A/N: Hope you enjoy this next chapter!
Chapter 94: End of the Road
Hi. I'm Mega Man. I'm your pretty average, basic Smasher. I do average brawls, I get average pays, I give average talks, everything about me has been average ever since I stepped foot into the Smash World. I don't have any friends, so I guess what you can say that I'm a loner. I don't get any screen time so I'm basically invisible. But now. . . I can't believe we're becoming homeless within a week, and I didn't even feel like I belonged, and we're getting kicked out. Great. Just great. I sacrificed blood, sweat, and tears to be apart of the Smash Community and because of one guy, we'll be kicked out. Great. Just great. I hope things will get resolved soon, I never slept near a trash can before. I'm scared about what will happen to us. Well, I'll see you later. . . Time to pack my things.
One Week Later
July 24th
8:00 A.M.
The Smashers watched their house from the high gates with the construction workers already wrecking and destroying the memories of the fairly new mansion. A boulder rammed through most of the walls and the windows, creating a devastating crash. It collapsed quickly like a weak bridge and folded itself altogether.
Most of the sensitive Smashers cried as they hold tightly to their belongings, and most of them were angered by the whole thing, and some of them didn't care at all.
"Poyo. . . that was the game room." Kirby cried quietly, as he chewed on his cheeseburger in the early morning.
"Give me a bite, will ya? I haven't got the time to make breakfast." Ike showed his hand.
"Get your own shit! Can't you see I'm sad?!" Kirby kicked his shin as hard as steel, making the mercenary dropping to his knees.
"Urgh. Sonovabitch. . ."
"Ike, leave him be. . . It's going to be a long day."
Ike got up from his feet and turned to Marth, whose head was straight towards the sky. His bangs covered his eyes, making it hard to read his face.
"I know. . ." Ike didn't know how much the mansion meant to him.
"Were we fated with this ending?" Meta Knight asked.
"Mario, what's going to happen to us?" Peach wiped her tears with her handkerchief.
"Yea, Mario. . . I'm kinda scared." Luigi shook in his boots.
"Don't worry, I've already got another place for us to stay. I made some arrangements." Mario said, assuring them.
Ness looked up at Mario with hope still lingering in his eyes. "You mean you got another house just like the Smash Mansion?"
"Really?" Lucas gleamed.
"Wow, incredible. In such a short amount of time." Link grinned.
"Yippee!" Pit cheered.
Mario laughed nervously. "Hehe, yeah. . . Let's get going, everyone. Even if we're not Smashers, it's best to stick together."
"If that's the case, I would like to get my own room," Robin said. The tactician glanced over at Chrom to see him glaring at him, knowing he was in enough trouble already.
The only thing that was left available for the Smashers was the Smash Bus. Everyone placed their luggage in the storage compartment for the bus before hopping in.
"You know, you can get rid of that," Richter pointed to Roy's coffin he had on the ground next to him from last week.
"This brings good memories of the club," Roy said with a weak smile. "After all, it was our last fun activity together with Corrin and the others."
"The others? You were drugged with a bunch of losers that wanted the weed for themselves."
"It's ok."
Richter stared at him, confused and half grinned. "Ok, definitely not sitting next to you on the bus. Simon! Want to watch my Tik Tok compilation? One of them was me raiding Area 51~!"
"I stepped towards a seizure the last time. . ."
Richter went ahead of Roy and into the bus with his blonde buddy, Simon, who silently grunted.
"Homeless, huh? I wonder what that means. . ." Makato stared off into space with her finger slightly below her lips. From a week of time, her body received full recovery and she was able to make potions again. Her pink hair was a growing process, only reaching the length of her neck.
Makato's Definition of Homelessness:
"Honey, I'm home!" Ike shut the door behind him and loosen his tie.
Makato just pulled out a sheet pan of fresh-baked goods. "Welcome home, Dear! I made cinnamon rolls!"
"You're the best, Honey! You know what makes me happy. And you know what also makes me happy?"
"What is it?"
"My new mistress, Robin."
Robin appeared beside him in a long, fitted red dress in black heels. "I'm Ike's mistress, I'm the one that gave him an iPhone!"
A wave of shock exploded her ovaries as she spat out blood all over the cinnamon rolls. "W-why, Dear? I thought what we had was special!"
Fin
Makato sweatdropped. "On second thought, I don't think I'm ready. I have a new rival after all. . ."
"Princess, you've never experienced, nor know the meaning of homelessness," Miru said beside her.
The air was gloomy on the bus, as Smashers filled most of the seats in. The last two were Master and Crazy Hand, as they made their way toward the driver and passenger's seat. It started raining the moment the bus started driving away from the torn-apart mansion.
(oOoOoOo)
Smash Motel 6
Their second dream home turned out to be a dirty, rat-infested motel with cockroaches crawling up the torn up walls. The beds were filled with dust and the toilets were stained with who-knows-what. Overall, the whole motel looked like barf. No wonder it was only ten dollars per night.
Room 254
Most of the Smashers tried to fit themselves in the room, as Mario could only afford two rooms with the little money they have in the Smash Bank. Space was limited for the Smashers and all they could do was groan.
"Squeak, squeak. . ."
"Buzz, buzz. . . "
"Mario, what the hell is this?" Zelda stood in terror.
"Where's the swimming pool? And the game room? And the maids? And the chocolate fountain?" Ness pouted.
"Ew. . ." Peach spotted a piece of dirty underwear that was left in the corner.
"I feel sick," Shulk said.
"Pika. . ." Pikachu noticed some of the rats were almost his size.
"This is disgusting." Marth covered his mouth, afraid to even breathe the air.
Ike sat against the wall, not minding a little cockroach crawling up his cheek. After a few seconds of irritation, he slammed his hand against his cheek where the cockroach was, receiving a quick death.
"Cockroaches everywhere!" Palutena panicked, holding up her dress. "Ew, ew, ew, ew!"
"These bugs are a good source of protein." Snake said, collecting them.
"Yea, this whole thing is Corrin's fault," Falco said.
"He just wanted a place to belong." Pac Man defended.
"Well, he did an awesome job becoming an outcast. An 'A-plus effort. Hurry up and end your life." Ike said, leaning back on the wall.
"Y-yes, Ike-san!"
"It's ok, Corrin, you don't have to hang yourself." Marth laid his hand on his shoulders.
Corrin was about to put the noose hanging on the ceiling, over his head in the corner of the room. "But Robin made this noose especially for me."
"Ike! He's just a kid- -wait, Robin? Did you make the noose? Even though you were clearly part of the club?" Marth furrowed his eyebrows and stared deeply at Robin who sat on the dusty bed, flipping the pages of his novel.
He kept his eyes glued to the book while everyone stared at him. "What he did was unacceptable and he should commit die-"
"You were also an accomplice! Don't forget that!" Marth exclaimed. "Honestly! Don't you people know the seeds you reaped?!"
"Don't listen to Robin. Although we all want you to die, it doesn't solve the fact that we're still here." Zelda said.
"There's no need for you to die, Corrin. We all make mistakes." Samus said.
"Pac Man needs you and you need him." Peach smiled, hugging Cloud tightly. "Isn't that right, Cloudy?"
"Can you. . . let go of me?" Cloud muttered.
"Princess, this filth is bad for your health. I'm going to talk to the front desk guy." Miru said, leaving the room.
Makato nudged her finger to one of the corner rats. It wasn't afraid of Makato as he kept squeaking to pet her. "Aw, you're so cute, Ben."
"Ben, huh?" Ike said, appearing next to her. The jealous tension grew around him, and Makato sweatdropped. "And should I know more about this Ben?"
"Ike, it's okay. There's no need for you to be jealous of a rat." Makato giggled.
"Hahahahahaha!" Roy laughed. "Jealous of a rat! Wow! Isn't that funny, Whiskers De Pablo?"
"Meow!" The cat was busy catching rats for lunch while Duck Hunt watched in disgust.
Ike shot a glare at Roy. "Shut up, or I'll eat that cat for dinner."
"Nooooo!"
"I joined just to be homeless?!" F. Robin shook her head. "Give me back my iPhones and air pods!"
"HELL NO!" Everyone shouted back at her, as her face and hair blew.
Robin smirked, overhearing the conversation. "Consider yourself a part of the family. We ain't giving them back."
"You! Sis-male white privileged-! You want a phone to keep track of the little, innocent girls that are out there in the world so you could drag them in your pedo, white, rapist van!"
"Why would I do that? But that is a good idea. . . After all the superior gender is males."
"You are the reason rape culture exists! And it's not only two genders there's actually sixty-four!"
"Rape? I prefer it to be called. . . a surprising pleasure. And no, there are only two genders. Male and the feible females of this world."
"Wait till I get my hands on you, I'll-!"
(oOoOoOo)
Main Lobby
Miru arrived at the front desk and met the owner for the second time. He was overweight and bald, and never bothered to take a shower, or changed his stained white muscle shirt.
"Don't you have any rooms that aren't filled with rat scat and roaches?"
"Take it or leave it, kid. This ain't Smash Four Seasons Hotel. This is a motel." He replied back bitterly.
"Is there any room that actually has housekeeping?"
"I said take it or leave it."
"Useless. . ." Miru left the front desk irritated but stopped half-way when he saw Makato entering the main lobby.
"Um, excuse me?"
"What is it now?" The front desk guy turned to see another person with Miru, except it was an attractive girl with short pink hair in a soft pink dress.
"O-ohh. . ." The front desk blushed madly as he immediately got up from his wheelchair.
"My friends are suffering from the lack of cleanliness in the rooms you've given us. Is it possible to get better and cleaner rooms than the ones you provided for us? It's not like we hate them or anything. . ."
"Of course! We don't get any maids but I'll definitely set up some rooms for you and your friends!" He smiled, showing no signs of flossing in his black gums.
She tilted her head to the side and smiled. "Thank you so much."
"Please, call me Charles!"
Miru rolled his eyes from his performance. "Talk about a change of heart."
"But first I'll need to check how many rooms we'll be needing, so let me just check the rooms real quick and-"
(oOoOoOo)
"OH! These scum are your friends? I pity you." Charles glared at the Smashers that were crowded in one room. "I almost wanted to kick them out! Haha!"
Ike got up and confronted the man, in which the mercenary was much taller by afoot. "Kick us out from this dump? That's hilarious! I liked to see you try!"
Marth groaned and hugged his legs tight together in a ball. "Please don't make this worse."
"Is there seem to be a problem with the rooms?" Mario asked Miru, who he saw leaving the room earlier.
"Can't you see the terrible conditions? It's like we're in a 1-star rated motel from the reviews on Yelp."
"But this is a 1-star motel rated from the reviews on Yelp."
". . . Why did I even ask. . ."
Charles spat on the floor near Kirby's head as the little puffball flinched in disgust.
"Honestly, I liked you guys before when you do your tournaments and events! But after the whole communist, brain-washing shit, you guys are just a hairy sack of balls and tits! I don't even know why I allowed you guys to stay! Maybe because I have a heart within me."
"T-thank you so much!" Mario jumped to his knees and viciously bowed.
"You're embarrassing us, Mario," Zelda said.
"Wow, never been called balls and tits before. . ." Ike sighed and sat back down against the wall. The moment his back touched the wall, it crumbled apart, making Ike fall through to the other side of the room.
"Arrrgh!"
"Oh my God. . ." Ness shook his head.
"You guys will have to pay for the damages you caused by the way. I ain't pulling money out of my ass to help you guys."
"B-but this motel was already damaged in the first place!" Mario said.
"HUH?! What was that? You want to live on the streets?!"
"N-no. . . We'll need at least 30 futons for tonight."
"Do I look Japanese to you? This is a motel! Share a bed!"
(oOoOoOo)
Next Day
July 25th
"Thanks to your votes between keeping the Smashers or getting an arcade your wishes have been answered! We shall now celebrate the grand opening of our new arcade called, Arcade World!"
"Way better than the Smashers!"
"I've always wanted a huge arcade!"
"So cool!"
"Those communist Smashers get what they deserved!"
"Ya!"
"Fuck dem!"
"They could have drugged the whole town!"
"Where are they anyway?"
"I heard they live in motels because they're so broke, they can't afford anything!"
The grand opening of the arcade was broadcasted live on SmashABC News in the early morning. Bunch of famous celebrities like the Smash Street Boys and schools from many countries arrived to see the new grand opening of the arcade.
The Mayor was there along with his assistant as he smiled brightly at the camera while using the large scissors to cut the red, large ribbon. After that, a huge rush of people entered the arcade with joy as fireworks and balloons that filled up the bright day.
Back at Smashville in Smash Motel 6, the Smashers watched closely to the small screen in the motel of their second day, staring at what used to be the foundation of Smash Bros.
"There's our home. . . gone. . ." Lucas teared up, wiping his eyes uncontrollably. Ness and Toon Link teared up alongside him and comforted him.
"Too many roaches on me! OOH! AHH! AHH!" Diddy Kong panicked, slapping his head and legs to kill the bugs off his body.
"This is dumb. . . what are we gonna do now?" Falco said.
"We didn't eat yesterday but only water. . . will we eat real food?" Shulk said.
"I'm hungry," Kirby said.
"Yea, can we go to Sharis?" Ike said. "I need to use their restroom and get some breakfast too."
"Didn't you forget we're too broke to even afford breakfast?" Marth said. "Unless you have some pocket change on your own."
"Don't worry, Marth-sama! My father is back at his part-time job!" Lucina said.
"What?" Everyone stopped what they were doing and stared at the male-female Marth who looked at them weirdly. "What?"
"What do you mean what? Chrom has a job?" Marth asked.
Robin shot up from the bed he refused to share with anyone and grasped onto Lucina's shoulders. "Even I didn't know! We get to eat right? R-r-right?!"
Lucina freaked out from Robin's tired and creepy appearance with no rest from the rats and bugs. "Robin! Let go of me! You're scaring me!"
F. Robin grabbed hold of M. Robin's neck and choked him down the moment he touched a female. "Stop raping her! She said stop and you didn't respect her choice!"
M. Robin grabbed her hands and pulled them away from her. "S-shut up, you hetero-lesbian! I'm not in the mood for this!"
"So. . . can you explain to us?" Peach said.
She twiddled her thumbs, kinda embarrassed to explain. "Why does it matter, right?"
"Just say it." Zelda murmured, yawning. "How did he even get a job?"
"Yea! I'm sooo hungry!" Pit pleaded.
Lucina pouted as she sighed to herself. "He's been calling in sick ever since he joined Smash. But since Smash is no longer here, he began working again since yesterday raising money. He's such a strong, honest father. . . Oh, Fatheeeeer!" She bawled her eyes out as waterfalls from her eyes landed on Ryu's head.
"What the-"
Marth and Ike looked at each other before looking back at Lucina.
Marth then crossed his arms. "After all this time he called in sick for how many months? Uh, I'm just surprised he didn't get fired. So what is his job?"
"He's a delivery man for Grub Hub, Door Dash, Uber eats . . . You name it!"
"He. . . delivers food?"
"So he's the type of guy that spits on their food and take it for themselves when they didn't like his service. Great! I think we'll be getting free food. . ." Ike smirked.
"Ike. . ." Makato furrowed her eyebrows at him.
"What is it?"
"We can't rely only on him. We'll have to get jobs just like him."
"Hm. . . a job huh? Well so far on my resume, I kill people. Will I get hired on the spot at Taco Bell?"
"N-no you won't. . ." Makato frowned at his answer.
"Shit. . . getting a job is way harder than I thought."
"No shit." Marth rolled his eyes.
(oOoOoOo)
With an ok breakfast at McDonald's, everyone headed back to the motel after receiving stares and crap from the public.
Robin laughed. "Alright, I got a plane to catch." Robin was now wearing a tropical attire with a straw hat and dark shades.
"And where do you think you're going?" Ike said.
"New York. I actually have my own place back in the States."
"Take me with you!" Roy, Ness, Kirby, Lucas, all shouted.
"It's a one-bed apartment, but I'll take any girls if they're interested."
"Pervert!" F. Robin hissed loudly.
M. Robin ignored her harsh comment and called out each female Smasher one by one.
"Zelda?"
"You're suspicious and weird," Zelda said, shaking her head. Link stuck his tongue out angrily from behind.
"Peach?"
"Thank you for the offer, but I'll be getting married to Cloud once we head back home."
"What?" Mario and Cloud said.
"Samus?"
"As Zelda said, you're a complete freak."
"Ouch. Palutena?"
"Yes-!"
"Never mind, you'll stand out."
"Huuuhh?! No, I won't! I'll blend in with the other Americans! Yea! I'll. . . dye my hair yellow-blonde, get an ultimate tan, blow up my lips and ass! How about it?"
"Lady Palutena. . . You won't even be a goddess. You'll become a monster! Waaaaa!" Pit wept.
"Shut up! She can do whatever the hell she wants." Dark Pit said.
Robin looked at the other girls and saw one with short red hair with loads of makeup. "Roy, I can see through your disguise."
"Damnit!" Roy slammed his blonde wig on the dusty ground that he was about to put on.
"Lucina?"
"And who are you calling Lucina?" Marth popped vein from his forehead.
"Marth?"
Lucina gasped loudly when Robin was looking straight at her. "So I do look like Marth-sama! Eeek!"
"Me?" Robin asked his sister.
"Trying to murder another country with your toxic shenanigans?! I think the fuck not! I will report you to the proper authorities, just you wait!" Female Robin said.
"Daisy?"
"Hell yea! I'm gonna get, some Dolce Gabbana
Louis, Gucci, Fendi, Prada, designer, Balenciaga. . . " Daisy cheered.
Robin turned his head immediately and kept going down the list of the female Smashers, not willing to share a dime. "Um. . . Marmalade, Popo, Nana? Actually, you'll put me in prison."
"Wamee. . ." Marmalade pouted.
"Aww. . ." The Ice Climbers frowned.
"Bayonetta-? Wait, who am I kidding? Bringing her would be cancerous. . ." Robin muttered regretfully at the end. Robin sighed at his failure to invite a female Smasher to the States.
"What a shame. To think no female will share their time to enjoy the true aspects of being a normal human being. I'll be off then. Ready, Makato?"
"Huh?" Makato looked up, including Ben the Rat.
"Whoa whoa whoa!" Ike stood up and marched towards Robin with two balled fists. "Wherever she goes, I'll follow."
"Same here," Miru said.
"I don't believe your name was Makato." Robin sweatdropped, waving his hands, not wanting to be in a fistfight.
"Um look, I rather not have everyone separated so soon. . ." Mario rubbed the back of his head. "We can get jobs and raise enough money to buy the mansion back. Like what Chrom is doing!"
"I'm going straight to prison if they found out I'm working. . ." Snake said.
"Same here as well. . ." Daisy murmured, biting his fingernails.
"Just what did you do that was so bad?" Miru said.
"Well, you know the drugs from the DDDC? Yea. . . I have kinda been smuggling and-"
Roy thought about it for a minute and looked at Mario. "So, I think we work very hard and get a house like Cloud's? But have you seen the starting prices for apartments?"
"Yes, they are pretty expensive. . ." Link said.
"I know. . . but, I think we should try and get the Smash Mansion back! What do you say?" Mario showed a terrifying smile that left everyone in the room dead silent.
"I'll pass. . . I rather go back home." Bayonetta said. With her Thanos snap, she disappeared on her own, being the first Smasher to leave. Those with homes and money in their pockets thought about Bayonetta's idea about going back home instead of working.
"We aren't Smashers anymore. . . So I'll be going back to my castle." Peach frowned, but her spirits were lifted up quickly once she drowned Cloud in her tight squeeze. "Cloudy! I have our wedding ready back home!"
"But. . . I have a home."
"B-but, Peach!" Mario panicked. "You said when the time comes, I will get to stay at your castle-"
Peach kept smiling. "Oh~? Did I say that?"
"Mamamia!" Mario silently fainted as he collapsed on the ground.
"I'll be leaving as well. Not to mention I hate staying here." Zelda said, raising her hand. "I'll be taking my things."
"I'll come along too!" Link said with a grin.
"Oh. . . sure."
"Just SURE?" Link thought he was way more important as his chin dropped down.
"Let's go my angels. We'll eat some real food at my temple." Palutena said.
"Yea! Peking duck!" Pit cheered.
"Whatever, as long as you're not cooking." Dark Pit said.
"I already got a house back in my home so. . . bye, guys." Samus said, leaving the room with her luggage.
"I'll take my leave." Meta Knight said. He turned to Makato and nodded at her in which she nodded back.
"We'll miss you. . . I'll miss you." Makato said.
"Should we head home as well, Princess? To Niho that is?" Miru said.
"That may be our best choice. . . But. . . my siblings give me too much trouble." Makato glanced over to Ike and blushed. "Living in an apartment doesn't sound bad."
"W-wait, are you serious?"
"Wow, I do miss my mom and dad!" Roy smiled. "I'll even take my coffin as a souvenir!"
"Why? You planning on dying back home?" Ike said.
"Home, huh? It's been so long. . ." Marth made a sad grin and covered his face. "Home-cooked meals, nice hot baths, betrayal by your friends and family at a casual game of Uno. . ."
"So orphans like you have wild thoughts about having loved ones. Just how delusional are you?" Ike said.
"I'm just homesick- -no, asshole~! I'm not delusional soyoubettershutup."
"Marth-sama, fear not! Now that you have us, we can play Uno every day! We have lots of homes in the States!"
"No thanks. . . If Robin is staying there, then it's best to not follow his footsteps."
"And I oop-"
"Dad is coming back from his work thanks to this new phone! I was able to call him and he's bringing back some pizza!"
"Is he stealing food that was meant for the customers?" Marth frowned even deeper. Lucina shrugged.
Corrin curled up in a ball and looked at Pac Man. "I. . . really want to go home to Hoshido. But after I've heard signs of Takumi. . . I think I would rather go back to Nohr, but I don't want Camilla's tits to be all in my face again. . . What should I do?"
"Dude, you're a prince. Just by an apartment." Pac Man said.
"With who's black card?"
"Or you can join me in the States." Robin smiled over to him.
"Oh. . . sounds fun. . ."
"Working and only getting paid minimum wage is a pain and not to mention going back to your hometown is a pain in the ass. Right?" Richter said.
Cloud nodded, still struggling between Peach and the door.
"Agreed." Daisy nodded. "But, there's nothing to do. . ."
Marmalade began to tear up. "I can't believe it. I joined to be a Smasher just to be sick from a terrorist and then to have the Smashers canceled?"
"Hmm. . ." Ryu said.
"I know right? Sucks to be a newbie." Kirby said.
"Wait! Guys!" Mario began to panic, as everyone made their decisions quickly. Within minutes, some left to go back to their humble homes, others decided to purchase an apartment in Smashville, others decided to leave just because, and only one had hoped to bring the Smash Mansion back.
"I'll be here. . . waiting. . . if you guys changed your mind." Mario stared at the empty space of the motel room.
(oOoOoOo)
Later tonight, Chrom came back sweaty with a box of pizza as he arrived back to the motel room. When he opened the door, he only saw one person in red and blue overall, sitting in the corner of the room. The roaches and the rats gathered near Mario and sang a quiet melody to him to ease his sorrows.
"What happened here? Hey, Mario, where's everyone?"
Mario scratched his chin and sighed. "They all left. . ."
"What? Even my daughter?" Chrom dropped the box of pizza. "Where's Robin? Did they leave together?"
Mario shrugged. "I don't know. . . he talked about going to America. . ."
"Lulu-chan! Daddy's coming for you! If she comes back, let me know!" Chrom dropped the box of pizza and dashed his way out of the motel. Charles watched the bluenette running out of the dirty glass doors and shook his head.
"Welcome to the real world."
