The Found

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: The infiltration into the laboratory finally begins. The Smashers are quickly separated from each other and fight their own battles. Time is of the essence and Pit must find Sonic before the time runs out. Will he make it in time? And Isaak and Aqua have a rather odd conversation about the past and present.

Me: This is part 2 of 2 of the rescue mission and the last part of arc two of the story. After this chapter will start the fall of Smash Brothers Mansion. Let's pray that Pit and the Smashers can save Sonic before it's too late…and another Smasher is going to be gone at the end of the chapter. Enjoy the chapter. I tried to make the battle scenes like survival horror and Tales of Symphonia combined. Let's see how it turns out. One more thing, I listed almost the whole Sega Superstar Tennis cast, so if you don't know who Hoshi-Tsuki is at this point then…let's just say that Chobi will mock you.

Chapter 21: The Found

As soon as Pit fired his arrow at the bird demon, the fight had began. Fox took out his gun and started shooting at the demons. His gun outside of the battlefield was clearly stronger and more devastating as it killed the demons in one hit. Saki alternated between his gun and his sword as Pit continued to fire arrows. Ash, Ike and Knuckles flew ahead of the three Smashers. They smashed their way through the hoard of demons. Ike's sword was powerful enough to take out multiple bird demons. Knuckles and Ash combined their punches as they knocked the bird demons away.

So far so good. Pit thought to himself as he and Fox and Saki chased after the Ike, Ash and Knuckles.

The bird demons kept on coming but that didn't stop the Smashers. Most of them were killed when three new arrivals appeared on the scene and knocked them away with their Extreme Gear.

Knuckles grinned as he glanced at the trio of newcomers, "What took you guys so long? I thought you three chickened out."

The red echidna was speaking to the Babylon Rouges of course. Jet sighed as he explained why they took so long.

"It's that time of month for Wave, so we had to stop at K Mart to go by those things that girls need," Jet explained.

That earned him a glare from the purple swallow, "So it's my fault that we took so fucking long? That guy at the store gave us a hard time!"

"Wave is scary…" Storm mumbled.

"No kidding."

"Can we talk about this later?" Ash questioned interrupting the four Mobians, "We have a damsel in distress to save here!"

"Oh yeah! We have to save my precious hedgehog!" Jet exclaimed.

Knuckles gave the green hawk a look, "And who said Sonic belonged to you?"

"Me of course! Just because you confessed your so called feelings for him doesn't mean that you really love him and that I can always steal him away from you."

"You have a point."

Fox and Hoshi-Tsuki glared at two but more at Knuckles than Jet. They couldn't stop Jet from being obsessed with Sonic, but for Knuckles not to care if Sonic was taken away from him or not ticked them off even more.

It's like Hoshi-Tsuki said. Fox thought to himself, Knuckles really doesn't love Sonic.

"Can we all go now?" Satoshi asked again.

The chattering stopped and the group continued to blast through the demons. As they got closer to the ground, they spotted beast like demons. Most of them seem to shake Saki up, but that was only because the dirty blonde knew that he was a demon himself and looked exactly like them. He was very reluctant to shoot at them, but Fox beat him to it and fired his blaster which was followed up by Pit's arrows.

Ike, Ash and Knuckles were able to land their Air Ride Machines safely. They were forced to leave it there though as Master Hand would teleport them back to the mansion when the clock struck midnight. Ike unleashed Aether at the demons. Knuckles followed that up with his powerful punches. Ash made sure that the Babylon Rouges got on the ground. They didn't get off their machines though. They continued flying through the hoard of demons using the only things that they had on them. Jet fought them by cutting them with a powerful wind using a branch of leaves. Wave fought them by attacking them with her wrench. Since she was already pissed off, it did a lot more damage. Storm fought the same way Knuckles did and punched the demons out of the way.

The Babylon Rouges and Knuckles left an opening for the Smashers to rush inside the laboratory. Ike was the first one to the door. He instantly cut the door in half with Rangell and then rushed inside with Ash chasing after Ike. Fox, Hoshi-Tsuki, and Saki flew after them. Pit was the last one as he watched the Babylon Rouges fight the demons on their own.

"Don't worry about us, we'll catch up to you guys later! Just save my beloved Sonic!" Jet called out.

Pit groaned when Jet added 'beloved' in front of Sonic's name. He hid the feeling and replied, "Don't die. Sonic won't be happy if you did."

With the said, the angel flew through the door.

The group made their way through the dark laboratory slashing through the zombies that appeared in the hall. Most of them got back up even after Ike cut them in half. Saki and Fox had to shoot them in the brain in order to finish them off. Pit instructed Ash and Knuckles not to touch them with their fists because they might become infected and turn into a zombie. Both were reluctant to stand down, but they had no choice.

Ash had never seen this much blood in his entire life. He was certain that the others seen this much blood during their lifetime, but not him. No, he grew up in a world where people use Pokémon to do their bidding. They usually don't attack the trainer physically. Only a selected few do so. He now knew how Gary felt when he and Samus were fighting these zombies in the dark part of the mansion.

"Red, duck!" Saki warned as he fired overhead. The Kanto trainer ducked at the last minute to avoid being shot. The zombie behind him was blown to bits.

"Thank you Saki!"

"It's too early to thank me."

Knuckles had to change his fighting style. Instead of punching the zombies with his fist, he pulled parts of the wall out and threw them at the zombies stopping their progress. The group continued on until they got to one of the computer rooms that had a map of the whole laboratory. It took some time for Saki to get the screen up, but when he did, it showed a map of the entire laboratory including their location.

"We should be right here," Saki said as he pointed to the red cursor that was above the blue room, "And this is where Sonic must be here," he continued as he pointed to the third floor which was a red room.

"Hey, why are some rooms red, and others blue?" Ash questioned.

"Have you ever played the Parasite Eve series?" Pit questioned.

"No, why?"

"It works just like that game and Silent Hill," Pit explained, "The blue on the map here shows all the rooms are zombie free. All the red rooms have a demon or zombie of some sort and only if they're defeated will the room become blue."

"That's correct Pit," Saki stated, "And judging from this map…we're going to have to do a lot of fighting…"

"Dammit, we don't have time for this!" Fox told him, "Isn't there a quicker way to get to the third floor without going up the stairs?"

"Let's see."

Saki typed in something on the keyboard. Some rooms got smaller while some got bigger. He frowned, "It seems like in order to use the elevator that is on this floor, we have to activate four switches. Two of them are on this floor and two of them are on the second floor."

"Wouldn't it be easier to take the stairs then if two of us are going to be near the third floor?" Ash questioned.

Saki typed in more things and sighed, "It doesn't seem like there a staircase to the third floor after all…"

"So we have to activate the switches then, right?" Pit questioned.

"Yes, but that means that four of us have to leave this safe place and go activate the switches in the laboratory while the other two can focus on saving Sonic."

Everyone turned to Pit. The angel will have to decide who had to go out of the room in order to activate the four switches which were scattered throughout the first and second floor of the laboratory.

"And it seems…" Saki continued, "That once we activate the switch, we have to stay there until we confirm that you guys are on the third floor in order for the elevator to stop in the middle."

"Pit…" Fox mumbled.

The angel took a while to think of who should go activate the switch and who should stay with him to rescue Sonic. He finally decided, "Ash and Saki, you go and activate the switches on this floor. Knuckles and Ike, go to the second floor and activate the two switches up there. Fox, you're staying with me."

Ash instantly complained about going alone to activate the switch. Saki wasn't happy either because he was afraid of losing himself when he was alone. Knuckles glared at the angel as he wanted to save Sonic. Ike and Fox gave Pit a confused look.

"Why am I going with you?" Fox asked him, "It would be better if someone like Ike was with you."

"Fox, you want to save Sonic as much as me, do you?" Pit questioned.

Fox nodded his head in agreement.

"That's all I need to know. You're fast and nimble so if there are any traps on our way, you should be able to deactivate them. Plus, you have a gun. You can kill the zombies with a shot by shooting the brain."

"Pit…"

"Besides" Pit turned to the others and smiled, "I have a lot of faith in you guys. I wouldn't have sent you guys off to do the impossible. That's not what a captain does."

"I see your point," Ike said,

"I don't want to go in the dark!" Ash complained.

"At least I have my Air Ride…" Saki mumbled.

"Ash, ride with Saki on Shadow Star. Fox, lend Ike and Knuckles your Jet Star. That way, you guys can get to the switch very fast."

"Okay."

"And don't go in rooms where there isn't a switch to avoid unnecessary battles," Pit added.

"You got it captain!" Saki said in a rather sarcastic tone as he saluted him.

"For your information, I am a captain," Pit told him, "Are you guys ready or not?"

The four nodded their head in agreement.

"All right, then let's end this quickly and save Sonic!"

The Pokémon Trainer hopped on Saki's Shadow Star when he got on it. Fox lent Ike his Jet Star so that he and the red echidna could use it. The two Air Ride Machines took off with the them on it.

"I hope they will safe…" Pit mumbled, "I should have wished Ike to be careful…"

"They'll be fine," Fox told him, "You said so yourself."

Pit nodded his head, "I just hope I made the right decision…as a captain."

"That was a pretty good decision Pit," Fox told him, "I would have chosen the same people as the leader of Star Fox."

Pit sighed, "I forgot. We're both captains of our team."

The two chuckled for a bit before Fox looked back at the map.

"We should be heading to the elevator now," Fox told him.

"Yeah…"

Saki and Ash made their way through the hallway. They passed the stairs leading to the second floor and continued on. Ash opened up his map revealing their current location. They would have to fight a pair of demons soon.

This is where I get off and walk my way to the switch. Ash thought to himself.

Once the demons came into view, Saki tried his best to maneuver around them. The Pokémon Trainer knew it was impossible, so he got out a Pokéball and released one of his Pokémon.

"Go Charizard!"

The red dragon Pokémon came out of it's Pokéball and flew next to his trainer.

"Charizard, use flamethrower!" Ash ordered.

Charizard obeyed as it shot flames from his mouth. Beside blowing them up in the head, from the games Ash played, he knew zombies were weak against the light and fire. His fire Pokemon was essential to getting to his switch.

Ash jumped off Shadow Star and onto his Pokémon. Saki turned his head toward Ash and gave him a puzzled look.

"What are you doing Red?"

"I'm getting off. My switch is in this area. Yours is farther up ahead. Go on without me," Ash told him.

Saki frowned, "Don't get too reckless."

The assassin flew off on Shadow Star. Satoshi watched as Saki made his way through the darkness.

"Same goes for you. We are a lot alike."

The Kanto trainer glared at the zombies that continued coming towards them.

"Go for the ones that in the way of our path," Ash told them, "We'll lose them we turn left in his hallway."

Charizard roared as it continued to shoot flames from his mouth. The zombies stood no chance against the Pokémon. They continued through the hall and took a left. The room where the switch was in front of them. Ash noticed a room to the right of him the new hallway. Something wanted him to go in that room, but activating the switch came first.

"Charizard, use dragon breathe to break the door down!" Ash shouted.

When Charizard did so, the alarm seem to went off. Ash didn't care as Charizard flew through the door. Right in front of him was a yellow switch. Ash ordered Charizard to destroy all the zombies in the room. Charizard obeyed as he torched every zombie in the room. When Ash checked his map though, the room was still red.

"That's odd…" he mumbled.

The raven haired teen jumped off of Charizard and told him to be on high alert. He slowly proceeded to the switch, but stopped when he felt a dark presence coming from three sides of the room. He jumped out of the way when a dark beam was fired in a triangle like shape that would have sure turned him into a trophy.

"A trap?" Satoshi asked himself as Charizard flew into the air and allowed his trainer to land on his back.

Ash then saw three animal figures. They looked like zombies though. One was a panther, another was a polecat, and the last one was a badger. All three had deformed faces which included their mouths being slanted or one of their eyes missing in it's socket.

"Shit…three against one isn't fair…" Ash murmured.

The animal zombies gave him no time to complain as they continued firing dark beams from their mouths. Charizard dodged the three beam easily. Ash instantly got out two Pokéballs and released his Pokémon.

"Go Squirtle! Go Ivysaur!"

The blue turtle and bulb Pokémon appeared from their Pokéballs letting out their battle cries.

"Squirtle, take out the badger. Ivysaur, destroy the polecat. Charizard and I will kill the panther."

The three Pokémon nodded. The turtle Pokémon instantly sped over to the badger and started fighting it. The badger was force to stop the dark beam attacks to try and knock out the little Pokémon. Ivysaur attacked the polecat with razor leaf forcing it to stop attacking with the dark beam. Charizard fired a fire blast at the dark beam that was coming his way. The two attacks canceled each other out. Charizard crashed into the panther and began fighting hand to hand combat.

"Charizard, when the panther is warn out, finish it with seismic toss," Ash told him as he jumped off the Pokémon. He was going to activate the switch when the his three Pokémon kept the animal zombies busy. When Ash ran over to the switch and tried to activate it, a capsule surrounded it completely.

"Dammit! Don't tell me I have to beat these three guys before I can actually touch the switch! What a pain in the ass!"

Saki had it worse off than Ash did. It was hard to shoot his cannon sword and control Shadow Star at the same time. Shadow Star had a hard time turning and it couldn't take that many hits.

The dirty blonde ended up hitting the door head on with his machine. Since Shadow Star was at its limit, Saki ended up falling off it. The machine blew up destroying the door. Security went off again.

"Ouch…I hope Meta Knight doesn't kill me."

Saki got up and hurried into the room where the green switch was. Saki was very cautious unlike Ash. He knew this was a trap as there were no demons guarding it. He wondered what the trap was.

The assist trophy found out as he took two steps into the room toward the green switch. The floor crumbled and he almost fell through. He grabbed the edge just in time. He looked down and saw nothing but darkness. There were wails coming from the bottom and it made him shiver.

"Damn zombies…they're all down there…" he mumbled as he slowly climbed back up. When he got back up though, he gasped. Almost half the room's flooring crumbled when he almost fell through. Now it was only a platform he was standing on, the platform that held the green switch and a platform directly across from him. It looked like a stage from the Mortal Kombat game as if you killed your opponent, then you had the choice to punch them into the air and knock them below where they get impaled by the spikes.

As if Saki didn't figure it out, a zombie emerged from the shadows on the other platform. It took the form of a hyena. The hyena zombie laughed uncontrollably. It made Saki tremble slightly from fear and excitement.

"I guess it's a all or nothing fight for me," Saki thought to himself as he glanced at the War Ring that Isaac gave him, "I'll win for your sake."

With that said, Saki jumped and began shooting his cannon sword at the zombie. The zombie instantly defeated the attack with a dark beam that came out of it's mouth. The assassin barely dodged it. From what the other Smashers said, the dark beam reverted a Smasher back into their trophy form. Would that happen to him since he was an assist trophy? He wasn't going to find out.

"If long distance doesn't work, then let's try close range."

Saki jumped quickly over to the zombie and tried to slash at the zombie with cannon sword. That didn't work because the hyena grabbed his arm and threw him toward the switch. The case that was guarding the switch saved him from falling into the pit.

"Damn, I really have to refine my strategy…"

The hyena continued to laugh hysterically. Saki noticed that the zombie was getting bigger each time.

"If I don't kill it now, then the whole room will be…dammit!"

Saki wished he had that invincibility he had when he was an assist trophy because in real life, he was just as vulnerable as everyone else.

Ike and Knuckles flew toward the second floor. As soon as they did though, Ike instantly recognized one of the rooms that had a switch in it, so he told Knuckles to continue steering Jet Star when he jumped off. The red echidna flew off to the end of the hallway where the fourth switch was.

The bluenette fought his way through the zombies that appeared in swarms. He cut them all in half and tried not to have them touch him in any way that might get him infected.

Once he got to the door, he sliced the door into pieces causing the alarm to sound again. He walked into the room and instantly noticed that something was wrong. He glanced at the ceiling and sweatdropped.

"Oh shit…"

When he said that, the spikes from the ceilings fell to the floor. Ike ran out of the room before he got impaled in the head with them.

"If Red was going to activate this switch…he would have died…" Ike mumbled to himself.

The spikes were huge making it harder to reach the blue switch that was incased in a capsule. The spikes were like trees. They could be cut in half easily at the cost of losing some energy. The blue haired swordsmen didn't want to waste his energy, so he navigated through the spikes. When he got to the switch after ten minutes, he looked up again. There was a zombie above him that took the form of an owl. It was eyeing it's prey with it's big yet deformed red eyes.

"I should just cut all these spikes…" Ike mumbled as the owl zombie came swooping down at him. He prepared to counter attack it. When the owl slashed at him with his claws, Ike instantly countered knocking the owl away.

The owl wasn't done there though. It fired dark beams from it's eyes. Ike had a terrible time dodging them since the spikes were in the way. The dark beam bounced off the spikes and seemed to be getting weaker every time it reflected.

"You can't be serious…"

The owl continued to hoot at him it fired multiple beams, not at him, but at the spikes. They all bounced off. One almost hit Ike, but he jumped out of the way before he could get hit. He raised Rangell over his head and slashed at the owl zombie. The owl flew upward. Ike couldn't reach that far, so he ended up falling back down to the ground. Ike cut the spike below him in half, so he wouldn't sustain that much damage.

Ike realized that the owl was flying higher up and shooting dark beams from its eyes. At this rate, he wouldn't be able to counter attack. He would be turned into a trophy if this continued.

I have to cut all these spikes down. Ike thought to himself. How annoying.

Knuckles decided that he would punch all the zombies taking the risk of becoming affected. He punched everything in his way including the door. The alarm sounded yet again.

The echidna continued flying toward the red switch encased in a capsule. He didn't seem to care that there was a trap in the room. The trap was the walls closing in on him. Knuckles instantly punched the two walls with all of his might. It was enough to stop them from getting any closer together.

"Marvelous," said a voice.

Knuckles glared at the figure beyond the red switch. It was a zombie that took the form of a lion. Knuckles instantly recognized him.

"You! I thought I killed you!" Knuckles exclaimed.

The lion laughed bitterly. It revealed to the Guardian of the Master Emerald that he was brought back to life in the form of the zombie.

"Master Lived brought me back to life as well as my other minions you killed," the lion explained, "He said that I could have my revenge against the one that killed me. The others will have a taste of killing the others that are here."

"Does that mean…"

"Three of them are fighting that Pokémon Trainer. Low is fighting that swordsmen and Yena is fighting and probably tearing that girl apart."

There was a long silence before Knuckles said, "Saki is a guy."

"Whatever. Male or female, Yena will torture them to death slowly but surely."

"You shouldn't underestimate us."

"You shouldn't underestimate us zombies!"

Knuckles flexed his muscles at the lion zombie, "I have to kill you again in order to activate the switch."

"I guess…but this won't be as easy as the last time."

With that said, both animals clashed at each other in hand to hand combat. While Knuckles was stronger, the lion was much faster than he was before so he could predict the red echidna's moves.

The lion clawed at Knuckles' left arm when he saw an opening. Knuckles jumped back as the blood from his arm dripped to the floor.

"This is a death match," the lion told him, "Let us put all of our blood to the test."

"You're asking for it," Knuckles said in a threatening tone, "I'll defeat you and then catch up to Pit and Fox to save Sonic!"

"You only want the Chaos Emeralds that were taken. Quit hiding it," the lion told him.

Knuckles shook his head, "That's not true. They're both equally important."

"And the gem always comes first," the lion said with a grin, "Once I beat you, I might as well rape that hedgehog again."

A dangerous red aura appeared behind Knuckles, "Don't you dare touch Sonic!"

"Then kill me if you don't want your precious Sonic stolen from you. Not like he's already falling for someone else."

With that said, the match continued.

Pit and Fox finally made it to the elevator after fighting numerous zombies. They had to go to take a right which was a little after the stairs to make it to the elevator. From Fox's scanner, it seemed like the zombies will keep coming until the elevator was up and running.

"They're take too long…" Fox mumbled.

"Yeah…it's been…almost an hour since they left to activate the switch…" Pit said, which came out in nearly a whisper.

"We still got four hours left. That's plenty of time."

Pit glanced at the leader of Star Fox and frowned, "I don't know. It seems like time is moving faster in this laboratory than outside."

Fox got out his blaster and continued shooting, "Don't worry about it. Sonic is this close to us. They won't let us down."

"We can only hope…" Pit murmured as he took out his bow and fired light arrows at the zombie.

"Hey Pit," Fox began.

"What?"

"We should play a game while they activate the switch," Fox stated.

"We don't have time-"

"It's called, Who can kill more zombies than the other before the others activate the switch? I'll keep score with my scanner. Are you in or out?"

Pit knew that they have no time for games, but he was bored just shooting the zombies, "I'm in."

"Great."

When the next hoard of demons appeared, Fox shouted, "GO!"

With that, the two fired their projectiles at blinding speed. At this rate, most of the zombies on the first floor would be eliminated.

Ash could only watch as his Pokémon started to lose in the battle against the zombies. Squirtle wasn't that strong in general, so the strong blows from the badger zombie were too much for him. Ivysaur was having a hard time hitting the polecat because all it did was hop around the right side of the room. Charizard was the only one that handling his opponent well.

Dammit…if I don't do something fast, I'll end up with no Pokémon on my side. Ash thought to himself. Then it hit him. Of course, Master Hand allowed us to bring one Smash Ball in case we were in a tight situation. I forgot about that!

When Squirtle was knocked backward, the Kanto Trainer instantly caught his turtle Pokémon. He placed him on the floor and ordered Ivysaur and Charizard to come toward him. Ash broke the Smash Ball. He began glowing as well as his Pokémon.

The three zombies were moving closer to them, but that is what Ash wanted. He slowly moved away from the zombies as his Pokémon followed him. He continued backing up until he was backed against the wall. The zombies kept coming closer. Just as he wanted.

When all three of them were close to one another, Ash pointed at them and announced, "TAKE THIS! TRIPLE FINISH!"

Squirtle, Ivysaur, and Charizard attacked with their most powerful attacks. The three zombies were overwhelmed by the attacks and were killed instantly…except for the panther zombie who was just knocked backwards tremendously.

"Good job!" Ash cheered.

The three Pokemon cheered along side of him. Thinking the battle was over, Ash called back all three Pokemon for a huge break. He then walked over to the switch. Upon realizing that the case wouldn't open did Ash knew that he made a huge mistake. The raven haired teen turned around at the last minute and saw a claw that slashed him in the eye. He cried out in pain as he stumbled backwards. The panther zombie just continued walking toward with blood on his claws. Ash saw that the zombie's whole body was burned by the fire blast and that its tail was cut off. He used his right hand to cover his right eye.

"Dammit!" Ash cursed, "I shouldn't have done that."

The zombie kept on coming toward him. Unconsciously, Ash took a step back until he tripped on something which happened to be the dead bodies of the badger and polecat. He fell on his rear end and couldn't get back up. The zombie continued to move toward him.

"I'm screwed…" Ash thought to himself as he scooted backwards, "Really screwed…"

Ash wasn't the only screwed one. Saki was in a bigger mess with the hyena. The hyena zombie was sadistic, so whenever he came in close, it clawed him and when he tried to fight long range, the dark beam would cancel out his bullets. At a time like this, he wished that he was a Smasher. If he was a Smasher, he could have a final smash.

Don't think about that Saki! Saki told himself. Focus on defeating your opponent!…But at this rate…we'll run out of time to save Sonic.

Saki shook those thoughts out of his head. This was no time to mope!

The hyena zombie continued to deride him by laughing hysterically. It was annoying Saki to no end. How could he get him to shut up?

The only thing I could think of is shooting him in the mouth…

Saki decided to do his last idea. He jumped in the air and fired his cannon sword. The hyena zombie countered by firing a dark beam from it's mouth. Saki quickly dodged it and fired again targeting his mouth. The zombie couldn't shoot two beams in a row, so it was a direct hit.

"So that's your weakness," Saki stated as he landed on the platform again.

The reply was a growl. The hyena was no longer laughing. It was glaring at Saki ready to eat him alive. It was the zombie's turn to pounce at Saki. It caught the assist trophy off guard, so he quickly fired at the hyena missing him completely. The zombie seized his throat and forced him on the ground. The impact cause Saki to let go of his gun which landed next to the green switch case.

"Shit!" he cursed.

The hyena zombie was laughing again, "I caught you now girly~"

Those were the first words he said to Saki and it pissed him off.

"I AM NOT A GIRL!" he shouted as he started to use his superhuman strength to try and push him off. His strength was no match for the zombie's though as the zombie used one of his hand to pin Saki's hands above him.

"Let go you monster!" Saki demanded as he started kicking to break free.

The hyena zombie continued to laugh, "Struggle all you want…you'll never break free."

With that said, the hyena used his free hand to rip off Saki's shirt revealing bare skin. It took one look at Saki's body and then asked, "No boobs?"

"-red vein- You're going to die when I get you off of me…" Saki murmured. His rage was building to the point where he might become a Ruffian. If he was put in a tight situation…then he might become one and kill the zombie with ease.

The hyena zombie still didn't seem convinced that Saki was indeed a male. He decided to rip off his shorts. Saki wasn't going to let him go that far, so with all of his might, he kicked the zombie off of him. The zombie still had his claws on Saki's short. It tore off completely revealing his penis.

"NO VAGINA!" the hyena zombie cried.

And that was the last straw...

"You're going to regret that! NO ONE HAS SEEN ME NAKED EVER SINCE AIRAN DIED! YOU BASTARD!"

With that said Saki jumped over to the platform with the switch and went trigger happy.

"Spike 109..." Ike murmured. He wasn't enjoying himself. No, it was all because he was so busy in cutting the spikes in the room in half that he got tired. The owl zombie used this opportunity to give massive damage to the bluenette. The dark beams still haven't hit him, but all the owl zombie had to do was swoop down and claw at his shoulders. Ike managed not to groan in pain as he lost a lot of blood.

"Just eleven more spikes…" Ike mumbled to himself, "And then I can kill that stupid bird…"

Ike slashed seven more spikes. The owl continued to scratch him. It managed to claw him once on the back and god did that hurt! Ike stopped walking to clutch his shoulder since he couldn't reach his back.

"Damn, I really wish I had Olimar to back me up…" Ike cursed.

Olimar was a good partner in Ike's point of view. Olimar was light, fast and had Pikmin to protect him. He was everything Ike wasn't and that's what made them a good team. If Olimar was with him, then Olimar would be throwing Pikmin at the owl zombie while Ike would be busy cutting in half the spikes that fell from the ceiling. It wasn't going to happen though as Olimar was probably spending some time with Captain Falcon talking about what Falcon should do to win Samus' heart.

"If life was so easy," Ike began as he began running to the next spike, "Then a mercenary like me would have no meaning in life."

The owl zombie came at him again. This time Ike was ready. He waited until the owl was close enough before he countered. The owl was sent flying toward the ceiling. Ike took this chance to cut the last five spikes. He then turned around and pointed his sword at the owl.

"Prepare yourself," he taunted.

Knuckles was probably having the easiest time. He was already pissed off at the lion making an appearance in front of him, but to mention the rape scene again and say that Sonic is love in someone else after having the blue hedgehog chasing after him for as long as he could remember set him off. His attacks were even faster and more accurate. It was like someone casted berserk on him.

The red echidna decided to do more damage to the lion zombie. He stopped his attacks and got out his Shovel Claws. Not only did it allow him to dig in soft surfaces, but it increased his range and attack power. The lion was going to meet his doom in approximately ten minutes ten seconds.

"If that's how you're going to play, then…"

The lion snapped his fingers. Zombies appeared behind him. He opened his hands out to them. They were all absorbed into his body and he became bigger and stronger.

"Any last words?" the lion zombie questioned.

"Funny, I was going to ask you that!" Knuckles shouted as he jumped in the air and clawed at the zombie's face. The Shovel Claw only scarred his cheek. "You got some armor on your face or something?"

"Nope, you just gotten weaker."

"Tch. You're being overconfident."

"Speak for yourself you heart breaker."

"I haven't broken anyone's heart yet!"

"You will. I know that you love someone else that you met at that tennis tournament because you can relate to one another. You and that blue hedgehog have nothing in common and that's why you can never be together-"

"Shut up…" Knuckles growled, "Just shut up!"

The lion zombie laughed, "You know it's true. I can see it in your eyes."

"SHUT UP!"

Knuckles charged at the lion zombie with full force and surprisingly knocked him down with his powerful punch.

"The bigger they are, the harder they fall," Knuckles said simply.

"Damn you!" the lion zombie cursed at it got back up and punched Knuckles in the face sending him flying into the wall, "It's more like this. The bigger they are, the harder they hit."

Ash dodged the panther zombie's claw for the fifteenth time. He couldn't call out his Pokémon again because they were tired. Even if he was about to die, he wasn't to let his Pokemon take the fall. It was also hard to see what was going on with a bloody eye.

I might actually die here… Ash thought to himself. He stopped rolling away from the panther zombie. I guess I couldn't do it after all. Sorry that I wasn't a good comrade…or good friend Pit…I hope you guys still rescue Sonic. Gary…I should have proposed to you when I had the chance…

Ash just laid their and waited for the panther zombie to deal the final blow. The blow never came as a blue light emitted from Ash's watch. The panther zombie was blown backwards yet again losing an arm in the process. Ash looked at the watch. His eyes widened.

"This light…Gary?"

Somewhere in Smash Brothers Mansion…

Gary was forced to stay in Ash's room and wait for their return. He didn't want to act like a wife waiting for her husband to return from a huge war, so he got out a watch identical to the one Ash was wearing and prayed into it.

Please. Someone from the heavens. Here my calls. Make sure that Ash isn't stupid and sacrifices his life on this mission. I don't know what to do with my life without him, so please, protect him for me since I am a burden to Ash…

Gary had no idea that a certain Goddess in heaven heard his prayers and granted his wish.

Ash felt a warm light from the blue light that engulfed him. It gave him strength, courage, and more importantly hope. He stood up and smiled.

Thank you Gary. Ash thought to himself. I'll thank you when I get back from this mission alive.

Ash glared at the panther zombie who was struggling to stay on his feet, "You're going down."

The Kanto Trainer first turned his hat around before he focused as the aura from his body transferred from his mind to his fist. It glowed a huge blue flame. The flame didn't burn his hand though.

"DIE!"

Ash let out a battle cry as he rushed toward the panther zombie before he had a chance to move. The zombie had no time to react as Ash punched him with a force so strong that it blew the zombie up from the inside out. Blood was flying everywhere as Ash was sent backwards from the explosion that the aura caused. His body slid down from the wall to the floor when he looked ahead of him. The zombies in the room were gone for good.

"I won somehow…" Ash said with a relief as he stretched his arms out and let out a huge yawn. He rubbed his eyes but felt the pain the right one. "If I don't do something…I might go blind in this eye…" he told himself.

He looked in front of him again. The capsule that was surrounding the yellow switch was gone. He smiled faintly, "I got to activate the switch…before I pass out…"

Ash used all of his strength to walk over to the switch. He pushed the yellow switched down and it clicked. He continued to smile.

"It's all up to you Pit…go save Sonic…" he mumbled before he past out on the switch. His last wish was that he would survive this somehow and not wake up a zombie.

Since Saki was still enraged by the hyena zombie's actions, it made it really easy for the zombie to predict his attacks and dodge them. The hyena laughed not only because he was dodging all of Saki's attacks, but because he got a nice view of Saki's figure every time he missed. The assassin knew this and this knowledge made his blood boil even more.

"TAKE THIS!" Saki shouted as he fired at the hyena zombie again. It was dodged again.

The hyena zombie jumped up and pounced on Saki again.

"Give up," it told him simply, "You won't win. Just loose your virginity and I won't have to kill you."

"-red vein- You are so fucked up! Not only am I not a girl, but I am not a virgin either!"

The hyena zombie ignored him again and pinned his hands down again.

"I don't care. I just need someone to fuck."

Saki gave the most callous glare he could muster but it failed when he was on the bottom of the zombie naked. There was no way that this zombie would have his way with him!

At a time like this, I really wish I was a Ruffian.

"Let's begin…"

The hyena leaned closer and closer to the dirty blonde. The assist trophy resisted the zombie only earning him to be clawed in the stomach by the zombie. There was this big cut in the middle of his stomach and Saki could feel the pain.

Dammit, is there anything I can do?

As if on cue, the ring that Saki was wearing began to flash a bright red. Saki felt strength flowing into his blood stream.

This is!

Saki grinned as he kicked the hyena zombie off of him with ease.

"Why didn't you tell me that this ring increased attack power when in peril?" Saki asked the ring hoping that Isaac's voice would here him. It didn't though.

"You will regret this…" the hyena zombie mumbled as he looked like he was going to bounce on him again.

Saki glared at the zombie, "Try me!"

As if he didn't have to say that. The hyena zombie jumped in the air again. Saki had nowhere else to go.

Dammit! Where if the Ruffian inside me when I need it?

Again, Saki didn't have to question the Ruffian because when he looked at his arm, it was covered in blue scales. He grinned, "Took you long enough!"

The assist trophy closed his eyes and focused his mind on turning into a Ruffian. He was used to the pain when he transformed into a Ruffian. The Ruffian inside of him was always waiting for a chance to control him but it never happened. Not now. Not ever!

"You're going to die…" Saki said in a dark gruffly tone. His voice changed as well as his overall body figure. He was now a blue demon known as a Ruffian. He still had control of his mind though.

The hyena zombie didn't even get a chance to blink. Saki jumped toward him and struck him down with his demonic claws. The zombie couldn't move after that. The assist trophy grinned as he lifted the zombie in the air with his claws. He then threw the zombie down into the pit and into the eternal darkness. Saki could hear the zombies down there respond to the hyena zombie. He heard the hyena zombie howl for as long as five minutes until finally, there was no sound. The darkness tossed out the hyena's head as a reward. The rest of the body seemed to be eaten.

"Ouch…" Saki murmured, "That would have been me…"

Before the affected of the Ruffian wore off, Saki quickly landed on the platform with the green switch. It was no longer in the capsule, so Saki could activate it. He did so as he pushed the switch down and it clicked.

"I hope the others did this faster than me…" Saki said with a sigh as he felt his body turn back into his normal naked self, "I need clothes…"

He looked at the War Ring that Isaac gave him and smiled, "Thank you Isaac. You really are a life saver."

The owl zombie stood no chance against Ike when he took out a smash ball from out of his pockets and broke it. The owl zombie wasn't so intelligent when it swooped down at Ike again. The bluenette waited for the right chance to swing Rangell at it. When the owl zombie was at least two feet above him, Ike jumped in the air and hit the bird with Rangell. He then took the bird up with him and performed multiple attacks.

"GREAT AETHER!"

The final part of the final smash had Ike coming down onto the blue switch. Not only was the zombie destroyed on contact with the capsule, but the capsule itself shattered allowing Ike to activate the switch. Ike quickly pressed the switch. When it clicked, Ike knew he was done.

"What a workout…" he mumbled to himself, "I should go and see if Saki and Red are okay."

He didn't mention Knuckles because somehow, he knew that the red echidna could take care of himself unlike a certain blue hedgehog that needed protection every minute. He took a five minute break before running out of the door and down to the first floor.

In ten minutes and ten seconds, Knuckles had defeated the lion zombie. The lion zombie turned back into his original zombie form and laid on the ground still alive and breathing.

"Not to bad," the lion praised.

Knuckles glared at the lion zombie. He wasn't done with him. He stomped over to the zombie and had his Shovel Claw be close to the zombie's neck.

"I got questions and I want you to answer them!" Knuckles told him.

"Who said I would-"

"First of all, who does this Lived person want with Sonic?"

"That I don't know. From what I got from Midna, he said that the blue hedgehog could ruin his chance at destroying this place called Angel Land."

"What does Sonic have that could ruin his plans?"

"Don't know. I think that's the reason he's being experimented on now."

"Experimented?"

"As in checking his unique DNA and blood line," the lion zombie grinned, "I don't think he's a normal hedgehog as he claims to be for Lived to go that far."

"You-"

"Now I got a question. Why are you worried about the blue hedgehog when you love that kid that you met during the tennis tournament?"

Knuckles faces was flushed from anger and embarrassment, "I love Sonic, you bastard!"

"Is that why you always yell at him? Is that you didn't comfort him when he was in dire need? Is that why you made fun of his sexuality? Pathetic!"

The red echidna snapped. His shovel claw went up the lion's throat and sliced his head off. He was still laughing at him even when his head was chopped off. Enraged, Knuckles continued clawing at the zombie's body hoping that he could reach the heart and make the laughing stop. This only made him be covered in blood Finally after realizing that the body wasn't going to get the head to stop laughing, he punched the head so hard the top part of it fell off. The laughing stopped.

Knuckles walked over to the red switch and pressed it. He then glanced at his red hands and frowned.

"Is this why I can't be with Sonic?" Knuckles asked himself, "Is it because I'm so violent?"

Pit and Fox glanced behind them and sure enough, the elevator was working again.

"It's look I won this one," Fox told the angel in a triumph tone, "500 zombies to 490."

"I was so close…" Pit mumbled.

"It's okay. You were saving your strength. Besides, we got rid of most of the zombies here anyway, so let's go and save Sonic."

Pit nodded his head as the two went inside the elevator. Fox pressed the button that allowed them to go on the third floor. The elevator door closed and the two were well on their merry way.

Pit was still upset. One question was stuck in his mind and that was "Why did they take so long to activate the switch?" They only had three hours left now. Still plenty of time but Li wouldn't give in without a fight, and maybe…just maybe they might encounter the one that Li was working for.

"Pit, you shouldn't be so tense," Fox told him.

"I know…it's just that…will Sonic be happy that I saved him?"

Fox looked at him confused, "What do you mean?"

"I told him to disappear and not come back…for me to be the one to want to save him the most…is it right…for me…to be the one to talk to him…"

Fox sighed, "I already talked to him Pit. He does forgive you. All you have to do is go save him."

Pit glanced at the leader of Star Fox and smiled faintly, "I will."

"Of course, I could always save him and get all the credit," Fox joked as he flashed a cocky grin.

The smile on Pit's face faded. He just shook his head in annoyance. Hoshi-Tsuki flew over to Fox and bit him in the ear.

"Oww!"

"Serves you right," Pit told him.

The elevator rang and then came to a stop. They reached the third floor.

"Let's go save Sonic!" Fox declared with much confidence.

Pit nodded his head, "Okay!"

As soon as the elevator door opened though, Fox's scanner began to react to negative energy. He instantly stood in front of Pit preparing to block an attack that was aimed at him.

The scanner was correct as a axe was flying their way.

"DUCK!" Pit shouted and pushed Fox toward the floor taking him with it. The axe flew over their heads and stuck to the wall of the elevator.

"Damn, I missed your head," said a voice.

The two Smashers looked in front of him to see a middle age man. He had the eyes of a murderer and a grin that could make anyone succumb to his dark presence. Hoshi-Tsuki recognized him and started shrieking loudly like it was trying to call him something. Fox knew what he was saying though.

"Who are you?" Pit asked as he got off of Fox and stood up, knees still shaking.

The man looked at the angel and frowned, "You do look like black cupid. Those eyes…the wings…the dark intention in your evil hearts."

Pit was stunned, "Where is Li? And where is he keeping Sonic?"

Upon hearing the name of the hedgehog, the man used his dark powers to get his axe out of the wall and made it come back to him. He reclaimed his axe and said, "My name is Alex Kidd and I hate that hedgehog with a passion."

The two Smashers were shocked.

"So, you were the one that tried to kill Sonic at the Superstar Tournament," Fox exclaimed.

"Damn right! All that hedgehog does is cause misery to those around him. I tried to end everyone's suffering, but his stupid friend got in the way, so I killed him."

Fox glanced at Hoshi-Tsuki. The bat was now glaring daggers at the killer.

"Anyway, I might as well kill you two," Alex Kidd began, "Since the black cupid won't let me chop off that hedgehog's head until he's done experimenting on him."

"Wait, experiment?"

"Checking to see what makes him different from everyone else? Yes. He's different because he doesn't deserve to be alive. He's like the Angel of Death."

Pit hid his eyes under his hair. Li was going this far in torturing his friend? How could you Li?

"Pit," Fox began.

The angel noticed that there was a hint of anger in his voice, "What?"

"Leave this guy to me. You go and save Sonic."

"But what about you?"

"I'll be fine. This guy is nothing. GO!"

Pit couldn't help but smile faintly at Fox's confidence. It seemed like out of all the people he brought, Fox was the one that truly seem to care about Sonic the most…

"I owe you one Fox."

The angel spread his wings and quickly glided toward Alex Kidd. When Alex tried to chop at the angel, Fox shot his hands with his gun preventing him from harming Pit.

"Damn."

"It's just you and me now," Fox said in a low dangerous tone.

Alex Kidd grinned, "This won't take long. Anyone who cares for that hedgehog is weak. That's how his friend died so easily at the hands of my axe."

Fox glanced at Hoshi-Tsuki again. The bat was ready to fight.

"You ready?" Fox asked.

"Yeah," the bat finally spoke for the second time in human language.

"Then let's go!"

Pit rushed toward the end of the hallway. He could feel Li's presence nearby. There was no mistaking it.

The angel used his swords to slice down the door at the very end. When he landed on his feet, he encountered Li in front of him.

"Li…" he manage to call out.

The Pit look alike turned around after checking something on the computer. His expression would be best described as tranquil fury.

"I knew you would come."

Pit wanted to ask him so many questions, which some included why he was doing these horrible things and why was he experimenting on Sonic. All he manage to get out was, "Don't mess with me Lived Twilight! Tell me where Sonic is now!"

The angel pointed one of his two swords at the dark angel. Li found this amusing.

"Are you challenging me captain?" he asked in a mocking tone, "You know you'll lose against me. I was the better of the two."

"Shut up and answer me!"

"Is that an order captain Pit?"

Pit noticed the change in Li's tone. It sounded sad to the point that Pit felt like he was being chided by him. "It is."

Li shrugged his shoulders, "I can't take orders from you. I've been replaced, remember?"

"So is this what it's about?" Pit questioned. He could feel his rage building up, "Is it because I replaced you with Roger that you're acting up?"

Li shook his head, "It has nothing to do with him. It's about you abandoning me!"

Pit was confused, "What are you talking about?"

"You just assumed I died that day, did you?"

"I…"

"I was alive. I was pulled into another world when Sun-Wong and Isaak buried me. It was called the Twilight Realm."

Pit gasped, "That's the realm that Link-"

"Yes, the Hero of Time traveled to that world and helped Midna defeat that fool Zant. Shortly afterwards though, I fell from the sky, and the Princess of the Twilight Realm Midna treated me and took care of me for as long as I can remember."

Pit couldn't even look Li in the eye. All this time, he thought Li was dead when in fact that he was sent to another world that could no longer be accessed as Link claimed.

"Then…the boss found me and showed me that you guys never cared about me…" Li continued, "I didn't want you guys to forget about The Devil and move on with your lives, so I decided that I would work with my boss and destroy the Heavens!"

"That means…that you're going against everything that you believed in…" Pit mumbled.

Li was speechless.

No words for exchanged for a few minutes until Pit asked, "Who is your boss?"

"I won't tell you. You're going to have to defeat me in a one on one match if you want to find out."

Pit frowned as he prepared his two swords. Li got his double edged sword ready.

"You might want to hurry with me though," Li taunted, "Your little hedgehog won't be able to take much more of the experiment."

Li noticed that the fire in Pit's eyes was hotter than ever.

"How could you?" he questioned angrily as he spread his wings and glided at him with quick speed.

Li shook his head as he was ready to fight the angel. All he had to do was wait until midnight before the experiment was done. He would not let Pit get in his way.

In the distance, Midna watched in sorrow as the two angels clashed swords. It was pitiful to see Li go up against the one he cared for the most. It must be hurting Pit as well. Midna thought to herself.

The battle against Alex Kidd was harder than expected for Fox. Not only was his attacks weren't doing as much damage as they use to, but the axe that the killer had made it hard for him to score a clean hit.

"Are you going to give up?" Alex asked in a mocking tone.

"Never. I got a friend to save!" Fox announced.

"Agreed," Hoshi-Tsuki added..

"Please, what could you say in that stupid hedgehog?" Alex questioned, "He's so useless that he needed help from a women to get on his feet when he was younger!"

"Huh?"

"He's referring to Ulala," Hoshi-Tsuki said.

"Correct you flying furball. He couldn't do anything without that skank's help! He was such a pussy back then! I wished he stayed that way!"

"You have no right to speak about Sonic that way!" Fox shouted.

Alex cocked an eyebrow, "Oh really, hmm? What is your relationship with the hedgehog?"

The same question. Fox thought to himself, "Sonic is someone important to me! I would do anything to protect him!"

"Would you die for him?"

Fox mumbled a low "Yes."

"Then die now!"

Alex continued to swing his axe like a mad man. Fox was certain that he would lose his tail if this kept up.

"What..." Fox began as he continued to dodge the swings, "What did Sonic do to make you hate him so much?"

Alex Kidd stopped attacking. He had a sadistic look on his face.

"Do you want to know what he did to me?" he asked in a dangerous tone, "To make a long story short, that hedgehog ruined my life!"

"How could he ruin your life?"

"Business," Alex answered, "Business wasn't going well. I was the first man they hired and was meeting their expectations. I still was even when that slut appeared and acted as a reporter, but as soon as that hedgehog walked on the doorsteps of Sega, my life was ruined. They accepted him because he was different from the rest. He was a talking blue hedgehog that could run so fast that he could break the sound barrier. They called him Sonic the Hedgehog…" Alex's face became more twisted and malicious as he continued, "He was a coward. He hid behind Ulala the majority of the time he was there, but because of her, she gave him his confidence…and then he took my fame away from me just like that."

"So what if he stole your fame?"

"You're not getting it," Alex continued, "Those people fired me after his first successful mission and then after that…I was in the dumps for sixteen years. Sixteen years of plotting revenge on that hedgehog that stole my life away. And then…came the tournament hosted by Sega. He signed up as one of the main players, so I decided to sign up and redeem my title as Sega's official mascot."

Hoshi-Tsuki didn't like where the conversation was going.

"I thought of so many ways to humiliate him during the tournament, but I thought I should do more than just humiliate him. I wanted to break him so he would never rise to the top again. I sent him threatening letters telling him to quit or he or someone close to him might die. I tried to poison him. I tried to blow him up with time bombs. I even stole some of his stuff and even killed animals and used their blood to write threats around the tournament."

"I should have known it was you," Hoshi-Tsuki murmured.

"It got him so worked up, but his stupid friends wouldn't let him back down from the tournament. It pissed me off that he wouldn't take the easy route out, so I did it the hard way…after that match that humiliated me."

Fox turned to Hoshi-Tsuki.

"Hey, do you know what he's talking about?"

Hoshi-Tsuki nodded his head, "Yes sadly…"

"Game set and match to Sonic!"

When the announcer announced that Sonic was the champion of Sega Superstar Tennis Tournament, the crowd cheered for the blue wonder. I have never seen Sonic look so happy.

I was going to congratulate him, but Ulala, Ai-Ai and Amigo beat me as usual.

Both monkeys squeaked with joy while Ulala was praising/flirting with him.

"Thanks guys. To be honest, I thought I would lose," Sonic began, "But with your support, I was able to come through."

Ulala 'awed' him and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.

"That's my boy," she said in a seductive tone.

Sonic rolled his eyes. He avoided eye contact with Amy Rose as she had flames behind her back and her golden hammer in one hand. She looked ready to kill Ulala for flirting with him. Not like I blame her. I was ticked off as well, but I didn't realize it at the moment. I was too happy for him.

I recall Beat, Gum, and Knuckles being next to each other and talking about the match. Shadow and Pudding were just standing away from the cheering audience hoping that no one would notice them. Mee-Mee, Tails, and Billy Hatcher came running toward Sonic and congratulated him. Amy came too trying to keep her innocent demeanor on in front of the audience. Gilius was the next one to congratulate Sonic. The old coot.

"You have done well Sonic," he began in that old man tone, "But this isn't the end. There are more challenges ahead and you must learn how to conquer them. Understand?"

Most of the tennis players sighed and said at the same time, "Yes old man Gilius."

"I'm not that old! Pay some respect!"

"Highly unlikely Sugar," Ulala told him, "If you don't start acting a little younger than you are now, then maybe we'll have respect for you."

Everyone laughed except the lighting warrior. I couldn't help but laugh myself.

I noticed that Reala was speaking to Dr. Eggman about something. Both seemed to be in deep thought. I was planning to go over to them, when I heard Sonic call my name.

"Thanks pal! You gave me the most motivation out of everyone here," Sonic said with a grin.

"HEY!" Ulala and Amy shouted at the same time.

Everyone laughed again except the girls. I didn't notice that my cheeks were flushed from Sonic's compliment. I decided that I would ask what I was feeling to Reala later. Right now, it was time to get Sonic's autograph and interview.

As Ulala and Pudding tried to get Sonic to interview one of them out of the many reporters there as well as people trying to get his autograph or picture, I notice the dark aura that was coming from Alex Kidd. He looked ready to kill someone. I should have dealt with him right there instead of waiting for him to do it when Sonic was alone.

It was later that night did I ask Reala what I was feeling. (We were talking in the air above the people). He seemed to have no idea what I was feeling because he had never experienced it. I didn't want to ask the girls about it, because they would probably make fun of me for not knowing what this feeling was.

"All I can think of," Reala began, "Is that you were crushing on Sonic."

My face turned bright pink at that moment. I just knew it, "Crushing? Are you suggesting that I like Sonic more than a friend?"

Reala nodded his head, "I'm only assuming."

"But…isn't it wrong for…two guys to…"

"People can't tell if you're a male or female. Even I get confused sometimes."

"Some friend you are…"

Reala chuckled bitterly. Oh how I hated that laugh.

"So what were you and Dr. Eggman talking about?"

Reala looked at the street below him and frowned, "It has something to do with Sonic."

"What's wrong with Sonic?"

"…You know those pills that made Sonic fall asleep?"

"Yeah."

"…After he passed out…Dr. Eggman…told me to exam him. I've been doing so every night and the doctor was trying to figure something about him."

"What about him?"

"It has something to do with his DNA. I didn't listen to the doctor's explanation about science and history. But from the results, Eggman's assumption seems to be correct."

"What was his assumption?"

"His assumption was that Sonic is-"

I wasn't listening to him because I noticed that Sonic was alone…with Alex Kidd. The two seemed to be having a nice chat, but I knew that wasn't the case. Alex was up to something.

"So in other words, he might be the destruction of not only this world, but other worlds as well," Reala concluded. He realized that I wasn't listening and hit me on the head. Damn did it hurt.

"Oww! What was that for?" I asked him angrily.

"When you ask a question, attempt to listen to the answer."

"Sorry Reala, but Alex Kidd is up to something! Look down there!"

I pointed down below me and sure enough, Reala knew what I was thinking.

"What do we do?" I asked him.

"We follow them," Reala answered.

"All right."

We both flew in close and while people noticed us, they paid no attention to us. They thought it was natural seeing us fly through the air at night.

We hid behind a wall as we listened to the conversation between Alex Kidd and Sonic.

"But you were so amazing back there," Sonic complimented, "I never knew Janken was such a deadly game!"

"It is…" Alex Kidd said in a low dangerous tone.

Sonic continued to chuckle until Alex suggested them to go to a quieter place so they could talk. I wish that Sonic wasn't so naïve because he agreed. That bastard took Sonic away and into the alley way. We followed him trying not to be detected but he already detected us or rather Reala as he had a darker aura than me and those with dark aura can sense each other easily.

"Hey Alex, where are we going?" I heard Sonic ask innocently.

That innocence was what made Alex snap. Before we knew what happened, we saw Alex Kidd punch Sonic in the stomach so hard that he blacked out. He took Sonic into his arms and ran off.

"That scum!" I cursed, "He's not getting away with this!"

"Wait!" Reala called out.

"What now? If we don't act fast, we'll lose them!"

"One of us should go and warn the others about this kidnapping."

"It's not me!" I told him harshly.

He glared at me. I glared back at him. We both knew this wasn't the time for a staring contest, so Reala gave up.

"Fine, I'll go warn doctor and the others. You go and retrieve Sonic," he ordered, "And don't you dare die on me!"

I wish I could have kept Reala's promise, He flew back to where everyone was staying while I gave chase to Alex.

Alex must have thought he lost me because he seemed to have stopped. He entered an abandon building and I followed him inside planning not to give myself away without figuring out what Alex wanted with Sonic.

I saw him tie Sonic's hands to one poll and his legs on another preventing from escape. Was this what they called bondage? Why was I having thoughts like that at the moment?

I noticed Sonic was slowly waking up. When he did, he seemed shaken. His eyes showed fear of the dark. His breathing was shallow and I could tell that he was shivering from where I was hiding.

"Where am I Alex…?" he asked groggily.

"You're somewhere where no one will find you," Alex replied in an evil tone.

Sonic looked at Alex shocked. I could tell he was shocked from being betrayed by one of the tennis players.

"Why…am I like this?"

"It's time for you to know your place."

"W-What do you mean?"

"How dare you beat me in today's match! I was so close to being recognized again, but you had to ruin it all for me! I was this close to getting my life back, but no! You had to fuck it up! Now I will have my revenge."

Sonic was trembling in fear now.

"But…I thought…you said…that it was a great match…"

"You are so naïve. And that's why it's going to be so easy for me to break you this time."

"What are you-"

"I'm going to make sure that you remember your place. I'm going to make you belong to me and only me."

My heart was hurting like hell. How could he say such horrible things."

"I don't understand…"

"You will when I'm done with you."

I froze when I realized what Alex was planning to do. I couldn't move. I felt like if I tried to help Sonic, the situation would worsen.

I could hear Sonic screaming for help as I witnessed Alex making his advances on him. How dare he?

Reala told me that help would be on the way, but if this keeps up, then Sonic wouldn't be the same anymore.

When I saw Alex going toward Sonic's lips, I just snapped. It was now or never for me.

"Get your filthy hands off of him!" I shouted emerging from my hiding place ready to fight.

Alex was so stunned that he jumped back from the hedgehog and glared at me, "You, how did you find me?"

"I followed you. How else?"

"That's impossible! I'm sure I lost you!"

"Reala and I have different auras. You lost Reala, but you didn't lose me. And Reala went to go get help."

"Dammit."

Sonic looked up at me and tried to shout something, but his voice was rather hoarse from all the screaming. I felt my heart breaking when I saw tears emerging from his eyes.

"Please help me…" Sonic cried out weakly.

Alex Kidd laughed hysterically as he grabbed a nearby axe with one hand and Sonic's spine with another.

"One false move and the hedgehog is a goner," he threatened.

I knew I made the situation worse for both of us. Maybe it would have been more wise for Reala to follow Alex instead of me.

"You wouldn't-"

He grinned evilly, "I would. Now just sit back as I break this little hedgehog."

I clenched my fist in anger. Was there anything I could do?

"Help me…"

Alex laughed as he licked the tears off of Sonic's face. It was disgusting me greatly. Come on! There has to be something I can do to prevent any more damage.

My heart hurt more and more as he made advances on Sonic again. Sonic cried out in pain as he screamed for help over and over again. It hurt my ears. I just wanted this nightmare to end.

Without thinking, I flew over to Alex at topped speed and tackled him off of Sonic.

"I told you to get his filthy hands off of him now didn't I?" I asked in an angry tone as I bend over to untie the ropes that bounded Sonic to the two poles, "Are you okay?" I asked him.

Sonic looked at me with tears in his eyes. He hugged me tightly and told me to get him away from this place. I embraced him telling him everything would be okay. It wouldn't though. Sonic was almost violated by someone who hated his guts and he would have to relive this scene in his nightmare for the rest of his life. I would have to ask Reala if he could give Sonic a drug that could make him forget this event.

"You leave me no choice…" Alex mumbled in a dangerous yet scary tone as he lifted the axe in the air, "If I can't break him, I'll just have to kill him and take you with him."

With that, Alex charged at blinding speed. I couldn't dodge in time, so he ended up grazing me in the shoulder. He still ran past me and crashed into a set of boxes.

"Sonic, hang on!" I announced I took off flying with the hedgehog in my arms.

Alex Kidd was fast and could jump very high when he was this angry. It made me wonder if I could get away from him. We were far away from the city as it turns out, so we might not get in sight with people until I pick up the pace.

Sonic was still shivering in my arms. I have never seen him like this. It was…so wrong for Alex to terrify him like this, and now he wants to kill him? Maybe this was why he hated adults.

"We're almost to civilization Sonic, just hang on," I told him.

The hedgehog only nodded his head. He looked up and his eyes widened. I knew I had to dodge this attack this time. I didn't because my arm was still hurting from the first attack. He slashed me in the back directly and I came crashing down to the city.

I thought we would be safe when people saw us and screamed for help, but we weren't as Alex Kidd went as far as attacking us in the city.

"Damn! Don't you care that the police will arrest you for assault?" I questioned.

"I DON'T CARE! I JUST WANT YOU BOTH DEAD!" he announced as he swung his axe like a maniac. People were screaming and running in all directions as well as hiding in stores just to stay away from Alex Kidd.

I was losing my strength and fast. I lost too much blood to support both of us. I felt like giving up…until I saw Knuckles in front of us.

I was foolish to trust him.

I used all my strength to deliver Sonic to him.

"Please protect him," I pleaded.

Knuckles stared at us in horror, "What the hell is going on?"

"A story short, Alex Kidd isn't fucking around and is trying to kill Sonic. Please be his shield…since I failed to."

Knuckles looked at me and nodded. He turned around and saw Beat behind him.

"What are you standing there for? Get out of here Beat!"

"But I can't find Gum!"

"She'll catch up to you! Now go!"

I saw Beat take one last glance at Knuckles and then skated away. He then turned to Alex Kidd and gave him a glare that could kill.

"You hurt Sonic, so you'll pay dearly."

Knuckles had a dark fiery aura behind him. Alex Kidd just grinned sadistically and threw his axe over us. It was aimed toward Beat.

"Beat!"

It was then did Knuckles ran off on me to save Beat. Sonic was crying and shouting at Knuckles to go and help me, but he wasn't listening to his friend's plea. All he cared about that moment was saving Beat.

"In the end, that red echidna left his comrade behind despite the fact that Beat is obviously going to survive." Alex said in a sadistic tone as he took out another axe from behind him, "Now you die to satisfy my hunger."

The last thing I could remember was thinking about Sonic and Reala. Everything went black after that…

I remember waking up in a hospital bed. I had an oxygen mask on me. I was wrapped in bandages from my arm all the way to my body. I couldn't feel my legs at all. Probably because Alex Kidd chopped them off. The screen that showed my heart beat was almost at a straight line. I realized that I didn't have enough time to live.

I noticed Reala next to me. Was he crying? I couldn't tell.

"Reala…" I manage to call out.

Reala's head shot up. He seemed happy to hear my voice.

"You're okay!"

I shook my head weakly as I removed the oxygen mask, "No…I don't have anytime left…tell me what happened…and if Sonic is okay."

Reala frowned. He avoided eye contact with me, "I warned everyone as I said. Ulala and Ai-Ai called the police and the ambulance. It didn't do any good because Alex Kidd got away. You were as good as dead. Silver tried to slow down the blood loss…we thought we lost you…but now you're back with us. As for Sonic…he's broken. He won't let anyone touch him or talk to anyone in general. He shut himself away from the world."

My heart sank. If he would have acted sooner, then Sonic wouldn't be in this situation. It was all my fault. I should have just died right then for failing to protect Sonic. And then it hit me.

"Reala…" I began, "Those pills that you gave Sonic…"

"What about them?"

I smiled faintly, "Alter the pills so that Sonic will forget that incident with Alex Kidd. Make him forget about me…as well…"

Reala was stunned, "What? Why?"

"I won't make it…" I told him, "And I don't want Sonic to have his life ruined because of me."

"But…Sonic sees you as one of his closest friends."

I shook my head, "It's for the best. You don't want him like that, do you?"

"No…"

"This is my last request before I die Reala…so…please."

I realized that we were both crying. Reala didn't want me to die. It showed in his eyes. He took my hand into his and whispered in my ear, "I will."

"Good-bye Reala…"

After I said my good-bye, I lost all my strength. My heart stopped completely and I died.

"And then…when I tried to go to Heaven…that stupid blonde angel said I had to pay to get into Heaven and then turned me into this bat."

Fox felt sorry for Hoshi-Tsuki. Alex Kidd tried to ruin Sonic's life before and failed which cost Hoshi-Tsuki his life. Many people must have suffered.

"But it seems like Sonic hasn't forgotten about me though…" Hoshi-Tsuki continued.

"That's sad…" Fox sympathized.

Alex Kidd just continued laughing hysterically, "Is that what happened after I sliced your whole body to bits? That's the best thing I ever heard! Reala, crying for a sorry traitor like you? Pathetic of a Nightmaren."

Hoshi-Tsuki glared at his killer, "Don't you dare speak lowly of Reala like that!"

"I can if I want. Because of him, that hedgehog recovered from the incident fast! I didn't scar him!"

"It's better if he forgot!"

Fox pointed his gun at Alex Kidd, "Now I know I definitely won't forgive you. You destroyed many lives in the past because of your selfish ambition, and now you will pay!"

"Selfish ambition you say? That hedgehog stole my career, my dreams, my future, MY LIFE and you're telling me that I hurt people? The only one who will hurt you in the end is that hedgehog!"

Fox shook his head. Images of the blue wonder flashed in his head. All of them were times of Sonic smiling a real smile before and after the incident. That bat and I agree on one thing. We both don't want to lose that smile that can light the darkness in one's heart. Just like an angel.

"You should have handled it professionally instead of clinging to the past. Die!"

Fox charged toward Alex Kidd as the killer got his axe ready. Both fought with their fist and their weapon. They stopped fighting when they saw the bat glowing. The bat was turning back into his original form, which was a jester like appearance.

Alex Kidd freaked out, "No! You were suppose to be dead! How did your body come back? I chopped it all up!"

"My legs were the only thing I lost," Hoshi-Tsuki explained, "But that angel actually restored my body when he sent me down to earth. I guess the blonde angel was trying to tell me was that my time wasn't up yet."

"Damn! You animals won't die!"

"I wouldn't say that I'm an animal. I'm a Nightmaren."

Fox saw this as a chance to attack and kicked Alex really hard in the stomach. He was sent backwards, but Alex stopped himself from going backwards with his axe. Hoshi-Tsuki came at him with a paraloop. Alex attacked with his axe, but Hoshi-Tsuki flew over it and kicked him in the head. Alex was sent to the floor.

"You won't beat us two to one," Hoshi-Tsuki taunted.

"I can't…" Alex mumbled, "So I'll make it hundred to two!"

Alex snapped his fingers and zombies came from in all directions.

"You bastard!" Fox cursed.

Alex jumped away from Hoshi-Tsuki and hid amongst his zombies, "Just try and defeat them all."

"You coward!" Hoshi-Tsuki shouted as he began ramming all the zombies.

Fox saw how the jester was being and decided to be reckless as well as he decided to be just as reckless and charge into all of the zombies shooting them with his gun.

As Pit and Li clashed, the angel realized that they were running out of time and fast. There was only thirty minutes left. They were fighting for that long.

"You might want to hurry up Pit," Li taunted, "You're running out of time, and fast."

The angel cursed as he murmured a magic spell. Li was surprised and jumped back when Pit unleashed a light beam from his hands. The light was so bright that Li had to shield his eyes. Pit took this time to glance at the computer and check where the room with Sonic was in. He quickly ran upon figuring out the destination. Li let him run off. He wanted to see what Pit would do with the time limit he had left.

The angel made it to the room where Sonic was being experimented in. He was shocked seeing Sonic in one of those capsules where they placed robots in. He seen animes where those inside capsules usually suffered emotional trauma and did everything they could to break free.

"SONIC!"

Sonic did not reply. Not at first, Pit thought that he couldn't hear Sonic because the capsule was sound proof, but upon realizing that the hedgehog did not notice his presence, the angel walked toward the capsule.

"Sonic, I'm here for you," the angel told him.

Still no response.

The angel went to the machine and tried to figure the code to open the capsule. He didn't have time for this though, so he decided he would break it open. He got out his two swords and began slicing at the capsule. No effect.

"Sonic, help me out, will ya?" Pit questioned.

The hedgehog continued to ignore him, and it was annoying Pit.

"Hey, when someone comes to rescue you, at least attempt to speak to them!" Pit shouted.

Sonic opened his eyes. Pit saw the pale green eyes and said nothing.

"You couldn't do anything even if you tried…" Pit mumbled, "I'll get you out. Just wait."

The angel continued to slash at it, but when Pit thought he saw a crack, he attacked that spot again and was electrocuted. He jumped back.

"What the?"

Pit could hear Li laughing in the room he left him in. The speaker in the room the angel was in was able to make his voice sound more annoying than it already was.

"You won't get far Pit!" Li exclaimed, "The capsule is only as hard to break as the one that is inside the capsule."

"What do you mean?"

"Negative feelings makes the capsule more powerful as well as the other way around. He is feeling negative emotions and the reason is because of you!"

"That can't be…"

"Give up trying to save the hedgehog. He doesn't want to be saved."

Pit shook his head in denial, "That can't be…Sonic, answer me!"

Sonic gave no reply. The angel ran toward the capsule and tried again. As a result, he was electrocuted again.

"Sonic…are you really…"

Pit…is that you?

Pit glanced around. Who called him?

Pit…it's me…Sonic…

Pit glanced at Sonic. There was no response from him, but if that was the case, how come he was able to hear his voice.

"Sonic, are you speaking to me?" Pit asked in worry.

Yeah, it's called thought speak.

"I knew that. Just tell me how to get you out of here."

…I'm not going back.

Pit was confused, "Huh? Why?"

It's too painful Pit. No one will miss me. Especially you.

Pit was even more confused, "What are you talking about? Everyone is worried about you! That's why I came here to get you. Fox, Ike, Ash, Saki, Knuckles, Hoshi-Tsuki, and the Babylon Rouges came to get you too!"

You're lying. You guys don't want me back. You were just ordered by Master Hand to get me back.

"That's-"

Why do you have to keep lying to me Pit? Is it because I'm younger and more inferior to you…or is it because you didn't want me to be in Brawl in the first place?

"What are you talking about Sonic?"

Don't lie to me Pit! You always wanted to challenge a swordsmen like Lloyd or Sora…but because of me…I took away your dream…

What Sonic said was true. Pit wanted to fight someone like Lloyd or Sora. He wanted to see how well his sword skills improved. He was devastated upon finding out that Sonic was the replacement of one of the great heroes. But he and Ash were already friends with him when they found out, so it didn't matter.

You want me to die…that's why…I'm staying…I don't want to be a burden to anyone and I especially don't want to be the reason why Smash Brothers came to its downfall.

"Stop it Sonic! You know that isn't true! People love you! No one ever considered you a burden! And while you are annoying, we're all happy that you joined Brawl. I'm serious! Heck! Everything would be gone if it weren't for you stopping Tabuu's attack!"

SHUT UP!

The electricity that was shocking Pit was even stronger now. Pit screamed in agony, but didn't bother jumping back. That little hole in the capsule was where the electricity was coming from.

"I'm not leaving you Sonic…" Pit told him harshly, "It's not like me to leave a friend behind…it happened to me once, but I won't ever leave anyone in need again."

You liar! You want me to die right now! You're going to make me suffer!

Pit shook his head. Tears were emerging from his eyes. It pained him to see Sonic so emotionally confused because of this experiment, "How can I convince you to believe me?

If you really care, then let me be!

The angel didn't have much time left to save him. It was almost midnight. He wasn't going to leave the hedgehog to the dark angel. He was disheartened with Li for making Sonic think that he hated him with a passion. Sonic was one of his first friends from another world. His friendship with him was unbreakable and he wasn't going to let the red string that bonded them be cut.

"Sonic…"

Pit moved closer to the capsule. The electricity was getting even more powerful, but Pit didn't care. He just wanted to show Sonic how serious he was in saving him.

Pit, what are you doing? Stop before you die!

Pit shook his head, "I'm not leaving you. I really do care about you but leaving you behind is something I won't do. I love you too much for that…and that's why…as a friend…I would die for you…"

The angel did not notice the tears that rolling down the emotionless eyes.

Pit…I…

There was silence between the two as the electricity gradually got weaker.

I want to be with you Pit!

Sonic's eyes returned to the lively green eyes. Pit smiled upon seeing the hedgehog moving in the capsule again.

"I'll get you out of here now."

Pit took his two swords and sliced at the capsule again. This time the glass slid off. The water from the capsule drenched the angel's clothes, but he didn't care because he felt the hedgehog leap out of the capsule and into his arms. The angel put his arms around the hedgehog not planning on letting go.

"I don't want to be alone anymore…"

Pit smiled as he heard the hedgehog start sobbing, "You won't. I promise."

The moment between the two ended when Li appeared behind the angel. Pit didn't bother turning around.

"What were you trying to achieve Li?" Pit asked in a dark tone.

"My boss was the one that told me to experiment on him. His DNA is unique," Li grinned as he continued, "You manage to save him before midnight. I'm impressed captain. It would normally take longer than that to rescue someone."

"Shut up…"

"But you can have that pathetic hedgehog," Li told him, "I think I got all the information I need to complete my boss' hypothesis."

"Then tell him this," Pit began as he stood up holding Sonic in a runaway bride way, "If your boss ever tries to lay a finger on Sonic, I won't hesitate to bring out my Aeon!"

Li was stunned for one moment but quickly calmed himself, "Yeah right. We both know that we are incapable of calling upon an Aeon."

The angel continued to glare at Li. The dark angel sighed.

"It is midnight. The next time we meet, you'll be on our side to overthrow Angel Land, Pit."

"Try me."

"I will."

When the clock struck midnight, a light formed underneath the angel and hedgehog. It surrounded them completely and within seconds, they vanished. The Smashers in the laboratory were being teleported back as well except Knuckles who quickly exited the laboratory with the Babylon Rouges.

Li frowned as he glanced at Midna who was on the ceiling hiding half of her body in the shadows.

"I knew Pit hated me…oh well…I might as well start looking for recruitments…"

With that said Li opened a portal behind him and disappeared in it.

Bowser continued to pluck the petals off of the fiftieth daisy. His life slowed down when Peach accepted Mario's proposal. He should be happy for the princess of the Mushroom Kingdom, but he wasn't happy. He really did love her, but he wasn't going to try and steal Peach away. That goes against the King of Koopas.

"Damn…I really need to get a life…" he mumbled to himself as he threw the flower to the floor.

He tried to think of something else beside Peach. That made him think of his roommate Ganondorf. He wondered why he asked him about the love potion that Peach made. He wasn't being observant but he heard moaning and groaning in the room next to him. It was occupied by no one, so for Ganondorf to go in there with someone and having sex with them was a first. Then this question spurred. Who was the unlucky person? It wasn't any of the girls for sure. It sounded like a man…but it was to feminine to be a masculine man. So it had to be one of the pretty boys, and the only people that mach that description were Pit, Marth, Saki, Isaac, and Link. Marth was taken already and so was Pit despite him not being with Ike yet. Saki and Isaac seemed to be together already and both assist trophies wouldn't be taken advantage of. That left Link who was heartbroken by Zelda…it had to be the Hero of Time. There was no way around that.

"And here I thought they both were straight."

There was sudden laughter in the room. Bowser sat up from his bed and glanced around, "Whose there?"

Li made his appearance to Bowser. The King of Koopas glared at the Pit look alike.

"You!"

"I didn't come here to fight. I came to make a deal," Li said quickly getting down to business.

"What is the offer?" Bowser asked slightly interested.

"If you come join me in rebelling against Heaven, then you will have Peach as your wife."

Bowser was stunned. This was what he wanted. He would have a happy life with the princess of the Mushroom Kingdom by his side until the day he died…but this wasn't his style. He would rather compete with Mario for the princess' affection, but he had already lost.

"That I have to refuse," Bowser told him stunning the dark angel.

"What? Why?" Li asked clearly confused. He was certain Bowser wouldn't say no to his offer.

"You can't force someone to love you. I learned that the hard way. Peach never loved me. She always loved Mario. I knew that, yet I continue to go after her. I clung to a hopeless dream of wanting her, but I would never get it. That karaoke night woke me up from my dream…and that is why I can't have Peach for my life. I also won't betray Master Hand."

Bowser's announcement startled the dark angel.

"If that's the case…then…"

Li already had the dark beam charged. He fired it before Bowser could even react. When the dark beam was gone, Bowser was nothing about a trophy.

"You might as well join the others."

Li picked up the Bowser trophy and continued to scowl. Love confused him greatly.

"I still don't get it…why would he give up his chance to be with the one he loved to have his rival happy?"

"Because that's what love is," Midna said as she appeared from the shadows behind him, "If you really love that person, you would want to make that person happy and sometimes, you have to let go of your feelings for the one you truly love and move on."

The princess of Twilight was speaking from experience. Midna told Li the story of her journey with Link and how she fell in love with him, but because he was in love with Zelda, she could never have him, so she had to let go. Li never understood the story though.

"I will never understand you people."

"You'll understand when you find someone Lived. Not like you already have."

Li was confused, "What are you mumbling about?"

"Nothing."

Li sighed as he opened a dark portal in front of him and disappeared through it. Midna followed him. The portal than disappeared.

The royal bodyguards gave up the snowball fight and returned to the Heavens promising themselves that they would shop for Li's birthday presents tomorrow.

Isaak became rather morose though and only Aqua noticed. Pepper dragged Himeno and Mcenche to her room to play Tales of Symphonia. Sun-Wong went back to his library and Roger went to his room to probably to let out some steam by beating up the punching bag. Isaak was left with Aqua.

"Isaak, what is troubling you?" Aqua questioned.

"It's nothing," Isaak told her hastily.

"you can't fool me with that dumb smile."

Isaak sighed, "Aqua, you always see right through me."

"I'm not the only one. Lived saw through you too."

Upon hearing Li's name, Isaak frowned.

"You're right."

"you were thinking about him?"

"Yes."

"you miss him, do you?"

Isaak nodded his head, "I want to see him again, but he won't come back. We all know that…I just wanted to do something to make sure that no one forgets him."

Aqua showed no emotion on her face, "you love him, do you?"

The yellow angel's cheeks lit up as he instantly stuttered, "What? No! Why would I love him zat way?"

"we all know you like him." Aqua was incisive with her words. "with all of your advances and you sweet talking to him and giving him that black rose."

"Y-You saw zat?"

"I did, and I can conclude that Lived feels the same way for you."

Isaak rubbed his temples and turned away from the blue angel, "Sometimes, I wish you would be mute again Aqua."

"the truth hurts."

Isaak's cheeks became more like a tomato with each passing minute, "Li-Li…he probably doesn't know what it means to be in love anyway. My chances with him if he was alive is closer to zero than anything else."

"I disagree."

"Hmm?"

"I feel like Lived wanted to open up to someone when he joined the royal bodyguards. sure he had Pit, but I could feel his loneliness. the more you flirted with him, the more he opened up to not only you but all of us. if Lived was alive today, I'm positive you would be able to make your move."

Isaak sighed, "Stopping trying to motivate me. He's dead, so I can't have him...All the good boys die young…"

"I predict that you will meet him or at least his reincarnation tomorrow."

Isaak scoffed, "I don't believe you, and reincarnations have different personalities anyway."

"not always."

"You know what? I'm going to bed now! I can't stand talking to you about my personal life! Good night!"

With that, Isaak stormed off toward his room. Any soldier that was walking in the hall moved out of the way. Aqua let out a furtive smile.

"you will definitely be with Lived. I'm sure of it," Aqua whispered to no one in general.

Me: TBC with 17991 words.

Yohko: I think the next chapter will be longer.

Me: Doubt it. I get bored with fluff which is what's going to be in the next chapter. Notes!

1. Parasite Eve is a horror game on the Play Station. It's about this girl that works with the police named Eve. She goes to this play, and soon everyone catches on fire except her and a few people. For the whole game, she is suppose to stop this attack that is happening by the witch. I can't remember everything that happened in this game since my sister was the one who played it. It my opinion, Parasite Eve one has more gore and a better story than Parasite Eve 2. Parasite Eve one ranges from animals being mutated, to people catching fire, and people turning into goo. I didn't see my sister play Parasite Eve 2, so I don't know what the plot or setting is. The battle system is different in both of them. The first one is somewhat like SSE where you detect an animal and in order to advance, you have to defeat them. The second one follows closely to Resident Evil as you can run away from the enemy or not. In Parasite Eve 2, you can check the map of the area to see where the monsters still are. You can't advance in the game if you don't defeat them all. My favorite scene in Parasite Eve that I can still remember was the horse catching on fire and this dog turning into Cerberus.

2. Silent Hill another horror game which the plot I don't know. Go Wikipedia it.

3. In chapter 7 in Sonic's flashback, there was a badger there as well, but he said nothing because I technically forgot about him. The badger is mute which is why it appeared here.

4. The time line in Link's world and the Twilight Realm has a big gap between them. For Link, it hasn't been that long, while for Midna, it's been seven years since she saw Link.

5. A Nightmaren is a term in NiGHTS. It's basically the minions of Wiseman that give you nightmares. NiGHTS is the only one who gives people good dreams.

6. This is a quote from Eiko from Final Fantasy 9. She says this in disc two when she's speaking to her Moogles. The quote reflects on her character in general.

7. It says on SmashWiki that Bowser was the only Smasher that was royal to Master Hand as Ganondorf would betray Master Hand eventually as Wario really didn't care about Master Hand.

Okay. So I'll say this. IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHO HOSHI-TSUKI IS AFTER THIS CHAPTER, THEN YOU'RE REALLY DENSE. IT'S SAYS IT RIGHT THERE IN THE STORY!

Yohko: Calm down.

Me: I'm calm now. I have to list all the Sega Superstar characters…well…those who are in the game.

1. Sonic, Tails, Amy, Shadow, and Dr. Eggman are from Sonic the Hedgehog.

2. Ai-Ai and Mee-Mee are from Super Monkey Ball.

3. Ulala and Pudding are from Space Channel 5.

4. Jet and Gum are from Jet Set Radio.

4. NiGHTS and Reala are from NiGHTS Into Dreams and NiGHTS Journey of Dreams.

5. Amigo is from Samba de Amigo.

6. Alex Kidd is from…Alex Kidd.

7. Gilius is from Golden Axe.

8. Billy Hatcher is not in Sega Superstar Tennis and is from Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg. I think he wasn't in the game because Alex Kidd took his place.

Yeah. You must know who Hoshi-Tsuki is now. Questions of the story…well…some of them were answered…but…I don't think…there are any questions…except this one…

1. Why do you Sonic was being experimented on?

So now comes the Brawl rand and Tales of Symphonia rant.

Yohko: If you don't want to listen to her talk, stop and review. Otherwise continue.

So with Brawl, I went to see my mom over the weekend. I got her to play Brawl with me. I tried to get her to play Zelda, but she ended up playing Marth because she said, "He's cute." She mastered the basic controls fast. What pisses me off though is that Sword Dance combo that Marth has…I can't do it! She did it as soon as the battle began and I'm like, "How the hell did you do that? I played Marth longer than you, and I still can't get him to do his fourth slash. I beat her and improved with Sonic and Ash drastically, but damn!

And I was busy playing Sega Superstar Tennis. It was fun! Utala is an amazing partner! The way she dances is so seductive. And killing the zombies are fun!

Tales of Symphonia…I beat the game. End of story, and now I'm going to play it again only this time, I'm going to have Colette and Genis hate me instead of being the second and third person to love Lloyd. Zelos was on the top, so I got his ending, yay!

That's about it. Please review. I appreciate the feedback. I noticed that I only get reviews from my friends that are listed on my profile and a few others, but nothing else. I have more people on story alert and favorite story than anything else, so could those people please review and make me happy. The next chapter won't be for a while because it's all fluff…ja ne!

Nothing changed beside using the thesaurus, changing grammar and the names of the Pokémon characters.