Author's note: Don't forget to vote in the current poll if you haven't yet. Mid season is next episode. And before we get into reviews I would like to discuss something. This story has increased in popularity over the past few months, and there's no doubt some people may be inspired to write their own story due to mine. So I would like to know if you guys would be fine if I open up a community. Basically the community will have this story and anything related to it in it. Like if someone was inspired to make their own story by this one or if they write about something that did not show up in this one but is in the same universe. I just want to point out that if anyone would like to make a story that takes place in the same universe as this one they are welcome to, just be sure it doesn't mess up the canon of this story. If I make the community the first stories that will show up on it will be this story, Octavio's Great Escape, and A Very Merry Smashmas. Again if you want to make a story that takes place in the same universe as this you're welcome to just make sure it doesn't mess up the canon of this story. I would like to hear your thoughts on this, depending on what they are I will decide on whether I should make the community or not by the next episode. First review is from Generic Smash Bros Fan.
"1: Byleth female can be called "Beleth"
2: Akuma still alive? It even reminds me of Geese Howard
3: Speaking of Geese, he could appear in the future with Billy Kane
4: Eliwood, Tom Nook, Otacon, Minato, Mega Man X, good options,I want to see more of them in the future
5: Well, with Minato and Mega Man X inside, Jibanyan discarded, I think I'll wait for Ratchet & Clank,Roll,Proto Man and Yu Narukami now.
6: Well, because the Fighter Pass 2 will have 6 fighters maybe you could accept 6 characters (until the interviews are over), yes, I know it won't happen, but it's worth a try, right?"
1. Maybe a name that doesn't sound exactly the same (or close) when spoken out loud.
2. Something like this happened before in FATAL FURY, I did not know that.
3. Maybe an appearance next season.
4. All depends on which plots they can fit into. Eliwood, Otacon, and Tom Nook will be in this episode since their are plot points they can fit into.
5. I can guarantee at least two of them will get in.
6. I'm going to stick to five new residents an episode for interviews.
Next review is from PinkRose4452
"While I'm glad for everyone that got in as residents, which I can't wait to see what's for them, especially Eliwood, I have to say that I'm salty that Athena didn't get in as a resident. I feel like she could have the residents help her out with a concert for the Smash Island, since she's an idol, and maybe help Zelda out with her feelings for Link a bit. I'm sorry for this little rant though. Also, I wish that I could've suggested something like that sooner. But anyways, I forgot to ask this question last time.
What are your thoughts on the delay of the Final Fantasy VII Remake?
Since Byleth is out, how are you enjoying playing as them so far? Also, do you prefer the male or female version?
What are your thoughts on Kobe Bryant's sudden death, alongside his daughter and seven others?"
Athena did say she was going to visit at some point. I actually have a concert episode in the works for this season, which is going to be a substitute for the sing-off requested in Season 3 since I ultimately can't make that work. So Athena will be back in the next few episodes. As for the Final Fantasy VII remake being delayed it is rather unfortunate, I do hope it doesn't get delayed again for the long-time fans. It also means my planned FF7 remake chapter will have to be delayed as well. It may now go into Season 6. As for Byleth, I actually like playing as them. Their classic mode route was pretty crazy when I got to Master Hand and Crazy Hand. As for who I prefer, while the male Byleth is the first one to show up, I may feature the female Byleth more when she comes in as a way to have a bit more gender diversity in the story. As for Kobe Bryant's sudden death it was shocking, helicopter flight gone wrong. I can genuinely say that I wish the best or Kobe Bryant's family and for the families of the other victims. What happened was all over the news so it was hard to not know about it. Next review is from ultimateCCC.
"Lucina really does take after Caeda's matchmaking skills.
Isn't Caspar in Black Eagles?
Closet name I can think of for Female Byleth is Blythe."
Yes, it would seem so. Yes Caspar is part of Black Eagles. And Bylthe is probably a name I would give female Byleth. We'll have to see if I cam implement her in the next couple episodes. Next review is from Guestspirit.
"By the way, has anyone in the Smash Mansion used the gift I sent them for Christmas yet?"
The gift is currently in the practice room. It's frequented often so not many people have used it yet. And the camera crew doesn't really record anything in that area unless someone they were following goes to it. Next review is from Nickguppy.
"Glad that orange and blue are friends again. And will the fight against hades and his team take place during the season finale, or the movie?"
Information on when the fight is happening will not be disclosed. Next review is from Bluejack22.
"Name the girl Byleth, Beth"
I'll keep that in mind.
After going through the randomizer this is who we are interviewing today.
Tikal (Sonic the Hedgehog)
Lip (Panel De Pon)
Sakura Kasugano (Street Fighter)
Mach Rider (Mach Rider)
Medea (DRAGON QUEST VIII)
Axl (MegaMan X)
Ethan (Pokemon Gold)
Chaos (Sonic the Hedgehog)
Anna (Fire Emblem)
Proto Man (Mega Man)
Rachet & Clank (Rachet & Clank)
Coco Bandicoot (Crash Bandicoot)
We have thirteen more after this episode.
Season 5 episode 11: Out of Control
(February 2nd, 2019)(no this isn't a Super Bowl themed episode. Not a football person)
Things were beginning to get a bit more serious in the mansion with word of Orange getting temporarily kidnapped spreading like wildfire throughout the mansion. With the added addition that Akuma and Bass were working with someone only added more worry. Mario, in the end, had decided to tell everyone that the predicted villain, and most likely given past events was Hades. Palutena visibly seethed at the name being mentioned for the trouble he had caused all those years ago.
Of course Otacon took this as his welcome to work on updating the security system and was currently inspecting one of the cameras within the kitchen. Walking into the kitchen right now was Zero, the one who originally designed the security system. He then noticed that Otacon was at the counter inspecting the camera that was hooked up on top of the fridge. Crossing his arms he asked, "Whatcha' got there?"
Otacon looked right at Zero for a good second before holding up a tool and saying, "A screwdriver." Zero then looked at the camera and Otacon met the gaze. "Oh, your camera. You see, I just felt that your system would need a bit of upgrading. In the event on the villains infiltrate the mansion and we need to be warned."
"The cameras are already equipped to do that so I hope you didn't undo it by accident," Zero said as he looked inside the camera and noticed everything still in there. Only with the slight addition of a dart. "What's the dart for?"
"Oh, I felt that it's possible that if a camera detects a suspicious figure it could hit them with one of these and knock em' out instantly." With that Otacon took the panel he had taken off and put it back on. He then went ahead and placed the camera back in its spot over the fridge. "That;s the first one done."
"You really think anyone is going to get taken out by one measly dart," Zero asked as he looked at the hole where the dart would come out from as the camera scanned the area.
Chef Kawasaki then walked into the kitchen asking, "Hey, has anyone seen my ladle?" The camera was eventually pointing right at him. It then beeped a bit before firing a dart right at Kawasaki. "Ow! What was that...for." Kawasaki then collapsed on the floor, unconscious.
Otacon smirked at Zero, only for it to fade when the robot was glaring. "What? He's not allowed in the kitchen right?"
Zero (Robot from the Future): Okay, true, Kawasaki isn't allowed in the kitchen due to how terrible of a chef he is. And yes I could've done the whole dart thing myself, but it could potentially mistake someone who decided to wear a hoodie for a day, as a villain and knock em out.
"Otacon, maybe making a dart system isn't what you need to do to improve the system. Maybe it's finding a way to make it better without it potentially knocking anyone out by accident," Zero said, hoping to get Otacon to see some sense.
And he did saying, "Yeah, maybe you're right," until the following was said. "Why make a dart system when I can make a whole AI that can guard the mansion. Oh, that's genius." With that Otacon left the room with a gawking Zero in his wake.
Zero then facepalmed saying, "Looks like I'm on damage control." The robot then left the kitchen as well. And also decided not to get Kawasaki onto a couch and left him on the floor. "This is not going to end well."
Cilan then walked into the kitchen after Zero left through the dining hall door and noticed Kawasaki on the floor. "Kawasaki, did you sleep here in order to assure that you would get to use the stove first," Cilan said. He then walked over and flipped Kawasaki onto his back and saw the dart. Cilan took the dart out questioning, "Wonder where this came from?"
Mario was once again in Master Hand's office and was ready to start interviews. This time he had recruited Ryu, Mega Man, and Eight to help him out. Mario was quickly over the list of who was being interviewed again while Ryu explained to Eight how the whole process worked. "Okay, are we-a all set," Mario asked as he finished going over the list and updated things properly.
"All educated on how the system works Mario," Eight answered as he held up the tablet. "I can take care of explaining the first one." The red plumber nodded as the doors opened up to reveal Tikal. "So we're starting with someone from Sonic's world okay," Eight said to himself as he looked down at the appropriate character file. "So Tikal you are related to Knuckles, one of Sonic's closest friends. When Dr. Eggman had broken the seal in order to find the emeralds your spirit. Wait what?" Eight looked up to see Tikal in her physical form, but looked down again in confusion.
"This won't cause a problem will it," Tikal asked, a little embarrassed that she probably didn't think this through.
"I don't think it will, I mean there's someone else in this mansion that's technically a spirit right," Ryu said. The fighter then turned his head to Mario who was shaking it. "Wait there's isn't."
"The mansion roster is big, it's-a hard to remember what-a everyone looks-a like, but I don't-a believe anyone who lives here is-a ghost or spirit," Mario said. "It still-a won't cause a problem with this interview though."
"I guess we could continue with asking why exactly are you here Tikal," Mega Man said. He then looked down at the tablet where he saw more information. "It says here you left Sonic and co. with someone named Chaos and even the developers don't know where you are."
"That's actually part of the reason why I came, to see them again. And to also reassure them that I am perfectly fine," Tikal said. "And I do believe that Chaos is on the list for interviews as well."
Eight looked at the schedule saying, "Yes he is. In fact, he's sometime later in the day. I do say you meet the requirements, but you could've done what you wanted to do without signing up for interviews, there are ways to get to the mansion without the bus. Just need to find the right spot in your world."
Mario (Mr. Nintendo): Each and-a every world excluding Earth have certain points where a portal can open up without-a the need of-a raygun. Most of-a these points have yet to-a be determined. An example of-a one though is right-a here at-a the harbor.
Ryu got up from his seat and handed a map to Tikal, which fell through your hand. "You can just wander around and see if you can find Sonic and the others," Ryu said as he picked up the map and walked back to his seat.
"Thanks for letting me stay for now for the time being," Tikal said before leaving the office.
The doors soon opened up again, revealing Lip. Someone scarcely seen by anyone at this point." I don't know if this interview will work out, Lip," Mario said as the BES character entered the office.
"Why, I'm a spirit, and there's literally and item from my game in this one," Lip protested, she hadn't even gotten past the doors yet and was already being shut down.
"For starters it-a was just one game on-a a console that-a came out in-a the 80s. Not-a to mention, you-a have no recommendations and-a hardly anyone remembers you," Mario said as he grabbed the portal raygun. "I am-a truly sorry, but-a we'll have to-a terminate this-a interview, goodbye." With that Mario fired and Lip was dropped through a portal.
Ryu then looked at his tablet and saw the next name on the list before saying, "I can take care of this next one Mario." The red plumber nodded as he hit the button to open the doors to the office. Then next one walking in was a face Ryu knew well. "Hello Sakura Kasugano."
"Hey, Ryu it's been awhile," Sakura said excitedly to the street fighter(1). She then noticed the blue bomber in the room saying, Oh, hey Mega Man." Mega Man did a short wave in response.
"So how long were you looking for me this time, and before you ask I'm still training myself," Ryu said, and as if guessing what he thought she was going to ask.
"I wasn't going to ask that," Sakura said, embarrassed that he had said that in front of others, she had just met. "I felt like coming so I can maybe give some urge for Guile to come back too. Since he's still back on Earth."
"I'm sorry, you two know each other," Eight asked. Confused as he should be since he has not been at the mansion for very long.
"Sorry, forgot two of you weren't already introduced," Ryu said as he turned to face Eight and Mario. "Eight, Mario, meet Sakura Kasugano. Ever since she was a student in high school she's been inspired me to become a street fighter herself. She's seeked me out multiple times in the past with the intention of asking me if she could become my student for training. I refused, but didn't stop us from having a couple street fights."
Ken (Fighter from America): Ah, I remember Sakura. Yeah, she would go all over the world in order to find Ryu. Her determination is something to be admired, however, that doesn't stop her from finding danger at some point. Pretty sure she's nearly died sometimes.
"So does this mean the moves she uses imitate yours," Eight said.
"Nice observation," Sakura complimented. "It's true, I do emulate Ryu on multiple fronts, but I try to differ his moves a bit so they seem my own."
"So to recap, are you here to eventually try to fight Ryu again, or are you here in order to pressure Guile to come back," Mega Man said as he was looking at a different app in the tablet that tracks the bus Kapp'n drives. "Because I'm looking on the bus tracker right now and it would seem Kapp'n is on his way back to Earth, mainly the U.S. Something tells me Guile wants to come back."
"Then my plan worked, but I did also come because I like checking the place out, see how I liked it. Especially since I'm out of high school now," Sakura said.
Mario shared a nod with the others and Ryu got up from his seat to hand Sakura a map of the mansion. "You can wander around for now Sakura, but you have to be back at the front porch of the mansion when it's time for final decisions okay," Ryu warned the fighter.
Sakura nodded saying, "Don't worry, I know the drill. See you soon." With that Skaura left the office. Leaving the others to wait for the next one to be interviewed.
Zero had been looking for Otacon over the whole mansion, but couldn't find the scientist in any of the frequented rooms of the mansion. This left him with two options, either give up and let things play out, or find Snake and ask if he knows where Otacon is. And since he felt like something bad would happen if he just gave up he decided to find Snake.
And the robot from the future eventually did find the former spy in the lounge, laying down on a couch. Most likely taking a nap, one that would have to be disturbed. "Snake, I need to ask you something," Zero shouted at the former spy, shocking him awake. "Do you know where Otacon is?"
"You woke me up from my nap to ask where one of my longest friends is," Snake questioned in annoyance. He then rolled over again saying, "I'm going back to sleep."
"Snake this is serious, he's sent on improving the security of the mansion," Zero said. And without much context it sounded like he was evil to Snake.
"And that's a bad thing because," Snake asked more confused than he has ever been confused before.
"He's trying to do it in the form of an AI, something that Dr. Light doesn't figure out until… I don't know how long from now but it'll be awhile."
That was enough to get Snake off the couch saying, "I know where this is probably going to go. That AI is gonna be evil, come on. He's probably using an empty room for this, or maybe on of the empty temporary bedrooms. Either way he's most likely on the third floor."
"Isn't the third floor just temporary bedrooms," Zero asked.
"Mostly temporary bedrooms, one side has empty recreational rooms that can be used for anything," Snake said as he began to walk out of the lounge. Zero followed close behind.
Snake (Former spy): I should've kept a closer on Otacon, if this ends up turning into something catastrophic he could get himself kicked out of the mansion.
Eliwood had been a resident in the mansion for the past week now and decided to give Roy some space. He had gotten wind of Roy being a little uncomfortable with him around his friends and decided a little space was probably necessary. The lord was currently in the game room, at one of the card tables with Chrom.
After awhile Chrom decided to bring up a certain topic asking, "So have you seen anything different in Roy since you came into the mansion?"
Eliwood was a bit dumbfounded by the question but shook it off. He then said, "Only when I'm not right next to him. He seems a lot more relaxed here and more carefree. It's honestly nice to see him with such good people."
"That was about the answer I expected, but I'm just asking becuase it would seem Roy does not exactly favor you being here."
"Yeah, I caught onto that. Was it like this with you and Lucina when you first came to the mansion as a resident."
Chrom held his thought for quite a bit, replaying some things in his mind to see if there were instances like that. "Yes, in fact, it was about two weeks until we were able to talk to each other with others in the room."
"Really, two weeks. Was this in August in 2018," Eliwood asked, rather shocked about this.
"No, no, this was when I was at the mansion for a short time during the first tournament for the Wii U era," Chrom siad. "Lucina was already quite used to me being around by the time I came to the mansion as a fighter that day."
"You probably have more responsibility than me at the moment. You're daughter is married, your ruling a kingdom, and you daughter currently has a little one on the way. Meanwhile, it's just me and Roy."
"About that, have you ever thought about Roy wanting to be with someone, romantically that is," Chrom decided to ask since he felt like the topic was brought up. "I know he's only fifteen but that's probably about the normal age."
Eliwood was quiet for a bit before saying, "I know, my boy really is growing up fast. I know there are many potential suitors out there for him back on our world. But when the time comes, I don't know if I'll be ready."
Chrom smirked before saying, "You know, I thought the same about Lucina. Heck I tried to keep Robin from proposing to her one night. But I eventually learned that if they're ever going to learn and grow upon lessons, then you have to let them go. Nothing can be done to stop it, it has to happen eventually."
"That's some good advice," Eliwood said. "You know what, I'll go talk to Roy about this right now. There probably already is someone he plans to settle down with." With that Eliwood left the game room in search of Roy before Chrom could stop him.
Chrom (Prince of Ylisse): Roy, if you are watching this I am very sorry. But know that this was going to happen eventually, best if you tell him now.
Roy (The young lion): ...Yeah not happening. I can talk to my father about the whole suitor for the future topic. But I'm not telling him about me and Lilina just yet.
Interviews would continue as the buzzer went off in the office, leading Mario to open the doors by pressing the button. The four then heard a motorcycle as it drove into the office and did doughnuts on the carpet. The very reason why the no vehicle was added to begin with. Mario facepalmed and shouted, "Mach Rider! You were-a given very clear instructions not-a to bring in-a the motocycle."
Mach Rider then stopped and put up the kickstand for the bike saying, "Ah come on Mario. You know I'm practically stuck to this thing due to programming for the NES."
"Then perhaps it was a mistake for you to show up," Mega Man said as he grabbed the portal raygun. "Sorry, Mach Rider, but we're gonna have to terminate this interview because of this goodbye." Mega Man then dropped the bike rider through a portal in a mere second.
"Hopefully the next one we're interviewing won't be on a vehicle," Eight said as the buzzer rang again, followed by the doors opening. Eight then looked ahead of him and did a double-take as he saw who the next person was. "Medea! What are you doing here?!"
"Isn't it obvious I wanted to see you," Medea said. Eight(2) quickly looked at Mario, completely convinced he picked him for this very interview. "It's very lonely back home without you."
"Hang on, are you saying your-a only here because Eight is-a here," Mario asked. "If-a that's the case then-a we're gonna have to-a terminate your interview for-a not having a valid reason for-a being here."
"Medea, is there another reason your here other than being with me," Eight said in an effort to save Medea from being dropped through a portal.
Medea thought for a quick second before answering, "I do honestly want to meet the other heroes and get to know them better."
Eight looked at Mario with hope that would count, leading the red plumber to say, "I'll make an exception this-a one time." The red plumber then got up from his seat and handed Medea a map of the mansion. "You can-a wander around for the time being just-a be sure you're at-a the front of the mansion when it's-a time to announce who got-a in."
"Thank you," Medea said before leaving the office.
Eight mouthed a quick thank you to Mario as the buzzer went off again. Mario pressed the button as he sat down. And it was revealed to be another robot from Mega Man's set of worlds. This one had black armor with red accents on the legs. Mega Man quickly looked at his tablet saying, "Uh, you are Axl correct, X has talked a bit about you since he came here."
"Yep, don't forget it," Axl said. Ryu rolled his eyes quickly, it was one of those people. "I'm decided to come since Zero and X were already in. I felt like it would be best to reunite the trio under one roof."
"I would say that's sound reasoning, but it all depends on whether both want you here," Ryu said looked at his tablet. "You seem to have recommendations from both X and Zero so I'd say your in a good running. Oh, and there's also one from Mega Man here."
"I mostly did it because I felt like X would be happy if I did," Mega Man answered.
MegaMan X (robot from the future): I would be fine if Axl got in, though I wouldn't feel bad of anything if he didn't get in. Well, maybe a little bit.
"He seems to-a have a good running, but I guess-a we have to-a see what happens with everyone else we're-a interviewing today," Mario said. He then handed Axl a map of the mansion. "Be back at the front porch when we announce when so you can find out if you got in or not."
"Oh, no need. I can tell my chances are already sound. I'll examine the residential building, see ya," Axl said.
"I hope we have people more capable of getting in than him," Eight said sighing as the group waited for the next person they were interviewing to come.
Otacon actually wasn't on the third floor at the moment contrary to what Snake thought. He was actually on the roof, installing a unit. This unit was for the system and was a key component. He had most of it installed when he began to hear angry beeping from below. He looked over the roof to see Mr. Game & Watch(3) angrily beeping at him about something. He didn't quite know how to respond and said, "I'm sorry I don't speak 80's!"
Pit had seen this, since he was outside for whatever reason, and ran over. Once he saw the scene unfolding he asked, "What are you trying to say to him," to Mr. Game & Watch. The early 80's figure then started to try doing a couple motions to convey a message to Pit. The angel then looked up to Otacon and shouted, "He wants to know what you're doing up there!" Mr. G&W nodded, confirming that's what he was going for.
"I'm trying to upgrade the security system of the mansion so we can quickly spot threats to the island and get rid of them," Otacon shouted back from the roof. "This thing is a key component in the whole thing!"
Mr. Game & Watch then tried making some other motions to Pit to convey a message. This one was harder for the angel and said, "He either said, as long as it doesn't crash into the attic, or he said that he's gonna go get a snack." If Mr. Game & Watch had a facepalm animation. He would do it right now with no hesitation.
Pit (The angel captain): So that last one wasn't right. In my training with Viridi as far as reading we learned that it's actually easier for me to get what's going on through a range of charades. Don't know how that happened, but I'm basically the unofficial translator for Mr. Game & Watch.
Viridi (Goddess of Nature): As far as Pit learning how to read is coming along it's a very slow process. He's slowly learning but there a some days where he's just too brain dead to do anything.
"I'm gonna assume he said make sure it doesn't crash into the attic," Otacon shouted to the two fighters. "And don't worry Mr. GW, this thing is completely stable, it won't fall." Semi-satisfied with the answer Mr. Game & Watch walked off. Deciding to stay outside, since Palutena suggested it, Pit walked over to the front porch and sat down on one of the outside chairs.
A portal opened just behind the invite residential building, and once again, Akechi was the one stepping out of it. In his metaverse gear he did what he's been doing for the past couple of times he's been here. And that was sneakily going up the wall to where Kasumi's room was and plant a letter for her to be found later in the night. "Last time I should be doing this," Akechi said to himself as he began scaling the wall. He eventually made it to Kasumi's window and quickly peeked in. He noticed that Kasumi was in there and ducked his head. Luck was not on his side today, every other time he came here the phantom thief was never in her room. He wondered if she was in it this time because of the past letters.
Either way he may get his answer soon as the door to Kasumi's room opened, revealing Makoto. "Kasumi, we're planning on going into the city and go to the mall. Do you wanna join," Makoto asked as she walked into the bedroom.
"Oh, that sounds like fun. Let me get some pocket change," Kasumi said as she turned around and opened a drawer in her desk to get the money. Akechi took one quick look at her face and her expression said everything he needed to know. She was in doubt, she didn't believe that they didn't actually know her. "Got it," Akechi had heard Kasumi say as she followed Makoto out the door.
Once the door closed and the click was heard Akechi quickly opened the window before doing a backflip into the room. "And Bass asked why I would backflip into a room," Akechi said, talking to himself again, "I said it was because this is the last time I'm going into this room, I'm allowed to be extra." Akechi sighed as he put the letter on the desk. "I'll admit Kasumi, I feel bad about doing this to you, but it's for your own good."
Akechi then too a quick look around the room and shrugged saying, "Let's see if there's anything in here Hades can use a blackmail and/or a threat later on." The traitor phantom thief then began to look through the desk.
Interviews would continue as the doors opened again to reveal, Ethan, a pokemon trainer from the Johto region. "Uh, are we gonna allow another pokemon trainer in here or is two just fine," Mega Man whispered to Mario since the two were sitting next to each other.
"I think we can-a give him a chance," Mario said. He then turned his attention back to Ethan and looked at pokemon he had on team with a tablet. There was Typhlosion, Honckrow, Tyranitar, and Kingdra. "Hm, I see you have some strong pokemon currently one your team."
"Well, it's not my full team, but it's who I have yes," Ethan answered. Ryu could tell he was nervous about this whole thing. "You see I came because I wanted my pokemon to at least be around some other pokemon, they've been in one place for quite awhile."
"There many other pokemon back in your world though, why didn't you just use the pokemon there," Eight asked. He felt like here would be a dumb answer to this.
"I mean its wild pokemon, they aren't really tamed. The pokemon here are though, so it'll make things easier," Ethan answered. Eight then stifled whatever he was going to say next since that was an okay answer.
"I guess that-a works," Mario said, unsure of the reason. He got up from his seat and handed Ethan a map of the mansion. "You can wander around the mansion for the time being, be at the front porch when we-a are ready to-a make a final decision." Ehtan nodded before leaving the office and closing the door behind him.
"Wonder who's walking in next," Eight said to himself as he pulled up the character file of the next person. When he saw the name he immediately recognized it from earlier. "This should be interesting," Eight said as the doors to the office opened again. Revealing Chaos, the one Tikal talked about earlier.
"Ah, your here. We decided to count you and Tikal as one since you ended up here on the same day," Ryu said as he got up from his seat to hand Chaos a map of the mansion. "You can wander around the mansion for the time being, but you'll have to be back at the front when the time comes."
"Well, that was easier than I thought," Chaos said as he walked away with the map in his hands.
Mega Man took another look at the list and character file as buzzer blared again. "Little warning Mario," Mega Man said as he showed Mario the list.
Mario looked at it himself and rolled his eyes saying, "Oh no, not-a her."
"I'm sorry who," Eight said as the doors to the office doors opened. Ryu was looking at the list himself and groaned. "Who are we not excited to see?"
"You'll see," Ryu said as he turned his attention to the one that walked into the office. "Hello Anna."
It was indeed the same shopkeeper that showed up in every single Fire Emblem game, regardless if they were in a different world or not. Anna then immediately pulled a board out of nowhere. And Eight became very confused as she said, "Surprised you didn't notice my name on the list. Anyway, this is what I have with me this time."
Mega Man (The blue bomber): Once she gets started she never stops. We found it's best if we just let her do her thing before sending her back.
Eliwood had eventually found Roy in the lounge and said, "Roy, my boy there's something I need to talk to you about."
Roy had stiffened an instantly answered with, "If this is about me avoiding you, I'm sorry but it's kind of embarrassing for me to hear you talking about me infant years."
Eliwood was taken aback for a second before saying, "Not what I came for, but I'll keep it in mind. No, this is about your future as a suitor for someone." Roy became a bit flustered. "I'm not saying you have to make a decision now. I'm just warning you ahead of time that the family has to uphold an image. When it comes to choosing someone I will let you do it on your own but a noble would be preferable."
"Yeah, I know. You kinda already talked about this to me before about a couple years ago," Roy said. "Trust me father, I'll do great things when my time comes as king, just wait and see."
Eliwood chuckled and ruffled Roy's hair saying, "That I don't doubt. Well, I should probably get back to Chrom. I basically abandoned him after all." With a wave Eliwood walked out of the lounge.
Roy: I think it's going to start getting easier for me to talk to my father here. How I'm gonna tell him about me and Lilina I'll figure out another time.
Snake and Zero were still running around the third floor in search for Otacon. Who they believed to be working on someone within one of the empty rooms on the floor. They didn't really find anything until they heard something fall in one of the rooms. Followed by a yelp of pain. Knowing they found the door, Snake and Zero got up to the door.
They then barged in with Zero pulled out his Z-saber followed by Snake shouting, "Stop what you're doing Otacon!"
Said scientist immediately raised in his hands and turned around. When he saw Snake he instantly said, "Betrayed by Snake, even though I have no idea what he's betraying me for. Should've known that day would come."
"You know exactly what we're here for," Zero said pointing his saber to the giant computer behind the scientist.
Otacon turned around and said, "Your here because of the system. Zero trust me this thing will bring good stuff to the mansion."
"And how can we be sure of that?"
"Perhaps it's best if I explain it," Otacon said as he glasses shined white again. "You see, it's an AI designed to act as a watcher over the island. It scans it every few minutes and finds any possible threats. Once one is found it will rank the villain from a rank of D to S. For instance, Giovanni, while he may not have the power he's a good strategist. Making him an A-rank villain. Other like Gruntilda don't provide as much of a threat and would be a C-rank."
Zero: Trust me, AIs that actually work have to be at least a decade at most. I would be impressed if someone on Earth pulled it off in the new decade.
Snake and Zero shared a look of uncertainty when Snake decided to ask, "Power it on and we'll be judges of that."
"Right away," Otacon said as he walked over to the side of the whole thing. There was then a bit of electricity popping out of the metal plating as it powered on. When it finished a set of eyes appeared on the screen. It also had eyebrows strangely enough.
"Hello, I am an AI assigned to detect and potential threats and warn the mansion of the," The AI said. And Snake was rather impressed with this, Zero's expression remained unimpressed. Mostly because he was already an AI.
"I guess that's pretty good Otacon," Snake said. "So you can detect any threat on the island at anytime," Snake asked the AI.
"Yes, in fact, I just scanned and there seems to already be a threat on the island. Said threats or should I say threats are already in the mansion."
"Threats, who are they," Zero asked the Ai. He was interested since it just found them without any problem whatsoever.
"Those threats are," The AI pulled up a map of the island and began placing dots in various areas. Eventually it was split screen with a camera pointed at Zero, Snake, and Otacon each. "Nearly everyone of you here." The AI's expression was now that of a mad one."
"What," Otacon said in shock. "What are you talking about?! Why us?!"
"Well, it's not that you contain any motives to destroy the island or the mansion, far from it, but it's simply a fact of your presence is all." The AI then pulled out Byleth render, and Mr. Game & Watch's render. "While some of you like Byleth have already defeated all their enemies. Or some like Mr. G&W don't have any enemies at all. The rest of you do still have enemies out there. And they can come and easily put the people living here as mere citizens in danger."
"Well-"
"Normally my protocol would have me alert Mario of the threat and the plan. But since he's in the threat list, I'll be forced to do the removal of you all myself. Activating portal rayguns." They three then heard a beeping and turned to the corner to see the camera on the room fire a portal out of it. The three dodged out of the way and the portal opened on the floor with no one above it. "Resistance is futile, activating lockdown."
Anna was still going over the items she had with her and how much they cost and Eight was beginning to realize why no one could really stand here. Surprisingly for him, he wasn't interested in the swords she had when they came up. They wouldn't have to deal with her for long though at the camera on the office fired and dropped Anna, and her board, through a portal.
Eight, Ryu, and Mega Man instantly snapped their heads toward Mario. Who tried defending himself by saying "I swear that-a wasn't me." They then heard the camera preparing to fire again after the first portal closed and the four had noticed.
Eight was then the one moving out of the way as another portal was fired. "What's going on," Eight said as the camera continued to fire portals at him before it decided to change targets.
Mario sighed, saying, "I don't-a get paid enough for this sh-"
Akechi had finished going through Kasumi's room, not really finding anything that could be used. Before he could think of climbing out the window though it shut closed with a steel plating. Confused at what was going on he quickly pulled out a device and sent a quick page to Hades letting him know he's ready to be picked up and his location.
He knew Hades would be mad about sending the page inside a room in the mansion, but would understand when he explained what happened. The portal opened the traitor phantom thief was quick to jump through.
Pit was currently sleeping on the chair outside when he was startled awake to see the steel plating crash over the doors and windows and locking in place. "What the heck," Pit shouted in confusion. He then saw the camera on the porch turn and face him. Thinking something bad was going to happen he quickly jumped out of the chair and off the porch. He landed on the grass as a portal was fired and chair fell through, presumably back to skyworld.
The angel captain then looked up to see all of the windows in the mansion covered in the steel plating and was wondering what was going on. He then noticed a portal open up behind him and Kapp'n's bus come out of it. It then abruptly stopped as it got close to the mansion and the bus doors opened. Guile then came out of the bus and asked, "Pit, what's going on. This is the exact opposite of the freedom I expected to return to."
"I don't know, I was just sleeping on the chair on the front porch when the those plate things came over doors and the camera fired a portal at me," Pit answered in the best way he could. Guile didn't really like it though.
Kapp'n then came out of the bus. "I don't know what's causing it but the bus has completely shut down."
Pit then held his head in attempted thought, he then remembered something. "Wait a minute! That Otacon guy was trying to upgrade the mansion's security system. Maybe something went wrong and this is the result." Pit then pointed up to the roof, where the unit was. "That means that thing is probably the whole thing keeping it on. Knock it out and we may stop whatever is going on."
Guile looked at Pit with an impressed expression. "You really do have your moments, but I don't think my sonic boom can reach that far. What about your arrow."
Pit quickly pulled out his bow and fired an arrow. It bounced off the unit as if it was nothing. "Nope. I can only wonder what's going on in there."
Back in the main room Zero was still dodging the portals fired asking Otacon, "How do we turn it off."
"Either we try to get me close enough to flip the switch and turned off the system, or we hope someone is still outside and takes out that unit, if they can," Otacon shouted.
"Good luck with that first one," said the AI as it formed an unbreakable glass box around the switch. "You're not stopping me, your going to run out of energy eventually so may as well-" The AI stopped as a notice showed up on the screen. "Why is the main portal cannon firing?"
Pit, Guile, and Kapp'n looked up to see a panel in the rood slide open and portal cannon come out, preparing to fire. When it did a small ship-sized portal was opened. And out came Samus's gunship. "Not on my watch," said the AI from the outside and the portal cannon was then pointed upwards. When it fired and spawned a giant portal over the mansion and Pit began to feel like he was being pulled in.
The gunship quickly dived as it began to get pulled in. Samus then quickly opened the bottom hatch and scooped up Pit, Guile, Kapp'n as they lost their footing. "What's going on," Samus shouted at the three as the hatch closed.
"I can be glad to see you again later," Pit said as he got to his feet and pointed to the unit. "You have to take that thing out before the mansion gets pulled into that portal.
"Okay hold onto something," Samus warned as she turned the gunship around and fired at the unit. It did nothing, she tried the next best thing, which was ramming it at full force. The portal began to slowly close and finished closing just as the unit splashed into the ocean.
"C-c-cccon-ec-tio-tion lll-lo-st," said the AI as it shut down. The steel plating was then lifted from the doors and windows and the hatches to the underground garage were opened. Samus then slowly lowered the gunship and landed.
Mario, Ryu, Eight, and Mega Man were fine for the most part, but three of the four were rather tired. Mario was also furious and slammed his fist on the intercom and shouted, "WHO CAUSED-A THAT!"
After a few seconds Zero's voice came through, "Sorry Mario. Otacon thought he had a genius plan in the form of an AI that could help us defend against villains. Didn't go as planned."
"Is that also the guy that temporarily knocked out Kawasaki with a tranquilizer dart," Cilan asked through the intercom. Zero sent a hum of confirmation over.
The buzzer was then heard in the office. "Zero, Otacon, and whoever else is-a with you, clean up-a the mess please." the red plumber then sat back down and hit the buzzer to open the doors.
The one walking in was Proto Man, one of Dr. Light's first creations, and he was looking pretty confused too. "What exactly caused all of that portal firing," Proto Man asked as he came in.
"I will-a be asking that-a question to-a others when we're-a done here," Mario asked. "For now-a the interview."
"Hey, Blues," Mega Man said, greeting his comrade.
"Hey, Rock," Proto Man said. Eight was once again confused.
Eight: Oh, right those are their east-Asia names. I was confused there, don't really know why Mario asked me to do this when I hardly knew anything, other than Medea being here.
"So why are you here, thought you were back at Dr. Light's lab on the agreement that he wouldn't try to upgrade you," Mega Man asked.
"That's actually the exact reason I am here. Dude tried to turn his back on me and upgrade me when I wasn't looking. Roll was quick to warn me ahead of time and let me get out," Proto Man explained. "Never really trusted the guy anyway so it was expected. But now I have nowhere to go other than here and I thought I would get some leverage being in Rock's final smash and all."
"Well, I'm sure we can arrange something," Eight said as he got up from his seat and handed Proto Man a map of the mansion. "May want to get to the front porch now we're almost done here." Proto Man nodded and left the office. The buzzer was soon to go off again and Mario hit the button to open the doors. The one walking in this time was one that shocked everyone.
"Yep it's us, we're here," Rachet said. As in Rachet & Clank two characters that are meant to be Sony representatives.
"May-a I ask why two residents of-a the Star Manor are-a in these interviews," Mario asked the duo. "Especially since you-a two are Sony representative and-a have never been related to-a Nintendo at-a all, we have nothing on-a you."
"Officially this is meant as an unnecessary treaty, unofficially this one got us banned," Clank said pointing at Rachet.
"Is it really my fault that I blew up the whole kitchen," Rachet mumbled under his breath. Rachet then turned his attention to Mario saying, "Look we just need a place to stay while this whole thing blows over, temporary or not." Mario nodded and handed the two a map of the mansion. "Thanks."
"Are we sure we can trust em' Mario," Mega Man asked the red plumber as the two left the office.
"No not-a really, but we can monitor them-a through the cameras if-a they try to do anything funny," Mario answered as he hit the button to let the final person in. "And they-a seemed genuine."
"Well, I'm the last one here and something tells me you four want this day over and done with," said Coco Bandicoot, sister of Crash Bandicoot.
"I knew you weren't far behind when we made Crash a resident," Ryu said as he looked at the tablet. "Coco Bandicoot, sister of Crash. Known to be a tech genius not as good as some others we have at the mansion but she could actually fix the computers to what they were before instead of making them confusing for us to use."
MegaMan X(robot from the future): I wouldn't really say its our fault they don't understand how future tech works okay.
"Thank you," Coco said confused. She didn't know if that was meant to be a complement or an insult.
"Recomendations," Eight mumbled as he looked at the list. "You have them from Crash, Aku Aku, and Spyro. So pretty good chances overall." It was decided upon and Mega Man handed Coco a map of the mansion with the warning of going to the front porch right away.
"Okay time for-a some decisions," Mario said as Coco left.
Fifteen minutes later and Mario, Ryu, Mega Man, and Eight were at the front of the mansion with Tikal, Sakura Kasugano, Ethan, Chaos, Medea, Proto Man, Rachet & Clank, Coco Bandicoot, and Axl. "Okay this-a is it, only five of-a you will be in-a mansion as-a resident."
"The first one we're announcing is Rachet & Clank," Eight announced, some claps were heard as the duo took the envelope and headed inside.
Rachet (Mechanic): I can imagine many people be wary about us being here.
Clank (Robot): Well, we can get through it together, like always.
"Anyways our-a next two announces go to, Coco and Proto Man, both being the top-a choices," Mario said. The two new residents walked up and took the envelopes before walking inside.
Coco Bandicoot (Tech Wiz): Now Aku Aku will have less trouble with handling Crash.
Proto Man (First robot): This should be a fine place for me to stay for a bit. Maybe a year or so.
"The next one we're announcing into the mansion is actually a good friend of mine, Sakura," Ryu said. Sakura walked up the front porch and took the envelope. The two fightes shared a bow before Sakura walked inside.
Sakura Kasugano (Fighter from Japan): HA! I actually did it.
"The fifth and final one we're inviting in is, Ethan," Mega Man said. The pokemon trainer took the envelope before heading inside. "Unfortunately, the rest of you will have to go home now." The others understood and got on the bus. The bus then took off and left through a portal.
Coming out of the front porch was Snake, who had already explained to Mario what had happened. Otacon was lucky but he was left off with a tight warning. The red plumber noticed the former spy's presence and said, "Ah Snake. Is-a everything cleaned up?"
"Yep, everything is fixed up in the third floor. And after some reprogramming we gave the AI a new home," Snake answered.
"Hm, this place will do nicely," said the AI. It was now in the shed that had monitors over the island and multiple worlds. "Oh, and I should apologize about earlier, I wasn't really thinking there."
"Well, your all good now," Zero said. He then turned his attention to Otacon saying, "If you asked me to help you earlier at least and explained your plan I would've helped you find this place."
"Yes, I should've. I'm sorry about the mess I caused, I'll be more careful about what I create in the mansion from now on trust me," Otacon said. "Hopefully now thought, Luigi won't have to practically live here."
Oh, now that we have a moment," the AI said, getting the others' attention. "There actually was someone in the mansion that was a threat. In this bedroom." The map was pulled up and the dot was pointed out. "Since there are no cameras in those rooms, I can't tell who they are. They unfortunately got away."
"Well, keep an eye out, and notify us when you can identify them," Otacon said to AI. It shook its eyes up and down as if it was nodding.
Hal Emmerich (Otacon): So someone was here. Can't tell who they were but from what I heard it was mostly likely that Bass fellow.
(no cameras)
Kasumi was once again walking into her bedroom after a day at the mall. They had learned upon returning that an AI designed by Otacon went evil in less than a minute and began trying to send people back to their worlds. Ryuji of course was the only one who complained about missing that, and it was quite the amusing sight to see. The happiness she was feeling would go away when she saw a letter on her desk. This is it, time to find out, she thought as she opened the letter.
Kasumi,
This is it, the final video. I understand that you may have been in a bit of doubt over the whole thing, but this final video will put that doubt to rest. This disc contains a clip from a more recent episode of the show the camera crew is filming. It will give you your answers on everything.
Without wasting any time, Kasumi took the disc, put it in, and played the video.
Season 5 episode 2: New Residents
Joker had an emergency meeting for the phantom thieves in the kitchen of all places. This was due to the fact that this was where he was when he called the meeting. The others had hastily made it to the kitchen, and they decided to make some sandwiches before talking. "Okay, so what is this meeting about Akira," Makoto asked.
"Something Kapp'n sent me," Joker said as he pulled out his phone and showed the message. "He said he's going to bring someone else to the mansion. Someone who isn't Akechi. It sounds like we're supposed to know this person."
"Now that I think about, what the hell happened to Akechi anyway," Ryuji asked. "He disappeared without a trace after that battle with Galeem and Dharkon."(5)
"Well, he was never supposed to be alive in the first place was he," Futaba rhetorically asked. "He was only there because he was meant to be a spirit. The blast from Galeem and Dharkon reset everything. That included bringing him back to life."
"So it was an empty promise that was made to him by Master Hand," Ann questioned. "That's rather unfair but I guess he couldn't have known."
"Hmm, perhaps this person is related to the game that came out for us recently," Morgana said.
"Isn't Persona 5 the Royal just a remake with a pleathers of added content." Yusuke asked the cat.
"Yes, but I remember all the recording I did for commercials," Morgana said proudly. "This person Kapp'n is bringing back is most likely Kasumi Yoshizawa. She's a phantom thief like us. In the new game she went throughout the whole story with us."
"So while she'll remember us and know us well, we won't know her at all," Haru said in conclusion. "That is very unsettling."
"Kapp'n just texted Akira," Futaba said as she grabbed said person's phone. She then opened it with ease and looked at the message.
Joker was shocked at how Futaba knew how to do that. "How did you get my password," Joker asked in exasperated. "Only Morgana knows that!"
"Not important," Futaba bluntly replied. She then showed the others the message.
Kapp'n: Just asked the first question. Which was what her relationship to you all is like. She's a phantom thief just like you guys and she's helped you in every palace you've been to..
"Okay, so she truly does believe we're all close friends," Joker said. He then sighed, "The only thing we can do is accept that and make it seem like it."
"Are you sure," Ryuji asked, "I know I'm never a voice of reason. But, it'll hurt her more if she realizes we're pretending than just telling her the truth right away."
"That is honestly the wisest thing you've ever said," Ann said in shock.
"I think it's the best for the situation," Joker said. "Do you guys remember what we were like when we found out?"
"Ryuji was whimpering in the corner of his room for a week," Yusuke said. He had remembered how hard it was to pull the delinquent out of there. "I'll think I'll take Akira's lead on this one." Slowly the others nodded, thinking that they didn't want Kasumi to go through what they did so early.
(End of clip)
Kasumi could only sit there in shocked silence. The people she thought were her friends truly didn't even know her until she came to the mansion. They had been pretending the whole time. And while others thought it was a bad idea to not tell her, it was worse that decided to do it in the end. She sadly flipped the letter over to read the rest.
I'm very sorry, but it's true. They don't know who you are at all and were pretending the whole time. You see the person I'm looking for has a proposition for you. He wants to discuss it with you personally, just be ready and I'll be by the mansion to take you to him soon. To do this, I'll have to tell you who I am right here so just please trust when I do come.
See you soon, Akechi Goro.
Kasumi's breath wasn't cut sharply, Akechi was alive. And he was working for someone once again just like he did before. She was wondering if she should trust what he says and wait. It's a thought saying, If the others were only pretending to know you that makes Akechi more trustworthy than them, that makes some doubts go away. She believes the thought to be right and goes to sleep wondering exactly who she would be talking to in the future.
Underworld
"We got her," Hades said as he turned off the thing he was watching from. "Akechi prepare to bring Kasumi in soon, very soon."
To be Continued...
Author's note: Remember, if you want the community be sure to let me know in the reviews this episode.
(1) For the sake of a timeline, Sakura is taking on her appearance in Street Fighter V.
(2) For people who don't know. Medea and Eight are married at the end of DRAGON QUEST VIII
(3) How to include characters that hardly ever show up in this story part 1.