"3.2.1.GO!!" shouted Master hand.
A new battle had started, and Zelda was there to watch it. Link and Kirby (green) were playing against Roy and Pikachu (blue). In the trenches, Zelda had her fingers crossed, praying silently for Link to win the match.
"COME ON, LINK!!" Samus shouted next to her. "YOU CAN BEAT THAT FREAKIN' DUMBBELL ANYDAY!!!" After Young Link had explained the whole 'real story' to everyone that morning, Samus was Zelda's friend again.
"So'd you catch the Daily Smasher today Link?" Roy asked, taking a swing at him. "It had a very interesting cover story."
"Oh I saw it," Link assured him, ducking the blow. "But not a word of it is true. Had you been paying a little more attention to Mini-me this morning-" he ducked another swing. "-you would have realized it."
Annoyed, the hero of time threw four bombs at his opponent. The first two hit Roy, and the other two he managed to evade.
Roy jumped onto Slowpoke (the battle was taking place on the floating pokemon place). Link followed, and shot an arrow in his direction. Since Roy hadn't landed on his feet, he was forced to scramble to them now. But he was too late, and the arrow hit him.
Pikachu jumped down onto Slowpoke as well. The tail slowly unfurled. Then suddenly, a rock came falling out of nowhere and hit Pikachu in the head.
"PIKA-PI, PIKACHUUU!" he erupted.
Yes, the rock was Kirby. Laughing triumphantly, the chunk o' gum quickly swallowed Pikachu. Then he burped him out, and was left with a little mouse hat.
"Ooh, I look so fashionable in these Pikachu ears!" Kirby cried joyously.
Grumbling incomprehensibly, Pikachu leapt ontop of the dude who just stole one of his moves. An outstanding fist fight followed. So breathtaking, that it ended up making them both miss the jump onto the next pokemon. They both went screaming off the edge.
"KIRBY.DEFEATED!" Master hand shouted (Kirby had lost a couple lives previously in the game).
"Oh, no!" Link whispered under his breath. Now he was left all alone to conquer these two smashers. Pikachu had one life left, and Roy had two. Link was left with just a single life remaining.
"Pika-pi, pik!" Pikachu said smugly.
"Whatever he said, I agree with it!" Roy.agreed.
Link jumped onto Squirtle and picked up a pokeball. "Well right now, I've got one of my pokemon friends to help me!!" He threw the ball with all his might, and out came Blastoise. It started shooting water at the blue team. Roy jumped out of the way, but Pikachu's damage went from 0 to 43%.
As Squirtle started moving down, Link, Roy, and Pikachu leapt onto the next pocket monster.
A pokeball came flying out of nowhere, and landed in Roy's hands. He grinned. The Altean tossed the ball, and it almost went over the edge. Roy chased after it. "Ooh, a pokemon friend! Hi, friend!.OOPS!"
Roy was starting to give his 'pokemon friend' a little too much emotion. So much, that when he ran to hug it, it went toppling off the rim of the battlefield. "SOOORRRYYYY!!!!"
"PIKACHU, PI!!" cried I know you know who it is("you idiot! You just killed one of my pokemon friends!!").
Link laughed. "I'm sorry!" he said. "But that's just funny!"
Shouting something in Japanese, Roy leapt on top of Link. They wrestled for a few minutes, until they went rolling off of Onix's head.
"Aw, no!" Zelda cried.
"LINK DEFEATED!" Master hand shouted. "GAME!.THIS GAME'S WINNER IS BLUE!!"
The crowd applauded. "I think blue is the lucky color in this tournament," Samus commented with annoyance.
"I could agree with that," Zelda seconded.
Link was transported back to the trenches. Kirby had already left.
"Dr. Mario should be back soon," Zelda said, taking Link's hand. "You should have won."
"Well, life can sometimes be unfair," Link said, embracing the princess.
"I know, but why can't it ever by unfair in my favor?"
Link laughed at that. Then he started to soften up. "Princess.I'm really. really very sorry for what I did this morning. I must have been going crazy or something. I'm sorry.you were right. I do jump to conclusions. I guess that I also jump to jealousy. Forgive me?"
"I guess so," said Zelda, smiling. "Well, here comes Dr. Mario." She suddenly grabbed his face, pulling him forward, and kissed him. "There, now are you feeling any better?"
Link grinned, and Dr. Mario shoved him onto the stretcher. "Good-bye princess. I'll be rooting for you when you fight."
"Bye Link."
"Hey Zelda," said Ness, jogging up to her. "Your dad wants you."
"Does he now?" Zelda asked with annoyance.
"Yep. He says to meet him by his room. Wants to talk to ya."
"Uhg.Thanks Ness."
Grumbling slightly, Zelda walked to her father's room. She was worried about what it was exactly that he wanted to talk to her about. Before she had a chance to knock, the door opened.
"Come in, Zelda," said her father. She did so, and he shut the entrance behind her. They both sat down, and he sighed. "Zelda, I know you probably saw the Daily Smasher this morning."
"Yeah," Zelda mumbled. "I did. Is that what you wanted to talk about? Because I've got a game in like, forty-five minutes. But did you see the Royal Rubble today?"
"The Royal Rubble?" King Harkinian asked. "No, I didn't."
"Well that's the paper that has the true story. And before you start asking me questions, I never, EVER want Marth to kiss me again. That was the most ghastly experience I've ever had in my entire life."
"But in this picture, it seems like you liked it," King Harkinain started, gesturing towards the photo in the paper.
"That's what it looks like," Zelda sniffed, folding her arms. "You can't hardly see my face, in contrast to his."
"I suppose you're right," the King sighed.
"But dad, can you just imagine what this made Link feel like?"
Her father frowned, and lowered his gaze. "Well no. I completely forgot about the boy and how he'd feel."
"Well I didn't," said Zelda, standing. "And that means something, doesn't it? Or does it to you?"
"Zelda, please don't get angry," King Harkinain begged. "That's the last thing I need on my hands right now. I know that the thing last night bothered you"
"Understatement!!" Zelda cut in. "It did MORE than bother me!"
"-but it's in the past. It happened, and now its over. You'll just have to get over it now."
"It's easy for you to say!" Zelda shouted. "It didn't happen to you! This article hasn't lied about you!" She snatched the newspaper from her father. "Who wrote this thing, anyway?!" The princess checked it for a name. "Max Cliggot, huh? Well, I think that our dear Mr. Cliggot is going to be in for a nasty state of affairs once I find him!" She took a few deeeeeep breaths, and then faced her father. "You know what I felt when he kissed me?"
"...no, what?'
"Absolutely nothing."
"Zelda, please," said King Harkinian, hugging her. "It's almost Christmas."
"GACK! HOLY FARORE, YOU'RE RIGHT!!" Zelda shouted. "Oh, I've got to go! I need to plan something with Peach! Bye dad!"
And with that, she went hurrying out the door.