I don't own anything but the fanfic and anything original, no matter how much I'd love to own kid Icarus Uprising.
This takes place after withered but somewhere before Grounded :D
Innocence
By: Firehedgehog
There was no sound, no movement... but something caught his eyes.
Quickly Dark landed and headed across an abandoned farm land, finally he got to where whatever it was... well was.
It was small, dirty.. and alive.
A thin wail filled the air.
"A baby, a human baby," Dark said, bewildered for the human hatchling was much too young to be without there parent.
There were no other humans nearby, and just by looking at the small fragile being he knew it had been abandoned.
"I'm sure Palutena won't mind you about till we find you a new home and family," Dark said, and spread his wings.
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"Aw... so cute," Pit said as dark brought the small mortal hatchling to Palutena.
"A human baby, that's a strange thing to bring here," the green haired goddess said, taking the hatching from him, she peered down into the disgruntled face, which was dirty and much to thin and tiny to be healthy.
'Baby, ah.. right. That's what humans call there hatchlings' Dark thought.
"It was abandoned," Dark said.
"It it a girl, first thing first. You go give her a careful bath while Pit gets Milk," Palutena said, Dark blinked as she passed him back.
"But I don't know anything about human babies," Dark protested.
"Don't worry, its easy! I'll go grab some supplies for babies," Palutena said wandering off.
"But..." Dark protested.
A disgusting smell came from the babies swaddled bottom.
"Gah, what in Hades!" he cried, Pit smartly fled.
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Somehow, just somehow Dark manages to get the baby clean and dump the gunk ridding swaddle into the trash. Of course, she then peed on him.
Human babies.. were evil.
Pit arrived when he had her wrapped in a fresh towel, smirking the brunette passed him a bottle of milk. A bottle too hot, so the hungry baby was unhappy she had to wait.
Of course, she then threw up on him.
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"Doesn't she look adorable," Palutena gushed, the baby was diapered, in a baby pyjama toga and cooing happily from her bottle.
"Yeah..." Dark said, if he hadn't been peed on and barfed on she would be.
"Um.. where will she sleep?" Pit asked.
"She and Dark will be sleeping in the guestroom nearest my room, I have everything set up there," Palutena told them.
"Wait, why am I looking after her," Dark protested.
"Dark, you picked her up. So you'll be looking after her till we find a family for her," Palutena said smiling.
"Oh..." Dark said, while swearing inside his head.
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During that night, Dark soon learned what all parents learned.
What is this thing you call sleep.
Sleep, sleep is for the weak.
And the crying, the diaper changes.. it never ended.
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Next morning Dark sat down to eat with dark circles under his eyes, the baby was asleep and looking angelic.
She was more a demon of Hades.
"Beautiful day," Pit said cheerfully.
"Perfect time to catch up on things," Palutena chirped.
"Whats your plan today Dark?" Pit asked. "Dark?" Pit said again when he didn't get an answer.
Dark snored face first into his breakfast.
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"We can't keep calling her baby," Palutena said, the baby had been there for a week and Dark was finally adjusting to the babies weird sleep patterns.
"A name huh..." Dark said looking at the baby, she was cooing from a blanket in the floor.
He looked at the baby, who at the moment was in his arms. She smiled at him, and he found himself smiling back.
"Hope, her name is hope," he told her.
At that moment Hope took his finger, and stared at him with big huge eyes.
He swore he felt like he was melting inside.
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Life seemed to move at a slower pace for Dark, his life seemed to revolve along Hope.
The baby human drove him crazy up the wall some nights, but her sleeping patterns were finally getting better.
He wanted to scream since his life was on hold (welcome to parenthood Dark), but then she'd look at him with huge eyes and he'd melt. Who needed a shower, pffft... not him.
And then...
Well...
He always knew a mortal human child couldn't stay.
They found a family for her.
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"The family has two children already, two boys. They found out they couldn't have more children, and were delighted at the thought of another child," Palutena said cheerfully.
"Oh.." Dark said simply.
"Dark.." Pit said sadly, he looked at his brother. "You know sooner or later you\d have to say goodbye."
"I didn't expect to get sop attached," Dark said.
They took the chariot, since the baby was so young.
The house Palutena took them to was connected to a farm, where two small kids could be seen playing. By the barn they could see the parents watching the two children, people who would become Hope's parents.
"I need a moment with Hope alone," Dark finally said, they peered at him and nodded. The dark angel found himself alone, except for little Hope who looked at him with her big eyes.
"This isn't goodbye you know," he told her, she cooed at him.
"I'm going to visit you, it doesn't matter how good a parent they are. Your mine... you got one guardian angel kid... not many can say that," Dark told her, she laughed and spit bubbles.
"I'm going to miss you kid," Dark said, he hadn't realized how much it was going to hurt to say goodbye.
"Good luck Hope," Dark whispered kissing her on her forehead, then pulling himself together he started walking to where two humans were waiting hopefully.
END