Okay. Just warning you people who say that Sheik and Zelda are the same person and therefore Sheik is a girl... In this fic, Sheik is a boy, and is a different person than Zelda. It explains more in the fic.
Well, even if you're convinced Sheik is a girl, maybe you shouldn't read this fic anyway, because... it is clearly marked that this fic is 'Romance,' correct? ... Unless you're okay with that...
Anyway. I don't own anything except a copy of Super Smash Bros Brawl. I wish I did, then I would've been able to put Midna in Brawl! But, nooooo... I don't own anything. - . -
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Final Crash- Part I
"Come on, try me," Samus challenged, raising her eyebrows. She had just used her Final Smash and had shed her power suit at Final Destination. Zelda had managed to dodge the otherwise nearly impossible-to-dodge-on-such-a-small-stage massive blast by transforming into me, as neither of us would get hurt in the few seconds it took for Zelda to magically leave the stage and have me replace her, or vice versa.
People said we were the same person. What? Excuse me, but last time I had checked, Zelda was the princess of Hyrule, while I was the last Sheikah. And not to mention that I just so happened to be a guy. Sure, back when Zelda had needed hiding, she had merged her soul with my body, and thus was able to stay away from Ganon's clutches for seven years. But then she had been stupid and against my judgment had revealed herself to that Link that she had the biggest crush on.
"Oh, holy Triforce!" I swore as Samus whipped out her plasma whip and nearly hit me. I just barely managed to do a flip backwards. Oh, and there was another difference between Zelda and I. See if she can do a backflip like mine, I dare you.
"In dream land again, Princess?" Samus said, laughing as she ran after me. I blushed, but luckily no one could see. Again, with people saying Zelda and I were the same person!
"Yeah, I'm dreaming about beating you! Oh, wait... could this be a vision of the future?" I shot back. Samus half smirked, half smiled.
"Nice one, Sheik," She started, but then the lame background audience recording went "OHH!" Both Samus and I looked up. A Smash Ball. We both looked back at each other, and then instantly began running after the floating ball.
Samus did a gymnast's flip and then shot the Ball with her gun. It sped away from her with the hit. I saw the item which would give me the ability of the Screw Attack, and I quickly snatched it up. I jumped and Screw Attacked Samus to slow her down. She fell to the floor with a thump, but she instantly got up, shaking herself. I teleported myself across the stage to where the Smash Ball was, and then kicked it. It spun away from me from the hit.
Suddenly a flash of blue launched over my head. It was Samus, and she was about to hit the Smash Ball for the third time. No thank you, I can't allow that!
Quickly I pulled out my chain and threw it at her. It wrapped around her ankle, and I pulled down with all my might, causing me to launch upward, and Samus to fall to the ground. I did a double jump and then Screw Attacked the Smash Ball. The stage got dark, and I felt the power of my Final Smash fill me as rainbow energy encircled me. I landed on the ground and looked over at Samus, who was just getting up. She stared back at me and made a face of "oh, come on!" I smiled at her and reached back to draw my golden bow of my Final Smash.
She shook her head in defeat and then... I hit her with my Final Smash, the Light Arrow. She flew backwards and 'off' the stage, as if one was hit with my Final Smash, it was usually an instant KO. The aforementioned lame background recording shouted "GAME!" and the fake audience screamed in my victory.
Zelda ran up to me as the results of the game were announced. Ness had taken a beating and had fallen at a mere 2 and a half minutes into the game. Marth had lasted a little longer, with his KO coming just before the 6 minute mark. Zelda and Samus and dueled each other for nearly three minutes before she had switched me in. Samus had fallen at the 9 and a half minute mark, and I was the victor.
"Great job, Sheik!" Zelda praised. "I don't think we would've won that match if I hadn't switched you in!"
"Yeah," I agreed. "That was a good decision to switch right as Samus started her Final Smash. We would've lost for sure if you had gotten hit by it."
Zelda smiled and slapped a high five with me. "Well, I gotta go check that Marth is okay! I think I may have burned him..." She winked and ran off towards the locker room. I rolled my eyes. She had been fighting him, but she still had to make sure he was okay? I laughed under my breath.
Noticing that Samus had not yet come to do the traditional shaking of the hands, I went over the the edge of the stage and looked to where I had hit her. A crumpled heap of blue with some blonde hair was was met me under the stage. My heart jumped, and I quickly leaped off of the stage and teleported into the 'out of bounds' area.
"Samus?" I asked worriedly. I knelt by her and touched her shoulder gently.
Samus coughed and groaned in a response. My heart leapt to my throat. Carefully, I rolled her over from her stomach onto her back. "Samus, can you hear me?"
Samus' eyes fluttered open and met mine. "Ow," She said, as she began pulling herself up, wincing. I instantly made her slow down.
"Easy, Samus. Looks like you got pretty banged up. You could have something broken," I said, putting my hands on her shoulders to support her.
"I'm fine, really... Just a hard fall," She said, and then promptly sagged down with the effort of staying upright. I caught her, and shifted so that her head was leaning on my shoulder. I looked around worriedly, trying to see how I could get Samus up to the stage, and then from there to the first aid room.
"Sheik...?" Samus asked softly, looking up at me. I looked down and met her bright blue eyes, which reminded me of the waters of Lake Hylia. Her brow was furrowed in puzzlement.
"What is it?" A sudden thought occurred to me. "I'm not hurting you like this, am I?" I instantly got ready to shift my position in case I was making her uncomfortable.
Samus laughed, or tried to, but then it just turned in a fit of coughing, which didn't sound good. "No, no... that's not it," She said, her voice scratchy. "I just realized that I've never seen your face."
I chuckled. Of course Samus would think of something so random while she was injured. She didn't like focussing on when she was hurt in anyway. "Of course. I don't think even Zelda knows exactly what I look like."
"Really?" Samus' eyes were wide. "Why?"
I sighed and looked at her with my 'are you serious' look. "Samus, could we talk about this at some other time? I'm trying to figure out how to get you to First Aid..." At that moment, I spotted some stairs that said For Use of Emergency Only. Huh. I wonder if all of the stages have these...
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"No way! Samus is, like, unconscious?" Zelda overheard Peach saying to Daisy as she walked past the two friends.
"Yeah! Sheik just, like, ran to the Emergency Room carrying her. She was, like, out cold," Daisy responded. Zelda spun around at the mention of Sheik.
"What happened?" She demanded, taking hold of Daisy's arm.
"No one really knows. Marth was all like 'Sheik came up onto Final Destination carrying Samus and, like, instantly teleported to the first aid room' and then I was like 'and now what?' But then Sheik suddenly ran pass the two of us toward the Emergency Room with Samus. She really didn't look good," Daisy reported. Zelda's heart slowed at this news. What had happened to Samus?
Zelda turned promptly and ran toward the Emergency Room.
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I stood up as Master Hand floated in from the back. Nearly thirty minutes had passed, but it had felt so much longer. Now my heart began pounding. What would Master Hand say about Samus?
"How is she?" I asked, anxious.
"Well, firstly, all of the other Smashers who are eavesdropping can go along now. I'll have a full announcement tonight at dinner," Master Hand said to the door. I heard more than one–heck, more than five– people sigh in frustration and walk away. A light tap sounded on the door.
"Master Hand, may I come in?" The person who had knocked on the door inquired, and I instantly knew it was Zelda. I could usually sense when she was near, and I could pick her voice out from 100's of voices. Being merged with someone for seven years could do that to you.
"Yes, of course. I was about to send for you, anyway," Master Hand said, and Zelda opened the door a bit and stepped inside. She shut the door silently, her eyes on me. I hoped she couldn't sense how scared I was.
Samus had always been the strong one. She had always been the one who could do three consecutive fights and then still have the energy to bully/tease/beat-up Marth, Ike, myself and sometimes Pit ('depending on her mood'). She was the one who would wake me up by picking the lock to my room and then shouting into a megaphone "Wake up, Princess!" right in my face just because she knew it pissed me off. She was the one who I would argue with for up to three hours, yelling, shouting, and even getting violent. A while ago, Master Hand had had to rearrange the rooming for the Smashers in the Smash Mansion because my room was directly above her's, and we both pranked each other while the rest of the Smashers slept (and quite a few of these pranks woke up the entire Mansion).
And now...
Zelda came over and draped her arm over my shoulder. "She'll be fine, Sheik. I'm sure of it."
Crap. So she had picked up my emotions. I refused to look at her and just waited for Master Hand to continue. I could feel Zelda still looking at me, analyzing my emotions. I desperately tried to keep them under control.
"Sheik... you said you hit her with your Final Smash and then after the fight, Samus was... conscious?"
"Just barely," I answered. I had already told Master Hand everything of what had happened. As soon as I had picked Samus up as carefully as I could, she had turned white and had passed out. Seeing those Lake Hylia-like eyes close gave me some strength and purpose, and I had quickly ran up the emergency stairs and had teleported to First Aid, with my abilities usable back 'in bounds.' After only have been in there for a few moments, waiting for Ness' concussion to be taken care of, I had noticed that Samus' breathing was... nearly non-existent and shallow. I had panicked and had left, and as fast as I could, had ran over to the Emergency Room. Samus had instantly been put on a stretcher and had been rushed to the back. I had been waiting ever since.
"I see... this is completely normal," Master Hand said.
"Normal?" I spat. "Normal? Samus isn't breathing, and you say it's 'normal'?" I was furious. How dare Master Hand act like Samus getting hurt was 'normal'! I mean, we had pain simulators in our stage fights, so it felt like we were getting hurt, but once the fight was over so was the pain. Something was wrong, since Samus was in such a bad way.
"Sheik," Zelda said warningly, her grip on my shoulder tightening.
"That is not what I meant, Sheik. Samus has a broken rib, and it punctured her lungs, which caused them to collapse. It's quite normal for someone with a punctured lung to be conscious and speaking in the few moments after the injury, but then usually they will pass out after some time, as what happened with Samus," Master Hand explained. I let out the breath I had been holding. I hadn't even realized that I had been holding my breath. "We're lucky her Chozo DNA didn't interfere with the build of her body, as then it would be quite hard to surgically correct it."
"Master Hand, when will Samus be back to her normal self?" Zelda asked.
"Considering that the aforementioned Chozo DNA gives her advanced healing, I would say she will be fine in about three or four weeks, maybe a bit more," Master Hand said.
"So... She's gonna be okay?" I asked, just to make sure.
"You two will be back to pranking each other in no time, I'm sure," Master Hand said, sighing. "But until then, I must find out what happened with the Smash Ball... two being released that close together has never happened before, and we've certainly never have had a Final Smash actually severely injure a Smasher like what happened today."
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And that concludes part one! Originally it was going to be just one 'chapter' but then it started getting a little long and I decided to split it into two...
...The more people who review, the faster I'll type part two! (it's totally true) :D
I hope you liked it!