"It's good to see you again, Takamaru," said Link as Takamaru entered the room.
The samurai nodded his head in greeting. "It is good to see you as well, Link-san."
"So, here for another interview then, pervert?" questioned Samus as she gave Takamaru a smirk. This earned her a quick glare from the samurai.
"That is correct," replied Takamaru as he crossed his arms and closed his eyes. "While I am honored to have been an Assist Trophy, I feel my services would be more useful as a full fledged Smash Fighter."
"Of course there might be a few problems with that."
Takamaru and Link looked at Samus in question, wondering what she was talking about. Link was the one to ultimately ask the question. "What problems?"
"For one thing, the fandom seems to have this thing against swordsmen…despite the fact that the girls tend to fall for the swordsmen regardless," stated Samus with a grimace. The two swordsmen present blushed slightly as they thought of the fangirls. Samus then suddenly scowled. "The other problem is that where you go, Crazy Tracy is not far behind!"
Takamaru took a step back. "Wh-What exactly is wrong with Tracy-san?"
"I made a promise the last time she was here that I would her hair off her head if I ever saw her again," explained Samus, scowl still on her face. "That promise still stands!"
Takamaru glanced over at Link, who gave off a shrug. "I've learned not to get in her way when she makes an enemy."
"…But Tracy-san is not that bad."
Samus let out a growl while Link scooted away from her before she blew. He then looked back at Takamaru. "Yeah, you were unconscious when the incident went down and trust me, it was not pretty. So Tracy is more or less on Samus' hit list now."
"I…I see. Then I should take my leave and make sure Tracy-san is alright," replied Takamaru as he made his way towards the door.
"Make sure you tell her that I'm coming after her!" exclaimed Samus as the samurai left. "I swear to Miyamoto that I'll kill her."
Link feared for the health spa owner's life. Hopefully Takamaru would be able to protect her.
CHAPTER END
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Another character that was considered for Melee (as well as SSB4), but much like Ayumi he was scrapped because of unfamiliarity. Again, I point out Marth and Roy. Yeah, he later became an Assist Trophy, but he really should have been playable in SSB4.