I bet the preview for the previous chapter kept you waiting, right? Without further waiting, I present to you the second race of the finals!
Chapter 16: The 2nd Race is in Rocky Valley! The Mercenary 4 Revealed!
In a temple situated somewhere high in the sky…
"So you see, Palutena," explains Master Hand, "now that he has grown to become a strong boy, I think it's about time he put his skills to use."
"You have a good point there, Master Hand," says the goddess Palutena. "He has been wanting to see the world below ever since he heard about it. I truly believe this is a good chance for him."
"I'm sure he'll get along well with the others," says MH, watching a winged boy sparring with some of his buddies out in the cloudy field. And though this isn't worth mentioning, but Crazy Hand is swimming around crazily through the cloud sea.
"I'm sure he'll be excited to hear about this!"
"Let's just hope the others don't make a freak out of him. Oh wait… There are already enough freaks among them."
-
In Sedan HQ…
"What? $100 just for a little bit of upgrading?" says CF.
"Sorry, but vehicle accessories are hard to get around these days," says the engineer. "So prices definitely have to go up."
"That's still too high! It's just like daylight robbery! I say that $50 dollar is more than enough!"
"I'm not lowering the price. Either you pay or you don't get your car upgraded."
"I know someone who can do it cheaper!"
"Oh yeah? Then have him do it!"
Wario drives into the garage and says, "Hey engineer! My car's been acting strangely lately! Can you check it for me?"
"Sure, my dear sir!" says the engineer as he goes to check up Wario's car.
"Hmph! What a jerk!" says CF angrily as he gets into his Blue Falcon and drives out.
"The problem with your car," explains the engineer to Wario, "is that it's loaded with too many equipments. It can't hold that much stuff and will break down if this keeps on going."
"Then do something about it! I rather carry lots of useful equipments in my car than to leave it empty!" says Wario.
"I can widen the capacity for you, and that would be $200."
"$200! What the ----! That's daylight robbery! You're just making up the price by yourself!"
"Can't help it, sir, but prices are going up all the time."
"That's no excuse to have such an expensive price! You clearly are a greedy bastard who wants to dig all the money out of my pocket!"
"Oh yeah? If that's what you think, then I'm not fixing your car! You can keep your car this way until it breaks down, and don't come to me crying how I don't want to fix it for you!"
-
Mario drove his car towards the garage and he hears some bashing and smashing sound coming from the inside. After the sound has stopped, Wario comes out with a rather bad mood. "What's-a wrong in there, Wario?" asks Mario.
"Daylight robbery! I tell you!" he replies. "These people are nothing but greedy pigs!"
"Just like you…" Mario says in his mind. Nevertheless, he drives into the garage and says, "Excuse me, mista, can you…" But he sees the engineer beaten up and lying on a pile of scrap metal.
-
At a café…
"Wow… Look at those two eat…" says the waiter.
"They sure have a huge appetite!" says the second waiter.
"But in all, they are making us earn a fortune! You never get such costumers!"
If you want to know whom they are referring to, they are talking about Yoshi and Kirby who are eating a lot, and I do mean A LOT.
Marth walks into the café and looks around. "What's to eat here? I'm starving." He looks around for a seat and then spots someone familiar. "Cassmon!"
Indeed, Cassmon is sitting alone on a seat in the corner. Just like her first debut, she is wearing nothing but a skimpy, blue bikini. Marth goes up to her and sits at the same table. "Nice to meet you again, Cassmon!" he says.
"Hello again, Marth!" replies Cassmon with a really sweet smile.
"How are things going?"
"Not much happened, but I don't mind much. I like it when things go along smoothly and doesn't bother me."
"I like it like that too. Imagine a life where nobody would bother you or annoy you, and you are alone in the world. But it's sometimes impossible for that to happen."
Yoshi takes a glance at the two couples chatting happily together, and he asks Kirby, "Who's that girl Marth is talking to?"
"How would I know?" replies Kirby.
"I think it's his sister… They both have blue hair."
"Would you like to eat anything?" Marth asks Cassmon. "I'll buy whatever you want for you!"
"Never mind! I just ate! You don't have to be so kind to me!" she replies with a sweet voice.
"It's all right! I'll do whatever to make you happy!"
"You're such a sweet man! But seriously, I don't feel like eating anything at the moment. I can handle things myself."
"Okay, then let me know when you want to!"
"Thanks!"
Kirby inspects the two carefully. "If they are siblings, then they can't possibly talk with such romantic atmosphere…"
"Well, I heard about brothers and sisters who are very close in relationship. I think there's a term for it as well. I remember it's invest… or is it infest?"
"I'm think Marth found a new girlfriend…"
Cassmon hears a ringing sound, and she reaches into her bikini bottom and takes out a cell phone (she stores it there!) and answers it, "Hello? Yes? Oh! Okay, got it! I'll be there!" She ends the call and says to Marth, "I'm sorry, but I have an appointment at this moment, so I must go."
"What appointment do you have?" asks Marth.
"I cannot tell you. It was nice knowing you! I hope we can spend time together again! Good-bye!" Cassmon blows a kiss at Marth and then runs out the café.
Marth sinks back into his chair and says, "Wow… She loves me…!"
"I think it's obvious already," says Kirby, observing at Marth.
"Oh yeah! I remember! It's called incest!" says Yoshi.
Then a teen wearing eyeglasses comes to Yoshi and says, "Hey, this story isn't rated M, so please don't mention terms like that, okay?"
"Sorry, Game2002…"
-
At a hotel room…
"So, where is the fourth one?" asks Pokey.
"She's on her way here," replies a large, tall man in soldier uniform and a helmet on his head. He has all kinds of ammunition and explosives strapped all over his body, two pistols strapped on his sides, and a machine gun and a bazooka strapped in an X formation across his back.
"She's always out there dilly-dallying! Her cheerful personality makes me sick!" says a man with black, spiky hairdo and wearing a kung-fu costume, and also a black belt.
"She may be very playful and relaxing, but she can whup your ass if you're not careful!" says a teenager girl with orange hair and two spiky ponytails sticking out. She wears a white shirt and short, blue pants held up black suspenders. She also has a large propeller-like thing strapped across her back.
"I don't believe how she can be stronger than me! I don't even think she's fit to be one of us in the first place!"
At this moment, the door opens and Cassmon walks in. "Sorry to keep you waiting, everyone!" she says with a sweet smile.
"You're late, and you're still carrying that stupid, disgusting smile!" says the kung-fu man.
"But I like smiling! It's makes me happy!"
"Argh! Get rid of it! You make me sick!"
"All right," says the tall soldier sternly. "Now that we're all here, let us begin the meeting." So the 4 people sit down at a table with Pokey in front of them.
Pokey takes a good look at the 4, especially Cassmon. "Wow! She's so hot!" he thought, and then he snaps back to his main topic and says, "So, you four are the Mercenary 4, right?"
"Yes we are," replies the tall soldier. "I am the leader, Gungamel Gunro."
"I am the one and only Crack Lee!" says the kung-fu guy as he shows off some cool poses. "I'm the strongest man in the world! I tell you the truth, I am!"
"Hi, I'm Kazena!" says the orange haired girl. "I'm the youngest among them! I'm only 16 years old! But I like my job very much! I can kill anyone without even letting them knowing! Am I good or what?"
"Hello, I'm Cassmon and I'm 20 years old!" says Cassmon sweetly. "It is nice to meet you, Mr. Minch."
"Um… yeah… It's nice to know all of you… But would you mind if I ask a question?"
"What is it?" asks Gungamel.
"Um… You seem like a really odd group… You and Lee look like the only capable ones, and those two girls doesn't really seem like the fighting type."
"Are you underestimating my power?" asks Kazena. "Ever since we begun the business, I have killed about 60 people! I never let my victims escape!"
"Kazena is right," says Gungamel. "She has the highest killing rate among us. And do not underestimate Cassmon, for she her physical strength is the strongest among us."
"No way! How many times must I tell you that I am stronger than her!" denies Crack Lee angrily.
"We once sparred and you lost, didn't you, Lee?" Cassmon tells him. "We have clearly showed each other our differences in power."
"That was because I did not take you seriously! If I have knew how strong you were, I would've fought with full force! In fact, if I use my Devil Fruit power, then I could've easily beaten you!"
"I don't think that makes any difference. You are a good fighter, but you fight more with brawl rather than brains."
"Cassmon! You're underestimating me greatly!" growls Crack Lee angrily. At this, he begins to change form. He begins to grow and change appearance!
Pokey is freaked out by what became of Crack Lee. "WHAT THE ----! WHAT THE HELL IS HE!" He is so freaked out that he fell off his chair and let out a horrible fart.
"Lee! Enough! We do not want fighting among group members!" says Gungamel. "You should learn to hold your temper."
Lee turns to back to normal and says, "Hmph! Fine!"
"So, Mr. Minch, let's get back on topic."
Pokey gets back onto his seat and says, "Boy, that was scary…"
"That just his Devil Fruit power," explains Kazena. "Nothing special."
"Still, it freaked me out… It's the first time I saw someone with actual Devil Fruit powers! So anyway, this is your target!" Pokey shows a photo of Ness.
"So our job is to eliminate him?" asks Gungamel.
"If I'm not wrong, he is in the next race that is coming very soon. I don't really care if you kill him or not, but my main concern is that you make him lose the race!"
"So we just have to prevent him from getting to the finish line? Good, so that's our mission."
"Awwwww… We don't get to kill him?" says Kazena disappointedly.
"Well, if you insist…" Pokey shows them a photo of the Smashers. "These other people are his friends. I think some of them might try to get an interferer pass and get into the racing course to help him reach the finish line. If you encounter any of them trying to help him, then you can do whatever you like with them."
"All right! Now I can kill again!"
"Ha! These guys look so lame!" says Lee, looking at the photo. "A little mouse and a pink balloon? Don't make me laugh!"
Cassmon has her eyes especially on one person, and that person is none other than… Marth.
"Okay, we accept this job," says Gungamel. "You can pay after we get the job done."
"Good! You better make it good!" says Pokey happily and evilly.
-
That night, at the Smasher's hotel…
Ness looks at his certificate, which says, "Your race will begin at 12 P.M. tomorrow. Please proceed to the Transportation Building with your vehicle. The name of the course is Rocky Valley."
"So this is my first race of the finals," says Ness.
"We're rooting for you, Ness!" says Young Link. "Do your best!"
"You bet I will!"
-
At the lobby of the hotel, a few of the Smashers are gathered around a table, discussing some matter. "It seems that they have special interferer passes for this race," says Bowser.
"I remember encountering two knights during race and they said something about having a pass to attack other racers and help their comrade," explains Samus.
"If that is true, then racing won't be as easy as it's used to be," says Fox. "We have to avoid the danger of any ambushes on the course."
"But at the same time, we can expect help from friends," says Link.
"Have you heard? Ness is in the next race," says Roy.
"And he's the only Smasher that is in that race," adds Marth.
"I wonder if it's safe for him to go alone. Everyone else with him will be his enemies, and what if interferers come and attack him?" says Bowser. "I have come to a conclusion, I will get an interferer pass and assist him in the race!"
"You want to? It's your choice, then," says Captain Falcon. "I'm only interested in seeing the race."
"But someone must accompany me! That is why I have prepared these sticks with a red tip at the bottom of one of them! Let's cast lots to see you will be my assistant!"
"What's with this silly idea of yours…?" asks Falco.
"Just shut up and pick!"
So they all pick the lots and it fell on… Marth!
"So congratulations, Marth! You will come with me to help Ness!"
"At least it's better than having nothing to do…" says Marth.
"Well, Falcon!" says a voice.
"That's just Samurai Goroh," says CF.
Goroh approaches him and says, "Guess what, I'm in this race!"
"So?"
"Hey! You better not hurt the friend ours who is in this race!" Bowser tells him.
"You mean the little boy?" asks Goroh. "I have no interest in him. I can easily get first place with my skills! Too bad you're not in this race with me, Falcon, or I could've showed you that I'm more capable than you!"
"Then let's hope we meet again sometime in a race," says CF. "I want to see what you're really capable of."
"Then open your eyes wide when you're at the theater! I'll show you how I'm going to dismantle everybody else! Hahahaha!" And Goroh walks away laughing.
"Ness really is in trouble!" says Bowser.
-
The next day, Ness is out in the streets riding his bicycle. "I must practice!" Ness says to himself. "Practice makes perfect!"
Suddenly, Pokey pops out in front of the street and says, "Hey Ness!" But Ness didn't stop and crashes into him.
CRASH!
"What the heck are you doing, Pokey!" cries Ness, who has fallen off his bike. "Are you committing suicide or what?"
Pokey gets up from getting rammed and says, "Is this heaven?"
"You're still in the living world."
"Oh, then that's good! I'm not ready to see my cranky grandmother yet. So Ness, you're in the upcoming race, right?"
"Yeah, so?"
"You better watch your back! You're in for some big trouble in the race!"
"What do you mean?"
Pokey gets up and runs away, but he calls out to Ness one last time, "Beware the Mercenary 4, that's if you have the ability to! Hahahahaha!" But he slips on a banana peel, and then gets up and continues running away.
"Mercenary 4? What's that?"
-
Time left before the race: 20 minutes
"So you see, Ness, I've got this special pass that allows us to go into the course and assist you!" Bowser tells Ness as they walk towards the Transportation Building together.
"You don't have to be that kind," Ness says to him. "I can handle things myself."
"Awww… C'mon! Don't you want to win?"
"I can win by myself."
"But what if your opponents are really tough? Especially Samurai Goroh… I still think you need my help!"
"Whatever…"
"Oh yeah, and Marth's coming along too."
-
At the south block, which is where the theater is located, the remaining Smashers and Parry are heading to see the race.
"Well, the race is starting very soon," says CF. "Let's go to the theater fast."
"I tell you the truth, Kirby. The popcorns and sodas there are the best I've ever tasted!" Yoshi tells Kirby.
"Really? I can't wait to taste it myself!" says Kirby delightfully.
Suddenly, they all hear a voice shouting to them, "Stick'em up, Smashers!" They look up and see Master Hand flying down.
"Oh, it's just Master Hand," says Roy. "For a moment, I thought we were under attack."
"Does he always use frightening methods to appear?" asks Lilina.
Master Hand flies to the ground and says, "So how are things going, my followers?"
"Great! I won first place in my race!" says Samus.
"Samus beat me to it!" says Kirby. "I was so close to beating her!"
"Good to hear that! So who's I this second race?" asks MH.
"Ness is," Link tells him.
"So he's the only one among us that is in this race?"
"Well, Bowser and Marth are getting a special pass that allows them to enter the race and assist him," explains Falco.
"Ah, the interferer's pass! With that kind of pass, you are granted the permission to cause trouble with the racers or help them out. And speaking of helping, I brought a friend of mines to come help!" MH looks towards the sky and shouts, "Come out, Pit!"
Then a white figure hops out from above a building and soars through the sky gracefully before landing in front of the Smashers. He looks like a young boy wearing a white robe and a wreath over his head. What's most remarkable about him is that he has a pair of white wings growing out of his back. "Hello, everyone! It's nice to meet you! My name is Pit!"
"See, my followers? He has been wanting to meet you guys ever since the beginning, but I told him when he has grown strong enough, I will fulfill his wish," explains MH.
Peach walks to Pit and stretches out her hand to shake, "Nice to know you, Pit! I'm Peach Toadstool!"
Pit shakes her hand also, "It's good to see you, Ms. Peach!"
"You're such a gentleman!"
Then they hear a loud announcement coming from a speaker, "Attention, everyone! The race is about to begin! Audiences please proceed to the theater. Racers proceed to the Transportation Building at once! Anyone who wants a special interferer's pass, this is your last chance! Go to the Transportation Building and get one fast!"
"Well, Pit! Let's go!" says MH. "This is your chance to shine!"
"Let's have a proper introduction after the race," Peach tells him.
"Okay! I'll be looking forward to know you all!" says Pit politely, and then he walks off after MH.
-
At the Transportation Building, Ness looks around him to take a good look at the racers. "Wow… These people look so tough." And then he caught notice of two familiar people he saw on TV. "No… It's not possible… They're…"
And then someone shouted out, "It's Sonic and Tails! They're in this race also!"
This grabbed the attention of all the racers, and they all turn to the furry duos. "We sure are famous!" says Sonic.
"Yeah, everyone probably saw how good we were at the preliminaries," says Tails.
"Well, can't help it if I'm the fastest being in the world!"
The racers all talk among themselves how the two are such a great racer. "They are so fast!" says one racer. "Nobody was able to catch up with them!"
"They won first place in a row during the preliminaries!"
"Oh! This is dreadful! Now my chances of getting first place are zero!"
Ness thought to himself also, "This is bad… If Sonic is really as fast as I saw on the TV, then I can't possibly get first place… But second place won't be so bad."
Samurai Goroh walks up to Sonic and says, "So you claim you are the fastest being in the world, eh?"
"It's not claim, it's fact!" Sonic tells him. "Nobody can deny that I'm the fastest being in the world!"
"Ha! You're too full of yourself! You have not seen anything of this world yet!" Goroh takes out his sword and points it at him, and causing Tails to cower into his Tornado. "I'm going to show you that speed is not the only thing you should have in a race!"
"Bring it on, fatty!"
"Okay, can everyone pay attention?" asks a priest. "We are about to begin, so please get ready."
-
Meanwhile, in another room of the same building, Bowser and Marth are there. "Are we late?" Bowser asks the priest there.
"Not really, but the race will begin quite soon too," says the priest. "May I see your pass?" Bowser and Marth show him their passes. "So you have the permission to cause havoc in this race, but please don't go too overboard."
"We're only going to protect our young friend from getting into trouble!" says Bowser. "Right, Marth?"
"Yeah…" says Marth, but in his mind, he is thinking, "Why did he get me into this…?"
"Sorry! I'm late!" says a voice. They turn to the source of voice and see Pit running in. "I got a special pass also! Can I still come in?"
"Of course you can, kid," says the priest. "We're just about to start."
Pit turns to Bowser and Marth, and says, "You must be Bowser and Marth! Master Hand told me about you. My name is Pit!"
"Who are you?" asks Marth.
"I wanted to be part of you Smashers, and Master Hand finally allowed me to because I am strong enough!"
"Talk later! We have work to do!" says Bowser.
"All right, it's about time you get through this portal," says the priest. "But I tell you, you will pop out randomly in different areas of the course. There's no telling which place you'll pop out at."
"As long as we can see Ness, then it's fine," says Marth.
"Is Ness the Smasher who is in this race?" asks Pit.
"Yes, he's the young boy wearing a cap and riding a bicycle."
"Okay! I'll protect his safety too!"
"Beware, before you guys came," says the priest, "there was another group of people who just went in. They are known as the Mercenary 4."
"Mercenary 4, I think I heard of them!" says Bowser. "It's a band of mercenaries that consists of 4 people—2 men and 2 women! From what I heard, their leader is a very smart man who always plans things ahead. And I also heard that they have this super sexy and beautiful girl with them who always wearing a bikini."
"What did you say?" asks Marth upon hearing the girl.
"They say she is the strongest among them…"
Then they all hear a 'DING' sound. "All right, time to go in!" says the priest. So the 2 Smashers and Pit quickly head into the portal.
-
At Rocky Valley, all the racers are in their places behind the starting line. Ness checks his special upgraded bicycle one last time to make sure nothing is wrong. "I hope Fox makes it sturdy and fast."
"Hello everybody!" says Talko. "It is I, Talko again! My younger brother Repeata had made the announcing for the first race, and now I'm doing the second race! The name of this course is called Rocky Valley. The rules are very simple, and you should know it already! Therefore, I'm not going to bother going through the whole thing, unlike my brother, who always does."
Goroh gives Sonic and Tails a glare and says, "You better say your prayers."
"I think you're the one who should say your prayers!" says Sonic.
"So without further delay, we will begin the race!" says Talko. "Please take off when I finish the countdown! Three, two, one, go!" Talko fires his gun into the sky and the race has begun! Goroh and the Sonic Duo are the first to zoom off.
-
"Wow! Those two are fast!" exclaims Luigi.
"I didn't expect Sonic to be in this race," says Fox. "Now Ness's chance of getting first place is very slim…"
"Even if Sonic isn't in, Samurai Goroh would still put up a challenge for Ness," says CF.
"Yum! This popcorn is very good!" says Kirby.
"What did I tell you?" says Yoshi.
Pokey is also in the theater. "Hehe! Ness is in for some big trouble!" he chuckles to himself.
-
Meanwhile, somewhere on top of a cliff in Rocky Valley course…
"So can I kill him when he shows up?" Kazena asks into the cell phone.
"Only if he tries to fight back," replies Gungamel's voice through the phone. "We do not want any unnecessary killings."
"Awww… That's no fun… By the way, where are you?"
"I'm somewhere near the finish line. I contacted Lee and Cassmon earlier too. Lee is not too far from where you are and is around the middle part of the course. Even if you let our target escape, we can still halt him."
"I'll never let him escape! Never!"
-
The Sonic Duo and Samurai Goroh are crashing with each other furiously as they zoom through the rocky terrain. "What you need in a race also is power!" Goroh tells him. "Even if you're fast, you can still be overcome by power!"
"Well, if I'm fast, then you cannot hit me!" says Sonic. "C'mon, Tails! Let's move out!"
"Yes, Sonic!" says Tails.
-
Ness is driving as fast as he can to catch up with the others. Because of the bumpy road, he isn't able to drive properly. "Oh… My butt is hurting from bouncing up and down from the seat…"
A random racer drives pass him and hurls a rock at his head. Good thing Ness has his hat on, so it protected him a bit. "Ow! That hurts!" he cries. "Take this! PSI Paralyze!" Ness fires a white beam at the racer and freezes him in place. "Ha! You deserve it."
Ness continues to drive forward, but all of a sudden, a powerful gust of wind blows him out of control. "Whoa! What's with this sudden gale?" The wind is so strong that Ness is blown off his bike. "Ow!"
Kazena jumps down from the air and lands, and she turns to Ness and says, "I found you! You're not going any further than here!"
"Can you be the Mercenary 4 Pokey talked about?" asks Ness.
"So it is!" Kazena takes out a traditional Japanese fan and points it at him. "Now try to do anything and I'll kill you!"
"I can't stay here forever and abandon the race!" says Ness. "Out of the way! PK Flash!" Ness creates a blinding flash and it blots Kazena's view.
"Augh! What's that light!" When she opened her eyes, she sees Ness running towards his bike. "So you fought back! Now I have the right to kill you!" Kazena swings her fan and it lets loose a strong gust of wind and blows Ness to the ground again.
"Augh!" he cries. "Cut that out!"
Kazena rushes towards Ness with a large propeller in her hand. "Die!"
"NOOOO!"
Suddenly, a white winged figure rushes in between them and hits Kazena hard in the face with a mallet of sorts.
POW!
"ACK!" Kazena flies backwards and hits a rock wall.
BANG
Pit, the person who saved Ness, turns to him and says, "Are you all right?"
"Thanks… Who are you?"
"I'm Pit, and Master Hand sent me to help you! Bowser and Marth are here also, but we got separated."
"I'm Ness, and thanks for the help! I have to carry on with the race!" Ness runs to his bike and rides off again.
Kazena gets back up and shouts at Ness, "Hey! Don't go! I haven't killed you yet!" She quickly runs after him.
"You're not going after him!" says Pit, and swings his mallet at Kazena and hits her in the stomach hard.
POW!
"AUGH!"
-
Somewhere else in the course, Crack Lee is pacing back and forth on top of a cliff. "Where's the target? What is taking him so long? Can it be that Kazena took care of him already? Man! She's always taking the fun away from me!" He looks down the cliff and sees Goroh and the Sonic Duo zooming pass, followed by a couple of random racers. "None of them is the one!" He takes a look at the photo of Ness again to make sure that he remembers every feature of it.
He takes out a binocular and looks around using it, and then he sees Ness driving towards here! "Ha! Here's coming at last! Now to push down this rock!" Lee rushes to a boulder placed next to the edge, and when Ness is near enough, he easily pushes it off the edge.
At the bottom, Ness sees the boulder falling down and gasps, "Ah! A big rock! PSI Rocking!" He fires several colorful energy shots at the rock and blasts it into pieces. "Phew… That was close…"
Lee saw what happened from up there. "What! How did he do that? Seems like Mr. Minch was right when he said he has psychic powers! Then I'll jump down and take on him myself!"
Just before he gets the chance to jump down, a large spiked shell flies towards him from the other side of the cliff and hits him in the body.
POW!
"OW!" cries Lee as he gets knocked backwards.
The shell lands on the ground and Bowser pops his head and limbs out from it and says, "I see that you're trying to harm my friend Ness! I will not allow you to do so!"
Lee gets up and looks at him. "How dare you mess with me! I will kill you!"
Bowser gets into fighting stance and says, "Bring it on!"
TO BE CONTINUED…
Phew! That was quite a long chapter! So Pit has joined the Smashers! Are you excited about him? And yes, Pit also used mallets as weapons in his game Kid Icarus, so I'm letting him use it here also.
And are you surprised that Cassmon, the girl Marth loves, is one of the Mercenary 4? Bet you didn't saw that coming, eh? I would like to hear your comments on the Mercenary 4. Sure, you haven't seen their powers yet, but why not take the fun time of guessing what each of their powers are? Gungamel, Crack Lee, Kazena, and Cassmon are all properties of mine. If any of you want to use them in your stories, get permission from me first.
Happy reviewing and leaving behind good comments! Remember: Long and descriptive makes an author happy!