Dragon Wings of Fate
A Super Smash Brother Story
Written by MegaSalamence64
Author's Note:
Hey guys, MegaSalamence64, I'm back with another Chapter of Dragon Wings of Fate, This chapter will be Half Plot important/ Half Training, Hope you don't mind.
Enjoy this chapter. ;)
Notes:
Bold means Dragons type Pokémon and Manaketes in their Dragon forms talking in their native tongue
Italics means Flashbacks/Telepathic thoughts
Chapter 18: Blade of Naga Part 1
"So I take that the those meddlesome fools called the Phantom Thieves are still on the loose?" Questioned Empress Galeem as she looked into the eyes of one of her Ninja spies, dressed in a black jumpsuit while she sat on her throne.
"Yes my Queen," Answered back the spy as she looked back at her master, Her eyes not taking one look off of her. "They have been stamping out several of our bases and as they put it, Stealing the hearts of the corrupted."
"Well that gladly explains the decreasing amount of Generals lately," Said the Golden Haired Woman to her spy as she then mentally cursed herself for not assigning Scorn to one of the places the small group of vigilantes have struck in the past. 'And that could mean an earlier farewell to the idiotic old fool that my father somehow saw the right to promote.'
"Change of Plans," Galeem answered back to her minon, Her icy cold glare still remaining on her face, "You go straight to the DK Archipelago with Viper and secure an alliance with the Kremlings found there."
"Yes my Empress," Answered the Ninja back as she got back up from her kneeled position, "I will not let you down."
"You BETTER keep that in mind." Snarled the Golden haired Empress as she slammed her staff onto the marbled floor of her throne room. "Or else, You better know what has happened to those who failed me."
"Understood your highness." Said the Ninja, Fully aware of the consequences of failing her master. "I shall be going now."
"Good, Don't let me down like Scorn has did before in the past." Galeem answered back as she gave a growl at one of her father's generals. "I'm hopping he will learnt his place in life by working as Viper's right hand man."
The Ninja nodded back as she walked out of the room with a heavy heart to not fail her master.
Afterwards, Another Solider entered to room, Followed by a blue haired scientist wearing a white jacket and Red tinted glasses.
"So how is progress on my project for that little Monado wielder?" Galeem questioned her troops as the scientist stepped forward,
"My Empress, We have the power core ready to be inserted into the girl's chest." Said the scientist as he then pressed a button on his watch reveal a hologram of the deceased Girl his Mistress has an interest in.
Her body appears to be covered Cybernetics with sliver swords behind her back. A red circle located where the girl's chest is what Galeem is as she turned back to her scientist with a sadistic smile on her face. "Good, Make sure the power core is stable before installing it."
"Yes my liege." Said the scientist as he and the Soldier left the throne as the latter deactivated his hologram.
As soon as her men have left the area, Galeem then let out a smirk as she looked back at a katana hanging on one of the walls of her Throne room.
'That little Blond haired boy from Colony 9 will soon have the biggest shock of his life soon.' Thought the Golden haired woman to herself a small chuckle soon escaping from her mouth. 'By the thing he least expect to return.'
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"Alright Lucina, I know that you're a Manakete and thus feel more at ease in your Dragon Form, But you need to hone your other skills as well." Greninja said to his newest crewmember as he walked up towards her, Her sword Falchion currently in her hand as she looked back at the Ninja Frog in front of her while standing on the beach they are on.
Captain Falcon decided to sail towards the DK archipelago to reach the Mushroom Kingdom as it's the only known path that he knows that under the Luminary Empire's control yet. It will take them longer to reach the location with the crew currently taking a stop at one of the islands to check on their supplies and do some training in case they run into the empire again.
Greninja decided to take this opportunity to train Lucina to sharpen her sword skills and Magic, Something he discussed with his captain to ensure that the Manakete can better herself against the Empire.
Shulk, Agumon and Toon Link decided to train somewhere else while Krystal and Dreepy stay back to help Captain Falcon out with locating the areas the empire are seen in the nearby areas between the their Current Location and the Mushroom Kingdom as well as asked any of nearby allies of King Mario to help them.
"A Manakete's Dragonstone can be exploited as a weakness if either breaks or they lose it." Continued the Water type Pokémon as he looked back at his current student. "You need to prepare for such a scenario, when that happens."
"Understood." Said the sapphire haired Princess as she tighten her grip on sword as she looked back at her foe. "I'm ready."
"Good, But for this match, I don't want to see you using your draconic powers." Answered back the Ninja Frog as he summoned his watery blades while keeping a glance at Lucina's tail, "I wanted to see how good you are without relying on your powers."
As the Ninja Frog then dashed towards his foe, Lucina quickly blocked his attack with her sword, Her swing being slower and more sluggish compared to Greninja's slashes.
She then countered back with a slash from her own sword, Which Greninja dodged out of the way as he then fired several shurikens back at her.
As the Sapphire haired princess dodged out of the way from her trainer's shruikens, Greninja then looked back at her, His current expression covered by long pink tongue.
'She seems to be slow at swing her sword, Acting like she wielding an Axe instead.' Thought the Ninja Frog as he took a stance at his foe as she dashed towards him with her sword.
'Normally I can swing my tail to trip Greninja or corner him with spikes right now.' Thought to the Sapphire haired princess as she shot a quick glance back to her blue scaled tail,
"I only know bits and pieces of how it works but I never fully mastered it before.' Lucina thought to herself as she prepared her blade to her current instructor. 'But here goes nothing.'
"Athe-" Yelled the Ylissean Princess as prepared to lunge her blade towards her foe.
"Too slow!" Yelled the Ninja as he then vanished into smoke before knocking the Sapphire haired princess from behind.
"Argh!" Lucina shouted as her current instructor knocked her into the sand, the latter looking back at her with a glare.
"Alright I noticed your current flaws with your Sword is that your treating it like an axe." Said the Ninja to his current pupil as he helped her up, the glare on his face slowly dissipating. "Or rather to be more precise, you have been too used to fighting like a Dragon to adapt of fighting like a normal human."
A look of silence then fell on Lucina's face as she looked back at the Water type Pokémon, She then looked back at her sword as she then realized Greninja has some valid points he made regarding her way of swordfighting.
'I guess I'm to used to fighting with my fighting style as a Dragon.' Thought the Manakete to herself as she recalled when she and her little brother Morgan were on the run from the Luminary Empire. 'I been trying to use my sword like they were my claws instead.'
A grim thought came back to her regarding her brother's capture at the hands of the empire, Gulit still plaguing her mind as she recalled when she and Morgan where on the run from the Empire.
(xxxx)
"Heeyah!" Shouted Lucina as she swung her sword at a wooden log, slicing it into half, the Top portion of the log soon falling off like an axe.
As the Sapphire haired Manakete looked back at the her temporary training dummy, A frown appearing on her face as she saw the cut not being as clean as she thought.
'Still not good enough.' Thought the Ylissean Princess as she stared at Falchion, The Blade that her Father and ancestors once wielded in the past. 'No matter how much I tried, I can't just get that clean cut."
"Sis, Are you sure you wanted to practice your sword swing right now?" Morgan asked his sister as she took a break from her sword practice, walking towards a small fire her brother is current sitting near to. "We need to rest right now."
"Sorry Morgan, But I feel like practicing some of the Skills Mother and Father taught us right now. The older Manakete answered back to her brother as she looked back at him, her sword sheathed for the time being.
"We may have shaken off the Empire soliders chasing us right now, But you seem to be injured right now." Morgan answered back to his sister with concern, his brown eyes
Lucina then remained slient as she looked at the entrance at where she and her brother are current hiding from the Empire.
It was a thunderous storm outside in a mountainous area, Heavy rain poured down from the sky as Lighting stuck the cliffs in the area, The area was barren with the only plantlife being wlitered trees and mountain grass. The cliffs however have several caverns for shelter and protection.
The Cave she and her brother were staying in was a place for them to sleep temporary after they have just gotten away from the empire's soldiers and bounty hunters hired by Galeem shortly after they escape the coup d'état of their country of Ylisse.
The Two Siblings have to keep a low profile because of this made even worse by the fact that they were manaketes, Something Empress Galeem wanted in her army of dragons.
"Morgan, I understand you're worried about me, but I'm fine… for now." Said the Ylissean Princess as she sat down and gave a small canteen of water to her brother. "You should get some rest first."
"No Luci!" answered back the younger Manakete to his older sibling after taking a sip from his canteen, "Your clearly the one that Witch Galeem wanted, You need to get some sleep yourself."
"Morgan, Listen to me," Answered The Ylissean Princess to her younger brother, as she looked back at him with worrying eyes. "You need to rest right now, I can handle my training myself."
"But Sis let me-"Morgan shouted back before one of his sister's glove hands reached his mouth.
"Morgan, I can handle myself, Just sleep first." Lucina hissed back to her brother as she looked back at him, her expression clearly trying to stay awake despite clearly showing some fatigue in her eyes from being on the run constantly.
Despite wanting to call out his sister's reckless behavior at the moment, Morgan then curled up in his makeshift bed of leaves ready to call it a day, But not before he looked back at her with a concern look.
As Lucina then looked back at her sleeping brother, She then looked back at her sheathed sword, A feeling of doubt soon appearing on her face, Tempted to practice her sword fighting skills once again.
But she knew that her brother was right and they need to rest for the night, They need all the energy they could get for tomorrow.
Deciding to hold off practicing her sword fighting for another time, Lucina then went another pile of leaves next to her younger brother's pile and curled her self up.
'Don't worry Morgan, I will protect you, No matter what!' Thought the older Manakete as she gave one more glance at her little brother before falling asleep as well.
The only noises right now are from both the torrential downpour outside the cave the two draconic siblings are resting in and the small fire near them.
(xxxx)
'No time to be dwelling on the past, Lucina, You need to stay strong.' Thought the Ylissean Princess to herself as she got back up, trying her hardest to hold back her tears regarding her little siblings's capture at the Empire's hands. 'For your parents and little brother.'
She soon saw Greninja looking back at her as he looked back at her sword. A look of curiosity appearing in the Blue Ninja frog's Eyes as he looked back at the Manakete's blade.
"Your trying to master the Aether technique I presume?" Asked the Ninja Pokémon as he stared at her, A look of interest forming on his face as he looked back at her. "I heard it was prominently first used by the Radiant Hero Ike."
"Yes it was." Lucina answered back as she looked back at Captain Falcon's first mate. "An ancestor of mine once visited the continent of Tellius and learnt said technique from there."
"Interesting," Answered the Ninja Frog back to his new companion as he looked back at her. "I teach you how to swing your sword better, then we shall see how good of a Spellcaster you are."
"Ok then," Answered back the Ylissean princess as she got back up and readied her sword. "Thank you Greninja."
"Don't thank me just yet," Answered back the Ninja Frog as he then summoned his watery blades once again. "I'm just helping you out, nothing more."
Despite the Ninja Pokémon's odd way of returning her thanks, Lucina gave a nod back as she readied Falchion in her hands as she prepared to fight him once more,
"Again, Don't hold back just because this is a training match!" Yelled the Ninja frog as he dashed towards Lucina as she did the same, their blades soon clashing in the process.
However, they were watched from the nearby jungle by a familiar hooded figure in red, His snake eyes clearly observing the woman in Blue as she praticed her sword slashes against her crewmate, The Ninja Frog countering back her attacks with his watery blades.
'Thisssss isssssss the Ylissssssean Princessssssss'ssss Sssswordfighting ssssstyle?' Questioned the Hooded solider to himself as he looked back in disgust at the Woman in blue's fighting style. 'It isssns't even like the hero king'sssss... And sssshe'ssss hisssss dessssscendant of all thingssssss.'
Despite wanting to engage Lucina right now. The Hooded solider soon went deeper into the Jungle, His eyes still on the Ylissean Princess as he went deeper into the jungle behind him
'But ordersssss are orderssss,' Mentally cursed the Solider to himself as dashed deeper into the jungle, "'Massster Viper hasssss hissss planssss for capturing her.'
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'Let's try this one more time,' Shulk thought to himself as he activated the Monado's laser blade and summoned his red aura once more. The Strange Kranji once again appearing in the hole near the hilt.
"So this is the aura you had recently when wielding the Monado, Shulk." Toon Link looked back to at his friend with an eager look. "Fascinating."
"Yup it is," sais Agumon with a smirk on his face as he
"Thanks Toon," Chuckled the Blond haired scientist as he looked back at his friend, "But I do want to test the potential of the Monado right now."
"Relax Shulk, I got my shield ready for this." Answered back the Hylian as he held his shield for protection. "Bring it on."
"Well then, Let's go," Shulk answered back to his friend as he dashed forward with his laser blade as it made contact with Toon's shield.
Despite being blocked by his shield, the Blond haired Hylian was soon Knocked back a good distance away from his friend, the latter looking at shock at what he has done.
'Ok, It was just like with that hooded solider and that commander.' Thought the Monado Weldier as he recalled the first two times he swung his new sword with the red aura surrounding him. 'So the Monado Art I currently have activated increases the knockback damage I do.'
"Hey Toon, Are you alright?" Shulk questioned his Friend as he rushed in to help him up, While it was not a major injury, he knew he had to be careful.
"I'm fine don't worry." Said the blond haired sailor as he slowly got back up, With little to no injuries on his body. "But man is that sword is something Shulk."
"Thanks Toon," Answered back the Scientist as he helped out his friend out shortly after he deactivated his blade and aura, "Guess one thing we know right now is the one Monado Art we do know about can't injure people much,"
"So it's more like you used it to knock people back, Right?" Asked Agumon to his Friend has helped out Toon Link. "So what do you want to call it?"
"Well, Pushing Art doesn't make sense." Answered the Monado Art user as he looked back at the red mechanical sword in his hand. "But Knocking Art seems too childish in my opinion."
"Well how about Wind Art." Said Agumon to his friend as looked back in the air. "Because you know, the wind pushes things?"
"Well, unless it has a tornado coming out from the Monado, That name doesn't make sense Agumon." Toon Link Answered back as he looked back at the Monado. "Though I do feel like I was being knocked off a large platform when I was knocked back by it."
"Well, It may sound like the oddest name for a skill that pushes your foes back right now," Said Shulk as an awkward grin on his face as he then looked back at his two crewmates. "But I was thinking of calling it the Smash Art right now."
"Smash Art?" Agumon questioned back to his buddy with a puzzled look on his face as he then gave another glance at the blade his buddy was holding. "Well, It's your sword now buddy, you get to name it."
"Well it feels right to me," Shulk answered back to his friend as he then get a sudden vision from his sword, His eyes glowing blue as his friends look back at him in concern.
"Hey Shulk…. What's wrong?" Asked Agumon as he looked back at his buddy with concern.
"Get down guys, Now!" Yelled the Blond haired Man as he pushed his friends down as cannonballs were blasted from the jungle near them.
The trio barley avoid the heavy firepower that almost killed them as Toon Link then looked back at his friend, A look of somewhat relief on the blond haired man's face. "Hey Shulk is that?"
"The Monado's power of foresight, Yes it is." Answered back the blond haired man as he then felt thumping footsteps of something or someone coming. "But what I saw in my vision is definitely not good."
"Is it the Empire?" Questioned Agumon as he looked back at his friend with concern, worried that they may have track them down after what happened yesterday. "You think?"
"Fortunately no, Shulk answered back to his friends as he looked at the jungle ahead of them. His worried look still remaining. "But it's still bad news for us."
"How So?" Questioned the orange Digimon as he started to look worried by his firend's voice.
The Digimon's questioned was soon answered by two figures made their presence known to the trio, One was a large light blue muscular crocodile with four horns on his head wearing camouflaged overalls,
The other figure was also a crocodile with similar muscle, His scales were purple however, he also donned a green military helmet, a Green belt with five green pouches and Black boots.
The Two Crocodiles made their way towards the trio, While holding their Blunderbusses, A smirk on their faces as they saw the people they fired their shots at.
"Well, Well, Well Klump." Said the Green Crocodile to his purpled scaled comrade with a smirk on his face. "Look what we got here."
"They may not be the Kongs, but It looks like we found some interuders on our little island." Answered back the Purple Croc who's name is Klump to his Green scaled ally. "Two tiny humans and a pudgy orange wananbe."
"Who you're calling a wananbe!" Snarled Agumon as he got back up and gave his hardest glare at the two. "I'm not even related to you guys!"
"Well then, You may not be those flea bitten Kongs, But your still coming with us!" Klump sneered back at his foes as he gave a sadistic grin to his comrade. "Krusha, you know what to do."
"Yes I do," answered the Green Scaled Crocodile as a similar grin as he whipped out his blunderbuss at the three treasure hunters. "Our great and Glorious leader King K Rool may want to see you."
"You know what to do Toon." Shulk questioned his hylian friend as the latter nodded back at him.
"Yup I do," Answered back the Hylian salior as he secretly pulled out a bomb from his satchel.
"Good, On my mark, Three, Two, One," Shulk answered back as he slowly got up and turned to the small Hylian, "NOW!"
Toon Link then lit his bomb and threw it near the two Crocodiles, Their eyes widening in fear at what they have saw near their scaly feet.
"Hey Krusha, You better know what to do!" Klump questioned his comrade as fear sink into their scales.
"Yes I do Klump, And that's-" Said the Green Crocodile with a similar look of fear in his eyes.
"RUN!" Yelled the two crocodiles as they fled from the inevitable bomb explosion, Which soon occurred,
Instead of an explosion that blasted the area around it, the Bomb released white smoke as it soon covered the area.
"Hey guys, Let's go!" Whispered Shulk as he then Grabbed Agumon and Toon Link's arms as they quickly dashed from the area,
As the trio made their way from the bomb explosion, The Two Crocs whom were about the flee from the explosion soon saw them escaping as they saw their would be prisoners getting away.
"Darn it Krusha, We're Duped!" Klump snarled back to his Comarade as he saw the smoke bomb slowly dissipating in front of them.
"Well then, Unless you want King K Rool to skin us into handbags, We better catch them now!" Said the Green scaled Kremling as he and Klump soon chased them down. "We can't let them find out our Latest plan!"
As the two crocs soon set out to find and silence the trio whom found them, A red haired man wearing dragon scaled armor was watching them from afar on the back of his green scaled Dragon. A Smirk slowly appearing on his face as he watched the reptiles from above.
"Heh, It's all going to plan." Said the Red haired general as he watched the thing unfolded from his Noivern, His smirk soon appearing on his face. 'Once Anubis finishes his part, Empress Galeem should be pleased."
Author's Note:
Yup, We got the mentioning of the Phantom Thieves in the Dragon wings of Fate series, Their a group of vigilantes that are like Robin hood (Just like their canon selves in a way.)
Galeem has plans for Fiora's dead body and it will be bad news for Shulk in the future. (Yup the Mecha Fiora concept from Xenoblade chronicles will be used for this story, just under different conditions.)
The Small training scene with Lucina and Greninja was something that I wanted to showcase a unique thing with this story, which is Lucina's more inexperince nature with her swordfighting in this story.
Due to her preferring to cast magic like her mother and using her draconic ablilties, She's not much of a swordfighter then in canon. This will be part of Lucina's development arc as she tries to master her swordfighting skills.
The Scene regarding the Shulk and the Monado is also another thing unique to this Story, Since Shulk studied about the Monado in canon, He has some experince using it. But since he only just discovered about it, He will be somewhat inexperienced with you don't mind.
Yup the presence of Klump and Krusha means that our treasure Hunters are in their territory now.
Anubis is the name of the hooded Manakete Working for Viper BTW.
What do you think? Is there anything to improve on? If Not, See ya! ;)
