It's been a while but finally glad to get another chapter done. So glad about hat! As usual, I'll address the review from the previous chapter before moving on.
To comment on Dario Flaman comments, well in all honesty, Minato (or any Persona character really) never realistically had a high probability of making it into Super Smash Bros. One game nonetheless as well (Persona Q). Who knows for the future. This is the series where Snake, Sonic, Mega Man, Pac-Man, Ryu, Cloud, and now Bayonetta have been playable at some point.
Yosuke can have his moments. Him, along with Kanji, and Teddie handled Petey Piranha fairly well earlier. I'm sure Yu will get better soon.
Rosalina and Palutena did indeed find out. Pit will most likely find out at some point. How he reacts remains to be seen. DLC characters are here, though more so to get them out of the way. Maybe I'll use them more possibly later on. As for the mystery, that is still yet to be revealed.
I will say this chapter will have some significant notes at the end, for certain things I want to address about the story in general. Besides that, I want to say thank you all for reading still, and I appreciate it very much. As usual, if you have any criticisms, thoughts, opinions, or anything you wish to say in general, feel free to do so, other wise I hope you enjoy this chapter!
The Smashing Theater was noisy as all the main fighters were inside and now speaking among themselves for why they were here. Normally someone be here if they wanted to partake in seeing a movie, or for the announcement from last month regarding the return of Mewtwo, Lucas, Roy, and the addition of Ryu. Everyone was speculating, as time passed. Silence soon fell upon the room, as they all heard a familiar voice speak to them all.
"Welcome! Glad to see you are all here," spoke the voice of The Master. "Good to see everyone happened to be in the tower when that announcement was made earlier and are now ready to hear what I have to-
"GET TO THE POINT!" Bowser yelled out annoyed, as he crossed his arms, while everyone else looked at the Koopa King with mixed reactions. The Master's voice went silent, and he then chuckled for a bit before continuing.
"Very well. I shall get to the point as our heaviest fighter has stated," The Master said in a mused tone, while Dedede poked at his big belly, wondering if Bowser really weighed more than him while Bowser had steam come out from his nostrils from angry annoyance. "To put it simply, I have more fighters planned to join in the near future,"
The room went rampant with noise as speculation and discussion occurred from all over once more. Bowser placed a hand on his face in particular, grumbling about what he just heard. The Master made a coughing sound, to indicate for them all to stay silent.
"Tonight, the news will be alive with this information, as we prepare to tell the media with another press conference," The Master stated. Ryu from the crowd raised his right hand, as he decided to call out his question.
"How many more new fighters are we seeing?" asked Ryu, as the prospect of more new fighters to challenge against in the future, made him excited, as he grew to like fighting the competitors in this competition.
"Three more. Three more fighters will be joining us. I will announce more information later today to the public as well, with the press conference," The Master replied. Speculation went rampant in the room once more, as the fighters speculated whether or not they be more newcomers or returning fighters. Soon The Master coughed for silence once more to continue speaking. "First off, before I continue discussing the additional fighters added I want to get another announcement out the way,"
"Can you get to talking, my stomach is belly aching for food," whined Dedede, as he was tempted to bash the floor with his hammer, like a spoiled child from the hunger he felt.
"I didn't know today was kings are irritable day," The Master mused with an amused tone while Dedede ended up crossing his own arms. "Next month in November, Smash Corp will finally begin to start selling Amiibo,"
Everyone in the room had a wide range of reactions from hearing that. Some got excited, some didn't care, and some weren't fully sure what Amiibo were still.
"Umm… what are Amiibos again, just to make sure?" asked by the shy psychic Lucas, as returning to the tournament, the young boy still had to catch up on information he didn't know about.
"Amiibo are figurines that depict each of you. A collectible for the public to purchase if they so desire." The Master explained.
"My figure is going to sell the best!" Dedede boasted with glee. Everyone else either remained silent, rolled their eyes, or just sighed in response. "You're all just jealous since I'm perfect and my Amiibo will be just as per-"
But before the penguin could say anything more, a blue blur suddenly flashed in front of him, and a fresh pair of white socks that were grabbed from a blue hedgehog's room was stuffed into his beak mouth, as the king looked surprised and then annoyed, while Bowser laughed at what happened.
"Sorry. Your mouth seemed like it could use a break from talking," Sonic said with a smirk, as Dedede was tempted to use his huge hammer right now, on the blue hedgehog, as he grabbed the socks out of his mouth and threw it to the ground angrily. Before anything could happen, The Master began to speak once more, causing Dedede to stand down.
"Back to the announcements. When I plan to reveal the newcomers will be tomorrow night. Whether they be familiar veterans, or even more newcomers, is something you will all plan on waiting for. I plan to have this announcement made public later on today." The Master stated.
"Tomorrow night? We'll be seeing these guys pretty soon then," Falco remarked, as everyone was curious to see who was joining.
"Now I have one final announcement I wish to address before I let you all depart… I'm sure you are all now currently aware of the blue haired teenager and his companions who live in this tower now," The Master said as everyone went absolutely silent as they heard this."He is a potential newcomer joining in the future for those familiar with him. He and his companions will still be living here for the time being."
"Can you explain more about that guy? I'm still very curious to know more about him," asked Robin.
"If you wish to learn more about that potential newcomer, you may come see me myself if I wish to divulge such info if I feel like doing so. Otherwise, you may find out what you want from that person himself and his companions. That is all for now. I advise paying attention to the news channels tonight for more information," The Master said, before his voice went silent.
Chatter erupted about the blue haired teenager, as the blue haired teenager and his companions was still somewhat of an enigma to most of them, while some went silent for various reasons, and some began to leave the room. For those who have been directly familiar with the boy they had a wide mix of different reactions. Pit in particular cringed, which Palutena and Dark Pit who were nearby noticed his reaction, felt more concerned. Bowser gritted his sharp teeth angrily as he bared his fists, as he was just reminded that Minato was yet another potential newcomer who can join still, while Junior wondered if Minato was free to play later, as he saw him and Ken regularly. Dedede noticed that Bowser was looking angry, and smiled in a cheeky way, as he got nervous around Bowser when he was like this.
"You okay Bowser? You're looking pretty mad," Dedede said with a bit of chatter in his teeth.
"Stinking Blue Mint! No way am I letting some fourth punk get in after these three chumps show up!" Bowser grumbled to Dedede as he felt like punching something, as he noticed Bowser was tightening his fists even more. Dedede had sweat drip down from his face, as he got panicky when Bowser wanted to vent. He then saw Dark Pit and smirked, as he decided to change the subject. Luckily for Dark Pit, Lucina had already left the room, before Dedede shouted the following.
"Hey Dark Pit! You get with Lucy girl yet!?" Dedede yelled out with a big arrogant smirk as Dedede laughed with glee right after, as Dark Pit froze in place with sweat falling down his face. Palutena lightly chuckled, Pit frowned, as he was reminded of his bet with Bowser and realized he had to work on it, while some other fighters who remained in the room either smiled or frowned at what Dedede just shouted out. Bowser dropped his anger thinking about Minato joining, as he joined Dedede laughing at what he just heard and saw.
"Keep to your own business, you fat bird!" Dark Pit angrily shouted with a fierce glare, while both Dedede and Bowser evilly laughed, as they both left the room, still laughing. Dark Pit just gritted his teeth from frustration while Pit decided to comfort the dark angel.
"Hey Pittoo. Don't let Dedede ruffle your feathers like that," Pit said as he walked over to his counterpart. Dark Pit folded his arms and sighed.
"I don't need your advice and especially with someone who is still friends with that fat bird. I can take care of myself thank you very much," Dark Pit said in a matter of fact like manner.
"Well I'm just saying. You liking Lucina is that obvious to a lot of people, so I'm just saying, if you need advice or anything," Pit offered. Dark Pit rolled his eyes from what he heard. Everyone else soon left the large room, as Dark Pit and his good nature counterpart were the only ones left. Dark Pit then responded then.
"Me? Taking advice from you? I rather be in a match where all my opponents gang up on me, then do that," Dark Pit replied. "You aren't Cupid, even if you tried to be back on Valentine's Day."
"Hey. I did make a certain couple's night very passionate for Valentine's Day earlier this year," Pit said with a very cheeky grin, while Dark Pit's face looked very embarrassed from hearing that, as his face blushed a ton.
"Anyway! I don't see myself coming to you with help about her, so that's that!" Dark Pit said out quickly as he felt his face heating up from being reminded of such a thing still. Pit just sighed and began to wonder if he should have made that bet with Bowser. "Look… Pit I appreciate it, but I can handle it."
"Alright, but just know I'm here for you Pittoo. If not me, anyone else you feel like asking advice about it," Pit said as he walked away, as he decided to leave Dark Pit alone. However, it did give Dark Pit his own ideas, as he waited till Pit was out of earshot. "Maybe… I should ask other people privately for this kind of advice. Maybe,"
We now go back to see the SEES members back in their conference room as they all decided to reconvene after Minato and Fuuka caught up with them. They were all just calmly discussing various things till someone knocked onto their door.
"I'll get it," Akihiko said as he got up, and walked towards the door. He opened it and, in came rushing in Bowser Jr., who knocked down Akihiko along the way. Koromaru walked up to the small Koopa and gave him a friendly bark as he allowed to be petted by the small prince. Akihiko, with an annoyed look picked himself off the ground as he just sighed.
"Hey! I want to play with you guys! I need some excitement after that boring meeting with Mr. Master," Bowser Jr. said as he took it upon himself to sit in Akihiko's chair. Akihiko just stood nearby Shinjiro, as the young prince spun around in it, before settling down.
"What was talked about in the meeting Junior?" Ken asked, as Koromaru went to sit near the prince, as Junior continued to pet the Shiba Inu dog." Actually, are you even allowed to talk about it, at all with us?"
"Well… Mr. Master didn't say anything if we fighters could talk about it with you guys, so I guess it's alright. Even if he did, I like breaking the rules anyway if that was the case!" Bowser Jr. proudly proclaimed. "He said we're getting three more fighters joining next Friday!"
"Go figure," Minato said calmly, as it was just as he speculated. "I wonder who will be joining, or rejoining come next Friday?"
"Three more fighters… they can either be more returning ones like Metwo, Lucas, or Roy… or three more newcomers like how Ryu was," Fuuka stated.
"Either way, I'll beat them with my Junior Clown Car when I face them in my matches with them eventually!" Bowser Jr. boasted, while Minato just smirked at Junior's confidence, happy the young child was full of confidence. "Anyway, they said they'll announce more details tonight. We can play till then!"
"What do you want to play Junior?" Fuuka, said as the young prince went into thought. He then had an idea, as he raised his hands in excitement.
"Monopoly! Everyone always says it takes too long but I don't mind!" Bowser Jr. said. Some of the members of SEES cringed as it seemed this board game that took ridiculously long to play, was a constant, even in this reality. Some then decided to take their leave as well.
"Oh, look at the time, I got to go spar with Little Mac at the gym today! See you all later," Akihiko said.
"Hey Aki! Don't forget me! You said I could watch!" Shinjiro fibbed, as he soon followed right after.
"It is my turn to take Koromaru for a walk," Aigis said, though her statement was actually truthful, as she went to get a leash from her room, with Koromaru following. "Does anyone wish to come with?"
"I suppose some time at the indoor park be sufficient for a change of pace," Mitsuru said as she walked after Aigis. The only ones left were Minato, Fuuka, Junpei, Yukari, Ken, and Bowser Jr. in the room as the prince looked at them all with a puffy haughty face, that frowned a bit. The remaining SEES members sighed but figured they might as well.
"Well we have to wait till later tonight anyway for more news about those new fighters. We can pass the time playing Monopoly I guess," Yukari said nonchalantly.
"Let's order food service!" Junpei proclaimed. "I hear today they have a discount on seafood dishes,"
They all smiled to that, as the remaining people in the room decided to stay while Bowser Jr. rushed back to his room on his floor, to grab the board game, for them to begin.
While that was happening, we see King Dedede, back in his room eating lunch on a table as the portly penguin was happily stuffing himself with fried catfish, grilled shrimp, crab cakes, and was washing it down with a big soda float.
"This food is so good! Great to wash away the taste of socks. Darn that blue hedgehog stuffing his socks into my mouth! I should make sure to hammer him good, the next time I see him," Dedede mumbled to himself as he stuffed his mouth. The king's personal cellphone then just rang nearby, as it was on the king's bed. Dedede looked annoyed as he stopped briefly to look at the ringing cellphone. He quickly swallowed any seafood currently in his mouth and snapped his fingers, as one of his Waddle Dee servants went to go grab his cellphone and placed it on his dining table. He saw the caller ID and rolled his eyes, as he went to answer it.
"Your majesty! How are you doing?" asked a certain faithful servant of King Dedede known as Escargoon. An anthropomorphic lavender snail, that wore a dark green shell, had green eyes, a light green goatee and four-square teeth with two on the bottom of his mouth and two on the top of his mouth. He was currently in the throne room in Castle Dedede, as he was overseeing Waddle Dees nearby, who held brooms, who were cleaning the throne room, while their king was gone.
"Why do you always got to be calling at the worst times Escargoon? What do you want?" Dedede said back.
"Just wanted to check up on his majesty, seeing how you're still not back home and all. How's beating people up with your hammer legally going? Or are you being beat up by other people still," Escargoon teased.
"Hey! I'm the one doing the beating up of course! Anyway, I'm just fine." Dedede replied annoyed.
"Well just wanted to check up on you sire. By the way, do you plan to go back home for Halloween? We can do some scams to swindle candy out of the villagers like you tried in the past," Escargoon suggested, as he and King Dedede did like to cause trouble, time to time.
"Till Kirby likes to show up and ruin my fun with those two brats he hangs out with!" Dedede whined. "Nah. I'll probably stay and celebrate Halloween this year here."
"Any plans for Halloween there then?" Escargoon asked. Dedede then went into thought, as he realized he didn't think that far ahead.
"Hmmm… no not really. I usually go trick or treating with the other fighters to get candy when I celebrate here and costume parties and such," Dedede said. "I could go for something different this year here,"
"Like what your majesty?" Escargoon asked. Dedede went deep into thought, as he tried to think of what people did on Halloween besides trick or treating or costume parties.
"Like dress up a lot... or watch scary movies… and maybe go to haunted places… wait a minute!" Dedede said as he had a mischievous idea in mind, as he grinned with an impish smile. "I'll talk to you later Escargoon!"
With that said, he hung up his cellphone, as the Waddle Dee servants in the room looked at their king curiously, as the king quickly finished up the remainder of his lunch, and went to a clean table, and went to go get a pencil and what appeared to be a big empty blueprint.
"Dehehehehehe! As soon as I'm done with this blueprint, I'll get Bowser in on this too!" Dedede proudly proclaimed, as he continued to work on something, as he continued to use the pencil.
We now fast forward to night to SEES's conference room, as the SEES members that were in the room with Bowser Jr. were cleaning up the board game, as Bowser Jr. had to leave for a match all of a sudden. It was evening and almost 6PM when the evening news would begin soon.
"Man. I was so close to winning. If only Yuka-tan landed on Boardwalk or Park Place, I would have been guaranteed the win for sure," Junpei bemoaned, as he had managed to acquire those two properties and had manages to get some houses on it. Everyone else playing had went bankrupt, and he was in the lead.
"Well we would have finished had Junior trusted us, to not move the board pieces around," Yukari whined. Bowser Jr. had to go for a match he had forgotten about, when he left, and realized he should have picked a shorter board game as well besides to end the game, due to not trusting them to cheat. "Oh well. We should be getting that announcement soon."
"I see you guys are still cleaning up," Shinjiro said, as he along with Akihiko, Mitsuru, Aigis, and Koromaru returned.
"That board game does take way too long to finish," Akihiko said with a sigh, as while he didn't necessarily dislike it, he rather spend his time doing other thing,
"Have they made any announcements regarding the new fighters yet?" Mitsuru asked. The other members of SEES shook their head for a no. "I see. So, I guess they might be saving it for the news broadcast on soon or later tonight."
"The news channel is appearing soon. Let's turn the TV on and get ready," Aigis suggested as Koromaru barked in agreement with her. As soon as the board game was done being cleaned up, having all its game pieces put back in. Soon they turned on the television and turned on the news channel, as it soon began.
"Tonight's new begins with Smash Corp preparing another announcement. We now go live to Smash Corp, as their chairmen prepared to release a statement," said the news anchor. The footage then cut to the same conference hall from last time. The eight chairmen were present, and this time, Azure was at the podium instead of Crimson like last time.
"Thank you all for joining us this evening. We are proud to announce that tomorrow we will be holding an event in regards to our current fighting tournament. This event will start at tomorrow evening at 6PM, and will be heldat Central Park, similar to our announcement made in September. Announcements will be made at 7PM," Azure stated very calmly.
"Is that the only thing being announced?" asked one of the reporters.
"No. Next month, we will finally be unveiling a product for the public. A product that some of you may have heard rumors about," Azure stated calmly.
"Do you mean of the rumored… Amiibo products?" another reporter asked with excitement. Azure just smirked as he answered this question back.
"Perhaps. You will all have to wait and see. For any further questions, regarding this product that will have to be saved for a future moment in time." Azure stated as the media tried to prod for more information. The SEES members looked at each other and nodded.
"Tomorrow let's head to Central Park again, and catch the announcement." Minato stated. "In case Yu and his friends didn't see the announcement, I'll contact them right now,"
They all nodded and soon time passed, as both SEES and the Investigation Team agreed to meet up at Central Park as Minato contacted them again. When Minato and Yu spoke, Minato was notified that Yu himself may not go, if he wasn't feeling well enough. We now fast forward to next evening as it was now October 2nd as we check in on Bowser who was in his room, sitting on a large red and black chair, debating whether to head out to Central Park or not.
"I got in trouble last time, but when was I one for caring about the rules?" Bowser mused to himself. It was no wonder where Junior had gotten his rule breaking mindset from, as the Koopa King debated to go or not. He suddenly heard someone knock on the door to his room. "Hmmm? I wonder who that is at the door?"
Bowser got up and went to answer the door, and was knocked over to the groud as King Dedede rushed in, very excited. Bowser was a bit annoyed to be knocked down, but more so confused to see why Dedede was so excited and here at his room currently.
"What's got you all excited?" Bowser asked as he picked himself up.
"I got something I need to show you in my room!" Dedede said eagerly.
"But what about the announcements?" Bowser asked confused. "While I don't particularly care for the fact we got three more chumps joining, I still want to know who they are."
"Oh... well we can watch the announcements in my room, and we can order room service as well and then I'll show you what I was working on after. Come on let's go!" Dedede said eagerly, as Dedede grabbed Bowser and pulled him towards his floor. Bowser shrugged as he was pulled and decided to go along with it, curious to see what Dedede wanted to show him later. We now see a familiar environment, as the park was setup just like last month's announcement event. Both SEES and the Investigation Team (along with Marie this time) were glad to catch up again, as they all got food and drinks, and sat together again at one of the available benches setup.
"Hey guys! What's new with your group?" Ken asked.
"I caught a cold recently, but I'm feeling well enough, to come out tonight," Yu answered with a smile. "How goes everything with you all?"
"Fine. Could be better, could be worse. Sorry to hear about what happened recently to your group, all things considering," Minato answered back.
"Being nearly turned into food for a plant monster does that to you," Yosuke answered with a sigh, as the memory of Petey Piranha, trying to chase after him, made him shudder.
"That Petey Piranha monster right?" Junpei asked, as Yosuke, Kanji, and Teddie nodded back in particular.
"None of you guys would have wanted to deal with it," Kanji added with his own sigh.
"That bad huh?" Shinjiro asked. Teddie who wasn't wearing his bear costume, had a very annoyed expression pop up on his face.
"Take it from me! Being chomped on like some chew toy by that Petey Piranha was extremely unpleasant!" Teddie whined as he had the worst memory of the experience.
"Hopefully that big bully Bowser doesn't show up tonight," Rise said frustrated.
"The last two times we ran into him, something bad ends up happening," Chie said with a sigh.
"Burning Minato's Evoker being the first thing," Mitsuru pointed out.
"And sending out Petey Piranha against us being the second," Yukiko added.
"The next time we see bull face, I suggest we teach him a lesson!" Marie suggested. Everyone else paled, as they shook their heads for a no. "Figures. But I'm glad I get to go out and see more of New York guys,"
"No problem Marie. Just try not to instigate more stuff like last time," Yu said.
"As much as I would like to show that Bowser not to mess with us… that's probably not the best idea," Yukari said.
"Not now at the very least. Perhaps an opportunity will make itself available for us to… punish him accordingly," Aigis suggested, as Koromaru barked in agreement with that idea.
"That won't be necessary. We have decided it's best to avoid King Bowser for now," Naoto answered back. "Getting into unnecessary conflicts would be unwise,"
"Has there been anyone else besides Bowser that gave your group trouble?" Yu asked. The SEES members went to look at each other, and Shinjiro decided to speak up, as someone came to mind
"Well… we kind of had trouble with one other king. A King Dedede to be exact. He's kind of calmed down with us since we first met the guy, but he didn't hesitate to show he can be a jerk towards us as well," Shinjiro explained.
"King Dedede… oh! You mean the fighter that fights with the huge hammer right?" Yukiko asked as she had heard of the fighter from her research, as the SEES members nodded. "Yeah. He's said to be a fairly big troublemaker as well, though not as much as Bowser."
"Well so far he's been nicer to us compared to Bowser, but we managed to stay on his good side better. Plus he's more laid back and carefree compared to Bowser as well," Minato explained.
"A big mean turtle and a big mean penguin," Chie said with a pondering expression. "The animal kingdom truly gets around, for its monarchs,"
"What I want to know is… what are those Amiibo things that reporter brought up?" Marie asked. SEES then realized that the Investigation Team never got to learn about Amiibos.
"They're basically going to be figurines that depict the fighters. Collectibles to sell to the public," Fuuka explained.
"Figures? Interesting. I wonder how popular they'll end up being." Naoto questioned. Before anyone could continue the conversation, they all saw the lights on the same stage, from last month dim, signifying for silence. That same announcer voice finally came on, as it was finally time for the announcements to begin.
"Ladies and gentlemen, boy and girls, of all ages! Tonight we are proud to be announcing additional new information for the current Super Smash Bros Tournament once again! Welcome to another smashing event! Are you all ready for tonight's announcements!?" asked the announcer, as the crowd that gather cheered loudly and happily. "Let's get right to it. This time we're starting off with a fighter! Before we showcase our first fighter, we would like to showcase this trailer that will give off some background information on him. A newcomer who is locked between his decision between his bloodline and his loyalty! Someone who fights for his fate! Let's roll the trailer!"
The stage darkened as the monitor that was setup on stage, just like last time, began to play a video. It began by showing a young women wearing… was it a white dress? A black dress? The video seemed to purposefully flicker between her wearing such dresses as she sang nearby a lake. Words on screen talked about the word "if," quite a bit. If war and hatred could be made gone.
It then cut to show a huge battlefield with two armies facing off against each other. One kingdom known as Nohr which wore old medieval European styled black and purple armor, and the other was the kingdom of Hoshido with their armies dressed in medieval Asian styled red and white armor. Nohr was described as a kingdom that searched for glory, while Hoshido was one of peace.
Then it went onto describe a child that was born to the Hoshido royal family… yet was raised by Nohr royalty. It then showed eight individuals on the huge battlefield, pleading to a young man in the middle of it all. Four from Nohr, and four from Hoshido, as it seemed he would have to decide who he would ultimately have to side with. Before more could be shown the trailer ended as the announcer went back to speaking.
"Welcome the newcomer with the Blood of Dragons! Corrin!" the announcer announced with excitement.
A red spotlight appeared on the stage which was darkened after the video had ended, and focused on one spot. Now we see a young man who wore white and black styled armor, a dark blue cape, was barefoot, black gloves and wielded a golden sword that oddly looked as if it were a chainsaw with such edges surrounding the whole blade, known as the Omega Yato. He had red eyes, pointed ears, silvery white hair, and a rather pretty face, that had a pretty serious expression on it. Many in the crowd had mixed reactions, as a fair amount of them were not familiar with the fighter, but they cheered wildly.
"He has… dragon blood?" Aigis asked curiously, as they all admitted that did stand out somewhat.
"Dragon blood? Can he do something with that? Like turn into a dragon?" Yukiko pondered out loud.
"Dragon blood or not, his sword looks crazy. Looks like someone made a chainsaw sword and it somehow works," Kanji said, rather impressed. Soon the lights on stage darkened again, though Corrin stood at the spot he did, as the announcer continued.
"Next we have another fighter we are ready to showcase. This fighter is a tough soldier who has had quite the journey from the world he is from. Before we showcase him, we shall showcase a new arena that belongs to this fighter," the announcer spoke. The monitor on stage went to showcase a new arena. It looked similar to the Battlefield arena (that SEES finally were allowed to learn about a while back), with a main platform with three overhanging platforms that stayed in the air, yet far from the arena, could be seen a huge building, that was taller than surrounding city areas beside it. Many people gasped at what they saw, as it implied who the next fighter would be, and the crowd began to grow wild.
"This new arena known as Midgar, is needless to say, where one can summon things to help smash their opponents! We are proud to introduce the newcomer known as the 1st Class Soldier that is associated with it! Storming in is Cloud Strife!" The announcer said.
A green spotlight appeared on stage, and shined on another newcomer. He wore what was the standard uniform of the former military organization he belonged to which consisted of indigo pants, an indigo sleeveless shirt, and a brown belt. He also wore black boots, brown gloves steel gauntlets and a wristband on his left wrist, and finally a silver earring on his left ear. He had blond spiky hair, a somewhat muscular and somewhat lean body built, blue eyes, and a pretty face as well. His weapon of choice was a huge bladed weapon known as the Buster Sword, which made Ike's Ragnell look like child's play in comparison. The crowd went wilder compared to Corrin's reveal, yet Cloud's face was of a calm and stoic disposition.
"Holy crap! That guy's sword is huge!" Junpei said with a surprised expression on his face. "I mean it's practically bigger then him!"
"Well you know what they say, the bigger the sword…" Teddie said with a snicker, before Rise smacked his head. "OWWW! I wasn't implying anything perverted… maybe,"
"Right Teddie. Right," Akihiko said with rolled eyes and a sigh.
"He seems like a strong fighter as well. Like Ike, he can wield his weapon with the strength of one hand as well," Mitsuru noted, as Cloud was currently holding his huge Buster Sword with only one hand. The green spotlight went away as the announcer came back on.
"Now we are moving onto the final announcements of the night! We have one more new arena we are also prepared to reveal! This new arena is also tied to our remaining fighter we have yet to reveal. Let's take a look!" The announcer announced. The monitor on stage showed what oddly looked like the top part of a broken clock tower falling from the night sky with a full moon out. Everyone was staring blankly, wondering who would fight on a falling clock tower of all things. Then at some point, the falling part of the clock tower, seemed to enter an alternate world, as the night sky turned bright weirdly enough, and the sky was now filled with monsters that had an angel like appearance.
"The second and last new arena we are unveiling is the Umbra Clock Tower!" The announcer announced, causing certain people in the audience to gasp, as the name of the arena implied who the next fighter might have been. "With that said, we are prepared to reveal our last fighter, who is also another newcomer! This newcomer being really special as… we allowed you fans to make her possible due to all your suggestions we opened up on our suggestion box! Give it up for the Umbra Witch, Bayonetta!"
The stage showed a blue spotlight that now focused on the newcomer. She had a very peculiar appearance to say the least. She wore a skintight black suit with a silver rose design on the abdomen area, long white gloves, triangular earrings with a blue and silver design, black stiletto heels, black glasses, and a gold necklace that had a golden watch hanging from it. She wielded four blue guns that were named Love is Blue. Two she held in her hands, and the remaining two, oddly enough on back of her heels and each had its own colored gem. She had short black hair that was cut in a pixie cut, gray eyes, and a pretty face. She had a calm, yet very confident expression on her face, as the crowd cheered for her.
"Bayonetta? Who the heck names their kid that?" Yosuke said with confusion, wondering if that was even her real name, as this fighter looked very unique.
"Well who names their kid Cloud?" Yu asked back.
"Hmmm. Fair point. But Bayonetta is kind of long for a name," Yosuke responded.
"Never mind that Yosuke, she wields four guns as her weapons!" Chie said surprised and amazed as well.
"Better not make her mad, or she'll tear that person to shreds," Marie said, impressed by the fact she managed to wield four weapons as well.
"I would not want to face off against her, without seeing how she fights beforehand," Shinjiro said, as he felt slightly intimidated by her.
"Well good thing Minato-san doesn't have to fight her." Ken said, as Bayonetta intimidated him as well.
"Well Minato doesn't have to fight Corrin, and Cloud as well," Fuuka pointed out. "Still… she is definitely interesting. A witch who fights with four guns…"
"So maybe she has other tricks besides her four guns," Naoto said out loud, as she felt the so called Umbra Witch may have had some other tricks. "What interests me more is one reason she is now a fighter in this competition is due to a suggestion box."
"She must have been suggested in a lot. Well I'm not surprised. She looks pretty awesome!" Rise said, as she had no problems. The stage lit up fully as Corrin, Cloud, and Bayonetta were now fully seen as they stood.
"That is all in terms of announcements today. We at Smash Corp hope you all enjoyed what was announced, for those watching live here, or elsewhere. For all our fans, you will be seeing all these arenas to be fought in, and these additional fighters joining our current roster, just like last time. Also stay tuned as we may have additional new components to add to our current competition as always, also like last time. For now our fighters on stage must leave to join our fighters in Smash Tower! We hope you all enjoyed the presentation and enjoy the rest of the event!" the announcer announced. Huge finger snap like sounds were heard, as the three fighters were transported back to Smash Tower, leaving everyone at the event to themselves.
"Well I guess that's three more new fighters for us to meet and learn about in the future," Minato stated, as he wondered how meeting Corrin, Cloud, and Bayonetta would go in the future. "Also this now that this is out of the way, this frees me up hopefully,"
"Free you up Minato?" Fuuka asked. "What do you mean?"
"Well those chairmen were busy probably preparing for Corrin, Cloud, and Bayonetta to enter the competition, and for their event tonight as well. Hopefully they have time to set aside from discussing and handling Amiibo, and other matters for me. If I can talk to them or The Master, then I can talk to Elizabeth. Besides them, I also need to talk to Shulk and Pit tomorrow about certain things as well," Minato explained. Fuuka nodded, and understood, and for the rest of the night, the teens just ate, discussed various topics.
Meanwhile we go back to King Dedede's room. Both Bowser and Dedede were enjoying themselves, as both were sitting on red couches, and eating popcorn chicken they ordered from room service, while they both had chocolate milkshakes as drinks, as they were watching a large HDTV, from a channel that was covering the announcement event, that just finished.
"Huh. Those three look like an interesting bunch," Dedede remarked as they saw the newcomers as well.
"Hmph. Two more guys wielding swords. I don't know what made The Master want to pick those two pretty boys, but whatever. I got to admit though, that Bayonetta chick looks kind of interesting," Bowser responded.
"You thinking of dropping Peach for her?" Dedede teased. Bowser blushed intensely and looked very annoyed.
"HEY! I meant interesting as a fighter, not someone to love! I maybe an evil villain, but I never betray my Peachy Peach like that!" Bowser said, while Dedede rolled his eyes, at the nickname Bowser had for Princess Peach. "No way I ever give up my love for Princess Peach! Never!"
"Man you get so defensive about her. Whatever. Not like you'll ever get with her, with or without Mario in the way," Dedede taunted, while Bowser bared his sharp teeth at the penguin, who was oblivious, as Dedede continued to stuff his mouth with popcorn chicken. "Anyway, I'm ready to show you what I've been working on since yesterday,"
Dedede and Bowser finished their meals, and went to a table that had a large blueprint on it. Dedede grabbed it, and handed it over to Bowser to overlook. As the Koopa King inspected it, he had a toothy evil grin, slowly start to form on his mouth and get bigger and bigger. Bowser then decided to comment on what he saw.
"Gwahahahaha! That looks pretty fun to make! But why are you telling me?" Bowser asked.
"Well I thought it be fun if we collaborated on this project. You and me, working together on making this for Halloween. Both our personal touches in making this-" Dedede suggested.
"I can't," Bowser answered. Dedede froze with his mouth open, and his eyes in shock. "I wanted to go trick or treating with Junior like last year,"
"But this is going to be so much fun! Besides shouldn't you let him trick or treat with the other younger fighters like Ness and Toon Link?" Dedede whined while Bowser went into a thinking position and considered Dedede's points. Bowser then smiled, and raised his right fist into the air.
"Why not? Junior can trick or treat with Ness, Toon Link, and Lucas I guess. Let's make some haunting stuff for Halloween!" Bowser proclaimed, as they both shook hands with confident smirks. "Just like old times during the Brawl Tournament, when we both teamed up to cause trouble!"
"Dehehehehe! This year's Halloween is going to be really fun!" Dedede said happily, as both kings evilly laughed, as they prepared to collaborate on this project.
To Be Continued…
So what did you guys think? Notes as usual, and some important ones I want to bring up.
1. So first off, for those who have been reading, Minato is suppose to be having his showdown with Master Hand & Crazy Hand on December 30th, 2015 within the timeline of this story. Right now it's currently October 2015 in general in this point in the story. For October, I see about 2-4 (two, three, or four) more chapters left in October 2015 (not including this one), before we move onto November 2015. I do want the story to keep pushing forward, as everything has to end eventually. Keep in mind, this can change, but I'm pushing for that, so keep the story going forward. I also apologize if you feel this chapter wasn't the most exciting, but it was more so to setup for future ones to get more of the plot rolling thankfully.
2. The DLC characters in this chapter didn't get much screen time, but more so as a way to push other plot points, to being setup for the future. However that's not to say I might not use them more, as I've stated in the past. Maybe, maybe not. Nothing is definitive as always. That's about it in terms of serious notes. Now for some more less serious ones.
3. Like I've said in the past, the Kirby series in this story while following the canon of the games mainly and mostly, takes elements from the Kirby anime series as well. Escargoon having a talking role, and the two brats that Dedede refers to being Tiff (or Fumu in the Japanese version) and Tuff (Bun in the Japanese version).
4. Fire Emblem Fates is split into three versions. Conquest (where you side with Nohr), Birthright (where you side with Hoshido), and Revelations (where you don't side with either per say). Which game is Corrin based off of in this story? Revelations due to that being the only version where he can get Omega Yato (which is the version of Yato he uses in Super Smash Bros).
5. Yosuke wondering if Bayonetta's name, being her actual real name, is actually a reference to something from her series. I won't say anymore on the subject, as I feel that be a bit spoiler much, for those who are unaware and wish to find out on their own about it.
6. King Dedede talking about how he's perfect, references one of the tips in the game, which states the following: "Inhale – Dedede is already perfect, so his Inhale won't copy abilities. Instead, it has a longer range than Kirby's." Well he was talking till Sonic shut his mouth up with socks.
That's about it for now. If you have anything you wish to point out, or comment about, don't be afraid to do so. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and the story so far. Looks like next time, Minato will try to talk with those he wishes to see. And what exactly are Dedede along with Bowser planning for Halloween? Till the next chapter!