Hello, fellow fanfic authors. This is it. My long awaited Kid Icarus/Bayonetta crossover. This is actually the 50th story I've written in my career as an author, so what better way to (hopefully) close out 2016 than with this milestone? As I said in my poll regarding this story, this is basically a novelization of Bayonetta 2 with Pit and Dark Pit tagging along for the ride. Hopefully, I can do both games some justice. This is the first of a four-part prologue, so sorry in advance if there isn't much action. I sincerely hope you enjoy it. Please read, review, and enjoy.

Disclaimer: Kid Icarus and Bayonetta are the properties of their respective owners. I own nothing.

Bayonetta 2: Heaven & Hell

It had been five months since Pit had defeated Hades, the God of the Underworld. Since then, peace has mostly reigned in Skyworld. The Underworld Army had been mostly quiet with their leader gone. The human world had been rebuilding itself after the war. Even Viridi's Forces of Nature had been relatively peaceful, though that was only after Pit faced Viridi in a one-on-one duel wherein if she lost she had to vow to never again attack humanity. Honestly, it was getting a little dull now. There was some part of Pit that wanted something extraordinary to happen.

He really should be careful what he wished for.

Today Pit and Palutena were at Dyntos' Workshop. They were accompanied by Viridi and Dark Pit, who recently joined the Forces of Nature. Dyntos wanted to show them a new invention of his. The four of them sat down as Dyntos put the finishing touches on the device. It was a large golden ring with strange, glowing runes hooked up to a machine. "And... Done!" Dyntos declared. "Ladies and gentlemen, I give you... The Dimension Eye!"

"Cool!" Pit said. "What does it do?"

"I was getting to that, you little halfwit." Dyntos replied. "You know there are other worlds besides our own, right? This little gizmo basically lets me see into those other worlds."

"So basically, we'll be able to see into the worlds of Metroid, Fire Emblem, Zelda, Mario, Kirby, and other worlds like that?" Palutena asked. "Fascinating."

"That's really awesome!" Viridi said. "I always wanted to see what Hyrule is like."

"You mean you just want to spy on Link." Pit teased.

"Hey!" Viridi snapped, a blush coloring her cheeks. "Well, you do have a crush on Link." Palutena said. "This might be your chance to finally see him." That prompted laughter from Pit and Palutena. Viridi just pouted, the blush still on her face. Dark Pit, however, wasn't laughing. His gaze was focused on the Dimension Eye.

"Still though, this is quite a revolutionary device, Lord Dyntos." Palutena said. "This could open up endless possibilities! You've really outdone yourself this time!"

"Well, you always say that, but thank you anyway." Dyntos replied.

"Okay, if everyone is done having their nerdgasms, can we please address the 500 ton elephant in the room?" Dark Pit asked. "Is this thing safe?"

"No need to be rude, Pittoo." Viridi scolded.

"I'm not being rude." Dark Pit replied. "I'm just stating the obvious: This thing is untested. How can we be sure it's safe?"

"Well, the young angel has a point." Dyntos said. "This is a prototype, after all. And when it comes to interdimensional phenomenon, anything can happen. That's why we're doing this little test drive. I want to see if it's safe before I show it to the world. I'm going to fire it up now. Everyone, stand back." Dyntos teleported to the control room and began typing on the keyboard. The runes on the ring began glowing as the Dimension Eye whirred to life.

Lightning bolts struck the center of the ring and formed a portal. The portal expanded until it was the size of the ring and soon an image came into focus. The image showed Mario fighting Bowser in his castle. Oohs and ahhs came from the others as they watched the fight unfold. The image then shifted to one of Mega Man making his way through Wily Castle. The next image was one of Kirby lazily napping about in Dream Land. It then changed into an image of Link riding through Hyrule on his trusty steed Epona. The final image was one of Star Fox flying through the galaxy on their Arwings.

"This is amazing!" Pit exclaimed.

"Beautiful!" Palutena said.

"Awesome!" Viridi said.

"Not bad." Dark Pit said with a small, but impressed smile.

"Glad you enjoyed the show." Dyntos said. "But now it's time to turn this off." Dyntos pulled the lever to shut down the Dimension Eye, but nothing happened. He pulled the lever several times to no avail. The God of the Forge furrowed his brows and muttered a few curses to himself. "Something wrong, Lord Dyntos?" Palutena asked.

"Darn thing won't shut off." Dyntos replied. "Must be a faulty wire. Nothing I can't fix. Hang on." Dyntos kneeled down and began fiddling with the wires. "Okay... Almost... Got it!" But just then, a surge of lightning erupted from the control console, sending Dyntos flying back with a scream. The portal within the ring contracted for a moment, then expanded to a size even greater than the ring and began sucking everything in.

"Dyntos, what the hell's happening?!" Viridi shouted.

"The Dimension Eye's going haywire!" Dyntos replied as he frantically fiddled with the controls in a desperate attempt to regain control of the device and stabilize it. "It's causing a tear in space that's gonna suck everything in!" The vacuum force grew stronger in that second and Pit screamed as he soon found himself being sucked in. Dark Pit quickly grabbed his hand, but was quickly sucked into the portal along with Pit!

"Guys!" Viridi shouted as she transformed her fingers into vines and grabbed Dark Pit's wrist. Growing roots from under the rim of her dress to stabilize herself, Viridi tried her best to pull the two angels out of the portal. Palutena conjured a chain of light in her hand and lassoed it around Dark Pit's other wrist. "Keep pulling, Viridi!" Palutena said. "We gotta get them out of there!"

"I'm trying!" Viridi said as the two goddesses continued to pull. Despite their best efforts, the two angels were pulled into the portal, which quickly closed behind them and shattered Palutena's chain of light. Viridi screamed in pain when the portal closed and chopped off her vines. "Viridi! Are you alright?!" Palutena asked.

"I'll live." Viridi replied as she quickly regenerated her fingers. "What happened to Pit and Dark Pit?"

"They got sucked into that portal." Palutena said. "Lord Dyntos, what happened?"

Dyntos groaned as he got to his feet, still recovering from the lightning shock. "An energy surge caused the Dimension Eye to overload." he said. "It caused a tear in space-time that sucked our two angels in."

"Can you bring them back?" Palutena asked, panic-stricken.

"Well, it'll take a while." Dyntos replied, pointing to the ring, which was heavily damaged by the portal. "The feedback from the energy spike damaged the portal. We'll have to fix the device first."

"I'll call Arlon and Phosphora." Viridi declared. "They're both tech heads. They should be able to help fix the device."

"Well, actually, that's the least of our problems." Dyntos said.

"What do you mean?" Viridi asked.

"I didn't program a fixed set of coordinates." Dyntos explained. "I was just letting the Dimension Eye view worlds at random. Because of that, they could've been sent to any of the practically infinite worlds out there. Fixing the device is the easy part. Finding them is the hard part."

"Well, we'll cross that bridge when we get there." Palutena said. "For now though, let's focus on fixing the Dimension Eye." She then turned towards the ruined device. "Pit. Pittoo. Be safe. Wherever you are." she thought to herself.

Meanwhile, in another world...

A portal ripped into the sky and Pit and Dark Pit found themselves falling through it. Pit quickly activated his Pegasus Wings and began to slow his descent. After the war with the Underworld Army, Pit went to Lord Dyntos and asked him to repair the Three Sacred Treasures as well as give him a device that would allow him to summon the Treasures at will. He also decided to wear the Pegasus Wings with him at all times so that he can have a way to fly by himself if he were ever separated from Palutena.

As he descended to the ground, he turned to find Dark Pit doing the same, his wings glowing purple. "Hey, since when can you use the Power of Flight by yourself?" Pit asked.

"You not the only one with Pegasus Wings." Dark Pit replied. "I asked Dyntos to make me a pair. I might be serving under a goddess now, but I'm still my own angel."

"Huh." Pit looked around and he soon realized that they were in a bustling city. The streets and sidewalks were filled with people going about their daily lives. Based on all the Christmas decorations and all the people buying gifts, it seemed to be in the middle of the holiday season. "Pittoo. I don't think we're in Skyworld anymore."

"Brilliant deduction, Sherlock.' Dark Pit replied, sarcasm dripping from his voice. "What gave it away: The fact that we're in a city, or the fact that we, oh I dunno, FELL THROUGH A PORTAL IN THE FREAKING SKY?! Oh, I knew this was a bad idea! I knew something like this would happen! But did anyone listen to me? No!"

"Oh calm down, Captain Complainer." Pit said. "What's done is done. Whining isn't gonna get us anywhere. We need to first figure out where the heck we are. Then we need to figure out how do we get home."

"Well, one thing's for sure: Standing around here won't do anything." Dark Pit said. "Let's start asking around." And with that, the two angels began to explore the city, unaware that they were taking their first steps to what would be their biggest adventure yet.

Next Chapter Preview: World of Chaos: Next time on Bayonetta 2! Bayonetta is out and about doing some last minute Christmas shopping with Enzo. But her plans are put on hold when the Angels of Paradiso attack. Time for the Umbra Witch to spring into action once again!