A/N: LOOOOOOOOOONG time since I did this...let's continue onwards!
Disclaimer: I do not own Nintendo or the like.
The Truth
"God...Drunken...Dammit..." Horizon muttered. He was holding an ice pack on his forehead.
Samus sighed. "If it hurts that much, you shouldn't headbutted with DK in the first place."
"He grabbed me by the collar, what do you expect me to do? Bite him to death?"
"Aren't you Mr. Fancy Spells?" Master Hand countered.
Horizon replied, "It doesn't really work if someone's choking you..."
Donkey Kong said, "Well in my defense, Peach was starting to cry, so I had to do something."
"Not to be anti-chivalrous, but you could have ignored her." Horizon looked up to the multiple matches on the Lobby main-screen. Individual scores were displayed on sub-screens, as well the individual matches. Laura was doing fine against Zelda, but Tabuu was...
"CRAP!" Tabuu cursed as he flew off the boundary lines of the stage Final Destination.
"Not even a scratch on me," Ganondorf said, "You are pathetic. One glorious moment, you were the most powerful being of the realm, and now, you can't even fight back."
"Who cares? Not me!" Tabuu said, and charged straight back into the fray.
"If it was not for Master Hand's conditions for winning the match, you would be long defeated." A Smash Ball appeared right in front of Ganondorf. "Take it, as it will only prove you are ill prepared and will leave, once and for all."
"Gladly." Tabuu extended his chains to execute a three-hit combo. The third hit gained Tabuu the Rainbow status.
"Go ahead, try to do a Final Smash. I dare you."
"Sure," Tabuu grinned, and pixelated himself, growing his "Subspace wings".
"Oh this is bad..."
"Yes it is. OFF WAVES!"
Three orange waves flew from Tabuu. The current Off waves were faster than the Subspace counterpart. However, each individual wave did much less damage and knockback. Still, all three waves connected to Ganondorf, and he flew off the boundary lines.
"GAME!"
The scene changes to the victory screen, and Tabuu looks up from a book. "Diagnosis. You suck."
Ganondorf scowled. "You bastard..."
"Aw...cry some more! On a different note Master Hand, am I an official Smasher now?"
"Nope," Crazy Hand said. "You just get a can of alligator wax!" And with that, Crazy Hand held up and honest-to-God can of authentic alligator wax
"Ignore him," Master Hand said, "Yes you are an official Smasher..."
"YES!" Tabuu grinned, but asked, "After asking around, why was Horizon's match on a normal term?"
"Uh....uh...it's because...I could see the future..."
"Save it, you jackass," Horizon said. "You thought the match with Bowser would be the end of me, right?"
"Uh..Uh..."
"Hey, I picked this up on the stage: may I dissect it?" Tabuu held up a lit Bo-Bomb.
"You do realize that object is a Bo-Bomb," Ike said, "and that the Bo-Bomb is lit and will explode."
"OH CRAP!" Tabuu quickly threw the Bo-Bomb towards the ceiling.
"That reminds me," Horizon said, as the Bo-Bomb exploded "What was the explosion from earlier?"
"Sonic running into one of my mines," Snake replied.
"I swear you're doing it on purpose," Sonic mutters.
"No I'm not." Snake detonated a C4 bomb placed near Sonic. "THAT however, was on purpose."
"Ow..." Sonic rubbed his head. "Wait, who's she?" Sonic points to Midna as she fell down from the rafters.
"Good question." Tabuu replies. Midna lands right in front Tabuu. "Is she a spy?"
"Oh she's Midna. She was stalking the mansion a bit earlier. Don't know why." Horizon said. "Pretty sure you hit her with the Bo-Bomb."
"Ow...." Midna rubbed her head, and then looked up to see Tabuu. "Next time you throw a bomb, aim it somewhere else, you dolt!"
"...You know what? I already hate you." Tabuu said, and took out a bunch of ropes.
"HA! You couldn't hurt someone with those ropes even if you tried. Do your worst!"
"Gladly."
"Wait, I thought-"
Meanwhile over at Hyrule temple, Laura was dueling it out with Zelda. Due to Zelda's tendency of morphing into Sheik, Laura was getting confused.
"Sheik, no Zelda...wait...stop changing!" Laura said.
Zelda gave a small smile. "Then where is the fun of confusing you?"
"My head already hurts from preventing Tabuu from killing Sonic. I don't need another one."
"Very well then." Zelda cast Din's Fire, and began to aim the spell towards Laura.
Laura dodged the spell, and ran towards Zelda. "Take this. Proton!" An azure light spell flew towards Zelda at an increasing rate.
Zelda countered by using Nayru's Love, and Laura stopped to cast Reflect. The spell rebounded many times, before finally connecting with a Smash Ball. Because the Aura spell bounced off of Laura last, Laura gained the Rainbow status.
Laura blinked. "What are the chances of THAT!?"
"Once in a blue moon, I suppose," said Zelda. "Might as well release hell upon me..."
As soon as the words left Zelda's mouth, sakura pedals began to form around Laura. "Gladly," Laura said, and rushed forward. As soon as the petals touched Zelda, she was locked in the Final Smash in a circle of sakura pedals.
"Sakura Dance!" Laura said, and then began the series of attacks in the "dance." First, she did a front flip kick into Zelda, then weaved around her to do the same kick. Laura then did a back flip kick and weaved around Zelda and did it again. Finally, Laura spin kicked Zelda out of the circle and out of the stage boundaries.
"GAME!"
Laura began to spin her chakrams around her, before catching them in her hands. She then brushed some of her hair back, and said, "Your luck ran out."
As they exited the stage teleporter, Zelda said, "Actually, to gained the Rainbow Status, you would've been very lucky."
"I said yours, Zelda. Not mines." Laura countered. She then looked into the direction of Tabuu. "Uh, who is she and why is she bound up?"
Tabuu was doing the finishing touches to the bonds of Midna. Her hands and feet were tied, and she was dangling from a rope from the ceiling that wrapped around her waist. A piece of duct tape prevented Midna from talking.
"There, that ought to stay put..." Tabuu grunted, as he pulled the waist rope tighter. Midna seemed to scream.
"TABUU!" Zelda screamed. Tabuu turned and glanced at her. "Get her down immediately."
"Uh......no," Tabuu replied, "If you want her down, you're gonna have to make me."
"Then at the very least remove her gag."
"Okay." Tabuu ripped the tape so hard and fast that Midna winced in pain.
"I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL KILL YOU!" Midna screamed, and began to sway in the ropes. "I'LL BITE YOUR LEGS OFF IF I HAVE TO!"
Tabuu smirked. "Any man brave enough to free the dame from the ropes? OW!" Midna came close enough to bite Tabuu's hand. "That hurt."
"Well, I can't stand around and see a lady that beautiful be tortured like that," Captain Falcon said. "So, a little physical persuasion will do." He cracked his knuckles as he said that.
"Ha!" Tabuu laughed. "You couldn't hurt a fly! Do your worst."
"Gladly. FALCON..."
"He's screwed," Squirtle said.
"Amen," Ness agreed.
"PUNCH!" Captain Falcon's fist went flying forward in his signature move, and Tabuu went flying out the door. As Tabuu went out the door, Sonic held up a sign that read 10, and Falco followed suit. Mr. Game and Watch held up a 9 instead.
"...So who is she again?" Laura asked.
"She is the Twilight Princess, otherwise known as Midna," Zelda replied, her fingers at her brow. "Can anyone tell me where the hell Horizon is?"
Horizon suddenly materialized out of nowhere and said, "Right behind you," in a French accent.
"Oh God!" Zelda jumped away from Horizon.
"So, the dame wishes to be freed then?" Horizon asked, still maintaining the French accent.
"Yes," Midna replied, "and don't call me a dame and don't use that weird accent.
"Very well then." Horizon leaped forward, and cut the rope that held Midna up. As she fell, Horizon also cut off the arm and leg bounds.
"Now then..."Midna started to walk away.
"Oi!" Horizon stopped her. "Aren't you staying for a while?"
"No, why would I?"
"Because then you would see Tabuu run into an invisible metal plate." As soon as Horizon said that, a loud clang was heard and a impression was made on the now visible metal. "And speak of the devil, look who's here!" Horizon "opened" the metal plate and Tabuu was stiff in a charging position. "Hey buddy, how was it?" Horizon asked while he patted Tabuu on the shoulder. Tabuu promptly fell over face first.
"I'm a doctor, and that hurt like hell," Tabuu said, raising one hand over the ground.
"You're a doctor?" Bowser asked. "You're too stupid to be one."
"While he lacks common sense, he does make up for it for having an intelligent mind. As such, he is in charge of the Subspace research," Zephyr replied.
"To prove his point," Tabuu said, "I know for a fact that the metal that I ran into was an 18/10 steel plate, used for many purposes."
"It could have been any kind of metal plate," Luigi said, "how would you know?"
"I could tell by the general density of the metal, as well as the hardness when I ran into the plate." Tabuu got up. "But enough about me, what about you?" He gestured towards Midna.
"Well, I was here to visit the Mansion..." Midna started.
"To ask Link to help you deal with Zant, who is somehow alive," Horizon said, "in order to get to the Twilight realm again, you would've used your powers, or the Twilight Mirror shards conveniently hidden in my room. You also have a crush on Link."
"How did you know that?" Midna glared at Horizon.
"I could read your mind." Horizon replied. He stretched his arm out and wiggled his fingers.
"Does this mean that the crush part is true?" Link asked.
"Maybe...Link!" Midna jumped back, "I...uh...uh..."
"Never mind. So are we having more thorough introductions?"
"Aye," Zephyr said in a Scottish accent, "and to continue the trend, I'm the god of wind."
"You are?" Kirby asked.
"Yes he is," Laura said, "I'm the commander of the Creators, beings who, well, create the elements of life. Horizon is also in that circle of fifths. I am also the Oathkeeper, onlooker of promises"
"And I," Horizon said in the same French accent as before, "am the Gatekeeper, responsible for all of the dimensions, current ones or future ones."
"So basically," King DeDeDe said, "you can screw us over at whatever time you want."
"...Yes?" Zephyr said.
"Man the fort!" Master Hand shouted. Most of the smashers jumped back to a collection of sandbags, barbed wire, and spike traps. Peach, Zelda, Samus, Snake, Meta Knight, Wolf, Bowser, Ganondorf, R.O.B., and Mr. Game and Watch were the only ones outside the fort. Laura, Tabuu, Zephyr and Horizon all fell to the floor.
"Imbeciles," Ganondorf said, "if they wanted us dead, they would've done so by now."
"I already have my Smash title," Horizon said, "so you might as well let us stay."
Master Hand rose a finger. "Objection, I-"
"Actually, we are looking for another kind of lab," Tabuu said, "so we could use this place for research. If we do that, we could possibly educate better, and understand the world better."
Master Hand's finger drooped. "Really?"
"Yes," Laura smiled, " Think about. No one person would have to roam, searching for any one answer-"
"SOLD! I hope you all to succeed!" Master Hand shook every one of the Mysticans (Horizon, Laura, Tabuu, and Zephyr) hands. Master Hand then began floating away.
"Let me guess," Kirby said, "You'll research whatever you want, but don't have to listen to Master Hand."
Zephyr shrugged. "Sure we do. He just can't tell us what to research."
"Now that the situation has been cleared up," Peach said as the Smashers removed the fort, "let's do something." She grabbed Laura's hand.
"L-like what?" Laura asked.
"Shopping!" Peach said, and began to stroll out.
"Horizon...Tabuu....Zephyr...ANYONE help me!"
"Sorry Laura," Horizon said, "you know how much I hate shopping as much as you do. So have fun." With that, Peach led (or dragged) Laura off.
"Is there a place for me to practice music?" Zephyr asked.
"Left Hallway, second room to your right," Master Hand said. "Meanwhile, we'll prepare dinner." Then, he truly floated off. Zephyr scurried off towards the "Music" room.
"Now then," Tabuu said, and put his hands on both Midna's shoulder, "Let's get to that research."
"Wh-What research?" Midna asked. "Are you going to probe me?"
"No, I'm going to ask questions on the Twilight Realm," and with that, Tabuu steered Midna away.
"And here I am, in the island of solitude," Horizon sighed. "Might as well read in the Library."
Horizon was browsing through the Library, when he noticed a book that read The Archives. He picked up that book, and took out another book from his pocket, The Vault of Souls. Horizon walked up to a table and began calculations.
"Add the mana consumption..." Horizon said to himself. "Determine the number of crossed ley lines...Amount of information stored..." Horizon checked the numbers, then looked at the conversion chart. "Oh crap."
"And why should I move the Archives to a different location?" Master Hand asked, tapping his fingers on the table. Tabuu, Zephyr, and Horizon called a conference with Master Hand in the Control Room to discuss the problem of the Vault of Souls.
"If you don't, then the Vault of Souls may penetrate into the Archives itself, as the Archives sits right on top of it," Horizon said, "and that's a bad thing."
"How so?"
Tabuu sighed. "If the Vault of Souls is penetrated, than all of it's information will be released, like a Pandora's box. And like Pandora's box, it will create a new kind of hell."
"Again, how so?"
"You haven't heard of Pandora's Box?" Zephyr asked. "Very well then. Nightmares will run rampant. Secrets about every person flies through the air. Distrust and Chaos rule the lands. And no one person will be spared.
"I still don't see how this affects us." Master Hand said. "After all, what is the practicality of this?"
"There is logic, Master Hand," Tabuu said. "If any person that goes into the Vault of Souls may release the information there. Even if the Vault stays closed, chances are that the person or persons will go insane by the incomprehension. And if the Vault proves to be empty, said persons could morph even more nightmares. It is much safer to move the Archives to a different location while we seal the Vault."
"Master Hand," Horizon said, "I read The Archives. I know that the Archives sits on eight ley lines, each ley line represents different elements. I also know that the Archives consume a large amount of mana even for that size of information. And I triple-checked the results too, so there is no doubt that the Archives is sitting on top of the Vault."
Master Hand gave in. "Fine. I'll move the Archives to a more suitable location. How about the Right Wing, first right?"
"That is good for now," Zephyr said, "But we need to seal the Vault now, and Laura isn't here, so-"
"Yes she is," Laura said. In her hands were two paper bags, and she was dripping wet.
"Let me guess," Horizon said, "While you went shopping, it suddenly rained. And instead of running towards the nearest shop, you ran back here."
"It doesn't matter," Laura said, and put down the bags. "Let us do that seal."
"Is the Archives empty?" Horizon asked.
"It is now." Master Hand replied.
"Alright then," Horizon said, and walked towards the former Archives with Laura.
When they got there, Horizon drew a hexagon on the ground, and began focusing mana into the shape. "Eight Powers of the Elements hear my call. Form the ever lasting bounds of the ancients." A larger octagon appeared on the Archive door, each side has a different color.
"Spirit of Mana strengthen the bound by the Elements," Laura continued. Around her feet, a five-pointed star formed at her feet. The same star went on the Archive door, within the hexagon.
"Create the unbreakable shield," Both Horizon and Laura were chanting now. "To prevent the destruction of Mana. Orchalium Seal!"
The star and the octagon both enlarged, and a sea green shield formed around the Archives room. The star and octagon then shrunk down to the size of a door knob. Horizon and Laura were on their knees, panting.
"Always is hard..." Horizon mutters. He helped Laura back up on her feet.
"I want to tell you that you missed dinner," Zephyr said, "And that Laura, you'll be sharing rooms with Horizon."
"Question one. Why did we miss dinner?" Laura asked. "Question two. Why do I have to share rooms?"
"Answer one: Apparently, when we had the conference, dinner was hosted. Tabuu and I managed to sneak some food. Answer two: Master Hand thought that...well...how should I-"
"Never mind," Laura sighed. She went back to the Command Room to pick up the two bags, and walked next to Horizon. "Well, let's go."
Horizon lightly punched Laura on the arm. "Hey, where is the Italian accent?" Laura then hit him with one of the bags.
"Oh shut up." Laura said. When they got to the stairs, Laura jumped up all six floors. When Horizon did it, he "flipped" his own gravity, so he went up feet first. When Horizon got to the sixth floor, he flipped his gravity again, so he landed on the sixth floor. When he walked up to Laura, she said, "Lead the way."
Horizon was on his bed, reading a book, when the someone knocked on the door. "Come in Midna."
"How did you know it was me?" Midna asked, her face very irritated. A part of her head had some frosting on it.
"Primarily because you wanted those Mirror shards. Food fight?"
"If you mean food thrown all around, then yes there was a food fight. And I had a jolly good time there."
"Hey, I invented sarcasm, Midna. You have no rights to use it within my premises."
"Just let me get the Mirror shards, okay? They're in the other room."
"The bathroom?" Horizon gave her a skeptical look. "First off, why did you hide them in there? Secondly, Laura's in there."
Midna shrugged. "I guess it was the least obvious of the bunch. And I can deal with Laura." Midna then began to head to the bathroom.
Horizon did not comment, but Zephyr took out a tape recorder. "This is going to be fun," Zephyr said, and turned it on.
When Midna burst into the bathroom, Laura screamed. "What the hell? Horizon, you pervert!"
"No Laura, it's me, Midna-"
"Midna!? Are you a yuri fan?"
"What? No, I-"
"Then why are you here?"
"I'm here to pick up the Mirror shards!"
"That's just an excuse to see me naked!"
"No it's-"
"That means that the Link crush was just a cover up to who you really like!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Midna ran out of the room, carrying the Mirror shards in her arms. Horizon put his hand above his mouth to stop himself from laughing too hard. Zephyr turned off the tape recorder.
"That should teach her to listen to me," Horizon grinned. He turned towards Laura and became speechless.
Laura was wearing an airy lavender night dress. Her sleeves went up to her elbow, and the rim was traced with lace. The skirt went just below mid-thigh, and had floral designs on it. In the middle of her collar was a sky blue ribbon, tied around in a bow.
Horizon smirked as he got out of the bed. "So that's why Peach went shopping with you? To buy something you sleep at night?"
Laura sighed. "She claimed that this dress will help me to sleep at night. I don't see how." As soon as she said that, a crack of lightning flew across the window, and a large boom could be heard. The room light's went out, and Laura screamed and jumped into Horizon.
"I think Master Hand can fix this..." Zephyr said, and scurried up to the object labeled "EMERGENCY".
However, when he pressed the button, Master Hand's voice began to say something. "If there is a fire, either dose it out or run like hell. If there is an earthquake, find cover or run like hell. If there is a flood, run like hell to higher ground. If there is a robbery, DON'T run like hell and beat up the robber. If there is any other kind of emergency, contact Master Hand when he is awake, starting from 7:00 to 21:00."
Horizon looked at his watch. It read 9:30, or 21:00. "Well, it's not that big of a deal anyways."
Laura sighed. "I guess. Now will you let me go?"
"Nope. You're sleeping with me." And Horizon jumped back into the bed and covered both of them with the sheets. "Sleep tight."
Laura was blushing and snuggled closer to Horizon. She flinched again when a boom of thunder came again, but she was fine throughout the night. Zephyr turned off the machine, scurried to the table, and curled up into a little ball. Every breath he made caused a small, pleasurable wind to blow across the room.
New title(s) obtained!
Smasher (Tabuu)
You are now an official part of the Smash Roster! Prepare for the next procedure!
Smasher (Laura)
You are now an official part of the Smash Roster! Hopefully it won't be boring.
Yuri Lover?
Is Midna in denial? Does she really love girls?
New Achievements!
All Smashers
Have all possible Mysticans become Smashers.
Aces
All Mysticans must win their fist match.
A/N: Yeah, I'm toying around with the achievements stuff. Hope to see more! Zephyr is NOT a possible Smasher because...I'm lazy? Then again, he is a pet, so he needs permission from Horizon to compete. And now you know what a Vault of Souls is.
RO!
