"So this Jewel girl thinks she can get me before I'm ready? How foolish. If I were not ready, then I would not have had the strength to attack her home, or to create the primids. Though I have to thank her mother for providing more energy and strength for me…"

'yet she gets stronger every day and her need for revenge for killing her mother is incredibly strong. She may have a chance to defeat you.'

"No, no matter how hard she tries, she will never defeat me."

'… Yes, you are right…'

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"Now, you have to control your breathing, and slow your heart rate down. In order to maintain peace, you have to be as peaceful as you can be."

Lucario and Jewel both were sitting in a small clearing. Both were in a meditating position. Although Jewel was twitching a bit. After a few seconds, Lucario sighed.

"You are not concentrating enough." He pointed out.

Jewel looked at him. "I am too!" She cried.

Lucario shook his head. "You are twitching too much, try to calm down."

Jewel sighed, "Mewtwo said he would be ready to transport us tomorrow. How can I calm down when war is less than 24 hours away?"

"You need to know how to control yourself when the time comes. What if you lose control of your emotions? How will you stop yourself?" Lucario lectured.

Jewel looked away and rolled her eyes. "I know how to control my emotions."

"Well, I can tell you still have work to do."

Jewel snorted then stood. She looked out to the horizon.

"What will you do if I died?" she asked all of a sudden.

Lucario stood. Then thought a moment. He shrugged.

"I don't know." He answered.

Jewel turned to him with a look of shock.

"You… don't know? How can you not know?" she cried.

Lucario shrugged. "I have never thought of what I would do if someone died. Why did you even bring up the subject?"

"Because I thought you had an answer." Jewel whispered.

Jewel folded her arms and walked away with a hidden look of pure sadness. The walk turned to a run in a second. She didn't realize she was in the forest until she stopped. She found a tree stump and sat on it, and after a few seconds she put her face in her hands and sobbed.

'What's wrong?'

Jewel looked up to see her evil side standing in front of her.

'Well?'

She blinked, then looked away frowning.

"Lucario doesn't care about me, he didn't know what he'd do if I died. And with the war coming he expects me to try to control my feelings! He wants me to practice how to be calm and collected! I already know how to be calm!" Jewel yelled while tears fell down to the ground.

'You don't look calm to me.'

Jewel looked at the ground. "What is my life worth anyway? Mother and Father are both dead, I have no siblings, Lucario is gone… I guess this was will be the only way to end my pain…" she trailed off.

Her evil side put her hand on Jewels' shoulder. Jewel looked up at her evil side.

'You can't go on like this, I'm evil and you're scaring me. Look, I'm sure he will apologize to you.'

Jewel frowned. "What if he doesn't? What if he meant what he said?"

'What if, what if, is that all you can say? Give him a chance.'

With that, Jewels evil side disappeared in a black cloud. Jewel sat there a moment before standing and walking deeper into the forest…

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'The attack will be in less than 24 hours from now. Sir.'

"Good, we will wait and when they get here… kill them all."

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"Jewel… JEWEL!"

Jewel let out a scream and sat up. It was dark and she couldn't see anything. She snapped and a small flame appeared in her palm. She instantly saw Fox staring at her not even two inches from her face. She scooted back.

"You didn't come back to the mansion so we went looking for you." Fox explained.

Jewel looked at him with a suspicious look. "We?"

Fox nodded. "Samus, me and Lucario all went looking for you."

Jewel looked away. Then Fox looked at her with a concerned look.

"What's wrong, Jewel?" He asked.

She shook her head. "Nothing."

Jewel stood and Fox motioned for her to follow him, and soon they were at the outskirts of the forest. The whole journey was silent and the mansion was about a mile away.

'Well, well, what do we have here?'

Jewel and Fox stopped and looked around, though it was hard to see due to the sky being dark.

"Where are you?" Fox called.

They heard a chuckle.

'Here.' they said as a dark purple sphere was shot at Fox. It hit and Fox went flying into a tree. A dark silhouette shadow appeared and shot another purple sphere at Fox. It hit and Fox went unconscious. Jewel took a fighting stance to fight the shadow. She spotted the shadow as it lunged for her. She swiftly moved to the left and dodged the blow. She quickly retaliated by punching the shadow and sent it flying, though it got back up and moved into the other shadows so it was invisible. Jewel looked around, then suddenly something grabbed her shirt from the back and pulled her into the trees. She felt a punch to her stomach and she felt dizzy for a few seconds, she shook her head and noticed the shadow had let her go, but was out of sight.

Then she felt a punch hit the back of her head and knocked her forward. She quickly got up and sent a fire blast to the shadow and it hit. A purple light illuminated it and revealed Mewtwo with a burn mark on his chest. He dashed up to her and punched her in the head and knocked her out…

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"Jewel? Fox? Where are you?"

Jewel cracked her eyes open and groaned. Why, oh, why did that voice have to be so loud? She noticed that the sun had risen, she must have been there all night. She tried to sit up but she only had enough strength to lift her head. She saw Fox laying by a tree unmoving. Then she heard rustling, then saw Samus emerge from the bushes. Samus instantly saw her and ran over.

"Guys, I found them!" She called.

Almost a minute later Lucario, Link and Zelda came through the bushes. Samus examined Jewel, then sighed.

"It isn't fatal, but it's not good either. We need to get her to Dr. Mario soon. She's already lost a lot of blood."

Jewel twitched an ear, then lazily blinked. Then she saw Lucario kneel next to her. He grabbed her hand. She turned her head and weakly pulled her hand away. Samus stood and walked away.

"Jewel, I- I'm sorry. I had an answer, but I didn't know how to say it… but now I do. I would be terribly heartbroken if you died. You're my best friend, Jewel." Lucario said softly.

Jewel looked up at him and blinked a couple times. "Really?"

Lucario nodded. Then held his paw out to her. Jewel gently put her hand in his and he lifted her up. They walked over to where Fox lay, Link, Zelda and Samus were there kneeling next to him while Zelda was performing a healing spell. Then after a moment, she lowered her hands and shook her head, and that could only mean one thing…

Fox was dead.

Jewel let go of Lucario and stumbled over to them. She knelt next to Fox and just stared at him, as if he would wake up any second. Yet she knew those eyes would never open again. Tears started to form in her eyes and soon were falling down to the ground. Jewel started to shiver, she lowered her head slowly and shut her eyes tightly. She felt someone put their hand on her back.

"I know it hurts, Jewel, but you're going to have to let him go."

That was Link, Jewel opened her eyes and watched Samus lift the body and carry it to the mansion. She stood and wiped away a few tears. Then took a deep breath. The war hadn't even started and already they were losing smahsers. Sure Fox was a bit annoying, but he was a good friend. It was like losing her mother all over again. She walked after Samus with Lucario, Link and Zelda behind her…

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As soon as they walked into the mansion, the other smashers were crowding them with questions and comments.

"All right, all right, calm down everybody!" they heard Master Hand call.

Everyone became silent as He and his brother, Crazy Hand floated in the room. They both stopped upon sight of Foxes body. Master hand was the first to move. He slowly floated in front of Samus and seemed to stare at the body.

"What happened?" he asked.

Jewel stepped next to Samus. "We were attacked by some shadow in the forest. It is my fault he died, I didn't help him when I should have." she explained.

"I see… someone escort Jewel to the clinic area." Master Hand ordered.

Lucario nodded and led Jewel to the clinic.

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Authors Notes: *Sob* I didn't really plan to kill Fox, but I figured it would do good for the story... and yes, for those who guessed Mewtwo was the traitor, you are correct!

Jewel: Mewtwo is a backstabbing son of a b****!

Me: Jewel! You watch your mouth!

Jewel: well, it's true!

Me: R & R!

Jewel: you know Fox fans are gonna get mad at you, right?

Me: yeah, I really don't care... but I truly am sorry for those of you who are fans of Fox.