Ehheh… I took my time again… I'm just a bit busy with "The Smash Files", but they're soon to end and then I can focus more on this story. I hope you enjoy this chapter as much as the ones before this!

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Spryte: Link's cute, eh? I love writing about him in this fic! Here's the update… I'm sorry it took me this long.

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Scalin55: I have a feeling that I'm one of the very few authors who write about the two of them. And there'd need to be more stories with them in! Of course I'll finish this! So don't worry.

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The General Becomes the Light of an Elf's Heart

The morning was beautiful, the sun was peeking above the horizon as Vyse opened his nougat eyes, seeing Roy sound asleep in his arms. The sun was just painting the sky with different shades of red as he looked at his clock that was almost six o'clock. Knowing that the redhead had the habit of sleeping late, he closed his eyes and tried to fall asleep again.

Somehow he couldn't. He had remembered the tournament after they'd made love last night. Though he loved his general very much, the thought of staying still and not sailing or discovering was frightening. He would get bored. But he had already promised and he thought that if Roy had been able to leave his whole life behind, he could be able to stay still until the tournament was over.

After an hour of tossing and turning, watching the fiery boy sleep and kissing him lightly, Vyse got up and dressed. He tried to be as quiet as possible when walking away from the Captain's quarters so that he wouldn't wake up his love.

The bridge was quiet and lifeless at that time of the day. Everyone in the crew were still asleep, it was so peaceful. The Blue Rogue took a cup of hot coffee and walked to the steering wheel. He put his mug down and took a hold of the wheel with both hands like he normally held it and mused. He had experienced most of his life's events aboard a ship, always wanting to hold the steering wheel. Now he was a captain of his own ship, he was a legend among sailors, he had a boyfriend he loved greatly, what could he hope for?

The Sea…

He shook his head, remembering his promise and letting go of the wheel. He walked over to the large map table, trailing his fingers from the foreign lands to their current location: Haine.

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Roy came to the bridge, rubbing his eyes.

"You left me alone…" he said as he walked to the table where his love stood, looking like a hurt puppy.

"Oh, you're awake?" Vyse woke from his thoughts and turned to the general. He had no idea how long he'd been just staring at the map.

"Yeah, I woke up alone and realised that you were gone. I couldn't sleep after that."

"Aww… You were worried about me?" The brunette moved closer.

"No! I… I…" Roy fell silent, his face reddening.

"I'm not leaving you if that's what you're worried about. I love you, doesn't that say anything to you?" The nougat eyed teen put his hands on the redhead's shoulders, turning him so that the table was behind him. He looked into Roy's sapphire blue eyes that seemed to avoid his gaze.

"Hm?" he wanted an answer.

"…It does…" the Fire Emblem warrior said, feeling uneasy to look into Vyse's eyes. The pirate then pressed his lips on his, taking his bottom lip in his mouth and sucking it gently before entering his mouth and kissing him deeply.

He pressed the boy against the table with his hips and could feel the warmth that rose furiously on Roy's face. The general jumped sitting on the table to get away from the pleasure that felt so embarrassing done to him. Anyone could see them now if they just came in. But of course as normal, Vyse didn't care.

The brunette didn't let the general break the kiss as he went on top of him, forcing him on his back on the world map.

After a while Roy relaxed under him and answered to his kiss in a passionate way, pulling him closer and letting his hands roam around the Blue Rogue's body. They finally pulled away, Vyse throwing his head back as he took a deep breath. Then he pressed his lips on the redheaded teen's neck, hearing the pleasured moans the boy made.

When the nougat eyed boy was playing with his tongue in the redhead's ear, who else than Evan ran in, freezing in his place. Roy pushed Vyse away in a shock, trying to get up, but the Captain didn't let him. With a mischievous smile on his face he looked at the engineer:

"What is it, Evan?"

The sight of smiling Vyse and furiously blushing Roy on top of the table was obviously too much for him and he let out a scared gasp, lifting his hands on his face. The Blue Rogue couldn't help laughing, but tried to hide it in the general's neck.

"STOP IT!" Evan screeched.

Vyse collected himself, holding his laughter back. He propped himself up on his hands on top of Roy, still not moving away. His eyes met with the redheads that glared at him flaming with the fire inside him.

"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!?" The engineer continued in a shock.

Geez, you really do have a phobia, don't you? Vyse bit his lip not to laugh.

"Umm…" he thought about an answer when he looked at Roy and realised he was on top of the world map. "I… uh… we were just looking at the map…" He explained with a grin and took a hold of the general's hand, whose glare was almost piercing him and pointed at Sailor's Island with it. "We left here and found the Cave of the Moons here…"

Evan fell silent, slowly recovering. "I-I'm sorry, Captain! I didn't mean to!"

"It's alright." The Blue Rogue grinned. Roy glared at him with a look that said that it wasn't alright, but he ignored it.

"I'll be g-going now then… I'm so-sorry once again!" The engineer ran off, slamming the door shut behind him. Vyse couldn't help laughing any longer and burst. In a while Roy too started to laugh to the engineer's funny actions and wasn't angry at the pirate anymore.

After laughing with tears in their eyes, the brunette moved his head closer to Roy's, a smug smile on his face.

"Now where were we?" he whispered into the general's ear.

"No way." The redhead pushed him away, forcing him to get off the table. "I've never felt that uneasy in my whole life!" he was flaring up again. To avoid it, the nougat eyed boy pressed his lips on Roy's, kissing him sweetly.

"Don't be mad at me, okay?" He said shyly after it. When the general looked away, he laughed again and hugged his beloved. "I love you, Roy."

"I love you guys, too." Aika had come to the bridge, her comment causing the warrior's face to blush.

He's really cute when he blushes, she thought as she took a hot cup of coffee and joined the two.

"I couldn't help hearing Evan scream like a girl", she grinned. "Did you two have something to do about it?"

Roy looked away, trying to hide his blush behind his bangs and Vyse laughed. "I guess we did… but just a little bit."

"Well, making out on the table in front of a homophobiac is… Geez, Vyse, you enjoy doing that to him."

"He's so nice to tease!" The Blue Rogue grinned again. "But I wasn't doing it on purpose. I had no idea he was coming to the bridge."

"Oh well, I guess he'll get over it." The orange haired girl ascertained.

"And if it's not okay with him that his Captain's in love with a man, he can always leave. I never told him to follow me, he did it on his own will."

"I… I think we shouldn't… in front of him." Roy said, gazing outside to avoid their gazes.

"But that's because you're shy…"

"I am NOT!" the general glared at his love.

Aika laughed and drank her cup of coffee empty. "I like the two of you together. You're so alike yet so different. Never break up, okay?"

"Never." Vyse said cheerfully, and Roy nodded slightly, not looking at her.

"And if you ever even try to… I'll get you back together! You're just meant for each other!" the orange haired pirate girl said and winked.

"Aww, we're making Roy feel uneasy so let's stop talking about this, okay?" Vyse looked at his beloved, smiling gently.

"Yeah, okay." Aika said, grinning. "How about we have some fun today before Roy goes to the tournament?"

"Like what?" The redhaired teen asked, his blush now gone.

"Like… hmm… I don't know! Let's go to the city and decide there!"

"I'm in!" Vyse said. "You coming, Roy?"

"Yeah… I guess it would do good to have some fun before going to the tournament." The general looked into his beloved's eyes. "Hey Vyse…"

"Hm?" he got now both of their attencion

"I know that Evan was acting rather… spontaneously, but don't punish him though you'd need to."

"I won't. And besides everyone in the crew know that we've gone easy on Evan's phobia ever since he joined us, so everyone'll understand."

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Link had woken up, and had almost missed the first breakfast. Luckily the prince had knocked on his door and woken him up just in time. He walked down the corridor with the prince, talking about who would be the last smasher.

"It's going to be Roy." Marth ascertained.

"What? How do you know?" Link said, barely hiding his excitement. He had been thinking about the redhead every second after meeting him and now he was going to be in his eyes all the time. It felt somehow annoying that someone could so completely take over his heart and yet make it flutter so freely.

"He told me yesterday, but he's not sure about it yet."

"I hope he'd come." The Hylian said, almost dreamy.

"Yeah, he's nice."

"I can't understand how Ganondorf of all people was invited to this tournament!" The elf said after a silence with annoyance in his voice.

"I don't know… I don't have any idea why I was invited either. Or anyone of us. What's your… um…" The cobalt eyed prince couldn't find a word for it.

"Mini-me?" The blonde asked. "I don't know how he can be here. He's me so I should be the only one here!"

"Wrong!!" The tiny elf hit Link playfully. "I should be the only one here! You don't even exist!"

"Shut your cakehole, kiddo."

"But I'm right! When I opened the Gate of Time, you appeared, but you were also erased when I came back in time and sealed the gate! So you never existed!"

"Shut up, or I'll take your nose and throw it all the way to Paris!"

Marth watched their little quarrel with an amused expression.

"Oh, shut up, midget!"

"Make me!" Young Link ran to the stairs and downstairs before his older self could answer.

"I'm a strenuous kid", Link said to the blue haired prince, who gave him a short laugh.

"Nah, you were a cute child." The noble started towards downstairs, the Hylian following.

When they came to the dining hall, Carla had prepared a delicious breakfast for them. From Scrambled eggs to corn flakes and from bacon to yoghurt. There was simply everything you could ever want to have for breakfast. Link took a plate and a sandwich and sat down in the same table with Zelda and Peach.

"Good morning", he said and glanced at the clock on the wall, already waiting for Roy to come.

"Morning", the princesses replied and started to speak with each other excitedly about something insignificant.

"Can I come here too?" Marth asked as he arrived to the table.

"Of course!" The Hylian said. "You don't need to ask that!"

"Oh, but I do." The prince smiled gently as he sat down. "Good morning, Zelda and Peach."

"Morning, Marth", they replied and continued their discussion.

"When do you think Roy's going to come?" Link asked, realising that the redhead was again in his thoughts.

"I don't have a clue, but I hope that he comes before the Master Hand."

"The Master Hand's coming here?"

"Yeah, didn't he tell you?" The noble rose his eyebrows.

"No, he just told me to be here before this Sunday and gave me the brochure."

"He told me that he'd be here after dinner, so I guess Roy'll make it in time. Otherwise Master Hand'll probably take someone else in his place." The cobalt eyed man lifted his coffee cup on his lips and took a sip.

"No!" Link almost shouted desperately.

"Huh?" Marth stared at him with great confusion in his eyes.

"Uh… I mean… I don't want anyone else than him." Oh god, that sounded so suspicious…

That sounds so suspicious, the noble thought, but continued to eat his breakfast calmly. "I guess that's understandable, knowing that we haven't met the vicesmashers."

"There are vicesmashers?"

"Yeah, it said so in the brochure. You didn't read it, did you?" Marth asked, amusement in his voice.

"No… I only read that it's a fighting tournament and decided to give it a shot." Link grinned.

"Umm… Everyone, would you please listen to me?" Carla was standing on the door of the dining hall, smiling widely. "You have sparetime until dinner today, but we do serve lunch for those who don't want to leave this building. Please inform me if you're leaving, thank you." Then she went back to the kitchen.

"That's great!" Link smiled. "How about we go to Haine then and see what does the place look like?"

"Sounds great."

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"Hey, Vyse and Roy!" Aika said excitedly. "Coul we go there?" She pointed at a restaurant with a sign 'Eat all you want Sushi.'

"We just ate!" The brunette laughed. "How much can you eat?"

"Umm… But shushi's just so good." The pirate girl grinned. "And besides, you'd like to have some too, right? Think about it… Mmm… Delicious…" She looked dreamy.

"Maybe later, okay?" Roy suggested. "I'm so full I can't even think about eating again, but the sushi sounds good."

"How about you two go where ever you want and do whatever you want", The orange haired girl winked and caused the general to blush furiously, "while I go and have a little snack?"

"It's okay with me", Vyse said, the redhead nodding and trying to hide his red face behind his bangs. "Let's meet in front of that restaurant in.. an hour?"

"No! I can't eat in such a short time! At least two hours!"

"Fine… Two hours then."

"Yeahhh!!" Aika said cheerfully and ran to the restaurant. Vyse and Roy both laughed.

"She really loves food!" The general said.

"Yeah, above everything." The nougat eyed boy laughed. "So, what should we do?"

"I don't know. There's not much to do here. This is such a small town."

"Well, there's a beach…" The captain implied with a smile.

"Yeah, swimming sounds like a good idea. Let's go get our swimming suits." The redheaded teen said as he started towards the docks where the Swan was.

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"Ahh!" The Blue Rogue jumped into the water. "Just what I need."

"Here I come!" Roy jumped after him. When he came to the surface he said: "Ack, the water's cold!"

"No, it's not!"

"But it is!"

"Soon it won't be, you'll get used to it." Vyse dove under the surface and brought a shell on the surface with him. He placed it on his ear and smiled. "I can hear the sea!"

"That's because we're swimming in it." Roy laughed.

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Link and Marth came to the small village of Haine. They walked around, looking at the peaceful life of the village, how no one seemed to be in a hurry. The people all seemed to know each other and most of them greeted the two. Some of the children came to them, asking excitedly about the tournament.

At lunch time they found a cosy Sushi restaurant near the docks and decided to have lunch there.

As they entered, they saw an orange haired girl sitting alone in a table, eating a meal enough at least for four. The prince of Althea told the elf to go to the same table with her.

"Excuse me, can we come here?" Marth asked politely from the girl, who flashed a white smile and said:

"Of course you can! You don't need to ask that, Marth!"

"That's what I've told him too." Link laughed. "So, I'm Link and… umm, you know each other?"

"Yeah, we escorted Marth to the Smash building. I'm Aika, a Blue Rogue."

"What? Wasn't Vyse a Blue Rogue too, Marth?" The Hylian asked, his eyes wide.

"Yeah, he's my friend." The pirate girl said. "You must've met him yesterday."

"Mm-hm."

"So, what do you think about the Smash Building? I haven't been there, but I guess I'll come someday watch you people fight." Aika said cheerfully.

"That would be great!"

They ate together, speaking about the tournament and about Marth's trip. Finally Aika stood up and told them that she had to leave.

"Where?"

"I'll meet Vyse and Roy right outside in a few minutes."

--and Roy…

"Roy?"

"Yeah, and Vyse too."

"Oh, okay." Marth said. "Well, it was a pleasure having lunch with you, Aika."

"You promised to drop the courtesies, Marth!" The Blue Rogue laughed.

"Oh, I'm sorry."

"It's nothing. See you around!" She laughed as she exited.

Link couldn't help looking outside where she waited for the other two pirates as he continued eating. Marth noticed this and said with laughter in his voice:

"You think she's pretty?"

"Huh?" The Hero snapped out of his thoughts. "Uh… Yeah, she's pretty."

"You seem to like her."

"What? Oh no, no I don't." The Hylian looked at the blue haired man with widened eyes. Then he felt his ears burn. "I have someone else in my mind."

Roy… He thought as he saw the redhead walking with Vyse from the beach, a towel lazily lying on his shoulder. He didn't take his eyes off him before he disappeared from his sight, probably going back to the Swan to get ready for the tournament.

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After the dinner everyone were waiting for the Master Hand to arrive. Roy had come just before dinner with Vyse and Aika and they were sitting in a corner, talking to each other quietly.

Master Hand floated to the living room and counted all the Smashers before he started speaking:

"Welcome to the Super Smash Brothers Melee tournament. I'm glad that everyone came." He kept a silent moment before continuing. "I trust that you all have read the brochure, so I don't need to explain the rules anymore?"

Everyone nodded.

"From now on you will take turns on making food because I need Carla elsewhere. She'll come here every Sunday to clean and check that everything's fine."

"Ya're not going to be here?" Captain Falcon asked.

"No, I'm too busy. But if you have anything you need to talk to me, tell about it to Carla and I'll be here as soon as I can."

"Oh, okay." The driver said.

"Other things are that you can train whenever you want except at night. Also, you can leave the Smash Building if you want, but you need to spend the nights here. This is like a home for you during the tournament now." Master Hand spoke. "Do you have any questions?"

"Who's making food tomorrow and when will the first match be?" Young Link asked excitedly.

"The lists are on the bulletinboard. Now then, good bye. I hope you'll all have fun and enjoy your stay here." With that, he floated away.

"That… hand somehow gives me the creeps." Young Link whispered to Link, who was still looking at the general.

I'm so glad you decided to join the tournament… I… I don't know what I would do if I couldn't see you…

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This chapter's over. So Roy has finally joined the tournament and Link's still as lovestruck as when he first saw the general. Will he tell him about his feelings or keep them inside? Well, you'll find out as the story goes on. Thanks for reading, please tell me what do you think about it by your reviews!