Chapter 5: The Game Begins.
Ok folks i'm back if anyone is still here that is... oh whatever no news is good news. I feel so out of place here now if that makes any sense, fanfiction changed and I don't think I can change with it, but I can adapt. I feel as if I've been here so long everyone I use to know is gone, but there is still amazing people here on fanfiction, otherwise I wouldn't. Im trying my damnest to upload my updates quicker but some chapters are such a mess it takes a sufficient time to fix. Erm ok sorry for my rambling lets get on it shall we.
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TheShadowStarr23: eh, yeah sure.
Morning had arrived at the mansion rapid express I might add, however the occupants were soundly asleep in their rooms leaving halls empty. Most of all, the mansion was in complete silence as the halls started filling with sunlight that barely started peeking through the horizon. Lucina started waking, she slowly opens her eyes and adjusts them to the light. Dark Pit however was still asleep under the covers snoring away, that is until a alarm went off. The annoying ringing filled the room quickly making Lucina jump a foot being suddenly startled. Dark Pit's eyes instantly snapped open all wide and restless, he throws one of his blades at the alarm shattering the little device into bits. "What the hell you set an alarm for!" he instantly snaps at her crossing his arms and tapping his foot, hair all messy and bags under his eyes.
"Me!? I don't even know what that thing is!" she responds bluntly, he was already blaming her for no reason whatsoever and she was getting irritated.
"So what, it went off on its own!" he says shortly after flailing his arms around, he gets up and retrieves his blade nevertheless.
"The hell if I know!" she remarks while getting out of bed, he starts messing with what was left of the little device he called an "alarm." Lucina just takes off to the bathroom to wash her face and get dressed, when she comes back out a while later he was staring at some of the wires looking deep in thought. He stood up a later after a while and faced her, he held out the wires in one hand to show her.
"Someone's been in the room" he stated observing the wires, she just looked at them in confusion wondering how the wires made him come to that conclusion.
"Yeah, and you know this how?" she asked him confused at his conclusion, he motioned her to get closer and look at the broken device he was pointing at a small beeping green square. "O-K, and how dose that prove that someone has been in the room?" Lucina remarks crossing her arms and leaning to the side while arching an eyebrow.
"Look you idiot this thing has been tampered with, for staters there is a chip set on it, so It can set it off by remote control anytime and we wouldn't of had any control over the thing. Second this is my personal alarm clock I had stored in my chest in the closet for the tournament. Plus seeing your lack of knowledge in technology it seems highly unlikely that your dumbass could of done this, so see what is my alarm clock doing out and why is there a chip installed into it huh!?" He remarks shrugging sarcastically before he threw what was left of the alarm in a nearby trash bin.
"Yeah alright someone went in the room and messed with the alarm, big deal they didn't do any harm this looks like it was just some sort of practical joke." Lucina responds with a shake of her head and goes to her closet to retrieve her sword and cape.
"What do you mean no dig deal!? They broke into my room and they went through my stuff, no one ever goes through my things NO ONE!" He exclaims glaring at his closet, though it looked just as it did yesterday. Lucina retrieves her things and heads out the room, all the while Dark Pit strangled the lamp again shouting curses. She ventures down the hall to the elevator and pressed the down arrow on it, it came down and opened and Link was in the corner staring at the wall.
"Oh good morning Link" Lucina says casually as she enters the elevator, Link however just continued staring at the wall while she pressed the button with a 1 on it. When the elevator arrived at its destination Link stays in there staring at the wall. Lucina turns around to face him puzzled "Link are you alright in there?" she asked worriedly. But there was no response so she goes back in there and taps him on the shoulder cautiously. She ends up turning him around only to come to the realization the Hylian was asleep. "Figures" she groans mentally, Link ends up falling forward catching her off guard and ends up dropping them both while trapping Lucina under him.
He fell on her horizontally however rendering her upper half immobile but lower half free. She starts on tugging on his sleeve to wake up but to no avail, ding goes the elevator and it leaves Lucina trapped under Link in the middle of the hall.
"Whoa Link weighs more then I thought, jeez I could only Imagine how much Ike weighs!" Lucina exclaimed mentally while also trying to find a way to get out. She tries squirming out again but it was of no use it was like being stuck under a very heavy log. She smacked Link on the head to try to wake him again but got nothing. She pinched his nose in hope that he will wake in need of air but insisted took her hand and used it as a pillow. Lucina tried retrieving her hand but he had a iron grip on it and it wont be easy trying to get out with one hand. She hears the elevator approaching soon after much to her relief she was kind of glad maybe they could help with the little situation. Ding, the elevator opened to reveal the dark angel standing there arms crossed, he spotted her immediately and a huge grin spread across his face. He stepped out of the elevator and stood near the duo and at that point he started snickering.
"hey if you're not to busy can you give me a hand!" she exclaims slightly annoyed while panting from all the squirming.
"Hmm, I don't know I am kind of busy at the moment, you did catch me at a bad time after all." He remarks with a shrug stood and slowly walks away laughing.
"Don't you dare walk away you bastard!" She exclaims afterwards making him stop, he turns his head with a mischievous grin.
"I was hoping you'd say that" he says rather thrilled and walked back towards her slowly. "Alright lets make a little deal shall we, I'll get you out of your little situation and in return you will help me when I ask it of you, so what do you say do we have an accord?" He says while his grin grew as he knelled next to her.
"help you!? Why the hell would anyone ever want to help you, let alone make a deal with you!?" she responded getting irritated. He simply shrugged and sighed while he stood up and turned his back to her.
"Alright suit yourself!" He remarks and started to walk away again. She tried to grab him but he was already to far and she started squirming around again for a short while before she laid there hopelessly.
"Why do you always have to be such an ass!?" She exclaims as she laid there hopelessly panting hard. She had tired herself out and after a few seconds she caved to his wishes. "Fine! get me out of here and I'll help you" she groans while he turns and smirked mischievous.
"Gladly, just remember our little agreement" he states as he walked over and pulled her out from under Link. She was really regretting doing that but who knew how long it would take for someone else to show up or Link to wake up. They just walked down the hall to the cafeteria in total silence while Lucina was mentally bitch slapping herself. She enters and sees Marth was already seated at the swordsman table eating his meal with Ike, sleeping on pancakes again. Lucina makes her meal and heads to the swordsman table, Robin walked in soon after again holding a waffle.
"Here I made you coffee already" Marth says as he handed her a warm coffee cup.
"Why thank you hero- erm, Marth" she responds shyly and timidly took the cup. Robin joins them afterwards having made his beverage and grabbed another waffle.
"Good morning Lucina, Marth" he greets them with a nod as he sits and everyone silently eats their meal, except Ike who was still snoring on a pile of pancakes. This is until Pit joined them shortly afterwards with a bowl of cereal, he started eating extremely fast scattering colorful bits of cereal and milk everywhere. He finishes it in no time and tossed the spoon aside and chugged the milk, he sets the bowl down with a wide grin.
"AreyouguysexcitedtodaywillfinallybetthedayMasterHandholdsthetagemandbagemtournament!" Pit exclaims excitedly all super fast while hopping in place on his chair.
"Woah Pit slow down, whats going on?" Lucina asked confused holding her hand up having catched none of that.
"Oh great Pit overdosed on sugar" Marth groaned shortly afterwards, Pit however was gripping his bowl tightly still hopping in his chair. Raven comes in soon after making her own beverage and heading over to the table looking quite tired.
"Morning all" she greets them lazily setting her cup on the table while leaning over it as she yawned. Pit jumps over the table grabbed her shoulders and began shaking her back and forth.
"CanyoubeleiveitIhavebeenwaitingforeverforthisdaymanIcanhardlywait!" He exclaims to her extremely fast and squeals before bolting out the doors with both hands raised in the air.
"Um sure, I guess" she responds wide eyed with her head reared back watching him running. Raven looks back at the group with a confused face and they all just shrugged. Shulk walked in looking like a zombie and headed strait towards the coffee machine. Then all went silent when someone came flying in through the door and crashed on the floor, a little boy in blue armor stood up and looked around smiling sheepishly.
"uh, s-sorry slight technical malfunction on the rockets." He says and his rockets come on again and his head goes through the ceiling. He dangles there for a while before his rockets come on again and he goes strait through to the next floor. Everyone seemed to shrug it off and go about their business, a blue blur comes in circled around the cafeteria and sat at a table with a meal perfectly intact. After a while it seemed everyone was in there which was odd not that many people are there in the morning. Master Hand appeared in the center a little while afterwards and everyone gave the hand their full attention.
"Smashers I know you all are well aware that today will be the Tag Em' N' bag Em' game. Its a shame we had to postpone yesterday, plus at the end of the day will be the smash festival. So today will be a day of fun activities and I hope all of you are ready. So, newcomers, I know you all are wondering what exactly is the Tag em' n' bag em' game. Now this game is very simple all of the competitors are divided into two teams, one of them will be provided with specialized rifles that stun their opponents, the other team has to survive the given time and not get captured to succeed. Funny story is my brother made this game up to mess with the smashers. But they ended up enjoying it and after much consideration I just went along with it, many said it was fun or good training and I decided to turn it into an official game. Alright so after breakfast everyone report to the front of the Mansion, I think that is all I bid you all a farewell." He finished and placed his hands behind his back before he vanished shortly after.
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All the smashers were at the front of the mansion later that day, many excited chatter was going around the groups. Lucina of course was with all the swordsman gathered into their own little group. Master Hand appears in front of the groups a little while later and everyone stopped what they were doing to look at the hand. He makes some sort of swirling portal appear out of the fountain water. "Alright once you all step through the portal you will appear at the game grounds. Now the hunters will appear in the base camp, the others scattered around the gaming filed. So the Hunted wear green headbands and are to survive for as long as they can, the winner will be that last one standing. As for the Hunters who wear blue headbands the one with the most points win, the winners will be rewarded prizes so good luck to everyone. Another thing even though this game is outside of smash grounds I have set up a barrier around the game field. So no injuries are to be expected safety is my first priority when it comes to you, alright Smashers. LET. THE. GAME. BEGIN!" He finished and made some sort of motion with his hand, the portal sucked everyone in. Lucina tried to stand her ground but was swept off her feet and sucked in an instant. And was once again traveling in the swirling vortex, until it faded and she fell face first onto the floor. She just laid there groaning trying to make a dizziness go away. Lucina slowly lifts her head head to see she was now in a forest and gets up and dusted herself off looking around.
"I'm not in any sort of camp so I guess I'm the hunted. That's just great I have to survive being hunted by a bunch of- I can only imagine." She thought to herself, she looks down at herself to see she was wearing blue sport shorts with black lines at the side and a plain white t-shirt, she grabs the strands of the bandana and sees them green making her silently groan. Lucina starts walking down the little path but slowly knowing any minute or second something will pop out. She stopped when she heard another pair of footsteps nearby and she quickly hid in a nearby bush. She peeks through the leaves and sees Marth walking down the path cautiously looking around. She sighs in relief and smiles and gets out of the bush approaching him. "Marth am I glad to see you!" She tells him excitedly catching his attention, but stopped dead in her tracks shortly after when she saw the blue headband he was wearing. Marth however forms a huge grin on his face, he like her was wearing a plain white t-shirt but blue pants with white strips on the side.
"Lucina congratulations, you get the honor of being my first catch!" He says rather sinisterly yet excitedly as the smile completely faded from her face. The color did too as she nervously gulped and backed away her heart started racing. He pulls out his rifle from behind his back where he had it strapped and cocked it. She quickly turns and bolts full blast into the trees while a bunch of darts flew around her. She ducked her head and yelped in surprise rather loudly giving away her head and Marth gave chase.
"Great, just great I barely get in and I already made a huge mistake! now I'm being hunted by the hero-king of all people!" Lucina exclaims to herself as she continued to run with Marth a mere meters away. She managed to hide in a thick bush after a long while of running, placing her back against the tree trunk the bush engulfed while her heart pounded in her chest.
She hears footsteps approach none to soon and slow down, getting closer to her location, she felt drops of sweat run down her face as the footsteps kept getting louder. She was starting to panic at that point and placed a hand over her mouth as to not make any sudden noise and tightly closed her eyes. The footsteps stopped near her and after a while they took off in a different direction. Lucina opened her eyes after that and sighed in relief and lowered herself in shame, she swings her head back smacking it against the trunk while she groaned at her stupidity. She gets out of her hiding spot after a while of beating herself up and starts down a different path. But she made sure to move more cautiously as Marth could still be hunting for her in that area. She suddenly hears footsteps approaching and fast, something was running and in her direction. She panics and hides behind a tree as there was no other place to really hide at the moment, she figured she will be caught anyways so the only option would be to beg for mercy and maybe he'll let her go. She peeks only to see it was Robin with a green headband and dressed the same as Marth. A wave of relief washed over her and headed in his direction she it would be a guaranteed to be safer teaming up with Robin. She steps out so he could see her and shyly waves at him but his face was ridden with fear puzzling her "Robin?"
"LUCINA RUN!" Robin exclaims quickly cutting her off as he took her hand and dragged her along through the forest. She looks behind her to see a flying puffball with a mask chasing them with bat-like wings in its back. It started shooting after getting closer, it was however hard to evade a flying opponent. Robin leads them deeper into the forest where the trees were taller and more crowded. They quickly hid in a tree trunk that had a opening, they see the puffball flying around for a while before it headed in a different direction. They both let out heavy sighs of relief while trying to catch their breath.
"Lucina. glad. to. see you" Robin says out of breath leaning on the trunk with his head resting on his arms.
"Likewise" She responds while she sat on the floor leaning back and supporting herself with her hands. After they were sure the coast was clear and they regained their energy they left. Robin started following a little path while Lucina followed close behind.
"So, how have you done so far" he asks while he stopped observing their surroundings.
"Well I'll say ok, except for the fact that I was chased by the hero-king, who I stupidly walked up to." She responded a little frustratingly as they began walking down a different path.
"Oh, well I myself only wondered about a bit before I started getting chased by Meta Knight. Then I ran into you, I was relieve you were not another hunter although you did worry me a bit." Robin responded shortly after as he turned and gave her a smile which for some strange reason made her heart speed up. She turned her head from him as she felt so hot headed suddenly wondering if she might be getting sick.
"A-Alright s-so should we try to find a place to hide and stay safe from the hunters?" she asked him timidly looking around at the surroundings to avoid his gaze.
"Well that might not be the best Idea, as if we stay at a location for to long it might give us away. So what we could do is find temporary "safe spots" in a large area also familiarize ourselves with the area so we can remain hidden and also be on a constant move." Robin responded as he to began looking around while stroking his chin in thought.
"Sounds like a plan. You think that tree can be one of those "safe spots" it seemed like a good place?" Lucina asked afterwards turning to him as he stared forward in deep thought before he turned to her.
"I suppose, the opening was not to noticeable after all. Plus the trees offer a great protection." He responds and stopped, looking around at the location they were in.
"What is it?" She asks him wondering what the tactician had in mind and he crossed his arms.
"Hm I think we should leave signs so we can familiarize the area, but something that will not be too noticeable as to not give us away." Robin responded looking around for something of use, he picks up a large rock and placed it near a tree with a hole on it the only tree with a hole on it. "Such as this, see we will see the large rock near this tree we can remember the area with this and also it looks natural so it can't give us away." He finished and continued to observe the surrounding area.
"Robin where would I be without you" Lucina says as she smiles and slowly shakes her head. They continued down the path, Robins plan seemed flawless so their chance of success seemed pretty high. They stop a little while later and they made a nest out of twigs and placed it in a nearby tree, Robin placed a torn leaf in the middle to remember that is the nest they build, as there was a pretty thick bush nearby perfect for hiding. They stopped again near a river and put a log in the middle and carved small pieces of it that were unnoticeable, there was a waterfall nearby with large rocks that formed a hidden place to hide. They found a large tree that was easy to climb and had many leaves and branches obstructing the view, Robin placed two rocks on the side of it. Another place was a Tiny hidden cavern near a cliff the view was abstracted by large rocks, Robin placed a branch on the floor nearby making it look like a newborn tree. Another was a small hidden trench, and they placed two logs near it, and after doing a large loop they ended back near the tree with a hole. "Alright seems we established our spots so-" Robin didn't finish as something came out of the woods nearby and spotted them, there standing before them with a blue headband was...
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Standing in front of the duo was the Sheikkah warrior herself, they all were eying each other all the while Sheik slowly took out a rifle. "Lucina run" Robin whispered softly as they were backing away they turned around and started to run. A puff of smoke appeared in front of them and Sheik was standing there aiming at them. "The trees, Lucina head for the trees" Robin whispered to her as they took of in another direction but it seemed no matter what they tried Sheik always appeared in front of them. "Lucina we have to split up!" he exclaims and was about to head in a different direction but Lucina grabbed his arm and stopped him.
"I'm not leaving you behind Robin!" She proclaims tightly gripping his arm but he turns to face her with a reassuring look.
"You're not, now meet me back in the first location now go, GO NOW!" He exclaims before he pushed her into some bushes and took off grabbing Sheiks attention. The Sheikah warrior takes off after the tactician rushing past Lucina.
Lucina got out of the bushes in a panic, "Robin!" she called out but he an Sheik were no where in sight. She hears some shots in the distance as a flock of birds took to the skies. "Robin!" she called out again in panic heading down the trail the noise came from. When she comes to the end of the trail she sees him running in her direction. She sighs deeply relieved to see him well and it seemed he managed to evade Sheik. She leans on a tree while she lowers her head head and placed her other hand on her chest with a chuckle. Another poof of smoke appeared in front of Robin and Sheik shot him dead in the chest and he fell to his knees. "ROBIN!" Lucina screamed, Sheik spins around taking notice of her and began to fire off rounds at her but she ducked.
"Lucina run," Robin says weakly before fell to the floor staying motionless. Lucina stared in shock but had no choice, she turns and started running away from the area. She takes noticed that Sheik did not follow, she goes back and saw Sheik throw some sort of glowing net over Robin and he disappeared. She too disappears in a puff of smoke, and she turns from where the were and slowly walks away. She took off to the first hiding spot but a little down Robin had just been taken out, and she felt like she could of prevented that from happening however. Lucina hid in the tree they used to hide from Meta Knight in case Sheik was lurking around. She stayed in there a good while contemplating of how she could of saved Robin. She ventured down the path to the second hide out after hearing too much movement near the first, Robin was right about staying in one spot for too long. If she would of stayed any longer she would of been spotted and didn't want the risk of it being a hunter. She spots something on the path to the second hideout it was a small person standing there. Lucina sneaked away not wanting to take any chances the little figure disappeared into some bushes sometime later. She decides to continue to the second hide out, she move some bushes out of the way and came face to face with a snarling Bowser.
"Why hello there" he says with a toothy grin as he pointed a rifle at Lucina. She kicks it away and took off running hearing loud stomps behind her and all kinds of darts flying around. She finds the second hideout and quickly hid in it, Bowser came into view and he stops near the hideout, looking around while growling softly. Looking like he was sniffing the air and after he did he turned and faced her. Lucina felt her heart skip a beat while Bowser slowly stomped his way in her direction. Lucina stayed very still hoping he would leave and tightly closed her eyes. Bowser however kept looking around the bush and after a while he let out a loud roar and took off in a different direction. Lucina quickly took off in a panic not wanting to take any chances and ran into the tiny figure from earlier. It was none other then Bowser jr with a blue headband. Lucina quickly backed away while he readied his weapon with his little evil grin.
"Papa I got one!" he calls out. Lucina ran as the little reptile gave chase she was going to head back to the second hideout in hopes of loosing him. She ends up however running into Bowser, she turns only to see Bowser jr catch up, they had her trapped.
"The shot is all yours son!" he snarls blocking her escape while Jr readied his weapon, there was no way out of this one. Lucina shut her eyes admitting defeat but at the last second something dashed by and took her. A loud angry roar echoed through the forest as flocks of birds all flew in different directions. Lucina opened her eyes to see Star Fox's ace pilot with a green headband standing there with a smirk.
"You looked like you were in a little situation thought I lend you a hand" he says with a smirk and gives a salute and she sighs in relief. "Yes I was, thank you Falco I owe you one" she responded, "so um... w-want to stick together?" she asked the pilot.
"Um yeah, it's nothing personal but I prefer to work alone, but, if I see you again I'll gladly help you out" he says with an apologetic look.
"Oh no its fine, I understand in fact I know someone like that where im from." she responds waving him off and he nods, salutes and dashed off into the forest. she found herself near the third hideout and quickly proceeded down the path. She was really tired and needed to rest a couple minutes or she'll collapse. She enjoyed a good couple of minutes of rest silently listening to the waterfall, until shots were heard very close to her location. She peeks from in between the large rocks to see a small Link with a green headband running. Closed behind him was Ganondorf chasing the panicked little Link and Lucina decided to help. While Ganondorf was looking around she threw a small rock into some bushes in a different direction. He quickly took off in the direction of the noise and disappeared into the forest, the little Link got out of his hiding spot and looked around she threw another rock near him and he spotted her. He quickly goes over to the hiding spot and jumped over the rocks landing on his rear.
"Thanks Marth, man I thought I was a goner Ganondork has been chasing me for miles!" He tells her a little frustratingly while she just frowned.
"I'm Lucina, and you are very welcome." She responds sitting down leaning against a rock turning to face the little Link puzzled. He had a bizarre-ish look about him yet natural in someway he just sat there eyes close trying to catch his breath.
"By the way, who are you?" She asks as he opened one eye to look at her. "That and look a lot like Link yet somewhat different?" She finished as he closed his eye again and sighs before sitting up.
"Wait Lucina?" He says puzzled and snaps his fingers shortly afterwards. "Oh right! you're one of the newbies, and well, I basically am a reincarnation of Link, but from a different time period." he responds while peeking over the top of the rocks, he comes back down looking puzzled himself pointing a finger at her with a confused look.
"And you why do you look just like Marth but slightly more girlish than he already is?" he asked her looking all super confused while she ignored his comment.
"Well, I am a descendant of his from 2000 years ahead of his time. So um do you also go by the name of Link?" she responds albeit confused again so asked another question.
"I do but everyone calls me Toon Link, well for obvious reasons but i'd prefer if you call me just Toon. So Lu-? ... ... … Lady Marth, you seem to know what you are doing mind if I tag along?" he told her with a little innocent smile even puffing his cheeks a bit to appear more cutesy. Lucina however got a little annoyed at the last part, she grabs a stick and started writing down her name on the dirt.
"My name is L.U.C.I.N.A ok!" She says rather too harshly and tossed the stick aside after snapping it in half. "I don't like being called lady Marth someone dose that already and I hate it!" She tells the little hylian all irritated thinking back to the dark angel. Toon Link shrinks a little and nodded his head a couple times super fast, but immediately feels bad for acting so rash towards him. She knows he didn't mean it in a bad way unlike Dark Pit. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be so harsh, and yes you can tag along I could use the company" she tells him afterwards giving him a reassuring smile. Lucina explains the plan that Robin had come up with to Toon Link and all the hiding spots. She tells him of all the clues she and Robin had left behind so as to know the hiding spots.
"Wow! this Robin dude sounds like a freaking genius, man I got to meet him!" Toon said afterwards in a excited tone while Lucina lowered herself looking at the floor. Toon Link looks around and then he looks back at her with a puzzled look. "So where is the genius anyways out scouting?" He says scratching his head and she sighs brushing some hair away from her face.
"I'll gladly introduce him to you after the game" She responds solemnly and he silently "ohs" while fiddling with his fingers. "He um, got captured a while back, we were taken by surprise and he didn't make it." She finished looking a little sadden at the loss of her partner as Toon lays on the floor spread out.
"Yeah that sucks, I also lost my partner Ness. Yeah Ganondork took him out but I managed to escape." Toon says looking like he was thinking back to the event. She was about to say something else when they heard a couple of people approaching. Toon Link was about to peek from the top but Lucina pulled him down and shook her head, she motions him to stay down while see peeked from between the rocks. Ganon, Bowser, and Jr where approaching cautiously looking around.
"SHIT!" Bowser exclaimed and throws his gun on the floor while he stomps angrily. "This whole stupid forest is covered in those berry bushes, those things a have a strong scent, how am I suppose to track my prey!" he snarls and crossed his arms grumbling to himself and Jr looks at him confused.
"I also lost track of the little snot rag I was chasing, he's getting help though, that little freak is too stupid to pull something off." Ganon tells his companion, Toon Link seemed to get offended by his comment and was about to confront him until Lucina pulled him back down.
"Well Jr here already tagged and bagged four suckers ain't that right son!" Bowser says proudly as he patted his son on the back, jr stood in a proud pose then they hear a noise from deeper inside the woods separate and head into the woods.
"I see you!" Bowser shouts from within the woods and several gunshots are heard as well as his loud stomps. Lucina sighs in relief and looked back down to tell Toon the coast was clear, but he however was no longer present. She peeks from the top and spots him angrily stomping after Ganon rolling up his sleeves. Lucina quickly dashes after him before he makes a huge mistake, as he was about to reach him Lucina tackles him into a nearby bush.
"What the hell do you think your doing!" She harshly whispers to him, he was about to yell but she quickly placed a hand over his mouth, Ganon however took notice of all the commotion. He started looking around for the source of the random noise he just happened to hear. All the while Lucina was trying to contain a angered squirming Toon but they were making too much noise. Ganon moves some bushes aside and found the duo and smirked reading his weapon. Toon squirmed out of Lucina's hold and stomped forward towards Ganon raising his fists.
"Bring it Ganondork I'm not afraid of you!" he proclaims as he starts air boxing and hopping around. Lucina grabs Toon in her arms and took off running while darts flew all around them. Lucina kept on running while Toon continued to shout insults a Ganon making it hard trying to loose him with all the constant yelling.
"Can you be quiet, your giving us away and its attracting to much attention!" She exclaims while also realizing she had gotten lost in all the panic and confusion.
"Why! I can take Ganondork!" He responds punching the air, Lucina set him down and gave him an intimidating look making him shrink in fear. They hear people approaching and darts being fired, Lucina grabbed Toon's hand and kept on running. Though be it an unknown destination cause she had lost track of the path and was in an unfamiliar setting. Toon looks like he was tiring out cause he started to slow down soon after.
"Come on Toon just a little more we're almost to the next one" she breathes out tiredly nudging him to continue while they were both panting hard.
"Can't. too. tired. Cant move" he groans and slumped on the floor trying to catch his breath. All she could do at the moment was lean against a tree tiredly filling her aching lungs with air.
"Toon come on you can make it we're almost there hang in there" she desperately tells him lowering herself against the tree. She hears the hunters approaching and fast and she looks back at Toon worriedly, despite being worn out she picked up Toon and continued to run. Her lungs were burning and her legs were aching at that point but she was not about to just abandon him or give up she wanted to go on for Robin and his sacrifice. She keeps on running till she fell down a steep slope, Toon also fell out of her arms and she could not see anything, just hitting branch after branch until she finally hit the floor. She hears someone approaching but was to weak to do anything as a silhouette approaches but she just collapsed.
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Lucina wakes up and found herself in a cave. She sees the entrance covered by a waterfall a small entrance so the visibility of it was not noticeable perfect for hiding. Except for one thing, "how did I end up here?" She asked herself that as she looked around.
"Don't worry you're safe for now" A voice echoes through the small cavern softly.
"Who's there?" She asked looking around cautiously and sees the same silhouette from earlier approaching from the back. It stepped into the light to reveal Samus with a green headband in her fusion zero-suit. "Were is Toon Link?" Lucina asked looking around the cavern before she turns to face her again.
"Didn't see him it was just you sorry" Samus responds and disappears into the back of the cavern again.
"I have to look for him that boy is very clumsy!" Lucina exclaims quickly raising to her feet and heading towards the entrance. Samus appears out of nowhere again standing in front of the entrance.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you this whole place is surrounded by hunters." Samus tells her and crossed her arms indeed some rustling could be heard nearby.
"I can't just leave him out there while I stay here in safety, what kind of person would I be if I did that. No I already let down one partner I'm not about to let down another!" Lucina tells her and proceeded to make her way out, Samus however grabs her arm and pulled her back.
"You'll give us away no one has discovered this place and I intent to keep it that way" Samus tells her sternly. "Look I know another way out it's more hidden, but we'll have to wait till most of the hunters leave the area and I'll even help you search for Toon." Samus assured her while Lucina turns to look out towards the waterfall and sighs in defeat. Lucina agrees and decided to wait it out there was a lot of movement and noise from outside after all. After a while everything seemed to settle down Samus motioned her to follow and they went towards the back of the cave. Samus moved a large rock revealing a small opening Samus goes through and Lucina followed. They both drop down to the ground and Lucina sees the large cliff which contained the tiny cavern. Samus slowly walked with her back against the cliff and peeks from around the corner, once she was sure the coast was clear she motions Lucina to follow. They go back to were Samus found her and Lucina starts to look around the area. None too soon they heard a shout from Toon, and they both look at one another and quickly head in that direction. They make it but stopped imminently when they saw what was going on, Toon was once again hopping around in front of Ganon telling him to bring it. Lucina wanted to help him but Samus pulled her back "It's to late we have to go!" She tells her but Lucina turns with a desperate look in her eyes. Toon Link kicks Ganon on the shins making him drop his weapon and he takes off full blast. Lucina turns and rushes to his aid but Samus takes ahold of her and pulls her behind a tree for cover. Ganon quickly retrieves his weapon and shoots at Toon making him tumble and fall to the floor and slide face first ln the dirt. Ganon walks over and threw a glowing net over him making him disappear and heads off. Samus releases her and heads off while Lucina looks back before walking off after the bounty hunter.
Lucina follows Samus through the forest as it seemed everything did not go as planned. Lucina having already seemed to have lost two partners, Robin's plan seemed flawless at the beginning but later on into the game it had it's difficulties. While they were heading back, Link caught them by surprise he manage to hit Samus on the shoulder but they got away. They kept on running until Samus started to slow, "what's wrong?" Lucina asks her worriedly.
"That bastard got me" she says weakly "I'm becoming paralyzed in a few moments I won't be able to move." She responds while taking the dart out of her shoulder but by then the paralyzing serum had been fully injected into her.
"Samus hang on we are near a place we can hide its really secure," Lucina tells her and tries to help the bounty hunter to her feet, they were after all near the location were she meet up with Toon.
"No you go i'll only slow you down" Samus responds pushing her away and drops to her knees clutching her shoulder.
"No, i'm not leaving anyone else behind" she exclaims and helps Samus to her feet and puts her arm around her for support. They hid behind the rocks near the waterfall as Link was still giving chase. Lucina peeks through the rocks and sees him looking around, she got back down to see Samus with her head down fast asleep. "I'll lure him away I'll be back then we'll head back to the cave" she tells herself. Lucina sneaks away and caught Link's attention and managed to lure him away from Samus. She climbs up a large tree and hid there while Link searched around and took off. She made sure the coast was clear before she headed back towards Samus, Lucina makes it back to the rocks but Samus was not there anymore she looks around but found nothing. After a while she gives up and figured she got captured.
"looking for something" someone say behind her and she knew all to well who that voice belonged to…
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Lucina turns to see the dark angel standing there with that awful grin of his, not only that but he had a blue headband. "Your little friend may have gotten away but you wont escape!" He assures her rather sinisterly pulling out his rifle. Lucina was relieved to hear Samus got away but at the same time not so much as Dark Pit had her cornered. He was about to fire but she managed to kick his weapon away and push him down before making a run for it. She was going through the trees so Dark Pit would not be able to fly after her either, she did hear him running after her. She hides in some thick bushes hoping to loose him keeping as still and quiet as possible. He searched around but when he didn't find her he muttered a couple of curses and took off. Lucina left shortly after heading back to the small cavern Samus showed her. When Lucina was almost there going to cross a small trench Dark Pit suddenly appears and shot her. Lucina grabs the barrel of the gun tossing it aside and took off running again removing the dart from her side. She only got so far before she started succumbing to the effects of the dart. As she soon was on her hands and knees crawling slowly away. Dark Pit catches up none to soon and scoffs while slowly walking around her.
"I came this far to go out like this!?" She exclaims to herself while she stood there on all fours panting. "Robin I'm sorry I failed you" Lucina says to herself feeling herself getting weaker as her hands started to shake unable to support her any longer. Dark Pit plants his foot on her back making her drop to the floor as he stood over her with a wide psychotic grin.
"Now be a good girl and hold still while I put you out of your misery," Dark Pit says he shot her again making everything turn dark for her as her head touched the ground...
*Annoying commercial break*
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*End of Annoying commercial break*
Lucina materializes wearing her usual attire again and found herself in a tent with Robin standing next to her. "Well I was wondering how long you'd last, I even began to believe you might win" he tells her with a reassuring smile.
"Robin I'm sorry I let you down" she responds and lowers her head but he placed a hand on her chin lifting her head back up.
"Lucina come on it was our first try, hardly anyone succeeds their first try." Robin tells her while gently patting her on the shoulder. "Come Lucina the festival is being prepared I want to show you" he adds afterwards heading out and motioning her to follow. Lucina follows him out of the tent seeing the sun was starting to set the sky an orange hue. Lucina spots Toon punching things while cursing Ganon, he then kicks a booth and started hopping on one leg holding the other he spots her and waves as he approached.
"Lucina you're out!?" He says as be stopped in front of her and then makes a confused face. "Wait I saw you get away?" he tells her in confusion while scratching his head.
"Yes I escaped that time but I got taken by surprise later" she explains to him brushing some hair away from ber face.
"Wow that blows there were only four people left I thought you were going to win since you had your awesome plan" Toon says fist pumping.
"Well things are never what they seem besides that plan quickly fell apart. Oh that's right, Toon I almost forgot I said I was going to introduce you to Robin after the game well here he is!" She finished while motioning towards Robin who stood idly by.
"Oh I already meet him when I lost, yeah I just happened to run into him" Toon tells her with a shrug while adjusting his cap.
"Yes we have already meet although I have seen him about before, but I never really meet him in person for say." Robin adds soon after, there was another bright flash in the tent someone else has been captured. They all turn and see Zelda tumble out of the tent and approach the group.
"Zelda what happened to you?" Lucina asks asked her and she sighs while slowly shaking her head.
"Lucario, even if he can't use aura in there he is still good at finding hidden opponents" Zelda informs them with a pout.
"It appears there are only two competitors left, I wonder who these last two might be?" Robin says looking deep in thought.
"I know one of them is Samus she was never captured, although there was a close call I managed to help her escape" Lucina tells the group.
"I know the other person they were helping me, it's Falco, but then we got ambushed. I escaped and saw him manage to escape as well but I was chased by Lucario unfortunately" Zelda informs them.
"Oh yeah I also ran into Falco, he helped me when I was in a very tight situation but then took off just as fast" Lucina told the group about the earlier encounter with the pilot.
"Yeah that sounds like Falco alright he's of those "I work alone" type of guys, and yet, back in his dimension he is actually part of a team" Toon added shortly after with a shrug looking around the group.
"Well I thought I'd show Lucina around the festival since this is her first smash festival, and believe me Lucina the festivals here are a great deal different then that of our world." Robin adds to the conversation, everyone else seemed to joined in on showing Lucina around. Toon went and showed her roller coasters but from the looks of them she didn't seem to want to ride them when they open. Zelda showed Lucina to some mini games around the festival and explained how each is played if she happens to pass them later on when they are opened. And lastly Robin told her about the Ferris wheel that one didn't seem so bad, plus about the fireworks at the end of the festival.
"Wow there are so many things to do I actually can't seem to wait" Lucina told the group excitedly as they were heading back.
"And lets not forget about the best part, FOOD!" Toon exclaims shortly after thinking about it and drooling a little. The other two also mentioned about how great the food there was, even the weird verities of snacks and drinks like the deep fried chocolate bar that Toon kept talking about. The sky was starting to get darker and stars started appearing in the heavens above, however the game was still going on it seemed that the last to competitors were evading everything and everyone.
"Wow I can't believe they haven't been captured yet!" Toon says surprised as they continued walking.
"Yes Samus and Falco are some of the hardest smashers to bag" Zelda tells them.
"I wonder how since there's just the two of them how many are hunting them?" Lucina asked.
"I'd say about 27 or so smashers are hunting them down, and yet they have managed to keep evading everyone." Zelda responded and they spot the large crowed of fallen smashers gathered around a large stage. It was in the middle of the festival grounds, Master Hand was standing there looking at a large screen at the back of the stage. It showed all the smashers names that were in the game and many of those name were crossed off, at the end of the names seemed to show how long they have lasted, Lucina saw her name and the time displayed after was 7:34. Lucina had lasted seven whole hours before Dark Pit managed to get her by surprise, everyone seemed to be conversing to one another about their experience and who had the privilege of taking them down. Master Hand held a strange glowing orb in his hand most likely he was monitoring the smashers with it. She also spots Crazy not to far off dressed like a clown making balloon animals, live balloon animals. Toon link takes off a little while later to were there was the group of young smashers gathered. The screen changed afterwards showing the top hunters which were Meta knight and Bowser Jr, Both of them tied at four the next one of those two to catch someone wins, or it might end in a tie either between Mk and Jr or a three way tie if someone else gets a total catch of four as well.
Everyone kept on looking at the changing screens showing different status of the what was going on, everyone went dead silent when one of the hunted started to weaken. Everyone's eyes were glued to the screen eagerly awaiting the results of the winner of the competition. The screen changed to show a large map with blue dots scattered around and two green dots constantly on the move. After a while it seemed that all the blue dots were moving in on the location of the green ones, the two green dots were completely surrounded no way out as the blue dots formed a large oval around them. The two green dots were still on the constant move while the blue just kept on closing in, and then it happened one of the green dots disappeared it was over. "Smashers the competition is over! we have two winners one Hunter the other Hunted!" Master Hand announced to the crowd, a large flash came from the tent again and a silhouette stepped out into the light to reveal…
*Annoying Commercial break*
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Falco: had enough already?
Zelda: there is a easy way and a right way, only one is true and honest.
Roy: (points at camera) holy shit i'm on TV! (Starts wiggling around) i'm on Tv whoooooo! (Director face palms).
Marth: hey I was told I am to speak to some children to give them motivation, where are the children I only see a man holding a strange box? (Director starts pulling out hair)
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*End of Annoying Commercial break*
The silhouette stepped out of the tent to reveal Falco "AAH! damn you Fox!" he yells, the hunters then all materialized on the stage along with Samus.
"Smasher please congratulate our two winners of the tag em' n' bag em' game, Samus for evading her hunters until the very end, and Bowser Jr for taking out the most amount of Smashers. Congratulations you winners are now qualified to pick your prizes. We will discuss them later for now the Smash festival is open report to your assigned booths, then enjoy the rest of the night to yourselves" Master Hand finished and disappears off the stage. Robin instructed Lucina on were to go there was a large booth with the sword symbol on it, Marth, Ike, and Raven were already there. They had some merchandise that was for sale there for fans as well as people asking for autographs when they bought posters of them and merchandise of them.
Lucina didn't even know she had any fans, but yes, many people were there in line waiting to meet her and get a autograph. What she found amusing was the little figures of them they were giving out, Robin and Raven were handing out replicas of their swords and tome. Ike was handing out replicas of his sword, cape and headband even signing his name on them. Marth was handing out replicas of his sword and tiara to his admiring fan girls, Lucina however seemed to be handing out the same thing. The only thing that bugged Lucina though was the random flashes that occurred every so often when fans took pictures of them. Ike was the only one who didn't seem bothered by this as he kept on posing for them. There was also a couple of times when fan girls appeared cosplaying her also asking for autographs, Lucina found it amusing on how well those costumes looked though not exactly identical but close enough. When it looked like it was going to end the line just kept on getting more and more fans it seemed endless, lucky for Lucina though, Robin showed her a large stack of already signed posters which was a huge relief for her as her hand was going numb from all the signatures. A little cosplayer asked Lucina if she would take a picture with her to which she agreed, she couldn't turn down that adorable little child. It was all going good and she was actually enjoying herself, then it got really awkward when she saw a cosplaying couple of her and Robin kiss. They were near the booth too so she was sure Robin saw it too and Lucina turned a light shade of Pink.
The line kept on moving and then couple actually asked for both their autographs while holding hands. Raven kept on complimenting them on how cute they looked together while Lucina and Robin were completely avoiding each other the whole time. Ike was actually laughing the entire time all the while Marth looked on with a blank expression. Then the most horrible thing happened when Raven actually suggested that they all take a picture together. And much to their disagreement they were forced into it anyways, Robin and Lucina awkwardly got into the picture holding hands just like the couple, Lucina was deeply blushing the entire time. After the whole charade Lucina and Robin completely ignored each other going on about their business. After a while though Master Hand announced that the event was over and the smashers could relax, as Master Hand assigned his assistants to run the booths for the rest of the night. Marth invited Lucina to take a tour of the place since Robin disappeared immediately after. They went and played some of the mini games and they were kind of acting like parent and child, like Lucina begging for money to buy sweets, and or asking to go on different rides. Soon after they sat on some benches taking a rest while also eating cotton candy well Marth was.
"Are you sure this cotton is really edible?" She asks once again unsure staring down at the bag while Marth popped another piece in his mouth.
"Im positive, besides its not actually cotton, its just called that because of its appearance." He assures her and hands her a piece to which she cautiously takes a bite from.
"Oh that is good!" She says afterwards taking a large chunk and shoving it in her mouth, Robin then suddenly appears behind them.
"Evening, Marth mind if I borrow Lucina from you?" he says plainly as they both turn to face him blankly.
"May I ask for what?" Marth responds sounding off like a concerned father.
"Well in retrospect to "Hangout" as modern people seem to say nowadays " Robin responds while shyly looking away from her as she did so as well.
"Alright, just have her back before daylight alright kid" Marth teased with a short chuckle, Robin offers his hand to Lucina taking her along and stopped briefly while turning his head.
"Sure thing gramps" Robin teased back and he and Lucina walked away laughing. Marth just sat there with a blank expression before stood up with his hands waving in the air.
"GRAMPS!" he shouts followed by more laughter but is later tackled and carried off by a charging Ike followed by the other swordsman.
Robin lead Lucina to the Ferris wheel or rather the large line that formed in front of it as it was being opened.
"Lucina I went ahead and acquired us VIP tickets for this ride, since they go as soon as they come." He informs her as he leads her in both of them getting immediate access. "Also I saved the best for last you should really see the view from the top, there was a festival since before the tournament started I attended and this was my favorite part, now i'd like for you to enjoy it as well." He says as they took their seats next to each other and the ride kicked off shortly afterwards. "Plus and the main even in store" he finished as they were nearing the top Lucina tightly gripping her seat in fear. "Believe me this has been one of the most fascinating things I've seen" He assures her right after and she nods her head nervously.
"Well if you say so I guess I'll just believe you" Lucina responds, When the got to the top she saw the luscious green fields of the smash grounds illuminated by moonlight. Plus the soft twinkle of lights from the lit city a few miles off. Lucina was indeed fascinated by the view, it was wonderful in fact she was amazed by the whole thing. She could see a clear view of the moon and the stars surrounding it from that hight. When they stopped at the the top and Robin smiled while leaning back in his chair.
"Now for the best part" he says thrilled before Lucina could ask however the fire works started. They were all being formed of all the different symbols of fighters.
"They're beautiful" she gasps in amazement as Robin smiled leaning forward enjoying the fresh breeze gently blowing.
"Well Lucina the best part is approaching" Robin informs her as soon after a bunch of fireworks started shooting off into the sky in rapid succession. Then a huge one shoots off into the sky and formed the smash symbol in many different colors illuminating everything. Lucina was completely baffled by the whole thing as she had never seen something like that before. When they come back down they both take a stroll through the festival grounds, Robin even winning a little stuffed panda at a shooting gallery that he gives Lucina. Afterwards she begins to feel tired and Robin walks with her to the mansion to retire for the night. He walks her to her room and unlocks it for her and she turns to him tightly holding the panda in her arms.
"I had fun tonight thank you" she says with a warm smile before leaning in and giving him a kiss on the cheek. "Goodnight" she whispers and heads in closing the door gently behind her. She then buries her head into the pillow in embarrassment as her face lit up like a raging fire. "Why did I do that!?" She exclaims to herself banging her head against the pillow. She lifts her head back up to see the panda sitting there bringing a warm feeling to her heart as if it were melting. She tightly holds it in her arms as a smile spreads across her face though she didn't know what that wonderful feeling was. She closed her eyes with a sigh drifting off to sleep thinking about Robin as she couldn't seem to get him out of her head...
And that concludes the fourth chapter ladies and jets! So, so far what do you guys think the new chapters are really something huh. Which reminds me don't forget to review pwease (人*´∀)
Well then I hope to bring the next chapter much sooner but I cant guarantee anything. So, I think that is all, hm yup that seems about right wait im suppose to say something here. Tuffles? Tingles? Terwards? Twinkles? Tumbles? Tipples? Tuggles? No wait ah, Toodles! (* ﾟ∀ﾟ)ﾉｼ
Next Chapter: Duo.