1.1 Tomorrow Never Dies
2 By: MirriNight666 ^.~
CHAPTER ONE
A/N: Zelda and Marth look like the CUTEST couple!!! Seriously!! They're both royalty, they're both serious, and I don't know anything about Marth but I think/have a suspicion that he has something to do with a hero (Roy n all) and we all know that Zelda has Link n stuff…So I decided to write this lil story. (Thinking will be in and because I can't do italics or bolds.)
It was the start of the Super Smash Bros. Melee Tournament. Of course they were all in it: Mario, Dr. Mario, Luigi, Pikachu, Captain Falcon, Bowser, Jigglypuff, Kirby, Peach, Samus, Marth, Roy, Link, Young Link, Ganondorf, DK, Yoshi, Ness, Fox, Falco, Pichu, and Zelda. (I'm not including the others because I haven't gotten them yet ^^;; Zelda's the main char in this story.
Everyone had arrived from wherever the hell they came from; Kirby came on the star from Dreamland, Ness from Onett, Samus from Brinstar, Captain Falcon from…y'know, his place, Mario, Dr. Mario, Luigi, and Peach from the mushroom kingdom, Fox and Falco from Corneria, Pikachu and Jigglypuff from the Pokemon world, everyone else from where they came, and Zelda, Link, Young Link, and Ganondorf from Hyrule (all at separate times).
Zelda had been late because an outcry from pissed-off Gorons had come and tried to take over Kakariko Village while Impa was on vacation. (A/N: That waz a lil too random. O.o;; ) When she had arrived at the tournament place, the battles had been picked out.
The battles are fought like this: Its one-on-one combat. You are transported to your level and you fight there. When the loser falls, they fall down to earth or on the lava or whatever depending on the level. The winner gets transported back to the tournament. Later, the loser is either rescued by a helicopter or medic (after landing). (A/N: MUAHAHA!) The tournament is ten days long, each day with a certain amount of battles in them. (Too lazy to do the math lol)
Zelda arrived at the tournament. It was merely a large outdoor ring with a HUGE TV (like at baseball games) that showed the current battle. Right now it was off. In the ring was two teleporting machines which transported you to the battleground. The leader of the tournament, who resembles the announcer in the DBZ tournaments, was telling everyone about this year's tournament.
"You will be fighting in single-elimination, of course. As you can see, the first battles are already paired out: Donkey Kong versus Bowser; Mario against Pichu, Roy against Luigi, Zelda against Peach—" Here Peach and Zelda looked at each other and grinned—"Pikachu against Kirby, Link against Marth, Young Link against Jigglypuff(well that shouldn't be too hard)—" Here Jigglypuff puffed up in anger—"Roy against Mewtwo, Dr. Mario against Ness, Ganondorf against Samus, Captain Falcon against Fox, and Falco against Yoshi. You should all know the other rules well. The tournament begins tomorrow at 10 am everyone, don't be late!"
The announcer (named Mr. Miyamoto) dismissed them. Everyone began to leave to wander around the city and to go to their hotel.
"Hey Zelda," Link said, catching up to her. "Wanna come over to my place for a little drink?" He grinned mischeviously.
"Not now," Zelda said, unable to resist smiling at him. "I felt like getting lunch. It's been awhile since we've been in the REAL world—you know, cars and everything."
"Yeah." Link looked disappointed.
"Let's do lunch together."
"Lunch? You mean in bed lunch?"
Zelda felt exasperated, annoyed, and humored at the same time. "No, not that type," she replied. "At a Burger King, or something."
"Hi guys!" said Peach, catching up. Mario trailed dismally behind her. (Mario and Link weren't exactly great friends.)
Just then Roy and Marth walked past. Zelda, having never seen them before, looked at them with interest. Marth seemed to be a prince. Roy looked important too.
As Zelda looked at them, Marth looked right at her as well; his eyes locked with hers and for an instant she saw a mysterious, sad look in his eyes, mixed with a look of intense seriousness. Then his eyes lowered, and he and Roy continued walking.
"Zelda?" Peach said, waving a hand in front of her face.
"What?" Zelda said, snapping back to reality.
"You coming or what?"
"Where?"
"Burger King," said Link.
"Oh. Yeah."
They went to Burger King. When they got there, all five (Fox had joined them; he was a good friend of Link's) sat at a table and started eating their burgers.
"Gawd, I can't WAIT for this tournament!" said Link, throwing an arm on Zelda's shoulders and grinning broadly around the table.
Peach gave one of her Peachy giggles. "Me too!" she said, batting her eyelashes at Link. Link grinned boyishly at her.
Zelda fumed at them. Though Peach was her friend, and she flirted often (even when Mario was right next to her), that didn't mean she could go flirting with Link!
(A/N: I happen to not be so fond of Peach merely because of when she kicks she shows off her knickers and because she's a supposedly huge flirt on the game. That's my opinion; but I still think she's pretty cool.)
Zelda, to take her mind off of this, glanced around at the people in the restaurant. She noticed Roy and Marth were just sitting at a table with their food.
"What IS this?" said Roy, frowning down at the hamburgers. Zelda giggled a little.
"I dunno," Marth replied, frowning as well. He took a bite out of a hamburger, choked and spat it out.
Nearby people stared. Zelda giggled loud enough for them to hear. Marth looked around, grinning embarrassedly, and he saw Zelda again. This time his sapphire-colored eyes looked happy and shining; but then the happy glow disappeared and they looked as they were before as he stopped smiling. His eyes went back to his food.
"This is…weird…"
Roy was eating his hamburger by huge mouthfuls. "I fink ith good!" Roy stood up and ordered three more, and happily began eating those also.
Marth frowned and tried to take another bite, but couldn't stand it. "I'm going to get some Japanese or Chinese…" Marth left.
"Zelda?" asked Fox.
"Erm, what?"
"What about you?"
"What?"
Peach sighed. "Who do you think will win?"
"Oh. Well…" Zelda frowned and put her elbows on the table, looking at the ceiling. "That depends…We don't know how strong Marth and Roy are…And there is, of course, our old champion to get past (the champion for the last two years had been Captain Falcon) … I'm honestly not sure."
"Oh, lighten up and stop being serious!" Peach said, giggling. Zelda frowned.
"Peach, my entire life has been dedicated to the arts of Sage- ry, my land is covered in zombies because of Ganondorf's dark powers, I've been living in hiding for the past seven years and you expect me to lighten up?"
Link grinned. "Aww, come on, I lightened up."
"That's-a because you were asleep for seven years," Mario pointed out.
Link stopped grinning and leaned forward. "And do you have something against that?" he said, dead serious.
Mario grinned. "Of course-a not!" he said, twirling his moustache. "I'm saying you're-a probably still a virgin-a."
"Oh, I have proof I'm not!" Link said angrily, pulling out his sword.
Zelda and Peach both were pissed at them. The nerve of him…! Zelda thought angrily.
Zelda closed her eyes annoyedly. Then she stood up and said to Peach, "Come on, let's go." They both proceeded to the exit, while Link and Mario started arguing, Fox looking depressed and kind of exasperated.
I'm surprised how much Link has changed since we defeated Ganondorf, Zelda thought. He used to be sweet and a guy you would love to go out with. Ladies man. Now he's some public brawler and he likes to have sex most of the time.
Zelda and Peach went to check in at the hotel that the Tournament provided. The entrants for the tournament got free rooms. Zelda and Peach shared a room (the tournament people were cheap, lol) and they went upstairs. They dropped off their stuff, and then decided to go to a nice, big field to train. They didn't like to train at gyms, since Peach didn't really have muscles and Zelda used her powers to fight.
On the field, Zelda practiced throwing people with her powers on Peach. She wasn't very good at it, considering the fact that she had to use her brain to lift a person. She practiced on Peach. After awhile of training her throwing powers, she mastered it and Peach flew fifty feet away from her from one simple toss.
"That's good improvement!" Peach bubbled excitedly. Zelda smiled graciously.
Then Zelda practiced her other powers; Din's Fire (Smash A), Nayru's Love (B) and a zap (A) all on three squirrels. Zelda repeatedly tried Din's Fire on the same squirrel. She accidentally killed it. So then she continued Nayru's Love with a different squirrel. It successfully stunned the squirrel, and shielded her from the squirrels' mean attack back at her. When Zelda had thrown it across the field to keep it from gnawing on her ankle, she tried her zap (is it telepathic or electric? I was never quite sure) on the last squirrel. It died after two attacks.
"Zelda!" Peach said, shocked, when Zelda and Peach had finished training. "What did those squirrels do to you?"
"It's not my fault they're not strong," Zelda said defensively.
(A/N: SQUIRRELS WILL TAKE OVER THE WORLD!! We have to eliminate them!!!)
Peach sighed. "Well, we ought to go home and rest up…It's dinner time." They went back to their hotel. They saw Samus, Kirby, and Ness in the lobby, so they decided to have dinner with them at the hotel's restaurant. After that, Zelda and Peach went up to their rooms and showered.
When they had gotten changed into their pajamas, Link knocked on the door. Peach went to say hi to Mario in the room next door and Link came inside.
"Hey baby," Link said, slipping in through the door.
Zelda narrowed her eyes as she looked at him. "I'm still angry about today at lunch."
"Aww, come on, Zellie," Link said, cooing, and he sidled up close to her. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pressed against her. "He was tryin' to diss me, girl…" Here Link started kissing her neck.
Zelda pulled away and sat on one of the beds. "It was still rude of you."
Link lay down on the bed next to her and pulled her down next to him. "But he was bein' a stupid dumbass!" he protested. "Zellie, lighten up." When she still stared stonily at him, he said, "Oh, come on, you know how I am…" Here he half-climbed on top of her and started kissing her.
After a moment, where Link tried to loosen her pajamas, Zelda pushed him away. "No sex tonight," she told him firmly. "We're not in the same room. Go back to yours."
Link frowned. "G'night, then," he said, kissing her, and he left.
Zelda frowned and lay down on her side, staring out the window. Link just wasn't the same anymore.
***
The next morning, Peach and Zelda woke up at 9. They hurriedly dressed and went downstairs, where most of the people in the tournament were, Link(and Mario) included. Link smiled and wrapped his arms around Zelda's waist from behind, and Zelda, forgiving him, allowed them to waddle out to the bus where the entrants were taken to the stadium.
When they got there, all the entrants entered into the stadium center. People were taking up half the bleachers, and more people were arriving quickly. The entrants waved to the fans they had cheering their names.
The announcer, Mr. Miyamoto, had the board listing the tournaments. It was being shown on the huge screen. The board read:
1st: Donkey Kong vs Bowser
2nd: Mario vs Pichu
3rd: Roy vs Luigi
4th: Zelda vs Peach
5th: Pikachu vs Kirby
6th: Link vs Marth
7th: Young Link vs Jigglypuff
8th: Roy vs Mewtwo
9th: Dr. Mario vs Ness
10th: Ganondorf vs Samus
11th: Captain Falcon vs Fox
12th: Falco vs Yoshi
Mr. Miyamoto greeted the entrants warmly. "Welcome everyone! Glad you're here early. We're going to be doing the welcoming announcement soon. The first match, Donkey Kong and Bowser, shall take place promptly at 10. Please all line yourselves up in front of the board now."
Some workers here, two men, were consulting their watches and told the entrants in what order to stand in and where precisely to do so.
They all lined up. Zelda glanced at Link nervously and he smiled back at her reassuringly. She smiled, though it was true she was strained; she faced the ever-growing crowd. The crowd was huge now; it was at least 4,000 people and there was still at least half the stadium yet to be filled.
Sweet Nayru, Zelda thought frantically, I don't remember the crowds being THIS huge…
Then Mr. Miyamoto picked up the mike and, smiling and placing his sunglasses on, he began the Welcoming Announcement.
"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls! The Super Smash Bros. Melee Tournament is about to begin!"
The crowd erupted into cheers. Zelda was glad she was wearing her gloves, so that Link's hand wouldn't be covered in her sweat.
"Our first match, as you can see, is Donkey Kong against Bowser! But before that, why don't we have a little interview with each of the entrants?"
Oh Dear Din no… thought Zelda. But they were anyway.
"First in line here is Donkey Kong, a returning entrant for the Super Smash Bros. Tournaments!" The camera zoomed in on Donkey Kong and he thumbs-upped the camera. On the huge screen behind them, his face appeared.
"Next in line is Bowser! Though first time in this Tournament, the odds are definitely favoring him!" Bowser grinned evilly at the camera, his face up high on the TV.
Oh thank God it's not a real interview, Zelda thought. Just a little close-up.
"Next we have Young Link! So, little Link, is it true that the other Link is your brother?"
Link shouted, "HELL NO!" but Young Link flashed a cute, childish, innocent smile and said, "Yep!"
Mr. Miyamoto laughed (a fake laugh, it was true) and said, "How cute. Next here is Princess Peach!"
They continued on with this. When they passed Zelda, she tried to smile but ended up bowing instead to the camera. Link however, winked, flashed his most mischievous smile, and blew a smooch kiss. Zelda couldn't help frowning.
At Roy and Marth they said some different stuff. They asked questions, like where they were from and stuff. They told.
Zelda's mouth had gone very dry. She was very uncomfortable—well, who wouldn't with 8,000 people staring at you?—and she had begun to tremble with nervousness. Part of her trembled with excitement, but only a little. The rest of her wanted to run and scream and release her cooped-up feelings—
Mr. Miyamoto flashed another of his grins. "And now let the tournament begin!!! Bowser and Donkey Kong, will you please step into the transporters."
Donkey Kong stepped into one transporter, Bowser into the other.
"These two contestants shall be battling in the Jungle Japes," announced Mr. Miyamoto. "Let the match BEGIN!" He took a small mallet and hit the bell, which DINGed and the two fighters were transported to the Jungle Japes.
The TV screen flipped to the Jungle Japes and to where the fighters were. The camera works just like on the game.
"Three…Two…One! GO!" shouted Mr. Miyamoto.
Instantly Donkey Kong and Bowser lunged at each other. Donkey Kong felt the blast of Bowser's claws as they raked over his shoulder. Bowser got a face full of fist. They both fell backwards, and jumped up again.
Donkey (I'll call him DK now) ran over and picked up a barrel. This he flung at Bowser, who smashed it with his claws before proceeding to stomp towards him in the Bowser way that he does. DK jumped on a ledge above Bowser, meaning to grab a baseball bat that fell, but Bowser jumped up and butt-slammed him. Then, before DK could roll back to his feet again, he picked up DK and started biting him. (Me and my friends find this hilarious for some reason…)
DK broke free after a few minutes. The crowd (which the fighters obviously could not hear) was going wild. Half of it was cheering Bowser, the other half for DK.
Bowser ran at DK after grabbing the baseball bat. He swung it at DK, but DK jumped above him and ran behind him, meaning to attack from behind. But quick as lightning Bowser spun around and chucked the baseball bat at DK.
DK flew back. Half the crowd screamed, the other moaned. DK flew over and was just clinging to the ledge.
DK made frantic attempts to pull himself back up, but Bowser stomped over to him, chuckling evilly.
Bowser gave his Bowser roar, and stomped as hard has he could on DK's hands. DK fell off and into the water.
"GAME!" shouted the announcer. "THIS MATCH'S WINNER IS BOWSER!" The crowd went wild, though some people were still bummed about the winner.
Zelda didn't know whether to feel happy or sad. After all, they had put the biggest two fighters first, and if the stronger one won, then she wasn't sure whether she should be worried or not.
Zelda decided to feel worried, like a normal person. If each match took only five minutes, then all of the matches listed today would take place. Tomorrow was when the winners would go on.
One of the workers/helpers marked Bowser as the winner of that match. Now the board seemed huge, and Zelda didn't think it was possible that she would win the tournament. Of course, she had never believed she would, but she may as well try.
The match had finished within five minutes. Link and Zelda clapped with the rest of the entrants, and then Mr. Miyamoto said, "So…The next match is: Mario against Pichu! Will the two entrants please step up to the teleporters?"
A/N: How'd ya like it? ^_^ Tis my first Smash Bros fic and I wanted it to be serious, romance, and action, though it doesn't seem like it just yet. Tee hee ^.~ Well, expect Chapter Two sorta soon…
2 By: MirriNight666 ^.~
CHAPTER ONE
A/N: Zelda and Marth look like the CUTEST couple!!! Seriously!! They're both royalty, they're both serious, and I don't know anything about Marth but I think/have a suspicion that he has something to do with a hero (Roy n all) and we all know that Zelda has Link n stuff…So I decided to write this lil story. (Thinking will be in and because I can't do italics or bolds.)
It was the start of the Super Smash Bros. Melee Tournament. Of course they were all in it: Mario, Dr. Mario, Luigi, Pikachu, Captain Falcon, Bowser, Jigglypuff, Kirby, Peach, Samus, Marth, Roy, Link, Young Link, Ganondorf, DK, Yoshi, Ness, Fox, Falco, Pichu, and Zelda. (I'm not including the others because I haven't gotten them yet ^^;; Zelda's the main char in this story.
Everyone had arrived from wherever the hell they came from; Kirby came on the star from Dreamland, Ness from Onett, Samus from Brinstar, Captain Falcon from…y'know, his place, Mario, Dr. Mario, Luigi, and Peach from the mushroom kingdom, Fox and Falco from Corneria, Pikachu and Jigglypuff from the Pokemon world, everyone else from where they came, and Zelda, Link, Young Link, and Ganondorf from Hyrule (all at separate times).
Zelda had been late because an outcry from pissed-off Gorons had come and tried to take over Kakariko Village while Impa was on vacation. (A/N: That waz a lil too random. O.o;; ) When she had arrived at the tournament place, the battles had been picked out.
The battles are fought like this: Its one-on-one combat. You are transported to your level and you fight there. When the loser falls, they fall down to earth or on the lava or whatever depending on the level. The winner gets transported back to the tournament. Later, the loser is either rescued by a helicopter or medic (after landing). (A/N: MUAHAHA!) The tournament is ten days long, each day with a certain amount of battles in them. (Too lazy to do the math lol)
Zelda arrived at the tournament. It was merely a large outdoor ring with a HUGE TV (like at baseball games) that showed the current battle. Right now it was off. In the ring was two teleporting machines which transported you to the battleground. The leader of the tournament, who resembles the announcer in the DBZ tournaments, was telling everyone about this year's tournament.
"You will be fighting in single-elimination, of course. As you can see, the first battles are already paired out: Donkey Kong versus Bowser; Mario against Pichu, Roy against Luigi, Zelda against Peach—" Here Peach and Zelda looked at each other and grinned—"Pikachu against Kirby, Link against Marth, Young Link against Jigglypuff(well that shouldn't be too hard)—" Here Jigglypuff puffed up in anger—"Roy against Mewtwo, Dr. Mario against Ness, Ganondorf against Samus, Captain Falcon against Fox, and Falco against Yoshi. You should all know the other rules well. The tournament begins tomorrow at 10 am everyone, don't be late!"
The announcer (named Mr. Miyamoto) dismissed them. Everyone began to leave to wander around the city and to go to their hotel.
"Hey Zelda," Link said, catching up to her. "Wanna come over to my place for a little drink?" He grinned mischeviously.
"Not now," Zelda said, unable to resist smiling at him. "I felt like getting lunch. It's been awhile since we've been in the REAL world—you know, cars and everything."
"Yeah." Link looked disappointed.
"Let's do lunch together."
"Lunch? You mean in bed lunch?"
Zelda felt exasperated, annoyed, and humored at the same time. "No, not that type," she replied. "At a Burger King, or something."
"Hi guys!" said Peach, catching up. Mario trailed dismally behind her. (Mario and Link weren't exactly great friends.)
Just then Roy and Marth walked past. Zelda, having never seen them before, looked at them with interest. Marth seemed to be a prince. Roy looked important too.
As Zelda looked at them, Marth looked right at her as well; his eyes locked with hers and for an instant she saw a mysterious, sad look in his eyes, mixed with a look of intense seriousness. Then his eyes lowered, and he and Roy continued walking.
"Zelda?" Peach said, waving a hand in front of her face.
"What?" Zelda said, snapping back to reality.
"You coming or what?"
"Where?"
"Burger King," said Link.
"Oh. Yeah."
They went to Burger King. When they got there, all five (Fox had joined them; he was a good friend of Link's) sat at a table and started eating their burgers.
"Gawd, I can't WAIT for this tournament!" said Link, throwing an arm on Zelda's shoulders and grinning broadly around the table.
Peach gave one of her Peachy giggles. "Me too!" she said, batting her eyelashes at Link. Link grinned boyishly at her.
Zelda fumed at them. Though Peach was her friend, and she flirted often (even when Mario was right next to her), that didn't mean she could go flirting with Link!
(A/N: I happen to not be so fond of Peach merely because of when she kicks she shows off her knickers and because she's a supposedly huge flirt on the game. That's my opinion; but I still think she's pretty cool.)
Zelda, to take her mind off of this, glanced around at the people in the restaurant. She noticed Roy and Marth were just sitting at a table with their food.
"What IS this?" said Roy, frowning down at the hamburgers. Zelda giggled a little.
"I dunno," Marth replied, frowning as well. He took a bite out of a hamburger, choked and spat it out.
Nearby people stared. Zelda giggled loud enough for them to hear. Marth looked around, grinning embarrassedly, and he saw Zelda again. This time his sapphire-colored eyes looked happy and shining; but then the happy glow disappeared and they looked as they were before as he stopped smiling. His eyes went back to his food.
"This is…weird…"
Roy was eating his hamburger by huge mouthfuls. "I fink ith good!" Roy stood up and ordered three more, and happily began eating those also.
Marth frowned and tried to take another bite, but couldn't stand it. "I'm going to get some Japanese or Chinese…" Marth left.
"Zelda?" asked Fox.
"Erm, what?"
"What about you?"
"What?"
Peach sighed. "Who do you think will win?"
"Oh. Well…" Zelda frowned and put her elbows on the table, looking at the ceiling. "That depends…We don't know how strong Marth and Roy are…And there is, of course, our old champion to get past (the champion for the last two years had been Captain Falcon) … I'm honestly not sure."
"Oh, lighten up and stop being serious!" Peach said, giggling. Zelda frowned.
"Peach, my entire life has been dedicated to the arts of Sage- ry, my land is covered in zombies because of Ganondorf's dark powers, I've been living in hiding for the past seven years and you expect me to lighten up?"
Link grinned. "Aww, come on, I lightened up."
"That's-a because you were asleep for seven years," Mario pointed out.
Link stopped grinning and leaned forward. "And do you have something against that?" he said, dead serious.
Mario grinned. "Of course-a not!" he said, twirling his moustache. "I'm saying you're-a probably still a virgin-a."
"Oh, I have proof I'm not!" Link said angrily, pulling out his sword.
Zelda and Peach both were pissed at them. The nerve of him…! Zelda thought angrily.
Zelda closed her eyes annoyedly. Then she stood up and said to Peach, "Come on, let's go." They both proceeded to the exit, while Link and Mario started arguing, Fox looking depressed and kind of exasperated.
I'm surprised how much Link has changed since we defeated Ganondorf, Zelda thought. He used to be sweet and a guy you would love to go out with. Ladies man. Now he's some public brawler and he likes to have sex most of the time.
Zelda and Peach went to check in at the hotel that the Tournament provided. The entrants for the tournament got free rooms. Zelda and Peach shared a room (the tournament people were cheap, lol) and they went upstairs. They dropped off their stuff, and then decided to go to a nice, big field to train. They didn't like to train at gyms, since Peach didn't really have muscles and Zelda used her powers to fight.
On the field, Zelda practiced throwing people with her powers on Peach. She wasn't very good at it, considering the fact that she had to use her brain to lift a person. She practiced on Peach. After awhile of training her throwing powers, she mastered it and Peach flew fifty feet away from her from one simple toss.
"That's good improvement!" Peach bubbled excitedly. Zelda smiled graciously.
Then Zelda practiced her other powers; Din's Fire (Smash A), Nayru's Love (B) and a zap (A) all on three squirrels. Zelda repeatedly tried Din's Fire on the same squirrel. She accidentally killed it. So then she continued Nayru's Love with a different squirrel. It successfully stunned the squirrel, and shielded her from the squirrels' mean attack back at her. When Zelda had thrown it across the field to keep it from gnawing on her ankle, she tried her zap (is it telepathic or electric? I was never quite sure) on the last squirrel. It died after two attacks.
"Zelda!" Peach said, shocked, when Zelda and Peach had finished training. "What did those squirrels do to you?"
"It's not my fault they're not strong," Zelda said defensively.
(A/N: SQUIRRELS WILL TAKE OVER THE WORLD!! We have to eliminate them!!!)
Peach sighed. "Well, we ought to go home and rest up…It's dinner time." They went back to their hotel. They saw Samus, Kirby, and Ness in the lobby, so they decided to have dinner with them at the hotel's restaurant. After that, Zelda and Peach went up to their rooms and showered.
When they had gotten changed into their pajamas, Link knocked on the door. Peach went to say hi to Mario in the room next door and Link came inside.
"Hey baby," Link said, slipping in through the door.
Zelda narrowed her eyes as she looked at him. "I'm still angry about today at lunch."
"Aww, come on, Zellie," Link said, cooing, and he sidled up close to her. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pressed against her. "He was tryin' to diss me, girl…" Here Link started kissing her neck.
Zelda pulled away and sat on one of the beds. "It was still rude of you."
Link lay down on the bed next to her and pulled her down next to him. "But he was bein' a stupid dumbass!" he protested. "Zellie, lighten up." When she still stared stonily at him, he said, "Oh, come on, you know how I am…" Here he half-climbed on top of her and started kissing her.
After a moment, where Link tried to loosen her pajamas, Zelda pushed him away. "No sex tonight," she told him firmly. "We're not in the same room. Go back to yours."
Link frowned. "G'night, then," he said, kissing her, and he left.
Zelda frowned and lay down on her side, staring out the window. Link just wasn't the same anymore.
***
The next morning, Peach and Zelda woke up at 9. They hurriedly dressed and went downstairs, where most of the people in the tournament were, Link(and Mario) included. Link smiled and wrapped his arms around Zelda's waist from behind, and Zelda, forgiving him, allowed them to waddle out to the bus where the entrants were taken to the stadium.
When they got there, all the entrants entered into the stadium center. People were taking up half the bleachers, and more people were arriving quickly. The entrants waved to the fans they had cheering their names.
The announcer, Mr. Miyamoto, had the board listing the tournaments. It was being shown on the huge screen. The board read:
1st: Donkey Kong vs Bowser
2nd: Mario vs Pichu
3rd: Roy vs Luigi
4th: Zelda vs Peach
5th: Pikachu vs Kirby
6th: Link vs Marth
7th: Young Link vs Jigglypuff
8th: Roy vs Mewtwo
9th: Dr. Mario vs Ness
10th: Ganondorf vs Samus
11th: Captain Falcon vs Fox
12th: Falco vs Yoshi
Mr. Miyamoto greeted the entrants warmly. "Welcome everyone! Glad you're here early. We're going to be doing the welcoming announcement soon. The first match, Donkey Kong and Bowser, shall take place promptly at 10. Please all line yourselves up in front of the board now."
Some workers here, two men, were consulting their watches and told the entrants in what order to stand in and where precisely to do so.
They all lined up. Zelda glanced at Link nervously and he smiled back at her reassuringly. She smiled, though it was true she was strained; she faced the ever-growing crowd. The crowd was huge now; it was at least 4,000 people and there was still at least half the stadium yet to be filled.
Sweet Nayru, Zelda thought frantically, I don't remember the crowds being THIS huge…
Then Mr. Miyamoto picked up the mike and, smiling and placing his sunglasses on, he began the Welcoming Announcement.
"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls! The Super Smash Bros. Melee Tournament is about to begin!"
The crowd erupted into cheers. Zelda was glad she was wearing her gloves, so that Link's hand wouldn't be covered in her sweat.
"Our first match, as you can see, is Donkey Kong against Bowser! But before that, why don't we have a little interview with each of the entrants?"
Oh Dear Din no… thought Zelda. But they were anyway.
"First in line here is Donkey Kong, a returning entrant for the Super Smash Bros. Tournaments!" The camera zoomed in on Donkey Kong and he thumbs-upped the camera. On the huge screen behind them, his face appeared.
"Next in line is Bowser! Though first time in this Tournament, the odds are definitely favoring him!" Bowser grinned evilly at the camera, his face up high on the TV.
Oh thank God it's not a real interview, Zelda thought. Just a little close-up.
"Next we have Young Link! So, little Link, is it true that the other Link is your brother?"
Link shouted, "HELL NO!" but Young Link flashed a cute, childish, innocent smile and said, "Yep!"
Mr. Miyamoto laughed (a fake laugh, it was true) and said, "How cute. Next here is Princess Peach!"
They continued on with this. When they passed Zelda, she tried to smile but ended up bowing instead to the camera. Link however, winked, flashed his most mischievous smile, and blew a smooch kiss. Zelda couldn't help frowning.
At Roy and Marth they said some different stuff. They asked questions, like where they were from and stuff. They told.
Zelda's mouth had gone very dry. She was very uncomfortable—well, who wouldn't with 8,000 people staring at you?—and she had begun to tremble with nervousness. Part of her trembled with excitement, but only a little. The rest of her wanted to run and scream and release her cooped-up feelings—
Mr. Miyamoto flashed another of his grins. "And now let the tournament begin!!! Bowser and Donkey Kong, will you please step into the transporters."
Donkey Kong stepped into one transporter, Bowser into the other.
"These two contestants shall be battling in the Jungle Japes," announced Mr. Miyamoto. "Let the match BEGIN!" He took a small mallet and hit the bell, which DINGed and the two fighters were transported to the Jungle Japes.
The TV screen flipped to the Jungle Japes and to where the fighters were. The camera works just like on the game.
"Three…Two…One! GO!" shouted Mr. Miyamoto.
Instantly Donkey Kong and Bowser lunged at each other. Donkey Kong felt the blast of Bowser's claws as they raked over his shoulder. Bowser got a face full of fist. They both fell backwards, and jumped up again.
Donkey (I'll call him DK now) ran over and picked up a barrel. This he flung at Bowser, who smashed it with his claws before proceeding to stomp towards him in the Bowser way that he does. DK jumped on a ledge above Bowser, meaning to grab a baseball bat that fell, but Bowser jumped up and butt-slammed him. Then, before DK could roll back to his feet again, he picked up DK and started biting him. (Me and my friends find this hilarious for some reason…)
DK broke free after a few minutes. The crowd (which the fighters obviously could not hear) was going wild. Half of it was cheering Bowser, the other half for DK.
Bowser ran at DK after grabbing the baseball bat. He swung it at DK, but DK jumped above him and ran behind him, meaning to attack from behind. But quick as lightning Bowser spun around and chucked the baseball bat at DK.
DK flew back. Half the crowd screamed, the other moaned. DK flew over and was just clinging to the ledge.
DK made frantic attempts to pull himself back up, but Bowser stomped over to him, chuckling evilly.
Bowser gave his Bowser roar, and stomped as hard has he could on DK's hands. DK fell off and into the water.
"GAME!" shouted the announcer. "THIS MATCH'S WINNER IS BOWSER!" The crowd went wild, though some people were still bummed about the winner.
Zelda didn't know whether to feel happy or sad. After all, they had put the biggest two fighters first, and if the stronger one won, then she wasn't sure whether she should be worried or not.
Zelda decided to feel worried, like a normal person. If each match took only five minutes, then all of the matches listed today would take place. Tomorrow was when the winners would go on.
One of the workers/helpers marked Bowser as the winner of that match. Now the board seemed huge, and Zelda didn't think it was possible that she would win the tournament. Of course, she had never believed she would, but she may as well try.
The match had finished within five minutes. Link and Zelda clapped with the rest of the entrants, and then Mr. Miyamoto said, "So…The next match is: Mario against Pichu! Will the two entrants please step up to the teleporters?"
A/N: How'd ya like it? ^_^ Tis my first Smash Bros fic and I wanted it to be serious, romance, and action, though it doesn't seem like it just yet. Tee hee ^.~ Well, expect Chapter Two sorta soon…