Kid Icarus: Cosmos Angels Chapter 1: Episode 1: Just Your Average Day, a kid icarus fanfic

Episode 1: Just your Average Day

"It's charging...charging up..."

Evangeline stared deep into her DS screen, sweat coming down from her brow. She didn't want to lose. Not since she got this far on the hardest difficulty.

"It's so close!"

"Just keep avoiding those beams! Make sure to strategize!"

Her two friends, Akria and Leslie, sat next to her and cheered her on, while her sister sat on the other edge of the lunch table, clearly amused.

"You know we're not allowed to have Nintendo consoles at school, right?"

"Shh! I'm concentrating!" She scolded her sister.

"Come on, Eva!" Akria cheered on. "Beat Hades!"

Just as Akria said that, Eva fired the cannon of the Great Sacred Treasure and it hit Hades square in the face. The three girls cheered and jumped up and down at the lunch table. Leslie and Akria hugged Eva when she finally beat Kid Icarus Uprising.

Eva squealed in happiness. "Yeeees! Big sister, I did it~!"

She ran over to her elder sister, Angie, and hugged her tightly. And while she was taken aback, she rolled her eyes and hugged her back.

"Congratulations. Was it really that difficult?"

"Well she DID put in on the highest difficulty setting." Leslie said as she leaned on her elbow on the table.

"But that means she beat all the levels on the high difficulty, Les!" Akria said with excitement.

"Ang, you gotta play it with me one day!" She said with puppy dog eyes. "Pleaase?"

"If I was a powerful angel with magic, maybe." She said with a little smirk.

Akria and Leslie laughed a little.

Later that day, school let out early for the first day of summer. Luckily, the girls had finished their exams and everything before leaving the school grounds. Leslie, as they were walking, was reading a fashion magazine while Akria was kicking a mini bean bag up and down as they walked.

"So, Ang, how's work coming along?" Akria asked as she kicked the bean bag high in the air before catching it.

"It's work." She says with a small little smile. "But it's worth it. But it's a pain - I have to work overtime today. Just got the notice."

"Overtime?!" Eva gasped in disbelief. "But weren't we supposed to go to the movies tonight?!"

"Angie, this is getting ridiculous." Leslie said as she looked up from her magazine. "You already work more hours than a girl your age should—this should count as some kind of abuse!"

"I'm with Leslie on this one." Akria said before kicking the bean bag up and down again.

"Well, how else am I supposed to..." she started before reiterating. "All I'm saying is I need this job. I can't just quit on it right now..."

Eva soon gasped. "Why don't we go protest?!"

"Little sister, that's a bad idea." She reprimanded without looking at her.

Akria however grabbed Eva's hands in agreement.

"Agreed, Eva! We'll talk to Angie's boss to give her some vacation time!" She said with a bright and encouraging smile.

"Are you girls ACTUALLY thinking about going to my job to protest on my behalf?" Angie asked this like they had grown two heads.

"It's better than anything!" Eva pouted. "I want time with my sister!"

"And I agree! Let's go, Eva!" Akria grabbed Eva's hand and they ran on ahead. Leslie walked up to Angie.

"I'm honestly just going to watch. But she is right, you should be spending more time with Eva, Ang. It's Summer Break now." Leslie stated.

Angie saw her sister run off with Akria, sighing softly.

"I-I know, but..." she sighed. "I don't want to risk getting evicted from our apartment...well, what's left of it. I hardly have any time to myself, and it hurts me I can't spend more time with her...but should I do that at the risk of being thrown out into the streets...?" She didn't know anymore.

Leslie put her hand on her friend's shoulder.

"I told you before and I'll tell you again. My mom and I would love to have you guys until you can get back on your feet. Trust me." Leslie smiled.

"Guys come on!" Leslie and Angie looked to see Akria calling out to them and waving in their direction. "Let's go!"

Angie thought about this before sighing. She didn't want to burden her, but...

"...I'll think about it." She smiled before catching up. "Hey, wait for me! If you're going to protest, might as well be supervised!"

The girls soon arrived at the dry cleaner's that Angie worked at after school. They walked in and there was no one at the front desk.

"This is weird..." Akria mumbled before calling out, "Hello? Is anyone here?"

"Maybe the manager stepped out for a minute." Leslie guessed.

"Hello...?" Eva called loudly. "Why aren't you giving my sister time off?!"

"Eva, I don't think they're here." Angie deadpanned. "Which is weird - this place should be open."

Leslie looked around closer inside.

"This is...actually kind of creepy." Leslie admitted.

Suddenly, the wind from outside picked up without the girls noticing. The place started shaking slightly before getting more violent.

Akria almost fell over if she didn't keep her balance. "What the heck?!"

"An earthquake?!" Leslie screamed with her back against the nearest wall. Eva screamed and hid inside of her sister's chest. Angie, who's first priority was to keep Eva safe, backed up in the corner and held her in her arms.

"Over here, in the corner! It's safer if we stick together!"

As Akria and Leslie tried to hurry over to Angie, a vortex suddenly opened in the middle of the room with spiraling purple, white, and pink colors. The minute after it appeared and stunned the girls in shock, it started sucking in air like a vacuum. Akria, Leslie, Eva, and Angie held on to whatever they could for dear life.

Akria was starting to lose her grip on the nearby hanger pole before she completely lost her hold and started flying towards the vortex.

"No! Akria!" Eva screamed, but soon, she got nearly ripped from her sister's arms. She clung onto Leslie and her sister.

"I-I need to follow her! Let go...!"

"Don't be crazy, Eva!" Leslie cried out before the vortex became stronger and sucked the last three in. They all screamed as they were pulled in and the minute they were gone, the vortex closed and everything that had been flying around was suddenly back in its original place, like nothing had happened. That's when the dry cleaners owner came from out of the back room, swearing they heard someone call out to them...

Akria's senses slowly returned to her as started hearing birds chirping and the scent of the grass around her. Her eyes fluttered open and she sat up and looked around, seeing she was now in a field outside.

"What the...?" Was all Akria could say at the moment. She heard someone moan beside her and saw Leslie, Eva, and Angie lying and the grass not too far away from Akria and starting to wake up.

"Guys! Guys!" Akria cried out as she got her feet and hurried over to the others.

Eva rubbed her head, groaning.

"Agh...it feels like I just got run over...Big sister?" She called out. "Are you here?"

"Eva!" Akria hurried over to her and helped to her feet. "Are you alright?

"Funny definition of 'alright'..." Leslie groaned as she lifted herself up and dusted off her school uniform. "But I think we're fine." Leslie turned to her right and tried to shake Angie awake.

"Ang...Angie, please wake up!" Leslie called out.

Angie finally woke up, but groggily at that.

"Mmh...L-Leslie...?" She mumbled tiredly. "A-Am I in heaven...?"

"N-No. I don't think we are." Leslie said as she helped Angie to her feet.

Akria looked around the field before noticing a town in the distance.

"Well, at least we're not in the middle of nowhere. There's a town that way!" Akria pointed to the east where the town was.

"Looks like one heck of a walk." Leslie pointed out.

"Oh no. I barely passed the pacer test in P.E. and now I have to walk a long distance..." Eva whined.

Angie shook her head. "Childish..."

Akria stretched her arms over her head before rolling her shoulders.

"Welp, we're not gonna get there any faster by complaining! Let's go!" Akria started walking on ahead.

Leslie laughed a little, "Always full of energy." She then followed after Akria.

The four of them headed to the town, where it seemed to be bustling with townsfolk.

Eva beamed. "Oh! It looks like a place in a Disney movie, if I think about it!"

"Pretty ancient looking. Think we're on a movie set?" Leslie asked, curiously.

Akria approached one middle-age man and asked, "Excuse me sir, um...where are we?"

The man looked at her and said, "Oh hello, why you happen to be in our fair city in dear Greece!"

Akria was confused. She blinked twice before saying, "Did you say 'Greece'?"

"Yes, of course! If you don't mind me asking, are you and your friends travelers of some kind?" He asked.

That's when Leslie stepped in and said, "Ye-Yes! We're travelers from a different city far, far away! Um, if-if you'll excuse for a moment." Leslie pulled Akria back and huddled together with her, Eva, and Angie.

"Okay, I don't think this is a movie set of some kind..." Leslie whispered.

"Are we actually in Ancient Greece...?" Angie asked, confusion all over her face.

"It's so weird..." Eva mused. "I don't know how Grecians act! How are we supposed to blend in...?"

That's when the girls heard some woman screaming in terror.

"...Like that?" Akria questioned as she pointed to the sight of citizens running away. But the sight of Underworld monsters appearing in the sky and in the town answered the question of why everyone was running away. All four girls stared at the sight of underworld monsters creating havoc, destroying everything, and Angie gulped.

"...Yes. RUN."

The four girls started running away from the sight of monsters with the rest of the people.

"Oh hoo hoo! That's right, my little soldiers! Run amok! Collect more souls for Lord Hades to feast upon!" Akria stopped and turned around and looked up at the sky to see someone up there, seeing all this destruction happen. The guy looked like a clown, honestly. He had a green, cracking skin tone and fish-like characteristics. His face consisted of pink eyes with crosses in them, a stubby nose, and a large smiling mouth with blue lips and a small fang protruding from the right side of his mouth. He had pointed ears and a skull at the tip of his head that seemingly moved with a mind of its own. A red jewel was embedded in his belly and he wore a skull tattoo on his left shoulder. He wore silver shoulder armor that was covered with branch-like structures with jewelry hanging from them and bolts of energy swirling around them. He wore a large red scarf and trousers decorated with yellow and red stripes. His hands were red and he wore bracelets on his wrists. He also wore sandals decorated with skulls. But Akria knew who he was.

"?! Thanatos?!" Akria gasped.

Eva screamed and pointed. "H-Hey! Aren't you the guy I beat?! That's not fair! I JUST defeated you!"

Angie quickly turned her around. "Don't get his attention!"

"Oh ho? What do we have here?" Thanatos heard the girls shouting and looked down at the group of four. He started flying down towards them while laughing.

"Run!" Leslie cried out as she and Akria started running for it.

"Guys, this way!"

Angie took Eva's hand and led her to a cave in the corner of the village. She waited for Akria and Leslie to join her.

Akria and Leslie hurried to try and catch up Angie and Eva. Only for a group of Underworld Skuttlers to come out of nowhere and block their path out of town. Leslie and Akria skidded to halt.

"This way, Les!" Akria said as she grabbed Leslie's hand and took a left turn into an alleyway.

"Where are Akria and Leslie?!" Eva cried as they made it to the cave. "I've gotta go look for them…"

"You are staying right here." Angie reprimanded and tried to pull her back.

"But we can't just leave them alone!" Just as Angie was about to say something, she noticed a light parting the clouds in the sky. Coming down from that opening was something shining brightly and flying down to the town at a fast pace.

"Big sister, what is that?" Eva asked in surprise. "I think it's a bird!"

She didn't play Kid Icarus, but her sister did. And she watched her a lot...

"That light...!"

Akria and Leslie hid behind some wooden crates as the some monsters hurried off past them.

Akria sighed with relief, "I think we lost them...Let's go find—Leslie, are you OK?" Akria looked at her friend who was covering her head as she sat on the ground with her legs up to chest. She was shaking fear and tears were threatening to fall from her eyes.

"This...This can't be happening, Akria...! What's going on?!" Leslie cried out softly.

Akria paused, unsure of what to say to her friend. But then she got on to her knees and hugged Leslie.

"Don't worry, we'll be fine." She whispered. "Go find Angie and Eva."

"Huh?"

Akria got up and ran out from hiding and ran past some Underworld monsters to get their attention away from Leslie.

"?! Akria, no!" Leslie stood up and wanted to chase after her friend but they were too far ahead for her to catch up. She didn't know what to do, but went off back in the direction to find Angie and Eva.

"Go ahead, I'll meet you there." She smiled, gently ushering her out of the alleyway.

Flying down from the heavens, the angel, Pit, was making his descent to the human city.

"Lady Palutena! I see Thanatos and the Underworld Army!" Pit spoke up.

"I see them too, Pit." Palutena said via telepathy. "I still can't believe that the Underworld Army had after only 2 years."

"You don't think that HE came back too, do you?" Pit asked uneasy. But then the angel spotted Akria getting chased by Underworld troops and they were gaining on her.

"That girl's in trouble!" Pit shouted. He took control of his flight and headed down.

Akria was going as fast as she could before she heard the monsters that were chasing her being blasted into nothing. Akria stopped running and turned to see Pit landing on his feet as his wings stopped glowing.

"No way..." Akria gasped. "Are...you Pit, the angelic hero?" She suddenly asked.

Pit looked at Akria and blushed a little, scratching the back of his head as he laughed.

"Well, yeah, that's me." He answered. He then walked towards Akria. "What's your name?" Pit held out his hand for a handshake.

Akria paused before reaching forward and shaking Pit's hand. "I'm...I'm Akria. Nice to meet you."

Eva ran out of the cave, which made her sister chase after her in disbelief. Sometimes, she'd be so careless...

"Eva!"

"I have to go help him!"

"Eva, you don't have magic or anything!"

"Angie! Eva!" Leslie ran into her friends, out of breath. "Akria...she's still in town...! She's being chased!" Leslie said, while breathing heavily.

"Well now! It seems there's one less than I originally saw!" The trio of girls looked up to see Thanatos hovering over them before Underworld enemies surrounded them completely. Thanatos shrugged his shoulders. "Ah well, still should be good enough for Lord Hades." He said with a chuckle.

"Damn...!" Angie panted as Eva cried, hugging her sister close. "What we need is a miracle...!"

"Or a will! Because I'm not dying with just anyone taking my stuff!" Eva screamed.

Leslie began getting as nervous as the others.

Thanatos just laughed at the sight of scared girls before making the command. "Get them!"

The girls screamed as the monsters charged in, only for them to be taken down in moments by a few shots from the Palutena Bow.

"Wha-huuuh?" Thanatos looked to see Pit standing a few feet away with Akria beside him.

"Thanatos! Your destruction is coming to an end! Prepare to meet the light!" Pit cried out with a pose.

"Guys, you're alright!" Akria cried out, happily.

"Akria!" The three other girls smiled, relieved to see she was alright as well.

Thanatos crossed his arms and huffed, "Hmph! Always ruining fun for others, eh Pit?"

"Oh my GOD!" Eva squealed and bounced up and down. "You're Pit! THE Pit! The Angel of light!"

Angie rolled her eyes and placed a hand on her sister's shoulder. "I do apologize..."

Pit smiled sheepishly and blushed again, "It-It's alright..."

"Helloooo?! It's rude to exclude!" Thanatos chimed back in.

"Yeah—it's ALSO rude to be destroying a city!" Akria snapped back.

"You're the ugly frog-like guy from the game!" Eva called out. "I beat you a few chapters before I beat the game!"

"Don't PROVOKE him." Angie warned.

Thanatos looked at Eva and feigned a look of hurt. "Why! Such manners from a young lady!" That's when the god summoned a purple ball of fire in his hand. "I'll just have to teach you some!"

Pit acted as quickly as he could and hurried in front of Eva and Angie. He used his Palutena Bow in blade form and slashed away the fire.

"That was amazing...!" Leslie was in complete awe.

"Like a knight in shining armor!" Eva praised.

Angie backed away with Eva. "Girls, stand back for now."

"Uh, ri-right!" Leslie backed away with Eva and Angie as Pit stood across from Thanatos, ready for battle. The girls watched as the two clashed with blow after blow, Eva cheering him on.

"Gooo Pit! You can do it!"

Akria, however, saw something that the other girls and most likely Pit didn't see.

"...He's just playing with Pit...!" Akria gasped when Thanatos dodged Pit's downward slash and flew over him.

"Huh?!" Pit looked and saw Thanatos flying towards Angie and the other two.

"Whoo-hoo! Come to papa!" Thanatos reached out as if to grab Leslie, who screamed in terror, when a large rock suddenly hit Thanatos in the face, stopping him.

"Ow! Owowowowowowie! Who did that?!" Thanatos shouted to see the culprit was Akria, who the kicked the rock with her left foot.

"Don't underestimate me! I played soccer for 6 years before joining the high school basketball team!" She proclaimed.

Angie applauded Akria with a smirk. "Good move, kid!" She glared at Thanatos. "That's what you get for messing up public property!"

Leslie was still shaking a little, but Thanatos didn't pay attention to her or Angie as he glared at Akria.

"This is none of you business, girlie! Why don't you get your hair done or something?"

Akria scoffed and crossed her arms, "Says the man who needs a makeover himself."

Pit chuckled behind his hands at Akria's comeback.

"Besides..." Akria dropped her arms to her side and clenched her fists. "…My friends were in danger! YOU were going hurt them! I couldn't...I couldn't...!" That's when Akria's chest started shining a bright red color. Everyone except her noticed this.

"What the?!" Thanatos gasped as he felt power coming from that light.

Pit gasped at the sudden light appearing from Akria.

"No way...It couldn't be...!" Palutena said as she watched what was happening from her temple.

"Akria..." Leslie wasn't sure what was going on.

"Uhhh..." Eva dragged her words out in a slur.

"What's happening?" Angie spoke for her sister in shock.

"...I couldn't let that happen!" Akria cried out as the light emerged from her body and formed into a red gemmed medallion with a golden rim. It was like the one Pit wore on his shoulder. Akria gasped as she saw the simple object floating in front of her.

"What the...?" Akria wasn't sure what it was but then she heard a voice.

It is you and others who will change our world...

"What? Who's talking?" Akria looked around but saw no one else around.

There is no time! Grab the medallion and say "Celestial Evolution"...From there, you'll know what to do...

The voice faded away and Akria wasn't sure what all the meant but grabbed the medallion and raised up high in her right hand and shouted, "Let's go! Celestial Evolution!"

The medallion engulfed Akria in a bright red light as everything about Akria started to change. Her hair became longer and more red with a piece sticking up that was blue instead. Her clothes changed in something more angelic with a golden wreath crown around her head. Her eye color became red as well and the medallion from before landed on her chest and sat there on a big red ribbon. Her boots and wrist bands were white and gold, while the boots had some red in them. She wore black fingerless gloves that match the strapless leotard underneath a light red side skirt with a white belt with another medallion attached to the side. There was soft fabric coming off her shoulders and was the same color as the skirt. She also had golden hoop earrings and a dark red choker around her neck. Akria opened her eyes and smiled.

"Rising from the flames, I am Angel Crimson!" She said before posing.

"...Okay, excuse me." Angie coughed, gazing at her in shock. "What the HELL?!"

"Wow! Pretty!" Eva gasped and gazed at the sight.

"Akria...?!" Leslie was speechless at the sight of her best friend changing like that in front her very eyes.

Akria, or Angel Crimson, paused before looking down at herself and gasping in shock.

"Wh-What the?! When did I change?! Was this because of that weird voice and that medallion?!" Crimson started asking a million questions to no one particular while Thanatos was left stunned by this, and so was Pit.

"That was incredible...! Wait, Lady Palutena, do you know what just happened?" Pit asked his goddess.

"I think I do!" Palutena replied.

"You think a little fancy new look will scare me?" Thanatos questioned before charging forward and changing his hand into a mace and swinging it down at Crimson. Crimson stopped rambling questions and jumped out the way of Thanatos' attack, but went too high and went up about 30 feet.

"Whoa!" Crimson gasped at how high in the air she was. "Okay, this is getting out of hand!"

"Think you can run from ME, do you?!" Thanatos questioned as he used his shapeshifting powers to turn his legs into a spring and bounced up high into the sky after Crimson. As soon as they were face to face again, Crimson became determined as she blocked a punch from Thanatos with her right leg and slammed her fist in his face and sent him back down to the street. She landed back on her feet on the ground.

"In-Incredible..." Pit mumbled in awe.

"How high is that power level?!" Eva gasped as Angie shook her head.

"There's not enough time in the day to calculate THAT!"

Thanatos stumbled back to his feet, "Whoo...that was one heck of punch, lady..." He mumbled before shaking his head.

"I'm just getting warmed up, buddy!" Crimson smirked when she realized both her fists were LITERALLY on fire. "...Oh crap! Oh crap! Hot hot hot—Wait it's not even burning me..." Crimson realized.

"Oh great, as if the Underworld needs a hothead to deal with." Thanatos complained. He shrugged it off before his arm transformed into what looked like an old fashioned cannon. "Bombs away!" He fired cannonballs at Crimsons, who jumped out of the before punching one of them and making it explode.

"Oh no!" Pit cried out. The angel was about to go help Crimson, but Crimson ran on out of the smoke, perfectly fine, and punched Thanatos square in his gut.

Eva analyzed the fight as she saw Crimson's power growing. Then, her eyes widened - she noticed a key thing. A weak spot, just on his jewel.

"Crimson!" She called out - now wondering why she called Akria that. "Aim for the jewel!"

Crimson overheard Eva's shout and smiled.

"I'm on it!" Crimson replied when her hand started flaring up again. "Whoa!" That's when Crimson thought, she could use this fire to her advantage! "Let's see how you like the heat, Thanatos!"

Thanatos began to stammer, "Hold on a second there! Let's not get carried away!"

Crimson snapped her fingers and her hands and feet were all on fire as she ran towards Thanatos and then started spinning around like a fiery tornado.

"Angelic Crimson Inferno!" It was a direct hit on Thanatos' weak spot and Crimson left the God of Death with several burn marks as she released him from the inferno and turned her back to him in victory.

"That was so cool!" Pit cried out.

"Amazing...She was amazing." Leslie gasped.

Eva ran over to Crimson, grinning happily. "Crimson! That. Was. AMAZING!" She applauded with glee as Angie came over too.

"Really, it was! I'm impressed!"

"Honestly, I thought I was done for..." Crimson admitted as Leslie walked over. "Hey, Les, are you...?" Crimson stopped mid-sentence to see Leslie was crying. "Leslie? What's wrong?"

"Nothing...It was just...a little scary. That's all." Leslie answered she quickly wiped the tears from her eyes.

"O-Okay..." Crimson replied.

"That was so awesome!" Pit said as he rushed over to the girls. "That fire packed quite the punch!" He commented. This time, it was Crimson's turn to blush.

"Oh, thank you." She said.

That's when the girls and Pit heard Thanatos getting back up and groaning in pain.

"Ha!" Eva taunted. "Seems like you aren't so tough after all!"

"Why does she keep on provoking him?" Angie mumbled, as she facepalmed her forehead lightly.

"I'll show you tough, you little runt!" Thanatos growled.

Pit and Crimson stood in front of the three other girls to protect them from Thanatos as he was preparing another attack.

"That's enough, Thanatos." A male voice echoed through the air. Everyone looked around to find the source before they all looked up at a holographic image of the Lord of the Underworld floating in the sky, and looked exactly the same as he did in the first game.

"Lord Hades!" Thanatos cried out.

Pit growled and gritted his teeth, "Hades!"

The four girls were in utter shock to see the Underworld God alive.

"It can't be Hades...!" Leslie said.

"Yeah! Pit destroyed him with the Great Sacred Treasure's cannon!" Crimson added.

"And on the hardest difficulty too...!" Eva looked on aghast.

"What do you want?!" Angie growled at him with an upset look. "There are people here suffering!"

Hades smirked at Angie, as if enjoying the look on her face before turning his attention to Pit. "It's good to see you're well, Pitty Pat. I'm glad you're still alive because I'm the ONLY one who's allowed to kill you, little angel."

"Oh yeah?" Pit challenged. "I could take you down any time, Hades!"

Hades raised a brow and laughed. "Haha! I see your bravado has changed in the slightest after two years of my absence." That's when the god looked at Crimson with a look of curiosity. "And who do we have here?"

Crimson was starting to feel uncomfortable with the look Hades was giving her.

"So you're the little girl who took down Thanatos, the God of Death AND my second-in-command?" Hades asked.

Crimson was scared but didn't allow herself to show it. Well, not ALL of it anyway. "Th-That's right! I'm Angel Crimson!"

Hades laughed again. "Angel Crimson?! Ha! Then where, dare I ask, are your wings, little one?"

"Hey!" Angie scolded and placed a supportive hand on Crimson's shoulder. "Wings aren't an essential for angels! You don't need a crown to be a King - which is much less than I can say for you."

"Period, Sis!" Eva huffed and nodded.

"My, my, my. A couple of humans showing some backbone!" Hades chuckled. "Well, that is nice for a change of pace. I'd love to stay and chat, but I have things to do. Catch you around, Pitty!" With that said, Hades withdrew Thanatos from the battle field and left.

Crimson fell to her knees, exhausted and changed back into Akria.

Leslie knelt by her friends' side. "Akria!"

Pit helped Akria back to her feet, "Are you OK?"

"Yeah, just overwhelmed. That's all." Akria replied.

"I'm glad you're alright." Angie rested a hand on her shoulder. "How did we end up here? WHY are we here?"

"And why is Hades still alive?" Eva asked, seeing Pit's shocked expression.

"I-I know about him! It's a long story..."

"I believe I have an answer to that question." Everyone looked to see a light shine in front of them and then standing there was the Goddess Palutena.

"Lady Palutena...!" Pit then got his knee and bowed his head to her. Akria, for reason, followed his example. Confusing the other girls.

Palutena giggled a little, "It's alright, both of you. Please stand." Pit and Akria looked at each other but did as they were told. "Pit, thank you for protecting these girls from Thanatos."

"Not a problem!" Pit smiled.

Palutena then walked towards Akria. Akria blushed a little. She didn't realize how beautiful Palutena would be in person. The goddess reached forward and gently took Akria's hand. "Akria, or should I say Angel Crimson. I thank you for defending us and defeating Thanatos. I'd like to ask for you and your friends' assistance in defeating the Underworld Army." Palutena stated.

That left Akria, Leslie, Angie, and Eva speechless.

"...Pardon...?" Was all Akria could say.

This story was written by a friend, Myasings, and me. If you have anything to comment on or critique, please comment about it so we can improve the story. Thank you.