his best friend.
"Yo Pit."
"Hey Sam, what's up?"
"I just came to check up on how you are, the match is tomorrow and all."
"Yeah I'll be fine, what about you? You seem just as jittery."
"What can I say, I don't like the guy much and after what happened last time, I'm worried for you man."
"Don't be, I'm gonna beat the heck out of Shulk, he'll wish he hadn't slain a God because he'll be beaten so hard."
"You know your lines are better when Nintendo writes them." Sam laughed.
"Ah shut-up, I thought I was doing well." Pit laughed.
"I don't doubt you'll beat him, you've grown really strong Pit!"
"Mhmm and with this new strength I'll definitely give him the beating he needs!"
"You sure you're doing all-right there?"
"Actually do you mind helping to bed? Pittoo tired me out." Pit laughed.
"Sure thing buddy, sure thing." Sam laughed as he helped his friend up and they left the arena laughing to themselves.
The sights were all too familiar to him, screaming crowd, frantic announcer and all the other fighters watching the stage intensely. To Pit is was deja-vu except this time he knew who his opponent was, what he looked like and this time Pit was ready; he watched as the blonde boy strolled onto the stage and looked around at the people's faces of disappointment and his new very small fan base who were stuffed high up the coliseum seats.
"Now it's Shulk time!" He shouted out causing most of the audience to boo, he ignored it and bathed in the cheers of his fans.
"I didn't know you liked being praised so much." Pit said.
"I don't, not by regular weaklings like them anyway, but for the sake of PR and Snake's job I thought I'd better act this way." Shulk replied giving a cocky smile.
"Let's just hurry this up." Pit said, clenching his fist.
The second the announcer finished shouting the word three Pit was charging straight towards Shulk, he dived low and swung his dual-blades to which Shulk jumped over; he smiled a cocky smile as he kicked his feet out towards Pit's face however, the angel spun his blades to counter the kicks and Shulk jumped back. Pit swung his other hand forward in an attempt to grab hold of Shulk however he was just out of reach so noticing this shulk brought his Monado forward into a circle slice, extending it and landing a blow on Pit which sent the angel back a little bit. Pit kicked off the floor and spun his blades horizontally in front of him as Shulk landed, the God slayes managed to block the attack and with a swish deflected the blow to the side. Shulk threw a fist forward but Pit grabbed it and pulled the boy towards him, bringing his knee up however Shulk jumped up, dragging Pit's arm upwards and unleashed a kick to the angel's face. Pit hit the ground with a thud but he managed to roll out the way as Shulk slammed the sword blade into the ground where he once was, as Pit rolled he fired off an arrow straight at Shulk.
"Heh, these things don't work!." Shulk yelled as he held the Monado like a shield.
"Are you so sure?" Pit laughed cockily.
Shulk's eyes widened as he looked down to see Pit's blue arrow go straight through the blade and then, through him.
"Gah!" He moaned as his body fell backwards.
"It's not over yet!" Pit yelled as he dashed forwards with the upper-dash arm.
"You've grown stronger but that's not enough!" Shulk yelled as he jumped back.
Just as Pit's lunge looked to be coming to an end the angel flapped his wings and burst forward wand in synch with numerous cheers from the crowd he landed a straight uppercut into Shulk's stomach.
"And Pit lands a strong blow!" The announcer yelled as Shulk went flying into the air and landed with a thud.
Up in the fighter's viewing area all the fighters cheered, Link and Sam were dancing while Dark Pit nodded towards the arena. Ganon stared as he watched Shulk drop against the floor, his gaze turned to Pit as he thought about what Dark Pit said last night.
The office was relatively quiet as he was filling in paperwork as per usual.
"Damn kids and their damn bulls, and this damn paperwork!" He groaned.
"Well isn't someone grouchy." Dark Pit said as he strolled into the room.
"Ah, well about time you decided to come see me." Gannon said as he looked up at the dark angel, "If this is about tomorrow then I have more than enough time to change the match."
"No no, it'll do."
"So Pit will win right?"
"No, not in a long-shot." Dark pit sighed, taking a seat on an office chair.
"What? Then why the hell are we doing this? I Need to cancel the match!" Gannon yelled as he stood up and headed towards the exit to the office.
"Stop, the match will continue!" Dark Pit said forcefully, blocking the Demon Lord's exit.
"But Pit can't win you said, I will not have my family hurt even more!"
"Me and Shulk are in the family too and you are hoping to see Shulk beaten to a pulp aren't you?"
"That doesn't matter, I'm cancelling it!"
"That'll make Pit worse! He needs to lose, for his own growth! But this time, he's strong enough to convey his feelings!"
"His feelings?"
"All throughout the fights each fighter shows how much they enjoy it and they all give their best, but with Shulk that never happened. While Pit gave it his all he couldn't match Shulk's feelings and that lead to Pit's breakdown; in the fight against Pac-man Shulk felt how Pit did, a whole different level of strength but now that's different! Pit's close enough to convey his feelings, not just to Shulk but to the other fighters and he will save Smash! You cancel the match and you end this entire thing as a whole!"
Ganon remembered the determined and strong gaze of the Dark angel's eyes and despite the claims that were made, he wanted Pit to win. He turned his eyes to Shulk and watched, preparing himself for whatever aftermath may come.
Shulk stood up slowly, he was hunched over and his shaggy blonde air hung over the arena floor, the Monado rested against the floor gently. It started with a squeak, which then grew into a small chuckle and then a full-grown mad laughter as Shulk looked up with a mad smile across his face.
"Oh Pit! I'm really feeling it!" Shulk yelled as a purple glow emerged around his body and with a swing of his sword he sent a wave of wind at Pit.
The angel was stunned, both by the gust of wind and the words Shulk said, he'd reached him. Shulk dashed at Pit and swung the extended blade forwrads, the blue energy collided with Pit's swords and sent the angel flying.
"Damn, he increased his strength!" Pit thought.
The angel wasn't sent too far back though and so he separated the bow and let his right blade slash forwards but Shulk swerved around it brought the blade into an upwards slice which knocked the angel of balance, he slammed the tip of the handle into the ground and with a pulse the blade extended, hitting Pit straight up his shoulder and sent the angel into the air. Using his wings he recovered and fired arrows straight down at Shulk who dodged them as he jumped at then angel.
"These arrows can't bend, you trade mobility for power!" Shulk yelled as he swung the Monado over his head and towards the angel.
Pit blocked the blade by parrying it and with his left sword he sliced across Shulk's face and sent him towards the ground; Shulk landed and recovered just in time to dodge the angel's dive-bomb. A blue burst appeared at the tip of Pit's blades as he swung them forwards with an increased momentum keeping the exchange of blows between him and Shulk frequent.
"You used this trick last time!" Shulk yelled as the purple glow turned to blue and after blocking a blow he landed a quick but weak slice,"Firing incomplete arrows to increase the speed is good but it won't match up with me!"
He was right, every hit Pit attempted Shulk blocked and thanks to his power of increased speed he was able to land a blow, he needed to land some more hits. He took a deep breath, Shulk saw the opening and made a quick, horizontal slash; Pit ducked down and then pushed off the floor with one hand, kicking Shulk in the legs (which pushed him off the ground, chest and then head which sent the boy high into the air. Pit followed up with a lead and then spun the joined blades above his head, hitting Shulk multiple times in the chest. As Shulk fell, he turned his back to Pit and thrust the Monado behind him, the pulse of the blade stabbed Pit in the side and sent the angel spiralling towards the ground. The two landed, though Shulk's was more soft, and they dived at each-other once more. Shulk grabbed Pit and pushed him back, following with a strong upwards slice, the angel rolled across the floor and dived Shulk spinning the blades horizontally in front of him.
"Smash!" Shulk yelled, the energy around him turned red as he rolled around Pit, the angels back was exposed, "Back-slash!".
Shulk jumped up and the pulse of the Monado turned long and red as he unleashed a painfully loud slice down Pit's back, the angel screamed as he went flying into the air and off the stage, falling into the abyss below. A few seconds later Pit appeared on the stage once more, on his knees below Shulk.
"Hey, that was much better, I was really feeling it!" Shulk said, offering his hand to Pit.
The angel took it timidly as he was pulled up and their arms were high in the air, the whole crowd cheered as the fighters on stage celebrated their match, most the fighters in the viewing area stood up and clapped (except for Dark Pit who yet again, nodded at the stage). Pit scanned the crowd looking at all the cheering faces when he spotted one person in particular. He saw the long blue hair that waved in the wind and his blue yes met her crying green ones.
"Roxie." He said quietly, Shulk noticed the young angel's gaze and let go of his hand.
Pit ran towards the exit of the stadium leaving Shulk to bask in the crowds cheers. Up in the viewing area Sam stood up to run to Pit but Robina grabbed him and pulled him onto her lap.
"Not right not sweet-heart, you're not the only one who cares for Pit." She giggled.
Pit ran down the seemingly never ending corridor until finally a corner came into his sights and just as he turned to go into it, he was tackled down by what looked like a blue furby.
"Woah, gah!" He yelled as he fell back against the wall, he looked down to see the blue-haired girl's head now digging tightly into his chest.
"Pit, you stupid idiot! You're stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid!" She said with a muffled scream.
"Roxie." Pit said gently, placing his hand on her head.
"Don't 'Roxie' me!" She yelled, lifting her head up and making eye contact with him, "D-do you know how worried I was about you? They wouldn't let me see you and then you had a break-down and then my weekly shift was over so I couldn't get access to here and I-I couldn't see my baby!" She sniffled, tears rolling down her face.
"I-I'm really sorry Roxie, I promise I'll be more careful from now on!" Pit said, starting to cry too.
"You better be, my stupid stupid angel."
They hugged each-other tightly and sat there and cried in the corner for hours.
The 'teen's table' was annoyingly loud for the other fighters but on a night like this they could ignore it.
"Here he is, our fighter to the very end, general Pit!" Link yelled happily, dragging the angel on top of the table while everyone else yelled at the hyrulian for moving their meals again.
"H-hey come on now I lost." Pit said.
"But you were incredible! You made some amazing moves, all your training was worth it." Palutena said happily, pulling him back down onto the bench where Roxie held his arm tightly.
"It just makes me want to train harder to match your strength!" Sam said confidently.
"Mhmm, it would be a wise tactical play." Robin said, considering the idea himself.
"Yeah, we all have to train as to not get left behind!" Zelda said.
"Well most of us do, some of us will just take drugs." Marth laughed.
"Oi." Ike said, slapping the back of the prince's head lightly while everyone laughed.
"I say Pit, you've made quite an impact on us all." Lucina said happily.
"I haven't done anything, if anyone you should thank Pittoo or Shulk." Pit said.
"Shulk? He's the bad guy in this right?" Link asked.
"So you see it to then?" Robin said looking at Pit.
"I felt it." Pit replied.
"Felt what?" Sam asked.
"When Shulk says all the horrible thing he says, it doesn't feel like he's the same person as when he fights. I'm not as strong as him but when we fought I could feel his feelings and they were the same as when we fought Sam." Pit said.
"Aw, is my act really up?" Shulk said, walking over towards the teens.
Everyone but Pit and Robin gave him hostile stares.
"It is, now I should ask why you've been acting like Link when he can't beat rainbow road on the 150cc." Robin asked.
"Hey the Mario Kart 8 rainbow road is hard man, that's low!" Link hissed.
"Well you see," Shulk said, pulling a letter out of his pocket. "To a Mr. Shulk, I am writing to you to invite you to Smash! As of late a lot of veteran fighters have been getting lazy and they need to be brought back to shape, your strength is remarkable and I know you would be able to influence everyone to become stronger once again however; I ask of you to act arrogant and obnoxious to bring out the fires of rivalry in the fighters. I hope you agree and I would be happy to see you fight amongst the best." Shulk read out.
"Who...who was that from?" Sam asked, his head began to hurt from the clashing feelings racing through his head now.
"Most likely our benefactor." Ganon said as he walked over to the teens, "We'd noticed a lot of veterans had been becoming lazy and made him aware of the trouble however we never thought he'd bring someone new in out of no-where; however you filled your role too well and had negative affects on the fighters rather than the intended one. We were lucky it was Pit you fought and that lead to bringing Dark Pit in, I don't think we'd be were we are today without both of you. Anyway, eat up, we should all rest after today."
"So may I sit with you lot?" Shulk asked politely.
"I don't see why not, though you are going to have to earn some trust." Link laughed.
"I'd love to." Shulk laughed sitting on the end next to Sam, "Hey no hard feelings right? We had a fight at one point right?" He said to Sam.
"We did yeah, that was pretty rough too. I suppose since you're you now we can start again." Sam said nervously, offering Shulk his hand.
"Thank you, it means alot." Shulk said with a wide smile.
The clock stuck twelve as Ganon turned on his computer, he was tired of everything right now and really did not feel like speaking to him right now but he had to and so with a sigh he reluctantly opened up the video communication line.
"Ah Ganondorf, everything has gone well hasn't it?" The distorted voice said.
"Not as swimmingly as I had hoped but people will start settling down now." He replied, hiding his current hate for him.
"Well I'd like to make you aware that Shulk is not the last person to join your house, and there will be more before we proceed to the island."
"Hm, well I appreciate you telling me in advance, can you tell me who these people will be?"
"No. That would ruin the fun for the fighters and of course, for you."
"Of course sir." Ganon said through gritted teeth.
"I promise you Ganon, the island will be fun and everything will go well but until then I have stuff to prepare so for now deal with the needs of the fighters and the fans."
"As always sir."
"And before I go Ganon, the Mii fighter, Sam is a problem. You know what needs to be fixed."
"Yes...unfortunately I do." Ganon said as the call ended.
And that's it folks! The shulk arc is all over and done, of course we'll go back to weekly adventures and it'll be a while before the next arc but I assure you the next arc is even better! Until then please enjoy the story of the fighters and tune in for next wednesday! Bye bye.
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