Nesscas oneshot haven

by Breakdown003

This will have a lot of Nesscas one-shots. That's all I need to say really. These will be my first one-shots for Nesscas so let's hope they're good.

45. Birthday Special

13 hours until the party

Ultimatum is a large city, larger than some countries. There were a few things that made this city what it was. The Mall. The biggest mall in the country. The Ultimall-as it was called-wasn't the only thing that made Ultimatum stick out. It was their prestigious school. Smash High. The school wasn't prestigious because of grades or sports, mainly for the dedication of diversity of its students. It was also known as the hardest school to get into, having no real pattern to the students they accept.

Something new that Ultimatum has done was creating what was called "Smash Mansion" where a very select group of people living in Ultimatum are chosen to "represent" their backgrounds in fighting tournaments held once a year. This mansion worked with the school for the fact that there were a few reps who were also in school. The Mansion doubled as the fighting headquarters and the living quarters for any reps.

The mansion was massive. There were 100 bedrooms-with most being full-and any room considered a necessity, along with some quality of life rooms. There was a kitchen, dining room, auditorium, various living rooms, training room, garden, pool, gym, campsite, various bathrooms, various storage spaces, a nurse's office, a path to the school, and the main attraction: the stadium.

The layout of the mansion was a bit odd. Other than the small foyer upon entering, the bedrooms run along the sides of the mansion. The mansion was a rectangle. There were also four hallways that connect the four sides of bedroom hallways to one room located in the middle of the mansion, the main living space. There were various rooms in these connecting halls. All of them had bathrooms and storage rooms, and all but one-the eastern hall-had a smaller living room. The northern hall-the back hall-had the training room and the pool. The southern hall-the front hall-had the auditorium and the path toward the school. The eastern hall-the right hall-had the kitchen, dining room, and the gym. The western hall-the left hall-had the nurse's office and the entrance to the Stadium. There was also another room in the front hall which could be seen as a sort of "Principal's office" where the curator of the Smash Mansion-Master Hand-stayed.

In this room was also a loudspeaker that went through the entire mansion. Ness decided to take full advantage of this loudspeaker. He was able to sneak into the room at 9 a.m. The room had a massive bed for Master Hand, who was sleeping, but Ness didn't need to go that far into the room. He just needed to walk a few feet past the counter where the loudspeaker was. He picked the small cubed device that had a small button at the top. Ness cleared his throat then clicked it. "WAKE Y'ALL ASSES UP OR I SWEAR TO GOD I'LL SHOVE MY BAT SO FAR UP YOUR ASS YOU'LL BE SHITTING PIECES OF IT FOR A WHOLE DAMN YEAR!...Go to the auditorium, thank you," Ness said. He turned the device off and turned to where Master Hand now floated. Despite not having a face Ness knew he was pissed off. Ness nervously laughed. "Sorry." Before Master Hand could do anything, Ness rushed out of the room.

He waited in the auditorium for the rest of the fighters to get in. And soon, almost everyone was in. Everyone but Lucas. The fighters were all in the seats, with Ness being the only one standing on the stage. He looked at everyone and cleared his throat. "Alrighty, how are all of your mornings?" Ness smirked. Ganondorf growled. He shot up.

"YOU STUPID KID, I NEED MY DAMN BEAUTY SLEEP. LOOK AT THE DAMN BAGS IN MY EYES!" Ganondorf yelled. Bowser, who sat next to him, stood up and put his hand on Ganodorf's shoulder.

"Remember what happened the last time you messed with a kid…" Bowser brought up. Ganondorf looked around and saw Kirby in the front giving him a surprisingly terrifying death stare while "cracking" his nubby hands. Ganondorf grew nervous then cleared his throat.

"M-my apologies." Ganondorf shot back down. Bowser just shook his head.

"Pussy." Bowser sat back down as well.

"Anyway, today's a special day," Ness said. Toon Link, who sat around the middle, raised his hand. Ness groaned. "Yes?" Toon Link stood up.

"Where's Lucas?" Toon Link asked.

"I was just getting there." Toon Link sat back down. "I talked with Lucas's family so they're going to visit Lucas's grandpa for most of the day. It gives us enough time to prepare for his birthday party!" Ness excitedly said.

"Why're telling us this now and not yesterday?" Zelda asked.

"Well, I would've, but remember when I told you about my crush on him?" Zelda opened her mouth to retort, but couldn't think of any.

"Ok." Ness told Zelda about his crush on Lucas and within a few hours, the entire mansion-including Lucas-knew about the crush.

"Yea, so, we're preparing for his party today. All of you will be given jobs and you must pull your weight...or the ass bat offer still stands." Ness brought up his bat and smirked. "I want this to be the best damn party for my boo."

"YOU GUYS ARE GROSS!" Wario yelled from the back of the room. Ness simply smiled at him.

"Kirby." Kirby didn't need to hear anything else. He jumped from his seat and started walking back toward Wario. Wario's sick grin soon went away.

"Shit…" Kirby grabbed Wario's leg with a surprising amount of strength and forcefully dragged Wario out of the room. Ness looked down at his nonexistent watch and hummed Lucas's love theme. Within a few seconds of quiet, Wario's screams of terror could be heard from outside the room. His screams became so pain induced that it made everyone in the room feel bad for him and even feel somewhat of what he was feeling. The painful screams abruptly ended and the door opened. That was when Wario stumbled in, covered in saliva, honey, syrup, fake blood, mucus, and what was hopefully just spoiled milk. Wario fell forward and a proud Kirby walked in like nothing happened. Everyone still stayed quiet as Kirby sat back on his seat. Ness looked back at the fighters.

"You got it?" Everyone instantly agreed. "Good. Now, I'll be going with Lucas to his grandpa's to make sure he stays away as long as possible, so I'll have someone watching the party planning in my stead. He knows exactly what I plan for this party to be, so listen to every word he says...or else I'll grant Kirby to do whatever he wants." Kirby chuckled an evil but cute chuckle. Daisy, who sat next to him, just looked down at the puffball. Kirby looked up and smiled. Daisy felt the nervous sweats. Daisy leaned to her left, toward Lucina, and put her hand to the right of her mouth to try and prevent Kirby from hearing her.

"He's kinda scary," Daisy said. Kirby tilted his head.

"Poyo?" Kirby questioned, letting Daisy know he heard. She shot her head back to Ness.

"N-nothing...I'm just wo-wondering who this person will be…" Daisy nervously said. Kirby slightly squinted his eyes as he turned toward Ness.

"Come on out," Ness said. That was when Ridley flew out from the side curtains with a clipboard in his hands, a blue tie around his neck, and a fedora. He landed next to Ness. He cleared his throat.

"I look forward to working with you all, let us make the most pristine party for our baby boy Lucas, KK?" Ridley asked in a surprisingly proper and high pitched voice.

"So that's what he's been working on lately?" Wolf asked under his breath. Samus, who sat near Toon Link, tilted her head.

"Huh...didn't know he could speak properly," she said, still somewhat in disbelief. Ridley even gave a bow to everyone. Ness looked up at Ridley and smiled.

"I leave the party in your hands," Ness said. Ridley stood up straight and turned to Ness.

"You can trust me, this party will be absolutely phenomenal," Ridley said.

"...It's gonna take a while to get used to this...well, good luck." Ness jumped off the stage and walked down the aisle. He got to Wario, who was still lying on the ground covered in loads of substances and just decided to step on him as he walked out. Ness soon left the mansion. Ridley cleared his throat.

"Doc, please take Wario and cure him, he'll be needed if we need him to eat any spoiled food." Dr. Mario nodded and jumped from his seat. He picked Wario up, with a disgusted face, and walked away. "Alrighty then, you guys will be divided into groups and these groups will be tasked with different things...Fail and you'll have to deal with Kirby and Ness's rage. And none of us want to see that."

"F-for sure," Ganondorf shook, seemingly having a PTSD-like attack.

"Now then, shall we begin?"

Ness made it to Lucas's house. He saw Hinawa and Flint putting boxes into their car. Flint saw Ness and closed the trunk to their car to walk over to him. "Is the mansion preparing?" Flint asked. Ness nodded. "Good, Alec is prepared too, and...thanks for doing this for him." Ness smiled.

"Of course," Ness said. Flint walked into his house with Ness and Hinawa. There Ness saw Claus sleeping on the couch and Lucas nearly falling asleep. Ness had to wake Lucas up at 5 in the morning so he could be gone by the time he told everyone about the plans. Lucas soon saw Ness and beamed, but was still somewhat dragged down by his drowsiness. "Happy Birthday, Boo," Ness said as Lucas walked over to him. Ness kissed Lucas's cheek, earning a little giggle from Lucas.

"Th-thanks," Lucas got cut off by a yawn that Ness found cute. After the yawn, Lucas scratched the back of his neck. "Why'd you wake me up so early?"

"I wanted you to get a good start to your special day." Ness rubbed Lucas's arms and smiled.

"Right….so that's a lie. But I don't…" Lucas got cut off by another yawn. "I don't really care."

"We can sleep in the car." Lucas nodded.

"Y-yea." Lucas gave a third yawn, showing that he was really tired.

"Well, boys, we should head out. Pile up in the car. Don't forget Claus."

12 hours until the party

It took an hour for Ridley to pass out the tasks for each group to achieve. Ridley decided to check in on the first group he assigned. This group was the group tasked with planning and baking the cake. So, Ridley walked into the kitchen and saw the group standing around a large sheet of paper they used to plan. This group consisted of five fighters: Peach, Kirby, Zelda, Piranha Plant, and Wii Fit Trainer. Wii Fit looked back and saw Ridley walking their way. "Guys…" she said to the group. They looked back and stepped aside for Ridley to look at the plans.

"You haven't started making the cake yet?" Ridley asked, disregarding the plans.

"Well, sorry…" Peach exaggerated, "You want us to make a seven-tier cake focused on the Smash Mansion, Sunflowers, Ness, Lucas, and PSI powers."

"...is that sarcasm?" Peach gave Ridley a look that told him "Obviously". Zelda cleared her throat.

"Anyway, we believe we'll have this cake done about an hour before Lucas and Ness come back," Zelda said. Ridley nodded. He decided to actually pay attention to what was planned on the sheet. The bottom tire was obviously the biggest. It seemed to show a sunflower field. Sunflowers were at the base with the sun shining down on them. The next tire showed some PSI abilities, mainly Lucas's own. It showed his best PSI, being PK Love. It was in a more creative way than his normal attack. Rather than being its normal shape, it was in the shape of a heart. So the tire was just hearts that had some particles coming off of them. The next tire was about Smash High. Lucas was the main attraction, but the friends he made there stood near him. Ness, Toon Link, Young Link, Red, Ninten, Nana, Popo, to name a few. The next tire was Lucas's family. It was Lucas standing near Claus, his parents, and his dog. The scenery also seemed to be reminiscent of Tazmily. The next two were about the smash mansion. This allowed for everyone in the smash mansion-with a few of Lucas's friends and family who aren't-to be on the cake. The final tier was a simple one. It was just Ness and Lucas together, representing their love. The scenery showed the cliche cherry blossom petals blowing around them and both of them smiling widely. Ridley smirked at the plan.

"Not bad…"

"It was mainly Piranha Plant's ideas...all but the Smash Mansion tires," Zelda said. Ridley looked at Piranha Plant, who stood at the side of the kitchen counter crossing his petals. Kirby waddled over to him and patted his stem.

"Poy…" Kirby congratulated. It seemed like Piranha Plant gave a smirk.

"...you can talk?" Ridley asked in surprise.

"...If a big purple dragon can talk, why wouldn't I?" Piranha plant said in a raspy and semi-deep voice. His voice also had a small tone of the stereotypical emo voice. Ridley squinted his eyes. It still didn't make sense to him how a plant could talk.

"We're not exactly in the same realm, but sure."

"Whatever." Ridley shook his head and looked at the others. Wii Fit cleared her throat.

"We'd start soon, but we don't know what kind of cake to make. I suggested a carrot cake," Wii fit said.

"Gross…" Wii Fit sighed.

"I'm trying to make you guys more fit. This big cake is gonna get all of you fat." Peach slammed her arms into the counter.

"WHY IN GOD'S NAME WOULD WE GIVE A TEENAGER A CARROT CAKE!" Peach yelled, surprising everyone but Piranha Plant, who looked like he just didn't care. Ridley grew a bit frightened about how passionate Peach is about making cakes.

"W-what about chocolate?" Zelda nervously said. Peach shakily yet angrily turned to her left-where Zelda stood-and drained in what she said.

"Chocolate?" She said, barely audible to the group. "CHOCOLATE." Kirby chuckled since he knew he just watched a Spongebob episode. Piranha Plant couldn't help but pat Kirby's head. "DO YOU EVEN KNOW THE TYPE OF PERSON LUCAS IS...HE'S A BOTTOM BITCH, BOTTOM BITCHES DON'T EAT CHOCOLATE CAKE!"

"How do you know what a bottom bitch likes?" Wii Fit asked. Peach shot her head to look at Wii Fit, who stood at the other side of the counter. She then pulled out a frying pan from seemingly nowhere. Peach then raised an eyebrow. Wii Fit nervously chuckled then looked to her right, where Piranha Plant and Kirby were at. Piranha Plant was barely tall enough to reach his head over the counter. But, at that moment, he was playing with Kirby. Once he noticed Wii Fit looking at him, he turned back to his lack of caring self. "Do you need water?" Wii Fit asked as a way to try to get away from Peach's wrath.

"Fuck off," Piranha Plant said.

"Right…" Wii Fit looked back up at Peach, who was really pissed. Peach shot her head toward Piranha Plant.

"GOT ANY IDEAS!"

"Uhhh….Funfetti?"

"YOU STUPID FUCKING PLANT….YOU TRYING TO MAKE LUCAS HATE US. YOU SHOULD KNOW HE HATES IT WHEN HIS DAMN SEXUALITY COMES UP, AND YOU WANT TO MAKE FUN-FUCKING-FETTI!" Piranha Plant looked at Peach.

"Come at me, hoe, I dare you." Peach slammed the pan on the counter making a loud banging noise.

"I'LL WHOOP YOUR ASS INTO NEXT WEEK YOU DUMP PLANT!"

"Oh my god…" Ridley said as he facepalmed. He shook his head before taking his head from his hand. "Calm down Peach…" Peach shot her head to Ridley, who was at the head of the counter near Piranha Plant and Zelda.

"CALM DOWN….THIS IS CAKE MAKING. DO YOU KNOW HOW FUCKING IMPORTANT CAKES ARE IN A DAMN PARTY YOU SLENDER ASS BITCH!"

"...Ugh, fine, whatever you say. What about a simple yellow cake?"

"YELLOW! YOU MOTHER FUCKING GENIUS!"

"Huh?" the group said in unison.

"Yes, yellow, the most basic of basics. Lucas would love to have a cake that isn't too special on the inside. At the same time…." Peach just kept muttering to herself about how Lucas would like the cake and how the cake would work. Her voice changed from the spine-tingling evil voice to her normal light-hearted sweet voice. After she stopped her muttering, she looked at the group. "What're you guys waiting for? We've got a lot to do in a short amount of time. Work your bottoms up and let's get this cake started." Kirby jumped onto the counter and saluted with his little arms.

"Poyo!" Kirby yelled in determination. Piranha Plant smiled and grabbed him.

"Let's do this, 'lil bro," Piranha Plant said, somewhat breaking his emo-esk voice.

"Awww," Zelda said. Piranha Plant looked at her.

"Can it." That was when the group finally started working together. Ridley let out a breath of relief.

"Man….I know why you vowed to go with Lucas, Ness," Ridley said to himself. He decided to walk away, leaving the cake crew to their own business.

Lucas and Ness were sleeping together in Hianwa's car. Claus was also sleeping, but he was in one of the two middle seats, whereas Ness and Lucas were in the back. Lucas had his head Ness's shoulder, allowing him to lean slightly on Ness. Hinawa pulled into Alec's driveway. They planned for them to stay here for a few hours before allowing Ness and Lucas to go out together for another few, then finally they would leave to go to the Smash Mansion where the true party would begin. Hinawa turned the car off and turned back to look at the sleeping boys. "Boys!" Hinawa said. Ness fluttered his eyes open. When they were fully open he saw Hianwa. "Can you wake him?"

"Sure…" Ness lightly pushed Lucas awake. Claus also woke up and when he got out, it allowed Ness and Lucas to get out as well. Lucas stretched his feet as he yawned. He scratched the back of his neck as he looked at his grandpa's house. Hinawa led the group to the front door. Once they knocked, the door shot open. Alec stood in the doorway.

"Were you just waiting there?"

"Maybe…" Alec said as he started to walk further into his house.

"You must not have a life," Flint said under his breath. Hinawa walked into the house and gave her dad a big hug.

"Sorry it's been so long?" she said. Alec simply patted Hinawa's hand. She let go. Alec turned around to see that everyone else was in. He recognized everyone but Ness. Alec walked over to him and kneeled in front of him.

"You're not my grandson…" he said. Ness nervously chuckled. Lucas wrapped his arm around Ness's neck and smiled. Alec turned to him.

"No, he's not...he's my boyfriend," Lucas said. Alec looked back at Ness. Alec placed his hand on Ness's forehead as if he was checking for a fever. Alec then put his hand down and stood up.

"You better treat him right." Ness saluted Alec.

"Of course," he said. Alec chuckled. He then turned back to Hinawa.

"Why don't you visit me as often?" Hinawa sighed. She walked over to the couch. Flint sighed and walked over to join her.

"I'm sorry dad…" Hinawa said. Flint patted her back. Hinawa looked directly at Lucas. Hinawa was never a big fan of Lucas going to the Smash Mansion. She knew that Lucas would have to get into fights with his powers, but she couldn't live with the fact he'd be fighting against dragons, mutant turtles, and his own friends. Lucas scratched the back of his neck. Hinawa shook her head. "Your grandson there is a Smasher." Alec looked at the three boys. His eyes stopped solely on Claus. Claus shook his head and looked at Lucas next to him.

"W-wanna see one of my fights?" Lucas asked.

"...sure…" Alec hesitated. Lucas looked at Ness before they ran toward the tv. While they were bringing up the video, Alec and Claus sat down. The fight Lucas and Ness were bringing up was a solo fight. It was Lucas against Ganondorf. Alec looked at Ganondorf and gulped. "WHAT'S WITH HIM! YOU FIGHT PEOPLE LIKE THAT?!" Lucas looked at him with a nervous expression.

"Hehe, yea." Lucas cleared his throat and looked back at the paused fight on the screen. "But I won." They watched the fight. Lucas's movement, by the time of the fight, was smooth. This was his first-ever win in the Smash Mansion. It wasn't just a regular win, either. It was a sweep. Ganondorf was only able to get a few hits on Lucas before Lucas completely incapacitated him with PK Freeze. Lucas remembered that fight like the back of his hand. Every time he saw it, he couldn't help but smile. He turned to look at Alec with the same big smile, but only saw a worried expression.

"T-That sword….that sword was bigger than you and yet…." Lucas chuckled.

"I'm strong, thanks to Ness at least." Alec shook his head and looked back at Ness. Alec was finally able to grow a smile.

"Thanks for helping him." Ness chuckled while he grew a smile. Hinawa saw Alec's smile. She saw just how proud of Lucas he was. She then looked down and started to cry.

"Mom?" Claus questioned. She clenched her body and made the tears fall out faster.

"I'm sorry Lucas!" She cried.

"...Sorry?" Lucas asked.

"I….I should've seen just how happy and strong you've gotten since joining the mansion…" Hinawa sniffled. Everyone was frozen. Not once had they seen Hinawa cry in the way she was doing. She'd cry from laughter all the time, but not once has she been seen crying from sheer guilt. Hinawa looked up at Lucas. "I should've supported you from the beginning." Lucas shook his head. Lucas shot up and walked over to Hinawa. He then brought her into a hug.

"Sorry I scared you."

11 hours until the party

Ridley walked around the mansion until he made it to the backyard. This backyard was massive. It was also a garden. This was always Lucas's favorite part of the mansion, so Ridley thought that this would be the most important part of the party. He didn't exactly have a concrete idea for what this garden would turn out to be. There were a few other things in the backyard, but none were as big as the garden. Ridley soon saw the garden team. The team consisted of Daisy, Pichu, Red (and his three Pokemon), Olimar, Joker, and Byleth. Byleth seemed like he was the leader of this group. It wasn't a surprise. He was a general commander in the Ultimatum army that turned into a teacher. "HURRY UP, WE DON'T HAVE ALL DAY!" Byleth yelled. Ridley walked over to a place in the garden that is dedicated to flat and pristine grass. This specific place is in the center of the massive garden. Ridley crossed his arms and tilted his head.

"What have you got planned?" Ridley asked. Byleth turned around and cleared his throat.

"We're planning on making some type of parade, to celebrate Lucas's accomplishments." Ridley nodded, but then he thought back on the cake team. It seemed Red, who was always a close friend to Lucas, knew what Ridley was thinking. Red ran over to Byleth's side.

"Lucas isn't the type of person to show off his accomplishments, at least not his own," Red said. Byleth crossed his arms and turned around to a small table they installed. There they had plans for floats. They planned five floats for Lucas. One float was for Lucas's team when he saved the world, Lucas, Kumatora, Bony, and Duster. The rope snake and Salsa even made an appearance. Another float was of the absolute safe capsule, marking the defeat of Porky. Another float was of The Masked Man and Lucas's fight. Another float was of Lucas pulling the last needle. And the last float was of Lucas's family being reunited. Ness was also in this float because he was the one able to reunite Lucas with his family, Ness and his friends at least. Byleth hummed to himself. Joker tilted his head as he walked over to look at the plans.

"Do you think these could bring up bad memories? You saw what happened when he told all of us about it," Joker said. Byleth nodded as he tapped his chin. He could never forget Lucas telling everyone about his past. Byleth started to shed a tear as the memories came back. He shook his head as he too cleared his voice.

"Y-yea, maybe I was a bit one-minded when planning this out," Byleth said, wiping the small tears that formed. He looked out at his team that were building bases for the floats. "Everyone, come in, we've got a change of plans." Everyone ran over and surrounded the table. They even found room for Ridley to join in.

"What's new?" Daisy asked.

"We fear that these plans will bring up bad memories in Lucas, and on his special day, we don't want that."

"Then, what are we supposed to do, we've already built the basses for all five floats," Olimar said. Byleth thought for a moment.

"What if we make the floats about all of us?" Red asked. Pichu tilted his head. He stood on the table in front of his best friend, Ridley.

"Some of us have….complicated histories," Ridley said. Joker nodded.

"You did kill Samus's parents, right?" Joker asked. Ridley just looked down.

"A lot of things have changed because of Smash mansion…" Daisy started.

"How so?" Olimar asked.

"Well, Bowser and Mario were always mortal enemies. Even during the times we've invited him to sports and stuff, they hated each other. And yet, I saw the two of them drinking and having fun together. Peach even joined every now and then."

"Wonder if Peach got double-teamed?" Joker accidentally said out loud. Red jabbed Joker's gut. "S-sorry." Daisy shook her head.

"Point is, mortal enemies have become friends."

"Mortal enemies….to friends?" Byleth said out loud. Byleth snapped his fingers. He turned to the Pokemon. "You guys are close to Mewtwo, correct?"

"Ivy," Ivysaur nodded, with the other two Pokemon following.

"Perfect, although he is busy with other things, could you request some help from him?" Charizard nodded. He stomped the ground and Squirtle and Ivysaur jumped on his back. Charizard looked at Red, who gave a nod, then they flew off.

"What're you planning?" Ridley asked.

"The floats won't just be about Lucas...but all of us. It's going to be about how good and bad became one, how we all became Smash Brothers."

Back at Alec's house, Lucas was told to sit at the kitchen table with a blindfold on. He was obviously nervous, since the last time he wore a blindfold Ness surprised him with some special actions that made Lucas lose his virginity...his parents don't know that though. Ness seemed to be able to tell that Lucas was nervous. "Don't worry, this won't be like last time," Ness winked, despite Lucas not being able to see it.

"Aww, that sucks," Lucas pouted. Ness chuckled. He soon quieted down once he saw Alec walk up behind Lucas with a gift.

"Ok, Lucas, take it off," Alec said. Lucas did, and at first, he didn't see anything. Lucas looked at Ness, who motioned for Lucas to look behind him. Lucas did. "Happy birthday, kiddo," Alec happily said, holding the gift toward him. Lucas jumped back a bit, but then just took the gift. He forced a smile.

"Thanks." Lucas looked down at the gift. "Can I open it?"

"Of course." Lucas started to rip the sunflower wrapping paper. Once the wrapping paper was fully gone Lucas saw exactly what the gift was. It was a simple picture. The picture was of Lucas and his family when Lucas was younger. They were at Alec's house. This time, Lucas's smile wasn't forced. He started to tear up as he saw him with his happy face next to his family. Lucas giggled to himself.

"Lucas…?" Claus asked. Lucas sniffed then looked up at Claus, who was standing basically right in front of Lucas now.

"You were so cute when you were young, what the hell happened?" Lucas asked with his eyes full of warm tears. Claus smiled, knowing that he wasn't crying from sadness.

"You bastard," Claus chuckled. Ness put his head on Lucas's shoulder and smiled down at the picture.

"You were cute…" Ness said. Lucas turned to Ness and so Ness adjusted his head so he had his chin on Lucas's shoulder rather than just his head.

"When did you get here?" Lucas asked, knowing that he wasn't right next to him a few seconds ago. Ness chuckled.

"Don't worry about it…" Ness kissed Lucas's cheek. "You're cuter now though." Lucas blushed and nervously laughed.

"Way to make it seem like I'm a bottom."

"Well, that's what you preferred when we did it last week…" Lucas's face grew blank. Ness took his head from Lucas's shoulder and tilted his head. He then turned to Lucas's family, who all held surprised and concerned faces. "...They didn't know about that, did they?" Lucas slowly shook his head, which Ness saw in the corner of his eye. Ness let out a long breath. "Shit."

10 hours until the party

The next thing on Ridley's list of things to check on is the Ultimatum team. Due to the size of the party, they want to throw for Lucas, they need some support from the city itself. Ridley decided to have Cloud, all three Miis, ROB, Pit, Palutena, Sonic, and Captain Falcon be on this team. Ridley got to the front yard and saw the group walking toward him. They looked disappointed. Ridley tilted his head. "What's wrong?" Ridley asked.

"The mayor didn't stand for it…" Palutena said. Cloud stabbed the ground with his sword and leaned against it.

"Blame Sonic," Cloud scoffed.

"Hey, how was I supposed to know Tabuu hated magic tricks?" Sonic asked, dropping his deck of cards.

"Wasn't much magic in your magic trick," Pit said. Sonic crossed his arms. Cloud saw this as Sonic not caring. Cloud growled. He took the sword out of the ground and pointed it at Sonic's face. Sonic grew nervous because the sword was half an inch away from his face. Sonic nervously laughed.

"Lucas deserves a good party...you ruined that chance...you're lucky I don't take that head off your shoulders," Cloud said.

"You're quite protective of Lucas," Captain Falcon said, crossing his arms.

"There is still a chance," ROB pointed out. Cloud looked at him.

"How so?" Palutena asked.

"The Miis and I have done some quick research on Tabuu, we found out he has a son."

"A son…?" Cloud said to himself. He removed his sword from Sonic's face.

"Pfft, who'd let that guy ejaculate inside them?" Sonic scoffed. Cloud glared at Sonic, who showed little care about the event. Palutena hit Sonic's head with her staff. "Fuck," he said as he fell down. Cloud looked at Palutena.

"Thanks." Palutena shot a quick wink.

"If we want a permit, we'd probably want to get to his son," Brawler said.

"Where is he anyway?" Captain Falcon asked.

"His house is near the town hall, but we have no clue how to get him to help." Sonic shot up with an idea.

"A guy huddle, now!" Sonic called. All the guys did exactly that. This left out Gunner and Palutena. Ridley was able to block them from overhearing them with his large wings. They started whispering.

"You sure it won't just embarrass Lady Palutena?" Palutena was able to hear from Pit. She looked down at Gunner, who just shrugged. "Ugh, fine, let's do it."

"GUYS!" They chanted in unison. They then turned toward Gunner and Palutena. Captain Falcon stepped forward and cleared his throat.

"How do you guys feel about wearing a crop top?" he asked.

"...a what?" both girls said.

Around 20 minutes later, Palutena and Gunner stood in front of a house. The guys were hiding at the side of the building, egging them on. "I don't feel comfortable with this," Gunner whined.

"Just do it, it's no biggie," Swordfighter said.

"How old is this boy anyway?"

"He's 17," ROB said.

"He's 17?" Pit whispered.

"Yes, but he looks 10." Sonic started to chuckle

"What's so funny?" Palutena asked, venom poisoned her voice. Sonic canceled his chuckle and shook his head.

"J-just go on," Sonic said. The girls sighed and looked at the front door. Palutena stepped forward and knocked on the door

"This is childish…" Cloud said, still somewhat hesitant to go through with it. It seemed like no one heard him, not even Pit. Pit seemed to be enjoying this the most. Cloud rolled his eyes. "Fucking kids…" The door soon opened to show a small, grey hair and eyed boy. The boy was only up to Palutena's knees. The boy looked up at the two girls in crop tops and his face turned red and he started to have a nose bleed.

"Y-y-y-y-you're…" the boy said. Gunner glared at the hiding group.

"We need his help," Ridley insisted. Gunner rolled her eyes and turned back to the flustered boy. The boy seemed to be hyperventilating.

"Hey, big boy…" Gunner said, trying to seduce the boy. Palutena just looked down at her with a disgusted look. The boys also did.

"I said to get his help, not be a whore," Ridley said. Gunner grew embarrassed and looked away.

"S-sorry about her, uhhh?" Palutena insisted. The boy shook his head, trying to fix his blushing situation. He cleared his throat.

"X!" X's voice cracked when he said that so he covered his mouth. Palutena giggled.

"Listen, there's a….special event later, you wanna come?" Palutena asked as she twirled her hair with her finger. Captain Falcon's mouth just fell agape. He leaned toward Pit.

"Is she single?" he asked.

"Buzz off," Pit said.

"Damn…" Brawler patted Captain Falcon's back.

"YEA! I'd love to come," X excitedly said.

"Good, but we have a problem…" Gunner started.

"Y-yes, anything."

"Simp," Sonic coughed. Cloud slapped Sonic's head. He just grew annoyed and shook his head.

"Your dad is preventing us from having it….could you…." Gunner continued.

"I'LL GET HIM TO AGREE TO IT, PRETTY LADY!" X yelled. Palutena forced a cute giggle. She leaned down and kissed her fingers then touched his cheek.

"Good, can't wait to see you, champ," Palutena flirted. X nodded vigorously. He then ran into the house, he even forgot to close the door. Gunner closed it with an annoyed sigh and, with Palutena, walked toward the boys. The two girls crossed their arms. "There, happy now?" All the boys, but Cloud nodded. Cloud simply groaned. He walked to the girls.

"Thank you," Cloud simply said. He then started walking back toward the mansion by himself. Gunner looked after him.

"He really is only doing this for Lucas…" Gunner pointed out. Captain Falcon walked to Palutena.

"Soooo, there's this restaurant—" Before Captain Falcon could finish his question, Palutena summoned her staff and slammed it into Captain Falcon's crotch. The second the staff made contact with him, every boy could hear and feel the life drain out of Captain Falcon. Captain Falcon fell to the ground and Palutena sighed.

"This better be a damn good party," Palutena said.

Ness and Lucas decided to go on a walk. They had nowhere, in particular, they were trying to walk toward, they just wanted to be together. Before long, they ended up in the woods. These woods were a place they'd go pretty often. It was quite far from Alec's house. These woods were known to have a loud yet beautiful waterfall. The waterfall wasn't very large, but the sight is enough to bring anyone into awe, especially for a massive city like Ultimatum. There were even sights of a small rainbow and "special" Pokemon near the waterfall.

The woods had a premade path. Ness and Lucas were the ones who made this path. They were the only ones who entered through their special location, but because of the path they made-mainly to prevent being lost-more people came down their path. Before long, the two of them made it to the waterfall. The waterfall was only as large as two Master Hands standing upright on top of each other. The waterfall came from a river and fell down into a lake. This specific part of the woods was at the lower end of the waterfall, whereas most people were near the higher end of it. Due to being lower down, Ness and Lucas were able to put their feet into the water. They loved doing this. The water was never too cold or too warm, it was always a perfect medium. Ness leaned back on his hands and gave a happy sigh. "This is the life, ain't it?" Ness asked. Lucas laid down and looked at the partly cloudy sky.

"Yup…" Lucas quietly said. Ness could tell something was off with Lucas.

"Hey, something wrong?" Lucas refused to say anything. "Come on, I'll be here," Ness thought, knowing that the two of them could read each other's minds. Ness also laid fully down on his back.

"I'm just….scared."

"How come?"

"Umm, aging, and stuff. It's just kinda scary." Ness knew what he was getting at. Lucas was one more step closer to being an adult. Despite having many adult friends now, he still found it tough to know that he'll be one soon.

"Well, we can grow to be adults together."

"What do adults do?" Lucas and Ness were now looking at each other. Their eyes were meeting and they could hear the soothing sounds from the waterfall. Ness smirked and moved his head closer so they could touch their noses together.

"They can start a family, they can have sex anytime they want, they can buy whatever they want, they can live however they want….they can also live with whoever they want." Lucas gave Ness the cute giggle he knew Ness loved.

"Well….I guess it doesn't sound too bad." That was when they felt something at their feet. They both shot up and saw a pink creature by their feet. Ness hesitated to reach towards it, but when he did, the creature didn't attempt to swim away. Ness was able to grab it and take it out of the water. There they saw a Pokemon. It wasn't just any normal Pokemon, it was the "special" Pokemon that Red talked about. It was Luvdisc, a Pokemon that appears to lovers that will have a loving relationship for a long time. The two boys knew about this meaning and smiled at each other. Ness returned Luvdisc to the water and it swam away, seemingly disappearing in the water.

That was when Lucas saw the rainbow at the foot of the waterfall. He tapped Ness's shoulder and pointed to it. They both looked at it wide-eyed. "Wow, it really is beautiful," Lucas said in awe.

"No wonder it's here on your day," Ness flirted as he laid his back against Lucas's chest. They both ended up lying down, with Ness on top of Lucas. Ness then turned around so his back wasn't on Lucas's chest, but now their chests were touching. "You know, no one comes down here at this time, aaaaaand we already have our shoes off."

"Ooooh, I think I see what you're putting down." Ness put his hand on Lucas's cheek, rubbing it slightly.

"Good…" They pulled each other into a big kiss before the true event would happen.

9 hours until the party

Ridley flew down to the mall to check up on the gift team. Their job was pretty self-explanatory. Their only goal was to buy the gifts for Lucas. Ridley entered the mall and looked around. He couldn't find the team. The mall was huge so he decided to just fly around the mall a bit. He soon found the leader of the team, Toon Link. Ridley landed down in front of Toon Link, who stood in front of a clothing store. "TL, how are things going?" Ridley asked. Toon Link looked up and slightly sighed.

"Kinda tough, I guess," Toon Link said.

"Why?" Toon Link opened his mouth to explain, but then saw the rest of his team walking toward them, so he walked toward them as well. Ridley turned to see the team meet up. The team had Toon Link, Young Link, Nana, Popo, Wolf, Bowser, Jr., Inkling, and Villager. Most of them were friends with Lucas, while there were two people only here to help pay for the stuff.

"How was it?" Toon Link asked them.

"We've looked around the mall and found something for everyone," Villager said. Ridley walked up behind Toon Link.

"What's going on?' Ridley asked. Toon Link turned around.

"Lucas hates when he gets gifts, he finds them ridiculous. But, he'd never find it wrong if everyone got a gift," Toon Link explained.

"I still think there's a better way," Wolf said.

"This is the only way, you just don't want to spend too much money," Young Link said with a bit of a sassy tone. Wolf looked at the boy.

"Of course. I'm not made of money, I can't just throw money away like this." Toon Link looked down with a sigh. He turned to face his group.

"That's the only idea I have, do you have one?" Toon Link asked without looking at Wolf. Wolf looked down. He didn't have an idea. Bowser looked down at his son. He scratched the back of his head.

"Well, what if we just buy paint?" Bowser asked. Toon Link looked up with a confused look.

"Paint?" Bowser nodded.

"Jr. and Inkling could start painting pictures for Lucas. It'd make him feel better, right?"

"How? We're still wasting money," Jr. pointed out.

"Well, it would seem like you used the money on yourself, so Lucas wouldn't see it as you wasting money on him, just time," Nana said. Popo looked around and saw a pretty high-end paint shop.

"Hey, Inkling, it's over there, go on and get some," Popo said, not even waiting to hear Jr.'s and Inkling's response. They both seemed hesitant. These nerves translated to Toon Link. Villager felt bad for him. Toon Link was always Lucas's friend, even way before they were in the Smash Mansion. Being able to throw a big party for him; he knew it was a big deal. He also knew he'd do anything to make this party perfect. Villager patted Toon Link's back and looked at Bowser. Bowser took a deep breath, then kneeled in front of Jr. and Inkling. He had a hand on both of their shoulders.

"Come on, you won't be by yourselves, we're a team for a reason," Bowser said. Jr. looked up at him.

"W-what if we screw up the paintings?" Jr. asked. Bowser didn't have an answer for him. He didn't know enough about Lucas to know for sure. There was a small silence until Young Link walked up to them.

"Lucas would simply like the effort," he said. Bowser gave the boy a small smile. The Ice Climbers ran to Wolf.

"Come on, let's go get the supplies so we can have more time to paint," Nana said, almost pulling on Wolf's feet like they were his kids. Wolf groaned.

"Ok, ok, ok...don't pull, I just got these things clean," Wolf said, caving into the kids' demands and leading them toward the paint shop.

"Listen kiddo," Bowser started. Jr. tilted his head. "As long as you try your best, you can paint anything. You'll have us to lean on." Inkling finally looked up.

"I-I've got an idea," Inkling said. She sounded excited. She looked at Jr. and grabbed his hand. "Come on, I'll tell you in the shop." Jr. nodded and the two of them ran off. Bowser stood back up and gave a sigh.

"Thanks, Bowser," Toon Link said. Bowser turned toward Toon Link and Villager and gave them a smirk.

"Of course," Bowser happily said. Villager then started to panic when he saw the name of the paint shop.

"CRAP! WOLF'S GONNA BE IN SO MUCH DAMN DEBT!" Villager ran faster than he ever has run to make it into the paint shop. Ridley just nervously laughed.

"Well, you seem to be fine on this end. Oh, don't be afraid to use the auditorium to paint," Ridley said before flying off.

Ness and Lucas walked toward the mall. Ness had expected the team in the mall to have finished their job. Once they entered the mall, they didn't find anyone from the team, so he continued to think that no one was there. Lucas looked at Ness. "Why're we here?" Lucas asked. Ness smirked.

"Well, I decided to take you to a movie," Ness smiled. Lucas's eyes beamed. Lucas loved going to the movies. He hasn't been to one in a while, but whenever he did go, anyone could tell just how much he loved them. He didn't even allow Ness to say what movie they would watch before he grabbed Ness's arm and ran toward the movie theatre.

On their way there, however, they crashed into Toon Link. Lucas fell to the ground, but Ness just panicked. Toon Link had bags in his hand that, if Lucas saw, would definitely make him suspicious. Toon Link started to panic as well. He tossed the two bags away in time for Lucas to recover. He stood up as he scratched the back of his head. "Oh, TL, hiya."

"Uh, w-what're you doing here?" Toon Link nervously asked.

"We're gonna watch a movie," Ness answered. Toon Link took a small breath to calm his nerves. He looked at Lucas, who seemed like he was already getting somewhat suspicious.

"Anyway, happy birthday, pal," Toon Link said as he slapped Lucas's back. Lucas chuckled.

"Thanks…" Lucas looked down the mall and saw the theatre. He saw the new Spongebob movie was playing and he nearly shrieked at the sight. Lucas bolted toward the entrance and was there before Ness or Toon Link noticed he was missing. Lucas turned back toward Ness. He opened his mouth but hesitated because he saw Nana, Popo, and Wolf walking around with bags. He shook his head, knowing he had priorities. "NESS! HURRY THE FUCK UP. I DON'T WANT TO MISS SPONGEBOB...THIS HAS KEANU FUCKING REEVES!" Before Ness could respond, Lucas entered the theatre. Ness took a breath of relief.

"How's it going so far?" Ness asked.

"It's tough, but well." Toon Link hurried his group from a distance before turning back to Ness. "Now then, you probably should go get him before he eats out that poor theatre."

"Thanks, dude," Ness said as he ran toward the theatre. Toon Link simply chuckled. He turned back to his team and saw Popo taking a break at a potted tree.

"WAKE YOUR DAMN ASS UP, YOU ALMOST GOT US CAUGHT!"

8 hours until the party

Ridley flew back to the mansion and found the advertising team in the training room. The advertising team was just that, they needed to advertise the small parade they were holding. The team consisted of Mario, Pac-Man, Waio, Mewtwo, Dr. Mario, Pikachu, Fox, and Falco. Ridley crossed his arm as he looked at the group. The group seemed to have diverged from their task. "Well, clearly you guys don't care…." Ridley angrily said. "I'll go ahead and get Kirby."

"NO, please…." Wario screamed. Mario shook his head.

"We're just at an impasse and decided that if we trained we could get an idea," Mario said.

"Nothing has come, though," Dr. Mario finished.

"What have you got so far?" Ridley asked. Everyone stopped training and Mario pulled out a simple sheet of paper. On this paper was a drawn-out Lucas with streamers, balloons, and various other items to celebrate Lucas's 17th birthday. There was still some decent space at the top of the piece of paper and the bottom.

"Pikachu drew the design, but we have no clue what words it should say," Falco said. Ridley tilted his head. He tried thinking what the best phrase to say was.

"I've got an idea," Wario said. Everyone turned to him. "You too can come in our bottom boy's hole!" Everyone just stayed quiet. Mewtwo pushed Wario into the wall with his psychic powers.

"Anyone else?" Mario asked.

"You should come to this PK Fire party," Pac- Man suggested. Mario looked at him with a cringed glare. Pac-Man simply looked down, knowing the answer.

"You guys are trying too hard, think more simple," Ridley suggested.

"Pika, Pikapika!" Pikachu yelled. Everyone looked at Mewtwo for a translation.

"Come see a psychic and like it," Mewtwo translated.

"Too general buddy," Fox said, patting Pikachu's head. "It should be more about Lucas."

"Why not just say 'support the boy from nowhere'?" Falco suggested. Mario looked down at the sheet of paper and what was on it.

"Too literal," Ridley said.

"Anyone is family...even if you're from nowhere," Mario said. Everyone looked down at the sheet of paper and smiled.

"I like it," Pac-Man said. Everyone looked at each other and gave a nod. Pac-Man wrote the saying half at the top and half at the bottom. That was when something else popped into Pac-Man's head. He wrote something, in smaller handwriting, that said: "become one of us". Pac-Man backed up to showcase the flyer. Everyone liked it.

"Good, now just color it in, copy it, and post them around," Ridley said. Dr. Mario looked at Wario, who was at the entrance to the room.

"Hey, make yourself useful and take these to the copy machine," Dr. Mario said. Wario crossed his arms, not wanting to do it.

"I'm not your errand boy," Wario said.

"You were the one talking about coming in a minor's hole." Wario bit down on his cheek as he thought for a moment.

"Aight…" he simply said. He walked over and grabbed the sheet of paper then walked out of the room.

7 hours until the party

Ridley walked into the dining room. This was where the team tasked with cooking the actual food was at. The cake team and the food team were separate because the cake was the main attraction for food. This food team consisted of Min Min, Ganondorf, Link, Yoshi, Diddy Kong, and King Dedede. "How's the menu looking?" Ridley asked.

"Fatty," Ganondorf instantly said.

"I'm telling you, we should add Raman, Lucas is from Japan, right, he'd love Raman," Min Min said.

"Min Min, we're all from Japan."

"Well…" Diddy Kong started to say. Ganondorf sighed.

"Ok, fine, not everyone is from Japan, but still."

"Yo, Yo," Yoshi excitedly said. King Dedede nodded.

"I'm with him," he said.

"You know what he said?" Link asked. King Dedede shrugged.

"I'm kinda learning Yoshanese." Ridley shook his head.

"Focus...so the menu is too fattening?" Ridley asked. Ganondorf nodded. Ridley looked at the menu and saw what Ganondorf meant. There were a lot of sweets and foods known for being fatty. Ridley tilted his head. "There's not much meat...or vegetables, or anything healthy."

"We didn't think Lucas would like a menu with that stuff," Link said.

"Do you not know Lucas? He went on a diet a few weeks ago...he was already below average with weight, so he's not a big fan of fatty foods." Min Min crossed her dragon arms.

"I told you, but noooo, don't listen to the newbie," Min Min sarcastically said.

"Don't sass me," Link said.

"Oh, I'll sass you when I want." Ganondorf shook his head. He simply put his large hands over Min Min's and Link's faces.

"Any ideas, Ridley?" Ganondorf asked.

"Well, just more meat and veggies in general," Ridley suggested.

"I hate veggies," King Dedede whined.

"You of all people need them, out here looking like a damn Wailord after quarantine." King Dedede just looked angrily at Ridley.

"Hey, stop insulting Wailords," Diddy Kong giggled. King Dedede crossed his arms.

"I hate both of you," King Dedede pouted. Yoshi tilted his head and seemed to have gotten an idea.

"Yoshi, Yo, Yo!" Yoshi energetically said. Everyone just looked at him, confused. None of them were able to understand Yoshi. Yoshi growled and ripped a pencil out of Link's hand and started writing what he said. But once more, he wrote in his own language, so no one was able to understand. "YOSHI!" Yoshi dashed out of the room. This left the group to themselves. They were quiet at first, but then they started humming the theme song of the Smash Tournament. All of them were humming it, with varying enthusiasm.

"COLORS WEAVE INTO A SPIRE OF FLAME!" Diddy Kong sang out loud. But he sang it horribly. This one attempt to sing ruined the vibe that they created. Min Min just slammed her arm into Diddy Kong's head, making him fall to the ground. The door to the dining room soon swung up and showed Yoshi dragging Luigi into the room. It was clear Luigi didn't want to come, but he showed he didn't have much of a choice. Yoshi let go of Luigi when they got to the table where everyone else was and crossed his arms.

"Yoshi, Yo, Yo…" Yoshi said, showing that he was already fed up. Luigi rubbed his neck then looked at the group.

"He suggested having omelets since it's Lucas's favorite food," Luigi translated.

"Yo, Yoshi, Yo!"

"With some prime steak and veggie side…"

"Shi, Yo!"

"Apple pie.." This continued until an entire menu was created by Yoshi. They looked over this menu and everything seemed balanced. Luigi just looked at Yoshi. "I'll just...I'll just go back."

"Yo, Mama Luigi!" Yoshi said. Luigi smirked as he made it to the door. He looked back.

"Don't worry about it, just next time wait until I finish using the toilet to drag me out." Yoshi just nervously laughed. Ridley looked down at the menu and nodded to himself.

"Well, so far so good. It's getting closer to the party, so it'd be best to get the food," Ridley said. Ganondorf nodded since he knew he'd have to be the one to buy all of the food.

Ness and Lucas made it to Ness's house. They decided to relax there for a few hours. They were worn out from sitting in the uncomfortable movie theatre chair for an hour. After being greeted about his special day by Ness's family, Lucas led Ness up to Ness's room. Once in, Lucas collapsed on Ness's bed and closed his eyes. "My back hurts…" Lucas complained. Ness closed the door with a chuckle. He crawled next to Lucas on his bed.

"I'm surprised you could sit at all after what we did," Ness smugly said.

"You….dirty bastard," Lucas smirked. Ness tucked himself into his bed and gave a sigh of comfort "Thanks, Ness, for today?" Ness giggled.

"Of course, anything for your special day." Lucas turned to look at Ness.

"Um, you think something is happening at Smash Mansion?" Ness shot his eyes open. He shakily turned his head to look at Lucas.

"W-why would you think that?"

"Well, I saw Popo at the mall-he hates the mall-I saw Ridley flying around, and I swear I could see Palutena in a crop top." Ness nervously chuckled. Ness decided to lick Lucas's nose.

"N-no, I have no clue…"

"Hmmm? Right, whatever you say." Lucas looked back up at the ceiling. He let out a long sigh. "About what we talked about earlier…"

"What?"

"About...a family?"

"Uh, yea, what of it?" Ness asked, turning to the ceiling. He was just relieved it seemed Lucas was getting away from the topic of Smash Mansion.

"Uh, you think we'll be together long enough to, umm, be-I dunno-married?" Ness grew a smile. He closed his eyes.

"Of course, I always saw you as my future hubby." Lucas had a smile that was wider than Ness's. He slid over and laid his head on top of Ness's chest.

"Love you, f-future hubby." Ness giggled.

"Love you too, Hubby." The two boys fell asleep like that.

6 hours until the party

Ridley made it to the front yard of the mansion and saw a group that was tasked with trying to make the night more special. Due to the rather vague orders, they didn't exactly know what to do, and they still didn't know. They just decided to go outside and maybe an idea will come to them. This team consisted of Donkey Kong, Isabelle, King K Rool, Snake, Ike, Terry, and Samus in her zero suit. Snake groaned to himself. "What the hell do we do?" Snake said as he lied down on the ground. Ridley crossed his arms.

"Anything?" Ridley questioned. Isabelle shook her head.

"Nothing," she said.

"It doesn't help that those two keep fighting," Terry said, motioning toward Donkey Kong and King K Rool, who were fighting over a banana. Once Ridley looked at them they stopped and King K Rool snatched the banana. Both of them then smiled toward Ridley. Ridley rolled his eyes. Ridley just shook his head and turned back toward the mature adults.

"Do you have anything, like anything at all?" Ridley asked.

"All we've got are some lights because it's gonna be night, not sure what else to add though," Ike said.

"What about fireworks?" Ridley suggested.

"Fireworks never thought of that," Samus said out loud.

"Didn't we have enough earlier this month?" Snake asked, sitting up.

"Well, we could have some to celebrate us rather than just general fireworks," Ike said.

"We don't have any though," Samus said.

"I can steal some from Villager and we could adjust them a bit," Isabelle added. King K Rool and Donkey Kong finally decided to join the group.

"What if we throw a light show...kinda like the kind on America's got talent," King K Rool said.

"Light Balance?" Terry asked. King K Rool nodded. "Sounds interesting, but when would that even happen?" King K Rool looked at Donkey Kong, and they both smirked. It seemed they weren't just fighting over a banana, but they were also planning. They told the group what exactly they planned. They even fine-tuned the timing of things that even Ness and Ridley couldn't do.

The plan was somewhat simple. It would start with the parade. The parade would start at the mall and go through a large portion of Ultimatum until it finally stops at Smash Mansion. Along the way, one specific float would shoot off fireworks. Each firework would be based on a person inside Smash Mansion, starting with Mario and ending with Min Min. There would be another machine that would play the theme song that was assigned to that fighter-it would play depending on what firework was shot. That would just be the parade though. Once the parade ended at Smash Mansion anyone would be welcome to come in, with certain people being more able to do so-like the fighters, the mayor's family and close friends/family of the fighters-where Master Hand would give the first-ever tour of the place. The tour would end in the auditorium where each fighter showed off a hidden skill they may or may not have shown before. That would be when the true celebration of Lucas's birthday would begin. The food would come, with the cake being the main attraction, and everyone would be able to eat to their heart's content. That's all the two had planned.

The others just looked at the two rivals with a confused look. "You guys planned all that?" Samus asked. The two of them smiled victoriously.

"But, isn't this about Lucas?" Isabelle asked.

"Pfft, like he's the type to want a party just for him," Donkey Kong shrugged. Everyone then turned to Ridley, looking for his input on the plan. He smiled.

"That sounds perfect. For now, get those fireworks situated," Ridley said. The others nodded.

5 hours until the party

Ridley started to fly around the city, mainly looking for the group that is out posting the sheets that the other group made. Ridley landed when he saw one of the members of this group, Jigglypuff. She floated down from the air after posting a pretty high up flyer. She then titled her body at Ridley. "Where're the others?" Ridley asked. Jigglypuff then floated into the air and continuously floated toward a restaurant run by one of the members of the group, Mr. Game and Watch. When Ridley entered he saw the other members of the group relaxing in the booths. The members included Dark Samus, Duck Hunt, Lucina, Ryu, Corrin, Simon, and Chrom. Jigglypuff jumped over to Dark Samus, who caught her in her arms. Corrin stood up. "Ridley? You need something?" he asked.

"I was just checking in on you guys, how's it going?" Ridley asked.

"Going well, we finished planting all the flyers," Ryu said. Mr. Game and Watch came out of the back room with a plate of hot and steamy food. He placed the plate on the table everyone was sitting around. Duck Hunt instantly started going at it.

"Oh, what's cracking?" Mr. Game and Watch said, trying to sound like a nineties kid. Ridley just shook his head in disappointment. Mr. Game and Watch pouted as he walked back toward the back room. Ridley turned back to the group.

"Did Lucas see any of the flyers?" Ridley asked.

"Nah, we haven't seen him all day," Chrom said as he tried to calm Duck Hunt down from the food. The duck just ended up biting Chrom's hand. "OUCH, You're lucky I don't call Colonel Sanders." Lucina rolled her eyes. She reached forward and grabbed the duck. The duck didn't attempt to retaliate. Lucina started petting the back of the duck's head and neck.

"He's not a chicken," she said. "Anyway, we asked his parents and it seems like he's over at Ness's house."

"That's good, we can't let him see the flyers until the parade starts," Ridley said.

"When is it happening? I need to know so I could schedule my beauty sleep," Dark Samus said. Simon just looked at Dark Samus up and down.

"Do you even have a body?" Simon asked, raising an eyebrow as he did so. Dark Samus took the hand that was petting Jigglypuff's head and pointed it at Simon's head, where the hand turned into an arm cannon, armed and ready to shoot a missile. Simon snapped his fingers. "I'll shut up." Dark Samus lowered her arm.

"It's starting an hour before the actual party at Smash Mansion," Ridley answered.

"Well, what do we do now?" Corrin asked.

"Hey, Mr. Game and Watch, close up shop. We've got something to do." Mr. Game and Watch gave an annoyed sigh before walking out from the back room. He crossed his arms.

"Fine, but what're we doing?" he asked.

"You'll need rehearsals."

"Rehearsals?" Ryu questioned.

4 hours until the party

Ridley entered the mansion and saw the foyer was fully decorated. The rest of the fighters, not in any specific group, were placed in one massive group to decorate the entirety of Smash Mansion. It seemed the decorating group had divided into smaller groups as well. The major group was divided into two, where one group would decorate the southern part of the mansion and the other would decorate the northern part. They would then meet in the large Living Room in the middle. The southern team, and the team Ridley saw in the Foyer, was Banjo Kazooie, Incineroar, Bayonetta, Ken, Shulk, Greninja, Mega Man, Lucario, Roy, and Marth. Marth was looking inside a mirror, checking his hair out, when he saw Ridley's reflection. Marth jumped around. "I WASN'T FEELING MYSELF!" Marth yelled.

"I didn't say you were," Ridley said. Marth looked down.

"Ok, I was." Ridley squinted his eyes in confusion. Bayonetta walked over and put her arm on Marth's shoulder and looked at Ridley while chewing on gum. She waited until the rest of the group to come by before she talked.

"So, done scoutin' out those poor fools?" Bayonetta asked. Marth stepped aside since he didn't like Bayonetta leaning on him. This made Bayonetta fall down, and no one thought to help her.

"How close are you guys to finishing the decorations?"

"We're close, we were just about to go into the Living Room, but we decided to take a quick break," Roy explained. Bayonetta, full of anger that no one even thought to help her, stood up.

"WHERE'S THE CHIVALRY?!"

"It died with your chance to win another tournament," Shulk smugly said. Bayonetta looked down. Shulk chuckled and walked forward. He patted her back. "Wanna pitch in?"

"I'd rather watch," Ridley said.

"Yo, Roy?" Ken said. Roy looked back and saw Ken standing next to Mega Man. "Could me and the kid go train, we've got our match tomorrow?"

"Sure."

"Don't be long, you don't want to miss the parade," Ridley added on. Mega Man nodded, but then he looked up at Ken.

"By the way, I'm no kid. So for that, you're going to get the hard knuckle to your hard buckle," Mega Man said. Ken just chuckled. He didn't know if Mega Man was being honest or not. They soon walked off, leaving the group.

"What're you waiting for anyway?"

"Greninja is in the bathroom," Lucario said from the wall right next to the doorframe. The door frames in the Foyer-aside from the entrance-had no actual doors in them.

"Do frogs even pee?" Banjo asked.

"I kinda don't want to know," Kazooie said. She then popped back into Banjo's backpack. Banjo shook his head and walked into the hall. He got to the bathroom door and knocked on it. The door opened, surprising him, and showed Greninja. But he wasn't alone. He was in there with Incineroar. Incineroar cleared his throat.

"Incine…" he said.

"I don't….Kazooie was right…" Banjo said as he entered the Living Room. Ridley led the rest of the group down the hall and into the Living room, where they met with the rest of the big group. This consisted of Dark Pit, Meta Knight, Rosalina, Little Mac, Robin, Richter, and Eleven. Dark Pit instantly sat on the couch and gave an exaggerated groan.

"MY FEET HURT!" he whined. Rosalina patted his back. She lowered her head to Dark Pit's ear.

"Stop being a little pussy, we've just got one room left," she whispered. She then walked over to the rest of the group.

"Alright, let's get this thing started," Little Mac excitedly said. They all started to decorate the Living Room. Ridley watched as the already pretty glamorous Living Room turned into a type of oasis. It was very pretty and made the feeling of the Living Room much homier. It took awhile for it to be finished. Ridley looked at the time.

2 hours before the party

Ridley took a deep breath. He flew up. "Alright, everyone, outside, hurry," Ridley said. Everyone followed Ridley outside. Right when they got outside Red jumped down from Charizard.

"Good, you must've seen the time...the floats are all ready and are being put up in order at the mall, I've already told the others."

"And Ness and Lucas?"

"I told Ness's mom, let them sleep for a little longer, at least until the parade is ready to begin." Ridley nodded and looked back at the others. Ridley spread his wings and a few of the fighters jumped on. Ridley took multiple trips to ensure that everyone made it to the mall.

The floats were exactly what Ridley imagined. The first one, of course, was Mario. Mario was standing on top of a warp pipe with a super mushroom in one hand and a fire flower in the other. The scenery of the float was also reminiscent of the world Mario would talk about. Mario hopped onto the float and walked to the back end of the float. There he saw Snake and Ike installing some type of device to the back of the float. "What's that?" Mario asked.

"Fireworks and music machine, a 2-for-1 deal here," Snake said. Little Mac then decided to help with the construction of the line of floats. He saw the chain at the end of the Mario float and saw the hook at the front of the Donkey Kong float. He knew how many floats there were, so he looked back at the group he decorated the mansion with, and most of them nodded. They all divided up and started connecting the floats together. There were some police starting to line up so they could lead the way. Some onlookers started to gather outside of the fences that were already there when Ridley landed. Ridley flew up into the air and looked down at everything that was done so far. He felt a sense of accomplishment. While looking around, he saw Tabuu and his son. Ridley landed back on the ground.

"Hello sir, I really appreciate you taking us up on this offer," Ridley bowed. Tabuu raised an eyebrow.

"Where're the pretty ladies?" X asked. X looked around and saw Palutena, who was currently dictating a small team on some final float preparations. He grew a sly grin and ran toward Palutena. He then collided her into a hug. Tabuu sighed.

"He's supposed to be 17...but I guess sometimes he acts how he looks…" Tabuu said.

"WAH, WHO THE HELL JUST GRABBED MY ASS!" Palutena yelled. Ridley didn't bother with looking back though. He just stood up straight and looked at Tabuu.

"Listen, you're impeding on rather busy business hours, this party better be good."

"NOW HE'S GRABBING MY TITS, SOMEONE GET THIS LITTLE PERVERT!" Ridley opened his mouth to respond to Tabuu, but he was told to stop by a familiar voice. He looked up and saw Master Hand. Master Hand landed on the ground.

"Trust me, sir, the party and parade will be A-1," Master Hand said.

"AAAAAAA, WHY IS EVERYONE IGNORING ME!?" Tabuu groaned.

"X, GET YOUR ASS OVER HERE!" Tabuu yelled. X sighed and jumped off of Palutena's neck and ran over to Tabuu's side. Tabuu then crossed his arms as he looked at Master Hand. "Listen, having kids and animals fight adults was already tough to have, this party better make all of that worth it." Master Hand gave Tabuu a thumbs up. Tabuu patted on X's back and they left. Ridley thanked Master Hand, who then flew off, and turned around to see Palutena-who was still in shock.

"That kid…"

"It doesn't help that you're quite busty," Ridley said.

"SHUT UP!"

1 ½ hour until the party

Ness's mom walked up the stairs and entered Ness's room. There she saw Ness and Lucas were still sleeping. Despite how cute she saw it, she knew she needed to wake them up. She gently shook Lucas, and this woke him up. He rubbed his eyes and yawned, and his yawn woke Ness up. "Mom?" Ness asked.

"You boys have been asleep for quite a bit...I've gotta take you somewhere, come on," Ness's mom said. She then started on her way to her car. Ness and Lucas got out of the bed, changed clothes, put their shoes on, and only then noticed they were being told they needed to go somewhere. Ness looked outside as they entered the kitchen and saw how late it was.

"Man, it's late…"

"I guess, but what is time anyway?" Lucas asked. He opened the front door and stepped out. He heard the distant crickets and the sound was calming to him. He smirked and looked around the front porch. He saw a sheet of paper at the curb. Lucas walked away from the house and picked the sheet of paper up. There was nothing at first, but then he flipped the paper around and saw a painted picture of him. Lucas tilted his head. Ness caught up with Lucas and saw the flyer.

"Anyone is family, even if they're from nowhere?" Ness read.

"Boys, come on," Ness's mom said as she backed out of the driveway. Ness started to walk toward the car, but Lucas kept looking at the flyer. Ness ran back and grabbed Lucas's hand. He then dragged Lucas to the car and forced him into it. It was a quiet ride. Lucas was just trying to deduce what the flyer meant. Lucas looked at Ness, who seemed too carefree for his liking.

"You knew about this flyer?" Lucas asked.

"Not that exactly but….you'll see," Ness winked.

1 hour before the party

They got closer to the parade floats. Lucas only grew more and more suspicious with Ness's lack of surprise, or even his fake surprise by the crowds. Ness's mom stopped, but Lucas didn't know why. "Alright, here we are," she said. Lucas opened the door and looked forward. His eyes widened instantly. He saw the Mario float.

"What the hell?" he asked himself. Ness also got out of the car and ran over to Lucas's side. He grabbed Lucas's hand and smiled at the floats. Lucas turned toward Ness. "Did you…?" Ness smiled.

"It is your birthday, boo," Ness said. Ness started walking toward the floats. Due to Ness holding Lucas's hand, Lucas had to walk with Ness. They got to the cops at the front. The cops looked at Ness and Lucas up and down before stepping aside.

"For real, a police escort?" Lucas questioned as Ness forced him to continue walking. Lucas stumbled a bit, but then caught up. Lucas soon saw that it wasn't just Mario's float, but there was a Donkey Kong float, a Link float, everyone in Smash Mansion. Lucas's eyes stopped on his float. Lucas was surrounded by sunflowers, with Boney at his feet, and his rope snake around his neck. Lucas let go of Ness's hand and stared at his float as he walked down. He strangely didn't see anyone else though. The area seemed empty. Lucas walked quite a way ahead of Ness.

"Hey, Luke, guess what?"

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" everyone said as Lucas turned around. Lucas looked at everyone who was there.

"Everyone is here?" Lucas said. Lucas soon saw a shadow on the ground. When he looked up he saw Master Hand land with a camera that was at least 10x too small for him.

"Go join them Lucas, picture time," Master Hand happily said. Before Lucas could do anything, Ness ran up and grabbed Lucas's arm and ran him back to the others. They stood in front of everyone, with Toon Link to Lucas's immediate left, Ness on his right, and Cloud right behind Lucas. Lucas looked up as Cloud looked down. Cloud then did something rare, he smiled.

"Happy birthday, kiddo," Cloud said as he playfully ruffled Lucas's hair. Lucas grew a smile. He then looked back at the camera and his smile grew in size. Master Hand snapped the photo. Master Hand was able to instantly print out the picture so he had to shake it a bit. When the image was fully visible he showed it to Lucas.

"Aw damn it, I blinked," Nana disappointingly said. Ridley walked over to Ness and smiled down at them. Ness looked up.

"Thanks for doing all this," Ness said. Ridley smiled.

"Oh, that's not all. We'll ride our floats to the mansion. When we get to the mansion we all have got to showcase some type of hidden talent, then a basic party starts after that," Ridley explained. Lucas started to tear up, making Ridley feel somewhat bad. Lucas looked down and wiped his eyes. Ness turned to face him.

"Luke, did I do something wrong? Is this too much?" Lucas started to cry out loud. Ness grabbed Lucas's chin and made him look up. "Come on, if I did something wrong, tell me."

"N-no, that's not it…" Lucas said as the warm tears fell from Lucas's eyes. Ness placed his hand on Lucas's cheek, rubbing it ever so slightly. "Y-you've done s-so much, for just one day." Ness shook his head.

"It's not 'just one day' it's your day...it's my little Lucas's day," Ness said as he rubbed noses with Lucas. Lucas's giggle warmed Ness's heart.

"N-Ness?" Ness moved his head away from Lucas's. Lucas opened his mouth to say something, but couldn't seem to do it. He wasn't struggling out of sadness or anger, he was struggling to say the feelings he had in words, his overwhelmingly happy feelings. He just ended up showing it by bringing Ness into a hug. Lucas didn't say anything, but Ness could tell what he was wanting to say by the hug alone. Ness wrapped his arms around Lucas.

"S-sorry to break up this little moment, but we're on a tight schedule. We only have access to the streets for this hour," Ridley said. Ness and Lucas broke the hug up and smiled.

"See at the mansion," Ness winked.

"You bet," Lucas sniffled. Lucas watched Ness walk toward his float. Everyone else was already on their own float. Lucas got to his float and sat on top of Boney, which he found to be oddly comfortable, perhaps due to the loss of boney. Lucas laid forward and petted the oversized dog. "Who would've thought we'd be here, Boney?" Lucas sniffed once more but was distracted from it by a loud and high-pitched noise. Lucas looked forward and saw fireworks had been shot into the air. Once the fireworks exploded, it showed two images. A mushroom and Mario's own head. He then heard Mario's classic "ground" theme. Lucas smiled as more of Mario's fireworks shot into the air. The same thing happened with Donkey Kong's and Link's and everyone else's. Lucas's shot up after quite a while of the floats driving through the city. When Lucas's did shoot up, Lucas looked up. He saw the same "Earthbound" symbol that Ness had, but instead of Ness's face, it was Lucas's. That was when the "love" theme kicked in. Lucas still looked up, but more tears started to form. His breathing also got a bit shaky. "T-they did all of this? For my birthday? Y-you fucking…." Lucas closed his eyes and laid back forward on Boney. "I'm glad I became a Smash Brother, Boney...I know you're proud of me." Lucas's warm tears of joy stained the back of Boney's head. The parade continued. More and more fireworks and music played. They were nearing the mansion.

0 hours until the party

Master Hand flew around the floats telling each fighter to get off quickly and enter the auditorium. The fighters didn't meet up with friends until they all made it to the backstage of the auditorium. Ness collided a big hug into Lucas. "Things were better than I expected," Ness laughed. They broke up their hug and Ness saw Lucas's happy smile. "I'm glad you liked it."

"Of course I loved it...I got to see Boney again," Lucas said with a bittersweet smile. More tears fell from his eyes and made Lucas crouch down. "Damn...I-I'm such a baby." Ness kneeled down.

"Hey, you're gonna see a new talent of mine soon, I hope you're excited," Ness smiled. Lucas looked up and saw Ness's carefree smile. Lucas wiped the tears away from himself and stood up. He let out a breath.

"I-I'm looking forward to it." The talent show started pretty quickly. Mario was first, obviously, and his hidden talent turned out to be….being able to sneeze out fireballs. It was clear to everyone that it was a painful talent, but a talent nonetheless. The talent show continued with some...odd talents. Being able to spin on just their pinky, being able to sing twinkle twinkle little stars backward, and someone was even able to spin so hard they'd get naked-they did get a quick ticket for flashing minors, however. Lucas was enjoying the talent show. He loved seeing odd talents, but he mainly wanted to see his friends' hidden talents. Red was able to sing the Pokerap, but instead of Pokemon it was all Yugioh monsters, Toon Link was able to swallow his sword without puking or cutting himself, Popo was able to somewhat communicate with dolphins, and Cloud was able to sing Arianna Grande songs will hitting all the high notes. But the one person he paid most attention to was Ness. Ness was able to shoot his PK Fire out in different shapes. One of the shapes he showed was a flower.

Lucas's talent wasn't anything special, to him at least, but to everyone else, they found it amazing. Lucas was able to dance many different styles of dance: Robot, breakdance, ballet, hip-hop, and even tap dancing. Lucas always saw it as kind of embarrassing, but he loved it. There were a few other talents that stuck out to Lucas. King K Rool's was basically a total rip off of the light balance show on America's got talent...just this time with a fat crocodile, Snake was able to rap, Pichu was somehow some type of master marksman, and even Isabelle seemed to have a whole arsenal of weapons only seen in Doom. The thing that Isabelle said frightened everyone since it was completely out of character for her. "I'LL FUCKING RIP AND TEAR ALL OF Y'ALL ASSES IF YOU FUCK WITH ME…. AND I DON'T EVEN CARE WHO THE HELL YOU ARE….FUCKING BASTARDS!" The change in personality in Isabelle was shown instantly once she put away the weapon. "I do hope to see you guys again, it was definitely a pleasure."

The talent show continued until everyone showcased something. Then, Peach and Min Min told everyone that the food was in the cafeteria. Lucas was escorted there first, however. Once Lucas and Ness got into the cafeteria he saw the large cake and all the decorations on it. Lucas slowly walked to it. He covered his mouth in utter shock. This cake was everything good that happened in his life, from his family, to his friends, to the mansion, then finally to Ness. "Take the first piece, then we'll give you your gifts," Peach said. Lucas cut out a piece of Ness from the very top. He smirked as he walked to the table. Ness cut a piece off, but it didn't have anything on it that stuck out. Ness joined Lucas at the table.

"I finally get to eat you out this time around," Lucas smiled. Ness cut a smaller piece of his slice of cake and giggled.

"I don't think a cake is the same as an asshole," Ness said.

"..." Peach had overheard this.

"You just don't know how to stay quiet, do you?" Ness grinned.

"You're one to talk…" Ness leaned forward, "Do you need me to remind you of what you sounded like by the waterfall?" Lucas's face flushed in red.

"N-NO! I'll just eat this cake." Ness giggled and ate his own slice of cake. While eating the cake, Toon Link walked over to Lucas with a large yet skinny wrapped gift. Lucas finished his cake and tilted his head at the gift. "It's quite big." Toon Link nodded.

"I kinda want this to be a surprise, close your eyes," Toon Link said. Ness then stood up and directed Lucas's hands to unwrap the gift. Toon Link made sure that all the important stuff got uncovered. "Ok, open your eyes." Lucas's eyes widened. It was a painting of the Smash Mansion. It wasn't just the mansion, however, but it also had every fighter in the painting. The painting just showcased everyone having fun. Lucas smiled.

"You guys….made this?"

"My concept, Jr. and Inkling painted it." Lucas looked back at Inkling and Jr., who had joined him and Ness at the table a bit ago, they simply smiled. Lucas picked the painting up and knew exactly what to do with it. He walked out of the cafeteria and into the Foyer. He looked at the wall directly opposite the front door. A few people followed; Ness and Ridley was one of them. Lucas handed the painting to Ridley and pointed to the space right above the doorway to the middle hallway. Ridley flew up and placed it there. He moved a little out of the way but still kept his hand on it. Ness and Lucas tilted their heads as they looked up at it.

"Yea...I like it." Ridley nodded. He then used his tail to nail in the painting. Ridley landed back on the ground and led the small group into the large living room. Lucas looked around and saw the Oasis. He simply shook his head. He turned to Ness and grabbed his hand. Lucas looked at Ridley and the few other people who followed. "Please allow Ness and I some alone time, he's got some…..bottom filling to do." Lucas looked at Ness, who was still a few steps behind Lucas on what they were doing. Before Ness could analyze Lucas's movements, Lucas ran with Ness in his hand. They made it to Lucas's room. Room number 23. Lucas looked faintly at Ness. "There's one birthday gift I want just for me, but you already gave me it today….however…."

"I could give you a second one?" Ness finished Lucas's question. Lucas nodded and this brought a smile to Ness's face. "I'd be more than happy to." He then took control of the situation, forcing Lucas into the room and kicking the door closed. Allowing them the private time they need to make Lucas's birthday, the best it could be.

"AAAAA THIS BOY IS BACK AT IT AGAIN…..FUCKING HELP!" Palutena yelled throughout the mansion as X made moves against her, but much like last time, no one helped. Everyone just enjoyed the last of Lucas's birthday, with Ness and Lucas having a little more enjoyment and fulfillment out of it….What a very happy birthday.