The temple was surprisingly quiet this noon. It was most likely due to the fact that Palutena was gone and she wasn't yelling at her servants to help make potions or keep an eye on Pit whnever he dissapears on an adventure. Even if it was quiet, the Underworld Army soldiers were quite afraid that their goddess was gone, and the only person who keep an eye on them was unconscious. Three soldiers were keeping an eye on Dark Pit to make sure he would wake up. Suddenly a loud beeping was heard in the medical room, and it alarmed other soldiers who were nearby. "What's going on!" A soldier said in the doorway. The three soldiers didn't here him considering the fact that the alarm was too loud for them to hear each other. One of the soldiers locked at the monitor which showed Dark Pit's heartbeat and blood pressure. "His life signs are going critical!" The soldier said. Not knowing how to perform CPR, the soldiers poured water on Dark Pit's face, trying to wake him up. "Come on Dark Master! Please wake up!" the soldier said pushing Dark Pit back and forth. Suddenly the beeping had stopped and Dark Pit's life signs had went flatline. "Noooooo!" One of the soldiers screamed. "Get the healing potion and pour it in his mouth!" The soldier did as he was told and opened the potion cabinet and grabbed the healing potion and quickly poured it into his mouth. "Anything?" the soldier asked. .The words 'lifesigns terminated' had scrolled on the monitor, showing that their efforts were unsuccessful. "No. It's over," the soldier said, tears growing in his eyes. The leader bowed his head down in shame. One of the soldiers slowly walked with sadness to announce the news to the crowd outside of the medical room door. He opened the door and looked at the crowd with sad eyes and they immediately knew the operation was unsuccessful. The crowd of soldiers were silent. In respect they took off their helmets one by one. The leader took Dark Pit's golden leaves off from around his head and handed it to the crying soldier besides him.

"Here. Give this to Lady Palutena when she arrives."

"O- *sniff* okay," the soldier said rubbing his tears on his arm. Suddenly. The leader slowly walked over to Dark Pit and prepared to pick his lifeless body up. Suddenly, the leader was hit in the face unexpectedly and was thrown against the wall. He rubbed his head and slowly looked up to Dark Pit standing on the medical table. "Da- Dark Master?" he said. Dark Pit had smiled at him evily. His eye color had completely changed from amber, to hot pink. "I love pancakes", Dark Pit grumbled. "What?" the leader asked. The soldier who was crying had walked back in. "Dark Master! You're alive!" he screamed as he ran toward Dark Pit. Dark Pit slapped him viciously with the end of his dark bow. "Dark Master! What are you doing!?" The leader screamed. "I LOVE PANCAKES!" Dark Pit screamed as he jumped on top of the leader. "I WANT PANCAKES! GIMME PANCAKES!" Dark Pit screamed. "Ahhhhh! We don't have pancakes Dark Master!" the soldier screamed in fear. He wondered why was he acting like this. In anger, Dark Pit punched the leader in his nose, making him bleed. He then ran outside to the hall where the citizens where currently grieving over his death. They all gasped as they saw Dark Pit. "Dark Master! You're alive!" one of the soldiers screamed in the crowd. The crowd cheered when they saw that Dark Pit was still alive. Dark Pit ran through the crowd, pushing every soldier that was in his way. Seeing that he was fleeing, some soldier gave chase. "Dark Master, where are you going!" one of the soldiers said while chasing after him. Dark Pit ran out of the front gates of the temple and jumped into the clouds, vanishing in the fluffy sea.


Ike couldn't find Samus anywhere. He looked in the Training Room, but she wasn't there. He looked in the Spectator's Room and asked the fighters have they seen her, but Peach told him that she seemed disturbed while watching the first fight and she walked out. He began to worry that Samus really didn't want to see him anymore. He knew Samus wasn't a typical female who would forgive a man if they simply said sorry. He learned that the hard way when she walked in the head with her arm cannon. But Samus wasn't the only person he needed to apologize to. He had a strange conversation with Little Mac before the first fight started. The argument began to swell up in his mind.

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"Do you like Samus?" Ike asked. Little Mac looked at Ike with a confused look. "Umm, why would I like a robot?" Little Mac asked. "Look man. I know she made fun of your height but if you guys would just chat a little bit, you guys could become friends. Is there anyone else you like?" Ike asked. "Well, there is this lady. She's so beautiful. I can't really describe how I feel about her, but every time I try to talk to her, she glares at me and walks away," Little Mac said with sorrow in his eyes. "What does she look like?" Ike asked. "She was with you in the training room two days ago. She was wearing a tight blue body suit with strange yellow boots and cuffs. I ran into her this morning," Little Mac said. Ike's eyes had widen in shock. He finally realized what Little Mac was thinking. Little Mac did not know that the lady he was in love with was actually Samus in her Zero Suit. "Umm Little Mac, the lady that you like is-"

"ATTENTION FIGHTERS! THE FIRST MATCH WILL BEGIN IN 10 MINUTES! PLEASE REPORT TO YOUR POSITIONS!" Crazy Hand announced on the intercom. "Sorry Ike, but whatever you gotta tell me will have to wait! I'll see you later!" Little Mac said as he took off running to the warp pad, and disappearing. "Wait, Little Mac!" Ike screamed.

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The conversation had with Little Mac made him guilty. He finally realized that Little Mac was unaware that the woman he was in love with was Samus. The downfall that made the situation worse was that Ike developed for feelings for Samus as well. It would be quite awkward for Ike to be friends with Little Mac since they have the same feelings for Samus. Ike, who was not paying attention to where he was walking, turns to the next corner and runs into an unknown figure. Ike fell to ground with a thud and realized how cold and hard the figure was. "Ow. My bad. I wasn't paying attention to where I was-"

Ike looked up and was shocked to know that he ran into Samus. "Sa-Samus?" Ike said as he looked at her green lit looked down at Ike and continued to walk down the hallway. "Wait Samus!" Ike yelled as he jumped up and started running. "I want to say I'm sorry for what I said to you. It wasn't right for me to come at you like that," Ike said. Samus continued to ignore him as she kept waking. "Look Samus. I know you're still angry with me, but I have to talk to you about someone. It's about Little Mac," Ike said. Samus had stopped walking as soon as Ike was finished talking. "You know he likes you right? I mean he likes you a lot. The only thing he doesn't know about you is that you're Samus," Ike said. Samus slowly turned around and looked him. Ike couldn't tell how she looking at the moment because of her green visor blocking her face, but Samus was completely dumbfounded. "What are you talking about Ike?" Samus calmly said. Ike looked down at Samus's reflection on the marble floor and looked back up at her to finish speaking. "What I'm saying is that he doesn't know you're the one inside of the Power suit. He's only seen you in your zero suit. He thinks the power suit form of you is a robot, " Ike explained. Samus didn't say a word at all, which made Ike worry a little. "Ike, what was the point of telling me all of this?" Samus asked. "Um, I don't know. I just... felt like you needed to know," Ike said. Samus sighed and turned away from Ike, much to his dismay. "Ike, I don't have time to listen to another one of your dramatic speeches. I have to go fight," Samus as she started walking again. "Wait Samus. I know you might not believe me, but could I ask you something? Do you... have the same feelings for Little Mac as well?" Ike asked. Samus stopped walking again as the air between her and Ike began to get stiff.

"THE NEXT MATCH WILL BEGIN IN 10 MINUTES. ALL PARTICIPATING FIGHTERS, PLEASE REPORT TO YOUR POSITIONS," Crazy Hand announced on the intercom. "I have to go," Samus said. "...alright. I'll... be cheering you on in the Spectator's Room," Ike grumbled. Samus could sense the sadness in Ike's voice, but she needed to focus on her upcoming fight. As she made her way towards the Transporter Room, she felt two eyeballs stare at the back of her helmet. Samus immediately knew that Ike was angry.


Palutena ran down the empty hallways as she heard cheering crowd outside. She hoped Pit's match did not begin yet. It was all her fault that she mixed the rejuvenation potion with the love potion. She hoped Pit did not digest the substance, otherwise he will be in the same state as Dark Pit. Palutena turned to the next hallway and stopped in front of a door that had the word "spectate" printed across the doors. Palutena ran inside as the doors automatically opened to see a handful of fighters all turning their heads towards her.

"Hi Miss Palutena! Ummm why are you breathing so hard?" Toon Link asked.

"And why is your hair not properly combed? Don't worry! I have just the tools to give your hair a goddess-like look!" Peach said as she walked towards Palutena and started grabbing her hair. "No time! Do any of you know where Pit is?" Palutena urgently said.

"I think he's in the Transporter room to be warped into battle," Marth said.

"Ok! Thank you Martha!" Palutena said as she ran out of the Spectator's Room.

"MA-MARTHA!?" Marth screamed in shock. Lucina spat out her tea and began to laugh hysterically. She looked at Ike to see how he reacted to Palutena's mistake and noticed that he wasn't laughing. "Ike, are you alright?" Lucina asked. Ike looked at her with a cold stare. "I'm fine," Ike grumbled. Lucina stared at Ike for a few seconds before Ike looked at her again. "Is there something you need?" Ike asked her.

"W-what? Oh nothing at all," Lucina said. Suddenly, The automatic doors had opened up again as Little Mac walked in with a towel on his shoulder. "Little Mac!" Peach cheerfully said as she ran up to him and hugged him, which displeased Wii Fit Trainer. "You did great in your first match. You're really powerful," Peach said.

"I agree. That was a great workout you did!" Wii Fit Trainer said as she began running in place. "Yeah, um thanks guys," Little Mac said. He saw Doc Louis walk towards him and began to smile. "Good job Mac! You won your first match!" Doc Louis said as he pat Little Mac on the back. "Thanks Doc," Little Mac said. "Now, Ummm I need your help: where the heck can I find a bathroom in a place like this!?" Doc Louis asked.

"Oh not too worry. Link can show you the way," Zelda said.

"What! Why me?" Link whined. Zelda gave him the "do what I say, or I'll hit you with a light arrow" look and Link sighed. He slowly rose from his seat and walked towards the exit. "Follow me," Link said as Doc Louis followed him out. Little Mac looked at one open seat next to Ike and decided to sit next to him.

"Well you look mad. What's up?" Little Mac asked as he sat down. "Oh it's nothing really. I'm just *sighs* having trouble with girls," Ike grumbled. "I'll say," Little Mac agreed.

"You did good for your first time being a newcomer. I can see you being on the top tier," Ike said. "What? You really think so?" Little Mac said. "Of course. You're pretty fast and tough on the ground. But there's a 90% chance that Samus will be ahead of you," Ike said. Little Mac stopped smiling and looked at the arena. "There's no way I'm going to let a robot be ahead of me," Little Mac said. "Her fight is about to begin," Ike said.

"Really? Heh. Well let's see how strong this robot is. I want to be able to fight it when I get the chance," Little Mac said. Ike sighed at Little Mac's naive nature.

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Palutena quickly ran down the long marbled hallway as she looked for the Transporter Room. She was sure that it was close since she found the Spectator's Room. Palutena panted heavily as she stopped running to take a break. Even though she's a goddess, she still can experience pain as well as exhaustion just like a normal human would feel. "5 MINUTES UNTIL THE NEXT MATCH. PARTICIPATING FIGHTERS, PLEASE REPORT TO YOUR POSITIONS," Crazy Hand said on the intercom. "Oh I don't have time for this, " Palutena said to herself. She waved her blue staff in the air and zapped her feet with a blue light. Suddenly, Palutena ran down the marbled hallway at the speed of light; much faster than Samus's Speed Booster. She turned to the next corner until she finally found her destination. "Found it!" Palutena screamed as she ran inside. The first thing she saw when she walked in was Pit, Samus, Donkey Kong, and Pikachu all standing on the warp pad. "Wait Pit!" Palutena screamed as she rushed to the warp pad. Before she could catch his attention, Pit (along with the other fighters), teleported to the stage. "Darn it! I'm too late!" Palutena screamed. She ran to the large window to view the stadium.


"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME YOUR FIGHTERS FOR THE SECOND MATCH OF THE INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT! STARTING WITH YOUR FAVORITE POKEMON, PIKACHU!" Crazy Hand announced. The crowd cheered as a poké ball appeared on the stage and Pikachu jumped out of it. "AND COMING FROM JUNGLE JAPES, HERE'S YOUR FAVORITE APE! DONKEY KONG." Donkey Kong had soon jumped out of his barrel and jumped to the floating platform. "LOOK UP IN THE SKY! IS IT A BIRD? IS IT A PLANE? NO! IT'SSSSSSSS PITTTTTT!" Pit circled around the stage a few times before landing on the platform. "AND COMING FROM THE RIGHT, SHE IS THE MOST FEARED BOUNTY HUNTER IN THE GALAXY! SHE ALSO KILLS METROIDS FOR A LIVING: SAMUS ARAN!" The crowd turned into a frenzy as Samus walked out of her Save Station. She looked around at the stadium. She was very surprised at the amount of people that were willing to spend money on watching a simple tournament. It was a good thing that her helmet blocked out the crowd's cheering. Besides the tournament, she couldn't help but think of what Ike had said to her in the hallway. She didn't know if she wanted to believe him or not because of how offensive he was with her past. The circumstances made her feel emotionally confused, and she never felt this way before. The one person that always came to her thoughts the most, was Little Mac. She didn't know that much information about him, but she knew that he was trouble. Ever since he uppercutted her, Samus had a grudge towards him. But the one factor that disturbed her the most was finding out that her enemy actually LIKE her. Another factor that confused her was that how could someone actually like her? Samus makes everyone feel threatened, and she knows that herself. She really doesn't see anything about her that could make someone like her. "BEGIN!" Crazy Hand announced. Out of nowhere, Samus was smacked in the head by the end of Pit's bow, which snapped her out of her thoughts. "Crap!" Samus said as she jumped away from Pit. She launched a super missle at him which Pit easily reflected back at her. "Nice try Samus! You're nothing compared to the Underworld Army!" Pit taunted. Samus shooked her head as she tryed to focus on the battle. She looked behind to see Donkey Kong throwing Pikachu off of the stage. "PIKACHU: 3 STOCKS LEFT!" Crazy Hand announced on the intercom.

Samus quickly charged up her cannon and ran towards Pit. Seeing that she was planning to shoot him, Pit quickly flew to the the sky by using Palutena's flight power. Samus waited for him to slowly fall down to jump in the air and screw attacked him in mid-air. Pit fell onto a platform and quickly jumped up to shoot two arrows at Donkey Kong, giving him 8% worth of damage. "Wow folks! I hope you're getting your cards ready, because Pit is giving the competition a hard time!" Crazy Hand announced on the intercom. A Smash Ball soon a appeared on the stage, and Samus knew she needed it in order to cut her opponents down. She fired her charged shot at the Smash Ball and successfully hitting it, but not shattering it. Pit took the chance to use Samus's charged shot as an advantage, and successfully shattering it. "No!" Samus thought to herself. Pit smirked and gathered up his energy. Suddenly, Pit was completely covered in armor as Pikachu grabbed Samus and started zapping her. Pit took the chance to fire the Arrow of Light at Pikachu and Samus, catching them in his final smash. The crowd cheered as Pit continued to shoot the arrows at them, building up their percentages with each blow. Pit shot one final arrow in the sky as huge blue beams of light zapped Samus, Donkey Kong, and Pikachu off the stage. "SAMUS AND DONKEY KONG: 3 STOCKS LEFT. PIKACHU: 2 STOCKS LEFT!" Crazy Hand announced on the intercom as Samus appeared back on the stage again. Samus was upset with herself. She couldn't believe at the fact that she was actually losing the battle, and she NEVER loses; especially not to a cocky prideful angel like Pit. She needed to find a way to overpower Pit, and FAST. Samus got in her fighting stance as Pit charged straight towards her.

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"Ok well, it seems like he's not affected by the potion. I don't think I should worry too much anymore," Palutena said as she watched the fight from the Transporter Room.

"What potion?" Crazy Hand said while floating into the room. Palutena quickly turned around and looked at him with fearful eyes. "Ahhaha! Oh it's nothing Crazy Hand," Palutena laughed nervously. "Hmmm. Well it seems like Pit is doing a great job being in the lead. He's never overpowered a strong fighter like Samus before. I wonder what's up with him," Crazy Hand wondered. "Oh yeah. Well...that's Pit for you! Haha...ha," Palutena said. Crazy Hand wondered if there was anything wrong with Palutena, but decided to just ignore it. As for Palutena, she hoped Pit would finish his battle before the potion began to have effect.

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"Haha! It's game over for you Samus!" Pit taunted as he slashed at her armor with his bow. Samus rolled to the side as she fired a super missle at Pit, increasing his percentage to 56%. Her and Pit were the only fighters in the match, and Samus was the only fighter who had one stock. She was so busy thinking about Ike and Little Mac, she couldn't focus on the battle too well. Pit slashed at Samus again, but missed as Samus side stepped. Samus quickly activated her flamethrower and blasted it in Pit's face. Pit rolled back and shot an arrow at Samus. Due to her percentage being at 124%, it was easy to knock her off the stage. Samus fired the grapple beam at the ledge and began to hang from it. Pit ran at the end of the stage and looked down at Samus and gave her a smirk. "Sorry Samus! I win this round!" Pit said to her. As Pit prepared to launch her with another arrow, he suddenly dropped his bow to the ground. Suddenly, Pit began to uncontrolably twitch which made Samus feel uneasy at the moment. Seeing this as a chance to strike back, Samus pulled herself up to the ledge and axe kicked Pit in the face. The crowd gasped and cheered at Samus's miraculous recovery, in which Samus was relieved of. Pit quickly jumped on top of Samus which knocked her off of her feet. Samus looked at Pit and realized that his eye color had completely turned pink, and a pink aura began to visibly glow around his body. "I LOVE PANCAKES!" Pit screamed. Samus looked at Pit with confusion. She wondered why Pit's had changed so drastically. Samus kicked Pit off of her and rolled into the morph ball to get up. As she morphed into her regular state, the aura began to swirl around Pit and covered the whole arena in a pink fog. "What's going on?" Samus thought to herself as the fog blinded her. The crowd gasped as their vision was blinded as well.

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"What's going on? I can't see the stage anymore!" Toon Link said. "I can't see it anything either! I hope Samus is okay," Peach said. Ike couldn't help but feel worried about Samus either. He was still angry for how stubborn she was, but he couldn't stay angry at her forever. "Maybe this is part of the show. Either way it looks awesome!" Little Mac said. "Wait a minute. Look up there! What's that in the sky? Is that...Pit?" Zelda said.

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"Oh no! It's happening!" Palutena said.

"What's happening?" Palutena turned around to see Crazy Hand float in the room. "Palutena, what's going on here?"

"Oh! It's just you again Crazy Hand! Nothing is going on? Isn't this the part of the fight" Palutena said nervously. She knew Pit was the cause of the fog, but she didn't want Crazy Hand to think that. "I wouldn't be asking that if it was. Something is not right here. The crowd is frightened by the fog. If this keeps up we'll have no choice but to shut the tournament down," Crazy Hand said sadly.

"Oh no. That would be bad. (YES! IF THE TOURNAMENT GET CANCELED, I CAN TAKE PIT BACK TO THE TEMPLE!)" Palutena said in her mind. "What is that in the sky!?" Crazy Hand yelled. Palutena turned around to look back at the arena, and realized what Crazy Hand was talking about.

"Oh no! Why is Dark Pit here?" Palutena said.

The pink fog quickly dispersed as Dark Pit landed on top of a platform above Samus. Unlike the crowd, Samus was completely confused at the sudden change of events that was being thrown at her. She looked at the dark entity above her and noticed that his physical features were identical to Pit's. She also noticed that he had the same pink aura glowing around like Pit. Samus pointed her arm cannon at Dark Pit as he jumped off the platform. "Where are my pancakes!?" Dark Pit yelled. "I ate them! I loved those pancakes first!" Pit yelled back. "No! You ate my pancakes! I loved more! I'll kill you!" Dark Pit screamed. He flew towards Pit and slashed him with his bow, but Pit countered his attack and slashed a piece of his hair. The crowd began to cheer as their favorite angel battled against his nemesis. Dark Pit fired a dark arrow towards Pit, who rolled to the side the side to avoid. Dark Pit took the opportunity to slash at Pit, cutting his arm in the process. Pit fell back and used his upperdash arm attack to launch Dark Pit in the air. Seeing that his guard was open, Pit used the power of flight to fly towards Dark Pit and kick him down to the ground. Dark Pit quickly jumped up and immobilized Pit with his electroshock arm. "This is for eating my pancakes! Dark Pit screamed as he slashed at Pit three times before finally launching him off the stage. Pit quickly appeared back on the stage and started attacking him again.

Samus looked at the projector screen and noticed that Pit only had 1 stock left. She needed to figure out a way to eliminate both of her opponents in one swoop. Suddenly, Smash Ball appeared on the stage, and the crowd began cheering. Samus quickly jumped up and kicked the Smash Ball. Unfortunately for Pit, he was too busy fighting his evil clone to notice that the Smash Ball appeared. Samus fired a super missle at the Smash Ball which shattered completely. Samus could the Smash Ball's energy coursing through her body, and gathered it in her am cannon. "Now!" Samus screamed. She fired the Zero Laser at her enemies and watched as they were caught in the blast. "Ahhhhh!" Dark Pit screamed. Pit and Dark Pit were both launched off the stage.

The crowd cheered as the victory was in the hands of Samus Aran: the greatest bounty hunter to roam the galaxy.


This chapter took me a LOOOOONG time to type. I literally had to push the date back a few days just to finish typing. I apologize for making you guys wait so long. I already have to do projects to do for school and the school year has barely even started yet. *cries*. The next chapter will take awhile because I'm working on another story that deals with Pit. I'll hope you'll like it. Thanks for being patient.

~The Shinesparkers