Hey here's chapter two! It took me forever to figure this one out since I know where I'm going, but I'm not sure how to get there. If you haven't figured it out when it's surrounded by these ' it's a thought, and when I have this - around it, it means it's telekinetic.
I don't own KI or Nintendo for that matter, and if I did I'd probably get rid of Mario for the most part. Don't hate me for that okay (and I know it would be stupid money wise)? It's just that I don't really like him, I mean he's this weird little short dude with an Italian accent, he's a plumber, he saves his stupid little ugly worthless princess peach, and(horror of all horrors) he has facial hair! I hate facial hair. Well except for eyebrows. Although Gaara's pretty stinkin hot and he doesn't have eyebrows, and… I'm rambling now aren't I? So I'll just shut up and let you get to the story now.
Lady Palutena couldn't shake the dark feeling that had creeped up inside her. It didn't help that she not only had no idea where Pit was, but she couldn't talk to him or bring him back. After realizing that she had made a fatal slip of the tongue (1) and bound herself by oath, she'd ordered Eris and Echo to suit up and go to Overworld to find him. She really needed him right now, and she was worried that something might happen. 'I hope those two can find him. If not…' she looked at the darkening clouds below her and sighed. Even the clouds and plants seemed to feel the darkness. 'Please be okay Pit.'
VAV
"Where'd all this rain come from?" Eris shouted, doing her best to keep her speed.
"Urrrgghh." Echo grunted "I don't mind the rain so much but the wind is too much!" He said shouting to be heard above the storm.
"We should probably land! If it starts to lightning then we could be hurt!"
"Yeah it probably wouldn't be a bad idea, even though no storm's a match for me, it's pointless looking for Pit when we can't barely even see where we're going!"
-How's it going you guys?- Lady Palutenas voice echoed urgently in their heads.
-We're going to land now because it's raining and we can't see a thing.- Eris thought back.
-Oh alright. Don't forget to use those special bracelets I gave you that will hide your wings from normal eyes. But remember, when you do use them be careful how long you use them.-
-We will Lady Palutena.- Echo thought.
-Do what you must, but remember that you have to find Pit quickly.-
Echo and Eris landed and activated the bracelets, and it almost seemed like water climbing up their wings and turning them invisible.
-There is a large city nearby, so go there and try to find a hotel or something- Lady Palutena thought.
-Yeah sure, but what about our armor? Dressed like this we'll be noticed for sure!- thought Eris.
-Well there are lots of crazy people in the city, so as long as they're paid they probably won't care.-
-I've never actually visited the Overworld myself so I guess I will take your word for it.-
AVA
"Wow! I never knew that these cities could be so huge!"Echo exclaimed.
"We've flown over several that are, or were, probably about this size, but they do look bigger from on the ground and inside." Eris replied.
"So what do we do now?"
"I guess we should find a place to stay the night."
They walked through the city looking at the cars they had only ever seen once or twice from the skies, and the people that they protected. The people that didn't completely ignore them gave them weird stares or shoved papers in their hands. Everything seemed dark and dirty, and the people seemed mean, or uncaring or both. They got pushed and shoved and several times they both wondered if these people were really worth protecting.
But then as they walked, a lighter, ancient styled building made of white marble came up. It had a stain glass window in the center above the door, and a small garden struggling for life around the front of the building. At first Echo didn't look at the building closely and Eris was looking at the poor little flowers trying to grow. Then something familiar looking caught Echos eye and he jumped towards the street to get a better look at the window.
"Hey Eris, come look at this! It's Lady Palutena!"
Eris ran over to Echo and looked where he was pointing: at the stain glass window. "It is. Let's go see what's inside."
They walked inside the large marble building that seemed cleaner and brighter on the inside than it did on the out. It looked as if the people who had built it had been trying to imitate a building in Skyworld, and hadn't done too badly. It smelled of incense and flowers and they could hear a quiet echo from a choirs singing.
There were few people around the entry hall and they were free to look around. On the wall there was a painting of Lady Palutena, and across the bottom a caption said "Palutena, Goddess of Light, defender of mankind."
"Hello there, how can I help you?" they turned around to see a young woman in a white robe with a gold colored belt on decorated with small sapphires and emeralds. Her red hair lay long and uncut down her back.
"Umm, what exactly is this place?" Eris asked.
The young woman looked at them for a moment and then smiled "This is a temple for the Goddess of light. The picture you were looking at is of her."
Unsure of what to say Echo just said "Oh."
"Have you never heard of or worshiped the great Goddess before?"
Eris didn't want to lie and say no, but if she said yes the woman would probably get suspicious; she didn't seem stupid. But then saying no wouldn't be a complete lie since they'd never really worshiped her, they only work for her. "No."
The woman looked surprised so she added "we have heard of her, we've just never worshiped her."
"Oh okay. Well since you seem to be new here, would you like to burn some incense to the Goddess Palutena so that she will bless you?"
"Um, sure? I guess?" Echo said.
"Follow me then."
"Ok."
She walked down a hall and the two armor clad, weapon carriers followed. They began walking down a hall filled with paintings of things like the sun, and clouds, and one even resembled pit with an army of centurions.
"So do you live around here?" Echo asked.
"Actually as a priestess in training, I live here."
"Oh. Well can a priestess go on dates with cool guys?" What Echo had really wanted to say was "a hot angel" but that was out of the question.
She giggled "Sorry but as a priestess I must remain an unmarried virgin. I have dedicated my life to the Goddess of Light, and will not sway from my decision."
"Oh. I had to try at least."
"Ah, here we are." She stopped at a large pair of doors made out of some sort of dark wood with a large golden handle. She opened the large door to reveal a large silver statue of Lady Palutena, embellished in several places with various jewels, some as big as a table. The room seemed to be the source of the smell of incense that lingered throughout the temple, and the smell was very strong in here.
"I cannot help you in here but I can get you someone who may. Wait here."
As she walked off the two siblings exchanged glances. "I didn't realize that Lady Palutena actually had temples." Echo said.
"I've never really thought about it, but as she is a goddess I suppose she has to."
"Yeah but it sucks that the pretty girl can't go out with me. Maybe if she knew I was one of Lady Palutenas top body guards she would."
"You dumbo, you don't even know her name! Why would she go out with you even if she knew? Besides you know what she said."
"But still!"
They abruptly quit their conversation as the girl returned with an elderly man, dressed similarly to her. "This is priest Crune. He is a priest of the inner temple and should be able to help you with anything you need. He's also responsible for the garden in front of the temple." And then she left.
Priest Crune seemed nice and showed them exactly what to do with the incense (which they gave them for free since it was their first time) and what to do afterward.
When they stood to leave Palutena "messaged" them –Hey before you leave, remember that third bracelet I gave you?-
-Yeah. What about it?- Eris questioned.
-I have a feeling you should give it to this man.-
-Are you sure?-
-No, not really, but I feel life itself is a gamble so we should just leave this to fate.-
-Umm alright then if you say so.-
"Priest Crune?"
"Yes?" He asked in his grandpawish voice.
She took the bracelet out of her small sack and held it for him to see "Please take this bracelet from us. It needs to go to someone very special and I think you'll know who when you see him."
She gave it to him and he took it gravely "This is a great task you have given me I can feel. I will take good care of this item, and try to watch for the person it belongs to." He took the bracelet and bowed slightly "May the great goddess go with you." and then they left.
VAV
Pit sighed. He had been sitting in the same spot for hours, begging Lady Palutena to hear him. No matter what he tried it didn't work. Sometime or another he had fallen asleep, and by the time he woke up it was the next morning and he was covered in cold dew. Apparently Lady Palutena wasn't going to answer him, or maybe she couldn't. Either way he couldn't stay here, had to figure out a way to get back to Lady Palutena no matter what. But since he was on Overworld with all the humans he couldn't just leave his wings where all could see them, and he knew he should really change clothes.
He snuck through the park that he was in trying to figure out how to hide his wings, when he saw the answer. A boy who looked fifteen or sixteen was sitting on a bench dressed in what looked like a jogging outfit with a backpack beside him.
Pit got under a bush near the bench and reached for the backpack. He froze when the boys gaze moved towards the backpack, but thankfully a woman walking a dog went past and the dog tried to jump on him, giving Pit an opportunity to grab the bag and run. He felt bad for stealing but sometimes, for the greater good, things like that just couldn't be helped.
He dug through the bags contents and found: a half eaten sandwich in a plastic bag, several books that looked like school books, a bottle of water, a bag of crushed chips, a stack of homework papers, and a T-shirt, a ragged pair of jeans and tennis shoes with socks 'Yes! Jackpot!'.
He took apart his sacred bow and used one of the twin blades to cut two slits in the back of the shirt and the back of the backpack. After making sure no one was around, he took off his exomis and put the shirt and pants on over his tank top and shorts. Then he put his stuff in the backpack, put it on and crammed his wings through the slits and into the backpack. It wasn't very comfortable but at least he looked mortal.
After putting the contents of the backpack (besides the clothes) back beside the bench, where the guy still was, he began to walk down the city streets. He wasn't sure just how long he walked, but before long the sun was right above his head and his stomach growled loudly.
"I need to find something to eat." he said to himself, looking around. After spotting a hot dog stand he walked over to it and said "Can I have one of those?"
"Give me my five bucks and you can."
"What's five bucks?"
"You know. Five dollars. Money?"
"Um."
"No money no hot dog. Get lost."
Pit walked away dejectedly and hungrily. He walked and walked and sun began to go down until it started to set. He almost thought he would pass out, he was so hungry.
Just then there was a rumbling sound coming from one of the sewage drains that seemed to be growing louder, and as it got louder the ground began to shake. People started moving away from that part of the street and backing against walls. Some even ran or called the police. Pit only walked towards it and prepared for battle.
Even though he had been expecting something it took him by surprise when a clubberskull crushed the ground as it came up. He jumped back and grabbed the first thing he saw: an umbrella (the kind attached to a table). Using the umbrella he meleed over and over dealing the creature lots of damage and taking little himself.
The people around couldn't take their eyes off the show in front of them, some even pulled out cameras and recorders. That fifteen year old boy was just moving too fast, hitting too hard, acting too brave, and just overall different than he should be to be normal.
The battle was over quickly and Pit returned the umbrella to the table he had grabbed it from and quickly scanned the area. 'Good no one was hurt and very little things seem to have been damaged.' As he turned from the dead clubberskull he felt it burst into black dust behind him.
It was then that a tall dark and kind of scary man accompanied by a beautiful woman stopped him. The man had black hair, with a black and red shirt, with black pants and black boots and a red tattoo down one arm. The woman was smaller and went to about his should with honey brown hair and a blue vest over a black shirt and black jean pants with brown boots that had a slight heel. She stood slightly behind the man.
"I'm Magnus." The man said gruffly "and this is Gaol."
"I'm Pit."
"You don't seem to be a normal kid. Not that that's bad."
"I guess you could say that I'm not really."
"You seem to be pretty strong though, for a kid at least."
Gaol moved towards Pit and said "What he's trying to say, Pit, is: would you like a job?"
1. Okay so does anyone remember how in the last chapter when Palutena got mad she said "I swear" at the beginning of a sentence? Well I'm basically saying that because she didn't think and said that, that she can't contact or help Pit.
Okay so I'm gonna stop it there for now. I hate to say it but because I'm going on vacation (Yay!) I won't be able to update for at least 17 more days. I wish I could but hey what can ya do? I still plan to write while I'm gone, but there's no guarantee that I won't get lazy and not. Anyway R&R and have an awesome day.
P.S. I know the name of my story sucks but when I named it I had like two seconds before my mom cut the power so I would get off my computer, so I was scrambling to get it up.