Author's Note:
Oh joy, another Mega Man-related request, this one from sm0l child, I'm so excited...
"Can we see Geo and Omega-Xis? Pleaseeee? ;A;"
Fine, Geo and Omega-Xis are gonna be in this story, hope you folks are happy now...next up, we have Pretty Palutena:
"Yes, Amy omg, I kinda want more Amy, she's so funny! Also, what if Toad actually is A drug lord?"
You'll definitely see some more Amy, she won't be going anywhere as far as I'm concerned. And is Toad actually a drug lord? We'll be delving into him later on to find out! Here's Derick Lindsey, with some long-term ideas:
"Man great chapter as always I have read your story from the beginning and I enjoyed every chapter sorry that I didn't leave a review all that time. I was wondering if you can continue next week with Link getting to into the joker character and can't stop himself so it's up to Zelda, Cloud, and Arieth to stop Link and snap him back to normal, also in the future as either a one year anniversary or if you decide to keep it going for a long time a 100th chapter you can make a lower deck chapter dedicated to some of the smashers who don't get featured often in this fanfic. Keep up the good work and hope that you continue this fanfic for a long time."
Shoot, had I seen this review earlier ( tends to show guest reviews two or three days after they've been posted), I would have put the Link/Joker idea to work, but since I was already ahead of schedule in regards to this installment of Smash Life at the time, I was unable to do so. But I'll leave the idea on the table, as well as the one year anniversary and 100th chapter stuff, if I even make it to the end of the year or the 100th chapter, we'll see. One last review to answer, from Dongsayadaaaeeee:
"If it's not too much trouble... I wonder what would happen if the other Links and Zeldas came for a visit?"
I was kinda holding off the mansion visits for now, but I'll change my mind. We'll see some Legend of Zelda characters very soon. You'll just have to stick around.
Episode 46: Jailbreak
Red the Pokemon Trainer was going through changes. No, not emotional changes, or even psychological changes - he was going through physical changes, and not the kind he expected.
At the beginning of the week, Red was just your normal, ten-year old boy, so obsessed with Pokemon that he would check out his Pokemon cards while talking a stroll outside or, even worse, while using a bathroom. (You honestly don't know what he does there.) But by Friday, the Pokemon trainer looked like a blatant sixteen-year old, with his height increasing and his voice deepening. It was freaking him out, and he had to ask someone what was going on.
Quite frankly, the only person Red could really ask was Dr. Mario, who was tidying up things in his doctor's office. To say Dr. Mario was an amateur doctor would be an understatement, due to his lack of a medical degree, but the doctor could still get the job done.
"Dr. Mario, I have a major problem on my hands, it's an emergency!" Red rushed inside the doctor's office. Once Dr. Mario saw a significantly older Red, he knew exactly what to do - he ran up to the Pokemon trainer, and knocked him down to the floor, pulling on his neck. Couldn't he just slapped him instead, like he tends to do?
"Tell me what you-a did to Red, you monster!" Dr. Mario angrily said to Red, now trashing his head to the floor. Not a single soul has ever seen the doc this aggressive before, it must be that time of the month.
"Who are you trying to kid, it's me, I'm Red!" the trainer frowned as he pushed Dr. Mario away and got up. "I just...had a few changes, and I look and feel older now!" Dr. Mario still wasn't convinced, as he was stroking his chin to figure out if Red was telling the truth or not.
"I don't-a believe you at all, I'm gonna need-a some substantial proof for me to believe-a you..." What "substantial proof" would Dr. Mario need?
"You want substantial proof, well I'll give you substantial proof...go, Ivysaur!" Red threw out Ivysaur, who appeared in front of a doubting Dr. Mario. "Ivysaur, use Bullet seed!" At Red's command, the seed Pokemon would fire seeds out from his bulb, as the seeds would fire into the air and eventually land on the floor. Did this convince Dr. Mario enough?
"I simply cannot-a believe it..." the doctor's eyes widened. "...you inserted a brain-a chip in that Ivysaur's-a head so it would-a listen to your command, and that way you could trick-a him to thinking you're Red!" Apparently the doctor wasn't convinced, leading to a facepalm from Red. "Some Pokemon-a trainer you're supposed to be!"
Yoshi: Yes, I'm Red's roommate. And yes, I have been paying attention to the changes Red has been undergoing as of late. In a span of less than a week, Red has grown from a boy...to a slightly older boy! Yet I can't help but think that he still looks the same...excellent Pokemon trainers must have great genes. I firmly believe Red is slowly turning into a man, and I'm not gonna tell anyone that until later, just to see how things play out...
"Installing brain chips in Pokemon brains is inhumane, that's something a villainous group like Team Rocket would do!" stated Red. Dude better shut up, Jessie, James, and Meowth might be snooping around the mansion, and they might get some ideas if they had overheard what Red just said...
"Are-a you implying that you're a Team-a Rocket member?! It all makes-a sense now!" Dr. Mario went to the phone, as Red pulled on his hair in frustration. How can Mario be so dense in his doctor persona? "Isabelle, we-a have a 4-1-1, I repeat, we-a have a 4-1-1! There's a Team Rocket-a member among us, and he's-a in my office!"
"Say it isn't so - I'm sending Donkey Kong over right now!" Isabelle's voice was heard over the phone. In an instant, Donkey Kong arrived, ready to put a beating on someone. You wouldn't like this gorilla when he's angry - or hungry. Which is why you should always have a banana or even a Snickers bar around when ready.
"Where is the Team Rocket guy?" asked Donkey Kong; Dr. Mario pointed at Red. "You're going down fool!" The gorilla grabbed Red and held him up in the air by the collar, as Ivysaur braced himself for an attack, but before DK could beat the snot out of Red, he took off the Pokemon trainer's cap for closer inspection, and put him back on the floor once he fully recognized who he was.
"Why on-a earth did you put-a him back down, he's a part-a of Team Rocket!" frowned Dr. Mario, clearly the most dense person in the room. That head mirror must be doing some freaky stuff to his brain.
"Dr. Mario you silly buffoon, this guy is Red, albeit slightly older!" Donkey Kong placed the cap back on Red's head, and dusted him off. "Have you even been paying attention to Red at all this week? He's seemingly getting older by the day, and it's kinda freaky to be honest with you!"
"At least there's someone who knows what's going on..." Red mumbled as he returned Ivysaur to his Poke ball. "Can you solve my problem, Dr. Mario, I keep getting older and I don't know why!"
"I may not have-a the answer to your-a troubles, but fortunately I know-a someone who does," answered Dr. Mario. "He helped-a out one resident before, and he'll-a do it again..."
Wolf: Apparently my Star Wolf comrades issued out another bet...Panther Coroso did a bet between me, Andrew, Leon, and Pigma, saying that whoever can go a single day without having to eat or drink anything would get a free personalized vending machine, all to themselves! On the flipside, whoever loses the bet has to create an anime OVA, whatever the heck that's supposed to be, and show it to their peers, otherwise it would be constant prank calls for an entire month! I already had to make a horror film, and we know how that turned out to be, so I can't afford to lose this bet by any means! My dignity depends on it!
In a sense, Wolf found winning the bet to be somewhat easy - just stay in your room all day long like Ashley does, and don't even think about food or drink, and you'll be just fine! The only time Wolf would need to exit his room would be when he has to use the bathroom, and the pilot would make a quick bathroom break, to relieve himself, because we all know how dangerous keeping your urine in is. As Wolf was heading back to his room, he spotted MegaMan .EXE in the hallway, speaking with some kid with brown spiky hair, a red shirt, blue shorts, red shoes, and glasses on his head. With him was some robotic dog-like creature, with red eyes, blue skin, and some green stuff coming out from its body and limbs, it's hard to perfectly describe what it was. Wolf had never seen this kid or his "pet" before, so he leaned over for closer inspection.
"So glad that you two could make it to the mansion today," .EXE said to the brown-haired kid and his robotic canine companion. "Hope you two can stick around for a bit longer, you know, get to see the stuff that goes on here and all."
"Eh, I would, but I gotta help Sonia prepare for a concert, I kinda became her de facto manager or something," the kid replied, folding his arms behind his head, as Wolf inched closer. "Girl's always looking for a new gig, and sometimes you gotta make some sacrifices to meet her..." The kid stopped when he saw Wolf inching towards him. "Hey, who's this wolf guy with the eye bandage? Is he some sort of pirate?"
"That wolf guy you see before you is Wolf O'Donnell, one of the many folks that live in this mansion. He's not exactly a pirate, he's more of a mercenary, though that's pretty similar to being a pirate, I must say." Mercenaries tend to have some aspirations for gaining money wealth, much like pirates, so the terms "mercenary" and "pirate" could be used interchangeably to describe Wolf in certain aspects.
"I honestly prefer pirate, but to each their own...who's that kid and his dog companion, they're not staying here, are they? We don't need anymore dogs running about, Duck Hunt Dog is already enough!"
"I'm Geo Stelar, and that's Omega-Xis!" the brown-haired kid introduced himself and his companion. "We just wanted to stop by and pay Mega Man and his pals a visit." Geo saw Link walking by the corner of the hallway, speaking with K.K. Slider who was holding his guitar. It was the dog's moral obligation to carry his trusty guitar everywhere he goes. "Woah, is that Link, the famed hero of Hyrule?! No way!"
"Pipe down kid, quit fangirling, otherwise that Link guy is gonna think you're a weirdo!" scolded Omega-Xis. "Don't make an utter fool out of yourself!"
Geo Stelar: A lot of famous people live at the Smash Mansion. You got Mario...Link...Samus...Kirby...Pikachu...Donkey Kong...Sonic...Cloud...Ryu...Bayonetta?! *screams excitedly*
Omega-Xis: Time for you to turn in your man card, good sir...
Geo Stelar: Come on Omega-Xis, wouldn't you be excited to meet some famous video game folk? You'd be geeking out just like me!
Omega-Xis: I'd do so without sacrificing my manliness...
"Planning for Mario's and Peach's wedding has me lost my passion for playing a bit," K.K. Slider discussed with Link as the two walked together. "I'm so busy picking what songs to play, that it's cutting into the time I need for my concerts!"
"K.K., picking songs isn't that hard, you're making it a much bigger deal than it's supposed to be," stated Link. What would he know, it's not like he's a renowned musician known for charming men and women, boys and girls of all ages. "Just jot down a list of songs that would be suitable in a wedding environment, and BOOM! You're done."
"But I hardly know any songs suitable for a wedding environment! That's why I had Rosalina take care of the duties at the wedding last year..." K.K. Slider would stop in his tracks, along with Link, when they saw Geo Stelar staring right at them (mostly Link) with a gleeful face, with his hands on the sides of his face. It's safe to say that the man has officially reached peak fangasm, and both men should be very, very afraid.
"Link I'm so happy to see you my name is Geo Stelar I'm a huge fan of yours love everything that you do and more also your girlfriend Zelda is like super hot and I'm just excited we finally got to meet in person!" Geo ran up to Link and vigorously shook the Hylian's hand, saying a mouthful of things to him without stopping to take a single breath. Once Geo inhaled, he then exhaled and said a lot more. "Just want to say that you're awesome and cool and great and very heroic and you're just super awesome in general and I love your sword!" Extreme fangasm achieved.
"Don't tell me he's always like this, his friends must go through so much," Wolf whispered to Omega-Xis, who felt pretty humiliated for Geo. It was like he was seeing a drastically different person.
"Only for famous people that he would never expect to meet in his life, such as that Link dude," explained Omega-Xis, while Geo continued to shake Link's hand, like's he's never gonna wash his hand ever again. He does realize he would have to wash it for sanitary reasons, right? "If he acts like this with people like Mario and Sonic, then I'm done, I'm out..."
Omega-Xis: Geo is getting a snack from the vending machine right now, and with him away, I can finally get something off of my chest...Geo better not make me look bad when he starts fangirling (yes, I said fangirling, would say fanboying but after seeing how he shrieked when he saw Pac-Man in the mansion's driveway, I fully digress...), I hope he realizes that I have a reputation too! Can't be seen with a kid who would probably wet his pants in excitement over paint drying!
"So is that white dog with the guitar your pet dog, he looks so cool!" Geo knelt down at K.K. Slider, apparently convinced that he was owned by Link. Clearly he doesn't know that much about one of his video game heroes. "Do you mind if I pet him?"
"First of all kid, that dog is not my pet, he's a resident of this mansion," Link had to set it straight for Geo. "His name is K.K. Slider, and he likes to play his guitar for us at some of the concerts or quartets he holds. Also, he hates it when people...pet him." Right before Link could say it, Geo was petting K.K. Slider on the head, and the hippie dog did not like it, not one bit.
"Mellow out man, I don't appreciate others doing that!" K.K. slapped Geo's hand away, and Geo rubbed it. "Please excuse me for my unnecessary attitude, it's just that...I've been planning for a high-profile wedding, and I'm starting to lose my patience...I don't even feel like having a concert anymore..."
"Funny you should mention that, I have a friend by the name of Sonia Strumm who likes to sing pop music, and she's looking for a place to hold her concert!" said Geo; the once downtrodden K.K. Slider soon saw his spirits uplifted the moment Geo mentioned a concert. Perhaps the fire within K.K. had somehow been restored by Geo, of all the people you could think of?
"Sing...pop music...concert?" the hippie dog tied these three words together, and got all giddy. "A music concert you want, a music concert you will get! Why, it can help get my mind off of things...and you boys are gonna help make the concert possible!"
"Technically I'm not a boy, I'm more of an adult, so I have no business being a part of this concert crap," stated Wolf, doing whatever is necessary to refrain himself from losing the bet. He can't possibly take any chances now.
"Very well then...you boys and the adult wolf are gonna help make the concert possible!" reaffirmed K.K., causing Wolf to growl in anger.
Life for Bayonetta was starting to become very boring, especially after the Umbra Witch's roommate, Snake, had been arrested for growing cocaine in the gardens. Seven weeks passed since the day Snake was arrested, and many brawlers were greatly missing his presence, and Bayonetta was one of them.
Bayonetta: To be honest with you, I miss having Snake as a roommate...just hearing him gripe and complain about today's culture and society, and always talking crap about the millennial generation, it was like music to my ears; cynicism on stereo. None of us know about Snake's current situation, other than the fact that he's incarcerated at some prison on a faraway island. Maybe a jailbreak is in order...?
But Bayonetta couldn't organize a jailbreak alone, she would need a partner or two to assist her, she can't be a lone wolf. So she snooped around the mansion, searching for the two perfect candidates for the job. First up was Lucina and Robin, who were spending time together in the living room.
"Sorry Bayonetta, but Father wouldn't like it if I broke Snake out of prison, he would probably think less of me," Lucina kindly said to the Umbra Witch. Such a daddy's girl...
"I may be an expert strategist, but jailbreaks aren't exactly my specialty," stated Robin. "Thanks for asking us though." Bayonetta groaned and left the two lovers alone. The next duo the Umbra Witch interrogated would be the Ice Climbers, who were playing in the ball pit.
"I've been thinking about breaking Snake out of prison," Bayonetta had to raise her voice for the Ice Climbers, too busy having fun in the ball pit to even pay attention to the Umbra Witch. "Having some accomplices to tag along would be greatly appreciated!" Bayonetta raised her voice even higher, and still the Ice Climbers wouldn't listen. Bayonetta groaned as she left the Ice Climbers be, and a few moments after she left...
"Did you hear anything, or were my ears deceiving me just now?" Popo stopped playing and asked Nana, who simply shrugged. "Oh well, it might come to me eventually." Popo resumed playing in the ball pit, and Nana did the same.
Bayonetta would ask the Inklings if they wanted to come along, but they were involved in a high-stakes paintball match in the backyard, and there was so much paint splattered all over the place, that the Duck Hunt Dog had to relocate back inside the mansion, to keep himself safe. With the Inklings already busy, Bayonetta had one last duo in mind, and it was the last duo she considered asking...
"You want us to tag along with you to the prison where Snake's imprisoned at?!" exclaimed Pit, who was playing video games with Kirby in his room. Competition between the two must be very one-sided, for many obvious reasons. "We'd be more than happy to come with you Bayonetta, I really wanna see how Snake's doing!"
"We're not going to see how Snake's doing, we're breaking him out...thought I already cleared that up," said Bayonetta, now regretting asking Pit and Kirby. "I'll just tell Palutena that I...treated you boys to some ice cream, she'll buy it like it's nothing!"
"You're gonna treat us to ice cream after we rescue Snake, that's great of you Bayonetta, didn't know you were that nice!" Pit exchanged high fives with Kirby. Bayonetta must regret saying the ice cream part as well. Granted, she has the money, but would she spend it on Pit and Kirby? Kirby, yes, Pit, not so much.
Pit: So Kirby, what's your favorite ice cream flavor?
Kirby: Ooh wah! *affably waves his hands in the air*
Pit: Hey, that's my favorite flavor too, we certainly have a lot more in common than we think! Bayonetta is so nice, treating us to ice cream, a huge contrast from the time she chased me down for me being an angel...good times, good times.
"We shall leave for the prison at seven o' clock sharp; first I must tell Mega Man and R.O.B. to get their teleportation device ready," notified Bayoneta. This instance would mark the second time the Umbra Witch used the device. "Might want to use this time to tell your significant others your goodbyes!" What significant other would Kirby have, little fella may not be interested in love, or even know how love works! "I'll be seeing you boys later!" Bayonetta waved to Pit and Kirby as she exited her room, right when Dark Pit entered in, looking questionably at the Umbra Witch.
"Bayonetta was flirting with you again, wasn't she?" the doppelganger asked Pit. "Or did she vow to kill you for being an angel?" Dark Pit seriously can't think he's safe from Bayonetta's crutches.
"She wants to treat me and Kirby to some ice cream later today!" replied Pit, and Kirby nodded his head, both lads downplaying the information they had gained earlier. As earlier stated by Bayonetta, Snake's jailbreak would be a very secret plan, and only her, Pit, and Kirby can know about it. "She didn't say where we'll be eating ice cream though, but I know we'll have a swell time together!"
"And she didn't even want to invite me..." Dark Pit shook his head, sitting on his bed as Pit and Kirby continued their extremely lopsided video game competition. Dark Pit will have his day, one day.
Marth and Geno held another organized Romance Club meeting with Chrom, Wario, Ganondorf, and Captain Falcon, and instead of meeting in the room where they usually meet, the six gathered outside the mansion for "some observational learning", as Marth called it. They would be watching certain couples flirt with one another, while taking notes on how flirting is done.
"Don't appreciate those men looking at us like that..." Aerith said to Cloud, the two sitting at a bench in a nearby park. The two lovebirds were being watched by Marth and company; Chrom, Wario, Ganondorf, and Captain Falcon were watching closely, with Captain Falcon taking notes on a notepad.
"I tried to warn Marth about this, but that man just wouldn't listen," responded Cloud, doing his best to ignore the Hero-King and the other club members. "He's going over the line with this Romance Club crap, and it's starting to get on my nerves. A part of me wants to tell him how I feel about his stupid club, but I'm worried about hurting his feelings; he is a pretty sensitive dude, after all."
Cloud: Marth had promised me he would leave me alone after I stopped by the Romance Club and tell the members what it's like to be in an ongoing relationship, and he even paid me a hefty fee to keep my shut up, and I kinda backed up on my promise (promises are meant to be broken anyway, so it's not like it's that big of a deal). Now Marth wants me to flirt with Aerith in a local park, to teach the members how to flirt and whatnot, and he didn't offer me a fee this time...I think a sucker punch to his face can cover for everything.
"You two flirt already, there's a ladies show coming on television today and I can't miss it by any means!" Captain Falcon called out to Cloud and Aerith. "I must decide on which woman I want to make my future wife!" Wasn't this dude fawning over Tekken's Alisa Bosconovitch last week, why must he flip-flop all the time? Just pick one lady, and stick to her!
"Can you boys excuse us for a minute, it won't take long!" Aerith said to the Romance Club members as she got up from the bench, suddenly feeling a strong urge to tell Cloud something important. The blonde swordsman himself sensed this when Aerith grabbed his arm. "We'll be back in a few, promise you we'll be back sooner than you know it!" Aerith took Cloud's arm, and took him behind a tree, faraway from Marth and company.
"Alright Aerith, you dragged me all the way here, so clearly you got some important stuff to share with me," inferred Cloud. There is no other valid reason for the two to be hiding behind a tree. "What do you have to say that's so important that you can't say it in front of the others?"
"It's a secret of mine that I kept hidden away from you and everyone else...a secret that would probably devastate many, I'm sure...my secret...my secret is that I'm not from universe, I never came back from the dead, as you and many others had assumed."
Upon hearing this, Cloud gave Aerith a funny look, then looked back behind himself, then returned his focus to Aerith. How can someone like Aerith claim that they never returned from the dead, while at the same time state that they're from a different universe? That's like Bill Clinton say that he never served a second term at the White House, and also stating that he's a naturalized citizen from Cuba.
"Aerith I honestly don't know what flowers you have been smelling in the gardens, but evidently they're not good for your well-being," Cloud said to his girlfriend, confused as ever and fearing for Aerith's overall sanity.
"No Cloud, I'm telling you the absolute truth, I wished to tell you earlier but I didn't know how you would feel," said Aerith, stressing the importance of her secret. "As I can already tell, you're very confused, and sharing any more information might not be the best thing to do..."
"We'll talk about it later, right now we gotta head back to the bench before Marth starts having a fit," Cloud grabbed Aerith's hand and walked her back to the park bench; once the two returned, Marth and company refocused their attention on the two, with Captain Falcon whipping out his notepad after several seconds of boredom.
Aerith: Not everyone doesn't know about my secret...Master Hand, Marth, and Luigi are the only three that know how I got here. Marth was the one who brought me here in the first place, and it was under the orders of Master Hand and Luigi. I entrusted those three not to spill the beans about my origins, for I fear that doing so on early notice would be very, very grave...
Knuckles had done everything he had wished to and more in the beginnings of his rap career. He released his first mixtape. He released his first music video. Heck, he even squashed a beef with some sap name "G Hunnid the Big Thang", who was apparently Big the Cat. That dumb feline will do anything to make himself look cool.
Now the echidna is off to bigger and better things. He's gonna step up and take things all the way up to eleven and beyond. No, he's not gonna record another mixtape - he's gonna record his first album, marking a first of such a feat for Star Records. Before Knuckles could get into the grind of things, he first needs a legit album name, for he can't succeed without one. Which is why he's relying on his two favorite people to assist him...Sonic and Tails. (You thought Fox and Falco, didn't you?)
"C'mon Knuckles, picking an album name is not that hard - just write down a bunch of random words on pieces of paper, put the pieces in a bag, draw two pieces randomly, and use the words on those pieces of paper as a part of the title!" suggested Sonic.
"Sounds like a great idea, why haven't I thought of that!" exclaimed Knuckles. The echidna was getting all excited, as evidenced by him rubbing his hands together. You know you're in the groove if you're rubbing your hands together, like Montgomery Burns. "Tails, go get a sheet of paper and a sack or something, I'll instruct you on what to do once you get the materials!" Tails got up and flew away, to do as he was told.
Knuckles: Coming up with a legit album name is oftentimes harder than making an album cover - your title has to fit the entire motif of the album. I wish was proficient at titles and whatnot, like David Bowie...he was truly a music innovator. He was the only guy who could think up of an album name like "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" and still receive high recognition for his works.
"So have you come up with an album title yet?" Fox asked Knuckles as he walked inside the Star Records room, sipping some coffee. "Since you wanted to come to terms with a title by the end of the week, you'll have until the end of Saturday to reach a decision on a title, to keep up with things."
"No worries Fox - Sonic, Tails, and I are going to find out what the title for my first album will be very soon," assured Knuckles. Tails would return to the Star Records room, holding a sheet of paper, an ink pen, and a sack in his hands.
"The more pieces we have, the better," Tails placed the three materials on the Star Records desk, and ripped the sheet of paper into pieces, as Fox inquisitively looked at the yellow fox. "It might increase our chances of coming up with a more unique title."
"You're seriously using pieces of paper to decide on an album title?" Fox finally spoke up after several moments of judging the Sonic trio. "Are you three insane or something? Is that the best method you could come up with?"
"Any method is better than no method!" Sonic shrugged as he grabbed the ink pen, and wrote random words on the pieces of paper. "Yo, Tails, get my phone and call Amy, and tell her to bring her butt over here!" In the past, Sonic would be very hesitant to call Amy over to the mansion, but since him and Amy are on the same page, no more hesitation is needed.
"Unbelievable, just unbelievable..." Fox shook his head and walked away to another part of the Star Records room, as Tails fetched Sonic's cellphone.
In the mansion's lecture hall, Link, Wolf, MegaMan .EXE, K.K. Slider, Geo Stelar, and Omega-Xis were setting things up for a concert - Sonia Strumm's concert. Geo had told the young pop singer via phone that the Smash Mansion would be a great venue for one of her concerts, and Sonia obliged with much joy.
"A pop concert from this Sonia Strumm girl would do leaps and bounds for this mansion!" exclaimed Master Hand, who was with the men as they prepared the stage and whatnot. "I'll even make it open to the public, the Seattleites are more than welcome to attend!" The money generated from the concert could be contributed to Mario's wedding - but knowing Master Hand, he may or may not have other plans...
Master Hand: It is highly crucial that I (ahem, we) raise as much money as possible from the concert so I can buy that Lamborghini Veneno, priced at 4.5 million dollars...Yes, yes, I know, I know I'm universally incapable of driving, but why do you think people like P. Diddy have an egregious amount of cars and homes and stuff and flaunt them off to others? To remind the people below them how truly important they are, of course! Obviously I'm the most important person in the Smash universe, so I have to let the fools that cower before me to know what's up! Gotta put some respect on my name!
"But Master Hand, you vowed not to any citizens of Seattle in the mansion without your permission after that whole tourist incident," Link said to the Smash universe creator, as he was setting up the lights. No musical concert is complete without a set of lights, that's an unwritten rule in music that's been proven time and time again. "Unless this is just a way for you to raise money to accomplish something that fulfills your selfish desires..."
"How dare you accuse me of raising money for selfish deeds!" Master Hand stuck his finger up in Link's face; the Hylian backed up against the wall. "In case you were wondering, I am raising money for my own ambitions, but I don't respect you for accusing me, I got a reputation you know..."
"Sonia is so gonna flip out when she sees what we've done with this stage!" Geo smiled as she did the decorations on the stage. Just then, a red-haired girl wielding a guitar approached Geo, who was standing on a small ladder.
"Hiya Geo!" this red-haired girl, named Sonia Strumm, exclaimed as loud as she could, causing Geo to scream and fall off the ladder and on his bum. Omega-Xis witnessed Geo's fall, and faceplamed out of embarrassment. His "reputation" has seemingly taken another hit. "Hey there Omega-Xis, didn't see you there!"
"Don't talk to me, I'm too embarrassed..." said Omega-Xis, still facepalming. "Just go somewhere...and practicing your singing or something..."
"I'll be rehearsing in a little bit, but first, a token of my gratitude..." Sonia dug into her pockets, and pulled out a couple of beef jerky sticks. "One stick of beef jerky for all of you!" Look at that Sonia, such a thoughtful little girl...
"Thanks a bunch Sonia, I could really go for something to eat!" Geo got up from the floor like his fall from the ladder never happened and grabbed a beef jerky stick. Link leaped down from the top of the stage and stuck a perfect landing (all without injuring himself) and grabbed a beef jerky stick from Sonia. And yes, he said "thank you", you know Link is a true gentleman. Gotta be one when you're the proclaimed hero of Hyrule.
"Since I'm a robot, I can't eat physical food, but I'll give my beef jerky to someone," .EXE accepted two beef jerky sticks from Sonia, giving one stick to K.K. Slider. That left Sonia with Wolf who, if you recall, can't eat or drink anything for a day due to a bet with his Star Wolf pals.
"Not really feeling hungry today, but thank you for the offer," the space mercenary kindly said to Sonia, who inched closer towards him, beef jerky in hand. "I said I'm not feeling hungry, I had five full course meals all to myself the other day and my stomach can't take it anymore!" Wolf would have to pull out all the stops in order to win the bet.
Wolf: Great, my stomach is cramping, and I'm feeling nauseated, and on top of that very dizzy...once I put on the finishing touches on the stage for this stupid girl's concert, I'm heading straight back to my room and just lie on the bed all day long...I'll just tell any who inquires me that I'm suffering from some rare disease called...called, uh...I'll think of a name soon.
"One measly stick of beef jerky won't hurt anyone!" Sonia stuck the beef jerky closer to Wolf, who was steadily backing away, keeping his cool. Once he couldn't keep his cool anymore, Wolf snapped.
"I SAID I'M NOT FEELING HUNGRY TODAY, WHICH MEANS I DON'T WANT A SINGLE BITE TO EAT!" the space mercenary belted out at the top of his lungs, catching everyone by surprise - including Master Hand, who may or may not be somewhat jealous right now. "WHAT PART OF THAT DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND, WHY CAN'T YOU JUST LEAVE ME ALONE?!" Sonia just stared at an irritated Wolf, blinking her eyes for a few moments.
"Okay then, I'll give this beef jerky to someone else!" the girl hummed happily as she exited the lecture hall, leaving Wolf behind on the floor in a fetal position, sucking his thumb. A rare sight to see a tough guy like Wolf in such a position.
"You guys finish up on the concert set, I'll take care of Wolf," Link instructed the others as he lifted up Wolf and carried him to another spot in the lecture hall, so he can have his moment to himself.
Once it was time, Mega Man and R.O.B. took Bayonetta, Pit, and Kirby to a prison island, where Snake was imprisoned. Mega Man had to do a quick background check to find out which prison Snake was at, and it turns out he was on a prison somewhere in Hawaii.
"Never would have imagined Hawaii having prisons, they way they present Hawaii as having hula girls and cool Samoan dudes, I thought crime was nonexistent here!" Pit spewed out ignorance from his mouth as he and comrades made their way to the prison where Snake was kept at. The angel is clearly very shallow about Hawaii, like he is with everything else. Remember, this is the same guy who thought he was in Jamaica when he was in Rio during the Olympics.
"Keep it down Pit, you're gonna blow our cover..." Mega Man whispered to Pit as the five made their way - or in this case, sneaked - their way to the prison. The five would arrive in time, but not before seeing two burly security guards blocking the entrance to the prison.
"Stand back boys and let a witch handle this," Bayonetta said to her troop as she seductively strolled her way towards the security guards. The Umbra Witch caught the attention of the guards, who did their best to look away, but Bayonetta's beauty and attractive nature was arguably hard for them to resist.
Bayonetta: "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder..." In other words, beauty is something that cannot be judged objectively, one person might find someone beautiful but the other person may not... *strikes a seductive pose* It's such a shame I'm a living exception to that silly phrase.
"We came here to pay a visit to a close friend of ours," Bayonetta said to the security guards in a charming way; both men's faces were turning red as Bayonetta stroke a pose. Whatever the Umbra Witch is doing, it's certainly working. "Will you boys let us through, or are you too 'chicken' to say no to a smoking hot babe like myself?"
One of the security guards fainted and fell to the ground, unable to take in Bayonetta's beauty anymore. The other security guard, not knowing what to do, ran for the hills. Hopefully Pit knows that Hawaii has hills, and not beaches as he would likely assume ninety-nine percent of Hawaii's geography is.
"BAYONETTA'S BEAUTY...CANNOT BE COMPREHENDED..." R.O.B. uttered, and Pit, Kirby, and Mega Man all nodded their heads in agreement. Bayonetta opened the prison doors as she and her troop entered the prison, strolling through the prison hallways in search for Snake. A prison warden spotted the five, and was about to notify the prison officials, until Bayonetta grabbed the warden by the collar and held him up to her face.
"Tell your henchmen about our presence in this prison or you will never see the light of day ever again..." the Umbra Witch threatened; the warden nodded, and Bayonetta kneed the poor man in the gut and threw him onto the floor. Bayonetta may be beautiful, but she's still a force to be reckoned with.
Since Dr. Mario was unable to solve Red's aging problem (no pun intended), the Italian doctor had to bring a familiar face back to the mansion. This person was a doctor just like him, and he tended to Toon Link when the Hylian had a cold. It was none other than Doctor Toadley, the man who claims to be a full-fledged doctor, despite his face veil and crystal ball. He looked more like a fortune teller than not.
"Shall I solve this Pokemon trainer's ailment? Of course I can!" exclaimed Toadley, answering his own question like a boss. "Let's see what we got here..." The doctor would analyze Red, inspecting his head, limbs, eyes, fingers, toes, stomach, and parts of the body in which Dr. Mario was instructed to leave so Toadley could check them out. Once his inspection was done, Toadley came to a decision... "Red is aging...due to innate factors! Factors he has zero control of! I think I know why...do you have a phone with you, Dr. Mario?"
"Why I sure-a do!" Dr. Mario gave Toadley his cellphone, and the veiled doctor looked up an image on Google (everyone's favorite search engine), pulling up an image that Red and Dr. Mario had to see. Once he found the image, Toadley revealed it to Red and Dr. Mario for them to see.
"This, is why Red is aging rapidly!" The image in question was Red and Blue, both middle-aged men. "It must be the changing canon that's making you older, there's no other explanation!"
Red: Ew, ew, and ew...they dare place me in the same image as that freak Blue? He's no good anyway, always talking about how he's the greatest of all time, and all that crap...has he forgotten who beat him in the Indigo League?
"What must we do, you might ask? We must find ointment for Red's skin, since he finally reached puberty!" said Toadley. When you're around sixteen years of age, you tend to suffer from acne problems. Nothing like some good ol' skin ointment to diminish your acne woes! "Do you have any ointment? Red needs it right away!"
"There-a is some ointment in Wolf's-a room," stated Mario. Why would Wolf have ointment in his room, is it because of his roommate? Only one way to find out... "Let's go ask-a Wolf if we can-a borrow it!"
"Ultra...Star...Sisqo?" Amy read off the three words she drew from the sack of words, as she, Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles were drawing three random words and putting them together to form a name for Knuckles' debut album.
"Tails, why is 'Sisqo' a word, isn't Sisqo that R&B singer from the nineties?" questioned Sonic. For those of you who don't know, Sisqo, in addition to being an R&B singer from the nineties as Sonic just said, was a part of the musical group called Dru Hill. Sonic learned about this man during his "training" with Wario back in episode 37.
"Don't look at me, it was Knuckles' idea!" Tails accusingly pointed at the echidna, who eyed around the room innocently. "He's also the one who came up with strange words, like 'booyah'!"
"For your information Sonic, you once said that this idea would allow more variety, so I did what I had to do!" stated Knuckles. "It's not my fault you're not as hood as I am!" Was Knuckles trying to avert from playing the race card just now?
"Quit bickering you three, I've had just about enough of this!" frowned Amy, having to play the peacemaker during this whole activity. "I'm really starting to lose my patience here!"
Amy: Up until now, I had no idea that Knuckles had a musical career; strangely enough, I've always imagined him as Doc Louis whenever he's without his chocolate for a prolonged period of time - snapping on others for no blatant reason and talking about how "underprivileged" he is because of how black he is...so it's great that he's spending most of his time at the mansion doing something constructive.
"Sorry Amy, but we can't let Knuckles get away with stuff like this, so I'll have to do what I have to do," Sonic took the piece of paper with "Sisqo" on it and ripped it into shreds. Knuckles would take a heavy breather as Sonic performed the action. "Alright Tails, it's your turn!" So Tails dug into the sack, and pulled out three pieces of paper, and read the words on them.
"Cerebral...sickle...syndrome," Tails read the threw words he drew, placing them on the Star Records desk and arranging them in a way that made sense. "Cerebral sickle syndrome is what I got!"
"Cerebral sickle syndrome, sounds like a great album title to me!" Sonic wrote the phrase down on a slip of paper, and Knuckles just stared at his hedgehog friend, about to lose his last nerve. Figuratively though, how would Knuckles be able to survive with no nerves?
"You think that's a great title, huh?" the echidna snapped. "'Cerebral sickle syndrome'? You're kidding me, right?" Maybe Amy was on to something when she thought of Knuckles as being very snappy with others... "Well I say nein! NEIN!" Now Knuckles went from acting like a stereotypical angry black man to some random German guy...dude's becoming very versatile with his outbursts.
"Didn't you say that you wanted a title that sounded 'different' from others?" retorted Sonic. Oh how the tides are changing. "Excuse me for wanting to help out!"
"Please you two, not this again..." Amy spoke up, not wanting to play peacemaker again. "Let's let bygones be bygones, and have a normal activity that will yield..." Before Amy could go on, Knuckles rudely got up and exited the Star Records room, just when Falco entered.
"Bruh what's up with Knuckles, looking like Rouge violated him through some DMs or something!" Falco said to Sonic and his crew, wondering why Knuckles looked so angry. Instead of answering Falco, Sonic just looked down at the floor, feeling somewhat bad about himself.
Cloud and Aerith were still at the park, and they were sitting together at a lake, though they couldn't do so without some privacy - Marth and Geno, as well as Chrom, Wario, Ganondorf, and Captain Falcon were watching from afar, anticipating the couple's every move...only thing was, they weren't doing a single thing!
"If we keep still like this, then maybe they'll go away and leave us alone," Cloud whispered to Aerith, who followed along with the swordsman's plan. Time passed, and Marth had yet to take his boys and leave Cloud and Aerith be...must be that persistent.
Aerith: Cloud still refuses to believe that I'm from another universe...and I'm afraid that if he doesn't learn the truth, then grave consequences will soon arrive...oh how I miss the taste of sea salt ice cream...
"Today would be nice, you two!" Wario called out to the Final Fantasy couple. "We've been waiting all day long for you to do something, and you're wasting our time!" That's exactly what Cloud and Aerith wanted to hear.
"Hush your mouth Wario, we all know you have a secret bathtub full of money that you want to swim in," Ganondorf joked around. "Though that would explain why you always smell like garlic..."
"Listen up everyone, I just got a text message from Link!" said Chrom, who hopefully masted his cellphone right about now. It would sad if he was unable to, considering he had it for almost a year. "He said that a girl by the name of Sonia Strumm is hosting a concert at the mansion - which will be open to the public - and he wants to know if we want to attend! What do you think of that, Marth?"
"A concert would be a great idea, it can teach you how to spend time at recreational events, and it's something that most of us need..." replied the hero-king, strongly referring to Captain Falcon, who was now drawing a female face on the ground with a stick. This is what happens when you're terribly single for a long time.
"We should go now while the seats are available," stated Geno. Early bird gets the worm. "Would you two like to come with us to the concert, so you be an example of how a couple conducts themselves at a concert and similar events?" The Star Warrior asked Cloud and Aerith, with Aerith looking at Cloud, contemplating what should be done.
"Park's getting boring, so I don't see why not," Cloud shrugged. This will be the ex-SOLDIER's last straw - no more Romance Club favors from him.
Bayonetta led Pit, Kirby, Mega Man, and R.O.B. through the prison halls, and the Umbra Witch would "defeat" any prison warden that dared to challenge her, using her seductive nature and beauty to subdue any man who wished to try her. Quite frankly, Bayonetta has yet to submit to a single man.
"Feels like we're almost there boys..." the Umbra Witch said to her compadres. And she would be right - the five would find Snake in a prison cell, seated on the floor with his head held down, wearing an orange prison uniform and holding a piece of bread in his hands. Jackpot...
R.O.B.: WE SUCCESSFULLY REACHED SNAKE...WITHOUT ANY HINDRANCES OR OBSTACLES...BAYONETTA...YOU THE REAL MVP...
"Yo Snake, over here, it's us!" Pit called out to the former spy; Snake looked up, and flashed a smile when he saw his fellow brawlers coming to rescue him. Not the ideal brawlers he wanted to see, but he's glad someone's breaking him out.
"Aw shucks, and here I thought none of you guys cared about me," said Snake, feeling like he should shed a tear. "So how are you gonna break me out?"
"Good thing we had a method in mind...Kirby, would you like to do the honors?" Kirby, who had his mouth full the entire time, would step in front of the prison bars...and spat out Dark Pit, breaking the bars in the process. Dark Pit was lying on the floor, covered in saliva, and slowly got up, analyzing his surroundings.
"Hold up, am I at a prison?" the doppelganger questioned. One moment he was stuck inside Kirby's spacious stomach, and now he's stuck inside a prison cell. "Pit, you said you would be taking me to that ice cream place Bayonetta promised she would take you and Kirby to!"
"Amazing how a simple white lie can make anyone a poor victim..." Bayonetta smirked as Dark Pit wiped Kirby's saliva off of him.
"There they are, let's get them!" a prison warden, accompanied with his goons, pointed at Bayonetta and company, right after Snake took one step out of the cell.
"Everyone make a run for it!" Mega Man shouted as the troop ran down the prison halls with fury. Dark Pit exited the cell once he got the saliva off of him, and when he saw the prison warden and his crew running, he ran after the others in an instant.
It was now time for Sonia Strumm's concert. The lecture hall was packing up, as many Seattlelites paid their money to see a young aspiring pop singer perform. Some people, however, had a hard time following instructions...
"Corrin, for the last time, you don't have to pay to get in, all residents of the Smash Mansion are allowed to attend the concert for free!" Wii Fit Trainer, who was put in charge of the concert tickets and letting people in and whatnot, kindly told the prince of Nohr, who wished to pay ten cents to see the concert - although the price was thirty dollars. Master Hand doesn't play around with this kind of stuff.
"But Wii Fit, paying my hard-earned cash - the only monetary value I have to spare - would be a great way to show Master Hand my full appreciation!" pleaded Corrin. Only ten cents is considered "hard-earned cash" in Corrin's textbook. "So please, I beg of you, take my money, or I won't see the show!"
Master Hand: Original pricing for the tickets was close to $150, but Zelda apparently talked me out of it and told me to drastically lower the prices, so we settled at $30 per ticket. But that won't be enough to afford that Lamborghini Veneno...I know, I'll force Sonia to do a concert every week until I raise enough money to buy the Lamborghini, and once I have it in my possession...Pfft, why would someone like me pay Sonia for her concerts, she's not going to contribute towards buying my dream car!
"Can we get a move on please, we all have stuff to do, ya know!" a man angrily said at the back of a line, a line blocked up by none other than Corrin. Other individuals in the line shared the man's sentiments, as they booed and jeered at Corrin, and somehow the prince assumed King Boo was gonna pop out of nowhere and scare him, like the angry folks were trying to summon the ghostly creature.
"Fine Corrin, since you refuse to abide by the rules, I'll just take your measly ten cents and give you your ticket, if it will make the crowd shut up..." Wii Fit Trainer accepted Corrin's loose change and gave him a ticket. Everyone in the line grew content as Corrin entered the lecture hall, and once he was in, the line kept moving at a normal place.
While Sonia was on-stage rehearsing, Cloud and Aerith took their seats near the front of the lecture hall, as Marth, Geno, Chrom, Ganondorf, Wario, and Captain Falcon took their seats in the rows behind the lovebirds. Ganondorf would take a seat next to Rosalina, and Wario would do the same with Palutena.
"Didn't know you were into pop music," Palutena smiled at Wario, who cheesily grinned. "Do you know anything about this Sonia Strumm girl? From what I've heard, she's pretty good!"
"Eh, I hardly know much about her either, but given how Master Hand is hyping this whole concert up, I probably won't be disappointed," replied Wario. Attending a music concert wasn't the most ideal thing for Wario to do, but he supposes that wherever Palutena is, he must be there whenever possible.
"The programs for the concert seem very...basic, in many regards," Rosalina showed Ganondorf the program for the concert, which simply said "Welcome to Sonia Strumm's Concert" in bold lettering. "I understand that the concert was slightly impromptu, but whoever did the programs could have done a much better job..."
"Well this is the Smash Mansion, it's not like you can expect high-quality stuff," remarked Ganondorf, causing Rosalina to smile - a minor victory for the Demon Lord.
Unlike Wario and Ganondorf, Chrom nor Captain Falcon didn't have their significant other with them, so both men had to improvise. For instance, Chrom took a seat next to Lucina, and wrapped his arm around her, like he would have done with his lover Raven.
"Um, Father, what are you doing?" asked Lucina, feeling oh so embarrassed. "Can we please not do this when strangers are around?!" Lucina would hate to start a scene, especially right before a concert.
"Nothing like some good ol' father-daughter bonding time, am I right?" Chrom asked his now disgruntled daughter. The prince then looked up and saw Robin, looking him down with a deadpan stare. He was supposed to share this time with Lucina, not Chrom.
Robin: Oooh, I can just tell Chrom is still very jealous about my relationship with Lucina, there's no denying it. Seems to me like he's doing whatever he can to prevent my relationship from progressing, because he knows his relationship with Raven is futile! Don't think I'm not on to you Chrom, I already know what you're planning...
"I believe you're sitting in my seat, good sir," Robin told Chrom, who sheepishly got up and allowed Robin to take his seat next to Lucina, while the prince moved one seat over. Let's go check on Captain Falcon, shall we?
"Hey babe, you wanna be my hot date?" the racer asked a woman sitting next to him; the woman would slap Captain Falcon silly, before getting up and finding another seat. Dude should just give up right now.
"Oh man, we nearly have a full house, this is rather groovy!" exclaimed K.K. Slider, who was standing on a far part of the stage where he could not be seen, with Link, MegaMan .EXE, Geo Stelar, and Omega-Xis. "Master Hand will be so proud of us!"
"Sonia is gonna absolutely deliver in her concert, I can just anticipate the applause she's gonna get from the audience!" Geo gleamed, before a question popped up in his head. "So Link, whatever happened to Wolf, is he feeling any better?"
"I'm afraid not, I had to escort him back to his room," stated the Hylian. "He kept complaining about how his stomach was bothering him, and how his head was hurting and dizzy he was, and a lot of other stuff. Zelda and Cilan are checking on him right now..."
Inside Wolf's room, Dr. Mario, Toadley, Red, Zelda, and Cilan were all crowded together at Wolf's bed. The space mercenary was sitting up on his bed, rubbing his head with one hand and clutching his stomach with the other.
"Please Wolf, just take this Pepto Bismol, it can heal your stomach!" Zelda kindly offered Wolf a spoonful of the pink medicine, although Wolf refused to budge. "One little spoonful won't hurt anyone!" Wolf still refused to comply, as he had his eyes closed. "I'm sorry, Dr. Mario and Toadley, but Wolf won't take the medicine, no matter how hard I try..."
"Nausea, headache, dizziness...are these symptoms of an illness I've never heard before? It has to be..." said Toadley, as Zelda put the Pepto Bismol away and looked for another medicine to use. "What is the name of the illness? That I do not know yet..."
"We should be less concerned about naming Wolf's illness and more concerned about making Wolf healthy again," stated Cilan. "And Red, stop fumbling around with Wolf's dresser, we'll find that ointment you're looking for later!" Red, who was messing around with the dresser, stopped immediately once Cilan called him out.
Cilan: Just when I about to start out my blueprint for the wedding cake, Zelda told me about Wolf feeling sick, and ordered me to be a "secondary nurse" to him. At this point, I'll never get started on the cake given the stuff going on!
"Cerebral sickle syndrome..." a still very salty Knuckles walked by Wolf's room, uttering the same phrase over and over again. "...cerebral sickle syndrome..." Try saying that phrase three times fast.
"Eureka!" Toadley exclaimed out of nowhere. "I shall name the illness...cerebral sickle syndrome! Really rolls off of the tongue!" Now say those three words five to six times fast! Can't do it, can ya?
"Yes that's-a good and all, but we still-a need a cure for Wolf," said Dr. Mario. "The Pepto Bismol and all-a the other medicine Zelda offered to Wolf didn't work, so what-a does?"
The group of Bayonetta, Pit, Dark Pit, Kirby, Snake, Mega Man, and R.O.B. returned to the mansion safe and sound via teleportation device, glad they were able to escape the crutches of the security force at the prison. Snake inhaled and exhaled happily, grateful to be back at the mansion, as he ripped off his prison uniform.
"Man it feels good to be back..." the former spy grinned, when the faint sound of music reached Snake's ears. By that indication, the Sonia Strumm concert must have already started. "Are they playing some blasted pop music? Now that I mention it, I kinda wish I was still stuck at that prison..."
"Acting like a typical old man, that's the Snake we all know and love," Bayonetta smiled as she departed from the others. "I'll be seeing you back in the room, grandpa..." The Umbra Witch waved to Snake as she left for good; Snake was strongly angered by Bayonetta's "grandpa" comments, and you couldn't blame him.
"The gall of her to keep calling me grandpa like that...oh wait, I'm supposed to owe Wolf five bucks!" Snake reached into one of his shoes, and pulled out a crinkled five dollar bill. He held this bill in one hand, and the bread he received at the prison in the other. Should he have eaten it by now? "Talk to you boys later!" The former spy ran off with his five dollar bill and his slice of bread...
...and right after he left, Pit and the others were caught by surprise when a strange shadowy figure arose from the floor, sporting yellow eyes and antennae on his head. It looked at the group for a short while, then it went back into the floor and drifted out of the room to unknown places. Just what was this creature? Dark Pit was curious to find out what it was.
"You wimps stand back, I got this!" the doppelganger chased after the shadowy figure, while Pit and the rest stayed behind.
Master Hand: So far we have raised $4,500 (plus the ten cents from Corrin, which I won't really need) from Sonia's concert...doing the math, I would need Sonia to do approximately a thousand more concerts so I can buy that Lamborghini! She's young, she can deliver as many concerts she has to without losing her breath!
The Sonia Strumm concert was going on very nicely, with Sonia singing her heart out and keeping the crowd entertained, when the concert had to be halted when the shadow creature that appeared near the teleportation device found its way to the lecture hall and crept up on stage. Sonia looked terrified, and the crowd was terrified...but Aerith was the most terrified of all.
"Oh dear, I knew this was going to happen!" the flower girl fretted as the audience remained weary and cautious. "Quick Cloud, we must go!" Aerith would grab the swordsman's hand and lead Cloud out of the lecture hall, while the ex-SOLDIER had a confused facial expression on his face.
"Where do you think you two are going, you're supposed to be a model for..." Marth called out to Cloud and Aerith, but once the two left the lecture hall for good, the hero-king grumbled and sat back down in his seat, folding his arms. It's not like Cloud and Aerith were doing much anyway as a couple for Chrom, Wario, Ganondorf, and Captain Falcon to learn from.
"Stay right where your are, vermin!" Dark Pit, who was chasing down the shadowy figure, would arrive in time, pointing at the creature. The dark creature would like at Dark Pit for a moment, before lurching itself at Sonia, tackling her to the floor. Sonia would wail helplessly as the creature was all up on her; Dark Pit went to go save her, but was attacked by yet another shadowy creature, this one restraining him from moving. Link, K.K. Slider, Geo, Omega-Xis, and MegaMan .EXE would find themselves in a similar predicament, as they came out onto the stage, all tormented by the shadowy figures. A state of commotion arose from the audience, with the spectators contemplating what needed to be done.
But it looked like help would be on the way, when Knuckles - so angry that he didn't even bother to greet Wii Fit Trainer at the lecture hall entrance - stepped inside the lecture hall and angrily made his way past the nervous and hostile audience members (Master Hand wouldn't let anyone leave until the concert was complete) and onto the stage, where he would clench his fists with fury.
"Knuckles don't just stand there like a dolt, do something!" cried out Link, who would have dispatched the shadow creature on him already if he had brought his sword with him. When Link yelled at Knuckles, the echidna couldn't take it anymore - he slammed his fist down on the stage hard, resulting in a wicked shock wave that knocked everyone back, and dispatched all the shadowy creatures in the process. When Knuckles looked up, he saw the audience staring for what could have been an eternity - and then erupted in a roar of applause and euphoria. Knuckles soaked in the moment, grinning and raising his fist in the air in victory, although he honestly had no idea what he had done.
Knuckles: Nothing could ever beat the feeling of standing on a stage, with thousands of people cheering for you and applauding for you, that's how it's gonna be when I go big one day and do my thing on stage in front of giant crowds and get that type of reaction... *snaps his fingers* ...now I have the perfect title for my album!
"Sonia are you okay?" Geo checked on his friend, who was lying on the stage. He offered to help her up, and dust her off, because that's what most gentlemen do.
"Yes I'm fine, no bruises or anything," Sonia flashed a smile, checking out her guitar for any blemishes. Omega-Xis came over to Geo and Sonia, inspecting the both of them and seeing that they were okay.
"It's great that you two are having your little moment and all, but we have a concert to finish, the giant hand guy won't be giving the people their money back!" the dog-like robot creature told Geo and Sonia. "Also, one more thing - do you guys know what those black creatures where?" Geo and Sonia both shook their heads, and honestly they wanted to know what those creatures were too.
Back at Wolf's room, Dr. Mario and company were attempting many remedies on Wolf, many of which the mercenary objected to. There was a knock at the door, and everyone turned to see who it was - and Dr. Mario, Zelda, and Red were joyful to see who it was.
"Ah, Snake, you-a have returned, so glad to see-a you again!" Dr. Mario gleamed as Snake entered the room, shaking the doctor's hand, giving Zelda a slight hug, and giving a fist bump to Red. Toadley and Cilan just watched. "So how-a did you come-a back here?" Snake would tell everyone the story of Bayonetta taking her troop to the prison island, and breaking the former spy out of prison, escaping from a prison warden and all that good stuff.
"I think I learned my lesson during stay at the prison, no more growing cocaine for me," said Snake, vowing never to grow drugs in the mansion ever again. "I just came here because I owe my man Wolf something...move aside, pervert." The former spy rudely moved a miffed Cilan out of the way and walked over to Wolf, getting his five dollar bill ready, and when Wolf opened his eyes and saw Snake...
"YES, FOOD!" the mercenary lunged for the slice of bread in Snake's hand and ate it like a madman, leaving behind crumbs on his bed. And once he realized what he had done... "Dang it, I lost the bet!" ...he buried his face in his hands and groaned. It was certainly long while it lasted, and now Wolf has to take an L.
"Aha, so it wasn't cerebral sickle syndrome, it was hunger!" exclaimed Toadley. "The wolf was hungry this whole time, it would explain why his head and stomach were bothering him, he had not eaten a single thing for a prolonged period of time! Guess my work here is done, thank you Dr. Mario for allowing me to be of assistance again!" Dr. Mario nodded at Toadley as he exited the room. Will Toadley have to return to the mansion again? Only if it's necessary.
Toadley: Does cerebral sickle syndrome actually exist? The world may never know. Will Red ever stop growing at a rapid pace? Not until he becomes a middle-aged adult, I'm assuming. Why do I insist on answering my own questions? Shame on you for being nosy!
"Hey Wolf, I know you're feeling ticked and all, but I was wondering if you had any ointment, for my skin," Red told Wolf, whose face was still buried in his hands.
"Look in the first drawer of my dresser..." the mercenary mumbled. Red did as he was told, grabbing the ointment from the first drawer like Wolf said. He then put some ointment on his face, only for good measure.
"Don't reckon seeing you before, what's yer name and what do you do?" Snake asked Cilan, the man who he called a pervert. A lot of explaining for the Pokemon connoisseur to do...
After returning to the Star Records room in a better mood, Knuckles would apologize to Sonic, Tails, and Amy for storming away, and also revealed the name he came up for his first album:
"'Standing Ovation'?" Sonic raised an eyebrow; apparently he was the only one who disliked the title. "'Cerebral Sickle Syndrome' sounded WAY better, but to each their own..." Just then, Fox walked in, and Knuckles told him the title he was going with.
"Man, what a great choice, perfect for a debut album!" the pilot responded to the title Knuckles gave him, making Sonic disgruntled. "I'll ask Falco what he thinks and then we'll just go from there!"
Speaking of whom, Falco was in the laundry room, doing his laundry and eavesdropping on a conversation between Cloud and Aerith at the same time. The two were huddled in a part of the laundry area where they could not be seen or heard - though Falco was able to make out every word they said.
"What were those beings called again?" asked Cloud, doing his best to keep his voice down to a minimum. The conversation was about the shadowy creature that popped out at the concert, and according to Aerith, there's plenty of them causing havoc.
"They're called Shadows, they're classified Heartless - beings of darkness that hunt after peoples' hearts," explained Aerith. "These beings come from the same universe as I, and I'm afraid they're coming after me..." Cloud still refused to believe that Aerith was from another universe, but he will do whatever's possible to keep her safe from harm and danger.
"We can't let them linger around in the mansion, or anywhere else for that matter. They obviously look like dangerous foes. We'll just have to stay on our toes, and prevent them from harming anyone."
"I suppose I'll have to stay on my toes as well..." Falco said quietly as he stroked his chin, devising a plan that could solve the issue at hand. Looks like it's just the beginning...