Lucina

"No way…" I gasped at the sight in front of me. The stage was utterly destroyed and there were still flames here and there.

"Mr. Game & Watch!" Someone cried out.

"You little-" Mario began, but didn't finish. Mr. Game & Watch stood there completely unscathed with a two dimensional bucket. "Oil panic…" Mario slapped his own forehead.

"I wasn't sure if that was going to work, beep." Mr. Game & Watch said as the bucket disappeared.

"Thank goodness." Shulk said. "I'm glad that this future is better." I wasn't sure what he meant by that, but I was glad to see that no one was hurt.

"WHO DID THIS?" Master Hand roared. Everyone flinched at his anger. Nobody came forward and Master Hand only got angrier. "TELL ME NOW!" Still no one came forward.

"What the?" Reflet's battle had ended and she reappeared where the now destroyed stage was. The other fighters also appeared where the stage had been and they were confused at the scene in front of them.

"If no one is going to come forward then no one shall be fighting either." Master Hand said calmly. People began to yell and boo him, but he ignored them. With a swipe of his hand we were all back in our uniforms and our weapons were once again gone. "You can battle again when someone comes forward." He said and walked out of the gymnasium. The room fell silent for a second until it exploded with people shouting.

"Wario just admit to it!" Someone shouted. "You're always throwing Bob-ombs!"

"Shut it Bowser!" Wario yelled. "They're your minion!"

"Who called it a bomb-omb anyway?" Bowser roared. "It's a Bob-omb you fool!"

"Well excuse me for making a mistake." Pit said. "I was panicking."

"It could've been Peach!" Falco stated. "She can pull them out of the ground."

"The odds of that is 1/250!" Peach cried out. It didn't take long for everyone to start pointing fingers at each other and the volume of their voices rose. I tried to stay calm, since I doubted it was any of the smashers. Before a fight could break out between Peach and Falco, Samus intervened.

"Stop it already." She said calmly and the volume in the gym went down. "There's no point in doubting everyone."

"Someone could've gotten really hurt." Luigi squeaked.

"Yes, but nobody did." Samus pointed out. "Either way the person who threw the Bob-omb must've known that the fights would be cancelled after. Which one of us would not want to fight anymore?" She asked. Nobody answered. I had a feeling that the answer was no one. Until I glanced over at Robin, who never seemed excited to fight. While I knew Robin couldn't have thrown the Bob-omb, since his back was to the stage and I was right there with him, he could have seen who threw it.

"It could've been one of the assist trophies." Ganondorf said. "A lot of them are bitter about not actually being part of the tournament."

"Are you blaming Waluigi now?" Wario said angrily.

"I might be-"

"That's enough you two!" Samus shouted. "I doubt the assist trophies would do this. You have to consider how they would get the Bob-omb too." Samus explained.

"Who did it then?" Dark Pit asked. Samus glared at him, but he didn't even flinch. "One of us had to do it, right?"

"Well anyone who was battling at the time couldn't have done it." She began. "Neither could Mr. Game & Watch nor Little Mac." Samus glanced over at Shulk who shook his head.

"Cool, we can trust ten people then." Dark Pit said. I was surprised at how positive he was about the situation.

"What about Greninja?" Pit proposed. "Isn't it weird how he is always getting Master Hand?"

"Gre Greninja ja." Greninja sounded angry.

"Just because you say it wasn't you doesn't mean it's true!" Pit argued with Greninja.

"Stop!" Samus shouted at the two. "Did anyone see the person who threw the Bob-omb?" Everybody looked around to see if anyone would step forward. Nobody did and the tension in the room once again began to rise. I glance over to where Robin was and to my surprise he was gone. I looked around the crowd of smashers, but I couldn't find him. A sense of unease settled in my stomach.

'Why did Robin leave?' I tried to convince myself that he had just disappeared in the crowd, but I knew that wasn't true.

"Is anyone missing?" Reflet asked. "If someone is then that person would be pretty suspicious, no?" Everybody began to look around and I started to worry. The blame would fall on Robin at this point.

"It couldn't have been Robin." Shulk whispered to me. "We all can support his innocence even though he left the room suspiciously." I nodded. It made me happy just knowing that people would stand up for Robin.

"Robin isn't here, but that's not a surprise." Reflet said, she flicked one of her pigtails and rested her hand on her hip.

"Lady Palutena isn't here either…" Pit said. "Not that she would do anything like this!" He quickly added.

"Corrin and Cloud aren't here either." Bayonetta said with a sigh.

"I'm amazed that none of the villains are missing." Toon Link said.

"Brat." Ganondorf cracked his knuckles. "Where's your big buddy then, huh? He is good at throwing bombs."

"I'm right here…" Link waved his hand to draw attention to himself. Once he stopped he blended back into the crowd.

"Come on everyone." Samus called, once again getting everyone's attention. "So we have four people who have left the room."

"Neither Zelda nor Sheik are here too…" Peach said worriedly.

"Fine five people." Samus corrected herself. "Now we check all of their alibis and then we can battle again."

"Can't we just use someone as a scapegoat and get this over with?" Ganondorf suggested. "I vote Wario, it's pretty believable."

"I agree." Bowser said.

"Hey!" Wario shouted.

"Stop!" Samus yelled. "We are not going to use someone as a scapegoat just so we can battle each other."

"Awww." Someone complained.

"First we should agree on someone that we know for sure didn't throw the Bob-omb." Samus stated.

"I a think everyone a believes you are a innocent." Mario said.

"Good, then I'll be bringing Lucina and Shulk with me to go question the five missing people." Samus pointed at us. I was confused why she decided to bring me, but I wanted to know why Robin left.

"Why them?" Pit whined.

"They were with me when the Bob-omb was thrown so I know that they are innocent as well." Samus told him. Nobody argued with Samus's plan and we set out to find the five people.

When we got out of the gymnasium, Samus directed us to an empty classroom. She ushered us all in and closed the door. I didn't know what she was doing and wondered what this had to do with investigating.

"What are you doing?" I asked. Samus turned to me and put her finger to her lips.

"Speak quietly." She whispered angrily. I flushed at my mistake, especially since I was being spied on.

"Sorry." I said quietly.

"So Shulk you knew that Bob-omb was coming?" Samus whispered.

"I guess I haven't really told anyone, but I can get accurate visions of the future." He explained to us the process, which I was quite jealous of. He didn't need to go back in time to change the future. "I saw the Bob-omb exploding in the middle of our group, leaving all of us but Robin severely injured."

"I see…" Samus said. "You wouldn't have happened to see who threw the Bob-omb in your vision did you?"

"Unfortunately I didn't see who it was." He said. "I don't really have any control over what I see."

"Well that makes life difficult." Samus said as she sat down on a desk.

"Wouldn't Robin have seen who threw it?" I wondered. "He had his back to the stage and he wasn't injured in your vision right?"

"Yeah, I think he moved out of the way in the vision." Shulk said uncertainly.

"Seriously, is he involved in everything?" Samus asked. I turned to her angrily.

"What's that supposed to mean?" My voice rose and Samus clapped her hand over my mouth.

"Quiet." She said. "I'm just saying that whenever something happens he is usually around." I couldn't argue with her since she was right. Robin seemed to always have a connection with strange incidents.

"If anything Robin is in serious danger." Shulk said.

"We have got to find him and hopefully settle whoever threw the Bob-omb." Samus said. She was definitely determined to help Robin and it made me realize that I was hesitant in confronting him. The dream or whatever it was spooked me and I was disappointed in myself.

"Right!" I said determined to be of use. Samus carefully opened the door and to my relief no one was there.

"Finding Robin will be the fastest way to solving our problem." Samus began. "But if we find the other four we should still question them." Shulk and I both nodded. "Since both of you are his friends where do you think we will find him?" I began to go through all the places where I would usually find Robin like the library and the dining hall. It took a while for me to remember that Robin might not want to be found right now, so he wouldn't be somewhere he would usually be.

"I'd say the library or his room." Shulk suggested.

"I'm not so sure about that." I began. "If Robin doesn't want to be found he would be avoiding those places wouldn't he?" Samus nodded.

"That's true." She said, with a look of annoyance. "I guess we'll just search the entire school."

"I guess so." I said, wishing that I knew where Robin was. Since we were searching the entire school we decided to find the other four people who were missing from the room as well. We all decided to check the guidance counsellor's office and to our surprise Palutena was there with Corrin.

"Hello, is something wrong?" Palutena asked as we entered her office.

"Weren't you there when the Bob-omb was thrown in the gym?" I asked her. Her eyes opened wide and she stood up. Corrin also looked surprised, but he didn't do anything.

"What!?" She said. "I had a break and Corrin said he wanted to talk to me, both of us have been here since our last fights." She explained. It gave her an alibi and she seemed to be telling the truth.

"Was anyone injured?" Corrin asked, but he didn't sound interested.

"Luckily everyone is fine." Samus said. "Well sorry for disturbing you." We left the office, even though Shulk protested that we should stay for a bit longer.

"We can't just believe that neither left the office, both of them could be lying!" He argued with us as we went down the hall.

"That's true, but you could then say everyone in the gym was also capable of it and we are just on a wild goose chase." Samus proposed.

"We are chasing a goose?" I asked. "I thought we were looking for the people who had left the gym?" Samus furrowed her brows and squinted at me.

"We are looking for them, it's an expression." She explained, but it didn't make any sense. "So it's just Cloud, Zelda and Robin." Samus suggested we check their rooms just in case, since both had early battles that day it was possible that they were taking a break. Since Cloud's room was the closest we headed there. Samus knocked on the door and called his name a few times.

"He isn't here?" I wondered. I believed it until the door knob twisted and Cloud opened his door.

"What?" He asked.

"Where were you when the Bob-omb was thrown in the gym?" Samus asked him. He didn't seem surprised at all when she explained what had happened.

"After my battle I came back here and fell asleep." He yawned. "Is that all then?"

"That's not much of an alibi." Shulk said. Cloud lifted an eyebrow and leaned towards Shulk.

"I only came here for one reason and that was to fight. Why would I jeopardize that by throwing a bomb at the stage?" His voice was icy and he leaned back when he was done.

"Alright then, sorry for bothering you." Samus waved and Cloud closed the door.

"We can't just believe him!" Shulk argued again, but Samus just ignored him.

"I doubt it, Cloud isn't someone who'll get multiple chances in the tournament so he'll probably want to do the best he possibly can." She explained. "That means he wouldn't do something like that."

"What do you mean by multiple chances?" I asked.

"There are some fighters who are only invited the tournament once or periodically." Samus said. "Dr. Mario for example was in the second tournament, but he wasn't in the third tournament. There were also a few fighters from the other tournaments who were never invited back."

"I see." I felt nervous, wondering if this was going to be my only tournament.

"Anyway we just need Zelda and Robin." She said. "If we're lucky we'll find Robin and get this fiasco over with." We headed for Zelda's room, since Shulk said Robin wasn't in his room. We knocked on Zelda's door and no one answered. Even when Samus called out there was no response.

"Hey didn't Peach say that Zelda and Sheik were missing?" Shulk asked. I remembered her saying that too, so it was weird that Samus said there were only five people to question.

"I guess you guys wouldn't know, but Sheik and Zelda are the same person." She explained to us how Zelda once had to hide her identity and thus disguised herself as Sheik. "So it doesn't matter which one we find."

"That makes sense." I knew what it was like hiding my identity, especially as the opposite gender. It made me remember my first meeting with Robin and my face went bright red.

"There!" Shulk shouted. Samus and I both turned in the direction he was pointing. Robin was coming out of the bathroom, his face was pale and had a slight green tinge. He jumped when Shulk pointed him out, but he didn't run. "Robin, where have you been?"

"Umm…" His face went a little red. "I was in the bathroom…"

"You've been in there for a while." Samus said. She had one of her eyebrows arched up and Robin blushed even more.

"I thought if I ate my breakfast earlier this wouldn't happen." Robin said as his shoulders slumped. "It's just the teleportation pads…" He seemed quite embarrassed and I wasn't sure why.

"You were sick because of the transportation to the stage?" Samus stifled a laugh. "I was wondering who it would be this tournament. I think it was Lucas last tournament."

"Good for you." Robin said dryly. "I'm guessing you're here for an important reason." He crossed his arms and didn't make any eye contact with me.

"Did you see who threw the Bob-omb?" Samus asked.

"You're assuming because my back was to the stage that I would've seen who threw it?" Robin rephrased the question. Samus nodded. "I'm sorry but I didn't."

"No way!" Shulk shouted. "You must've seen the person's face."

"We were having a conversation, so I wasn't paying attention to our surroundings." Robin stated. I frowned at him, but he still wasn't looking at me. He continued to avoid answering Shulk and Samus as they questioned him.

"You really didn't see anyone?" Samus asked. Robin nodded and seemed to regret the action as his face turned pale.

"Were you really sick?" Shulk narrowed his eyes. "It's possible you're being threatened again."

"Sorry, I flushed." Robin said.

"Shulk can't you tell he was sick by the shade of green his face is?" Samus pointed out. "If Robin says he didn't see who it was then we can only believe him and look for Zelda."

"Okay, sorry Robin it's just I had a vision and all of us except you were injured by that explosion." Shulk explained. Robin's face paled more.

"I'm glad that it didn't happen." Robin said with a tight smile. Samus and Shulk were beginning to walk away, so I went up to Robin.

"Who was it Robin?" My voice was cold and he seemed shocked.

"I didn't see who it was I told you-"

"You weren't paying attention to our conversation at the time you were staring at someone else." I hissed, not that I cared if he was looking at someone else. "Who was it?"

"Lucina-"

"Who was it Robin?" I asked again, my voice rising. Samus and Shulk had stopped now and were staring at us.

"It was Princess Zelda…" He said and turned away. "She disappeared right after we ducked."

"How did she disappear?" Samus asked grabbing Robin's shoulders tightly.

"Like she melted into shadows." Robin described what he had seen and we all seemed shocked.

"Would Princess Zelda really do such a thing?" I turned to Samus, since she knew her better.

"No it isn't." She glared at Robin. "Why didn't you tell us right away that it was Zelda?" He grimaced and I could see him chew the side of his lip.

"I don't think it was the real Zelda." Robin finally said. "I think it was the same as when Reflet attacked me."

"You didn't say anything because you didn't want her to be falsely accused." Samus smiled. "Good." She slapped him on the back and he yelped.

"What are we going to do now?" Shulk asked. "Someone needs to come forward if we want to battle again, but we can't force Zelda if she didn't actually do it."

"I can take the blame." Robin suggested.

"Eh?" Samus furrowed her brows. "Haven't you already been in trouble?"

"Well yes-"

"I don't think Master Hand is going to be impressed if you take the blame." She said.

"You're right, he warned me not to cause trouble again or he would replace me." Robin sighed. I was shocked that he was willing to sacrifice himself once again. If Samus hadn't stopped him, I would've lost him again.

"Maybe we should just use Wario as a scapegoat." Samus mused to herself.

"That's no better than making Zelda go!" Shulk said.

"I can go." We all turned to find Corrin in front of us. "I don't mind leaving this place."

"Spying again?" Robin asked. Shulk seemed interested in the conversation.

"No." He said. "I'm willing to take the blame."

"You're in the same situation as me Corrin." Robin began. "Did you not listen when he said we would be replaced if we caused any more trouble?"

"I did, but I don't want to be here anymore." Corrin replied. "She set this up, so that I would leave. I'm of no use to her anymore."

"What?" Samus and Shulk said.

"I'm sorry about that, but you can't just give up on the tournament." I said. "I'm sure we can find someone else to take the blame."

"Just let me leave!" Corrin shouted. "I miss everyone and I hate it here." Corrin began to sniffle and tears fell to the floor.

"H-hey, I miss my friends too." Shulk said as he awkwardly tried to comfort Corrin. "But I made more friends, so I don't feel so lonely anymore."

"Who cares about you?" Corrin shouted. "I don't care about you or your friends!" Shulk was clearly annoyed, but he didn't say anything.

"I see." Again we all turned to see who was there. Princess Zelda stood there and her presence exuded royalty. "So that is what happened."

"Zelda how long have you been here!?" Samus said, clearly surprised to see the princess.

"I overheard what Robin said and I wanted to thank him, but then Corrin came and I couldn't quite find a good time to come in." Her cheeks went a little red.

"Zelda, it wasn't really you was it?" Samus asked.

"I would never do such a horrid thing, but I cannot allow Corrin to take the blame for this." Zelda stated.

"Does that mean-" I began.

"I shall take the blame." Zelda said her voice was full of authority.

"How are you going to explain what happened?" Robin asked.

"I do not know yet, but Master Hand may be so angry that he will not need an explanation." Zelda said hesitantly.

"Let me leave!" Corrin shouted again. "I don't mind taking the fall."

"I will have no such thing." Zelda stated firmly. "Now I shall go to Master Hand and explain what happened." She turned on her heel and began to walk away, before she got too far she stopped and looked over her shoulder. "Thank you for protecting me." Zelda then continued to Master Hand's office and we couldn't stop her.

"Master Hand will go easy on her." Samus said and crossed her arms. "But it's not fair for Zelda to take the blame when she didn't actually do it."

"You should've let me do it then!" Corrin yelled at us. "I'm sick and tired of fighting people…" I patted Corrin on the shoulder.

"Corrin this is not a fight where one's life is on the line." I told him. "This is a fight where you can learn and form bonds with new people."

"Shut up!" He lashed out and shoved me away. Robin was quick to catch me and he glared at Corrin.

"You're not a child." Robin stated coldly. "I don't care what you've been through, but you accepted Master Hand's invitation so you better make the best of this experience." Corrin's face went red.

"What do you know-" Corrin began.

"I don't." Robin said. "Just remember that Master Hand could choose anyone but he chose you." Corrin tsked and stormed away.

"Robin…" I turned to him and he smiled.

"Yes?"

"It's nothing." I said and smiled. Something Corrin had said was bothering Robin, but I wasn't sure what.

"What should we say to everyone else?" Shulk asked. "We can't tell them it was Zelda."

"I guess we'll tell them we found the culprit…" Samus had her arms crossed and one of her fingers was tapping. "But even if we don't say it was Zelda they'll all know it was one of the five people who left the room."

"Sooner or later they'll figure out it was Zelda or that she admitted to it." Robin pointed out.

"Zelda is strong and a lot of people respect her so she can take it." Samus said with a grin. "Link will save her like he always does."

"I don't think we'll be doing anymore battles today." Shulk said running his hand through his hair.

"It's highly unlikely." Robin confirmed.

"You'll never get used to the transporter at this rate." Samus teased. Robin's face went red and I noticed him glance at me.

"I w-will." He argued, but he didn't appear confident.

"Right." Samus said. "Well, I'll go tell everyone we found the culprit. I won't say who it was though. They can figure it out themselves." She waved as she walked away.

"I think I'll head to the library." Robin said. I was tempted to stop him, but I hesitated and he left.

"Is something bothering him?" Shulk asked quietly.

"I'm not sure." I said, since I didn't know what was bothering him. I watched Robin walk away. The pain around my throat was dull and barely noticeable now. I so wanted to reach out and stop him. Yet the image of Grima wouldn't leave my mind at the moment. Either way I told Robin to come to me if something was bothering him. I knew he never would though, because that's just how he is.

"You know it's up to you to protect him, right?" Shulk suddenly said, breaking my train of thought.

"What?" I said bewildered by his statement.

"Protect the one you love Lucina." Shulk said. He gave a small smile. "Sorry, but I can't help reminding people." Shulk left me to myself after this. It was confusing and yet I knew he was absolutely right. I love Robin and I refuse to lose him to Grima or anyone else.

'There is no way I'll let anyone hurt Robin.' I foolishly thought.

Author's Notes

This chapter just didn't want to end and I don't know why. I also can't believe I've been calling Bob-ombs, bomb-ombs all these years…I feel so ashamed. Well I know now, so I won't be making that mistake again…hopefully. Plus I don't know if Mr. Game & Watch can use oil panic on Bob-ombs, I assumed he could since he can absorb the explosions from Link's bombs.

So E3…oh my, oh my. The new Zelda looks amazing and I can't wait till it comes out! Open worlds are fun, but then again I'm usually playing Xenoblade so I'm kinda used to giant worlds. I'm not quite sure, but the Zelda one almost looks bigger than Xenoblade Chronicles X. Pokemon looks great, but they didn't really share anything that I didn't already know so yeah.

I have to thank you all for the feedback! It truly makes me happy and then I get all fired up to write the next chapter.

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