Lucifer: In the Name of Love
Disclaimer: I do not own Super Smash Brothers Brawl or any of the characters. I only own Sun-Wong, Isaak, Himeno, Roger, Aqua, Mcenche, Pepper, Li, Abbigale, Queen Neptune, Prince Pluto, Emperor Apollo, Queen Hinata, Queen Zoe, Prince Henry, Queen Crystal, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, Nina, Rita, Ginger, Arachne and the little bat Hoshi-Tsuki but not who he is. Zelina and Sao belong to Zelina56. I also own Serenade, Fuyumi, Ian, Wright, the arch-angels, the Angel Assembly and Raven.
Summary: Before Saki and Isaac can reach the fortress of Lucifer, Gray Fox appears and kidnaps Saki. He then challenges Isaac to a one on one, winner take all match. The prize is Saki's heart, undeviatingly. Will Isaac prevail over Gray Fox, and what is the true guardian of the fortress?
Me: Part 3 of 6. The last chapter that focuses on Isaac and Saki's relationship and they'll finally realize their feelings for each other. Enjoy the chapter! Also, a certain boss from Pit's game will return.
Chapter 40: Lucifer: In the Name of Love
Lucifer, a place where angels train to become soldiers of the royal bodyguards was in shambles. Sun-Wong's capture has created a natural disaster for the left side of Angel Land as well. The training grounds had huge crevices in the cloud grounds. Huge earthquakes were causing the buildings to crumble to the ground. Unlike the other nations that had little to no bodies, Lucifer seemed to have many of their soldiers amongst the fallen towers. The sight was enough to send shivers down the two assist trophies' spines.
Saki didn't know why the red angel had only those two assigned to this place. He didn't know why couldn't the other reliable Smashers take this mission instead of being the major distraction. They weren't around during the time of the Subspace Battle and were forced to watch on the sidelines as the skies in their world turned purple. It's worse this time with a black hole in the middle of the sky threatening to engulf the world. His world crumbled from the Earth being destroyed, along with his somewhat friend Achi and his fiancé Airan Jo. Thinking back at the time, he knew he should have thought of something else that didn't include killing Achi and ruining the Japan in his world. He suffered the consequences instead of dying with everyone else.
"Hey Saki, you okay?"
Isaac was concerned for his overall being. He wasn't going to show weakness because of this section reminding him of his failure.
"I'm okay."
"You sure? You look like you're about to pass out."
"I'm seriously fine Isaac. Focus on your mission."
The blonde looked upon the older boy in dismay as they hurried on.
Saki cursed to himself. Each of the other Smashers had a huge advantage whether it be flying, super speed or having someone like Yoshi to travel on. They had nothing on them that made their process slower. Unless Isaac used his earth powers to bend the cloudy ground, they were going to take forever.
"Hey Isaac, can you-"
"No."
"...I didn't even finish."
"I know what you were going to ask, but I don't think my powers can stop an earthquake as frequent and massive as this. Better just trend on and deal with it instead of complaining about how slow we're moving."
"-sweatdrop- You read my mind..."
What should have been an easy straight path turned into a disaster for the both of them as they would soon find out. Saki found his legs giving out and the only thing that was keeping him sane was being able to shoot the demons from the sky. What irritated the half demon was that there weren't that many demons and to add to the pain, Isaac wasn't doing anything to help him. While he did move some boulders out of the way every now and then, he didn't lend a helping hand with fighting the demons. It was like he was holding back.
"Isaac...you don't have to hold back..."
"I'm not holding back. I'm conserving my energy for the battle in the fortress."
"Bullshit. If you ask me, it's like you're limited."
There was a pause. Saki realized what he just said and wanted to take it back...but he didn't.
"I forgot...to ask Master Hand to take my limiters off..." Isaac said with a sigh. "All I can really do is move objects."
"That..."
"That's good for me. This makes my mission all the more easier."
The new, familiar voice surprised the two. Saki got his cannon sword ready to shoot as Isaac clutched the hilt of his sword.
A wicked laugh engulfed the area causing the dirty blonde to tremble slightly. Before he realized it, he saw his friend knocked to the ground.
"W-What the-"
He felt the same pain shortly after. It was a strong blow to the stomach causing him to kneel over.
"You assist trophies are pathetic."
Saki recognized the voice. "Gray Fox you traitor..."
That sinister laugh again. The dirty blonde glanced at his friend. He was stabbed in the leg and he ended up falling to the ground. He tried to sit back up but Gray Fox wouldn't let him. As a result, he kicked the poor teenager in the face sending him flying a few meters away.
"ISAAC!"
"To think he's considered the strongest assist trophies. Please."
When his back was turned, Saki picked up his gun that he dropped and it aimed it at the back of Gray Fox's head. "Don't you dare hurt him…"
Beneath the mask, Gray Fox was smirking. "Hmm?"
Gray Fox was indeed one of Snake's more powerful adversaries. The cannon sword was knocked out of his hands for a second time as he found the other on top of him. He glared at the assassin as he tried to kick away.
"You know, I was told to kill you both, but I changed my mind. I'll just kill the kid."
Saki's eyes widened in horror when he felt his chin being raised up; something bitter was shoved down his throat. His gag reflex kicked in as he tried to cough it out. The assassin forced him to swallow the pill. It would have better if he didn't chew on it because he had the sudden urge to get the bitter taste from his mouth. Regardless, he was starting to feel sleepy.
"Dammit...what did you give me..."
"A sleeping pill. Very effective."
Saki's vision was getting blurry. He could see Isaac charging their way yelling at Gray Fox. The assassin got off of him and instantly punched him in the stomach.
"Isaac..."
Gray Fox chuckled as he walked over to the blonde. Saki could see the earth user getting punched and kicked multiple times. He was stabbed a few times as well. Eventually, Gray Fox grabbed the blonde's hair and kicked him into the air.
"Not even a warm-up."
The ground started to shake again. A crack opened in the cloudy ground. Gray Fox saw his chance to jump into the air and slam the blonde into the crack. The crack seemed to have closed on its own.
"Isaac..." Saki called out weakly. His body was becoming numb as he felt his eyes getting too heavy to keep them open. All he heard were the assassin's chuckles before he let the darkness take hold of him.
Absolute darkness clouded his mind. He couldn't see what was going on or anything. He thought he was dead and felt like he was slipping into a black hole.
Dammit...I can't believe I lost to that traitor...
Wake up!
Isaac heard a voice calling to him.
You must live Isaac. The future of Angel Land is at stake.
It was a women's voice.
You got the wrong Isaac woman. I'm a dead man now...
No. You must arise and fight the traitor. Maybe not for Angel Land human, but your most precious person is in danger of being used as a hostage.
...Saki?
Force yourself out of the clouds and stand up for what's right. My power is greatly weakened but I'll let you use your powers to your greatest potential. Michiko won't mind me doing it.
A warm light engulfed him. He felt his limiter being removed. The powers he couldn't use as an assist trophies was gone for good. He felt the familiar Venus powers within. His eyes widened as he as he woke up from his nightmare of nothingness.
A hand arose from the clouds. It looked awkward from a normal person's point of view because the clouds were the ground. Isaac pulled himself from out of the fissure and onto a safer cloud.
"Dammit Gray Fox..." Isaac cursed as he stopped to catch his breath. "You'll pay for this..." He slowly crawled his way in the direction of the castle ever so slowly. "Saki...I'm coming..."
Saki slowly opened his eyes. The first thing he noticed when he woke was that he wasn't outside anymore. There were still earthquakes but they seemed weaker inside this place. Saki assumed he was inside the fortress.
Which was another thing. He realized that his hands were tied behind his back.
What the hell?
Fighting with bonds, he realized they weren't going to budge; he stopped to look around the area. He was tied on the bottom of the fortress. Looking up, he could see two trophies up directly above him.
"Pichu…Olimar…" He muttered as he tried to move again, but still no avail. Looking in the center where a chandelier would be, the orange feather dangled in the air. On closer inspection, Saki could see there was some magic barrier surrounding the feather, so if anyone were to touch it, they would feel the instant backlash and be sent back quite a distance.
"You finally decided to open your eyes."
Saki only glared at his captor as he stepped out of the shadows.
"You traitor…" He snarled as he watched Grey Fox like a hawk.
"Is that how you speak to your captor." Grey Fox asked as he walked toward him and pointed his sword at the half demon's neck. "You'll life will be forfeited if you don't keep your tongue in check."
"If that's the case, I would rather have you hack it off instead of playing the damsel." Saki responded darkly.
Grey Fox chuckled beneath the mask as he moved his sword below Saki's chin. "It would be better this way. I love it best when there's some fight in my victims."
Saki nearly gasped when he heard a tear his clothes. He looked down to see the blade cutting down the middle revealing bare skin.
"Not again…" He muttered to himself more than Grey Fox.
"Oh, you're aware of how much your body is wanted Saki?" Grey Fox questioned in a mocking tone as he cut all the way down the middle leaving the Ruffian half clothed. Nothing was protecting his private areas, but there was enough cloth that would allow him to cover himself if he broke free from his bonds. The ninja wasn't going to let him do that though as long as he was still around and watching him every move.
"Already taken." Saki told him harshly.
"To who? Your dead fiancé?"
He glared at him as a response. Grey Fox just laughed.
"You're saving yourself for a woman that's already dead. Please, you're wasting your time and body." He continued to laugh as he stroked the other's cheek. "Why do you do this to yourself? There are more people worthy of you than that witch who couldn't even survive when your world ended."
"Don't speak about her like that…"
"Are you waiting for your world to come back so you can have one more chance with her? What images are you deluded with? Having a happy family when your war was over?"
"!"
Gray Fox released his grip as he backed away. "Oh Saki, I know much more about you than you do yourself. You were shown the future if you and your fiancé won the war in your world. You would defeat your friend that would betray you, find the survivors of your planet, get off said planet and then raise a kid name Isa. You were going to keep fighting for justice until the demonic blood inside took over your mind and body…and then you would take your fiancé with you and leave the kid to fend for himself. Nice parenting skills if you ask me."
"…"
"But it's a shame this Aichi person could not predict what would happen in Subspace Emissary. Tabuu destroyed your planet, you lost everything to that man, but you still cling to the tiny hope that you'll have a second chance."
The Ruffian didn't respond. Grey Fox took this as a sign that his words were getting to him and lifted his chin.
"You don't need to think about a second chance. All you need to do is think about your future. A future where you won't have to think at all and just submit to your desires." He leaned in closer to him and whispered. "And only I can give you that future."
There was no resistance when Grey Fox forced his tongue down the other man's mouth. He allowed himself to explore the other's mouth thinking Saki gave up. He was wrong though when Saki bit down on his tongue forcing him to pull out.
"!"
"You can say what you want…" Saki began, "But your mind games aren't going to work on me. I'm going to hold on to that ray of life that she'll come back to me…"
"What about Isaac?" He asked. "Don't you love him now?"
"…No…I don't…"
The ninja could tell that Saki wasn't being honest with himself and just laughed again.
"Holding onto a dead fiancé that isn't coming back. Setting a false family in your head and pushing away the people that want to fuck you."
Putting it in that way just annoyed Saki more. "Isaac wouldn't do that. He's a good friend…that's it…"
"Says the one who instigated a kiss with him."
"…Why must you constantly spy on me?"
"Because he will not be the one to satisfy you in the end. Only I can fill your every need."
The dirty blonde gasped when he felt those cold hands tracing his hands down his chest. Reaching toward his nipples, he began to play with them with his finger. He bit his tongue so no sounds would come out.
"No matter what you say, you're going to be begging for this in the end."
Saki shut his eyes tightly as Grey Fox came closer and started to molest him again. If he could just get his hands free then he could get away from this madman and fight back. That wasn't an option and Saki was forced to feel the ninja trail wet kisses down his bare skin. He shuddered at his icy touch as he attempted to back himself against the wall as far as he could. Grey Fox continued to chuckle as he grabbed a hold of the other's cock and began to stroke it.
"! Ahhh!"
"Got something out of you. Even when you two are engage, you two didn't bother in engaging in sexual intercourse."
That's because there was no time for that… Saki thought bitterly to himself as he turned away from the sight, his face flustered. He bit his tongue down again until he tasted the copper taste of his own blood. He didn't want any more noises to come out. Grey Fox was getting annoyed and forced Saki's chest against the wall.
"!"
"If this isn't going to get you to beg for more, then I guess I'll have to do this the hard way."
Saki yelped when he felt the sword on his back. With one clean slash, the back of the middle of his clothes was cut evenly revealing more bare skin. Grey Fox wasn't done there and ripped whatever undergarments Saki had off of him revealing his virgin ass.
"It really is such a waste that you won't use this body. I'll be the one to use it if you're not going to put it to better use."
"You wouldn't dare…"
Grey Fox's response was to zip down his fly revealing his erect penis.
"I would. I hope you're ready for this."
Saki froze when he felt the ninja positioning himself behind him. His heart started to race, and his mind was starting to shut down. If he went through with this, everything he tried to contain would be for nothing. There was a reason why he didn't want to do this.
"No…please…don't do it…"
"What? You're begging now?" Grey Fox mocked. "I wonder why."
"I can't…not now…I have to…"
Grey Fox only gave him an evil smile as he rammed into him. If anyone were in the fortress, they would hear the screams of torture as the ninja pumped into him. Unknown to him though, Saki's internal body structure was changing.
"FIRE PUNCH!"
Arachne thought that Pepper would be an easy opponent given that all she had done was run away and use her Chocobo to do most of the fighting. She was so wrong.
The minute Li left, the kid gloves were off. There was no, "Going easy on the enemy because I'm an angel and angels are supposed to be kind to their opponents." No, she literally set herself on fire as she charged at Arachne.
Arachne had a hard time dealing with the fire angel due to elemental properties. Like Pepper said, bugs could not stand heat, so she thought fighting from a distance would be good. She was a demon that could electricity, so she attacked with electric moves.
Now Pepper's entire battle strategy changed when she charged her and threw flame punches at her. The spider demon quickly dodged them but the flames were hot, and she could feel sweat running down her face.
"Flamethrower!"
Pepper jumped back and shot flames from her mouth completely catching the blonde demon off guard. She was hit dead on and sent flying into a nearby destroyed pillar. She shielded herself with a spider web in front of her stomach but it was not enough, as it incinerated when hit.
"To think she fights like a Pokémon…" Arachne muttered.
Pepper wasn't done though. With her entire body on fire, she charged Arachne head on. The spider demon shot a spider web from her hand toward a broken pillar and knocked it down in front of her. The fire angel crashed into it causing her to stumble back. Arachne took this opportunity to shoot electricity from her hands. The dark skinned angel couldn't dodge it fast enough and was zapped. Some of her feathers fell off her wings as a result.
Was that a direct hit? Arachne asked herself.
Pepper stumbled slightly, the fire in her hands seemed to diminish temporary before coming back full force. She turned toward the spider demon and charged her again. Arachne didn't have a pillar to knock down this time so she shot the web at Pepper's feet. The web caught on fire and she had to release the web before she too was burned. The distraction allowed Pepper to tackle her into the air.
"That's my flame charge!" Pepper announced thinking that this would be an awesome name for an attack for the 5th Pokémon generation. "And now, I'll finish up with an amazing move that no one has seen me do!"
Arachne tried to counter by shooting more electricity out of her body. Pepper saw this and countered by throwing fire daggers in her direction. She threw more daggers then there were sparks of electricity. For every dagger that made it past the sparks, Arachne was cut from said daggers. Most of them tore some of her clothes off.
"I weaved these clothes dammit!" She cursed as she tried to send another wave of electric attacks.
Pepper didn't care as she flew in close and smirked. Arachne noticed that Pepper appeared to be pulling flames out of her arm in order to create a baseball bat that was in flames. The image of the fire angel being made of fire disturbed her, but that wasn't the case.
"FOR!"
Pepper took the flame baseball bat and swung it at her head. Arachne thought her skull would break as she was sent back down to the clouds where she had a heavy landing despite landing on a cloud.
"Guh…"
She expected the crazy angel to bash her to death with the baseball bat. Pepper raised the burning weapon prepared to kill the demon that was against Angel Land…
"…"
"…"
"…"
To Arachne's surprise, Pepper incinerated the bat in her hands as she looked down on the spider demon.
"The stereotypes of angels are to kill demons who dare harm our wonderful Goddess." Pepper stated as she held a hand out to her. "However, the royal bodyguards are the exception."
Arachne glared at the hand extended out to her expecting this to be a trick.
"I'll spare you," Pepper began, "if you join the royal bodyguards."
"W…Wha…Wha-"
"As a member of the division of course. No way in hell are we getting anymore than eight members…" Pepper rolled her eyes as she recalled something. "Unless the Captain says otherwise…but you know how the Captain has gone mad at the moment."
"…You're insane!" The spider demon responded trying to move, but if she made any movement though, her head would spin around. "I don't understand why you angels would spare your enemy…"
"You trust Li, don't you?" Pepper asked.
"!"
"He is a royal bodyguard." The fire angel stated. Arachne noticed that she used present tense in referring to Li's position. "You trust him hence why you were willing to fight to the death. Li isn't such a bad guy, and I think the two of you would make an awesome team when this is all over."
"Wait! But he's a…"
"A traitor? Nope. Just misunderstood. And I think you are too somehow…so…" Pepper grinned as she continued to hold her hand out. "I guess we should introduce ourselves. I'm Pepper Padoga of the royal bodyguard and I want you to be my friend and serve under Lady Palutena and not this Tsusuki person."
"…If I refuse?"
"You're not going to refuse."
Arachne wondered if the girl used a threatening tone just then, but she would never know. The spider demon was slowly being persuaded to the side of the angels ironically.
"You know…when a villain joins the side of the heroes," Arachne began, "they always die at the end to show that they have been redeemed."
"Oh that's not going to happen!" Pepper declared. "Because I'll drag you back from hell and beat you up with the baseball bat if you attempted to get out of our deal."
"Deal…?"
"Come on take my hand! There is a limit to how long I can extend my hand! It hurts so much!" Pepper whined as she bounced up and down. Her arm was becoming numb.
She continued to stare at her hand and then back at the fire angel. She probably wouldn't kill her. That didn't mean she had to trust her or the other royal bodyguards. This angel might have been an honest person…but she doubted that. Regardless, she held out her hand as well. Pepper grabbed it and helped her to her feet.
"Great, now that we're friends, I'll just say you owe me~" Pepper whistled.
"Wait what? You never said-"
"I spared your life so you owe me. You'll figure out a way to owe me with money or maybe making some yaoi or helping out in this war."
"What the hell…"
"Great! Let's go to Lucifer!" Pepper declared. "I'm going to make sure Sun-Wong is okay with this!"
"He's captured though…and your Chocobo is-"
Pepper grinned as she got out an Air Ride Machine. "I love Master Hand. He's letting me use the amazing Hydra star~ And you're coming on it with me."
Arachne regretted accepting the deal with this crazy angel. She was going for a ride she was never going to forget…
Rosalina glanced out of the Comet Observatory in worry. She heard from Max and the Luma's that Gary was taken away by the enemy. She was going to tell the Pokémon trainers that their friend was captured but Merlon told her it was not needed since it was already taken care of.
Now Rosalina had another worry though. She felt something bad was going to happen in Lucifer. She wondered if Pepper's decision to have those two assist trophies to save Sun-Wong. Not only was it a huge responsibility but also those two were limited in their abilities. Unless someone took the limiters off, then they wouldn't be able to fight their opponents to their fullest potential.
Saki worried her more than Isaac. Since she was able to fly from planet to planet with the Comet Observatory, she was able to see different worlds. Beautiful worlds being created and worlds that were being destroyed by mankind; Saki's world was no exception to the latter. It was filled with war and death. Everyone on Saki's planet died leaving him as the only survivor. That was not a good thing though. He was the one that was a half demon and it would be near impossible for him to reproduce on the planet given his blood is slowly being corrupted by his Ruffian side.
Raven knew more about Saki than probably anyone else in the mansion given that he never went into details concerning his past. Saki was broken from everything and wanted revenge on Tabuu for destroying his world in the first place, and unlike the other worlds, this world didn't come back. While Raven implied that there might be a ray of hope for his planet, it would still be risky to bring it back since his planet was in a war, and said world could spread to other sides of the galaxy.
Raven foresaw something disturbing about Saki's personal life. She split the beans to Rosalina given she would never tell a soul about it.
"Saki's virginity…" She began, "is his lifeline. This might sound strange to you Rosalina, but given the world he's in, it isn't. As a witch, I have gathered information about him and witnessed many visions of that world. His planet was dying because of this world, and one of his friends betrayed his trust leaving only one person he could trust. However, the one that betrayed him infected him and put him in a win-lose situation. Join her or die with the rest of Ruffians. He chose to defeat her…but he didn't kill her. This decision will cost him in the near future." Her scowl deepened as she continued. "But that girl probably told Saki what would happen because he spared her. She might have told him that if he went on and had a child with Airan, then his Ruffian Blood would take over and kill them both…"
Rosalina was saddened by this news. From the books she read, virgins apparently had more power than those that already had sex to someone. Saki's world didn't seem the type to have that type of power. Then again, that world was surrounded in mystery, and whatever the mysteries that the world had been destroyed by war followed by Tabuu. It didn't change the fact that if Saki didn't let go of his virginity soon, he might be doomed to not experience what it's like to make love to your most important person. Losing it though would cause the Ruffian Blood inside of him to take over and wreck everything in sight. If there was a third option, Saki should take it…but it didn't seem like Saki was going to have a happy ending when this was all over.
"Saki…Isaac…I pray for your safe return…"
Grey Fox chuckled as he let himself out of Saki. The dirty blonde slumped to the floor, his body trembling from the sensation he just felt.
"You're an adult but still held onto your virginity. I'm impressed you were saving it for this moment."
He bent down and yanked at Saki's hair just to get a glimpse of his pained expression.
"It's such a waste. The last person on your planet had to be infected with half demon blood." He mocked. "The chance of you having a happy ending depletes with each passing day Saki…and with each day…the days of you being human disappear…and I think…this will be your last day as a human…"
Grey Fox took a part of his mask off when he said that as he forced the half demon into a passionate kiss. At this point, tears were already falling down his eyes. He could do nothing to stop these events from happening.
I don't have anything left. Saki thought to himself weakly as he just accepted his fate. I lost everything…my world…Achi…Airan…Isaac…these monsters have taken it all away…
The demon blood in his veins was pulsing throughout his body. The transformation from half demon to Ruffian was starting.
Grey Fox ended the kiss as he let go of Saki's hair and let his head fall to the ground. He started to laugh upon seeing that Saki's hand was changing.
"Well, it's almost time my love. Show me you're capable of destroying everything."
Saki closed his eyes letting the last of his tears fall. The last tear formed a shape of a broken heart as he let the Ruffian blood take over.
"SAKI!"
Grey Fox turned to see Isaac using his powers to force his way in. He chuckled upon seeing that Isaac had his power limiters removed.
"Oh, so you managed to survive that fall?" Grey Fox asked in an amused tone as Isaac gave the best glare he could muster. "I hate to tell you this, but it's too late to save your princess."
"What…? Saki…Saki!"
Saki didn't seem to hear him as he continued to transform into a Ruffian. Isaac could only watch in horror as the person he loved mutate into a monster.
"Saki…you…"
"Breaking his spirit was easier than I imagine." The assassin gloated. "As long as he's near the angel's feather, he'll obey only me."
"You bastard…" Isaac cursed as he got out his sword known as the Sol Blade. "I don't know what you did to Saki, but I will get him back!"
Grey Fox shook his head. "Now now. Hasn't your mother told you not to point your sharp toys at your elders?" He grinned under the mask as he clapped his hands. "You'll not only be fighting Saki, but you'll be fighting this doggy too."
The floor began to open up underneath Isaac. The blonde jumped back as something big crawled its way out of hell. He didn't know what it was but it was something that should have been dead a long time ago.
"Twinbellows, your lunch is right there! Get him! Saki, you know what to do. Take that sorrow and destroy everything in your path."
"Saki no!" Isaac yelled as Saki completed his transformation from human to Ruffian. He wasted no time to attack his target. The same goes for the demon dog of hell. Isaac realized how fucked he was even with his power limiters off.
Snake was slowly making his way away from the Smashers and Ike's army as he made his way toward Lucifer. He didn't trust the fire angel's plan of sending Isaac and Saki to Lucifer alone. The Smashers sent were highly trained and reliable members of the group that would be able to get the job done. However, he couldn't say the same for Saki and Isaac. It was mainly Isaac that was getting the flak since he didn't know what the blonde was capable of.
In battle, Snake had watched them both. Saki was the one that was thrown into the battles when the series of events started. He was able to demonstrate how capable he was as an assist trophy despite his limits. Isaac was the exact opposite always being knocked out when something went down or being left on the sidelines to prey for the Smasher's safety. He expected that Isaac would drag Saki down, so he decided that he would lend a helping hand. Given that Ike's army was doing so well, he was able to sneak away from them. Besides, he had a feeling that Grey Fox would attack them given that Snake had noticed the obsessive feelings his old friend had for the half demon.
He did not expect the fire angel to be coming at him at top speed, riding the Hydra Star with one of the demon's holding onto her for dear life. The fire angel swept him up before he had a chance to prepare himself.
"What the fu-"
"Hey Snake!" Pepper shouted. "I was looking for you! You can come with us to ask Sun-Wong on if she can join the royal bodyguards."
"Wait what?"
"I'm starting to regret this…" Arachne muttered.
Snake was being dragged by the leg since Pepper held onto said leg with her right hand and steering the Hydra Star with her left. Arachne felt sorry for the soldier who went from being badass to being a punching bag for the fire angel.
I guess she has that type of power. Arachne thought to herself as they kept going.
A few minutes later, Pepper had to stop near the fortress due to the sandstorm that was kicking up and the fact that she needed more fuel in order to burst into the fortress the earth angel was being held in. While she was using her fire powers to put more fuel inside of it (despite the fact that putting fire where oil would be would burst into flames. Then again, logic doesn't apply to Pepper at all, and the aircrafts from Dream Land don't work the same way as a normal one would) Arachne explained to Snake why a demon was with an angel in the first place. The soldier realized that Pepper was not to be underestimated despite being a space cadet because that personality allows her to imagine different types of fire combinations.
"And now I have a chance of being slaughtered if this Sun-Wong says no…" Arachne muttered. "I fear for my life…and it's in the hand of these crazy angels…Lived should have told me that they were not to be underestimated if they were hiding this much power."
"I go all out." Pepper explained. "No matter who it is, if you're on the enemy side, I will fight to the fullest. Even if it's Li…I'll fight him if it means saving Angel Land and my family…but I don't think the other royal bodyguards are ready for that…"
"…Would you have really fought an old friend?" Snake asked. Ironically, he was asking himself the same question when regarding to Grey Fox.
"…Yes…I would." Pepper admitted. "He's still the same but unless he pulls a heel face turn, then I'll keep fighting. I got to fight for my friendships...for them…for me…for Angel Land!"
Snake's response was just to shuffle through his pocket and take out a cigarette. He held it out in front of her. "Do you think you can light it?"
Pepper frowned. "I give a serious speech and this is how you respond! I'm insulted!"
Regardless, she still snapped her fingers and lit the cigar for him. Snake was glad that he was finally able to take a smoke. The Smash Brothers Mansion had a no smoking policy. That was one of the main rules that he had to follow when he joined Brawl. He did not like the rule at all and tried to sneak a smoke multiple times and only those young Smashers would tattle on him and he would get his cigarettes compensated. Now in Angel Land and away from the Smashers, he can continue smoking with no one yelling at him otherwise. The angel didn't seem to like that he was smoking at all but said nothing.
"I heard you," Snake continued, "you seem to be the only angel here to realize that war is hell. There is no right and wrong on the battlefield. Just beings trying to kill each other whether they are angels versus demons or humans against other humans. However, even when there are no good or bad people on the battlefield, you have your priorities straight to fight for your friends and homeland. That is the most important thing of being a soldier. Never losing hope. Fighting for what you think is right and surviving at the end. If you can accomplish all of these things, you'll be able to get by in war."
The angel and the demon were surprised at Snake's words of wisdom. Granted that Pepper already knew that Snake was a soldier that had fought in many wars and knows what he's talking about. This isn't Big Boss though…this is the main Snake who didn't have to go through that hell of killing the person that meant the most to him.
"…I already been through hell…" Pepper confessed. "After Li died the first time…we were lost without him…he was like a young brother to all of us…well…even though he's older than me…I still felt like he was the younger brother…but we all grieved...but life went on in Angel Land…and in Angel Land…time is very slow…we age slowly but it might be a decade down in the human world…that is if we didn't die as a human to begin with. We were at a loss without Li...and we knew that Roger would never be able to replace him. That's why Lady Palutena made it her goal to give us missions to get our mind off of his death in the war we had against Medusa. We all recovered slowly…but it was because of Pit's determination that we were able to move on…to a certain extent. Isaak thought that this would be the final year of grieving before we moved on…but of course this war happens and Li was alive all along."
"He was…very lonely…" Arachne added.
"We all know that…we all can't hurt Li knowing that we were going to abandon him if we actually celebrated this birthday party…this is why…we have to end it now…and get him back, but if he won't come back to us, we will make sure he dies happy this time knowing that we still love him."
The fire angel felt tears starting to appear in her eyes. She quickly wiped it as she got back on the Hydra star. "Enough talk about Li and war…we got to save Angel Land!"
Arachne couldn't help but smile. What Tsusuki told her was wrong after all. She hopped on the air ride machine behind Pepper willingly as she looked at Snake. "Hey Snake, do you want me to make a web so you'll be prepared to battle the minute we get inside the fortress?"
Snake finished his smoke and dropped it on the destroyed debris they were on. He also couldn't help but cock a smile.
"As long as I'm not dangling helplessly, I'm in."
Did Isaac already tell himself he was screwed from the start? Even with the limiters off, he couldn't take on three opponents at once. He was overwhelmed and found himself backed against the wall. Grey Fox just chuckled as he pointed his sword toward he other's chest ready to slice him up.
"You're still too easy even when the kid gloves are off." Grey Fox mocked as he pulled his sword back. "I don't need a weakling's blood on my blade. Saki, you can finish him off."
Isaac didn't even have time to react as Saki reached out and grabbed him. The Venus user ended up dropping his blade as Saki drew him close and tried to crush him.
"Aww…argh…Saki…stop…" Isaac gasped as he tried in futility to break free from the crushing grip.
Saki didn't seem to hear him as he continued to squeeze the oxygen out of him. Isaac started to wheeze.
This isn't good. Isaac thought to himself. I was supposed to save Saki…now I'm going to be killed by him…
"Sa…k…i…snap…out…of…i…t…" It was hard to form simple vowels but he kept going. "You're…no…t…alone…you…ha…v…e…me…don't…g…iv…e…up…"
Saki didn't seem to hear him and kept squeezing the living essence out of him. Isaac felt his vision blurring as he tried to reach out to him.
"Y…o…u…ha…ve…me…I…I…"
Isaac felt his heart slowing down. He slowly closed his eyes thinking he failed his mission when the grip around him loosened.
"What are you doing Saki? Finish him!"
Isaac slowly opened his eyes and noticed that the Ruffian was looking at him. Saki seemed to be in a lot of pain. Slowly, he released him. Isaac would have fallen to the ground but he had enough energy to use the power of the Venus Adept that allowed him to have a soft ending.
"Saki! Kill him now!" Grey Fox ordered not understanding why Saki was stopping.
The Ruffian tried to speak but only demonic grunts came out of his mouth. Isaac had no idea what he was trying to say. Saki turned his direction toward Twinbellows and attacked the three headed dog demon instead.
"What are you doing? He's not your target!"
Cerberus was not expecting the Ruffian to attack it and countered by spitting fireballs out of its mouth. Saki dodged it easily as he tried to punch Twinbellows. The dog took the blow and bit the Ruffian's fist causing the other to howl in pain.
"Sa…ki…"
Isaac slowly tried to stand up but ended up being kicked back down by Grey Fox. He snarled as he pointed his sword toward the blonde's head.
"If they're not going to finish you off, I will."
Grey Fox raised his sword up in the air ready to slash the other's head off. The sword suddenly became heavy and the ninja couldn't bring it down. He noticed that a web was preventing him from swinging it.
"…Arachne…you traitor…" He growled as he slashed the web that held his sword before turning to the spider demon who he saw with the fire angel.
"Not really a traitor." Arachne replied in a "matter of fact" tone. "I'm being held against my own will here. I'm not going to be burned alive so, I'll be fighting you now."
She expected Pepper to make some sort of loud, obnoxious comment. To her surprise, there was no response from the red angel. Arachne turned her head to see what was up and noticed the horrified expression the fire angel had.
"It can't be…" Pepper muttered. "Li killed Twinbellows…"
Grey Fox chuckled. "Well technically he did, but like all of the other monsters that Pit fought, they were all brought back to life by Tsusuki and they're going to wreck havoc on the other fortresses that haven't been attacked yet."
"But that's…" She started to back off after Twinbellows knocked the Ruffian Saki into the nearby wall and glanced at its new opponents. It seemed to recognize the fire angel. "No…stay away…not again…"
Arachne caught the slasher smile that spread across the demon's jawbone. It changed its target from Saki to Pepper in an instant.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Arachne looked above to see where Sun-Wong was. She shot her web above them. She then grabbed Pepper around the waist and pulled themselves upward effectively avoiding Cerberus' attack.
"What's with you?" Arachne asked annoyed. "You were confident a few minutes ago. Why are you choking now?"
"…He's going to eat me…"
"And that Chocobo you have isn't? Get your priorities straight woman!" We're even now!"
Twinbellows leaped into the air and bit the web causing the two girls to fall down. Grey Fox was ready to impale them but Arachne was quick to shoot another web at the wall and yank them both in that direction. Grey Fox was annoyed at how quickly Arachne was shooting her web. Tsusuki told him that Arachne was horrible at controlling her web actions, so for her to shoot web like Spider Man ticked him off.
Isaac was slowly starting to recover. Grey Fox noticed and kicked him back down.
"You stay down." He growled. "And wait for Twinbellows to eat you."
"Argh…"
Twinbellows' interest was now focused on the two girls. Pepper held onto Arachne tightly as she kept swinging around the fortress avoiding fireballs that Twinbellows was shooting out. She had no idea that the dog demon could even do that.
"Did I mention I hate fire?" She asked annoyed as the two landed on a higher ledge out of sight from Twinbellows. "Can you stay here and think of something while I go save the kid down there?"
The fire angel was still recuperating from the encounter. Annoyed that the angel that kicked her ass was scared of something like this made her shoot the web downward and leave her.
"Hey doggie, I'm your new trainer, and I want you to drop dead!" Arachne ordered as she swung down and kicked one of Twinbellows' head sending it back a few feet.
Grey Fox wasn't going to let her interfere with his plans to finish off Isaac. Thinking that Isaac wasn't going to get up again, he took out his blade and leaped toward the spider demon. She took noticed and blocked his blade with her web. He smirked as he cut through the web. She quickly avoided getting slashed and landed on Twinbellows' head. The monster retaliated by quickly getting up and trying to swipe at her with its tail. Quick as a wink, she aimed the web to the wall and pulled herself away from danger. When she did, Ruffian Saki got back up and attempted to pummel Twinbellows to the ground.
Arachne looked around at her surroundings wondering what was taking Snake so long to find the weapons in this building and blowing stuff up. The spider demon gave a quick glance toward Isaac and noticed that his body was glowing. Her eyes widened as she realized what he was doing.
"If you're not going to fight me, then I'll get that angel."
"!"
Grey Fox was ready to attack Pepper thinking she was still in a state of shock. Arachne hurried toward the red angel but she wasn't there.
"…Did she just run away?"
"Nope!"
Grey Fox looked up to see a bomb dropped on him. He was sent flying from the shock and Arachne was almost caught in the explosion as well.
"He got them weapons!" The fire angel exclaimed.
"…That was fast…" Arachne muttered. "Too fast…were you possibly…"
"I was what Arachne?"
"…"
The ninja was losing his patience with these girls. When did the fire angel get the explosives that were in the fortress? She was up there whimpering like a stray dog.
"Kept you waiting huh?"
Grey Fox growled. "Of course, my old buddy Snake would be with them. These girls wouldn't go alone."
"They were but I tagged along for the ride." Snake said as he lit another cigarette with one hand and had a bazooka in another. Oh how he missed holding onto these types of weapons. "I would like to fight you, but I don't think it would be fair for the kid."
"What are you talking about? That kid is a pathetic whelp that couldn't stand up to me."
When he said that though, he looked above and noticed that a clay spire was going to hit him. He quickly rolled out of the way. Wondering who sent that type of attack, he turned to where Isaac was originally was and saw that he was on his feet using earth magic to attack him.
"How…"
"Don't underestimate the kid. He uses magic similar to that of these angels." Snake observed. "But it's not as powerful, but enough to defeat you if you don't watch yourself."
Grey Fox grumbled as he got his sword out again. "Then I'll have to finish you once and for all."
He charged toward Isaac. Isaac was ready this time. Using magic to help him out, he chanted a spell that made the ground rumble. It was enough for Grey Fox to not have perfect balance, but this is how Isaac fought. If he could get some good hits in, he might be able to win.
Snake witnessed the two clash swords. Grey Fox was fast and efficient and even though Isaac was a great warrior back in his home world, the fact that he was fighting someone with the full intent on killing his opponent. Isaac knew this, which was why he was using magic that no one has ever seen him using while he was in Smash Brothers mansion. They were all earth attacks. Whether it was shaking the earth to lose his footing or direct earth attacks, it was enough to equal Grey Fox.
Isaac suddenly stopped attacking causing him to be stabbed in the shoulder. Assuming he gave up, his opponent continued to slash at him mercilessly.
"What's the matter? Got cold feet or did you run out of magic points? Either way, you're pathetic!"
Isaac stood his ground as he was murmuring words underneath his breathe. Grey Fox didn't notice, which wasn't like him. If he did, he would have slashed his throat and ended it already. He just wanted Isaac to suffer.
"…Odyssey..."
The next attack happened to quickly to Grey Fox. He looked above and found himself paled with a sword light. If that wasn't enough, he noticed that there were swords that were raining down on him. The ninja should have been grateful that these were magic swords or he would be dead. Then again, it would take more than this to finish him off especially since…
Isaac got his sword out and impaled Grey Fox in the chest while he was distracted.
The kid knew how to kill after all…
Grey Fox was the one that collapsed to the ground this time clutching his stomach or at least tried to given that the magic swords were impaled into his body.
"Done already…?" Snake thought as he turned to Twinbellows. "You really have gotten weaker Frank…is it because of the corruption or…"
Snake took one of the bazooka's he found in the weapon room and aimed it at Cerberus. This was too easy.
"Go to sleep, doggie." Snake mocked as he fired the bazooka at Twinbellows getting a critical hit when the bullet hit Twinbellows in the back. Twinbellows whined as it stopped moving allowing Ruffian Saki to finish Twinbellows off with a powerful punch that pierced through the demon's dog stomach. The demon dog of hell howled as it started to incinerate after being killed again.
Ruffian Saki was the only monster in the room that was left and he was still on a rampage. His targets were the girls again. The girls at this point had the Smashers and the case that kept Sun-Wong's feather in. Saki prepared to punch them. The two barely had time to get out of the way before being clobbered.
"Saki!" Isaac called out to his friend. The Ruffian turned toward him and attacked him. The blonde ducked just in time because Saki ended up attacking the person behind him. Isaac's eyes widened in horror when he realized that Grey Fox didn't stay down; he watched as his enemy's head fell to the ground next to him. "W…Wha…"
Pepper didn't waste anytime to free Sun-Wong from his captivity. The orange angel was flying weirdly when he was freed from his imprisonment.
"Fāshēngle shénme shì?" Sun-Wong spoke in Chinese earning him a glare from the fire angel.
"I don't know what the fuck you just said, but I need you to summon your Aeon this instant!" She ordered as she pointed below them.
Sun-Wong looked down confused. He then saw the battle that was happening below his feet. Taking his staff out via magic, he began to summon his Aeon. Arachne examined how Sun-Wong was summoning. In comparison to what she witnessed from the sidelines, the earth angel was fast with summoning.
"Terrestrial Rage!"
In the distance, you could hear a wolf howling. There were no wolves in Angel Land though, which confused Arachne. The crowd started to crumble. Snake realized what was going on. He quickly grabbed Isaac and took out his cypher to fly into the air when the ground cracked below them. A hand appeared below Saki and punched him in the air. Ruffian Saki went soaring in the angels' direction. The angels flew out of the way as he hit the ceiling before falling back down into the hole that Sun-Wong's Guardian made. When he tried to get up from the blow, he realized he couldn't. The ground closed up underneath him effectively trapping him.
"Now is your chance kid!" Pepper yelled at the blonde. "If you have a healing spell or something, use it to change him back!"
Isaac was still exhausted from using his most powerful spell. He heard her but he had no idea how to turn Saki back to his original form…if it was possible.
"Isaac, if you don't turn him back, then the other alternative is to kill him." Snake warned him. "In this form, Saki will lose himself if you don't do something quickly."
"! No…I…"
Snake's cypher brought the two down next to Ruffian Saki who was struggling to break free from being stuck in the ground.
How can I save you? Isaac asked Saki who was staring directly into his eyes. The half demon was in pain just being in this monstrous form. He had no idea how to change back though. Please work…
Isaac closed his yes and tried something he hadn't done on his journey to the Lighthouse: combine his healing spells into one in order to change someone back to their original form.
Saki flinched from contact and squirmed from the light that was coming from Isaac's hands.
"Come on Saki, this isn't you." The Venus Adept began to persuade. "Remember the real you…whatever Grey Fox said…you're not alone…" Isaac smiled weakly as he felt his energy leaving him. "Saki, you have to realize…that whatever hardships you are suffering from now…things…can only get better after you overcome those obstacles. I know when we first met at Smash Brothers mansion you were hurting inside. I knew…you were suffering, but we didn't care about your problems. We wanted you to forget the tragedy that your world suffered. That's why me, Shadow, Lyn and Stafy formed the group of Assist Trophy friendship…we may have been pissed for not being actual Smashers, but it was better than nothing…right?"
The warm yellow light engulfed the Ruffian as he was struggling less intending to listen to the blonde's stories of the past.
"We had a lot of fun…didn't we?...Remember when we messed up Little Mac's punching bag to the point where he thought the punching bag was cursed and he ran over to Zelda hoping she would exorcise the punching bag?" Isaac giggled innocently at the memories. "Or the time when Shadow used Chaos Control to slow Mr. Resetti speech to the point where it sounded like he was being edited by R.O.B.?"
The memories the two had together were sweet and innocent. If this spell was going to work, he needed to show Saki that there was no need to remain a Ruffian.
"Heck, even during these bad times, we still managed to laugh…I mean…you were upset about losing to the Pit look alike during the karaoke party, but we lived to see another day…and when you went to save Sonic…I was glad…that you were safe…I was worried for your safety…" A tear began to form underneath Isaac's eyelids. "I know you're still in love with your fiancé…and if I had the power…I would bring her back to life…since your happiness is important." Isaac closed his eyes thinking of his family and friends. What would life be like if he was the only survivor? What would have happened if he had no send off? What would happen if he were in Saki's shoes who was all-alone in his mind?
"I love you Saki…" He confessed. "That's why...I'll do all in my powers to get you back…and proof that you're not a monster…and that there is someone in your life that will lend a shoulder to you…you don't have to suffer alone so…"
Isaac was overexerting himself. Snake was going to stop him so he wouldn't kill himself after all of this hard work. He didn't have to though as Ruffian Saki closed his eyes and looked toward the ceiling of the building. Oil seemed to be leaking through his eyes…or were they tears? Isaac's magic was working.
"Please come back…Saki Amamiya."
With the last bit of Psynergy, the Venus Adept surrounded the half demon with powerful healing magic that was so bright that everyone had to cover their eyes. Saki's body was engulfed in the light completely. Slowly, his demonic arms changed back to small, human ones. His legs were no longer stuck in the ground since he was shrinking. The head was engulfed in light, and soon Saki returned to his naked self, curled up in a ball in the hole that Sun-Wong's Aeon created. Despite running out of energy, Isaac rushed toward the dirty blonde and held him in his arms.
"Saki!" He cried out weakly as he let the tears fall. "I'm sorry for…being weak…"
Even though his eyes were still closed, he grabbed a hold of Isaac's small hands and smiled weakly, tears falling from his face.
"…I'm sorry…for giving up on you…I knew you wouldn't have had died easily…yet…I…"
The two could apologize all they wanted but the angels had more important things to do. Arachne freed the two Smashers from their trophy form. Olimar was still dazed after what happened to him while Pichu clung to the closest thing being Arachne's shoulder.
"Pichu!" He exclaimed as he looked around not knowing where he was.
"…It's okay little one. Everything…will be fine…I think…" Arachne muttered still not understanding why she was on the angel's side.
Pepper and Sun-Wong flew down toward Snake while Arachne lowered her web to the ground. Sun-Wong bowed to Snake as a token of gratitude despite Snake not wanting it.
"What are we going to do about that guy?" Pepper asked pointing toward Grey Fox. "Leave him?"
"…Grey Fox is a cyborg." Snake ended up revealing. The red angel didn't seem surprised while Sun-Wong looked at the head and the body and then back at the mercenary. "Even if you tear his limbs off and decapitate him, he'll continue to come back." His face became rather sullen when he continued. "And since Grey Fox was injected with FOXDIE, he'll continue to act violent toward his targets…"
"FOXDIE…" Sun-Wong wondered as he tilted his head. "I read book about that. Kills specific target by identifying DNA and nanomachines in body causing cardiac arrest…"
"You've done your research kid." The soldier praised as he took out another cigarette. He only had two more, so he had to use them wisely given that no one in Angel Land smoked. "I think…the FOXDIE that he was injected with the last time I saw him back in my world…with Tsusuki's influence is why he's been acting like this…" He turned toward Isaac who was crying into Saki's shoulder despite what the blonde told him a few minutes ago. "I had a hunch he had a bad obsession with the kid over there, but I didn't think he would take it to the extreme since I know that Frank had a strong will, I thought he would get over it…but I guess I was wrong…"
Pepper frowned as he went over to Grey Fox and snatched his head up. Arachne at this point was urging Isaac and Saki to move from their location. As she guided the two assist trophies away from the hole along with Olimar and Pichu, the red angel threw the head where Ruffian Saki used to be. She then began to use her hands to burry it shocking the two older males.
"Pepper, what you-"
"The only way to prevent those from immortal from doing anything again is to hide the body parts." She looked at the ceiling when she said this. "This fortress is a goner…no one will come back here unless they were insane…if what you say is true then it's better for this asshole to rot until the end of time instead of finishing him off."
"!"
"Pepper…isn't that…"
Snake knew where the fire angel was getting at. "Your element is earth right? Help her out. It will be a burial for him."
Sun-Wong was surprised at this cruel request. He gulped as he used his earth magic to bury the head faster. Since Grey Fox was unconscious, he wouldn't realize what happened to him until it was too late.
"…Tsusuki will be stopped." Pepper announced to everyone in the room. "We must prevent this from happening again…"
Sun-Wong nodded his head in agreement. "We need to regroup Pepper."
"I know. Us royal bodyguards need to save our powers for the final battle. By the time we get back to the palace entrance, everyone should have done their share."
The two angels were in agreement as they turned to Snake. "Will you continue to help us?"
Snake nodded his head. "It's personal now. Tsusuki is a dead man."
With those words, the angels quickly flew out of the fortress. Snake and Arachne ended up helping everyone else out. Despite all ending well on the surface, something stuck in Saki's mind. Something he wasn't going to tell anyone.
…Isaac…even though you saved me…I feel like the next time I become a Ruffian…I will not be able to come back to this form…and that means…we won't be together in the end…even if you love me…because I…
Me: TBC with 11707 words.
Yohko: Rejoice!
Me: Yeah! Hey…where's Li?
Yohko: Mad at you.
Me: Oh really…well...I need to apologize. I basically took Calculus and you know how hard math is so I basically had to quit working on it and focus (and I still wonder if I passed the damn class…) Notes!
1. I kind of made that whole virginity thing on the spot concerning Saki but given the events of Sin and Punishment 2, it makes sense. A spoiler alert, given that Saki has a son Isa in the game, you wonder where Saki and Airan are. According to the flashback that Isa has, Saki does in fact die after the Ruffian blood takes over again and this time, no one can turn him back and the only way to end the rampage was to kill him. So this entire chapter foreshadows what might end up happening to Saki if there was a sequel to this story. If Saki gets into the 4th Smash Brothers, he'll live, if it's his son that makes it in, Saki is as good as dead. Saki fears for his life as shown in the final portion of the chapter; He thinks that no matter how much he's loved, he'll end up forgetting the people he love and lose himself to his demon side and the sequel of Sin and Punishment confirms that he couldn't recognize his wife or son. This leads to another thing.
2. Even though Saki and Isaac admitted their love for each other, given what happens in the sequel of the their games means they might not end up together in the end. Saki ends up having Isa and dying while Isaac ends up marrying and having a kid named Matthew. I'm really hoping that Saki and Isaac are chosen in the 4th Smash Brothers instead of their children because the pairing will end up a tragedy in the sequel.
3. Pepper's freak out upon seeing Twinbellows…this is basically up to interpretation on the reader's part. Was she truly scared of Twinbellows given that Twinbellows nearly killed her years ago during Medusa's war and only by Arachne's words did she snap out of it or was she only faking her fear to not only get Arachne to be her "prince" and save her, but to make Grey Fox let his guard down so Snake can sneak past him without detection?
4. Most of Isaac's moves are from Golden Sun. I'm not listing them all because that would be too long. This chapter took a while because I was trying to get the moves accurate without accidentally having Isaac using the wrong type of magic.
5. Sun-Wong is speaking Chinese if you haven't noticed. He basically asked, "What happened" and of course Pepper wouldn't understand full sentences.
6. FOXDIE is apparently some type of sickness in the Metal Gear series that is set to kill a specific person. I don't think this disease infected Grey Fox himself but if he did, then I wasn't far off from the truth. I'm disappointed in myself for making Grey Fox the bad guy…I mean…I did more Metal Gear research and anti-villain isn't the same as a villain…so I really had to explain his obsession with Saki and I think this disease along with Tsusuki's influence can explain how he went on the deep end.
7. If you didn't notice before, Pepper basically blackmailed Arachne until the angel side. She's not happy about it but Arachne doesn't come off as evil if she's someone that cares for Li. She gives off the Spiderman vibe in this chapter given that she can swing from her web in a similar fashion. Plus, she really can't stand injustice done in front of her and protecting those in trouble is something she loves to do despite being a demon.
8. A generation five reference. You saw it coming given that this story takes place before Best Wishes concerning Ash and the group.
9. Twinbellows is the first boss of Kid Icarus (and a returning boss in Uprising). This dog is a pushover for Pit apparently. I even had Arachne say one of the quotes that Pit tells it in the trailer.
That's basically it. Don't ask me when the next chapter is coming out. It's already half way done since I worked on that chapter first last year given that the next chapter spoils the plot twist for the Fire Emblem story Radiant Future…which reminds me, I need to finish that chapter…even though no one reads that story…
Yohko: Sad isn't it?
Me: Uh…reviews are appreciated. I'll be playing Kid Icarus Uprising and no one is going to stop me from having a marathon! Ja ne!
Yohko:…
Me: Oh yeah! I got into the University of Washington! I cried at that achievement!