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Chapter 16: Deja vu

Fox took a deep breath and relaxed back in his chair, listening to the soft ballad play within his head. He sat at one of the tables, with Marth, Mario and Link. They had just finished getting their pictures taken, which turned out a lot better than he thought they would. It was now the time to just sit back and relax, for their adventure and time at the tournament was over.

Fox took a sip of his drink and c arefully sat it down in front of him. He listened to Link and Mario begin a conversation about the incident with Ganondorf and Bowser. Marth, who position himself across from Fox, miserably looked down at his half full glass of water. Fox slightly sat up in his chair, carefully watching the prince's expression.

He could easily tell what Marth was thinking about. It was Cecilia, and Fox felt bad that Marth and her had to part. Everyone had noticed the bond that the two shared and developed during their time in the future. They also knew the relationship wouldn't last. Marth lived in a completely different time period than the PRC member. Right now, she was only seven years old.

Fox frowned and rested his elbows on the table, trying to think of something to say to cheer his friend up. Everything he thought of was obvious. He couldn't think of anything else to say except, ' the relationship wasn't going to last' or 'at least she will grow up in a peaceful future' or even 'you did what was right….' Fox didn't want to upset the prince anymore, or sound impolite.

" You okay Marth?" Fox questioned. Marth lifted his head, turning his attention to Fox's direction. He steadily nodded, staying silent. " It was obvious, it wasn't going to last."

" I know." Marth replied shortly. " I tried to force myself not to get involved."

Fox nodded. " I understand."

Marth suddenly smirked as if thinking of something funny. " At least I got to meet her, you know?"

Fox smiled. " I'm happy for you."

Link took a deep breath and leaned forward, looking down at the table. He took off his crown and sat it in the middle of the table, rubbing his fingers through his blonde hair. " So…" He paused looking up at the three smashers sitting around him. " If what you guys had told me was true…then I want to thank you."

Mario frowned baffled. " Why are you thanking us?"

" Because you guys not only risked your lives to save the future, but to make

sure I stayed the way I am." Link replied.

Fox nodded. " You're our friend Link."

Link smiled. " Yes, you guys are the best friends I could ever have."

Marth and Mario both smiled, as the table returned to silence. Eventually Link had left the group to go dance with Zelda, while Marth looked for Roy. Once Mario had joined Luigi and Peach on the dance floor, Fox had sat alone at the table watching everyone.

Fox looked down at the golden crown on the table, and glanced at his reflection. Ever since he entered the tournament he always wondered what it would be like to wear the crown, to where the item that proved you were champion of the tournament. He had his chance to wear the crown, but knew only Link deserved to have it. He was the true champion of the tournament, and Fox had to admit he liked this Link better than anything else.

Going through time to save the future and Link…Fox knew it was worth it.

The dance was finally coming to an end, as most of the smashers had left to head back to their dorms. Fox stood from the chair, and pushed it out from underneath him. Marth and Mario ran back to the young fox explaining that Master Hand was talking to someone wearing a PRC uniform.

Fox immediately looked over by the entrance to the dinning hall and saw Master Hand speaking with a tall muscular dark skinned man. As the trio headed over toward them, they had gotten a better view of the man. He looked like he was in his late twenties and his short black hair was well cut. His light brown eyes seemed to have a shimmer in them and his posture was perfect.

Master Hand noticed the three smashers and stepped aside introducing them to the man. " Hey guys, didn't know you were still here. This is Michael Smith, his older brother is founder and leader of an organization called--"

" PRC…" Fox interrupted, finishing Master Hand's sentence.

Michael politely smiled and nodded. " That's right. How did you know?"

Fox shrugged and faintly chuckled. " Lucky guess."

Master Hand nodded. " He just stopped by to see the campus. He's interested in how things run around here." Master Hand turned his attention to Michael implying this to him. " Mario, Fox and Marth had ranked in the top four of the tournament, out of twenty-five smashers."

" Top four, huh?" Michael crossed his arms looking back down at the smashers. " Congratulations, then."

Mario and Marth thanked Michael, but Fox stayed silent still surprised that he had met Michael Smith. He remembered hearing about him when Ivory was explaining to them about how she joined PRC. Michael was a chief then, and is Ashley's uncle, not to mention second in command in PRC.

" Michael, I have a question." Fox began, steadily.

Michael looked at Fox and lifted his head. " Yes?"

" Do you have a niece named Ashley?"

Michael was silent as his eyes widened. He chuckled and nodded almost shocked that Fox had known. " Yes, I do. How did you know her?"

Marth and Mario both looked at Fox. " I--I, well I just do…" Fox replied.

" She's with her father right now." Michael explained. " Her tenth birthday is coming up, soon."

Marth frowned, lowering his head. " Tenth…"

Michael nodded. " Yep."

Master Hand abruptly stepped into the conversation. " Well, we must be going. There's still more I must show Mr. Smith."

Michael nodded turning his attention back to the smashers. " It was nice meeting you three."

" It was nice meeting you too," Marth replied shaking Michael's hand.

After shaking Fox and Mario's hand, Michael and Master Hand left the dinning hall. Marth crossed his arms turning to Mario and Fox, surprised at what just happened. It had to be a coincidence that after teaming up with PRC, they ended up meeting the second in command.

" Wow, that's was strange."

Mario agreed. " So Ashley's only nine, now…"

Fox lifted his head to the doorway where Master Hand and Michael left. " We're ten years in the past, remember?"

Mario nodded, and turned about to walk away. " Yea, I know, it's still strange…" his voice trailed off as he went to rejoin Peach.

Fox turned and looked at Marth, whose saddened emotion returned. Fox touched Marth's shoulder in sympathy and smiled. Marth returned the smile and nodded before turning and walking away.

Fox took a deep breath and slowly headed over toward the door. The dance was over, but a few smashers remained. Fox was exhausted, and was ready to head to bed, but turned and glanced at the dinning hall one last time. Tomorrow, he and Falco had to return back to their home until next year, when the next tournament starts.

Eventually they would all move on from what happened tonight, but would never forget it. He knew now, that Link would finally stay the same, and Marth would move on from the pain of losing Cecilia. He also knew that Regga City had a future worth waiting for, and he couldn't wait to come back in ten years to see how it turns out.

The future for now remains unknown, but one thing was for sure, maybe the smashers and the PRC members paths…will cross once again….

A/N:

Yes, a short chapter, and yes the story is finally over! Woohoo! Let's party now! I'm so happy about finishing the story, since I have another one out of the way…um…okay now moving on.

THANK YOU, all of the cameos for wanting to be in the story and helping me create this story. Thank you, RoyalFanatic, Royal Kenya, Traiden, R.S Lee, Regii, Clockwerk Crow and KuroNeko1492. I had a wonderful time with the story!

Now about the sequel, yes…I will be doing another story but it's not going to be a sequel. It's going to be a story based off of a Distance Through Time. Cameos, will be in it which leaves me to this question: Do the seven cameos that were apart of the story want to be in the next one? All you have to do is give me a yes or no in a review or PM or whatever. I will start the next story once I get everyone's approval, so look out for it coming soon! (Also, I will add a maximum of three new cameos in the next story, but I won't be accepting anything until after the first chapter is up.)

I guess that's all I have to say…

Until Next Time!