Chapter 14

Lucina

The second bell rang as we entered the classroom. Mewtwo turned to us with his arms crossed.

"That was close; if you had been late I would have failed you." His voice echoed in my head. I bowed deeply, hoping that I did not upset him.

"It will never happen again." I said. He nodded as if he liked my answer and we all took a seat. Strangely Robin took a seat further away from me, even though Shulk insisted he should take the seat beside me. In the end I had Kamui on one side of me and Shulk on the other. I was upset that Robin sat so far away, but I could admire his back from where I was. I traced familiar lines in my mind, though Robin wasn't too muscular his back always felt strong.

"Welcome," Mewtwo's voice said, shaking me out of my daydream. "to physics." A floating rod pointed to the words on the board. "As some of you know I'm your teacher Mewtwo."

"Falcon welcome!" Someone shouted. I think he was called Captain Falcon. Mewtwo was unfazed by the man's shouting and continued on.

"I'll also inform you that I am a psychic and I have no problems delving into your puny minds." He explained and a wave of uneasiness seemed to wash over the room. I tried to keep my face from going red; if he could read our minds then he must've seen my daydream of Robin. "Yes, I did. I hope you focus on my lecture and not his back." Mewtwo's voice said. I feared Robin would turn around and give me a disgusted look, but no one seemed to have heard Mewtwo. Mewtwo quickly began lecturing on strange things I had never heard about and spoke about how they make up our world. It didn't take long for me to get lost as nothing he said made any sense. When the bell finally rang indicating class was over, I heaved a sigh of relief and walked out of the room.

"Should we go find Reflet?" Kamui suggested as we left the room.

"Yes, we should make sure she is alright before our next class." I said, worried about her outburst earlier today. We decided our first stop would be the library and sure enough we found Reflet asleep at one of the tables.

"We probably shouldn't disturb her." Robin whispered. We all nodded in agreement. I assumed her terrible mood was due to lack of sleep; she must still be having those nightmares about Grima. Since we didn't want to bother her we decided we would leave her to get some rest.

"What are you doing here?" Link asked, sneaking up on all of us and inadvertently causing Kamui to scream. She covered her mouth embarrassed at her shriek. Reflet opened her eyes drearily.

"Huh? Why is everyone here?" She asked rubbing her eyes.

"I'm so sorry Reflet! We were going to let you rest, but he surprised me." Kamui blurted out. She continued to apologize and Reflet just smiled.

"That's alright Kamui; I've had a good little rest." This made Kamui smile and it seemed to make her feel better.

"...What are you doing here?" Link repeated. "Did you find more information?" He seemed to become more animated when he asked. I shook my head.

"No sorry Link, we just came to check on Reflet." When I finished he walked away, and I wasn't sure if but I thought I heard a very quiet 'goodbye'. "So you must be feeling better Reflet." I smiled, happy to have her back to her normal self.

"You bet I am!" She stretched her arms above her head. I saw her cock an eyebrow, and turned to see what she was looking at. Robin's eyes kept shifting around as if he was afraid something was watching him.

"Robin, is something wrong?" I asked him. He became flustered and fidgety.

"No, don't worry it's nothing important." He said. He opened his mouth as if to say something else, but he just grimaced as if he wasn't sure what to say.

"There you are!" We all jumped when Ganondorf entered the library. "Seriously did you not get the announcement?" He asked angrily, but I didn't hear any announcement.

"No." Shulk said. "What is it?" Ganondorf crossed his arms and grinned.

"Master Hand wants everyone to try the battle system, just so everyone gets used to it." Ganondorf said, excitement rising in his voice. He clenched his fists and grinned like a mad man. "That means everyone gets a practice match!"

"We're going to fight each other?" Robin asked, not sounding too excited. I wasn't sure why but I could feel my heart pumping in excitement.

"That's right, including you." Ganondorf sneered. "All your classes are cancelled today, so hurry up! You too Link!" He then jogged out of the room. Link ran out from the book cases, a small smile on his face.

"I can't wait to put my tactician skills to the test." Reflet smiled.

"This will be interesting." Shulk said. He seemed excited but at the same time scared. Kamui and Robin stayed silent, both looked a little worried. I on the other hand was quite ecstatic, I get to test my skills against amazing opponents. We all headed to the gym, which was crowded with every fighter present. Master Hand was on a platform and clapped his hands loudly.

"Great everyone is here!" He said. "That means we can start our testing!" Everyone cheered. He snapped his fingers and I was in my armour with Falchion by my side. I gazed around at everyone in their no longer in their uniforms, and felt nostalgic to see Robin in his tactician wear. "Now, the matches will be one on one and here they are!" A strange screen appeared out of nowhere, with everyone's name and picture. I scanned the screen for my name. When I finally found myself I was surprised to find myself up against Kamui. We turned to each other, I smiled excited for our battle but Kamui looked like she was dreading it.

"Yes!" I heard Reflet cheer a little. Her opponent was Samus, I guess she gets to settle their argument from this morning. I found Shulk was against Toon Link. He looked very similar to Link but shorter and more animated. Robin's heavy sigh, made me look for his name too. The screen displayed 'Robin Vs. Ganondorf', I began to wonder if you could have suggested who you wanted to battle against or if it was pure coincidence.

"Everyone, this is three stocks, no time limit and we'll run three battles at a time. I want everyone to have fun and fight to their hearts content!" Master Hand said gleefully. Three pairs of circular lights appeared on the stage and the first six competitors came on to the stage. Link was one of them; he stepped into one of the lights and disappeared. I was amazed when another screen appeared out of thin air and it showed Link in a giant field with strange rock formations.

"That's Gaur Plains!" Shulk exclaimed. Two other screens appeared, both at completely different locations from each other. One was flying through the sky on a platform, around a beautiful island and the other was at a strange looking castle with the sun setting in the background. There was a countdown and then the fights began, everyone rushing forward set on battle. I was amazed by how they could stand after taking so much damage, until someone suddenly shot passed the view of the screen A strange light came out in the same direction, and the person reappeared at the top of the stage. The room was electrified, people were cheering and chattering. My hand rested on the hilt a Falchion; I was strangely excited for my turn. For me battling was always for life or death, so the thought of showing off one's strength through battle was foreign to me. Well there was that one time in Regna Ferox, but this time it will be the best fighters to ever live. The battles ended after someone left the screen three times and 'Winner' came onto the screen with the picture of the remaining fighter. The fighters reappeared on the platform by Master Hand. They all had huge smiles on their face, even the people who lost, and shook hands or patted each other on the back. The battles continued on and it quickly approached my turn. I turned to Kamui, but she didn't seem excited at all. Finally it was my turn and I stepped onto the stage with Kamui, Reflet, Samus, Shulk and Toon Link. We all stepped onto the lights, and Master Hand turned to us, grinning like a fool.

"Good luck!" He said, as the room suddenly disappeared. I was enveloped in a white light and it felt like I was flying. Strangely I was reminded of traveling back in time, the process felt quite similar. The next thing I knew I was on solid ground...well not exactly. Kamui appeared on the other end of the giant floating platforms, below us was a town full of animals? I shook my head; I had more important things to concentrate on than that. Kamui looked just as confused as I did at the scene below. We both jumped when a voice suddenly started to countdown.

"3...2...1 GO!" The invisible voice yelled. I drew Falchion and pointed it at Kamui.

"Shall we?" I asked with a smile. Kamui drew her sword and took a strange stance I had never seen before with one arm at her chest.

"I suppose..." She replied. I ran at her and let my blade dance through the air, but Kamui just evaded me. I quickly turned and jumped at her, slashing her torso with the tip of my blade. She screamed a little but there was no wound, which caused me to hesitate. I was sure my sword had cut her... Suddenly Kamui jumped at me and spun horizontally piercing me, this time I yelled in pain. Though I had just been stabbed in the abdomen there was no wound and the pain was minimal, it was mostly just my mind reacting. I pulled my blade back and hit Kamui, sending her flying to the other side of the stage. I lost my focus when the platform began to move the changing scenery below had caught my eye. It hadn't distracted Kamui as she slashed me a few times across the chest, then she suddenly held back. I took the opportunity slashing my sword as if I were dancing and finished with a swing up that launched her into the air. I jumped up to follow her amazed by how much more agile I felt and slashed an arc in the air, but Kamui evaded again. Even though I was now helpless as I fell back to the stage Kamui didn't move. When I landed and stood up, I once again pointed my sword at her.

"Are you holding back on me Kamui?" I said, a little angry that she wasn't giving it her all.

" ... I don't like fighting against my friends..." Was her reply and she rested the end of her sword on the ground, reminding me of father after he defeated an enemy.

"We aren't fighting," I said, which made her lift an eyebrow questionably. "We are strengthening our bonds as friends. The best we to get to know someone is through battle so show me who you are!"

"I see..." She gripped the hilt of her sword as she pointed it at me. "Then Lucina, let us deepen our bonds as friends once again!" She yelled. I wavered for a second. 'Again?'

Authors Notes

Another chapter accomplished! And it didn't take two weeks to arrive this time! Though I freaked out because my computer was about to die and it wouldn't charge. So Mewtwo is a physics teacher just because he is kind of mean and so is physics. Psychic and Physics also look similar so I think it's funny. Anyway I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Leave a review or comment if you would like! Until next time.