"Welcome to the town of Ḍijani!" a blonde tour guide said. "We are most known for randomly bursting into song at no apparent time! Most of the time it's from a musical, but sometimes it's from a Disney movie!"
"Wow amazing!" Shulk said smiling. "Do you guys arrange the flash mobs or what?"
Looking at Shulk, used to make Lucina feel warm and happy. But now, she felt devastated. It's not fair. Why did it have to be him? She remembered Mist's words.
He's lucky he's so young. She had said. Otherwise, it would be harder for him to recover. But if he doesn't get treatment soon, he'll die in the next 4 or 5 years.
"We arrange them all by ourselves!" The tour guide said proudly.
"Eh. I already knew that" Hoopa said. "So do you guys take hostages?
"Wha-what! I don't know what you're talking about!" The tour guide said her face turning red.
"HOOPA" Lucina said while slapping him.
"Oh you immature brutes!" The tour guide said. "You're the second person to ask this. Really the nerve!"
"We are?" Shulk asked picking up the monado. He winced for a minute like it was too heavy for him, then shook it off.
The tour guide nodded. "An annoying, quiet and stuck up Sheikah came here just the other day looking for her princess. She said she had traveled far, across many dimensions. She's resting here right now."
"Take us to her." Lucina said. There's supposed to be a person being held captive in the cave around her. Maybe it's Zelda.
"Alright" the tour guide said. "I'll take you to her. But" she held out her hand. "I'll need some coin."
Hoopa opened a ring and a bunch of gold fell out of it. "Is this enough?" he asked.
The tour guides eyes grew wide. "Come right this way."
Ten minutes later.
"She's staying in here." The tour guide said. She poked her head into the dorm. "MISS IMPA. YOU HAVE SOME VISTORS WHO CLAIM TO KNOW STUFF ABOUT THE PRISONERS!"
"Why did you bring them directly to my room?" A voice said angrily. "Isn't that against the code of conduct?"
"I'm sorry about that." The tour guide said. "But they had gold and…"
"That's enough." A women pushed the tour guide out of the way and stepped outside. "I'll take it from here Lili." The women had white hair that was pulled into a pony tail, and a sword fighting uniform.
"But… if there's going to be a fight I want to perpetrate" Lili said. "I'm quite a good fighter and…"
"I said that's enough." Impa said. "I already know you're a good fighter, but I need to talk to the princess alone."
"How did you know I was a princess?" Lucina asked.
"I can see the crown." Impa said. "And I'm guess the blonde is the commoner you're crushing on, and the creature is your pet."
"WHAT!" Hoopa and Shulk screamed at the same time.
Impa laughed. "Anyways come on in. Not you Lili."
"Fine." Lili said flipping her hair. "I'll save my hand to hand combat skills for someone who'll appreciate them!" She stormed out looking angry.
"Forgive her." Impa said. "To go from a strong fighter from the tekken series to a simple tour guide in order to stay hidden has taken quite a toll on her. Anyways my name is Impa. I am the guard of Princess Zelda, who has traveled over countless realms to find her."
"My name is Lucina." Lucina said. "The two warriors you see with are my retainers. The tall blonde is Shulk, heir to the monado and the strange looking creature is Hoopa, god of portals."
"Wow." Impa said. "What a strange team. Anyways, come on in."
As the trio walked in, they all gasped in awe. "Wow." Lucina breathed.
The house had pale blue walls decorated with pictures of various characters from musicals and Disney movies. A small oak table with many chairs was in the middle.
"Why do you sound so surprised?" Impa asked. "I'm sure you've seen way better than this, being royalty and all."
"Not where I come from." Lucina marveled sitting down. Shulk and Hoopa followed her lead.
"Now listen." Impa said. "I wouldn't trust you if this wasn't so important. Tell me what you know and tell you the information I have."
Lucina took a deep breath. "Our enemy is a goddess known as Yveltal, who has four cronies with paint on faces working for her. She also has an either fighting force, led by a star warrior called Galaxia Knight, who has 3 admins." She turned to Hoopa. "You fought them yesterday, if I can remember correctly."
Hoopa nodded. "In the end they defeated us, even when I summoned Latias. Let's just say, the dragon girl is strong."
"That's right!" Shulk said. "She fights with dragon type pokemon. And I heard from Ike, third wields a katana and is fiercely protective of his younger sister!" Shulk's face grew pale a second after he said that.
"Is there something wrong?" Lucina asked.
"N-nothing! He just sounds exactly like a friend of mine, that's all!" Shulk exclaimed.
"Also." Lucina added. "We have a map telling us where the prisoners are." She held it up and Impa looked at it in shock. "There is one at Curinay cave. We don't know who it is though."
"So I was right." Impa said her eyes wide. "Someone is in that cave. All right. I'll tell you the trails you have to face."
"How do you know them?" Hoopa asked.
"I overheard two of the goons with drawn on faces talking about them." Impa said. "Basically the jist of it all is this. Each prison has one guard. Once you defeat the guard, you move on but only if one person fights them. If more than one person attacks, then the whole prison explodes, killing you and the person inside."
"Tricky." Shulk said. "So it's only one person at a time? And anyone else attacking means certain death?"
"Precisely." Impa said. "I was going to attack them but it didn't seem smart. After that they started talking about eliminating bacteria and ripping off the wings of someone named Pitty-pat. I didn't get it one bit."
Shulk quickly turned to Lucina. "I think he was talking about Pit!"
Lucina nodded. "It sure sounds like it. We'll have to warn him right away when we get back."
"Anyways" Hoopa opened a ring. "We better be going. Bye Impa!"
"Goodbye." Impa said. "And good luck."
Ten minutes later…
"I wonder why Impa choose not to come." Shulk said.
"Probaly because she didn't trust us." Lucina said. "I wonder if we should have told her we knew Zelda."
"Eh. She probably would have gotten even more supsious of you two." Hoopa mused while munching on a donut.
Shulk tilted his head. "Why do you always eat those?"
"Because I can." Hoopa said taking another bite. "You must know how good these are!"
"I've actually never had one." Shulk admitted.
"WHAT!" Hoopa screamed.
"SSSHHH" Lucina said. "The enemy will hear us!"
But it was too late.
A man who looked like Captain Falcon jumped out from the shadows. He wore a blue jumpsuit with red gloves and rainbow trimmed glasses. He smiled.
"Greetings! No need to be in awe! I know you're meeting you're childhood hero, but don't just stare at me!"
"Um… who are you?" Lucina asked.
"WHA! You mean you've never heard of Captain Rainbow?" Captain Rainbow exclaimed.
"Doesn't exactly ring a bell." Shulk said.
"OH! I know who you are!" Hoopa said while finishing his donut. "You're that guy from that TV show no one watches anymore! Don't worry guys. I've got this."
" Are you certain?" Lucina asked.
"Hey, I'm the one who got us into this. Let me get us out!" Hoopa held up a ring. "Come on out! Rayquaza! Guardian of the skies!"
A green haired women wearing a samurai outfit stepped out of the ring. "You better have a damn good reason for summoning me during Bingo night." She looked at captain Rainbow and smiled. "Oh, I get it. Let's make this quick shall we? DRAGON ASCENT!" she screamed while lunging at Captain Rainbow who screamed in agony as sharp claws entered his neck. He collapsed as blood poured out of the gashes, turning into a thick scarlet pool. From his blood a golden door appeared.
"HEY!" Hoopa screamed. "THAT WAS BARELY A FIGHT! ITS JUST PLAIN LAZY, YOU IDOIT!"
"Hump." Rayquaza said. "If you wanted to make me into a TV show, you shouldn't have done it on Bingo night. Now if you excuse me." She stepped into the ring. "I have a trophy to win."
"OH YEAH!" Hoopa screamed. He turned around to face Lucina and Shulk. "Sorry guys. How about no summoning gods from now on."
"Good idea." Lucina said. "It's also a bit cheap if you ask me. Let's stick to the hard way. Now come on." Lucina opened the door. "Let's go in."
The trio walked in to find a man with bright red skin and flaming hair. Hoopa gagged the minute he saw the man.
"PYRRHON?" He gasped in shock.
"Hey there little dude." Pyrrhon said weakly. "It's good to see you. Can you please cut these chains for Pyrrhon?"
"Pyrrhon?" Shulk asked.
"The former god of the sun." Hoopa said. "Arceus got mad at him and replaced him with Solgeao a few months ago."
Lucina walked forwards and cut the chains in half. The god smiled. "Thank you lovely mortal girl! Thank you all! Now I have some business to take care of so stand back."
Lucina blinked. "What business?" she asked.
"Oh you know. Killing a mortal and a minor god. No biggie!" Pyrrhon exclaimed.
"You're not talking about us are you?" Shulk asked his skin growing pale.
"Of course Pyrrhon is!" the former sun god beamed. "FOOL! Did you really think I'd let you live after seeing me in such in embarrassing state! NEVER! Expect for you, my dear… what's your name girlie?"
"It's Lucina." She snapped.
"Expect for you my dear Lucina!" Pyrrhon said. "You are to come with me for all eternity and become Pyrrhon's queen!"
"WHAT!" Lucina, Shulk and Hoopa all exclaimed at the same time.
"Doesn't that sound awesome?"
"NO!" Lucina screamed. "NEVER! I'd rather die than marry you! Also why does everyone want to marry me nowadays? First King Stump and now YOU!"
"So you're answer is no now is it? WELL TO BAD!" Pyrrhon exclaimed. He snapped his fingers and all of a sudden a fire ball formed around Lucina preventing her from getting out.
"LUCY!" Shulk screamed. "You major gods are all the same aren't you? You don't care about anyone but yourselves!"
"Are you comparing me to Zanza?" Pyrrhon asked sounding bored.
"Yes he is!" Hoopa snarled. "Shadow ball!"
All of a sudden a force of dark energy reached out and hit Pyrrhon. He laughed.
"FOOLS! You really think you can defeat all of this awesome? COME AT ME!"
"BACKSLASH" Shulk screamed while swinging his blade at Pyrrhon who dodged.
"You're blade… it didn't cut deep enough!" Pyrrhon screamed.
"Quit copying Egil!" Shulk snarled.
"FLASH!" Hoopa screamed.
While they were battling Lucina began to think. Is this what being the damsel in distress feels like? Man it sucks. And what about Shulk. He has lung cancer. Fighting someone that burns as bright as Pyrrhon will only make things worse!
"HYYYEAH!" Shulk screamed.
The flame wall around Lucina started to cease. When it had fully vanished she saw Pyrrhon chopped in half. Blood poured out of him.
"LUCY!" Shulk screamed. He ran over and gave her a hug.
"SHULK!" Lucina yelled as she ran up and hugged him. He wrapped his arms around her and smiled.
"I'm so glad you're ACHOO! Okay" Shulk sniffed.
"Are you ok?" Lucina asked.
"I'm... Just… fine. Wow, I never thought I'd chop two gods in half. I hate killing, but it was necessary." Shulk said pulling her closer.
Butterflies started to form in Lucina's stomach as she hugged him back. Man. This feels so good. Oh Shulk. If only you knew how I felt about you.
Hoopa smiled. "I think I have a new OTP." He declared.
Meanwhile.
"I can't believe it." Yveltal hissed. "They actually discovered where I was keeping one of the prisoners. These runts are smarter than I thought."
"What are you going to do?" Tabbu asked.
"Well let me think." Yveltal smiled. "The one way to keep someone from winning a race is moving the finish line."
"What do you mean by that?" Tabuu asked with a smile.
"It means where taking more prisoners!" Yveltal declared. "Every single time they free one, we'll add one! Now. Is Darkrai to play her part?"
"Almost." Galaxia Knight mused. "Right now she's practicing a Disney song to sing to them when she is confronted."
Yveltal slapped her head. "Idiot. Well it doesn't matter. What matters is serving the great master! We will kill all of those mortals and when we do?"
"I will have finally avenged two of my dearest friends!"