"So how do you still have your sword? I've heard from several other smashers that their swords have been taken away by the pranksters." Cloud asked Robin. She blushed and smiled deviously.

"My brother always was laid back about his sword. Me on the other hand, I keep it in my hands every night. That way, nothing like this doesn't happen. I try to plan for everything. How do you still have yours?" Cloud shrugged.

"It was in the middle of the floor when I woke up. I guess it was too heavy for the two." he replied. They had left the mansion almost ten minutes ago and were making good progress They trekked through the various trees that surrounded the mansion border. Master Hand loved nature, so he made sure to thicken up the trees extra as far as he could go. And they were some pretty big trees. Cloud climbed on top of one and helped Robin up a branch.

"Thanks. You know, we should really talk more often. I'm enjoying this. It's like an adventure." she smiled. Cloud slowly made his way down one of the trees.

"The guys who I'd first went on an 'adventure' thought otherwise. But thanks though. Hey, you've been at the mansion for how long?"

"Oh, only for a couple years. Actually, this tournament is my first. Hmp!" she hopped onto the ground.

"How long do they usually last?"

"Uh, well, Mario told me that usually the tournaments last for three or four years. Maybe longer. Like Tournament Melee. That one lasted for five years. Then they decided to go home and wait for the next tournament in two years. Not all of us would exactly want to go home anyway. Like Samus. In her realm, she's the last living human being. Her family and friends are all dead. Who knows how that could feel?"

"Me and her could relate in some ways. I've lost friends and family. I'm fortunate though. I was actually able to make new friends, as I'm sure she has. As for love," he cut some branches out of the way. "Aeris, she...she didn't make it. That was my wake-up call that I couldn't just stand around and let things happen. And when I got mail for a tournament in a different realm, I didn't think it was possible. I threw it aside and never thought it would come up again. I kept receiving letters about it until I finally decided to see what it really was. I never thought I would actually be in another realm completely. But I do miss home. I miss old friends, like Barret and Tifa. As a matter of fact, I've been thinking about asking Master Hand if I could drop out and go home. I'm just not sure if this is the type of life for me." he said, pushing over a weakened tree to clear the way. Robin softened up a little bit.

"Oh Cloud, I never thought of you to feel that way. Is it that you miss your friends and family that much, or is it that you feel you don't belong here?" she asked. Cloud stopped.

"I don't belong here. I shouldn't be here."

"Cloud, I-I never would of thought. Of course you belong here. Master Hand wouldn't have invited you if he didn't think you were capable. All of us, we all belong here. From Duck Hunt to Luigi, all of us belong here. We're a family, your family. It wouldn't be the same if you left, now that we're friends! Without any of us, it would never be the same. Being pranked until wits end, laughing together, sharing good memories, or even arguing and wanting to kill each other. None of it would be the same if our family would be broken apart. You've only been here for a couple of months, I swear to you that it gets better! You may not see now, but I just know that somewhere inside of you is another person, someone who wants to laugh, to play, to make new friends. We all need someone Cloud, no matter how tough or weak we may be. I don't want you to leave. I don't want you to feel alone. I don't want more of our group to go away. We are a team! Cloud, whether you like it or not, we belong together! We belong here! Smashing together! In a world where we can relax and make even more memories! Here we stand. Because we were meant to! By fate!" she cried out. Cloud turned around. He looked her in her eyes.

"Heh heh. Fate. You don't know what fate is. You can't change fate. And somehow, mine was changed. For better or worse? I don't know. I can't tell. I just know that the looks that some of the others give me, the feelings that I have while living in the mansion. They aren't positive. I appreciate Master Hand and the few that I associate with, but something just doesn't feel right. I've been fighting for nearly all of my life, and now that I'm in a place where that's literally the job...I don't know what's gotten into me lately. But what you said, about everyone being a family and that none of us are here by accident. Do you really believe that eventually, I'll warm up, become just like you? Be able to call everybody 'family'? He bitterly asked.

"Allow me to tell you a story." she sliced a branch on a tree out of the way. Cloud helped her over a pile of packed dirt. "When me and Robin both got here, I couldn't tell you how nervous we were. The only person we really knew was Lucina, who showed up a little bit before us. And she was way better at meeting new people than we were. If anything, it was harder for Robin than anyone. For months, both of us felt as if it was pointless staying in the mansion, as if we didn't fit in. Just like you. Eventually, people began talking to us more as we were seen more often in the tournaments. We became friends with those like Ike, Link, Mario, Mega Man, Shulk, Marth, Roy, and several others. We became family. At years later, look at us now. I know how it may feel, to not fit in, to not feel like you belong. I've been there. But trust me, I know it gets better Cloud. I know it does." she spoke. Cloud looked up at the sky as he cut more leaves down.

"I don't know. Leaving things up to fate to just happen," he swiped another small tree to the ground. "It doesn't feel right. I don't know. I'll keep thinking about it, I just have a lot on my mind right now." he said solemnly.

"Cloud."

"Yeah?" he said turning around. Robin hugged him tightly.

"You look like you could use a hug." she said. She was only slightly shorter than him, so he could see over her head. He wrapped his arms around her. They stood together, until an intense beeping sounded. Cloud jumped up and pulled Robin out of the way of a thunder bolt that snapped a large part of a tree off. Pikachu jumped out of the bushes, furious as he thought the two snuck out of the mansion. Cloud held up his hand.

"Pikachu, I know what you're thinking. We didn't sneak out, Master Hand has allowed us to search for Toon Link and Ness." he said. Pikachu shook his head and held up a paw that pointed back in the direction of the mansion. "I apologize Pikachu, but we're not going back. Not now." the thunder mouse got on all fours and lightning flashed on it's red cheeks. Cloud closed his eyes. He un-handed Robin and grabbed his sword. With a deep breath, he and Robin got into fighting position.

"So be it."

So welcome back to Toon Link's Prank Day! It has indeed been a while, so I would like to tell you the main reason why I was gone. Let's make it short and sweet so I'll jump right in. There was once a time where I felt that Fanfiction was a chore rather than something fun that I do. I began getting less sleep and eating less. At one point, after everything that was going on around me, I thought that I was going insane at one point, so I took a little over a month to cleanse myself mentally so that I could be me again. After that time, I felt much better. Since the beginning of June, I took a break from this to go work on my other main story, 'The Game' which has ass ton long chapters, so that took a while. Then I took a little bit to make another chapter of my side story, 'Mr. Sarcastic' to keep myself in the slightest bit updated. And now I'm here! So yeah, It's been a while. Now, for our little party, we have a new one! The man, the myth, the mother fuckin' legend, Master Shorty 11! Welcome to the party! Everybody keep dancing! *falls down stairs while dancing and breaks hip* Augh! Oh God! Don't do that! Don't do what I just did! Cue the story! It hurts!

Samus
Unknown Time
Spark City

Samus had been searching for not too long, but still enough time to be called searching. She had looped around Spark City at least twice now. It was on the warm side nowadays, with it being a little over 82 degrees (F) that day. Samus wiped the sweat off her forehead and took a drink of water.

"Ugh, this is hopeless. I hope everybody else is making good progress." she said to herself. Despite the warm temperatures, Spark City was still pretty crowded. "If they are out here, it's going to be like finding Waldo." but then, she had an idea. She fired a shot into the air and shouted. The main square of Spark City quieted down to see what the fuss was about. "Okay! Everybody listen up! I am Top Tier Smasher Samus Aran, aka, Zero Suit Samus, rank A! You may know me from my tournament results. Recently, there has been an unfortunate event regarding the likes of Smasher Ness, Mid Tier C Rank and Smasher Toon Link, High Tier B Rank! They have gone missing, and as a member of Master Hand's elite squad, The Boxcars, you are required by the Smash law to report any sight of the two to Master Hand! Failure to do so will end with my foot up one of your asses! Am I clear!?" she shouted aloud. Many of the residents of Spark City backed away, but they also did know her. "I said, AM I CLEAR?" she shouted once more. There were several answers, mostly yes. "Good! Now hop to it!" it didn't take long for word to get across in these parts. In less than fifteen minutes, there were posters of their disappearance. They were even kind enough to put WANTED signs up. It actually looked pretty good. Samus smiled as she looked around and how much she had progressed. She picked up her radio.

"Hey Boxcars, sound off."

"Snake!"

"Puff! (Jigglypuff)"

"..."

"Pikachu, are you there?"

There was no answer.

"Samus, you hear from Pikachu?"

"No, that's why I'm asking. Snake, what's your location?"

"I'm close to Jungle Soft hospital."

"Jigglypuff, your location?"

"Jigglypuff! Puff! Ha, Jiggly!"

"Oh yeah, I can't understand you. Damn it. Snake, I'm going to look for Pikachu."

"Don't get too off track Samus."

"Got it. Dismissed." she hooked her walkie talkie on her new belt that she picked up from a thrift shop. She had her gun and now her walkie talkie both on her belt. She didn't exactly know where to start though. "Damn it Pikachu, what did you get yourself into?" she sighed. She looked up at the sky. A rocket like object passed through the sky. It kinda looked like a chair with a person on it. She shook her head and took another drink of water. "I can't already be hallucinating. I need to find him. When Pikachu first headed off, he went North East, into the woods. He can't possibly still be in there. Well, I guess it's a start. I'd better get going. Who knows what Toon Link and Ness are planning next." she said and ran off towards the mansion. Little did she know that Pikachu was in quite a hassle.

Link
Unknown Time
Downtown roadway

"Oh they are fucking done when I find them!" Link steamed.

"Link, language please." Zelda asked.

"But Zel! I don't think you quite understand the magnitude of my anger! They kidnapped me, tied me up, suffocated me in the trunk of a limo, and then tossed me onto the ground like I was somebody's trash! Trust me, when I find them, since I've got the permission to use any means necessary to find them, I'm definitely taking that whole pathetic team down! I've fought Snake before! He doesn't stand a chance!" Link was so angry that he pulled his sword from its sheath, ready for a fight. Only to remember that it was paper.

"Link, no matter what way you put it, it's a terrible idea. There's no way that fighting the Boxcars will at all work in your favor. Number 1," and once Robin gets started, he doesn't stop. "They have much more firepower than we do, Pikachu, Samus, Snake, Rosalina, they are all pretty damn high on the tier list. We're mid tier to bottom tier here. Besides, Marth, Lucina, me, you, none of us even have our swords. Right now, Zelda is the strongest one in our group, with the exception of me and my tome." Link stopped him there.

"Nuh uh. Lucina's high tier." he pointed to his right. She was too lost in thought to notice.

"Yeah, but it's one against almost like I said, we don't have our swords. Luckily for us, Ike is out of commision otherwise, we'd be totally screwed."

"Oh yeah! Marth also is a top tier!" Link said. Robin put his hand to his head.

"Link, Marth has a broken arm. What in hell-" Zelda glared at him. "*ahem* heck are you thinking? None of us, even together, could take down more than one of them! Without swords!" Robin sighed.

"Well, there was a rumor that Dark Pit fought both Pikachu and Jigglypuff at the same time." Link argued. Robin shook his head.

"No. Number 1: Pittoo got his ass kicked." Zelda glared at him more. "*ahem* butt kicked. Number 2: Pittoo is higher than both of us on the tier list. Your point is invalid. Besides, Pittoo still has his sword. It was probably in bow form, the only reason I can think of his didn't get taken by Toon Link and Ness."

"Forget the tier list! Wouldn't be the first time Master Hand got it wrong! There have been several times where someone lower on the tier list has beaten someone else, higher on the tier list. Besides, that's inside the tournament simulation. Out here is the real deal. The blood is all too real. Hey, we're about to arrive in Spark City." they continued walking down the street as they approached the city that they know all too well. Spark City was known for being much closer to the famous Smash Mansion than usual. Many smashers visit the city here several times. Mainly for the bar, but whatever. As they began to enter the edge of the city, Zelda stopped and turned.

"Link."

"Yeah babe?" he looked at her to find that she wasn't pleased.

"When we find Ness and Toon-"

"If we find them…"

"WHEN we find them...not a single hair on their heads shall be harmed, otherwise, I'll turned you genderless. Understood?" Link raised an eyebrow.

"Turn me genderless, what's that supposed to mean?" she held her hand out.

"Robin, sword please." he handed her a paper sword. She pointed to Link's crotch and made a swiping motion. Link winced.

"Okay, alright. No harm will come to them, got it. As you say dearest." he replied. She handed Robin back his paper sword. Marth and Lucina both backed away from the conversation.

"And that also goes for you three as well. I can't control what happens outside of this group, so we'd better hurry." she hurried off towards the city's main square. Robin leaned in close.

"What's her problem?" Robin asked quietly. Link did his shoulders up and down.

"Actually, it's that time of the month (I've made that joke twice now) for her. She's on her peri-"

"Link dear, are you coming?" she huffed. Link tapped Robin and they both ran after her. Marth and Lucina slowly and quietly trailed behind.

Roy
Unknown Time
Shop n' Save

Roy and Corrin had been looking for Ike for a really long time. Of course they were searching for Ness and Toon Link as well, but he was their main focus. Especially after Marth decided to head out with Robin and Lucina instead. Some friend he is. The two walked out of Shop n' Save.

"Great. Why did you think he'd even be in such a strange place?" Corrin asked him.

"Look Corrin, I don't know what you want me to say. I'm just looking everywhere. Who knows where Ike is. Especially Toon Link and Ness. Finding them seems nearly impossible now." he sulked. Some guy who was going into the store bumped into Corrin.

"Watch it asshole." he scoffed. Corrin sat there dumbfounded.

"The people of this realm sure are rude. I wonder how this tournament has continued in such conditions. I truly wonder about this world sometimes." he sighed.

"Well, not everybody comes from a place as perfect as where you're from, Corrin." they walked down the street.

"W-wait! I didn't mean it that way! I don't come from a perfect place, I only mean to say that some of the people in this realm can be rude is all! Roy? Where are we going next?" Roy pointed to a nearby building. It looked important.

"Last I heard from Ike was that he was in the hospital just want to check Jungle Soft hospital first. If he's not there, then I want to check Orange Orange hospital. For some reason, both hospitals seem to like to relocate people from hospital to hospital. Not sure why they do that, but hey." he said. Corrin yawned and stretched his back as they walked. Then he chuckled.

"How many people do you think I would scare if I turned into a dragon?"

"Eh, not much. Most of the people in this area know who we are. There are just so many damn cosplayers that nobody really knows who's real or not. Unless we're us or not. I've been around these guys long enough, so I'll recognise them if I see them." Corrin chuckled more.

"You'd be a horrible cosplayer."

"What? I don't need to cosplay, I'm the real deal!" he replied.

"Yeah, but your hair's grey."

"So's your's dumbass."

"But the real Roy's hair is red. How do I know that you're not just some imposter trying to lead me into your trap to imprison me or use me as a slave?" he asked. Roy facepalmed.

"Hey Corrin? Do me a favor and stop being such a dork for a while okay?" Corrin rolled his eyes. The two slowly approached the building. Once they were there, Roy noticed a certain peculiar thing on the hospital's 'front door'. He kneeled down to the ground to see what it was. "Somebody must've been using a wheelchair really fast, because there are flipping skid marks in the ground. Also, what's with these matches?" Corrin bent down and touched one.

"Roy, these are recent. It hasn't been very long since somebody used these." Roy's eyebrows scrunched down as he tried to think.

"It's probably nothing. Just in case, you stay out here. Look around for a bit. I'm-a go see what's going on here." Roy said and went inside of the hospital. The automatic doors opened and Corrin jumped back.

"I seriously don't understand technology, It's too confusing. What if I walk through those doors and it crushes me? Nope, no way." Corrin walked around the place. He looked on the walls, around the hospital. He finally went to the trash can. He didn't want to search inside, but there had to be SOMETHING to find. He dig into the nearby trash can. It was a bit bigger than he thought, so he climbed halfway into it so he could see. Roy came out disappointed to see legs kicking out of a trash can.

"Corrin!? What the hell are you doing!?" Roy ran and pulled Corrin out of the trash can. He fell onto the ground with a banana peel on his head and some type of plastic wrapping in his hands. "Corrin! I leave for five minutes and next you wind up with you head in a fucking trash can!? What in gods name are you thinking!?" he shouted angrily.

"I found som-"

"No, I don't want to hear it! Come on, I'm embarrassed now." his face began to turn red.

"There's nobody even around. Also, I found something!"

"What? What was so important that you needed to bathe in a trash can to get?" Corrin handed him the plastic wrapper. After a couple of seconds, Roy dropped it onto the ground with his jaw dropped. "I-I can't believe it. I think I know what happened to Ike Corrin." the 'Really Real Fun Rocket's for Children ten and up' package blew away in the wind. Looks like Toon Link and Ness didn't exactly get rid of the evidence as well as they thought. And now they had an idiot and a clueless smasher closest to finding their biggest secret yet. That they like barbie dolls. Wait no, that's not it...oh yeah! That they have a secret area for master prankage. And for it to be found so prematurely would hinder everything. They better hope that Roy and Corrin aren't very competent. But that's a lot to hope for.

Cloud
Unknown Time
Smash Forest

Cloud gripped his sword tightly as he dodged another attack from Pikachu. Robin dodged from behind a tree to avoid a lightning bolt. She turned around and Pikachu was immediately on top of her. He whacked her with his tail and shocked her. She hit the tree behind her and Pikachu charged up a skull bash. Cloud slid into Pikachu and knocked him into the air. He hit him with the back of his blade, not wanting to hurt a fellow smasher. Pikachu grunted and landed on a branch higher than them. Robin pushed herself off of the tree and shot green magic into the air at him.

"Elwind! She shouted. Pikachu pulled himself off of the branch as it was cut in half. He landed next to Cloud. Cloud swung his large blade, but Pikachu quick attacked through him and Robin. "Gah!" she cried out as the pokemon skull bashed her into Cloud, knocking them both over. They fell onto the ground. Pikachu jumped into the air and shot a Thunder Wave (one of his custom moves, illegal in the tournament) that zapped and paralyzed them.

"Pikachu! Pika Pi!" he jumped onto them and summoned electricity from the sky. It blasted the two in different directions. Cloud hit his head on a tree and Robin got entangled in some bushes. Their bodies stung. Pikachu's cheeks flashed with lightning.

Cloud was getting impatient. He was trying his best to not hurt Pikachu since the pokemon was sure that it was doing the right thing. But he was wasting their time, not to mention, doing some damage. Cloud felt his head, he wasn't feeling all that great. There was no blood except from on his left arm, with a very small cut. Cloud ran at Pikachu. Pikachu shot a Thunderbolt, but Cloud was too fast and dodged out of the way. He grabbed Pikachu by his tail and slung him onto the ground. Cloud kicked him upwards and swiped him away with the back of his sword. Robin saw the incoming Pikachu and quickly un-entangle herself.

"Take this! Archthunder!" she shot a strange ball that hit him, erupting into a cross-like shape and electrocuting him. It didn't have much effect, but did help him linger in the air long enough for Robin to slash him with her sword. Her blade left a mark on him and sent him flying in the other direction.

"Pika!" he cried out. Cloud jumped into the air and smashed him downwards with his sword. He slammed into the ground, sending leaves and dirt everywhere. Cloud and Robin walked up to Pikachu, who was hurting.

"Pikachu, please understand. Our intentions are good. Stop this fight. It's pointless." Cloud pleaded. Pikachu willed himself to stand up. The pokemon was bruised and battered from it's previous fight with Dark Pit, making it slightly weaker than it would usually be. He had bruises all around his body.

"P-Pika Pi! Chu!" Electricity once again flashed on his cheeks. Cloud sighed and drew his blade once more. Pikachu tackled Cloud and grabbed him. Although Cloud was bigger than him, he had a powerful grip, throwing the swordsman onto the ground and using one of his learnable techniques, Slam. He jump and smashed himself into Cloud, engulfing into lightning while doing so. Robin Kicked Pikachu over.

"Try this on for size! Archfire!" She lobbed a ball of fire at Pikachu. The pokemon leapt off of Cloud and the ball of fire instead, struck her companion. His body easily lit with fire, making the smasher yell out in pain. "Oh my god, Cloud! I'm so sorry!" she quickly stomped and patted the flames out. "Are you oka-" Pikachu rammed into her before she could finish her sentence. "Damn you Pikachu! Why can't you understand? Get the hell out of the way!" she screamed and slashed him with her sword. Pikachu cried out in pain. "Nosferatu!" Robin sucked some of Pikachu's energy, life force, whatever and replenished and healed some of her wounds. The pokemon jumped out as quickly as he could, but not before Robin could cast Bolganone (a fire spell), making fire erupt from beneath Pikachu's feet and sending him flaming into the air. Robin was charging something diabolical for when Pikachu came crashing back down. The pokemon was spinning through the air, crashing down to the planet, hitting branches along the way. The female tactician jumped backwards and pointed her blade forward. "You're done Pikachu!" she yelled and shot her most powerful custom attack, Thunder+. It twisted and turned as it headed for Pikachu. It crashed straight into him, normally not having much effect, but hitting the pokemon hard, sending Pikachu into a tree.
"Kaa!" he shouted and fell against the ground, defeated. She wiped the sweat off her head, panting hard.

"FInally, that's over. Man, my ass really feels bruised now." she walked over to Cloud, who was breathing heavy. She dropped onto her knees, regretting it immediately and wincing in pain. "Ah! Cloud, are you okay?" Cloud didn't answer, he just held a hand. Robin grabbed it and pulled him up. He winced as he sat up.

"Hey."

"Yeah Cloud?"

"Did you know that fire hurts? A lot?" he asked her. She scratched the back of her head.

"Ehe, yeah, sorry about that. If it helps, I was aiming for Pikachu."

"Don't worry about it. Could you check on Pikachu? I don't want him to get hurt, since he's convinced that he's doing the right thing." she nodded and stood up. Pikachu was next to a tree, beat up, and speaking into a radio. Robin dashed forwards and snatched it away before he could finish his message. She examined the pokemon; he wasn't too hurt, just enough to where he decided to retreat, or at least, stop fighting for now. She also examined the strange radio in her hands. It was more than likely connected with the other Boxcars, which meant it could be useful. She walked back over and showed it to Cloud, who was staring off into space.

"Cloud, I found this walkie talkie he was using. It's probably connected with the rest of his team. We can hear their conversations, which could be useful. As for Pikachu, it's not too bad. Just enough to where he won't attack us anymore. He'll be fine in a couple of hours, if not, a day. But we should get moving. The doc could be nearby." she said. Cloud nodded and slowly stood up.

"Alright. Robin, about our conversation from before, I will think about what you said before I make my decision. But nothing is certain." he bent down and picked up his sword. He walked forward through the trees, knowing that he was close to an exit. Robin sighed and followed after him, making sure that Pikachu wasn't trailing them.

*10 minutes later*

Cloud cut a small tree out of the way as the dim sunlight once again shone in his eyes. It was kind of dark in the forest, with all of the tall trees and all. It blocked most of the sunlight. Although that also made it slightly cooler in the forest, it made it all the more hot when Cloud walked outside. It had gotten hotter in the period from Samus to these two, spiking up to 87 degrees. Cloud helped Robin out of the woods, like a gentleman. The both looked forward. It wasn't too far to Sunshine Lake now. Just a beautiful (and hot) walk down the silent plains. Maybe five to ten minutes. Cloud stuck his sword in the ground and rested against a tree. Robin sat next to him.

"Feelin' alright Cloud?"

"Yeah, just that my chest burns." he said, lightly touching his shirt.

"It could be from the flames from earlier. Pull up your shirt." she ordered. Cloud slowly pulled his shirt up. His chest was super red in some places. He had some scratches here and there from the fight, nothing bad, except for an area slightly underneath his neck. The skin was torn open as if someone clawed him vigorously. Blood sat on the area, as if a signal for bandages. It was not pretty. "Cloud, I want you to tell me where it hurts exactly." she told him. He nodded as she touched the area where it wasn't as bad. Cloud slightly winced. She continued, touching lightly in different places.

"Oh Robin, you're so dirty…"

"Shut up! I'm trying to help you."

"Then why are you blushing so much?" he joked.

"I-I-because you're an idiot! Shut it already." she stuttered. She touched the spot where it was the worst and Cloud quickly grabbed her hand.

"That hurts." he said, letting her go. She stood up and sighed, placing her hands on her hips.

"You've got a second degree burn from your neck to your waist. It does need to be treated, so we'll need to find Dr. Mario as soon as possible. But for now, I wouldn't recommend wearing that shirt right now, due to your chest's open wounds." she said. Cloud looked up to see an outstretched hand. "Give me your shirt."

"Is it that, or is it that you really want to see me shirtless? Wow, you're even dirtier than I thought. Don't worry, I won't tell Robin." he cheekily smiled. She blushed again.

"Cloud, this is kinda serious. You don't want that to get infected right? So give me the damn shirt." Cloud removed it and tossed it to her. She caught it and stuck it in her back pocket, you know, under the robe. I should cover what exactly Robin is wearing. (In case you're not interested, too bad. Doing it anyway.) Robin was wearing a Burgundy T-shirt with black leggings, covered by her robe. Her shoes were nothing spectacular, brown tennis shoes to be precise. And a sparkly hairpin in her...well, hair. Not to mention her pigtails, but the look suits her, as not most women. Anyways, Cloud rose against the tree and pulled his sword out of the ground.

"We'd better get moving if we want to catch up. We're behind from fighting Pikachu." the two walked together down the knee high grass as a comfortable wind blew.

"Hey Cloud?"

"What is it?"

"What do you plan on Toon Link and Ness' punishment being if we catch them?" she asked, starting a conversation to avoid the awkward silence. He grunted.

"Not sure yet. What I do know is that for starters, they're cleaning my room. I woke up this morning to a very obvious tripwire at the foot of my bed. Too obvious if you ask me. I cut it after picking my sword up off the floor. And sure enough, the planned that one out too. Two hidden jars of...well, I want to say old jelly, that's what I think it was. But two jars of the putrid stuff flew at me. I dodged them, but they exploded on both sides of my room, showering me with it, along with everything inside. I was pissed, still am pissed. I couldn't even take a shower. You could imagine how I managed to get the stuff off, especially with Master Hand ordering everyone back at the mansion. I ended up taking a dip in a nearby lake for five minutes, doing it the old fashion way. So yeah, they're definitely doing that first. Then I got something special planned. But it's a secret." he slightly smirked deviously. Now Robin was curious.

"Something super secret you say? Now I'm interested. So, what is this super secret plan?" she giggled secretly. Cloud secretly put a super secret smile of secrecy on his secret face to match his secret expression. Secretly.

"Robin, it's a secret. It wouldn't be a secret anymore if I told you."

"What? I won't tell anyone. It'll just be between you and me." she sneakily giggled some more.

"But, since it's already a secret, it might as well be a surprise too. Don't you want to be surprised as well?" he asked in a strange tone.

"I never was one for secret's, I prefer a more...upfront approach. Wouldn't you agree?" she battered her eyelashes.

These two sure are acting weird right now.

"To a level I would agree, but now, I'm stoked to see what everyone's reactions will be like. We have got to catch the two, my idea is definitely ingenious. But for now, we'll have to wait. As we are almost to the lake (and it rhymes) and I wouldn't want to bait the doctor into being late because that would indicate much hate. But what would you plan to do?" Cloud rubbed his chin and lightly folded his arm. Robin rubbed her hands together.

"Oh, they've got so much coming that I don't know where to start. Ehehehehe...so diabolical…" A couple of minutes later, the two had reached the lake in a much faster time than they thought. The lake wasn't too big, more like an overgrown swamp if you really want to think about it. Cloud snapped back to his more stern mood and turned towards Robin.

"Alright, we'll need to split up to find the doctor. I doubt he drowned, so he should be close by. I'll take the left side and you take the right. The faster we find him, the faster we get back on track. Alright, go team Strife!" he shouted. Robin was just about to agree, until Cloud mentioned their team name.

"Wait wait wait, Team Strife? I don't think so. Team Awakening!" She thrusted her sword in the air and Cloud put her hand down.

"No no no. It's Team Strife. Get it right."

"Not in this lifetime will it be Team Strife. What kind of loser name is that? It's Team Awakening." she stared at him. He stared back. They began to make out-THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN! I meant they both stared each other down fiercely. Dr. Mario slowly drug himself against the ground not to far from them. He hadn't seen them yet.

"Fine, whoever finds Dr. Mario first gets to pick the team name. Got it?"

"Deal!" they shook hands. Cloud looked to his side and pointed his hand out.

"Found him. I win."

"No way! She said and looked over. Dr. Mario was slowly dragging himself on the ground. "You're a damn cheater! That's not fair!" she fussed. She huffed and turned away. Cloud sighed and walked in the direction of the doctor. It was a little hard to spot him in all of the knee high grass. But he was there. A sulky Robin followed Cloud close behind. Dr. Mario looked up and grunted. He was soaking wet and had a piranha tangled in his hair.

"Cloud, Robin. It's about time you-a showed up. Just-a give me a second." he said and slumped in the high grass.

"Are you hurt doctor?" Robin asked. He half-nodded half-shook his head.

"When-a I hit the water, it was-a bellyflop. Stings quite-a bit...and then there were-a piranhas. I could-a barely fight-a them off." he said, pulling the one in his hair out and chucking it into the water. Cloud tried his best, but a snicker escaped the grasp of his lips, making the doctor look at him in frustration. "I'm-a sorry Cloud, I didn't know-a that my-a pain was your entertainment." he said with gritted teeth.

"I'm sorry doctor. It was unintentional." he quickly said. Dr. Mario slowly picked himself off of the ground, groaning. Once he was standing up, he jumped back when he noticed Cloud's injury. Robin took it as her chance to finally speak.

"Cloud and I got into a battle with Pikachu and I ended up accidentally hitting Cloud with my Arcfire. This is what happened. He just needs a little bit of Aloe Vera, numbing spray, and some bandages to go around it. I figured that you would have all of that stuff on you." she spoke quickly. Dr. Mario nodded his head.

"I'm-a surprised that you-a know about all of-a that Robin. Good job. But-a yes, I do have-a the things he will need. Cloud, lie back." Dr. Mario ordered. Cloud slowly got onto the ground while Dr. Mario pulled various things out of his coat. Cloud straightened up due to the spikiness of the tall grass. Whether now was a good time or not didn't matter. They were running out of time. When one Boxcar fails, another comes. And if they don't leave soon, that Boxcar will be their next enemy. And more bruises for Dr. Mario to patch up.

Lucas
Unknown Time
Backstage Smash Auditorium

Master Hand had been talking to Lucas for a small while right now. He hadn't asked Lucas anything major yet, but that doesn't mean the child smasher wasn't nervous. As a matter of fact, Lucas was sweating bullets.

"Now Lucas, I know that we've been talking for quite some time now, so I will bring up my three major points. Number 1: You haven't been pranked yet today, excluding the bob-omb soldiers that brought you into the auditorium. Is that true?" he asked. Lucas slowly nodded his head. "Okay. Number 2: You tell me the truth with this one. Have you or have you not seen Toon Link and/or Ness?" he asked sternly.

"W-well, I saw them this morning. They were talking about how they were pranked this morning. As a matter of fact, Ness was wearing girls clothes, saying that his normal outfit smelled like wet socks and the rest of his clothes were replaced. I don't know what happened to Toon Link. I told both of them that I hadn't been pranked yet. And even when I saw them briefly during the Song of Storms prank, I was able to jump out of a third-story window into Peach's rosebushes to cushion my fall. I ended up lucky." he said. Lucas wasn't lying, he was just not telling the whole story. It was a pretty good strategy. Master Hand silently floated while listening to his story.

"Interesting. Snake reported to me that after Ike was injured, you came from the basement and ran upstairs. What were you doing down there?"

"Not to brag, but I, myself, am pretty smart. And since the generators were mysteriously destroyed, I thought that I could possibly fix them. Once I found out that they were beyond my field of knowledge, I felt useless and I was overwhelmed by my low self-esteem. That's why I was upset. As a matter of fact, I don't even remember Snake being there." he replied. Lucas was doing pretty good so far.

"Understandable. Well, now to my third point. Number 3: Where in the world have you been? Nearly everybody in the mansion hadn't seen you yet today. At least, before the incident in the auditorium." Haster Mand- I mean, Master Hand still had his suspicions. Lucas was a quick thinker though.

"Well, like I said earlier, I had first met up with Toon Link and Ness in the morning. After that, I found out that there was no power after trying to brush my teeth. I was looking for an alternative for quite a while. Then that's when the prank happened. I noticed the water dripping from the ceiling and quickly made my way down two flights of stairs before it nearly caught up with me. That's when I jumped out of the window and saved myself. Afterwards, I went up to my room to scavenge what little things that was still intact. I tried my best to fix up the place, but it was no good. That's when I got the idea to attempt to fix the generators, but then you know where that went. Sadly, I did end up taking a nap after crying myself to sleep on my ruined bed. Then we were all called down to the auditorium, and the rest is history." he explained. Master Hand did something that looked like nodding and floated upwards.

"Well Lucas, I had my suspicions and still do, but not nearly as much. Besides, I was testing your heart rate and it never spiked during any of my questions. Either you're telling the truth, or just believing that you are. But for now, you may go. I will look into this later. Dismissed." he said and floated away. Lucas took a sigh of relief and wiped his forehead. Master Hand poked back through the curtains. "Oh, and Lucas. I know that you are good friends with those two, but if you are to find them, you need to either catch them immediately, or report their location to me, or another group of smashers. But for now, carry on." the hand concluded, blinking away as he did so. Lucas had mixed feelings on his actions now. Should he join one of the various smash hunting groups? Or should he go solo while slowly leaving clues to Toon's secret hideout? Maybe he would go and join Toon Link and Ness and go out together. But he just wasn't so sure about the last option. Rosalina getting hurt because of Bowser was one thing. Ike getting his leg broken was another. He sighed and considered his choices carefully. Even though Toon Link and Ness were his friends, he didn't want to risk the respect and trust of everyone around him. But his decision, no matter what he chooses, will affect the rest of his day tremendously. And of course, he knew this.

Samus
Unknown Time
Smash Forest

"He's got to be around here somewhere. I got half of his call, I hope something bad happened to him." Samus mumbled to herself as she hurriedly and worriedly (and it rhymes!) stumbled throughout the woods. She had heard from Pikachu with her radio, but he was cut off midway. Since (as mentioned in the second chapter of this story) she learned to understand him over the years, his message was what had her worried. "Really, what does 'SOS, need back-up' really supposed to mean?" she asked herself as she climbed over a tree. A squirrel fell out of a tree and landed in her hair. Not like Samus to be surprised, but she yelped out in surprise. The squirrel scurried into her hair until two blue suited hands clamped around it. Samus looked it in the eyes.

"Cricchet-munchet!"

"Sorry little guy, but I just don't have the time to spare at the moment." she told him/her. She wasn't really sure. She set the squirrel down and it scurried up her leg and onto her shoulder. "Nuh-uh. You can't come with me. My mission is dangerous...Well, not really, but important. Ah!" she yanked her hand back. Her wrist was swollen and still...you know, broken. The wrap from earlier wasn't exactly helping either. She placed the squirrel on a tree and left before it could sway her. She quietly trekked through the woods while holding her wrist in pain. It throbbed. And with every time, she winced.

"Why did it have to start aching now of all times?" she was losing hope in finding Pikachu in the woods. She had tried contacting back, but was getting nothing. Absolutely nothing. Although it was a bit cooler in the forest, Samus was still pretty hot (in both ways) as she walked around the silent area. Even though she was worried about Pikachu, the walk was pretty peaceful, and felt like a break that she deserved. She was tempted to rest against a tree until her hand stopped hurting. But the bounty hunter pressed forward. She stumbled on the path, moving through small gaps to get pass. She saw a thin tree that had been sliced in half.

"Somebody has been here…but when? Couldn't be too long ago." she mumbled. She changed her direction over to her right. "Pikachu! Are you there!?" she called out. She thought she heard something, but was pretty sure that it was her imagination. She came up across more things, sliced leaves, leaning trees (rhymes), cut branches. She suspiciously picked up her radio.

"Snake, Jigglypuff, are you listening?"

"This is Snake, I hear ya. What's up?"

"I'm picking up several obvious marks of sword usage in the Smash Forest. It's trail is leading in the direction of Sunshine Lake. I want you and Jigglypuff to come and surround the perimeter. All eyes on every exit. I've been receiving reports on everybody's swords gone missing, so the only person it could possibly be is Toon Link. Ness is more than likely accompanying him."

"Puff!"

"Alright, I'll be over as fast as possible. Good eye Sammy. Jigglypuff! Be on your A-Game! Samus, don't overwork that wrist! If any of you two see Dedede, tell him to get his ass over here. Alright, time to end this conundrum. Boxcars, move out!" Snake commanded and the three of them immediately got to work. Samus kicked off of a tree into the air, running on stretched out branches. Once this was over, man, she was getting a nice bath. Nothing would stand in the way of her bath. The Boxcars moral has tripled, but for what reason?

"Pikachu! Where are you!?" she called out once more.

"Pi-pika pi…"

"Huh?" she flipped down onto the ground and scanned the area. Pikachu was sleeping on the ground next to a giant tree. Samus sprinted over to him. There was burnt wood, sword marks everywhere, and even a chunk of tree blown open. She kneeled down next to the sleeping pokemon in surprise. "Toon Link and Ness did this?" she looked around. "Pikachu! Wake up!" the pokemon was snoring like no other. "Really? An SOS call and you're sleep? *sigh*." she sighed. Twice. She picked up Pikachu and cradled him in her left arm, barely holding the walkie in her right.
"Boxcars, I've found Pikachu. He's fine."

"Acknowledged."

"Jiggly!" Jigglypuff added. Samus nodded and put the radio away. She slowly made her way towards Sunshine Lake. She was determined, and no matter what, Toon Link and Ness' prank day ends now. They would not fail.

Yep, that's it for now. Sorry for the...less than interesting chapter. Just pretty much introducing some of the teams and setting up the plot for the next chapter. But don't worry! The next chapter is where the real stuff starts happening! So stay strapped in for the rollercoaster! The best part is coming! On it's way! And also, feel free to keep sending pranks! Because the...nevermind. But I will need them! Other than that, I hope you enjoyed, leave a review follow the story to know when the next chapter is coming out, and see ya next time!

that is, if you're still reading of course.