Sora looked up. "Well, hopefully someone's here." The building rang as he pushed the doorbell on the mansion's doorstep.

Everyone had left to let off some steam, as the previous week's events were really starting to damper the mood around, so a vacation of sorts was planned. Of course, Sora forgot, so he was left behind. And now he was locked out of said mansion, praying that someone, anyone was there so he could be let in.

After a few minutes, he sighed. "Just my luck…."

Just as he began to walk back and sulk, the door opened. To Sora's surprise, Rosalina was standing there.

"Rosalina? What are you doing here?" The space princess sighed. "I completely missed the date where we had to leave, and I sort of got left behind…"

"You too, huh?" Sora thanked her for letting him in, and sat down in the empty common room.

"I just don't get it, Rosie. Why would Link do something like this?"

"Wait, Rosie?"

"Yeah," Sora smiled. "I decided to give you a nickname."

"O-oh." She blushed a bit. "I thank you, it's quite flattering. Ahem, nonetheless," The topic before was brought up again. "Yes, it is quite unlike Link to do something like this. I thought he was the Hero…"

"I did too, but a Hero wouldn't do this, right?"

Just then, he got an idea. "Wait a second! If we can find some clues, we can potentially find Link! And if we do that, we can find out why he really turned on us."

"But...wasn't it already proven he did it out of jealousy?"

"There has to be a little more than that. Otherwise, he's a lot more petty than I imagined." Sora darted off to his room, and came back with a familiar detective's suit…

"Sorakeyblade, Private Eye, is back in business…" He got out a bubble pipe. "This is for added effect, don't you know."

Sora reached into his pocket and got out a magnifying glass. "Let's get to lookin'!"


SD? Smash Domain!

Chase that neverending dream

Now it's calling us to go back to the start

Wishing on star from up above

Let us go, till fate do us apart.

Take on the challenge don't be shy!

The challenge of the gods!

Go! Go! Yes! Kyo-Let's Mo-Let's Dynamic!

We can get tougher even if we lose

Multiple different paths to choose

Nothing's gonna stop us anymore, so come at me!

So-Zets Cho-Zets Dynamic!

Let's Go! Yes! We'll be free!

Keep on powering up, you'll see

Just Come Along, and SD With Me!

Pure elementary, my dear Watson. Sorakeyblade, Private Eye, and the Case of the Lost Link!


Sora and Rosalina were walking outside on the mansion's front lawn, looking for any clues relating to last week's incident.

"Find anything, yet?"

"Not anything of use. I bet Link removed all evidence of him being here so no one would follow him…"

Rosalina whistled out, and a small, pudgy, yellow star came to her within seconds. "Luma, dear, could you look around for any clues? Me and Sora are trying to find something that relates to what happened last week."

It let out an agreeing "Ok, ok!" and began to zip around the mansion. Sora was in awe. "Woah...that thing works fast."

It brought back a boy...a boy all too familiar to both Rosalina and Sora. "Ray!?"

"I was just taking a stroll, when I got picked up by this thing! What gives!?" It dropped him, and giggled with amusement.

"Hmph…"

"What are you doing here!? I thought you went along with the others!"

Ray shrugged. "I just didn't! I had no need to go, I'm already fine. Depressed a bit…" He looked away. "...But fine."

"Well, we could use your help." Ray took a good look at Sora's outfit, and had a shocked look of disbelief. "Sora….you're seriously trying to be a detective again!?"

"Trying!? I AM a detective!"

"Yeah, right! You don't even look like one!"

Sora was taken aback. "What are you, a fashionista?"

"Don't you see, Sora...You're literally standing before a god." Ray motioned to himself, flexing his muscles. "Such a radiant form, a defined chest, succulent muscles...and his name?"

Ray got out a picture of- "It's Ike, not me. But that's besides the point." He threw the picture away. "Bottom line is, if you're gonna be a detective, you gotta look the part!"

"But don't I already look the part?"

"Not even close!" He began to drag Sora away. "You're gonna need a lot of work…"

Both Rosalina and her Luma followed, completely bewildered by what had just taken place. "Weren't we supposed to be looking for clues…?


Sora had completely abandoned Ray, and got back on track on looking for clues. "Rosie, I'm sorry you had to see that…"

"That boy is certainly quirky…"

The two came across a familiar green cap. "Hey, isn't this…"

"Link's cap, definitely." Sora picked it up, and felt it a bit. "It's been out here a while, Link probably took it off to break free of what he used to be."

"What he used to be?"

"Yes, I get the feeling he didn't want to be a Hero anymore…" Rosalina looked at the cap, her eyes full of worry. "I really hope he's okay…"

"Come on. If we keep searching in this general area, I'm sure we'll find more clues."

Eventually, they did find more clues. All were articles of Link's old life, his signature shield, his tunic, his boots….and even-

"What!? What is the Master Sword doing here!?" Sora ran over to it, and began to examine it.

"Of course it'd be here. That's where I left it, after all!" When did Link get here!?

"AH!" Sora jumped into Rosalina's arms, and she gave him a startled look. "Oh, uhh, sorry."

He leapt out of Rosalina's arms, and stared straight at Link. "Link! You have to come back to us!"

"And just why would I do that!?" He gritted his teeth, his red eyes glaring. "I've already made my decision! I'm never going back to that dump!"

"But, Link!" Rosalina hugged her Luma tighter as she tried to reason with him. "You've sent the entire mansion into a depressed state, we miss you! This isn't like you at all, and you know that!"

"I thought I told you already to leave me alone! You know what happened last week, and that's how it will be from now on! Trying to convince me is a lost cause- You might as well forget about me ever returning!"

He swiped the Master Sword from Sora. "And I'll be taking this…" The sword began to be engulfed in darkness, and the Triforce symbol was removed.

"Heh, I feel like testing this baby out...why don't I try it on you two!?" He began to walk towards Rosalina and Sora, a demented smile on his face.

"Rosie…" Sora, still staring at Link, gave Rosalina a warning. "Prepare to run. I'm going to take him, but you get out of here!"

"I can't leave you here! I want to protect you!"

"I'm not going to let you get hurt for my sake! You need to get back and try to contact someone that Link is still here! Get Ray!"

She stared at both Sora and the way back behind her. Deciding to take Sora's words to heart, she closed her eyes and ran.

"Running won't save her. You know that, right?" He laughed, his voice now distorted. Sora could hardly tell it was Link anymore.

"I'm not going to let you anywhere near her or the Smash Mansion again! As far as I'm concerned, you never were apart of the Smash Brothers!"

"I'm glad you think so! Not that I care about what you think that is." He lunged his sword towards Sora's neck, and Sora narrowly dodged. The blade hit a tree, causing it to instantly tumble down.

"Ah...AH…" That could've been him!

"Oh, I missed. Darn!" The glee in Link's voice could be detected easily. He must have truly gone mad…

"I have to get out of here! This is a fight I can't win!" Sora whipped around and began to book it as fast as he could, but was stopped by Link, who had the wildest and craziest smile plastered on his face.

"You're not going anywhere. HAHAHAHA!"

"H-HEEEEEEEELP!"


Ray was being dragged into the forest by Rosalina. "What gives!? I was in the middle of sleeping!"

"Sora is in trouble! We have to help him!"

Ray snorted. "Who says we have to? I'm sure he's fine-" His retort was interrupted by a scream through the air.

"H-HEEEEEEEELP!" Sounded a little bit like Sora!

"Or...maybe he isn't fine. Alright, I'm convinced."

When Ray and Rosalina arrived, they saw Sora being held up by the shirt, in the clutches of Link.

"Link!?" Ray's eyebrows furrowed. "You're back!?"

"Don't get it twisted!" He dropped Sora and turned to the young boy. "Your face was the last one I EVER wanted to see again!"

Ray stepped forward, covering Rosalina. "Leave this to me! You both stand back!" Sora nodded, and got up, pulling Rosalina with him as he ran for a safe area.

"Why would a kid want to go against me?" He cocked his head in a mocking manner. "Are you asking for a death wish?"

Ray responded with a confident smile, and a punch to Link's gut. Link flew into a tree, taken aback by the sheer force of the hit.

"H-Hnnng…" He gritted his teeth. That hurt a lot more than it should've...Whatever! He wasn't about to let a child get the best of him.

"You little punk…!" He charged with his sword out, preparing to go for a strike on Ray's torso. Of course, Ray wasn't about to let him do that, and jumped out of the way.

"Naos nearly killing me before was enough for me to realize that I needed to actually learn how to fight!"

"What!?"

Ray donned a red headband. "Fighter!" The same ability Ray had when he fought with Naos, truly, for the first time. And now, he was back to take down Link!

"Insufferable CHILD! AAAAAAAAH!" Link ran up to Ray, prompting the boy to leap out of the way, and deliver a swift punch to his side.

"As if I'm going to let you hit me with that sword!"

Ray's fist began to glow, and he shot out a beam of light. "Smash Punch!" It hit Link, sending him into a tree.

"Alright, time for a Spin Kick!" Ray began to spin rapidly, and went straight for Link.

"That kid….AH!" He saw the spinning tornado of Ray and jumped out of the way before he could get hit. Ray wasn't prepared for this, and as such, ran into the tree.

"Owowowow…." He held his head, a little dizzy.

"Now, time to end this battle!" Link raised his sword in the air, preparing to end Ray's life while he was down...but was stopped by a fireball.

"GAH!" The burn on his side made Link fall. Sora, who had shot the fireball, saw this opportunity to grab Ray and Rosalina and make a run for it. "Let's get outta here, guys!"

"Come on, you!" He grabbed the dazed boy, Rosalina, her Luma, and began to hastily dash away from Link. Of course, Link wasn't going to let him get away that easily! "You coward! Burning me and then escaping!? Get back here!"

"AAAAAH!" Sora ran even faster, carefully avoiding anything in his way, all the while keeping his three cohorts safe.

"Come on guys, just hang on a lil' bit longer! We're almost home…!"

Link leaped overhead, and landed in front of Sora, stopping his escape dead in its tracks. "I'll admit, your resistance was funny to watch. But now it's just grown annoying to me." He unsheathed his sword. "Now STOP resisting and DIE!"

Sora now had no other choice. With Ray conked out, who could possible save him now!?

"Sora!" He forgot about Rosalina! She was still here! "Let me help! I may not look it, but I am a very capable fighter."

"I-I don't know, Rosalina. What would I do if you got hurt?"

"I'm the Goddess of the Stars, silly. I'm not even going to let him touch me!" She turned to face Link.

"You've grown so desperate as to rely on a woman to fight your own battles? Despicable…" A smirk creeped onto Link's face. "Fine by me. The more of you I defeat, the closer Cia and I will be to our goal."

"HAVE AT YOU!"

Link ran forward, thrusting the Master Sword forward with all the strength he had. As soon as he got close to Rosalina, however…

"Lumas!" Multicolored waves of star-like creatures appeared. "You know what to do!"

They let out a cry before stampeding into Link. "WHAT THE-"

"It fails to underestimate your opponent! Hopefully you've learned from this mistake!" A dazed Link was left in the Lumas' wake, and Rosalina picked up him.

"I pity you...I truly do. You should really snap out of this trance you're in, Link."

"You idiots really think you stand a chance...as soon as Cia finishes preparing, we're coming for you! We're coming for the Smash Mansion! And we'll destroy everyone you love and care about...in fact, we'll destroy all worlds! Once he is revived…"

Rosalina shook her head. "I really thought I could bore into you...tsk tsk. Well, see you. Have a nice flight."

"Wait, what-" Before Link could fully answer, Rosalina chucked him away into the sky. He vanished with a twinkle.

"...He'll be back. But that should take care of him for a while."

Sora was completely dumbfounded. Rosalina just did all of THAT!? "That was amazing, Rosie! I had no idea you could do all of that!"

Rosalina chuckled. "Well, you pick up quite a bit when you've been reigning over the stars for as long as I have." She went over to the still dizzy Ray.

"Hey...the answer to question 5 is Ohio, I swear…!"

"He really is out of it…" Sora picked up Ray and swung him over his shoulder again. "I do appreciate your help back there. Without you, I'm sure I would've been a goner!"

"It's no problem for me. Let's go back to the mansion now, shall we?"

"We shall."


The cold night air greeted Link's face when he came to. He had the worst headache, and couldn't quite put his finger on it on why he had said headache….Oh, right. Rosalina hurling him into the air. Being thrown that high would give anyone a headache, Link surmised.

Curse those three...he was so close to ending their lives, and that would be three less troublemakers he'd have to worry about getting in the way of Cia's master plan.

"Link, are you finally up?" Speaking of Cia…

"Yeah, I'm awake. Jeez, this headache won't go away…"

"That's probably because I found you conked out near a tree, hon. Must've had quite a fall if you were knocked out for this long…"

Link's face scrunched up with worry. "Don't tell me I've been out of it for weeks!?"

"No, no. Only a couple of hours. But it's currently midnight, so it has been quite a while." Cia hummed a spell and a fire instantly started. The warmth and light drew Link in like a moth, and he quickly made his way over to the blaze. "It sure is chilly tonight…"

"That it is...Naos was complaining about it earlier and insisted I start a fire. But it was far too early in the daylight for me to consider it. We might have given away our location, after all!"

"Speaking of Naos, where are him and the others?"

Cia looked up towards the moon, in what appeared to be thought. "I told him to take care of something for me. As for the rest of those idiots, I haven't a clue. They could be jumping off a bridge for all I care."

Link chuckled. "Heh, blunt as usual I see. That's one thing I always admired about you, Cia."

The sorceress laughed. "Sometimes I wonder if I really did brainwash you. The old Link probably would never have said that to me."

Link's face grew serious. "I mean it, Cia. That's something I never really noticed about you until now. That and…" His dark face glowed with a luminescent blush. "H-How pretty you are…"

It was Cia's turn to flush into a shade of red. "Link, honey, I believe you aren't thinking straight."

"Really, I mean it." Link looked away in embarrassment. "I shouldn't have said that out of the blue, I'm sorry-"

Any regrets Link had in his mind were silenced when Cia pulled him into a meaningful kiss. It was probably the most meaningful he'd ever had in his life...To think he was in love with Zelda once…

"That….that was something." Link was in awe. Perhaps chasing Zelda was a lost cause all along...Cia was who he belonged with.

"Lana would be so jealous…!" The kiss had left Cia thinking her own naughty fantasies, clearly not intended for this kind of program.

"Err...Cia? You're drooling." The sorceress snapped back to reality and wiped the spit from her mouth. "How uncouth, I apologize."

"Listen, I-" Whatever Link was about to say was interrupted by a huge, hammy, "I HAVE CHORTLES!"

Cia turned around, her face turning to that of disgust. "I see one of them's back already...and when there's one…" Sure enough, Cyrus, Zero, Evil Sandwich (after being revived again) and Naos returned with Fawful.

"Naos, I presume you got what I asked for?" Naos got out a brightly colored seal, with kanji written on it that read, 'Seal'.

"Excellent work. This will help us capture those Seven Sages...we will use their power to take over the Smash Mansion!"

The villain team disbanded for the night, and went slept on the ground. Not that there was anything wrong with the ground. Though, there was one still awake…

Cia stared at the stars. "Soon...I'll have the world to be Link and I's playground...it will be under our rule!" She stared down. "This is for him…"

"I won't disappoint you, Link."


Everyone wants to be a super star!

Shine BRIGHT! Shine BRIGHT!

Twinkle, sparkle, kira kira star!

The neverending fight against evil

Take down the opponent without a second thought

To be a hero is an infinite gauntlet

But you must rise up to the challenge!

Rise up, get up

Ready for anything!

Get up, rise up

To save the day.

Be the hero everyone calls for

And be there for friends, your family…

Everyone wants to be a super star!

Shine BRIGHT! Shine BRIGHT!

Twinkle, sparkle, kira kira star!

I SAY!

Twinkle, sparkle, kira kira STAR~


Next time on Come Along and SD With Me!

?: Kawaii-desu ne!

Sasuma: Who's this freaky chick?

Kanjo: Stay away from her Sasuma!

Sasuma: She's so...enchanting….

Kanjo: NOOO, Sasuma! I'll save you! Nessquik, you have to help me!

Nessquik: What!? Why am I being brought into this!?

Kanjo: You don't understand! This isn't just a matter of loli love anymore….this is a matter of Loli Loyalty!

Nessquik: Oh good grief…

See you next time!