"Carbon, nickel, magnesium" Shulk muttered to himself while organizing his lab. It was a quiet place, far away from the other smashers.
They can't make jokes about me really feeling it here. Shulk thought to himself. What is it that makes me saying that so funny? Is it my accent? My voice? My hand gestures? Or all three? I'll have to investigate that further later. That and Melia's disappearance.
"Do you ever stop studying?"
Shulk spun around to see Fox staring at him. "I swear, you're the biggest nerd I know. You're an even bigger nerd than Slippy for god's sake!"
"There's nothing wrong with research" Shulk replied back calmly.
"Well then I guess you could say you're really researching it!" Pit said sliding into the room. With Palutena stepping in for Arceus, Pit had a lot of more time on his hands, which was both a good thing and a bad thing.
Fox slapped his head. "That has to be your worst pun to this day. That and your one about the skeleton."
"Hey, I liked that one! Wanna hear it again?" Pit asked. Not waiting for their response Pit began to retell his joke. "Why couldn't the skeleton tell the bad news? Come on. Ask why."
"No" Fox responded.
"BECAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE THE HEART!" Pit said ignoring Fox completely "HA! Get it?
Fox let out a groan of annoyance.
I don't have time for this. Shulk thought to himself. As he turned to leave he let out a grunt of pain. Another chest pain? Damnit! I swear I have them every 15 minutes! As he left the room he continued to think about the rest of the smashers. No one takes me seriously expect for Robin, Marth, Meta Knight, Link, Ike and Lucina. Butterflies started to form in Shulk's stomach when he thought about her but he pushed them down. No one could ever understand what I feel towards her. That… strange warmth I feel whenever she's around. As strange as it is to admit, the second I laid eyes on her my world became a more colorful, more beautiful place. But it could never be as beautiful as her.
Shulk pushed the door to the main hall open. She will be back soon. I've never felt so excited and anxious at the same time. Well… there was the time when I went to fight Zanza, but this is… different somehow.
"Who wants to try and race me?" Sonic asked. "Come on! Are you all too afraid to try?"
"Be quiet!" Pac Man yelled. "Can't you see I'm trying to eat?"
"Now now Pac." Sonic said. "I think you're just afraid to go up against all of this awesome!"
It's the same thing every single day. Shulk thought. They're all super loud. Man, I hate loud places. I think I'm going to go to the library.
"HELP! SOMEONE HELP" a voice screamed. Shulk looked around to see Pit barfing out all kinds of strange liquids.
Fox slapped his head again. "I told you not to drink those liquids, but did you listen? No."
"It's not my fault. Why does Shulk even have them, if they're not for drinking?" Pit mused.
"WHAT?" Shulk screamed in horror. "YOU DRANK MY RESEARCH!?"
"Yep." Fox said sounding annoyed.
"HOW MANY ELEMENTS DID YOU DRINK?!" Shulk screamed
"All of them" Pit said weakly.
"ALL OF THEM?!" Shulk cried. "Great. Now I'll have start all over again. Where is Palutena when you need her?"
"I don't know" Fox said. "I'm sorry Shulk. I should have been keeping an eye on him."
Shulk let out a sigh. "No it's alright. I should've kicked you guys out properly."
Suddenly Shulk heard the door open and close softly. Someones coming in. But who? Could it be-
"Shulk?" A familiar voice asked. "Is that you?"
I know that voice. Dammit the butterflies are coming back. No it's just another chest pain. Why do I even have those? I'm only 18!
"L-lucy?" Shulk asked turning around. And right behind there she was.
"OOOOHHHHH" Pit said. "This just got interesting!" Then he barfed again.
"You're so annoying." Dark Pit snapped.
She looks as beautiful as always. Of all the times to have a chest pain. But she's a princess and I'm a commoner from another world. It will never happen. But still…
"It's good to see you again." Lucina said her face turning red.
"Y-you to" Shulk stammered.
Out of the corner of his eye, Shulk saw Lucario whisper something smugly to Meta Knight. Meta Knight whispered something back quickly.
What are they talking about? Probably the fact that I'm such a dork. Come on Shulk say something!
But his chance to say something romantic was ruined when Pit barfed again.
Dark pit looked extremely annoyed. "What did you drink this time?
It took Lucina a moment to put herself back together. "Now then" She said "I believe we have some royals to rescue. I here Master Hand already has a lead?"
"Yeah… well what he calls a lead, I call blaming someone." Shulk said.
"Show me" Lucina demanded.
"Alright" Shulk stammered leading her into the hallway. Oh man. We're alone. I'm lucky Master Hand's 'lead' is so close. Come on Shulk you can do it. Confess your feelings. He thought as he walked.
"Did the master do something stupid again?" Meta Knight asked.
Shulk nearly jumped out of his skin. "I didn't see you here Meta Knight! What are you doing here!"
"I was leading you" Meta Knight responded. "You where dazed the whole time and staring at a wall. The lead the master has should be right here." Meta Knight peeked inside. "Oh no."
"What is it?" Lucina asked.
"See for yourself" Shulk answered
The second Lucina looked inside she saw a young man in an archer's uniform, about the age of 25 with long grey hair pulled back into a ponytail.
"FOR THE LAST TIME I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!" The man yelled angrily.
"What are you talking about?" Mega Man said. "Of course you did."
"No he didn't!" the female Corrin yelled. "Stop blaming him for everything!"
Mega Man shrugged. "It's not my fault he pushed Emmerly-"
"I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO THIS EMMERLYN IS" the man yelled.
"Takumi" Lucina said. "Master Hand's solution is to BLAME TAKUMI?!"
Shulk winced then nodded. "They took him into custody yesterday" he replied.
Lucina looked furious "My brother could be dead for all we know, and Master Hand is blaming the youngest prince of Hoshido?!" Lucina took a deep breath "That's it I'm going."
"Where?" Shulk asked.
"To find a real lead." Lucina answered. "I'm going to find whos responsible for this and tell Master Hand." Lucina looked nervous. "You two won't tell will you" she said anxiously.
"Of course I won't" Meta Knight said. "I know because I'm coming with you."
Lucina looked shocked. "You-you are" she stammered.
Meta knight nodded.
"I'm coming as well." Shulk said. "One of my friends is missing as well. I want to find her." And spend more time with you Shulk added silently. "I'm ready for whatever comes my way."
"Thank you." Lucina said picking up falchion. "Both of you. I know that together, we can find them."