Author's Note:
Here's a review I got from a man, regarding Episode 26:
"Wh... Wha? Is that... Mega Man X? B-but... Where's Zero? He's my favorite Reploid and I absolutely love him... But if X is here... Where is Zero?"
No worries, my friend, Zero was in the episode, though his role wasn't as big as X's. Also got this other review from a man (not sure if it's the same person but I'll answer it anyways):
"w0w gr8 st0ry m8 I r8 it 8/8 but needs way more Zero (from Mega Man X)"
Man, the love for Zero is unreal, I really must have overlooked his popularity among Mega Man fandom...here's another review - not from a man, but rather a lonely dude:
"I can't help but notice that Zero made a minor appearence in the last chapter... I'm telling my friends who read this to stop leaving requests for Zero, but... I wanna see more of him, too..."
In response to these reviews, I've decided to focus mostly on Zero in this chapter. As for Zero appearing more in the future...we'll just have to see about that.
Episode 28: Obsessor
As it was expected, Daisy moved in with her husband Luigi, in their new home - the lovely house built by Link, Cloud, and company adjacent to the Smash Mansion. The princess' arrival had some impact and effects on the brawlers, namely Mario, for the plumber now has to call Aerith Gainsborough, Cloud's love interest, as his new roommate. Mario has gotten over this change, and is willing to accept the consequences of having a female roommate, like waiting outside the room until she is finished changing her clothes, for instance.
Daisy looked around her new home, taking note of the kitchen, living room, dining room, master bedroom, and the bathrooms. But there was one particular room that struck a chord in her heart dearly...and that was the nursery room. She couldn't help but smile when she saw how the room looked, and how much everything was planned into it.
"Just-a what you wanted," Luigi approached Daisy from behind and wrapped his arm around her, as the two happily looked together at the nursery. If you're unable to tell, Luigi and Daisy are planning on starting a family - and that starts by having children.
Daisy: Starting a family was totally my idea, and that darn Luigi was mildly against it - stating all these reasons such as financial issues and "bro time", like the latter part is supposed to matter - but eventually he came around. We're undecided if we're going to have biological children, or if we'll adopt children - Luigi apparently prefers to have a stork deliver babies, like they do in that movie Dumbo. But to each their own, I guess...
A knock was at the front door, and Luigi went to go see who it was. The plumber opened the door, and saw Mega Man standing on the patio, happy as ever. Though he wasn't happy enough to the point where his background would be seriously questioned, in the case of the presumed drug lord Toad.
"Who is it, sweetie?" Daisy inquired from afar. "Please don't tell me it's Yoshi, I've had just about enough of his Knitting Club nonsense at the wedding!" The green dinosaur and his knitting club pals (but mostly Yoshi) annoyed the crap out of Daisy and those at the wedding reception, with his constant waving of the "#KnittingClub" shirt in everyone's face. As a result, he was expelled from the reception, and the rest of the club had to bite the dust too, for they were kicked out as well.
"No worries, my-a dear, it's only Mega Man," assured Luigi, letting the blue robot inside his home. "He's-a here to check on-a us and see how we're-a doing."
"Mind if I take a seat here?" Mega Man pointed at a comfy sofa in the living room; Luigi nodded, and the robot sat in the sofa. This sofa had that new sofa feel, it was comfy enough to make Mega Man feel at home, like he's a part of Luigi and Daisy's family.
"Is there anything I can get for you, Mega Man?" Daisy showed up around the corner of the hallway; Mega Man shook his head. "Well if you need anything, you know who to call!" Daisy went to the kitchen, to prepare a meal for her and Luigi. Thought Luigi would be the one doing the cooking, right? Maybe when he decides to get over his fears of ovens, then it will happen sometime soon.
"I really like the interior of this house, looks so lovely," Mega Man analyzed the living room, and everything around it; everything looked so new and fresh, it was worth something to marvel at. "So how is the plumbing, experienced any problems? This house runs on the water from the lake, and I hope you haven't come across any faults yet..."
"Surprisingly, I haven't-a had any issues with the water system-a and the plumbing, aside from-a the Shellder that some-a how got stuck inside the dish-a washer, I never had any issues." Luigi gave this Shellder to Wario as a "souvenir", and the fatso plans on keeping the shell Pokemon until it yields a pearl of some sort. Too bad he picked the wrong Pokemon to be getting pearls of any sort. (Kudos if you know the Pokemon that does.)
Mega Man would let out a big scream when Rotom sneaked up behind him. The plasma Pokemon gave the robot quite the shock, could have even shut his system down after such a scare.
Luigi: Rotom will-a serve as Daisy's and I's pet-a of sorts - he may not-a look like the traditional pet, but he's a Pokemon, so it's-a all good...Rotom IS a male, correct?
Another knock was at the front door; Luigi got up and answered the door, only to see Zero standing before him carrying a bouquet of flowers. You know who those flowers are meant for.
"I do believe this flowers are for a particular woman now residing at this establishment," Zero smiled, smelling the flowers in his hand. Dude's a robot, how is he capable of smell? Does he have a module for such action?
"Are those flowers I smell?" Daisy appeared from the kitchen, her knack to smell and detect flowers from afar very well present. And when she saw the flowers... "EEEEEIIIEEEE!" she squealed like an excitable little girl as she ran up to the front door - knocking her husband Luigi out of the way - and accepted the flowers from Zero, smelling them in pure delight before exhaling in a heavy amount of joy. "Aw, Zero, you shouldn't have, you know how much I truly adore flowers!"
"Hey, it was the least I could do; since you were moving in and all, I felt as if you needed a gift of sorts. So I would appreciate if you thanked me, but..." Zero was immediately cut off when Daisy reached out to give him a hug, and the robot had this facial expression on his face, that looked like a facial expression you would use if you just found out your long-lost girlfriend texted you after a long period of time.
"Thank you so much Zero, this is such a lovely gift!" Daisy thanked the robot, placing the bouquet atop the fireplace, while Zero continued to stand there with a dumbfounded look. Daisy then saw Luigi sprawled on the floor in pain, but there's no need to worry about him, he's taken harder bumps before. "Oops, so sorry about that, honey!" She helped Luigi up and dusted the plumber off; Luigi cracked his back in place after Daisy was finished.
"We should be going now," Mega Man got up from the sofa and headed to the front door, picking up a still frozen Zero like he was a giant toy soldier, and carried him in his arms like a football. "We will be seeing you guys around!" Mega Man waved to the married couple, and the couple waved back as Mega Man closed the door behind him and returned to the mansion, where Badniks - Dr. Eggman's evil robot henchmen - were building the statue of Master Hand in the front of the mansion. Mega Man went inside the mansion and once he was in the foyer, he placed Zero down - the blonde robot was still dumbfounded. Did his system glitch, causing him to remain frozen forever? Oh, what a terrible fate that would be...
"What's the matter with him?" Robin asked Mega Man when he happened to walk by and saw Zero with the same facial expression he had when Daisy hugged him. "Looks like he just got spooked by King Boo!" After a while of silence, Zero finally had the courage to speak...
"I think...I think I'm in love with Daisy," were the words that came out of the robot's mouth. Mega Man and Robin exchanged worried looks with each other, realizing they have a major issue on their hands.
Mario headed to his room, ready to do some workouts to get rid of all that flab that takes up his body mass. Today marks the first day he'll be living with his new roommate, Aerith Gainsborough, and after days of worry and anxiety, he's excited for what new experiences having a new roommate will bring.
Mario: Have I gotten-a over having Aerith as a new-a roommate? Of course-a I have, my constant worrying taught-a me that there's nothing to worry about, especially if-a you're worrying about a non-a issue. I will admit-a that I worry about my relationship with-a Peach, always contemplating whether-a or not the woman still loves me...but I'm-a fully certain that no matter my-a faults, Peach will always-a be mine. Wii Fit Trainer did-a say to me that Aerith can-a supposedly do "all sorts of wonders" with my relationship-a with Peach, but only time-a will tell...
Mario whistled a happy, upbeat tune as he walked through the hallways in his workout gear while carrying his workout equipment. And when he arrived at his room and opened the door...he saw Aerith knelt down on the carpet floor, scrubbing some brown substance that looked a lot like fecal matter. Mario couldn't help but stand there with his mouth agape, trying to piece together what his eyes were seeing in front of him in his head.
"Sorry for the little inconvenience Mario, I'll get this all scrubbed up very soon," Aerith smiled to the plumber when she took notice of him. Mario's face went from shock to animosity, like he was now holding something against the flower girl.
"What is this-a substance on the carpet?" the plumber folded his arms, as Aerith continued to do her thing, scrubbing away. A bunch of questions that need to be answered right away.
"Nothing but some fecal matter lying about on the floor, I'll clean it up in a snap!" Mario didn't buy Aerith's cheerful response, for he thought it was a silly facade to get buy with the following...
"You defecated on the carpet-a floor, didn't you?!" the plumber accusingly pointed at the flower girl, his arm moving about in anger. "Don't-a deny it, tell the truth!" This guy can't possibly be serious...Aerith is the last person you would expect to urinate or defecate anywhere in the mansion beside the bathroom. Leave that stuff up to King Dedede's Waddle Dees, they rarely experience any form of discipline, so they're allowed to do their business anywhere they please.
"Why, I would never do such a horrid thing!" an aggrieved Aerith held her hand to her chest, seriously taken back by Mario's wild accusation. "Even though you have known me for at least a month, you should know better than to accuse me for defecating on the mansion's precious carpet! In fact, the fecal matter was already present in the room before I went inside!"
"...Before you went-a inside to clean up the evidence-a before I came in!" And so the accusing continues - in case you haven't noticed by now, Mario is absolutely livid. "Some-a one, anyone, bring Duck Hunt-a Dog over here!" The plumber called out, and very quickly, Gil showed up carrying the dog on his dog leash. Must have taken him out for a quick little walk.
"Got here as soon as I could," Gil the de facto librarian said to Mario. "Taking Duck Hunt Dog out for a walk around town was seriously hard work..."
Gil: No way am I ever going to walk Duck Hunt Dog again, dumb mutt's a lousy piece of work. We can't even walk a single meter, let alone a foot, without the dog sniffing around to see if any ducks are present. Whenever he hears a duck, or anything remotely close to a duck call, he does this happy jig and immediately searches for the duck, if there is even one around. I can't even say the word duck without having Duck Hunt Dog... *Duck Hunt Dog does a jig in the background of talking head segment* ...dancing like a complete fool. *points behind him* See what I mean?
"Have Duck Hunt-a Dog inspect this substance on-a the floor, to make sure it-a is fecal matter!" Mario pointed at the brown substance where Aerith knelt at; Gil walked over Duck Hunt Dog to said substance, while Mario looked at Aerith with a confident glare, almost certain that she was the culprit in this matter. Duck Hunt Dog sniffed the brown substance...
...and then opened a nearby window so he could puke out said window from the stench, and this puke landed on an unsuspecting Badnik. This Badnik can clean the vomit off without a problem, since the solid surface of his hand will make it easy to clean off. As for the stench, however...
Duck Hunt Dog: *vomits inside a brown paper bag*
"Judging by Duck Hunt's reaction, I don't believe the stuff on the floor is fecal matter, might be some toxic waste," assumed Gil, even though Mario didn't seem to buy it one bit, as evidenced by his angry face.
"Preposterous, I know that substance-a is fecal matter, and there's no denying it! Don't-a even bother covering up your behind, Aerith's-a behind, or even Duck Hunt-a Dog's behind!"
"What seems to be the problem?" Peach came in the room after hearing Mario's outburst. She then saw the brown substance lying on the floor, wondering what it was. Is it fecal matter? From where she was standing, the Mushroom Kingdom princess couldn't smell it distinctly, so maybe it isn't.
"Aerith defecated on this-a precious carpet, and she has yet-a to admit her faults!" Mario explained, pointing to Aerith who was shaking her head at Peach. Apparently she's still the assumed culprit. "Get Master Hand-a here to punish her for her nefarious-a deeds!"
"Are you sure Aerith did it, or are you using her as a fall guy since nobody else was around during this untimely matter?"
"Yes, it's true..." Mario held his head in utter shame. Peach went over to her boyfriend, and gave him a comforting pat on the shoulder, and Mario had the dignity to hold his head up yet again.
"Just because Aerith is here and all doesn't mean she would ever do such a non-decent thing such as defecating in the mansion, and besides, it's absolutely nothing like her. How about I get Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong to clean up the mess, while you can go somewhere else to do whatever you planned to do in this room?" Seemed like a more proficient idea than playing the blame game and getting nowhere. "Aerith and I will search for any culprits, if you like."
"Very well-a then. Aerith, I'm-a sorry for accusing you of any wrongdoing. Guess I'll be on my way then..." With the room now out of commission, where will the plumber work out at now? Good thing he has a backup plan...
Mario barged into Link's and Cloud's room, and Link - reading a Hyrulian history book - and Cloud - playing with his pet Chocobo, Cloud Jr. - gave Mario their full attention, wondering why the heck he randomly barged into their room all of a sudden. The fact that the plumber's wearing workout clothes made them even more concerned.
"My room has been-a contaminated by some brown substance - which may be feces, I would-a assume - and I need a place to do-a my workouts, and I have-a chosen this room as the rightful place-a to hold such workouts, while Peach and Aerith search-a for the culprit!" Mario explained to the swordsmen, who just looked at each other for a brief minute before reverting their attention to Mario.
Cloud: Surprise, surprise - Mario is away handling his own business, while Peach is doing the dirty work. I'm starting to see Mario for what he truly is...a somewhat predictable dude.
Link: To be honest, he's not all that predictable, he still has his moments...like that time when...um, uh...he made Peach...a dish of peach cobbler! Or is that not good enough?
Cloud: And that girl certainly loves her peaches, and I think we all know why. That example you used there, Link, is predictability in itself.
"Hate to break it to you Mario, but you see, our room is already occupied, I don't think we can handle another person inside this room," explained Link, attempting to dissuade Mario from working out in the room. The plumber might give off a heavy amount of body odor through exercising - when you're as flabby as he is, you gotta work out with all your heart and all your strength, and that equals quantity over quality, in some cases - and Link nor Cloud are willing to put themselves through suffering.
"Yeah, Link's right, also you can work out in the fitness center like most normal people in this mansion do," added Cloud, finding it quite odd that Mario would want to work out in his and Link's room of all places, it just seemed so unfitting and out of place.
"Unlike-a you fools, I prefer to do-a my workout sessions in private, when no one's-a seeing me," stated Mario. Dude has a valid point - what if someone was in the fitness center was doing sit-ups, and they looked up and saw Mario with his back turned towards them, doing squats? Just seeing him squat up and down, up and down, up and down...not only is it mesmerizing, but it can also put you at risk at being potentially scarred for life. "If you boys have a problem-a with me exercising in-a here, then why don't-a you leave?"
Link and Cloud both followed Mario's advice as they departed from the room, with Link taking his history book, and Cloud taking Cloud Jr. with him. They even closed the door behind them, not only for dramatic effect, but because they know what watching Mario work out for prolonged periods of time while walking by the room can do to your eyes and even your psychological well-being. Mario simply shrugged, and started his exercises with some good ol' stretching.
Amy Rose's sudden appearance at Sonic's birthday party was a little bittersweet for the iconic blue hedgehog. Sweet (well, sort of sweet) because it marked the first time Sonic saw his girlfriend since the wedding, but also bitter since now Amy knows where the Smash Mansion is located, which means that she can stop by and see her boyfriend any time she wants. What's worse is that due to here yandere tendencies, Amy will not see Sonic any time...but all of the time, whether Sonic likes it or not. And would you know it...
"Peek-a-boo!" the pink hedgehog appeared in a cupboard Sonic opened in the kitchen, scaring the living daylights out of her boyfriend and causing him to stumble to the kitchen. "I didn't scare you that much, didn't I? Oh, Sonic, I'm so sorry for frightening you like that, I promise it won't happen again!"
Amy: Robin is such a sweetheart...first he gave me Sonic's cell phone number, and then he also gave me the address to the Smash Mansion so I could attend Sonic's birthday party! From what I've heard, I was intended to be sent an invitation to the party, but the invitation never arrived at my place...hmm, I wonder why...
"Why must you be here, don't you have a place to live at?" Sonic asked his girlfriend as he got up and dusted himself off. If Amy decides to move in with Sonic, prepare to see the hedgehog speed away from the mansion at the speed of light. "I thought you were living with Cream and her mother!"
"What, so I'm not allowed to pay you a visit?" Amy frowned as she folded her arms and looked the other way, disgusted at Sonic's behavior. Not exactly the first time this happened. "I see how it is..."
"No Amy, I didn't necessarily mean it like that!" Now Sonic is attempting to save face. Brilliant. Just brilliant. "I was just worried about your safety, what with you coming all the way to the mansion on your own!"
"Silly Sonic, I've been in as many dangerous predicaments as you have, and made it out unscathed! Granted, genuine boyfriends like you worry a lot, but there's no need for you to worry right now!"
"Yeah, well, just do whatever you can to stay out of trouble - can't believe I'm saying this, but I can't afford to see you get hurt." Amy absolutely warmed up inside, for she knew that inside Sonic loves her to death - he's just too shy to admit it to her or anyone else. "Now if you excuse me, I'm gonna go hang out with some of my friends..."
So Sonic sped out of the kitchen and to the gaming room, where Pit and Little Mac awaited. When the hedgehog arrived at the door to the gaming room and turned around...he saw Amy smiling at him with loving eyes. Sonic jumped a little when he saw her girlfriend, looking at him like she planned on kidnapping him and taking him to her secret lair, where she will execute all sorts of romantic things on him.
"I love you Sonic," Amy said to her lover, saying this as if Sonic either didn't know already or he kept forgetting things like Snake does.
"Uh, thank you, Amy, I'll make sure I remember that everyday," Sonic responded before entering the gaming room and seeing Pit and Kirby sitting at a couch. Both dudes grimaced not at Sonic...but at Amy who was following behind Sonic without the hedgehog knowing.
Pit: Amy is officially going through the Viridi phase...she will full non-stop until Sonic loves her back, or until he decides to confess his love to Amy!...Speaking of Viridi, that girl better hurry up and buy that Metal Gear Solid game Toon Link said she would buy for me, I don't even care if it was already released or not...
Sonic sat on the couch opposite from the couch Pit and Little Mac were sitting at, and when he looked to his left and saw Sonic sitting on the cough with him, he shrieked like a little girl, catching the attention of K.K. Slider.
"Woah, mellow out my hedgehog friend!" the hippie dog advised Sonic, placing his small guitar on the floor and heading over to Sonic, who was sitting at the end of the couch in a fetal position. "Tell me you aren't afraid of the ladies - I mean, you gotta marry one sooner or later!"
The thought of marrying a girl - let alone Amy Rose - made Sonic's stomach turn, and caused the hedgehog to whimper as fridge horror crept inside his brain. The lovely folks from TV Tropes are probably writing a Fridge entry about Sonic's and Amy's relationship enveloping into a marriage at this very moment, as Sonic is presuming right now.
"Don't mind Sonic here, he's too insecure to share his abounding love for me!" stated Amy, while Sonic continued to waddle in his fetal position. "Once he finally comes to his senses, he won't be so afraid!"
"Um, Sonic, aren't you going to show us those new Air Jordans you bought us, just like we asked?" Pit asked the hedgehog; Sonic placed red Air Jordans on the couch. These shoes were pure eye candy, the design and color scheme was seriously on point, they're definitely aren't the bland, white shoes that have little creativity and would make sneakerheads everywhere cry in shame. The Air Jordans Sonic bought are one of a kind...
...and Kirby sucked up the shoes and ate them, like they were two giant strawberry muffins. That pink puffball just couldn't resist, could it?
Kirby: *happily rubs his stomach*
"Aw Kirby, why did you have to eat those sneakers, I didn't even get a good look at them!" complained Pit, letting his attention deficit get the better of him. "...On another note, however, I probably would have eaten those sneakers myself, just to see what they taste like..." Pit and Kirby are literally meant for each other, it's just wonderful to see.
"Do you have a minute?" Zero approached K.K. Slider, hoping nobody saw him. "I have a favor to ask of you..." And what exactly does this "favor" entail?
Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong worked tirelessly to dispel of the brown substance stuck on the carpet in Mario's room, using every method possible from a vacuum to hot water extraction to remove it. But nothing seemed to do the trick.
"Nothing we do is getting rid of the substance," remarked Donkey Kong, feeling a little frustrated. "I'd hate to call a carpet cleaning service over here, we don't have the money wherewithal to pay 'em!"
"And this substance sure smells too!" Diddy held his nose in disgust. The fumes of the substance made the carpet cleaning task even harder. "Only thing is, you can only smell it when you get close to it...kinda odd if you ask me."
Donkey Kong: Situations like the one my nephew and I are in right now makes me yearn for hardwood floor, rather than some lousy carpet. Everything is easier to clean and vacuum, and you don't have to worry about getting a rash when you move about with your butt on the floor. (Thankfully, I've outgrown that, but sadly the same can't be said for Diddy.) Replacing the entire carpet floor of the mansion with hardwood flooring would cost a lot of money, and Master Hand dislikes spending money on mansion maintenance...lest the money is coming from Mario's wallet.
Donkey Kong looked around, thinking that doing so would help him come of a new method for whatever reason, when his eyes looked out the door to the room and saw Greninja, minding his business as he walked through the hallways. A light bulb dinged over Donkey Kong's head - Greninja is a water-type Pokemon, and his water-based moves could clean up the substance without a hassle. Will any of the ninja Pokemon's water-type moves do the trick. Only one way to find out...
"Greninja, just the Pokemon I needed to see!" Donkey Kong ran outside and greeted the ninja Pokemon, before grabbing him and taking him to the room and placing him feet-first on the floor. Greninja glared down Donkey Kong, angry that the gorilla was intruding on his free time and individuality. "The carpet in Mario's room has been tainted by some brown substance - we're not sure if it's manure or not - and Diddy and I were wondering if you can use your awesome water-type moves to clean it up, if you certainly don't mind..."
In any other given situation, Greninja would have slapped Donkey Kong silly for making him clean an unknown substance off the floor, but since he wasn't in the mood for slapping, the ninja Pokemon shrugged and decided to clean up the questionable substance off the carpet. So he focused on the substance, building up oodles of concentration, and then, with the swift flick of the wrist, he fired a water shuriken at the substance...and it was still present, despite the shuriken's effectiveness. Time for the ninja Pokemon ante up the stakes - he used Hydro Pump on the substance, and still it refused to go away. It won't go out without a fight!
"This is hopeless, we're never gonna clean the carpet..." Diddy Kong buried his face in his hands, shaking his head. "Let's just give up uncle, not even Greninja can fix our situation..."
"Greninja?" Yuffie poked her head through the doorway, and Sheik poked her head afterwards. "What are you doing hanging out with those losers, and not with us?" Thank goodness Diddy's here to hold Donkey Kong back, for the gorilla was angrily gritting her teeth and trying to come full force at Yuffie, who entered the room to investigate. Sheik entered afterwards, and saw the substance on the floor.
"Please tell me neither of you defecated on the floor," the Hylian ninja pointed at said substance, keeping her distance as much as possible.
"No, we didn't 'relieve' ourselves on the carpet floor, so to speak, Mario spotted Aerith cleaning that up when he entered the room, and then Peach delegated us to the cleaning duties," Diddy explained while restraining his uncle. "Donkey Kong brought Greninja over here to..."
"Aerith lives here?!" Yuffie's eyes widened, feeling both bewildered and disgusted at the same time. Bewildered because the flower girl resides at the mansion despite not being a brawler or appearing in the Smash game as an extraneous character, and disgusted after taking into consideration whom Aerith is living with. "Captain Falcons hasn't given her any trouble, has he?"
Yuffie: Now don't get me wrong, I don't mind visiting the mansion every now and then...but living at the mansion? I could never bring myself to do it. So many different personalities live here, and I don't think I would be able to mesh in that well. Not to mention the perverts that make their abode at the mansion, like Captain Falcon for instance...that man doesn't even care how old you are, just as long as you're somewhat attractive.
"Well there was this one time when Falcon asked Aerith if she was single, and Aerith shut him down real quick," stated Diddy Kong. Donkey Kong started to calm down at bit, and Diddy sat him on a nearby bed so he could cool down. "This is actually Aerith's room, which she shares with Mario; the bed my uncle is sitting on is her bed."
"Aerith moved in after Luigi moved in to the house next to the mansion," Sheik clarified for Yuffie. "Master Hand has here living here supposedly because she's a 'miracle worker'."
"Hmm, that seems odd of him to do, Aerith doesn't look like she could fit here..." Yuffie stroked her chin, musing over what Diddy and Sheik just said, and looked at Aerith living at the Smash Mansion from a long-term perspective. Aerith has worked out plenty of miracles in her lifetime, which essentially makes her a huge help at the mansion for any given situation. "...but if Aerith enjoys it here, then so be it. Now about this mess on the carpet..."
Fox and Falco were on their way to the recording studio, to check on Little Mac and Knuckles (and possibly Doc Louis, in order to make sure chocolate hasn't wrecked his health and body systems) when they saw X running towards them, carrying his belongings in a suitcase. Is he moving out of the mansion? What drove him to this decision?
"Tell Luigi and Daisy I'm moving in with them, I can't stand Zero anymore!" the pacifist robot told the Star Fox pilots as he walked past them and to the mansion's exit. Fox and Falco, curious as to what Zero did that convinced his roommate X to leave him, went to the room, and when they opened the door to said room...
...they were absolutely stunned by what they saw. It was full-blown Princess Daisy lovefest - Zero sitting at the desk writing love poems to Daisy, K.K. Slider singing romantic songs about Daisy, the Inklings painting a portrait of Daisy, every space of the room was covered with Daisy, and it was scary to see...
"This is too creepy for my taste," remarked Falco, bewildered as he scanned the room. Daisy pictures were hanging on the walls left and right, and even more pictures were left on the dresser and beds.
Mega Man: Zero inadvertently broke a secret rule that us robots (in my respective universe, at least) should never break - letting humans come in contact with you, especially if those humans are women. A man touching a robot will have a minor effect, but if you let a woman give you even the slightest touch, then you'll be in mad love with her, forever. I recall this happening with Guts Man - he helped some old granny cross the street one day while taking a break from working at a construction site, and he developed a crush on the old lady. Weird since he was infatuated with an elderly woman, and also he's not really the romantic type either...
"I see that you have grown particularly...fond of Daisy," Fox approached Zero, looking over his shoulder to see him writing a love letter to Daisy. Dude's writing his 20th love letter to Daisy, and more love letters are bound to be written. "Care to explain how this developed?"
"I dunno, she just hugged me and then something went off in my mind, telling me that she's the one for me," explained Zero, his eyes fixated on the letter he's writing. "Oh, can you and Falco do a huge solid for me?"
"Uh sure, anything for you buddy!" Nervousness started to rise within the Star Fox pilots, anticipating what wacky task Zero wants them to fulfill due to romantic delusions getting the better of him. "So what can the two best dudes at the mansion do for ya?"
"I want you to assassinate Luigi for me."
Fox and Falco collectively gulped, disturbed by the weight of Zero's demand. The robot dude is clearly serious about wanting Luigi a dead man, and his demand proved how much he wants Daisy - and how his newfound obsession with her deluded him from the fact she's married (he believes Luigi and Daisy are dating with his altered conscience). K.K. Slider and the Inklings were shaking their heads at the pilots, trying to dissuade them from committing the immoral deed.
"And if we don't assassinate Luigi, then what will you do instead?" asked Falco, fearful that Zero might have a devious backup plan.
"Simple - I'll kill him myself," responded Zero, resulting in a deafening tone in the room. "Either if you guys kill him, or if I kill him, Luigi must be a dead man at the end of the day." Mega Man has never spoken about robots going full crazy when infatuated with a human girl - perhaps he overlooked this aspect? "So you better get to it and kill off Luigi when you have the chance...or I'll have to take matters into my own hands!"
Having been exiled from their own room, Link and Cloud looked for another place to hang out. Their escapades led them to the workshop, where the lovely bounty hunter Samus was working away on a new project while Zero's love for Daisy persisted. When the robot isn't present in the workshop, Samus has to make the best of every opportunity she has.
"Hanging out with Samus in the workshop may not be such a great idea, she's quite the testy woman," Cloud discussed with Link, the two swordsmen huddled together at the workshop discussing their plans.
"So you would rather hang out in the library, where it's all quiet and Gil nags you if you're even breathing?" frowned Link. A slight exaggeration; Gil scolds anyone who breathes, sighs, or yawns loudly. True story. "This is the only opportunity we have!"
Cloud: One of the most important things I've learned during my time at the mansion is that you should never, EVER, mess with Samus, she's just no pretty face. She is ruthless, uncaring, and doesn't give a crap about anyone...just like I used to be, at least until Aerith came around.
So Link and Cloud entered the workshop, and Samus looked up at them with a facial expression with so much joy, it cannot be contained by any means. Just the way she blankly stared at the two, with her deadpan eyes and her slightly tight-lipped mouth...it literally oozes excitement.
"Sit anywhere you like, just leave me alone and I won't hurt you," Samus warned the swordsmen as they took a seat in two available chairs. Link continued reading the Hylian history book, Cloud continued playing with Cloud Jr., and Samus continued working on whatever the heck she's working on.
Elsewhere in the mansion, the Follow-Sonic-Everywhere-He-Goes tour continued for Amy, and the latest stop? The bathroom. Yeah, this girl definitely has no chill whatsoever.
"See, told you I wouldn't look!" the pink hedgehog said to Sonic as the two (one-sided) lovebirds exited the bathroom, with Sonic staring grumpily at his estranged girlfriend. Amy has followed him everywhere - the cafe, library, fitness center; you name it, Amy was there with her man. As Sonic angrily walked through the hallway, with Amy following his every step, the blue hedgehog walked inside the workshop, and sat on the floor in disgust. And would you know it, Amy was standing beside him, expecting him to do something. But he didn't and she was getting annoyed...little does she know is that this is all part of the speeding hedgehog's dastardly plan, bore his girlfriend enough to the point where she has to leave. But Amy has the faith, the faith that Sonic will doing something remotely interesting. Just gotta be patient...
"Great, now I have more visitors..." Samus groaned, her great disdain for others growing ever apparent. "Sonic if you're gonna stay here, then take your psycho girlfriend out of here, I don't want to see her fawning over your every move."
"Sonic is my boyfriend, and I must stay with him no matter what!" Amy defended. Where's Viridi when you need her? She can show Amy how it's done, how it's possible to love someone without being so clingy. "Why don't you leave the workshop, if you have a problem with my presence!"
Link, Cloud, and Sonic all feared for the worst when Samus angrily got up from her seat, sporting a giant frown on her face. Just when it seemed like the bounty hunter was ready to go off on Amy, the blonde lass instead exited the workshop, seething. Either she can't take Amy anymore...or she's making a complaint to you-know-who.
"I didn't put that substance in your room, I'm telling you!" Bowser Jr. told Aerith as she and Peach interrogated the young koopa in his room, while his roommate Larry watched on eating popcorn. "I had nothing to do with this!"
"Look Bowser Jr, we've already asked Villager if he was responsible, and he said he didn't know about what transpired in the room, so we're only asking you," Aerith said, calmly as she knew how. People like Aerith are slow to anger, if only the same could be said for Dr. Mario. "You appear to be the most likeliest culprit."
Aerith: Bowser Jr, in all honesty, is technically our last resort. We would have asked his father, but Peach claimed that he would be too obvious of a culprit, so we decided to skip over him.
"Don't mind me if I ask this question, but...where is your father?" Peach asked the young koopa, even though she promised herself to refrain from asking about Bowser.
"Our dad just returned from some 'excursion' he had, he was busy looking for brown coal and some fumes and..." Larry started off - and then trailed off when Bowser Jr. gave him a glare. Evidently Larry said something that he was supposed to say, and for the second time in this series, he accidentally exposed his father's plans. ...but in actuality, he went to go get some burgers from Burger King. You know how much he enjoys hamburgers, he eats them up like..."
Larry immediately stopped when Aerith and Peach came towards him with angry stares, ready to pry more information out of the Koopaling. Bowser Jr. facepalmed and shook his head at his sibling, for he had goofed up yet again.
After his time with Sonic in the gaming room ended with the hedgehog in a fetal position, looking away from Amy, and Kirby sucking up the hedgehog's new kicks, Pit went to go spend some quality time with Viridi, hoping that the time spent with the goddess of nature will be more fruitful than the one with Sonic. But if only the activity he was doing with Viridi was mutually enjoyable...
"This is the monkey face orchid, it's one of the rarest flowers in the planet!" Viridi showed a picture of this particular flower to Pit in her flower scrapbook n the lounge. Pit expressed his annoyance with his chin resting on the palm of his hand and his bored stare, although Viridi didn't think of it as a major issue. Not even Kirby, who tagged along with Pit, was able to turn the angel's frown upside down with his happiness.
"Can we do something else, like watch wrestling?" asked a bored Pit. "Getting tired of seeing all these flowers..." Pit, in this case, is being inconsiderate, in that he wants to do what he wants, rather than what his girlfriend wants, You always gotta grant your girlfriend's every wish or command, regardless of whether you like it or not.
"Like I would want to waste my precious time watching two men constantly touch each other in the ring, as if...but don't worry, you'll end up adoring flowers soon!" Viridi pinched Pit's cheek, making him feel even more annoyed.
"Yo, Pit, Viridi, we gotta ask you a dire question," Fox ran inside the lounge, accompanied by none other than Falco. Because who else would follow Fox around? "It has to do with the afterlife. When someone dies, are they sent to the Underworld?"
"In some cases...yes they do," responded Pit, albeit with a nervous tone. "Why do you ask?"
"Because apparently Zero wants us to kill Luigi for him - and if we don't complete the task, he'll do it himself," stated Falco. Pit's, Viridi's, and Kirby's eyes all widened with fear and worry when Falco said this - they never knew Zero to be this violent. "Dude's become infatuated with Daisy, and it's scary to see..."
Fox: Here's the plan - after we kill Luigi and whatnot, we go down to the Underworld, tell Hades what's up, and then grab Luigi and bring him back to Daisy. We'll then tell Zero the deed is done, and to prove it, we'll show him a fake corpse of Luigi (which will be handcrafted by the Koopalings), and if he buys it, we can carry on with our merry lives, and...
Falco: Woah dude, wait just a second, I detect a flaw in this plan. Since Zero will be convinced that Luigi is dead, he'll have the opportunity to start a relationship with Daisy, because she'll be ripe for the taking...
Fox:...which is why Daisy and Luigi will be moving to Sarasaland! Zero would never think about finding Daisy there...right?
Falco: *shrugs* We can only see...
"You're not actually going to kill him, are you?" asked a weary Viridi. Fox and Falco don't seem like the type of dudes to go about killing others for the sake of some love-crazed robot.
"Well, no, not really, um..." Fox was struggling to find the right words to say to the goddess of nature. "Just be assured that Falco and I have a backup plan, and at the end of this whole ordeal, Luigi will remain in one peace!" And with that, the Star Fox pilots rushed out of the lounge, not wanting to reveal any more information.
"Should we go alert Master Hand about this?" Pit asked Viridi and Kirby, who both nodded eagerly. They couldn't simply afford to lose a fellow brawler.
Mario was nearing the end of his workout, as he was performing squats in Link's and Cloud's room. Luma watched in a trance while her "mama" Rosalina was adjusting her crown.
"Don't look at Mario for too long, otherwise you'll risk being scarred for life," advised Rosalina after she finished adjusting her crown. She has seen Mario work out before - and it wasn't the prettiest sight in the slightest.
"Sir Mario, do you have a minute?" Isabelle poked her head through the doorway. "Just got some great news - Peach and Aerith have finally found the perpetrator regarding the incident in your room! It was Bowser this whole time!"
"I knew-a it!" Mario said, ceasing his workouts; Luma broke her trance and returned to Rosalina. That's right Luma, save yourself! "I had a hitch-a that Bowser was responsible, would have-a outed him earlier but I knew would-a be too obvious of a culprit!"
Isabelle: What Bowser did was technically vandalism, since he deliberately destroyed some of the mansion's carpet and the mansion, for whatever reason, is deemed a public property, at least according to Master Hand. Speaking of Master Hand, I have yet to tell him that Dr. Eggman is building that statue of him just to bring back Tabuu...should I tell him now and possibly get eradicated for sharing the information, or do I withhold the information and suffer the blame when Tabuu returns? I'm so torn... *shakes her head with her face in her hands*
"Are you set to go, Sir Mario?" asked Isabelle, wagging her tail; the plumber gave the shih tzu a resounding nod. "Alright then, off to your room we go!"
Mario and Isabelle arrived at Mario's room, where Peach, Aerith, Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Sheik, Yuffie, and Greninja were all confronting Bowser, the koopa behind the weird substance on the floor.
"Yeah, point your fingers at the bad guy, why don't you!" frowned Bowser, who was brought to the room, and is attempting to use victimization in his favor. "Out in the streets the black guy gets all the blame, but here at the mansion it's the villain that gets all the blame!" One trick Bowser is using is relating real-life hardships to his current situation, though nobody is buying his claim.
"Can't believe you have to live in the same residence with this dude," Yuffie whispered to Aerith, taken back by how grotesque Bowser looks. It's hard to find any woman in the world that finds the Koopa King remotely attractive. "He looks too grown to be pulling off childish pranks."
"Be nice, Yuffie, I'm sure Bowser has some hidden depths that he's not ready to show yet," Aerith whispered back. Deep down inside the flower girl knew she just told the greatest fib ever heard.
Bowser: *groans angrily* One of my own children outed me yet again...and it was Larry again! Does that brat have something against me? Is he jealous that I'm the Koopa King, and he's the king of his own siblings?! Or is he envious about being the Koopa King? Little does he know that I have my succession plan all mapped out, and in due time, Bowser Jr. will become the Koopa King, mark my words!
"Since you're apparently in denial about ruining the carpet, the least you could do is clean up this mess," said Donkey Kong. "You know awfully a more about what it is than most of us do..."
"No can do, this stuff is rock solid, it's hardened to the carpet!" stated Bowser. "Not even some wicked cleaning from Mr. Game & Watch will remove this stuff! Only way this stuff can go away is if someone got some large hammer to smash it into bits, and frankly nobody here owns a large hammer, so I win!" While Bowser laughed like an evil maniac, Sheik's eyes widened, indicating that she may or may not have an idea up her sleeve.
"At least-a you finally admitted-a your wrong," Mario said as Sheik rushed out of the room to who-knows-where. "Sheik where are-a you going?!"
"Samus, I can't outright banish Amy from the Smash Mansion, due to her not being a brawler, it won't have the same leverage as banning someone like Yoshi or Chrom," Master Hand explained to the bounty hunter in the Smash Universe creator's room. Samus proposed that Amy Rose should be barred from ever coming back to the mansion, for the sake of Sonic and to a lesser extent, the residents, but Master Hand shot down that proposal quickly. "The only thing I could do is establish ground rules that Amy must adhere to."
"So you would be fine with Sonic annoying Sonic and pretty much everyone to no end?" questioned Samus, losing whatever faith she had in Master Hand's authoritarian values. "If that's what you want..."
"Master Hand, we have an emergency on our hands!" Pit busted inside the room, skidding to a halt and leaving behind a long skid mark. Mr. Game & Watch will have that cleaned up in no time. "Zero somehow is in love with Daisy, and he wants Fox and Falco to kill Luigi so he could be with her! We have to do something!"
"Surely this isn't another wacko idea for Yoshi's lousy fanfiction writing..." said a skeptical Master Hand. "I don't believe you..."
"It's true, Master Hand, Pit is telling the truth!" Viridi ran inside the room, and stood by her man. Kirby showed up a few moments later. "Zero has gone full-blown crazy, Fox and Falco must be stopped at once!"
"Hmm..." Master Hand conjured a plan - a plan that would neutralize the Star Fox pilots to keep them from killing Luigi, while returning Zero back to his normal self. A light bulb dinged above his nonexistent head, and he asked the following: "Amy is still around at the mansion, is that correct?"
"She should be, since she's been following Sonic around everywhere he goes," responded Pit. "You want me to go get her?"
Diddy Kong: The weird substance on the carpet, as it turned it, is actually brown coal, covered in some foul-smelling fumes to make it seem like poop. We got Bowser to fess up, and he said that his prank was a bit of a "welcoming gift" for Aerith...if I was in Aerith's shoes in the situation, I would honestly feel hesitant about living at the mansion long-term.
The coal stuck to the carpet was broken into itty bitty pieces, thanks to Amy, who was brought to the room by Sheik after the ninja (who was Zelda at the time) caught the pink hedgehog hiding in the kitchen cupboard - though she didn't bother to give Sonic a warning.
"That should be the last of it," Amy remarked after her job was done. Greninja picked up the remains of the coal - holding his head back to refrain from smelling the foul stench - and placed the remains inside a Ziplock bag, handing it to Mario.
"Thank-a you for your assistance, Amy," thanked the plumber. "Glad you were-a willing to do us-a this solid, hopefully Sonic hasn't been-a worried without your-a presence!" Mario tried to joke around with Amy with the latter statement, as evidenced by his slight chuckle, but he only got eye rolls and awkward coughs.
Suddenly Kirby showed up, and when he saw Amy, he grabbed the pink hedgehog and ran away with her. Amy was screaming like a bratty little girl, demanding that Kirby placed her back on her feet.
"Hey you bub, kidnapping girls is my thing, quit copying my shtick!" Bowser shook his fist at Kirby; Mario and Peach couldn't help but smile.
"No need to worry everyone, we'll be back with Amy in no time," Pit said to those inside the room, his head visible at the edge of the doorway. "Zero kinda forced Fox and Falco to kill Luigi just so he could be with Daisy, whom he instantly became infatuated with today, and once we're done with Amy...eh, we'll just be back shortly." And with that, Pit ran off, chasing after Kirby. "Kirby, wait up for me!"
After hearing that Zero was infatuated with a female human in Daisy, Mario looked at the contents of the Ziplock bag he was holding, stroking his chin.
Some high drama was transpiring at Luigi's home - Fox and Falco had their Blasters pointed at Luigi, who had his arms raised in the air, while Daisy and X - who just moved in with the couple against their will - looked on in fear. The Blasters were raised to the highest level - a level high enough to kill others.
"Say your last words, Luigi what's-Yer-Last-Name!" demanded Fox. Who knows why he's being so cliche during this high stakes moment.
"Uhhh...uhhhhhh..." was the only thing that the plumber uttered. Poor guy can't even make out intelligible words, it's a strong sign of how frightened he is.
"C'mon bro, are those really your last words?" scoffed Falco. "You gotta try harder than that. But I guess we'll give you a pass, since we're behind schedule...you ready Fox?"
Falco: When we kill Luigi, we can't be so serious, we gotta loosen up a bit. So we're gonna have Luigi say his last words before we kill him for good!
Before Fox and Falco could squeeze the trigger of their Blasters, and shoot away at Luigi, killing him off for good...both pilots were whacked on the head by a certain Piko Hammer, wielded by none other than Amy Rose, who came inside the home to save the day. Fox and Falco both fell to the floor, unconscious.
"You saved-a me!" Luigi happily exclaimed as he ran to hug Amy, embracing her in his arms. Pit and Kirby showed up afterwards, and Luigi embraced them as well. "Phew, for a minute there-a I thought I was a goner! How about I treat-a you guys over to dinner tonight?"
"Eh, I don't see why not, I might as well invite Viridi," shrugged Pit. Kirby responded with an exclamation of joy - only because there was food involved. Kirby and food essentially goes hand in hand.
"Mind if I join you guys for dinner?" inquired X. "I mean, I may be a robot and all, but I can just hang around for a little bit..."
"Feel-a free to do so," responded Luigi. "But you're going back-a to the mansion around midnight, you hear?" X held his head down in sadness, knowing he'll have to return to Zero. Let's see how his robot friend is doing...
"Are you sure this will make me love Daisy even more?" Zero asked Mario and Isabelle, holding the Ziplock bag containing the brown coal in his hands in his room. Gone were the pictures of Daisy, as well as the Daisy portrait - Master Hand had Viridi and Samus expel anything Daisy-related from the room. K.K. Slider and the Inklings had to hold back Zero, begging the ladies not to remove the stuff, while they were doing their thing.
"It will work all sorts of wonders - one whiff of it and your love shall multiply by tenfold!" smiled Isabelle, making the coal look more powerful than it seems. So Zero poured the contents into his hand, miffed by the smell, and with much hesitation, brought the coal to his nostrils and smelt it. All of a sudden, his body starting spazzing out in all directions, frightening Mario and Isabelle, and when he was done spazzing, Zero fell on the floor, sprawled out like he was dead.
"Zero are-a you okay?" asked Mario, hoping the coal wasn't pungent enough to shut down the robot's systems. Slowly, Zero rose up, and sat back against a wall for support.
"Ugh...what just happened, how did I get here?" the robot asked, rubbing his head. "Last thing I remembered, I was at Luigi's house, and then Daisy hugged, and everything after that was a blur..." It's safe to say that Zero is back to being normal again.
Mario: I've-a read in a robot medical-a book that foul stenches are the number-a one cure for robots, regard-a less of what condition or sickness they-a have! The knowledge I had-a gained from the book, I applied-a to bringing Zero's senses-a back! And people said I don't know-a jack about how robots work...
"Where did X go, I gotta speak with him for a quick minute..." Zero got up and walked out of the room, rubbing his head. Link and Cloud came inside the room, with Link holding the Hylian history book, and Cloud bringing Cloud Jr. with him. (They seriously didn't do the same activity all day long, didn't they? What a way to go...)
"Finally cleaned up the mess in your room, huh?" Link asked Mario, just dying to back to his room, hopefully to do another activity.
"Yup, you may return-a to your room as you like, the problem has-a been solved!" Mario gave the swordsmen a thumbs up, taking all the credit even though Peach, Aerith, and Amy did most of the work.
After being fed up with Amy most of the day, Sonic showed his girlfriend out the front door, hoping she doesn't return ever again.
"Kick me out all you want, but I'll just keep on coming back!" smiled Amy, who certainly didn't mind about being told to leave. She already has the mansion's address ingrained in her memory, she can just return to the mansion at any given time.
"Yeah yeah yeah, just go already," Sonic replied, closing the front door in his girlfriend's face. Amy happily skipped away from the mansion, sporting a genuine smile on her face - oblivious to the Badniks building the sculpture outside.