A walk through the nice peaceful backyard of Link's rather luxurious mansion, was all he needed to relieve some stress. Link was tending to his horses Epona and Midna while Mario was posing on a rock, wearing a tight fitting button shirt. He extends his arm out as an eagle lands on him. Link knew exactly why Mario came to visit and it was a conversation that he dreaded would one day come. Since the Smash Bros. were disbanded due to the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario became an agent of Queen Peach and her corrupt government. Instead of Mario following his own code of conduct, he now blind fully follows orders from a higher up.

"You cost me hours of work last night," Link grumbled as he gave Epona's head a rub.

"Then I'll get right to it: you need to go back into retirement, you're upsetting to many people," Mario stated, focusing his eyesight on Link.

"Hmmm," Link mumbled as he tied Epona's rope to the wooden stand so he could tend to his dog Ace, the pure white husky.

"Why do you always have to be like this?" Mario began, antagonizing Link. "You played right into their hands last time. The parents groups, the sub comities, you're the one they pointed to, you act like a criminal."

"Hehe, we are criminals Mario, we always have been," Link began with a laugh, poking fun at there own heroic experiences. "You're still one too, the only difference is you have a boss."

"And you answer to no one," Mario stated as he released the eagle from his arm. Link starred down Mario. "You know, we almost and this talk ten years ago, back when you wouldn't go along with the deal we made."

Link vaguely recalls the day the Smash Bros. we forced to disband by the government. There was a divide in power between the core members, mainly Mario becoming an agent of Peach's corrupt regime. It was one of the two reasons why Link was forced into retirement at the rightful age of forty-five.

"Everyone else agreed," Mario explained while the eagle he had released was circling for some prey. "Samus went back to her people, Shulk left the planet."

"And Pit did he agree?" Link mentioned, remembering the rather gruesome details of how Mario dealt with Pit refusing to disband. The eagle from before snatched a field mouse from infront of Link.

"That's not how I wanted that to go," Mario said, remembering how he dealt with Pit.

"He's was all torn up about it to," Link said while giving Ace a scratch on his head.

"He made it necessary, like-" Mario began before being interrupted.

"Like I'm about to?" Link said boldly starring directly at Link, realizing that Mario wouldn't waste a moment in dealing with him as soon as he got the order from Queen Peach.

"Do you even remember why you retired?" Mario asked, fed up with Link at this point.

"I remember…." Link said quietly, recalling the gory details of Toon Link's death at the hands of Ghirahim.

"Look," Mario began with a slightly reassuring tone. "Either shut it down or one of these days someone with authority is gonna come tell me to stop you. And when that happens…"

"And when that happens," Link began, starring right into Mario's eyes. "May the best man win."

Mario heard something in the distance.

"I have to go, we'll finish this later," Mario said, putting on his flight cap. He zoomed off, no doubt Peach has called him to deal with some issue that threatens her regime.

"No hurry," Link said to himself, imagining the day when he and Mario would be at odds.