Author's Note:
Enjoying the story so far? Then go ahead and check out another Smash story I'm writing, called "City Above the Clouds". It's a space Western fanfic involving Shulk and others as bounty hunters, hunting criminals down - I had jumped the gun and uploaded the story earlier than I should have, so the first chapter may be unpolished. Any feedback is welcome. Now for the guest reviews:
"...because I'm a selfish jerk, I wanted to make some requests (most of them revolve around Corrin to some extent or the other, actually):
"1. This one's a little out there with the whole related to Corrin thing, but could you do one where Mario and a couple of characters that had a less than stellar TV show in their pasts find out about the machine that Corrin used to get into Friday and Mario tries to use it to fox his show, as well as get other Smashers to do the same (some of which against their will, but knowing Mario he'll drag them in somehow)."
Haven't used the machine ever since the events of the sixth chapter, I can always do a chapter around such a contraption again. Here is the second idea:
"2. Felicia and Flora from Fire Emblem Fates are sent by Garon to serve Corrin and Kamui, and to keep them company."
Felicia and Flora remaining at Nohr sounds pointless, because they both have to serve Corrin and Kamui. For that very reason, they shall make their first appearance in Smash Life in this chapter. Time for the third and final idea:
"3. An alien race (any race is ok) is infultrating the Smash Mansion for some reason, and Corrin sees some of them. He tries to warn the other Smashers of the situation, but they think he's just going on about aliens like he usually does. In the end, there's either a huge battle with the aliens involving all the Smashers, or Corrin gets a small team of characters (mostly consisting of the likes of Pit, Lloyd, ect.) to stop the infiltration."
Oh yeah, I love this idea...I can only see it working with the Shroobs from Partners in Time though. The hard part would be finding a way for them to return to existence, since the Mario Bros (and their baby counterparts) pretty much eradicated the entire race. Regardless, Corrin will be the most important character. As much as I would want to do the Shroob invasion right away, I'll save this idea until later, hopefully before the big wedding between Mario and Peach. Derrick Lindsey has come forth with a very important question, concerning Aerith and the Kingdom Hearts universe (as well as an aspect from the Ed Edd n Eddy episode that I apparently overlooked:
"...we finally get to see who the anonymous organization 13 member was and it was Xigbar, now I'm curious to see if we see any of the other members of organization 13 like Axel or Xnames.
"Also I just wanted to know where in the kingdom hearts timeline does Aerith come from, just wanted to know so I can understand who you'll be using and what events you'll reference from the games. I really enjoyed this chapter thanks for doing it and happy new year and nice to know you'll do the foster's home idea for the future but the only regret I have is not having someone do the Rolf opera singing part (easily the best part of the episode) since that would have hit the nail on the head (now imagines Ganondorf or Mewtwo doing it and laughs hysterically)."
Aerith hails from the part of the KH timeline after Dream Drop Distance, when the true Organization XIII was revealed. For that very reason, Xemnas will likely appear in Smash Life, but Axel won't since he's no longer a Nobody. And as for the Rolf opera singing thing...how did I miss on such a golden opportunity, a serious character opera singing?! This is my mistake for not caring about Rolf as much as I should have, Edd (a.k.a. Double D) was always my favorite character...but I digress. Moving on:
"But seriously thanks for this chapter dude/dudette (since I'm not sure if you're a boy or girl) and keep on writing you rock, also does this look better then having to read one huge paragraph because this is what I will do from now on every week."
...I'm a dude...just wanted to clear that up. And yes, your review format is better than a huge paragraph, much easier to read. One more thing:
"One last thing sorry for all of the suggestions I make every time I write a review but in the future can you make Bowser and Wolf team up so they can try to make Kamui's life miserable since Wolf would want vengeance for her breaking his high score and Bowser because he's a jerk and since Kamui isn't naive like Corrin and won't believe in anything Bowser says he'll just make life miserable for her instead."
Bowser and Wolf shall have their revenge on Kamui soon - how they shall do so is the remaining problem. Smasherfan88 here has a Pokemon-related request:
"...I also have a suggestion, of Red trying to get master hand to allow him to invite fellow trainers for some kind of Pokemon club seeming as he is the only person there that knows a lot about Pokemon"
The goal is to include more human Pokemon characters - I won't have a Pokemon club, but I'll find a way to get all the gym leaders and champions and others involved in some capacity. Last but not least, is 0300:
"I have an idea for Bowser's next scheme. He exaggerates what the boomerang made the affected do - i.e. Akira falling over because he couldn't even carry anything, and Cilan's food was poisonous."
Sounds promising, also sounds like typical Bowser in some ways. Now to finish up the review:
"Do you think you could maybe give music recomendations while reading the chapter? It might bring more hilarity, but I understand if you can't because finding the right track is hard. Also, will there be a Vallentine's day party?"
I've actually given thought to music recommendations, especially when listening to certain songs while I type up this story (helps me get in the groove), but like you said, finding the right track is hard. As for the Valentine's Day party, there will be one, since I didn't have a Valentine's Day-related chapter last year. Expect to see a lot of the residents' boyfriends/girlfriends to make their debut appearance in such chapter.
Episode 56: Gluttony
To say that King Dedede had a huge appetite would be a nigh exaggeration. Much like Wario, the fat penguin would eat just about anything, regardless of nutritional value. In fact, Dedede would even eat random household objects, like sofas, nightstands, and even the mansion's Christmas tree, just to fulfill his appetite (and you can bet Master Hand has always held King Dedede for paying for whatever non-food items he eats).
King Dedede's willingness to eat food in competitions such as eating contests has never been challenged, not even by the likes of Wario. But the fat penguin would be challenged today, when Olimar's co-worker Louie comes over to the mansion. Dedede had issued the challenge out to the Hocotate Freight employee when he overheard Olimar's phone call, with Louie talking about he would eat "just about anything", and now the king of Dreamland was practicing for his eating contest with Louie in the dining room, where Cilan was feeding him whatever food was available. The Pokemon connoisseur had to ensure that there was an ample amount of food left over when King Dedede was done, otherwise the residents would be starved to death without any food to please their hunger.
"At this rate, there's no way you can lose the eating contest, you got this one in the bag!" Cilan remarked as he looked at his stopwatch, as King Dedede furiously chowed down on the bundles of food like a madman. Just then, Mario entered the dining room, and was dismayed to see Cilan slacking on his duties - the very duties for why he was even at the mansion.
"Hey, hey, hey, why aren't-a you working on-a my wedding cake?" the plumber scolded Cilan, with his hands on his hips. Cilan looked down and saw an angry Mario, and didn't know what to say. He was most definitely in the wrong here, what with the connoisseur feeding King Dedede food from the cabinets and all. "I didn't bring-a you to the mansion just-a to indulge King Dedede, he can indulge-a his own self!"
King Dedede: Everyone thinks that eating contests are just about eating glorious junk food, but it's more than that, eating contests are constantly full of mind games! As you're furiously eating the food provided to you, you don't know if the guy (or gal) next to you is doing better than you, because you're so involved with your food that you can't break away and see the progress of your competitors! That is why every time I eat at the breakfast table, or the dinner table, I treat every breakfast or dinner like a eating contest, I just look at my food the entire time and don't pay attention to anyone or anything; I have given the cold shoulder to one too many folks, but every time I do it, it's completely worth it!
"I'm taking a break from the cake to prepare King Dedede for his eating contest with Louie, Olimar's close friend!" Cilan explained, as Mario's face turned one and his lips turned inwards. "You see, Louie has a very large appetite, and he can eat anything at will...is everything okay Mario?" the connoisseur asked Mario, who then burst into tears of laughter. He was finding it hard to imagine Louie having a ginormous appetite, let alone going up against King Dedede in a eating contest. It was like he was begging the penguin to gift-wrap him an L.
"Silly Cilan, Louie can't-a be in an eating contest, it would-a be too much for him-a to handle!" Mario stated as he continued to laugh away. King Dedede, not wanting to see Mario dress down his competitor, stopped eating in an instant to tell Mario straight.
"So does that mean Olimar is a liar for saying his fellow employee doesn't have a large appetite?" the fat penguin questioned Mario. He had never seen Louie in person before, but he knew that he would be a very tough opponent to compete against. "Olimar said that he can eat almost anything you feed to him, anything at all!"
"Having a large-a appetite doesn't equate-a to doing well in-a eating contests, King Dedede, eating contests usually involve-a skill and preparation. You honestly think-a Louie is capable of-a winning an eating contest?"
"As long as he's capable of consuming food," was King Dedede's reply; Cilan agreed with the king of Dream Land with the nodding of his head, much to the chagrin of Mario. The plumber gave up, as he threw his arms up in the air and sighed, and walked away, leaving King Dedede and Cilan be. They'll learn sooner or later, he supposed.
"Dear brother, are you awake? Oh please, give me a response, I can't bear to see your breathless body on a deathbed!"
Corrin suddenly opened his eyes slowly as he woke up, seeing Kamui looking down on him with a bright smile. The prince of Nohr was asleep on the bottom of the bunk bed; Kamui, as you may assume given the information, slept on the top bed. The princes played her brother in a game of rock-paper-sciccors to determine who would sleep on the top bed, and Corrin lost simply because he drew scissors every freaking time. But to be fair, Captain Falcon told the prince that you should always draw scissors when playing rock-paper-scissors, and instead of helping Corrin win, as the racer intended, he caused him to lose miserably.
"Kamui I just had the strangest dream..." Corrin said as he sat up, scratching the back of his head. Expect Corrin's dream to have something to do with aliens and extraterrestrial life. "I was on a picnic, in a open field, with Viridi and Luigi...when suddenly Viridi turned into an alien, with giant tentacles, and used one of her tentacles to rip Luigi's head off and eat it with her razor sharp teeth! I would tell you the rest, but the details are too gruesome..."
Corrin: Aliens are very much real, I tell you, they just don't want to reveal themselves that's all, hence why no human eyes has ever seen one in person before. They're just like Shy Guys - there's a whole bunch of them, an entire race, and yet they do not wish to reveal their identities for everyone to see! *strokes his chin in deep thought* What if...the Shy Guys are actually aliens?!
"Corrin I see you're finally awake, thank you Kamui for waking your brother up!" Master Hand appeared in the room, making his presence known to Corrin. "I would have done it myself, using my epic majestic voice to not only wake you up but to scare the living daylights out of you, but knowing how fragile you are, I had Kamui do the honors of waking you up instead."
"It's not that often you visit me in my room, Master Hand, is there something wrong?" asked Corrin. "Has the kingdoms of Nohr and Hoshido gone to war again? Allow me to return to my homeland and defend my glorious kingdom!" If Nohr and Hoshido were to go to war, Nohr probably wouldn't need Corrin in their ranks - in fact, they must be elated that the naive prince was gone, so elated they must have threw a party to celebrate him going away!
"No, no, there's no war between Nohr and Hoshido, I'm sure the relations between both kingdoms has been peaceful...for now, at least. I'm just here to let you two know that your father, Garon, has entrusted me with two maids, both of whom worked under you back at Nohr. Since they couldn't serve anyone other than you two, Garon had no other choice but to send the maids to the mansion, so that they can...well you get the whole point of what's going on." Corrin didn't get what was going on, for he was scratching his head in confusion. "Felicia, Flora, get your scrawny behinds in here! Corrin and Kamui are both ready to see you!"
Two maids, one with salmon pink hair in pigtails, the other with blue hair, also in pigtails, soon arrived, standing at the doorway of the room. Corrin squealed with joy when he saw the short maid, the one that had the pinkish hair. He couldn't believe what his eyes were saying, they must be playing tricks on him...but what he was seeing was the real deal.
"Felicia you're here, I can't believe it but you're actually here!" Corrin exclaimed screaming at the top of his lungs, unable to contain his excitement anymore. The prince was so excited that he could potentially wet himself, but for the sake of everyone in his vicinity, we hope that doesn't happen.
"Greetings Corrin, Kamui, it's been a while since we last saw each other," Flora greeted the prince and the princess, as Corrin came running towards her. "It shall be an honor to serve...you?" Corrin didn't come to hug her...the prince instead hugged Felicia, sighing happily as he had his arms wrapped around the maid. If you ever played any of the Fates games, you may know Corrin and Felicia to have a bit of a strong relationship with one another - a very loving strong relationship, to be exact.
Master Hand: Heh, not surprised in the slightest that Corrin was fawning over Felicia, I think that boy harbors a secret crush on that chick. I remember Isabelle telling me how Corrin was fretting over Felicia's safety whereabouts when Bowser started a fire in the mansion while I was away, although Felicia was nowhere to be found. What I find funny was how Corrin apparently thought Felicia was stuck inside that Friday movie, and assumed that she had taken on the identity of a black woman, just so she could go about acting like a slut and doing acts of prostituion and whatnot. Isabelle also added how that Deebo guy from the movie stole Corrin's sword, and Corrin had to retrieve otherwise it would disrupt the "time-space-movie continuum" - just some lousy crap concept MegaMan .EXE came up with on his own. Personally I don't blame Corrin for wanting to get his sword back - can you possibly imagine an intimidating black guy like Deebo walking around the hood with a chainsaw sword?!
"Both Felicia and Flora will be serving you two, but they'll also be doing maintenance stuff around the mansion, like cleaning and dusting all that good stuff maids typically do," explained Master Hand; Corrin was too busy embracing Felicia to even listen to a single word that came out of Master Hand's nonexistent mouth. "It will take most of the workload off of Mr. Game and Watch's shoulders."
"Felicia, you must tell me how you are! Are you doing just fine? Did anyone from Nohr harm you in any way? Did Xander and the other siblings treat you right?" Corrin was bombarding poor Felicia with an onslaught of questions, some of which Felicia didn't feel like answering. "Please answer me Felicia, I'm absolutely begging to know!"
"I'm doing just fine milord, nobody harmed me in any way or fashion," Felicia assured Corrin as she pushed the prince of Nohr away from her. Just a reminder: Flora and Felicia will be addressing Corrin and Kamui formally as "lord" and "lady" respectively, so you better get used to it before it's too late. "Master Hand, where will Flora and I be staying at? Do you have a room ready for us?"
"Glad you asked - I prepared you two a room in my own room, it has a ton of space for you two to use," the giant hand replied, not telling the maids that the room was in fact his closet, which he had cleaned out just for them. "Corrin, Kamui, would you two kindly escort Felicia and Flora to their rooms? I'll force Pit to bake some malasadas for you if you do!"
"We'd be more than happy to do so, Master Hand," Corrin smiled as he locked arms with Felicia, who giggled at the concept of Corrin seemingly trying to flirt with her. Since when did the prince of Nohr decide to become a playa?
Corrin and Kamui would take Felicia and Flora to their room (*cough* Master Hand's former closet *cough*), and on their way there, they saw a few banana peels lying on the hallway floor. This was none other than Diddy Kong's doing, as the spidermonkey was now eating a banana. Once he was done with the yellow fruit, he threw the banana peel on the floor...only for Felicia to swoop in and save the day by catching the peel before it landed on the floor, sliding on the floor like how a baseman on the baseball field would when making the catch.
"It's never nice to leave banana peels lying about, especially in a mansion as great as the Smash Mansion," Felicia told Diddy Kong as the maid got up and dusted herself off, before picking up the other banana peels and throwing them away in an nearby trash can.
"Uh, I'm sorry, random-maid-chick-that-I-never-saw-before," Diddy apologized to Felicia, although his apology wasn't really heartfelt - he was too busy trying to figure out who Felicia was, and when she and her sister Flora came to the mansion. "I have a very strong habit of leaving banana peels lying around."
Diddy Kong: A lot of the maneuvers I do in Smash battles kinda carry over to life in the mansion; not only do I leave my banana peels around, but I also tend to leap at others I see in the hallway, and in some cases, I cling onto their face and double chop them to no end. Good thing Master Hand brought some maids to the mansion to correct me for any wrongdoing I commit.
Wario: *overhearing Diddy* Did you say something about Master Hand bringing maids? Do we have to pay them, or does Master Hand pay them? Please tell me we don't have to pay them, I have some money I'm saving up for a gift I plan to buy for Pal...Pal...Palpatine, Emperor Palpatine! There's this guy who frequents the mall whom we call Emperor Palpatine, because he looks like that guy from Star Wars!
Diddy Kong: And who exactly is this "we" that you speak of?
Wario: Me, myself, and I, of course! You seriously think I would go to the mall with anybody else?
Diddy Kong: Do you even go to the mall to begin with...?
"Just don't let it happen again!" said Felicia, pointing her finger at Diddy Kong as a warning, before she, Corrin, Kamui, and Flora continued on their way. Diddy Kong watched as the young maid and her sister walked away, with the former's arm locked with Corrin's. She had no other choice but to let Corrin have his way. But now it seemed like Diddy was going to have his way...
"What's the point of me picking up after my own self when I have the new maids to do the dirty work for me..." the spidermonkey thought out loud to himself, stroking his chin. "I wouldn't have to throw away my banana peels anymore - the maids can do it for me!" Just then, Ness approached Diddy Kong, and saw Corrin and company before him, paying close attention to Flora and Felicia.
"Master Hand got himself a pair of maids, huh?" the PSI whiz said, seeing Corrin's arm locked with Felicia. Ness simply couldn't believe what he was seeing. "And is Corrin seriously trying to flirt with one of them? That guy knows he isn't smooth, in fact he's far from it!"
"Yeah tell me about it, Corrin isn't that really of a romantic type - but I'm not entirely surprised, I mean, he was practically fretting about Felicia during that 'fire drill'. All Knuckles did was utter a famous saying, and Corrin got all frantic and stuff for no reason! Good times, good times..."
"Thanks a whole bunch for stopping by Kumatora, and another thank you for bringing along Boney as well!" Lucas thanked his red-haired lady friend as the two were in the PSI whiz's room, petting Boney - the adoring pet dog of Flint, Lucas's father. Kumatora, the princess of Osohe Castle, figured Ness and Lucas might need a faithful companion like Boney to keep them company at the mansion, and asked Flint for permission to give the dog to the two Earthbound buddies.
"You should be thanking your father, he was the one who allowed Boney to live with you and Ness," Kumatora replied as she rubbed the soft brown hair of Boney. The canine had an orange bandanna around his neck - made sense since Flint dresses up as a cowboy. "Speaking of whom, how has Ness been lately?"
Bowser happened to walk by Lucas's room, only to walk back and stand at the doorway as he watched Lucas giving Kumatora the 411 on Ness, talking about how great of a friend Ness was to him (and presumably talking about how bad of a friend he was as well, if you recall Ness leaving poor Lucas behind with Sonic in episode 51). Bowser, perceiving Kumatora as not a lady friend of Lucas, but a secret girlfriend the PSI whiz was too afraid to tell anyone not named Ness, found himself suddenly intrigued, and for all the wrong reasons.
Bowser: Several things have transpired today that make me wonder if pigs are flying in the sky right now...first I overheard from Olimar that his main man Louie will be going up against King Dedede in an eating contest. Then I saw the new maids, and Corrin had his arm locked with one of them, like how couples do! And now it appears that Lucas has found himself a girlfriend! What's going to happen next, Red is going to give up Pokemon altogether and pursue a career in accounting?
"Hey Lucas, who's your new girlfriend?" Bowser asked the blonde teen, as Kumatora felt almost offended by the Koopa King's question. "I'll admit she kinda looks out of your league..." Kumatora felt even more offended with this remark.
"Who on earth are you, you horrendously ugly fiend?" Kumatora questioned the Koopa King. Bear in mind that the princess is a tomboy, and a very rude one at that, so she may treat others with impoliteness and discourtesy. "My eyes hurt just looking at you, do you even have a spouse?"
"Ooh, your girlfriend is super fierce, I like that!" Bowser rubbed his hands together in an enticing manner as he poked his head out the door to yell out the following: "LUCAS FINALLY HAS A GIRLFRIEND YOU GUYS, COME AND CHECK HER OUT!" Bowser turned back at Lucas, who was now frowning at the Koopa King. The PSI whiz and Kumatora were only best friends, shame on Bowser for starting up unnecessary rumors! "You can thank me later Lucas!" Bowser gave the teen a thumbs up as he departed from the room, just when Sonic arrived with Tails. Poor Tails was dragged to the room against his own will.
"What's up Lucas's girlfriend how's it going, my name is Sonic the Hedgehog and my friend here is Miles Prower, but everyone else like me calls him Tails, nice to meet you!" Sonic greeted Kumatora before holding his hand out to her, expecting a handshake, but the princess refused to shake it. Unwritten Rule #1: when somebody holds out their hand for a handshake or some dap, you never leave them hanging. Apparently Kumatora's rudeness was preventing the princess from fulfilling this number one unwritten rule.
"I don't wish to shake hands with the likes of you!" Kumatora looked the other way with her arms folded, breaking Unwritten Rule #1 like a real G. This greatly dismayed Sonic, for a world-class jerk like him wished to make a good lasting impression on any new person he met.
"Sonic why did you bother bringing me here, I don't care about Lucas's 'girlfriend'," stated Tails, trying to fly away although Sonic held his hand to prevent him from escaping. "I wanna return to the workshop and help Samus work on her latest invention!"
"Shut up Tails, quit being so insensitive towards Lucas and his girlfriend - just because a nervous wreck like Lucas found love before you did gives you little to no reason to act so salty," Sonic scolded his best friend, wagging his finger at the yellow fox. "No need to hurt Lucas's feelings like that!" Lucas wasn't hurt in any way whatsoever...he just wanted Sonic to take Tails and leave him and Kumatora be. However, Sonic refused to go away, especially when he spotted Boney the dog. "Yo, Lucas, is this your pet dog? What is his name?"
"His name is Boney, he's my father's pet," Lucas had no choice but to introduce the dog to Sonic, if that would make the hedgehog (and Tails) leave. "As you can see, he has a bandanna around his neck, much like how my father has one around his."
Sonic: *glaring at Tails* You never told me that Lucas has a father! This whole time I thought his mom got pregnant from some random sperm donor, and she killed herself because she was too afraid to tell Lucas the juicy details!
Tails: Sonic can you please get your facts straight? Lucas's mother never committed suicide - she was killed by a Drago.
Sonic: A Drago? Not a dragon, but...a Drago? The heck is that?
Tails: A dinosaur-like species that's mostly green in color?
Sonic: So wouldn't they be called "Dinos" instead? Maybe you're the one who needs to get your facts straight!
Tails: *rolls his eyes*
"How about I challenge you, to a race..." Sonic pointed at Lucas, with the blonde bracing himself for what Sonic could possibly have in store for him. "Your pet Boney, my pet Shaymin, and Tails's pet Suzie: three pets competing to see who's the fastest!" Tails facepalmed as Sonic's challenge; Sonic's Shaymin may be fast, but she might not be fast enough to win a race. Sonic was seemingly setting his Shaymin up for failure. "No wait, we can't do it, it simply won't do..."
"Whew, for a minute for I thought you were actually going forth with the race," Tails let out a sigh of relief, wiping away the sweat from his forehead. But then Sonic quickly grabbed the yellow fox with his hands, bringing Tails closer to him and looking at him face-to-face.
"No it's not that, it's just that three competitors isn't enough, we need more, more I tell you!" Sonic dropped Tails to the floor with a thud. A race between Shaymin, Boney, and Suzie didn't sound that appealing to the hedgehog, it just didn't sound sexy enough, wasn't yet enticing. "Good thing I know the right people to ask...Lucas, you and your girlfriend stay right where you are - Tails and I are gonna do some recruiting!" Finally, at long last, Sonic left Lucas and Kumatora all alone, as the hedgehog took Tails and departed from the room.
"Is he always like that?" Kumatora asked Lucas; what she had seen was a mere microcosm of Sonic's annoying ways.
"I'm afraid so..." Lucas held his head down, knowing that Sonic (and Bowser) probably left behind a terrible impression on Kumatora on behalf of the residents.
"Now Ivysaur, use Vine Whip on that vacuum to vacuum the floor!" Red the Pokemon Trainer commanded the seed Pokemon as Ivysaur summoned a whip from his back and grabbed the handle of a hi-tech vacuum, turning the switch on with another vine and immediately vacuumed away once the device was on. Ivysaur did this in the living room, with Red, Rosalina, and Mega Man all present.
"The old vacuum was tearing down a bit and declining in quality, so I kinda took it upon myself and invented a new and improved one," stated Mega Man, the inventor of the vacuum. "It's able to pick up dirt across a wide distance, and also has an infinite storage space, so you won't have to empty it out." With those features, Mega Man's vacuum might very well be the greatest vacuum to have ever existed!
"Thank you for this new vacuum Mega Man, the old one just wasn't getting the job quite done," Rosalina thanked the Blue Bomber. Sonic and Tails arrived in the living room, and Rosalina feared for the worst...but she wasn't fearing Tails, hardly anyone fears the yellow fox (except maybe for a very timid Chao). The mother of Lumas was more concerned with Sonic, and just about anyone would.
Mega Man: No, I'm not stopping with the vacuum, there are plenty of other things in the mansion that could be replaced with something newer. Take the refrigerator in the kitchen, for instance - it makes this strange droning noise, and during nighttime hours, one could hear the noise and assume that a zombie is nearby, and that a zombie apocalypse is on the horizon. But that's what Villager thinks when he hears the noise, don't know about what the others think...although I don't really want to know.
"Your Iyvsaur, your pet dog Rush, and your Luma, up against Lucas's dog, Tails's Suzie, and my beloved Shaymin, in an epic race to determine who's the best and fastest pet is!" Sonic challenged, pointing at Red, Mega Man, and Rosalina in that order. "Of course my Shaymin may win the race, but we'll get to see who'll settle for second place..." Great, now Sonic is already gloating...just what Tails needed.
"Um, Sonic, I thought I told you and several others already, Luma is NOT a pet by any means," Rosalina corrected the hedgehog, although Sonic detected some farce in the statement. He was horribly convinced that Luma was a pet, and surely others apparently feel the same way.
"We all know you discarded the evidence Rosalina, throwing Luma's collar away to make others assume that Luma is your companion...but I know you treat her like a typical pet! Or is Luma a he? I can never correctly guess that star's true gender." Tails facepalmed and shook his head; sometimes he contemplated the things that he done that resulted in him having Sonic as a best friend.
"Luma is a boy, and he never had a...oh, never mind, there's no point in explaining to you." Like Tails had learned from experience, Rosalina knew reasoning to Sonic and explaining things to the hedgehog clearly never goes the way you want it to.
"I'm always up for a good challenge, I can enlist Ivysaur in this race of yours," said Red, perhaps the only individual in the room other than Sonic who wished to see the race happen. "It would be a great way to see how fast Ivysaur is. Don't you think so too, Iyvsaur?"
"Saur! Saur! Saur, Saur, Saur!" the seed Pokemon exclaimed, uttering the phrase he would usually say when winning a battle in Brawl.
"If you really want Rush to participate in this race...then I suppose I'll have him as a participant," sighed Mega Man, only wanting to do the race just to make Sonic shut his mouth (but only temporarily; the Blue Bombers fears that Sonic would annoy him again after the race is over, especially if Shaymin were to win). The race was really cutting into the robot's plans for the rest of the day.
Unfortunately for poor little Tails, Sonic wasn't done yet finding more pets to participate in the race. The yellow fox had no choice but to follow the hedgehog to the fitness center, where Cloud and Link were lifting dumbbells. Cloud was under the assumption that Link looked too frail to lift up a dumbbell weighing close to twenty pounds, and much to the swordsman's surprise, the Hylian was able to lift five times that amount!
Link: *rolls sleeve down and flexes triceps* You see this, you see these muscles Cloud? And you thought I was nothing but a scrawny twig...time for you to eat your words, buster!
Cloud: Not gonna lie, your outfit made it seem like you were skinnier than usual, must be how the sleeves look...speaking of your outfit, why do you insist on wearing your gloves inside?
Link: Oh yeah?! Well why do you...um...uh...why do you have a sleeve...with your attire? Huh?! How do you explain that?!
Cloud: Actually it's a cloth...but meh, I'll give you an A for effort...
Cloud was just about to return his weights back to where they belong, and once he saw Sonic nearing him, the swordsman quickly returned to his spot and continued lifting weights, this time facing the wall to make it seem like he was too busy building muscle to hold a conversation. Too bad for him, as Sonic quickly saw through his plan with keen eyes.
"Don't even try to back away from me Cloud, I know what you're up to!" Sonic pointed angrily at the swordsman as Cloud grumbled to himself. Why couldn't the hedgehog bother Link instead? "Anyways, I was wondering if your pet Chocobo Cloud Jr. could be a part of a little pet race I got going on. It will be a race to see not only who the fastest pet is, but also who's the best!"
"Man, I didn't know being fast and speedy equate to being the best," Link remarked, lifting a dumbbell with his hand. "Going with that fantastic logic, Usain Bolt must be arguably a better Olympian than Michael Phelps ever was."
"Can your mouth hole Link, I wasn't talking to you! So Cloud, are you in or are you out? Better say in, the race will do all sorts of wonders for Cloud Jr!" As much as Cloud wanted to say no, he knew that Sonic would go full ham to prepare for the race, and it would dismay the hedgehog if the ex-SOLDIER enlisted his pet Chocobo in the race.
"Cloud Jr. can't fly, he would have to do the race on foot, right?" Cloud asked just for clarification, he didn't want Cloud Jr. to cheat - although Sonic might do everything in his power to help Shaymin come out victorious. He just wanted to know if he would perhaps even up the score, if necessary.
"Correctamundo! No cheating whatsoever, it will be a fair, clean race!" Cloud quickly took Sonic's words with a piece of salt - a ginormous piece of salt. "I'll be seeing you and Cloud Jr. around!"
Just when Tails thought he was done with Sonic and he could go back to the workshop, the blue hedgehog brought the yellow fox along for one more quick visit, and this time Sonic and Tails stopped by Luigi's home, to ask the green plumber if Polterpup wanted to be in the race. Sonic knocked on the front door, and Knuckles opened it, holding a tub of ice cream with an ice cream scooper in it. No doubt the echidna was splurging on Luigi's food. He saw Sonic and Tails, the former looking tough.
"Are you...trying to be hard or something Sonic?" Knuckles questioned his hedgehog friend, not feeling intimidated in the slightest. "'Cause if you are, then you're not doing it right - luckily I can give you some pointers on how to do so!"
Knuckles: All tough guys, like myself, has their perks which makes them stand out from regular bums, such as Mario and Luigi. You get to walk up to scrawny dudes and show off your toughness and physique, making them feel scared for their lives at times... *looks on shoulder and sees a baby spider crawling on him* GAAAAAAAH! THERE'S A SPIDER ON ME! GET IT OFF GET IT OFF GET IT OFF! *flails arm violently, knocks nearby rake down with arm, which falls on a water hose faucet, which turns on due to the broom hitting it, as the water hose douses water at Polterpup, who runs away in fright and runs into a small tree, which falls onto the Duck Hunt Dog's doghouse in a unfortunate yet hilarious chain of events*
Greninja: *walks by and sees the damage done, shaking his head while groaning*
Knuckles: Oh you think I was responsible for that, not Polterpup?! You wanna fight me son?! Well go on ahead!
Greninja: *angrily confronts Knuckles with water shuriken* Gre gre Greninja?!
Knuckles: *backing down* You know what, on second thought, I'll just let you have this W, I'll walk away and leave you be... *punks out and walks away in fear*
"If you're looking for Luigi, he's upstairs with Daisy in his room...getting it on with his wife, I believe," stated Knuckles, saying the latter part of his response in a creepy manner, with a creepy smile. He must be thinking about getting it on with his own woman, Rouge the Bat. But he had to do so at the right time, for he knew that Rouge's not the kind of woman you would want to play with. "But that's just guessing from the noises I heard from the room - the door's locked, so you can just let your imagination fly or whatever."
"I only need to speak with him for a quick minute, that's all," said Sonic; Knuckles let his friends inside Luigi's home, as Sonic and Tails walked through the living room, passing by Yuffie (who was asleep on the couch with the television on), and through the kitchen and up the stairs, arriving at the second floor where the master bedroom was. They both could hear the sounds from the room, and like Knuckles said, it sounded like Luigi and Daisy may actually be getting it on...but why when Daisy's still pregnant though?
"Sorry Tails, but you'll have to stay behind, let a grown-up handle this!" Sonic advised his best friend as he nervously made his way to the master bedroom door, gently placing his hand on the doorknob.
"But you're only sixteen years old, you're not even a grown-up yet!" Tails pointed out as Sonic, almost reluctantly, opened the door wide open, and caught Luigi and Daisy in the act, the married couple on the bed...feeding each other chocolate-covered strawberries. Daisy was about to feed her loving husband Luigi a strawberry when she and Luigi looked up and at Sonic, who was standing at the doorway not knowing what to say or even think.
"May we...help you, Sonic?" asked Daisy, ending a long period of silence. Sonic, who was still dumbfounded, shook his head and brought himself back to reality.
"I'm starting up a pet race outside, and I figured that Polterpup would be a great participant for such a race,"explained Sonic, walking to the bed to snatch a chocolate-covered strawberry...only for Daisy to swipe his hand away. "So Luigi, do you want Polterpup to race his heart out, or are you gonna let him chew on the living room furniture, like he's doing right now?"
"Polterpup is chewing on-a my furniture again?!" Luigi immediately sprung up from the bed and ran off, only to be stopped in his tracks by Sonic. The hedgehog needed a definite answer from Luigi before the plumber could punish Polterpup for his actions...or at the very least try to do so. "Oh, yes, the race, I suppose-a I can enroll Polterpup in it, there'll be no-a harm done..."
Sonic: The race is gonna be so legit, and it's gonna be even more legit if Shaymin wins! I'm extremely tempted not to skew the race in Shaymin's favor, maybe if I wasn't so unlikable - according to the folks to have to put up with me - I would rig the race, but I'm afraid my reputation cannot be tarnished anymore!
Daisy: Sonic is gonna screw over the race, I can already tell...he loves his precious Shaymin too much to not guarantee her to win a race that HE proposed to all the resident pet owners. I'll be keeping a very close eye on that hedgehog...
Rosalina: Just for clarification, Luma is NOT a pet, HE is a nothing more than a companion that accompanies me. Do I pet Luma? No. Do I walk Luma around the block? No. Do I feed Luma? Well, of course, he needs his daily dose of Star Bits...point of the matter is, Luma is just a buddy, and not an actual pet that you can train or anything.
Link: *arms behind his back* Would be awfully nice if Cloud Jr. were to win the race...though Cloud wouldn't seem to care about the result either way. Don't get me wrong, he loves Cloud Jr., it's just that he would put his pet Chocobo in pet competitions like pet shows, that's just not him. And by all accounts, I wouldn't blame him - pet shows are just exhibitions for objectifying pets. Westminster is the only pet show that operates contrary to all the other selfish pet shows out there.
Lucas: This is all my fault...I should have kept Boney away in the closet so nobody like Sonic would see him...but that wouldn't matter since he would be barking through the closet doors...now Boney's stuck in some stupid race and I'm the one to blame...
Kumatora: *resting an assuring hand on Lucas* It's not your fault Lucas, it's that dumb hedgehog's fault for wanting to do the race in the first place. Why is he naked, does he wear any clothes at all?
Lucas: Not at all, really...except for that one time he attended a wedding in flannel attire. Really bad look for the wedding guests...
Captain Falcon: A race outside the mansion? I'm all in for any form of racing event, so I'll be there in attendance! *leans in closer to camera, likely to share some secret information* This was actually done in private, but I asked Sonic if I could enroll the Duck Hunt Dog into the race, and he obliged...I'm only doing this because I told Nowi that I was a world-class pet owner (she loves it when I tell her tall tales, she takes them in like how a Sunflora takes in sunlight) and to prove it to her, just so she won't have any future suspicions, I decided to put the Duck Hunt Dog in the race to show Nowi that I have been "training" the mutt to be the fastest dog ever! *excitedly rubs his hands together* Ooh, I hope there is a trophy for the winner...
Proto Man headed down to the mansion's foyer, where he saw Olimar standing by, waiting for someone to come by. The space astronaut was walking back and forth looking down at the floor.
"Hey Olimar, you waiting on someone?" Proto Man asked the astronaut, just to see if his suspicions were true. Since the Olimar wasn't up to his "Oggy Oggy Oggy, oink, oink, oink!" shenanigans, he must be expecting someone other than his son to arrive at the mansion.
"Yes, I'm waiting for King Dedede's eating contest opponent to arrive," responded Olimar, briefly looking up to tell this information to Proto Man. "Dedede has been preparing for the contest throughout most of the day, and I'm sure that..." Suddenly the doorbell rang, and Olimar got all giddy. "That must be him!"
The Hocotate Freight astronaut ran up to the front door and opened it, and Proto Man was suddenly greeted by Olimar's co-worker, who was standing outside with his adorably dopey face...Louie.
"Hi Olimar, hi Proto Man, hi Ganondorf," Louie waved to the astronaut, the red robot, and the highly realistic statue of Ganondorf that he thought was actually Ganondorf himself. "I'm all ready for the eating contest! Where is King Dedede, is he hiding from me? Too afraid to lose to the mighty likes of I?!"
"You're going up against King Dedede in the eating contest?" Proto Man asked Louie, stifling his smile to prevent himself from laughing at the astronaut. Judging by his appearance and looks, Louie didn't look like he would be a big eater, but as Proto Man will learn eventually, it's never wise to judge a book by its cover. "Do you honestly have any idea who you're going up against?"
"I do know who I'm going up against - and that's why I'm more than ready to kick King Dedede's butt!" Louie's remark was too much for Proto Man, the robot couldn't take it anymore - he fell onto the floor laughing profusely, showing no signs of returning to his calm temperament.
Bowser: So now I just learned from Proto Man that Olimar's derpy co-worker Louie will be going up against King Dedede in an eating contest, pigs are definitely flying now...if Red doesn't quit Pokemon and become an accountant, then I'll be shocked as ever!
"You truly think that's funny, don't you Proto Man?" Olimar scolded the red robot as his laughing persisted. At this rate, the laughing fit from Proto Man will likely go on forever and ever! "Well how about I put you against Louie and King Dedede in the eating contest, how do you like those apples?!" Proto Man's laughing fit suddenly ended, as the robot sprung up and shook his head at Olimar, dissuading the astronaut but only to no avail.
"But Olimar you can't do that to me, I mean I'm a freaking robot for crying out loud!" an exasperated Proto Man tried to tell Olimar, but the astronaut looked the other way, leaving Proto Man in a more bitter state. "How would that work, a robot like me eating physical food?"
"Oh you'll make it work sweetheart, that much I'm certain of. Why don't you get Samus to build you a mod that allows you to consume food? That is, only if she's in a relatively good mood..."
Mario returned to the dining room to check on King Dedede, only that this time around it was Pit, Kirby, and Wii Fit Trainer who were helping the fat penguin prepare for his upcoming duel with Louie by eating the food provided to him. Pit and Kirby were cheering on for Dedede, while Wii Fit would use some sort of calorie tracker to keep track of Dedede's health and status.
"Dedede, he's our man, if he can't do it, no one can!" chanted Pit, apparently not knowing that King Dedede was going to be in an eating contest. He was just there because his buddy Kirby was there to support his arch-rival.
"King Dedede for the win!" Speaking of whom, the pink puffball was waving his flags, encouraging the king of Dream Land to not only eat his heart out, but to raise his cholesterol levels to unfathomable heights. Because that's what good arch-rivals do.
"Your blood pressure is...120 over 80, just near the level of prehyperstension!" Wii Fit Trainer, using a blood pressure monitor to check King Dedede's blood pressure once the fat penguin took a breather. "It is nigh imperative that we keep your blood pressure regulated until the eating contest begins, otherwise you'll end up in some big trouble...no pun intended!"
"What are-a you doing, why are you encouraging that obese-a king to eat all this-a junk?" Mario questioned Wii Fit and company, glancing at the hot dogs, hamburgers and whatnot. Wii Fit's typically not that fond of such food, but this instance was the only exception. "Who prepares-a for an eating contest anyways?"
"I'm just here to ensure that Dedede will be healthy and fit for his upcoming duel with Louie. Pit and Kirby are just here to be Dedede's faithful supporters; cheering him on was their decision, not mine!"
Cilan: Since Mario regulated me (or rather, forced me) to work on the wedding cake - not believing that I should ever take a break from doing so - I had Wii Fit Trainer take over from where I left off with King Dedede; I understand that she has been trying to make him lose weight and all, but I refuse to see the sight of a bitter King Dedede wailing about losing to Louie, or just about anyone for that matter! I've been bad-mouthed many times by Dedede for not allowing him seconds during dinnertime, whenever I cook dinner, I've already been through so much...
Proto Man: *in a sardonic tone* "Why don't you get Samus to build you a mod that allows you to consume food?" Is Olimar stupid, does he not know the type of person Samus is? She's the type of woman that would leave you all alone to feel miserable at a blind date, and then text you the next day saying, "Oh, did I leave you all by yourself last night? Too bad...I guess." SHE DOESN'T FREAKING CARE ABOUT ANYTHING, OR ANYONE! Heck, she's the only individual I know that shows animosity towards Isabelle, Isabelle of all people! How can you be possibly mean-spirited to one of the most nicest folks you'll ever meet, how is it possible?
"King Dedede, are you ready to meet your competitor?" Olimar entered the dining room to ask the penguin. "He's more than ready to face you - in fact, he claims that he'll kick your butt!" King Dedede laughed at Louie's boast, laughing so much that he was banging his fist on the table. Pit laughed along with the King of Dream Land, although he wasn't exactly sure why he was laughing to begin with...
"Your co-worker honestly thinks he can beat ME?" chuckled King Dedede, regaining his composure. Wii Fit Trainer had to check the penguin's blood pressure again, for his laughing could perhaps raise his blood pressure. "Where is he anyways, where is Louie? Show me who my mighty foe is!"
So Olimar motioned for Louie to enter the dining room, and when King Dedede's eyes fell upon the Hocotate Freight employee, the penguin broke into another laughing fit. If his blood pressure wasn't high already, then it must be now - a bit of a hassle for Wii Fit Trainer.
"That pipsqueak is gonna go up against me in the eating contest?!" questioned King Dedede, on the verge of tears. "This has got to be a joke, where's the real guy I'm going up against? Is he hiding somewhere?"
"Nope you're looking at the real deal, I'm your worthy opponent!" exclaimed Louie, wanting to prove that he wasn't no joke. "My grandma has said that I have a very voracious appetite, and soon, King Dedede, you'll see that..."
"Ooh, your grandma thinks your appetite is 'voracious', whatever the heck that word is supposed to mean, I'm soooo scared! Is voracious even a word, did your grandma make up that word on her own just to make you feel better?"
"Nah, she just told me to use that word to see if you had a failing vocabulary - and quite frankly, I'm afraid that she was right." Louie's remark effectively shut King Dedede's mouth, and also prompted Pit to go "Ooooooh...", like how a kid in school would say whenever someone gets in trouble during class and is sent to the principal office. Such a fate would constantly happen to Pit if he ever attended public school - and unfortunately for him he doesn't have the brain power to succeed in school anyways.
Louie: Silly King Dedede has been preparing for the eating contest by eating food...as for me, I've been preparing by keeping my mind sharp and my wits intact. From what I've heard from Olimar, King Dedede tends to cheat from time to time (most greedy folks like himself are prone to cheating), and so I'll have to keep a very close eye on him...and maybe his Waddle Dees as well. Those who look cute cannot be trusted!
"Proto Man will be a part of the eating contest too, he had no choice but to participate," stated Olimar, not giving out the reason for why Proto Man was forced to be a part of the food competition. "I expect him to find a mod that will allow him to consume food soon..."
"Hard to believe Sonic practically indulged us to spectate the pet race outside," Donkey Kong discussed with his nephew Diddy Kong as the two Kongs walked through the mansion. Sonic was rounding up a horde of spectators, and he had to do whatever means necessary to sway the residents.
"Hard to believe that he promised us banana splits to be spectators!" remarked Diddy as he happily ate a banana. He and Donkey Kong saw Felicia and Flora speaking with Pac-Man up ahead; Diddy slyly smiled as he walked past the two maids, dropping his banana peel to the floor. "Oh no, I dropped my banana peel, whatever shall I do?" The spidermonkey said in a fake tone, with hands on his face to help convey the situation. Flora saw the banana peel lying on the floor, and gasped in fright as she whipped out a dust pan and a small broom and swept the peel onto the dust pan.
"Felicia, would you be a dear and discard of this banana peel in the nearest trash can?" the maid asked her younger sister; Felicia happily nodded as she took the dust pan and the small broom and ran off to complete her mission.
Diddy Kong: So the other maid takes her job seriously as well, did you see her freak out when I "accidentally" dropped my banana peel onto the floor? *rubs hands together* This is gonna be good...
"You should be more mindful about where you leave your banana peels at, better be glad Felicia and I were here to clean up after you," Flora said to Diddy Kong. The spidermonkey certainly was glad...but for all the wrong reasons. "It shouldn't take Felicia that long to throw away a lousy banana peel...knowing her, she must have tripped on the floor and injured herself. She's quite the clumsy one...sorry Pac-Man, for I must leave and check on my sister..."
"Go on ahead, the Kongs will keep me company!" Pac-Man gave Flora a thumbs up; the Nohrian maid nodded her head as she set off to look for Felicia. "I take it you boys are heading outside to see that pet race? Got my money on Lucas's Boney, I think he has that underdog mentality just like Lucas!"
"I'm going for anyone other than Shaymin to win, hearing Sonic gloat about his pet Pokemon would be unbearable," Donkey Kong offered his take on who he wanted to win - a take that others surely share. "On the flipside however, if Shaymin loses, Sonic will complain about the race being 'rigged' and unfair...so either way, we're all going to lose no matter what."
Samus was in the workshop, joyfully repairing her power suit - if "joyfully" equated to having an extremely blank stare indicating that you were close to being done with life for good - when to her annoyance, someone stopped by at the workshop, that someone being Proto Man.
"Samus I need you to make me a mod that allows me to consume food, can you do that for me please?" Proto Man begged the bounty hunter, his hands clasped together in a begging motion. Samus groaned, and rolled her eyes, as she wheeled her rolling chair over to a cover sheet and pulled the sheet off, revealing a small bed.
"Get on here and I'll see what I can do..." Samus sighed, as Proto Man hopped on the bed and laid down; his feet made it past the bed, but he didn't care, he needed that mod real quick.
"Samus I put the Duck Hunt Dog in that pet race and I need him to win in order to show my girlfriend Nowi that I'm an excellent pet owner, would you mind giving him something that can make him go fast?" Captain Falcon ran inside the workshop, holding the Duck Hunt Dog in his hands; at this point, Samus wanted to cry out of utter frustration.
"Couldn't you have asked Ashley instead so she could give you a potion?" the bounty hunter asked; Captain Falcon just shrugged. "Put that stupid mutt on that desk, and make sure he doesn't urinate on my power suit..."
Fox: Sonic put us awesome dudes in charge of making a racecourse for the pets to race on... *whispers* ...and he also mentioned to lay out some booby traps for the racers to "unexpectedly run into"...you thinking what I'm thinking, Falco?
Falco: Sonic wants us to rig the race in a way that Shaymin will come away with a victory?
Fox: No, whoever said anything about that? Sonic is so insecure about laying out booby traps on the race field that he wants us to...you know what, you now owe me a dime. *holds out his hand to Falco* Pay up, son!
Falco: *grumbles as he digs into his pocket and gives Fox a dime*
"How does the fencing look to you, Falco?" Fox asked his best friend after he finished hammering away on the last nail of the fencing. Falco, who was observing the makeshift racetrack from afar, gave the pilot a thumbs up. "Sweet, lemme go find Sonic and tell him we got everything set up!" Fox ran inside the mansion, as Zelda approached Falco.
"Master Hand says he doesn't approve you guys building a race track around the mansion, especially if it's blocking access to the front door," the princess of Hyrule relayed Master Hand's overall concerns about the pet race to the avian pilot. "Is there a way that you could perhaps move the fencing somewhere else, maybe in an open field?"
"Sorry princess, but no-can-do - Fox and I, we worked hard on building the racetrack, ain't no way we're gonna do more work taking the fencing down and moving it somewhere else!" responded Falco. He does realize he'll get into trouble with Master Hand for that remark, right?
"I don't care if you win or not Boney, I'm just happy that I have you around to keep me company," Lucas said to his pet dog, kneeling down at the dog's side and petting him as Kumatora looked on. Luigi, Mega Man, Red, Tails, and Cloud were also present outside with their respective pets, but Sonic was absent; according to some folks, the hedgehog was on the phone with Amy, apparently guaranteeing his girlfriend that Shaymin will win the race. Sometimes ego is a terrible thing.
"Aren't you glad I brought Boney?" Kumatora asked Lucas, who eagerly nodded his head. "To be honest, I don't care about the race either - doubt anyone would - but I'm happy that you finally have a companion other than Ness around. Ness can only do so much for you, and Boney here can do the things that Ness can't...like playing dead without flinching." This made Lucas laugh, and Kumatora would laugh too. Lucas's laughing would attract the attention of Luigi and company, all of whom weren't used to seeing the PSI whiz in such a jovial manner.
"Yeah, Ness would make for a terrible extra in a horror movie - hence why he wasn't cast in Wolf's horror flick. May I tell how how bad that movie was?"
The eating contest between King Dedede, Louie, and Proto Man was about to begin, with the three competitors gathered at the dining room table with plates of pizza, hot dogs, French fries, and burgers available. Mario, Cilan, Pit, Kirby, Olimar, and Wii Fit Trainer were present, with Cilan calling the action.
Wii Fit Trainer: The pessimist in me thinks King Dedede will win, the cynic in me thinks Louie will win, and the optimist in me thinks Proto Man will win...so as you could tell, I have no idea who I'll be rooting for. I just hope the three men in the eating contest to devote themselves to eating more healthy once the competition is over with.
"Alright boys, here are the rules - in order to win, one must consume the food provided to them," Cilan explained the rules, rules that the participants probably knew already. "However, if any one of you stops eating for whatever reason, such as a full stomach, then you're out! Now are you three ready?"
"More ready than we'll ever be!" King Dedede gave Cilan a thumbs up. He and Louie felt pretty confident about their chances, Proto Man, not so much...
"Let's go King Dedede, you can do this, we're rooting for ya!" Pit cheered on, just learning that the penguin was in an eating contest.
"Don't let the lovely folks of Dream Land down, this one is for the Land!" added Kirby. Way to steal LeBron James's shtick...not cool, Kirby, not cool at all.
"I shall be starting off the countdown," stated Cilan, getting his bowtie adjusted. Like it had to be adjusted in order for him to do the countdown. "On the count of three...three...two...one...DIG IN!"
King Dedede and Louie all chowed down on the food, scarfing down the hot dogs and burgers and whatnot in madman fashion. Proto Man took a slice of pizza, and ate it...and was instantly amazed at how good it tasted. First time consuming pizza, and the robot suddenly wondered how much he was missing out on.
"I know I never had actual food before, but this is the best thing I've ever tasted!" Proto Man exclaimed, holding the pizza slice in hand and looking at it, soaking in its glory and goodness. Eventually the robot worked away on the burgers, hot dogs, and fries, also taken back by how those food items tasted. Just like that, he was now in the thick of things, fully competing against King Dedede and Louie.
But unfortunately for King Dedede, he would be out of the thick of things, when his stomach began rebelling against himself by grumbling, making King Dedede feel full and nauseous, unable to consume another bite. It was at this very moment that the penguin made a horrible mistake...a mistake of preparing for the eating contest by consuming food prior to the food competition taking place. As a result, his stomach had reached full capacity, and that also meant the penguin would more than likely lose eventually.
"I don't feel so good..." King Dedede moaned...and just like that, the penguin fell onto the table, burger in hand, unwilling to continue anymore. Pit and Kirby, who were cheering on for Dedede, were just as shocked as Mario, Wii Fit Trainer, Olimar, and Cilan, but Louie and Proto Man, they kept eating away.
Mario: Ha ha ha, I just-a knew King Dedede would take-a an L and be the first-a to lose...but I will-a admit, Louie and Proto Man have-a definitely surprised me. Color me-a shocked!
Outside the mansion, the pet race was set to begin - Shaymin, Suzie, Boney, Iyvsaur, Rush, Cloud Jr., Polterpup, and the Duck Hunt Dog were all set to go, with the pet owners and others serving as spectators (the non-pet owners were pretty much forced to spectate).
"Hey, where the heck is Rosalina with her pet Luma?" questioned Sonic, leading some to facepalm at the hedgehog. "A no-show, huh? Punked out at the last minute? I knew she and Luma were nothing but a bunch of chickens!"
"Tails who are you going for, are you going for your pet Suzie to win, I'm assuming?" Corrin asked the yellow fox, accompanied by Kamui, Felicia, and Flora. The prince thought taking his sister and the maids to the pet race would show them how cool of a guy he was...too bad he's not cool to begin with! Ayoooooo!
"I'm going for anyone other than Sonic's pet Shaymin to win, Sonic whining over a loss is bad enough, but Sonic gloating over a win is ten times worse," Tails offered his take. He didn't feel like being outside, but he had no other choice but to support his pet Vulpix, Suzie.
"You wish to see your best friend fail in a friendly competition?! What kind of friend are you supposed to be?! You should feel very, very ashamed of yourself!" Not wanting to be blinded further by Corrin's blatant ignorance, Tails moved to another part of the racetrack, away from the prince of Nohr.
"You guys ready to see this super awesome race?!" Fox asked the crowd of spectators; Sonic exclaimed "Yeah!", while others gave responses like "Meh" and such. "Yeah, I feel ya, I don't blame you guys...but like all the NASCAR races out there, the show must go on! Are all pets ready?" The pets quickly got into position. "On your mark...get set...GO!"
The pets all took off, but the Duck Hunt Dog - who received a "buff" from Samus - took off the fastest, circling around the racetrack and fastly approaching the finish line...only to burn out when he reached the checker flag, which was held by Falco. The mutt collapsed unto the ground, as he had completely ran out of energy and laid on the ground incapacitated.
"No, Duck Hunt Dog, it can't end like this!" a panicky Captain Falcon ran onto the racetrack, picked up Duck Hunt Dog, and stepped out of the racetrack, holding the mutt in his hands while looking up at the sky and crying, "NOOOOOOOOO!" So much for proving to Nowi that he was an "expert pet owner".
Samus: *smirking with her arms folded* Silly Captain Falcon wanted to impress his wee girlfriend Nowi, a woman he didn't even deserve...so, as a means of perhaps ending their relationship, I gave the Duck Hunt Dog a supplement that would make him go fast...and then burn out in an instant. If everything goes as planned, then the dog will run out of energy, and lose the race in dramatic but humorous fashion...and Falcon hopefully loses having Nowi as a girlfriend. Don't know what that chick sees in that man...
Aside from the Duck Hunt Dog's burnout, the pet race went smooth for the most part...save for Polterpup and Cloud Jr., both of whom fell into the booby traps Fox and Falco laid out, pit falls the pets fell into. Mostly everyone gasped in shock when the pets fell in the pit falls, though a few weren't surprised.
"Sonic did litter the racetrack with booby traps, why am I not surprised," said Cloud, who wasn't even surprised in the slightest. Dude never let his guard down.
"How on-a earth could do such a thing?!" wondered Luigi, as he and Daisy were concerned about the safety and well-being for Polterpup. Yuffie would be concerned, but she was still at Luigi's home, likely still asleep.
"Yeah man, for real like, who would sabotage the race like that?" Sonic spoke up, only to bring attention to himself. At that moment, everyone knew the hedgehog was the culprit. It was also at that moment Shaymin was at the halfway point, sniffing some nearby Gracedia flowers - the flowers Viridi discovered in episode 54. Sonic caught his Pokemon in the act, and was angry. "Shaymin, andale, andale, get a move on, will ya?!"
Diddy Kong, in attendance, took out a banana and ate it, and when he saw Felicia and Flora nearby, the spidermonkey was ready to drop the banana peel on the ground for either of the two maids to pick it up...then all of a sudden Boney and Ivysaur, both vying for first place, rushed by, making Diddy drop the banana peel onto the racetrack by moving his arm forward. Felicia took sight of the peel, and leaped unto the racetrack to retrieve it...only to be knocked down by Rush. The maid fell to the ground, hurting herself, and Rush, sensing the pain the maid was in, barked loudly to call some medical attention upon Felicia.
"Felicia, NOOOO!" Corrin screamed as he ran onto the racetrack, checking on Felicia and inspecting for any injuries. Suzie neared Felicia, and stopped to see if the maid was doing just fine. "Please tell me your okay Felicia, answer me!"
"I'm just fine milord, nothing but a few scrapes and bruises," answered Felicia, although the pain was hard for her to deal with. She held her leg in pain as others looked on. Sucks that the maid had to go through this on her first day at the mansion.
"We need a medic over here, can someone heal Felicia?" It seemed like nobody was up for the task, until...
"I'm no medic, but I'm certain I can get the job done!" Wait, who was that? Who did that voice belong to? Everyone looked about, looking for the mysterious voice...
...and just then, Shaymin appeared, although she looked...very different, like she had taken on a different form. Instead of the hedgehog form so many were used to, the gratitude Pokemon now looked like a reindeer, maintaining the green and white motif. Shaymin descended upon the ground next to Felicia, with a Gracedia flower in her mouth; this flower was the very flower responsible for Shaymin's new form, the Sky Forme, which can only be initiated during the daytime.
Pac-Man: Maybe Sonic was right, Shaymin does have a second form...great, now Sonic will run his mouth even more about how awesome of a pet Shaymin is since so many people have seen Shaymin's second form...but on the plus side, a certain someone did do us all a huge favor.
"Here, eat this, it's a Sitrus Berry!" Shaymin handed Felicia a Sitrus Berry, which the maid ate. "It can heal you and give back a portion of your health. Kept it around in my fur! Not sure if it works on humans, but it's worth a shot..." After consuming the berry, Felicia suddenly looked like she was feeling better. "So did it work?"
"It most definitely did, I feel better already!" Felicia gleamed, as Corrin helped the maid up and walked her out of the racetrack. She wasn't at a hundred percent, but at least she could stand up to her feet again. "That berry did the trick!"
"Yeah that's great and all...SHAYMIN HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN THAT YOU'RE DOING A RACE?!" Sonic yelled at his pet, garnering Shaymin's attention. Only Sonic would put a race over Felicia and her well-being.
"Too bad Sonic, for we already have a winner!" Falco announced; Sonic looked up in shock as Lucas's pet dog, Boney, had crossed the finish line; apparently the race went on while Felicia was being tended to, and Boney took advantage of the opportunity and won, beating out Iyvsaur in a closely contested battle for first place.
"You did great Boney - a bit surprised at the final result, but you did a great job regardless!" Lucas congratulated his pet dog as he petted him. The PSI whiz who initially didn't care one bit about the race was suddenly jovial about Boney's victory, and Kumatora shared Lucas's joy. However, Sonic was bummed out that his precious little Shaymin didn't win the race that he started up, and the hedgehog felt even more bummed out when Cloud and Luigi interrogated him.
"We need-a to talk, now..." Luigi said sternly to Sonic, wishing to discuss what went down with Polterpup and Cloud Jr.
The eating contest was drawing to a close, as Louie and Proto Man were eating away until there was one man left standing. Louie looked like he had this one in the bag, until his stomach felt like it was about to give up. The astronaut picked up a French fry, and looked it at...he wanted to eat it, but something in his mind told him otherwise. But he had to do what he had to do...
"Grandma...this one...is for you..." Mustering all his strength, Louie ate the fry...and then collapsed unto the table, admitting defeat. To add insult to injury, he only had a plate of French fries left...as for Proto Man...
"Well dress me drag and blackface and call me Jynx - Louie has refused to eat another bite, and Proto Man has eaten all his food, which means Proto Man is the winner!" announced Cilan, as the dining room erupted into an euphoria of applause from Mario and company. Weird analogy by Cilan...cultural critics are gonna have an absolute field day with him.
Proto Man: Super happy that I won the eating contest, gotta thank Samus for that mod...though I wish I had a trophy for my efforts. But hey, I beat King Dedede in a fair competition, so that's a huge plus.
"Come to papa..." Kirby said as he sucked up the remaining fries Louie didn't eat, even sucking up the plate. Speaking of Louie, Olimar came over to comfort his fellow employee, whose head was still lying on the table.
"Nice effort you gave Louie, really proud of ya," Olimar gave Louie a comforting pat on the back. Louie's grandma must be proud, too.
"Don't worry Falcon, it's not the end of the world, you're still a great pet owner!" Nowi assured her boyfriend, Captain Falcon, as the two were in the fitness center. Falcon was carrying the Duck Hunt Dog in his arms, like the mutt had died or something. (When will he have the guts to tell Nowi that he's not really a full-fledged pet owner?) The couple were waiting to seek treatment from Wii Fit Trainer, who was tending to Felicia - accompanied by none other than Corrin - when Sonic came forth, with Shaymin, still in Sky Forme, leading the way.
"C'mon Sonic, say it, you know you have to!" Shaymin encouraged her pet owner, who was looking down at the floor in a disgruntled manner. "The blonde guy and the mustached man put you up to it!" As you might tell, the gratitude Pokemon was still in the process of learning names.
"I just want to say that...I'm sorry for wasting your time and forcing you to attend that pet race," apologized Sonic. Luigi and Cloud had the hedgehog apologize to them for sabotaging their pets, and also apologize to everyone else involved in the pet race for wasting their precious time when they could have been doing important things. "Also sorry for not caring about your safety...Felicia, is that right?" The maid nodded her head. "When I saw the pet dog Lucas had, I wanted to show everyone that my Shaymin was better...and it wasn't worth it."
"Apology accepted, glad you learned a lesson today," replied Corrin, anticipating that the lesson Sonic learned will be forgotten in due time. Diddy Kong also approached Corrin and Felicia, and he was feeling genuinely apologetic, looking down with his baseball cap in his hands.
"I would like to say sorry too, Corrin..." the spidermonkey began, "...sorry for messing around with your maid. I kinda figured that since she takes her job as a maid seriously, much like her sister, she would constantly clean up after me, and I can always leave my banana peels lying about and expect it to be disposed of right away...but I should have known better. Discarding the banana peels should be my duty, not anyone else's."
"Well, Felicia, do you accept Diddy Kong's apology?" Corrin asked his maid, and Felicia nodded her head. "Guess it's all settled then...all wrongdoings have been put aside, and now we can go forward in peace!"
"Aw, Kumatora, do you really have to go now?" Lucas asked the princess, who was standing at the front door. Boney was at the PSI whiz's side, panting happily. Who pants happily? Only dogs do.
"Someone has to preside over Osohe Castle," replied Kumatora, with her hands on her hips. "Besides, Duster and Wess must be worried sick about me!" Apart from Lucas, Olimar and King Dedede were also saying farewells, farewells to Louie.
"You surprised me King Dedede, and in a big way - I didn't expect you to be the first man out," Louie said to King Dedede, discussing the eating contest. The penguin in question was drinking a literal gallon of Pepto-Bismol, to ease his stomach.
"Yeah whatever, you're just lucky that I helped you win!" retorted King Dedede, not knowing that it was Proto Man who had won. The king was a bit unconscious when the robot won. "Go home and enjoy your victory, for all I care!"
"Actually I didn't win, it was Proto Man...but I suppose I'll get going. Goodbye Dedede, goodbye Olimar - tell Proto Man I shall challenge him in another eating contest in the near future!"
"Will do!" Olimar gave Louie a thumbs up as his co-worker exited the mansion. Perhaps Louie could also challenge Wario, his appetite is also pretty big.
"See ya around," Kumatora finally said goodbye to Lucas as she too exited the mansion. She waved to Lucas, and Lucas waved back, as the princess closed the front door behind her. Proto Man witnessed this as he walked by.
"Was that supposed to be Lucas's girlfriend?" the robot quietly asked King Dedede and Olimar, who both didn't know the answer to the question. Surely Lucas did.
Mario: Lucas and-a Kumatora as an item? *shakes his head* Nah, can't-a see that happening...but Corrin and Felicia as an-a item? *nods his head* Now that's a relationship that might-a last for a lifetime...
