Author's Note:
Guest reviews...you know what it is...
"Can you add Vent, Aile, Grey and Ashe from the Mega Man ZX games? Juri Han from Super Street Fighter IV? A scene with Guile, Knuckles and Gaius from Tales of Xillia interacting with each other? (Travis Willingham voices all 3 of them) is Faye from Fire Emblem Echoes gonna get over Alm if she shows up? Is Sorey gonna be paired with Alisha? (Since way too many people pair him with Mikleo) And finally can you add a the Virtuoids from Virtual On?"
Shoot, I still have yet to showcase Axl...but I can add the three ZX characters to the story. Juri Han will appear if I can find the right scenario for her. A scene with Knuckles and company may or may not happen. Faye will most definitely get over Alm once she appears. Sorey will be paired with Alisha. And what are Virtuoids? Another anonymous guest review:
"Can you make Sora from Kingdom Hearts appear in the series? Also, when is the war going to start?"
Still undecided on an appearance from Sora in "Smash Life". As for the war, it will begin in the next chapter - it'll be a two-parter, if you know what I mean. Up next is Roydigs22:
"...how about next chapter, we see [Lucario] training the army himself, maybe something easy for him, like a 3(you know who I mean) on one."
Love the way you think Roydigs22 - I've taken your idea, and used it in this chapter. Last but not least, Derrick Lindsey:
"I wouldn't mind seeing Cilan staying at the mansion since I like him, also I'm guessing this is Anime Cilan you went with since he's more shy and unconfident in the games."
Actually, I had to "retcon" Cilan's personality, so the Cilan you read about is the one from the games, showing more confidence. Don't know how I would've dealt with an insecure Cilan...
Episode 76: Discord
Things between Pokemon army general Lucario and army lieutenant Mewtwo have not been at ease as of late. After an argument between the two Pokemon, the general and the lieutenant both went their own separate ways, not wanting to see each other again if it meant not working with one another in accord. Many residents have tried to bring Lucario and Mewtwo back to one peace, but to no avail.
And with an invasion from the Organization XIII impeding, the dire need to re-establish the rapport between Lucario and Mewtwo couldn't be any more high, especially when Master Xehanort considered the idea of having an alien race to partake in the invasion along with the Organization and Team Rocket, after the Organization's plan of finding a fourteenth vessel fell flat.
Regardless, Mewtwo made it clear to several folks that he did not wish to be in the Pokemon army if Lucario was general, and Lucario did not want Mewtwo in the army unless the psychic Pokemon changed his attitude. Mewtwo refused to change anything that would be of benefit to Lucario and the Pokemon army, and that would be the case, when Isabelle entered Master Hand's room, holding a clasp envelope in her hand.
"Special delivery for Master Hand!" the shih tzu exclaimed when he arrived at the room, seeing Master Hand looking through the window and gazing at his Lamborghini. Certainly the giant hand had more important things to do than gaze at some lousy vehicle. "It's a little something from Sonic, he wants you to read all the details."
Isabelle: Obviously the tension between Mewtwo and Lucario is not a good thing, especially if we don't know when this invasion begins. We want Mewtwo and Lucario to be on the same page, so they the Pokemon army will be ready to do when the Heartless come and destroy things. I've discussed the matter with Lucario, and he was willing to give his two cents, but the same cannot be said for Mewtwo - he only shares stuff with certain individuals. I've never known Mewtwo to be a pick-and-choose person...or maybe he just doesn't like me.
"Well what are you waiting for Isabelle, open up the stinking envelope and take out what's inside," Master Hand turned away from the window to tell Isabelle. "Better be fan mail, otherwise an unfortunate soul at this mansion is going to pay dearly..." Isabelle ripped the clasp envelope open and took out a document, holding it up to Master Hand. "What do you think this is Isabelle, show and tell? Like I'm gonna assume what that paper is just by looking at it?! Tell me what it's all about!"
"Apparently it's a petition from Sonic, demanding that Lucario is demoted as general of the Pokemon army," explained Isabelle, as Master Hand read the provisions of the petition. "King K. Rool, Olimar, and Doc Louis have signed the petition so far, though I'm sure Sonic manipulated into doing so. Sonic has sided with Mewtwo, for whatever reason..."
"Does Sonic not know that most petitions don't work?" Especially the many petitions on . "I mean, I get it, the right to petition, it's in the First Amendment, but this petition looks like it will fail miserably!"
"Sonic believes that since this is an 'actual' petition, and not a petition you'd find online, it will go through with ease." Master Hand just had to laugh at that one - out of all the stupid things Sonic has done, a petition to demote Lucario was perhaps the stupidest.
"What, does Sonic think he'll get signatures from every person in Seattle?! Rip that stupid petition into pieces Isabelle, I don't care what Sonic has to say!" Isabelle did what she was told, ripping up the petition and throwing it away in a trash can. "Oh man, that man Sonic cannot be serious..."
"Oh, there's one more thing..." Isabelle took out another envelope, this one a white envelope with a crown insignia on top. "Got this strange envelope in the mail today. Don't know who it's from though..." Isabelle opened up the envelope and took out a letter, gasping when she saw who it was written by. "It's a letter from the Organization XIII!"
"Oh man, I didn't know anyone from the Organization was capable of writing!" To be fair, the Organization is full of evil masterminds, so writing has to be one of their assets. "Read the letter right away woman, it might have some juicy information!" So Isabelle quickly read the letter, making sure not to skip over a single word.
"Basically it says that the Organization has a third party working with them and Team Rocket, and that the invasion will start next week. Says that we'll likely be unprepared the events to follow...now would be a great time to get Lucario and Mewtwo back together again."
"You're most certainly right Isabelle, we gotta do it before the end of the day..." Just then, an idea appeared in Master Hand's mind. "Put Lucario and Mewtwo back in...the Empty Room. And lock up the room too, so they can't get out! Maybe some small talk might help put their differences aside!"
Corrin: Been ready for my siblings ever since they notified me about their visit...I'm excited, Kamui's excited, and hopefully everyone else in the mansion is excited. When Xander and the others see how much more intelligent I have become, they'll be blown away...but hopefully not in a literal sense. I can guarantee you I would make either Elise or Camilla faint, though.
"So Mario, are you ready to see my siblings for the first time?" Corrin asked Mario, whom he was standing at the front of the mansion with, while Kamui was at his side. "They're great company, I'll tell you that!"
"Corrin, I already saw-a your siblings before, and on two-a occasions - after the prank-a war, and at-a the Christmas party," stated Mario; while Corrin may have improved in intelligence, he was still slightly forgetful. "I must speak-a with your brother Xander, to confirm his role-a as officiant of my wedding next-a month."
"Still can't believe my siblings had the audacity to send me to the mansion in a coffin..." said Kamui, shaking her head with disdain. "They practically drugged me to sleep and everything...good thing I was still asleep in that coffin, being awake in there would've been scary..."
"Look on the bright side Kamui, I've been through worse - one time last year, Donkey Kong threw me in a garbage bin because I called his girlfriend Candy Kong horrendous, and he left me in there for an entire weekend! But I will admit, the smell of garbage was so lovely..." Sure it was Corrin, sure it was.
A couple of minutes after Mario and company waited, the four Nohrian siblings - Xander, Leo, Camilla, and Elise - would arrive at the Smash Mansion via taxi. Corrin and Kamui were delighted to see their four siblings exit the taxi - a taxi driven by a man named B.D. Joe.
"Just so you know, we're never driving a taxi again," Xander would tell his siblings as he got out of the taxi. "We'll just travel on horseback, if necessary." And how would that work in a modern city like Seattle.
"C'mon man, don't let this one taxi ride deter you from ever partaking in public transportation again!" B.D. Joe said to Xander, trying to cheer the guy up. "I mean, I'm one of the best taxi drivers on the street, everyone knows my name!"
"Having peons know your name isn't something worth bragging about..." retorted Xander, as he and his siblings went to the front of the mansion, where they would find Corrin and Kamui standing by. "Greetings my twin siblings, Corrin and Kamui! It has been a long time since we last seen each other."
"Xander, Leo, Camilla, Elise, you all made it!" exclaimed Corrin, as he and Kamui would greet each and every sibling, while poor Mario was completely ignored. It was like the Nohrian siblings thought the plumber was invisible.
"So glad you came to visit, how very sweet of you!" Kamui said to her siblings, once the greetings were over and the total disregard for Mario reached an all-time high. Even B.D. Joe felt bad for the plumber.
"Garon forced us to visit you guys," Leo murmured under his breath, only to be nudged by Elise. "...yeah Kamui, we're glad to be here, I bet a lot of stuff happened since the last time we went to the mansion!"
Leo: Our visit to the mansion isn't exactly genuine...Garon deliberately kicked us out of the kingdom to do some "spring cleaning", and feared that we would get in his way, so he forced us to stay at the mansion with Corrin and Kamui. Master Hand better have some guest rooms, because if I have to sleep with that loser Corrin, then we're gonna have some problems...
"Yes, yes, a lot has happened since our last visit - I have become smarter!" stated Corrin, though Xander and the siblings refused to buy the prince of Nohr. "Did you know, that in 428 BC, Plato founded the Academy in Athens, and studied there for twenty years before founding another school, the Lyceum?" Xander and the siblings were now stunned by Corrin delivering this fact - it was like this was a doppelganger Corrin, and the real Corrin was locked up somewhere! But this was the real Corrin - the new and improved Corrin, to be exact.
"Corrin...you didn't...learn that on your own, did you?" asked a very surprised Camilla. It was like Corrin finally decided to teach himself new stuff, after he refused to pay attention during the lessons at Luigi's home in episode 42.
"Of course I learned it on my own, it's the only way! Did you also know that Vincent van Gogh created around 2,100, with 860 of them being oil paintings?" Corrin's siblings were now even more amazed, as the prince proved that his intelligence was not a fluke.
"Would you look at that, our dear brother Corrin is finally the genius we always wanted him to be!" gleamed Elise, as she hugged Corrin. Now Mario was desiring a hug, and he didn't care if it was from Corrin, Kamui, their siblings, or even B.D. Joe, for that matter.
"Hello, do I get a tip for driving you to the mansion?" B.D. Joe called out to Xander and company, who were invested into Corrin and not caring about the taxi driver. B.D. Joe would understand the pain Mario was going through, as he looked to the side with a frown and with his arms folded.
"To see how much you've grown since we last saw you Corrin...this has truly been a blessing," smiled Xander, no doubt proud of his little brother. "Certainly you must show us more of your knowledge, just wait until Father hears about this!" Corrin and Kamui would lead their siblings inside the mansion, and Mario was too busy being salty about being ignored to notice the Nohrian family was gone.
"Xander? Corrin? Kamui? You guys in-a side the mansion?" Mario called out, getting no response. Then he realized the Nohrian crew were in the mansion. "Wait up for-a me, I have some important-a business to discuss!" Mario would enter the mansion, leaving poor B.D. Joe all alone outside. Dude might never get his tip from Xander, so he might as well go on his way.
"Man I can't believe it...I was considerate to them, and they won't be considerate to me!" frowned the taxi driver, stomping his foot on the ground in anger. "Treated 'em with respect, engaged in small talk with them, even asked Leo if he was looking for girls...I think his name was Leo. Point of the matter is, that family still owes me a tip, no ands, ifs, or buts about it! You know what, I'll just chauffeur people around Seattle for a while, and then I'll come back to the Smash Mansion and demand my tip! At least Sazh and Serah gave me a tip, and a very generous one at that!"
So B.D. Joe was about to hop in the driver seat of his taxi and do some rounds around Seattle before asking Xander for a tip, before he saw Fox and Falco coming towards him, clearly wanting to go on a taxi ride. In Fox's hand was a list - could be a shopping list, or even a hit list.
Fox: The growing animosity between Lucario and Mewtwo is obviously not a good thing. You can't two bad cookies going against one another for no good reason. Did Lucario and Mewtwo not learn from that beef between Robin and Marth?
Falco: Sadly Fox, some people these days don't wanna learn, they wanna be stupid forever...if we're gonna do what's right for the Pokemon army and the Smash Mansion as a whole, we have to do something that would make bring Lucario and Mewtwo back together, and we know just the thing...
"Fox McCloud and Falco Lombardi, at your service," Fox would introduce himself and Falco to B.D. Joe, standing before the taxi driver with the list in hand. But B.D. Joe knew who the pilots were, and was excited to be in their presence.
"Yeah I know you guys, you're the star pilots from the Star Fox crew!" the driver grinned, as he proceeded to give Fox and Falco some dap. "What's good fellas! Always wanted to meet you guys!"
"Appreciate it man, never thought we would see your face here in Seattle!" exclaimed Falco; turns out he and Fox knew who B.D. Joe was prior to this meeting. Real recognizing real, as Bowser would probably say. "So, are you available at the moment? Can you take Fox and I to a few places around town?"
"I'd be glad to! But only if you pay up - the last people I drove around in a taxi didn't even offer me a single cent! Drove a royal family to the mansion, and nobody gave me a single lick of money! Those albinos gonna have to pay up soon!"
"A royal family of albinos?" Fox raised an eyebrow, before knowing who B.D. Joe was talking about. "Oh, you must be talking about the royal family of Nohr. A guy we know, Corrin, and his twin sister, Kamui, they live at the mansion and their siblings must had wanted to visit them and stuff. I will say that the Nohr family is very stingy - asking them for a nickel is like asking Donald Trump to shut down his Twitter account, it ain't gonna work...sure, the Nohr family may not have U.S. currency, but that's no excuse."
"In that case, I guess I won't be getting that tip then...so where are you boys headed off to? A restaurant? A library? A park, to meet some hot girls?" As much as Falco would love to go to any park in Seattle (and for the wrong reasons), he had to adhere to the task he and Fox must complete.
"Sam's Club - we would like to go to Sam's Club," the avian pilot stated, as he and Fox held up their Sam's Club membership cards. Had all three of them for their own use too. "Got all the cards, which means we can get all the goodies..."
"Alright then, let's get going! Hop on in the taxi and let's roll!" So Fox and Falco got inside B.D. Joe's sweet ride, and Joe himself would get inside, as he started up his taxi and drove off to the nearest Sam's Club. But seriously, why do Fox and Falco have three membership cards each?
Zelda and Aerith were busy doing laundry in the laundry room, while Link and Cloud were with their girlfriends chilling out because that's what great boyfriends do. Midna was also in the laundry room, rummaging through a laundry basket full of clothes.
"Link is there by any chance you wear this?" the imp poked her head out from the laundry basket, holding up what appeared to be a short green dress. Midna wildly assumed this garment was a long tunic Link would probably wear, and this seemed to offend Link greatly.
"I do believe that's one of Lady Palutena's clothes, for your information..." the Hylian frowned as he snatched the garment away from Midna. This would be a bad move for Link however, since Palutena saw through the Hylian holding one of her clothes in his hands through the laundry room door. Link saw the goddess of light through the doorway, glaring at him; the Hylian sheepishly threw the garment back in the laundry basket and grinned innocently, as Palutena walked away shaking her head. Midna sure loves to put Link through uncompromising things, doesn't she?
Midna: Say, Link, since the leadership of the Pokemon army is more or less in shambles, why don't you take on being the general of the Pokemon Army? You did say you always wanted to lead an army through battle, and it's not like the Pokemon army has much to lose anyways... *snickers*
Link: Well I do think of myself as a formidable army general, all I would need is my Master Sword and a horse Pokemon on ride on...wait a sec, why are you laughing? Were you being sardonic just now?!
Midna: YOU were able to detect my sardonicism? Huh, you're smarter than I've ever given you credit for...still dress up like a girl though. No man would ever wear a stupid tunic like yours.
"I see that you're happy about being out of your cast and no longer on crutches," Aerith said to Cloud as she was busy folding clothes. Hard to tell if Cloud was happy or not, since he would always have the same facial expression 247.
"Kinda wish Sonic was still in jail, so it's a little bittersweet for me," stated Cloud, coolly leaning against a wall in the laundry room. "Sonic's gonna get it from the law enforcement anyways for escaping from jail, so having him serve another sentence would be inevitable."
"Heard that Sonic is supposed to go on trial sometime next week for his escape," said Zelda, remembering some information she heard Isabelle tell Master Hand. "What are the odds Sonic will find a way to weasel his way out of court, and accrue even more punishment in the process?"
"I think that the odds of that happening are very..." Aerith was about to answer Zelda's question, but the flower girl's head started aching like crazy. Aerith would hold her head in her hands, as the pain pulsated; Cloud, Link, Zelda, and Midna were all concerned for Aerith's well-being, and that concern would intensify as Aerith fell to her knees in serious pain.
"Aerith what's wrong, are you suffering from a migraine or something?" asked a worried Cloud, as he went over to consult a now ailing Aerith. Link and the others were about to come closer, until Aerith started throwing up all over the floor. "Yikes, this isn't good...Midna, go find Leia, and quick!"
"Screw that, we should definitely escort Aerith to the fitness center, Leia will be there anyways," stated Link, right before Midna could take off. "It's not that far from here anyways, it's just down the hallway..."
"My head...and stomach...hurts so much..." grimaced Aerith, as the pain started spreading throughout her body. Cloud refused to take any chances, so he scooped up Aerith in his arms and took her out of the laundry room, before turning his attention to the others.
"Link, you stay here and clean up Aerith's vomit," Cloud ordered the Hylian; why give Link the disgusting tasks? "Midna, Zelda, you ladies come with me." So Midna and Zelda would follow Cloud out of the laundry room, leaving poor Link behind to clean up Aerith's mess.
"'Clean up Aerith's vomit', he said..." Link repeated Cloud's instructions in a mocking manner, shaking his head. "...sometimes I despise that man, always makes me do the most inconvenient things." Link now looked for something to clean up the vomit with; hopefully there was a clean towel nearby.
Corrin: Not sure why, but it seems like my siblings have started appreciating me a whole lot more ever since I showed up how much I've grown in intelligence ever since I started cosplaying as Thrawn. I mean, I know they loved me before, but they actually want to spend time with me, and they don't mind being seen with me when other people are around... *gasps* ...perhaps they plan on using me and my intelligence to commit evil deeds at Nohr! They must be conspiring to take me back to the kingdom to complete immoral tasks for my father Garon, and leave Kamui behind, and let her enjoy everything the mansion has to offer while I suffer! That must be the true intent of their visit...
Mario: Has been-a almost an hour, and Xander nor his-a siblings have even-a noticed me...it's like I'm a ghost-a to them, they treat-a me like I'm Waldo! No matter how hard I try-a to get their attention, none of Corrin and-a Kamui's siblings notice me! Heck, I don't even think-a Corrin and Kamui know I'm-a there! How dare they choose-a to ignore a man to be wedded-a to the most beautiful woman on-a the earth...it's a conspiracy, I tell-a you!
"...and then, a year after the D-Day invasion was launched on western Europe by Allied forces, the United States bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, thus putting an end to World World II!" Corrin was giving Kamui and his siblings a history lesson in the living room, while a perpetually ignored Mario was sitting on a sofa opposite Corrin, looking at Corrin feeling all salty that the prince was getting all the attention, and that he was getting none. "I would have mentioned Adolf Hitler's murder-suicide, which transpired between the D-Day invasion and the bombings, but virtually nobody likes him so I'll just leave him out." There's no denying Hitler's impact on world history, though.
"My goodness Corrin, you have greatly shown us how much you've grown since our last visit, and I'm sure that Kamui has been proud of your growth!" exclaimed Xander; Kamui couldn't be fully proud, since Corrin's improved intelligence has lasted for at least a week or so. "Sending Kamui to the mansion was a great decision on our part..." Xander would murmur this to Leo, Camilla, and Elise, who all nodded in agreement.
"Oh, but wait, there's something I did last week that will captivate all of you! So there's this evil group, known as the Organization XIII, and there's this other group, named Team Rocket, who's working with the Organization in a partnership. And guess what I did last week? I defeated the both of them, on my own!"
And that's when Mario, who was silently feeling salty about being ignored, finally garnered the attention of Xander and company, as the plumber laughed hysterically at Corrin's faulty claim. First off, Corrin didn't defeat Organization XIII AND Team Rocket, it wasn't like he beat up all the members of both organizations and their leaders. Secondly, it was Shaymin who did all the work, when she dealt with Young Xehanort, Ansem, Jessie, James, and Meowth. Only thing Corrin did that was so special was striking Ansem with his sword, since the Heartless had the prince over his shoulders.
"Why hello there Mario, can't believe we didn't see you there," Xander would greet the plumber, who was now content, but not a hundred percent content. "How are you today, how's your fiancee Peach doing?"
"Hello to you-a too, Xander - Peach is doing just-a dandy, we're more than-a ready for our wedding in a couple-a of weeks," replied Mario, glad that Xander was kind enough to ask about Peach. Showed that the eldest sibling of Nohr's royal family still remembered the wedding. "Speaking of-a the wedding..."
"Is it about my officiant role at the wedding? If so, we'll talk about that later. Right now I'm more concerned about Corrin defeating this Organization XIII and Team Rocket by himself...did it happen Mario, or is it a tall tale?" Corrin looked at Mario, expecting the plumber to tell his siblings the "truth".
"No, Corrin is just-a talking out of his-a behind - he did not 'defeat' Organization XIII and Team Rocket by-a himself." A now dismayed Corrin just smiled sweetly, believing this would negate the fib he told his siblings. "But if you must-a know, Organization XIII is a group-a of evil men wearing black-a cloaks, who mostly aspire-a for world domination. Recently, they've been-a working with Team-a Rocket, a criminal organization that does immoral things-a to Pokemon..."
"Both organizations have been a thorn in our side over time, showing up every now and then and causing mayhem of some sort," Kamui would explain to her siblings. As the princess gave her siblings a full explanations of the stuff Organization XIII has been doing since the start of the year, Corrin looked through the entrance of the living room, and saw a purple mushroom-like creature, with red eyes, sharp teeth, and a ray gun from afar. That ray gun could only mean one thing...
"ALIENS!" Corrin stood up and screamed at the top of his lungs, as he pointed at the purple mushroom creature, who now teleported away out of suspicion. Mario and company looked at where Corrin was pointing at, seeing only Mr. Game and Watch, who just passed by.
Mr. Game and Watch: So I'm an alien now, huh? It's because I'm different from everyone else, isn't it?! *strokes chin thoughtfully* Eh, I'd rather take it over being called a "2-D man". That name just sounds so generic...
"Woah Corrin, chill out - just because you're smarter and all gives you no reason to go all conspiracy theorist on us," Leo did his best to calm Corrin down, but the prince was still on the lookout for this supposed alien creature, refusing to sit back down in his seat until the creature showed up again.
"You have to excuse Corrin, he's been extremely paranoid about aliens as of late," smiled Kamui, feeling embarrassed not only for Corrin but herself. Xander and the siblings will probably blame the princess for allowing Corrin to act like a complete goofball. "He watched a few sci-fi movies, and I think...that might've...progressed his whole alien paranoia."
"Perhaps a change-a of scenery will make Corrin less-a crazy," suggested Mario, as he got up from his seat; everyone else followed suit. "Let's-a go to the gaming room, some folks-a there might wanna see you!"
"How do we know you aren't saying that..." mumbled Leo as he and the others followed Mario out of the living room. Corrin looked behind him, looking for the purple creature, and once the living room was deserted...the purple creature would teleport itself to said room, ray gun in hand. What kind of business was it up to?
"I can rest assure you Mewtwo, you're gonna be thanking me later for this," Isabelle would say to the psychic Pokemon, holding his hand as she led him to the Empty Room. Mewtwo certainly didn't like Isabelle holding his hand and leading him through the mansion, but if the shih tzu would leave the Pokemon alone for good afterwards, then so be it.
"I hope you remember that I can teleport at ease, so I better not find Lucario at this location you're taking me to," stated Mewtwo, glad that nobody was in the hallway to see him with Isabelle. "Otherwise I'll have to teleport away just to distance myself from that fiend..."
After much walking, Isabelle and Mewtwo would arrive at the Empty Room; Isabelle opened the door to the room, which was now...empty. Not a single person was inside, not even Lucario...as Mewtwo had intended.
"Just sit anywhere in this room you like," Isabelle told Mewtwo, who entered the Empty Room and opted to stand instead. Wasn't like he would be in the room for that long anyways, or at least the Pokemon hoped. "Hang on tight until I come back!"
"There better be a reason for why I'm here," was what Mewtwo said to Isabelle before the shih tzu closed the door. The canine assistant walked away to go look for Mewtwo, and her search would be stopped momentarily when a streaking blue blur quickly zipped past the dog. Moments later, the blue streaking would come to a stop, when Sonic revealed himself to Isabelle.
"Hi Sonic, you look happy today!" chirped Isabelle, slightly dismaying Sonic. The hedgehog was surprised that Isabelle didn't question the blue streaks zipping around her, like Isabelle was supposed to be scared out of her mind and be like, "What is this blue speeding thing?" Could be that the shih tzu knew Sonic too well to be questioning anything the hedgehog would do.
"Master Hand was right, you really are a hard person to frighten..." said Sonic, baffled by Isabelle's courage and lack of fear. "Now that I've found you, I must ask...what did Master Hand think of my petition? He liked it, right?" Isabelle panicked; she can't outright tell Sonic that she was forced to rip up the petition to shreds, it would break the poor hedgehog's heart!
Sonic: Came up with the petition shortly after the whole Lucario-Mewtwo saga began. Mewtwo is very intent on having Lucario demoted as Pokemon army general, so I'm doing the man a favor and saving him from doing the hard work by starting a petition to get Lucario kicked to the curb! All I need is a couple signatures for this petition to work, even if it means getting the mayor of Seattle to sign said petition. Some chili dogs mind change the man's mind if he were to decline the offer.
"Yes, he loved it very much, agreed with all the provisions and everything!" replied Isabelle, doing whatever means necessary to keep Sonic at bay. "Even kept it at his room so no one would dare to tamper with it!"
"Sweet, in that case, I'll just head over there and retrieve the petition!" exclaimed Sonic as he was about to take off, only to be stopped by Isabelle. She didn't know why she stopped the hedgehog, but at the same time, she knew what must be done.
"No Sonic, I think you should save your breath and let me get your petition, I know exactly where it is in Master Hand's room." Inside a trash can, ripped up into pieces. "Why don't you enjoy the rest of your day?"
"I'm already enjoying my day, but I wouldn't hurt to enjoy it a bit more. Thanks Isabelle, you really are a great lapdog!" No way Isabelle was going to take that as a compliment.
"Before you go Sonic, do you know where Lucario is? I need him and Mewtwo to apologize to one another, and I think that talking things out might do the trick..." Sonic made a look on his face - a look that indicated Lucario might be doing mighty important at the moment.
"Lucario's off in the Pokemon sanctuary, Tails told me that he was single-handedly training the Pokemon army by HIMSELF!" Lucario training an entire army by himself? Talk about taking an initiative. "Too bad he won't be army general soon...I can take you to Lucario, provided he isn't busy now."
Link was still going at it in the laundry room, cleaning up Aerith's vomit while moaning and complaining silently about his task at hand, when Pit and Viridi walked by and saw Link in the laundry room, looking miserable as heck. The young couple figured that the Hylian could use a little help at the moment.
"Hey Link, what's up?" Pit asked the Hylian as he and Viridi entered the laundry room, wanting to know where the vomit came from.
"Nothing much, just cleaning up this mess Aerith had made," replied Link, as he was cleaning up the vomit with a clean towel. "Aerith was feeling sick and was throwing up all over the place, and so Cloud forced me to clean the whole mess up while he remains with Aerith at the fitness center. This stuff is hard to clean up..."
"Well how about we help you clean this muck up, a good friend like Cloud would make you clean up all by yourself!" said Viridi as she and Pit grabbed a towel and cleaned up the vomit. They would have Kirby suck up all the vomit, but that alone would be vomit-inducing for everyone not named Kirby, and Link cannot afford any more vomit to clean up. "So, Link, do you know who this so-called traitor Cilan is rambling on about could be?"
"Asked Master Hand about the whole traitor thing - he believes that anyone who was not originally living at the mansion prior to Aerith's arrival has a strong chance of being the traitor," responded Link; that would mean Lucario's chances of being the traitor, as Mewtwo assumed the aura Pokemon to be, are very slim. "So it could be Ema, Leia, Alm, Celica, or even the idol singers! We all know Cilan isn't a suspect."
Cilan: Would Master Hand appreciate me telling everyone the news about the traitor living in the mansion? As much as I would worry about receiving punishment from Master Hand, I've been punished by him so many times that it has become customary. For instance, when he inspected my cake and saw there were no sprinkles, he placed me in a room with Wario, and fed Wario cans of refried beans and glasses of milk, mostly against his will,...you can assume what happened next. I kindly tried to tell Master Hand that using sprinkles on the wedding cake would be messy, but I don't think he heard me other the sounds of Wario's flatulence. It was like being stuck in a gas chamber of fumes, I tell you! Wario is like a walking atomic bomb of gastric fumes, just ready to explode!
Wario: *grins as he cracks his knuckles* Heh heh, really gave Cilan all I could handle! Man couldn't even smell for two days straight! Looking forward to devouring that wedding cake by myself once it's time for the wedding!
"Did Master Hand or Cilan ever specify what exactly the traitor is doing?" asked Pit, who was getting tired of his towel and was now looking for a sponge. Cleaning up vomit with a sponge without any cleaning supplies is no bueno. "I heard something about 'using the mansion to commit evil deeds', but that's pretty much it."
"Mewtwo would probably know who the traitor is, what with him being a psychic and all, but given the mood that he's in, asking him won't be a grand idea," stated Viridi, now wishing the whole Lucario-Mewtwo beef would come to an end. "We could start looking for clues and find out anything about this possible traitor!"
"Let's go searching for clues once we finish cleaning this mess up," said Link, to which Pit and Viridi agreed to. But Pit would raise his hand to ask a question... "No Pit, you're not doing to dress up as Scooby-Doo and act like a dog - we'll have Duck Hunt Dog as our canine investigator. And if you were gonna ask questions about dressing up as either Freddy and Shaggy, then you can just put your hand down and leave it there forever mister..." ...and that's what Pit immediately did.
"How's she doing nurse Leia, is she feeling any better?" Midna would ask Leia, as she was with Cloud and Zelda in the fitness center, checking on Aerith. Leia was nursing Aerith, who was resting on a patient bed with an IV and all sorts of things inserted into the flower girl's body, with a heart rate monitor beeping away. A scene that would be taking place at a hospital somewhere in Seattle, but rather inside the Smash Mansion...shows that Leia was really a top-notch nurse.
"Aerith's getting better, but she has a long way to go before she's a hundred percent," explained Leia after she was done checking Aerith's temperature. "Headache, fever, dizziness, cough, nausea, nasal congestion, pain coursing throughout the body..." Leia was running off a list of symptoms Aerith had. "...this is unlike anything I've ever seen before! This can't be because of anything Aerith has eaten, some icky must have found its way inside Aerith and has been doing terrible things to her body."
"I suspect the Organization to be behind this, they must have poisoned Aerith," Cloud gave his take on the situation. "Probably did it during nighttime hours, when everyone was in bed fast asleep."
"Usually I wouldn't jump to such accusations...but after hearing that list of Aerith's symptoms, I do think the Organization might be responsible for Aerith's illness," said Zelda, who found it painful to see her friend ailing in the bed. "We all know Team Rocket isn't capable of doing it, unless they sent a trio other than the lame duck one we've been dealing with to poison Aerith."
"Regardless, we gotta heal Aerith and make her well again, before the symptoms start ramping up," said Leia, after checking Aerith's heart rate. "I'll try and make an antidote for Aerith's illness - you guys stay with Aerith and keep her company." And with that, Leia left the room, to make a new kind of medicine that would miracously heal Aerith. Following Leia's departure, Aerith slowly lifted her eyes, and she was pleased to see Cloud, Zelda, and Midna - the three also pleased to see the flower girl wide awake.
Leia: Aerith's condition is unlike anything else I've ever seen, so concocting an antidote to cure Aerith will be an extremely hard task in itself. The antidote would have to remedy all of Aerith's symptoms, and should be in a long term effect. Master Hand apparently doesn't have that much ingredients to make antidotes (considering he doesn't even have a health plan, I shouldn't be THAT surprised), so I gotta do with what I got...
"You all came to see me, that's so very sweet of you," Aerith smiled at Cloud, Zelda, and Midna...before realizing that someone was noticeably missing from the group. "Where is Link, he's not busy, is he?"
"He's busy cleaning up your vomit in the laundry room, as I told him to do," stated Cloud, receiving a nudge from Zelda. Why tell that to Aerith for? "Uh, I mean, he's folding up the laundry so all the clothes will be folded up soon."
"I have heard about your illness, and I have come forth...with this," Dunban appeared, as he made his way into the room holding a tray with his only operating hand. On this tray was a bowl of soup...chicken noodle soup, which Aerith grimaced at. "What, you don't like chicken noodle soup? Sadly for you, it's the only thing you'll be eating until you're well again."
"It's not that I don't like chicken noodle soup...but thanks for bringing me some anyway," thanked Aerith, as Dunban placed the tray on top of the flower girl. "I'm more concerned with who made this soup in the first place..." Aerith saw that there was more broth than actual noodles - not that it was a bad thing, but there were only but a few noodles in the soup. "Do you know who made it?"
"Shulk made the soup - I wanted to help him make it, but he kept telling me that he was fine by himself. But I don't know why your chicken noodle soup looks...meager, to say the least."
"Also, where is the chicken? You can't have chicken noodle soup without the chicken, otherwise it would be just noodle soup! But there's hardly any noodles.
"Dunban, can you come here real quick, I have a small emergency!" Shulk's voice was heard from behind the door, though the tone of his voice did not indicate there was an emergency of any sort taking place. "I think I know where the chicken was!"
"This will either be beneficial, or a complete waste of my time...I'll be right back, Aerith," Dunban said to the flower girl as he exited the room and proceeded to the main part of the fitness center, where he saw Shulk. The moment he saw the Homs standing with King Dedede, Dunban immediately feared for the worst. "Do I even need to ask where the chicken went?"
"There's a reason why there was no chicken in that can of chicken noodle soup..." said Shulk, before pointing at a guilty King Dedede. "This bird buffoon took all the chicken in the can out, ate it when no one was looking, and sealed the can to eliminate any sort of evidence!"
"Yeah I was the one who did it..." King Dedede fessed up, looking down at the floor with sadness...but he couldn't be sad for long. "...ate some of the noodles too. but for what it was worth, that chicken broth sure tasted good! Especially when I sloshed it in my mouth like mouthwash...man that felt good!"
"But if that's the case, then that would mean..." Dunban furrowed his brow, as King Dedede's confession permeated inside his brain...and that's when the Homs ran off to alert Aerith: "AERITH WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT EAT THE SOUP!"
King Dedede: Wait, so that chicken noodle soup was for Aerith? Aerith's sick as ever? *smiles* I'm positive my saliva has healing powers that bring bring Aerith back to full health. After all, kings like myself do have strong powers...
Fox and Falco now completed all the stuff they had to complete today. They went to Sam's Club, got some gasoline cans from the gas station for their Landmaster, and even stopped by a Seattle park to flirt with some single ladies (Falco was the one who did the flirting, Fox just stayed behind and ensured all the ladies were single; Falco flirting with a woman who was already dating would be disastrous if her boyfriend was around). So what did the pilots do, as B.D. Joe -a man generous enough to take Fox and Falco to multiple stops - was driving them home? Sing some songs from The Offspring, of course!
"Give it to me baby!" sang Fox, trying to make his voice sound feminine as possible while "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" by The Offspring was played on B.D. Joe's radio.
"Uh huh, uh huh!" Falco sang right back, his voice not feminine-ish like Fox's but still high in tone.
"Give to me baby!"
"Uh uh, uh huh!"
"Give to me baby!"
"Uh uh, uh huh!" Now it was time for Falco to sing with a slightly macho voice. "And the girlies say I'm pretty fly for a white guy..." B.D. Joe found Fox and Falco's renditions of the famous Offspring song to be rather funny, as the taxi driver was laughing his butt off.
"Aw man, you guys hilarious, too funny!" chuckled B.D. Joe, as he was wiping away a tear from his eye. "You two are really a fun bunch to be around!" Several of the mansion residents have learned that from experience. "This might be one of the best taxi rides I've ever done! Didn't yell at me or constantly tell me where to go...you still are gonna give me a tip, right?"
"We'll do you one better - we'll give you not only our tip, but the tip your previous passengers refused to give," replied Fox, and B.D. Joe was getting all giddy. Who knew Fox was that generous?
"Wow man, thanks a whole bunch, sweet gesture my man!" B.D Joe was now a happier man as he continued to drive his taxi throughout Seattle. During the ride, the taxi driver saw an old man wearing a lab coat on the side of the road, holding out a hitchhiker's thumb. "Yo, what's that old guy doing on the side of the road? What's with his getup, is he some kind of doctor or something? And why does he look familiar...?"
"Lemme get a closer look of him..." Falco leaned over to check out the hitchhiker, and instantly recognized his face. "Bruh that's Dr. Wily, Mega Man's arch-nemesis! And he looks poor and frail too! B.D Joe, pull over the taxi now!"
"Sorry bro, but I can't just let that man in all willy-nilly, I don't take hitchhikers," explained B.D. Joe, but Falco would do something that would change the taxi driver's mind in a snap...
"You do now..." the avian pilot took out his Blaster and pointed it at B.D. Joe, threatening to shoot the taxi driver if he didn't follow his command.
"Dang straight!" B.D Joe stepped on the gas pedal, and drove up to Dr. Wily, who quickly got inside the taxi without any introduction. The look on his face indicated that he was in quite a hurry.
"Take me to the Smash Mansion at once!" demanded Dr. Wily, without even greeting Fox, Falco, or B.D. Joe; that's how much of a hurry the evil genius was in.
"Um, can you ask nicely? I understand if you're in a rush, and I can tell just by the look on your face, but you could at least..."
"Are you hard of hearing?! I said take me to the Smash Mansion! Step on the gas!" So B.D. Joe stepped on the gas pedal, and sped off to the Smash Mansion, not even knowing what business Dr. Wily had there.
Lucario: Obviously I can't let the friction between me and Lucario bother me, I still have to train the Pokemon army so they'll be ready for anything the Organization plans on doing. With Mewtwo temporarily out of the picture, I have to do things on my own...but not without a friend or two.
Sonic and Isabelle were in the Pokemon sanctuary, and they were watching Lucario train several Pokemon from the Pokemon army. But the aura Pokemon was alone...with him were his two co-privates, Gardevoir and Gallade, and the three Pokemon were fighting a Darmanitan.
"Lucario pretty much devoted today to training each individual Pokemon one-on-one...or in this case, one-on-three," Sonic explained to Isabelle, who was busy writing down notes on her notepad so she could share the things she observed with Master Hand. "I asked Lucario earlier, and he said that this kind of training can help the Pokemon in pressure situations, like when they have to deal with multiple Heartless at any given moment."
"Well it's great to see Lucario taking an initiative and not sulking like Mewtwo is," remarked Isabelle. Some lousy lieutenant Mewtwo's supposed to be. "I do have to admit, naming Gardevoir and Gallade as co-privates was a good move on Lucario's part, kinda serves as an insurance plan for disaster."
"Hoo boy, just imagine if Lucario gave his girl Lopunny an army title, Mewtwo would have a field day with Lucario on that one..." Sonic looked at the time, glancing at a Noctowl-stylized clock on the wall, and saw that it was time for him to leave. "Well Izzy, I gotta run, got some stuff to take care off! My petition it still in Master Hand's room, right?" Sonic's petition - how could Isabelle forget?!
"Um, yes, yes it's still in Master Hand's room!" Isabelle quickly responded, too worried to even deter Sonic from going to Master Hand's room.
"Sweet, I'll catch you later! Thanks!" Sonic sped off at the speed of sound, leaving an exasperated Isabelle alone with Lucario, Gardevoir, Gallade, and the Ursaring the Pokemon trio were about to train next.
"So, Lucy, did I ever tell you how great you look in glasses today?" Robin asked Lucina, the two lovebirds chilling out in the gaming room. Lucina was busy reading a magazine with her new glasses on, and Robin kept running his mouth; this was one of the few times Lucina wished her boyfriend wasn't around.
"Don't call me Lucy, you know how much I hate that pet name," replied Lucina, her eyes fixated on the magazine in her hands. "And yes, you already complimented my looks, as did every other male in this mansion it seems like. It's nothing new for me."
"Not my fault you had to look even more beautiful." Figuring that Lucina wasn't in a mood for a conversation, Robin looked around the gaming room, and saw Mario, and Kamui, and Corrin, with Corrin speaking with his siblings, as well as Felicia. "Look at Corrin, Lucina, talking with the girl of his dreams! It was all thanks to me that the prince is living out the dream...the dream of love!"
"Save the whole love affair crap for some Disney movie crap, and leave me alone..." Lucina said flatly as she turned the page of her magazine.
Robin: I would love to tell Corrin's siblings about how I helped their brother fall in love with Felicia, but I'd rather just let Corrin take in all the credit, he truly deserves it. Besides, if I told Corrin's siblings the truth, they'd probably think of Corrin less. I want Xander and company to think that Corrin is a smooth fellow...but just having Felicia won't fit the narrative. It would take a bunch of girls flirting with Corrin to display the narrative well! Would Corrin handle it? He will, with proper time.
"It was Heraclitus who once said, 'It is hard to contend against one's heart's desire; for whatever it wishes to have it buys at the cost of soul,'" quoted Corrin, who amazed his siblings with his newfound knowledge of philosophy. "I've been applying that quote to my life for a very long time." If by 'a very long time', he meant a week or two, then sure.
"The fact that you were able to recite that quote perfectly is stupendous, excellent job brother!" commended Xander, before leaning over to Leo, Camilla, and Elise, as he whispered the following: "Father is going to be so proud once we tell him about Corrin's progress..." And Xander's three siblings nodded in agreement.
"Why thank you Xander, I really appreciate the kind words you've been saying to me," thanked Corrin. The prince was about to speak more, until he saw the same purple creature he saw in the living room, snooping around the gaming room entrance. "THE ALIEN, IT HAS RETURNED! EVERYONE RUN FOR COVER!"
"Corrin for the last time, there is NO alien in sight," Leo said to his brother as the purple creature scurried away after hearing Corrin's voice. "So why don't you stop humiliating yourself and calm down..."
Suddenly some screaming could be heard from the hallway, alerting everyone in the gaming room. Corrin, confident that the purple creature was responsible for the scare, smirked cockily with his arms folded as he looked at Leo, who just rolled his eyes.
"Stay right-a here folks, I'll go do some-a investigating," Mario told Corrin and company as he got up from his seat and exited the gaming room. In the hallway he saw Fiora standing by herself, shivering as if she had seen a ghost. "What-a happened Fiora?"
"Th-there was a purple mushroom creature, and it had a ray gun, and it was about to harm me!" explained the Homs, and Mario's face sank when he knew exactly what this creature was.
"Where did it go-a to?" Mario knew that this creature was a dangerous foe - a dangerous foe he and Luigi had to deal with in the past.
"It ran down the hallway after I screamed." So Mario headed down the hallway, hoping this creature hasn't caused any chaos yet...
Mewtwo continued to sit in the Empty Room, waiting for Isabelle to return. The psychic Pokemon would leave on his own accord, but he didn't feel like it. He might as well chill in the Empty Room until it was dinnertime.
"Yo yo yo, Mewtwo, what it do!" Sonic greeted the Pokemon as he entered the Empty Room. Mewtwo wished that Sonic would go away and disappear forever, but that was wishful thinking that will never happen. "Chilling in the cut, I presume?" Sonic took a seat next to Mewtwo, who inched away from the hedgehog as much as possible.
Sonic: Bummer that my precious petition has been ripped up into pieces... *holds up remains of petition* Either Master Hand didn't like the petition or he loved it so much that he was going to make a copy of it, but placed the petition in a paper shredder instead of a copy machine...except that there's a copy machine in the printing room. But this is Master Hand we're talking about, so I don't know.
"Got some bad news Mewtwo...the petition's been torn into shreds," Sonic said to the psychic Pokemon, who couldn't care less about the stupid petition. He didn't give Sonic any permission to start said petition in the first place. "So our plan to demote Lucario as Pokemon army general has been derailed."
"You mean your plan, not 'our' plan," corrected Mewtwo, shaking his head. "Just like Lucario, grouping me into things I don't even agree upon. That's why Lucario and I can't ever get along..."
"Speaking of Lucario...I think I know the reason why you're slanted against him." Now Mewtwo was all ears; what does Sonic know that the psychic Pokemon does not?
"And what do you think this reason might be? Go ahead, entertain me, I dare you." Being put to the challenge, Sonic decided to lay out the truth on Mewtwo.
"The reason is...the reason is that you're jealous. Jealous of the fact that Lucario's general of the Pokemon army and you aren't. Beforehand, you couldn't care less if Lucario was receiving gifts and whatnot. But it wasn't until after Lucario was appointed general that you started feeling salty, and wanting to become some lieutenant if it meant getting closer to that general gig. Heck, you might have been jealous of Lucario, because he won that Empty Room contest thing or whatever, and had you won, that general title would've been yours. And I know another thing that might be fueling your jealousy - the fact that you get overlooked and that hardly anyone likes you. I mean, nobody likes me, save for Amy and my best friends, but you don't see me moping around like Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh."
Mewtwo was looking down at the floor, not knowing what to say. Sonic was right about what he said - Mewtwo indeed was jealous of Lucario, and Mewtwo indeed felt salty about not being liked and being overlooked in favor of Lucario. All those things perfectly explained the current strife between Mewtwo and Lucario - and now Mewtwo now sought to end that strife, once and for all.
"When you're a clone of Mew who was created for just experimental purposes, you tend to feel angsty sometimes..." admitted Mewtwo, before slowly standing up with a shred of confidence. "...however, I won't let my angst tear Lucario and I apart, especially with the Organization's invasion drawing near. Can't believe I'm saying this...but thank you Sonic, for the pep talk."
"Don't mention it Mewtwo, just trying to cheer you up and steer things in the right direction!" Sonic gave a thumbs up. For once in a while, Sonic actually did something right, without being overtly annoying.
"Now if you excuse, I must make amends with Lucario - it's more than likely he's busy at the moment, so I shall speak with him later at a convient time." Mewtwo teleported away, leaving Sonic behind in the Empty Room. Thank goodness there was light coming in through the doorway, because the room was dark as heck...and Sonic felt like the room could use some "remodeling"...
Having finished cleaning up the mess in the laundry room, Link, Pit, and Viridi were now searching for clues around the mansion regarding the traitor, and leading the way was the Duck Hunt Dog, using his nose to sniff for any clues.
Link: Duck Hunt Dog always has a nose for trouble, but his nose can also be used to find stuff - hey, the mutt found my missing Twilight Sparkle toy horse thing outside in the backyard one day...only have that thing because it's a pony and all, and I like any horse breed (tell Zelda anything about that Twilight Sparkle toy and I'll kill you...). Based on that instance alone, the Duck Hunt Dog would make for a great detective dog.
Duck Hunt Dog: *holds up Link's Twilight Sparkle toy, complete with a Link costume, and laughs*
"Found anything yet, Duck Hunt Dog?" Viridi asked the mutt, as he sniffed the floor for any clues...then suddenly the dog pointed forward, directing Viridi and company's attention to the purple creature Corrin had seen earlier. The creature was at the end of the hallway, and it looked up and saw that it had company.
"Get back-a here you!" Mario's voice was heard, as the purple creature ran away from the approaching plumber...too bad it ran into Link and company, who wouldn't mind putting on a beatdown on the creature in front of them. But alas, the purple creature teleported away to avoid the beatdown, as the Duck Hunt Dog now ran off to search for the creature's whereabouts. Mario ran up to Link and company, searching for the creature. "Where did that thing-a run off to?"
"It teleported away before we could get a chance to lay a finger on it," explained Pit, now wishing he had the ability to teleport. Would be faster and more convenient than flying all over the place. "It reminds me of some alien race, think I saw or read something about this race before...you think that there might be aliens rummaging about, Mario?"
"Yes, I'm afraid-a so, Pit...somehow, some-a way, the Shroobs have-a returned!" Was this the alien race the Organization XIII brought back from the dead?
Ema Skye had now finished the ray gun she was working tirelessly on for months, and she was looking for a great place to store it at until it was time to use said gun for use. Nobody knew exactly what this ray gun would be used for, but Ema did say it had something to do with the Heartless...
"Excuse me Young Link, but do you know where I can store this ray gun?" Ema asked the Hylian, who was in the foyer practicing his ocarina playing. "You have quite a penchant for storing stuff, so I was wondering if you know the perfect spot to keep this bad boy at."
"The storage room is always available, just gotta find some available space," answered Young Link - hard to find any space at all with the Kongs' banana supply. "A ray gun of that size should be able to fit in the storage room somehow."
"Sure hope it does - Cilan has been fawning over my ray gun for the longest now, and I'm getting pretty sick and tired of it. Thanks a bunch, Young Link!" So Ema headed to the storage room, and Young Link continued playing his ocarina...before he heard the doorbell ring. The Hylian opened the front door, and seemingly right on command, Fox and Falco barged through with bags of groceries in their hands, knocking Young Link down to the floor and running over him in the process.
"Dude we need to find Lady Palutena, so we can bake this cake!" said Fox as he and Falco ran to the kitchen. Why not have Cilan assist them in baking the cake instead, did the pilots not get a preview of the wedding cake? Young Link slowly got up, holding his head, only to be knocked down to the floor and ran over again, this time by B.D. Joe who ran into the mansion without warning.
"Anyone here have any gas?" the taxi driver asked to nobody in particular, as he looked around for anyone who had any gasoline with them. "My ride's running low on gas, and I don't think I can make it to a single gas station!"
B.D. Joe: Gotta think of it...maybe I don't need to go to a gas station to fill up my taxi's gas tank. After all, Fox and Falco did say that going to the gas station was overrated, since you have to lose gas on the way there to get gas. From now on, I'll just keep gas tanks at my house in the backyard and fill up my taxi there! Only problem is...I live at an apartment. I'm sure nobody would mind if I kept the gas tanks in the apartment's laundry area.
After B.D. Joe had left, Young Link got up for a third time...and for a third time, he was trampled yet again, this time by Dr. Wily, who made sure to close the door behind him, despite he was in a hurry.
"Why does it feel like I murdered someone in cold blood..." the evil genius wondered, and he would turn around and see Young Link, sprawled out on the floor in pain. "My goodness, I didn't see you there!" In a rare act of kindness, Dr. Wily helped Young Link up, and dusted off his tunic. "Sorry about that sonny, I'm in quite a rush..."
"No man, you're fine, I've been trampled twice before, so it's all good," replied Young Link, before taking a good look at Dr. Wily. "Wait, aren't you Dr. Albert Wily, Mega Man's arch-nemesis? Why are you here?"
"Do you know an old man by the name of Professor E. Gadd?" Young Link nodded his head yes, hoping nothing bad happened to the professor...but the Hylian's hope would soon be shattered. "I'm afraid E. Gadd...has been kidnapped! And I think I know someone here who knows how the kidnapping transpired..."
Dunban waited inside the fitness center, waiting for Shulk to make another bowl of chicken noodle soup...this time without King Dedede tampering with it. The blonde Homs would enter the fitness center with a newly prepared bowl of chicken noodle soup, and he was holding it very cautiously.
"About time you were done Shulk, nice job at keeping Aerith waiting," Dunban mocked Shulk, who was walking very slowly with the soup in his hands. "Can you please keep up the pace, certainly you can be more cautious than that!"
"Slow and steady wins the race Dunban," responded Shulk. Suddenly the Duck Hunt Dog ran inside the fitness center, knocking down Shulk from behind and causing the Homs to spill the soup onto the floor. So much for winning that race.
"See Shulk, had you walked faster, you would have made it to Aerith on time and we wouldn't have to worry about the soup being wasted!" Shulk couldn't hear Dunban scolding him over the sound of the Duck Hunt Dog, who was barking in a rabid manner. "What's the matter, Duck Hung Dog, what's with all the barking!"
"Woof woof woof!" the mutt barked as he pointed at a creature nearing the room Aerith was in...it was the purple creature that's been lurking around all day. But Dunban knew what this creature was called.
"That thing over there must be a Shroob! Mario and Luigi said they wiped their kind from existence a long time ago...so how is that Shroob even here?" Having been detected, the Shroob ran inside the room, and Dunban and Shulk were about to stop it...
...until a few moments later, a bright light was emitted from the room, as the Shroob was sent flying out of the room and landed on the floor. Leia stepped out of the room with a frown on her face, holding a staff in her hand. It was the angriest Dunban, Shulk, and even the Duck Hunt Dog had ever seen the nurse!
"Stay out of this mansion, if you know what's good for you!" Leia yelled at the Shroob, who got up and scurried away. Once the Shroob was gone, Leia looked towards Dunban and Shulk, who were, to say the least, shocked. "Oh, this was your first time seeing the angry side of me, huh?" Leia flashed an innocent smile on her face, holding her staff behind her back. "And you saw that I'm capable of fighting too...hope you know I'm more than just a nurse!"
Midna: *smirking* Told Link that Leia would be of great use one day...but today was just a foreshadowing of Leia's value, which shall be displayed very soon. Like she said, she's more than just a nurse!
"Turns out you're capable as a nurse and as a fighter..." remarked Dunban, stroking his chin. "...you learn something new everyday, don't you? So how's Aerith doing, is she feeling any better?"
"Why don't you see for yourself?" answered the nurse? So Dunban and Shulk would follow Leia into the room...and to their shock, Aerith was lively and well again! The flower girl was sitting on the patient bed, affable as she ever was.
"Hello, Dunban and Shulk," Aerith said to the Homs duo, who was shocked to see the flower girl back to full strength again. "Surprised to see that I've recovered that quickly from my illness, no?"
"Leia learned that Aerith's illness was caused by a Poison Mushroom, after Leia gave Aerith the antidote," stated Cloud, who like any great boyfriend remained with his girlfriend until she was well again. And Zelda, like any great friend, remained with Aerith too, and so did Midna (just because Zelda was around). "She saw a Poison Mushroom lodged in Aerith's stomach by running some x-ray scans, it was causing all the bad symptoms Aerith was having...so the antidote kinda decreased the mushroom in size."
"Asked Mario's brother Luigi about the Poison Mushroom - he thinks it got inside of Aerith when she was sleeping, and grew over time," added Leia, recollecting the information Luigi had told her. "Also said that the Poison Mushroom is a specialty of the Shroob alien race...was that thing I dealt with a Shroob?"
"Certainly it was - I thought they were done for, but apparently it looks like the Shroobs are back somehow..." replied Dunban, fearing for the worst. "...that purple rapscallion must be the one who inserted that mushroom inside Aerith. But why did it to that for? Could its kind be sending a message...?"
The lone Shroob was now looking for a way out of the mansion, not wanting to deal with any more trouble. But it would soon find trouble, when it encountered the foursome of Mario, Pit, Viridi, and Link in the hallway.
"Going some-a where Shroob?" Mario questioned the alien, who knew that teleporting would be the best available option. So that's exactly what the Shroob did, as it teleported away to avoid any trouble. "Blasted Shroobs are back-a again...how is that-a possible?"
"Mario, are you there?" Elise's voice was heard, and soon the youngest Nohrian sibling would appear, along with her other siblings. "You've been gone for a long time - was Corrin right, was there really an alien afoot?"
"Yes, I did-a find an alien...but I'm afraid there-a might be more aliens around," said Mario, as bad memories of the Shroobs were racing in his head. "The alien belongs-a to an alien race-a called the Shroobs, and I fear that some-a one might've brought them back-a to life...someone like-a the Organization XIII!"
"Sir Mario, I have an important letter to give to you!" Isabelle showed up, holding a letter in her hand and giving it to the plumber. Mario took the letter and read it...and was absolutely stunned.
"The Organization can-a write and have great-a penmanship, who would have-a thought!" Mario exclaimed, before reading the letter again a second time... "The invasion will-a begin next-a week?! Mama mia!"
Corrin: Ha ha, I tried telling people aliens were real, and now they've been all proven wrong...that alone makes me even more smarter than I already was! *pauses* "Even more smarter"...yeah, that sounds right, that should sound right - after all, I'm now a GENIUS! Take that, world!
"Can someone please explain what's going on with this Organization XIII and invasion and whatnot?" demanded Xander, and so Mario would give Xander and his siblings the 4-1-1 on the Organization, the Heartless, Team Rocket working with the Organization, and any other vital information. "I see...how about this - since our father won't let us return to the kingdom anytime soon, why don't my siblings and I stay over at the mansion, and when this Heartless invasion comes, we can all work together in an effort to combat the plans of the Organization, Team Rocket, and the Shroobs, provided the Shroobs are working with the Organization."
"That would be absolutely splendid!" exclaimed Mario, completely on-board with the idea. "We should have some-a guest rooms for you to stay-a in."
"Nice job Nidoqueen, great effort, loved the fighting techniques and everything!" Lucario commended the drill Pokemon; Nidoking was the last Pokemon Lucario, Gardevoir, and Gallade had to train today. "Go back to your habitation spot and rest, you've earned it!" So Nidoking returned to her habitation, as Lucario cracked his knuckles after a hard day's work. "Yup, I think we whipped the Pokemon army up into good shape...and we did it without Mewtwo!"
"Saying something about me?" said a voice; Lucario turned around, and saw Mewtwo, who was looking all apologetic and stuff.
"Fancy seeing your face again Mewtwo, after you've been avoiding me all week..." Lucario could tell there was something different about Mewtwo, but he just couldn't quite put his finger on it. "What do you have to say for yourself, mister?"
"What I have to say is...I'm sorry for my behavior in regards to my role as lieutenant of the Pokemon army." Mewtwo apologizing and showing remorse...was this a different Mewtwo Lucario and company were witnessing?! "This whole time I've wanted to lead the Pokemon army, and my desire not only gave me my lieutenant role...but also increased my against, which resulted in the friction between us. I've become obsessed with power, and my obsession nearly screwed things over along the way. And you, Lucario - I hope you can look past my faults and forgive me. You are the general, and whatever you say goes. I'll be your second-in-command, and won't let anything get in-between. Do you accept my apology, or not?" Lucario took Mewtwo's words to heart, and thought about what he said, and then...
"Apology accepted!" ...the aura Pokemon shook hands with Mewtwo, reaffirming the partnership between army general and lieutenant. Just then, Asuka entered the Pokemon sanctuary, running up to Mewtwo.
"Mewtwo-san!" the ninja girl said to the psychic Pokemon, nearly losing her breath from running. "I know it's been a week now, but...I'm sorry for angering you last week trying to bring you and Lucario back on the same page again. That whole thing I did, with Gardevoir and Gallade...that was my idea, and I just want to say..."
"No you're fine Asuka, Lucario and I already made up, he accepted my apology and now we're back on good terms."
"You guys made up that quickly? Huh, guess we won't need to show you the cake Fox and Falco made..." What cake was Asuka speaking of? Lucario and Mewtwo were suddenly intrigued.
Fox: Cake brings everyone together - it marks a new beginning for a newly wed couple, and it also gives people a good excuse to attend birthday parties. Can you imagine a birthday party without any cake, Falco?
Falco: Fox, that my man, is straight up inhumane...if we ever want to bring Lucario and Mewtwo back on the same page again, then we have to bake them a cake...a friendship cake!
Mewtwo and Lucario were in the kitchen, and they were looking at a large cake, one with words like "Friendship!", "Companionship!", "Bromance!", and other things written all over it. Fox, Falco, and Palutena were standing by, wondering what the Pokemon thought of the pastry.
"This is weird, idiotic, and blatantly unnecessary all at the same time...but in a strange way, I like it," remarked Mewtwo, whose facial expression suggested otherwise. Then again, he always had the same expression all the time.
"Fox and Falco really worked hard on this cake (if it wasn't for me) so I think you two should show them your full appreciation!" exclaimed Palutena, as she got out some plates and eating utensils. "What better way to show them your appreciation than to eat and enjoy their creation?"
"All that training I did today made me hungry, I suppose I can go for some cake," said Lucario as he grabbed a plate and a fork from Palutena, as Fox went to go find a knife to cut his and Falco's "friendship cake". Lurking near the kitchen was Dr. Wily, who was looking for the person who might know about Professor E. Gadd's kidnapping...but it seemed like the evil genius hasn't found them yet.
"Still no sign of the Organization XIII's little ally..." frowned Dr. Wily, stroking his chin. "Guess I'll have to lurk around the mansion until I find this ally, wherever they might be...where is that Young Link lad, he can just let me stay in his room secretly until I find the person I'm looking for! Gotta make sure Mega Man and his friends don't see me...they'd think I'm returning to villainy!"
What if this Organization ally and the traitor...were the same person?