Chapter 10: The Ice Climber Duo
*The hatch of Samus' ship opens and Zelda sticks her head out. A cold breeze blows by and she begins to shiver. She pokes her head back into the ship.*
Zelda: It's too cold out there...I think I'll stay in here.
*Some shuffling can be heard coming from the backroom and a loud crash is heard as some glass breaks. Captain Falcon charges out of the backroom with an angry Kirby, Hammer in hand, chasing him out while screaming at him. Falcon jumps behind Yoshi, and the angry Kirby is prepared to beat Yoshi to a pulp to get to Falcon.*
Yoshi: Falcon! What did you do this time?!
C.Falcon: I didn't mean to make him mad! I just told him that he missed a spot when he was washing the footprint off!
Kirby: AAAARRRRRRRRGHHHHHH!!!
Yoshi: Ah! You can have Falcon!
*Yoshi quickly jumps to the side, leaving Falcon defenseless against Kirby's mallet. Falcon backs up into the wall of the ship. Kirby takes a swing at Falcon, who just barely dodged the attack. Kirby growls, and swings again. Falcon hops over Kirby's head and begins to run in the opposite direction. Kirby yells in anger and chases after Falcon again. Captain Falcon trips over Fox's tail. Fox is lying on the floor, asleep. Kirby's hammer comes crashing down at Falcon, who rolls to the side. The hammer smashes Fox's tail, and he jumps awake, yelling "FAWK" in pain. Falcon slides under Shyla, but that doesn't stop Kirby, who runs under her without a problem. Falcon runs yet into another corner. He is trapped. Kirby charges full speed ahead at Falcon until Samus picks him up. She slaps him around a bit with her cannon for good measure, and starts to yell at him.*
Samus: Kirby! KIRBY! Snap out of your rage!
Kirby: Huh...what?
Samus: We are at Icicle Mountain. Are you coming to get Popo and Nana or are you going to chase Falcon around my ship all day with a mallet?
Kirby: I'm going!
*Samus puts Kirby down and he hops out of the hatch of the ship. Captain Falcon walks over to Samus.*
C.Falcon: Thanks, armored muffin! Any longer and I would have had to hurt him!
Yoshi: It seemed like Kirby was going to hurt YOU if that was carried on any longer.
*Slap*
Yoshi: OUCH!
C.Falcon: I wasn't talking to you!
*Slap*
C.Falcon: OUCH! What was that for?
Samus: We all advised you not to try and make things better with Kirby. You only caused more trouble.
C.Falcon: Well I couldn't let him st-
Peach: AH! Mario, I'm having another headache!
Mario: Mama Mia! Peach!
*Peach faints from the headache, and Mario catches her. He lays her head down on the pillow.*
Samus: Falcon, will you stay here and watch the ship? Some of these people aren't trustable... *looking at Fox, who is sleeping again, and Gannondorf, who is sitting in a corner.*
Yoshi: I'll stay too!
Samus: NO! You will most likely cause a fight!
Yoshi: Aw, man.
Shyla: I-I'll watch them.
Samus: Hmm...a big-arse dinosaur keeping an eye on my ship...Link, you can stay here with Shyla and Zelda. Falcon, Yoshi, come with me.
C.Falcon: Sure armored muffin!
Yoshi: *mumble*
*Samus, Yoshi, and Falcon hop out of the hatch of the ship. They jump off onto a ledge of Icicle Mountain, where Kirby is waiting. The ship is hovering by the ledge. Kirby points to a small shack. *
Kirby: Is that the place?
Samus: I think so.
*Everyone walks towards the shack, which is covered in snow. Yoshi starts to shiver from the cold. Captain Falcon slips on some ice. Everyone rolls their eyes at him until he points into the air. He sees a shadow on the ledge above them, and a large object falls towards them. Falcon quickly gets up and Falcon Punches the large object, which appeared to be an ice block. Samus locks on and fires a missile at the ledge above. The ledge explodes and the shadowed figure falls to the snow covered ground below, lifeless. They walk over to it realizing that it was only a Seal.*
Kirby: Samus, how could you?! You killed a seal!
Samus: Would you rather me blow it up or you be crushed by an ice block?
C.Falcon: You should be thanking armored muffin!
Kirby: You didn't have to kill it!
Yoshi: Who knew it was a seal at the time?
Samus: Kirby, stop making a big deal over nothing.
Kirby: That seal's life IS a big de-
*Everyone gets quiet as the seal's body begins to move. The seal's body is flung forward as an angry Popo appears from under it.*
Popo: Who the hell did that?!
Kirby: Popo? What were you doing under the seal?
Popo: I was carrying it until I somehow got blown off of a ledge and fell to the ground with it landing on me!
Samus: Oh, that was you? What about the ice block?
Popo: What about it?! It got in my way so I kicked it to the side.
C.Falcon: Phew! And all this time I thought it was raining ice blocks!
Yoshi: Uh, Falcon. It doesn't rain ice blocks.
Kirby: But...the seal died from the fall...
Popo: What? I bashed that things' brain inside out long before I got to the ledge.
*Popo points at his hammer, which is covered in seal blood. Kirby looks upset and disgusted.*
Kirby: You...you monster! Why did you kill it?!
Popo: What else was I going to eat for dinner?
Yoshi: You eat seal for dinner!?
Popo: Sometimes for breakfast and lunch too.
Yoshi: What ever happened to eating fish?
Popo: When you find a place where fish live on this mountain of ice and snow, tell me. Besides, you all can eat some of this seal too!
Samus: I am not very fond of the idea of eating a seal.
Yoshi: I don't think any of us are.
Popo: What? You people have got to try fried seal sandwiches!
Kirby: Ah!
C.Falcon: Actually, a fried seal sandwich sounds good.
Popo: I bet you are cold out here. Let's go to my house.
Yoshi: That tiny little- I mean, that place over there?
Popo: Yeah!
*The group follows Popo into his tiny little shack- *ahem* I mean, his house. Despite how small it looks on the outside, it was a decent size on the inside. They entered a middle-sized room. It had a small counter near the entrance, a table with 4 chairs, a fireplace, and a hallway leading deeper into the house. Popo sets the seal down and starts a fire in the fireplace. Samus, Falcon, Kirby, and Yoshi sit at the table.*
C.Falcon: Hey! This isn't an igloo!
Samus: *rolling eyes* this almost looks like a store.
Popo: That's because it is!
Kirby: What kinda store is it?
Popo: A Topi fur store! You don't realize how much money you can rake in selling Topi furs. Even if there aren't that many customers! Of course, I once owned a strip club...
Kirby: *gasp*
Popo: Kidding, kidding...so...what are you guys doing here anyway? Only recently, Nintendo mascots remembered that the Ice Climbers existed. I never expected any of you more famous mascots to actually visit. We poor Ice Climbers are left to live on a mountain of ice and snow in the middle of nowhere.
Samus: Actually...we were hoping that you and Nana would come with us. We are going to try and convince Miyamoto to get HAL to change these new strict rules. Of course, the rules were nowhere near this strict back in the first Super Smash Brothers Tournament.
Popo: Go ahead and rub it in. We weren't in the first one, so we wouldn't know how much the rules have changed.
Samus: That's not what I meant.
Popo: But it's true. Nana and I never experienced the first tournament. And I would be glad to go with you all. But I'm not going anywhere without Nana.
Kirby: Hey, where IS Nana anyway?
Popo: Oh, she should be getting home from work soon.
Yoshi: What does she do?
Popo: She's an assassin.
Yoshi: You're kidding?
Popo: No. She really is, didn't you see her stabbing the snowman back at Peach's Castle? That evil smile of hers also proves that she enjoys her job.
C.Falcon: Assassins are almost as cool as Bounty Hunters *smiles proudly and throws his arm around Samus*
*The door of the house slams open, and then slams shut, and Nana walks right through the room without even looking at the guests they have. She seems to be grumbling aswell. She walks into her room and slams the door shut. Popo almost looks embarrassed by her behavior.*
Popo: Um, Nana!
Nana: What?!
Popo: We have guests!
Nana: So what? Get rid of them!
Popo: Nana, what's wrong?
Nana: I actually didn't assassinate anyone today! This is the first time someone has gotten away from me! I have a flawless record of always getting the job done! This would screw it up!
Popo: To take your mind off of things, why don't we leave this mountain for a while?
Nana: And go where?!
Popo: Around the world of Nintendo! You always wanted to do that. Some Nintendo mascots came over and they are our guests! We can go with them.
*Nana walks out of her room and greets the guests.*
Nana: I am sorry that you had to see me in a bad mood.
Yoshi: That's okay. Kirby wasn't in the best of moods either not too long ago.
C.Falcon: Hey Kirby, did you ever wash the spot off that I said you missed?
Kirby: *mumbling* Shut up Falcon...
C.Falcon: What?
Kirby: Shut up Falcon!
C.Falcon: But!
*Samus quickly slaps Captain Falcon before he makes Kirby any angrier.*
Nana: Let's hurry up and leave before I get in an even worse mood.
Popo: Okay! We're ready to leave!
Yoshi: What about the seal?
Popo: This old thing? Forget about it!
*Popo opens the door and throws the dead seal out into the snow. It seems to have started snowing outside, and has gotten a lot windier.*
Popo: Crap! I forgot that there was going to be another blizzard. We better leave now!
*Everyone walks out of the house and head back to the ledge, fighting the snow and wind as they walked.*
Popo: How are we leaving?
Samus: My ship should be right...here?
Kirby: Samus, the ship is gone!
C.Falcon: I bet those seals hijacked it!
Yoshi: Falcon, seals don't hijack ships.
Popo: The blizzard is getting worse! We better find the ship or some type of shelter soon!
Samus: I bet I have a good idea what happened to it.
To Be Continued...
*The hatch of Samus' ship opens and Zelda sticks her head out. A cold breeze blows by and she begins to shiver. She pokes her head back into the ship.*
Zelda: It's too cold out there...I think I'll stay in here.
*Some shuffling can be heard coming from the backroom and a loud crash is heard as some glass breaks. Captain Falcon charges out of the backroom with an angry Kirby, Hammer in hand, chasing him out while screaming at him. Falcon jumps behind Yoshi, and the angry Kirby is prepared to beat Yoshi to a pulp to get to Falcon.*
Yoshi: Falcon! What did you do this time?!
C.Falcon: I didn't mean to make him mad! I just told him that he missed a spot when he was washing the footprint off!
Kirby: AAAARRRRRRRRGHHHHHH!!!
Yoshi: Ah! You can have Falcon!
*Yoshi quickly jumps to the side, leaving Falcon defenseless against Kirby's mallet. Falcon backs up into the wall of the ship. Kirby takes a swing at Falcon, who just barely dodged the attack. Kirby growls, and swings again. Falcon hops over Kirby's head and begins to run in the opposite direction. Kirby yells in anger and chases after Falcon again. Captain Falcon trips over Fox's tail. Fox is lying on the floor, asleep. Kirby's hammer comes crashing down at Falcon, who rolls to the side. The hammer smashes Fox's tail, and he jumps awake, yelling "FAWK" in pain. Falcon slides under Shyla, but that doesn't stop Kirby, who runs under her without a problem. Falcon runs yet into another corner. He is trapped. Kirby charges full speed ahead at Falcon until Samus picks him up. She slaps him around a bit with her cannon for good measure, and starts to yell at him.*
Samus: Kirby! KIRBY! Snap out of your rage!
Kirby: Huh...what?
Samus: We are at Icicle Mountain. Are you coming to get Popo and Nana or are you going to chase Falcon around my ship all day with a mallet?
Kirby: I'm going!
*Samus puts Kirby down and he hops out of the hatch of the ship. Captain Falcon walks over to Samus.*
C.Falcon: Thanks, armored muffin! Any longer and I would have had to hurt him!
Yoshi: It seemed like Kirby was going to hurt YOU if that was carried on any longer.
*Slap*
Yoshi: OUCH!
C.Falcon: I wasn't talking to you!
*Slap*
C.Falcon: OUCH! What was that for?
Samus: We all advised you not to try and make things better with Kirby. You only caused more trouble.
C.Falcon: Well I couldn't let him st-
Peach: AH! Mario, I'm having another headache!
Mario: Mama Mia! Peach!
*Peach faints from the headache, and Mario catches her. He lays her head down on the pillow.*
Samus: Falcon, will you stay here and watch the ship? Some of these people aren't trustable... *looking at Fox, who is sleeping again, and Gannondorf, who is sitting in a corner.*
Yoshi: I'll stay too!
Samus: NO! You will most likely cause a fight!
Yoshi: Aw, man.
Shyla: I-I'll watch them.
Samus: Hmm...a big-arse dinosaur keeping an eye on my ship...Link, you can stay here with Shyla and Zelda. Falcon, Yoshi, come with me.
C.Falcon: Sure armored muffin!
Yoshi: *mumble*
*Samus, Yoshi, and Falcon hop out of the hatch of the ship. They jump off onto a ledge of Icicle Mountain, where Kirby is waiting. The ship is hovering by the ledge. Kirby points to a small shack. *
Kirby: Is that the place?
Samus: I think so.
*Everyone walks towards the shack, which is covered in snow. Yoshi starts to shiver from the cold. Captain Falcon slips on some ice. Everyone rolls their eyes at him until he points into the air. He sees a shadow on the ledge above them, and a large object falls towards them. Falcon quickly gets up and Falcon Punches the large object, which appeared to be an ice block. Samus locks on and fires a missile at the ledge above. The ledge explodes and the shadowed figure falls to the snow covered ground below, lifeless. They walk over to it realizing that it was only a Seal.*
Kirby: Samus, how could you?! You killed a seal!
Samus: Would you rather me blow it up or you be crushed by an ice block?
C.Falcon: You should be thanking armored muffin!
Kirby: You didn't have to kill it!
Yoshi: Who knew it was a seal at the time?
Samus: Kirby, stop making a big deal over nothing.
Kirby: That seal's life IS a big de-
*Everyone gets quiet as the seal's body begins to move. The seal's body is flung forward as an angry Popo appears from under it.*
Popo: Who the hell did that?!
Kirby: Popo? What were you doing under the seal?
Popo: I was carrying it until I somehow got blown off of a ledge and fell to the ground with it landing on me!
Samus: Oh, that was you? What about the ice block?
Popo: What about it?! It got in my way so I kicked it to the side.
C.Falcon: Phew! And all this time I thought it was raining ice blocks!
Yoshi: Uh, Falcon. It doesn't rain ice blocks.
Kirby: But...the seal died from the fall...
Popo: What? I bashed that things' brain inside out long before I got to the ledge.
*Popo points at his hammer, which is covered in seal blood. Kirby looks upset and disgusted.*
Kirby: You...you monster! Why did you kill it?!
Popo: What else was I going to eat for dinner?
Yoshi: You eat seal for dinner!?
Popo: Sometimes for breakfast and lunch too.
Yoshi: What ever happened to eating fish?
Popo: When you find a place where fish live on this mountain of ice and snow, tell me. Besides, you all can eat some of this seal too!
Samus: I am not very fond of the idea of eating a seal.
Yoshi: I don't think any of us are.
Popo: What? You people have got to try fried seal sandwiches!
Kirby: Ah!
C.Falcon: Actually, a fried seal sandwich sounds good.
Popo: I bet you are cold out here. Let's go to my house.
Yoshi: That tiny little- I mean, that place over there?
Popo: Yeah!
*The group follows Popo into his tiny little shack- *ahem* I mean, his house. Despite how small it looks on the outside, it was a decent size on the inside. They entered a middle-sized room. It had a small counter near the entrance, a table with 4 chairs, a fireplace, and a hallway leading deeper into the house. Popo sets the seal down and starts a fire in the fireplace. Samus, Falcon, Kirby, and Yoshi sit at the table.*
C.Falcon: Hey! This isn't an igloo!
Samus: *rolling eyes* this almost looks like a store.
Popo: That's because it is!
Kirby: What kinda store is it?
Popo: A Topi fur store! You don't realize how much money you can rake in selling Topi furs. Even if there aren't that many customers! Of course, I once owned a strip club...
Kirby: *gasp*
Popo: Kidding, kidding...so...what are you guys doing here anyway? Only recently, Nintendo mascots remembered that the Ice Climbers existed. I never expected any of you more famous mascots to actually visit. We poor Ice Climbers are left to live on a mountain of ice and snow in the middle of nowhere.
Samus: Actually...we were hoping that you and Nana would come with us. We are going to try and convince Miyamoto to get HAL to change these new strict rules. Of course, the rules were nowhere near this strict back in the first Super Smash Brothers Tournament.
Popo: Go ahead and rub it in. We weren't in the first one, so we wouldn't know how much the rules have changed.
Samus: That's not what I meant.
Popo: But it's true. Nana and I never experienced the first tournament. And I would be glad to go with you all. But I'm not going anywhere without Nana.
Kirby: Hey, where IS Nana anyway?
Popo: Oh, she should be getting home from work soon.
Yoshi: What does she do?
Popo: She's an assassin.
Yoshi: You're kidding?
Popo: No. She really is, didn't you see her stabbing the snowman back at Peach's Castle? That evil smile of hers also proves that she enjoys her job.
C.Falcon: Assassins are almost as cool as Bounty Hunters *smiles proudly and throws his arm around Samus*
*The door of the house slams open, and then slams shut, and Nana walks right through the room without even looking at the guests they have. She seems to be grumbling aswell. She walks into her room and slams the door shut. Popo almost looks embarrassed by her behavior.*
Popo: Um, Nana!
Nana: What?!
Popo: We have guests!
Nana: So what? Get rid of them!
Popo: Nana, what's wrong?
Nana: I actually didn't assassinate anyone today! This is the first time someone has gotten away from me! I have a flawless record of always getting the job done! This would screw it up!
Popo: To take your mind off of things, why don't we leave this mountain for a while?
Nana: And go where?!
Popo: Around the world of Nintendo! You always wanted to do that. Some Nintendo mascots came over and they are our guests! We can go with them.
*Nana walks out of her room and greets the guests.*
Nana: I am sorry that you had to see me in a bad mood.
Yoshi: That's okay. Kirby wasn't in the best of moods either not too long ago.
C.Falcon: Hey Kirby, did you ever wash the spot off that I said you missed?
Kirby: *mumbling* Shut up Falcon...
C.Falcon: What?
Kirby: Shut up Falcon!
C.Falcon: But!
*Samus quickly slaps Captain Falcon before he makes Kirby any angrier.*
Nana: Let's hurry up and leave before I get in an even worse mood.
Popo: Okay! We're ready to leave!
Yoshi: What about the seal?
Popo: This old thing? Forget about it!
*Popo opens the door and throws the dead seal out into the snow. It seems to have started snowing outside, and has gotten a lot windier.*
Popo: Crap! I forgot that there was going to be another blizzard. We better leave now!
*Everyone walks out of the house and head back to the ledge, fighting the snow and wind as they walked.*
Popo: How are we leaving?
Samus: My ship should be right...here?
Kirby: Samus, the ship is gone!
C.Falcon: I bet those seals hijacked it!
Yoshi: Falcon, seals don't hijack ships.
Popo: The blizzard is getting worse! We better find the ship or some type of shelter soon!
Samus: I bet I have a good idea what happened to it.
To Be Continued...