Arena Woes
Disclaimer: I do not own Super Smash Brothers. That goes to Nintendo. I also do not own Queen's Blade that is owned by Hobby Japan. I also do not own Dark Knight Ingrid that is made by Lilith-Soft. The only characters I own are those from the Golden Land, angels from Skyworld including the royal bodyguards, Angel Assembly and archangels along with all the other angels and of course the witch hunters.
Summary: While getting the grand tour of Smashopolis, Robin overhears Pit talking to Wario about the underground arena that is only open past midnight. He trails after them and sees many brutal matches not pertaining to Smash Brothers, but the desire to buy a present for Shulk after seeing his boyfriend mesmerized by the item, he enters the arena unaware of how bad the situation can get.
Pairing: Robin/Shulk, Pit/Pittoo, Ganondorf/Palutena with dark OC/Robin and OC/Marth
Rated: M (for mature) but E (for explicit on Archive of Our Own)
Genre: Suspense, Drama, Romance, Angst, Horror and some Humor
Warning: Swearing, extreme violence, sexual violence, sexual themes and unintentional OOC
Well, I feel like this story will establish my recently completed outside realm of Smash Brothers Mansion that is casually brought up in Burning Tears (when I was just getting back into the Smash fandom) and references to outside of the mansion whether its Pit or Sonic going out. I admit that this is kind of late to bring up Smashopolis in my universe, but it allows me to open up my stories to even more endless possibilities and crossovers so the tour in this chapter is for my readers to understand what is in Smashopolis. Enjoy! (And yes this chapter is obviously censored. The entire punishment scene is on AO3.)
Chapter 3: Punishment Game
Despite the obvious dread that Rob felt when he felt like he sent his opponent to a fate worse than death by sparing her, Rob was satisfied with how the crowd was cheering for him and demanded more from him from that day forward. Even though Rob was doing this for the pay, the white haired tactician failed to admit that he was enjoying the spotlight and understood why Pit and Marth would participate in events like this.
He was always in Robin's shadow even if he was the main Robin to be fighting in Smash Brothers, but the demand for his older sister was incredibly high that even in smaller tournaments would result in her being chosen over him to fight. As a result, she would get better at fighting while he was on the sidelines remaining stagnant. He loathed how she was bathed in the spotlight of battle while he was expected to walk behind her. Now though after winning that match, he felt like he belonged. Pit warned him to never get too cocky in the arena because even if the audience adored him, if he didn't satisfy them, they had no problem throwing him under the bus. Marth had done such a good job because of his reputation that it wouldn't matter if he lost even once. He was one of the many stars of the arena as was Pit and Falco. Now Rob had a chance to join them.
This would continue for the next couple of weeks. Rob was not allowed to battle every day, but when he did, he wouldn't hesitate to cut down his opponent. Rob removed the guilt he felt for murdering his opponent because after seeing Asuka be dragged by the demon mob to be trained as a sex slave, he realized that murder was the best solution to give the female fighters he fought a better chance at keeping their dignity. At the very least their soul would be dragged to hell and they would have a chance to reincarnate with hopes of not making the stupid mistake of battling in the arena again.
Because Rob did so well, he was earning cash at an alarming rate. Wario was rather surprised at how much people were betting to get this much cash in the first place. The light angel was jealous that Rob was the current fan favorite, but Rob made it clear he would stop once he had enough to buy that clock. Pit joked how it was possible to reduce the price with some flattery but Rob wanted to earn the money fair and square (even if blood money was something Shulk would not be happy about).
Eventually, Rob would end up injuring himself in battle. He tried to hide said injuries, but by neglecting to see Dr. Mario or let his injury heal, it started to get worse to the point that the Smashers noted something was wrong. The way he held his arm when he attempted to use his tome in battle was apparent to the point that one match had to be stopped due to the pain he was feeling.
Rob had a hard time lying about the injury he received. The white haired mage knew that he couldn't bring up the arena or he would face terrible consequences. Even if he said that he hurt his arm when training too much in Smashopolis, there were so many holes in his statement that Dr. Mario simply didn't believe him. The good doctor wouldn't be able to do much though and just prescribed him painkillers and advised Rob to not battle for a while. Rob couldn't believe this seeing as he only need one more match and he was getting reckless the more the crowd rooted for him.
Shulk was not pleased at how his roommate was acting as of late. Rob was always tired, sleeping late into the afternoon and staying up all night effectively messing with his schedule and preventing the two from going out. Rob ensured him everything was okay, but the blond knew Rob well enough to know when he was fibbing him.
"Rob, tell me what's going on. Ever since that tour in Smashopolis, you've been acting weird."
"…It's nothing Shulk. Like what I told Dr. Mario…I hurt myself while training."
"Why didn't you tell me you were training? We could have gone together."
"…"
"Rob…please tell me what is happening. When you start regressing back to your old self…I feel like I failed you."
"S-Shulk, it has nothing to do with you!" Rob suddenly shouted not wanting the past to be brought back up. "I…I just don't want to fall behind in Smash. My sister is amazing…she's leaving me in the dust, and I have to work twice as hard to be on her footing."
"…Is that really it? I see you talking with Pit and Wario a lot. Why would you be speaking to Wario?"
While Pit and Shulk were at odds with each other, it wasn't out of Pit's character to not talk to Rob. However, Rob speaking to Wario who was known for being a jerk worried the Monado boy. He felt that Wario was telling the white haired tactician things that were making him reckless as of late.
"Look…I'll be fine Shulk. Don't worry about me. I just need one more battle and then I'm done."
"Battle?"
"O-One more training session I mean! Don't read between the lines…there's nothing there! Okay?!"
Before Shulk could say anything, there was a knock at their door. Shulk wasn't pleased to see that Pit was on the other side with a scowl on his face.
"Oh…the alien is still here." Pit stated simply not hiding his discontent. "Dr. Mario wanted me to get Rob to check up with him again."
"But he just…"
"Are you doubting Dr. Mario, Shulk?"
It wasn't Dr. Mario that Shulk was worried about. He looked at Pit and had this nagging feeling he was lying. To confirm this, he ended up having a vision right there that was vague as it would come. The only images that came to mind were the seer and Pit arguing about Rob and Rob being defeated in this dark arena overpowered by this powerful slime monster.
"I'm sorry Shulk, I'll be able to tell you everything when I'm finished." Rob told him weakly as he quickly left the room seeing that Pit was giving him a way out. He took it even if the white angel was not in the best of moods and was ready to scold him on hiding an injury and still fighting with it. "I'll see you later."
Pit continued to glare at Shulk before leaving. Shulk wanted to stop the angel captain and demand he answer what was going on, but Pit had this way of shutting off debate when he was in one of those moods. Even Palutena and Dark Pit were unable to get anything out of him in this state and the paranoia continued to drive the Monado boy enough to take his sword and leave in order to train and get this nagging feeling out of his mind.
"What do you mean I can't fight tonight?!"
Pit should have known that Rob was going to fight him the entire way after he ordered him to stay at the mansion and heal up. He didn't understand why he needed to get back in the arena anyway. It wasn't going anywhere.
"You need to rest your arm. If you don't, I can't imagine what would happen in the arena."
"The prize money tonight is enough for me to buy Shulk's present though!"
"Uh…it's always about that alien. Pay attention to your own health!"
"I'll be fine! I just need to go with someone, right?"
Since Pit dragged Rob's ass to Wario's room to break the news, the greedy Smasher was able to get information on the next match on his computer (the fact he had one and knew how to use it was amazing. Then again, Wario may be fact but he wasn't dumb). He turned his swirly chair around giving Rob a rather stern expression.
"No, we are not going to the arena tonight."
"Huh, why not?!"
Wario looked over to Pit wanting to see how the white angel would respond. The white angel realized that a dangerous enemy that even he might not be able to beat would be in the arena, so it was best if some other sucker lost tonight and try again tomorrow.
"There is no need to tell you. You need to be obedient and actually stay here. We do not need another Marth incident."
Rob was being too stubborn for his own good now. He wasn't going to take no for an answer, and if they weren't going to allow him to go even in a group, then he would simply have to go alone. The white haired tactician ended the dialogue rushing out of the room and pushing past Marth who needed to speak to Pit and Wario about tonight.
"…Was that Rob?" Marth questioned. "What did you say to him?"
"He's not fighting in the arena." Pit responded simply. "His injuries will get him killed…or worse…"
"…Are you sure it was wise to let him leave? He is a stubborn fool."
"It will be fine!" Pit declared. "As long as he doesn't have a VIP Card, he can't be brought in. I told the guards to never let him in unless he had one, and I made sure he would never get one just so Shulk wouldn't be on my back about it."
The irony of this statement was that Rob did exactly what Marth feared. The white haired tactician figured that he could pretty much take Pit's card while he was out of the room and flee on the bus before he noticed. The irony is how this ended up saving someone else from the arena's nightmare tonight.
"Pit, stop trying to hide that you're going to the arena at night! Tell me or I'm going to tell Palutena!"
And of course the night got worse. If Shulk being on his case wasn't bad enough along with Rob being defiant then Dark Pit cornering him on the fourth floor was the worst. He was so close to the room that if he dashed inside, no one would hear the two shouting. Dark Pit was standing his ground so someone whether it be Palutena or anyone on the third floor would hear them.
"Like you're the tattle-telling type." Pit growled seeing the arrogance in those red orbs. "Look Pittoo. You're talking nonsense. Just go to bed. I'm just going to be in the training room tonight."
"Really? That's what you said the last time and you sure as hell weren't there. You and Ganondorf were missing so I had to ask Luci to be my sparing partner."
Well, Pit was backed into the corner now. Either he caved in now or continued lying. The third option was to simply leave Dark Pit in the dark hallway. The black angel stomped his foot furious that Pit turned his back on him and chased his older twin down.
"Come on Pit! Let me go to that arena! You're always having all the fun and coming back stronger!"
"I simply train at night."
"You come back with injuries that are from the arena! Don't hide that bruise on the side of your stomach, Pit! Remember, when you're injured, I feel it and it's not from Smash!"
Pit rolled his eyes knowing he was screwed. Maybe Pit should just be honest and tell his younger twin how dangerous the arena really was. Instead, the captain opened the door to his room trying to drown out Pittoo only to realize that something was missing on his bed. His eyes widened in horror as he immediately jumped over to his bed searching fanatically for his missing item.
"No, no, no, no, NO! It's gone! My VIP card is gone!"
"So you do go to the arena…" Dark Pit grumbled seeing Pit finally admit it to him.
"No that's…it's not…well…" Pit sighed in defeat as he turned around facing his younger twin. "You got me. I do go to the arena. Not like it matters now when someone took my damn VIP card!" Pit's eyes widened in horror realizing that only a few people knew about it. It wouldn't be Dark Pit who had it or he wouldn't be nagging him about it now. Marth and Falco wouldn't jack his card either making the light angel believe that Rob stole it. "That stupid half-dragon idiot! When I find him, I'm going to-"
"Drag him back and explain to me what is going on!"
And Shulk was back on his case. The workout did not do the Monado boy any favors when he got another vision in extreme detail of Rob's fate. It was horrible to say the least especially since he could hear Rob's cries for help that ends up being drowned out because the slime was forcing itself inside of him. The longer he was being raped by the slime, the more his body started to mesh with the slime until it was no more. Pit could be heard in his vision screaming bloody murder at what the demons have done to him. That was where the vision ended and why Shulk needed to get to Pit immediately to have him show up before Rob met a horrible end.
"S-Shulk…" Dark Pit called out weakly. He was surprised at Shulk's aggression. Shulk had no problem pushing the dark angel to the side to grab Pit by the shoulder and slam him into the nearby wall just so they can see each other face to face.
"G-Gah…what is it alien?"
"You're going to take me to Rob right now!" Shulk told him in a threatening tone. He was trying his best to keep his emotions in check but it was failing. "If we don't go now, Rob is going to die!"
"Y-Your visions?" Pit had to ask. He was still skeptical about them given how in a team match it was worthless against the two angel twins, but Shulk's piercing gaze forced the angel to realize that this was a real risk. It added up too if the VIP card was missing.
"D-Dammit…fine…just this once. Pittoo, please stay here and wait for us."
"But…"
"I'm dead serious Pittoo. The arena is too dangerous. That was why I refused to let you go with me even if I know you would have enjoyed the battles. Stay outside and wait for us to return and the minute we return, you can tell Lady Palutena."
Dark Pit wanted to disobey, but there was no time to be catty with him. He felt it in his veins that the white haired mage was in danger. He nodded his head slowly as the angel captain the seer quickly rushed out of the room to get someone to help them get to the arena as quickly as possible. Pit knew he needed to rely on Wario due to him forbidding Rob from entering another match. He would probably be lectured on his carelessness, but right now, they had a Smasher to save.
Rob couldn't believe how he lost the match so easily. Maybe the injury was too much for him after all or maybe it was just the enemy was too powerful for him to handle.
The white haired tactician had never seen an enemy like this. According to the announcer it was some sort of slime monster. Rob didn't quite catch the name, but he didn't care because he wanted to end this as soon as possible.
There were so many things in retrospect he should have done that he wished he could turn back the clock to prevent himself from being so reckless.
The slime monster easily outclasses him in terms of abilities. The Levin Sword went through the slime making the mage hit nothing but air. His magic tomes proved to be useless when they would also just go through him. At first Rob thought maybe burning the slime would do the trick when he wasn't hitting anything, but it simply wasn't working. He would need to hit it multiple times if he wanted to win, but the slime wasn't just going to sit there and pull apart its body.
The slime had crept over to him slowly with each miss and often smacked Rob across the face with its tentacle like hands. Rob was certain it was a tentacle but it was probably the slime form turning its gooey body into something as rough as a rope to hit him. The immense pain he felt from one attack made him stumble back and was made worse by how the slime monster seemed to pick up on Rob's injury. It wouldn't be long until it grabbed him and wrapped its arms around him.
"D-Dammit! Let go!" He shouted as he only managed to break free from the slime monster once. The thing was moving too fast at this point as it decided to trip him the second time around so he wouldn't wiggle away a second time. "Guhh…"
The last chance Rob had against the thing was to impale it in the face when it got close. This was when it revealed that it had teeth despite not having a visible mouth. The slime monster opened its mouth and chomped on the Levin Sword breaking it in half.
"T-The Levin Sword…"
He shrieked feeling his body being pinned down to the ground. The counter was already starting when this event occurred. Rob couldn't move his body at all. He couldn't reach for his tomes in this position. He cursed at his luck when the timer went out and the slime monster was declared the winner. The sound of disappoint could be heard in the crowd until the announcer brought up about the loser's punishment.
"We only had one loss on the Smashers side since this has begun, but we were unfortunate to see what sort of punishment occurred. Now, we can see what this particular fella has in store for the Tactician Magician. Enjoy the show everyone!"
No one was going to help him except another Smasher, but because he went alone, there was no way he would be saved. Rob really hated how he didn't plan this ahead.
"G-Get off me…" Rob growled still trying to get up but knew that struggling was pointless. "When I get out I'll…gahh!"
The slime monster immediately covered the tactician in its slime. Rob felt something was wrong with his body, but he knew the immediate effects included his robe being melted away into the ground. The audience cheered seeing what type of punishment the slime wanted.
"Oh, it looks like the slime wants to ooze itself on our Smasher!"
Rob interpreted that as being eaten, but in reality, the slime monster wanted to have fun. He let out a yelp as the slime suddenly lifted him off the ground keeping a tight grip around his stomach. His arms were still lifted above him as he was now forced to lie on his stomach. He flinched feeling his ass being lifted in the air.
"H-Hey, what are you doing? S-Stop!" Rob shouted realizing the position he was in. "N-No…"
How long was Rob having sex with this slime monster and climaxing from it? It was probably too many for the night, but not enough to turn him into a monster. He would finally get saved after a few more sex positions that drove the crowd insane and almost made them jump down to join when Rob continued begging for more.
What stopped everyone was a Smasher coming in from above with a huge blade that came in slicing at the head of the slime monster after it released Rob from its grip. The slight interference allowed Rob's body color to return to normal. He was still panting and shivering from the pleasure still running through his body.
"Rob!"
The mage couldn't hear his companion. The slime monster got to him and it was still apparent with how the slime monster was regenerating itself and turning Rob's skin into the same color as the slime.
"Shulk, you have to kill it before Rob is absorbed into it!"
The audience looked up to see their favorite angel competitor sitting on the lights. His expression was serious as he looked around the arena for the man in charge of the match. Shulk nodded his head as the Monado glowed again.
"You will pay for what you have done!"
Shulk charged the slime monster slicing it in half again. It was quickly regenerating though…
"SLICE IT UNTIL IT'S GONE!" Pit ordered.
Shulk obeyed after switching his stance to Monado Eater and continued to hack and slash at the slime monster. With the speed and power of the blade, the slime monster couldn't regenerate fast enough nor could it sliver over to Rob and claim his body. As a result, Shulk beat the slime monster into the ground until there was nothing left. Even after the Monado boy was certain it was dead, he ended up glaring into the audience that stepped back seeing the power that Shulk had in his blade. In fact, the audience grew silent seeing Shulk go over to Rob.
"Rob, it's me…" Shulk mumbled not understanding why Rob wasn't responding to him. "This isn't good…"
"Ahh…"
The white haired tactician hadn't regained his senses yet when Shulk decided to lift him off the ground.
His body is so cold. Shulk thought to himself as he proceeded to leave with Rob in hand. Nobody stopped him from leaving with the loser. Pit followed after him after making sure that his VIP card was still in tact (and it was despite everything else melting from the acid).
Wario was waiting outside in his purple Mercedes Benz for the three Smashers. Normally he would not give a damn about what happens to Smashers who don't obey him, but he didn't want to be on the receiving end of the Monado and decided to just go with the flow this once. Rob did look rather beaten up and Wario was just glad he didn't bet on the white haired tactician winning this battle.
"Are they going to come after us?" Shulk asked as he placed Rob in the back seat of the car.
"Of course not. Smashers have the highest priority. We can stop the match whenever we want if we don't like where its going and we can stop the punishment game if we desire." Pit explained.
The blond didn't respond as he and Pit got inside. Wario ended up driving from the arena and slowly back to Smash Brothers Mansion. Rob was regaining his senses the further away he was from the arena and what went from breathless panting became frantic wheezing that worried the blond. Placing his hands over Rob's face before examining his naked body, Pit could only conclude that the toxin of the slime might have infected him.
"This is bad…he took a lot of slime into his body." Pit mumbled. "If it was any normal human, they would have melted…but given Rob's bloodline…he's lucky he's still with us."
"…This is all your fault." Shulk suddenly said catching the white angel off guard. "Why would you let Rob into the arena knowing he was injured?! Was money and entertainment so important to you that you would have him killed?!"
"H-Hey!" Pit shouted almost immediately at the accusation. "I told you time and time again that I told Rob not to fight! It's on him that he's in this situation!"
"You gave him your card!"
"He stole my card!"
"Why would you leave it in a place where anyone could take it?!"
"That was because…" Pit's voice dropped realizing that if it weren't Rob that took his card, it would have been Dark Pit in this situation. "It wasn't my fault! Wario, you also told him to rest, did you not?"
Wario didn't want to be involved in this argument. He just wanted to drive back and go back to sleep.
"Uh-huh…yeah."
"You see?"
"No, I don't see! All I see is a selfish angel working with a greedy man to make money and hurt others if it benefits them."
A white cloud puffed above Pit's head as he opened the door to Wario's car earning some shouts from the greedy Smasher. "You know what, you can probably walk back to the mansion! See if I care!"
"You know what? I will Pit. I don't need to deal with either of you!"
"Not really a good idea…" Wario could be heard murmuring at the wheel but the bad blood between Pit and Shulk was too much so it was best if the Monado boy left even if he knew this was a bad idea for Rob. Shulk took Rob into his arms and jumped out despite the moving vehicle. Pit could be heard slamming the door to the Mercedes Benz as it picked up the pace and drove back to the mansion at high speed.
Shulk should have realized that walking all the way back was not a good idea. Even if he could travel from one part of the Bionis to the next relatively easily, he was carrying someone on his back that desperately needed critical attention. Maybe Wario would pity the two and drive back to pick them back up, but Shulk would have refused the offer after his small outburst. It wasn't like him to be this so stubborn or so insensitive to the situation at hand, but he was furious with what happened. He saw what was going on with Rob and didn't act on the vision in time to prevent this from happening. If he was a second later, Rob might have actually died instead of ending up in this helpless state, and even if Pit told him those people wouldn't come back for Rob, it didn't change the fact he was paranoid of Rob's safety.
This was why he was doing his best to run all the way back. What would take an hour to get from Smashopolis and back would be thirty minutes if he used his speed form. The ability wouldn't last that long no matter what he did, so begging Alvis to extend its power probably wouldn't lessen the time.
"Shulk, you do realize your plan was poorly thought out, correct?"
Even now the being inside the Monado was mocking him even if he wasn't trying to. Shulk just let out a sigh as he tried to force the Monado Art to work only to disappoint himself when he was in the cool down phrase.
"As much as the angel was irresponsible for what has occurred, I believe you should apologize to him when you get back."
"…I know…but I am so angry with him…"
"You are use to his treatment toward you."
"I am, but I felt like he didn't do enough to stop Rob from ending up like this. I know he made it clear that it is the responsibility of the Smasher if they were to go alone, but if Pit had been in the arena for a while, wouldn't he have taken extra precautions to prevent the injured from fighting?"
"He did say Robin was doing this for you."
"I don't care what Rob was doing this for me! It would be pointless if he died!"
Shulk's voice was incredibly loud at this point. To anyone who might have been on the road, it would appear that the seer was talking to himself even if an invisible figure was floating right next to him to console him. Now though, Rob was starting to come to meaning he wouldn't have to engage in a conversation now.
"Uhh…where…am…"
"Rob…I'm sorry…"
Rob tried his best to focus his eyesight on what was ahead of him, but everything was a blur. All he knew was that he was clinging to someone who was stronger than him and the familiar scent could be smelt.
"I was…"
"Don't talk. Everything will be okay when we get to the mansion."
"…I heard…Pit's voice…the car…why…"
Shulk needed to stop to tell Rob about why he was being ridiculous, but decided not to. Just glancing at Rob's face was enough to know that he wasn't doing so well. If Shulk took a detour to Smash Forest, he could get some fresh water for the white haired mage to drink. That would be a wasted effort though if he could just ask the two Goddesses back at the mansion to heal him.
"…Rob…why did you go? You were injured."
"…For you…" He murmured weakly as he buried his head behind the taller male's neck. "I wanted…to get you that clock…just one more match and I would have…"
Rob was shaking to the point that Shulk felt like if he didn't grasp at the older male's hands, he would have fallen off his back. At first, Shulk wanted to lecture him about how an item he desired wasn't as important as his boyfriend's life, but he nearly stopped hearing the white haired tactician sobbing instead.
"I'm a failure…" Rob murmured weakly as he tried his best to hold it in. "Just once…I wanted to do something for you. Instead…I humiliated myself in front of that crowd…and you had to save me. I'm so useless!"
"Rob, don't speak like that. Don't speak at all. You still got the poison inside of you."
"…Don't care…" Rob muttered. "I would rather die now…"
Shulk had to stop walking now. What was worse than his own helplessness was seeing Rob slowly slip back into that horrible phase again…this inferiority complex he was suffering was toxic state to be in. Those who were close to him seemed to be unaware of how bad he hated being in the shadows of his older twin sister and it was Shulk that had to bring it to light so they could at least work things out. Now he was going right back into that phase and Shulk felt like he could do nothing this time around.
"Rob…"
"Why does this…always happen to me? I just wanted…to buy you a clock…for once I wasn't thinking about myself. Even if I hated to see…what would happen to those challenges when they lose…even if I was injured…I just wanted to see you smile…instead…I ended up enjoying the very thing I put my opponents through when they lose…I'm the worse…"
"Rob please…"
"Shulk…why do you put up with me? I cause you more problems than bring you happiness…I'm just a failure…I…"
"STOP!"
Rob impeded his speech feeling Shulk's anger reach its peak.
"You don't get to tell me what I should do, Rob. I love you. Nothing is going to change that. Don't tell me something that isn't true. We have been through this before and I refuse for you to go back into that horrible state."
"Shulk…I…"
"…Screw the clock. I don't need it if it means losing you. I don't want to lose anyone important to me again, you hear? Next time…just take care of yourself. That is all I ask from you."
Rob was speechless at how much Shulk tolerated him. In this state of mind, he wasn't thinking clearly. The toxin was clearly getting to his brain and if Shulk didn't get to Smash Brothers Mansion soon, there might be some lifelong injuries to his brain. Activating the speed form again, Shulk started to dash toward the mansion again. Despite running as fast as he could, he wouldn't be able to drown out the wails of the older male who cried into his back about his failure tonight and how much he had failed and betrayed the Monado boy's trust. The entire time, Alvis couldn't help but pity the state the white haired mage was in and hoped that Palutena or Rosalina would be able to help him.
Shulk should be glad that Pit pitied the young couple and that Dark Pit was waiting on their return. Wario might not have driven back for the two, but the minute Wario parked his car where all the spaceships were placed, Pit would go straight to the Goddess of Light demanding the Power of Flight and getting slapped in the progress due to interrupting something between Palutena and Ganondorf (hence why Dark Pit didn't get Palutena. He was told specifically by the two to leave them alone for the night and Pit wasn't going to let him warn him about the sexual meeting tonight). The angel of light had to wonder where Rosalina was sleeping if the green haired Goddess kicked her roommate out to allow Ganondorf in.
Pit would be told that Rosalina was sleeping in the Comet Observatory and the Queen of the Cosmos got a rude awakening from Wario at the same time Pit cockblocked his Goddess and the King of Evil. It forced the two Goddesses to take action of the accident that had occurred in the arena.
Accident is what Pit described it to Palutena once she and Ganondorf were done giving him threatening looks. The green haired Goddess was not stupid, yet did not question Pit when she and Rosalina picked up Shulk and Rob. Seeing the male tactician's condition forced them to get help. Palutena might have been able to stabilize Rob's physical condition, but Master Hand would find out about the situation as reporting to Dr. Mario demonstrated.
Rob was rushed back to Smashopolis to stay in the Smash Hospital. The metropolis was the last place Rob wanted to be now given how close the hospital was to the arena. He cried out pathetically in protest when he had to be treated. This was made worse by the fact that Shulk wouldn't be able to stay with him to keep him calm. The doctors in hospital told Master Hand to leave everything to them, but they still needed the story to know how to treat him.
"Don't leave me!" Rob would shout to the Monado boy who was not allowed to go in with him. "They'll get me!"
Master wanted to know who "they" was. Pit, Shulk and Wario knew but they were going to keep Master in the dark for as long as they could. In reality, Shulk wanted to spill the beans, but this might end up hurting the situation. Call him paranoid, but Shulk couldn't help but feel there were spies in the hospital waiting to pounce on Rob like the white haired tactician claimed.
Master Hand was given the details a few hours after the surgeon treated him (he was told that it was a serious issue, so he was forced to help). Because the hospital staff was also in the dark, they could only tell Master what they knew from the surface.
"Besides the obvious mental trauma Robin is suffering, he was attacked by a poisonous slime monster."
"Slime?"
"If that's what people call it nowadays. I would personally just call it a water monster that has learned to stick itself to its prey."
"I know what slime is, but how?"
"Ask your Smashers. I couldn't get anything out of him and neither than the kid although it's the kid's job to heal the injuries of the patient. Besides detecting slime in all the wrong places, Robin had a broken arm. It is not the surgeon's job to heal those wounds, but whatever. I'm not in charge of the place, and I sure as hell shouldn't be here so early in the morning, but since it's Michiko, I don't really have a choice, do I?"
Master grumbled at the diagnostician's sarcastic response. This information didn't help him at all and the black haired man found himself rubbing his temples. The debate on whether to just leave and let the Smashers take care of Rob or prove that he really did care for his Smashers and stay behind until things settled down came to mind. Sleep was the first thing on his mind however as he wanted nothing more than to shut his eyes. Yes, he might be a giant hand most of the time but even giant hands needed their beauty sleep. Palutena clocked out rather early after helping deliver the Smashers to Smash Hospital deciding to speak to Pit on the issue when she was in a better mood. (She also made a light-hearted joke about taking Dark Pit to bed given he wanted to go along and help the others out but there were already too many Smashers being sent to Smash Hospital). The same applied to Rosalina only when she was specifically told that her work was done. As the motherly figure she was, she couldn't leave Rob in such a vulnerable state. However, seeing as how she had other things to do, she would leave everything to Master, Shulk and Pit to handle everything.
Pit had to be the one to convince Wario to come up with a good half-truth to tell to Master Hand since most of the incident is out of the bag. The greedy Smasher growled as he ended up pulling Master to the side to explain the situation. This left the angel and the seer free to go inside the room to visit Rob. The white haired tactician didn't want to see Pit's face though given that it was the captain that specifically told him not to go. The light angel took offense to this and left leaving Shulk alone with Rob (but not really since Shulk carried the Monado and Alvis was hovering over him). It was for the best though seeing how Rob immediately wrapped his arms around Shulk's waist pleading his roommate not to leave him alone. Shulk ended up losing sleep over the incident. Rob was his boyfriend though, so he had to be there for him. Closing his eyes, he let the white haired tactician cry his eyes out even more after being treated before he would pass out from being emotionally exhausted. The doctors allowed Shulk to stay despite the rules seeing as how the blond did a better job keeping him calm by just being next to him than when he was out of the room.
Master wished to interrogate the two Smashers the next day after his nap, but Wario convinced him to let Pit handle the situation. Whatever Wario came up with was convincing enough for Master to trust the light angel with getting information out on why Rob was suddenly attacked. Then again, demons were characters to be weary of, so he just needed to make sure that if anyone went to Smashopolis alone again, they went in pairs.
Pit showed up later in the evening the next day. Shulk only left once the entire day to use the restroom. Even though he was gone for five minutes, Rob nearly had a panic attack without him and the only reason he didn't have another tantrum was that Shulk left the Monado behind to allow Alvis to speak to him. Rob may not have appreciated Alvis, but the presence of a companion was very much needed. He only disappeared when Shulk returned with hospital food for the both of them.
The light angel wondered how much sleep Shulk lost from this night. He noted the dark rings under his eyes as he was slowly nodding off to dream land. Pit could see a snot bubble start to form the more Shulk was ready to pass out for the day. Only the white angel tapping him lightly on the back got him to jump out of his chair startling the white haired tactician.
"Shulk, don't fall asleep on the job." Pit ordered as he looked over to Rob. "Are you doing okay?"
Rob nodded his head feeling better after crying everything out. He still didn't want Shulk to leave him and he was still having panic attacks, but now that his mind was a little clearer, he would be able to work to have his trauma removed. (That's not how it works, but it was better to think like this than to be in utter despair).
"Pit, is there something you need?"
"Well, yeah…Master kind of wanted me to ask you the details of last night, but since I was a spectator…there isn't any need for that." Pit noticed that even if Rob was in a better mood than last night his eyes lost the shine to them. Dull eyes didn't suit him at all. "Well, I wanted to cheer you both up since…it is my fault that this happened." Pit's expression darkened catching their attention. "Shulk…you were right. It was my fault for leaving that VIP card out. I would be yelling at you now Rob for taking it…but if you didn't do it…Pittoo would."
"Gee, thanks."
"No, it's not like that! I mean I would not have let Pittoo go anyway! Its just…argh! Look, I'm really…really sorry that happened! That's why I went to see Ymir and Eilin. You two were looking at that Nutcracker Clock Globe, right? Well…since Rob worked so hard to earn the money for that thing, I bought it for a discount."
Normally, that would come off as insensitive. Rob would have no reason to go to the arena if he just swallowed his pride and asked the other Smashers to pitch in for this item. Heck, Pit proved that he had connections with the Dwarven girls but instead of just requesting his assistance, Rob decided the arena was the way to go…and it would have worked to if it weren't for his injury. Thank god there were humans in the hospital who could heal his wounds rather quickly.
In this situation, Shulk could only glance at the beautiful Nutcracker in aww as Pit handed it to him nicely. The angel sighed realizing how he did something nice for the Monado boy and he was going to have good karma come his way for being kind. Didn't sound like a bad thing, but Pit would rather have good karma come from helping someone he liked…then again…with how irresponsible he was, the bad karma surrounding him might cancel out and Prism wouldn't be on his ass.
Shulk wasted no time in turning on the music of the Nutcracker Clock Globe on either allowing it to play that iconic melody. To Rob, he could have gone for something more peaceful, but seeing how the scowl that Shulk had on that he wasn't aware of disappeared ever so slowly.
"…You didn't have to hand me and Shulk the prize…"
"Listen, that was on me." Pit reminded the white haired tactician. "That slime monster was meant for me. It was my turn to fight that day. I probably would have had the same issue you did, but if I wasn't distracted by Pittoo, I would have left sooner...even if Wario said there would be no one participating today."
So I saved your ass twice in one night. Rob groaned to himself seeing how flustered Pit was revealing that the opponent was meant for him. Because of you I cried buckets…but at least Shulk is happy now…I won't have to do anything humiliating again…still…
He closed his eyes not realizing how tired he was. Shulk allowed his boyfriend to rest when in actuality Rob was probably going to remain awake to avoid having nightmares.
Pit dismissed himself from the room after apologizing one last time leaving the young couple alone.
"…It really is beautiful…" Shulk commented bedazzled by the snowflakes inside the globe.
"Yeah…it is…"
"Rob? You shouldn't be upset…"
"…Pit still gave it up. All that money I made was for nothing…I'll probably be released from the hospital and find out that he did take whatever I earned from me. I wouldn't be surprised if he asked me to pay him back later."
Shulk placed the Nutcracker Clock Globe on the nearby desk where the food tray was before grabbing at Rob's hands. His icy hands were trembling at the sudden touch but it wouldn't matter with Shulk wrapping his arms around the smaller Smasher.
"Rob…I wished you could have understood this sooner. I don't care about the money…the Nutcracker is such an amazing gift idea…but I want you more than anything. You're not replaceable Rob like money and the Nutcracker are. You're the only one for me…so please don't do anything this reckless again without me, okay?"
Again Rob was feeling emotionally exhausted. The tears that threaten to fall were that of happiness this time around, but it didn't come off that way to Shulk who treated him like a teddy bear. How long were they in this position? The only one keeping track was Alvis who ignored them and instead focused on the Nutcracker Globe wondering what this object was made of. Rob smiled weakly allowing himself to be sucked into Shulk's bear hug. If Shulk was going to shower him with more love after that horrible event, then maybe things weren't so bad after all.
Me: Done with 8333 words.
Li: You really like tormenting Rob.
Me: People should be expecting this at this point. Notes!
1. I'm implying that the Robin twins' bloodline of Grima prevents any death that would normally kill a human. Dragon blood is amazing after all, but the downside is all the weird symptoms afterwards.
2. I threw in the Trauma Team cast as the people in charge of Smash Hospital simply because I lack real knowledge of how the hospital works and only from that game do I at least know what can occur in the hospital (I suck I know). The two main doctors that I bring up are mainly Dr. Cunningham (the diagnostician) and CR-S01 (the surgeon).
This is the end of part 1 of the Super Smash Arena series. The second one is about Marth, the third one picks off where this story does (and its sex driven) and the last one finally focuses on Pit. Stay tune for part 2 in the future. Reviews are appreciated! Ja ne!