Author's Note: Urgh... That last chapter was sooo short... I'll try to make the chapters longer. Try.

Chapter 2-Present Day

April 21

"I won! I won! I won! Yes!" Mr. Game & Watch cheered, dancing into the main hall. Marth came behind him, sulking with his head lowered.

"You got lucky, you little..." Marth muttered angrily under his breath. He trailed off and walked away, without another word.

"Come on, Marth, don't get so worked up about it, it's just one battle!" Ike called after the swordsman.

Everyone stared at Mr. Game & Watch for a second, then returned to what they were doing before he had paraded in. Mr. Game & Watch was puzzled. Whenever Ike or Pit won, everyone would cheer. Never for him, though. He strutted upstairs happily, finally reaching Samus' room and knocking. After 2 knocks, Samus opened the door and stared quizzically at the 2-D boy.

"What are you so happy about?" She beckoned him into her room and closed it behind him.

"Oh, nothing... Nothing except my great victory against Marth!" Mr. Game & Watch bragged.

"You beat Marth? Wow, you're getting better." Samus complimented him, smiling. Mr. Game & Watch beamed.

"Hey, have you seen Pikachu this morning?" Samus shook her head. "R.O.B.?" she shook her head again.

"Damn. I needed to ask them something. Well, goodbye, Samus." Mr. Game & Watch waved and walked out of the room. Just then he saw Pikachu dashing down the hall. "Pikachu!" He called. The rodent looked at him.

"What is it?" Pikachu asked, his voice sounding slightly irritated.

"Woah, did I bother you at the wrong time?" Pikachu shook his head.

"No, I'm just in a hurry. I heard something's going down in the main hall." With that, Pikachu dashed past Mr. Game & Watch and down the staircase. Mr. Game & Watch turned to follow the mouse. In the main hall, Master Hand and Crazy Hand floated sadly in the middle of the hall, looking down onto something Mr. Game & Watch couldn't see. 'The main hall is packed! I might even say that everyone but me and Samus are down there!' He tried to make his way through the crowd of Smashers, but to no avail. No one was moving. There was an eerie quiet atmosphere that surrounded the room. Mr. Game & watch decided to see Samus about it.

In the crowd

Pikachu bounded in between various Smasher's feet to reach the center of the crowd. 'What is so important that I have to go through a crowd to see?' Pikachu wondered. Finally, he burst out of the crowd. Master Hand and Crazy Hand looked quickly to Pikachu, then back to... 'Wait, is that...'

Samus' Room

"Samus, something serious is going on in the main hall, but I can't see a thing through the crowd." Samus stood up and paced around her room.

"A crowd?" She looked deep in thought. "Well I'm sure I'll be able to see what happened." She stopped pacing. Just then, loud pounding sounded at her door. Samus quickly opened to the door. There on the ground stood Pikachu, gasping for breath. He moved his mouth as if trying to say something, but no words came out. Finally, he managed to gasp coherent words out.

"Marth...huff...dead..." Pikachu collapsed onto the ground, passed out.

"What?!" Mr. Game & Watch & Samus cried. Samus put Pikachu on her bed, then she and Mr. Game & Watch headed downstairs to see for themselves.

Main Hall

"Marth's really dead?" Peach said.

"Yeah, that's what I heard... I haven't seen it for myself yet." Yoshi replied.

"Me either... But I'm not sure if I want to." She said sadly.

Samus and Mr. Game & Watch walked down the staircase and opened the door to the Hands' office.

"Hello." Master Hand said sadly to the two. "If you're here to see Marth, he's already been removed. We don't need him to be out in the open like that." Master Hand sighed. "Terrible, just terrible." Mr. Game & Watch and Samus looked at each other sadly and walked out of the office quietly.

"Wow, this is really serious..." Mr. Game & Watch said quietly. Samus said nothing, staring quietly at the ground. Samus and Mr. Game & Watch started to walk back to Samus' room. At the top of the stairs, Ike stared down at Mr. Game & Watch hatefully. Ike stepped out of the way when the duo reached the top of the stairs. The flat boy could feel Ike's glare burning into him. Mr. Game & Watch was relieved when they reached Samus' room and got inside.

Samus' Room

"You're in trouble." Samus said. "You were the last one to fight Marth, so you're the prime suspect. Everyone knows it, too. When you paraded around the mansion earlier, you basically announced it." Samus said sadly. Mr. Game & Watch realized that she was right and put his head in his arms. "I know you didn't do it, though." She said, confidence filling her voice. "You were with me for the time after your match!" She said brightly. Pikachu stirred for a second, then sat up, looking around.

"Samus?" He murmured sleepily. Samus walked over and scooped up Pikachu, bringing him over to where Mr. Game & Watch and Samus were talking. Just then, all the images Pikachu saw of Marth flashed through his brain. "...It was horrible..." Pikachu whispered. "Blood everywhere. Almost as if he was killed on the spot... Right there in the main hall." A tear dripped down Pikachu's cheek. "I never liked Marth, but it finally hits you when it's someone you know." Pikachu laid down.

"Pikachu, did you see anything else?" Samus questioned. Pikachu nodded.

"There was something. Right near Marth's body-"

"ATTENTION! I WOULD LIKE EVERY SMASHER TO REPORT TO THE MAIN HALL, IMMEDIATELY." Master Hand bellowed. The three looked at each other and left Samus' room for the main hall.

Hmm, so the first death finally happened. As promised, I made the chapter longer. Please review, good or bad, whatever, I just want feedback, or else I'll stop writing.