Mewtwo Replaced?

Chapter 1

It was the late end of the year 2007, the residents of the Smash Mansion were getting ready for the making of Brawl. Link matured more, developing a deeper voice and a need for a new set of clothing. Mario got some new overalls. Fox got a new outfit. Dr Mario did some experimenting with Young Link as his guinea pig, with the result of Young Link becoming toonish. In a nutshell, everyone was different. There were even some new arrivals, and more yet to arrive.

Mewtwo had also changed, he was faster, and learned some new abilities. He was in his room with Mew, training.

"Excellent, with these new techniques, I will dominate the competition," said Mewtwo with a smirk. He may have been accepted last time as a last minute character, but this time he will earn the respect he deserved from his fellow smashers. There was the sound of a car stopping outside, Mewtwo glanced out the window and saw a limousine, a new smasher has arrived. Both Mew and Mewtwo went to the window and saw the door open, out stepped a blue Pokémon with black legs and a yellow body with a spike on the back of each paw and one on the chest.

"Mew?" asked Mew, gesturing towards the newly arrived Pokémon.

"That is Lucario, a fighting and steel type Pokémon from the Sinnoh region. A good choice for a fighter," answered Mewtwo. Then Master Hand's voice came on the room intercom:

"Mewtwo, report to my office at once."

"Mew?"

"Hmph, he probably wants me to show our new fighter around the building. (Sigh) I'm sick of giving the new Pokémon tours of the mansion. Whatever, I'll be back later. Don't break anything."

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Mewtwo got to Master Hand's office, but the only one there was Master Hand.

"Where's the new smasher?" asked Mewtwo, not even caring.

"He's taking his stuff to your room."

"But, it's only a room for one." Mewtwo's eyes narrowed suspiciously.

"Exactly, he's replacing you."

Mewtwo lost some feeling in his arms and legs, but still managed to blurt out "What!?"

"You heard me; now you have one hour to get your things packed and out of here." Mewtwo stormed out of the office without another word, with a glowing field of energy around him.

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Back in Mewtwo's room, Lucario sat his suitcase down and looked around the room with mundane interest and snorted. Then he saw Mew.

"You," he addressed "whose room is this?"

"It's my room." Answered a voice from behind him. Lucario whirled around and saw Mewtwo with blazing eyes and an enormous amount of aura emanating from him. Any provocation, and this opponent would tear you apart, but Lucario wasn't fazed. He stood to challenge the enraged fighter.

Anyone standing outside Mewtwo's room would have heard crashing sounds from inside, then see Lucario coming out with Mewtwo's bags to take them away. No one had seen Mewtwo since.

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Days had passed since this incident occurred; nobody really noticed Mewtwo was gone. One morning, Luigi wandered into the kitchen and noticed Lucario sitting in the bay window, munching on a bar of chocolate while gazing out the window at the young smashers playing tag out on the back lawn. His face was expressionless. Luigi took a step forward; Lucario's ears twitched, and he gazed at the Italian plumber with little interest. In all the days this new fighter was here, this was the first time Luigi even met him face to face.

"Hello… I didn't mean to interrupt anything…" said Luigi.

"No, you didn't interrupt," said Lucario, turning his gaze back out the window and taking another small bite out of the chocolate bar.

"I'm Luigi,"

Lucario didn't say anything. Luigi went to the fridge and took a plate of Portobello spaghetti to heat up. After the pasta heated, Luigi grabbed the plate to take with him to his room.

"I'm… Lucario." said Lucario from the window. Luigi turned, gave a small grin, and left.

Later that morning, Lucario was lounging in the shade of a tree in the yard where the youngsters were playing, taking a nap. Lucas and Ness noticed him and came over, Lucario didn't stir.

"So this is the one that replaced Mewtwo?" Lucas asked Ness. One of Lucario's eyes opened slightly, and looked at the two boys.

"It seems so…" answered Ness. Just then, Roy came along. He may have been in his teens, but he was still a child at heart. He was the one who usually looked after the young ones along with Pit.

"He replaced Mewtwo?" Roy asked, surprised. Lucario's ear twitched in slight annoyance at being spoken of like he wasn't there.

"I have a name, you know." Said Lucario, startling Lucas.

"Yeah, it's Lucario, right?" asked Roy. "Luigi told me earlier, I'm Roy." He held out his hand to help Lucario up. Lucario took it, and Roy helped him up. "Did you ever get to see the entire mansion?"

Lucario thought a moment before shaking his head.

"Well, let's give you the grand tour." Said Roy, grinning.

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Mario, Link, Fox, and Pikachu were in the entertainment room, which was easily the largest room in the entire mansion, playing Melee. They were playing super sudden death mode on Corneria. Falco and Ike were watching.

"Darn it, Pikachu! Stop using that thunderbolt move every five seconds!" yelled Fox, who just lost his last stock. Now it was down to Link, Mario and Pikachu. Link got Mario with an arrow and sent him flying with the boomerang, now it was Link against Pikachu. Link jumped over Pikachu to get him with his stab move, but Pikachu had called for a thunderbolt. As Link's sword connected with Pikachu, the lightning struck Link, both were sent flying skyward. Pikachu was in the background, but Link hit the screen and was KO'd first.

Link started yelling at the screen, which consisted of different battle yells he uses (he's mute, remember). Then Roy poked his head through the doorway.

"And this is our game room, we have a DVD player, but no one has ever bothered to use it. We have every Nintendo system and game ever made. We have a pinball machine over there, a trampoline that Bowser broke, a pool table that only Mewtwo, Dr Mario and Zelda ever use, a foosball table, some arcade machines and a DDR machine." Roy went on pointing to each thing while Lucario followed, bored.

"Hey Roy, who's the new character?" asked Fox after handing off his controller to Falco and coming up to Lucario and Roy.

"This is Lucario, he's my new friend, and I'm giving him a tour of the mansion." Said Roy, putting his arm around Lucario's shoulders. Lucario snorted softly with annoyance, but Roy didn't get the hint.

"Welcome then, to the smash mansion, Lucario." Said Fox.

"I've been here for nearly a week now." Said Lucario.

"Oh, I guess I never noticed, you seem to be the quiet type."

"I usually meditate and contemplate on different things."

"Cool, I like to pilot my arwing and play video games."

"Ooh, I like to hang out with my friends Marth, Link and Lucario." Interjected Roy.

"Rrrright… Anyway, want to come play Melee with us? It was the game we were all in." offered Fox. "Wanna play too, Roy?"

"Sure," Roy said. Lucario was silent for a moment before answering.

"No, but I guess I'll watch."

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