Me: Hiay to all you willing and unwilling readers! *laughs evilly* YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!
Wish: Draconis Kitten Sweetie doesn't own SSBB, but she does own me!
Me: That sounds vaguely creepy…
*SSBB*
It's only a small twitch, but I can already tell that Marth and caffeine don't mix.
"Do you have another Monster with you?" He asks innocently enough.
"No, Marth," I sigh, "why the hell would I carry Monsters around with me?"
"Are you sure?" He asks a bit quickly, eyeing the purse I brought when I forgot to take it off after preparing for school.
"Marth, there is not a Monster in my purse," I say, clutching said bag to my side. Ike and Link are watching in amusement at this point.
"Can I check?" He asks desperately.
"No!" I snap. "You cannot check in my purse for a Monster!"
One failure at fending him off later and I'm getting dragged by the strap of my purse, the bag being attacked by Marth in his search for the energy drink.
"What the hell…?" I ask in confusion as he pulls a can of Monster that had not been there before from my purse, happily falling back to drink it.
"I saw the opportunity," Wish giggles happily inside my head as we round a corner as Wish directs me the way to the kids.
"Wish, he's going to crash later!" I groan, Wish laughing and deeming that that had been the point. I open my mouth to argue, when Wish excitedly tells me we reached them. Though, she doesn't really need to, seeing as I hear a cry of alarm following a familiar voice shouting 'PK Fire!'.
"Yeah, that's Ness alright," Ike says with a sigh, our group picking up speed and discovering a small heard of police surrounding an area in the street from which fire and lightning are flying.
"Wish, do you love me enough to distract the police?" I ask, a fake sigh coming in response.
"I suppose if I absolutely MUST…" She says as if it's a big deal. And of course her way of distracting them is sending them after a Bob-omb to chase. I sigh and roll my eyes, the small herd scattering to disarm it and/or avoid the pending explosion.
"What are the police even trying to do? Do they really think they're going to get to them?" Link asks with an eyebrow arched.
"The police just want to 'keep everyone safe and happy' as my mom would always say," I, once more rolling my eyes. Link nods. I hope he understood I was saying that sarcastically…
"Come on, let's go get them," Ike says, waving us onward. We make our way to them, I rather nervously, seeing as they've only been pixels on screens to me before. The second we're within attacking distance, Ness in on the defensive, Lucas hiding behind him and looking to us fearfully.
"Please don't attack!" I yelp out before I can stop myself, then blush in embarrassment and leave the negotiating to the Brawlers.
"What are you here for?" Ness asks. Again, little kid in a backwards cap should NOT scare me so much.
Ike, Marth, and Link keep their cool though, even if Ness did look like he may attack soon.
"We just want to help… We're just trying to take you back to Brawl… It's hard to explain…" Marth says rather slowly, probably trying to calm them, repeating himself. "We just want to help…"
They look like they're starting to calm down, and tension starts to die down. Until Link messes it all up.
"We want what the police want." SARCASM! SARCASM LINK! LEARN IT!
The three of us all turn on him as Ness and Lucas instantly get more defensive, shy little Lucas even looking ready to attack.
"Link!" I hiss, the Hero of Time, shrinking under our glares, not knowing what he did wrong. "When I said the police want to 'keep everyone safe and happy', I WAS BEING. SARCASTIC!" I snap.
"The comic shop man told us the police want to 'capture and imprison bad guys, LIKE US!'" Ness yells. Link looks extremely guilty as Marth and Ike snap at him for being an idiot.
And suddenly, the video game comes to life, even more so than before.
With a yell of 'PK Fire!' and three quick sidesteps by Marth, Ike, and Link (thank Arceus I was hiding behind them a little ways away…), a small what looks like a bubble appears between Ness, Lucas, and us, and starts expanding. Before we can back away from it, it expands rapidly, soon encasing Ness and Lucas. Link stumbles back, though it encases Marth and Ike. As the bubble advances on Link and I, it pushes us back, and by the time it's done expanding, the only humans left in the bubble are Ness, Lucas, Marth, and Ike.
"Ow…" I hiss to myself, Link making a similar hiss, the both of us getting to our feet after being pushed along the ground. I reach behind myself, gingerly feeling my back through my shirt, which, to my horror, is tore up at the bottom of my back now, hissing in pain once more as I make contact. Link ignores his injuries for the most part, somewhat wincing as he moves, though barely.
He reaches out slightly and raps on the bubble with his knuckles, leaping back with a pained yelp/hiss sound.
"Ow! It like… Shocked me!" He exclaims. Being curious, I reach out and do the same. A jolt travels up my arm, leaving me to leap back with a startled yelp.
"You don't listen very well, do you?" Link comments with a raised eyebrow. I ignore the comment.
I'm about to comment, when I look to the battle. Yes, I know, bad timing, but a fangirl is a fangirl, no matter what time.
"No freaking way it's the dancing blade move in real life!" I squeal without realizing it. "And then that's Eruption, and- YES! NICE COUNTER MARTH! No, no, side-step PK Thunder! Don't you realize it will go through him and hit you?" Link looks beyond confused and worried, snapping me back to reality.
"How in the freaking world do you know all that?" He asks incredulously.
I give a sheepish smile, turning to face him. "I played Brawl too much, alright?"
"Does it say the names of the moves or something?" He asks.
"It does on the Brawl Dojo…" I mutter with reddened cheeks, looking to the ground.
"'The Brawl Dojo'?" He asks. "Do I even wanna know?"
"It's a website," I answer. Link looks about to ask something else; though a cry of alarm distracts the both of us, sending our heads snapping to the source. The aftermath of a pretty well-aimed PK Flash leads to Ike sent flying. Right at the strange, bubble/barrier/thing.
He passes through, with a cry that sounds like when he's knocked out in brawl. Before Link or I could run to help him; he vanishes.
"Wha…?" Link asks no one in particular. I instantly look to inside the bubble. And just as I expected, there Ike stands on the little floating disk you come back on when you lose a life.
On a hunch, I get as close to the bubble as I can without actually touching it, looking in and trying to spot items. I see a Unira spiked up in the ground, and by the way Lucas and Ness are avoiding it, I can't help but think Marth or Ike placed it there.
"Wish!" I call, turning around, a bit frightened by now. "Wish!"
"You called?" She says, appearing in a puff of smoke in front of me. Link takes no notice. Thanks, again, Wish.
"Can you explain something to me?" I ask desperately.
"Like?"
"EVERYTHING!"
Wish laughs, rolling her eyes. "You've brawled before, you know exactly what's going on. Think about it, this is how you had it last time, isn't it?" She points out. And suddenly, it makes so much more sense.
"When they… Fly off… Stage…" I put together, eyes widening.
"What did I miss?" Link asks. I ignore him.
"Okay, I was in a tournament, so I only had three stock…" I mumble to myself, tuning out everything else. "Then what about the items? I never have items on!" I growl in frustration.
"Can you possibly explain your murmuring?" Link exclaims.
"Quiet; I'm trying to figure this out!" I snap back, staring intently at the battle.
The police, forgotten until now, and repeatedly attacking the barrier, unable to breach it and get in, confused as all hell.
The stage gives a small flash and a multi-coloured ball starts floating around.
"Smash Ball…" Link and I breathe at the same time. Marth performs an ever so elegant back-flip, charging up a rather powerful Shield Breaker, and nailing said sphere with a devastating hit; which it withstands.
Little Lucas sees his chance, and gives a cry of 'PK Thunder!'. The small ball of electricity hits the small ball, and it breaks, giving Lucas an eerie multi-colour glow. I hate when things like that happen. Even more so now.
"Run! Run! His is more concentrated! Come on!" I yell, fists clenched tightly and jumping up and down. My advice/command is ignored, and the Fire Emblem boys run at him, trying to knock it from his possession.
"RUN!" I scream at the same time Lucas yells his own battle cry.
"PK STAAAAAAARSTOOOOOOORM!" He yells, throwing his hands to the heavens. White, comet-like balls of energy materialize at the top of the bubble, falling on the ground below. Ike dodges the first few, though gets hit by about three. Marth, being much faster, evades most of them. Though, gets hit by one. Being at probably a relatively high damage, he goes flying; right through the bubble. Ness and Lucas are, of course, fine, which baffles the police further, more than a few just watching at this point.
"Okay…" I say with a deep breath, trying to calm down. "So far, it seems like the Earthbound kids are beating the Fire Emblem boys…" I say to myself. Link listens in, more just wanting to know than anything. "Lucas and Ness have all three stock, probably a high percentage though. Marth now has two stock though zero percentage. Ike also has two stock, and a pretty high percentage from all those hits in PK Starstorm."
Link stays silent, then asks, "Do you think we'd be able to get in there and help them?"
"Only four brawlers on one stage," I mumble to myself, eyes glued to the battle. "Unless…" I say, turning to face Wish.
Wish grins and agrees to help, closing her eyes and shining again. Nothing happens.
"Wish, what are you waiting for?" I ask. I look over as I hear Ness cry out, then appearing on the disk in the sky. A Soccer Ball bounces to the ground, indicating it had been the weapon of choice.
"Nothing. Link should be in that bubble," She says, smile faltering, the girl frowning now. She walks up to the bubble and goes to step through, yelling out in surprise when she doesn't pass through.
Link spins to face us, shocked, looking to Wish. "Who is that? Where did she come from?"
"Y-You can see her?" I ask, taken back. Wish looks up, pained, now standing.
"That was painful," She comments with a frown. "Why is- Wait, can you see and hear me?" Wish asks Link, who nods.
"That's Wish! The one I've been talking about!" I exclaim, looking to Link, excited. "I told you! I told you I'm not crazy!"
"That's Wish?" He asks incredulously, looking her up and down.
"Yes, I'm Wish, you got a problem with that?" She asks. Before anyone can say anything else, a terribly familiar sound goes off from in the bubble. The three of us look to the bubble, and a giant explosion is just ending, sending Ness AND Lucas out of the bubble, Ike looking like he's going to collapse at any second.
"That was a smart bomb!" I exclaim, looking in. Ness and Lucas drop off the platforms and attack, the Wish moment forgotten as we all watch the battle. Ness goes after Ike, as Marth keeps Lucas from double teaming the poor mercenary. Ike yells a small 'Aether' and tosses Ragnell in the air, catching Ness with it and brings him in the arc of PK kid pain. Ness kicks at him when it's over, knocking him back a bit and giving a small yell of 'PK Flash'. Ike fails to evade in time, and the attack sends him flying out of the bubble.
I growl out a swear. "They were never this hard to beat on screen."
"What do you mean by that?" Link asks. I wave away his question, again. I'm staring too intently at a Bob-omb to care to answer. Marth snatches it up as he rolls away from Lucas's PK Freeze and launches the bomb at the PK kid. Lucas yells in pain and is launched out of the bubble.
"YES!" I yelp happily. Ike, Ness, and Lucas, one stock, Marth, two stock! We have a chance!
Okay, may need to change the stock count. Marth fails to evade a Gooey Bomb, the annoying sphere sticking to his side as he runs for Ness frantically.
"Get it off! You're at a high percentage, that thing'll be fatal if it gets you!" I yelp. But no, Marth doesn't make it to Ness in time and the bomb goes off, launching the prince through the bubble.
While the disk appears, Ness and Lucas take to attacking Ike. The PK kids seem to formulate a plan, Ness repeatedly taking small swings at him, obviously trying to wear him out, that, or distract him.
'PK Freeze!" Lucas yells. Ike turns with wide eyes, now encased in ice. Lucas, having done his part, runs to stop Marth before he can rush to his friend's aid. Ness charges up a smash as Link and I watch in horror, Wish having gone somewhere. The baseball bat hits the ice with a solid sounding 'thunk', and Ike is launched off screen for the third and final time. When he flies out of the bubble, he lands and skids across the ground, all ice gone, rolling onto his front with a cough of obvious pain.
Link and I run to him, about the same time the police squad yelps, a Bob-omb going off from around them. Found Wish…
"Ike, are you okay?" Link asks. He nods, getting to a sitting position and looking exhausted.
"Yeah, tired, and cold, but alright," He says with a grimace. He looks different… And the light bulb goes off.
"When did you…" I cut myself off, looking to the battle. Yeah, Marth and Ike are back in normal attire. Once I glance back, I realize how badly things are going for said prince, who is barely able to fend off the two kids at once. A Freezie appears and starts sliding across the stage, giving him a chance to freeze one and get the battle back under control.
Lucas gets hit by the Freezie, the now frozen boy flying in the air as Marth manages to keep Ness back. A flash of light goes off again, and the multi-colour ball that had caused them so much pain before appears once more.
Ike, Link, and I watch with baited breath, flinching whenever Ness gets a good hit on it. Lucas unfreezes and tries to hit it with PK Thunder once more, but misses. Marth dolphin slashes up, nicking Ness and sending the kid of course. Falchion makes contact with the Smash Ball, and it shatters, giving Marth the power for his Final Smash.
"Critical Hit time!" I yelp happily, giddy with excitement. Ness lands, rolling to his feet, he and Lucas watching Marth as he lands on the ground. The battle halts as everyone stops, watching for a second. The eerie stare down stops when Marth suddenly runs to Ness, who jumps and Lucas running to try to hit the Smash Ball out of Marth. Marth spins to face Lucas, and unleashes Critical Hit. Lucas screams and jumps, avoiding the attack. Just as Ness lands behind him. Marth nails Ness with the attack, and the PK kid is launched out of the bubble, flying away.
"YES! CRITICAL HIT FOR. THE. WIN!" I scream rather fangirlishly. Link looks oddly amused, though Ike just looks at me oddly. Most of the police force dart in Ness's general direction. Some heads turn at my scream of joy, and a few of the officers start in our direction.
"Crap," I say, switching to a frown.
"Nice going, fangirl," Link growls, Ike getting to his feet as we hurry round the bubble. The chase stops when a familiar (very, very familiar…) 'shing' fills the air, and Lucas is sent flying. Straight to us. The second he exits the bubble, it vanishes, and Marth is left at the center, panting in exhaustion. Lucas skids in front of us, unconscious.
'Stop right there!" One of the male police officers shouts. Link scoops up Lucas and dashes for Marth, Ike and I quickly following his lead. We get to Marth with the police at our heels.
"Hurry, I'll help you outta here, grab the others!" Wish urges in my head. I nod frantically. Ike already has a hand on Marth's back, trying to ask if he's okay, so I grab Link's wrist and Marth's wrist, and in a blinding flash, we're gone.
*SSBB*
Me: I AM SO SORRY FOR BEING GONE FOR SO LONG! FIRST IT WAS SCHOOL, THEN IT WAS WRITER'S BLOCK! FORGIVE ME!
Wish: STOP SHOUTING!
Me: *calming down* Okay… Okay, sorry 'bout that. And sorry if this chapter is a bit short, this just felt like a good place to end it.
Link: Yeah, yeah, just let' get this over with…
To Juni (Now the unknown assassin): Awww, yeah, thanks for liking the chapter! And yeah, the FanFiction thing was fun to write, and to imagine. I'm so glad to see you got an account! Love the profile pic by the way! Thank you for continually reviewing!
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To Thundray10: Well welcome back from Hong Kong! Thanks for reviewing; I'm glad you had a safe trip!
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Honestly, I only didn't fight it this time because I'm happy to be back.
Me: Oh, and by the way, I revised all the other chapters before this. If you go back (which you don't need to, I'm about to tell you…), you'll find less tense errors (hopefully…) and that they know about electricity. I had to have them know about it for later ideas.