OMG, what am I doing uploading a chapter in the middle of 6:51 AM? It don't matter. I still got this chapter going.

For those of you that wonder, I actually have some of this story planned out from the very beginning, but there some chapters I'm still shaky about. So I don't like to think that someone here is just thinking that whatever comes to mind is what I type on every chapter.

Enjoy!

The day finally came and Pit never felt at home as almost everyone was awake around his time. What surprised him the most is that Gary was actually the one that decided to wake him up," You ready?"

Many of the fighters were stretching and drinking water and preparing for what was in store for them on the streets of Smashville, a few being Sonic, Olimar, Snake, and surprisingly Bowser. Peach, Gary, and Pit were elsewhere, Gary carrying many signs with him as the three of them were walking," Why do I have to carry all the signs?!"

"You were too lazy to help Pit and I out yesterday make all the designs," said Peach.

"I WAS going to help out, but I was scheduled for a 15 Minute Multi-Man Brawl match," said Gary," Then again, I'm not really that good of an artist."

"Then what kind of artistic thing CAN you do?" asked Peach.

Gary looked up as they walked, soon Pit and Peach stopping where Zelda and Toon Link were by," Now that I think about it, I don't I really have any artistic talent."

Zelda had heard what Gary had said and gasped, turning to face him," Link, I think you might want to teach Gary how to play an instrument."

"Excuse me?" asked Gary," Does it look like I want to learn an instrument?"

"You don't understand," said Peach," This year, compared to last's, have the highest number in not only talented fighters, but also have some sort of artistic talent." Pit and Gary looked at Peach to see if she was joking around, but not only did she have a serious face, but also did Zelda and Toon Link," It's the reason why some of the former fighters didn't come back from the previous year. And I have a very bad feeling if you don't find a talent quick enough, you may not return for next year…"

"Are you serious?!" said Gary," I've GOT to get back next year, even if I have to magically get my voice to go just as high as Pit's."

Toon Link grabbed Gary's collar, dragging him to his level and taking a good look at his face, making Gary's eyes look at him confusingly and be speechless. After a while, Toon Link let go of Gary," He can be a percussionist in the new song I'm making."

"What the hell is a percussionist?" asked Gary.

"It's someone that uses instruments that anyone can use," said Pit," Like the triangle."

Toon Link smiled that Pit actually knew what it was, but Gary looked at him with wide eyes," Dude, I'm horrible at getting a beat! Why do you think Peach never really wants me to join Pit when she feels like dancing?"

Toon Link grinned evilly, making Gary get a little nervous," I will make sure you'll learn an instrument in no time."

Gary was left speechless, backing up a bit, eventually bumping into the hedgehog that wasn't participating in the event. Gary jumped a bit, just being in the middle of Toon Link and Shadow. He simply raised his eyebrow," What's gotten into him?"

"He's just a bit out of it, that's all," said Zelda," Come now, I believe the marathon is going to start soon. Get ready to cheer them on."

Gary sighed in relief, backing away from Toon Link to be right next to Pit, noticing how Pit seemed to be starring straight into the other side of the street," Pit?"

The angel saw someone that drew his attention, as if almost looking at the reflection of a mirror. That same person saw the angel back and stood the same way as he caught his sight.

Those who were most determined to finish first were in the front of line, most of them being fighters. Bowser stood by Mario and Sonic, hearing some snickers from Sonic. Bowser tried his hardest not to waste all his energy on controlling his anger. Marth had lightly tapped his shoulder just to draw his attention, helping out Bowser just a bit," So pretty boy still wants to be friends with one of the most feared Koopa known to man?"

"It's better than having none."

Bowser remained silent, looking at how Master Hand appeared by the side of the starting line in his human form, speaking in a microphone," If I hear that any of you had used non-physical abilities to win this, you're not getting the prize, let alone a metal." Much to everyone's surprise, Crazy Hand wasn't by his side, Link getting slightly worried as he stood by starting line," On your mark…" By Master Hand's best hand, he held out a Ray Gun and it made everyone stare at the road ahead of them. He held it up in the air and shot it and the first official Smashville Marathon had begun.

In the lead after the first mile was Sonic, but Mario was close enough behind him, following Captain Falcon and Samus, Fox and Marth, Snake and Link without their heavy gear, and Bowser (AN: OMG, that's one FAST Koopa) and Olimar and his Pikmin last of the leading crowd. Captain Falcon could've been where Mario was, but since Samus was right beside him, he would rather finish it with someone he cared a lot more than his pride. That was as far as Master Hand could see of the fighters, seeing the masses of people just passing through the starting line right after them. He looked aside and began to think if he should've let certain fighters participate in serving out water and such, but more, he knew why his sister wasn't by his side. He was surprised to feel the presence of someone in the marathon path that would hardly want to be seen in public. Master Hand was obliged to go find where the presence resided.

"Pit!" Pit came back to reality and stared at Gary," What happened to you? You just seemed to blank out."

Pit gasped, turning back to see the same person but saw no one there, making him blink," I thought I saw someone that looked like me."

"I didn't see anyone like that," said Gary, looking back the many people standing there and waiting for the runners to pass by," And I sure don't see anyone that looks like you now."

Right before he turned to see Gary, he could've sworn to see long white hair go by, but he simply ignored it for the moment," Well, I guess it's just my imagination." Pit saw how Shadow was standing by Gary," Hey, weren't you going to do the marathon?"

"I would do it," said Shadow as he stared at the street with his arms crossed," But Master Hand told me I wasn't allowed to use the shoes I wear because it's a little mini jetpack that I don't physical effort into." Shadow looked over at Pit, cocking his head a bit upward," Why aren't you two in it?"

"I signed up too late," said Gary," I don't want to pay an extra 50 coins just to register."

"Master Hand thought that I would use my wings for my advantage to try and move faster," said Pit," Besides, my mercenary needs a cheerleader."

Gary looked over at him, looking a bit annoyed," I'm surprised he didn't make you wear the suit, especially in this weather."

Shadow was speechless for a while,"… Lovely."

"Get your signs!" said Peach, setting her umbrella away," I see them coming."

The six that were waiting for that moment had gotten signs that were by Peach's side, raising them up, except for Shadow. At the instant he saw Sonic; he began to run with him, making Pit and Gary wonder why he left. Soon after Peach was cheering on for Mario that passed by shortly, Gary and Pit cheering on as the only straight couple of the tournament passed by, Captain Falcon giving Pit a small salute before passing him. Fox ran by Toon Link, soon seeing the child flip him off as he passed by, not wanting to risk being seeing by a lot of people flip 'an innocent child'. Peach and Pit were the only ones to cheer on Marth, but Gary was shocked that Marth didn't even bother to look at Pit. Toon Link picked up another sign that had 'Finish or we're doing it tonight'. Link simply giggled, passing by him and just petting his head. Zelda smiled at when the older Link passed by, getting a smile back from him. Snake had taken advantage and began to ruffle with Pit's hair, which ended quick as Snake saw in the corner of his eye a sign that said 'Finish FIRST!' Right after Snake and Link passed by, Peach was squealing as she saw the Pikmin run right with Olimar; Gary and Pit cheered on Bowser. Peach calmed down as she no longer saw anyone else run, turning to Zelda and the rest.

"Let's go eat," said Peach," I'm starving!"

"What about cheering them?" asked Pit.

"By the time we finish eating, they'll probably be close to the finish line," said Zelda," Besides, what could possibly go wrong?"

"This is almost TOO easy," said Sonic, passing by the 11th mile already and Mario was still not too far behind. No one has really slowed down from the beginning, except for Snake and Link when Link was almost pulled out by Ike from the run, but not by much. Wario and Waluigi had contained their laughter as they set something far in a section of the street, ready to see when it would set off. By the time Marth and Fox had arrived to the 11th mile mark, a huge explosion was set off, soon the smell of garlic surrounding the whole 12th mile, making everyone that ran through there cough in disgust. Wario and Waluigi laughed away as their plan of mischief worked, but it only slowed down a couple of people. Ike wasn't too far away from the explosion and ran inside to try and find Link. By the time Sonic had gotten out, Mario, Captain Falcon, and Samus were much closer to him, but he was still in the lead. Marth and Fox had slowed down much more than others, which allowed Bowser to pass by them in ease. Olimar had slowed down as well, witnessing how Ike had a fan and began to blow wind at Link's face to get rid of the smell. Snake had continued on without Link, wanting to blow up Wario's room the following day.

Peach was very tempted to go shopping around the stores of Smashville with her beloved and Pit, but he respected Gary's decision and just went to go eat at a random restaurant. Pit saw the same person again, and this time, he was determined to find out who it was. He ran away from Gary's grip and Gary immediately followed him," Pit, where are you going?!"

Sonic was still confident to finish it first, still being ahead of everyone else, being in the middle of mile 19. A few slowed down from the distance, but the one that still remained strong was Bowser, slowly catching up to Captain Falcon and Samus. Snake passed by Fox as Marth had left him behind around mile 15, shockingly seeing Fox walk. Olimar was by Link's side," Olimar, where's your red Pikmin?" Just before Olimar was about to answer back, he saw Captain Falcon and a couple of other of the lead runners walking slowly, shocked to see him carry Samus," What happeneeeeEEEEEEEE—" Link slipped and a banana peel landed on his head, Olimar stopping and helping Link trying to get up.

"Samus strained her thigh as she fell from the banana peels all around," said Captain Falcon.

"This is why you should never leave two primates to hand out bananas in a marathon," said Samus. The only one Link didn't see around was Sonic, Mario, Bowser, and Snake.

Master Hand was right when he said that Pit's wings helped him go faster. As Pit was trying to follow this person, his speed was too fast and he turned on many curves that he lost him, stopping as he tried to decide where Pit went. Zelda, Peach, and Toon Link had caught up to him in seconds, making Peach get worried," Oh, I wonder what made Pit go run off like that…"

"Split up!" said Gary, not wanting giving up anytime soon. Zelda and Peach looked at each other, noticing his tone of voice being as serious when he was in battle. They took no time to waste and the four of them split up in four different directions of the road.

Pit slowly began to catch up to this person, barely able to move along the crowd of people and made his last stop at a long dark alley way. The person saw he was in a dead end, being afraid to look back. Just as Pit was about to speak, he saw something blue shine from the very end of the alley, taking a better look to see someone he didn't really know and a person everyone knew of the Tournaments.

Sonic could feel the spirit of victory as it was, grinning as he saw the one mile sign left, knowing that nothing will stop him this time. The Ice Climbers only thought of freezing the street to cool down any of the runners to give them an extra boost for the finish line.

Pit was shocked to see that Master Hand had been in the back of the alley way with someone else he didn't know. The person that stood in front of Pit was shaking, soon running out the alley way and looking at Pit for one last time. Pit was paralyzed yet again by looking at him, seeing how worried he truly was, not realizing Master Hand walking up to him," Pit…" Pit snapped out of it and looked at how messy Master Hand's hair was," You promise you won't tell anyone about this…" Pit knew how bad one Hand was, slowly backing away to the wall of the alley, gulping as Master Hand was dangerously close to him, punching the wall that Pit leaned against," Otherwise, you suffer severe consequences."

"Why not show him what we might do to him?" said the person that was with Master Hand, walking up to the two of them. Pit immediately sensed an evil aura from him, the power only growing stronger than he imagined. He felt the hand creep closer to him, trying to get away from it as it was only inches away.

"Leave him alone," said Master Hand, leading Pit away from him," He's a good boy."

As much as Pit wanted to protest him about that, the unknown man simply sighed and looked down. Just before Master Hand was about to face him, the unknown man grabbed his face and gave him a hard kiss on the lips. Pit looked at was before him, realizing what the two of them were doing before. At the end of the kiss, he saw the unknown man open up a portal, Pit sensing the same evil aura that he had, keeping his guard up. Both him and Master Hand entered the portal, and then he stood alone in the alley way. Once he stepped outside, he was pushed to the wall again and felt just as scared as when he was in front of the unknown man," Don't you ever do that again!" Pit opened one of his eyes to see that it was no one other than Gary, taking a deep breath," Don't tell me you found that guy again."

"Do you think I like to lie?" asked Pit, feeling Gary's forehead touch his and have eye contact with him.

"… It doesn't matter. I think the lead runners are about to finish soon," Gary looked sadly at Pit," I don't think you want to miss out on seeing Snake pass the finish line."

Pit let Gary hold his hand, leading him to take the Smash Tram that led them across the city. Pit couldn't help but look at how Gary was sad, almost as if he was about to cry. Before Pit was finally about to speak to him, Peach, Zelda, and Toon Link made their way to the tram," So Gary found you, huh?" asked Peach, smiling upon Pit.

Pit nodded, looked at Gary and saw a smile across his face," Only I know the ways that Pit takes."

Pit was a bit shocked, seeing how quickly Gary was smiling, but it didn't seem to him like a normal smile. Zelda, Peach, and Toon Link talked away with Gary all the way towards the finish line of the marathon, and Pit tried his best to at least smile for Snake.

Bowser was as dog tired as anyone would be close to finishing the marathon, all the other lead runners slipping and falling on the ice Popo and Nana set up, him using every last bit of energy have had to make fire come out of his mouth and melt a path just for him. And people were actually cheering him on as he was so close to the finish line. Pit and his friends had made it just in time to see Bowser was actually the lead runner, the five of them cheering him on like no tomorrow. Just before he made it to the finish line, a red Pikmin jumped out of his hair and was the one that got there first, making a victory stance. The crowd stood silent as they saw Bowser look at the Pikmin with much anger, but collapsed out of exhaustion.

Third place was Mario who followed his enemy's strategy and made a path for himself. Fourth place was Fox who pulled himself through past an annoyed Marth, Snake and Sonic that were still stuck in the ice and ran through the path Bowser had created. And at last, Sonic had ended up on Fifth place. Pit had stood there, waiting for Snake to pass by and Toon Link only by his side. Gary, Peach, and Zelda went by to go help out the three lead runners, but Pit knew that Toon Link would've gone himself. At the distance, he finally saw the figure of Snake running to the finish line. Snake was looking around for the brunette with beautiful wings, catching him right on sight and went slightly faster. Once he passed, Pit grabbed Toon Link's hand and dragged him past the finish line, running as fast he could to reach Snake, waiting for him to collapse right in his arms, but he seemed perfectly fine. Toon Link began to speak as he found both of them being speechless," How are you feeling?"

Snake cracked his neck a couple of times and then looked down to Toon Link," I feel in the mood for a smoke."

The mercenary felt a tight hug from the angel, hugging him right back, just like how he waited for days," Well, you're not getting any today, especially since you just finished a marathon."

Snake just chuckled; putting his arm across Pit's back, walking forward to receive a medal," I asked for a cigarette." Pit blushed at the comment, Toon Link giggling from what Snake said, turning around to see that the much older Link had finished. Toon Link walked away from them, leaving both Pit and Snake to be alone," So Bowser got first, eh?" asked Snake as he leaned a bit more towards Pit.

"Not really," said Pit, "Let's just say that size matters."

Marth had gotten to finish line, getting on his knees after he received his medal, his eyes trying to emit water that was very limited in his body. People helped him up, but after he pushed them away, letting the sadness overcome his heart. Just as he tried to get himself on a shuttle that led him back to the hotel, he came across Pit's eyes, becoming paralyzed and standing there foolishly. Snake had looked at Marth, holding onto Pit's hand as Marth was just there. With just a look, he knew that Pit had seen the one person he couldn't remember at all. Snake drew Pit's face away from Marth's, Marth noticing that Pit wasn't like the person he wanted to hold so dearly, walking away from them and taking a seat far away from the two of them," Pit…"

The mercenary saw the familiar face the angel had such a long time ago, noticing how they quickly grew in sadness. Instead of kissing his hand, he kissed him softly on the lips, laying his head on the angel's shoulder. The angel looked at the mercenary that was on his shoulder and kissed his forehead. He counted on his head, counting up to 60 and he soon heard snoring coming from the mercenary, smiling, 'It works every time.' The angel soon saw the singer walk inside, wondering why she came in the first place. The pokemon trainer took a while to drag the koopa king inside the shuttle, blinking as he found everyone asleep inside with drawings on their faces with a black marker.

It was fun writting this chapter, but I have got to go and head to school. Maybe I'll have a chapter done my tomorrrow. Who knows. Hope you guys enjoyed it!