Out in the sun, Young Link, Ness, and Kirby were playing kickball. They were running around in the cool yet pleasant weather, yelling at the top of their lungs, and kicking around a soccer ball. The Ice Climbers, Nana and Popo, came outside to join them as well. Nana wore a cute little pink shirt that had a picture of Hello Kitty on it. Popo wore a cute little blue shirt that had that other cat on it (whom the Almighty Author has forgotten his name. Oops, sorry). They both didn't wear their parkas like usual; it was too warm to wear one. Everything was going well without any trouble for the kids until...

Kirby went to pick up the ball and sneezed loudly (yet cutely) on it. "I can't breath right. It's like there's something in the way."

"Ewww, gross! I-I'm not picking that up!" cried Ness as he backed away from Kirby.

"HA! You sound almost like Marth the Neat-Freak!" laughed Young Link. "Ewww, you sneezed on it! You got germs all over it! It HAS to be clean! EVERYTHING has to be clean! Yuck, yuck, YUCK!" the young so-called Kokiri said while mimicking Marth's voice. He fell down and continued to laugh.

"I'm not like that! It's just... gross," protested Ness.

"I'm sorry, Ne--" Kirby sneezed again, this time on Ness' shoes.

"Err... you OK? Are you allergic to the flowers and the trees--" asked Ness.

"OH NO! NOT THAT EVIL, EVIL SONG THAT PLAYS ON THAT EVIL, EVIL OLDIES STATION!!! IT'S PLAYING IN MY HEAD NOW!!!" exclaimed Young Link. He screamed loudly and ran around the yard. The other kids gave him disturbed looks.

"Okayyyy... that's kinda scary," uttered Nana.

"I didn't think that he'd have something against oldies. Of course, that kinda music was WAAAY before ANY of us were born...," said Popo.

"It's getting' hot in here...," sniffled Kirby.

Young Link stopped running. "YAY! Thanks, Kirby! That evil, evil oldies song is gone! Now... THAT EVIL, EVIL RAP/HIP-HOP SONG IS IN MY HEAD NOW!!!" He resumed his running around while the others exchange concerned looks.

"Well, I guess that's how Young Link reacts to earworms...," sighed Ness.

"EW, YUCK! EARWORMS!" Nana, Popo, and Kirby cried in disgusted.

"NO! They're not really worms! That's the name for a song that gets stuck in your head!" explained Ness.

"Like that tune from 'Kirby Superstar' that plays on the third level of 'Dyna Blade' and on the star Cavios on 'Milky Way Wishes'?" asked Nana.

"Yip."

"COOL!" said Nana with starry-eyes.

"It's still getting' hot here... and I sound funny when I talk," whined Kirby.

"You sound sick," said Popo.

"WHAT?! Don't insult me! Why I outta...," Kirby coughed a little bit before he could finish his statement.

"I think that Roy was sick. Were you near him?" asked Nana.

"Yep! I was just telling him that it was breakfast time and Marth said something about staying away from him..."

"Oh no! You caught it from him!" cried Ness. He, Nana, and Popo slowly sidled away from Kirby.

"Why did you guys sidle away from me? And what does 'sidle' mean?" asked Kirby.

"It means... THAT WE DON'T WANT TO GET THE FLU FROM YOU!!!" Nana shrieked then and ran away.

"Oh, I see... Ness, Popo, Young Link?"

They also ran away from Kirby.

"Guys! Come back! Are we still playing kickball? GUYS!" called Kirby. He ran after them, coughing and sneezing the whole way.

The group ran inside the Smash Mansion, red at the face (Young Link's was redder since he was laughing) and breathless. Kirby was right on their tails, still sneezing and coughing. Some of the other Smashers just shrugged it off as another one of their games. The others didn't even notice the kids and Kirby. While trying to stay as far away from Kirby as possible, Ness was running ahead very quickly and didn't even see a bedroom door open. The others stopped in their tracks to see what happened to poor Ness.

"Duuuude, I think that the door knocked him out cold!" said Young Link.

"Yes, we can see that...," grumbled Nana. She edged towards the unconscious Ness and poked him.

"Ness? Are you alright? Can you hear me?" asked Popo.

"NESS! WAKE UP!" coughed Kirby.

Ness sat up, slightly dazed. "Ow... my head..."

Dr. Mario walked up to the group. "Come into my office. I'll see what's wrong."

The group entered the office, which turned out to be the room's door that Ness ran into. Before Dr. Mario could check on Ness, Young Link held Kirby up to the doctor's face.

"Hey, Mister! Something's not right with Kirby! He's been sneezin' an' coughin' a lot! Do ya think that he's gotten the flu from Roy? Huh, huh, huh?!" asked Young Link.

"Well, it does look like he has some of the symptoms." Kirby sneezed in his face, as if to justify Dr. Mario's statement. "Ack! Ew!" He wiped his face free of the droplets that came from Kirby's sneeze. "Looks like you need to rest in bed, Kirby."

"Really?"

"Yes. Also, take some of this medicine I'm going to give you, okie-dokie? You'll feel better," said Dr. Mario.

Ok, thanks!"

"Doc, I just ran into your door... Do you think that I could have broken my nose or something?" asked Ness.

"Hmm... your nose is a little swollen." Getting out an ice pack and placing it on Ness' nose, the doctor continued. "There. That ice should make the swelling go down."

"Thanks," said Ness as he walked out while holding the ice pack on his nose.

While the rest of the kids went back into the den to chat with the other Smashers, Kirby headed towards Marth and Roy's room. The little puffball opened the door, took a deep breath and scared the daylights out of both swordsmen.

"I GOT THE FLU TOO! THAT'S SO COOL! I MADE A RHYME! YAY!!! THANKS ROY!" Kirby shouted at the top of his lungs.

Roy fell out of bed at the same time as Marth. "Kirby don't scare us like that!"

"Yeah...," added Marth as he was breathing heavily from fear. "Plus, why are you happy with that?"

"I dunno. I guess it's because you're sick too! Bye!" Kirby ran out of the room and into his own.