Chapter two: Tag Em' N' Bag Em'
Hello, hello! Alright then here is the new and improved chapter dos... I think thats how it is. Anyways if you so far liked the new and improved story then you are positively going to like this chapter! I feel great about this finally making this story what it was suppose to be! Well without further ado let's begin then shall we.
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The world had slowly began to fade back into excistence and she slowly opened her eyes. She noticed she was in those oh so familiar blue sheets and she snuggled back into them being so comfortable in them. She had the feeling that something had slipped her mind as she layed there with her eyes closed. She then remebered the whole fiasco from earlier thinking to herself what a wild dream that was. "It was all just a dream I knew it was to good to be true me in smash. The strange creatures the... the hero king." She thought and then opened her eyes to see the unfamiliar setting. She shot up realizing it was not her room in Ylisse. It was in fact the mansion, she just threw herself back into bed with a groan. "How can I expect to show my face around here after that embarrassing moment! Oh Naga, everyone must have seen me laying there like an idiot. Worst yet it all happened in front of the Hero King!" She thought to herself while she groaned tightly gripping the sheets with a pout. She thought about what it could be like if she could meet him before, but she never imagined it would be like that. She got out of bed and headed towards the door but stopped dead in her tracks when she heard a conversation ongoing on the other side.
"Yeah Master hand told me to tell him to wait till the right time to meet her. Guess I blew it, I even told her to come along with me! If I would of know it was Marth then believe me I would of done things diffrently." Lucina heard a destinct feminine voice she knew unmistakably to be Zelda's.
"Zelda you are not to blame, granted was not ready for the shock of meeting someone like the Hero King alive yes. But, that unfortunate run in couldn't be helpped either way she was bound to run into him. You know though, I'm surprised she handled meeting Ike so well, but then again its just Ike." She heard Robin's voice respond right after.
"What!? Hey, I'm badass! People faint over me all the time, I'm Ike Freaking Greil!" She heard a voice so obviously belonging to Ike respond.
"Yeah and people go into comas upon seeing me. They just can't handle all my awesomeness, not to mention my handsomeness!" said a voice right after sounding a lot like Link.
"Yeah, and that's why Zelda was in a coma when she meet you!?" she heard a sarcastic remark form an unknown person with an English accent.
"Shut up Shulk! there's an explanation for that!" replied the Link voice again with an offended shout.
"Yeah and what would that be?" the new voice asked belinging to this Shulk person apperently.
"It's probably that Zelda herself was too much handle. I mean she did settled for this." she heard Robin say quickly followed by laughter.
"Hey if anyone settled, it was me!" Link shouted back with a huff.
"Excuse Me!?" she heard Zelda's voice join the conversation with angry scoff.
"OH SHIT! I mean, uh… um... Have I told you how beautiful you look today? You're just dashing just, you know wow. I mean just… just..." she heard Link trying to find words and chuckle to himself nervously.
"Hey is she alright?" She heard a new voice join in, it sounded really young like it belonged to a adolescent teenager.
"We don't know yet Pit, I don't think it was a good idea leaving her by herself though." she heard Link reply as he sighed.
"Yeah I heard from Lucario that she was freaking out and running all over the place?" She heard the young voice apperently belonging to Pit. Lucina put her head down in embarrassment, she just made the worst first impression ever now what were people going to think. And what made her feel even worse is that she made the worst impression on the Hero King, her ancestor Marth. Lucina just felt like she wanted to stay in her room till everyone forgot what happened, "I think she was scared because of Pittoo I heard from lady Palutena she saw them in a hall and Pittoo was bullying her." She heard Pit inform the others.
"I would not be surprised he was all super grumpy in the afternoon what was his deal?" She heard a voice with a English accent reply that was from that unknown Shulk.
"That's what we would like to know Shulk!" replied Link. She turned making her way back to bed after hearing that. That is untill she tripped on a canister making a loud noise. "I think shes up!" she heard Pit say while the others mumbled.
"Wait, shhh! I'll go check it out." Robin whispered then she heard the door unlocking. She however quickly jumped into the bed and threw the covers over her hole body and laid completely still. She heard the door open, some foot steps approach, then quickly turn around and left and the door close again. She then heard everyone outside the door leave murmering amongst themselves. She just sighed and the covers came off immediately after and she gave a startled yelp. Robin was standing there with a smile on his face seeing her surprised face. "You cant fool me you of all people should know this Lucy."
"Yeah, well you have been gone for a while so I guess I forgot." she replied in a sadden tone.
"Lucina whats wrong?" He asked her in concern as he sat at the foot of the bed.
"I just blew my chance of making a good impression on everyone. As a good person and a proud warrior, tell me what will the hero king think of me?!" She said with an angered pout throwing herself back in the bed.
"Lucina-" Robin tried to say something but imminently got cut off.
"I blew it! now no one will take me serious they will just think I'm a weak pathetic excuse of a warrior. I even lost my first fight in five seconds!" she blurted out and crossed her arms with a heavy sigh.
"Lucina that is not the case I assure you. People will not see you differently then before until they know you, who you are and what you are capable of. Besides people don't just judge you here based on the first impressions its the impression of you they get upon getting to know you personally. And the Hero King will not think any less of you, that is something that you can expect from someone like him" he explained to her.
"How would you know?" she responded while she sat up and he brushed some strands of hair out of his face.
"I have been here long enough to know people. And I've heard plenty of stories of the Hero King from his close aquatants. Believe it or not he did things almost identical as yourself in his first days at the mansion. And, he is not serious and all about business like our stories make him out to be, you'd be serprised at what his real personalaty is like." He explained to her and just patted her shoulder as he stood up.
"Thank you Robin, you really know how to rally the troops you know." she said jokingly laughing a little while he chuckled.
"Well that is my job after all!" he added joining in the laughter as well. "Well Lucina it is currently dinner time and I was asked to retrieve you so you may join us we would be delighted if you joined. Everyone is to worried for you to enjoy their meal, so plese come join us." He told her while extending his hand to her with a warm smile while she looked down at it.
"Sure why not." She replied taking his hand with a smile and they walked out of the room hand in hand. They walked down the hall towards the stairs and decended towards the main lobby. They walked through the large double doors and pushed them open steping inside. The place was packed even more so then it was in the afternoon. Many people, creatures, and animals were all getting their meals or seated at tables. There was a particular table in a dark corner illuminated by a single lamp hanging from the ceiling. She could see sithuettes of people sitting round the table and felt a really bad vibe coming from there. She managed to see some ruby eyes glance her way before Robin stepped in her way releasing her hand.
"Well im sure you are familiar with how the mess hall works around here." He said while she nodded slowly still looking around at all the inhabitants around the room.
"Hey you're up sorry for that whole situation earlier if I scared you or something." Someone spoke up from behind her, she then turned to the sorce of the voice, Marth was standing behind her with a awkward smile and rubbing the back of his head.
"Awkward!" she heard Robin whisper in her ear as she just silently stood there trembling.
"Sh-shut up!" she blurted out. Robin shrugged and left going across the cafeteria and started talking to Link and another blonde she had not meet leaving the two relatives standing there in awkward silence. Lucina just stared hopelessly at the tactician not wanting to be left there by herself.
"Soo..." Marth said ending the awkward silence. "I'm Marth I think you already know about me, but, I know nothing of you who are you?" He spoke up again and she timidly turned to face him trying to find the words to begin but ended up squealing instead. She just had that awkward look on her face as she was fumbling with her words and he stared at her confused. "Are you ok?" He said seeing her face go a little red. "You're not going to go unconscious again are you?" He said looking at her worriedly but she just lowered her head shaking as well.
"I-I'm fine" she began with a shudder. "I-I'm Lucina, f-from Ylisse and I-I'm also a relative of yours a-apparently, I think or I mean, yeah we are related." She stuttered while she played with her fingers in embarrassment and nervousness.
Marth just chuckled a little at Lucina's explanation waving his hand. "Its alright I can learn more about you in your bio. By the way, you want to get some food you must be starving?" he asked.
"Uh, sure why not" she responded while she timidly followed behind him. She saw Robin leaning back in his chair with a grin on his face as he he gave her a little wave and she gave him a glare. She then sighed thinking about what a fool she must be making herself seem. "Way to go Lucina you can't even talk right in front of your idol!" she thought to herself and was mentally slapping herself. They both grabbed trays and she took a look at the new food items there was. Spaghetti, meatball subs, steak & onion, meatloaf, salad, and again chicken and a large selection of fruits. Marth just grabbed a small piece of steak and a pear. As for Lucina however who was really hungry considering she really didn't get to eat at lunch that much cause of what happened grabbed a large piece of steak, a mound of spaghetti, meatloaf, and a apple. Marth's eyes popped out of his head when he noticed her full tray.
"Um, what uh, would you like to drink?" he asked her still staring at the plate in her hands and she looked around.
"Some apple juice would be nice" Lucina responded timidly but without studdering. He handed her the bottle and began making is way towards a different table from where she sat at lunch.
"I-I-I, uh, don't mean to a-ask, but a-are you not hungry?" she asked looking at his very small meal and he looked down at his tray and sighed.
"Oh, um, actually its just I, tend to lose my appetite quickly. And well, if you eat where I do everyday, you would understand." Marth explained as Zelda approached them heading towards another table.
"Oh hey Lucina would you like to join us?" Zelda pointed to a table where she saw Peach and another girl in a blue dress and also wearing a small crown, Palutena was there too, along with Samus, and a really pale woman.
"I uh, actually wished to join the hero king at his table." She responded pointing towards a table they were headed. It had Robin, Link, Ike, a blonde with a red sword on his back, and lastly Pit.
"Yeah um Lucina, there is no need to call me hero king, Marth is just fine. And yeah, um, are you sure?" he asked conflicted by her decision though he knew why it was a terrible decision.
"Yes A-Actually I, I, I thought I'd like to join you at that table and chat more." Lucina responded awkwardly waving her thumbs, Marth and Zelda nodded. "W-Well i-if you don't mind t-that is?" Lucina turned to Marth timidly.
"Um no, it's fine, if you insist," Marth said and proceeded towards the table.
"My offer will still stand should you change your mind," Zelda added in before going off towards her table.
"wonder what she meant by that?" Lucina thought to herself as they approched the table and everyone turned to look at the blue duo. "Hey, hey looks like Lucina decided to join the swordsman table good on you." she heard Link say while the others murmered amongst themselves excitedly.
"Yeah, but we also have to realise there are now two Princesses!" Ike said and Marth shot him a glare as they both sat down throwing a empty bottle at him. When Lucina looked at everyone's plates hers was a super small meal in comparison. Everyone had a mountain of food on their treys made of various food items.
"sho wafs nu yof gyfs?" Ike said with a mouth full of chicken even with bits flying out.
"Oh, mue anf lwnk totolif koked buff in duf twiols" Pit responded with mouthful of gooey spaghetti. He then quickly swallowed and there was spaghetti sauce all over his face. "Am I right Link" he said holding up his hand with a huge grin and food stuck in his teeth.
"Damn right Pit!" Link responded slapping Pits hand and chugged a can of root beer before he crushed the can burbing obnoxiously loud. After seeing this however Lucina was not so much in the mood for meat, spaghetti or chicken. She had only ate a small piece of her stake however so she just sat there and quietly chewed on her apple instead. Marth however was the only one eating at a normal pace, Robin was eating fries (from who knows where) at a extreme speed. "Now I understand the small meal I feel bad for him, but why is Robin eating so quickly dose he have somewhere to be?" Lucina thought to herself, she then noticed they all started eying Robins fries he took notice however and started eating faster. Link then took a colossal bite of a meatball sub on his plate.
"I tull yuf guifs thif if thaw stoff" Link said chewing with his mouth open full of grounded down gooey food.
"Oh dear Naga I'm gonna be sick!" Lucina thought then saw the other blond with a red sword devouring a large steak.
"Amon tuf thot!" The other blonde said sauce flying out as he said that. At that point Lucina just put her plate to the side and started sipping her juice.
"I'll say I never knew potatoes could actually be made this way!" Robin said looking at a fry in his hand in amazement.
"You'd be surprised what potato's can do in the future my friend!" Ike said pulling out a large bag that said potato chips while patting Robin on the back. Robin just looked at the bag in wonder while everyone else huddles closer looking at it in awe.
"Oh here we go again!" She heard Marth whisper to himself as he slowly buried his head in his hands.
"uh oh I don't like the sound of that!" Lucina told herself as Ike opened the bag a little taking a hard sniff out of it.
"Oh, yeah and I don't think we met yet. The names Shulk" she turned to see the blonde boy with his hand extended.
"Lucina" she said while awkwardly shaking his hand and she looked back at her own to see it covered in sauce and she wiped it with a napkin and tossed it aside.
"Oh hey, and I'm Pit" she saw he was pointing at himself face still covered in tomato sauce.
"Lucina, and nice to uh, meet you both." She responded handing Pit a napkin awkwardly as he smiled again with food stuck.
"Tonks if nodod thot" Pit told Lucina with another mouthful of spaghetti making her cringe a little.
"So, uh Pit, why are there two of you?" Lucina asked breaking the newfound silence remembering the unfortunate run in with the twin. He stopped eating and looked at her slowly chewing with an uncomfortable look and swallowed the woad of food in his mouth.
"Oh, that, well its complicated." He said setting his fork down while just staring off into space with a piece of spaghetti hanging on his chin. "But, to put it simple though, he's kinda my dark side." Pit said looking down at his plate he looked like he was deep in uncomfortable thought. "Yeah, and he tends to be an ass most of the time. But if he does, just call him Pittoo. He hates that name!" he finished while snickering before breaking into full laughter the others at the table joining in.
"Maybe that's why he was so angry, everyone going around calling him names?" Lucina thought to herself sympathetically, she actually remembered his reaction when Palutena called him that.
"Yeah, I do believe Lucina has already had the misfortune of running into this Dark Pit." Robin added shorty after poking at his fries with a fork before looking up at her.
"Yeah, I uh, kinda bumped into him in the hall earlier this evening b-before a-another unfortunate run in." she responded a little shyly while Marth lowered his head in embarrassment.
"Yeah, we all heard and he didn't take it so well and acted on violence. Still though, I'm sorry to have left you there alone I had a deep gut feeling I should have escorted you." Link said to her while he shook his head with a sigh, also running a hand through his hair.
"Oh no, its fine, its actually my fault. I was just being arrogant after that and I guess I over did it." Lucina explained to them while tapping her fingers uncomfortably.
"What!?" Shulk spoke up with a look of disbelief, everyone else too was looking at her with that look. "That didn't mean he had to get violent!?" Shulk finished while the others nodded in agreement murmuring to themselves.
"Well enough about that! What do you guys say we rip this thing open to see what potatoes made for gods taste like!?" Ike said and opened the bag excitedly while he stood up and everyone stared in awe like idiots. Everyone soon rushed in to grab some and Lucina heard nothing but loud crunching after that. Ike was eating fistfuls of chips, Shulk was holding some with both his hands and his face in them. Link was mashing his head on the table where a small pile laid as he ate them. Pit was tossing then in the air and catching them with his mouth in rapid succession. Robin was stacking them up on each other as much he could before taking a bite out of the stack. All the while Marth sat there boredly eating chips like normal and Lucina sat there quietly wide eyed. Then it got even worse than that when the guys started mixing the chips with their food. Link took a big amount and stuffed them into his unfinished sub. Pit put some crushed chips into his spaghetti and continued eating mouthfuls. Ike started smashing the chips on the table with his chicken and coating it with them. Shulk started to layer his stakes with chips mixing it in with the sauce making them turn soggy. Robin however was just putting fries on top of his chips before eating them. And of course Marth just sat there and sighed at the chaos eating ever so slowly still. Everyone was chewing loudly and with their mouths open and full of food flapping about, except Robin and Marth of course.
"I cant take seeing anymore I gotta get out, but what about Marth I cant just leave him here its not fair!" she thought to herself while placing her hand over her mouth. She looked at Marth who was looking at a chip in a bored manner before eating it very slowly, then picked up another and did the same. Link took out another can of root beer and chugged it down slammed the can on the table afterwards burping really loud and started pounding his chest with one hand. Lucina then saw Pit roll up another big ball of spaghetti full of crumbs as he licked his lips before opening his mouth wide, some food still left from last time was still between his teeth and corners of his mouth. Shulk was eating soggy chips that were covered with the steak sauce along with his steak in large over mouthfuls to the point he couldn't close it to chew, sause slowly drooled out of his mouth as he slowly chewed. Ike was eating two pieces of chicken at once coated with crumbs hacking away at them like there was no tomorrow till he was loaded like Shulk. Link continued his sub however though he seemed to be chewing the loudest as he fully opened his mouth before chomping down.
"I-I cant take anymore! I got to leave, got to leave! no more, no more! No! I will do it for Marth, I can't leave. I have to he can do it I can do it too, for the hero king!" Lucina proclaimed to herself after making the fatal mistake of looking up. She quickly shut her eyes while taking deep breaths trying to think happy thoughts. She mistakenly opened her eyes again seeing the carnage continue and she felt bile making itself upwards. "Oh dear sweet Naga I cant do it! I-I-Its to much I can't take anymore! how dose he do it!?" Lucina exclaimed to herself mentally felling really sick. Marth turn to her afterwards without realising she was really queasy to offer her a chip.
"Hey, you've been quiet, want to try some?" offering her a small amount of chips with a slight smile.
"No!" She quickly said turning away from it as she could still hear the slouching and squelching of their chewing. "I'm o-ok, just please no, more, food!" she hissed while the others were conversing among each other as she tried to contain her stomach.
"oint thf wight Marf!?" Lucina heard Link say mouth stuffed full, then he went back to conversing with the others. Marth just sighed while he set the chips aside scooting closer to her and whispered.
"If you want to leave you can go ahead, no one's holding you here. And besides, I told you it was a bad idea to join up with me it wasn't for my sake but for yours." He explained to her while giving her a gentle pat on the back while she exhaled slowly.
"B-But what about you? clearly you are uncomfortable here why do you stay?" Lucina asked him curiously as a peice of food landed on his cheek and he simply wiped it off.
"I'll be fine i've already been to two tournaments so i've actually learned to live with it. That and I have a reputation to uphold if I were to leave I would only be making a bad name for myself. But still, you must understand where these guys are coming from though. They've spent their lives on the road trying their hardest to complete their quest, eating wasn't a luxury they had so they often just stuffed what they could as fast as they could too worried for what's at stake. Table manners never really came into play and I guess old habbits just stick i'm sure you know what I mean from your own adventures." He finished while motioning his hand towards her but she just lowered her head shaking it slowly.
"Eating was never a luxury for me at all I often skipped so many meals I couldn't even get a descent nights sleep." She whispered solemnly while Marth placed a hand on her shoulder with a warm comforting smile.
"I guess that runs in the family I too was haunted by the thoughts of my failure." He said to her with a sigh and then ruffled her hair as he chuckled. "Besides, I got Robin, he seems to be decent enough and hopefully won't become roped in." Marth responded while pointing a thumb behind him, Robin was conversing with Shulk normally while Shulk was nodding his head and a mouthful of food. Replying often with bit of food coming out, Robin seemed annoyed at this but ignored it nonetheless.
"Ok, well if you're sure then I guess it's alright." Lucina responded looking back at him but he just smiled and waved.
"Yes I'm sure, now go." Marth responded and nudged her while she nodded and sighed. Lucina was scooting to the end of the table, that is until she heard Ike behind her.
"huoy Lughfina wore yau gawing!?" he said still eating chicken the squelching of his chewing heard as well.
"Oh, uh, um was just going to say hello, to the girls, over there because you know im a girl. So I thought I'd go over there where its there and not here." she babbled on nervously while motioning towards Zelda's table.
"Great! If they ask me to stay I'm screwed! they have been so nice I won't be able to say no to them!" she exclaimed to herself in panic, Ike however was only interested in one thing.
"You gonna eat that?" He asked while pointing at her trey while he continued chewing very slowly waiting for an answer.
"No, its fine you guys can have it!" she responded waving him off and quickly walked away and he Imminently reached for it.
She soon started hearing a commotion behind her "she said it was mine!" Ike yelled in the distance.
"Yeah well, I don't see your name on it!" Link replied followed by random grunts of pain. She makes it to the other table, Zelda immediately spots her too and she smirks.
"I was wondering how long it would take for you to up and leave, I gotta say you lasted longer then any of us; that's a impressive new record." Zelda said to her, the other members turn to face her as well. "Hey Lucy your here to join us, or just say hi?" she heard Peach say while she sat a small cup of tea down.
"No, I rather be as far away from that table as possible!" Lucina responded with a shudder while everyone else started to laugh.
"Yeah we've all been there!" Zelda said motioning towards the other members who silently nodded. "The memory still haunts me!" Zelda shivered as she thought about it and Lucina just sat beside her.
"Oh! Lucina, I would like to introduce you to a very good friend of mine, Rosalina!" Lucina turned and saw Peach motioning towards the woman beside her and she awkwardly waved. The woman in the blue dress wave a hello to her returning the gesture. There was a little star shaped creature floating around her as well. "Rosalina this is Lucina. Lucina, Rosalina!" Peach said while pointing back and forth between the two excitedly.
"And I'm Snow, the Wii fit trainer" the trainer introduced herself with a nod Lucina was still puzzled by her bizarre appearance.
"Lucina, im a warrior from Ylisee." She replied while the trainer nodded in conformation.
"It's a pleasure to meet you," Snow said with a smile. Lucina was still stuck trying to decide wether this girl had pupils or not hard to tell.
"Same here!" Lucina replied back after a while shifting uncomfortably in her seat.
"And, this is the intergalactic bounty hunter, Samus." Zelda spoke up pointing a thumb at the blonde beside her. She was no longer wearing the armor from earlier and she just sat there with her arms crossed looking grumpy.
"Yeah hey, I'm here." Samus said in a bored tone and slightly raising one of her hands.
"Um, its nice to meet you." Lucina told the blonde a little intimidated. "she must still be mad about what happen earlier what did happen?" she wondered, asking wasn't an option either, she remember what she did to Link. They hear a loud crash and they turn, Link and Ike were wrestling over the piece of stake Lucina left behind at the far side of the cafeteria.
"Always something with those two" Zelda spoke up as the thing ripped in two and they both fell backwards.
"Yeah well, what you expect?" Peach replied while slowly shaking her head. Lucina then felt something rubbing on her leg, curious she looked under the table, there stood the little yellow mouse that gave her the shock of her life. Lucina yelped in surprise and put her legs up on the chair hugging them startling the other members too.
"Whats wrong?" Zelda said staring at her confused, Samus then looked under the table and sighed.
"Pikachu!?" She said. "What are you doing under there!?" The little yellow mouse called Pikachu climbed on top of Samus's lap and she started petting it.
"Oh you don't have to worry about Pikachu, hes friendly!" Lucina heard Peach say with a short giggle.
"Oh, I know! You must be the one he said he shocked by accident, is that why he startled you?" Rosalina spoke for the first time as she tapped her chin with her index finger in thought.
"Y-Yeah I just didn't know that, and well that wasn't pleasant." Lucina responded slowly putting her legs back down with a sigh.
"Pika" she heard it say slowly while rubbing the back of his head and had that apologetic look again.
"It seems our little yellow rodent friend is trying to apologize, he says he's sorry." Rosalina again while leaning forward gently tapping him on the nose with her index finger.
"Oh its ok, its not a big deal!" Lucina responded quickly seeing how saddened he appeared. The Pokemon jumped off of Samus and jumped unto her. She held him in her arms petting his head "I forgive you!" she told him, he starts rubbing up against the side of her face while she giggled.
"You can understand him?" she heard Snow asking Rosalina, the cosmic princess just simply shrugs.
"Yeah, I can communicate with many creatures." Rosalina responded to the fitness trainer who nodded. Pikachu got off Lucina and went back to Samus and laid down on her lap again.
"You two seem pretty close," Lucina told Samus. She looks down at the now sleeping Pikachu and rubbed his back, Lucina could also see a distinctive smile form on her face.
"Yeah, we met last tournament during a war when I rescued him, we've been close friends since." Samus responded looking back up at Lucina who slowly nodded.
"That's nice to hear" replied Lucina. Before anything else could be said however, Master Hand suddenly appears at the center and cleared his throat. Only a few people gave the hand their attention however so he tries again.
"Ahem!" he said getting more people to stop, but of course the kids table and the swordsman table were still in absolute complete chaos. "AHEEEM!" he said more loudly and shook the mansion a little making the lights flickered on and off and that finally got their attention.
He then places both his hands behind his back. "Smashers, hm I forgot what I was going to say, oh right! So as we know the tournament has been delayed till next week so you get the weekend off!" A couple of smashers cheer while there's others who groan at the news. "Now smashers, I know some of you don't like this but several complications have made it so. We've been waiting all day for the new arrivals as well as veterans, and as you all know this weekend is the deadline. So, anyone who did not make it, nor accepted they will not be here and that is final. We are already behind schedule as is, we don't have time to beg people who don't want to be here or others who just can't make it. It just was not meant to be, now, as for the weekend tomorrow I have something special planned its everyone's favorite game, and good way to welcome the newcomer smashers! Tomorrow we will hold the Tag Em' N' bag Em' game we have played here at smash for so long!" Cheers and excited comments about the situation soon fill the cafeteria everyone looking very eager. But all the newcomers looked puzzled as to what was going on as expected. Lucina could not help but wonder as she looked around at others, some were super excited and others were confused and scratching their heads. She caught a glimpse of Dark Pit and he had a wicked grin on his face oddly enough.
"Dose he know something that we don't?" Lucina asked herself conflicted, she looks back at Master hand who is motioning everyone to settle down. "Newcomers worry not everything shall be explained tomorrow until then-" He was about to continue when another voice came from the back of the cafeteria suddenly.
"Ooh Broooother!" Lucina turns to see a person who looked identical to Master hand. The difference however was his head, which was the glove of a left hand. "Have you told them yet!? I can't wait to start taking them down! aha haha HA!" he says while pulling out a large bazooka from his pocket and cocking it. Master Hand however just sighed pinching the bridge of his nose, or at least where it should be.
"Crazy you do realize you aren't participating right?" He responds to his psychotic brother who quickly whips around.
"Whaaaat!? b-but!" It sniffled, his head then looked like it disinflated a bit while a storm cloud appeared above his head and started raining on him, sad violin music starts playing out of nowhere as well. "Crazy, we never participated and you know why!" Master hand replies with a groan but the latter isn't hearing it.
"But I worked so hard on my 'super duper smash deleter death gun of ultimate doom!' I even been marking off days in the calendar waiting for this day so I can use it!" Crazy responded while pulling out an enormous calendar, it got wet and disintegrated however. He stood there with his head down and started sniffling again Master hand palm faced.
"Crazy you and I are still be in charge of the controls!" He groaned, with that Crazy's head inflated again and the cloud disappeared along with a noise of string coming loose, the music had stopped, he started twitching uncontrollably. He lifted both of his arms in the air flipping everyone off before walking towards the back, be took his bazooka and blew a large hole in the back wall walking out.
"Yeah suckers that's what i'm talking about!" He yelled as he walked away and kept yelling to himself as he went down the hall, though he could be heard echoing all over. Some more explosions were heard too while Master Hand groaned turning his attention back to the smashers.
"Now, I would like to formally introduce our newcomers to the smash tournament: Mega man!" clapping sounded off and a lot of the kid smashers cheering loudly. The blue bomber stood up giving a wave to the crowd while Toon Link slapped him on the back.
"Villager!" clapping was heard again followed by a the young smashers cheering loudly. Toon Link was about to slap him in the back till he noticed Villager holding his axe as he waved so he sat back down quietly.
"Pac-man!" Loud claps soon echoed through the cafeteria and several cheers to welcome another legend into the hallowed halls of Smash. Pac-man stood up doing a pose on his seat as he gave a thumbs up and he winked.
"Duck hunt duo!" claps and cheers were heard round the place as the duo got up on the table doing their taunts. They got back down but the dog popped from under the table again snickering as he held up the duck who was playing dead.
"Wii fit Trainers!" clapping and several cheers were heard as two not one pale humans stood from their seats to wave at the crowd. They stretched out a little before sitting back down oddly enough however.
"Rosalina & Luma!" Loud applause shook the cafeteria as the cosmic princess rose from her seat to greet the crowd Luma in hand. Some cheers followed soon after as Luma started dancing around her before she took her seat again.
"BOOOO!" Was suddenly heard from a grumpy turtle who crossed his arms looking very annoyed, Peach shot it a glare and he sat back down.
"Bowser Jr!" clapping and several cheers were heard as he stood on the table waving his paint brush around. The larger turtle picking him up hoisting him up on his shoulders.
"That's my son!" He said as he held up his son before placing him back down and patting his head.
"So, if that's Bowser Jr. Then that must mean, that's Bowser." Lucina thought to herself making a mental note of names she figured it'll come in handy in some way.
"Dark Pit!" clapping and several cheers were heard while he stood from his seat swinging his blades around like a show off.
"BOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Pit yelled standing on top of the table with his hands cupped around his mouth, Dark Pit just shot him a glare.
"Palutena!" clapping and several loud cheers were heard as the goddess of light gracefully stood from her seat calmly waving at the crowd, she brushed her hair with her hand making it wave behind her like a majestic green cape.
"WHOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Pit suddenly screamed at the top of his lungs towards the ceiling standing on the table again with his hands cupped around his mouth. She glances towards Pit who immediately sits down again and she calmly sits herself after.
"Shulk!" clapping and cheers were heard as the Monado wielder stood from his seat making a heroic pose.
"Its Shulk time!" He exclaimed as he rose his sword in the air which made a soft glow making the others stare in awe, the other swordsman however glared and he sat back down awkwardly smiling.
"Greninja!" Clapping and cheers were heard as the water Pokemon hand stands on the table, then stood upright making water shoot out her hands like a fountain before slipping back into her seat.
"Little Mac!" Clapping and cheers were heard again as the boxter stands from his seat removing his hoodie and doing a fist pump before sitting back down.
"Robin!" Claps and loud cheers were heard as the tactician slowly rose from his seat taking a formal bow. He stands up straight again brushing some hair away from his face before taking a seat.
"And lastly, our latest arrival, Lucina!" loud clapping was heard and extra loud cheers erupted around the cafeteria, specifically coming from the swordsman table. She timidly rose from her seat while awkwardly waving, whistles were then heard making Lucina quickly sit down hiding her face in her hands. Lucina heard the others girls at the table laugh a little to her reaction. "And there we have it ladies and gentleman the latest addition to our family. Let us make this an exciting and memorable tournament!" Master Hand spoke up again as a fancy wine glass suddenly appeared in his hand. "To Smash Brothers!" He exclaimed raising his glass in the air and the others followed suit.
"To Smash Brothers!" Everyone said in unison raising their cups and bottles or cans in the air before taking a sip.
"With that I bid you all a good night, please, enjoy your stay at Smash manor." He finished, turned and disappeared, multicolor bright lights soon appeared around the cafeteria that said Super Smash Bros. Lucina was amazed at how they looked while at the same time wondering where they came from.
"Wow, so many new competitors joined this time around!" Peach said excitedly while she clasped her hands together and sighed.
"Yeah, well, I'm gonna turn in. Need all the energy I can get for tomorrow." Samus spoke getting up while she held a sleeping Pikachu in her arms and walked off.
Rosalina yawned, "I guess I'll turn in as well, goodnight everyone." She too walks off with a sleeping Luma in hand, then Peach followed. Lucina yawned herself feeling worn out, an obnoxiously loud yawn was heard afterwards. "Pit!" Palutena Yells, the angel boy was rubbing the back of his head looking down, Palutena walks over to the boy arms crossed. "Let's go it's your bedtime!" She scolds the angel smacking him in the back of the head.
"Yes lady Palutena" he responded walking away with his head down, as they were leaving the other swordsman were snickering at him. Pretty soon it was only Zelda and Lucina left standing near the table, Zelda however was then picked up from behind by Link bridal style.
"Shall we?" He said and carried her off with a smile as he waved at Lucina and rushed off.
"I'll see you tomorrow Lucina," Zelda said before she and Link were out the door. Lucina walked out of the cafeteria and was heading for the stairs when she bumped into Link except this Link was all dark and had blood red eyes.
"Link?" she asked rather puzzled, "I thought you left with Zelda, what are you doing down here again?" She finished while looking him over thinking to herself that might not be Link.
"I'm not Link you pathetic weakling!" he said with a deeper and more darker voice then that Links. "There is no comparison with me and a mere worm!" He stated as he clenched his teeth tightly and shook his fists briefly.
"Oh, i'm sorry other Link, I didn't mean anything by it nor going into you." She apologized to him while slowly stepping back, "why am I always running into these types of people!?" she exclaimed to herself also remembering that unfortunate run in with Dark Pit earlier that day.
"That's Dark Link to you, now move worm!" he said pushing Lucina aside and stormed off presumably being ill tempered as well.
"You don't have to be such an ass!" she whispered to herself rolling her eyes, she was then going to start climbing up the stairs.
"What did you say!?" Dark Link barked making her stop dead in her tracks while giving her a sharp glare. She kept her back turn to him however and then replied, "nothing," then continued to climb up the stairs while she sighed frustratingly.
"That's what I thought!" He remarked making her stop dead in her tracks, she stood there till she heard footsteps again.
"Asshole!" she said before continuing the climb while she clenched her fists but restrained herself. "Does everyone here have a dark side!?" Lucina exclaimed to herself in thought, she didn't want any more encounters with hot headed doppelgangers she'd had enough. She makes it to the top and starts walking down the halls towards the direction of her room. Then see's Bowser Jr at the other end of the hall running, a devilish smile on his face and he rushes passed her. She decided to ignore it however and continued till she eventually reached the door with the sword symbol and her name. She takes out her ID from her pocket and slid it through the reader to unlock the door. She opened the door walked in and locked it behind her, she went to the bathroom to take a quick shower and changed into her nightgown.
She hears her stomach growl as she steps out of the bathroom and sat on her bed. She was hungry as she didn't really get to eat at dinner having horribly lost her appetite. She looks at the clock and it already read 10:23, she can't leave her room it was already too late and Master Hand said he didn't want anyone out pass 10. She heads to her fridge to get a drink and noticed she still had Peach's cupcake from earlier. "That will have to do for now I guess." She thought to herself and took it out, though it was pretty large in comparison to regular cupcakes. She licked a little of the frosting off that tasted like strawberries, she peels the side a little and took a bite out of the bread that tasted like peaches. She finishes the Cupcake and threw away the little paper rather satisfied. "Wow, I must remember to thank Peach for that it was delicious!" She thought to herself as she licked her fingers having some frosting on them. She drank a little juice from a bottle and put it back in the fridge for later. She heads towards the glass doors in the back that lead to a balcony peering outside, and noticed it was connected with the neighbors,whoever they might be. "Huh, I wonder, who might be the one sharing the balcony with me?" Lucina thought to herself while she looked up at the night sky it was after all a beautiful scenery. She stared up at the moon with a sigh while she yawned again. "Well that's one day down I wonder what the next will bring?" she told herself before shutting the curtains, what she failed to notice was her neighbor step out into the balcony. It was a feminine figure that had two pigtails on either side of her head, she retrieved a coat that was left to dry and headed back in. Lucina sat on her bed before she got under the covers and turned off the candle next on her nightstand letting sleep consume her.
She woke up the next morning and stretched with a smile on her face feeling rather refreshed. When sleep left her body she heard her stomach growl softly she barely ate anything yesterday. She got up and went and put on a spare of her usual attire, got her ID and went to the closet, opened it looked behind the door and took her sword placing it in its sheath. She closed the closet and left, swiped her card and locked the room before headed down the hall towards the stairs. She walked right past two metal doors with the words ELEVATOR boldly plastered above it. Once again she failed to notice the same woman from last night stepping out and head the opposite direction. It was rather quiet that morning as compared to the previous day as it was just chaotic. She makes it to the stairs and begins her descend towards the lobby passing by a frog with a tongue scarf. She proceeded to make her way to the cafeteria until she heard a voice behind her, "hey Lucina your up?" She turned and saw Marth headed her way.
"You ask that like you've been awake for hours now" Lucina said rather puzzled though it looked as though he didn't rest well.
"Yeah, I have, woke up early this morning and I couldn't go back to sleep too excited I guess. So, I decided to look around see what's new and bring back memories I guess." Marth explained as they entered the cafeteria, they both took their trays and looked over the new food items. There was scrambled eggs, some omelets, bacon, sausage, pancakes, waffles, oatmeal, toast, and the large select of fruits. She took two omelets some bacon and sausage and four waffles with an apple. What surprised her was to see Marth grabbed a larger amount of food then yesterday, what was weird were the two machines at the end those weren't there yesterday. One of them said CEREAL it was a big box with bowls next to it and 4 domes showing varieties of cereals. Lucina saw Pit grab a bowl and pull a knob on one of the domes and colorful cereal poured out, took a bottle of milk and took off. There was also another machine that said COFFEE that had six knobs all labeled. The first of which said DECAF, CAFFEINE and had a switch next to the black knob pointing at either one. The next one had was labeled CLASSIC CREAM with a yellowish knob. The next of which was a white knob labeled VANILLA CREAM, and after was a brown knob labeled HAZELNUT CREAM. Following that was a light brown knob labeled CINNAMON CREAM, and lastly a golden brown knob labeled CARAMEL CREAM.
"You haven't had coffee before have you?" Robin spoke suddenly appearing behind her, she turned around and slowly shook her head.
"Well, I'd really recommend it. It's a great way to start the day making you feel energized and refreshed and ridding you of any lingering sleep." Robin explained, she slowly nodded still staring at the strange machine puzzled. She nodded and grabbed a cup following his lead and filling it up with steaming dark liquid. She took a small sniff of the substance and it smelled really good to so she took a sip. Big mistake however as it was nothing but pure bitter coffee and she made a face of disgust.
"Robin, I don't think i'm going to be a coffee person this tastes awful!" She said placing the cup aside while she licked her sleeves trying to rid herself if the awful taste in her mouth.
"Well of course, you can't drink it by itself like that you need to add flavoring or it'll be bitter." Robin explained as chuckled at her reaction but she still had an uncertain look on her face.
"Let's do this then," he said grabbing another cup and filling it with cream to let her get a taste. She got to tasting all of them liking the flavors each one being unique in its own way. "So now, which flavor would you like to add to your drink?" He said standing idly by and she looked at the different knobs in deep thought unsure of what to choose. "Would you like to try them again perhaps?" He asked her after a brief period of silence waiting for her answer. Before she could answer however Marth came and handed her a different cup.
"Here try this" he said, she took the cup and then took a little sip from it, not too sweet or to bitter and a perfect blend of flavors.
"Its perfect!" she said, and took another sip from the drink savoring the rich flavor of it.
"Well I'm glad you at least settled on something" Robin told her as he made himself a coffee and took off, Marth also made himself another.
"Thank you" she told him while she set it down on her tray and he just waved her off as he took a sip of his own.
"Yeah, no problem, that's just the way I like it so I figured you would too." He responded with a shrug, grabbed his tray and turned to leave.
"Is breakfast the only time you can tolerate your companions?" she asked before he left and he turned to face her while glancing down at his plate.
"Actually no, they all like to sleep in, so of course they come down all tired and are not as active as they are later on in the day. Meaning at breakfast I can eat at peace and I always make the most of it" he responded.
"In that case may I join you?" Lucina asked him a little timidly wondering if he would decline.
"If you so wish you may join me." Marth responded with a kind smile while she nodded her head and followed him to the dreaded swordsman table.
"Hey Lucina how are you?" Link suddenly said extremely fast, his eyes were wide open, a stack of empty coffee cups next to him.
"I'm alright, how are you holding up?" Lucina asked, he just kept staring straight forward with his eyes still wide open drooling a little.
"I'm good, I'm good just trying to, ..." he slightly close his eyes dozing off before he snorted awake opening them wide again. He gulped the last of his coffee and put it in the stack got up and went for another. He took a cup and walked over to the machine and stood there, he put his cup down, his head goes down and he just stood there completely still leaning to the side every so often. See Link didn't know the difference between decaf and caffeinated coffee, so he'd often grab the wrong one, he wasn't the only one though.
"Excuse me I'll be right back, I seemed to have forgotten something in my room. I'll return as soon as possible," Robin spoke got up and left with a coffee cup in one hand and a waffle in the other. Lucina just continued eating her food however enjoying the peace and quiet while she savored her meal. Ike walks in wobbling as he walked going straight for the coffee machine gulped the cup down completely ignoring the sleep standing Link, though like Link grabbed decaf instead of caffeinated. He then piles a tray with Pancakes and bacon and made his way back to the table, still wobbling. Sets his tray down and took a bite of a pancake chewing extremely slow, then went face first into his food while snoring. Pit as well was eating his cereal slow, it took him half a minute to put the spoon from the bowl to his mouth. He closed his eyes snoring softly going face first into the bowl with a little splash. Lucina looked up to see the angels head in the bowl while air bubbles come out.
"Pit?" Lucina said worriedly but he didn't respond, Shulk however grabbed his head took it out of the bowl and set it down on the table with a loud thud. Shulk was staring at the small tower of waffles he had took one and bit it real slow and continued chewing as slow. "I could get use to this!" Lucina thought to herself excitedly enjoying her meal peacefully. After she finished she put the tray away feeling satisfied, went back to the table to take another sip of her coffee but found that it was empty. "I swear this was full a minute ago!?" she thought to herself, noticing Ike was awake and had coffee around his mouth. "figures" she told herself with a sigh and awkwardly turned to Marth who was buttering some toast. "U-Um," she squealed awkwardly while facing Marth still not use to talking to him. He turned around while chewing on toast and she held up the empty cup.
"Wow that was fast!?" he said and Lucina just pointed a thumb at Ike who was still having trouble keeping his eyes open.
"Oh, it's alright i'll just make you another" he responded with a smile while she got up to let him scoot out of the booth.
When he came back she scooted further down so he wouldn't have to scoot out to leave anymore. He handed her the coffee cup and she took a sip, then a small gulp, "Hey I'm back Shulk, oh Marth when you get here?" A voice similar to Robin's own but more feminine was heard shortly after. Lucina looked up and saw Robin, but his hair was longer body more slender, shorter, a girl to be exact. Upon seeing this Lucina spat all her coffee in Marth's face in complete and utter shock. Marth however just sat there with his face drenched in coffee, dripping off on his chin now and then. He very slowly turned to face Lucina with a WTF face, she however was still staring at Robin, eyes wide open and jaw hanging low. Ike was stirred from his slumber afterwards looking up seeing Marth's drenched face, he of course broke into a fit of laughter. Marth then slowly turned to face the mercenary glaring daggers face dripping wet. Pit sat up as well being stirred as well face covered with milk and bits of cereal scattered around. This however made Ike start laughing harder holding his stomach and banging one of his hands on the table. Shulk was still staring at his waffles half asleep not bothered by what was going on around him. Pit started to laugh as well when he saw Marth's face and Lucina holding a coffee cup he put two and two together, the other Robin however was just looking at everything going on with a confused look on her face. Marth took out a handkerchief and wiped his face with it before pocketing it again.
"R-Robin!? W-What happened to you?" Lucina finally spoke, though slowly still shocked at Robins new appearance.
"Oh Lucina? I didn't know you were here, you got invited that's great! why didn't you tell me how are things at home?" was what Robin responded and Lucina was more confused now.
"Robin I arrived yesterday! You greeted me at the front gate with Zelda remember!?" she exclaimed still puzzled as to why Robin looked so feminine, and of course doesn't remember anything that happened the previous day.
"I did?" Robin asked confused. She look as though she was in deep thought having her finger on her chin.
"Never mind that! What happened to you? I mean you leave for a couple minutes, then come back having swapped gender!?" Lucina exclaimed but Robin just gave her a confused look looking down at herself.
"Wait? I did what!?" She asked and then it hit her as she remembered. "Wait, oh, OHH!" Robin said when she realized what was going on and snapped her fingers. Lucina however was still trying to process what just happened, taking another sip of her coffee with a shaking hand. When someone appeared behind Robin though it was the least expected person.
"Ah Lucina, I see you have meet my sister then?" looking up Lucina took notice of it being the male Robin. There was now two Robins standing at the foot of the table, seeing this she once again spat all her coffee in Marth's face and stood up.
"You have a sister!?" She exclaimed to the male Robin. But when she stood up rather fast she had also dropped her cup. The contents fell on Shulk's lap who was sitting next to her at the time, his eyes then snapped wide open.
"My biscuits are ROASTING!" Shulk screamed getting up and hopping around shaking his pants, Ike and Pit were on the floor rolling around and laughing at everything that happened. Lucina realized what she just did too and panicked.
"Oh gosh, Marth I'm so sorry here let me!" she blurted out grabbing some napkins to clean him but he just put up a hand and stopped her.
"No! it's fine I got it!" He exclaimed while getting up and stormed towards the restroom and disappeared behind the door. Shulk was still dancing around like an idiot however and Lucina turned to him in a panic.
"Shulk here let me," she took the napkins and tried cleaning the coffee off but imminently stopped when she realized what she was trying to clean. Shulk however just jumped over the table and took off running and screaming like a maniac out the back door and down the hall.
"OH, THE PAIN, THE PAIN! MY SWEET BUTTERY BISCUITS!" Shulk's constant screaming could still be heard coming down the hall even though he'd disappeared from view. Lucina just slumped back down on the chair afterwards, Ike and Pit stood up wiping the tears off their eyes.
"Oh man! Lucina you just made my day!" she heard Ike tell her as he sat back down gasping for air.
"I don't think I ever laughed this hard before!" Pit said holding his ribs as he sat back down on the table. Lucina just lowered herself on the seat more and groaned knowing she made a mess of things.
"I uh, think I left my book of tomes back in my room so, um, i'm going to, go." The female Robin spoke up awkwardly pointing towards the door, the Male Robin nodded and she started scooting away slowly.
"Lucina," Robin said as he looked at the swordswoman slumped down on the chair, Ike and Pit had also left while talking about what just happened and laughing again.
"Oh man! Did you see his face, priceless!" Ike said elbowing Pit before they were out the door and resumed laughing.
"Lucina look-" Robin started with a sigh knowing she was feeling down in the dumps, but imminently got cut off.
"I screwed up bad! Somehow I always do. Why does nothing work out the way I wish it to!?" She exclaimed to herself and slamned her head on the table with a groan while Robin sighed.
"Look Lucina, you can't keep blaming yourself for every little thing, accidents happen especially here in a place like this you'd be surprised at how often things like that happen around here. So stop putting yourself down!" He finished sounding like he was scolding her more then explaining.
"But, I disrespected the hero king, how could I possibly justify my actions?" she responded with her face still slammed against the table.
"Look if you think he will hold this against you then you obviously have a lot to learn about him. But since you won't believe anything I say you'll just have to learn for yourself." Robin finished with a huff, and with that he turned and left while Lucina slowly lifted her head.
"It seems you still have a lot to learn, you don't know how rules work here it's a whole other story, you're just plain stuuupid!" Dark Pits' words echoed in her head and she just stayed slumped on the chair looking at the table that was a mess. Marth comes out of the bathroom looking clean and neat, he actually looked like he made his hair again.
"Excuse me," he said bluntly and took his coffee and walked off without another word. Lucina decided to go after him to make it up to him against her better judgement too. Knowing herself which sadly she did, she knew she was just going make matters worse. She ran after him and saw him turning a corner into the living room then quickly dashed towards the end of the hall to catch up. But then quickly came to a halt when she saw the orange dragon step out. Marth walked pass it petting it on the head before he entered the living room, she just stood there stiff as a board.
"If he could do it so can I!" she proclaimed to herself, took a deep breath and proceeded down the hall. She was almost upon the entrance to the living room when the dragon came out again. She stopped dead in her tracks the dragon just stood there she felt her heart pounding in her chest. She however, decided to just keep going awkwardly walking past it when it tapped her on the shoulder with a claw. She slowly turned around wondering what was up fearing the worst. He held something in his other hand, then held it up and offered it to her. Upon closer inspection she saw it was a little daisy she stared at it for a while before confused. "For me?" the dragon nodded and she took it, "Thank you it looks lovely!" she said petting its snout. He growled happily and nuzzled her while she giggled a little and he walked off shortly after. "Why was I afraid of it in the first place?" she thought to herself, he seemed more friendly than even the tamed dragons of her world. She entered the large living room that was empty at the time, she looked at the clock on the wall reading 7:28. "People must still be sleeping" she thought spotting Marth sitting in one of the chairs at the far corner of the living room reading a book. She approached him timidly unsure of how to go about things when she neared him he looked up at her.
"Yes, may I help you?" he asked setting the book aside and tilting himself in his seat to face her.
"Um, I-I just wanted," she began and nervously gulped. "T-To u-um, to apologize for, the error of my ways." She finished while tapping her index fingers together and looking at the floor timidly.
"You did nothing wrong, I already told you it's fine, don't worry about it too much." he responded as she looked up at him not expecting that sort of reply.
"B-But I've disrespected the the hero king if it-" she was cut off my Marth before she finished however as he held up a hand.
"Would you stop with all the king stuff! please, I'm not better than anyone else I'm sure you are just as great as I am." he told her starting to sound frustrated making her feel uneasy, she just stood there silent after she heard all that he had told her.
"But king," she began as Marth sighed after hearing that she didn't even finish what she was going to say. "m-m, Mar, Maa, mmm," she began sounding like she was having trouble just calling him by his name.
"..." He just sat there awkwardly watching her struggle as she tried to continue seeming as if words wouldn't come to her.
"Mart, Maaar, Marth!" she finally managed to blurt out and took a deep breath seeing how hard that was just to say.
"Yes?" he responded waiting for her to continue and she nervously looked down and gulped again before she continued.
"Look, king or not I still made an error on my part and treated you like no king should ever be treated. And if it is to be so I guess you have to take your wrath out on me for my wrongdoings." She finished as she knelt in front of him with her head down closing her eyes. Marth just slammed his head down on the table after that as he loudly groaned in a very frustrated matter.
"You're just not going to give up on the king stuff are you!?" he said putting his head back up with a deep sigh and she slowly lifted her head to meet his gaze. He looked flustered at that point but this just made Lucina feel more guilty.
"I have upset you again! I believe the right thing to do is a traditional royal bow!" Lucina proclaimed and got down lower making her forehead touch the ground.
"That is not necessary!" he told her tugging on her sleeves to get up though she did but with with a uncomfortable pale face.
"T-Then, m-maybe ritual suicide!?" Lucina blurted quickly while Marth just looked at her, a horrified look on his face.
"No! Absolutely not!" he responded and managed to pull her up to her knees while she lowered her head again.
"But it seems no matter what I do, it displeases you!?" she said getting back down on the floor bowing to him.
"Look it's alright, I don't even care! I forgave you already but you won't listen, and yeah I got a little upset you're the only one who seemed to notice. However it was not because of you it's what you did, you just reminded me of him..." Marth finished lowering his gaze towards the table looking sad and deep in thought. Lucina raised her head puzzled just to see him like that staring at the table blankly.
"him who?" she asked curiosity getting the better of her while he shook his head and sighed.
"I remember, he use to do things like that back in the second tournament." Marth mumbled and chuckled a little while he shook his head again.
"Um, who?" Lucina asked again while Marth kept his gaze on the table and sighed lifting up his gaze to meet hers.
"Roy," he responded. "We uh, we met back in the second tournament, and of course became close. He was one of my best friends however I knew we thought of each other as more..." he finished while he leaned back in his chair.
"What!?" Lucina blurted as she quickly rose to her knees after the last part looking puzzled while he lowered his gaze again.
"He was like a brother to me, a brother I never had, a brother in arms if you will. He just always messed around never taking things too seriously. He taught us that while we're here we might as well enjoy life each and everyday to the fullest. It's not everyday when someone just gets invited to stay in Smash Manor." he finished looked back up while Lucina looked deep in thought.
"Sounds like a great guy." Lucina responded getting back up to her feet while he slowly nodded. "So, where is this Roy now?" she asked, but that's when Marth looked back down at the table sadly.
"Nobody knows, he just disappeared after the second tournament, no one has seen or heard from him since." He responded fiddling with his hands and then just sighed sadly.
"I actually never thought of all this that way, I thought it was still a battle of life and death. Only with a different set of rules though I got to meet you." She said sitting across from him and he nodded his head looking up at her with a small smile.
"And it's not that I'm not honored, but can't you just call me by my name? We are family after all, so you don't need to be so formal around me just be yourself." He said patting her on the shoulder and she nodded while smiling herself.
"Well looks like it's finally time for the game!" he pointed at the clock striking the time 12:45. Lucina however didn't know whether to feel excited or frightened she had no idea what she was getting into. But being there with Marth however gave her some comfort and followed him towards the lobby. A lot of commotion was coming from the main lobby as they got closer, everyone there looked like they were barely beginning to gather lots of excited chatter was going on. Everyone of course was waiting for Master hand to arrive to get the show on the road. Crazy Hand was at the front door wearing a commando uniform oddly, and he had two lines of charcoal across his facepalm. That and was once again holding his bazooka looking like he was guarding the front door as he paced back and forth across the door the bazooka slumped across his shoulder, looking left and right every now and then. Everyone else just continued conversing with one another that is until a loud thunder clap was heard outside followed by the noise of rain pounding against the windows. A few people went to the windows and looked out, it was pouring out there only the two feet in front of them was visible, the rest was abstracted by rain and fog.
"Well, fuck-a-doodle-dew!" Pit said kicking the ground he didn't notice however the goddess of light standing beside him.
"Language!" Palutena scolded him slapping him across the face,
Master Hand appeared in the middle of the room none too soon.
"I'm sorry smashers, but it looks like we'll have to postpone until tomorrow. The weather forecast said there will be no rain tomorrow, so we shall do tomorrow's activities today. So the training room is open for simulation battles as well as the mini games like home run contest, multi man smash, and break the targets etc, In the mini games room. You are also allowed to spend the day relaxing or doing other activities of course, the tag em' n' bag em' tournament will be held tomorrow now have fun!" He vanished again along with his brother while everyone just went their separate ways some greatly disappointed and others just didn't seem to care.
Thank you guys for reading, it really appreciate you taking your time to look it over, it means a lot to me that you guys actually read it again. I would also appreciate it if you guys reviewed and tell me what you think of the story so far, criticism welcomed with open arms I can handle it. Still open for suggestions should anyone have any of those. Updates might seem slow but that is only because I want to take my time with this and polish it up just for you. Alrighty then Ladies and Gents I guess I'll see you all later then I love you all, Toodles! (* ﾟ∀ﾟ)ﾉｼ
Next chapter: The Elite Six.