Captain N: Into the Gameverse
Level 2: A New Arrival
Minato was horribly dazed. All he heard was ringing and could see only black. He knew he wasn't dead. He wasn't sure if he was in a coma either. He slowly opened his eyes, as he did, light peered into them. He managed to open his eyes slightly more. He was beginning to see where he was. It looked like a woodland area of some kind. He was standing in a crater. His feet could tell him that much. He knows someone was holding him. He felt dizzy. His head was warmer than usual. Was it a… no. There was a metallic smell.
Blood.
He was bleeding from the head. He was bleeding really badly. He looked around. His vision was getting less blurry, the ringing was starting to decline. He could see an anthropomorphic bird in front of him.
"Hey… Hey! Eyes open!" A male voice called to him.
"Easy Falco, the guy's waking up." Another male voice said.
"His consciousness is coming back." Another voice said.
Falco… Why did that name sound familiar? Wait a minute… that name… it's all coming back. Falco… Falco… Lombardi? Yeah… that's it. He knows what he looked like. Something like a red throated caracara. And that voice he heard close to his left ear… It sounded like he was listening to the voice of Antony Del Rio who was the current voice actor of Pit, an Angel from the Kid Icarus series. He looked to see someone resembling a 10 year old boy wearing blue armor, almost like Mega Man.
A thought crossed his mind upon the arrival of those thoughts from earlier. Pit… Mega Man… Falco… No. He couldn't be… was he… was he listening to a conversation between three video game characters?
"Hey!"
SLAP
He suddenly snapped out of it and looked at the bird.
"Easy with him!" The voice of Pit shouted.
"He's fine." The bird said. "Now, how many uh… how many fingers am I holding up?"
"I don't know, where am I?" Minato asked, still a bit dazed.
"You're in the Mushroom Kingdom and far away from home." The bird said.
Mushroom Kingdom? Oh… Oh no. He immediately regained his footing and moved away a bit and turned to his left to see a brown haired male with a toga and a pair of wings. Yup. That was Pit. He looked around, trying to find out where the hell he was, hoping what has transpired hasn't actually transpired at all. It couldn't be possible. It shouldn't be possible. He looked and saw the large hills ahead of him. By god… He really was in the Mushroom Kingdom.
He felt the need to scream.
Right now.
"Is he going to be ok?" Falco asked.
The human screamed really loudly. He was done screaming after a few seconds and stopped shortly afterwards.
"Are you ok buddy?" Pit asked.
"I don't know, you tell me, how the hell did I end up here?" The human asked.
"You fell from the sky." Falco said.
"No he didn't—"
"Shut it chicken wings." Falco said.
"That's rich, coming from the six foot turkey calling me chicken wings!" Pit said.
"Do I look like a turkey to you?!" Falco asked.
"No seriously, how the hell did I get here?" The human asked.
"You just crossed the Ultimate Warp Zone that connects our world into your world, hypothetically through some gate." Mega Man said.
"Oh my god…" The human said. "Oh what's next, are you going to tell me I look like a Mii or something?!"
He turned to the group and… now that the human brought it up, there was a slight resemblance. He looked cartoonish enough to pass off as a Mii, but he didn't resemble a Mii in the slightest. His eyes were big, that accounted for something, but the rest of the body was more cartoonish than that of a Mii.
"You… aren't exactly wrong, but you're not necessarily right." Falco said. "In any case, you're coming with us."
The human sighed
"Alright… is there room for me in the Arwing?" The human asked.
Falco turned to him. This human just got here. He shouldn't know what an Arwing is. What was with this human?
"Don't know, describe it." Falco asked.
"Ok… here we go…" the Human said. "Manufactured by Space Dynamics Co., Ltd, capable of flying at Mach 4.2 in the atmosphere at best, armed with TB-H1 laser cannons, a single seater super—"
"Alright, how the hell do you know all of that?" Falco asked.
"Well Falco Lombardi, it takes a man who does his homework a lot to know what an Arwing is, especially when said man has been playing video games for almost his entire life." The human said. "In fact, I know just about everyone here."
The human looked to Pit.
"You my good friend we're just an Angel who couldn't fly on his own. Captured by the UnderWorld army and entrusted with a magic bow by Palutena, the Goddess of Light and by far one of the most sexiest women aside from Bayonetta, you went out of your way to get the three sacred treasures in which you used to beat Medusa into the ground." The human said. "And that's when your name popped up back in December of 1986 to later be released in North America and Europe following February of 1987."
"Wha—? Huh? I—Wha—?" Pit stuttered.
The human turned to Mega Man.
"And you Rock, or should I say Mega Man, are a robot developed by Dr Thomas Light, a renowned scientist and roboticist. He built you to be his assistant, but when Dr Wily reprogrammed the Robot Masters, you were—"
"Modified to have combat capabilities." Mega Man said. "I see. It would appear that in your world, these 'video games' you mentioned earlier must actually be detailed accounts of our various exploits and since you have played these games all throughout your life, you seemingly have an encyclopedia of knowledge of our world already in your head."
"Well… back then you'd have a manual to go on when playing old titles…" The human said. "I wouldn't say they were that detailed…"
"No way…" Pit said. "He can't just have some giant encyclopedia of knowledge of the Gameverse! That's crazy talk!"
"You've eliminated the impossible Pit, so whatever remaining, no matter how improbable, must be the truth." The human said. "I'm just a gamer who knows his video games and video game characters a lot more than they know themselves."
He couldn't believe it. He got three famous gaming icons to look at him. They were impressed.
"So where do I fit?" Minato asked.
Minato was loving this. He was riding an actual Arwing from within the cockpit.
"Don't get any funny ideas." Falco said. "I'm only doing this until we make it to Toad Town. After that, you're going under someone else's care."
"I got no such ideas. But MAN, this is absolutely beautiful." Minato said.
"Just be glad I haven't decided to punch you yet." Falco said.
He looked at the trees below. They looked very real down there. This day just couldn't get any better.
"There it is." Falco said.
He looked to see Princess Peach's castle in the distance. That was definitely her castle. He always loved how it looked in Super Mario Odyssey and below the castle was Toad Town. It looked just as it was in Super Mario Galaxy.
"This is where you get off." Falco said. "Got anything to say?"
"It's… beautiful." Minato said.
"Yeah, no kidding." Falco said with sarcasm.
Samus was on her way to her gunship. The other girls were following her. She saw the Arwing come down near the Gunship and landed. The canopy opened and out came a human boy who looked to be injured. Falco was in the pilot seat.
"Alright kid, now beat it." Falco said.
"Hold it there Lombardi, who's this?" Samus asked.
"Just some idiot who fell from the sky. Nothing serious." Falco said.
The boy turned to Samus and upon seeing her, the boy had frozen up. She began to have suspicions. Who was this kid? Why did Falco bring him here? And why the hell was this boy just looking at her?
Samus Aran was standing right there in his field of vision.
Along with Lucina and Isabelle.
Either his heart just stopped or it was the blood coming down his head.
'Keep calm Minato.' He thought to himself. 'You are a 19 year old man. There is no need to get all AFK right now. Just… say something before she moves on!'
"OH MY GOD SAMUS YOU LOOK SO HOT!"
His heart sank.
'Fuck.' Minato thought.
'What?' Samus thought.
She always knew men would look at her without realizing that she could break their arms if they stared at her ass, but not while she was in her Power Suit. Falco was laughing hysterically.
"Is… he your long lost brother?" Lucina asked.
"I don't have a brother. And my family is dead, remember?" Samus retorted.
"Oh…" Lucina said.
"He looks really nice." Isabelle said. "But he needs a bandaid for his head."
"I'm afraid it will take more than that Isabelle…" Lucina said.
"Alright everyone, I just got the cake in the ship, so—"
Simon stopped to notice a hysterical Falco.
"Why is our avian friend laughing?" Simon asked.
"Simon! This guy! That guy right there! Oh my god! He's so stupid! He just yelled that out and now he looks like a fucking statue!" Falco said.
Simon looked at a human boy who looked death. He quickly noticed the boy was bleeding.
"Christ! The boy is bleeding!" Simon said.
He pulled out a potion and popped the cork off it. He grabbed the boy and forced the liquid down the boy's throat before tossing the potion off to the side. The boy's injuries healed.
"Are you alright poor child?" Simon asked humbly.
"I'm… fine…" the boy said.
Simon turned to the hysterical Falco before grabbing the bird by the throat with anger building in his voice.
"How could you leave a child like him in such a state?!" Simon said.
"H-Hey… easy on the throat!" Falco said.
Samus approached the boy and looked down at him.
"You seem awfully nervous." Samus said. "There's no need to be shy."
"O-Oh!" The boy said. "I'm Minato! Minato Bray! Nice to meet you!"
He reached a hand for her, but she didn't take it. She instead walked off to her Gunship.
"The cake is on the ship, right?" Samus asked.
"Why of course, I just said that." Simon said.
"Good. We leave." Samus said. "I don't want to stay here any longer."
"And the brat?" Falco asked.
"He's coming with us." Samus said. "Whether you like it or not."
"Dang it." Falco said. "Was totally not wanting to bring him along."
"Come along now my blonde friend, we must be off!" Simon said.
Minato got on board the ship and sighed. He turned to see Isabelle patting his back.
"It's alright Mr Bray, mostly every man has the hots for Samus and ends up getting turned down." Isabelle said. "So you're not alone."
"Thanks Isabelle, but—"
"Wait how do you know my name?" Isabelle asked.
"Oh… you know, I'm just a gamer who has now entered a dimension where all my favorite game characters have come to life…" Minato said, "I suppose you haven't seen a human from the other side of the screen, haven't you?"
"Huh? Other side of the screen?" Isabelle asked.
"Wait, you didn't know that your entire life was spent inside of software inserted into a gaming console?" Minato asked, "Why am I even—"
"OH MY GOD! THAT MEANS YOU COME FROM ANOTHER WORLD OUTSIDE THE GAMEVERSE!" Isabelle exclaimed, "You're a human from a completely different world!"
"Yup, that's correct. God, are the people here slow on the uptake?" Minato asked.
"That means you must be the actual Captain N everyone has heard about!" Isabelle said.
"Yeah, as if—"
He stopped upon hearing those words.
"Captain N… who's that again?" Minato asked.
"A person of quite a legend." A voice called.
Lucina was coming toward him and the dog secretary.
"It's been stated that a hero from another world would come to the Gameverse through something called the Ultimate Warp Zone." Lucina said, "And that person is Captain N, the Legendary Game Master. The person to save the Gameverse from its darkest hour. The only person capable of wielding the Glove of Power. A hero who possesses many secrets about our world. A hero shrouded in mystery."
"Oh… well that's—"
"And I think he might be the one!" Isabelle said.
"What? Surely you jest Isabelle." Lucina said, "Look at him, I don't see a shred of combat experience or combat capabilities in him."
"But—!"
"No buts." Lucina said. "We'll be arriving in VideoWorld soon enough, so be on your best behavior."
The ship shook a bit.
"What was—?"
"Looks like we've arrived." Lucina said, "I am Lucina, heir to—"
"Chrom, the Exalt of the Halidom of Ylisse." Minato interjected.
"Wha—by the Gods… how did you—?"
"Oh… uh… doesn't everyone know who you are?" Minato asked.
"True…" Lucina said, "But we never actually met before…"
"And that's what I'm talking about! Only the real Captain N would know someone in our world without actually meeting them for the first time!" Isabelle said.
"Gods, you're right. But even so… I must place doubts on this one." Lucina said, "He's scrawny to say the least. He wouldn't last out on the battlefield."
"Yeah… she makes a good point." Minato said.
"H-Hey! Don't beat yourself up!" Isabelle said, "You might be—!"
The ship landed.
"Come on, let's get the cake out." Lucina said, "Lady Palutena is expecting us."
Palutena felt a strange presence. She could sense Pit and the others, but there was someone who… was strange, like they didn't belong here. Something was up.
Minato couldn't believe what he was seeing. It was a city. He saw Miis doing things that regular people do. They rode trains that had networks spanning across the city, they had cell phones in the form of Gamboys, Wii U GamePads as tablets… It was incredible. He followed the group onto a train. The train was shaped like a Wii console. The train went off. He saw cars shaped like polygons. He saw an amusement park—no. That was Nintendoland. How long has it been since he played that game? He was then reminded of New York again. Back when he was young and was still impressionable.
Back when his life was mediocre.
Yes… it reminded him of those days. Back when he would get bullied by all the other kids for having an affinity to gaming. He could remember it all. How he's been such a lonely kid, how his father was barely home from work and how he had to live with only his mother for the rest of his life. He had doubted his very existence. He hoped to become just like his father, a successful businessman in video game development. But now… he wasn't sure what to do with his life, knowing that there are dreams that are just impossible to reach.
He looked to see a large palace.
"That's the Palace of Power." Pit said, "In there is Princess Tei, the regent of the Gameverse."
"What, does the Goddess of Light not enjoy ruling an entire universe?" Minato asked.
"Ha! Skyworld is enough for her!" Pit said, "She's just Tei's advisor."
"Oh… I get it." Minato said.
He looked at the castle, but then looked down.
"Is something wrong?" Pit asked.
"No…" Minato said, "Nothing's wrong."
Later…
He was amazed by the very castle he saw with his eyes. He had entered its grand halls. He kept walking along with the others. He couldn't help but feel like he was being watched.
Elsewhere…
A woman with snakes on her head peered deeply into a magic mirror that showed her the human traveling along with that accursed angel and the rest of his allies.
She smiled.
'Finally…' she thought, 'An opportunity for me to take that which is rightfully mine…'
She clenched her fist.
'I, Medusa, Goddess of Darkness and Queen of the Underworld…' she thought, '... will finally possess the power to rule the Gameverse!'
A/N: Finally! three chapters! Thank god this fanfic is still here!
Minato's backstory
I'm working on it at the moment.
And stay tuned for next time!
