Disclaimer -- I do not own Super Smash Bros. Melee. The characters and such are property of Nintendo. All of these writings are pure fiction and came from my imagination! (*Um.. what little imagination I have, that is!*) I am also sorry if any part of my story resembles anything else that has already been done or any other idea.
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Warning: Story contains shounen-ai and yaoi references and actions. Please make note of this before reading. If you are sensitive to writings of this nature, then please, do not proceed. There will also be your classic guy/girl couplings as well, such as Peach/Mario and Link/Zelda . Also rated for sexual content and laguage.
Possible
Couples: Link and Zelda, Peach and Mario,
Zelda and Marth
Possible Yaoi Couples: Marth and Link, Marth
and Roy, Roy and Link
Written in Link's Point of View. If point of view changes to another specific character, I will make a special note of it. ^_^ Sometimes, in order to fill out the story, the point of view will change to third person. But it's usually obvious when that ocurrs.
Fiction By Sherrilynn and Kathyryn
Who I Am And What I Used To Be: Link's Story
Chapter Four -- Willing To Forgive But Not Forget
I didn't know exactly where to begin. I wasn't sure what to say, how to say it, or even if I should say it at all. I suddenly felt defeated and useless. Why? Because I was in a splendid mood; I had been honest. Or at least I thought I was honest.
But when I walked in on Marth and Roy -- I was terrified. Or heartbroken. Or something like that. Actually, I didn't know what to think about the scene I had witnessed playing before my eyes. Marth leaning in for a sweet kiss with Roy. Was it really more than I could handle, or want to deal with? Did I simply feel guilty for inturrupting something so important to the two? Or was it the worst: did I wish it was me Marth was holding?
Damn it.
"So what's up, Link?" Marth asked, managing to derail my train of tought. "You said you wanted to talk to me, but you haven't said a word yet."
"I'm sorry," I apologized. "My mind has been preoccupied. Marth, may I ask you something?"
"Sure thing," the Prince replied, tucking a strand of longer hair behind his ear. It was amazing how different someone could look by just removing a tiara from their hair.
Taking a deep breath, I calmed my rattled nerves and finally asked. "I already tried my best to tell you what I've been feeling these past few days. Like, with the confusion and frustration that's been buried within me. So I had to know, now that Roy isn't in the room. How did you feel about our kiss this morning?"
Taken back. I guess that's what you could describe Marth's look as. "The only thing I think I can safely say is that I was utterly shocked. I don't recall feeling anything at that moment other than pure astonishment."
"Fair enough," I replied, the shaking in my bones finally slowing to a halt. And it was fair. Was I actually expecting him to feel something from an absolute "passionless" kiss? I felt bad; it was almost as if I was trying to play him. But why?
I sure seem to ask that a lot, huh?
Maybe Zelda wasn't providing me with what I really needed out of a relationship, so maybe I sought the attention from wherever I could get it. How could I have come to that conclusion? Was it because of the talk Zelda and I had earlier that afternoon about her flocking to Marth whenever he was around? Haven't I already fought this over with myself, though, and decided that this was not the case?
I hated loud silences. And this was one of those times where something needed to be said, but no one was taking the liberty of saying it. That is, until it was Marth's turn to ask a question.
"I want to know something as well. How has this been a problem for you, Link? I thought it was settled, and all was great between you and the Princess. Why are you still flustered about our kiss?"
I sunk lower into my seat. Unexplanable, it was. Yet I had to try my best. "Because I don't want to push it off as nothing and pretend it never happened."
Marth sighed heavily. "That wasn't what I was implying, if that's what you're trying to say. I'm not trying to convince you to forget it happened. To tell the damn truth, your mouth was incredibly soft, even though you'd practically forced yourself on me. Strange, it is, that you can still be soft while trying to be forceful at the same moment. Your kissing skills are almost as developed as your swordsmanship."
Damn it! Why was he saying such things?
This is what you wanted to hear, that damned voiced inside of my head told me. This is exactly the thing you were listening for. Now he's said it. What are you going to do, Link?
"I think you need to go be with Zelda," Marth said, placing a hand on my shoulder... my bare shoulder. "Go back to her. This is all too confusing, but I want to try to get this straight. Explain to me, just one more time, what's been going on with you. Then maybe we can get rid of all confusion and advance from it."
Closing my eyes, I took myself back to the night when I first saw him. I let my words flow, as if he wasn't even sitting there. I pretended he was oblivious to everything I was saying. It made it so much easier to speak. "I guess you could say I was intruiged. Your mere presence was driving me crazy. At the time, I thought you were competition. Zelda was paying so much attention to your every detail and motion. She seemed to be so wrapped up in you that it frightened me. The thought of losing her to someone... rich was cutting at me. Zelda has always deserved better than a penniless boy who couldn't even afford her a nice engagement ring. So it was a mixture of jealousy and hatred. But there was still that curiousity and intruige there as well. It's not safe to assume things, but I've often wondered if I jumped at you to make you fall for me so you'd stay away from Zelda, because I had suspected... "
Laughter was the last thing I wanted to hear from him, but that's what I got. Damn you, Marth.
"I wish you'd taken a little more time to get to know me, first," Marth replied, his voice high pitched and squeaky, then back to normal. "Then you would have known that I had no interest in her. I still think you're hiding something, however. It couldn't have been just pure jealousy and selfishness that drove you to kiss me."
He was right. "Marth, I'm young, naiive, and very curious. I have been my whole life. I've missed out on lots of things and want to learn as much as I can before I die. I had a lot of discovering about myself to do. I hope you'll forgive me for basically using you as a guinea pig for my experimentation."
"No problem, Link. It's completely understandable. But next time you kiss me, make sure you mean it." Marth smiled at me with a friendliness I wasn't expecting. "My heart, remember, is human as well. There's not much it can take before it reaches the breaking point." I watched him get up from the sofa and walk back into the bedroom. He shut the door behind him, leaving me sitting there, speechless.
I sighed and looked on a table where a couple of folded sheets were setting. I got them and brought them back to the couch and made it into a bed. I couldn't go back in there. Not tonight. Probably not ever. I might have to have it arranged where I'm no where near Marth and Roy, for the sake of my own beating heart and my sanity.
Because I was afraid of that next time.
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"I want to apologize for leaving you so suddenly, Roy," Marth began, placing a hand on Roy's shoulder. A day had passed, and we were once again inside that oversized auditorium, waiting for the Master Hand to come speak to us about "important matters". And when it came to the Master Hand, those sorts of things could mean anything.
Marth and Roy began having what looked like a deep discussion only two rows in front of me. I had this feeling in my gut; I knew it was about me, even though I tried to keep my sensitive ears from hearing their words. Of course Hylians have a hard time avoiding private conversations. Wink, Wink.
"Really, it's nothing Marth. That's only the fifth time you've said that you were sorry. I think it's just that you can't forgive yourself. Relax, I forgive you."
"Thank you," Marth replied, his brilliant smile radiating. "We were having a nice heart to heart, and Link just rips me away from you. I feel guitly for letting him do it."
"Then it should be him apologizing," Roy said, and rather loudly, might I add. "Don't sweat it. Look, there's the Master Hand. The meeting is starting."
The auditorium got quiet once the Master Hand... floated up to the microphone. Oh, boy.
"Welcome, and thank you for coming," he began. "I called you here this afternoon for an announcement. This is what you have been waiting for, everyone! The actual battles are going to begin on Friday. Today is Tuesday, so that means you have only two days to prepare for your first matches. I have the rosters ready for your first events."
The audience immediately started talking about the possibilities of the outcomes. Since this year had so many rookies, it was exciting to think about fighting against new opponents for the first time. Finally, we were going to get everything underway -- the real action! The Master Hand shushed us all once again, and began reading what he had in store for us.
"Up for the first battle: Link, you will be going first since you were last year's overall tournament winner. You will be fighting against Roy. Mario, you will be second, fighting against Fox McCloud -- "
I just sat slouching in my chair and let myself slip into deep thought. I didn't even hear what else the Master Hand had to say, important or not. Roy already seemed to have a grudge against me, so this was going to prove to be interesting. I know that Roy was going to be incredibly determined to beat me, so I would have to be at my absolute best. Who knows what kind of moves Roy had planned. He was surely going to be fighting with a lot of force, letting his obvious anger towards me show without mercy.
How do I know that Roy was upset with me? He had let me know with a high amout of course actions toward me just this morning. Even the simpliest "evil eye" was enough to let me know to stay out of his path.
Suddenly this seemed to turn from fun, innocent fighting into a battle for a certain person's affections. Goddesses, I pray I'm wrong.
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"Peach, Link told me the most... disturbing thing yesterday. And I really need to open up to someone about it, because these aren't really the types of things that need to be bottled up inside."
"Well, I'm here," Peach replied to Princess Zelda. "I'm dying to know what you're talking about. You're making this sound like it's the end of the world."
Both were sitting in the dining hall of the main building at a table in the far corner. It was supper time, and the cooks had prepared a very nice meal. It wasn't often at last year's tournament we actually had T-Bone steaks and gigantic baked potatoes. And a large assortment of desserts. Food was actually edible this time around.
So I just took my place at a nearby table with Marth and Roy, Marth in the middle. Mario and Luigi were also there to give us company. Mario mentioned to us about Zelda asking Peach to sit with her alone to have a serious talk. I let her alone; I wasn't going to bother her about it. The feeling in my gut, however, was telling me that I knew what it was all about and that there was no denying it. I felt the uneasiness in Marth as well. We exchanged nervous glances and continued to eat and talk to the Mario Brothers.
"I acted as if I was okay with it then and there, just to avoid another huge fight since we'd already been bickering. Suprisingly, I was able to mask the shock in my eyes and in my voice and pretend it was no big deal and that it was just a mistake -- and hopefully, a drunken one. But after he left to go back to his dorm, I cried like never before."
"Please, dear Zelda, just cut the suspense and tell me before I explode!" Peach squealed, only to be shushed by Zelda. I watched her; her eyes met mine in a painful stare. Somehow, I felt as though she knew she should be secrative about the whole ordeal. I hadn't told her to remain silent, though, and if she was in pain, which I knew she was, then I guess she needed someone to open up to.
"Peach, please, I don't want to feel like I'm slaughtering Link's reputation, so I beg you'll keep quiet. Let's go back to the dorm areas and then I'll tell you this big, serious secret, okay?"
Peach looked at her questioningly for a moment, but then agreed to follow Zelda as they both left the dining hall.
"There they go," Marth whispered to me. "I think I know why."
I nodded in response and closed my eyes, my nerves quivering. I then stood up, ready to leave myself. "I have a few things to take care of. Marth, Roy, I'll be in our room. See you guys later." I waved at Mario, Luigi, and the two swordsmen before I exited the dining hall.
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Peach sat cross-legged on her bed, face to face with Zelda. Zelda swallowed hard as she arranged in her head how she wanted to tell Peach about the discussions that ocurred early yesterday morning.
"Peach, I never expected this to happen to me and Link. We worked so perfectly together, he and I."
"Sweetie, just tell me, okay? I know it's hard, but -- is it over between you two, or something? Because that would seem like a pretty big thing."
Zelda avoided looking Peach directly in the eyes before finally answering her. Although it was obvious she was still reluctant in doing so, Zelda finally decided to hold it off no longer; she was going to trust Peach with her feelings.
"It's Marth. He kissed Marth."
Peach jumped back on the bed and sat blinking, wide-eyed. "And how the hell did he manage to find enough testosterone in his body to tell you that? He kissed a man? Zelda... how did you manage... "
"The most dreadful thing about the entire conversation was that he was wearing a damn smile on his face! A smile!" Zelda folded her arms across her chest, the agony beginning to resemble something similiar to anger. "The whole time he spoke to me this morning, it was nothing but smiles!"
"Marth has been around you and awful lot, though, hasn't he?" Peach asked, managing to regain her senses. "So is he -- "
"Yes, he's gay, Peach. I thought everyone in the Smash Bros. knew that by now."
"Well I certainly didn't," Peach admitted openly. "The man's handsome, and I knew there was a sparkle in your eye before Link walked into the building that night. Too bad about his interests being in men. But that opens up a whole new subject. Maybe there's more to Link than meets the eye."
"That's what terrifies me!" Zelda screamed, not wanting to control the volume of her voice. "Peach, Link and I made love, and then on the next day, put the moves on a man!"
"Incouraging, isn't it?" Peach asked with slight humor in her voice.
Zelda smirked and a pillow was soon seen flying in Peach's direction. She caught it and continued to listen to her friend speak.
"He's in that dorm with them, right now. Who knows what could be going on behind my back? What is he not telling me? That was just a simple kiss, but it could lead to more. Or maybe there was more to start with."
"Don't jump to conclusions just yet, Zelda," Peach offered, trying to reassure her friend. "We know close to nothing right now. Especially about Marth. Or Roy, for that matter."
"Actually, we know more than enough to know that Link cannot -- I repeat, cannot -- stay in that room with them another night."
"What do you plan to do?" Peach asked as Zelda stood from the bed and grabbed a coat from the closet. "It's not like you can change the assignments to the dorms."
"If I can't get him out of that room, I can sure as hell make him remember what's between his legs and where it really belongs," Zelda replied with a sly smile. "Peach, will you hand me my bag? I'm going to show that boy a side of me he's never seen and won't soon forget."
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Author's Notes: There's Chaper Four!
I'm starting to think this is beginning to sound like something that's been done before. I'm *really* sorry if it is, and I assure you, it's not intentional. I began to write this story a little while back after I realized that it would be something different from what I was used to doing, and that it would be a fun challenge. =)
I hope this story is going well... I'm *really* trying hard to make it different! Thanks so much for the reviews so far!
More soon! (*I hope!*) It's summer now, so there's shouldn't be too much stalling on updates. Except when band camp rolls around. Our first band practice is June 24th. *lol*
Remember... it states *clearly* in the summary that this is a yaoi and shounen-ai story. Please do not read if you are sensitive to these themes. I've had some reviews that have flamed me for the storyline when it's been written in the summary that it includes such content.
Thank you!
* Sherrilynn *
