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Pit: I hated the last chapter. I got beaten.

Well, you can't be the perfect fighter, Pitty-Pit.

Pit: …can you stop it with the nicknames?

Nope, Pit-boy.

Pit: …

Anyway, more ZeLink stuff in this chapter.

Chapter Six

When Pit opened his eyes he was lying in the lounge, and he jumped when he saw the faces of five teens right above him. (Mewtwo had left because he has no interest in the doings of the humans…er, and elves and angels.)

"You okay?" Marth spoke first.

Pit nodded. "A lot better now, thanks."

"Okay," Roy stood up. "If you want to build your stamina up before the tournament—"

"Kind of late for that, isn't it?" Link commented. "I mean, it's tomorrow. Building stamina takes a long time. He can't do it in a day."

"You also should have waited until after breakfast so your food could digest easier," Samus said. Pit noticed she was in her normal blue suit again.

"But Roy didn't," Pit answered, glancing at the redhead.

"That doesn't mean much," Roy shrugged. "It doesn't affect me."

"Oh," Pit said simply.

They were silent for a while.

"Now what?" Link said dumbly.

His question was answered by some screaming in the hall, and Peach came running into the room, slamming the door behind her and backing up against it. Upon seeing the others, she flashed a perfect smile, then glared at the doorknob.

"Wha-?" Samus said.

"Oh, it's nothing," Peach said sweetly. "Just some evil brutes trying to get my crown."

"Lemme guess," Pit ventured. "Ness, Young Link, and the Ice Climbers?"

"Worse," Peach sighed. "They've tag teamed with the murderous pink fluffballs, some electric mice, and a green dinosaur that thinks it's female because it lays eggs."

Everyone stared at her for a moment.

"Let's hope they went to bother Falcon," Peach said, opening the door a crack. Suddenly, Peach screamed and shut the door, and the sound of a water balloon exploding against the door was heard. "Nope," she confirmed. "I swear I'm going to kill them once I find another way out of here…" She stared angrily at the knob again. "Too bad Master Hand has no locks on any of the doors on this floor." Her eyes landed on Marth's sword. "Can I borrow that?"

Marth took a step back. "Um…I don't know…"

"I only need it to get out of this room. It's for flash only. Might scare them away."

Marth reluctantly handed her his sword and she opened the door a crack once again. Suddenly, Peach threw the whole door open, lunging out with the sword.

"Back, you little monsters!" she screamed.

Shrieks were heard from the hall as Peach advanced two steps. In one quick move, she threw the sword back in the lounge and dashed down the hall in the opposite direction from where the screams came. A second later, Ness, Young Link, the Ice Climbers, Kirby, Purin, Pikachu, Pichu, and Yoshi all came thundering down the hall after the Princess.

The teens stared at the door where Peach had stood moments before. Marth moved first, picking up his sword.

"Well, she didn't manage to ruin it…"

"Who was that?" Pit queried.

"Princess Peach, girlfriend of Mario," Samus answered.

"That was a Princess?" Pit said, his voice full of confusion.

"Yes. And so am I," Zelda replied. "Don't start bowing. I'm not one here. Besides, this is a good chance for me to escape court life and gain some fighting experience and…" she glanced at Link and turned red. "…other things."

Pit nodded and got up. "It's only eleven o'clock. What should we do?"

This time the ringing of the intercom turning on answered the question.

"Attention," Master Hand's voice came over, "the list for the tournament has been completed earlier than announced and should be posted in various places about now—no! Get away from me, Crazy! Not now! I'm trying to give an announcement—hey, put that down!" The teens raised their eyebrows at each other and listened to the argument the Hands were having. There was some thumping for a minute, then,

"Hey! This is cool! It makes my voice echo! Echo! Echo! This is awesome! How come you never told me about this, Master?" More thumps were heard, along with some frusterated grunts and a scream from what sounded like Crazy. Something shattered in the background.

"Look what you did now, Crazy. You broke my favorite chair. What are you laughing about? The intercom is not on, fool! I turned that off after I made the announcement! The green light's not on, see? Oh wait, it is on. But that means the intercom is on." The Smashers cringed at the string of colorful curses that was released by Master Hand. "Stop laughing, Crazy! I told you! Okay, I'm turning the damn thing off no—"

There was a small bump that said the intercom was turned off. The Smashers broke into a comfortable laughter.

"Let's go see if they posted the list!" Roy cried, jumping from the couch.

The teens entered the Great Hall and went straight to the board that held the month's events.

"I'm against Pichu," Roy grinned. "Easy stuff."

"Ganondorf for me," Samus said after looking at her name.

"I'm fighting Ness," Zelda observed.

"Meta-Knight," Link read.

"Who's Wario?" Marth asked dumbly. The others ignored his question as they looked at the list.

"I'm fighting a fox?" Pit cocked his head.

"He's anything but a fox," Zelda smiled. "He's sort of like a humanoid. But whatever. The point is that he's very quick and quite a good fighter."

"Joy," Pit sighed.

"Don't worry," Link said. "I fought him before. He has the tendecy to pause after making a move. You just have to dodge one of his quick moves and strike him down."

"Hmm," Pit observed, nodding.

"I don't know about you guys, but I'm hungry. I'm off to see what's for lunch," Roy headed towards the dining room.

After a pleasant lunch, the Smashers settled down in Samus' room on the balcony.

"Good luck to you all," Marth said.

The others agreed lazily. After a moment of silence, Roy sat up.

"Ten dollars Pit makes it to the semi-finals," he declared.

"Uh…I'd prefer if you guys didn't bet on me…" Pit said sheepishly.

"We do it all the time," Link grinned. "Okay, fifteen he wins."

"No, I wouldn't win. You saw Roy beat me earlier..."

"Sixteen," Zelda ventured.

"I bet five that Roy makes it to only the third round," Marth smiled.

"Shut up! Seven I make it to the fourth, and two if you lose on your first battle!" Roy retorted.

"I bet eight for everyone to lose before the semi's," Samus said her piece.

"You hate us, don't you," Roy snapped.

Samus shrugged, grinning. They continued to make bets until they all got confused and dropped the subject.

"I feel sleepy," Roy stated. "I need a nap before dinner. By all." He got up and left the room.

Zelda silently grabbed Link's hand and pulled him into the hall. The other three didn't question her whereabouts as she closed the door and pulled him to her room. Once inside, she hugged Link hard.

"I can't take it anymore," she sobbed. "I dread going back to Hyrule. Without you I'd die."

Link was silent. All he could do was stroke her hair softly. Zelda began to absently sing.

We are the lucky ones, we shine like a thousand suns
When all of the color runs together.

I'll keep you company, in one glorious harmony
Waltzing with destiny forever.

Dance me into the night,
Underneath the moon shining so bright
Turning me into the light.

Tiem dancers whirling past, I gaze through the looking glass,
And feel just beyond my grasp is heaven.

Sacred geometry, where movement is poetry,
Visions of you and me forever.

Dance me into the night,
Underneath the moon shining so bright
Turning me into the light.

Dance me into the night,
Underneath the moon shining so bright,
Let the dark waltz begin, oh, let me wheel, let me spin
Let is take me again
Turning me into the light…

Link realized if he hugged Zelda any tighter, he would suffocate her, but he couldn't let her go. When she lifted her face, he noticed her eyes were drenched in tears. Without thinking, she kissed Link, lightly at first, but growing more passionate. She grasped his belt and started to pull it loose as he began to unlace her dress when sharp knocking interrupted them.

Both jumped up, startled.

"Come-come in!" Zelda cried, after she made sure her dress was laced up. She threw open the French doors to let light in just as Pit, Samus, and Marth walked in.

"What happened?" Samus asked, noticing Zelda's eyes were red.

"N-nothing," Zelda said, turning away and subconsciously rubbing them.

"You looked like you saw a ghost when you left," Marth commented.

"I'm fine," Zelda said. Link put his hand on her shoulder and Pit saw a flash in Link's eyes, and somehow, it told him that Link was making a promise. Pit didn't know what about, but he brushed it aside because it was probably something personal.

Ohemgee! Poor Link and Zelda!

Link: And we were getting it on…-sigh-

Um…okay, no specific details, please. The song is called Dark Waltz by Hayley Westenra. I was listening to it when I was typing this chapter up, and I realized she sort of sounded like Zelda. But whatever.

ptpeach

Roy is a sarcastic, silly old fellow.

Roy: Hey! I agree with everything else, but I'm not old!

Whatever. Thanks for the review, and Pit is so sweet!

Pit: I know. I'm like Cupid! –strikes Cupid pose-

Um…okay…