This was it. The Big Finale. Who the heck was Villager going to end up with? And what about the ruined fish? In the words of Super Mario...
Let's-a -go!
In response to Princess Zelda's little hint, both teams, Isabelle, (Olimar especially) Mario, Daisy, Luigi and a few others had legged it to the Mansion Kitchen as they'd smelled something fishy in the air too. Ness and Olimar's fish had been burnt thanks to Pikachu and Zelda, and the explorer wasn't a happy bunny about it.
"My-my beautiful fish! IT'S RUINED!" he wailed, pushing past the onlookers in the smoky kitchen, and turned the stove off and wafted some of the smoke away.
I wonder if Villager and Turnip fancied burnt mackerel...?
"LOOK!" he screamed through gritted teeth, Olimar shoved the charred fish on the smoking frying pan in the team's faces in frustration.
"It...it's just very well done!" Orange Ink stammered. She then briefly turned and shot a dirty look at Pikachu and Zelda, who seemed to be smiling discreetly.
RING RING! The Smash Mansion doorbell rang again, and a annoyed Isabelle ran to answer it.
I think I know who's at the door...
Villager stood folding his arm in front of the guilty teams, impatiently tapping his foot.
You could practically see the steam coming out of Villager's ears! He was MAAAAAAAAAAD.
"Nobody move! None of you are going ANYWHERE until you all sort this out with Mayor!" Isabelle scolded, and went to answer the door.
When his secretary left, Villager practically charged towards the two teams like a BULL and slammed both his fists on the Kitchen counter. It was time to face the music.
"Okay. Explanation. NOW!" He screeched.
Everyone looked at each other, unable to speak, refusing to give themselves up to the so-called Mayor of Smashville.
"Villager! We do think that Petal's the one for you, an- MPPH!"
Zelda began. She would've gone on proving her point if Leaf hadn't had interrupted her by clamping Zelda's mouth with her hand to shut her up.
"No way!" Leaf hissed at Zelda, while trying to sound caring for Villager. "Turnip's waaay more attractive, and she gets you better presents!" (The Left Corner nod in agreement).
Zelda spat at Leaf's hand, causing her to let go up Zelda's mouth, and the female Pokemon Trainer wiped the princess's saliva onto Red, to his disgust,
Villager shook his head in disbelief. I KNEW IT! he screamed in his head.
"UNBELIEVABLE!" he shrieked. "I thought I told you all to stay out of my private life!"
(While all of this is all going on, Isabelle has opened the door for two "visitors" to the Mansion, and has started to converse and talk to them. Just wait for it...)
The energetic Princess of Sarasaland put tried to intervene with the whole situation since she was the one who triggered the fight. She'd put her hand on her chest and began,
"If I could offer my most professional advice, I-"
"NO!" Villager cut Daisy off.
"You said you'd ORGANISE things, but by the looks of it, you couldn't even be capable of organising your own KINGDOM!" he spat.
Isabelle had just finished talking to the two people who had arrived in the Mansion and they walked into the Kitchen.
"...I will make up my OWN MIND about Turnip and Petal!" He continued to grill them.
The Left Corner and the Right Corner, weren't listening to Villager anymore. When they'd saw who it was who walked into the Kitchen, their eyes grew as big as saucers, broke into a cold sweat and panicked internally. Sonic repeatedly waved his hand across his throat to signal Villager to turn around, while Orange Ink thought, "Oh NO." Princess Daisy, however, folded her arms and narrowed her eyes at the two-timer.
Now it was time for VILLAGER to face the music!
"You're dating the both of us?" exclaimed two feminine voices in unison, one slightly high pitched, and one tomboyish.
That's when Villager lost his anger and passion, and whipped around to face his two boos.
SURPRISE, SURPRISE!
Turnip and Petal, stared at Villager in hurt and betrayal, wondering why he was such a player. In fact, what am I talking about? It was VILLAGER'S fault, actually. Not Daisy's. If he hadn't had been such a two timing rat, none of all this would've happened. It was just that, Villager had different preferences. He wanted to make everyone happy. Well, guess what, Mr. Mayor? It hadn't worked!
"ARE. YOU. KIDDING ME?" Turnip growled. "I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! I really liked you Villager!"
Turnip looked as if she fully wanted duff up her boy real good, but of course she can't.
Petal, on the other hand, looked as if she wanted to cry. Her eyes were brimming with tears, and shook violently in fear.
"W-why would you do this to me?!" she squeaked in a tinny voice.
Villager tried to speak, but all that came out of his mouth was a weird gurgling noise, and he sniffed. I guess he was feeling the emotion too.
"Y-you know what, Villager? You and the rest of the roster don't need hear anything else I've got to say, cos I am so DONE with you!" she screeched like a spoiled brat and ran away, pushing past Isabelle sobbing hysterically.
Turnip watched her leave, turned to Villager and stomped towards him. Villager went pale, and his pupils went white as he backed away.
"You're gonna be sorry you ever cheated on me,"she hissed. "And I'd like all the presents, all the things I lent you BACK!" Turnip jabbed a sharp finger at Villager's chest with every word.
Villager nodded, scared out of his life.
Turnip stomped out of the Mansion in a huff, while both of the teams, were despondent. They sighed and groaned at their failed mission to bring Villager towards either Petal or Turnip. Princess Daisy turned to the gang, folded her arms and shook her heads at them, as if to say, I told you so.
And so, that was how the drama ensued. Villager's lousy routine of keeping up with his girls, had failed miserably. The two teams hadn't gotten Turnip and Petal a chance with Villager, and Daisy's occupation as his romance manager...well, to be honest, Daisy's pretty much fired, really. The Mayor's two-timing schedule had gotten out of hand, and funny - he couldn't organise his own love life and he's supposedly the Mayor of Smashville, right? So I guess Daisy did have a right to interfere...but at the same time, Daisy shouldn't have forced him. It caused a domino effect with some of the roster, and they played a part too, but it had all become really clear to Villager that they didn't care about him. They cared about each of the benefits that came with which girl that Villager would date. And look where it got them.
Maybe it is all my fault... Villager pondered in deep thought. If I hadn't had been such a two-timing twerp, they'd wouldn't have tried to ruin everything... But it was me who ruined everything. My dishonesty. My ability to deceive others... It all got out of hand... ugh. perhaps I'm not cut out to have a girlfriend. Isabelle was right.
After Turnip and Petal had left, Villager had turned towards the guilty teams, sobbing with rage. He then pushed past them towards the Training Area to think about his life.
Villager grabbed his axe and violently slammed the blade of it against the trunk of a tree that he planted, bark chips flying in the air and all. He panted heavily, bending over, but still held the axe that was now wedged into the tree trunk. Sweat drops ran down his forehead.
I don't need anyone. I... I can train myself.
This was his sort of "training". Villager trying to take his anger out by chopping down a tree. Which, actually sounds rather therapeutic, if you ask me.
Villager grunted and heaved to get his axe out of the damaged tree, when he heard a the automatic door of the Training area open. It was the forgotten birthday plumber, Luigi.
The Mayor of Smashville saw Luigi at the corner of his eye, and ignored him immediately after, breathing aggressively.
"Go away," he rasped, and even almost hissed like some sort of wild animal.
Luigi jumped at bit at that. Great, now his mate was going feral. He scratched his nose uncomfortably.
"Isabelle and, eh, my brother want to-a see you in the, eh, Smash Mansion dining area. It's important."
Villager let out a huge huff and rolled his eyes, but he did what he was told.
Villager begrudgingly followed Luigi into the palatial dining room. I have to admit, this room made the Smash Mansion Conference Room look like Isabelle's office in Smashville. The dining room was long just like the conference room, as so to fit every single fighter in the roster, and the walls were a silver & purple colour. On the wall, was the Smash ball shaped clock, that ticked above the table, (which looked similar to the conference one) but the most magnificent thing about the dining room, was that an ancient-looking tapestry/mural adorned the walls, which had all the 74 characters in different action poses, such as Red the Pokemon trainer with Squirtle, Ivysaur and Charizard pointing forwards as if he were commanding his Pokemon, and Yoshi holding an egg, ready to be thrown. All the fighters were all squashed together in the mural, but still, it was breathtaking. The masterpiece was wrapped all the around the walls, for everyone to see, almost as if to remind the roster that everyone truly is here.
When Villager walked in, the dining table had a different set up. Most of the plates, hankies and cutlery that laid the table were gone, only leaving two left. A vase was put int the middle of the part of the table were the two seats were, with a rose inside (typical). There was also a candle on the table that flickered near the rose.
The perfect setup for a r-r-r-r-romantic candlelit dinner! *coughs* Sorry!
The two former teams, the Left Corner, and the Right Corner, were all stood up, like waiters and waitresses, with towels in their arms. In fact, Ness and Lucas took the whole waiter thing a bit too seriously and were fully dressed in waiter gear. The two teams were also accompanied by Villager's secretary, Isabelle, Mario, in fact...
Everyone was there!
(Hence what was said in that trailer.)
The whole roster (well, almost) looked up at Villager, (who was slightly baffled and confused) and smiled, while Princess Daisy escorted Villager to his seat.
"We thought we'd better make up for the fact that you don't have a date tonight," she smiled, as Villager gave out a weak laugh and smile.
Daisy looked at her arm. She still had the red velvet diamond watch that Villager gave to her. Well, she knew what had to be done.
"I'm sure the girls won't miss this if you don't return it." Daisy took of the watch wand returned it to him.
Villager smirked. "Well, if they do, tough luck to them." He'd already figured out that Petal and Turnip were hopeless girlfriend material anyway. Petal had been too prissy, and Turnip...well, erm... intimdating was the word. Villager took the watch and wore it.
Lucario, the "Aura Pokemon" pulled out the chair for Villager to sit on.
"I guess I owe you an apology." Daisy began. "Vill, I messed up. I mean, we all did. We'll never interfere with your love life again."
"No, I owe you an apology." Villager said. "I shoud've known better. I don't know why was so deceptive with the both of them in first place. It just goes to show that I can't settle down with a steady girlfriend, let alone two. I'm also sorry for yelling at you guys."
The Princess of Sarasaland put a hand on Villager's shoulder and accepted his apology.
RING RING!
The Mansion door bell rang again for the very last time.
"I'll get it," Daisy said, and left the room while the Left Corner and the Right Corner got Villager ready for his secret date and apologised while doing so.
"Sorry Villager," Pit said sadly, and put a handkerchief on Villager's plate.
"Yeah, sorry man," Sonic agreed, and placed a pizza box on top of it.
"We behaved like fools, and I, for one, will never, ever, forgive myself for that," Samus ranted to herself, the others laughed politely.
Jigglypuff and Pikachu gave Villager their cutest, saddest puppy eyes ever and whined in anguish at him. Well, that worked. His heart melted.
"Are we forgiven?" Toon Link, Ness and Lucas asked hopefully.
"I suppose," Villager grinned at them.
The rest of the roster in the Tourney nodded in agreement.
Daisy arrived back again in the dining room with a mysterious figure, with a motorcycle helmet on the person's head.
"Special delivery for Villager, the Mayor of Smashville!" she announced.
The motorcycle person had a package and clipboard in his/her hand, and placed it on the table. Then, here comes the big reveal...
The person took off her (yes, her,) helmet and revealed herself as...
Bolero?
She was a new black villager that had joined the Ultimate Tourney as an alternate fighter along with Petal, Turnip (who would've guessed?) and four other fighters. Since Bolero was new, she was quite shy, but she could fight break out a few smash attacks and specials. That's why Daisy chose her to meet Villager!
Clever girl.
Bolero shyly smiled at Villager and waved at him and blushed, while he beamed lovingly at her (his standard smile. You know the one).
A few people were like, "aaaaaw!" but you could tell by the looks of people like Bowser Jr. and Ganondorf they discreetly squirming and going "yuck, yuck!" or "get a room!"
Looks like Villager was going to live happily ever after with his new girl.
But Daisy wasn't done yet. Here comes the reason why everyone came: as Bolero went over to her seat next to Villager, Super Mario himself took the stage.
"And-a last, but of course, not least...!" he began.
Everyone else fiddled about to grab out their party poppers and hats together. Princess Daisy dragged her almost-boyfriend to the table, Yoshi pulled out a chair for Luigi to sit, and Rosalina and gave him his own box of pizza, and Kirby (HE SAVED THEIR BUTTS!) gave him some green & white balloons. It was obvious to him what this was all for...
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SUPER LUIGI!"
Everyone cheered, whooped and popped open party poppers and wore green and white party hats in his honor. Mario gave his brother a tight birthday hug and Daisy came over and put a birthday badge on him which said "It's-a my-a birthday!"
"I'm sorry we forgot, Wee-gee," she said softly, and kissed his cheek. "I'm sorry I forgot."
"It's eh, okay. Thank you-a so much, everyone!" he squealed.
Most importantly, Daisy had forgotten how important birthdays were!
Princess Peach gave Luigi a colossal green velvet birthday cake, that was shaped exactly like Luigi's NEW Mansion (not the scary one were he got real depressed), complete with green icing that said "Happy Birthday, Super Luigi Mario" in white icing, while all the other fighters wished him a happy birthday and even gave him loads of presents.
Daisy went over to the other bit of the table were Villager and Bolero were beginning their new romantic relationship. For a start, Villager was writing down Bolero's phone number. He'd delete Petal and Turnip's ones after his mobile phone was repaired.
"At last, no more message taking or constant phone ringing," Daisy reminded him casually.
Villager rolled his eyes at that and breathed heavily. Of course, we all knew how THAT went down back in Chapter 2. This was a new relationship, a new start. He didn't want the energetic Sarasaland Princess shattering his dreams for him.
"And, I detect love in the end!" Daisy added.
"Daisy!" Villager hissed.
"Don't worry, I wouldn't dream of interfering!" Daisy shrugged innocently, as she watched Luigi blow at the candles on his cake as everyone clapped for him.
Colors weave into a spire of flame
Distant sparks call to a past still unnamed
Bear this torch against the cold of the night
Search your soul and reawaken the undying light
On that day, when the sky fell away
Our world came to an end
In our eyes, did a fading sun rise in the dark?
Glimmering shadows
Silence grows, in the spaces between
stretching out beyond time
Rising up, as a chorus of souls find a voice
flickering through the void
These little sparks, cling on to life,
everyone caught in the struggle,
And then the storms of change, they fan the flames
scattering ashes to the wind
Every soul contains a whisper of light
gleaming faintly as it dwindles from sight
No escape, no greater fate to be made
In the end, the chains of time will not break
Colors weave into a spire of flame
Distant sparks call to a past still unnamed
Bear this torch against the cold of the night
Search your soul and reawaken the undying light
As fate spins a thread without end,
new life draws its first breath,
Blossoming in a soil reclaimed from the past,
where destiny holds fast,
Here where we stand, hand clenched in hand
everyone caught in the struggle,
This is the day we finally find our way
stepping into our tomorrow
Every soul contains a whisper of light
growing louder as it calls to unite
From the distance sings a chorus of souls
rising slowly, stirring heat from the coals
Colors weave into a spire of flame
Distant sparks call to a past still unnamed
Bear this torch against the cold of the night
Light will guide you, on your way to the ultimate fight
Every soul contains a whisper of light
growing louder as it calls to unite
From the distance sings a chorus of souls
rising slowly, stirring heat from the coals
Colors weave into a spire of flame
Distant sparks call to a past still unnamed
Bear this torch against the cold of the night
Light will guide you, on your way to the ultimate fight
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why Villager isn't in a relationship with Isabelle! Okay, just kidding. Digby wouldn't approve. Villager stayed with Bolero, by the way, and he never returned to his two-timing ways. Trivia time!
The mural I talked about in the Mansion dining room is the mural seen in Classic Mode. You know, when you finish a battle, you get loads of points and it goes up or down. My friend's got a switch and I actually played Smash Ultimate for the very first time! It was fun, but I sucked at it.
Also, remember back at the end of Chapter 4 when I pointed out that Petal and Turnip would arrive back at 2:00pm at the same time? Yep, and the rest is history.
One of Villager's alternate costumes in the game is a black female villager (previously white in Sm4sh and in the Ultimate demo), who appears to be wearing a yellow bolero (a bolero is some sort of cardigan that women wear. It is also called a "shrug"). I also mentioned "four other fighters" and I meant the other male villagers who act as alternate costumes/fighters for Villager. I wanted to incorporate the concept of alternate costumes in this story as people view them as not very important. But I do! Look at when I mentioned Iggy Koopa (my favourite Koopaling, btw,) in Chapter 2. Perhaps I'll give the villagers their own little distinct personalities like Petal and Turnip.
I originally didn't want the whole roster to appear in this episode, but I thought, "Ah, what the heck? It's my first story! Let's go all the waay!" XD
Thank you so much for reading my first story, guys. Stay tuned for more!
PS. Please leave a review or fav I really appreciate it, and HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Disclaimer: I don't own Smash Ultimate.