Get ready for a looong chapter, people!! BWA HA HA!! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Okay, so we're here," Impa deducted, tracing her finger on a map.
"Yeah, but we want to be there," Samus said, pointing to the food court.
"Well then we have to go up two floors," Nana said. "And then we need to take a left, then a right, and then we go in the middle."
So, the girls (minus Peach+Zelda) eventually made their way up the couple floors, and took the left, right and middle.
"Okay Jigglypuff," Samus said, scanning the fast-food places at the food court. "What's your pleasure?"
"Jiggly, jiggy-jig jig!" the pink poofy puffball peeped.
"..you wanna run that by me one more time?" With patience, Jigglypuff grabbed Samus' hand and dragged her towards a McDonald's. "Ohhh, so you want Mickey D's, huh?" she asked. Jiggly nodded. "All right. What do you want?"
Jigglypuff watched a man holding a McDonalds bag. He sat down and opened it. The pokemon squeaked and pointed as he started emptying the sack's many contents.
Samus looked over at him. "So you want Big Mac, medium fries, three Nestle cookies, an orange soda and a McFlurry?" Jigglypuff nodded. "Ya got money for that?"
"I wonder where Zelda and Peach are," Summer speculated, taking a seat next to Impa.
Nana shrugged. "I dunno. But they've probably gotten a lot more shopping done than we have. Perhaps if we hadn't stopped at that Nintendo store and-"
"Hey," Samus interrupted, taking a seat. "Is it my fault that I wanted to play my game? I mean they DID have it on display and everything."
"Hi," came a voice from behind them. It was Peach. "How're y'all doin'?"
"Jiggly," Jigglypuff said, as both Peach and Zelda took a seat.
"We're good," Impa commented, stabbing a piece of lettuce with her fork. "Did you guys get much shopping done?"
"Well.not really," Zelda answered. "You see, we spent part of our time at the arcade with the boys."
"You did?" Samus asked. "So can I assume that you got barely anything?"
"We got some stuff," Peach responded. She glanced at their bags. "I see that you haven't gotten much though either."
"Samus just couldn't resist stopping to play her own game in a store that we passed," Summer explained. "Did you guys eat yet?"
"Yeah. We went the Outback Steakhouse," Zelda answered. "Ooh, they sure know how to make steak, don't they Peach?"
"Oh YEAH!"
"Hold the phone!" Samus yelled. "You guys went to a steak house WITH OUT ME?!? WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?!?"
"About our stomachs," Peach retaliated. "We had no idea where you were. So why don't you all hurry up and eat, so we can get going again."

"Pikachu, pi-pika-chu chu!" Pikachu squealed to his pre-evolution ("Let's get Mewtwo a present!").
"Pi!" Pichu agreed ("Yeah!").
Then the two of them stopped to think. Their thoughts were interrupted however when their friends started moving on without them.
"Guys, you coming?" Ness asked.
Pikachu waved his hand, motioning for them to go on.
"You think we should leave them alone, Mewtwo?" Young Link asked. "I mean, they don't speak English."
"They'll be fine!" Mewtwo shouted with glee, as they started to walk away. "Besides, the biggest present they could get for me would be to give me a break from all this translating! Unless of course, they bought me a jade chess set with an amber board." They all walked away.
"Pichu-pi?!" Pichu squeaked, smiling ("Did you hear that?!")
"Pikachu!" his development confirmed ("I sure did!"). "Pika, pi-a pi!" ("Let's go to the Gamekeeper!").
The two mice hobbled towards the Gamekeeper, which they knew sold several different fancy chess sets. They walked up to the shelf that sold them and plunked down in front of it.
"Pika, chu pik-pi?" Pikachu asked ("Which one is right?").
Pichu shrugged. "Pichu-pi." ("I dunno.")
Sitting there completely motionless, the two pokemon looked like two mis-shelved stuffed animals.
"Hey, look!" some kid shouted. "It's some mis-shelved Pikachu and Pichu stuffed animals!!" He tried to pick them up, but got quite a shock (literally).
"PIIIIIKAAAAA-CHUUUUUUUUU!!!!"
There was an explosion, and the kid holding Pikachu got stuck right in the blast of it. He scrambled to his feet and rushed out the door.
"Pikachu, pik," Pikachu comforted his sobbing pre-evolution. "Chu- pika-pi pikachu." ("Don't worry. That freak won't bother us anymore.")
A nervous sales clerk walked up to them. "H-h-hello," he stammered. "M-may I b-be of any s-service t-to you?"
Pikachu's ear twitched, and he nodded. "Pika-a pi, pikachu. Pika Pika Pi, chu-chu pik. Pika-"
"Pichu," Pichu corrected.
Pikachu nodded. "Pika-a pi, pika chu-pik. Chapik?"
The sales clerk stared at them for several minutes. ".........what?"
Annoyed, Pikachu grabbed the clerk's hand and dragged him behind the counter. He leapt on top of the chair, and stared at the computer screen. Then he started bouncing on the keyboard.
"HEY!" the worker shouted. "What in Ash Ketchum's name do you think you are doing, you MOUSE YOU?!?!"
Pikachu jumped off the keyboard, and swiveled around in the computer chair. On his fourth way around, he grabbed the sale clerk's tie, and pulled him towards the moniter. "Pika!" he grunted, pointing towards it.
The computer screen read "We want a jade chess set with an amber board. Pronto, buddy."
The sales clerk nodded fearfully, and ran to a shelf. He brought down a large box, and set it in front of the pokemon. Smiling, Pikachu dropped it into a sack, and started marching out the door. The bag was so big, that when he held it out in front of him, he couldn't see anything.
"Excuse me?!" the worker called out. "You wanna pay for that?"
Pichu turned around. He glared at the guy, his cheeks sparking.
".but you don't have to if you don't want to!"
Walking in a superior manner, the two pokemon exited the store and went to find their companions.
"So, do you think Pichu would like this Spongebob shirt?" Mewtwo asked Roy, holding it up. "Tell me honestly."
"Too yellow," Roy criticized. "He needs some different color."
"But Spongebob is his favorite show!"
"Then why don't you get him this Patrick shirt?" Link suggested, holding up the item.
"Great idea!" Mewtwo praised. "Put back this shirt, would ya?"
"Sure," said Link graciously. As he walked over to put the shirt back on its hanger, he accidentally bumped into another person.
"Oh, sorry dude."
"It's all right, my friend!" the person said cheerfully.
Link glanced up at her and his jaw dropped. "Oh my Goddesses!" he exclaimed. "You're-you.YOU'RE LIZZIE MCGUIRE!!!"
"Great work Sherlock," Lizzie laughed. "The name's Hillary Duff." She did a double take. "Woah! You're Link! From the legend of Zelda!!"
"Yyyeah," said Link. "You know, I really love your show! So does Zelda!"
Hillary gasped. "You mean ZELDA WATCHES MY SHOW?!?!" Link nodded. The Tween Queen started jumping up and down. "That is SO cool!! I have GOT to go tell Lalaine and Adam!! It was a pleasure meeting you Link, hope we do again! Oh, and don't forget to see my movie! Coming only to theaters on May second!" She dashed out of the store.
"Woah, what was that all about?" Fox asked, walking over. "Who was that crazy teen?"
"That was the Tween Queen Hillary Duff!" Link shouted. "Wow, she said it was a pleasure meeting me! That was so cool!"
"Hey, don't you already have a girlfriend?" Falco joked.
"Har har," Link scolded lightly. "Besides, she's already got Gordork."
"Do you know if Zelda likes Ambercrombie or Limited Too better?" Marth asked Link.
The hero of time laughed. "Neither. If you give Zelda clothes for Christmas buddy, she's not gonna think too highly of you. She may not show it, but she despises getting articles of clothing for celebrations."
Marth grimaced. "Then who's that for?" he asked, kicking at Link's bag from Abercrombie.
Link laughed. "It's for Impa, Summer and Peach."
"I knew it!" Marth gasped. "You're double-crossing Zelda!"
"No, actually he'd be quadruple-crossing Zelda," Captain Falcon corrected. He was stunned at his genius. "Wow, I'm smart!"
"No-a you're not," said Luigi.
"WELL, that was rude! You know, you didn't go to Harvard yourself."
"Duh! I went-a to-a Yale!"
"Heyy," said Falcon slowly. "Isn't that a cooking ingredient?"
"No, that would be yeast," said Link kindly, as they all left the store. "Oh look, there's Pikachu and Pichu."
"Hi!" Mewtwo greeted. He glanced at their bag. "What's in there?"
Pichu covered the top. "Pich-pi. Pichu!!"
"All right," Mewtwo assured them. "I won't look in there. Besides,it simply couldn't be for moi. I doubt anything you guys could afford would appeal to me."
Pikachu frowned, and a tear formed in his eye. "PIKA PI! PIKACHU!!!" he wailed miserably. Pichu cried as well.
"Did-a you have-a to say that?" Mario asked.
After being forced to apologize, Mewtwo set off with the rest of the group.
"Where to next?" asked Gannondorf (he and Bowser had returned).
Dr. Mario shrugged his left shoulder. "I don't-a know. How-a about Hot-a Topic, huh?"
Everyone liked the idea, so they headed off in the direction of the store.
"I wonder if they have those Jack shoelaces from the Nightmare Before Christmas?" Kirby pondered.
"Or the Sally ones," Captain Falcon wondered.
"Oh, look!" Link exclaimed. "Maleficent shoelaces! These are so cool! I bet Zelda would love 'em!" He picked up a pair.
"Didn't you say Zelda hated getting clothes as gifts?" Roy asked coldly.
"Obviously, shoeslaces don't count," Marth drawled sarcastically.
"Of course not," Link said.
"Hey, look at all this neat Edward Scissorhand stuff!" Fox shouted. "I like totally love that movie!!"
"Where is it?" Falco and Link asked simoultaneously.
"Zelda loved that movie too," said Link. "Hmmm.wow Fox, take a look at these snowglobes!" He picked one off the shelf.
When he turned around, Link jumped and saw that he was face-to-face with a worker at the store. Her nametag read Bette Crawford.
"Hello!" she said cheerfully. "Are you a superhero?"
Link stared at her. "Ummm.yyyeeeaahhh, I guess so."
"WELL AIN'T THAT JUST DANDY?!" Bette shouted, slapping Link hard on the back. "BECAUSE TODAY, HERE AT HOT TOPIC, EACH AND EVERY SUPERHERO AND THEIR FRIENDS CAN GET ANYTHING AT ALL THAT THEY WANT ABSOLUTELY FREE OF CHARGE!!!"
"Woah, really?" Link asked, grinning. "And could you stop speaking in capital letters, please? It takes up a lot of space."
"Okay hon!" Bette said. "Well y'all just get yer stuff and ski- daddle!"
The (male) smashers walked out of the store, laden down with numerous amounts of junk they had purchased.
Popo checked his watch. "My clock's broken. Anyone got the time?"
"Yeah," said Falco, checking his own watch. "It's six twenty-five. Why?"
"Well, it's just that the girls told us to meet them at the garage at half past six," Falco explained.
"Okay," sighed DK. "Let's go."
Slightly sad at the prospect of leaving the grand and glorious mall, they guys trudged in the direction of the mall.

Meanwhile, the girls had totally lost track of time.
"Oh look!" cried Nana. "It's a tape of Spongebob episodes! I bet Pichu would simply LOVE that!"
"I bet he would," Peach agreed. "And look, here's that Pokemon movie thing! We should get it for Pikachu."
"And one for Mewtwo," said Samus.
"Hold Din!" Zelda exclaimed suddenly. "What time is it?"
The girls all looked around for a clock. The only one of them wearing a watch was Jigglypuff, who checked it.
"Jiggly-jiggety jig," she said.
Impa leaned over her shoulder to read the watch, but couldn't. "There are no numbers," she said. "And nothing's in a circular formation!"
Jigglypuff held up six fingers.
"Six." Zelda started.
Jigglypuff held up two fingers, then eight.
"Twenty-eight." Summer guessed. The pokemon nodded.
"HOLY MALON SARIA AND RAURU PUT TOGETHER!!" Zelda screamed in horror.

"What is it?" Samus asked.
"We're supposed to meet the guys in two minutes back at the parking lot!" Impa answered.
"Ohhhh my!" Peach gasped. "That's clear on the other side of the mall!" Pointing her finger in the air, she added, "LET'S GO, GIRLS!!"
Looking similar to a cavalry charge, the female smashers ran as fast as their legs could carry them. As they ran, Jigglypuff held up six fingers, then two, and then nine.
"We have one minuto!" Samus screeched.
"You know, I think we try too hard to be punctual," Zelda huffed between deep breaths as she ran.
"Nonsense," Peach disagreed. "Punctuality is a very favorable trait. And besides, you know punctual the guys are all the time."

"Come on Pichu, hurry up!" Young Link shouted. "You know how touchy the girls are about punctuality!"
"Pikachu, pi!" Pichu's evolution defended.
"He said that Pichu's tired," Mewtwo explained. The feline pokemon picked up Pichu and continued to run. "C'mon Pikachu, we've got to hurry!"
"Captain-a Falcon, you are-a supposed to-a be-a racer!" Dr. Mario yelled.
"Can't-a you run any-a faster?" Luigi shouted, who was running in the lead with Link and Marth.
"Don't be SO hard on him guys," Link requested. "He's just tired out."
"Pi-Pikachu!" Pikachu stated.
"He's tired too?" Ness asked the appointed translator.
"Why how ever did you guess?" Mewtwo asked, rolling his eyes. He bent down and scooped up Pikachu, who was still holding his bag.
"Look, there's the garage!" shouted Popo, Fox and Falco all at once.
"Me get there first!" DK challenged.
Then suddenly, out of nowhere, their female companions came dashing out of a stair well.
"Hey look, it's the guys!" Impa shouted.
"Quickly, we've got to beat them!" Summer squealed, laughing.
"It's exactly six thirty and forty-five seconds!" said Nana, getting the info from Jigglypuff.
"Jiggly!" cried you-know-who (not Voldemort).
With a surge of adrenaline, Zelda burst in front of the group. "I'm going to get there first Link, don't even try!" she laughed.
"I wouldn't be so sure princess!" he responded. In a very slick move, he tossed his boomerang towards her.
Instead of coming to a halt and backing up like Link had expected, Zelda threw herself forward to avoid the weapon, and somersaulted towards the door. She sprang up on her feet and kicked it open.
"Nice try, fairy boy!" she teased.
Zelda held the door open as all the other smashers trudged through it. Captain Falcon came in dead last, dragging his body limply.
"Why wouldn't Mewtwo carry me?" he huffed between breaths.
Mewtwo glared at him, and Zelda laughed. "I don't think I need to be psychic to translate that mind," she said.
"Okay people," said Impa.
"And pokemon," Mewtwo added.
"And Koopas."
"And-a little green-a dinosaurs."
Impa gave Mario a strange look at the last remark. "Mario, Yoshi isn't here. Try to keep that in mind. He didn't get in, remember?"
"I'm-a sorry," Mario sniffed. "I-a wish that-a he was with-a us now."

"I-a know," Luigi comforted, hugging his sobbing brother. "Maybe-a next year Yoshi can-a get in-a, huh?"
"Poor-a plumber me," sighed Dr. Mario, stepping into the bus.
The smashers all clambered into the vehicle, and Impa drove them back to the Mushroom Kingdom Palace.