Ash's Boyfriend
Disclaimer: I do not own Super Smash Brothers Brawl or any of the characters.
Summary: Ash's rival and boyfriend Gary Oak saves Pit in the forest due to his description that Ash told him. He only helps Pit because he needs help to protect Ash's whereabouts and Pallet Town. The two make a deal that Pit will help Gary if he helped Pit in restoring Fox from his trophy form. Will they succeed? And what happened to Meta Knight and Kirby?
Chapter 8: Ash's Boyfriend
"Get lost you demon!"
"You're not an angel! You are a devil!"
"God will send you to hell!"
An angel at the age of six was kicked out of the house he lived in. His parents hated him with a passion for a sin they did. The boy glanced at the closed door waiting for it to open. It never opened. Instead, the boy heard the shouting of his parents about what to do with him. He began to walk away from the door crying.
"Why are adults so mean?" the child asked out loud, "Why do they take their anger out on me? I haven't done anything to them. It's just not fair!"
"It isn't."
The child looked up to see a man with short brown hair and purple eyes gazing at him. He looked to be in his mid-twenties. He didn't look anything like an angel. In fact, his wings were black representing the devil.
"I know how it feels to be rejected by the parents who gave birth to you," the man began in a deep voice, "Do you want them to love you?"
The child didn't exactly know what he meant. All he wanted was his parent's love which he would never receive, "Yes."
"Then take this."
The man gave the child two golden rings. When the man was holding it however, there was a purple aura around it.
"These rings will remove all the features your parents hate. With this, they cannot hate you."
"Really?"
"But I must warn you. You must never take them off. If you do then all that hatred that was sealed away will be released. We wouldn't want an angel with black wings, do we?"
"No."
"Are you sure you want this?" the man asked one last time, "It is not my responsibility for what happens to you afterward."
The angel thought for a minute before answering, "I just want mom and dad to love me."
When the child took the golden rings, the man smiled evilly, "Your fate has been sealed. I'll be watching you forever now."
Pit woke up from his dream or rather flashback. It's been a while since he had a dream concerning that incident in Angel Land.
I don't even want to think about that time. Pit thought to himself.
The angel was fully awake when he looked at his surroundings. He seemed to be in a room where people did their research and he just happened to be laying on the table where objects were being studied. However, there was a blanket on the table representing that whoever found him didn't conduct an experiment on him yet. There was a door with another room behind him. It seemed to be the living room with modern furniture.
This must be a research lab of some sort.
What startled Pit was when he tried to move his angel wings, they were no longer petrified. At first Pit thought that if his wings were no longer stone then Fox would be back to normal too. He frowned upon seeing the Fox trophy on the desk to the right with the gun.
I guess I was the only one healed.
Pit felt the presence of another organism in the room. He instantly stood up and aimed his bow (which happened to be next to him) in the direction of the organism. He was surprised to see a black cat like animal with yellow rings around its body growling at him.
A Pokémon?
Pit and the Pokémon stared at each for a long time before someone told the Pokémon to stand down. The angel let down his guard as he saw a person emerge from the living room.
"Who are you?" Pit asked. He did not mean to sound crude but in a situation like this, it was the only way to show the person who they were messing with.
The black Pokémon began to growl again when the trainer introduced himself.
"I'm Gary Oak. I'm the grandson of the famous Professor Oak and I mean no harm to you."
"Gary? The Gary Oak that Ash has been talking about?" Pit asked out loud.
The Pokémon Researcher seemed surprised at this question, "You know Ashy?"
"You bet I do! Ash and I are like the best of friends in Smash Brothers mansion along with Sonic!"
"Oh. So you must be one of the friends that Ashy-boy mentioned to me."
"Pit is the name."
"Pleasure to meet you. I'm glad I didn't leave him there. Ash would have killed me."
The angel seemed rather confused with the Pokémon Researcher, "Who is Ashy-boy?"
"Oh! That is…Ash's nickname…I'm not suppose to use it but it is easier to memorize and it's a great way to piss him off."
Giving Ash a pet name meant only one thing. This was the guy that Ash was seeing behind Master Hand's back. The angel had to admit that he looked kind of cute.
"Where am I?"
"You're in Pallet Town. Umbreon and I found you in the Viridian Forest. You looked badly injured so we brought you to my grandfather's research lab."
"So…I'm basically in the town Ash was raised in."
"Yeah."
It is a nice place. I can see why Ash is the carefree one of the group.
The angel looked back at his angel wings. His next question was about how Gary was able to bring his wings back to normal.
"About your wings," Gary began, "I thought the effect the same as the one from a certain video game series games so I mixed a remedy with a burn heal, ice heal and a Lum berry and sure enough, it worked like Stona."
Pit gave Gary a hard stare. Somehow, he knew that he was lying about how he cured his angel wings. His Pokémon was also giving him the look when one spots a white lie.
"Then how come it didn't work for Fox?" Pit asked pointing toward the Fox trophy.
Shigeru looked at the trophy in confusion, "Why would it work on that?"
"Because Fox was petrified!"
"…Really? It looks like a normal trophy to me," the Pokémon Researcher said innocently.
"Never mind. You wouldn't understand the situation he was in anyway."
Gary had a very serious look on his face, "What are you talking about?"
"Nothing."
The Pokémon Researcher sighed. Pit was described as being a nice, innocent angel in Ash's POV but it seems like there was more to the angel than meets the eyes.
There was suddenly a loud bang at the door. At first Gary panicked, but upon hearing a familiar voice, he calmed down.
"Don't scare me like that Tracey! You make it seem like Team Rocket will burst into the lab."
A guy who seemed to be slightly older than Gary with black hair and a rather goofy grin appeared at the door.
"Sorry Gary! You didn't answer the door the first time, so I had to get your attention."
"Idiot. I don't know how Misty fell for you…"
"Did you say something."
"Nothing important…-sweatdrop-"
Tracey looked passed the brunette to see Pit standing on the ground. His angel wings caught his attention. Pit noticed the intense stare that the older teen was giving him and readied his bow just in case he planned to attack.
"Can you keep that pose?" he asked surprising the angel.
"Why?"
"I got to sketch you! You look like a real angel!" he cheered as he got out his sketch book and began sketching the angel.
"I am a real angel!"
The older teen seemed to be ignoring him as he sketched Pit's characteristic. If you were looking at Tracey's drawing though, you would fall head over heels for Pit even more because the facial expression on the angel's face was more exaggerated than normal. Gary couldn't help but laugh at Tracey's hobby.
"Sorry Pit! Tracey's hobby includes sketching Pokémon and other things that seem unique to him."
"You're wings are beautiful," Tracey continued still in his own world, "How did you get them to be so real?"
"Because they are real!"
Gary laughed at the two again. Pit turned to the brunette and asked, "What does he do?"
"He's my grandfather's assistant. He helps around the lap."
"And where is-"
"He's in Goldenrod City doing a talk show with DJ Mary. He asked me to look after the lab while he was gone, but…"
"You gave up training for your old man?"
"He's getting old…"
"There! All done!"
Tracey showed the drawing to Pit. The angel had to admit that it was a good drawing of him, but his face was exaggerated greatly. He did not look that manly but he wished he didn't have a childish face.
"Tracey, you have to get better at drawing real faces," Gary told him.
Tracey looked at his sketch and then back at Pit. He sighed, "You're right. I drew a grown up. Not a kid."
"-red vein- Excuse you but I'm way older than both of you combined!"
Laughter broke out throughout the lab. Pit was the only one not joining in since he was the one being made fun of…for being angry! Normally people would be shocked if he was angry since he hid his true self from everyone. However, with these trainers, they laugh it off like anger is a normal thing.
Why can't the Smashers not take my anger seriously like these two can?
There was a knock at the door that made the two stop laughing. Tracey glared at the door knowing well who was at the door.
"Don't answer it…" Gary said.
"I have to. I can't allow them to destroy everything."
"What's going on?"
Tracey ignored him and opened the door. Gary's Umbreon growled at the people who were at the door. Gary seemed frightened by the men but chose to hide Pit in a nearby closet to the angel's confusion and dismay.
Pit did not like small spaces. Especially if it smelled really bad. He thought he was in the closet where the trash was kept. He could hear the voices of other people and they didn't sound the least bit friendly. In fact, they sounded threatening. All he could hear were threats from these people.
It was then did he hear Gary call out Tracey's name. It was a good thing that there was a little hole in the closet. That way he could see what was going on.
Apparently, there were these men dressed in black that had a red R in the middle of their shirt. They seemed to knock out Tracey with some type of stun gun. The men barged into the lab with stun guns. There was a guy in the middle of them that seemed to be the leader. He looked Italian but he was in fact Japanese. He wore an orange suit and had some cat by his side.
There seemed to be a Pokémon battle after that. Pit couldn't make out who was winning. All he heard was Gary's commands to Umbreon. It seemed like the guy with the cat Pokémon ordered it to attack. The battle seemed to last ten whole minutes before the winner was decided and it wasn't Gary.
"Pathetic," the man with the suit stated as Gary recalled Umbreon back to its Pokéball.
"Sorry Umbreon…" Gary mumbled to his Pokéball.
"You will now prove your end of the deal," the man began.
Pit couldn't see the expression on Gary's face, but he could tell that he was scared by the trembling in his voice.
"I don't know what you're talking about…"
"Don't play dumb kid. There must be some secret to humans that have the 'aura' with them."
"I don't understand dammit!"
The man's voice started to become threatening.
"Now you listen to me boy! I want to know what happened to that boy who has been meddling with Team Rocket for a while now!"
"If you're talking about Ash, he's not here!"
"Where is he?"
"Somewhere where you'll never reach him!"
"You brat! You better tell me where he is!"
"And what would you do if you found him?"
"I'll end his miserable life and teach him the meaning of fear."
"That won't happen with the people he's with now. Compared to him, you're nothing but a weakling that has to rely on his men to do everything!"
"You're dead."
Pit gasped when he saw the man in the suit punch Gary in the face sending him flying toward the table. He could hear the brunette groaning in pain.
"Master Giovanni, if you hurt the boy anymore then we won't be able to get anything out of him," one of the men in the black suits told him.
"This boy has crossed the line. And I have no use for brats who won't listen to their superiors."
Pit clenched in anger as he witness this Giovanni man beat up the poor Pokémon Researcher. He wouldn't even fight back. I guess he and Ash are two different people. Pit thought to himself. Ash would have fought back with his fists.
The angel got his in position, ready to destroy the closest door and attack Giovanni in the process. If he missed though, he was technically screwed. Not in the point of being the target of these men, but in the position where he might have to use brute strength against men that were weaker than him.
Hit the mark!
Pit fired his arrow. The arrow instantly destroyed the closet door sending it flying toward the men wearing black suits. The arrow blazed Giovanni in the shoulder. Giovanni, who was strangling Gary, released him from his grasp grasping his shoulder in pain.
"Who did that?" he asked.
Pit emerged from his hiding place. He tried to make a dramatic entrance but it failed since he ended up knocking down the fox trophy and gun with his wings. The angel sweat dropped.
"That entrance did not go well…"
"Who are you? Explain yourself!" Giovanni demanded as his men recovered from the flying closest door and aimed their stun gun at him.
"I'm Pit! Captain of the royal bodyguards of Lady Palutena, the goddess of light and ruler of Angel Land! I have come to bring peace to this land! You will be punished in the name of her highness!" he introduced trying to lighten the mood.
The speech did not go well either because no one knew what the fuck he was talking about. Giovanni labeled him as some angel wannabe that just happened to be good at archery.
"Knock that brat out," he ordered.
The Team Rocket members fired their stun gun at Pit. Pit used his Mirror Shield to reflect the bullet sending it back at them and paralyzing them.
"Nice try!" Pit said sarcastically whenever something was reflected with his shield.
Giovanni looked at his men and then back at Pit.
"What are you? Some type of demon?"
"Not a demon. An angel from above!" Pit declared as he fired another arrow at Giovanni. He didn't dodge it, but Pit changed the direction of the arrow on purpose to scare him. The arrow managed to cut his face leaving a line of blood on it.
"Damn you! Persian, go get him!" Giovanni ordered his cat Pokémon.
Pit didn't want to injure the Pokémon, but when he saw the resemblance to the Pokémon Meowth, one thing struck his mind. That cat was just as evil as the scratch cat Pokémon.
Pit didn't hesitate in turning his bow into his two swords and slashed at the cat. He made a grave mistake though as Persian was NOT Meowth. It didn't attack with Pay Day. It screeched it pain when Pit stabbed it in the front legs.
"Whoops. Thought you would fight back like Meowth!"
The cat responded with a hiss. Giovanni instantly noticed that the wounds were more serious than the ones it received in a Pokémon battle and called back his Pokémon.
"You're a crazy kid!"
"No. I'm just part of the Brawl lineup."
Upon hearing the world 'Brawl' Giovanni's eyes widen. It was then did he realize that the Pokémon Trainer he was looking for couldn't be found because he too was also part of the Brawl lineup which only the strongest people in the world could be accepted in.
"Dammit! Men we retreat for now!"
"But Master Giovanni…" they began after recovering from their stun gun.
"We can't fight one kid with this many men! We'll retreat and come back with enough men to destroy the town!"
"You wouldn't!" Gary cried weakly.
Giovanni grinned evilly, "I would."
With that said, Team Rocket and their leader retreated out the door. When they were gone, Pit ran over to Gary and asked if he was okay.
"Never been better. I had worse injuries," Gary replied weakly.
"That's good."
"More importantly, is Tracey okay?"
Pit glanced over at the paralyzed Pokémon Watcher and nodded his head, "He was just stunned. It won't last long."
"That's a relief."
"Why were those people after you?" Pit asked as he lifted the brunette off the ground. He was surprisingly light compared to Ash.
"They wanted many things from me," Gary began.
Pit placed Gary on the couch outside the lab. He then helped Tracey off the floor and placed him on the other couch.
"Thank you," he said weakly.
"I'm just glad I can help."
"They were after me," Gary continued, "Because of the incident after Sinnoh league."
"The Sinnoh league?"
"It's a competition that happens once a year. Trainers must collect eight badges before then and then register in order to compete," Tracey explained.
"Ash, Paul and Barry participated in the Sinnoh league…and…"
"Who won?"
"Ash did surprisingly. I was impressed. This marks the first league he ever beaten. And he won with the Pokémon he uses in Brawl. And he won against that cheater!"
"That's Ash for you!"
"I know. Well…after the league, there was this guy who was really handsome by the way and offered Ash a spot in Brawl."
"That must be Master Hand."
"He said his name was Michiko Hyuga."
Pit couldn't help but laugh, "That is so not his last name! His last name is Hughes! At least that's what he told me and other Smashers."
"Oh…anyway, Ash accepted instantly because he thought he would be able to fight other strong trainers."
"He got fighters all over the universe instead," Pit told him.
"Yeah. I tried to warn him. Apparently, he was disappointed that he couldn't use his fists in battle."
"Sure he's strong with hand to hand combat when he wants to but…"
"Team Rocket heard about this and proceeded to capture Ash in order to figure out why he was accepted. However, he was already gone when they confronted his mother. They were in disguise, so she didn't recognize them."
"And they're after you because?"
"I was the last person Ash saw before that guy's brother took him to the Smash Brothers Mansion. His friends he was traveling with Dawn and Brock parted ways before then and they have no idea where he is now. But the real reason they wanted to meet with Ash because he has this 'aura' that he was born with. This makes him more powerful than a normal human being."
"Ash has supernatural powers?"
"Yes. I'm surprised they won't let him use that power in Brawl."
"If he had that power, then he would be too strong and put Link to shame."
"I guess your right."
The trio couldn't help but laugh at that last joke. Both knew who Link was because they heard stories of the Hero of Hyrule and how many times he defeated the evil Ganondorf and saved Princess Zelda. His recent story passed around the Pokémon world like crazy.
"Anyway, there is more than one person in the world that has 'aura'. As stated in a legend, those with 'aura' were people with pure hearts. Team Rocket thinks that I'm one of those people with 'aura' which I don't because if I did, I would have kicked their asses before they even touched me."
"Gary, you're brains, not brawn like Ash is," Tracey reminded.
"I know, but…"
Pit eyed Gary suspiciously. It was true. Gary had no psychical strength whatsoever, but he suspected Satoshi to be packed with it. After all, Ash wasn't one of the smarter Smashers. He was still smarter than Donkey Kong and Bowser though.
"What are you going to do now?" Pit asked interrupting the two, "If Team Rocket attacks Pallet Town."
"The police are aware of Team Rocket's actions," Tracey began, "They are probably surrounding the town as we speak."
"Then why-"
"Some of the officers are stupid and can't see through their disguise. However, if they are really going to attack the town head on, then the police won't miss them."
"I doubt they can do anything about it…" Gary murmured, "Most of the time, Team Rocket gets away with their crimes. If they get away with annihilating Pallet Town…I wouldn't be surprised."
"The world would know what Team Rocket is capable of…"
The two trainers sat their in silence forgetting about Pit.
"I don't think I can protect my grandfather's lab that he dedicated his life to…"
"Don't threat!" Pit told the two.
The two trainers finally noticed Pit's presence.
"All we got to do is show them who is boss! Let the Pokémon fight Team Rocket."
Gary glared at the angel, "They belong to other trainers and they won't appreciate if I used them without their permission!"
"Just a suggestion. Use Ash's Pokemon then."
"…But Ash…"
Pit sighed, "Let's make a deal. If I stop Team Rocket from destroying Pallet Town will you help me restore Fox?"
"W-What?"
"That trophy in the lab. It was my fault that he's a trophy instead of a fox that should be pointing a gun at me right now. If I was fighting more seriously then…"
"Pit…"
"Anyway just help me restore him. I'm sure the other Smashers will be glad if you did."
Gary gave an unsure look to the angel. It was only luck that he was able to bring his wings back to normal.
"I'll try."
"Yes! Now no one will suspect me!"
"Huh?"
"Nothing. Just get his Pokémon ready. I'll be training outside."
"Pit wait!"
It was too late to reason with the angel since he was already out the door taking the Fox trophy with him. The only problem was that Pit did not know his surroundings. He would have to ask other people for directions, but his foreign appearance would scare them.
"Are you going to help them?" Tracey asked him.
"It's not if I want to help him. It's if I can help him. I don't think I can heal a trophy like I did with the wings. Besides, he's our only help in defending Pallet Town without Ash…"
"You could send an SOS to him."
"The lines been dead for a week. I don't think he'll pick up."
"Gary," Kenji began in a serious tone, "You have to have faith in yourself. Ash wouldn't want to see you like this."
"I know, but compared to him…I'm nothing. My battling skills has depleted ever since that battle with Team Galactic...if I can't even hold my end of the bargain like that one time, what makes anyone think I can do anything now?"
"Gary…"
"Are we there yet, poyo?"
"Come on Meta Knight! We've been walking through this forest for at least twelve hours now!"
"Be quiet Kirby. I'm trying to focus."
In the last chapter, Meta Knight grabbed Kirby and flew off in one direction. That direction was a forest far away. Kirby would have thought that they were in the forest where the Yoshis lived since it was all peaceful.
"It would be much easier if you flew back to the mansion."
"If I did, then it wouldn't be a challenge to you."
Kirby let out another sigh, "Torturing me again in a life and death situation."
"Be happy we hadn't found any demon beast yet."
The pink puffball frowned. Meta Knight was always serious when it came to him, but whenever he tried to put humor in his comments, he tends to be more sarcastic then anything else. Most of the time, that humor was directed to Kirby himself and the puffball didn't find it amusing.
"Couldn't I just call the Warp Star to help us out, poyo?" Kirby asked.
"No…not yet…"
"Why not now?"
"Because…"
Kirby waited for Meta Knight to answer. He wished that he didn't though because the ground was rumbling underneath. Out came a demon beast that ate the puffball whole. Meta Knight chuckled to himself.
"Because I wanted to see you eaten for a change."
Kirby sliced his way out of the demon beast with his sword. He glared at the Star Warrior.
"You're mean!"
"I'm not mean. I'm truthful."
"That's it! I'm calling the Warp Star! Warp Star!"
There was a long pause, but the Warp Star came eventually. Kirby hopped on it as he piloted it in the air. Meta Knight flew up with him.
"Which way?" Kirby asked.
"That's for me to know and you to find out," Meta Knight told him.
"I give up! Don't blame me if we end up in Antarctica!"
That's fine by me as long as I'm with you.
"Did you say something?"
"No. Nothing of importance."
"Everything is important if I'm hungry!"
"After almost getting eaten by that demon beast, you're still hungry? I hope you plan on losing weight."
"Meta Knight!"
Kirby's scream was heard throughout the whole forest and sure enough, it was inhabited by Yoshis. They all woke up to look at the sky before running in one direction which was the direction of Pallet Town.
"Hope those Yoshis don't kill anyone…" Meta Knight said with a sigh.
Trying to help the police guard the entrance to Pallet Town did not go well for Pit. As soon as they saw him they forced him to take cover in anyone's house. Unaware of the circumstances of Ash's world, Pit refused him. That was when the leader of the police officers Jenny politely told him to go somewhere to hide.
"I'm going to help and that's final," Pit told her firmly.
"Do you have a Pokémon?" she asked.
Pit shook his head.
"Then you can't help. Go back home. We'll protect Pallet Town."
Pit frowned as he hesitantly walked away from the police. His eyes drooped at that one world. Home.
I don't have a home anymore.
Pit looked at the police officers making sure they weren't paying attention to him. Once he was certain that they went back to guarding the entrance, he used his angel wings to fly outside the town without them detecting him. He hid in the tree that could easily get a clear view of the battle that was about to happen as well as the town.
"Depending if they do well or not depends if I'll help them or not," Pit told himself. He might not have to step into the battle, but the chances were very high seeing that there weren't that many police officers.
Pit finally saw the Team Rocket members in view. He wanted to warn the police, but he chose to stay in the tree that he suddenly got attached to. He also wanted to see how well the police would defend the town without him. The Team Rocket members had the look of a murderer on their face. Their Pokémon that were beside their evil trainer seemed to be hurt by their owner. Pit felt pitied them.
Their leader Giovanni was standing at the very end of the Team Rocket members as they marched toward Pallet Town. The police with their police Pokémon were read to take action. It was going to be one of the biggest battles in Pokémon history…or so Pit thought.
The angel suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar dinosaur coming from the very end of Pallet Town.
Who let the Yoshis out? Pit asked himself.
The Yoshis were stampeding through the south of Pallet Town and were making their way toward the upcoming Pokémon battle. If the screams of the townspeople weren't heard then the police would have been trampled by the dinosaur's enormous feet.
"Move out of the way!" Jenny ordered her men.
They obeyed as they all jumped out of the way at the last minute when the Yoshis made it to the entrance of the town. Team Rocket was caught off guard and was forced to retreat. Most of them got trampled on though. Giovanni noticed that his men were falling before him and jumped out of the way along with some of his other men that noticed the stampede. The Yoshis finished trampling on the Team Rocket members as well as some of their Pokemon and made a u-turn all the way back to the forest they lived in.
"Okay…" Pit mumbled as he witnessed the entire scene. So much for making my big entrance.
It seemed like Pit wouldn't have to do anything because the police noticed that most of the Team Rocket members were injured and ordered their police Pokémon to capture them. Upon seeing his men being captured one by one like minor criminals infuriated the Team Rocket leader.
"I will not be defeated by something so small!" he announced.
He turned the other direction and retreated. At first, it seemed like he was running away from the battle, but that was proven false as he came back in a robot that was in the shape of an iron/gravel Pokémon. His head could be seen in the middle of the robot. The robot was HUGE. Pit estimated that it was slightly taller than Bowser's Final Smash Giga Bowser.
"I will kill you all with my Aggron robot!" Giovanni declared.
Pit sweat dropped before letting out a huge sigh, "Team Rocket has taken a new low."
The reason Pit said this was obvious. Only the three members of Team Rocket that followed Ash and his friends everywhere he went would use gigantic robots to capture Pikachu which they failed every time. For their boss to resort to the huge robots made Pit feel sorry for those three Team Rocket members who actually have a heart.
The robot caught the police off guard. Jenny recovered the fastest and ordered all the Growlithe to use flamethrower on the robot. They were about to if they weren't kicked aside by the robot's huge feet. The police officers were forced to call them back to their Pokéballs leaving them vulnerable to the other Team Rocket members.
Pit thought that Giovanni would order his men to tie up the police, but he was horrified when he saw the leader turn on his men.
"YOU WILL ALL DIE!" he declared as he pressed a button in the robot that fired laser beams from its mouth. It took the form of hyper beam obviously.
The angel watched in disgust as he saw Giovanni attack his men along with the police with his hyper beam. Most were injured critically, but a few died from the attack. The Pokémon of the forest either flew out of the trees or ran of the bushes and away from their habitat to save their lives. Pit shook his head. Foolish humans. They're all the same in this world after all.
The angel snapped back to reality when he saw the hyper beam attack hit the town. The angel stood up from his branch and flew back to the town that was getting blasted by a series of hyper beams.
By the time Pit flew back to the town (after avoiding some of the hyper beam attacks), it was already in ruined. Some houses were pitch black. Others were still burning from the impact. People were evacuating to the only place that wasn't yet destroyed by Giovanni. That place was Professor Oak's lab.
Pit felt sorry for the kids of Pallet Town as they were crying when they evacuated their homes. One of the kids in particular was crying in front of his burning house for his mom and dad that were probably killed in the flames.
"Too cruel yet so obvious."
Pit noticed that the Aggron robot was making its way into the town. Not everyone had evacuated the town.
I guess I'll step in now.
The angel finally stepped into the clearing with his bow in hand. He was all that was standing in the way of the laboratory and the surviving citizens. The robot made its way to the middle of the town and stopped upon noticing the angel.
"So you'll still willing to give up your life for these pathetic fools?" Giovanni questioned.
To the Team Rocket's leader's astonishment Pit gave a sadistic look, "Not really. I just need to protect this one person and his friend from dying in order to save one of my comrades. I don't care about anyone else here."
"That's funny coming from an angel. Are you sure you aren't a devil?"
"I am an angel, but angels are the same as human beings alike. We only care about ourselves and those that belong to us. I will protect Gary and Tracey though from the likes of you!"
Giovanni grinned evilly, "I like people like you. Those with dark hearts but can fool those around them easily. How about this, I'll stop attacking the town if you join Team Rocket and lend me your powers."
"For world domination? Forget it. Ash would kill me if I joined someone as evil and bitter as you. Besides...those other idiots in Heaven wouldn't let me live it down...especially that fire angel."
Giovanni frowned, "You'll regret that decision."
Giovanni pushed a button in the robot allowing the robot to shoot another hyper beam attack at Pit. Pit dodged it with ease by flying out of the way. Giovanni fired continuous hyper beam attacks. One was deflected back at him with the angel's Mirror Shield.
"Where did you get that shield boy?" Giovanni asked.
"My goddess entrusted me with this shield. I will use it to bring judgment to you people."
"And you just said that you didn't care about these people."
"I don't, but this is Ash's hometown. I can't allow it to be destroyed. I don't care how many people are killed as long as those close to him are still alive," Pit added to his last comment.
Pit fired an arrow at the head of the robot knocking it back a little. He quickly turned his bow into two swords and rushed at it. He used his Angel Ring to do some damage to the legs of the robot. Giovanni countered by ordering the robot to stomp on the angel. Pit rolled out of the way just in time. He continued his quick hits with his swords on the legs. He wished that he was stronger because his swords were only causing dents in the robot's legs. Unless something more powerful attacked it, then he wouldn't be able to bring the robot down.
Giovanni surprised Pit by pressing the button that made flames come out of Aggron's mouth. Pit deflected it with his shield but the flames went passed the robot and hit the house behind it. People were running out of the house screaming and crying.
"You actually intended on killing those innocent people?" Giovanni asked.
Pit said nothing. He just watched the humans run behind him and in the direction of the lab.
I have to get rid of the head. Pit thought to himself.
He flew above the robot and proceeded to fire an arrow at its head when a hyper beam was fired at him again. The angel barely dodged it, but when he did, he felt the Fox trophy fall out of his tunic and onto the ground. His eyes widened in horror as he saw the robot proceeding to step on it. Without hesitation, Pit glided down to the Fox trophy and snatched it up before it was stepped on. This left him vulnerable to a flame attack of the robot. Pit was hit in the back directly. He cried in pain as he clutched the trophy close.
"You're a weird one," Giovanni stated, "You say you don't care about the humans, but you're willing to put your life on the line for one trophy that isn't even alive."
"It's my fault he's like this!" Pit shouted, "And I'm going to make it right!"
Giovanni grinned evilly, "You revealed your weakness, so this fight will be your last."
The Team Rocket leader pressed another button. Out of the robot's mouth came smoke that prevented Pit from seeing what his next move was.
"Dammit!" Pit cursed. I should have gotten used to that Smoke Ball after all!
"Caught you."
Giovanni reached out toward the angel and snatched him with the robot's huge arms. Pit couldn't see what was happening, so he couldn't predict the next move. He yelped as he lifted off the ground. The smokescreen cleared shortly afterward.
"Too easy."
Pit glared at Giovanni. What he said was what one of the three sayings that he said when he won a Brawl match.
"I'll give you one more chance to live if you join me. If not I'll crush you."
"Forget it! I won't join you!"
Giovanni growled, "It's your decision. DIE!"
Giovanni pressed two buttons. One was allowing the robot to send electricity out through its body and electrocute anyone that was touching it or anything that it was touching. The other was to allow the hand to clench its fist. Pit screamed in pain as he was being crushed by the hand and getting electrocuted. Giovanni laughed as Pit's screams were entering his ears.
His laughter was seized when he heard a Pokémon Trainer give his Pokémon an order.
"Arcanine, use extreme speed!"
A dog Pokémon of some sort with red fur and a bushy tail came out of nowhere and in a blink of speed sped through the arm. The Pokémon moved so fast that the hand was destroyed in the process. The hand released the injured Pit which the Pokémon caught him on his back and hopped safely to its trainer.
"I told you to wait! Next time you do something stupid; don't expect me to save you!"
Pit looked up weakly at his savior and smiled faintly.
"Sorry Gary. I guess I got a little cocky."
The Pokémon Researcher glared at the angel, "God! You're like Ash! Always stepping into the battlefield without even thinking of the consequences."
The angel pouted, "Don't put me in the same category as him."
It was then did the dark personality that Pit was showing to Giovanni disappeared and replaced with his innocent personality.
It's almost like he has two personalities. Giovanni thought to himself.
Tracey came running toward the two and asking if Pit was okay.
"Just a burned back and a stomachache from being squashed," Pit told him.
"That's a relief."
The two Pokémon Trainers turned their attention to the robot.
"Pit, you did your part. Now we will do ours by protecting the town we love so much!" Gary declared.
But I didn't do anything. Pit thought.
Tracey got out three Pokéballs and threw them into the air. Out came a purple bug Pokémon with huge red eyes, a blue mouse Pokémon, and a green bug Pokémon that had scythes for its arms.
"Go Venonat, Marill, and Scyther!" Tracey ordered.
Shigeru took out five Pokéballs and threw them into the air. Out came a huge blue turtle Pokémon that Pit recognized as the final evolution of Ash's Squirtle, a purple Pokémon with a horn on its head, the black Pokémon that was with Shigeru earlier, a yellow Pokémon that had electricity coming out of its back, and a Pokémon with a red and blue rose as its hands.
"Go Blastoise, Nidoking, Umbreon, Electivire, and Roserade!" Gary ordered.
There was a slight pause when Gary released his Pokémon.
"I didn't know that you had a Roserade," Tracey stated.
"Ash gave her to me before he got to the Sinnoh League…" Gary mumbled. Upon thinking about that event, his cheeks became bright red.
Tracey gave Gary that look, "Oh. I see."
"Be quiet Tracey!"
"…Can we go back to the battle?" Pit asked.
"…"
The Pokémon Trainers were focused again and ordered their Pokémon to attack. Blastoise and Marill were ordered to extinguish the flames though.
The Pokémon weren't as strong as Ash's Pokémon party. Pit noticed this and realized that even with this many Pokémon, they couldn't defeat the robot.
Giovanni yawned. He felt more entertained facing the angel than dealing with these Pokémon. He pressed a button resulting in the robot locking on to its target and hitting them all with a fully charged hyper beam. Venonat and Umbreon were taking out easily, but the other Pokémon were still standing. The trainers were forced to call the two Pokémon back.
"Let's see how long your Pokémon will last," Giovanni said.
Back at the Smash Brothers Mansion, Gary did send an SOS to Ash. The Pokémon Trainer was worried sick about his friend's wellbeing when he didn't return last night. He was stuck babysitting Sonic that night and he wasn't pleased. It turns out that Sonic could only speak to him and Pit without worrying about anything but if it was anyone else else, he would start freaking out and curling into a ball again.
Upon hearing Gary's SOS signal and that Pit (and Fox) ended up in his town that being attacked by Team Rocket infuriated him. He took this SOS to Master and Crazy Hand asked for their permission to leave the mansion.
"You must take other people with you to make sure you come back," Master Hand said strictly.
"I'm taking Pikachu and Mewtwo with me. Is that enough?" Ash asked impatiently.
"No," Master Hand answered.
"Why not?"
"Red, you're forgetting about Pit and Fox," Crazy Hand told him, "They are also in danger and you need more backup than you three."
"Those two can take care of themselves," Ash stated, "And I know the dangers of my world. I know what Team Rocket is capable of and how much damage they can actually do. That's why only the Pokémon are needed for this mission."
"Lucario and Pichu cannot come and that's final," Master Hand said making his answer clear, "Take Link and Snake with you."
"But it's not demons! It's Pokémon we're talking about!"
"And add Ike," Crazy Hand added.
"But…"
"Trust us on this one Red. You're be thanking us later," Crazy Hand told him.
"What are Lucario and Pichu doing?"
"They're searching for Kirby and Meta Knight who also went missing with Pit and Fox. Yoshi, DK, and Diddy Kong went to help them."
"That's a lot of people…"
"That's why your mission is to stop whatever threat is happening in your town and bring Pit and Fox back," Master Hand ordered.
"What about Gary?"
"Who?"
"…Never mind…I'll be off now."
Ash walked out of Master's and Crazy's room. Pikachu, Mewtwo, Link, Snake, and Ike were already waiting for him outside.
"Lead the way to Pit," Ike said simply.
Ash gave Ike that look and turned toward Mewtwo, "Teleport us to Pallet Town."
"As you wish."
It didn't take long for the rest of the Pokémon to be taken out by the robot. The robot was just as strong as Pit predicted. The two trainers were forced to call their Pokémon back…even the ones that were extinguishing the fires because Giovanni was aiming for them next.
"You guys did all you can," Pit told the two trainers as he stood up, "But now I have to finish this guy off."
"You can't with your injuries!" Gary stated.
"If we don't do something then everyone's dead. Do you want that?"
"No…"
Pit prepared his two swords, "That's good to hear."
The angel flew toward the robot and slashed at the glass where Giovanni was seen in. That was the robot's weakness from Pit's observation. If the person controlling the robot was removed, then all functions toward the robot would be gone.
Giovanni saw through Pit's attack pattern and block the glass with the robot's arms that punched Pit out of the way when he got too close. Pit's arrows couldn't even glaze it.
"I'm disappointed that my opponents are this weak. I will end everything now!"
Giovanni pressed another button which was a combination of a hyper beam, flamethrower, and thunderbolt. They were all aimed at the Pokémon Trainers. Pit realized this and stepped in between the attack. He didn't use his shield because this attack would be too strong and his shield would end up breaking. The attack hit him right now.
Gary and Tracey watched in horror as Pit took the attack for them. After the executed move, Pit fell from the sky and landed on his wings unmoving.
"PIT!" Gary screamed.
The angel was still alive of course, but Giovanni thought he was dead. He laughed in triumph as he watched Tracey run over to him.
"He's still alive…" Tracey murmured to the Pokémon Researcher.
Giovanni turned his attention to Gary who was standing alone. He grinned evilly, "You're next to die!"
The hand that that Arcanine knocked off replaced itself with a chainsaw. It aimed at such speed toward Gary that he wouldn't have enough time to dodge.
"GARY! LOOK OUT!" Tracey warned.
All seemed too late for the brunette. Time seemed to be moving slow for him as the chainsaw was brought down on him. He stared at it in horror recalling an event a long time ago.
Just like that time…only Ash won't save me this time…
Before the chainsaw was brought down on him, Gary called out for Ash.
"Take this! Triple Finish!"
Giovanni did not expect three Pokémon coming out of nowhere and attacking with a force so great that the chainsaw was destroyed in the process.
"Who did that?" he questioned angrily.
The trio knew who did that. They turned toward his direction and smiled. Gary nearly cried when he saw his rescuer.
"Ash!"
The Pokémon Trainer made his appearance next to his three Pokémon, "The one and only."
His Pikachu appeared from behind him and jumped on the brunette in order for him to cuddle the yellow Pokémon.
"You came too Pikachu?" he asked the yellow Pokémon.
"Pika!"
"He's not the only one," Ash stated.
Pit was stunned seeing his other rescuers. One was the Hero of Hyrule Link who had his sword in his hand and ready to attack the robot. Mewtwo was the second one as he was seen behind Ash glaring at the robot or rather Giovanni. The third was…
"You did well…for a kid."
Pit glanced at the box that was right in front of his face.
"Snake…why am I not surprised?"
Snake popped out his box, "You're not happy to see me?"
"If you're going to make an appearance, at least make yourself look more serious!"
Snake grunted as he lifted the angel off the ground with ease and carried him over to the other Smashers. Pit protested for the whole two minutes that he was carrying him.
Giovanni was panicking now. One Smasher was hard enough to deal with, but when you get five Smashers against one huge robot, the odds of winning was slim.
"You! How did you all get here?"
Ash glared at the Team Rocket leader, "Gary sent me a SOS signal before you even arrived in town. I couldn't let you destroy the home I was raised in, so I took it to the Master and his brother and this is the rescue party my town gets, but this is enough for the likes of you!"
Link glanced around. It seemed like he was looking for someone, but Pit chose to ignore it.
"How come Sonic isn't with us?" Pit asked weakly.
Ash shook his head, "He's a pussy. He won't come out of that damn room."
"I thought-"
"You just restored his spirits to trust his roommates Pit. You didn't restore his spirit to love the outside world. I'm telling you, it's going to take a LONG time for him to recover."
"…"
"Can we talk about Sonic's problems later after we deal with this man?" Mewtwo questioned as he prepared his shadow ball attack.
Ash noticed the murderous aura coming from the clone Pokemon, "You must still have a grudge against him."
"I should have killed him the second time he tried to force me to go to his side."
"Well, here's your chance. I'm not going to let him away with destroying my home!"
"People like him are far worse than Ganondorf," Link admitted.
Snake said nothing. He too had killed many people in the past, but he didn't mention it to anyone. There was also the fact that the need to kill this man was extremely high. Pit shouldn't be watching this. He thought to himself.
"How are you guys going to defeat him?" Pit asked.
The Smashers turned toward Pit and smiled. They all held up a Smash Ball in their hand surprising the angel.
"Master Hand gave us all one for this mission," Ash explained, "It will be enough to take him out once and for all."
"Then go for it. I have no saying in this."
Ash grinned evilly as he ordered his Pokémon to line up. Link sped over to the head and jumped to the head of the robot preparing his attack. Pikachu was storing all of his energy inside ready for the ultimate volt tackle. Snake rested Pit to a nearby tree (that wasn't burned yet) and jumped on the branch and readied his grenade launcher.
"It's show time," Snake mumbled.
"Attack!" Mewtwo ordered. He was the only one without a Smash Ball or so the angel thought. He would use it to kill Giovanni once he was out of the robot.
Link attacked the head first with his Triforce Slash. The slash attacks were so fast that the robot could not open its mouth to counter attack. Snake fired his grenade launcher at the glass hoping to shatter it. Pikachu turned into a ball of electricity and attacked the entire robot from the head to assist Link to the glass to assist Snake. Ash ordered his Pokémon to Triple Finish at the legs.
Tracey was so amazed at the sight he was seeing that he quickly got out his sketch book out and started sketching the battle that was befalling him. Pit wanted so badly to join in the fray, but his injuries wouldn't allow it.
All the attacks were a critical hit to the robot. If Giovanni stayed in the robot any longer, then he would be blown up along with it. He had no choice but to abandon it.
Once all the final smash moves were completed, the robot was practically destroyed. It was still standing, but they did their job as Giovanni was no longer in the robot to control it.
"Game over Giovanni!" Ash announced.
Snake pointed his grenade launcher at Giovanni's head. The Team Rocket leader was stunned that this Smasher didn't hesitate to point something that could kill him at his head.
"I won't miss," Snake said in a low tone.
The Team Rocket leader wouldn't give up. He still had one secret weapon.
"I still got one more trick up my sleeve!" he announced.
To the Smashers surprise, the robot was still moving without anyone controlling it. The Aggron robot's legs turned into wheels as it rushed straight ahead in Pit's direction.
"Dammit!" Ash cursed. He did not think that the robot had a will of its own.
"Before I die, I'm taking the angel with me!" Giovanni declared.
Pit was still critically injured from the attack he received from it and didn't have the strength in him to move out of the way or to fight back. The other Smashers were too far away from him as well as Tracey and Gary who were closer to Ash than anyone else. No one would be able to save him this time.
This is not my day… Pit thought to himself trying to humor himself before the final blow.
Before the robot could even reach the angel though, it was attacked with a flaming sword. A person with blue hair came out of nowhere to latch onto his sword and follow the attack up with a series of sword slashes.
"GREAT AETHER!"
Pit was shocked at his savior. The other Smashers grinned after the swordsmen finished his final smash causing the robot to blow up. He was knocked back toward Pit and placed his sword on his shoulder.
"It's about time Ike," Link said, "I thought you chickened out after your continuous rants of saving your angel."
Ike shot Link a glare before turning his attention toward Pit, "I was trying to be you."
"What do you mean?"
"Make a flashy appearance."
"I don't do that. The only ones who would make their flashy appearance are Captain Falcon and Snake."
"Old timers," Ash added with a laugh.
Snake glared at the Pokémon Trainer which made him shut up immediately.
Pit and Ike exchanged glances at each other. They smiled to one another.
"I'm sorry you had to wait," Ike told the angel.
"No, I didn't have to wait long. Thanks for saving me."
Snake gave Ike a mean glare that the bluenette chose to ignore. Pit did not seem to notice the mercenary glaring in their direction. Tracey was bewildered by the scene and started sketching the two together making the picture have more exaggeration than the actual scene.
Mewtwo glanced at the defeated Giovanni. He showed no emotion as he floated over to the Team Rocket leader, "Defeated at long last."
Giovanni gasped seeing the Pokémon he tried to control staring down at him. His heart thumped knowing what would happen next.
"I will now have my revenge for all you've done."
"Wait!" Giovanni began as he held his hand out weakly, "We don't have to do this. Let's talk this peacefully. I'm sure we can make a compromise."
Mewtwo did not listen to what the Team Rocket leader had to say. He crushed the Smash Ball in the palm of his hands and placed one of his hands on the evil man's head, "Mind Crush!"
The next thing that happened was so fast that you couldn't hear the noise of Giovanni's brain being smashed. The Team Rocket leader's eyes became white and lifeless as his body fell to the ground unmoving. Mewtwo chuckled evilly to himself.
"What did you do to him?" Link asked the clone Pokémon.
"I didn't kill him," Mewtwo said simply, "I simply sent his mind to hell where he will wonder for eternity and pay for the sins he had done in his lifetime."
"But that's the same as killing him."
"No. His heart is still beating, but he will be in that state until the end of time."
"A great end for a horrible villain," Ash said.
A good ending for him indeed. Pit thought to himself. Nobody seemed to notice the evil grin that emerged from the 'innocent' angel. Now who's the fool Giovanni?
Pit reverted back to his kind self when the attention turned to Ash and Gary. The brunette was speechless to say anything to him. Ash said nothing to him either. For the first time to the other Smashers minus Pit, they realized how flustered he was around the brunette.
"I'm home Gary," Ash finally said.
Without warning, Gary jumped into the Pokémon Trainer's arms surprising him.
"I thought I was going to die…" Gary told him, "I thought I wouldn't be able to see you again…I thought-"
Ash smiled sincerely, "Don't worry about it. It was my fault for coming a little too late."
"But I didn't tell you that Team Rocket was after me! I wanted to prove that I could protect myself, but now I...I-"
"Don't blame yourself, Gary."
"Ash…"
Link was rather disturbed by the scene that was befalling him. Tracey and Pikachu on the other hand were 'awed' by it. The Pokémon Watcher switched his attention from Ike and Pit to the Palletshipping pair. Mewtwo turned away from the scene seemingly disgusted. Snake gave the two a glare similar to what he did to Ike and Pit. The two were oblivious by it.
"Next time you need help, call me," Ash told his boyfriend.
"-red vein- I did try calling you, but SOMEONE doesn't know how to pick up the phone!"
Pit and Ash flinched. The reason they couldn't pick up the phone was because it was in their room that Sonic wouldn't allow them to enter until the angel managed to convince him to open the door. They couldn't put the blame on the blue hedgehog though because someone forgot to check the voicemail on the phone. Ash glanced at Pit. His eyes were pleading him to help him out with a comeback. Pit gave the "You're on your own" look at him in return.
"I'll remember next time…" Ash finally said.
The two looked into each others eyes. Looking into the brunette's green eyes was turning Ash on and it almost made him do the unthinkable in front of the other Smashers. He was about to lean him and kiss him when Snake told them to stop. Ash snapped out of his trance and glared at the mercenary.
"What the hell Snake?"
"I don't mind you boys making out now, but let me tell you that Master Hand won't be the only one pissed."
"You-"
"You're simply too young to take your relationship up a notch."
The two boy's cheeks lit up. They weren't the only ones as Pit and Link looked away rather embarrassed at the statement while Ike had a very faint blush on his face.
"Do you realize that if you start anything now that those fangirls watching you will write crap about you guys and draw pictures of you guys in those situations?"
"I wouldn't mind that…" Ash mumbled. Gary's face was becoming redder by the minute.
"Well, take advice from the 'old timer' and just don't have sex."
Dammit! Satoshi cursed. He was thinking of actually getting laid with his boyfriend when he had the chance, but chances of him getting laid now was very low, "Okay, Uncle Snake."
"What did you call me brat?"
Snake and Ash got into a fight that seemed more like father-son than uncle-son. Pikachu squeaked happily at the scene befalling him. Mewtwo chuckles to himself resulting in Link and Pit joined in with the laughter. Ike sighed at how Snake was acting rather immature. Actually, Ike thought that if there was an orchestra in the background, then the theme from Benny Hill would be playing right at this moment. Tracey was sketching the whole scene. It seemed like he was making a doushinji manga than an actual sketch book.
There was a sudden scream that made everyone stop what they were doing except Tracey who continued. Down from the sky descended Kirby on a Warp Star followed by Meta Knight. The pink puffball crashed his star in the nearby tree. Meta Knight landed gracefully, murmuring about Kirby's driving skills.
"And we just missed the battle," Meta Knight said with a sigh.
"If you want to be in the action so much, you lead next time, poyo!" Kirby complained as he jumped off his Warp Star and landed next to the Star Warrior.
There was a long pause between the Smashers.
"At least you two aren't missing anymore…" Mewtwo mumbled.
After the reunion, Pit asked Gary if he could turn Fox back into his original form. Upon seeing the Fox trophy though made the angel more look suspicious than anything else.
"I didn't do this to him," Pit said sternly.
"I believe you," Ike told him.
Pit smiled faintly. Ike would always believe whatever he said. It saddened him but it was true.
Gary nodded his head as they went back to the lab to restore him. The Smashers were stunned that Gary had the same aura that Ash had, but it was definitely weaker. The brunette tried his best to Stona Fox. At first, it didn't seem to be working, but slowly, the grayscale that was showing on the trophy was slowly changing back to Fox's skin color. Their eyes widened. Perhaps Shigeru was the one that could save them all.
Ash noticed that there was something gravely wrong with Gary. His skin was becoming paler the longer he used his aura. He was sweating badly as well.
"Gary, stop it now!" Ash ordered confusing the other Smashers.
"I'm almost done…Ash…" Gary replied weakly.
Sure enough, he was almost done. Fox was no longer a trophy, but he was still trophy sized. Pit realized that if Gary went on, he wouldn't be able to move for a while, so he and did the only thing he could do. He stopped Gary from hurting himself further.
"Why did you do that?" Link asked the angel realizing what he just done.
"Gary was asserting himself too much," Pit told him, "If he kept it up, he would have ended up in the hospital."
The Pokémon Researcher glared weakly at the angel and back at Ash who also supported Pit in stopping him. His anger turned into sadness as he glanced at the trophy, "I couldn't do it…"
"It's okay Gary," Ash ensured him.
The brunette collapsed into his boyfriend's arms and muttered, "I couldn't keep my promise…"
"You achieved something," Mewtwo told him.
Sure enough, Gary managed to bring Fox back to his original form. However, Fox was the same size as the trophy which equaled to the size when you ate a poison mushroom. The best part was he was moving again.
"What happened to me?" Fox asked. The bad news was he had that damn chipmunk voice.
The Smashers gawked at the scene before them trying to decide whether or not they were grateful that Fox was back or not.
"Oh man…" Ash whined.
"That annoying chipmunk voice…" Snake added.
"Be happy it's not Jigglypuff…" Link told them.
Fox took a quick glance at his surroundings. The first thing he realized was that everything was bigger than him including Kirby who he was sure that he was taller than the pink puffball. The second was the stares he was receiving that they weren't ones of joy or sorrow. They were filled with shock, confusion and clear annoyance. The third was his appearance. He noticed that he was the one that shrunk. He glared at the Smashers staring at him.
"Care to explain this?" Fox asked.
The Smashers looked at each other trying to decide who would speak to the miniature fox.
"Pit," Meta Knight began, "You got him into this mess, so you look after him."
"WHAT?"
"Glad you can do it."
Pit glanced at the Smashers who were giving him the look. There was no way he could say no now. He then faced Fox and sighed, "This is going to be a long day…"
The Smashers left Pit alone with Fox to catch up to him. Ash placed Gary in the brunette's room to rest despite his protests in wanting to help his hometown. After that, they proceeded to fix the town, rescue any people who were still in their homes, treat the wounded, and bury the dead. Link found the police officers outside of the town and proceeded to help them with the help of Mewtwo. They were extremely grateful.
"What happened to Giovanni?" Jenny asked the Hero of Hyrule weakly.
"Don't worry about him officer. We took care of him," Link told her calmly.
"Who?"
"Us Smashers of Brawl."
Ash and Pikachu zoomed through the whole town trying to find his mother. He prayed that his mother wasn't killed in the fire.
To his relief, his mother was alive and well thanks to her Mr. Mime. She was a little traumatized from the event, but she would make it.
"You're okay Ash," she said with a weak smile.
"Of course mom. Gary, Tracey and the Pokémon at the lab are okay too."
"Pika!"
She continued to smile for the both of them. She closed her eyes in order to get some sleep. Ash sighed at his mom passing out when an event like this happened. He wish he could go to the dream world too, but he had important things to do. He turned to Mr. Mime and ordered him to get the phone.
"I'm calling for help," Ash told him.
The mime Pokémon obeyed and ran to get the phone. The Pokémon came back outside and handed the phone to Ash. The Pokémon Trainer dialed for help. The hospital and Pokémon Center would come to the town in a few minutes after the call.
Somewhere else, Snake asked one of the townspeople if he could use their phone if it wasn't destroyed. Since he helped them out, they couldn't refuse. The mercenary took the phone and dialed Master Hand.
"Mission completed," he told the right hand.
"Excellent. How are the other Smashers?"
"Pit sustained injuries that are non-life threatening but will be treated when we return. Meta Knight and Kirby are also fine. Fox is okay, but his condition is the same as a poison mushroom and their seems to be no cure after the grandson of the famous Professor Oak tried to turn him back into his original form," Snake explained.
"So Fox was a trophy before that boy did something to him?"
"Yes."
"…Bring him back here unharmed. He could be a useful assistant to Dr. Mario."
"But wouldn't it be better to ask Red to-"
"That's not a bad idea."
Snake's eyes widened when he realized that the teen was eavesdropping on their conversation, "Red. Why are you listening to us?"
"You know why Snake," Ash told him, "Anyway Master Hand. I was thinking the same thing. I can't leave Gary here in Pallet Town anymore even though Team Rocket has been officially defeated."
"So you'll ask him to come along?" Master Hand asked.
"As long as you don't make him a Smasher."
"I won't. There are too many Smashers as it is. He also lacks whatever you have."
"That reminds me. How come he can use aura like you?" Snake asked.
Ash was puzzled, "How did you know that I had aura?"
"Lucario told me about the aura of people. You were accepted into Brawl because your aura surpassed everyone in your world."
"That Pokémon was supposed to be dead…"
"What did you say?"
"Nothing! Anyway Gary and I aren't like other humans. Our aura is stronger than those of a normal human being in my world. So strong that we can tap into it and use it to our own advantage. But for some strange reason, he has the brains…I have the brawns."
Ash could hear Master Hand chuckling on the other line. He could not yell at the Master Hand to shut up or he would have extended period of training.
"But my aura can strengthen my psychical power. His can heal people and tap into things that a person wouldn't know. I rarely see him use it after that incident…"
"Hmm?"
"I'm not telling you about my past, so drop it at that Snake."
"…"
"And refer Gary as Blue. That goes for the rest of the Smashers too!"
The two had no saying in what to call the Pokémon Researcher.
"I'm going back to help my town. Talk to you later."
Ash hung up his phone.
"…I guess I should help the others as well."
"Tell me the results when you come back, Snake."
"…"
Snake hung up the phone forcing Master Hand to hang up.
Pit did not enjoy explaining everything to Fox because the more he spoke with him, the more the tension in the room built up.
"And that's why you are what you are now," Pit finished explaining.
"Do you plan on changing me back?"
Pit frowned, "If all were so easy…"
"Then how about telling me who your stalker is."
Pit glanced at Fox and frowned, "I can't take you seriously when you're smaller than your gun."
Fox gave a mean stare to the angel. Pit didn't take it seriously because of the reason above, "If I was bigger then I would have forced it out of you."
The angel let out a big sigh, "You're just going to have to stick around with me, Ash, and Sonic until we find a way to cure you."
Fox shook his head in disbelief, "I have to stay with you teenagers until I recover?"
"You'd be surprised at how much you can learn from and about us."
Fox sighed. Pit, Ash, and Sonic were probably the only teens in the mansion unless you counted Isaac and Lyn on the assist trophy side. Everyone else was at least an adult (Mario, Luigi, Peach, etc.) or near adulthood (Marth, Roy, Ike, etc.) or they were still a kid (Lucas, Ness, Ice Climbers, etc.). Otherwise the majority of the Smashers were not human. The teenagers were considered the most annoying members of the mansion beside the kids and the adults that tended to act immature at times. He wondered if he could put up with them. However, if he put up with it, then he would be able to learn more about Pit and determine if he was telling the truth or not.
"I hope you're up to the challenge," Pit told the fox, "Especially since we might get another roommate."
Pit looked above him hinting to the fox that Gary might room with them. Another teen for the miniature Fox to put up with.
"You can't be serious…"
Back at the mansion, Sonic hid behind the wall that was in the hallway making sure no one was around before he ran to the kitchen.
Sure Pit made Sonic trust him and Ash again, but he's far from recovered. For one thing, he was still scared of the other Smashers and how they would treat him. Another thing is that he can't stand being alone but at the same time; he couldn't stand being with someone else. It confused him greatly. Did he want to be alone or didn't he?
That time spent in the room had made him hungry as he literally starved himself to death. At least his roommates brought him something to eat every now and then showing that they did care for him.
Sonic was determined to conquer this fear and confusion in him if that was the last thing he did. He would not be the burden of the Smashers by this one incident.
This 'one incident' still hurt him psychically and mentally though and he knew it. He still wouldn't allow his roommates touch him and he has been hallucinating that the lion would come for him when he was alone.
The blue hedgehog proceeded to run to the kitchen when he stopped. He looked behind him. His eyes widened. He was certain that he saw the rapist behind him. He proceeded to run far away from it.
Sonic wasn't looking where he was going and bumped into someone. Upon that touch, freaked him out greatly confusing the Smasher.
"So you actually came out of that room?" the Smasher asked in a rather polite tone. To Sonic though, it sounded threatening.
The person Sonic bumped into was Marth. Now Sonic knew that Marth was the kind prince of Altea and wouldn't hurt anyone unless provoked. However, his view of everyone now was that they coming to hurt him.
"I was worried about your wellbeing Sonic," Marth continued unaware of the turmoil that Sonic was going through at that moment.
No! Leave me alone!
"The girls and Mario are worried about you too. We heard that Pit healed you from your wounds, so if you like we could-"
Marth reached out a hand toward the hedgehog still unaware that his presence was scaring him. As soon as that hand touched the hedgehog's spine, Sonic shrieked surprising the prince.
"KEEP AWAY FROM ME!"
Marth pulled his hand back really fast, but before he could ask the hedgehog what was wrong, Sonic ran back to the room with such speed that Marth didn't even get to say the first syllable. He frowned, "I guess he didn't recover. What am I going to tell the girls now?"
Me: TBC with 13533 words! Notes!
1. When you're thinking of this man which will play a bigger role later in the story, think of Tsusuki Asato from Descendants of Darkness shoujo (despite it having yaoi tones) anime in his evil form or his angry form (since this character tends to be cheerful and naïve).
2. Stona is a spell in the Final Fantasy games that cures the petrify effect.
3. Yes, if Mewtwo was in Brawl then his final smash would have been Mind Crush which is taken off of the original Yu Gi Oh series. In this story, this is only one of his final smash moves. I plan for another one, but it's rather humorous than serious like this one. If I remember, I'll reveal his other final smash.
Yohko: Hell of a lot of notes!
Me: There's more but I'm not numbering them. Instead I'll tell you. Pit, Sonic, and Ash are considered the teens of the Smashers. Pit and Sonic are 15 in this story (despite the fact that Pit is 24 in angel years) while Ash is 14 due to traveling in four regions in the Pokémon world and each region is one year. Mario, Luigi, and Peach are not teens. I know that since adult jobs (which I don't mean Peach.) I don't consider them as teens, so they're just be adults. Mario in his late twenties, Luigi and Peach in their mid twenties making Peach older than Zelda in this story. Peach is the same age as Samus by the way. Marth, Roy, Ike and Link are 17-18 in this story (like Zelda). Lucas, Ness, and Ice Climbers are 12 in this story so they are not official teens. The majority of the animals have no age beside Sonic which is clearly stated on Wikipedia. Fox, Falco, and Wolf however ARE adults since I assume they start the Star Fox series in their teens and then 8 years later are adults. Hope that makes sense.
Yohko: And now Momo will ramble about Brawl… (If you don't care about how well Momo plays in Brawl then stop right here and review now! Otherwise continue to get a good laugh at the computers stupidity.)
Me: Oh yeah! I made this stage called Slippery because there is ice on the bottom of the stage and the Ice Climber theme is in the background and let me tell you this: IKE SUCKS! I don't mean as a player…I mean as a computer!
Here's what happened. I was playing Pit and I was up against, Sonic, Ash and Ike (again since these are the main like in the story). Ike FINALLY went after me. (I was so happy that I almost cried.) He did knock me off though that pissed me off, but when he taunted, he slid off the stage. XD When he came back…oh God…this is so stupid. HE JUMPED OFF THE STAGE! I mean it. I think he was trying to grab the ladders that were added to the stage but it was so funny seeing him trying to get back up. Sonic was just standing on the platform above the ice and gave that look when he's annoyed to the screen. With Ash…HE WAS TRYING TO MURDER ME AGAIN! He stole the Smash Ball from me and chased after me. He JUMPED when I tried flying over him and used Triple Finish knocking me and Sonic (who had to jump to avoid Ike's sword) out. And then that stupid Pokémon taunted without the worry of slipping on the ice. It was so damn hard to knock out that Charizard! Here are the results!
4th place was Ike (again. If he's in another place, I'll let you know, but for me, he's always last. He had three KOs which one was from me)
3rd place was Sonic (innocent bystander that got knocked out by Ash. He had only two KOs because he was watching it all happen.)
2nd place was Ash (the bastard had six KOs after going after me and Sonic)
1st place was me (Pit) (I had nine KOs but I swear the next time I built a stage, I'm taking Ash out first.)
This was a five stock match.
Apparently from the recent Kid Icarus Uprising game, Palutena implies that angels are way older than they appear to be. That's right, apparently Palutena said that Pit is 24 years old but in angel years that's very young. However, physically, he's still 15.
I tried to change Gary's personality so he would have more of a backbone because of the major difference being Shigeru is rather polite except to Ash in the JP version and Gary is a flat out jerk in the original series. Expect some dialogue changes between the two to be edited for the sake of keeping Gary in character better. One reason I removed that one story called Dirty Little Secrets because Gary was OOC and I hate Dawn and Paul.
There still might be mistakes in this chapter with all the name changing and so on. I can't believe I used Pokémon so many times. It took forever to correct the spelling but I got it this time. That's it really.