Crazy Hand was waiting for all the fighters to come int. "Thank you all for coming, I will be introducing newcomers" Crazy Hand said. "I will be going over the sad cuts that Master Hand feels is necessary. Will the following fighters please stand. Nana, Popo, Snake, Red, and Red please send out you Pokémon. Squirtle and IVysaur should stand, Charizard is staying. Wolf and Lucas need to stand up as well. All of you are sadly being cut".
"No" Ness whined under his breath. He was losing four friends. "Lucas you can't leave" Ness said.
"I'm sorry Ness, I have too" Lucas said.
"Come one Ness, maybe there might be other kids" Ness said.
"I don't want the others, I want Lucas" Ness said. Lucas pulled Ness into a hug. They all walked up on stage. Lucas waved, and Crazy Hand snapped. They were gone. Charizard felt lonely without his friends. Lucario felt lonely without his trainer.
"Time to go over the new fighters" Crazy Hand tried to say without seeing the sadness in Ness' face. "The first fighter is a kid named Villager". Ness looked up in curiosity but was still sad. Villager saw the sad expression on his face and sat next to him to hopefully make him feel better.
"Hi" Villager said.
"Hi" Ness simply said.
"Are you sad" Villager asked.
"Yes, very" Ness said. Villager looked over to Toon Link.
"I'll explain" Toon Link said.
"The next fighter is also a robot, please welcome Mega Man" Crazy Hand said. The blue bomber got on stage. When he got the key, he saw that ROB was a robot too.
"Nice to have another robot here" Mega Man said.
"The next fighter is the Wii Fit Trainer" Crazy Hand said. She quickly got on and off stage. He stood near Zero Suit Samus. Captain Falcon came over to her.
"Hey" Captain Falcon said.
"If you touch me I'll fold you up so much you'll be closer to your dick than any girl will get" Wii Fit Trainer.
"Man, you ladies are intense" Captain Falcon said walking away.
"Good job" Zero Suit Samus said to Wii Fit Trainer.
"The next fighter is Rosalina and Luma" Crazy Hand said. The tall lady in a blue dress came up. She saw some familiar people. "Where is your Luma" Crazy Hand asked.
"You'll see" Rosalina said. She went to sit down.
"Ok, well the next fighter is" Crazy Hand was interrupted by Bowser being launched into the wall.
"Ow" Bowser said.
"Good job Luma" Rosalina.
"How could you do that" Bowser yelled at Rosalina.
"Because I could" Rosalina said.
"Uhhh, ok. The next fighter is Little Mac" Crazy Hand said. A buff man with green boxing gloves got on stage.
"Why are you so tiny" Ganondorf taunted.
"Good things come in small packages" Little Mac simply said.
"Not all things" Ganondorf laughed.
"The next fighter is from the Kalos region, Greninja" Crazy Hand said. On stage came out a frog with a tongue scarf.
"Do you taste everything" Link asked.
"Sadly" Greninja said.
"That doesn't sound good" Zelda said.
"The next three fighters are called Miis. One uses fists, one uses swords, and the other uses an arm canon" Crazy Hand said. The Miis got on stage. Their faces seem similar. They quietly went to seats. "The next two fighters are also from the same world. Please welcome Dark Pit and Palutena". Pit looked up. He saw his goddess and Pitoo.
"Hey Pitoo" Pit waved.
"Shut your gay ass up" Dark Pit said.
"Hehehe, I told you that in confidence" Pit said.
"Well, now everyone knows. You're welcome" Dark Pit said.
"That's not very nice Dark Pit" Plautena grabbed his ear. "Now let's go take a seat".
"Yes ma'am" Dark Pit said in pain. Everyone was looking at Pit for the surprising news. Pit laughed nervously. Ness looked at him and thought about something. Wario rolled his eyes.
"Why is everyone here so damn girly" Wario said. Ness gave him the coldest stare. This stare even scared Bowser and Ganondorf.
"The next fighter is Pac-Man" Crazy Hand said. A yellow ball with legs got on stage. Kirby looked at the similarly shaped fighter. They even tended to eat a lot. They naturally gravitated to each other. "The next two fighters are also from the same world. Please welcome Robin and Lucina" The got-on stage and stayed close together. They held hand through the rest of the showing.
"Welp, they are a thing I guess" Meta Knight said. He was sitting right next to them.
"The next fighter is Shulk" Crazy Hand introduced. The blonde with a weird looking sword. Pit saw him, he started to stare. Dark Pit was sitting behind Pit and noticed this.
"Hey Pit, if you're going to get him to like you, it's best not to stare" Dark Put laughed. This knocked Put out of his stare. He didn't respond to Dark Pit's comment. When Shulk got his key and left the stage Pit waved his hand for him to sit next to him. Pit's old roommate was Red, who was cut, so he was hoping to get Shulk as a new roommate.
"Hi, I-I'm Pit" Pit stuttered for the first time in a long time.
"Well you know who I am" Shulk said.
"I guess so" Pit started to blush slightly. Dark Pit liked messing with Pit, but something inside of him told him to help Pit. When it seemed, Shulk wasn't listening Dark Pit leaned forward.
"If you need any help just call" Dark Pit said and sat back down. Pit took that to heart.
"The next fighter is the son of one of out fighters. Please welcome Bowser Jr" Crazy Hand said.
"What" Bowser yelled. When the prince of the Koopas got on stage with his clown car Bowser ran to him. "Junior, I've missed you". Bowser hugged his son.
"You know, I hate him, but he sure does love his son. I can applaud that" Mario said. Bowser had tears in his eyes. It has been around four years since he saw his biological son. He always wanted to see him, he just didn't want to think about it. Now they are back together.
"So, you do have a heart Bowser, I just needed to bring your son in" Crazy Hand said. Bowser looked at Crazy Hand with a genuine look of gratitude. "The last fighter will be Duck Hunt duo". The dog and duck got on stage. This made a lot of people feel the need to pet the dog. Peach ran to pet the dog, but when she did the duck bit at her.
"Before you can leave I will say that Dr. Mario can return to the tournaments. So, you'll need to come up and get your new room key" Crazy Hand said. Mario rolled his eyes. Dr. Mario has won more fights than Mario has. Peach also has been with Dr. Mario even though Mario risked his life too many times to save her. What's even worse is that Peach brother-zoned Mario. They all were able to leave once Dr. Mario got the key. Ness got to his room, he was scared to know his new roommate. The reason he was scared is because every one of Ness' roommates were cut. He missed seeing Lucas' photo on the dresser. He missed hearing his stories and sharing his own. He had a few fights with Lucas, he was very strong. Stronger than Ness even. Ness kept thinking 'why was he cut'. He understood why Young Link was cut, especially with the addition of Toon Link. But why Lucas. Lucas won 5 tournaments in his first two years. Ness won 10 in his five years of being here. He was caught think by his new roommate.
"Hi" a young robotic voice said. Ness looked and saw Mega Man.
"Hey, sorry I was thinking" Ness said.
"About what" Mega Man said while unpacking.
"Just, my old roommate" Ness said.
"What was their name" Mega Man asked.
"Lucas, I really liked sharing a room with him" Ness said. He started to blush. Mega Man saw the blush.
"You really liked him huh" Mega Man asked.
"Yea" Ness said. Mega Man finished unpacking. Before they left Mega Man and Ness talked about where they came from. They walked over to the cafeteria. When they got there, they saw one huge group around a table. They looked around and saw Ness' table was filled with his friends. There were a few new people there too. They walked over there. Ness saw that Shulk was here with Pit. Pit became friends with Marth over the past year but hasn't really sat with them.
"What's going on over there" Mega Man asked.
"Some people are having an eating competition" Marth said.
"Kirby, King Dedede, Wario, and Pac-Man are" Toon Link continued for Marth.
"I hope Wario loses" Ness said. The others nodded in unison.
"Do you not like Wario" Shulk asked.
"We hate him" Ike said.
"Why" Shulk asked. Ness looked away. Ike saw how much he missed Lucas.
"Marth, can you explain. I'm going to walk with Ness for a bit" Ike asked.
"Of course," Marth said.
"I need to talk to you Ness" Ike said. Ness nodded and walked with Ike. They walked to the main entrance to be alone. "Why do you miss him so much".
"What kind of question is that, he Is my friend. Of course, I'd miss him" Ness said. He started to blush.
"For the past month I noticed how you acted around him" Ike said.
"What do you mean" Ness asked. Ness knew the answer, he just hoped Ike didn't.
"You would blush a lot when he is around. You'd want to grab his hand and be around him all the time" Ike said.
"Well, he was a good friend that's all" Ness avoided the real answer.
"What about Nana and Popo" Ike asked.
"What about them" Ness asked.
"They were your friends longer than Lucas was, but here you are sadder about Lucas than the Ice Climbers" Ike crossed his hands.
"Well you see uhhh the thing is, I, uhhh" Ness stuttered. He sighed. "I like him, more than a normal friend should".
"I'm not surprised" Ike said.
"So, you like my trainer" a deep voice said from behind Ness. Ness turned to see Lucario.
"Your trainer" Ness asked.
"Yes, Lucas said he'd be my trainer, so I would feel better" Lucario said. "He is the reason that I did as good as I did in the tournaments. He trained me, he used what you taught him to teach me. He also really cared for you".
Two Months ago.
"Lucario you ready" Lucas asked.
"Yea" Lucario said. Lucas and Lucario decided to have a practice fight. Lucario was strong, he could always get stronger. Lucas and Lucario prepared their fight. They also decided to change their skin, just for some fun. Lucas' costume gave Lucas grey hair, made his skin paler, and clothes got darker. On his shirt was the face of a person close to Lucas' heart, his brother, The Masked Man, Claus, all of them in one. Lucario's costume simply changed Lucario to be more purple. They chose for the stage to look like Spear Pillar. They had five stocks with no items. After the fight Lucario and Lucas stayed in the room where they chose everything for the battle.
"Hey Lucas" Lucario said.
"Yea" Lucas said.
"My old trainer had a crush on someone, which soon turned into a girlfriend" Lucario said.
"Ok" Lucas said confused where he is going.
"Do you have one" Lucario asked.
"No, I don't have a girlfriend" Lucas said.
"No, a crush. DO you have a crush" Lucario asked.
"No" Lucas lied.
"Why are you lying" Lucario asked.
"I'm not lying" Lucas said.
"I see auras, I know when people are telling lies and telling the truth. I can also see how you feel around other people" Lucario said.
"Yea" Lucas said nervously.
"Ness seems to be the only person who makes your heart and aura react differently. Even Wario doesn't do that" Lucario said. Lucas looked down.
"Don't tell him please" Lucas asked.
"Don't worry, I won't betray my trainer like that" Lucario said.
"Thank you" Lucas said.
Present
"What do you mean he cares for me" Ness asked.
"He cares for you a very close friend. You've helped him more that you probably know" Lucario said.
"I really miss him" Ness said.
"We all do" Ike said.
"Very much" Lucario said. They walked back to the cafeteria. Two months passed, and they were called to the auditorium. They were confused, was the new tournament session already over. It was never one two months long. The shortest session was the first one with it lasting one year. Crazy Hand was waiting for them.
"I'm sure you are all confused why you are here, but there are seven fighters coming to join this tournament. Three of those fighters have been here before and are coming back. The other four will be brand new. Let's go ahead and reintroduce the fighters coming back" Crazy Hand said. Everyone's eyes widened.
"Hey, Lucas could come back" Ike whispered.
"No way, he was just cut. If he was coming back what's the point of cutting him" Ness pessimistically said. Everyone else started to speculate who the retuning people will be.
"The first fighter returning is Mewtwo" Crazy Hand got on stage. He observed the new fighters. Like he did before he brings fear in many fighters. Lucario's group was able to get through the intimidation that Lucario first had. Lucario still intimidates some fighters. Lucas showed everyone that Lucario may look intimidating, but he is very soft. Mewtwo saw the lack of fear from the group. He still sat near the back though. "The next returnee is Lucas" Crazy Hand said. Those words echoed in Ness' head. Ness looked up instantly. He saw the person he wanted to see most. Lucas saw Ness looking his way. Lucas waved happily. Lucas walked down. Ness was too overjoyed to see him to contain it. Before Lucas got to the seat he was embraced in a hug.
"Glad you're back" Ness said.
"You really like hugging" Lucas laughed.
"That's adorable" Zelda said. Ness grabbed Lucas' hand as they sat next to each other. Ike willingly moved out the way for them.
"Our last returnee is Roy" Crazy Hand said. Roy got on stage. Ness told Ike about him. Ike saw the drawing and was impressed to see that this was the man who did it. Roy saw Ness with a pretty big group. He walked over to them.
"You've really grown in size" Roy said referring to the group. "You'll need to introduce me to them all. Especially him" Roy faintly pointed to Ike. Ike noticed however.
"I'm Ike, sit next to me" Ike said. Roy happily agreed.
"Alright, now into some newcomers. First please welcome Ryu" Crazy Hand said. Ryu got on stage. He was very buff and looked very intense. He sees another very buff man, Little Mac. Ryu feels that Little Mac will be a very big challenger. "The next fighter is Cloud". The man got on stage. His sword amazed everyone.
"You must be very high to be called Cloud" Ganondorf said laughing.
"And you must be too ugly to get a girl" Cloud said.
"Why do people keep calling me ugly" Ganondorf said.
"Because you are" Crazy Hand said. "Anyway, the next fighter is Corrin". Corrin got on stage and showed off his sword. People were very impressed by the chainsaw looking sword. Corrin looked around and saw another dragon. Charizard. He ran over.
"Hello fellow dragon" Corrin said.
"I'm not a dragon technically" Charizard said.
"No, you're just messing with, and trust me you don't want to mess with me" Corrin said.
"Probably best to just go with it" Marth whispered.
"Yes, I am a dragon" Charizard said.
"I knew it" Corrin said. "We shall rule this mansion".
"Cool" Charizard said nervously.
"Ok the last fighter is a witch, so it'll be time to decide which fighters are better" Crazy Hand laughed. He was then struck by the soda attack.
"Bowser" Crazy Hand yelled.
"It wasn't me" Bowser said.
"That was pathetic" Bowser Jr. said.
"You have my bad joke senses" Bowser said happily.
"Bayonetta just get out here" Crazy Hand said. A very thin woman came on stage. She caught the attention of many fighters.
"Hey mama" Captain Falcon yelled. Bayonetta looked at him. He was then struck by a huge fist from a strange portal.
"He should learn not to do that anymore" Zero Suit Samus said.
"Please leave all of you, I forget how weird these get" Crazy Hand said. Ness was practically dragging Lucas around.
"Hey, I need to go to my room" Lucas said.
"But we need to catch up" Ness complained.
"I was gone for two months" Lucas said.
"Felt like a year to me" Ness said to himself. "Fine, when you're done meet me in my room. I'm going to need to do some introductions". Lucas nodded and left. He looked at his key. 'Room 20' it read. He got to the door and opened it. He looked in and saw Roy.
"You're Lucas right" Roy asked.
"Yea" Lucas said. He got to his bed and unpacked.
"You were real close to Ness" Roy said.
"Yea, we do that a lot" Lucas said.
"So, what's your guys' relationship" Roy asked.
"We're friends" Lucas said. He started to blush.
"Yea, totally believable. You like him" Roy simply said. Lucas stopped dead in his tracks. Roy saw this which only confirmed Roy's accusation.
"Please don't tell him" Lucas begged.
"Don't worry, I got you" Roy said. "Can I trust you with something".
"Yea" Lucas said.
"That Ike person, he seems nice. Good looking too" Roy said blushing.
"Want me to tell you about him" Lucas asked.
"That would help" Roy said.
"You keep mine secret, I'll keep yours" Lucas said.
"Deal" Roy smiled. Lucas and Roy finished unpacking and walked to Ness' room.
"Hey Roy, want your drawing back" Ness asked.
"You still have it" Roy asked.
"Ike does" Ness said.
"He can keep it" Roy said. He looked over to Lucas who winked.
"Well let's wait for the others to get here" Ness said. When all the people got here they started the introductions. Lucas started to retrain Lucario again. One year and a half has passed. The fighters got extremely close. Ness and Lucas only grew closer. Ike and Roy grew to be the 'parents' of their group. Dark Pit started to help Pit get closer to Shulk. Pit's other friends did the same.
"Hey Roy, want to see where I put your picture" Ike said.
"Sure" Roy said wanting to be alone. Roy forgot about the picture. When they got to Ike's room, that he shared with Sheik once Roy was cut, they opened the door. The first thing they saw was Marth and Sheik kissing. The good thing was that they still had clothes on.
"Sorry" Ike said.
"It's uhh ok" Marth stuttered.
"Told you you'd be together" Roy laughed. Ike quickly got the picture frame and left with Roy. Ike showed him and frame. It was dazzled up and shiny. "Wow" Roy was amazed by the frame. Ike smiled that Roy liked it. Villager came running to them.
"We need too meet in Pit's room" Villager said.
"Why" Ike asked.
"We're going to help Ness and Lucas" Villager said.
"Help with what" Ike said confused.
"You know Roy, Lucario said you knew" Villager looked to Roy. Ike soon did the same.
"Lucas likes Ness, more than friends should" Roy said quietly.
"Lead the way Villager" Ike said.
30 Minutes earlier
Lucas had finished his daily training with Lucario. Before they left the room, Lucas started to talk to Lucario.
"I want to be with him" Lucas said.
"Why don't you tell him" Lucario asked.
"I don't want to take the chance to lose his friendship" Lucas said.
"I see" Lucario said. When they left Lucario found Toon Link. He was debating with himself if he should tell. He did. He told him to find the others too meet in a room. Which later was Pit's room. 'Sorry Lucas, I broke my promise" Lucario thought.
Present.
Everyone made it to the room. Lucario led the pack. He had a plan to get the boys together. The plane was good, but if one thing messed up it would act as dominos. They chose to do the plan when Ness and Lucas are separated. Ness and Lucas were in the living room at the moment. "Hey Lucas" Villager ran in and yelled.
"Yea" Lucas asked.
"I want to practice before my tournament fight, can you help" Villager asked.
"Sure" Lucas said standing up.
"I'll watch" Ness said.
"Mega Man actually needed to talk to you" Villager said.
"Alright, see you later Lucas" Ness said. Lucas and Villager head for the battle room. Ness ran for his room. When he walked in he saw Mega Man and Toon Link in there.
"You guys need me" Ness asked.
"Yea, Toon Link lost his pig again" Mega Man said.
"It's hard to keep trach of him sometimes" Toon Link said.
"I'm just going to where it was last time" Ness left for a storage room that was near the cafeteria. When Lucas and Villager got to the battle room Lucas signed in. When he was too focused on signing in Villager ran away. Lucas looked back out. He started to hear pig noises. Pit was shooting at Toon Link's pig to make him move in a certain direction. Lucas soon saw the pig.
"Come one Toon Link" Lucas thought. He ran for the pig. The pig entered one of the waiting rooms for finished fighters. This specific room was for non-tournament fights. Ness entered the storage room and only saw Shulk in there.
"The pig ran for the non-tournament waiting room" Shulk said without looking back. Ness groaned and ran for that room. Ness was now outside the waiting room. He opened it and ran in. He was blinded by some weird blue smoke. He ran directly into Lucas. The pig ran out and was picked up by Ike. Roy closed the door and it locked. They then ran for the room. The smoke started to dissipate. Lucas saw that Ness was directly on top of him. Lucas started to heavily blush. Ness realized it soon after him. He quickly stood up. "Sorry" Ness said. He went for the door only to find it locked.
"What's wrong" Lucas asked.
"The door is locked" Ness said.
"But doesn't that mean that two people have signed up for a fight" Lucas asked. He then remembered he had signed up and Villager ran.
"Lucas. Now is the time to tell him. Don't show any fear" Lucario's voice echoed in Lucas' head. He looked at Ness trying to open the door.
"This was your doing wasn't it" Lucas thought. "Hey Ness".
"Yea" Ness turned around.
"I want to talk to you" Lucas said. Ness went over to him and sat down with him.
"Yea" Ness said.
"This might be a weird time to say this, but" Lucas said. He looked at Ness and took a deep breath. "You're my closest friend".
"Thanks" Ness said.
"No, I didn't say it right" Lucas said.
"You ok" Ness asked.
"Close your eyes" Lucas said.
"Why" Ness asked.
"Please just do it" Lucas pleaded. Ness closed his eyes. Lucas took a deep breath. He got closer to him. He put his hands on Ness' shoulders. Ness kept his eyes closed. He started to move his face closer to Ness'. Their mouths were almost touching now. Lucas finally made contact. He started to kiss to the best of his ability. Ness opened his eyes and was very surprised that Lucas was doing this. Ness put his hands around Lucas and returned the favor. Lucas was happy that Ness not only accepted it but helped improve the kiss with allowing Lucas' lounge access. They stopped when they needed air. They kept their noses touching. They were looking in each other's eyes.
"Ness" Lucas finally said.
"Yea" Ness said.
"I love you" Lucas said. He closed his eyes, scared to see his reaction.
"I do too" Ness said.
"Really" Lucas said separating them.
"I would never lie about something like this" Ness said. Lucas smile. Lucario felt there was love shared between the boys. He knew the plan was a success.
"Why did we need to have Villager lead Lucas to the battler room" Roy asked.
"We needed to have Lucas sign in so that a battle could happen. Villager needed to hide so that he can sign into the battle to lock the waiting room door. Villager is still in the battle by himself waiting for the signal to self-destruct. When he does he will go into the room so the door unlocks" Lucario said. "In fact, I need to inform Shulk to give the ok to SD".
Shulk was watching Villager doing nothing. Villager was just sitting near the edge ready to jump when necessary. Roy came running into the spectator room and gave a thumbs up to Shulk. He nodded and gave the signal to Villager. Villager nodded and jumped off. "Game" a voice said. "The winner is Lucas" it continued. Villager was teleported to waiting room. He saw Ness and Lucas hugging.
"Hi" Villager said. Ness turned around. He had a big blush when he saw Villager. He quickly stood up and rubbed his neck. Lucas stood up soon after.
"Thank you" Lucas said.
"What do you mean thank you" Ness asked.
"You know we helped you guys" Villager said. Ness was looking very confused.
"I assumed by what Lucario told me" Lucas said. Ness soon understood what was being said. He took Lucas' arm and smiled to Villager.
"Meet my boyfriend" Ness smiled. Lucas smiled too.
"I'm happy for you guys" Villager said. They left for Pit's room and everyone was there. Lucas thanked everyone, especially Lucario. They didn't hide their relationship from the other fighters either, some people made fun of them. Wario was one of them. To their surprise Bowser actually supported them. It probably had something to do with his son. There was another few months that passed. Master Hand called the fighters into the auditorium. Ness held onto Lucas for dear life, not wanting him to leave again.