Huh? I didn't imagine that SSBB Shorts would reach Chapter 2, let alone Chapter 4. Must be overflow of ideas...

Chapter 4: Grocery Stores and Hair Gel

Marth put on his casual clothes and grabbed a grocery list that was on his night table. Apparently, Marth needed milk, eggs and hair gel. Nothing particularly fancy was coming up, but he really needed those groceries. Especially the hair gel. During one of his brawls, his opponent attacked a Blast Box that knocked out both himself and Marth. Of course, they dueled in Sudden Death and Marth won, but his precious hair paid the price. His blue hair had lost its sheen and a little bit of it was singed off.

A phone, which was also on Marth's night table, started to ring. Marth promptly picked up the receiver and answered the call. "Hello?"

"Marth, my man, it's Snake," a voice said from the other end. "Hey, what are you doing? I've been waiting for you for 20 minutes."

"Sorry about that, I'll be right outside," Marth replied and hangs up the phone. Quickly putting on his headdress, he ran out of his dorm room and outside to Snake.

When he when outside, Snake was clearly annoyed. He was leaning against a lamppost when he saw Marth. "What have you been doing, princess?" he asked. "Did Zelda show up at your door or something?"

Marth's cheeks burned at the mention of Zelda's name. "No... she didn't. And I was trying to look presentable, unlike you, who never leaves their gear in their dorm, who never shaves and who never takes a shower!"

"I take showers," Snake tells him. "Just... not too often..."

Marth's nose wrinkled in disgust. "Snake, you pig! No wonder girls don't look at you! You smell like a dead corpse! Just... let's just go to the grocery store, OK? We can just get the stuff we need... Let's just... GO!"

But before the two of them could even take a step, a voice called out to them.

"Marth, Snake, can you stop for a minute please?"

Both Marth and Snake looked back. The caller turned out to be none other than... Zelda! Marth immediately did his best to hide his singed locks while Snake tried to act cool.

"Zelda-sama, it's rather unexpected to see you here," Marth said. Behind him, Snake put a hand on his mouth to try and suppress oncoming laughter.

"Hi, Marth, Snake," Zelda replied. "I heard that you two were going to the grocery store so I thought it would be nice of you guys to take Toon Link with you." Suddenly, Toon Link springs out behind Zelda and waves at Marth and Snake.

Marth and Snake looked at each other in utter shock and for a moment, no one spoke. Then, Marth was about to say something, but Zelda interrupted him by saying "Okay, thanks for taking him with you" before hurriedly running away. When she was far away from Marth and Snake, she said to herself "Oh thank goodness."

Meanwhile, Toon Link was jumping around and yelling out, "Yay! I get to go to the grocery store with Circle* and Mr. Utility Belt! Circle, Mr. Utility Belt, what are we going to do at the grocery store?"

"Well," Snake said. "We have to get Princess Marth some new hair gel and food." His earlier comment earned him an elbow to the arm by Marth.

"Like I said before, let's just go," Marth said.

When they got to the grocery store, Toon Link immediately ran into the place and to the video game aisle. When Marth suggested they follow him, Snake, however, decided against it.

"Let him do what he wants," Snake said. "Besides, he can't really do much here. Leave it to the employees." With that, Snake took out Marth's grocery list. "So the first you need is hair gel, right?"

Marth nodded.

"Right, and the next is..." Snake scrolled down the list. "Marth, why is "Hair Gel" written on the list 30 times?!"

"Well, since getting hair gel is my top priority, I wrote it down multiple times so I wouldn't forget," Marth replied.

"You thought you would forget Hair Gel? You order it every week and your medicine cabinet is full of it! Who puts hair gel in a medicine cabinet, anyways?"

"Hey, I did forget it once! My hair was so flat and lifeless that I couldn't show my face at Smash Manor for a week!"

"Hey, keep it down!" One of the employees, who was moving boxes to the nearby storage room, happened to overhear Snake and Marth's argument. "Just buy your girlfriend some hair gel, and shut up!"

Once again, Snake put a hand to his mouth to stifle his laughter, while Marth's cheeks slightly turned pink. "Sir, there appears to be a misunderstanding. I'm a man."

Upon hearing this, the employee dropped the boxes he was carrying and looked at Marth in shock. "You're a GUY?! BOSS! GAY GUYS AT AISLE 4!" (A/N: I am not against gays. Just saying)

Almost immediately after the freaked-out employee left, another grocery store employee approached Marth and Snake. This time, it was a woman with a slender figure and red hair. She was dangling Toon Link by the ear.

"Excuse me, do you two know this boy?" she asked the two of them.

"No, we don't," Snake said. When the woman gives them a glare, Snake gave in. "Fine, yes, we know him."

"If you know him, then are you aware that this boy has been running around the video game aisle for an hour and has broken 69 Wii consoles?!" she asked. In the distance, a crashing sound was heard. "Make that 70," the woman said.

"We're terribly sorry," Marth said. "We should have been with him in the video game aisle."

"Clearly. Now, about the broken consoles, you owe us $7000," the woman said.

"Wait a minute," Marth said. "Snake and I don't that the money right now, but I know someone who does."

"And who could that be, may I ask?"

Later that day...

Marth entered his dorm where Ike, his roommate, was looking through the mail.

"Ike, I'm back," Marth called out.

"Hey, Marth," Ike responded. "Something weird came in the mail today."

"What came in the mail?"

"A bill. Why do we have to pay $7000 for 70 broken Wii consoles?"

Marth's face began to burn. "Well, this is awkward. So... how are we going to come up with $7000?"

Ike walked up to Marth and put his hand on Marth's shoulder.

"Get your hair gel. We're selling it."

"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!"

XD! Be strong, Marth. Be strong.

I hope you enjoyed the 4th chapter. Again, this was fun to write, so I hope you enjoyed.

*This is similar with Peach's nickname. In Japanese, Marth is written as マルス (marusu lit. Mars). The first two characters are written as マル (maru) which can also be written as 丸, which means circle, hence Marth's nickname.

Reviews are welcome. :)