As usual, this chapter got a good amount of reedits as well. Mostly because my writing wasn't always the same. I hope this came out better, though.

Read, enjoy, and review.


Chapter 28: The Oldies Look So Young

Smash Mansion
Command Room

A very small time passed after Chris, Pichu, and Lucario arrived from Sinnoh.

"You were gone for the last 9 hours. What you were doing in Sinnoh?" Master Hand asked.

"S-sorry for being a little bit late..." Chris said. "But there were some events that distracted us a lot."

"What kind of events?"

Chris, Pichu, and Lucario explained it all to Master Hand and the others.

"World Traveler, huh?" Master Hand asked.

"Y-yes, I turned out to be some kind of...you know?" Chris asked. "Why is it that it was already set for me?"

"Well...I can't really explain," Master Hand said. "Universes around here are complicated in their own paces. It's even harder for me to explain their complexity."

"But still..." Chris wondered.

"Well, what can you do," Master Hand began. "It only means you're bound to your job."

"What?"

"It means you'll have to risk your butt for everyone."

"What?"

"IT MEANS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGHT THE BAD GUYS! There! Cheesy line included!" Master Hand yelled annoyed.

"O-okay!" Chris said worried. "I-I'll just follow it!"

"And you don't want to wonder more?" Lucario asked.

"What can I do...?" Chris trailed off. "I already gave my oath to your scary father."

"What oath?" Pikachu asked as he jumped to his shoulder.

"The oath Lucario's dad told me to say out loud," Chris said. "He scared me when he demanded it."

"...Pikachu?"

"Yes?" Pikachu asked.

"...AGH!" Chris backed away, causing Pikachu to fall down the floor. "W-what the..."

"Wow, you're not good at welcomes," Pikachu said bored as he got up. "And here I thought you were going to say at least hello."

"But..." Lucario began. "From where did you come from? And for that matter, how can you speak human language?"

Pikachu tilted his head at Lucario. "Hmm..."

"What?"

"...Well..." Pikachu crossed his arms and nodded. "You're not him, that's for sure."

"Him?"

"I once knew a stubborn Lucario," Pikachu explained. "But you're not certainly him."

"What makes you say that?"

"Dude, you look way taller than most Lucarios," Pikachu explained. "And you don't have that "face" they all have either."

"What face?"

"The glaring face?" Pikachu asked. "The one that makes Happinys cry?"

Lucario glared at Pikachu.

"...Okay, there it is," Pikachu said with a shrug.

"W-wait!" Chris interrupted. "How did you..."

It was not long before Chris spotted a Jigglypuff close to Pikachu.

"...Okay, what's happening here now?" Chris asked annoyed.

"Nothing," Jigglypuff said.

"This is very confusing..." Pichu said. "...Oh, wait a minute. You're the same Pikachu and Jigglypuff I know, right?"

"Yes," Pikachu and Jigglypuff said.

"...You're back!" Pichu said happily as he jumped back to the floor and hugged both newcomers happily.

"..." Chris turned to Master Hand. "Really, I don't understand how they came here!"

"Oh, stop that," Jigglypuff said. "We came here with you."

"What?"

"We kind of wanted to come here in the first place because Master Hand called us over," Pikachu said. "But then we saw you 3 going through the portal, and we recognized the portal as the same one we used last time."

"...Wait..." Chris began. "If you came from that world...then...are you by any chance Ash's Pikachu?"

"..." Pikachu blinked surprised. "...Well, yes, I am."

"..."

"...Hold on!" Pikachu suddenly said. "How do you know Ash?"

"I..." Chris sweated a little bit.

"We know him because he once appeared in TV," Lucario suddenly said.

"...Oh," Pikachu said. "But in what kind of event was that?"

It sounded like Pikachu was questioning the 2...

"T-the league in Kanto," Chris responded. "He lost to a guy named Richie, right?"

"...True enough," Pikachu said with some nods. "Alright, I believe you."

"Phew, thank you, Lucario," Chris whispered to Lucario.

"I had to act fast or else we could have been assaulted with questions..." Lucario whispered back.

"Okay," Jigglypuff began. "Since I come from the same world, I'm the same Jigglypuff."

"The same Jigglypuff?" Chris asked.

"The same Jigglypuff that, no matter what, stalked Ash and everyone," Pikachu pointed out.

Jigglypuff looked angry at him. "So, what? I wanted to give you a concert, but you always fell asleep!"

"What did you want us to do?"

"…Anyway," Jigglypuff as she smiled a bit. "You 2 know our names already, right?"

"Yes…" Chris said.

"Name please," Pikachu asked.

"Chris," Chris said.

"Oh, nice to meet you."

"Well, this is very good news," Master Hand said. "We know have 2 more in our group."

"And we're here to stay," Pikachu said.

"How can they talk?" Chris asked.

"We have our own translators with us," Pikachu said. "We kept them veeeeeeeeery well hidden."

"Personally I liked to talk without it…" Jigglypuff muttered.

NEWCOMERS!

Pikachu and Jigglypuff joined your team!

"And that's not all," Master Hand said. "I also invited 3 more guests back while you were away. They didn't have anything better to do so I called them here."

"Who again?" Pikachu asked.

"Can I come in now?" asked a voice from the hallway. "I'm bored over here."

"Shh!" Master Hand said annoyed. "You weren't supposed to talk!"

"Why do we have to hide and appear when you want, anyway?" another voice asked. "We're human beings; not things!"

"Actually, I think Pit is an angel and not human," commented another voice.

"I AM an angel and a human," the first voice said annoyed.

"With wings," the second voice said.

"That's about right."

"…" Master Hand frowned. "Pit, Popo, Nana, come in here already. You guys can't spoil something without spoiling it first."

From the hallway, there appeared Pit, Popo, and Nana. The 3 of them walked to the group.

"You 4," Master Hand addressed the first 4. "I introduce you t-"

"Hey there, you 3," Nana said to Pikachu, Pichu, and Jigglypuff.

"What is up with you?" Pikachu asked as he shook hands with Popo and Nana.

"Hey, why did you interrupt me?" Master Hand asked.

"Because we already know these 2," Pikachu said. "However though, we don't quite know that one over there…"

"Oh, excuse me," Pit said politely. "My name is Pit."

"An angel?" Pichu asked.

"What?" Master Hand asked. "You people are weird enough to make me ask the same."

"Er, you're a big floating hand without a body…" Jigglypuff pointed out.

"…Your point?"

"A-anyway," Pit began as he shook hands with Chris. "It's a pleasure to meet you. I'm Pit from Skyworld."

"N-nice to meet you as well," Chris said politely. "...Am I dead?"

Pit tilted his head. "Why would you be dead? ...Oh, wait, you're not saying that because of me, right?"

"I...have to be honest with you..."

"...Oh, don't worry about that," Pit said. "As long as this doesn't happen too often, I'm fine with the first impressions."

"Good..." Chris said embarrassed. "Sorry for misjudging you."

"It's okay," Pit said. "Oh, glad to meet you as well," he said to Lucario.

"Likewise here," Lucario said with a nod.

At that moment, Roy and Mewtwo came from the hallway and spotted the 5 new people in there. "Oh, we have more newcomers in here?" Roy asked.

"That's right," Master Hand said. "They all came here after I summoned them here. These 5 were not doing anything so I went ahead."

"And the fact that you thought the Primids weren't going to assault their world was another small but important detail you didn't want to say, and also because their worlds were boring as well," Mewtwo pointed out bored.

The 5 looked somewhat annoyed at the hand. "O-okay, I hid some details from you but that's all in the past, right?" the sane hand asked.

"No," the 5 said.

"...One of these days, that psychic cat's mind powers will be blocked," he muttered.

"Try it," Mewtwo taunted.

"Oh, you shut up," Master Hand said annoyed. "Anyway, now we're 10 people in the team, meaning we have even more help than before."

NEWCOMERS!

The Ice Climbers and Pit joined your team!

"..." Chris suddenly got worried. "Wait, what day are we again?"

"What? Why are you asking that?"

"Because I have school and I don't want to ignore it while I'm here!" Chris said. "I have a very busy life in my world and I don't want to do that!"

"Busy life in your world?" Pikachu asked. "Ooh, you're one of those guys who attend school, yet at the same time they have a secret life of fighting crime in the streets."

"...N-no..." Chris said.

"Oh, relax," Master Hand said. "The time in your world has been stopped."

"What?" Chris asked. "Stopped?"

"Yep," the hand said. "I used one of my many mighty powers to stop the time in your world. It wasn't an easy task, let me tell you."

"But you stopped the time around everything in there?" Lucario asked.

"Pretty much," Master Hand said. "Stopping the time is way easier than slowing it because you have to be always looking at who you slow down...of course I don't slow down anyone in here (for my bad luck)."

"..."

"...You can wander here and won't even age a day," Master Hand pointed out. "As long as you all are here, you won't age like normal people do."

"So you practically mess around with time here?" Roy asked.

"Only inside this mansion," the hand said. "I don't want to be hunted by some people if they ever know I have those kinds of power."

"Understandable?" Pit said.

"I hope it is," Master Hand said. "Anyway, it's getting late now, and since we have new people in here, why don't we do a small celebration in our lonely but sweet kitchen?"

"Um, I don't know..." Nana said. "I don't think we should even celebrate."

"Oh, come on, party pooper," Crazy Hand said. "Everyone has to chill it out and be cooooooooool."

"...Translation?" Pit asked. "I'm afraid I don't know any slang or culture here. I come from a paradise after all."

"He means we should rest at least once in a while," Master Hand explained. "You guys up for some dinner? I have an important announcement to make as well."

The Smashers looked at each other and thought for a moment...

Smash Mansion
Kitchen

"..." Pichu looked around...

All of the Smashers were at the kitchen, sitting around a long table that ran across the entire huge room. Since the table was supposed to have every single one of them, it looked like they all had groups that were apart from each other. Pikachu, Pichu, and Jigglypuff were sitting some seats away from Roy and Pit, then some seats away there were Popo and Nana talking to Chris, and then even some more seats away there were Mewtwo and Lucario, who didn't even talk with each other whatsoever as they just simply ate some fruits in silence from others.

Master Hand appeared above the table, calling to everyone's attention. "Okay, how's the dinner going for you?" he asked.

"Too silent," Mewtwo commented. "This is not like we used to eat... And it's not like me to eat here, but I didn't want to have boredom."

"Well, that's to be expected," the hand said before he looked around. "We're just 10 people for now. We should have over 30 people talking and discussing whatever they have to speak."

"It's rather sad," Nana said. "I wonder how the others are doing right now."

"You don't worry about them. I'm sure they'll come back at some point, and then we're going to be a big and dysfunctional family."

"You and your weird names to group all of us..." Roy commented.

"Does he do that every time?" Pit asked.

"More often than you think, believe me."

The hand grumbled. "Anyhow, I have a small but rather interesting announcement to do here." Master Hand snapped his fingers and made a target appear in midair. "What's this I have here?"

"A target," everyone said.

"And for what is it?"

"To break it apart?" Pit responded.

"Correct again. For the veterans in here, what do you remember of this target?"

"That you have to break 10 in order to complete the stage?" Pikachu responded.

"Correct again. Tonight we're going to spice things up a bit and let you all take a test," the hand explained. "And by test, I mean Target Smash!!"

Everybody kept staring at the hand in complete silence.

"...Yahoo?" Master Hand said. "Hello? I'm calling for excitement here."

"It could have been with excitement if there were more people here, you know," Jigglypuff said. "You should've saved that for another day."

"Today isn't the right time, don't you think?" Popo asked.

"Who cares," the hand said. "Anyway, I've made some changes around here with the Target Smash. Now, instead of everyone having their own stage, everyone has 5 different stages to compete against each other's records."

"That sucks," Pikachu responded quickly.

"What? It doesn't!"

"No, it does," Pikachu went on. "We had fun with our own stages before."

"But I must say," Mewtwo began. "I think this idea is for the better."

"What?"

"Think, please," Mewtwo said as he moved his hand. "Since there's a big amount of rivalry between all of us, the new stages that all we have will raise the enthusiasm or something like that. Isn't that right?"

"Right," Master Hand said. "I wanted some of you to test it out for tonight so we don't get bored. I mean, look at Mewtwo."

Mewtwo frowned.

"Who wants to try the first level?" Master Hand asked.

Nobody raised their hands.

"...Anyone?"

"We're not that many, remember?" Nana asked.

"So? It doesn't mean it's not going to be fun."

Roy raised his hand.

"Oh, good. Alright," the hand began before he snapped his fingers and made a teleporter appear in the kitchen. He also called forth a virtual screen that appeared on the center of the big table. "Roy, please step here. It'll take you to the first level; the easy one."

"Okay," Roy said. "Wish me good luck," he said to Pit before he went to teleporter.

The Smashers watched as Roy was taken away to the first level of the test through the screen. The first level looked straightforward enough and easy as well. The swordsman looked around and nodded.

"And...begin!" Master Hand yelled.

Target Smash!!

"READY? ...GO!" a voice shouted from nowhere. Roy saw this as a signal and started to run after the targets in front of him. The first 3 that he found were easy to break.

"Those targets are too big, you know," Jigglypuff pointed out.

"It's because the first, second, and third level have the targets big so they are easy to hit. The fourth and fifth, however, have them small so they can be hard to destroy," Master Hand exclaimed.

"Hmm..." Pit rubbed his chin. "I think I could do it better with my arrows."

"You need technique and skill to find ways to break the targets apart faster than others," the hand explained. "It takes skill as you can see."

"He now has 3 targets left," Chris pointed out.

"Use your sword of fire, young one!" Crazy Hand yelled nearby (with some trails of his food on the tip of his fingers).

"And he's done," Popo said.

COMPLETED!

Roy returned to the kitchen and chuckled after clearing the first level. He walked to Pit and sat down next to him.

"Well done, Roy," the hand congratulated. "Now who wants to clear the second level?"

"Meh, I'll do it," Pikachu said as he raised his hand.

"Okay, Pikachu, you know what to do."

Pikachu stepped inside the teleporter and he appeared on the second level. The screen showed him in the next stage.

The second level now had several platforms and some targets floating far away from each other. Pikachu looked around and nodded.

"READY? ...GO!" the same voice shouted from nowhere.

"Is that the same announcer you told us not to meet?" Mewtwo asked with crossed arms.

"Um, well, you see, he doesn't like to meet people..." Master Hand said.

"Unfortunately, I know that you're lyin-"

"Oh, look! Pikachu is destroying a target!" the hand interrupted to create a distraction. Mewtwo merely frowned at this reaction.

Pikachu destroyed the first target behind him, then he jumped to the right and he destroyed the second one with his tail.

"Isn't that a Super Mushroom?" Pichu pointed to a Super Mushroom passing by in the stage. When Pikachu touched it, he shrunk instead of growing up.

"I guess that was Poison Mushroom," Jigglypuff commented, frowning.

"There are items here to help you," Master Hand said. "It's your imagination to use them that they'll break faster."

"And for what was the mushroom?"

"I'm evil..." the hand chuckled evilly.

Pikachu jumped to the next platform above him and he pushed a crate with wheels, prompting it to go down rolling, and crashing to a near target in its road. Pikachu saw more targets above him and he used his Quick Attack to reach the next platform. He saw a Cracker Launcher lying down on the floor.

"He is using the Cracker Launcher to destroy the far away targets now," Master Hand said. "Pfft, look at the way he holds it."

Some of the Smashers chuckled at Pikachu's way to handle the item as the rat destroyed the last target that was to the upper-right portion of the stage.

COMPLETED!

Pikachu returned to the kitchen, but then, he noticed most of them were chuckling. "Did anybody tell a joke when I was there?" he asked. "Anyway, that item I just used was kind of long…"

The chuckles grew louder.

"…" Pikachu looked bored. "Oh, you DIDN'T do what I think you're doing right now, right?"

"N-no…" Master Hand chuckled as Pikachu sat close to Pichu and Jigglypuff. "Okay, next level. Who wants to do it?"

"I want to do it." Lucario raised his hand before he looked at Chris. "(Please, I want him to feel proud of me…)"

"H-have fun?" Chris responded.

"…I will," Lucario said with a nod. The aura wielder stood up and walked to the teleporter where he was taken to the third level of the targets. Lucario flared up small flames of aura on his hands and narrowed his eyes at his surroundings.

The stage now had several conveyor belts moving towards abysses, and spikes were located in the lower area of the stage. The targets were apart from each other, but there were some items floating around.

"READY? ...GO!"

The aura wielder nodded and back flipped to the abyss. Lucario narrowed his eyes at a target hiding behind the platform he was on before he stuck on the wall and jumped back where he started. He noticed a dash pad that sent him spiraling to the left area of the stage where once he landed rolled to stand up and go down.

"Hmm…" Master Hand saw Lucario using the Ray Gun to destroy the far away targets. "Not bad, he could be defined as a veteran."

The aura wielder went further down the stage and found more targets. Lucario charged several Aura Spheres that he directed up and down as he touched the conveyor belt and was taken to the right area. He kicked hard a floating target in midair before he shot a fast orb of aura to a target floating at the lower right corner, completing the stage.

COMPLETED!

Lucario returned to the kitchen as everyone watched him sitting close to Chris. "How did I do?" Lucario asked.

"You were good…" Chris said before he nodded. "Actually, you were very good at your first try."

Lucario waited for another compliment.

"Good job," Chris said with a chuckle.

Lucario smiled a little to him and nodded.

"Let's see now," the hand began. "The next level is much harder since it doesn't have items, the targets are smaller, and on top of that it's on ice."

"I'd like to participate in this level if you don't mind," Mewtwo said as he stood up.

"Oh, ice stage?" Nana asked. "Popo, let's go to this one."

"Be gone," Mewtwo said. "I already said I can do this by my own."

"Actually, did I mention 2 people can do the same stage?" Master Hand asked. "It's fine for Popo and Nana to assist you in this one, Mewtwo."

The Ice Climbers looked at Mewtwo, who frowned at this. "...Fine, but don't get in my way."

"Likewise here," both said as they all stepped on the teleporter.

They were all taken to a very odd ice stage that had slopes, targets hiding behind ice, and there were even moving targets floating around the whole place. Mewtwo narrowed his eyes as the IC looked around.

"READY? ...GO!"

Mewtwo floated quickly to the right side of the stage while Popo and Nana ran to the other side without slipping on the ice. Mewtwo used a tiny Shadow Ball to destroy the first target coming from the ice.

"Yes..." Master Hand sighed. "I suppose they wanted to go to different ways."

Popo and Nana destroyed the first 3 targets crossing in their path from the right area as Mewtwo was having a hard time reaching the target behind a formation of ice which was above a chasm without platforms.

However, he stood there, crossing arms.

Mewtwo waited for the Ice Climbers to destroy one target floating on the middle of the stage. After they used their move Belay to reach and hit the ninth target, Mewtwo fell below, but he jumped in the air and used his tail to break it.

COMPLETED!

All 3 characters returned to the kitchen. "Why did you wait?" Nana asked to Mewtwo.

"I just wanted to be the one to destroy the last target," Mewtwo stated with a chuckle.

"What?" Popo asked. "You wanted to be the one to destroy the target only for that?"

Mewtwo merely chuckled and floated away to his seat. The IC looked at each other and frowned before walking to their seats.

"Now, who wants to clear the last level?" Master Hand asked.

The next stage was shown before anyone could go to it. The next harder stage had platforms coming from below spikes, strange formations of platforms were composing the whole left area, and there was a larger platform with and odd shape that took the right portion as well. The targets themselves were at odd places around the whole stage.

"That stage looks...tough..." Pichu said.

"Oh, please," Master Hand said. "You guys won't die in there...possibly."

Most of them looked annoyed at him.

"Can't you even take a joke for once?"

"..." Chris thought for a moment before he raised his hand.

"You want to try it?" Lucario asked.

"A-at least he said I'm not going to get hurt...possibly," Chris said unsure. "Besides, I think it could be a good training for me."

"And that reminds me to give you your double jump," Master Hand said, snapping his fingers as Chris glowed for a moment. The teen looked at him with a bored look. "What?"

"You mean you forgot to give me this until now?" Chris asked.

"...Oopsie," Master Hand said with a chuckle.

"Seriously, you should give me whatever I need to have befo-oh, forget it, okay?" Chris asked annoyed as he walked to the teleporter. He looked at it for moment before gulping and walking on it to be transported to the next stage, appearing on the highest portion of the left formation.

"READY? ...GO!"

Chris saw the first target above him. He used his newly acquired double jump and slashed his sword, destroying the target.

"A new ability?" Chris asked to himself as he took a bow from his back. "A bow... Wait, how is this a new ability? It's an item..."

Silence...

"...Who cares..." Chris asked with a grunt.

The teen saw a target hiding on the left chasm, and he used his newly acquired bow with arrows to break it apart. After many failed attempts to aim properly to the target, he finally broke it apart.

"Well, he is doing it fine for now," Roy said.

Chris jumped to the next platform and saw a Cracker Launcher lying down on the floor. He saw a target not far away from his position and he shot various bombs from the launcher and the target broke apart after one touched it. Chris fell to the left of the platform with the Cracker Launcher still on his arms and he saw another target to the left of some small platforms floating to the roof. He fired one bomb and it destroyed the target.

"If he can do it, I know I could do it as well," Nana said.

"What makes you say that?" Pichu asked.

"I can tell by his face he's just a newbie in fighting," Nana explained. "Or isn't he?"

"I'm afraid to say he is..." Lucario said.

When he landed near some spikes, he saw another target floating in the same chasm as the other one from before. The launcher had one more bomb to shoot. Chris used the last one on the target, and fortunately the bomb touched the target, destroying it. Chris jumped over the spikes and he jumped again over a chasm.

"Oh no, he is going to fall!" Crazy Hand screamed. "R.I.P. Chris – We Shall Miss You…"

"…" Pikachu looked at Master Hand. "Did he eat sugar before coming here?"

"He does that a lot…every morning," Master Hand said.

"If Chris doesn't do something, he will fall down," Mewtwo said.

"…" Lucario kept watching.

Chris closed his eyes and tried to do something…

…His eyes suddenly opened. "The Spin Attack…" Chris muttered before he looked up and concentrated. "YAAAHHHH!!" Chris was elevated to the air with a spin attack just in time to reach the right platform where a Beam Sword was standing still on its place.

Chris grabbed it and he saw one target high above.

"The Beam Sword could reach it if I toss it…" Chris muttered.

Chris tossed the sword with enough force to reach the other target, breaking it apart. When the Beam Sword destroyed the target, it went down and Chris got it back.

"Item catcher, item catcher bonus…" he muttered happily.

The teen saw 2 more targets to his left, and using the Beam Sword again, he threw it at the eighth target, the sword bounced again upon impact, and it destroyed the ninth target below the eighth one.

"Wait, where's the other target?" Chris asked as he looked around. "I remember I saw one…" He turned around and stared at the wall. "The target is through that wall! Maybe I can cheat a little bit and trespass the wall with my sword…" He looked at no one in particular. "Sorry, this does happen."

And the teen jumped towards the wall and began to slash it until he felt something breaking from the other side, instantly clearing the stage.

COMPLETED!

The teen came back from the stage and he looked a little bit relieved. "Congratulations," Master Hand said. "Your first try was a success."

"He just had luck," Pikachu, Jigglypuff, Popo, and Nana said at the same time.

Chris blushed a little. "I-I was a little bit scared at first, but I'm glad I did it."

"I think you did very good, though," Lucario said.

"T-thank you," Chris said, smiling a bit.

"Can we continue with this?" Pit asked.

Master Hand looked at the clock. "Don't you feel drowsy now? I think it's time to sleep for the night."

"But we came here when it was afternoon," Pikachu pointed out. "And you want us to sleep now?"

"Sorry, you know how messed up this universe is," Master Hand said. "You'll have to get used to this time."

Multiple grumbles were heard.

"Look, you have to do this, I'm sorry," the hand said. "You all should get a rest for now."

"That includes me?" Crazy Hand asked.

"Guess."

"Hmmmmm... Hmm... Hmm... Hmm... Hmm... Hmm... Hm... H-"

"Yes."

"Aww..."

Most of the Smashers frowned at him.

"Snappity-snap, good night," Master Hand said as he snapped his fingers and disappeared from the kitchen.

Pit talked to Roy as they stood up. "Excuse me, but would you show me my room if I have one, please?"

"Oh, sure," Roy said. "I think your room is where Popo and Nana's room is."

"It is in the same floor, right?" Popo asked.

"Yes," Mewtwo said. "Nothing else has changed besides that command room."

"And our rooms should be to the left of Ness's room," Pikachu said.

"I shall be going," Mewtwo said. "My room is just at the right of Lucario's room."

"Lucky you," Jigglypuff said to Chris. "You got the floor with the most people."

"We don't even know if we're at the floor with most people," Pikachu pointed out.

"Shh, I'm trying to sound smart here," she whispered angrily.

"As for my room, it's just close to Ness's room to the front," Roy said.

The Ice Climbers walked to Pit. "Well, we're the left outs here. We can show you your room if you'd like."

"Please do," Pit said as they began to walk away. "I'm new here, after all."

Chris blinked at the people walking away to their rooms. "I'm new here... I thought they already..."

Lucario walked to him. "Don't you remember?"

"What?"

"Master Hand..." Lucario looked over his right shoulder to see if they were gone. "...He erased his minds, remember? Their memories about the fight with Tabuu were erased by him."

"Oh, right..." Chris said. "But don't you think it's a little bit bad not to tell them?"

"I don't know..." Lucario said. "...I hate to change the subject, but can we go to our room? I want to sleep for now."

"...Okay..." Chris said a little worried about the veterans.

The duo then walked away before turning the lights off.

Lucario's Room

The moon's light came from the window as it illuminated the room a bit. There was a sleeping Chris with and a sleeping Lucario to his right on the bed. There were some grumbles coming from Chris.

The teen seemed to be having a dream...

Dream

Chris found himself in a misty atmosphere were nothing could be seen so easily. He looked around in shock to see if there was someone else besides him.

"H-huh?" Chris looked around as he began to walk through the mist. "H-hello? I-is anyone there? Hello?"

The teen then spotted a weak Lucario, panting heavily on the floor as he stood with his right knee. His trainer gasped at this and ran to him.

"L-Lucario! W-what's wrong with you?" Chris asked preoccupied.

"Ugh..." Lucario looked up to him. "S-stay away from here, hurry!"

"H-huh? Why?"

"L-look..." Lucario panted heavily. "Y-you must get away from here, Chris...or else you'll di-"

The World Traveler then saw a bright light coming from behind him. He quickly turned around and gasped after he saw a blue beam coming towards them.

"A-a beam?!" Chris asked.

"Go away, quickly!" Lucario yelled at him. "That beam will destroy both of us if you don't move!"

"B-but, what about you?!"

"Leave me here and live!"

"W-what? N-no! I-I can't leave you like this!"

"Listen to me and run away!" Lucario yelled. "I'm...doing this for you...hurry..."

Chris's eyes slowly began to fill with tears. "B-but..." he sobbed. "I-I don't want to leave you, Lucario...not like this... W-what's just happening here?"

The teenager could only turn back to see the light shining brightly, indicating it was going to impact into him and not Lucario. Chris wondered the reason behind the dream, but it was very confusin and so vague to tell what it was before the beam came into contact with him...

Smash Mansion
Lucario's Room

"...Please...don't die...please..." Chris muttered as he moved around his head on the pillow. "P-please, don't die..."

It was a small amount of time before the teen began to sob silently.

"...Huh?" Lucario woke up, hearing Chris sobbing while he was dreaming. "Is he having a nightmare?" he asked to himself as he watched Chris sobbing. Lucario shook him a little to wake him up. "Chris?"

"L-Lucario!" Chris said as he wiped some tears. "T-thank goodness it was all a dream..."

"Why were you crying, Chris?" Lucario asked worried. "You seemed to be sobbing as well..."

"I-it's because..." Chris looked away. "There was you, weak on the floor in a misty place, and there's this beam that wanted to kill you, and I stepped in front of you to protect you from getting hit by it as you yelled at me to go away and save myself..."

"...I see..."

"I-I didn't know what to do..." Chris sobbed. "E-everything was so sudden and random, but I had to make a move or else you would have..."

Lucario saw as Chris sobbed louder before covering his face with his hands.

"I-it was horrible, Lucario..." Chris muttered between sobs. "I-I didn't know what was happening, and I just wanted to protect you..."

Lucario looked worried as Chris kept sobbing. The aura wielder looked down and tried to think of something to stop Chris from sobbing any longer. He just couldn't watch the teen sob like that during the night.

"...What should I do..." Lucario muttered. "...I can't leave him like this..."

Suddenly, an idea came to his mind.

"...This is going to embarrass me..." Lucario muttered as he looked at Chris. "...But it has to be done..."

He carefully pulled Chris under his right arm, put his face at the level of his neck and then...

Lucario began to lick Chris's tears slowly and carefully.

This sudden movement made the teen stop sobbing as he looked up and saw Lucario licking his face with a happy expression. Chris blinked a few times before lowering his hands down before he began to chuckle at this move. The teen, who started to laugh silently, retreated back to the pillow where Lucario still followed with his licks.

"L-Lucario! P-please, stop!" Chris pleaded to Lucario. "S-stop licking me! Y-you're making me laugh, please! Y-you know very well I'm ticklish!"

But the aura wielder seemed to like this that he continued to lick Chris's face for a while, making the teen laugh louder as Lucario put a strong grip around Chris to prevent him from getting off him. Eventually, Lucario pulled his face back and saw Chris laughing, even to the point where he was crying tears of joy.

"Are you fine now?" Lucario asked with a chuckle as he looked down at his trainer.

"L-Lucario, what you just did was so...so...so random of you..." Chris said. "You haven't licked my face in a long time."

Lucario blushed and looked away. "I-it was the only way to make you feel better so I had to do it... I'm sorry if it was embarrassing..."

The aura wielder's eyes widened as his trainer gave him a quick hug, hugging him tightly as Chris leaned his head on Lucario's left shoulder. "Thank you, Lucario..." Chris muttered before Lucario hugged him with his right arm. "You know how to make me so happy in a short time... Really...thank you so much..."

Lucario growled a little in happiness as he hugged Chris tightly with his right arm. "I always do everything for you, Chris. I couldn't watch you cry like during tonight."

Chris stopped hugging him and chuckled at him. "You're...so awesome, Lucario..."

Lucario smiled a little and looked away embarrassed. "T-there's no need to go that far, either. I-I just licked your face without stopping..."

Chris rubbed Lucario's head with care, causing the aura wielder to growl happily. "I like you because you know to make me so happy, Lucario. You're very special to me because you do that just to see me happy." Chris blushed a little and looked away. "V-very embarrassing, but that's why you're very special to me…"

"…I understand…" Lucario said with a chuckle. "Thank you for saying that, Chris."

"And thank you for making me feel happy, Lucario," Chris said with a chuckle. "You're the best."

Lucario blushed more than before. "C-can we go back to sleep?"

"O-oh, right," Chris said with a nod. "Let's go back to sleep."

The aura wielder nodded with a sigh before both returned to sleep.

Lucario, however, waited for Chris to fall asleep before he pulled his head underneath his snout, carefully placing it above his chest. The aura wielder smiled a bit before he held Chris under his right arm and fell asleep with a yawn.

And the night went on as both were smiling a bit…

The next morning...

Smash Mansion
Command Room

"Did you guys hear those sobs yesterday during the night?" Pikachu asked.

Chris gasped. "I-I didn't hear anything like that. Why would there be sobs in the mansion, anyway?"

The group was reunited in the command room as the hands prepared to talk, leaving the current Smashers to talk between each other (or at least all except Mewtwo, who was the silent type of all of them).

"Weird, I thought I heard them as well," Roy said.

"Maybe you're misunderstanding..." Lucario said.

"(Did he lie just now? But he hates to lie…)" Chris thought. "(…I think it's for the best, though.)"

Master Hand coughed to get their attention. "Okay, everyone, we have another world under attack."

"They just began to invade another world in the morning?" Nana asked.

"It has been like this before we came here?" Pikachu asked.

"A little…" Chris said.

"Well, you guys should prepare because I'm planning to send you over there," Master Hand said as a virtual screen appeared in front of the Smashers. "We better get moving or else this world will kiss the Subspace's lower rear and probably Tabuu's."

"…" Jigglypuff sweatdropped. "That world looks kind of tiny…"

"…It's because that's Olimar's world…or actually another planet…" Master Hand explained with a chuckle.

TO BE CONTINUED...


This re-edit came out good. The scenes originally were cheesy and short, so I wanted to change them all and turn them more serious and interesting. I hope you liked this chapter's edit.

Read and review, please. :)