"Okay, Lombardi," Fox growled the next day. "You. Me. We both have a battle
this afternoon at 3:30. Ready to battle it out?"
"Yes. But wait a sec, what if we're on each other's team?" Falco asked.
"We had so better not! I need to show the world that I can kill you."
"C'mon, let's go try and find who we're playing with."
Link walked up to them. "Hi guys," he greeted. "I'm on my way to the gym. I've got a game at 3:30."
"So do we!" Fox and Falco said simoultaneously.
"As do I," said Marth from behind them. "And may I say, Link, I'd watch myself if I were you.if I'm against you, that is." He gave Link an icy glare.
"You underestimate me Marth," Link spat. "I am Hyrule's hero, and I do not go down easily. I didn't earn that title by doing nothing."
"Title?!" Marth asked incredulously. He laughed. "You'll never amount to anything, you little peasant! I am a prince! You're like scum to me! I could have you beheaded for talking back to Altea's heir!"
"Marth! You be shut up about Link's status!"
Both swordsmen turned abruptly to see Zelda walking up to them. She had a deep fire in her eyes.
"Oh, Zelda!" said Marth, sheathing his sword which his hand had been on.
"Don't you call me 'Zelda!'" she barked. "I don't care if you're royal too, I still expect to be treated with respect by everyone and anyone."
"Forgive me, Princess," Marth said. "If I have offended you."
"That's okay. C'mon Link, let's go to the gym."
"Sure thing Zel."
"A-hem?" Marth said, raising his eyebrows at Zelda.
"What? Oh, it's all right for Link to call me by name. I don't mind. Father says that.suitors don't have to be formal."
Trying their best not to laugh at Marth's confused expression, Zelda and Link walked in direction of the gym arm in arm.
"Suitor?" Hyrule's hero asked (hopefully).
"Well, not really," said Zelda. "Not to disappoint you or anything. I just had to say something to get him off my back. He and Roy can get so annoying! And yet lately, Marth's been doing more of the courting than Roy."
Link nodded. "I've got a battle with him today."
"Really? With him, or against?"
"I don't know. I guess I'll have to wait and find out at 3:30."
"Half-past three?" Zelda asked, taking out her own schedule. "I've got a game at five. I'll be cheering for you." Giving his cheek a kiss, she skipped off to the girls' locker room. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"You nervous, Link?" asked Fox, putting on his blue outfit.
"Not a smidge," Link answered truthfully. As it turned out, he and Fox were playing against Marth and Falco (green) at Big Blue. "Just.can I take Marth and you take Falco?"
"No problem bro!" said Fox, cracking his knuckles. "I can't wait to murder Falco on television! Bwa ha, revenge will be sweet!"
"Why, did you lose the snowball fight last night?"
"SHH! That brings back painful memories."
"3.2.1.HIKE!!" shouted Master hand. The crowd looked at him, annoyed. "Fine. GO!!"
The battle at Big Blue began immediately. Fox leapt on top of Falco.
"You're gonna pay for last night, you yellow-bellied SAPSUCKER!!!"
"HOW DARE YOU!! I'm a falcon!"
"No you're not," shouted Captain Falcon from the trench. "I'm Falcon."
"Oh, shut up," said Samus, slapping his forehead.
Between Marth and Link, things were much more aggressive. Swords were clashing wildly.
"So why were you so excited to battle me, Marth?" Link asked, beating his sword on his opponent.
"Because," said Marth, putting up his shield to block the blow. "Zelda needs to see how bad her 'hero' is compared to me, the prince of her dreams."
"You are so lame, Marth!" Link shouted, wiping his brow.
"Excuse me," said the prince. "I expect to be treated with respect, and addressed by my royal title."
"Whatever you say, PRINCE Marth," Link snorted. He took out a bomb and tossed in his rival's face.
Marth, who had just turned around to pick up a box behind him, didn't have time to duck. The bomb hit him full in the back of the head.
Summer, Impa, and King Harkinian cheered crazily in the crowd. Link smirked and ran around Marth. The Altean prince was clutching his head in agony.
Link picked up the jackhammer that had fallen out of the box Marth had picked up. "Oh, your highness? Don't look up."
Immediately, Marth lifted his head and gasped. Trying to get up, he tripped over his cape. Link hit him with the hammer, and sent him flying away.
"Nice one Link!" Fox cheered, as Falco crept up behind him with a star wand. He applauded, and then got mercilessly clobbered.
Link did his taunt in front of a camera.
Zelda almost fainted. "Oh, he's a dream!" she sighed, fanning herself.
Peach rolled her eyes. "Honestly, Zelda. Get a grip of yourself. The boy is a peasant. You are a princess!"
Zelda laughed. "Then why on earth were you so keen to get him to like you so much last year?" she asked.
"Hypocrite," Samus coughed. Peach glared at her, and remained silent.
Eventually, Marth came back to the battlefield. Link, earnest to avoid him, jumped onto a separate car.
"I see you're afraid of me, Link!" Marth shouted.
"No I'm not!" Link retorted. "Only you're invincible for a few seconds after you come down, remember?"
Marth rolled his eyes, and jumped onto Link's car. Swords clashed once more. But even now that Marth wasn't invincible, Link still did not fear him.
"I don't mean to disappoint you," Link yelled. "But Zelda doesn't care as much about sword skills or status as she does about personality!"
"So?! I've got a great personality!" Marth shouted, ducking another bomb.
"NO YOU DON'T, YOU POOPHEAD!!" Impa shouted from the stands.
"Okay, who said that?" Marth asked, swiveling around. Link took his enemy's distraction to his advantage. He picked up a party ball and threw it at Marth's back.
"You've gotta stop doing that!" Link laughed, looking to find what he'd received from the ball.
"Well this time, I benefited!" Marth hollered, wielding a beam sword. "Link, I'm NOT YOUR FATHER!!"
".....what?"
"You know.this kinda looks like Darth Vadar's sword." Marth began, trailing off. Link rolled his eyes. "Heads up, Link!"
Meanwhile, Fox and Falco were below them. "THIS IS FOR THE TIME THAT YOU TOOK THE LAST COOKIE!!" Fox shouted, throwing a pokeball at his fellow pilot.
"Hey, it was raisin!" Falco defended, ducking the ball. "You don't even LIKE raisin!"
"Oh yeah," Fox recalled. "But too late. I already threw the pokeball." Onix emerged from it.
"ACK!" Falco screamed. He threw his arms over his head, as the giant rock stony snake moved upwards. Instinctively, he put on his shield.
Link and Marth's gaze drifted up towards the pokemon. "Whose is that?!" the both asked worriedly.
"Mine!" Fox answered. "Not to worry Link!"
Marth also put on his shield, as the rocks began pouring down. Link stood by calmly, grinning at Marth's discomfort. His shield was getting smaller and smaller. It was only a matter of time until it would be gone.
As soon as the prince's screen had ebbed away completely, Link picked him up and held him in a strong grip. "Bye bye, highness!" he said, grinning. With immense strength, he jumped onto the next car (still bearing the shrieking Marth), and threw him with all his might off the side. It worked, and Marth had only one life left.
Link was relieved, and he had two of his three lives left. And yet he highly doubted that he'd have two for long, because he had 204% damage.
Falco and Fox seemed to have decided to have some sort of a shoot- out. They each pulled out their guns.
"Okay, here's the drill," said Fox. "We turn around, and we each take ten paces. Understand?" Falco nodded. "Let's go. Ten.nine.eight.seven."
Determined to win the duel, Falco had failed to realize that he was about to walk off the platform. After six paces, Fox whipped around, and shot three times. Falco was sent flying away.
"FALCO DEFEATED!!" Master Hand shouted.
Link threw a barrel at Marth. He caught it, and threw it back. Link prepared to catch it, but it exploded in his face. He was sent sailing away. Marth was keeled over, laughing.
Zelda winced. "Oh, that's gotta hurt!" she exclaimed.
"He'll feel that tomorrow," Samus commented, nodding.
I can't tell you how much Marth would have loved to hear Master Hand say that Link had been defeated. Unfortunately for him, the hero of time still had one life remaining.
Of course now, Marth was all alone against the blue team. Link grinned at him. "Come on, Marth," he said. "Show me your moves!"
"Hey, that's my line!" Captain Falcon shouted.
"You idiot!" Samus sighed, slapping his forehead again. "He's quoting you! You should be honored!"
"Oh. GO LINK! IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY!! NOT REALLY, PARTY-"
Samus smacked his head.
Fox jumped up onto the same car as Marth and Link. "Hiya, Marth!" the little fox bellowed.
Marth turned and whacked Fox's head with his shield. McCloud was sent whirling down. "I don't go down that easily! HIYA!!" Using his up attack move, Fox burst upwards, encircled by fire. He flew ino Marth, who was hit by a full blast of the flame. He was sent twirling towards Link, who mercilessly shot an arrow at him. "Please, Link!" Marth begged. "I need to win this battle!" "Why in Hyrule should I let you win?" Link asked, picking up his rival. "I need to be able to gain Zelda's respect! And if I lose, my father will ground me again!" Link stared at him, and his eyes softened. "Sorry." Giving him a swift kick, Hyrule's hero threw Marth to his right. "MARTH DEAFTED!.GAME!! THIS GAME'S WINNER IS BLUE!!" The stands cheered with Link and Fox fans, while those who liked Marth and Falco booed.
"Yes. But wait a sec, what if we're on each other's team?" Falco asked.
"We had so better not! I need to show the world that I can kill you."
"C'mon, let's go try and find who we're playing with."
Link walked up to them. "Hi guys," he greeted. "I'm on my way to the gym. I've got a game at 3:30."
"So do we!" Fox and Falco said simoultaneously.
"As do I," said Marth from behind them. "And may I say, Link, I'd watch myself if I were you.if I'm against you, that is." He gave Link an icy glare.
"You underestimate me Marth," Link spat. "I am Hyrule's hero, and I do not go down easily. I didn't earn that title by doing nothing."
"Title?!" Marth asked incredulously. He laughed. "You'll never amount to anything, you little peasant! I am a prince! You're like scum to me! I could have you beheaded for talking back to Altea's heir!"
"Marth! You be shut up about Link's status!"
Both swordsmen turned abruptly to see Zelda walking up to them. She had a deep fire in her eyes.
"Oh, Zelda!" said Marth, sheathing his sword which his hand had been on.
"Don't you call me 'Zelda!'" she barked. "I don't care if you're royal too, I still expect to be treated with respect by everyone and anyone."
"Forgive me, Princess," Marth said. "If I have offended you."
"That's okay. C'mon Link, let's go to the gym."
"Sure thing Zel."
"A-hem?" Marth said, raising his eyebrows at Zelda.
"What? Oh, it's all right for Link to call me by name. I don't mind. Father says that.suitors don't have to be formal."
Trying their best not to laugh at Marth's confused expression, Zelda and Link walked in direction of the gym arm in arm.
"Suitor?" Hyrule's hero asked (hopefully).
"Well, not really," said Zelda. "Not to disappoint you or anything. I just had to say something to get him off my back. He and Roy can get so annoying! And yet lately, Marth's been doing more of the courting than Roy."
Link nodded. "I've got a battle with him today."
"Really? With him, or against?"
"I don't know. I guess I'll have to wait and find out at 3:30."
"Half-past three?" Zelda asked, taking out her own schedule. "I've got a game at five. I'll be cheering for you." Giving his cheek a kiss, she skipped off to the girls' locker room. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"You nervous, Link?" asked Fox, putting on his blue outfit.
"Not a smidge," Link answered truthfully. As it turned out, he and Fox were playing against Marth and Falco (green) at Big Blue. "Just.can I take Marth and you take Falco?"
"No problem bro!" said Fox, cracking his knuckles. "I can't wait to murder Falco on television! Bwa ha, revenge will be sweet!"
"Why, did you lose the snowball fight last night?"
"SHH! That brings back painful memories."
"3.2.1.HIKE!!" shouted Master hand. The crowd looked at him, annoyed. "Fine. GO!!"
The battle at Big Blue began immediately. Fox leapt on top of Falco.
"You're gonna pay for last night, you yellow-bellied SAPSUCKER!!!"
"HOW DARE YOU!! I'm a falcon!"
"No you're not," shouted Captain Falcon from the trench. "I'm Falcon."
"Oh, shut up," said Samus, slapping his forehead.
Between Marth and Link, things were much more aggressive. Swords were clashing wildly.
"So why were you so excited to battle me, Marth?" Link asked, beating his sword on his opponent.
"Because," said Marth, putting up his shield to block the blow. "Zelda needs to see how bad her 'hero' is compared to me, the prince of her dreams."
"You are so lame, Marth!" Link shouted, wiping his brow.
"Excuse me," said the prince. "I expect to be treated with respect, and addressed by my royal title."
"Whatever you say, PRINCE Marth," Link snorted. He took out a bomb and tossed in his rival's face.
Marth, who had just turned around to pick up a box behind him, didn't have time to duck. The bomb hit him full in the back of the head.
Summer, Impa, and King Harkinian cheered crazily in the crowd. Link smirked and ran around Marth. The Altean prince was clutching his head in agony.
Link picked up the jackhammer that had fallen out of the box Marth had picked up. "Oh, your highness? Don't look up."
Immediately, Marth lifted his head and gasped. Trying to get up, he tripped over his cape. Link hit him with the hammer, and sent him flying away.
"Nice one Link!" Fox cheered, as Falco crept up behind him with a star wand. He applauded, and then got mercilessly clobbered.
Link did his taunt in front of a camera.
Zelda almost fainted. "Oh, he's a dream!" she sighed, fanning herself.
Peach rolled her eyes. "Honestly, Zelda. Get a grip of yourself. The boy is a peasant. You are a princess!"
Zelda laughed. "Then why on earth were you so keen to get him to like you so much last year?" she asked.
"Hypocrite," Samus coughed. Peach glared at her, and remained silent.
Eventually, Marth came back to the battlefield. Link, earnest to avoid him, jumped onto a separate car.
"I see you're afraid of me, Link!" Marth shouted.
"No I'm not!" Link retorted. "Only you're invincible for a few seconds after you come down, remember?"
Marth rolled his eyes, and jumped onto Link's car. Swords clashed once more. But even now that Marth wasn't invincible, Link still did not fear him.
"I don't mean to disappoint you," Link yelled. "But Zelda doesn't care as much about sword skills or status as she does about personality!"
"So?! I've got a great personality!" Marth shouted, ducking another bomb.
"NO YOU DON'T, YOU POOPHEAD!!" Impa shouted from the stands.
"Okay, who said that?" Marth asked, swiveling around. Link took his enemy's distraction to his advantage. He picked up a party ball and threw it at Marth's back.
"You've gotta stop doing that!" Link laughed, looking to find what he'd received from the ball.
"Well this time, I benefited!" Marth hollered, wielding a beam sword. "Link, I'm NOT YOUR FATHER!!"
".....what?"
"You know.this kinda looks like Darth Vadar's sword." Marth began, trailing off. Link rolled his eyes. "Heads up, Link!"
Meanwhile, Fox and Falco were below them. "THIS IS FOR THE TIME THAT YOU TOOK THE LAST COOKIE!!" Fox shouted, throwing a pokeball at his fellow pilot.
"Hey, it was raisin!" Falco defended, ducking the ball. "You don't even LIKE raisin!"
"Oh yeah," Fox recalled. "But too late. I already threw the pokeball." Onix emerged from it.
"ACK!" Falco screamed. He threw his arms over his head, as the giant rock stony snake moved upwards. Instinctively, he put on his shield.
Link and Marth's gaze drifted up towards the pokemon. "Whose is that?!" the both asked worriedly.
"Mine!" Fox answered. "Not to worry Link!"
Marth also put on his shield, as the rocks began pouring down. Link stood by calmly, grinning at Marth's discomfort. His shield was getting smaller and smaller. It was only a matter of time until it would be gone.
As soon as the prince's screen had ebbed away completely, Link picked him up and held him in a strong grip. "Bye bye, highness!" he said, grinning. With immense strength, he jumped onto the next car (still bearing the shrieking Marth), and threw him with all his might off the side. It worked, and Marth had only one life left.
Link was relieved, and he had two of his three lives left. And yet he highly doubted that he'd have two for long, because he had 204% damage.
Falco and Fox seemed to have decided to have some sort of a shoot- out. They each pulled out their guns.
"Okay, here's the drill," said Fox. "We turn around, and we each take ten paces. Understand?" Falco nodded. "Let's go. Ten.nine.eight.seven."
Determined to win the duel, Falco had failed to realize that he was about to walk off the platform. After six paces, Fox whipped around, and shot three times. Falco was sent flying away.
"FALCO DEFEATED!!" Master Hand shouted.
Link threw a barrel at Marth. He caught it, and threw it back. Link prepared to catch it, but it exploded in his face. He was sent sailing away. Marth was keeled over, laughing.
Zelda winced. "Oh, that's gotta hurt!" she exclaimed.
"He'll feel that tomorrow," Samus commented, nodding.
I can't tell you how much Marth would have loved to hear Master Hand say that Link had been defeated. Unfortunately for him, the hero of time still had one life remaining.
Of course now, Marth was all alone against the blue team. Link grinned at him. "Come on, Marth," he said. "Show me your moves!"
"Hey, that's my line!" Captain Falcon shouted.
"You idiot!" Samus sighed, slapping his forehead again. "He's quoting you! You should be honored!"
"Oh. GO LINK! IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY!! NOT REALLY, PARTY-"
Samus smacked his head.
Fox jumped up onto the same car as Marth and Link. "Hiya, Marth!" the little fox bellowed.
Marth turned and whacked Fox's head with his shield. McCloud was sent whirling down. "I don't go down that easily! HIYA!!" Using his up attack move, Fox burst upwards, encircled by fire. He flew ino Marth, who was hit by a full blast of the flame. He was sent twirling towards Link, who mercilessly shot an arrow at him. "Please, Link!" Marth begged. "I need to win this battle!" "Why in Hyrule should I let you win?" Link asked, picking up his rival. "I need to be able to gain Zelda's respect! And if I lose, my father will ground me again!" Link stared at him, and his eyes softened. "Sorry." Giving him a swift kick, Hyrule's hero threw Marth to his right. "MARTH DEAFTED!.GAME!! THIS GAME'S WINNER IS BLUE!!" The stands cheered with Link and Fox fans, while those who liked Marth and Falco booed.
