Author's Note:
New poll set up on my profile; go check it out whenever you can. Also, I finally got accepted into the University of South Carolina, so hooray for me! Now on to the guest reviews:
"Can you add Sänger Zonvolt from Super Robot Wars? (Since he showed up in Project X Zone) Alyssa from Clock Tower 3? Fiona and Hewie from Haunting Ground? The characters from Burning Rangers? A Panzer Dragoon chapter? A small scene of Chrom, Leon S. Kennedy, and Alvin interacting with each other? (Matt Mercer voices them) and finally when will Reiji, Xiaomu, Saya and Sheath show up?"
It's a yes from me for everything you have mentioned. When will Reiji and the gang show up? I don't know yet. Second anonymous review:
"Can you make Sans from Undertale appear in smash life?"
As much as I would have having Sans cracking puns...Sans in "Smash Life" ain't happening. Sorry about that. Third anonymous review:
"Can you have Soda appear in smash life? Can you also make sure he takes part in the War?"
Of course I can - I could have Doc Louis recruit guys like Soda and Glass Joe to partake in the war. Fourth anonymous review:
"...could we see on Father's Day Flint for Lucas and Ellwood for Roy?"
Unfortunately due to the Heartless storyline and the upcoming wedding, we won't be seeing Flint and Ellwood anytime soon..but if I continue this story into next year (if I'm alive, Lord willing), then I'll do a Father's day chapter then. Last anonymous review:
"Can you make Lann and Reynn from World of Final Fantasy appear in the series, along with the Mirages? Please?"
I would love to! Still think Lann looks like Roxas from Kingdom Hearts. Bear in mind that I won't be featuring all the Mirages. Now we have Roydigs22:
"Will the threesome be a part of the [Pokemon] army?"
The threesome of Lucario, Lopunny, and Gallade? I've been considering having those three, Gardevoir, and Mewtwo lead the Pokemon Army for the longest now. Don't know if I was correct about the threesome you were referring to. J300 has returned yet again:
1. Could you have some Street Figher veterans come over to the mansion in celebration of Ultra Street Fighter II? Al, the Organization XIII uses Ryu and Ken (I forget how they do it) to turn into Evil Ryu and Violent Ken?
2. If you can, try and incorporate the Squid Sister Stories for Splatoon 2?
3. Have Samus create a feature on her power suit that reveals she Heartless's true forms even if they look like real people.
4. Maybe as a follow-up to the smartest person contest, have Lloyd and a few other smashers compete on either Jeopardy, The Price is Right, or Wheel of Fortune.
5. Maybe do a little part of a chapter on the Indy 500.
Some Character Requests:
Shareena, Alfonse and Veronica from Fire Emblem Heroes, Silas from Fire Emlem Fates, and Antasma from Mario and Luigi Dream Team.
1. Yes to the Street Fighter celebration...no to Evil Ryu and Violent Ken.
2. Is Squid Sister Stories a video series? If so, I'll check it out this weekend.
3. I'll give it some thought.
4. Ooh...that sounds splendid!
5. When exactly is the Indy 500? I'll go out on a limb and say Dale Earnhardt Jr. wins the race.
I will also accept your character requests, especially Antasma...though reviving Antasma will be a hard task.
Episode 74: Treasure
Despite his past affiliation with pirates, Toon Link has never found a single treasure chest ever since his days of riding on the King of Red Lions. Those days of traveling at sea and finding sunken treasure chests while saving Hyrule from destruction seemed like a long time ago for Toon, and the young Hylian would long for those good ol' days, just as much as he longed to see his grandma and little sister again.
One particular hobby that would remind Toon Link of his adventures at sea was fishing - it would remind him of fishing for treasure, and finding fifty rupees in nearly every treasure chest he found. It would remind him of striking enemy ships with bombs, and it would also remind him of the seagulls that would fly in the sky whenever the sun was shining bright.
Although he didn't have the King of Red Lions with him, Toon Link did have a buddy with him who was fishing with the Hylian at the mansion's lake, and it was a young lad by the name of Villager. Villager had a strong affinity for fishing, and his affinity certainly didn't stop him from griping about every Magikarp or Feebas he caught. Not that he necessarily hated it, he just wished there was more variety in the fish he would catch.
"I still can't believe Midna was hanging around for that long," Toon Link said to Villager as the two youngsters were fishing. After spending more than fifteen episodes inside Link's body, Midna finally revealed herself when she dealt with Master Xehanort in the previous episode, and her appearing led to questioning in which the imp, Link, and even Zelda were subjected too (Ganondorf somehow got off the hook). "And to think Link willingly agreed to let her live inside his body...I wouldn't wanna do anything like that, no way!" After meeting with Master Hand, Midna was forced to live outside of Link's body, until she received further notice from Master Hand himself.
"Yeah same here, I don't know how Link was comfortable with that, especially for a span of like three months," Villager replied, as he reeled in not a Magikarp, or a Feebas...but a Remoraid! Sure it wasn't much, but a Remoraid was always an improvement over... "Aw man, the Remoraid fell back into the water..." moaned Villager as the Remoraid wiggled itself off Villager's hook and fell back into the lake, before swimming off. "Why do all fish Pokemon hate me..."
Bowser: Don't tell anyone this, but a long time ago, when Villager first arrived at the mansion...I switched the kid's fishing rod with an Old Rod, and told him that the Old Rod was the greatest rod around, because it cannot be bought NOR sold! (Used that reverse psychology on Corrin before). Would you know it, the kid believed me, and to this day, he still reels in a crapload of Magikarp and Feebas (and an occasional Psyduck), expecting that one day, a Seaking or something will be caught!...What did I do with Villager's original fishing rod, you might ask? Sold it to some local fisherman for some cash. Given that the fishing rod was able to be sold, clearly it wasn't that "great". *flashes a devious smile*
"Cheer up Villager, not all fish Pokemon hate you...I mean, the Magikarp and Feebas keep coming back for a reason," grinned Toon Link, receiving a glare from Villager. As Toon Link tried to reel in his catch, he felt something heavy as he turned on the spinning rod. It was so heavy, the Hylian couldn't even lift it up! "Oh man, I think I got a big catch! Might be a Wailord!"
"Don't worry Toon Link, I got you!" Villager ran over to the Hylian, and pulled on him with all his might, but to no avail. Donkey Kong and Luigi, who were walking by, saw the young fisherman trying to reel the catch in, and wondered if they needed any help.
"You thinking what-a I'm thinking?" Luigi asked Donkey Kong; it would be very rude and inconsiderate for the gorilla to say yes.
"Ready to make the greatest banana split in existence?" grinned Donkey Kong; Luigi frowned and pointed at Toon Link and Villager, who were still struggling. DK now realized how much of a fool he was. "Oh yeah, the youngsters catching some giant fish...let's go help them out!"
So Donkey Kong and Luigi went over to Toon Link and Villager, and together the four were all pulling together, trying to reel in Toon Link's big catch. With Donkey Kong's immense strength, the foursome were able to reel the catch out of the water and onto dry land, and Toon Link's big catch turned out to be...a treasure chest?! A treasure chest located at the bottom of the lake, who would have thought!
"Mama mia, it's a treasure-a chest, an actual-a treasure chest!" exclaimed Luigi, as Toon Link was marveling at the giant treasure chest before him. Imagine all the rupees that must be inside... "But how on-a earth did it get in-a the lake?"
"Who cares, I'm stinking rich, let's go open the chest and see what's inside!" Toon Link exclaimed as he ran to said treasure chest...only to be snatched up by Donkey Kong, who held the Hylian in the air by the back of his tunic.
"Not so fast, little one, you can't just keep all the contents of the treasure chest to yourself, ever heard of a thing called sharing?" asked DK; Toon Link wasn't a spoiled rich valley kid, so certainly he knew what sharing was and how it worked. "Villager initially helped you in reeling in that treasure chest, so it's fitting that you split up the values inside the treasure chest with him. Maybe he could use whatever's inside the chest to buy himself a better fishing rod..."
"Why don't we get Link to inspect the treasure chest?" suggested Villager, as Donkey Kong placed Toon Link back on the ground. "He knows a thing or two about treasure more than anyone, I think we should seek his input just in case."
"Gil, can you please explain to me why I need this library card, when I live here at the mansion?" Heihachi Mishima questioned Gil, the de facto librarian, in the library, speaking in a loud voice that would make any ordinary librarian shush.
"Because you refuse to return the library books after you're finished reading them; that library card is meant to keep you in check and be more considerate about returning books," explained Gil, as he dusted off a bookshelf. Maintaining and keep up with the library was his bread and butter. "Don't think that just because you've recently gained the ability to speak English that you can leave books lying around in the mansion..."
Heihachi Mishima: Too many cards these days...you got credit cards, debit cards, gift cards, business cards, and now library cards? What's even the point of a library card, why can't you just pick out whatever book you want to read, without having to worry about returning it? Do libraries seriously expect you to read a particular book in a certain time limit?! Who are they to determine how people should spend their leisure time!
Gil: I'm forcing Heihachi to use his library card for just a short period of time - once he learns his lesson in returning things where they belong, then I'll take his library card away from him and I'll cut it up into pieces... *thinks for a brief moment, then shudders* ...on second thought, I hope Heihachi never learns his lesson. Some lessons are better off unlearned.
"You're making it seem like I live miles away from the library and I have some 'overdue' book..." Heihachi shook his head as he walked away. "Still don't even know what 'overdue' means in that context..." As Heihachi left the library, Midna passed by the fighter, catching poor Heihachi off-guard. "Gah, don't scare me like that - you could have made me shriek loudly, which would in turn damage my tough guy reputation!"
"Pfft, there's hardly anyone here, so quit your whining," Midna rolled her eyes as she entered the library, and found Zelda by herself at a table, writing down something. A curious Midna flew over to the princess, and saw the Hylian scribbling away. "What's that you're writing, Princess Zelda - a love letter, I presume?"
"It's a progress report of the Pokemon Army that Lucario and Mewtwo asked me to write," explained Zelda; Lucario and Mewtwo would have done the report themselves, but neither were confident in their writing abilities. "I had to watch over the Pokemon's training, and write down what I saw, listing things like pros, cons, all that good stuff."
"Glad to see that you're taking an initiative...so have you seen Link anywhere? Villager and Toon Link somehow found a treasure chest at the bottom of the lake, and they want Link to 'inspect' the contents, whatever that means." Hearing there was a treasure chest in the lake was a surprise to Zelda, for the princess thought that the lake, aside from the Pokemon, was emptier than Shadow the Hedgehog's life (no offense to Shadow, but Zelda legitimately thought that).
"Link's off handling some business in Seattle, I don't know when he'll come back. But I'll let you know when he returns."
As you have figured out already, Doc Louis always had a chocolate bar with him, nearly 95 percent of the day. His chocolate bar never leaves his sight, and whenever the boxing trainer finishes his chocolate bar, you would always expect him to pull out another.
However, no one has really seen Doc Louis without chocolate, no one except for Little Mac. The boxer would detail a sans-chocolate Doc as a "monster", and even said that your life would be a living nightmare if Doc didn't get his chocolate fix in. Today, individuals other than Little Mac would experience first-hand how drastically different Doc was whenever there wasn't any chocolate around. Not only that, but Little Mac and others will also experience a broken-hearted Doc Louis first-hand.
"Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah, Zip-A-Dee-A..." Doc Louis would sing as he strutted his stuff to the gaming room. "My oh my, what a wonderful day..." The boxing trainer was heading to the gaming room to check on his protege, Little Mac, and upon arrival, he saw the boxer, seated on a couch with his lover Leia. "Yo, Little Mac, my man! You treatin' Leia with respect?"
"As always, Doc Louis, treating her with one hundred percent respect!" replied Little Mac; he would give a thumbs up, if not for the fact that he was wearing boxing gloves. Does he not know that he could take those things off?
"Yeah that's right, that's my boy!" Doc Louis would give a thumbs up himself, as he continued his way to Roy, who was playing on a golf simulator. "Hey Roy, I didn't know you were into golf! I happen to like golf, too! Tiger Wood's my favorite golfer!"
"That's...good to hear...I suppose," smiled Roy as he looked around, wondering why Doc Louis was speaking to him for no reason. The boxing trainer was a bit chipper than usual.
Roy: I feel like my swordsmanship has helped me excel at golfing...though it could be because that I grip a golfing stick the same way I do with my sword. Sometimes when I play on the golf simulator, holding that golfing stick as I strike with all my might...I feel like using said golfing stick to beat the ever-living crap out of someone. And it's always an extremely joyous feeling.
"You wanna give it a go at the golfing simulator, Doc?" offered Roy, holding out the golfing stick to Doc Louis. The boxing trainer broke out into his trademark laugh, an infectious laugh that could be heard from all around the gaming room.
"I would give this bad boy a swing - no pun intended - but you know I can't do it on an empty stomach!" Doc said after he was finished laughing. He dug into his pocket for a chocolate bar...but his favorite treat wasn't there! So he dug into his other pocket, but there was no chocolate bar there either. "Oh man, this ain't good..." Doc was now inspecting his pants, his shirt, his shoes, and even his underwear, searching for the chocolate bar that was nowhere to be found.
"Doc Louis, is anything the matter?" Flora asked the boxing trainer, as she wearily approached a now sweaty and panicky Doc Louis. Little Mac looked on with caution, ready to intervene if necessary.
"My chocolate bar has gone missing, I just had it not so long ago!" Doc Louis was panicking even more. "My sweet LaToya, we've only met today, and I haven't gotten the chance to know her! WHERE IS SHE?! She has to be here!" Doc Louis grabbed a nearby stool and threw it, before seeing Kirby and kicking him away like a soccer ball. Flora and Little Mac rose to the occasion, as they both grabbed Doc's arms to restrain the angry black man.
"Is LaToya an actual woman Doc Louis met, or just a silly name for another one of his chocolate bars?" Lucina asked Chrom, who was sitting nearby. Sometimes it was hard for the residents to distinguish a named chocolate bar from a lady friend of Doc Louis...if Doc had any lady friends.
"Felicia, where are you, I need some backup!" Flora called out, and as soon as her name was called, Felicia arrived at the seeing, seeing her sister and Little Mac struggling to contain Doc Louis's wrath. But the maid would come to the rescue, as she not only restrained Doc Louis, but soothed him as well.
"Easy there Doc Louis, no need to be so angry, please stop channeling your angry emotions..." Felicia consoled Doc Louis, and even though the boxing trainer was still ticked, he was no longer violent, all thanks to Felicia. "We should definitely take Doc Louis out of this room before he causes more mayhem," Felicia said to Little Mac and Flora, who were completely on board with the maid's plan.
"How nice of you to invite me to play Yooka-Laylee, Dark Pit, always knew you cared about me!" Pit said to his doppelganger, as Dark Pit was playing the Yooka-Laylee game on the Switch in the living room. Yooka-Laylee was a one-player game, but Dark Pit successfully manipulated Pit into thinking otherwise.
"Sure thing bud, glad that I could spend this opportunity with you!" sneered Dark Pit, as he was the only one able to play the game. The doppelganger, maneuvering throughout the course as Yooka, the chameleon, had told Pit that he would get to play as Laylee, the bat, as a "default" player-two option, when Pit didn't know that Dark Pit could have control of both Yooka and Laylee. That meant the angel was holding his Joycon controller in his hands, dying in anticipation for the moment that he would actually play the game as Laylee.
"Man, even though I haven't played yet, I'm already having more fun than that one time we played Shantae: Half-Genie Hero together - good times, good times!" Yes, that Shantae game was a one-player game too - Dark Pit convinced Pit that it was one of the best dual player games in video game history!
Dark Pit: Pit is such a gullible clown, you can tell him anything and he'll believe it...heck, if you told him that Donald Trump got impeached as President and got replaced by someone like Morgan Freeman, then he would believe you right on the spot! Pit's mind is more malleable than clay!
Suddenly Pit and Dark Pit heard Doc Louis screaming from upstairs, the boxing trainer shouting obscenities and whatnot. Both angels headed upstairs to investigate, and they saw Little Mac trying to force Doc Louis inside his room, while Felicia and Flora watched. Clearly both maids didn't want any part of of Doc Louis, whose hands were on the doorway as he held on for life.
"I'm terribly sorry Mac, but I refuse to enter my room until I find out where LaToya is!" exclaimed Doc Louis, restraining with all his might. "Gotta make sure if my baby is safe and sound! I need my chocolate, pronto!" Who knows how explosive Doc would react if his chocolate bar was eaten by someone the like Duck Hunt Dog.
"Um, what is going on here, why is Little Mac forcing Doc Louis inside his own room?" Dark Pit asked Felicia and Flora, hoping they would know the answer. You could imagine how embarrassed Little Mac was feeling at the moment.
"Doc Louis's chocolate bar has gone missing, and he's been throwing a needless tantrum over it," explained Flora, as Little Mac finally forced Doc Louis inside the room, before locking the door shut. The boxer now rested on the locked door, taking a breather. "Not to mention he keeps going on about this LaToya woman, but she's irrelevant now...didn't even know Doc Louis had a girlfriend, or had an actual dating life. Would you boys like to look for this chocolate bar, before Doc starts annihilating people and things?"
"It's just a measly chocolate bar, so finding it won't be that hard," replied Pit, hoping to restore an orderly piece of mind to Doc Louis. Dark Pit, on the other hand, was hoping finding this chocolate bar would make Flora think more favorably of him.
"How about you lovely maids look for the chocolate bar as well?" Dark Pit asked Felicia and Flora, though he was more concerned with asking Flora. "We could work together, the four of us..." However, Dark Pit only wished to work with Flora; he didn't care much for Pit and Felicia.
"That sounds ideal, don't you think so Flora?" Felicia asked her twin sister, who nodded her head. Dark Pit's plan was working far better than he originally expected - just gotta hope Pit doesn't somehow screw things up.
While Peach was on X's laptop, looking up marriage licenses online, Mario was speaking on the phone with the Seattle Mariners president, discussing the plans for his wedding. The wedding will still take place at the Mariners home field, Safeco Field, and Mario wished to have his wedding done prior to the Mariners' game against the Houston Astros, which would start around 7 o'clock at the earliest. And yes, Corrin's brother Xander was still the wedding officiant.
"Yes, yes, I've-a found a wedding officiant, I've discussed all his-a duties with him and he's-a well comfortable with his role," Mario spoke with the team president over the phone, while X monitored Peach as she used the robot's laptop in Mario's room "One o'clock is the most ideal-a time for both parties - my wedding should-a be finished well before-a your base-a ball game. Anything else you would like-a to know...yes, Waluigi will-a be in attendance at the wedding. Trust-a me, I don't want that-a guy at my wedding either, but there was no point in convincing-a my fiancee to keep-a him away...okay then, I shall-a see you on-a the 23rd of June. Alright. Take-a care. Goodbye!" Mario ended his call on the cellphone, just when Peach found a marriage license online.
"How does this license look?" Peach showed the license to Mario and X. The license didn't need to look fancy - it just needed the right requirements. It's essentially a certificate of sorts.
"Seems legit, let me print this license in the printing room," X said as he took his laptop from Peach. "I'll give the license to Isabelle so she can fill in everything. You might wanna check over her work, just in case." X would then leave the room, and a while after he left, a journalist trio made their presence to Mario and Peach, and it consisted of a tall guy, a short dude, and a woman.
"Good afternoon Mario and Peach, sorry if we're intruding upon your time," the female reporter spoke with the soon-to-be married couple. "We're journalists sent here from The Seattle Times, and we were wondering if we could speak with your long-standing rival, the mighty King Bowser." These journalists looked somewhat suspicious, what with the short journalist having a cat-like facial disposition and a cat tail, and the male journalist sporting purple hair...could this be Team Rocket, the threesome of Jessie, James, and Meowth?
Meowth: Master Xehanort of the Organization XIII was fancying the idea of recruiting one of the bad guys from the mansion into the Organization, to serve as a fourteenth vessel of the Organization. So what does that mean anyway?
James: Apparently Xehanort wishes to make this fourteenth vessel like him, make him a Xehanort incarnation formed in his likeness. That's what Giovanni told me, and I'm still not down with the idea...wouldn't this vessel have to be a human for another incarnation of Xehanort to exist?
Jessie: There's no villain at the mansion that's remotely human, that much we know...so we have to look for the baddest villain there is! What do you boys think about Bowser?
James: He seems like a promising candidate...after all, he is a master planner, and can build all sorts of vehicles that would be of aid in the invasion! Imagine using the clown cars and all the other vehicles Bowser has at his disposal! Bowser would be a great addition to the Organization...though I can't envision him having yellow eyes and pointy ears. And wouldn't he have to grow his hair out so it can be gray like the other members?
Jessie: I'm sure he can always use hair dye...
"We just want to know more about his personal life, and the things that he does - just a little Seattle Times feature, that's all," continued the female reporter, who was Jessie in disguise. Apparently Mario nor Peach did not know that the Team Rocket trio was disguised as journalists; right now they were making Ash Ketchum proud.
"Bowser seldom shares his personal life with anyone, partly because of him being a villain, you don't want to share any juicy details about your life," said the male journalist, who was James; did Mario and Peach not question why the man had purple hair? "You know where we can find Bowser, is he busy?"
"I don't believe he's busy, usually Bowser has a lot of spare time on his hands," replied Peach; Bowser would use said spare time to prank others. "But I did hear that he was hanging out with Lloyd Irving, he's been doing so since yesterday." Bowser was still taking credit for making Lloyd smart, to the point where it became flat-out annoying. "I can show you where Bowser might be, if you like!"
"Then lead us to him, we ain't got much time to lose!" exclaimed the short journalist, Meowth. Peach smiled as she got up and led Team Rocket out of the room, with Mario following after them. And not the plumber nor the princess knew that they were lowkey helping Team Rocket in their mission for the Organization.
"Yo, Wolf, you in there man?" asked Touma, as he knocked on the door of the mercenary's bedroom. Touma was standing with Kiria, and the two Star Records employees needed to speak with Wolf immediately. "Open up man, it's not like you're doing anything important!"
"I am doing something important, for your information, quit your whining!" Wolf's voice could be heard from behind the door, as the sound of pants zipping was heard. Touma and Kiria looked at one another nervously, and soon the bedroom door opened, revealing Wolf wearing a cool black jacket, like he was Michael Jackson from the Bad era. "So, do you like my jacket, looks nice on me, don't it?"
"Isn't that my black jacket? Yeah it is, that's the jacket Tsubasa gave to me! Why you little..." A ticked off Touma was about to fight Wolf, until Kiria stepped in between the aspiring superhero and the mercenary.
"You can worry about your stupid jacket later, right now we need to discuss some important business with Wolf," Kiria kindly told Touma, calming him down before redirecting her attention to Wolf. "So I see that you look very Michael Jackson-esque with that jacket of yours...I mean Touma's...which brings me to what Touma and I wish to discuss with you. Yashiro wishes to do a cover of MJ's 'Smooth Criminal' single, for whatever reason, and he wishes to do a recreation of the famous music video, he already sang the cover song and everything, all there's left to do is the music video. And he wants to know if you can be a backup dancer. We're kinda running on a small budget because of Master Hand so we have only but a few dancers..."
"First question: who will I be dancing with? Can't be seen with a bunch of posers. Second question: how much will I get paid?" Of course, Wolf would ask about being paid, and considering the music video will be done by Star Records, the mercenary expected to be paid very handsomely.
"We'll get to that later, right now we have to take you to the dancing room, where you'll change into your appropriate attire and show you what to do. The dancing room has been entirely decorated for the music video."
Fox: This year marks the 30th anniversary of Michael Jackson's famous song, "Smooth Criminal", and Yashiro felt compelled to do a tribute to MJ by not only singing a cover of his song, but to make the world famous music video of said song.
Falco: However, one question lingers in everyone's minds, ever since the release of the song...who exactly is this Annie character? We all know that she was a woman attacked by a "smooth" assailant, but who exactly is she? Annie Lennox, the singer from Eurymthics? Annie Leibovitz, the portrait photographer? Annie, the little girl from the musical?
Fox: Annie from the musical? Dude, she's a fictional character...
Falco:...well she's real to me, dang it! *looks to the side, as if he was hiding something*
Yashiro: I'm more than excited to recreate the music video, it would be great to have under my belt as a singer. If it doesn't end the "Japanese David Bowie" comments I've been receiving from the others, then nothing will...just because I have different eye colors doesn't mean that I'm the "Japanese David Bowie", which I believe is a very strange moniker. And besides, Bowie had dilated pupils, one pupil was larger than the other. That's what made his eyes so different.
After getting his jacket back from Wolf, Touma escorted the mercenary to the dancing room with Kiria, and when Wolf arrived, he saw that the dancing room was purely decorated to mimic the "Smooth Criminal" music video, sporting a 1930's gangster feel. In the center of the room was Yashiro, dressed up as an old-fashioned gangster in all white, speaking with Tsubasa and Elenora, both dressed up as flapper girls. At the far corner of the room was Fox, Falco, Sonic, Cloud, and Itsuki, also dressed up as gangsters but with different suits and hats.
"Remember guys, there's only gonna be like six of us (seven if Touma wants to be involved), so we gotta make our roles count," Itsuki explained to his crew, dressed in a dapper suit. "We could have more backup dancers, but Master Hand wanted to use a huge chunk of our budget for our video to pay for his Lamborghini, so we have to do with what we got, unfortunately."
"Do we technically have to dance in the music video?" questioned Cloud, who didn't wish to dance at all. Such an activity was not in the swordsman's system. "I'd rather just chill in the back, I'm not that big on dancing."
"You can do whatever you want in the video, as long as you're on camera. Tsubasa, Kiria, and Eleonora are gonna be in the video too, and they're gonna be flappers, so everyone will have equal camera time. Everyone will be involved, in some manner or way."
"We have brought the prisoner...uh, I mean, extra backup dancer," Touma said as he and Kiria brought Wolf forth to Itsuki and company. Fox and Falco were both laughing at the fact that Wolf would be seen dancing with him, and Wolf was now against being in the video because of it.
"How much am I going to be paid?" questioned a now salty Wolf, with his arms folded. "Anything less than a hundred grand is unacceptable from me..." Less than a hundred grand? Is he out of his mind?!
"Excellent, now get him dressed so we can do the music video," ordered Itsuki, ignoring Wolf's question, as Touma and Kiria walked an even saltier Wolf to the nearest dressing room. "While Wolf gets himself changed, I want to give you guys these..." Itsuki grabbed a toolbox, and pulled several items that caught the backup dancers' eyes...all of them were guns. "Yashiro wanted us to use guns during his music video, like we pose with them and stuff, and so Falco hooked up with some guy in Seattle and got these guns. So Falco, if anything bad happens when using the guns, you're taking credit for it..."
"No worries fam, anything that happens, it's all on me," Falco gave a thumbs up as he and the others received a gun from Itsuki. This was Sonic's first time holding a gun; now he and Shadow finally had something in common, aside from being hedgehogs.
"Aw sweet a gun, so cool!" exclaimed Sonic, as he was pointing his gun all over the place, slightly scaring the others. "I wonder if it's loaded..." Now very curious, Sonic pulled on the trigger...and fired a bullet, emitting a loud sound that made everyone jump as a bullet was fired at poor Cloud. Sonic looked on in shock as Cloud screamed in pain and fell to the floor, where he clutched the place he was shot at, his right leg. "Oh crap Cloud, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean it, honest!"
"CLOUD!" Tsubasa shrieked as she ran over to check on the ailing swordsman, now crying in pain. "Someone, go get Leia, quickly!" Elenora was up for the task, as she ran out of the dancing room to fetch the nurse. A half-naked stepped out of the dressing to see what was going on, and Touma and Kiria were present as well.
"Wow, one of the guns were loaded, totally did not see that coming, hehe..." Falco nervously chuckled, as he secretly tossed his gun - which was loaded by the way - out of a nearby window. That gun better be hiding in the bushes, don't want a psychopath seeing firearms randomly lying about in the open.
Falco: *shaking his head* Asking that man Agent G to hitch me up with some guns just might be the worst thing I ever done. Knew I should have asked him for some knives instead...but 1930s gangsters don't carry knives. Screw old-fashioned gangsters and their weapons of choice, screw 'em all!
Link, having completed whatever duties he needed to accomplish in Seattle, returned to the Smash Mansion, where he was told by Midna that Toon Link an Villager found a treasure chest at the bottom of the lake. Link, taking a strong interest in treasure, would meet with Toon Link, Villager, Luigi, Donkey Kong, Midna, and Zelda in a room, with the large treasure chest in the center of the room.
"So you found this bad boy at the bottom of the lake, huh?" Link analyzed the treasure chest, with his hands on his hips. "Do you know if this chest needs a key or not? Because most treasure chests require a key to open it..."
"Link, if you're insisting that we find a key, then I'm afraid you're sadly mistaken, we're not going to look in the lake for any key," stated Zelda, curious as to what was inside the treasure chest. Link was about to open his mouth, and Zelda was ready to shut her man down. "...and no, we're not having Mega Man use Rush Marine to find the key, it would be a waste of time." Link was ready to open his mouth once more, but Zelda was ready to strike. "I know you were going to suggest having Sonic, who's still afraid of water, mind you, to swim at the bottom of the lake for the key, so don't even think about it, Link."
"Meta Knight's sword is good at opening locks, perhaps we could use his sword to open up the treasure chest," suggested Villager; Meta Knight's sword may be pointy as heck, but its sharp edges could be useful for things other than fighting. "Who's gonna get him?"
"I'm on it..." Midna said as she departed from the room, and later came back with Meta Knight. The imp was holding the Star Warrior by his cape, and with his mask, it was hard to tell if Meta Knight enjoyed being carried around or not. "Okay, you pathological loner creep, use that sword of yours to open the lock to that treasure chest if you can!" ordered Midna, as she dropped Meta Knight to the floor with some amount of disrespect.
"You could have asked nicely, you know..." grumbled Meta Knight as he walked to the treasure chest, analyzing the lock. The Star Warrior inserted the tip of his sword inside said lock, did a few twists and turns here and there...and just like magic, the treasure chest opened. "Since I unlocked the chest, it's fitting that I receive a fair share of the valuables from the chest for being of great assistance..."
"Yeah, whatever, let's see what's inside..." said an eager Toon Link as he opened up the treasure chest, and marveled at what was inside...it was nothing but gold coins! Toon Link was now more eager than ever, as he was jumping up and down like he had toasted a bunch of folks at a Windfall Island auction. "Aw yeah, nothing but gold, just as I figured! I'm rich, I'm freaking rich!"
"I think you meant we're freaking rich," corrected Villager, as he had to pull Toon Link away from the treasure chest. Couldn't fault the young Hylian; it was his first time in a long while seeing actual treasure. "We agreed to split up whatever's inside the treasure chest and have our equal share, did we not?"
"No we didn't, we never agreed upon that - that was just a suggestion from Donkey Kong." Toon Link tried to run back to the treasure chest, only for Villager to pull him back once more. "Besides, you don't need these gold coins, what would you use it for anyways?"
"Well what would-a you use the gold-a coins for, Toon Link?" questioned Luigi, putting the Hylian in his place. Way to be assertive Luigi, do that with your son Charles and you'll be a top-notch father in no time.
Luigi: What would I use-a the gold coins for? Probably to set up-a Charles financially for the next-a few years. Daisy and I don't-a have a job as of now, and I'm not interested in-a returning to the plumbing business anytime-a soon. Maybe Professor E. Gadd will-a give me a call and pay-a me to vanquish his mansion of-a any ghosts...provided King-a Boo isn't around. He has-a gotten scarier over the years!
Donkey Kong: You know what I would use the gold coins for - to buy an infinite supply of bananas for me and Diddy Kong!...Man, screw the other Kongs, they can make their own fortune and get their own banana supply! Opportunity is always knockin'!
Meta Knight: Pfft, I don't need those stupid gold coins, they might be fake anyways. For all we know, they could be chocolate coins, wrapped in gold wrapping paper. I would see if my theory holds true by tasting the coins, but it's not worth taking off my mask, especially with the pimple on my face...don't tell anyone about my facial blemish, I want to keep the mystique around me intact...
"I think we should give the cold coins to Master Hand - that way he can convert the gold coins to American dollars, and he can use the money to pay off his Lamborghini," suggested Donkey Kong, not at all paying attention to Toon Link. "That way we can stop him from taxing Star Records ever again."
"Sounds like a good idea - we just need Master Hand to stop meddling with Star Records in general," stated Zelda, before noticing that someone was missing. "Wait a minute, where on earth did Toon Link run off to? Please tell me he didn't steal any of the coins..."
"...so in short, the quantum theory explains that energy is made of individual units, units known as quanta," Lloyd discussed with Bowser in a room, a room where Bowser once held his "lessons". "It also states that energy and radiation can be quantized - this was proposed by Albert Einstein back in 1905."
"Wow Lloyd, I never knew that before, I'm really learning a lot today!" exclaimed Bowser, nodding his head as he took a sip from a cup of tea the Black Knight fixed for him. This was the most tolerant the Koopa King has ever been of Lloyd, and he was thanking himself for making Lloyd a genius. Talk about feeding your own ego. "Could you go over the atomic theory, if you don't mind?"
"Ah, yes, the atomic theory, proposed by John Dalton...it has three parts - one, all matter is made up of atoms; two, all atoms in an element are equal in mass and properties; and three, compounds are formed by two or more different types of atoms."
"Couldn't have explained that any better myself! Man Lloyd, you're the bomb, seeing you spew knowledge like this is incredible!" No doubt Bowser was thinking extremely high of himself right now. Just then, a knock was at the door.
"Oh-a Bowser, some journalists would like-a to conduct an interview with-a you!" Mario called from behind the door, and the plumber would let the three journalists in the room - the Team Rocket trio in disguise. At first glance, Bowser knew there was something fishy about the "journalists"...he just couldn't quite put his finger on it.
"Hello King Bowser, how are you doing today?" Jessie would greet the giant koopa. "We're a trio of journalists from The Seattle Times, and we wish to do a feature on you for the next Seattle Times publication." The fact that the "journalists" refused to give their names only made things even more fishy.
"We would like to learn a bit about your personal life - the things that you enjoy, the things that make you tick, and other things we're oh so curious about," added James, getting his notepad ready. "But asking you questions in this room would be a tad too boring...so why don't we discuss things while walking through the mansion, hmm? It might jog your memory and keep those brain juices of yours flowing!"
"Is it okay if my man Lloyd Irving tags along?" asked Bowser, growing ever more suspicious by the second. "He's a young genius, and he knows all sorts of stuff - maybe you can do a feature on him! 'Lloyd Irving: Smartest Dude in Seattle, Even Smarter Than Bill Gates!' How does that sound?"
"Eh, I suppose he can come along, don't know if we would be asking him any questions though," replied Meowth, wanting to stick to the mission at hand.
Meta Knight: Don't know why, but I still think those gold coins from the treasure chest are actually chocolate coins...who would be stupid enough to throw a treasure chest of valuable coins in some random lake anyways? Who would be stupid enough to throw a treasure chest of chocolate coins in some random lake? I suspect Chef Kawasaki to be behind the act, I wouldn't trust that face of his even if I saw it on a doomsday button that would prevent the end of the world...I'd rather just let the world explode into a billion of pieces.
Toon Link had done it, that sneaky devil...he escaped from Villager and company with a buttload of gold coins hidden underneath his tunic, and was now looking for a very secret place to stash them. The young Hylian was looking about in the hallways of the mansion when he encountered Ema Skye, holding the ray gun she's been working on; we first saw it back in episode 71.
"Where do you think you're going, Toon Link, hiding something?" Ema asked the young Hylian, looking at the bulge underneath his tunic. When it comes to being sneaky, Toon Link was now failing in that department.
"Uh, no...I just ate a bunch of junk food today, now my stomach's bloated," was Toon Link's crappy excuse. At least he tried. "And where do you think you're going with that ray gun, gonna kill someone with that thing?!"
"Like I would kill anyone ever..." Ema scoffed, sporting a grin. "This ray gun isn't that dangerous, or so I think. Still working on it. And I'm about to work on it some more, before I call it a day. I'll see you around, Toon Link!"
"Yeah, same to you!" the Hylian said to Ema, as he and the forensics expert went their own separate ways. Toon Link went back to looking for a hiding spot, until he bumped into Red the Pokemon Trainer. Both Toon Link and Red fell to the floor, as the gold coins hidden underneath Toon's tunic all spilled out.
"Hey Toon Link, watch where you're going, you could hurt someone!" scolded Red, rubbing his backside as he slowly got up, taking hold of the gold coins Toon Link was now picking up and trying to hide. "Hey, where did you get those gold coins from?"
"I have secret affiliations with Gold Mario, met him on a golf course a long time ago," responded Toon Link as he frantically gathered the gold coins. He couldn't gather all the coins, for he was on a mission and he couldn't give Red the real reason for finding the gold coins, lest he wanted further questioning. "Gold Mario wants his coins back, so I'm here to return his gold!" Toon Link ran off with whatever coins he was able to grab, hidden underneath his tunic. After Toon Link was gone, Red picked up one of the gold coins, and analyzed it as he furrowed his brow.
"Gotta tell Alm and Celica about this..." the Pokemon trainer remarked. What would Alm and Celica know about the gold coins?
Pit, Dark Pit, Felicia, and Flora were furiously searching for Doc Louis's chocolate bar as they were now in the mansion's cafe. The four decided to look around at the places Doc Louis would frequent the most, and the cafe would be one of the boxing trainer's favorite spots.
"Any sign of that chocolate bar yet?" Dark Pit asked the maids, as he tried to pry Pit's head out of a coffee maker the angel somehow got his head stuck in. Truly the stuff of legends.
"No, don't think we can find it here," replied Felicia, her and Flora having scoured every single inch of the cafe. "We've already looked in the arcade room and the vending machine room, and we couldn't find the chocolate bar there..."
"Well I don't know anywhere else the chocolate bar could be found, we've searched at all of Doc Louis's favorite places," stated Flora, wondering how Little Mac was containing Doc Louis at the moment. Doc could still be bitter about the disappearance of his "love". "It's not like we can find the chocolate bar in a place like the beauty salon, that's the most unlikely place for Doc Louis's favorite treat to be found..."
"How about we tell Doc Louis that someone probably ate his stupid chocolate bar and leave it at that," suggested Dark Pit, after prying Pit's head out from the coffee maker with all his might. "Pit will break the bad news to Doc, he'll serve as our sacrificial lamb."
"Ooh are we gonna eat lamb, I love lamb!" exclaimed Pit, oblivious to Dark Pit's plan. "Especially when it's broiled and seasoned with garlic! But I've never had sacrificial lamb before, I've heard people talk about it but I've never ate it, nor seen it...but I wouldn't mind eating some sacrificial lamb anyways!" Was Pit blindly promoting cannibalism?
Little Mac: Doc Louis is becoming more and more calm, because of me - I keep telling him to think of positive things, anything that has NOTHING to do with chocolate, or LaToya. Doc has been running his mouth nonstop about his boxing days, talking about all his matches with Bald Bull...
Doc Louis: Man oh man, you should have seen those matches, Little Mac! Had Bald Bull on the ropes, literally! He was gassed out, pleading for mercy, but did I offer him any mercy? NOPE! I sucker punched him square in the face, leaving a big bruise mark on his face, and sent him crying, crying to his momma I'm assuming! Right after my match, I took a quick bite from my chocolate bar... *lip trembles as his eyes tear up* Oh, LaToya, sweet LaToya, where on earth are you? How can you leave me all alone like this?!
Little Mac:...as you can see, when Doc Louis does think about chocolate, he always thinks about LaToya, and sometimes goes into a crying fit. I've never seen Doc cry this much before...in fact, I've never seen a grown man cry at all! Thought grown men were incapable of crying, that's what Doc taught me! You learn something new everyday, don't ya?
Doc Louis: *screaming with his arms out to the side* LATOYYYYYAAAAA!
As Pit, Dark Pit, Felicia, and Flora exited the cafe, they came across Team Rocket...erm, the three journalists, but Team Rocket in disguise, interviewing Bowser as they were walking by. Lloyd was with them, but only because of Bowser.
"Yeah, I could have been a carnival owner, but I opted to be an evil villain instead, gives you a bunch of excuses to build castles and kidnap princesses," Bowser told the "journalists", going into detail about why he built theme parks, such as the one in Super Mario 3D World. "Besides, I can't stand little children most of the time - heck, I can't even stand my own children! I would punch them in the face if it didn't count as misdemeanor!"
"Very interesting, King Bowser, we never knew that you can't stand little children," Jessie nodded her head, as she pretended to scribble her notes down on her notepad. "All this walking is starting to make me somewhat tired...why don't we head down to the kitchen to grab a bite to eat?"
"Mamori and her pals are filming that show of theirs, Microwave Idol Mamorin, in the kitchen, so I don't know if they'll grant us any access. But it wouldn't hurt to ask them, we could just be in the background and speak quietly so they won't hear us." Jessie, James, and Meowth were down with this plan...but why take Bowser (and Lloyd) down to the kitchen for?
"Would we interrupt their show anyways?" questioned James, before realizing that Microwave Idol Mamorin was irrelevant; what was relevant was bringing Bowser to the Organization. "Ah, no matter, asking this Mamori girl and her friends wouldn't hurt..." So Bowser and company would head to the kitchen, while Pit and his crew looked on with much suspicion, the foursome eyeing Bowser.
"You guys think Bowser has Doc Louis's chocolate bar?" Dark Pit asked the others, as Bowser was walking away. "He could have stolen the chocolate bar just to mess with Doc Louis. Why he would even do it, considering Doc's temperance, is beyond me..." Only one way to find out if Bowser was truly the culprit...
A now injured Cloud was comforted by Aerith in the dancing room; the swordsman was on crutches, with a cast on his leg, thanks to Sonic who accidentally shot him. Leia was able to tend to Cloud, as she stopped the bleeding and bandaged Cloud's leg. Even with Leia treating the swordsman, Itsuki called an ambulanace anyways, just to be on the safe side, and the paramedics stopped by the dancing room to check on Cloud.
"After diagnosing your leg, it appears that you'll be in walking on crutches and in a cast for at least a week or two," one of the paramedics gave Cloud a 4-1-1 on his leg injury. "Thankfully the bullet didn't strike your femoral artery, for if it did, then you would have bled to death in a minute or two." The femoral artery is a very large artery, and had it been ruptured by the bullet...game over for Cloud.
"Cloud man, I'm so sorry for accidentally shooting you, I shouldn't have pulled that trigger in the first place..." Sonic went over to apologize to Cloud, showing a sign of remorse Cloud nor Aerith had ever seen from the hedgehog before. "Darn my curiosity, and darn Falco for bringing loaded guns!"
"Yes, you should accept your friend's apology, Mr. Strife - like he said, the shooting was an accident. Granted there should be no reason to have loaded guns at an environment quite like this, but you know, stuff happens..."
"Woah woah woah, whoever said Cloud and I were friends?" frowned Sonic, as Aerith rolled her eyes while Cloud shook his head. "I think acquaintances is the better word, I mean it's not like Cloud and I are really tight. C'mon man, get your facts straight!"
Yashiro: Even though Cloud is injured and unable to be in the music video (must be bittersweet for him, since he wasn't too fond of being a backup dancer, given he just wanted to chill in the background), I'm not that much concerned - when one man goes down, another one has to step up to the plate, which would mean that Touma HAS to be Cloud's replacement. Who knows, being a backup dancer might prepare him for his career as a tokusatsu actor...though there won't be that much fighting. But "Smooth Criminal" had some fighting scenes...would it be okay to use knives in my music video?
Paramedic: ...that hedgehog is gonna end up in jail soon, I can already tell.
"With this injury, I'm out of the video for good...so I guess that's a plus," shrugged Cloud, who could care less if he was in the video or not. He only agreed to be in it because of Fox and Falco, and the possibility of both pilots harassing the swordsman.
"But you would've looked fabulous in the gangster getup Cloud, I'd say it fits you perfectly," remarked Aerith; Cloud was still wearing his gangster outfit, and he would've taken it off had it not been for his injury.
"If you're saying that just to lift my spirits up, then nice try Aerith..." That Cloud, so cynical...elsewhere in the dancing room, Yashiro was speaking with Touma, who was named Cloud's replacement. Touma was now wearing a gangster outfit, and felt like holding a machine gun, Al Capone style.
"All you have to do is look cool and dangerous, while I sing my heart out," explained Yashiro, as the paramedics were leaving. "Dancing is somewhat optional, but don't do anything that would take the attention away from me, got it?"
"So if I'm supposed to look cool and dangerous...then wouldn't backup cool guy be a more appropriate title than backup dancer?" questioned Touma. Yashiro's cellphone suddenly beeped, indicating a notification.
"Eh, to each their own, I suppose..." remarked Yashiro as he took out his cellphone, and read the notification. "Oh crap, I'm late for my guest appearance on Microwave Idol Mamorin! I'm so behind schedule!"
"Hey what about your music video, are we gonna do it or not?" asked Wolf, who was chilling in the back with Falco and the others. The mercenary had things to do! "And when will I get paid?"
"The music video will have to wait, Mamori needs me!" Yashiro quickly put his cellphone away and ran out of the dancing room. "Just practice on your routine for the music video, I promise you I'll be back soon!"
"Aerith, can you hand me my phone?" Cloud said to his girlfriend, who promptly got up to retrieve her lover's cellphone. "I have an important call to make..." The swordsman would then say this as he looked at Sonic, who was now speaking with Eleonora.
"Doc Louis get back here, you have to stay in this room!" Little Mac said to Doc Louis, who ran out of his room, nearly losing his breath. That's what having a large potbelly will do to ya. "I won't let your bitterness and contempt allow you to harm anyone!"
"Shut up Little Mac, I know my precious LaToya is out there somewhere!" Doc Louis snapped on his protege, now on a mission. "I can hear her calling to me, her desperate cries for help...I think I know where she might be! I ain't got no time to lose!" The boxing trainer ran off, running as far as his legs could take him.
"Doc Louis wait up, let's sort things out before you do something stupid!" Little Mac ran after his trainer, mired in a situation he did not wish to progress.
After close to seven months of hard work, dedication, and other things...Cilan had finally done it. He finally completed the very task he was brought to the mansion for, the task he worked diligently upon to complete...and after many months, Mario and Peach's wedding cake was finally completed.
Cilan would show off the completed cake to Mario and Peach - which weighed around a whopping 15,000 pounds - in the ballroom, and the plumber and the princess were in awe. It was a cake just dying to be devoured by a multitude of wedding guests.
"Mama mia Cilan, this might-a be the best cake I've-a ever seen!" exclaimed Mario, having been speechless for a good while. "You have really out-a done yourself!"
"Gotta admit, Mario - even I was surprised by how this cake turned out!" grinned Cilan, rubbing the back of his head. "I figured that since you would have a boatload of guests at your wedding, I would have to compensate for everyone..."
Cilan: Since I've now completed the wedding cake...what's next for me? Will Mario and Master Hand let me stay at the mansion, or should I return to Striaton City with my brothers? I'm fairly confident Chili and Cress have been doing well without me...so would they mind if I return to the Striaton City Gym?
Someone was knocking at the ballroom door, and Peach went to go see who it was. It was Link, Luigi, and Meta Knight, standing with the treasure chest of gold coins.
"Hello you two, what's with that treasure chest?" Peach would ask Link and Luigi, looking at the gold coins. The coins were small, so they couldn't have originated from the Mushroom Kingdom. "Where'd you find it?"
"Toon Link and Villager found-a it at the bottom-a of the lake," answered Luigi, as Link pushed the treasure chest inside the ballroom. "Toon Link took some-a of the gold coins, I'm assuming, and ran away with said-a coins to who knows where."
"Did some-a one say gold coins?" Mario, a gold coin aficionado, perked up. He and Cilan went over to the treasure chest, leaving Luigi and company to marvel at the wedding cake in the ballroom. Cilan picked up one of the gold coins, and inspected it.
"The texture of this coin...feels strange, almost like wrapping paper..." the connoisseur analyzed, as he scratched on the gold surface...revealing something brown underneath. "Aha, just as I figured! These coins are chocolate coins, wrapped in gold wrapping paper!"
"HA I KNEW IT!" Meta Knight, listening attentively, shouted out loud, garnering weird looks from the others before clearing his throat innocently.
"...which would beg to question...what business does a treasure chest of chocolate coins have at the bottom of the lake?" Maybe Alm and Celica might have something to do with it?
Even though Bowser and company weren't allowed in the kitchen, Mamori did tell them they could have their discussion in the dining room, which Bowser complied to. So Team Rocket, the fake journalists, continued their discussions with Bowser, while Lloyd listened. Pit, Dark Pit, Felicia, and Flora were spying on Bowser from afar, all in hiding.
"Is it just me, or do those journalists look familiar?" asked Pit, as he looked inquisitively at James. "They remind me of some villainous trio, I just can't put a finger on their name..." Pit was getting somewhere...
"The short journalist does have a tail, and he even has whiskers," said Felicia, looking at Meowth rather than Bowser. "His tail is sticking out from his pants..." The suspicion would grow by tenfold, when James pulled out a blue sea salt ice cream bar. Yes, an ice cream bar that tastes like salt.
"We have enjoyed this conversation with you, King Bowser, and to show you a token of our utmost gratitude, we would like to give you this fine delicy - a sea salt ice cream bar!" exclaimed James, showing the treat off to Bowser. Bowser was about to reach for the ice cream bar, until...
"DON'T DO IT BOWSER, IT'S A TRAP!" Pit yelled out to Bowser, blowing his cover and grabbing the Koopa King's attention. With Bowser momentarily distracted, James tried to force the ice cream bar into the Koopa King's mouth, but Bowser grabbed the man's arm in the nick of time, stopping James to the best of his ability.
"Just eat the poisonous ice cream bar, you turtle fiend!" frowned James, as he and Bowser were in a tussle involving the ice cream bar. Bowser would prevail, as he smashed the ice cream bar in James's face. With James cleaning the blue stuff off his face, Bowser turned his attention to Jessie and Meowth, who were nervously backing away from the koopa as they neared towards the back door in the dining room; Lloyd stealthily opened the back door, and Bowser roared, making Meowth and Jessie jump backwards out of fear and out of the back door, the two falling onto the patio.
"Now stay out of my mansion!" growled Bowser as he grabbed James and threw him out the back door at Meowth and Jessie, making him fall on his partners. The three Team Rocket members got up and ran away, as Lloyd closed the door.
Bowser: Pfft, I knew those fake journalists were Team Rocket, I could recognize Team Rocket's disguises from a mile away! Villains always know when other villains are disguised! Real recognizes real! Or in this case, real recognizes FAKE!
"Bowser are you okay, are you hurt?" Flora asked Bowser, as she and the others went over to the Koopa King as he dusted his hands off.
"Me, being hurt from dealing with Team Rocket?" scoffed Bowser, laughing his tail off. If that was even possible. "I knew those journalists were Team Rocket at first glance, and I was busy entertaining them until the time was right! Pit gave me a head start, but at least I capitalized upon the opportunity!"
Unbeknownst to Bowser and company, Toon Link arrived at the dining room, still looking for a place to store his gold coins (which are actually chocolate). He kept looking about until he bumped into Pit, spilling the coins all over the floor. Bowser looked over at the Hylian, and then at the coins on the floor.
"Um, Toon Link...where did you get those chocolate coins from?" Bowser questioned the young Hylian. Wait, how did he know the coins were chocolate?
"Welcome everyone, to another episode of Microwave Idol Mamorin, starring yours truly - Ashley, Asuka, and myself, Mamori Minamoto!" Mamori said to the camera, standing with her friends and the guest of the day, Yashiro. "We're gonna warm your heart, with the press of a button!"
"Our guest today is a idol singer, a sharply dressed man with exquisite taste...Yashiro Tsurugi!" Asuka introduced the idol singer, who smiled and waved to the camera with a cheesy grin.
"So good to be on this show, hello to all the viewers out there!" smiled Yashiro, as he continued waving. "So Mamori and friends, what shall we cook today?" Mamori, Ashley, and Asuka all gave each other looks; clearly the trio had something else in mind.
"Today on our show, we'll be doing a little experimentation..." said Ashley, as she took out a chocolate bar and gave it to Yashiro. "...today, we'll be melting chocolate in the microwave!" About time they used an actual microwave on the show.
"Melting chocolate? I'm down with that! Our chocolate-melting experimentation shall be one for the ages!" proclaimed Yashiro as he held the chocolate bar up in the air...only to be tackled to the floor by Doc Louis, who quickly snatched the chocolate bar away from Yashiro.
"Boy have you lost your mind, why you got my sweet LaToya in your hand?!" Doc snapped on Yashiro; seems like the boxing trainer has finally been reconnected with his love. A freaking chocolate bar Doc sat in a nearby chair, cradling the chocolate bar in his arms. "It's okay LaToya, daddy's got you, you got nothing to worry about..."
"Guys I don't know about you, but...I think Doc Louis might need to see some therapy," Mamori said to Ashley and Asuka, as Doc Louis was spending time with his chocolate bar. Might, Mamori? What an understatement.
Wolf: Well Yashiro is hurt, thanks to Doc Louis, which means that music video may not happen...but I still demand to get paid, I expect to receive a minimum of $50,000 just for showing up! Pay the man!
"Doc Louis where are you man?" Little Mac called out, the boxer soon arriving at the kitchen and seeing his boxing trainer cradling the chocolate bar like a weirdo. Bowser and company entered the kitchen from the dining room, and saw Doc Louis.
"Looks like Doc Louis finally found his chocolate bar..." said Felicia with a fake smile. The maid had now learned that LaToya was just a name for the chocolate bar, and now she felt like judging Doc Louis.
"LaToya, I promise you, I'll NEVER let you out of my sight again," Doc Louis promised to the nonliving, unsentimental chocolate bar. "In fact, I won't even take a bite out of you...though a nibble won't hurt."
"Quit it out man, it's just a stupid chocolate bar!" Dark Pit frowned as he grabbed the chocolate bar from Doc and took a huge bite out of it, like a savage. Everyone in the room gasped, while Doc Louis angrily stood up and glared down Dark Pit. The doppelganger, thinking he was acting cool, grinned at Flora, who was hardly amused.
"BOY THAT'S MALICIOUS MANSLAUGHTER, I'M GONNA KILL YOU!" the boxing trainer was ready to pummel Dark Pit, but Little Mac came over to restrain his trainer, pulling him away from the doppelganger. Little Mac would then calm Doc down by putting him in a small sleeper hold; he didn't want to do it, but it was necessary. Once Doc was nearly gassed, Little Mac sat the trainer back in his chair.
"You guys keep watch of Doc Louis, I'ma go see if I can find a straitjacket around here," Little Mac told the others, as he exited the kitchen. "Can't believe that I actually have to resort to using a straitjacket on Doc..." As Little Mac exited the kitchen, he bumped into Red.
"Hey there Red, I'm glad to see you," the Pokemon trainer said to the boxer. "You know where Doc Louis is, right? Alm and Celica want to see him." Little Mac was about to respond, but Red had another question to ask... "You also know where Toon Link and Bowser might be?" Good thing those two were nearby.
Doc Louis was a rather sad man, once he returned to his normal self. He wished to reconnect with his love, LaToya, but Dark Pit had eaten the apparently named chocolate bar as Doc Louis was recuperating. For a moment, it seemed like Doc Louis would have to spend the rest of his day depressed...until Red stopped by.
Formerly losing his temper about his missing chocolate bar, Doc Louis was now rejoicing happily in the ballroom, as he was with the treasure chest, eating away the chocolate coins as his now relieved protege Little Mac looked on. But you're thinking, "Why would Doc eat chocolate coins from the treasure chest, when the chest was't even his?"
That's because the treasure chest was his.
Alm: Over the course of our short time at the mansion, we have noticed that Doc Louis has a very...strange obsession with chocolate. His obsession is so strange, that he names the very chocolate bars he eats, and treats them like sentimental girlfriends!
Celica: So Alm and I wished to curb Doc's obsession, to the point where it would be remotely normal...to do that, we had Bowser - who still had some money left from that contest he and Master Hand held two weeks ago - purchase a multitude of chocolate coins...non-addictive chocolate coins, from some company we've never heard of before, and a large treasure chest to put said coins inside. Doc would be a fool to give silly names to some measly chocolate coins, especially non-addictive chocolate coins that would curtail his chocolate obsession!
Alm: Hiding the chest was a high order in itself, and so we went with Bowser's zany idea of hiding the chest at the bottom of the lake. We thought nobody would find the chest there...only for Toon Link to prove us wrong during his fishing expenditure.
Celica: And with the treasure chest in the mansion, we gave it to Doc Louis, as a sign of our gratitude...it's so great to give back after you've been on the receiving end of giving.
"Thought giving back to someone like Doc Louis was an appreciative effort," Alm, standing with his wife Celica, and Mario, Peach, Link, Luigi, and Meta Knight, remarked while Doc Louis was eating away at the chocolate coins. "There's more appreciative deeds left to be done."
"Yeah, I didn't exactly give you ALL the money last week - I saved some just for other stuff," Bowser said to Mario and Peach. "I was gonna use the remaining money to buy a bunch of issues of Victoria's Secret, just so I could ogle at the ladies,until Alm and Celica approached me."
"Thank goodness we stopped you from doing that..." stated Celica, rolling her eyes. "We would have given the treasure chest to Doc Louis at a later time, if Toon Link hadn't found it while fishing." Speaking of whom, Toon Link - looking down at the floor with a face full of remorse - would approach the group, led by Red.
"I think a certain someone here owes an apology..." Red smirked, as he looked down at Toon Link, whom he nudged. "Don't you have something to get off of your chest, Toon Link? I had you apologize to Villager and several others for your actions, and you returned the coins you tried to hide, like I told you to..."
"No, no, I got this..." Toon Link replied, as he cleared his throat and faced Mario and company. "I just want to say that...I'm sorry for my actions today - it's just that, I've been feigning for treasure for the longest now, and when I saw that treasure chest, I kinda let my greed get in the way of things. And I feel kinda bad...and it feels weird to be bad. Didn't know those coins were chocolate, got drawn in by the whole allure of the coins, what with the gold wrapping paper and all. Really drew me in big time. So I just want to say sorry for being greedy, that's all."
"Consider your-a apology accepted, Toon Link," Luigi responded with a smile, making Toon Link feel better about himself. "Hopefully that treasure chest-a of chocolate coins can keep-a Doc Louis contained, it should last-a him for a few-a weeks."
"Still can't believe you had the gall to eat Doc Louis's chocolate bar," Flora scolded Dark Pit, who returned to playing Yooka-Laylee with Pit. And yes, Pit was still waiting for his chance to play the game. "What do you have to say for yourself?"
"Hey, Red said that Alm and Celica got Doc a treasure chest of chocolate coins or something, and Doc didn't seem to care about his dumb chocolate bar anymore...so it's all good," responded Dark Pit as he continued to play his game. "Also thought that I would look cool biting the chocolate bar, in front of Doc Louis...kinda did it for you."
"Well if you were trying to impress me, then it didn't work..." Flora's remark caused Dark Pit to feel some type of way. "...but since you wanted to leave an impression on me...I suppose I can give you an A for effort." ...and just like that, Dark Pit's spirits were lifted up. The doppelganger today, for the most part, wished to impress Flora, and his mission was complete (sort of).
While Dark Pit's spirits were high, the same couldn't be said for Sonic - feeling bitter that the hedgehog accidentally shot him, Cloud called in the police, and had Sonic arrested and taken away. The paramedic was right about Sonic getting arrested soon...though Sonic would have went to jail regardless.
"You guys can't take me away, I have so much to live for!" a handcuffed police officer pleaded to the police officers that were taking him away, as Pit, Dark Pit, and Flora watched Sonic and the policemen pass by.
"Tell that to the judge, hedgehog!" one of the policemen said to Sonic as the group walked away. With Sonic possibly gone for a certain amount of time, maybe the entire mansion can spend Sonic's time behind bars in peace...
Wolf: Yashiro injured his arm at the hands of Doc Louis, so unfortunately we're calling off the music video until he's fully healed. But I still demand to get paid, Touma and Kiria didn't force me to wear a gangster outfit for nothing...does Bowser still have money saved over from that contest? If he does, then I'll just have to pay myself...
"Must suck to be Sonic right now..." remarked Dark Pit, shaking his head. "Wonder what he got arrested for, but knowing him, I'd rather not know...say, Flora, you wanna try out some of Doc Louis's chocolate coins? This Yooka-Laylee game is starting to bore be a bit. I'm confident Doc will share his chocolate with us, if he's willing to."
"Only if Doc Louis even has any chocolate coins left," smiled Flora, as Dark Pit paused the Yooka-Laylee game and went with the maid to the ballroom, leaving poor Pit all by himself. The angel would play the Yooka-Laylee game by himself, but it wouldn't be the same without Dark Pit; he wished to play with the doppelganger, even though Yooka-Laylee, by all accounts, was a ONE-player game.
"Dark Pit, Flora, you are going to come back, right?" Pit called out to the doppelganger and the maid, receiving no response. "Dark Pit, is it okay if I played Yooka-Laylee by myself?" Still no response. "I originally wanted to play the game with you together, but I can play the game without you...how do I turn on single-player mode, do I have to exit the game?"
"Ah, today was a great day...finally finished that wedding cake I worked so hard on," Cilan sighed happily, later that evening, as he was walking to Master Hand's room. "Hopefully the large covering I placed over the cake will prevent the mansion's greedy pigs from eating the pastry before the wedding. Now it's off to see Master Hand, ask him if he would allow me to stay at the mansion permanently..."
Cilan would eventually arrive at Master Hand's room, and once he stepped inside, he saw the giant hand himself, Master Hand, all by himself.
"You certainly look chipper than usual, Cilan," the giant hand said to the Pokemon connoisseur. "Must be rather excited about finishing that wedding cake...I expect that cake to be the greatest thing ever tasted by man, especially with the amount of time you put into it. Didn't treat you like crap all that time for nothing."
"I promise you Master Hand, it will be the best cake you've ever tasted...if you ever eaten cake, or anything for that matter." Master Hand has eaten something, if you recall episode 20. "Besides, you treat all of us the same, so your treatment of me doesn't matter. So since I finished my main duty at the mansion, I was wondering if you could perhaps let me live her permanently - I mean, Palutena and Dunban could really use some help in the kitchen!"
"Sorry Cilan but as much as I would want to discuss your long-term living plans, our negotiations will have to wait for another time...for I sense some very bad mojo that's..."
"Bad mojo at the mansion?!" interrupted Cilan, his eyes widening. "Is the mansion morale going low? Is there another beef taking place, like the one Marth and Robin had? Did Doc Louis become sick from eating his chocolate coins and has killed the mansion's vibe with his illness?"
"No, no, and definitely no...or at least not yet. It's none of those things. But if I had to tell you what's going on, it's that...I've detected a serious traitor among us - a traitor only staying at the mansion as a means to achieve their nefarious goals."
A traitor, living at the mansion? Could they possibly be a secret agent for the Organization?!
