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Marth walked through the forest; he needed to clear his mind. He had been thinking about someone lately, specifically Ike. Why did he let it happen? Why did he fall in love with the mercenary? Marth was wiser than this, and yet he let it happen. The prince knew of his condition; he had only a few years left in his life. Now that the mercenary had feelings for him, Ike would be devastated when he learned what Marth was hiding.

"I don't have to tell him…" Marth thought. "But, then he'll have no explanation when he finds me dead someday." Marth walked deeper into the woods as he continued thinking about what to do.

"Should I tell him? I still have a few years; maybe this love will fade by then. But yet, I don't want it too…" He continued to think deeply into the matter and did not know he was being followed.

"I love him, I don't want to cause him pain. That's why I couldn't break his heart that day when he told me…" Marth thought back and remembered that Roy had something to tell him. That is, until Ike interrupted.

"I wonder what he was going to say? I'm not sure. But now that I think about it, Roy has been growing more and more distant since then. I hardly know him anymore. Wait, did he-?!" Marth's thoughts were interrupted when a blue arrow shot past him. It landed by a bush and Marth turned to see who it came from. He was shocked when he saw Pit standing there with his bow aimed at Marth.

"Pit?! You nearly hit me!" Marth exclaimed.

"Yeah, I know. I missed." Pit said in a low tone. Marth gasped and sidestepped when Pit lunged at him with his daggers.

"Pit! What are you doing?!" Marth exclaimed.

"What do you think?! I'm trying to kill you!" Pit yelled and lunged at Marth again, only to cut another tree.

"K-kill me?! Why?!"

"That is none of your business!" Pit yelled and attacked again. Marth swiftly dodged and pulled out his sword.

"I have no idea what's going on, but there's no way I'll let you kill me!" He yelled. Pit attacked Marth again, and Marth countered Pit who dodged just in time. They fought for a long time, beating and cutting up many trees in the process, but never once did they hit each other. Finally, when Pit dodged Marth's Shield Breaker, Marth's sword got stuck in a tree that was behind Pit. Marth desperately tried to pull his sword out, but it was no use. He turned around in horror when Pit walked over to him.

"I'm trying to kill you, because you took Ike. My Ike. And there's nothing else to talk about. Your death is near." Pit said with no emotion.

"P-Pit! Please don't do this!" Marth exclaimed. The prince could tell by Pit's voice that this was no joke. "Why kill me now when I only have a few years left in my life anyway?"

Pit looked at Marth with interest. "Really?" He asked.

Marth nodded. "It's a condition I have. I only have a few years until I die. Please, just please don't kill me now!" Marth pleaded. Pit rubbed him chin. He wasn't going to let Marth live, no, he was planning an excellent way to get away with the prince's murder.

"That's interesting Marth. Very, interesting. And that fact gives me the perfect excuse for your death!" Marth yelped and tried to run but Pit grabbed his cape. The angel was filled with fury, and his strength was greater than Marth's because of that. He was also quick, and in a split second he wrapped Marth's cape around the prince's neck. He pulled it tightly and the prince could get no air.

"Pit… Please… Mercy…" Marth pleaded.

"Are those your last words? They're truly pathetic then." Pit growled and pulled Marth's cape tighter.

"I'm sorry… I...k...e..." Was the last thing Marth said before he dropped to the ground, dead.

"Pit… Please don't do this…" Palutena pleaded. She got no response. "Please don't…"

Pit continued to ignore his goddess's pleas; his mind was focused completely on his plan. Tonight was the perfect night. Quiet and peaceful, too bad it would soon be filled with cries of pain and death. Pit had seen Marth walk outside, all alone. It was like the prince was asking for death. Palutena continued to try and stop Pit, and but Pit kept ignoring her.

"Oh Pit… What happened to my innocent little angel?"

But that, Pit could not ignore.

"Your innocent little angel?!" He yelled at the skies. "Tell me, Palutena, how you still think I'm innocent when you know I'm not?!"

"P-Pit I…"

Pit interrupted his goddess, "How is it that someone who thinks these things, who plots ways to kill someone, and actually prepares to carry out their plan, innocent?! How, Palutena?! How?!"

"You still haven't killed anyone yet. You still have a chance. Oh Pit please, don't do this! You don't need too!"

"Rrr, I've already told you why I have to do this. He took from me someone that meant everything to me! So I'm going to take his life!" Pit snapped and followed Marth into the forest.

"There's never a good reason to kill an innocent person, Pit! Please, I'm begging you-"

"Palutena, if you never wanted me to do this, then why didn't you help? Huh?! Why?! You knew I loved him, you knew that! So why didn't you do anything to stop Ike that day?! Tell me why you didn't do anything, even though you knew what the outcome would be! Tell me!" Pit yelled, though only his goddess could hear.

"I...I..."

"You don't know, do you? That tells me everything." Pit said and fired an arrow at Marth.

"Pit!" Palutena exclaimed. Pit didn't answer and he lunged for Marth when the arrow missed. Marth seemed really confused but Pit only focus was to kill him.

"P-Pit! Ple-please stop! Stop it now! You can't do this Pit, it isn't right!" Palutena cried. Pit ignored her completely and continued to attack Marth. Eventually Marth's sword got stuck in a tree, and the prince turned to Pit in horror. The prince questioned him and Pit replied by telling him why he was doing this.

"Why kill me now when I only have a few years left in my life anyway?" Marth asked. Pit looked at him with interest. Marth explained what he meant and a whole new plan formed in Pit's mind.

"I'll make it seem like this 'virus' he has killed him. That's the perfect excuse." Pit thought. Marth pleaded for his life, but all Pit wanted was to see the prince die right in front of him. Marth tried to run, but Pit quickly grabbed Marth's cape. He could hear Palutena still begging for him to stop.

"Oh Pit, please! Stop this! Don't kill him!" Palutena pleaded. After that Pit wrapped the cape tightly around Marth's neck, suffocating him.

"I'm sorry… I…k…e…" Was the last thing that came out of the prince's mouth before he fell to the ground, dead. Pit sighed and looked to the sky.

"Do you still think I'm innocent? Do you still think I'm your sweet little angel?" Pit asked.

"Pit… You've lost it." Palutena said, anger in the edges of her voice. "You were stronger than this Pit. How weak of you to fall into love's trap. I see you've chosen your path. You are no longer my angel. Someone so sick and demented cannot serve the Goddess of Light."

Those words actually hurt Pit, and a single tear fell from his eye when Palutena finished.

"I denounce you as an angel. You're just a mortal with wings now, just a fallen angel. Goodbye."

The tear fell from Pit's face, and he could feel his goddess leave him. He looked down at Marth's dead body, and smiled. Pit had chosen his path, there was no going back. He dragged the prince as he went to carry out his plan. All thoughts of his goddess were erased from him mind, and now his only focus was Ike. "Ike will be mine, and no one will get in my way."

Palutena watched him for the last time.

"Pit… Those words hurt me as much as they hurt you. I'm sorry I let this happen. But, as the Goddess of Light, I can only hope your death comes soon before you kill someone else." Her vision of him faded, and she could no longer tell what Pit was doing. Pit had chosen this path and to her,

Pit was already gone.