Thanks for reviewing! Kyanite Archer: Oh, you really need to see the Hunger Games. It's amazing. And I got Akaneia from Wikipedia, honestly; I've never played the Fire Emblem series either. All I know about it is that it involves Roy, Ike, and Marth...

Chapter 11

Charizard sank a little closer to the ground, both he and Pit hardly able to breathe. They'd been flying for hours and neither one could keep it up for much longer- luckily, it seemed even the elemental warriors were getting exhausted. They were no long being followed with the same vigor and whenever they looked back at their pursuers, they were slowing down. But then again, so were Pit and Charizard.

"To the top!" he gasped, pointing to the top of the house and flapping his wings harder. "Come on, Charizard! Just a little bit farther!"

With another hoarse roar, Charizard flew high enough to land on the Smash Mansion. The pokemon crashed into the roof and lay limp, breathing hard, while Pit curved to the left and slammed into the roof, coughing and gasping for breath, one sweaty hand grasping his bow, the other weakly holding onto the roof so he wouldn't fall off.

The elemental warriors on the ground looked up at them, one of them finally shouting, "The others are almost here! You're trapped up there now!"

Both were too tired to care, though. Pit and Charizard were content to wait up here for now, even though it meant engaging in a fierce battle soon against more elemental warriors then they even had a chance against.

Pit awoke to Charizard thumping his tail repeatably on his shoulder and making a plaintive noise in his throat. "What, boy? What's wrong?" he asked, pushing himself up on his elbows and shaking his hair out of his eyes.

Charizard growled and pointed to the ground, directing Pit's attention to the elemental warriors.

There were more.

Pit swore and sat up straighter, staring down at the creatures on the ground. About a dozen humans were gathered around a limp figure on the ground… Samus.

"Oh my god!" he gasped, pushing himself closer to the edge of the roof. "Samus! What… what's going on? Oh, Palutena… Charizard, what are we going to do?"

The expression in Charizard's eyes was enough to convince him- they had to go save her.

"All right, all right. We'll go- I'll grab Samus and fly her back up here- but we have to be fast. Charizard, cover me." The dragon nodded, then followed as Pit dived off the roof, his bow drawn. It wasn't until they got close to the ground that the elemental warriors noticed them, and suddenly, they were assaulted by a wave of energy that nearly knocked Pit out of the sky. Charizard roared and flew closer to him, shielding him from the brunt of the blast as he caught Samus's hand and pulled the unconscious woman off the ground.

That was when he saw that it wasn't all just humans fighting them- there was a god damn wolf right below him.

And Pit would of of loved to turn and just fly away right now, but he had things to attend to. Gasping in pain when another wave of heat hit him on his left, the side not protected by the pokemon, Pit swerved into Charizard and flew higher, struggling to maintain flight with Samus's dead weight dragging him down. Charizard roared in frustration before they rose up too high to be hit by the elemental warriors and they slowed down to land softly on the roof.

Sighing in relief, Pit exclaimed, "Thanks, Charizard! Now, Samus- oh my god!"

Pit and Charizard both recoiled back from the blonde, whose body was covered with vivid red cuts and scratches, gashes in her sky blue suit and blood stains coating her hair and skin. The woman gave a soft moan and shifted weakly, her eyes fluttering, and Pit continued staring for a moment before he ripped off part of his tunic, using the long strips of cloth to bandage her wounds.

"There. Is. A. Wolf. A wolf!" Pit exclaimed, glancing worriedly at the ground where the elemental warriors were gathering around the Smash Mansion. "Is there anything these bastards can't do?"

By the time the landscape was starting to get familiar to all the Smashers, all those who had previously been sick had been healed, and everybody was preparing silently for battle. They would of been wary of trying anything, but the one who could read minds was seeming less focused now than before. He was hardly able to walk in a straight line and when Mario and Lucas had tested him by thinking about trying to escape, they hadn't noticed any change in his behavior. So the word had spread and the Star Fox team had their arwings following from behind, ready to head to the skies whenever it came time to fight. Lucas was preparing to freeze the flames to free all the Smashers and everybody was mentally getting ready for a fight.

They were ready to break free and attack as soon as they hit the Smash Mansion- familiar territory, so they would finally have an advantage over the elemental warriors.

Which was there plan until they left the forest to see the Smash Mansion… already surrounded by elemental warriors.

Mario tried to stop Lucas and succeeded- but Wolf had already called his arwing out, and chaos ensued. Fox and Falco followed Wolf's lead and Lucas, seeing there was no point in trying to hide it anymore, froze the flames keeping them contained. Now there was no chance of them keeping themselves controlled; the Smashers rushed forward and ran right at the elemental warriors while the Star Fox team jumped into their arwings and flew forward, firing at the mansion and the enemy.

Samus had only just regained consciousness when war had descended on the Smash Mansion. Pit and Charizard were both staring in shock at the battle currently beginning below. She pushed herself up into a sitting position and Pit rested his hand on her shoulder automatically, still leaning over the edge of the roof.

"Oh, no… Samus, can you fight?"

The blonde blinked slowly and nodded, pushing herself up higher and wincing. "Yeah. Yeah, I think- well, I have to." She automatically reached for her gun, then grimaced when she remembered dropping her gun in the fight in the mountains. "Damn it. Well, take me down."

Pit nodded, crouching down and gesturing for her to climb onto his back. Once her arms were locked around his neck, he dived off the roof, Charizard following. They joined the fight on the ground, a bitter battle of ten Smashers versus twelve elemental warriors.

Or it was, until a group charged out of the tress, Meta Knight at the lead, and four elemental warriors converged on the Smash Mansion, Toon Link, Pikachu, and Nana close behind. Roy, Marth, Ike, Squritle, and Dr. Mario followed soon after, all prepared for a fight.

Finally, all the Smashers and elemental warriors in one place. No more running. The Smashers were ready to fight and they weren't going to flee this time.