A Walk Among Giants, Chapter 29: Depths of Despair.
Why hello there! Must be time for another chapter right? Well get your thinking hats on and get ready to scratch your heads so much you'll probably begin clawing at your own brain!
And extended and warm thanks to:
TheShadowStarr23: you have no idea…
Crazy And Master are hiding things yes, but as to what is anyone's guess! Also yeah Pittoo is an ass yes but he isn't a robot he can be sentimental at the best of times.
And no, this will not lead to ultimate, ultimate will be its own thing.
UltimateCCC: Yes and yes, remember after they crashed they took all their stuff and carried it home.
Well before Lucina can forgive Robin I think Robin has to forgive himself first don't you think?
She snuggled into her bed again curling up to get warmth as there was a chill in the room. She felt something warm next to her, and it moved! Confused she reached out her hand and felt warm skin on it, someone was in bed with her…
Whomever it was, was soft and a little on the hairy side. She slowly opened her eyes to see a little black and brown pig sleeping soundly next to her. She sits up completely startled and looks around, the sun hurts her eyes so she has to cover them with her hand. Their sliding door was completely left open leaving the cold chilly morning air blow into the room. Her head was throbbing and she couldn't recall a single event that happened the night before. What exactly was it that happened the day before?
She slowly slides out of bed as the little pig snorts awake and begins looking around. She closed the sliding door and locked it once it was latched into place. The little pig shook itself awake before climbing out of bed and began sniffing around. She sat on her bed holding her head and groaning audibly to herself as she tried to recall the previous night. "What the hell happened here…" She breathed out before she heard a loud crunch. She looks up and sees the little pig eating something off the floor, although she couldn't really make it out with the dim light. She walks over to the back and parts the curtains to let the sunlight flood the room. It was a complete disaster and that is putting it lightly. Tin cans were littered all over the floor, along with several items of food, like the bowl of leftover nachos the pig was eating. Their tv was hanging off the wall with a blue static screen turned on. Dark Pit's bed was completely destroyed and there was a dent in the wall next to it the shape of a person. His closet door was hanging by its hinges and there were piles of clothes littering the floor.
She sighs and walks over towards the bathroom trying not to step on anything while the little pig follows her. It lets out three short snorts as it runs after her trying to keep up. She turns on the bathroom lights and sees the mirror completely smudged with something pink. The little room with the toilet bowl seemed normal other than the fact that it was filled to the brim with ice. She makes her way to the sink and turns the hot water knob on, she spots a stick of pink lipstick on the counter realising that must be what is smudged on the mirror. She then washed her face with some warm water to wake herself and maybe soothe her headache. She dried herself with a towel and cleaned the smudge off the mirror to find herself wearing one of Dark Pit's togas, shorts, footwear, arm bracelets, even including his wreath on her head. She also had her hair held up so it would appear short to somewhat resemble his. "Ugh what the hell am I wearing!" She remarked as she tugged on it. She looks down to see the little pig sitting next to her calmly. "And where did you come from?" She asked as she picked up the pig and it snorted three times in rapid succession. She looked him over but there was no tag or anything to say where it came from. Until a horrible realisation crossed her mind and she held him at arm's length. "Y-you're not Pittoo are you?!" She asked, somewhat horrified. The pig however just stared blankly at her and snorted again. "Ok just making sure..." she said and placed him back down on the floor, if it was Pittoo he would've been on
a massive rage over being turned into a pig.
"I gotta get out of these, it feels so wrong!" She thinks to herself and heads over to her closet with the pig following along and swings the door open. Only to find it completely filled with dark togas. She begins to rummage through it but it was nothing but togas there were even different colored ones in the back but that was it. She heads over towards the drawer and begins to open all of them but it was just black shorts. She slams them shut and heads over towards Pittoo's closet but there was nothing there but pure white togas and all his togas were gone and she knew why, because she had them. "Where's all my clothes!" She exclaimed as she frantically looked around the room but there was no trace of anything that was hers. "I don't suppose you know…" She says as she sits on her bed and looks at the pig. It just snorts at her and lays down at her feet. "Where is that self centered ass wipe?" She says to herself while looking at his destroyed bed. She then heads out to the balcony to look around but the only thing out there was the charred remains of a fire pit. She then hears the little pig start to squeal and roll on the floor dramatically. "What?" She says as she heads back inside and the little pig snorts and circles around her playfully. "I'll call him!" She suddenly exclaimed and rushed to her bedside table looking for her phone. She found it but it was on low battery however there was a video dubbed 'PLAY ME' on her screen.
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7:57pm, Lucina: the bet.
"J-just be sure to be extra specific when you do it we all know how slow you can be at the best of times!" Someone slurred a remark followed by a series of laughs.
"Ok here goes!" Lucina says in the video and paused momentarily to giggle to herself uncontrollably. "So here goes-" she tried again before she started giggling to herself again. She pointed the camera at herself and she was wearing Dark Pits attire. "Me if you're seeing this is the future just know that we made a bet that we would be this grump for a week!" She said putting her arm around Pittoo, who was swaying back and forth. Pittoo was wearing what looked to be Pit's attire and he didn't look too pleased with it. "In return this guy here will try to be more bright and cheerful for a week!" She says shaking him from the shoulders before she starts giggling again. "Check t-this out!" She then says in between some giggles and then puts on a straight face, "I'm Pittoo! But you can't call me that name because I think it's poopoo!" She says in a deep voice before she broke out into uncontrollable laughter and even began coughing and wheezing with how hard she laughed before the video ended…
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"What in the hell!?" Lucina asked as she stared at her phone completely confused before the phone died. She sets it aside and tries to think back to the previous night but she couldn't recall anything; it was just a blur to her. She gets up and begins to make her way towards the door but before she could open it the pig began to squeal dramatically again. "Whaaaaaaaaaat?" She groaned as she turned to face him, he was just calmly sitting in the middle of the room staring at her. She just sighed and turned towards the door again and he began to squeal out again and she just slammed her head against the door. "I get it now…" She begins, "I'm stuck with you because I can't leave your sight." She says and heads back to her bed and just drops into it totally defeated. The little pig jumped up on the bed with her and nuzzled next to her as it snorted gleefully.
*one day ago*
The smashers had gathered for dinner as usual except for a certain four individuals. "Link you are on lookout tonight got it!" Samus says but the hylan just whined.
"Why can't R.O.B do it, I haven't been able to get a decent night's rest in ages!" He protested but Samus just crossed her arms and gave him a look.
"R.O.B is running diagnostics for me, don't forget we still need to get the portals up and running before next weekend, with Master Hand taking care of critical mass Crazy the portal malfunction should be over. So suck it up we all agreed to the extra workload you're no exception fairy boy!" She states before he walks away slowly with his head hung low. "Marth" she says while turning to the bluenette who was going over a clipboard, "how are we on headcounts?" She asked as he finished marking off the present smashers.
"We're ok everyone is accounted for except of course Lucina and Dark Pit." He informed the bounty hunter.
"That's fine, Master Hand told them they could stay in the city till curfew." She waved him off as she looked over her tablet.
"There is one more thing though…" He says and she turns to look at the prince who smiled sheepishly. "We seemed to be short of two tacticians…" He added as she looked around the room and indeed they both hadn't shown up for dinner.
"Come to think of it, I haven't seen Raven or Robin all day for that matter!" Zelda admits.
"Well where was the last place anyone saw them?" Peach said while she twirled a strand of hair around her finger.
"Weren't they in the defrostation station when everyone decided to pelt themselves with ice blasters, they were at the heart of the conflict after all." Samus says as the others look in thought.
"Now that-a you mention it, no, they-a weren't frozen with-a the others Dr. Mario himself said-a so!" Mario adds.
"Where in the world could they have gone?" Peach asks while they all look in deep thought thinking back to the day's events.
*Meanwhile…*
*click "give up yet!" Raven called out as she continued to pull the trigger of her empty blaster.
"Not a chance, you?" Robin called back as he too pulled on the trigger of his empty blaster.
"Never!" She hissed, they were both still on the battlefield on the ground pointing their weapons at each other. After they had rushed out of cover they quickly realized they were both out of ammo, so they resorted to taking hold of the post in the middle of the yard as to claim it. They laid there glaring at each other as their teams literally froze each other solid. By the time Master Hand had discovered the frozen cast the tacticians were nothing more than a pile of snow. So naturally they were overlooked and remained there as they both refused to surrender. Their hands were frozen to the post and they were under a huge pile of snow now, but the heat of their determination and sheer will kept them from caring.
*click
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*back inside*
"I'll go and look for them…" Zelda says as she slipped on a coat and head's out the back door of the cafeteria.
"What of the-a angel and girl?" Mario says.
"They'll be back" Samus assured him, "besides if they aren't you can rest assured that we have someone who will track them down and drag them back in any case." She says turning her head towards Marth who was in the back looking down at his phone and typing away.
"I suppose you're-a right" he shrugged and walked off.
*present*
"Oh I must've dozed off again…" Lucina said as she sat up in her bed and yawned. "I had the craziest..." she began until she saw the room was still a complete wreck. "Dream…" she finished and slumped her shoulders and let out a long groan. She heard a snort behind her and turned to see the pig sitting at the edge of the bed while looking up at her. "Dammit" she said as dragged herself out of bed, her headache had subsided but she was still a bit lightheaded. "Might as well tidy the place up" she told herself and took out a large trash bag from one of the drawers and began cleaning up. It was tiresome to say the least especially considering the fact that the carpet was going to need some deep cleaning to remove all the stains. With the last of the trash cleaned up she tied up the massive bag and placed it outside on the balcony. She was going to make sure Pittoo is the one who throws it out for leaving such a huge mess and disappearing. She heads towards the shower afterwards deciding she needed a good soak after that. But as soon as she opened the door to the shower room she was hit with a powerful foul smell. She slammed the door shut instantly and began to gag loudly while holding a hand over her nose. Guess she found out where the pig had been relieving itself. She hunched over the sink counter while taking in deep breaths and trying not to gag. She hears a snort and sees the pig sitting by the door looking up at her. "That's going to be a problem!" She says while pointing at the shower door. The pig however just gave her a blank stare and she groaned to herself while sliding a hand down her face. "This is another one of his twisted jokes isn't it…" She said in a bored tone as the pig snorted again.
"I swear that boy won't be satisfied till he's killed me!" She remarked and walked back into the room trying to figure out what she was going to do. She didn't exactly want to leave the room looking like a complete buffoon that was for sure. She then spots something glinting under Pittoos bed curiously she goes over and gets on the floor looking under the bed. It was full of junk, she hadn't really cleaned under it because it collapsed. She reached her hand out and grabbed hold of something cold and metallic and pulled it out. "My tiara!" She exclaimed excitedly holding it tightly in her arms completely overjoyed. She took off the wreath on her head and tossed it on his bed while placing her tiara on her head. She then took off the hair pins to let her hair down only to come to the horrifying realization that it was hacked off. Her eyes went wide as she tugged on it hoping her long hair would flow down and she was exaggerating. But sadly it didn't happen, she hurried over to the bathroom and flicked on the lights seeing the messy mop on her head. It looked as if it was cut by a 5 year old with a pair of hedge trimmers. She grabbed her cut hair and pulled on it while she screamed at the top of her lungs…
*later*
She sat curled up in a ball hugging her knees on the bathroom floor while rocking back and forth. "I'm going to kill him… I'm going to kill him…" She repeated to herself as her left eye began to twitch. She had spent half an hour going ballistic and using every swear there was in the universe. She tolerated most of his crap, but this time he took it too far. Pig crap she can take, but her hair!? He crossed over the line so far that the line is a dot in the distance. "What the hell do I do now!" She groaned while getting on the floor completely defeated. She would go out and find him and give him hell of which he's never seen before. But she didn't dare go out the room and be seen like that. She was trapped in the room with a pig and no way out. "Why me!" She whined while slamming her fist on the floor. She half dragged herself back into the room when she remembered she had a wig. Quickly she dashed over to her closet again and swung it open and started rummaging through everything. "Where is it!" She growled as she began tearing through everything but it was nowhere to be found. She slammed the door shut and growled in frustration while stomping her foot. She spots Dark Pit's closet door still hanging of it's hinges and goes over to it, maybe there's something there she missed. She takes a look around but like before there was nothing there of her, however she does spot a large black hoodie in the back and quickly throws that on. She zips it all the way up to conceal the toga she wore and pulled the hood completely over her head. She smirks to herself rather satisfied and then heads to the door as she reaches for the knob she hears loud dramatic squeals. She breathed out exasperated before she turned to find the pig sitting behind her. It snorts in rapid succession while going around in circles before sitting back down. "Look I'm just going to go and look for Pittoo real quick, and then I'll be back as soon as I can so we can find out what to do with you." She tells the pig who just snorted back at her in response. "And I'm talking to a pig…" She says to herself as she reached for the door and he began to squeal out like his life depended on it. She heads out the door and shuts it behind her, she then hears a thud on the other side and she could still hear the little pigs cries in her head. She just groaned as the thudding continued and she couldn't bring herself to leave the poor thing alone. She quickly heads back inside where the pig was crying up a storm over her leaving till she came back in. "Alright, alright I won't leave you happy!" She says crossing her arms with a pout as the pig snorts happily and circles around her playfully. "This is not how I wanted to start my day!" She groaned while rubbing her temples.
"I guess I can take you along and see what we can do about you while I look for that jackass who stuck me with you!" She says taking a small blanked off Pittoo's bed and wrapping it around the pig and taking it in her arms. "You know Pittoo right?" She asked as the pig just snorted in succession at her while his little tail wiggled around. She just smiled to herself a little "I guess you're kind of adorable…" She tells the little pig while petting it. She then takes her ID card and wallet before she heads out the door. She heads on over to the elevator pressing the down arrow and waiting patiently.
"Aye you're up early!" Raven says from behind her approaching the bluenette. "You crazy party animal you!" She says while patting Lucina on the back. She was still in her black and gold pajamas and had her hair down.
"Why haven't you changed yet?" Lucina asked her curiously and Raven just shrugged her shoulders.
"Eh it's my day off, Shulk and I are just going to stay in and watch movies today but I'm going down for some breakfast first." Raven tells her before she notices the bundled blanket in Lucina's arms. "What's this?" She said motioning towards the pig, "Did you have some sort of secret love child we don't know about?" Raven joked until she saw what it was. "Um… Lucy… That's a pig…" She says completely dumbfounded.
"I know I woke up and he was just there!" Lucina explained, "besides that he refuses to leave my side…" She added with a sigh.
"Where the hell did you even get a pig?" Raven says reeling back from it.
"Like I said, I woke up and he was there!" Lucina reiterated, "and he's not so bad you're just overreacting!" Lucina states while Raven looked rather perplexed.
"It's a dirty animal," the tactician replied.
"You don't have to be rude!" Lucina says as she hugged the little pig.
"I didn't mean that as an insult I mean it in a literal sense!" Raven replied, "their favorite pastime is rolling around in mud and their own excrements!" She says as a matter of fact.
"That's just a stereotype!" Lucina waved her off while Raven scoffed.
"A well earned one at that" the tactician remarked.
"Be nice to Inigo!" Lucina says while the little pig nuzzles her while snorting happily.
"Ok I know he can be a bit much at times but come on Lucy that's uncalled for…" Raven says while placing her hands on her hips giving her a stern look.
"I didn't name him after Inigo for reasons you might assume," Lucina began, "I gave him this name because while some might find him to be a little pesky..." She says while giving Raven a look. "Those who actually know him know he's just an adorable goofball!" She says while hugging the little pig again who snorted happily.
"I guess?" Raven responds. Pretty soon a ding is heard as the elevator doors open. "I'm pretty sure he'd enjoy the fact that a pig has been named after him…" Raven remarked as they entered the elevator.
"If anything I'd bet he'd get a good chuckle out of it!" Lucina says while Raven exhaled through her nose and shook her head.
*meanwhile in a distant dimension*
Inigo sat on his bed chewing the end of a pen as he recited his poem. "Achooo!" He suddenly sneezes and shrugs it off going back to his attempted poetry.
*back in the smash dimension*
"Where exactly did you guys go last night?" Raven asked as she looked between Lucina and the piglet.
"What do you mean?" The bluenette asked clueless.
"Well after the bar you and Dark Pit took off with a few others into the woods, I of course decided to call it a night since it was getting too rowdy for me." Raven explained while Lucina tried to remember what she was talking about but her mind was a complete blank.
"You're going to have to forgive me but I have no recollection of that event…" Lucina replied while softly stroking Inigo.
"I figured as much," Raven states with a shrug.
"What do you mean?" Lucina asked curiously.
"Well you challenged yourself to drink every type of drink last night, I swear you must have drank a barrels worth of liquor last night." Raven informed her as she looked at the tactician completely stunned.
"Why would I do that?" She says, "I don't really like alcohol all that much anyway!" She states.
"Beats me?" The tactician said as the elevator doors opened up.
"Hey it's the drunkpire!" Roy shouted while giving Lucina a high five.
"A what?" Lucina asked.
"It's the name you earned last night, like a vampire but for drinks!" Roy says with a chuckle before he disappeared into the elevator.
"Didn't anyone think to stop me at any point?!" Lucina exclaimed while Raven sunk a little.
"Yeaaaaah, about that… Someone did try but…"
*Flashback*
Lucina completely downed the bottle in her hand and smashed the empty bottle on the floor while cheering. Everyone around her began to cheer and hop as she turned towards the bartender, "nesh dwink plesh!" She says with a hiccup while swaying back and forth.
"I think you've had enough now don't you think?" Marth says concerned as he took the new bottle from her hands and set it aside.
"Oh come on Marth don't be a square!" She remarked while he just pinched the bridge of his nose.
"Come on I'll take you back home and try to sober you up a bit…" He says but she just snorts and waved him off.
"No! Booo!" She says.
"Lucina!" He says sternly.
"Booooooooo!" She says to his face loudly.
"Boo all you want I'm calling the driver, we are going home this instant!" He says taking his phone out of his pocket. She takes a bottle off the counter and smashes it over his head and he drops to the floor. The room goes silent as she picks her previous bottle and bites the cork off.
"Yeaaaaaah!" She cheers holding the bottle up before everyone else holds their drinks and cheers along with her and she begins to down the bottle.
*End flashback*
"I DIDN'T!?" Lucina says horrified while Raven just nods.
"Afraid so" she says.
"Well did anyone else think to stop me?" She asked in a lowered voice. Raven takes out her phone and shows Lucina a picture of Robin with a deep bite mark on his neck. Lucina placed a hand over her mouth while slowly shaking her head.
"Where do you think the idea for the nickname came from vampira?" Raven says while Lucina lowered her gaze.
"I couldn't have…" She says more so to herself. They both entered the cafeteria which was eerily quiet and rather empty, but there were the occasional smashers here and there. "Where is everyone?" Lucina asked while looking around. Her eyes land on Robin who was sitting on the swordsman with an open book in his hand. There was a large bandage on his neck and she knew exactly why. He looks up from his book but she quickly averts her gaze completely embarrassed.
"Hungover I imagine!" Raven remarked with a chuckle. Lucina goes and sits down at the ladies table while setting Inigo next to her while she buried her head into her hands. It seemed the night before was more bizarre than she imagined.
"Heeeeeeeeey!" Peach says while waving her fingers around. "Oh my…" She says while taking her seat and looking at Lucina. "You actually ended up doing it!" She says surprised while Lucina gives her a puzzled look.
"What?" She asked as the pink princess leaned forward with her hands clasped together. "Oh come now lucy we all know why you showed up in that oversized hoodie. You lopped off your own hair last night despite my desperate pleas for you to stop, a woman's hair is her most prized possession and doing anything to ruin it could be life shattering." Peach tells her as the bluenette slammed her head on the table with a loud groan.
"I did this to myself!?" She says completely baffled and here she was ready to murder Pittoo for it.
"Oh come now it cant be…" Raven says while pulling the hood down and her words got stuck in her throat. Raven let out a squeal of horror when she saw the messy mo on the bluenette's head.
"Why would I do this to myself?" Lucina asked in a desperate plea while sinking in her seat.
"You don't remember?" Palutena speaks up as she appears behind Lucina placing her hand on the table next to her. The Hylian princess was also with her who took her seat next to Raven.
"No enlighten me…" Lucina responds in a flat tone.
"You and Pittoo made a bet after another one of your countless squabbles, he said 'I'd like to try to see you be in my shoes for once!' And you took it as a challenge. You said you'll literally be in his shoes for a whole week, not only that but you stated you'd be in his everything as well. And well, eventually you decided to try and imitate him as much as possible to the point you started chopping your hair with his blades." The goddess tells her while the bluenette buried her head into her hands again. "Although in return he bet that he can be bright and cheerful for a whole week…" Palutena added as she took her seat.
"Why didn't anyone stop me…" Lucina breathed out while resting her chin on the table and looking completely hopeless and on the verge of tears.
"I might have something to help with your dilemma, I had to deal with something similar once." Raven assured her while patting the bluenette in the back.
"I don't recall ever seeing that," Lucina states while the tactician shrugs.
"Eh it was short lived, I was experimenting with things and I was prepared to have my hair singed, however I had to use it for a completely different reason. The day when half the mansion seemed to have lost their marbles." She says while Zelda lowered her head.
"Ugh don't remind me…" Zelda says while remembering a certain hylian flopping around like a fish… And the CAT scan that followed…
"What exactly happened to you?" Peach asked as she remembered Shulk stealing her crown, and her hair being dyed green.
"Well," Raven began…
*flashback*
Raven was completely immersed in her book while carefully mixing concoctions that she didn't notice her twin enter the room. "With this elixir it should allow us to sleep without nightmares!" She tells herself proudly while swirling the bottle around. It goes from a light green to a bright cyan moments later. She was satisfied with her work and didn't notice the fact that someone had sneaked up on her, until…
*snip*
She turns her head to see Robin standing there holding a detached chunk of her right pigtail and a pair of scissors.
"Uhh good day…" He says awkwardly as she feels the side of her head to find her right pigtail was missing. A fire ignites in her eyes as she slowly turns to give a death glare to her male counterpart. If looks could kill Robin would have been dead a thousand times over.
*moments later*
"ARCHFIRE!"
Robin burst out the door to the room and crashed against the wall as a wall of flames followed him. "Good lord woman that is not a spell, that is a FLAMETHROWER!" He exclaimed while panting heavily.
"I know what it is, that's why I'm using it!" She retorts.
"Where the hell did you even get a flamethrower?!" He says with a crack of his voice as she stood in the doorway.
"I should be asking the questions here bud!" She says while jabbing a finger onto her chest. He gets up and runs away as she scorches the wall where he previously sat. "Get back here you freak!" She shouts as she charges after him while incinerating everything in her path.
*end flashback*
"What a crazy day huh?" Raven finished recalling her story, however she kept the flamethrower part out. "Anyway I have a hair regrowth serum laying around that should fix that right up!" Raven tells her cheerfully while ruffling her hair.
"I dare you to go and take a chunk of Raven's hair!" Lucinas own words circled in her brain as she remembered the smug look she gave Robin. She gave him a dare so daring she didn't think he'd go through with it. But he bluntly took the pair of scissors from her hand and walked off, only to return burned to a crisp…
"Raven you're a lifesaver!" Lucina says cheerfully while throwing her arms around the tactician. Although she had a bit of guilt seeing as she was the one who sent Robin after her.
"Glad to help!" Raven said cheerfully.
"Uhhhhhh, did I miss something?" Palutena asked as she noticed Inigo sitting next to Lucina eating cucumbers.
"Oh that's Inigo I found him in our room and refuses to leave my side" Lucina gave the goddess a quick run down before taking a sip of coffee.
"Where did you even get a pig?" Peach said, completely surprised, "I mean there are absolutely no farms out here as everything around here is imported." Peach informed her but Lucina was just as confused as they were.
"Which reminds me!" Lucina spoke up, "i wanted to ask my partner but I haven't seen him all morning and he wasn't in the room when I woke up. I don't suppose you've seen him by any chance?" She asked Palutena.
"I'm sorry no I haven't, last time I saw him was last night when he and you ran off into the woods with a couple others." She responds while Lucina hangs her head, the mystery continues.
"Perhaps you should ask Link, he went along with the rowdy group as well." Zelda offered while Lucina looked up at her with newfound determination.
"I'll do that, thanks, where could I find him?" She asked while the hylian princess stopped to think.
"He should be pretty hung over so i'd imagine he went out back into the woods to ease the hangover." Zelda says while the bluenette gave her a puzzled look.
"Why would he go into the woods for that?" She asked, perplexed.
"It apparently reminds him of home, helps soothe his mind." Zelda informs her.
"What are you going to do about him?" Peach asked while motioning towards the piglet next to the bluenette.
"What can I do with him" she sighs while looking down at Inigo.
"Well you can't just let him go out in the wild by himself that would be cruel, by the looks of it I estimate it to be just a couple of months old." Zelda informs them as she observes the piglet.
"I guess you're stuck with him till you find his home" Palutena states while she pats the little thing on the head who sorts happily.
"I bet Dark Pit knows, this whole ordeal just reeks of his doing!" She proclaimed and crossed her arms while sitting back.
"You're always thinking of him aren't you?" Peach says while giving Lucina a mischievous look while leaning forward and resting her head on her hands. Although there was a glint in her eyes.
"Wha?" Lucina says, completely thrown off by the random question.
"Now that you mention it they do look rather adorable when they're together!" Palutena adds while pinching Lucina's cheek.
"It's not like that!" Lucina blurts out while flailing her arms a little flustered. She then crossed her arms again and sank in her seat while pouting.
"Are you blushing?" Raven says as she takes Lucina's face into her arms to get a look at her.
"No! Shut up!" She retorts while covering her face.
"Awww the little princess has a crush!" Palutena says while Lucina shakes her head furiously.
"I still hate his guts!" She claimed.
"Awwwwwwww" the others say in unison.
"Ok I'm gone!" She says while taking Inigo in her hands and storming away from them.
"Awh come on we're just messing with you!" Raven called out but the bluenette was already out the door.
"On a completely serious note what are the chances they would actually hook up?" Peach said innocently, but her sly smile said otherwise and she was surrounded by a dark aura, not to mention that glint in her eyes.
"Peach, don't start…" Zelda says while pinching the bridge of her nose.
"What, it's an innocent question?" She protests.
"Well unlikely, they'll either kill each other first or at the very least end up half dead before the end." Palutena says as she sighs and slumps her shoulders, "Pittoo is quite a handful after all and I doubt he even understands the concept of love" she adds.
"But it's meant to be, the numbers add up!" Peach insists while slamming her hands on the table and getting up.
"What numbers?" Raven asks completely puzzled.
"Peach do I need to put you in the 'love sick' room again?" Zelda says sternly, "need I remind you of the great brawl incident again?" She adds while crossing her arms.
"No…" Peach said solemnly and slowly sat back down.
"What happened?" The other two said simultaneously.
"Well Peach here decided to trap Samus and the newcomer Snake in a locked chamber. She floods the room hoping they would kiss to conserve air or something to get them to fall for each other in some twisted manner." Zelda informs them.
"It was a good plan, but she just had to ruin it!" Peach states as she crossed her arms in a huff.
"What happened?" Raven asked while Zelda scoffed giving Peach a look.
"Well Samus was completely fine as she had her suit on at the time. Snake was not so fortunate however and drowned, by the time we found them the poor man had turned blue!" Zelda says while shaking her head.
"Damn…" Palutena whispered.
"Peach, Zelda we need to have a chat" Samus says very sternly appearing out of nowhere.
"What's going on?" Zelda asks as she stands from her seat.
"We will discuss this in Master Hand's office" the bounty hunter replied before she turned and headed off.
"Very well, excuse us" Zelda says as she and Peach follow after the blonde.
*outside*
"Preposterous!" Lucina stated as she walked, "the very idea is absurd right!?" She says while looking down at Inigo who snorted a reply. She just shook her head slowly before she continued in the woods. The sound of the snow crunching under her was the only audible thing. "Link?" She called out shortly after and the sound echoed for some time.
"Dude you're like really throwing off the vibe right now…" came a groggy reply shortly after. She turns to see Link along with Captain Falcon, Pit and Shulk sitting on a green rug in mediating positions. In front of them was the male wii fit trainer who was apparently instructing them.
"Breath in" WFT says while taking in a deep breath, "and exhale slowly as you clear your minds." He says as he exhales slowly followed by the others.
"Link I really need your help right now…" She whispered.
"I literally can't hear myself think right now..." he insisted.
"Link this is serious!" She whispered harshly.
"Excuse me young lady?" WFT says, "may I ask why you are disrupting my meditation session?" He says while crossing his arms.
"Um, I'm sorry mr… uh…" She begins.
"Icce" he says plainly.
"Icce, but um I need to urgently have a talk with Link" she states.
"Well as you can see he is busy for now" he tells her.
"I know but this is an emergency!" She stated urgently but he didn't budge.
"Why don't you join us instead you seem quite tense, and seeing as you have some free time otherwise you wouldn't have interrupted my session." He says while she growls under her breath.
"Now I'm sensing some hostility from you" he adds while she contemplated her options.
"Come mediate, you cannot function properly if you are stressed out" he offered.
"Ugh fine" she gave up and sat on the rug with the others.
"Now relax and clear your mind" he began…
*meanwhile...*
"Here they are sir" Samus says while walking into Master Hand's office with Zelda and Samus in tow.
"Good you're all here, we can now begin!" He says when getting up from his seat and clasping his hands behind his back. All six members stood before him and he looked between them. "I heard you've had quite the party last night…" he says as they tense up and turn to look at each other.
"Sir I can explain!" Peach began as she stepped forward but he waved her off.
"I could care less, at the very least it kept the roster completely occupied and this whole ordeal was sweeped under the rug without anyone batting an eye. Well done!" He commended while they sort of looked at each other uneasy they knew the punchline was coming.
"Oh, well you're wel-"
"However!" He says while pointing a finger at them cutting off Peach mid sentence. "That does not mean that a few smashers hadn't stepped out of line. Now you've had to have seen this coming as you took a good chunk of the roster out drinking no less!" He says as he shook his head slowly while he tisked. "We will deal with them accordingly, there are consequences to actions people!" He says while smacking the palm of his hand. He sighs before he takes a seat again and leans back in his chair. He puts on his little reading glasses and takes out a little list from his front coat pocket. "Lets see here ah yes, Roy is our first contender, the bloke nearly started a forest fire and almost drew the attention of the authorities!" He bellowed and then turned towards Peach. "I trust you can bring him in?" He asks while she takes out her frying pan with a grin.
"Leave it to me boss!" She says as she salutes before heading out the room.
"Next on the list here is wario, this guy had the audacity to clear out an entire building with his flatulence! Not only was a bomb threat called in but he gave himself away with that little stunt. Mario I'm sure you can bring him in correct?" He says turning towards the plumber.
"You-a got it boss!" He says tipping his hat before he heads out the door.
"Next up we have jigglypuff, now it may not be as bad as the others but she attended a karaoke club and not only put everyone to sleep, but she also vandalized everyone's faces!" He remarked while Link stifled a laugh. "Laugh it up Link, if fact I want you to bring her in!" MH declared.
"Awh come on…" Link says as he drops his head and walks out the door.
"Zelda I need you to bring in King Dedede, this idiot thought it would be a good idea to party on a deck with all his waddle dee doos and plunged the whole thing into the water!" MH informed her and she nodded.
"I'll bring him in sir" she says as she bows politely before heading out.
"Ok now time for the big fish, and I'll leave it to the two of you. Samus I want you to bring in that troublesome boy Dark Pit. I can't even begin to list all the things this boy did wrong!" MH says as he took out a seperate list that extended till it hit the floor and then continued.
"As you wish" she replied while placing her helmet on her head.
"Marth" MH says while turning towards the prince who stood attently with his hands behind his back.
"Yes sir?" He responds while Master Hand leans forward placing his hands on his desk.
"I need you to bring in that descendant of yours, she was an accomplice to that other fool. Honestly I would've figured she would be the reasonable one." He says while Marth looked unsurely of himself.
"Pardon my say so sir but whatever you may have thought transpired, I believe there has been a mistake." He says but the hand simply waved him off.
"There is no mistake here! And I won't let you step in like you've done in the past. You can't keep babying her because it seems to be going to her head. Now I trust you can handle this simple task?" He says while Marth rubs his arm slowly he looks completely conflicted to himself. "Marth!" MH exclaimed and banged a hand on the table while the prince lowered his gaze.
"I can't be the one who deals the harsh punishment that you expect!" He states, "it's unjust and unwarranted I can't do that to my own family!" he says while Master Hand raises from his seat.
"Family or not, you swore an oath to your duty as a member of the Elite Six and I expect you to uphold it!" MH barked but Marth kept his gaze lowered. "Then you are then hereby demoted until further notice, get out of my sight!" He spat.
"Yes sir…" He replied as he turned and headed out the room, though he couldn't see it he knew Samus gave him a solemn look.
"Samus!" He bellowed, "Bring Ike to me, I think the mercenary has earned himself a temporary promotion!" He says as she nods and heads out the door.
"Marth!" She called out as she rushed after the prince who slowly walked down the hall with his head hung low.
"I know what you're going to say so don't bother..." He replied as he held up his hand.
"I was just going to say that you shouldn't have argued with him, you know how he can get. I would've taken your task if you couldn't bring yourself to." She says while he sighs and turns to her with a sincere look in his eyes.
"That's not the point, you know she is being dragged down by that undignified scoundrel. I stand by what I say. It's unjust that she be put in the same light as him!" He states rather irritated. "That's like you being blamed for being Ridley's accomplice just because you were seen with him, when we both know you were there to put him down."
"I see your point, however what of last night, her assault on you had his hand in it too? Cause to me it appeared to be of her own volition." Samus says while he gave her a deadpan look.
"His hand played a part, yes! Without a doubt! Clearly he's been a bad influence on her, compare the Lucina from the start of the tournament to the one now and tell me they are the same person." He said and crossed his arms while she slumped her shoulders.
"I guess that's true, although you can't deny that she's rubbed off on him too. He's less angry most of the time now and he's been having less violent tantrums as of late." She says but Marth just tisked and turned his head.
"He wouldn't change his attitude if the world depended on it" he says as a matter of fact.
"I don't know, the influence goes both ways. I admit she's not as timid and shy as she was when she first arrived. However he's not all moody and rude as he first was when he arrived." She says but Marth could care less about that.
"I've already put in multiple requests for them to be reassigned but the notion keeps being shut down..." Marth breathes out rather frustrated.
"Well maybe for good cause" Samus insisted.
"How do you mean?" He asked.
"I'll let you figure that out, in the meantime I have some tasks to complete. And worry not I'll talk to Master Hand on your behalf." Samus replies but she turns and leaves the prince alone with his thoughts.
*in the woods…*
"And that is it for our session today gentlemen, and lady" Icce says as he stood from his mat. "I hope you all feel calmed and relaxed and have soothed your aches." He says as he clasped his hands together and bowed "namaste" he said before he picked up his mat and left.
"Huh that was relaxing…" Lucina says to herself.
"So what did you want to ask me?" Link says as he stood up and stretched.
"Well for starters, what can you tell me about what happened in the woods last night, and secondly if you can't tell me anything about him." She says picking up Inigo and showing him to Link who rubbed his chin.
"Well he had a raging bonfire party, as for the pig I have no idea where you got that thing he wasn't at the bonfire." Link shrugged while Lucina groaned and lowered her head. Inigo snorted in succession as his tiny tail wiggled around.
"What happened after the bonfire?" She asked while he just chuckled to himself.
I couldn't tell you even if I tried, I was pretty plastered by then, we all were." He admits and walks away while having a good chuckle to himself.
"Great, that was a big help…" she breathed out while she thought about what to do next.
"Rough night?" She hears behind her and turns to see Captain Falcon leaning next to a tree with a mat under his arm.
"You have no idea!" She states while she shows him the pig.
"Perhaps I could be of some assistance to you" he tells her while she looks unsure.
"How would you do that?" She asked.
"Well I was there that night and drank very little as I was assigned to be a chaperone for the night." He says while she silently 'ohed'
"Forgive me but I am a little startled at you speaking perfect sentences since I've come to assume you weren't all there…" She says as she lowered her gaze.
"It's alright I put on that facade so I dont stick out from this insane place." He assured her as he shrugged his big shoulders.
"Fair point," she says.
"Now about what happened, come let's take a walk there is much to talk about, but first I need to know how much you remember?" He says patting her on the back as he began to walk and she followed while holding Inigo on her arms.
*The previous day*
It was a crisp morning with a bright sunrise and a beautiful snow coating covering the landscape. It was so peaceful inside the mansion as well the interior was nice warm and cosy, not to mention a nice hot breakfast was being served. Until...
"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU!" Lucina shouted at the top of her lungs. She and Dark Pit were standing at the foot of the staircase and had been arguing since she woke up and chased after him. She had a thing or two to say to him about how their night ended the day before.
"I'm perfectly fine, it's you who should have your head checked out!" He states smugly while rising his arms to the side.
"YOU SON OF A-"
"Hey, hey what's going on!?" Pit says while coming between the two and holding Lucina back from his dark counterpart.
"It's none of your concern shit stain, besides it's no big deal!" Pittoo remarked rudely and crossed his arms.
"No big deal?! He tried to kill me!" She exclaimed while making grabs at him but Pit held her back.
"Maybe it was a misunderstanding, you know Pittoo can't express himself properly both physically and mentally." Pit assured her but she just scoffed audibly.
"Yeah because suffocating people with pillows while they are trying to sleep is a friendly gesture!" She remarked and crossed her arms in a huff.
"Um, did you really do that?" Pit asked, completely surprised as he turned to his counterpart.
"She asked for it…" He grumbled.
"In no point in time did I ever utter the words 'come smother me in my sleep' you self centered asshole!" Lucina shot back.
"Hey come on name calling is uncalled for…" Pit says while turning to her.
"It's completely called for in this case!" She retorts.
"And then she wonders why people want to smother her" Pittoo remarks as she growls at him.
"That's not the only bone I have to pick with you!" She states, "unless you forgot about all the trouble you cost me last night!" She says while he audibly scoffs at her.
"Oh I cause you trouble?" He challenged as he got up in her face. "Who's the damn square who kept sticking her nose where it didn't belong!" He retorts.
"Listen here you fucker!" She shouted angrily while roughly taking hold of his shirt.
"Oh you want to start with me bitch!" He fires back.
"What in the blazes is going on here?!" Master Hand appeared taking hold of both of them by their arms. "Such foul language is unacceptable, you two need to step into my office. I need a word with you both. Run along now Pit." He says while turning to the angel who scooted away. "Now let's step into my office for a chat!" He says dragging the two along who protested simultaneously.
*later*
Master Hand stared in disbelief holding his head in his hands and he watched the duo argue over each other. Peach was sitting behind them sipping a cup of tea calmly paying no mind to a squabbling duo.
"Alright enough!" He says while holding out one of his hands before rubbing his aching head.
"Pardon my intrusion" Peach says while setting her cup down and walking up to Master Hand. "But weren't you supposed to be taking care of some business hm?" She asked while resting a hand on his desk and leaning on it.
"Yes I was, am, and I came here early to grab a few vital things before I heard these two howling at each other like rabid hyenas!" MH responds while shooting a look towards the duo. "I swear half the city could hear you two tear into each other, and what might I ask has you two as such odds hm?" He says pointing his finger between them.
"You really got to ask?" Pittoo began, "considering you placed this HUGE bitchy anchor around my neck that's constantly weighing me down!" He protested, while motioning towards Lucina who punched him on the arm.
"I expect you to hold that tongue of yours in my presence boy! And you, physical violence will not be tolerated outside of the arena!" He scolds them both but they just crossed their arms and turned from each other. "What happened to you both? You showed such promise at the triathlon with coordinated teamwork, now you're clawing at each other constantly like wild animals!" He adds with a sigh, shaking his head in disappointment. "Nevertheless, I asked Ms Toadstool here since she is the manors partner counselor, sure she may derail from course from time to time and be a little extreme. But there is no doubt that she has a talent for bringing smashers together, in fact she is the one who singlehandedly kept individuals such as Link and Ganondorf from killing each other, Fox and Wolf, Charizard and Greninja, the list goes on. Now I've entrusted you to her since I am now placing you both in Mandatory counseling. Once a week you shall both meet with Ms Toadstool here and she will relay to me your progress. If either of you even think of skipping out on a single session there will be SEVERE consequences!" He finished while clicking shut a briefcase and getting up from his seat. In an instant they both started to protest very vocally trying to shout over the other.
"Enough!" Master Hand booms blasting them backwards and forcing them into seats. "No excuse no protesting this is happening, now I must be going Peach I trust you can take it from here?" He says as he turns and opens a black and purple swirling portal.
"Leave it to me boss!" She says with a salute and a mischievous smile comes across her face, and there was that unmistakable glint in her eyes.
"Oh before I forget!" He says turning to the pink princess, "no funny business, I mean it!" He says very sternly while pointing in her direction. He then nods and disappears into the portal that disintegrates shortly thereafter.
"Now then let us begin shall we?" Peach says while rubbing her hands together and sitting on the desk. She takes out a little notepad and clicks a little pen with pink fuzzy feathers on the end of it. "First things first I want you to turn to each other and tell the other how you feel right now." She instructed while she took out a pair of pink glasses and put them on.
"I can't look at her, my natural reflex will cause me to puke!" Pittoo Remarked while Lucina instantly moved to strike him… Thats is… Until her fist collided with the cold hard steel of a frying pan…
Lucina instantly reeled back in pain while holding her aching hand and getting on her knees. "I'd appreciate it if you kept your hands to yourself little lady!" Peach says as she pocketed the frying pan in those magic pockets of her. "And you need to stop being so rude!" She hissed as she pulled Dark Pit by the ears.
"Ah! You Bi-" BONK*
"What did I just say!" She says as he held his head and kneeled down in pain. He looked up at her and she gave him a challenging gare as if to say 'come at me' unlike the more tamed princess beside him, this one was crazed and unpredictable and there would be no telling the different ways she could possibly hurt him. Pittoo just turned away while rubbing his aching head and she smirked in satisfaction walking back to the desk and sitting on it. "Now calmly turn to your partner and express how you feel right now." She said very sweetly as she picked up her pen and notepad.
"I hate your guts so much right now!" Lucina breathed out while still holding her aching hand.
"The feeling is mutual princess" he shoots back as he slowly rubs his throbbing head.
"Hmm it's a shame, it seems we have a lot of work ahead of us" he says to herself as she scribbled in her notepad.
"Are we done here?" Pittoo says as he sits back down in his seat still holding his head.
"Far from it mister!" Peach states while pointing at him with her pen. "Now let's start with you!" she says, placing her notepad aside and sitting on the armrest of Lucina's chair. "What is it about your partner that irritates you so much?" She asked while neatly folding her arms in her lap, she gave the angel a look before the bluenette began. She took a seat and cleared her throat while thinking it over.
"He never listens to me and doesn't bother with my intake, he does as he sees fit and it's irritating beyond belief!" Lucina protested.
"So how do you feel?" She says walking over to Dark Pit and placing her hands on his armrest and leaning over him. "How do you really feel outside of a snarky reply?" She says very sternly.
"She is very controlling, not to mention deceitful, she will do anything to get her way!" He states and from the corner of her eye Peach saw Lucina move forward but Peach held her finger up. Lucina just slowly rested back into her seat and crossed her arms. "Now why do you think that is?" Peach asked him and he just huffed to himself.
"Beats me, but it pisses me off!" He states and crosses his arms.
"Alright let's see what your files have to say!" She says taking two large folders from the desk and flipping them open. Behind her Pittoo turned and stuck his tongue out at her and she flipped him the bird. "Interesting…" Peach says as she paced around them and hummed in thought. Alright so Lucina" she says while turning towards the bluenette, "you were a natural born leader, when shit hit the fan you were the beacon that lit the way for others. You had your little army follow you without question as your judgment always was the right calls. Am I correct?" She said as she snapped the file shut.
"Well yes I've always been the one with the better judgment so naturally I call the shots." She responds while the mushroom monarch hummed in thought.
"And you believe that applies here too?" She asked.
"Clearly out of the two of us I'm the more level headed and mature one, so of course my motives outweigh his!" She states while giving Dark Pit a look.
"Wrong!" Peach fires back while slamming a golf club on the armrest making Lucina jump in her seat. "When factoring in a relationship both parties must be included or it will inevitably lead to a clash!" She scolds the swordswoman who just points a finger at her partner.
"But he's the one who always acts without thought!" She protested but Peach just smacked her hand with a tennis racket.
"We're not talking about him, we're talking about you!" Peach says sternly, "we're not in Yilesse and he's not one of your little soldiers you can go bossing around. More importantly you can't go making decisions for the both of you, even if you feel it's the right thing to do." Peach lectured her.
"But he-"
"No, no shhh!" Peach cut her off making a zipper movement across her lips. "Please just zip zip, we're still on you sweetheart." Peach says as she smiled sweetly but Lucina was agitated and felt personally attacked. "Communication is key!" Peach continued as she circled around the bluenette who sank in her seat. "If he wants to jump off a bridge you have no right to order him down, or at the very least threaten him to come down or physically drag him down. That will only lead to more problems down the line. However you can discuss and weigh the options to let him know why it's a bad idea. Yelling and throwing tantrums won't solve anything and will in fact just encourage him to jump." She says as Lucina sees Pittoo smirk to himself adding to her frustration. "Now I've given you a lot to think about, now use this time to think over your past actions and what you could've done differently." She says as she goes towards Dark Pit sitting on the armrest of his chair.
"And you where do I begin with you!" She says while ruffling his hair. "Sure little Lucy over there might be a dog that likes to bark, but you! You're a dog that's all bite and one day you're going to bite off more that you can chew!" She tells him while poking his cheek while he groans in annoyance. "The infamous rebel who only serves himself" she began, "yeah right what a joke!" She remarked as she tossed his file on the floor. "You want to come off as big bad Dark Pit but deep down you don't have it in you. So you use crude humor and blunt force to come across as such. But come on we both know you are just putting on a show." She remarked but he waved her off and turned his head away from her.
"You're just spouting nonsense" he claimed.
"Am I?" She challenged, "like I told your little partner over there communications is key, however it's nothing without cooperation first of all. Now I know you can work well with others if you really try to. Ah yes I heard all about your little escapades with good old Pit. Now you might say you just worked and cared for him because your life was on the line. But that's not the story he told meeeeeee!" She says while booping him on the nose and giggles. Meanwhile Dark Pit made a mental note to himself about hunting down Pit after and giving him the worst purple nurple of his life. "And before you think your brother in arms betrayed you just know I had to persuade him for that info!" She smiled while placing a finger on her chin and giggling playfully.
"You're insane!" Dark Pit mutters and she gives him a flat look.
"That's the thanks I get for taking an actual interest in your shitty life?" She says as she hung her head and sighs slowly. "Oh what did I expect…" She tells herself before heading back to the desk and leaning on it. "Alright now that we got the outer problems down let's work on the core problems here!" She says a little excited, "alright now both of you on your feet!" She says while clapping her hand on her pan, likely as a warning as well. "Now lets start with Darky here!" She says while hopping in place cheerfully, "now I need you to sincerely apologize to your partner for all the wrongdoings you did to her!" She says encouragingly.
"This is stupid!" Dark Pit grumbled, before Peach twisted his fingers behind his back. "Hmmm you motha-" he moaned in pain.
"I'm sorry we didn't quite catch that!" She said in a cheerful voice still and smiled sweetly at him. "You were saying?"
"I'm sorry for whatever crawled up your ass" he huffs before he receives another pan to the head.
"Ah stop doing that!" He exclaimed while rubbing his head.
"Then take this seriously!" She says as a dark look crossed her face, before it went back to bright and cheerful. "Let's start with you instead!" She says turning to Lucina with her bright and cheerful smile. Lucina just deeply sighs and drops her arms before turning towards him.
"I'm sorry for… being so demanding and controlling…" She forced out her words while Peach waved her arms in the air.
"Yaaaay! Good job Lucy!" Peach hopped around excitedly before turning to face Pittoo again. "Now you Mr grumpy pants!" She says as she crossed her arms and gave him a pouty look.
"I'm sorry…" He began through clenched teeth.
"Foooooor?" Peach asked while leaning towards him with her hands behind her back tightly clutching a golf club.
"For being… irrational… And… repulsive!" He breathed out while Peach began to excitedly clap in quick succession.
"Yay!" She squeals, "now we cement the moment with a handshake!" She says taking both their hands and locking them together. "See this is progress!" Peach says while looking between the two. "Now unto the next exercise, I want you to both list one thing you admire about the other person!" She says excitedly while holding up her arm.
"Yeah screw this I'm done!" Pittoo remarks as he shoves Lucina's hand away and begins to walk off. Peach however kept a smile on her face but a very dark look also came across it. All the windows and doors are sealed shut behind large metal shutters and the room is flooded with a dark red light.
"I'm afraid leaving isn't an option…" Peach says in a calm hushed voice. There was something about the way she said it though that would send shivers down your spine. "Now are you both going to continue being difficult or are we going to cooperate?" She says with that same dark look on her face. Pittoo just growls under his breath and walks back and slumped into his chair.
"Ok lets continue shall we?" She says cheerfully as the room goes back to normal and she smiles brightly.
*a few hours later...*
"What did we learn?" Peach says while sitting on the desk and looking over her notes. Both Lucina and Dark Pit were glaring at each other intensely but stayed seated in their seats.
"He's a bigger ass than I thought!" Lucina remarked.
"Yeah and someone is a bigger bi-" Dark Pit began and then slurred his words.
"We were making such good progress guys, but you just regressed back to the beginning!" Peach groaned as she hung her head. "In any case that's all the time we have today unfortunately…" Peach says with a sad sigh, "and we have nothing to show for it."
"Good the sooner I can get away from him the better!" Lucina says as she stands from her seat.
"Hey you're no picnic either!" He retorts.
"Alright my little experiments, one last thing before we go!" She adds while standing between the two, "hold out your arms!" She says while taking both their wrists.
*click*
"What did you just do!" Lucina said horrified looking at the large pink cuff linking her with Pittoo. He yanked his arm back forcefully and it dragged her along much to his disdain.
"Is this some sort of sick joke?!" Pittoo breathed out as he yanked on the cuff.
"Nope it's a social experiment, you need to work out your differences one way or another. And worry not it'll come off before the day is over ok!" She says while giving them a wink but they paid her no mind and continued to yank away from each other.
"I'm going to hack this thing off as soon as I get the chance!" Pittoo said before they both received a large electric shock that stunned them.
"Well if you want to be shocked into next week then please by all means hack away, if the thing is damaged in any way you'll be shocked, if you try to unlock it you'll be shocked. It's also voice activated so if you don't cease hostilities… You guess it, you'll be shocked!" Peach explained to them with a giggle while they gave her horrified looks.
"I can't be stuck with this thing all day!" Lucina remarks before the cuffs flash blue and they are shocked.
"Temper temper!" Peach says before she walked off or rather skipped off cheerfully.
"This isn't going to work!" Pittoo called after the princess, "I'll hack my own arm off! don't think I won't!" He says while Lucina groaned audibly to herself.
"You suck!" She says before they are shocked again.
"Would you stop that, and what did I do?!" He says.
"All you had to do was cooperate and she would have left us alone, but No! You just had to be difficult!" She says while he waved her off.
"Whatever!" He says as the lunch bell rings throughout the mansion.
*later*
*yank "would you stop that!" She exclaimed as he kept dragging her off.
"I wouldn't have to if you would pick up the pace grandma!" He remarks as she growls at him and stomps her foot.
"Why do I have to be tortured with this!" She whines.
"Well you're the one who had to go making a scene this morning!" He responds.
"How else did you want me to react when you tried to MURDER me!" She shot back.
"You just had to let bygones be bygones" he said and shook his head.
"Geez you guys bicker like an old married couple." Toon Link remarked from behind them in the lunch line.
"Gee yeah she fucken wishes!" Pittoo retorts before they are horribly shocked again.
"Can you PLEASE stop doing that…" Lucina breathed out heavily as she tightly clutched her lunch tray. "And for the love of Naga just let me get my pick out my lunch!" She groaned while blowing some hair away from her face.
"Just grab whatever its all crap anyways!" Pittoo states.
"He ain't wrong…" Toon Link adds from behind them.
"You zip it" she says turning towards the little hylian, "and you be patient!" She says pointing a finger at the dark angel. They slowly move along until the next problem presents itself… Where do they sit?
Pittoo already started making his way towards his usual spot but Lucina stood firmly in place. His chain is yanked and he is pulled back, he gave her a bored expression. "What are you doing?" He says with no patience in his voice.
"I'm not going over there…" She says firmly while looking at the dark table in the back with all of its shady occupants.
"Well there is no way I'm sitting over there!" he says motioning over towards her table and more specifically at Palutena.
"Rock paper scissors?" She said and he shrugged
"Eh what the hell! why not?" He says as they shake their hands three times before holding them out. "Yeah!" Pittoo shouts and fist bumped the air while Lucina groaned in defeat and slumped her shoulders.
As soon as they sat down all pairs of eyes were on them giving them strange looks. "It's only temporary" Pittoo assured them and held up his arm showing their hands cuffed together. At once Dark Link, Wario, DTL and King Dedede begin snickering to themselves.
"You're in my spot!" They hear a voice echo in their heads a moment later.
"Yeah tough luck pal" Pittoo responds without a care in the world while shaking his head rather annoyed. That is until he was levitated off his seat and slammed against the ceiling. Lucina looks down horrified seeing Mewtwo glare up at them with glowing purple eyes.
"He didn't mean it! He didn't mean it!" Lucina blurts out in rapid succession while dangling in the air.
"Mewtwo there is no need for that, the boy will move" Ganodorf said calmly while holding out his hand. Mewtwo just huffs and turns his head with closed eyes while the duo crash to the floor behind him.
"Get off me!" Lucina shouts pushing the angel away.
"Now tell us how is it you found yourself in this predicament?" He asks the duo as he clasps his hands together and holds them in front of him.
"Difference of opinion is all" Pittoo responds as he took his seat and brushed some hair from his face. "It tends to happen I'm sure you all have had your fair share of it." He says casually as he begins picking at his tofu steak.
"Not to this extent" Dark Link admitted with an amused smile on his face.
"He's right" Ganon agreed
"Pardon the intrusion, but aren't you roomed with Robin?" She asked the gerudo who grunted a response.
"Yes I am but he and I have a mutual understanding, besides I think he is a rather interesting individual, especially considering him being the vessel of the wings of despair!" The gerudo admits with admiration in his voice.
"Of course you do…" Lucina thinks to herself with a deadpan look.
"Well seeing as you're a new guest here, why don't you enlighten us with your tale?" Ganondorf asks shortly after while Pittoo snorts.
"Why bother it's depressing as shit…" he remarked before they got another electric shock. Dark Link began cough-laughing into his fist while DTL's face was bright red and looked on the verge of tears. It was going to be a long lunch. She sighs and sat up straight in her seat as she recalled her adventure, from the dark future to the bright new present.
"Interesting…" Ganon says shortly after as Lucina had been recalling her adventures. Although she tended to notice she only perked his interest when she spoke of grima.
"Ha! dumbass ended up playing himself, what a joke!" Dark Link said rather amused while slamming his hand on the table.
"Is he still out there though?" Bowser asked with a raised eyebrow, "I mean Robin came back" he says while looking around the table as if he'll get his answer.
"To be honest we never got a clear definitive answer, however there is the fact that the mark was completely gone." Lucina responds before taking a sip of tea.
"His first mistake was being too concerned with you, he was no true conqueror. Had it been I in his position I wouldn't have bothered with such trivial matters." King Dedede tooted his own horn.
"Yeah you probably would've eaten all their food and starved them out!" DTL calls out before he begins giggling to himself. The king of Dreamland gared at the little dark child.
Beside the obvious it wasn't so bad sitting with the apparent worst of the worst. And their table manners were far superior then the heroes of the land, so that was a big plus. Even Wario, yes Wario had manners, he ate cloves of garlic with little golden toothpicks with jewels on top neatly and one at a time. Although he probably had to adapt those manners at some point because his old table manners disrupted those around him. Although surprise, surprise Ganon seemed to be the most well mannered of them all, say what you will about the king of evil, but he sure knew how to present himself. The conversations weren't that bad either, she expected them to be going on about how they should have won against their rivals but no. They spoke about their goals and ambitions outside of wanting to kill, conquer and pillage.
"Well it's been a pleasure, but now I must excuse myself." Ganon said as he got up and bowed before he turned and left.
"Yo lets go hit up the smash runs again!" Dark Link says while smacking Pittoo in the chest. The dark angel just gave him a bored stare and held up his arm connected to Lucina's. "Right…" The hylian mutters before he shrugs and takes off while snickering loudly to himself. The others get up as well and go their own ways, leaving the duo stuck at the table.
"And how are we doing today?" Peach asks as she appears behind the two with a bright and cheery smile.
"Oh go fu-" Pittoo began before they were both shocked intensely.
"I can't do this! please take this off before he gets us killed!" Lucina pleaded with the pink princess while tugging on her arm and giving her a sincere look.
"I'm sorry but there's nothing I can do once it's on it'll stay on until the designated time." Peach says while softly stroking her hair.
"This is pure torture!" Lucina says while slamming her head on the table.
"Don't worry I got a solution!" Pittoo says with a mischievous smile, "well just cut off your hand and it'll slip off!" He says a little thrilled.
"Hang on, why do I have to cut off my hand!" She protests while holding her hand protectively.
"Try all you want sharp objects don't work on living beings on this premises!" Peach states before she walked away gracefully.
"What if I need to use the bathroom?" Dark Pit called out before the cuffs flashed red and the chain separated. They both blankly stare down at the cuffs before they spring to their feet and run in the opposite direction of each other.
"Freedom!" Lucina cried out in her mind as a tear of joy rolled down her face. That is until her cuff flashed red again and a powerful magnet activated. Her arm is yanked backwards and she and Pittoo are forcefully pulled back to each other with great force. They end up colliding head first into each other and fall to the floor and the chain links itself back together.
"FOR FU-" Pittoo began before they fell another shockwave course through them. Lucina just groaned in defeat while holding her hands over her face. "sake…" Pittoo breathed out and slammed his fist on the floor in anger.
"Tisk, tisk, did you really think it would be that easy to escape?" Peach appeared before them looking down at the pair on the floor with her hands on her hips.
"You're a deranged person! you know that?" Pittoo remarked and she simply waved him off.
"I take that as a compliment!" She says before she walks off again.
"Hey Lucy you doing anything?" Raven suddenly appears kneeling next to her.
"No…" The bluenette responded flatly.
"So you're just lying on the floor dead?" Raven asks.
"Yeah I thought I'd spend the day wasting away here…" She says.
"Well I actually here to offer a proposition for you!" Raven says with some excitement in her voice and the bluenette lifts her head slightly. "There is this new bar club that opened up today and a bunch of us are going to check it out, it's suppose to be really awesome what do you say?" The tactician proposed while Lucina raised her cuffed hand. "I know about your predicament, you both should come, it'll be fun!" She says while Lucina groaned unsurely.
"Is there alcohol, like real alcohol?" Dark Pit asks while holding up a finger.
"Well it is a bar…" Raven responds while the angel grinned, "although we're not really allowed to get carried away" she adds.
"Screw it I'm in!" Pittoo says as he sits up.
"I guess it wouldn't hurt to go…" Lucina admits.
"Great, we'll meet up in about an hour in front in the smash bus!" Raven said excitedly before she walked off.
*moments later*
A large group of them had gathered to head out, even some Elite Six members, who were but not limit to: Roy, Marth, Ike, Shulk, Peach, Palutena, Pit, Zelda, Link, Dark Link, King Dedede, Wario, Captain Falcon, Little Mac, Ryu, Rosalina, Snow and Ice, Robin, Raven, and lastly the chain linked duo. The ride over to the bar was rowdy with excitement and of course they put Captain Falcon at the wheel. Samus had actually recruited the man to tag along and keep an eye on things for her while she and Mario held down the fort. Of course he wasn't the only one as Zelda was also a chaperone as well as Marth.
When they arrived the place was lively with neon lights flashing everywhere and the music blaring inside being distinctly heard outside. And eventually they all managed to waddle their way in with little complications and Pittoo headed straight for the bar with Lucina in tow despite her protest. She was wearing a light blue top with a small white jacket over it and a white skirt with light blue leggings. While he wore a large white hoodie and some ripped light grey jeans. He slams his hands on the counter and the bartender turns to him. "Buddy I've had a real shit day now there are only two things I need to know, what's your craziest drink and how much do you have of it?" He asks while the guy smirks to himself.
"I don't think you'll be able to handle it kid" the bartender says while Pittoo just grinned mischievously.
"Try me!" He challenged while the bartender looked at his colleague and then shrugged.
"Your funeral kid!" He says, "and you'd be after our famed 'heart stopper' then, and there's enough back here to kill a horse" The bartender tells him while pouring him a drink.
"Make that two" he says handing one to Lucina but she holds out her hands waving him off.
"Oh no I'm fine, I rather not" she says and he gave her a deadpan look.
"Look the crazy lady said we needed to bond or whatever to get this thing off." He said holding up his arm and reminding her of their predicament. "And if we're stuck together for the rest of the day might as well make the most of it right?" He says while she takes the glass still looking unsure. "To getting through this crap!" He says lifting up his glass before he downed and slamming it back down. "Oh thats some good stuff!" He says "refill!" He called over to the bartender who stared at him with wide eyes.
Lucina on the other hand just looked down at the sparkling glass in her hand with her back turned to him. She thought to herself "what's the worst that can happen?" before lifting the glass up to her lips and swinging it down. She set the glass down and felt a little energised after that, maybe it wasn't such a bad idea coming here. Shortly after she felt a really strong surge course through her and she clutched her chest tightly while gripping the counter. Her heart either stopped beating or was beating so fast she couldn't feel it anymore. Either way she slowly falls to the floor while gasping for air. "I can't breathe…" she choked out a hoarse whisper as she clutched her chest tighter. The noise around her started to fade and sound distant as she tried to collect herself. Eventually everything else begins to fade away as well…
Word of advise kids, if a drink is literally called 'heart stopper' dont drink it!
In any case looks like the plot thickens! The mystery continues, and where in the world did Inigo come from? Stay tuned! Toodles!
Next Chapter: Spot Marks the X…