Chapter Nine: Smash

YEAR STAR STAR: MONTH MOON: DAY 27

At last, Mario has received the red Crystal Sun! The present he obtains has just what he wants, which makes it a pretty good early birthday present from Adelenn. "Adelenn… thanks for doing this for us. It's really thoughtful of you to give us this, seeing as we desperately need this." The mustached hero says to his new partner. Adelenn cheerily smiles and responds. "Anytime!" she says to him. Vivian was quite amazed by the whole ordeal as well.

"Now, what can this one do?" Vivian asks. She can feel a warm energy emitting from the Crystal Sun, so she knew there was some unawaken power residing in it. Adelenn touches the Crystal Sun and says, "Well, I call it Sunny Day. I feel so warm when I touch this, but I also feel very strong as well. From what I can tell, this is most likely a Crystal Sun that allows protection to the user." Adelenn states. "Pretty neat, huh?"

Mario and Vivian like this Crystal Sun's abilities already. "Sweet! But for now, we need to get to Sky Sanctum. Let's go get Geno and Lupo." Vivian says as she looks outside where the Bedroom Dome is.

Vivian then hears something quite disturbing in the distance.

"WHAAAAAAAAT!? THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!" It appears to be Lupo's voice, and she was furious. A second later, Vivian could see Geno flying outside the Bedroom. Unfortunately, he landed face-first as well. "Aye… should've just kept my big mouth shut." He mutters to himself. Vivian's jaw dropped, and she wouldn't move for a moment.

"Just… just get your two behinds over here. Mario just got up." Vivian says to Geno, in which he replies, "Yeah, this one just got up too. She's kinda cranky." He gets up to dust himself, even though the Observatory is cleaner than most testing facilities.

A FEW MOMENTS LATER…

Mario told Lupo everything that happened up to now, but not without getting clubbed in the head for losing. Fortunately, Mario could explain the rest of it before Lupo tried to fight Adelenn herself. "So… is that it!? We're going to slip by everyone by just getting our butts handed to us on a silver platter!? Mario, we don't know if we can trust her! She nearly KILLED you about three hours ago! My GOODNESS! You're TOO forgiving of people!" Lupo scolds Mario.

He looks at the floor in anger as a response to Lupo's chastising. 'Boy, don't I hate it when people think I'm weak.' He thinks to himself angrily. He looks back up to Lupo to speak again.

"…Hit me with your best shot, if you think I'm so weak." He says.

Lupo responds without warning. "HERE, YOU DESERVE IT, YOU NO-GOOD EXCUSE FOR A PLUMBER!" and as she says so, Lupo hits Mario dead in the face with a devastating punch; the same kind of punch that she delivered to her ghost clone.

Nothing. Mario felt absolutely nothing. Geno, Adelenn, and Vivian all saw the entire thing go down, and all were in awe. "Did he… did he just…WHAT." Geno stutters in shock. "Wow, he's WAY tougher than I thought he would be." Adelenn whispers in Geno's ear.

"LUPO!" Vivian screams. All of a sudden, Lupo was on the ground, all scrunched up and holding her right hand in pain. "What happened!?" Vivian yells again, but then she realizes what really happened.

Lupo actually broke her hand punching Mario! "Wait, how can this be possible!? Mario, you're not telling me something! When did you get this powerful?" She asks Mario in a worried tone, bewildered by the fact that he incapacitated Lupo without even trying to. Even Lupo, who would barely say anything, was quite puzzled herself. 'Why? Why did I think he would get hurt by that? Stupid Lupo…' She thinks to herself.

Mario merely chuckles heartily as he hears this. "Vivian, I've been training VERY hard for the past two years. So naturally, I became tougher. I just didn't want it to be too obvious because I've been saving it for a certain someone… Link. The Super Smash Brothers Tourney begins soon, so I hope to meet him in the finals. And I WILL win this time!" Mario says. "But I AM sorry for hurting Lupo…" Lupo just gives Mario a thumbs up with her good hand, still scrunched up.

Geno knew from the start that Mario was hiding his power. "Didn't fool me, but you were pretty good at showing it." He says. Adelenn thought quite the opposite, though. "Fooled me well enough! I wanted to have a fair fight with you, and you tricked me… Oh well." she says insecurely.

"But now we should be getting to Sky Sanctum, right? Let's go before we get caught up in anything else." Mario quickly states. Before he heads out the dome, he puts a Max Mushroom into Lupo's mouth. She eats it and her hand was revitalized from the excruciating pain she received from the blow. She gets up and says, "Thanks, cousin." Mario simply nods as he urges his friends to head out.

On their way out, though, was Rosalina. She stopped the heroes momentarily. She puts her heart to her hand and looks at the heroes. "My friends… I must bid you five farewell, and hope that your journey continues brightly. As for me, I will have to stay here for another two years, to ensure the Cosmic Observatory is back up and running. So, while I wait, I shall participate in some of your events. Is that alright?" She asks.

Mario simply says, "Why, yes! I'm sure you'll do fine!" And with that, the heroes head off to the Sky Sanctum. "Be sure to come back afterwards, heroes of the Land of the Mushroom!"

(…And this is how Rosalina participates in Mario Kart.)

A FEW MINUTES LATER…

The heroes return to the pedestal of the Flash Flood Crystal Sun. They thought that they should start from there. The area was empty as usual, except for another door with a star symbol on it. "Adelenn, see if you can get the door open with the Sunny Day Crystal Sun." Mario tells Adelenn. Adelenn nods her head as she casually walks to the Sun Door. "What do I do?" She asks as she carefully studies the door.

Mario gives Adelenn a look of confusion. "Strange… that door should've opened already." He says. Indeed, Mario was correct. The door should've opened because the Crystal Sun was in a close proximity to the Sun Door. When Lupo notices, she walks up to Adelenn. "Hmm… Maybe you're doing it wrong?" she questions the Demon Child. She takes the Crystal Sun and holds it skyward.

But the Sun Door doesn't react. "Oh, boy. This thing is really starting to tick me off right now." Lupo clenches the Crystal Sun tightly and raises it higher, which makes Geno worry. Geno snatches the Crystal Sun before she could slam it to the ground.

"How about we try something less violent?" Vivian carefully asks, as she points towards the pedestal. Geno gets the hint, and places the Crystal Sun on the pedestal.

Surely enough, the red Crystal Sun begins to pulsate. So does the Magical Map, and when Vivian sees the pulsation, she pulls out her Tattle Log and takes out the Magical Map. She hands it to Mario, who knows what to do with it. The red hero holds the Magical Map skyward, and a beam of light descends from the sky.

Mario checks the Magical Map for anything off or unusual. Except, nothing was quite odd at first. "Huh, I didn't think it would work." Mario said. The next Crystal Sun shows its location quite clearly. It was a sparkling white, like a diamond. The Crystal Sun is right next to Peach's Castle, located in a very special location.

Mario shows further interest in the location by putting his nose directly on the Magical Map and studying the location carefully. "Oh. Oh, no. Don't tell me… Mama Mia…" he shouts worriedly. Adelenn looks over his shoulder and looks at the Crystal Sun's location. "What's wrong, Mario?" She asks cutely.

"Oy, Mama Mia… This is an arena, and not just any old arena. This is where the decision match will be held for the Super Smash Brothers Tourney. This… is not good. Better pack a LOT of spaghetti, because you guys will have to watch me participate in one of the most grueling tournaments ever." He says in response to Adelenn. The other four look at him with surprised faces.

"Will you… will you be fine out there fighting by yourself?" Lupo asks.

"Will you be alright without us?" Vivian asks worriedly.

"Can you fight as well as you look and say you do?" Adelenn giggles softly.

"Go kick some butt out there for me, would ya?" Geno says.

Mario laughs heartily at all of their responses. "It's alright, I'll be fine. But you guys are free to spectate. Master Hand is always appreciative of guests." He says. "So why don't we start getting headed to the guild hall right now?"

"Wait, what?" Geno looks up. "You have a Warp Pipe to the guild hall? Sweeeet." He says as Mario pulls out a platinum Exit Pipe, one that none of the other four have seen before. It was very shiny and unlike anything they've ever seen. 'What kind of pipe IS that?' Geno wonders.

"This'll take us to the guild hall in no time. I just need someone to install it to the floor. Lupo?" He calls his cousin. "Oh, alright. Gimme a sec." She says, as she pulls out the Hamdraxel 1.3. She sets it to hammer form, and starts pounding the Warp Pipe into the cloud floor. Within a minute, it's ready for use.

"Why is this thing so shiny?" Adelenn states. "It's all sparkly like a wittle baby Eevee." But Geno just gives her an awkward look. "Seriously? An Eevee? Eevees don't even… ugh." He says with his face thoroughly buried into his hand. "Uh, yeah they do." Mario replies happily. "But for now, let's hop in! I'll introduce you to my friends over there!"

And in a short while, Mario escorts the three ladies into the Warp Pipe. Geno heads down right after them, and Mario is the last to guide them through. And with this, they warp to the Smash Brothers Guild Hall!

MOMENTS LATER…

The Smash Brothers Guild Hall. A very wondrous place. A place where the universe's greatest heroes unite and fight to entertain the crowds, and make the world a better place though crime fighting and justice! Well, at least some of the guild members do this. It was a very classy building. Elaborate wooden panels filled the floor with elegance, and the decorative wooden furniture makes the place feel like a cozy cabin.

The people of the guild were even more wondrous. It has people like Kirby, the hero of Pop Star, who is very much like a child, but is a fierce warrior in battle! There are also other heroes like Ike, Marth, Link, Donkey Kong, Captain Falcon, and even the Ice Climbers! And don't forget Zelda, Meta Knight and Yoshi!

In the Super Smash Brothers Guild Hall, Link was drinking a glass of Lon Lon Milk that his cousin made just for him. It made him feel energized, and mostly because he was drinking Chateau Romani in reality, thus making him feel the hiccups (yes, he's drunk). He sees Kirby wondering around right next to him. "Oh, um… *hic* Kirby! You know where I can, *hic* find some Seltzer Water? Malon gave me Chateau Roman- *hic* Romani." He explains lazily.

"Paiiyu!" Kirby shouts cutely. When he goes up to the bar, he gets a cup of Seltzer Water for Link. He inhales it and spits it out back into his hands. "Payo." Kirby says quietly. He continues to walk to Link, happier than anyone can normally be.

That is, until a Platinum Warp Pipe bursts out of the wooden floor. "PAIYU!?" Kirby trips and falls on his poor pink face, while Link ends up getting his Seltzer Water right in his hand. He too notices the Platinum Warp Pipe. "Did I drink a whole two gallons of Chateau Romani, or is that actually a- *hic* Warp Pipe?" he says.

Link drinks his seltzer water and he becomes stimulated again. He looks towards the cafeteria, and notices that Luigi was already there. "So it's not Luigi, and Wario just got in here a few seconds ago. So that must mean…" he wonders to himself. The only person who has a Platinum Warp Pipe other than Wario and Luigi is Mario. Link automatically knows that Mario is coming.

Even the other Smash Brothers guild members were showing up to see what was going on. The guild members all surrounded the Warp Pipe, and waited for Mario to come out of it. It was so exciting for most of them, while others were not very amused.

But out the Platinum Warp Pipe came a blue figure with a Roc's Cape. Next came a redheaded figure with a dress similar to Peach's. It certainly wasn't Mario at all! Within a matter of seconds, people took battle positions. The figures were indeed Geno and Adelenn, but surrounded by many fighters.

"You two! State your names!" A figure exclaims, and walks into the middle of the crowd. The figure wears a blue bandana, and a mixture of tattered and new robes, along with a tattered red cape. He has steel toed boots, and a very large, two-handed yellow sword. He's accompanied with a young man who took on a similar appearance, but had a blue cape, and blue robes, along with a sword amongst relics.

Both had short hair, but the younger one seems to be royalty, unlike the other. The younger man is also very quiet. Both of them look at Geno and Adelenn with very serious looks, which caused some panic in Geno.

Immediately Geno and Adelenn raise their hands up in surrender. "We… uh, we mean no harm! My name is Geno, a- erm, Guardian of the Star Road, and this, uh… this is my… uh…" Geno starts to worry a little bit, and this causes him to stutter. But Adelenn comes up with something clever.

"And I'm his wife, Adelenn! We came here with Mario!" she squeals happily. Geno suddenly looks at her with his eyes wide open and thinks, 'WHAT ARE YOU DOIIIING!?' he screams inside his head. The two knights didn't buy it at all, and pull their swords out to interrogate. "Mario should've been the first one to come out of this Warp Pipe. Now tell us why you're here, or we'll have to get physical." The first knight shouts.

But before anything could happen, Link steps up and defends the two. "Ike! Marth! These are Mario's friends! Don't hurt them, they probably came to spectate or something." He yells at the two knights, and the older one looks up. "Oh. But if they're here, where's Mario?" Ike asks. Link looks down the Warp Pipe and says, "He should be here any minute now. I can hear his voice. STAND DOWN, EVERYONE!" Link says to the other guild members, and they do so immediately.

Link looks happily towards Geno and gives him a proper handshake. "Hey there, Geno. So glad you could come and see the tournament." Next, he gives Adelenn a gentle handshake. "Why hello there, Mrs. Geno. It's quite a pleasure to meet you." Adelenn giggles a little bit and says, "Nice to meet you, too!" Next, Link immediately grabs Geno like a toy, and pulls him to the side to speak to Adelenn quietly.

"Two things. The first is important; where are Vivian, Lupo and Mario? I thought you guys were on some kind of big mission." He asks. Geno simply replies, "Well, the thing is, we need Mario to win this month's Tourney in order to snag our next Crystal Sun. It's literally in the decision match's arena, which is near Princess Toadstool's Castle."

Within a few seconds after, Lupo, Vivian, and finally Mario, emerge out the Warp Pipe, being flung out as if they were thrown. "Aye, Mama Mia! I didn't know we'd get there THAT fast." He says, rubbing his hand on to the back of his head.

Suddenly, the entire guild was roaring with happiness. There were people whistling, shouting happily, and clapping. Then, the entire guild started chanting Mario's name! "MA-RI-O! MA-RI-O! MA-RI-O! MA-RI-O! MA-RI-OOOOOOO!" they say, and Mario was quite amazed. He bows and says, "Thank-a you, my friends! Thank-a you very much!"

"Second thing. Less important, but still kinda important." Link starts again. "I thought you had a girlfriend. Now you have a wife!? Are you a pimp or something?" Geno flat out blushes and becomes infuriated. 'I wish I could beat this guy up right now… but I cannot.' he thinks. "Just… just leave it alone for now." Link looks at him in disappointment. He wanted to know more about Geno's "wife."

However, Link now walks back to Mario and friends. He gives Mario a good handshake, and gives Vivian and Lupo very gentle handshakes. He turns back to Mario to speak to him. "Glad you could make it, Mario. We were worried that you weren't coming to this month's tourney. That would've been terrible!"

"Well, isn't it a good thing that I'm here then, am I right? Great to see you participating as well, Link. I thought Master Hand was going to let someone else partake." Mario replies. "Speaking of which… Where IS Master Hand?"

The other heroes, besides Geno, did not know who this "Master Hand" identity is. Vivian and Lupo look at each other, and put on a puzzled face. Adelenn tries to come up with something on the fly, though. "Is he… A GIANT HAND!?" She shouts and asks simultaneously. Geno looks at her lazily and says, "…Kinda. Let me explain."

"The Master Hand is a god, like Rosalina. He's been around for as long as life can remember. He is the guild master of the Super Smash Brothers, which he founded three centuries ago. That would be Year Star. Since gods are incapable of dying, he's been around since. I may have been around for only 40,000 years, but I'm no god. I'm just a Star Guardian."

Link looks at the ground for a second in sorrow. "Well, he was busy today. Crazy Hand was on a rampage, and Rosalina kindly asked him to deal with his twin brother. So in place of him, we have a cute little Waddle Dee, and he will be watching over our battles. His name is Glaae. Glaae Seeon. Interesting name for a Waddle Dee, if I say so myself." He says.

Mario was quite interested to see Glaae, and why he was chosen to substitute for the Master Hand. But at the current moment, the other four were amazed by the sight of the Guild Hall. It was incredible, in their eyes. "Wow, so clean! So pretty!" Adelenn says as she smells the delightful aroma of the place. "Feels like home." Lupo says with a smirk. "Feels like that nice restaurant near Mario's house." Vivian says, as she giggles toward Mario.

"Feels like a pub." Geno says, but nobody could tell if he was disappointed or not. Adelenn just hugs him from the back to keep him quiet. "Look, hun! They even have a second floor for dorms!" She shouts as she points towards the second floor. From there, she can see very comfortable beds. She hasn't slept in a bed for a long time, so she was pretty excited to get to sleep on one. She even began to fantasize about getting her own pillow to put her head on!

"So Link…" Mario goes back to his friend. "I want my friends to meet Cap and Meta Knight. Why don't you call them for me, buddy?" he asks Link. He simply nods his head and walks casually towards the bar.

'I wonder if they're having a drinking contest again. They sure do love to guzzle down that soda.' Link wonders. Putting this in mind, he continues to walk to the bar. The bar was small, but it was as clean as the rest of the guild hall. There were a bunch of stools to sit on, and near the counter were two bartenders. Their names are Popo and Nana, but they're known as the Ice Climbers. They're both twelve years old, and new to the guild hall.

Link walks up toward them and asks them where "Cap" and Meta Knight were. Sure enough, Popo points towards a table nearby. Surely enough, Link finds his two friends, drinking whole liters of soda.

"Doug. Meta Knight. Mario's looking for you in the hall. Why don't you go say hi to him and his friends?" Link suggests. In the middle of their guzzling, they stop immediately. Both stand up to look at Link. "SWEET! He's here!" The taller man said.

Their names were Meta Knight and Captain Douglas Jay Falcon. Meta Knight is a Star Warrior, just like Kirby. He even has the same shape, but he's blue, and wears purple shoes. He also has a grey, menacing mask that covers his face. Only Kirby knows what's behind that mask. He's a master swordsman like Link, and uses a short sword named Galaxia, a legendary blade of gold.

Captain Douglas Jay Falcon, or known just as Captain Falcon, is a famous racer of the F-Zero races. He is the champion of F-Zero, and it's all thanks to his Blue Falcon. Captain Falcon has a red helmet with a black visor on it. There is a Golden Falcon crested at the top of it. He's as tall as Link. He wears a yellow scarf, along with a blue jumpsuit that has a falcon on the back as a design. He uses hand-to-hand combat.

"I was wondering when he'd show up. Let's go see him." Meta Knight says, with a breath of relief. As he gets up, he immediately runs for the hall. Captain Falcon follows right behind him. Mario and friends notice the two running right after him. But something was quite interesting.

Captain Falcon was preparing to punch. "FALCOOOON…" He shouts. Immediately after, every guild member looks at him, as they know what's going to happen. But Mario simply jumps out of the way. Unfortunately, the person behind him was going to suffer a hit from one of the nastiest hits in existence.

And that person was Adelenn.

"PUNCH!" Instantly, a flame in the shape of a falcon, along with Captain Falcon's fist, hits Adelenn directly in the nose! She lets go of Geno instantly, and Adelenn holds her nose tightly, as a small amount of blood was coming out of it. This causes her to instantly pull out her scythe and retaliate by giving Captain Falcon a blow right to the head!

This causes Captain Falcon to fall on the floor. "Ow… That girl… definitely has some moves." He says. Mario lands and helps Captain Falcon up. "Nice job there." He mutters with a lazy eye. "Anyway, what's going on with you guys?"

"Eh, nothing much. We've been hanging around here for a while. The first fights happen tomorrow, so beforehand, I got some training in." Says Captain Falcon. "But your friend Link is a total machine. He. Never. Stops. At least, not until he's hungry or someone asks him to stop, like his girlfriend Malon. I think she's his girlfriend." Vivian gave Captain Falcon a disgusted look from what he says. "That's his cousin, NOT his girlfriend." She replies.

":O", Captain Falcon says in response. Normally, I would make the same face myself in an occasion such as this. The mere thought of that just smacks you in the face, doesn't it, reader? Anyway, back to the story.

Meta Knight went to shake Mario's hand with his own. "It's good to see you again, Mario. It's also great that you brought some friends to watch the Tourney. Not to be rude or anything, but who are your friends, if I may ask?" he says to Mario. Mario looks back at his friends, and gestures towards them.

"First, meet Vivian, a Shadow Siren. She's never heard of this place before, so don't mind if she starts asking a lot of questions." He says. Vivian waves her hand to Meta Knight and shakes his hand. "Pleased to meet you, Ms. Vivian." Meta Knight gracefully exclaims like a gentleman. "Then we have my cousin, Lupo. She's awfully a lot like me, and I only met her a few days ago! Isn't that crazy?" Lupo simply waves at Meta Knight. "Nice to meet ya." She says.

"This… Is Adelenn! Normally she's a very nice person… until she's ticked off." Mario states. Meta Knight reaches out to shake Adelenn's hand, but is backlashed by some fierce words. "¡Deja, deja! No toca. Tú estás sucio, como ÉL." She yells as she points towards Captain Falcon. Unfortunately, Meta Knight knew what she said. "Hey." He replies. "What happened to your eye, Mrs. Geno? It looks like a void…" Captain Falcon asks, completely oblivious to what she said. "We'll get to that later, Cap." Mario says.

"And finally, we have Geno, our friend from the Star Road. He's one of the strongest beings in this quadrant of the universe." Mario states. Captain Falcon studies him for a moment, and Geno just looks at him with his blank, lazy eyes. "Hey, I've seen you before. Didn't you try to qualify for membership a while ago?" He asks the Star Guardian. "Well, yeah! I'm still waiting to be accepted! Then, I can face the strongest of all time in battle!" He shouts excitedly.

"…Something's holding you back, but it's not Master Hand, I assure you. Someone may not want you to participate." Meta Knight says. "I really hope it isn't money-related… Master Hand ALWAYS runs into these kinds of greedy menaces."

Mario finishes introducing his friends to Captain Falcon and Meta Knight, and they start to go over the tourney rules. "Alright, Mario. This month's tourney is going to work like this; the whole gang is participating. That means you, your brother, Link, Pikachu, Yoshi, Fox, Donkey Kong, Kirby, Jigglypuff, Ness, Samus, and myself." States Captain Falcon. "So tomorrow will cover all of the Round 1 matches. You're in the first match with Samus."

"Samus, huh? Interesting challenge. But why am I always her opponent in the first round!?" Mario says with an upset tone. Captain Falcon just raises his arms in confusion. "Unfortunately, your friends can't help you at ALL during this, but they'll be free to watch you tear apart your opponents. Heck, we even got all-you-can-eat buffets!"

"FOOD." Adelenn groans as she hugs Geno with a terrifying grip. "Thou shalt retrieve food for thy wife!" She says while she smiles childishly, while Geno sighs deeply. "Okay, okay. We'll get something to eat in a little while, alright?" he assures, as he pets Adelenn's head. However, his mind is far from food. 'And now I have to put up with this.' He ponders. "Alright!" Adelenn replies with a light-hearted giggle.

"Well, it's getting late. I suggest you guys go get some rest before we start the tournament. Good luck out there! I'll be on my absolute best today!" Shouts Captain Falcon. Mario smiles. "Likewise, Captain." He then turns around and starts to speak to his friends. "Alright, people. Let's go get something to eat. Then, we'll settle in for the night. I'm STARVING." Mario states as he holds his grumbling stomach.

A FEW MINUTES LATER…

Mario and his friends sit with a few of Mario's other friends in the cafeteria. Those figures being Link, Kirby and his brother, Luigi. They all introduced each other, and began to eat. Surprisingly enough, they were all eating the same thing.

Maxim Tomatoes. Kirby's FAVORITE food besides candy. "Paiyuu." He says, indicating that he wants his friends to eat. Mario, Luigi, Adelenn and Link didn't hesitate at all, and ate them immediately. The other three… not so much. "Just tomatoes, huh? How do they taste?" Vivian asks. Mario puts his thumbs up as he eats a Maxim Tomato. So did Link and Luigi. Kirby was too busy eating away!

Lupo was hungry, so she didn't care what was on her plate. "I'm just gonna eat this." She says, and puts a Maxim Tomato in her mouth. Her eyes opened, as the sensation that she felt was rejuvenating! "WOW! THIS IS DEEEELISH!" She shouts, and goes for another one. Vivian felt like she should eat one as well, and so she does. "Holy Rosalina! This IS delicious!" This ultimately forces Geno to make the decision to eat one. "Here goes nothing." And finally, he eats one.

"Interesting… fruit with the ability to revitalize one who eats it… not bad!" He says as he continues to taste it. "Although it needs a touch of salt. Then it'll be perfect!" He suggests. When everyone looks up at Geno, they actually TRY OUT his suggestion, and they loved the Maxim Tomatoes even more.

"Alright, then. Kirby, thanks for the meal. It tasted great." Link thanks the pink Star Warrior. "But we need to go to sleep. Don't eat any candy after midnight! Okay?" Kirby simply agrees by nodding, and cutely walks into the second floor. "Well, Mario… See you in the morning. You've got a fight with Samus!" Link and Mario shake hands. "See ya, Link. Good luck in the ring!" And with that, the five heroes head towards Mario's dorm.

A MOMENT LATER…

Mario's dorm was pretty easy to understand. It was also Luigi's dorm, too. It had a giant M on it, in the same font as the M on his red hat. "Looks good as new, bro." Luigi states, combing his mustache. "G'nite." He says before finally going into the bunk bed. The others just start to get in, but they have trouble getting into a bed.

"Alright guys… There are four spare beds, besides the bunk bed Mario and Luigi share." States Geno. "So, here's how we're gonna break this up. Lupo takes this middle bed, and Vivian will take the bed next to Mario and Luigi's bunk bed." Then, he turns around to face a bed. "I'll take this front bed while Adelenn takes the bed all the way in the back." While he wasn't looking, Adelenn snapped her fingers, and the bed lit on fire; GREEN fire. "Umm… This bed suddenly lit on fire!" Adelenn says with a pseudo-shocked face. "I guess I'll have to share a bed with Geno." Geno responds by putting on an unimpressed expression. "You guessed right. Now let's get to bed, people." He finally says.

"Ladies first." Mario states, and escorts Vivian and Lupo to their beds. They were very comfortable, and they could easily sleep on the beds. "Oooh, I like this." Vivian says as she punches the pillow. Lupo does the same thing, but nearly breaks the bed. "Hehe, oops." She mutters. They finally get into bed and fall asleep pretty easily.

Next, Adelenn gets tucked into bed by Geno, surprisingly. "Good night, 'sweetheart.'" Geno says saracastically, but ultimately smiles. "Good night, 'honey!'" Adelenn replies with a light laugh. She then falls asleep, as if there wasn't a care in the world. It was also her first time in twenty years that she's slept in a bed! Geno just watches in amazement in how easily she sleeps.

"Well, I guess it's time for us to hit the hay as well, huh? Good night, Mario." Geno says, before going into his shared bed. "Good night, Geno." Mario says with a yawn. He checks his sleeping brother, but nobody knows why. "You better not suck me up this time, Luigi!" He whispers. Finally, Mario goes to his bed, and falls asleep.

Geno was still slightly awake, thinking about what was going to happen during Mario's first match. 'I hope he wins against Samus. I'm pretty sure he can, but he can't be hiding his full potential like that.' He thinks to himself. And as he does so, he starts to feel something grabbing him from his turned body. It was a pretty hard grip, and Geno couldn't escape it. But Geno knew who it was. Then, he felt a kiss on his cheek.

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CHAPTER NINE END.