A Walk Among Giants Chapter 28, a super smash brothers fanfic

A Walk Among Giants, Chapter 28: Death Plateau.

So be honest who'd you bet on?

Alright let's get ready to RUMBLE!

Special thanks to:

UltimateCCC: aye punch-out reference!

Thought that was my job…

Speaking of her…

TheShadowStarr23: wowee! someone was excited, glad you enjoyed it bud! And I hope you didn't blow out your excitement fuse with the last chapter cause there is more to come!

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*sigh...* "where should I even begin…" Master Hand says as he sets the remote down on his desk and leans back in his chair. The monitor that popped up slid back into its compartment after being shut off. The gloved being tapped his fingers on his desk impatiently as he shook his head. The lights in the room begin to brighten back up after being dimmed down.

"Sir if I could just-"

"No" came the stern reply, "no you can't!" he states as Lucina falters and sinks in her seat. "Samus!" He says pointing towards the bounty hunter standing patiently next to his desk. She had her arms behind her back and stood completely still while remaining stoic as always.

"Yes sir?" Came her quick reply while maintaining her pose.

"Would you be so kind as to remind these imbeciles of the number one rule of being in the city?" Master Hand asks while keeping his gaze straight ahead.

"Always stay in disguise, and don't draw attention to yourself." She replied quickly.

"It's that simple!" MH said shortly after as he resumed tapping his fingers on the desk. Each tap made Lucina more uneasy as it reminded her that it would lead to the dire consequences of what was to come.

"So then why? why, why, why, is it always forgotten?!" He exclaimed while slamming his hand on his desk.

"You really wanna know? Or do you just want to keep yelling?" Link asked unsurely from the back.

"I want to keep yelling!" MH says as he stands from his seat leaning over his table. He had his hands clenched together tightly as if he was imagining someone being in them. "I'm afraid I see no other choice here, you both are hereby suspended from the tournament until further notice!"

"You can't do this!" Lucina exclaimed while she stood from her seat.

"I can and I DID" MH Stated as he composed his posture.

"Then why isn't my partner here for this, and where is Marth, why is that drok here?" Lucina demands while pointing at Ike who was amongst the six rather than Marth.

"That dork… Erm man, is here because Marth was too hysterical to carry out his duty. He has been relieved of duty for the time being and Ike here has made a suitable replacement for the meantime." MH replies.

"Sir, excuse my interruption, but don't we usually have a vote on such matters?" Zelda speaks up.

"What's there to vote on?! rules are there for a reason. And it's NOT to be interpreted as a challenge to break them!" MH replies quickly.

"I see…" Zelda says and just steps back, hanging her head low to avoid the bluenettes gaze.

"You both will be on a one week lockdown suspension, your ID cards are to be deactivated immediately and all access to the mansion is revoked." Mh begins to inform Lucina of her fate and that of her partner.

"That's a bit harsh isn't it?" Peach says worriedly while looking at her fellow members.

"Samus, take her to the cells" MH ordered before he sat back down on his desk.

"Yes sir" the bounty hunter replied, grabbing Lucina by the arm and taking her away…

*Present…*

Laaaaadies and gentlemen, welcome our first ever volunteer contender: THE FOOLISH, THE BRAVE, KUROOOOOOOO!" The announcer bellowed while the crowd cheered with newfound excitement. Loud music began to blare all around the stadium as Pittoo and Doromongu circle each other. Lucina was still in her seat in a huff with her arms crossed not even paying attention she couldn't be bothered.

"You got guts kid, I'll give you that!" The large goron says as he stretches out his massive arms.

"You'll come to find that I have so much gut, I even got some to spare!" Dark Pit replied as he shrugged his shoulders and grinned.

"You're sure you want to do this?" The goron asked genuinely, "I've been in training since I was a mere boy. Fighting off terrible fire breathing lizards calle dodongos, in fact the place where I called home was often referred to as the Death Plateau by my people." He informs the dark angel before running a hand across his massive scar. "My training nearly cost me my life…" He says very sternly, however Pittoo didn't falter one bit.

"I was actually born into a war, I've been fighting since day one!" He says while outstretching his arms with a smirk on his face. "Now are we going to do this or are we just going to sit around and braid each other's hair?" He remarked as the goron scoffed and then smirked as he slammed his fists together.

"I like your spunk kid!" He admits as he gets in a combat stance. "Although I'd probably be more worried about what's going to happen to you after the match rather than during." The large goron said while motioning his head to the side. Dark Pit turns his head and sees Lucina in her seat glaring murderously at him while being surrounded by a dark aura.

"What, that?" Dark Pit scoffed, he turned and raised his hand towards her. It was confusing until she realised he was flipping her off from underneath the towel that was placed over his shoulders. She got up and practically walked away from him, pushing the peanut guy out of the way, well more like launching…

"I get it now, you like to live very dangerously!" Doromongu said while Dark Pit just nodded his head with a mischievous grin on his face. Maybe Doromongu didn't need to worry so much, well maybe for his opponent that is. He seemed to have been locked in a cage with a complete psychopath!

*BUUUUUUUUZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!*

"UGH!" Lucina exclaimed while slamming her fist into a wall. "This isn't fair, this is stupid!" She states and crosses her arms while fuming.

"I don't think getting worked up is going to help anyone…" Terry says while he was resting on a medical bed. He had his entire abdomen wrapped in bandages.

"He NEVER listens to me, and I just know, KNOW his little stunt will come back and bite us in the ass!" She says while she paced around the room.

"Well it probably has to do with the fact that you try to control him, he has a very negative stance towards authority." Terry says as she just shakes her head.

"It's all he responds to!" She says frustratingly, "he only listens if I make him listen!" She admits as Terry just chuckled and tried to sit up.

"That's what you might think, however he tends to only enjoy defiance only when he is challenged about it. Think about it, in his early life he was always trying to be controlled. Since he got his freedom he's seen authority as nothing more than a challenge to him." Terry informed her which made her come to a sudden stop and look in thought.

"No that's a load of rubbish, I've tried being genuine with that prick and he just throws it in my face!" She quickly responds and resumes pacing back and forth impatiently.

"Have you really tried though? Because he only challenges you if you come on too strongly with your words. Every time I've seen you both you were constantly trying to order him around. You can't be like that with him, you got to stoop to his level. Don't care so much about it or at the very least pretend you don't. You'll see his response will change very drastically from before." Terry says a little more assuringly.

"Have I told you how we met?" She says as she stood next to him, "from day 1, DAY ONE, he has been nothing but a pain in my ass!" She says while clenching her hands tightly.

*flashback*

She was so preoccupied with her thoughts that when she turned the corner she went face first into a stranger who was also going down the hall at fast speeds. "Watch where you are going stupid!" He quickly remarks while looking at her with complete disdain.

The impact sent her back making her land on her rear, "I'm terribly sorry I didn't see you there-" she was instantly cut off by that fated response.

"Whatever, just get out of my way blueberry snot head!" Came his quick snarky reply, he just looked down at her with a scowl.

"Excuse me!?" She demanded, but the dark angel simply walked away from her. To him she was just a waste of his time, it was pointless to stand around there and squabble with an imbecile.

"You heard me!" he remarked and simply continued walking. That is until Lucina marched right up to him and roughly grabbed him from the shoulder. She turned him around while glaring at him for his rude remarks.

"What is your problem! I've apologized for my mistake!" she raised her voice at him. Honestly how could someone be this nasty and inconsiderate.

"Yeah well guess what? it wouldn't of happen if you weren't so stupid!" He fires back, Lucina was getting very irritated at that point and found her hand tightly gripping the handle of her sword.

"I think now you owe me an apology!" She says while getting in his face challengingly.

"Better idea!" He says sarcastically, "why don't you leave me alone, AND go be stupid some place else hm?" He said mockingly before shaking his head and walking away. He had wasted enough time with her and his patiences was completely worn out. That's when Lucina made the choice to seal her fate, she pulled out Falchion and connected the tip with his back. She let her anger get the better of her and shook a little from her anger as she tightly gripped the sword.

"I didn't hear an apology!" She stated angrily, he was completely out of patience though and only turned his head slightly while he gritted his teeth, he began to growl out frustrated…

*end flashback*

Terry listened intentionally as the bluenette recalled her first encounter with the dark angel. She stopped momentarily as she bit down on her knuckles in frustration. Thinking back to that encounter always got her worked up.

"So not only did you not leave him alone, especially considering he was in a bad mood. But you actually confronted him, at sword point might I add, and demanded he apologize to you?" He says as he raises his eyebrow.

"No! He…" She began "I...!" She says but she lost her words, again…

"You came at him so aggressively and authoritative of course he was going to react negatively towards you!" Terry said to her as she groaned to herself loudly and hunched her shoulders. "Hey what are you…" he says as she walks to the back and begins slamming her head on the metal lockers in the back.

"Once again, I find out it's all my fault!" Slam*

"Im…" slam*

"Just…" slam*

"Sooo…" slam*

"Stupid!" slam*

"Hey come on stop that, that's not going to solve anything!" Terry says while holding out his hands. She stops and turns to look at him with a crazed look in her eyes.

"See that's where you are wrong, if I give myself a concussion I can forget about all this!" She claims before smashing her head against the metal again and leaving a large dent in it.

"Hey, hey ok, let's calm down for a second…" Terry said while grabbing her from the shoulders and sitting her down on a bench nearby. She looked completely defeated at that point, Dark Pit had won and she just came to realise that. "Okay better?" Terry said as he kneeled down next to her.

"This whole time I blamed him for my misfortunes, when in fact it turns out I completely played myself…" She breathed out.

"Hey it's not all that bad, he's just that type! I mean even he and I got into a brawl when we first met." He assured her while she just exhaled.

"You seem to know more than you let on don't you?" She asked curiously while she leaned back.

"Well yeah, you can find out everything you need to on the official Smash website…" Terry replied as he took out his phone to show her.

"There's a website…" She sighed while slowly turning her head to look.

"Not that tech savvy yet huh?" Terry asked as he pocketed his phone.

"I'm still trying to wrap my head around the concept of electricity!" she replied while whirling her finger around her head. Terry just sort of chuckled to himself, "but it's not like my partner came from any tech savvy dimension himself!" She added shortly after as Terry looked around.

"Speaking of which, where is your partner?" He asked seeing as she went off to the back alone.

"Oh you didn't hear?" She said as she sat up, "he decided to jump in as soon as you were carried off believe it or not!" She said exasperated in a high pitched voice. She then grumbles to herself and leans back again shaking her head.

"Erm, aren't you guys supposed to be keeping a low profile?" He asked while she simply waved him off.

"Relax no-one will realise who he is, especially considering he's not one for crowds and conversations." She assured him.

"Yeah but this is being broadcasted on all TV stations meaning there is a high chance the higher ups might see it…" He adds as she completely jumped from her seat.

"What?!" She exclaimed.

"Plus there has never been a volunteer fighter in ages, meaning it might also be on the evening news…" He added, but she had heard enough she stood from the bench and completely bolted out the room.

*meanwhile*

Dark Pit charged right in as soon as the loud buzz sounded out through the stadium. The goron grabbed him by the face and slammed him down unto the ring as the crowd reeled back. It had seemed this bystander entered something he couldn't quite comprehend, and it now looked as if it was over just as quickly as it started…

Until of course Dark Pit shot right back up causing the crowd to start roaring in excitement again. He charged at the Goron again while tackling him head on although it didn't faze Doromongu, he did manage to push the goron back which took him by surprise. The Goron just decided to drop his weight unto the angel but Dark Pit anticipated this and quickly rolled away. The large Goron slammed unto the ring, surprised again at the speed of his opponent. Before he could get up however Dark Pit quickly jumped on his back making him crash back down. He grabbed one of Doromongu's legs and pulled it back with all his might as the Goron struggled to get back up. The crowd had lost it, the entire stadium had lost their marbles as the referee quickly jumped into the ring.

Slam* "3!"

Slam* "2!"

Before the referee could continue Doromongo quickly and panicked rolled right out of the ring, clunking against the cage surrounding it. He just sat up and stared in complete shock, he almost just lost to a bystander. The undefeated champion almost lost to a bystander! His heart was pounding in his chest and his mind was whirling. Dark Pit was standing on the ropes edging the crowd on as they roared loud enough to shake the stadium, not literally, but still. All those times he took on Ganondorf and Bowser were paying off, he knew the ins and outs of taking on opponents larger and vastly heavier than himself. And this Goron had nothing on the king of koopas in his opinion.

"Don't tell me you're getting tired old man?" Dark Pit remarked as he hopped down and crossed his arms.

This boy, the audacity, he seemed to like to do as he pleased and had the strength to back it up. The large goron exhaled loudly as he stood up again, no more holding back! He quickly charged right in, or at least tried to but his ascend was short lived from a kick to the face by said angel. He quickly took hold of one of Pittoo's legs and slammed him against the cage as the crowd cheered on. "Now that's more like it!" Dark Pit exclaimed with pure excitement.

"You're insane!" Doromongu replied as he began to see this boy in a new light. He wasn't stuck in here with a goron, Doromongu was stuck in there with him.

"Wouldn't have it any other way!" He states as the Goron makes a grab at him, but he jumps up and over the goron instead as the crowd gets louder with excitement. The Goron then fakes an attack which catches the angel off guard, he whirled around and kicked the angel in the back making him slam down to the floor.

"Oooooh!" The crowd cried as Pittoo slammed unto the floor and laid there holding his back in pain. Doromongu wasn't going to take any more chances with this kid and intended to finish him off quickly. He raised his arms and then slammed a fist into an open palm as the crowd began to cheer once more.

"BULLDOZE!"

The crowd began to chant as Doromongu prepared to do his finisher move, just as he'd done to Terry before him. He quickly rolled into a ball headed straight for the downed angel who quickly picked himself up and got on the ropes again. The crowd went nuts again as the goron unrolled himself baffled, he thought Pittoo might have been out for good. Dark Pit however took the opportunity of confusion and knocked the goron on his back by planting both feet in his chest. Doromongu toppled over and of course due to his physique struggles to get upright again. Dark Pit calmly walked over before he sat on him and called over the referee again as the crowd went completely insane again. The referee rushed over as Dark Pit laid back with his hands behind his head as he figured the goron was as good as pinned now.

SLAM* "1!" The crowd cried out as Dark Pit began to grin, it's been a while since he's been this thrilled before and he was enjoying every second of it.

SLAM* "2!" The referee brought his hand down again, and Doromongu just considered giving in, at one point or another he knew Pittoo could potentially just tire him out as well. What he thought was going to be easy prey turned out to be a run for his money!

*meanwhile*

"You can't possibly cancel at the last second, are you crazy?! Do you know how many people you could simultaneously just upset?" She states in disbelief.

"I am well aware of it, but the problem still remains that we are having problems with the portals!" HM says as he leaned back in his chair. "If we are to do this, I want it done right!" MH adds as he collected the papers on his desk and stacked them neatly before setting them aside

"Sir the invitations have all been sent out already, canceling at the last second is the worst move we could pull right now." Samus cut in as she stepped up to the gloves desk moving Peach aside.

"Not to worry, I have already taken care of it!" MH assured them.

"What of all the unprepared food we have laying around you really think it'll last a whole week?" Link said as he now stepped up to the desk himself. MH turned to face him as he rubbed a hand across his palm/chin in thought.

"Thatwouldn'tbesuchabadthing…" Peach quietly whispered under her breath.

"Just put it into deep freeze, we'll thaw it out the day before and it'll still be fresh." MH says as he waved off the elf.

"So that's it then the visitor's weekend has been pushed back a whole week?" Peach said as she slumped her shoulders.

"Well look on the bright side, it gives us more time to really plan things out." Zelda says reassuringly as she places a hand on Peach's shoulder.

"Er, what she said" MH said as he motioned to the hylian princess with his head. "Well then you all know the drill chop, chop!" MH finished as he ushered the Six out while clapping his hands. As soon as he closed the door to his office he saw that his hands began to shake and he quickly rushed over to his desk. He leaned over and began to breathe out heavily while he tried to calm himself.

"It's happening again brother!" Crazy Hand says as he appeared and looked torn, quite literally.

"It'll pass" Master Hand assured him, "it always does…"

*back at the stadium*

"Argh!" Doromongu shouts out frustratingly, he was not about to let himself lose to this pleb. Not when he's come this far, and remained an undefeated champion. He takes hold of Dark Pit and launches him across the ring making him slam against the cold hard cage. The referee quickly retreats as the Goron manages to cancel out the count down once more. He rolls up again and manages to get to his feet again and Pittoo slowly starts to raise. No more games, it was time to show this boy exactly why HE was the champion!

*BUUUUUUUUZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!*

The loud sound blared through the stadium as the cage began to slowly lift itself up again. "Ladies and gentlemen, the contender did it! He lasted a whole five minutes caged with our champion!" The announcer called out completely baffled. The crowd began cheering for him as someone came up to Dark Pit and handed him a little trophy.

"Kuro!"

The crowd began to chant as Dark Pit just crossed his arms dismissively, he was just getting into it when the fun was abruptly cut short. He walked over to the guy with the mike and yoinked it from his hands with a big grin on his face. "We're not about to cut the fun short when it was just getting interesting are we?" He says as he turned to the crowd who began to murmur amongst themselves. "Keep it going!" He begins while he edged the crowd on with him.

"Keep it going!"

They all began to chant afterwards as the executives began to discuss with themselves over the roaring crowd. One of them stood on a table and held two thumbs up and the crowd began to holler and cheer. Doromongu ultimately was for it, after the humiliation this boy put him through he wasn't just about to let him walk away. So he just simply said 'bring it on' as everyone got more excited. Pittoo dropped the mike and began climbing back into the ring before he spotted Lucina come running from the back. "Oh damn it's the one and only buzz kill…" Dark Pit remarked loudly and those around him began to laugh.

Terry was right! She spotted the camera crew catching every glimpse of Pittoo they could. She turns to see his face magnified on the big screen in the back and she doubted it wouldn't take long for someone to connect him to the infamous smasher. She quickly rushed over as he remained halfway up the ring and just smiled mischievously. "We have to go right now!" She stated as the camera crew now zoomed in on her and she was magnified on the big screen.

"Aww what's wrong, you worried about me?" He said mockingly as his shoulders rose and fell as he tried to stifle his laugh.

"I'm more worried about the stupidities you are about to commit!" She shot back but he just kept that mischievous smile up. "Now I'm not going to ask again, get down from there we need to leave!" She said very sternly while the crowd booed her but she could care less.

"Read the room princess, the crowd hath spoken!" He proclaimed and prepared to go into the ring anyway.

"Alright you douchebag you asked for it!" She exclaimed and walked over towards where the crowd was and took a beer bottle from someone's hands. She then rushes back before the dark angel gets in and holding it very tightly broke the bottle over his head. He loses his hold, falls, and bangs his head on the way down getting completely knocked out cold.

"Ooooooh, taken out by a woman!" The guy with the mike called out as he rushed over. The crowd gasped loudly and everyone seemed to have gone silent for a moment. "It seems this boys crusade was cut short by the ol' ball and chain ladies and gentleman!" He says as he poked Dark Pit with his foot but he was completely unresponsive. Lucina just turned to glare at the guy and placed her hands on her hips.

"Hey Lady what're-" Doromongu began as he headed over but she just pointed at him, making him stop in his tracks as he was halfway out the ring.

"You keep your big ass in there unless you want to be turned into a pile of pebbles, this doesn't concern you!" She shouted at him as he backed up slowly with his hands raised.

"Oh! is there no end to the terror of Mrs Crusader tonight ladies and gentleman?" The mike guy called out as he got up in their space again. Lucina just turned to him and laughed to herself wagging her finger at him and shaking her head. She walked over to an empty table as he once again tried to get a response from Dark Pit via poking him with his foot. He didn't notice Lucina had grabbed a metal chair and folded it up and picked it up raising it over her head. "It appears our young crusader here is not going to be with us for a while folks, no I think the Mrs had it out-" his words were cut short when a metal folding chair was broken over his head and he crumbled to the ground next to Dark Pit.

"Oooooooh!" The crowd called out simultaneously as soon as the chair made contact. And that's when security finally decided to intervene. Two guards immediately came up from behind and took hold of her arms trying to restrain the supposed crazed woman.

"Let go of me!" She shouted as she struggled in their hold and now the camera man was all up in her face since she knocked out the mike guy. "Get that thing out of my face before I shove it up your ass!" She threatened but he didn't falter, he felt pretty confident with two security guards there. Nothing could possibly go wrong right?

Wrong! In an instant she turned and headbutted one of the guards holding her and he dropped to the floor holding his head in pain. She stumbled a bit in a daze from the blow while the other security guard stood there frozen in shock. She then turns to see the camera guy still filming her and she smiled as sweetly as she possibly could. "I warned you what would happen buddy, and I hope you always wondered what your insides looked like!" She says as her smile slowly fades and he turns and runs away at that moment. She chased after him as the security guard who was still standing chased after her. "Get back here you little turd!" She shouted at him as the crowd watched in amusement as they laughed, it was like something straight out of a comedy. The big screen in the back just showed a whirl as the cameraman ran around in circles of the ring with Lucina hot on his heels. After a while the security guard chasing her gets dizzy and runs to the corner and begins puking his guts out.

Lucina eventually catched the cameraman as the crowd was hollering with laughter. Before she could keep her promise however and show the man the inside of his rectum she was tackled to the floor by three more security guards. They had trouble trying to restrain her as she flailed around and it didn't help that the cameraman was still there. As they tried to calm her down she bites one of them causing them to put a sack over her head. Eventually more security arrived and the large group of about seven eventually began to carry her out with some minor complications. One of them hoists Dark Pit on his shoulder and follows after the group carrying Lucina while the medical staff carry off the mike guy…

*later*

"Ow my head…" Dark Pit groaned as he slowly regained consciousness.

"Well look who's finally awake, it's the one and only KUROOOOOO!" Lucina said mockingly as she tore off another piece of a muffin and ate it. They were both sitting outside of a small cafe that overlooked a large sparkling river. There was a large white umbrella stretched over their heads that connected to the white table between them. There was a bowl on the table filled with warm muffins and two cups of coffee for each of them with a little flower design on it, next to that was a plate filled with soft and warm cookies. He was propped back into his chair and was wearing a pair of sunglasses, to anyone passing by it would have just looked as if he fell asleep.

"What happened, what did you do?" He groaned as he sat up and removed the sunglasses running his hands down his face.

"nothing you wouldn't do" she replied with a shrug and took a sip of her coffee. He just lowered his hands and gave her a bored look, "hey don't look at me pal I did the rational thing." She claims as she picked up a muffin and offered it to him. "Muffin?" She asked innocently as if nothing had happened and took a bite of her own, he could see the stadium they were in across the river a few blocks away. He just slapped her hand away making the muffin splat unto the floor. "Hey don't waste them!" She protested looking down at the poor baked good splat on the floor.

"Dammit blue why do you have to ruin everything!" He states frustratingly as he stood from his seat.

"Well I only did what I did because you were drawing too much attention, I just saved you, you should appreciate the fact that I had the courtesy to help you out." She says but he just angrily shoved his cup off the table making it splatter on the wall.

"And who the hell said I wanted your help!" He said in a huff as she stared at the coffee running down the wall.

"That was a peace offering! Could you stop acting like a savage barbarian for one second?!" She says as he continues to glare at her.

"So you completely ruined my day, and thought you could make up for it by buying me sweets?!" He said in disbelief.

"Actually, you bought the sweets technically…" She said while shrugging and picking up her muffin before he slapped it out of her hands to the floor. "What is wrong with you?!" She remarked and crossed her arms.

"What the hell is wrong with you! You're such a damn drag! honestly you can't go a damn day without having a stuck up your ass!" He exclaimed angrily.

"And you can't go a single day without getting into deep shit!" she shot back as he gripped the table tightly and it shook from his tight hold. "You aren't honestly going to stand there and be angry at the fact that I pulled you out before you could blow our cover!" She states as she raised from her seat now. "You realized you could've broken several rules with your little stunt back there?!" She berated him

"I could give less of a rats hairy asshole about you or your rules!" He fires back.

"Well you should start, you can't keep acting like a damn child!" She said while raising her voice.

"Can't I just have one day, ONE DAMN DAY!" He remarks, "I can't have anything anymore much less a shred of fun without you bitching at me!" He says, "and quite frankly I'm tired of you and everyone else, you say I could be less of a child well guess what princess? You could do with being less of a BITCH!" He shouts back.

"Because all you do is cause trouble or harm others!" She says, "you have no right to get mad and throw your petty insults at me!" She quickly retorts.

"Oh really? Bitch!" He challenged, "what's stopping me?" He remarked.

"Call me that again, I dare you!" She shouted at him.

"BIT-" His word was cut short as a hand roughly came across his face. The sound loudly echoed throughout the vicinity and it seemed as if every sound had faded and time had stopped. Dark Pit raised his hand to his cheek that began to sting as he turned his head back to gare at the bluenette. She had her arm outstretched still after she had slapped him across the face with all her might. She slowly lowered her hand prepared for the worst but he just stood there completely still. His cheek had gone a bright red now where she had struck him. He kicked his chair away and walked away without a single word and without looking back. She slumped back down in her seat looking down at her hand that felt a twitch on it…

*Mansion*

"So it turns out he was right" Samus began as she looked over a large screen, "the portals are all trying to simultaneously open at once. Should that happen there is a high probability that two or more worlds could collide and that would be disastrous." She informs them as she continues to look over several programs running diagnostics on the portal system. "There is some sort of glitch happening with them at the moment" she adds. The Six were currently in one of their hidden rooms in the attic, it was a small cramped room with a large holographic screen in the back. Under the screen were several machines hooked up to it and six large seats spread around the room. There was one single lamp post above them which was shut off at the moment meaning their only light source was the screen. The room was flooded with a soft teal tint from the screen, in conclusion the room sort of resembled a cockpit of a ship than anything.

"What's causing it?" Zelda asks as she leans over the Bounty Hunter's shoulder.

"That's the thing, I can't pinpoint the source of the glitch it's like if it keeps moving!" She states frustratingly as she typed away.

"The fact that we managed to combine magic and technology still blows my mind…" Link said from the back as he looked at the large screen before them while leaning on the back wall.

"If the malicious entity is magic based then Zelda could potentially trace it if we connect her to it right?" Peach asked from the back as she sat back in a chair twirling her umbrella in her hands. Zelda and Samus turn to look at her then each other for a moment.

"She's right!" Samus said as she rose from her seat and rushed to the back of the room and opened a little compartment and started rummaging through it. "I found it!" Samus states as she pulled out a little device and held it up. Someone then grabs her arm and she turns to see Marth holding her arm.

"Is it safe though?" He asked sternly, "since we are dealing with an unknown we must be weary of all the risk this strategy might come with." He states as they all turn to look at each other.

"The-a real question is-a, are you-a willing to-a take the-a risk?" Mario chimes in as he turns towards the hylian princess.

"I…" she began before Link paced his hand over hers looking strictly concerned. "Yes, I am, if there is any chance we can fix this here and now I am willing to risk it." She replied as she took hold of Link's hand with an assured look.

"Very well, let's get started!" Samus said as she sat at the front again and connected the device in her hand to the system. It boots up and begins to flash as Samus tuned it for their little experiment.

"If the slightest thing happens I'm pulling you out" Link tells Zelda sternly.

"It'll be fine, I promise" she assured him and kissed his hand.

"Alright we're all set" Samus says as she sets the little device down and Zelda steps up to it. The other members all stood behind Samus's chair watching intently. She pressed her hand on the device that latched to it and her hand began to glow with a soft golden light. The large screen began to flicker before it began to run rampant searching through itself getting faster by the second. The more it went on the more the screen began to spasm and flicker uncontrollably, at the same time they began to see dark particles begin to swirl across the screen. Peach gasps as she places a hand over her mouth and drops her umbrella.

"What in the blazes is that?!" Samus exclaimed.

"Whatever it is, it's not letting me get to its exact position!" Zelda called out still latched to the device with her eyes closed deep in concentration. The particles grew thicker now and whirled everywhere as the screen spasmed uncontrollably being barely visible now. For a fraction of a second they saw it…

A massive whirling mass all concealing a bright orb at the center of it, the mass seemed to be taking on different forms as well. That was all they saw before a warning began flashing across the screen and the machine began to whirl and spark out of control. Zelda let out a short startled cry before Link rushed over and hacked the device off her hand. He pulls her back and they both fall to the floor but it seemed the device was still going on its own. The bulb on the lamp burst out sending sparks around the room. A large dark figure emerged from the screen briefly before it all faded away.

They all stood there in stunned silence in complete darkness, trying to comprehend what they just saw. They hear a slight whirring as Samus suit lights come on giving the room some light again. "Is everyone alright?" She asked.

"We're fine," Link says as he helps Zelda to her feet again.

"What in the-a mamma mia was-a that?!" Mario blurts out as he places his cap back on his head.

"I have no idea, however we have another problem, whatever it was it came from within the mansion so it's not an outside force we are dealing with!" Zelda informed the group worriedly.

"We better report this to Master Hand immediately then, the longer we sit on this the worse it can get!" Samus declared and she headed towards the door with everyone behind her. As soon as they reach the ground floor via the elevator they hear a loud commotion in the lobby. They all head there and find every smasher there speaking over the other.

"What's going on here?" Samus demanded as the room began to quiet down.

"You guys didn't feel or see that!?" Toon shouted from the back, "Holy cow I think I almost shat myself!" He says as he holds a hand over his chest.

TMI dude!" Link called out.

"What exactly happened here?" Peach asks, concerned seeing the panic going about.

"We were all going about our business when suddenly we were all swarmed into darkness for a few seconds, it's as if we were all inside a void…" Rosalina informed them while the others nodded and murmured. The six turned to look at each other and the same thought crossed their minds.

"Don't worry everyone, we'll get to the bottom of this, in the meantime carry on with your activities, I'm sure it's nothing of high concern." Zelda tells the large group and the Six begin to make their way towards Master Hand's office. They rush towards the back and enter without knocking the situation called for it anyway.

"Master Hand we have urgent news for you!" Samus speaks up as she enters first.

"Don't you people know how to knock anymore?!" MH states as he hurriedly came out of the back room.

"It's really urgent so whatever little silly squabble you got going on back there it can wait!" Peach exclaimed as she walked up to him and shook him by the shoulders.

"Actually it can't wait!" He states and crosses his arms. Samus was about to protest when they heard a distorted shout from the back room, it sounded like someone shouting in a scratched CD. The Six look at each other before rushing off towards the back room.

"Hey hold on you don't have permission to go back there you dolts!" MH states as he goes after them. They burst through the door and found Crazy in his cage, although he looked very distorted as if he was about to explode.

"What the hell is he doing!?" Marth exclaimed as he looked on horrified. Crazy turned to them as he continued to spasm and it shook the room causing the lights to flicker.

"ToOyS!" He says in a distorted voice.

"What's happening to him, what's he doing?!" Samus said as she turned towards Master Hand.

"Don't worry I have things under control!" MH assured them as he walked towards his brother.

"Don't worry?" Zelda saud in disbelief, "do you have any idea what is happening out there?" She said as Master Hand turned to her puzzled.

"What do you mean?" He asked.

"Crazy almost took out the entire mansion right now!" Marth claimed as Master Hand just held his head.

"I didn't…" He said as he stumbled about.

"We-a have to-a do something here, before he-a goes critical!" Mario said as the room shook again.

"I'm handling it!" MH says as his hands begin to shake momentarily.

"I fEeL lIkE i'M aBoUt tO lEt oUt a rAInBow!" Crazy bellowed as he began to flake now.

"Can't you just throw him into another dimension!" Peach said worriedly as she planted her back against the wall away from them.

"I can't do that, think of what would happen to that dimension!" MH remarked he held the wall.

"Is this what happens when you have a heart attack?" Link said as he held on to his hat.

"There's too much to do…" MH said so more to himself.

"Alright you know best how to deal with this apparently, so we'll look after things while you sort this out!" Samus tells him.

"I can't just up and leave!" He states.

"That's what we are here for, we'll take the extra workload, besides the fact remains that this way more urgent!" Samus informs him.

"She's right, we'll handle things from here. You can't forget the fact that he almost just wiped us out!" Zelda called out.

"Right… Right! I guess I can entrust you guys for now" MH says as he snapped his fingers and crazy faded away and the room went back to normal. "I won't be long, I trust you can keep things under control till then" he says.

"Oh you can count on it sir!" Samus reassured. He nodded before he snapped again and went off, probably to the same place as crazy.

"Well it looks like we have some work to do" Zelda said as she brushed some hair from her face.

"Yeah let's get right on that then!" Peach said as she hurriedly left the room.

*back in the city*

Lucina had lowered herself in her seat after she had just struck Dark Pit across the face. Her hand still had a tingle from the impact of it. She just looked back up to see the dark angel walking away from her. That is until she felt the ground began to shake and she looked around panicked. Dark Pit stopped in his tracks and turned to look at her as the ground was rumbling. Dark particles began to float up from the ground and surround them rapidly consuming the world. Lucina got to her feet quickly and tried to make her way towards her partner but he had vanished. She seemed to be standing in the middle of an empty void again

"Blue?!" She heard Pittoo shout but the sound seemed to be echoing all around her. She turned in every direction but she couldn't see anything.

"What's going on?!" She shouted over the sound of rushing wind, although it wouldn't be felt it sounded as if powerful winds were whirling around them. Her voice echoed and she got a slight response but she could make out what he said. "Where are you!" She said aloud trying to locate the angle while constantly looking over her shoulder. She heard his voice again and it sounded as if it was getting more distant and she followed the echo. She began sprinting towards where she thought the sound came from but the whirling wind began to get louder. "Pittoo!" She called out exasperated however she received no reply this time. She turned another way and started sprinting in that direction even though she was completely lost now.

Eventually she ended up running into Dark Pit who looked like he was about to call out again. "It's happening again!" She said in a panic as she gripped his arm.

"I can see that…" He responds before they hear a deep bellow from within the void. They both had their backs to each other while looking every which way at the swirling mass. They then see two shadowy figures begin to form within the swarm around them. Once the figures had stood upright they began circling the duo.

"Whatever happens now I just want you to know-" She began saying in a shaky voice before they hear the bellow again only much louder and closer.

"I know" he responds plainly, and right after seconds later the swarm began to disperse and they could see some light start to peek in. After a while they were both standing at the banks of the river while overlooking the sky that started to turn orange. They both just stood there silently while trying to control their breathing. They both looked completely lost as they tried to comprehend what they just went through.

"What just happened?" Lucina breathed out.

"You can let go now…" Dark Pit states as she looked down to see she was clutching his arm tightly. But she was unable to move at all and she was still frozen in shock.

"I-I… can't move!" she admitted as she still tried to comprehend what just happened.

"You look completely pale" he tells her as she just sat down on the bank of the river, well more like just dropped her weight on the floor. He just sat down next to her as he needed a moment to collect his thoughts as well. He leans back supporting himself on his hands as he breathes in deeply. "What are we doing?" He said in a flat tone as he hung his head back and closed his eyes.

"Sitting by a river apparently" she said as she tossed a stone into the water.

"I mean us in general, what are we doing?" He says as she watches the ripples glide across the calm waters.

"I don't know anymore…" she admits as she hugged her knees resting her head on them.

"We are imagining things now, what happened was no mere coincidence it was intentional. You heard the old phrase lightning never strikes twice." He says while she thought it over.

"Now that you mentioned it" she responded. "There was no record of it from before as well, meaning there is a high chance it was well and truly fabricated. But for what cause I can't possibly guess."

"We're being watched," he says as she turns to see a glint from within a building across the river. Indeed she saw a shadow move away from the window entirely. "I'm not about to play whatever game this is and I'm definitely not going to let this spoil my mood." He adds as he sits up again and chucks a rock into the river.

"I may have been a little rash before, I'm sorry" she said afterwards as he exhaled.

"A little?" He scoffed while she gave him a look.

"You know what I mean!" She states plainly while giving him a bored look.

"I guess I might have gone a little overboard myself, however I'm at least mature enough to admit my faults." He adds shortly after and she gives him another look before she smacks his arm.

"So now you want to set things straight?" She asks as he waves her off.

"We agreed to wait till we get home, in the meantime we came here to have some fun and dammit we're going to find some fun!" He says as he stands up.

"What did you have in mind?" She asked him unsure.

"Anything beats sitting here on our asses and wasting the day away!" He says and she had to admit he made a fair point.

"You're right we can't let some mind trick dampen our day" she said as she stood up as well. "And this time let's do something that doesn't put us at odds, I'm about tired of that too!" She adds as she followed after him and he waves her off assuringly.

"At least we agree on that, and not to worry I have just the thing!" He responds as a grin spreads across his face.

*transition*

She could hear the excited screams of the people, as well as their startled shrieks. She and Pittoo both stood at the entrance to a grand theme park. "Now THIS is more like it!" He says as he outstretched his arms taking in the sights and smells.

"Ehhhhhhh, I'm not too sure about this…" Lucina says as she begins to have doubts about the place.

"Now, now you can't judge if you don't try!" He responds but she took two steps back instead.

"What's wrong with the arcade over there, hell id settle for going to that play over there instead!" She said pointing towards different buildings off in the distance.

"Could you be a bigger square right now!" He said as he dropped his shoulders and lowered his head

"I'M NOT A SQUARE!" She retorts while flailing her arms around.

"Alright then prove it!" He challenged as he crossed his arms with a smug look.

"You want to go on life risking rides then fine, let's go on life risking rides!" She fired back as she took his arm and marched right in.

*later*

"Please make sure to be seated and strapped in at all times for your safety, thank you and enjoy the ride!" A woman called out over the PA system. Lucina made sure five times now that she was securely into her seat. This was her first time on a roller coaster and of course Pittoo picked the biggest meanest one there was. Dubbed "HELL'S DRAGON!" so naturally she was very much on edge.

"I almost forgot…" Pittoo said at the last second as the caster took a slight jolt forward meaning the ride was about to begin. "I forgot something over there, but you enjoy the ride!" He says as he jumped out and left her there alone at the very front of the coaster. She turned her head and reached out her arms but it was already too late he was so out of reach. He simply smiled and waved as he looked into her wide fearful eyes. The coaster shot forward moments later and her screams along with the few others on board screams faded into the distance.

Lucina gripped the handle bar in front of her tightly as the world zoomed by at extreme speeds. Fire pillars started shooting out from all directions everytime they passed. Loop and loop dip and loop she went all around all over the place while she screamed at the top of her lungs. After a while the thing seemed to be slowing down much to her relief, she sank in her seat and tried to calm her nerves from the shock she just got. Until she saw the massive dip they were headed towards. "Oh no, nonono!" She said to herself as she gripped the handle again very tightly until her knuckles turned white. As the coaster shot down out of a dragon's head fire spewed on all sides of it as if the dragon spat it out with the flames, of course it was all practical effects and lighting the theme park wouldn't set their guest on fire that was bad for business. From the ground it looked awesome as hell seeing a coaster shoot out of flames like that, however from the passengers point of view it looked freaking terrifying being engulfed in flames. Lucina swore at Pittoo with every swear she could think of as she went through another series of loops and dips and swirls…

The end was nothing short of the start either as fire pillars rose on all sides as the coaster came to its final stop. Once it was over a loud roared echoed through the vicinity. Pittoo walked up to the coaster and saw the bluenette still gripping the handle and frozen in place. And of course naturally he had to carry her out of there as she was literally unable to physically move anymore. He sets her down on a bench and goes off to get a drink while she gets her grip again.

"You better now?" He asked as he returned and she continued to hyperventilate while sitting on a bench.

"I can't feel my damn legs!" She retorts. He just turns his back to her as his shoulders rise and fall as he tries to contain himself.

"Eh it'll pass" he said as he waved her off, "it always happens to first timers!" He says as he begins to choke out a laugh. "Here you need this" he says, handing her a cup and she quickly takes a sip.

"Ow!" She said as she spat out the hot coffee that burned her tongue. "PITTOO!" She exclaimed but he just gave her a puzzled look.

"What don't look at me!" He said raising his hands, "how was I supposed to know you were just going to do it like that?" He says.

"You could have at least told me it was hot!" She retorts and crosses her arms.

"Well I mean it doesn't take a genius to know that…" he proclaimed and shrugged his shoulders.

"I hate you so much right now!" She groaned as she buried her hands in her face and leaned forward. "Why did I listen to you, of course that was my first mistake!" She says while banging her head on her knees.

"Oh come on stop being so dramatic, you enjoyed it and you know it!" He says taking a seat on the bench and leaning back while sipping his coffee.

"I saw my entire life flash before my eyes..." She breathed out with a shaky voice as she recalled the experience.

"You should have seen your face!" He said as he looked through some pictures he got from the ride operators.

"Wha?" She said as she looked up and much to her horror he was holding a pile of pictures of her freaked out face. "You didn't!" She said horrified and tried to grab them but he held them out of her reach.

"Aye hands off!" He says with a mischievous grin.

"Get rid of those immediately, if anyone saw those I wouldn't be able to show my face ever again!" She protested and started making more aggressive grabs at them but he managed to keep them away from her.

"Fine!" She shouted "do with them as you wish I could care less!" She stated as she turned her back to him and crossed her arms. Although she was completely bluffing those pictures could destroy every shred of her dignity and she hoped he wouldn't see it.

"Oh maybe I will!" He says with a grin, "say I might even put these in this tournament's website photos!" He said while waving them in her face, it took every ounce of her willpower not to take a grab at them though. She just simply shrugged and turned her head as his smile faltered. "Fine I'll tell you what, you see this theme park through to the end and I'll give you the stack to do with it what you will deal with?" He said as she turned to face him looking in thought.

"Fine…" She agreed.

"Don't care so much about it or at the very least pretend you don't. You'll see his response will change very drastically from before." Terry's words echoed in her mind and she smiled to herself realising it actually worked.

*transition*

"LASER TAG!" Pittoo shouts excitedly as he finishes adjusting his gear.

"But I don't get…" She said as looked around completely lost.

"Just don't get shot!" She called out before he picked up his lazer gun and charged in. "Bring it on!" His shots echoed down the hall along with the sound of lasers going off.

"Might as well give it a try…" she sighed and picks up her weapons and goes after her hyped partner.

*moments later*

"Yeah take that!" Lucina called out as she took out another pair from above. "You're lagging behind, pick up the pace!" She called out to her partner as she rushed out to reach the next cover.

"Geez Blue you're getting too ahead of yourself!" He called out as he reached her position moments later. "It's just a game" he says as she very slowly turns to face him.

"This isn't a game, this is war!" She berates him and grabs him by his jacket. "Now give me cover fire so I can clear out the area to the north before we are pinned down!" She barked at him and shoved him back before she jumped out of cover and charged at the enemy.

"And everyone assumes I'm the rash one sheesh!" He says to himself and he comes out of cover to back her up. "At least she's finally enjoying something!" he says as she takes out another pair up ahead.

"Aw man!" They call out as their jackets begin to glow a deep red.

"Hey grandpa!" She shouts at him, "don't break your hip trying to keep up or anything!" She remarked before she took off down a junction.

"Damn man your partner is intense!" One of the downed pairs said as they headed out. Dark Pit just slightly turned his head towards them and smirked.

"You have no idea!" He states before he rushed after his partner.

Lucina rushed after someone hiding being a barrier that had their guard completely down. Or so she thought… "End on the line!" Someone called out behind her and she was surrounded by a trio. "You have been a nuisance for far too long now, and dealing with you here and now will have guaranteed our victory!"

"Damn!" She says under her breath, she had completely let her guard down in the heat of the moment.

"What the?!" One of them called out before all their chest pieces flashed red, they were all taken out. Pittoo lands behind them moments later with a devilish smile on his face.

"Word of advice gentleman, if you're going to shoot someone do it, don't just stand there and talk about doing it!" Pittoo says.

"We have our winners! Blue team!" The announcer called out as all kinds of lights flashed throughout the vicinity.

"Oh that's us! We did it!" Lucina exclaimed excitedly as she threw her arms around Dark Pit.

"Oh man we were so close!" One of the trio called out as they walked away.

"Oh my bad…" Lucina says shortly after as she released the dark angel for her tight hold over him.

*transition*

"Why do you keep staring at that thing?" Pittoo asked as he and Lucina walked along through the theme park. The sky was a dark orange now as it plummeted behind the horizon.

"It's just so captivating to look at!" Lucina responded, she was holding the trophy they won which was a holo orb that glistened with different colors depending on how light reflected off it. The "techno orb" as it was called in the poster in the front of the laser tag building. It was the grand prize for winning 10 matches in a row which they did when she became completely immersed in the game. "So what's next on the agenda?" She asked after she put the trophy safely back in its case it came with.

"Well what do you feel like?" He says as he placed his hands on his head as they kept walking.

"What about the carousel that seems like fun" she suggested while pointing at said ride. Pittoo just scoffed and turned his head giving her a look.

"What are you three?" He remarked

"Carousels are always fun no matter your age!" She protested and crossed her arms in a huff.

"How about we go to the 10,000 foot drop?" He says pointing at the ride in the far back that lifted up the guests before plummeting them at high speeds. Lucina kinda reeled back and sank a little while looking at it.

"No way in hell!" She proclaimed instantly.

"The square doesn't wanna go, go figure…" He said as she groaned to herself aloud.

"How about the teacup rides?" She said pointing at said spinning ride.

"Blue…. That's worse than the carousel" he says before a thought popped into his head and a huge sinister grin appeared on his face. "You know, on second thought!" He says as he takes a look around, "yeah your right it won't be bad at all!" He said a little too thrilled and she turned around to look at him completely surprised.

"Really?" She said as she arched her brow, "you're totally serious, you want to go?" She asked and he just nods his head.

"Yeah can't be that all bad!" He states, "tell you what you go and find a teacup and I'll see if I can get the operator to make it more exciting." He says and she thought about it for a moment before she shrugged and went off, what's the worst that can happen at the teacups anyway.

"The fact that you actually agreed is enough for me" she called out as she entered the gated area. Dark Pit however rubbed his hands together mischievously as he walked towards the ride operator. A lanky guy hunched over the controls looking completely bored out of his mind.

"Hey buddy why don't you take a hike and let me take care of this round." He says as he slips the guy a hundred bucks.

"You don't have to tell me twice!" The guy says before he removed his hat and took off like the wind. If Dark Pit had a long mustache right now he'd be twirling it. He looks up and sees Lucina seated on one of the teacups looking down at her phone completely oblivious. Noone else was on either and he expected as much with all the more thrilling and exciting rides all over the place. He grabbed the little handle bar and began to slowly move it forward and she looked up from her phone as the thing began to move.

"What are you doing?" She called out as she stood from her seat.

"What I said I'd do!" He responds and yanks the thing completely forward and watches the things spin out of control like little angry tornados. She is knocked back down by the force and even held down from it. She was completely stuck in place from the momentum of the ride.

"It's too fast! stop the ride!" She shouted but he just began to holler with laughter. "I'm getting dizzy you asshole!" She shouts out angrily, "I'm going… To… Oh Naga!" She called out and clasped her hands over her mouth. Eventually the thing starts to smoke and spark and then shut down moments later from the overexertion. Pittoo then takes out his phone and begins to record.

Dark Pit, 6:56pm, Location: Grand Theme Park…

"On today's episode of how drunk is drunk!" He begins narrating as one of the doors to the teacups swings open and Lucina stumbles out.

"You backstabbing son of a bitch!" She said in a slur and began to march towards him. Or at least tried to, she was swaying back and forth and her steps were all lopsided. "Stop moving around!" She blurts out and continues to stumble around, she was completely wasted. She falls to the ground and groans to herself audibly before she miserably fails to get back on her feet.

"That's Drunk!" Dark Pit concludes before the video fed ends and he pocketed his phone. "Having fun?" He asked and began to snicker to himself while she groaned to herself.

"I hate you…" she breathed out as the world continued to spin.

"Alright come on" he said, helping her to her feet again as she mumbled to herself.

"BLUUUUUUUUURGH!" She pukes all over his coat and he lets go of her and she drops to the floor. Sure it didn't help her spinning head but she nonetheless had a smirk of satisfaction on her face.

"Are you freaking kidding me?!" He exclaimed looking down at himself.

"I don't feel so good…" She groaned and panted her face into the ground.

*Later*

"You had to have seen it coming, what you expect!" She protested as she took in a deep breath and closed her eyes briefly. She was leaning over a toilet as she kept on hurling momentarily from time to time.

"Yeah, yeah you did it on purpose!" He states as he was hunched over the bathroom sink trying to wash out the vomit from his coat. Lucina rushed to the nearest restroom to puke her guts out and the dark angel followed her to try to wash the puke from his coat. And that's how they both ended up cooped up in a small restroom with each other, for some odd reason. His wings were outstretched and fluttered behind him very briefly. Though he probably didn't want to say, it probably felt good to stretch his wings after having them tucked away all day. He hears her begin to hurl her guts out again and figured they had to be even. After a while she begins to gasp for air and gets on her knees while resting her hands on the bowl.

"Why can't you be normal?" She called out and he just chuckled to himself.

"I could ask you the same thing princess" he remarked as he kept scrubbing. She began to hurl again and it just seemed endless at this point, was she really that queasy after rides? "What the hell did you have for lunch?!" He says shortly after.

"I don't even know anymore…" she replied before she wiped her mouth and flushed. She just closed her eyes and hoped that it was all over now. "Ugh kill me…" she groaned dramatically.

"Pffft, ur overreacting blue" he states as he shook his head.

"If anything I think I'm underreacting!" She says, "I'm about done with this place…" she adds shortly after as she slowly gets back on her feet.

"Well you know the whole point of it was to get a massive thrill from the place but you're too much of a square to give things a try." He says as he wrings out his coat after he scrubbed it to the best of his ability.

"Well I think you know why now" she tells him as she starts to rummage through her purse.

"Oh come on you can't use that as an excuse!" He responds.

"I can and I will!" she fired back, before she headed out the door. He just exhales loudly before he puts on his damp coat and follows.

"What are you doing?" He says seeing her take in mouthfuls of water and spit it out at the drinking fountain.

"Trying to get the stale taste out of my mouth!" She responds and he just looks amused at her antics. She then takes out a pack of gum and begins to stuff piece after piece into her mouth. "Extra Minty should do the trick nicely!" She claims and tossed the empty packet in a trash bin.

"Why don't we check out that carnival in the outskirts then, this place is close to closing time and most of the rides are already being shut down anyway." He says while she just nods her head trying her best to clamp down on the giant blob of gum.

"Sho!" She says and he walked off and motions her to follow while he chuckled to himself. He looked up at the sky that was now a deep blue and some twinkles from stars started to sparkle in the sky.

*transition*

"And I believe that's game!" Pittoo proclaimed with a large devilish grin on his face.

"Awe come on kid you're drying me up here!" The man protested but Pittoo just shrugged nonchalantly.

"Hey man it says 'win as much as you can' on your sign right there buddy." Pittoo remarked before he leans in, "or maybe I wasn't supposed to win at all right bud?" He claims while the guy just nervously tugged on his collar. "What's that old saying? Don't bullshit a bullshitter. And buddy let me just say that there's been an unmistakable smell coming for your general vicinity. Now of course we could settle this like civilised people and I don't rearrange your face with my bare fists. There is also the fact that I can report you to the authorities around here for scams either way you will find yourself on a one way ticket to downtown shitsville!"

"No! no that's not it at all, you won fair and square! There was no scam here!" The guy assured him and Pittoo smiled to himself rather satisfied.

"Good, then I'll take my reward now thanks!" He says as he scoops up all the little electronic gadgets sitting at the front of the stall into a large bag.

"I really need to find a duller audience…" The guy whispered under his breath as he watched Pittoo walk away with all his items. He was straight up anti-scammed for everything.

"That… That was pretty amazing!" Lucina admitted as she walked beside the angel who looked rather proud to himself.

"I've seen that trick before, he uses thick balloons and underinflates them and hands you dull darts, what the dipshit didn't know was that I brought the same type of darts he did except I made sure they were sharp enough to pierce a drywall." He explained as she looked on in thought.

"So he removes the tips and adds dull tips to deter the balloon from popping!" She says, "that's not fair how are you even supposed to win!?" She states.

"You technically aren't" he says with a grin on his face, "technically" he reiterated and shook his bag of goods.

"Well serves him right!" She says. "How about we try that? Is that also a trick?" She says looking at a mini archery range.

"I believe that one is pure skill" he says and a psychotic smile spread on his face, archery was totally his thing!

"Steps right up folks, how many targets can you hit?" The guy behind a tiny stall called out to all the passer-bys.

"We're in!" Pittoo says slapping a five bill down with a grin.

"Alright sir you got 10 arrows and ten targets hit as many as you can, all targets down and you get top prizes!" The guy informs him handing him a bow and a quiver, Pittoo took a moment to check the equipment to make sure nothing was faulty, just in case. Once he was sure he loaded an arrow and took aim, letting it rip through the air and bullseyeing the target way in the back. The stall operator's jaw hit the floor, Pittoo then began to hit all his marks perfectly.

"Well done, you get a top price, well earned!", the guy commends him. Pittoo took a look around and settled on a small glass cube with a scorpion carved in it. He then turns to the range and back at his partner.

"You want to try?" He asked but she seemed unsure.

"I'm not sure, bows haven't really been my thing honestly…" she admits and he simply waved her off.

"Don't worry about it, I'll show you the ropes." He pays the vendor and hands her the quiver and bow. "Here" he says, helping her get in position, "the trick is simply try not to over do it, there isn't really a secret strategy or anything, just know your footing and angle and you should be fine." He informs her, "alright now just relax and take a shot" he stands back and watches her take aim. Although she was probably nervous because he could see her hands tremble slightly, she released the arrow and watched it go way off its mark. She hunched her shoulders and groaned to herself, "it's alright just try again." He encourages, he takes her hands into his as she loads another arrow. "Alright now we pull the arrow back," he says guiding her hands, "you need to relax yourself a little you're too tense" he says.

"I can't help it, I'm always a nerve wreck when I try things because I don't want to mess up..." She admits while he exhaled through his nose.

"Well mistakes are part of the fun, you can never miss the chance to learn new things and improve your technique!" He states.

"I guess you're right…" she says as she takes a deep breath and takes aim with his help.

"Alright now relax" he says, "exhale slowly and then…" He says while she tries to relax herself and exhales slowly. "Release!" He says as she lets go of the bowstring and the arrow whirls past across the field hitting the target. It wasn't a perfect shot but at least she didn't completely miss like last time.

"I… I did it!" She squealed out excitedly.

"Alright let's try again" he says, taking her hands into his and getting her into position. "Alright relax take a deep breath and exhale slowly and check your aim" he says as he guides her hands with his and slowly pulls back the string. "Now, release" he says as she released the bowstring and got a bullseye on the target.

"I got it!" She says excitedly while she hopped around clapping.

"Alright then try the next one by yourself" he says as he steps back. She nodded and retrieved an arrow from her quiver and readied it. She pulls back the string taking aim and exhales slowly before releasing the bowstring. The arrow whirls past the field and strikes the target dead center. She gasps and turns to look at him surprised and he winks before ushering her to continue. Although the other shots were a little more clunky she managed to hit the mark 3 times in a row regardless.

"Well done ma'am, you may pick any price you wish!" The guy in the stall tells her as she hands back the bow and quiver.

"But I missed two shots, my score wasn't perfect..." she says.

"It's quite alright lass, your buddy here put on quite a show that I'm in a giving mood anyway." He assured her as she turned to look at her partner who shrugged his shoulder rather smugly.

"That's very generous of you, thank you so much!" She says before taking her price and they were off again. "That was actually very fun!" She admitted.

"You should sign up for the tournament" he says as he paced his arms on his head while they walked.

"Huh?" She asked puzzled.

"At the mansion, there is a small archery tournament this week, sign-ups end the day after tomorrow so you should sign up." He informed her and she looked in thought.

"It wouldn't hurt to try it out I guess" she admits as he nods.

"By the way, out of all the cool and exciting things there were why did you go for that?" He asks while pointing at the big stuffed pegasus in her arms.

"It reminds me of my mother…" She admitted.

"Ah gotcha" he said and continued forward before she stopped in front of a photo booth. "What are you doing?" He asks while she looks on in thought. She then turned to him and there was almost a pleading look in her eyes.

"This day has been nothing but ups and downs and I feel like we should at least commemorate the good." She says as he thinks about it.

"Eh what hell" he says, he was in a very good mood after all. She smiled a little as she slipped in the coins and they got in making the most ridiculous faces every time the camera went off…

*later*

"I can't believe you talked me into that…" He states as he facepalmed as they looked over their pictures as she giggled to herself.

"Oh come on it's not so bad, look at this one!" She says pointing at one where he stretched the skin on his face and stuck his tongue out. He just pinched the bridge of his nose albeit smiling to himself. They were both sitting on a bench where all the food stalls were looking over their pictures. She takes a sip from her drink before looking at the next strip of photos.

"We should probably be heading back now it's getting late" she says, just as he took a bite of a large sausage on a stick.

"You're probably right," he admits, "you sure you don't want grilled alligator?" He offered but she reared back.

"I'll pass thanks, I'll just stick to the cup of goo for now" she says as he chuckled.

"Why not, it's really not that bad!" He states but she shook her head dismissively.

"No, it's just that, well I mean you're just practically eating an overgrown lizard." she responds.

"So what, you can't judge if you haven't tried!" He remarked and she shifted in her seat.

"It just doesn't feel right… Idk how to describe it to you" she says while he just scoffed a laugh.

"If you say so!" he says with a shrug and takes another bite of the thing. "By the way here, you kept up your end of the bargain" he says handing her an envelope and a lighter.

"Honestly I forgot about this…" she says, taking it from his hands. It was the pictures of her terrified reaction to the roller coaster. She ignites the lighter and watches the envelope and its contents go up in flames. "I'll call the driver" she said shortly after with a yawn and got up from her seat tossing her empty cup in a bin nearby. "Alright he's on route" she says as he finished his food and tossed the paper plate away while wiping his mouth on his sleeve.

"Yeah I'm beat!" He says as he stretches out.

"I just want to go straight to bed" she says as she yawns again. "It's almost curfew anyways" she adds while rubbing her eyes. The driver pulls up to the curb shortly after and they head and climb aboard.

"Where to sir?" The chauffeur asked politely.

"Straight home!" Pittoo says as he settles in his seat, "but first I'm going to need to make a quick stop" he says while the Mii nods and begins driving off.

"NO" lucina calls out, "we don't have time for detours" she says sternly.

"Oh bugger off will you, it will only take a damn minute!" he retorts but she didn't let up.

"I don't think so!" She said, yanking the navigation pad from him, he grabs it again but she didn't let go and they startle to tussle for it. "Let go!" She exclaimed.

"You let go you idiot!" He fires back but she had a tight grip on it. He then pulls it back harder and yanks it from her hands then the momentum sends him back and he shoves into the driver. The shoved pushed the Mii out the door that was forced open from the impact. The Mii disappeared into the night as the van swirled out of control and rode off into the night. Eventually it crashed head first into a tree completely wrecking the automobile.

"What just happened?" Lucina asked as she pushed open the door and dragged herself out of the van.

"Well there goes that…" Pittoo says a little too casually. "Guess we're walking" he shrugged before he began to gather his things.

"You are way too calm right now, our vehicle just got destroyed and you act like you don't even care!" She says as she gets in his way.

"No point in crying over spilled milk..." He replied nonchalantly and walked off.

"I'm too tired for this!" She protests before she gathers her things and follows after the dark angel.

They walked along the lonely road, the only audible thing was the sound of the wind rustling the leaves of trees. Of course this road would be completely empty since it was late and no-one else even goes to the mansion anyway.

"Im cold!" Lucina complained as she hugged herself tightly while shivering. To her surprise Pittoo put his arm around her placing his heavy coat over her to offer her some warmth. She practically hugged his body trying to get as much warmth as possible, the night was much more considerably colder than the afternoon was. "Thanks…" She whispered but he just kept his gaze straight ahead. He probably wasn't too thrilled about the idea of walking either but nevertheless it wasn't entirely her fault they crashed.

Pretty soon they could see the tall ominous shadow of the mansion over the hill they were claiming. Of course everyone had to have been in bed by now, it is past curfew after all. "We're going to have to go around the back, we wouldn't want to draw any unnecessary attention." He tells her and she nodded her head, honestly she didn't care how they got in as long as she didn't have to be out in the cold anymore. Since he was near a certain goddess he managed to tap into his flight capabilities and get them to their balcony. Lucina unlocked the sliding door and walked in relieved, Dark Pit made sure they weren't spotted before heading in himself and shut the curtain.

She changed out of her disguise into her pajamas as he stuffed his things in their new dresser that had been unloaded and placed in their room already.

"I'm pooped…" Dark Pit says dropping his things and kicking off his footwear.

"About today…" she began as she sat on her bed twiddling her thumbs on her lap.

"It doesn't matter anymore, I don't care anyways" he waved her off while tossing his coat aside.

"But I feel like I need to clear some things, truly we both were at fault for some of the downturns of the day. However I don't want this to loom over us." She says and he just sighs.

"Look, you can choose to keep going back there and make things unpleasant. Or you can decide to let bygones be bygones. I know you did what you thought was right on multiple occasions." He says as he tucked her into bed oddly enough while keeping her quiet.

"But-"

"No, shhh, you don't need to say anything else alright" he assured her sitting next to her on the bed with a pillow on his lap. "You good?" He asked, she sighs deeply before she nods her head and gets comfortable. "Ok good, you did what you felt was necessary, and I'll return the courtesy" he says as he pats her shoulder.

"Thanks…" She said while closing her eyes.

"Don't mention it!" He remarked before planting a pillow over her face and holding it down. He puts his weight on it as she tries to lift herself back up but he holds her down. She began clawing at him with her hands but that still didn't deter him, even when she started kicking her legs around furiously. He knew the more she struggled the faster she lost oxygen and the faster she would pass out, of course it wouldn't kill her but to him it made no difference he's been meaning to do this for a while now. Though when he originally thought of it he was supposed to smother her in her sleep. Eventually her movements became slower and weaker plus she wasn't thrashing about anymore. Eventually her arms fell limp and all movement from her seized altogether and he smirked in satisfaction. He removed the pillow seeing her pale face with her eyes rolled to the back of her head. He breathed out heavily as he tossed the pillow he used to smother her aside.

"Now we're even!" he remarked and walks over to his bed and drops into it completely worn out…

And that concludes the smash city arc, looks like things are changing drastically aren't they? In any case I'll catch you hooligans later!

Next Chapter: Depths of Despair…