Shiro Chigo
Smash Rookie
Hello! Thank you for taking the time to visit my topic. Let's get to the basics, shall we?
Introduction
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This is a story about SSBB that is based usually in what is called the "Smash Mansion". Though many variations exist, mine have a set structure and will be described. Also I'm not sure if anyone else came up with this but I created a machine called the S.R.M. or the Stage Replication Machine which is used to create the stages in which the fighters duke it out. Just imagine an area like the Brawl Wi-Fi waiting room stage before the S.R.M. changes it and you're set. Also... I gave the characters their own personalities but nothing outside of their own actual personalities. Slight variations may be present and nothing is 100% accurate so bear with me.
I must warn you about how I update. I update in a very sporadic manner. Sometimes I update daily, other times I update weekly... Heck, I might even update twice in one day if I'm feeling good/motivated. For motivation I usually look towards constructive criticism or generic comments. Please refrain from flaming me as it is useless to hamper my writing abilities or my ideas.
One last note is that I may include some music for you to listen to as you read. I believe having the right background music will only add to the theme or feeling a chapter gives you so don't be afraid to click on the links. I'll provide the links and titles and areas where the BGM should stop. Please don't assume I'm trying to make my story "pretty" or "better" than other stories. I literally listen to the very BGM I post while I write because it gave me inspiration. I hope I can ask this much of you without being annoying and don't worry. I'm not going to Rick Roll you unless I write a story about Scribblenauts. That's all. I hope you can enjoy this story with me as I write!
Chapter 1 "Moment of Reprieve"
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"It feels like it's been hours..." thought Ike. He set his sword, Ragnell in the ground so that it stood up as he took a seat down by the base of a tree. The grass beneath him felt cool and a bit like fuzz. There were many trees scattered around the area which resembled a forest but an unfamiliar one. The sun was gone and the dusk had settled in already. Ike placed a hand on his forehead and sighed in frustration. He had no idea where in the hell he was. Even worse... He couldn't remember exactly what happened. The Stage Replication Machine or S.R.M. malfunctioning... Shaking and rumbling like an earthquake... He could remember glass breaking and the sound of electrical abnormalities in the system. He even remembered screams...
"Ike?" asked a voice. Ike looked up to see a glowing light behind some trees. Out of the shadows came Ness who was using his PK Flash ability to temporary use as a lantern. His right hand was glowing green and that was what he was using to light the way. He seemed to be a bit dirty from running out in this wild forest following Ike. The swordsman nodded towards the boy.
"Sorry... I just thought I heard someone's voice out here. I thought we could find someone we knew," he replied. Ness shook his head.
"Don't run off like that! You scared me for a second," said Ness. He, however, smiled at Ike because they regrouped once again. He understood why Ike had been a bit reckless earlier. They seemed to be trapped here in this strange place and it was growing darker by the second. Ike stood up and pulled Ragnell out of the ground. He wanted to keep moving to try to find the others but it was too dark to see. Even Ness' PK Flash had its limits. Ike was very cautious, however. Who knew what was out here... They hadn't seen any signs of life other than each other. After the event of two hours ago the two were stuck here alone. Though Ike's memory was fuzzy... Ness could remember it clearly because he wasn't caught in the explosion directly like Ike had been. The young boy sighed as images appeared in his thoughts...
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"PK Thunder!" shouted Ness. His body was charged with electricity as he concentrated to form a ball of lightning that was to propel him back onto the floating platform of the Halberd stage. Ike was dealing with Luigi who was armed with a Beam Sword. An experienced swordsman and a... Somewhat wimpy plumber... Who would win?
"Come on! Hit me!" taunted Ike. Luigi wasn't entirely sure what to do. After sending Fox off of the Halberd to take away his last stock of life... He was faced with Ike and Ness. Though not as good of a plumber as his older brother, Mario, Luigi was still a very smart person. He knew how Ike fights... And knew that he wasn't to fall for anything Ike said. Ike had good countering abilities... Which could very well spell the end for him if he went to strike him now.
"I... I'm gonna..." muttered Luigi. He spoke in a rather soft voice which wasn't audible to Ike because of the roaring sounds of the Halberd in the background. Ike stuck his left little finger in his left ear to try to help cure his aching ears.
"I can't stand how loud this stage is," thought Ike. Ness successfully made it back onto the platform above the flying platform where Ike and Luigi were standing. Ike noticed this but wasn't sure what the boy was going to do. He was wary of both and now all three of them seem to be tense. All of them had taken a large amount of damage and if either Ness or Luigi were to lose... The other would be left to deal with Ike who still had two lives left in this match. It was then that something strange happened...
"... Huh?" said Ness. Ike looked up towards Ness without moving his head but he also picked up what the young boy did. The noise... The noise was gone... The Halberd was still flying in the background but... It was quiet. Luigi seemed to notice as well and seemed a bit spooked by this.
"Oh...? What's wrong?" he asked. Ness shrugged.
"I have no idea... Whoa!" he cried.
BGM - Boss Theme 1 (Subspace Emissary) - Super Smash Bros. Brawl
He fell down on his behind as his eyes shifted towards the battleship. Ike turned his head to see what shocked Ness so badly. The Halberd normally had a set pattern to which it traveled when anyone entered this stage. It would repeat and repeat as long as the match was still going on... But now the face of the Halberd was very large to them because... It was headed straight for them! Luigi let out a cry of terror and Ness scrambled to get up. Ike was caught off-guard and wasn't able to respond in time. The Halberd made a head-on collision with the floating platform to which they were using as their stage. It wasn't an incredible impact like it actually should have been. The platform was only tilted as the Halberd gently but forcefully pushed it. The stage began to surge with electricity. This was incredibly abnormal and the system was beginning to malfunction greatly. Luigi had fallen off of the platform and down towards the forest beneath. The other two could only hear his cries or terror as he fell but what struck them the most was that he did not disappear in a bright flash of light like normal. He fell into the trees. Ike had stuck Ragnell into the platform to hold himself up and he had grabbed onto Ness' hand with his free arm. Though they were both surprised they couldn't lose their cool. The whole simulation seemed to have frozen.
"W-What's happening?" asked Popo. The other fighters who were in the audience outside of the simulation area were horrified. Nana was frightened and stood behind her brother only peeking out from behind him to continue speculating. Zelda stood up from her seat towards the front and braced herself.
"Something must have happened to the S.R.M. That can't be... That machine has never failed before," she said to herself. Diddy Kong began to panic and began to run around the stands flailing his arms. Samus, who wasn't wearing her Power Suit, stood up also and checked her surroundings. No one in their right mind would ever try to mess with the S.R.M. Everyone here knew how important it was to the Smash Mansion. A red light appeared overhead on the ceiling and an alarm rang out. Peach gasped.
"No! The alarm was set off! The doors will be sealed!" she cried. Samus was already dashing for the double doors but they were closed. The doors here were electronic and would not function unless the systems were normal. Only a couple of fighters were in the Audience Hall while everyone else was in the mansion. Everyone would surely panic or become alert with the alarms set off. Samus was concerned with trying to get out but Zelda was more worried for the fighters stuck inside the Stage Simulator. Luigi had fallen off the platform and Ike and Ness were stuck.
"What can we do?" asked Peach. Samus shook her head as she walked back towards the stands.
"We can't get out... The doors are locked and they can't be destroyed using physical means. Master Hand made sure that we couldn't break much in the mansion," she replied. Popo and Nana quickly hurried towards the two women as Diddy calmed down. He stood by Zelda with a confused expression on his face. Zelda noticed and looked down at him.
"Don't worry. We'll get them out of here just as soon as-" said Zelda. Before she could finish there was a loud sound. Everyone heard it and froze. It was a loud crack. Zelda turned her head slowly towards the large glass barrier between the Audience Hall and the Stage Simulator to see that... An incredibly large crack had appeared. Diddy, being very quick with his reflexes, threw himself at Zelda to knock her out of the way. The glass shattered and many shards of sharp glass began flying in all direction.
"Look out everyone!" cried Samus. Everyone turned around and shielded themselves from the glass. Ike and Ness suddenly saw a rectangular shape appear a couple feet from the platform and saw the Audience Hall. Ness gasped.
"What the heck?!" he cried. When Ness reacted to the glass shattering the static on the platform became violent and shocked Ike and Ness. Both of them let out cries of pain as electricity surged through their bodies. The Halberd's engines suddenly began to roar as the battleship pushed the platform over until it was upside down. Ragnell could no longer hold its owner on the platform and it slipped out of the slit Ike made and the both of them felt themselves begin to drop.
"Hold on, kid!" shouted Ike. The both of them plummeted down from the platform and down towards the trees below. Ness was screaming as he fell and Ike was busy looking up towards the Halberd. The ship's engines didn't seem to be enough to break the platform... So the boosters were used and with a loud sound the Halberd broke through the platform and broke it into many pieces. The Halberd flew away and disappeared amongst the clouds. There was a strange light left behind where the platform was but Ike couldn't see it anymore because there was an incredibly large explosion that broke out where it was. It was then that he felt his consciousness slip away with a powerful wave of pain that spread throughout his body.
(BGM ends here.)
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"... So... What do you want to do, Ike?" asked Ness. The boy had only this one adult person here with him and he thought it was best to listened to Ike.
"... I honestly don't know... But Luigi fell down here with us and I don't know what might have happened to Fox but... We have to look for him," replied the swordsman. Ness nodded in agreement. The stage was normally in an afternoon-like period in time no matter how long the match went but time seemed to have been passing by normally here. Ike noticed this as he began to walk through the trees with Ness behind him. As they were walking they had noticed in the darkness some pieces of the metal platform that was destroyed. Some had impaled some trees and even cut a few down. The force of the explosion must have been incredible to do something like this.
"Geez... I'm a bit glad that we fell off before the Halberd before that explosion happened," said Ness. He used his free hand to fix the positioning of his hat. Ike continued to walk with Ragnell at the ready. He didn't respond to Ness but he did hear him. The young boy made a slight face and felt a bit nervous. Ike must still be recovering from the trauma. After all he did take the brunt of that electric shock... And then again he probably has had worse from Pikachu or Zelda. Ness smiled to himself at this thought but then accidentally bumped into Ike. "Ike?" he asked. The swordsman hushed Ness.
"... Do you hear that?" he asked. Ness stopped and let his ears open. The wind came and rustled some trees. It seemed to be distracting him from whatever Ike had heard. Ike held Ragnell with both of his hands and pointed it in front of him. Ness lowered the brightness of his PK Flash to the shine of a simple candle. It looked like a small star was at the tip of his right index finger. There was the sound.
"... What is it?" asked Ness. The sound was low but it wasn't too fuzzy. It sounded almost like whirring... Like the gears of a machine. Ness gulped.
"Try not to make any sounds," warned Ike. Ness nodded. The two of them took large but quiet steps but they weren't exactly sure where they were going. Would it be more reasonable to go towards the sound or away from it? Ike continued to walk as he debated this. Ness could only follow. It was then that there was a loud rumbling sound that shook the dirt beneath their feet.
Machine (Subspace Emissary) - Super Smash Bros. Brawl
"Whoa!" cried Ness. He lost his balance and fell down on the ground. Ike braced himself and managed to stay standing. The magnitude of this shaking was strong but not like an earthquake. It reminded him of when Donkey Kong slapped his large hands on the ground to cause a small quake. The sound of wood breaking would be heard as well as the rustling of leaves. Ike looked up and saw the tops of some trees fall over. He immediately reacted by grabbing on the back of Ness' shirt and running at full speed away from their location. Ness cried out in surprise as the rumbling ensued. Whatever was making that sound seemed to have heard them. That rumbling... It was a footstep of something enormous. Ike jumped past trees and some elevated and descending bits of land that came his way. The footsteps became lower and lower as he ran. Whatever was following them must have been very slow.
"Can you still hear it?" asked Ike.
(BGM ends here.)
He let go of Ness gently back on the ground. The boy seemed a bit dazed and shook his head to recollect himself. He turned around and watched the treetops. He also stopped to listen carefully.
"... No... I don't hear it anymore. We probably escaped it," said Ness. Ike nodded.
"**** it... Where in the hell are we?" asked the swordsman. Ness shook his head.
"Don't curse... We'll find out where we are. Don't worry."
"... Cursing is the last problem we should be dealing with."
"Right... It's still a bad thing to do, though," said Ness. The boy shook his head once more. Ike sighed and turned around. He placed Ragnell over his shoulders while holding it with his right hand.
"Come on then... We still need to find Luigi."
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End of Chapter 1
Introduction
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This is a story about SSBB that is based usually in what is called the "Smash Mansion". Though many variations exist, mine have a set structure and will be described. Also I'm not sure if anyone else came up with this but I created a machine called the S.R.M. or the Stage Replication Machine which is used to create the stages in which the fighters duke it out. Just imagine an area like the Brawl Wi-Fi waiting room stage before the S.R.M. changes it and you're set. Also... I gave the characters their own personalities but nothing outside of their own actual personalities. Slight variations may be present and nothing is 100% accurate so bear with me.
I must warn you about how I update. I update in a very sporadic manner. Sometimes I update daily, other times I update weekly... Heck, I might even update twice in one day if I'm feeling good/motivated. For motivation I usually look towards constructive criticism or generic comments. Please refrain from flaming me as it is useless to hamper my writing abilities or my ideas.
One last note is that I may include some music for you to listen to as you read. I believe having the right background music will only add to the theme or feeling a chapter gives you so don't be afraid to click on the links. I'll provide the links and titles and areas where the BGM should stop. Please don't assume I'm trying to make my story "pretty" or "better" than other stories. I literally listen to the very BGM I post while I write because it gave me inspiration. I hope I can ask this much of you without being annoying and don't worry. I'm not going to Rick Roll you unless I write a story about Scribblenauts. That's all. I hope you can enjoy this story with me as I write!
Chapter 1 "Moment of Reprieve"
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"It feels like it's been hours..." thought Ike. He set his sword, Ragnell in the ground so that it stood up as he took a seat down by the base of a tree. The grass beneath him felt cool and a bit like fuzz. There were many trees scattered around the area which resembled a forest but an unfamiliar one. The sun was gone and the dusk had settled in already. Ike placed a hand on his forehead and sighed in frustration. He had no idea where in the hell he was. Even worse... He couldn't remember exactly what happened. The Stage Replication Machine or S.R.M. malfunctioning... Shaking and rumbling like an earthquake... He could remember glass breaking and the sound of electrical abnormalities in the system. He even remembered screams...
"Ike?" asked a voice. Ike looked up to see a glowing light behind some trees. Out of the shadows came Ness who was using his PK Flash ability to temporary use as a lantern. His right hand was glowing green and that was what he was using to light the way. He seemed to be a bit dirty from running out in this wild forest following Ike. The swordsman nodded towards the boy.
"Sorry... I just thought I heard someone's voice out here. I thought we could find someone we knew," he replied. Ness shook his head.
"Don't run off like that! You scared me for a second," said Ness. He, however, smiled at Ike because they regrouped once again. He understood why Ike had been a bit reckless earlier. They seemed to be trapped here in this strange place and it was growing darker by the second. Ike stood up and pulled Ragnell out of the ground. He wanted to keep moving to try to find the others but it was too dark to see. Even Ness' PK Flash had its limits. Ike was very cautious, however. Who knew what was out here... They hadn't seen any signs of life other than each other. After the event of two hours ago the two were stuck here alone. Though Ike's memory was fuzzy... Ness could remember it clearly because he wasn't caught in the explosion directly like Ike had been. The young boy sighed as images appeared in his thoughts...
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"PK Thunder!" shouted Ness. His body was charged with electricity as he concentrated to form a ball of lightning that was to propel him back onto the floating platform of the Halberd stage. Ike was dealing with Luigi who was armed with a Beam Sword. An experienced swordsman and a... Somewhat wimpy plumber... Who would win?
"Come on! Hit me!" taunted Ike. Luigi wasn't entirely sure what to do. After sending Fox off of the Halberd to take away his last stock of life... He was faced with Ike and Ness. Though not as good of a plumber as his older brother, Mario, Luigi was still a very smart person. He knew how Ike fights... And knew that he wasn't to fall for anything Ike said. Ike had good countering abilities... Which could very well spell the end for him if he went to strike him now.
"I... I'm gonna..." muttered Luigi. He spoke in a rather soft voice which wasn't audible to Ike because of the roaring sounds of the Halberd in the background. Ike stuck his left little finger in his left ear to try to help cure his aching ears.
"I can't stand how loud this stage is," thought Ike. Ness successfully made it back onto the platform above the flying platform where Ike and Luigi were standing. Ike noticed this but wasn't sure what the boy was going to do. He was wary of both and now all three of them seem to be tense. All of them had taken a large amount of damage and if either Ness or Luigi were to lose... The other would be left to deal with Ike who still had two lives left in this match. It was then that something strange happened...
"... Huh?" said Ness. Ike looked up towards Ness without moving his head but he also picked up what the young boy did. The noise... The noise was gone... The Halberd was still flying in the background but... It was quiet. Luigi seemed to notice as well and seemed a bit spooked by this.
"Oh...? What's wrong?" he asked. Ness shrugged.
"I have no idea... Whoa!" he cried.
BGM - Boss Theme 1 (Subspace Emissary) - Super Smash Bros. Brawl
He fell down on his behind as his eyes shifted towards the battleship. Ike turned his head to see what shocked Ness so badly. The Halberd normally had a set pattern to which it traveled when anyone entered this stage. It would repeat and repeat as long as the match was still going on... But now the face of the Halberd was very large to them because... It was headed straight for them! Luigi let out a cry of terror and Ness scrambled to get up. Ike was caught off-guard and wasn't able to respond in time. The Halberd made a head-on collision with the floating platform to which they were using as their stage. It wasn't an incredible impact like it actually should have been. The platform was only tilted as the Halberd gently but forcefully pushed it. The stage began to surge with electricity. This was incredibly abnormal and the system was beginning to malfunction greatly. Luigi had fallen off of the platform and down towards the forest beneath. The other two could only hear his cries or terror as he fell but what struck them the most was that he did not disappear in a bright flash of light like normal. He fell into the trees. Ike had stuck Ragnell into the platform to hold himself up and he had grabbed onto Ness' hand with his free arm. Though they were both surprised they couldn't lose their cool. The whole simulation seemed to have frozen.
"W-What's happening?" asked Popo. The other fighters who were in the audience outside of the simulation area were horrified. Nana was frightened and stood behind her brother only peeking out from behind him to continue speculating. Zelda stood up from her seat towards the front and braced herself.
"Something must have happened to the S.R.M. That can't be... That machine has never failed before," she said to herself. Diddy Kong began to panic and began to run around the stands flailing his arms. Samus, who wasn't wearing her Power Suit, stood up also and checked her surroundings. No one in their right mind would ever try to mess with the S.R.M. Everyone here knew how important it was to the Smash Mansion. A red light appeared overhead on the ceiling and an alarm rang out. Peach gasped.
"No! The alarm was set off! The doors will be sealed!" she cried. Samus was already dashing for the double doors but they were closed. The doors here were electronic and would not function unless the systems were normal. Only a couple of fighters were in the Audience Hall while everyone else was in the mansion. Everyone would surely panic or become alert with the alarms set off. Samus was concerned with trying to get out but Zelda was more worried for the fighters stuck inside the Stage Simulator. Luigi had fallen off the platform and Ike and Ness were stuck.
"What can we do?" asked Peach. Samus shook her head as she walked back towards the stands.
"We can't get out... The doors are locked and they can't be destroyed using physical means. Master Hand made sure that we couldn't break much in the mansion," she replied. Popo and Nana quickly hurried towards the two women as Diddy calmed down. He stood by Zelda with a confused expression on his face. Zelda noticed and looked down at him.
"Don't worry. We'll get them out of here just as soon as-" said Zelda. Before she could finish there was a loud sound. Everyone heard it and froze. It was a loud crack. Zelda turned her head slowly towards the large glass barrier between the Audience Hall and the Stage Simulator to see that... An incredibly large crack had appeared. Diddy, being very quick with his reflexes, threw himself at Zelda to knock her out of the way. The glass shattered and many shards of sharp glass began flying in all direction.
"Look out everyone!" cried Samus. Everyone turned around and shielded themselves from the glass. Ike and Ness suddenly saw a rectangular shape appear a couple feet from the platform and saw the Audience Hall. Ness gasped.
"What the heck?!" he cried. When Ness reacted to the glass shattering the static on the platform became violent and shocked Ike and Ness. Both of them let out cries of pain as electricity surged through their bodies. The Halberd's engines suddenly began to roar as the battleship pushed the platform over until it was upside down. Ragnell could no longer hold its owner on the platform and it slipped out of the slit Ike made and the both of them felt themselves begin to drop.
"Hold on, kid!" shouted Ike. The both of them plummeted down from the platform and down towards the trees below. Ness was screaming as he fell and Ike was busy looking up towards the Halberd. The ship's engines didn't seem to be enough to break the platform... So the boosters were used and with a loud sound the Halberd broke through the platform and broke it into many pieces. The Halberd flew away and disappeared amongst the clouds. There was a strange light left behind where the platform was but Ike couldn't see it anymore because there was an incredibly large explosion that broke out where it was. It was then that he felt his consciousness slip away with a powerful wave of pain that spread throughout his body.
(BGM ends here.)
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"... So... What do you want to do, Ike?" asked Ness. The boy had only this one adult person here with him and he thought it was best to listened to Ike.
"... I honestly don't know... But Luigi fell down here with us and I don't know what might have happened to Fox but... We have to look for him," replied the swordsman. Ness nodded in agreement. The stage was normally in an afternoon-like period in time no matter how long the match went but time seemed to have been passing by normally here. Ike noticed this as he began to walk through the trees with Ness behind him. As they were walking they had noticed in the darkness some pieces of the metal platform that was destroyed. Some had impaled some trees and even cut a few down. The force of the explosion must have been incredible to do something like this.
"Geez... I'm a bit glad that we fell off before the Halberd before that explosion happened," said Ness. He used his free hand to fix the positioning of his hat. Ike continued to walk with Ragnell at the ready. He didn't respond to Ness but he did hear him. The young boy made a slight face and felt a bit nervous. Ike must still be recovering from the trauma. After all he did take the brunt of that electric shock... And then again he probably has had worse from Pikachu or Zelda. Ness smiled to himself at this thought but then accidentally bumped into Ike. "Ike?" he asked. The swordsman hushed Ness.
"... Do you hear that?" he asked. Ness stopped and let his ears open. The wind came and rustled some trees. It seemed to be distracting him from whatever Ike had heard. Ike held Ragnell with both of his hands and pointed it in front of him. Ness lowered the brightness of his PK Flash to the shine of a simple candle. It looked like a small star was at the tip of his right index finger. There was the sound.
"... What is it?" asked Ness. The sound was low but it wasn't too fuzzy. It sounded almost like whirring... Like the gears of a machine. Ness gulped.
"Try not to make any sounds," warned Ike. Ness nodded. The two of them took large but quiet steps but they weren't exactly sure where they were going. Would it be more reasonable to go towards the sound or away from it? Ike continued to walk as he debated this. Ness could only follow. It was then that there was a loud rumbling sound that shook the dirt beneath their feet.
Machine (Subspace Emissary) - Super Smash Bros. Brawl
"Whoa!" cried Ness. He lost his balance and fell down on the ground. Ike braced himself and managed to stay standing. The magnitude of this shaking was strong but not like an earthquake. It reminded him of when Donkey Kong slapped his large hands on the ground to cause a small quake. The sound of wood breaking would be heard as well as the rustling of leaves. Ike looked up and saw the tops of some trees fall over. He immediately reacted by grabbing on the back of Ness' shirt and running at full speed away from their location. Ness cried out in surprise as the rumbling ensued. Whatever was making that sound seemed to have heard them. That rumbling... It was a footstep of something enormous. Ike jumped past trees and some elevated and descending bits of land that came his way. The footsteps became lower and lower as he ran. Whatever was following them must have been very slow.
"Can you still hear it?" asked Ike.
(BGM ends here.)
He let go of Ness gently back on the ground. The boy seemed a bit dazed and shook his head to recollect himself. He turned around and watched the treetops. He also stopped to listen carefully.
"... No... I don't hear it anymore. We probably escaped it," said Ness. Ike nodded.
"**** it... Where in the hell are we?" asked the swordsman. Ness shook his head.
"Don't curse... We'll find out where we are. Don't worry."
"... Cursing is the last problem we should be dealing with."
"Right... It's still a bad thing to do, though," said Ness. The boy shook his head once more. Ike sighed and turned around. He placed Ragnell over his shoulders while holding it with his right hand.
"Come on then... We still need to find Luigi."
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End of Chapter 1