Tomorrow Never Dies

By: MirriNight666 ^.~

CHAPTER TWO

A/N: Chapter Twwwoooo!! Hope you continue reading!! And I'm sorry if you love Link, and he's one of my favorite characters, but there HAS to be a good/bad guy, sorta...

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As It Stands:

DK: Out

Bowser: Winner of First Match

2^nd: Mario vs Pichu

3^rd: Roy vs Luigi

4^th: Zelda vs Peach

5^th: Pikachu vs Kirby

6^th: Link vs Marth

7^th: Young Link vs Jigglypuff

8^th: Roy vs Mewtwo

9^th: Dr. Mario vs Ness

10^th: Ganondorf vs Samus

11^th: Captain Falcon vs Fox

12^th: Falco vs Yoshi

Zelda swallowed hard as Mario and Pichu stepped up to the teleporters. Before they went in, Bowser was teleported back, and did his little roar thing as the crowd screamed for him. He was then led to the hall out to where the winners of their matches relaxed in the lounge, made specially for the entrants.

Mr. Miyamoto smiled flashingly as he said into the mike, "Laaaaaaaadies and gentlemen! Match Two is a fight between the Pokemon Pichu and our favorite plumber, Mariooooo!"

The crowd screamed. Most of it was cheering for Mario, though there were Pichu supporters.

"Pichu's a cute little thing, isn't he?" Zelda hissed at Link.

Pichu was putting on blue goggles and a blue scarf.

"No, he's gay," Link retorted.

Zelda couldn't help giggling, despite her nerves. Then Mario and Pichu stepped into the teleporters.

"You will be transported to the Poke Floats stadium," Mr. Miyamoto said. Then he reached over and DINGed the bell.

Instantly Pichu and Mario were transported. The screen popped up to show Mario and Pichu appeared on the big balloon of Squirtle.

"Three...Two...One...GO!" shouted Mr. Miyamoto.

Mario lunged at Pichu. Pichu, not expecting this, got hit in the face by Mario's white-gloved fist. But he regained his balance before sliding off Squirtle's head, and hopped in the air. Mario jumped at him, meaning to hit him and get coins, but Pichu dodged (with his little Up B thingie) once to get away, and another to get beneath him. Then he called Thunder. It hit Mario full-on, and Mario flew up in the air.

Pichu did his little dance, but Mario was not defeated yet. He fell on the balloon of Onix, where Pichu quickly jumped up too as Squirtle sank down into the clouds. Pichu began to run at Mario to tackle him, but he tripped on a bump in Onix and went flying instead. Mario jumped up and punched him, where he went flying. He would have fallen down, if the Psyduck balloon hadn't popped up and saved him.

The crowd gasped; at first all gasped with shock, but then it turned into divided groans or gasps of relief. Zelda bit her lip nervously, still gripping Link's hand tightly in hers.

Pichu was pissed, and so was Mario. As Mario flew at him Pichu met him in the air and electricuted him, then kicked him. He went flying onto the Chikorita balloon.

Suddenly the Psyduck balloon disappeared, taking Pichu with it. He fell down, down, down...

"AND THE WINNER IS MARIOOOOO!" shouted Mr. Miyamoto. Mario performed his showing-off move, and was transported back to the arena.

Zelda blinked. That had been quick! I hope my match is that quick with Peach, she thought. And I hope I win, of course!

Zelda bit her lip nervously as Mario was transported back and the crowd went wild. Mario tweaked his moustache and bowed to the crowd. Link tried to trip him as he passed but Mario jumped over his leg and walked to the lounge where Bowser was.

"Next up is Roy and Luigi!!" cried out Mr. Miyamoto in the mike. Roy and Luigi stepped up to the teleporters. Luigi was glaring at Roy, who looked surprisingly back at him.

Right before they teleported, Roy gave Luigi an anime, toothy smile and the peace sign. For some reason this made Luigi madder.

"And theeeeeey're OFF!" shouted Mr. Miyamoto, and DINGed the bell. They teleported.

They were teleported to the Star Fox level where you're flying through the air with four levels of wings, instead of just the one level. It's a pretty cramped level.

"Three...Two...One...GO!" shouted Mr. Miyamoto.

Luigi moved so fast that Roy didn't have time to jump or dodge. So he did his counter-attack, and Luigi flew back from him from his little "missile" attack in flames. Roy lunged at Luigi, his cape rustling quickly at the high speed the ship was moving, and slashed at Luigi correctly. Luigi flew over the plane and saved himself by jumping up and grabbing on to the wingtip.

Roy ran up to him, with amazing speed, and slashed at Luigi again. Juigi jumped up just in time to smash down with a punch, hitting Roy squarely on the head. Roy immediately recovered and slashed up at Luigi, who kept going up, up, up, and disappeared in a sparkle in the distance.

Sweet Faore! Zelda thought as she gasped. That was even faster than the last match! She eyed Roy frightenedly, even as he anime smiled and grinned mischievously at the camera.

Roy was transported back. The crowd erupted with cheers for Roy. Some teenage girls even screamed, "WE LOVE YOU ROY!!" and Roy just smiled good-naturedly back at it all. He thumbs-upped Marth and went back into the lounge with the other winners.

Zelda watched Roy, so absorbed in her fear, that she didn't know that she had been called up.

"ZELDA!" hissed Link, poking her.

"Oh!" Zelda squeaked.

"Good luck," Link whispered and smiled comfortingly at her.

She stepped up to the transporter. Peach was in the other one already. Peach smiled and grinned at Zelda, and Zelda smiled grimly back.

"AND THEEEEEEEY'RE OFF!" screamed Mr. Miyamoto as he DINGed the bell yet again.

Transporting feels good, Zelda thought to herself as Peach and she were transported. Like a nice, refreshing dip on a hot summer day...

Abruptly, she bumped on the ground at the Mushroom Kingdom castle. Peach was directly across from her. Zelda glanced at the camera. A helicopter was there, with at least three cameramen.

Zelda's ears suddenly were filled with Mr. Miyamoto's voice screaming, "THREE, TWO, ONE, GO!"

Peach jumped and flew over to Zelda. Zelda waited, crouched, for Peach to come over to her.

Peach can't really attack without being up close, Zelda thought to herself. The same goes for me. But I know her weaknesses too, and that's where I should be aiming.

Peach landed beneath Zelda. (They had started on those ledges.) Zelda knew she was going to attack with her parasol and jumped in time, and then fell down and kicked at Peach with her feet. Peach was shot downwards and thumped hard on the roof of the castle.

Peach sprang back up, ready, with her frying pan in hand. (Heeheehee ^_^) Zelda clenched her fist, her hair in her face, and swept it out of her eyes. Her eyes locked with Peach's; and though Zelda had a competitive spirit, Peach smiled at her and said, "May the best woman win!" Zelda smirked back at her. Peach knew Zelda was going to try her best, and she wasn't going to hold it against her if Zelda won.

Peach swung the frying pan at Zelda. Zelda wasn't very fast, so she teleported away in time on top of the castle. There she jumped down at Peach with a zap attack, but Peach dodged it and hit the back of Zelda's head with a tennis racket.

Zelda saw little Peach's wielding tennis rackets before her eyes for a minute and then used Faore's Wind on Peach. (Faore's wind is a kick, you jump and then press A. If its done properly the person being kicked automatically dies, but if you're just the slightest bit off it hardly does anything. By the way, B is Nayru's Love, it shields and then attacks, and Smash A is Din's Fire.) Zelda messed it up though, so it didn't do much damage to Peach. Peach aimed a kick at Zelda's jaw, which hit her square and Zelda flew back a bit.

Peach ran towards her, but Zelda rolled back and jumped up, and then kicked down at Peach's head. She hit her and Peach went flying to the left side. She would've been knocked all the way out if she hadn't saved herself by floating, and when Peach came flying down Zelda grabbed her with her throwing attack. She zapped her while she held her and then flung her as hard as she could.

Peach went flying...flying...and was gone.

"THE WINNER IS ZELDAAAAA!" Zelda could hear the announcement even from where she was. Zelda smiled at the camera as it zoomed in on her, though the smile was rather forced.

Then the teleportation machine popped back up, and Zelda stepped inside it.

She was teleported back. When the stadium materialized before her eyes, and the crowd burst into cheers for her, Zelda smiled graciously at her.

"Good luck," Zelda mouthed at Link, and Link smiled back at her and mouthed, "Good job."

Zelda walked back into the lounge as Mr. Miyamoto announced, "And next up is Link versus Maaaaaaarth!"

He's getting annoying, Zelda sighed as she walked into the lounge.

In the lounge, Bowser, Mario, and Roy were all relaxed on big poofy couches. There was a TV showing the current match, and Mario and Bowser were arguing over who should've won the last match. Occasionally Mario would throw a dirty look over at Roy, who blinked helplessly--more like a bewildered kid--and quickly looked away.

Zelda sat down on a comfortable chair near Roy.

"Good fight," Roy said cheerfully to Zelda.

"Thank you," Zelda replied unsmilingly. (Zelda's not very social. ^^)

Mario turned to Zelda. "I-a think Peach should've-a won-a," he said, frowning.

"Why?" asked Zelda, frowning also.

Bowser laughed, in the way Bowser laughs. (I think Bowser's cute! lol) "See?" he grumbled to Mario, grinning. "She deserves to have won. After all, `May the best woman win.'"

Mario frowned, still looking at Zelda.

"I think Zelda should've won," said Roy, frowning and looking unconcerned. "And she did."

"Why?" asked Zelda and Mario.

"Well," said Roy, "she's pretty good. Peach can only do frontal attacks, but Zelda can do frontal AND a little bit of far-away attacks. Peach wouldn't've lasted very long in the tournament anyway if she had won."

Mario and Bowser looked sort of stunned at this. Mario was about to say something nasty but Roy noticed a free buffet.

"FOOD! I LOVE American food!" he said, grinning like a little kid. He ran over and got four hamburgers, a large fries, a huge soda...

Zelda blinked, and then giggled.

"THREE...TWO...ONE...GO!" came Mr. Miyamoto's voice.

Zelda looked at the TV screen. Link and Marth were just starting their fight.

A/N: How'd ya like it? ^_^ Link's not really a bad guy, at least, I didn't want to make him like it. I tried to make him a more suitable boyfriend in this, but it doesn't show. Besides, it's a Zelda/Marth (or it will be) fic, and that doesn't include Link...Hope ya liked this chapter! R&R!