A/N: I'm really suprised my modest little story is doing so well! Maybe after this, I'll write something about the Smashers and the 12 Labors of Hercules....
Disclaimer: I own nothing except for a few semi-original ideas that snuck in here when I wasn't looking and/or not paying attention to what I'm doing.
The next morning at breakfast, an importand discovery was made.
"Hey everybody! Milk tastes a lot better when it's fresh!" Kirby called out to the various Smashers sitting around him, who looked at him like he had grown a nose.
After breakfast, however, a note was found pinned to the message board that had recently been hung in the Commons Area.
"Huh..apparently two 'mystery fighters' are gonna go up against Master and Crazy at noon. It's a shame, really. Don't they know those two always cheat?" Fox said, scanning the small scrap of paper.
"Oh well. Wanna go watch?" Falco asked.
"Sure, I got nothing better to do."
As noon approached, Mario ran through the cavernous Mansion in an attempt to go find Peach so they could watch a pair of so-called 'mystery fighters' battle against Master Hand and Crazy Hand, narrowly avoiding Yoshi's attempts to liberate more condiments from the kitchen, a falling block of ice that Popo and Nana had been trying to carve and a gigantic stone ball rolling down the hallways towards him at top speed. However, a wrinkle in the carpet caused Mario to fall flat on his face--straight into the girls' locker room.
As Link walked past the locker rooms to get to the big mystery fight, the sounds of a scuffle could be heard coming from the girls' locker room. Suddenly, a figure dressed in red shot out the door, bowling over Link in an attempt to get out of the way.
"Y'know, there's a better peephole in the Laundry Room..." Link grunted as he sat up, rubbing his head.
"Look, I just need to find Peach! I want her to see what Master and Crazy are REALLY like. It's not my fault some weird girl in there got a little touchy..." Mario said, trying to run off. Link held him back however.
"Maybe Peach and Zelda CAN hold their own around here. I mean, Zelda DID go after Ganondorf with me. And I WAS being a bit of a jerk recently..." Link mused.
"As opposed to being a jerk all the time?" Roy interjected as he passed the two senior Smashers, recieving a scowl from the Hylian. Roy was yet another newbie, but his slight insanity helped him to fit in perfectly with all the others.
"Whatever. Let's just go to the fight, alright? We can deal with Peach and Zelda later." Link decided, striding off in the direction of the Teleportation Room, which had the only viewing area for the fights. It was also the smallest room in the Mansion.
Link and Mario got to the room just as the combatants were beginning to take their places on the stage. However, unlike most fights, nobody recognized the two figures opposite Master Hand and Crazy Hand.
"Huh. I'll bet they're some new versions of the wire frames. Crazy's already done one upgrade on those things." Ness muttered to Mewtwo, one of the stranger newbies that had arrived.
"I wouldn't put it past those two to replace US with virtual characters. With a little tweaking, nobody'd be able to tell the difference." Nana put in, Popo nodding vigorously.
"Hey, just what did you mean when you said there was a strange girl in the locker room?" Link asked Mario curiously. One of the fighters down on the stage looked eerily familiar, but with Marth's tiara blocking his view, Link couldn't be sure.
"Well, she was dressed in these weird, kinda worn clothes and there was this eye emblem on the front of her shirt. Oh, and you couldn't see anything but her eyes and nose and a little bit of hair. Looked a little like Zelda, except the hair was shorter and the eyes were different..." Mario said, trying to think back.
Realization struck Link like a thunderbolt. Of course, he might have just stepped on Pikachu's tail. "That IS Zelda! She likes to use disguises like that. And I'll bet she dragged Peach into this as well!"
"WHAT?! Master and Crazy are currently undefeated because they CHEAT! Peach and Zelda will get killed! We've got to get them out of there!" Mario exclaimed.
Roy, who was standing right in back of them, gave the twosome a strange look. "That's the Princesses up there? Well, no wonder they kept their identities secret if that's your reaction to them fighting the Gruesome Twosome out there!"
"Wow, Roy is right for once." Link said, and was promptly kicked in the shins by the pyro.
"What's THAT supposed to mean?" Mario asked, all set to head for the exit.
"We should just see how the girls do this time. It's the honorable thing to do!" Link told him calmly. Mario just looked at him.
"Well, that and the door's completely blocked." Link added.
"Shut up, willya? The fight's about to start!" Bowser whirled around to face them angrily.
But then again, Bowser was always angry anyway.
'3..2..1..GO!'
The blare from the loudspeaker made everyone jump. The fight was about to begin!
Ok, next chapter-Peach and Zelda versus Master Hand and Crazy Hand! R&R till then, please!
