Author's Note:
More reviews, let's get it!
"Here's another list of characters, this list is a bit short, Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima from Yakuza, Ichiro, Sakura, Erica and Gemini from Sakura Wars, Dig-Dug, and Mr. Driller, Haken and Kaguya from Endless Frontier, Jin Saotome from Cyberbots, and Regina from Dino Crisis."
Thank you again for this list. If you have another list of characters in the future, don't hesitate to share it with me. Next up is SamuraiBlue:
"Can megaman and ryu have their reaction to their tv shows and ac man as well. I know heihachi wants to put his cents about the tekken films."
There was a Street Fighter show on television and I didn't know about it?! I shall watch a few episodes of this series in my free time. Moving on:
"Can we see raphael from soulcalivur mess with link and heihachi since the share a story battle in scII."
Of course you can, his would perhaps be a great way to introduce Taki and Ivy, both of whom were suggested in the past. One more thing:
"Lets have an episode where bowser gets good vy the dog whisperer based on a south park episode called tsst"
Don't really watch South Park at all, but I'll have to check out this episode soon. Next up isanonymeme:
"Can we see more of the Inkling boy and girl?"
Ha ha, I knew someone was gonna ask this...but no worries, I can grant your wish. Smasherfan88 is back, back for more...
"Are the Organization XIII in the story KH2 Organization XIII, or the True Organization XIII that was shown in dream drop distance and the soon to be KH3?"
It's the true Organization XIII, in case you were wondering. Now for the requests:
1. Could we see something based along the lines of K Rool somehow getting into an argument with the New Donkey Kong Country games villains? Since I believe the studio that makes them has expressed wanting to have the Kremling King return
2. (Even though this will probably happen when Splatoon 2 comes out) Can we maybe see the inklings travel to Inkopolis? (And of course eventually the new plaza which was Inkopolis something)
3. Can we eventually see the boss characters appear? As it seems like they're the only thing in smash 4 that haven't appeared (maybe besides some assist trophies and trophies and what not) like Ridley, Metal Face and Yellow Devil and I guess Rayquaza?)
4. Can we see Neku Sakuraba from the world ends with you? As its a square enix game after all, (and he appeared in dream drop distance for the 3DS)
1. King K. Rool would benefit from something like this, in a way.
2. Yes, but someone else would have to come along, just for the sake of humor.
3. That would actually be a slightly hard thing to do...
4. I can't see why not.
Our last person for the day is Roydigs22:
"...you said lucario would have barbecue soon, when does that happen?"
Glad you asked that - hopefully it will be before the wedding, that's all I have to say about the matter. Here's what else Roydigs22 said:
"Just out of curiosity, does the thought of 1 million falcon punches scare you?"
Nah, I can think up of a hundred things that would be worse...
Episode 62: Interview
In what might appear to be a lousy attempt at "improving" mansion morale, Master Hand ordered the residents to fill out a survey - a survey that would determine who the best resident was. The criteria was based upon things like hygiene, friendliness, work done around the mansion, and a boatload of other things. These surveys had to be done by today, as a direct order from Master Hand.
With all the residents gathered inside the meeting room, Isabelle collected the surveys from Mario, Kirby, and others, and tallied up all the scores to find out who the most liked (and least liked) resident was. The shih tzu had a glut feeling she would be one of the candidates for best resident, but if she didn't grade out, she wouldn't care either way.
"Isabelle are you done yet with those surveys?" Master Hand asked the canine assistant, who was finishing up her task. "Good golly woman, you're taking forever, these people have stuff to do you know!" Some of the residents nodded their heads in agreement with Master Hand; it wasn't that often that you would find yourself agreeing with the oh so eccentric creator of the Smash Universe.
Master Hand: Made the surveys to not only see the morale of the mansion as a whole, but to make the losers that live in my lovely establishment to feel important in some way. You can't help but feel that a sorry sap like Lloyd saw Mario's name on the survey and was like, "Oh yeah, the famous Mario, wish I could be like him!" and gave him the highest grade possible out of all the items possible! So that's the other reason for what the surveys are for - to make people feel better about themselves by giving others the glory. It practically writes for itself, I tell you!
"I'm finally done, time to see the results!" Isabelle exclaimed after tallying up all the scores for the surveys. "Leading ahead of the pack, by a wide margin, we have...a tie!" This revelation surprised most of the residents, emphasis on most. Not that many cared about the surveys to begin with. "Kirby and Aerith Gainsborough are both tied, meaning that they're both the best residents of the mansion!"
"Not that genuinely bewildered, I knew I would win by a landslide," was all Kirby had to say, not impressed with the results. He was too nice and caring to receive anything but a top score for the best mansion resident.
"Don't really care at all for this survey, but I'll take whatever I can get!" remarked Aerith, sporting a smile on her face. The flower girl was generous enough to give everyone high scores, even for the people she felt were total jerkbags.
"As for the worst resident in the mansion..." Isabelle would have said "drumroll please", but she knew very well that nobody would have a drumroll. Master Hand tried it before, and needless to say, it didn't work. "...Wario wins, also by a landslide!" This obviously displeased Wario, who was now begging for answers.
"Hold up just a minute, why do I have to be the worst resident, what do I do that would warrant me the worst resident in the mansion?!" the fatso frowned, making the brawlers feel his fury. The reasons were quite obvious, but unfortunately somebody had to tell it straight for Wario.
"Because you're a filthy, grotesque, greedy fatso who refuses to share and passes gas like it's nobody's business," explained Hisui, making Wario calm down for the fatso knew the teen was telling the truth. "You constantly eat up all the food we have for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, refusing to leave behind seconds for the others. What would honestly in your mind convince you that you wouldn't be the worst resident?"
"Where am I Isabelle, how did I do in the surveys?" asked Captain Falcon, going as far as getting down on his knees and asking the shih tzu, his hands clasped together. If the racer's girlfriend Nowi was here...she would probably encourage Falcon to beg Isabelle for an answer, she's too happy to ridicule her man.
"You're right in the middle, in between MegaMan .EXE and Diddy Kong!" exclaimed Isabelle, leading Captain Falcon to fall into the floor breathing a sigh of relief. As long as he wasn't close to the end of the spectrum, that's what mattered the most to the racer.
Isabelle: No, I don't believe the surveys were skewed in a way, I'm not certain that someone tampered with the results before I tallied up the scores. Even the folks whom I suspect to do such a thing can't even read OR write a complete, well-thought sentence...and quite frankly, Pit isn't one of those folks. He's simply too dumb for words, as much as I hate to say it.
After Master Hand said a few words to the residents, mostly talking about things like changes to the mansion (if any) and what was for dinner tonight, the giant hand released the residents from the meeting room, allowing them to continue the rest of their days in peace. One of the residents, Robin, headed over to surveys to see how well he scored...and saw that he was at the low end of the spectrum, dangerously close to Wario! How could that be, how is it that a decent person like Robin possibly score so low?
"Someone must have sabotaged the surveys, no way I can have that low of a score, I don't even do anything that would annoy or unnerve the others!" said Robin, scratching the back of his head. "Evidently there was a culprit behind this...and I know exactly who was responsible!" Robin darted out of the meeting room, seeing all the residents walk together, and spotted Pit and Kirby, walking together away from the pack. Robin ran up to the two best friends, asking them to do a favor. "Hello Pit and Kirby, how would you two like to be...buddy cops?"
"We've been waiting for someone to ask us that for a long time!" replied Pit, so excited that he could wet his pants with excitement. Kirby couldn't wet his pants, because he had no pants! Does that pink puffball even urinate? "Granted we don't have the uniforms and all, but we can still get the job done!"
"Who is it that we're trying to 'arrest', or capture, is it someone here at the mansion?" asked Kirby. Robin was especially happy that Pit and Kirby agreed to the terms, inside he was rubbing his hands together in an evil manner.
"I'm afraid someone tampered with the survey scores, and made me one of the most disliked residents in the mansion," Robin gave Pit and Kirby the 4-1-1. "And I'm afraid that someone must have been...the hero-king Marth! I could see why he would stoop so low to do that, his bitterness disallowed him to accept the fact that he was knowingly stealing my thunder when I was advancing Corrin and Felicia's relationship!" Hoo boy, is that man still salty about last week? You could make an argument that Robin was more bitter than Marth... "We're gonna have to bust him, and bring him to justice at once!"
Mario, now in his doctor's office, put on his lab coat and head mirror, and got to business. His patient, sitting on the patient bed with bruises all over his body? Toon Link. Poor fella got seriously trampled by the residents, and nobody except for Mario bothered to help out the young Hylian. Might as well change the survey scores of the individuals who stepped over Toon Link and didn't care enough to help him up.
Dr. Mario: Thought it was about-a that time, the time-a I find a nurse to work-a under me! Doing all the work by my-a self can be very tasking at-a times, which is why I will-a need a nurse to take some of that-a pressure off of me! And you know-a what Peyton Manning said-a about pressure..."Pressure is something you feel when you don't know what the heck you're doing!"...As quoted by the one-a and only Peyton "Pimp" Manning. Ooh, that quote would-a make a great-a quote on Tumblr!
"I don't look so good, do I Dr. Mario?" Toon Link asked the doctor, who checked the Hylian's pulse. It was imperative for all doctors across the globe to check the patient's pulse, even if it wasn't necessary - just to be on the safe side. "I've got bruises all over my body, even in places I don't wanna mention..."
"I've checked-a out your bruises, they all seem-a fine to me," responded Dr. Mario after he was done checking the pulse. "They'll heal up-a soon, just remember to take-a your aspirin!" ...that's it? Checked Toon Link's bruises, checked his pulse...and now he's letting the Hylian go? Some doctor Dr. Mario was supposed to be...the doctor handed Toon Link a small bottle of aspirin, and a lollipop for good measure. No doctor's appointment for any youngster would be complete without a lollipop.
"Thanks a bunch Dr. Mario, hopefully I will be healed soon!" Toon Link gleamed as he hopped down from the patient bed and exited the doctor's office, aspirin and lollipop in hand. A few moments later, Link, Cloud, and Hisui entered the office, obviously brought here by Dr. Mario for a reason. Wasn't like either three of them needed a checkup, it's not like they would all have appointments together...for that would be very weird.
"What's up Mario - uh, I mean, Dr. Mario," Cloud greeted the doctor as he, Link, and Hisui looked towards a blackboard on the back wall of the office, which had the following quote enough to make Cloud and company cringe in horror:
"Pressure is something you feel when you don't know what the heck you're doing- Peyton 'Pimp' Manning"
- Dr. Mario
"Oh, you fellas like-a that quote I coined, don't-a you?" Dr. Mario smirked, pointing at the blackboard while taking a bit of pride in the quote he quoted...from the great Peyton Manning. He had a devious grin on his face as he nodded his head, as the pride inside him was filling him up with...well, just more pride.
"Last time I checked, Peyton Manning was a Super Bowl-winning quarterback, not some 'pimp',' stated Link. To be fair, Manning is the one the leading athletes (former athletes, rather) in making funny advertisements, at least he has that still going on. "So why did you call us here, Dr. Mario, why...do...you need...us for?" Link would find himself trailing away as Dr. Mario reached inside a closet and pulled out a long desk, moving the patient bed to the far corner of the room.
"I'm-a looking for a nurse, since Peach-a refused to fill-a that role, and I need-a you three to help conduct-a some interviews," explained Dr. Mario, as he got the desk situated. Cloud and company felt like they were unworthy for the task, due to them not having any experience or knowledge in the medical field. They could screw up the whole interviewing process, and make the nurse job unsatisfying to potential candidates.
Cloud: This is infuriatingly stupid, why would Dr. Mario ask a bunch of random dudes to conducts interviews for some new nurse? Peach had past experience as a nurse, why couldn't Dr. Mario ask her instead? What on earth is that guy smoking...
Hisui: Cloud you think everything possible is stupid...but for once, I have to agree with you. I just hope that these interviews will be a breeze, and that none of the candidates are strange folks. We don't need another weirdo in the mansion, we have plenty of that already! Also, where's Link?
Cloud: In his room getting changed. Said he wanted to look professional and all. Me, I don't sweat this whole interviewing thing, it's not like Dr. Mario is gonna hire anyone anyway, just keeping it real...
"Here's the list-a of candidates that will-a be stopping by," Dr. Mario gave Cloud a list of candidates, as the swordsman skimmed the list in its entirety...before a certain name jumped out to him, a name he was too familiarized with.
"Dr. Mario, why the heck is Slippy Toad on this list?" asked Cloud. Nothing wrong with having a male nurse around, it was just that Slippy Toad, being a Star Fox pilot and techie, wanting to be a nurse sounded very...interesting, to say the least. "Not hating on the guy, I'm just a bit curious. Was Peppy Hare fine with it?"
"Peppy never told-a me about the interview - Slippy him-a self told me the full-a details - but I'll just-a go out on a limb and-a say yes." Dr. Mario got out five chairs - four for him and his posse to sit in, and one for the interviewee. "Our first candidate should-a be arriving shortly. Make-a sure you boys are-a ready!"
After grabbing a quick bite to eat in the kitchen, Heihachi Mishima headed to his room, and when he went inside, he saw a letter lying on his bed. Rarely did the kung fu fighter received any mail to begin with, the letter on his bed must be fan mail. Who knew that Heihachi had fans who would write letters to him in the first place!
"Link's mailman buddy delivered some mail earlier, said that the letter was for you," Ryu stated as he was on the floor training, referring to the Postman. Yes, Ryu was Heihachi's roommate, Master Hand paired up the two believing they could learn some fighting techniques from one another. Ryu and Mega Man as roommates would have made more sense though, since they hail from the same video game company.
"Naze, subete no hito no yōna hito ga watashi ni tegami o okutte kuremasu ka?" Heihachi questioned as he grabbed the mail and opened it, skimming the entire thing. He would read it out loud, but frankly the fighter couldn't speak a single English word, no matter how hard he tried. "Dareka wa watashi ni tatakai ni chōsen shitaidesu ka?! Naze kare wa watashi o erabudarou ka?"
"I think you should accept the challenge, it's never wise to back down from a fight!" Ryu offered his two cents, being one of the few residents to understand Heihachi's Japanese language, and another one of the few to actually feel like translating every word that came out from Heihachi's mouth.
Ryu: I've fought against many opponents before, but fighting against an unknown opponent is something that I've never done before...except for this one time, when I was challenged to a fight by some peon online. When I went to the destination of this fight...I found out that my opponent was none other than some elderly old lady, who had thought that she had come in contact with her ex-husband on the internet and wanted to settle some things for good! You could only imagine how embarrassed the both of us felt!
Heihachi, still looking at the letter, exited the room, until Fox and Falco bumped into him. This little incident knocked the letter out of Heihachi's hands, and the kung fu fighter quickly knelt down and retrieved his letter before the pilots would notice. But unfortunately for Heihachi they did, and now it was time for some good ol' questioning.
"Yo Heihachi, who's that letter from, did your wife Kazumi send you a letter or something?" inquired Fox, making Heihachi wish the fox and his bird friend would leave him alone and scram. But that would be too much to ask for from the pilots.
"Sore wa kazumi kara no ai no tegamide wanai, soreha kara no tegamida!" explained Heihachi, leaving the pilots to scratch their hands, wondering what on earth Heihachi was talking about. If only there was an invention where English subtitles appear in front of a person speaking a foreign language; that could be the invention of the future!
"Bruh what did you say, can you write it down for us?" asked Falco, enraging Heihachi. "Do you even know how to write English words?" Now was the time for Ryu to do his thing, as he stopped training and poked his head out through the bedroom door.
"An anonymous fighter has challenged Heihachi to a fight, a fight to the death!" explained Ryu. "Or something along the lines of that, hopefully without death! We cannot afford Heihachi to die!" And with that, Ryu returned to the room and continued his training, as Fox and Falco, now knowing this information, nodded their heads thoughtfully...before they were no longer intrigued.
"Eh, a love letter from Kazumi sounds more likely," said Fox...before the words "anonymous fighter" permeated in his brain. "Wait, did Ryu just say anonymous fighter" Heihachi nodded his head; Fox was immediately under the assumption that Heihachi would win this fight, but nothing is given!
"Shiatoru no dauntaun no kita ni aru KeyArena de notatakai o nozonde imasu!" Heihachi continued, as "KeyArena" was the only word Fox and Falco were able to make out. Both pilots knew what KeyArena was - an arena (of course) located in Seattle's entertainment complex - the only problem was where this arena was located. "Kare wa mata, watashi ga sugu ni tōchaku suru no o matte iru to iimashita!"
Falco: A fight involving Heihachi sounds like a finesse business decision... *strokes his chin* ...think about it. The fight will take place inside an arena, and we can get people to pay to watch said fight, and we can provide food and cheerleaders and...
Fox: Woah, woah, woah, let's ease up there for a second...the fight is meant to be only between Heihachi and this mystery fighter. We can't just bring spectators to the fight and milk the whole thing out of it, for it would lower the entire significance of the battle. Also, how are we gonna get people to pay to get inside without any tickets, it's not like we can bribe them!
Falco: Fox, my man...it's pretty evident that your business acumen is very low, a lot lower than I would have ever expected. In order to attract consumers, you gotta play to the consumer's heart. What do consumers love the most?
Fox: Since when did you ever become a business expert, Falco?
Falco: I'll greatly answer your question if you answer mine - what do consumers love the most?
Fox: Well I don't know... *shrugs* ...far-fetched guarantees, I guess?
Falco: DING DING DING DING DING! You got it right, my friend! If we hype up the fight in the short amount of time we have by telling folks that Heihachi would easily sweep the floor with the mystery fighter, then the folks will buy into it and pay money to see the fight!
Fox: Aight, aight, I see where you're doing with this...so are you gonna answer my question or not?
Falco: Sorry my friend, but no-can-do! That's the thing about business, you make a bunch of promises that you cannot fall back upon! Pretty much has do with with the guarantees we're gonna give to the folks, they'll eat anything up!
Fox: I'm actually starting to despise this plan now...
"Okay, so the fight will take place in the city's KeyArena," stated Fox, affirming the only thing he knew from Heihachi's response. "Unfortunately neither of us know exactly where KeyArena is, and I'd hate to scour the entire city to find the place...it's not like I can frequently fill up my Landmaster's gas tank like how people do with their fancy cars."
"KeyArena is located in the Seattle Center, on 305 Harrison Street!" Ryu poked his head out of the door once more to give this information. How would a guy like him know the location of this arena? This was the question on the minds of Fox, Falco, and Heihachi, as they looked at Ryu with a funny expression on their faces. "Don't ask me how I know the location, totally not like it has anything to do with my lover Chun-li!" Ryu quickly retracted his head, the speed of him doing this action not doing him any favors whatsoever.
"So our destination is 305 Harrison Street in Seattle Center," confirmed Falco, writing down the address on a slip of paper. "Do you wanna do any training before we take off, Heihachi?" The kung fu fighter shook his head no, just as Fox and Falco figured. Even though he was getting up there in years (he's 75 right now), Heihachi could still kick anyone's butt any day of the week.
"If you don't wanna train, then I suppose we can hop on the Landmaster and get this fight over with," Fox said as he led his troops to the front of the mansion. "I can already tell that this 'anonymous fighter' is gonna hold a big, fat L - the fattest L anyone ever has to hold! Would be funny if he cried about his loss..."
The only person that didn't share Fox's sentiments was Ryu, who poked his head out through the door once more as he watched Heihachi and the pilots walk away. Inside the kung fu fighter was seriously doubting Heihachi's chances at beating the anonymous fighter, fearing that it could be a strong foe Heihachi would be no match for.
Sonic, Tails, and Amy were hanging outside, with Sonic playing catch with Shaymin, Amy collecting a few flowers for herself, and Tails observing caterpillars with a magnifying glass. (Knuckles could be out here, but he was doing some Star Records-related stuff in the Star Records room.)
"Fetch, Shaymin!" Sonic would throw his ball real far out into the distance, and Shaymin, in her Sky Forme, would retrieve said ball as she flew away to fetch it. The gratitude Pokemon's Sky Forme was one of the many reasons Sonic considered the Pokemon to be the greatest pet in existence.
Sonic: Playing catch with Shaymin in her standard form is embarrassing as heck, what with me throwing the ball a short distance and me waiting tediously for Shaymin to return the ball...but playing catch with Shaymin in her Sky Forme? It's off the chain! I could throw the ball all the way to Spokane, and Shaymin would retrieve the ball in breakneck speed...well, not exactly breakneck speed, but I wouldn't have to wait that long for Shaymin to return! *puts his hands on his hips* ...yeah, either way, she still takes a long time. Bet she looks for a soulmate when getting the ball...and truthfully, I'm not ready to be a parent. I have yet to marry Amy, for crying out loud!
"Guys you have to check out this caterpillar, look at this unique design!" Tails, holding a caterpillar on his finger, showed off the insect to Amy and Sonic. Amy was delighted by the little multi-legged fella, while Sonic on the other hand wasn't that impressed.
"Look Tails, I might have told you this already, but inspecting insects outside when we have bug-type Pokemon in the sanctuary is both asinine and redundant," remarked Sonic, looking behind him to see if Shaymin had returned. "I understand that you want to get out of the mansion more and not be secluded indoors like most other nerds are, but still you should think up of another excuse to waste your time outside in the future." Sonic's response was met with a glare from Tails, who certainly didn't appreciate being called a "nerd".
"Aw, Sonic, don't be so mean to Tails, maybe he was conducting research on the caterpillar, must be a part of his...new project or something!" Amy gleamed. Hard to conduct any sort of research when you don't even have a writing utensil and paper to write on...just then, Shaymin returned, landing at Sonic's feet as she dropped the ball on the ground.
"Sonic, can you not throw the ball as far next time?" the gratitude Pokemon would ask the hedgehog, dismaying Sonic. Throwing the ball far would test Shaymin's abilities, shorter distances were boring to Sonic. "Try keeping it in the vicinity of the mansion!"
"If that's what you want Shaymin, whatever floats your boat..." Sonic sighed as he threw the ball into nearby shrubbery. "Now fetch, girl!" Shaymin nodded as she valiantly flew over to the shrubbery, making some rustling sounds as she searched for the ball...
"Hey Sonic, I think I found a friend of yours hiding in these bushes!" Shaymin called out, followed by the unanimous friend whispering to the gratitude Pokemon telling her to hush or she'll blow their cover. Sonic did not know whether this was indeed a friend, or some loser hedgehog pretending to be him, so he grabbed a nearby stick and readied himself.
"Sonic you're not going to hurt the person in the bushes...are you?" Amy questioned her man. She did not support violence enacted against others...unless she had her Piko Hammer with her. Since she didn't have her famous hammer, the fellow hiding in the shrubbery would be spared.
"No, I'm not going to hurt the guy...or girl, I'm just gonna use this stick to ensure that the person's still alive," replied Sonic, who obviously didn't hear the person in the shrubbery whisper to Shaymin. "Just follow my lead, and hopefully nobody gets hurt, except for Tails maybe." Tails would roll his eyes as Sonic led his buddies over to the bushes, and once he drew near...pulled the shrubbery back and saw Lucario, hiding with Shaymin next to him. The aura Pokemon looked worried, but he was too much of a tough guy to be in a fetal position.
Lucario: Another week, another gift courtesy of Master Hand and Isabelle...and this time, they gave me this... *holds up a black flag with the Smash logo on it* Apparently they gave me this random flag to hold on to, and they wanted me to keep it in a place where it will not be seen...speaking of which, excuse me as I go look for a good hiding spot. I would tell you why I'm hiding, but I can't get into the gritty details, somebody's looking for me and I cannot make my presence known! *runs off in fear*
"Lucario is that you, why are you hiding outside in the shrubbery?" Tails would ask the aura Pokemon. Lucario looked up when his name was called, startled to see Sonic and company in his presence. Having Shaymin around was startling enough for him.
"I would tell you the truth, but I'm afraid you guys will either laugh at me or not believe me at all," responded Lucario, looking back down at the ground, having a staring contest of sorts with the grass. The grass must win each and every time. "So I'll just keep my mouth shut, until you guys leave me alone."
"We're not gonna leave until you tell us Lucario, are you implying that you're afraid of us?" Amy asked, placing her hands on her hips. The hedgehog was trying to guilt trip Lucario into spilling the truth, and her plan would seemingly work as the Pokemon quickly stood up, dusting himself off.
"Well since you want to know so bad, I'll tell you guys...so you remember two weeks ago, when Master Hand had that Valentine's Day dance and he pretty much forced everyone to find a valentine and attend the party?" Sonic and company nodded their heads, all wishing that the dance had never happened. "As you may know, I snagged a Lopunny from the Pokemon sanctuary as a valentine, but little did I know that the Lopunny apparently had a lover...and her lover was a Gallade!" Sonic and company gasped collectively, all in shock from this revelation.
"Dang, I had no idea it was possible for a rabbit and some knight-looking thing to be girlfriend and boyfriend!" remarked Sonic, and yes, he seriously called Gallade a "knight-looking thing". Granted, the name Gallade implied that the blade Pokemon, well, uses blades, but still.
"Lopunny must have told Gallade about the dance, and now Gallade thinks I'm in love with his woman and now he wants to attack me for what I've supposedly done! I can't let this go on any longer, I'm not trying to start any beef, especially with another Pokemon! What's worse is that Gallade knows a move called Psycho Cut, which is super effective against fighting-types like myself!"
"I know Pokemon have issues of friction with one another, but I've never heard anything like this before!" remarked Amy, slightly amazed by Lucario's story concerning Lopunny and Gallade. "Is there anything we can do to help solve this situation?"
"I know, why don't we have a word with Lopunny and Gallade, and see if we can come in terms with a peaceful agreement of sorts?" suggested Sonic, garnering strange looks from the others. "I'll speak with Gallade, and Amy will speak with Lopunny, and we can come together and be in one peace!" Sonic then noticed the strange looks he was receiving, which made him frown. "What, you don't think it's such a good idea, you don't think we can speak with Pokemon? Humans do it all the time in the anime, and it works for them, so why wouldn't it work for us?!"
Tails: I'm not concerned at all about how to speak with Pokemon, I've mastered that aspect in the past when I was observing the regular Vulpix not so long ago. What I'm most concerned about is if the situation Lucario is in would increase in magnitude, depending on how the conversations between Lopunny and Gallade will go. Sonic told me and Shaymin specifically to stay with Lucario and keep him calm, and I'm afraid that it will be the last time I'll never have a chance to hang out with Lucario...
"Just for the record, the three of us are idiots for agreeing to be a part of this," Cloud would say to Link and Hisui, both of whom nodded their heads in agreement, as Cloud and his amigos were seated at the table, wearing laboratory coats like Dr. Mario, to give away the assumption that the trio were full-fledged doctors. All three had name tags on their coats, and for an example, here's what Cloud's looked like:
Cloud "Cloud Strife" Strife, D.D.S.
"Dr. Mario, how come you gave Hisui and I nicknames?" Cloud questioned the doctor; Hisui's nickname, in case you were curious, was "Kingdom", and if you put that together, you get Hisui "Kingdom" Hearts! Does that ring a bell? "Why does Link not get one? And why did you use my full name as my nickname?"
"Because giving you-a both a nickname would increase-a your credibility, unfortunately Link doesn't-a have a last name so he was dis-a qualified from having a nickname for his name-a tag," explained Dr. Mario, sitting at the end of the table, grinning profusely. "Also, you and-a Hisui didn't have cool nick-a names, so I had to improvise a little."
The first client arrived in the doctor's office, and it was the green dinosaur that we all know and love as Yoshi. Yoshi held a pen and sheet of paper in his hand, closing the door behind him, and when the dinosaur looked up, he saw Dr. Mario and company seated at the table, and looked confused as ever.
"Is this where the J.K. Rowling autograph signing takes place?" Yoshi would ask the four men. Was he at the right place, and also what was this about some J.K. Rowling autograph signing?
"No, this is where the interviews for the nursing job take place," Hisui kindly responded, and on that remark, Yoshi dropped his paper onto the floor and ran off, running down the hallways, past the vending machine room, heading down to the foyer, and ran out the front door, now on a mission - to get that Rowling autograph one way or another. Too bad he left his materials back at Dr. Mario's office.
"This is gonna be a long day, I can already tell..." sighed Link as he lowered his head, weary of who the next candidate will be. Better not be Slippy Toad...
Snake: Got a house arrest for speeding on a highway, so here's the story of what went down - as you may know, I "borrowed" Luigi's car to go look for my former love, Meryl Silverburg, a few weeks ago when Master Hand hosted that Valentine's Day dance. I was speeding away at the speed of light, speeding so fast that I caught the attention of a slew of police cars that were chasing me. Pulling an O.J. Simpson, I drove super slow, believing I could waste the policemen's time and make them feel so bored that they would no longer bother chasing me...unfortunately my plan didn't work, since they were still chasing me, but hey, I managed to get on local TV, there was a freaking news helicopter flying above me! Dumb police cars caught me at the end of the highway, and then they tasered me and arrested me, and they charged me for theft, since I kinda stole Luigi's car...I tried to tell the officer that I was speeding out of love, and told her everything about Meryl, but the officer called me "delusional" and slapped me with a house arrest penalty. *sighs* Guess the officer never knew what it was like to be in love...she looked like a total nerd, so I wouldn't blame her.
"Tag, you're it!" "...no, you're it!" "Nuh uh, you're the one who's it!" This was the type of responses Snake would be used to as he sat in the ball pit room in a folding chair, watching the male and female Inklings play tag in the ball pit. Snake has always considered children to be his vices, and the Inklings playing around was one of the many reasons.
"There, you're both it, now quit it with your stupid game of tag!" a disgruntled Snake grabbed the hands of both Inklings, and placed them on each other's shoulders, resulting in a double tag. A strong rarity in a game of tag.
"Wow Snake, I know that you're pretty salty about being arrested again, and undergoing house arrest, but that gives you no reason to feel so angry!" said the female Inkling, making Snake grit his teeth. The former spy returned to his folding chair and sat back down, looking to his right at the room entrance and saw a blue-haired man wearing a long black coat walk by, flanked by some dudes wearing white full bodysuits. Snake knew that the guy was up to no good, and he had to let the Inklings know right away.
"Did Aerith once say that the Organization XIII wore black coats and whatnot?" the former spy would ask the Inklings shortly after the man passed by. Both Inklings nodded their heads. "I think I saw someone from that dastardly organization walk by, and they had a bunch of white jumpsuit guys following him..."
"Yeah, Shulk said that the white bodysuit people are creatures called Nobodies, and those things in particular are called Dusks," explained the male Inkling, recollecting what Shulk had told the others after taking care of Xigbar back in episode 55. "We would tell you the other details about them, but knowing that you have memory loss, you would end up forgetting any new information..."
"Do you kiddies have your little paint guns on you?" Snake asked the Inklings, who both pulled out their trusty Splattershots from underneath the multitude of plastic balls. Who would keep their paint guns in a place like that? Only the Inklings... "It's about time we put the Organization in their place, make them stop coming here for good...so here's the plan."
"My goodness Flora, I must admit, the way you're pouring that lemonade, it's so...so tense, yet exquisite," Zelda remarked. The princess was in the gaming room, and Flora was pouring some lemonade into the princess's cup, although she looked rather tense doing so - it was because Jakob, a potential candidate to be the mansion's butler, was overseeing the maid, and could be perhaps "practicing" his overseeing duties. The butler kinda treated Flora like trash back at Nohr, but now he has been a lot more kind and considerate to the blue-haired maid.
Jakob: Mario, or should I say, Dr. Mario, is offering multiple candidates to become a nurse at the mansion. Mario, as well as Master Hand, are offering only one candidate to become a butler at the mansion. And that one person, you might ask, is me. *points thumb at himself* To prove not only to Mario and Master Hand, but the residents, how effective I can be as a butler...and one way to do that is by establishing my dominance over Flora. You see, Flora is but a frail soul, she has grave self-esteem issues and doubts herself so much, it's not even funny. Those traits alone make her susceptible for heavy manipulation...
"That's enough lemonade for Zelda, Flora, you may stop pouring," said Jakob, and Flora, following the butler's command, did as she was told, lifting up pitcher of lemonade up. The maid heaved a sigh, glad she was done with the task; Jakob watching her every action was awfully making her uncomfortable.
"You're very much welcome Zelda, hope you enjoy your lemonade!" Flora would formally bow to Zelda before the princess could have the chance to thank the maid...who sheepishly departed from the gaming room, as Jakob stared at her. Flora could sense the butler staring at her, his gaze tearing into the back of her soul...almost made her shiver, almost.
"Someone is very commanding of Flora, I see..." smirked Bayonetta, who was sitting on the same couch as Zelda. Also sitting with the Umbra Witch and the princess was Marth, still angry with Robin over his despicable actions last week. The hero-king reached out to Splash Woman at Dr. Light's lab, and offered her a sincere apology.
"Comes with the territory of being a fine butler," Jakob responded with a confident grin. Marth and Zelda could tell that there was something up with Jakob, although they can't quite put their finger on it...but they do know that Mario and Master Hand should not take the butler for granted, no matter how worthy he was of being hired by the both of them.
"Marth, we need to talk immediately!" Robin frowned as he, Pit, and Kirby stormed inside the gaming room. Pit had two finger guns as weapons, whereas Kirby...had his cute, adorable face as his weapon of choice. "I know you were the one who screwed over the surveys so that I would be one of the most disliked people in the mansion!"
"Why I would never do such a dastardly thing, it's simply not in my nature!" Marth defended himself as he stood up from the couch, wishing Robin and company would just go away and leave him alone. "I had nothing to do this, honest! So take Pit and Kirby with you and let me be!"
"We know you did it Marth, you're just trying to teach Robin a lesson, that's all!" stated Pit, holding his finger gun real tight. We all know he would struggle greatly struggle with an actual gun in his possession. "But we all know that YOU'RE the one who needs to be taught a lesson, a lesson in respect!"
"Shut up you, stay out of this, this is only between me and Robin! You and Kirby have nothing to do with this!" Marth snapped on Pit; if folks like Fox and Falco were present, they would be all like, "OOOOOOOOH!", overreacting and ruining any budding tension between Marth and Robin. "Robin, if you seriously think I was trying to steal all of your credit, then you're poorly mistaken, you're absolutely delusional if you honestly think otherwise!"
Pit: Kirby and I, we're kinda like Starsky and Hutch. I'm like Starsky - got street smarts for days - and Kirby's like Hutch - quiet yet intellectual. Mix those qualities together, and you got yourselves a combination that simply cannot be beat!
Kirby: Street smarts? Pit, you let coke dealers on the street swindle you out of your money! How exactly do you have "street smarts for days"?
Pit: *gasps in shock"* Those people were coke dealers?! This whole time, I thought they were aspiring small business people! I was just trying to help them out with their business by giving them free money! Guess you learn something new every day, huh...
"You were trying to steal my credit, I already had Corrin and Felicia heading in the right direction, and then YOU had to come in and make a mess out of my plans!" Robin retorted, while Pit, Kirby, Zelda, Bayonetta, and Jakob helplessly watched on. "To make matters worse, you stole the perfect idea I had for Corrin and Felicia, and you did it better than I would have ever imagined..."
"I'm getting sick and tired of watching this melodrama, I have important matters to get to..." Jakob quickly departed from the gaming room. Zelda and Bayonetta would have done the same, but things were getting awfully exciting...
"Your plans sucked to begin with, what's so grand about having Corrin fix tea for Felicia and watching Harry Potter films together?" questioned Marth, enraging Robin to a tee. The mage could burst with a fury of emotions at any minute, but he was doing a fine job at keeping his emotions in. But would that be a wise thing to do?
"And you think that having the two shop at Walmart and being watched by your girly self was even grander?" Robin fired back. "I know you were the one who tampered with the surveys, so come clean I'll have to use force!" What, is Robin going to use his tome to cast magic spells on Marth? Good luck with that...
"For the last time Robin, I did not...you know what, I've had enough of this little argument, I'm out." Marth left the gaming room, purposefully bumping his shoulder into Robin as he made his exit. Robin apparently still had his eyes set on "exposing" Marth, and at whatever cost necessary.
"This is so utterly unbelievable..." Bayonetta facepalmed as she shook her head. "Can't believe that this is actually happening..."
"Yeah I know, like how can Marth not be honest enough to admit that he was wrong?" agreed Robin, garnering strange looks from Zelda and Bayonetta. What was this man talking about? "I mean, first he had the gall to steal my epic idea, and now he won't admit that he messed with the surveys, and behind Isabelle's back nonetheless? How could he do such a thing to poor Isabelle?!"
"No Robin, I think Bayonetta's talking about the fact that you're still bitter with Marth, and you refuse to let bygones be bygones," Zelda explained for Robin, who now had a sense of regret filled up in him. Perhaps he was taking this whole thing a bit too far. "Accusing him of tampering with the surveys was very much unlike you Robin, and you know that too."
Bayonetta: So, someone messed with the surveys...how very cheeky. The only question now is who did such an act of mischief - if not Marth, then who could have done it? Got my money on Mewtwo, could have messed with the surveys out of utter spite...
Mewtwo: There's a handful of residents that I greatly despise, but there's also a select few that I have no ill will towards. Aside from Isabelle, who practically does nothing but ask me how I'm doing and serve as Master Hand's lapdog (no pun intended whatsoever), a few of the other residents I respect are Peach...no, scratch Peach, she's too girly...another person I respect is Link...no, not him, he's too frail...would say Lucina, but her and Chrom are nothing but dorks...What's this about the tampering of the surveys?...You're saying that I did it?! No, no, no, you're sorely mistaken...you should go ask Ganondorf, I saw him with the surveys in the meeting room before we all met inside. He could be the culprit, for all I care.
"Why don't you stay here, while I go find Marth and speak with him?" Zelda asked Robin as she got up from the couch, taking a sip from her cup of lemonade before placing it down on a nearby table. "I refuse to let this situation go out of hand quickly." So the princess left the gaming room, and Robin took one of the available seats on the couch. He might as well do what Zelda says, he supposed.
"Wanna play a game of darts?" Pit asked Kirby, alluding to a nearby dartboard and completely forgoing the mission of busting Marth. Throwing darts at the dartboard and totally sucking at doing so was the number one priority on the angel's mind now.
"I don't see why not, it seems like our work with Robin is finally done," agreed Kirby, under the assumption that his and Pit's usefulness for Robin had been used up. The two buddies headed towards the dartboard and grabbed a couple of darts, ready to throw some darts.
"Okay Olimar, but you do realize you need to have a history in the medical field to qualify as a nurse, right?" Link would ask the astronaut, who was one of the mansion residents interviewing for the nursing job. Why someone like Olimar would be interviewing for such a job was beyond anyone's imagination.
"Well yes, but this one time, I was a pseudo-nurse at Hocotate Freight!" exclaimed Olimar, doing his best to explain why he should be the mansion nurse, although the odds were mostly against him. "Louie had twisted his ankle this one time on a space mission, and I used some Eastern medicine techniques to heal his ankle in a jiffy! Soon he was up and walking again!"
"'Pseudo-nurse' does not count towards being an actual nurse, an actual nurse does a lot more than just healing ankles and applying methods of Eastern medicine," explained Cloud. Though the title on his name tag said otherwise, Cloud "Cloud Strife" Strife was giving some good medical information! "You have to take care of the patients, and a bunch of other stuff. And I don't think you're up for that."
"Yeah you're right, I would be a sucky nurse, my own kids would probably be ashamed of me...sorry for wasting your time..." Olimar held his head down as he hopped down from his chair (yes you read that right, goes on to show you how short the guy was) and headed towards the door.
"Thank-a you for interviewing with-a us, Captain Olimar!" Dr. Mario thanked the astronaut with a gleeful smile as Olimar exited the doctor's office. "Next-a client!" Soon entered the man that Dr. Mario, Link and Cloud did not want to see - Slippy Toad. The bullfrog entered the room sipping from a cup of coffee, somehow tripping himself up as he neared the desk. Hisui was about to get a little taste of why many consider Slippy to be the most disliked Star Fox character by far.
Hisui: Can you two please explain to me why Slippy Toad is so universally disliked? I asked the others about him, and while the ladies said that they don't mind Slippy, a majority of the men said otherwise.
Cloud: First things first, Slippy sounds like a freaking girl. You'd never expect him to be male when you hear his voice the first time around.
Link: He's also prone to fangirling, but you're not that relatively known to common people, so he won't fawning over you like he did to Cloud.
Cloud: Dude practically gave me a bear hug when he saw me in person for the first time. If he says something like "OMG LINK AND CLOUD YOU'RE BOTH HERE TOGETHER, THIS IS SO COOL!", I'm gonna sock that stupid toad...or frog, or whatever the heck he's supposed to be.
"OMG LINK AND CLOUD YOU'RE BOTH HERE TOGETHER, THIS IS SO COOL!" exclaimed Slippy, and now Cloud felt like giving the bullfrog a sucker punch of a lifetime. The bullfrog sat in the chair, ready for the interview to start.
"Welcome back-a to the mansion, Slippy Toad, you ready for-a your interview?" Dr. Mario asked Slippy, who nodded his head in excitement. "Hopefully this interview will-a be short, sweet, and-a to the point..." The doctor said this while trying his best not to sadden Slippy. "First-a off, tell us about-a yourself..." Slippy Toad would tell Dr. Mario and company about himself, but we know who Slippy was and what he was all about so we won't need to go into detail about what he said.
"Okay then, some nice details about yourself, good, good..." Link nodded his head as he wrote some stuff down on some notebook paper. "Now tell us, Slippy Toad - why would a pilot and tech junkie like yourself want to be a nurse?" When Link said the word "nurse", Slippy's eyes widened...in confusion. In that moment, the bullfrog knew that something was wrong.
"Oh, so this is an interview for a job as a nurse, I thought this was an interview in order to receive a purse, like a man purse!" exclaimed Slippy. Dr. Mario's eyes twitched; how did Slippy possibly get nurse mixed up with purse? Now the doctor was about to lose himself another candidate for the job. "Well in that case, I should be going off then...bye Dr. Mario, bye Link and Cloud, bye emo-looking guy!" Hisui would grit his teeth as Slippy got up from the chair and left the office, beginning his search for a man purse. Why would he need one anyways?
"I know it was just a small sample size, but now I know why a lot of you guys hate Slippy," Hisui remarked once Slippy was gone. The residents dodged a major bullet...
Fox, Falco, and Heihachi arrived at KeyArena via Landmaster, and once the threesome entered the arena, they continued down the tunnel, until they reached the open space, standing on the wooden floor. Standing at the center was Heihachi's anonymous foe...Akuma, of Street Fighter fame, his yellow eyes glistening and his red hair...well, being red.
"So you've finally arrived, Heihachi Mishima..." Akuma grinned, his arms folded as he analyzed his opponent. "Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Akuma, and you may know me as one of the best fighters in the world. It seems like you've brought some friends along as well, too bad they're the only spectators who are allowed to stay!" Fox didn't care either way, but Falco snapped his fingers in disgust.
"Welp, so much for promoting the heck out of this fight..." the avian pilot sighed. Falco was fancying the idea of printing out flyers to give to Seattleites to promote the fight, but doing so would have been an absolute waste of paper and money.
Fox: On our drive to the arena, Falco was delving into his plan, talking about the prices of concessions and having the Seahawks cheerleaders cheering on for Heihachi...and then he talked about having the fight in its entirety televised, on national television. *shakes his head* Look, I'd want to raise money to help out Mario's wedding too, but this is just too much!
"Anata wa Akuma o kudatte imasu, anata wa watashi no sukinahito ni wa matchi shimasen!" Heihachi pointed at Akuma, telling him that he was about to lose. But Akuma couldn't help but laugh at the fighter's remark.
"If you say so...how about we cut a deal?" asked Akuma, making Heihachi and the pilots interested. "You win, I find you the best English tutor in the world to teach you how to speak English. But if I win...you'll forever be banned from the Smash Mansion for all of eternity!" Akuma laughed evilly; Heihachi would back down from this challenge (and he probably should), but a guy like him would never back down from anything.
"Anata wa Akuma ni iru, watashi wa anata to yuka o suwaipu shimasu!" Heihachi pointed at Akuma once more, again proclaiming that he was going to win. And once again, Akuma laughed; he certainly wasn't going down without a fight.
"We'll just have to see about that...let's get this fight started already, I can just imagine the beatdown I'm gonna put on you!"
So Heihachi met Akuma at the center of the arena, both fighting getting into fighting stances, and then the fight officially began. Heihachi would strike first by throwing a punch at Akuma's face, but Akuma would grab Heihachi's fist, and throw the Japanese fighter onto the floor, before firing a Hadouken fireball in his face.
"C'mon Heihachi, you can do it, don't let that man Akuma beat you up like that!" Fox cheered on for Heihachi, as Akuma delivered a low sweeping kick to the fighter. It would take more than just support from Fox and Falco for Heihachi to beat the mighty likes of Akuma...
"Soooo...how's your meditating coming along?" Tails spoke with Lucario, as the fox and the aura Pokemon sat outside the Pokemon sanctuary. Evidently Tails didn't have much to talk about with Lucario.
"Save for some of the distractions from the Duck Hunt Dog and others, it's coming along pretty well, I should say," replied Lucario, his arms crossed behind the back of his head. The aura Pokemon would perk up when Sonic and Amy exited the sanctuary...accompanied by Gallade and Lopunny. "Shoot, why did you bring those two out here, what did they say?!" Lucario angrily got up, but Sonic was there to cool him down.
"Woah, Lucario, chill out man, it's all good!" Sonic soothed the aura Pokemon, who sat back down with his arms folded. "Amy and I, we talked with Lopunny and Gallade, and as it turns out...it was all just a big misunderstanding!" Lucario's eyes widened, and suddenly he felt more relieved.
Sonic: As it turned out, Gallade was in love with Lopunny solely because there wasn't a female Gardevoir in the sanctuary, and how Gallade was able to find out that the Gardevoir was male seriously begs to question. I'm gonna ask Master Hand later if we could bring in a female Gardevoir, so then we can have TWO Gardevoirs in the sanctuary, one male and the other female! *scratches chin thoughtfully* But how would we be able to differentiate between the two?
"So that's why you were so angry with me, you thought I stole your girlfriend in Lopunny, and you liked Lopunny because there wasn't a female Gardevoir here in the sanctuary?" Lucario would ask Gallade after Sonic told him the story. Gallade confirmed this with a nod, and Lucario smiled, knowing that this whole thing was now behind him.
"See how we resolved this whole entire issue?" smiled Amy, as everyone was at one piece now. "If it weren't for us Lucario, you would have been in some deep trouble with Gallade!" Lucario originally didn't want help from Sonic and his crew because, well, Sonic was involved, but now he was glad the hedgehog and his pals were willing to help him out.
"Thank you guys for putting an end to this whole shindig, now I won't have to worry about Gallade wanting to attack me or anything...now that this has been settled, I can go back to my meditating session." Lucario would leave the premises, and as he did so, Lopunny would look at the aura Pokemon, seemingly checking him out...before Gallade nudged the rabbit Pokemon, motioning her to return to the sanctuary.
"Alright-a boys, this is our last-a person to interview, I sure-a hope we can hire this person..." Dr. Mario said to Link, Cloud, and Hisui, and for once, the three men found themselves agreeing with the doctor. Soon in came a young, female brunette, with green eyes and a white dress and headband. Could this be the nurse Dr. Mario is looking for. "Welcome, take a seat-a please!" The girl took a seat in the chair, as Dr. Mario glanced at his list of interviewees. "I take-a it that your name is...Leia Rolando?"
"Yup, that would be me!" the girl chirped up, sounding like she was just dying to conduct this interview. After Dr. Mario, Link, Cloud "Cloud Strife" Strife, and Hisui introduced themselves, the interview began.
"So Leia, tell us something about yourself," Hisui started things off, as Leia talked about her positive attitude and how kind and considerate she was to others. "Why do you want to be a nurse at the Smash Mansion?" Leia then talked about how she worked as an apprentice nurse at a clinic, and how she wished to return to the medical field. "You had another job after you quit being a nurse?"
"I used to work as a newspaper journalist, it was a very enjoyable experience for me," explained Leia. She could probably write for The Seattle Times in her downtime if she wanted to, if only she was sixteen years of age.
Leia: If I don't get the job as the mansion nurse, then I won't sweat it, I can always return to my newspaper job...but the folks that read my columns would be tired of all the emoticons and smileys I use in my writing...some of the elderly folks that read my columns don't even know what emoticons are, and why they're so happy, so that's one demographic I wouldn't have to worry about.
"Give-a us one reason why we should-a hire you, Leia," Dr. Mario said, before his cellphone started ringing. The doctor saw that it was a call from Isabelle, and so he answered it right away. "Hello? Yes, Isabelle?...They're-a here again?! And it's some-a one different?! We'll be there-a soon!" Leia and company looked confused as Dr. Mario promptly ended the call; clearly something was going down.
"What's the matter, Dr. Mario, do we have to cut this interview short?" asked Leia, worried that she might not get the job. The interview was going well too, momentum was swaying over to the brunette's side.
"I'm afraid-a so, we have an un-a wanted intruder inside the mansion. The intruder in-a question comes from a group-a called the Organization XIII!" The mere mention of the evil group was enough to make Link, Cloud, and Hisui more concerned than they should be.
"Did Isabelle say where the Organization XIII member was?" asked Link, ready to whip out his Master Hand if necessary.
The Organization XIII intruder in question was Saïx, who was standing in the fitness center with Wii Fit Trainer, Little Mac, Ness, and Dunban all writhing on the floor, as the Dusk Nobodies danced around them in victory. Only person left standing was Doc Louis, who was throwing a flurry of punches at Saïx, his chocolate bar in one of his hands, as the Nobody just stood there with a blank expression.
"You want these hands fool, come and get 'em!" Doc would challenge Saïx as the flurry of punches continued. Saïx, unfazed by the boxing trainer's boxing prowess, simply punched Doc in the chest, sending him to the floor and knocking his chocolate bar out of his hand in the process.
"Thinking your best boxer impersonation could beat me, that's cute," Saïx snarled as he stepped on the chocolate bar on the floor. Doc looked up when the Nobody did this, and gasped in shock - how could he do such an evil thing to the boxing trainer's one and only true love? (To be fair, Doc could always get another chocolate bar and treat it as if it was his girlfriend.)
"No, not my boo Erica, I was gonna propose to her tomorrow!" Doc Louis seriously gave that chocolate bar a name? And he was going to propose to it too?! "But hey, at least she lasted longer than my previous boo, Tiffany, I'll give her that!"
Saïx: I've returned to the mansion for one reason, and one reason only...to capture Aerith and bring her back to our universe, in the hope that we could perhaps lure the Cloud from this universe and his friends to ours and destroy them. With him and the others neutralized, we could take over this entire universe, and claim it as our own, a universe dominated by the Organization XIII...
"Dude you're freaking out over a chocolate bar?" questioned Ness, his body racked with pain. "You seriously need to get over yourself..." Doc Louis gave Ness a death glare, and the PSI whiz shut his mouth real quick.
"Enough talk out of you!" Saïx essentially told Ness to shut up, although Doc Louis already took care of that. "Someone better bring Aerith to me, and if not, I might have the Dusks rip this mansion down to shreds..." Clearly Saïx really wanted Aerith, and would resort to whatever measures necessary to do so.
"Yoo hoo, over here!" Aerith's voice called out, and Saïx smiled evilly. His prey was finally here, in his vicinity, and it was about time the Organization claimed her. Saïx heard Aerith's voice behind him, from behind a door, and so he turned around and headed towards the door of the fitness center, expecting Aerith to be behind said door...
...but instead of Aerith, the Nobody only saw Snake, his arms folded with a voice recorder in his hand. Standing at the former spy's feet were the Inklings, armed with their Splattershots. Saïx just got played by the jack-of-all-trades Snake, and the only thing he could do was give a shocked expression.
"Fire away!" ordered Snake, and the Inklings did as they were told, making their way inside the fitness as they fired paint at Saïx and the Dusks. The paint may not have done much damage to Saïx, but it was apparently strong enough to take care of all the Dusks that were doing their best to dodge the substance. By the time all the Dusks were dispatched, Saïx was left smothered in paint, gritting his teeth at the Inklings.
"Looks like I'll have to bring better backup next time around..." Saïx seethed at the Inklings, as he summoned a corridor of darkness and went through it, the paint dripping off of him. Once he was gone and the corridor dispersed, Snake entered the fitness center, proud of the Inklings' work. They certainly made up for annoying him previously in the ball pit room.
"Great work, you two, that should keep the Organization away for the time being," Snake commended the Inklings for their efforts, as Dr. Mario and company arrived at the fitness center, with Leia tagging along. Dr. Mario gasped when he saw the carnage, with Doc Louis and others on the floor in pain.
"Oh my-a goodness, we're-a too late!" the doctor exclaimed in horror, before inspecting the paint and seeing that it was paint, rather than blood, which he apparently mistook the paint for. "Sorry everyone, it's just-a paint..." Dr. Mario's apology was met with groans from most of the folks inside the fitness center.
Male Inkling: We sure took care of that Organization XIII creep, did we?
Female Inkling: Sure did, but what was he talking about when he said "better backup"? Is he fancying the idea of bringing a fellow member along? The one we dealt with previously isn't that much a slouch, he's too easygoing. Or maybe he was talking about the lesser known Nobodies, like those jumpsuit dudes that were dancing seductively!
Male Inking: I dunno, I think one of those jumpsuit people was trying to hit on you...not sure if it was playing a game of limbo, or performing some freaky Latino dance!
Female Inkling: Maybe the Organization trains the Nobodies that don't look like humans how to dance, to give them confidence in their ugly selves! You have to admit, they look kinda ugly...
"These poor people must be very hurt!" Leia exclaimed as she ran over to one of the injured folks, Little Mac, and knelt down at his side. "I should nurse them at once!" Little Mac looked up, and saw Leia, and smiled all goofily. You could guess the thought process going on inside that head of his.
"You can nurse me all day long if you like..." the boxer grinned, hoping that Leia didn't catch him in the act. He only knew the girl for a short while, and he did not wish to blow his cover early on.
"Link, Cloud, Hisui, assemble the patient-a beds!" Dr. Mario commanded the three men, who nodded as they did the doctor's bidding. "It's-a time to see what our-a potential nurse Leia is-a made of!" Here comes Leia's big test - a test to prove her worth to not only Dr. Mario, but the injured residents.
Zelda spoke with Marth in private if he was truly the one who messed with the surveys, and the hero-king pleaded his case and said that it wasn't him who was responsible for the act. So just for clarification, Zelda and Marth went to Master Hand's room, and asked the giant hand to review the security footage of the meeting room, when the surveys were present prior to the meeting. Master Hand brought X and R.O.B. over to bring the security tape.
"NOW PULLING UP...VIDEO FOOTAGE OF MEETING ROOM..." R.O.B. announced as he pulled up an earlier video of the meeting room on X's laptop. Once the video played, everyone looked at the laptop screen, watching as a mysterious fat figure sneakily entered the meeting room.
"That plump figure looks awfully short, could it be..." X analyzed the video as the figure reached for the surveys, pulled out a pencil, erased some stuff, and filled some stuff in, before snickering and running out of the room. Didn't take rocket science to know the guy responsible. "Yup, this was definitely Wario's doing, can't mistake that short, fat figure for anyone else!"
"Alright Marth, so I guess you really weren't the culprit after all," remarked Zelda, as the video played over again. Robin should now owe the hero-king an apology for falsely accusing him. "You really were innocent this whole time!"
"I tried to tell Robin, but he refused to listen," replied Marth, shaking his head. "I think I know why Wario did this: he knew he would be at the bottom of the resident favorability rankings, and so he took it upon himself to bring someone like Robin down, to make himself feel better. A good, stern talk with him oughta teach him a lesson..." So the hero-king exited Master Hand's room, and found Wario at the end of the hallway, scratching his butt, and instead of talking with the fatso, Marth walked up to Wario and...gave him $20 bucks? The heck?!
"Much appreciated for the compensation Marth, your secret is safe with me!" Wario greedily accepted the money from Marth and gave the hero-king a thumbs up, as Marth smiled back and continued on his merry way. Once again, the heck?!
Marth: No, I don't believe the business I conducted with Wario was wrong. Sometimes when life gives you lemons, you either make lemonade or hurl the lemons right back - and I'm doing both with Robin. Trust me, my friends, this is only the beginning...
Back to the fight between Heihachi and Akuma, and both men were still going at it. Heihachi used moves like the Tsunami Kick and Dragon Uppercut, whereas Akuma used moves like the Shakunetzu Hadouken and the Tatsumaki Zankukyaku, all while Fox and Falco were cheering on for Heihachi throughout the battle. It was an equally fought battle, and it seemed like it would come to a close, when...
"SHIN SHUN GOKU SATSU!" Akuma unleashed his ultra move, using a combo consisting of two light punches, a light kick, and a hard punch, sending Heihachi flying towards the wall. Heihachi's back crashed against said wall, as Akuma walked closer to him, snarling.
"He's coming for you man, don't let him win!" Fox called out to Heihachi, as Akuma was nearing his opponent. "Get back on your feet before he uses another fancy combo on you!" Too late - Akuma finally reached Heihachi, and he clutched his chest...only for Heihachi to strike back and clutch Akuma's chest. Both men were in pain, as they grabbed the arm of their opponent. Now it was only a matter of who was the strongest.
"Watashi wa... gaishutsu shimasen... kono yō ni!" vowed Heihachi as he clutched Akuma, while Akuma clutched him. The chests of both men were hurting, both could possibly be suffering from a loss of breath!
"I won't go down without a fight either, this win is mine!" Akuma gritted his teeth as he clutched Heihachi's chest even harder. Just when it seemed like the fighter was about to admit defeat to his opponent...
"SHORYUKEN!" A certain someone delivered this famous fighting move to Akuma, sending the man flying up in the air, nearly reaching the roof, before crashing down onto the floor and leaving behind a small crater the janitors would hate to patch up. And about that certain someone...
"Bruh Ryu, is that you?!" exclaimed Falco, as he and Fox were both in shock. Indeed it was Ryu; the fighter tightened his headband as Heihachi fell to the floor on one knee, clutching his chest and catching his breath.
"It is I, and it appears I came just in time," responded Ryu, as he helped Heihachi up to his feet and patted him on the back. "I did not wish for Heihachi to lose, no matter the effort, so I sneaked my way inside the Landmaster to help him win."
Ryu: While Fox and Falco were preparing the Landmaster for the trip to KeyArena, I sneaked inside the flying contraption, and hid inside the somewhat spacious glove compartment, where I found some interesting items inside...like a rubber ducky, some candy wrappers, and even a Justin Bieber CD! I suspect Slippy Toad to be the sole owner of these belongings, but this is a contraption Fox and Falco use, however...
"Ryū, arigatōgozaimashita!" Heihachi, still catching his breath, thanked Ryu for helping him out and securing a win over Akuma. "Anata wa Fox to Falco yori mo yakunitatsu!" Fox and Falco thought Heihachi was praising the both of them (he really wasn't) and so the pilots found themselves nodding their heads in agreement.
"It was no problem, a great fighter always sticks up for his fellow man!" replied Ryu, making sure Heihachi was okay. The fighter then looked over at Akuma, who slowly rose up from the small crater he was win. "It is imperative that we take you both to the mansion at once, so someone can get you back to shape! I'm afraid Master Hand wouldn't be keen about paying for anyone's hospital bill, so the hospital would be greatly out of the question...
"I don't think that we can thank you enough for all that you've done for us...what was your name again?" Dunban asked Leia, as he and the others rested on patient beds in the fitness center. Leia was tending to the injured, while Dr. Mario was absent, letting the candidate for the nurse job do her thing.
"Leia, Leia Rolando's the name!" the brunette replied as she gave Doc Louis a chocolate bar, like he needed one. Expect him to give the chocolate name soon. Also lying on patients bed were Heihachi and Akuma, after Ryu and the Star Fox pilots hurriedly brought the two fighters in.
"So who exactly is this Akuma guy, why is he here?" Wii Fit Trainer wondered, as the fighter in question was taking a short, little nap. Either that, or he passed out due to the injuries he suffered in the fight.
"From what I've heard, he and Heihachi got into a fight in downtown Seattle," explained Little Mac, as Leia now tended to him. "He's bruised pretty badly, so he'll likely stick around in the fitness center for the time being."
"Leia, may I speak-a with you for a quick-a second, it won't-a be long..." Dr. Mario showed up, and Leia stopped tending to Little Mac (much to the chagrin of the boxer) as she followed Dr. Mario out of the fitness center, standing with the Italian man outside the entrance. "I've watched-a you from afar...not in a perverted-a way, but you know what-a I mean...I've seen-a how you interacted with-a the patients, and I've noticed a certain kind-a ness with you...how gentle you-a are and how considerate you are-a and...well you get-a the point...the real-a point of the matter is...I've been-a impressed from what-a I've seen, and I think you should-a be justifiably rewarded, which-a means...you got-a the job, congratulations." Dr. Mario shook hands with Leia, who had a shocked expression on her face. "I look-a forward to working with-a you soon!" Dr. Mario patted Leia on the shoulder as he walked away, just when Link approached Leia, still wearing his lab coat with his name tag.
"I take it you got the job?" Link asked Leia after analyzing her facial expression, and the brunette would respond by happily hugging Link. Certainly caught the Hylian off-guard. "I'll take this hug as a resounding yes..." Leia suddenly looked up, and saw Link's name tag, with the initials "M.D." next to the Hylian's name.
"You...and Cloud and Hisui...are not really...doctors, are you?" she asked Link, who shook his head no. "Ah, I figured, you three looked way too cool to be doctors - not that Dr. Mario isn't cool or anything." First time in a very long time anyone has ever called Link cool. "Well, I should go back to monitoring the patients, hope to speak with you again soon!" Leia rushed back inside the fitness center, as Midna hovered out from Link's body and watched the brunette.
"Is it just me, or should Mario have invested in a nurse a long time ago?" the imp asked Link out of curiosity. Imagine how the interviews would have went had Midna been a part of them...she could have scared everyone away!
"He tried asking Peach to be a nurse in the past, but she turned down the offer several times," replied Link. "I seriously doubt Peach would want to be a nurse again, although she was really good at it one time."
"Hmph, I see, I wouldn't want to work with Mario either..." Midna stroked her chin, and found herself...smiling, for some reason. "Can't help but feel that this new Leia nurse would be of great use in the future..."
What "great use" could Midna possibly be talking about?
