Super Smash Bro adventures chapter 7
A powerful KO Uppercut sent Mario flying from Little Mac, sending Mario all the way to the blast zone. Mario spawns back on Sky Loft. "You're really strong Little Mac." says Mario. "You too Mario." says Little Mac. The fight is almost over. Mario attacks Little Mac with his fiery Fireballs, Little Mac dashes under them and landed a strong Dash Punch on Mario. Mario stood back and uses his Energy Shield. Little Mac attacks Mario with a Smash Punch at Mario, Mario's Energy Shield almost breaks, and Little Mac landed a Jolt Haymaker on Mario's face. "That's it, time to go offense." says Mario. Mario goes in and landed two Punches and a Kick. Little Mac stood back and landed Mario with a few quick Punches. Little Mac strikes Mario with a Charged Straight Lunge, Mario jumps over Little Mac, and landed a strong Punch sending Little Mac offstage. Little Mac uses his Jolt Haymaker to recover, Mario turns him around with his Super Leaf Cape, and Little Mac fell into the blast zone.
Mario and Little Mac arrived back at the Smash mansion.
Mario walks up to the boxer. "Good match, Little Mac." The plumber congratulates.
"Good match, Mario." says Little Mac, returning the complement as they fist bump each other.
In search of something to do, Mario and Little Mac walk to the mission board. "So what kind of job should we take on this time?" Mario wonders, scanning the new posts.
"Hmm. How about this one?" replied Little Mac, pointing to a particular piece of paper.
Mario's eyes flew back and forth, reading the mission's details and location. "So, we have to help this Viridi person get her staff back?" Mario asks, intrigued. "We can do this, but we need to find Pit to help us."
Suddenly, the angel boy descended from above, landing in front of the pair of Smashers. "You called?" wonders Pit, pleased at his friends' surprised looks.
"Oh, Pit! We were about to go find you." says Little Mac. "Nice landing, by the way."
"Thank you!" Pit exclaims proudly, bowing to his audience of two. "So, what do you need?"
"We need help with this mission in Skyworld." Explains Mario, showing the angel the mission they were to embark on.
"Sure." Agrees Pit, eager to help out in his own world. "Can Lady Palutena come with us too? She needs to do some chores at Sky World."
"Of course she can come." replied Mario.
A few minutes later, Pit comes back with Palutena, and the four of them transport to Skyworld.
"Whoa, there's a palace here!" exclaims Little Mac, gazing around at this new world in awe.
"Been a while since I came here," Mario says, remembering his first trip to Skyworld during the invasion of the Subspace Army.
"A lot has changed since you were here, Mario." says Palutena.
"Yeah." Mario says, looking around. Skyworld looked like it had seen a few battles, but it sure was beautiful above the clouds. "Is that palace yours?" asks Mario, pointing to a magnificently bright building off in the distance.
"That's right. That's where Pit and I live." replies Palutena.
"It's really big." Little Mac remarks.
"Wait until you see the inside!" Palutena says, eager to show her companions her dwelling.
After traveling across a sea of puffy, white clouds, the Smashers arrive at the palace. There is a fountain of pure water outside and a few angel statues. Then, the large doors opened, granting them entrance, and Mario and Little Mac gawk in surprise at how big the inside is.
"It's huge!" Mario observes with awe.
"I'll bet a hundred boxing rings would fit in here!" Exclaims Little Mac in wonder.
"Yeah, my angels live here also." explains Palutena, waving a hand, motioning to the large space.
Mario notices the gold bracelets on the goddess's arms, and thinks that they are beautiful. They remind him of the jewelry that Princess Peach sometimes wore on their dates. "Ugh, not again!" Mario mentally scolds himself. "Don't think about her!"
Palutena is showing her guests around the kitchen with Pit chattering in the background when Mario remembers something. "Pit told me that you're having trouble cooking. Would you like me to teach you?" he offers, hoping he hasn't somehow offended the goddess.
Palutena smiles, her cheeks flashing red with embarrassment at what her head angel had said, but she isn't mad. "That'll be great. Next time you can help me!" she responds.
Palutena is showing the Smashers the last of the palace's attractions, when a shrill, childish voice catches their attention from behind. "Pit, Palutena, where were you?"
They all turn to see a goddess who looked more like a little girl. She had knee-length blonde hair done up with a flower and a purple, red, and pink dress adorned with another bloom as a corset.
"Sorry Viridi. We've been at the Smash mansion." replies Pit.
"So you two were there the whole time?" asks Viridi sulkily. "Why didn't I get invited?" But, then she notices Mario and Little Mac, and her bad temper vanished quick as the flash of a Deku Nut. "Whoa! It can't be!"
"We… brought some friends." Pit informs awkward, bracing himself for Viridi's outburst.
"I know you two! You're Nintendo Mario and famous boxer Little Mac! This is amazing." cries Viridi, her eyes sparkling with excitement and her cheeks flushing red with glee.
"Viridi, are you the one who called for help?" Pit wonders, remembering the reason he, Mario, and Little Mac had come to Skyworld in the first place.
"That's right. My staff has been stolen, and I need your guys' help to find it." Viridi explains.
"Don't worry Viridi, we'll find your staff for you." reassures Mario.
"You're a lot nicer than Pit." says Viridi, an amused twinkle in her eye.
"Hey, I can be nice too!" Pit cries defensively.
"So, where should we start looking?" Wonders Little Mac.
"Well," Viridi says, caressing the flower in her hair thoughtfully. "I'd start looking around the palace. Enemies sometimes like to be unpredictable and hid stolen goods close by, right where people wouldn't think to look.
Mario, Pit, and Little Mac search around Sky World's massive palace, and admiring the halls adorned with gold and ancient tapestries. After a while, they came to a large room and found three treasure chests.
"Viridi's staff might be in one of these chests." says Mario. Mario opens one of them and his eyes are met with a small mountain of colorful gems. Pit lifts the lid of the second one and gasps with excitement. He pulls out a long, wooden, scythe-like weapon.
"We found Viridi's staff!" cheered Pit, spinning the weapon like a baton. "That was easy!"
"I wonder what's in the third one?" wonders Little Mac, walking towards the remaining chest. Pit looks closely at the last chest and notices it is smaller than the other two.
"Wait! Stop!" Pit screams, lunging at his friend, but the boxer's already lifting the lid of the third treasure chest.
Suddenly, to everyone's horror and astonishment, the treasure chest creaks and sprouts two spindly legs!
"Aahh! What is this?" Little Mac cries in astonishment as the monster kicks him across the room.
"A Mimicutie! A master of disguise." explains Pit, readying his angel bow. "Looks like I'll have to fight it."
Pit disassembles his bow into Twin Blades and slashes furiously at the Mimicutie, but the rogue treasure chest dodges Pit's Blade attacks. Then, the monster strikes back, dealing a Kick to Pit's chest with all the force of a bowling ball.
"Ugh!" Pit grunts in pain as he is knocked down. The angel warrior slowly picks himself up and fires a glowing, blue light Arrow at the Mimicutie. The Mimicutie darts away from the Arrow, but Pit wills the projectile to curve to the right, strike his adversary.
Little Mac and Mario gasp as the Mimicutie speeds towards Pit, throwing a flurry of fast Kicks at the angel warrior. Pit blocks them with his shield, only receiving minor damage, and hits the Mimicutie with three well-aimed Blade strikes. The Mimicutie is sent crashing into a pillar, but slowly gets up.
The rogue chest lets out a scream, as if to say that this battle isn't over yet, and runs towards Pit, darting around the young angel and landing a few powerful Kicks in the process.
"Oh, no you don't!" Pit yells. He leaps into the air and brings his Blades crashing down on the Mimicutie's hard body one last time. The mini chest monster lets out a cry of defeat, then it loses its legs, and spits out colorful gems.
"Good fight, Pit!" Mario exclaims, awestruck.
"What's done is done." Pit says pointedly, rubbing his forearm where the Mimicutie had kicked him. "Just be careful what you open next time."
Little Mac nods apologetically, and the three of them head back to meet up with Viridi.
They find the nature goddess waiting in the main hall, tapping her foot impatiently. She sees them and her face lights up at once. "You found it!" Viridi cheers excitedly, taking the wooden staff from Pit. However, the twisted smile on her face makes Pit think that something wasn't right.
"How'd you know your staff was in the palace?" he asks.
Viridi turns red for a moment, and then quickly regains her composure. "I'm a goddess, Pit! I know lots of things!" she says smugly.
But Pit sees through this. "You know what? I don't think your staff was stolen at all!" Pit accuses. "You just hid it in the palace so we'd have to go look for it, didn't you?"
Viridi smiled. "Gee, you're smarter than I thought." She says. She turns to Pit's friends. "Thanks Mario and Little Mac." She said sweetly.
"What about me?" Pit questions incredulously.
"You know that we don't like each other." replies Viridi, smugness returning to her voice.
"Viridi, don't forget about their reward." Palutena reminds gently.
"Oh yeah! Here's five hundred gems for each of you!" Viridi exclaims, dishing out their reward.
"Thank you." The three Smashers reply, and are about to leave for the Smash mansion.
"Wait! Before you guys go, can I have your autograph?" asked Viridi.
"Oh, sure." replied Mario and Little Mac. The two sign Viridi's floral autograph book and the Smashers transport back to the mansion.
Viridi stares down at the signatures she just acquired, when an angel with dark wings and black clothes lands behind Viridi. "Was Pit here? I thought I heard his annoying voice."
"He just left, Dark Pit, but I got some autographs from famous Nintendo stars!" Viridi cheers. Dark Pit groans, and leaves to think of some way to get revenge against that do-gooder angel.