Author's note: Well, I've played Fire Emblem: Three Houses so I have nothing against Byleth but I'm pretty shocked. The male Byleth will be in the mansion this episode but until I figure out a name the female Byleth will not be here. As for thoughts, Fire Emblem: Three Houses was a very popular game and got amazing reviews so it was inevitable. We still have a chance to get some other great characters in the next fighter pass. Which I will buy regardless of who is on it. And we are now back to our regularly scheduled interviews. The movie poll is already off to an early start with three people having voted so far. I'll discuss the details of the poll at a later point. And with that out of the way with that we have reviews first one is from Generic Smash Bros Fan with one simple question that I can answer out of his number stack of normal comments(no offense).
"Will the movie be a final ending or a new beginning?"
The movie will end everything I've built up in the past five season, including this one. This is what it will be like at the end of every major season arc. The next one I have planned may only last three seasons. Next review is from Nickguppy.
"So Link and Zelda are basically a thing now. I wonder what their counterparts will think of that! Also, I think that the ULTIMATE smash bros series: the movie should be one huge story, instead of it being in separate parts."
Then be sure to vote for your opinion in the poll which can be found at the top of my profile. Next review is from ultimateCCC.
"Kirby has a lot of friends(Game or Anime), any possibly of them visiting sometimes?
It's the Year of the Rat come the 25th."
I'm keeping it to just Magolor who has stayed since Thanksgiving but hasn't really shown back up yet. And I was born on the year of the Monkey so this one is not for me. Next review is from Authorial Nerd.
"Just support level 8? How high does your scale go?"
It said support level B and I'm going off of Fire Emblem where the max is S. Next review is from Derick Lindsey.
"Looks like Link and Zelda are starting to become closer despite the fact they're from different time periods and also the Zelda in this one is from Twilight Princess right? since based on her conversation with Cloud it sounded like it is or is it Link Between Worlds Zelda? I loved the little joke Roy made in one of the deleted scenes what the hell was he even doing in his room anyway a coast to coast, the Shane o Mac shuffle or was he leaping off of something like a daredevil? Welcome back Pichu, Falcon, Krystal, Issac, and Solo and here's hoping that Orange and Blue can get back on good terms again. Also I like seeing Lucina being a cupid of some sorts with trying to help Orange talk to Blue and now wanting to help get Link and Zelda together, finally even though it's not on the poll I really hope the movie comes out one chapter at a time since I'm not sure if I can handle trying to read it all at once knowing it's going to be pretty long if seeing these chapters are an indication. Also we're finally going to see who the 5th DLC fighter is on Thursday at 9 am who do you think it will be or if the next chapter comes afterward who did you think it was and will we be seeing the character debut in this fic asap or will you wait until a specific point in the season?"
The Zelda in the mansion is from A Link Between Worlds. And Roy was just standing in the middle of the room doing nothing else in my head. As for the DLC I thought it would be Travis Touchdown for a couple reasons. First of all, he had a moveset and weapon that could easily be brought into a E+10 environment. Secondly, No More Heroes III is releasing this year, getting Travis into smash would be good promotion for the game. Finally, the character has always stuck with the nintendo systems starting with the wii. Since there will be six more packs there's a good chance he could still get in. My second option was a Bandai Namco character. First off, they only have one representative. Secondly, Bandai Namco helped with a good part of the development of Ultimate. Lastly, each represented company got at least one new character so far. CAPCOM got Ken, Konami got Simon and Richter, SEGA got Joker (they own Atlus), Square Enix got Hero, and Microsoft and SNK have now joined in with both Banjo-Kazooie and Terry respectively. Bandai Namco is the one company without anyone new yet so it was highly possibly. It may still happen. Next review is from LycanrocLover138.
"When Remind for KH3 releases, how will it affect the story?"
No matter what happens in the DLC I do not plan on bringing Sora back this season. What I'm planning to do with him is TBD. Next review is from PinkRose4452.
"1. What are your thoughts on Byleth coming to smash, Cuphead as a mii costume, and the Second Fighter's Pass? Also, will Female Byleth come as well?
2. What are your thoughts on the Pokémon Direct?
3. What are your games of the decade 2010-2019?
1. Like I said I have nothing against Byleth. Fire Emblem Three Houses was the first Fire Emblem game I've ever played so it's nice seeing him in the game. As well as the hero's relics, we finally have a fire emblem character that doesn't just use a sword only aside from Robin. Cuphead I was not expecting as a mii costume, I will work him into a cameo appearance for an episode sometime this season to commemorate this. As for female Byleth, she will not be at the mansion until I can figure out a name. If you guys have a good name, let me know.
2. I was definitely excited when they revealed the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon remake. The first mystery dungeon game I ever played was Explorers of Time. So it'll be nice to play the very first game through this remake. As for the expansion pass it is definitely a big step for the series. With the possibility of DLC now they no longer have to put out basically the same game in order to expand the story, they can now do it within the game they already have. I'll definitely be getting this expansion pass. As for Pokemon Home, kinda disappointed it is going to be a paid service but maybe they'll give a discount to Nintendo Switch Online players I don't know.
3. Okay so I will do one game that came out for each year.
2010: Super Mario Galaxy 2
2011: Mario Kart 7
2012: Pokemon White 2
2013: Animal Crossing: New Leaf
2014: Super Smash Bros for Wii U
2015: Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
2016: Pokemon Moon
2017: Super Mario Odyssey
2018: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate & Spider-man (PS4)
2019: Pokemon Sword & Kingdom Hearts 3
Yeah, I'm a big nintendo fan. Next review is from Gunmar's Bane.
"Great chapter! Just a side note, it kinda bugs me how most Smash Mansion fics just say, "Mega Man", when his name is Rock. It's no biggie, but if you could change that, it would make my month."
Luckily, Proto Man calls Mega Man 'Rock' in my story and is showing up soon. So this shouldn't be a problem. The main reason nearly everyone else calls him Mega Man is because it is the name most of the world uses. Only East-Asia, mainly Japan, calls him Rock. I won't change his name but he will be referred to by this name next episode. After going through the randomizer this is who we are interviewing today.
Torterra (Pokemon)
Birdo (Yoshi)
Min Min (ARMS)
Otacon (Metal Gear Solid)
Minato Arisato (Persona)
MegaMan X (Mega Man)
Eliwood (Fire Emblem)
Professor E. Gadd (Luigi's Mansion)
Tom Nook (Animal Crossing)
Candy Kong (Donkey Kong Country)
Kumatora (Earthbound)
Athena Asimiya (Psycho Soldier)
Klonoa (Klonoa)
In that order
Season 5 episode 10: Reconcile
(January 24th, 2019)
With the excitement from New Year's finally dying down the interviews could continue. Mario had asked around and recruited Roy, Yoshi, and Joker to help him out today. That wasn't all that was happening today, with the new direct announcement came the fifth DLC. Many were shocked that a Nintendo character was the last pick for the pass, and the fact that they came from a Fire Emblem world. They already knew him from the tournament though so getting used to him at the mansion wouldn't be too hard.
Assigned to give Byleth the tour was Marth, who was at the driveway. He didn't know how the professor would react to being a fighter at the mansion, though he was already informed. One problem, Kapp'n was sent away as there was no way the bus could safely park inside Garreg Mach Monastery, so they had to do the next best thing. One finding a safe position Marth fired a portal raygun and opened on. "You sure that's gonna work," Ike called over to Marth, who was on a chair at the front porch.
"If I had the settings entered correctly he should be here any second now," Marth called back to Ike. The hero-king then watched as Byleth came out of the portal and land with ease. "Ah, there's the fighter of the hour, I assume you got the letter."
"Yes, I did," Byleth said holding out said letter. Marth took notice that Byleth's hair was a different color but decided not to ask(1). The professor took notice though and said, "Noticed my hair is different didn't you. That is a story I'd rather not get into. Just know that I'll want to return to my students at some point to teach them though is taking over for the time being."
"That'll be no problem, I understand the kind of duties you have. For now though I have to give you a tour around the mansion, it's required." Byleth nodded and Marth led him into the mansion with Ike following behind.
Byleth (Professor): Seteth is the one taking things over for me while I'm gone. The students won't fool around as often, plus his sister is in my house.
As they were walking down the hall they came across two of the new residents added towards the end of last year. This was Flora and Felicia, the two seemed to be clean up one of the random giant vases they had around the mansion. "Who knocked it over," Ike decided to ask.
"Uh, well. It wasn't me," Felicia shouted defensively. Marth and Ike were taken aback at the outburst Byleth just stood there though. "Someone must've ran through and knocked it over I don't know who though."
"We discovered it and decided to clean it up," Flora quickly said as she picked up some more of the broken pieces.
"Hey guys," everyone looked down the hall to see Spyro running over to the group. "Have any of you guys seen Crash. We were simply chatting and the next thing I know he goes on a spinning spree down the hall." That most likely confirmed their culprit. Spyro then noticed Byleth saying, "Oh, you must be the new fighter. Fair warning, you're going to get a lot of backlash from the community. See ya!" With that the dragon flew down the hall in order to find Crash.
"What does he mean by 'backlash," Byleth asked as Marth, Ike, and himself decided to continue down the hall.
"A lot of fans were expecting Dante, or any other third party character," Marth answered. "They felt as if we already had enough fighters from our set of worlds."
"That sounds pointless to be mad about something you can't change," Byleth said.
"One thing about the general public, they'll always find something to complain about. No matter what," Ike said. "The only reason we're getting this popular now is because of our series joining the mainstream franchises since Awakening." The three then continued down the hall.
Mario had gathered Roy, Yoshi, and Joker in his office and the four were ready to start the interviews. But had to wait a bit as Roy accidentally closed out of the app showing the character files and had to find it again. "Almost find it," Yoshi asked as Roy kept looking and tapping.
"Almost," Roy said, he then showed Mario the tablet. He found the app but needed a username and password. The red plumber sighed and put them in, but not without checking the remember me box. "Okay all set."
"Okie dokie," Mario said as the buzzer sounded. The red plumber then hit the button to open the doors. The one walking in was very large and caused some shaking on the floor. It was a pokemon to be exact and it was Torterra, one of the three final starter evolutions. "Are we all-a agreeing that-a two pokemon from-a Shinnoh's enough?" When the plumber had gained nods for all three Mario grabbed the portal raygun and sent Torterra back before the pokemon could protest. He then hit the button again as the buzzer sounded.
Walking in was Birdo, coming back for round 2. "This is gonna be a rough day for you Yoshi," Roy said chuckling, he then looked to his left to see no sign of Yoshi. The effects added by the crew emphasized this with a dotted outline of where Yoshi would be. "Yoshi?"
"Shh, don't let her know I'm here," Yoshi said very quietly. Roy ducked his head under the table to see Yoshi hiding right at the top of the hollow area, out of Birdo's view. "What are you doing she's going to figure out I'm here."
"Is that you I hear Yoshi," Birdo sweetly said as she poked her head under the table. Causing Yoshi to jump out from under it by going right out the top. The tabletop flipped around in the air a bit before landing right on the table where it was before. "I didn't know you'd be here."
"You very much did," Yoshi muttered and noticed he was now hanging onto a bookshelf in the office for dear life. As he began to slip he shouted, "Send her back! Send her back!"
"Don't-a be rude Yoshi maybe she has-a good reason this time. Other than-a wanting to be with-a you," Mario said. He then turned back to Birdo, who was nervous and very much showed it. "Then again maybe not."
"I have a reason I swear," Birdo said trying to lie. Mario wasn't gonna buy it but decided to let Birdo try anyway. "I wanted to give Waluigi support for not making it in."
"Waluigi is currently banned from the mansion," Joker said instantly catching the lie. He then grabbed the portal raygun. "If you wish to give him support then we suggest you do it back in the Mushroom Kingdom goodbye." The leader of the phantom thieves then fired a portal beneath Birdo's feet and she fell through.
The buzzer then went off again and the doors opened to let Min Min in. She luckily didn't get her hands stuck in the doorway. "A friend of Spring Man and Ribbon Girl I presume," Roy asked.
"What gave that away," Min Min said sarcastically.
"So due to your world not having a whole ton of lore on our files the only thing we really know is that you haul from the Mintendo noodle house," Yoshi said. The green dinosaur looked slightly confused when reading the last part.
"Yes, that is right. I came because Spring Man asked me to. Though I don't have much interest in becoming a resident I still came to please him," Min Min said.
"Understable, he can-a be. Very persuasive sometimes," Mario said.
Mario (Mr. Nintendo) : He once convinced-a me to let him try-a putting ramen in-a the oven at 500 degrees fahrenheit. Needless to say, he hasn't been allowed to try cooking since. Don't know why I listened to-a him.
"Well as far as recommendations go you do have them from both Spring Man and Ribbon Girl," Joker said scrolling down the file. "There's a note from the former saying you can get us unlimited noodles?"
"I won't be doing that," Min Min simply said as a response to Spring Man wants.
Spring Man: Eh, worth a try.
"I say she meets the requirements," Roy said as he got up. He then handed Min Min a map of the mansion. "You can wander around for now just make sure you're back at the front when we're done." With a small box Min Min left the office. "She seems a little tense at times," Roy muttered to Yoshi.
"Eh, just give her time," Yoshi said as they waited for the next one to be interviewed.
Since New Year's Lucina has been on two missions. The first one was getting Orange to reconnect with Blue, which she wasn't making much progress headway. Every time she got close Orange would remember why they broke up and run away. The second mission was trying to get Link and Zelda together after Cloud gave up rather easily.
Lucina wanted to help Orange first before moving on. And to do that she decided to switch tactics. Instead of encouraging Orange to talk to Blue, she would encourage Blue to talk to Orange. The swordswoman was actually looking for him right now.
Lucina (Princess from a doomed future): Orange has tried time and time again to no avail. But I figured that if Blue was the one to talk to her she would find it hard to not run away.
Lucina walked into the arcade room and found Blue playing the Street Fighter II arcade game with Andy Bogard, since playing someone else was better than no one. Lucina walked up to the two and said, "Blue there's something important I need to talk to you about."
"Can it wait," Blue grunted as he was trying his best against Andy. The inkling was playing Ryu while Terry's brother was playing Ken. "Really trying to beat this guy here."
"Hm, interested. So I guessed I could tell Orange you're not interested anymore." As soon Lucina said that Blue fumbled with the controls and Andy beat him. "I'll take that reaction as a no."
"Best 2 out of 3," Andy asked, but Blue ignored him quickly. "Wait who's Orange."
"Another inkling from my world," Blue said before turning his attention to Lucina. "Look Lucina, our breakup was rough, I am still interested but I don't think she is."
"She's actually tried talking to you quite a few times already," Lucina said, and Blue perked up at this. "Every time she came close though she turned the other way. I figured if you went up to her this time she wouldn't run away."
Blue held his head in thought about this. "Sounds to me like she loves you very much. And losing you is comparable as losing a part of herself," Andy said.(2)
Blue looked up at the fighter and smiled saying, "That's a nice way of putting it." He then turned his head back to Lucina saying, "Okay, I'll do it. Oh, by the way, how's the baby coming along."
"Well, lets just say we're going to take the elevator a lot today," Lucina said holding her stomach. "Being five months in really takes its effects."
Blue (inkling from Inkopolis): If I want to at least have a relationship with Orange again re-establishing a friendship is the first step.
Andy Bogard (Terry's brother): Hey, don't worry I'm sure she'll be eager to talk to you.
Blue: Not worrying but thanks anyway.
Meanwhile, over by the entrance to the arcade room was Orange. Who had eavesdropped on the whole thing. "I'm not ready to face him, I need to go somewhere so they won't find me," Orange said to herself before running off. She ran right past and brushed against Incineroar who looked on in confusion as she got into the elevator.
Underworld
Hades was currently watching Orange through a special room in the Underworld. Coming up with a plan as he watched her. "So she's having trouble facing her past boyfriend," Hades mused. "Love is a delicate thing."
"How so," Bass said. He was annoyed with the whole topic. "Love makes people like them weak. With love there's no way they can stop us."
"On the contrary," Akechi said readying the comeback. "The residents are close to each other like family. They all watch out for each other and that allows them to bond and learn how to work together. With compassion and stuff like that it only makes them stronger."
"Which was why causing the trust with Master Hand was part of my plan. And so far he has yet to return," Hades said grinning. Finishing his idea he opened a portal saying, "I'm recruiting someone else. If you're wondering who just assume I'm about to revive them." Hades then left and the portal closed behind him.
Bass and Akechi stood in silence for a minute until the former asked Akechi, "So when are you going to send that final disc."
"Whenever, the next interview session happens, either this week or next week," Akechi answered. "What do you think he's planning?"
"Maybe revive someone, get them to kidnap the inkling and then lure others down to the Underworld. Something like that." The two then stood in silence again.
Smash Mansion
Interviews would continue as the buzzer went off and doors opened again, revealing Otacon. "Otacon, of all people I did-a not expect you-a to be here," Mario said in surprise recognition.
"Yes well I have my reasons," Otacon said as he pushed his glasses up. They then shined completely white making his eyes invisible. Which in turn unsettled Roy, and Yoshi. "For instance, I can help you with making a much grander security systems to make sure any untrusted individuals never make it into the mansion. Trust me, I know about Waluigi breaking back in here."
"Well, you are a highly intelligent scientist, but the question would be if you could be smarter than a robot AI. Which is Zero, he invested a lot of time into making his version," Joker said.
"He does have a recommendation from Snake with the extra note saying, trust me you want this guy," Roy said looking at the tablet. "Superstitions aside he has a relatively good chance(3)."
Otacon walked forward as Yoshi handed him a map of the mansion saying, "You can wander around for now just get to the front porch when we're ready to announce decisions."
"Of course, I'll leave you to it," Otacon said before leaving the office.
"He seems nice," Joker said as the door opened. He gained a look from both Roy and Yoshi. The next person walking in had blue hair, as well as what looked like a school uniform. Joker looked at the file and said, "This next one is from the same game series as me, Minato Arisato."
"You know my name," Minato questioned in curiosity. For the first time ever someone being interviewed, who hasn't met anyone in the mansion, did not flinch at other somehow knowing their name.
"All-a standard procedure nothing to worry about. Though, I guess-a we could-a open up with why-a you decided to come and be-a interviewed for residency," Mario asked. He didn't really get and answer back only a nod. "Um, I need-a reason or else I have to send-a you home."
"Just felt like trying that's all," Minato said. Yoshi was currently wondering how he was staying so calm at the moment.
The four shared looks with each other, Roy then said, "To be fair, that's better than Birdo's lie," with a deadpan. Roy then looked at his tablet, "As far a recommendations go he doesn't quite have any. Though that can slide since no one that knows him is here."
Mario then got up and handed a map to Minato saying, "You can-a wander around for now Just-a be sure to be at thee front of-a the mansion when the time comes." Minato didn't say anything and left the room. "Talk about-a distant."
The buzzer went off and the doors opened once again to reveal MegaMan X. "Huh, another version of Mega Man," Roy said, interested in this.
"You've known this since the sm4sh tournament," Yoshi said as Roy looked at the tablet.
Roy (The young lion): Oh right, Mega Man's final smash has X and some others in it. Forgot about that.
"So X, is it okay if I call you that," Yoshi began to say. When X nodded the green dinosaur continued saying, "Anway, you are a robot built by Dr. Light and went into a moment of sleep until sometime in the future when you awoke. You then joined in on some battles with Zero and someone named Axl I guess."
"Wait if X is from the future then how did he get here. Isn't there no way to navigate the time disruptors in the portal vortexes," Joker asked Mario.
Mario shrugged saying, "It's the same way the Fire Emblem world work. There are many different worlds for the Mrga Man series."
Joker (Leader of the Phantom Thieves): Yeah I didn't really know this.
"I came because I am represented in Mega Man's final smash and thought that would get me in originally," X explained.
"That would've been the case but Master Hand never really finalized that," Mario said. "There are many people that would've come to the mansion if he did."
"Technically speaking, just because your in a final smash doesn't give you a freebie," Roy said. "Either way, you fit requirements pretty well and probably have the best chance out of the others today so far."
"It doesn't matter if I get in or not, only if I try," X said as Joker walked up to him and handed him a map of the mansion. "I'll see myself out." The robot from the future then left the office.
"He's a pretty nice guy," Yoshi commented after he left. To which Roy hummed in agreement.
Byleth's tour of the mansion had led him to the Lecture room. Which wasn't very much used anymore due to the overwhelming size of the mansion. "This room has a simple yet modern feel to it."
"That's kind of the point," Marth said. "We used to use this room every time we had to go over a plan, or when someone like Bowser gives a motivational speech."
"Or at least tries to, from what I heard his attempt was a disaster," Ike said as he walked a bit further into the room.
"So if you don't use this room much anymore for planning then what room do you use," Byleth asked the hero-king. He was curious of this particular question, he noticed Ike get up on the stage and walk behind the curtains.
"Well, if there's a few of us there is a literal planning room right above us on the second floor," Marth said as Byleth began to walk over to where Ike disappeared to. "If we plan as a whole then it is usually done in the auditorium since that can fit all of us and more." Marth then noticed where Byleth was walking off to and asked, "Where are you going?!"
Marth (The Hero-king): Dedede was originally going to give Byleth the tour. But I insisted I do it since I was familiar with where he comes from.
King Dedede (King of Dreamland): I gave it to Marth since I wasn't really too keen on doing it myself. Just seemed like one of those days where I would be lazy.
Marth followed Byleth and the two rounded the curtain leading to the small wing area. The found Ike looking right at Orange from behind. The two were about to say something when they stopped and noticed she was crying. Figuring it was best to leave her the three stepped out of the wing and off the stage. "What exactly happened."
"Before Blue left for Inkopolis awhile back he and Orange ended up splitting. He cam back last month and the two haven't really reconnected yet. Lucina has been trying to help but everytime they get close Orange gets scared all over again and stops what she's doing," Marth explained to the professor of Garreg Mach Monastery.
"Anything you learned in the monastery while teaching you students that would help in a situation like this," Ika asked Byleth.
Byleth shook his head saying, "No, nothing like this." Orange poked her head out of the curtain and saw the three swordsmen. "None of my students have really gone into any romantic relationships, and even then they're probably years out from that. Though, it did go through a good deal of hardship myself recently." Ike, Marth, and Orange, who was listening in, perked up at this.
"I don't want to ask but what happened," Marth asked regretfully.
"My father was killed last year sometime after the whole Grima fiasco here," Byleth said. To say the other three were shocked was an understatement. "It was hard, being at the monastery really opened my eyes to new emotions and such. When I heard that the killer was located I mostly wanted to go there out of revenge. Though I knew my father wouldn't want that, I knew that I should focus more on the evil in the world than my own dark desires. What I'm saying is is that it's hard at first, but eventually, you either have to try and make things right or move on."
Orange looked down for a minute and waited for the three to eventually leave as they continued the tour. When they did and began talking to herself saying, "He's right, I have to talk to Blue. Nothing's going to stop me this time."
"Nothing you say," said a familiar voice as they stepped out of the shadows from behind. Orange turned around and instantly gained a tenfold of fear. "Not even me."
"You," Orange said as the figure loomed closer.
"We've looked around most of the mansion and nothing," Blue said annoyed as he, Andy Bogard, and Lucina were walking down a hall. "Orange has to be around here somewhere."
"We checked her room, game room, the courtyard, the kitchen, the living room, basically most frequented places by resident in this mansion," Andy said as the three passed by Incineroar, who perked up an ear.
"Orange has to be somewhere, there's no way she actually left the mansion," Lucina said.
Having that confirmed Incineroar turned around and said, "Looking for Orange huh?" Lucina, Blue, and Andy turned around and made eye contact with Incineroar. "I saw her earlier."
"You did, where," Blue asked frantically.
"She was listening on your conversation, if I didn't know any better I'd say she would want to collect herself first before seeing you," Incineroar said, giving his two cents on the matter. "But if you really want to know she ran into and elevator after she heard you guys and went down to the first floor, that's all I know." With that Incineroar walked away.
Incineroar (Heel Pokemon): I may still be a jerk at times, but I'm trying to turn over a new leaf. So may as well help them in any way I could.
"So she went down to the first floor," Andy Bogard said, recapping what Incineroar told them. "If I had to guess she might be hiding within the stage in either the ballroom, auditorium, or lecture hall." Lucina and Blue nodded in agreement and hopped in an elevator to go down to the first floor.
When the doors to the first floor opened they ended up right in front of Byleth, Marth, and Ike. "Have you guys seen Orange, I need to talk to her," Blue said.
"She was crying her eyes out in the wing within the lecture hall," Ike bluntly said, and gained a small nudge from Marth.
"I would advise against talking to her for the moment she seemed like she needed to gather herself first before talking to anyone," Byleth said.
"Oh, you're the new guy right," Lucina said. She then held out her hand, "We've never formally met under good circumstances. I'm Lucina."
Taking the hand and shaking it he said, "Byleth." The professor then decided it was the perfect to ask, "How long has it been now?"
Byleth: Yes, I know I'm contradicting myself after scolding Caspar about asking that question.
Lucina was confused at first but then realized he noticed that she was pregnant. "Oh, about five months." Byleth nodded at the information.
Marth then interrupted the interaction by saying, "Well, we need to be going now so-"
Everyone then heard a scream from a very familiar person. Followed by the sound of the front doors breaking wide open. Everyone quickly ran over to the source of the scream to see the front doors off its hinges, in addition to some dents in the wall. Felicia ran out from the living room asking, "What was that-" she then noticed the broken doors and gawked.
Marth turned his head toward the lecture hall door to also see it missing and ran inside to see the place a mess. There was orange ink everywhere as well as burn marks. "Someone's squidnapped Orange," Marth concluded.
"Who in the world would do that," Blue shouted in anguish. "Last I checked DJ Octavio was still in a snowglobe prison."
"And he most likely still is," Ike said trying to calm Blue down. "Whoever, took her must've not gotten far, if we can use security cameras we can pinpoint exactly where the person is taking her to."
"But Mario is in the middle of interviews, we can't interrupt," Marth said. It seemed like a pretty defeated moment.
Until Lucina got an idea, "Hang on, didn't we recently repurpose a shed outside to monitor villain activity on the island. We can use the cameras that thing is hooked up to to find whoever took Orange."
"Yes, Lucina you're a genius, let's go," Blue said as he ran out of the mansion, down the front porch and turned left.
"The shed is the other way," Andy called out to Blue as he walked out of the mansion.
"I knew that," Blue said as he came back and went the right way this time.
"Clean this up okay," Byleth told Felicia as the rest left the mansion and went off into the woods to where the shed was. Felicia just stood there gawking.
Felicia (Maid of Nohr): CLEAN THIS UP?! What does he expect me to do, use some gravitational powers to put the doors back together. If anyone finds out about this though I'll be kicked out. I have to do the best I can.
The interviews were getting back on track as the buzzer went off again followed by the doors opening up. Roy had to do a double take when he saw none other than his own father, Eliwood, walk in. "Father what are you doing here," Roy asked. "Don't you have a kingdom to take care of back home."
"Yes, well my advisers can run things fine without me. Besides someone has to tech you the ways of ruling a kingdom at some point. You are next in line after all," Eliwood said. Roy looked down in embarrassment.
Mario (Mr. Nintendo): Huh and-a I thought only Corrin and Kamui had-a that kind of problem.
"So you-a came to the mansion to train Roy to-a eventually take the throne of-a his home," Mario said in conclusion to what little has been told so far.
"Why of course, plus it I thought it would also be nice to meet some of the friends my son has made while here at the mansion," Eliwood replied with cheer. Joker could very well see why Roy didn't quite want his father here at the moment.
"Okay, as far as recommendations go you have then from Ike, your son, and Marth," Yoshi said looking down the list. Roy looked at his tablet to indeed see Marth's name and felt like he was betrayed.
Marth: I like to think I'm doing Roy a favor.
"You meet all the requirements father," Roy said as he got up from his seat. He then handed Eliwood a map of the mansion. "You can wander around and talk to some people for now, though we ask that everyone to come back to the front when we're all done here."
"Very well Roy, and just think you're probably going to be seeing me more often," Eliwood said before leaving the room.
Roy walked back over to his seat and sat down, slumping in it. "You should probably be grateful that your father cares about you a lot," Joker whispered to Roy. "Not all of us are lucky." Roy was shocked at what Joker was possibly implying. Before he could ask for elaboration the doors to the office opened again and revealed-.
"Professor E. Gadd," Mario questioned as said professor walked into the room. He stood in the middle of the room in front of the fighters, not saying a word. "Why are-a you here. Don't-a you have a lab to-a run back in that-a hotel we fixed up?"
"Yes, I do. I just came by to drop of the Poltergust G-00," Professor E. Gadd sai while pulling out said vacuum from his imaginary pockets. He was then met with dumbfounded faces. "What."
The four stayed silent until Joker put his hands on his head saying, "Let me get this straight. You signed up for a paper that clearly said interviews for residency just so you could give Luigi his vacuum back?"
"When you could easily just sent a transmission to the mansion's shed and have it be transported here from your world," Yoshi said, finishing up Joker's thought to a T.
"Oh that was something else, I thought it was a bus schedule," Professor E. Gadd said. He then handed the vacuum to Mario. The red plumber sighed as he grabbed the portal raygun. "Tell Luigi I said hi," with that Mario fired a portal below Professor E. Gadd's feet and dropped him through.
"Probably should've just given him a ride back on the bus," Roy said as the portal closed. Mario shrugged as the buzzer went off, causing the doors to open again.
It was revealed to be none other than Tom Nook. The tanooki walked in saying, "Yes, it's me, I'm here. I'd like to apply for the residen-"
*CRASH*
Everyone shot their eyes towards where Yoshi was sitting as he was once again nowhere to be seen. Roy then saw something dust falling that looks like it came from the ceiling and looked up to see a Yoshi shaped hole in it. Mario facepalmed as Joker just sat there confused.
Roy: Well, it's official. Yoshi has flown the coop.
Joker: I'm very confused by what happened back there.
Roy: Basically Yoshi hates Tom Nook specifically because of taxes. That's it.
"Yoshi, you already paid me back," Tom Nook shouted at the hole in the ceiling. "There's no need for you to fear me anymore!"
"That's the thing," Yoshi shouted back through the hole. "You make everyone think your done, then when they aren't looking you slap them with about 34,800 bells!" Roy rolled his eyes once again and Tom Nook just looked annoyed. "Just do this without me."
"Fine, Tom Nook why are-a you here," Mario asked, rather fed up with Yoshi's antics.
"Well, I know we've worked together in the past when it comes to the off-season, though it won't start until after the tournament scheduled in late 2021 or early 2022. But with a ton of people to manage over I felt I could come over and help out with any financial issues to mansion may have. Since I know it's a possibility," Tom Nook said.
"Is that a possibility," Joker asked Roy since he was clueless on this sort of thing.
"Yes, but not as often as you may think," Roy replied. The young lion then turned his head back to Tom Nook saying, "While that is good and all, you seem to only have one recomendation from Isabelle. Villager ignored you completely with this one."
"It would-a still work out though in-a the long-run, since Isabelle already has a lot to-a do here this could-a be a good-a way to-a lighten her workload," Mario said. He then turned his attention to Tom Nook saying, "You already know your way around so you can wander around the mansion until we're ready."
Tom Nook nodded and left with a gleeful look. "Okay Yoshi you can come down now," Roy called out to Yoshi. Who jumped down from the hole once he looked around to see if the coast was clear. "By the way, which room in the third floor did you break into?"
"One of the temporary resident bedrooms that were currently unoccupied," Yoshi said.
The group currently searching for Orange had made it to the repurposed shed in the room. Once up to the door Marth opened it to see the computer screens all on. He then saw Luigi, clearly sleeping on the desk chair in front of the computers. "Luigi, wake up," Marth shouted, waking up the green plumber, "we have a problem."
"Huh, what," Luigi said startled. His eyes then focused on the group in the shed with him. Before he got back to doing what he was doing he said, "Don't tell-a my bro I slept on-a the job," and faced the computers again. "What's the problem."
"Someone went ahead and squidnapped Orange," Lucina said. Luigi's eyes widened in shock at this. "Yep, it's not good."
"We need to find out who did it and where they're going," Marth said. "And fast before Orange becomes out of reach."
Luigi began rewinding the footage saying, "Let's-a see if anything passed by-a the cameras in the past half hour." when the point was reach Luigi stopped the rewind and focused intently on two of the computers while the other looked at the rest.
Ike was looking at a computer on the far left when the footage showed something balze right by it, there was a hint of Orange too. "Right here, the captor dashed by over here." Luigi nodded and adjusted the setting so it would focus on cameras around that area. The same figure was seen dasking past multiple computers on different spots. And eventually stopped by a lake before putting Orange down on the sand. She was tied up. He then turned around and his face was caught by the camera and Ike asked, "Does anyone know who that is?"
Blue paled and took a step back when he saw the face of that person. "No, it can't be. I thought he died with the old stadium," Blue said in fear.
Byleth was quick and held Blue just as he went into a panic attack. "Kid listen to my voice and breathe slowly, in and out," Byleth advised. Blue began to do so slowly, eventually calming down enough. "Now who exactly is that, he doesn't seem to be from your world."
"He's not, but he's the same guy that put me in a coma once," Blue said fearfully. "It's Akuma, he's somehow alive."
Ryu (Fighter from Japan): Well, great. Just great.
"How is that possible though," Andy questioned. "I mean, I don't know exactly who he is. But if he died then it should be highly impossible for him to be alive again. For all we know it could be someone else pretending to be him."
"And while that may be possible, we also can't rule out that there are villains with the power to do stuff like that," Ike said. Destroying the argument Andy had.
"Luigi can you pinpoint where that is," Marth asked the green plumber.
"Let-a me see," Luigi said. He then punched in a couple keys which brought up a map of the Smash Island. It was revealed that the lake Akuma had taken Orange to was about a mile away southwest. "You may-a want to hurry he's still-a there, but it seems like he's-a waiting for someone."
"Let me guess I'm staying here because of my condition," Lucina asked the others around. And of course, they all nodded. She then moved out of the way as they left the shed. She then asked Luigi, "So why were you assigned to work this shed?"
"Oh that's-a long story," Luigi said as he got into said story.
Interviews would finally continue when the buzzer was heard again. Candy King was the one walking in and before anyone said anything Mario fired a portal below her and dropped her through. "Donkey Kong requested that she would-a not be interviewed. I forgot to-a take her off the list," Mario explained.
"Okay then," Yoshi said as the doors opened again. This time to reveal a face Lucas would know well. "Kumatora nice to see you again," Yoshi said in recognition.
"Good to you again too Yoshi, and Mario," Kumatora said. She then looked over to Roy, who smiled and waited for his name. Instead she said, "I'm sorry, Who are you." Yoshi did his best to stifle his laughter at Roy gawking face.
Lucas (PSI kid): Yeah, Kumatora never really watches the tournament, only my battles. And since she never really visited until now she has no idea who Roy is. Especially after he won the most recent tournament.
"That's Roy, and I'm Joker, or you can call me Akira that works too," Joker said as he pointed to Roy and himself. "Now from what it says here you are a friend of Lucas that joined him in his adventure. And from a game that only came out in Japan, even after long time clamoring from the west."
"And you are quite skilled in combat from what we've heard," Yoshi said, as he looked at a video that showed some gameplay. He noticed Mario was looking over and glaring, so Yoshi quickly closed out of the YouTube app.
"As far a recommendations go you have them from Lucas and Ness," Roy said with a hint of saltiness that someone else didn't know his name. "Now for the reason your here."
"I honestly just came so I could bring Boney to him but it would be cool if I could stay here too," Kumatora.
"Well, I guess we could-a consider you for residency, and-a we can allow Boney to-a stay here as-a long as-a Lucas takes care of-a him," Mario said. He then handed a map of the mansion to Kumatora, assuming she already knew the gist. "Be sure your at the front of the mansion when we're ready." She nodded before leaving.
"Only two more, who's next," Roy asked as the doors once again opened to let the next person in. Roy looked forward to see someone that Terry would know, he talked about the some of the people he went up against the king of fighters tournaments a lot. "Athena Asamiya right?"
"Yes, that is my name," Athena said(4). "I know that there are many from home and I'm not the most popular, but I decided to give it a shot anyway."
"Nothing wrong with that, I mean look at me," Joker said. "One of the last characters fans were expecting. Anyway you originally came from a game known as Psycho Soldier. Then later on, after a quick redesign you were implemented into the King of Fighters series and were seen in it regularly."
"You do actually have some things going for you," Yoshi said. "For instance you do make a background appearance on Terry's stage, and you have a spirit in the game that features your original design. And you were also recommended by Terry, and since he's now a resident, Andy. Both saying that they fought you before and you can be quite a formidable opponent when provoked."
"Trust me, you won't like me if your on my bad side," Athena said.
"Either way, I'd-a say you have just as-a much of a chance as Andy," Mario said. Joker then handed Athena a map of the mansion. "Feel free to wander around, maybe meet up with Andy. Just-a be back at-a the front of the mansion when it's-a time to announce who got in."
"Thank you so much," Athena said while bowing. She then happily left the room.
The buzzer then went off again shortly after that and the final person walked in which was none other than Klonoa. "Ah, someone else from Bandai Namco," Mario said. "So you are Klonoa?"
"Yep that's me," Klonoa said pointing at himself. "I came over since the company only has one rep inside the game and mansion alone."
"That is true, Pac-Man is the only Bandai Namco character here," Roy said as he looked over the mansion roster again. "He even went out of his way to recommend Klonoa."
Pac-Man (Dot muncher): I honestly just want Sonic to stop his 'don't care about characters from other companies with only one character in' nonsense. If Klonoa gets in it's a potential win for me.
"I don't even remember talking to the guy that often," Klonoa said in response to the recommendation. He was then handed a map of the manson from Yoshi and was given the whole explanation of wandering around the mansion. "I'm just going to wait out at the front but thanks anyway," Klonoa said before walking out of the office.
"Okay-a time to talk about-a options," Mario said as the red plumber and the others began talking.
The group following Akuma were deep into the woods and were closing in on the lake. At one point Andy accidentally snapped a twig and was shushed. "Sorry, I can't really control nature," Andy whispered to the others.
"Do you know anyone who can," Blue asked out of curiosity. "I'm told a lot of people participate in the whole King of Fighters thing."
"Give me some time to think on that, there's a lot of people,' Andy said as he began running over every single participant in his head. After about a minute he answered, "No I don't think there is. Which is rather surprising since there is someone that can control fire."
"We're chasing after a kidnapper and this is the thing you decide to talk about," Ike said to the two as they continued further into the woods.
"Can you be quiet," Byleth silently scolded from behind. "If we are getting close to Akuma we could potentially expose our position and could make off with Orange again." After he said that everyone could make out two voices talking in the distance.
They then began to go a bit slower as the lake came into view. Once a bit closer they noticed Orange and Akuma at the lake. The evil fighter from Japan was staring right at the orange haired inkling, who just sat there, tied up, and looking at the sand.
The group found a big enough rock and went behind it to listen in. "Can you just give me one reason as to why you haven't thrown me in the lake yet. I'll practically die instantly since there's no active respawn pads."
"As tempting as that is I was given orders to wait here in order to bring you in alive," Akuma said. "Not something I wanted to agree to, but you have to do little things in order to reach your goals eventually."
"Who exactly gave you those orders, and how are you alive," Orange asked, finding it hard to believe that this guy actually took orders from someone else. And with good reason, guy is usually a lone-wolf.
"Like I would tell you who that is," Akuma shouted. "As for how I'm alive, I shouldn't be." This caught everyone off guard and their attention. "I was revived by a powerful person, promising me the chance to gain some strength and finally defeat Ryu once and for all. This guy is offering me more than Giovanni ever could."
"Revived, there's few people that can do that, I know Master Hand technically can, but I also know he would never do that for a villain."
"And he wasn't the one to do it mind you. It was someone else." A portal then began to open up behind Akuma. The fighter turned around and got up.
This gave Blue a chance to quickly run over and grab Orange. She was shocked at first, but stayed quietly quickly after she realized this was a rescue. Once the two were back over the rock they saw Bass walked out of the portal just before they began slowly walking away. "So where is she," Bass asked.
"What do you mena where she is she's right-" Akuma cut himself off as he turned around to see Orange gone. He quickly looked around to see no one in the surrounding trees. "ARGH! She got away."
Bass scoffed saying, "Come on, the boss is gonna want to talk to you. We didn't really need her anyway, it was really just to test you." With that the robot walked back through the portal with Akuma following. After the portal closed the group revealed themselves to all be behind one tree.
"So Akuma and Bass are working together," Marth said, having witnessed the whole conversation.
"And have a boss," Byleth said. "We may want to report this."
With that the group began to walk back with Blue and Orange in the back of the group. "Look Blue," Orange began to say but she was cut off by Blue.
"Orange, I'm sorry. I was a jerk back there I admit that. But at the same time, I still feel like we should just stay friends at the moment, get our feelings sorted out you know," Blue said.
Orange cast a hopeful smile saying, "That's fine with me. When you think you're ready, let me know friend." Blue smiled back as the walk back through the woods was peaceful.
Orange: I'm glad to at least come to an understanding with Blue. I do hope that in the future we will be able to settle things.
Mario, Roy, Yoshi, and Joker were now at the front of the mansion. They were joined by all of the ones interviewed that weren't sent home, this being Min Min, Otacon, Minato Arisato, MegaMan X, Eliwood, Tom Nook, Kumatora, Athena Asamiya, and Klonoa(5).
"Okay time to-a announce which five will-a be able to stay at-a the mansion," Mario said holding up the five envelopes. "Just-a know that this-a was a very hard decision due to-a all of-a your close chances."
"First up is my own father, who we all agreed upon, Eliwood," Roy said. The lord then walked up to the porch and gave Roy a pat on the back before taking the envelope and walking inside. "Just so we're clear he's is probably the last Fire Emblem character we will be accepting for awhile."
Eliwood (Lord of Pherae): I will hold off a bit on teaching Roy on how to be a leader to a nation for now. Give him some time to get used to me being here first.
"The next one goes to someone recommended by Snake, Otacon," Yoshi said. Otacon walking up to the stairs and gently took the envelope before walking inside without a word or small gesture of some kind.
Hal Emmerich (Otacon): I'll be looking into the security system here and see if there's anything I can upgrade in it.
"The third one goes to the one from the same set of games as me, Minato Arisato," Joker said. Minato took the envelope and bowed in front of Joker. The leader of the phantom thieves returned it as he went inside.
Joker: I have a feeling Minato will fit in just fine.
"And-a the fourth and-a fifth ones go to none other than Tom Nook, after reluctance from Yoshi, and MegaMan X," Mario said. The two walked up to the porch and took the envelopes before heading inside.
MegaMan X (Blue bomber of the Future): So what exactly will you be doing here Nook?
Tom Nook (Free 'not' real estate person): I'll be handling mainly the financial situations in the mansion, help out with Isabelle's workload.
Isbelle (Secretary of Smashville): Well, it's good to know that my job will be getting easier.
"Unfortunately the rest of you will be going home," Kapp'n said as he was standing next to the bus. The driver then turned his head to Mario saying, "By the way, Rosalina and Hammer Bro decided to come back." Said two were getting off at the same time.
"Just know I'll probably come back at some point to visit," Athena Asamiya said before getting on the bus with the others.
The bus then left just as Marth and the others came out of the woods. Lucina and Luigi had already retreated to inside the mansion through the back entrance earlier. Mario took notice of this and shouted, "What are-a you guys doing in-a the woods!"
"I was squidnapped by Akuma," Orange said to Mario. The red plumber's eyes went wide in shock. "Yep, he's alive. Only someone revived him, recruited him, and he's working with Bass."
"Is-a that so," Mario said holding his head in thought. "I may already have a hunch on who it is, but I want to wait until Master Hand eventually comes back so I can discuss it with him."
"If that's the case then you may want to hope her gets back soon," Andy said as he walked inside.
Underworld
"So you were testing me the whole time, it didn't matter if Orange was brought here or not," Akuma said.
"No, and in reality I would've erased her memories of this place before sending her back anyway," Hades said. "No, I was testing you to see if you could take orders without disobeying them."
"Offer me the right thing and I'm willing to listen. Just telling me you could help get my revenge in a way Giovanni could never pull off was enough."
"Well, the team's almost complete now. We're just missing one person."
"And who is that exactly," Bass asked.
"The same person I've been bringing the discs too for a past month," Akechi said. He was holding the final disc right now. "She'll be getting this one tomorrow, a direct clip right from an episode that will tell her everything."
"And what are we hoping to do with her," Akuma asked.
"Well, we can't send any of you in without suspicion," Hades bluntly said. "So what if we were to plant a mole out of someone vulnerable as they are very new to the gaming world. That lies her purpose to us." The lord of the underworld grinned evilly as the next step of his evil plan was close to starting.
Author's note: One more episode and then the mid season/finishing interviews. After the mid season ends, which will be episode 13 of the season, there will be about five more episode 14-18 before the finale. I've already begun writing some scenes from the movie.
(1) Technically, this doesn't happen till the 31st of the first month in the game but I decided to have that fight happen early.
(2) Thor: Ragnarok reference. Korg said a line similar to this.
(3) And a character that would give me a good episode plot idea so thank you to whoever requested him. I don't remember who did.
(4) Athena is taking on her appearance in Ultimate's FATAL FURY stage. I looked through and Athena does have an english voice actor despite not having an english voice actor in most games.
(5) Definitely one of the harder decisions I had to make since I limit myself with five. The final spot came down to MegaMan X and Athena because they are both a spirit and can be seen in some way, shape, or form inside the matches and I didn't have any plot ideas for the two. So I slapped the two names on a wheel, spun said wheel, and made the decision that way