Pokémon.
Sun.
&.
Moon.
I believe the male equivalent to Selene in Sun & Moon is Elio, which I believe are related to the sun and moon, but don't quote me on that. It honestly really perturbs me whenever people call the characters "Sun" or "Moon", because those aren't names...
It's not like Red or Leaf (It's stranger with Leaf, but it still sounds better than Moon) where you see people naming pets those names so you could apply it to a person with some scrutiny. It's just...
Sun & Moon.
Let's give a comparison,
"Oh, hey Red, great job on becoming champion."
"Oh, hey Sun, great job on becoming champion."
"Oh, hey Leaf, nice Pokémon you got there."
"Oh, hey Moon, nice Pokémon you got there."
The Sun and Moon parts, at least to me, just sounds horribly grating.
Speaking of which, when going over the Alola region, I remembered Pokémon doesn't give non important characters names, so...
No names.
Anyways, read, though this chapter is more about establishing and "exploring" character than action, just a heads up.
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Tricks and treats!
{Route 6 – Pokémon Sun & Moon}
The restaurant was closed, so the three headed west instead, and not because this plot thread was forgotten about one chapter later and had to be added in a sly update in December or anything...
Haha...
. . .
"Alright, route six, my lucky number!" Sonic announced.
"Why is it your favorite number?" Shulk asked.
"Cause 2006 is my favorite year, duh." Sonic replied, pointing forward. "Anyways, where's the Tower Pokémon we're looking for?"
"It's Totem Pokémon, and well, there are actually multiple choices." Sothis admitted. "But, for one of them, we would have to head towards Route 7, and that isn't possible."
"Alright, before we do that though, shouldn't we try to check in for the night?" Shulk asked, holding back a yawn. "Watching Incineroar murder that other girls Pokémon has got me tired."
"Same, I could do with a nice hotel, but I'll only take a four star one, it has to have breakfast in the mornings, and it has to have a pool." Sonic pronounced.
"We don't have any money, idiot." Sothis remarked. "But I agree, you must be tired after today, you should get some rest."
"Sure thing Mona."Sonic acknowledged.
"Mona?" Sothis repeated. "Where'd you get that ludicrous name?"
"I dunno, you just sound like somebody who'd be called Mona." Sonic replied. "Anyway, guess it's time to sleep on the dirt, yeah?"
"Or we could sleep in the Pokémon Center." Sothis suggested. "The homeless are permitted to sleep there, though I'd keep your valuables in check just in case."
"How did you know that?" Shulk asked.
"Uh-"
"Jokes on you, I have no valuables!" Sonic countered. "Alright, let's head back into town, nice waste of time coming here, nice waste of time!" he proclaimed, marching back into the Royal Avenue.
"Yeah, a waste of time." Sothis sighed, waiting for Sonic to be out of earshot. "Sorry about that, we just had to get away for the moment..." she explained.
"Was it about that Selene girl?" Shulk questioned. "What, did she bully you in Third Grade the other day or something?"
"I'm not in Third Grade!" Sothis protested. "Did you think or me as a child?"
"I mean, you asked to compete in a carnival game, you seem to hate Sonic for no particular reason, like a child, and not to mention your high-pitched voice." Shulk listed. "I mean, if I were to take a guess, you're probably... Sixteen? Seventeen tops?"
"Sixteen?" Sothis asked. "Hm, at least you aren't as... incomprehensible as Byleth." Sothis mused. "She always insists on calling me twelve whenever I anger her for no discernable reason."
"Oh yeah, speaking of Byleth, didn't you say you needed to find them or something?" Shulk interrogated. "You still looking?"
"Uh... did I say that?" Sothis queried, sounding like she nearly choked on food. "You must be remembering it wrong, yes, anyways, lets head into town!" Sothis exclaimed, stumbling over her words.
"Wait." Shulk said, holding his hand out. "I think that... if we're going to be able to trust each other, you should probably just explain what happened, you know?"
"..." Sothis paused. "To be truthful with you... I... can... see the future... and as such... I... knew what to do?" Sothis blatantly lied. "No, you don't believe that, do you?"
"Not really." Shulk replied.
"Well, let me simply say that... I may have stretched the truth out, but we should really leave it at that." Sothis laughed slightly. "Anyways, we really must be heading forward."
"Right got it." Shulk nodded, turning back towards the town. "Well, we'll come back here tomorrow."
Did I do that right? It's hard to tell, honestly...
So, with that perhaps failed Heart-to-Heart passed by, Shulk walked back towards the Pokémon center, the atmosphere still
"Took you guys long enough," Sonic remarked snidely. "Don't worry Polk, you don't have to try hard to act homeless, you already got the looks."
"Ok, moving right along, let's head inside." Shulk commented, trying his best to ignore the roast. The three walked in front of the automatic door, and it opened, revealing the Pokémon Center in all of its glory.
{Pokémon Center - Pokémon Sun & Moon}
A rather spacious building, though smaller than you would think. There was a café ingrained in the wall on the left, though it seemed to be out of stock, as the guy there was listening to music instead of working. To the right there seemed to be some sort of gift shop, blue in color, and seeing fully stocked with potions and whatnot.
Though the main spectacle, that being the center of the building, was a kiosk where a nurse was standing, with notable pink hair which was tied into a ring near the back, and a typical nurse hat and outfit. Notably though, she was wearing sunglasses despite it being night. Around were a few plants, large dying plants, a chair next to the market stand, and for whatever reason an inexplicably placed fifty-pound weight.
"Attention sir, there are NO free Max Revives!" the man at the market stand yelled, seeming close to snapping. "I repeat, NO FREE-"
"Hey, Market Man, we're not here for that!" Sonic yelled back.
"Oh, thank Arceus." the Market Man sighed, his posture loosens. "Hey Joy, we got some guests!"
"Yes, guests..." the nurse at the counter looked at the group, though she seemed oddly disappointed. "Oh, yes... welcome to the Pokémon Center for healing..." the nurse looked to the side where a plaque that said "We heal Pokémon" was hung on the wall. "For healing Pokémon."
"Anyways, I'll coax That Nurse over here into believing we're homeless." Sonic swore, putting a hand to his chest. "I'm amazing with the ladies, or at least I am in my imagination!"
"Yeah, I'll just... stand over there." Shulk replied, using his thumb to point to a table that was near the window on the café's side. Someone else was sitting there, but they seemed distant, so Shulk didn't heed them any attention as he went over and sat down.
"Hm..." the woman sitting across from him groaned, wearing a large cloth over the bottom of her face and a white hood with two almost circles. She had a hand to her face and was looking out the window, but when Shulk put his sword against the wall, she seemed to find an interest.
"Hey..." the woman greeted.
"Hi." Shulk replied, getting a quick glance. "Having a rough day?"
"Honestly, rough year." the woman muttered, momentarily making eye contact with Shulk. "I'm sure you can tell by the attire, I used to be a part of Team Skull before everyone left or got arrested."
"Team Skull?" Shulk asked, remembering Random Dude saying something about an associate of his being not as decent as him when it came to legality.
"Yeah, but we disbanded months ago, I managed to snag a gig with my boy back from Po town, apparently, and you won't believe this, the champion wanted us to catch this guy named Shulk and his friend."
"The champion?" Shulk sputtered, momentarily smiling. "Well, I don't know anyone named Shulk, that's a weird name."
"Speaking of names, what's your name?" the Team Skull member asked, her eyes widening.
"Oh, I'm..." Shulk looked around for inspiration. There was that café next to the table, some guy was standing there... "Man..." Shulk looked to the blue market stand and the man was holding a doughnut. "uh... dough." Shulk continued, looking out the window seeing some boy being stabbed by a man wearing purple. "Boy."
"Manuhdoughboy?" the Team Skull member questioned.
"Monado Boy." Shulk replied, trying to make sense of the word.
"Monado Boy?" the Team Skull member repeated, still seeming to focus on the Monado. "Must be foreign, I hear people in Kalos have names like that." she laughed. "Anyways, I'm-"
"Yo Whelk, who's the chick?" Sonic butted in, seeming to have appeared out of nowhere.
"AHHH!" the... "chick", as Sonic called her screamed. "Oh sorry, your... "Pokémon" startled me." she apologized, stumbling through a bag on her waist. "Here, I'll let him play with my Pokémon while we get back to our conversation."
"You trying to get this girls number or something?" Sonic whispered, leaning in.
"I don't know This Girl; I was just having a conversation." Shulk explained.
"Oh, so her name is This Girl?" Sonic asked, a hand on his chin. "She's not related to Random Dude, is she?"
"Here we go." This Girl announced, holding a Green Pokéball in her left hand. "Yo Tsareena, come on out!" This Girl explained throwing the Pokéball into the air, the ball nearly hitting one of the support beams on the ceiling before it hit the ground, releasing a burst of energy in a peculiar shape.
The Pokémon that came out was a short one, around as tall as Sonic, minus a few inches. It seemed to be some sort of plant type creature, purplish pink legs which stopped at oddly expounding white almost turnip looking things around its hips, continuing with the purplish hue up to the neck which seemed almost like a grand collar, amplified by long green hair of the Pokémon, one tuft of "hair" sticking out, along with a crown on top of its head.
"What the heck is that thing?" Sonic questioned, looking the Pokémon all around like the merry go round had come to town and turned his frown upside down. "Looks more like Rule 34 bait than an actual Pokémon."
Then a loud noise was heard, almost like something ramming against a wall, and Shulk looked around for the source. "That was just a Pidgeotto falling out of the sky, happens all the time." This Girl informed, turning back to Shulk. "Let's talk about you..."
"Me?" Shulk asked, pointing to himself. "You sure about that?"
"Of course, I mean you started this conversation, tell me a bit about yourself." This Girl pleaded, changing her tone of voice to a playful tone.
"Well... I... I'm not from the region." Shulk informed, technically not being false.
"Yeah, that part's obvious." This Girl laughed, though she stopped rather quickly. "Anyways, you gonna be sleeping here tonight?"
"That's what I plan to do, yes." Shulk responded. "Why do you ask?"
"Well, why don't you stop by my place tonight?" This Girl requested, seeming to bat her eyes.
"I'm sorry, what?" Shulk countered.
"You know... you, me, my place..." This Girl suggested as if this was some sort of rushed shipping fanfiction. "What do you say?"
"We met five minutes ago." Shulk protested. "I mean, I don't even know who you are."
"You will." This Girl advised, grabbing a phone from her pocket. "I can call a Poké Ride and you can be back here within the hour."
"Ok first off, no, second off... no, and third off... I mean, you probably shouldn't go around asking random guys you meet to head to your house, that's not very hygienic-"
"Did somebody say hygiene?" Sonic thankfully interrupted. "Hey Shuckle, did This Girl here say anything about hygiene?"
Shulk quickly turned to Sonic, "It's not Shuckle, it's Shulkkkkkkkk-" Shulk held on the syllable and slowly turned over to This Girl who raised an eyebrow. "-kkkkkkkkkan you believe that I just remembered that I left my..." Shulk looked to the guy at the cafe who was now eating a bag of plain chips. "...plain- plane tickets in the nearby city?"
"Plane tickets?" Sonic reiterated. "But we didn't come here on a plane, that weird looking hand teleported us here after we kicked the yolk out of Eggman."
"Tsaa Tsareena?" Tsareena asked, crossing its arms.
"Yeah, well your name is literally Serena with a Ts near the beginning." Sonic pointed out, crossing his arms in response. "Wow, this place is lame, right Fu-"
"Alright, something is clearly going on here." This Girl noticed, tapping a finger on her chin. "Something tells me your name isn't really Monado Boy..."
"What kind of stupid name is that?" Sonic asked, laughing slightly. "Alright, anyways sorry to interrupt your little pow-wow This Girl, but you're totally cramping my comedic style, no offense." Sonic walked over and pulled the chair This Girl was in outwards.
"Yo, what the heck fool?!" This girl called out, glaring at Shulk. "Yo, call your Pokémon off!"
"Yeah, one character that says "yo" sporadically is already one too many." Sonic remarked, letting go of the chair. "I mean the fact that you think I'm a Pokémon might be hilarious, but you really need to go, we're booked on characters."
This Girl hopped out of her chair and beckoned her Pokémon over to her side, leaning forward. "You two really don't get it, do you?"
"Hey, discount Dragalia Lost protagonist, come back me up." Sonic called to Shulk, who didn't quite have the chance to get up, something else gaining his attention.
"Alright, look I don't want a fight, but you should know that there's an Ursaring behind you." This Girl pointed out, quite literally pointing behind Shulk. Shulk turned around, but instead of noticing whatever an Ursaring was, there was a bush, a rather neatly trimmed one at that.
"Alright, but I don't see how... oh I'm stupid." Shulk somehow didn't seem to realize it, but it was blatantly obvious what was going on as This Girl was holding the Monado, though holding it incorrectly at that.
"Yeah, you're kind of horrible at keeping an eye on your valuables." This Girl agreed, her Tsareena flicking the tuft of her hair out. "I mean, you gotta be careful you feel?"
Shulk scratched his head. "I don't feel, no..."
This Girl looked away and crossed her arms. "Well, it don't matter what you feel you clown; cause Team Skull is always prepared to throw down!"
{Team Skull Encounter Theme – Pokémon Sun & Moon}
"Oh, another Team Skull guy?" Sonic asked, disappointed. "Guess we're stuck with the lame characters."
"I ain't no guy, get it right fool!" This Girl demanded, holding out her right hand in a balled-up fist, the Monado in her other hand. "Anyways, we got direct orders from our new boss over on Melemele, and we gotta take you two down to the pound!"
"Well, considering you're the one who already looks like a dog, I think you'll be heading there instead of us!" Sonic retorted, cracking his fingers.
"Aight bet." This Girl replied nonchalantly, turning to Shulk. "1v1, your guy versus my Pokémon, outside, now."
"Bet." Shulk confirmed, quickly leaning towards Sonic and whispering, "What does "Bet" mean?"
"It means they're daring you, and you just confirmed, so let's go outside..." Sonic explained winking. This Girl made her way outside, Sonic soon after turning towards the Pokémon Center staff. "Hey losers, come watch our fight outside!"
"Huh?" the guy at the Café asked, pulling one of his headphones away from his ear.
"Yeah, Café Guy, Market Man, That Nurse, come outside!" Sonic exclaimed, his nicknames said with such certain, you'd think he'd known these people for years. "We require an audience, don't worry though, I'll pay you in exposure."
"Sure, it's probably better than making coffee at minimum wage." Café Guy said, climbing over the counter.
"Well, if you insist..." Market Man muttered, opening a door hidden in the wall and exiting the market stand. "Hey Joy, you coming?"
"No." That Nurse said blankly. "But, if I may, I'll be taking my break now."
"Well, you're the boss I guess." Market Man said, heading out the door, Café Guy following close behind him.
"Wait, are we really doing this?" Shulk questioned, glancing at Sonic who was facing away from him.
"Hank, this is what I like to call..." Sonic suddenly sped around, Shulk seeing nothing but a blue blur move around him at lightning speeds, the chairs from the café area disappearing, a few of the adorned houseplants seeming to vanish, and even the inexplicably placed fifty-pound weight was gone.
But Shulk soon realized what happened, as all those things were directly in front of the door, blocking anybody from entering, and probably from exiting as well for the time being.
"An easy victory." Sonic finished as he skidded to a stop.
"Honestly, that's kind of smart." Shulk laughed.
{Pokémon Center - Pokémon Sun & Moon}
"Well, that's a net loss of two for Team Skull today."Sonic quipped as he shook the tension away from his hands, "Ok, that's that taken care of... and I don't think there's a back door, so..."
"I'm still in here..." That Nurse spoke, not having left the center station. "Can I leave?"
"Nah..." Sonic replied, stretching his arms upwards.
"Wait, so we're just going to leave them out there?" Shulk asked, motioning towards the now blocked door.
"Yeah, that way you can get some rest." Sonic explained. "You said you were tired, didn't you?"
"Yeah, but This Girl she still has the Monado, doesn't she?!" Shulk reminded Sonic, stressing its importance.
"Don't worry, I'm sure we'll run into her again if the obvious plot structure is any indicator." Sonic brushed off. "But if that fails, I can always teach you to fight like a real man."
"What, is using a sword not fighting like a real man?" Shulk questioned.
"Well to me using a sword is essentially cheating, and besides that one time I had entered that fantasy world I've never used one, and unlike you I make at least mid-tier." Sonic rebutted. "I mean, do you even know how to punch?"
"I'll have you know... I've watched people fight before." Shulk protested, sitting down near where the café furniture used to be.
"Not the same thing." Sonic countered. "Well, I'll be leaning against the wall, wake me up if you need me." Sonic yawned, doing as he said.
Then three knocks sounded on the Pokémon Center door. "Yo, what are you fools doing?" the doors pushed against the slew or furniture and whatnot blocking it, but nothing budged. "Yo, unlock the door!"
"Nah." Sonic replied. "Wait till tomorrow, jackass."
"Boy, I gotta be on a whole other island tomorrow!" This Girl groaned. "You can't cheat me like that!"
"Says the chick who cheated by taking this guy's sword." Sonic one upped, pointing to Shulk, though This Girl couldn't see it.
"Aight, I'll be waiting outside the door till tomorrow then!" This Girl huffed. "You two better be ready!"
"Same to you." Sonic yawned. "Anyways, I'm gonna hit the hay."
"Night." Shulk called out.
"Night." Sonic copied, closing his eyes.
That Nurse then hopped over the counter, and walked over to Shulk, looking away. "Since your friend is now preforming sleeping, please allow me to exit-"
"Dude, I literally JUST closed my eyes, and I already said no." Sonic responded, pointing towards That Nurse.
"..." That Nurse sighed, and sat down, sitting cross legged despite her outfit not really being made for it.
"Yeah, sorry about that." Shulk apologized, scratching the back of his head. "Uh... how's it going?"
"..." That Nurse looked at Shulk, still wearing those sunglasses for whatever reason. "Do you know where your friend is?" That Nurse questioned. "He is supposed to be here, is he not?"
"You mean Eleven?" Shulk asked, to which That Nurse slowly nodded. "How do you know him?"
"I..." That Nurse paused. "I'm tired."
"Oh well-"
"Don't you that all this is kind of dumb?" That Nurse continued. "I mean, I'm sure you're aware of it all, aren't you?"
"Aware?" Shulk repeated. "Aware of what?"
"You aren't aware?" That Nurse asked, sounding surprised. "So, I see suppose we were given conflicting orders then..."
Shulk still didn't quite get it. "Conflicting..."
"Hey can you two shut up, I'm trying to sleep!" Sonic yelled, waving a fist. "Or just like... whisper or something."
"It's not important, but simply know that I'm on your side in this situation, and that you're doing very good so far." That Nurse complimented; her motives still unknown. "Anyways, let me put you to sleep since you're tired."
"Put me to sleep, what do you-" The Nurse then began to hum a peculiar tune, one that seemed to be of... familiarity... but... Shulk couldn't quite grasp... it...
…
Shulk, without hesitation, felt extremely drowsy... then fell asleep...
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{Dwellings of the Ancient Gods (Rain) - Fire Emblem: Three Houses}
…
…...?
Was he... not asleep?
…
...was this going to be an exposition dump?
…
"Wake up." what sounded like Sothis' voice said.
"Get up?" Shulk asked.
"Get out the- no, just wake up." Sothis' voice inquired, utterly ruining everything.
Shulk opened his eyes, and...
Wall.
Shulk immediately sprang up, and found himself in the Pokémon center, though it was empty, not even the inexplicably placed fifty-pound weight was there.
"Ok, I swear this is the last time I shall explain something complicated to you." Sothis' voice said. Shulk looked towards where the voice was coming from, and it wasn't the usual horribly cropped png image, but it wasn't exactly a person either. It was a silhouette more like, no features, just a figure cloaked in darkness, and seeming to not move.
"Why are you black?" Shulk asked, probably trending on Twitter by now.
"Well, that's one way to put it I suppose." Sothis' voice mused. "But no, I am not black contrary to what you may see."
"Then... what are you?" Shulk pushed.
"I'm simply what I am." Sothis' voice responded. "Now, you said that we have to be truthful with each other, did you not?"
"Oh, so you're not going to go through a ten-to-fifteen-chapter long character development arc and eventually tell me the truth, even though telling the truth could've saved a lot of time, especially considering that the character going through the arc isn't important, and that it's essentially just useless garbage to encourage the shipping side of the fanbase to flock to your story without adding any real substance?"
"...well, it's usually padded out to build up a satisfying mystery, but yeah." Sothis' voice replied, not sure what to make of that. "Anyways, this is what is known as... well, it has so name, it's simply the land where the spirts connect to the physical realm."
"So... the spirit realm?"
"No, that name is already taken."
"What about the Distortion World?"
"Nope."
"Ultra Space?"
"Also taken."
"Well, that's about all I could think of that would fit thematically." Shulk admitted. "Anyways, were you going to show me something?"
"Yes." Sothis' voice said as the shadowy figure her voice was coming from disappeared, and reappeared at the doorway. "Come."
Shulk...
Walked over there, and when he reached just about where the figure was standing, it disappeared.
"Outside." Sothis' voice proclaimed, seeming to have a hint of urgency in her voice. Shulk obeyed and opened the Pokémon Center doors, stepping outside, and finding himself in a void, one that was very empty, like most voids, though there was something out in the distance he couldn't quite see.
The Pokémon Center building was there, and there were a few feet of concrete before it abruptly stopped almost like it was pulled out of the ground.
"Long story short, this is what's known as the spirit collection." Sothis explained. "It's empty since you don't have any spirits, but my general presence as a spirit gives it a shape."
"Wait, so I'm inside the bag?"
"No, this is the link between all spirit collections where spirits can freely roam the world." Sothis' voice explained.
"So, it's like a way for you to travel quickly between spirit collection access points?" Shulk questioned.
"Well, something like that." Sothis' voice replied. "You could theoretically do that, but there aren't any other points to travel to."
"So, if there's nothing to do here, why are we here again?"
"You see that thing in the distance?" Sothis' voice asked, pointing to what Shulk previously noticed. "I want to see something..."
"What did you need to see?" Shulk asked, slightly concerned. The figure then disappeared, and Shulk felt an... oh-so gentle push on his back.
Right off the cliff.
Have you ever cut the grass?
If you have, or if you haven't...
Imagine cutting the grass.
Ever think about where those little particles of grass that get stuck in the lawnmower goes?
No?
Well think about it.
What if one piece just continues to get chopped into smaller and smaller pieces?
How would those cells survive?
Are they even alive anymore, or can you determine them dead?
You don't know, do you?
I know.
…
Yes, I'll cite my sources.
…
Let's return.
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{Pokémon Center - Pokémon Sun and Moon}
Shulk sprang up from his position, reaching for his sword but quickly remembering nothing was there, he looked around the area. Sonic was there, sleeping, the inexplicably placed fifty-pound weight was still being as inexplicably placed as always, but That Nurse was nowhere to be found.
"What just happened?" Shulk asked himself, his forehead throbbing like he had just gotten off a drug high.
"Huh?" Sonic asked, straining his eyes open. "Dude... what time is it?"
"I don't know." Shulk replied, looking for a clock. "But it doesn't feel like morning."
"Yeah, I think I know what you mean." Sonic adhered. "Anyways, this chapter is boring as hell, you want to do something fun?"
"Like what?"
"Uh..." Sonic sprang up and zoomed to the café side of the room, which was around where Shulk slept. "Coffee."
"I'm not a coffee person." Shulk mucked. "Uh, I'm sure they have more than just coffee though."
"Hang on lemme check." Sonic zoomed into the café bar, and a second later he came out. "Dude, I think there are these weird puffy looking foods."
"What do you mean?"
"Like..." Sonic zoomed in and came back with an oval shaped sweet, pink on the outsides with a wiggly white line near the middle, topped off by a cherry. "This."
"I kind of looks like a cupcake." Shulk noted.
"Yeah, something about it smells funny though." Sonic also noted, examining the thing.
"Oh, that's a Poké Puff." That Nurse said, suddenly appearing at the middle red counter.
Shulk jumped back, "HOLY S... where did you come from?" Shulk asked.
"I slept here, but you guys woke me up." That Nurse explained. "Anyways, that's a Poké Puff like I explained."
"Oh really?" Sonic inquired. "Prove it in the court of law!"
"I mean... it is what it is." That Nurse replied. "Ooh I love the flavor you've got there; it tastes so good whenever I just finish a battle and I have to unwind; I especially love it when one of the others come along and give me eeeeeeeeeee..."That Nurse held on the syllable and Shulk probably would've raised an eyebrow if he knew how to. "...eeeeat the Poké Puff I'm going to go back to sleep, bye!" That Nurse finished, dropping to the floor. "I was never here."
"Well, ignoring her, you want one?" Sonic asked.
"Sure, toss it." Shulk beckoned.
"Sure, you want me to toss it?" Sonic questioned. "I have a really strong arm." Sonic bragged, flexing his literal noodle of an arm.
"Um..." Shulk turned to the side to stop himself from laughing. "Sure, go ahead."
"Alright, your funeral." Sonic shrugged, winding up the Poké Puff in his hand like this was a game of baseball. "And... catch!"
Sonic finished winding up, held his arm back, and with all of his might threw the Poké Puff ahead, it barreling at high speeds unimaginable to the naked eye!
Or at least that's what Sonic probably imagined would happen. No, in actuality the Poké Puff traveled a total of 3, maybe 3 1/2 if you estimated, feet.
"Huh..." Sonic pondered, scratching his head. "Why don't you come over to the counter?"
"Yeah, sure thing." Shulk agreed, walking over and sitting on a barstool.
"Hang on, let me see if there's anything else..." Sonic huffed, disappearing for a moment.
Then That Nurse appeared. "Hey, can I join you guys?"
"HOLY F... why do you want to join us?" Shulk inquired.
"Because... I'm bored..." That Nurse groaned.
"Well, I mean you have a job." Shulk objected.
That Nurse tossed the hat on her head to the side, and it smacked against the wall. "No, I don't."
Sonic then ran from the café, grabbed the Nurse Cap, and promptly placed it back on That Nurse's head. "Yeah, you do." Sonic countered. "Listen, we're kind of at a quota for main characters at this point." Sonic explained. "Three in one group maximum, that being me, Shulk, and Sothis," Sonic explained. "Now, assuming that Eleven gets three at some point, four is way too much."
"But... what about a secondary character?" That Nurse pleaded.
"UH, no." Sonic responded, taking out a clipboard. "According to my notes, we have Selene, This Girl, and Random Dude all booked as secondary characters on our side, and like I said before, four is too much, speaking from personal experience."
"Can I be a tertiary character then?"
"Uh..." Sonic flipped through the clipboard. "Well, if you do that this would be your only scene for a while but it would allow you to come back in a later section, not in this one, but I'm thinking... chapter fifty?"
"That's a long while though..." That Nurse realized, counting to fifty on her fingers.
"Look, I understand, I barely got booked in this whole shebang, but we have to make sacrifices considering there are seventy others we need to scooch in, alright?"
"Alright!" That Nurse yelled, sounding determined. That Nurse stood up and walked towards the center counter, sitting down on top of it like an eight-year-old. "Chapter fifty it is!"
"Grat, now let's get back to what we were doing." Sonic said, turning back to Shulk. "What were we doing?"
"We were eating those Poke Puff things."
"Poké Puff*." Sonic corrected, being very helpful and not at all annoying. "Anyways, let's eat!"
Sonic passed Shulk a Poké Puff, and the two chowed down like people who haven't eaten any real nourishment in a while do, not exchanging a single word as they ate, and for a moment the world seemed perfectly fine. Sonic had eaten multiple, but Shulk had just gotten finished with its first, taking in its peculiar taste which was almost candy like.
"Hey, you know, this food reminds me of something..." Sonic reminisced. "Remember when you and the other guy were carrying that tentacle thing back in chapter one?"
"Yeah, it only happened a few days ago after all." Shulk replied.
"Well, since there's nothing to do, do you want me to tell you what happened back then?" Sonic asked, seeming casual.
"Sure, go ahead." Shulk agreed.
"Alright, prepare yourself for..."
Disclaimer: The following section is a joke about bad Smash Fanfiction (Including mine). Now laugh or I will consume your mortal soul.
SONIC & THE DARKNESS BLAST OF EPICNESS AND DRAMA AND STUFF
CHAPETR ONE?!/!/1/!?
(Authorz noot3: You prepsz butter not flam, or I no update : [ .)
I don't own Smash broz, sack of rye dozzzz.
(PLAY THE MUSIC [GREEN HILL ZONE SONIC THE HEGHOG NOWWW!1!)
Shulk and Eleven walked inside the mansion, taking their horrible grammar with them, and Sonic turned to Pikachu, a lovely introduction.
"So, now what?" Sonic asked Pikachu who was still shaking ever so slightly.
"Pika, pika pika." Pikachu responded, saying that they should get far away in case something bad happened.
"I get the feeling that something bad will happen too, but what about the innocent bystanders like Bile over here?" Sonic questioned, pointing to Byleth who I 1,000,000 IQ made fun of because Fire Emblem bad amirite ahhahaahahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahahha.
AHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Ha...
"What do you mean something bad-"
"Sorry Bile, we gotta go, it's obvious the plot is about to kick off, and we don't wanna be here." Sonic explained to Byleth. "Anyways, Pikachu, wanna race to the pier?"
"Pika!" Pikachu exclaimed, agreeing with what Sonic proposed.
"Alright then, let's race!"
3...
2...
1..
go!11!1!1!
Sonic sped ahead of Pikachu, he was the fastest thing alive after all, down the hill, past the bridge, away from the walkway, until not a minute later Sonic made it to the pier, Pikachu not far behind him.
"First!" Sonic pronounced, waiting for Pikachu to arrive behind him a few seconds later. "Alright, you think we're far enough?"
"Pika... Pikachu!" Pikachu responded, assuming it to be enough. Him and Sonic were near the ocean, obvious considering they went to the pier, but I'm gonna put that redundant part there anyway because I need an inflated word count to make my fake online friends proud of me.
Near the pier, HA that rhymes, I'm gonna point out that rhymes because I'm quirky tho. I'm really quirky doeeeeee.
Anyways, near the pier there was a boat, a very old boat that seemed to have just been docked recently as it wasn't there the previous day.
"Hey buddy, you think that all those guys who are in the general vicinity of the mansion going to be alright?" Sonic wondered, tapping his foot on the ground.
"Pika." Pikachu shrugged, noting that they could handle themselves.
"Yeah, I guess you're right, this will all probably be over before you can say-" Sonic peered forward at the mansion suddenly as wind suddenly rushed in his face, another thing appearing near the top of the landscape. "Giant darkness ball."
"P-pika?" Pikachu question, turning towards from whence they came.
Indeed, it was simply put a giant ball of darkness hovering above everything, throbbing like... well do you really want me to say what it was throbbing like? Come on this is PG-13, and I'm funny for pointing that out two million times in a row, now laugh.
LAUGH.
The ball throbbed like a heart, and it wasn't long before these peculiar dark lasers began to shoot out of every side of the ball, a multitude of them heading towards where the mansion was, and a few going towards other places in Smashville.
But then there were two.
Heading right towards them both.
"Shit, if only we were in a freezer or something." Sonic cursed because cursing makes everything 100% cooler and doesn't at all make the tone abysmal. "We all know dark type is weak to ice after all, or was it fighting?"
"Pika, pika, pikachu!" Pikachu exclaimed, motioning towards the ocean.
"Oh yeah, oil floats on water, and oil is dark, so if we go in the water darkness will bounce off, brilliant!"
OOHOHOOHHOHOO WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT IN THIS SHIITY FANFICTION? WELL, REVIOWOW OR NO CHPPER TWO.
"And... that's what happened at first!" Sonic finished.
"I literally did not catch any of that." Shulk admitted.
"Yeah, me neither." Sonic agreed. "Long story after you and Eleven went inside, Pikachu and I went to the pier, and that's when the darkness happened."
"You said something about lasers?" Shulk questioned.
"Yeah, there were these dark lasers that came out of a large ball of darkness, kind of like the World of Light crap, but it was opposite day." Sonic explained. "I tried to get Pikachu in the boat, but I couldn't poke him on, and one of the lasers hit him."
"And?"
"And he fainted, so I did the next best thing and went back to the mansion to get the Chili Dog I left in the microwave." Sonic continued. "I made it to the mansion, but nobody was there, nobody that I could see..." Sonic trailed off. "Well, I entered the kitchen, and the moment I stepped in I got bonked on the head by something hard. I woke up and I was in some sort of packed room. Everyone was there, it was like an ultimate crossover available for 60 dollars USD plus 50 dollars USD DLC not including Mii Costumes."
"Where was the room?" Shulk pushed, quite interested in where this was going.
"I dunno, the depths of hell?" Sonic guessed. "It was really gloomy in there, and I was kind of dangling above some sort of stage." Sonic explained. "There was this dude who was all like, "As an example, if you find an individual who isn't assimilated, defeat them, then bring them here."" Sonic mimicked, putting on a grim yet posh tone.
"Who said it?" Shulk pushed further.
"Dude, lemme finish." Sonic pleaded. "Anyways, things got kinda hazy, but before I became a spirit, I remember there was this chart, it had the names of around ten people, there was you, the other guy we came here with, some guy named Ken, and..." Sonic held his hand to his forehead. "My head hurts, I'm gonna take another nap..."
"Oh, well I'll ask you about it some other time then." Shulk nodded as Sonic lay his head on the counter. "Have a good... whatever time it is."
"Same..." Sonic groaned, closing his eyes. "..."
Ken...
Had Shulk heard that name somewhere before?
It sounded familiar somehow...
Hm, probably nothing.
This was their last conversation for today, and the first conversation about what transpired beforehand would happen. Shulk leaned against the wall and closed his eyes yet again, but this time as he slowly drifted to sleep, nothing exposition like happened. Shulk simply slept, and it wasn't long before he found himself waking up in the morning, the local police banging on the Pokémon Center door, and not knowing what would happen, out heroes push forward as the journey continues!
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RANT INCOMING:
Happy end of November if you're reading this when it came out, if I were to say one thing to you, I'd say...
It's almost over baybee!
AHAHAHAH
But also, um I make a lot of "meta" jokes here, they're all jokes. I myself love Smash fanfiction, and even though a lot is bad, eh... you know it's still enjoyable. I've been reading shipping fics lately, they're usually not my cup of tea, I'm trying to get into them.
I feel like in general with shipping, while most of it is bland and boring, I don't like a lot of mainstream ships I notice. Like Palutena and Lucina for instance.
…
I mean, no offense, but why?
Literally, WHY?
I mean, they're two female characters from Smash 4...
But WHY?
Like...
I get it, but I don't at the same time, and it's not helped by the fact that the best fanfiction for the ship I've read made he laugh (because it was actually funny) more than feel a genuine connection between the two. Also cause its people who think relationships are people touching each other and sex, and while I'm a loser who isn't in a relationship like most people who write fanfiction, every damn time I see a shipping fanfiction like that I just want to turn it off because it seems so blehkj.
Like...
One character just randomly comes on to another, essentially forces them to date via suggestive undertones, and nobody says a word and acts like its cute. I'm fine if accidents in shipping happen in scarcity, I.E maybe two-characters fall on top of each other, but only once. But usually there's no banter, there's no buildup, it's just touching because that's what the writer is into.
And the worst part is it always ends the same.
The character has solved all of their problems yayayayayayyayayayayayayayyayayay, now the two characters imply a relationship.
I just... I'd rather read a... more dynamic fic, I guess.
There's this decent one I'm reading, it's about Lucina and Joker, and it's alright. It's... good.
But usually,...
They aren't good.
I'm trying to write one, and I'd say it's going...
Honestly pretty bad, and I probably won't post it, but meh.
Anyways, write better shipping, and...
BYEEEE.