Chapter 9

Zelda began to scream as though she was on fire and couldn't put it out. Her scream literally left many deaf and partically crazy. Kirby, Princess Peach, Mario and Luigi, Dr. Mario, and finally Yoshi woke up. All were confused and many were starting to scream as well. Link grabbed Zelda and began to calm her down... it didn't work so well.

"GET AWAY! You've been dead for 7 years and now you're back? What's going on?" screamed Zelda as she was overreacting. Her once calm blue eyes were now filled with worry. Link backed away, not knowing what to make of this.

"Zelda... don't you remember me? I'm your boy friend."

"Link! You've been dead for the past 7 years," explained Dr. Mario. Link fell backwards and was now holding his head. Marth just came around when he heard this conversation going on. He stood up and walked besides Link.

"Link hasn't even been dead! I saw his olderself! Not too long ago! You've got to believe me. I don't know where they went though."

"For some reason, I don't feel like believing. Over the past years you've been gone, I've been believing every hour of every day and no one has been able to save us yet! So what makes you think I would just turn my back on reality and believe something that someone made up? I think you're wasting your time," said Kirby as though his voice was ice. His eyes were now glaced with white... meaning that he was blind. Marth could do nothing but kneel down on one knee.

"Kirby... you've been through a lot but why can't you just take a chance?"

"Taking a chance is what cost my sight!"

"Maybe this one won't have a risk to it. If we kill Master Hand right here then we might stop all this from happening. Can't you just trust me?"

Kirby sighed and nodded. Marth smiled and faced Link who was now staring at the wall. Marth placed a hand on his shoulder and began to calm him. Link's eyes were beginning to fill with tears.

"But... I'm not dead. I'm not dead."

"It's okay Link. We'll be home soon and we'll be able to forget this. I promise we'll get out of this alive."

Link looked up and just turned his head away and all of a sudden his once lightly tan skin was now as white as a ghost. Marth couldn't help but feel sorry for him. He walked toward Zelda and she made a forcefield.

"What now?"

"You killed Roy! On purpose! I know you did! I even saw you do it! You killed your own best friend!"

"Hey! I didn't even mean to!"

"Well you should've thought about that when you stabbed him!"

"Why don't you just shut up and listen?"

"I would never listen to the likes of you!"

"Zelda what I did is in the past! If I change the future then Roy will be alive and none of this will ever happen again! Please just trust me!" cried Marth as his azure eyes were beginning to fill with crystal tears. Zelda turned her head away and didn't look at Marth once.

"This is getting out of control! I want to go home but how can I make everyone trust us?"

"Zelda! If you still truely love me then you'll listen to me! The day the war started we... missed everything up until now! We've been going from place to place, trying to find you. To find everyone but no one would believe us at first. Can't you just look deep down in your heart and forgive me for abandoning you? I mean in a situation like that... I would've run away. Not to be away from you but to protect you. Why can't you just believe us, just this once?"

Zelda looked up to see Link crying and his tears dropping to the floor like rain drops. Zelda's forcefield was put down and she hugged Link to comfort him. Marth just ran for the opening in the ceiling from when they entered into the ship. He sat out on top of the ship for what seemed like hours. Marth didn't turn but he heard foot steps coming closer to him until Angel sat next to him.

"So... is this what you're gonna do? Just quit?"

"... Yes. I can't earn the trust back from everyone. No one will believe me because of something I didn't even do."

"Forget what people think about you now and get your spirit up! It'll turn out better. With this ship we can find Master Hand faster than with Samus' airship. Come on. Give everyone another chance. Who knows, maybe everyone will forgive you," said Angel as Marth shook his head.

"You know that I can't even do that. I won't admit to something I didn't do on purpose."

"I know but still, everyone deserves a second chance... in my opinion, you've earned it. Roy deserves it, even Mewtwo deserves it. Forgive them and they will forgive you. I know they will."

Marth looked at Angel and gave a faint smile. He stood up along with Angel.

"Thanks I owe you one."

They ventured into the Cornerian ship and they had to trace Master hand. The problem? How would the smashers, who are victims of a war, defeat Master Hand with their strength? Even I don't know. With Samus' tracking device she found out where Master Hand would be. So with the Cornerian ship in control they had another mission on their shoulders... to defeat Master Hand and bring justice to the world. Will they suceede? One may never know...