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Requested by 23Blenders

prompt: conversation and thinking with Pittoo and Palutena

This isn't Pity

By: Firehedgehog

Dark Pit would admit that Palutena made him a bit nervous, he was Pits other half and represented Pits darker thoughts.. which were sadly very little other then flight jealousy and giving the mirror very little to work with.

He had all of Pits memories, since before that day there had been no separation between him and his other. In fact to his annoyance there still wasn't much separation between them, during the three years Pits body had gone around as the chaos kins toy he'd found out a few things about there connection.

If Pit died, he would definitely die. Pit had most of the soul between them, if he died his soul would slingshot back to Pit and would either merge completely or leave the poor angel with Multiple personality disorder... of this didn't count already.

He found he depended on being able to feel the others self, and now and then he'd feel Pits emotions and sometimes reflections of Pits injuries. Through this he knew that Pit loved him, loved him even with his darker shades of coloring and didn't see him as an abomination.

How could he hate someone when he could always feel their love around him like a cocoon? Yet... the Goddess Palutena worried him, for while he had Pits memories from there splitting he had no idea what she thought and she had thought him an abomination when he was first created.

"I'm surprised to see you here, its a wonderful day outside," a voice said, Dark Pit blinked from where he was reading in the library where Pit or himself rarely went.

"Its a rest day, even Pit is sleeping," Dark Pit responded, seeing that it was the Goddess Palutena herself in her usual style of dress.

"I know, he was in the kitchen earlier getting burgers," Palutena grinned, Dark Pit rolled his eyes. Pit lived off meat, but he found himself liking salads a bit more then his other half.

Dark Pit stayed silent and frowned a bit when the green haired woman sat in the chair across him, for once her smile wasn't as wide as usual.

"Do you dislike me?" she asked a bit sadly, he looked at her shocked.

"What.. no.. just no," Dark Pit said shocked, for while he may be annoyed by the cheerful attitude sometimes he didn't dislike her.

"I was wondering, since you seem to avoid me," She said softly.

"I do not wish your Pity," Dark Pit said quietly, with a start the Goddess stared at him.

"I don't do Pity Dark Pit," she said seriously.

"You didn't call me Pittoo," he said surprised.

"I know you don't like it, but your always so serious compared to Pit and need to be teased now and then. Mind you, it would help if you chose a name other then Dark Pit," she sighed, and he felt a sudden terror at that thought. It was bad enough to be a part of a soul torn from its main part, but to change his name driving even more a wedge between his other half.

He couldn't do it, not that he would ever admit to what his reasons were.

"No thank you, I am who I am," he finally said, Palutena nodded.

"I owe you an apology, if I knew you were more then a mirror construct at the mirror i would have not have called you an abomination. You have a pure soul, even if it seems a slightly darker shade since you were born through the mirror. Do you want to know why I don't hate darkness, even though i fight the underworld when it goes past its allowed boundaries?" she asked.

"That... would be helpful," he said faintly.

"Gods and Goddesses are born from the universe, and nothing is one sided unless they make it that way. I am the Goddess of light and i am not one sided, like mortals say there can not be light without darkness. There is balance, and even gods have balance. I guide the mortals with gentle light," she said, then sighed.

"And smash the monsters with Pit to protect them," Dark pit responded.

"True, but i also have another function as light... one i haven't had to use in thankfully in a thousand years. I am the gentle light of guidance, but I am also the searing hot light that smites the faithless by the millions if the universe calls for it," she said in a very quiet voice, and he stared her in shock.

"You... smite.." he said in shock, he really couldn't see it.

"Long ago, and i hope to never again to take that duty up. Yet.. it will happen, just hopefully far far away," Palutena said, then got up.

"As i said I don't do pity Dark Pit, for while you are a literally version of a dark side I have a dark side too... its just not visible," Palutena said, and walked away.

Dark Pit still didn't know what to think of the Goddess, but from there on he didn't avoid her.

END