"I'm really bored," Kirby sighed to himself. "There has to be something interesting to do here!"

Mewtwo glared at him from across the table. "Will you shut up? I have to concentrate for this work!" He looked down and continued focusing his power into Kirby's Toaster Essence. Roy stood over the PokeIdol, watching intently.

"What are you doing?" Samus asked as she walked into the room.

"Mewtwo's trying to transfer Kirby's Toaster Essence into himself so that he can increase his Flirtation stat," Roy explained.

Mewtwo hissed and backhanded Roy. "Idiot!" he growled.

Samus began to laugh. "That is so sad!" she exclaimed. "Why don't you just get some pointers from Ganondorf? Or Roy, for that matter?" She pointed at the redhead.

The tension in the room began to build as the three stared at each other. Finally, Kirby broke the general mood by jumping on the table.

"I have an idea!" he yelled. Samus clapped her hands over her ears. Kirby ignored her and continued talking. "We should have…A CARROT EATING CONTEST!"

Mewtwo let out a very long sigh and then returned to his work.

"Can't it at least be something that we all like?" Roy asked. "How about cherry cobbler?"

Samus put her hand under her chin. "Maybe we can have an all-you-can-eat buffet or something," she mused. "You know, whoever eats the most wins, but we can eat whatever we want."

Kirby thought about it for a while. "Okay," he said. "I'll start cooking!" He immediately zipped into the kitchen.

"And I thought that little fool couldn't get any stranger," Mewtwo said. "Well, at least he gave me this." He waved his hand over the Toaster Essence.

"FUAHAHAHAHA!" Master Hand laughed over the comm. "You will never be able to get the robot!"

"Yeah, well your flirting is worse than Captain Falcon's!" Samus yelled up into the ceiling.

Kirby popped his head back outside. "Hey, are any of you vegetarians?"

Roy looked at him. "Peach is the only one, I think," he answered. "Why?"

"Just wanted to be sure," he said as he closed the door again.

"I think I'll go help him," Samus said. "I've been heralded as a pretty good cook."

Mewtwo snorted. "What did you make? Dung beetles?"

Samus cocked her head. "How'd you know that?" she asked.

The two stared at each other for several minutes while Roy fled for a trashcan.

Amelia and Marth stood on opposite ends of the hangar – or Arena, as Young Link was now calling it.

"Ready?" Young Link asked.

"Just get on with it!" Marth retorted.

Young Link clapped his hands, and Amelia charged. Marth deftly evaded her attack, but was not able to land a clean hit on her.

"What's going on?" Roy asked as he walked in.

"Marth's trying to teach Amelia advanced fighting techniques," Young Link answered. "I'm not quite good enough to teach them to her just yet, so I asked Marth if he would."

"Why didn't you ask me?" Roy said. "I'm just as good, and I have dragon powers!"

Young Link kept looking at the fight. "I want her to learn how to fight opponents how stay as far away as they can with melee weapons," he said. "You have to get up close to do any damage."

Roy folded his arms. "Maybe she should learn how to beat TWO OPPONENTS AT ONCE!" He unsheathed his sword and jumped into the fray. Amelia immediately extended her left arm and fired a ball of electricity at Roy, who flew backward and slammed into the door.

Young Link grinned. "Excellent, Amelia!" he yelled.

Peach and Zelda sat in the ballroom, listening to Seven Stars' Salute by Toadofsky. Zelda was reading a magic tome, while Peach browsed through Toad Magazine.

"Hey, I heard that Bowser bought a huge chocolate mint for you," Zelda commented. "That's pretty cool."

Peach smiled. "Yeah…it's nice how he takes initiative. Definitely not like Mario."

Zelda looked over at her. "Speaking of taking initiative, I heard he also bought a huge book about planning weddings. Isn't that sweet?"

Peach's eyes lit up and she jumped out her chair. She began to sing.

I'm singing a song!

For no apparent reason!

It's just something that happens

Every now and then!

I love small dogs and foxes!

Would you like a slice of pie?

Please, walk a while next to me-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e!

At this point, the glass ceiling shattered, raining small shards down on the two girls. They both ran out of the room screaming.

"What's wrong?" Fox asked. "Did you two see a mouse?"

Zelda turned on him and planted a shoe in his face. "No, we did not see a mouse!" she yelled.

Yoshi rounded the corner, saw the two angry women standing over Fox, inhaled, and fled.

"Whoa!" Ganondorf exclaimed.

The six non-puffball Smashers walked into the dining room and were met with quite a spectacle. Food was completely covering the table, and some was on a mat on the floor. Kirby was standing in the kitchen door, looking very pleased with himself.

"Let's EAT!" he yelled cheerfully.

Ganondorf immediately lunged for the meats section and dug ravenously into a piece of cucco. Marth followed closely behind, munching on a drumstick. Roy tiptoed over to the vegetables and began making a salad.

"What are you guys waiting for?" Samus asked. She leapt over to the desserts section and began to pig out on chocolate.

"I'd rather to this properly," Mewtwo muttered, sounding almost happy. He pounced over to the dairy and ripped into the cheese.

"Cool!" Young Link yelled. He also went to the veggies, but not before grabbing a Lon Lon Milk.

Kirby smiled at them all and then began to tear into the meat as well.

Bowser and Ness sat in the living room of the Smash Manor, watching cartoons. As they sat, Peach leapt gracefully inside.

"Bowser!" she squeaked. "I'm euphoric!" She leapt on top of him and hugged him, somehow avoiding his spikes.

"Uh…good," he answered.

The Ice Climbers suddenly appeared. Each of them was holding an exclamation mark.

"What are those?" Ness asked.

"They're excit-o-matics!" Popo said. "We got them from Apple Kid for the low, low price of twenty dollars!"

"I love my excit-o-matic!" Nana yelled. "It makes me happy!"

Ness stared at them dubiously. "I'll have to talk to him about that…" he said. "Hey, you guys want a trout yogurt dispenser?"

"YAY!" they both cheered. They immediately ran off for Ness' room.

The still-competing Smashers sat in the dining room. Several morsels of food still remained scattered around, although they had managed to get through most of it.

"I'm never (burp) doing this again (burp)," Marth said.

Mewtwo stared forlornly at the cheese in front of him. "I can't even raise it to my mouth," he groaned.

Kirby had fallen asleep and was currently snoring with his Sleepy Hat on.

Marth pushed himself off the ground. "If I'm going to feel this ill, I might as well go to sleep," he said. "Coming, Roy?"

Roy moaned. "I…I don't feel…"

His body began to stop moving, and then it turned blue. Samus let out a small gasp as the redhead's body was encased in ice. Then he vanished with the trademark puff of smoke.

"…Guess not," Marth said stupidly.

Luigi and Falco stood under the cherry tree in the Manor's courtyard. Roy had appeared at the top of the tree when he reappeared, and was currently clinging for dear life to its branches.

"Just you watch," Falco growled. "Hyah!" He charged the tree and rammed it with his shoulder. Naturally, nothing happened.

Roy looked down nervously. "Will you guys hurry?" he asked. "I can't hold on much longer, and my dragon powers say I'll break one of my fingernails if I let go!"

Suddenly George Washington appeared! "I'll cut it down for you!" he cried. He pulled a Silver Axe from out of nowhere and began chopping it down.

"…Whoa," Falco said.

Yep. It's chapter twenty! In answer to Smashnbash's question, the "dead" Smashers return to the Smash manor in random locations (like on top of cherry trees). And stuff. Roy died because he ate a hidden freezie, BTW. In case you were wondering. 8 D

Warm greetings to all readers! Warmer greetings to reviewers!

Bye, then.