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Disclaimer -- I do not own Super Smash Bros. Melee. The characters and such are property of Nintendo. (*Although, I do wish I owned Link! He's my fav!*) All of these writings are pure fiction and came from my imagination! (*Um.. what little imagination I have, that is!*) I am also sorry if any part of my story resembles anything else that has already been done or any other idea. This is my first posted SSBM Fic.

Please read top of first chapter for more Authot's Notes and information.

Fiction By Hylian Swordsman's Pretty Princess [Sherrilynn] And Yoshikachu/Little Dude's Little Lady [Katie]
[Hylian Swordsman is Link and Little Dude is Young Link. Yoshikachu is a combination of Yoshi and Pikachu]

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Super Smash Bros. Melee : A High School Drama Fic

Chapter Fourteen -- Consequences

Zelda's heart skipped a beat once she had realized who the woman was standing above her. "Impa!" the princess exclaimed, turning a ghostly white. "Impa!" Zelda couldn't manage to say anything else. She was wondering why her luck had to turn out to be so awful. She was supposed to spend time alone with Link, just time that the two of them could share without any chaperons having to watch them constantly to make certain that the couple's actions stayed clean.

"Surprised to see me, Princess Zelda?" Impa asked. "Why are you not in school, where you are supposed to be? And don't bother asking how I know. I got a call from Principal Game and Watch. Apparently, one of your classmates informed your sixth period teacher, Link, of your absense. He knew where you had gone, and wasn't too reluctant to tell."

Zelda glanced back at Link to see if he was doing alright. He looked slightly nervous, afraid of what the Sage of Shadow might do to Zelda now that they were caught alone at the banks of Lake Hylia.

"And Zelda," Impa continued, not paying much attention to their actions. "Where, may I ask, is the rest of your outfit?"

Zelda gasped, now realizing that she was not completely dressed. She looked over at the vast blue lake to see her jeans and overshirt drifting in the water.

"Over there," Zelda answered softly, pointing to the floating clothing. "In the lake."

"That's a nice place for them," Impa said, "especially since they should be on your body. And Link! Indecent in front of your Princess! How shameful!"

Link lowered his head. He too, was still only in his red pair of boxer shorts. "I'm sorry, Impa."

Impa wanted to laugh at the sight in front of her. She had kept so many things from Zelda's father, and she knew that this was going to be one of those incidents. Impa hadn't realized it, but she had giggled at the sight of Link trying to scramble for his shirt and jeans to put them on.

"What's so funny?" Zelda asked, watching Impa's composure break.

"Nothing, Princess! Such a sight to see, this is, though! The future Prince of Hyrule -- one day to be King! -- in the fields of Hyrule, indecent with the Princess Zelda!" Impa erupted into sudden laughter, which startled the Princess of Hyrule.

"Do you mind explaining why you find this situation so humorous?" Zelda demanded, only to find herself starting to giggle. "Link and I wanted a moment alone. We wanted to make love, Impa, which we didn't get to do! But both of us stopped, wanting to save this feeling for our wedding night."

Impa smiled and placed her hands on Zelda's shoulders. "It's alright, honey. However, Principal Game and Watch will be giving you both detention for an hour after school every day this week."

Zelda and Link groaned in unison. "But they can't do that!" Link exclaimed.

"Oh, yes the can. The only reason you didn't get worse punishment is because you two have never done such a thing as this before. So they decided to be easy on you. But in all seriousness, never do this again. Please, Link, don't do anything such as this anymore. They might not be so easy next time. And the Princess of Hyrule has her reputation to uphold. As does the Prince!" Impa smiled, winking at Link. "So make yourselves decent, quickly! And Zelda, hurry back to the castle as soon as you can! King Harkinian is already upset enough that you have left school for a purpose as this."

"So my father knows?" Zelda asked fearfully.

"Of course. They notified him before they notified me," Impa replied to the princess. "He was upset, but he knows your feelings for Link. I think of it this way -- I would much rather you be indecent here than in any part of school!" The Sage laughed at herself, but Link and Zelda just looked at each other.

"Very true," Link finally spoke, breaking the silence that had suddenly occurred. "But as you wish, Zelda and I will hurry." Link then turned to Zelda. "I love you, sweetheart." Link positioned his hands on her waist and kissed her deeply. The two released their kiss and began dressing themelves. Impa waved at the couple and began walking back to the castle.

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Marth sat in his chair, twirling the Master Sword in his hand. He smiled as he watched his reflection shine in the blade. "So what do you think I should do with this baby?"

Roy turned off the television. "Just give it back, please? Link's already mad enough, please don't do anything to make it worse."

"Come on, just relax, I was only joking. Besides, we were supposed to talk about Link -- and... us."

Roy looked down at his lap. "Can we do that later, and just go ahead and return Link's sword? I would rather just go ahead and get that over with right now."

"To be honest, yeah, I would too." Marth got up from his position in the large sofa he was sitting in. "Let's go. Right now. That way, the sooner we get this over with, the sooner we can come back and talk about all of the things we were supposed to discuss."

Roy got up from his seat on the couch "Wait! Before we go," Roy headed back to the corner of the living room. "You better be prepared. I'm bringing the Sword of Seals. You better have Falchion ready."

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Link opened the door to his home to find Young Link sitting at a small table, already doing his homework.

"Hiya!" Young Link answered cheerfully. "How's your day been?"

Link sighed. "Long story. I'll just tell you I have detention for the rest of this week and next Monday."

"WHY?!" Young Link yelled, interested.

"Because I skipped school -- something you better never do." Link dropped his backpack on the floor. "I'll get started on my homework in a moment. Right now, I just need to take a whole bottle of asprin and lie down."

"That bad, huh?" Young Link closed his science book. "Done! Oh, but anyways, maybe you'll feel better in a minute or two. Just please, don't take a whole bottle, that'll make it all worse on ya, you know?"

Link chuckled. "Sure, whatever you say, dude." Link groggily walked into the bathroom. Once there, he opened a medicine cabinet and found a bottle of asprin. He removed two, and swalled them down with a glass of water. Shutting the door back, he found himself looking at his own reflection. Link frowned as he saw his hair a tangled mess, from when he had been upset earlier that day. His eyes were bloodshot and his skin was paler than usual.

Link groaned once he heard the sound of his doorbell. Turning away from the mirror, he walked back down the hall and opened the door slowly. His face fell even more to see Marth standing in front of him, Master Sword in hand.

"Here," Marth began slowly. "I just thought I'd give this back to you now. I hope you've settled down."

Link took the sword from Marth. "Thanks." Link, however, was still being cautious of the duo in front of him.

The three were silent for a moment, just looking at one another, waiting for someone else to speak. Link finally broke the silence.

"Marth, I... I want to apologize for what I've done. I'm sorry for going on you like that, without even thinking. I hope you'll accept my apology."

Marth felt as though a whole load had been lifted from his chest. He smiled, greatful. "No problem. I understand. Roy and I shouldn't have been as stupid as pulling some kind of cruel joke on you and Zelda."

"Tell me, why did you do it? You have to tell me!" Link stepped outside and closed the door behind him, leaving Young Link at the table.

"Because," Marth said. "My reasons first. Link, being a prince is a huge responsibility. You haven't grown up royalty like Zelda and I have. It's really hard. I just wanted to make sure you were ready. And also, you're only seventeen! I just -- I don't think you're ready, Link. But then I looked at all that you've been through. Your entire life has been spent serving the Royal Family and protecting Zelda. You're more than ready. I hope that we can just put all this behind us -- and be friends?"

Link offered his hand. "Sure." Link then looked at Roy with a smile. "Your reasons?"

"Just age," Roy said. "And the fact that you wouldn't get to do the same things that you have done all your life, like go out with friends and stuff like that. Are you really ready to give that up?"

"I've given up so much of my life. Why not 'give up' my life now for Zelda?" Link smiled. "I don't consider it as 'giving up' anything. I'll just be adding a wife to my life and a ring to my finger."

Marth smiled, as did Roy. "Just do me a favor," Marth said, patting Link on the back. "Make sure you're ready. One hundred percent. Don't just jump into this, make sure this is really want you want for the rest of your life."

Marth and Roy waved goodbye to Link, and left, relieved that they didn't need their trusty swords after all.

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"Peachie, you do that again, and I'll sue!" Daisy yelled as she threw popcorn at her best friend.

"Sue me for what? Damaging your image?" Peach asked, wiping away a tear that had formed from so much laughing. "Just leave me alone, alright?"

"Nope! I'm having fun torturing you! Now come on, tell me, what are you and Mario gonna do?!" Daisy was practically squealing.

"None of your business. I've already told you that I didn't want a double date for this first one, because you never know what's gonna happen."

"Yeah, and I want to be there for every second of it, Peach!" Daisy whined. "Please?!?"

"How do I know what's gonna happen, or what Mario and I are going to do? It's up to him, he's the guy! Remember?!" Peach ate some of the popcorn from the bowl in front of her.

"So how many more secrets haven't you told me, dear Peachie?" Daisy teased. "You tell me everything! And what about your feelings for Marth?"

"I thought you didn't care about what I was going through with Mario and Marth. Especially Marth!"

"I changed my mind, I was just having a really bad day when you tried talking to me. But it's really cool that you and Zelda talked at lunch today. Sorry, off topic. Marth is really cute, but I've already told you to feel. So what do you feel?"

Peach sat there, staring at the bowl in her lap. "I don't know how I feel. Mario -- Marth -- I don't know! I like them both! A lot! But Marth was extra sepcial... "

"And how? Because he was your... ahem... 'chosen' date for Homecoming?"

"No, Daisy, you don't understand... something... happened between me and Marth."

"Like when, dummy? And what?" Daisy asked. "After Homecoming? But I thought you were with Mario? You normally tell me everything! Don't hold out on me now!"

"No, I spent most of the evening with Mario. Directly after Homecoming, I found Marth, and we started to talk. And we spent a little more time together. Uh -- talking."

"Really?" Daisy asked, raising an eyebrow. "I'll get it out of you somehow."

Peach's heart rate increased. All she could do was retrace her memory back to after the dance that she had shared with Marth.

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Roy flopped down on the front lawn of Marth's home. "I'm not budging, sorry."

Marth sat down in the grass next to him and began to pull some of the grass in front of him. "Doesn't bother me any."

"Well, at least we don't really have to discuss Link anymore, do we?" Roy asked, sitting up. "We discussed Link -- with him!"

"Yeah, we did," Marth replied with a laugh. "But there's still us that we have to discuss."

Roy's eyes moved to the side, away from Marth. "Yeah. Us."

Marth took a deep breath. "Roy, I don't know what to do. I still like girls, and you've started to like Malon. I don't think this is going to work."

Roy swallowed hard. He knew that Marth didn't feel the same way. Roy was beginning to think maybe he didn't feel that way about Marth, either, since now his heart was starting to beat for Malon. "Yeah," was all Roy could say.

"Listen, I know that you're upset, and I'm sorry, but -- I just don't know. We'll have to wait and see. But for right now, we have to push this out of the way, and just be friends, or whatever you call it."

"You know what? I agree. I think it is for the best. Just for now. Maybe later, you think?" Roy felt stupid and desperate for asking that question.

"You never know, Roy. Things can happen in a heartbeat. Just like they happened between me and you. So you see, life's unpredictable." Marth thought that was a pretty reasonable answer, although he was starting to feel uncomfortable about the whole matter.

"Extremely unpredictable." Roy sighed. The two just sat there, playing with grass or talking about random things. Until Roy suddenly shot back up, startled.

"Marth, you never answered me."

"Answered what?" Marth threw one of the blades of grass, but it didn't land very far away. He was confused, not having a single clue as of what Roy was referring to.

"Where you got the condom wrapper from. I asked you at one point, did I not?"

Marth laughed nervously. "Um... I don't remember. But it was no -- no big deal."

"Are you so sure? Don't tell me... you didn't just tear one out of the package and use the wrapper, did you? Don't tell me... you USED the condom?"

Marth felt himself get queasy. His stare remained on Roy. "That, my friend, is something I swore never to tell."

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Author's Notes -- Earlier in the chapter, I meantioned "Principal Game and Watch". I had a review that asked where he was, so I decided to give him the role as principal, since Mr. Game and Watch is the oldest character. =) I also want to try to include other characters, and maybe make some new storylines. I don't want these to end, but they might hit a "dry spell", so I want to feature other characters somewhere along the fic as well. Like maybe Kirby, and mention a little more Ganondorf. I haven't said much about Samus and Falcon, either, and I also really like Fox McCloud. And that storyline could have something to do with Krystal. =) So those should be a few lines coming up, maybe after the next few chapters.

It took me longer than I wanted to to write this chapter. I had several ideas thrown around, and one night I was on the phone with Deago, one of my friends, and inspiration just kind of hit me for this chapter. I was scared that it was going to be a short chapter, but I somehow managed to make it longer. ^_^ I hope you liked it!

And the fight between the three -- that's gonna happen later. =)

I have a ballgame tomorrow night to march at! YAY! We won our first football game of the season last week, so maybe tomorrow night we be great too!

Please review and tell me what you think! ^_^