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OH MY GOD, SCHOOL STARTS IN 16 DAYS. MUST WRITE MORE... BEFORE... TORTURE BEGINS...
"If I could find you now things would get better, we could leave this town and run forever, let your waves crash down on me and take me away..."
~Yellowcard, Ocean Avenue
Legend, Track 6: Ocean Avenue
We walked through the park. The sun had come out, and it was warming up. It wasn't as warm as it had been last week, but it was still at a comfortable temperature.
"Hi, Lucario," I greeted Bluey. Well, I guess I should start calling him Lucario now... "We found the tattoos. Now what?"
"Hm. Samus-san told you about me, I see," Lucario said. "For future reference, though, my name in this container is Luke. Luke Ario."
"All right, Luke. So, now what?"
"Well, now that two of the Smashers have been awakened," Luke said, "they will be able to sense the presence of a sleeping SS. I could do it, but like I said before, they are more likely to believe you. So you four will have to find them with the help of your spirits."
"So we're going to trust voices in our heads to find other people who have voices in their heads," Pit stated.
"Yes," Luke said, ignoring Pit's sarcasm. "Master Hand instructed me to give you four this." He handed us a piece of technology that looked completely ancient. "This is a Nintendo 3DS. It has been refitted to suit your needs. We will send you data on the next SS that you will awaken using this. There is also a Bingo Book function to review all awakened and non-awakened Smashers. In short, it is the ultimate tool for Smasher seekers. Do not lose it."
"Do you ever use contractions?" Z inquired. Luke ignored her and continued.
"It also plays games, in case you need to disguise it as an ordinary device. This first cartridge is the Bingo Book cartridge, which doubles as Kid Icarus: Uprising. The second game is a collection of old games about the Smashers. It may help you with your research."
"Is there anything else?" Link asked.
"Your first assignment is to find and awaken one of the youngest Smashers. He was twelve at the time of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and according to my information, he is about twelve years old now. His spirit is Toon Link, and he looks like this." Luke took the 3DS back and tapped a few buttons. An image of a grinning blond boy with cat-like eyes flashed on the screen.
He looked exactly like a smaller version of Link.
"What? That's— that's Tony! My brother! You're not telling me that he's a Smasher too?" Link stammered.
"Well, it will be that much easier for you to convince him," Luke said dryly. "Now, I've got to go," he said, pulling out his cellphone and checking the screen. "The great being known as Crazy Hand insists that I bring him a cheeseburger. So if you'll excuse me..." he seemed to vanish.
"Great, my brother's one of them too. How are we supposed to wake Tony up when Z and I aren't even awake?" Link asked. As if to answer his question, he suddenly keeled over, clutching his forehead.
"Looks like this one knows how to take a cue," Pit said to me. "Z's too," he added, gesturing at Zelda, who was curled up on the ground. "Grab her, I'll pick Link up, and we'll put them over there." We picked the two of them up and lay them down under a tree, where they looked like they were taking a nap in the summer sun. Well, you know, they were clenching their teeth and they looked like they were in a lot of pain, but if you didn't look too closely they looked like they were napping.
"There's an ice cream stand over there..." I pointed. "Want to get me some?"
"Sam, you just had breakfast," Pit sighed.
"And it was a cookie," I retorted. "C'mon, please? I'll go out with you!"
"You're kidding me," he muttered.
"Your face is turning red," I pointed out. "What, are you embarrassed?"
"No!" he said vehemently. "Um... uh... oh look, they're waking up!"
I decided to be nice to Pit and humored him. "Oh yeah, they are."
"Ugh," Z groaned, sitting up. "What happened? And who's talking?"
"There's something talking in my head," Link moaned.
Pit and I glanced at each other. "Looks like they're waking up," he said. "We should check the info on their spirits while they're still out."
"Good idea," I said. I pulled the 3DS from my pocket and clicked through a couple of screens. "Link... Link... ah, here we go. Hero of Hyrule. Joined the very first Super Smash Bros. tournament, stayed in the games ever since. Has saved the world countless times, has the Triforce of Courage— hey, that's our maneuver! The Triforce!— is supposed to be super good with a sword, blah blah blah, yadda yadda yada, usually believed to end up with Princess Zelda, although some think otherwise... has a younger brother named Toon Link, or 'Toony' for short. I guess that's Tony?"
"Guess so. What about Z?"
I flipped to the Z's. "Zelda/Sheik... I guess that's it, as there are no other Z's. Um, she's the Princess of Hyrule, has the Triforce of Wisdom. Guess that's why she's so smart... Joined the second Super Smash Bros. tournament, and was popular enough to stay on for the third tournament. Usually ends up with Link. (I told you they liked each other, Pit.) She has an alternate form named Sheik, who has a bunch of ninja techniques. Oh sure, Z gets the ninja. Z gets all the good stuff."
Hey, I'll have you know that one of my games was developed by Team Ninja, Samus grumbled. I have some ninja moves, too.
"Oh, all right then." Pit looked at me as if I were insane, and I clarified. "Samus has ninja moves, too."
"Keep going," he sighed. "And would it kill you to not talk about ninjas for a while?"
I stuck my tongue out at him and continued. "I'm going to look us up now. Pit... Pit... Oh, here you are." I showed him a picture of a grinning angel. "Pit... captain of Palutena's Army, was going to join the second tournament, but was beaten out by the Ice Climbers... Defeated Medusa and returned peace to Skyworld. No known match in his series."
"Look yourself up while they're still out of it," Pit said, pointing to Link and Z. "Z might wake up soon, but Link will probably be out for at least five more minutes."
I made my way around the cartridge. It took a while, since it was an old piece of technology and Luke hadn't given us a manual. "S... S... Samus. Here we go. Chozo warrior— what the heck is that?— bounty hunter, saved the galaxy multiple times, responsible for the extermination of every Metroid in existence, can switch between a Power Suit and a Zero Suit at will. Has no known match in her own series, but is usually paired with Solid Snake, Captain Falcon, or Pit. Wait, why do they put relationship stuff in here?"
"Probably so you can find them based on who they're with. Like, Mario and Peach will probably be together," Z chimed in. She rubbed her forehead. "Ow, that hurt... Wait, who was that you were just talking about?"
"Mine," I replied. "Samus."
"Your SS is badass," Pit smirked, taking the 3DS from me. "And you've got the most guys going after you."
"Including you," I retorted.
Pit turned red again. "Shut up," he muttered finally. "When's Link gonna wake up?"
"I'm awake," Link said, sitting up. "Jeez, Sam, when'd you become such a dude magnet?"
It's the freaking Zero Suit's fault, Samus complained. And for the record, there's no way I would end up with Snake or Falcon. Snake is a nice guy, but he has a girlfriend, and there's only so much "Falcon PAWNCH"-ing that I can take.
What about Pit?
Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies, she responded mysteriously. I decided not to press her further (I really didn't want to know, when she put it that way) and went back to the conversation. They had moved on while I was talking to Samus, and were now discussing ways to tell Tony.
"So how are we going to wake up Tony?" Link asked. "I mean, we can't just tell him 'All right, you've got a legendary Smasher inside you'."
"We can't. You can," I replied. "You're his big brother, he believes almost everything you say."
"Yeah, remember the time you convinced him that there was a monster hiding inside your drum, and that he should never touch it?" Pit grinned.
"He didn't touch that drum for years," Z remembered, smiling fondly. "Not until he started band."
"And even then he'd always kind of tiptoe around the drum section, remember?" I added.
"You guys, he's twelve now," Link sighed. "When I told him about the Drum Monster, he was seven."
"Just give it a try," Z said, patting Link's arm. "Please? For me?"
I mouthed I told you so at Pit, and he stuck his tongue out at me.
"All right," Link caved. "I'll tell him later."
"We have to get this done as soon as possible, Link," Z pouted. "Couldn't you do it this afternoon? After lunch?"
Turning my face away from the sickening display of romance, I resumed what I'd been doing before I'd started my research— that is, trying to get Pit to buy me an ice-cream cone. (Hey, I wasn't trying to be annoying or anything. I was broke. And hungry.) He resumed what he'd been doing before— denying my requests for ice cream. (Meanie.)
"Okay, Link will tell Tony after lunch today!" Z said cheerfully, after about fifteen minutes of negotiation.
"It's lunchtime, so let's split up now. I'm broke," I said. "I'll go home, eat some lunch, do some research, and e-mail you guys later."
"Same here," Pit said. "Besides, I have to update my blog."
"Looks like it's just you and me for lunch, Link!" Z smiled. Link smiled as well.
"She's painfully unaware that we've just set them up," Pit said to me as we walked to the bus stop. Link and Z had gone the opposite way, to the mall.
"She tries to set people up, and then doesn't figure it out when other people set her up," I smirked. We stood at the bus stop, watching for the bus. It arrived after a few minutes, and the two of us got on the bus. We rode home in silence. I had a feeling Pit was conversing with his SS, as he kept frowning, and his face turned red again. I decided that I didn't want to know what they were talking about.
"Well, see you later," Pit said to me as we got off the bus. "I guess we'll find out later if Tony believed Link or not."
"Yeah. Do you think he'll believe Link?" I asked.
"Really? I have no clue."
"Well, if he doesn't believe, then our job just got a whole lot harder."
"You sound like a freaking bounty hunter," Pit grumbled.
"I am a bounty hunter," I grinned.
Not the best ending, but oh well. Expect another chapter soon!
Teen Choice Awards are tonight. Oh goody. Time for more squee-ing fangirls to scream over whoever it is that they all love this year.
*cough*JustineBeaver*cough*
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