SSB4 trailers… The Animal Crossing Villager, Mega Man, and Female Wii Fit Trainer were announced. Looks great. They won't be showing up here. This story has taken a long time. Since before Brawl was released, to now the first trailers of Smash 4.
Well, anyways, let's see how screwed up everything can get in the last 10 days. (Answer to that: Very)
Day 26: Another from Earth
When I woke up it took me a few seconds to realize I had moved into a new house yesterday. It felt weird. Something in the back of my head was telling me that I had expected there to be much fanfare, and I would be partying into the night, or something. But instead, there was nothing. No remains of a party, boxes scattered about in the general area of where I'd want stuff, no couches being populated by other people, no large amount of beer bottles scattered across the floor or pushed into the corner because there were no other spots, just silence.
It was then I realized that I had a headache. I just moaned, not really wanting to get out of bed. I looked around the room. No one would be coming to get me, and no one would be watching over me. I could just do whatever I pleased.
I stretched out my hand and made a ball of aura. It had finally fully come back. I just smiled, and reabsorbed the aura back into my body.
That was all the energy I needed to get out of bed, I walked around the house, finding the washroom and starting the morning routine. This time I took a nice long hot shower. I just stood there underneath the water, with my eyes closed, as the water hit against my head and then went down my back.
Once my headache had diminished enough I got out and did the rest of my morning routine.
When I was done, I went down to the kitchen, and looked in the fridge. There was nothing, it was just cleaned out. I pulled out the little cube and switched the fridge that was in the cube with the one that was in front of me. When I opened up that one, it had some breakfast in it. There were some frozen waffles in the freezer.
I just took them out and put them in a toaster and then looked around.
The memory from last night was constantly poking the back of my head. "I had moved into this house once before?" I said confused. I was trying to piece everything together, but it was just a random fragment of my lost memories.
Not exactly knowing what to do, I began to run through Smashville for an early morning jog.
There was a lot of fog coming in from the ocean. I just looked around at the town. In the blanket of fog, it felt like anything could happen or be hidden. I closed my eyes to look around the place with aura. There was no one hiding. Everyone seemed to be in their houses. A few of them seemed to notice that I was watching them through aura. A few were even still sleeping.
The Kid Smashers on the other hand were awake right now and making themselves breakfast. I walked over to their house and just knocked at the door. They were a bit surprised, and quickly rushed to the door to open it. I then opened my eyes.
"Nugai?!" Ness said confused, as he opened the door. "What are you doing here?"
"Just walking around Smashville." I said.
They invited me in. "We were just making breakfast, do you want any?" Ness asked.
"Yes please." I said. I figured the two frozen waffles weren't exactly all that filling. They were making pancakes. It quickly became evident that they were still kids, having made the batter and put a ton of chocolate chips in it, and then the stuff that they topped it with. Copious amounts of maple syrup. A mountain of sugar and lemon juice. I was partly surprised that they didn't bring out some ice cream as well.
I took a few pancakes and just ate it. They were scattered around the house. Some went up to their rooms. Nana went and ate at the dinner table. Ness stayed at the island in the middle of the kitchen. Popo I think went into the TV room.
"Plans for today?" Ness asked.
"None really." I replied. "Just going to try and find a way home. A way to beat The Reaper. You know that stuff that I really haven't had a chance to do since, well, I've been too busy with other stuff."
Ness just nodded.
"Your time is running out." He said.
"Don't remind me." I muttered.
"If you weren't going to die soon, would you stay here?" Ness wondered.
I looked down at the pancake I was currently cutting. "I don't know." I replied.
I got to watch the other kid Smashers come back for seconds and then fight over who got what. After eating my plate I was rather stuffed, and Ness was rather shocked when I declined seconds.
"Well thanks for breakfast."
"You're just going to leech off of us and leave?" Popo said rather annoyed.
"Yeah, there are a few things I want to check out." I sighed.
They just nodded, and I walked out the door and back into Smashville. The fog hadn't disappeared. But I found myself wandering around town, until I saw a train station. I went in.
There were no doors, so the fog was also inside the train station. It was just white. White tiles, white marble walls. White pillars. The place looked really expensive. But going by how the place was abandoned, I doubted that any trains had actually stopped or passed through here recently. I just walked through the building. The whole place was rather creepy.
I kept on turning, expecting to see something in the corner, but it was just a shadow with some light from some windows playing tricks on me. But even when I looked out to the world with aura, I couldn't shake the feeling that something was watching me.
And then, I found myself in front of a wall. A rather big wall. It just felt like something was calling me to touch it. My hand stretched forwards.
"Do you know why you've been called here?" a voice asked.
I jumped and turned around to face that stranger from yesterday. "Who the hell are you?!" I asked.
He didn't answer my question.
"The passage of fate dictates many things." He said. "It was fate that you would be brought back to this town. And fate is about to deal you another card. The Reaper has struck yet again, and he is going to call for you to meet with him, one on one. You have nothing to fear with this encounter."
"What?" I said.
"Go and meet him." The person said.
"Who the hell are you?" I asked while walking towards the person, but then I stopped.
"Nugai!" A voice shouted. I turned around. Soon, rushing to my side was Bowser. "Master Hand called everyone together!"
"Oh." I said. I glanced to where the strange man was, but he had once again disappeared.
"Geeze, what are you doing in this creepy building alone anyways?" Bowser muttered.
I didn't bother answering the question.
Whoever that person was, both Ness and Bowser hadn't seen him. He didn't let off any aura, and just seemed to appear out of thin air. I followed Bowser until we got to the town hall. Master Hand was floating behind a podium, and there was a giant screen with a projector currently projecting something on it.
"We have a situation." Master Hand said. "The Reaper has taken several people in an office building hostage, and has made some demands."
All of the Smashers began to talk amongst themselves.
"Oh no."
"What now?"
"This isn't good."
And then a message played on the screen.
"Nugai, I want to meet with you alone!" The Reaper said. "No one else, will be coming from my end, so come to me if you want to see them live!"
I just sighed. All of the Smashers were looking at me rather afraid. I just didn't know what to do.
"You can't go, it's obviously a trap!" Mewtwo was the first to say.
I just looked towards the screen, and watched as the camera zoomed in towards the terrified faces of the hostages. "Even if it's a trap, I can't let him kill those people."
"What if he kills them regardless?" Fox asked.
I just looked at the hostages once again. "He won't." I replied. "I know he won't."
"How can you be so sure?" Mewtwo asked.
"Just call it a gut feeling." I replied.
"Well, if you're going, we'll send in some other Smashers to get in there and help you out at a moment's notice." Master Hand said.
"No." I replied. "I'm going alone. No bugs, no back up. Just me alone."
Everyone was a bit shocked. I mean, I pretty much just announced that I was walking towards my death if this in fact turned out to be a trap. Or it could be that I just single handedly destroyed any and all good will that I built up over the past few days.
"Well, if that's the case, we can't really stop you." Captain Falcon sighed.
I just laughed. "Yeah."
Snake was glaring at me. Along with the vast majority of the Smashers. "This is crazyness." Snake said. "You're just going to let him do what he wants?"
"We don't really have a choice."
"What if he's working with the Reaper?" Sonic suggested. "And this is the time he will use to betray us. Mewtwo can no longer read his mind, so we have no idea what he's thinking."
"I understand your suspicion." I said. "But I'm not going to betray the Smashers."
There was just silence. All of the Smashers were clearly not amused with me going to face the Reaper once again, considering what happened only a few days ago their fears were justified.
"Well, if you're going, you can take my Blue Falcon." Captain Falcon said. Everyone looked at Captain Falcon like he was crazy, they knew how over protective he was of his racer, and that he wouldn't part with it that lightly.
Even I was a bit shocked. "What?" I said.
Honestly, I was expecting a lot more apprehension about this. Sonic really did have a point; I was a wild card right now. And they only really stopped observing me because of well, the attempt on my life, and my fight against the Reaper back at the Smash Mansion.
He just nodded. "Yes. Take it. Or would you rather the Falcon Flyer?"
I didn't know what to say. He just pulled out two sets of keys. "However, you owe me gas money." He said. "The Falcon Flyer also comes with it's own pilot, a robot."
"I'll take the flyer." I said. I had a better feeling that it would get back in one piece, if I was forced to make a run for it.
Captain Falcon just nodded, and tossed me the keys.
Everyone sighed, and they began to walk away.
"Thanks," I said.
Captain Falcon just laughed. "Don't mention it." He said
Mewtwo however teleported in front of me. He stretched out his arms and just looked at me. "Nugai, stop." Mewtwo said. "You can't go there, it will be the death of you."
"Have you foreseen it?" I asked.
"No." Mewtwo said. "We can't trust the Reaper to keep his end of the bargain. What if you're attacked on the way there? I just think this whole thing is fishy."
I just sighed. "Mewtwo, listen, you've been watching over the entirety of Smashville, right?"
"Of course I have, why do you ask?" Mewtwo said.
"A strange man has approached me in Smashville's borders." I said. "He has told me I have nothing to fear about this encounter."
"What are you talking about?" Mewtwo said. "A strange man?"
"He appears and disappears randomly." I explained. "So far he has only appeared when I was alone."
"And you're going to trust him? What if he's working with the Reaper?" Mewtwo asked.
"He isn't." I replied. "I can just tell. He's there to guide me..."
Wolf just suddenly slapped me on the back. "Well, if he thinks that strange disappearing people are there to guide him, I say we let himself go. Besides, if he dies, it's one less problem we have to deal with."
"Hey!" I said rather offended. "You think I'm crazy, don't you?"
"You said it, not me." Wolf said walking away.
Mewtwo just sighed. "I guess there is nothing I can do to stop you."
I nodded. "Sorry, but I'm going to meet the Reaper."
I walked past Mewtwo to the Falcon Flyer. It was a blue and yellow ship, with the yellow part looking like a bird's beak. I just got in it, and imputed the coordinates, and it was off.
I looked around; it was actually kind of like a motor home, several comfortable chairs, a sofa, a table. Off in the corner there was a little kitchen with a microwave, a stove, and a sink. Behind some doors there was a bathroom with a shower. And behind a final door was what appeared to be a garage. I figured this was where the Blue Falcon stayed when Captain Falcon was using the Falcon Flyer to transport it.
I lied down on one of the sofas, and drifted to sleep.
I was woken up a while later with a buzzing sound that announced the arrival to the destination. Not much time had passed, just 30 minutes. I stepped out of the Falcon flyer and saw a large crowd of people gathering around the building. There was a bunch of police officers who were acting as a barricade.
I walked towards the barricade. "You can't enter there, it's a delicate situation." one of the police was saying.
"I'm Nugai." I said.
"You still can't enter." the officer said.
I just walked right past him. "Hey, what are you doing?" He asked. Several guards rushed to try and stop me, however I just created a barrier of Aura around myself and quickly expanded it to push them away.
"I promise I'll get the hostages out." I said.
He didn't buy it, several members of the swat team rushed towards me. I just weaved through them almost effortlessly. Each of their movements were far too slow for me. By the time they had even reacted I was at the doors of the building. "So this is what my aura awakened feels like." I muttered.
"Hey stop!"
They began to fire their guns at me. I just used aura to stop the bullets in air. I opened the doors and went in, I also made sure to seal the door shut so they wouldn't be able to follow me.
I just walked through the hallways, and eventually got to the room where the Reaper and the hostages were.
I used Aura to see into the room. The hostages were there all huddled into a corner. They were all terrified. My headache began to come back. I fell down and just waited for several minutes hoping that my headache would die down incase this turned into a fight.
It suddenly felt like my hearing got much better. I was able to hear all of the hostages talking amongst themselves.
"Lauren." One hostage said.
"What is it, Sara?" another said.
"Just in case we don't get out of this alive, there is something I want you to know." Sara said.
"What is it, Sara?" Lauren asked.
"I've always loved you, each and every time we talked, I've wanted to say it but I've been afraid of what you would think. I love you with a loving love that loves on lovingly until it can love no more."
"Would you just shut up?" The Reaper said rather annoyed. "I have no intention on killing you if Nugai actually does show up. But if you keep talking, I will just for some bloody peace and quiet, and a chance to quell this stupid headache, and let off some steam"
The hostages all just went silent. I could at least say that I was happy that the Reaper told them to zip it. At least two of them were sounding like an incredibly boring alternative romance novel. I just let off a sigh. I had mostly recovered. I got up and walked through the door.
"I'm here, now let them go free." I said.
The Reaper let off a small laugh. "Get out." He said.
They all began to run away. I waited in case he did anything, but he let them all go. "You wanted to meet with me alone?" I asked.
The Reaper just smiled. "Yes, I get the feeling some of your memories have returned."
"Some, not all." I said.
He sat down on a chair, and seemed rather calm. There was no hostility behind him. "Then I want to know, was there a reason why you stopped coming to this world regularly?"
"You called me here for that? You put those people in danger for that?" I said annoyed.
"It was important. I wanted to finish our discussion during that night in front of the Best Buy."
"November, 18, 2006." I said. "I at least remember the date. What conversation was it? I've remembered a few of them."
"You said you wouldn't go back into this world." The Reaper said. "I was wondering what you meant by that?"
"So am I." I replied. "My memory ends with you shaking me asking questions. I don't know the answer."
The Reaper sighed. "Our conversation back then was interrupted. So you didn't tell me what you meant, or why you stopped going in."
I just sighed. I collapsed in a chair. The two of us just sat there a few meters apart.
"I don't know why right now." That was all I was able to say. "I don't have a better answer, sorry."
"That's fine." The Reaper said.
It was strange. We were just casually talking like old friends. It was like for this brief moment, we weren't enemies, just old friends who met each other randomly.
"Are you still trying to complete Project Fantasia?" I asked.
"Yes." He replied.
"Then I'll have to stop you." I said.
"I know." The Reaper said.
"Still, I think you've gotten soft." I replied. "Our previous encounter, I don't see why you're being called the Reaper if that's how you dealt with people..."
He cringed. "They are just data." The Reaper replied. "Why are you protecting them?!"
"Do you really believe that they are just data?" I asked. "You've come to realize it too, haven't you? That they are alive, just like us. They were never data, that was just us jumping to conclusions and thinking that way."
The Reaper was growing more and more frustrated. He clenched his fists, and then just pounded the nearby wall leaving a rather big dent. "Nugai!" He snapped.
"So, you do know." I said.
"Freak!" He snapped. "Do you even know how hard this is?"
"So you've been lying to yourself?" I said. "Just killing all of them..."
"Freak man." He snapped. "Just shut up! This is the only way. Freak..."
The Reaper just sat there, his head buried in his hands. He seemed like a man who knew what he had done and regretted it, but he was continuing onwards regardless. "Nugai." He eventually said. "Even if that is the case, I have to do it. I can't let Project Fantasia succeed, no matter what the costs."
Wait what?
"What? But you just said that you were trying to accomplish Project Fantasia and…"
"That's true. I am." The Reaper said. "The only way that I can return back into our world is through Project Fantasia, since my body over there is dead. I theoretically would just be replacing it with this body. If I was the only person attempting Project Fantasia, I might just be able to do a small contained area. But I'm not the only person."
"What?" I said shocked.
He smiled, knowing that he had my attention. "There are others working to complete a large scale version, a complete fusion between our two universes and I have to stop it. I decided that long ago when my life was saved by coming to this world. But, since I'm trapped in this world, what I can do here is extremely limited compared to what I could do out there. It's unfortunate, but that's why I'm killing everyone."
"But the way you're doing it, isn't going to solve anything. You're just killing millions of people."
"You're beginning to sound like a broken record." The Reaper said. "People die all the time. Pets, people, even worlds all die. Tell me Nugai, it's either we do it this way, or we wait until Fantasia is complete, and it get's much worse from what I'm doing! This way, if Fantasia doesn't destroy our world, they will gain nothing. It will be for nothing. The joke will be on them."
"The punchline is at the cost of billions of lives!" I snapped. I reached for the beam sword that was holstered on my belt. I turned it on and pointed it at him.
"You can't kill me." The Reaper calmly said.
"I don't plan on it!" I replied. "But that doesn't mean I can't beat the crap out you!"
The Reaper laughed, rather amused. "You don't get it, you have no choice. There is no other way for me to get back alive. And as long as I'm alive in this world, I'll keep on killing them and trying to complete my version of Project Fantasia."
"Then when I escape, I'll come back in, and stop you again. I'll stop you as many times as it's necessary." I said.
The Reaper let off a heavy sigh. "You don't get it do you? No, I guess you don't. It's my fault really, I haven't actually explained anything. I was hoping that your memories would have triggered something, or had an answer, but seems like that wasn't the case. I shouldn't have said all of that, and just skipped right to the real reason I called you here. I wanted to explain that this is much bigger than you or I."
I just cringed. "What do you mean?"
"Even if you beat me there will be others trying to complete Project Fantasia."
"Then I will stop them too." I said. "I will do everything in my power to stop them."
"You're too naive." he laughed. "You don't stand a chance against society itself."
"What?" I asked.
"You stopped coming into this world, so you wouldn't know, but the government hunted me down and found me." he said. "They would have done the same to you if you had constantly gone in, and saw you as a threat to their plans."
"A threat?" I said. He saw that I was quite clearly attentive.
"I'll tell you all that I know. It all started with the transfer student." The Reaper said.
"Freak, I'm late!" The Reaper shouted.
It was the day that would change his life forever. The Reaper had stayed up late traveling into the other world during the weekend. At this point the two best friends had not talked to each other for nearly 3 years.
Yes, ever since they had graduated grade 8 they hadn't met up. Both of them wanted to, and both wanted to talk about what high school had brought. But stuff happened; almost like some divine hand separated them, and neither of them had talked.
The Reaper in particular wanted to also share his thoughts and theories on the alternate world, that each save was creating a parallel world, and that somewhere out there, there would be a true world that each of these parallel worlds branched off of. He was also wondering what his friend found out or thought.
Early on they had agreed to tell no one about this. And both of them had kept their word to this day.
The Reaper had rushed onwards to school. He had somehow made it to his class before the first bell. He just took his seat and waited for class to begin.
At the beginning though, the Teacher came in with another student behind him. It was a completely new person.
"We have a transfer student." the teacher, Mrs. Rehcaet said. "His family just moved here. So be nice."
He sat down in the empty seat beside the Reaper.
"My name is Dave." he said stretching out his hand. The Reaper took it and shook it.
Class soon begun and when it was over Dave was frantically trying to figure out where his next class was. The Reaper looked at his schedule and noticed that it was completely identical to his own.
He thought nothing of it, since all he had this semester were a bunch of mandatory classes.
"What luck, we're in the same courses." the Reaper said. However it would be only a matter of time before he found out that, luck had nothing to do with it.
The day went by without any events, and eventually the week went by. "If you're not doing anything Dave, why don't you come and hang out at my place!" The Reaper said.
"Sure." Dave said.
"Great. I'll give you my address" The Reaper said.
I was just looking around the room. Trying to see if there were any hidden cameras or something, and seeing if this was being projected back to Smashville, so that my sitting down in front of him, and talking like old friends would come back and bite me in the ass.
"Are you even paying attention?" he asked.
"Sorry, you're not a very good story teller." I replied.
"I assure you, neither are you." The Reaper said.
"Can you just get to the point all ready?!" I asked. "I'm sure the Smashers are watching, and I'm pretty much on thin ice with them all ready."
"So, you didn't notice the bug on your back." The Reaper said.
My eyes flared open. That's what Wolf had done. He made me angry in order to not notice. "Whatever, I don't care." I said. I should have actually looked at that in a mirror back in the Falcon Flier.
"You better care, because the Great Fox is out there, cloaked and ready to fire at us if you announce your betrayal." The Reaper said.
"How do you know that?" I asked confused.
The Reaper just laughed. "I can see everything." The Reaper said. "It came with the ability to edit source codes and alter anything that I please in this world."
"So, that's how you were able to find us so quickly when we were trying to escape the Smash HQ." I said. Part of me was now doubting that there was even a mole. He could of probably used that ability to get past the barrier at the mansion. But then… why did he have the Smash Pendant.
The Reaper just sighed. "Back to the story, it was like old times."
The Reaper couldn't help but be reminded of him, his old friend. Then one day, when they were hanging out Dave said something. "Listen, you were asking why I had to move and transfer schools a while back."
"Yeah, you said your dad was transferred." The Reaper said.
"That was a lie." Dave said. "Listen, what I'm about to show you is a secret, and it was the reason I was forced to move away. I showed this to someone and the news went all over the school."
The Reaper just looked a bit puzzled. In his head he was trying to figure out what would possibly result in someone moving away. But as Dave got closer to the TV, the Reapers heart began to sank. He put two and two together very quickly.
Dave turned on the Gamecube, and Super Smash Bros Melee started. He placed his hand on the screen and it began to ripple like water. Soon his arm was inside the TV.
"Wait there are others?" I shouted surprised. I don't actually know why, since this was painfully obvious from others attacking me a while back, the Smashers knowing about the 40 day limit and a bunch of other things that had been engrained in my head from the days of being here.
"Yes." The Reaper sighed. "At first I was surprised too, and I thought it was quite the coincidence that we met up."
The Reaper was doing his best to remain calm. This wasn't the best course of action. "You're not scared?" Dave asked.
"I'm surprised." The Reaper said. "I didn't know that there were others."
"Others?" Dave asked.
The Reaper nodded. "I've been able to do it for quite a while."
Dave just felt relieved. He pulled his hand out of the TV and just smiled. "Please show me." he said.
The Reaper wasted no time putting his arm through the TV. "Let's talk in there." Dave said. The Reaper went through the TV, and then Dave followed.
They landed in Green Greens. Dave just had a smile across his face. He wasted no time in rushing towards the Reaper. The Reaper was caught off guard by his attack and was suddenly winded. He lay on the ground just looking up at Dave in shock. Dave then pinned him down to the ground.
"The first thing you should know is that my name isn't Dave, Cody, Matt, Mike, Phil, Kevin, or whatever bullshit name I use to get close to people. I'm a Government agent looking for those who can cross over into this world."
The Reaper just looked rather surprised.
"The second thing you should know is that I'm also quite the sadist." He said. "You're going to answer my questions, and if I believe that you are lying, I am not afraid to horribly disfigure or even kill you." In his hands appeared fire. "To show you that this is real..." He placed his hand on The Reapers chest right where his heart was. The Reaper screamed out in pain.
"What?" I said in shock.
The Reaper showed me part of his chest. There was a scar there from a nasty burn. I closed my eyes and could see some aura residue. I got up, and walked towards him, and then I managed to stretch out my hand and just touched the wound. I could feel aura around his heart. It was like a fire. I pulled my hand away, burned slightly by the aura.
"Please continue." I said.
"I've put in some life flame around your heart." Dave said. "So I'll know if you're lying."
The Reaper just wanted to knock Dave off of him and run away. "I'd stay here too." Dave said. "I have no problem killing your family either."
"Just who are you?" The Reaper managed to ask.
"I told you, I'm with the Government. That's all you need to know."
"But that's impossible." The Reaper said. "You're too young."
"There are a bunch of us." Dave said. "We all just work for the pay."
"Our tax dollars at work." The Reaper sighed.
"They want technology from this side, and if you don't work for them you're targeted to be assassinated."
The Reaper just looked horrified, knowing all to well where this was probably going to go. "By the way, I'm not your age." Dave laughed. "I traveled through the two dimensions so much I stopped aging. I probably shouldn't of had that Turbo controller in to slow down the game... Stupid cat."
The Reaper just laughed. "I see, so you're about, 30 years old. Okay then! Good to know you're a creepy old man."
Suddenly there was an immense pain around The Reapers heart. "I feel a tad touchy about my age." he said. "Now, That's enough about me, let's talk about you."
The Reaper knew he couldn't bluff him.
"Where did you get your power?" Dave asked.
"I don't know." The Reaper said. No pain came.
"Why don't you know?" The Reaper asked.
"It just happened. Someone else dragged me in showing what he could do, and then the next time I checked, I could do it too." The Reaper said.
"Who dragged you in?" he asked.
There was just silence. "I'm waiting."
"I won't sell him out." The Reaper said. "I promised him I would never tell anyone about it."
Dave clenched his fist. The Reaper just sat there expecting there to be pain. But none came.
"Why aren't you crying out in pain?" Dave asked.
The Reaper just laughed. "I think I understand. You set the condition of your life flame to only hurt me if I'm lying. It seems to take into account our promise."
Dave just kicked The Reaper in the stomach winding him once again. "So what if the Life Flame can't hurt you, I can still hurt you. Now tell me his name."
The Reaper just laughed. "Even if I tell you his name, it won't do you any good."
"Why not?"
"He won't start talking to you. He has the ability to see people for who they are. He can hear their true thoughts." The Reaper said.
"A telepathic kid? That's no problem." Dave laughed. "We'll just get someone who's mind is a blank slate."
"I didn't mean it like that." The Reaper said. "He's shy, and has a hard time warming up to new people. It would be a waste of your time."
"Ha!" Dave laughed.
"And if you betray him, you're not going to live through it. I think he's just been waiting to snap, and all he needs is a little push."
The Reaper delivered one well-placed kick right into Dave's crotch. Almost immediately Dave fell over, writhing in pain. After all, he was only human.
"Now then, you're going to answer my questions." The Reaper said.
Dave just laughed. "What makes you think that I'll talk."
"I don't. But, two can play your game." The Reaper said, kicking Dave while he was down.
"Well then, humor me." Dave laughed. "But if you do anything to me, it will be only a matter of time before others come after you, and actually kill you."
"I'll take my chances." The Reaper said. "Now then, you said that the Government wanted the Technology on this side, is it safe to assume that they have a much bigger goal?"
"Why do you think they would tell me?" Dave asked.
"I don't, but I think a little speculation never hurt anybody. The way I see it, why stop there? We had a rather stupid idea when we were kids of somehow fusing the worlds together, we called it Project Fantasia."
Dave actually looked up horrified. "How do you know that name?" he asked
"Oh, so the Government is planning something." The Reaper laughed.
"Answer the question."
"I just told you, we made it up as kids." The Reaper said.
"That's impossible! That project is confidential! Even I'm not supposed to know about it! How can you, some nobody off of the street know it?" Dave said. If he had any composure left it was completely destroyed by those two words.
The Reaper just smiled.
"Just who the hell is your friend?"
"Just some guy I met in grade school." The Reaper replied.
"So, now I want to ask you, how did you know about Project Fantasia?" The Reaper asked.
I just laughed. "Honestly, I just thought it was some NPC dialogue. 'I wish to bring together both worlds peacefully, the human world and the pokemon world. I'll call it Project Fantasia.' was what I believed he said. To be honest all I remember about that NPC was that he was wearing a checkerboard pattern suit."
My eyes suddenly bolted open. "No way." I muttered.
"What?"
"That NPC… he appeared in front of me yesterday and earlier today." I said. "Just who is he…"
"If I had to guess, someone with a lot of answers." The Reaper said.
"Then I guess I should go back to Smashville, and he will appear in front of me again." I said.
"Before you go, now that I've told you everything that I know, I will once again ask you to join me." The Reaper said.
"If I join you, you're still going to do what you've been doing." I replied. "Aren't you?"
"Of course, if I kill everyone, and destroy everything and fuse the worlds, I will simply be alive again. Meanwhile, they won't know any better and just waste their time and resources."
"For that reason, I must oppose you." I said. "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few."
"I figured you would say that. Your heart was always in the right place." The Reaper said.
"Listen, if there is a way we could end this with out fighting..." I began.
"There is no way." The Reaper said. "If there was, I would have found it all ready."
I let off a heavy sigh. "I see." I said. "Then, we must fight."
"So it seems."
I began to get up out of the chair. "There is one last thing that I want to do." I said.
I just placed my hand on his chest, and used aura to push out the life flame. As soon as it had all gotten out of him it completely vanished. I used aura, but couldn't see any residue. The only proof that it was ever there was the scar on his chest.
"Getting that thing out felt horrible." The Reaper said. He looked around, and then just laughed. "The life flame is really gone. Although now they are probably thinking that you killed me."
"In that case, hang low." I said. "I wonder if this 'Dave' will show himself."
"Wait, you're going to use yourself as live bait?" The Reaper said.
"Yeah, I have some questions that I want answered, and I think this will be the only way." I replied. "Well then, I know this won't be the last time we see each other."
I walked to the door, and then paused. I turned back to him. "Although, there is one thing I don't get."
"Shoot." The Reaper said.
"You said you had the power to edit everything. With your power, you should have just been able to encrypt the passageways between worlds or something, right?" I said.
"I thought about doing it that way." The Reaper sighed. "but, I figured that they would quickly break through any encryption I did. If that's your plan, it's a fruitless effort."
"No, I don't think so. I don't intend to stop them, only stall them." I said.
The Reaper just sighed. "That's pointless..."
"One year is all I need, I intend to find others who can fight with us." I said. "Come on, stop this, and we can find a way to restore you back to life instead of going through your plan!"
"Even if we did it that way, if I returned back to our world, how would I explain it to everyone that I was still alive? That the me that died in the accident..."
"I don't know, say someone pulled you out of your car and you've been in a coma at a hospital for the past few months." I said.
"Months huh?" He muttered.
"How long has it been in here?" I asked.
"It feels like years." The Reaper said. "The flow of time is different for everyone I guess."
"Come on, Brawl released, we can go back and play a few rounds, right?" I said.
"Brawl, huh?" The Reaper said. "So, that was the game that you were about to play when I dragged you into this world. It was the closest you've ever been since my accident, I guess."
"To be honest, I stopped playing." Nugai said. "For the first month, I just couldn't play anything. I was staring at the screen. I couldn't find the energy to play a game. The thought of even opening up the wii and seeing the screen with games we used to play, was too much. I just didn't want to feel that pain again."
The Reaper nodded. "I see." He said. "It shook you that badly."
I just nodded. "At least I remember that."
The Reaper just sighed. "The battle against the Government will be hard regardless. They have all ready proven that they are willing to go to the extremes to withhold their ideal world and obtain it."
"Still, it's only one organization, right?" I said. "They can be taken down."
"So, you really know nothing." The Reaper said. "It's not just one organization. Every single major body of power in our world is in this. Giant privetly owned corporations are financing this, so that they can get some of the technology sooner, and profit from it. Military organizations are financing it. They all come together under one roof. To fight against Project Fantasia would be to fight against the world."
I stared at him a bit shocked. "I see." I managed to say. "What is the name of the combined forces?"
"Zenith." The Reaper replied. "On the outside, looks just like any other research and development company. On the inside, the world is in the palm of the owners hands."
"And who is the owner?" I wondered.
"No idea, but I have a lot of reasons to believe that the owner was able to jump between the worlds just like us." The Reaper said.
"Besides the few that you still have working with you, how many others are there?" I wondered.
"I can't imagine very many." The Reaper sighed. "They've done a rather good job of keeping the place clear of most other people who can jump between the worlds... They even circulated a certain rumor, which I'm sure you've no doubt heard."
I paused for a few seconds, and tried to think. "The only one I can really recall was that I was a chosen hero that would end the war. But I learned that it was fake rather quickly."
"Correct. As cliched as a chosen hero from another planet sounds to us, it lured others in hook, line, and sinker. All three sides were fed the same lie, so that anyone who came over would quickly be killed trying to fulfill some nonexistent prophecy. And if they somehow survived, the 40 day time limit would kill them." The Reaper said. "It was a smart way to get rid people who could pose a threat to your plans, don't you think?"
"Dieing a martyr." I sighed.
The Reaper just nodded. "I wonder, if things didn't happen the way they did, would I of been another martyr. And then whoever is making Project Fantasia would be unopposed. By keeping the whole console wars on our end in the mind of others, and as they went on to forums to troll, and shout because of their console of choice, it left this world in a state of perpetual war. Looking at it this way, dragging you in was actually a good thing."
I sighed.
The Reaper just laughed. "If you find a surefire way to get me back, let me know, and I'll join you, but for right now, I can only hope to continue what I've started. It's a dark path, and I don't think I can easily turn away from it."
The Reaper walked towards a window. He opened it up, and looked down. "Even though I released the hostages, they are still there. They want to kill me."
"Of course." I said. "You are the Reaper."
"I guess this is good bye. I doubt they will all follow me, so be prepared to do whatever you can to escape." The Reaper said, jumping out of the window. I just sighed. Even though he didn't attack me, even though he had no intention of killing me right now, my heart was pounding. Everything about this encounter was painful.
There were several gunshots being fired. I just got up, and began to walk back to the entrance. I was hoping that I could just sneak away, get out quicker than I got in, and without the hassle. But it wasn't long until a swat team surrounded me. They had been patrolling the halls trying to find the Reaper. They quickly raised their guns at me.
"Sorry, but I'm not the Reaper." I said weaving between all of them.
They quickly followed me, and shot. I pulled out the beam sword and deflected each of the shots. I didn't want to fight right now. Especially against them. I was only using Aura to increase my reaction time.
When I got to the front doors, they were broken down. There were several guards out there, waiting for me, with their guns.
I entered the awakened aura state and just jumped above them. In the air I repeatedly jumped, using aura to temporary make a platform and allow me to double jump indefinitely.
I made it back to the ship, and quickly set off for Smashville. I suddenly felt exhausted, even though I didn't even throw a punch. It was just weaving through those guards. I collapsed on a chair and just went to sleep.
I was woken up a few minutes later by the ship shaking. It had stopped moving, and was now boarding on something. On the screen there was something flashing. Suddenly on the monitor appeared Fox. "Nugai. Are you there?" Fox asked.
"Yeah." I said. I had forgotten about that bug…
"Captain Falcon has overrode your commands on the Falcon Flyer, and you're now in the Great Fox's hanger. Falco will be there in a few minutes to escort you back here to the meeting room, where we're going to have a nice discussion about what just happened." Fox said.
I cringed.
Falco soon came to the Falcon Flyer, and I was escorted to a meeting room. Sitting in the room was Fox, Captain Falcon, and Wolf. I was just told to take a seat.
"I'm guessing you heard all of that." I said.
"Loud and clear." Fox said.
"Project Fantasia…" Wolf said. "I'm quite interested now, and I'm sure everyone else would be back at Smashville."
"But why did you let the Reaper live?" Fox asked.
"I believe there is a way to get him out of here without killing him. He can go back to my world." I replied.
"He said that if there was a way he would of done it." Captain Falcon said.
"He can't, not this way. At least I think there is a way, back in my world." I said. "I think, since he can't go back, he can't do this way."
"Now, about this 'Dave'." Falco asked.
"I think I may flush him out, by removing The Reaper's life flame. Can you please keep it under wraps that the Reaper is still alive." I asked.
"We can try, but no idea if the Reaper will keep quiet." Fox said.
"After this today, I think he will be." I said.
We returned back to Smashville, and I was allowed to go free. I was half suspecting that they were going to try and trail me around, but beyond the odd Smasher coming up to me and asking what happened, nothing really happened.
"What happened?" one would ask.
"The Reaper won't bother us for a while." I said. I had prepared the stock answer with the others. They thought it was the best idea. Just in case this 'Dave' was lurking in the shadows, watching, and waiting.
"Nugai!" A voice shouted. I looked around confused it was a voice that I couldn't piece to any of the Smashers. I turned around to see the origin of the voice.
Rushing towards me was Tei. "Nugai!" He said. "I can't believe it, how are you?"
"Okay, I guess." I replied. I was a bit confused as to why he was in Smashville. He certainly wasn't a Smasher, and then him and his siblings just disappeared off of the face of the earth for a while there.
Tei just shook my hand. "I heard the news, you killed the Reaper."
"Yeah." I said.
"Well, I'm glad one threat is gone." Tei said. "Why don't you come with me, I'll treat you to some coffee."
"I don't drink coffee." I said.
"Well then, how about a hot chocolate, since you're such a sissy." Tei said.
"I think I'll take that." We went to the cafe in the museum, Tei got a coffee, and I got a hot chocolate. After we had finished, Tei got up, and took me outside of Smashville.
"Come on, Rai, and Sui found something and wanted to show me. Maybe it will be a portal back to your world." Tei said.
Just those words made me excited. I followed him out to a nearby forest. It wasn't exactly big, but there were a lot of tall trees. After a five-minute walk we got into a clearing in the middle of the forest. I looked up, and looked at the sky. "Are Rai and Sui here too?" I asked.
"Yeah, they'll meet up in a few minutes." Tei said.
"Good." I said, "There was something I wanted to talk to you about first, 'Dave'." He turned around really quickly, but I had prepared for that, I had my beam sword out, and ready to hit him at a moment's notice. "You three were going to kill me, weren't you?"
"How did you hear that name?" Tei asked.
"The Reaper told me." I said. "And, I figured that you were Dave since you thought he was dead."
"What, come on!" Tei said. "That's a-"
"Your next words are 'a completely reasonable assumption." I said. "Well, when you assume, you make an ass out of you and me. First, I never said I killed the Reaper. I only said that the Reaper would not bother us for a while."
"What?!" He said. "You mean to tell me that the Reaper is still alive?!"
"Yes." I replied. "He is still alive."
"So, you've betrayed the Smashers."
"You say that like you're a member." I said.
A smile crossed Tei's face. "Well then, I guess I've been found out. Yes. I am 'Dave'. What else do you know?"
"He told me everything. How you wanted to target me, and how he was protecting me from you." I said.
Tei just laughed. "Oh, he said that. You're just a gullible fool."
"Maybe I am." I said. "But I think your Life Flame is to blame for that. He could only tell the truth, otherwise he would feel intense pain."
Tei tried to regain his composure. "So what?" Tei said. "Maybe that's just what he believed in his heart, as long as he believes that it's the truth the life flame won't attack him."
I just laughed. "Yeah, and that's why I'm willing to trust him." I said.
Tei just laughed. "Imagine what would happen if the Smashers heard you talking like this, they would kill you, they would think that you were joining the Reaper!"
I shrugged it off. "I wonder, would they feel the same way towards you for bringing The Reaper into this world. For being the reason why he became the way he was, and motivating all of his destruction."
"What?"
"He was making sure that if the government or some other person attempted Project Fantasia he would be the only thing brought over." At those words, a bolt of lightning, and a torrent of water rushed towards me. But, with a simple jump up into the air, I managed to avoid it. Tei quickly sent several fireballs towards me. I however just used a wave of aura to counter against the attacks.
"I wouldn't try any of that." I said. "My awakened state will be able to take on all three of you at once."
"It seems like we have no choice." Tei said. "We have to kill him."
I'd be lying if I said I was surprised by that response. I just let off a heavy sigh, wishing it really didn't have to come to this. "Okay, well then, looks like we're going to have to fight." I said.
My hair went white. The three of them immediately seemed to grasp that this wasn't a very good thing. Tei quickly began to create fire in his hands.
I just closed my eyes. All three of them, their electricity, water and fire let off aura, I could tell where each and every attack was going to be. I also released a large amount of aura that acted like radar. It just let me know each and every movement of theirs.
Rai was the first to attack with a barrage of constant lightning bolts. I quickly turned around and blocked them with a staff made out of aura. Sui was the next. She rushed towards me and threw a kick. Water was on her leg, and it acted like a whip. A nearby tree got cut through by the kick.
Tei followed up with a punch aimed directly at my head. However I blocked that attack. With my hand on his I released a ripple of aura that immediately made his arm fall down limp. He just quickly backed away from me.
Rai had rushed towards me and began to rapidly attack. He had transformed partly into electricity to drastically increase his speed. Even with aura I couldn't keep up and was forced to take a few hits, although I had used some aura to at least dull the impact from each of the attacks. I quickly jumped away, however, upon landing my body began to go numb. He had released some electricity into my body, which screwed up my brain sending signals down to the rest of my body.
"No matter how fast you are, a human can't exceed the speed of electricity." Rai said. "Now you're just going to have to die."
I fell back. Luckily I landed on a tree, so that I at least something to support me. I was uncertain that if I fell down if I would be able to get back up once my body started listening to me again. The three approached me. However, Aura began to erupt from my body. I began to shape the aura into a giant creature. I didn't care what it looked like; it just had to be big enough so that it could protect me.
"You're a fool." Tei said. "You can do that, but it will just be a matter of time until the aura runs out if you keep using it like this."
I just laughed. "I had my aura awakened to its true potential, and had all of the knowledge since aura was founded engrained, and you think that I'm going to run out of Aura?" The three of them weren't amused. "Sorry, but I'm not an idiot who is just going to blast through all of his aura and make himself a sitting duck."
"Still, you must have a limit, and you will eventually run out."
"I wonder when that will be." I laughed. "You have to have a limit too, for when your energy runs out. And I can tell that currently, the Rai is going to run out first, followed by you Tei, and then ending with Sui. When that happens, you may get lucky if I'm down at 25 percent remaining of my aura."
"We'll see about that." Tei said.
Rai began to unleash lightning bolts at my giant aura puppet. However they did next to nothing. Sui fired several water bullets, however they just splashed against it. "What the?!" Sui said suprirised. "It's like it's solid!"
I just nodded. "Yeah."
"This guy." Tei muttered. "We have to kill him. He's too dangerous. He can't make it back to Earth alive."
The other three nodded in agreement. "We have to kill him." Rai repeated, which I do have to admit was a bit creepy.
Sui gathered water and it had turned into ice, she swung the sword at my Aura puppet. Much to my surprise, the aura began to go into her ice sword. I quickly realized that she was just using aura's flow so that it would go into her sword. My aura acted like it had a mind of it's own and suddenly changed so that her sword got stuck. I was a bit afraid. I didn't even know if I was controlling my Aura anymore or if it had a mind of it's own. But for the time being, I decided it was probably better to not get too distracted from this fight.
Rai sent several more lightning bolts towards me. They cut through the aura puppet and actually hit me. I was smacked back into the tree. "You do know it just takes one well placed shot of lightning to the heart to kill a person." Rai laughed. "Even the smallest static shock could kill someone."
I had regained some movement to my arm. I just lifted it up and pointed a finger at Rai. "Thanks for showing me your technique a few times." I said. I then shot a bolt of lightning at Rai. He wasn't expecting the attack and was knocked back. When he got back up, he tried to attack me, however he found out what I had done. The aura attack had temporarily sealed away his energy.
"One down, two to go." I said.
Tei and Sui weren't amused. I just began to limp towards them.
"If this was anyone else, we'd be saying he was about to die." Sui said.
"This guy is getting scary." Tei said. "Just what the hell are you?"
"I'm just a normal human." I replied.
"That's impossible." Tei said. "A normal human would never be able to endure this much. A normal human wouldn't be able to master Aura. A normal person wouldn't of been able to endure that ritual. A normal person wouldn't have been chosen and been bestowed the power to travel between worlds. Just who the hell are you?"
Chosen?
I did want to question him on that word, but I doubted I was going to get the answers I needed.
"I don't know." I replied. "I'm just someone who wants to get back home."
They got ready to fight again. I held out my hand. I now had full control back over my body. I just looked at the two of them. "I'm ready to go all out." I said.
Tei got ready to fight again, but Sui stopped him. "Wait, let's just cut our losses today." Sui said. "Another opportunity will present itself. Besides, he still needs to get rid of The Reaper."
Tei seemed a little bit disappointed. "Very well then. Nugai, we'll find out who you really are, and we will make sure that you are locked away for life, or are killed." Tei said. "You can't fight us in the real world."
"Those are big threats coming from you." I said. "It sounds to me like you're just a bunch of sore losers. Go back, and cry at the Government. See if I care. I'll stop you, and Project Fantasia."
The three of them vanished, and I fell back. I let my awakened aura form go, and just began to breath in some air.
Suddenly, everything was blurry. I had used up far too much energy, I wasn't even sure if I could walk back to Smashville by myself.
"But how?" I asked. "I was positive I had more aura…"
I fell forwards onto the ground. I was nervous. Were they still there, watching me? Realizing that I had been bluffing. Would they come out and kill me now.
"Shit."
In my exhaustion, I blacked out.
"Project Fantasia?" The Reaper asked.
We were both younger, much younger. We were both sitting in front of a TV. "Yeah!" I said. "I think there might be some way to fuse together the two worlds! Just imagine, no boring school, we could live our lives full of adventure!"
He laughed rather amused by the idea. "We could do whatever we want 24 hours a day, go out into space."
We were young, we were naive.
"But how can we sustain a portal that big?" The reaper wondered. "Or even open a portal."
"What if we had a projector, like at the movie theater." I suggested.
He burst out into laughter at what was probably supposed to be a serious suggestion from me. "Oh come on, like they would let us hook up a console to their projector."
"There has got to be a way." I said.
I was lying face down in the forest. It was cold. Of course it was, it was the middle of winter. It's kind of like saying that water is wet. But near me I felt something warm.
Sitting down, on a log was someone. He had brown hair. He was currently just facing a fire. His shirt was just a t-shirt with a 1 on it. "It's cold out here." He said.
Don't tell me that when you're dressed like that!
"Come to the fire, it will warm you up." He said.
I just got up, and sat down beside him. I stretched out my hands. "Where did you come from?" I asked.
"Every person who enters into this world leaves a signature." He said. "Several years ago, someone came here, and I am the end result of his signature."
"Huh?" I just looked at him confused.
"When you enter into a game, there are two things that can happen. You and the player character can become one. Or, you displace the player character." He said.
"Wait how do you know all of this?" I asked. "Are you that checkerboard suit guy?"
"No, this is just a dream. I'm your subconscious. These were your theories." He said.
"So, you're me." I said.
"Yep." He replied.
I just sat there for a few seconds. "So, what's my real name?" I asked.
"That isn't important." He said. "You are you, and that's all that matters."
I just cringed. "I'm never going to find that out, am I?"
"It's pointless to just keep asking what your real name is." He said. "In the end that's all irrelevant. It's the journey that matters."
I looked at the fire. "I've changed haven't I?" I asked. "I've become a different person in here."
"Yes, and when you get out, the world is going to need Nugai, not the old you." He said.
I just nodded.
"Now then, I think it's about time for you to wake up…"
And then everything vanished.
When I awoke, I was being dragged back into Smashville. I looked at the person who was carrying me. It was Sonic. "Jeeze, what were you doing lying on the ground in the forest?" He asked.
He really just cut straight to the point…
"I was just too exhausted from using Aura." I replied.
He just nodded. "What would of happened if a bear or something found you?" Sonic wondered.
"I probably would have been dead." I replied.
Sonic just laughed. "Although I thought that one other guy was with you, what happened to him?"
"They won't be coming back." I replied.
"Why not?" Sonic wondered.
"They were from my world." I replied. "I had to chase them off. Otherwise well, who knows what was going to happen."
Sonic just glanced back at me. When we got to Smashville, the Smashers were all rather surprised that I was being carried by Sonic.
"Nugai, what happened?" Mewtwo asked.
"Rai, Tei, and Sui are what happened." I said.
"What?"
"They were actually from my world." I said. "I just don't believe this."
"What's going on?" Sonic wondered.
"None of this makes sense." I said. "I just don't believe this."
"Slow down." Mewtwo said.
I just looked up at Mewtwo and Sonic. "Your right." I said. "I'm not like Sonic, I can't rush through this."
Sonic just smiled. "Of course, not everyone is like me."
"Gather the Smashers, there is something I need to talk about." I said.
"Okay." Sonic said. And he was off.
Mewtwo just looked at me rather surprised. "What happened?" He asked.
"Just take me to the town hall." I said.
Mewtwo nodded, and we were both teleported to town hall.
I stood outside of the town hall, and waited for the Smashers to show up. One by one, they came. Each of them looking rather annoyed, after all, it was quite cold out, and it was only going to get worse since it was beginning to get darker. They were all looking at me, waiting for me to start my speech, each of them hoping that the reason I called them here was pretty bloody important so they could do whatever they wanted to do. Which main was be warm someplace, preferably inside. Zelda was keeping warm by having made a Din's Fire. Link was also keeping warm by having a fire arrow stuck in the ground, and just burning. Lucas, Ness had plumes of PK Fire. While Mario and Luigi had a fireball. Red had his Charizard out and was currently leaning over his tail.
"Hurry up!" Wario heckled.
"Is everyone here?" I asked.
"Yes!" Everyone groaned.
"Okay." I said.
I didn't know how to start this. And I seemed to remember that I was never really all that good at public speaking. "I called you all here today in regards to Project Fantasia." I said. "I have learned some rather dark things about it, I thought it was just a foolish kids idea, but now I think it's something far much worse. I have discovered that powerful people in my world would like to complete it. I had also learned that Rai, Tei, and Sui were working for those people."
"What?" All of the Smashers began to talk, each of them were rather shocked by this. I just stayed there, frozen in place.
"Project Fantasia is our two worlds fusing together perfectly." I said. "However, I believe that there are so many variables, so many small things that if they go wrong could result in everything being destroyed, that I would like to somehow stop it from ever happening. That's why, I come here asking you if you know any ways to make sure that I can permanently separate our two worlds?"
There was just silence. I didn't expect them to know. They were all talking amongst themselves, I began to wonder if they were even paying attention.
"I don't know if it's what you're looking for, but I may have a few ideas." Ganondorf said. "There are tons of myths about items that have the power to alter everything. Like the Triforce."
I smiled. It was at least something to go on. "Yes that's great, have you heard anything else Ganondorf?"
"There are supposedly 7 points that can alter the very fabric of existence." Ganondorf said. "This is just rumor and speculation, but if these seven spots are real, then you might be able to use them to permanently separate the two worlds."
I couldn't help but want to jump for joy. But I stopped myself upon realizing that Ganondorf just said it was rumor and speculation, there was no proof that these points even existed. "Well, we'll figure something out." I said. "But at least it's something to go on."
"Can we go back inside where it's warm now?" Wario asked.
"Yeah, fine." Master Hand said. "You're all dismissed."
I ran up to Ganondorf. "Thank you very much." I said.
Ganondorf just laughed. "Think nothing of it, I just remembered reading up about it a while back. They were called Akashic Points."
I nodded. "Akashic Points, I'll remember that."
Before going back to my house, I decided to go back to the train station. I found the spot from the morning that I was about to reach out for, but was interrupted by that stranger, and then Bowser. The place right now was rather creepy. It was dark, and there were no lights anywhere. I just placed my hand on the wall and was rather shocked to find out that it was solid.
I just sighed, rather defeated. I guess I would have to look over the place tomorrow when there was light.
I used aura, however only found a plaque the wall.
Smashville Train Station.
The Center of the Universe.
I thought that sounded rather conceited. But I guess it made sense, for a village like this, the train was probably their lifeblood to the outside world.
I made my way back out to the outside, but I froze when I heard some people arguing.
"Master Hand, you have to restrict Nugai!" Mewtwo said.
I just froze, and put myself against the wall of the train station.
"Having him have his own independence like this is dangerous, he needs to be under constant watch!" Mewtwo said. "He went and confronted the Reaper today! And then, got rid of 3 people from his world."
"Three people that were working their way into our group for their own reasons, and if what Nugai said is true, I imagine they were going to fight and kill us, if we opposed Project Fantasia." Master Hand calmly replied. "He might of done us a favor."
"Not to mention, Sonic said that he found Nugai unconscious. The mole could of killed him while he was defenseless!" Mewtwo said.
I just froze. I didn't exactly expect to use up all of my aura like that... It would of been really quick and swift. No one would have known.
"Well, I think that Nugai has shown that he knows what he's doing and he won't betray us." Link said. "He's had all the opportunities to leave us behind, but he keeps fighting for us."
"Dr. Mario, you've been awfully quiet." Mewtwo said.
"I've just been thinking about the mole." Dr. Mario replied. "He would have known that Nugai was walking away with Tei out of Smashville. Why didn't he follow, and finish the job."
"What if he got orders?" Mewtwo asked. "As a favor for removing those three out of The Reaper's hair to let him live for now. Or that Nugai was off limits, and only the Reaper can now hunt him. Those are my two guesses."
I heard someone running up to them. "Hey, you guys." It was Falco. "Fox wants to show you all something."
"Can it wait?" Mewtwo asked.
"No, it's the conversation that Nugai and The Reaper had today." Falco said.
They all began to walk away. I used aura to make sure that they were all gone, and quickly ran back towards my house. I got in and just made my way up to my bed. I then just collapsed.
"Tomorrow is another day…"
Notes:
Okay, I lied; I decided that there was something I could use the villager for.
Some more details about Project Fantasia. Stuff! And because I have a rather sick sense of humor, my Animal Crossing New Leaf town is called Fantasia.
Zenith wasn't going to be the name of the company. It's just every single other name I tried to come up with was all ready a name for a real company. Zenith was too... but I gave up at that point, and I figured it was generic enough.
Two of the hostages, Sara and Lauren, were references to the Troll fic: Supper Smash Bros: Missonah from God. For those who haven't read it, short version: there is a lot of subtext that Sara is madly in love with Lauren, no matter how much she tries to deny it. It was deleted off of this site, and can be found elsewhere.