Chapter Three:Pay Me Under The Table
It was another hour before everything and everyone at the castle really started up. Zelda had eventually passed out from lack of sleep at 8:34 A.M., so Peach left the room for breakfast and left a "Do Not Disturb" sign on the door. Of course, there was question of Zelda's wherabouts at the breakfast table, but Peach explained that Zelda hadn't gotten enough sleep.
"I don't understand. I always wake up at 7:30 and I don't need to sleep in." Samus informed Peach.
"Well, Zelda didn't sleep all NIGHT, judging from the way she looked." Peach explained. "I told her it was just nerves, but she said she had an omenous feeling, and that it was probably one of her predictions"
From across the table, Daisy watched with concern. She was worried that Zelda's prediction would come true. After all, she HAD three villains at her palace. She hadn't invited them, but she had gone and told everyone she invited that they may invite people to join, too. Mario had invited Donkey Kong probably because he had supposedly given up his evil ways, but Daisy still suspected him. Donkey Kong, after all, had been the one to invite Bowser. And Bowser had invited Ganondorf. Once one is invited, it's bound to start a chain reaction. Slowly people began to leave the table as they finished their breakfast, but Daisy remained. She was lost in thought until it was broken.
"Daisy?" Peach asked, waving her hand infront of Daisy's eyes. "You okay"
"Yeah....Yeah, I'm fine." She said, nodding. Daisy stood up and headed for her room, still riddled with worry.
It was 6:00 P.M. when everything started going insane in Peach and Zelda's suite. Zelda was throwing her outfits onto the bed and trying to find the one that she had picked out.
"Zel, it was already ON your bed." Peach informed her.
"Oh..." Zelda said. She picked it up from underneath the piles of clothing. "What make-up should I wear"
"Zelda, you're too....nervous to put on make-up. I'll do it for you." Peach said.
It was another hour full of Zelda's panicking and primping before Marth showed up. Of course, he had had the same problems, but he wasn't about to admit that to anyone.
Earlier.
"Roy! Should I dress casual or in a suit?! I don't know what she'll be wearing!" Marth whined. "I don't want to overdress"
"Marth! Calm down! Where are you going?" Roy asked.
"A resturaunt." Marth informed him.
"That's it"
"So far"
"Okay...uhh...I don't know. What makes you think I know?" Roy asked.
"You're SUPPOSED to be HELPING me!" Marth reminded him.
"Oh, yeah. Um..." Roy thought for a moment. "Wear a suit, but not too fancy. You should've picked out the outfit yesterday. We've got...five minutes before you leave"
This, however, only caused more panic, and Marth was already a bundle of nerves.
Marth showed up wearing a blue suit over a white shirt. "I feel like an idiot." He muttered to Roy as they walked towards Zelda and Peach's suite. "A double-date would've been easier"
"No way!" Roy said. "I mean, I like Peach...but...umm"
Roy didn't have to finish his sentance because it was then that Zelda walked out into the hall. Roy them smiled and pushed Marth towards her.
"Well, have a fun time!" Roy said, waving. He waited until they were well down the hall before he pulled out a note pad a pencil. Then, Peach came out into the hall.
"What're you doing here?!" Peach demanded.
"What're YOU doing here?!" Roy demanded.
"I'm helping Zelda." Peach informed him.
"I'm helping Marth." Roy informed Peach.
Peach sighed.
"Looks like we're stuck." She muttered.
So, the followed Marth and Zelda in secret.
When they got to the resturaunt, Peach snuck under the table when Marth was gone, and Roy snuck under the table when Zelda was gone. Of course, there was a table cloth over the table, so no one really noticed. After a while, thing's got a little more awkward.
"Marth, I'm hungry." Roy whispered from underneath the table. Marth only kicked Roy gently in the back.
"Um," Zelda began, reading a piece of paper that was given to her from Peach. "it's lovely weather out tonight." She said, quoting the writing on the paper.
Roy handed Marth a piece of paper from underneath the table.
"Yes, it is quite nice out." Marth said, ignoring what was written on the paper.
"Jerk." Roy whispered.
Peach kept bumping her head on the table, and was becoming sick of it.
"So, Peach, you want to go out some time?" Roy asked.
"Now is not a good time." Peach said through her clenched teeth.
Silence.
"Is now a good time"
Except for the strange looks that Peach and Roy got when they crawled out from underneath the table, nothing else really happened for the rest of Marth and Zelda's date. Once Zelda got back to her suite, Peach followed, not far behind.
"Zelda, I would do anything to help you, as long as I don't ever, EVER have to hide under a table with Roy again!" Peach informed her.
"Roy was there, too?!" Zelda demanded.
Peach nodded. "He was helping Marth." She explained.
"Well," Zelda began. "I guess that means we have more in common than I thought"
"...You and Roy?" Peach asked, a bit confused.
"No." Zelda said, somewhat stressed out. "I've got more training tomorrow, after that is the Smash Formal, after that is the tournaments...Ugh. This is getting more complicated than I thought"
"Well, never fear! Princess Peach, the enternally wise Princess of the Mushroom Kingdom shall assist you with her infinite knowledge!" Peach announced.
Silence.
"Don't ever do that again." Zelda advised.
"Sorry." Peach said.
The next day began the second day of training, and it was also the last. Peach was set to fight Donkey Kong, and was not all that worried about it. Zelda was set to fight Mr. Game & Watch was was not worried at all. Before the training, however, Princess Daisy got up on stage and made an anouncement.
"I have received word that Pichu of Kanto has received wounds from an unknown attacker, and cannot fight." She anounced. "On a much lighter note, who wants to know why they don't have any of the wounds they got from yesterday's training"
Nobody said anything.
"No one"
Silence.
"Um...okay then...Well, it's because Ms. Gaku made some invisible suits for you that you are automatically wearing when you enter the battle arena. They generate pain into you and make it seem as if you're really getting hit, but your suit actually obsorbs the damage. The suit also controls how far you will fly when struck and calculates how much damage you've taken." Daisy explained. "And...If you don't stop staring blankly like that, I'll kill you all. Any questions"
Silence.
"Okay, then. Let the training session begin!!" Daisy shouted. Everyone was teleported into the training room. They paired up like this: Marth vs. Mewtwo at Poke Floats, Link vs. Bowser at Battle Field, Zelda vs. Mr. Game & Watch at Flat Zone, Peach vs. Donkey Kong at Kongo Jungle, Samus vs. Cpt. Falcon at Big Blue, Ness vs. the Ice Climbers at Fourside, Roy vs. Pikachu at Pokemon Stadium, Yoshi vs. Young Link at Yoshi's Island, Mario vs. Falco at Venom, Fox vs. Luigi at Mushroom Kingdom II, Ganondorf vs. Dr. Mario at Hyrule Temple, Jigglypuff vs. Kirby at Green Greens.
Peach was not at all worried about fighting a big, dumb animal such as Donkey Kong, but her mind was broken from its concentration by horrid rap music. Well, that's Donkey Kong for you. Peach easily dodged each of Donkey Kong's attacks and hit him several times with her Parasol, Toad, Peach Bomber, Vegetable and frying pan. Peach finished off the big ape by grabbing him by his tie and throwing him as hard as she could off-stage. Needless to say, he didn't come back.
The training mode finished and Peach went into the monitor room. Onscreen was the battle between Bowser and Link. Daisy was sitting in the chair, and Peach could tell she was nervous. It must've been Bowser.
"Daisy? You okay?" Peach asked, sitting in the chair behind her. Daisy only nodded. On the other side of Daisy was Ms. Gaku, who was dropping Party Balls full of Food because Bowser would constantly request it. It was then that was red light on the control panel began to flash.
"Something is the matter with Link-san's suit!" Ms. Gaku cried. "It is as if Bowser is messing with the electrical waves of the suit! I do not undertand it! How can he do that?!" She hit the flashing light, which was also a button. It ejected Bowser and Link from the battle arena. Ms. Gaku spoke over the intercom. "Oneg--err, Please, remain in your chairs. You will be assisted to the battle arena in a moment. We are having technical difficulties." Ms. Gaku, Daisy and Peach went out to see what was going on. Bowser was attempting to attack Link, even outside of the arena. The three women restrained Bowser. "Mr. Bowser, are you aware that you were messing with the electrical waves just now?!" Ms. Gaku inquired.
Bowser threw the three women across the room.
"I suggest that you don't ever do that again, because I've been just aching to kill you!" Peach hissed.
"I'd like t' see you try!" Bowser cackled.
"Mr. Link, you are alright?" Ms. Gaku inquired.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Link replied. "I don't know what happened. Suddenly my suit started sending shockwaves of pain into me"
"You're sure Bowser was doing that?" Daisy asked Ms. Gaku.
"Hai." Ms. Gaku replied. "Watashi wa--Err, yes. I was receiving strange electrical waves from Bowser"
"So, it was just his suit malfunctioning." Peach said.
"No, Princess Peach, it was coming from Bowser himself." Ms. Gaku explained. "I was receiving electrical waves that no human or any living thing could give off."
Next Chapter:"Hidden Agenda"!