Heirs to the throne
A Super Smash Brothers story
Written by MegaSalamence64
Author's Note:
Hey guys, I'm back with another chapter of Heirs to the throne, And as for the cameo of the Inkling in the previous chapter, That was Meggy from the Smg4/ Glitch production series. ;)
Enjoy the story! ;)
Notes:
Italics means Flashbacks/Telephatic thoughts.
WARNING! This chapter may contain some material not appropriate for younger audiences, you have been warned!
Chapter 5: Connections
"So what happened to Lucina when she tries to cast Thoron Samus?" Pikachu asked the Bounty Hunter in concern.
Samus then let a sign as she then explained what she has saw "First her eyes flashed a Selcra color, Then she screams in Pain, and then she finally casted her spell."
"So what spell did she casted when she did that?" Asked Mega Man in concern for his mentor figure.
"It was a blast of dark lighting, But it wasn't just lighting she casted," Samus answered back as memories of the misfired spell her friend has casted flow through her mind. "Dark spikes soon struck me when I dodged the blast shortly afterwards."
"So what happened after that?" Asked Ritcher as a look of concern soon formed on his face.
"Lucina then fell unconscious after she casted her spell." Said the Bounty Hunter as with a grim look on her face. "I quickly took her to Dr Mario and he said that she wasn't Ill or anything, but he did say she seems more draconic like lately."
"Well, we got one piece of information we need to know," Said Pikachu as he looked back at back at Mega Man. "Rock, You did say that Shulk is also suffering from something similar, Right?
"Your right about that Pikachu," The Blue Bomber answered back as he gave a glance back at the Electric mouse Pokémon. "Is there any reason why you want to bring that up again?"
"Well, If Shulk is suffering something similar to Lucina," Pikachu answered back with a look that shows him being deep in thought. "Then it should be logical that he also has a trigger to cause his feral behavior to occur, right?"
"Yup he does," Said the robotic son of Dr Light as he then took out a CD and handed it to the electric type Pokémon, The latter making sure to not spark any electricity while holding it. "I heard from Sonic that when Shulk used his Smash Monado art, That's when his own irregular behavior occurs."
"Alright then," said the Rodent Pokémon as he looked back at the disk he received from the Robot Master. "Hey Rock, Is this disk?"
"Recorded footage of the matches that occurred this week?" Mega Man answered back to Pikachu. "Yes it is, Master Hand gave a copy to me for safe keeping, but you may need it more then I do right."
"No problem Rock, We will return it to you soon enough." Said Samus as she gave a nod back to her fellow smasher and surrogate nephew as Pikachu then gave her the disk for safekeeping. "I'll see you soon."
"No problem Samus," Said the Blue Bomber as the Blond haired woman and her electrical Companion as they off their seats. "I catch up with you later once you find out what's wrong with Lucina and Shulk."
"Same with you Rock, See you soon as well." Samus answered back as she and Pikachu left the Lobby room to find Agumon and Libre to show them the footage."
As soon as the two other smashers left the lobby, Pit then turned to Ritcher and Mega Man as he looked back at them with a grim look on his face.
"You know Guys, This talk about being possessed brings back memories of when Lady Palutena was under the control of the Chaos Kin." Said the Angel as he recalled the time his goddess fell under the control of a being similar to Galeem and Dharkon. "I have to admit, it still gave me goosebumps thinking about it, especially after seeing it ripped her soul out of her body."
"I agree with you Pit," Mega Man answered back as he looked back with an equally grim look on his face. "If Galeem, Dharkon and the Master Core are that bad, I don't want to know what Tabuu is capable of*."
"Trust me Rock," Said the Captain of Palutena's army in a nervous tone to his friend, His eyes shivering in fear at the leader of the Subspace army. "You don't want to know about what Tabuu is capable of…. at ALL."
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'Oh Naga, It… It… Can't be.' thought Lucina in horror as she stared at the moonlight blue scales growing on her left hand, Tears almost streaming out from her eyes when she looked at the scales.
'Is Dharkon still trying to further his control over me?' Thought the Princess of Ylisse as she recalled when Dharkon's words when he infused his power into her. 'He also aware that I have more of my mother's blood in me then my fathers…'
(XXXX)
'SINCE GALEEM HAS HER OWN CHAMPION IN THE FORM OF THAT MEDDLESOME MONADO WIELDER, YOU SHALL BE MY CHAMPION!' Said the Master of Darkness as his one eye stared into Lucina's eyes in her subconscious state, Chained and unable to flee from her current Foe.
Shortly after her Father Chrom and the other Smashers that Kirby and Bandana Dee has rescued defeat his Counterpart of Light, Dharkon has taken She, Her Mother and all the other Smashers (Save for Roy, Palutena and the corrupted Shulk whom Galeem was able to keep for her own.) under his control.
"I won't succumb to your power!" shouted the Princess as she tried her hardest to stay brave in the giant eye staring at her in the void despite the shackles and chains that Galeem has placed on her and the other smashers she has captured holding her back. "My father and the other smashers not under your control will stop you!"
'HOW FITTING AND IRONIC IS IT THAT YOU POSSES THE VERY BLOOD OF THE MONSTER THAT TOOK EVERYTHING YOU HOLD DEAR AWAY FORM YOU BY YOUR DEAR MOTHER.' Dharkon continued as he stared at her as if he was examining a rare collector's item. 'EVEN BETTER IS THAT YOUR FELLBLOOD YOU INHERITED FROM HER IS MORE DOMINANT THEN YOUR EXALTED BLOOD.'
"W-what are you talking about!" Yelled the Sapphire haired Princess as she looked back at what the eldritch God of darkness has just said about her bloodline. "You can't be serious!"
'I AM A GOD MORE POWERFUL THEN THAT VERMIN OF LIGHT YOU CALLED PALUTENA!' Dharkon roared back to his captive. 'EVEN IF YOU DENY IT, YOU'RE JUST AS MUCH OF A MONSTER LIKE YOUR MOTHER!'
"My mother is not a monster!" Yelled Lucina as she steeled her resolve as much as possible in front of the master of Darkness. "My bloodline will not determine my fate either!"
'SINCE YOU'RE STILL REMAINING BLIND TO THE TRUTH OF YOUR HERITAGE,' Said Dharkon as he then closed his eye, his voice starting to resemble Grima's voice.
"THEN PREPARE TO BECOME THE BEAST YOU'RE MEANT TO BE!" Roared the Embodiment of Darkness as his eyes flashed a Midnight purple, His tentacles slowly covering the Sapphire haired Woman as they obstructed her vision.
"I will neVER GIVE IN TO YO-" Yelled Lucina in defiance as her vision was fully covered by Dharkon's tentacles, Her voice quickly changing from a human's voice to a Draconic one as she slowly succumb to the darkness, Her Branded hand slowly glowing a dark violet light.
As his tentacles soon covered the Sapphire haired Exalt. Dharkon then let out a chuckle as the tentacles covering Lucina started to glow a jet-black light.
'YOU THINK YOU HAVE WON BECAUSE YOU HAE A CHAMPION OF YOUR OWN GALEEM?' Said the Embodiment of Darkness as he continued to look at the light where Lucina is held captive. 'I'M AFRAID YOU HAVE MISTAKEN SINCE I HAVE BROUGHT A CHALLENGER OF MY OWN.'
Dharkon then let out a laugh at his impending victory, as his greatest minion was about to be created. Ready to crush Galeem's own Champion when they strike back.
(****)
'No matter how much I tried to deny it, Dharkon was right.' Thought Lucina to herself as she then felt the scales on her left hand with a heavy heart, Memories of a ruined future flooding her mind as she looked at the six-eyed brand on the dorsum of her hand in particular. 'I have both Blessed AND Cursed Blood in me.'
'But I wasn't expecting to my domination bloodline to be of Grima's.' Continued the Ylissean princess as she recalled her mother's side of her Family, Her Grandfather in particular as the memories what little she saw of the high priest of the Grimleal flashed before her eyes.
'Morgan was lucky he never saw that Dastard himself.' Lucina thought in relief that her younger brother have no direct confrontation with her utter lunatic of a Grandfather, knowing that at the time, He would be the more valuable of the two siblings.
'But what if I was just like him?' The Future exalt continued her train of thought she recalled the time she tried to kill her Mother in order to prevent Validar from controlling her and prevent her Father's death which ultimately kick started the events of her fallen future. 'I tried to kill my own Mother just to save the future, Just like how he would be willing to kill others just to get what he wants.'
While Robin was willing to accept death by her own daughter's hands, Lucina was unable to kill her own mother as she didn't pushed her blade through the former's chest due to her love for the woman whom gave birth to her, the scars of the attempted matricide still remaining in her mind.
'I wasn't thinking straight at the time, I thought it was the only way to prevent history from repeating itself.' Thought the Sapphire haired princess as tears started to stream down from her eyes. 'What if Validar was right that he and I were more connected then I thought?'
Before she could further question her connection to her grandfather, Lucina then heard a knock on the door to the changing room as she quickly put back her gloves on.
"Hey Lucina, Are you in there?" Said Pichu's voice as she knocked on the door. "You seems to be in there for a long time."
"Oh Just a moment Pichu." Said Lucina as she quickly undressed herself and put on the clothes that the former has given her to try on.
Well, You sure she's ok in there?" Asked Bowser Junior as he looked back to his friend. "She seems to take longer then most people."
"Well, I know my Mama's a fast changer when she needs to wear a different costume for the occasion." Said the Electric mouse Pokémon. "But Lucina may be different so that question is one I don't really know how to answer."
"Well, She better has a good reason why she's still in there after who knows how long." Snarled the koopaling as he was ready to bang the door like how Donkey Kong plays his bongos in his old final smash. "I'm getting really bored right now."
"Hey Cheer up Junior," Said Pichu as she quickly grabbed her friend by his claw and pulled him towards the action figure section of the store. "Why not we check out the new figures from the Verum Rex series? I heard they released the new Yozora figures already."
"Pftthhh! Really?" Snorted Junior as the son of Bowser then held his Sephiroth action figure he found earlier, "They don't even have those Gigas or things from that game for sale right now, Or the other villains from that game."
"Hey, I think Yozora's pretty cool right now," Pichu answered back as she then gave a look at one of the action figures on sell at the moment. "Though lately, some people are comparing him to this guy named Noct-"
"There you two are!" Said a familiar voice as the two children then looked around to see a Blue haired woman wearing a red dress, a Pink cloak and white leggings as she carried her old clothes in her hands.
"What do you think?" Asked the Ylissean exalt as she gave a smile back to the duo as they looked back at her somewhat exposed attire.
"Hey Pichu, you didn't tell me that you choose this for Lucy!" Whispered back Junior as he let out a smirk, his mind going to some for a lack of a better word 'inappropriate' areas when he saw the dress's exposed area.
"Zip it Junior," Hissed back the electric mouse Pokémon as she was almost tempted to send a jolt up her buddy's scales. "I was chosing something based on Tiki's Outfit."
"Heh, You clearly have some other ideas when designing it though." Sneered Bowser Junior clearly getting on the verge of nose bleeding at the exposed area of the dress. "Nice one Pichu, Nice on-"
The electric mouse Pokémon then sent a small jolt of electricity down her friend's body, Temporary preventing him from speaking out more of his childish mind.
"Well then, maybe we should try something else instead." Said Pichu with a cheeky smile on her face to the blue haired princess. "We definitely don't want you looking like Camillia right now."
(xxxx)
Meanwhile inside the Smash Mansion, Corrin and his twin sister Kamui were currently heading back to their room when suddenly, the light blond haired manakete suddenly froze up as he frantically looked around the room before leaping behind his sister.
"H-h-h-h-hey Kamui, Is C-C-C-C-C-C-Camilla here?" Said the male Manakete before his sibling faced palmed at his behavior while dragging him back to their room.
"Relax Corrin, Relax." Said the light blond haired manakete with a deadpan look on her face as she dragged her terrified brother. "Camilla isn't here right now. So just remain calm."
"Easy for you to say!" Snarled the prince of Hoshido as he looked back at his sibling. "Let's say if Takumi is here right now, how would you react?"
Upon hearing the name of their (Very Pigheaded) elder stepbrother, Kamui quickly freezed up as she then quickly dragged her brother back to their room.
"L-l-l-l-let's get out of here before Takumi comes!" Yelled the Nohrian Princess in fear as the roles of whom was being dumfound at their siblings' irrational behavior was reversed as Corrin was face palming at his sister's personal fear of the archer of Hoshido.
'Oh for the love of god.' Cringed the light haired manakete at his sister's cowardly behavior, as he was unaware of that he reacted the same when he felt someone mentioned their crazed lunatic older sister from their adoptive family side.
(xxxx)
"Well I supposed you got a point Pichu," Lucina answered back as she looked back at the dress, While it does resemble the daughter of Naga's current attire. It was quite exposing for a simple dress. "I'm going to change back right now."
"Alright then," Said Pichu as she saw her friend quickly enter the changing room to change back to her normal attire. "I will plan our next stop while waiting,"
"So Pichu, Did you see anything odd in Lucina's eyes?" Said Bowser Junior as the paralysis is wearing off from his body.
"Nope, No flashy eyes right now." Said the electric mouse Pokémon as she turned back to him with a smile. "She should be all right."
"Really, You don't recall her turning into a killer lighting spewing dragon that tried to KILL us, my siblings, her parents and our parents during our time in the Dark Realm?" said The Koopaling as he suddenly felt like he was the sane one between him and Pichu. "We nearly got BBQ by her at one point!"
"Well, Your right about the BBQ part," Said Pichu as she cringed at the times Lucina has tried to kill them when she was under Dharkon's control. "But it's the past, Let her enjoy some free time every now and then."
"Alright, but my previous point about me potentially quitting our little group still stands if Lucy tries to kill us later." Grumbled the Koopaling as he rolled his eyes at his friend's behavior at the moment.
'Keep it together Junior, Keep it together.' Thought the heir to Bowser's throne while he looked at Pichu currently marking some areas on her brochure. 'Hopefully nothing will go wrong, HOPEFULLY.'
(****)
"Alright then, Let's rewinded the footage to see if there is anything different about Shulk." Said Samus in her room as Pikachu, Libre and Agumon as the bounty hunter pressed a button on her computer.
On the resumed video screen, There was Sonic fighting Shulk in their latest match as the former was constantly hitting his foe with his spin dash attack.
The latter quickly countered back with a swing from the Monado as he then activated his monado arts. A green aura soon started covering his whole body.
"Well, We can cross out The shield monado art from what trigged Shulk's odd behavior." Said Pikachu as he took out a pencil and crossed out a box that says Shield on it. "We only see Shulk used five Monado arts during the Smash tourneys, so Rock may be right that he says that the Smash Monado art is the trigger."
"We need to see the footage first to comfirm it Pikachu," Said Samus as she key in some code as she then resumed the video once again. "Alright, this should be the part."
On the screen of the bounty hunter's computer, Shulk was clearly now evenly matched with sonic as the aura around him was glowing red as he trade swords slash against the blue hedgehog's spin dashes.
"Shulk seems alright Samus." Libre answered back to her friend as she looked back at the footage with a puzzled look on her face. "I don't see the problem with what's wrong with him."
"Libre, wait for it." Said the Bounty Hunter as she then pointed to the screen.
As soon as Sonic finished charging up a massive spin dash, his foe's blade then suddenly struck him as he then let out a malicious grin, quickly striking the hedgehog's belly as he was then blasted him off the stage.
"Hey Samus, I heard that the Monado can only truly hurt robots and not other living beings." Said Pikachu in concern at his blue spikey friend clearly in pain from the Moando's laser blade. "Well Apples are apparently an exception, but here in the smash realm. It can't normally severely injured others."
"That and the DPS (Damage Protection Spell) Of the Mansion prevents any deaths or major injuries from occurring during fights." Samus continued as she then gave a glance at her right arm, The part of her body that was in near contact from Lucina's misfired Thoron spell. "But Rock Clearly mentioned that Sonic's wound hasn't fully recovered yet despite this."
"So your saying that Shulk in his 'feral' state can cause injuries like that?" Asked Agumon as he was quickly caught up to speed regarding the Blond haired scientist and his girlfriend's recent behavior. "Strange."
"We may need to look at Shulk's Other matches for now." Answered back the bounty hunter as she clicked on another folder from the disk in her computer.
"So you think Pichu's alright Pikachu?" Asked Agumon to his best friend's father as he looked in worry at the potential harm the former was going to be in.
"I hope so," Said Pikachu back as he held his wife's paws in concern. "We can only hope for the best."
"Hey, Show some more spine Honey!" Said Libre to her Husband. "Pichu WILL be fine. I swear to Arceus!"
"Alright then sweetie, Fair enough." Said the normal looking Pikachu to his wife as he then saw Pit opening the door to his best friend's room.
"Pit, what's wrong?" Said the blond haired bounty hunter in concern as Pit looked back at them, His face almost out of air.
"Dynamax, Stadium near the mall, Digimon!" Rapsed out the angel as the last line then worried the the four non humans in the bounty hunter's room, an expression of fear forming on their faces.
"Not good guys, Not good." Said Pikachu as he looked back at his wife. "Libre, did you put any activities near the mall in the folder you gave Lucina?"
"Yes I did," answered back the Costumed Pikachu as worry slowly filled her normal brash and boostful voice. "Oh no."
"I need to head there ASAP!" Said the electric mouse Pokémon as he dashed towards the door, "Pichu and Lucina may be in trouble!"
"Your not coming alone honey, !" said Libre as she followed her husband with a determined look on her face. "Nobody's going to mess with our little girl!"
"Hey Samus, Mind decoding the mystery on Shulk and Lucina's strange behavior on your own?" asked the normal Pikachu to his blond haired friend. "We will be back soon enough!"
"No, I'm coming along with you." Said the Bounty hunter as she off her computer and got off her desk, "Agumon, are you ready for this?"
"Yup, I won't let Pichu down if she saved me from Dharkon's control." Said the Digimon with a determined look on his face.
"Let's go," Samus answered back as she and her companions dashed out of the room, Hopping to stop the Dynamaxed digimon from causing any further harm as Pit finally caught his breath.
"Hey guys, Don't forget about me!" Said the angel as he dashed out of the room to catch up with them.
*Nod to AngelZeroEXE's fanfics, Mega Man actually have a connection with Tabuu in her fanfics.
Author's Note:
Yeah, Lucina is Major Grima blood/ Minor Naga blood in the Deluxe-Verse. This will be playing a major role in World of Light Deluxe btw. (So will her connection to her evil grandfather.) Expected our favourite time traveling princess to have problems from her mixed heritage in the future.
There is also a nod to Verum Rex from Kingdom hearts 3. Yes Kingdom hearts elements will be in play in the Deluxe-verse, But i won't say how.
Also Corrin and Kamui still family issues with their step/Adoptive famillies in the deluxe-verse. What do you think?
Well, What do you think? Is there anything to improve on? If not, see ya! ;)
