Melody Galaxy

Disclaimer: I do not own Super Smash Brothers. That goes to Nintendo. The only characters I own are those from the Golden Land, angels from Skyworld including the royal bodyguards, Angel Assembly and archangels along with all the other angels and of course the witch hunters. I also own Daedalus, Diamond, Pearl and Flauros.

Summary: The Guardian of Music is going to be performing on Melody Galaxy on a bright planet taking requests to reach out to separated lovers. Raven decides to use this to her advantage and make Melody Galaxy the battle ground that will eliminate a member of the Band of Six from existence not really caring how many people will be hurt in the process. The Smashers go there on a vacation trip along with a lot of begging from the Villager children. Upon entry, they are introduced to a fairy boy named Kite who forces a virginity test on everyone and prevents anyone who failed the test. Pit who originally was up to the idea of asking Kaleido if she could use her music to reach out to his "deceased" father Daedalus, he's far from please being rejected. Pit only forces himself in when he sees Daedalus enter the festival grounds without supervision. Daedalus is drawn to Melody Galaxy to reunite with Pandora once and for all, but his old time acquaintance Flauros intends to expose the tragedy that Daedalus might have directly or indirectly caused in front of Pandora and he'll murder anyone to achieve his goal. It's a shame that the Smashers ended up being dragged into this love tragedy that Pit actually foreshadowed before getting to Melody Galaxy…

Pairing: Pit/Pittoo/Lucina, Rob/Shulk, Ganondorf/Palutena, Magnus/Dunban, Henry/Robin, Mario/Peach, Fox/Sonic, Kite/Kaleido (OC/OC), Pandora/Daedalus and Flauros/Ellipse (OC/OC)

Rated: M (for mature) but E on Archive of Our Own (for any sex scenes)

Genre: Romance, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, (Dark) Humor and Angst

Warning: Sexual violence, extreme violence, gore, character death, yaoi, implication of rape, sexual themes and unintentional OOC

Compared to the other Super Smash Galaxy stories, Melody Galaxy will have five chapters due to how this is the conclusion of Pandora's arc of searching for Daedalus and vise versa. Just because this is the reunion story doesn't mean that Daedalus' arc is finished (his arc is done by Mecha Galaxy and we see it post Mecha Galaxy). Enjoy!

Chapter 2: Anger

Not everyone approved of Kite's plan with the Golden Land or those that knew. Kite had indeed told one person, who happened to be Kaleido herself and she was far from pleased at what Kite wanted to do.

"Kite, I cannot allow you to go through with this." The Guardian of Music spoke. "Raven's plan will guarantee your death! You cannot let her use you as a pawn while she goes after one witch hunter!"

Kite ignored his partner for a moment before turning to face the music Guardian. The girl was still preparing for the big concert tonight, so it was expected that she wasn't completely dressed in the attire she needed to be in, but she was still looking magnificent without the makeup. Most people would mistake Kaleido as a circus star instead of a pop idol, but that might have been intentional on her part. Kaleido's backstory was surrounded in mystery. Whenever she talked about her past, she seemed to change her backstory every time implying that either she didn't know or she was a huge fibber.

Despite being called a liar by many, Kite believed her on many things. Who wouldn't want to believe a beauty like her? She was a youthful girl with long pink hair that could be described as a bubblegum color and shiny pink eyes to match her hair. Her hair reminded Kite of a bug though with how she had two antennas that continued to stick upward unless she wore a hat over her head. She had a yellow star drawn underneath her eyes to add the whole "circus vibe" to her character. Sometimes, she would change it up and make it a pink heart, a blue teardrop, a green clover or a black spade. The yellow star was just Kaleido's personal favorite that people associated her with the star over the other symbols. She was still getting dressed, but her current outfit was a lemonade colored spandex that could easily be seen through. Any other guy would have been drooling over her, but not Kite. He simply was too fabulous to be in a relationship with anyone even if Kaleido was the closest to his beauty. If she were to put her clothes on, it would be something equally sexy.

There was no time to admire his friend unfortunately. He was more concerned with her worrying about him when she didn't need to.

"I'll be fine Kaleido. I'm an Apostle, remember?"

"That means nothing. You are up against a witch hunter that is out for blood. Flauros is a troubled man who doesn't listen to reason. He has burned everyone who has tried to reason with him. You are a fairy…I cannot afford to see your wings burned because of him."

"Again, Kaleido. I'm fine. I was a friend of Ellipse before she died. I need to speak to him about that incident…"

Kite's voice trailed off thinking about his deceased mummy friend. The Apostle of the Fairy Sky would rather not think too much about that execution especially since it happened to someone who was too kind for her own good. Flauros needed to move on from that incident if he wished to become a better demon, but by how Raven worded it…it seems that this would be his last stand. Kite wanted to stop the leopard demon before it got to that point even if it meant losing his own life.

This is all for Kaleido. Kite told himself as he gave her a reassuring smile. "Honestly, you know me. When the going gets tough, I'm going to fly out before you can finish your song number."

Pit's stubbornness to search for the person who looked like his dad resulted in him getting separated from everyone else sans Dunban who locked on to his target. It was probably better for everyone to disperse at this point. The girls probably stuck together to search for Robin's husband before going off to find their own dates. Pit felt like Saki would end up in the games portion of the carnival playing all the games that required him to shoot at a target meaning that it was just Dunban who had nothing better to do than follow the light angel.

"You know, you don't have to follow me, right?"

"I have nothing better to do."

"You could probably find Shulk so that loser tactician doesn't get S Support."

Bringing up the idea of Rob and Shulk in a relationship but them both in a bad mood. For Dunban, it was mainly the fact that he felt that the blond could have done better. For Pit…he simply didn't like the idea of Rob clinging on Shulk and then being able to get an S Support for being the nerd he was. Perhaps it was just the brunette being jealous that Shulk had someone he could be with on the date and that Pit wanted someone to cling to him in a loving manner.

"I have faith that Shulk would not jump into a relationship so quickly. He's not as obsessed as you are with that angel you're stalking."

"Archangel." Pit corrected. "And for your information…this man I'm following might be my old man…"

Dunban raised an eyebrow as if he wasn't convinced. Sure the fallen archangel appeared similar to Pit from the back, but…

"Once I nab him, I'll prove that to you that he's my old man."

"That's if those demons don't grab him first."

Confused, Pit looked to where Dunban was pointing. The mysterious archangel had attempted to distance himself from the people in the carnival, but that did nothing to stop the demons that were following him. They were three Minotaurs, so Pit wasn't really surprised that they would go after an archangel - fallen or not. Normally, Pit would turn tail and flee, but he wasn't going to do that when the raven haired Homs was next to him or the fact that should he escape now, he would not get another chance to talk to someone who might be his father or know where his father had gone off to.

Taking out his bow, Pit prepared to shoot the arrow at their head. Dunban suggested that there was no need for reckless violence if they could just chase them off. The war veteran probably had a plan to chase the Minotaurs off and not cause a scene, but Pit wanted to pierce the skulls of every Minotaur he saw.

"You really expect this "disguise" will fool us?" One of the Minotaurs asked as he wasted no time in grabbing the archangel's arm. "You're coming with us Daedalus the Great Inventor."

Try as he might, that archangel wasn't going to break free from the Minotaur's firm grasp. Another Minotaur would seize his other arm thus preventing him from taking out any hidden weapon to defend himself.

"I-I'm not who you say I am!" The fallen archangel exclaimed realizing that he was already cornered. "I'm just somebody who wants to see Kaleido's concert! The flier said that she would take song requests and that includes apology songs! You got to believe me!"

The fallen archangel prided himself on using his baby face to convince demons that he was innocent and fragile. It wasn't working this time around as the Minotaurs laughed at the man's attempt at trying to get out of this situation.

"That's a good lie. No wonder you have been able to be on the run for so long. That ends now."

At this point, a blue arrow of light flew passed the faces of the Minotaurs. Their raucous laughter ceased immediately. Their eyes would turn in the direction the arrow came from, and the minute they saw who the archer was, they froze in fear.

"I think it would be best if you leave a fellow angel alone." Pit had told them calmly. The light angel was surprised at how he could remain tranquil in front of the demons that have caused him so much grief. "Wouldn't want an incident to happen before Kaleido's concert, right?"

Pit was banking on Kaleido's punishment being severe especially since Kite went out of his way to perform that bogus test. It obviously didn't apply to any of the people inside, but seeing as how Kite was known for being a little extreme with his actions, he prayed that the Minotaurs would stop their actions.

Pit was relieved that they had released their captive from their grasp immediately. It helped that Dunban had a menacing aura around him ready to electrocute the demons in front of him should they disobey Pit.

"Tch, it's the captain of the royal bodyguards."

"L-Let's get out of here! It's not worth it!"

"We can totally take him on though! He's an angel."

"Idiot, this is Pit we're talking about. We can't push our luck here. We'll get our target next time."

Pit tapped his foot impatiently at the Minotaurs talking amongst themselves. If they were intending to wait until later before trying to ambush the man with the uncanny resemblance to Pit again, they were in for a nasty surprise. Most Minotaurs were not that smart, so they would probably attempt to try again later on in the evening or the minute Pit took his eyes away from his target. They dashed away from the trio before Pit had a chance to fire another warning shot at them.

"And stay lost!" Pit shouted before turning his attention to the fallen archangel. "You should be grateful, Daedalus."

Daedalus was taken completely off guard at who saved him.

"Just my luck…" Daedalus murmured before trying to cover his face. "I'm in debt to an angel…"

"You're in debt to your son!" Pit yelled not holding back on the man that appeared to be his father. "Old man, I know it's you and I want answers!"

"…You mistake me for the wrong person." Daedalus spoke. "I'm just another random fan of Kaleido who heard she can sing songs of apologies. I'm only here to see if it's true…"

Before Pit could hurl other accusations at the chocolate haired brunette, Dunban had placed his hand on Pit's shoulder as if reminding him that losing his temper wasn't going to get him anywhere. Pit smacked the Homs' hand away before continuing to glare at Daedalus.

"Then what is your name then?"

"Days."

Yep, Daedalus wasn't convincing Pit at all that this wasn't his old man. The fallen archangel fluffed up his wings in agitation before closing them again. "…I need to find her." Daedalus said in almost a whisper. "Don't follow me."

"What?"

"I appreciate you saving me, but as one of the fallen, I am not obligated to return the debt to an angel."

Daedalus started to walk off when Pit tried to get a word in.

"Hey! I'm not letting you leave me in the dust!" Pit shouted as he pursued his father.

Dunban facepalmed before trailing after the two. He had nothing better to do after all even though he was getting a headache hearing father and son trading insults to each other.

Pit wasn't going to leave Daedalus alone no matter what the fallen archangel did to lose him and the Homs. The inventor had tried everything from trying to sneak in between people hoping that Pit and Dunban would not follow him to trying to trick Pit with the stupidest trick in the book. Pit may not have been bright, but he wasn't going to lose Daedalus. After all of these centuries, Pit had finally reunited with his father who he thought he killed when the captain was still a child. The brunette only wanted two things from the man in front of him: Answers for why he's still alive after seeing him die and an apology for all the hell that Pit has gone through.

"You do realize that the songs in Melody Galaxy can give you what you want." Daedalus brought up causing the angel captain to shake his head.

"I don't believe that a song can bring me apologies." Pit reminded him. "Besides, I want the person in front of me to apologize. Not have some stupid song give out the apology I desire."

Daedalus groaned realizing how stubborn his son was. Those previous timelines didn't mean much if Pit was just going to forget and hate him all over again. This was something he would have to deal with. He was incapable of just coming out and revealing the truth to the blue eyed angel.

When Daedalus forced himself to look toward his son, he noticed a pair of eyes gazing at the trio. His body froze before forcing himself to focus on Pit.

"We're being followed…"

"Do you think I care? They are messing with the wrong angel if they come near me!"

"But…"

"I'm the captain of the royal bodyguards for a reason!"

Pit could handle the demons that waited patiently for any of the three guys to let his guard down. The number would be reduced to two seeing how bored Dunban was getting. He would like to know who this Daedalus person was, but judging from how the fallen archangel was acting, he would remain in constant denial of his identity and would keep his mouth shut about the past.

Dunban slowly let himself get lost in the crowd when the two angels started walking again before making his way through into another clearing. There were only two people the war veteran needed to look for: Shulk or Magnus. The blond would be fine on his own as long as he was with a group, but seeing as how there were many demons that obviously did not belong and were not at the carnival to have fun…maybe Shulk would some assistance. As for Magnus…well…he was a big guy, so he would be easy to spot in the crowd.

It was funny how Dunban would find Shulk first if only because he heard the Monado boy screaming. At first, he felt alarmed, but once he heard other Smashers cheering, he realized that Shulk was more than just okay…

Shulk was having the time of his life.

Shulk felt like he was a child again after being brought to Melody Galaxy. On one hand, he had never seen rides like this before. On the other hand, the blond was probably trying to gain back the childhood he lost due to a certain God in his world. Whatever it was, Shulk was acting like the younger Smashers hopping onto the rides and having a good time. In contrast, Rob was not having fun. He was being dragged against his will on all the rides. Many of them such as the roller coaster and the teacups made him nauseous to the point he had to sit down on the bench for a while to regain some footing. The last thing he wanted was to throw up at the carnival and embarrass himself. The Monado boy, while very understanding most of the time had left him alone to hop on the other rides. To keep Rob company, Shulk had left the Monado by his side. Rob couldn't activate it by any means, but it would be ridiculous if Shulk continued to bring the Monado with him on the rides.

"…I guess this is karma for mocking my sister…" Rob muttered to himself. "Figures. She gets the last laugh in the end…"

After Shulk made himself look like a fool on the merry-go-round (basically, Shulk was too big for the ride and he acted like Toon Link (who was dumb enough to be taking selfies on the merry-go-round) constantly calling out toward the male tactician who just facepalmed at Shulk's immaturity), he went back to Rob and picked up the Monado in order to put it on his back again. He grinned like a doofus not realizing how dorky he was on the ride.

"I should have asked Reyn and Melia to come along for the ride." Shulk stated happily. "They would have loved it."

"I think Melia would hate the rides from how you described her." Rob replied nonchalantly. "Also, isn't Reyn a big guy?"

"Yeah? And?"

"…It's nothing."

"I agree with your friend." Shulk flinched hearing the voice and frowned. "I am most certain Melia would have strangled you for suggesting she would adore the ride you just got off of."

But it's fun, Alvis.

"I do not see how going around in a circle on a fake horse is fun by your standards."

Shulk was caught up in trying to explain to Alvis what the word "fun" was that he did not notice that there were some men leering in their general direction. The group of men was a mix of species including of a rather tall, muscular human male, a Nether Noble, a red imp and a lanky green goblin. Really, they just screamed trouble just looking at them. Rob snarled in their direction as he stood up.

"Shulk, there is a cotton candy stand nearby. Want me to get you anything?"

Shulk caught the agitation in Rob's voice and frowned. "Yes, I do. Why?"

"…You going to come with me?"

"It's not going to take long, right?"

Sighing in defeat, the male tactician stormed off toward the cotton candy stand hoping to get what he needed and return immediately. He didn't want to be in this area anymore.

While Rob had his back turn when purchasing the delicious treat, the group of men took the opportunity to approach Shulk. The seer realized now why Rob was annoyed and shot them the most menacing glare feeling the bad vibe from the group.

"Can I help you?" Shulk asked attempting to keep his discontent in check.

"Yes, we were looking for the love hotel and were hoping you could show us the way." The human male said with a large smirk plastered on his face.

"Not being subtle at all." Alvis snarked feeling Shulk's anger. "Is it really worth using the Monado on them?"

No…but I have no intention of following them.

The group of men started to surround Shulk making the offer more of a threat. Shulk paid close attention to the goblin that was attempting to reach out and caress his rear. Shulk immediately smacked his hand away.

"I'm sorry. You will not get me to help if you intend on making me uncomfortable." Shulk growled as he continued. "Besides, I am here on Melody Galaxy with a group of friends, so I have no idea where the love hotel would be. Please ask a regular."

"But we can search for the place together." The imp declared resisting the urge to push Shulk along. The only reason he didn't was because he was eyeing the red blade that Shulk had his hands on. "Hey! There's no need to be violent!"

…No…there isn't. Shulk told himself. If they try anything funny…I'll just chase them off.

Shulk would have a reason to bring out the Monado in this peaceful place when Rob returned not too thrilled with the men going after his roommate.

"Hey! Don't you guys realize that he's taken?!"

Rob could have worded that better even if it was technically true. The group of men noticed the shorter Smasher and smiled widely. The demons in particular had their demeanor change around the male magician.

"Rob…"

"Shulk, let's go. I already got our cotton candy. Let's go somewhere-gah!"

If the demons didn't make their lust clear, they did now. Rob was certain that they were interested in Shulk that it never occurred to him that the Nether Noble would seize his arm effectively dropping the cotton candy that fell toward the ground.

"What are you doing?!" Rob shouted as he attempted to move away. These demons were too strong for him. "Haven't you heard of personal space?!"

The Nether Noble snorted before catching a whiff of Rob's hair. The action sent shivers down his spine.

"You smell delicious."

The other demons seem to forget that Shulk was there when they gained up on Rob who was desperately trying to reach for his tome inside of his robe. They noticed the action and seized his other arm.

"Let go!"

"Why are you struggling? We're going to show you to the love hotel here. After all, virgins are the only ones allowed in."

Oh, Shulk wasn't going to let these demons have their way with Rob in front of him. Unfortunately for him, the human male was unfazed by Rob's scent and just placed his large hands on the seer's shoulder where Shulk was attempting to grab the Monado.

"I wouldn't be drawing your sword out if I were you." The man began. "I'm the one in charge of these demons. I can't guarantee your boyfriend's safety if you were to strike my comrades."

"…Get your hands off me…" Shulk muttered feeling a rage inside his chest that he never felt before. "Do you want to have your hand cut off?"

"Of course not. I just wonder if you're concerned for your boyfriend. He looks terrified next to my friends."

The façade that Rob tried to maintain when handling these demons was fading ever so quickly. The goblin was the most aggressive with his hands going up his robe and attempting to feel up his body.

"S-Stop! N-Not here…"

"Oh? Not here as in "You'll do it where there aren't any people?" Do we have your consent?"

Rob found it difficult to breathe especially with the Nether Noble breathing behind his neck. If he could just break free and grab a weapon…

"S-Shulk…"

Rob did not want to call Shulk's name out after telling himself he would be the one to get the Monado boy away from these men. His tactical brain refused to turn on and his only hope now was Shulk. The seer had every intention of harming those who dared to touch what belonged to him. Alvis warned Shulk to not get carried away, but the symbol had already switched to Buster. Shulk was going for blood.

"Get away now before I…"

Shulk never activated the Monado. Someone had already stepped in to deal with the issue. This person was able to ease Shulk's mind seeing his face.

"If you four gentlemen are done, I would advise if you leave these two alone. We wouldn't want an incident to happen in the eyes of the powerful."

The demons should not have been scared of the Homs. He was just one man…but katana that was pointed behind the Nether Noble's back with no regard to the blood he would spill on carnival grounds made the pig demon release Rob. The red imp growled at how submissive his friend was being and instead threw Rob toward the Monado boy. Shulk had pushed the tall human aside to catch his friend.

"Boss, what do we do?" The little goblin asked. "We can't…"

Shulk was glad that Dunban came at the right moment and drawing attention to the citizens of Melody Galaxy. Rob in distress wasn't enough because the demons were smart in surrounding him to make it seem like there wasn't an issue. Dunban had drawn his weapon intentionally catching the eyes of many. The muscular human wasn't too thrilled that things did not go according to plan. However, he gave up trying to take Shulk and Rob away and withdrew the demons.

"You better be careful. You might have made enemies with the wrong person." The human male warned. "Come on men! Let's go!"

The demons muttered some curse words before quickly but silently following their leader. Shulk sighed in relief that the worse crisis had been avoided…although he kind of wish that he got a vision concerning this problem before hand. Alvis noticed that Shulk was worried about the lack of vision, but chose not to say anything seeing as how he did not get a warning either.

"Well, that settles it." Dunban stated as he put the katana away and looked toward the crowd. "There is nothing to see here. Everyone, return to your entertainment."

The crowd was easily distracted as well and went back to playing games for prizes, eating and going on rides.

"Rob, are you okay?" Shulk asked noticing how pale the younger Smasher was. "It's going to be okay."

"I'm fine Shulk." Rob answered. "They took me by surprise…that's it."

"It seemed they did more than just surprise you." The older Homs taunted seeing the terrified look on Rob's face. "I was correct in following my instinct to ignore the rules of this galaxy and come in. You do a poor job assuring me that Shulk will be okay when you cannot even protect yourself."

Using Robin's words that she sometimes taunted Lucina with in Smash only infuriated the white haired magician. Any scared expression he had was gone and replaced with rage and embarrassment.

"No one asked you." Rob snarled. "If I had gotten my tome out…there would be no need to step in. I would have blasted them away…"

"So getting caught and felt up was part of the plan?"

Oh how did Rob want to punch his savior in the face. Instead, he resigned to taking the insults to focus more on turning around and running away…

"Rob! Where are you going?!" Shulk asked. "Don't go out by yourself!"

"Shulk!"

By the time Rob had run off in shame, Shulk had chased after him. Dunban really wasn't in the mood to trail after the two immediately. He wanted to look around the area before noticing the cotton candy that had fallen to the ground.

"You could have saved yourself some food if you were more aware of your surroundings…"

While Shulk and a few other Smashers just finished riding the merry-go-round, Lucina and Dark Pit along with a few friends from Lucina's world were riding the roller coaster. As it turns out, the test that Kite gave did not seem to apply to anyone else but the Smashers. Chrom felt bad for Robin now knowing she was left outside, but his wife who was also pregnant with Inigo got in. He should be happy that she was able to get in for free along with Inigo and Gerome who sort of acted like escorts for her.

Olivia was allowed in for free just to participate in the dance portion of the concert. She was reassured that the dance technique needed would not harm her baby any shape or form. Olivia saw a chance to participate in a huge crowd (especially since Chrom was going to be watching her) and took the chance. Inigo was still undecided simply because he was debating whether to hang out with Gerome, his sister and his friends or go with his mother and overcome his stage fright. While he was thinking about the decision, he was the one that was allowed to choose where the group would go being the prince and all. Gerome would grumble the entire time, but he wasn't going to refuse the future prince.

The roller coaster should have been fun. It was just the four of them (Morgan was there, but he wanted to stay on the sidelines. He was still bitter about leaving his mother behind) screaming like everyone else who went on the ride with them. Dark Pit was more excited that he got to sit next to Lucina on the ride and could pretend to be scared. The reality was that only Inigo seemed to be legit scared of the ride he had chosen. Lucina refrained from opening her mouth, but it was hard to keep a straight face. Then you got Gerome whose face turned green when the roller coaster reached the top a second time and went down. It did not go unnoticed.

"Hey look! Gerome looks ready to throw up!" Henry exclaimed at the bottom. "His lunch is going to rain down!"

"Henry, stop that!" Chrom growled suddenly feeling sick at Henry's comment. "Don't jinx it."

"Aww, but I could just cast a hex so he wouldn't hurl all over us." Henry exclaimed happily.

Olivia and Morgan just glared at the dark mage as a result. Henry sighed but continued to smile.

"So Morgan, why aren't you joining them?"

"I refuse to have fun without Mother."

"Robin will be fine. In fact, if Olivia can get in, I'm certain Robin will force her way in."

"But I got in for free…" Olivia mumbled. "No need for a test…as long as I entertain the guests."

"I'm sure you'll do great, Olivia." The Exalt told his wife. "You're one of the best dancers around."

Olivia blushed at the compliment. She murmured something along the lines of, "Thank you milord" before looking back up at the roller coaster. The ride had just ended, so the group of teenagers were coming back.

"Let's go on the ride again!" Dark Pit could be heard yelling at the group. "I want to go another round, Luci!"

"…I think you can go on your own." The female lord said firmly. "That is not a ride I would do again."

"What? Why? Are you getting sick?"

At times like this, Lucina wished that Owain or Cynthia were part of the group to come along. They would be able to distract Dark Pit enough to the point she wouldn't have to go on all the rides that caused her to become lightheaded. At least she wasn't Gerome who looked ready to hurl in the bush. Surprisingly, Inigo was completely fine and was patting his friend on the back. Fortunately, he didn't have to throw up today's lunch. He just needed enough air before he could regain his composure.

"…I need to see Minerva." Was the first thing out of the wyvern rider's mouth causing Inigo to sigh in defeat at the mention of the wyvern. "She needs me."

"Minvera is in good hands. Remember, we left her in the hands of a Guardian. I think Minerva will be entertained around her. I mean…Minvera was rather friendly with Kaleido."

Kaleido must have had a special power to her to get a wyvern like Minerva to like her so easily. Seeing as how she had yet to let out a roar, Gerome assumed that she was either content with whatever the music Guardian was doing or was taking a nap.

"You make it seem like Minerva is your girlfriend." Dark Pit commented without thinking of the implication.

"Nonsense! Why would I leave Minervakins alone?!"

"My point across…"

Inigo groaned how Gerome would put Minerva over him at a time like this.

"And this is why you're still single." The future prince couldn't help but mock, but that insult was thrown back at him.

"And what if I am? I enjoy the companionship of Minerva over you."

Dark Pit just laughed at the shots being fired between the two. He didn't understand that the two teenagers have been doing this as of late to the point that there were rumors going around back in Ylisse that the sexual tension around them was because the two were dating. Chrom had yet to confirm or deny the claim, but he wasn't going to be pleased if it turned out to be true.

Lucina could have joined in on teasing Gerome for worrying about his wyvern. Her attention was to the Minotaurs staring at the group in the distance. The future princess had no idea why she was filling with rage just glancing at the large bulls. Whatever the feeling was caused Lucina to grip on the hilt of the Falchion tighter. Negative emotions ran through her head telling her to protect Dark Pit from these monsters before they had a chance to raise a finger. Even if they weren't doing anything but staring at the dark angel and drooling, Lucina still found her sword guide her through the crowd and point her sword at them. She didn't realize that some people were gasping and trying to get away seeing another fight was going to break out.

"Leave." Lucina told the Minotaurs harshly who were terrified at the sword glowing a dark color. The sword must have been responding to the hate Lucina was feeling toward the Minotaurs at that moment. "I will not let you beasts touch Dark Pit."

"W-What? W-We were only looking!" One of the Minotaurs exclaimed as he backed up.

"Does looking include getting turned on. Leave before I decide to kill you here."

Now the others have noticed Lucina not being part of the group. They were as confused as the Minotaurs who had turned tail and fled before the bluenette continued with her threat. She growled as she put her sword away unaware of the negative aura still radiating from it.

"Luci, what happened?" Dark Pit asked. "Was there a need to draw your sword?"

Lucina didn't understand why she needed to threaten the Minotaurs herself, but she felt that the black angel's safety was top priority.

"I apologize." Lucina said simply. "I simply did not like the way they looked at us."

"Was it necessary to-"

"Dark Pit, where are we heading to next?" Lucina interrupted. "We still got time before the concert."

Actually, we still got a lot of time. Dark Pit thought to himself. He was given the approval to lead the group to wherever he wanted to go next after enduring those rides. Inigo told his sister that he needed to be somewhere. While worried for her younger brother, Lucina allowed him to leave the large group. Gerome had an idea where the dancer would go, and chose to stick with Lucina to figure out what was on her mind.

Inigo saw his mother leave Chrom's side and followed her. Apparently, she was called to head over toward the concert stage where the other dancers would gather. The dancers needed to practice first before the concert could start. This was Inigo's big chance to perform in front of a huge crowd and get over his phobia once and for all and he wasn't going to screw this performance up. If he could succeed here in Melody Galaxy…then maybe he would be ready to take on the universe with his dancing.

Meanwhile, Palutena was dragging Ganondorf and Rosalina along to the game section of the carnival. Because Ganondorf and Rosalina were adamant in not trying on the rides with the younger Smashers, Palutena felt that the competitive spirit of the games would be better for the three of them. Rosalina did not want to participate in whatever the green haired Goddess had in mind, but she was stuck being a third wheel all because Alvis decided to stay in the Monado with Shulk.

With no one to talk to due to Palutena spending most of the time blabbering to Ganondorf about nonsense that he just nodded his head to, Rosalina regressed back into her mind to ponder what was going to happen on Melody Galaxy. The Space Goddess knew that Kite wasn't the type of Apostle to show up in any of the timelines without any reasons. She expected him to be the type to hide in the shadows when Kaleido had her performances, but she never expected him to put himself in the public eye thus making him a target of the Band of Six. What was Raven planning? Ever since what happened on Clockwork Galaxy, Rosalina had been locked out of the loop. The sandy haired Goddess loathed how it only took that one timeline to keep her in the dark of future plans. Raven's callousness knew no bounds with how she had no problem making abortion jokes about Alm. Fortunately, Alm just ended up being recruited under Raven and was used to spy on Acedia until the time was right to slay him. She didn't know if this would be a timeline where nothing too big happened or if Raven put a target on one of the Band of Six members. She would just have to sit back and enjoy the show hoping that none of the Smashers would be harmed like they usually were.

While Rosalina was left to ponder about the fates of the Smashers in this timeline, Ganondorf was leering at every man that was staring at the trio. He was weary of how the demons that were allowed in were only there to search for certain targets such as virgin men and women. In which case, they were in awe at the presence of the Goddess of Light walking around casually and leaving herself wide open. As long as the King of Evil was around, not a single demon would lay a hand on her hair. Palutena belonged to him after all.

Ganondorf's presence kept the demons from glancing at Rosalina either even if the she was more dressed up than her Goddess friend. Palutena had stopped noticing that Ganondorf and Rosalina have been rather quiet the entire time and wondered if they were listening.

"Did you hear a single word I said?" She asked rather annoyed at the look the Gerudo King was giving her.

"I heard every word." Ganondorf spoke. "There is nothing for me to comment on. However, I suggest you interrogate your friend if she is listening. She is spacing out."

The Goddess of Wisdom wanted to point out that the King of Darkness just made a pun just now. He was not in the mood for her pointing out the obvious.

"Rosa! Earth to Rosa! You in there or is your mind thinking of that hunky Homs."

Rosalina did not respond to Palutena's voice immediately until the Goddess of Light took her scepter and bopped her over the head.

"Huh? What?"

Palutena snickered catching Rosalina's usual monotone voice disappear due to the sudden gesture.

"You're spacing out again."

Ganondorf rolled his eyes. Palutena just wanted to use the pun herself and claimed she used it first.

"I am? I apologize…"

"You know, you should talk to us more. We're all friends hanging out."

"…I am a third wheel." Rosalina corrected. "You two are dating. Normally, I would have stayed on the Comet Observatory but…" Her voice trailed off. She could not tell Palutena about the previous timelines and her fear that someone was going to be hurt badly while they were on Melody Galaxy.

"But what?"

"…Please go back to your date. Do not mind me."

If Palutena wasn't Rosalina's best friend, she would have left her alone to continue moping. She shook her head in annoyance at how Rosalina was being so distant in a place where there can only be fun.

"Rosa, you got to lighten up." Palutena expressed while giving the older Goddess a reassuring smile. "Remember what I told you? You gotta stay upbeat, upbeat, upbeat!"

Pit wasn't around to finish Palutena's phrase. Ganondorf chuckled at Palutena's ill-fated attempt at being annoying.

"Ganny, you can pick off where Pit would follow up."

"No. There is no need. You have gotten your point across?"

"I did?" Palutena asked.

"She did?"

Rosalina was just as confused simply because she didn't feel any better.

"The Goddess of Light wishes for her friend to raise her spirits. In this obnoxious place, happiness is needed and despair needs to be forgotten. We are all away from the mansion to relieve ourselves from the stress of the tournament. When you are feeling melancholy, the Goddess of Light feels it. She wants you to join her in stupidity." Ganondorf couldn't help but smirk at that sentence. "Whether you watch the Goddess of Light mess up or you participate with her, the results will be the same. Queen of the Cosmos, you must not think about your problems now."

The Gerudo King noticed the silence after his mini speech. He expected Palutena to tease him for saying something so encouraging to her friend, but she was in as much shock as the Queen of the Cosmos. Actually, Rosalina should not have been surprised that Ganondorf was capable of exchanging wise words to others. When he's not busy trying to take the Triforce for himself, words of wisdom did come out of his mouth. Rosalina had seen Ganondorf speak to the other Smashers such including the angel twins, Lucina and Rob. The Goddess of Space was no exception to the rule.

"Have I said too much?" The King of Darkness asked sarcastically.

"No." the sandy haired Goddess began. "Ganondorf…what you said makes a lot of sense…thank you."

No more words needed to be exchanged between the two. Palutena pouted before making childish accusations that Rosalina could not take Ganondorf because he belonged to her. Ganondorf was very pleased with how possessive the Goddess of Light was being. Now, he had a dark thought of adding Rosalina to his collection, but he would avoid a Goddess squabble at all cost. Besides, this Alvis person that Palutena keeps mentioning seems to hold a special place in Rosalina's heart that replaced Mario for the longest time.

The heartwarming moment the three Smashers would share would end when they heard some shouting not too far from the mallet stand. The three Smashers turned their attention toward the crowd that was cheering at something. Interested, Palutena abandoned the two Smashers to get a closer look at what was occurring.

Besides the many games where you could win a prize, there was also a ring where fencing was being practiced. Only men were participating and they were all practicing amongst themselves. The obvious leader resembled a ronin from Eastern civilization, and he was the only one that was winning consciously.

"Come on, isn't there anyone here who can match up to my prowess?" He asked causing the men who tried to back up. "If not, bow to me."

Well, ain't he arrogant? Palutena thought to herself. I should join in too.

The green haired Goddess thought that because she was a divine being that she would be treated with respect. She forgot that this was not in her realm where people would recognize her. Forgetting this detail would only make things worse for the humans who would proceed to insult her.

"Mind if I give it a try boys?" She asked politely. "I'm a little out of practice."

The men laughed at Palutena asking to join in causing her great confusion.

"Don't you know this is a men's only competition?"

"Why would a woman want to hold a sword?"

"She wouldn't even win against the champ much less the rest of us. She's in over her head."

A red vein magically popped up on Palutena's head.

"Are you suggesting I cannot fight like you men can?"

Her voice was low and the red aura was burning behind her. Rosalina had to admit that it was an identical aura to Palutena's father. If these men realized who they were messing with…

"You're a woman. Of course you can't fight like us."

Ganondorf would have punished them for insulting his girlfriend, but he held back knowing that Palutena was capable of handling herself in this situation. Rosalina gasped slightly seeing her friend's scepter turn into a blade.

"Want to try me? I'll make you eat those words you foolish humans."

Rosalina had to make a mental note to herself that Palutena knew how to use multiple weapons besides a scepter and insulting the Goddess of Light was just suicide. Palutena had a history of punishing those who would insult her or her family. If the green haired Goddess didn't want to get in trouble though, she had to tone down her attack method toward the humans who dare insult her ability to fight.

Palutena had pre-ordered her own blade unlike her bow. Rosalina assumed that the green haired Goddess had made the Palutena Blade, but was too ashamed to admit it because unlike Palutena's Bow, the blade was not perfect in her eyes if she needed the help from Dyntos.

So here she was challenging every man that had entered the small fencing competition and destroying them. Palutena had to use the sword given to her, but she was powerful enough to break her opponent's sword. The first man she defeated was thanks to luck according to them. The second man she beat made them raise an eyebrow. The third man made them worry. Finally, when more than one guy decided to team up and defeat her, Palutena went all out.

She had refrained from killing any of these humans for the sake of not causing a scene. She was this close to breaking a man's arm when he got too close to comfort. Regardless of her inability to kill those weaker than her, it didn't stop Ganondorf from grinning widely the longer this "duel" took place.

"Ganondorf, are you okay?"

His response was an evil laugh. His hand was on the hilt of his sword that he never used in Smash. Rosalina shook her head and sighed in defeat. Ganondorf was enjoying Palutena's display of the blade too much.

If anyone wanted to call Dunban petty for still following Shulk after he had successfully drove off those demons…then they had the right to, along with calling him a stalker.

At this point, Shulk was fine. Those demons would not mess with the Monado boy again (not like they would have if Dunban gave time for Shulk to activate the Monado). Rob and Shulk could go back to their date when the white haired magician finally decided to calm down. Dunban could no longer trust Rob to protect Shulk, so he would rather waste his time spying on the two young Smashers instead of going back with Pit and Daedalus.

Rob finally stopped running when the two reached the house of mirrors. Shulk had reached out and grabbed his arm and holding him down. He wouldn't let the smaller Smasher leave his grasp.

"…Shulk…I'm so sorry I froze up." Rob muttered. "What kind of tactician freezes in front of the enemy…"

"No, it's okay Rob." The seer had reassured him as he pulled the white haired tactician into an embrace. "I should have reacted sooner. They were targeting me…"

"But…"

"Look…Dunban took care of them. They won't bug us again. Let's just continue our date."

They were hanging out as just friends. Shulk using the word "date" might not have been the right word. In fact, it caused both of them to remain in awkward silence. Rob's face was redder than Shulk's especially since he was the one that instigated the hug.

"D-Date…"

"Umm…should it be referred as that…"

"Honestly…no…" Rob muttered. "You going on the rides by yourself isn't really a date…"

"Hey!"

The embrace would end only for Rob to reach out toward Shulk's hand. The blond smiled shyly as he slowly tightened his grip on Rob's smaller hand. They exchanged one last stare before heading toward the house of mirrors (or rather it was Rob who was dragging Shulk along because this wasn't a ride and this place meant he could find excuses to cling to Shulk longer).

Dunban shook his head in disappointment. Watching his adopted son be sickening sweethearts with the white haired magician was annoying to watch. Everyone in Melody Galaxy was going to act like that. This was the planet of love and if you weren't a virgin couple apparently then you weren't going to have a good time. Dunban grumbled to himself how he hadn't found Magnus yet, but the mercenary was probably busy getting drunk and looking for a single lady around the carnival.

The samurai was too busy lost in thought to realize there was something odd concerning the situation at hand. There were no people around the house of mirrors, so it would be dangerous for people to go in alone. One would think that this was because the house of mirrors weren't popular or might have been out of commission. However, this made it easy for people to stalk someone who wandered into the area unknown. The fact that it was next to the love hotel said a lot…

Dunban would realize too late he too was being spied on. At the very least he had a katana to protect himself in case something was to go wrong on this planet. When the demons that were watching him jumped out of the bushes, Dunban was easily able to cut them down.

"I assume those demons want to get back at me after all." Dunban said out loud as he avoided stepping on the corpses of these bull demons that would be classified as Minotaurs. "Come out and fight me if you want revenge. I will not go down easily!"

Just taunting the nearby demons was enough for Dunban to get a grasp of who he was dealing with. They were all cowards that wanted the advantage in numbers. Numbers meant nothing against a speedy foe like Dunban who would not only dodge their attacks, but would cut them down like the Minotaurs. Looking towards the bush, Dunban recognized the human that was hiding behind it. He frowned realizing that he was dealing with someone who would not lend a hand to his fellow companions.

There was one demon that was ready to step up to the challenge. His aura was different from the rest of the demons that were in hiding. Dunban didn't notice that there was a powerful demon amongst the weaklings until the tip of the lance from said demon nearly hit him. If the spear didn't hit him, the tail that was launched at him grabbed Dunban's good arm and nearly threw him off balance. Dunban was able to wiggle out of the tail's grip to see which demon was brave enough to come at him head on.

"Not bad. I guess Homs are more difficult to take down after all."

The voice belonged to a handsome young demon with black hair and gold eyes that shined on his target. He wore a well-kept suit opened suit with flaming shoulder armor that showed off his muscles. If one were to observe his body more closely, one could see his bones were very visible. It was the leopard tail that caught Dunban's attention mainly because of how incredibly long it was. If the war veteran had to estimate, it looked to have the same length as the man's spear.

"Who are you?" Dunban questioned. "Are you with those cretins behind you?"

"Not necessary." The man spoke. "They were all hired by an old man to take a blond Homs with them, but they're very incompetent as you could probably tell. As for me…I'm just doing what the old man tells me just so he'll get off my back." The man smirked as his shoulder blades burned as he introduced himself. "I am Flauros of the 64th spirit of Goetia and I govern thirty-six legions of hell! Of course, I am also part of the infamous Band of Six. I doubt you Homs know what group that is seeing how isolated you guys are."

Dunban didn't even know what a Goetia was besides vaguely recalling that one of the dark tomes that the Robin twins used was referred to as such. He remained quiet as he prepared to strike. Flauros was still blabbering on about something that was deemed unimportant due to how it was still part of his introduction. When he finished moving his mouth, he had the demons come out of hiding to surround Dunban from a distance. The war veteran felt like Flauros was wasting his time, but he needed to remember that if Flauros was the leader of this incompetent bunch that he was planning something.

"Hey, I don't really need to hurt you." Flauros continued. "I just had a great idea. Instead of attracting attention to us in the house of mirrors, I'll just bring you back to the old man. He only said he needed a Homs after all."

Dunban prided himself on being fast, but Flauros was faster. He simply rushed in front of the Homs and seized his weak arm before lifting him off the ground. Dunban just cursed his luck for being put in this situation. The pain in his weak arm was too much for him that he ended up dropping his katana as a result. Flauros laughed at how easy it was to unarm the powerful Homs before him. If he wasn't so handicapped, it would be Flauros without a useful arm. The human and the demons that were harassing Shulk and Rob had now surrounded Dunban hoping to not attract any attention. They wouldn't be sticking around this section of Melody Galaxy too long, since they got what they needed.

"Fortunately for you, I was told to only get one Homs for the old man to experiment on." The leopard demon said with a laugh. "The Heir to the Monado is safe…for now."

That should have been reassuring, but it wasn't. Dunban couldn't trust these people. They were planning something sinister, and he wouldn't have time to eliminate them.

"If you're with the old man, he'll stay out of my plan. I cannot have him wandering him around tonight." Flauros continued as he had ordered the demons to get some rope to tie the back of Dunban's hand. While the older Homs would resist, he would only freeze when Flauros' tail would reach up and lift his chin. The raven haired Homs froze at this gesture. Flauros' next words would only cause him to shut down completely. "Don't worry. I'll be gentle."

Me: TBC with 9853 words.

Li: I will be able to meet my idol soon…joy!

Me: I don't think that should be your number one priority, but I guess someone has to think on the positive side. Notes.

1. While most of the Guardians I listed on my profile have a specific race, Kaleido is the one that seems to have a rather ambiguous one. I wanted her to be closer to the muses from Greek mythology, but the nine muses already exist in my universe, so all Kaleido can do is take inspiration from most of them and be labeled as a "music sprite". Sprites and fairies aren't the same thing after all and even if the Wind Guardians are closer to that than she is. Kaleido probably is the most normal of the bunch though.

2. I must admit that I use the Minotaurs a lot, but these specific demons are used by the Band of Six intentionally. Acedia knows that should Pit try to pursue them that he would freeze up at the Minotaur. Should Steel ever show up, Pit is doomed. Minotaurs are angel slayers too, so they could easily take down Daedalus without breaking a sweat.

3. I think I'm having too much fun making Toon Link obsessed with selfies. I blame Game Grumps for that.

That's it. Reviews are appreciated. Ja ne!