Super Smash Brothers: Reckoning
Chapter Fifteen: Wedding going horribly horribly wrong.
A/N: Alright. You may have noticed the vanishing of War of Legend and Warpstorm. This is because I realized how convulted/crap those storylines were and realized not only did it all go wrong around the Krystal's Reckoning part, I stopped enjoying writing this story around here.
So I hit this fic with a sledgehammer. REPEATEDLY.
It took most of winter and a cross into A NEW YEAR, but I have a new plot layout, some buffer set up and ready in case the shit hits the fan again (Which happened way too much recently...Stupid car crash...) and some more writing experience then before.
In other words...guess who's back.
*Smirk*
Disclaimer : I don't own anything other than the Dark Triforce, the Divine Demons, Beltazar, a few OC's that aren't that important, the Shadowvell (Foreshadowing!) or the Realm of Divinity (Even more foreshadowing!)
"Remind me how I got talked into this?" Altair moaned. Ike shook his head and stifled a laugh at the sight of his friend in a white tuxedo.
"Because A: My sister became good friends with Samus and wanted her to come." Marth started.
"And B: Because Samus refused to come alone." Roy continued.
"And C: As soon as his sister found out that Samus had a boyfriend, she wanted to meet him. That's you." Ike finished. Altair slapped his head.
"I hate my life sometimes..." He muttered, to general amusement.
Meanwhile, in a different part of the mansion.
"No." Samus said firmly. "No way."
"Aw, c'mooooon!" Peach whined. "It's pretty."
"It's the most hideous thing I have ever set eyes on." Samus continued, glaring at the dress that Peach was holding up in front of her. It was an embarrassingly low-cut blood red dress with a short skirt that didn't even go below the knees.
"But-"
"NO!" Samus growled, reaching for her Paralyzer.
"Fine." Peach pouted. She reached into the massive walk in cupboard again.
"She has HOW MANY different dresses?" Mia moaned, staring as the princess disappeared into the 'pathway to Narnia' as Kyrie had dubbed it.
"Over nine thousand." Zelda moaned wearily.
"AHA!" Peach's triumphant cry came. Samus blanched.
"Maybe we should run..." Kyrie muttered softly, just as their 'friend' came back out.
"Too late." Samus groaned.
Peach came out dragging a glittering floor-length blue dress and stood in front of Samus expectantly.
"Well?" She demanded.
"Actually..." Samus said hesitantly "...That's rather nice." She admitted finally. Peach punched the air.
"YES! One down, two to go!"
Mia and Zelda looked at each other.
"Now can we run?" Mia asked.
"Oh yes!" Zelda agreed, running for the door, only for Peach to lock it.
"Well, now, we wouldn't want you to not look good for Ike, now do we?"
"For the thousandth time, I am not going out with Ike! He's my boss for crying out loud!" Mia said, thrusting her arms into the air.
"Yeah, yeah." Peach said in an absent-minded tone of voice. "It's obvious you like him. In fact, I think he likes you too."
"R-really?" Mia asked rather quickly, before blushing.
"HAH! GOT YOU!" Peach squealed.
"You three have to live with this demon?" Kyrie asked in exasperation.
"Yes. I know. Pity us, please." Samus moaned.
"I already do."
Altair stepped through the portal to Altea, shivering. Ike, Link, Marth and Roy followed him.
"I hate those things." He muttered.
"Ditto." A disgruntled Link replied "Are my ears still there?"
"Why are you asking me that?"
He shivered. Marth decided to step in for him.
"In the Melee tournament, a portal malfunctioned and he switched ears with Roy for a couple of months."
"Don't remind me" Roy said with a shudder. "That was hideous."
"HEY!"
Ike, sighing, stepped between his two friends and kept them at arms length.
"This is the Melee tournament all over again..." Marth sighed.
He shook his head and walked forwards.
"We shouldn't be that far from the city..." He called "Come on!"
The four others ran after him. After a few minutes, they all stopped. Altair let out a brief exclamation of surprise.
The capital city of Altea was a massive, walled, white-marbled utopia. It was incredibly clean, the kids were playing in the streets, gardens covered the inside...
"Man. You lucky bastards. We get some slums and one big freaking barracks full of hostile soldiers for a capital." Altair muttered. Ike just laughed.
The five entered the city, getting multiple looks of amazement. Not that that was hard, when you had a pointy-eared man, a prince, a marquess, a hero, and an exceedingly dangerous-looking man armed to the teeth with swords, knives, and – in a recent addition, courtesy of Samus – a blaster.
"Dude, loose some of the weapons, you look like a one-man army." Roy hissed.
"I AM a one man army." Altair replied.
"...point." Roy replied, grinning.
The three walked towards the palace. A red-haired guard stepped forwards.
"HALT! Who goes there!"
"Oh, for the love of...Cain, it's me!" Marth said, despairing.
"AH! Milord Marth! Sorry, didn't see you there." Cain replied, hastily stepping backwards "Sorry, but your friends have been arriving all day. I sort of figured that you would be with them."
"Nope. Sorry."
"Ah. Very well, come on in..." Cain started "But your friend over there" He pointed at Altair "Is a little too heavily armed for my liking. He should hand his weapons in, or he shall not enter."
Altair's face darkened.
"Look, pal." He hissed "I gave up my dignity to wear this bloody tuxedo, and if you don't let me in with all my weapons you WILL regret it."
"He's not giving up – subdue him!" Cain barked. Marth, Link, Roy and Ike backed away slowly.
"Bad idea..." They muttered.
Three guards lunged towards Altair. The assassin sidestepped, grabbed one's spear, twisted it out of his hands, smashed the but into the man's temple, spun, and hit the second guard in the gut, sending him flying to the ground. The third turned and ran.
"Told you." He muttered, stabbing the lance into the ground. "Just let me in, you fool, or I'll have to hurt more of your guards."
Cain stood, mouth open in amazement.
"Altair, just give him the weapons." Marth sighed "I don't want the entirety of the Altean Royal Guard unfit for duty for months in the next ten minutes."
"Fine." Altair growled. He threw his weapons to the ground.
Five minutes later...
Altair stood next to a VERY large pile of knives, hidden blades, blasters, swords, nunchucks, and – somehow – a two-handed ax Link swore wasn't on him to start with.
"Can I go in now?"
Cain gulped. "Uh, yeah, sure"
"Thank you." Altair said, before retrieving the Pheonix Sabre "I'm keeping this though."
No-one argued.
*********
A guard came running up to them, saving her from further embarrassment.
"HEEELP! I don't want to DIE!" He screamed.
"What's going on?" Samus asked him.
"Deranged. White. Swordsman. Took. Out. My. Entire. Squad!" The guard said, panicking "He didn't even use his own weapons!"
The girls looked at each other, and sped off.
Marth led the way through the gates.
"Ah, what a peaceful place, as always..." He muttered, just before a blue-topped blob smashed into his chest.
"UNCLE MARTH!"
"That was random" Roy commented.
"Yeah." Link said, staring.
"Hey there, Malledus." Marth muttered "Mind getting off my chest?"
The small boy which had ran into him nodded and climbed off.
"Thank you." He breathed. A blue-haired woman came running down.
"Malledus" She moaned "It's Marth's big day. Don't mess him up"
"Sorry, mommy..." The boy said sadly. He perked up. "Uncle Marth, who are these people?"
Elice nodded.
"That's a good question, Marth – who are these people?" She asked, curious.
"These are my friends. You already know Ike" He said, the blue-haired princess nodding towards the mercenary. "And Link" The Hylian waved cheerily.
"This is Roy" The flame-haired Marquess grinned at Mist. "And Altair" The assassin gave a small nod of his head.
"Which one took out a squad of the guards?" Elice asked curiously.
"That would be me" Altair admitted.
"Oh, really?" A low voice growled behind him. He paled.
"Uh, hi, Samus..." He stammered.
"The one person alive who can scare Altair – his girlfriend" Link whispered to Ike, who covered his mouth to hide his grin.
"Don't you 'hi Samus' me" The bounty huntress growled "Do you TRY to make enemies with the most powerful person in every dimension or something?"
"HEY! They tried to take my weapons off me! Do you honestly think I'd go somewhere unarmed?"
"Altair, honey, we're going to a freakin' WEDDING. What could honestly go wrong?"
"The temptation to say 'Famous last words' is overwhelming" Roy muttered.
"Stop scaring everyone here and get changed." Samus scolded them.
"Yes, mother." Altair said sarcastically.
The world stopped.
"Did he just make a joke?" Roy whispered. Marth nodded.
"But it's Altair! He NEVER jokes!" Roy whimpered.
"It's not like it's the end of the world, or anything." Link said "Get over it."
Meanwhile...
"Did anyone else get a bad feeling?" Captain Falcon asked
"Yeah. Kind of weird." Snake replied.
A few hours later...
Peach fiddled with Samus' hair for the thousandth time that day.
"Are you done yet?" Samus asked, bored out of her mind.
"Oh, calm down, you'll blow Altair's socks off once I'm finished" Peach scolded "Now..."
She took a step back.
"Done!" She said brightly "Okay, Mia, your turn!"
Samus went to stand beside Shiida.
"I hate her so much..." She moaned.
"Oh yeah? You didn't have to be forced into this!" Shiida complained, picking at her dress.
"But it's beautiful!" Zelda protested.
"Do you know how heavy this thing is? Seriously?"
They all laughed at her discomfort.
"What the hell is taking them so long!" Roy exploded.
"It's Peach – we could be here for hours." Altair said slowly, watching the light reflect off the Phoenix Saber.
"Well, yeah, but still -"
"DONE!" Peach's cry came down the stairs.
"FRIGGIN FINALLY!" Roy yelled back up. He was rewarded with a well-aimed rock from Shiida.
"Nice throw." Samus could be heard complimenting her.
"Thank you."
Roy was curled up on the ground, holding his groin.
"Not cool..." He gasped in pain.
"You deserved it" Altair and Marth muttered
"Suck-ups" Roy whispered, but not quietly enough. He was silenced by the appearance of Falchion and Pheonix.
"Want to repeat that statement?" Marth said dangerously.
"Uh, Peach, you might want to send the girls down now before these two kill Roy" Ike called.
"Coming!" Peach said in a sing-song voice.
Samus was the first down. Her hair was flowing loose down her back, curled slightly, and she was wearing the long blue dress from before. Altair's jaw dropped.
"You look great..." He managed to splutter. Everyone laughed at his reaction.
"Thanks" Samus said with a smile "Maybe Peach does have a use..." She giggled.
"Shocker" Roy muttered as he got up from the floor. Samus downed him again with a kick to the gut.
"Why does the world hate me?" He moaned in pain.
"Because you're annoying" Marth stated simply "Live with it."
Next, Mia descended down the stairs in a – relatively simple - white shirt and skirt, her purple hair hanging loose. Ike's eye's widened, before he forced himself to look away, muttering "I'mherbossI'mherbossI'mherboss" Over and over to himself.
"What's wrong with him?" Mia asked, nodding her head towards Ike.
"He's in denial" Altair, Marth and Samus said at the exact same time.
"I AM NOT!" Ike yelled.
"Freaky" Link muttered, as Zelda made her own way down the stairs. She wore her old dress from the Twilight incident, thinking that it was probably good enough for such formal affairs anyway. "You look nice."
"I look the same as usual." She pointed out.
"And?" The Hylian asked with a smile.
"...Nothing." Zelda muttered. "There's no reasoning with you, is there."
"Nope."
"Look, can we get a move on?" Roy asked irritably "As entertaining as it would be, I don't think Marth wants to be late for his own wedding."
"Shut up, Roy." The room echoed, and the group left.
Three hours later...
"Do you, Shiida of Talys, accept this man to be your-"
"This is as boring as the entry-level assassination jobs." Altair hissed.
"Just put up with it for five minutes, Altair. It's almost done." Samus hissed back. "But I know what you mean – I'm bored too."
"Good to know I'm not alone." He finished, just as he turned to the stage.
"You may now kiss the-"
Time stopped.
"What is it this time, Excelion." Altair asked calmly.
"Shut up, Altair." The Divine Demon replied "This is serious."
"How serious?"
"Evil-agent-of-darkness-going-to-kill-everyone-in-this-room serious."
"...That's serious."
"Yeah, no shit. Whelp, good luck. I'd recommend getting closer to the Altar if I were you."
Altair didn't bother to ask questions. As soon as Excelion had finished talking, he had started moving towards the altar and prepped his Hidden Blade. Time slowly restored itself as he shoved past the slowly moving bodies, and he was about two feet away when two things happened at once.
The priest finished his sentence...and a human-shaped shadow came to the stained roof.
You have got to be kidding me... He thought, just as he yelled out 'Get Down' and shoved the recently-married couple over. Marth stared at him in shock, just before the glass ceiling collapsed in and a black-robed warrior came down, a hidden blade extending from both his hands. Altair didn't give this any thought, though, and launched himself off the altar and crashed into the would-be assassin's midriff, blasting him off a course that would have killed both Shiida and Marth if he hadn't interfered.
The two rolled across the floor as all chaos broke loose. People had been injured by the falling ceiling, and the civilians began to panic, trampling out of the church.
Altair rolled to his feet and drew the Phoenix Sabre, just as his opponent drew his own red-bladed longsword.
"This shall be...interesting." The intruder mused. "I didn't know you'd be here, brother."
The voice made Altair's blood run cold. "Hello, Wallik." He asked. "How's life without the back of a skull?"
The former assassin bristled. "Your friend Nero shall pay for that. But, thanks to the glory of the Divine Demon...I have been REBORN!" Wallik spread his hands to the sky and summoned red lightning to spring between his fingers. "I am Wallik, one of the True Demon's Lieutenants and the Red Assassin!"
"Correction – you are a dead man." Altair replied, looking for a throwing knife, only to remember that he wasn't carrying them.
...Bugger.
Wallik smirked.
"Oh, we'll see...about that" He spat, lunging forwards. Altair managed to deflect his first blow, but it was obvious that this 'True Demon' must have done something to increase Wallik's speed and skill. The assassin had already been the strongest in the organization, and was renowned for a vicious fighting strategy. Altair had always managed to defeat it before, with a combination of better speed and less...straightforward thinking, but with Wallik faster now...the only advantage he had was the thinking.
Not good enough.
Ahem. Excelion coughed. What are you?
Altair couldn't believe he'd forgotten. He'd changed too. In an explosive burst of blue flames, Altair fused himself with Excelion's powers.
"We'll see...indeed." He replied, and struck forwards in a brutal blow. Wallik blocked, and soon the two were dueling in the middle of a ruined church.
After a few moments, Wallik laughed.
"Do you really think it would be that easy?" He asked, and a sudden whiplash of black energy sent Altair flying back. "Dark Triforce of Fear, you bastard."
Outside, Link keeled over. Ike knelt next to his friend. "Are you okay?"
"There's something in there..." Link gasped. Zelda moaned and collapsed.
"I can feel it too..." She moaned.
Link looked at her. "Dark Triforce?"
Zelda nodded. "Dark Triforce."
"Wait, the what?" Roy asked, confused. Samus understood slightly more.
"Are you telling me." She said, calmly. "That my boyfriend is fighting a force so evil Ganondorf's afraid of it?"
"Yeah, pretty much." Zelda muttered, gritting her teeth. "But don't try to do anything about – She's already gone inside the church, hasn't she."
"Yes she has." Link stated.
"...Dammit."
***
When Samus entered, Wallik was having his stereotypical 'I've always been better than you' speech to a pinned Altair. Instead of making any smart comments, Samus just shot the Red Assassin between the shoulder blades with a Paralyzer blast. Altair, free of his restrictions, slid down the wall and landed carefully on his feet.
"Nice shot."
"Thanks."
"Is he dead?"
"I don't think so, the Paralyzer isn't that powerful."
"Great. Let's get out of here and let the local guards deal with him. They can handle it-"
Before Altair could finish the sentence, Wallik's eyes snapped open and he sent a bolt of red lightning at Samus' back, causing her to collapse in pain.
"How do you like it, bitch?" He snarled, before a blue fireball slammed into his chest and knocked him back. Altair walked towards him, fire blazing down his sword and eyes glowing gold.
"Don't even try." He snarled. Wallik just replied with another blast of dark energy from his Dark Triforce, sending Altair flying back and through one of the stained glass windows to the outside of the building. Wallik leaped through the same window and came crashing down, sword first, to where Altair's head had been mere seconds ago. His startled fact barely registered the kick that came hurtling towards it until it made contact, sending him flying back and between two of the guards. Wallik struggled to his feet, and, confronted with the guard's spears, let out some blasts of red lightning and, with a gesture, called his sword back to his hand.
"Any last words, Altair?"
"Go to hell." The assassin snarled, charging at his former comrade. The two locked blades, blue flames and red lightning flying everywhere, and stared into each others eyes.
"You can't win, you know." Wallik murmured, and a black aura extended from his Dark Triforce. "Because how can you fight while overwhelmed with fear?"
Altair felt a cold hand grip his heart as the strange fog seemed to drag up the darkest memories and imaginings of his mind. His team dying in a hail of Templar arrows...failing Al Mualim's for the first time...Samus dying...
Wallik laughed. "How much blood will you be responsible for before you die, hmm? Better just to die now..."
Altair fell to his knees, and Excelion looked on in horror from inside his mind.
"A wise decision..." Wallik whispered, and drew back his sword to kill his former teammate. At that point, a gold light pushed the black fog back and forced Wallik to shield his eyes. "What the-"
Link came diving out of the light, the Master Sword – which he had refused to take off – stretched in front of him, and Wallik only just blocked it.
"Triforce of Courage, you bastard" Link hissed "And I know how to use it better than you do."
Wallik tried to use his Fear Fog again, but the light constantly pushed it back. Then again, the Triforce didn't protect against his Demon powers, and a blast of red lightning sent the Hylian flying backwards. The former assassin got up, only to hear an enraged cry from Shiida.
"YOU RUINED MY WEDDING!"
Wallik spun, and a Wing Spear embedded itself in his chest. Grunting, he batted the Pegasus knight away, just as Marth's Falchion drove itself through his shoulder.
"You cannot kill me! I am fear incarnate! I am undead! I cannot die!" He ranted, even as Zelda's Din's fire spell burnt one arm while Ike and Mia both slashed open his gut and Samus sent a Paralyzer blast to his head.
A cold voice rang out from behind him.
"Can you survive this?" Altair asked, drawing his hand back with an orb of blue flame in it. The former assassin stared in shock at his old comrade as he slammed his palm forward into his forehead. "FLAME OF EXCELLION!"
The super-hot blue flames caused the undead warrior to scream as his body was slowly burned apart, atom by atom, until only dust remained. Altair stood still, eyes fading from Gold back to gray, than wavered and collapsed. Ike and Marth both grabbed one of his shoulders and stopped him from face-planting.
"Hey, Marth?" Altair said, half-conscious.
"Yeah?"
"Sorry about the church."
He passed out.
Nobody noticed the dust move together and swirl out the door, red lightning sparking between them...
A/N: Yes, its the old filler edited a bit.
Yes, this is lazy.
YES, I AM BACK IN BUISNESS BABY! EXPECT YOUR OLD BI-WEEKLY UPDATE SCHEDULE TO RETURN!