Chapter Nine: Operation Chibi: Part One and a Half

Roy and Link had by that time reached the doors of Smash Mansion. The Hero of Time collapsed against the doors, drawing deep, overly dramatic breaths.

"I…gasp…thought…gasp…we'd never…gasp…get here!"

Roy massaged his forehead, fighting off a headache.

"And one would wonder how you hiked all over Hyrule without even breaking a sweat."

Link smiled,

"Thank you, Epona. Thank you, thank you, thank you…"

Roy rolled his eyes, throwing the doors open and causing Link to fall flat on the floor. After Roy had scraped Link off of the tiled floor of the foyer, the duo proceeded to the elevator. Though this mode of transportation proved to be as useful as a Pikachu without electricity, because no matter how many times Roy or Link jabbed the button, the doors wouldn't open and they had to go and do the unthinkable. They had to use the stairs.

Meanwhile in the elevator, Gannondorf stared at the dial pointing to the level he was on. A bead of sweat crept down his forehead.

It wasn't moving.

Gannon drew a breath, aiming a wary gaze at the speaker on the wall that spouted the torturous elevator music. He swallowed, his grip tightening around the enormous sword that he was somehow able to heft. And he thought, If I have to stay in here with that confound music any longer…I'm going to go more insane than I already am!

Unfortunately, he had to stay in the elevator, seeing as all the pushing of the button on the ground floor caused it to become jammed. Hyrule's tyrant was stuck.

Roy and Link reached their desired floor after several minutes of climbing. Both were out of breath. Roy leaned against the wall for a moment before standing straight and pushing the hair out of his eyes.

"As soon as I kill Marth and Link's twin…" he muttered to himself, "I have to get into better shape." Roy drew a breath, turning to see the Hero of Time sprawled on the floor, choking to get air in his lungs. Roy narrowed his eyes out of annoyance and gripped the back of Link's tunic and dragged him down the hall.

The redhead and the lump of out of breath flesh, also known as Link, rounded the corner just as another small group did. And…you guessed it…that small group consisted of Young Link and his two chibified new playmates.

They stared at each other from opposite sides of the hall for a moment then, all at the same time, the three youngest of them screamed bloody murder, and bolted back down the hall the way they had come.

Link suddenly sprung to his feet,

"I'd know that annoying high pitch scream anywhere!" he proclaimed, "After younger me!" that said, Link bolted after the three of them, leaving Roy with an astonished look on his face. And that look really didn't suit him at all.

Link ran down the hallway after his younger self even faster than when he ran away from Zelda when he had done something perverted.

"You little snot! Come back!" he shouted after himself (wow that sounds weird).

Young Link glanced over his shoulder, sticking is tongue out at his older self, then turned back around and skidded around the corner where they had left Peach and Bowser. And the threesome darted past both of the shrunken Smashers.

Link, the older one, skidded to a stop at the beginnings of this hallway, shocked at the sight of the tiny koopa tyrant, and the princess. He stood there with his mouth hanging open, right until Roy—who had been pursuing—crashed into him from behind.

"Dang it!" the swordsman shouted, righting himself again, "Watch where you stop short, Link!"

Roy looked up, seeing Link staring ahead blankly,

"Their Chibi Potion Thingy has infected the Mansion!" the Hero of Time shouted.

"Oh please, what's two more people?" Roy said. "Marth, that little brat, he's the only one I want…so I can CRUSH him!"

Before he even finished his sentence, around the corner came several startled cries. Then the three sets of pounding footsteps, the opening and then slamming of a door, and finally moans of both distaste and confusion from around the corner.

Link and Roy slowly crept up to the corner, followed by Bowser and Peach who only came along out of the usual preteen curiosity. And there, sitting on the floor outside of Young Link's room, were Falco, Luigi and Captain Falcon, in all their chibified glory.

Lenni- whee! Another chapter! And all my reviewers for the only other fic I hafta complete are very angry with me for not updating in forever! But oh well. I'm finishing this one first unless I get major inspiration for that other one! Sorry for the time it took for this chapter, I was in Ohio…