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Chapter 66: Trapped in Cells All Alone
Castle in the Cells
The false Dark Knights were lead into the basements of the castle, where minor criminals and Royals were held captive. Their cloaks were immediately removed, revealing their normal clothing. Expect for Kirby, who was already naked, to begin with.
"You guys will all share a cell together," Mike lead them all to the basement of the castle which located the cells. "Give us your weapons and no one gets hurt."
Jacob held a black bag for them to put their weapons in. There was little hesitation before they all agreed amongst themselves to throw their swords in the bag. Marth was the first to remove his sword as he gently placed it into the bag with a frown. "Sayonara, Falchion."
Roy was next as he dumped his sword in the bag like it was a piece of hamburger wrapping. "See you later, Wanna-be Falchion."
"Hey, don't get my sword scratched up!" Marth elbowed him.
It took a while for Miru to pull out his guns, bullets, and arrows from his clothes, which caused confusion from Jacob and Mike.
"How did you get your weapons to fit into your clothes?" Mike asked out of curiosity.
"It's a secret. . ." Miru answered.
The dragon boy placed his chainsaw sword in the bag without speaking. Ike, however. . . had so many weapons on him. Even the unnecessary weapons. Such as daggers, nunchucks, a spiked chain, throwing knives, a couple of shurikens, a katana, etc. . .
"You have a lot. . ." Jacob commented.
Ike rolled his eyes. "That's just the beginning of my closet. . ."
"Wow, even I didn't know Ike could be such a dangerous character. . ." Marth said.
"Looks like I don't have a choice. . ." Kirby said and opened his mouth open. Ike stomped on him before he could go any further.
"What are you talking about? You don't have any weapons-"
"So it's okay to keep the nuclear bomb in my mouth?" Kirby arched an invisible brow.
Ike stood in silence and released his foot from his head. "Yea, I guess?"
"You guess? HAH! Foolish human." Kirby smirked and walked away from Ike.
"I say he's more dangerous than you," Roy whispered over to Ike.
"I don't need to be reminded." Ike gave a glare at Roy.
After they gave their weapons, they all got locked up in the same rusty cell.
"This is all Kirby's fault. . ." Ike sat in the corner of the cell, with his arms crossed.
"Poyo Pi! I was trying to find you guys!" Kirby exclaimed.
Marth exaggerated his eye roll. "There they go again."
"Dude, you have a freaky sword! Is it a chainsaw?" Roy sat on the ground across from the dragon boy, who looked awfully shy.
"Not exactly, it's the Yato Blade. . ." He answered quietly.
Marth turned to him and walked up to the dragon boy. "Hey, you have a pretty face and you sound too pure to be a Dark Knight. Who are you, really?"
Miru nodded, sitting on a mattress without sheets. "You look like a prince with those weird clothes on."
"Well. . ." He let out a bashful grin as he rubbed his hands together.
"He's obviously a Fire Emblem character," Ike spoke from the far corner and everyone turned to him.
"What makes you think that, Ike?" Marth asked. Ike just stared at him without any answer, making Marth feeling a little intimidated from his cold eyes. Marth looked away immediately and sighed. "Yea, you're probably a Fire Emblem character."
"That doesn't make any sense!" Miru sweat dropped.
"Are you seriously a cheapskate character? Or someone mysterious, like Robin and Lucina?"
"Um. . . I a Fire Emblem character. . ." He only answered. "I go by the name of Corrin."
"Corrin?" Miru realized he was called only Dragon Boy.
"Oh, Cornbread. That's a weird name." Ike said.
"No guys, he said Cornrows," Kirby said.
"It's C-Corrin!" The dragon boy repeated.
"Shut up, Asparagus!" Kirby barked.
"So, why are you a Dark Knight? You look too innocent to spill even a drop of blood." Marth was very curious indeed.
"I was in a chase, from my family. . . families, from Nohr and Hoshido. So, I tried blending myself as a Dark Knight. That totally worked in the end." Corrin grinned.
"My, my! It's very noisy here! I thought I was dreaming!" A fatherly figure voice from across spoke to the group. Ike faced his attention to a couple of adults that were dressed in nice and wealthy clothing. Both the man and woman had a grin on their faces.
"Hey, cell mates!" The older man waved at them.
Ike gave a blank look at the two. "Who the fuck are you guys?"
Ike was answered with a smack on the back of the head from Miru. "Fucking Ike! Those people are Makato's parents! King Utora and Queen Rosalinda!"
Ike stared at Miru with wide eyes and back at the two. He got up and walked to the front of his bars and my the deepest bow ever. "My sincere apologies."
"Miru? Are you here? I knew that was you!" Another voice spoke in a cell beside the two royals. When Miru recognized their faces, he was brought to tears.
"Yoriki?! Father?!"
"Hey, Miru boy, how are you?" His father greeted him with a smile.
"I'm so glad you guys are okay. . ."
"I love a good family reunion. It's. . . just so beautiful." Corrin slowly wiped the ends of his eyes with his finger tips. Kirby stared at him oddly and shrugged.
"Also, new cell mates, don't worry about hunger, they feed us meals every 30 minutes." Utora laughed at the end.
"That's good to know, I'm starving!" Ike exclaimed.
"May I ask you, strangers, a question?" Rosalinda got up from the small bed and walked over to her bars to get a closer look at the Smasher's faces. "Are you all Smashers?"
"Yep! I'm the strongest amongst all." Roy posed with a smirk.
"No, he's actually the weakest amongst us. . ." Marth shook his hand.
"Wow! Utora told me so much about you guys! So, which one of you does Makato fancy the most?" Rosalinda asked.
"Me-." Ike, Marth, and Roy pointed at themselves. The three of them exchanged their glares between each other.
"What are you fools doing? Let me impress the Mother of Makato." Ike muttered at them.
"What are you talking about, Ike? You're a bad influence on little children." Marth smiled with a popped vein.
"He's right you know," Roy agreed.
"I'm guessing it's the white haired fellow! He looks so innocent. Makato likes that kind of people." Rosalinda pointed at the dragon boy. Corrin sweat dropped and shook his hands.
"No, I mean- -I don't even know her. . . Hahaha. . ." Corrin sensed bad waves coming from the three swordsmen.
"You're itching to dig your grave, huh?" Ike cracked his knuckles. "Even without my sword, I can still kill you."
"How?" Marth rolled his eyes. "You're like a baby without its lollipop."
"Wait, what did I do wrong?" Corrin shook his hands for mercy upon Ike.
"Makato is going to be so happy when she sees her friends, all well and healthy." Rosalinda smiled at the thought of it.
"So, how did you guys ended up here?" Yoriki asked his younger brother. Miru sighed and only pointed at Kirby.
"It's a long story, but Kirby. . . I guess you can say it was his fault we ended up in jail."
"I am the cause and effect!" Kirby raised his little pink arm in the air without feeling guilty of himself.
"Sometimes, I wonder why you're still alive. . ." Ike said.
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Next Day
June 6th
"Ah, what a beautiful day!" Marth woke up from his jail bed that he refused to share with the others. The first thing that came to his nose was the smell of sweat. Triggered enough from the aroma, Marth immediately covered his nose with his hands and found who was responsible.
"Stop doing push-ups! You're making my morning stink!"
Ike gave an unsatisfied look to the prince and continued. "Shut up! I need more strength to kill! Come on Kirby! Put more weight on my back!"
"Bish, I'm light weighted!" Kirby was sitting on Ike's back to being extra weight for Ike. However, Ike was only feeling a feather when he hopped on top of him. Loud snoring came from Roy and Miru who were both cuddling each other. Corrin slept in the corner of the cell like an outcast. Marth observed each of their behavior and sighed at the end.
"I seriously. . . need to brush my teeth." Marth groaned loudly.
"Ah, I think I got the solution for that," Rosalinda spoke to the blue prince across. Marth arched an eyebrow and crossed his arms.
"Really?"
"Yes. As the Queen of Healing, I have the ability to heal. I can also heal teeth, which is ten times as better than brushing or flossing. Getting rid of bad breath and plaque. I've been doing that since I arrived down here." Rosalinda explained. "I can even do it from far range, you won't even feel a thing."
"Wow! I am shocked!" Marth grinned widely. "Please do our teeth!"
"With pleasure." Rosalinda clasped her hands together to perform her magic. A white aura surrounded her entire body, then at her husband. It spread like mist throughout the basement of the castle. Soon the mist reached Marth and his cell mates. Ike kept doing push-ups without even noticing. A few seconds later, the mist disappeared that let off small translucent lilies as a finishing touch to remove all odors.
"Ah, thank you so much." Marth bowed.
"It's no problem," Rosalinda said.
"Camila, is that you making cookies again?" Corrin rubbed his eyes, slowly coming out of his sleep.
"Something smells wonderful. My teeth feel, wonderful. . ." Roy woke up beside Miru. Miru also did the same and rolled his body away from Roy's.
(oOoOoOo)
8:30 A.M.
They all got their breakfast; each cell had their own little buffet of pancakes, eggs, waffles, bacon, and fruit to eat from. The Smashers couldn't enjoy their breakfast because of Kirby, who ate the majority of the food.
"It's the day before their wedding. . ." Marth talked while they all filled their stomachs on what was left on the plates. "How are we supposed to get out? They have our weapons."
"Um, if you all don't mind. I have a plan. . ." Corrin shyly raised his hand up for their attention.
"Why should I listen to your nonsense, Cornbread?" Ike said.
"It's Corrin. . ." Corrin frowned.
"Same thing."
"We should listen. It's not like we can do anything." Miru said.
"Whatever. . ." Ike snatched a piece of bacon from Kirby's hand and ate it.
"P-POYO!" Kirby raged and flipped the rest of the food they had on their plates.
"Nuuuu!" Roy cried.
"Guys, shut up!" Marth snapped. "There's still fruit!"
"No one eats the healthy stuff!" Kirby cried. "Have you ever seen me eat a fruit before?!"
"Your maximum tomatoes-" Roy was caught off by Kirby who shook his head.
"My maximum tomatoes are secretly filled with lard! Lard! I wAs nEVeR rAisEd tO EaT grEEN BeANs aNd bRUsSel sPrOUts. I GrEW Up iN SpAcE To eAT aLIeN fAT!"
". . . For some reason, I feel like puking. . ." Ike covered his mouth to avoid that.
"Um, may I continue?" Corrin asked.
"Please do." Marth facepalmed.
Corrin cleared his throat before he spoke about his plan. "I believe that pink fellow has the ability to bend in all sorts of shapes and sizes."
"Oh! You mean Marth when he wears a pink dress? Yea, I can bend his spine a couple of times. . ." Ike commented.
"I think Corrin was talking about Kirby." Marth mentally cried from that memory.
"So, maybe Kirby can squeeze through the bars. To get the keys from a girl name Yumi. When she came here with our breakfast, I noticed her pockets having a few keys hanging on the outside. She's the girl with the keys. Kirby can find Yumi, take the keys (carefully) and he can find the key to the door with our swords in it. I can transform into a dragon, and we can save the princess together."
"Brilliant plan, Corrin!" Marth clapped.
"Nice!" Miru agreed with Marth.
"I'm ready!" Roy said.
"Whoa, Corrin, you're going too far ahead," Ike said.
"What do you mean, Ike? Corrin's plan was a genius!" Roy said.
"I agree, he's cute!" Marth said.
"Um. . . what?" Corrin was flustered from that comment.
Ike crossed his arms. "There's no WE in saving Makato. I'll be the only one-"
"Ike! We need teamwork!" Marth slapped his head because he felt like Ike was stupid.
"Fuck teamwork!"
"Immature brats. . ." Kirby rolled his eyes as he watched Marth and Ike arguing.
"How about Corrin transforms himself into a drag queen to get Mikoru's attention?" Roy suggested.
"I rather get killed along with my mother. . ." Corrin muttered.
"Guys! We don't have to come up with a new plan! It's now or never!" Marth said.
"I can't help but eavesdrop on your so called, 'plan'", Utora coughed out loud for their attention. "When are you going to start your escape thingy?"
"Right now, of course," Marth replied.
"Oh! I don't think so, boys!" A feminine voice spoke from a far.
"That voice. . . It's her. . ." Corrin murmured.
"I knew you guys were planning something." Yumi walked into the cell with his moon staff. "So I called in Michelle."
Michelle appeared behind Yumi and everyone in their cells were shocked to see her.
"I'm getting my paycheck tomorrow so I can't let you guys escape."
"Michelle. . ." Kufu murmured.
"That was our mother. . ." Yoriki couldn't help but feel a little down.
Michelle massaged her gloved hands continued walking down the hall between each cell. "I'll use force if I have to."
"My thoughts exactly." Ike got up from the ground and smirked at the woman.
"What is Ike thinking? Suicide?" Roy asked Marth.
"We're useless without our swords. I can't even punch for life." Marth shook his head. A gap of time went between them for a few minutes before Michelle continued talking. "It's best if you guys behave. I'm a complete monster when I'm angry-"
"Poyo."
Michelle and Yumi heard a cute voice coming from behind. When they both turned around, Kirby was there acting as if he was a newborn.
"How did that thing escape?! The Narrator didn't say anything about Kirby escaping!" Yumi exclaimed.
"Calm your va-jeyjey! I was taking a stroll around! Jeez! I'm going back to my cell anyway!" Kirby barked as he walked passed them. Yumi brightly blushed from his rude comment.
"E-excuse me?!"
"Don't waste your breath on that puffball, Yumi. He's pretty dumb than he looks." Michelle smiled at her. Kirby squeezed back inside the bars. The Smashers stared at the pink puffball with dumbfounded looks.
"Hey, hey! What's up, bitches?!"
"Kirby how in the world did you-?" Marth was cut off from Kirby's disturbing vomit. It turned out Kirby's vomit happened to be their swords with plenty of saliva and bacon bits.
"-Get our swords?" Marth's eyes widened, so did the rest of the group.
"Kirby got our swords!" Roy quickly picked his sword from the pile, regardless of the saliva and bacon bits.
"Oh, sweet." Miru eyed his guns that were all soaked in Kirby's. . . "Um. . ."
"Ok, I'm not picking that up." Marth shook his head.
"How did he get the swords?!" Yumi exclaimed. She checked her pockets and noticed her keys were missing.
Ike grabbed his sword, ignoring the saliva and digested bacon bits. "Ha, it was all part of our plan." Ike didn't know what he was saying.
Corrin rinsed his sword with a water bottle before grabbing it.
"Why didn't I think of that?" Marth did the same and grabbed Roy's water bottle.
"No time to clean our swords," Ike swiped the water bottle from Marth's hand and did the same with his sword. He viciously threw it to the side once he finished using it. "Let's get out of here."
"Hey! What do you think you guys are doing?!" Yumi watched Corrin using his chainsaw sword to shred the bars.
"Escaping from prison? Duh." Kirby said as he gave the final blow to breaking the bars as an escape hole.
"Yay~ We're free!" Roy cheered.
"This is only just the beginning," Miru said.
"Whoa, they're free! I'm amazed!" Kufu said from his bars. Yoriki nodded in agreement.
"So, when will they free us? When will Miru free his own blood-related family?" Yoriki asked.
"Whoa! It's like watching an anime!" Utora had his jaw dropped. Rosalinda rolled her eyes from the comment.
Michelle and Yumi watched the group with their swords all back in their hands. Ike turned his head to Corrin. "Corrin, transform already, will ya? It's been like five minutes."
"About that. . ." Corrin showed a giddy smile as his twirled his fingers. "I kinda lost my dragon stone. . . that helps me control my dragon form. . ." Ike for once dropped his Ragnell from his hand.
"Are you fucking kidding me?" Ike's face was clouding in darkness by the minute, even Kirby had to step back from him.
"So you. . . lied to us?" Marth arched an eyebrow.
"I wanted us to have motivation in leaving this place-!"
"I'm going to be so motivated to kill you!" Ike gripped his hands over Corrin's neck and squeezed it like a Gogurt.
"ASDFGNKHERKFUWENEIOMO!" Corrin choked.
"Stop it, Ike!" Miru exclaimed.
"Yea! We need him! We'll just have to look for the stone!" Roy said.
"Or we can just fight with our swords. . ." Marth said.
"Um. . . I thought we were going to have a showdown." Yumi whispered over to Michelle.
Michelle shrugged, still smiling. "Who knows? I'm getting bored. . . Prepare yourself, Yumi." Michelle placed her hands on top of each other and cleared her throat for the Smashers' attention. "Well, Lord Mikoru won't pay me if you guys escape." Her diabolik eyes squinted with pleasure, thinking how she was going to break each of their bones one by one. She then removed her gloves, revealing her ugly, mutant demon hands. Corrin had the strength to pinch his nose while still clinging onto life. Ike stopped the choking and released his neck, knowing that he needed to get back on track.
"Ah, look at those hands!" Roy exclaimed.
"Miru, your mother is a half demon or something?" Marth asked Miru.
"She probably gave her soul to the Illuminati. Other than that. . . I don't know." Miru answered.
"Two against six? That ain't fair at all." Utora shook his head behind the bars.
"Honey, do you want the enemy to recruit their people?!" Rosalinda whacked her husband's shoulders.
"Hey! I'm half kidding!"
"He's right, this is certainly not fair." Michelle sighed.
"Yeaitfairlet'sjustfight!" Roy didn't want the battle to be any more difficult.
"Don't worry, Milady! We're here for back up!" A voice with a thin slice of wind brought Mike next to Yumi. A poisonous summoned Jacob right beside her.
"Okay, now we have four against five. Just don't include the pink ball." Michelle said.
"Racist much?" Kirby glared at the blue haired woman.
"Mike, I'm sensing bad vibes from the spiky hair guy," Jacob whispered over to Mike.
"Come on! We're Tachibanas! We'll end this fight in five seconds-"
"Wa-CHA!" Ike swiftly sliced Mike's thigh, giving him a long scar on the leg. Blood started to spew out like a water sprinkler. Mike blinked a couple of times before glancing down at his right leg.
"AHHHHHHH! MY LEG!" He collapsed on the ground.
"See, I told you. . ." Jacob smirked.
"Don't just stand there! Help me!" Mike glared at the queen, who felt threatened. She quickly shook her head and cornered herself into the cell.
"No! You're the bad guys!" Rosalinda said.
"Fuck!" Mike cursed out.
"Calm down! Rejuvenation!" Yumi used her moon staff to stop the bleeding of his leg. Mike sighed in relief and got back up to his feet.
"That was a sneaking move." Marth elbowed Ike. Ike gripped his sword even tighter. "I don't have time for this nonsense."
"You think this is nonsense?! I'll show you!" Mike summoned mini tornados from his hands. "Let's do this!"
Miru vs Michelle, Ike and Marth vs Mike; Roy vs Jacob, Corrin vs Yumi. The fight started with a yellow card but continued out with loud bashes and destruction in the basement. The Dark Knights didn't know about Utora and Rosalinda secretly buffing them in the background. Kufu and Yoriki used the opportunity to lure Kirby with a frosted donut to free them.
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1:00 P.M.
Makato blew on her harmonica in her room. Being in absolute boredom brought her to learn the harmonica. She couldn't stop thinking about that Kirby sighting she had.
"Kirby, he must be hungry." Makato released her harmonica in her hands and got up from her bed. Just then, a Dark Knight opened her door. "Lunch is ready, Milady." The Dark Knight bowed and left her room.
"I'm sure he's in the basement. All trapped and cold by himself. . . Poor Kirby! I shall sneak into the basement. . . without getting caught like this morning. . ." Makato got up from her bed and hurried to the place where her potions were all kept in a box.
"Now, I just need a perfect disguise. . . A Dark Knight costume would work." She grinned at the small piece of cloth she tore from a Dark Knight's cloak a while back. She found an empty solution of disguise potion and placed the cloth in the potion. Few seconds of watching the ingredient dissolving, she drank the bottle. Five seconds later, her transformation was everything of a Dark Knight without the tattoo. Makato touched her strands of hair, noticing the coloring of her hair was a dirty blonde. She grabbed a nearby mirror and checked herself. She opened the cloak, revealing a short, dark purple dress with combat boots.
"Not bad. . . not bad at all. . . I only have a few hours till this wears off." Just when she was about to leave, she spotted a shiny blue stone on a crate. "Oh, I never saw this before." Makato picked it up and placed it into her pocket.
Makato continued her journey as a Dark Knight to the basement door. Flinching a couple of times when a random Dark Knight would greet her good afternoon. Minutes later, she arrived at the door.
"Finally, I made it!" She muttered a victory cry to herself.
"Finally! We won!" Roy cheered, high-fiving Miru.
"It's finally over. . ." Marth sighed from exhaustion.
Ike grabbed Yumi's body last and piled it on top of Michelle, Mike, and Jacob who were all out cold. "That's the last of it. Ready to burn them, Roy?"
"Yep!"
"No! We shouldn't kill them!" Corrin cried out.
"Why not?" Kirby had a little match in his hand. "It'll be good for the air."
"That's not what I mean. Wouldn't Mikoru find out if all of his elite soldiers suddenly went missing?" Corrin said.
"Yea, that's a problem. . ." Ike realized and loosen the grip of his sword. Utora and Rosalinda left their cells and faced the Smashers.
"Please, save our daughter," Rosalinda said.
"Yea. We need to get out of here." Utora said.
"That's not what I said." Rosalinda looked at Utora with a concerned look.
"Ah, those cells weren't the best shelters. . ." Yoriki stretched his arms.
"It's great to see you, Yoriki." Miru smiled.
"I know." Yoriki smirked and they both hugged each other. Kufu watched and nodded slowly. "So, what's the next plan?"
Rosalinda pointed to the plain wall across between the cells. "If we make a giant hole over there, that would lead to the outside of the castle."
"That's perfect. We're going to bury their hide their bodies under some dirt." Yoriki grabbed Yumi and Michelle's body while Kufu grabbed the other two.
"Can I make the giant hole, please?!" Kirby whined.
"Sure. . ." Ike gave him the permission to do so. Kirby squealed so loudly and used his hammer to make a giant hole.
"Awesome!" Yoriki cheered.
"That little guy is something," Kufu commented.
"Because I am a SOMETHING!" Kirby crossed his arms.
"While you guys do your thing, we're going to rescue Makato," Ike said.
"Please do. That would mean the world to us." Rosalinda smiled.
"Don't kill yourselves. . ." Utora waved goodbye as they all left the basement through the hole.
"I'm surprised no one in the castle noticed," Marth said.
"Um, I think that guy did." Roy pointed at a Dark Knight with that was standing there in silence the whole time.
"I swear, if you report us, I'm going to thrust this sword down your throat before you even blink." Ike pointed his sword at the Dark Knight. He quickly shook his head as he pulled it's hoodie lower.
"Well, this isn't good. That guy is going to cockblock us till Mikoru shows up. . ." Marth said.
"My dragon stone! I can sense it! It's from coming from him!" Corrin sped walk to the Dark Knight and gave a long stare.
"Just knock him out!" Roy suggested.
"Um. . . I'm too nice to do such. . ." Corrin looked back at his fellow companions. Ike sighed in annoyance and walked up right next to Corrin.
"Fine, I'll do it then." Ike cracked his knuckles and walked up to the Dark Knight. The Dark Knight flinched and even screeched a little. Ike stopped cracking his knuckles and stared down at the short Dark Knight. "Oh, it's a female. Doesn't make any difference to me."
"Wait! I'll give you the stone! Just don't hurt me!" The Dark Knight quickly pulled out the stone and handed it to Corrin. Corrin's eyes widened as he gently grabbed it.
"Thank you. You're a lifesaver!"
"Now you can transform into a dragon. I'll miss your human side." Marth shed a tear.
"Um, I can always change back. . ." Corrin trailed.
"Phew. . ." The Dark Knight sighed in relief.
"I'm guessing you're a rebellion, welcome to the club!" Roy ran up to the Dark Knight and shook hands with her.
"Yes, I'm against him-" She covered her mouth to keep herself from bursting from laughter.
"We can use more helping hands." Marth nodded.
"I-I know where the princess is. She's not in the castle." The Dark Knight said. Everyone gave her a shocked look.
"Really, now?" Miru said.
"I'm positive! She's actually outside of the castle."
"This is all going to be two times easier. Corrin, transform so we can locate her from the sky."
"Okay!"
