Final Destination
"Good afternoon smasher. I must inform everyone that the garden is currently off limits due to a certain SOMEONE'S stupid game!" Master Hand says angrily. "Also the right side of the mansion is in need of repair. Do not worry, the Mario Brothers and the Toads are working on reconstructing everything. I apologize for the inconvenience and things should be all fixed up in a matter of days. That will be all for today."
Seiros Monastery
Byleth, Beth, and Sothis are together in the monastery on the left side of the mansion. Because the Eisner Twin's clothes disintegrated due to the Kamikaze, Rhea had provided the twins with new outfits. The archbishop has bestowed upon the twins the Sothis Regalia outfit. Sothis looked at the Eisner twins in awe. She felt a strange feeling inside of her. Seeing the twins in those outfits felt like it was bringing back memories.
The Progenitor God shakes her head. "Why is my memory so hazy? Why do those outfits make things feel...familiar? Were there...more people that were just like me? Could there have been more family members I was not aware of?" She ponders to herself.
"Look at you two! You both look absolutely astounding! You share the beauty of our grandmother!" Flayn compliments.
Byleth examines himself and his outfit. He rubs the back of his head. "I really appreciate the clothing Rhea, but I don't know. It feels weird not being in my armor. No shoes either. This isn't really an outfit I'd wear for battle." He then runs his hands across the braid Flayn gave him with a ribbon on it. "New hairstyle as well…"
Beth runs her hands down her hair that had twin braids now with ribbons on it. "I haven't had twin braids since I was a teenager. Still looks good on me, I'm surprised." The female mercenary examines the rest of her dress. "I'm not much of a dress person. This seems like something a dancer would wear. The no shoes thing is messing me up too." She puts her hand on her hips and smirks. "I do like how much more skin it's showing."
Seteth glares at Beth. "I must ask you to please refrain from doing such indecent things with the outfit. These are garbs that represents our grandmother, and I will not have you-"
"I'm going to give a lap dance to Dimitri with this." Beth says with a flirtatious grin.
Byleth scratches his head. "I wonder what my lovers will think of what I'm wearing? I think Claude would love it. I can see Yuri laughing and teasing me. I think Bernadetta might be more comfortable seeing me show a little more skin…" He ponders.
Sothis bonks the twins on their heads with her fists. The Eisner Twins cry out in pain as they rub their heads.
"You will refrain from doing anything in those outfits! I don't need any of your students having indecent thoughts about me! I'm the Goddess for goodness sake. You think I want Sylvain to fantasize about having relations with me?!" Sothis complains.
"Eww…" The Eisner Twins say as they shudder at the disgusting thought.
Rhea laughs. "I have faith that the students will not think of such improper things about you mother," She smiles as she looks at Flayn, Seteth, the twins, and her mother. "Look at us all. We're all together like we're one big happy family." She says.
"It does look that way. You know, if Byleth and Beth had green hair like us. It would look like they are related to us." Flayn agrees.
Seteth nods in agreement. "That is an intriguing observation."
Byleth turns to Rhea. "Lady Rh-" The male professor stops himself. He's still not used to being more casual to the archbishop like she requested. "Rhea. If I may ask, is it okay that my sister and I continue our tea times here in the monastery?"
Rhea nods. "You are welcome to have your tea times here child. I do not mind at all."
"Just make sure you keep those characters from destroying anything! This monastery took a lot of work to build! We don't need another mishap like what happened in the mansion." Seteth says.
Catherine and Shamir come into the monastery. Both having serious looks on their faces.
"Lady Rhea. If you have the time, there's something that Shamir and I would like to discuss." Catherine says.
"It's serious. You must take a look at what we discovered. It could be a danger to the kids and possibly everyone." Shamir says.
Rhea nods. "Then we shall discuss. Flayn. Seteth. Let us go."
"Yes Lady Rhea." The green haired siblings replied.
Rhea, Seteth, Flayn, Catherine, and Shamir make their way to the library of the monastery. Byleth wondered why they weren't invited to join in the discussions. Beth wasn't surprised. With how many secrets Rhea has been keeping and has kept from them, it was no surprise that the archbishop would leave them out of discussions with the Church of Seiros. Even Sothis wondered what was going on.
"What are you up to my daughter…" The Progenitor God wondered to herself.
The female mercenary shrugs off the Church of Seiros and turns to her brother. "So, who's next on the tea time list brother?" She asks.
"Terry Bogard. I will have to tell him to meet us here at the monastery." Byleth answers. He puts his hand on his chin. "He probably is not a fan of tea. So we'll just invite him over for a friendly discussion."
Sothis groans. "This is ridiculous! We were supposed to have tea time with this Shulk fellow before all of these other characters! Rob told us he would be back in a matter of days, but weeks have passed now!" She pouts and she folds her arms.
"Why does it matter to you?" Beth asks in a casual manner.
"He is the last deity we have yet to speak to in this realm. We have had many differing opinions of Gods and Goddess here. They're either giving thrusting the chosen one role to mortals who don't want and don't deserve it or they cause nothing but mass destruction. Rosalina was a very interesting individual. She seems ditzy, but her heart is in the right place and she does her job as a Goddess. Palutena is lazy and barely shows any concern for the people she's supposed to protect. She may not be evil, but as her role as a Goddess, she is completely irresponsible!"
"Our opinions on these have been very up and down, yes." Byleth agrees.
"After all the things I've been hearing with these tea times, it's just given me more reasons to not trust any of them," Beth says. She looks up Sothis. "You're the only one who I feel I can trust. You've been protecting us and our students. Yeah you can be a nag, but you mean well."
"I appreciate your words. I grew somewhat fearful that your opinion of me might have changed." Sothis admits.
"I trust you Sothis. You are not malicious or evil. If you were, you would've let me die when I protected Edelgard." Byleth says. "You have been with us throughout our entire journey. Beth and I will not leave your side."
Sothis is touched by Byleth's words. While the mercenary wasn't the most talkative, he mostly always said things that mattered. The Progenitor God floats down and hugs the Eisner Twins. "Thank you both. That honestly puts me at ease." She begins to yawn. "It seems I've been up for too long. I shall be taking my nap now. You two can handle the rest from here."
Sothis disappears to fall back asleep inside of Byleth's head.
Byleth turns to Beth. "Alright. I will go invite Terry over to the monastery." The male professor runs out of the Church to find the Legendary Wolf.
Beth sighs happily. "Terry is coming over here. I get to look at that hottie again." She hums.
Terry is now in the monastery sitting with the Eisner Twins on the church pew. Terry was sitting very laid back with arms resting on the back of the pew and legs out and crossed. Byleth is to the right of Terry sitting very straight and proper while Beth is sitting to the left of Terry with her elbow resting on the back of the pew, her legs crossed, and her eyes ogling at the Legendary Wolf.
Terry's whistles in amusement as he observes the Church. "This is a pretty sick place. I don't really go to church too often. Not much of the religious type. Anyways, so you invited me here to know more about me?"
Byleth nods. "Yes. Maybe become friends as well if you would like. I like to have knowledge of all of the people I meet so I can accommodate them accordingly."
"Really? So does that mean I can expect a birthday gift pretty soon?" Terry jokes.
"I can be the birthday cake for you hottie." Beth says teasingly, giving Terry a very sultry look as she moves her eyebrows up and down.
Byleth glares at sister. "Beth! No flirting with our guest!" He scolds.
"Come on, how could I not?! Look at how hot he is! He's like if Dimitri was a commoner and went to the gym constantly!" Beth gushes.
"I do get called hot stuff a lot by my girlfriend. I'm not sure who this Dimitri is. Maybe if he did some training with me and my brother Andy, he might be able to look as buff as us." Terry says.
"So Terry, you are a martial artist as well right? We've previously spoken with Ryu and Ken who also do martial arts. Who taught you? Or did you teach yourself?" Byleth begins to question.
"My adoptive father taught me and my brother. He was killed by a crime lord named Geese Howard. Andy and I were very young at the time so we stood no chance to fight. Andy and I went our separate ways to train. I came years later and defeated Geese along with his brother Wolfgang Krauser."
Beth sighs. "It seems like everyone has been able to avenge their family except for us. We're stuck here while our murderer is still out there…" The female professor tightens her fist and grits her teeth.
Terry rubs the back of his head. "I'm sorry if I triggered any rough memories for you."
"It is okay Terry. It is still very fresh in our minds and it's still hard for us to cope." Byleth explains.
"Trust me, I understand. I was driven by anger and determination to stop Geese until I avenged my father."
"I got a question. Who's the kid that's always following you around? Is that your son?" Beth asks.
Terry shakes his head. "Nah," The blonde then begins to think. "Well...sort of. His name is Rock Howard. He's Geese's son."
The Eisner Twins' eyes widen at this revelation. "Wait a minute. What is the son of your enemy doing following you?" Byleth asks.
"After I defeated Geese again and he presumably died, I encountered Rock when he was really young. He was just roaming on the streets all by himself. He just sort of started following me and watching my street fights. I just took him in as my own kid. He's a good kid." Terry explains.
Byleth smiles. "That is very thoughtful of you Terry. You seem to be living well for yourself. I'm happy to hear."
Terry smiles and tips his cap at Byleth. "Thanks. Hey, you guys ain't so bad. I mean, I did show you guys how to get those delicious chicken sandwiches."
"And they were delicious." Beth replies. Beth's stomach then starts growling. She places a hand on her stomach. "Speaking of food, I could use some right now."
Byleth places a hand on his stomach, feeling his stomach grumbling. "Yes, we skipped out on breakfast."
Terry begins to laugh. He wraps his arms around the Eisner Twins. "Well you better go head into the dining hall! I saw a bunch of kids in there, I assume they're your students. They're currently feasting on some mean noodles in there! You better head over there before they're all gone!"
Smash Mansion, Dining Hall
Byleth and Beth make it to the dining hall to see their Garreg Mach students sitting down at the dining table all eating a bowl of noodles. All of the students were relishing in the taste of their noodles. The Eisner Twins can see that both Raphael and Ingrid with four empty bowls beside them. They were on their fifth bowl.
It was like they were back in the Garreg Mach Dining Hall. Byleth sees Bernadetta, Yuri, and Claude sitting next to each other. Bernadetta was sitting in between Yuri and Claude since the two still weren't getting along with each other.
Claude sees Byleth and waves to him. "Yo Teach! You finally made it! We're over here!" He calls.
Byleth makes his way to his lovers. "I apologize for not meeting up with you earlier." He bows.
Yuri shakes his head. "No need to be apologetic, my love." The cunning purple haired young adult examines Byleth's Sothis Regalia outfit. He smirks. "My goodness, look at you. I knew under all that armor would be a very sexy man. I mean just look at those legs." Yuri runs his hands down Byleth's legs.
Byleth blushes. "Yuri...Not in front of everyone."
Clade slaps Yuri's hand. "Knock it off Yuri. Teach came here to eat like the rest of us." He then glares at Byleth. "Although that does really show how hot he is. Man, if only he was a good dancer. I would definitely like a belly dance from him." The Golden Deer leader smirks to himself.
Byleth leans down to Bernadetta who was just trying to eat her noodles, not wanting to make eye contact with her fiance.
"Is the food good Bernadetta?" Byleth asks.
Bernadetta nods. "Y-Yes B-Byleth! T-The noodles are really good! You...also look really good…" She tries to mutter under her breath.
Byleth was able to hear Bernadetta's response, but he refrained from mentioning it so that he wouldn't fluster her. He just smiles and pats Bernadetta on the head. The introverted student could feel her heart pounding and face heating up. She internally squeals at the affection Byleth was giving her.
Claude pulls out a seat to the left of him. "Take a seat Teach. The cook will serve you in a bit so you can try out these delicious noodles for yourself."
Byleth takes a seat next to Claude. "Thank you Claude." He smiles.
"This is a harem Claude. You don't get to hog Byleth all to yourself. He's our fiance and not your fiance." Yuri says.
"Shut up Yuri." Claude replies.
"G-Guys...Why do you guys always have to fight? Byleth loves us equally...There's no need to fight over him." Bernadetta says nervously.
"You know for a klutz, she does make a point. No need for us to quarrel when we're all together. It is true that our fiance loves us all. So let's all just be one happy family huh?" Yuri says.
Claude rolls his eyes. "Yeah whatever you say." He mutters.
Byleth knew that it was going to take some time for Claude and Yuri to like each other. The two of them are always fighting for his attention while Bernadetta is just in the background trying to be the voice of reason. Bernadetta being the voice of reason sounded very strange. But the blue haired professor was happy to be spending more time with his harem. It wasn't going to be the smoothest transition, but he is willing to make it all work.
There was something that Byleth noticed when looking at all the students in the dining hall. Edelgard and Hubert were absent.
"Hey Claude, have you seen Edelgard around?" Byleth asks.
Claude shrugs. "Haven't seen her all day. I haven't been paying much attention to her highness since I've been spending time with you. Ahh, I'm sure she's fine." He says nonchalantly.
"That girl has been very busy as of late...I wonder what her and her servant are up to." Yuri ponders.
"Yes...I wonder as well..." Byleth mutters to himself.
Kitchen
Meanwhile, Beth stumbles into the kitchen and sees two people working by the stove. It was Captain Falcon and a mysterious blonde haired girl whom the female professor has never met before. The blonde girl is wearing an undershirt straps and blue jeans along with two of her badges pinned to her hat, as well as a dark orange kimono with white fur on the top, a yellow bow in the back, and a pair of black zōri (Japanese sandals) with orange straps. She also has her hair in a ponytail with a green hairband and into a loose bun held by a green chopstick with a narutomaki on it.
Beth looks around the kitchen to see all the ingredients on the counter by the two cooks, she is also surprised by how neat the kitchen still was.
"Man, you two are really working up a sweat in here. Cooking for all our students. They all love your stuff too." Beth says.
Captain Falcon and the girl turn to the female professor. "Hey there Beth! Good to see you!" The racer salutes. He wraps his arm around the blonde girl. "I want you to meet a really good friend of mine!"
"Hey there! I'm Min Min!" The cook waves as she introduces herself with a smile.
"I met her a little while ago. Kirby and I went to a noodle shop to eat. Min Min cooked us some really delicious ramen! She's also the newest fighter to join the Smash Mansion!" Falcon announces.
Beth tilts her head in confusion. "W-Wait what? Seriously?"
Min Min nods. "That's right! I had to get into a fight with a couple of my friends for an invitation. That Master Hand guy was pretty cruel for dropping that invitation down at the arena. It was a pretty nasty fight."
"I noticed she was gone. So I took it upon myself to cover her shift while she got her invitation. I'm a pretty damn good cook." Falcon smirks.
"He is! His ramen is absolutely delicious! You're so cool Falcon!" The ramen girl praises.
Falcon rubs the back of his head and blushes. "Aww Min Min."
Beth smirks. "Am I watching a relationship develop in front of me? That's cute." She says to herself.
"We've just about finished our next batch of noodles! Would you like to try some?!" Min Min asks.
Beth nods. "Sure. I can't wait to see why all of my students are gushing over this."
Author's Note: Surprise! I managed to squeeze in Min Min into this chapter! Now she's introduced into my universe. So that's two characters down. Hmmmmm. You know, Shulk has been missing for quite awhile. I wonder what's been going on with him? Well, you'll find out soon enough.