Mullenium Master: Yes I know it's a surprise that Peach likes Marth, I really didn't give that many clues but I was planning on having her like him in the beginning. Sorry for taking a while to update! Here's your next chapter.

Sakura Hino: Thanks for the review! I would give you some hints but at the time I have no clue who she will end up with in the end, but I've been thinking about it so I have a good possibility in my mind. I don't know if I'm going to stick with it tho.

RoyalFanatic: Thanks for actually reviewing two chapters in one review, hehe. I don't really know if Roy is a good friend or not, I mean he is trying hard to help but it's not in a very positive way. Although, Link…hm…I do believe he's an evil schemer. Thanks again!

SHSW360: Thanks for the review; I never noticed that before the title kind of popped into my head at the last moment. O well, hopefully one will notice but you did. Hehe.

Jamie: Thanks for reviewing! I'm glad you love story, because I love writing it. (It's probably my second time saying that.) I'm sorry for the cliffhangers, I tend to do a lot of them. Thanks for the request in pairings; I'll keep it in mind. To tell you the truth I'm not sure which pairing I'm supporting, but as the story comes to a close, you'll probably be able to tell which one she wants to go with, if any.

MissPixel: Yes, she has her own dilemma in the story. She actually wasn't going to be that important to the story, but she became really important now. I try to make everyone realistic here; truthfully I have never read a story where she's a slut or anything on that line. I like her more than Zelda; she's probably my favorite girl character in SSBM.

Enjoy!

Chapter 5

It was an exhausting day for the young Ness, as he sat in the lounge watching Roy and Falco play pool. He had just finished with his match against Bowser, only losing by one point. Not only was he in the 'danger zone' in the tournament, but also was not improving his skills. He was on the urge of being ranked last.

Ness took a deep breath sinking lower onto the black leather sofa, ignoring the pain that overtook his body. He knew he was going to have marks and bruises for the remainder of the day. He already had his own problems to worry about, and now he had to deal with the pain.

Ness brushed back the loose strands of hair that fell in front of his eyes. He sighed deeply, enjoying the small argument between Roy and Falco. He couldn't really understand what they were actually arguing about, but knew it was something about Falco cheating on his turn. Whatever the situation was between them, he didn't care. They argue all the time.

Mewtwo entered the lounge, gliding over to Pikachu and Pichu. He remembered one time actually getting in a conversation with the mysterious Pokemon. They had talked about a huge dilemma with Zelda and the two lovebirds trying to win her heart and ticket to the dance. Ness had laughed when first hearing the problem, feeling a little sorry for Zelda that she had to choose between two popular smashers. She had to answer before the dance on Friday, which reminded him that he needed to ask a little someone as well.

He didn't know what had drawn him to the Ice Climber, Nana, but he wanted to go with her. He was mainly afraid of Popo's reaction, since they were never seen apart. He didn't know what kind of relationship they held.

As Mewtwo glided over to the lonely Ness, Roy and Falco went and sat down at one of the round tables near them. They had finished arguing, and Roy finally came to an agreement, that Falco had won the game.

" Hello Mewtwo," Ness greeted, as Mewtwo stood next to him.

" What's the matter with you?" Mewtwo crossed his arms, noticing the distance look upon Ness' face.

Ness shook his head, " Well for starters, I lost my battle against Bowser."

" And?"

" And…nothing…forget it." Ness waved him off.

" I can tell something's wrong." Mewtwo protested. " Is it about Nana?"

Ness eyed the Pokemon, hoping that he hasn't been spying on him or anything. Then again, Mewtwo has strange mind powers, reading other's minds, could be one of them.

" I want to go to the dance with her, but I'm worried about Popo. I want to ask her…." Ness confessed, watching as Falco made his way over to the vending machine in the corner. Maybe Mewtwo can help him. He seems to be helping with the love triangle between Zelda and the two boys.

" Hmmm," Mewtwo looked down at the ground. " Yes, it's exactly like the situation with Zelda."

Ness nodded continuing with his problem. " I don't know, I really want to ask her to go with me, but…"

Roy, who was waiting for Falco to return, abruptly looked back at Ness and Mewtwo talking. Ness ignored the redhead's gaze.

" Ness…" Mewtwo sat down next to the troubled kid. " I'm in a good mood, so I'll help you out."

" Really?" Ness seemed hopeful hearing this.

Mewtwo nodded. " Listen, some of this may help you out."

Roy leaped out of his chair, almost knocking it over, and hurried over toward Falco who was talking with Ganondorf. Roy ran passed Pikachu and Pichu, and literally leaped over the floor table, reaching the vending machine where Falco stood.

" Falco!"

Falco turned holding out the snack in his hand toward Roy. " Jeez Roy, I didn't know you were that hungry. Here take it."

Roy looked down at the energy bar and snatched it out of his hands. He grabbed Falco's shoulders and pulled him away from Ganondorf, and anyone else near by who might overhear what he had to tell him.

" No, what I have to tell you is important."

" What?"

" I just heard Mewtwo and Ness talking, and Ness wants to ask Zelda to the dance."

Falco's eyes went wide as he looked back at Ness and Mewtwo busy talking. He crossed his arms not believing it." No way, Ness doesn't like Zelda that way."

" That's what I heard!" Roy practically shouted, but recovered quickly lowering his tone. " I know what I heard."

" You sure?"

Roy nodded. " What should we do?"

" I'll tell Link and you tell Marth."

" What? Why not let them find out themselves?"

Falco eyed Roy sternly. " Come on Roy!"

" Alright, alright!" Roy raised his hands in the air. He couldn't stop from smiling; the love triangle was just getting better by every minute. " This is just crazy."

Roy quickly left the lounge, to look for Marth.

Before leaving, Falco closely watched Ness and Mewtwo. Roy had a tendency to think before he acts, and this could have been one of those situations. Falco, couldn't believe that Ness might actually like Zelda…

" Yea." Falco agreed, mainly speaking to himself. " This is crazy…"

" Don't go so easy," Fox explained, keeping his gun firmly in his hand, " Don't be afraid to strike."

Link gripped tightly onto his sword, and lunged forward toward Fox. Fox dodged Link's attack, grabbing his tunic and tossing him across the room. Link fell onto his back on the blue mat, and rolled forward back to his feet. Fox twirled his gun around his finger, waiting for Link to attack. Link stood, his damp hair fell in front of his eyes, as he began to pant.

Link's fierce blue eyes turned to the door, as Zelda and Samus, entered the Fitness Center. He lowered his weapon to the side, which caused Fox to follow Link's gaze over to the two girls. He sighed deeply, with a small smirk and put his gun away walking over toward Link.

" I could getting a couple of good attacks in with you distracted, but I preferred not to embarrass you in front of Zelda."

Link looked down at Fox, putting his sword away. " Sorry."

" How are we supposed to train if you keep on getting distracted? I like a challenge, not you giving me an advantage."

" The dance is in three days."

Fox crossed his arms. " Not this again."

" What do you mean, 'not this again'?" Link copied Fox, crossing his arms as well.

" Every ten minutes, it's either about the dance or Zelda. Take a break, Link."

Link sighed, and looked over at the girls. Zelda had left to go get a drink of water from the small bar, while Samus took this to her advantage as she headed over to Link and Fox.

" I'm glad I found you."

Link looked around before turning his attention back to Samus. " Me?" He pointed to himself.

Samus nodded. " Zelda's in a terrible mood, I don't know why so how about you go and talk to her. Maybe seeing you will cheer her up."

" You really think so?" Link questioned, a little disappointed that Zelda wasn't herself to day.

Samus nodded, putting her weight on one leg. " Of course."

Fox grinned, slapping Link's back. " Now's your chance," he spoke softly. " Get the advantage."

Link made his way over toward Zelda, trying to think of what to say. He was acting like he was finally getting the courage to talk to a first crush. Thinking of words to say and trying hard not to act stupid. He has known Zelda longer than anyone else here. She was his friend; there is no reason for him to be like this.

Zelda took a sip of her bottled water, before realizing Link was standing next to her. She jumped startled, almost dropping her water. Link tensely smiled. The last time he had seen her was when she had caught him and Marth about to start a brawl. He had to admit, he wasn't acting himself at the time.

" Link! You scared me." Zelda held her chest, forcing a smile.

" I'm sorry," Link apologized. " I heard you were feeling upset and I wanted to check on you."

Zelda warmly smiled this time, glad that Link was worried about her. " Thanks Link, I'm fine by the way, really."

" You sure?"

Zelda nodded. " Samus is overreacting, I just didn't get a lot of sleep last night and I had an early match this morning."

" Against Yoshi." Link had her entire tournament schedule memorized.

" Yea, I won, I'm just a little exhausted."

" Congratulations. Let's go sit then, so you can relax."

Zelda followed Link over to a spot by the wall. Since it was Fitness Center, they didn't have any benches or tables to sit in the area, so they had to sit on the floor. Once situated, Link rested his head against the wall looking around for Fox. He spotted the young fox over by the workout equipment talking with Luigi, since it was his last day before him and Mario leave to head home.

" Look, Link…" Zelda lowered her bottle water placing it in between them. " I'm sorry."

" About what?" Link turned his head looking down at the Hylian princess.

" The whole situation that's going on."

" Heh, I should be apologizing, I'm taking it too seriously."

Zelda smiled, " I'm just so confused, and frustrated."

" It's okay Zelda, we're still friends, right?"

Zelda nodded, " Of course Link, but I don't want you to think that our friendship is ruined because I'm friends with Marth."

Link hated hearing her use the word friendship. It made him think that they were only friends, and he desperately wanted their relationship to be deeper than that.

" Cause I know you don't like him." Zelda continued. Link stayed silent, eyeing the mat they sat on. " He's really a nice guy, you should get to know him. I'm pretty sure you two would be good friends."

" I don't know there's just something about him I don't like." Link explained steadily.

I don't like the fact that he wants you.

Zelda sighed, " It's alright, I'm not going to force you to be friends with him."

Link looked away, over toward the other smashers working out. He didn't like having a conversation with Zelda about Marth. It sounded as if she liked him, and Link didn't want to think that. Maybe he was losing the battle. It's a shame he can win against the greatest evil in Hyrule, but can't win a little competition to get a girl's affection.

What was there that he could do? How could he get ahead in the game? Nothing could come to mind and he didn't want to do the things that Marth had already done. Does he even have a chance?

" Link, you okay?"

Link jumped startled, causing him to snap back into reality. He felt Zelda place her hand on his tense shoulder. Link turned to her and nodded. He was exhausted, mainly from training with Fox. All of the thinking was beginning to get to him.

" I'm fine, just thinking a bit."

" About?"

Link looked around trying to think of something to say, so he didn't have to tell her the truth. " About the old times at Hyrule."

Zelda chuckled, " We had some good times back then, didn't we?"

Link agreed, nodding. " Yeah…"

Zelda grabbed her bottled water, and stood brushing the wrinkles off of her dress. Link decided to stand with her, wondering if she was going to leave or not.

" Well, I forgot I had to meet Peach at the dinning hall. How about a little later on tonight we hang out for a bit, what do you say?"

" That's great, you don't have any plans?"

Zelda shook her head, " No."

" Alright then, 7:30 okay?" Link asked with a grin.

Zelda nodded as she anxiously grinned, and leaned over giving Link a light kiss on the cheek. When she pulled back, she laughed at how embarrassed and red his face had gotten. " See you later then."

Link watched in shock as Zelda walked off over toward Samus, who waited for her by the bar. His face completely blushed and he couldn't stop himself from smiling.

Maybe, there wasn't any competition at all. Maybe Link had already won.

A/N:

Did Link win or not? Who knows! You won't find out for a while, haha! Still more chapters to come, it's not over and won't be anytime soon! Things are just beginning to get interesting. Roy just has to go and make everything worst, doesn't he? He should just stay out of it next time! O well, makes the story better when some people make it worst. Also, I know I didn't include Peach at all, and her decision to Link's plan, you will find that out later. I had to keep you all waiting a little bit longer! Sorry.

Until Next Time!