This chapter's much longer that the last for obvious reasons. If it seems like I was wearing out while reading this, it's because I was starting to get tired of writing things that have already been made. Luckily, the next chapter is very much my own! (execpt, of course the fact that Dark Pit's in it.) Also, thanks to X-ray99 for the review!
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The area was a mountainous area- with 3 platforms above the land. There were ruins of shrine and temple. He flew to the ground, seeing what weapons he could create. He managed to make an ogre club, EZ Canon, and First Blade three weapons that Pit had. He wanted, however, to make an entirely new weapon, one that he could use to best Pit. He imagined a staff that looked something like a cross between a sniper and an eagle head. The result formed in Dark Pit's hand. He smiled and decided to call it the Dark Pit Staff. However, his internal senses picked that a door had just appeared out of nowhere a few miles away. He dispelled all the weapons except for the First Blade and flew toward it. He hid out of sight from the opening. He then strained his telepathic senses to pick up any telepathic communications to Pit. The door burst open.
"Where is he?" Pit said immediately, and Dark Pit was all to happy to answer. He slashed with his first blade, which Pit parried. They traded blows until Dark Pit made a thrust, which Pit was hit by. "Ow!" he said before falling back.
"Look who finally caught up!" Dark Pit said.
"What is your problem?" Pit yelled, then began to shoot Dark Pit, who returned fire. "Are you with the underworld army? Is that why you have it out for me?" Pit asked as he dodged a shot. Dark Pit had no intention to tell the truth, however. His plan was to make Pit as mad as possible.
"Don't be ridiculous," Dark Pit said, half-laughing, "I just don't like the idea of someone copying my act."
"What!?" Pit yelled. "But you're a copy of me!"
"Come on now, think about," Dark Pit said, and shot a charge shot at Pit, who sailed back, of course. "If I were a copy, why would I kick my own butt?" Pit slashed at Dark Pit who parried and then hit Pit with a counter strike. Pit then pointed his blade into the air and yelled. A flurry of shots rained down on Dark Pit, scraping his arms and legs. Dark Pit decided it was the time to take this battle to the ground, and flew below the ground. Pit followed. Underneath there were hundreds of underworld monsters as well.
"Great, now the Underworld army's here too," Pit grumbled. Dark Pit killed a few of the monsters before shooting Pit.
"You're a real go-getter Dark Pit, I like that," a voice said inside Dark Pit's mind, Medusa.
"Is that so," Dark Pit said indifferently. It was actually kind of fun to insult the goddess.
"Yes, though I am curious on how you plan to best your doppelganger," Medusa said. "Of course, destroying Pit would be a snap with a little help from me.
"Don't be ridiculous."
"Did I say something funny?"
"You got me confused with the other guy. THIS Pit is no pawn. I'll take care of him, but only after I finish you!" Dark Pit said, and sliced a monoeye in half. Dark Pit continued to bring Pit to his arena of choice, defeating Underworld enemies along the way.
"Now this is a little... bizarre," Medusa admitted.
"I know, right?" Pit said, "the mouth on that guy! I would never talk like that."
"That's not what I meant," Medusa grumbled.
"Sorry, he can be a little thick," Palutena said.
Too true, Dark Pit thought, laughing.
"The mirror of truth created Dark Pit. So his allegiance should be to the underworld army," Medusa said.
"Hmm... maybe the mirror cracked before the copy was complete," Palutena said.
"So that explains it!" Medusa said.
"So if Dark Pit isn't with the Underworld army," Pit put together, "does that mean I don't have to fight him?" Dark Pit sent a shot at Pit, which missed by a mile.
"The problem is that Dark Pit is fundamentally wicked and destructive!" Palutena said, and Dark Pit felt like he could punch her, if only he had the ability.
"Tell me about it," Pit muttered.
"He will attack anything!" Once again, Dark Pit resisted the need to punch the goddess.
"He does seem pretty aggro," Pit agreed.
"He was created from you, Pit, he could very well be manifesting your... dark side. His very existence is unnatural, he must be eliminated,"
"WHAT?!" Dark Pit yelled, slicing a Monoeye in half. He tuned out of the conversation, killing the underworld army with new-found rage. When he had calmed enough to tune back in, he heard Medusa talking.
"Pandora may be gone, but her powers live on in Dark Pit," Medusa said.
"Another astute observation from the supreme leader of the underworld," Dark Pit said.
"My, aren't you prickly. Even so, your power of flight seems to outlast Palutena's,"
"I can't say I'm not envious," Palutena said. Dark Pit smirked.
"Don't let her get to you!" Pit said.
"But who's to say his power won't eventually run out?"
"Yeah! After all, your flight power only lasts for five minutes!"
"Pretty horrendous fuel economy, huh?"
"Oh, uh, sorry, I-I didn't mean it like that."
"I guess we're both bad at flying." Palutena said. Then, Dark Pit saw his chance to get at her. A mile or two a head of him was a Zurret, and Pit was heading that way. Dark Pit poured on the speed. He got there just in time, and extended his will to the Zurret, gaining control of the monster.
"What's he doing with that!?" Palutena yelled as Dark Pit forced it to come out of it's pot.
"Using me for target practice!" Pit yelled, and dodged as Dark Pit fired a shot from the Zurret.
"Not bad, not bad!" Medusa said, laughing. Pit shot at the Zurret, however, the shot didn't hit. Dark Pit shot, but Pit flew behind a rock, so the shot hit the rock. Annoyed, Dark Pit watied until Pit came out, and fired. The shot hit, and Pit flinched for a second before flying toward the Zurret. Pit slashed, destroying the Zurret. Dark Pit smirked, and flew over a mountain. He needed Pit to follow him, and that's just what Pit did. Dark Pit landed in the mountainous area he had chosen, quickly activating the invisibility power and running up to a ruined altar. He dispelled his first blade, pulling out an EZ cannon. Pit made it faster than he had anticipated, and Dark Pit manually turned off invisibility.
"Hah! Found you!" Pit said.
"Finding me's the easy part!" Dark Pit laughed, and shot Pit with the EZ cannon. The shot hit, exploding at Pit's feet. Pit went flying, and Dark Pit ran after. Dark Pit smashed the cannon into Pit's face. Pit stuck back, slashing at Dark Pit. Dark Pit jumped back and shot, which Pit dodged while getting closer to Dark Pit. Slightly more worried now, Dark Pit shot wildly, trying to hit Pit. Pit weaved in an out easily, then smashed Dark Pit was a melee attack. Dark Pit fell to the right, quickly getting up.
"See ya!" Dark Pit groaned, teleporting to under a shrine. He dispelled the cannon and pulled out his ogre club. He waited for a minute for Pit to appear, then showed himself. "Hey there, Pit stain!" Dark Pit said.
"You know I can call you the same thing, right?" Pit said. Dark Pit ran at Pit, hefting his ogre staff. He smashed it into Pit's side. Pit flew into the wall, then shot at Dark Pit. Dark Pit dodged, trying to get close to Pit, who stayed away, shooting Dark Pit when he had the chance. Slowly, Dark Pit was wearing out, and he activated lightweight. He ran toward Pit, smashing him into a pillar. Pit responded by thrusting his blade into Dark Pit's stomach. Dark Pit jumped back, activating invisibility, and ran up to the top of a small mountain, activating lightweight when possible. Once up on the top, Dark Pit dispelled the club, and pulled out his masterpiece. The Dark Pit Staff glimmered in the twilight. Dark Pit noticed Pit running up the mountain. He pointed the staff and fired. It hit, Pit being off guard. Pit fell back, and glared at Dark Pit. Pit continued running up the mountain, alert. Dark Pit continued to snipe, but no more shot's hit.
"Whew," Pit said as he reached the top, "it was actually kind of tiring making it all the way up here." Dark Pit slammed the butt of his staff into Pit's chest. Pit fell back, clearly winded. Taking the chance, Dark Pit shot at Pit. Pit took the blast, getting pushed further into the ground. Dark Pit prepared to fire again, when Pit jumped at him, tackling him. Pit punched Dark Pit in the face. Dark Pit felt his nose crack, and pushed Pit off. Pit, however, slashed with his blade. Pain seared up Dark Pit's ribcage, and he decided now was the time to retreat.
"Little pest!" Dark Pit said, teleporting once again the platforms above the area. He looked down to see he had dropped his staff. He took out his silver bow, the only weapon he had available. A grind rail appeared next to the platforms. Dark Pit used invisibility, vanishing. Pit appeared, and Dark Pit dispelled invisibility.
"Let's do this!" Pit and Dark Pit said at the same time, Dark Pit separating his bow into two blades. "Bring it, puppet!" Dark Pit said, jumping at Pit and slashing with his blades.
"Who are calling a puppet?" Pit yelled, parrying.
"Palutena says jump, you jump. She says fight, you fight. Sounds like a satisfying existence. For her that is." Dark Pit
said, and Pit slashed back.
"I have absolute faith in Palutena."
"The mirror of truth doesn't lie, I'm a reflection of your true self. So maybe your faith in her isn't quite so absolute after all." Dark Pit said, as he and Pit traded blows.
"What would you know about faith, you treacherous black heart!? Lady Palutena always guides be the right way, that's why I follow her. And the mirror of truth you mentioned? It's nothing more but a pane of lies! Pandora was just using it as bait."
"Looks like I touched a nerve, me thinks the puppet doth protest so much."
"Ah, would you give it a rest all ready!?"
"Ok, fine. Do what you want. Or rather, keep doing what she wants. But I for one, refuse to be a puppet. These wings take me where ever I want to go." Dark Pit said, emotion flowing through his words.
"Not if I take you down first!" Pit said, kicking Dark Pit. Dark Pit almost fell of the edge, but activated the power of flight. He flew back up. It was obvious Pit was a lost cause. He would have to kill him. But what he couldn't believe was Palutena, the supposed goddess of light, would allow Pit to kill him, when all he wanted was freedom. Dark Pit pointed his bow up, power flowing through his hand and into the bow, and fired a rain of shots into the ground. They fell to the ground on top of Pit, hurting him badly. Dark Pit rushed him, slashing as he went by. Pit fell to the ground, and Dark Pit seized this chance to fire at him. Pit dodged by rolling, and shot Dark Pit down. Dark Pit fell to the ground. Pit then jumped on top of him, holding Dark Pit down with his foot, positioned on top of his back. Dark Pit felt the pressure increase. Pit held up his blade and began to slashed at Dark Pit. He screamed in agony, and pushed Pit off him. He slashed at Pit, then jumped off the battle field.
"I went easy on you this time!" Dark Pit yelled, and he wasn't lying. He activated the power of flight and flew forward fast enough that Pit couldn't catch up. He activated health recovery, feeling the wounds on his back heal. He vowed to himself: I will kill that angel and goddess. I will be truly free!