1.1 Tomorrow Never Dies
2 By: MirriNight666 ^.~
3 CHAPTER THREE
A/N: Chapter Threeeee!!! I forgot to incude Kirby and Pikachu's match, but I don't WANNA type it all! :P lol, and I'm pretty sure you'd rather hear about Link and Marth right now…
*SQUEAKS!* I just realized I put Roy down for TWO battles in the first round!! *smacks self* Lol, I'm an idiot…Mewtwo's just not going to fight at all…He'll just be hanging around…O.o;;
As It Stands:
DK: Out
Bowser: Winner of First Match
Mario: Winner of Second Match
Pichu: Out
Roy: Winner of Third Match
Luigi: Out
Zelda: Winner of Fourth Match
Peach: Out
Pikachu: Out
Kirby: Winner of Fifth Match
6th: Link vs Marth
7th: Young Link vs Jigglypuff
8th: Dr. Mario vs Ness
9th: Ganondorf vs Samus
10th: Captain Falcon vs Fox
11th: Falco vs Yoshi
Zelda glanced at the TV worriedly.
"Go Marf!" said Roy, his mouth full of food.
"Go Link!" Zelda squeaked.
"Go…damnit-a, I don't like either-a of them," said Mario.
Bowser roared.
"THREE…TWO…ONE…GO!" shouted Mr. Miyamoto.
Link and Marth were at the Star Fox level that only one big level. Its cool and…stuff…Okay. So when Mr. Miyamoto shouted GO, they both leaped at eachother, swords drawn. Zelda sighed like a lovesick schoolgirl as she watched Link's masculine body in motion. Roy gave her a weird look.
"You're not looking at Marth that way areya?" he asked.
"No," replied Zelda. "Link's my boyfriend."
"Ah." Roy grinned. "Congrats!"
Roy's words made Zelda give Marth a glance too. And she saw he was cute also. He had muscles; he had good looks; he was cute and legendary and he looked pretty strong, too…
Marth and Link lunged at eachother. Their swords clashed together. Link jumped backwards as Marth took a slice at his ankle. Then Link pulled out a bomb at Marth, who counter- attacked it but it did not hit Link. Then Marth ran at Link with such a high speed Link barely had time to duck a blow from Marth's sword aimed at his head. Link jumped back from repeating blows Marth was aiming.
Marth's face was completely full of concentration. His brows knitted together and he looked…handsome. He looked totally absorbed and serious and curiously… innocent, in Zelda's eyes. His eyes were swept with either a cold bitterness or emotion; it seemed like Zelda couldn't distinguish the two.
Zelda frowned and looked at Link. He was as cute as ever; but his face was full of anger and frustration aimed at Marth. (The camera was zoomed in between them.)
Link took a slash at Marth and cut off a piece of his hair. Marth was taken aback for a moment, and Link made his moves. He sliced at Marth, and then faked a slash and instead yanked out a bomb and threw it at Marth.
It hit Marth in the face, and then blew up. Marth went rolling backwards, but regained his feet immediately. Then he lunged yet again at Link, and they had a sword-fight.
Zelda could hear the crowds outside gasp and groan and cheer with the sword fight as it looked like Link would win, or Marth, or whoever they were cheering for. She watched the intense battle with utmost rapidity; so were Mario and Bowser, too stunned to eat the popcorn they had in their laps, because the swords were moving so fast.
Of course, the battle didn't dampen Roy's appetite, like everyone else's. He went and got two more hamburgers during the most intense parts of the fight.
Meanwhile, Link swiped at Marth and ripped a hole in his cape. This seemed to piss Marth off. He took such fierce blows at Link that Link's hat and tunic had holes in them, and two streaks of blood were on his face from just barely missing the sword's tip, but it lightly scratched his face twice.
Zelda hadn't realized that she wasn't breathing until Link escaped out of immediate danger. She exhaled deeply, then inhaled again as Marth made violent movements at Link.
Then one of Marth's special smash hits smack Link right upside the head. Link went sailing, and Zelda's eyes popped.
NO! she thought. She stood up and screamed at the TV, "COME ON, LINK, YOU'RE BETTER THAN THAT, DAMNIT!" and stamped her foot on the ground. She didn't notice the other three, who were staring at her worriedly. (After all, who'd expect shy, anti-social little Zelda to say that?)
Link seemed to hear her, or something. He stopped himself from flying too far to the left, did his spin attack, and saved himself by just grabbing on the very edge of the front of the ship. He pulled himself up, wincing.
But Marth was running along silently and speedily towards him; when Link looked up, his eyes met with the blade of Marth's sword; and then he went flying…flying…flying…
Zelda squeaked. She meant to scream and yell some nasty words, but they got mixed up in her throat and it turned into a squeak.
I made it! But Link didn't! This is SO not going to be fun without Link in the crowd cheering me on or being here with me!!
"AND THE WINNER IIIIISSSSSS MAAAAARTH!!" came Mr. Miyamoto's voice. The crowd erupted, but most of it was surprisingly groans, though there were lots for Marth too.
Roy grinned cheerily at Zelda. "Well, though Link lost, you're in! That's a good thing!" Then Marth walked into the lounge.
Zelda looked over at him. She noticed his strapping chest (hehe, the word 'strapping' is weeeeeird) and his muscles, and he was out of breath.
He grinned at Roy, and Roy grinned back. "Great job!" Roy said enthusiastically.
"Thanks," replied Marth. "Do they have any food?"
Roy showed him to the buffet.
"HEY! There's no Japanese food here!!"
"You'll have to deal with hamburgers, like I did."
"You're not 'dealing' with them, you love them!"
"So?"
"IT'S NOT FAIR!"
Roy laughed. Zelda giggled, too. Marth grinned sheepishly at them both, and Zelda noticed how cute he was when he smiled like that.
Bowser and Mario were simply watching them all.
"What happens when someone loses, again?" asked Zelda loudly, to anyone who would bother to answer.
Bowser and Mario made no sounds, so Roy replied cheerfully, "They land. When they do, they're either taken to the hospital or immediately back here. They're not allowed in the lounge, but they get free admission into the crowd. And I guess they could come to the lounge, but only for a few minutes."
Zelda smiled at him. "Thanks." Roy was pretty nice, and good-natured.
"THREE…TWO…ONE…GO!" shouted Mr. Miyamoto. The next two were up on the screen, Young Link and Jigglypuff.
They were at the Great Bay, Termina. It amused Zelda that she could see the moon try to land and the four guys push it up and save Termina repeatedly.
Young Link and Jigglypuff swiped at eachother. Jigglypuff dodged Young Link's blade and kicked him in the forehead, and he went flying back and landed on the floating piece of grass or land (or whatever that was). Young Link jumped up with his spinning sword attack at the same time that Jigglypuff flew down at him. The result was that Jigglypuff went flying onto the Turtle Island and Link went crashing into the ground back where he had been.
Young Link and Jigglypuff both jumped up and on to the main part of the battlefield. Y. Link made a fast and furious move with his sword at Jigglypuff, but she put him to sleep.
My God, Zelda thought, Jigglypuff's a lot better than before…
"WA-HAA!" exclaimed Mario, laughing. "Young Link-a SUCKS!"
Zelda stood up, walked up to Mario, slapped him, and walked back to her seat, settling down to watch the fight. Mario glared at her and Bowser laughed, in the way he does. Marth and Roy were both sniggering, each trying hard not to laugh hysterically.
Mario glared at them all. Even Zelda snorted a little. It was hard not to laugh at Mario, with one side of his face covered with a bright red hand mark.
In the fight, Jigglypuff jumped to the other side of Y. Link and punched him as hard as she could. Link went flying and landed on the Turtle Island.
"Jigglypuff's too weak to kill him herself," said Zelda and Marth at the same time.
Marth took a seat next to Zelda, and Roy next to him. That left two empty spaces, and then the seats where Mario and Bowser were. Zelda was uncomfortably aware of how close Marth sat next to her, though she supposed it wasn't THAT bad…
Young Link stood up quickly—but he wasn't quick enough. Turtle Island sank, taking Young Link out with him.
"AND THE WINNER IS JIIIIIIGGLYPUFF!!" Mr. Miyamoto was heard. "GOOD GOD, I don't think any of us expected that!!"
Jigglypuff puffed up in anger and glared at the camera, and then was transported out of the picture. The TV screen flashed and it went back to a picture of just outside, where Mr. Miyamoto stood.
He flashed a grin at the camera, his dark sunglasses and teeth gleaming in the now-midday sunlight. "WAAAAEEEEEEELLLL let's get ON TO THE NEXT MATCH!" he exclaimed into his microphone. The crowd cheered loudly. "…After this short lunch break!"
The remaining fighters all proceeded into the lounge, with Mr. Miyamoto behind them. The lounge was big enough to hold them all, and there were some bathrooms and locker rooms connected at the back.
"Well, you guys," said Mr. Miyamoto, "you can all get some lunch from the buffet or washup in case you're all sweaty and hot now. We need the people who still have matches remaining outside in twenty minutes."
The fighters all murmured and walked around, either to the buffet or to the bathrooms and locker rooms.
Samus plopped down in a seat next to Zelda. "I can't wait for my match," she said, sighing exhaustedly.
Zelda smiled grimly. "I hope you win your first match."
"Yeah, me too. Well of COURSE I do!"
Samus eyed Captain Falcon, who was walking nearby, with utmost loathing, though nobody could see that through her helmet.
"Hey, baby," Captain Falcon said, walking up to Samus and grinning winningly at her.
Samus gave out an exhausted sigh. "Don't you need to use the bathroom, Falcon?" she said annoyedly.
C. Falcon grinned at her and walked into the bathroom.
"I can't STAND him!" Samus exclaimed, taking off her helmet and shaking out her blonde hair. Her green eyes flashed annoyedly again, and then on to Zelda. "He's so…ANNOYING! He keeps trying to hit on me and he uses the WORST pickup lines EVER, like 'So, howza bout we have our own little party, babe?' " Samus made a disgusted face.
Zelda giggled. "Yeah, I've noticed him. He DOES seem…exasperating."
"You don't know the half of it," Samus said, rolling her green eyes. She noticed guys were staring at her (having never seen her without her helmet on) and she put the helmet back on. "Well, we're the only girls left in this tournament now—" Here Jigglypuff, who had been rolling by, puffed up angrily—"not including Pokemon," Samus sighed. "But we girls haftabe STRONG!" Here Samus held out a fist in mock heroic-ness and put on a pose of triumph. Zelda giggled.
"Well, I'm gonna go eat something," Samus said hurriedly as Captain Falcon walked out of the bathrooms. "Gotta avoid HIM…Hope you win your next match!" Samus ran off into the crowd by the buffet.
Zelda leaned back, stretching her arms, and looking up at the ceiling. She failed to remember Marth was next to her, watching her.
Zelda looked around after a few minutes of doing nothing. The remaining fighters (quite a few) were finding seats around the large lounge; there were other sofas, folding chairs, and other seats; and then there was a punching bag for people to practice on. Captain Falcon had taken over it and was trying to show off to Samus, who was extremely bored and put on an appearance of annoyance and boredom. The TV screen was huge. Zelda, Marth, Roy, Bowser, and Mario, who were all too lazy to get up from the best seats, had their couch leaning against the wall directly across from the large TV screen. They had all scooted in next to each other, so they had the big couch. (The chairs that Mario and Bowser had sat in next to the couch were wooden and hard, and were occupied by other people now.) Zelda was slightly squished between Marth and Mario. Other couches were settled around them or across the room, next to the TV. On their right was the entrance back to the ring, and on their left was a long stretch of the room with the buffet and the locker rooms, and some more couches and punching bags set in different places around the room.
Ness and Kirby (who were good friends) were talking in a corner and playing around. (I don't think Kirby's a kid but he's acting like one in my story!) Pichu, Jigglypuff, and Yoshi were huddled in a corner talking. Mewtwo and Ganondorf were in a corner on couches, conversing darkly and laughing maniacally at anyone who tried to approach them. Captain Falcon and Samus were nearby, and the laughs frightened Captain Falcon into the locker room, whereas Samus said thank you about a million times to the two evildoers and started punching the punching bag herself. Dr. Mario, Falco, and Fox were hanging on some other chairs, eating and talking at the same time.
"I still can't believe that Link lost," Zelda commented to the other four on the couch. Sheput her hands behind her head and frowned.
Marth was staring at her. Something stunned him so he couldn't say anything for a minute. Roy smacked him upside the head and said to Zelda, "Yeah Link's pretty good. But…I guess Marthie here was just too good." Here Roy anime-smiled at her and threw and arm around Marth, practically choking him, and gave him a noogie.
"AYE!" Marth shouted, and the two started wrestling like old friends. Zelda laughed at the sight of a prince and the 'Chosen One' wrestling.
Mario didn't laugh. Apparently he and Luigi had something against the two of them. Bowser chuckled in his Bowser-ly way.
Zelda frowned at the two Mushroom Kingdom guys. "Hey," she said, "why are you two getting along so well? I thought you HATED each other."
"Oh, we do," Mario said casually, but something flickered across his face.
There was a pause. "Then why are you sitting next to each other?"
Mario's face twitched. He looked exasperated and furious but like he was trying to hold it in. Bowser laughed in his funky way.
"We have this bet, see," said Bowser, "and Mario lost it. So he has to promise to be my friend for the entire tournament."
"That's kind of pathetic," Roy and Zelda said at the same time.
"Yeah, I know."
The twenty minutes passed. Everyone had finished their lunch and the people who hadn't battled yet had gone back out to the ring, so now the five were still in the lounge, but now they were accompanied by Jigglypuff and Mewtwo. (Jigglypuff kept giving Mewtwo scared looks, and every time she did Mewtwo would grin and chuckle evilly.)
"And the next match is…DR. MARRRRIOOOOOO VERSUS NEEEESSSSSSS!" shouted Mr. Miyamoto.
"Does anyone else hate him as much as I do?" Marth muttered.
"You're not alone, don't worry," Zelda grumbled, frowning at the TV.
Marth looked at Zelda. Zelda looked at Marth. He smiled at her, and Zelda smiled back. His smile was contagious, and good-natured, and…well, cute.
They both looked at the TV screen again, as Mr. Miyamoto shouted, "THREE…TWO…ONE…GO!"
Dr. Mario and Ness were at Onett, and the battle had just begun.
A/N: Eh heheheheheheh… *smacks self* My GOD I'm an idiot!! ^^;; How could I fail to notice that I put Roy for two spaces in the first round? Ah well. I'll be writing more soon, so just hang on…
2 By: MirriNight666 ^.~
3 CHAPTER THREE
A/N: Chapter Threeeee!!! I forgot to incude Kirby and Pikachu's match, but I don't WANNA type it all! :P lol, and I'm pretty sure you'd rather hear about Link and Marth right now…
*SQUEAKS!* I just realized I put Roy down for TWO battles in the first round!! *smacks self* Lol, I'm an idiot…Mewtwo's just not going to fight at all…He'll just be hanging around…O.o;;
As It Stands:
DK: Out
Bowser: Winner of First Match
Mario: Winner of Second Match
Pichu: Out
Roy: Winner of Third Match
Luigi: Out
Zelda: Winner of Fourth Match
Peach: Out
Pikachu: Out
Kirby: Winner of Fifth Match
6th: Link vs Marth
7th: Young Link vs Jigglypuff
8th: Dr. Mario vs Ness
9th: Ganondorf vs Samus
10th: Captain Falcon vs Fox
11th: Falco vs Yoshi
Zelda glanced at the TV worriedly.
"Go Marf!" said Roy, his mouth full of food.
"Go Link!" Zelda squeaked.
"Go…damnit-a, I don't like either-a of them," said Mario.
Bowser roared.
"THREE…TWO…ONE…GO!" shouted Mr. Miyamoto.
Link and Marth were at the Star Fox level that only one big level. Its cool and…stuff…Okay. So when Mr. Miyamoto shouted GO, they both leaped at eachother, swords drawn. Zelda sighed like a lovesick schoolgirl as she watched Link's masculine body in motion. Roy gave her a weird look.
"You're not looking at Marth that way areya?" he asked.
"No," replied Zelda. "Link's my boyfriend."
"Ah." Roy grinned. "Congrats!"
Roy's words made Zelda give Marth a glance too. And she saw he was cute also. He had muscles; he had good looks; he was cute and legendary and he looked pretty strong, too…
Marth and Link lunged at eachother. Their swords clashed together. Link jumped backwards as Marth took a slice at his ankle. Then Link pulled out a bomb at Marth, who counter- attacked it but it did not hit Link. Then Marth ran at Link with such a high speed Link barely had time to duck a blow from Marth's sword aimed at his head. Link jumped back from repeating blows Marth was aiming.
Marth's face was completely full of concentration. His brows knitted together and he looked…handsome. He looked totally absorbed and serious and curiously… innocent, in Zelda's eyes. His eyes were swept with either a cold bitterness or emotion; it seemed like Zelda couldn't distinguish the two.
Zelda frowned and looked at Link. He was as cute as ever; but his face was full of anger and frustration aimed at Marth. (The camera was zoomed in between them.)
Link took a slash at Marth and cut off a piece of his hair. Marth was taken aback for a moment, and Link made his moves. He sliced at Marth, and then faked a slash and instead yanked out a bomb and threw it at Marth.
It hit Marth in the face, and then blew up. Marth went rolling backwards, but regained his feet immediately. Then he lunged yet again at Link, and they had a sword-fight.
Zelda could hear the crowds outside gasp and groan and cheer with the sword fight as it looked like Link would win, or Marth, or whoever they were cheering for. She watched the intense battle with utmost rapidity; so were Mario and Bowser, too stunned to eat the popcorn they had in their laps, because the swords were moving so fast.
Of course, the battle didn't dampen Roy's appetite, like everyone else's. He went and got two more hamburgers during the most intense parts of the fight.
Meanwhile, Link swiped at Marth and ripped a hole in his cape. This seemed to piss Marth off. He took such fierce blows at Link that Link's hat and tunic had holes in them, and two streaks of blood were on his face from just barely missing the sword's tip, but it lightly scratched his face twice.
Zelda hadn't realized that she wasn't breathing until Link escaped out of immediate danger. She exhaled deeply, then inhaled again as Marth made violent movements at Link.
Then one of Marth's special smash hits smack Link right upside the head. Link went sailing, and Zelda's eyes popped.
NO! she thought. She stood up and screamed at the TV, "COME ON, LINK, YOU'RE BETTER THAN THAT, DAMNIT!" and stamped her foot on the ground. She didn't notice the other three, who were staring at her worriedly. (After all, who'd expect shy, anti-social little Zelda to say that?)
Link seemed to hear her, or something. He stopped himself from flying too far to the left, did his spin attack, and saved himself by just grabbing on the very edge of the front of the ship. He pulled himself up, wincing.
But Marth was running along silently and speedily towards him; when Link looked up, his eyes met with the blade of Marth's sword; and then he went flying…flying…flying…
Zelda squeaked. She meant to scream and yell some nasty words, but they got mixed up in her throat and it turned into a squeak.
I made it! But Link didn't! This is SO not going to be fun without Link in the crowd cheering me on or being here with me!!
"AND THE WINNER IIIIISSSSSS MAAAAARTH!!" came Mr. Miyamoto's voice. The crowd erupted, but most of it was surprisingly groans, though there were lots for Marth too.
Roy grinned cheerily at Zelda. "Well, though Link lost, you're in! That's a good thing!" Then Marth walked into the lounge.
Zelda looked over at him. She noticed his strapping chest (hehe, the word 'strapping' is weeeeeird) and his muscles, and he was out of breath.
He grinned at Roy, and Roy grinned back. "Great job!" Roy said enthusiastically.
"Thanks," replied Marth. "Do they have any food?"
Roy showed him to the buffet.
"HEY! There's no Japanese food here!!"
"You'll have to deal with hamburgers, like I did."
"You're not 'dealing' with them, you love them!"
"So?"
"IT'S NOT FAIR!"
Roy laughed. Zelda giggled, too. Marth grinned sheepishly at them both, and Zelda noticed how cute he was when he smiled like that.
Bowser and Mario were simply watching them all.
"What happens when someone loses, again?" asked Zelda loudly, to anyone who would bother to answer.
Bowser and Mario made no sounds, so Roy replied cheerfully, "They land. When they do, they're either taken to the hospital or immediately back here. They're not allowed in the lounge, but they get free admission into the crowd. And I guess they could come to the lounge, but only for a few minutes."
Zelda smiled at him. "Thanks." Roy was pretty nice, and good-natured.
"THREE…TWO…ONE…GO!" shouted Mr. Miyamoto. The next two were up on the screen, Young Link and Jigglypuff.
They were at the Great Bay, Termina. It amused Zelda that she could see the moon try to land and the four guys push it up and save Termina repeatedly.
Young Link and Jigglypuff swiped at eachother. Jigglypuff dodged Young Link's blade and kicked him in the forehead, and he went flying back and landed on the floating piece of grass or land (or whatever that was). Young Link jumped up with his spinning sword attack at the same time that Jigglypuff flew down at him. The result was that Jigglypuff went flying onto the Turtle Island and Link went crashing into the ground back where he had been.
Young Link and Jigglypuff both jumped up and on to the main part of the battlefield. Y. Link made a fast and furious move with his sword at Jigglypuff, but she put him to sleep.
My God, Zelda thought, Jigglypuff's a lot better than before…
"WA-HAA!" exclaimed Mario, laughing. "Young Link-a SUCKS!"
Zelda stood up, walked up to Mario, slapped him, and walked back to her seat, settling down to watch the fight. Mario glared at her and Bowser laughed, in the way he does. Marth and Roy were both sniggering, each trying hard not to laugh hysterically.
Mario glared at them all. Even Zelda snorted a little. It was hard not to laugh at Mario, with one side of his face covered with a bright red hand mark.
In the fight, Jigglypuff jumped to the other side of Y. Link and punched him as hard as she could. Link went flying and landed on the Turtle Island.
"Jigglypuff's too weak to kill him herself," said Zelda and Marth at the same time.
Marth took a seat next to Zelda, and Roy next to him. That left two empty spaces, and then the seats where Mario and Bowser were. Zelda was uncomfortably aware of how close Marth sat next to her, though she supposed it wasn't THAT bad…
Young Link stood up quickly—but he wasn't quick enough. Turtle Island sank, taking Young Link out with him.
"AND THE WINNER IS JIIIIIIGGLYPUFF!!" Mr. Miyamoto was heard. "GOOD GOD, I don't think any of us expected that!!"
Jigglypuff puffed up in anger and glared at the camera, and then was transported out of the picture. The TV screen flashed and it went back to a picture of just outside, where Mr. Miyamoto stood.
He flashed a grin at the camera, his dark sunglasses and teeth gleaming in the now-midday sunlight. "WAAAAEEEEEEELLLL let's get ON TO THE NEXT MATCH!" he exclaimed into his microphone. The crowd cheered loudly. "…After this short lunch break!"
The remaining fighters all proceeded into the lounge, with Mr. Miyamoto behind them. The lounge was big enough to hold them all, and there were some bathrooms and locker rooms connected at the back.
"Well, you guys," said Mr. Miyamoto, "you can all get some lunch from the buffet or washup in case you're all sweaty and hot now. We need the people who still have matches remaining outside in twenty minutes."
The fighters all murmured and walked around, either to the buffet or to the bathrooms and locker rooms.
Samus plopped down in a seat next to Zelda. "I can't wait for my match," she said, sighing exhaustedly.
Zelda smiled grimly. "I hope you win your first match."
"Yeah, me too. Well of COURSE I do!"
Samus eyed Captain Falcon, who was walking nearby, with utmost loathing, though nobody could see that through her helmet.
"Hey, baby," Captain Falcon said, walking up to Samus and grinning winningly at her.
Samus gave out an exhausted sigh. "Don't you need to use the bathroom, Falcon?" she said annoyedly.
C. Falcon grinned at her and walked into the bathroom.
"I can't STAND him!" Samus exclaimed, taking off her helmet and shaking out her blonde hair. Her green eyes flashed annoyedly again, and then on to Zelda. "He's so…ANNOYING! He keeps trying to hit on me and he uses the WORST pickup lines EVER, like 'So, howza bout we have our own little party, babe?' " Samus made a disgusted face.
Zelda giggled. "Yeah, I've noticed him. He DOES seem…exasperating."
"You don't know the half of it," Samus said, rolling her green eyes. She noticed guys were staring at her (having never seen her without her helmet on) and she put the helmet back on. "Well, we're the only girls left in this tournament now—" Here Jigglypuff, who had been rolling by, puffed up angrily—"not including Pokemon," Samus sighed. "But we girls haftabe STRONG!" Here Samus held out a fist in mock heroic-ness and put on a pose of triumph. Zelda giggled.
"Well, I'm gonna go eat something," Samus said hurriedly as Captain Falcon walked out of the bathrooms. "Gotta avoid HIM…Hope you win your next match!" Samus ran off into the crowd by the buffet.
Zelda leaned back, stretching her arms, and looking up at the ceiling. She failed to remember Marth was next to her, watching her.
Zelda looked around after a few minutes of doing nothing. The remaining fighters (quite a few) were finding seats around the large lounge; there were other sofas, folding chairs, and other seats; and then there was a punching bag for people to practice on. Captain Falcon had taken over it and was trying to show off to Samus, who was extremely bored and put on an appearance of annoyance and boredom. The TV screen was huge. Zelda, Marth, Roy, Bowser, and Mario, who were all too lazy to get up from the best seats, had their couch leaning against the wall directly across from the large TV screen. They had all scooted in next to each other, so they had the big couch. (The chairs that Mario and Bowser had sat in next to the couch were wooden and hard, and were occupied by other people now.) Zelda was slightly squished between Marth and Mario. Other couches were settled around them or across the room, next to the TV. On their right was the entrance back to the ring, and on their left was a long stretch of the room with the buffet and the locker rooms, and some more couches and punching bags set in different places around the room.
Ness and Kirby (who were good friends) were talking in a corner and playing around. (I don't think Kirby's a kid but he's acting like one in my story!) Pichu, Jigglypuff, and Yoshi were huddled in a corner talking. Mewtwo and Ganondorf were in a corner on couches, conversing darkly and laughing maniacally at anyone who tried to approach them. Captain Falcon and Samus were nearby, and the laughs frightened Captain Falcon into the locker room, whereas Samus said thank you about a million times to the two evildoers and started punching the punching bag herself. Dr. Mario, Falco, and Fox were hanging on some other chairs, eating and talking at the same time.
"I still can't believe that Link lost," Zelda commented to the other four on the couch. Sheput her hands behind her head and frowned.
Marth was staring at her. Something stunned him so he couldn't say anything for a minute. Roy smacked him upside the head and said to Zelda, "Yeah Link's pretty good. But…I guess Marthie here was just too good." Here Roy anime-smiled at her and threw and arm around Marth, practically choking him, and gave him a noogie.
"AYE!" Marth shouted, and the two started wrestling like old friends. Zelda laughed at the sight of a prince and the 'Chosen One' wrestling.
Mario didn't laugh. Apparently he and Luigi had something against the two of them. Bowser chuckled in his Bowser-ly way.
Zelda frowned at the two Mushroom Kingdom guys. "Hey," she said, "why are you two getting along so well? I thought you HATED each other."
"Oh, we do," Mario said casually, but something flickered across his face.
There was a pause. "Then why are you sitting next to each other?"
Mario's face twitched. He looked exasperated and furious but like he was trying to hold it in. Bowser laughed in his funky way.
"We have this bet, see," said Bowser, "and Mario lost it. So he has to promise to be my friend for the entire tournament."
"That's kind of pathetic," Roy and Zelda said at the same time.
"Yeah, I know."
The twenty minutes passed. Everyone had finished their lunch and the people who hadn't battled yet had gone back out to the ring, so now the five were still in the lounge, but now they were accompanied by Jigglypuff and Mewtwo. (Jigglypuff kept giving Mewtwo scared looks, and every time she did Mewtwo would grin and chuckle evilly.)
"And the next match is…DR. MARRRRIOOOOOO VERSUS NEEEESSSSSSS!" shouted Mr. Miyamoto.
"Does anyone else hate him as much as I do?" Marth muttered.
"You're not alone, don't worry," Zelda grumbled, frowning at the TV.
Marth looked at Zelda. Zelda looked at Marth. He smiled at her, and Zelda smiled back. His smile was contagious, and good-natured, and…well, cute.
They both looked at the TV screen again, as Mr. Miyamoto shouted, "THREE…TWO…ONE…GO!"
Dr. Mario and Ness were at Onett, and the battle had just begun.
A/N: Eh heheheheheheh… *smacks self* My GOD I'm an idiot!! ^^;; How could I fail to notice that I put Roy for two spaces in the first round? Ah well. I'll be writing more soon, so just hang on…