When Nothing Is Said
Disclaimer: The tournament is this coming…June 12th. I hope we can get the tournament posted on time.
A/N: Yes. And by then, the jealous party will be revealed! Really! So, for now, let's continue on with the story!
Chapter Six: Ready to Fight
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The list of tournament pairings was up. The list read as this:
Tournament Pairings
Round 1
Link/Falco VS Marth/Samus (Fountain of Dreams)
Zelda/Roy VS Peach/Ganondorf (Great Bay)
Ness/Pichu VS Mario/Dr. Mario (Corneria)
Bowser/Donkey Kong VS Jigglypuff/Luigi (Battlefield)
Pikachu/Kirby VS Fox/Captain Falcon (Mute City)
Game & Watch/Mewtwo VS Yoshi/Ice Climbers (Pokemon Stadium)
Lee is to referee fights and watch carefully that no-one breaks the tournament's rules. He is also a stand-by if one half of a pairing wishes to skip a battle, except for the first round.
All the Smashers had gathered and read the board. Then Mario scoffed and put his arms akimbo. "Peach-a, you lied to me. You said that-a Samus was gonna be your partner-a!"
Peach sighed. "I said that, Mario, so you wouldn't ask me to be your partner. I'm always your partner, and I wanted to battle with somebody else."
"WAAAAH!!" wailed Mario. "I'm topped by an evil Gerudo king!"
Zelda put a hand to her chin thoughtfully. Roy and I are going to face Peach and Ganondorf in battle… I've never battled alongside Roy before. This ought to be interesting. I will do my best. She looked down and Link and tilted her head a little in surprise. "Link? What's wrong?"
Link stared in shock at the board. Marth and I have to fight each other in the upcoming tournament…? He frowned. Isn't that just the luck…? Well…I don't want to fight him, so I guess I'll attack Samus instead…
"Link? Link?" said Zelda, waving a hand over Link's face.
"Wha…?" Link looked up. "Oh, Zelda."
"Are you okay? You looked so surprised for a second there," said Zelda. She glanced at the board at who Link would be fighting with along with Falco.
Oh, no…! Zelda's getting that shrewd gleam in her eyes! thought Link with a quick panicked gasp. Of all the Smashers here, I certainly don't want HER to find it out! "Ah hah ha!" laughed Link, trying to sound cheerful. "I wasn't looked surprised at all, Zelda! I am just eagerly awaiting the upcoming tournament! So, if you'll excuse me!" With that, Link hurriedly took off upstairs.
Marth watched him run, and looked back at the board. So, against all odds, we're decided upon to go fight each other in the first round… I certainly have no intentions of fighting Link, so…
"Hey, Marth, we have no time to lose!" said Samus. "I have a great strategy for winning, now that I see who we're up against!"
"What?" Marth glanced at Samus. "You do?"
"Of course I do! There is only one path to victory against those two," said Samus. "Come on, meet me in my room, I'll talk more then."
"But, Samus… Wait!" called Marth. But Samus was already heading upstairs to her room. He sighed. I wonder what kind of strategy Samus has in mind…? She's obviously making herself the head honcho of the two of us… he followed after Samus to her room. "Where can I sit?" he asked.
"Anywhere's fine," said Samus, not looking up from her desk. "Just…let me finish here…" Samus was scribbling something down with such fury.
Marth sat down at one of Samus's beanie bags. "What are you writing?" he asked curiously.
"Our battle plans!" said Samus, whirling around from her desk's swivel chair. "Especially for first round. I have strategies for everyone, and the one we need to look up now is this: first round battle! Here, read this," she added, giving Marth a small sticky note.
"…this is my whole battle strategy?" asked Marth. "Are you serious?"
"Just unfold it and read it," said Samus, whriling back to her desk. "While I'll be dealing with Falco, all you have to do is gain up on Link."
"…" Marth unfolded the sticky note and read it. "…'Crush Link to the dust. If swords don't work, toss him about until he can't stand'… Are you serious?" asked Marth quietly.
"Never more serious," said Samus. "I watch people fight, you know, and learn all their weaknesses and strengths. And it just so happens that Link isn't very good against others swordsmen, such as yourself. So if you attack him mercilessly, and if I can knock out Falco a few time's victory is in our hands!"
"You must really want to win…" Marth sighed. This is a horrible plan…but a good one as well. I wonder why she takes the time to watch fights and learn everyone's weakness…? But, could I bring myself to beat Link up?
"Follow that plan," said Samus. "Okay? Now go on, we'll meet up at the Fountain of Dreams later on, to discuss our plans in more detail."
"Hai…" agreed Marth, standing up and leaving the room. He leaned against the door sadly, looking at the sticky note. I suppose we don't have a choice… I'll do my best, that's all I can do… Marth walked down the hallway, then stopped. "Maybe I'll go see him…" he decided, and turned around.
Once again, he crashed into Link doing so. "Oof!" Link groaned and looked up. "That's twice in two days, maestro! You have to watch where you're going!"
"Sorry, sorry," apologized Marth worriedly. He helped Link up, and added, "I was gonna go look for you. Do you think we can talk somewhere?"
"Right now?" asked Link. He looked down and nodded. "I was looking for you anyway, so…"
The two headed downstairs together, where they met Falco. "Link, there you are," said Falco. "You disappeared so suddenly. I want to say that I'll meet you at the Fountain of Dreams later on, all right?"
"Samus and I were going to train there as well," said Marth.
"Is that right?" asked Link.
"Oh! Well, then, I guess we'll be having a practice match there, then," said Falco. "Is that all right with you, Link?"
"Well…I suppose so," said Link.
"Okay. See you then…at 7:30 tonight," said Falco.
"7:30," agreed Marth. "Could you go up and tell that to Samus?"
"Why me? I'm not her partner," said Falco.
"Since you're headed upstairs anyway…"
Falco sighed. "Eh, fine. All the same to me."
Link watched Falco go, and nodded to Marth. "The trophy room?"
"If no-one's in there, sure," said Marth, following Link to the Portal. They said together, "Trophy room! Figure Room!" And there they were. Link sat down on the couch with a sigh. "I know," said Marth. "I don't feel like fighting, either…"
"But we have no choice about it," said Link, looking up at the ceiling. "I'm not looking forward to fighting you…so I…"
"Link, I should say this now," said Marth sadly, showing Link the sticky note he got from Samus. "I don't know how I'm going to avoid this one. If I don't follow this, Samus will KNOW something is up. Everyone else will know, too."
"Crush me?" Link raised an eyebrow. "I don't know how you'll be able to do that… I mean, I guess we'll have to fight each other, when the time comes."
"Is that okay?" Marth looked worried. "I don't like hurting the ones I love…"
"You won't be hurting me!" insisted Link, standing up. "I'm not gonna back down in this tournament! I want to win, too. Besides, we've trained together, so we know how to fight each other!"
"Link…"
"Besides, even if you do hurt me, or even defeat me, I'm not gonna hate you for the rest of my eternal life," said Link. "So don't hold back just because you're fighting me. I'm not made entirely of cobwebs. And this is a mêlée. This is what we do best: fighting each other, whether you love them or like them or hate them."
"…" Marth sighed and smiled sadly. "Yeah, I suppose your right. I guess I do worry a little too much sometimes…"
"Well…You don't have to worry about me," said Link, looking away with a red face. "I mean…I like it when you say things like that…but still…don't…"
"Next time…I will rescue you," said Marth, standing up and hugging Link. "And why do you get so bashful whenever I talk like this?"
"Because, it's so cheesy!" yowled Link, red as a tomato now. "As much as I love hearing those words…"
Marth touched foreheads with link so the two's faces were barely an inch apart. "What? Is there anything wrong with cheesy?"
"Well…no…"
"All right then," said Marth happily. He pulled Link a little closer. "So you won't mind when I do this from now on?"
"I won't mind…" said Link quietly, looking up at Marth.
"Okay, then," said Marth, and released Link, sitting down on the couch again. "Well, what do you want to do now?"
"Eh? Why-Why are you asking like that?!" asked Link, waving his arms frantically. "You make it sound like I'm the one suggesting we do something!"
"What could we do? And what ARE you suggesting?" asked Marth with a smirk. "I wonder how it would look, if you stayed in my room…"
"Stop teasing me!" yowled Link, shaking his head frantically. "Y-You know how weird it would seem if you and I shared a room! What would people think?!"
"If they happened to hear you…cry, out, that would be a problem," said Marth. "Not that I would mind."
"Oh! You're so naughty!" Link frowned and crossed his arms, looking embarrassed. "How can you say things like that, with such a straight face?"
"I don't see why I have to be embarrassed." Marth rested one hand on his head, looking Link up and down. "But then again, you ARE just a kid…maybe you're too young for that kind of commitment…"
"T-Too young?!" repeated Link, looking around frantically. "W-What do you mean, too young?! Too young for what!?"
Marth laughed and shook his head. "You take everything way too seriously. You should know I was teasing you again!"
"But I'm not too young!" insisted Link before he could stop himself. "If you wanted to, I would have no objections whatsoever!"
"Hah ha…eh…? What?" Marth blinked in surprise. "You…have no objections?"
Link covered his mouth in shock. "Uh…I--I…"
Marth stood up slowly. "Link, do you…mean it?"
"…I…" Link looked up at Marth, and opened his mouth…
"I got a trophy, I got a trophy!" sang Luigi as he came inside the trophy room.
"So did I, so did I!" sang Mario. The two brothers stopped when they saw Link and Marth. "Hello,' said Mario pleasantly. "I hope we didn't interrupt any battle discussions or anything."
"We weren't-a gonna be here long, we were putting our-a trophies in here," said Luigi. "See, I won-a the Normal mode Adventure!"
"You…You idiot dingdong!" yelled Link angrily, pushing past the two plumbers to the Portal. "Hyrule!" he called, and vanished.
Marth sighed. "Sorry about that," he said apologetically. "But if we went to Hyrule, I can't find him now…" Marth left the portal, calling, "SSBM HQ!"
Luigi looked at Mario in shock, and Mario nodded. "You are a dingdong, Luigi."
"Oh, brother, you're-a so mean!" cried Luigi, dropping his trophy and running to the Portal.
"Well…um…I'm sorry?" asked Mario, picking up Luigi's trophy, and setting both trophies on the table. He left, too.
But someone else was in the room, and when Mario left, stood up and said to themselves, "I won't be giving Link away that easily, Marth… It doesn't matter how he feels for you. I want him to feel that way about me, too, so I know exactly what to do when the time comes…"
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Ooh! Enter the jealous party! Who do you think it is? Well, guess away. Even if you do guess right… I WON'T TELL YOU ANYWAY! -evil laughter-
And sorry about the lack of updates this week… I know I said that Friday and Saturday were my free days, but…heh heh, I got a brand new Gamecube on Friday afternoon, since my old and first one died after 7 long years of commitment.
I'll try to update more, and my toehr stories shall rest until this one is finished! HAH HAH! So for now, don't forget to leave a review! Okay? Okay! Bye now!
