Marth shifted to his fighter stance, figuring he'd take on Link, despite what Ganondorf had said.

Ganondorf waited for faces to appear on the level platform he was on, but nothing came. "I'm going to go down below. You stay here and wait for Zelda." He growled. He jumped down to the slope. Marth waited and twitched, but did not lose stance when he heard a clang of metal and an evil laugh.

Zelda hopped over Ganondorf, who was battling Link furiously, and headed to the upper platform. She hopped up and grabbed the ledge, then pulled herself up. She glanced at Marth, who was in stance, and got ready to fight, but Marth stood up straight and sheathed his sword.

"Forgive me Princess, but I cannot fight you." Marth said, bowing as well.

Zelda put down her hands, from which she was preparing to do magic, and frowned. "Why not? I'm ready to kill you right now for what you did to Link." She said, and then put up her hands again.

"I cannot hurt an innocent woman." Said Marth, bowing once more.

Zelda grimaced at him, and then muttered something. Marth shielded his eyes as a bright light surrounded Zelda. As the light died off, he looked more closely to see a young boy in tight blue clothing, red eyes, and white blonde hair protruding from under the woven cap on his head. "Now will you fight me?" He asked.

Marth blinked a few times, a little puzzled. "Princess, is that you?"

"Yes, you idiot." It (Marth wasn't sure if Zelda was really a boy...or a girl.) said.

"Why...are you a man?" Marth couldn't think of any other way to put it.

"I'm not a man! I'm just dressed like one!" She (guessed Marth) answered roughly.

'Where's her chest?' Marth asked himself silently, and then had an urge to ask another question. "So are you a cross dresser?"

"UGH! JUST FIGHT!" She yelled, lunging at him. She tried to kick him, but found her foot hitting a painfully hard metal surface. "Youch!" She screamed.

Marth had quickly unsheathed his sword and let her hit the flat of it. "Forgive me, milady. I only meant to defend myself. I hope that didn't hurt too much..." He said worriedly.

"It was nothing..." She muttered, back off a few paces. She knelt down on one knee and aimed for Marth's right leg as she added six small daggers between her fingers. Quickly flinging the daggers at him, positive he couldn't defend all six since they were all just a little bit to the side from each other, she waited for his yelp.

But Marth had already stepped to the side. He held out his cape to catch each dagger.

Zelda gaped at him as he began plucking each dagger from his, now, torn cape.

"I'm sorry. Do you need these back?" Marth asked kindly, walking up to the still thunderstruck Zelda. He knelt beside her and placed the daggers inside her wrapped fingers, closing her hand with his own. He stood back up and unsheathed his sword. "I believe I can't have you distracting me while I help my teammate. Forgive me, Princess." He said, then lunged his sword at her.

Zelda gasped, seeing the sword come right at her. Her heart skipped a beat as Marth's sword slid through the back of her body-suit material, instead of her stomach. "What are you doing!?" Zelda asked as Marth turned the sharp sides of his sword horizontal, so the flat of the sword would not cut the material any further.

"I need to put you up here." Marth told the disgruntled Princess, and lifted the back of her material (carrying the Princess up as well) up to the corner of the stone canopy above. He slid his sword out of the hole in the material, replacing it with the corner, letting her hang from it. "Forgive me again." Marth said, placing his sword back into his scabbard and jumping down onto the slope.

Zelda gawked at where Marth had just been and thought, 'How could I lose so easily?'. She hung there for a while, then came to her senses and began kicking and screaming. "LET ME DOWN! LIIIIIIINK! GET ME DOWN FROM HERE!!!!! UUUUGH!!!" But Link was too busy to hear her.