I don't any characters, etc. This is just for the fun of it.
Took a dare to mix up the pairings of SamusxSnake and LinkxZelda. Other characters from Brawl may appear, depending. Rating may change later. The progress of this particular story will depend on reviews. If you like it, review.
"They always stick us together. It's like they can't think past that." Samus growled, tromping down the stairs of Princess Zelda's castle. She hated the place, she hated castles, she hated dances and above all, she hated the little sniveling worm named Snake. "Your kinda woman, eh?" She scuffed her shoe along the steps as she stepped out into the courtyard. "Of all the-yah!" She whirled and fired her energy blaster at three neatly crafted fountains in succession.
"Whoa! Take it easy! I'm moving!" Link's voice came cautiously from behind the ruins of the second fountain. He edged out from behind the rubble, his spiky hair sticking up even more as if by order of sheer fright.
Samus took a step backwards, but grudgingly acknowledged his presence. "Did I hit you?" But it was asked more out of politeness than actual affection. She would have liked to have hit him…even though Snake was more deserving of the blow than the blond archer.
Link shook his head, arrows quivering in his holster slung loosely over one shoulder. "Nah. I was uh…sitting down."
They cast a gaze in unison to the fountain in question and Samus quirked a smile. She'd only hit the top. "Lucky you." She grimaced, moving forward to inspect the damage. "I hope your girlfriend doesn't mind my redecorating."
"She's not my girlfriend." The words tumbled from his mouth and Link looked as if he'd swallowed something rather distasteful.
Samus smirked. "Yeah right. You two are always going around, you're just the most purrrfect couple ever!" She attacked the crumbling stone wall to her. "And just because everyone doesn't have your happy little fantasy-you have to go around and make things-hyah!"
Link winced. "Samus-"
"What?"
"Uh…"
She favored him with another glare before kicking at the next slab of crumbling rock. "I hate this place! I hate this-" She stopped, abruptly. With her back to him, all he could see was her hands curling into fists again and her shoulders hunched up to her ears. After a tense moment of silence, her shoulders forcibly relaxed and she turned, partially so she could see him. "I'm sorry about that." Her voice was stiff, cold. "I did not mean for you to witness such a public display of…I-I'm sorry about my lack of self-control. It won't happen again…you can tell your girlfriend I'll clean the place up."
"She's not my girlfriend." Link repeated, then he sighed. "Should I ask what this is about?"
"No."
"Okay." There was another pause. "Do you want any help with this?"
"With what?"
"Cleaning up the place." Link nodded towards the scattered debris. "It's a lot of work for one person."
"Suit yourself." Samus growled, already reaching down to collect stone fragments. "You two have a fight?"
"What?" Link stared at her in surprise.
"You keep saying she's not your girlfriend, when she is, because if you're having some kind of squabble, now's a lousy time to go in there." She jerked a thumb over one shoulder. "I'm just sayin'." She kicked at a pile of rubble, then glared at it. "Stupid rock!"
Link sighed. He had a feeling this was going to take much longer than he cared for it to, but it didn't feel right to let the blue-suited woman try to fix it on her own. He bent down and picked up a rock, beginning to carry it back towards the crumbling wall. "We're not fighting." He muttered, dumping in the piles of rock near the crumbling stones. "and she's not my girlfriend."
"Says you."
"People assume too much." Link snapped back. "We're just…friends, if anything!"
"Sure, sure." Samus smirked. "Oh, Link, save me, save me!" She tittered in a high-pitched squeak, meant to mimic the princess's soft-spoken voice. Her immediate action afterwards, was to slam her fist into the wall directly in front of her. There was a shower of dust followed by more rocks.
Link winced. "Look, this would go a lot faster if you would stop wrecking more things while I'm doing all the work."
"No one told you to do any of the work!"
"Then I guess no one would care if I just left it!"
"Then leave it! No one does care!"
"Fine! I will! I was just being…"
"Stupid?" Samus shot back, the anger had returned and now was slowly eating over her earlier apology. She couldn't stand to keep it inside of her for another minute. Now was a very bad time for an audience or company of any kind. Her shoulders quivered and she turned just as Link finished his own sentence.
"Nice!" With a huff, he stalked towards the stone steps, heading into the palace without a care for her warning.
Samus stared after him and then waited a moment. No screams or shrieks came at once. The lovely princess probably wasn't as ill-tempered as she'd been minutes before. She sighed, then slowly sat down on the ground and buried her head in her hands. "Bother you all!"
Of course, saying that didn't help much, at least in terms of righting whatever was mostly wrong with her own little world, but it helped, for eventually she rose and began to pile the stones back up where they ought to have stayed.
She worked in silence for a moment and eventually, Link returned, stomping down the steps, very much the same way she'd exited the palace moments ago. She almost spoke, but bit her tongue instead. She'd said enough to him already for the day.
He stomped to a spot directly to the left of her and waited. After a moment of silence, he bent down and began to stack the rocks with her.
She darted another glance in his direction and when he glared at her, quickly returned her own attentions to herself. The perfectly calm and collected Link having a bad day? Nah. That didn't happen. Not in his universe anyway…