Hopefully this little flashback will lighten the mood of the story right now. Read and enjoy!

Disclaimer: Nothing in this story actually belong to me. I only came up with the idea.

"Alright, Zelda. I'm heading out for today."

Zelda turned from her pile of unsigned paperwork to give her friend a smile. "Why so early Marth? It's not like you to leave with a lot of work left to do."

Marth gathered his bag and a couple of books before grinning at Zelda. "I know it's not. But there's a new TV show that I just recently got hooked on and I wanted to catch the new episode premiering today. I'll come by earlier tomorrow to get this stuff signed."

Zelda nodded. She then grinned at him. "You know, you could always quit. Principal Master Hand made you and me his personal favorite students so of course we would have a spot in the Student Council. But you don't really have to if you don't want to."

Marth checked his pockets for his keys and when he heard them jingle, he nodded to himself. He looked at Zelda and gave a small smile. "Nah, its fine. It's sort of like a challenge."

"That's going to get harder as you progress."

Marth laughed and headed to the door. "Of course. That's why it's called a challenge, right?"

Zelda smiled kindly. "See ya, Marth."

Marth nodded. "Later, Zelda." Marth walked out the doors and out of the school. The moment Marth left, Zelda's back straightened. Her eyes went wide and a small golden circle formed around her pupils. She stared straight ahead, unblinking. She suddenly jerked forward and blinked, broken from her trance. Her eyes widened and she looked back through the doors Marth just took.

'Marth…'

The vision replayed over and over in her head. It was a vision of certain doom for a certain prince…

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Marth jogged down the sidewalk towards his home. He checked his wristwatch and let out a silent curse. "It's 6: 24…! Damn it, I'm not going to make home in time!" He picked up his pace and continued down the sidewalk.

He turned a corner and let out a slightly louder curse when he recognized the scenery. Loud giggles and screams carried through the wind as he saw several children rush down a large slide. Older kids were taunting each other as few attempted to get across the monkey bars. Male teens played basketball and female teens sat on benches texting away while chatting on other phones. Old people and couples merely strolled around. Marth was at the local park.

"Damn it! I'm still fifteen minutes away…!" Marth huffed out as he tried to gain more speed. Out of his natural curiosity, he glanced at the park. His eyes widened as he saw a girl around his age sitting all by her self on a bench. She had long, flowing, golden hair and long strands of hair that framed each side of her lightly tanned face. Her crystalline blue eyes stared blankly, almost longingly, out ahead of her and her soft red lips were slightly parted.

Marth felt his cheeks heat up. 'She's…beautiful…' he thought himself. 'But she also looks very familiar.'

A group of girls walked passed the blonde, laughing loudly, almost obnoxiously. The girl's peaceful look disappeared as her eyes gave them an icy glare. Her lips twisted into a frown, clearly upset by the disruption. Marth immediately stopped in his tracks. Her icy blue eyes and that awfully familiar scowl…

Marth felt as if his cheeks were on fire. That lone girl was Samus.

'I-I can't believe I just called Samus beautiful…!' Marth looked down at the pavement, suddenly interested in its plainness. He then looked back up and tilted his head with curiosity. 'What IS she doing here anyway?' He felt his feet lead him several feet behind Samus's bench.

It had been five days since Samus had came to the school with her gang. But right after Samus punched Marth and ran off, she hadn't been seen ever since. Until now, of course.

Samus's cold look vanished as she turned her attention back ahead of her. Marth curiously moved his head to see what she was staring at. A group of six kids were kicking around a soccer ball. Each one of them was trying to get the ball from the holder. Every once an while though, a kid would get the guts to try and do a ball trick, such as bouncing it on their head or juggling it with their ankles and feet. Though they failed at the tricks, they continued to grin eagerly and happily. Such was the innocence of the children.

Marth gave a small smile at the sight. He looked away from the children and stared at the back of Samus's head, dully noting the absence of her ponytail. Marth suddenly had the urge to talk to her. Marth, immediately flustered, looked at his path home.

'I…I have to get home to my show…'

He looked back at Samus and bit his lip.

'I want you to get past Samus's shell.'

Marth's eyes widened as his promise with Peach came to mind. Marth took one last glance at the road to his home and sighed.

'…I bet I got the show on DVR anyway…' and with that thought, Marth slowly walked to Samus.

Samus continued to stare at the kids as Marth walked up next to her. Samus glanced at Marth then continued to stare at the children. Her eyes widened after a little bit, now fully registering what she saw, and turned at Marth. Marth looked down at her and gave a small smile.

"Hey."

Samus growled. Just as she was getting used to the quiet situation, HE had to come along. She gave him a death glare.

"Fuck off, Prince."

Marth's smile weakened. He sighed and took a seat next to Samus. Samus growled louder.

"What part of 'fuck off, prince' don't you understand??!"

Marth gave a wry smirk. "The 'fuck off' part."

Samus let out one more growl before scooting away from Marth. Samus glared at Marth and then looked back in front of her. Both sat in silence staring at the soccer game ahead of them. Samus was quite pleased Marth wasn't talking to her while Marth was trying to come up with something TO say. He let out a deep sigh.

"What are you doing here?"

Samus glared at Marth. Now he was talking to her. Memories of their most recent encounter flooded her head and she let out a rude grunt.

"Why do you care? This park doesn't belong to you. Besides," Samus's glare hardened, "You think you know how I feel. What happened to that little 'insight' of yours?" Her voice turned sickeningly sweet during her last sentence.

Marth smiled. "Actually, I do have an idea."

Samus scoffed and turned away from Marth, just in time to see one of the children kick the ball out of their little 'field'. The ball bounced and rolled right in between Marth and Samus.

"Hey! Can you get us that ball, please?" the child who kicked the ball shouted.

Samus stared at the ball and actually made a motion to pick up the ball when Marth stood up and lightly kicked the ball away from her. Samus scowled at Marth but Marth just gave Samus a very gentle smile, much to her surprise. Marth turned away from the Samus and looked at the group of children.

"You guys don't mind if I show you something?" Marth asked.

The group of kids curiously stared and the prince. Marth smirked to himself and he kicked the ball into air. The soccer ball fell back down and Marth sent the ball back in the air with his knee. He repeated it when the ball came back down before switching knees. The kids let out cries of awe and admiration. Marth could even see Samus slightly impressed.

With his last bounce, he sent ball higher in the air and let drop onto his head. He moved his head upward, meeting the ball and sending it up again. The kids immediately cheered as Marth bounced it with his head. Samus was now truly impressed.

Marth glanced at Samus quickly before looking back at the ball. The action caught Samus's attention. Apparently, Marth had something to say.

"Look at the children," Marth said low enough for only Samus to hear. Samus blinked and looked at the children. Samus tried to fight off the smile that threatened to appear but failed. The moment she saw their innocent smiles of admiration and happiness, Samus felt something bubble inside her.

It would be nice to be able to smile like that…

"When was the last time you smiled like that?" Marth's quiet voice interrupted Samus's thoughts. Samus eyes widened at hearing that statement.

Marth didn't look at her though Samus had turned her attention on him completely. Marth bounced the ball forward slightly and caught it with the top of his foot. He balanced it there for a few seconds before kicking it up over his head. Marth stretched his leg slightly and felt the ball bounced off his foot into the air. He then leaned back and let the ball bounce on his head again. Excited cheers and giggles erupted from the children and Samus's attention was again caught by the children.

"Everything was easier as a child… You used to be able to smile, laugh, and have fun without having a care for the world…"Marth's voice sounded as Samus continued to stare at the kids staring at Marth intently and excitedly.

"Emotions such as hate, anger…loss… They didn't apply to you at all. The world was so much more beautiful through the eyes of the innocent…through the eyes of a child…"

Samus slowly looked at Marth, slightly nervous as to what facial expression was. Her heart raced. His smile was there. But his eyes were clouded in sadness. His gaze was directed at the ball over his head, but he seemed to be looking somewhere else…

Marth suddenly bounced the ball higher in the air. Instead of meeting it with the top of his head, he slammed his forehead on the ball, propelling the ball at the children. The kid who asked for the ball caught it and let out an excited laugh.

"Thanks, mister!! That was awesome!!" the kid ran back to the group of kids, eager to try out the new moves they saw.

Marth waved at the kid with a smile and continued to watch them play with the soccer ball. Samus kept her eyes on Marth. She watched his eyes carefully and watched as they slowly lost all emotion in them. She looked away when any emotion in his face left.

"That's what attracted you to this place, ne?" Samus looked back up at Marth and her eyes meet his empty ones. Samus bit her lip and looked away at her lap. He saw right through her.

"…How can you tell what I feel so easily…?" Samus whispered quietly.

Marth smirked and walked up to Samus. Samus looked up at Marth, slightly startled by his movement. Marth stopped in front of Samus and bent down to the point where their faces were only inches apart. Samus's eyes widened. Marth's smirk turned into a small sad smile.

"It's because we're alike."

Samus froze. Her heart pounded against her chest and she wasn't aware if she was breathing at all.

Marth stared at Samus's shocked face for a little while longer before leaning away from her. His smile widened ever so slightly. "See you again, maybe?" Marth nodded and walked away, leaving Samus staring at his back.

The moment Marth left the park's area, Marth stopped. His face immediately heated up as his encounter with Samus flooded his thoughts. He tried to cover his blush with his hand, but anybody who might have walked by could tell he was blushing furiously. Marth glared dully off to the side.

'S-since when did I get so embarrassed by talking to Samus…?'

Marth shook his head and started down the path home again.

And Flashback 5 is over!

This one was another awkward flashback for me but I enjoyed typing it nonetheless.

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