Not So Angelic
Disclaimer: I do not own Super Smash Brothers Brawl or any of the characters. I only own Sun-Wong, Isaak, Himeno, Roger, Aqua, Mcenche, and Pepper.
Summary: Pit won't let anyone know about his past with Li despite Master Hand's threats. Ash, Sonic and Fox manage to get a little bit out of him, but are later kicked out of the room because of it. How bad was Pit's past? And what is Captain Falcon planning?
Chapter 12: Not so Angelic
The five year old angel didn't know what went wrong. His parents laid in front of him wide eye and dead. Blood was oozing from their heads. Their arms were chopped off and heart torn out. Red was all the angel could see.
"What happened?" the angel asked no one in general.
The angel kneeled down to his dead mother and touched her blood.
It's so cold.
"Cold as you," said a voice.
The angel looked around. Who said that?
"I'm over here!"
The angel turned in the direction and saw another angel. He looked similar to him but his wings were a bit darker. He had red eyes, dark brown hair and wore a psychotic smile on his face. Despite the crazed look he had, his eyes told another story. His clothes were smeared with blood as his double edged sword had an arm on the tip of one end.
"Who are you?" the little angel asked.
"I'm Lived Twilight, but you can call me Li."
The angel glanced at the dark angel and then back at his dead parents.
"You wished for your parents to love you but they didn't love you. I did you a big favor."
"What do you mean?"
"You will understand in due time."
Li looked at the angel's dead parents and sighed, "Well…now that you're homeless…I got to take you with me."
"Mom and dad told me to never go with strangers."
"They're dead and they didn't even care for you."
Li turned his back on angel. The innocent angel followed the dark angel. Li then asked the angel, "What's your name?"
"Kid Icarus, but please call me Pit."
"Pit…that's a weird name….shows that your parents really had the time for you if they came up with something like this."
The dark angel chuckled evilly. That evil laughter echoed the streets of Angel Land. The angel was oblivious to it. This was the start of going down the wrong path…or was it the right…or both?
"Pit, are you listening to me?"
Pit snapped out of his thoughts. He only zoned out for a bit thinking about Li. He forgot that he was speaking to Master and Crazy Hand about the incident last night.
It seemed that after the assist trophies were injured, the capture of the Ice Climbers, and the stalker revealing himself, the two have been on his case. They wanted to know everything that Pit knew. If the angel told him though then he would have to think back when he was in Heaven.
"Can you say that again?" Pit asked.
Crazy Hand was fuming or rather his human form anyway. The two decided to take this seriously when they changed to their human forms to speak to him. Master Hand was calm as usual.
"The question was for you to tell us everything you know about this Lived Twilight person," Master Hand explained.
Pit groaned. He would have said something sarcastic to him but that would threaten his career here, so he replied, "He was just a friend from my world that died during Medusa's invasion."
"How did he die?"
"You know how I fought that demon dog Twinbellows?"
"Yes."
"I didn't fight that thing alone…or rather I didn't fight it at all. Li did all the fighting while my other friend Pepper and I escaped to the human world and continued our journey."
"I see."
"I guess he wasn't dead after all these years…" Pit said as he started to zone out again.
When Pit said that, the angel frowned sadly to himself. He really did doubt Lived and ended up moving on with his life with thanks to his subordinates.
With all that happened I'm surprised that I forgot about him.
"Pit, you need to give us more information," Master Hand said.
Pit scoffed, "Why would I give information about my past life?"
"PIT!"
Pit stood up from the couch and walked out the door. Crazy Hand shouted at the angel to come back and that if he didn't he would be removed from the Brawl lineup.
Pit laughed bitterly surprising the two, "I'll give you three reasons why I won't tell you. For one thing, I'm too popular to be removed from the lineup. Second, I don't live in the past and talking about Li will bring back memories of the war. If you want to find out what happened between me and Li, why don't you ask Palutena or the other royal bodyguards? Finally and the most important one is this: I don't have any respect for you two."
Crazy Hand fumed. Master Hand frowned sadly toward the angel.
"Hey! I don't care what you say about me, but take back what you said about brother!"
Pit ignored him as he walked out on the two.
"Damn him! How dare he talk to you like that!" Crazy shouted.
"Caito please, you can't expect him to talk about something that happened years ago. It must have been tragic."
"But Michiko!"
Master Hand shook his hand, "You have to be patient. When he finally tells us, we'll be able to counterattack the Pit look alike."
Caito rubbed his temples and let out another huge sigh, "Why are you so calm in this situation."
"I have to be calm for everyone's sake," Master Hand replied.
"Dammit!" Pit cursed for the sixth time.
The angel was fuming after the conversation. Not only did he score negative points with the two who allowed him to participate in Brawl, but he only made the situation worse for those around him.
He stormed all the way back to his room. Any Pokémon he passed moved out of the way of the turbulent angel.
Once Pit got to his room, he slammed the door. The slam was so loud that everyone in mansion could hear it slam.
The angel jumped on his bed and buried his head in his pillow. He had never been this angry toward Master or Crazy before.
They actually expect me to tell them everything about my life?
As the angel continue to curse at himself, there was a knock at his door. Pit couldn't care less who was at the door. If it was his roommates they could come in anytime. If it was someone else, they can come back another time.
Sure enough, it was Sonic, Ash and Fox that came in. Sonic hid behind the trainer as the Smasher could feel the murderous aura coming from the angel.
"Pit, are you okay?" Sonic asked.
The angel glared at the hedgehog which frightened him greatly. He did not mean to scare Sonic but he was not in the mood to talk to anyone.
"Do I look okay to you?" he snarled.
Ash gave the angel a fixed stare. "Hey, don't take your anger out on Sonic just because Master Hand scolded you."
Pit rolled his eyes as he planted his head back into his pillow. The two Smashers stepped into the room and closed the door.
"You know Pit," Ash began, "You're going to have to tell us about your past eventually."
"I won't."
"You can't leave us in suspense with that Lived guy or whatever his name is can attack any of us next. He's possessing someone and that someone might be with anybody and capture them easily," Ash explained.
"…It's my business…"
"PIT!"
"Pit please…" Sonic mumbled.
The angel caught a glimpse of Sonic's determined face to get something out of him. The angel couldn't say no once Sonic has his mind set to something he considered important, and considering the situation he was in now, it would be hard to encounter that expression for a while. "Okay…"
Ash threw his arms in the air like he won the Olympics causing Sonic and Fox grinned. The Pokémon Trainer summoned his Ivysaur to move the beds again like it was story time. After five minutes, the Pokémon managed to move the middle bed away and allowed room for the teen Smashers to sit in the middle.
They all sat down as Pit began his story of himself and Lived Twilight.
I met Li when I was five years old. Back then my parents tried to kill me. I don't know the reason, but I thought it was because they had enough of just abusing me.
I can't remember how they died but I think it has something to do with Li. He had the blood of my parents on him and he didn't seem to mind it. I guess he was the killer but that wasn't going through my mind at the time. What I was thinking was about how the parents that gave birth to me trying to kill their son that they made. I gave them plenty of opportunities to change themselves and acted like a martyr toward them, but I hated my parents the moment they tried to murder me. I didn't care if Li was a killer or not. All I knew back then was that he was my savior from my hell.
Li was homeless too, but he took me in and raised me like his little brother. In fact, we might as well have been siblings by the way our appearance. He was the first one to show me love that Heaven did not show me.
We struggled to survive the streets of Angel Land (although we weren't on the streets that long). You would think that the angels would have mercy to two orphans but they were no better than the humans.
Li would do most of the work in trying to get us to survive. He would steal from many of the heartless angels and sometimes, he would kill them if they pissed him off.
I would always be in Li's shadow back then. I would be the one that didn't want to kill, (but thinking about it now, I wish I would have killed a few of those angels). Li would always tell me that if I didn't kill then I wouldn't be able to survive. Even though he said that, I never killed anyone nor did I hurt them. He would scold me for being too innocent.
I didn't want to be a burden to Li I told him that and he stole a bow from one of Lady Palutena's bodyguard. Because Li was being so reckless when he stole the weapon for me, Lady Palutena sent out her soldiers to search for us. We were basically on the run for a while. During that time though, I became skilled with the bow and I was able to hit my targets easily. I still wouldn't kill anyone with the weapon.
"Stop the innocent act," Li told me one day, "You were the one that killed your parents so you can no longer be angelic."
Li was lying right then. I knew that he killed my parents and wanted me to feel bad and be like him. I was rather upset with him at that moment, but I didn't say anything…
Eventually Lady Palutena's soldiers found us. The one leading them was the former captain Sun-Wong. He was fifteen years old when he caught us. He had short brown hair (during this time), brown eyes (that are always closed, so don't ask me about the time I actually found out what eye color they were), and carried a lunar staff with him. He was obviously Chinese because his name was a huge giveaway. The most wonderful thing about him were his wings. They weren't white like most angels. Instead, they were orange wings that must have represented the earth element. I later learned that he was called The Sage.
I remember Li standing in front of me ordering me to escape. He glared at the army with his red eyes but I was trembling in fear not knowing if we would live or not.
Sun-Wong didn't give us a look of hate or remorse and instead appeared calm and tranquil in front of us.
"Captain, tell us when to attack," said one of the knights.
Sun-Wong shook his head, "No, None of you attack them."
Sun-Wong surprised both of us as well as the army.
"What? Why captain?"
"They're kids trying to survive. They have no one turn to, so it only natural that elder of two would steal something for younger."
"Captain!"
"Put yourself in their shoes. Would you do same thing that they did and steal from others?"
Lady Palutena's army was silent.
"They're still coming with us though…"
Sun-Wong walked over to us. Li was still giving his fierce look but it had no affect on him. Sun-Wong's speech was enough to calm me down slightly to the point where I realized he wasn't going to hurt us.
The former captain stopped in front of us and offered his hand out to Li. Li seemed confused.
"I won't hurt you. Please come with us. Lady Palutena will take care of you."
Li wanted to believe him, but I don't know why he couldn't I believed him and told Li that we should go with them.
"Fine, we'll go with you, but if you lay one hair on Pit, I'll kill you," Li threatened.
Again, Sun-Wong was unaffected by his threat unlike Lady Palutena's army. He just smiled at us and said, "That fine. I make sure that younger will not be harmed."
Sun-Wong took us to Lady Palutena's Palace. I remember the first time I walked through the halls. The hallways were brighter than the streets shining like the sun of heaven which we missed when in the streets of Angel Land. The atmosphere of the palace itself was warm and welcoming. I don't think Li liked the sun that much though but that may because of his black wings and clothing.
We were lead to the royal chamber where Lady Palutena, the Goddess of Light and Medusa the Goddess of Darkness awaited. Both were sitting on a fancy chair that you see in medieval time movies.
Lady Palutena was the person I wanted in my life from the very beginning. She was gentle, warm-hearted, caring and accepted anyone (but I later found out that despite all of these motherly qualities, she could be very sarcastic and down to earth like the rest of us. Additionally, she was kind to us but she wasn't as patient with humans as I thought she was.) She was indeed the most beautiful Goddess around.
The other Goddess Medusa was a person I hated with passion when I my eyes first came across her. She was the opposite of Lady Palutena and therefore made her unapproachable. I think Li liked her more than the Goddess of Light, but then again, this might be due to his element.
I remember those kind accepting words when she gazed down us. When Sun-Wong told her how good we were with the weapons we had, she decided to let us live in her palace free of charge. I have never been so happy in my life and I'm pretty sure that Li was happy then too even if he didn't show it.
She gave us everything we needed: Food to eat, a place to stay, a warm bed, and she gave us a family in terms of being the mother figure that we never had and the royal bodyguards that acted like one big happy family. Li and I decided that we would join her army to protect her like everyone else did. Li was accepted easily but they had a harder time accepting me. They told me that I was too young compared to Li. We were two years apart so it was only natural that her army would think that.
If it wasn't for Sun-Wong and the former 6th seat of the royal bodyguards Pepper Padoga, then I wouldn't have made it in.
Pepper was only one year older than me being six years old. She was…unique…in her own way. She had long black hair and brown eyes. Her skin color made her stand out because it was tan and it reflected in the sunlight. She didn't look Greek like almost everyone in Heaven. You might say that she was an American of some sort but she corrected me by saying that she was half black and half Filipino. What was weird to me back then was that she was the ONLY angel to wear glasses and to make it more odd, they were blue. Blue didn't seem to match her because her wings were red. Red usually meant your element was fire and blue flames were harder to come across then red ones. The army called her The Fierce Warrior for many reasons.
As for her personality…she was a little out of control…I think she would be another Ash when you think about it. She was always bouncing around and speaking the English language that no one would understand. Most of the time she was ignored. She hates being ignored…so she makes up her own language to piss everyone off…
Enough about Pepper for the moment! I need to speak about the other royal bodyguards.
The next day after that, Pepper introduced Li and me to the other bodyguards. In the room, which seemed to be the meeting room, there were mainly kids our age, which surprised us. The former vice captain was only seven years old but you might call him a prodigy. They called him Mcenche Kaguya or The Cold Hearted Prince whatever you wanted to call him. In my point of view, he was quieter than Li but his element might had been the reason for that. Despite being really young, he had spiky white hair and blue eyes. He seemed Japanese but it was hard to tell. I noticed that he carried a katana in a sheathe around his waist band. His wings looked more like ice crystals than feathers but I could tell he represented the element ice.
"He's a jerk, don't talk to him," Pepper told me in a rather annoyed tone. I caught a glimpse of Pepper's weapon. I saw that it was a thieves dagger of all weapons.
"That beautiful girl over there is Himeno Kururumi from the 3rd division," Pepper introduced proudly.
The red angel pointed in the direction of a girl making a flower crown with the flowers that she must have found outside the palace. My eyes widened when my eyes first met her. She was beautiful for someone her age but Lady Palutena was still the fairest of them all. She only eight but she looked to be in her teens (hence why her beauty goes up in ranking). She had short peachy hair and had green eyes. Like Mcenche she was Japanese but it was more apparent. Her weapon seemed to be a huge fan that she was sitting on. Her wings didn't seem to match her hair though. They were green like nature. It was hard to determine what her element was.
"Her element is wind if that's what you're wondering," Pepper explained, "And she's also called The Graceful Dancer."
At least I got my answer.
Himeno glanced at me and smiled brightly. For a split second, I thought I was blushing, but then again, if a pretty girl like her gave you a smile similar to your Goddess, you would be beat red too!
"If you're having problems, talk to Himeno. She'll go everything she can to help," the red angel stated.
Pepper pointed to the next guy that was harassing another angel, "That pervert over there is 4th seat Isaak Sosuke. He's an idiot so don't listen to him. We don't need another guy like him in this palace."
"HEY!" he shouted.
Isaak was your typical blonde pretty boy despite being nine years old. He already had the charm to flirt with the ladies due to looking in his teens similar to Himeno. He still had ways to go, but in the current time now, he had already achieved what he was doing in the past now. Like I said, he had short blonde hair and baby blue eyes that wouldn't make him a target to Hitler. Speaking of Hitler…he was obviously German but tried to speak in a French accent to woo the ladies, but this failed by the way he talked. I couldn't see his weapon since it was covered by his yellow wings which I assumed was the lighting element.
Isaak walked up to me and gave a stupid grin, "It's a pleasure to meet someone like you. I am Isaak Sosuke and I hope we can be good friends."
I shivered when he said "good friends". I didn't like how he empathized those two words.
"Even though he's called the Ladies Man…he likes boys and girls, so I think you should stay far away from him," Pepper warned as she kicked him in the face when he got too close for comfort.
"Zat hurt Ms. Pepper!" he whined.
"I'm not that old you jerk! You're just as bad as Mcenche!"
Mcenche said nothing. He just stayed in the corner of the room unmoving. When I examined him further, I realized that he was asleep hence why he wasn't speaking to me or protesting to Pepper's harsh statements at all.
"And that girl over there is 5th seat Aqua Mizumi," Pepper said as she continued to kick Isaak in the face.
When I saw Aqua, I felt this sorrowful aura coming from her. She didn't seem as lively as everyone else. What was strange to me at the time was that she was definitely order than the rest of us being sixteen years old. She had long blue hair and blue eyes. They were shaded though so you would think that she was in a trance of some sort. I didn't see her weapon either. I thought it was covered up by her blue wings which represented water.
"They call her The Silent Maiden," Himeno began, "Because she cannot speak. She's mute."
That stunned me and I'm sure it stunned Li as well.
"Zat silence isn't from zis palace by ze way!" Isaak insured us, "Lady Palutena has been trying to find a cure for her but with zat witch Medusa causing problems for her, she hasn't gotten to it. Sun-Wong is reading about a cure, but I zink food is more important to him zan his comrades."
"Don't say that about our captain…" Himeno scolded.
"Err…sorry."
"What happened to her?" I asked them.
Aqua turned to me sadly. She got up and left the room because we stirred a conversation about her.
"Okay…" Li mumbled not understanding why she left in the first place.
"She doesn't want to talk about her past life…" Himeno paraphrased to Li.
"Huh?"
"She was killed during a hazing at her high school in Japan. It was a horrible experience for her that she became mute and refuses to let us know in detail." Himeno continued to reveal.
"I heard from Sun-Wong zat she lost many things from zat one hazing attack," Isaak said, "And zat her family and friends miss her so."
"Poor girl…" Li murmured. You would think he was being sarcastic but I'm pretty sure that like me, he was pitying her.
"Anyway, I think it's best to avoid Aqua," Himeno warned, "She gets very violent if she doesn't have her privacy."
"We'll remember that." Li and I told her at the same time.
There was suddenly an earthquake coming from inside the palace. All of the royal bodyguards instantly thought of Lady Palutena and rushed to her aid. Isaak warned us to stay behind but Li followed shortly. I didn't want to be alone in the room so I trailed after them.
I wish I didn't have followed them. I wasn't ready for what was happening. I will never forget that day…
Because that was the day when Medusa was not only turned into an ugly monster, but was banished to Hell and swore that she would get revenge on Lady Palutena.
A string of curse words were heard as I witnessed a hole open underneath the carpet. All the royal bodyguards and Li circled around the hole. The army and Sun-Wong managed to chain Medusa to her chair.
"DAMN YOU PALUTENA! HOW DARE YOU BETRAY ME!" Medusa screeched. Her shouting hurt my ears so much.
"You shouldn't have had attacked the humans again. You know Heaven is supposes to protect the humans, not make life difficult. You made them attack each other, so you will be punished by going to Hell," Palutena told Medusa harshly, "Maybe staying in Hell will get you to realize your mistakes."
Medusa glared at Lady Palutena, "You're a hypocrite, you know that Palutena? You say that Heaven is supposed to help humans yet you just watch from afar and never help with their struggles. I'm just doing you a favor and killing them off."
"I may not like the way humans do their deeds from time to time but killing them is out of the question. You know this well and will be banished as a result."
"...I will get you back Palutena. I will take away everything that you love. Just you wait!"
Lady Palutena scowled at the Goddess of Darkness before using her powers to send her through the hole that sent her straight to Hell. Her evil laughter echoed throughout the entire room. The hole closed when she was no longer visible in the hole.
"Lady Palutena, are you okay?" Sun-Wong asked.
Lady Palutena looked at her royal bodyguards and smiled sadly, "I'm sorry that you were brought into this."
"It's not your fault Lady Palutena!" Sun-Wong began.
"We were happy to turn on Medusa for your sake!" Isaak declared.
"We never liked her anyway," Pepper stated the obvious, "She was too scary and didn't belong in the palace anyway."
"You made the right decision…" Mcenche said finally speaking as he let out a small yawn.
Aqua nodded her head in agreement.
"But what happens if Medusa actually comes back?" Himeno asked in a worried tone.
"I don't think she will," Lady Palutena said, "If she did, then I will fight her if I have to."
"We'll do the fighting your highness," Sun-Wong told her.
"Thank you Captain of the Royal Bodyguards Sun-Wong."
Sun-Wong smiled sheepishly, "Don't mention it."
I glanced at Li. He got into the room before me, so he must have witnessed everyone's strength. I noticed that look on his face. That look meant that he wanted to get stronger.
"I'll get stronger for Lady Palutena's sake…" I heard him mumble.
I decided that if Li was going to get stronger then I would too.
It took us two years to get stronger. I was seven and Li was nine when we decided to join the royal bodyguards. I was confident in my archery skills and Li with his sword play.
The royal guards were uncertain of letting us join. I think they were afraid of hurting us if we lost, but we were both equally determined to obtain a spot. Li didn't just wanted to obtain a spot to get closer to Lady Palutena but he wanted to face strong opponents as well and gain a thrill in his life that he apparently lacked. In order to do that, he wanted to obtain the 4th seat which was Isaak's position. The blonde was so cocky that he happily accepted the challenge.
My goal was different. I wanted to be the Captain of the Royal Bodyguards. That way, I can be close to the Goddess who saved my life as well as Li's. I wanted to challenge Sun-Wong who spared us on that faithful day. The earth angel was very reluctant to accept my challenge but everyone's persuading (or rather peer pressure) made Sun-Wong accept. I was so happy that I accidentally hugged Li. I couldn't tell what his reaction was, but his body was kind of warm when I hugged him (and eventually he pushed me off).
The match between me and Sun-Wong took place in the afternoon. Everyone ranging from the army to Palutena herself were watching. Chances were that the other royal bodyguards summoned everyone to watch the match.
I remember that was Pepper announcing that the one on one match had begun and explaining the rules. The match would go on until someone was unable to battle or if someone surrendered. Magic was not allowed in this duel as it was a battle of wits with the use of weapons only. I thought I was going to lose and be humiliated in front of Li and everyone else. Sure I was good at archery but Sun-Wong was like the master with his bo staff. He could extend it or make it grow and he was definitely quick with switching between what to use his weapon for. I couldn't land a single hit on him. When he didn't attack me back at first, I knew he was going easy on me though and that pissed me off. He still only saw me as a kid that was in over his head.
Eventually Sun-Wong got serious and hit me more times than I could count. My arrows were shooting passed him. With a steady hand and a timed blow, I managed to graze his cheek surprisingly. When I did, the crowd gasped.
"Not bad Pit," Sun-Wong praised, "But you still have ways to go."
I said nothing. If I could be creative with my bow and arrow then maybe I could defeat him.
It was then did I amaze everyone. I was able to control my arrows with ease just by imagining which direction it should go in. Sun-Wong was impressed with me but he was still good at dodging the arrows.
I don't know how I won. It was luck. I just know it.
When Sun-Wong leaped in the air ready to bring the lunar down at me, I aimed my bow upward and shot at him. He moved to the right but thinking about the arrow moving right made the arrow change direction. His right arm was glazed as a result. That was his best arm and when it was injured, he lost instantly. The lunar lost it's power and when it hit me, it was like someone poking you in the cheek.
"I guess I got too careless at end…" Sun-Wong chuckled nervously, "Well you win…"
The audience was shocked that Sun-Wong surrendered. I was stunned that I won. Li was the only one applauding for me. The other royal bodyguards soon joined in. Then the army and finally the heartless angels. Lady Palutena just smiled at me filling me with joy and anticipating for more good things to come.
Sun-Wong told me to follow him to the conference room where he would announce my position.
In the conference room, Himeno quickly went to work in pulling that arrow out of his right arm.
"I'm sorry," I apologized thinking that I messed him up.
"Do not worry about it. I get worse injuries than this," Sun-Wong replied.
"You're too careless…" Himeno murmured followed by a huge sigh.
"Translated to "you're an idiot" Sun-Wong," Pepper said with a laugh.
"Hmm…"
Sun-Wong turned to me and smiled, "Starting today, you be our new captain."
I shook my head, "I don't have the experience to be a captain. I can't take your position after just one lucky shot."
Sun-Wong grinned, "That's what previous captain told me back then. I guess that cocky personality is passed down every generation." I didn't notice before but thinking about it now, he seemed to be thinking about something upon the mention of the previous captain.
Sun-Wong went over to me and he even went as far as dragging Himeno with him. He used his left hand to place it on my head in order to pet it, "You be good captain. I know it. I sit back and be vice captain."
"EHH?"
"What do you mean vice-captain?" Isaak asked.
"That's Mcenche's job!" Pepper shouted.
"I know but now that Pit is our new captain and I still want to be a royal bodyguard, instead of retiring, I'm moving everyone down a position."
"WHAT?"
"That's fine…" Mcenche spoke softly. In actuality, he wasn't listening to what Sun-Wong just said and will end up regretting to agreeing to something like this in the future.
"Then I would have to fight a girl…" Li added.
Himeno would be the 4th seat if everyone moved down a rank.
"Gomenasai! I wouldn't be much of a challenge to you," Himeno admitted.
"Zat's not true!" Isaak told her, "I know you can beat the little snot."
Li glared at the blonde, "You know what? Instead of fighting a girl, I wouldn't mind taking 5th seat from you right now."
"No fighting in the conference room!" Sun-Wong ordered.
Isaak frowned, "Sorry cap…vice-captain…"
"It's going to be hard calling the little squirt a captain and The Sage vice captain…" Pepper stated.
"I'm sorry…" I apologized again.
"No need to apologize. Because Sun-Wong is so stupid, he lost his position. You have my back," Pepper told me.
I smiled realizing Li wasn't the only one on my side the minute I became captain.
"Since you're one of us seven now, I think you should have a name that the angels refer us as when we go to town."
"He should be referred to as The Youngest Captain," the former captain announced, "I became captain seven years ago and ten years old is usually age that new captain is chosen."
"I like it," Himeno said.
Aqua nodded her head in agreement.
That day, I was referred to as The Youngest Captain in angel history.
The match against Li and Isaak wasn't until next week. Everyone was still trying to adjust to Sun-Wong being the vice-captain and me the captain. Most of the army had no respect for me because of my age but with all the royal bodyguards backing me up ever so slowly, I was slowly accepted as one of Palutena's protectors.
When the match with Li and Isaak happened in the afternoon, everyone didn't want him to be one of the royal bodyguards because one new recruit was enough.
I found out that the weapon Isaak used was a gun.
"Hey, isn't that cheating?" Li asked when the battle began.
"I'm German, and if you done your homework, the Nazis didn't play fair," Isaak said with a laugh.
Isaak didn't shoot that much because he was laughing at his own joke that no one got expect Sun-Wong. Li took this chance to strike at him with his double edge sword. That was when he began shooting. Unlike Sun-Wong, he was going to show no mercy to a nine year old.
The bullets in the gun had electric bolts in it. Nothing that would kill Li if he was hit directly. The gun was like the stun gun that Samus carried with her…kind of. It wasn't enough to stop Li though.
Li was an expert at the double edge sword at a young age. He kept coming back for more pain from Isaak. It was obvious that Li was going to win. I prayed that he wouldn't hurt Isaak much less kill him since the look in his eyes made it seem like he was in the mood to kill.
I was glad that he didn't kill Isaak, He just knocked the gun out of his hands and that was it.
"You lost," Li told him in a low tone.
Isaak gritted his teeth as he looked at the gun and then back at Li. He then sighed heavily as he surrendered.
The crowd was rather disappointed with Isaak but the blonde didn't care that he lost so easily and quickly. Isaak didn't care because he had his eyes on Li ever since.
We went back to the conference room and where Isaak gave him the 5th position. The yellow angel was moved to 6th seat. Aqua was moved to 7th seat and Pepper 8th seat. While she bitched about her position being moved down for the first five minutes, when it was time to choose the nickname for the new recruit, she bounced back up from her depression and grinned.
"Since Lived fought like the devil, I think The Devil would be a good title," Pepper declared happily.
"It's good but he isn't a devil," Himeno told her softly.
"He fights like one!" Isaak snapped.
"I'm just too good for you Nazis," Li joked.
"Damn you!"
Li turned to me and gave a real smile. "We're both in now."
I nodded my head, "Yep."
"Let's do our best."
"Oh yeah!" Pepper stated, "We need to know what your two elements are."
Li and I turned to her confused.
"Since Pit has white wings and is so angelic, I think his element is light," Pepper began, "And Lived has a darker shade which looks like gray, so I assume he should be dark."
"Light and dark are a good combo," Mcenche said.
"Just like fire and ice!" Pepper told the crystal angel.
"Tch."
"Water and lighting are also a good pair!" Isaak announced as he ran over to Aqua to hug her. The blue angel was ready for him this time. She took out her weapon which was a staff or a scepter or whatever you want to call that ball like staff and hit him on the head with it.
"They get along…" Himeno mumbled.
"Wind and earth get along too," Sun-Wong whispered in her ear.
Himeno smiled back at him, "Please don't hit on me until I'm an adult."
We all laughed at the statement. Sun-Wong's face was all red in embarrassment.
"Ah…lolicon." Pepper teased.
"It's not like that!"
The day when Li became part of the royal bodyguards was the brightest moments in Angel Land history. We all got along so well and most of us didn't fight. Sure Li and Isaak would be at each others throats every now and then and one would threaten to kill the other, it never ended in anything serious. The yellow angel never knew when to quit when flirting with the majority of female angels and even went as far as flirting with Lady Palutena. Man…I remember how we all ganged up on him and kicked his ass.
But I realized something. I was forgetting the hate that tortured me when I was on the streets. Li didn't forget and that's when we started to drift apart. I hung out with Pepper and Isaak a lot mainly because they were so lively. Li was anti-social like Mcenche and Aqua so he ended up spending time with them. I would always spend time with each of the royal bodyguards to know more about them. I learned a lot such as their likes, dislikes and for some of them, why they were in the royal bodyguards to begin with. (Sun-Wong was there because of the previous captain, Mcenche was looking for a thrill in his life similar to Li, Himeno wanted to help everyone around her, Isaak was looking for someone from his past, Aqua was forced to stay there due to her trauma and Pepper was a royal bodyguard to earn enough money to support her family.) I spent less time with Li as time went on. We both noticed this and we decided that we would spend one day with each.
We never got that chance because the next year when I was eight and Li was ten, Medusa came back and started a war with Lady Palutena. It was our first real battle. All of the royal bodyguards were separated from one another and fought back the demons that defied the heavens. The angels in town were so stupid. All they did was scream and demanded attention. Attention that should have been focused on the demons.
Himeno and Mcenche were ordered to protect Palutena. Sun-Wong and Isaak were assigned to protect the outside of the palace. Aqua, Pepper, Li and I were assigned to protect the town.
Pepper and Aqua did most of the work in protecting the angels. Li and I couldn't care less about them and attacked the demons.
Later on, Pepper and Aqua were forced to protect the Three Sacred Treasures that Lady Palutena kept within her palace. They were the Mirror Shield, the Arrow of Light, and the Wings of Pegasus. These items were essential in keeping Angel Land in check.
Li and I still had to protect the angels. Since Lady Palutena ordered it, I was going to reluctantly obey, but Li didn't agree with her.
"I couldn't care less about the angels that didn't give a damn about us," Li told me.
I agreed with him so I disobeyed Palutena by continuing to fight off the demons. Many angels died because of our decision while others were turned to stone. I didn't care and neither did Li, but we were going to face the consequences later.
Most of the merchant angels were turned to stone. If we needed an item, we couldn't get it because he or she was stoned. Li would technically steal it from them.
The main problem was that the demons were getting stronger as Palutena's army was being pushed back.
Our biggest mistake was going up against the Grim Reaper. One of the most common yet most powerful demons (I later found out that Grim Reapers never sided with Heaven and Hell and lived in Purgatory. Grim Reapers only do their jobs in collecting souls before the angels but the ones we fought were demons disguised as Grim Reapers to intimidate their foes.) Medusa didn't send her most powerful ones yet.
The Grim Reaper was incredibly hard to hit and even if I made a direct hit, it took like seven arrows to defeat it. For Li though, he just had to stab it in the head to kill it and that wouldn't be hard for him if the Grim Reaper stayed in one spot!
We were outnumbered thirty to two. Li was having fun killing them but for me, it was hard to assist him. I let my guard down…and I got Li injured because of that.
I wasn't looking behind me. Li told me to look out and pushed me out of the way. He was slashed in the back next to his wings. I still recall all the blood that Li lost from that one attack.
"Damn…I didn't know they were this strong…" Li murmured.
"LI!"
"Pit…get out of here and protect Lady Palutena…" Li told me, "I'll be fine fighting these guys."
I didn't listen to him. Instead, I ran over to him. One of the Grim Reapers knocked me out by hitting me with the pole of their scythe instead of the sharp part. I can't remember what happened to Li but chances were that he was knocked out too.
When we both came to, we were both imprisoned in Hell. Medusa captured both of us because she considered us as a threat to her plans to conquer Heaven.
With us captured, Medusa had the war won. She ordered one of her strongest allies Pandora to collect the Three Sacred Treasures. I think Aqua was captured and Pepper ran off somewhere. They succeeded in getting the treasures and in few days after that, Lady Palutena lost the war. Most of her army were either killed brutally or turned to stone. I know for a fact that Sun-Wong and Isaak were turned to stone and Himeno and Mcenche were held captive in a different room in the palace similar to Lady Palutena who was held prisoner in her own place. I think Aqua escaped, which is one of the reasons why I didn't see her in the palace.
We both knew that the Heaven lost against Hell when most the demons started leaving to stay in the palace. Angel Land became the land of the demons. The sky became black as everything around the palace turned gray. The towns became ghost towns infested with dead bodies of the angels or those that turned to stone by Medusa. The Three Sacred Treasures were kept by Medusa's most powerful minions. The Twinbellows of the Underworld, the Hewdraw of the Overworld and Pandora of Skyworld.
During the time in Hell, I was on the verge off breaking down. My element was light and I couldn't stand being in the dark for so long. It was so cold and I couldn't see Li. He was doing fine though since his element was dark.
He comforted me when we were both in the cells. We couldn't escape without our weapons which were inches away from outside the cell guarded by a blue demon. The demon would try to hurt me every now and then but Li took all the damage for me. I realized that because his element was dark that he was able to heal in the darkness.
"Li…are we going to make it?" I asked him weakly.
Li said nothing. He was uncertain of the future. I felt like I was going back in time when my parents abused me...that horrible time I didn't want to think about again...
We were on the verge of dying for weeks when a faint light came out of the darkness. The light was from Palutena.
"Pit, Lived, you are our last hope. Please take my last powers to escape the cell and retrieve the Three Sacred Treasures. Medusa has her guard down now that Angel Land has lost it's light."
"Palutena!" Li shouted.
"Pepper and Aqua are still alive somewhere. Please find them and reunite to defeat Medusa…please…for the sake of everyone…you are our last hope…"
Lady Palutena gave her last life power to me since I was the one that wasn't going to survive this. The light was so strong that it allowed me to kill the demon easily. The light also melted the bars on the cell. We were both free after a long time of waiting. Lady Palutena's light vanished after that.
Li grabbed his double edged sword and me my bow and arrows.
"Let's go save the world!" Li declared.
I nodded my head slowly. He had all this energy but I had a time limit while I was in hell. We had to find the treasure fast and split.
We didn't cause that much commotion in Hell. Most of the demons were weaklings that Li killed easily. I saved my strength for the majority of the journey.
We found Pepper in one of the hidden rooms of the hellish pit. She disguised herself as a merchant since most of them were turned to stone.
"If you need any items, I got them," she told us.
She looked really upset.
"What happened?" I asked.
"I abandon my mission and Aqua and fled in order to survive," she explained, "I knew you guys were here, so I decided that I would be down here until you guys got out. I'm traveling with you guys."
"Palutena wanted you to follow us," Li said.
"I'm glad she doesn't hate me."
"I'm glad she didn't hate us for disobeying her orders…" I muttered.
"Nothing we can do about it now unless we kill the witch," Li said.
Our reunion was cut short as we were close to the portal to the Overworld. A roar echoed throughout the darkness. It was then did the lava of Hell appear behind us. Out of the lava came Twinbellows. The terrible two headed demon dog.
"Damn, so much for making a clean get away…" Li mumbled as he got his sword ready, "Pepper, Pit, leave this to me."
Before I could order him to stop, he was attacking the demon dog. His hits weren't that effective but it was enough for the dog demon to drop the sealed casket that had the Mirror Shield in it.
"GET IT!" Li shouted.
Pepper responded first but when she did, Twinbellows swung his tail at her. She took a direct hit and fell to the ground unmoving.
"PEPPER!"
"DAMMIT!"
Twinbellows proceeded to fire fireballs at me. Li stepped in front of me and took the hit. Blood was dripping from his face onto his black tunic.
"LI!"
Li jumped and continued fighting Twinbellows. He slashed at him from the head to the body. The demon dog kept biting him in the left arm and stomach. It was a match to the death and it seemed like both of them wouldn't survive.
"Pit!" Li screamed at the top of his lungs, "Take Pepper and the treasure and get out of here!"
"But…what about you?"
Li smiled at me. That smile was one the last real smiles I would see, "I'll be fine. I'll kill this demon and join you shortly."
I had no choice but to listen to him. Palutena was the most important person to both of us and we couldn't leave her in the hands of Medusa. Pepper needed to get back in Heaven in order to make up for her sin of fleeing the battlefield. I grabbed the sealed casket before I grabbed Pepper and threw her on my back as I proceeded to leave through the portal.
Why did I look back that day? I turned around to see Li one last time only to see blood gushing everywhere.
"LI!"
The blood wasn't from Li. It from the dog demon, but Li was battered as well. If left alone, he might be eaten.
"GO PIT!" he yelled.
Tears started to flow from my eyes as I exited the hellish pit through the portal…I thought I heard him say good-bye to me…
After Pepper and I got out of the Underworld, I stayed where we watching the portal for a few days hoping Li would come out of it. He never came out.
Pepper recovered from the attack and regained consciousness then. She looked at me and said, "Li will come back. I'm sure of it. We have to continue our journey now."
I looked at Pepper and frowned. She was right. I had to leave Li and come back after all of this was over.
After weeks of defeating demons, finding Aqua in Skyworld, and collecting the remaining treasures we made it to Lady Palutena's palace and got Sun-Wong and Isaak out of the petrified state. The five of us infiltrated the palace and rescued Himeno and Mcenche. In the palace, we all reunited to defeat Medusa.
With the Three Sacred Treasures that I collected, I was able to kill Medusa once and for all. Angel Land was saved with her demise. All the demons retreated back to the Underworld. Every angel turned to stone was free from the spell. The angels that died were able to be reincarnated in the human world.
We all celebrated after Medusa's defeat, but I instantly thought of Li and I proceeded to go back and get him.
Sun-Wong and Isaak told me that they would do it since if I went back down there, I would die.
I waited for the good news. Until then the rest of the royal bodyguards and I were rebuilding Skyworld. The girls helped out with the angels in town while Mcenche and I worked on the palace.
The orange and yellow angel came back eventually. I was so eager to hear the news that they got Li back. My happiness was shattered when they came to the palace and laid Li's body in front of Lady Palutena as she asked to see him.
My world froze when I saw him. I ran over to him and tried to wake him up. His body was as cold as ice. His wounds were so deep and his double edge sword was broken. His eyes wouldn't open. I checked for a pulse...but there was nothing there...
"No…this can't be…"
Sun-Wong shook his head trying to keep the image of death out of his mind. Isaak was already in tears when they reached Lady Palutena's room.
"That demon dog was killed but…it cost Li his life…I'm sorry Pit."
"No…"
"Li's dead Pit."
I couldn't stop myself from crying at that moment. It was all too much.
Aqua turned away from the dead body. Pepper got her comfort from Mcenche who held in his tears for her sake. Sun-Wong comforted Himeno who was balling for Li.
It was all my fault. I thought to myself. If I just stayed with Li and helped him, he wouldn't of had died. It was all my fault.
When I came to that conclusion I lost all happiness on that day. I lost the most important person to me and I couldn't get him back. Lady Palutena said that those who die in hell will never be reincarnated.
"Li…I'm sorry…" I told him. He would never be able to hear me ever again.
The next day…Li was buried near the palace and he was replaced with a newcomer who died in the Overworld named Roger. Like Pepper, he was black. He was a bald man with brown eyes. He had shaded wings similar to Li. His weapon was a broad sword that he carried on his back. I knew he heard about Li's death and I think he tried to replace him. But no one could replace Li. Not me and definitely not Isaak no matter what…
"I was able to move on eventually thanks to the royal bodyguards. They showed me that they were my family too and were also suffering…that's why…I forgot about him…and because I did…he's not the same Li as I know before his death…"
With that said, Pit was done with his story. His friends had nothing to say. They didn't dare speak either. Ash was on the verge of tears. Sonic was too but he held it in. Fox finally understood why Pit was so distant sometimes.
"Pit, we had no idea…" Ash mumbled, his voice finally cracking.
Pit shook his head, "I didn't want anyone to find out but you three are the first."
"Pit…I…"
"I need to be alone…" Pit said quickly, "Please leave. You guys already know my whole story about me and Li…so please…"
They had no choice but to leave the angel behind. When they left, Pit started crying again.
I told myself I wouldn't cry but I realized that I still haven't filled my promise…
Nothing was said between the three Smashers as they walked down the halls. Pit had a terrible past and coped with it in both a positive and negative way. He definitely wasn't angelic as people described him to be just because of his white wings.
"He went through so much…" Sonic mumbled.
"Yeah…" Ash agreed.
"I wish I could do something to help him out…"
"This is something Pit has to do on his own," Fox told him.
"I know."
The three Smashers noticed Captain Falcon running through the halls with a box filled with items inside. Curiosity got them as the trio followed him to this huge room that no one used only on certain occasions like holidays.
They saw Captain Falcon getting the stage ready along with the bat Barbara. Kat and Ana were setting up a disco ball on the ceiling and replaced the chandelier. Tingle was moving tables along with Lakitu and Hammer Bro.
What is Captain Falcon planning? Ash asked himself.
Me: TBC with 11445 words. Notes!
1. I gave him the name of his video game since that is his name in the TV show. I won't use it that much though.
2. Let me tell you one thing. I am one year younger than Pit which he is fifteen in this story. In order to give him the title The Youngest Captain, I had to be one year older than him. Now that everyone knows that Pit is twenty-four, everyone around him is still older than him. Pepper would be twenty-five technically speaking but sixteen by appearance. You get the point...
3. Most of the angels are Greek except for Pepper (me) and the other royal bodyguards.
4. Isaak is making fun of Hitler in this statement. Since Hitler was an evil man, a kid would assume that he didn't play fair. And since Isaak is the ideal person that Hitler would want (blonde hair and blue eyes) it would add to the humor.
5. Again, Li is making fun of Hitler.
6. Lolicon in anime terms is when a full grown male adult is in love with an underage child. This is against the law in America but there are some animes where this happens. The opposite of this is shotacon when a female is in love with an underage make which is more common.
7. Hewdraw is the Hydra monster.
Anyway here is some things about the royal bodyguards and you can get this info on my profile…
Sun-Wong is the oldest bodyguard. His current age is 25. When you think of him, think of Son Goku from Saiyuki. His fighting style is similar to Sonson from Marvel vs. Capcom 2. He would technically be thirty-four if you were to go by the Uprising age. Also, his name comes from the Chinese Sun God or Son Goku from Journey to the West.
Isaak is the second oldest bodyguard. His current age is 19. When you think of him, think of Tamaki from Ouran High School Host Club. His fighting style is similar to Sanzo from Saiyuki though and his attitude is similar to Gojyo also from Saiyuki. He would be twenty-eight years old if you go by Uprising age. His last name Sosuke comes from two characters. One is from Aizen Sosuke from Bleach and we all know he's a huge troll. Sosuke is also the name of the main character of Full Metal Panic Sosuke Sagura who is a gun fanatic and has a hard time understanding the concept of love. Because you people know that Isaak likes Li and vise versa, you can see the parallels of the love to Sosuke and Kaname.
Himeno would be the oldest female bodyguard. Her current age is 18. When you think of her, think of Himeno from Pretear. Her personality is more like Tikal from Sonic Adventure DX. You won't see her swearing at all. She would be twenty-seven by Uprising age. Now I broke down what her last name is and it's hilarious. Kuru means to come, ru means to bend over and mi can mean seed. So in other words, I can make a joke about Himeno bending over so you can plant your seed inside her. Now that's not what her last name Kururumi means. In fact, Kururumi is the name of the pink angel from Steel Angel Kururumi. She is a sweet but determined angel that will protect her master but shouldn't be underestimated. Oh yeah! Kuru can also mean wind so...
Roger is the newcomer of the bodyguards. He is 18 when he dies which makes it the permanent age. When you think of him, think of that black guy that is on Rikkadai on Prince of Tennis. He would be twenty-seven as well according to Uprising age. Oh, Hoyt...that last name came from my stepsister who I hate so much...and that hate kind of transferred to Roger sadly...
Mcenche is the serious one (originally before he became a lazy bastard) who is 17 years old. When you think of him, think of Makenche of Final Fantasy Unlimited without the mask. He would be twenty-six in Uprising age. His last name Kaguya comes from Princess Kaguya from Sailor Moon who is basically the ice queen that tried to cover the entire world with snow. However, Kaguya is based on the summon known as Shiva hence why he has a name dedicated to his summon.
Aqua is the mute girl. She is 16 when she dies which makes it permanent age. When you picture her appearance, think of her…think of Hanon from Mermaid Melody. Her personality is like Vanilla from Galaxy Angel though. In Uprising age, she would still be sixteen...poor girl. Her last name Mizumi comes from the fact that mizu means water. Also, it sounds similar to Ami Mizuno from Sailor Moon, and you know her story of being isolated because of intelligence. Aqua is technically the same only she died in hazing.
Pepper is me. My current age in the story is 16. When you think of me…think of this black girl with blue glasses (that switch colors because I'm always updating them). I would be twenty-five according to Uprising age. Sweet! My last name Padoga comes from my little name in real life. Also, Padoga tends to be the top of a mountain and that implies that Pepper wants to make it to the top of the world in the story as a character and in real life.
I will now talk about Brawl.
Yohko: If you don't want to listen anymore, stop right now and review. Otherwise, continue to read.
Me: I recently started in taking scenes off of this story and taking pictures of it in Brawl. I got the Pit and Li encounter. I recently got the picture where Li is fighting Sonic on the Ferris Wheel stage. The stage is very small. With two moving platforms and a pole in the middle of the fight which represents were Pit was tied up to. It will be posted soon. I also got some pictures with Pit and Sonic and Squirtle playing jump rope with Samus.
And there was only one battle that is worth mentioning. It was all LV 9 computers on the Final Destination stage. They were Pit, Sonic, Ike and Ash. It was five minute Brawl. The pattern was obvious at the beginning. Charizard knocked out Sonic. Sonic knocked out Charizard. Ike knocked out Pit. Pit knocked out Ike. That lasted until Ash grabbed three Final Smashes and did three Triple Finishes on everyone. Sonic tried to jump over the first one. Ike tried to counter it the second. Pit tried to attack Ash on the third (that was so funny since Pit was just attacking enough but Ash was there.) The results were…
1. Ash with a score of +4 and 10 KOs
2. Sonic with a score of 0 and 5 KOs (he kept getting Ash's Pokemon out every time he was knocked off)
3. Pit and Ike with a score of -3 and 4 KOs (when I saw this I was like, "Even couples fight." They were so occupied knocking each other out that they let Ash win. Pit knocked out Charizard by jumping on his head when they both fell off the stage. Ike knocked out Sonic by doing the forward Smash on him and Pit.)
Now there are major differences I changed in the flashback. One of the major things is Li's personality. He's not evil like I originally wrote him off to be and if Pit doesn't see him as evil, then me as the author shouldn't write him off as one evil. After all, he's misguided and he's shown to have a better relationship with the royal bodyguards in my other stories.
Another thing I changed is how Sun-Wong and Isaak talk. Since Sun-Wong is Chinese, he'll speak broken English meaning that he leaves out one word to make it seem awkward. This will add more to his character and it'll make him harder to understand, but that's the point since I do describe him in my other stories as unreliable and childish. You can tell if his English is broken if you say the sentence out loud. The biggest hint is the words the and will and any small connection words will usually be missing in his sentence. The same goes for Isaak. He tries to speak in a French accent but because he's German, he ends up speaking more like a German so it sounds really weird. As a result, the t in most words will be replaced with a z. Also, I added more reference to that fact that Isaak has a crush on Li.
Also, I think I needed to point out that in later chapters, Aqua can speak while she's mute originally. She gains her voice back after gaining a summon but her verbal tic is that she'll always speak in lower case because she's not used to talking.
I think for Mcenche and Himeno, there will be some Wapanese (AKA half of their sentences is in Japanese). This will add some character to them. Only Pepper (me) will speak perfect English because I am American. Roger will be the same way only speaking more gangster like.
Additionally, reading information on Palutena, I found out that apparently she has low tolerance of humans like Medusa. However, unlike Medusa who wants to kill them all, Palutena allows them to do what they want unless they cross the line...and then shit happens. Add this and the fact that she's sarcastic and she's not the kind hearted Goddess that I originally thought she was, but this makes her more human to us royal bodyguards.
Finally, I gave a vague background information on the royal bodyguards and why they're serving Palutena in the first place. Sun-Wong is implied to be there for a long time as well as Aqua. Himeno and Mcenche joined shortly after...Himeno because she wanted to help people and Mcenche for a thrill in his life. Isaak joins after because he was looking for someone and Pepper to support the family she had. And then Pit and Li join because they are returning the gratitude of being adopted.