"Attention! We are now going to announce the second Semi-Finals fight!"
It was the day after the fight between Knight and Bowser, and the second Semi-Final fight was today. Every fighter stopped what they were doing and listened carefully.
"It is, Kirby versus Samus! Kirby, please go to meeting room 2 and Samus to meeting room 3 in five minutes!"
Peach was in the lounge when she heard. Once she did, a huge smile grew on her face and she ran to Samus's room. The door was closed, and Peach started knocking rapidly.
"Samus! Your Up!" she happily.
"I heard, I'm getting ready. Just give me a sec." said Samus. After a minute Samus came out of her room. She wasn't wearing her usual armor, this one had a bronze like color with a bit a grey in a few spots.
"Oh, I like it." Peach looked over Samus, from top to bottom and soon back to her face. Samus blushed under her helmet.
"Thanks, I figured something new would be nice. Wish me luck." Samus began walking down to the meeting room.
"Don't I always?" asked Peach with a smirk.
Samus turned around and answered in a sarcastic tone. "I'd like to think so." Peach chuckled.
"Seriously though, good luck."
"Thank you."
Samus made her way down to the meeting room, all the while thinking of strategies to beat Kirby. She had fought Kirby multiple times in past tournaments, so she knew his move set pretty well. The one big problem though was that Kirby knew her move set, even if he was a baby.
She had to be careful with this battle. It couldn't have been Ridley? She thought. Samus then took a deep breath as she walked, she reminded herself that it didn't matter if she fought Ridley later or not. She decided to focus on the fight and fight as best she could.
She walked into the room and took a seat in the chair and waited. Soon a Poe came floating in.
"Hello Samus, my names Beth, nice to finally meet you." she said.
"Hello, I'm guessing you're a huge fan?" Samus said trying to hide her annoyance. She was used to this, some people who worked at the tournament would sometimes say they were fans. However, some in the past have been bothersome. Constantly asking for audio graphs and pictures, some were fired because of it.
Samus was prepared for some of that any minute.
"Well yes, But I would just like to say you're going to kick some serious ass." she said in a casual tone. Beth then pulled out her clipboard and started looking over it.
Samus was expecting something annoying, but this ghost was nonchalant.
"Anyway, it's very simple, just defeat Kirby. There are no items except the Smash Ball, which will only show up once. But I'm guessing you got already know that?" Beth smiled after she finished. Samus had to admit this ghost was smart enough to know that she had done this before.
"Yup, now let's open that elevator." Samus got up from the chair, Beth opened the door and Samus walked in. The elevator began to move, and Samus started to hear the sounds of the audience.
Soon the door opened and Samus was now in the arena. The layout and look of the arena were completely different from the last Semi-Final fight. This time there were small hills waving up and down, and instead of grass, the hills were covered in a sea of pink flowers. And there were five cherry blossom trees, one at each end of the arena and one in the middle.
"Alright folks, we've got an interesting one here today!" shouted Howard.
"A cute pink ball versus a badass bounty hunter, I've seen weirder!" said Kreese.
Samus looked across the arena and saw Kirby stepping out of the elevator. They both walked towards each other and both stopped right in front of the tree that was in the middle. The wind was causing the cherry blossom leaves to blow around and neither Kirby or Samus talked, both were silent. Until Kirby took a fighting stance while smiling at Samus.
He's always so happy. Samus thought to herself as she smiled and took her fighting stance.
"Ready everyone? FIGHT!" yelled Howard and Kreese.
Samus fired two missiles at Kirby one destroying the tree in front of her and the other heading towards Kirby. Kirby inhaled it and spat it back out at Samus.
Samus fired at it blowing it up in mid-air and then started running around Kirby's left side while firing wrapped shots. Kirby was quick enough to dodge and began moving in on Samus.
Kirby started attacking Samus up close with multiple punches and kicks, the first few hit Samus in the head and the next few hit her chest, sending her back a few feet. Samus then rushed forward ramming Kirby in the face and knocking him back. Samus launched another missile which hit the ground near Kirby, she then ran forward and when Kirby least expected it Samus kicked him in the face.
Kirby went flying back and slammed into one of the trees in the corner, Samus took this opportunity to charge her arm cannon, once charged she fired it. When it got near Kirby however, he inhaled it and swallowed it, which turned him into one of his many copy abilities, Plasma.
Kirby was now no longer pink and was now green with electricity sparking out of the top of his head. He shot plasma bolts at Samus went into ball form and began dodging. Unlike Samus's missiles, Kirby's plasma would never run out, so Samus had to figure out how to attack him without giving him another copy ability.
Soon Samus had an idea. She started rolling towards Kirby and readied a bomb to throw at just the right time. Kirby started to get scared as Samus got closer, he started shooting rapidly without aiming and missed each time.
Right as Kirby fired a plasma bolt, Samus jumped over the bolt and dropped the bomb right in front of the bolt. The plasma mixed with the bomb's explosives caused it to explode with greater force than usual, and since the bolt was so close Kirby, the explosion went off right in Kirby's face.
Samus managed to roll away in time and came out of ball form. She looked at the destruction and saw Kirby kneeling on the ground panting for air. His plasma ability was gone as well, it looked like Kirby was about finished when out of nowhere, the Smash Ball landed down from above right next to Kirby. Kirby turned to his left, looking at the ball before realizing that he had hope and began smiling.
He smashed it and the all too familiar glow emanated around him. Samus rolled her eyes and groaned at the dumb luck Kirby got and prepared herself for Kirby's Final Smash. Kirby ran forward, jumped up in the air and activated his Final Smash. Both his green tunic and his huge sword appeared out of thin air and he began to swing it towards Samus. Samus was more than prepared however and as the attack came, she dodged to the right, completely avoiding the assault.
"Even with his Final Smash Kirby failed. What a shame." said Howard.
"Give him some credit he got a bunch of missiles to the face!" said Kreese.
Kirby's attack did destroy half the arena. When his sword hit the ground, it cracked it in half sending one half plunging down into the water. Samus got up from her dodge and made her way to Kirby, who was once again panting on the ground. Kirby may have had his Final Smash, but he sustained more damage so even with his Final Smash, Samus was in way better shape to avoid it.
Samus now stood in front of Kirby. It was risky since Kirby could inhale her, but he was too exhausted to move. Samus now pointed her gun at him.
"Give up?" Samus asked politely. Kirby looked up at Samus, his head was dizzy, and he could barely move. But he still attempted to speak
"K-Kir-byyyyyyy." with that, Kirby fell forward and was passed out. The audience cheered and began chanting Samus's name over and over. Samus kneeled, picked Kirby up and cradled him in her arms.
"You'll be alright little guy. You fought well." Samus continued to cradle Kirby until a few waddle dee medics came rushing over. Once they had him, they and Samus went across the bridge and went back inside.
"Well folks I think we can all agree the collateral damage was much worse here than the last battle." said Howards cheerfully.
"The first one they burned the arena to waste, and here half the damn arena is gone! What next?" shouted Kreese.
Back inside, Samus walked into the lounge and just like Knight, was greeted with clapping. She was told she did well by all the other fighters, but she was interested in what Peach thought of it. She didn't think of it until now but, she did it. She only thought of the fight and stayed focused, and now she was on to the next round because of it. She felt so happy for herself but still wanted to how Peach felt about the win.
"Awesome job out there Samus." said Zelda with a big smile.
"Even when Kirby had the Smash Ball, you still won. I love that." Peach said with a grin.
"Thanks." said Samus as she took her helmet off. She smiled knowing that Peach loved the fight. Zelda noticed the two of them staring at each other and thought it might be better if she left. She looked around for a way out, she noticed Mewtwo sitting on one of the couches drinking coffee.
"Oh hey, Mewtwo needs me. I'll be right back." she said as she walked away slightly giggling to herself.
"So," said Samus as they began walking to the bar and taking a seat. "How are you feeling about there only being four left?"
"I'm excited as hell! I wonder who I'm fighting?" said Peach with that same devilish grin.
"About that . . ." Samus was a bit nervous to bring it up but said it anyway. "You might be fighting Ridley and well . . ."
"I'll be fine, besides I might end up fighting Pac-Man or Zelda."
"I know it's just . . ." Samus couldn't find the right words.
"I know your worried Samus, but you've seen me fight. If I do end up fighting him, I'll kick his ass until he can't even walk." Peach's sweet devilish grin now turned into an evil grin.
"Easy queen of evil," Samus said sarcastically. "Okay, I'll trust you."
Samus then felt a small tug from her leg. She looked down and saw Knight looking up at her. He raised his arm up for a high five.
"Oh, I see." Samus gave Knight the high five. "Thanks, Knight." Little did Samus know that Knight was listening to her and Peach talk. And the high five wasn't for the fight, it was for Samus talking to Peach about her feelings. Even if it wasn't about her having a crush on Peach, it was a start.