Here's the next Chapter- not very eventful, but a chapter all the same. I'll update again tomorrow!
Enjoy!
The next morning Marth sat in the Smash Stadium Cafeteria, sipping a cup of cheap coffee that had been extremely overpriced. He hadn't been there long when a dishevelled Zelda slid into the seat next to him.
About to question her presence, Marth stopped when Zelda picked up his coffee and took a long, deep swig.
"I've been dismissed." Zelda muttered, hands circling the mug so Marth couldn't take it back.
The knight frowned at her, "Dismissed? As in the jigglypuff with the crown?"
Zelda nodded, a thin smile spreading across her lips, "Only for the morning, though. She whisked Kirby away for a romantic candle-lit breakfast."
Marth rose an eyebrow, "Isn't that a good thing?"
"It would be." Zelda grumbled, "If she'd told me yesterday so I could have turned off my alarm and slept in this morning." she took another moody sip of the coffee, "I hate pokemon- excepting Pichu."
Marth nodded, Mewtwo foremost in his mind. Then he remembered Zelda still had his coffee, which he'd paid an obscene amount for, and- even if it tasted like crap- direly needed.
"Zelda-" Marth began, but was cut off when Zelda slammed a package in front of him.
"Payment." she explained, tipping the mug back and forth before bringing it to her lips.
Marth, scowling questioningly at the package, picked it up and unwrapped it. Inside was a T-shirt, with a picture of-
Marth flicked the shirt away from him as fast as he could, looking as if he'd seen a ghost. Zelda snorted and sipped the coffee.
"What the hell is that?" Marth demanded.
"One of the T-shirts Pichu's selling at her merchandise stand." Zelda explained, watching the coffee slosh against the mug, "Best-seller, I hear."
"What- why-" Marth shook his head, unable to formulate a question. In the end, he settled for, "Doesn't she need my consent for something like that?"
"Well your face isn't showing." Zelda pointed out, "And she did blur the back of your head."
Marth gawked at her, "That doesn't make any difference!"
Zelda just shrugged.
"And why would you buy something like that?" Marth growled instead.
"I didn't." Zelda replied, "Pichu gave it to me- since she's my cute sidekick." Zelda smiled at the thought.
Marth was too busy freaking out to admire the cuteness. He reached for the shirt and, quickly balling it up so no one could see the picture, held it out to Zelda.
"Burn it."
Zelda scowled at the shirt, "I'm not giving you your coffee back."
"You don't even like coffee." Marth pointed out, then quickly shaking his head, "Never mind, I just want it gone."
Zelda shrugged again and pointed a finger at the shirt, promptly setting the material aflame. Marth quickly threw it away before the fire reached his fingers. Someone would clean it up.
Ignoring the shouts spawning from the direction he threw the top, Marth said, "So why not buy your own?"
"Are you kidding?" Zelda demanded, indicating the coffee, "This stuff tastes like burnt tar and they charge three times the normal amount for it? And no milk or sugar?" Zelda huffed and added: "I'd rather give up the shirt."
Marth had a feeling she would have gotten rid of the shirt whether it had been to her profit or not. Then again, getting rid of it was to everyone's profit.
"It didn't used to be that expensive." Marth grumbled, opening his wallet to see if he had enough change for another cup.
"I think Mewtwo upped the price to cover his meal costs." Zelda mused, tapping the mug's handle.
Marth finished rooting in his wallet and sighed. He was a well respected, talented knight- who was a prince- and he didn't have enough money for two cups of coffee.
"I have to go." Zelda said, rising from the table, "I have my next match in a half hour."
"With who?" Marth asked half-heartedly, shoving his wallet in his britches pockets.
"Mario." Zelda replied, flicking a hand towards the coffee mug, "You can have that."
Marth regarded it dubiously, "There's nothing left, is there."
"Nope." Zelda confirmed, walking away.
Marth sighed and put his head on the table.
I'm really starting to hate these short chapters. Maybe next time I should just mesh a bunch of chapters together into one and have spacing... I'll see how the next one goes. Thanks for reading (and reveiwing if you have/plan to)!