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The following contains references, story details, and characters that maybe confusing to those who have not yet played or have beaten KID ICARUS: UPRISING.
Author's notes:
Me: Hallo there! It's me again! So, I realized that my story had many spelk… spellinh… errors! And apparently, I no has grammar!
Palutena: OK! I think they get the point.
Me: Yes, well, anyhow, I am planning on revising the last three chapters when I go to post chapter 5. So if you don't see KIA anywhere for a few days, so don't freak-out okay? I'm just making some revisions to the chapters and they should be reposted soon.
Patrick (SpongeBob): Hey when you mean freak-out, do you mean like… AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Me: Oh no it's more like…GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Patrick: AHHHHHHH!
Me: GAHHHHHHHH!
Patrick: AHHHHHHH!
Me: GAHHHHHHHH!
Viridi: OH! WOULD YOU TWO JUST SHUT UP!
Palutena: Enjoy the story everyone.
KID ICARUS: AFTERMATH
~Chapter 4~
Zeus
The Dark Minister was in a darkened room that appeared to be an audience chamber. There are columns of black marble on the left and right sides of the room. On the floor was a red carpet covering the diamond pattern of maroon and dark-grey tile along the floor's surface. In the middle of the room there was a round table where The Dark Minister sat along with the other Generals and Commanders of the Dark Corps army. The table had on it holographic images which were displayed as a battle map, showing their forces and the enemy's forces in different areas of the table. The Dark Minister gripped the arms of his seat and bowed his head solemnly. "This is not something we can just pass off." One of the Generals said slamming his fist on the arm of his seat. "The failure of this mission has cost us one of our Siphons! And those things are not easy to build!"
"Argh, ye be right! We can't be allow'in this to keep happ'n." One of the Commanders agreed.
"And what exactly, would you have done better in my position, Commander?" The Dark Minister glared. "Besides, I strictly remember that you were assigned to protect Wadosian air space, while I continued with the procedure. And not once did you even come near to that area."
"Ye be blammin' me for this?! Remember I could blast ya right out of the sky, sword boy!" the Commander rises from his seat, as if he was challenging a wild beast.
"Hee, Hee, Looks like we've have a fiiiiiiighhhht." Another Commander sang in somewhat of the same voice would expect for Carnage (From the Spider-man series). This comment started a bunch of side conversations, which brought the volume level higher and higher. "Quiet! All of you!" a voice spoke over the crowd. Everyone turned to see who said it. He wasn't visible for a few seconds. All anyone could hear was the sound of his footsteps against the floor. Once he walked into the light however, everyone in that room knew who he was. He was a tall man, probably 6' 3". He had the same shade of blue hair that The Dark Minister had. He wore a long red coat with black furred lining for the borders of the collar and at the end of the sleeves. The coat spilt apart at the waist line and had a zipper that went all the way up to the chin, but it was only zipped up as far as the chest. He also wore a pair of black slacks and black boots with red buckles and lining. And underneath the coat he wore a simple black button up shirt of which the two top buttons were left undone. He had a slender face, black eyes, and spiky long hair that went to about his neck. "Now really, do you have to argue over such a simple matter?" said the man walking over to his seat at the table.
"L-l-lord Xadius," The Commander said. "Forgive me! I should have known better."
"It's alright, now please, sit down." Xadius said in such a suave like manner. And the Commander did as Xadius instructed him to do. "Now then, what are we to do about our little incident, HMM?" Xadius said putting his chin on his laced fingers.
"Lord Xadius, I do apologize for my failure to carry out my mission, I have dishonored you and the Dark Corps army. You shall punish me as you see fit." The Dark Minister said bowing his head again.
"There is no need for that." Xadius replied. The Dark Minister was confused and raised his head to hear the rest of Xadius's explanation. "You see, I never expected for the mission to be a success anyway. That mission was simply, to tell those ignorant, ditties that we exist."
"Are you saying that you wanted to draw their attention?" one of the Generals asked.
"Uh huh." Xadius smiled shaking his head "You see we needed to show them that we mean business and that we are not just some run of the mill threat to Sky world, but an extreme threat to all of the worlds! And I would say that our capture of Viridi was a real head-turner."
"So what are we to do now?" The Dark Minister asked.
"I have sent to each of your divisions, a memo, which has your next assignments on it in detail. Go about in carrying out those and we shall be on our way to having the upper hand." Xadius then stood up. "Let it be known, that from this point on, we are at war! HAIL THE NEW ORDER!" then several of the Generals and Commanders shouted out in praise "ALL HAIL XADIUS, HAIL THE NEW ORDER!"
The Dark Minister kept silent, as he got up and walked out of the audience chamber. Something was bothering him, but he couldn't exactly tell what it was.
"Zeus? Who is that?" Pit asked.
"Yeah, ho is he? I mean I heard humans talk about him, but who is he really?" Viridi asked as she was sitting up on her infirmary bed. The three fighters had taken their helmets off and were in the infirmary too, listening to Palutena discus about the letter she had just received. "Zeus is the leader of the Celestial Guard, an army that is supposedly 'the maintainers of the Three Realms'." Palutena said.
"Yeah, right" Viridi said sarcastically. "If they were the maintainers of the Three Realms how come they didn't help us defeat the Arurm, or Hades?!"
"Zeus only allows his guard only to participate in wars and conflicts, which he views as a universal threat to all life in general." Palutena shrugs. "Apparently, neither the Underworld armies plan nor the Arurm invasion seemed that important to him." Palutena shook her head indicating that she too thought it was ridiculous.
"What are the Three Realms?" Jack asked.
"The world we live in is supposedly made up of three different realms." Palutena explained. "The realm of the sky, or otherwise called the celestial realm; the human realm, where humans live; and finally the underworld. Three realms in all"
"So, is Zeus a god?" Pit asked
"No he's not. Despite what the humans think he is. He's more like who the Chariot Master was, except Zeus has his body."
"If he ranks below you, then why do you do what he tells you to do?" Greg asked.
"It's because we have a really high amount of respect towards him." Palutena explained. "On more than one occasion, he and his army have thwarted evil plans that could have very well meant the end of the universe. However, at times he can be a little strange."
"Meaning…" Viridi said.
"Well, he's sort of a perfectionist. Everything must be done the way he wants it to be done and all that. He also can't stand anyone who is late to events. And he also doesn't like…" Palutena went on.
"Ok! We get it Zeus is a very uptight person." Pit said.
"Anyways, he wants me, you, and Viridi to go to his palace for a meeting of the ditties." Palutena explained.
"Are you so sure that's a good idea?" Jack asked. "I mean, with what Pit and Viridi just went through and all."
"I think they should be clear to go within a day or so." One of the nurses said. Everyone turned to her. "Oh! I'm sorry…I didn't mean to interrupt." She said pushing her glasses on to the bridge of her nose.
Greg's eye became hearts and he gasped. Silky black hair, purple eyes, petite figure, cute glasses, great curves! She's the all in one Package! Greg said in his mind as he clasped his hands together. Of course Jack, who was standing next to him, was starting to get annoyed by Greg's weird aura. Oh dear what's going through that guy's head now? Jack thought. Oh, forget it I don't even want to know. Jack shook his head.
"Oh no it's okay." Palutena said. "What's your name again?"
"M-my name is Ine. I was just promoted to nurse a few days ago." She said hugging her clipboard. "I have been taking care of the patients here in the infirmary."
"Thank you, Ine. You've done well at your job as far as I'm concerned." Palutena said smiling.
"Oh… Uh… Thank you Lady Palutena." Ine said shyly and walked away. She acts so cute! And she even has a cute name! Oh-ho-ho, Greg, you got yourself a jackpot! Greg's mind said to him as he watched her go back to what she was doing. Jack looked back to Greg, not really paying attention to what his eyes were looking at. Why is it that I have the sudden urge to slap him right now? Jack just shrugs. Oh well, I'll just save it for when he does something really stupid.
"According to the letter Zeus gave me, the meeting is in about two days. So, Viridi I suggest you just take it easy for a while until we go to the meeting." Palutena said.
"Fine" Viridi said putting her hands behind her head.
"And Pit, I think you should probably do the same, especially after your battle with the Syphon." Pit nodded and headed out of the infirmary. Before he left though, he took a good look at Viridi. She would be safe there and he was sure of it. And at that he walked out of the room.
"Um... Lady Palutena, What about us?" Angel asked.
"Oh, right, well, I think we can get you guys some spare rooms for tonight, if you'll be okay with that." Palutena said. "I know that you probably want to go back to your jobs…"
"Actually…" Jack stepped forward. "We talked it over and we decided to ask you if we could be part of your guard. At least if you'll have us that is."
Palutena expected this to happen. She smiled. "It would be my honor to have you in my guard." She said bowing to them. And the fighters, yes even Greg, did the same thing. They all raised themselves up at the same time. "You can move in whenever you're ready. If you like I can send some Centurions to help you move your stuff."
"Thank you that would be just fine." Jack said. "Come on. Let's go get our 'stuff' packed." Jack and Angel then walked out of the infirmary.
"Better let those Centurions know." Palutena said also walking out of the room.
"Um… I'll be there in a second Okay?!" Greg shouted to Jack. The he turned to look for Ine, who was over by a computer typing in some information for the infirmary's database. Greg shyly walked over to where she was. "So, your name is Ine huh?" Greg said leaning on the counter trying to act cool. Ine turned around and looked at Greg. "Yes, my name is Ine." She said.
"That's sure is an interesting name, huh?"
Ine turned back around and finished her typing. "Yes, it is. My parents said that it means 'rice-plant' in a foreign language." She said as she grabbed her clipboard from her desk and got up.
"Uh… So hey… I was thinking that maybe we could get to know each other better." Greg shakily said as she looked at him.
What is with this guy? Ine thought. I need to find some way to get past him. What's with his question anyway? Why in the world would he want to get to know me I'm a nurse for crying out loud!
"I already know who you are." said Ine as she closed her eyes. "You are the third member of dark battle team 13, Greg Canner. You choose to use a canon as your weapon because you have a bit of a pyromaniac side to you. Your favorite color is yellow, and you prefer to spend your time playing videogames. You at times have a hard time controlling your speech saying this that cause people emotional pain, and you have a bad habit of staring at something you want, which most of the time gets you into trouble, particularly with women!" when Ine realized that she had just said in that last sentence, was what was happening now her eyes blinked wide open and her cheeks blushed pink. Oh no, don't tell me he was staring at me. I really need to get out of here. Even though he is pretty cool, when he's not acting like it. GAH! What am I thinking?! I can't be lured in like this! Ine thought as she pulled her clipboard up to her face.
"Ok, then… I guess you know me pretty well." Greg said in a rather frightened tone. How in the heck did she find out that information?! Well this just about lessens my chances of asking her out to zero! Greg thinks. "I…Um…I, really don't know what to say to that." He says scratching the back of his head.
Ine looks at Greg's right arm. That's the arm he uses to shoot his canon, it's probably still sore "Oh! Looks like your arms better!" she said pointing to it.
"Huh?" And then Ine slammed her fist into his arm. "YEOOOOOWWWWW!"
Greg was laying there on the floor curled up in pain, and Ine jumped over him and ran. "Sorry!" Ine said leaving the Infirmary. Phew, that was close.
Jack walked over to Greg with a really annoyed look on his face. Greg looked up to the ceiling in pain. "Is this what people mean when they say, love hurts?"
"Not even close, buddy." Jack said helping Greg up to his feet and then both of them walked out of the infirmary.
Two days later, it was finally time to go see Zeus. Pit, Viridi, and Palutena stood in the lobby. "So how do we get to Zeus's Palace?" Pit asked
"Zeus's palace can be accessed by teleportation, but we need to bring the letter we got to prove that we are really guests that he has allowed in." Palutena explained.
"Everything is all set to go, Lady Palutena!" One of the Centurions said in a salute.
"Thank you." Palutena looked at Pit and Viridi to make sure they were ready.
"I take it; you have Pit's friends keeping watch of this place while we're gone? Viridi asked Palutena.
"Yep,"
"Well, let's just hope that this place is in one piece when you get back!" Viridi said.
"Hey! Give those guys some credit; they're not going to purposely trash the place." Pit said. "I hope."
"Well, let's get a move on, Or else we'll probably have Zeus lecturing us on how inappropriate it is for people to be late." Palutena said walking up to the door way. Pit and Viridi followed her.
"Opening the door way to Zeus's palace!" the Centurion said. Then the door way opened up in a shining a brilliant light. Palutena, Pit, and Viridi walked through the door way. And once they were all through the Centurions closed the door.
Both Pit and Viridi, where awestruck by the Palace, It was, huge! It was a gigantic castle like structure with a blue and grey color scheme. It appeared to be built in layers and levels. The outer layer being the walls that protected it, then the next layer was the courtyards, and the next the inner walls, and then finally the main structure itself. The placed looked to be as big as the underworld castle, the reaper fortress, and Palutena's temple combined! But the way it was built reminded Pit of the building style that the thunder cloud temple was built. And on top of that it was in space! "WOAH!" both Pita and Viridi said.
"Yep," Palutena said "and that's only the outside!" The three walked up to an armored clad guard with a halberd clenched in his hand. Palutena showed him the letter and the man shook his head, and opened the outer gate. "Commander Zeus is waiting for you inside." The man said in his gruff voice. The three walked in through the Gate and into the courtyard. They then made their way to the inner wall after Viridi was done admiring the gardening in the courtyard that is. At the inner wall they met a young boy who was dressed in a blue, tailed suit with a white bow tie. "Are you, Lady Palutena and company?" the boy said almost as if he himself was royalty.
"Yes. I believe your master is waiting for us yes?" Palutena asked the boy.
"Indeed, milady, my master is expecting you. Please follow me." The boy turned as he opened the gate and allowed Palutena, Pit, and Viridi step inside. He then closed the door behind them and then proceeded to walk in front of them. "This way please." The boy said closing his hand behind his back. The corridors were magnificent each wall was done in fine masonry, with crystal chandeliers giving off light for the hallways. A Blue and Gold Carpet was strolled out on the floor and on the walls there were paintings s from all over the world! Each corridor had a different style of paintings. Eventually after traveling down many corridors, they final reached their destination. "Here we are The Conference room!" The boy said standing by the door. "I will have to ask you to be relieved of any weapons in your possession." The boy stuck out his hand. As it turned out however, no one brought any sort of weapon with them. "You do not have any?" The boy asked. Everyone shook their head no. "You may enter then." The boy said opening the door.
Inside the conference room there was an oval table and a few dinning hutches surrounding the walls. On the far right were several tall glass pained windows. The view of the cosmos from that room was incredible. It was almost as great as the time Pit saw them when he was fighting the Space Pirates. Underneath a great chandelier there was a large round table. Ditties from all over the world were there sitting at their designated spots. Some of them such as: Dyntos, Pyhron, and Poseidon were familiar faces to Pit. There was another though who he didn't quite recognize, she was a pink haired girl, who wore short shorts, a tank top and over it she wore a pink cape that covered her from her neck to her knee, and she wore long furred boots and had a hair band with a big heart on the left side of it. When Pit, Palutena, and Viridi entered the room she turned around and jumped up from her seat and rushed right over to them. "VIRIDI" She cried rushing up a squeezing Viridi in a hug. "Oh! Where have you been? I haven't heard from your in six months! You didn't go on another killing spree again did you? Oh I'm just kidding. You Know I kid a lot!"
Viridi started to get really uncomfortable and was only thinking: Oh gosh, this is awkward! "Uh… Venus? You're choking me." At that Venus let go and stood there with her hands behind her back, looking at Pit and then back to Viridi. "So what's new?" Venus asked in smiled.
"Nothing, other than some really crazy stuff happened."
"Yeah, so I heard. Are you feeling better?"
"Eh, somewhat; I'm better enough to be here." Viridi looks at both Pit and Palutena who both were looking for an explanation of what was going on. "Oh! Venus, this is Palutena the goddess of light, and her Captain of her guard Pit."
"Oh so you're Venus, the goddess of love yes?" Palutena asked.
"Yep, that's me!" Venus responded with a cheerful smile.
"She's my…friend" Viridi said scratching her head.
"You're Friend? Oh no Viridi, we're more like sisters!" Venus said grabbing Viridi again.
"Uh, no we're not." Viridi said pushing Venus off of her.
"YO, Pit!" Pyhron yelled from his seat waving. "There's a seat right here! Want to take it?"
"Um, no that's Okay. I'll sit next to Palutena." Pit said trying to ignore Pyhron.
"Suit yourself!" Pyhron said using the seat as a foot rest. Then another boy in a blue suit walked in through the door. "Master Zeus wishes that you all take your seats. He shall be out shortly." The boy announced before walking away.
"Come on, Viridi! Sit next to me!" Venus said taking Viridi hand and runs over to her seat.
"Um, Okay." Viridi replied as she was being pulled by Venus. Viridi looked back to Pit, who didn't have any expression of disgust or jealousy. Good! He isn't getting the wrong idea, because that would make this even more awkward. Viridi thought.
"Let's find our seats, Pit" Palutena said walking to the table.
"Yes, Lady Palutena!" Pit said as he followed her. As fate would have it Palutena and Pit sat right across from Venus and Viridi. Pit started to talk to Palutena to see if he could learn any more information about Zeus so that he knew what to expect. Across the table, however he couldn't see Viridi looking at him. After about five seconds of staring, Viridi looked down to her twiddling thumbs, and her face went pink. Venus noticed this and nudged Viridi in the shoulder. "Hey, are you checking him out?" Venus said so only Viridi could hear.
"What?" Viridi said startled by the comment.
"That cute angel boy, are you going head over heels for him?" Venus smirked.
"Uh, well… I…"
"Hey, don't you even think about lying to me, remember I'm the goddess of love I know when a girl's heart is totally crushing over some guy."
"I…well…" Before Viridi could say any more, the large double door entrance on the other end of the room slowly opened. Two of the armored guards opened the doors.
"Announcing the arrival of the master of this palace and the leader of the Celestial Guard…" A boy in a blue tuxedo said. "Zeus"
At the saying of the name the doors swung open to reveal a young man walking to his seat at the table. He was about 6' 1", had white hair, a slim body, and had golden eyes. (For all of you anime fans out there, Zeus looks sort of like L from Death Note. Only, he has white hair golden eyes, and less dark circles.) He looked like he was 17. And dressed like it too. He wore tan pants with a blue long sleeve shirt that had a large whit vertical stripe down the chest and yellow lines going down the sides of the sleeves. And it looked like he was wearing sliver tennis shoes.
Both Viridi and Pit were thinking: Is that…
Sitting there with his hand in his pockets the young man looked to the table of ditties and said "Hello, for those of you who do not know me…I am Zeus."
END OF CHAPTER
Author notes:
Me: And I am still writing long chapters! Oh well, can't be that bad I guess. SO MANY NEW CHARACTERS! I know sometimes it can be confusing to remember them especially if they are not in the actual game. So I decided to give you a list of the characters that have been introduced thus far. So here it is:
Jack Glider
Angel Wing
Greg Canner
The Dark Minister
Xadius
Ine Yochia
Venus
Zeus
And don't think I'm going to stop there folks, because there is more. I hope that you are all Okay with that. Oh! Here's a thought How about we hold a character popularity poll! This would be including the already existing characters in the Kid Icarus series. In your reviews simply put the names of ten, characters from this series that you like, and post them. And then at the end of May I'll post the results of the poll.
Pit: Ha! I'll probably be first!
Dark Pit: Na! You're just too lame. Everyone's going to pick me.
Pit: Oh, right, because you are just so cool with your rude behavior, messed up hair, and totally wicked personality.
Dark Pit: If you want to start a fight pal, I'll give it to you!
Pit: Bring it on!
Greg: Hey, now let's not fight. Besides we all know who would win at this…Me!
Dark Pit: Oh, You stuck up little!
Me: Hey… wait…. my room is not a battle arena!
End of Author's notes