SBS Time!
JakeCrusher: Will the Smashers fight all the Espers of Justice and who is Big Brother's identity?
Game2002: The Espers are good people and their duty is to protect the world. What's the point in fighting them? And as for Big Brother, do you really expect me to spill out top classified information just like that?
Chapter 18
I'm sorry to fail you… I will not fail you the second time!
After the chaos that Metaboss caused at the Fire Emblem Arena Championship, the tournament had been cancelled but would be postponed to some other day and start over again. Unfortunately, the Smashers will no longer be participating in it as they would be back in Onett by that time.
For those of you who are expecting more of Alexander, that guy left to unknown places afterwards and you won't be seeing him again, at least in this story anymore.
The Smashers were currently riding their bus traveling down the street to wherever doesn't concern you. "I hope everyone had a fun time at the World of Fire Emblem today!" Gyde said to the Smashers.
"Yeah right… Who is going to happy now that the chances of earning 100 million gold coins just went down the drain thanks to some stupid swine interrupting…?" Wario grumbled. "What a rotten day for me…"
"I hope you find something fun to do for the rest of the day today… Anyway, it's evening already, and just the time for dinner. I have reserved a spot at an all-you-can-eat restaurant, so let us head over there and have a feast!"
"Hooray!" Yoshi and Kirby exclaimed, punching their arms into the air.
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Moving closely next to the side of the Smashers' bus was Class 3-A's bus, but when they came to a fork on the road, the Smashers took the left turn while Class 3-A took the right turn. It was apparent that they weren't going to the same place.
"I hope that you all had a fun time at World of Fire Emblem today, and you must all be starving," Negi said to his students. "We'll be going to the seafood buffet restaurant next for dinner, so let's all eat our heart's content there!"
"Yay!" screamed in everyone (most of them, anyway) in joy.
"And I also apology for the threat that happened today also," he continued. "I hope nobody was injured. I'm sorry that I couldn't be of more use to protect you all."
"You don't have to apologize to us," Ayake told him. "And on the other hand, you were so cool today at the fighting tournament!"
"Yeah! Sensei is so strong for a ten years old kid!" Sakurako added. "We were all cheering for you from beginning to end!"
"We should throw a celebration on your victory today!" Fuuka suggested.
The entire class cheered and shouted happily while Negi tried to calm them down, "All right, everyone please settle down! I know that you're all excited from everything that happened today. I'm glad that you all were supporting me and I thank you all for your support too!"
After a short while, everyone settled down at last due to having empty stomach. After all, they spent their whole day playing around at the fun fair and eating very little. Everyone sat down quietly on the seats while the bus continued its way to the restaurant. Negi walked down the lane looking at both sides to see if there were anybody missing and seeing what they're doing. He came to the back of the bus where Eva was sitting next to the window looking outside with a bored face. "Are you all right, Eva?" he asked her.
"What's that supposed to mean?" she replied. "Of course I'm all right!"
"Nothing really… I just want to see if you still have something in mind about what happened today."
"That? Nah, that's nothing to me. It's all in the past already."
FLASHBACK
Alexander had just blown away Metaboss and everyone was amazed at how fast he got this job done. The people immediately began shouting for joy and cheered for him because he had just saved the day.
"Admiral Alexander had just saved all of us!" Talko exclaimed. "What a wonder! It is such a sight! The power of an admiral is beyond words! Did you all see the power of the attack just now? Imagine getting hit by something like that!"
Alexander slowly turned to look at the surprised faces of the Smashers who were still trembling from his imposing appearance and might. To be standing in front of a Great Power was something that could not be described by words. "For some reason… Standing in front of him really makes he nervous…" Kirby said.
"It's just like the time when we met Bahamut face to face…" Marth said.
Alexander continued gazing at them but then Negi stepped forward and said, "Thanks a lot… admiral… Thanks for… helping us…"
"It is my job to rid evil scum like those from this world," Alexander said in a booming voice that seemed to echo throughout the place.
"Thanks a lot, really… We're really in your debt…"
Alexander shifted his attention to Eva and then said, "The girl over there… You are Evangeline A.K. McDowell, am I right?"
This surprised Eva a bit and she replied nervously, "So what if I am? How do you know my name anyway?"
"Several hundred years ago, you caused quite a chaos and earned yourself a bounty of 600,000 dollars."
The Smashers were immediately freaked out when they heard this and exclaimed, "600,000 dollars?!"
"So you knew…" Eva said, gritting her teeth. "So what's about it? You want to arrest me now?"
"Please wait, admiral!" Negi said to Alexander nervously. "That was a long time ago! Eva is now an official student of Mahora Academy! You can't just take her with you like this!"
"That is true as the bounty no longer holds," Alexander said. "Do not fear; I am not given orders to arrest anyone. I simply came here to watch the tournament to kill time."
"Phew, what a relief…"
"If it was Odin however, I cannot guarantee that you get away alive," Alexander continued. "He believes that the sins of a criminal can never be erased and they must all face judgment. Even if that bounty of yours no longer holds, he will most likely not hesitate to wipe you out right here and now."
"Odin… The other Esper…" Captain Falcon said softly to no one in particular.
"I will be taking my leave now," Alexander said, and then light started to come out from the ground underneath him.
"Wait a minute," Negi said to him. "Did you hear what the bad guy earlier said? They're trying to revive the Cruncher!"
"You don't have to bring this concern to Alexander, Springfield," Roy said as he showed up into the scene. He turned to Alexander and said, "It's true; the Spirit of the Cruncher had been stolen by villains. But do not worry; this is our country's problem and we will deal with these ourselves. I do not feel the need for this matter to be brought to you. I'm sure the World Government has bigger issues than this to deal with."
"If that is the way you want it to be, then so be it," Alexander said. "I wish you the best luck in solving this situation." After saying this, the light underneath him became so bright that the others were blinded. When the light was gone, Alexander was nowhere to be seen anymore
END OF FLASHBACK
"I'm only a wanted person in the past," Eva explained. "That 600,000 dollar bounty no longer holds, so I have nothing to be afraid of."
"Yeah, thanks goodness for this! My father really made the right decision to make you a student here!"
"You really should be thankful that it wasn't Odin who was here," Yue said, looking back from her seat while drinking Mixed Vegetable Calpis. "From what I heard, there was an ocean liner that got hijacked by a group of terrorists once and the people onboard were all held hostages. The military then sent a counterterrorist group as well as Odin to save the hostages. They were able to rescue the hostages and bring them onto a getaway ship, but guess what? Odin destroyed the getaway ship and caused the death of some hostages in the process saying that this was necessary for the fact that the terrorists might sneak into it in an attempt to escape."
"That's horrible…" Nodoka said when she heard this.
"The idea of absolute justice, which is what he believes in, can really twist up people's mind, I tell you…"
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Metaboss was currently within a building that was somewhere in Lycia. Where this place is I do not know, so stop asking me for the address.
He was knelt standing in front of a shadowy person sat on a throne and there were some more shadows visible around and behind him. "I'm sorry that I failed…" Metaboss said with embarrassment.
"Pardon me you do not have to as the appearance of an Esper has made it like the clearness of daylight that you would be losing," the person on the throne said. "Time there is still for us to dig out the body of the nasty monster that terrorized the country like clowns terrorizing kids in the past, so the obtaining of the blood of the stupid brat named Negi can be done any other time."
"I will not fail you next time, boss!" Metaboss apologized again.
"You disappoint me…" one of the shadows next to Metaboss said. "You let me down… You make me want to cry… Oh, this world is full of disappointment… I want to lament over this awfulness… Oh how my heart is pierced over and over… How I wish to slit my wrist now and end this sadness…"
"Stop with your crying!" said a voice that sounded like Nacien's.
"Oh cry you must not, Emonicus," said the voice of the person on the throne. He then got up and stepped out of the shadows to reveal himself as none other than Fawful! "Your tears are like giant raindrops of doom that will give us the example on how life in Venice is like. And talk of something now meaningful we shall do! What goes of your hunt for the body of the creepiness that is the Cruncher, Major Burrows?"
"We're still searching for the body of the Cruncher, boss," said another shadow. "However, I have a guts feeling that it is hidden in that place. I'm sure we can find it sooner or later!"
"That is good news to my little ears!" Fawful said with delight.
Then the shadows that were behind Metaboss were lifted to reveal every single henchmen of Fawful. Familiar people standing next to him included Nacien and his wyvern and all three of the Slime Sisters.
Sitting on a block to the left side was a frail-looking teenager with black hair covering both his eyes and he was dressed in black outfit—Emonicus.
Standing just to the right of him was a white anthropomorphic cat dressed in a black suit—Kitty Corp. He was standing tall firmly with both his hands placed in his pockets and his expression was very stern and serious-looking.
Standing on the far right side was a big fat mole wearing a blue spiked helmet on his head—Major Burrows. He was accompanied by a group of Monty Moles.
Standing in the far back of the center was a giant plant monster with white spots all over his oversized red head—Petey Piranha.
"Very soon the mustard of doom that Cackletta had originally planned for will be spread onto the sandwich! When the evilness of the Cruncher has fallen into our control, the world that you know it shall be easy to take over just like eating a piece of cake! The thought of this makes me shiver down all the way to the bones! I can see already from here the day when a toady that I once used to be stand on the peak of the world and looking down and laughing at all those fink rats who bow down to me and asking for mercy like frail shrimps! Geehehehehehehehe!!!" Fawful laughed maniacally.
TO BE CONTINUED
It's a short chapter all right, but it's also an important chapter as well. The cast of villains have been revealed and even the third Esper is revealed! Even though he won't be showing up in this story at all…
Emonicus and Kitty Corp are my OCs.
Also, I did lower Eva's original bounty from 600 million dollars to 600,000 dollars. Let's just say I see it weird if her bounty were to be higher than the Smashers' former bounties...
As you know, the Great Powers are my own rendition of the Grand Line Powers from One Piece, with the 7 Armed Seas being the only one directly borrowed from there. The Espers of Justice are obviously based on the Marine Admirals, and I like to think of Bahamut being the counterpart of Aokiji, Alexander as the counterpart of Kizaru, and Odin as the counterpart of Akainu.
Anyway, the next chapter will be a filler chapter again. Annoying, isn't it? I'm laughing at you already, ha!