Author's Notes: Another chapter. Another Cat. This time it's Persian.
Lucario's addiction to Chocolate returns and Lyre finally finds her sister, slightly...
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Battlefield stage, Lethe vs. Snake
All of the smashers, including Wolf, who was still sporting the wounds he still had from being cut in half, watched in anticipation as Snake appeared on one side of the stage, with the usual warp magic for those from Fire Emblem showing Lethe's entry. Lethe back-flipped out of the warp magic in her human form.
Snake was the first to attack, trying to slam his heel into her head, but she deftly dodged the blow, grabbed him by the collar and proceeded to knee him in the groin, gaining a resounding "Oooh!" from the crowd, before she spun round and threw him behind her.
She back flipped over him and gave a crippling kick to his back then dashed forward and sent a flying kick to his stomach, launching him off the stage, only his Cipher managed to get him close enough to the edge to hold on. Next thing he knew Lethe was jumping over and delivered a roundhouse kick to his shoulder, sending him sprawling down. He would've grabbed the edge but Lethe remembered a technique that Ike had told her, and grabbed the edge to prevent Snake's hands from touching what would've saved one of his lives.
She leaped up and didn't see the Mortar shell on a collision course with her head until Snake had grabbed her in a choke hold, and let the shell hit her. She howled in pain as she was sent flying through the air then with a hiss her body gained a small dust around it and changed into a large orange puma.
The now feline landed easily near the edge of the stage then pounced. Snake, expecting this lunged out only to find claws digging into his stomach before the feline leaped off his torso. He heard the clanking of a Smash Ball being hit and before he had the chance to go near Lethe's form was already glowing. "Oh no!" Snake moaned as he tried to run, but was turned round by something hitting him. The puma in front of him gave the same hiss as before flipped onto his upper torso and teared repeatedly at the stunned mercenary before with a final hit he was sent sprawling over the edge with no chance of recovery. Two of his three lives were gone, and he heard a mocking meow from his opponent. She surged up in front of him as he used his forward smash, launching her off the stage. She almost recovered but found that her pounce just didn't give the distance and plummeted off the bottom of the stage.
It was now clear that Lethe had a high amount of skill and athleticism even in her human from as her lithe body had started to repeatedly kick Snake in various places. After about a minute of the same foot colliding with his body over and over again he found herself in her grip again, "Nice try, Snake. But You need to be quicker to beat me. Tell Wolf the watch his back when you see him." She whispered in his ear before repeatedly kneeing him in the groin then throwing him off the stage. One final hit during his recovery had spiked him to his loss.
Once they left the simulation chamber, Dr. Mario hauled Snake away, who was groaning in pain, while Ike, Samus and Sonic ran up to congratulate her on her first victory. Lucario waited until she was alone before talking to her, "How was it?" He asked after the others went off to the nearby concert hall, (she didn't care much for music) and Ike had gone to help Dedede and Kirby in the Kitchen.
"Painful yet invigorating. Usually when I fight like that I feel some remorse, kinda like guilt, after their defeat, but here... It was just fun to beat the crap out of someone knowing they'll survive." she said, spotting a pure white jaguar-like cat prowling behind Lucario, who spotted the same one.
"I see you've spotted Persian. Like me she's a Pokemon. She's a bit of a loner due there being very few Pokemon here and you being the only one close to a cat." Lucario said, his voice gaining a sagely tone for a few moment, "By the way, Pikachu has been avoiding you because... well..."
"He's a mouse, I'm a cat and he thinks I'm going to eat him right?" Lethe interrupted.
"Yes. Samus had tried to convince him otherwise but to no avail." He sighed before smelling something, "Excuse me for a moment, an uncontrollable urge has struck me again." he added quickly before rushing to the kitchen, then running across the field, followed by Kirby and Dedede, bellowing at him to give back a chocolate cake. Lethe shook her head slowly as Ike approached.
"He's been addicted to chocolate since before he arrived here. Now whenever Dedede and Kirby cook chocolate cake he goes and steals it, probably to fuel his addiction." Ike told her trying not to laugh.
"Do you know anything about the other newcomer, Persian?" she suddenly asked.
"Only what Lucario told you." He said, "I've got go and get something for Dedede, thank to Lucario stealing the last ten bars of Chocolate. Be prepared to be conscripted into buying random things to help the Estate." Ike sauntered off while Lethe, in cat form, approached Persian who was lying near the forest.
Persian looked up at Lethe and said, "So I'm not the only cat. At least I'm not the only Pokemon."
Lethe decided to lay down nearby by as she said, "Well... I'm not completely a cat, to be more precise I'm laguz, the only one, but surely someone here cares for you."
"What matters is that there's someone who looks like a cat, even if it's temporary, that I can relate to." Persian said, "Is Pikachu scared of you as well by any chance?"
"Yes... Back at my home, in Gallia, I had a reputation for scaring new recruits in the army before I married Ike. It's thanks to him that my original hatred of Beorc has gone."
"Beorc?" Persian was confused at the new term.
"Yes. It's what Laguz call humans. If laguz call Beorc "human" then it's an insult, just like it was an insult to call Laguz "Sub-human". We were so named because some of the Beorc who hated Laguz, saw that we weren't exactly like Beorc due to differences, like tails for the Beast Tribes, and wings for the Bird Tribes."
"I see you separate yourselves depending on what form you take."
"Partly. In the beast tribe there's cats, like me, tigers lions and wolves. The bird tribe contains the hawk, raven and heron laguz. While the Dragon tribe consists of Red, White and Black dragons. The Black ones being the rarest and the leader of Goldoa, Dragon Laguz territory."
Persian had smiled at Lethe as she said, "Me being a Pokemon designated as a 'Classy Cat' made me have to keep trying to run from rich humans trying to capture me and force me into the torture of being a 'pet'." the feline pokemon looked towards the sky, "Thankfully Master Hand allowed me to come here and get away from those obdurate idiots to this beautiful place. By the way, awesome fighting today."
Lethe now smiled, "Thanks." she said.
"I have the slight problem that I have no room to curl up in. Would you and Ike mind if I slept in the same room as you?" Persian asked after a few minutes passed, while she stood up, realizing that it was getting late.
"I'm sure he won't mind." Lethe answered as Ike walked up, pulling Lucario who was wailing, "Let me have just one bar! Please, Ike! Just the one!"
"Lucario, my answer was final. No. try and go one day without going near the kitchen. Dedede's getting really pissed off that you keep stealing his cakes." Ike retorted, still holding the crazed pokemon's tail firmly.
"But it tastes so good!"
"Remember what Dedede said after you wolfed down today's cake? He said, and I quote," Ike paused to get into a voice which sounded exactly like Dedede, "One more chocolate theft and Master Hand will be told!"
Lucario shuddered, only once before had this happened and he was denied the right to leave his room for two weeks. He stopped running towards the kitchen and changed direction towards the residence. Ike finally let to pokemon bolt back to the roof of said building, he hated his room and hated even more being denied chocolate.
Lethe and Persian were laughing through the whole charade, "Does that happen often?" they asked in unison.
"Yep. Now then, What did you think I wouldn't mind about?" Ike answered turning to the two cats.
"Persian would like to share a room with us." Lethe said, while Persian smiled.
"I have a feeling that I'll get clawed, should I say no." Ike said, both cats bared their claws and grinned. Ike swallowed and said, "Of course she can."
Persian laughed and padded off to their room with Lethe. Ike walking behind them, wondering why he still can't face up to Lethe since the marriage. He shook of the thought when he entered the building.
Little did the three know, they were being watched by Lyre, "I don't believe this." she hissed under her breath before sprinting around to the forested edge and fell asleep, she'd deal with that other cat later.
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