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Disclaimer -- I do not own Super Smash Bros. Melee. The characters and such are property of Nintendo. (*Although, I do wish I owned Link! He's my fav!*) All of these writings are pure fiction and came from my imagination! (*Um.. what little imagination I have, that is!*) I am also sorry if any part of my story resembles anything else that has already been done or any other idea. This is my first posted SSBM Fic.

Please read top of first chapter for more Authot's Notes and information.

Fiction By Hylian Swordsman's Pretty Princess [Sherrilynn] And Yoshikachu/Little Dude's Little Lady [Katie]
[Hylian Swordsman is Link and Little Dude is Young Link. Yoshikachu is a combination of Yoshi and Pikachu]

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Super Smash Bros. Melee : A High School Drama Fic

Chapter Four -- Television.. Fight?

Roy went running towards a small group of Smashers with a slip of paper in his hand. "They can't be serious!" His tone was excited yet nervous.

"I got the notice, too," Captain Falcon told Roy. "They're going to start televising our fights on Wednesdays, and we're also now required to fight on Friday and Saturday nights. Camera crews are going to be all in our faces!"

"Not only that, but we're getting paid!" Samus was just as excited.

"Paying us to beat the pulp out of each other? Now that's the life!" Roy exclaimed. "So not only am I a sophomore in high school, but I have a job!"

As if on cue, Link rushed up to his red-headed friend. "This can't be happening."

"But it is! Isn't it great?" Roy's smile was huge.

"NO!" Link yelled. "I have a date with Zelda on Friday, and the changes take place this week! Tomorrow night is when it starts, didn't you see? I'm think I'm going to go crazy... They could have at least waited until next week. Or given us notice further in advance."

Marth, who had been standing beside Roy, just laughed. "Oh, come on Link, stop whining! It's not that bad, just reschedule."

"Reschedule?!" Link squeaked in a high-pitched tone. "Friday and Saturday nights are the best for dates! How's a junior supposed to have a LIFE if he can't date?!"

Roy was also beginning to laugh hysterically by this point. "Calm down, dude, I'm sure we'll get at least a Saturday here and there off. Besides, you'll still get to see Zelda, she's a Smasher too! There's always after the battles, you know." Roy winked at Link. "Get my point?"

Link dropped his arms by his side that had previously been waving his written notice in Roy's face. "It won't be the same as dinner and a movie, though, but you are right."

"It's your hair color, my friend. Don't worry." Roy patted Link on the back. "You take everything too seriously. Look on the bright side! This is a chance for us to finally get noticed, Link! I mean, come on! Me, you, Marth, and they whole crew beating the life out of each other for the entertainment of an at-home audience! It couldn't get any better!"

Link chuckled. "You've always loved the spotlight, Roy."

Samus smiled, entertained by Roy's enthusiasm. He smile then faded as another thought crossed her mind. "Guys, I'll be right back, I'm going to find Zelda. I haven't seen her yet this morning. I'm starting to get worried."

"Don't worry Samus, I know she's here," Link quickly said. "I drove her to school this morning."

"But she's not with her normal group, which includes me. Maybe Peach embarrassed her too much, or Zel's afraid of Peach." Samus walked over to Link. "Did she say anything to you last night? Or this morning?"

"All she told me was that Peach better not be bragging," Link replied. "Zelda's still sensitive about the battle. You don't think... Peach did anything to her, do you?" Link finished his sentence quickly. Suddenly, he got worried and ran in the direction that he had last seen Zelda.

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Samus and Link were running down the hall together, trying their best to find Zelda. Recess was almost over, and Samus had informed Link that Zelda had not been present in her first period class.

"Peach!" Link suddenly heard Samus yelling. "Peach, I have to talk to you!" Samus came to a halt once she reached the princess, who was standing near her locker beside her father's classroom.

"Yes, Sammie?" Peach asked, seeming more polite than usual.

"Where's Zelda? No one has seen her all morning, and Link drove her to school, so we know she's here." Samus heard heavy footsteps come up behind her. Link glared at Peach.

"Where is she?" he demanded immediately. "Tell me where Zelda is."

Peach smiled her usual smile that she normally used in Link's presence. "Sweetie, I don't know where Zellie is. I saw her this morning, walking with Malon to the nurse's office."

"The nurse's office?" Link began to panic. Without another word, he began to run to the south end of the school.

Samus, who was still standing there, wasn't satisfied. "Why? What do you know? Did you do anything to Zellie?!" Samus was getting frustrated with Peach. Peach was obviously trying to hide something from Samus.

"Why would I care about her, after she took Linky from me? I don't care about two-timing ex best friends!" Peach tried to walk past Samus, but Samus quickly grabbed her.

"Peach, if you don't answer me, I'll send you to the nurse's office... and not just for a friendly visit!" Samus was holding onto Peach tightly, raising a fist.

Peach sighed. "Okay, listen. You don't have to go and get all violent." Samus dropped her arm, but still held on to the princess. "I was watching Zelda this morning, and she was grabbing her side. She was beside Malon, who was rambling about Marth. Suddenly, Zelda fell to her knees, and Malon screamed and insisted on taking her to the nurse. So off they went, and I haven't seen her since. They may have sent Zelda home. She may have had an appendicitis attack or something."

Samus let go of Peach. "Alright. If that's the truth." She paused for a moment before adding, "I was beginning to think that you did something to her." Samus turned away from Peach just as the bell rang for second period.

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"Zelda, how are you?" Link asked, taking her hand as the nurse put an ice pack on Zelda's arm, where a sizable bruise was appearing.

"Link, she hurt me." Zelda's face wrinkled in pain. She was also now grabbing her side.

"Who? How? What happened, please, Zellie, tell me." Link looked into the princess' deep blue eyes that were filled with tears.

"Peach. And Daisy. Peach walked over to me this morning when I was talking with Malon. She grabbed me and threw me against the lockers, telling me that she didn't beat me like she wanted to last night on the battle fields. She pushed me harder into the lockers and held me there while Daisy threw her schoolbooks at me, and they hit me in my side. I could hardly breathe after they got through. Malon grabbed me up quickly and practically drug me here." Zelda also had a bruise on her forhead from being slammed into the lockers with such force.

Link squeezed Zelda's hand tighter. "Don't worry, sweetheart, she won't get away with hurting you." He gently kissed her hand.

"No, Link, please don't say anything -- "

"Why?" Link inturrupted. "Why, Zel? She hurt you! She fought you at school, she has to be punished! Please Zel, you have to say something!"

"I've already talked to Malon about not saying anything. After enough begging, she agreed to keep quiet about the whole ordeal." Zelda turned her face away from Link after those words, letting a tear stream down her face. "Link, I miss her as my friend. What am I supposed to do? Peach and I were so close!" Zelda broke down into heavy sobs. Link felt helpless sitting there, not being able to do anything for her like he had all the times he saved Hyrule from evil. All he could do was hug her until the nurse rushed him out of the office, insisting he get to class.

"Zel, we'll talk more later after school. Get some rest." When the nurse wasn't looking, Link blew her a kiss and left.

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"I knew she was lying!" Samus yelled loud enough for the entire lunchroom to hear. Samus had waiting for lunchtime to see if Link had found out anything new since their run-in with Peach at recess.

"Shh!" Link tried to quiet her down.

"What did you do, spring a leak?" Marth joked at Link's gesture to hush the angry girl.

"Shut up, Marth. I just don't want the entire planet to hear what's going on."

Marth grinned. "Not the entire planet, just the entire lunchroom!"

Link ignored Marth's attempt to be funny. "After I came back from the nurse's office, I tried to find you Samus, but you were nowhere to be seen, so I had to wait to tell you the news until now."

"I never knew Peach could be so devilish," Samus muttered. "Peach and I have been friends for so long! Nonetheless, something has to happen. I know you told me Zelda pleaded for Malon not to tell, but that doesn't mean I won't... Why would she turn on us?"

"I don't know about that Peach girl, but I hope it's true that Malon was talking about me like that!" Marth said enthusiastically. "I really like her, you guys."

"Yeah, I hope at least that much of her story was true," Samus said. "So talking to that little... well, so talking to her wouldn't have been exactly a total waste. At least someone got something out of it."

Out of the corner of his eye, Link saw a slender girl walking toward him in a white dress. "Zelda!" Link said, standing up. "They let you go?"

"Yes," she said as she hugged him tightly. "I feel better now. Just lying there wasn't going to help me feel better anyway. There's not much of the day left, so I figured that I would come back to see you instead of going home. So what are you guys talking about?"

"Was Malon talking about me... like, you know, like she liked me?" Marth jumped at the chance to find out.

Zelda giggled, putting her hand to her mouth. "She always does, Marth! She's obsessed!"

Marth's jaw dropped. "You're... you're joking."

"Absolutely not," Zelda said matter-of-factly.

Marth couldn't say anything except, "I'm off to find Malon! Wait! She doesn't have this lunch wave with us.... " he finished sadly.

Samus laughed. "Too bad. Malon has it with Daisy and a few other of those popular girls. Malon mostly sits with Kirby and Pichu."

"Zel, tell her I said 'hi' after school, okay? And tell her to get online if she can! I want to talk to her!" Marth got up from the table to find Roy who had chosen to sit with Mario today.

Link turned to Zelda. "By the way, did you get that notice about the televised fights? Three days a week?"

"Yeah, I did. We had a date Friday." Zelda frowned. "I was looking foreward to that, too." She stared into the swordsman's eyes.

"I was too, so much. I wanted more time alone with you. Time that Young Link couldn't spy on." Link put his arms around Zelda's waist. "But as Roy said, there's always after the battles. Do you think you'd be able to stay out? The battles end at 10:00. We could go out until midnight."

Zelda moved closer to Link. "Yes, I definetly will." Link moved in to gently kiss Zelda, but Samus wasn't about to let it happen.

"NO! That's PDA, young man!" Samus joked, shaking a finger. "Against school rules! How many times does this make that you've broken that rule, anyway?"

"You sound just like the principal. You should consider that as a job one day," Zelda replied, smiling at her best friend. "But I'm going to ignore you." Zelda let Link's lips barely brush against hers.

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Yoshi and Mario were walking down the hall together when they saw a group of people huddled around a small bulletin board.

"What's up over there, Mario?" Yoshi asked curiously, straining to see over the mob of people.

"I don't-a know, but let's-a go see." Mario began to run towards the board. The dino and his friend were finally able to force themselves through the crowd. They saw the paper about the televised fights between the Smashers on the board, but that wasn't the particular notice everyone seemed to be rambling about.

"Already?!" Yoshi squawked as he read the yellow paper that was stapled to the board. "Homecoming?! DANCE?!"

"But it's-a early for Homecoming!" Mario exclaimed.

"Yes, I know," Ganondorf, who was standing on the other side of the crowd, had heard him. "The football team was talking about how early it was, too, but we have to be prepared to win a ballgame! To us football players, Homcoming isn't just a dance, it's all about a game to win!" Ganondorf was zealous. Football was his passion.

"Mama mia! I have to-a find a date!" Mario was panicking. "It's-a my senior year, I wanna attend everything I can-a. You already have a girlfriend, Yoshi!"

"Yes, and Deanna is the perfect girl for me!" Yoshi was referring to the Pink Yoshi. They had been going out for a few months now.

Mario stood there, wondering who to ask to Homecoming. He had already had a few names enter his mind as soon as he saw the flyer. Zelda was a no go because Mario was certain she would attend the dance with Link. And Mario already had his plans to try to hook up Daisy and Luigi, so Daisy was out of the question.

But there was one name that didn't occur to him until he thought of Diasy: Peach.

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Author's Notes -- I'm not sure if too much actually happened in this chapter, but I've already started Chapter 5! =)

Thank you SO MUCH to those who reviewed! Thank you for being supportive! It means a lot! The readers in the SSBM category are *much* more supportive than the ones in the music group category, beacuse the music group readers would always yell about how you didn't hold a certain singer "in character". But that's the beauty of fanfiction! You don't have to! ^_^ There will be much more to come... Katie and I have some NEW ideas that we might try! Thanks again to the reviewers! Chapter 5 Soon!

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