The Secret Behind Smash Brothers.

Chapter: Jei

I don't own Smash Brothers.

"Chris, you terrible person! I deserve it more!" I winced as my best friend yelled at her brother for getting the smash ball for the tenth time. Chris rolled his eyes and continued playing the game. I tried to ignore them in favor of guiding Meta Knight unnoticed toward Ren's Samus. Unknown to my friend and her brother, I had managed to get a hold of a "spanky fan" as they called it. I maneuvered the dark creature and began hitting the robotic suit, successfully drawing Ren's attention back to the game. Before she could land a blow, however, I moved the Knight away just as Chris came up from behind. Samus' cannon barely missed Meta Knight's shoe, but Ike wasn't so lucky. The poor character was blasted out of the arena with a cry of despair from Chris.

I half imagined Meta Knight hiding in some corner with a smirk as his eyes flashed a deep gold, showing his joy that he lived to fight again. In the mean time, Chris looked ready to throw his wiimote, and most likely would have if it weren't tied to his wrist. Ren was cracking up and saying that Karma was wonderful. I smiled, loving playing the "peacekeeper" between the two. The truth is, while they had been playing Smash Brothers for years, I was still learning. I only became interested a few months ago. It was fun to mess with them. I never win against them, but I have beaten others.

The clock ran out and showed the winner to be Chris again. He was, most of the time. He smirked and we started up a new game. Chris chose Link this time, Ren chose Marth, and I chose Lucario.

Elsewhere

Five figures watched a large screen. On one side, it showed the three teens playing the "game," and on the other, it show how they each faired. Marth spoke, wincing as "he" was smacked by a light saber by the child playing Lucario. "They're younger than any of the others who've passed the test. Are they certain?" he looked up at three regal looking others. One stepped forward and proved to be Link "I asked the same thing. They weren't pleased that I questioned them, but they said they were sure."

Meta Knight watched his future partner and spoke only to Lucario, as he too would be working with him. "She is good, but she hides it. She only moves if it stops the brother and sister from fighting." Lucario nodded "I wonder what she will be like in person. I doubt she is that docile at home."

Link and Ike were having a similar conversation a little ways away. "He's cocky, but I don't feel he is disloyal. He may be quite devoted; we'll just need to soften that thick skull of his." Link smiled to his new partner. The hero of time sighed when he got no response. They boy's fighting style was very like his own. He wasn't worried about that… But he and Ike had never really gotten along. This was going to be interesting.

Samus and Marth didn't say anything, but they thought the exact same thing as they witnessed Ren's imbalanced laugh when an anti-matter bomb exploded on her character: "This girl scares me."

Meta knight saw a flash of black from the windowed door behind the teens. "If we are going to collect them, we must go now. The shadows are onto us."

Back at the house

"Yes! About time!" I cried jumping up and down as Lucario bowed and Link and Marth politely clapped behind him. Ren smiled and put down her wiimote. "Nice work, Jei. You're improving..."

"And you're right," Chris cut in, "It is about time!" I laughed and we sat down to start another game when I saw that it was getting pretty late. "Oh scrap, I need to go." I said getting up and stretching. Ren frowned; she's known that I have a secret for years but never seemed to put her finger on it. Thank goodness. I waved goodbye and ran toward the door. I was about to open it when it was smashed in by… Okay, don't laugh at me for fangirling, Dark Link. The only thing that kept me from tackling the man in a hug was the fact that he was holding a sword at my throat.

I backed away wide eyed "Um, Chris, there's someone at the door for you." I called to the two, backing further into the house. I heard Ren from the other room. "Hang on, that can't be right. You're too obnoxious to have visitors." I had finally been backed into their line of sight. "Jei, who is..?" before she could finish, the sword came into view as well. "Y-you know, this would be totally cool if he wasn't trying to kill me." I stammered as I ran out of the path of his sword to their side. I watched as he reached for something on his back. He then produced a boomerang. Quicker then I saw, he threw it at Chris, who hit the deck. "One quick question!" Ren yelped ducking away from the boomerang. Dark Link froze and watched her expectantly, if not a bit surprised. She smiled, a look that could have been thought by an innocent bystander to be almost sweet. I knew better… "Are you flammable?"

"I think she broke him…" I thought as Dark Link stood there staring at her, wondering if Ren was serious. "Did you really just ask me that?" he asked, shocking me. "OH MY GODS, YOU CAN TALK!" I squealed in a very… unfangirly way. I jumped up and down, like a child outside a toy store after being told she can have all the toys she wants. "Iknowyouaregoingtokillus, butcanIdiehuggingyou? PLEASEPLEASEPLEASE!" I jabbered excitedly. "Um, what?" he muttered backing away from us now. "Please, please, please, can I hug you before I die? Heck, you can kill me while I'm hugging you!" I translated a bit slower. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Ren moving toward the demonic elf-thing. I held his attention with my overactive fangirling while she moved behind him and pulled out a lighter. I didn't even know she had on her... She lit his tunic, and then moved out of the way. "Oh, and one more thing." I said cutting short my monologue about how jealous I was of his hair color. "What?" he groaned in annoyance. "Your clothes are on fire."

He yelled in shock and horror as he tried to put the fire out. I acted fast, grabbing one of Ren's handmade candles off the mantle and throwing it at him with a force that came from years of pitching softball. The candle hit him in the base of his skull, and he crumpled to the floor. As I caught my breath, I smiled, looking at the other two. "That was cool." I panted. They nodded and grinned. Suddenly Chris' smile vanished and he yelled "Hit the deck! He's got a bob-omb!" we all dove behind the couch as the bomb exploded. I peeked around the couch to see what had happened. I smiled. The living room was a wreck, but Dark Link was out cold again. This time, he wouldn't be getting up any time soon.

We stood up and sighed, and I flopped onto the couch with a grin. "That was insanely fun." laughed Ren sitting next to me. Chris sat at my other side and picked up his controller, only to have it shot out of his hand. We turned to see the dark versions of all the other Smash Brothers characters. Dark Zelda currently had her bow aimed at us. "OH, COME ON!" I yelled in frustration.