Well it's been a while but finally glad to get Chapter 37 done. Not the most eventful chapter but glad to finally get it done. Nothing much to say this time. I hope you all are enjoying the story so far. With that all said, I hope you enjoy the next chapter.
We now see the Investigation Team along with Marie reunited back at the Langham Place hotel, as they were in the boy's room. Marie went to speak with Elizabeth and Theodore about what happened earlier, while the entire Investigation Team were busy talking, as they all informed Yu of the situation, as he sat on his bed, with a tray that had a hot bowl of New England clam chowder on it, with a metal spoon in it. As soon as they were done telling him everything that happened, he closed his eyes to think of the situation. When he finally opened them up, he decided to say his thoughts on what he just heard.
"This is bad. If we run into Bowser again in the future, he can get hostile with us all again." Yu stated, as the rest of the Investigation Team nodded in agreement. "Yosuke… nice job handling the situation,"
"Thanks partner!" Yosuke happily boasted. "But I do agree. Man that Bowser guy gets mad really easily. I hated dealing with that Petey Piranha monster he sent after us earlier as well."
"At least Petey Piranha didn't chew on you Yosuke! That hurt a lot!" Teddie whined with a pained grimace on his face. Teddie got out of his bear suit, as he stretched himself and was back in his human form. "Thankfully Kanji made me my bear suit finally. Being bit as my beautiful pretty boy self, would have been more painful,"
"Maybe Petey Piranha just likes bear meat," Kanji said to try to brighten the mood while Teddie just sighed from what he heard. "But Yu sempai is right. That Bowser guy is going to be a real pain! Someone should put that guy in his place!"
"Why don't you go fight him than Kanji?" Rise said to taunt Kanji. Kanji just sweated bullets, as the thought of him standing before the large Koopa King, made him feel nervous. "But I do agree he is a big jerk, that's for sure,"
"I don't think any of us should fight him. He's probably turn us all into what happens to a Shadow after I use Agidyne to it," Yukiko spoke, as she imagined Bowser breathing fire on them all, and them all running around with themselves on fire.
"Not to mention, he also stomp us flat, like he did to my soccer ball earlier," Chie whined as she sighed right after. "I really wanted to play earlier, but that big bully turtle had to ruin my soccer ball!"
"We still need to talk to Marie and find out what happened exactly, that made Bowser become hostile with us," Naoto noted calmly. "Though seeing the type of actions and disposition, the Koopa King has displayed so far, he is still someone we should be cautious around, if we encounter him again in the future. Yu sempai, it's best we alert the SEES members of what happened to us earlier today, as soon as possible, to let them know to be more wary of that king,"
Yu nodded with what he heard, as he took out his cellphone and began to dial for Minato's cellphone number. We now go back to see Minato and the other members of SEES in their personal conference room, as Minato was going over the various new things the others researched, while he was gone. They had learned of many other items, Assist Trophies, and so on, with all the knowledge they were now allowed access too. The group as a whole had learned of many interesting fighters besides the ones they knew about before.
Fighters like a 2D man who fought with an odd assortment of tools and devices, one would have from many odd jobs, a blue hedgehog who was known as the fastest thing alive, a living yellow ball like creature with legs and arms that had a huge appetite, a short guy who wore a spacesuit and worked with cute little plant like alien creatures, a gorilla that wore a red tie that Little Mac had a boxing match with in his past, a humanoid vulpine that was the leader of his own mercenary unit named Star Fox, an intergalactic bounty hunter who sometimes fought without her armored suit, and so on and so forth. Needless to say it was a wide range of different and diverse fighters from many different worlds.
"Man all these different fighters." Akihiko said in astonishment. "Definitely a bigger tournament then both the P-1 Tournament and P-1 Climax… I did spar against Little Mac... maybe-"
"You sound like you might want to fight all these other fighters Akihiko sempai," Junpei teased, while Akihiko went into a thinking position while Mitsuru just sighed. "Personally for the record, I really rather not fight anyone, and just continue chilling and helping my buddy Minato out!"
"Well besides doing that Home Run Contest stuff with Ike," Yukari said, as Junpei just grinned from hearing that. "We've all grown to know some people in this tower in general. Target Test with Pit and Dark Pit is pretty fun,"
"Rob and Mega Man have been great companions during my time here as well for myself personally," Aigis said with a smile. Koromaru barked as he decided to input his thoughts. "And Koromaru has gotten along with the duo of Doggie and Ducky as well,"
"Fencing with Marth and Lucina has been enjoyable," Mitsuru said with a smirk. "Those two are also very pleasant to talk too as well,"
"Tch. My experience has been more of a hassle in comparison to yours. King Dedede is always asking me to cook stuff for him," Shinjiro whined as he sighed, and placed both his hands on his back. "But I'm glad the guy likes my food at least."
"Shinjiro-san also cooks for King Dedede's Waddle Dees as well!" Ken said while Shinjiro just placed a cap over his face, as that made him feel embarrassed, to have said out loud.
"That's very nice Shinjiro sempai. All those Waddle Dees must love your cooking," Fuuka said with a smile, as the imagery of the cute Waddle Dees enjoying Shinjiro's cooking, made her feel happy. "How's socializing with Bowser Jr. going Ken-kun?"
"Great! He let me try piloting his Junior Clown Car recently!" Ken sad with a big grin on his face. "Junior can be a friendly guy when he's hanging out with someone,"
"I wish I could say the same about Bowser Senior," Yukari said with an annoyed sigh. "I still can't believe he burned Minato's Evoker to ashes."
"That jerk! If he wasn't so big… and intimidating, I give him a piece of my mind!" Junpei said bravely trying to put on a brave face, but the thought of him dealing with Bowser, made him cringe with nervousness.
"If you wish to do such a thing Iori, he also lives in this tower as well if you want to see him," Mitsuru pointed out and said with a slight lighthearted smirk, while Junpei's face twitched out from what he heard. "I jest regarding confronting him. King Bowser is someone we shouldn't engage, unless it is absolutely necessary for whatever purpose,"
Before anyone else could say anything more on the situation, they all heard a cellphone begin to ring. Minato took out his cellphone, and saw the caller ID belonged to Yu's number. He opened his cellphone up and placed it near his ears with his right hand, as he answered the call.
"Hello? What is it Yu?" Minato asked. Yu began to inform Minato about everything that occurred to them earlier, while Minato could feel his left hand slowly curling into a fist, as he was starting to get sick and tired of a certain villain who liked to cause trouble. When Yu was done talking, Minato's face wore a scowl that was visible to the other SEES members, making them concerned. "Alright. I'll keep it in mind. Thanks and feel better Yu,"
"Are you alright Minato?" Fuuka asked concerned. Minato shook his head for a no, as he was not trying to feel angry at the villainous fighter. It didn't help that the Koopa King burned his previous Evoker in the past.
"Bowser sent one of his monster minions after the Investigation Team members earlier today," Minato answered bluntly. The others had mixed reactions hearing that, with some looking angry, and some looking concerned. "They managed to handle the situation but… I'm definitely not happy he did that,"
The others remained silent, as none of them were sure what to say. The atmosphere in the room became uncomfortable, as the silence kept going on. Minato sighed as he decided to leave the room. Fuuka looked towards the others and excused herself. They nodded towards her, as she got up from her chair and left the room, as Minato was seen in front of his door, about to go in, till Fuuka called out to him.
"Minato-kun… do you want to talk about it?" Fuuka asked, wanting to make sure Minato was alright. Minato turned around and tried to smile, but ended up frowning. Fuuka seeing this, gave him a hug, as he sighed.
"I don't like it when people sic a monster to those close to me," Minato said a bit tiredly, as they both walked into his room and sat on his bed. "The fact he did it to them really pisses me off,"
"I understand Minato. Bowser doing that to our friends makes me feel bad as well," Fuuka said sadly. "But I don't know if we should confront him about it now… or at all,"
"To be honest, I don't think we should either but it's just… that guy," Minato replied in frustration. The Koopa King definitely knew how to push his buttons, and that was someone who didn't even want Minato in the competition. "I guess for now we'll not try to get involved with him. It's just like Mitsuru said, we shouldn't unless it's absolutely necessary,"
Time had passed as the SEES members had decided to focus primarily on learning about the new fighters, the other arenas, and anything in general they were now allowed to learn about. They had checked out some other arenas as well, which ranged from relatively normal (fighting in what was an arena based of Ms. Fit's fitness gym,) to absolutely crazy (to fighting in an arena, where new obstacles and platforms were constantly being drawn and erased during a match). They also began to meet and socialize with the fighters they hadn't met yet, and it was quite the experience meeting many of the other fighters. They also made sure to actively avoid the presence of Bowser, as they wanted to not deal with the Koopa King due to what had happened before. The Investigation Team in the meantime had made sure to keep to themselves and not in public more, as they wanted to avoid running into the Koopa King like last time. Teddie finally made his bear claws, they found out from Marie what happened, to want to make Bowser to send a plant monster after them, and they trained themselves more in the meantime, in case they had to get ready to fight more in the future.
Even more time had passed and it was now October 1st, 2015. Autumn was dawning upon the landscape, as many leaves began to change their color from green to shades of red, orange, brown, and yellow. The weather was now starting to cool up even more, compared to the month of September, as people began to dress a bit more as the winds loved to blow the cool air around. Beforehand, Minato had tried to see if the chairmen would be busy and available, but they still were preoccupied with something. Rosalina, Palutena, and Shulk were still unavailable, and Pit wasn't ready to speak with Minato apparently, despite his physical injuries being healed. The angel seemed to want to avoid Minato lately for some reason. It was now 12PM that day as Minato and Fuuka were both sitting at their conference room. The others have went off, trying to see the other fighters more, while the two just wanted a quiet moment to themselves. Suddenly, the door to their conference room was being knocked on.
"I'll get it," Minato said quietly, as he walked over to it and opened it. At the door was Isabelle and Dillon, both familiar friends they knew. Dillon nodded towards Minato and Fuuka, who both smiled back, while Isabelle walked to each one and gave a warm hug. They both noted that Dillon seemed to be carrying a note of some sort that was on a cyan piece of stationary with very clean penmanship written in black ink.
"Happy first day of October!" Isabelle happily said with joy, while Dillon rolled his eyes but smiled, but kept silent as usual. "I can't wait for Halloween at the end of the month!"
"You sound very excited Isabelle," Fuuka said with a big grin, which Isabelle responded with her own smile. "How are you two doing?"
"I'm fine. Helping out in matches as usual. Same for Dillon." Isabelle said. "Actually besides seeing how you were, we're also here to deliver a note,"
Dillon calmly handed Minato the note as Minato overlooked it. He then nodded towards Dillion, with a smirk. The cowboy armadillo and the doggy secretary soon left the room, as Minato went to show Fuuka the note.
"Dear Minato & Fuuka. This is Rosalina. I apologize in advance if you two needed to see me. I heard from Pit when I came back earlier this morning, as he informed me that you two wished to speak with me. I did say, along with my good friend Palutena, I did wish to speak with you two as I stated in the past. Just know that I am now available on my floor, if you ever wish to see me at the time being. From Rosalina," Minato read out loud.
"We can finally speak with Rosalina," Fuuka said, as Minato nodded towards her. "I guess we should go see her now,"
The two soon found themselves on the floor that housed the room that belonged to Rosalina. While there, they looked around and saw the doors that led to the rooms that belonged to some other fighters, from her world as well. Two that belonged to a brotherly duo of plumbers, one that belonged to a pink wearing princess, and two separate ones that belonged to a mischievous father and son. They soon found the door that belonged to Rosalina, and knocked on it. Soon it opened, and they were greeted by the presence of the tall blonde haired women, who smiled warmly at seeing them.
"I see you two have received my message. Please come in, and make yourselves feel comfortable, as if this were your own rooms," Rosalina said gently as they stepped in. They saw that the walls, and the ceiling had purple starry wallpaper, a queen sized bed with purple starry curtains around it, purple starry blankets, and white pillows. The flooring was made of white marble stone, and was covered with a royal red carpet with golden edges. She also had other things one might see in a bedroom, like a dresser, couches, coffee tables, etc. Both Fuuka and Minato sat down on a couch, while Rosalina sat on the one across from her.
"Ah. I just realized, I'm a bit parched and famished. I'll call for refreshments from room service. Would you two like anything as well?" Rosalina asked kindly, as she used her magical star shaped wand, to make her cyan colored cellphone appear. She stepped out of the room to make her call, as both Minato and Fuuka looked around. Soon Rosalina came back to the room and sat down on her couch. "Now that's out of the way, I wished to discuss certain things with you two, if you don't mind,"
"Not at all. We wouldn't be here if we minded," Minato replied back as Rosalina nodded in response. "What do you wish to speak with us about?'
"Well I should first start with how Palutena came to me, to discuss you two, when I saw her recently last month," Rosalina said. Before she could continue, knocks upon her door were heard.
"Room service is that fast today?" Fuuka questioned, as Rosalina got up once more to open it. However, instead of it being employees who worked in the building, it was someone they didn't expect to see. "Ms. Palutena! You're back from your home world!"
Palutena flashed a warm and confident smile towards Minato and Fuuka, as she then gave Rosalina a quick hug and entered the room, and the two adults sat down on the couch across from them.
"Good to see you two! I came back pretty recently as well, so it's pretty convenient timing today, to say the least for us all," Palutena said with a smile. "Before I and Rosie get to discussing what we wanted to talk about with you two, anything new from you guys?"
"Bowser is a problem," Minato said bluntly, with his facial expressions being one of annoyance. Fuuka nodded in agreement while both Palutena and Rosalina turned to each and sighed, as they agreed with that sentiment. "The guy personally burns something that belongs to me into ashes, and more recently sent out one of his monster minions after some of my friends,"
"He and some other fighters do like to cause trouble for others unfortunately at times here," Rosalina said, as she recalled the times that Bowser had tried to attack her Comet Observatory back home in the past. "I've personally had my personal encounters with him as well, from my home world in hostile manners before,"
"Oh dear. Well he's certainly a handful, from the time I've spent here that's for sure. I remember one time he broke a vending machine in a hallway, because it ran out of the snacks he wanted," Palutena said with a mused expression, as she recalled seeing Bowser banging the vending machine repeatedly, and whining like a child. Palutena simply sighed at the memory and wondered why the Koopa King acted like more of a child, compared to his youngest son sometimes. "Bowser is definitely a big troublemaker that's for sure. I'll go give that big monster turtle a piece of my mind later for you guys!"
"Palutena that's not needed," Minato said, as Palutena's face became confused. "We don't necessarily want that. Pit confronted him last month like that and he and Bowser got into a scuffle. They both gave each some injuries and-"
"WHAT!? THAT BIG JERK! NOBODY TREATS PIT LIKE THAT UNLESS I SAY SO! WHEN I SEE HIM NEXT TIME I'M SO GIVING HIM A NASTY GLARE AND A LECTURE AND-" Palutena yelled out looking annoyed as she kept going and going, while Minato and Fuuka just sighed.
"Please calm down Palutena," Rosalina said calmly. Palutena closed her mouth, but she was heard verbally mumbling things in her mouth angrily. She herself was a bit immature at times admittedly when it came to acting out. She eventually began to speak out some words.
"Calming down… just remember the deep breathing lessons you took that Fitty taught you…" Palutena mumbled to herself as she began to take deep breaths, while Rosalina heard knocks to her door. She got up once more to open and saw employees outside have arrived with the snacks she ordered. She paid and tipped them, and pushed in the trey that held various plates holding various snacks. Cookies, cupcakes, macaroons, and other sweet treats. A huge teapot was also present, filled to the brim with hot brewed tea. Rosalina using her wand, summoned four cyan porcelain plates along with four cyan porcelain tea cups, as she poured each cup a hot cup of tea.
"Thank you Rosalina," Minato said, as he and the other three individuals in the room each took a plate and filled it with whatever snacks they wanted at the moment, and their own tea cup. "I'm just saying Bowser is a potential problem to me and my friends, for future reference. But enough about that guy. I want to know what you were going to say before Palutena entered the room,"
"Duly noted." Rosalina said softly, as she took a sip from her porcelain tea cup as Palutena found herself calming down, even though she had a mental image of herself using her Final Smash on Bowser and sending the monstrous turtle blasted away. "Well Palutena came to inform me of you and your companions somewhat recently. She told me of the many struggles you all faced in your world, and a bit of introductory info each for you and your companions. She also told me… she felt concerned about you two for some reasons,"
"It's just… the circumstances behind Minato trying to joining this tournament… just seemed very peculiar," Palutena said in a concerned tone, as she took a bite out of a small macaroon. She then drank some tea, to help wash what she tasted down. "I mean… the rest of us when we joined had to simply sign a contract. I don't understand why you are being… tested to join this competition,"
Minato and Fuuka looked towards each other. This was something they debated among each other and with the other members of SEES. They nodded towards each other, as they felt Palutena and Rosalina were trustworthy individuals to share the following information about.
"Here's the deal… and I'm sure you two would keep anything we say between us all in this discussion between us," Minato said, as both Palutena and Rosalina nodded towards the blue haired boy. "I'm not really… fighting to be a part of this competition,"
"What are you fighting for exactly?" Rosalina said with a very calm but somewhat confused expression, while Palutena looked flat out shocked in comparison.
"Minato is fighting for the exact opposite." Fuuka said, while both Rosalina and Palutena looked confused by that statement. "He's fighting, so he can choose to not be a part of this competition,"
Rosalina and Palutena went silent. Rosalina closed her eyes as she went over what she just heard, while Palutena placed her right hand under her chin, as she went into a thinking position. Rosalina then opened her eyes, calmly drank some tea, and then smile.
"There is nothing wrong with that," Rosalina said gently. Minato and Fuuka were thankful that she took it well. Palutena shrugged not seeing it as a big deal.
"But that begs the question… you weren't allowed to simply not participate?" Palutena asked, as she ate a macaroon and drank more tea. "I figure The Master would allow fighters whether if they wanted to join or not,"
"That guy really wants me to join. If I had lost to any of my opponents from my orders, I would have already been made an official member," Minato explained. Palutena wondered if the conversation they were having right now, would have occurred if she and Bowser Jr. won their match against Minato and Ken in the past.
"So you're being given the chance to not be forced into this competition, if I am to understand this correctly?" Rosalina asked, as both Minato and Fuuka nodded. "I see. Am I to also understand you have also completed all eight of your orders, from the information I have heard in general?"
"Yes. All that awaits me, is to fight The Master himself. On December 30th this year, I challenge him and if I beat him, I get my choice to join or not. If I lose, I join this competition, and nothing more," Minato explained as both Rosalina and Palutena took this information in. The room went silent as the four quietly drank their tea, and occasionally bit into a snack. Palutena then decided to speak her mind.
"While I do respect your decision as I do believe anyone should decide for themselves… what they want to do… why do you not want to be part of this competition Minato?" Palutena asked.
The room fell deathly silent even more. Even Fuuka was unsure why Minato still remained silent on this subject. Palutena felt like she regretted asking that question as she can see that Minato was still not going to discuss that subject.
"I'm sorry. I don't think I feel comfortable discussing it now," Minato said, as he knew that Fuuka was in the room, and it was something he wanted to discuss when she wasn't with him. Rosalina coughed a bit, to clear the air as she decided to ask a question, to hopefully break the awkward silence.
"Do you like your time here so far?" Rosalina asked. Both Minato and Fuuka nodded. "I see. This world does bring a lot of interesting individuals from many worlds together. I'm sure you two along with your other companions have had many interesting experiences here. I remember the first time I met many of the others… it was quite the experience,"
"You're telling me Rosie! I remember your reaction to seeing Mr. Game & Watch for the first time." Palutena teased as Rosalina just sighed. "You were wondering if his whole universe was just like him,"
"And it was," Rosalina said, as she remembered learning about the two dimensional fighter and the world he was from. "But getting back on topic… the universe is full of many surprising things. Change is always happening. Whatever ends up happening, is something that happens for whatever reason."
"What do you mean, Ms. Rosalina?" Fuuka asked, while Rosalina took a bite out of a sugar cookie, and she then took a sip of more tea before continuing on. Palutena meanwhile went back to thinking back deep in thought as she suddenly remembered someone, that she was concerned about if he did find out.
We now go back earlier to that day's morning as we see Palutena holding some travel bags, in front of a room that belonged to her. As she placed the travel bags on the ground, an was about to open the door that belonged to her she heard a certain angel calling out for her.
"LADY PALUTENA!" Pit yelled out in excitement as he rushed up to the goddess to hug her. Palutena smiled and hugged the angel back in return. "How are you? How was the trip?"
"I'm fine Pit. As for the trip, it was the usual. I had some meetings with Viridi on why killing all the humans are bad, how I'll try to make more of an active effort to get them to recycle and clean up more back in our universe, and no trouble from the Underworld still due to you defeating Hades and all. Everything and everyone back home seemed alright. How are you doing?"
"I'm fine Lady Palutena. Same as usual," Pit said with a big happy grin.
"That's good. How's Minato and the others doing? I know you love to hang out with them," Palutena asked with a smile. Pit immediately cringed and frowned, then immediately had his face form a fake smile, to hide his sadness. Palutena had already noticed Pit's expression, but chose to remain silent.
"We're fine. They're fine," Pit said softly, trying to sound happily. "Well I gotta go. I'm having breakfast with Pittoo and Junior. See you later Lady Palutena,"
Palutena waved bye to the angel, as he walked away. Palutena herself then felt concerned for the angel, as she noticed the way he acted earlier when Minato was brought up. We now go back to Rosalina's room as the green haired goddess was recalling this now, while Rosalina continued discussing on.
"I mean… whatever the result is, it is one he will have to accept… whatever it is. I'm not against Minato in his personal endeavor. In fact, I support his choice to fight for what he believes to be what's best for himself. I'm just saying he should be prepared for all the possible results that can arise. The universe is never predictable and ever changing. Especially one as fleeting as this one, as you have seen," Rosalina explained.
"You must be used to such things, considering your position in your world," Minato said as Rosalina smiled softly at what she heard. "You being the one who watches the cosmos from her world,"
"Yes. I see you have done your research," Rosalina said as she poured herself a new cup of tea and took another sugar cookie to bite.
"We also learned that you mother creatures called the Luma?" Fuuka asked as Rosalina nodded. "You fight with them in your matches here?"
"Yes. Also I'll say the reason why there aren't any of them here with me at the moment if you're curious, I let them play with Olimar's Pikmin and let them enjoy themselves," Rosalina answered.
"That guy is another interesting individual. Very interesting," Minato said as he recalled himself and the rest of SEES meeting the explorer who worked in tandem with the cute small plant creatures known as the Pikmin. "This tournament is full of interesting individuals in general,"
"Ms. Palutena," Fuuka suddenly spoke, as Palutena who was still deep in thought suddenly snapped out of it, as she turned towards Fuuka. "Are you okay? You seem to be really contemplative about something,"
"Well… I was just concerned about Pit," Palutena spoke seriously, as the other three in the room looked towards her. "He really likes being with you two. He considers you two really close friends of his along with the others from your group. I'm worried how he'll take the news if he finds out… when he finds out about what you've been really fighting for," Palutena stated.
"I do plan to talk to him. I just plan to talk to some other people before him, before I talk to him," Minato said. "And don't worry. He's a good friend to both of us as well,"
"Just be gentle with how you break the news. Pit's a sensitive soul," Palutena said with a sad smile, as both Minato and Fuuka nodded. The atmosphere in the room once again became dreary as the four quietly ate and drank.
We go to a different part of Smash Tower as we see Bowser, who was now back to tip top shape, in a fitness training room, as he was currently punching at Sandbag with his fists. He was slamming his fist into the Sandbag and was keeping at it. The doors to the room opened and the Koopa King stopped to see who it was.
"Oh hey Dedede. What's up?" Bowser asked, as he then resumed punching Sandbag. Dedede looked very excited as he had an excited grin upon his face, as the big penguin walked towards where Bowser was.
"I heard a really interesting rumor, if you're interested in hearing it," King Dedede said with excitement. Bowser stopped punching Sandbag once more as he decided to listen with full attention. "I got some of my Waddle Dees to snoop around the tower and… let's just say those chairmen bozos are ready to start selling the Amiibos really soon,"
"Really?" Bowser said with an arrogant grin as his sharp teeth shined. King Dedede nodded and Bowser laughed evilly. "Awesome! I can't wait till my Amiibo is the most sold!"
"Dehehehe! You know more people will buy more Amiibos of me!" Dedede boasted with his own smirk, as both kings sneered at each other with friendly competitive glances, as they boasted whose figure would be sold more.
"I just wonder what made them finally ready to start selling Amiibos. They've been making those darn things for a while," Bowser questioned. "Oh well. As long as my Amiibo… and Juinor's Amiibo sells well, then I don't care really,"
"Well I hope mine sells well. More than Kirby at the very least. I don't mind if Meta Knight's sells more than mine… he is pretty cool," Dedede replied while Bowser rolled his eyes.
"That reminds me. Mario and his cowardly brother are going to get Amiibos too. Hmph! Stupid plumbers will probably look stupid in their Amiibos," Bowser grumbled under his breath. Before both kings could whine more, the fitness room's intercom system (every room for the most part in Smash Tower had one) suddenly turned on, causing both to stop talking.
"Attention all Smash Bros fighters present in Smash Tower. Head to the Smash Theater as soon as possible. Repeat, attention all Smash Bros fighters present in Smash Tower. Head to the Smash Theater as soon as possible," announced a voice that belonged to a female public announcer.
"I wonder why they want us all in the darn theater right now?" Dedede questioned out loud, as he went into a thinking position. Bowser however looked annoyed as he began to leave the room.
"Come on, let's go see what's up. This better not be a waste of my time," Bowser grumbled as Dedede walked after the other king. We now switch scenes back to Rosalina's room a bit earlier, just after that announcement finished. Everyone looked a bit puzzled, as they held their tea cups.
"Hmm. I wasn't expecting anything like this at the moment. I guess myself and Palutena should get going," Rosalina said, as she placed her tea cup back onto the table. "I feel we have covered with what we wanted to speak with you. If you both have any further questions, we always have the future to discuss more. It was nice having you two over in my room,"
"Don't worry Ms. Rosalina. We appreciate everything." Fuuka said, as herself and Minato got up, to shake hands with the other two.
"Good luck to you two." Palutena said, as she went gave them both a warm hug. Rosalina soon followed, as she gave both Minato and Fuuka her own hug as well. "With whatever choices you end up making in the end,"
The four left the room, as Rosalina closed the door to it. Both Palutena and Rosalina headed off to where they needed to go while Minato and Fuuka were now in the hallway, and decided to talk with each other.
"Well I was going to see Shulk and Pit after we were done with our discussion with Rosalina and Palutena, but looks like those two will be busy along with the other fighters," Minato mused out loud.
"They have to report to something at the Smashing Theater. I heard when the returning fighters along with Ryu were announced, they were all watching from there," Fuuka said, while Minato smirked.
"Possibly more fighters joining or rejoining? Maybe. We'll have to wait and see," Minato said as he and Fuuka decided to head back to their floor and meet with the other SEES members.
To Be Continued…
So what did you guys think? Notes as always.
1. Next chapter we will finally see the addition of the remaining DLC characters into the story. Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII, Corrin from Fire Emblem: Fates, and Bayonetta from her series which is also named after her. As for whether or not they will play a significant role is something to still be determined, but they will be part of the cast to work with as well possibly from now on, along with the remaining characters who have yet to not play a role (or a significant role at the very least).
2. So at this point, SEES (as well as the Investigation Team) are aware of all the current fighters at this point in the story. No more introductions will be needed to help keep the pace of the story going faster (as to not constantly have introductions for every single fighter who hasn't shown up yet, should they appear). They're all informed as someone who decided to spend a day reading up everything and everyone in Smash Bros (to an extent, as certain things like Master Hand and Crazy Hand are still things they don't really know about). Something to keep in mind, I may change my mind with regards to this, for certain characters depending on the circumstances, but for now this is a general note to take in.
That's it for now. As usual if you have any criticisms, opinions, comments, etc, you want to say, go for it. Otherwise I hope you're all enjoying this story so far and I hope you enjoyed this chapter, even if it wasn't that eventful. Till the next chapter.