Author's Note:
Let's get to business, shall we?
"Will Rex and Pyra appear again when the Xenosaga characters show up? Is Shulk wielding the Monado, Monado II, Monado III, or a replica Monado? Have any characters from Diddy Kong Racing appeared yet? And finally, can you do a chapter with the Square Enix characters meeting each other?"
Probably not? Shulk wields the original Monado. No one from DKR has appeared yet? And I wouldn't rule out a Square Enix chapter. I'm a Square Enix fanboy. Here is Derick Lindsey's review:
"...if this fanfic still exists by next year then I have a suggestion (someone gets Lucina in the secret Santa exchange and when Chrom goes to tell them about what to give her for Christmas the person already says they know what to give her, and so throughout December Chrom gets increasingly desperate to find out what the gift is and instead tries to badger them to tell him what they'll give Lucina for Christamas)."
Will this fanfic exist by next year? I ain't saying anything - I might give away the deadline of this story by accident. But I will go forth with this idea...if this fanfic exists by next year. If and only if. Sure love keeping you folks on your toes...
Episode 103: Runaway
Whenever they went away from the house - whether it was going shopping, going on a date, or taking a stroll around the park - Luigi and Daisy didn't have to worry about finding a babysitter to babysit Charles...for they already had one in Yuffie Kisaragi.
The perky ninja, who has been living with Luigi and Daisy ever since episode 49, was always the couple's go-to gal when it came to babysitting Charles. All Luigi and Daisy had to do was ask Yuffie if she was available for babysitting, and the ninja was always quick to oblige.
Unfortunately for Luigi and Daisy, they had to look for another babysitter this time around.
The married couple had their eyes set on some good ol' Christmas shopping, and when they asked Yuffie to babysit Charles, she said that she had to do some important ninja business with her ninja pals Sheik, Greninja, and Asuka. With Yuffie being preoccupied for much of her day, Daisy trusted Luigi to find a suitable babysitter from the mansion to look over Charles, and the plumber was confident he found the perfect one...too bad Daisy thought otherwise.
"I hope you do realize you're essentially putting our son's life in complete danger," Daisy tried to warn Luigi, as she and her hubby were getting ready to go shopping. Had on their winter coats and all. Luigi probably didn't need any winter protection, since he has braved the cold numerous times. "Was nobody at the mansion available, did they all die or something?"
"They're all well-a and alive, sweetie," Luigi assured her wife, who clearly wasn't a fan of the person Luigi selected. "I chose this-a person as a way to redeem-a themselves - to make-a up of any faults in the past. You shouldn't be so-a worried - the babysitter will have Polterpup to keep him and Charles company!"
"Yeah, but Polterpup can only do so much to suffice for the crappy babysitter you hired. Mario, Peach, or even Lara would have been fine choices, but nope, they all had to be busy, at the same freaking time. If Charles dies because of the babysitter..."
"Charles will be safe-a and sound, no need to overreact-a Daisy." A knock at the front door - the dreaded babysitter must've arrived. "Ooh, that must be him!"
Although she wanted to stop Luigi, Daisy felt helpless, as she watched her husband sprint towards the front door. When Luigi opened the door, he instantly saw a blue hedgehog, wearing red shoes, and with a scarf around his neck. With or without the scarf, you know who this guy was.
"Hey Luigi, hey Daisy, hey Charles wherever you are!" greeted Sonic; Luigi let the blue blur inside his house, as Daisy seethed. But her seething would go away, when she saw that Sonic wasn't alone...
"Top of the afternoon, Luigi and Daisy!" greeted Sonic's best friend, Tails, also welcomed inside the house. If Tails was sticking around to be Sonic's minder, then there was no need for Daisy to feel overwhelmingly concerned.
Sonic: Aw yeah, about to babysit for the first time, never babysit anyone before! (No, Cream doesn't count.) When Luigi came to the mansion that one day, looking for a suitable babysitter, I immediately ran straight up to the guy, and volunteered! Daisy was being such an egregious hater, saying that I would do a horrible job and that I would make Charles die or something, but it's not like Luigi hired a socioopath to babysit his son. If that was what he had in mind, then he should've went with Wolf. He always leaves the toilet unflushed after dropping a deuce, and shows zero disregard for doing so. That's what you call a true sociopath!
Tails: To ensure that everything turns out alright, I've asked Luigi in private if I could babysit Charles with Sonic, and he agreed. Sonic here thinks he'll be well enough alone, but I'm not taking any chances to let him prove he's right...
"Thank you so much-a for agreeing to babysit-a Charles, you two - knew I couldn't rely on-a Yuffie forever!" Luigi said to the best friends, before turning his attention to Daisy. "Daisy, Sonic and Tails-a here will be babysitting Charles while we go-a shopping. You don't mind-a do you?"
"Eh...just as long as Tails is around to keep Sonic in check, then I'm fine with your choice," answered the princess, as Sonic had a bummed out expression written on his face. Why did Daisy have to doubt him so? Way to sleep on his babysitting talents. "Tails, if anything bad ever happens to my precious Charles, just know that you'll be sharing the blame with Sonic!"
"I, or we, won't let you down, Princess Daisy!" Tails would salute the princess. Knowing Sonic, the fox should expect disappointment and a scolding from Daisy coming his and Sonic's way.
"Very good. Also make sure the house is nice and tidy when we return. Don't throw a raucous party either. No friends allowed, unless it's Knuckles or Amy. Can't have Shadow in here and do his 'Chaos Control' stuff and blow up the house...ready to go, Luigi?"
"Ready as you-a are, my love!" exclaimed Luigi; Sonic almost felt the sudden urge to vomit, as Luigi grabbed his trademark cap and put it on his head. He and Daisy would leave their home, waving goodbye to Sonic and Tails. "We shall see-a you two later!" And with that, Luigi and Daisy exited the house for good, to start their day of Christmas shopping.
"I must say, Luigi has severely lost a lot of man points for wanting to go shopping," remarked Sonic, thinking that shopping was a very unmanly thing to do. Most other males had a similar mindset. "Unless Daisy forced him to go shopping with her. I'd respect that. Secondly, where the heck is Charles? How are we supposed to babysit the kid, if we don't even know where he is?"
"He must be in the nursery, sleeping away," pondered Tails. And that's where he and Sonic headed, going to the nursery and finding Charles, in his crib, fast asleep. Sonic went over to the crib, and picked up Charles, without disturbing him. "Sonic, what are you doing?!" Tails whispered to his friend.
"What does it look like I'm doing, I'm babysitting!" Sonic held Charles close to his chest, patting him gently on the back. "You think we're gonna let Chales sleep in his crib all day long? He needs some interaction, which is what he'll get when he wakes up. I'll do the loving and caring, while you do the feeding and diaper changing and whatnot. Capiche?"
"You would give me the least satisfying jobs...sure, I'll do it. How about we check out what's on TV?"
As stated earlier by Daisy, Mario, Peach, and Lara were all busy. Busy doing what, you might ask? Decorating the living room with Christmas decorations, of course! The Smash Mansion always went ham when it came to outdoor/indoor holiday decorations, and this year, it was no different.
With the Christmas tree set up by the Homs trio in the previous episode, Mario, Peach, and Lara were putting up Christmas decorations in the other areas on the living room. Mario hang stockings on the fireplace. Peach placed a Christmas reef on a wall. Lara was busy setting up the Christmas lights. And there were many other decorations the threesome were setting up in the living room.
Lara: Mario and Peach got finished with their Christmas decorations last Friday - had to work during the night hours because of those two guests that came over. From Elysium, I think that's where they came from...I felt like they could use some help decorating in the mansion, which is why I'm here today. I hope there won't be any...distractions, if you know what I mean.
"Well would you look at that, I mistletoe above your head..." said a deep, creepy voice, as Lara looked up and sighed when she saw a mistletoe above her head, held by a large hand with claws. She turned around, and was face-to-face with Bowser, smiling like a pervert.
"I suggest that you get that mistletoe away from me and leave me alone, if you truly value your life," warned Lara; not wanting any trouble, Bowser placed the mistletoe back in his nonexistent pocket, and stepped away from Lara.
"That comment suggests that you're willing to kill me...and you can only wish you could do such a thing!" To be fair, Lara had to kill several dudes while in Yamatai, so killing was no stranger to her. "So how about you hit me with your best shot!"
"Like I would waste my time and energy on you..." Lara would walk away from Bowser, and Bowser, looking for another victim to mess with, found Peach setting some snowman decorations on the floor. A perfect candidate.
"So Peach, how's my baby girl doing?" Bowser asked the princess, wrapping his arm around Peach and making her cringe in the process. "How's life like with your fake husband? Wish you had me instead, huh?" Mario stopped his work and glanced at Bowser, disgusted by his tricks.
"Get-a over it Bowser, the wedding already happened - Peach is my-a wife, and not yours," Mario tried to tell Bowser, but the koopa king refused to accept this truth. No way was he gonna let his years of kidnapping Peach go to waste, without tying the knot with the princess. "Your love was-a never meant to be in the first-a place - a human and some turtle-a monster could never be romantically linked!"
"You're just like one of those science nerds on the internet, aren't you? Always bringing people down with your 'knowledge', just to satisfy your ego...I figured you were a science nerd Mario, disparaging people online and kissing up to famous science dudes...sad, very sad!"
Then, in a seemingly rare act of anger, Isabelle stormed through the living room, with an angry looking on her face, while holding a cup of tea. Given by how angry Isabelle was, you'd think the shih tzu had a fallout with her boyfriend...but she never had a boyfriend to begin with! So what could the problem be?
"What's up with Isabelle?" Bowser asked the others, once Isabelle was out of sight. Wanting to find the answer, Mario would exit the living room, and follow after the doggy assistant.
Inside Master Hand's room, Master Hand was speaking with Yashiro. The giant hand had big plans to have a Christmas concert in the mansion's lecture hall, like how most elementary schools had a holiday concert for the little kiddies and their parents before the winter break. Yashiro was looking at a list of cast members, provided by Master Hand.
"Took me a good while to figure out who will be singing what," said Master Hand, as Yashiro skimmed the list. Some choices that made sense, and some that made him question Master Hand's decision-making. "Kiria will sing 'All I Want For Christmas', Tsubasa will sing 'Silent Night', and you, Yashiro, will sing 'Last Christmas'. Haven't yet decided who will sing the other songs, like 'The Chipmunk Song', 'Feliz Navidad', and my personal favorite, 'Christmas in Hollies'."
"And Knuckles is going to sing Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer...the single cover from DMX?" questioned Yashiro, who dared not to question how Master Hand discovered DMX's cover, or if he listened to DMX at all. Master Hand was very secretive with his music tastes.
"Precisely, and he will sing it exactly how DMX did. Still trying to work some kind of play into the concert, turn it into a musical, so don't be surprised if you see the Duck Hunt Dog dressed up as Rudolph. It's bound to happen."
Master Hand: Don't mean to sound like the "hip" millennials nowadays, but that DMX cover of the Rudolph song...that junk was totally lit, yo! Loved it so much, that I just had to include it in my dream Christmas concert. DMX is so great, he can make "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" sound legit, and make it go hard. Heck, he could even work wonders for the Brawl theme! Sign him now, Masahiro Sakurai!
"The idea of having a play during the concert sounds feasible, but that would mean most of the residents would have to be amateur actors," said Yashiro, as he thought over the pros and cons with Master Hand. "I would hate for a great holiday concert to be tarnished, because someone has never acted a single day in their life."
"To ensure that everything goes swell, I've entrusted Isabelle to hold acting classes this week and next week, so the play would be authentic," answered Master Hand, hoping he quelled Yashiro's concerns. "Speaking of Isabelle, where is that woman with my tea?" The shih tzu would finally arrive at Master Hand's room, wearing anger upon her face; Yashiro saw this, and was fearing for the worst.
"She's here with your cup of tea...and she doesn't look that happy..." At first, Master Hand thought Yashiro was joking. Isabelle was hardly ever angry or ticked - even if you broke her clipboard, she would maintain her positive aura and let bygones be bygones. But the shih tzu was legitimately ticked, and Master Hand saw this too...yet did not care.
"Ah, Isabelle, finally you brought my tea!" Master Hand's excitement wasn't enough to make Isabelle less angry, as the shih tzu assistant walked towards Master Hand. "Put my tea on the dresser, will you? Has to get warm before I can drink it. Don't want to burn my tongue...which I don't have! Ahahahaha...or if you want, you can blow my tea for me, and make the steam go away. That would be nice."
But Isabelle wouldn't blow the steam away from the tea, nor put it on Master Hand's dresser...instead, the shih tzu did something completely savage. She tossed the tea on Master Hand, only to miss the giant hand and instead get tea on Yashiro's crotch. The idol singer shrieked in pain as he fell to the floor, his hands near his nether regions. There was one reason why Isabelle tried to spill tea on Master Hand...
"I'M SICK AND TIRED OF YOUR CRAP, MASTER HAND!" the assistant shouted at the giant hand, letting the giant hand feel her vented rage and frustration. Mario would finally make it to Master Hand's room, just witnessing Isabelle going off, and was left in shock. "I can't take it anymore!"
"Sick and tired of what, fixing tea?" asked Master Hand, apparently confused by why Isabelle was so angry. "You could've just told me that you didn't want to fix tea, otherwise I would have Ayaha do it for me."
"Hear me out, Master Hand - I refuse to be your lapdog anymore! Every day, I have to do your stupid bidding, whether it's tidying up your room, giving you a massage, performing simple tasks you should be doing...and I've had just about enough of it!"
"Don't talk to me that way, have you got any sense? Do you know what yelling at the creator of the Smash universe will do to you? I can fire you from your assistant job if you keep this up!"
"Go ahead and do it, I don't wanna be your assistant anymore! I'm tired of being your packmule, Master Hand! Every day you treat me like hot garbage!"
"Woman you know that's entirely false...I treat you like hot manure! If you're going to be angry at me, at least get your facts straight!"
"Well that's too bad, Master Hand, because you wanna know why? Because I QUIT!"
Master Hand would gasp in utter shock, as Isabelle furiously took out her clipboard, and threw it on the floor, hoping it would break...although it didn't. Regardless, a message was sent to Master Hand, as Isabelle stormed out of the room. She stormed past Mario, who looked up at Master Hand.
"I'll try and speak-a with Isabelle," the plumber told the giant hand, as he left the premises. Poor Yashiro was still on the floor, and still in pain. He'll walk it off eventually.
Chrom: Apparently nobody has a clue as to what happened to my hair. One moment, I was napping away comfortably in my room, and once I woke up, I touched my head, and felt nothing but the perpetual baldness that still bothers me to this day. Sure there's a few hairs here and there, but Lucina had to shave them off so I would look "neat and tidy'. Perhaps some vicious lice invaded my hair during my nap, and chewed away at my hair until there was nothing left. Kinda makes me not want to nap again...let alone sleep!
Lucina: Father? Oh yeah, he'll be just fine...he doesn't want the others seeing him bald, so I gave him something to put on his head. Wanted to give him a clown wig, but he turned it down pretty quickly...and he says I don't understand humor!
The very item Lucina gave to Chrom for his bald head was a blue knit hat, one with the hometown Seahawks logo on it. The prince was in the lounge, reading the latest edition of Swordsman Weekly, when X entered the lounge, curious about Chrom's head wear.
"Never seen you wear a cap or hat before, Chrom," said the peaceful robot, as he took a seat on a couch. "What's the occasion - you pumped about the Seahawks or something? Felt like representing the home team?"
"Not exactly - I'm just wearing this knit hat because of a...very insecure reason," answered Chrom, as he continued to read his magazine. X, now even more curious, looked at the prince all funny.
"And what might this 'very insecure reason' be? You are hardly ever insecure about anything, nor are you secretive, so I would like to know what's up. I take it you have a bad hair day?"
"I guess...I guess you could say that." Chrom reluctantly took off his knit hat, revealing his bald head to X. The robot would look at Chrom's baldness for a good while, before bursting into a fit of laughter. X wasn't known for laughing often, which must really say something about how hilarious Chrom looked without hair.
"Man, I forgot you had all your hair shaved off! That hat must've threw me off. So are you going to grow your hair back, or what?"
"Only if it will grow back instantly, like an overnight kind of thing. Would have something like a bald fade, but I'm not a huge fan of those kind of haircuts. Also, why do I hear laughing..."
Chrom would look towards the lounge entrance, and spotted Pit and Kirby, laughing at the prince. Pit was snapping a picture of Chrom's bald head on his phone, saving the image to his cellular device and laughing even more.
"Got 'em!" exclaimed Pit, as he and Kirby hightailed away from the lounge. No way Chrom was going to let Pit get away with taking a picture of his bald head, and perhaps sharing it online. It would be the end of Chrom - there would be so much dignity lost.
"You boys get back here!" shouted Chrom as he chased after Pit and Kirby, dropping his magazine to the floor as he left the lounge. X, out of intrigue, picked up the Swordsman Weekly magazine, and started reading it.
So far, babysitting Charles wasn't as hard for Sonic and Tails. Charles, who just woke up from his slumber, was seated in-between Sonic and Tails as they were watching...the Baby Channel. Sonic would change the channel to Comedy Central - a channel not meant for Charles' innocent eyes - when Tails wasn't looking, and changed it back when Tails' focus returned to the television screen.
"Rain, rain, go away, come again another day..." the characters on the television program Charles and company were watching sang the "Rain, Rain, Go Away" song, as Charles was all into it, and Tails, to a very small extent. Sonic, who was extremely close to being done with life, wish the song would go away, as he felt like putting a gun to his head and pulling the trigger.
Sonic: That song I had to force myself to listen to..."Rain, Rain, Go Away", that's what it's called, right? It teaches very bad morals - teaches kids that if you don't want or like something, like Brussels sprouts, cavities, an annoying sibling or even a deadbeat dad, you have to sing it away! Most old kids songs are corrupting poor children everywhere with their bad morals, such as that suspect song, "London Bridge Is Falling Down". Not only does it lowkey promote terrorism, but it makes you wonder, what if, the fair lady mentioned in that song...is a SLUT?!
"Tails, can we please watch a program that is mutually interesting?" Sonic pleaded to Tails, unable to stomach any more kids songs. Just hearing another kids song would make the hedgehog cry. "I'm getting sick and tired of this kiddie crap, how about we watch some ETV instead? I'm sure Arthur is on, at least!"
"Well Sonic, since you want to complain so much...how about you find what channel we should watch?" Tails tossed the the TV remote to Sonic, who caught it effortlessly with one hand. The stuff of legends. "I'll let you pick the channel, as long as it's safe for work."
"Safe for work...we're not employees working at some cubicle watching inappropriate videos online. Charles will be just fine!" Tails, willing to give Sonic a chance, allowed his friend to change the channel, from the Baby Channel...
...to TBS, where an episode of Family Guy was airing. The moment Bender appeared on the television screen, Tails covered Charles' eyes, and made sure to cover his ears as well. Sonic pointed and laughed at a joke Peter Griffin told, before looking down and seeing Charles smothered by Tails' hands.
"Woah, Tails, what are you doing to Charles? Trying to suffocate the little guy?" Tails didn't care what Sonic had to say - he was doing what he thought was right, something Luigi and Daisy would commend him for.
"We can't just let Charles watch Family Guy, he's not old yet to watch that kind of stuff. He won't get any of the jokes, not to mention that the humor can be very...risque, from time to time. Charles can't watch adult cartoons!"
"But, if he watches stuff like Family Guy now, then he'll understand the humor from an early age, so that when he gets older, he'll be in the know! Think of how proud his parents would be, when he says stuff like, 'BITE MY METAL...shiny...butt'...whoops, wrong show. Even if he says that, there will not be a single dry eye from Luigi AND Daisy!" A knock was at the front door, thankfully putting Sonic's little tangent to an end. "I'll get the door - you stop suffocating Charles!"
So Sonic sped to the front door, opening it in a jiffy. According to Daisy, only Knuckles and Amy were allowed inside the home, so when Sonic saw his buddy Crash, and Crash's sister Coco standing at the doorstep with Aku behind him, the hedgehog had no idea what to do.
"Hi Crash, mind if we come in?" Coco would kindly ask the blue hedgehog, as Tails placed Charles in his high chair. He also lowered the volume of the television, just for good measure.
"Are your names Knuckles and Amy?" Sonic would ask Crash and Coco; the two bandicoots looked at one another in confusion before shaking their heads no, giving Sonic a good enough incentive to close the front door on them. Just as Sonic was about to return to the living room, another knock was on the front door; the hedgehog returned and opened the door, seeing the Crash clan still standing by.
"C'mon Sonic, just let us in, it's not like we're burglars coming in to steal Luigi and Daisy's stuff!" Aku pleaded to the hedgehog, as Crash got down on both his knees and begged to Sonic. Being overdramatic, aren't we? "Any other time you wouldn't mind our company, so what's the problem now?"
"Did Crash and Coco legally change their names to Knuckles and Amy, respectively?" Alu shook his head no, so Sonic closed the front door on the Crash clan once more. It was the most reasonable thing for him to do.
Aku: Word has it that Daisy baked some Christmas cookies, so I'm bringing Crash and Coco over to Daisy's place so we can try out the cookies for ourselves. Granted I can't eat cookies, since I have no digestive system to digest the cookies - and I have no clue where the cookies would even go - but I have to watch over Crash, and make sure he doesn't go on a sugar rush. It would be best if nobody's around if a sugar rush happens.
Coco: What happens during a typical Crash sugar rush? A lot of things - Crash knocks stuff down, constantly spins nonstop, and drools from the mouth like a crazed dog with rabies. Results are usually non-fatal, but still very deadly if anyone gets caught up in Crash's frenzy. We've had several tribesmen at our island lose fingers and limbs because of a sugar-induced Crash.
"Just let them in Sonic, it's not like they're gonna cause any trouble," Tails said to Sonic, after he was done with Charles. So Sonic, shaking his head at Tails, let Crash, Coco, and Aku inside. "Sorry about Sonic, you guys - Daisy went shopping with Luigi, and told us not to let anyone in their home unless it was Knuckles or Amy...I'm guessing Sonic took what Daisy said too seriously."
"Crash might devour Charles whole, Tails, just letting you know..." Sonic tried to warn Tails, as Charles slowly climbed out of his baby chair when no one was looking and crawled away. "I know Crash better than you do - he has a very carnivorous appetite!"
"True, but Crash is by no means a cannibal," Coco had to clear things up with Sonic. "He's only here to try out the Christmas cookies Daisy had baked. Since Daisy and Luigi aren't here, I'm not sure if the cookies are off-limits or not..."
"Hold up, the cookies are off-limits?" asked a concerned Sonic, who was now in the kitchen eating from a plate of Christmas cookies. He quickly placed the plate back where it belonged, to avoid any trouble.
"You would, Sonic, you would..." Tails would shake his head at the hedgehog...before noticing that something was amiss. There was an empty high chair in the dining room. "Oh no, where is Charles, did he escape from his high chair? But how?!"
"The front door's left open!" panicked Aku, sensing that Charles could have crawled out of the house through the front door that Sonic blatantly left wide open. "This is not good, not good at all..."
Fox and Falco's first "test ride" in their new yacht ended on a bit of a somber note - Fox told Flora not to clean up anything while on the yacht, and the maid misinterpreted what Fox said, believing that she was being relieved of her maid duties. Maid work was essentially Flora's life, mainly because being a maid was the only thing she took confidence in.
Hoping to avoid something similar during today's test run, Fox and Falco invited Ness and Lucas to join them on the yacht. Ness was enjoying the experience so far, whereas Lucas was feeling rather seasick.
"Feeling very queasy right now..." the sick Lucas moaned, clutching his stomach before throwing up into the lake. The water Pokemon residing in the lake will likely mistake Lucas' vomit for food. "Can we stop the boat, please?"
"We're in the middle of the lake Lucas, we're not moving a single inch," Ness informed his best friend, eating from a bag of pork skins. Just seeing the pork skins was enough for Lucas to vomit even more. "But I must say, I've been impressed...a day ago, you were worried that some sea monster would appear out from the lake and attack the yacht, but you manned up before boarding the boat!"
"Had Mega Man investigate the lake with his Rush Marine, to be on the safe side. He never gave me a diagnosis of the lake, so I can only assume that I should have nothing to worry about..." Once more, Lucas vomited into the lake, as Ness walked away and enjoyed his pork skins.
Fox: Now how the heck is Lucas feeling "seasick", when the yacht is not even moving? Does the mere look of the lake surface make his stomach turn? Is he an aquaphobe, just like Sonic?
Falco: If he is an aquaphobe, I wouldn't be surprised...have you seen Lucas' hair? Looks like a blonde hedgehog. Therefore, Lucas must secretly be a hedgehog, and he and Sonic must be secret relatives, which would explain their fear of water.
Fox: What animal would Ness be, if he was secretly an animal?
Falco: He has black hair, and he also says "Okay" all the flipping time...he's definitely a tick.
Last week, Fox was at the front of the ship, announcing that he was the "king of the world". This time, the pilot was at the same position, but wearing a pirate's hat and looking through a telescope. He was looking for booty...treasure booty, and not the other kind of booty. Fox was still faithful to his girlfriend, Krystal.
"Whaddaya think of my pirate eyepatch, Captain McCloud?" Falco, also attempting to dress like a pirate, asked his buddy, wearing an eyepatch over his left eye. Fox checked out Falco, and couldn't help but feel like he saw the eyepatch from somewhere...
"Isn't that...Snake's eyepatch?" the pilot-turned-captain raised an eyebrow at Falco. He had to admit, Falco was rocking the pirate bird look so far - all he needed was a pegleg to complete the look. Amputating Falco's leg hopefully wasn't an only option.
"You're sadly mistaken, Captain McCloud - I borrowed this eyepatch from a pirate, right before I killed him for good with my jagged word. His dying words were indiscernible, for his voice was choked up with emotion...obviously losing his eyepatch pained him greatly." Falco's cellphone rang, and the avian pilot saw that it was a call from Snake, likely wondering where his eyepatch was...Falco silenced the ringtone before placing his phone back in his pocket.
"Fox, Falco, have you guys seen a runaway baby anywhere?" Sonic approached the yacht to ask the pilots, joined at the lakeside with Tails and the Crash clan. "Charles just crawled out of Luigi's home, and we don't know where he could be..."
"That's Captain McCloud and Private Lombardi to you, foolish peasant!" Fox pointed at Sonic, making sure the hedgehog was respecting his pirates of authority. "Address us by our names, or walk the plank...we do have a plank in the back of the yacht, right?" Fox asked Falco, who nodded his head, albeit without confidence.
"Yeah...anyways, we need to find Charles before Luigi and Daisy return home from shopping, otherwise Daisy's gonna kill us all! By all, I mean everyone except for me, since I'll use my breakneck speed to run from Daisy's fury. Everyone else will have to fend for themselves."
"You still haven't addressed us by our proper names, so we will not fulfill your request! You're all on your own!" Ness, having finished his pork skins, stepped out from the yacht, and saw Sonic and company, in their state of despair.
"Did I hear something about Charles running away?" the PSI whiz spoke up, dusting his hands off. "Think I saw him crawl to the mansion - better go find him before his parents return! I'll be on the lookout for the green Dodge Charger pulling into the driveway." What if Luigi rolled his Charger into the driveway while it was invisible? What would Ness even do then?
"Thank you so much Nes, you're a lifesaver! On behalf of me and my friends, we're truly indebted to you!" In case you couldn't tell, Daisy's wrath was a thing NOT meant to be taken lightly. Only those that love being in a hospital wouldn't mind Daisy's wrath.
Chrom was still on the search for Pit and Kirby, looking mainly for Pit who took a picture of his bald head. The prince was afraid that Pit might post the unflattering image on social media, for the whole world to see, and bring shame upon the poor prince of Yliesse. There was a strong likelihood Pit posted the image already, but Chrom tried to think otherwise.
Akuma: Chrom is still bald as ever, and has no clue who shaved his hair. At first he thought it was Zelda, because of her history of shaving hair (Geno told me about her shaving some girl's eyebrows, and he also told Chrom), and now Chrom thinks some man-eating lice were responsible. Too bad he'll never find the true culprits, for they're now living in the so-called "ultimate paradise for mankind"...and with Chrom unable to bother me, I'm living in my OWN ultimate paradise! *laughs*
"Pit, Kirby, I know you're hiding somewhere, now show yourselves!" Chrom called out as he walked through the hallways. He was searching high and low for Pit and Kirby, wherever they may be. "This isn't funny at all..."
"Why are you wasting your time looking for those two? Not like you're going to find them anyways...might as well give up!"
Chrom stopped in place, wondering where that mysterious voice came from. It was loud, and it sounded like it came from behind the prince. Chrom would cautiously turn around, looking for the voice...
...and found himself face-to-face with Yuffie Kisaragi, hanging upside down from the ceiling. Chrom shrieked as he fell backwards onto the floor, looking up and seeing that Yuffie was suspended in the air by Asuka, Greninja, and Sheik, with Sheik hanging from the ceiling. Talk about having superior strength!
"About time we scared someone's pants off with this scare tactic," remarked Sheik, as she and her ninja pals leaped down from their suspended human ladder thingamajig. Or rather, their 3/4th human, 1/4th frog suspended human ladder thingamajig, since Greninja wanted to ruin everything. Once on the floor, Sheik helped Chrom up to his feet, and the prince was clutching his chest, like he had seen a ghost.
"Why, why'd you have to scare me like that?" Chrom scolded the ninja buddies, still clutching his chest. "Do you realize what would've happened if my hat came off of my head? Someone would've walked by, and laughed at me!" Sheik and company, now remembering the fact that Chrom was bald, were silently laughing to themselves.
"I'm sure whoever shaved your head off had some kind of beef with you," said Asuka, as Chrom adjusted his knit hat. To be wearing a hat, with no hair...it was a very weird feeling, man. "Were you at odds with someone? Annoyed anyone to the point where they wanted to seek some form of retribution?"
"The only person I can think of at the moment is Akuma...but I don't believe I annoyed him. All I did was ask him if he found a Secret Santa gift for Lucina." That's considered annoying Chrom, especially ON THE DAY THE SECRET SANTA THING STARTED.
"Really, you couldn't wait until a few weeks later to ask him? Better question is, why is the gift he picks for Lucina any of your concern? That's Lucina's gift, not yours, not like you're buying her anything!"
"I have lived with Akuma long enough to know what he's capable of...he might buy something dangerous for Lucina, something that could kill my precious daughter! By finding out what the gift is, I can stop Akuma from..."
"Okay, Chrom, just shut up already," Sheik said to the prince, unable to stomach his tangent anymore. "We get it, you're an extremely overprotective father. But you're taking things too far. Just chill out, okay?"
"I guess I'll just go ahead and 'chill out'...but I must find out where Pit and Kirby are. I bet Pit probably posted that unflattering image of me online, for the whole world to see, but I must give him - and Kirby - a scolding for their actions. And we shall look for those two...together!"
"You can't possibly be serious, right?" Yuffie asked the prince of Yliesse, who ran off to look for Pit and Kirby. The perky ninja girl looked at her friends, who all shared her bewilderment. "Should we do what Chrom says, just to make him happy?"
Bowser: Mario told me the full gist of why Isabelle was angry...that poor Isabelle is angry about being treated like trash (or as Master Hand said, hot manure), and unleashed her inner frustrations on Master Hand. I understand that working under Master Hand has more downs than ups, but if Isabelle worked under me instead, she would happy for the rest of her life! Hand massages? Why not do feet massages? Feeding your boss food? What about feeding ME five-course meals, while in bed? Doing nonexistent laundry? You might as well do my taxes, because I never did taxes a single day in my life! *pauses, then looks around nervously* ...don't fell the feds I said that.
Mario was present in Isabelle's room, comforting Isabelle. The shih tzu was sitting on her bed, down in the dumps, as Mario patted her on the back. Sitting across from Mario and Isabelle on his bed was K.K. Slider, playing some tunes to make Isabelle feel lively.
"Enjoying these groovy tunes so far, Izzy?" the hippie dog asked Isabelle, who did not respond as she looked at the floor. "Awesome, real awesome, good to hear! Wanna hear my next tune?" K.K. Slider would ask again, and Isabelle still did not respond. "Ha ha, had a feeling you would say that, that's the spirit! That's what I wanna hear! The next song I'm gonna play is 'I Hate Everything About You', by the popular rock band Three Days Grace. One of the more easier songs to play on the guitar, if you ask me. Enjoy!"
As K.K. Slider got into the groove of the song, Isabelle let out a sigh, as Mario looked down at the shih tzu. The plumber knew what it was like, working for Master Hand - he always felt and was treated like a second-rate citizen, and to Master Hand, Mario was no more than just a mustached packmule doing the every bidding of the Smash universe creator. But now, Mario was a married man living on his own, away from Master Hand, his leash no longer around his neck.
"You wanna go and apologize-a to Master Hand for your outburst?" Mario asked Isabelle, looking for a positive result to the tension building between Master Hand and Isabelle. Isabelle couldn't be angry at Master Hand forever, something had to give.
"No thanks, I'm not in the mood for seeing Master Hand again," replied Isabelle, wanting to stay in her room a bit longer. The shih tzu couldn't remain in her room any longer, and keep her emotions in - although Master Hand was a jerk, Isabelle had to owe him an apology for putting him on blast, and Master Hand had to apologize to Isabelle for his jerkbag ways. But the giant hand apologizing was an extremely tall order in itself.
"How are you liking the song so far Isabelle, ten out of ten?" K.K. Slider asked Isabelle...it might be glaringly obvious the shih tzu was ignoring the hippie dog at this point, if only K.K. realized that himself. "Thanks for the feedback Izzy, much appreciated! You want me to play louder? You got it!" K.K. Slider played even louder, strumming his guitar with skill and grace.
"Psst, Mario, can I speak with you for a hot minute?" Cappy whispered to the plumber, his eyes poking through the plumber's red cap. Mario would exit the room, so he could speak with Cappy in private in the hallway. "What if we use my Capture ability to capture Isabelle, and we have her apologize to Master Hand, and ask for an apology from Master Hand himself?"
"It sounds like a great-a idea...but the logistics of it all-a would mess things up," Mario would give his two cents on Cappy's idea. "Would Master Hand see my trade-a mark mustache, which would in turn-a blow our cover?"
"All we can do is cover up your mustache, so it won't raise any suspicion from Master Hand. Like a veil, or a facemask, only to cover up the lower part of the face. Where can we find one, though? There's gotta be something we can use..."
During the holiday season at the Smash Mansion, it was a common tradition to sit back and watch some quality Christmas movies during Movie Night. With Peach no longer at the mansion, Movie Night was left in charge of Pac-Man, who was appointed as the new party planner by Master Hand.
But with Pac-Man away from the mansion, to take care of some important matters at his household, the eater of ghosts asked Link, Cloud, and to Cloud's chagrin, Sora, to select a movie to watch during Movie Night. Pac-Man promised the swordsmen he would be back before the end of the day. So with Pac gone, the three swordsmen were in the movie room looking for a Christmas movie, with Link and Cloud searching diligently, and the very naive Sora reacting to every DVD cover he saw.
"Woah, Jack Skellington was in a movie called The Nightmare Before Christmas?!" Sora said in astonishment while holding the eponymous cover, thinking Mr. Skellington was just some tall skeleton guy clueless about Christmas and not some fictional character created by Tim Burton. Link smirked, while Cloud could only shake his head. "Were Donald, Goofy and I in it? I should watch this movie in my spare time, just to find out!"
Sora: Not until today did I know many of my old friends were movie stars...Peter Pan in Neverland, Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean, Ariel in The Little Mermaid, Simba in The Lion King...makes me wonder if I was in any of those movies. Maybe there's a movie called Kingdom Hearts, and I'm the main star! Would be an extremely long movie, though.
"Sora, we're here to look for a movie for Movie Night, not gawk at DVD covers," Cloud had to remind the Keyblade wielder of the task at hand. "You can continue your idiotic fangirling another time and geek out over your fictional friends."
"My friends are NOT fictional, they're real-life people!" defended Sora, placing The Nightmare Before Christmas back where it was, as an infant crawled inside the movie room. "You keep saying they're fictional, because you've never met them in person." Got any clues as to who the infant who crawling inside the movie room was? He's been on the loose, unhinged, and his name...is Charles.
"Goo goo gah gah!" the infant said in his baby speak, as he crawled through the movie room. With Cloud and Sora bickering with each other, whilst Sora trying to prove to Cloud that he had real friends, Link was the only person to notice Charles.
"Oh hey there Charles, how's it going," the Hylian said to Charles, treating him like he was just an ordinary person, before resuming his search. Charles mindlessly, yet conspicuously, crawled onto the pad of the teleportation device similar to the one featured in episode 6. He saw a button, and pressed it out of curiosity, as the teleportation device warped him to an unknown program.
"And that, Cloud Strife, is why I have real friends!" Sora would finish off his bickering with Cloud, before looking over at the teleportation device and seeing Charles being warped away. "Is that Luigi's son? What's he doing here, and what's happening to him?" He and Cloud were just looking in awe, and Link would look up and see what was happening to Charles.
"OH CRAP THAT'S LUIGI'S BABY, DAISY'S GONNA KILL US!" the Hylian fretted, as Luigi was fully warped. See, even Link fears Daisy, more so than Luigi! Once Link ran to the teleportation device, it was too late...Charles was gone, now in the time-space-movie continuum or whatever.
"Sora, turn on the television so we can see what movie or program Charles ended up in," Cloud ordered the Keyblade wielder, as Sora ran to the nearest flatscreen television and turned it on with a TV remote. When the TV turned on, Sora and company saw that Charles was in some neighborhood of sorts, riding on a sleigh. Sora was understandably confused, but Link and Cloud...they were both concerned.
"Guys we have some bad news, Charles ran away from Luigi's home while we were babysitting him and we don't know where he's at," Sonic arrived at the movie room along with his gang, Tails and the Crash clan. "Have any of you...seen Charles...anywhere?"
Sonic and company looked up at the large flatscreen television screen, and were filled with sudden fear when they saw Charles...in an episode of Family Guy. A Christmas-themed episode of Family Guy, that is. Charles did not assume the spot of what should be a very fitting character, Stewie, but rather someone else...the Griffin family dog, Brian. Poor Charles was with Stewie right now...
"Hey, I remember this episode, it's that Family Guy holiday special!" said Sonic, recalling watching the holiday special some time ago. You've got to wonder how much Family Guy the hedgehog watched in his spare time. "'Road to the North Pole', I think that's the name of it. Aired on December 12, 2010. The second Family Guy Christmas special - the first one aired on December 21, 2001. Did you know that people expected the world to end on December 21st? Those bums..."
"Okay Sonic, we didn't really need to know that," Coco told the hedgehog, before bringing her attention back to the television screen. Charles was seen riding Santa's sleigh with Stewie, dressed up as Santa Claus. "Since you watched this episode, what's going to happen?"
"That sleigh is going to crash into some tree, where the reindeer will get stuck, and then the sleigh will bounce off some house and send Charles and that dog Brian flying onto another house." That alone made Coco and the others concerned for Charles' safety, as he and Stewie landed on the roof of some house. "Zero once said that injuries sustained in a movie will be transferred back to the real world, but I dunno if the same rules apply for television programs. Nobody gets hurt in that scene, so it should be all good..." Still didn't quell anyone's concern.
Sonic: So what happens in the Family Guy Christmas episode? Pretty much anything you have seen before in your traditional Family Guy episode. Somebody gets ruthlessly beat up, Stewie does something malicious, Meg Griffin is entirely ignored, and some guy says "giggity" over and over again. Whoever that guy is, he must be some kind of wizard, chanting spells for no reason.
"Let's get down the chimney!" Stewie said to Charles, as he went to the chimney. The sociopathic baby, seeing Charles sucking his thumb, had to bring Charles over to the chimney, and slid him down said chimney, before going in himself. Charles would arrive at the living room first, before Stewie came in and pushed Charles out of the way.
"That's it, I can't take this anymore, I'm getting Zero," Link informed the others as he exited the movie room. "Let me know if something bad happens to Charles." With the Hylian gone, everyone else looked up at the television screen, with baited breath.
"Alright, do we have the presents?" Stewie would ask Charles, who was busy sucking his thumb. He saw that there were no presents, leading him to sigh. "Oh, for the love of God, they must still be in the sleigh!" Indeed they were, as the sleigh slid off the roof and crashed into the yard. Stewie and Charles saw this through the living room window. "Now it's...it's in the yard..."
Everyone watched closely, as Stewie and Charles exited the house through the front door, and Stewie grabbed as many presents as he could, before returning to the front door...only to realize that the front door was locked. With Charles unable to use street smarts, Stewie grabbed a rock and threw it at a window (this is what Brian was supposed to do), before he and Charles crawled back inside and opened the front door, to bring the presents inside. (Charles and Stewie had to do a lot of doubling up to compensate for the lack of size.) Stewie was mostly doing all the work, as Charles just sat there sucking his thumb. And when Stewie saw Charles goofing off, he was ticked...
"So you're just going to sit there and suck your thumb all night, aren't you Brian?" Stewie scolded Charles, not knowing that Brian was actually replaced by a infant around nine months old. Charles would smile at Stewie, before crawling away to the kitchen, to do who-knows-what. Stewie would chase after Charles, and found him seated by himself...sucking his thumb. Who would have guessed?! "Brian, what on earth are you doing? Knock it off!"
"Who the heck are you?" a middle aged-man questioned Stewie and Charles, turning on the kitchen lights. "What are you doing in my house?!" Charles' first time invading someone's house, and he was too young to understand what was going on.
"We're Santa Claus...es," answered Stewie, but the man wasn't convinced. You'd feel the same way if a baby dressed up as Santa was talking to you.
"Yeah, you're Santa Claus, that's why you broke in through the window, I'm calling the cops!" The man picked up the landline phone on the wall, and dialed a number. Charles was extremely nonchalant about the whole situation, sucking his thumb...
...whereas Stewie took matters into his owns hands, and savagely hit the man in the head twice with a baseball bat, sending him to the floor as the man bled from his head. Everyone stared at the television screen, concerned for Charles' innocence, but Charles just smiled and clapped at what just happened. Who doesn't love a senseless beating at the hands of a talking baby dressed up as Santa? What were the odds?!
Tails: Okay, I know that Charles is an infant, and he won't remember whatever he saw on Family Guy...but he has to be influenced, right? Like, what if Luigi gave him a scolding to, and then Charles beats Luigi senselessly with a baseball bat, like Stewie did to that guy? *pauses, then thinks* Now that I think about it, it does sound kinda funny! But Daisy wouldn't think the same way though, she would find someone to blame for Luigi's injuries and beat that person up. Daisy, when she's ticked, is more intimidating than your average evil villain.
"Were you seriously just going to sit around and do nothing?!" Stewie snapped on Charles, making him stop clapping in an instant. "He was gonna call the cops man, you can't call the cops on Santa! Now help me move this guy's body!" But Charles, visibly upset by Stewie yelling at him, began to tear up, before erupting into tears. "I have to do everything myself, do I..."
So Stewie grabbed the man by the foot, and dragged him out of the kitchen, but to no avail - Brian would seriously come in handy right now. Stewie would keep on struggling, until to everyone's surprise...
...the episode was paused, with two large bars in the center of the screen. Everyone looked around, wondering who paused the program, until they looked behind them and saw Zero, standing with Link at the room entrance, holding a remote.
"By the looks of things, we must have arrived at the right time..." remarked Zero, as he and Link entered the room. "Judging by what's on the screen right now, things could have gotten even worse. Knowing Family Guy, we could have seen some reindeer manslaughter, or something along the lines of that."
"Hey, I didn't know you can pause the TV!" said Sonic, who was the only person in the room currently to see how the teleportation device worked. "How come we wouldn't do that when Corrin was in that Friday movie?"
"Charles was warped into a program on the teleportation device for television programs. The device Corrin used was strictly for movies and cinema only. Reason why it's safe to pause it's because most people pause their television shows all the time. Pausing during a movie, that's just straight up inhumane...unless your girl is pregnant and is about to go into labor, but other than that, pausing during movies is messed up. Now, before I rescue Charles, I must ask...how did Charles end up here?"
Tails would explain to Zero about how Charles escaped from Luigi's home, about how the infant crawled out of his high chair when Crash and his folks came over. In the back of his head, Zero knew that if he didn't save Charles in due time, he would be subject to Daisy's rage like everyone else held responsible. Best to avoid such a fate at all costs.
"Another question I must ask...who was watching Family Guy in here?" Zero asked his second question, as everyone looked over at Sonic, who so far showed that he knew a lot about Family Guy. The blue blur just shrugged, with an innocent smile. "Figures..."
The week after Shulk received unwanted gifts from Samus, King Dedede, Cortex, and others...the Homs was still receiving gifts from his fellow residents, whether it was morning, noon, and night. Shulk was fairly certain this was only because of his injured hand; people were giving him random gifts out of utter sympathy. So far nothing has been confirmed, but don't be surprised if Shulk's theory holds true.
Shulk: What gifts did I get today? Well, I got a pack of cigarettes from Snake, a lighter from Wario, and a Poke Ball containing a Torkoal from Red the Pokemon Trainer. This whole gift thing kinda reminds me of that time earlier in the year when Lucario was receiving gifts in secret from Master Hand and Isabelle (saw most of the exchanges happen). Said gifts, as you know, led up to Lucario being named general of the Pokemon army. So about my gifts...what do they mean, what do they lead up to? Piecing the puzzle pieces together, I'm assuming I'm destined to be a fire-type Pokemon gym leader of some sort. Alola would welcome their first gym leader, and I think I'm up for the job.
Shulk was never a smoker - he was an innocent, clean-cut young man who refrained from drinking and smoking. But the Homs, standing in the hallway with a cigar in his bandaged hand and a lighter in his other hand, was about to embark on a day of firsts. First time for everything. Shulk would flick the lighter on, but flicked it off when second guesses fluttered in his mind.
Should Shulk go with it and smoke the cigar? What if he becomes addicted, what would his friends - Fiora, Dunban, Reyn, Sharla - think of him? Curiosity kills the cat, and now curiosity was killing Shulk's disregard for how his friends felt. It was do or die - Shulk held the cigar close to his mouth, and held the lighter close to the cigar...
"OUTTA MY WAY, COMING THROUGH!" shouted Chrom as he ran through the hallway, stiff-arming Shulk and sending him into the wall. Shulk would collide against the wall and fall to the floor, and Chrom, stopping to look back, panicked when he saw Shulk. "Shulk are you okay?" Chrom went over to check on the Homs, helping him up off the floor.
"I feel just fine, thank you Chrom," thanked Shulk, who wondered if Chrom would've even cared for him if not for his injured hand. "Think I have some bruises on my back, but they're mostly minor, I'm assuming."
"Phew, for a minute I thought I seriously injured you back there..." You wouldn't be saying that if that was someone else, Chrom. "How about I make it up to you...here, take my hat!" Chrom took his knit hat off his head, and kindly gave it to Shulk, revealing his bald cranium.
"Don't want the hat, Chrom - I have enough Seahawks gear in my closet as it is. The hat would be a nice addition to my collection, but I don't want it..."
"No Shulk, I insist, take my hat, you won't regret it!" So Shulk unwillingly accepted the hat from Chrom, and just to make the prince happy, wore the hat on his head. "Now if you excuse me, I must look for Pit and Kirby...Pit snapped a picture of my bald head on his phone, and now I'm looking for him so I can seek some retribution."
"Pit and Kirby? I just saw those two speaking with Bayonetta in the elevator, laughing it up with the Umbra Witch. I must say, Bayonetta's laugh is very unique...she sounds like an evil witch, cackling to herself after concocting a wicked spell. Anyways,I'm assuming Pit showed her the picture you're talking about..."
"So you're telling me Bayonetta knows where Pit and Kirby are. Thanks Shulk - and keep the hat! It will take you places!" Chrom would say to Shulk as he ran down the hallway, continuing his mission.
After speaking about it with Fiora and Dunban...scratch that. After speaking about it with himself, Shulk ultimately decided that he didn't need to smoke cigarettes. There was more to life than smoking. So the Homs threw the box of cigars and the lighter away, and focused on the third gift he received today...his Torkoal.
"Torkoal, I chose you!" said Shulk, in the Pokemon sanctuary, as he sent out Torkoal, the coal Pokemon. Torkoal belted out his battle cry as smoke exited from his nostrils, meaning that he was ready for battle.
Red the Pokemon Trainer: Torkoal is a pretty decent Pokemon - great defense, decent move pool, not that many weaknesses...just very lacking when it comes to speed. Don't ask me about his eyes - I'm not entirely sure how Torkoal can see with his eyes closed. Someone probably painted over his actual eyes.
"Yeah, Professor Kukui thinks he has a perfect bod, but he's just showing off," Captain Falcon was speaking on the phone with his "lady friend" Olivia, talking about Professor Kukui and how ripped he was. "Just because he has a six pack doesn't mean he can just show off his pecs with his lab coat...he does have a six pack, right?" Falcon was oblivious to the fact that Shulk was about to train his Torkoal, and his obliviousness would cost him.
"Now Torkoal, use...use a fire-type move!" commanded Shulk, as Torkoal used Ember. The coal Pokemon spat out small flames, and one of the flames reached Captain Falcon, setting his suit on fire. Falcon looked down and saw the fire, brushing it off to make it go away. He then looked up and saw Torkoal, and then Shulk.
"Sorry Olivia, but I gotta go..." Captain Falcon said to Olivia, ending the call, as he went over to Shulk. The Homs was afraid that Falcon was going to put him on blast for setting his suit on fire...but instead of a scolding, he received a pat on the shoulder from the racer.
"Because I respect you Shulk, I've saved you all the trouble, and accepted the apology that you were about to give me." Captain Falcon's a psychic now?! Looks like Red has some major competition, sans Mewtwo of course. "You don't mind, do you?"
"Not at all, Captain Falcon - Torkoal's Ember, that was just a silly accident. None of the embers weren't mean to be fired at you."
"I know, I know...as a means to make us forget that this incident ever happened, I'll give you my spare helmet." Captain Falcon would pull out a helmet similar to the one he was wearing out of nowhere, and handed it to Shulk. Another unwanted gift for the Homs, fifth of the day. "Has a cool facemask that can conceal your face! I would recommend you to try it out, but seeing that you're already wearing a hat..."
"It's okay, Captain Falcon, I'll just put away this helmet in my closet. Torkoal, return." Shulk would return Torkoal back to his Poke Ball, before leaving the Pokemon sanctuary to put away his new helmet. Standing at the Pokemon sanctuary entrance was Mario, whom Shulk saw upon exiting.
"You're not...using that helmet are-a you?" Mario would ask Shulk, who shook his head no. Now would be a great time to get rid of that helmet. "Mind-a if I borrow it?"
Luigi and Daisy's Christmas shopping would come to an end, after a joyous time of shopping for gifts. The couple would return to their home, after Luigi received a ticket for speeding nonetheless, and entered their house, expecting Sonic and Tails to be taking good care of Charles. Boy where they in for a rude awakening...
"Oh boys, we're home!" announced Daisy, her loud voice radiating throughout the household, as she and Luigi were greeted by an excitable Polterpup. "Sonic and Tails, have you been taking good care of Charles?...Sonic? Tails? Where are you?" Daisy would place her shopping bags in the living room before she searched high and low for the whereabouts of Sonic, Tails, and Charles.
"Daisy, where-a are you?" asked Luigi, as he placed his shopping bags in the living room, around the time Daisy ran up the stairs, continuing her search. Moments later, she ran back down the stairs, furious as ever. "Any sign-a of Charles and his babysitters?"
"They're nowhere to be found, which means Charles must be in serious danger! Ooh, I told you having Sonic as a babysitter would be a bad idea! I thought having Tails with him would make things less worse, but I was wrong..." Daisy looked on the television, and was disgusted by what she saw. "And look! Sonic and Tails had the audacity to watch Family Guy, in the presence of Charles! Sickening!"
"Maybe they were watching Family Guy when Charles was fast asleep." This theory from Luigi earned the plumber a questionable glare from Daisy. Like the princess would believe that.
Luigi: What's-a worse, King Boo, or an angry Daisy...on her worst-a days, I'd take an angry Daisy any day of-a the week.
Suddenly, the house phone rang, and Daisy was the first to reach it. But before she answered the phone, she saw the caller ID, seeing that it was a cal from Sonic. Needing answers right away, Daisy picked up the phone.
"Hello Luigi, is that you?" Link's voice was heard. His voice was shaky, for he was hoping that Luigi was the one who picked up the phone. Dealing with Daisy in her current state of mind, on the phone...that was no bueno.
"Princess Daisy here, and I need to know where Sonic and Tails are!" demanded Daisy; you could feel the unhappiness radiating from the phone, with the droning sound Link was making. "Where did they take my precious Charles? Considering you're calling on Sonic's phone, I can only assume that Sonic and Tails are up to no good!"
"...on the contrary, they are up to something good! They're, uh, watching a movie in the movie room, over at the mansion, with Charles! Because, uh, they thought that watching a movie at the mansion would be a better experience than watching one at, uh, your place...that's what you wanted me to tell her, right?" Sounded like Link was speaking with someone - someone supplying him stuff to tell Daisy. "Yeah, Sonic and Tails are at the movie room, with Charles, so if you want your son..."
"...then we'll just come over there! Goodbye!" Daisy aggressively slammed the phone, ending the call, before grabbing Luigi's hand and running out of the house. But Luigi would bring the princess back inside, calming her down.
"Calm-a down Daisy, let's not get so-a riled up," Luigi told his wife, sitting her down in a chair as she cooled off. "Charles is some-a where safe, that I know..."
Despite not having Mario to help out, Peach and Lara were able to finish decorating the living room. The two ladies were analyzing the living room, checking out their progress, and both agreed that they did a great job.
"Minus Bowser occasionally getting in our way, and annoying us whenever possible, we really worked our butts off," remarked Peach, standing proudly with her hands on her hips. "Shall we commemorate our hardworking efforts with a tea party?"
"I don't have anything else to do, so I don't see why not," replied Lara, before Isabelle walked by. Something was off about Isabelle...she was wearing a helmet, the very helmet Captain Falcon gave to Shulk. Lara and Peach saw this, with questionable stares. "Isabelle, why are you wearing a Captain Falcon helmet?"
"Felt like starting a new fashion trend - it'll catch on soon," was Isabelle's reply, as she kept marching on. What if that was Isabelle...but it really WASN'T Isabelle?
After going over his Christmas concert with Yashiro, Master Hand brought another idol singer, Eleonora, to his room so she could preview his cast. Knuckles singing DMX's cover of "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" greatly caught Eleonora's attention.
"And you said that the Duck Hunt Dog will be Rudolph?" asked Eleonora, trying to imagine what Master Hand was trying to do. Might as well have Doc Louis as a black Santa Claus.
"I've given that mutt a red-nose and fake antlers, for him to work with in advance for the concert," explained Master Hand, as Elenora glossed over the rest of the casting list. A lot of names were added since the giant hand spoke with Yashiro. "That way, he'll be prepared when the concert begins."
Duck Hunt Dog: *is seen chewing his red nose in his mouth, next to some chewed up antlers, near his doghouse*
Eleonora: As much as I would love to be a part of a holiday concert...doing one planned by Master Hand? Eh...I'd rather be mining for coal to put in stockings over involving myself with Master Hand's creations.
"Pretty sure the Duck Hunt Dog will be more concerned with licking his privates, and all his other body parts, than participating in your concert," said Eleonora, as Isabelle returned to Master Hand's room. Master Hand and Eleonora saw the shih tzu, both questioning her fashion choice.
"Ah, Isabelle, you have returned...and you're dressed like Captain Falcon, sort of!" exclaimed Master Hand, as Isabelle closed the door behind her. "Care to explain why you have some variant of Falcon's helmet?"
"The helmet is to hide the utter shame I felt for unleashing my contained rage upon you earlier," replied Isabelle. Other reason was to start a new fashion trend - one that probably won't latch on. "Speaking of which, I would like to apologize to you for my outburst...it was totally out of my nature, and I regret my actions..."
"...actually, Isabelle, it should be ME who should be apologizing," interrupted Master Hand, alarming Eleonora with his confession. Master Hand? Apologizing?! What kind of alternate universe was this?! "I should have known better than to take advantage of your kind and innocent nature, and constantly made you do my every bidding. I only treated you like rubbish because I knew you would never speak up against me...until today. And since you have made your feelings known, I'll try and treat you better, from now on. Emphasis on 'try'."
"Thank you so much, Master Hand! Golly, I've never heard you apologize to anyone before - might be better off than Sonic!"
"Don't you dare compare me to that blue buffoon...anyways, to make up for how you were mistreated, I think a few incentives are in order...anything you would like?" Isabelle mused for a bit...what incentives were feasible with her?
"Let's see...I would like a weekly allowance of $200, breakfast in bed every Sunday, free joyrides around Seattle in your Lamborghini, and a mural created in my likeness, in your room. Too much for you?"
"Sure are asking a lot of incentives...and I like that! I must have taught you well. Man, I'm such a great teacher...or mentor. Or instructor. I'll just stick with mentor for now. You're free to go, Isabelle!"
So Isabelle left Master Hand's room, and once she was outside, took off her helmet...revealing her Mario mustache on her face, whilst wearing Mario's cap. Mario would hop out of Isabelle, returning to his regular form, with Cappy back on the plumber's head.
"Wh-What happened, how did I get here from my room?" wondered Isabelle, rubbing her head, before looking up at Mario, who was adjusting Cappy. "Mario, was I...sleepwalking? Did I fall asleep somehow and sleepwalk to Master Hand's room? It's too early in the day for sleepwalking..."
"Just remember to thank-a me when you get that $200 allowance," smiled Mario, patting Isabelle on the head before walking away, leaving the shih tzu more than confused.
Bayonetta, having returned from the vending room, was heading back to her room, so she could annoy her roommate Snake. On her way there, she was stopped in her tracks by Chrom, his bald head shining in perfection.
"Finally embracing your baldness, aren't you Chrom?" smiled Bayonetta, as she walked past the prince of Yliesse. "You've came a long way since your initial freakout, very cheeky! Your daughter's support must have been a blessing for you."
"I'm not embracing my baldness, I was wearing a hat earlier but I gave it away..." responded Chrom, as Bayonetta continued walking. "Wait, Bayonetta, I need to ask you a question!" Bayonetta stopped, and turned around. "Do you know where Pit and Kirby are? Pit snapped a picture of my head, on his..."
"Oh, Chrom, you're so late...Pit and Kirby, those crooks, have already been caught! Not by the Links, mind you." This was certainly news to Chrom's ears. "Ask Geno about Pit and Kirby, he'll tell you where they are."
Geno: Pfft, I'm not a snitch...I'm an informer. Two completely different things. One seldom gets into trouble...the other doesn't. The latter goes to the snitch. Informers are a rarity nowadays, mainly because people fear the truth. Did you see what they did to that Michael Flynn guy? Confessed to making false statements to the FBI, and he got in trouble, just for spilling the truth. Had he just told on someone instead, he would have never faced any consequences at all!
Chrom would find Geno in the ball pit room, chilling by himself. Nobody was playing in the ball pit - the Star Warrior was just...hanging around, all alone.
"Bayonetta told me that Pit and Kirby were caught," Chrom said to Geno, catching the Star Warrior off-guard. "Can you take me to them?"
"Why do you care to know..." wondered Geno, shaking his head, before putting away his digressions. "If you really wish to know, then follow me. Pit and Kirby might've already left, but we won't know until we get there."
So Chrom would follow Geno from the ball pit room, to the fifth floor of the mansion, where the Star Records room was located. Geno would take Chrom inside the room, and to Chrom's surprise, he saw Pit and Kirby, tied up together, with the ninja pals - Sheik, Yuffie, Greninja, and Asuka - keeping themselves busy.
"About time you made it here," Sheik said to Chrom, when she looked up and saw the prince. She was too calm and collected to laugh at Chrom's bald head."We saw Pit and Kirby take an elevator, and we followed them up here, and followed them to this room. They were about to upload that unflattering photo of yourself to the Star Records computer, and we kinda managed to stop them in time."
"Chrom's bald head would have made for the greatest (and funniest) album cover ever!" proclaimed Pit, unable to move his arms. Kirby, on the other hand, couldn't move a single limb! "And we would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids...and your stupid frog!"
"You calling us kids...now I've heard it all. So Chrom, do we receive your thanks, or what? Are you going to give Pit and Kirby a scolding, just like you said?"
"I must say ladies...and Greninja...I'm surprised!" remarked Chrom. "For a while, I thought you four wouldn't bother helping me, but I guess I should have never doubted you one bit." Then all of a sudden...
"SONIC AND TAILS, YOU TWO ARE SO DEAD!" Daisy's voice boomed through the mansion, alarming everyone in the Star Records, and also everyone else in the mansion. Daisy had reached peak anger, and she was a force to be reckoned.
"Welp, Sonic, Tails...it's been nice knowing ya..." Geno solemnly looked down at the floor, suddenly fearing for Sonic and Tails' livelihoods.
Luigi did everything he could to soothe his wife, but Daisy was more than determined to get her son back. So the princess dragged Luigi to the mansion, dragging him all the way to the movie room where the door was closed shut.
"Of course the door would be closed..." frowned Daisy, when she arrived at the movie room. "All the other times, the door would be left open! Sonic and Tails must be doing cruel things to poor Charles, in private!"
"Let's not jump-a to rash conclusions, sweet-a heart; Sonic and Tails, they would-a never hurt a baby," Luigi reasoned with his wife, only to receive a slap. So hard, it left a red mark on the plumber's face.
"Just because Sonic and Tails may look like genuine good guys, doesn't mean that they're not prone to doing bad things. Sonic and Tails refused to speak with us on the phone, having Link tell them lies instead! It's about time we bust those two!" So Daisy opened the door, and dragged Luigi inside the movie room, where they found Sonic and Tails...
...seated on the floor, with Link, Cloud, Sora, Crash, and Coco. (Aku had no bottom, so he just floated in the air.) The eight were watching The Muppets Christmas Carol on a large movie screen, with the film in its final seconds before the credits. Once the credits rolled, Sonic turned around, seeing Luigi and an astonished Daisy.
"Luigi and Daisy, I see you've returned from your shopping!" exclaimed Sonic, as Zero stopped the movie with his remote. And guess who was in Sonic's arms, with a pacifier in his mouth? Charles.
Zero: After I rescued Charles from that Family Guy episode, he started crying nonstop - nothing we could do was able to hush him up. Then once I started playing that Muppets movie, Charles took notice of it, and stopped crying. Then everyone watched the movie till the end, out of solidarity I presume. Who knew babies loved Muppets?
"Charles!" exclaimed Luigi, running to his son and taking him from Sonic, lifting him up in his arms. "Thought I'd be gone-a forever, didn't you? Well I'm-a back, and mommy here is back as-a well! Isn't that right, Daisy? Daisy?"
Daisy was still astonished - she was nervous that Charles was abused, maimed, whatever, at the hands of Sonic and Tails, and was willing to make the two pay for their actions. But Charles was safe and sound, without a single wound or blemish. Daisy was smiling for a second, chuckling a little...before fainting to the floor. Zero quickly catched Daisy before she fell to the floor, doing his best to suppress the romantic feelings he had for her back in episode 27.
"Is she...going to be okay?" Zero asked Luigi, holding Daisy in his arms. He could reaffirm his love for Daisy if he wanted to...but nobody wanted to go down that path again.
"She'll-a be fine, it's just been a long-a day for her," smiled Luigi, holding Charles comfortably in his arms. "I expect-a her to wake up in a few-a minutes. Can you take-a her to my place for me?"
"As you wish, Luigi." So Zero would follow Luigi out of the room, carrying Daisy, following the plumber to his home. Sonic had a confident smile on his face, proud of the work he did for today.
"Man, Tails, we're such great babysitters!" the hedgehog told his friend, acting like Charles running away never happened. "Too bad we never got our thanks from Luigi or Daisy. We should babysit again, should we Tails?"
"Wouldn't wanna risk it, buddy...and I speak on behalf of every caring parent in the world," Cloud would answer for Tails, as he left the movie room; everyone else except for Tails and Sonic would follow suit. Tails looked at Sonic, shrugging with a smirk, before leaving, as Sonic was alone by himself.
Unwritten Rule #201: Never hire Sonic to be a babysitter.