Chapter 13: The return to the Smash Bros Melee Tournament
The months passed and the Smash Bros tournament approached rapidly. Andy and Mai had in the mean time gone home. It had been strange. They had left a note that there were urgent problems to take care of at home and they had disappeared. This had worried Terry at first, but he would see later. He had heard from Link about the smash bros tournament and he was rather curious. He was positive that he would persuade the organisers to let him fight in it. And if that wouldn't help, a few punches would perhaps be in order. Zelda had been worrying about the black haired girl and the righteouse young man. They hadn't shown up and she felt that the two would be necessary for whatever would come. Link, with his natural positive look on life, had tried to cheer her up, but she remained worried. This could not fare well, she feared. This didn't hold the three Humans, three Hylians and the Lylatan back to go to the tournament. A week before the tournament would begin, five horses left the woods of Hyrule. The first horse carried Link and Zelda, the second Impa, the third Kyo, the fourth Fox and the last Mary. Terry refused to mount one of those 'cursed animals', so he walked behind the horses. No, he ran behind the horses Fox had bought on the market, despite Mary's attempts to persuade him to climb up behind her. The journey wasn't too long, but they had to stop several times to wait for Terry, who also had to rest once every half an hour, since he couldn't cope with the speed. But finally, after many houres of travelling through the lush forests and meadows, the party arrived at Mushroom Kingdom, home to the Smash Bros Tournament.
Terry didn't know what to say when he saw the population of Mushroom Kingdom. He didn't know whether he had to get angry or just had to laugh. He had travelled all the way from New York to Hyrule to see THIS? A bunch of walking mushrooms? He remembered some company which made consoles for little children. They could've made this up. And the best fighters of the universe were supposed to be here? This was ridiculous! "Am I supposed to beat up mushrooms!?" he yelled furiously at Link, who dismounted the horse and lifted Zelda off it as well. "It looks like a cursed Grintendo world!" Link looked at Terry and blinked with his eyes a couple of times. "You mean Nintendo." Kyo, who walked past Terry with his horse in the direction of a building which had to be the stables, said. "Whatever!" Terry said. "One thing's for sure. I'm going to enjoy kicking their stupid little asses!"
"Just wait, Terry. You're going to get a hard time fighting the best of the best." Fox said, who followed Kyo with his horse to the stables. "Oh, yeah!? I AM the best of the best, Lylatan!" The youngsters had gotten used to Terry's bursts of rage. They forgave him. Below that tough skin, there was a good heart. Though Terry never really showed it. "Easy, Terry." Mary said as she too, followed the others to the stables. "Easy!? Easy!? I expected a good fight and I get a bunch of mushrooms!?"
"Those aren't the compitators, Terry." Impa said comforting as she put her horse on the stable as well. "I certainly hope so." Terry said, crossing his arms in front of his chest. At that moment, Terry noticed a man running towards them. He wore a strange combination of a superhero costume and a racing suit. He had a helm on his head with a visor which covered just his eyes. "Hey, Link! Long time no see!" Falcon yelled to the, now eighteen- year-old, young man. "Hey, Falcon!" Link greeted the man, who slowed his pace to a complete stop in front of Link. Terry raised an eyebrow. "Who's the fag?." he said, loud enough for everyone to hear it. "Terry!" Mary said, as if that would prevent Terry from saying such things again. "These are my new friends, Falcon." Link started, ignoring Terry's remark. "Meet Kyo, Impa and Mary. Oh and mister Grumpy here is Terry. "Very funny, pointy ears. One more comment like that and you'll be sorry." Terry said threatening. He walked to Link, but he got stopped by Kyo, who stood in between the two. "Calm down, Terry." he said. "He was just joking."
"I don't have to dig his stupid jokes." Terry said angry. He walked away from his friends. "What has gotten into him?" Fox asked to no one but himself. "No idea." Link said.
Link studied Zelda's rear end as she bent forward to unpack the stuff she had taken with her. Link and Zelda had taken a room in the same inn as the year before. They had decided to sleep in one room. Link on the floor on a mattress and Zelda in the bed. There hadn't been any rooms occupied, so Terry, Mary, Kyo, Fox and Impa had been able to take rooms in the same inn as well. "Say, babe..." Link started as he wound his arms around Zelda's waist from behind, forcing her to stand up. "How long has it been since we kissed, hm?"
"Too long." Zelda said as soon as she was over the surprise. "I thought so." Link murmered in the soft skin of her neck. Zelda smiled and closed her eyes as Link placed a kiss on her neck. Link could be pushy, but he was it in a gentle sort of way, so she could do nothing else but play along with his silly little games. "I love you, babe." Link whispered in her pointy ear. "I figured." Zelda said, chuckling softly. The soft sound of kisses could be heard as Link tended Zelda's cheek and neck. "You think Terry is going to participate?" Zelda asked suddenly, but softly. "Yeah." Link answered, stopping his kisses. "You know him. When he's got something in his mind... I think he finds a worthy opponent here."
"Yes." Zelda said. She moved her arms over her head and stroke Link's hair at the back of his head. "Come, my prince. Continue." she spoke with a honey-sweet voice.
In the mean time, Terry was wandering through the town, softly cursing every 'mushroom' he encountered. What a disappointment! He didn't saw any reasons not to leave. Well, perhaps the fact that he would disappoint his friends. He suddenly remembered what Ganondorf had said in the prison. That he had ordered Terry to tell Zelda about him. Oh well. It couldn't be important. Terry thought about Zelda and her boyfriend. How disgustingly happy they were. Terry thought it wasn't fair. Okay, so they had their share of suffering. But Terry's life had been one big mess. He deserved happiness, but where was it? Nowhere around him, that was for sure. Damnit. He was getting soft. Perhaps Mary could bring him happiness. He stopped his pace. What the hell was that thought all about? He looked at a mushroom. They could talk like everyone else, but with an annoying high voice. This one was looking at him with a stupid grin on his face. "Scram." Terry said with a growling voice. Immediatly, the mushroom turned around and ran away on his tiny feet, making high noises. "Stupid thing." Terry murmered. "Hey, Terry!" he heard behind him. When he turned around, he saw Mary running towards him. She stopped in front of him. "Are you still angry?" she asked carefully. Terry shook his head slowly. "I overreacted." Mary smiled. "It's a good thing you know it yourself."
"What is that supposed to mean?" Terry asked hostile. Mary sighed and looked at him with a sad look in her blue eyes. "Terry..." she started. "How come you are so bittered?"
"Bittered? Me?" Terry responded. "You have no joy in life at all, have you?" Mary concluded in this question. "Why should I not be happy about my life? I'm an orphan, lived on the street for nearly all of my life while everyone around me seems so disgustingly happy. No, I have no reason to complain." Terry said sarcastic. "And then this Link and Zelda, dragging us to this cursed place while they haven't got anything better to do than to continuesly touch each other. What an idiots!"
"They're just in love, Terry. A feeling you obviously haven't experienced yet!"
"Oh, so you are so experienced in it? You must have the men at your feet, right? You're so perfect, Mary. I wish I could be more like you." Terry said unfriendly. Mary slapped Terry in the face, leaving a red mark on his cheek. "Jerk!" she said. "You have no idea how my life has been! You always feel sorry for yourself, but you have no idea how I have fought to survive, Terry." Tears shot in Mary's eyes. "You think I've lived a carefree life? You think that? Well, think again!" Mary turned around and started to walk away, leaving a surprised Terry. "Hmph. Girls." he said, realising how impolite he had been towards her. It made him hate everyone even more. "God damn it!" Terry cursed out loud. He yelled it, screamed it. Everyone looked at him startled. "Is this it, huh?" he yelled to the sky, raising his fist. "This is life? All the whining and stuff? Just wait 'till I die! I'll come up there and kick your lazy ass!" Terry yelled, shocking some bystanders. Terry didn't believe in 'the powers that be'. He didn't believe in a god or fate. Stuff happened. Usually the bad stuff happened to him and the good stuff happened to the rest of the world. Or not? Were there more people like him? Was Mary one of the less fortunate? Terry didn't want to admit it, he barely knew it, was barely able to comprehend it, but Mary was closer to his heart than he wanted her to be.
The months passed and the Smash Bros tournament approached rapidly. Andy and Mai had in the mean time gone home. It had been strange. They had left a note that there were urgent problems to take care of at home and they had disappeared. This had worried Terry at first, but he would see later. He had heard from Link about the smash bros tournament and he was rather curious. He was positive that he would persuade the organisers to let him fight in it. And if that wouldn't help, a few punches would perhaps be in order. Zelda had been worrying about the black haired girl and the righteouse young man. They hadn't shown up and she felt that the two would be necessary for whatever would come. Link, with his natural positive look on life, had tried to cheer her up, but she remained worried. This could not fare well, she feared. This didn't hold the three Humans, three Hylians and the Lylatan back to go to the tournament. A week before the tournament would begin, five horses left the woods of Hyrule. The first horse carried Link and Zelda, the second Impa, the third Kyo, the fourth Fox and the last Mary. Terry refused to mount one of those 'cursed animals', so he walked behind the horses. No, he ran behind the horses Fox had bought on the market, despite Mary's attempts to persuade him to climb up behind her. The journey wasn't too long, but they had to stop several times to wait for Terry, who also had to rest once every half an hour, since he couldn't cope with the speed. But finally, after many houres of travelling through the lush forests and meadows, the party arrived at Mushroom Kingdom, home to the Smash Bros Tournament.
Terry didn't know what to say when he saw the population of Mushroom Kingdom. He didn't know whether he had to get angry or just had to laugh. He had travelled all the way from New York to Hyrule to see THIS? A bunch of walking mushrooms? He remembered some company which made consoles for little children. They could've made this up. And the best fighters of the universe were supposed to be here? This was ridiculous! "Am I supposed to beat up mushrooms!?" he yelled furiously at Link, who dismounted the horse and lifted Zelda off it as well. "It looks like a cursed Grintendo world!" Link looked at Terry and blinked with his eyes a couple of times. "You mean Nintendo." Kyo, who walked past Terry with his horse in the direction of a building which had to be the stables, said. "Whatever!" Terry said. "One thing's for sure. I'm going to enjoy kicking their stupid little asses!"
"Just wait, Terry. You're going to get a hard time fighting the best of the best." Fox said, who followed Kyo with his horse to the stables. "Oh, yeah!? I AM the best of the best, Lylatan!" The youngsters had gotten used to Terry's bursts of rage. They forgave him. Below that tough skin, there was a good heart. Though Terry never really showed it. "Easy, Terry." Mary said as she too, followed the others to the stables. "Easy!? Easy!? I expected a good fight and I get a bunch of mushrooms!?"
"Those aren't the compitators, Terry." Impa said comforting as she put her horse on the stable as well. "I certainly hope so." Terry said, crossing his arms in front of his chest. At that moment, Terry noticed a man running towards them. He wore a strange combination of a superhero costume and a racing suit. He had a helm on his head with a visor which covered just his eyes. "Hey, Link! Long time no see!" Falcon yelled to the, now eighteen- year-old, young man. "Hey, Falcon!" Link greeted the man, who slowed his pace to a complete stop in front of Link. Terry raised an eyebrow. "Who's the fag?." he said, loud enough for everyone to hear it. "Terry!" Mary said, as if that would prevent Terry from saying such things again. "These are my new friends, Falcon." Link started, ignoring Terry's remark. "Meet Kyo, Impa and Mary. Oh and mister Grumpy here is Terry. "Very funny, pointy ears. One more comment like that and you'll be sorry." Terry said threatening. He walked to Link, but he got stopped by Kyo, who stood in between the two. "Calm down, Terry." he said. "He was just joking."
"I don't have to dig his stupid jokes." Terry said angry. He walked away from his friends. "What has gotten into him?" Fox asked to no one but himself. "No idea." Link said.
Link studied Zelda's rear end as she bent forward to unpack the stuff she had taken with her. Link and Zelda had taken a room in the same inn as the year before. They had decided to sleep in one room. Link on the floor on a mattress and Zelda in the bed. There hadn't been any rooms occupied, so Terry, Mary, Kyo, Fox and Impa had been able to take rooms in the same inn as well. "Say, babe..." Link started as he wound his arms around Zelda's waist from behind, forcing her to stand up. "How long has it been since we kissed, hm?"
"Too long." Zelda said as soon as she was over the surprise. "I thought so." Link murmered in the soft skin of her neck. Zelda smiled and closed her eyes as Link placed a kiss on her neck. Link could be pushy, but he was it in a gentle sort of way, so she could do nothing else but play along with his silly little games. "I love you, babe." Link whispered in her pointy ear. "I figured." Zelda said, chuckling softly. The soft sound of kisses could be heard as Link tended Zelda's cheek and neck. "You think Terry is going to participate?" Zelda asked suddenly, but softly. "Yeah." Link answered, stopping his kisses. "You know him. When he's got something in his mind... I think he finds a worthy opponent here."
"Yes." Zelda said. She moved her arms over her head and stroke Link's hair at the back of his head. "Come, my prince. Continue." she spoke with a honey-sweet voice.
In the mean time, Terry was wandering through the town, softly cursing every 'mushroom' he encountered. What a disappointment! He didn't saw any reasons not to leave. Well, perhaps the fact that he would disappoint his friends. He suddenly remembered what Ganondorf had said in the prison. That he had ordered Terry to tell Zelda about him. Oh well. It couldn't be important. Terry thought about Zelda and her boyfriend. How disgustingly happy they were. Terry thought it wasn't fair. Okay, so they had their share of suffering. But Terry's life had been one big mess. He deserved happiness, but where was it? Nowhere around him, that was for sure. Damnit. He was getting soft. Perhaps Mary could bring him happiness. He stopped his pace. What the hell was that thought all about? He looked at a mushroom. They could talk like everyone else, but with an annoying high voice. This one was looking at him with a stupid grin on his face. "Scram." Terry said with a growling voice. Immediatly, the mushroom turned around and ran away on his tiny feet, making high noises. "Stupid thing." Terry murmered. "Hey, Terry!" he heard behind him. When he turned around, he saw Mary running towards him. She stopped in front of him. "Are you still angry?" she asked carefully. Terry shook his head slowly. "I overreacted." Mary smiled. "It's a good thing you know it yourself."
"What is that supposed to mean?" Terry asked hostile. Mary sighed and looked at him with a sad look in her blue eyes. "Terry..." she started. "How come you are so bittered?"
"Bittered? Me?" Terry responded. "You have no joy in life at all, have you?" Mary concluded in this question. "Why should I not be happy about my life? I'm an orphan, lived on the street for nearly all of my life while everyone around me seems so disgustingly happy. No, I have no reason to complain." Terry said sarcastic. "And then this Link and Zelda, dragging us to this cursed place while they haven't got anything better to do than to continuesly touch each other. What an idiots!"
"They're just in love, Terry. A feeling you obviously haven't experienced yet!"
"Oh, so you are so experienced in it? You must have the men at your feet, right? You're so perfect, Mary. I wish I could be more like you." Terry said unfriendly. Mary slapped Terry in the face, leaving a red mark on his cheek. "Jerk!" she said. "You have no idea how my life has been! You always feel sorry for yourself, but you have no idea how I have fought to survive, Terry." Tears shot in Mary's eyes. "You think I've lived a carefree life? You think that? Well, think again!" Mary turned around and started to walk away, leaving a surprised Terry. "Hmph. Girls." he said, realising how impolite he had been towards her. It made him hate everyone even more. "God damn it!" Terry cursed out loud. He yelled it, screamed it. Everyone looked at him startled. "Is this it, huh?" he yelled to the sky, raising his fist. "This is life? All the whining and stuff? Just wait 'till I die! I'll come up there and kick your lazy ass!" Terry yelled, shocking some bystanders. Terry didn't believe in 'the powers that be'. He didn't believe in a god or fate. Stuff happened. Usually the bad stuff happened to him and the good stuff happened to the rest of the world. Or not? Were there more people like him? Was Mary one of the less fortunate? Terry didn't want to admit it, he barely knew it, was barely able to comprehend it, but Mary was closer to his heart than he wanted her to be.