Another Gone

Disclaimer: I do not own Super Smash Brothers Brawl or any of the characters.

Summary: After confirming that Falco is missing, the Smashers try to figure out who is going to disappear next, but they won't make it in time…

Chapter 4: Another Gone

Master Hand called the Smashers to the main hall the next morning to speak of the incident two night ago. Apparently R.O.B. was filling him and Crazy in on the details. Most of the Smashers were glancing at Pit with worry as he has been the target for two days straight without most of them realizing it.

"R.O.B. told me everything," Master Hand began, "He said that a Smasher has disappeared as well as others being targeted by this cruel joke."

Crazy Hand was behind his brother waving at the Smashers to get a reaction. Crazy Hand was the nicer hand of the two, but also the slacker and goof off.

"If you have any idea on who might be the one who might be behind this, please tell me right now."

Most of the Smashers knew that Fox was going to be the first one to say that Pit was the main suspect because of the message written on the wall. Before Fox could say that though, Sonic interrupted him.

"So what was the report about Falco?" Sonic questioned exchanging a quick glare at Fox and then back at Master Hand.

"R.O.B. has reported him missing and not dead."

The Smashers who didn't know that he was missing gasped. Fox glared at Pit, "And it's all because of him."

Ash instantly stood up for the angel, "There you go again accusing Pit of all people that he's the one responsible."

Fox scowled at the Pokémon Trainer, "Why not blame him? He probably knows who is doing this to him but won't say anything because he's a coward and-"

"That's way out of line man!" Sonic yelled.

Zelda pulled Pit away from his friends. His friends were going to go all out defending him soon.

"You two always stand up for him! Have you guys ever considered him being the one behind it all!" Fox questioned.

"There's nothing to question someone with a heart of gold!" Sonic shouted, "You're the one who jumps to conclusion whenever something that belongs to you is stolen."

Sonic used the wrong words because Fox came back with, "The same goes for you! You're in denial that someone close to you might be the one who made Falco vanish!"

"Actually…" Mewtwo interrupted, "Falco is just a trophy somewhere."

Everyone turned to the clone Pokémon.

"Where is he?" Captain Falcon asked.

"That I don't know. I tried to recall the events last night, but when I got to the point of the flashback where Falco was turned into a trophy, my mind went blank. I didn't get a good look at the figure. All I know is…"

"Is what?"

"He has a very dark aura."

"Still doesn't help," Sonic sighed with a hint of annoyance.

Pit didn't need anymore information. He was starting to put the pieces and was certain that it wasn't any of the Smashers. But he's dead. Pit told himself.

Fox continued to give an angry stare back at the angel, "You know something about this, do you?"

Pit shook his head, "No…sorry…"

Apologizing only angered the fox more as he took out his ray gun out and pointed it at the angel. Upon seeing the weapon a few Smashers stepped in front of the angel to defend him.

"Get out of the way!" Fox ordered.

Wolf was one of the Smashers that was defending Pit, "Can't let you do that Fox. You're overreacting to the situation."

"You scrawny wolf!"

Usually Wolf would react to those three words, but not now. He didn't know why he didn't lose his cool like he usually did. It must be the power the angel had that could calm a person down whenever around them.

"Calm down Fox," he repeated to his rival harshly, "We don't want to cause a scene in front of Master Hand and his brother do we?"

Fox was debating whether or not to fire his gun or not. In the battlefield, it did almost no damage, but in real life, it was deadly. He didn't put the gun away, but he kept it close in case he decided to fire.

Master Hand waited for the Smashers to calm down before asking, "Does anyone have any clues on who it might be?"

Pit glanced at Zelda who glanced at Link. The trio nodded as Link stepped up to the Master Hand and held the first note that appeared after Falco disappeared, "This is the first threat that was left behind. If you trace the hand writing then you'll surely find out who did it."

Master Hand snatched the note from Link and read it out loud. When he finished, he asked, "Are there anymore?"

Pit held out the second one he received when the alarm clock went missing. Zelda gave the third one that appeared when the Pokémon cards disappeared on the dining table. Sonic wrote the fourth one down last night and gave it to Master Hand. This action though made some of the Smashers suspect the hedgehog of being the culprit. Not like they stated their opinion out loud though.

After reading all the threatening notes directed toward Pit the Master Hand said, "The person who did this is…" he paused for a second before saying, "I don't know!"

The Smashers fell over anime style.

"Don't lead us on like that!" Ash yelled.

"Pika!" Pikachu agreed.

"Sorry. There just isn't enough information. Does anyone else have any hints?"

Ike was going to keep silent about the phone call, but Olimar decided to say it, "Someone called Ike last night and he threatened him to stay away from Pit."

The Smashers turned toward Ike. The blue swordsmen cursed to himself to make sure that Olimar is asleep when he wanted to keep things like this a secret.

"Is this true?" Master Hand questioned.

"It's true. I didn't want to say anything about it because the person not only threatened me but everyone else," Ike said. Great. Now everyone's going to panic.

Sure enough, some the Smashers panicked but not to the extreme that Ike expected.

"What exactly did he say?" Mario questioned.

"He said something about having the same fate as Falco…and the whole world whatever that meant."

"I think this person is crazy," Roy said, "To think about taking over the world after we all demonstrated what a force we are when we're all together."

"Ike," Marth began, "You know how important this information is, right?"

Ike avoided eye contact with the other blue haired swordsman.

"Yes, but if people were going to panic from this, then it would better not to say anything at all."

"Yeah but…"

Pit looked around. He saw everyone talking to one another about the phone call. The person even threatened Ike. But why him? Couldn't he have called Sonic or Ash who were the closest to him?

The angel noticed that Fox was still creating a hole through his head with his eyes. He gulped. He did not want to be a victim of something else where he was already the victim concerning this stalker.

"It seems," Master Hand began speaking again, "That this is no longer a joke and if we don't take this seriously then we might endanger the whole world."

"Only a fool would believe that," DDD announced.

"There he goes again…" Kirby mumbled to himself.

"Therefore," Master Hand continued, "I announce that you be paired up in groups of two or three for the time being."

There were some groans coming from some of the Smashers.

"And some of you will be under heavy surveillance."

That line was directed to Pit who was the one that might be the next to go if not taken seriously. Pit sighed, at least he'll be heavily watched that not even Fox could attack him without getting caught.

"This sucks!" Sonic complained.

By heavy surveillance it meant being watched by R.O.B. for twenty-four hours straight since that robot never sleeps. The robot just trailed after them. While Sonic could outrun him at anytime, he couldn't leave Pit or Ash behind, but that didn't stop him from running ahead of the them though. The words that Fox told him rang through his head. If he was in Fox's place, would he think the same thing?

"Sonic, why so blue?" Ash asked as the Pokémon Trainer caught up to him.

Sonic shook his head, "It's nothing. I'm just bored."

Pit caught up to the two. The robot was not far behind them.

"So what are we going to do?" the angel asked.

Sonic thought for a minute before he had an idea, "Let's make fun of the other Smashers!"

"Huh?"

"Think. We got R.O.B. with us. He's like the main computer. We could use him to access the internet and find popularity polls. We then announce it on the intercom and we can get everyone's reaction."

"That sounds like fun," Ash declared.

"I'd like to see which place I'm in," Pit added actually sounded interested in this humiliation process.

"I bet I'm number one," Sonic said.

"In speed."

The trio looked at the robot who showed no sign of panic when the trio grabbed him and dragged him to the intercom room.

Approximately thirty minutes later, the four Smashers were already in the room announcing the popularity poll.

"GOOD AFTERNOON SMASHERS!" Sonic shouted. He tried his best to imitate Crazy's voice (which included speaking in perfect English), but it failed miserably, "I HAVE RECENTLY GOTTEN THE POPULARITY POLL OF WHO'S THE MOST POPULAR SMASHER!"

"Turn down the volume!" Ash yelled as he and Pit covered his ears. The other Smashers were doing it as well.

"WHAT! I CAN'T HEAR YOU!"

Pit just turned down the speaker, "That's better."

"Okay! In first place is…"

Sonic was quiet for a second before yelling, "What the hell! This poll is not right! I'm suppose to be number one!"

Sonic began to curse over the intercom resulting in Pit taking over after Ash dragged him away.

"The most popular character," Pit began in a calm voice, "Is Link or Toon Link with a percentage of 10.5."

Pit, mentally could hear some Smashers booing Link or rather Toon Link. He continued, "Sonic is in second with 9.1. Meta Knight is in third place with a score of 6 percent. And I'm in fourth place with a score of 4.9. Wow! I didn't think I would make it to the top five Smashers…"

"Who's the fifth one!" Satoshi asked still trying to calm Sonic down.

"Fifth place is…wow! Lucario with 4.7 percent."

Sonic took over the intercom and laughed, "HAHAHAHAHA! YOU DIDN'T MAKE IT TO THE TOP FIVE MARIO! THAT PROVES I'M BETTER THAN YOU!"

Pit could see the fight that would happen between the plumber and the hedgehog later and it wasn't going to be pretty.

"Could we continue Sonic?"

"Oh yes! Now the next one is, who the ugliest character in Brawl?"

There was silence among the Smashers.

"That question is a hard one…" Ash mumbled, "There are a lot of ugly Smashers here."

"You're one of them," Sonic said with a laugh. If there was an audience behind Sonic, they would have said something along the lines of, "You just got served!"

"HEY!"

"He knows it's not true," Pit said with a sigh.

"If it was from the ugliest, I would say Wario," Sonic announced.

You could hear some Smashers laughing in the background. Sonic was going out of his way to be a jerk today.

"Come on! We all know that Bowser actually looks good in the Paper Mario games!" Sonic declared.

"That's because he's two fucking dimensional like Game and Watch," Ash stated.

"Everyone looks better two dimensional," Sonic stated.

There was silence between the trio again because Pit wasn't too happy with that statement. If one could describe his face internet wise, it would be the rage face.

"You only looked ugly back then because you were only a kid!" Sonic said quickly trying to prevent his angel friend from punching him.

That only upset him even more, "But at the end of my first game…when I turned into an adult…I still looked ugly…is that how people see me?"

"NO NO!" Ash and Sonic yelled at the same time, "You look exactly like Sora from Kingdom Hearts!"

Pit sighed, "I look like Sora…that's why I'm popular…because of someone more popular."

"Shit," Sonic cursed, "Let's just move on."

"Who's the fastest character in Brawl?" Ash asked.

"Me," Sonic said.

"Obviously. The next one is, which character do you consider hot?"

More silence.

"I'm not on the list, am I?" Sonic asked.

"No. You're not a human. The top five include Link, Marth, Pit, Ike, and Snake," Ash said with a groan, "I'm from the Pokémon series, that's why people don't like me anymore…"

"That's not true! At least you're human!" Sonic stated. "You just need to wait for the new generation and you might look more attractive."

Both of them fell into a slump. None of them wanted to continue. Pit recovered first though and went back to the intercom with his cheerful voice, "The next one is actually a Super Smash Brothers Brawl Meme."

"It's one of those brochures where someone says who's there best, worst, favorite character and other stuff," Satoshi explained.

"This one seems to be about Pikachu."

"Let me read it then."

Ash took the brochure from the angel and read, "Who is your favorite character. This girl wrote Pikachu as her favorite character because he zaps everyone. If it weren't for my training then Pikachu wouldn't be this popular," Ash said with his teeth flashing.

"That doesn't work with you Ash no offense," Sonic told him.

"You're right anyways…she's not good with Zelda because the whole transformation into Sheik and stuff. She then says that she would add Cloud, Sepiroth, Sora, Roxas, and Axel in this game if she controlled the game and wouldn't remove any character because everybody is important."

"Right," Sonic said rolling his eyes. "I notice how all the guys listed are hot men...no chicks?"

"She then says to pass the time before Brawl came out, which it already has in America, she does the Death Note crap."

"Death Note is an awesome anime!" Sonic told him.

"We all know Full Metal Alchemist is better."

"True," Pit and Sonic said at the same time.

Satoshi read on, "She then drew you Pit in casual wear and it actually looks good."

Pit looked at the picture, "It does."

"Then it says draw your favorite character in a drag!"

Upon seeing the picture with Pit in a pink drag, Satoshi laughed. Pit blushed madly and asked to give the brochure back to him. Ash ended up passing it to Sonic who looked at the picture. He joined in on the fun and announced, "ANYONE WHO LIKES TO SEE PIT IN A PINK DRAG, SEND YOUR BRAS AND PANTIES OVER HERE TO SMASH BROTHERS MANSION! I'LL EVEN GIVE YOU OUR PHONE NUMBER DESPITE MASTER HAND TELLING US TO NEVER GIVE OUT PHONE NUMBERS TO AVOID STALKERS AND SERIAL KILLERS!"

"Sonic, stop it!" Pit yelled.

He tried to snatch the brochure only for Sonic to throw it back at Ash.

"Hey, is that Ike in the picture?" he asked.

Pit blushed even more, "IT'S NOT!"

"You're right. It's Marth and he's jealous of your hot looks. Peach and Zelda are in love with your new look."

"ASH KETCHUM!"

Sonic was checking R.O.B. now for a website that sold pink stuff. He decided to look on Victoria's Secret Website and order something for Pit.

"What bra size do you wear Pit?" Sonic questioned.

Pit glared at the hedgehog, "Take that back!"

"No way. I'm just asking. I bet Ike would like to see you in-"

"SONIC!"

R.O.B. was told to stay near Pit at all times, but this was the one time that he wanted to stay away from him. He slowly moved closer to the door ready to bolt. Pit was furious now, as he took out his double edged swords and pointed both of them at both of his friends that were terrified now.

"You guys take that back or I might actually attack you," Pit threatened.

Pit was always cheerful, so to see him angry would make anyone piss themselves. Sonic and Ash backed up against the wall as they both raised their hands in the air like they were being arrested.

"We give up!"

Sonic wasn't telling the truth though because he was still on the popularity website. Pit took the brochure and ripped it in half so he didn't have to see himself in a drag.

"The next question," Sonic continued, "Is who would get in bed with?"

The silence was very suffocating. Sonic was going to push Pit's button and end up with a sword in his skull, so he just gave up. "Let's just skip that question. The next question is who is your favorite pairing."

"Let's see…"

"There's the usual Mario/Peach, Link/Zelda, Captain Falcon/Samus or Snake/Samus pairing war…" Sonic continued reading all the possible straight pairings before getting to the yaoi pairings, "The yaoi pairings are mainly Marth/Roy but the most recent one is…Ike/Pit!"

Pit almost stabbed Sonic in the stomach for announcing that pairing. Sonic had fast reflexes but that still terrified him that he was almost gutted.

"Damn! I was reading it off!" Sonic yelled, "It's not my fault that people see you two together!"

"You guys are jerks…" Pit murmured, "I'm out of here…"

Before Sonic could apologize, Pit was already out the door. R.O.B. did not follow him due to the fact that he felt a murderous aura coming from the angel.

"You blew it again Sonic…" Ash said with a sigh.

"We both did…" Sonic mumbled.

"Joke went too far," R.O.B. stated the obvious.

"But...who was I paired up with?" Ash had to asked and being ignored as a result.

Pit stomped through the whole hallway with the Smashers avoiding him. He was literally pissed at the whole announcement, so speaking about it would not be a good idea. Everyone knew to stay away from the angel, except for one.

"Pit," a voice called out.

The angel was still pissed off at Sonic that he ended up snapping at the person, "What do you want? I'm not in the mood."

"Sorry, should I talk to you later?"

Pit recognized the voice and changed his attitude instantly when he saw who he was talking to, "Ike?"

"It's me. You really don't want to talk to anyone, so…"

"Wait!"

Ike didn't move from his spot at the angel's request, "Yes?"

The angel's heart was beating faster by the minute. He told himself over and over again that he didn't like Ike that way, but if that was the case, then why did his heart say otherwise?

"Are you okay?" he asked in a stern voice.

"I-I'm fine," Pit stuttered.

"It doesn't seem like that."

Ike placed his hand on Pit's forehead. He then placed his hand back on his forehead and said, "It doesn't seem like you have a fever of some sort."

"I…of course not! I-I…"

Pit realized that his speech was all messed up. He cursed to himself for acting like this in front of the mercenary.

"Well if that's the case, then I'll head back to my room," Ike explained, "I don't want the others questioning me about the phone call.

"The phone call! Did you hear the person's voice?" Pit asked.

"I did, but if Sonic could change his voice when he speaks into the phone instantly, then it could have been anybody."

"You make it seem like it's Sonic's fault."

"…"

"Is it because of that prank call yesterday?"

Ike said nothing. The truth was that he was worried about Pit's safety and when he realized that he was tricked that easily, he felt humiliated. How could the angel change his personality from the calm guy to the instantly panicked one that he was yesterday?

"I'll tell Sonic not to do it again…after I tell him to stop asking about my breast size…"

"You're a girl?" Ike had to ask. "Because I'm pretty sure you signed up as a boy."

Pit wanted to slap Sonic for even bringing that up, "NO! I AM NOT A GIRL! I'M HUNDRED PERCENT MALE! I AM NOT TRANSSEXUAL EITHER! ASK LADY PALUTENA AND SHE WILL TELL YOU I AM A FULL BORN ANGEL MALE!"

Ike sighed, "I was just making sure. We don't need another girl in this mansion…"

Pit instantly calmed down, "Yeah…"

"Especially ones that are fangirls when their behind the scenes."

Pit sighed. All the girls except Samus were fangirls of some sort. Most of them were a fan of Roy Mustang and Edward Elric from Full Metal Alchemist. Samus was more interested in guns and missiles though. Who would he be a fan of if he was a girl? Probably Edward Elric since they shared many traits except the one about getting mad when called short. Pit got mad if he was referred to as a girl though, so it was similar.

The two met each other eyes and said nothing. Both were mesmerized by the other, but before anything was said though, a group of Waddle Dees came running through the hallway hitting anything in their path and the two were unfortunate victims. Both got hit by Waddle Doo and the Waddle Dees. They both fell over, but Ike caught Pit in his arms before they both hit the floor.

DDD witnessed the scene and laughed at them.

"You two should get a room if you're going to do that here!" he declared as he walked off in the direction of the Waddle Dees.

With the penguin king gone, Pit instantly got off of Ike. His cheeks were flushed but so were Ike's although he hid his well.

"I-I'm sorry!" Pit apologized as he planned to retreat to his room if Ike didn't grab his arm.

"Wait," he said.

Pit looked at Ike with scared eyes. He didn't want Ike to suspect him of liking the bluenette.

"It's okay. DDD was planning to do that to someone," Ike told him.

"I…"

"You're not hurt, are you?" Ike asked with sincere eyes.

Pit couldn't take it anymore. Ike was the keep it to himself person, so him showing affections of some sort, was driving him crazy that it hurt.

"I have to go now!" Pit finally said as he released himself from Ike's grip and ran to his room. The room was completely fixed thanks to Game and Watch. He ran inside his room and slammed it shut locking it. He fell on top of his head and buried his head in his pillow. He wanted to cry at the very least, but that would leave him vulnerable to an attack. Why is this happening to me?

Pit was so stressed out from all that was happening to him, that he did not notice that the stalker managed to sneak into his room, and hide underneath Sonic's bed. He watched the scene unfold in front of him and grinned. He was so distracted that he wouldn't notice that he was getting a good view of his distressed face as well as his ass.

Pit wasn't the only one confused. Ike was confused with his feelings as well.

He headed toward his room, but was stopped by Roy who was standing in front of his door.

"What is it Roy?" Ike asked bitterly. He didn't like Roy because of his attitude and there was something about him that made him worry. Marth had the same vibe, but…

"I just wanted to speak to you. That's all."

"About what?"

"About the threatening phone call you received last night."

Ike glared at the red haired swordsmen, "There's nothing to talk about."

"Did you listen to his voice?" Roy questioned, "Did you pay attention to his motivation?"

"Why are you asking me this?" Ike asked ignoring the questions.

"I'm asking you this so I can prepare myself…in case this person decides to attack Marth."

There was something about what Roy said that worried Ike. He sounded so confident and faithful to Marth, but he couldn't put a finger on it, "You're strong enough to protect Marth even without my advice, besides…"

Ike pushed Roy out of the way to get to his door, "He's already strong enough as he is if he could make into Brawl."

Ike opened his door and slammed it on the younger teen.

Surprisingly, the stalker got away from Pit's room when Sonic and Ash came in after it was late at night. Both had the Simsons Clue Murder game. Because it was so dark, they didn't catch the stalker sneaking away.

"You need to cheer up Pit," Ash told him.

Pit glared at the room before hiding under the blanket.

"You really don't want to play with us?" Sonic asked.

"Not until you apologize!"

"For something that's true?"

Pit said nothing. Ash looked at the bedroom and decided to change the bed scenario. He called out his Ivysaur to use his vine whip to move the beds in a triangle like design.

"What are you doing?" Pit asked.

"Changing the scenario of course," Ash said with an evil grin.

Soon all three beds were in a triangle like position. He then ordered his grass Pokémon to take all the bed sheets and tie it to all the bed stands in order to make a tent. Ivysaur took the blanket away from Pit as he wrapped it around the bed stands.

"We will now start the investigation," Ash began trying to sound like a detective, "Choose your character."

Sonic already set the board game. In the end, Pit was forced to play since he couldn't go to bed under the bed's circumstance.

"I choose Mr. Green," Sonic said, "Or rather Toshiro."

The trio couldn't help but laugh at the joke.

"It's Bart," Ash corrected.

"That's me."

"I'll play as Mr. Plum or rather Ishida," Ash said.

More laughs were heard.

"Homer," Sonic stated.

"I'll play as Ms. White…which is Lisa…"

"HINAMORI!" the two corrected.

"Right…"

"Pass the cards out!"

The cards were passed out evenly to each player while three cards were put into the envelop. Pit looked at his cards and frowned.

I might not win this game.

Most the Smashers obeyed Master Hand and stayed in groups of two. All except King DDD who still wanted to cause mayhem through out the mansion and that was smashing windows and giving Game and Watch a hard time. He already succeeded in making Pit's and Ike's life hard today, so he planned on continuing through the rest of the night. That was until that person appeared.

DDD was playing golf in the main hallway on the second floor when he saw the figure in front of him. The figure took the golf ball and crushed it. The penguin king glared at the figure.

"I hope you will replace that ball! I am not running all the way upstairs to get another golf ball!" DDD complained.

The figure looked at the penguin and glared, "You made the DDD caps?"

DDD was confused. Had he heard that voice somewhere before, "Yeah. What of it?"

"Then you will be the next one to disappear. Your existence threatens me in ever claiming Pit for myself."

"What are you talking about?"

DDD got the picture though when he saw the figure ready for an attack. The penguin glared at the figure, "So Falco must have been in this same situation. Now I can defeat you for causing trouble and I'll be hailed a hero and Kirby will be the loser!"

DDD got out his mallet and charged at the figure. He was too slow though as the figure dodged the mallet with ease. When he swung the mallet though, he caught a glimpse of the figure's face. His eyes widened.

"Hey, aren't you-"

DDD was cut off as the figure fired a dark beam at him. The beam covered him completely, but the problem was that DDD was next to the winner and the beam wasn't a quiet attack, so it ended up shattering the window causing the alarm to go off. When the beam was gone, DDD was nothing but a trophy. The only thing that wasn't turned into a trophy was the mallet.

"Your DDD caps won't save anyone now," the figure said in a tone of mockery, "Two down but lots more to go."

The figure then threw a black rose that pinned to the middle of the mallet as well as a note that he wrote before attacking DDD. He grabbed the DDD trophy and vanished into the darkness. That was when Kirby and Meta Knight came onto the scene.

"What happened?" Kirby asked.

Meta Knight instantly noticed the mallet. He ran over to the mallet and gasped, "The king is gone."

"WHAT?"

"He never leaves without his mallet…and there is another black rose with a note."

Kirby frowned. Did they just DDD be taken away?

Meta Knight took the note from the tip of the thorn and read the note out loud.

The king is nowhere to be found

As well as his DDD caps.

You might want to stay on high ground

Otherwise you might end up taking a long nap.

Signed BFF

The two looked at each other and then back at the mallet.

"Do you think?" Kirby asked.

"Yes. This person took DDD because of the DDD caps that saved up all during the final battle," Meta Knight said, "We have to warn the others."

"That's if they aren't asleep, poyo!"

"I say it's Rukia Kuchiki who murdered Aizen with her Zanpakuto in the 5th Division Hallway!" Ash guessed.

The trio were no longer playing Simsons murder since it was boring. They switched to Bleach murder and the only way to play was to use their huge imagination. They had to imagine what all the rooms would be as well as the weapons. The only weapon though was their Zanpakuto unless it was Ishida who had the Quincy arrow. They increased the amount of rooms in the game. Instead of eight rooms, there are thirteen rooms. The goal of the game now was who killed Aizen with which weapon in which division. While playing, they weren't listening to the alarm that sounded off.

"Open the envelope," Sonic told Ash.

Ash opened the envelope. His eyes widened in horror, "NO! I WAS SO CLOSE!"

"Guess you're out of the game," Sonic said.

"What did you get wrong?" Pit asked.

"I'm not suppose to tell you," Ash said with a groan.

"But we have to end the game soon, so tell us which one was wrong."

"All of it…" Ash murmured.

If the window was opened, then there would be a gust of wind in the room.

"You just guessed without using the sheet?" Sonic asked trying to hold in his laugh.

"I was never the type of person to jot down ideas…" Ash admitted.

Sonic and Pit burst out laughing. Ash's cheeks turned red with anger, "SHUT UP! I DID MY BEST!"

Even Ash's Ivysaur was snickering at the stupidity of his trainer.

"Be quiet Ivysaur or you're going back to your Pokéball!"

"That's harsh," Sonic said.

"Why don't you try guessing who it is."

"Fine by me. I say it's Toshiro Hitsugaya with his Zanpakuto in the 13th division," Sonic guessed.

"I think," Pit began, "It's Ichigo Kurosaki with his Zanpakuto in the 1st division."

"That's kind of risky," Ash told the angel.

"We have to know who it is, so open the envelope."

Ash opened the envelope and showed all three cards, "We all lost. It was Ichigo and he did murder Aizen in the 11th division!"

"God damnit!" Sonic cursed, "I was sure it was Toshiro!"

"Hey, I was the closest," Pit said.

"You NEVER murder someone in the 1st division Pit," Ash told him.

"Why the 11th?"

"Because Zaraki and his entire division gang raped Aizen before killing him."

The trio laughed at Ash's answer. If that really happened in the series, then Ichigo would be hailed a hero along with Zaraki and the whole 11th division...but the logic of rape though was...

"I guess it's game over…" Ash mumbled after the laughter died down.

"Finally! I can get some sleep!" Pit said with a yawn. He attempted to stand up only to get hit by the sheet above him.

"Couldn't we camp instead?" the Pokémon Trainer asked, "I'm too lazy to ask Ivysaur to put everything back together."

"Some trainer you are…" Sonic muttered

"Says the person who can't even get along with Jigglypuff."

"Hey! Her singing is annoying!"

"It's annoying because you fall asleep before you hear the whole song."

...I think that's the point...sing does put the listener to sleep. Pit thought to himself.

Pit jumped on his bed ready to fall back asleep when Ash asked, "What are we going to do tomorrow?"

Pit turned his head toward the Pokémon Trainer who hopped on his bed. He helped Ivysaur up onto the bed as well.

"What do you mean?" Pit asked.

"If Master Hand told us to stay in groups of two or three, you would expect him to put a few Smashers under house arrest."

"True."

Sonic who wasn't the least bit tired jumped in the middle of the two and announced, "Tomorrow, I'll take you guys to Delfino Plaza!"

"What?"

"You heard me right. Before Master Hand calls everybody into a meeting tomorrow, I'll take you guys to Delfino Plaza."

Pit was confused, "How can we go there if-"

"If you're asking about Delfino Plaza in the stage we fight on, you're mistaken. I'm talking about the real one! All the seafood there as well as-"

"Don't you hate water?" Ash asked.

"I do, but I don't have to go to any water area."

"You sink as soon as you hit the water on any stage."

"Be quiet. You don't even fight. You let your Pokémon do it."

"Why you-"

"Please continue," Pit interrupted.

"Gladly. There's a ship that will take us to Isle Delfino in an hour. We then have the whole day to ourselves, but we'll make it back before we're suspected of being part of the missing," Sonic explained, "This way, R.O.B. won't be with us."

"You really don't want that robot to follow us?" Pit asked.

"Of course not! He's annoying!"

"Then how are we suppose to take pictures?"

"Ash...I don't know."

"We could always borrow Ness' camera," Pit suggested.

"Then he'll have to come with us…" Sonic mumbled.

The three thought about this for a second before deciding what to do.

"We're going to kidnap him," Sonic said simply.

"He'll probably want to get out of the mansion anyway," Ash added.

Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. The trio did not want anyone to come into their room, so they all decided to pretend to be asleep. Sonic knew that R.O.B. was outside their room to make sure that no one came to threaten them.

The blue hedgehog had the best hearing of the three, so he decided to listen to the conversation that was happening outside. He heard mumbles and he heard grumbles. He could tell that Meta Knight and Kirby were outside and they were discussing something important. Upon hearing that DDD was missing though, Sonic decided not to listen anymore.

"What are they talking about?" Pit asked.

Not wanting to worry the angel Sonic lied to him. "They're talking about the alarm. Nothing important."

Pit was too tired to hear the hesitation in the hedgehog's voice when he spoke to catch the lie. The angel drifted off to sleep eventually. Ash began snoring loudly along with his Ivysaur. Sonic sighed at the similarities between trainer and Pokémon.

"The note mentioned that the DDD caps were gone," Meta Knight continued to rant.

"If DDD was taken away because of those caps, we're in trouble! Poyo!" Kirby exclaimed.

"There is nothing I can do about it," R.O.B. told them, "Report this to Master Hand tomorrow morning."

The two Smashers from Pop Star seemed to have given up on warning Pit and his friends and walked away. The robot was then saying a code of some sort before continuing his watch. Sonic frowned.

We're all in more danger than anticipated. Sonic thought to himself as he fell on top of his bed. He glanced at Pit and gave the sleeping angel a worried look, Pit, are you sure you're telling us everything we need to know?

Sonic's reply of course was the angel turning away from him in his sleep. The answer he got from a snoozing Ash though was rather annoying.

"No Gary…" he whispered in his sleep, "I can't eat anymore...of May's cooking..."

He really needs to learn his manners. Sonic thought to himself as he was about to close his eyes. He opened them when he thought he saw a shadowy figure outside watching them. When he closed his eyes and opened them again, the figure was gone.

"I must be tired…" Sonic mumbled to himself before falling asleep.

The figure outside the window though was real. The figure growled.

"The hedgehog is annoying. I'll have to get rid of him as well to succeed."

Me: TBC with 6719 words. Notes.

1. During the time before Brawl came out, people had to fill out this sheet of who they wanted to be in Brawl and who should be removed. This is a VERY old meme now so this pole is very old.

2. If you haven't noticed last chapter, Kirby can talk. He and Yoshi will be the only ones who originally don't talk to their video game series to talk. Kirby can speak a few words though. Poyo is the same thing as when I say nya since Kirby is still a baby of some sorts.

Forgot to mention in the last chapter about the anime. Back in 2008, Full Metal Alchemist is hailed as one of the best anime. It still is in comparison to other shows but now, there are shows like Durarara, Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica and the upcoming Persona 4. You get the point, so most of the jokes are very old in comparison.

That's it for this chapter though.