Disclaimer: I don't own SSBM or related titles and characters. I think Nintendo does though, so talk to them about that.
The One I Love (cont'd)Joe and I made it back to the SSBM HQ just as a fellow swordsman of mine arrived.
"Hey, Link, howzit going?" Roy asked me.
"Not much." I replied. "Do you know if Zelda's here yet?"
"Nope. I have seen Sheik running around somewhere though." Roy answered. "But, you might want to leave her alone for a while."
"Why?" I asked quizzically. I pondered the thought for a moment.
"Marth tells me she's not in the best of moods. He was just talking to her normally, and he ended up with a black eye." Roy told me. Strange, she didn't normally beat the crap out of Marth until he starts hitting on her.
"I'll keep that in mind," I said, "insensitive jerks do tend to get hurt around her."
"Marth told me he didn't try anything this time. He just said hi, then she said hi, then he asked what she thought of you, and WHACK!" Roy made the motion of a punch to his face. I wondered if that was a good thing…?
"If you say so." I said dully, and continued to the teleporting room to await my next match. Joe, who I had completely forgotten, led the way, even though I knew the way myself.
3…2…1…GO!
My next match was underway. A one-minute timed match, nothing too difficult. However, I did wonder why I had been getting the shorter matches lately. This match though, was a two on two. My partner was Captain Falcon; we were taking on the pairing of Kirby and Peach. I got the privilege of playing on my favorite stage too; Final Destination. The order from left to right was Peach, Kirby, the Captain, and I. I only had a second to think, as the match had begun.
I ran to greet my opponents-whichever wanted a piece first-and saw my partner execute a nice Raptor Boost to Kirby. The pink puff didn't budge too much, however the flames made it seem as if it hurt a lot. Peach took advantage of Falcon's temporary immobility and nailed him with a Peach Bomber. The Captain flew towards me, but due to the specifications of the arena, he flew almost right through me, just enough time for me to toss my Boomerang at Peach. She moved even less than Kirby did earlier. I received my weapon as it returned to me, and Peach tried another Peach Bomber, this time to me, but I shielded myself from the blow. It was unnecessary; however, my partner countered her with a Raptor Boost. It was my turn for the advantage, so I smashed Peach over to where Kirby was; he hadn't done much in the match.
"Wake up you puff ball! The match is well underway and you have done nothing!" Peach cursed to Kirby. Kirby had indeed fallen asleep after Falcon's blow, but was awakened by the Princess's sardonic complaint. Kirby propped himself up, only to suffer a Falcon Punch from my partner. He did fly a nice distance, but not quite enough to be eliminated. The ball of air simply floated back to the platform. Meanwhile though, I had attempted to smash Peach, only to be denied by her shield. I chuckled to myself, and let my hook shot loose. Peach was trapped by it and I dragged her close, following up with a mule kick towards my partner. Kirby had just moved in range of my blade, and I smashed the bugger back into the air, where he slowly floated back again. I then noticed that the match had almost come to a close, and between my partner and I, we had no KOs.
"Punch the puff ball and let's get this over with!" I called to Captain Falcon. He acknowledged, and let off his assault on Peach that I hadn't been watching. I was quick to take his place as he readied for another Falcon Punch that, hopefully, would send Kirby to his elimination. The final ten seconds of the match had come. Again, I wasn't watching my partner, only praying he could do what he had to do. I simply had to keep Peach busy. No problem. I grabbed her with my hook shot again, and sent her flying in the opposite direction of Falcon. Might be enough… I thought to myself. 5…4… Last few seconds and I hadn't heard any KOs. 3…2… I'll have to kick his butt later in the locker room if he doesn't succeed. I turned to see what progress he had made. 1…
"Falcon Punch!" Captain Falcon called out, finally. Kirby was nailed square in the face. He flew pretty fast, but was it enough?
"GAME!"
"Well, that was fun." Captain Falcon stated as he and I left the teleporting room. Peach and Kirby simply slumped in their teleporters, suffering from the exhaustion of a loss. I laughed as I passed them, knowing they could never defeat me and a good partner like Falcon.
"So how are you and your woman going?" the Captain joked. It suddenly hit me; that I still hadn't spoken to Zelda yet.
"I dunno, haven't seen her all day." I answered. We both knew I didn't have a girlfriend, or an official one at least. I do, however, think that Zelda's just been waiting for the aggressive male, namely myself, to muster the courage to ask her out. I never liked being aggressive when it came to women, though, and I could never recollect having any girlfriends in the past. I'm sure I did though. A good-looking hero like myself? I'm sure I've had at least one…
"Nintendo to Link, come in Link." Captain Falcon jeered me. He waved a hand in front of my face.
"I'm alive, sorry." I replied, and suddenly jolted back to reality (?). "This is my stop." I hadn't previously noticed I was already at my locker room. I seem to be spacing out like that a lot lately…
"Later, boyo." Falcon teased. He walked further down the hall to his own locker room. I realized I must have been very quiet for the walk down here. It was quite a ways. Was I always that quiet? Falcon never seemed to return me to reality during the walk, so maybe it was normal. Something tugged at the back of my mind, and I realized that the penguins were stealing my sanity, one by one. Did I ever think that before? Did I ever think before? All these thoughts made no sense to me, currently, so I entered my locker room and began to meditate.
You like, yes? Sorry for taking so long to make this up; I've been swamped w/ everything else in my life. And if you're wondering, yes, some of this is based on my own personal experiences. So stick that in your pipe and smoke it. Hopefully I won't take as long for the next chapter, but you never know…