A Walk Among Giants Chapter 40, a super smash brothers fanfic

A Walk Among Giants, Chapter 40: The Forsaken.

Ello! Wow I can't believe it's been a year since I've last seen you guys! Incredible! Anyway I'm sure you're all just dying to know what happened so let's get on with the show!

And a new and refreshing thanks to:

TheShadowStarr23: I know dear I know, well I'm here to put a little band-aid on your mental booboo and even give it a little smooch for extra measure.

UltimateCCC: oh we already know who, what better way to start the year without this certain someone eh, eh?

She was lost in her thoughts as she hurried down the halls then turned another corner when she bumped into someone. She ended up getting knocked down from the impact and fell on her rear. She looks up at the dark angel before her apologetically.

"I'm terribly sorry I didn't see you there, my bad!" She says slightly embarrassed. Before her was someone who looked like Pit. Except this guy had black hair, black wings, black clothes, and dark ruby eyes. He waved her off however and even offered his hand up to her to her feet.

"It's alright I wasn't seeing where I was heading either," The black Pit responded, rubbing the back of his head slowly.

"It's just that I'm fairly new here and this place has so many darn twists and turns I often find myself lost." She replies while a small smile comes across his face.

"Yeah, been there done that, want some help? Where are you off too exactly?" He asked.

"Oh I wouldn't want to be a bother…" She says politely declining.

"It's no bother, not like I have anything else going on anyway" he says. Taking out a map and unfolding it.

"This is slightly embarrassing but I'm actually looking for my room…" she replied while tapping her index fingers together. He just chuckled a little to himself.

"Yeah, yeah that happened to me as well. In fact I actually walked into the wrong room once!" he explained, making her giggle slightly.

"That must have been quite the surprise," she says.

"Oh believe me I was more surprised than him, especially considering he was singing in front of the mirror in his undergarments." The dark angel explained while she laughed a little at his tall tale.

"Do you know which floor your room was on?" He asks shortly thereafter.

"The second floor I presume?" She replies.

"Oh well then let me show you the way… Erm?" He says motioning down the hall before he stops momentarily while pointing at her.

"Oh right! Where are my manners? I completely forgot to introduce myself! My name is Lucina." The bluenette replies.

"Dark Pit" he replies plainly, "pleasure to meet you princess" he says with a sly smile.

"Wha- huh? How do you know that I'm...?" She blurts out completely dumbfounded. The dark angel just snickers at the confused bluenette as they both set off.

"Oh look at that… He made a friend." Palutena says as she turns down the hall they were in.

"Hmmm, this actually gives me an idea." Master Hand says standing next to the goddess.

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Dark Pit had finished unpacking his things in his new room. Master Hand had announced they would all be getting assigned partners due limited space and he was running out of places to put them all apparently. He wasn't all too thrilled about the idea, he rather enjoyed his solitude, as long as he wasn't rooming with Pit or worse yet Palutena herself he would be able to tolerate it. It isn't long before he hears the doorknob rattle and begin to turn slowly as the door is gently pushed open. He crossed his arms and prepared for the worst, this was probably going to be an absolute disaster.

His expression softened however when he saw that same Bluenette he bumped into a while back. His arms dropped to his side and she gave him a warm smile while holding up her card. "Hey Dark Pit! It looks like we're going to be roommates!" She says rather thrilled.

"What are the odds" he says with a shrug, perhaps this wasn't going to be so bad afterall. She wasn't like the rest of them so he could tolerate her better. The only way she would've been unpleasant would have been if he hadn't even given her a chance. Just then the intercoms come on and Master Hand's voice comes through.

"Alright smashers, I'm guessing everyone has met their partners getting all the awkwardness out of the way? So now comes the fun part! Working together! So now everyone, report to the 5th floor and head to you and your partners assigned training room, it should be the same as your room numbers. After that Lunch, then after you can do whatever you so wish, it's still pouring outside so no outside activities can be done so sorry. Alright then, that sums it just about up so happy smashing everyone!" Master Hand finished with a chuckle and the speakers shut off momentarily after that.

"Shall we?" Dark Pit says while grabbing his bow off the bed.

"Of course, but don't expect me to take it easy on you!" She replied with a smirk while he grins to himself.

"I'd like to see you say that when I'm kicking you butt!" he replies while they head out the door.

Once there after calmly looking around and reading their training room manual like everyone else they get the ins and outs of the place. They hit a set of buttons that transform the white room into a holographic arena that looked like I was floating in the middle of space. Pittoo splits his bow and swings his blades around while Lucina unsheathes her sword. They hear a loud buzz before they both dash at each other and clash their weapons together. "You're faster than I thought" he says while she smirks confidently again.

"I'm full of surprises!" she says, pushing him back with a powerful upwards jab. Normally Dark Pit would agitated and infuriate his opponent to make them easier to deal with. However he felt that with Lucina he actually preferred a fair fight instead. Should he have pushed her, her attacks would've been reckless and uncalculated, no strategy just pure rage. He fires off a few arrows at her but she was so quick and nimble that she effortlessly side stepped them. Clearly she's been well trained already in combat, he could see why Master Hand chose to add her to the roster.

"I gotta say, you're more of a challenge than I thought, I severely underestimated you!" He says shortly after.

"Yeah I get sometimes" she shrugs, swinging her blade around swiftly in front of her. "Now shall we continue this dance?" She adds while he smiled and shook his head, the girl surely had spirit.

"Bring it!" He says before they both dash at each other once more. When she is near him he reveals his secret weapon giving her a shocking surprise of his own.

"It seems I'm not the only one full of surprises am I?" She says while getting back on her feet, he just held up his arms with a smirk. She quickly dashes at him again and he braces himself while she fakes him out, doing a basic slash which he expected. What he didn't expect however was for her to roll behind him while he was too busy getting ready to block an attack that never came, and now that she was behind him she wasted no time in slicing and dicing his unprotected backside. Once he gets his chance to move he quickly starts spinning his blades rapidly forcing her to move back. She was on her toes now holding her blade out in front of her and fully alert she was ready for anything. She dashed at him again and while he shot off two arrows in rapid succession before splitting his bow. Their weapons clashed against each other over and over as they both tried to look for an opening again. He would've tried the electroshock arm again but she was too on guard and most likely ready for it at any given moment. They lock weapons again and he is about to use the arm until the lunch bell rings throughout the mansion signaling the end of their first training session.

They break away and her expression softens and she gives him a smile while leaning on her sword. "Whew, what a match, you're good!" She says, swiping her forehead with the back of her hand.

"Care to pick this up next time?" He says with a grin while holding his blades behind his back. She gives him a nod and a thumbs up before she sheaths her sword. "Just so you know I was taking it easy on you, just thought I'd let you know" he adds.

"Oh shut up" she says while playfully rolling her eyes as he chuckles.

"shut up! Shut up! Shut Up! SHUT Up! SHUT UP! SHUUUT UUPP!" An angry voice shouted in his head as he saw a quick vision of Lucina attacking him looking furious.

"What's wrong?" She asked, seeing the perplexed expression on his face.

"I got the weirdest case of deja vu" he replied.

"You're probably just tired, we should head down and join the others. Maybe you'll feel much better after a good meal." She says motioning out of the room before walking away.

…

"Our first practice match is coming up, are you nervous?" He asks her while they sit in their training room having lunch.

"A little, but with my speed and your force I'm sure we'll do just fine." She replied.

"Well we better get ready, they'll be here any minute" Dark Pit says, crumbling uo an empty bag of chips and tossing it in a nearby bin.

"Remember the strategy, we each keep the other busy to avoid being piled on, however we'll secretly be alternating them to disorient them. And most importantly if you feel like you're being backed into a corner don't be afraid to call out for help." She tells him while he nods vigorously, he was feeling rather confident about their match. Loud stomping came from the halls until Bowser appeared at their door followed by Lucario. They all got into positions as the room turned to the grid flying in the middle of space, Bowser smashed both of his fists together while aura started to glow on Lucario's paws. Lucina took a calm deep breath before unseathing her sword and holding out in front of her. Dark Pit separated his bow and swung his blades around the air before getting in a battle stance.

GO!

Lucario dashed at Pittoo, while the dark angel charged his electroshock arm to get some damage going. Meanwhile Lucina dashed at Bowser as he prepared to scorch her. "What out for those flames as they can quickly rack up damage." Dark Pit's voice rang in her head. As soon as she sees the embers begin to form in the koopa kings mouth she quickly hops over him as he lets loose his torrent of flames. She then delivers a downward slash to the large terrapin which halts his attack. She lands on her feet again and dashes at him, he tries to swipe at her but she doges the attack rolling behind him. He charges at her again and leaps forward in the air with a double kick attack she swiftly dodged again. She could hear a visibly frustrated growl come from the koopa king which made her smirk. The plab was working, got him disoriented and unorganized and his attacks will become sloppy and uncoordinated. He throws his large fist at her but she ducks out of the way as he leaves a huge dent in a holographic grid pillar. He inhales again and she braces herself ready to bring up her bubble shield. However he does a fake and as soon as she raises her shield he grabs her and slams her into the ground. He grins to himself and prepares to squish her with his weight, that is until she whistles and an arrow strikes him in the back. He growls and turns around seeing Dark Pit with his bow aimed at him, the koopa king roared at him until he hears Lucina behind him whistle to get his attention. He turns around and his eyes go wide when he sees that she has fully charged her special.

"OH FU-'' he exclaimed as she jabbed at him with all her might, sending him flying and crashing into a grid pillar completely dismantling it. Lucario manages to throw an aura blast at Dark Pit pushing him away before he notices he was sandwiched between his opponents. However while they were busy fighting it out Bowser's eyes completely snapped wide open while a deep shade of red. Bowser slowly lifts his head and sees a smash ball floating above him and he smiles sinisterly to himself. He punched it with a fist infused with dark energy and it shattered surrounding him with a multicolored aura. The other fighters were too busy locked in combat however to have noticed the koopa king. Lucario grabs Lucina and launches her away and prepares to counter Dark Pit until they all hear an eerie screen from the other side of the platform. They all stopped and turned, seeing a mist surrounding the area while lightning flashed.

"Bowser?" Lucario speaks up while approaching the mist. As soon as the Pokemon said the koopa's name, large piercing eyes glowed from within the mist. They hear a sinister cackle before a large arm swats at Lucario but he luckily sees the attack coming. They hear a loud high piercing roar echo throughout followed by the sound of what sounded like something shattering. A shocking realization came to the bluenette at that moment and a look of horror came across her face. The mist disappears as Giga Bowser stomps forward with a large sinister grin as steam emitted from his mouth.

"What is that dumbass doing!?" Pittoo exclaimed. He was about to confront the beast but Lucina grabbed hold of his arm.

"No! Please try to understand that it's not Bowser, not anymore. Quickly we need to end the simulation and warn the others before something terrible happens!" She pleads with him. Normally his ego wouldn't have let him back out from the fight. But the sincere look she gave him made him rethink his actions. She was right, if he tried to attack that thing surely something would have gone horribly wrong, resulting in them sustaining serious injuries or worse.

"Go, I'll try to distract it at a distance with Lucario, go reach the control!" He says charging an arrow and letting it loose, sticking the large terrapin on the chest. He turned towards Pittoo and roared in his direction before charging towards the dark angel. That is before an aura sphere strikes him from behind halting him, he turns his head and sees Lucario charging another attack. The Pokemon and angel nod towards each other as Giga Bowser slams a fist into the ground. He charges at Dark Pit again ignoring the attacks from the Pokemon behind him now. Dark Pit was prepared however and quickly took flight to avoid the large abomination. He then turned towards Lucario and charged towards the aura pokemon instead.

Lucina however manages to reach the booth at the edge of the platform and mash the button ending the simulation. They all then appear back in the white room while the twisted koopa turns towards the source. "YOU!" He barked as his eyes flared with rage, "You helped imprison me! The victory would have been mine if you wouldn't have interfered! Now you will pay for that mistake with your life!" he threatens. He swipes at her with his large claws but she sidesteps the attack and slashes at his arm making him reel his arm back in pain. He then launched himself at her reaching out with his arms but she quickly jumps into the air and even lands a kick on his face. She then quickly runs over him and lands behind him while he is still on the floor holding his snout with his hands.

"Go!" Dark Pit yells as the trio head towards the door to escape the enclosed room and the murderous beast. As soon as they reach it the door swings open and Samus steps in wearing her power suit.

"Get down!" She orders them while they drop to the floor, she shoots off an enormous energy blast at the koopa king that knocks him back. The blast knocks him into the wall leaving a large dent on it and sending sparks everywhere. Giga Bowser growls in frustration as he slowly stands up and is surrounded by the Elite Six all combat ready.

"We meet again, Marth" the beast spoke while eyeing the blue prince, his tone of voice dripping with venom. Then the large creature noticed the other similar looking warrior at the far side of the room. "First I cripple you, then I'll kill that one right in front of you!" He barks while pointing a large claw at the bluenette at the back.

"I'm afraid you'll do no such thing," Marth replied plainly while unsheathing his sword. Giga charges at him but he quickly moves out of the way, the koopa tries to headbutt the prince with a fiery impact but misses. Marth quickly hops atop his head and grabs him by the horns. "NOW!" Marth yells as the others throw some energy binds over the large menace. Marth then uses his weight to pull down from the horns as the koopa flails around, eventually making the large creature crash to the floor. He struggles in his binds and manages to loosen one of his arms which he used to reach for Marth. The prince rolls away as the large hand slams the floor where he previously stood. Taking out his own binds he quickly wraps it around the koopa's free arm binding it to the floor like the rest of him. He roared in frustration while thrashing around his head before he inhaled a large gust of wind. Before he could begin to scorch everything Samus clamps his mouth shut and binds it to keep it shut.

"I'll take it from here" MH appears at the door walking towards the large koopa with his hands behind his back. "I curse the day you did this to yourself" He says with a tisk before he reaches out with his hand glowing a light blue. Giga Bowser thrashed around as dark energy seeped from his body and he shrunk down. Eventually returning back to his original form however he still remained bound. "Take him to the eternal chamber" MH ordered the Six before turning towards the others. "The rest of you clear out, we shall speak of this tomorrow for now return to your rooms." He says before he and the Elite vanished.

Dark Pit breathed a sigh of relief while he relaxed a little from being all tensed up. That could've gotten ugly fast, so many things could've ended horribly in that scenario. "Lucina!?" Robin exclaimed as he entered the room looking extremely worried. He quickly rushes over to her embracing the bluenette in a tight hug.

"I heard what happened, I was so worried something terrible would have happened." He says as they seperated.

"Relax gramps, she can handle herself, you should have seen her in there." Dark Pit says while patting the bluenette on the shoulder and jerking a thumb behind him.

"I suppose you can," he replies, giving the bluenette a warm smile, "you're the bravest warrior I've ever met, and your heart matches your valor." He says causing the bluenette to blush slightly.

"Oh Robin… I," she began while Pittoo rolled his eyes and walked away.

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Dark Pit was fading in and out of consciousness at the moment and he was still face down in the mud. Thunder rumbled aboved as heavy rains continued to pour around him. In his subconscious he just kept thinking to himself about what he could've done differently and how differently things could've played out. He slightly opens his eyes to see the faint glowing lights of the mansion as he slowly lifts his head. He reaches out an arm that falls limp in front of him before his head plants back onto the ground. His many regrets flooded his mind, and if he could take them all back he would, oh he would fight like he never had before to take back all his mistakes...

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"So" the dark hylian begins with a smirk on his face. "You're the new guy huh?" he says while walking around the dark angel who had his arms crossed.

"Yeah, what about it?" He replies.

"Judging by the wings, the hair and the attire you're Pit's opposite" Dark Link says while a smaller version of himself appears at his side with large wide eyes. "You're one of us!" He adds while holding a clenched fist in front of him enthusiastically.

"I don't know about all that, you guys take edge to a whole new level!" Pittoo remarks, causing the dark hylian to throw his head back in laughter.

"You're alright, you should join us at lunch, you should meet the other guys. Trust me you'll have a better time intermingling with these guys instead of everyone else who thinks they're too good for us." He says giving the angel a pat on the back before leaving followed by his smaller counterpart. "Just remember one thing, these guys only respond to strength and power, show any hint of weakness and they'll place you under their boot." He added one final piece of advice as he walked away.

Dark Pit walked away to continue to look for Pit to ask that buffoon what there even was to do at this place. But as he walked however he noticed he got weird looks every so often. He ignored it for the most part and just went about his way as Dark Link's words echoed in his head.

*Later*

Dark Pit stood in the lunch line wondering what to get from the many items there were, however there were those behind him that didn't find his slow pace all that amusing. "Yo, let's go grandma, some of us want lunch this year!" Someone yelled out from the back of the line. He sees that smaller version of Link gripping his lunch tray while grumbling to himself. Dark Pit just shrugged him off and continued looking in thought, earning a few audible groans. He was enjoying himself though, and he really didn't know what to get anyway. Back home food wasn't a necessity for him. Now with Master Hand's magic juju affecting everyone, some of these powerful fighters were reduced to mere mortals, like the goddess he came here with. Now he had to worry about essential nutrients and proteins and what not to keep himself going like any other human or animal or whatever the hell some of those other guy's were. "This is just sad…" He thought to himself, without this stuff mortals apparently would basically break down. "What a waste of time" he thinks to himself, he could be training right now, or finish setting up that spring under Pit's bed that would launch the angel up at tremendous speeds. But that rumbling in his stomach told him that wasn't really a choice anymore, he had to eat.

"Dark Pit, just grab something or move along; you don't need to hold up the line." Link says, who was the person in line behind the dark angel. Everyone else was getting frustrated just standing there as the dark angel just stood there.

"Ease up on him numb nuts!" Dark Link says flicking Link on the nose, "first meals are always the most important." He adds while walking over towards the dark angel and placing his arms around him. "I'd go with the burgers and fries, great stuff for first timers" he says, patting the angel on the back and grabbing his own tray.

"Hey no cuts!" Ness yells.

"Where's the sign?" Dark Link replied casually with a grin. Although he was right there was no sign or stated rule that said no cuts, it was more so an unspoken one everyone just followed. Dark Link ignored the protests and complaints and just turned his back to them, returning his attention to Dark Pit. "We don't follow the rules we make em!" he says, grabbing his food and walking away with his arm around the dark angel. Dark Pit looks behind him and sees everyone giving the dark pair dirty looks and shaking their heads and some mumbling to each other.

"I'm surprised none of those guys tried to make you follow their rules, that's funny don't you think?" Dark Pit says while the dark hylian scoffed.

"I'd like to see them try, and regardless they can't really, not without getting an earful from Master Hand. Trust me it ain't pretty, he tends to give long boring lectures about being civilized and solving conflict without violence. Picture sitting in a lecture hall except you are by yourself and the lecturer is shouting at you through a megaphone, while being next to you." Dark Link explained as they grabbed their drinks. Dark Pit grinned to himself while picturing some of them being shouted at by the hand, he just pictured their flesh and hair being blown back in a cartoon fashion.

"Yeah that does sound sweet, immunity from these stuck ups" Dark Pit says as his mind starts to race on all the fun he planned to have by milking his immunity as much as he could.

"Like I said we don't follow the rules, we make our own." Dark Link states but then stops in his tracks with a serious look on his face halting the dark angel as well. "But don't over do it though, there are those who can fight back with probable cause. For example the sitting members of the Elite Six, I'll tell you all about those clowns later. Just be very and I can't stress this enough, very cautious of Samus." He says motioning with his head towards the blonde woman in the far back talking to the elf princess. She had a very sharp and serious look on her face with cold and chilly blue eyes. Dark Pit knew the hylian wasn't kidding about being weary about her; she had that warriors look that pretty much said she's seen it all. "Give her cause and she will beat the piss out of you and she doesn't throw her punches either man!" Dark Link says with a scowl as if he suddenly remembered a bad memory of his. "There's a reason she's one of the higher regarded members of the Six, you cross her and believe me she will do everything in her power to grant her the authority to beat the piss out of you, she has the authority and resources to do so." He finished while ushering the dark angel along as the hunter turned her gaze towards the dark duo.

"She sounds neat though not going to lie, abusing her power like that." Dark Pit says with a casual shrug, she didn't take crap from anyone she dished out her own he could respect that.

"Yeah but she doesn't do it for fear or respect though, she just has her morals and what not. The reason she's so messed up like that is because she saw her parents get killed when she was a small child." Dark Link says while Dark Pit just looked at a loss of words. It's no wonder she's so closed off and hardened she already lost the most painful thing to lose, her family. He didn't really form attachments himself, nor really had a family per say. He thought of such things as weakness, although Pit and Palutena always assured him he had a home with them. With Palutena even going as far as to tell him she'll accept him as one of her 'children' like Pit-stain and the rest of her fruity little angels.

"You said Six but so far I've only seen five of those so called Elites" Dark Pit mentioned.

"Yeah there's one who hasn't arrived yet, this girly ass looking dude named Marth." Dark Link remarked while Pittoo blew air through his nose in amusement. "Hey everyone!" Dark Link says loudly getting everyone at the table's attention. It was a rather small round table off to the far side of the cafeteria in its own lonely corner. Some of the main lights of the cafeteria seemed burned out that far back making it rather dark, save for a small overhead dim dusty light hanging above the table. It didn't take a genius to know this is where the resident big bads sat at. "Meet the new guy!" Dark Link says, patting the angel on the back as he looks around the table. There was a large turtle thing with spikes all over him, a miniature version of said turtle with a bib that had fangs drawn on it, a overly fat man with enormous teeth locked in a grin with a weird zig zag mustache, a large anthropomorphic penguin, and Dark Link's dark counterpart. What caught his eye was the large man that sat in the middle of them all with very dark skin and orange locks of hair held back behind his head. His gaze bore into Dark Pit giving off some pretty bad vibes right off the bat, almost like Hades level vibes.

"Dark Pit" the angel says with a firm nod. The large man stood from his seat and the freaking dude completely towered over the angel who had to snap his neck back to look up at this man.

"Welcome Dark Pit, my name is Ganondorf." He says placing a hand over his chest and bowing slightly. "King of evil" he adds with a smirk while he motioned towards Dark Link. "I see you met one of my grunts" he states while the dark hylian grunts.

"Grunt he says" Dark Link replied while nudging Dark Pit, "you wish grandpa" he adds as he takes a seat. Ganondorf just gave the dark hylian a look before turning his attention back to Dark Pit. "These are my colleagues, Bowser, his son, Wario, King Dedede, Dark Toon Link, and you already met this walking disgrace." The large man introduced them all one by one. "Come Dark Pit sit, make yourself comfortable tell us about yourself" he says putting a large hand on the angel's shoulder and sitting him in a creaky old chair. As if to tell the angel he didn't have a choice in the matter like if he was some sort of lap dog. Well he definitely knew who the ringleader of these assholes were.

"Just remember these guys only respond to strength and power" Dark Link's words echoed in Pittoo's head. "Show any hint of weakness and they'll place you under their boot." The words echoed in his mind as the large gerudo seemed to be studying the angel.

"This spot sucks!" Dark Pit exclaims while everyone stopped eating instantly and looked back and forth from Ganondorf and Pittoo, Wario's jaw even dropped and hanged loose. The gerudo turns to the angel with a dark look he figured was an intimidation. Pittoo just picks up his tray nonchalant and walks to the other side of the table placing his tray down in an empty seat. "Ah yeah, that's much better, I can feel the draft here and I got all this space to kick back!" He says leaning his seat back and even going as far as to place his feet on the table. Dark Pit had the biggest grin on his face while he bobs his head looking completely relaxed. Dark Link held a spoon up to his mouth full of mashed potatoes that slowly slipped out of his hand. The gerudo king chuckles dryly giving the angle a rough pat on the back that knocked his air out.

"You're alright kid" the large gerudo says while the others laughed nervously to themselves.

After lunch…

"DUDE!" Dark Link says running into the dark angel lounging around in one of the common rooms. "I'm surprised to see you walking around still!" The dark hylian says excitedly.

"Yeah, why wouldn't I be?" He asked puzzled while the dark hylian had a huge smile on his face.

"I'm surprised to see you still be able to walk with the size of your freaking nads man!" He says giving the angel a friendly shove on the shoulder. "You dumbass! You know what you just did!?" He says still looking overjoyed and excited.

"No, what?" Pittoo replied with a casual shrug.

"Dude you just got yourself out of the initiation chair! Normally new recruits sit there until Ganon says you can sit elsewhere. But you straight up gave him the middle finger by getting up and sitting somewhere else on your own!" Dark Link says in between excited laughter and nudging Dark Pit. Pittoo just threw his head back and laughed hysterically to himself.

"That explains why everyone looked like they were about to piss themselves," he says.

"I'd sleep with one eye open tonight though, Ganon isn't one to take things lightly and will definitely get you back for that!" Dark Link says, wiping a tear from his eye and walking away. "Ahhh that guy is screwed!" He says to himself as he goes out the door.

"You're my villain man, keep it real!" DTL says giving Pittoo the peace sign as he walked after his counterpart.

"Aww… Shit" he mutters to himself crossing his arms.

And true to his word, Ganon did in fact get Pittoo back for basically telling the gerudo to shove it. Which just basically involved him going through what they called an 'initiation period' which basically was them taking turns making him do demeaning tasks for them, which in turn would earn their favor and approval for joining their ranks. Like Bowser wanting him to steal Peach's dairy for what he claimed was to learn her and Mario's weaknesses, well it resulted in Bowser getting caught red handed with it and pinning the blame on the angel. Which earned both of them a frying pan to the face and waking up 3 days later. Wario told him he had to pay him a tribute of garlic for his favor, like a wheelbarrow's worth, and since he didn't have a wheelbarrow's worth of garlic he instead had to help the fat man pull off a garlic heist at the supermarket. Long story short it was a success which earned him Wario's approval. Bowser jr just demanded he break into the food storage and steal all the snacks for him, which seemed simple enough except for the fact that Peach spent a significant chunk of her time in the kitchen practically guarding the thing. He managed to pull it off by breaking in while Peach was off doing a practice match with a new friend of hers, earning him the little koopa's approval. King Dedede on the other hand wanted him to steal Meta Knight's sword for some reason, well he tried for like a week straight but that little terrifying puffball always knew somehow when he was coming and threw him out the window. It didn't matter much though as King Dedede himself was barely a member, he wasn't really a villain just more so a selfish ass. The others only tolerated him because he always took them to lunch and drinks at exotic places with money he supposedly kept pulling out of nowhere. Dark Toon Link just wanted one thing for his approval, and that was to help him kidnap Toon Link put him in a trunk of a car then put it on manual and watch it drive off a cliff, then go and get burgers and fries with a milkshake and talk about how hilarious it was. Well it would've gone swell had DTL not stabbed him in the back and left him also locked in the car that went over, however that did earn the little hylians approval. Dark Link just wanted him to beat him at drinking more, while they went out for a night of fun in town. He won although only because he grew more weary about them. Dark Link tried to spike his drink but he switched their cups and Dark Link dropped like a log. Now Ganondorf was a little more demeaning and insane than the others, he not only wanted Pittoo to sedate and kidnap Link, a sitting member of the elite six. But also drag him into the basement without being seen by anyone. He managed to do it by adding sedatives to the hylians sandwich at lunch and finding him completely passed out afterwards in the rec room. He then placed him in a barrel labeled 'root beer' and took it to the basement without anyone suspecting a thing. That wasn't it though, Ganondorf had the dark angel hold the hylian in place while he beat his face in. It was as if Ganondorf used it as a warning to Pittoo of what would happen should he ever cross the gerudo. He kept demanding that Link return a property of his back but the hylian kept refusing, Pittoo was actually impressed Link didn't give in despite Ganon breaking a few fingers. He was glad it was very dark in the room where he dragged Link because otherwise he knew he wouldn't be able to look the man in the face ever again, and Link did turn back to try and get a look at who was holding him. However that brutal show earned him his final and most important approval to join their ranks.

Although it took a while because Ganondorf was locked up afterwards in a place only known as the 'toy box' by the Six and MH. Apparently Ganon has been the only one who has been sent there on multiple occasions. There are rumors about what horrors are in there and that it was every definition of the word Hell in there. Although nothing was for certain and or proved as Ganon never said a word about the going ons of the toy box. Although the gerudo usually was quiet and reserved every time he came back from there.

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"So which loser did you guys end up with?" Dark Link asks around the table, "I got stuck with lardass over here" he adds motioning to Dedede with his head. It was the day they had gotten assigned their new partners and their first training session had just ended and they all went to get lunch. The place was filled with excited chatter while everyone talked about their new partners in excitement, well almost everyone.

"Hey!" The large penguin shouts.

"I got stuck with Sonic, it's not so bad especially when you spray him with a hose!" DTL says before banging his little hand on the table and laughing hysterically to himself.

"I got Lucario, which isn't so bad he sorta reminds me of Mewtwo in a way, good times ey!" Bowser replies before nudging the Gerudo next to him.

"I got stuck with that villager guy's sister or whatever, and she gives me the willies!" Bowser Jr says before shuddering.

"I got-a stuck with that-a Pac-Man fellow, weird guy but he also loves-a the garlic so he's-a cool with-a me!" Wario replies next before chewing up a clove of garlic.

"I got a rather interesting individual, the tactician. Or rather should I say the vessel of the fell dragon, Grima." Ganon speaks up with an amused smirk on his face.

"Who's the unfortunate soul who ended up with you?" Dark Link asked the dark angel while nudging him.

"Eh some snotty princess or whatever from who the hell cares" Pittoo just replied and kept eating his spaghetti.

"I'm willing to beat my entire smash fund, it's Lucina…" DTL says while he looked straight ahead and frozen in fear.

"What makes you say that?" Pittoo replies, finally looking up.

"That!" DTL says pointing towards the front of the cafeteria and Pittoo follows his gaze. Lucina was standing behind one of the food stalls holding a large carving knife, where the hell she got it from was anyone's guess. She was however using it to aggressively stab at the stakes and place them on her food tray, all while glaring murderously at the dark angel. Meanwhile Dark Link whistled to himself in amusement.

"Woah, she does, not, like you…" He says and cackles a little. "Man I've set Zelda's hair on fire multiple times and yet she never gave me a look like that!" Dark Link adds. The bluenette eventually walks off towards the swordsman table and slams her food tray on the table before anyone says anything. It got quiet over there and before anyone could speak she started savagely tearing into her food while the others just looked on, horrified at what they were witnessing.

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Looking back he feels like he may have stepped a little over the line with pushing her buttons and what not, and he definitely pushed all the wrong ones. He felt like he still had something to prove and she was always trying to be nice. He had it set in his mind he was the bad guy and she was the good guy, they were destined to be enemies. He grew annoyed at her being polite with him and started to push her, to him if she didn't resent him he was doing something wrong. Eventually he learned that telling her she was beneath Marth and just a cheap imitation really set her off and got a raging fire going in her. He only knew this fact because he too hated it when others compared him to his counterpart and called him a clone too, like they shared the same weaknesses. Looking back he realized how stupid it all was, he was still in the faze of trying to impress those assholes he sat with every day. They would always laugh and be amused at the stories he would tell about how he was making the bluenette's life miserable. That all changed suddenly when his buttons weren't working anymore as they used to.

"I know why you do this," she tells him suddenly. They both sat at a bench in their training room taking a break from all the sparring. He started with his usual remarks but she wasn't budging.

"The hell are you on about now, blueberry?" He remarked.

"You feel the world has wronged you, so you use your aggression and carelessness as a coping mechanism." She explained before taking a sip of water. "I don't blame you though, I hate to be outcasted unfairly too simply because others won't even make the effort to know me first and actually give me a chance."

"What are you trying to be a guru now or something?" He replies but she just keeps her gaze forward, not bothering with his words. "Relax blueberry okay, you don't need to be all mystical and wise to be like that pansy ass prince you look up to." He remarks preparing for retaliation but she remains completely still.

"It's alright I wont tell anyone, I only bring this up because you're not like the others even if you pretend to be." She says calmly and tries to take another sip of water before Pittoo slaps the bottle out of her hands.

"The hell do you know huh, you don't know me!?" He exclaimed angrily with balled up fists and even then she didn't react.

"If you really are as you claim to be then hit me, that's what you want to do right? Hit me, I won't stop you." She says calmly to him while he starts to look distraught and lost. He wouldn't do that, attacking a defenseless person was a really ass move, even for him. It wasn't morals though, he didn't have any of those he was a bad guy. His anger quickly dissipated as he looked at her calm expression, although her eyes told a different story. They didn't have that shine they used to anymore, she looked dull and broken now. He could see why everyone hated that Robin guy now for breaking her heart last month.

"What makes you think all these stupid thoughts anyway" he says crossing his arms.

"For one, you've been helping me through my lowest point this whole month, despite you trying to keep up your appearances in public." She begins, and it was true when she completely broke down that night he was actually there to console her. Granted he was rather annoyed with all the crying and whatnot. He remembered it very vividly, as if it was just yesterday.

*night of the fall…*

Dark Pit walked into his room laughing his ass off while looking at his phone that had a picture of Lucina with her new look. Oh he was going to use this to torture her in countless new hilarious ways. First things first he was going to print out a giant copy of it and place it in the lobby for all to see, next he was going to buy a billboard and place it there for all to see. He walks over towards the restroom placing his phone down and washing his face, he just got done eating her chocolate cake she received as a further inconvenience. So he was now washing the chocolate off his face, plausible deniability always made for interesting encounters. He hears the door open and slam shut very violently shortly after. "Let the games begin!" He whispers to himself very excitedly and grabs his phone and heads out but stops dead in his tracks at what he sees. An angry red faced Lucina with tears streaming down her face standing there huffing loudly in the middle of the room.

"He said I'm not good enough!" She yells seething with rage as she tossed a lamp across the room making it shatter on the wall. "As if he was anything special!" She adds when grabbing her little nightstand and shattering it on the floor sending wood chips everywhere. "This disgraceful bastard should be lucky we even took him in! He deserved to stay face down in the dirt!" She says punching the large mirror in the corner shattering it to pieces. Dark Pit didn't know how to react as he had no clue what she was on about nor had he ever seen her like this, or anyone act like this for that matter. The dress she had on looked torn now as if she started ripping pieces of it off in her tantrum. She started taking the drawers out of the dresser and throwing them against the wall breaking those too. "Piece of shit… Thinks so highly of himself… He's lucky to even be alive… He's nothing… And will always be nothing!" She screamed as she threw the drawers. She then starts to repeatedly kick the now empty dresser, breaking it down. She grabs her sword off the floor and unseathes it, stabbing it into her closet door, before she repeatedly begins to punch it over and over. Even when her hand started turning red and bruised, she didn't stop.

"Hey, Hey!" Dark Pit yells running over and grabbing her arms holding unto them firmly. She struggles in his hold but he keeps a firm grip on her arms however. She looked so distraught and angry with her face still visibly red from all the mixed emotion coming from her. "It's okay, it's okay, shh, shh, calm down, it's okay" he says calmly while she gives him a fierce look while panting hard. He keeps a very tight hold on her arms however because he was expecting her to turn her violent rage on him. However her expression slowly soften and her eyes quickly fill up with tears that start running down her face again. He lets go of her arms that drop to her sides as she looked completely defeated now. He wraps his arms around her as she buries her head into his chest and begins sobbing hysterically now. Normally he would be annoyed with anyone being this obnoxious, and just push them away. However he sort of felt bad for her seeing her in her state, sure she looked angry as hell and scary. However he knew she was actually in pain inside despite the tantrum, because he's been there before.

She did eventually get calm again after what seemed like hours though and a wave of emotions going through her. She sat at her bed still looking completely defeated while sniffling every now and then. Dark Pit however just took it upon himself to clean up the mess she made from her outrage earlier. They both stayed silent however during the whole thing, and it was rather awkward for him. He hands her a fresh pair of clothes so she could change out of the now torn dress so she would be in something more comfortable to sleep in. She nodded towards him as a thanks while taking the clothes and wiping her eyes on her sleeves. He just gave her an awkward smile as she stood up and headed towards the restroom gently closing the door behind her. He just sighed and looked around seeing shattered things littered around, not that it was any of his business but he seriously wondered what the hell could set someone off like that. She eventually stepped out again in some pajamas and got into her bed without a single word, turning to face the wall. He takes his phone off the counter where he left it and hits delete on the picture he had, no one needed to remember this night. He kicked off his shoes and turned off the light, everything would probably be cleared the next day.

Although that was the furthest from the truth, as she would never be the same again. The Lucina he was first roomed with and bumped into that day in that hall, would never be the same.

*training room…*

His thoughts raced in his mind as he thought back to that moment, he was so puzzled and lost about the whole thing. It wasn't until a few days later that the gossip had started floating around that he finally learned the truth about that night. "You're not like the others Dark Pit, you're just misunderstood." She tells him.

"Misunderstood huh" he says while scratching his head.

"You're a good friend." She tells him, giving him a weak smile before walking off.

"Friend…" he whispered to himself. It was the very first time anyone had regarded him as such, he sat there thinking to himself as the word echoed in his mind. She thought of him as a friend, despite everything he's put her through, all the torment and taunts. He looked down at his hands in contemplation, thinking back to himself. Perhaps he was too harsh on her afterall, he should've given her a chance from the start...

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He sees one last image of her turning around and giving him a warm smile as the image slowly fades to black. Thunder rumbles ominously as the sky flashes briefly. He slowly lifts his head again and sees Dark Link standing a few feet away laughing hysterically and pointing at him. "You should have seen the look on your face! It was so priceless!" He exclaimed before he continued to holler very obnoxiously to himself. Dark Pit's hand clenched tightly as something else began to course through him now, burning rage. He never felt this sort of hatred towards anything, but right now all he saw in his vision was red. He slowly begins to stand back up on his shaking legs while Dark Link looks at him with an amused smirk. Despite it being a cold stormy night, Dark Pit could feel heat radiating from deep within himself. His hands trembled as he continued to glare murderously at the dark hylian.

"Looks like he's still got some juice in him, but not for long!" DTL says taking out a taser and walking over towards Dark Pit with a mischievous grin. Before the little hylian could attack him however Pittoo quickly grabs his arm and twists it making him drop the device. He cries out in pain right before Pittoo kicks the little monster in the face. He drops to the floor covering his face and screaming in pain. He looks up to see Dark Pit with a frightening look on his face as a small trail of blood runs down DTL's nose. When Dark Pit takes a step towards him and frighteningly backs away while whimpering before he scurries off into the night. The dark angel then hears cackling behind him and he slowly turns towards the hylian who was now grinning to himself.

"There he is! There's the guy who's been missing all this time! Welcome back friend, we missed you." Dark Link says while holding out his arms and cackles to himself again. Dark Pit rushes at him and tries to tackle him to the floor but the hylian stays on his feet. He then elbows the angel on the head making him drop to the floor again. "Where you been bud? I missed you, so, so much!" He says ruffling the dark angel's hair. Dark Pit gets up again tackling the angel again but this time aggressively punching him in the abdomen. Dark Link takes ahold of the angel however and knees him in the stomach hard like the angel had done to him earlier. The angel stays hunched over as some saliva covered blood drips from his mouth and he pants hard. He growls angrily and charges at Dark Link again and the hylian tries to grab him but he flaps his wings while jumping into the air. Where he then kicks Dark Link in the face with his full force throwing him backwards and making him fall unto a concrete path. Dark Link just cackled again however while blood ran down his face, "the more you feed the anger the more you lose yourself to it" he begins and cackled to himself again. "Further undoing what that bi-" he didn't get to finish as Dark Pit aggressively started to stomp on the dark hylians face with all his might while growling angrily. All he saw was red. At that moment all other sounds were defeated; it was just him and his burning rage. After a few moments Dark Pit stopped while catching his breath and the hylian had stopped moving. The was a pool of red forming around him further amplified by the pouring rains. Blood spattered from Dark Link's mouth as he let out a gurgled laugh. "Welcome back" he sputtered while grinning as Dark Pit walked over to the taser DTL dropped earlier. He picks it up and flicks it on seeing the spark dance at the end of the thing.

He walks over towards the dark hylian grabbing him from his hairs and lifting up his head to meet his gaze. Dark Pit glared furiously down at him however the hylian continued to smile to himself, still thinking he had won. Dark Pit activated the taser and shoves it into the hylians mouth and clamped his jaw shut around it leaving it activated. Electricity surges through both of them but Dark Pit didn't care this time, he stayed focused on keeping the device shoved into the hylians mouth and keeping it shut. Dark Link thrashed around furiously but it was of no use the current coursing through him was too much to handle. Eventually he screamed out a muffled scream before finally going limp and remaining completely still on the ground. Dark Pit finally let go and dropped to the floor beside him while panting heavily and staying hunched over in his hands. The hylian was burned so badly that smoke started emitting from his mouth, nose and eye sockets. The angel panted heavily as he slowly regained his senses and his rage died down seeing the incapacitated hylian laying motionless beside him. Dark Pit turned towards the mansion as his heart dropped, he needed to see, he needed to know. He stood back up on his shaking legs and began to head towards the mansion again as the sky rumbled.

Dark Pit pushes open the doors roughly as he stumbles into the mansion lobby, he falls to the floor but quickly gets back up using a statue as leverage. As he makes his way towards the stairs he hears someone gasp behind him. He turns to see Link standing there with a horrified look on his face. "Oh my goddess, Dark Pit? What happened to you!?" He blurts out in shock, quickly running over towards the dark angel. He takes hold of the angel who was struggling to stay on his legs, he really was running on fumes then. "We need to get you to the infirmary!" Link says trying to get the dark angel to lean on him but he weakly shoves the hylian away.

"No!" He says, "I need… I need to see her!" He says weakly while Link instead sets him down on a soft chair nearby.

"Stay here, I'm going to get help okay, don't move!" The green hero says before running off in a hurry. "Zelda!" He shouts "we have an emergency!" He adds as his stomping fades down one of the halls. Dark Pit however grabs the baseball bat the hylian dropped and uses it to prop himself up on his feet again. He made his way towards the elevator as he would struggle too much in his state to make it up anyway. As soon as he entered the elevator and pressed the button to his floor, Link appeared at the end of the hall. "Dark Pit wait where are you going!?" Link says as he and a few others rush down the hall towards him. He pressed the door closed button however and the doors closed before they could reach him.

"Manual Override!" Zelda tells Link as he rummages through his pockets tossing everything on the floor. "Link hurry what are you doing?" Zelda says as he looks up apologetically.

"I don't have my card…" He says while Zelda shoves him out of the way. She takes her card out and pressed it against a glowing light next to the button to call down the elevator.

"Stop the lift, override code 7767" Zelda says as they hear a beep and Zelda calls down the lift.

"So that's what that does…" Pit says while looking at the little light. When it comes back down it opens up to an empty lift with no one on.

"Great he could be anywhere now, on any floor!" Palutena says in frustration, bashing her staff on the floor.

"We can't stop now, we'll just have to search every floor, every room. Spread the word tell everyone to be on the lookout for him." Zelda says while they all nod, "Pit start by going to his room" she says while motioning towards the angel.

"On it!" He says and takes off running up the stairs hastily.

Dark Pit however was slowly making his way down the hall using the bat to carry his weight around. Finally stopped at his door, he breathes heavily as he leans his head against the door. He already knew what awaited him on the other side of that door yet he still didn't want to accept it. He ran his hand down the fire emblem symbol engraved on the door and he gritted his teeth and a tear rolled down his bruised and swollen cheek. He shook his head furiously trying to regain himself as he reached out with a shaking hand towards the doorknob. A few more tears streamed down his face as he knew nothing but pain awaited him. He braced himself and threw open the door, and as expected found an empty room waiting for him. He heard the howling of the winds outside starting at the broken window atop her bed and swayed the curtains. She was indeed gone forever, he wiped his eyes on his sleeve before slamming his fist against the wall angrily. He shouldn't have let this happen, he should've been there instead of running off all half-cocked.

"Oh are you back?" He heard from the restroom. He looked up immediately wondering if his mind was playing tricks on him. Was he really about to go insane and start hearing and seeing things that weren't there? ``That fish tank you ordered a while back for that piranha you wanted arrived, unfortunately said piranha has not arrived yet. Anyway I took the liberty of decorating the fish tank for you." The oh so familiar voice called out, he quickly drops his bat and slowly and painfully makes his way further into the room. He looked at the counter and found the bracelet sitting there, she took it off! She actually took it off! He smiled to himself and even laughed to himself like an insane person, she took the damn thing off! She also saw a tomato sitting there with a slice cut off. Right then he was actually really grateful for that overprotective and paranoid man. "You wouldn't believe what happened while you were out though!" She says again from within as he could hear her organizing those little pebbles that go in fish tanks. "Roy was so furious about lagging in some game of his the idiot actually climbed up to the roof in this weather to mess with the antennas, and managed to get struck by lighting! Not only that but it shattered my window! I had to move my bed so it wouldn't get soaked however I couldn't do nothing about the carp-"

The words got stuck in her throat as she stepped out of the bathroom with the fishtank in hand. Only to see a beaten and bruised angel standing there in the middle of the room panting hard while covered in mud and blood. The fishtank drops from her hands shattering on the floor and sending pebbles scattering in all directions. "Dark Pit'' she says in a shaking breath, "what happened?" She says while she quickly approached him looking horrified at his condition. He doesn't reply however and just stands there panting heavily, before a somewhat gentle smile comes across his face. He takes her into his arms holding her tightly as if she would disappear if he were to let go. Tears of joy now flowed down his face as she was completely puzzled and not to mention still very worried.

"You're safe" was the only thing he mumbled before he collapsed to the floor…

So here we are, the first chapter of the new year. What a way to start it off ey? Folks I hate to say it but we're getting close to the end now, this might actually be the last year for among giants, this long journey we all started almost 6 years ago now will finally come to an end. What a ride huh? Anyway that little box down there at the bottom is looking kinda sad and empty don't you think? Maybe you could help it by filling it with a little review no? Maybe? It would be much appreciated!

Till next time you wonderful beings, Toodles!

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