Tough crowd, huh? n__n;;

Well anyway, this is just a beta chapter, a preview since I rushed -or made it too short-through the first one... And I probably rushed through this one too XD

If anyone's actually reading this... enjoy??

Stretching his arms above his head, prince Marth relaxed on his blanket, eyes closing for a brief moment in peace. They re-opened again, to watch the meteors in the sky pass by. His good friend -Roy- lay next to him, on his own cloth, pushing a strand of blazing red hair out of his face. They sighed together, snuggling into the warmth their blankets provided for them.

The mood took an unexpected turn at the news Roy delivered a second later. "Somebody moved in yesterday- for the brawl! Link told me about him last night. He's a swordsman like us, Ike, I think his name is? Yeah." The redhead grinned. Small blue eyes widened, shifting their gaze to the talker. They narrowed again, after remembering how much of a 'truth bender' he could be sometimes. The royal cleared his throat. "No way, Your pulling my leg. Besides, master hand was done accepting people weeks ago!"

Roy sighed and ran a hand up his hair. "No, no! I'm not lieing, I promise! Look I'll even-"

"I don't want to hear anymore, I'm going to get something to drink."

"Marth-"

"Enough, Roy."

"Fine, don't believe me, you can find out the hard way!"

It had been the day after Ike had joined the brawl, when the smashers gathered out into the meadow close by the mansion at night, to watch the meteor shower that always happened. Since the first tournament had taken place, this had become a tradition among the brawlers, to come together for just a night in peace -none of that arguing business-, never being missed by any of them. Even meta knight, who never came out for anything, showed up perched in a tree not too far away.

On the other side of the meadow were Ike, Link, and his younger counterpart Toon Link (who he was in charge of watching), the blond swordsman trying as well as everyone else to get some peace and quiet. It was terribly hard, however, when he had his friend making constant goo-goo eyes at a certain someone and -loudly- sighing all the time. Couldn't he just enjoy himself for once?

Link sat upright on the green grass, and glared at Ike. The man nearby was sitting hunched over on the ground, playing with a stick he found, a disheartened look on his face. The meteors in the sky showed no interest. He glanced over to his crush a few times more then needed, sighing each and every time. The Hyrulian face palmed, took the stick away from Ike, held his chin, and looked him dead in the eye. "Here's a thought, why don't you just, you know, go up to talk to him?"

Just as Marth had gotten up and left, Ike (reluctantly) tore his gaze away from the receding Marth, and his chin away from Link. "You want me to go talk to him? Link, my mouth will get dry just looking at him. Its never been this way with a girl before, but with Marth its... its..."

The clad green man stood up walked a ways away, waving the back of his hand to Ike, who lowered his eyes back to the ground. "Yeah, yeah, I know. You don't have to say anything." He put a thumb to his own chin, 'Jeez, if I had known before hand that Ike would turn into this-' Link's thinking abruptly stopped when a "Link! Hey, Link!" Yes! Here comes Marth right now! This is perfect!

He watched with a grin on his face as the prince trotted over, a plastic cup full of water fisted carefully in his left hand. Not noticing Ike in the background, playing with the stick again, Marth spoke. "Link, Roy was just going on about some guy that apparently joined the brawl..."

The royal swore that Links grin grew twice its original size. "Oh, Ike? He's right over there... " The Hyrulian guided his comrades eyes. "Why don't you go and introduce yourself? He's dyingto meet you... and everyone else here, of course!" The first thing Marth thought upon seeing Ike for the first time was 'His eyes... they... they look amazing! then a blush followed by 'Oh, Roy was right... Crap...'

"Well, I better go apologize to Roy in a bit..." He mumbled. "Link, he doesn't look very happy to be here... He looks a bit sad..."

"Nonsense! Ike! come greet Marth!"

When Ike heard his name being called, he turned his head, only to freeze in shock.

The mercenary, somewhat confused and excited, was up in a matter of seconds -stick back on the ground once more- and standing next to Link. He looked confidently(no more of that dry mouth stuff, he was all business now!) at his object of affections and held out a hand for the prince to shake. "Hi," He started in a low voice, grinned, and turned on his charm. "Its nice to meet you."

Marth had taken a small step back to properly inspect the new comer. Lets just say he liked, no, loved what he saw.

Ike was tall, blue hair darker to Marths spiked up around his head, and wide navy blue eyes to match. He was incredibly well built, large hands (something Marth always liked), and arms to match. Rippling abs pressed against his lazily put on tunic -Little Marth wanted to melt at this point-. The boy tore his eyes away before he fainted. Still somewhat shy at heart, and never really liking anybody else, much less the same sex, a very noticeable red tint played out on the royals face. One small hand reached out, almost hesitantly, and made contact with Ike's. A small tingle went up each others arm as they shook. "Charmed," A smile. "And I am very pleased to meet you as well!"

The swordsman kept each others gaze for longer then necessary. Link looked to the hearts floating around the two, then to their smiling faces, and then to their hands, which were still closed in a shake, and cracked a smirk of his own. "Well, I'll just leave you two alone now, its getting kind of late and I need to get Toon Link and go... You guys just keep on ignoring me..."

Ike and Marth did just that. "Want to go for a walk, Ike? Everybody will be heading inside soon." A blush, then a quick nod of the head, and the two were off, still holding hands.

He turned around, expecting to see the younger one still sprawled out over his bright green blanket.

He was wrong. The elf let out a somewhat loud string of curses, Peach and Zelda would later scold him for it, snatched up Toon Links abandoned blanket, and set off on another nightly adventure, before the kid hurt himself. Again.

The beginning ~of something newwwww~ Dundundundundundun!!!! Important to the story for a lot of reasons, folks.

I'll be honest, this chapter was a bitch to write! Well, mostly because my moms computer kept crapping out on me and shutting off when I DIDN'T save yet *facepalm* So I had to re write a lot of it over. But other than that, writing this is really fun. REVIEWS ARE NICE- I need helpful advice on how to keep my stories entertaining to you guys/my writing performance ! Completed: 11/30/09