Episode 25: Prankdial
"And this lovely room is the gaming room," Cloud told Aerith as he invited the flower girl and Cetra descendant over and gave her a guide through the Smash Mansion. Cloud has been noticeably different since the wedding, and many brawlers have taken notice; instead of acting apathetic, reclusive, and a bit of a loner, the swordsman has become more and more expressive and caring ever since he saw Aerith again. Perhaps the death of Aerith is what caused his previous demeanor to take shape - but he was like that prior to Aerith's death anyways. Maybe it was Zack Fair's death that done him in.
"It seems like this room fits your style," remarked Aerith, taking note of the billiard tables, bar stand (no alcoholic drinks are sold, due to the presence of minors), and the stage, where K.K. Slider sat on his stool playing his lovely guitar, and Jigglypuff singing without trying not to put anyone to sleep. The gaming room, at least to Aerith, is reminiscent of a bar, an establishment mostly frequented by bad, tough dudes, and Aerith feels that Cloud seamlessly fits the bad, tough dude mold.
"Eh, I don't think so. Don't go to this room that much, the loud noise level usually keeps me away."
Aerith: Cloud has been so sweet lately, almost as if I'm seeing a different version of him. He's never been so expressive before. The brawlers at the mansion are sweet too, but they keep asking me how I'm alive. Did I have a mysterious doppelganger that got killed or something?
"Yo, Cloud, your lady friend, is she single?" Captain Falcon called out to the swordsman, playing billiards with Takamaru. Dude's in for a rude awakening.
"She's with me," responded Cloud, doing his best to explain Aerith's relationship status to Falcon without having to give up the racer's hopes. Captain Falcon literally asked every female guest out at the wedding (they had to be at the appropriate age) and he forgot to ask out Aerith, whom he never saw with Cloud.
"...Yes, I can see that's she with you, but is she single?"
"I'm sorry, kind sir, but Cloud and I have started dating...so I'm no longer single. Sorry about that."
"It was worth a shot..." Captain Falcon sighed as he took out his list of girls, and scratched off Aerith's name, which was directly under Tifa's name (also scratched out). That list is becoming more pathetic with each and every name added to it.
Captain Falcon: Out of all my failed attempts to ask a single girl out, my attempt with Tifa Lockhart was the absolute worst. I just asked the chick if she wanted to hang out after the wedding, and she sucker punched me out of nowhere, giving me a bloody nose in the process. Don't even know why I considered asking her out in the first place, she's way too strong for my tastes. In any relationship, the man should be stronger than the woman, and not the other way around!...Am I gonna get in trouble for saying that? Please don't tell Peach and the others...
"Falcon don't worry, find girls you will soon!" Takamaru encouraged the racer, knowing that his fortunes may turn around one day. Whenever that day comes remains to be seen.
"Is he...speaking in Engrish?" Aerith asked Cloud concerning the nature of Takamaru's English. The language lessons Ike holds with the guy doesn't seem to be working. "Granted he is Japanese and may not be that much familiar with the English language, but still..."
"He speaks in Engrish all the time," explained Cloud. "Ike is giving him some lessons in English, and as you can see, no significant progress has been made."
"Perhaps Ike isn't the right teacher," Aerith has a great point, why would anyone want to learn from an overconfident loser who is implied to have imaginary friends? None of the brawlers have yet to see the dude's "friends"! "A great teacher is one who is nurturing to their pupil...and I don't believe isn't nurturing enough."
"Are you implying that you want to serve as Takamaru's English teacher?" Cloud suddenly grew weary and cautious, and his concerns increased when Aerith eagerly nodded his head. "Well I'm not so sure about that, Takamaru is a real piece of work..."
"No harm in giving it a try!" Aerith smiled. Her desire to teach Takamaru isn't doing much to lower Cloud's doubts.
As he dusted the dust off of the dresser in his room, Mario suddenly found a picture frame lying atop of it. He picked up the frame, and smiled as he looked at it - it was a picture of him, Luigi, Peach, and Daisy posing at the wedding. Daisy is now Mario's sister-in-law, and he never thought the day would have come. Granted, he knew Luigi would wind up Daisy sometime soon, but this is all so surreal for Mario.
"Mario, may I speak with you for a quick minute?" Geno entered the plumber's room, having to deliver some important news or information. "It's about Luigi and Daisy, and their housing plans."
"Take as long-a as you need!" replied Mario, putting the picture frame back. "I can always-a go for some house hunting! Perhaps Peach can join-a me in my escapades!" In his spare time, Mario has done some house hunting for Luigi up until the wedding, and he can always go back for some more...
"Luigi and Daisy want to know if it would be fine with you if they could live together in the mansion."
...and just like that, Mario's gleeful ambition to go house hunting again quickly turned to confusion and discouraged. Confused because he feels that the mansion is not a suitable place for Daisy to live in, and discouraged because he really loves house hunting, so much he thought about having his own house show on HGTV until Master Hand had to knock some sense in him.
Mario: Daisy living at the mansion-a is a HUGE no-no! Now Luigi, I don't-a mind, he's used-a to everyone here. But Daisy, oh Daisy, she would-a have a tough time adjust to life-a here. Like for-a instance, Wario - he feels-a that the wedding was just an attention grab-a for Luigi, and that Luigi plans-a to divorce Daisy, when he feels satisfied-a with the attention he accrued. Wario's already buying flowers-a and chocolate as I speak...
"What-a on earth is Luigi thinking?" frowned Mario, not wanting Daisy to live in the mansion by any means. Sure, she can come over and visit, but her living at the residence would by psychologically damaging, in Mario's eyes. "Who on-a earth would want to live-a with their married spouse in a mansion full-a of people?!"
"Remember that show Everybody Loves Raymond?" asked Geno. "The main character, and his wife and kids, lived together with his parents and older brother. Same thing could be applied to Luigi and Daisy...given they decide to have kids." Only difference is that main character, Ray Barone, had a brother who was jealous about him being the "popular" one. Mario is never jealous of Luigi being popular; in fact, it's the other way around. Moreover, Barone never even lived with his parents or brother...is Geno watching the right show?
"Everyone Loves Raymond was a television-a series, not real-a life! And it's not-a like Luigi and Daisy will-a have kids...at least before I do." Luigi and Daisy could adopt Baby Luigi and Baby Daisy and raise them as their children, but that would be totally weird since they would be raising and taking care of themselves... "Also, where did you get-a this concept that Barone was living-a with his relatives?"
"Usually when I watch the show, I constantly see them in his household, so that's where I got the assumption that..."
"Screw-a your assumptions, your analogy is terrible! Even more-a terrible than Luigi wanting Daisy of all-a people to live here!" Just the thought of Daisy making her abode at the mansion made the plumber's face red with fury. What could possibly make Mario more furious than he's feeling?
"Also heard that Aerith Gainsborough plans on living here as well to keep Cloud's spirits up." Well there ya go. Mario's face is turning more red than a tomato, and that is not humanely possible to do without certain repercussions.
"Oh you don't-a say?" Mario clenched his fists with anger, ready to sucker punch someone. "Is Aerith still here at-a the mansion?" Geno nodded his head nervously, upset that he greatly angered Mario. He knew he should have told Master Hand the news instead - he would have taken it as a late April Fools joke that hasn't quite worn out its quality of humor. "I shall speak-a with her at once! But-a first, Luigi must be consulted!"
"What have I done..." Geno muttered under his breath, shaking his head.
Tails and Robin were in the cafe, chilling and enjoying life, when Sonic ran inside, clearly in a hurry.
"Yo, Tails, I got a major issue on my hands!" the hedgehog said to his best friend. Whenever Sonic has a situation to deal with, he would ask Tails for guidance. If Tails isn't available, then he'll ask Knuckles for guidance. If Knuckles isn't available...then Sonic will just hide in his closet until further notice. "Amy somehow got my cell number, and I've only had my new cell phone for two weeks!"
"My goodness, that must be very troublesome," Robin shook his head, feigning some sort of guilt and/or evidence.
Robin: Gave Amy Rose Sonic's new cell phone number at the cocktail party following the wedding. That darn girl hugged me and gave me a giant smooch on my cheek; thank goodness Lucina didn't notice. Giving Amy the number is the perfect retribution for the food stamp incident.
"What am I gonna do, Amy will be calling and texting me nonstop!" panicked Sonic, on the verge of losing his sanity. True story: the hedgehog destroyed his three past cell phones because of Amy constantly contacting him like the stalker obsessive girlfriend she is. When your a stalker obsessive girlfriend, you'll go through any means to acquire your boyfriend's cell phone number, and Amy has taken risk after risk to find Sonic's new phone number.
"Who knows Sonic, maybe if you respond to Amy's calls and texts for once in your life, maybe she'll stop going full yandere on you!" suggested Tails. Not a bad suggestion, Sonic's voicemail boxes used to be more full than an overweight Snorlax. Would take hours upon hours to delete every single voicemail. "Knuckles did it with Rouge, and now the two are on the same page mentally!"
"Rouge is a flirtatious stalker; Amy, on the other hand, is an obsessive stalker. Huge difference, Tails."
"Perhaps Amy's yandere mannerisms is all just an act," proposed Robin, weighing in on the situation while trying to exact retribution. "Once you finally confess to her that you're her boyfriend, she'll wind up acting so overly obsessive, and act more normal around you. Acting yandere is a great way for a girl to get a guy she loves to be her lover."
"Did you ever have to put up with any obsessive girlfriends when you were in battle?" Robin kept his mouth shut. "Yeah, I thought so..."
"Just give my suggestion a shot, and we'll see how it works out from there," pleaded Tails. "If she keeps running her mouth for who knows how long, then so be it."
Link walked through the mansion hallways, carrying a rather suspcious board game in his hands. Although the board game wasn't that suspicious; it's just weird to see the Hylian carrying an unknown board game to who-knows-where. Granted, Link is the type of person who would enjoy playing board games.
"Sup Link, what's that you got there?" a certain angel sprung out of nowhere, startling Link - and that angel was Pit. Just the guy Link wanted to see at this very moment.
"It's none of your business," Link responded sharply, continuing on his way until Pit snatched the board game box away from him. The name of the board game is what surprised Pit the most.
"A Legend of Zelda Monopoly game?" the angel raised an eyebrow in intrigue. "Man, they'll make a Monopoly game out of anything these days! Wonder if they will do Game of Thrones next!"
Link: *holds up the Legend of Zelda Monopoly game to camera* Got this board game from the thrift store downtown earlier this week. The store was having a clearance sale, and with the rupees I had left (the rupees that weren't stolen, that is). I purchased the game, and made the store richer, since those rupees were more valuable than I ever imagined. Watch that thrift store become a supermarket in due time.
"Gimme that!" Link rudely snatched the board game away from Pit. As you can see, Link doesn't seem to stand Pit to a tee. "You're never going to play this game! Also, why would they make a Game of Thrones Monopoly game in the first place? Sounds ludicrous to me, that series is vastly overhyped!"
"The fans on social media will have your head for saying that!" Pit told the Hylian. Game of Thrones has a very, very high social media following, kinda makes you wonder if the show would maintain the success it has without the advent of social media.
"Too bad the 'fans of social media' will never meet me in real life and let me hear it." After saying this, Pit continued his way, until he bumped into Shulk, who is really feeling it - though he wasn't feeling Link accidentally knocking him to the floor.
"Watch where you're going pal!" the Homs said as Link helped him back to his feet. "I can't afford to be hurt in any capacity, especially when my girlfriend Fiora is coming over!"
"Fiora seriously likes you?" Link asked in disbelief, resulting in a death glare from Shulk. The hero of Hyrule better make darn sure that he takes back what he just asked, otherwise Shulk will go full Monado on his Hylian behind. "Uh, I mean, why is Fiora coming over?"
"She feels as if we don't spend that much time together, due to me living here at the mansion, and so she wants to pay me a visit. Right now I'm unsure about what activities the two of us should do together. Got any ideas, Link?"
"Zelda and I are planning on playing this here board game," Link held up the board game for Shulk to see. "Care to join us?"
"Ooh can me and Viridi join?" Pit asked eagerly; Link sighed at the angel's offer. Now Viridi, the Hylian doesn't mind, but Pit would be unbearable due to his lack of knowledge. If he played the Monopoly game, he would ask what the rules are with every turn he makes.
Pit: In order to keep my relationship with Viridi going, I have to play games with her - games that are mutually interesting. I tried to play Call of Duty: Black Ops II with her (not Call of Duty: Ghosts, that game sucked), and she kept grimacing whenever I killed someone. Don't know why she found the game so unnerving, people get killed in war all the time in real life! So what's the difference in the virtual world?!
"Sorry bud, but the game is only four players, so me, Zelda, Shulk and Fiora can only play. We'll see about next time..." Given Link's current demeanor, "next time" will be no time, it won't happen ever.
"But according to the box, up to six players can play Monopoly!" Shulk read this information off the board game box - which he now had in his hands. How did have the box in his possession without Link knowing?! Either he's a magnificent wizard, or Link isn't that observant.
"Well I...fine Pit, you and Viridi can play with us if you like," Link sighed in defeat. And to think that playing the Monopoly game would be peaceful, and without interruption...
"Sweet!" Pit leaped as he pumped his fist in the air in excitement. "So where are we gonna play at?"
"We can play outside, there won't be any distractions. Mr. Game & Watch will be mowing the grass and many other front lawn maintenance duties, but other than that, our little board game can go smoothly, and will be finished quicker than usual."
"That's what I love to hear!" grinned Shulk. Honestly, he's not sure whether his love Fiora enjoys board games or not, but it would be a great learning experience for the Homs.
"Where you taking me?" Takamaru asked Knuckles as the echidna guided the samurai to a particular room. Knuckles had his hands around Takamaru's eyes, guiding him throughout the mansion.
"To an awesome place, with lots of hot girls and junk food at every corner!" enticed Knuckles. Okay, so the room Takamaru is being guided to doesn't have such things, but Knuckles is just keeping his hopes up. Or rather, these are the things the echindna fantasizes about in his free time.
Knuckles: Again with the whole "Can you take so-and-so to this room so I may speak with him?" thing, and again with me having to carry it out! Sure hope it isn't another instance where I have to make someone fall in love, the last time that happened, it was a total disaster! A bit of a self-inflicted disaster, but a disaster nonetheless! Love hurts!
"I believe this is the spot," Knuckles said as he and Takamaru arrived at a room - the very room in which Ike gives Takamaru English lessons, lessons that have yet to work on the purple-haired samurai.
"Ah yes, this room me familiar with, very familiar I am!" exclaimed Takamaru. "Ike teach me English lessons in room here!"
Knuckles opened the door to the room, and Takamaru was surprised to find Aerith sitting at the end of a table, smiling at the samurai. Though Takamaru initially thought it wasn't her in the first place.
"Cloud wearing drag yet again, disguised as Aerith?!" he exclaimed in shock. "Thought Cloud done with drag, Cloud have not learned from previous ways!" For those who are unfamiliar, Cloud had to wear drag to rescue Tifa Lockhart - and yes, he willingly agreed to do it, for Tifa's sake - and the brawlers tease the swordsman about it on a very occasional basis. Poor Cloud may never live that incident down...
"No Takamaru, I'm not Cloud in drag," smirked Aerith, discouraged that the samurai thought she was Cloud in drag. Her facial and body features are very much different from Cloud, where did Takamaru get his lousy assumption from. "I'm Aerith Gainsborough, your new English teacher!"
"Me get new English teacher? Amazing this is! Whatever happen to Ike?" Better question is, how does Ike feel about Aerith being Takamaru's new mentor?
"Oh, uh, um...he said he certainly doesn't mind me being your new teacher - as long as you're progressively learning, that's all that matters!" Aerith is about to get herself in some deep trouble, if she doesn't handle this situation correctly...
"Awesome! Shall begin we now?" Hopefully Aerith's English lessons resonate on Takamaru, and the brawlers won't have to put up with the dude's Engrish ever again. Wario passing gas everywhere he goes is already enough torture for them.
"Yes we shall! Come on in and take a seat!" Aerith directed Takamaru to a chair at the opposite end of the table, and Takamaru gladly sat in it, ready to learn. Knuckles slowly closed the door, giving Aerith a thumbs up; the flower girl gave a thumbs up and a smile right back.
"Wonder if Aerith knows what she's getting herself into," Knuckles walked away, shaking his head in dismay. He came across Ike, who looked like someone had peed in his cereal. That must be one of the worst feelings ever - having your wonderful morning ruined because some sap got urine in your cereal and wasting your breakfast.
Ike: Cloud broke the news to be about Aerith taking over the English lessons for Takamaru...who does that girl think she is, she didn't even notify me that she was gonna be Takamaru's new teacher! My English lessons were going along smoothly just as usual - I just started using vocabulary cards with Takamaru, and the dude's using them as trading cards! Boy I tell you, that man is an innovator, he's gonna teach his peers English through the use of activities most nerds do! It's awesome seeing his growth...Why are you laughing?!
"Knuckles are you busy?" Ike asked the echidna. "Cause I got some vengeance to extract on someone!" Knuckles was more than ready to say no; he was previously embroiled in a love scenario, and now he doesn't want anything to do with revenge. Especially after the time he got revenge on Sonic in a fight, and left Sonic nearly disemboweled. But Knuckles decided to say yes to the question anyways, not wanting to make Ike more ticked off than he is.
"No I'm not busy, so whatever revenge or vengeance or whatever you want me to, I'll do it," the echidna shrugged. What's the worst that can happen?
"I wanna get my revenge on Aerith for kicking me to the curb and teaching Takamaru, and I want you to do me a little favor..."
"Hold up for just a second - if it involves hurting Aerith, or any other girl, then count me out!" Knuckles knows better than to use domestic violence to fulfill his motives - his relationship with Rouge has taught him such. He wouldn't dare to hit on a girl who carries so much fan service as Rouge does; can't have that fan service go to waste!
"Whoever said anything about hurting girls? Eh, I'll probably explain everything in full detail later."
Sonic sat in his room, breathing heavily, sweat running down his blue skin, as he held his cell phone in his sweaty hand and dialed the phone number of the girl he refuses to keep in contact with for a majority of his life - Amy Rose. As the phone call tone sounded, Sonic inhaled and exhaled, bracing himself for the very phone call that he will eventually regret doing. It was Tails who told the hedgehog to call Amy, and if everything goes south of Sonic's extremely low expectations, then Tails may never hear the end of it.
"Hello, who is this?" Amy responded after picking up the phone, must not have saved Sonic's contact information yet. It's now do-or-die time for the blue hedgehog...
"Hey Amy, this is Sonic, and I would just like to..." Sonic began, so far so good...
"AAAAAAIIIIIIEEEEE!" And just like that, Amy was shrieking at the top of her lungs in contained excitement, making it seem as if she was practicing for this very moment - Sonic calling her out of the blue (no pun intended). Her shrieking was loud enough to annoy Sonic's eardrums. "I can't believe it, you actually called me! You actually did it! If only somebody would pinch me, this has to be a dream!"
Sonic: Regarding Tails making me call Amy, that dastardly fox threw some salt into the wound, telling me that if I can talk to Amy for up to an hour, then he will take me to an all-you-can-eat chili dog buffet downtown for my birthday - which is coming up in a few I might add, hope you didn't forget. But why call Amy just to go to some buffet, just for something that's supposedly happening on my birthday nonetheless? It's not that often you see a hot dog buffet, they're more rare than Wario's missing bedroom slippers!
Wario: *looking for bedroom slippers in a hallway closet, with his ginormus butt directed towards the camera* Those bedroom slippers have gotta be somewhere...they can't just magically appear out of nowhere! Though that would be very convenient... *turns head towards the camera* Is there a way you can make junk food magically appear, so I won't have to waste my hard-earned money?
"So Amy...how have you been since I last saw you at the wedding?" Sonic asked his girlfriend. By this indicator, he clearly doesn't have much to discuss with Amy.
"Ever since I last saw you, I've been feeling GREAT!" Amy exclaimed with much joy. "To see you in person after such a long time was one thing, but now I'm getting the chance to talk with you over the phone?!" A sound of Amy sighing in happiness was heard, she's been waiting for this moment since forever - whenever the heck forever began. "Dreams do come true..."
"Was that screaming I just heard?" Bowser randomly entered Sonic's room, having heard Amy's cheerful shriek all the way from the bathroom down the hall. That's how loud her shriek was. "Wait, so Peach was never in trouble, she wasn't kidnapped or anything? Phew!" Bowser wiped away the sweat (non-existent sweat, by the way) off of his forehead, glad that nobody was doing his job, let alone doing his job arguably better than he would.
Bowser: As the resident Mushroom Kingdom villain, living at this lovely mansion, only I am allowed to kidnap Peach and take her to my castle whenever I feel like it! It is my only civic duty aside from denying jury duty and tampering with voting boxes, and no one else is permitted to kidnap Peach, in spite of my past failures!
"Sonic, who was that?" asked Amy, having heard Bowser's loud, monstrous voice on the phone. "Sounded like a rabid sea monster! You're not off exploring in the swamp again, are you? You know how much I despise that!"
"Did she just call me a swamp monster?!" frowned Bowser, fire building up inside of him. Amy's mouth is about to get her boyfriend roasted alive from Bowser's wicked flames. The blue hedgehog was doing everything he can to lower Bowser's temper, a hard task in itself.
"No, Amy, that wasn't a swamp monster, it was Bowser, the world's most lovable villain!" Sonic told Amy. Bowser, the most beloved villain in the world? How very debatable.
"Most lovable villain? Give me a break; last time I checked, villains are supposed to have a decent amount of success to be considered lovable. What's so lovable about a giant oaf who can't even do his job right?"
"Now you listen here girlie!" Bowser snatched the phone away from Sonic. This entire situation is becoming more intense than the flame building up in Bowser's flaring stomach. "Just because I suck at capturing Princess Peach, don't mean that I'm a lousy villain! I've done things other villains like Dr. Eggman dream of, like building cool castles, creating galaxies, even setting up a hotel business in the Mushroom Kingdom! How's that from a so-called 'giant oaf'? Have a good day!"
And just like that, Bowser ended the phone call, and threw Sonic's cell phone on his bed. Thankfully nobody was hurt regarding this matter.
"Not cool, man!" Sonic shook his head at Bowser, who grumpily exited the room just when Tails entered. Bowser's day just took a turn for the worst, as his mood is...well, very fierce.
"What's up with him?" Tails asked Sonic, concerning Bowser. "Still bitter than one of his arch rivals got married, and he's still single?"
"Not exactly, Amy had Bowser a giant oaf, and Bowser went ham on her for no reason before rudely hanging up my cell phone," explained Sonic. "So I wasn't able to make it up to the one-hour mark. But we're still going to that buffet on my birthday, right?" The hedgehog excitedly rubbed his hands together, anticipating Tails to say yes, but the fox wouldn't really budge.
"We'll just see about that," Tails chuckled nervously. Sonic failed to see the nervousness in Tails' response, as he held his head in sadness.
Peach: Ah, just the thought of Luigi and Daisy married, it always makes me smile just thinking about their wedding! Although I'm not married myself, I decided to assist Daisy in starting her married life, and we did some shopping earlier so we could get some things for her new home! My initial thought was that Daisy would live in a small home near the mansion, so she can see Luigi on a daily basis, but she has other plans...and I'm not so sure if Mario would be satisfied by them.
Peach was busy in the laundry room, folding up clothes for the brawlers. She had the capes of the Fire Emblem crew hanging on clothing hangers, for she felt that it would be tedious for the swordsmen (and swordswoman, a la Lucina) to wear their capes outside. Ganondorf's cape was also hanging as well - and Peach heard heavy breathing from behind said cape.
"Who goes there?" Peach asked this breathing specimen, pulling out her trusty frying pan and inching towards the cape cautiously. When she was near the cape, she pulled it away, and saw Ryu sitting on the floor, arms wrapped around his knees, as he was breathing with his eyes widened. He looked as if he had seen Roy running about in the backyard in the nude, and was left scarred for life. "Oh, it's just you, Ryu! Why the timid face, you look very frightened!"
"Chun-li...said that she's waiting for me and her...to tie the knot..." Ryu replied, in between pauses. "I don't think I'm up for it!" Ryu is more than prepared to tackle any challenge in his way, whether it's catching bank robbers, washing the dishes, or even cleaning the bathroom after Wario uses it. But romance? That is a challenge the kung fu fighter wants nothing to do with.
Ryu: The way Chun-li said her toast at the wedding, the last bit, it was as if she was affirmative about our marriage, and that there would be dire consequences if we don't wed! It's like she was saying, "Either you marry me, or I will murder you and your entire family!"...Alright, so it wasn't along the lines of that, no mention of death or families was present, but you don't know that woman like I do!
"Well I will admit, you two do seem like a cute couple!" remarked Peach. This didn't necessarily help Ryu's situation; rather, it made the kung fu fighter even more nervous. Everywhere he and Chun-li would go, people would compliment them as a couple, and talk about how nice they are together, and all that good stuff - Ryu wouldn't be able to handle any of that. "But it should be you who decides when the two of you marry, and not Chun-li! It's not like she has to find a ring and propose to you, that's your job!"
"You're right..." Ryu dropped the fraidy cat disposition, and confidently got up, standing as if he was Superman, ready to take off his suit. "Why should I be so nervous about love? If I want action to happen, then I'll make it happen. Just gotta take it one step at a time!"
"That's the spirit!" Peach gleamed, calmly clapping her hands. Another good deed done by yours truly, Princess Peach.
"Peach have-a you seen Luigi anywhere?" Mario stormed into the laundry room, in a mad search for his twin brother. He's still pretty angry about the whole Daisy living at the mansion issue, and it showed through his frowning face.
"Last time I checked, he was outside tending the front yard with Mr. Game & Watch, they should have moved on to the backyard by now," explained Peach. "Now before I go, I have some matters I must..." Before Peach could continue, Mario furiously ran out of the room, in search for his dear brother. "...tell you. Ah, well, I can just tell him after he finds Luigi!"
Little Mac was in the recording booth of the recording studio, putting on the finishing touches for his first mixtape, Chocolate Thunder - and as you can tell, the young boxer had to change the original title of his mixtape, just to please his trainer Doc Louis. It was the only way for him to remain with Star Records, apparently.
"Bro did you hear that Wolf finally finished his crappy horror flick?" Falco said to Fox, as the two were in the recording studio listening to Little Mac's jams.
"Like anyone would want to see that garbage," scoffed Fox. "Sonic told me that it was a found footage film, and those kinds of movies have to be treated very delicately...did the movie even resemble a found footage film of any sort?"
"Well I heard that both Pit and Dark Pit were spoofing some wrestlers, so I seriously doubt it."
Falco: Hadn't Wolf went with the horror movie bet, he would have had to walk around the mansion wearing yoga pants. Now if he had to wear the baggy kind, I wouldn't mind that to be honest. But according to Panther Caroso, Wolf would have had to wear the skin-tight yoga pants - you know, the ones that women wear and show off their butt. Just the thought of Wolf wearing those yoga pants is disturbing enough...we have enough girls acting as pretentious show-offs today.
"Listen up boys, and listen good!" Ike entered the recording studio, followed my Knuckles; Little Mac immediately stopped recording as everyone gave Ike their undivided attention. The swordsman's facial expression and stature tells you that he means business. "Aerith just kicked me to the curb today, and I wanna get some revenge on her for..."
"Who are you calling a boy?!" Doc Louis, who was quietly eating his chocolate, interrupted Ike, as he angrily got up and stared down the swordsman. Little Mac had to rush outside of the recording booth and ease Doc, calmly sitting him back down in his seat.
"Anyway, before I was so rudely interrupted, Aerith decided to take over the English lessons for Takamaru, and in order to put that girl in her place, I want to prank her in the most embarrassing way possible, and destroy her reputation forever! You guys seem like the right dudes to accomplish this goal - I would ask Villager, but he's hasn't quite recovered from that injury he sustained."
"Pranking Aerith because she took over the lessons without informing you?" Little Mac raised an eyebrow, feeling skeptical about Ike's pranking proposal. "I don't believe that is really necessary. And what's this about destroying her reputation, she doesn't really have a reputation to begin with! Heck, we don't even know how she came back to life!"
"Eh, we can just forget about the reputation stuff, what's important is that we prank Aerith, and then you can carry on with your normal lives," stated Knuckles. "So what kind of prank do you guys wanna do?"
Fox, Falco, and Doc Louis thought over what prank to do, while Little Mac stayed a little hesitant about Ike's plan. Suddenly an idea popped up in Doc's hand, and the very thought of it made him smile creepily...what is that dastardly boxing trainer thinking? Let's hope it has nothing to do with chocolate...
"I've heard that Aerith used to like some dude named Zack Fair prior to Cloud," stated Doc. For those of you who may not know, Zack Fair was Aerith's former love interest, who had succumbed after facing the Shinra army. He and Cloud were the best of friends - in fact, they practically look very similar to one another, which is essentially Aerith's only reasoning for liking Cloud. "Perhaps we can prank call Aerith, having someone pose as Zack Fair over the phone!"
Fox: Don't really know that much about Zack Fair, aside from being Aerith's former boyfriend, but I have seen some pictures of him on Google Images, and he looks like a clone of Cloud...but cooler, and better-looking. But that's just my opinion. Certainly everyone else does.
"Aw yeah, that sounds like a legit prank!" agreed Ike. Only one problem got in the way... "Now who's gonna impersonate Zack?"
"We got a voice synthesizer in the booth, I can use it to alter my voice and sound like Zack!" replied Falco. "All I have to do is listen to how his voice sounds, and match it accordingly to mine, and everything afterwards will work itself out!"
"Guys, I don't think this whole prank is such a good idea," dissuaded Little Mac, trying to be a voice of reason. "Aerith is seriously enjoying her visit here at the mansion, and if we prank her...then maybe she would be hesitant to ever visit again."
"Ew, why you gotta be such a devil's advocate?" grimaced Knuckles. Little Mac is obviously the odd man out regarding Ike's prank. "Stinking party pooper..."
"Forget you, Little Mac, you can just stay here and act sensible as much as you wanna, while we serve justice!" Ike told the young boxer. "Follow me, men, as we teach Aerith a lesson she will never forget!" So Fox, Falco, Knuckles, and Doc Louis followed Ike out of the room, with Doc being the last person to leave, just to tell Little Mac some good ol' advice.
"Keep yer head up son," he told his protege. That's possibly the most basic advice you could give to anyone, young or old... "At least you're sticking up for what you believe is right!" After a comforting pat on Mac's back, Doc Louis departed from the recording studio, leaving the young boxer be.
But Little Mac had a plan himself, and he knew exactly how to carry it out.
Link, Zelda, Pit, Viridi, Shulk, and Fiora all gathered together outside at a picnic table, present in the front lawn of the mansion. Shulk was busy introducing his fellow brawlers to his girlfriend.
"The funny dude in the ridiculous green tunic is Link, the hero of Hyrule, and the girl in the long dress is his girlfriend, Princess Zelda," the Homs introduced the Hylians to Fiora.
"Is my tunic truly ridiculous?" Link checked out his own tunic, feeling slightly insecure about it. People have been making fun of his hat - which he once considered throwing in a garbage dump and leaving it there forever - but never his tunic.
Link: Does my tunic really look ridiculous to you? I mean, it's an essential part of my wardrobe, and I take a great deal of pride in it...Zelda has never said anything about my tunic, so I suppose she likes it...
Zelda: No one else can here me, right?...Great, because I need to get something off of my chest...Link NEEDS a drastic fashion makeover. I get that he's trying to uphold the "Hero of Hyrule Dress Code", whatever the heck that is, but it's humiliating to be associated with him out in the public with his garb on...
"And that right there is Pit, Palutena's lapdog," Shulk then introduced Pit to Fiora. Pit knew that he's a lapdog to Palutena - in fact, he took Shulk's remark as a sincere compliment. "The girl with the blonde hair is his girlfriend - Viridi, the goddess of nature!" Shulk leaned forward to Fiora to whisper to her the following: "...She bitterly despises humans. It's quite a long story."
"Guess that explains her xenophobic behavior towards Dr. Eggman at the wedding," Fiora whispered back. The female Homs recalled an instance at the reception where Viridi had initially thought Dr. Eggman was a goblin of some sort, given he hardly looks like an actual human being, and was even touching the evil madman while inspecting him. During this inspection, however, Dr. Eggman broke the news to the goddess of nature that's a human, and Viridi was left mortified; Pit had to console his girlfriend on the ride back home while she rubbed her hand, realizing that she had come in contact with human flesh.
Viridi: *hyperventilating* I touched an actual human, at the wedding reception... *insecurely rubs her arm* ...I was enjoying that day up until that moment...I feel so...so tainted... *shudders* Why did you have to remind me of that incident?
"About time to start the Monopoly game, don't ya think?" Shulk asked Link, who was ticked at the Homs for disrespecting his fashion sense. Link takes his attire very seriously.
"We will start when you take back what you said about my tunic," responded Link; Pit had to nudge him. "Fine, we shall start now..." Link pulled out the game pieces and placed them on the picnic table; the six players had to choose from piecies such as the Triforce, Hylian Shield, Boomerang, Slingshot, Bow, and Hookshot.
"These Monopoly pieces suck!" complained Pit, folding his arms in disgust. "Where's the thimble piece, that's the best board game chess piece in existence!" Game hasn't even started yet, and the angel is already complaining. "How can you possibly call yourself a Monopoly game, and not have the thimble?!"
"Pit not every Monopoly game can have the thimble, and besides, this game is Legend of Zelda-themed, the pieces have to stay in touch with the theme!" Viridi explained to her love. She was hoping that Pit's intelligence, or the lack thereof, wouldn't hinder her Monopoly playing experience, but evidently the girl has rather high expectations.
"I'm sure they use thimbles in the Zelda universe, they just don't show it in the games. Shigeru Miyamoto loves to center those games around Link, even though the franchise is not even named after him..."
"Got a problem with that bub?!" Link frowned at Pit, unsheathing his sword. Pit looked on in horror as Zelda had to soothe the hero of Hyrule, calmly sitting him back down in his seat.
"Why not settle things, and assign the game pieces?" suggested Shulk. So the Homs assigned the game pieces to everyone - he got the Hookshot, Fiora got the Bow, Link got the Hylian Shield, Zelda got the Slingshot, Pit got the Boomerang, and Viridi got the Triforce. Problem solved? Not quite...
"How come Fiora gets the best game piece?" Pit complained even more, making him unbearable at this point. "I want the bow!" Ever wondered how Pit sounds like a bratty little child? His immaturity knows no bounds whatsoever.
"It's just a game piece, I don't understand what the fuss is all about," remarked Fiora, as everyone except for Pit placed their game pieces at the "GO!" spot. "If you can't seem to have things your way, you might as well leave us be." Pit groaned and accepted reality, placing his Boomerang on the "GO!" spot.
Ever since Bowser's furious outburst, Sonic has been trying to call Amy, and he has been trying to text her as well - but no response. This lack of response from his girlfriend was making the hedgehog very concerned - and he rarely feels concerned for Amy in any given situation, whether her home was burning down, or she got lost somewhere in a middle of a forest.
Sonic: Bowser must have truly scared the living crap out of Amy, probably gave the poor girl nightmares...nightmares about Bowser kidnapping her and taking her to his castle! Now when she goes to bed, she'll either look in her closet, or under her bed, just to see if Bowser is living there!
"Has she called you back or anything yet?" Tails asked Sonic, just as worried as he was. Most yandere girls will call you back right away after a previous call - or they'll even call you just minutes after your previous call, showing how dedicated they are to their craft - but the yandere girl in Amy isn't being quite responsive.
"Nope, not a single call or text," sighed Sonic. "I'm getting very worried about Amy..."
"Maybe heading down to the fitness center and cooling off a bit might take your mind off of things. Why not go for a quick massage?"
So Tails and Sonic went to the fitness center, where Lucario was gave them a back massage of a lifetime. Alright, so it wasn't the greatest back massage, or the most extraordinary, but it's the best one they've had in a long while.
"Let me get this straight..." Lucario began after Sonic and Tails filled the aura Pokmon in on their situation. "Amy refuses to call you back, all because Bowser frightened her or something? That just doesn't add up..."
"It's our only assumption for her not calling me back," stated Sonic, as Lucario massaged his upper back. "Oh yeah, that feels good...can you go a bit lower?"
"I better get some monetary offering for this, they don't call me a world-class back massager for nothing..." If Sonic were to pay Lucario, he would only pay in rings, since he's too stingy to give anyone money, even if it was for the Salvation Army. And who on earth calls Lucario a world-class back massager?!
"Yo, Sonic, you got Amy's cell number saved to your phone?" Little Mac ran inside the training center to ask the blue hedgehog this puzzling question. Little Mac hardly knows much about Amy, except for the fact that she's an obsessive girlfriend who would drive any guy crazy, so for him to be asking for her phone number was quite peculiar.
"Uh, not really, though I called her a while ago," replied Sonic, pulling out his phone. "I can go under my recent calls and find the number so I can give it to you."
"What do you possibly need Amy's phone number for?" questioned Tails, just as curious as Sonic and Lucario are.
"Just for a little...girl-to-girl talk," responded Little Mac. Sonic, Tails, and Lucario all stared at Little Mac, confused as ever. "...I got no time to explain, just give me the number quickly!"
Cloud: Originally I had my doubts about Aerith teaching English lessons to Takamaru - ever since Ike first started the lessons, Takamaru's speech has pretty much been the same, with the use of Engrish words and mixing words to form these jumbled sentences. I just stopped by the room where the lessons are held, and I gotta say...Aerith has Takamaru going in the right direction.
Indeed, Takamaru has taken rather significant strides in not only his English, but his vocabulary as well. He's now able to speak complete sentences - sentences that make actual sense - and has learned new words through the use of vocabulary cards. Ike used a similar teaching method - by showing the definition and having Takamaru guess the word rather than just showing the word itself. Dude was doing it all backwards!
"The quick...brown fox...jumps over...the lazy dog!" Takamaru read this famous sentence off of a slip of paper, while Dunban - dressed up as a fox, since Fox wasn't available - jumped over the Duck Hunt Dog, who was sleeping...fake sleeping, to be exact. "Yes, I did it!" Takamaru raised his fists in the air, having prevailed in English speaking yet again in Aerith's class.
"Great job!" Aerith smiled while applauding Takamaru for his valiant effort. Ike never gave Takamaru any applause - whenever Takamaru read anything correctly (which was a rarity), the swordsman would hold up his hand for a high five...only to be left hanging since Takamaru isn't familiarized with American greetings. Perhaps Aerith can teach the samurai about American greetings next time.
"Can I please take off this ridiculous outfit?" Dunban asked Aeirth, concerning his fox outfit. He was wearing fox ears, a fox muzzle, and and a fox tail. "I didn't agree to act like a complete buffoon!"
Dunban: The fox ears were kinda digging into my skin, that headband was hard to wear...and that fox muzzle smelled like manure...at least my willingness to be a participant in Aerith's lessons was for the benefit of Takamaru, I suppose.
Duck Hunt Dog: *points and laughs at Dunban*
Dunban: Who are you laughing at, you dumb mutt?!
"Yes, your assistance is no longer needed," Aerith told Dunban, bringing much joy to the Homs as he quickly took off his fox get-up. "You and Duck Hunt Dog may leave!" The two left the room, and a while later, Fox came in with a telephone, hooked to an extension cord. "There you are, Fox, I've been wanting to use you for my wonderful English lessons!"
"Sorry I couldn't be there," Fox apologized, placing the telephone on the table. "I just got word that some dude is supposed to call you soon, you might know him from somewhere." Fox can't give out any cues, for it would completely negate the point of the prank Ike plans to carry out. Any mere mention of Zack Fair would backfire greatly.
"Ooh, who is this person that you speak of? Do tell!" Now Fox got Aerith all interested. Got to go to a plan B...
"From what I've heard, he's used to be an accomplice of Cloud, until...some things happened."
"Accomplice of Cloud, you say?" Aerith thought over this, wondering who this could be. "Squall Leonhart used to fight alongside Cloud, perhaps it's him!" Nice job by Fox, having the flower girl guessing until the prank comes to fruition.
"When will this mysterious person call Aerith?" Takamaru asked Fox, stunning the pilot by using a complete sentence. It took Fox a good while to compose himself after what he just heard.
"Look man, I don't even know, I was told to put a telephone in here, and wait for it to ring. Aerith has to be the one to answer the phone. I'll leave now, and let you continue your English lessons."
So Fox exited the room, and texted Falco - telling him it's now time. Back to Aerith and Takamaru, who were about to start on word comprehension, until the phone finally rang. Aerith glanced at Takamaru, feeling nervous about answering the call, then at the phone, watching as it rang. Aerith finally mustered the courage to pick up the phone...
"Hello, who is this?" Aerith said into the phone, weary about who this mystery caller was. And just who was the person calling Aerith?
"You're Aerith Gainsborough, right? That lady who likes Cloud Strife? Oh, thank goodness it's you! For a second I was worried that Bowser would have picked up the phone, and run his mouth about how he's great and all that nonsense! You know, I was gonna call Sonic back, but I was too busy painting my nails - sure I love Sonic to death, but personal beauty always comes first! Now why did Sonic send me so many text messages and voicemails? Usually it's the other way around..."
This was none other than Amy Rose - not only the yandere girlfriend of Sonic the Hedgehog, but also the catalyst for Little Mac's plan.
Little Mac: My plan was complicated, but not that hard to carry out - so I borrowed Amy's cell phone number, and I called her, telling her to call the mansion's house phone, which I saw Fox carrying earlier. I told her to tell Aerith about Ike's prank call ASAP, so if she does receive the call, she won't be duped. Yup, they don't call me a strategist - in the ring, or out of the ring - for nothing...
"I just wanted to know that some loser swordsman and his buddies - two from Star Fox I believe, not sure if that's right or not - are plotting to prank call you as your former boyfriend, Zack Fair," explained Amy; Aerith's eyes widened when she heard that name, brought back some good memories. "Did I get his name correct?"
"Yes you did," replied Aerith, after coming back to her senses. "If only there was a way to punish them for their deviousness..."
"So how are things coming along?" Peach entered the room, checking on Aerith and Takamaru. She glanced at Aerith, and started feeling all apologetic. "Oh, I see you're on the phone, am I disturbing you?"
"No, you're fine...I was just informed about a swordsman trying to prank call me, and I was thinking of a way to punish him, in any capacity."
"Ike was discussing a prank call earlier..." Peach said this before gasping in realization. "He was trying to prank call you of all people?! Stay right where you are, Aerith, I know just the person that will make Ike pay!"
"Why isn't this girl answering?" wondered Falco, using a voice synthesizer, as he, Ike, Knuckles, and Doc Louis gathered together in a spacious closet, attempting to call Aerith from an unused cell phone. But little did they know that Aerith is rejecting their every call, after Amy had filled her in on their prank. "Does she not know how to operate a phone?"
"Give her a break Falco, I'm sure that when you come back alive, you forget a lot of basic things," said Knuckles. "After a while, she'll eventually come to her senses, and..."
Before Knuckles could finish his sentence, Ryu barged inside the closet, carrying Fox in his arm and throwing him against the voice synthesizer, damaging it in the process.
"Hey watch it bub, I stole money from the wedding budget just to buy that thing!" frowned Falco, as Fox writhed in pain. He rose up to strike Ryu - but came to a halt when he saw the serious visage on his face.
"Thought you could prank call our visitor and get away with it?" the kung fu fighter snarled. "Had your friend lead me to your location, and told me everything I needed to know..."
"Well would you look at the time, gotta go..." Ike looked at imaginary his watch, trying to sneak his way out of the closet, only to be stopped by Ryu, who glared at him intensively, enough to make the swordsman wet himself.
"Ringleaders like yourself deserve the most praise..." Ryu clutched Ike by his collar, "...and the most punishment."
Outside in the backyard, Luigi and Mr. Game & Watch were working hard, arranging the furniture in the decor and whatnot, while Heihachi Mishima rested on a hammock, drinking some pink lemonade.
Luigi: "Summer is the best season out of all the four seasons, you have all the free time in the world to be and act like a lazy bum, without having to suffer consequences of your own actions or from anyone else!"...At least-a that's what Sonic says. I do whatever I can-a to make the best-a of my summer, and it mostly involves-a work outdoors. The grass-a can't mow itself, you know! But tell that to-a Wario, who hates-a any form of work, and you'll probably end-a up in a trash-a can for a week!
"Luigi, we need-a to speak!" Mario finally confronted his twin brother in the backyard. He would have confronted him earlier, but his stomach had other plans...that were taken care of in the bathroom. Those refried beans must be Mario's Achilles heel. "Geno has spoken of-a you wanting Daisy to live-a here at the mansion, is that correct?"
"Indeed it-a was correct...at least until-a I got a call from-a Daisy earlier today," replied Luigi. "She wants-a to know if we could-a build a house next to the mansion, like Cloud and-a Mr. Game & Watch did for the Waddle-a Dee family, so that the two of-a us can live together as a married-a couple."
"Is this-a true?" Mario asked Mr. Game and Watch for clarification; the 2D man, unable to nod his head or give a thumbs up, grabbed a stick and wrote "YES" on the ground. He'll have to patch that up later in the day. "Well it is your-a choice, I have no control-a of the matter..."
"Anata ga daiku o sagashite irunara, watashi wa itsumo tasukete yorokonde!" Heihachi Mishima said to the Mario Bros, giving them a thumbs up. However, none of them understood a single word that came out of his mouth.
"Heihachi must-a be supportive of this decision, looks like we shall-a build the hosue!" proclaimed Mario, prompting Heihachi to facepalm. What the kung fu fighter would do just to get a human translator...
The Monopoly game betwen Link, Shulk, Pit, Zelda, Viridi, and Fiora was nearing its completion. Link was leading the way, as he drove Pit, Zelda, Viridi, and Shulk all to bankruptcy. All he had to do now is make Fiora bankrupt, and the hero of Hyrule shall claim glorious victory.
"Almost there..." Link said as he moved his Hylian Shield piece to a space, where he would hold an auction that will essentially send Fiora to bankruptcy. Nothing could stop him from winning now...even if Ike were to be thrown out of a window and crash land on the picnic table, breaking said table and destroying the game. But alas, that is exactly what happened; the six Monopoly players looked in shock as Ike laid on the ground writing in pain, covered in the wood from the broken picnic table and most of the Monopoly game pieces, including the dollars that have no real monetary value.
"Guess there's no decided winner," stated Fiora. "Which means that this game ends in a draw!" Link looked at the female Homs with a distraught look; no way he's going back inside the mansion without claiming a W.
Link: The game ended in a freaking DRAW! You know what that means? No clear winner, everyone loses! We played that game for nothing, and to add insult to injury, Ike completely destroyed the game, and now I wasted my precious rupees on nothing! And now I'm broke...I feel so depressed.
"Will you be coming by to visit sometime in the near future?" Zelda asked Fiora while consoling Link, feeling bitter about the draw.
"Definitely, I would like to meet the other brawlers!" Fiora replied with glee. "They are easy to make friends with, I would assume..." Zelda exchanged looks of concern with Shulk, Pit, and Viridi - some brawlers are not even meant to have friends to begin with.
"I'm glad that you could come over to see us," Shulk said to Fiora. "Do I have to take you back to your place, or is someone coming to pick you up?"
"Reyn should be arriving any minute now. Also, would anyone care to explain who this swordsman is, and why he just got thrown out of the window?"
"...And that, Master Hand, is why Aerith Gainsborough is the best teacher of all time!" Takamaru explained to the Smash Universe creator about Aerith's English lessons, and the many strides he has taken in the English language, in his glorious room.
"Sweet mother of Masahiro Sakurai, you've got Takamaru speaking English like an actual person!" exclaimed Master Hand, with much astonishment. He had said this to Aerith, who stood in his room accompanied by Cloud. "You, ma'am, are a miracle worker, you must live here at the mansion, I beg of you! I need someone as dedicated and caring and thoughtful as you are around here!"
"Master Hand, I don't think we have anywhere Aerith can stay in, the rooms are all filled up," stated Cloud. "No spare rooms to be found..."
"Um, excuse-a me, Master Hand..." Mario entered the hand's room, coming before him with humility and respect. You oughta have some humility and respect when you come before one who single-handedly created an entire universe. "Luigi wants-a to know if we can-a build a house next to the mansion, so that-a him and Daisy can live in it...if that's fine-a with you..."
Master Hand mused over Luigi's proposal, eventually coming up of a great idea - an idea that has some implications with Mario than may affect him for the better - or the worse.
"We shall build the house," he responded to Mario. "And since you'll be without a roommate in due time, I know the right replacement..."