Super Smash Bros.: MELEE
Roy's story…
Chapter Six: "Damn that little pink ball!"
Groaning, Roy rolled around on his mattress. A seemingly blinding light was filtering through his eyelids - not exactly the most welcoming awakening. He turned over one more time and fell off the bed with a thump.
"Ow…"
Sitting up and stretching, he noticed he only had on his underclothes. The next thing he noticed was that there were two people in the room. Link and Zelda were standing near the doorway. Zelda was looking away, trying to hide a chuckle and Link was smirking at him openly.
"Are you going to get some clothes on or walk around half naked all day?" the blond man asked, still grinning that smart-aleck grin.
With a start, Roy jumped up and grabbed his clothes from the small closets the mansion's occupants were provided with. Zelda started laughing more, not bothering to cover it with a hand anymore.
"How long –" Roy started, but stopped when he nearly fell over pulling on his pants. "How long have you two been here?"
"We've been in and out over the past two days. You were completely beat after that fight. Marth might still be asleep," Zelda replied, reduced to just smiles now that most of the redhead's clothes were on.
A startled, blue-eyed look popped out from the collar of Roy's shirt. "Two days? Was I really out that long?"
Link pulled open the door. "Yeah. You didn't miss much though; the automated rank list was put up in the practice yard. You and I both pushed up a spot and Marth dropped a couple."
"What about Jigglypuff?" Roy enquired.
"Bah…. Still in first; I don't know how the thing does it."
"Damn that little pink ball…"
"Yeah I know."
The three of them strode out into the hall. Roy took a deep breath and smiled. It felt good to be moving around again after lying in bed for the past t-
Something blasted him with a large amount of energy, and when he was able to sit up again – he didn't even remember falling – he could just see two lightning shaped tails fleeing around the corner. He sat up with a groan and watched the other two do the same.
"What was that all about?" Roy demanded.
Wincing, Zelda got up on her feet with a little help from Link. "Did you notice how those two would always be running through the halls?" Roy nodded. "Well apparently they've been working their way through the building, zapping everyone from one end of the building to the other."
As she spoke another loud buzz was heard, followed by a loud curse from Captain Falcon. The large man came stomping down the hall a moment later, dripping wet from the washroom and holding a slightly charred towel around himself. Samus and Falco passed by and whistled mockingly. Captain Falcon gave them a rude gesture in return and stomped into his room, slamming the door.
Starting down the hall, Roy clapped a hand to his stomach.
"I don't know about either of you but I'm starving."
Link peered behind them. "After seeing that, I don't have much of an appetite."
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After eating, word was passed through the occupants of the house to go to the lounge for another meeting.
When Roy walked into the room the big, burley man who served as the host clapped him on the shoulder, nearly sending him to his knees. Smiling shakily at the beaming man, he made his way over to one of the couches, plopping down next to Jigglypuff. It hopped and smiled at him before turning back to face the host.
"Gather 'round everyone," the big man said. Samus pushed past Captain Falcon – who had been trying unsuccessfully to woo her – and sat down on Roy's other side. Ganondorf, Mewtwo and Bowser, the lowest ranking Smashers, stayed in the corner by themselves. Everyone else sat or stood in a general semicircle facing their multitasking host.
"Now, then. Where shall we begin? First of all, I would like to congratulate our top four scorers in the rankings so far. And to those of you who seem to be lagging behind, pick up the pace." Mewtwo and the others glowered. "That being said, I would like to ann-"
Marth stalked in just then, cutting off the announcer in mid sentence. Everyone stared as he walked over to a lone chair in the midst of the silence and sat down. Clearing his throat, the big man at the head of the room dragged everyone's attention back to him.
"Well now that everyone is here this will be easier. What I would like to announce is that our top four Smashers will be having a contest for first in exactly one week." Murmurs started up around the room and Roy and Link shared a questioning look. Raising his voice a little, the announcer continued. "This will be a particularly special match because it will incorporate items from your various home worlds along with doubling the Knock Out count from five to ten. Other than that only the usual rules apply…which are, of course, try to beat everyone else. All other matches are postponed until then and I suggest that the four of you," he eyed Marth, Roy, Link and Jigglypuff steadily, "practice hard; you'll need it. Good luck and I'll return in one week."
With that he strode out of the room. Everyone filtered out of the room except for the four top rankers. They sat, looking at one another until Jigglypuff finally bounced off with one last "Jiggly!"
Sighing, Link got up and stretched. "I guess I'll go find Young Link and hit the yard." He walked over to Roy. "Are you coming?"
"In a moment," Roy replied. Eyeing Marth for a second, Link nodded slowly and exited. Marth got up and followed staring straight ahead so pointedly he might as well have slapped the other fighter. Roy ignored him just as studiously. After a few minutes of silence, he got up and walked the hall to his room, dodging Pikachu and Pichu as they dashed down the hall, this time being chased by an infuriated Samus. Ignoring them, he turned into his room and reached for his gear. A sudden thought came over him and he stopped.
Why am I fighting so hard for this?
He went over to the window facing the yard and watched as Link and his younger counterpart went through their moves together, watched by Zelda, Yoshi and the Mario brothers.
Is it for glory? I don't want the glory. Not this badly. He sat on his bed and stared at his sword, not really seeing it. I suppose it's for them, he thought, my friends and even the ones I don't particularly like. No one has the right to take someone's entire life away from them, not even those 'hands'. Even if no one will recognize this glory, I'll know what I've done to help these people. I suppose that's good enough for me.
"Of course," he muttered, "it would still be nice not to have to deal with the likes of Ganondorf and Marth." Buckling on his sword belt, he strode down the hall and out into the yard. It was going to be a long week.
It's the end of the sixth installment already and still plenty more to go. Thank you to all of you who give me feedback, and please, keep it coming. I can always use some improvement. Thanks again,
-S&C44
P.S. – Don't miss my other story. It's a drastically different humorous Kingdom Hearts "interview" (because too many of those are drooling Riku fan girls and it's always nice to have a guy's outlook for a change) that I'm writing on the side. My main focus will still be on this one, never fear.
