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The hard steel of her opponents sword clashed loudly against her own, the wielder of the rival sword shouting a loud "HYAHH!" Into the void of a sky, his blue eyes locking with her own.

Lucina had to balance on the ball of her foot to keep from falling. Link took her moment of suspension to go for another blow. This time however Lucina was ready. She tilted her sword down, the tip just barely scraping at the stage ground. Link froze as the movement stunned him momentarily. Lucina saw her opportunity to strike, lashing her sword up at her opponent. Link grunted as he was flung off the edge of the stage, his body dissipating before it disappeared too far into the void. "GAME" the voice of the arenas announcer echoed.

Lucina stood back strait up, panting softly as the portal that would take her home reopened. She took another look at the stage around her. The battle arenas were weird to say the least. Settings for the match were set before hand. Also not to mention you couldn't gravely hurt anyone in these arenas even if you tried. It was a strange force she did not yet understand but didn't bother to question it either. Some of the older players said it was the work of one called 'Master Hand'. They regulated every fight to make sure no player was gravely harmed in the matches. There was also rumor that players strong enough were actually able to face them in battle. With one last look at Final Destination, Lucina entered the portal set out for her.

Moments later she found herself face to face with Link in a small white room. The male was clapping happily for her. "Good job Lucina, you're getting better." He spoke happily.

"Thanks to you." Lucina spoke back, flashing a small smile. She was one of the newest comers to the Smash mansion and along with of course Marth, Link had been kind enough to give her a few pointers and spar with her on several stages to get her used to how the stages worked.

A soft smile played on Links feature, a wordless nod being his response. He opened the inward turning door, holding it for Lucina as the two left the small room. Lucina was the first to step into the mansion hallway of the two, Link letting the door shut behind him as he followed. A thick hallway decorated with a deep red and gold carpet and golden beige walls stretched out before them. "Hey thanks again for sparing with me, you are a strong opponent." Lucina spoke almost mechanically, turning back to look at Link.

The young man nodded his head in reply. "Thank you! You're doing pretty good yourself. Just loosen up a bit." He mused, giving the female a playful pat on the shoulder. Lucina flinched under his touch, still not as used to interaction with her fellow fighters. Link seemed to notice this and flashed an apologetic glance her direction. "Anyways, I'm going to go wash up, if you need anything let me know." He said, waving bye as he slipped past Lucina, heading towards the elevator.

Lucina watched the male go, taking a small glance at his pointed ears sticking out from under the green hood. She had been so sure up until recently he was a Manakete. His confusion on the subject proved her otherwise however. While Link had entered the elevator to go to his room, Lucina opted for the stairs. The Smash Mansion seemed to be huge and almost never ending. However all the rooms were in located in the east wing. Each person had their own room, well except for a few select cases where a room was shared amongst two people.

Making it to her floor, Lucina turned down the hall on the way to her room. A flash of white and black feathers shot in her path, knocking the female back against the wall. She opened her mouth to yell however found that the trouble makers were already too far to hear. The two winged boys seemed to be arguing about one thing or another as they turned a sharp corner, the one with black wings pushing the one with white wings back as he gained speed. She knew the one with white wings was named Pit, so she assumed the other one was Dark Pit. Another new comer like her.

Slowly pushing herself back off the wall, Lucina smoothed her shirt down, her annoyance with the boys now subsided. When she turned around a new feeling overcame her. Meeting her gaze was another person, who she did not recognize. Her long green hair just barely touched her ankles and her almost matching deep green eyes held Lucinas gaze for a moment. She wore a fairly simple white dress, which Lucina was quick to assume was not what her battle attire was. When not going into the arenas, the fighters wore whatever suited their fancy usually, that is unless they dressed casually in battle as well, which some others did.

"I'm sorry if those two caused you any trouble. Dark Pit still isn't too keen on sharing a room with Pit." She broke the silence with an apology. Though something about her voice seemed almost teasing. When Lucina didn't respond, the other female continued. "By the way, my name is Palutena. And who might you be?" she spoke, a smile matching her tone playing on her face.

"Lucina." She simply responded, blinking her eyes once to draw them away from observing the female before her. "The pleasure is mine." She added rather formally, the corners in her lip turning up into a grin.

Palutena seemed almost pleased with the motion, nodding once in acknowledgement. "Now if you may excuse me, I want to stop those two before they cause any real damage." She excused herself politely, walking past Lucina in pursuit of Pit and Dark Pit. Lucina could have sworn she saw the other woman glance back at her as she passed. However before she was able to register it, she was distracted by the long, flowing green hair as it lightly touched her forearm.

Lucina watched as Palutena turned the corner the boys left through before disappearing from sight. She remained still for a few moments, her gaze fixated in that one place before she seemed to remember what she had come here to do. She turned on her toes and head a few doors down to her room. Her fingers ran over the wooden carving of her name on the oak door before slowly stroking down to the door knob, letting herself in.

Her room was still pretty simple, only having moved in a little over a week ago. Well not so much room as apartment. She had a bedroom, a very small common area, and a smaller kitchen. The essentials. The bathroom was down the hall. She put her extra equipment down, taking extra care when putting the Falchion down on her couch.

She had just finished changing into more casual attire, simple black jeans and a white t-shirt. She almost went back to her room to spend some solitary time to herself but was quick to decide against it. After all not long ago Marth did suggest she should socialize a bit more. A sigh escaped her mouth as she almost reluctantly made her way back to her door. It's not that she didn't like socialization it was just that she always felt as if she should be doing something more- well important. Worth everyone's time. When she had also explained that to Marth he laughed it off, reassuring her that it was ok to let loose every now and then here.

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Lucina found herself in the mansions common room. The large room had all the commons. A large television, several couches and chairs, coffee table, and what not. And as well as those there was a pool table, large fire place, and a rather large fish tank with an array of different fish species.

A sudden arrow brought her back on guard, her eyes flicking to where the arrow stuck sharply on the wall next to her. Lucina calmed herself down noticing there seemed to be a note attached to it. She grasped the arrow for a moment, untying the note from where it was attached and opening it.

A small smile couldn't help but play on her face when she immediately noticed the child like drawing of her. In green marker above the drawing it read 'You're really pretty' with a few red hearts. Raising a brow she lifted her gaze from the drawing to find who was the sender. Her gaze immediately rested on who she knew to be Toon Link as well as Pit. Noticing that they had been spotted, the two scrambled for the large open window behind them, Toon Link jumping out and Pit diving to catch his friend.

Lucina blinked in confusion when she heard her name called. "Hey Lucina, why don't you join us?" A gently voice spoke. She shifted her attention from the window to the couch where there seemed to be a small gathering. Lucina took a quick moment to pick out who was there. Zelda, Peach, Samus, Pikachu, and Wii Fit Trainer. She nodded her head almost obediently as she made her way over, take a seat crisscross on the floor next to Samus. "We were actually just talking about you." The voice who called her spoke; Peach.

Lucina turned to the blonde, her head tilting slightly to the side. "You were?" she replied simply, earning a nod from the princess.

"Yeah we were saying how a certain blonde swordsman seems to have taken a liking to you." Trainer added in, her voice almost monotone however Lucina was able to feel the playful tease edging her voice.

"Wait who?" Lucina couldn't help but ask.

"Link deary!" Peach chirped in, a high pitched giggle ending her sentence.

Lucinas brow furrowed. Link? Sure he had been a great help since she had gotten here and had spent a fair amount of time with her. Even more so than Marth and even Ike now that she thought about it. But she didn't think the warrior had fallen for her. Her confused silence seemed to be enough of a reaction for Peach however.

"Oh golly you didn't know?" she giggled, crossing her legs under her floral print dress. "It's so obvious after all." She added.

"Ah-hah I don't think he thinks of me that way. We are simply friends." Lucina sheepishly defended herself. After all she was aware that Link and Zelda were from the same home lands. So those two had to be together then right? If so why wasn't the Hyrulian princess defending herself. Lucina shot a quick glance in the females direction who didn't seem bothered by it at all from where she sat on the other side of Samus. As a matter of fact she seemed to have the same teasing expression as the rest of the group. She faced Samus for a quick moment, her face out of Lucinas sight range for a moment however the sudden snicker from Samus suggested that she said something amusing to the other woman.

"Simply friends. How cute." Trainer started, her tone once again slightly teasing though a gentle smile played on her face. "Go for him girl. He is pretty cute after all, and sweet. What more does a girl want in a guy?"

Lucina thought for another moment. She figured that in that case he would seem like the perfect guy at first glance. And she probably should be attracted to him in that case, that's how it went, right? Maybe because she literally met the man a little over a week ago she couldn't think of him like that.

"I personally think Ike is pretty cool." Peach started, keeping the conversation going. "He's so loyal to his friends and the way he handles that sword~" she started, ending her sentence by biting her lower lip. This earned a chuckle from the collective group.

"Well you and him have been friends for a pretty damn long time." Zelda now spoke, turning to face the other princess while Samus stroked her palm along pikachus back. The small pokemon purred with pleasure as it's tail twitched up once, stretching out and falling back down loosely.

Peach responded to Zelda. That much Lucina was able to tell seeing as her attention shifted from the group back towards where someone was coming in from the common room entrance. It was Palutena.