The Smash Mansion is large and filled with odd characters. This results in a near calm-less and loud living space for the poor unfortunate souls who live in it. However, this one specific night was much different than any past ones, even different from the very first night. Tonight, it was quiet. Ness and Lucas, two roommates who had questionable things they did that normal friends probably shouldn't do, were the first to notice this odd difference. They stopped their very close cuddling to leave their room. "Nothing, no half-naked TL running about, no screaming Zelda about shipping members of the mansion, and definitely no farting Warios," Ness said.
"I don't trust it," Lucas said.
"Ditto." Ness motioned for Lucas to follow him. They walked through the halls and made it to the main foyer.
"Strange, still nothing." Lucas walked over to the front door and tried to open it, but failed. He slammed his shoulder into it, but it still didn't budge. He slammed his fist into the door. "It's locked." Ness walked to the door.
"This door's never locked." That's when a loud beep echoed throughout the mansion. "Ahh, someone else is here."
"Uhm…..hello? Uh, to anyone else inside this mansion, please come to the cafeteria," Byleth's voice came on the air.
"He sounds worried." Ness grabbed Lucas's hand and ran over toward the cafeteria. Once they made it, they found only six others, outside of Byleth, already there. Toon Link, Zelda, Daisy, Joker, Mario, and Roy. Toon Link giggled as he ran up to Ness and Lucas. Ness let go of Lucas's hand as Toon Link brought the two of them into a group hug. "You hate hugs," Ness said as he patted his back.
"No….look," Toon Link let go of the boys and pointed back at the largest table of the cafeteria. Ness and Lucas's eyes widened. There was a dead body placed on the table. Not only a dead body but a dead body of the three boys' friend, Pit. His wings were chopped off and had a very noticeable stab wound in the middle of his neck. Lucas took a few steps back and Ness could see tears forming in his eyes. Lucas and Pit were close friends, and seeing his body like this broke him. Ness walked over to him and hugged him.
"It's ok, calm down." Lucas dropped his head into Ness's shoulder. "Shhhhh, take as long as you want." Ness rubbed Lucas's back tenderly He looked back. "When did he….you know?"
"Not sure, I just found him in the training room," Byleth said. Ness let go of Lucas and backed up slightly.
"You ok, Lukey?" Lucas rubs his eyes with a sniff.
"Y-yea…." Lucas clearly lied. Ness knew he was lying, but he simply grabbed Lucas's hand and walked him over to the table. Lucas stared at the body, trying his best not to break down. Roy picked the body up and looked at the rest of the group.
"I'll put the body away, we need to find out who did this," Roy said. Mario patted Roy's back.
"I'll come with, can't be too safe now," Mario said. Roy nodded and the two of them started walking away.
"Who do you think could've done it?" Daisy asked. Byleth shrugged.
"Not sure, the doors here have been locked for hours," Byleth said.
"HOURS!" Ness yelled.
"Yup, you and Lucas were in that room doing….unholy acts for hours," Zelda pointed out. Ness started to blush, but when he looked down at Lucas, who would've definitely felt even more flustered, he saw that Lucas was just straight. Lucas looked like he didn't even hear what was said.
"Lucas, snap out of it," Ness snapped his fingers in front of Lucas's eyes. This made Lucas shake his head. He looked up at Ness. Lucas opened his mouth, but couldn't get any words out. He just sighed before walking away.
"Pfft, what crawled up his ass?" Joker asked. Ness shot his head back and glared an evil, venomous glare that scared everyone there.
"A goddamned dead friend, don't be so insensitive." Ness ran off after Lucas. Joker rubbed the back of his neck.
"Jeez."
"You're a dick," Daisy said, smacking the back of Joker's head.
Ness follows Lucas all the way back to their room. Ness watches Lucas enter so he goes in as well. He sees Lucas just sitting on the bed looking at a trophy he earned from a co-op tournament. He won this tournament with Pit. Pit vowed to allow Lucas to have the trophy since it was his first-ever time winning a tournament. Lucas picked the trophy up, which had the Smash tournament's logo-a Smash Ball-at the top of it. Lucas grew a bittersweet smile as he rubbed the Smash Ball. He looked up to see Ness, causing Lucas to put the trophy back on the nightstand next to his side of the bed. "Hi, Ness," Lucas finally spoke. Ness walked over and sat next to him. Ness placed a hand on Lucas's leg, a little too close to his crotch than he anticipated, but he didn't bother with moving his hand. Ness saw tears fall from Lucas's eyes. Ness grabbed Lucas's right cheek-which is the furthest cheek-and made Lucas look at him. Lucas saw the smile plastered on Ness's face. Lucas couldn't help but giggle, which made Ness happy. Ness then collided his lips into Lucas's. Lucas instantly melted into the kiss. The kiss doesn't last long but Lucas already started feeling a tad better.
"I know we've been going at it for a while, but…"
"I-I wanna do it again." Ness smirked. Lucas brought Ness into a hug and kissed his neck. "B-but this time…..I-I-I n-need to get distracted. So…" Ness grabbed Lucas's gut and tightened his grip. Ness then grinned devilishly.
"Don't worry, I won't be too easy on you."
After the two boys' 10th time that day, they left their room. Lucas stumbled over to the wall. "Hehe, you sure you wanna walk?" Lucas looked back with a smile.
"Oh please, I could go ten more times," Lucas winked.
"Your stamina is staggering." Lucas giggled.
"Thanks." The two of them walked through the halls with no idea what their intention was. They planned on going out but since the door was locked they obviously couldn't. "Ness….."
"Yeah?"
"I-I wanna say goodbye to Pit."
"Do you need more bang-bang?"
"No….I just wanna say bye." Ness smirked. He grabbed Lucas's hand and ran him through the halls, despite not entirely knowing where Roy and Mario took Pit. They ended up walking to the secondary living room. They looked around as soon as they entered but didn't find anyone. They continued to look through the living room. Ness sat on the couch after looking through the entire living room and noticed an odd sound. He stood back up and looked at Lucas. The two boys got behind the couch and picked it up enough to see what was underneath, which made them drop it off instantly. Lucas stepped back and accidentally tripped on his foot. "N-Ness….w-w-was that…..?"
"Roy…...yes." Ness walked back to Lucas's side. He crouched and grabbed Lucas's arm. "Lucas?" Lucas shook his head before standing up. Ness stood up as well.
"I'm fine…..I'm fine…." Lucas closes his eyes and breaths. That's when the idea pops into his head, making him angry. He shoots his eyes open and growls.
"What is it?"
"Mario…"
"Mario?" Ness then remembered. Mario was with Roy taking Pit away. Ness looked back at the couch. "Go activate the loudspeaker, tell everyone to meet in the cafeteria, I'll bring Roy over." Lucas stared at Ness. He watched as Ness walked back to the couch and tried to lift it, but was clearly having trouble.
"Ness?" Ness turned around but didn't get to see what Lucas was doing until Lucas kissed him right on the lips. Lucas moved back and gave Ness a worried look. "Be safe." Ness turned around and smiled as he pinched Lucas's cheek. He giggled happily.
"You're adorable. I'll be safe, don't worry." Lucas blushed as he grew a small smile. Ness just giggled some more. "No matter how long we've been together, and how many times we've done the dirty, you're still just as quiet and anxious as always." Lucas blushed some more as he averted his eyes.
"Q-quiet."
"Aww, did I embarrass you?" Ness pinched Lucas's cheek harder. "I know damn well you like being embarrassed, my little masochist." Ness let go of Lucas's cheek, prompting Lucas to look at Ness as he rubbed his reddened cheek. He gulped
"N-Ness?"
"Yes?"
"A-after all of this is over….c-could we do that…...that thing?" Ness patted Lucas's head.
"I'll hold ya to that?" Ness winked. That was when someone knocked on the open door. Lucas turned and saw Daisy. She walked over.
"Am I interrupting?" Daisy asked.
"D-d-did you see all that?" Lucas asked, pointing back toward Ness. Daisy playfully shrugged.
"Maybe…..it was adorable." Lucas's face turned rose-red as he slowly turned back toward Lucas.
"I-Imma go." Ness held up a finger to stop him. Ness crouched down and grabbed something from underneath the couch. He stood back up and held Roy's sword toward Lucas.
"Take it, you can never be too safe," Ness said. Lucas nodded and grabbed the sword. He turned around and gave a small bow toward Daisy before walking away.
Lucas ran back toward the cafeteria after calling for everyone to get there. When he got in, he saw everyone sitting around the table, with Roy's lifeless body in the middle of it. His eyes focused on Mario as his grip on the sword's handle tightened. He walked over to the empty seat next to Ness and tried his best not to give Mario the stink eye as he placed the sword on the table. "Where was he?" Zelda asked.
"Lucas and I found him in the secondary living room, hidden under…..Mario's favorite couch," Ness said as he glared at Mario. Mario stood up.
"What're you getting at?" Mario asked.
"I think you know very well," Lucas butted in. Mario looked around the group.
"I did not kill Roy."
"Now, now, sit down, we've gotta think about this as a group," Byleth said. Mario sighed before sitting back down. "Now then, let's say one of us is indeed the murderer, what would we do. We can't leave, we have no service, what do we do?"
"You kill them," a mysterious voice came on the intercom. Everyone looked around, with Lucas more confused than all the others.
"I was just there….." Lucas said to himself.
"Don't bother looking for me, I am not in the mansion, but I do know the person who killed Pit and Roy."
"Who is it?" Zelda asked, not fully expecting an answer. But to her, and everyone else's surprise…..
"Now, that would ruin the fun, won't it. Hehe, I want the group to figure it out. And once you do, I'll allow you guys to leave."
"Allow us?" Byleth asked as he stood up, looking at the speaker in the top corner of the room. "I can just destroy the door." Byleth slammed his fist into the table and smirked.
"You really think I didn't plan for that. Try it. Try it and you'll be the next murder the group needs to solve. So know your place." Byleth growls as he sits back down.
"So, all we need to do is accuse someone?" Toon Link asked.
"Yes and No. When you accuse someone, you must kill them. With that there sword." Lucas looked at the sword.
"KILL?! That wouldn't make us any better than the actual killer," Joker said.
"Fine, then stay in there with the killer and all die. Either works for me, but I'm sure you guys prefer to be alive in the end. So make a decision." The group looked at each other and all seemed nervous. Lucas stood up and gripped the sword. He stabbed it into the table and his face grew determined.
"I don't know about you guys, but I wanna live so…." He took the sword out and pointed it toward Mario, "So seems like we must kill him." Byleth, who was sitting on Lucas's right, stood up and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Now, now—" Byleth tried to comfort, but Lucas glared at him, making him stop. Lucas aggressively shrugged Byleth's hand off his shoulder.
"We need to kill the murderer, NOW!"
"I'm not saying we shouldn't…..but lets at least put it up to a vote. To be fair to everyone." Lucas looked around at the group and sighed. He sat back down, laying the sword down, and scoffed.
"Alrighty then." Byleth sat back down. "Now, there are eight of us here, I will assign a number to each of us. When it comes down to voting, you will need to hold a number of fingers dependent on who you want to vote off. Majority rules. Now then, let's get the numbers." Mario was 1, Toon Link was 2, Zelda was 3, Daisy was 4, Joker was 5, Ness I was 6, Lucas was 7, and Byleth was 8. "Voting time." Everyone held numbers up underneath the table and gave a nod toward Byleth once they made a decision. Once everyone does, they bring their numbers up. Ness, Lucas, Daisy, Byleth, and Toon Link all voted for Mario. Zelda voted for Byleth. Joker and Mario voted for Lucas. Mario shot up.
"I DIDN'T KILL ANYONE!" Lucas grabbed the sword and stood up.
"Sorry, this is democracy," Lucas said. He started walking around the table toward Mario, causing Mario to start backing away. However, Toon Link and Byleth hold him in place. Lucas stopped right behind Mario.
"C-come on guys, it's-a me, Mario, I wouldn't kill anyone," Mario pleaded nervously. Lucas placed the tip of the sword on Mario's back. Lucas looked at each person's face. They all gave nods, even the ones who didn't vote for him. Lucas then shoved the sword in, causing it to go fully through Mario. Mario's gasp for breath was heard around the entire mansion. Anyone could hear the life drain out of him. Mario looked down at the bloody sword and tried to say something, but failed, only having blood come out of his mouth. Lucas ripped the sword out haphazardly, only causing more internal damage. Lucas walked back to his seat as Byleth and Toon Link let go of Mario. Mario stumbled around for a bit, before collapsing lifeless. Lucas sighed in relief before putting the now bloody sword onto the table. The beep of the loudspeaker sounded.
"Mario…" Everyone perked up. "...is not the killer." Lucas's face shrunk.
"Wah…...I-I thought…..I r-really thought—" Lucas said as he looked down at the sword.
"It's ok…..we all agreed to this….we've gotta live with it," Byleth said.
"What do we do now?" Ness asked.
"Pit's body is still missing. We've got to find it and see if there are any clues." Lucas stood up and growled. He grabbed the sword and gripped the handle tightly. Everyone looked at Lucas's very intense face. He looked very angry, and it seemed like he would be able to crush the sword if he was inclined to.
"I'll kill them," Lucas aggressively said. Everyone's faces grew concerned. Ness shot up and looked at Lucas. Ness moved his head to Lucas's ear.
"You're making yourself seem guilty." Lucas looked at Ness, his serious blood-lust-filled face softened up a little. He just sighed before turning away and walking away with his hands, and the sword, down at his waist. Ness looked back at the group and opened his mouth.
"It's no use, Ness." Ness looked over at Lucas and nodded. He ran over and joined his side as they walked away. The others at the table exchanged glances as Ness and Lucas walked away.
Lucas sat up in his bed. He looked to his left and saw Ness playing on his phone. "Ness? There's no signal."
"Huh?" Ness looked up at Lucas. He sat up and showed Lucas the phone. He was not on any app, he was simply scrolling the main screen around. "It was strangely fun."
"You have a strange sense of fun." Ness smiled as he placed the phone in his pocket.
"Thanks." Lucas's face grew somber as he looked down at his hands. They still had some blood on his fingers. Ness's smile disappeared. "What's wrong? We went for another five rounds, need some more." Lucas shook his head.
"I-I killed Mario."
"You had to." Ness placed his hand on Lucas's bare back.
"No, I know that, but…..I'm concerned."
"How come?" Lucas balled up his hands and looked at Ness.
"It…..didn't feel bad."
"Killing him?" Ness asked, surprised. Lucas nodded. He laid back down and forced his eyes shut. Ness smiled as he took his hand from under Lucas and flicked Lucas's nose. Lucas turns toward him, rubbing his nose.
"The hell?" Ness giggled.
"Don't worry about it, Lucas. And if you need it, we can go for another 5 rounds," Ness winked. This brought a smile to Lucas's face.
"Yeah, maybe that would hel—" Lucas got cut off by a knock at the door. Ness sighed before jumping off the bed and running over to the door. He opened the door to see Toon Link. Toon Link opened his mouth but closed it as he looked Ness up and down.
"Why're you naked?" Toon Link asked. Ness looked down, prompting Toon Link to look into the room. He saw Lucas still under the covers. Lucas simply waved. Toon Link took his head back from the room. Toon Link shook his head. "Well, get dressed, we found Pit." Lucas shot up.
The three boys, with Ness and Lucas relying on Toon Link to lead the way, ran over to the training room. They saw Pit, with Joker standing next to the body, in the middle of the room. Ness and Lucas ran up to the body. Lucas instantly felt nauseous but was able to work through it. "Did you guys find anything?" Ness asked. Joker shook his head.
"Not yet, once Toon and I found it, he ran to get you two. I dunno how he knew you two were in your room though," Joker said.
"Oh please, I'm their neighbor, I know when they do it, they don't exactly know how to be quiet, especially Lucas." Lucas's face blushed as he continued looking down at the body. Lucas kneeled down next to Pit's head. His eyes were centered on the stab wound in the middle of Pit's neck. Lucas tilted his head as he moved his hand toward it. He then put his finger in the wound. The other three looked at Lucas with confused and concerned faces.
"Uhh, Lucas?" Ness questioned. Lucas started humming until his eyes shot open wider than they were before. Lucas then put two fingers in and clearly looked like he was trying to grab something. Lucas took his fingers out and smiled a somber smile down at the thing he grabbed from Pit's neck.
"What'd you find?" Joker asked. Lucas held a bead necklace. The three boys tilted their heads.
"It's Zelda's." Their eyes shot open wide. They all nodded to each other and left the room. Joker headed toward the loudspeaker, and the others went toward the cafeteria.
Lucas sat down at one of the seats and looked down at the necklace. He tapped the table as he analyzed it. He didn't know what he's thinking, or why he's thinking it, but he doubted Zelda was the killer. Not because she didn't seem like the type of person, but because he felt this could be a set-up. Before he could think too long about it, everyone else made it to the cafeteria. They all joined Lucas at the table. "So, I'm assuming Pit was found?" Byleth asked.
"Yup, and we found a clue too," Joker said. Joker nodded toward Lucas, who pushed the necklace to the middle of the table. Zelda's eyes widened and she felt around her neck.
"Zelda's necklace, it was inside Pit's neck," Lucas said. Everyone's eyes averted to Zelda. She shot up.
"Someone must've taken it off me," she quickly said. "It must've been you." Zelda pointed toward Lucas. Toon Link shook his head.
"Can't be. They were too busy during both murders, banging. The only thing they killed are all those poor unfortunate souls who'd never get to grow into a baby," Toon Link said, shutting Zelda up, and allowing all the others to automatically write Ness and Lucas off as culprits. Ness smiled sadistically as he turned toward Toon Link.
"Twinkie, shut up," Ness ordered.
"Lemme think about—no! Never."
Byleth, as he glared up at the standing Zelda, said, "I don't think we really need to vote." Despite not looking around at the others, Byleth knew they all nodded. "Lucas, it's your go now." Lucas stood up, forcing a smile to stay away. He reached to his back pocket and brought out his strangely sharp stick. He stopped behind a now restrained-by Toon Link and Daisy-Zelda and placed the sharp end of the stick at the back of Zelda's head where her eye was, at least in the front.
"P-please, d-do I seem like the t-type to kill?" Zelda asked. Lucas moved his head toward Zelda's ear.
"Oh, I know you didn't kill him," Lucas whispered so that only she could hear him. Before Zelda could say anything about what Lucas whispered about, Lucas shoved the stick through Zelda's head, killing her instantly. Lucas ripped the stick out and watched her body collapse. A very tiny smile started to creep in the corners of his mouth. Like last time, the loudspeaker sounded.
"Zelda is not the killer." Unlike last time, Lucas started to walk away, not being at all thrown off by the knowledge of killing someone who was innocent. He didn't say anything before grabbing Ness's collar and dragging him off. Ness didn't bother with fighting back, since he had been in this situation before. All he did was wave toward the others.
"Bye guys!" Ness happily said.
"Welp, they boutta fuck again," Toon Link said.
"Why is no one talking about Zelda's death. She was innocent, and everyone seems way too damn happy right now," Byleth argued. Toon Link sighed. He jumped off the chair and walked over to Byleth.
"You talk too damn much." Toon Link quickly unsheathed his sword and stabbed it through Byleth's abdomen. Byleth covered his wound to try and prevent bleeding but obviously failed. Byleth fell to the ground. He continued to die as Joker looked down at him in terror. He shakily looked at Toon Link, then at Daisy.
"Daisy?" Joker questioned. Daisy smirks evilly.
"I suggest you run," she said. Joker stepped back before bolting into a run.
Lucas crawled out of bed, still not even close to being out of stamina. He stopped right in front of a dresser with a mirror and looked inside it. He adjusted his hair. Ness walked over to Lucas and hugged him from the back. "Man, you're not even tired." Lucas giggled.
"Well, I can't be a weak bitch if I'm with you."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Ness asked as he forced Lucas's hands down so he could adjust Lucas's hair.
"Ness…..we had sex over 20 times today." Ness clicked his gums.
"Fair." That's when a knock pounded on the door. Ness started to walk toward the door, but then Lucas grabbed his arm.
"Clothes on first."
"Right." After dressing up, Ness opened the door. He saw a panicked Joker. Joker rushed into the room and kicked the door closed. "Dude?!" Lucas walked to Joker and slapped him across the face.
"Relax, Ren, what's wrong?"
"Byleth is dead!" Joker yelled. Lucas tilted his head.
"Oh really?" Joker nodded his head sporadically.
"Yea and Toon did it. I also think Daisy's in on it. We need to take them down."
"Yeah…." Ness started. Ness patted Joker's back and smiled. "But we should do it diplomatically."
"Damn, big word for you," Lucas said. Ness winked.
"You already know that's not the biggest thing in my arsenal." Lucas giggled, making Joker confused.
"Can we focus on this?" Joker asked.
"Ugh, fine, let's gather everyone in the cafeteria." Ness grabbed Lucas's hand and ran out of the room. Joker was left even more confused than before. Joker skeptically exited the room and looked around. That was when the loudspeaker sounded. It was just Ness telling everyone to meet in the cafeteria. Joker walked out of the room.
How'd they already make it there? Oh, right, Ness can teleport. But, Ness and Lucas were acting weird. Whatever, we've just gotta vote Daisy and Toon Link out.
Joker made it to the cafeteria and found that everyone was waiting for him in a very frightening manner. Everyone, but Lucas, was looking at Joker. Lucas was looking down at his hands, just playing with his fingers, which he did when he was nervous. Joker gulped and walked toward the table. He saw Byleth's dead body and was forced to step over it. He sat in his seat and nervously looked at Toon Link. "I saw you kill him." Toon Link grinned devilishly. Toon Link tilted his head.
"Where is your proof?" he asked. Joker shook his head. He looked at Lucas.
"You trust me, right?" Lucas looked up at Joker. He nodded his head. Joker took a breather. He knew that if Lucas did, then so did Ness. He knew they were basically one in the same, so he knew they would vote for the same person. "Let's just vote already." Everyone put their fingers under the table and put up a number. They then brought them up. Joker shot up. Everyone, but Joker, voted for Joker. Joker looked at Lucas and saw his eyes trembling. He looked over at Ness and saw him smirking like the devil. "You…..you're in on this too." Ness, Toon Link, and Daisy stood up. Toon Link and Daisy grabbed Joker to prevent him from moving.
"So what if I am?" Ness said. Joker looked back at Lucas.
"Come on, Lucas. Look at this madness."
"Come on, Lucas, it's time to complete your transition…..Kill him." Lucas stood up and smiled as he walked over to Joker. Joker knew he wouldn't get out of this. He knew there was no point in being able to do anything. Joker accepted his situation. Lucas stopped right behind Joker. He brought his head to Joker's ear.
"Seeing the fear in Pit's face was so…...fulfilling," Lucas sadistically whispered, sending chills through Joker's back. Lucas then snapped Joker's neck, killing him. Joker fell to the ground right next to Byleth. Ness giggled as he walked over and wrapped his arm around Lucas's shoulders.
"Nice job bro. You did it, you're one of us." Lucas smiled happily as he looked at Toon Link and Daisy.
"I…..I want more….."
"Hehe, don't worry Lucas, this is just the beginning," Daisy said. She snapped her fingers and two creatures flew in. Master Hand and Crazy Hand. They seemingly fazed through the wall to get into the room. They lowered down to the ground. "Crazy hand, clean up the bodies, Master Hand, bring in the next six." The hands turn into thumbs-up before going to do their jobs. Lucas looked down at his hands and smiled.
"Please allow me to do it all this time." Toon Link slammed his hand into Lucas's back.
"Fine by me, just be careful at first, 'K?" Lucas looked up and smirked.
"I'll kill them all."
