Li
Disclaimer: I do not own Super Smash Brothers Brawl or any of the characters.
Summary: The stalker decides to make his appearance known to the Smashers. When Nana disappears, the Smashers suspect that Popo will be next. Will they be able to protect the Ice Climbers? And what relationship does the stalker have with Pit?
Chapter 11: Li
"Captain Falcon, don't do it!" shouted a worried Ash.
"FALCON PUNCH!"
"OHHHH!"
Ash let out a huge groan of dissatisfaction. He was told to fight Captain Falcon, Ganondorf, and Olimar in a free for all one stock match on the Yoshi's Island stage. Ganondorf raised his foot in the air ready to attack Captain Falcon. The racer's Falcon Punch was faster than his all mighty kick resulting in him punching Ganondorf right where it hurts.
The Pokémon Trainer couldn't help but laugh. His Squirtle joined in with the laughter but quickly got a homerun bat ready to knock out both of them.
"Uhh…sorry…"
Captain Falcon wasn't that good at apologizing especially when it came to battle. Every man knew that hitting another guy was a cheap shot that would ensure their victory, but he didn't want Ganondorf there.
While Captain Falcon was distracted and Ganondorf was holding on to that spot hoping the pain would go away, Squirtle snuck up behind them and…
"GO SQUIRTLE!"
The two Smashers couldn't react fast enough as the turtle Pokemon swung the homerun bat at both of them sending them both flying off the stage.
"Now Olimar is left…" Ash mumbled.
Squirtle turned around ready to fight Olimar when…
"HOLY CRAP! WHEN YOU DID YOU GET SO BIG?" Ash asked.
When Squirtle was focusing on the other two Smashers, Olimar touched a super mushroom and grew. It wasn't Olimar that surprised him. It was the Pikmin behind him. They also grew in height.
"Squirtle, run away!" Ash ordered.
The turtle proceeded to run, but Olimar acted fast ordering his Yellow Pikmin to attack the turtle Pokémon. Since the Yellow Pikmin's element was electricity, it was super effective against the water types. It was able to KO Squirtle instantly.
"Game!"
Ash pulled his hat down. He didn't like losing to the lightweight Smashers.
"The winner is Olimar!"
The four Smashers were teleported back to the mansion. Only Ganondorf was still groaning in pain. Link, Zelda, Toon Link, Peach, Samus (without her suit), Pikachu, and Roy came to watch this match in order to cheer for Captain Falcon or Ash.
"You got him where it hurts!" Toon Link said with a laugh.
"He deserved it," Zelda added.
Captain Falcon sweat dropped. Were the people from Hyrule the only ones that didn't feel sorry for the villain?
Link felt sorry for him despite telling himself that he hated the man for trying to kill him on more than one occasion.
"I think someone should bring him to the infirmary," Peach finally suggested.
Everyone glanced at each other determining who should take the villain to Dr. Mario. All eyes turned to the racer.
"Why should I do it?" Captain Falcon asked realizing that he was chosen to do it.
"Because you did this to him," Roy said with a sigh.
"I have more important things to do!" Captain Falcon said quickly.
"Does that include spying on me when I go take a shower?" Samus asked.
"N-No!"
The bounty hunter rolled her eyes, "Whatever. All we know is that he's not doing it."
Ganondorf continued to groan in pain. Nobody seemed to want to help him.
"I'll do it," Link finally said breaking the silence and surprising everyone.
"You're going to help him?" Zelda asked in disbelief.
"You can't expect us to leave him like this. He may be a villain but he's still a guy…and we-"
"That spot is very important to us men!" Ash said with a grin. He showed no shame announcing that embarrassing statement.
Peach giggled her usual giggle. Samus rubbed her temples. Zelda shook her head in disbelief. Toon Link had no idea what the Pokémon Trainer meant. Olimar was oblivious to the statement. Both Pikachu and Captain Falcon nodded their head in agreement (despite the fact the yellow mouse didn't have the private spot). Roy shrugged his shoulders. Link blushed a bright pink as he went over to Ganondorf. He allowed the villain to rest his arm around his shoulder as he helped him over to the infirmary.
Nothing was said as Link left. Ash and Pikachu followed behind him only because they had to check up on a friend in the infirmary.
It took Link sixteen minutes to get Ganondorf to the infirmary and that was all because the villain was very heavy. Link may be strong but not that strong. Ash was getting rather annoyed at Link's speed and Pikachu showed his boredom by letting out a yawn.
Once the Smashers got to the infirmary, Dr. Mario reluctantly helped Ganondorf. While the doctor was fighting his own battle, Ash went into the back of the infirmary. In the back, Ike was leaning against the wall with an unreadable face as Sonic was sitting on the chair next to the bed where Pit laid, still unconscious. Fox was on Sonic's shoulder glancing at the angel in worry. Gary was nowhere to be found but chances were that he was searching for a type of medicine in the infirmary.
"So how is he?" Ash asked.
Sonic shook his head, "He hasn't woken up ever since last night."
"I see."
"It's strange that he fainted after Donkey Kong told us that Diddy went missing…"
"He must really be stressed out being accused over and over again that he is the stalker."
"But all the notes are addressed to Pit," Fox added, "He must know something."
"He does…" Sonic mumbled, "He was about to tell us who the stalker was."
"Talk about bad timing…" Ash mumbled.
Nothing was said between the Smashers. Only the voices of Dr. Mario complaining and Gary assisting the doctor was heard. It was quite humorous to hear the doctor swearing and murmuring stuff about that spot on Ganondorf.
"We should focus on finding out when that stalker will strike next," Ike said firmly.
"What do you mean?" Ash asked.
"DK told us that the note said that Diddy was the next target because he figured out who the stalker was."
"And?"
"He might go after someone else that might know about him since it said that he would attack again tonight."
"So we find out who is being targeted tonight and protect him or her from the stalker?" Fox asked.
"That's the plan. The only problem is we don't know who else might have a clue."
"I'll start asking around," Ash said as he proceeded to leave.
"If you do that, then you might be next Ash…" Sonic mumbled.
Ash turned to the hedgehog confused, "What do you mean?"
"One of us Smashers is stalking Pit and if you keep asking around, chances are that he might attack you for being too nosy. I think that's what happened to Diddy. Curiosity killed the cat when he snuck into our room and found that note."
"Diddy isn't a cat…" Ash stated the obvious completely missing the point.
"You don't get it do you?"
"Get what?"
"Forget it. Just don't cause a big scene please."
Ash fumed. How dare Sonic assume him of being reckless that he would be the next victim, "Whatever. Just stay next to Pit."
The Pokémon Trainer stormed off with a annoyed Pikachu on his shoulder pushing pass Link and out of the infirmary.
Sonic's eyes became shadowed as he glanced back at Pit. He was hurt by Ash's comment. He was only warning him of the dangers if he continued to snoop around.
"Don't be depressed at what he said," Ike said in a stern voice. The hedgehog glanced at him in worry. Ike continued, "He is known for being your typical overconfident hero. His words aren't meant to hurt you."
"It's not that Ike…I just-"
"Are you almost done?" Gary asked Dr. Mario interrupting Sonic and Ike's conversation.
The doctor didn't say anything.
"Are you?"
"…Yes…"
"Sweet, so can I leave now?"
"…Come back at 4:30 PM so we can talk."
"Thank you!"
Gary zoomed out of the infirmary in order to catch up to his boyfriend.
"How is he?" Link asked.
"That spot will be fine. He just has to avoid using that move from now on if he doesn't want a permanent bruise," Dr. Mario explained.
"I see…"
"Now if you'll excuse me, I have to attend to Isaac. Apparently, Knuckle Joe wasn't doing his job of taking care of the dog and Nintendog ended up biting him in the arm."
Dr. Mario left the room with a look of disgust on his face. Before he did anything else, he was going to watch his hands in the bathroom. He felt contaminated by just helping out Ganondorf.
Sonic decided not to finish his sentence. He just turned his attention back to Pit.
"I think you should go and help out Ash," Sonic said. Ike could barely hear him because he was whispering.
"Are you sure that you'll be okay?" Ike questioned.
"Am I really that defenseless for you to ask that?"
"…No."
Ike took one last glance at Pit before walking out of the infirmary. He asked Link if he was coming with him, but the Hero of Time said that he would stay and watch Ganondorf. The bluenette had no idea why Link would stay with his enemy but decided not to question him. He left the infirmary to start the investigation.
Sonic smiled sadly to himself. Everyone thinks I can't do anything now…
The Ice Climbers watched as Mr. Game and Watch repaired the teen Smasher's door for the third time. The two dimensional figure was not the least bit impressed of having to do their work. He also had to repair the shattered window and removed the glass on the floor. R.O.B. wouldn't help him this time because he was trying to remove the crack outside the mansion, and with the Ice Climbers just watching him, it made him beep more than he usually did.
"Popo, should we help him?" Nana asked her brother.
"Nah, I like watching him do all the work," Popo answered.
Upon hearing this, Mr. Game and Watch let out a swing of cursing words which they didn't understand since they all came out as a beeping sound. The pair decided to leave the two dimensional figure alone for the rest of the day because if they didn't leave, he might pass judgment on them and God forbid that he gets a number nine on his rating and sends them flying to who knows where.
"I hope he finishes soon…" Nana mumbled.
Ash didn't have that much freedom asking around about the Smashers disappearance. Ike made sure of that by walking behind him the whole time. While the bluenette was only trying to keep him out of trouble, Ash found it annoying.
He's acting like a protective parent! the Pokémon Trainer thought to himself.
While he tried to think of many ways of losing the blue hairs swordsmen, Ike caught up to him and grabbed his shoulder.
"What do you-"
"It's best if we go the other way," Ike said quickly.
Ash was confused, "Why?"
Ike pointed in front of him. Ash's eyes widen.
"They're still dating even after Roy was kicked out of Brawl?" Ash questioned out loud.
Ike nodded his head.
Ash meant Marth and Roy. The two witnessed the two swordsmen in a deep French kiss and they almost walked onto the scene which would have been awkward for all four of them.
The Pokémon Trainer blushed as he looked away, "I'll only listen to you this once."
The two Smashers walked away from the two Smashers. They didn't know that they both stopped kissing as soon as they left.
"I really hope they don't tell Master Hand…" Marth mumbled.
"They won't. If they do, we just expose Ash's boyfriend to Master Hand," Roy said, "And they can't do anything to you love."
Marth gave the red head swordsmen an unsure look.
"We can only hope they don't say anything."
And the two Smashers never said anything about the swordsmen because shortly, Gary found the two and pounced on his boyfriend.
"Get off of me," Ash said simply. When he said this Pikachu jumped off his trainer and rested himself on Ike's shoulder.
"Ah come on. You left me behind in there. I didn't want to be with Dr. Mario and look at Ganondorf's…you know what."
There was a five minute pause between the three Smashers before Ash said, "I understand."
Ike sighed. If there was one thing he didn't like, it was witnessing a young couple being all lovey-dovey in front of him.
I guess they won't be investigating anytime soon.
Sonic let out another huge sigh. A second later, Link sighed again. Fox shook his head in annoyance. The Hero of Time and blue wonder were so bored watching Dr. Mario's patience's that they decided to get into a contest to see who can sigh the longest. Fox was this close from jumping off the hedgehog's shoulder and attacking Link just to get one of them to shut up.
In the end, Sonic got really bored just watching Pit sleep. He wanted to help Ash, Gary, and Ike search for Pit's stalker instead of just guarding him.
Link is here. Sonic thought. So he should be fine.
To the Smashers' surprise, Sonic got up from his seat and left the room before Link could say anything to him. The Hero of Time was left alone with the sleeping angel in one part of the room and his enemy in another.
Minutes seemed like hours as he waited for Ganondorf to wake up. The elf shook his head. "I must be crazy."
The Hero of Time decided that he would leave the villain alone when he grabbed the elf's hand. Confused the Hero of Time turned around to see Ganondorf holding on to him in his sleep. Link's heart began to beat faster and faster by the minute.
Curse you Peach! You and your damn love potion.
In his sleep, the villain pulled the elf into an embrace. This was too much for him as he ended up using all of his strength to punch Ganondorf in the face waking him up and forcing him to release Link.
"I was right! You are evil!" Link yelled as he ran off.
Ganondorf was still half asleep so he didn't hear what Link was saying. He grumbled a few words about Zelda and then passed out again.
In the other room, Pit woke up because of the sighing but pretended to be asleep. Once Sonic left the infirmary, he raised his head up. He tried to tiptoe to the door, but Link sitting next to Ganondorf made it impossible to leave unnoticed. That was until Ganondorf tried to hug Link in his sleep. Once Link was gone, it was easy for the angel to leave.
Sonic might get in trouble, but I got to find Li… Pit told himself.
Popo stopped walking for the fourteenth time to Nana's dismay. They've been exploring the mansion for a while but the male Ice Climber thought that the two were being followed. His sister insisted that he was only imagining things, but it couldn't stop him from worrying. He still remembered the evil laughter from last night and wondered if that was Pit's stalker.
"Come on Popo! I want to play golf without DDD!" Nana exclaimed.
Popo sighed. Nana didn't take it well when DDD was the second Smasher to disappear but she slowly recovered and was able to be loud and obnoxious again.
What upset him though was that they were losing their playmates from this stalker (DDD, Ness, and Diddy.) Now only Lucas was left but the PK boy didn't really fit their style in the way of his shyness. Popo promised his sister that he would play golf with her just once before they go back to their room for the day.
"Popo," Nana began.
"Yes?"
"Do you think everyone will come back?"
Popo frowned. He couldn't assure her that everyone would be coming back ever, but in order to increase her spirits he replied with a simple, "Yes."
"Are you sure?"
"I'm positive."
"What happens if that guy attacks us?"
"I won't let him harm you, and I can take care of myself anyway."
"Brother…"
"Stop asking questions and let's play."
Nana gave Popo one last look before setting the golf ball that they received from DDD and placed it on the floor. The blue Ice Climber told her to go first which she happily agreed. She got up close to the ball and readied her mallet. With great aim, she hit the golf ball. The golf ball broke the window as always. The ball however didn't fall to the ground. It just stayed in midair surprising the Ice Climbers.
"What's wrong with my ball? Did I hit it wrong?" Nana asked.
Popo realized that something was definitely wrong and stood in front of his sister.
His intuition was correct as the golf ball was thrown back at them. Popo hit the golf ball back with his mallet which a figure caught this time. The figure was still cloaked in black but something was making him fly.
"I see you finally noticed my presence," the stalker said.
Nana took a step back as Popo got his mallet ready to fight for his sister, "Who are you and what do you want?"
The cloaked figure entered through the cracked window and answered, "In my notes that I have given Pit, I am known as Li to him. I have come to claim more trophies for my collection and you two happen to be next."
Nana started to shake uncontrollably unlike Popo. She could feel the murderous aura coming from the cloaked figure. It was like the stalker was surrounded in hate.
"Well too bad, you're not getting anyone else!" Popo declared, "And Mr. Game and Watch will be here before you can lay a finger on us."
The stalker sighed, "You're right. I can't get both at you at once, so instead I'll take the girl first."
Popo gave a menacing glare toward him, "Don't you dare touch her!"
"Oh, obsessive are we? Well this won't take long."
Before Popo knew what was happening, he was pushed away to the left of Nana by a strong force. Nana called for her brother but he didn't respond. She proceeded to run to him when the stalker got in her way. The pink Ice Climber held her mallet up and proceeded to attack him. The stalker proved too fast for her as he already had the dark beam charged up. He fired it at her. It engulfed her in darkness. When the darkness disappeared, Nana was a lone trophy.
"NANA!" Popo shouted.
"Maybe I can get you before the confrontation," the stalker said after taking the Nana trophy. He was obviously grinning under the cloak.
He proceeded to charge another beam when he saw two flamethrower attacks to the right of him. He jumped out of the way in order to avoid being burned. Popo was almost hit by the flames though.
"Arcanine! Use flamethrower again!"
"Charizard, use flamethrower!"
The stalker had to avoid a pair of fire attacks coming from the two fire Pokémon of the two trainers. Ash was riding on his Charizard while Gary and Ike were riding on Windie.
Ike jumped off of the Pokémon and proceeded to attack with an Aether attack. The stalker couldn't jump out of the way. The only thing he could do was pull out his sword and block the blow. The blue haired swordsman caught a glimpse of the sword. His eyes widened.
"You're not-"
"Tch, you guys are persistent. I'll come back for the other one later."
The stalker used all of his strength to push Ike back. With Ike off of him, he used his dark magic to disappear into a dark portal taking the Nana trophy with him. The two trainers called back their Pokémon with the stalker gone.
"NANA!" Popo screamed as he reached out to the dark portal that closed on him.
Upon hearing Popo's scream, Saki, Isaac, Lyn, and Shadow ran toward the Smashers.
"We heard scream, what happened?" Lyn asked in a worried tone.
The blue Ice Climber dropped his mallet as he fell to the floor stunned, "I couldn't protect her."
Isaac ran toward Popo and kneeled down to examine him. Tears were flowing from the blue Ice Climber, "Popo…"
"THAT BASTARD TOOK NANA! DAMMIT!"
Mr. Game and Watch appeared on the scene only to beep more at the shattered window that he repaired not to long ago and the black marks on the wall. Annoyed, he stormed off and was bringing R.O.B. with him this time.
The Smashers didn't notice Pit hiding at the end of the hall. The angel frowned. I can't let Li do this anymore…
The three Smashers and four assist trophies guided Popo back to his room. They couldn't stop him from crying and couldn't get his attention away from his sister. His constant crying pissed of Shadow to know end. It lead the black hedgehog to leaving the room.
"Call me when he's done crying," he said simply as he left the room.
Gary frowned, "What's with him?"
"He's not Sonic, Gary," Ash explained, "No matter how similar they look."
Ike agreed with Shadow and left the room only to stand guard in case the stalker returned. Isaac tried his best to cheer the male Ice Climber up. Lyn left the room only to report the incident to Master and Crazy Hand.
Saki just watched the blonde assist trophy try to cheer up Popo which was failing miserably. That arm that was just treated by Dr. Mario wasn't helping at all.
Ash noticed the look that Saki gave Isaac. It made him grin with childish excitement. So Saki has feelings for Isaac?
Gary gave the Pokémon Trainer a look that told him. Don't think about stuff like that right now. Worry about Popo.
"I know, I know Gary," Ash mumbled.
"Know what?" Gary asked confused by Ash's choice of words.
"We have to figure out how to stop that stalker from attacking tonight."
"It might be impossible," Saki said.
The two Pokémon Trainers turned to the assist trophy, "What are you saying?"
"The stalker can attack anytime," Saki explained, "Most of us will be asleep and even if we weren't asleep, we would have our guard down. He would be able to attack us and he might not just take Popo. He could take the one that was watching over him as well."
Nothing was said to counter Saki's statement. He was technically correct in all terms.
"Gary, you're staying out of this one," Ash told his boyfriend.
Gary turned to the raven haired teen in disbelief, "Ash!"
"I don't want you getting hurt by this guy. It's bad enough that he's after Pit…"
"But…"
"Please stay out of this one and stick with any of the girls or Lucas tonight."
The brunette glared at the raven haired teen. He groaned, "You're such an idiot!"
Gary ran out of the room pushing passed Ike and running somewhere. He didn't seem to know where he was going. Ike sighed. Another idiot that doesn't know where he's going.
Suddenly, Sonic zoomed up into his face and asked, "What happened? I hear crying coming from the room and I thought-"
The first thing that Ike did was grab the hedgehog by the head. He then gave the blue wonder a demonic look which this would have been funny if Sonic didn't scare so easily. Ike didn't seem to care because the first thing he asked the hedgehog was, "Weren't you suppose to be watching Pit?"
"Put him down Ike and calm yourself," Fox told him. He seemed unfazed by the scary look that the bluenette was giving him.
Reluctantly, Ike put the hedgehog down and waited for his answer.
"He was with Link so he should be fine."
Ike would have believed him if he didn't spot Link walking through the hallway behind the blue hedgehog. He pointed in front of him as the two Smashers turned around. Their eyes widened in horror upon the realization.
"If that's Link over there, whose watching Pit and Ganondorf now?"
There was a long pause before the two sped off to the infirmary leaving the assist trophies and Ash behind.
The two arrived at the infirmary. Ike was not amused upon seeing that Pit wasn't lying in his bed like he was suppose to.
"Sonic…when we find Pit, you're legs will be the first thing I slice off," Ike threatened.
The blue wonder trembled. Fox sighed at how Ike was so heartless when it came to the hedgehog's feelings.
"Don't do this to him…" Fox mumbled.
Ash realized that there was no one guarding the front of Popo's room upon hearing Sonic's voice. The Pokémon Trainer sighed as he decided to guard the room.
Isaac managed to calm Popo down a little but he was far from recovered.
"It wasn't your fault that Nana was taken," Isaac kept telling him, "If we were faster than we could have prevented it."
"No! As a brother I failed her! What am I suppose to do now?"
"Get revenge?" Saki suggested. He was being sarcastic of course.
If there was one topic that Saki loved to mention every now and then was revenge. Revenge was one of the main reasons why he died and then brought back to life only to have revenge on the people who killed him. His whole life seemed to revolve around that word. Isaac wished that he would let go of his past like that and move on.
"Be serious for once Saki! This is Popo we're talking about!"
Saki groaned, "Whatever. I just find it a little annoying that a man is crying when he should just take his girl back."
"Saki!"
"I should have left with Shadow and the others…"
Isaac turned back to Popo. He was crying less by Saki's comment. That was because they were more encouraging than not.
"Can I really get him back?" Popo asked the dirty blonde.
"If you actually fight back yes."
The male Ice Climber wiped his tears away and gave the assist trophy a determined look, "I'll try."
"That's better."
Isaac scoffed, "Now you act like the big brother."
"Hmm?"
"Nothing."
Ash found it amusing seeing Mr. Game and Watch and R.O.B. working together to fix the whole hallway. He just had to stand there as the two dimensional figure beeped at him. In one hour, the entire hallway was fixed and the two Smashers left. The Pokémon Trainer was annoyed when the two assist trophies left him to guard Popo. They came back to give him food and stuff but Ash was just plain bored. He already called back his Pokémon because they were tired but he wasn't planning on watching Popo all night.
Ike and Gary never came back either. Ash thought to himself as he clenched his fist in anger. Leaving me to do the crappy job while you guys are probably kicking that guy's ass…well I won't stand for it!
Ash told the two assist trophies that he was going to use the bathroom and be right back. He did not return.
"-red vein- That bastard left us…" Saki said in an angry tone.
Isaac was just as pissed but he seemed more calm about it, "It was going to happen Saki. You tried to bail out on this too so…"
"Tch."
Saki got up from the chair he was sitting in and left the room.
"Wait Saki! What am I suppose to do?" Isaac asked.
"Guard him from the inside. I'll keep watch," Saki ordered before slamming the door on him.
The blonde frowned, "No fair."
Unlike Ike and Ash though, Saki didn't leave from his spot.
Ash didn't get a nice greeting from Ike, Sonic or Fox. All three of them were annoyed that he left Popo alone with the two assist trophies.
"Saki is one of the best assist trophies," Ash explained, "There shouldn't be any problem with him guarding Popo."
"Idiot!" Sonic yelled.
Ash took a huge step back, "What?"
"Assist trophies only have half the power as us Smashers," Fox explained, "And that is because we don't need them rebelling against us. Saki is a half demon so his demon powers were sealed away. He's completely useless if he can't turn into that beast."
Ash sweat dropped, "I did…not know that…"
"Don't worry about those two now. Worry about Pit," Ike told them.
"What happened to Pit?" Satoshi asked.
"He's not in the infirmary like he should be," Ike explained.
"WHAT? Where is he?"
"We don't know…"
"We can't find him…" Sonic mumbled. He looked away from both Smashers, "If I haven't left him then…"
Ike was about to blame him again when Fox quickly say, "It's not your fault. Link was in there after you left so he should have looked after him."
"He seemed embarrassed about something," Ike said.
"Yeah…"
"It might be about Ganondorf," Ash suggested.
Ike shook his head in disagreement. Sonic and Fox looked at each other people looking away thinking it was possible.
"Why are we talking about Link? We need to find Pit now!" Ike told them, "It's almost dark. It is not safe for him to be alone at night."
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Ash shouted.
"Pika!" Pikachu agreed.
Night time did come and Pit was not found. The angel was in a place where no one could find him and would only appear when the stalker struck which was very soon as night has finally come.
He must be writing another one of those notes. Pit thought to himself.
Pit's assumption was correct. The stalker finished writing the note…but at the last minute decided to throw it away.
Something tells me that Pit and I will see each other tonight. The stalker thought to himself with an evil grin on his face.
Isaac let out another yawn. Guarding someone that could very much protect themselves was very boring. Saki was equally disinterested in the task but managed to stay wide awake. Popo had already fallen asleep thinking that the stalker wouldn't strike tonight. He would soon regret falling asleep.
Isaac felt this strange impulse coming from the room. He clenched his heart as it was throbbing.
What's going on?
As if Isaac didn't need to ask that. The room itself was becoming black. As it became black, it became harder to breathe.
Isaac gasped when he saw a figure emerge from the floor from a black portal. Bats flew out of the portal that attacked Isaac as soon as they were released. The blonde tried his best to fight back with his earth moves but failed.
"What a weak assist trophy…" the stalker said with a sigh.
He turned to Popo who was still asleep. He grinned evilly, "You shouldn't be sleeping on the job because you're next."
Outside, Saki felt the presence of the stalker and proceeded to storm back inside…only for the door to be jammed. With his inhuman strength, he punched the door down only to witness the stalker use his dark beam to turn the snoozing Popo into a trophy.
"A matching pair," the stalker declared as he picked up the Popo trophy and placed him with the Nana trophy.
Saki glanced at Isaac who was on the floor of the room, bleeding like crazy from the bat fangs.
"ISAAC!"
Saki ran over to the blonde teen and asked if he was okay.
"Sorry…I didn't do my job…"
"It's okay. Just rest. Someone will come eventually."
Saki glared in the stalker's direction as he got out his Cannon Sword.
"Oh, are you going to avenge the little weakling?" the stalker asked.
"I will defeat you and get everyone back!" Saki declared as he charged at him.
The cloaked figure sighed, "What am I going to do?" He got his sword out and slashed swords with the assist trophy. The stalker was amazed at how powerful Saki was, "You must be one of the most powerful assist trophies here."
Saki ignored him as he turned his sword into a gun and fired it at the cloaked figure. The stalker barely had time to dodge it.
"Very tricky trophy indeed. This might be worth while."
The Smashers felt a huge earthquake coming from the Ice Climbers room. At once did some knew that the stalker was attacking. While all the kid and female Smashers were told to stay in their room, Ike, Ash, Sonic, Pikachu and Fox were already rushing to the room.
Pit beat them to it. The angel ended up witnessing Saki losing to the stalker as well as most of the Ice Climber's room being destroyed by the battle. Just when the stalker was about to make the finishing blow though, Pit aimed his bow at the stalker's cloak and fired an arrow.
The stalker did not expect the arrow to come at him so fast. He managed to avoid a fatal wound, but it did not stop the cloak from sliding off his head revealing who he was.
Pit frowned upon seeing the face again, "Li…why…"
Li grinned evilly at Pit, "It's been a while Pit. You thought I was dead after fighting that stupid dog in hell?"
"No…you really were…"
Ike, Ash, Sonic, Pikachu and Fox came onto the scene and gasped.
"There are two Pits?" Ash questioned as soon as he took a glimpse at Li.
The stalker seemed to be another Pit. Only this one had dark brown spiky hair, red eyes and a black tunic. He had black wings of the devil and he seemed more sadistic than the angelic Pit.
"You did die! Pepper and I saw you die!" Pit shouted.
Li frowned, "I'm disappointed in you Pit. I won't die that easily."
"But that body…Sun-Wong and Isaak buried you…"
Li reacted to the mention of Isaak. He seemed to be furious for a moment before reverting back to his sadistic self., "Okay Captain, maybe I did die but maybe I didn't. Regardless someone brought me back from that place because they knew I didn't complete my mission. I come try to come back to you guys and I see you making new friends and loving someone else."
"Li…"
"The only way they could bring me back was use a body of a Smasher. That's why I'm here."
"So you are using someone else's body to do the dirty work…" Pit mumbled.
"Yup, you might say that I'm half of the stalker. The other half you're going to have to figure out yourself before it's too late."
As the two were talking Sonic ran over to the assist trophies to make sure they weren't dead. Ash was ready to break the rule again and use his aura. Ike had his sword ready as he pointed it at Li.
"Who are you?"
Finally noticing the other Smasher's appearance, Li grinned evilly, "They call me Lived Twilight but Li for short. I can't believe you people actually assumed that elf was the culprit."
Ike was confused, "What do you mean?"
Ash looked away from the bluenette. He did believe that it was Link at one point.
"Well…that was bound to happen. After all…in those seven years of loneliness I lived in the Twilight Realm, but I'm still upset with you Pit. Forgetting your best friend from Heaven after he tried his best to take care of you after your parent's death."
"Shut up Li!" Pit shouted as he readied his bow and arrow.
Li cocked an evil smile, "Oh? I see you can use Lady Palutena's treasure well. I knew I was right about intrusting that to you."
Pit fired an arrow at Li. The devil flew above the arrow in order to dodge it.
"Aim is pretty good too."
"I'm going to ask you this once Li: What did you do with everyone?"
"Oh? Those guys that disappeared? I have them in safe storage. I don't plan on giving them back though until I complete my goal."
"And what is that?" Ash asked.
"Erase the humans and destroy the Heavens for forgetting about me after all I did for them. The demons of Hell will rise against them," Li announced.
"You're insane!" Pit shouted.
"I just need you Pit in order to access Heaven," Li told him.
"Lady Palutena and the others won't allow it!"
"They're so weak that they won't even lay a finger on me. I bet Pepper will run away as soon as she sees me."
"You bastard!"
Ash fired a bit of his aura at Li. Unfazed by it, Li opened his wings. Some of his black feathers fell off of his wings. Those feathers were fired at the blast of aura cancelling it out.
"I would love to take you now Pit, but there are just too many people here. Now that I'm revealed though. I won't be able to strike much, but that's what this body is for."
Ike charged at Li before he could open a portal. Li blocked Ike's sword with his sword. The sword he used had almost a similar design to Pit's swords but it was a double edge sword nonetheless.
Li didn't need to use his strength this time because the bats that attacked Isaac made a zerg rush toward Ike. Ike had to fend them off forcing him not to put that much power in his sword. Even with Pit shooting arrow, Ash using his aura, and Pikachu using thunderbolt, the bats kept coming.
"I guess that's it for tonight," Li said with a yawn, "Let's fight again some other time."
"Wait!" Ike shouted.
The devil didn't listen to him as he opened a black portal and entered it.
"LI!" Pit screamed.
Li took one last look at Pit and gave him a sad smile that no one seemed to notice. He disappeared within the portal and the portal disappeared. The bats soon vanished after that.
"Who was that?" Ash asked in rage.
The other Smashers came to the scene when Pit said the stalker's name.
"Lived Twilight. He was my best friend and my brother in a sense in Heaven…and he was suppose to be dead seven years ago…during Medusa's invasion…"
Me: TBC with 7149 words.
Yohko: So the stalker is…
Me: Dark Pit is half the answer. In this story, he's called Lived Twilight. Sorry I name his name complicated. But remember, Dark Pit is only HALF of the answer. He is possessing a Smasher's body. The question now is which body is he possessing and if the Smasher is allowing him to do it or if he/she was forced to. So if you guessed a certain Smasher, they could be the ones possessed by Li. Notes!
1. I don't know much about Saki's game Sin and Punishment. I thought he was killed but I think I was wrong. I learned that he was a half-demon, but I'm changing things a bit for him. Sorry Sin and Punishment fans.
2. The dog that Li is referring to is Twinbellows or Cerberus which is the first boss in Kid Icarus in order to access the human world.
3. Lived is devil spelled backwards (hence Dark Pit is a devil) while Twilight is the darkness realm in Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess. So you can assume that he knows Midna.
Me: Bleh…I'm going to talk about Brawl now.
Yohko: Just review if you want don't want to read this.
Me: I played a three vs. one a lot. I'm usually Pit while my partners are Sonic and Ash. Sonic before the rape incident in this story is very independent. He steals all the KO from me and Ash. I remember only getting 2 KO along with Ash while Sonic got like 10 KO. Ash being Ash, screwing up every time he had the chance (falling into traps, slipping on banana peels, and getting blown up by smart bombs.) If the computer is Pit, then Pit fights from a distance most of the time.
When I play Sonic and my partner is Fox on a two vs. two, Fox goes crazy when Wolf…and Link are the opponent. I'm serious. He like kicks them like there is no tomorrow. Wolf fights back of course, but Link…he's too slow for Fox. I sense the Fox/Sonic reference there but Falco is the same as Fox when I play Fox and the computer is Falco.
I'm going to make it more obvious that Isaak gets to Li very easily which easily leads up to the scene in chapter 30. Also, while Li has indeed lived in the Twilight Realm for seven years, he went to Purgatory before he was "brought back to life" since Purgatory is for the souls who haven't been judged yet. Also because of the whole shortened name, it's easy for Li to put the blame on Link.