"Lu…cario…" Toon Link sputtered.

Lucario did not move.

"Don't waste your breath, boy, his ribs are broken. He won't be able to move and, more likely than not, wake up," MewTwo said.

Toon Link struggled with all his strength to get up and go check on Lucario, but he was unable to move. He was almost unconscious from so much blood loss, his eyes were beginning to get glazed over, and his vision was becoming foggy.

I have to help… Lucario… Toon Link thought.

Once again, Toon Link tried to get up, and once again, he fell back into the pool of blood.

"Are you really going to keep trying? Your friend is likely bleeding to death, so why don't you lay there and do the same?" MewTwo mused.

Toon Link continued to struggle to hold on to life. He knew that he wouldn't make it much longer.

"If you're not going to die like a good little boy, then I guess I'll just have to speed up the process," MewTwo said as he made his way over to Toon Link.

Toon Link looked up at him with hopeless eyes. He could do nothing. He could say nothing. All he could do was lay there and die.

Suddenly, he heard rustling from where Lucario had fallen. He looked over to him and saw the Pokemon begin to rise slightly. He hadn't died?

Toon Link couldn't focus on him anymore. His vision was becoming foggier and foggier by the minute. He slowly turned his limited focus back to MewTwo.

"Time to die, kid," MewTwo said before he held up his hand and pointed it toward Toon Link, threatening to end his life.

Suddenly, MewTwo was blasted into a tree. With such force on the small piece of timber, it snapped in half and MewTwo was sent hurdling into another.

MewTwo, dazed, groaned and looked up to see who had dared attacked him.

It was Lucario.

"HOW DARE YOU? DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND HOW EAISLY I COULD KILL YOU IN YOUR CURRENT STATE? AND YET YOU STILL INSIST ON OPPOSING ME?" MewTwo yelled.

Then, the words that had been repeated again and again in Lucario's head were spoken.

"No one will harm that child… not while I'm here," Lucario said, a shadow covering his eyes. His whole body was shaking.

Toon Link, half-conscious, looked at Lucario with a shocked expression.

Lucario had been protecting him this whole time, and he hadn't even known it.

Toon Link saw tears start to stream down Lucario's face. He didn't know if they were of fear or pain, but the salty water continued to drop from his face to the ground, forming a puddle.

MewTwo watched his tears for a moment before rising to his feet and smiling.

"Tch… You may have the ability to read and understand other's feelings, but you can't even truly understand your own. You are crying because you are confused between whether to save this child or save yourself. Am I not correct?" MewTwo mused.

Lucario remained motionless.

"Just as I thought. So, you've made your choice, then? Saving yourself is a much better option. The boy is half-dead anyway. Why bother saving him?" MewTwo asked sarcastically.

Lucario hesitated before responding.

"Because… I don't want him to die alone… I will be here with him if this is where I fall," Lucario said.

"You're more pathetic than I thought. You are too overcome with all of your silly emotions to think reasonably. That's why you can't beat me. That's why you don't deserve a spot in Super Smash Brothers. That's what makes you weak," MewTwo snarled.

Suddenly, Lucario growled and grabbed MewTwo by the neck, choking him. He slammed him into a nearby tree and looked him in the eyes.

"No… that's what makes me human(1)," Lucario said.

MewTwo gave him a look of surprise before Lucario punched him repeatedly into the tree. MewTwo reached the brink of unconsciousness and fell limp in Lucario's firm grasp. With disgust, Lucario dropped him to the ground. Then, Lucario remembered something.

Toon Link.

Yay Lucario!

I think the next chapter will be the last one… or the next one… I'm not sure. I'll just see how long this goes.

(1) I KNOW THAT LUCARIO IS NOT TECHNICALLY HUMAN! I just wanted to put that in there to add 'dramatic effect'. Besides, I was really talking about his feelings. I just didn't want you to think I was stupid or something =)