A/N: Red IS in this one. Just saying. He's awesome and I needed to make him speak soon. Oh, and some more stuff is revealed, like what Lucas's *cough* crush *cough* name is. Even though you should already know . . . lol. I'm so stupid. And whoever Red's dating is in here to. And some more. All you need to do is read to find out!

I also wanted to say sorry for the time it took to make this chapter. I did say that there would be some sort of delay since I was in New York, and it is summer. Summer = Laziness. Makes sense. And I realized FF is going through a lot of major changes. All in different times. Oh wellz. NY was fun, just had to say that.

Disclaimer: I only own the plot and a few other things. SSBB © Nintendo.

Hope you like it~!

So Out of Your League

Written by Sonic1615

Friends and Rivals


There went the bell ending his fourth period, and Lucas was glad it finally came. His hand was beginning to throb from all the writing he'd done in his notebook over the past fourty-five minutes or so. It was official: Having nothing to do in Study Hall sucked.

Lucas grumbled, shoving his crap back into his bag with his one hand that continued to pulse angrily. Stupid pencil. He just wanted to survive the day, but that was going nowhere. Turns out he just may be approaching death faster the longer he remained in this place.

"At least I have lunch next," Lucas quietly spoke to himself, trying to lighten up, and failing.

As he stepped out into the hallway once again, Lucas noticed the students more rushed and talkative. This must have meant a lot more students also had lunch this period. Great. Terrific. Exactly what he was looking for. The more people to see him make a complete fool of himself today, the better.

With no more good thoughts in mind, Lucas trudged down the steps and turned down another hallway into a huge room. No exaggeration, it was ginormous.

The entire room's floor was tiled blue and white, while the walls and ceiling were along the lines of cream-colored. A huge window built into the wall showed a kitchen that was currently at work with so many workers that Lucas couldn't count them all, much less tell them apart from one another. Students formed a line at the window, placing orders of what they wanted for today. It seemed like that was how things were done around here. Fancy. You could get almost anything you wanted as long as it was on the little menu board above the window. And there were a lot of choices. At least twenty. Every average school Lucas knew had up to five choices, not twenty. Lucas wished his old school had that many choices. And from the smells radiating from the kitchen, Lucas bet the food was good, and not crap like every other school's food was.

Lucas's stomach gave a small gurgling noise indicating that he was indeed hungry. One look at the line again was all Lucas needed to know he'd be waiting an hour before he even got his food. Another look at the line made the boy's insides flip.

It was the boy.

The boy from earlier.

The one he saw in the halls walking with the preps and jocks.

If he was here then that meant that he and that other boy shared the same lunch. How coincidental. Who'd a guess it?

The boy was currently talking to someone else. Another boy. Lucas looked harder and came to a shocking realization that whoever the boy was talking to had a nearly bald head with a ponytail.

That's a guy? Well, if the world says so then it has to be true.

This school had the oddest people in it, and that was a fact.

Despite this school being some sort of freak show, Lucas had to confirm to himself that that one boy looked good. So maybe there were normal kids going to this school. Is there a chance that I might be able to be a friend towards that boy? Ha! Lucas laughed the thought away. He was perfectly fine with being with himself right now. No need to have anybody coming into the picture . . . but still . . .

"Hey! Newbie!'

A new voice caused Lucas's attention to drift from the other boy and turn around to a deserted table. Well, almost deserted. There was another boy currently sitting and-

OH HOLY SWEET POTATOES! IT'S HIM AGAIN!

For the third time that day, the boy from the bus stop had sneaked his way right into Lucas's vision line.

Lucas took a good observation from the direction the voice had come from and found - a bit to his dismay - that the only possible source of the voice was that boy himself. So, trying to act brave, he timidly walked over to the partly empty table.

"Um . . . did you say something?" God, that sounded so stupid, even for him.

The other chuckled. It wasn't cruel or mean, it was friend-like. "Yeah, that was me," he spoke in a naturally nice-sounding voice. "I noticed today at the bus stop that you're new. Thought you could use somebody to sit with."

Now Lucas felt horrible. His former thoughts about this guy were totally wrong. Lucas now had the honor to call himself a royal douche. It fitted nicely.

While Lucas mentally beat himself up, he stood there stupidly. The other quirked an eyebrow. "You gonna sit? You know how to walk, right?"

Nearly jumping out of his skin pelt, Lucas turned blue eyes towards an empty seat across from the other boy. Strange. It did feel better to be sitting with someone else.

"My name's Red. And you are . . . ?"

Red . . . ? It matched his eyes perfectly.

"Me? Well, I-I'm Lucas. Nice to meet you, Red."

Red smiled, closing his eyelids for a brief second. "Lucas, huh? I like your name. Don't you have a twin?"

Lucas slowly felt weight fall off his chest. "Yeah, his name's Claus. Though I don't have any classes with him."

Red's smile dropped a fraction. "Bummer."

There was a quick silence between them before Red spoke again.

"Don't think I'm creeping on you or anything, but I couldn't help but notice that you were looking-no, staring at Ness just a few minutes ago. You were, right?"

Lucas felt heat creep it's way across his face inch by inch in a threatening manner. He didn't mean for anyone to see that. If Red saw it, then did others see his staring? Out of desperation, Lucas tried to say something intelligent, "Uh, um, er, eh, fe, meh." Yes Lucas, that was super intelligent.

The black-haired boy laughed lightly. "Don't worry. It's okay. But, I should say that Ness is one of those guys that are sort of . . . more popular than us, ya know? I doubt getting to be his friend would even work. Plus," His smile turned into a taunting smirk, showing a pointed canine tooth. "Ness already has a girlfriend."

If Lucas had milk, Red would be soaked to his underwear in it. "What? What makes you think that I'm, uh, that I'm . . . well . . ." Though Lucas was trying to admit it to himself, he couldn't even say the word without stuttering. This only seemed to amuse Red more.

"What? That you're gay? Ha . . . Lucas, if you can't see it, you're blind. Just from the way you were looking at Ness was how I could tell you were gay. And that's cool, don't worry about it. I won't tell."

Red said some reassuring words, but Lucas was still embarrassed he could be read like a book. "How . . . did you know that I was? So easily?"

Red snickered again. "Easy: I'm gay too."

No, if Lucas had milk, Red would be swimming in it. "You're what? Really? B-But that doesn't make sense! At least I don't think? Agh! How do you know? Do you have a crush on a boy?" He couldn't help himself; curiosity was a fickle thing.

The other's eyes shimmered momentarily. "Hardly. My life seems to be much more simpler than yours. I have a boyfriend."

"Have? Who is he?" His eyes searched the other's red ones trying to find anything within them. And what was he trying to find? Oh, maybe a sentence flashing black with huge letters spelling out everything from Red's mind. Alas, no luck.

"You wouldn't know him. He doesn't go to this school. But if you're that curious for answers, I'll tell you that his name's Green, his eyes match his name - similar to mine - and that he's a great Trainer, just like I am." Red's face changed slightly while talking about the other.

Green . . . has green eyes. Red . . . has red eyes. That'd be so cool to be named just like the color of your eyes! Wait, what's a Trainer?

"Your boyfriend sound nice and all Red, but what's a Trainer?" A glance at Red's eyes was all it took for Lucas to see a wave of surprise cross his features.

"Of course, since you're new here, you wouldn't know all about Pokémon, would you? Well, I'll educate you then. Pokémon are creatures with special abilities that are used for many purposes. The main being to battle. People who go on to challenge different Pokémon Leagues are called Trainers. I'm a Trainer, and a very good one at that. I won quite a lot of battles. In fact, I have some Poké Balls with me right now. I could show you later maybe? Anyways, Pokémon also go to this school. They're very interesting creatures. You'll end up seeing one sooner or later, just keep your eyes open."

Amazing. Lucas thought this whole thing to be absolutely amazing. So many different creatures went to this school? It seemed like he wasn't even living in reality anymore. It all felt like a dream. To be a Trainer sounded fun, yet difficult. Lucas wished he had seen a Pokémon before now. He'd have to watch out for them.

"That's amazing, Red. Sounds like you have a great life."

Red let a small smile form. "I wouldn't call it great, but it's pretty good. For me, at least."

Thinking about how awesome Red is led to Lucas remembering Red mentioning that one boy's name. Ness. It was Ness. Certainly not the most usual of names, but good nonetheless. As a matter of fact, that name matched the boy perfectly. Lucas couldn't put his finger on why it did because it just did. It was one of those things that were just meant to be; like Red's name being Red, since it seemed like no other name would fit him any better than that. Or his own name. Lucas couldn't imagine what it would be like if his name was Claus instead. No, he actually could. Some random student shouting "Oh, Claus, you're such a wuss" and "Lucas" coming to his rescue. If anything, it disturbed Lucas.

"Red? Didn't you say something else about, um, Ness earlier?" Lucas couldn't recall it, but it seemed like it was something he should know.

Before Red had the chance to answer, a loud and girly squeal rang around the cafeteria.

Lucas averted his eyes from Red to the cafeteria's doors. There was a quick flash of pink mixed with blonde that went right past Lucas's eyes before it latched itself to Ness, letting out more undefinable words. And to what it was made Lucas's blood boil considerably.

A girl was hanging onto Ness.

Now Lucas recalled what Red had mentioned earlier. He said that Ness did have a girlfriend. Well, didn't that just make things so much more simpler?

The girl was around Ness's own height with a puffy pink dress that draped down to her knees, medium length blonde hair, which in it resided a red bow, and bright blue eyes. She did look very pretty, and her voice was more than just squeals, from what Lucas could now hear; it came out smooth. It wasn't entirely preppy, but it wasn't nice either. Excluding her relationship with Ness, there was something about this girl that Lucas really didn't like, though he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

"Red?" his voice dropped without him even knowing. "You said Ness had a girlfriend. Is that her?" It wasn't really a question but more like a statement. He wasn't that dense.

The other's eyes were also focused on the girl but Lucas's voice drew their attention back to him. "Oh, yeah. That's her. Her name's Paula. She may act, well, bitchy to some people, but that's only if you get on her bad side. She can actually be pretty nice." Red tried to explain it the best he could.

From what Red said, it sounded like this Paula girl was bipolar. "Sweet. Just what I needed. I'm probably gonna be on her kill list soon enough." Lucas laughed halfheartedly.

Red let a bitter laugh escape his own lips. "Seems legit."

Still, Lucas couldn't help but to wish that Paula wasn't with Ness. It's not like he had a chance, even if he was the last person on earth, but at least he wouldn't feel so jealous over that girl. This was the first time he'd ever felt this way about anyone. Heck, this was the first time he ever felt jealous over anything at all. In the mind of Lucas, this didn't make an ounce of sense. Not that he had much to begin with. The last time Lucas recalled himself feeling an inch of jealousy was when his family had a huge breakfast and there was only one pancake left. And did he get it? No. Claus did. Why? Oh, maybe because he just had to use the bathroom at that time. If only he didn't go. Then maybe, just maybe, he would've gotten it. And they were good.

Lucas's blue eyes clouded over, then an angry scowl took over his face. He was doing it again. Straying from the subject at hand and going to something completely different.

What most people didn't know about Lucas was that he got very easily distracted. Very easily. At one moment he could be coloring with crayons, then have his thoughts stray to what kind of milk he'd end up wanting later on. Many people thought that he could have ADHD with how easily he got distracted, but Lucas was pretty sure his mind just liked to drift. He had a lot of problems going on in his body, and that was just one of them.

Red blinked. There were a lot of expressions crossing Lucas's face right now and it was sort of scaring him. Especially the one where both of Lucas's eyes went in the opposite direction. Now that was creepy. "Um, Lucas? You okay over there?" Worry and confusion rang in Red's voice.

Seeming to register someone was trying to speak to him, the blonde boy snapped from his trance-like state to see Red looking at him with a . . . different facial expression. "Oh, sorry Red. Sometimes I space out. And get distracted pretty easily." Face heating up, Lucas gave a sheepish smile.

Red smirked, then frowned. "The bell's gonna go off."

Right when Red said that, Lucas realized he didn't get anything to eat at all. He wasn't even hungry. That was new. "I guess I'll see you, then."

The bell's crystal sound rang once again, and Lucas got up. He pulled out his schedule and saw that he had History next. Showing Red, the other said that he had Math and the two rooms were located near each other so he'd show Lucas to his next class.

They reached the door that read History. Lucas waved goodbye to Red and entered the room. An assistant showed Lucas to his seat in the back. He took out his book and started to read again. There was nothing else to do.

Minutes passed before two hands slammed down on his desk, startling him into dropping his book. What he saw surprised him to no end. There, right in front of him, was Paula. And she did not look amused. In fact, her face scared Lucas right now.

"You're the new kid, right? Lucas?" A devilish smile formed on her lips and the tone she used was deadly quiet.

Flabbergasted, Lucas's only response was to gape like a fish. "Um, uh . . . yes." his voice got another hint of shyness in it.

The smile never faded. "Thought so. Well, Lucas, there seems to be some things you don't yet know. The most important one being that I'm Ness's girlfriend."

Lucas was astonished. How did this girl even know that he- "Surprised, huh? I would be too. And don't play dumb. I saw you staring at Ness like a love-struck fool back at the cafeteria." That horrible smile had finally turned into a threatening frown. "Let me make myself clear: You will never be with Ness. Hear that? He's too good for someone like you. And remember that, or I'll engrave it in your brain personally." With that, she stalked off.

Lucas was left there appalled. There he was, the first day of school, and somebody already wanted to kill him with her bare hands.

Nice, Lucas. Nice.


A/N: Paula's a bitch, right? I know. Honestly, I do NOT like Paula. I don't know why, nor do I care why. I just don't like her. And not that she gets in the way of Ness and Lucas being together, but just because. And yes, Green is with Red. Of course he'd be. Originalshipping IS the best. Hope you liked this chapter. I'll see you next time!

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