The Results of the War
Disclaimer: I do not own Super Smash Brothers Brawl or any of the characters. I only own Sun-Wong, Isaak, Himeno, Roger, Aqua, Mcenche, Pepper, Li, Abbigale, Queen Neptune, Prince Pluto, Emperor Apollo, Queen Hinata, Queen Zoe, Prince Henry, Queen Crystal, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter and the little bat Hoshi-Tsuki but not who he is. Zelina and Sao belong to Zelina56. I also own Nina, Serenade, Fuyumi, Ian, Wright, the arch-angels and the Angel Assembly.
Summary: Tsusuki claims victory over Angel Land and takes over but not before Pepper escapes thanks to the help of a member from the Angel Assembly. She won't get far though without help from friends from space.
Me: Enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 35: The Results of the War
Pepper cursed her luck as she tried to ride out of Angel Land. Demons seem to notice an angel leaving the area and decided that she was easy pickings. That wasn't the case because Chobi just burned them all with his fiery breathe.
Why the hell are they all going after me? Pepper asked herself. What is everyone doing?
She knew the answer but wouldn't acknowledge it because if she did, she would have to admit that she was alone in this battle to defend Angel Land. It still puzzled her how they could all be defeated so easily. Who was the opponent?
Chobi burned all weapons that were thrown at them which included pitch forks, spears and hand axes.
"Where is someone when you need them the most?" Pepper questioned as Chobi continued to the gate to Heaven. Once she was out of it, she would be able to fly to any world and get some reinforcements. In order to do that though, she had to get through space and she hoped that a certain spaceship was nearby instead of zipping across the galaxy.
The red angel saw the gate of Heaven up ahead. Just a little more and she would be out of this miserable dump and find reinforcements.
"Keep it up Chobi!" Pepper cheered.
Chobi squawked in delight as it charged forward at top speed. This prevented it from attacking the demons that were after them though. One of the demons in particular decided to aim a spear at Chobi's feet. A Chocobo's one weakness when running so fast.
The spear collided with the yellow bird. Chobi stopped running instantly and almost had Pepper thrown over him if she didn't hang on for dear life. By not flying into the air, she hit her head on Chobi's hard one. She could have sworn the impact caused her to lose some brain cells.
"Oww..."
Before the red angel could recover, the demons already surrounded her and Chobi to her dismay.
"Curse my bad luck..." Pepper complained as she got her dagger out ready to knock some demons away. The door was beyond this group so if they could get to the door, then Angel Land could possibly be saved.
Li stood in front of a familiar door. The door to his room.
It's been so long standing in front of my door that it's almost scary...Li thought to himself. His heart was racing. He had to confirm the truth. He would have already done it if he didn't feel so insecure. What if he opened the door and he found out that he was wrong this whole time and brought Angel Land to his doom? What if he opened the door and there was nothing there at all but false hope? There was only one way to find out.
Li gulped as he grabbed the door knob of his room. He slowly twisted it. The dark angel expected to hear the door creak. Instead, the door slowly opened with no sign that his room was old. In fact, someone came into his room multiple times preventing the door from creaking.
Slowly, Li stepped into his old room. He paled upon seeing it.
Everything was left as it was before the day of that Medusa decided to attack Angel Land. The room was infiltrated though numerous times to patch it up and to assure that no dust would collect.
Items that were originally not in his room were placed on his bed. Those items were his birthday presents.
Li walked over to his bed. He picked up a piece of crumbled paper that read "Happy Birthday Lived! Congratulations for turning 18!" in green and "We still love you Lived! Hope you're happy where you are" in maroon. It was signed by the 8th seat of the royal bodyguards.
"Her card sucks..." Li mumbled but felt a small smile threatening to appear on his face. The smile ceased to exist though as he looked at the other presents. Sure enough, all of the royal bodyguards including the librarian Nina was generous enough to wrap him a present. The only ones that didn't seem to have the time to think of him were the Goddess Palutena herself and Pit. Those two were very important to him, so why didn't they give him anything?
Palutena must have her reason, but Pit was with that human...
Thinking about the white angel only irritated him more than it should. He needed to focus on what was important, which wasn't looking back at the past but conquering Angel Land with Tsusuki.
It was then did he notice the boutique of black roses behind the stack of presents. The black petals were enough to catch Li's eye as he picked up the boutique and read the card that was attached to it to see who it was from. He gasped.
"Isaak..."
The name on the card was enough for Li's heart to beat at an alarming rate. The card had more than just his signature on it though. He took his time to open and read the card all the way through. In his mind, he thought that Isaak would say something completely stupid that would make him consider Pepper's card better than the card that he stashed away with the roses.
That realization leisurely came to him as he got near the end of the card. Once he hit rock bottom with the card, he felt his strength leaving him as he felt himself collapse to his knees clutching the card in his hands which were trembling.
Isaak...
Just like when he turned the yellow angel into a feather, he felt tears falling from his eyes again only this time, he couldn't stop them this time. Only this time no one would see him cry like this. Only this time, he truly regretted his actions...but he couldn't turn back on his actions.
The battle ended instantly the moment Abbigale challenged Captain Pit to a duel. He was far too powerful when possessed. He attacked without hesitation and when wounded, he didn't even flinch. He wouldn't let up either and soon Abbigale could no longer fight anymore due to her body failing her.
"If I was just a few years younger, I would be able to take you on..." Abbigale mumbled.
"Abbigale!" Winter cried out as she rushed to the old lady.
Pit didn't sheath his swords though. He was ready to kill anybody who would get in Tsusuki's way. Palutena couldn't believe that this man would do this to her beloved captain. She could only watch and wait. Even though she was the Goddess, it was a rule made by the other Gods and Goddesses to not help their fellow comrades in battle. Because she didn't lend them her power the first time though, they lost to Medusa and she lost Li or so everyone thinks. Angel Land was going to lose again and she couldn't do anything.
"I'm disappointed that you won't step down and fight," Tsusuki said with a laugh, "Even the inexperienced Queen of Crimea fought against me even though she had no chance of winning. But you," Tsusuki chuckled, "You just sit there in that chair and watch your people die before your very eyes. Pathetic."
"I am a Goddess." Palutena explained calmly, "There is nothing I can do."
Tsusuki continued to laugh as he went over to Pit and patted him on the head.
"That's a shame. I wanted a fight with the Goddess of Heaven but I guess I'll have to settle with this lousy victory."
Pit continued to give a cold stare to the angels he once loved. He still did but under the dark influence he couldn't care less for their well being.
"I hear by declare that Angel Land is ours for the taking," Tsusuki concluded before chanting a dark spell. Palutena recognized it to well. She could only pray that at least one of her children has escaped this wretch place covered in darkness.
"BE GONE!"
A dark light flashed and all you could hear was Abbigale and Winter calling out to their Goddess.
Pepper thought that by killing her stepsister made her cursed forever. The demons just kept coming and she was still at the same location when she started attacking. Chobi was warn out and wasn't much use.
Why did I leave my Wii Remote at the palace? Pepper asked herself. I could have turned it into something...
She was screwed...or so she thought.
The demon that was about to attack her was blasted away by soundwaves. The attack killed the demon instantly because the sound was fast enough to kill someone. The demons back off. Pepper got back on her Chocobo and checked to see who was her savior. She thought it was Ian given the only person that was able to use sound based spells was him...but it could have also been Serenade, but her spells aren't that aggressive. She was surprised to see who it was.
"I thought the Angel Assembly was going to sit back and watch Skyworld fall!" Pepper cried out, "Who knew the soon to be judge would step out and save me. I wonder if that's a blessing or a curse."
A young male angel came before her. He looked identical to Ian in terms of hair color but that was mainly it. His whitish or silver (or whatever color it was Pepper didn't care and grouped those two colors in the same category) was very long to the point that it touched his rear end. He also had some of his hair tied up in a single bun but that did nothing to hide the rest of his rapunzel like hair. His clothes were very feminine, but that was a given because the clothes suited for a male judge did not fit him. With a few frills there that made him look like he was wearing something that a certain prosecutor would wear in that Ace Attorney series and a picture of a scale embedded on the part of the outfit where his chest would be, he tried very hard to be intimidating but failed to be in terms of clothes. What was intimidating though was not his long hair or his judge outfit or even the musical note earrings he wore on his ear but the fact that he wore an eyepatch on his left eye. It allowed him to give a menacing glare to the demons that were coming at them and they backed up as a result. His weapon of choice seemed to be two sais that were in his hands but there was a staff that was levitating behind him.
"How pathetic to see a royal bodyguard at the mercy of such weak demons." Was all he said in a smug tone.
"I ran out of energy!" Pepper spat back furious that he was the exact opposite of Ian...or was actually identical in the sense of pissing her off. "And there are too many of them!"
"Have you ever thought of summoning Ifrit?" He asked annoyed. Despite having a pretty face, he was deadly in battle being able to destroy all the demons that were too close to him without having to move a finger. Was that telekinesis?
Pepper gave him a dumbfounded look.
"Thought so." The pretty boy mumbled as he shook his head in mock shame.
"Hey! I told you that I'm out of gas! No way I can summon Ifrit!"
"Hopeless..."
"I don't see you summoning yours. Oh wait! You can't because you're not a bodyguard and the way your powers work, you would be swallowed by your own Aeon!"
A sai was thrown in Pepper's direction cutting a bit of her hair but impaling a demon in the forehead killing it.
"You were in the way."
"Damn you..."
The boy used his powers to pull the sai out of the demon's skull and brought the bloody said back into his hands. He looked past the red angel to see more demons approaching.
"The demons are coming!" The young reminded the fire angel as he gathered more power and manifested it into his weapon. "Pepper, you need to get through the door and warn Merlon about the war."
"The old man already knows," Pepper told her.
"Then that will make it easier. The door will probably lead you to outer space. If you're lucky, the Comet Observatory will be nearby. If you can get help from her, then you should be able to get other people from other words to join up. If you can get enough reinforcements, then Angel Land...and every other world will be saved."
"I knew that much! It's called playing Super Smash Brothers Brawl!"
"Just go!"
Pepper shrieked as she ordered Chobi to move again as he rested long enough. The Chocobo squawked and rushed toward the door. The red angel turned her head to see the man shooting magic from the staff that was twirling behind him. He may have been a one-man army but there was a limit to how much magic he could use. Besides, he seemed to be the only Angel Assembly member willing to help out in Angel Land.
"Thanks for saving me uh...Valkerie?"
"It's Valerie."
"R-Right. Try to survive."
"I will, just make sure that you don't get yourself killed before you can get help."
With that said, the door to outer space opened up magically and Chobi ran through it. Instantly, the door closed on its own. The moment Pepper entered the door was the moment that this would be the downfall of Tsusuki's plans.
Midna sighed. She knew it was useless to prevent Li from obeying that bastard Tsusuki. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't stop him from turning Pit over to the dark side. The moment the planet petrified, she disappeared into the shadows and used the shadows to transport herself to the planet she thought she wouldn't have to return to. Tellius.
Tellius gave her bad memories. She remembered how she failed to stop Li from killing that child. The child that Ike considered his lover. Because of her failure, she couldn't bring herself to come back but she felt a pulse in her heart the minute Pepper went into the door to outer space. It confused her why she was able to feel it. Maybe it was a sign telling her to gather Ike's men and lead them to Angel Land where they will be able to reunite with their commander.
Yet here she was hiding in the darkness. Night had fallen Crimea and the world was silent except for the rebuilding of the capital that was attacked by Tsusuki. She wondered how many months its been since she left.
Trying to avoid any Beroc or Laguz, she traveled by shadows. With so many trees that gave off their shadows, it made it easier to not be detected. Not like there was anyone out here.
Her short trip took her to the Greil Mercenary base. She froze. The Queen of Twilight was not ready to return to them. Ike entrusted their safety to her in case the vice commander failed to carry out her duty but that confused her. Titania was one of Ike's trusted companions yet the moment he lost Soren was probably when he lost trust in everyone.
She heard voices. Quickly, she hid in the bushes and listened.
"Hey Shinon, you drank too much," she heard someone complain, "you got to give it a break."
The other's voice could not be heard well mainly because he was drunk and he was well on the verge of passing out. Midna took a peek out of the bushes and saw that the two people were members of the Greil Mercenaries. If she remembered correctly, their names were Gatrie and Shinon and they contributed a lot toward saving Crimea a second time. Gatrie, the older of the two was apparently worried for the other.
Why do humans drink so much? Midna asked herself.
"Shaddup! Since when did ya ever start caring for me?"
Gatrie frowned, "Since Commander Ike left and when Soren died during that attack. Shinon, you haven't been yourself since then. Did that really affect you?"
"'Course not! Why would I care about the blue pup...and that brat had it coming to him...if he just waited a little longer, he would be getting laid with the commander...-hic-"
Midna felt even more guilty hearing those words.
"I prefer it this way. Titania is the better commander..."
"Shinon..."
Midna took the chance to leave but she ended up making the bushes rustle catching both mercenaries attention.
"Whose there?" Shinon questioned as he pushed himself away from Gatrie (as he was leaning on him for support) and got out his bow, "If you don't come out, I'll shoot you...where it hurts...-hic-"
"That's not a good idea Shinon...you'll hit someone else..." Gatrie mumbled. He was liking going to be the target if things kept up.
"Not a good idea indeed," Midna said as she showed herself.
The Queen of Twilight thought by showing herself, Shinon would put his bow away. She was wrong. He shot at her anyway but he missed. Midna was stunned that even when drunk, he almost hit her.
"Dangerous..."
"Oh. It's 'hat thing."
Midna glared at the drunk, "I am not a thing! That bastard turned me into an imp!"
"Sub-human?"
Gatrie sighed in annoyance. At times like this, he just wanted to knock his friend out to avoid anymore trouble for everyone around them.
Midna didn't have to explain much. She just asked Gatrie if she could speak with Titania. The blonde general lead her and his drunk friend back to the Greil Mercenary base. Rhys was waiting for them because he was worried that something bad might have happened.
The Queen of Twilight realized that by Ike leaving them and with Soren's death, they all changed in their own ways.
"You're paranoid Rhys..." Shinon murmured, "Ain't we getting killed at a time like this..."
Gatrie shook his head, "Rhys, could you lead her to Titania. I got to take care of him."
"I need no taking care of!" Shinon complained. His speech was completely slurred at this point.
Rhys nodded his head and lead Midna to Titania as Gatrie dragged Shinon to their house.
"I'm sorry you saw Shinon like this," Rhys apologized in a soft tone, "He's been like this since Soren died and Commander Ike left us..."
"I didn't-"
Rhys smiled softly, "By doing this, we all realized that he does care for both of them greatly. It makes me wonder what terrible things could have happened to him in his lifeline..."
I ruined everyone's life here...Midna thought to herself as Rhys showed her to the main house where the Greil Mercenaries would have a discussion. When they entered, Midna realized that it was quiet. Too quiet for her liking? Was it like this before Tsusuki came? Or was the room lively and filled with love and joy?
"Titania, Midna would like to see you..." Rhys told the deputy commander.
Titania looked up from the books and saw the imp. Midna couldn't bare to look at her either. She appeared the same the last time she saw her but it seemed like a part of her left when Ike and Soren left as well. Soren was the tactician and he did the chore that involved any books. Without him, Titania was stuck with it despite the fact that she could get help from Rhys or Oscar but she also had Ike's job to worry about. The Greil Mercenaries were a mess and unless Ike returned soon, the place might break apart.
"It's been a while..." Midna mumbled.
"Yes, for too long," Titania replied.
Midna scowled. She had to get her motivation up as well as everyone else.
"I located the murderer of your tactician," Midna said in a serious tone.
That was enough to get the deputy commander listening. Rhys was surprised as well.
"You overheard me talking to Ike right?"
Titania nodded her head.
"Well, there was no way I'm lying. In fact, if I told you that Ike failed to kill the murderer the first time, would you come help us?"
"Who is us?"
Midna turned around and saw the remaining Greil Mercenaries except Shinon. The Queen of Twilight smiled. This was perfect for her.
"I'm saying that the murderer or rather Tsusuki is unstoppable now and Ike can't defeat him on his own. He needs all the help he can get."
"Where is he? Where's my brother?" Mist questioned in a worried tone.
Midna pointed above, "He's up there fighting, and that's where we're going. I just want to ask you guys something though. Do you think you can get those who helped during the attack on Crimea to help for this battle?"
Titania was about to respond but Midna continued.
"If we can kill Tsusuki once and for all I guarantee that Commander Ike will come back...and possibly Soren..."
Midna's words were unbelievable but it lit a spark in the Greil Mercenaries' hearts. They wanted Ike back. They wanted Soren back. They wanted everything to go back before the attack.
"I am so in!" cheered Mia as she got her sword out almost hitting Boyd in the face.
"Hey! Watch it!" Boyd shouted, "I'm in too!"
"And me!" Rolf added, "I was there yet..."
"It wasn't your fault Rolf," Oscar told his younger brother, "You weren't strong enough then but I guarantee you won't fail again."
Rolf nodded his head.
"I can't get out of this can I?" Rhys asked in a worried tone.
Titania shook her head, "No, you can't Rhys, but why would you? We can actually get our Commander and possibly Soren back. It's worth a shot."
"Hate to break it to you, but are we going to do about Shinon?" Gatrie asked, "He's wasted."
"I'll go heal him," Rhys replied, "Everyone else should focus on getting ready."
"When are we leaving?" Mia asked slowly regaining her genki nature back at the thought of battling.
"The moment you gather your allies," Midna answered.
High above the planets was the vast galaxy. In that vast galaxy, a flying spacecraft known as the Comet Observatory hovered over the petrified planet. The Comet Observatory is the home to Princess Rosalina and the adorable Lumas. Normally Rosalina would command her spacecraft to zip around the galaxy but after Pit joined Tsusuki's side, the Comet Observatory has remained stationed since.
Rosalina tried to get in contact with Smash Brothers Mansion more precise Princess Peach but no prevail. She assumed that communication died on the planet as well as most life. She wondered what was going on, but she would soon get her answer.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Rosalina looked up. Above was a yellow bird that was trying to land but failed due to gravity issues. A red angel was holding on for dear life asking out loud how the fuck they could breathe in space.
"Look Mama, it's a new type of Luma!" a small Luma declared.
Rosalina giggled as she got out her wand and twirled it. When she did, the bird and the angel fell to the surface of the Comet Observatory.
"Oww! My face!" the red angel complained.
"Oh! It's not a Luma!" the Luma cried out.
"Then what is it?" another one asked.
"It's an angel and a Chocobo," Polari, a black, elderly Luma explained, "The one with the red wings is called an angel. The yellow bird is called a Chocobo."
The Lumas squealed in delight upon hearing the explanation.
Rosalina took the time to help Pepper on her feet. Pepper could only stare at the princess. She was just as beautiful as Palutena.
But there are other women I consider beautiful...hey! What's with these thoughts?
"May I ask why an angel from Angel Land is here?" Rosalina questioned in her monotone voice.
Pepper stared at feet and frowned, "Angel Land is under attack," she began clarifying, "And I was sent to gather allies to defeat this new evil."
Rosalina nodded her head, "Is this why the planet below us is petrified and devoid of life?"
"What?"
Pepper looked out and gasped, "Holy shit! I had no idea that Pit was so powerful..."
"Pit?"
"Our Captain Pit is the element of light. If you say that planet is devoid of life, then that must mean that Pit must have taken away the sunlight from the planet...but why would he do that?"
Rosalina had to disagree with Pepper's hypothesis. This seemed to be a dark power coming from the white angel's heart. Elements don't matter in this situation.
"By allies, what do you mean?"
"Anybody!" Pepper declared, "I don't care who they are or where they come from but we need allies to help defeat our enemy!"
Rosalina stared at the fire angel showing no emotion before saying, "Do you want me to contact other planets for assistance?"
"Yes! I pray that they are all good people!"
"Very well," Rosalina said, "I will use my powers to-"
She was cut off. She heard someone talking to her in her head.
"Well, I guess I know our first allies."
"Who?"
"The rest of the Smashers," she replied with a smile. She couldn't wait to see Princess Peach again.
Me: TBC with 5161 words.
Yohko: FINALLY! What took so long?
Me: Final exams. It took a month but I'm finally done. I said I would show you the final results. First are the Final Exams score and then my official grade!
1st Period = Language Arts Honors I
Final Exam score (presentation): 45/50 90% = A-
Semester Grade: A (99.45)
2nd Period = Integrated Math I
Final Exam score: 73% = C
Semester Grade: A- (92.13)
3rd Period = Biology
Final Exam score: 108/120 90% = A-
Semester Grade: A (94.07)
4th Period = Bioscience Explorations
Final Exam score: 67/68 98.63% = A
Semester Grade: A- (91.66)
5th Period = Anatomy and Psychology
Final Exam score: 60/67 89.55% = B+
Semester Grade: A (96.43)
6th Period = Microsoft Office (computers)
Final Exam score: 95/100 95% = A
Semester Grade: A (97.81)
Math was so damn hard. I gave up when the preps started talking and being really loud that I couldn't even calculate in my head anymore. The same was for Biology and Anatomy. In Biology, the teacher said that whoever got the highest grade would be the A and would set the score. Bad luck would happen if someone got a perfect. In reality, I missed 30 questions or so because it was out of 145.
Yohko: Oh.
Me: Notes!
1. If Mario can turn a Wii Remote into a baseball glove then I can do! Got a problem? Sue me!
2. Yep. My Aeon is Ifrit. He's in almost every Final Fantasy game expect Final Fantasy 12.
But...I had a life with my Wii for the whole month of January but it seems like I've been having bad luck on the internet. I got so many questions.
1. What was in the card that Isaak wrote?
2. What the hell did Tsusuki did to Palutena?
3. Will the Greil Mercenaries be the same again?
So this is Haruhi, Shusui and Rosalina had made their appearances. Hooray!
And now I will start rambling.
Yohko: Oh boy. If you don't want to hear this, stop and review. Otherwise continue.
Me: So I got prizes for getting all As. Two games I got were Mario Kart Wii along with the wheel and Animal Crossing City Folk with Wii Speak. So if anyone wants my Wii Code for those games, you have to wait until Friday because that's when I'll be able to play. But please give me your Wii Code my friends and I'll chat with you in Animal Crossing and race with you in Mario Kart Wii. Now we can play three games online! Whee!
Oh! I beat Tales of Symphonia 2 and got the Best Ending. I LOVE Ratatosk to death! He's on my favorite anime/video game list along with Shinon...and Zelos...and Albel and Pit...and the list could go on.
I beaten Fire Emblem Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn multiple times it's not even funny. I got the Soren conversation in RD and I was happy. I just have two more info scenes before I get 100 percent. I'm trying to get Shinon on the top of the kills list but so far he's always in second place. The first three times were Haar and the fourth one was Edward. I know how to get Shinon for the fifth one though, so wish me luck. That's it so...ja ne!
Tried to make more drunk language with Shinon but still doesn't go well. I avoid drunk people so...grammar mistakes too.
I used my character Valerie to replace Haruhi. He's generally the soon to be judge and despite the Angel Assembly being corrupt, he's very reasonable to deal with. It's pretty damn obvious that he's Ian's older brother but he refuses to be associated with Ian for reasons that aren't important in this story. His powers are music/sound based like Ian and he also has the power of telekinesis.