Hello again everyone! One of the frequent readers of this story, Yoshizilla-Rhedosaurus (who might be familiar to some of you), pointed out that the last chapter marked the one year anniversary of this fanfic! How I missed that, I do not know. So, I would like to thank all of you for reading this! I did not have anything planned for the anniversary, other than this chapter of course, so I'm sorry to those who were expecting something special. But still, I hope you guys love this chapter and continue reading!
DIPLOMACY, HO! - PART 3
"Attention! The next match will be starting in two minutes; please hide behind the nearest cover!" announced the intercom. The anxious Smashers in the viewing room immediately ducked behind a sofa or table; the Ancient Minister had announced that morning that this would be the first match featuring Spear Pillar's legendary Pokemon, so everyone was understandably worried. In fact, it was possible that Palkia, Dialga, and Cresselia would get permanent positions as summonable Pokemon, which would certainly make the next tournament way more dangerous. However, the Normals had a plan to prevent that from happening. It was just so very simple...
...but it involved suffering through at least one match with them. Since they knew no one else would be willing to risk their lives, the Normals volunteered themselves for the match. And so that's why they were nervously waiting in the stage teleporter room, standing on the teleporter to Delfino Plaza, the site of the match they were participating in.
"...so we just go for the Pokeballs, right?" questioned Dedede.
"Yes. I discussed this with the Minister and he's willing to help rig the odds of them appearing." said Meta Knight.
"This better stop the others from throwing tomatoes at us in the hall." said Falco. He glared at Lucario, who took up a defensive stance.
"Hey, it was either bribe them or let them destroy everyone! Besides, if this plan works, Palkia, Dialga, and Cresselia will leave us alone and no one will die. For once." said Lucario.
The intercom blared, "The match will now begin." Suddenly, the teleporter zapped them away. The four Normals appeared on their pads in the middle of Delfino Plaza. "Three, two, one, go!" The Smashers stepped off of their pads, ready to enact their plan. As soon as a Pokeball appeared, Lucario made a run for it; after picking it up, he threw it on the ground and the almighty Palkia emerged.
"PALKIA!" yelled the towering legendary. "BRING IT ON!" He opened his jaw, unleashing an attack that would manipulate reality...
Over at the Shine Gate, a proud public worker Pianta had just finished cleaning the giant Shine overlooking the city. "Ahh... good as ne-"
KA-BREAK!
The base of the Shine Gate suddenly broke apart, causing the structure to collapse, crushing several buildings and sending the city into a panic. It landed in the middle of the plaza, where the fight was taking place.
"Oh my god! What's wrong with you!" screamed Dedede, who narrowly escaped getting crushed by the rubble.
"You... could have just attacked them directly instead of doing that." advised Lucario.
"Shut up!" roared Palkia. "I DO WHAT I WANT!" He unleashed another attack, which proceeded to topple over a building and nearly crush Meta Knight. The platform began to rise, taking them all into the sky and saving Isle Delfino from Palkia, if for only a moment. King Dedede recovered from his shock and went for a nearby Pokeball and threw it. A light burst out of it as Dialga was summoned.
He took a good look around. "Oh dear, it appears that we're flying through the sky. Allow me to stop this thing." Dialga's eyes flashed and the platform grinded to a halt in mid-air; however, this ended up stopping time everywhere else, instantly freezing the panicking Piantas and some of the still falling rubble. Only the Normals and the Pokemon were unaffected by the time stop.
"This isn't supposed to happen you know." said Meta Knight. "You were supposed to just slow down time."
"Oh, sorry. I thought freezing time everywhere would be a good reference to Pokemon Mystery Dungeon. I thought people would appreciate the fanservice." apologized Dialga. Before he could restore time, he was confronted by Palkia.
"No one would appreciate it! Besides, you were a villain in that game, so freezing time would be a terrible thing!" yelled Palkia.
"Oh, I'm sorry that Darkrai corrupted me. I didn't really see it coming."
"Of course you didn't! You could have seen it coming if you were more smarter!"
"What? How dare you..." The water surrounding Delfino Plaza was starting to ripple and waves were starting to form; the plan was working so far. The Normals were starting to step away from the two legendaries, knowing that things will turn to shit pretty fast. Falco found another Pokeball and threw it into the mix; unexpectedly, an Absol emerged from it.
"Wha- why the hell are you here?" asked Falco.
"My Pokemon species appears during times of catastrophes." explained the Absol.
"He's right you know." said Lucario.
"...Okay then... just stand over there, alright?" said Falco. The Absol nodded and just sat in a corner to watch things unfold. Meta Knight found another Pokeball and threw it, with Cresselia appearing from it this time.
"Alright, first fight, here I go~!" Cresselia cheerfully threw cutting beams at Falco, Lucario, and Dedede; they immediately dove out of the way and the beams went straight toward Delfino Plaza, making cuts into the buildings.
"WHEN WILL THE MATCH END!" screamed Dedede as he ran from the beams.
"A minute and fifteen seconds! Just hold out until then!" said Lucario. While Cresselia continued to do her job, Palkia and Dialga continued to argue, which was seriously messing with nature.
"...WHO CARES ABOUT POKEMON MYSTERY DUNGEON IT WAS A SHITTY GAME!" roared Palkia.
"ARE YOU KIDDING ME IT SPAWNED A VERY GREAT SERIES!" countered Dialga.
"I AM SERIOUSLY DONE WITH YOU!"
"OH YEAH? THEN WHY DON'T YOU GET RID OF ME?"
"I THINK I WILL!"
"I like to throw things!" laughed Cresselia.
"We really need to go hide." said Meta Knight. The Normals quickly ran over to the Absol and hid behind him (or her?) as Dialga and Palkia charged at each other; the effects were immediate. One of the small islands outside of the plaza immediately exploded, which caused a small tidal wave to devour another island. Time unfroze, which would be good except it allowed the damage made by Cresselia's beams to take place; several buildings were then cut in half and the top halves fell over. But that was only the start of the random destruction...
The Normal's plan went horribly right.
The match had only lasted two minutes, but two minutes was enough for the three legendaries to completely trash Delfino Plaza. They spent the next day repairing the place and apologizing to everyone for this incident. Dialga and Palkia's fighting had almost destroyed the place, hell, they already did some damage before they started fighting. Cresselia was the only one that focused on doing her job, but she still did some significant damage. That's when all three of them realized that the Smashers were completely right about them being destructive and that making them summonable Pokemon was a terrible idea. The Pokemon also apologized to the Smashers and took away the black hole; they even agreed to sign the contract for Spear Pillar to be featured in the next Smash tournament at no cost.
"Everyone stopped throwing things at us now. I guess the plan did work." said Falco during dinner.
"It wasn't much of a plan when you think about it. All we had to do was bring all of them together and just watch things happen." said Lucario.
"They probably would have destroyed the place individually anyway." said Dedede. "So, now that everything's back to normal, let's get back to eating!"
"It would suck if those Pokemon got angry again, huh?" said Wario. "Yes, this will work for the Garlic King's plan... WAHAHAHA!" Suddenly, the lunchroom got all quiet.
"...Wario, how long have you been sitting at our table?" said Meta Knight.
"IT'S WARIO!" screamed Ganondorf.
"KILL HIM!" screamed everyone but the Normals. Wario jumped on his motorcycle and gave everyone the finger.
"See you later peasants!" laughed Wario as he drove away, dodging the food, weapons, and bricks thrown at him.
"...What the hell was that about?" said Falco.
"I don't even know anymore." said Dedede.
END OF ARC 7
Alright people, time to vote again! I've added another arc to the list, with King Dedede as the star because let's face it, Dedede's the Normal that got the least exposure. Let's show the guy some love, okay?
Oh yes, and I actually updated the Halloween story last week! I'll see if I can write another chapter for it today. The poll will close on the 19th, so get to voting people!