Author's Note: I see that my newest story is getting some support. I wonder if that support will dissapear at the end.

All of my reviews asked about the sickness. It's a made up sickness called Sweet Snow Sickness. It was made up by my girlfriend. I think it's a bit cheap, but she put a lot of hard work and detailing into making this sickness. At least... I think it was her who made it. It was introduced to me by her, that's all I know. In either case, here's the next Chapter.

Chapter 2: Stage 2 Begins; Sonic's Debut

Once again, Link wasn't at the cafeteria. Roy had explained everything to Ike and Marth and the two were concerned. However, they knew Link, and their money was on him coming back to the group before the weekend appeared. Roy's spirits were not low, but they certainly were not flying. Everything seemed peaceful in the cafeteria, but then that peace was ruined by one of the only three people who were happy about Link's sickness. This person had to have been the happiest, however, for he had been beaten by Link many times before in the past. His name was Ganondorf, former Gerudo King.

Ganondorf was a dark skinned man. He had short, fuzzy red hair on the top of his head and dark brown eyes that carried malice and hatred towards all beings. He wore a black noble's shirt and a ruined cowl. His pants were as black as his shirt and so were his noble's boots. Ganondorf was dubbed the King of Evil, and with good reasoning. Even as his spirits soared, the malice in his body was easily sensible.

Roy went to stand up, but Ike and Marth shook their heads and he sat back down. If there was only one other person that hated Ganondorf as much as Link did, it was Roy, and the young red-haired prince would've done anything and everything in his power to see Ganondorf dead. Ike and Marth, however, did not want to see their friend degrade himself into a cold-blooded, vengeful killer. They wanted Roy to keep himself composed so as to avoid getting thrown out of the tournaments.

Ganondorf, however, decided to instigate. He walked over to their table with a sneer on his face. "Link still not up? That's too bad. I looked forward to knocking him back down," Ganondorf said.

"Go fuck a cow!" Roy shot at Ganondorf. Even his temper had its limits and Ganondorf knew all the right buttons to push. While he was the King of Evil, Ganondorf knew that to kill Roy was to lose his chance at killing Link and Zelda, so he did not aim to kill Roy. He just aimed to get Roy's temper so high that he would dare to attack the vicious Gerudo male.

"Hmph. I'm not that desperate. But you must've been desperate taking Link as a mate," Ganondorf said.

"You know what, Ganondorf? You can kiss my...!" Roy began, but it was interrupted when a loud voice called his name.

"Roy! Come-a quickly!" Dr. Mario's voice was filled with panic and fear and it caused the three swordsmen to shudder as they stood up and ran from Ganondorf's jeering taunts.

"I will kill him," Roy said to the two.

"Best not to. As annoying as he is, there's no need to degrade yourself to his level," Marth said.

"Yeah. Let him be," Ike said.

"I cannot stand to just let him get away with taunting Link the way he's been doing. I love Link and I am worried about him," Roy said.

"Well if Dr. Mario is coming out to call you to see him, something must be wrong," Marth said.

"Let's just see what it is and hope we can fix it," Ike said.

They reached the infirmiry and all three swordsmen paled. Roy had paled at the sight of Link before, but his face just lost every inch of color. Link was strapped dowjn to the bed, his body red hot, and not in the good-looking way, but the temperature way. His body was covered in sweat. He was breathing hardly and coughing as if water had not been poured down his throat in ages. Roy felt tears come to his eyes and he reached out and took Link's hand, but then pulled back with a yelp. Link's hand was too hot for Roy to touch.

"I don't understand. Didn't he sound a whole lot better yesterday?" Ike asked.

"When I woke up, I found him this way. I felt his forehead to see if his temperature had gone down, but I nearly burned my hand off. I took his temperature again... It's at one-hundred forty degrees..."

"ONE-HUNDRED FORTY DEGREES?!" Roy screamed in shock.

"Yes. His sore throat has also turned into a strip throat and his sight is beggining to get worse. He's lost all sense of color completely as he asked me why I was black and white," Dr. Mario said.

"What is this disease?!" Marth asked.

"Something unknown. I cannot tell what it is, but it seems to be progressing through stages. Yesterday's stage must've been stage one. Today is stage two," Dr. Mario said.

"Stages... At the end, Link gets better, right?" Roy asked.

"I cannot truely answer that. I do not know the antidote to this. In fact, I gave him a megavitamin and he... welll..."

Dr. Mario pointed to the side of Link's bed. Roy looked and saw a big bloodstain on the floor. He turned and grabbed for the doctor, but Ike and Marth held him back.

"He didn't know Roy!" Marth said.

"He still hurt Link!" Roy cried.

"That's doesn't make it right! Roy, you're driving yourself mad! You've got to calm down!" Ike cried.

"How can I calm down?! Link's temperature is at one-hundred forty degrees Marth! A hundred and forty fucking degrees! His sight is bad and his throat is paining him! And now Dr. Mario's fucked up megavitamin goes and makes Link puke blood!"

Marth and Ike did not know how to respond. Instead of getting better, things were starting to get worse, and the two felt like they would soon cash in their chips as the bet for Link's recovery was lost. Roy, however, looked like he felt the weight of the world on his shoulders and the prince seemed to be unembarassed to cry as tears fell from his eyes. Marth, Roy's closest friend, frowned in sympathy and ended up hugging Roy into a tight embrace so as to calm him down.

The day was long and hard from that point on, but it passed by like a stray cat running across a street, swift and secure. The next day, the three swordsmen weren't eating breakfest. This time, they had instantly made their ways to the infirmiry to check up on Link. Dr. Mario's report was that nothing had changed and he still seemed to be in the second stage, as Dr. Mario called it. Marth and Ike went away, but Roy helped Dr. Mario put ice onto Link until they ended up giving up, as every ice pack put on Link melted ten seconds afterwards. Roy then strolled out the room and down the hallway and he saw the last person on Earth he wanted to see.

"Link's condition just got worse, didn't it?" Ganondorf sneered, an evil smirk on his face.

"Stop bugging me! Leave me alone!" Roy said.

"My greatest wish was for Link to die. Looks like it's about to happen, doesn't it?" Ganondorf sneered again.

This time, Roy gave no words. He immediately drew his sword and sliced vertically at Ganondorf's body. Ganondorf backflipped out of the way and continued to hold that evil smirk on his face. Roy gave no pursuit. He knew his anger was beginning to get the best of him and he decided to try and contain it. He walked off and began to go down the stairs in order to get down to where he was going. However, the minute he came to his destination, a loud, robotic voice boomed out of the intercom, snapping Roy's thoughts and filling the entire mansion.

"Ladies and gentlemen, due to Link's absence, the fight between Link and Ganondorf will be cancelled. Our next match is Donkey Kong Vs. Sonic The Hedgehog. All those interested in viewing this extraordinary event, please report to the viewing room!"

Roy's eyes lightened up. A match was just what he needed. It would help him cool down and focus more on the action that was soon to come in this merciless tournament. Without a moment's thought, Roy instinctively sped towards the viewing room.

The viewing room was like a big theatre room. There were seats for more then the current population of Smashers and a big screen that the fight was viewed upon. Roy took a seat in the very front row of the room and focused his eyes upon the screen, waiting for the fighting to begin. A half-hour later, the screen came alive. The setting was at Angel Land, a popular place for battles since the platforms could be broken. Bright orange beams struck platforms on the opposite sides of the arena and the fighters appeared before the beams dissapeared.

On the left platform was a face familiar to all. He was known for being part of Captain Falcon's goon squad when it was really Blood Falcon in control. He was covered in brown fur and wore only a red necktie with the initials DK on it as an article of clothing. He was Donkey Kong, a hero to those on Kong Island, but also selfish in a ways. After all, the only reason he was made a hero was because his bananas were stolen.

The fighter on the other side, however, was foreign to the fighters. He was covered in blue spikes and had a tannish face. He stood upright as if he were human and wore red and white sneakers as well as goldren ring-shaped bracelets. He was Sonic The Hedgehog, fastest being in existance, so they said. A lot of people demanded he be on the show, so he was put on after a while.

"Alright! Hope you're ready," Sonic said.

Donkey Kong just beat his chest in a threatening matter with some hooting monkey noises to go along with it.

"Cool! Then let's get started!" Sonic said.

The announcer called for the fight. DK immediately went to charge up his most powerful punch, but Sonic gave him no time to do that. He immediately Spin Dashed out and caught DK in the stomach before jumping off. He then curled up into a ball and charged his Spin Dash up before catching DK in the guy again. This time, DK slammed Sonic down and started dribbling him as if he were a basketball before kicking him away like a soccer ball, thus uncurling him from his ball like state. He grabbed onto the ledge of the opposite platform and flung himself back up. The fight was still on and Roy could tell it was going to be intense.

Sonic ran out, his speed catching Donkey Kong by surprise, and swept DK to the ground before flip kicking him into the air. Then he used the Spring Jump to ram into DK's back head first before grabbing him and throwing him back down into the ground and falling on top of him in a toe kick. The result was very painful and had DK pissed off as he swung wildly at Sonic who sidestepped each and every swing.

"He's true to his name," Roy muttered under his breath. "He's faster then even Captain Falcon."

Sonic managed to take advantage of an opening and kicked DK in the gut before spin dashing him into the air and jumping after him, kicking him down off the edge into the abyss below. DK returned on a platform with only one life left. Sonic wasn't ready to lose his first life.

DK jumped down and immediately slammed Sonic through the platform. He hit the main platform with a crash and DK then began jumping on top of him. Sonic cried out in pain with each jump until he managed to roll out of the way and stand back up. He panted hardly, the damage beginning to show, and he began charging his Spin Dash before shooting out at DK. DK knocked Sonic away and a Smash Ball flew out onto the field. DK pounded on it and managed to take it. Bongo drums appeared and DK began to beat on them, sending shockwaves out that hit Sonic and eventually sent him flying. This time it was Sonic who reappeared on the platform. He was feeling a whole lot better now, but he only had one life left.

"This is it," Roy said under his breath.

Sonic smirked. "You're awesome. But it's time to finish this," he said.

DK charged out at Sonic and immediately attempted to slam him back into the ground, but Sonic managed to kick DK in the gut before flip-kicking him into the air. He then charged out and used another Spin Dash to knock DK back some more. Since all items were turned off except for the Smash Ball, it had been set to a Very Low spawn, but luck was in Sonic's favor as it spawned. Sonic smiled and then immediately broke it open. Seven gems of different colors spiralled around Sonic. These gems were known as Chaos Emeralds, seven gems from Sonic's world which could give power to the being that held them all. Instantly, they formed towards Sonic and a bright flash of light threatened to blind those who were watching.

The light cleared and Sonic's blue spikes had turned blonde, a yellow aura flaring around him, his former blue eyes now red. He smirked cockily and then a ball of energy formed in his hand. He flew out at DK and ended up in point blank range.

"Chaos Spear!" He threw the ball straight into DK's gut. There was a bright flash of light and then an explosion as DK was sent off into the air. A star formed and an orange light enveloped Sonic, pulling him back out. Until they could work on all of the fighter's entrances, the orange teleporter light would be their entrance and exit. The viewing room cleared as fighters went to congratulate or mock Sonic and mock or comfort DK. Roy remained, staring at the former colorful screen, now black with the end of the fight, and his mind seemed to be lost in thought.

Sonic seemed to be a very powerful fighter and Roy felt the urge to challenge him, but his love for Link came first. He wanted to make sure Link healed before he fought any more matches. Suddenly the world on his shoulders seemed to weigh more then it had before. The lights dissapeared and shrouded Roy in darkness.

End Chapter.

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