A Turn Of Events

Ness takes out his phone and dials up a friend of his: Toon Link. He gets him to come over and help with training. Toon Link bursts through the door and raises his sword high into the air. He runs to the twins and slides in between them, scaring Lucas half to death.

"Toon Link, where'd you come from?"

Toon Link, unable to talk, points to Ness and makes little hand gestures. Then, he runs over to Ness, grabs him and his crutches, and brings him back to them.

"Ness? Well, that would explain things. He is the one helping after all."

"And Toon Link is gonna be aiding as well. I'll have him take over as coach for a while. He may not be able to talk, but I can read his hand motions pretty well... Actually, I have a better idea."

Ness reaches into his backpack and takes his phone out again. He gives it to Toon Link.

"Type something on it, buddy."

Toon Link starts typing, and immediately, it begins playing back audio.

"Is it working?"

Toon Link gets a big smile on his face and becomes ecstatic. He begins typing a lot of things on Ness' phone.

"Oh my God, I'm so happy that I have a voice, well not a real voice, but at least you can understand what I want to say. I never want to stop using this thing, even though this is Ness' phone, and I just-"

"Alright, that's enough. Only use it when you want to give a command, OK. Or, if it's absolutely necessary."

Toon Link nods, and turns back to the twins. "Get ready, because Ness told me all about Claus taking his place. Ness will have to show you how the move goes... Wait, why does Claus have to take your move set?"

"He's fighting in place of me. Mario is strict with the rules, and wants everyone there. I'm excused, but Claus is fighting for me."

Toon Link begins typing frantically. "I think he should fight the way he wants to. If he wants to use his own moves, let him do that. I'm just a copy of Link, and I don't fight the same as him."

"That's because you're a smaller version of him. We'd have to reason with Mario if we want Claus to fight his own way..."

Toon Link takes Ness' phone with him and runs out of the training room. It's around five minutes, then he comes back.

"Mario says that it's fine if he fights his own way. It took a bit of reasoning with the man, but he completely understands that we'd probably not finish in time. Claus, do whatever you want; train your own way, and decide what moves you'll have. Have fun!"

Claus smiles and hugs his brother. He turns back to the sandbag and punches it as hard as he could. It didn't go very far, as it had 0% damage, but it felt good nonetheless.

"I'll get the hang of things soon, but the bet still stands, Lucas. You'd better start packing your bags, bro, because I've already won this thing."

"Anything can happen, so I wouldn't be cocky like you are right now. I'm gonna play the patience game. I'll wait for everyone else to get all bruised up, then I'll get in there and steal the kill."

"Thanks for telling me your plan."

"You'll have forgotten it by then..."

Claus growls at Lucas, and pummels him to the ground. "I'm still as qualified to win as you are. It just matters who stays in longer. The bet doesn't state about us getting each other out, it just states who outlasts the other. So, if I stay in longer than you, you're coming with me."

"Yeah, and if I stay in longer than you, enjoy your punishment."

Claus gets off of his brother, and punches the sandbag again. "I'm never gonna stop training until it's game day, and next time you see me Lucas, you'll be on your stomach getting dragged back home."

"Game on, Claus!"

Ness sighs and shakes his head. "These two are way too competitive. I'm gonna have to get in there sometime, but for now, I'll just stay back and see how things pan out."