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Now here's the next chapter. Sorry, but this one's a bit short. I have write

Chapter 7

Link

I smiled as I saw Samus defeat Young Link and Ness. I wanted to be in that match so much, but I was content with our...correction...HER victory. I stood up as she exited the stadium and stepped into the Smashers' private section. She looked towards me and nodded.

"Your ass better be in the next match, Link," she called out half-jokingly.

"Don't worry, I will," I assured. "You can count on that." She nodded. She than looked down when she heard Ness and Young Link tapping at her leg.

"You're a good fighter, Samus!" Ness exclaimed.

"I'm just glad I didn't have to face you in Hyrule," Young Link said with a slight smile. Samus bent down and picked the both of them up on her shoulders.

"You two are just cute, you know that?" she said. All of the other Smashers (including me) looked at her with a face of pure surprise. She looked at us.

"What? I can't be nice to little kids?"

"Michael Jackson was nice to little kids, and look where that landed him," Falco cracked.

"I just hope they don't send him to a juvenile home," Mr. Game and Watch added.

Everyone laughed out loud. However, our laugh was cut short by an announcement over the intercom.

"ALL SMASHERS TO THE OVAL OFFICE!"

Samus set down the two young Smashers as everyone headed towards the oval office. I could hear whispers amongst the crowd. Obviously, they wanted to know what was going. I didn't blame them. No one did a thing to be in trouble, so I wasn't THAT worried. As everyone entered the office and took their respective seats at the long table. We all turned to the Master Hand, who was smiling.

"I have good news, my friends," he said. "I just talked to the Board of Directors."

"How is that good news?" Captain Falcon asked. "The board of directors never did anything good for us."

"But for once, they come up with two good ideas!" Everyone scoffed, shifting in his or her seats.

"Than let's hear it, old man," Falco said. The Master Hand gave Falco a displeased look, than gave his announcement.

"Well, one idea involves the quarterfinals. But since it only concerns Marth and Roy, Samus and Link, Captain Falcon and Zelda, and Fox and Falco, I'm just going to keep that under wraps. The other idea concerns all. The Board of Directors had been, for lack of a better term, on my ass since ever since the little...incident involving one of the semi-finalists. Of course, that's behind us, right?" I looked at Samus, who nodded at me. I nodded back. We both turned towards the Master Hand and nodded, answering his question. "I tried telling them that. Unfortunately, they didn't believe that. At first it seemed like they were going to take you two out of the tournament.

"Luckily, they actually some brains in their heads and decided to take another approach. Instead of punishing the culprits, they decided to try to reduce the chances of such incidents happening again. So they decided to do a little to have a 'get to know you' week. Basically, this is a period where one Smasher has to basically hang out with another, and they talk about each other's past, their present, their favorite hobbies, etcetera. Etcetera."

I shrugged a bit, thinking the idea wasn't so bad. Everyone seemed to share my thoughts.

"So everyone go out there and try to get to know each other!" I smiled, than noticed Fox out of the corner of my eye. He was whispering something to Zelda, and she nodded.

"I think we already started," I said, chuckling.

Fox

I stood up and opened the door when I heard a knock. I saw Zelda standing there. Instead of her usual golden dress, she was wearing jean shorts that went mid-thigh and a t-shirt that proclaimed the Smash Brothers logo. She smiled at me. I smiled back.

"Please come in," I said. She stepped in and took a seat on my bed.

"So, what do you want to talk about?" she said.

"Well, I already told you about my life as a mercenary, so tell me about your life as a Princess." She smiled slightly. I sat next to her.

"It's have its good and bad points," Zelda said. "The good points are that I live in a very luxurious castle. The walls are adorned with ivory and marble." She sighed out and shook her head. "But sometimes, I hate being spoiled. So now and than I slip out of the castle so I can explore Hyrule." She smiled. "I sometimes head to the field outside of the castle, and even to the Kokiri Forest at times." She looked up at me. "Of course, I always worry my father." She than smiled. "What are your parents like?" I frowned and looked up into the sky.

"I never....knew what my mother was like," I started. "According to my father, she was Vixie, the nicest person in the world. She died the day I was born. And my father...James...He was mercenary, like I was. He was head of the original Star Fox team. Unfortunately, he put his trust in the wrong person, and that person handed him over to Andross. He was killed when I was about nine years old. A fellow mercenary, Peppy raised me from that point on." I closed my eyes shut, trying to trap my tears to no avail. "Remember, at the cafeteria, I was wondering if my life would be happier if I had a certain 'thing'? That thing was my parents." Zelda slid on hand under my eyes wiping my tears. She than embraced me. I buried my eyes into her shoulder, letting out all of my tears.