Chapter 4
What ever did Mr. Saturn do to you?
The walk was long, but this didn't stop Pit from pointing out places we missed.
" Ooh! That's one of the places where people sleep. " Pit exclaimed, pointing to a brick building about the size of a camp cabin.
" Weird. I thought everyone would be together in a big mansion like one happy family. " Megaman thought aloud.
" Eh, I thought that as well. But the two hands group people based on how much they would get along. And they do it well. Oh, speaking of that… " Pit quietly muttered some words to himself. " Your with Gunner and Cristine. They should know where it is. ...And speak of the devil, there's Cristine and the others! "
Cristine already caught notice and glomped me again, while Swordfighter, John, and Gunner wondered why Brawler kept whining about his butt being sore.
" Cristine looks like candy on the outside, but man, she can throw those punches hard! " Brawler groaned.
John showed a look of sympathy. " Try dealing with her on a train. "
" Guys! You coming or not? " An impatient Pit yelled over us. He was in front of a new building; a wide brick building. The pale yellow brick was obvious in the afternoon light.
As our group walked in, I was welcomed with a loud boom of sound.
A large majority of the fighters were there, eating portions of food when I noticed Pit was missing.
" Hey, has anyone seen - " I started before being dragged by Cristine to a line.
Why does she like me so much? We only met a day ago and she's acting like we met as kids!
Cristine finally let me go at the end of a small line where Pit and a hearty buffet awaited us.
" Look at all of that food... " Cristine mumbled in awe.
" Yep, they need a lot of food, not just to feed us but me and Kirby as well. We are known for the biggest appetite. " Pit responded. " Ooh, it's my turn! Grab a plate and help yourself! "
When it was my turn, I was shocked at the variety of food. Me being a generally picky eater, I managed to fill my plate and still have stuff I liked for another day. Cristine was picking food left and right until I finally stopped her because her plate was about to overflow.
" Seriously? Your going to pick a chopped up fried potato over a delicious sandwich? Isn't that technically breakfast? " Brawler commented when we sat with them.
" HEY! You do not insult a hashbrown! " I said in defense, putting salt on mine.
Usually camp food tastes like it was prepared in three seconds with little to no care, but not this time. Nuh uh. It was more like you took a bite out of heaven. Food heaven.
It seemed as if after they slowly took one bite, they couldn't stop. I was already halfway through my plate and Pit was already off for seconds.
" Havth yoth tasthed thith sahed? Tihs reahy goodth! " Cristine tried to say.
" CRISTINE! MANNERS! " Gunner yipped and Cristine swallowed her salad.
" Sorry! I said, " Have you tasted this salad? It's really good! "" Cristine repeated.
" Hey, Kendall! Kirby needs some help carrying his plates, mind if you help me? " Pit hollered.
" Coming! " I called. Guess Pit wasn't lying about Kirby's appetite.
It didn't take long before we got the plates to Kirby's group: besides him, Pikachu (" Pika pi? ( Who's she? ")), Yoshi ( Yoshi! ( "New friend!" )), and a few different Lumas ( "Chiko!" (" Give me my cake back! ") "Chiko!" ( " But the cake is a lie! ")).
As I headed back to my own group ( After Pit insisted on showing me how Kirby ate. ), I started hearing some cheering in the back. Turning my head, I noticed… fire?
It turns out Charizard and Bowser were having a contest to create the best and hottest flame, from randomly using it to smoking food ( They burnt it half the time… ).
" Whoa… " I mumbled, watching from a distance.
" Good grief. They did this last tournament. " A gruff voice said behind me. Turning around, it revealed to be a blue and black canine-like animal. He didn't seem fazed when I looked at him.
" Since a battle in the last tournament, the two have become rivals, mainly due to their flame. Ever since they have pushed themselves to be better than the other. It's a good thing their training but…" he took notice as the two began firing flamethrowers. " A lunchroom is not the best place…"
" Uhh, I see… I'm gonna go…" I said nervously, heading back to my original destination.
" Welcome back, Kendall. Hey, did you notice the flame war going between the two over there? " Swordfighter said as I sat down. " Because I heard its " HEATING up! " " He bursted out laughing.
" No. Stop. " Gunner groaned, while the rest staged a laugh to make it sound like he perfected it.
I grabbed my knife to get another; wait a second… " W-where my hashbrown?" I asked, suspicious.
The others gave confused looks.
" I dunno. " Gunner shrugged.
" I didn't eat it." Swordfighter replied.
" John ate it. " Cristine blamed.
" Did not! " John shot back.
" Not me, but him! " Brawler pointed.
We all turned to a penguin (with my plate!) happily eating my hashbrown.
" The heck… that penguin stole my hashbrown. " I said in shock. The others followed suit with blank stares and the massive blue penguin ate away. Even Cristine, who I expected to yell at him.
" Yum yum! Hashbrowns are the best! This one has a little too much salt though…." The penguin commented.
How dare he.
" Attention newcomers, the items class is about to begin, so head on over to the front, please! Anyone else who wishes to join us to brush up on item basics or just join the fun, you are free to join us! " A females voice spoke over the noise.
Our group casually walked over to the front, still silent from the recent potato robbery. Princess
Peach, who called us up, didn't seem to mind as she was writing names of who went.
Pit and Kirby's group joined us in the line ( " The class is more fun than a barrel of monkeys. Promise! " ), occasionally shrugging at each other for our sudden silence.
And what would you know, the penguin joined us as well.
We finally were led to the Wii Fit Studio ( " This is where Cristine thought it would be a good idea to beat me up… " commented Brawler. ), where Peach led us to a room full of boxes and sat us down.
She cleared her throat, then began the class.
" Hello everyone! If you don't happen to know me, my name is Princess Peach of the Mushroom Kingdom. I will be your instructor on items. "
The class grew into a quiet chatter.
Peach pulls out a familiar red mushroom.
" Items are one of the core parts of a fight. They can lead to your victory or your downfall. As my duty of being the teacher, I will show you some kinds of items and how they work. "
Peach then proceeded to take a bite out of the mushroom, and as it vanished out of thin air, Peach, unlike our expectations, shrunk.
" Good grief. I grabbed the wrong mushroom… " Peach sighed.
The class bursted out into laughter.
Peach later returned to her normal size and showed us a baseball bat.
" Some items, like this Home Run Bat, are used like swords and have many different effects. "
She pulls out a chart.
" The Ore Club can fire gusts of wind at your opponent if used right, and this very bat can KO your foes. Same thing for guns. "
Peach then pulls out a beetle like object.
" Some items, like this beetle, also has the opportunity to lift them off the field. "
As Peach was explaining the types of items, a small tan creature walked toward the box, oblivious of its surroundings. It took notice of grapes hanging out of the box until Peach took then out of reach.
" Pit! I see you're here, why don't you come on up? You're going to love these next few items. "
" Yes, ma'am. " Pit responded as he ran up to the front.
" Next is the healing items. Pit, catch! " Peach continued to teach, until suddenly throwing the grapes over to him.
" Now watch and learn. " Peach giggled and grabbed a ray gun, shooting the neon yellow lazers at him.
" YEOW! HEY! I didn't sign up for this! " Pit yelped at the sudden pain.
A board behind peach now lit up with an avatar of Pit's face and a damage percentage of 36%.
" Please don't tell me you got those while I was in dream land…" I muttered to Gunner as I saw other newcomers faces light up.
" Nope. Not yet. " Gunner returned.
" Pit, you can eat the grapes now. " Peach called.
" I think you means what's left of them…" Pit sadly replied, holding up a burnt grape vine.
" Hmm, then you'll like this! " Peach chuckled and threw soft serve ice cream at him.
" FLOOR ICE-CREAM! " Pit yelled and instinctively caught it and started devouring it. His 36% dropped to a 30% on the board.
" Now, our next type of item, assistants! " Peach grabbed a trophy and tossed it up. White light beamed from the trophy, revealing a young, witch like girl. She waved her wand and a purple cloud consumed the room.
" Gah… I think I gonna be sick… " I held onto my head as everyone groaned in pain until the cloud finally disappeared.
While everyone was recovering from the sudden pain, I felt a little nudge near my leg. I looked down to see a little tan creature with a big nose, aimlessly walking into me.
I froze as the creature continued poking me with its nose. I finally reacted by yelping and throwing the poor thing.
And guess which fighter got hit by it.
The penguin.
" WHAT? WHO THREW THE SATURN? " The penguin said in rage.
The whole room went silent.
This was it. I was going to die by a giant royal blue penguin who eats my food. Just for using self defense.
He then grabbed a steel driver, one of the few guns.
" If no one is gonna tell, then I'll make you tell who dunnit! "
" Dedede! Put the steel driver down! Whoever did it didn't mean it! " Peach tried to calm him down.
Dedede didn't listen and fired anyway, straight for my face.
My face suddenly felt hotter at the beam hit my face, and I instinctively covered it.
" Ugh… I'm sorry… Instinct.. " I muttered.
I felt myself be picked up from the back of my shirt to meet the eyes of the penguin.
" Now, let me repeat myself, WHO. DID. IT? "
" Ain't he a happy soul? " Cristine whisper to Swordfighter, who couldn't help but chuckle.
I stayed quiet for a moment. Then I squeaked.
" I-it was m-me…. I'm s-sorry…. I d-didn't know w-what it was… " I shut my eyes, bracing for impact.
I was gently put down. Wait, what?
" While this would be the moment i'd launch you into space, you're a newbie and probably never seen a Mr. Saturn, so i'll let you off this time. " Dedede chuckled. " But don't think you're on my good side just yet. Try that again and you'll be seeing stars. "
Peach grabbed everyone's attention.
" Well, I'm glad no one got seriously hurt, but were almost out of time. But I have an idea for the people who disrupted us…"
Gulp.
Next thing I knew, me and Dedede were lined up and everyone was given steel drivers and ray guns.
" Class, let me introduce you to todays targets! Ready, aim, fire! " Peach announced.
The once calm classroom quickly evolved into a shooting range.
" What did I do to deserve this?! It was pure accident! " I yelped.
" At least you can avoid most of these, lightweight! " Dedede shot back.
During this moment of chaos, Mr. Saturn sat with the food in the back of the now shooting range, squeaking with happiness at the new fun he had caused.
Why would he do this? The creature didn't know.
All he cared is that he got his crate full of food and entertainment.
A/N: Hey look! More characters! And a story that has some kind of fun in it!
Cristine: Good for you, Narry!
Me: Narry? Seriously? Besides, how did you even find this place from the start?
Cristine: It's from the wonderful book called "The Fourth Wall and the Dimensions Around It". It's a very good read.
Me: Hmm, you don't seem like the reading type…
Cristine: Oh hush up. I'm gonna be here for awhile.
Me: Oh, by the way, the OC's bio's are at my profile if you want to take a look! It should help you better see the characters in action.