The showdown the past few chapters have been building up to...sort of.

Disclaimer: Super Smash Bros. belongs to Nintendo, Masahiro Sakurai, and HAL Laboratory. All OCs in this fic are mine. All unoriginal characters appearing in this fic belong to their respective franchises and company labels.
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It had been a few hours after Zelda reluctantly engaged herself to that psychopath, Zant, and the girls were somehow conveniently locked in the same cell. They weren't sure if the Bulblins had a gender thing with keeping prisoners or they were just idiots. (Or they're yuri fanboys...OH ARCEUS ALMIGHTY! WHAT HAVE I DONE TO MYSELF?)

"I can't believe you agreed to marry Zant." Samus shouted.

"I did it to protect you, and possibly everyone in the galaxy," said Zelda. "Besides, what do you care if I make a few mistakes?"

"I care for the fate of the universe. And you do realize that marrying Zant means he gets control of Hyrule?"

Zelda never really thought of that. Not to mention, by engaging Zant, she had broken her promise to Glow (a promise stating that she was to marry Link in order to help an Ancient Prophecy come true). She knew that Link may probably be on his way to save her and Samus, but wondered if that was part of Zant's scheme. (Hmmmmmmm...Very curious indeed.)

If Link gets here, Zant will probably try to kill him, Zelda thought.

"Another thing I want to know, why do you like Link?" Samus asked.

"Why are you so concerned about mine and Link's relationship?" Zelda retorted, not noticing her own blush.

"I-uh, well." Samus stammered a little as she tried to find out how to answer Zelda's question. (Who's blushing now, Samus Aran?)

"Anyway, it doesn't matter. Back to the question you asked me. What I see in Link is a heroic soul, willing to risk his life to save us all. (That's kind of sweet...And kind of cliché, but who am I to say anything.) But one of the minor reasons is because…" her voice trailed off.

"Because what?"

"I...made a promise to Glow. Apparently there's a prophecy that says a woman with the purest of hearts has to marry the Chosen One. And according to Glow, I'm the pure-hearted woman, and Link is the Chosen One."

Samus was at a loss for words at what she just heard: Zelda had a crush on Link, but Glow is forcing her to marry him. Sometimes she wondered whose side the Elemental Guardians were on. (When you put it like that, it actually does make the Guardians seem like jerks...oh well, better than the alternative, right?)
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"Come out, Tanz. I know you have Zelda!" Link shouted.

Link had arrived at the Bulblin Castle about an hour ago. It took him about three days to get there. He waited a while before he heard a familiar laugh; a laugh of pure evil, an evil that could only be described as a four letter word. (Not those four-letter words, you sick-minded fools!)

"Well, if it isn't Link, the murderer of Commander Ganondorf." said the evil voice.

"Nice to see you too, Zant." Link said sarcastically.

"Now why are you here, my little (what's the word I'm looking for?) archenemy, is it?" Zant said as he moved out of the shadows of Bulblin Castle.

"I have reason to believe that your friend has taken Zelda hostage. So I'm here to rescue her."

"Being the little hero like you were about a year ago? Your interfering with our plans got you killed alongside Ganondorf. You know very well that a man can be brought back to life only once. This time, for you, death is death."

Link hated Zant, but he knew he was right. He couldn't afford to take risks. But he had to save Zelda, even if he had to kick this guy's butt all the way to the Lylatt System to do it.

"I get that you're not gonna let me through, so I guess that I'm going to have to fight you, correct?" Link asked.

"You catch on pretty quickly." said Zant.

Link drew his sword, but Zant made the first move: a field of darkness sent Link flying a somewhat short distance, but it hurt, nonetheless. Link never remembered Zant being this strong. If memory served him right, Zant was about as strong as Link's old friend Midna, who wasn't even half as powerful as Link was at the moment. It was clear that his oldest enemy had gotten stronger. (You know, I can't really speak for Link here, but I remember Zant getting killed by Midna, who Link apparently remembers to be as strong as Zant at that point...Now that I'm saying this, though, I realize that that description isn't too far off.)

"Surprised by my new powers, aren't you? Well, there's a lot more where that came from." Zant said as he unleashed a large array of shadow attacks on Link. "Have you been slacking off for the past year, or am I just invincible?"

"I have to say, you're tough," Link said as he stood up. "But I've fought worse."

"You mean like those Shadow Trolls that attacked you in Faron Woods the other day?" Zant asked. At those words, Link's hunch was correct: Tanz was an anagram for Zant. But he doubted it made a difference now.

"You're Tanzofficus, aren't you?"

"It took you long enough to figure it out. Just like it took Zelda a while for it to get it through her thick skull." Link almost burst with anger at the words Zant had just said. (I probably would too if my nemesis insulted my girlfriend...Not that I'll ever have one. *crawls over to a corner and cries silently for three minutes* Pretend you didn't just read that.)

"What have you done with Zelda?" Link asked.

"I hate to be the one tell you this, but in an attempt to save her friend, Samus, Zelda had decided to marry me. Lucky for you, she still has a while before she becomes my wife. As for you, I think the only way to deal with someone like you is to kill you on the spot." Link attacked Zant in rage. He had just heard that his girlfriend was being forced to marry the greatest evil in the known universe (aside from Shade and Ganondorf, of course). Link hit Zant with everything he had, but couldn't really deal any real damage to the evil tyrant.

"You're probably wondering why you can't even give me a scratch, right." Zant asked Link, who was a bit warn out from the seemingly one-sided fight.

"Just a little." said Link.

Zant removed his black robes to reveal a strange suit of armor, but not just any armor. This was basically the reason that Link died from his battle with Ganondorf: Dark Armor.

"You seem shocked. It seems you have had some experience with Dark Armor before." Zant was just stating the obvious, which Link hated.

"Ganondorf used it when I fought him about a year ago." said Link.

"Well, now it will be your death, permanently!" Then Zant pinned Link to the floor and created a scary-looking ball in his right hand, while his left hand was clutched around Link's neck.

Well, it seems this is the end for me, Link thought. (I think I've heard him say something like this before...)

Then, suddenly, Zant was interrupted.

"Wait, Commander Zant!" a familiar voice shouted as Zant was about to kill Link. It was Radoc. "We should take him prisoner, and make him watch your wedding with his true love, and the end of the world."

"You know, that's not a bad idea." said Zant

Zant summoned a bunch of guards and ordered them to take Link to the dungeon. But on the way there, he passed out from exhaustion.
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Zelda watched as two Bulblin guards dragged Link into the cell opposing hers, and was completely shell-shocked at what Zant had done to him.

How could he have done this to Link? Zelda thought.

"Don't be sad yet, Princess." said Radoc.

"What do you mean by 'yet'?" Zelda asked.

"You get to spend about two weeks with Link until your wedding, then, immediately after Zant's master plan has been completed, Link is to be executed by decapitation."
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...And now for a cliffhanger. Just when you thought we were done with this after "The Dusk Of Time"!

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