Author's Note:
Yeah, I said a while ago I shouldn't be posting new chapters earlier than Friday, but MikySP asked me to post the newest chapter on Thursday since he's in Italy and there's an Easter Festival...so I did what I had to do. Only two guest reviews to answer this time...
"Can you add the characters from Dead or Alive? (Since they did have a game on the 3DS) can you also add the characters from Final Fantasy XIII? The F-Zero racers from GX/AX? Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine from Resident Evil? And finally if Agria shows up are you gonna pair her up with Leia? (Since a small portion of the Tales of Xillia fanbase tends to ship those two.)"
I can do all except for the last request, since we have yet to reach a climax or conclusion with Leia and Little Mac. Also, yaoi/yuri just ain't my thing. Here's the other guest review, from Roydigs22:
"YES! Finally lucario gets his glory moment. You remember all the details, right? Every. Single. Boost. In existence. To lucario and his all-out pummeling. Even if it can't happen in-game. That means 6 attack and speed, mega evolved, fighting gem and plate, expert and black belts, critical hit,right through the weak point of the large heartless. He used up all his aura, etc."
Wait...oh man...this is awkward...when you said glory moment...you weren't referring to the instance in which Lucario has to fight to win Gardevoir's heart (which is happening in this chapter, I might add)? Did you even suggest that? Man, I'm such an idiot. But no worries, my friend, Lucario's true glory moment will be happening soon; I'm still setting things up until then.
Episode 69: Karabast
Today was yet another day for a meeting between the members of Marth's Romance Club, and word has it around the mansion that it would be the last Romance Club meeting to take place. Two members of the Romance Club, Captain Falcon and Ganondorf, already had their ladies Nowi and Rosalina, respectively, down pact, but two of the other members, Chrom and Wario, still have yet to get anything going with their ladies, Raven and Palutena.
Marth almost knew for certain that once Chrom and Wario fully got comfortable with their ladies, then there would be no point in continuing the Romance Club...but then the hero-king suddenly remembered the latest addition to the club, Corrin. It was thanks to Marth that Felicia fell in love with Corrin, thus signaling the birth of a Nohrian love relationship - and Robin, who worked endlessly to make the relationship come to life himself, would find himself feuding with Marth in a rivalry that was going on even to this very day.
To keep the Romance Club still intact, Marth decided to invite three new members to the club, members that were relatively young but were still interested in love. The hero-king reached the room where the club would meet and entered inside, seeing the Romance Club members and Geno waiting inside.
"Hello everyone, hope I didn't keep you waiting for too long," greeted Marth, closing the door behind him. "As I have already informed you, we will be having three new members joining us, since this is after all Ganondorf and Captain Falcon's last day at the club."
"Wait, so you're replacing us, is that what you're trying to do Marth?" fretted Captain Falcon, feeling somewhat offended. The racer enjoyed his time in the Romance Club, it was truly the only time where he could get along with Ganondorf and Wario without fighting over food at the dinner table, or bickering over trivial things like having underwear lying about in your room (...which was mostly Wario's doing). "Ganon and I can still stay, we can serve as mentor figures for the new ones!"
Captain Falcon: Marth can't just kick me out of the Romance Club without my consent, what am I gonna do now to soak up my free time, go back to challenging random people to race against me? I practically smoke everyone in Seattle, I could even outrun the fastest players on the Seattle Seahawks team! Sometimes being too great at what you do leaves you extremely bored...
Ganondorf: Don't necessarily mind leaving the Romance Club - Rosalina and I, we made some progress ever since I joined the club, and we've been on good terms ever since. Rosalina is far more beautiful than any Gerudo lady in existence - I mean, Gerudo women look like ganguro ladies, but only more muscular! *strokes chin* Maybe that's where the term ganguro came from, from the Gerudo women...who knew us Gerudos were so influential in Asian culture! *pauses* Would Donald Trump be considered a rare example of a ganguro man?
"No I'm not trying to replace you and Ganondorf - I'm just doing whatever means necessary to keep this club going," clarified Marth, as Captain Falcon felt a little relieved, but still a little salty. "Now the three individuals that will be joining the club are young, willing, and able - able to sustain a relationship that will last for a lifetime, or so I hope from the three. Everyone, please welcome the three new additions to the Romance Club, make them feel welcome as they start their lovely adventures with the Romance Club in style!"
So Marth poked his head out the door, motioning the three new members inside. Much to the chagrin of the Romance Club members, Pit, Dark Pit, and Little Mac entered the room - but it was the latter two brawlers that were the least of the members' concerns. Much of their concern rested upon Pit, who was already believed to be in a current relationship with Viridi...so why was he a part of the club now?
"Hold up just a minute, he shouldn't be here!" Wario pointed at Pit, who then pointed at Dark Pit, believing that he was now a part of some finger-pointing game where one would point at a person they believed to be a culprit of some sort. "Isn't he already in a relationship with Viridi?"
"While that may be true, Pit's intelligence, or the lack thereof, would greatly impair his relationship and make Viridi's interest in him weaken," explained Marth, as Pit mindlessly nodded to what Marth said. "Him being in this club would make him a more wise and astute boyfriend, it can keep his relationship going forever!"
"Pit's relationship with Viridi has been going on for a year it seems like, and he's the dumbest person I've ever known," stated Dark Pit, with his arms folded. Being in the Romance Club was already a hassle for the doppelganger, but in the club with Pit? He might as well leave the club after today. "Who knows, maybe Viridi has a particular soft spot for idiots like Pit...she gets along pretty well with Kirby, in case you haven't noticed."
'Are you implying that Viridi is in love with Kirby?!" Pit asked Dark Pit, either appearing to be unnerved by this claim... "How could she cheat on me with my best friend, what kind of woman does that?!" ...or in the false belief that the claim was apparently true.
"Chill out Pit, Dark Pit wasn't insisting that Viridi was cheating on you, he was just pointing something out," Little Mac said to the angel, though Pit was still under the belief that Viridi was cheating on him. He assumed that was the reason why he was brought to the Romance Club - to learn how to cope with yourself when your girlfriend was supposedly cheating on you. Marth must have "found out" about Viridi and therefore invited Pit to join his club.
"Thank you Little Mac, for hopefully ending Pit's concerns," Marth thanked the boxer as he redirected his attention to the club members...only to notice that one of the members was actually missing. "Where on earth is Corrin, I told him good to be present at today's meeting! Bet he's off mindlessly hunting for stupid aliens, isn't he?!"
Master Hand: So where did Corrin go off to, you might ask? Well, I didn't feel like telling this to Marth, who's probably expecting Corrin to be at another one of his dumb club meetings, but Corrin is in a...better place right now...No, no, he didn't die or anything, it's not like I killed him; killing a prince from a royal family would be too expensive anyways, I'd rather kill off someone meaningless like Toad, nobody really pays attention to that guy. Anyways, Corrin, he's off with Mario and Luigi...doing things.
"Like I had-a told Peach, Luigi, Corrin needs a chaperone for stuff-a like this," Mario told his brother Luigi, as the two plumbers found themselves surrounded by stormtroopers, Jedi, and even a Chewbacca-looking fellow. The Mario Bros weren't stuck at some location within the Death Star - rather, they were stuck at a Star Wars convention, which Corrin implored Master Hand to attend. Not wanting the prince to be by himself, Master Hand assigned Mario and Luigi to tag along with Corrin via the teleportation device to Orlando, where the convention was held. Speaking of whom, Corrin was on a mad hunt for his main man Emperor Palpatine, expecting the emperor of the Galactic Empire to be in attendance at the convention.
"I don't think we should-a have came as chaperones, considering that we also brought-a Kamui along for the ride," stated Luigi, as he observed Corrin inspecting a person he believed was Chewbacca, only to be dismayed when he stroked the creature's fur and discovered that it was just a man in a Chewbacca costume. You could only imagine the amount of disappointment that was inside of Corrin, he felt like punching the man in the Chewbacca costume for walking about as Chewbacca, and not being the deal real. If only had Corrin remembered to bring his sword...
"Look Corrin, it's a lightsaber sword, and it's glowing red!" Kamui approached her twin brother, wielding two red lightsabers, one for her and one for Corrin. The princess was at first against the idea of having to go to the Star Wars convention, but since Corrin wished to go, she had no other choice but to make her twin brother's experience matter. "Do you want a lightsaber Corrin? I promise you'll regret not having one!"
"Is it just a toy lightsaber?" asked Corrin, to which Kamui shook her head, prompting Corrin to sigh miserably. "I'm not interested, you can keep that lightsaber, I guess...or you can give it to somebody at the mansion who might be interested..." Corrin sighed yet again as he sat down on the floor, and Kamui, wanting to see what was wrong, sat down next to Corrin. "When I came to this convention, I expected to see actual Jedi from all over the galaxy in Orlando, and stormtroopers willing to take a day off from serving the Galactic Empire to meet with one another in perfect accord...but all I see is a bunch of nerdy posers walking about as these men of honor."
"Corrin, I thought it was already clear and made established that this is a convention, there's no actual stormtroopers or Jedi. All the people you see here are cosplayers dressed up as the characters you see in those Star Wars movies." Kamui shouldn't be surprised by Corrin, for he did not know that it was a practice to dress up as fictional characters and attend nerdy conventions. All it would take was for someone to dress up as Corrin to make the prince of Nohr realize this concept.
"You're right Kamui, I'm starting to see that what you said is true...but I do know ONE person here that's not a cosplayer, and that man is Emperor Palpatine himself!" Poor Corrin, he's practically hopeless at this point; not even his siblings from Nohr can restore any sense of hope within him. "I've grown to accept that the previous two incarnations of Palpatine were not the real deal, after closer inspection, and I suspect the real Emperor Palpatine to be in attendance at this very convention!"
Kamui: Corrin's strange obsession with the Star Wars franchise is bad enough, but when you factor in Corrin's superstitions about aliens being real...then you got yourself a very deadly combination of things you wouldn't want with an extremely naive person. What I fear the most is that the more Star Wars movies Corrin watches, the more resentful he might feel towards aliens...it might even reach the point where Corrin might assume there's aliens living among us, residing in human disguises! Unfortunately it happened this past week, when Corrin accused Snake of being an alien for looking old despite being at the age of fourty-four, and Snake made poor Corrin pay by putting him in a headlock...with his legs! To make matters worse, everyone wanted to record the incident on their cellular devices over saving Corrin...ultimately I was the only person that offered to save him.
"Um, are you fellas just going to stand here for the entire convention, or are you gonna enjoy yourselves while you can?" a man adorned in a Boba Fett costume asked Mario and Luigi, who were watching Corrin's conversation with Kamui from afar.
"Oh, sorry about-a that Mr. Boba Fett-a sir, we'll-a move out-a of the way!" apologized Mario as he and Luigi moved out of the way; the man dressed as Boba Fett walked on, looking back at the Mario Bros and wondering what business they had at a Star Wars convention. Just then, Rotom stopped by, wearing a cap with the Jedi insignia on it.
"All sorts of items are avaliable for sale at the Star Wars gift shop, zzrt!" exclaimed Rotom before exchanging an empathetic high five to a guy that walked by wearing a Darth Vader getup. "Space guns, lightsabers, car air fresheners...they have everything you want and more, vroom!"
"Rotom did-a you purchase that hat-a with any money, you know I didn't-a bring my wallet with-a me!" Luigi scolded the plasma Pokemon; only Luigi would forget to bring something as important as a wallet to places like Star Wars conventions.
"I shoplifted the hat, and it was a highly gratifying feeling, zzrt!" This caused Luigi to faint, prompting Mario to drag his brother away to safety. Mario couldn't afford to get him, Luigi, Corrin, and Kamui kicked out of the convention because of Rotom's actions, it would break poor Corrin's heart.
Red the Pokemon Trainer paced back and forth in the foyer, feeling more nervous than he ever had been before. A special guest coming over to the mansion to pay the Pokemon trainer a visit, and it was a guest that Red did not desire to see. This individual was known for being a thorn in Red's side, and was a rival of the Pokemon trainer for a considerable amount of time.
"What seems to be the problem, Red my dear, you look like you seen a ghost, like King Boo..." Bayonetta approached Red, who was startled enough to scream from the top of his lungs, only to see the Umbra Witch smiling at him. "Hmm, judging by your reaction, you truly must have seen a ghost...too bad Luigi won't be here to take care of your ghostly problems!"
"No Bayonetta, I didn't see a ghost anywhere...I'm just a little nervous," stated Red, quickly regaining his composure. "Blue is gonna pay me a visit, and I'm afraid that he would embarrass me in front of the others..." Any guy who would use "Smell ya later!" as a parting remark would be most accustomed to embarrassing others.
Red: Blue is the absolute worst...he's constantly talking about how great he is and effortlessly puts me down, like I'm hot trash. Talking this and that about how supposedly "awesome" his Pokemon is, even though I've beaten him in the Indigo League...though he seldom talks about that. Bring that up to him and he'll be talking up a storm about the latest Pokemon he recently captured. Speaking of which, he told me via the PokeNav that he caught this "awesome" HOenn Pokemon, and plans to show it off to me. And yes, I have Blue's contact information on my PokeNav. Part of me wants to delete him for good, but I'd figure he would be crying about it if I didn't answer his calls.
"I just can't believe it, how could I have lost to a man who just recently learned how to speak English?" questioned an exasperated Link, who was speaking with Cloud and Lucario as the three headed down the staircase to the foyer. Link was apparently salty about losing in Scrabble last week, and the fact that he lost to Heihachi did nothing but make the Hylian even saltier!
"Ease up Link, you're acting like it's the end of the world," stated Lucario, who like everyone else was tired of Link's griping. "Cloud here lost to Heihachi as well, and you don't see him complaining day in and day out."
"Of course not, because Cloud doesn't care about a thing - someone like Wario could steal all of Cloud's materia, and the man still wouldn't give a crap about it." Deep down Cloud knew this was true - partly because he knew Wario would somehow screw up stealing anything at all in the first place.
"The Scrabble game is over Link, just let bygones be bygones," Cloud said to his best friend. Before Link could say anything, the doorbell rang, and Red instantly feared for the worst. He knew behind that door was Blue, and he must be dying to get inside that mansion. Refusing to let the man inside would be discourteous on the behalf of Red.
"Here goes nothing, you guys..." Red nervously inched towards the front door, acting like he was doing some challenge on Fear Factor, what with the nerves and all, as he slowly opened the front door, and saw an orange-haired Pokemon Trainer grinning at him - a trainer Red did not wish to see.
"Hey Red, my man, what's up, how's it going dude?" Blue would greet Red, as he stepped inside the mansion without anyone letting him in. The trainer suddenly took notice of the brawlers present in the foyer, and was left somewhat surprised. "Red are these guys your friends, I didn't know you had friends! Sup Link, sup Cloud, sup Lucario, sup Bayonetta, how's it going?" The burning indignation inside of Red was slowly building, as he clenched his fists with rage.
"So you must be the Blue fellow that Red was talking about before..." Bayonetta strutted her way to Blue, as Red was internally questioning the Umbra Witch for wanting to speak with the trainer. "Red would always talk up a storm about you, speaking about your Pokemon and that one time you lost to him in the Indigo League!"
"Me losing to Red in the Indigo League? Yeah I don't remember that." There goes Blue's selective memory working in his favor. "Anyways, Red, you just have to see this awesome Pokemon I recently caught! You wanna see for yourself?" Red did not answer, as he glared down Blue with his fists still clenched. "I'll take your visible rage as uncontainable excitement, which means it's a yes from you!"
So Blue took out a Poke ball, and threw it on the floor, sending out the Pokemon he had caught - Gardevoir, the embrace Pokemon. Lucario suddenly took hold of Gardevoir, his pupils dilated as his eyes were fixated on the Pokemon. There was something different about this Gardevoir from the one in the Pokemon sanctuary...the difference being that this Gardevoir was a female.
Lucario: Out of all the items Master Hand and Isabelle have given me, this just might be the strangest one I've received... *holds up a pair of sunglasses* Now don't get me wrong, I don't mind these sunglasses, but compared to the other stuff I got in the past, this seems to be very random. *puts sunglasses on* Gotta admit, these sunglasses look nice...and they feel nice too... *looks around in sunglasses, before falling upon a rather disturbing sight* SNAKE FOR THE LOVE OF...PUT YOUR SPY SUIT BACK ON, NODOBY WANTS TO SEE YOU IN YOUR BOXERS!
Snake: Freedom of expression, Lucario, deal with it! *grumpily walks away, spy suit in hand*
"See this rad Gardevoir Red, doesn't she look awesome?" grinned Blue, proud of the Pokemon he caught while Red continued to seethe with anger. "Too bad you'll never catch a Gardevoir anytime soon!" Blue laughed maniacally, but only in a very arrogant sense.
"Man, Red was right, Blue really can be a jerk sometimes," Cloud said to Link and Lucario...only to notice that Lucario was still starstruck by Gardevoir's presence. "Lucario, you okay man? You look like you never seen a Gardevoir before..."
"That Gardevoir...will soon be my mate..." uttered Lucario, still fixated on Gardevoir; Link and Cloud nervously glanced at one another, worried about what measures Lucario would go through to acquire Gardevoir - even if it meant Blue would be involved.
"...so in short, I want to do what's best for Flora, and I wish to keep her spirits up at all times," said Dark Pit, finishing up a story he was telling the Romance Club about Felicia and how the maid's lack of self-esteem would play a role in her relationship with the doppelganger angel.
"Nice story Dark Pit, wouldn't have told it any better myself," remarked Marth as he applauded; the rest of the Romance Club members, feeling inclined to do so, clapped along with the hero-king. "Now that Dark Pit told his story regarding Flora, we shall then move on to Little Mac. Are you ready to go, Mac?"
Suddenly there was a knock at the door; Marth answered it, only to be grabbed by a mysterious hand and dragged out of the door. Some punches and kicks were heard from behind the door, accompanied by some screaming from Marth. Awkward silence soon followed, and then in came Sonic - Sonic the Hedgehog. The Romance Club members looked perplexed as the blue blur stepped inside the room, before assuming the position where Marth was.
"Welcome, romantic gentlemen, to the new and improved Romance Club!" Sonic exclaimed with his arms out wide. The club members were unsure of what to make of Sonic as their mentor, but they were willing to give the hedgehog a chance. "Who's here to have some fun...in romance?"
"Sonic what are you doing here, what did you do to Marth?" questioned Geno, refusing to work with the likes of Sonic. "And whoever said that we were gonna have fun, we're here to learn about love!"
"Can you believe this guy?" Sonic pointed at Geno, like he was a culprit of some high-profile crime. "Refusing to intertwine fun with romance...it's no wonder that poor Geno still can't find himself a girlfriend." Technically he could have a female Luma as a girlfriend...but that wouldn't work so well.
Sonic: An old saying that we all know too well...if you can't beat 'em, join 'em! And if you join 'em... *punches fist in palm of his hand* ...kick 'em to the curb!
"So who wants to go on a field trip to some places around Seattle?" Sonic asked the club members. A field trip to multiple Seattle locations? How would that work?
"I want to go on a field trip!" Pit raised his hand, having never been on an actual field trip before. It was perhaps the angel's only reason for wanting to attend public school in Seattle.
"Alright, really love the enthusiasm Pit, thank you for speaking up! Of course, I can't just take you...so everyone else, you're coming along too! Just follow me!" So Pit and the Romance Club members followed Sonic out of the room... "Actually, Chrom, Little Mac, Dark Pit, and Wario - you guys go wait in my room. You'll be much safer there with Tails." Why wait in Sonic's room for, why not just stay put? "The rest of y'all, let's go!" So the other members followed Sonic out of the room...with Geno being the last to follow - unsure of Sonic's intentions.
Meanwhile, in the Star Records room, Fox and Falco were at the desk going over some important documents with Itsuki, while the threesome of Tsubasa, Eleonora, and the newest member of Microwave Idol Mamorin, Asuka, was at the far corner of the room having a conversation. (Eleonora must be envious of Tsubasa and Asuka, particularly about how bigger their breasts were compared to hers.)
"Let me get this straight - every single girl at the ninja academies knows how to cook," Eleonora said to Asuka, discussing how the girls at the Hanzo Academy and the other ninja academies have substantial experience in cooking. The sole reason the ninja girls were brought to the tryouts for Microwave Idol Mamorin...aside from the other things Master Hand was seeking for in the show.
"Eh, more or less, though I don't know how that came to be," stated Asuka, who was growing more comfortable with the Star Records crew and everyone else in the mansion. "We're no amateurs, that's for sure..."
"Certainly you can cook better than Lady Palutena, she might be the worst cook in the mansion..." Tsubasa remarked with a frown on her face; just thinking about Palutena's cooking nearly made the girl sick. The door to Star Records opened, and in came the Inklings, grabbing the attention of everyone in the room.
"Fox, Falco, Itsuki, are you three busy?" the female Inkling asked the trio, with a nervous expression written on her face. Did the Inklings do something to either Fox's or Falco's Landmaster? If so, then why implicate Itsuki in the matter?
"We are busy, but if you have anything you need to tell us, we're all ears," replied Fox, putting the documents down. The male and female Inklings glanced at one another, prompting Fox to raise an eyebrow. "Something wrong?"
"No, nothing's wrong, it's just that...a guy we know from Inkopolis wanted to see you guys," the male Inkling responded, ink-colored sweat running down his face. "He really wanted to meet you three, and he's here right now...waiting behind the door...we'll just let him in."
The Inklings headed out the door, and brought inside a red-violet octopus, one with a kabuto crown on his head. This octopus fellow was well known back at Inkopolis, and he was known by one name - DJ Octavio.
Female Inkling: You just had to do it, you just HAD to tell Marie and Callie about Fortuna Entertainment merging with Star Records, so they could tell DJ Octavio and prompt him to come to the mansion to give Fox and Falco a piece of his mind! Why'd you do it, man?
Male Inkling: So you're insisting it's MY fault Marie and Callie wanted to spill the beans to Octavio? You're acting like I had prior knowledge of what the Squid Sisters were gonna do, I didn't tell me to tell Octavio about Star Records! Oh, and by the way, Callie is undisputedly the better Squid Sister, everyone knows that Marie is hot garbo.
Female Inkling: Say that again, you stinking twerp! *punches the male Inkling in the face, starting a roughhousing fight*
Red and Blue were now chilling at the Pokemon sanctuary, with Gardevoir at Blue's side. And what was Blue doing now? Running his mouth about his latest accomplishments to Red, of course!
"After I swept the floor Pyramid King Brandon and made him cry (I think I made him cry), I then took on gym leader Candice, and completely smoked her Abomasnow with my darling Gardevoir!" the Pokemon trainer bragged, while Red felt miserable. Blue must be bluffing about his battle with Brandon, since the pyramid king would use Regice, Regirock, and Registeel in his battles. "You should have seen the look on her face, it was priceless!"
"Gardevoir...sooner or later you're gonna be mine..." Lucario sighed lovingly as he looked at Gardevoir, still enamored with the embrace Pokemon. The aura Pokemon was in the Pokemon sanctuary with Link and Cloud, and the two swordsmen were present just to keep a close eye on their fellow brawler.
"I've never seen Lucario act like this before, it's not in his DNA," remarked Link, shaking his head in disbelief. "You think Yoshi used a love potion on Lucario and made him suddenly like any Gardevoir he sees?"
"Yoshi promised us he won't tamper with Ashley's love potions ever again, so I don't think he might be involved," stated Cloud; the residents must've felt relieved when Yoshi made the announcement. "Figured that Lucario would be more interested in a fighting-type Pokemon, but I suppose not..."
Speaking of fighting-type Pokemon, one particular fighting-type hailing from Sinnoh showed up, and it was Gallade - the very Gallade that Lucario thought was gonna pummel him back in episode 62. He glanced at Lucario, then at Blue's Gardevoir, then back at Lucario...and frowned viciously.
Mario and Luigi were trying to enjoy themselves at the Star Wars convention, trying to cope with the strange cosplaying folks that were all over the place. One particular costumed fellow was enough to make Luigi shriek and nearly wet his overalls...a man wearing a C-3PO robot suit. Luigi might have nightmares about C-3PO tonight.
"Sorry for scaring you sir, I didn't meant to startle you," apologized the costumed man, staying in character as C-3PO. "I shall leave you and your brother be - enjoy the rest of the convention, and may the force be with you!" The man waved to the Mario Bros, as he walked away, walking like how C-3PO would.
"Can't believe-a that a lousy C-3PO was-a enough to make you wet-a your pants," Mario smiled at Luigi while shaking his head; Luigi could only muster a nervous, regretful chuckle. Imagine how Luigi would react if he ran into a person in a Darth Maul getup...poor guy would have a heart attack.
Luigi: I've always been-a afraid of several Star Wars characters, most of them-a I'm too afraid to mention. For the longest-a I've been afraid of Jar Jar Binks - he looks-a like a crocodile...with-a special needs...sorry if I offended-a any special needs folks by mentioning their-a condition in the same-a breath as that loser, Jar Jar.
"Are you sure you don't want this Sphero BB-8 toy robot, Corrin?" Kamui asked Corrin, holding a Sphero BB-8 toy robot in her hands. The two twins walked up to Mario and Luigi, and Corrin was still feeling somewhat depressed. "I practically bought it with the money Lucina lent me, and I'm not returning this robot back!"
"Unless that robot can accurately tell me the whereabouts of Emperor Palpatine, then I don't want it," replied Corrin, looking down at the floor. "Just throw him in the trash heap for all I care!" No way Kamui was going to throw a $130 toy in a trash can.
"Mario, Luigi, can you two please talk some sense into Corrin?" Kamui pleaded to the Mario Bros. "I can't stand to see him sulk like this, I want him to let loose and have some fun...he's at a convention, for crying out loud!"
"Cheer up Corrin, maybe one-a day you can find-a your main man Palptaine...just-a not here in Orlando," Luigi kindly said to Corrin, who now looked to the side. "But look-a on the bright-a side..." Corrin eye's widened and the prince suddenly gasped when his red eyes fell upon a man, a man that looked an awful lot like...
"Emperor Palpatine?!" Corrin exclaimed as he watched the man in question far away, walking and greeting Star Wars fanatics. "That man has to be Emperor Palpatine, I just know it! Must use the restroom at once - can't meet my hero on a full bladder!" A now elated Corrin ran off to the nearest restroom, nearly knocking down people along the way.
"You stay right-a here Kamui, Luigi and I will-a prevent Corrin from-a leaving the restroom and tracking that-a man," Mario told the princess, who flashed a smile. How on earth would the Mario Bros keep Corrin inside the restroom at a convention with hundreds of people?
"So let me get this straight - you, of all people, wish to do a collaboration with us, Star Records," Falco discussed matters with DJ Octavio, who apparently wished to do a collaboration of some sort with Star Records. A DJ composing music with the likes of Knuckles, Little Mac, and the idol singers...sheesh.
"Preferably I want to do a collaboration with just the idol singers, if you don't mind," clarified Octavio, his giant eyes unnerving Falco and company. "Really wanna do a collab with the ladies, Kiria truly is a doll and I would work her...erm, work with her any day of the week!" That certainly didn't sound creepy at all.
"Already this guy sounds like a pervert," Asuka whispered to Tsubasa and Eleonora, who collectively nodded their heads. "I'd stay weary of this DJ Octavio dude if I were you, he looks predictable..."
Ayaha: No, the idol singers haven't recorded a single song yet - Itsuki claims that they're still "looking for an inspiration" for a song. Well they better find this "inspiration" soon, these bills aren't gonna pay themselves...and the fact that Master Hand practically taxes us to pay for his Lamborghini is downright asinine. Lord knows what goes on in that mind of his...if he even has a mind.
"We can't do this collaboration if you don't have anything in mind, DJ Octavio," stated Itsuki, scratching the back of his head. After Octavio's comment, the collaboration might not be such a grand idea... "Do you have any bright ideas in mind? We would love to hear what plans you have with us...idol singers."
"DJ Octavio said that he had this one song idea from watching one of Kiria's songs online, and was unsure about putting it to action," stated the male Inkling. Octavio must really love himself some Kiria, huh?
"He told us about this idea, and we both thought that it was...very interesting," added the female Inkling, grinning nervously. Fifty bucks this idea had much to do with Kiria, it was probably a fan song about that woman. "We can't exactly say his...idea out loud, so could we say it...in private?"
"Sure thing kiddo, there's a secret closet over there that Falco and I never even know existed, you can tell us there," replied Fox, as he went to go open this secret closet, which wasn't so secret; Fox and Falco just weren't paying attention. Falco, Itsuki, and the Inklings stepped inside the closet, and Fox entered the closet thereafter and closed the door...what followed seconds afterward was inconsolable laughing from Fox, Falco, and even Itsuki himself, that alarmed Octavio and caused the octopus to frown.
"Starting to have doubts about this little collaboration..." Tsubasa quietly remarked under her breath, her optimism and open-mindedness for new musical projects now having reached an all-time low.
Lucario had left the Pokemon sanctuary, but the aura Pokemon would return with something in his hand - a rose. He asked Viridi if he could borrow a rose to give to Blue's Gardevoir, and the goddess of nature found it rather sweet that Lucario was in love. Lucario was humming happily to himself, when all of a sudden...
"Pichu Pichu Pichu!" Pichu ran up to the aura Pokemon, needing to tell him something. "Pichu, Pichu, Pichu Pichu Pichu!"
"What appears to be the problem Pichu - was Sonic up to no good again?" asked Lucario, and so Pichu would tell the aura Pokemon a story that he could only say by uttering his name multiple times...a a story that made Lucario afraid. The aura Pokemon dropped his rose on the floor and ran out of the Pokemon sanctuary, screaming like a maniac before running into Link and Zelda, who were speaking with one another in the hallway.
"My goodness Lucario, what has gotten into you?" questioned Zelda, with her hands on her hips. Lucario screaming like a maniac was something you don't typically hear every day. "Did Bowser scare you with one of his stupid pranks?"
"No, but this is even worse! So a month or two ago, this Gallade was antagonizing me because he thought I was in love with his Lopunny (since I was with her at the Valentine's Day dance), but it was all just a big, huge misunderstanding. We were both on good terms...but now Pichu just informed me that Gallade broke up with Lopunny for whatever reason so he could be with Blue's Gardevoir, whom he likes! And since he knows that I like Gardevoir too, for some reason...he wants to fight me in a death battle to see who can win Gardevoir's heart!"
Samus: Need to get away from the mansion, all the people there are gonna drive me insane, if they haven't already. Sure, Yoshi finally decided to mellow out and stop his fanfiction and matchmaking crap, an absolute godsend, but it still won't make up for the other crap I have to put up with, whether it be Bowser's pranks, Kirby eating up my food, and Hisui's pathetic attempts at flirting with me. He'll be feeling something painful between his legs if he flirts with me one more time, I'll guarantee that. So to get away from those losers - for the time being - I'll be flying around Seattle in my lovely Gunship...Yes, I suppose I can allow one of your stupid cameramen to tag along for the ride and see what's inside my Gunship. Not like they would learn anything anyways...
Samus headed outside to where her gunship was, located not that far from Master Hand's Lamborghini, and opened up the hatch to the flying space vehicle. After letting the cameraman in first as a sign of forced courtesy, Samus followed in afterwards and once inside, the bounty hunter did some calibrations, checked the gas tank (which is mobile energy) of the Gunship, even adjusted her ponytail...before discovering a perky yellow fella inside the Gunship.
"Pika pika!" exclaimed Pikachu, popping up from underneath the dashboard, causing Samus to scream and nearly fall out of her seat. The cameraman remained calm and collected, somewhat gleeful that he captured Samus momentarily scared on film.
"Oh it's just you, Pikachu - thought you were one of Bowser's stupid children," Samus smiled as she took a breather. "How on earth did you manage to get inside my Gunship undetected? Ah, no matter, you're undeniably cute and adorable (unlike most other Pokemon) so I'll let it pass. You wanna tag along for a journey in the skies of Seattle?"
"Pika Pikachu!" Pikachu would love to get an aerial view of the city of Seattle, and to be doing it with Samus - whom the mouse Pokemon bonded with during the events of Subspace Emissary - couldn't be any better.
"Alright then, let's get this show on the road!" Samus turned the Gunship on, the vehicle rising to the air, and then the bounty hunter kicked the Gunship into overdrive, driving away at the speed of light. "Let me know if I'm going too fast in the Gunship!" Samus said to the cameraman, who was most likely scared for his life; the cameraman simply gave Samus a thumbs up.
"Itsuki, Fox, and Falco spoke with DJ Octavio, and apparently Octavio wishes to do a love song...with the five of us," Tsubasa relayed this information to Kiria, Mamori, Eleonora, and Yashiro in the meeting room. "Octavio's very adamant about this collaboration, and if we don't grant his wish..."
"Some wishes aren't deserving to be granted, I'd say we give Octavio one of our albums so he can be satisfied and leave us alone," stated Yashiro, with his arms folded. He encountered DJ Octavio earlier, and did not express any desire to perform with the giant octopus.
"Itsuki said that Octavio can be very violent if his demands are met...I'd say we just do this song and get it over with," said Kiria, not wanting any trouble with DJ Octavio whatsoever. Felicia opened the door to the meeting room, grabbing the attention of the idol singers.
"Excuse me, but am I interrupting your meeting?" asked the maid, who undoubtedly saved herself from going with Corrin to the Star Wars convention; bless her heart if she fancied the idea of going. "Sonic would like to speak with you for a quick minute, if you don't mind!"
Sonic: You may not know this, but I'm actually doing Robin a huge solid...but I'm not really working with him as much, mind you, I'm just keeping things even-keeled, for now and forever. Remember when I said "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em," and "if you join 'em, kick 'em to the curb"? I may have been exaggerating on the "join 'em" bit, but rest assured, someone will be kicked to the curb...and it ain't gonna be Robin.
"I suppose we can let him in, provided he doesn't annoy us," replied Kiria, and soon enough, Sonic rushed inside the meeting room, striking a pose as Felicia closed the door that Sonic refused to close. "...and he might've annoyed us already. Didn't take that long..."
"Word has it from my man Knuckles that you gals are gonna be doing a song with DJ Octavio," said Sonic, offending Yashiro by grouping him with the gals. "Good thing for you gals, I know just the place to do your song!" Now Yashiro felt offended for a second time.
"We could do the song in the recording studio, like most people do," stated Eleonora, worried about getting caught up on one of Sonic's schemes for the first time. The hedgehog wasn't exactly the most trustworthy person. "So what 'place' do you have in mind Sonic?"
"Of course I'm gonna let you record the song in the recording studio first, duh...but I was thinking; why not do a music video for said song in the ballroom?" The ballroom sure was an interesting choice, but why shoot a music video there?
"Um, can I please use the restroom, I can't hold it in anymore in this outfit..." some dude wearing a Darth Vader outfit asked Mario and Luigi, who were guarding the door to the men's restroom. The brothers weren't restroom monitors - they were just trying to prevent Corrin from leaving the restroom so he could track down a man whom he believed was Emperor Palpatine.
"Right-a this way, sir!" Mario allowed the man to pass through; the man exhaled deeply like Darth Vader would as he entered the men's restroom. "Quick Luigi - check inside-a the restroom and see if-a Corrin's still in there!"
"Drat, the man closed-a the door before I could-a get a peek!" frowned Luigi, snapping his fingers in disgust. Good chance the men's restroom was full, so looking for Corrin would be awfully hard. "But the other times-a I peeked inside, I didn't see-a Corrin...he must be in one-a of the stalls, dropping a deuce. Could be taking him-a forever to..."
"Corrin has been spotted somewhere in the convention!" Rotom appeared, alerting Mario and Luigi. Luigi had filled the plasma Pokemon in on what he and Mario were doing. "I repeat, Corrin has been spotted somewhere in the convention, he's out of the restroom, zzzrt!"
"But-a how, Corrin didn't even leave-a the restroom through this door while we were-a standing by!" exclaimed a perplexed Mario. Who knew Corrin was that sneaky? "How did-a he manage to escape?" Rotom opened the men's restroom door, and found some evidence - a few ceiling tiles lying on the restroom floor.
"Corrin must have went into dragon form and flew up to the ceiling to escape! A very street-smart move, zwoop!"
Corrin: *rubbing his hands together excitedly* This is a moment I've been waiting for, for a long time...I'm going to meet Emperor Palpatine himself, the real deal! Nothing can stop me now, not even... *looks to his right* Are those Star Wars-themed cookies I spy? Certainly Palaptine wouldn't mind if I gave him some cookies!
Kamui, who was told to remain where she was by Mario before the plumber and Luigi assumed their spots at the men's restroom, understandably grew bored and went to go look at some Star Wars memorabilia and whatnot, until Mario, Luigi, and Rotom came to the princess, all in a dire hurry.
"Kamui have you seen-a Corrin anywhere, he's escaped-a from the men's restroom!" Mario said to the princess, who wasn't all surprised; even though she knew Corrin was a naive fool, she also knew that the prince could craftily get out of certain situations when given the chance.
"Haven't seen Corrin anywhere, but I sure hope he stays away from that man," responded Kamui, still holding the Sphero BB-8 toy robot in her hands. She still wasn't giving up that #130 toy. "We cannot afford any trouble while we're at the convention..."
"Too bad for that - Corrin is now advancing towards the man that plays Emperor Palpatine in the Star Wars films!" Rotom spotted Corrin from afar, and Mario, Luigi, and Kamui all looked at the direction Rotom was looking, fearing for the worst...
There was Corrin, feet away from a man he believed was Emperor Palpatine. The man in question was busy signing the autographs of Star Wars fans that had been dying to see him, for the man was a famous actor who played Palpatine; we shall dub him Mac. Corrin, who was slowly inching towards Mac, couldn't wait any longer and literally barged through the multitude of Star Wars fans to reach Mac.
"Well hey there kid, how can I...help you?" Mac asked as he looked down...only to see Corrin hugging him, his arms wrapped around the actor's waist. A very embarrassing moment for Mario and company; it was good enough that they were as far away from Corrin as possible.
"I love you, Emperor Palpatine..." Corrin said happily, as he was stuck to Mac like glue. Nothing could take this moment away from him.
"Thanks kiddo, but I'm not really Emperor Palpatine - I'm just a guy who happens to play as him in the Star Wars movies."
"I love you, Emperor Palpatine..." Corrin said for a second time, in slight disbelief that he was in contact with whom he believed was the real Emperor Palpatine.
"Haha, I love you too kid...now can you let go please? Got more autographs to sign, can't leave these people disappointed."
"I love you, Emperor Palpatine..." Corrin said once more, this time allowing the words to permeate inside of Mac and soak into the very marrow of his soul.
"Security!" But Mac would let Corrin's finest moment come to an end, as he called for security guards to take Corrin away. Prying the prince off of the actor was not an easy task for security.
"No, please don't take me from Emperor Palpatine, I have yet to have a legit conversation with him! So many things to discuss, like the state of the Galactic Empire, for instance, or why the stormtroopers are in Orlando!" Lord help this dude...
Mac: Yes, I shouldn't have let that silver-haired boy hug me for that long, but sometimes when you deal with Star Wars fanatics, you gotta give them what they want. Most of my concerns hinge upon the fact that he believes I'm Emperor Palpatine, not the person who plays as Emperor Palaptine...sadly some folks can't tell fantasy apart from reality. It's like a mental disease.
The Romance Club returned from Sonic's field trip around Seattle, and they returned with a bunch of items too - chandeliers, new fancy tablecloths, fish tanks, some fine china, and new silverware. The field trip wasn't your ordinary trip - it was basically Captain Falcon shopping around Seattle for the aforementioned items, with Geno, Ganondorf and Pit shopping for said items with Falcon. Why weren't Dark Pit, Little Mac, Chrom, and Wario a part of this shopping spree, even though they were told to be a part of Sonic's "field trip"? You'll see later on.
"That's the last of the chandeliers!" announced Pit, who just finished installing the new chandeliers to the ballroom's ceiling. Now the big chandelier hanging in the center of the ballroom had other chandelier friends to hang out with - no pun intended.
"Atta boy Pit, good work!" Captain Falcon gave the angel a thumbs up; the racer was decorating the tables that were placed in the ballroom, all of the tables with the fancy tablecloths on them. "Sonic's gonna have his socks blown off when we see how we spruced up this ballroom, he'll explode off of his feet and Sonic will be like, 'Oh no, my socks!' Won't he?"
"Yeah, like Sonic's socks can actually explode, if that's even possible..." Ganondorf rolled his eyes at Captain Falcon, as he inspected the fish tanks installed in the ballroom, all installed under Master Hand's consent. Ganondorf's eyes suddenly fell upon Geno, who was standing all by himself, looking at the floor and not doing anything. "What's the matter with you Geno, you've been like that since our field trip...if you even want to call it a field trip. Why do you look so down?"
"No reason, no reason at all, just thinking about things..." replied Geno, still looking at the floor. Ganondorf knew that there was something going on in Geno's mind, and he wished to find out what it was.
"You've been feeling some type of way ever since Marth 'disappeared' on us and Sonic took his place. Do you miss being around with Marth, the leader of the Romance Club? Miss playing as an assistant to Marth, is Sonic not your cup of tea?"
"Sonic isn't the reason, in fact, I don't mind working with Sonic - though it's been a small sample size. But without Marth...the two of us won't be able to fulfill the true purpose of the Romance Club."
Ganondorf at first looked at Geno like he was crazy, and then the Demon Lord found himself bursting in laughter, humorously appalled by what Geno said. What other "true purpose" of the Romance Club was there aside from the members pairing up with their ladies?
Wario: Sonic can be such a jerk...not only does he disallow the four of us to go on his "field trip", but he also tells us to wait in his room until he gives us some silly cue! We're older than Sonic - except maybe for Dark Pit, but he's an angel so who knows how old he is - and therefore, we shouldn't be bowing down to him!
Chrom: You're the only one crying Wario, you don't see my complaining. I'm sure the others had their fun on their little field trip with Sonic, wherever they went to.
Little Mac: Man, what is wrong with Doc Louis...he keeps texting me and asking me when I'm coming back to train with him! Thought I gave him enough chocolate bars to hold him over until I return!
Dark Pit: Sounds like Doc Louis really likes you, Little Mac...where's NAMBLA when you need 'em?
"What 'true purpose' could you be talking about?" scoffed Ganondorf, in the most utmost disbelief. "Could this 'true purpose' possibly be Marth reducing his own ego by having his fellow brawlers find love, so he won't be so boastful in the fact he's married?"
"Actually Ganondorf, that is not true..." said Geno, bracing himself for the real whammy he was going to tell the Demon Lord. "...when Marth formed the Romance Club, he did not have the idea of improving the love lives of his fellow peers in mind." This shocked Ganondorf, whose eyes were now wider than the sun...if that's even possible. "Marth formed the club so he could prepare you...for a battle against the Heartless."
"But I haven't seen a darn Heartless ever since Ema closed that portal, why would Marth still be preparing us anyways? What was even the point of bringing Pit, Dark Pit, and Little Mac to the club anyways?"
"Marth figured that he would need some backup if necessary. Marth told me that when he was sent to Aerith's universe to retrieve Aerith so she could be at Luigi's wedding and make Cloud all happy and stuff, he was confronted by someone from Organization XIII, and that person said that he and his buddies were gonna track down Marth, and unleash the Heartless upon his universe...and take all the hearts from said universe, for the sake of this thing called Kingdom Hearts. Aerith talked about Kingdom Hearts in full detail, don't you remember? Marth believed that if he 'strengthened' the hearts of the Romance Club members like yourself, then you and the others could prevail against the Heartless, if a full-scale Heartless invasion were to happen."
"I see..." Ganondorf, having learnt this information, was now stroking his chin in thought, all while Pit and Captain Falcon were putting on the finishing touches on the spruced up ballroom. Watching from afar was Xigbar, who was hanging from the giant chandelier before warping away once the cameraman who recorded the conversation between Geno and Ganondorf caught the Nobody on his camera.
Samus and Pikachu (and the cameraman riding with them) were enjoying their flight over Seattle in the Gunship, as they passed the Space Needle. It was great that Samus was able to share such a joyous experience with a Pokemon she bonded with over time, Pikachu, and the bounty hunter felt like telling the mouse Pokemon how great of a companion he was.
"I know that you figured this out before Pikachu, but you're perhaps the only tolerable living thing I can deal with at the mansion," Samus said to Pikachu, who really wasn't that surprised. "It's just that...you hardly ever do anything that's enough to tick me off. You're not brooding and self-depreciating like Mewtwo, or overtly anti-social like Greninja, or a lousy singer like Jigglypuff, or rude as Lucario can be sometimes. You're probably my favorite Pokemon."
"Pika pika!" Pikachu exclaimed, taking Samus's comments with heart. Little fella was almost everyone's favorite Pokemon.
Master Hand: *floats over to Lamborghini outside, stops in place when he sees grass and debris all over Lamborghini due to Samus's Gunship taking off, then seethes in anger* SAAAAAMUUUUUSS!
"But to tell you the truth Pikachu, I don't outright hate your Pokemon buddies..." clarified Samus, although she was giving away the impression that she hated Mewtwo and company. "...in fact, I don't hate the mansion residents either." Now this was a major shock to Pikachu, and even the cameraman. "Truth be told, I appreciate all their quirks - whether it be Peach's cuteness, Link's dorky ways, King Dedede's greedy nature, Wolf's arrogance, Hisui's sorry flirting attempts...the list just goes on and on, I tell you."
"Pika pika Pikachu?" Pikachu found himself scratching his head, not believing a single word Samus said. Same goes for the cameraman.
"Honestly I enjoy all of the residents' quirks - it's what makes them different and separates them from each other. Could you imagine how boring it would be to be stuck in a mansion with folks who are all similar, with no weird thing to tell them apart? Main reason why I can be so hard on everyone is because I have to deal with their quirks on a repeated and daily basis...when you put up with weird crap day in and day out, you tend to act like someone took a piss in your cheerios in return, if you know what I mean. You don't really have any quirks Pikachu, and that's way I seldom resent towards you. You catch my drift?"
"Pika pika!" Pikachu (and the cameraman) now fully understood what Samus said - deep down the bounty hunter appreciated the mansion residents, no matter how weird or annoying they may be, because they all possessed quirks that made them different. It was the fact that Samus had to put up with these quirks so frequently that make the bounty hunter constantly feel some type of way.
"Knew you would understand." Samus, in a moment of rarity, kissed Pikachu and patted the Pokemon on the head. Bounty hunter could always trust in a friend Pikachu.
"Link, where on earth are you two?" Midna called out these two names as he traveled through the mansion, hoping nobody would catch her out in the open. The imp momentarily exited Link's body to "conduct some business", and now she was looking for her host body, wherever he was. As Midna continued to look, she suddenly overheard a conversation between Roy and Wolf in Roy's room that may provide some details as to where Link could be.
"Yo, did you hear about that fight between Lucario and the Gallade from the Pokemon sanctuary?" Roy asked Wolf, as Midna leaned closer to Roy's door so she could hear the full conversation. "Apparently they're fighting over Blue's Gardevoir, to see who can win her heart!"
"I knew Blue's visit to see Red would be nothing but trouble - not only does he brag about his crappy accomplishments just to irritate us, but now the presence of his new Pokemon might screw Lucario over, big time!" frowned Wolf, who like Red was against Blue coming to the mansion. "Guy is nothing but trouble, I tell ya!"
"Blue was much worse than advertised, but I never expected one of his Pokemon to place Lucario in a pickle. Do you not know how strong Gallade is? He might be even stronger than Lucario himself!" Not really; Lucario is actually stronger than Gallade by seven base stat points. "Good thing Link and Cloud will be there to support Lucario during his fight!"
"Poor jackal would need all the support he can get..." Now having known about Link's whereabouts, Midna flew off to the Pokemon sanctuary where the Hylian was.
Midna: So you're telling me that Link would rather watch one of his fellow brawlers get pummeled by another Pokemon than spend time with Zelda and progress their relationship...Zelda must feel so lonely all by herself, without Link around. I'm surprised the woman keeps giving that bum so many chances.
Cilan: Today a day of firsts...today is the first time I'll curate a Pokemon battle! Only difference is, there'll be no trainers involved, it'll just be a hard-fought battle between Lucario and Gallade. I tried inviting Red and Blue to spectate the fight, but Blue was too busy running his mouth about that one time he caught a Hydreigon, and Red looked too miserable to even care.
"Are all participants ready?" Cilan asked Lucario and Gallade, the two Pokemon at a battlefield staring one another down with animosity. Midna arrived at the Pokemon sanctuary, and saw Link standing with Cloud near the battlefield.
"So that Pokemon friend of yours is fighting that over Pokemon over some lady Pokemon?" the imp floated over to Link and whispered into the Hylian's ear, recollecting the information she gained from Roy and Wolf's conversation.
"Evidently so, though I'm not so sure how it came to be," replied Link, who was oblivious to Gallade seeing Lucario lovestruck at Gardevoir earlier like Cloud. Had Link and Cloud seen Gallade, they would have talked things out with the blade Pokemon, and there probably would've been no fight.
"Well since nobody wanted to say anything, the battle shall begin," announced Cilan after a long brief silence, during which Midna returned to Link's body. "May the best Pokemon win!"
Gallade would attack first, as he ran up to Lucario with his Psycho Cut ready...but then Lucario used Double Team, creating illusionary copies of himself. The blade Pokemon would use Psycho Cut to take care of every copy of Lucario, but once he destroyed the last copy, he received an Aura Sphere from the real Lucario, as he was sent flying to the wall. But Gallade refused to give up.
Slowly getting up back to his feet, Gallade charged up a Shadow Ball, and fired it at Lucario. The aura Pokemon tried to repel it back with Force Palm, but it was too late - he was struck by the Shadow Ball, and was thrown to the ground in a giant thud, shocking Link, Cloud, and even Cilan! The impact left Lucario writhing in pain, in a newly created medium-sized hole of the battlefield, and the impact was enough to make two Pokemon trainers to do some investigation...
"What in the fiery flames of Moltres was that?" questioned Blue as he and Red infiltrated the battlefield, with Blue's Gardevoir following along; Red saw Lucario writhing in pain, and ran to the aura Pokemon's aid. He had never seen Lucario racked with so much pain.
"Lucario and Gallade were just in the middle of a fight to the death to determine who would win the love and affection of your darling Gardevoir!" Cilan happily explained to Blue, like a death battle was no big deal. Blue slowly turned his head toward Gallade, who was ogling Gardevoir in all her beauty.
"That Gallade over there...is in love with my Gardevoir?" Blue knew his Gardevoir was attractive, but he didn't expect her to be that attractive.
"Not only that, but Gallade used to be in love with a Lopunny, and once he caught a glimpse of your Gardevoir, he broke up with Lopunny to pursue your Pokemon," explained Cloud, relaying the information that he gained from Link. "A pretty low move, if you ask me."
Blue: So not only is my Gardevoir strong...but she's also a dude magnet for male Pokemon! Man, I should have maximized upon Gardevoir's beauty, should have enlisted her in Pokemon beauty contests! But it ain't worth being a coordinator, don't feel like spending my grandpa's money on some goofy suit!...And yes, my grandpa still gives me allowance even though I'm thirty - you posers wish your grandparents could do the same thing!
"Gallade you shouldn't just give up on Lopunny like that, I'm sure you two were already building great chemistry so why would you ruin that for another lover?" Gary questioned the Gallade, who was now expressing regret as he looked down at the floor. "I understand that you may have wanted to be with a female Gardevoir and all, but that should give you no reason to dump your former lover! You should go back to Lopunny, and apologize to her, and continue from where you left off. How can you call yourself a humble Pokemon when you dump one gal for another!" Gallade now held his head up, accepting blame for his actions and wishing to go back to Lopunny.
"Thanks for checking on me Red, I think all the pain went away," Lucario thanked the Pokemon trainer, who helped him up. Soon Blue came walking to the aura Pokemon, bringing his Gardevoir with him. What does Blue have to say to Lucario?
"So you really like my Gardevoir and want her to be your mate, huh?" Blue looked at Lucario with his hands on his hips. "I'll tell you what...I'll let my Gardevoir reside with you at the mansion, and I can go catch myself another Gardevoir and make her super OP! Sounds like a good offer?" Lucario was elated by his offer; he didn't even know a world-class jerk like Blue would even give such an offer! Was Blue changing for the better?
"Sounds fine by me, thanks a lot Blue!" Lucario exclaimed as he somewhat uncharacteristically gave Blue some dap and a bro hug. You can only see Lucario act like that whenever he was joyously happy.
"I've always wondered when you would ever mellow out," Red grinned at Blue, surprised by the Pokemon trainer's classy act of courtesy. Link and Cloud were left surprised as well; maybe Blue wasn't so bad after all.
"Itsuki man, there's something I've been needing to tell you..." Falco said to the dude in the Star Records room, heaving a heavy sigh. Clearly whatever Falco had to say was of a high magnitude, it must be told at once.
"Yeah Falco, what is it?" inquired Itsuki, as Fox looked up from his cellphone, waiting for the DJ Octavio collaboration song with the idol singers to be completed along with Falco and Itsuki.
"What did the five fingers say to the face?" Itsuki looked at Falco like he was crazy, and then it happened... "SLAP!" Falco slapped Itsuki in the face, and Fox got out of his chair and got all hyped, running around the room like he just witnessed someone getting roasted in a rap battle. "That was, in a word...cold-blooded! Bang bang!" The amount of confusion expressed in Itsuki's face could not be understated; not even rubbing the place where Falco slapped him could make Itsuki wipe all the confusion off.
Fox: *standing formally with Falco* On April 12th, 2017, the world lost a man, a great guy whose younger brother was a famous dude named Eddie...Charlie Murphy.
Falco: Murphy was a superb actor and comedian, and was responsible for many great sketch-comedy skits, all containing classic lines that were once uttered by high school kids during the mid-2000s. He left an undeniable mark on comedy, and will greatly be missed.
Fox: And on that note... *holds up a plate of pancakes* ...pancakes. *both Fox and Falco burst out laughing*
"What's with all the ruckus, what is going on?" questioned Asuka as she and Touma entered the Star Records room, having heard Fox going crazy for no reason. And the pilot was still going at it, before calming down once he saw Asuka and Touma.
"Oh nothing, Falco was just quoting some lines from The Dave Chappelle Show, that's all," replied Fox, returning to his seat like nothing happened. "Hit show from the mid-2000s, you and Touma should check it out someday."
"Basically you were recycling lines from a show that was pretty much relevant over a decade ago," stated Touma, wishing he had video footage of Fox turning up on his cellphone. But hey, there was always next time...
"Bruh the lines from that show are all classic, you should use them, they could save your life one day," retorted Falco, although what he said has yet to be proven. Or has it been proven already?
"Move aside, tall guy and hot ninja girl, DJ Ocatvio coming through!" Octavio entered the Star Records room, pushing Touma and Asuka aside with his tentacles on his way to Fox, Falco, and Itsuki.
"Hello DJ Octavio - I take it that you finished your collaborative song with the idol singers?" asked Itsuki, the confusion on his face now gone for good.
"Yes, and it was stupendous, far better than I would have ever imagined! I was lying down the sick beats, Kiria was looking mighty fine, the other singers were staying in tune, and did I mention that Kiria was looking fine?" Octavio sure was obsessed with Kiria.
"Well we're glad that you got to fulfill your wish of producing a song with the idol singers, but I know something that could be better..." said Fox, prompting Octavio to widen his eyes with intrigue. "Why don't we film a music video for your little song...in our ballroom?"
"First I got to record a song with the idol singers, and now I can be in a music video with them?! Oh, do tell me all the juicy details!"
"You boys ready to see what's inside?" Sonic asked the group of Chrom, Wario, Little Mac, and Dark Pit, wearing a suit while in front of the ballroom door. Why the hedgehog was wearing a suit was beyond any of the four's understanding.
"Considering you had us wait in your terribly disorganized room for the longest, I'm actually curious as to what's behind that door," replied Chrom, now having some sympathy for Tails for having to deal with Sonic as a roommate. That fox has to go through so much...
"In that case, why don't we see what's behind this door?" So Sonic opened the ballroom door, showing the four what was inside the ballroom...and the four were left in awe by what they were seeing.
No, it wasn't Pit, Ganondorf, and Captain Falcon standing front and center, dressed up as waiters. What left Chrom and company in awe was how the ballroom was set up, it looked like a fancy elegant restaurant somewhere in Paris, or London, or even Barcelona! The lit chandeliers, the nice-looking tables, the atmosphere - it was perfect. What made it even more perfect was the musical stage at the end of the ballroom, adorned with decorations - Tsubasa, Eleonora, Kiria, Mamori, and Yashiro were standing on the stage, all dressed up like they were going to some high school prom. Behind them was DJ Octavio, with his turntable and other essentials.
Sonic: Marth, Marth, Marth...boy did he mess up big, when it comes to love. See, to learn what love is, you have to go out and experience it, you gotta hang out with your girl and spend time with her, go on dates and shop together! You can't be like Marth and force feed people how love works, and I'm surprised Captain Falcon and Ganondorf were able to use whatever crap Marth told them to keep things one hundred with their ladies! Sometimes you gotta learn by action rather than words, and so I'm doing the work Marth should have done with the guys still single!
Geno: Ooh, I've done it now...I told Ganondorf about the true intentions of the Romance Club, and now Marth is gonna kill me...or can he? I know, I'll just bury myself alive in front of the mansion so Marth will never find me! Technically I'm a star, so I won't have to worry about the loss of oxygen...but losing my mind would be just as bad.
"Yoo hoo, over here Chrom!" a woman called out to the prince, waving her arm to grab his attention. It was Chrom's girlfriend Raven, and she was seated at one of the tables; Palutena, Flora, and Leia were also sitting at a table. Chrom and the others looked at Sonic, who gave a thumbs up; the hedgehog really planned things out!
"I shall thank you later, Sonic," Chrom said to the hedgehog as he headed over to the table where Raven was sitting, while Dark Pit, Little Mac, and Wario headed to the tables where their ladies were seated. "Surprised to see you here Raven, haven't seen you since Valentine's Day..." Chrom said to Raven as he took his seat.
"Thought I told you I was always busy, it's the reason we don't get to communicate as much," Raven smirked as she looked lovingly at Chrom. First time since episode 39 the Fire Emblem couple went out on a date. "Oughta be glad I wasn't busy today, otherwise I wouldn't be here! I have to admit, that blue hedgehog over there, he really has the best intentions..."
"You don't mind me going on a date with you, right Lady Palutena?" Wario asked the goddess of light, who was taking a sip from a glass of red wine Pit (apparently a waiter) fixed for her. Wario almost felt honored to be in Palutena's presence.
"Like I said before, immortals like myself cannot go out with mere mortals..." responded Palutena, initially worrying Wario. "...but since you've been unusually nice to me a few times before, I'll let this one instance pass!" And now Wario no longer had anything to worry about.
"First time ever on a date, huh?" Dark Pit asked Flora, who looked mostly nervous. It was a new experience for the maid, on a date with a guy who liked her sitting across from her, it was nothing like anything she ever had back at Nohr.
"It sure is, but I will make the most of it!" gleamed Flora, making the nervousness go away. Let's go check on Little Mac - was he about to do what Doc Louis has wanted him to do since a certain someone started their job at the mansion?
"Leia, there's something I've been needing to tell you..." Little Mac courageously said to Leia, who looked up from the silverware she was momentarily toying with. "We first met back at the fitness center - I was attacked, and you came to my aid. When I caught my first glimpse of you, I felt as if we could click, you know, like we could be a couple, you know? And I've been waiting and trying to tell you this, and I don't know how you'll receive it, but...I love you, Leia Rolando." Leia initially looked bewildered, slightly worrying Little Mac just a little.
"Little Mac..." Leia started, as sweat was just dying to gush down Little Mac's face. "...it just so happens...that...that I...like you too!" Leia's confession left Little Mac's mouth agape, agape in shock...and love. "I kinda knew that you had feelings for me, and I had feelings for you two, especially when I tended to you in the fitness center. I knew we could have that bond, that kind of bond that would...Little Mac?" Leia stopped when Little Mac fell face-first on the table, most likely out of disbelief. Safe to say Little Mac and Leia were an official item?
Doc Louis: Just got a text from my man Little Mac - he said that he confessed his love for Leia, and Leia confessed her love for Little Mac! *looks up at the heavens, sighing happily* So proud of that boy...had no idea he was able to text with those boxing gloves on! He'll never fail to amaze me...
"Feels like I'm in a happy storytale ending..." Sonic sighed happily as he witnessed the scene before him, the sound of the idol singers singing and DJ Octavio doing his thing on the turntables permeating in the ballroom, all while Geno was recording the musical performance on a camera for the music video and presumably at the same time contemplating running away from the mansion to avoid Marth. Mario entered the ballroom, looking exhausted, and walked up to Sonic. "What's up Mario, how was the Star Wars convention? Tell me something cool that happened!"
"Corrin embarrassed-a us by hugging a famous actor in front-a of strangers..." sighed Mario, who was actually exhausted from having to keep Corrin away from Mac (or as Corrin thinks of him, Emperor Palpatine), since the security guards kinda had to throw in the towel.
"No Mario, you were supposed to tell me something cool that happened, not tell me something that I know would have happened! Sheesh..." Samus entered the ballroom, hearing the music and the commotion, and she was holding Pikachu in her arms as she walked up next to Sonic.
"Who was responsible for doing all of this?" asked the bounty hunter, as she observed Ganondorf serving Chrom and Raven; Sonic proudly pointed his thumb at himself. "You did this Sonic? Must say, I'm very impressed...don't know if this would make up for the jerky things you've done in the past, but keep doing stuff like this and you might be on your way to forgiveness."
"Excuse me Sonic, but can my lady and I join these festivities?" someone asked the hedgehog. It was Lucario, and he was standing with Blue's Gardevoir...whom Blue allowed to stay at the mansion, in the sanctuary, so she could be with Lucario.
"Sure man, go ahead, nobody's stopping ya!" replied Sonic, and so Lucario would escort Gardevoir to a vacant table, and moments later Gallade would arrive at the ballroom...with Lopunny, the rabbit Pokemon he once broke up with, and is now back together again. "Eh, I suppose you can join too - just don't brake the plates or the silverware. If you even need it..." Gallade escorted Lopunny to a vacant table, the blade Pokemon back on good terms again with Lucario.
"Sonic, are the men-a here supposed to be from-a Marth's Romance Club?" inquired Mario, seeing the faces of Wario, Captain Falcon, and others. "If you planned-a this, then what did-a Marth do?"
"Marth had no input at all, I had a good friend of mine beat the crap out of Marth, and I assumed Marth's place. Let's just say that Marth is in a better place right now..."
"Ugh, where am I?" Marth suddenly awoke, and he found himself in a darkened room, tied up to a chair. He had bruises and marks all over his body, and he didn't know where they came from. But the hero-king would find out the person who possibly gave him these body scars, and it was a red echidna that walked towards him with a flashlight in his hands...Knuckles the Echidna. "Kn-Knuckles? Why on earth are you here?"
"You think you can take my woman Rouge away from me, make her fall in love with some other man, and get away with it?!" Knuckles angrily slapped Marth, leaving a red mark on his face. "Well I got some bad news for you, buddy - you see, Robin found a spell in his tome of his that reversed the love potion you used on Rouge, and now she no longer loves Robin because the effects of the love potion were negated! And you know what that means?"
"What does that mean...?" fretted Marth, and so Knuckles would shine a light on a giant ray gun...and Rouge and Robin were sitting on it.
"Look at this dandy ray gun I stole from Dr. Eggman's evil lair...looks nice, no?" Rouge asked Marth, who was now at peak fright. Nothing can top being face-to-face with a giant ray gun.
"Marth we've been going at each other for some time now, so I was thinking...why don't we put a nip in the bud?" asked Robin, clearly enjoying this moment as evidenced by the evil look in his eye, and his smile. "Trust me Marth, this won't hurt one bit..." Robin pressed a button on the ray gun, and a beam started charging up, as Marth was now fearing for his life.
"Okay Robin, you won, you've officially won...you don't have to do this...no Robin...NOOOOO!" Marth would shout as the giant beam from the ray gun was ready to strike...
...while Robin enjoyed the last laugh.