Toby was sitting in his apartment one night, playing Super Smash Bros on the Switch. He had bought the game for a few months now, playing it alone with the hopes of improving his competitiveness. However, despite all his efforts, he still lost pathetically when compared to his friends and even the Level 6 CPUs. Even still, he tried to have fun playing the game while using his favorite character and main, Lucario.

After losing once again to another computer player, the Switch suddenly went black. Toby groaned, assuming the thing had run out of battery, when suddenly a voice popped into his head.

"You make a mockery of my fighting style!" the deep baritone voice said, echoing in his skull. "I'll show you how to be a real warrior!"

"Who said that?!" Toby exclaimed, whipping his head around to see if anyone else was in the room with him.

That's when he noticed the room around him was slowly getting bigger. Or more accurately, he was getting smaller, shrinking into his clothes. "Aah! What the hell?! What's happening to me?!" he shouted, standing up and watching his pants fall to the ground. His red shirt was on its way to becoming a nightgown. An itching sensation joined the strange shrinking feeling, and Toby's jaw dropped as bright blue fur started growing on his arms and thighs. His thighs actually grew thicker, almost like he was wearing shorts. His shins and feet, however, cracked and shifted which caused him to wince, the feet becoming more like canine paws which forced him to stand on his tiptoes.

A dull pain grew from the base of his spine as something wriggled there, then grew quickly causing Toby to yell. He looked behind him, seeing a thick, blue tail hanging from his rear. "Holy crap... I've got a tail now!" It didn't take long to realize what exactly he was becoming now. "I'm a... I'm... I'm turning into Lucario!"

"That's right." the voice said in his head. "I'm not going to stand idly by and watch as you continue to butcher my in-game model by SD-ing all the time and screwing up the timing of my counter move! You suck at Smash, and so I'm going to fix that!"

All this time when Lucario was talking to Toby, fluffy cream fur grew all over his chest, and a sharp metal spike erupted from between his pecs, tearing a hole in his shirt. His hands shifted into paws, fingers merging as a spike also grew from the back of each hand. Toby raised his left hand and gaped at it, light blue flames of aura surrounding it. He felt powerful, yet also relaxed, and while the bewilderment was still there, it wasn't... so bad now.

Finally, his head felt strange as it felt like something was pushing out from his face. His face extended, pushing out into a muzzle and getting covered in blue and black fur, the black resembling a mask of sorts. His hair turned from brown to black before it shrunk and became fur. Ears elongated and stretched upwards, while the hair on the back of his head merged and formed four aura sensors, capable of detecting all living things.

"Is... is it over...?" Toby asked the air, removing his shirt and setting down his Switch which he was still holding for some reason. "Wow... I'm actually Lucario now! This is so cool!" he said with starry eyes.

"Arceus, you're a dunce." Lucario muttered in Toby's head. "Yes, you're an actual Lucario now. Now come on! Go outside and start training! I'm using up my own time just because I don't want to see your sorry little tail get beaten all the time."

Three weeks later, a normal human Toby showed up at his friends' regular gathering. "It's been so long, dude!" one of his close friends said, clapping him on the back. "Where have you been? Our weekly meetings haven't been the same without you!"

Toby lightly chuckled and rubbed the back of his head. "Oh, I was... uh... getting in shape, and taking some time off for myself. But enough of that, let's play some Smash! I guarantee that I'm going to win this time!"

And he did, all thanks to Lucario's coaching.
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I'm merely a novice artist, but I really wanted to practice. I know it's just mediocre and I hope to get better! Hopefully the story adds some value to the piece, though.