Author's Note: I would like to thank S_Dragon for constantly urging me to write this chapter. xD I allowed him to bring yet ANOTHER of his character to this story, so the new guy obviously doesn't belong to me. It suits the theme of the Great Seas very well. ;)
Also…action scene is a MUST in an SSBB fic. I'm just trying to stick with tradition. xD I'm trying to appeal to a variety readers in this story. I want a bit of everything. ;) I hope you guys enjoy the story! ^^ I know you guys missed the humor. xD
Chapter 13: A New Ally
The Great Seas
"Good walks the land, evil lurks the land. Without one, the other ceases to exist. It is best if neither exists to keep the world safe."
These words echoed in the mind of Leaf's group as they continued to explore the ruins. There were many carvings on the wall, each telling a unique story. None of the stories caught their attention though, yet the group continued to scan the wall for anything of interest.
Out of curiosity, Lucario turned on his "aura vision." He saw a ghostly blue shape around each of everyone's body, which symbolized a good aura. He closely examined each aura and noticed something strange. One aura, stood out amongst the other. It was slightly more lucid. The lucid aura belonged to Jigglypuff.
The aura, as Lucario recalled, did not stood out on Jigglypuff. It was normal like everyone else's. Lucario continued to look at Jigglypuff, until he caught her attention.
"What is it Lucario?" she asked.
"Oh nothing," Lucario bluntly replied.
Jigglypuff turned back and continued to look at the carvings.
"What's wrong Lucario?" asked Sword, noticing Lucario's dazed look.
Lucario shook his head and walked up to Sword and Blade. "I was looking at Jigglypuff's aura. Her aura is much brighter in this place. It's not at the same magnitude of the pure hearts of course, but it's still very strange."
"Really?"
"What is that supposed to mean?" questioned Blade.
"I don't really understand myself. All I can assume is that Jigglypuff's aura is just stronger in this place. There is much more to this place than I expected," said Lucario.
Jigglypuff stopped in front of a room. A tape labeled "do not enter" blocked the entry. Jigglypuff looked at the room, but only the darkness could be seen. She felt a tingling sensation all over her body, as if something was trying to attract her to that room. It happened every time she passes the room, but she walked away as usual. Lucario observed her action.
In Lucario's vision, Jigglypuff's aura was being pulled to the dark room. Once Jigglypuff was by Leaf's side, Lucario walked up to the dark room. He observed the room in his aura vision. There was nothing. Lucario rubbed his chin, thinking of a possible explanation, but only to be interrupted.
"There's nothing interesting in that room," said Leaf.
"I know…" coldly replied Lucario.
"What room?" asked Sword, stepping in between Leaf and Lucario.
"Oh, that dark room is off limits. I think it's because there is nothing interesting in that room," explained Leaf.
"Why don't we find out for ourselves? They can be hiding something as far as I know. There HAS to be something in that room," said Sword, staring at the room. "I just get a strange feeling from that room…"
"Me too…" replied Blade.
"But we can't break the rules!" shouted Leaf.
"Well, adventuring requires some rule breaking. Let's just go. I doubt we're gonna get caught," said Sword.
"Okay…"
Sword led the group into the dark room. Leaf turned on her flashlight, pointing to a picture of a Dusknoir. Jigglypuff read through the text below the painting. "Evil once ruled over the land. Good fights off the evil, only for them to return."
I think that Dusknoir was evil," Leaf inferred.
Sword stared closely at the Dusknoir and spotted a small dark heart. "It's the chaos heart!" he shouted. The group immediately rushed to him.
"You're right!" gasped Jigglypuff.
"So…they existed in this planet too," mumbled Blade.
"That means that somewhere in this planet is a pure heart!"cried out Sword. "We have to go tell the others! This is a major breakthrough!"
"Hold on a sec," said Jigglypuff. She continued to read through the text. "The people had enough of the war between the good and evil, so they removed their power. The good and evil no longer exists."
"Oh my!" gasped Leaf.
"They removed the pure heart and chaos heart's powers…"
Sword lowered his head. "I guess there is no pure heart in this planet."
Blade walked up to Sword. "Hey, at least there is no chaos heart. We should actually be glad!"
"But there are no pure hearts anymore. The last two are cursed! What if Tabuu comes back! We can't destroy a chaos heart! The cursed pure hearts will be too miserable to do anything!"
Jigglypuff held Sword's hand. "Calm down, Sword. It's not a big deal. Tabuu isn't going to come back."
She continued to read through until she found a picture of a Jigglypuff. "The good may have helped, but it has not helped enough. We have to remove the good in order to remove the evil. The balance remains in place."
"Whoa! The pure heart used to be a Jigglypuff! Now that's awesome!" shouted Sword. He looked at Jigglypuff. "Hey, do you think that pure heart was your ancestor?"
Jigglypuff giggled. "What will be the chance?"
"Well, well…look who we have here," said a threatening voice. Everyone turned their head to the strange man standing by the door.
Sword pointed to Blade. "It was his idea!"
"Hey!"
Leaf stepped in front. "I'm so sorry sir! We were just really curious. I promise that we'll get out! Please forgive us!" she shouted nervously.
"I heard you mention pure and chaos hearts…" said the man in an unusually cold voice.
"Please…I don't wanna get out of the chocolate river," mumbled Link, moving frequently on the bed. He drooled on the pillow that he hugged tightly.
Yoshi slammed the door to the wall and shouted:
"Guys! Wake up! An island is being attacked by a pirate ship!"
Link jumped up from his bed and glared at Yoshi. "Can't you see I'm trying to get some damn sleeps!" He pulled his pillow over his head.
"Say what!" shouted Toony. He jumped out of his bed and ran toward the deck. He skidded to a halt as soon as he saw SD knocking on Tetra's door. Tetra opened the door and crossed her arms.
"Exactly what is going on!"
Falco wearily walked in between Tetra and SD. He yawned, "What is going on…?"
"Guess Yoshi woke you up, good! We got pirates to deal with!" said SD.
"It's too damn early in the morning to be kicking asses!" Link complained.
The rest of the Smashers rushed to the deck, with Link being the last to arrive. The island continued to be bombarded by the pirates. Toony's eyes grew wide at the disastrous scene. He tightened his fist and slammed it on the rail.
"That's my home land!" shouted the young swordsmen.
SD looked at Toony. "We better do something about those-"
"Tetra! Get the ship to my island faster!" interrupted Toony. He glared at the pirate ship, wanting to jump out of the boat and swim to the island himself.
SD was surprised. "Wait, you mean that's Toony's island?"
Tetra sighed. "I'm afraid so." She stood next to Toony and placed her hand on his shoulder. "Calm down, Toony. We'll get there. I'm sure everyone evacuated. Now can you just change the wind's direction so we can get there faster?"
"Sure…" mumbled Toony.
"DO IT NOW!" roared Tetra.
"Damn you! Does it look like I can do it in one second!" Toony took out the Wind Waker and waved it like a conductor's baton. The wind shifted toward the island.
SD looked at Yoshi. "This will be a good chance to see how well your training is coming. You ready?"
"My first battle with a sword already…? I'm kinda nervous."
SD withdrew his sword. "I'll be right by your side, promise."
"You can do it, brother!" cheered Yellow from above. She was standing on the crow's nest with Bowser Jr. by her side. She took out her bow and prepared to make aim. Bowser Jr. blew fire onto the tip of the arrow.
"Thanks," said Yellow.
"Yoshi," began Meta Knight. "I know you will do fine. Everyone is here to back you up. This should be a simple battle."
Close by, another ship was heading towards the pirates. At the helm of the ship was a dark green yoshi wearing a red bandana, brown pirate boots, and a belt that held a piston. In his hand was a large, anchor-like sword.
"Damnit! Another pirate ship!" shouted Toony as soon as he took sight of the other ship. He quickly withdrew his sword.
"Wait…I know that ship!" shouted SD.
The ship opened fire at the enemy pirates. Toony was in shock. He faced SD with a confused expression. "Huh? It's attacking the other pirates? You know the ship?"
"I sure do! Come on! Now's our chance to strike!"
Tetra's ship approached the enemy pirate ship. As soon as the two ships were side by side, Toony jumped to the other ship and clashed his sword with another pirate's sword.
On the allied pirate ship, a koopa in pirate uniform ran up to the pirate yoshi. "Captain Tide! That other ship is striking the pirates at close range!" The Yoshi nodded. The cannons ceased fire and the ship approached the enemy ship.
Yellow shot the flaming arrow at an enemy pirate. The pirate was struck and his clothing caught fire. He jumped into the water to douse the fire. Bowser Jr. and Yellow hi-fived.
Yoshi took out his sword and jumped onto the enemy ship. "I'm ready!"
SD followed Yoshi onto the ship. He slashed an approaching pirate. The allied ship arrived at the battle scene.
"Alright! Guard the ship while I go over!" commanded the yoshi captain. He and two Toads jumped onto the enemy ship and joined in the battle.
Link noticed the new comers. "Who the hell are you guys?"
"Never mind that now! Just help with these pirates and find their captain!" shouted the yoshi. He began to slash the pirates that attempted to attack him.
"Fine!" Link began to slash other pirates. The other Smashers joined in the battle, with the swordsmen leading the battle.
Bowser and Ganondorf were in the middle of the poopdeck, playing a game of chess. The two villains were deeply concentrated in their game. They stared at the chess pieces hoping to figure out one another's move. A single move they make will affect the entire game. They had to plan carefully or it will immediately back fire, yet they never know when their opponent will come up with a strategy that will get them even closer to their goal than before.
"If only you were that dedicated to defeating the Smashers," said Vincent.
"Hey! You shut up! We happen to like chess a lot so **** of!" shouted Bowser.
Vincent sighed and walked away. "Those are just idiots," he said to himself.
Bowser looked at Ganondorf's chess piece. "You're good man, you're very good, but guess what? YOU LOSE! HAHAHA!" Bowser's rook jumped over Ganondorf's king, causing the game to end.
Ganondorf's jaw dropped. "Awww….damn you Bowser."
"I'm the master of chess, what can I say?"
"More like the master of taking shit," coughed out King Dedede.
"What was that!" roared Bowser.
"Well who else stunk up the bathroom? You were the last one to come out."
"Hey, everyone does it once in a while. I'm surprised no one blamed Wario this time since it's usually him screwing up the bathroom."
"Wario is taking a nap," said Wolf.
While the villains continued to argue, Vincent sighed in the background. He was standing by the hull of the ship looking down at the water.
"Sometimes I just wish I can put myself out my misery, but maybe after I get the job done for those losers," sighed Vincent.
Vincent immediately caught a football that was about to strike his head.
"Heads up Vincent!" shouted Bowser.
"Hey man, you're too late," said Wolf.
Vincent turned around and threw the football at Bowser's uncomfortable spot. The black yoshi smirked and turned around. Bowser dropped to the floor.
"Damn you Vincent!" shouted Bowser, wincing in pain.
"Ewww….that must have hurt," said Wolf.
"YOU THINK! That little asshole…"
SD was by Yoshi's side as they fought off their attackers. "Out of the way!" shouted the scarred red yoshi as he smashed a pirate into another. "Yoshi, how are you holding up?"
"Ack!" cried out Yoshi, dodging yet another close strike. "So far it's not easy!"
"Just keep it up! I got your back!" SD stood close to Yoshi. He shot a fireball at a pirate far off. "We better find their captain, once he's taken care of, the rest will be easy!"
"Alright!" replied Yoshi. He slashed an incoming pirate before running ahead in search of the captain.
"! Didn't think you were here!" shouted the yoshi captain.
"Tideshi! We'll catch up later! Come on!" shouted SD. He and Tideshi soon followed Yoshi and Toony.
Yoshi looked around. His eyes quickly caught sight of a large hefty pirate exiting the door. The pirate held a sword much longer than the other pirates. Yoshi knew he was the captain of the ship. As soon as Toony spotted the captain, he ran towards him with his sword raised in the air.
"!" ordered Tideshi. "You and that young one hold the pirate off. I'll help the kid with the captain!" He fired a quick shot from his pistol, hitting one of the pirates attempting to attack Yoshi.
Toony flipped back and held his sword in front. "Why the hell did you attack my island!" demanded the young swordsman, glaring at the captain.
"Why should you care, you little kid! I can do whatever I want!" retorted the pirate, before swinging his large sword at Toony.
"Back off matey!" shouted Tideshi, blocking the attack with his own sword. "From one captain to another, take your crew and go, or else!"
"Why should me and my crew go away? Why don't YOU back off!" The pirate captain swung his sword at Tideshi. Tideshi ducked. "So be it…to an icy grave you go!" he shouted. A freezing mist surrounded Tideshi's sword and he slashed the pirate. The captain's body began to freeze.
Toony gasped. "How did you do that?"
Tideshi gave no reply. He fired his pistol all of a sudden, flying over Toony's head. The bullet struck a pirate behind Yoshi. Yoshi turned around and waved. "Thanks!"
During the short moment of distraction, the pirate captain snuck behind Tideshi. Toony jumped forward and slashed the captain, but the Yoshi had already been slashed by the powerful sword. Toony ran to the Yoshi's side. "Are you okay?"
Tideshi was still standing, but with a terrible cut on his back. "Agh, yeah…thanks kid."
Toony ran up to the captain and spun around, only to clash with the captain's sword. He flipped back and thrust his shield at the captain. The captain stumbled, allowing Toony to jump up and slash the captain from above.
"Yoshi! Hold them off! I got something in store for them!" shouted SD. His sword glowed in a blue light. "Time to wash you away…Aqua wave!" A small wave of water struck most of the pirates around him and Yoshi. Both yoshis were unaffected by the attack.
"Whoa nice one SD!" exclaimed Yoshi.
Tideshi rejoined Toony in battle. "Give it up matey! You're being outclassed here!" he shouted to the captain. The captain's attack were all being dodged by the yoshi.
"Yeah! Or you're gonna go down!" added Toony. He swiftly dodged another attack by the captain and countered with his own. The captain cursed under his breath, while Toony tauntingly stuck out his tongue.
"You win this time…" said the captain. "Retreat my crew!"
"Stop stealing my quite you people! I'm getting tired of this!" angrily shouted Toony.
All of the pirates retreated.
Ah…like father like son…I gotta admire their personality. They're really outgoing and annoying, yet they're very pensive when on their own. I'm speaking of Bowser and Bowser Jr. of course. Those two characters' personalities are growing on me. ;.; It's like as the story progress they become more mature. This is the last story, so that is my goal. ;)
Link is a different story….don't worry, he'll get his moment too. ;)
I hope you guys enjoy the story! ^^