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Chapter 101: If Smash Bros Wasn't Real

"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.

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 overalls, 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."

(oOoOoOo)

July 26th

11:00 A.M.

A day had pass ever since the disbandment of the Smashers. The media was more focused on the new grand opening of the arcade than what was the leftover of the Smashers. Some were still spotted in Smashville, some weren't. As if they were blending in with the normal day people.

Mario held his ground in Smash Motel 6 as the place for the ex-Smashers to come back to.

SmashDonalds

Like the usual lunch rush, SmashDonalds was its most popular fast-food chain they had in Smashville. Hungry customers come in day and night 24/7. And it was getting super busy due to a high school field trip taking a visit to this extraordinary place of legends.

"I'm sorry," The redhead employee apologized to the next customer in the long line. "Our ice cream machine is broken. . ."

"Are you for real?!" Ryuji slammed his hands on the counter and groaned. Ann beside him sighed deeply. "Aw, man, this is like the third place in Smashville. . ."

After ordering a regular cheeseburger and large fries, they stand on the side, like many customers as they waited for their order.

"How about a convenient store?" Makoto said, brushing her short hair over her ear.

"Oh, yea! Good thinking!" Ryuji said, with a bright grin. "Let's buy some popsicles!"

"And who's gonna pay?" Ann said, nudging Ryuji's arm.

"Um, don't look at me! I'm broke!"

"Hey, where did Ren, Morgana, and Yusuke go?" Haru said, taking a light sip on her milkshake.

Futaba stayed close to Makoto, due to the crowded area in the restaurant. "Yusuke's probably at some art gallery. Ren went off on his own somewhere with Morgana. . ."

"Let me text him." Makoto offered. She pulled her phone from her pocket and began texting about his whereabouts.

"He said he's at the new arcade."

"An arcade?! The one we saw on TV?!" Ryuji's jaw dropped.

"Oh my gosh! We need to go there!" Futaba said, practically jumping up and down.

"It's a pretty long walk so we'll need to take an Uber," Makoto said.

"I can't believe that bastard went ahead of us!" Ryuji said.

(oOoOoOo)

Arcade World

"Cuz dat bit, go pew, when I shoot, it's on mute. Cuz dat bit-" Ren sang to himself while playing an intense shooting game that got all of the kids staring at his video game screen.

"Whoa! He's getting all the monsters!"

"Go, go, go!"

"Pew! Pew!"

Morgana, the black cat, watched from the school bag he held over his shoulder. "Come on, Ren! Let's meet up with the others!"

"One more round. . ." Ren said, adding another quarter.

"Hey! I want to play!" A kid tugged the plaid red pants of his uniform. Up till now, he was hogging Monster Rumble till a bunch of kids showed up with the parents. And it was even more crowded from the field trip of Ren's high school.

Ren gathered his tickets and walked away from Monster Rumble to redeem some prizes.

As he walked toward the prize section, he took a glance at the bar which was filled with drunk laughter. Louder than the kids enjoying their time at the ball pit.

"Eh, man! One more shot! One more shot!" A male Chun-Li said with a bright red face. "Can't you believe it took less than a month for me to join Smash and get canceled at the same time?! Bwahahaha!"

A bunch of grown bearded adults laughed alongside with him, even the bartender took in a couple of laughs.

A light black paw was pressed against Ren's cheek, making a quick slap motion. "Don't pay attention to them, and let's get the coolest prize!"

"What the. . ."Ren adjusted his black frames, walking passed the bar slowly, making his way to the prize section.

"Hey, man, what can I get for you?"

"Um. . . the lava lamp." Ren pointed.

"Sure, kid."

(oOoOoOo)

"I was hoping to see some Smashers lingering in this area. . . but it seems I was wrong. This place is crowded!" Morgana said.

"Yea. . ." Ren responded back, holding his new mini lava lamp.

"Excuse me. Got any change?"

"What the?" Ren turned his head down to a boy with a full-on blue, robotic suit. Ren's eyes widened to see a kid in a terrible condition. His helmet was cracked and he reeked of a trash can, and his face was dirty.

The blue boy looked up at him and picked his nose, flicking a booger off toward the streets.

"Are you lost, little boy?" Ren asked.

"No. . ."

"He's a Smasher!" Morgana shouted. "I've seen him before! That's Mega Man! I can't believe you've turned into a homeless hooligan."

"Oh, I got some anpan bread." Ren handed Mega Man a small bean paste bread. Mega Man smiled sadly. "Thank you."

"My life is ruined. . ." Mega Man frowned. Ren quietly sat next to him on the sidewalk to hear his story. "I traveled seas and mountains, just to be canceled. My home is too far, and I can't go back when I promised my town I'll bring back a big shiny trophy. Now, if I come back, they'll think I'm some Communist freak!"

"Ouch,"

"Yea, it hurts. . . so bad." He struggled to fight his tears, but they ended up winning, pouring away out of his blue big eyes. "I don't know what to do."

"Hey, we should bring him with us!" Morgana said to Ren.

". . ." Ren nodded to his cat and placed his hand on Mega Man's shoulder. "I'm on a field trip around Smashville. . . if you like, we can get some ice cream. . ."

"R-really?" Mega Man's eyes lit up with the hope that was lost long ago. "I love ice cream!"

"Nice! Let's get going!" Morgana said.

"Wow, your cat is meowing a lot. Is he hungry?" Mega Man peeked at the black and white cat.

"Oh, no. He's excited to have a new friend." Ren got up and helped Mega Man to get back up his feet.

(oOoOoOo)

Niho

"Ta-DA!" Haruhi removed the red cloak of a fairly sized cage, revealing a monstrous red and back cat, with sharp fangs. Makato stared at the cat slowly showing a cheeky smile from ear to ear.

"Wa~! A kitty!"

"W-what the hell is that?" Miru walked a little close to the cage, only receiving a loud growl near its presence.

Haru leaned his arm over the cell and tapped on it. "I won it during a fighting tournament at some village. He's under my control now. Although, it took a while. . . maybe a few days of torture. He's some really cool fire combat cat."

Makato bent over on her knees and noticed the fire belt wrapped around its waist. "Does it have a name?"

"His name is Incineroar. But, I gave him a better name: Wiggles!" Haru said pointing to the collar on his neck.

"He's so cute," Makato reached for her hand to touch her new pet, Wiggles, and luckily it didn't react at all to her touch. Only letting out a small purr.

"Thank you so much! You're the best big brother!" Makato jumped up excitedly and hugged her brother. Haruhi rubbed his nose. "Heh, it's nothing really."

"Hehehehe. . . I'm the best." Haruhi had his eyes rolled to the back, laying flat on the couch in the living room, day-dreaming his well-planned thoughts.

Flora only watched, shaking her head in disappointment. "Brother, I'm sure she knows herself to come back home. The Smashers are disbanded, so why isn't she contacting us?" Flora then turned to the kitchen which was packed with a range of food and sparkling drinks with glasses for each person on the long dining table. "We even have a surprise party for her."

Haru kept on grinning and turned his attention to the caged animal. "I know, Wiggles is dying to meet her!"

"GET ME OUT OF THIS CAGE YOU SCUM RAT!" Incineroar raged, claws tightly gripping the bars, shaking it mad.

Flora sighed heavily and looked toward the monster red cat. "I thought you said you had it under control."

"Yea, I did," Haru said. "Hey! You better shut up before I roast your stupid-ass!"

"TRY ME, YOU PUNK-ASS BITCH! WE'LL SEE WHO HAS BETTER FLAMES!"

Haru answered with a shrug and turned back to Flora. "Yea, I got it under-"

An elbow pierced between his ocean blue eyes of his little sister, as he hollered out in pain.

Queen Rosalinda took her time to fold some napkins with the maids in the dining table and smiled to herself. "She has her handsome boyfriend to protect her. I believe all is well."

"M-mommy, Dear! Surely, you must be kidding that scoundrel!" King Utora said right next to her.

Flora removed her elbow, overhearing what her mother had said. "HIM?!"

Haru recovered slowly from the pain, also growing angry with his sister. "Hell no! The only person I trust around her is Miru! I won't let that freak near my baby sister!" Flames popped like fireworks from his body, from the anger he thought about Ike.

It was different for Flora when she had light sparks surrounding her. "He makes me want to puke nails from my nose!"

"You know what!" Haru shot up from the couch and balled up his fist, feeling strongly motivated. "Let's go, Flora! We need to take Makato home and away from that freak! I'll drag her back home if I have to!"

She nodded strongly. "Yes, Brother."

Haru kicked the cage open and used his special fire collar to tame Incineroar, yanking him out of the cage. "You're coming with us, Wiggles!"

"What the fuck. . ." Incineroar sweatdropped.

And off they headed for Smashville.

(oOoOoOo)

Smashville

Fantasy Street

"Ah-choo!" Ike and Makato sneezed right at the same time entering into a condo.

"Bless you," Miru said to them both.

The Real Estate Agent walked them inside the condo and gave them a simple tour. "How about this one? It's pretty spacious for all four of you. We got two bedrooms, one bathroom, and a backyard. The walls are nice and soundproof, so that's a bonus!"

"Ya, I have a question." Ike raised his hand, looking at his iPhone 11. "Is there free wifi?"

"Um, no, you'll need to have a provider like Dish, or Xfinity to get some wifi."

"Oh. . ."

"Ike, leave that stuff to me." F. Robin said. "It's pretty close to the store and the Feminist Institution, so we'll take it! Is that okay with you guys?" F. Robin turned her attention to Miru and Makato.

Makato twitched her smile. "Y-yes. . ."

"If the Princess is okay with it, then I'm fine with it as well," Miru said.

"Alright! I'm happy to hear that. Now, let's go sign some papers." The Real Estate guy said.

"Will do." Robin went ahead of the three off into the living room, leaving the three near the kitchen.

Once she was gone, Makato gently tugged Ike's red cape for his attention. "Ike, I really wished it was the two of us living here."

Ike sweatdropped, scratching his chin with some awkward laughter. "What's wrong with having more people? She helped us, so we might as well help her."

Flashback

Outside of Motel 6

As everyone made their separate ways, Makato came up with a proposal for her and Ike, knowing it was a good chance.

"Ike, where are you going?" Makato asked, walking toward him.

"Oh, um. . . well, where I live will probably take me a decade, so. . . I'm not sure yet. I see Marth, so I might leech off of him for the time being."

It was an odd answer, but Makato still took it as an opportunity. "Well, I know we had our ups and downs and miscommunications. . . so, I was thinking. . ."

"Yea?" Ike said, curious.

Makato blushed, twiddling her fingers, growing nervous. Her eyes faced the ground at Ike's shoes. "I was thinking. . . we. . . should move into a small apartment together."

"Nani?!" An invisible arrow struck right through his neck and out, losing a bit of his breathing before coming back to life. "You. . . and me? Only us?"

She nodded in response.

"What about me?" Miru appeared from behind, with a sad expression.

"Miru. . . Um. . . It'll be awkward for a third wheel, so you can go home."

'The-third wheel?!' A giant boulder that was labeled "Third Wheel'' crash-landed on Miru's head, collapsing dramatically on the ground.

"So, Ike, what do you think?" Makato had the courage to look back at his eyes, awaiting an answer.

His face was dark, but his nose poured leaked out a strip of blood.

"It's like. . ." Makato trailed, brushing her short hair. ". . .We'll be living together, like a couple would do. Though, we're not married. . . yet."

'Married?! Together?! With Makato?!' Sixty-nine more arrows of love targeted the same spot for the neck, as he struggled to utter a word. 'A housewife?! Kids?! Bills?!'

As she patiently waited, Makato glanced over to the female version of Robin, gaining victory from her unstable actions. F. Robin watched them like a hawk but was nervous as well for Ike to respond.

'The perfect reaction I was going for. I won't let her near Ike. . . because I'm Ike's girlfriend.'

Makato happened to be having a magazine on one of the best apartments and condos in Smashville, showing Ike a handful of them. "Which apartment would you like?"

Ike responded with a creepy grin and blood still oozing from his nostrils. "Yes." He answered with a thumbs up.

"Hey!" F. Robin stopped watching and spoke up, walking toward them. Makato was taken back from her sudden actions and lowered the magazine.

"I want to join you two as well!" F. Robin showed some small blush.

'She wants to live with us?' Makato kept quiet, in shock from her answer.

"In the name of Feminism, I believe it won't be the best choice if only you two lived together. Let me explain." F. Robin cleared her throat. "Will Ike pay the bills just because you bought it? Does he even have money in his pocket now that the mansion is gone?"

"Pfft! I have money when I beat up people! After that I. . . " Ike trailed his sentence to a stop realizing his spendings after every first-place victory. "I spend it on loads of protein powder. . ."

"Answer me this, Ike. Do you have savings?" F. Robin asked.

"Yea? Haven't used that thing in years. Why save when you can spend?" Ike said, shrugging.

Makato lowered her head. "Oh God. . ."

"Exactly!" F. Robin smiled brightly, placing her hand on her chest. "Since Ike saved me from. . . my old days, I will do the favor of staying with you guys! In exchange, I will pay the bills with my whore money!"

"Whore money?" Makato tilted her head. "What are you talking about?"

"I'm glad you asked. Well, you see, back then Ike came to a-"

"OK! OK!" Ike interrupted the two and went close to F. Robin's face. "You can stay with us! As long as you keep your mouth shut about me going to a strip club, ok?"

"But, Ike. Shouldn't she know-?" F. Robin lowered her voice.

"No!"

"Why not?"

"Because. . . she's my girlfriend. . ." Ike angrily whispered.

"Oh. . . is that so. . .?" F. Robin didn't expect to hear that kind of answer, looking back at Makato. There were signs, but she decided to ignore them all, hoping the pink-haired girl was only doting around him.

Ike sighed and turned to Makato. "She's living with us. You can bring that third wheel with us."

"Ok. . . if you say so."

"I am NOT a third wheel. I am Faithful Knight, Miru Kozuku!" Miru shot up from his painful blow of a large boulder.

Ike knew Makato was disappointed by his answer, but as of right now, it was for the best.

End of Flashback

"And besides, once they're out of the house, we can have some alone time. . ." Ike assured.

"Hmm. . ." Makato showed an unsatisfied look and went along with what Ike was saying.

"Alright! We got the house! I'm so excited!" F. Robin showed the signed papers. "Let's gather our things and move in!"

"Great to hear," Miru said.

"Yea," Ike said.

From now on, the four of them lived together in a condo.

(oOoOoOo)

Living in a condo as well, Sonic munched on some popcorn in the living room with Tifa watching Sonic the Hedgehog movie.

Tifa was distracted, leaving many voicemails on Cloud's cell if he were to pick up. "Ugh, please Cloud, don't take us to Advent Children again. We've been there, done that. Just answer me! I thought you went to the store to get some apple cider. . ."

"Maybe he got lost?" Sonic said, eyes glued to the tv.

Tifa sighed and set her phone down. "No, that can't be it. . . It's been two hours since he left to go to the store."

Sonic set his popcorn down on the table in front of him and got up on his feet. "Alright, pause the movie for me. I'll go look for him!"

"Ah, thank you, Sonic!" Tifa clasped her hands together.

Sonic headed inside Smash Mart and sped walk each aisle till he reached the juice section.

"Oh, hi Sonic." Lucas waved, picking up a bottle of cranberry-apple.

"What's up, Lucas? Have you seen Cloud here?"

Lucas then placed the bottle of juice in his cart and shook his head. "I haven't. Sorry. . ."

"Hey! You better not forget the carrots!" Another familiar voice scored a bag of carrots into the cart by surprise. The two of them turned to Ness t walking toward them with bags of carrots in both hands.

"Oh, hey, Sonic. I'm preparing to go to America for the ultimate spelling bee for my chance to get into Halberd."

"Cool! Have you seen Cloud?" Sonic asked Ness.

"Cloud? Maybe at the Smash Donalds. That place is crowded." Ness shrugged.

"Cloud doesn't eat fast food. . ." Sonic muttered to himself.

"Sorry, I'll text you if I see him," Lucas said.

With that Sonic left Smash Mart and tapped his foot. "It's not like Cloud. . . huh. . ." He decided to keep looking, walking into Smash Donalds that was filled with teens in uniforms. Black blazers and plaid pants.

"Sorry, our ice cream machine is broken." The redhead said for the millionth time.

"You're kidding right?" A student said.

"Fuck it, let's go somewhere else. Fuck you!"

"H-hey! I'm just an employee!"

Sonic looked back at the rude students before walking up to the counter. "Yo, Roy. What's up?"

"Sonic! Finally, someone I know!" Roy smiled. "What can I get for you?"

"I'm looking for Cloud. Have you seen him?"

"Cloud, huh? No. I've been here since dawn. Funny how I got hired on the spot." Roy rubbed the back of his head.

"Except nobody is laughing."

"Is he missing or something?" Roy then asked.

"I hate to say, but that may be the case. . . He's not answering his calls."

"Oof." Roy covered his mouth. "Yooo. . . that's kinda weird."

"I know it is."

"Hey! Are you gonna order or what?!" Another student said behind Sonic.

Sonic sweatdropped. "Let me know when you see him."

"Sure thing, buds!" Roy showed him a thumbs up.

(oOoOoOo)

America

Los Angeles, California

6:00 P.M.

"Draw four blue, draw four yellow, draw four green, draw two red, draw two blue, green skip, yellow skip!" Lucina trashed her cards on the pile, leaving Marth and Chrom speechless.

Marth dropped the cards and marched up the stairs to his room.

"Marth-sama! Let's do another round!"

"NO thank you."

Lucina covered her mouth, seeing the many veins all over his face.

"He had a long day, let's call it a game and make some dinner," Chrom said, gathering the cards in a pile.

"Ok," Lucina said, getting up from her chair. "I'll be more than happy to whip up one of my famous shepherd's pie-"

"Actually, why don't you help Marth-sama with his unpacking."

"Good idea, Father!" Lucina hopped herself away to the stairs, and Chrom sighed in relief, for he had dodged another deadly attack.

"And here she almost went to America without me." Chrom headed for the kitchen while checking his phone. "Robin's not answering any of my calls. He should at least answer my texts. I thought he would be with Lucina. . ."

Lucina made it to Marth's newly organized room. Simple and neat the way he liked it. The Prince looked up at Lucina, as he was polishing his sword. "What is it?"

"Nothing, o Great Hero King. Would you like some aid in unpacking your belongings?"

"Actually, no. I just finished." Marth set his sword in a case and closed it. "Sorry if I got a little salty during our Uno game. I get-. . . -you know. . . excited."

"Understandable."

Marth smiled softly at Lucina before looking back at his Falchion. A little dented due to the many battles in Smash. Memories filled his head of the good and bad times in the mansion; a place he considered his home when he had no one. A place now gone too soon.

Lucina watched in silence, noticing the tiniest of tears forming beneath his eyes. He kept rubbing his eyes and before he knew it, he covered his face and quietly cried to himself.

'Poor Marth-sama. . . It'll be inappropriate to take a picture of this beautiful moment and post it on my Hero King Marth fan page!'

Downstairs in the kitchen, as Chrom prepared his ingredients, an incoming call appeared on his screen with a picture of Robin reading a porno magazine.

"Oh, so you finally answer after many calls? Where are you?" Chrom asked, putting the phone on speaker.

"It's great to hear you're okay, Chrom. I'm in New York with Corrin."

"Why are you in New York? Come back to Los Angeles." Chrom said.

"Uhh, yea. About that. No. Oh, and by the way, I'm letting you know I'm borrowing the apartment you left here. Might as well put it to good use, am I right?"

"Sure. But make sure you take good care of it, and don't cause any trouble. Ok? Swear you won't."

". . . . . . . . I swear."

"That was a long pause, but I'll ignore that. Call me if you need anything-"

(oOoOoOo)

9:00 P.M.

New York

"'Call me if I need anything,' he says. Oh Chrom, you're such a naive guy. And that makes you lovable. I'm going to become rich in the Underworld." Robin snickered to himself and shoved his phone in his black sweater pocket. "Ready, Corrin?"

"Eh? What? Again?" Corrin sniffled his nose, curling himself to stay warm in the dark night.

Robin walked to Corrin and placed his hand on his shoulder. "Come on, Corrin. I'm giving you food and shelter and this is the least you can do."

Corrin gave in and sighed. "Ok. . ."

A young adult woman with a white crop top and short bottoms had her eyes glued to the phone while walking down the alleyway by herself.

"Um, excuse me, Miss?" Corrin approached the woman with shaky hands and a scared expression on his face. She stopped and eyed him top to bottom.

"Wha is it?"

"I lost. . . my dog. I think he ran that way. . .? I'm scared. It's my first time in New York. . ."

"Dat way?" The woman stared at the dark alley that showed no sign of light whatsoever. She looked back at him and chuckled lightly.

"You pussy. I don't do this for anyone, but since you're cute, I'll let this one slide."

"Thank you. . . and sorry." Corrin lowered his head and follow the woman from behind.

"Haha, what are you apologizing for? You got a small dick or something?"

"W-what? No, I mean- -that's none of your business!"

"Haha, I'm playing."

She was easy-going and carefree, and she had a life, and Corrin knew that for sure, which was why he was sorry. Corrin slowed down his footsteps and watched the woman walking ahead of him. She kept walking and walking and then. . .

"Nosferatu!"

"AHHHH!"

The dragon boy waited a few seconds before walking, meeting Robin carefully placing the woman into the back of a moving truck. He then shut the back of the truck and wiped his hands. "What a haul! We managed to get five young women in one night. Great work, Corrin!" Robin patted Corrin's shoulder yet again and hopped into the driver's seat of the truck.

Corrin gulped and made his way to the passenger's seat. After he shut his door he looked at Robin who kept his mischievous grin. "What are you gonna do with those women?"

"You must be tired. Let's get going."

'He dodged my question!'

The tactician started the engine of the truck and used magic to squeeze himself out of the alleyway and into an unknown road.

Little did Robin know, four people were watching from the distance on buildings, spying on the truck.

"So the tactician pimp was true in the legends, huh?"

"We'll stop him, ya!"

"I'm gonna slaughter everyone!"

"Ok, calm your ass."