disclaimer: I do not own Metallica, SSBM, or anything else mentioned in

this fic.

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So close, no matter how far

Couldn't be much more from the heart

Forever trusting who we are

And nothing else matters

Never opened myself this way

Life is ours, we live it our way

All these words I don't just say

And nothing else matters

Trust I seek and I find in you

Every day for us something new

Open mind for a different view

And nothing else matters

Never cared for what they do

Never cared for what they know

But I know

So close no matter how far

Couldn't be much more from the heart

Forever trusting who we are

And nothing else matters

Never cared for what they do

Never cared for what they know

But I know

Never opened myself this way

Life is ours, we live it our way

All these words I don't just say

And nothing else matters

Trust I seek and I find in you

Every day for us something new

Open mind for a different view

And nothing else matters

Never cared for what they say

Never cared for games they play

Never cared for what they do

Never cared for what they know

And I know

So close, no matter how far

Couldn't be much more from the heart

Forever trusting who we are

No nothing else matters

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[ SSBM HQ: Lounge Room ]

All 26 of the smashers are sitting

around, in groups or alone, each having their own conversation.

Zelda, Samus, Nana, Peach, and Jigglypuff

were sitting close to the doorway, looking around and trying to guess

what everyone was thinking. It was Zelda's turn:

She took her time, leisurely scanning the

crowd of assorted heroes, villains, and travelers. They had already

discussed Gannondorf and Bowser's heated argument, the three swordsman's

duel, the children's game of hide-and-seek, and that didn't leave very

many people for the next rounds topic.

No one seemed to have a very interesting

or suspicious mood, conversation, or activity, so the Princess of Hyrule

had to scan the misfit crowd many times. Then she saw him.



Mewtwo was sitting alone in a corner, away from every one

else. This wasn't unusual for him, since everyone was either afraid of

him, thought him to be weak and a waste of time, and there was also the

fact that he seemed to prefer being alone. But lately he had begun to

make friends with most of the Smashers, so it was kind of surprising to

see him sitting alone again.

The psychic Pokemon was usually able to

cover his emotions, so no one knew what he was thinking, but today he

didn't bother. He looked real sad, but happy at the same time. He seemed

completely confused.

"Zelda, have you found anyone yet?"

Princess Peach Toadstool of Mushroom Kingdom inquired her friend.

"Actually, yes," Zelda replied while

pointing to the corner Mewtwo was sitting in "him. He seems troubled,

what do you think is on his mind?"

"Oh, he looks upset. I don't really know,

Samus?"

"I'm a bounty hunter, not a psychiatrist, how should I

know?" Samus

Aran said. "If anyone, Jigglypuff should know. She's a Pokemon too, so

she could at least guess."

"Jiggly! How am i supposed to know? I haven't

spent my life around psychics." Jigglypuff replied.

"We can just ask him." Nana, the younger

of the two Ice Climbers, suggested.

"I don't like to see him like this.........let's go." Zelda

said, and started to walk towards him"

"Uh, is it just me, or is she actually going over there? What

if he snaps and attacks her?" Peach asked, but no one was around to hear

her, all the other girls followed Zelda already, so she had no choice

but to go with them.

"You stole my money, and you know it!"

"Ganondorf, get it through your head! I did NOT steal your

money!" Bowser and Ganondorf were still arguing.

"Stop denying it, turtle! Now, fork over the - wait a

second........where are those girls going?" Ganondorf asked after

catching sight of the princesses, bounty hunter, and children.

"Looks like they're gonna go see Mewtwo. Think somethin's wrong

with him?"

"Dunno. We should go see. You get the three swordsmen, I'll get

the mini fairy-boy and the bird brain," Ganondorf ordered.

"Hello? Mewtwo, are you awake?" Zelda inquired as soon as she

reached him.

"Mr. Kitty, are you still here?" Peach asked in a rude manner.

"What do you want?" He said, without looking up.

"Well, we saw you earlier, and it seemed like something was

bothering you. Are you okay?" Nana chirped from behind Zelda.

"I don't really know....." Mewtwo answered.

"What's wrong?" the Hyrulian princess asked, by now very worried.

Mewtwo looked up and saw that the other girls seemed very

worried. One by one, all the remaining smashers walked up, with the

swordsmen, Falco, Bowser, and Ganondorf at the front.

"It seems that everyone i know, everyone i've considered a friend

throughout my life, has either betrayed or abandoned me," He began.

"There hasn't been a single person trustworthy enough to even care about

who i was. When i first came here I thought it would be just the same as

everything else. But I was wrong. No one here has rejected me because i

was different, but actually accepted me."

Mewtwo stopped talking to think for a minute, and when he did

Nana ran up and jumped in his lap, smiling at him. "Many people think

neither of us should be here at all, because we're different, but life

is ours, we live how we want and no one can take that away. We shouldn't

be discriminated because we aren't like them. Nothing they say should

matter, as long as we're all here."

"You all trust and care for eachother, you all have helped

eachother through hard times, and I find it hard to believe that I'm

actually apart of this group. It all seems......fake," Mewtwo paused

again, then continued. "I have always yearned for a home a place wher

I'm among people I can trust and people who trust me. After all the

troubles of my past, how can I be sure I have actually found a home?"

Zelda stepped in front of Mewtwo and grabbed his chin, forcing

him to look into her eyes. " Listen, you are not alone here, you can

trust us"

"How can we hate you if you're our friend?" Roy asked

non-chalantly, as if it were as plain as day.

"Look at me, I'm a tall walking, talking bird that flies around

in an airplane shooting people, and they haven't thrown me out yet, why

you?" Falco asked, not expecting a response.

"What everyone is trying to say is that you are one of us,"

Bowser explained.

"We don't care if you're a fish, a pig with wings, a flying cat,

or and overgrown turtle with horns that breathes fire!" Ganondorf said,

gesturing towards Bowser at the last part.

"You are our friend, who cares what everyone else out there in

the world says, so get over it and come with us, we're all going out for

a picnic!" Peach chirped happily while grabbing Mewtwo's hand and

walking out the door, with everyone else following.