Chapter Six: ていないこれらの人を再び...


A royal guard sprinted up the spiral staircase. He wore what a regular knight in shining armor would wear. His sword was sheathed and his shield was worn on his left forearm.

"Ready the arrows!" he yelled in his manly voice as he continued up the staircase. He eventually reached the top. Down the hallway full of paintings and treasures, a door stood at the end. It was opened up urgently and his head peaked around the corner. "Your highness, there is an army of… creatures coming, what should-"

The soldier stood speechless as the person he was talking to already sprinted through the door. He followed the male with blue hair up another set of stairs, but the soldier was too slow. Even without armor, he wouldn't be able to keep up. The man became out of view to the royal guard. On the rooftop of the medieval castle, the prince stood with one foot on the ground, one on one of the ridges of the castle. A breeze blew through his blue hair and cape as he looked out into the distance. The whole battlefield, covered with dust, was swarmed by black creatures with green shirts and hats. The only feature seen on the faces was pairs of red, soulless eyes, "ていないこれらの人を再び..." The prince unsheathed his sword and held it above him, glistening.

Some of the creatures had already gotten inside the castle. The soldiers were fending off the swarm inside, slowly getting outnumbered as more and more shoved their way in. The prince was sprinting down the flight of stairs and hopped over the rail guard leading down, skipping another staircase. Sword in hand, the blue-haired prince entered the fray, slashing everything in his path. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a yellow boomerang closing in on him. He sidestepped and watched the weapon fly by. He dashed towards the creature that threw it and leaped over him, slashing the one behind him. The prince then jabbed the creature that threw the boomerang with the handle of his sword, and the creature stumbled backwards. The swordsman then Dolphin Slashed the creature, turning it to Shadowbugs. The yellow boomerang came flying back, and the prince ducked under it. A creature a few yards away with an orange gun hauled the gun over its shoulder and charged up a laser aimed for the prince. He immediately took initiative and jumped above the creature and sliced the top of its head, landing behind it. He proceeded to use Dancing Blade and turned it to shadow bugs on the last strike. Suddenly, a giant, purple lamb-like monster rammed through the doors and charged right at the prince. He pointed the tip of the sword towards his front foot just as the monster ran into him, using Counter. The monster fell on its back. The swordsman leaned back with his sword pointed towards the monster and began having a blue tint to him as he charged up. With a cry, the prince jabbed the monster with Shield Breaker, and the it flew backwards, knocking over several green creatures in the process. A hovercraft-looking creature tripped the swordsman, and he fell on top of it. The enemy flew upwards, attempting to squish the prince against the ceiling. He rolled off the pink creature just before it smacked against the concrete. The prince fell downwards towards the ground and landed on his shoulder. He lay on the ground, aching too much to get up. He turned his head and saw what looked like a giant bomb with a tiny red head and scythes for arms towering over him. The scythes raised, ready to annihilate everything under it.

"Prepare yourself..."

The prince clenched his eyes shut and heard a metal-on-metal sound. Nothing happened. He opened his eyes to see a bulky swordsman wearing a bandanna, holding his hand out. The prince grabbed hold of it and was lifted back up to his feet.

"感謝..."

"No need for that Japanese crap, Marth," the man said, chuckling afterwards.

"Fine, whatever, Ike," Math said playfully.

A machine flying with a propeller on its head holding a bucket hovered over the two and dumped its contents. Hot, steamy chunks of yellow acid fell downwards towards them. They rolled in opposite directions and they both gripped their swords tightly.

"Aether!" Ike threw his sword up into the air, jumped up catching it, and came down hard on the robot, turning it into Shadowbugs when it hit the ground.

Meanwhile just outside the castle door, one of the black creatures with green clothing entered a giant, silver key into a gray, metal sphere. When the key turned, the bomb marked with a red "X" in the center split open in the middle, revealing a tiny, purple circle with a timer counting down below it. There were thirty seconds left.

Inside the castle, Marth and Ike were cornered against a wall as a mob of all the different creatures surrounded them.

Ike looked at Marth straight in the eye, "Should I do it?"

"It's our only chance..."

Ike raised his sword, pointing down, as it was engulfed with blue flames. The mob was inching in closer and closer, but the flames kept growing. Several seconds past, and the flames grew ever so bigger.

"Ike, how has it not exploded yet? It's lasting way longer than the Brawl matches!"

Ike started to grunt loudly. The flames kept growing. Unbeknownst them, there were only fifteen seconds left. Ike's grunt has now turned into a scream as his muscles bulged along with his veins. No one could no longer make out the shape of the sword; the flames were too big. Marth and Ike started to sweat as they felt the heat radiating from the sword, but he kept on. Only five seconds left.

"NOW, IKE!"

With a war cry, Ike stabbed the ground with all his might and a wave of blue fire shot through the castle, completely destroying every enemy in its path. The creature holding the key flew back on impact, turning to Shadowbugs as it hit the ground. The metal sphere immediately closed shut when the key was removed, disabling the bomb.

Ike was panting on his hands and knees. Marth was beside his ally, kneeling on one knee.

"I... should get... a... medal for that! Did you see that?! That was awesome! I AM the Radiant Hero of Ti- er... Legend!"

"Yeah, yeah, lets not get off track. We still need to figure out why the SubSpace army attacked the castle.

"Hmm..."

"Why were you even here in the first place?"

"I saw the army preparing to advance so I just kinda lay low and followed them without them noticing. They're not the brightest creatures."

"Well now that you're here and you were the only person from our realm besides me that was in Brawl, I say we find out how to get back to Smash Manor."

"I'm up for an adventure... I haven't much excitement in a long ti-" Marth had already dashed past the babbling swordsman and outside. Ike followed.

"Ike, I think we found our answer..."

"You're telling me that this thing was ticking away the whole time and we DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE?! WHAT THE HECK?! WE COULD'VE BEEN DEAD!"

"Well it's good you dropped your sword when you did or else we would've been teleported to SubSp-"

"Wait a minute! We could use this thing to get back!"

"...That's kinda what I meant by 'I think we found our-"

"I'm a genius!"

"Ugh, whatever you say, Ike."


A/N: Hey guys, sorry for the HUGE wait. Blame my teachers. They were the ones with the bright idea to give homework on Valentine's weekend, not me. But oh well, I finally finished. I hope y'all liked it, leave a review, yadda yadda, you guys are the best. Remember, I do this for y'all! If you have any questions, just PM me or ask in a review. I don't know what those questions would be about... that's y'all's decisions. It's like 1:30 in case you guys were wondering. Probably not. But oh well. This shows how dedicated I am at makin' you guys entertained. Y'all should be grateful. Check my profile if you haven't already. Thanks for actually reading this crap called my story anyways, you guys rock. Please leave a review. I can't get better if I don't know what to work on. I appreciate any feedback, whether positive or negative, so please, I beg of you, review. I also appreciate all my wonderful followers and favoriters. Oh yeah, and if you were wondering what Marth's Japanese translates to, the title's "Not These Guys Again..." (which is also his first line of dialogue btw), and the other one means "Thanks..." Yeah I know, pretty basic. Well, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, DEUCES!