Chapter 2: Talking to Cindy

Damage was dealt in percent. Every attack taken would raise the percentage of the victim. The key to winning was raising their percent high enough to make them weaker and lighter. Then, deal them a heavy blow and send them flying into the warp zone, where they would be warped out of the arena. The warp zone existed in all places surrounding the arena. If a player fell, they were warped out, if they went to high, they were warped out, and if they went too far to the left or right of the arena, they were warped out. Sometimes, the player had more then one life, so they would, instead, be put back onto the arena and continue fighting until there was only one left standing. Of course, most of this was only because of the way the arenas were programmed. These were merely the battle configurations. Roy wasn't thinking about that at the moment, though. He was sticking the fire emblem back in his pocket. He always locked it into the hilt of his sword during a battle. He was seriously considering just leaving it in there all the time, as it was a pain to take it out and put it back in all the time. He was just dropping it into his pocket when a voice made him look up.

"Hi, Roy," said Cindy.

"Hi," said Roy. "Um… how are you doing?"

Cindy looked thoughtful for a minute.

"Okay," she said. "But, I'm panning revenge on Mouser."

"Me too," said Roy. "His damn grenade attack is probably the most annoying attack out of all of them. Except that twisting flip kick of Megaman's. That is really annoying."

Cindy smiled.

"Yeah, I'd say so," said Cindy. "Oh, and the roll that Pac-Man does."

"That's an annoying attack, definitely" said Roy.

"Yeah, it is," said Cindy. "Well, congratulations, Roy. Vader is a difficult person to beat. Don't worry, I won't ask about the Emblem."

"Thank you," said Roy. "Because I can't tell anyone. Not even my father knows."

Cindy raised one eyebrow.

"Have a good night," she said. "I'll see you some other time."

"Yeah," said Roy, waving. "Goodbye."

Roy walked through the halls, looking around. He was amazed at how many people thought it was smart to make out in the halls. Even Marth and his girlfriend (soon to be wife) were standing outside of her dorm room. Roy rolled his eyes and decided to take the long way around.

"Hey, Roy!" said Marth. "Wait up!"

Roy turned. Marth had come charging towards him.

"You do realize that you and Jenny should go somewhere else, don't you?" asked Roy.

"Yeah, anyway, good job on your battle," said Marth. "And, I saw you talking to Cindy."

"So?" asked Roy.

"What did you talk about?" asked Marth.