Here is chapter 2 for your entertainment! I got a little nervous writing the friendship part so I don't know how well done it is… If you enjoyed it please tell me…

Disclaimer: No part of the Super Smash Bros. series belongs to me. If it did, I probably wouldn't be writing this story.


Samus yawned and stretched as she walked to her second period class. Turns out she missed all of her first period lessons and arrived in the last ten minutes of class. Not that she minded, of course.

She always got the most boring teachers in first period…

"Yo, Samus!"

And the passing time between first and second period was always the most eventful.

Samus turned toward the voice. She smirked as she saw a familiar blue haired man sprinting towards her with a small grin on his features.

"Hey, Ike."

Ike's grin widened at her greeting. Once Ike caught up to Samus, Samus continued walking. Ike fell in step with her easily.

"Hey, where were you this morning? You weren't here so…"

Samus smiled. "I was a little slow on getting out of bed this morning. Don't worry about it."

Ike nodded understandingly. "I see. Did you bump into Marth on your way to class?"

Samus's smile grew genuine. "Yeah, I did."

Ike laughed. "With that smile it looks like he did what he wanted to do! He's so nice to you, the bastard!"

Samus frowned in confusion. "Huh? What are you talking about?"

Ike looked at her somewhat incredulously. His expression became amused again. "Damn! He even kept his intentions from you? Wow!" He laughed.

Samus glared at Ike. "What the hell are you talking about?! What intentions??"

Ike stopped laughing and smirked at Samus. "Alright alright. Marth became Hall Monitor for first period because he-"

"IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIke!!!! Sammiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!"

Samus jumped at the shrill voice and winced when arms latched around her waist. She looked over her shoulder and gave a cry in protest upon realizing who hugged her.

"Peach!! How many times do I have to tell you NOT to hug me?! And I know I've told you over a hundred times not to call my name or your nickname for me from across the hall!!!!!!"

Peach looked up at Samus with a pout before releasing Samus. She suddenly brightened.

"Samus, you're actually here! We were so worried when you didn't show up this morning!! Did you oversleep or something?"

Samus nodded. Peach smiled and looked at Ike mischievously.

"See? I told you Samus was fine!"

Ike stared at her. "You?! I'm the one who was being level headed! You were panicking and screaming at me, 'Oh woe is me! Oh woe is me!!! Our darling Sammie is missing!!! Whatever shalt we dooooooo??!!'" Ike's voice went several octaves higher as he mimicked Peach.

Peach frowned. "I didn't say that! And you weren't being level headed! You were all, 'Oh heaven and hell! Samus isn't here!! Omi god what if she's lost in the city?! What if she was kidnapped?! What if she's dead??!! Oh noooooooooooo!!!'" Peach's voice went several octaves lower as she imitated Ike.

Ike growled. "I was not!"

Peach shouted, "You were too!"

"Was not!"

"Was too!"

"Was not!"

"Was too!"

"Was not!!"

"Was too!!"

"I swear if you two don't stop arguing like goddamned new married couple I am going to fucking murder you on spot!!!! Shaddup!"

Ike and Peach turned away from each other and stared at a fuming Samus. Peach and Ike looked at each other. Peach turned away from Ike with a "Humph!" while Ike turned back to Samus.

"What did you compare us to?"

Samus glared at Ike. "A goddamned new married couple!"

Ike looked away from Samus with a dull glare. A small blush colored his warmly tanned face. "I thought you said that…"

An awkward silence formed in between the three. Ike kept glaring at nothing with a blush, Peach glared at Ike from over her shoulder, and Samus glared at both of them menacingly.

"Well this is a little awkward."

All three turned to the new voice. All three of them smiled and Peach chanted,

"Link!!! Zellie!!! Marth!!!"

Link, Zelda, and Marth walked to the group with their own smiles on their faces. Link waved at the group while Zelda nodded at them with her small smile. Marth, after greeting Ike and a hug from Peach, walked behind Samus and slid his arms around her waist. Samus smirked at Marth.

"Smooth move, boyfriend."

He smirked. "All in a day's work, Samus."

Samus smiled and turned to look at the two Hylians. Link stared at the couple with something of a triumphant look. Zelda, who had been staring, turned away from Samus's stare. Samus sighed. Zelda was always distant from her. She hadn't been distant from her when she had first came to the school, but the day Marth and Samus hooked up, she …grew apart from her.

"Well well Marth! Looks like it was a mission success!"

Samus looked at Link. "Mission? What mission?"

"You know, the one I was about to tell you," Ike responded with a smirk.

"And as you said, you were about to. What mission?" Samus inquired.

"Hey guys. While this whole mission thing sounds really interesting, why don't we let the subject drop?" Marth glared at Ike and Link as he rested his head on Samus's shoulder.

"And why would they do that?" Peach smiled mischievously.

Zelda smiled shyly. "They are boys who wouldn't mind seeing you embarrassed."

Marth groaned at his friends. "You guys…"

Link smiled, "Hey Samus! Did you know?"

"Hey! I wanted to tell her!"

"Too bad, Ike. You should have while you had the chance!" Link sneered.

Ike muttered darkly under his breath while Link continued.

"You see Samus, Marth intentionally took first period hall duty!"

Samus blinked. "What?"

"Yeah! It happened this morning when we realized you weren't here at your usual time…"

xX...Xx

"MAAAAAAAAAAAARTH!!!!!! Samus isn't here yet!!"

Link, Ike, Zelda, and Marth turned toward the panicked Princess Peach. They all frowned at her.

"What do you mean she's not here yet?" Ike asked.

"Exactly that! Samus has yet to be late on a school day and hasn't been absent! What if she's in trouble??" Peach whimpered.

Ike smiled. "Peach, Samus is probably fine! She might be running a little late so stop worrying! You act like she might be dead or something!"

Peach paled. "D-dead…?" Ike's eyes widened.

"N-no Peach, I-I didn't mean it l-like-!"

Peach turned away and started to sob. Ike rushed in to comfort her as best as he could.

Link smirked at the two and turned to Marth. "So? What do you think happened, Marth?"

Marth stared of in the distance towards Samus's apartment complex and didn't respond. Link and Zelda looked at each other.

"Marth? Are you still there? Marth? Hey, Marth!!"

Marth blinked, startled. He looked at Link. "What's up?"

"That's what we want to know," Zelda stated. "Mind telling us what's going through your head?"

"She's probably running late…"

Marth then turned at walked away from the group. Link and Zelda blinked.

"Where is he going?"

.-:_____:-.

"Dude. I swear you are way too nice to Samus."

"Damn straight! Are you seriously going through this? What if she turns up before the tardy bell??"

Marth looked at his two guy friends with slight annoyance. "It's fine you guys. If she doesn't arrive on time, then I'll give her the pass to class so she won't get written up. If she does arrive on time then I'll have one less day of hall duty. It's a win-win situation."

Zelda nodded her approval. "It does work out. Turns out the person who was supposed to take Hall Monitor duty today called in sick. I was going to ask if you could fill in for him too, Marth." Zelda then grinned at him.

Marth frowned at her, "You know I don't like hall duty."

Zelda's grin widened. "You wouldn't have refused."

"You're a mean Student Council Secretary."

"Just doing my job."

Marth continued to frown at Zelda and she merely smiled at him. Ike shook his head.

"Wow. You still are going to do this even though you don't like hall duty…"

Peach smirked. "He's great like that."

Ike glanced at Peach as the bell rang. The group of friends exchanged looks with each other and smiled. They said their farewells (almost all said "Tell me if Samus shows! Good luck Marth!") and left to go to their classes. Marth stood in front of the doors leading inside the school, all alone. He sighed.

"I hope she shows today…"

xX...Xx

"…And that's why Marth had hall duty!"

Link gave a small smile at his "accomplishment". Samus stared at Link in shock and then looked at Marth. Marth had a small pout and quite a blush on his face. She smiled as she even saw his ears were colored pink.

Samus turned her head and snuggled on Marth's cheek before kissing it gingerly.

"You're too good for me, Marth."

Marth shook his head with a smile. "It was nothing. Just consider it an extra, early birthday present."

Peach squealed loudly causing everyone to wince and turn to her with an annoyed glare. Peach ignored their glares and literally started bouncing in joy.

"Oh my goodness! Sammie's birthday is in a week!!"

Samus growled at Peach. "The nickname…"

Peach waved her off. "Hey, why don't we have party? We could go to my castle and go all out!! What do you say guys??"

Before anybody could say anything, Samus immediately butted in. "NO! No birthday parties! There's no need for you to decorate a castle just for me!"

Peach pouted. "B-but Samus! It'd be a lot of fun! And we really want to do it! Right guys?"

Ike rested his arm on Peach, much to her discomfort. "Of course we would! You're a pal right? If we really wanted to we would decorate Hyrule Castle for you!"

"Which you will not."

Link smirked at Ike as he chuckled sheepishly at a glowering Zelda. Link turned to Samus. "But he is right. You're a friend and we'd do anything to please you."

Samus blushed and looked away from their faces. "B-but that's just…"

"Samus."

Samus's blush intensified as she looked up at her boyfriend's face. He smiled at her.

"Sam, you're special to us. We want to do what's best for you and what will make you happy even if you don't realize it makes you happy. Nobody's being forced to do this, it's our own decision. Why don't you just smile and say thanks instead of fighting it?"

Samus looked away from Marth and looked at her friends. All had a smile or a grin on their faces (except for Zelda…why does she look so sad?) which widened when she looked at them. Tears brimmed on her eyes and she smiled sadly.

She was always reminded of how loved she was…

Her smile turned bright and genuine.

"Thanks, guys."

All nodded and smiled. Samus wiped the unshed tears from her eyes at looked up at Marth. "Time?"

Link groaned. "Samus has officially been hanging out with Marth much too long. She's being the killjoy now!"

Samus smirked while Marth frowned. Marth detached himself from Samus to check his watch. He slightly winced when he saw the time. He looked at his friends.

"Everybody has one minute to get to class."

Immediately everybody shouted departing words and rushed down the halls to their classed. Samus and Marth were left alone in the hallway. If this were an anime, both were certain that a large sweat drop would have formed above their heads. They grinned at each other at the awkwardness of the situation. Marth sighed.

"Well, I'll be off. This is my Student Council period so I have to be there."

Samus nodded. "See ya at lunch then."

Marth smiled and kissed Samus's forehead before walking away. Samus smiled ever so slightly and sighed. He was always so nice to her…

"Samus."

Samus blinked. She turned around to face the voice and her eyes widened.

"Zelda?"

Zelda gave a weak smile at Samus. She motioned with her head and followed up her motion by saying, "Walk with me."

Samus stared at Zelda as she turned away, the late bell ringing as she did so. Samus rushed next to Zelda and glanced at the shorter girl. All of her features were calm and stony, but her eyes displayed a different emotion.

Fear.

Samus frowned. What would Zelda be afraid of? She had a castle and a very capable hero always by her side ready to protect her, even in a place where her princess title protects her. Samus smiled and started to engage in a conversation with the Princess of Hyrule.

"So, Zelda? How was first period?"

Zelda stopped walking. Samus shortly after followed in suit. Zelda avoided Samus's questioning stare. Zelda took a shaky breath before looking at Samus. She opened her mouth to say something but nothing came out. She was like that for quite sometime.

"…I…guess I'll be straightforward with my intention," she started.

Samus regarded Zelda seriously. Something was very wrong with Zelda.

"Zelda? What's wrong?" she asked.

Zelda again took a shaky breath. "Samus…the reason I called you out here was because I had to tell you something of grave importance…"

Samus stared and Zelda continued. "I really should have told you sooner…probably before you and Marth became a couple…but it's too late to do that."

Zelda didn't say anything after that and looked down. Samus felt nervous for the words that would come out of her royal lips any minute now. Zelda's eyes filled with sorrow and determination as she suddenly looked back up at her.

"Please Samus! I beg of you, please break up with Marth! If you don't he will die!"


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