When Nothing Is Said

Disclaimer: Ness the jealous party, huh? …unlikely.

A/N: That's what I said, Disclaimer. Let them guess away! The jealous party WILL make himself known on June 12th. That is all for spoilers! Now Let's continue the story!

Chapter Nine: Push Became Shove, and Became Held Down Too
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"We're back-a with all the food-a!" announced Mario, stepping out of the Portal with Luigi, Peach, and Bowser. "Don't-a thank us or anything."

"Only 6 more days to wait until the tournament comes," said Luigi, looking at the calendar.

"About time, you know," said Falco, taking the bags of food to help put them away. "Master Hand was a little late in bringing the food over, wasn't he?"

"It doesn't matter," said Roy. "The food's here, and that's all that matters."

"But what about when the new Smashers come?" asked Nana. "We only have enough food for the 26 of us. What will we do when the newbies come?"

"I have an update from Master Hand," said Peach. "They won't be here until August. All of the new Smashers will be there as well. They'll come with us to our summer home."

"I see," said Popo. "So what's for dinner tonight?"

"It's Marth's day to make dinner," said Roy. "But I haven't seen him since yesterday…"

"He came to training with me and Falco and Link," said Samus. "But after training, he went up to his room."

"Really?" asked Roy. "I wonder if he's all right…"

From his post behind the couch, Link raised his head a little. Marth hasn't come out of his room…? That's odd…Maybe I'll go see him… Link stood up and headed for the stairs.

"Link," said Zelda.

Link stopped and looked back. "…Zelda. What is it?"

"You're going to go see Marth, aren't you?" Zelda looked up the stairs, and looked around. "Marth told me everything," she said quietly.

"What…!"

"I won't tell anyone, though," promised Zelda. "I just wanted to tell you, be careful around him."

"Be careful? What do you mean?"

"There's hostility, Link." Zelda looked over her shoulder, and said quietly still, "Someone here might have found out, too…and might tell everyone."

"What are you saying?" Link shook his head. "I don't understand."

"I'm not too sure myself, but…that's what I feel."

"Zelda, are you…are you saying that someone is…"

"Zelda! There you are!" said Mario. "If I-a remember, its-a your turn to make dessert tonight-a! You up for it?"

"Dessert…" Zelda sighed. "Right, of course Mario. I'll be there later. Any requests? Go check and see what the rest of the Smashers want."

"Okey-dokey!" said Mario cheerfully, hurrying off.

"Tell me later, Zelda. I'm gonna go check Marth now," said Link, turning around and heading upstairs.

"Oh…wait… He's not listening…" Zelda walked to the entertainment room and flopped onto the couch. I wonder what will happen now…? Who could possibly try to break Link and Marth apart? How far will this person go?

"Ness, quit hogging the lane!" yowled Pichu. "I'm trying to win here!"

"Yeah, so am I!" yowled Ness.

Zelda glanced at the two. Ness has incredible power… Him and his PSI are potentially dangerous when he uses it hostile…But Ness is a kid too, reflected Zelda. It can't be him…

"Mewtwo, come join us!" called Jigglypuff, who sat down next to Pichu with controller in hand.

"I'm not going to join you, those games are a waste of time," said Mewtwo, rolling his eyes. "Only kids enjoy those games."

"If you think about it, you're pretty much a kid yourself," said Jigglypuff. "I mean, how many years ago were you created?"

"That's a touchy subject, in case you failed to notice," said Mewtwo angrily.

"Oh…sorry."

Zelda sighed. It possibly can't be Mewtwo…Sure, he doesn't like humans, but I don't think he has any kind of romantic thoughts inside him… Maybe in his own world, but not here…

"Peach-a! Tell Mario to stop calling me a dingdong-a!" wailed Luigi, tugging on Peaches dress like a little kid.

"Luigi, you have to stand firm and be a man!" Peach sighed and crossed her arms. "I'm not your mother, you know! If you want Mario to stop, then tell him yourself!"

Hmm…Peach has power from the Stars, in her world…Incredible power, for there are many, many stars… Zelda watched Peach drag a bawling Luigi back upstairs. But as far as I can tell…

"MARIO!" screeched Peach. "Come here right now and apologize to your brother! Look at him, he's pathetic!"

"But, Peach-a!" protested Mario. "You just-a said it! My brother is a pathetic-a dingdong!"

"Dingdong!" wailed Luigi.

"Mario!" groaned Peach, putting a hand on her face. "I really don't have time for this…you two aren't kids anymore!"

…Peach is obviously in love with Mario, thought Zelda. Besides, she's never striked me as the pedophile type… she blinked, feeling embarrassed suddenly. How much older am I than Roy? I'm over 1,000 years old, and he's 21!

"Zelda," said a voice behind Zelda.

"Waugh!" Zelda hopped off the couch and looked behind her. "G-Ganondorf!"

Ganondorf laughed like crazy, pointing at Zelda. "Got ya good, Zelda! You were all spaced out in Lala land! I could've killed you, and you'd never have noticed!"

"Ooh…! You know better to disturb me when I'm deep in thought!" yowled Zelda. "You're so immature! Why not act like the evil king that you are?!"

"Cause I'm not that evil king anymore? What can I say, Zelda? I've changed my ways." Ganondorf crossed his arms. "Surely, you'd be happy at such a change. Unless you want me to be an evil king. I have no qualms about trapping you in a crystal…"

"No, it's fine!" said Zelda hurriedly. "I'm glad you've changed…" she trailed off. Ganondorf is indeed a powerful sorcerer… Is it possible that he is the jealous party? Hmm…No…that's ridiculous… Something like this isn't Ganondorf's style…

"Zelda? Zelda?" Ganondorf waved a hand over Zelda's face.

"Hmm…What…?" Zelda blinked.

"You spaced out again. Something on your mind? Like something serious?" asked Ganondorf. "You don't usually space out."

"Sorry, Ganondorf… I was just… I had something on my mind… I'll be upstairs if you need me." Without waiting an answer, Zelda walked past Ganondorf up the stairs. I need to think about this…

That was when a yell was heard.

Zelda stopped. "…!? Wh-What was that…?"

"What's going on?" asked Peach, walking up to Zelda.

"It sounded like it came from…"

"That was Marth's voice!" said Roy, who had come up the stairs.

"What's going on?" asked Fox from downstairs.

Suddenly, Marth burst out of his room and ran past everyone. "Sumimasen!" he gasped as he pushed past Roy.

"M-Marth?!" Roy looked down the stairs. "What are you doing…?"

"Marth!" Link hurried out of the room and stopped at the stairs. "Marth! What's wrong! Tell me!" he gave chase as Marth disappeared into the Portal.

"What's this…?" Fox watched Link disappear. "What the hell was that? What's going on?"

Zelda looked between Marth's room and the stairs. That's what I want to know…

"Did Link just chase after Marth?" asked Captain Falcon. "Was that the commotion?"

All the Smashers started muttering amongst themselves about this strange event. Peach was about to follow Mario and Luigi downstairs, but caught the thoughtful look on Zelda's face. She waited for everyone to be gone, then asked quietly, "Penny for your thoughts, Zelda?"

"Hmm?" Zelda looked up, then down again. "No…nothing…"

"Come now! You know something!" insisted Peach. "What's going on here? What was that little commotion?"

"I…I don't know," said Zelda.

"You're being so secretive…" Peach frowned a little. "Well, now that I know something's up, I'll just have to go find out myself! And you know I will, Zelda. So save me the trouble of endless research, and tell me what's going on!"

"…I suppose there's no point in trying to hide something from you," sighed Zelda. "I suppose it'll be all right to tell you…"

"Well, then Let's go to my room!" said Peach. "Nobody will bother us in there!" Peach took Zelda by the arm and took her to her room.

Zelda looked around. "It's…so pink in here. I think I'll go blind…"

"Never mind the pink-ness," said Peach. She flopped belly-first on her bed and gestured to the pink beanie bags on the floor. "Come on, tell me."

"Okay…" Zelda sat down on the pink beanie and looked up at Peach. "You promise you won't tell anyone?" she asked. "I didn't want to betray Marth's confidence, but I know I can trust you. Right?"

"Hey, I swear by the Stars," said Peach. "Trust me."

"Okay…" So Zelda told Peach the entire story, the same one Marth told her. From that first kiss, to Zelda's own interpretations of this, and to the mysterious presence of this unknown jealous party. "…and they're trying to break Marth and Link up, by forceful means if necessary," finished Zelda.

Peach took the story in with several nods. "I…I see…" she sat up, and hugged a pink peach cushion thoughtfully. "Marth and Link…are in love with each other?"

"Yes," agreed Zelda with a nod.

"I see… There's an obviously huge age difference, but they stick to each other pretty good," said Peach, looking up at the ceiling. "You've been noticing these attachments, but you didn't know it was love until now."

"Right, right," agreed Zelda with two more nods.

"And…someone here also likes Link," continued Peach, "and is trying to get Marth to do something horrible to Link so he'll hate him… By any means possible, forceful, you said…"

"Mm-hmm," agreed Zelda with three nods. "You see now? That's what happened, I'm guessing. Marth must have been being forced to try and do something to Link, and he tried to fight it. And to fight it…"

"He had to get away from Link," finished Peach. "I--I see now! It's making perfect sense now…" she looked at Zelda. "But what happened just now? Wasn't that something of a dead giveaway? Link chased him, Zelda. Nobody here has ever seen Link or Marth act the way they did. What if someone else finds out?"

"…that's what I'm afraid of…" said Zelda quietly.

Downstairs…

Roy stared at the Portal, trying to figure out what had just happened. It was still big news among the Smashers, they were still chatting away about it. I wonder if something happened… between those two… Roy looked up at the ceiling. Zelda obviously knows something… I wonder who she'll tell…

"Hey, Roy, do you know anything about this?" asked Samus. "He's your buddy, after all. If he's having emotional problems, he won't be able to participate in the upcoming tournament."

"I know…I…uh… I'll go find him," said Roy with a nervous chuckle. He entered the Portal and thought for a few minutes. He likes the Figure Room…I'll try there first… "Figure Room!"

When he arrived, Marth wasn't there. But Link was. He was asleep on the couch, though not peacefully. "M-Marth…" he winced and rolled over.

"Oh, kid, you're here," said Roy. He walked over to Link. "I suppose it's okay for you to want to sleep here…but what happened between you two…?" Roy trailed off, looking at Link's left wrist, which had fallen off the side of the couch when Link rolled over.

"Roy? Oh, you're here," said Zelda. "I was looking for Link and Marth…and it looks like you found Link… What's wrong?" she noticed Roy looking shocked.

"Zelda. I want you to tell me what is going on between these two," said Roy, holding up Link's left arm a little. "Please…tell me."

Zelda gasped softly and covered her mouth with her hand. "I…I'll tell you everything, Roy… I'll tell everyone…"

"Everyone?" asked Peach. She had come in. "But you told me that you won't betray Marth's secret to anyone else… Has something serious now…"

"It looks like he held Link down," said Roy. "Look at this… bruise, on his left wrist, like someone clenched his wrist too tightly…"

"Oh!" Peach looked at Zelda. "Maybe this IS something we should tell everyone… if Marth's been doing something to Link…"

"When he wakes up, he'll tell us," said Zelda. "I'll wait here. You go… Both of you, go tell the rest of the Smashers."

"Tell them…what?" asked Roy.

"Are we gonna tell them that Marth is…a…is…" Peach trailed off, and said, "We'll just tell them that Marth and Link are in love with each other. Right? And that they got into a small argument?"

"Yes…do that," said Zelda. She looked back at the two. "And try to find put who's doing this… Someone wants to split the two up… and I won't let that happen."

"…okay, Zelda," said Roy slowly. "Peach and I will go tell that to the Smashers then…"

"This will be big news," warned Peach. "The Smashers probably aren't prepared to hear this."

"Tell them," said Zelda. "Just…tell them."

"Okay… Come on, Roy," said Peach, leading the swordsman out of the room.

Zelda sighed, putting a hand on her head. When Link wake up… He'll be able to tell us what happened… she looked at his bruised wrist sadly. What crazy jealous force would go this far… to try and gain someone…?
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Woof! Pretty intense plot there! Link got attacked and before Marth could continue, he decided to stop it, and runs. Now everyone is gonna know about their romance, and the jealous party is greatly intensifying his…well, jealousness! Well, read on if you like, and leave a review, too! Bye!