Sandalphon: Wings of an Angel

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 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: Tsusuki isn't pleased with three of the five fortresses being taken down. He orders Nastasia to capture the other angel that is in the battlefield. It's the last person anyone would expect but if he's used in one of the fortresses along with the royal bodyguard, then everyone's hard work will be in vain. Can the Smashers assigned to Sandalphon along with a certain General and young Sniper beat the fortress monster and prevent that angel from creating an undefeatable enemy?

Me: Part 4 of 6. For those who haven't read Radiant Future (which isn't even that far along anyway), this will be a major spoiler for the main character of that fic and if you read my profile, you know whom my favorite Fire Emblem character is. Enjoy.

Chapter 41: Sandalphon: Wings of an Angel

Tsusuki was not pleased with how the battle wasn't favoring him. He watched from the communication link as Ruffian Saki ended Twinbellows second life by punching a stomach through the beast after Snake gave him an opening. The fire angel and that traitor demon Arachne then released Sun-Wong who was able to trap Saki allowing Isaac to bring him back to his human form. Pichu and Olimar were revived shortly afterwards. He bit his lip as he tried to figure out a plan to stop the Smashers.

This is not good. If they keep going at this rate, they'll reach me before my plan is even complete. I need that stupid hedgehog to obtain ultimate power.

The screen flashed to the many other warriors that were fighting his army of demons and his Subspace Army. His eyes widened when he felt a familiar angelic presence among the group of warriors.

What's this? There's another angel in this pathetic army? Let's see. Tsusuki ordered the screen to scan the group. It locked onto a certain sniper with long red hair that he tied behind his back. Now I see. I felt this angelic aura when I was in Crimea. I thought it was the heron's but this type of power almost equals those of that hedgehog's. Perfect.

"Nastasia."

The women that should have been helping the heroes emerged from the darkness. "Yes Tsusuki?"

Tsusuki pointed to the screen. "Bring him to the Sandalphon fortress. I'll use my magic to bring out his true power and stop their progress."

The mind controller stared at the screen in confusion. "Why him? He looks normal to me?"

"That's what I thought when I was in Crimea," Tsusuki began, "but apparently, he's been hiding his powers. Now in the world of the angels, he can't hide his true identity. Do this and I'll bring back the one you love."

Nastasia continued to stare at the screen. She recalled what Merlon told her. How this man would trick her with that bribe. She knew that there was no way to bring back the dead...but the man she loved and his lover went to Heaven when they sacrificed themselves, so they must be here...

"I'll do it..."

Tsusuki smirked. "That's a good girl."

Tsusuki was so focuses on the screen, that he didn't notice Li's presence in the throne room. Sure Pit was by his side, but he paid no heed to the dark angel.

...I got to make sure that they continue to defeat him...but I can't do anything...can I? No...I won't do anything...that's the only way for them to win this battle.

Why am I here again? Shinon asked himself as he shot another demon out of the sky.

Everything happened so fast after that imp or sub-human or whatever the thing was came back to tell the Greil Mercenaries that Ike was in danger and that he needed them. They all agreed to go with Midna without him being there so when he found out, he wasn't the happiest of people.

They spent the entire week tying up lose ends as well preparing a battle that they shouldn't be getting involved in. At the end of the week, they were all teleported by some powerful magic to Heaven or so Midna claimed. The place was packed with demons and the same green monsters that attacked Crimea.

Nobody wasted time asking for the details. The red angel just said to fight in Eden to buy time for the Smashers to go to the tip of all five nations and break the barrier that prevented them from storming the palace in the dead center of Angel Land.

As long as Shinon was getting his revenge on those things that attacked Crimea, he should have been satisfied...but he wasn't. He had an unsettling feeling in his heart that he shouldn't be here. If he died, he feared the worse would happen.

"Above you Shinon!"

The sniper looked up to see Devil hovering over him summoning his minions to attack them. Shinon decided it would be best to take out the ring leader and shot Devil in the head knocking him out of the sky and killing him instantly.

"There goes another one of us," Dr. Wright mourned as he retrieved the body and fled to wherever.

Shinon turned his attention to Gatrie who was killing off a ram like demon that was charging directly at him. The General easily stopped in it's tracked and hurled it away from him. Rolf then shot it in the head when it was still in the air.

"This is endless..." Rolf whined already losing hope.

"Toughen up kid," Shinon encouraged. "If you let your guard down for even one minute, they'll get you."

With that said, Shinon shot another one of those demons that carried a bucket.

This is child's play. Shinon told himself as he continued shooting the aerial targets. I need a bigger challenge.

When Shinon had these thoughts, he felt something or someone entering his mind.

What the hell?

Come to Sandalphon. You are needed.

Shinon clutched his head. What are you?

Angel of Heaven's Thunder, come to Sandalphon and fulfill your destiny.

Get out of my...head...

You cannot defy me. No one can break free from my mind-control. You will obey me.

Shinon felt like his body was no longer in control because of the voice. He tried to find the owner of the voice but it became apparent that the voice wasn't in this area.

I'm the one in control. Don't bother to call for help. Now, turn around and head south and keep going straight. You'll see a Trowlon that'll pick you up and fly you to the fortress. Do it now before your friends notice.

The sniper felt his feet listening to the voice and heading toward the direction the voice directed him to go.

"Uncle Shinon, where are you going?" His pupil asked.

Shinon couldn't even open his mouth to respond to the kid sniper. His head wouldn't turn around to show pleading eyes.

"Shinon? We're in the middle of the battle! Don't leave us alone!"

Another one of those ram monsters attacked Gatrie and resulted in Rolf assisting him. When the green haired boy turned around, his teacher was gone.

The General took out the monster and stared in the direction Shinon disappeared. "Shinon..."

To make sure his friend was okay, he left his position to follow the redhead. Rolf not wanting to be alone without the General followed him.

Darkness. That was all Shinon could see. Sure Sandalphon was covered in darkness but there were some objects that could still be identified, Shinon couldn't see anything. His eyes were no longer his own.

God dammit, why can't I move my body?

It's not your body. It's my body until I'm out of your mind.

Dammit, get out of my head!

...Just like Princess Peach...you got a strong will...got to hurry.

The Trowlon that the voice spoke of came up behind the sniper and lifted him up into the air. It then quickly sped to the fortress.

"Come on Captain Falcon! You're moving too slow!" Little Mac shouted.

"Don't imitate Sonic."

Captain Falcon wanted nothing more than to use the Blue Falcon to get to the fortress in a fast time. He was regretting leaving it at the Comet Observatory because he thought he wouldn't need it. He didn't think Sandalphon would be THIS dark that you couldn't even see your companions unless they were standing right next to you.

"We can't move any faster because Torchic is fatigued." DK explained as he showed the fire chick Pokémon to the boxer. The poor fire Pokémon was tired of using its flames as their only source of light.

"We should have brought an Entei..." Little Mac mumbled.

"Or we could have just asked Mewtwo to teleport us…"

"Doesn't matter! We're going to get to that fortress!" Captain Falcon declared ignoring the insults thrown at his face. He looked up and saw something in the darkness. "Hey! Isn't that one of Ike's friends?"

The trio looked up to see the sniper being brought to the fortress that was still miles away.

"The hell?" Captain Falcon wondered. "Why does he get a free ride?"

"I think…we should worry about getting there." DK grumbled. "We got company."

The enemies of the fortress came out and targeted anyone near the area. They weren't going to let anyone get to the fortress now and the only way the trio can make it is if they mow them down.

"This is going to take a while…" Little Mac grumbled, as he got ready to punch through the minions along with the other two.

It took effort to get Shinon to the fortress but Nastasia managed. Once he was inside the fortress, she forced him to walk into the middle of the room and stay there. Unlike other fortresses, this one had an invisible machine that was operated from Palutena's palace and only a selected few such as herself could use this one.

"I got him here Tsusuki…" Nastasia muttered as she got out of Shinon's mind. "You do your thing."

Shinon recovered and tried to get out of the center. It was too late though as he was trapped in a barrier that was small enough for him not to move anywhere but not too small to the point he would be squished. He tried to bang on the barrier but the barrier was made to keep angels in.

"You bastards! Let me out!" He cursed. "You're lucky you used a dirty trick!"

Tsusuki scratched his head in annoyance as he stared at the redhead in front of him. Why couldn't this angel be more submissive like Pit and Li were? Shinon was not going to play damsel in distress at all and continued to bang on the barrier. Eventually, he tried to kick the barrier in what little space he had. Nastasia assumed that he would start scratching at the barrier soon just to piss them both off.

"Tsusuki, do something before I change my mind and release him from this place. I don't like hostages that resist my powers."

The man growled as he stared at Shinon. Walking over to him, he slammed on the barrier causing Shinon to fall down from the impact.

"Angels like you need to keep it down if they don't want anything bad happen to them."

"Bah, who would submit to someone like you?" Shinon snarled as a response. "You think I'm going to play hostage and hope for someone to rescue me? Forget it! I would rather fight to the bitter end than sit down and cooperate with you!"

Not pleased with the response, Tsusuki placed his hand on the barrier to the point that it began to glow. Shinon felt a headache coming to him as he clutched his head in pain.

"Gahh!"

"…Interesting…you had a depressing childhood."

"!"

"Let's see…ah yes…you were part of a happy family. Your father was the angel…and your mother was a proud warrior…"

Shinon shut his eyes as he shook his head. "What the hell are you doing?"

"You had an older brother named Shigeru and a younger sister named Meno…such a happy family."

The sniper realized that this bastard was doing something to look into his past and tried to block it out with magic that he never wanted to use. Tsusuki suspected this resistance and continued to attack where it hurts.

"Let's see…Shigeru was the perfect older brother figure and Meno was the little sister everyone wanted to have. Your parents had authority in Bengion…yet they could not stop the massacre of the heron tribe huh?"

"Shut up…shut up!"

"You all watched the forest burn…and you had a friend named Kizuna…who decided to take his revenge on you for letting it happened when you promised that this situation wouldn't happen."

"Stop!"

"He beheaded your father, defeated your wounded mother and sliced apart your little sister. Oh, where was your big brother? He abandoned you before it happened because he was ashamed of himself and his family for not following through with the Laguz. And then Kizuna took you, dragged you back to his den and…"

"NO! STOP TALKING!"

Tsusuki just chuckled seeing Shinon unleashing the angelic powers that he had been hiding so well. This power was amazing if it was able to leek out of the barrier.

"You closed yourself up and hid the fact that you're an angel because you failed to do what angels are supposed to do. Protect the people they love. Of course, angels are lying hypocrites if you seen this place. The Angel Assembly went to go hide instead of help their Goddess, all the royal bodyguards are feathers and I have seized anyone that worked under the royal bodyguards and turned them all to stone. You'll be the last angel that puts up a barrier and make sure those pathetic human scum never get to me."

Shinon couldn't hear him anymore. He was trying to drown his voice out. Memories of his past were flashing before his eyes and he wanted them to stop. That Sub-Human that ruined everything for him was splattering the happy images in his mind with the blood of his family. If it weren't for Greil, he would have been violated by Kizuna for a long time…not like he already had his way with him, but Shinon would rather die then let anyone know that a Sub-Human raped him as a child and caused him to be the cruel man he was today.

"And for that to happen, I'll need you to show your pretty wings~"

The redhead was forced to open his eyes when Tsusuki touched the barrier again. He felt his body on fire and ended up falling to his knees, grabbing a hold of his arms as if trying to prevent something from coming out.

"Dammit…dammit…dammit…"

"Still resisting even with your backstory revealed. Boy, just embrace this side of you and be my slave. That's all you have ever been in your life and no one would miss you if you were to die right now."

"!"

"So just lose everything now and give me your powers!"

Before Shinon could react, Tsusuki pressed his hand against the barrier as if activating a switch on it. The redhead felt his powers draining even more. Not able to hold it in anymore, Shinon let out a horrid scream as white wings were beginning to sprout on his back. He was desperately trying to prevent them from coming out, but they were getting bigger and bigger as the energy around the shield got stronger. Tsusuki grinned as the wings began to take shape until it was squished against the barrier created.

"These wings are bigger than your average angels." He observed. "It won't take long to have a barrier around the palace."

The raven haired demon laughed as he could feel the surge of power in the area. He stopped laughing when he heard voices at the entrance of the fortress.

"SHINON!"

Tsusuki recognized those voices from Ike's world. It was that same general that prevented this angel from getting hurt when Li attacked him. He growled as Gatrie and Rolf made it even before the Smashers. Shinon's eyes widened in horror when he saw them.

"G-Gatrie…how?"

"Shinon…what are they…what are…"

Shinon shut his eyes tight and cursed as he forced himself to endure the pain. In fact, a terrible thought came to mind that made the barrier around him stronger.

No, don't look at these wings! I'm a monster dammit!

Gatrie prepared his lance at Tsusuki and looked ready to charge. The demon distanced the human as he faced Nastasia. "Nastasia, you handle them. I'm going to relish in the palace knowing they won't be able to reach me. You know what will happen if you don't do your job."

"…Yes…I understood."

"Good, do not fail me."

Tsusuki disappeared before Gatrie could do anything. Nastasia stepped forth and just stared down at the humans.

"You can try to save this angel, but you're not going to win." Nastasia knew what she had to do and closed her eyes. "Come forth Hewdraw!"

In front of Shinon, a circle opened up with three dragonheads coming out. Rolf jumped back when he saw that the thing was huge, but to their surprise, it didn't look like a dragon Laguz at all. It looked like a hybrid between a dragon and a snake.

"Hello."

"We are back."

"And ready to eat!"

Nastasia grumbled not realizing that the Hewdraw had gained a personality over the years. "Hewdraw, your lunch is right there. Deal with them."

"Alright!"

"Time to eat!"

"Me first!"

"No I get to eat first."

"No way, I'm the original head so I get the first bite."

"Not again…"

There was a long pause as the heads began fighting with each other. Rolf took this opportunity to sneak past the head and get close to the barrier. Gatrie couldn't do the same thing given he was a huge target for them to see even if they were arguing.

"CAN YOU THREE SHUT UP AND FOCUS?" The batgirl finally snapped, as she looked ready to send them back to hell.

"ALRIGHT! LET'S DO IT!" They all shouted as they turned their attention to Gatrie.

"This ain't good…" Gatrie muttered seeing that these dragons were not ones he thought in Tellius.

"LEAVE THIS TO ME!"

Gatrie didn't have to do anything because Captain Falcon was above him and did a Falcon punch to the blue head causing him to curse the race out. DK and Little Mac followed closely behind. Little Mac returned the Torchic in his hands to its Pokéball as he glanced at the Hewdraw.

"You can leave this dragon to us." Little Mac began, "You go save your girlfriend."

This statement baffled the general. Fighting back with the cliché line "He's not my boyfriend!" Gatrie was forced to comply. If these Smashers could do the easy work for him, so be it.

"Hey that hurt!"

"At least it wasn't me."

"I wished I had hands to punch you…"

"Shut up you jerks and help me out!"

Gatrie rushed toward the barrier and tackled it. Once he collided with the barrier though, the barrier started to respond to the attack and then sent the general back. Shinon opened his eyes, and wanted to shout his friend's name, but changed his mind. Why was he even trying to save him in the first place?

"Useless. Your efforts will be worthless."

"No, they won't!" Rolf shouted as he ran over to her catching her off guard. She thought he was going to shoot her with his bow, but to Nastasia's surprise, Rolf stopped at her face and tried to speak to her.

"What are you doing kid? Stay behind us!" Little Mac yelled as he blocked an incoming purple fireball with his fists.

"What do you want brat? You want me to use my magic on you?" She threatened, a purple aura emerging from her.

"…No…I want you to release Uncle Shinon." Rolf told her simply.

"…You seriously don't think I'll comply to your wishes."

"…"

"Boy, I'm on Tsusuki's side now. There is no way to save your friend. Although, I don't understand why you would care about him."

"What?"

"I'm a mind-reader and I know he's just a selfish man that doesn't have any friends and doesn't care anyone but himself. It's not worth saving him, so leave or die."

The Hewdraw retaliated against the Smashers by attacking them with their tail sending them back against the wall. Gatrie tried again to break the barrier by slamming into it. Every time he slammed into it, he was sent back. Rolf turned toward Shinon whose face was filled with agony. The barrier was draining the life force out of him and the barrier seemed to be extending toward the Hydra to protect him.

"What will you do?"

"…I choose to stay and save Uncle Shinon."

"…Why?"

"Uncle Shinon may be a grumpy old man, but I don't think that's a reason to hate him and abandon him for his shortcomings…sure I know he's mean most of the time…and doesn't like opening up to other people but…"

Gatrie stopped trying to ram the barrier. Now, he took his fists and started punching the barrier getting the same reaction as before, but this time, he wasn't going to be pushed back this time. He was going to save his friend.

"I will not hold it against him if it takes forever to open up to us Greil Mercenaries. We have survived countless adventures together and fought the same enemy with the same weapons. It will only be a matter of time, but I will not give up on him until then." He shook his head as if he was fighting with someone mentally, but overcame that person. "The form Uncle Shinon takes now, I do not know why he hides it, but I find it beautiful."

Shinon heard that and looked up surprised.

"The angels here are beautiful, and I'm surprised that Uncle Shinon is not part of them. I may not understand the full story of this invasion in Heaven, but I know it's not right. And I know that you don't want to serve this Tsusuki person."

"!"

Nastasia backed up realizing that Rolf was walking toward her.

"Did he promise you something important if you took someone we care about away? If it were a person, would they be happy to see you sacrifice someone for them? What would they say?"

Nastasia closed her eyes picturing the man she loved in front of her. No, he would not be happy with her at all. No, reviving him would do no good for either of them because he was happy with his beloved. They're probably in Heaven now…but given that Tsusuki and his demon army were attacking Angel Land, resting in peace is nothing but a dream now. Count Bleck would be disappointed in her for her actions especially helping Tsusuki who was thinking of getting Luigi to revive Dimentio of all people. His and his lover's sacrifice would be in vain if he came back from the dead.

"No…he wouldn't want me to do this…not at all…"

"Then fight that man! He's not in control of your life and you shouldn't use your life to hurt others! Please help Uncle Shinon!"

There was no need for that though. Gatrie was at his limits for punching the barrier, but he wasn't going to stop until he broke through.

"Idiot, why must you persist? I don't need your help!"

The blonde general refused to listen as he continued to punch the barrier. Now, his knuckles were bleeding from the futile attempts to break it.

"Dammit Gatrie! Just stop now before you get killed! You have a life of chicks ahead of you! Don't go wasting it on a monster like me!"

"…Who said you were a monster?"

"?"

"Whoever said that doesn't…know…what they're talking about…" Gatrie stated as he planned another megaton punch that would have surely break his hand if it collided with the barrier. "You're you Shinon. Do you think…that something like this…would ruin our friendship? Please…if that was the case…then I wouldn't…be able to get along…with all the girls…in the word…because that would mean that…I would have to hate all Laguz…"

"But I'm not a Laguz! I'm a cursed angel! Because of this stupid form, my life has been nothing but hell!"

"…Do you think…that our time together…was a living hell?"

"…Of course it was…now leave…you're wasting your time."

It pained Shinon to say that, but if Gatrie kept going, he might not be able to fight again. His friend just chuckled as he gave the redhead a sincere smile.

"You might think that I'm wasting my time, but…I'm the one that gets to decide that…"

With one final punch, he smashed the barrier that was protecting the sniper. Nastasia didn't think that a normal human would be able to shatter something that Tsusuki made. Either Tsusuki was getting weaker with each royal bodyguard saved or was it because of the power of love? The latter seemed unlikely, but given that Count Bleck saved the world because of love, it was possible.

Shinon ended up falling into the arms of his friend who ended up collapsing on the ground. His hand was bleeding badly and his arm became numb proving difficult to support his friend's weight. It wasn't needed though; Shinon glanced at the wound and shook his head in annoyance. A small smile escaped his lips though as he placed his hand on the hand that was broken for his cause and began to use his angelic powers to heal it. Gatrie's eyes widen as the pain slowly started to disappear and with the pain going away, so did the blood.

"Shinon…you hid this…during the Mad King's War?"

"…No one would accept me if they saw this."

"That's not true at all! I'm sure if you explain to them…what this is, then everything will be fine."

"…But I…"

"Your wings are beautiful Shinon. Why hide them?"

This line caused the redhead to blush and turn away. Why did his idiot friend have to not only do something idiotic but also say something as embarrassing as that? He didn't consider these wings beautiful at all. They were the cause of his misfortune in the past and he learned how to suppress them. It would take time for him to hide his wings again, but…

"You're a fucking idiot, you know that?"

"But I'm your idiot."

"Hey lovebirds, I hate to burst your bubble, but can you move. This dragon is going on a rampage."

The Hewdraw indeed was on a rampage, but for a different reason. The three heads weren't taking that much damage, but spent more time fighting with each other than the Smashers. This might have been due to the fact that when Pit, Pepper and Aqua originally fought the guy, there was only one head, and over the years, developed more with a completely different personality. This was probably their first battle working together, which was probably why they weren't getting along at all.

Nastasia knew of a good way to get rid of the Hewdraw though. She turned to Rolf and whispered something in his ear.

"Get up on the Hewdraw's back and shoot it in the back of the head. It will weaken them greatly."

"W-What? H-How am I supposed to get on the back of that…thing?"

"Attack the Hewdraw when it's distracted."

Captain Falcon had a better idea of dealing with the Hewdraw, but it required him to build up power in his next Falcon Punch.

"Donkey Kong, can you distract the dragon?"

"Again? Why must you have to take the center stage?"

"Because I'm the great Captain Falcon! Now go!"

The ape grumbled as he charged the Hewdraw.

"I say…"

"I'm getting tired…"

"Of you humans!"

The dragonheads were back in union as they shot fireballs from their mouth. These fireballs were stronger than before and Little Mac could not punch them back. When he attempted to do so, his boxing mitts caught on fire. Screaming, he got on the ground and rolled around trying to get the fire out. It was an embarrassing sight to behold.

"This…is the team that the fire angel wanted to save that black angel…"

"…She has high hopes…"

"Or doesn't want her comrade to be saved."

DK charged forward and rammed the Hewdraw with his head causing the dragons to flinch. They all looked in the ape's direction as they shot the same fireballs at him. DK was rather fast when he wasn't in Smash Brothers. Taking this opportunity, Rolf rushed around the dragon and tried to get up on the tail. The Hewdraw didn't notice but wallowed around regardless to try and avoid DK's grand punches. The green haired boy was almost thrown off, but someone caught him. Turning around, he looked to see who was helping him, but didn't see anyone.

"W-What?"

"Jab the arrow into their hand now!" Nastasia ordered snapping Rolf out of his confusion.

Rolf nodded his head slowly. The Hewdraw began to react and tried to throw Rolf off again. The archer clung to one of the heads, took his arrow and jabbed it into the head. The Hewdraw head roared as it struggled to throw Rolf off being successful this time.

"Oww! That hurt!" The blue head shouted.

"Are you brain dead now?" The purple head asked.

"Please don't start fighting again or we'll die…" The violent head grumbled being the only one to shoot fire from its mouth.

"Gah! I am sick and tired of this bullshit! Let's end this now!"

The Hewdraw began to grow a bright red like it was enraged by all the damage it sustained. If it wasn't taken out now, then this thing could cause more damage with the Smashers outside.

"All right, I have enough energy to take it out~" The racer hummed as his fists were also on fire but from the fireballs. "Everyone, get out of the way."

The fire went out when Little Mac rolled around on the ground. Getting up, he saw what Captain Falcon was going to do and ordered Gatrie to hurry up and take Shinon to their side. The racer backed up with his hand glowing. He charged toward the Hewdraw.

"Oh crap…"

"He's actually…"

"Going to do that?"

What the Hewdraw was referring to was the ultimate Falcon Punch that defeated Black Shadow to the point you could see the explosion in the galaxy. Captain Falcon was going to pull it off here.

"Oh no!"

"I'm not ready…"

"To die yet!"

Captain Falcon jumped into the air and yelled his signature move. "FALCON PUNCH!"

Everyone watched in aww as a phoenix seemed to form when Captain Falcon's fist collided with the head of the middle Hewdraw. Given that the middle head was the main head, if it died then the other two died as well. The dragons screeched as they were engulfed in a huge flame. The flame got bigger until it unleashed a shockwave that sent everyone back who didn't take cover somewhere.

When the smoke cleared, there was no sight of the Hewdraw. Just Captain Falcon in the place where he punched the Hewdraw with his hand still burning from the epic falcon punch.

"That was awesome…" Rolf muttered in amazement.

"Yeah…I don't think Mario can top that…" Nastasia added as she adjusted her glasses. "But it's good that the Hewdraw is gone."

Little Mac and DK went over to Captain Falcon who looked ready to fall over. He didn't though because he was so badass to stand up the entire time. He looked forward to wear the Smasher trophies were. "So they were here the entire time."

They looked in the direction Captain Falcon was pointing and saw the two trophies in a cage. One was Diddy Kong and the other was Wario. Donkey Kong rushed past the racer to go knock the cage down. Someone beat him to it as he emerged from the shadows and used his sword to knock the cage down taking the trophies with him. Donkey Kong wasn't going to lose his partner for a second time and was ready to fight the newcomer.

"Chill DK! It's me, Gorah."

"Didn't you assist trophies betray us?"

"…I can't stand it." He admitted. "I don't like the way this Tsusuki is handling things, so I'm doing you all a favor and helping you out. Of course, you guys already killed the Hewdraw, so I didn't have to do anything."

"Just give me Diddy Kong and shut up."

"…Aren't you snappy? Here."

Samurai Gorah threw the trophies over to DK who just touched the bottom of the trophy stand to bring them back. Diddy Kong was looking around frantically like he was still lost in the moment before being turned into a trophy. Wario was snoring loudly but was rudely awoken when DK kicked him to hug his partner.

"You're back Diddy!"

"Donkey Kong…what happened…?"

"It's a long story, but we need to get you and Wario out of here."

"Hey, there's one more thing you forgot!" Nastasia shouted as she pointed to where the barrier originally was. A dark feather was incased in a glass above acting similar to a chandelier. "That's where the power of the barrier came from. Once you take it down, we leave before this place is lost into the darkness."

"W-Wait? D-Darkness?" Rolf asked.

"This place is set to self destruct and be sucked into a black hole. This whole place is unnatural. Rolf, please shoot the cage."

"G-Got it!"

Rolf only had one more arrow with him. He took it and steadied his bow. Firing the arrow at the glass, it shattered into millions of pieces. The feather didn't need to be touched to bring the angel trapped inside back to life. Nastasia noted it was because the angel inside was pissed of to the point that turning him into a feather wouldn't last long.

"That fucking traitor!" Was the first thing Roger cursed as he pumped his fists together. "I'll kill him for making a fool out of me!"

There was no one he knew that told him to chill out. Little Mac attempted to do so, but was told to back off. Nastasia walked over to the group and got the guys to be quiet while she took them back to Rosalina's observatory. She turned to Shinon and apologized.

"…How do I know you won't bring me back to that psychopath?"

"I won't…I'm done with Tsusuki. If Heaven were destroyed then Count Bleck would not be able to rest in peace. He gave his life to protect the universe before and Tsusuki isn't going to do a Dimentio on me. I won't let him manipulate my feelings, and…" She turned to Roger. "I know you're mad, but you got to convince Lived that he can't go on like this. He's being manipulated like a puppet. It's wrong to use a person's love for someone else to do these horrible things."

"…"

"Make sure you restrain yourself."

"Yeah whatever."

"…I'll teleport you all to Rosalina's observatory now."

Nastasia used the remainder of her power to transport the huge group out of the fortress before a portal opened up where Shinon was standing and began to suck everything in the fortress until nothing remained.

Tsusuki was seething with anger now. Not angry enough for foam to form in his mouth but enough to see that he was red with anger. It would have been a hilarious sight if he didn't look more intimidating than usual.

"Lived, where are you?" He screamed. His voice echoed through the palace. Given the palace was dead silent do to Pit either killing the soldiers, locking them up in their rooms or turning them to stone.

He searched the whole division before he ended up in the fifth. He did not need to exert himself especially since this palace belonged to him now.

"LIVED TWILIGHT!"

He forced the door opened. The room was dark and dusty. Very fitting for the dark angel who was sitting near the bed with the yellow feather in hand and roses in front of him. Lived was lost in thought thinking about what the other royal bodyguards said.

"So this is where you have been."

His voice was enough to get Li to look up. Upon seeing his master in front of him, his expression became twisted with sorrow.

"Slacking off on the job I see." He muttered as he bent down to Li's level. "I thought I told you to assist Nastasia and get rid of the intruders in Sandalphon."

The dark angel avoided eye contact with his master as he sighed heavily. "There was no point. We both knew that Nastasia was going to betray us. It doesn't take much to persuade her anyway. Besides, I think you'll going to lose at this-"

He was interrupted as he was met with a slap to the face. The dark angel's eyes widened in horror as Tsusuki grabbed him by the hair and hoisted him up.

"Did you just suggest that I was going to lose?" Tsusuki asked as Li ended up dropping the feather that was in his hand and grabbing onto Tsusuki's arm trying to get him to let go. "Are you saying that despite my hard work conquering Angel Land, that I'm going to lose?"

Li didn't get a chance to response as Tsusuki threw him against the wall.

"Isn't it funny how ever since we got to Angel Land, that you have become disobedient?" Tsusuki questioned as he punched him in the back causing Li to cry out in pain. "Isn't it funny how it only takes a few angels that turned their back on you to get you to think that they cared? Isn't it funny that the minute I leave you alone, you get traitorous thoughts?"

"N-No…I'm not…betraying…"

Li didn't get to finish as he was forced onto the ground where Tsusuki laid a barrage of punches and kicks to his back. Li curled up in a ball trying to protect himself from the attacks.

"You're lying! If you really didn't betray me, you would have finished them all off in Sandalphon! You would have killed that fire angel that is ruining my plans!"

"I'm sorry…"

Tsusuki kicked him some more until bruises would appear on the angel's body. He wasn't done though. Tsusuki grabbed Li by the hair again and threw him onto his dusty bed. Li immediately panicked is he tried to get away from his angry master but Tsusuki pinned him down.

"You're not sorry!" Tsusuki snarled as he grabbed at Li's tunic and ripped it off. "If you were, you wouldn't be struggling now!"

"No! Stop!" The dark angel cried as he tried to kick his master away angering his master even more. "I'm sorry!"

"Perhaps you need to be taught a lesson to obey your master."

Li shut his eyes as his master ripped off the remainder of his clothes exposing him to his master. Not once had this happened to him in the years he served Tsusuki. He would always do his mission flawlessly and receive no punishment as a result…but now…

"Filthy." He grumbled as he smacked Li across the cheek again. "You expect anyone to want you with this body?"

"!"

"Not even worth doing."

Tsusuki released his grip on the angel as he looked at the room. Li's response was to curl up in a ball to cover his privates. His cheeks were bright red and he didn't bother hiding it.

"No one would want you with that body." He continued as he looked through Li's stuff that he got for his birthday. "Oh, it seems like your angel friends see you as a faggot. What's with all of these dresses? Is your hobby being a woman?"

Li tried to give his best glare but it ended up falling flat. Tsusuki just chuckled as he read whom it was from. "From: Sun-Wong. To: Lived. Happy Birthday." He laughed as he took the dress and ripped it apart. "This is an ugly dress."

Even though Li hated the idea of cross dressing and his friends were more likely than not to put him in those skimpy outfits, the fact that Tsusuki was ripping his presents was something he did not appreciate.

"What are you doing?"

"Getting rid of the garbage that these angels are trying to bribe you with. This card…"

Li tried to get out of the bed. "D-Don't read it!"

Tsusuki pushed Li back on the bed when he tried to get Pepper's card away from him. Disgusted at what he saw, he tore the card into pieces in front of the dark angel.

"Words that will never reach your soul."

"No! Stop! Don't touch anything!"

Tsusuki kept going through the presents though. Ripping cards and tearing dresses to shreds, the whole room was covered with torn fabric and dust. Li tried again and again to stop Tsusuki but each time he resisted, he punched back toward the bed with more injuries on his body that began to bruise.

"Is that all of them?" He wondered out loud as he looked around the room. He then caught a glimpse of the roses. "No…it looks like there was one more."

Li desperately tried to get off the bed but ended up falling to the floor. Crawling toward Tsusuki, he grabbed his leg when his master picked up the roses.

"Please…not…that…please don't…"

He look at that tag to see whom it was from and growled. "This Isaak person. You think he loves you?"

Li felt his cheeks flare up again. His response was to tighten the grip on Tsusuki's leg causing his master's temper to rise up again.

"So the reason you want to betray me is because of this loser?" He asked as he began to chant a magic spell.

"! Don't do it please!"

"Burn!"

Li could only watch in horror as the roses that Isaak bought him were burned to a crisp leaving nothing behind. Li instantly let go of Tsusuki as he tried to crawl over to the roses. That earned another kick to face. The dark angel yelped in pain as Tsusuki bent down to the angel's level and lifted his chin up.

"He doesn't love you." He told him darkly. "He only wants a good fuck from you since you play hard to get. I should know."

Pale hands traveled across the dark angel's body. Tsusuki touched all the places where he deliberately hit causing Li to flinch from his touch.

"Your body is undesirable. When he sees it, all the fake love he has will be gone completely. He's the type to only care for the body and not the soul."

"You're wrong!" Li shouted causing Tsusuki to jump back. "Isaak isn't like that! He's an idiot but…but…he's a good person deep down…he really is…"

Tsusuki slapped the angel a third time leaving a red mark on his face.

"Honesty, this Nazi probably brainwashed you into thinking he was good. If he's a good person, then why did he abandon you? If he's so great, why won't he swoop down and rescue the princess?"

"Shut up…"

"You're being deceived by them Lived! You can only trust me and only me! Everyone hates you for turning your back on them! They'll never forgive you for leaving!"

"No stop!" Li screamed as he covered his ears. "Get out of this room! I don't want to hear it!"

"Are you ordering me around?"

Tears were starting for form in Li's eyes as he tried to stare his master down. It was failing miserably. "This is my room…I won't let you do what you want…you monster…just go away…"

And that earned him a fourth slap to the face causing him to fall on his back. Tsusuki examined the boy's body again before he got on top of him.

"He probably hasn't kissed you." He said suddenly. "It's amazing how you turn out to be the naïve one of the two. Even Pit doesn't seem this innocent when you remove everything away."

The dark angel's eyes widened in horror when Tsusuki forced his tongue in his mouth. At this point, he didn't have the strength fight back anymore. Even though he should obey his master, he weakly struggled to break away. Every part of his body told him that this wasn't right. Even if Tsusuki hadn't touched him like this before, he should save his body for someone who really loved him. Someone like Isaak…

Tsusuki released the kiss as he got up preparing to leave the room. "If you don't set the security up in the palace, then we will continue where we left off after I get rid of all the interference of the outside world. You can bet that body will be put to good use."

As Tsusuki walked out the door, Li used the rest of his strength to get up and slam the door in his face making sure he heard it. His master kept walking away and that was what Li wanted. Slowly, Li made it back to the side of his bed as he grabbed the yellow feather. He sighed in relief that Tsusuki didn't burn it like the roses.

"Your body is undesirable. When he sees it, all the fake love he has will be gone completely. He's the type to only care for the body and not the soul."

"No…that isn't true…Isaak…is pure…unlike me…"

"Honesty, this Nazi probably brainwashed you into thinking he was good. If he's a good person, then why did he abandon you?"

"He didn't abandon me! Everyone told me that was the last thing on his mind…and I didn't listen…"

"If he's so great, why won't he swoop down and rescue the princess?"

"That's because I put him in this situation!"

Li couldn't hold his tears back anymore. Tsusuki's words were getting to him and no matter how much he rebutted against the arguments, he knew in the end that was still at fault. Everything just came back to him now. The heartache he felt for being abandoned, the hell he felt when hurting others, the horror he caused by letting Pit's dark side get the best of him and causing Angel Land to fall into a state of chaos because of his anger and not wanting to listen to their side of the story.

"I'm sorry everyone…" He apologized knowing no one would hear him. "I'm really stupid…"

He continued to sob as he pulled the yellow feather closed to him. Shivering from the cold he continued to mumble the name of the angel whose feather he held close to his heart.

"Isaak…Isaak…I'm so sorry…please save me…"

He knew his calls wouldn't be heard. Isaak was only a feather now and feathers wouldn't lend you their shoulder to cry on. They were too light and would only break apart if it was attempted.

Unknown to him, someone was in his room and witnessed the whole thing. That someone was going to be the last push that Li needed in the right direction.

Me: TBC with 8963 words.

Li: I hate you.

Me: Yeah…it took me a while to finish it. After all the crap that happened on this website from censorship to backstabbing, losing motivation and people being a bitch about the story on Tumblr at the mention of using Li instead of Pittoo, it would be hard for you too. You know how hard it is to gain motivation in fear that the story will be removed? I'm doing my best to back it up, but 41 chapters is so much...and I should give these people a piece of my mind. This story was written before Uprising came out, so whatever personality Dark Pit has now is just speculation up until his true personality was concerned…not like Li doesn't act like this in the Japanese version given in the Japanese version of the game, he's a tsundere contrast to the American version being a lone wolf, bad boy. Notes!

1. So that's the spoiler of Radiant Future. Shinon is of an angel heritage and it's bad luck than anything else given that he got screwed over. Kind of hard to write that he was raped in his backstory when the rating of the website is screwing you over to what you can write and what you can't write, so I had to find a way around it in this chapter…and I had to tone down the scene with Tsusuki too, but I'm trying to limit the rapes in this story…and I think I did a good job with just implying them so M story it is.

2. Angel of Heaven's Thunder is supposed to imply Shinon is an angel as said above but thunder because that's his affinity in Fire Emblem in both games.

3. The Hewdraw is based on the one from Uprising. I was planning on it not talking but I think that the Hewdraw was this annoying when Pit fought him originally as a kid. However, the Hewdraw isn't as powerful as the one from Uprising given that it dies from an epic falcon punch, but the game shows that if you shoot the heads off, they can survive on their own. Not here though because Tsusuki brought them back to life, not Hades.

4. Get up on the Hewdraw's back...yeah...everyone knows where that joke came from. If you don't, you're behind. XD

5. I couldn't debate whether or not to parody Captain Falcon's epic falcon punch from the anime or go Mortal Kombat on the Hewdraw and punch a whole through it's body. I went with the former because I prefer the comedy to lighten the tension instead of gore…and then the rating system again.

So now there's only one more angel to save (Aqua) and then they can go to Palutena's palace. It's funny that now that I have a huge cast of angels, I want to bring them all in, but it's impossible. However, did you notice that someone helped Rolf out? That was one of the royal bodyguard's that wasn't captured. Can you figure out who it is? It's pretty damn obvious though just from looking at my profile and seeing who would be able to help from the shadows and/or use his magic to go invisible temporary. Reviews are appreciated. I'm going to do my very best to finish this story before I start college. I swear if this story gets removed before I even have a chance to backup and save everything, I'm going to be pissed. Anyway, Li is moping in a corner, so I have to cheer him up, ja ne!