I'm In Love With My Rival

Chapter Twenty-Three: Fight.

And just like that shit hit the fan.

The Centurions were attacking the Nature Forces.

Palutena and Phosphora were duking it out.

And then there was Pit, taking down most of the army's numbers by himself, which took barely any effort for him, since he was so used to this.

He had yet to find Pittoo in order to 'stage their epic battle.' But the dark angel seems to have disappeared from the scene.

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"Be sure to go after Pit when you find him, as soon as he's dead, we've won." Dark Pit heard Viridi say in his head in a very angry tone of voice. "I still can't believe they were prepared for our attack! How?! It's like they new we were coming! Or that someone told them."

Pittoo just shrugged in response. "Beats me, maybe they do this all the time because there's always someone wanting to kill those two." He replies, beginning to walk around the premises in search of his gorgeous boyfriend.

"And I don't blame them, they're so annoying. Especially Pit." Viridi remarks, letting out a frustrated sigh. "Whatever, just kill that little shit and be done with it."

The Goddess of Nature cast a little spell of her own so only Dark Pit and Phosphora could hear her talk to them, no point in giving away their little scheme.

Arlon was able to communicate with them too, but he was in the Luna Sanctum on standby in case shit went sideways.

Cragalanche however... Was too heavy to be carried by anyone including a large quantity of the army. So he had to stay home for this one... Poor Cragalanche.

Anyway, what were we doing? Oh, right, fighting.

"Yeah yeah I'm looking for him." Pittoo replied to the Goddess, not really wanting to be here, well at least not with this circumstance.

Usually being on the battlefield would make this angel ecstatic, the origins of his creation probably had something to do with that... He loved the chaos around him, and the feeling of taking a life with his weapon of choice, which for this battle was his beloved Dark Pit Staff. Yes he really did name it after himself...

But for this fight. The only thing on his mind was that he was hoping that Pit was alright, of course he shouldn't be thinking this knowing full well that Pit could obliterate them all if he so wished, but the boyfriend in him was feeling protective.

He walked around a random building and saw Pit in the distance, fighting off about twenty Nature Troops of different types with such ease it was hypnotising. So it was no surprise that Pittoo found himself staring.

He was so focused on the light angel that he almost didn't hear Viridi barking orders at him. "Sneak up on him while he's distracted dumbass! Why are you just standing there?!" She screeched.

Dark Pit flinched at her voice screaming in his head and sighed, making his way over to Pit without replying.

The lighter had finished off the last of the group attacking him before spotting Pittoo trying to sneak up on him.

Said angel stops walking and looks at Pit with an unreadable expression.

They stare at each other for a few moments before getting into an attacking position, both waiting for the other to make the first move.

Pit was the first to advance, running at Pittoo with great speed, the Palutena Bow he was using must have a speed enhancer on it.

Dark Pit had hardly any time to react before Pit thrust his bow's blade at his arm, but luckily he dodged out of the way just in time.

They both agreed that they would only strike areas that wouldn't kill them, like the arms, legs and shoulders, though they would still try not inflict any wounds on each other at all if they could help it.

Pittoo counter attacks by kicking Pit in the shin, which causes the other to yelp and fall to the ground.

He was about to kick him again when the lighter jumped up suddenly and knocked him over. "That was rather sneaky, Pittoo." Pit growls lowly, standing over him.

Dark Pit looks up at him. "What can I say? It's easy to get you off your guard." He replies as he points his staff at him, a charged shot at the ready.

Pit's eyes widen as he dodges the projectile with a millisecond to spare.

Little did the two angels know, was that a crowd was forming around them. The Centurions, Nature Troops, even Palutena and Phosphora had stopped fighting each other to watch what would happen. Even when they're faking this battle, it was still great entertainment for the others.

Pittoo got up to his feet again, watching as his boyfriend began to circle around him.

They made sure to keep their eyes on each other in case the other made a move to attack, and they'd be ready for it.

Pit stopped moving and suddenly made a dash towards the darker, firing arrows as he ran forward.

Dark Pit managed to dodge every single one with ease, but barely managed to block the strike of the bow's blade with his staff when Pit was close enough to melee him.

'Is it bad that I find this kinda arousing?' Pittoo thought to himself, blocking another blow that was aimed for his shoulder.

'Probably, but oh well, Pit's probably thinking the same.'

"Your reflexes are superb, usually I would've managed to hit you by now." Pit commented, backing up a bit. Maybe he would have better luck shooting him from a distance.

Dark Pit smirked. "Yours aren't too bad either, but you could improve." As he said that, he aimed his staff again and began shooting at Pit with rapid fire.

"Woah!" The lighter exclaimed as he dodged the incoming bullets, dashing to the side to try and escape them.

While he was moving so quickly, he ended up tripping on a loose piece of tiling that was on the pathed ground they were fighting on, and just as Pit was falling, Pittoo had fired a charged shot.

He didn't expect it to actually make its mark, which was directly shot right into Pit's stomach.

Shit.

"Agh!" The lighter exclaimed as he hit the ground, both from when he tripped and from being shot.

"Pit!" Palutena yelled out, running towards the captain of her guard and kneeling down next to him.

Dark Pit just stood there, shocked. He didn't know what to do, he ended up dropping his weapon, hands shaking.

He just fucking shot his boyfriend! Though accidentally.

Pit let out a groan. At least he was still conscious.

Pittoo took a few steps forward, looking down at Pit with a worried look.

"I- I didn't mean to- I'm sorry..." He stuttered, breathing becoming rapid in a rising panic.

Pit looks up at him, smiling softly despite being in pain. "It's okay, I know you didn't mean to do that." He says softly, coughing, some blood splattering the ground from that. Oh fuck there was a lot of that...

"What do you mean you didn't mean to shoot him?!" He heard Viridi yell to him.

Palutena seemed to have heard her as well since she was now looking at Dark Pit with concern, Pit however was too busy trying to stay awake.

'Guess that spell wore off.'

"Well?!" Viridi screamed again, getting dangerously impatient.

Pittoo bit his lip, looking back at Palutena as he tried to think of an excuse for what he had just said.

"Uh- Well..."